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Led one of the most successful walk outs
And he was just the tender age of twenty-one old;
Caught the attention of Bernard Rubin,
In the fifties he trade in a hardhat for cufflinks of gold.
... he wasn't just the average Joe.

He started as a shop steward for unions
It only took one year for him secretary so fast;
In Sixty-Three, he became the president.
He was only twenty-seven, anyone had to ask.
... he wasn't just the average Joe.

He was chaired the Model City Advisory Board,
After voted Most Outstanding Citizen in Seventy-One;
To think that he was born and raised in Overtown,
A precious child to a young hardworking single mom.
... he wasn't just the average Joe.

Deemed the hero of the black hardworkers,
He did so much for the Miami-Dade Black labor;
He paid past-due rent and he posted bail,
Also placed food on empty table and other favors.
... he wasn't just the average Joe.

Joe initiated a pension plan where there'd be tuition
For the children of the union working men,
Funded and hosted summer programs for the youth
Of the community and always had a big grin.
... he wasn't just the average Joe.

Nine years was all it took him to make wages
To quadruple for the union workers under him,
Even with the adversity of white contractors,
As they slandered, they made a stronger him.
... he wasn't just the average Joe.

After he had just shut his trunk in a parking lot,
He got assissinated with a high-power rifle;
Dropped out a partner from business in Orlando,
And his wife and four children had an eyeful.
... he wasn't just the average Joe.

He was just thirty-four years old.
He wasn't just the average Joe;
I'm talking about Joseph Caleb.

Thank you, Big Joe...