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HERE AT SAGE ME DOWN WE BELIVE THAT CREATIVES OF COLOR NEED THE MOST HEALING. HOWEVER, HOW DO WE HEAL? IT'S THROUGH OUR ART! TAKE TIME TO FEEL OUR EXPRESSIONS; THROUGH OUR PAIN AND OUR JOY...

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NLE Choppa - Bryson [Official Music Video]
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NLE Choppa - Bryson [Official Music Video]

Watch the official music video for Bryson by NLE Choppa from the album From Dark To Light. 🔔 Subscribe to the channel: https://youtube.com/c/NLECHOPPA?sub_confirmation=1 Listen to From Dark To Light here: https://nlechoppa.lnk.to/fromdarktolight Merch: https://warnerrecords.lnk.to/choppastore Follow NLE Choppa: Txt: (901)245-5603 Web: https://nlechoppa.com Email: https://nlechoppa.com/mailing-list Instagram: https://instagram.com/nlechoppamusic Facebook: https://facebook.com/nlechoppamusic Twitter: https://twitter.com/nlechoppa1 Snapchat: https://snapchat.com/add/nlechoppamusic TikTok: @NLEChoppaMusic Triller: @NLEChoppa NLE Choppa is a Memphis-born rapper renowned for his hits “Walk Em Down,” “Shotta Flow,” “Famous Hoes,” “Birdboy,” “Free Youngboy,” “Blocc Is Hot,” and “Camelot.” He worked with artists like Roddy Rich, 50 cent, Blueface, and Lil Baby — amassing billions of global streams and earned the #1 spot on Billboard’s Emerging Artist Chart. Lyrics: NLE the top shotta I got the bombs like Al Quada Bryson, Bryson Everybody loves Bryson Bryson, Bryson Everybody loves Bryson Soul mission, sole purpose ma knew I was worth it Since the day that I was birthed came out of her lurkin Lookin at all of the nurses she said I was special Knew that shit there was for certain I would’ve thought this world was perfect But it came with some curses Ay read between the verses if the truth you’ve been searchin I woke up I’m alerted I was feelin like a servant Aint apart of this circus my soul been overworkin She cant handle my burden but she say she want a Birkin I fell asleep in churches I ain’t know what he was chirpin Within myself I got faith then prayers start unfoldin' I know that God real but not the way that they had told us Bryson, Bryson Everybody loves Bryson Bryson, Bryson Everybody loves Bryson Aye, swing like I’m Tyson but I aint doing no fightin And I been feeling righteous I’m going through enlightenment Conscious of a psychic, in between her like hyphens They sayin’ I don’t know shit but wait til it hit the fan Groundin up in the sand The work put in I seen dividends I’m a bigger man, better man I got a better plan If you don’t understand where’s somebody with some understanding Pineal gland in my crown and I got the upper hand Put the blues in rubber bands I attract abundance Affirmations daily that’s why blessings keep on coming in 369 when I wake I write it 3 times 6 times in the daytime 9 at nighttime Put positive thoughts into your heart It’ll change your DNA Negative thoughts they fall apart Now a nigga thinkin’ straight I don’t even smoke weed no more I put that on the heaven’s gates Speaking on the heaven’s gates I know I’m going to heaven mate I never thought I’d say this but I’m eating on a vegan plate Don’t take me to chick fil a I’m eating at the grand café They ain’t even open on Sunday anyway Fuck your dinner date You are what you eat I’m countin green eatin’ celery I don’t care what nobody else think or say Self love the best love Self hate got you outta shape Distractions all in your face They tell me when they gone away Donald Trump the last president ain’t no more candidates Turn my backyard to farm land But grew up watching gang land On the block hangin’ I had my drac sangin’ All the negatives you put in You get it back that’s dangerous Felt like all my karma came back when I got famous Put the good in you get the good out I don’t even tote my gun no more cause I'm knowin that I’m good now Universe keep workin for me Aint nobody gonna touch me They say protect chop at all costs They need to change the subject Bryson, Bryson Everybody loves Bryson Bryson, Bryson Everybody loves Bryson Bryson, Bryson Everybody loves Bryson Bryson, Bryson Everybody loves Bryson #OfficialMusicVideo #NLEChoppa #Bryson #WeAreWarnerRecords
VLOG: steamy race debates & acting in the barn of white a** Vermont | Tarek Ali
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VLOG: steamy race debates & acting in the barn of white a** Vermont | Tarek Ali

