I am Muhammad Ali.

I know where I'm going and I know the truth,

and I don't have to be

what you want me to be.

I'm free to be what I want.

The day I met Islam, I found a power within myself

that no man could destroy

or take away from me.

I am America.

I am the part you won't recognize.

But get used to me.

Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours;

my religion, not yours;

my goals, my own; get used to me.

We have one life; it soon will be past;

what we do for God is all that will last.

Today is the last day of the year.

It soon will be past.

May we all live AS gifted,

with IMAN heightening in our hearts.

Muharrem Nureddin COŞAN

A Birthday Song For Nations

24 Ekim 2019