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Title: Three Little Birds Don't worry about a thing 'Cause every little thing gonna be alright Singin', "Don't worry about a thing 'Cause every little thing gonna be alright" Rise up this mornin', smile with the rising sun Three little birds pitched by my doorstep Singin' sweet songs of melodies pure and true Sayin', "This is my message to you" Singin', "Don't worry about a thing 'Cause every little thing is gonna be alright" Singin', "Don't worry, don't worry 'bout a thing 'Cause every little thing's gonna be alright" Rise up this mornin', smile with the risin' sun Three little birds pitched by my doorstep Singin' sweet songs of melodies pure and true Sayin', "This is my message to you" Singin', "Don't worry about a thing" (worry 'bout a thing, no) "Every little thing gonna be alright" (don't worry) Singin', "Don't worry about a thing (I won't worry) 'Cause every little thing gonna be alright" Hmm, don't worry about a thing 'Cause a every little thing, gonna be alright (I won't worry) Baby, don't worry about a thing 'Cause every little thing's gonna be alright Singing, "Don't worry about a thing" (worry about a thing, no, girl) 'Cause every little thing's gonna be alright" Songwriter: Bob Marley Title: Buffalo Soldier Buffalo Soldier Dreadlock Rasta It was a Buffalo Soldier In the heart of America Stolen from Africa Brought to America Fighting on arrival Fighting for survival I mean it When I analyze the stench To me it makes a lot of sense How the Dreadlock Rasta Was the Buffalo Soldier And he was taken from Africa Brought to America Fighting on arrival Fighting for survival Said he was a Buffalo Soldier Dreadlock Rasta Buffalo Soldier In the heart of America If you know your history Then you would know where you coming from Then you wouldn't have to ask me Who the heck do I think I am? I'm just a Buffalo Soldier In the heart of America Stolen from Africa Brought to America Said he was fighting on arrival Fighting for survival Said he was a Buffalo Soldier Win the war for America Said he Why yo yo Why yo-yo-yo Why yo yo yo, yo yo-yo yo Why yo yo Why yo-yo-yo Why yo yo yo, yo yo-yo yo Buffalo Soldier Troddin' through the land, wo-ho-ooh Said he would've ran And make you wanna hang Troddin' through the land, yeah yeah Said, he was a Buffalo Soldier Win the war for America Buffalo Soldier Dreadlock Rasta Fighting on arrival Fighting for survival Driven from the mainland To the heart of the Caribbean Singin' Why yo yo Why yo-yo-yo Why yo yo yo, yo yo-yo yo Why yo yo Why yo-yo-yo Why yo yo yo, yo yo-yo yo Troddin' through San Juan In the arms of America Troddin' through Jamaica A Buffalo Soldier Fighting on arrival Fighting for survival Buffalo Soldier Dreadlock Rasta Why yo yo Why yo-yo-yo Why yo yo yo, yo yo-yo yo Why yo yo Why yo-yo-yo Why yo yo yo, yo yo-yo yo Songwriters: Bob Marley, Noel Williams. Title: I Shot The Sheriff I shot the sheriff But I didn't shoot no deputy Oh, no, oh I shot the sheriff But I didn't shoot no deputy Ooh, ooh, ooh (yeah) All around in my hometown They tryin' to track me down, yeah They say they want to bring me in guilty For the killing of a deputy For the life of a deputy But I say Oh, now, now, oh I shot the sheriff (the sheriff) But I swear it was in self defense (no, no) Ooh, ooh, ooh (yeah, I said) I shot the sheriff (oh, Lord) And they say it is a capital offense (oh now, yeah) Ooh, ooh, ooh (yeah, hear this) Sheriff John Brown always hated me For what? I don't know Every time I plant a seed He said, "Kill it before it grows" He said, "Kill them before they grow" And so, and so Read it in the news I shot the sheriff (oh, Lord) But I swear it was in self defense (where was the deputy?) Ooh, ooh, ooh (I said) I shot the sheriff But I swear it was in self defense Yeah (ooh) Freedom came my way one day And I started out of town, yeah All of a sudden I saw Sheriff John Brown Aiming to shoot me down So I shot, I shot, I shot him down And I say If I am guilty I will pay I shot the sheriff (but I say) But I didn't shoot no deputy (I didn't shoot no deputy, no) Oh, no, oh I shot the sheriff (I did) But I didn't shoot no deputy (oh) Ooh, ooh, ooh (yeah) Reflexes had the better of me And what is to be must be Every day the bucket a-go-a well One day the bottom a-go drop out One day the bottom a-go drop out I say I, I, I, I shot the sheriff Lord, I didn't shoot the deputy, no Yeah, I, I (shot the sheriff) But I didn't shoot no deputy, yeah So, yeah Songwriters: Bob Marley Title: Get Up Stand Up Get up, stand up Stand up for your right Get up, stand up Stand up for your right Get up, stand up Stand up for your right Get up, stand up Don't give up the fight Preacher man don't tell me Heaven is under the