follow my Instagram ➭ @itstarekali in such a tumultuous time, 15 black artists in search of joy leave their respective homes to stay on a farm in the woods of Vermont. Through farming, acting, debating, and ventures into spirituality and witchcraft, this community is able to cultivate black joy despite being in a white a** state. This 4 part docuseries is told from the perspective of Tarek Ali who edited and shot every clip for the purposes of Youtube. The entire retreat and *official* film (documentary) that is coming in 2021 was funded and curated by Jag Productions and Stevie Walker Webb. You can follow the entire Journey and initiative on Instagram at @Returntoblackjoy @JAGProductionVT Instagram ➭ @itstarekali twitter ➭ @itstarekali snapchat & tiktok ➭ @itstarekali business contact ➭ tarekali.contact@gmail.com 0:00-01:47 intro 1:47 What we are doing here on the farm. Every day everyone is given the opportunity to come up with a session or exercise for us to use our black culture to bring joy back to ourselves. In this episode you see Jordan E Cooper explain why Folktales are so important to our culture and how we can use them to return and cultivate new joy for ourselves. 6:42 Is white liberalism annoying? Raven is angered after she sees a sign with some of the names of the black people who have been murdered by police (on a white farm). This sparks a conversation about what Activism from white people looks like and how that white liberalism can be just as annoying as racism. What do you think? 12:22 A debate on Race and skin color! Musiki became one of my closest friends on this retreat and we are so different!! She is a mother in her 40s from Texas & Mississipi and I am a 22 gay gnc man from Maryland. In this conversation, we discuss our different ideas of what being 'mixed' means. It gets a little steamy but in the end, we respect each other's thoughts and realize we are just speaking from different experiences and perspectives. 19:59 Acting out our adaptation of the folktales that spoke to us! Re-telling the stories that have been passed down for generations to reflect our joy in today's time! F A Q what’s your name? Tarek Ali (Tuh-reek Ali) are you muslim? no but yes? I'm omnist/perennialist what’s your instagram? @itstarekali on everything how old are you? 22 ( birthday 11/11) What's your sign? Scorpio (virgo rising, aries moon) how tall are you? 6'1" what’s your ethnicity? African-American where are you from? childhood in 757, middle school years in Richmond/Chesterfield, high school in PG Maryland (DC area) what equipment do you use to film? ~if there is a blurry background and close up ➭ camera: https://amzn.to/3cMGWjf ➭ lens: https://amzn.to/2TCGEUK ~if it's a wide-angle and 4K ➭ camera: https://amzn.to/2CE2xgz ➭ lens: https://amzn.to/3eO3AYp ➭ mic: https://amzn.to/2TSbSpK ➭ more/all equipment: https://www.amazon.com/shop/influencer-d3411fa4 ➭ editing: final cut pro FTC: Not sponsored. Some of the above links are affiliate links, meaning I earn a small percentage of sales made via those links, but it doesn’t cost you anything extra.
Princess Nokia - Gemini | A COLORS SHOW
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Princess Nokia - Gemini | A COLORS SHOW

