Monday, May 2, 2011

Public Enemy #1

last night i was at 15F (jon, chad, andrew, and beaudy's apartment) and i called my dad to ask him a simple 60's music question that i knew, as always, he would know the answer to... after a few minutes of chit chat about Yanni and the NHL playoffs he told me the news.
OSAMA BIN LADEN has been killed by American troops.
to anyone out there reading this-remember where YOU were when you heard the news.  There are moments throughout our lives that we should never forget.
september 11, 2001-1st Black President-and Osama killed.
these are moments that I am proud to be an American. 


*this song is more about the fight for equality but I think it can still apply. it IS a NEW day. let's embrace it and be thankful for it.
thank you to all those that help keep this country safe.

It's A New Day Lyrics
I went asleep last night
Tired from the fight
I've been fighting for tomorrow
All my life
Yea I woke up this morning
Feeling brand new
'Cause the dreams that I've been dreaming
Have finally came true

It's a new day

It's been a long time coming
Up the mountain kept runnin'
Souls of freedom kept hummin'
Channeling Harriet Tubman

Kennedy, Lincoln, and King
We gotta invest in that dream
It feels like we're swimming upstream
It feels like we're stuck inbetween
A rock and a hard place,
We've been through the heartaches
And lived through the darkest days

If you and I made it this far,
Well then hey, we can make it all the way
And they said no we can't
And we said yes we can
Remember it's you and me together

I woke up this morning
Feeling alright
I've been fightin' for tomorrow
All my life
Yea, I woke up this morning
Feeling brand new
Cause the dreams that I've been dreaming
Have finally came true

It's a new day

It's been a long time waitin'
Waiting for this moment
Been a long time praying
Praying for this moment

We hope for this moment
And now that we own it
For life I will hold it
And I ain't gonna let it go

It's for fathers, our brothers,
Our friends who fought for freedom
Our sisters, our mothers,
Who died for us to be in this moment

Stop and cherish this moment
Stop and cherish this time

It's time for you and me
For us and we
That's you and me together

I woke up this morning
Feeling brand new
Cause the dreams that I've been dreaming
Have finally came true
Yea, I woke up this morning
Feeling alright

'Cause we weren't fighting for nothing
And the soldiers weren't fighting
For nothing
No, Martin was dreaming for nothing
And Lincoln didn't change it for nothing
And children weren't crying for nothing

 

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