"YES WE CAN"

Before i give you "The Second Coming...the building of The Supreme TEAM", i have to take a moment to pay homage and give reverance to Barack Obama. I would be remist if i didn't let this historic moment BREATH a little bit. As i sat in my living room last night, i watched the coverage on CNN. Now, deep down inside, i/we expected Barack to win. He was clearly the best candidate. In my heart, i wanted him to win...i hoped that he'd win, but honestly i was prepared for some isht to go down. We've seen it so many times where African Americans end up on short end...the political end...the racial end of the stick. Time and time again. So as much i prayed for it and expected it....i couldn't allow myself to really absorb the moment because i was afraid and preparing for something to go wrong. And then it happened. the CNN anchor said, "President Elect Barack Obama". My body froze for a second. I starred at the screen as it read what he had just said. in bold letters, "PRESIDENT ELECT - BARACK OBAMA". i was overcome with such pride...such joy, admiration, love and respect that all i could do was cry. a few tears ran down my face and i just let them run. Not only did he win...but he won in such a fashion that it wasn't even close. He won with dignity and strategy and intellect and remaining steadfast to his ideals and never changing regardless of the weather. HE WON! i wasn't mentally prepared for him to win, although i thought i was. Its almost like wanting that dirt bike with the mag wheels..the tricked out bike that costs way more than your parents have...and actually seeing it on christmas. yeah, u wanted it, you hoped for it...but you prepared not to have it. and when u got it....its like WOW.....YES WE CAN!! And many non-afrian americans will say that we are excited just because he's black. NO...we are excited because he was clearly the best candidate. he was clearly what america needed. We are excited because his victory represents so many things to our race and to the african american male. he represents the hope that we CAN accomplish anything if we work hard toward it. he represents the dismissal of all excuses. now when young black boys write on their paper, "i want to be president" NO ONE WILL LAUGH! No one will suggest that he pick up a basketball or learn to spit fire in the booth. When young black boys stand up and pledge allegiance to the flag, they will feel INCLUSIVE, instead of IN SPITE OF. His victory says that we no longer have to try to be like any other race. we can be ourselves and be great. our black men don't have to try to sound white anymore. because the highest ranking officer in the land sounds black. his voice is deep. its commanding. its intellegent and its sincere. We don't have to be afraid to be who we are. No, Barack isn't responsible for uplifting our race. No, not at all. We are responsible for using him as a catalyst to uplift ourselves and say, Yes We Can!
He's shown us that anything is possible. For those who will wait for Obama to cut their taxes, or to give them a stimulus check or to put on a black glove to keep it real.....they will be waiting a long time and will probably be sadly mistaken. But for those who understand what his victory means...they will uplift themselves. Our generation has not had a leader....a true leader to look up to and identify with. a movement to get behind and push. Now we have that in our generation where they said we were hopeless. Our greatest champion is a proud, Godfearing African American Man, husband and father. THAT IS WHAT HIS VICTORY REPRESENTS. He told the world that his best friend and rock was Michelle Obama!! WOW. and the beauty of Michelle Obama is that she aint stick skinny. she don't have blond weave, she don't have huge boobs or a donkey butt. She's a real black woman in every since of the word. She embodies the spirits of Betty Shabazz ,Coretta Scott King and Myrlie Evers.

I was so impressed at how he addressed the public after he won. He didn't take credit for the victory. He gave the victory to the poeple of America. and he told the voters who he hadn't convinced yet, "i'll be your president too". He never mentioned being the first Black President of the United States. His speach was one of, if not the most powerful collection of thoughts i can recall hearing. I was so proud to be a black man. I was so proud to be doing what i was supposed to be doing. I was proud that someone who looks like me and had experienced some of the things that i've experienced...someone who didn't grow up rich, but had to struggle as many of us did....was standing there as the new...the first and the only Head Negro In Charge!

YES WE CAN!!!

The photos attached is a haircut by Ram, a member of the Supreme Team.
Ram used Brandon (model) in a hairshow and his theme was CHANGE!
Happy Birthday Brandon!! (Yezzir)