earth I know you don't know What life is really worth He said all that glitters is gold Half that story ain't never been told So now you see the light, hey You stand up for your right Come on Get up, stand up Stand up for your right Get up, stand up Don't give up the fight Get up, stand up Stand up for your right Get up, stand up Don't give up the fight Most people think Great God will come from the sky Take away everything And make everybody feel high But if you know what life is worth You would look for yours on earth And now a you see the light You stand up for your right Jah! Get up, stand up (Jah, Jah) Stand up for your right (oh-hoo) Get up, stand up (get up, stand up) Don't give up the fight (life is your right) Get up, stand up (so we can't give up the fight) Stand up for your rights (Lord, Lord) Get up, stand up (keep on struggling on) Don't give up the fight (yeah) You know We're sick and tired of your ism-schism game Dy'n' and go to Heaven in-a Jesus' name, Lord We know when we understand Almighty God is a living man You can fool some people sometimes But you can't fool all the people all the time So now we see the light (watch you gon' do?) We gonna stand up for our rights (yeah, yeah) So you'd better Get up, stand up (in the morning) give it up Stand up for your right (stand up right now) Get up, stand up Don't give up the fight (don't give it up, don't give it up) Get up, stand up (get up, stand up) Stand up for your rights (get up, stand up) Get up, stand up Don't give up the fight (get up, stand up) Get up, stand up Stand up for your right Get up, stand up Don't give up the fight Get up, stand up Songwriters: Peter Tosh, Bob Marley. Title: Redemption Song Old pirates, yes, they rob I Sold I to the merchant ships Minutes after they took I From the bottomless pit But my hand was made strong By the hand of the Almighty We forward in this generation Triumphantly Won't you help to sing These songs of freedom? 'Cause all I ever have Redemption songs Redemption songs Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery None but ourselves can free our minds Have no fear for atomic energy 'Cause none of them can stop the time How long shall they kill our prophets While we stand aside and look? Ooh Some say it's just a part of it We've got to fullfil the book Won't you help to sing These songs of freedom? 'Cause all I ever have Redemption songs Redemption songs Redemption songs Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery None but ourselves can free our mind Whoa, have no fear for atomic energy 'Cause none of them-a can-a stop-a the time How long shall they kill our prophets While we stand aside and look? Yes, some say it's just a part of it We've got to fullfill the book Won't you help to sing These songs of freedom? 'Cause all I ever had Redemption songs All I ever had Redemption songs These songs of freedom Songs of freedom Songwriters: Bob Marley Title: Exodus Exodus! Movement of Jah people! Oh-oh yeah! Heaven will tell to let me tell you this Men and people will fight you down, tell me why! (When you see Jah light) ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! Let me tell you if you're not wrong, then, why? (Everything is alright) So we gonna walk, alright, through the roads of creation We the generation, tell me why? (Trod through great tribulation) trod through great tribulation Exodus! Alright Movement of Jah people Oh, yeah, oh-oh-oh, yeah, alright! Exodus! Movement of Jah people, oh, yeah! Yeah-yeah-yeah, well, uh! Open your eyes (and look within) Are you satisfied (with the life you're living), uh! We know where we're going, uh! We know where we're from We're leaving Babylon We're going to our Fatherland A-two, three, four: Exodus! Movement of Jah people, oh, yeah! (Movement of Jah people!) Send us another brother Moses (Movement of Jah people!) From across the Red Sea! (Movement of Jah people!) Send us another brother Moses! (Movement of Jah people!) From across the Red Sea! (Movement of Jah people!) Exodus! Alright, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh! Movement of Jah people! Oh, yeah! Exodus! Exodus! Alright Exodus! Now-now, now-now! Exodus! Exodus! Oh, yea-ea-ea-ea-ea-ea-eah! Exodus! Exodus! Alright Exodus! One, two, three, four: Move! Move! Move! Move! Move! Move! Open your eyes and look within Are you satisfied with the life you're living? We know where we're going We know where we're from We're leaving Babylon, y'all! We're going to our Father's land Exodus! Alright Movement of Jah people! Exodus! Movement of Jah people! Movement of Jah people! Movement of Jah people! Movement of Jah people! Movement of Jah people! Move! (Movement of Jah people) Move! (Movement of Jah people) Move! (Movement of Jah people) Move! (Movement