Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - "On the Pulse of Morning" he whiti nā te kaituhi me te kaitoi a Maya Angelou i pānuihia e ia i te whakatūnga tuatahi o te Perehitini o Bill Clinton
i te 20 o Hanuere 1993. Na tana korero a te iwi, ko Angelou te tuarua o nga kaitoi i roto i te hitori ki te panui i tetahi whiti i te whakatuunga perehitini, me te tangata tuatahi o Awherika me te wahine. (Ko Robert Frost te kaitoi tuatahi o te whakatūnga, i te whakatūnga o John F. Kennedy i te tau 1961). Ko te rekoata ororongo a Angelou mo te waiata i toa i te Tohu Grammy 1993 i roto i te waahanga "Kupu Korero Pai", i hua ake ai te rongonui me te mohio mo ana mahi o mua, me te whakawhānui i tana tono.