O say can you 20,000 Negro leagues beneath the sea foamed clouds laced with ink that stains when rains makes books of trees at once upon a dawns early light pawn bishop knight children of night may queens take kings hereafter thereafter the triching sands demand that our decisions be timely I'm the Omni American born of beats and blood the concert of the sun unplugged I'm the offspring of spring reborn pledged and sworn the risen ash of a flag burned and torn I'm the blood of the womb the risen tide of the moon the dark side that the light cannot hide I'm the pages of history read between the lines the living truth between your symbols and signs I'm the son of a minister Love of a teacher My mother taught me well so I rebel I'm the bell re-tolled yet a story untold The hidden force behind a rock that was rolled. I'm the omni American born of beats and blood the concert of the sun unplugged