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.

So lots to get to today.

I'm excited about him.

And, of course, before we get to any of it, we have a ritual on this show.

And the ritual is one that allows the show to actually flow a little better, quite frankly. It's hard to do the work of Black Talklandia every single day, as you all know. And when you add to the fact that child life just be life and, you know, things get a little difficult. So we have a ritual that we use to help us intentionally sit in a space where we are cultivating a sense of joy, gratitude,

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

we are not able to also be trapped by fear, loneliness, or depression. And that's an important

thing when you're doing the work of making the world a better place. So the ritual is called

a moment of gratitude and it goes a little something like this. In just a minute, y'all going to hear some music. The music is going to be an invitation to you to join the rest of us because when we hear the music, we are going to collectively begin taking the slowest, the deepest, the most long capacity expanding, joyful heart, invigorating, troubled mind cleansing, and weary, so uplifting, I'm going to Every day we got to do it and every day it matters.

Shout out to the team.

Shout out to the Urban View family, the Nubian family, the podcast and YouTube community family.

It's been a lovely thing, lovely thing to build

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