that's not black excellence, that's for the oppressed everywhereYou may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.
...I learned this 24 years ago as a first grader, and was inspired by this Queen that embodied BLACKECXCELLENCE
Maya Angelou - your prose will live on for an eternity