The Aeolians of Oakwood University, Frankie McGinnis, Jr., piano

No color can come between us,
No shade to be thrown,
No tone be taken to demean us,
No hue of hate to shown,
No color, no shade, no tone;
Let me be transparent with you
Whose history is whose?
Who’s walking in whose shoes?
Who’s making whose rules?
Who’s learning in whose schools?
Whose history, whose shoes, whose rules?
Let me be transparent with you.
More love is our intention,
Stop—did we forget to mention that
We are more alike than we are different?
United we take a stand,
Ignited with hand in hand,
To build a band of harmony.
No time to wait, don’t hesitate!
Within me there’s a love so strong,
Within me there’s a hope to belong,
Within me there’s a fire to right all wrongs.
Within me there’s a love to share,
Within me there’s a need to care,
Within my heart is a risk to dare.
—Stacey V. Gibbs and Shawn Kirchner