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.

But we break it down, down, down, down, down, down.

Because the work of Black Talklandia is not the easiest, we have a ritual on this show that we use before we get to all the news and the guests and whatnot.

And the ritual is designed to allow us to intentionally tap into something that will give us

a bit of inspiration and allow us to curate a set of emotions.

And the emotions that we strive for are to be rooted in a set of joy, gratitude, and

appreciation because we know that when we are rooted in joy, gratitude, and appreciation,

we cannot also be trapped by fear, loneliness, and depression. And ain't nobody got time to be trapped by not near one of them emotions when we got a world to build. So the ritual is very, very simple. It is so simple. In fact, it goes a little something. I like a little. In just a minute, y'all going to hear music. The music's going to be really an invitation to you. And the invitation is going to ask you and invite you, really, to join the rest of us,

as we will collectively begin taking the slowest, deepest, most lung capacity expanding,

joyful heart, invigorate, and troubled mind cleansing, weary soul, uplifting.

We are going to take the most amazingly juicy breath.

As we kick off our most important segment of every single day. It is time Shout out to do it.

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