if your name is mentioned and people say oh hell oh damn and then you’re doing
oh hell oh damn and then you’re doing
oh hell oh damn and then you’re doing something wrong
something wrong
something wrong courage is the most important important
courage is the most important important
courage is the most important important of all the virtues because without
of all the virtues because without
of all the virtues because without courage you can’t practice any other
courage you can’t practice any other
courage you can’t practice any other virtue there’s an African saying which
virtue there’s an African saying which
virtue there’s an African saying which is be careful when a naked person offers
is be careful when a naked person offers
is be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt I thought that I had caused
you a shirt I thought that I had caused
you a shirt I thought that I had caused the man’s death because I had spoken his
the man’s death because I had spoken his
the man’s death because I had spoken his name she was an American poet and civil
name she was an American poet and civil
name she was an American poet and civil rights activist she’s best known for her
rights activist she’s best known for her
rights activist she’s best known for her series of seven autobiographies which
series of seven autobiographies which
series of seven autobiographies which focuses on her childhood and early adult
focuses on her childhood and early adult
focuses on her childhood and early adult experiences she was respected as a
experiences she was respected as a
experiences she was respected as a spokesperson for black people and women
spokesperson for black people and women
spokesperson for black people and women in her works were considered as a
in her works were considered as a
in her works were considered as a defense of black culture she’s Maya
defense of black culture she’s Maya
defense of black culture she’s Maya Angelou and here’s my take on her top
Angelou and here’s my take on her top
Angelou and here’s my take on her top ten rules for success rule number one
ten rules for success rule number one
ten rules for success rule number one was my personal favorite and make sure
was my personal favorite and make sure
was my personal favorite and make sure to stick around all the way to the end
to stick around all the way to the end
to stick around all the way to the end for some special bonus clips also as
for some special bonus clips also as
for some special bonus clips also as she’s talking if there’s something she
she’s talking if there’s something she
she’s talking if there’s something she says that really resonates with you
says that really resonates with you
says that really resonates with you please write it down in the comments and
please write it down in the comments and
please write it down in the comments and put quotes around it so that other
put quotes around it so that other
put quotes around it so that other people can be inspired as well I have a
people can be inspired as well I have a
people can be inspired as well I have a painting by Phoebe of a group that she
painting by Phoebe of a group that she
painting by Phoebe of a group that she calls history Sookie’s funeral and they
calls history Sookie’s funeral and they
calls history Sookie’s funeral and they all the women they’re about nine women
all the women they’re about nine women
all the women they’re about nine women and they they all look like women and my
and they they all look like women and my
and they they all look like women and my grandmother’s prayer meeting group so
grandmother’s prayer meeting group so
grandmother’s prayer meeting group so whenever I’m obliged to do something I
whenever I’m obliged to do something I
whenever I’m obliged to do something I take that painting and I look at that
take that painting and I look at that
take that painting and I look at that painting there’s an empty chair and I
painting there’s an empty chair and I
painting there’s an empty chair and I think now what would grandma do what
think now what would grandma do what
think now what would grandma do what would she say I can almost hear her
would she say I can almost hear her
would she say I can almost hear her voice say my sister you know what’s
voice say my sister you know what’s
voice say my sister you know what’s right just do right you don’t really
right just do right you don’t really
right just do right you don’t really have to ask anybody the truth is right
have to ask anybody the truth is right
have to ask anybody the truth is right may not be expedient it may not be
may not be expedient it may not be
may not be expedient it may not be profitable but it will satisfy your soul
profitable but it will satisfy your soul
profitable but it will satisfy your soul [Music]
[Music]
[Music] it brings you the kind of protection
it brings you the kind of protection
it brings you the kind of protection that bodyguards can’t give you try to be
