"Selma" not only earned "Best Original Song" honors at last nights Golden Globe Awards show last night, Common, one of the composers of the song, brought the house down with a powerful acceptance speech. 

After taking the podium with John Legend, co-writer of the award-winning song "Glory," Common delivered a message for the ages. It was short and packed one hell of a punch:

I want to thank God and the Hollywood Foreign Press. The first day I stepped on the set of Selma, I began to think this was bigger than a movie. As I got to know people of the civil rights movement, I realized: I am the hopeful black woman who was denied her right to vote; I am the caring white supporter, killed on the front lines of freedom; I am the unarmed black kid who maybe needed a hand but was instead given a bullet; I am the two fallen police officers murdered in the line of duty. Selma has awakened my humanity. And I thank you Ava [DuVernay, the film's director]. You are a superhero. You use the art to elevate us all — to bring us together.

The speech went viral and immediately spawned a couple of memes. This one:

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And this one:

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Watch Common's speech below:

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