I Saw My Hometown Burning

When I Leave Here, When My Final Day On This Earth Is Up, I Want To Leave In Peace. I Want To Have Peace In My Heart.

It's Not Painful To Relive It. I'm Comfortable With My Position In American History.

For A Long Time, Sure, I Was Letting The Pressure Of Being Rodney King Get To Me. It Ain't Easy. Even Now, I Walk Into A Place Wondering, 'what People Are Thinking? Do They Know Who I Am? What Do They Think About What Happened? Do They Blame Me For The All Those People Who Died?'

I Had To Learn To Forgive. I Couldn't Sleep At Night. I Got Ulcers. I Had To Let Go, To Let God Deal With It. No One Wants To Be Mad In Their Own House. I Didn't Want To Be Angry My Whole Life. It Takes So Much Energy Out Of You To Be Mean.

Obama, He Wouldn't Have Been In Office Without What Happened To Me And A Lot Of Black People Before Me. He Would Never Have Been In That Situation, No Doubt In My Mind. He Would Get There Eventually, But It Would Have Been A Lot Longer. So I Am Glad For What I Went Through. It Opened The Doors For A Lot Of People.