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Did You Catch the Hidden Jay-Z Reference in Obama's Selma Speech?

One of the most quoted lines from the president's speech has a familiar rhetorical turn.
Ali Elkin
Hip Hop artist Jay Z performs at The Staples Center on December 9, 2013 in Los Angeles, California.

Hip Hop artist Jay Z performs at The Staples Center on December 9, 2013 in Los Angeles, California.

 Photographer: Kevin Winter/Getty Images

President Barack Obama may have slipped a little nod to rapper Jay-Z into his much-praised speech in Selma, Ala., on Saturday. 

It came at the very end of the address, when the president employed a turn of phrase rap fans might have found familiar. "We honor those who walked so we could run," Obama said. "We must run so our children soar."