that bodyguards can’t give you try to be
that bodyguards can’t give you try to be all you can be to be the best human
all you can be to be the best human
all you can be to be the best human being you can be try to be that in your
being you can be try to be that in your
being you can be try to be that in your church and your temple try to be that in
church and your temple try to be that in
church and your temple try to be that in your classroom do it because it is right
your classroom do it because it is right
your classroom do it because it is right to do you see people will know you and
to do you see people will know you and
to do you see people will know you and they will add their prayers to your life
they will add their prayers to your life
they will add their prayers to your life they’ll wish you well I think if your
they’ll wish you well I think if your
they’ll wish you well I think if your name is mentioned and people say oh help
name is mentioned and people say oh help
name is mentioned and people say oh help oh damn and then you’re doing something
oh damn and then you’re doing something
oh damn and then you’re doing something wrong but if your name is mentioning
wrong but if your name is mentioning
wrong but if your name is mentioning people say oh she’s so sweet he’s so
people say oh she’s so sweet he’s so
people say oh she’s so sweet he’s so nice oh I know oh god bless her yeah
nice oh I know oh god bless her yeah
nice oh I know oh god bless her yeah yeah so try to live your life in a way
yeah so try to live your life in a way
yeah so try to live your life in a way that you will not regret years of
that you will not regret years of
that you will not regret years of useless virtue and inertia and timidity
useless virtue and inertia and timidity
useless virtue and inertia and timidity pick up the the baffle take it up it’s
pick up the the baffle take it up it’s
pick up the the baffle take it up it’s yours this is your life this is your
yours this is your life this is your
yours this is your life this is your world I’ll be leaving it long before you
world I’ll be leaving it long before you
world I’ll be leaving it long before you under the ordinary set of circumstances
under the ordinary set of circumstances
under the ordinary set of circumstances you make your own choices
you make your own choices
you make your own choices you can decide life isn’t worth living
you can decide life isn’t worth living
you can decide life isn’t worth living never be the worst thing you can do how
never be the worst thing you can do how
never be the worst thing you can do how do you know so far try it see so pick it
do you know so far try it see so pick it
do you know so far try it see so pick it up pick up the battle them and make it a
up pick up the battle them and make it a
up pick up the battle them and make it a better world just where you are yes and
better world just where you are yes and
better world just where you are yes and it can be better and it must be better
it can be better and it must be better
it can be better and it must be better but it is up to us
but it is up to us
but it is up to us I mentioned courage and I would I would
I mentioned courage and I would I would
I mentioned courage and I would I would like to say something else about that
like to say something else about that
like to say something else about that finding courage in the leaders and in
finding courage in the leaders and in
finding courage in the leaders and in you who will become leaders at courage
you who will become leaders at courage
you who will become leaders at courage is the most important important of all
is the most important important of all
is the most important important of all the virtues because without courage you
the virtues because without courage you
the virtues because without courage you can’t practice any other virtue
can’t practice any other virtue
can’t practice any other virtue consistently you see you can’t be
consistently you see you can’t be
consistently you see you can’t be consistently kind or fair or humane or
consistently kind or fair or humane or
consistently kind or fair or humane or generous not without courage because if
generous not without courage because if
generous not without courage because if you don’t have it sooner or later you’ll
you don’t have it sooner or later you’ll
you don’t have it sooner or later you’ll stop and say ah if the threat is too
stop and say ah if the threat is too
stop and say ah if the threat is too much the the difficulty is too too high
much the the difficulty is too too high
much the the difficulty is too too high they the challenges is too great you
they the challenges is too great you
they the challenges is too great you know I believe that self-love is very
know I believe that self-love is very
know I believe that self-love is very important if you read my work you know
important if you read my work you know
important if you read my work you know I’m always talking about loving oneself
