I am...

I am more than just another African American man waiting to be brought down by today's society

I am more than just another statistic of young African American boys being gunned down

I am more than just another basketball player or football player making profits for coporate America

I am more than another stereotype of an African American man in America

I am more..

I am more than usual

I am my own person

My own body

My own soul

I am me.

I am one of the few who isn't afraid to stand out

I am one of the few who isn't afraid of being called weird

I am who I am

I am life

I am the future

I am one of the next leaders of America

I am an African American man not afraid of the endless hurdles that has already been set before my birth

I am not a product of society but the product of my own conscious

I am who I am

I am African American

I am a future leader

I am the future

I am Me