New York rapper Princess Nokia is a free spirit on her chilled out performance of ‘Gemini’, lifted off her latest record ‘Everything Is Beautiful’. Subscribe to COLORS https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Qw1dzXDBAZPwS7zm37g8g?sub_confirmation=1 Follow ▶ Stream: https://colors.lnk.to/allshowscxs ▶ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/princessnokia92/ ▶ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/princessnokia/ — Follow COLORS: ▶ On Socials: https://colors.lnk.to/socials ▶ On Spotify: https://colors.lnk.to/Spotify ▶ On Apple Music: https://colors.lnk.to/applemusic ▶ On the Web: https://colorsxstudios.com ▶ Newsletter: https://colorsxstudios.com/newsletter COLORSXSTUDIOS is a unique aesthetic music platform showcasing exceptional talent from around the globe. COLORS focuses on the most distinctive new artists and original sounds in an increasingly fragmented and saturated scene. All COLORS shows seek to provide clear, minimalistic stage that shines a spotlight on the artists, giving them the opportunity to present their music without distraction. #colors #princessnokia #gemini Lyrics i am gemini super fly fly guy i am gemini two heads 1 eye i am gemini like tupac andre lauren and kanye boy george and anne frank i am gemini but no not i’m not fake i am a gryffindor i don’t move like snake i am gemini people love to call me crazy but they judging and they hating and i’m too grown for explaining i am gemini june 14th and all the famous rappers got a sign like me and all the famous rappers got a heart like me but i know that i’m different and their not quite me see i go by d, i’m from nyc all the famous rapper i’m the horoscope hoe i’m the planet and moon i’m the rising ascendant 5 degree to the moon im the witch of your dreams and i’m the voice in your head your husband sent me a dm and i just left him on read my planets mercury and my element is air i’m such a free spirit that i don’t fucking care if i got a blunt i ain’t moving out my chair you can kiss my derrière cos it’s shaped like a pear lil zodiac, ginger snap, pretty lil shorty with the snap back. tarot deck, ankh set, like to get her feet wet keith sweat, the freak nik from harlem to bx i clean up like kleenex spinelli i’m recess kickball to the deep end the public school era its old school forever the moon and the tides really control the weather the sun and the moon yes it do go together a spiritual being that rides any weather for riders on the storm x2 yes i’m on my own tryna find up my home intelligent adaptable, agile communicative informative, creative and everybody hates it imagination colorful and i just entertain it a poet and a dreamer ima seize the world and take it of coarse their is the bad i’m really superficial i ain’t called you in three months still i maintain that i miss you a gemini with issues social and isolated i pray that ima make it or at least that i fake it and like a gemini i’m really prone to changes i’m really indecisive and i really fucking hate it picking food or picking clothes it always makes me anxious but thank god i’m androgynous cos boys clothes what i stay in
Leikeli47: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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Leikeli47: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

March 11, 2019 | Rodney Carmichael -- Remember that scene in The Color Purple when Shug Avery was somewhere between the juke joint and her daddy's church, singing at the top of her lungs, and the Saturday night sinners got all mixed in with the Sunday morning saints, and it was hard to tell if they were praising the high heavens or raising holy hell? That's what Leikeli47's Tiny Desk felt like in the flesh. She came masked up, as always, the better to catch a glimpse of her soul. And there was so much soul to bare. Backed by a four-piece band of bruhs dressed as uniformed TSA agents (introduced as "the TSA Band, taking flight with me"), Leikeli47 and her working-class crew proceeded to transform Bob Boilen's Tiny Desk into something akin to a pulpit or a mid-century parlor room. Portier sat hunched over the upright piano, while Justus West plucked guitar strings, Simba Scott tapped out bass lines and Timmy Manson Jr. kept everything in sync on drums. They traversed the entirety of black music, translating her hip-hop and afro-electro empowerment anthems to live instruments by jazzing up songs like "Attitude," from her 2017 Wash & Set major-label debut, and laying down the vamps on "Girl Blunt" from her 2018 LP Acrylic. It wasn't genre-bending as much as it was a musical remembering of the blues that brought her here — from the hoods of Brooklyn to down-south Virginia and everywhere else she's called home. In an era when women are no longer the anomaly but rap's new standard bearers, Leikeli47 deserves all the praise for pushing the genre forward with both feet steeped firmly in tradition. Set List "Attitude" "Droppin'" "Ciaa" "Let's Go Get Stoned (Portier's Vibe)" "Girl Blunt" "Money" Musicians Leikeli47: lead vocals; Timmy Manson Jr: drums; Justus West: guitar; Simba Scott: bass; Portier: piano, vocals Credits Producers: Rodney Carmichael, Morgan Noelle Smith; Creative Director: Bob Boilen; Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin; Videographers: Morgan Noelle Smith, Kimani Oletu, Beck Harlan; Associate Producer: Bobby Carter; Production Assitant: Adelaide Sandstrom; Photo: Amr Alfiky/NPR
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