of Jah people) Move! (Movement of Jah people) Move! (Movement of Jah people) Move! (Movement of Jah people) Jah come to break downpression Rule equality Wipe away transgression Set the captives free Exodus! Alright, alright Movement of Jah people Oh, yeah! Exodus! Movement of Jah people! Now-now, now-now! Movement of Jah people! Movement of Jah people! Movement of Jah people! Movement of Jah people! Movement of Jah people! Movement of Jah people! Move! Move! Move! Move! Move! Move! (Uh-uh-uh-uh!) Move! (Movement of Jah people) Move! (Movement of Jah people) Move! (Movement of Jah people) Move! (Movement of Jah people) Movement of Jah people Move! (Movement of Jah people) Move! (Movement of Jah people) Move! (Movement of Jah people) Movement of Jah people Movement of Jah people! Move! Songwriters: Bob Marley Title: Jamming Ooh, yeah Well, alright We're jammin' I wanna jam it with you We're jammin', jammin' And I hope you like jammin' too Ain't no rules, ain't no vow, we can do it anyhow I and I will see you through 'Cause everyday we pay the price, we're the living sacrifice Jammin' 'til the jam is through We're jammin' To think that jammin' was a thing of the past We're jammin' And I hope this jam is gonna last No bullet can stop us now, we neither beg nor we won't bow Neither can be bought nor sold We all defend the right, Jah, Jah children must unite Well, life is worth much more than gold We're jammin' (jammin', jammin', jammin') And we're jammin' in the name of the Lord We're jammin' (jammin', jammin', jammin') Look out, we're jammin' right straight from yard Singing, Holy Mount Zion Holy Mount Zion Jah sitteth in Mount Zion And rules all creation Yeah, we're, we're jammin' (bop-chu-wa) Bop-chu-wa-wa-wa, we're jammin' (bop-chu-wa) See, I wanna jam it with you We're jammin' (jammin', jammin', jammin') And jamdown hope you're jammin' too Jah knows I might have tried, the truth I cannot hide To keep you satisfied True love I know exist, it's the love I can't resist So, jam by my side We're jammin' (jammin', jammin', jammin') I wanna jam it with you We're jammin', we're jammin', we're jammin', we're jammin' We're jammin', we're jammin', we're jammin', we're jammin' Hope you like jammin' too We're jammin', we're jammin' (jammin') We're jammin', we're jammin' (jammin') I wanna, I wanna, I wanna jam with you now We're jammin', we're jammin' (Hope you like jammin' too) And I hope you like jammin' (jammin', jammin') I hope you like jammin' (jammin') ('Cause I wanna jam it with you) I wanna jam it with you I like, I hope you I hope you like jammin' too I wanna jam it I wanna jam it Songwriters: Bob Marley Title: No Woman No Cry No woman, no cry No woman, no cry No woman, no cry No woman, no cry 'Cause, 'cause 'Cause I remember when we used to sit In a government yard in Trenchtown Ob-Observing the hypocrites, yeah Mingle with the good people we meet, yeah Good friends we have, oh Good friends we have lost Along the way, yeah In this great future You can't forget your past So dry your tears, I say, yeah No woman, no cry No woman, no cry, eh, yeah Little darling, don't shed no tears No woman, no cry, eh Said, said, said I remember when we use to sit In the government yard in Trenchtown, yeah And then Georgie would make the fire lights, I say Log would burnin' through the nights, yeah Then we would cook corn meal porridge, I say Of which I'll share with you, yeah My feet is my only carriage, and so I've got to push on through But while I'm gone Everything's gonna be alright Everything's gonna be alright Everything's gonna be alright Everything's gonna be alright Everything's gonna be alright Everything's gonna be alright Everything's gonna be alright Everything's gonna be alright So, no woman, no cry No woman, no cry I say, oh little, oh little darlin' Don't shed no tears No woman, no cry, eh No woman, no woman, no woman, no cry No woman, no cry One more time I've got to say Oh little, little darlin' Please don't shed no tears No woman, no cry No woman No woman, no cry Songwriters: Bob Marley, Vincent Ford Title: Is This Love I wanna love you and treat you right I wanna love you every day and every night We'll be together with a roof right over our heads We'll share the shelter of my single bed We'll share the same room, yeah For Jah provide the bread Is this love, is this love, is this love Is this love that I'm feelin'? Is this love, is this love, is this love Is this love that I'm feelin'? I wanna know, wanna know, wanna know now I got to know, got to know, got to know now I-I-I-I-I, I'm willing and able So I throw my cards on your table I wanna love you, I wanna love and treat Love and treat you right I wanna love you every day and every night We'll be together, yeah With