We are dancing in our living room in Washington Heights, in Manhattan. The streets are going crazy here, cars honking, people yelling, fireworks going off. It is louder than when the Yankees won the World Series in 1996. My partner, boyfriend, husband and I are dancing to our favorite movie musical -- "The Wiz" -- and its stunningly joyful song "CAN YOU FEEL A BRAND NEW DAY?"
Ok, Nipsy Russell, Richard Prior and Michael Jackson may have faded i our eyes since 1979, but the song is so real, so moving, so true to what has happened tonight!
Can you feel a brand new day?
"Everybody look around, 'cuz there's a reason to rejoice, you see!
Everybody look up into the HOPE that we've been waiting for
Freedom, you see, has our hearts singing so joyfully
Just look about, you owe it to yourself to check it out!
CAN YOU FEEL A BRAND NEW DAY? CAN YOU FEEL A BRAND NEW DAY!"
Are they literally dancing in the streets where you are?
What song are they singing?