Life Isn't A Race. It's

We Thought I Was Going To Be A Great Athlete, And We Were Wrong, And I Thought I Was Going To Be A Great Entertainer, And That Wasn't It Either. I'm Going To Be An American Citizen. First Class.

I Never Learned Hate At Home, Or Shame. I Had To Go To School For That.

My Wife And I Went To Jail In Selma. The Difference When I Was Back There Recently? White Folks? No. Black Folks Who Were Not Scared. I Was Behind The President This Time. When I Was A Little Boy And Ran Around With Trifling Dudes, I Was The Only One Scared Of Dogs. And I Was Bitten 14 Times! Dogs Smell Scared. And That's The Same Thing With People: 50 Years Ago They Smelled Fear. There Was No Fear This Time.

We Used To Root For The Indians Against The Cavalry, Because We Didn't Think It Was Fair In The History Books That When The Cavalry Won It Was A Great Victory, And When The Indians Won It Was A Massacre.

The Naacp Is A Wonderful Organization . . . But Do You Realize If Tomorrow Morning We Had Complete Integration, All Them Cats Would Be Outta Work?