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 breaks it down, down, down, down, down, down.

Lo, we break it down, down, down, down, down, down.

Joining me right now is somebody who always gives me life.

She is the amazing Dr. Asada Richards, the founder, the founding director of the Sancofa Research Institute,

which is a nonprofit organization

with a mission of creating knowledge to build community that employs community-based participatory research.

She received her bachelor's from the University of Houston and a master's and doctorate degree from Penn State University.

That's where she and I met.

And as a public sociologist, Asada is the board president of the newly formed Houston Community

Land Trust, the third ward cooperative community builders and the Emancipation Economic Development

Council. The sister is busy, okay? You see how I roll with people who are doing similar things.

That's, that's it. Most recently, she was elected as the founding board president of the community

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