I think people forget Sheryl started on Broadway, she can blow! And this was beautiful!!

Literally just seen her on Abbott elementary yesterday now she’s singing in the superbowl 🙌🏾 multi talented 🤯

This woman is ageless. I felt THE PASSION IN HER VOICE!!! Beautiful, standing ovation in my house.

Her pride came thru like the dawn in this song! ❤🎉❤

For those of us who are old enough to have seen this goddess of the Broadway stage in the original production of DREAMGIRLS where she originated the role of Deena Jones loosely based on Diana Ross and the rise of the success of the Supremes in Motown. This performance today takes us back to her show stopping performance in that show. Sheryl along with Loretta Devine and Jennifer Holliday caused multiple show stopping applause moments nightly at the Minskoff Theater with their dynamic performances. I saw this Show and Miss Ralph and her show sisters 11 times and watched Chaos and explosive applause each and every time I was there. Never before or after have I seen a show cast do that. And YES! She still has it!!

Please acknowledge the choir also. They did PHENOMENAL!!!

Omg we need to give aunty her flowers! She’s been in this industry for SOOO long! She deserves the world! So proud to know she’s Jamaican as well! ❤

Amazing!! What a voice.

She did a FANTASTIC JOB!!!!!! Big up yuhself Auntie Sheryl Lee!!!!! 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲 Thank you for always making Jamaica proud!

I’m so glad that the world is giving her the recognition that she deserves. Go on Mrs. Ralph

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The NFL really deleted every negative comment that's actually crazy😂

What an elegant, sophisticated and gracious lady! This performance was beautiful!

I loved this arrangement. The rhythmic marching emphasized, was key to her powerful delivery.

I also have to give recognition to that outstanding choir lending their vocal support to Mrs Sheryl Lee Ralph. They were absolutely amazing, too!

Very good traditional performance of this classic hymn.🙂 Happy Black History Month!🫡🥳

She’s seizing her moment & we love it! 👏🏾

My mom went to HS with Sheryl Lee Ralph. She has always gushed about her and how proud she is of Sheryl. My mom likes to talk about how she was in the school production of “Oklahoma” with Sheryl. Sheryl Lee Ralph is a force of nature and gave a brilliant, moving performance. She certainly did, and has always done, Long Island proud

just read the top two comments and ignore these others

😍 unfortunately iv never heard this song before. Its an absolutely shame because its beautiful! I wish I knew its history prior to being in my 30s! Im not sure why people made such a fuss over a song that not only was wonderfully written but performed perfectly! I didnt even know she could sing - She is soo talented! Also props to the philly ASL translator she added a little extra sparkle to all the performances that night!!!

I am standing tall and filled with such pride as Sheryl Lee Ralph sings "Lift Every Voice and Sing!" This is truly inspirational and definitely a momentous historical time for Black people in America. Thank you Sheryl Lee Ralph!!! You did that!!! 💗💞

Thank you Hon. Sheryl Lee Ralph for taking our 🇯🇲 to another Level, God Bless you 👏👏👏👏👏

She really said this one’s for you my Black Americans. I’ll take it. I remember singing this song every day in elementary school. And to go from seeing her on Moesha, then Abbott ,then learning she was on the OG Dreamgirls Broadway Musical, now to see her rocking out to this song looking mature and majestic, like the beautiful women in my family whom I love so much, is the ultimate moment! BRAVO!

Why not the Dutch national Anthem? You all got our roots there :P

TO BE 66 YEARS OLD & STILL THAT BEAUTIFUL & TALENTED IS A GODSEND!!!💜🙏🏽💯👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

It's just something about a low-voiced woman singing this song that does it for me! The best part of the entire night imo!

I'm just imagining the millions of Americans hearing this song for the first time... I'm a Euro and even I grew up knowing "America's Black Anthem". Such a cool moment.

It's a beautiful song stop making it devicisive ❤

That's what the world is missing and so desperately need real singing 😍😍🙏🙏

Ohh my God.She’s a Angel.Her voice is Beautifully Angelic.What a Blessing God gave her❤️❤️❤️❤️

Imagine not knowing what the star spangled banner story really means…

She DID THAT!!!!!!! Yesss Sheryl..Felt that in my soul!!! Gave me chills!