I’m always talking about loving oneself
I’m always talking about loving oneself I never trust anybody who tells me he or
I never trust anybody who tells me he or
I never trust anybody who tells me he or she loves me as the person doesn’t love
she loves me as the person doesn’t love
she loves me as the person doesn’t love herself or himself there’s an African
herself or himself there’s an African
herself or himself there’s an African saying which is be careful when a naked
saying which is be careful when a naked
saying which is be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt
I mean if he had something cover himself
I mean if he had something cover himself first right so I like to look at
first right so I like to look at
first right so I like to look at self-love it is very important that it
self-love it is very important that it
self-love it is very important that it comes from within that you have a sense
comes from within that you have a sense
comes from within that you have a sense of yourself so that when you walk into
of yourself so that when you walk into
of yourself so that when you walk into an office
an office
an office you don’t go alone bring your people
you don’t go alone bring your people
you don’t go alone bring your people with you bring everybody who has loved
with you bring everybody who has loved
with you bring everybody who has loved you with you say grandma come on let’s
you with you say grandma come on let’s
you with you say grandma come on let’s go
go
go great grandpa you’ve been dead all this
great grandpa you’ve been dead all this
great grandpa you’ve been dead all this time come on let’s go I have to go in
time come on let’s go I have to go in
time come on let’s go I have to go in here and have an interview come on
here and have an interview come on
here and have an interview come on auntie come on my friends come let’s go
auntie come on my friends come let’s go
auntie come on my friends come let’s go and when you walk in people don’t know
and when you walk in people don’t know
and when you walk in people don’t know what it is about you they can’t take
what it is about you they can’t take
what it is about you they can’t take their eyes off you you may not be cute
their eyes off you you may not be cute
their eyes off you you may not be cute in the given sense you may not be
in the given sense you may not be
in the given sense you may not be fashion model size in that particular
fashion model size in that particular
fashion model size in that particular sense you may not be any of those things
sense you may not be any of those things
sense you may not be any of those things but they can’t take their eyes off you
but they can’t take their eyes off you
but they can’t take their eyes off you and they say of you in this incredible
and they say of you in this incredible
and they say of you in this incredible wave which I don’t understand they say I
wave which I don’t understand they say I
wave which I don’t understand they say I don’t know but she has charisma you know
don’t know but she has charisma you know
don’t know but she has charisma you know what you have is all those people around
what you have is all those people around
what you have is all those people around you so think of that anytime you have
you so think of that anytime you have
you so think of that anytime you have anything to do bring everybody with you
anything to do bring everybody with you
anything to do bring everybody with you that you can remember who has loved you
that you can remember who has loved you
that you can remember who has loved you and then you have that sense of having
and then you have that sense of having
and then you have that sense of having been paid for and when you walk in
been paid for and when you walk in
been paid for and when you walk in people will say now I think you’re
people will say now I think you’re
people will say now I think you’re overqualified if you don’t laugh you
overqualified if you don’t laugh you
overqualified if you don’t laugh you will die you know you really must laugh
will die you know you really must laugh
will die you know you really must laugh and if every human being in the world
and if every human being in the world
and if every human being in the world would admit it he or she is the funniest
would admit it he or she is the funniest
would admit it he or she is the funniest person you’ve ever met f tupid I mean
person you’ve ever met f tupid I mean
person you’ve ever met f tupid I mean some people just rather be a little
some people just rather be a little
some people just rather be a little stodgy and boring and you know but the
stodgy and boring and you know but the
stodgy and boring and you know but the truth is they themselves know that
truth is they themselves know that
truth is they themselves know that they’re very funny and the sense of
they’re very funny and the sense of
they’re very funny and the sense of humor is and in self-defense against
