the right freaking song... ?----------------------------------
http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=94919&catid=339
DENVER - Mayor John Hickenlooper's annual State of the City address may get more attention for what wasn't included than what was.
At the start of the event Tuesday morning, City Council President Michael Hancock introduced singer Rene Marie to perform the national anthem.
Instead, she performed the song "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing," which is also known as the "black national anthem."
When she finished, the audience responded with mild applause. The national anthem was never performed.
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i love her take on the whole thing:
"When I decided to sing my version, what was going on in my head was: 'I want to express how I feel about living in the United States, as a black woman, as a black person,'" said Marie.
Marie says if she had the benefit of doing it over, she would sing the same song.
When asked if she would apologize for what happened she said, "No I do not."
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i've decided i'm going to pick my own song and have the irish/cherokee/sweedish national anthem that identifies how i feel about living in texas, part of the united states, as a multi-ethnic mut, as a multi-ethnic mut male. i'll keep you in the loop on when i plan on performing it.
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