Fasten your stance unyielding in cities we live

Brace your shoulder hard my black brother, against forthcoming tasks

Let no challenge cause you to doubt your convictions or desist

As you journey onwards encouraged by a pure heart!

For we are who we are carved from the stone of pain

Unique beyond compare as we ascend and rise

Our past is our future from where we came

Let it guide you now as you develop your lives

Be you Plumber, Rapper, Doctor or Lawyer.

Teacher, President, Milkman or DJ

Gather your faith and community spirit

To become what you may in these coming days

RESPECT is your beacon for spirit and soul

Building self esteem on a solid rock of positive action

Encouraging your brother to develop and grow

Leading to a life of achievement beyond our imagination

Let this awareness be passed to our children

Whose heritage dates back to Royal Kings and Queens

As we guide, caress and nurture their talent

Opening their eyes so they too will achieve

For now is the time for a revolution my brother

As the world will not wait for that change in us

We must embrace all that this world has to offer

And construct that change as we bind our trust!

Now Is The Time © Copyright 2010 Bryan Bailey

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