humor is and in self-defense against
humor is and in self-defense against those who have pretend not to have any
those who have pretend not to have any
those who have pretend not to have any sense of humor
sense of humor
sense of humor and against the the cruelties of life
and against the the cruelties of life
and against the the cruelties of life when Muslims there’s an African American
when Muslims there’s an African American
when Muslims there’s an African American song nineteenth century which M is so
song nineteenth century which M is so
song nineteenth century which M is so great it said when it looked like the
great it said when it looked like the
great it said when it looked like the Sun wanna shine anymore God put a
Sun wanna shine anymore God put a
Sun wanna shine anymore God put a rainbow in the clouds imagine and I’ve
rainbow in the clouds imagine and I’ve
rainbow in the clouds imagine and I’ve had so many rainbows in my cards I had a
had so many rainbows in my cards I had a
had so many rainbows in my cards I had a lot of clouds but I have had so many
lot of clouds but I have had so many
lot of clouds but I have had so many rainbows and one of the things I do when
rainbows and one of the things I do when
rainbows and one of the things I do when I step up on a stage when I stand up to
I step up on a stage when I stand up to
I step up on a stage when I stand up to translate when I go to teach my classes
translate when I go to teach my classes
translate when I go to teach my classes when I go to direct a movie I bring
when I go to direct a movie I bring
when I go to direct a movie I bring everyone who has ever been kind to me
everyone who has ever been kind to me
everyone who has ever been kind to me with me black white asian
with me black white asian
with me black white asian spanish-speaking Native American gay
spanish-speaking Native American gay
spanish-speaking Native American gay straight everybody has to come with me
straight everybody has to come with me
straight everybody has to come with me I’m doing a mistake come with me I need
I’m doing a mistake come with me I need
I’m doing a mistake come with me I need you now long did you see so I don’t ever
you now long did you see so I don’t ever
you now long did you see so I don’t ever feel I have no help I’ve had rainbows in
feel I have no help I’ve had rainbows in
feel I have no help I’ve had rainbows in my clouds and the thing to do it seems
my clouds and the thing to do it seems
my clouds and the thing to do it seems to me is to prepare yourself so that you
to me is to prepare yourself so that you
to me is to prepare yourself so that you can be a rainbow in somebody else’s
can be a rainbow in somebody else’s
can be a rainbow in somebody else’s cloud somebody who may not look like you
cloud somebody who may not look like you
cloud somebody who may not look like you may not call God the same name you call
may not call God the same name you call
may not call God the same name you call God if they call God at all you see I
God if they call God at all you see I
God if they call God at all you see I may not eat the same dishes prepared the
may not eat the same dishes prepared the
may not eat the same dishes prepared the way you do may not dance your dances or
way you do may not dance your dances or
way you do may not dance your dances or speak your language but be a blessing to
speak your language but be a blessing to
speak your language but be a blessing to somebody when I was seven and a half I
somebody when I was seven and a half I
somebody when I was seven and a half I was raped
I won’t say severely very doll rape is
I won’t say severely very doll rape is severe the rapist was a person very well
severe the rapist was a person very well
severe the rapist was a person very well known to my family I was hospitalized
the rapist was let out of jail and was
the rapist was let out of jail and was found dead that my and the police
found dead that my and the police
found dead that my and the police suggested that the rapist had been
suggested that the rapist had been
suggested that the rapist had been kicked to death I was seven and a half I
kicked to death I was seven and a half I
kicked to death I was seven and a half I thought that I had caused the man’s
thought that I had caused the man’s
thought that I had caused the man’s death because I had spoken his name that
death because I had spoken his name that
death because I had spoken his name that was my seven and a half year old logic
was my seven and a half year old logic
was my seven and a half year old logic so I stopped talking for five years now
so I stopped talking for five years now
so I stopped talking for five years now to show you again how out of evil there
to show you again how out of evil there
to show you again how out of evil there can come good in those five years I read
can come good in those five years I read
can come good in those five years I read every book in the black school library I
