in this masterful speech.
Obama mused on the notion of "grace" ("I was blind but now I see"
as something bestowed, without our deserving it ... and listed all the things we have suddenly seen and understood by virtue of this horrific crime in which nine lives were lost. And then he moved on to say that having that grace of "seeing" bestowed upon us is not enough. It is up to us to do something with it.
He then seamlessly pivoted into the most riveting political commentary on race, poverty, violence, and guns I have ever witnessed. It was mesmerizing. This song was merely the apotheosis, the call to arms. We've all seen ... now rise up and continue to act.
When he broke into song it was both shocking and inspirational. What it was not was just another hymn at a funeral.
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