a roof right over our heads We'll share the shelter, yeah, oh, yeah Of my single bed We'll share the same room, yeah For Jah provide the bread Is this love, is this love, is this love Is this love that I'm feelin'? Is this love, is this love, is this love Is this love that I'm feelin'? Whoa Oh, yes, I know, yes, I know, yes, I know now Oh, yes, I know, yes, I know, yes, I know now I-I-I-I-I, I'm willing and able So I throw my cards on your table See, I wanna love you, I wanna love and treat ya Love and treat ya right I wanna love you every day and every night We'll be together with a roof right over our heads We'll share the shelter of my single bed We'll share the same room, yeah Jah provide the bread We'll share the shelter of my single bed Songwriters: Bob Marley Title: Iron Lion Zion I am on the rock And then I check a stock I had to run like a fugitive To save the life I live I'm gonna be iron Like a lion in Zion I'm gonna be iron Like a lion in Zion Iron, lion, Zion (Lion) I'm on the run But I ain't got no gun See they want to be the star So they fighting tribal war And they saying Iron, like a lion, in Zion Iron, like a lion, in Zion Iron, lion, Zion (Lion) Yeah, I'm on the rock (Running and you running) Seel-ya-bub, I take a stock (Running like a fugitive) I had to run like a fugitive, ooh Lord Just to, just to save the life I live, oh now I'm gonna be iron Like a lion in Zion I'm gonna be iron Like a lion in Zion Iron, lion, Zion Iron, lion, Zion Iron, lion, Zion (Lion) Iron, like a lion, in Zion Iron, like a lion, in Zion Iron, like a lion, in Zion (Iron, lion, Zion) Iron, like a lion, in Zion (Running like a fugitive) Iron, like a lion, in Zion (Iron, lion, Zion) Iron, like a lion, in Zion (Running like a fugitive) Iron, like a lion, in Zion (Iron, lion, Zion) Iron, like a lion, in Zion Songwriters: Bob Marley

Congrats to Black contestants in Miss America - January 14th 2025 https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/11420-the-miss-usa-pageant-the-surprising-number-of-black-contestants-2024/#findComment-71146 THE ORIGINAL POST STARTED BY CHEVDOVE @Chevdove https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/11420-the-miss-usa-pageant-the-surprising-number-of-black-contestants-2024/#findComment-71123 IF YOU DONT WANT TO CLICK THE COMMENT ABOVE OR GO TO THE ORIGINAL POST ... the following is the most well known black only female pageant in the usa https://www.missblackamerica.com/ the wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Black_America what it needs is more money. This event has been going on for 55 years in a row. You can't complain about regular black folks making it happen, it was regular black folks who did. It wasn't black thespians or singers. It started in 1968 and not by diana ross or aretha franklin or cicely tyson. Year Miss Black America Hometown and/or home state 1968 Saundra Williams Pennsylvania 1969 Gloria O. Smith New York 1970 Stephanie Clark DC 1971 Joyce Warner Florida 1972 Linda Barney New Jersey 1973 Arniece Russell New York 1974 Von Gretchen Shepard Los Angeles, California 1975 Donzeila Johnson Pennsylvania 1976 Twanna Kilgore Washington, D.C. 1977 Claire Ford Memphis, Tennessee 1978 Lydia Jackson Willingboro, New Jersey 1979 Varetta Shankle Mississippi 1980 Sharon Wright Chicago, Illinois 1981 Pamela Jenks Boston, Massachusetts 1982 Susan Wells Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1983 Sonya Robinson Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1984 Lydia S.Garrett Columbia, South Carolina 1985 Amina Fakir Detroit, Michigan 1986 Rachel Oliver Burlington, North Carolina 1987 Leila McBride Denver, Colorado 1988 Regina Wallace Florida 1989 Paula Gwynn Washington DC 1990 Rosie Jones Bridgeport, Connecticut 1991 Sharmell Sullivan Gary, Indiana 1992 Marilyn DeShields Virginia, Richmond 1994 Pilar Fort Detroit, Michigan 1995 Karen D. Wallace Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1996 Basheerah Ahmad Choctaw, Oklahoma 2010 Ashley Anglin-Teen DC Metropolitan 2010 Kamilla Collier-Mullin, Adult DC Metropolitan 2010 Natasha Ashby - Teen Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2010 Donielle Turner, Adult Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2014 Alexandra Morton, Adult Baltimore, Maryland 2015 Jelisa Barringer, Adult Ohio 2016 Nicole Lynette Hibbert, Adult Delaware 2017 Brittany Lewis, Adult District of Columbia 2018 Ryann Richardson, Adult Brooklyn, New York 2022 Gabrielle Wilson, Adult Los Angeles, California 2023 Ashley Myatt, Adult Detroit, Michigan 2023 Elizabeth Dicker, Senior Newark, New Jersey 01/15/2026 https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12290-have-you-ever-heard-of-miss-black-america /#findComment-79347 For more information