every book in the black school library I
every book in the black school library I read all the books I could get from the
read all the books I could get from the
read all the books I could get from the white school library
white school library
white school library I memorized James Weldon Johnson Paul
I memorized James Weldon Johnson Paul
I memorized James Weldon Johnson Paul Laurence Dunbar Countee Cullen and
Laurence Dunbar Countee Cullen and
Laurence Dunbar Countee Cullen and Langston Hughes I memorized Shakespeare
Langston Hughes I memorized Shakespeare
Langston Hughes I memorized Shakespeare whole plays fifty sonnets
whole plays fifty sonnets
whole plays fifty sonnets I memorized Edgar Allen Poe all the
I memorized Edgar Allen Poe all the
I memorized Edgar Allen Poe all the poetry never having heard it I memorized
poetry never having heard it I memorized
poetry never having heard it I memorized it
it
it I had Longfellow I had guida mocha song
I had Longfellow I had guida mocha song
I had Longfellow I had guida mocha song I had balsa Rudyard Kipling I mean it
I had balsa Rudyard Kipling I mean it
I had balsa Rudyard Kipling I mean it was a Catholic kind of reading and
was a Catholic kind of reading and
was a Catholic kind of reading and Catholic kind of story when I decided to
Catholic kind of story when I decided to
Catholic kind of story when I decided to speak I had a
speak I had a
speak I had a to say and many ways in which to say
to say and many ways in which to say
to say and many ways in which to say what I had to say I listen to the black
what I had to say I listen to the black
what I had to say I listen to the black minister and listen to the melody of the
minister and listen to the melody of the
minister and listen to the melody of the preachers and I could tell when they
preachers and I could tell when they
preachers and I could tell when they would start up on that kind of thing
would start up on that kind of thing
would start up on that kind of thing when we know they mean to take our soul
when we know they mean to take our soul
when we know they mean to take our soul straight to heaven or whether they meant
straight to heaven or whether they meant
straight to heaven or whether they meant to – or straight to hell I understood it
to – or straight to hell I understood it
to – or straight to hell I understood it so out of this evil which was a dire
so out of this evil which was a dire
so out of this evil which was a dire kind of evil because rape on the body of
kind of evil because rape on the body of
kind of evil because rape on the body of a young person more often than not
a young person more often than not
a young person more often than not introduces cynicism and there is nothing
introduces cynicism and there is nothing
introduces cynicism and there is nothing quite so tragic as a young senic because
quite so tragic as a young senic because
quite so tragic as a young senic because it means the person has gone from
it means the person has gone from
it means the person has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing in
knowing nothing to believing nothing in
knowing nothing to believing nothing in my case I was saved in that mutinous you
my case I was saved in that mutinous you
my case I was saved in that mutinous you see in the sort of day I was saved and I
see in the sort of day I was saved and I
see in the sort of day I was saved and I was able to draw from human thought
was able to draw from human thought
was able to draw from human thought human disappointments and triumphs
human disappointments and triumphs
human disappointments and triumphs enough to triumph myself
enough to triumph myself
enough to triumph myself we don’t understand talent we don’t
we don’t understand talent we don’t
we don’t understand talent we don’t understand electricity we probably use 1
understand electricity we probably use 1
understand electricity we probably use 1 billion of 1 billion percentage unless
billion of 1 billion percentage unless
billion of 1 billion percentage unless I’m in a degree so infinitesimal that we
I’m in a degree so infinitesimal that we
I’m in a degree so infinitesimal that we couldn’t even say how little it is
couldn’t even say how little it is
couldn’t even say how little it is you can plug into two holes in the wall
you can plug into two holes in the wall
you can plug into two holes in the wall you can light up a cathedral you can
you can light up a cathedral you can
you can light up a cathedral you can light up a synagogue
light up a synagogue
light up a synagogue you can light up a temple right you can
you can light up a temple right you can
you can light up a temple right you can light up a surgery or you can
light up a surgery or you can
light up a surgery or you can electrocute a person strapped in a chair
electrocute a person strapped in a chair
electrocute a person strapped in a chair electricity makes no demand it says I’m
electricity makes no demand it says I’m
