I am somebody somebo-dy
We am and she am
and he am and I am
Somebody Somebody Somebo-dy
I was raised with the raised fist
Angela Davis summer
sixty-eight Olympics
Train banging your wings against
The cage in the event
you became cageless
The bane of my existence
is to resist
Back never bent re-load
never relent
Of All lights shone
I’m glimmering glint
I was named after a king
in our mist The Greatest
Changed the world in the ring
with his fists
More so with the gift
when rang from his lips
Bigger than just a individual gift
He had a vision for bringing
dignity to the crib
Gold medalist in his Olympic event
Significant respect
glistening off his neck
US flag waved the globe
was silent
Wore it everywhere
he went just to show
what it meant
Stepped off the plane
back on that pavement
The people hell bent that
they will never repent
Celebrate him
but his kin still clinched in a
Problem one piece of medal
couldn't fix
Legend is he pitched it
in the Ohio River
What good is recognition
When I know that I’m a victim
Expelled in a held back curriculum
Class president slash
second class citizen
Diligent to fight for people
Nineteen years old sacrificed
his ego
So here we go salute
my namesake
Many are successful
very few are great
Ah Yeah Right on y’all
I am somebody somebo-dy
We am and she am
and he am and I am
Somebody Somebody Somebo-dy
I am he am she am we am
Somebody Somebody Somebo-dy