I Can

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I CAN

I Can do what my Mind tells me to.
I Can, so Can you.
I Can streak like a Rocket through the Sky.
I Can plunge to the Earth and die.
I Can run and win any Race,
From Inner Self to Outer Space.
All I want you to understand
Is that my Country and Heritage spell "I Can!"

I Can try, and I Can cry.
I Can lead, and I Can succeed.
I Can trail, and I Can fail.
I Can fight, and I Can Unite.
I Can adopt, and I Can Stop.
I Cannot hide, nor Can Apartheid.
I Can write and incite.
I Can bleed for my Country's Creed.
I Can defend, and I Can pretend.
I Can hate, yet, I Can adjudicate!
I Can give, but I Can also live.
I Can contrive, and oh yeah, "I Can survive!"

I Can do this, and I Can do that.
All I need is a Turn at Bat.
I speak of my Abilities not by Chance,
Nor is it your Opinion of me I seek to enhance.
THE LAST FOUR LETTERS OF MY [AFR-I-CAN] HERITAGE AND MY [AMER-I-CAN]CREED SPELL "I CAN!" (line 25)
I Can do Anything as well as "Everyman!"
"I CAN! I CAN! I CAN!"
YOU DAMN RIGHT "I CAN!"

"I Can" was published and copyrighted in THE 1987 BLACK HISTORY CALENDAR.
Line 25 of this poem renamed Black People "Afr-i-can Amer-i-can."
The copyright Registration Number for THE BLACK HISTORY CALENDAR is TX 000 1 929 242.

Digital copies of the book  "i can: the origin of Afr-i-can Amer-i-can" are now available.  To order send $15.95 to Johnny Duncan--Post Office Box 723--Amite, Louisiana 70422.  All orders will be shipped the day received.  Thanks!