She bodied that and fulfilled my expectations. This song is real triumphant and she just carried to the max 💓💓💓

I didn't know she could sing let alone like that! Oh my damn, that was beautiful!

Wow, as an ADOS, this is beautiful and frightening at the same time. This is powerful and beautiful regarding of the continuing destruction of of my people on our native land

Incredible!!! Timeless message in that song and a timeless performer 👑👑👑👑 Also, major shout out to the ASL translator

She said “prepare to be sick of me”. I KNOW THAT’S RIGHT!

Beautiful voice however I’m a little confused as to why there’s another national anthem. 🙄 Should there now be one for Asians, Latins, Greek, Iranian, Hindu, etc??

So ...this is all well and good, but it's not our national anthem 🙄

We sing this song uptempo at church. I love it. Ralph has a tremendous voice.

My auntie did her thang

Sheryl nailed it! I’m crying right now because I felt that all in my bones. I will watch this performance again and again.

What a beautiful rendition of this incredibly moving song and what a woman and her dress!!! God bless her from the deep of my Canadian Baptist heart.

I cried halfway through for all of us Black Americans who fought so hard to see this song sung. Beautiful ❤❤❤❤❤😢😢😢😢

I usually like a more uptempo version of this song, but after listening to it several times, I really like this version, too! Her Broadway vocals came through. So talented!

I finally found a post of her singing it. I was so disappointed by all the backlash online from the shallow minds. Bashing everything from the NFL to the media for allowing the song to be sung. Seems like any expression of Blackness is somehow divisive to a lot of people. I suggested they compare the lyrics of both and see which promotes divisiveness. I got no response as of yet.

I prefer Jim Hendrix's version of our national anthem.

I felt like I was In a Disney channel movie lol, she definitely did her thing bless her 👏🏾

I really needed to see some perfection and SHE DELIVERED!! 🙌🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Is there a Latino or Asian National athem???

Balkan people national anthem next

Wow!!!! That was a great performance! Just as beautiful as when I made my first trip to NY in 1983 a see Dream Girls! So inspirational!

Sheryl Lee Ralph injects so much heart into every word that comes out of her mouth, sung or spoken. She, the choir, and the interpreter gave a stunning performance and I'm glad I got to experience it as it aired 💕

“Singing does not put food on the table. Singing does not pay the bills.”

BRAVO ! BRAVO ! BRAVO ! Growing up our "The Black National Anthem ," :Lift Every Voice and Sing, was sung " every morning after the Pledge of Allegiance and at every school assembly and sports game. It is very sad our young people and many adults who don't know our anthem, we must NEVER forget where we come from ! Ms. Ralph sang it with pride.

She look absolutely gorgeous and she sounds beautiful too, This performance was absolutely beautiful

Love it! I don’t know if I’ve ever heard this performed at the Super Bowl bravo!

It's amazing how there are 4.5K comments, 36K downvotes, and not one negative comment. Hmmm.

I'm a biracial man, part black, I would have took a knee on this one

Rarely do a voice, a performance, a tune, and a text come together so movingly and so brilliantly. This is an instant classic, to be replayed as frequently as possible. Lift every voice and sing - indeed!

Absolutely slayed that!!! I was putting my shoes on to march with her!!!

Till victory is WON!!

I only will stand to the American Anthem, and the American Anthem, nothing else

She sung with such conviction. Her voice sounded different than I'm used to hearing it but her conviction was penetrating. Beautiful woman. Beautiful song. Beautiful conviction.

Wow just wonderful! She has an amazing voice and looked absolutely gorgeous!!

Isn't it weird that people forget about their country? This replaces a national anthem? Oh boy America... where's your pride gone?

My favorite stanza: God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, Thou who hast brought us thus far on the way; Thou who hast by Thy might, Led us into the light, Keep us forever in the path, we pray. Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee, Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee; Shadowed beneath Thy hand, May we forever stand, True to our God, True to our native land.

