Did you see all of those black folks with flags in hand ........new and beautiful to see..............

People still don’t quite get it yet

Look

I didn’t salute the flag until I was about

24 years old

I had been a cop for about 4 or so years

And had always avoided having to salute the flag up until then

Then at 24 I had to stand in an event

That required me to salute

It has become a part of my police departments

Legend

That I still refused to salute the flag

The police chief

Called me into the office and I still refused

The other black guys

The older one begged me to do it

But until I spoke to my father

Who said that I could do it

I would be forgiven I still refused

Finally I did it

But without any heart

I told myself that if I did it and didn’t believe it

It was ok

So look

Listen to me

I was a cop and still didn’t believe enough in this flag to salute

It

How do you think the rest of black American Felt?

Oh

I would stand at attention,

I would respect it

But I didn’t believe in it

This was a family thing

We were raised this way

My father didn’t

Wouldn’t salute a the flag of a country

That didn’t respect him

It was a black thing

And I am not alone

All of my friends

Most of the people of color that

I knew

Black and Latin did the same thing

So yesterday at the inauguration

To watch all of those black folks

Waving that flag was amazing to watch

Many of them over 50 lived the same way

But now the flag is finally ours

We believe

And when black folks believe

We believe

So just go over the footage

And think

Back to any time

Of any gathering of black people

Have you ever seen a flag in their hand?

I am going out today

To buy me a flag

I am going to attach it to my jacket

America

I sang my country tis of thee

When watching the inauguration

I sang it loudly and proudly

I too sing America

I can’t that out of my head

America

I love you

You love me

We are straight

No one will be more American than me from now on

We fought for this country before we were slaves

Crispus Attucks

Was the first man to die in the American Revolution was black

We fought in the civil war

As slaves

We fought in every war

When 911 happened

The first thing I did

Was grab my guns

For if they were attacking America

They were attacking me

My home

And now

For the first time

We have been redeemed

So America just thinks

On what this will do to a people

Of genius

My people

When we get really American

And one more thing

Don’t mess with my boy

Don’t mess with Obama

There is a nation full of

A standing army of

Old black ladies

That will kiss your ass

If you mess with Obama

So be warned

America

I love it

I love you