We Should Tip Our Hat

You learn about our presidents
When you learn about their pasts
And the things they did for others
Are things that should really last

For example, take Joe Biden
And one of his first jobs
For you learn about a person's character
By seeing with whom it is that he hobnobs

Joe lived in suburbia
And watched Martin Luther King on TV
And his heart bled for the Black people
And he wished they were more free

Just a high school senior
When he went looking for some work
And he decided he wanted to work among Black people
Believing that would be the greatest perk

The job was at a swimming pool
And all the other guards were Black
And Joe took it as an honor
That they had each others backs

What kind of character
Does it take to seek out a job like that?
It seems we should give him credit
And we should tip our hat