electricity makes no demand it says I’m here that’s if you are stupid you will
here that’s if you are stupid you will
here that’s if you are stupid you will ill use me if you’re intelligent you
ill use me if you’re intelligent you
ill use me if you’re intelligent you will use me for the furtherance of your
will use me for the furtherance of your
will use me for the furtherance of your kind
kind
kind well I think talent is like that we
well I think talent is like that we
well I think talent is like that we don’t know what it is but a painter
don’t know what it is but a painter
don’t know what it is but a painter maybe he or she is born with the I fight
maybe he or she is born with the I fight
maybe he or she is born with the I fight to see depths then you understand to
to see depths then you understand to
to see depths then you understand to have sure but that’s physical um maybe
have sure but that’s physical um maybe
have sure but that’s physical um maybe she is born with the throat
she is born with the throat
she is born with the throat it makes her sound like a bird you know
it makes her sound like a bird you know
it makes her sound like a bird you know a clitoris lyric soprano baritone but
a clitoris lyric soprano baritone but
a clitoris lyric soprano baritone but singing has very little to do with voice
singing has very little to do with voice
singing has very little to do with voice it is ok but if it really was about
it is ok but if it really was about
it is ok but if it really was about voice Ray Charles and Willie Nelson
voice Ray Charles and Willie Nelson
voice Ray Charles and Willie Nelson wouldn’t be meant mister yeah you know I
wouldn’t be meant mister yeah you know I
wouldn’t be meant mister yeah you know I just did a story on autism and it was
just did a story on autism and it was
just did a story on autism and it was the people who couldn’t write couldn’t
the people who couldn’t write couldn’t
the people who couldn’t write couldn’t express themselves but saying in pitch
express themselves but saying in pitch
express themselves but saying in pitch and pitch and beautifully and can and
and pitch and beautifully and can and
and pitch and beautifully and can and can compute forty columns of three
can compute forty columns of three
can compute forty columns of three numbers each right thank how do they do
numbers each right thank how do they do
numbers each right thank how do they do that that’s Talent that’s Talent
that that’s Talent that’s Talent
that that’s Talent that’s Talent I don’t know it I mean I I thank God I
I don’t know it I mean I I thank God I
I don’t know it I mean I I thank God I have it but I think every person born is
have it but I think every person born is
have it but I think every person born is born with talent there’s a place in you
born with talent there’s a place in you
born with talent there’s a place in you that you must keep inviolate you must
that you must keep inviolate you must
that you must keep inviolate you must keep it pristine clean so that nobody
keep it pristine clean so that nobody
keep it pristine clean so that nobody has a right to curse you up treat you
has a right to curse you up treat you
has a right to curse you up treat you badly nobody know mother father no wife
badly nobody know mother father no wife
badly nobody know mother father no wife no husband knows nobody because that may
no husband knows nobody because that may
no husband knows nobody because that may be the place you go to when you meet God
be the place you go to when you meet God
be the place you go to when you meet God you have to have a page but they just
you have to have a page but they just
you have to have a page but they just say stop it back up naughty must not
say stop it back up naughty must not
say stop it back up naughty must not know no absolutely and that’s one I told
know no absolutely and that’s one I told
know no absolutely and that’s one I told you 25 years ago
you 25 years ago
you 25 years ago yes say no when it’s no yeah say so back
yes say no when it’s no yeah say so back
yes say no when it’s no yeah say so back it up because that piece has to remain
it up because that piece has to remain
it up because that piece has to remain clean and clear and that has to be a
clean and clear and that has to be a
clean and clear and that has to be a place within you yes ma’am yeah when
place within you yes ma’am yeah when
place within you yes ma’am yeah when you’re writing poetry are you writing to
you’re writing poetry are you writing to
you’re writing poetry are you writing to express your experiences
express your experiences
express your experiences or do you write to inspire other people
or do you write to inspire other people
or do you write to inspire other people no I write to to try to say what I see
no I write to to try to say what I see
no I write to to try to say what I see but I’ve seen and of course I hope that
but I’ve seen and of course I hope that
