And I Used To Say, 'i'm Black,

Faith Is The Substance Of Hope - Of Things Hoped For And The Evidence Of Things Not Seen. So If You Can Hope For It And Imagine It, And Keep Imagining And Hoping And Seeing Yourself Driving A New Car, Or Seeing Yourself Getting That Job, Or Seeing Yourself Excel, Seeing Yourself Help That Person - That Is Faith.

And I Used To Say, 'i'm Black, Too.' In Other Words, I - My Whole Life I've Been Called A Half-breed, A Convict, King Of The Trailer Trash, This And That. I Take That And Stand.

Everybody's Under God's Planet, And God Is The Almighty, The Beginning, The End, The Alpha, The Omega. He's Big Daddy. He Gives Out These Little Soldiers And Sons And Angels And Saints To Help Everybody Else Get Through To Him. I'm Not The 'jesus-only Or You're Going To Hell' Kind Of Guy.

I'm Marrying My Common-law Wife, Beth, The Christian Way, With A Preacher And All That.

I Have The Utmost Respect And Aloha For Black People Who Have Already Suffered So Much Due To Racial Discrimination And Acts Of Hatred.