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.

Don't we break it down, down, down, down, down, down.

Before we start the news dive, however, the heaviness of the news is something that we wrestle with a bit.

It's not the easiest of things to navigate.

And so we have,

for years since the show began, basically set up a situation where we could focus on

zushing up emotions of joy, gratitude, and appreciation before we get into the heavy news.

Because we know that when we're rooted in joy, gratitude, and appreciation, we cannot also

be trapped by fear, loneliness, or depression. And so we have this ritual called a moment of gratitude. It is very, very simple. So simple, in fact, it goes a little something like this. In just a minute. Y'all are going to hear music. That music's going to be an invitation to you to join the rest of us, because when we hear it, we are going to collectively begin taking the slowest, deepest, most lung capacity expanding,

joyful heart, invigorate, and troubled mind cleansing.

We are so uplifted and we are going to take the most amazingly juicy breath.

As we kick off our most important segment of every single day,

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