Absolutely powerful and beautiful! She did that with so much grace!!!

Perfection!! I'm so glad she's finally getting her flowers.

When did we start booking her for signing? Ijs....she did do Broadway 30 yrs ago but...I love her! But, her Dream Girl days are wayyy over! 💯

Are we singing praises to the True living God or singing praises to ourselves?

Wow, I didn’t know she had that powerful voice.

Awesome performance. Beautifully done Sheryl Lee Ralph❤️

Then Chris Stapleton walks out with a guitar and no choir or background music and shows everyone what's up. :D

There’s only one nation anthem

She brought it!!! And so did the singers and the interpreter! And they all looked so good!🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

So regal, what a rendition. If you know the history of this song, the pain and hope from which it was birthed and what it has meant to Black people over time, you know why this moment is so special and her defiant march at the end so powerful. Yes, she embodies the beauty of the song and our struggle - perfectly. Well done to Mrs. Sheryl and to all the creatives responsible for delivering such a memorable performance. ❤ When I was growing up, music teachers at Black schools would teach this song from day one of the school year, so that every student understood the lyrical intent and knew the arrangement to be able to sing it proudly at every single assembly, special event, etc. Miss those days.

She's not Jamaican she's African American🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Double the dislikes to likes, have all the truthful comments been deleted?

It was perfect! ❤️ I really love that my school (CMEC) taught me this song as a kid!!

That gave me goosebumps. Respect ✊

The full lyrics for anyone who is curious: Lift every voice and sing, 'Til earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty; Let our rejoicing rise High as the list'ning skies, Let it resound loud as the rolling sea. Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us; Facing the rising sun of our new day begun, Let us march on 'til victory is won. Stony the road we trod, Bitter the chastening rod, Felt in the days when hope unborn had died; Yet with a steady beat, Have not our weary feet Come to the place for which our fathers sighed? We have come over a way that with tears has been watered, We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered, Out from the gloomy past, 'Til now we stand at last Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast. God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, Thou who has brought us thus far on the way; Thou who has by Thy might Led us into the light, Keep us forever in the path, we pray. Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee, our hearts drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee; Shadowed beneath Thy hand, May we forever stand, True to our God, True to our native land.

Fun Fact: James Weldon Johnson, a Republican wrote the lyrics to the song "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" to commemorate the birthday of Abraham Lincoln as part of a community celebration in Jacksonville, Florida in 1900. It is funny how history gets all tangled and twisted by the enemy. -Jeff Da Marine🦂

Love it! Well sung! Love you Sheryl and you look amaaazing! Jamaica to the world! 🇯🇲 🇺🇸

She is a solid alto/tenor! ❤❤❤

Let Harmony of Liberty win in all the Nations 🙌🇬🇭🇬🇭❤️🇬🇭🥰🙌

Why are we listening to a black national anthem, There’s one national anthem in America. Why not a Chinese, Mexican, Irish, etc anthems🤦🤦

Chillllllllssss/ Goosebumps......!!!! Thank you Mrs. Ralph!!! You understood the assignment!

This made me tear up - it was so uplifting. She is amazing! I love her on Abbott Elementary, and she was in the original cast of Dream Girls on Broadway!

Star bangled banner > this

There's ONLY ONE national anthem _ONE nation, under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all_ 🇺🇲

I did not know she had such a beautiful voice. Amazing!

I love how expressive she always is

Well. I prefer the regular national anthem. But she is a very good singer

People getting mad at a song like this is so mask off, it's so blatantly a song of love and freedom

Sheryl Lee is one multi-talented lady! Love the character she portrays on Abbott Elementary. ❤️

Sheryl is not new to this....she showed them how its done....she is on a roll...

Go head Sheryl Lee Ralph!!! You killed it sister!!! Such a Beautiful voice and inspiration while performing this classic Rendition!!!! AMEN SISTER!!!👏👏👏

Makes me emotional every time, and I'm South African. She did justice to the meaning.

I got teary-eyed by the fact that this was even sung. At the Super Bowl, no less. Sheryl was amazing and, at points, reminded me of Mahalia Jackson (her voice).