but I’ve seen and of course I hope that it’s inspirational when you were writing
it’s inspirational when you were writing
it’s inspirational when you were writing phenomenal woman
phenomenal woman
phenomenal woman did you realize how many millions of
did you realize how many millions of
did you realize how many millions of women would be inspired by that no I
women would be inspired by that no I
women would be inspired by that no I don’t realize any of that I just I just
don’t realize any of that I just I just
don’t realize any of that I just I just do the best I can
do the best I can
do the best I can you may write me down in history with
you may write me down in history with
you may write me down in history with your bitter twisted line you may tribe
your bitter twisted line you may tribe
your bitter twisted line you may tribe me in the very dirt but still like dust
me in the very dirt but still like dust
me in the very dirt but still like dust I’ll ride does my sassiness upset you
I’ll ride does my sassiness upset you
I’ll ride does my sassiness upset you why are you beset with gloom just
why are you beset with gloom just
why are you beset with gloom just because I walked as if I have oil wells
because I walked as if I have oil wells
because I walked as if I have oil wells pumping in my living room
like moons and like funds with the
like moons and like funds with the certainty of tides just like hope
certainty of tides just like hope
certainty of tides just like hope springing high still like that did you
springing high still like that did you
springing high still like that did you want to see me broken bowed head and
want to see me broken bowed head and
want to see me broken bowed head and lowered eyes shoulders falling down like
lowered eyes shoulders falling down like
lowered eyes shoulders falling down like teardrops we can buy my soulful crying
teardrops we can buy my soulful crying
teardrops we can buy my soulful crying does my sassiness upset you don’t take
does my sassiness upset you don’t take
does my sassiness upset you don’t take it too hard just because I laugh as if I
it too hard just because I laugh as if I
it too hard just because I laugh as if I have gold mines digging in my own
have gold mines digging in my own
have gold mines digging in my own backyard you can shoot me with your
backyard you can shoot me with your
backyard you can shoot me with your words you can cut me with your lies you
words you can cut me with your lies you
words you can cut me with your lies you can kill me with your hatefulness but
can kill me with your hatefulness but
can kill me with your hatefulness but just like life all right
just like life all right
just like life all right there’s my sexiness offend you does it
there’s my sexiness offend you does it
there’s my sexiness offend you does it come as a surprise that I dance as if I
come as a surprise that I dance as if I
come as a surprise that I dance as if I have diamonds at the meeting of my
have diamonds at the meeting of my
have diamonds at the meeting of my thighs
out of the huts of history’s shame I
out of the huts of history’s shame I ride up from a past rooted in pain I
ride up from a past rooted in pain I
ride up from a past rooted in pain I ride a black ocean leaping and wide
ride a black ocean leaping and wide
ride a black ocean leaping and wide Welling and swelling and bearing in the
Welling and swelling and bearing in the
Welling and swelling and bearing in the time leaving behind nights of terror and
time leaving behind nights of terror and
time leaving behind nights of terror and fear I rise into a daybreak miraculously
fear I rise into a daybreak miraculously
fear I rise into a daybreak miraculously clear I rise bringing the gifts that my
clear I rise bringing the gifts that my
clear I rise bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave I am the hope and the
ancestors gave I am the hope and the
ancestors gave I am the hope and the dream of the slave and so there go
thank you guys so much for watching I
thank you guys so much for watching I made this video because Kayla maroon
made this video because Kayla maroon
made this video because Kayla maroon asked me to so there’s a famous
asked me to so there’s a famous
asked me to so there’s a famous entrepreneur that you I made a profound
entrepreneur that you I made a profound
entrepreneur that you I made a profound next leaving the comments below and I’ll
next leaving the comments below and I’ll
next leaving the comments below and I’ll see what I can do
see what I can do
see what I can do I’d also love to know what you thought
I’d also love to know what you thought
I’d also love to know what you thought of the video what Clips resonated the
of the video what Clips resonated the
of the video what Clips resonated the most with you what what did you learn
most with you what what did you learn
most with you what what did you learn that’s going to change your business or
that’s going to change your business or
