Look, we break it down, down, down, down, down.

She break it down, down, down, down, down, down.

She got to message for the people, a brilliant mind and a clean soul.

She's standing up to the evil in making sure that we all grow strong enough

To break these change we're in

They keep us in this painful condition

She gave us truth and division

That's why we listen

She break it down, down, down, down, down

Down, down

She break it down, down, down, down. She break it down, down, down, down, down, down.

No, we break it down, down, down, down, down.

In any event, we got a lot to get to this morning, and we have a ritual that we use on this show before we get into our deep dives and conversations. And the reason

we use this ritual, the ritual is called the moment of gratitude. The reason we use this ritual is because

frankly, Black Talklandia is not easy. It is difficult. And so because of that, we want to make

sure that we are not just diving into our analysis of, you know, what's happening in the world and the troubles and the travails and what's happening in the news stories and that and the other.

Honey, that's hard.

It's depressing. And when you add to that, the fact that we're living lives that are life in, it's a lot. So we take just a few minutes every single morning to sit in a space where we can listen to something, contemplate something, breathe together,

do something that's going to allow us to jush up emotions of joy, gratitude, and appreciation.

And the reason we want to focus on joy, gratitude, and appreciation is because when we're rooted

in those emotions, we cannot also be trapped by fear, by loneliness, and by depression.

So the ritual is very simple. It is so simple. In fact, it goes a little something like this. In just a minute, you're going to hear music. That music's going to be an invitation to you to join the rest of us, because when we hear the music sung to us by the group known as a beautiful chorus, we are going to collectively begin singing. I was going to say we're going to collectively begin singing.

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