Watch Abbott Elementary 's Sheryl Lee Ralph 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' at Super Bowl 2023

Emmy winner Sheryl Lee Ralph kicked off Super Bowl 2023 singing the Black national anthem "Lift Every Voice and Sing."

Her mane on point with a dramatic sleeve moment in tact, Ralph looked like she was having the time of her life belting out the tune, written by James Weldon Johnson and his brother J. Rosamond Johnson in 1900.

ANGELA WEISS/AFP/Getty Sheryl Lee Ralph performs 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' ahead of the Super Bowl.

As Ralph pointed out on Twitter, she sang the song on the 123rd anniversary of the song first being publicly performed on Feb. 12, 1900. The NAACP began promoting "Life Every Voice and Sing" as the "Black national anthem" in 1917, officially adopting it as such two years later. In 2021, Rep. Jim Clyburn proposed a bill to make the song the "national hymn" of America.

Ralph famously busted out her pipes at the 2022 Emmy Awards when she won for her performance on Abbott Elementary. The acclaimed sitcom, set in Philadelphia, has typically overzealous fans of the Eagles, who are playing against the Kansas City Chiefs at Super Bowl LVII.

Check out Ralph's stirring rendition of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" below:

Related content:

• Sheryl Lee Ralph finally gets her due, eats up 2022 Emmys with epic acceptance speech — and song!

• Chris Stapleton, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Troy Kotsur, and more to perform during Super Bowl LVII pregame show

• Sheryl Lee Ralph reveals Rihanna secretly called her to model lingerie