TIME FOR CHANGE, NOW I KNOW THEY WILL LISTEN!!

From the ones who defied all odds, went out and put their lives on the line to show the true loyalty of a man,for change. To the ones who now seek it all the way into the white house and beyond, it is plain to see that minorities, mainly Blacks, through history has always, no matter what, been there for their country at large. As a black young boy growing up, reading in the history books about the Langston Hughes, the Martin Luther Kings, The Thurgood Marshall’s, & the
Richard Wrights, I could never really understand why, in a country that showed these men virtually no love at all, why they kept on striving, struggling, & fighting for this country. I grew up (with no real racism around me) with white, Hispanic, and Asian friends, went to college, respected the police, who, for the most part, respect me back, ate anywhere I wanted, is about to see Obama in the white house, say, ok, that’s why. I saw Murder at St. Ann yesterday, Spike Lee’s movie, & it moved me to write this piece. It’s easy, in my opinion to look at gangs, crime, drugs, and murder as a Ghetto minority problem, then say that we all, as a whole, are solely responsible for the demise of this nation. But hey blue collar white folk, & whoever else out there who feel that way, now you can take a sigh of relief, retract the hate. Most people look to God as a way of saying he will determine our fate, get us out of this mess. I am here to tell you, that will never be true in this light. God; an entity of truth & prosperity, did not design this earth and all the creators and beings on it, just to always come down and rescue us from problems that only require leadership, utilizing your brain, and coming together to conquer a goal. You know why Black leaders are so successful over time, it's because they have always had the ability to take their struggles of today and fight them to the death so that we all will always have a tomorrow. Remember Dr. King, the man died for a cause that is still felt today. The man moved millions to take advantage of the times, and show how powerful,(just just himself) just how powerful each of us were in changing the way people see us. Look at Mr. Chavez, the man died for a cause that is still felt in the Hispanic community today, he put migrate worker rights first, and now rights stand, and will stand in his name till the end of time. In war, we have had black men, Black pilots, soldiers, and captains, take a gun, and an order, twist it, defy it, but executed it to the point of victory for their respective countries. Now, in the year 2008, we have Mr. Obama. Now I would say, if the going weren’t so rough, I would say Obama had no chance at victory in this election. But, if you read through history, it tells you of the begging and guidance White America seeked in the minority community when times were bad, when they seen no way out. It's no mystery why Black people invented everything first. Time is the reason! Black people all over the world live by the same greed. By nature we watch, seek, migrate, and wait. Why? Because we acknowledge, and can foresee danger and predict downfall in faulty systems, faulty societies, and we know when times are hard, people run to what always works, for help. Of course, Africa has a problem with disease; of course America has a problems with gangs, etc. But we are in a drought, and Hip Hop is still going strong. The hood, as I see it, is still moving with no cliches in the system. People see that, trust me. Like they steal our style, when times are rough, they want our leaders too. Will Obama change this crisis? Maybe not, but the biggest thing he will do, and I stress this always, he will bring a mind frame that will change how we work this system. People will take, utilize it, see that it works, then do what they always do, either kill us off, or boot us back to the number 2 spot. I just hope Obama over the years see he has to hold his position, hold strong even though, and make way for more minorities to come influence change, bring in Hispanics, Asians, Muslims, Italians, Africans, and just diversify change so much, that it will represent such a broad way of change. They will never be able to break it,(like Dr King did)even Long after Obama is gone. That’s what I want, for once someone other than money hungry White America running money, but Minorities who are used to giving back finding ways to change our system. Then watch, you will begin to see change that is unbreakable. GO SEE MIRACLE AT ST. ANN, THE MOVIE SHOULD MAKE A BILLION DOLLARS, IT'S THAT GOOD. TRUST ME