On the streets of the city They have taken my Who-I-Am As well as my What-I-Was And now I am desperate for them both Again

Within the black community, roughly 60 percent of children are born to single moms. Moms don't have the emotional wherewithal to deal with their children. Their English is atrocious. Their speaking is atrocious. The dropout rate is horrendous.

Cutting people out of your life is easy, keeping them in is hard.

And I see the - you know, when I go to the juvenile detention centers and prisons, I see people who can't read now. And I know that when they leave those prisons and those detention centers, they're not going to be able to make it in our society.

Fifty percent of all meaningful education takes place in the home. What do you share with your child? You share your interests. I was a book person. I read with my son. My wife is an artist. She dragged his little butt around to museums. He's an illustrator of children's books.

America believes what's good for us is good for the world. It's very difficult to understand that that's not necessarily true.

Can you become The hope I need? Can you help me be More than it is written in my future Or past? Is there another me to find?