please view and read the following https://www.missblackamerica.com/ from 1968, here are some recent winners If you know any black women, please share this with them, please if you have questions you can contact them? https://www.missblackamerica.com/contact if you want to help https://www.missblackamerica.com/donations Troy they have an author's expos, I don't have the money but I imagine you do. https://www.missblackamerica.com/author-s-expo-page pdf info https://a60cd4c2-9ac1-4f86-909b-8059577f3c6a.filesusr.com/ugd/5fe1f0_8f6b3a2fa6bd47dfb5359bf756393475.pdf Sponsorship form https://www.missblackamerica.com/sop-delegate-sponsorship Are you the next Miss Black America? Registration Now Open- Click The Following https://www.missblackamerica.com/pageant-registry Little Miss Black America (7-12) Miss Black America Teen (13-16) Miss Black America (17-29) Ms. Black America (29-54) Senior Miss Black America (55 and Over). All Age Groups, All Ages, Register Today Queens from seven (7) years old and over. REGISTRATION DETAILS- no excuse for black dos women to enter Pageant Registration All Across the World We Are Beautiful! You can be a Contestant in the next MBA Pageant TV Special! Are you between the age of 17-29? Or, are you a Miss Black America Teen between the ages of 13 -16? A Little Miss Black America between the ages of 7-12? Or a Senior Miss Black America who is 55+? Complete the form at the link below https://www.missblackamerica.com/pageant-registry *Adults 17-29 Must be a High School Graduate or its Equivalent at the time of the National Pageant, MBA Teens must be Middle or High School students* Miss Black America Pageant Positivity Cruise - February 14th, through February 22nd, 2026 1/15/2026 citation https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12290-have-you-ever-heard-of-miss-black-america /#findComment-79364 comment Posted just now @Pioneer1 1 hour ago, Pioneer1 said: Not to take this thread in another direction but............ From the photos i have seen every winner of the Miss Black America pageant has been a black woman of medium to dark brown skin. Now I haven't seen photos of every winner. I haven't seen photos of every contestant. But the direction you have taken this post about uplifting a black owned beauty pageant has many questions, you didn't provide answers for when you shifted directions. 1. How do you define actual Black ? You mentioned "actual Black" but don't give a clear definition of how can be determined actual Black. Moreover why should the operators of Miss Black America adhere to such a definition? For example, if a woman with with two parents from india born in NYC with skin asians will call very dark, which is equivalent to what people in the USA call black, which is common among many Indian people, wants to run for Miss Black America, does she fit what you mean by Black? From a phenotypical perspective, said example woman is Black. Here are three images of kalo or black , indian females, older woman, young woman, child. All three are black. I don't know if habshi, which is the equivalent to Descended of Enslaved. Cause some ancestral indian people are black. Like some ancestral statian people, native americans, are black. Native Americans from southern tribes, the caribbean, are phenotypically black and not african. So I know you know your thoughts and definitions but you have to display them. If for no other reason it makes the multilog easier, unless you want to argue. 2. How do you define not-black or mixed? You mentioned " non-Black and mixed people" but don't give a clear definition to either term. Is mixed by phenotype, skin color ? is mixed by phenotype of ancestors? If mixed is by phenotype of ancestors, is it a one drop rule or is it a just immediate parents? For example, this is Fredi Washington. Who played the Peola character in the earliest film version of "immitation of life". She called herself black. She rejected hollywoods desire to have her lie about her background and claim she is white. And lived most of her life as a maid/nurse in Harlem. She definitely looked mixed. I call people like her yella. She is definitely more yella than Beyonce or Hally Berry or Dorothy Dandridge. And arguably even more yella than Hailee Steinfeld which says a lot. But she is black to me. From your definition she is mixed, so she couldn't apply for Miss Black America, correct? 3. Are you suggesting each candidate must be a citizen of the USA? I didn't read the rules of entry so I don't know how citizenship fits in Miss Black America. But a Black woman from Africa is Black so if she lives in the USA, why can't she run? Maybe she needs to be a USA citizen. I argue that is an even requirement, but is it mandatory? 