Barack Obama - American Hero, Urban Legend

Rewind Summer 08

I was once skeptical about the man we call Barack. I saw the t-shirts.. i felt the buzz. Alot of school peers was exacted. It was a different, but then again it wasn't. It was as if Jay-Z album was coming out, or the new Saw was about to drop. Myself and many people thought.. this is cool but, theres no way they'll let him run. Time passed, and his rating got stronger, the buzz got bigger. So i said to myself, this is good.. but previous political experiences had made me not be confident in our system.. or us as Americans. I followed him during the conventions and heard him speak and said. This guy isn't bad at all, but we'll see. Meanwhile i see more shirts and alot of people say.. "we gunna have a black man running for president.. he got my vote". That wasn't enough for me. It was actually discouraging, because alot of people were uneducated about what he wanted to do besides "change". Not only that i figured the republicans would surely give the American people a real good choice due to there part in destroying Americas foundation within the last 8 Years.. Thanks for Bush. Twice? damn republicans.
One night, im flipping threw channels and i saw Barack on CNN, on his college tour. I couldn't resist but to watch, he was growing on me, and i was rooting for him but needed to back up my reasons. Then he started to speak, he spoke on raising pell grants, awarding students who help in the community w/ little to no tuition fee for college students. I have been in college for two years.. this exited me. he then spoke on tax cuts for people making less than $250,000. I haven't heard anyone of relevance in American politics talk about these issues on a grand scale like this. That was all i needed to hear.. and following his other speeched he never wavered in those topics. At that point, he had me.

Fast Forward 5 months, an attended speech.... and a Political Ass whooping later. We have a new president... and in the far future when i have a son, lord willing.. Ill actually get to tell him "you can be whatever you want kid, whatever.

That being said.. Thanks Obama.. and black people, we now have a standard we must live up to, a role model for our generation, a reason to care if you previously didn't, Yes we can.