Obama….. so what?

I stepped out today in an unusually euphoric mood.The weather was horrible- as usual, but that was not going to wipe the smile off my black face. I pulled out my iPod and only one track seemed appropriate for today……….. my president’s BLACK, my lambo’s blue and i’l be God damned if my rims ain’t too…….. oh hung on! I own no lambo so i remix it in my head. Just keeping it real: ……my president’s BLACK my jacket’s BLACK and i’ll be God damned if my boots ain’t too……
Got to work and i realised I wasn’t the only one brimming with excitement! My black brothers were equally ecstatic. We greeted each other with wide smiles and the raised fist…power to the people! And the the Pakistani lad.He was absolutely rhapsodic! He even claims Obama is a Muslim:his reason??100,000 Muslims voted for Obama and that’s enough to make the brother a Muslim…..and the Portuguese boy. He seems excited too, but he just doesn’t see the historic significance of this event…..he thinks Martin Luther King was the first African American president!How funny? No son!Obama lives Dr.King’s dream!!
But why am I so excited? Obama has won the election and so what? My surname is not Obama neither am I an American citizen nor a Keyan. So what is in all this for me? Nothing has changed in my life as I see it! When I wake up tomorrow morning I’l have to go work that 8 to 5! I still have all these bills to pay!!So why am I buzzing with excitement? And Imran Khan? And Hugo Marcello?? I’l tell you why……
Obama stands for all we dream for ourselves, our children and our children’s children! When I look at him I know I CAN!! When I look at him I see hope!! Just HOPE……..and that’s just all I need! HOPE!