1 hour ago, Pioneer1 said: Too often you have non-Black and mixed people who "back door" their way into these events and end up being hoisted over and on top of the actual Black participants. This is nothing but a product of self-hatred. Looking at a woman who is obviously not Black or looks like she's almost White...and calling HER "the most beautiful" woman in the community. One of my biggest problems with Beyonce wasn't Beyonce herself...but how she was often glorified as a symbol of "Black" female beauty. Whenever the subject of comparing female celebrities by race, Whites and Latinos would promote the women they thought were the most beautiful but when it came to Black people.....a lot of bruthaz would promote women like Beyonce or Halle Berry back in the day. Women who obviously weren't Black. A lot of pro-FBA podcasters are promoting lightskinned women as "ideal" models for who an FBA is or what an FBA looks like. They're pushing Beyonce and Angel Reese. Expand You didn't mention Hailee Steinfield. But, the issues you mention here are not about the participants but the organizers of events. The organizers of events aren't being self haters, the organizers of events are doing what you did in your reply, not be concise or specific in definitions. Expecting everyone else to somehow know what they are thinking or how they define. That isn't functional. If you wanted to block out certain black women... or any women, all you have to do is make the rules clear. But if the rules don't block out certain women from running then why shouldn't they run. And as for the host of events or people whether black or non black, no matter their language or background, who have a positive bias towards the phenotype called white and a negative phenotype called blacks , black people who produce/pay for events need to know who they are hosting or if non blacks are producing, what can you expect from the host of a non black show but adulation to non black beauty even if the show is labeled for black beauty cause the owners are not black. When you organize an event it is up to you to be clear, concise on definitions, not the people entering. 01/16/2026 https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12290-have-you-ever-heard-of-miss-black-america /#findComment-79388 @aka Contrarian 12 hours ago, aka Contrarian said: If Halle Berry and Beyonce self identify as ,"black" because one of their parents is black, then that's good enough for me and millions of other people who accept their decision. They are women of color and the source of the color contained in their genes and DNA is a male negroid parent. ( just like Obama, our first black president. ) Nobody in America has been appointed as the arbitrator when it comes to declaring what constitutes blackness. Because there is no collective consciousness among negroid slave-descended Americans, there is no consensus on this issue and no individual can declare otherwise. well said. and all I can add is, this post was started with the purpose to uplift Miss Black America and by extension other Black Pagents, like Miss Black USA, thank you @Chevdove The purpose of this post was never to create or debate an absolute definition of who is a black woman in the usa. @Pioneer1 chose to segway from talking about miss black america, for which he had nothing to add, into talking about people in media, black or non black, whose job it is to get views/likes/attention and how they succeed by maintaining a consistency in narrative that suggest the most beautiful black women in the world happen to be black women with a certain phenotype, as close to a white european womans' as can be. the problem being, the black pagents seem to have found a way through their rules to elevate black women who do not fit the identity of women championed in the media pioneer is so concerned with. While the people in the media pioneer is so concerned with are working in a white owned space, the opposite of the black owned of the black beauty pageants. So... your correct, Contrarian, but the issue of this post is uplifting the black beauty pageant and it is unfortunate how little uplifting was achieved. It says something about black discourse online, we are too concerned with arguments online. 