that’s going to change your business or your life leave it in the comments and I
your life leave it in the comments and I
your life leave it in the comments and I will join in the discussion finally I
will join in the discussion finally I
will join in the discussion finally I want to give a quick shout out to
want to give a quick shout out to
want to give a quick shout out to Phillip Norton Phillip thank you so much
Phillip Norton Phillip thank you so much
Phillip Norton Phillip thank you so much for buying a copy of my book really
for buying a copy of my book really
for buying a copy of my book really means a lot to me those you guys watch
means a lot to me those you guys watch
means a lot to me those you guys watch it if you want your chance at a shout
it if you want your chance at a shout
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your receipt so we can keep track thank you guys so much for watching
you guys so much for watching
you guys so much for watching continue to believe or whatever your one
continue to believe or whatever your one
continue to believe or whatever your one where it is and I’ll see you soon
if we’ve been able to stay alive at all
if we’ve been able to stay alive at all alive and future thinking alive and
alive and future thinking alive and
alive and future thinking alive and having enough courage to care for each
having enough courage to care for each
having enough courage to care for each other and have courage to love and know
other and have courage to love and know
other and have courage to love and know that we are probably 1% free I mean
that we are probably 1% free I mean
that we are probably 1% free I mean that’s what 1% of 60 million free of of
that’s what 1% of 60 million free of of
that’s what 1% of 60 million free of of complaints imagine who would we be who
complaints imagine who would we be who
complaints imagine who would we be who would we be if we were 1% of 600 million
would we be if we were 1% of 600 million
would we be if we were 1% of 600 million 6 billion what would happen I tell you
6 billion what would happen I tell you
6 billion what would happen I tell you one thing I think war would be laughed
one thing I think war would be laughed
one thing I think war would be laughed out of the room I think the very word do
out of the room I think the very word do
out of the room I think the very word do somebody said war another person would
somebody said war another person would
somebody said war another person would say you mean am I supposed to kill
say you mean am I supposed to kill
say you mean am I supposed to kill somebody because he doesn’t agree with
somebody because he doesn’t agree with
somebody because he doesn’t agree with me
me
me I don’t think so just imagine people
I don’t think so just imagine people
I don’t think so just imagine people would speak time they’re more timely to
would speak time they’re more timely to
would speak time they’re more timely to each other
each other
each other courtesy would be invited back into the
courtesy would be invited back into the
courtesy would be invited back into the living room into the bedroom into the
living room into the bedroom into the
living room into the bedroom into the children’s room into the kitchen if 1%
children’s room into the kitchen if 1%
children’s room into the kitchen if 1% of our world must complained free we
of our world must complained free we
of our world must complained free we would care more about the children and
would care more about the children and
would care more about the children and realize that every child is our child
realize that every child is our child
realize that every child is our child the black one and the white one the
the black one and the white one the
the black one and the white one the pretty one the planeman the Asian and
pretty one the planeman the Asian and
pretty one the planeman the Asian and the Muslim the Japanese and the Jewish
the Muslim the Japanese and the Jewish
the Muslim the Japanese and the Jewish everyone is our child if we were just 1%
everyone is our child if we were just 1%
everyone is our child if we were just 1% free of complaint imagine that we would
free of complaint imagine that we would
free of complaint imagine that we would stop blaming other people for our
stop blaming other people for our
stop blaming other people for our mistakes and hating them because they
mistakes and hating them because they
mistakes and hating them because they caused the mistake in our minds just
caused the mistake in our minds just
caused the mistake in our minds just imagine if we laughed more frequently if
imagine if we laughed more frequently if
imagine if we laughed more frequently if we had the unmitigated
courage to touch each other it would be
courage to touch each other it would be a just beginning of paradise you know
a just beginning of paradise you know
a just beginning of paradise you know thank you
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