Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority's Song "I See The Light" (video & lyrics)

Karen Lady Kay Hilton Sanders, Apr 2, 2024

“I See The Light” Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated/Spring 2024/Beta Sigma/SC State University

SC State University = South Carolina State University

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post showcases a YouTube video of the historically Black Greek letter sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha's song entitled "I See The Light".

The lyrics for this song are also included in this post.

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All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to the composer/s* of this song and thanks to all those who are featured in this video. Thanks  to the producer and publisher of this video on YouTube. Thanks alsopost. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post.
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* Please share any information that you know about the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc's song "I See The Light", including who composed it, when was it composed and when was it first publicly  performed, and/or where and when you first learned it. Thanks!   

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LYRICS - I SEE THE LIGHT (ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY SONG)
(composer?)

[sung]

"I see the light.
The pink and green...
And everybody...everybody....
But everybody just can't go that way

 

[spoken]

Dedicated to the founders of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.  The guiding light

Soror Ethel Hedgeman Lyle

Soror Anna Easter Brown

Soror Beulah Burke

Soror Lillie Burke

Soror Marjorie Hill

Soror Margaret Flagg Holmes

Soror Lavinia Norman

Soror Lucy Diggs Slowe

Soror Marie Woolfolk Taylor

Soror Norma Boyd

Soror Ethel Jones Mowbray

Soror Alice P. Murray

Soror Sarah Merriweather Nutter

Soror Carrie Snowden

Soror Joanna Berry Shields

Soror Harriet Josephine Terry

[sung] 

I see the light.
I see the light...the Ahh-ka light
The pink and green...
The pink and green reign supreme...
And everybody...everybody....
And everybody want to be AKA
But everybody just can't go that way"

I see the light.
I see the light...the Ahh-ka light
The pink and green...
The pink and green reign supreme...
And everybody...everybody....

I see the Ahh-ka light...
And everybody want to be AKA
But everybody just can't go that way"

I see the light.
I see the light...the Ahh-ka light
The pink and green...
The pink and green reigns supreme...
And everybody...everybody....
And everybody want to be AKA
And everybody just can't go that way"

I see the light.
I see the light.  I see the Ahh-ka light...
The pink and green...
The pink and green reign supreme...
And everybody...everybody...
And everybody want to be AKA
But everybody just can't go that way"

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https://www.horntip.com/mp3/2000s/2001ca_black_greek_soundz_songs_and_chants_(CDs)/2001ca_a
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I added the words in brackets to clarify which words are sung and which words are spoken.

The alphabetical letters for "AKA" are pronounced separately.

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