01/18/2026 Citation https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12290-have-you-ever-heard-of-miss-black-america /#findComment-79451 @Pioneer1 10 hours ago, Pioneer1 said: Your response actually did that....lol. nice try, you changed the course 10 hours ago, Pioneer1 said: my opinion organizations and contests like this should be used to UPLIFT Black women and improve their self esteem and especially the self esteem of Black girls growing up in this society. How can this be done if an organization/contest routinely uplifts and promotes females who don't look like them as role models they should aspire to? organizations and contest liek this do, the people you referred to are media people, none of them run pageants or anything similar 10 hours ago, Pioneer1 said: Race is phenotypical...but is more than JUST skin color. race is any factor, phenotypical is just one 10 hours ago, Pioneer1 said: I'd call her Caucasian/White...lol. even enough but fredi washington didn't, and more importantly, to the idea of beauty , we black dosers have to embrace our reality. We are a people who were once completely enslaved, that comes with a history of sexual abuse that leads to mixed babies, and the heritage of DOSers in the usa is for the mixed to be part of the black group. That is the heritage. rightly or wrongly. Now to the future, it seems the latin american pardo/casta heritage is settling in the usa, and will finally be the factor to undo what the one drop rule set in. but until then, the yella woman is black. 10 hours ago, Pioneer1 said: How can someone who is NOT an American even enter let alone "win" a contest designed FOR Americans????? what determines a black american isn't universallly defined by blacks. the issue pioneer is you keep missing the lack of consensus, means every black in the usa doesn't see anything in one way. 10 hours ago, Pioneer1 said: So how can a person not FROM here properly represent the beauty of those native here? natives? you mean choctaw or seminole? 10 hours ago, Pioneer1 said: If we're having a contest for the best tasting Chinese food.....would you bring tasty TACOS to the contest? since chinese food in the usa is not actually chinese cusiine from asia, and has more in common with tacos why not? 10 hours ago, Pioneer1 said: It's like having an athletic event for women without first defining WHO a woman actually is. yeah but that happens in the usa, because this country is the king f lawsuits which kill events. and that is because the usa protects individualism and individualism by default means no one's definition is ever correct. a trasngender woman can sue to be in a contest for humans born with a vagina. You say short sighted, but I argue, an inevitable reality of the usa. you see this in the white populace, it is a pan statian reality 10 hours ago, Pioneer1 said: ine WHO is Black, then soon you'll have White contestants being presented as "Black" and winning them to promote the idea that White skin, light hair, and light eyes are the most beautiful traits to be found among "Black" people. I call it the "Beyonce Effect" Where people who aren't Black are promoted as the "ideal Black". I disagree 100% , again miss black america or miss black usa prove you wrong. In media things that black people/dosers actually own or control in the usa I find the advertised image of black women is usually not upheld through the lens of the yella women but through the cocoa women. but both are still black. And as for all the black or non blacks in white owned media who emphasize the yella women over the cocoa women in the black populace, well, that is white owned media. 10 hours ago, Pioneer1 said: Perhaps you are confusing healthy DISCOURSE with DISCORD. even enough, though I rather posit I am being too demanding to the tone or function of discourse. @aka Contrarian 7 hours ago, aka Contrarian said: Seems to me, the closest thing to a typical black Miss America candidate who would not offend anyone would be a poised female of smooth medium brown complexion with a full well- coiffed head of dark hair whose facial features are arranged in compliance with the universal golden triangle standard, and whose body is well-proportioned. miss america is run by whites... miss black america + miss black usa are run by blacks and i don't think any of their winners or contestants are offensive. I know I am not alone in said thinking. 7 hours ago, aka Contrarian said: Actually, however, I think role models are overrated. Why do little girls have to look to public figures to emulate. And do we know if this is as widespread a sentiment as celebrities clutching awards would have us believe? Ideally, a girl's mother or other female relative should be her role model. And I'm further inclined to think that her peer group is who most young girls want to impress because that was the case with me and my friends. I never fixated on celebrities as somebody I passionately wanted to look like. My friends and I just wanted to be the best versions of ourselves. So says the cynical contrarian unfortunately the media of the usa has become such a marketplace + battleground+ tool that it has grown in influence. And some little girls are orphans, some little girls are abused by their blood kin, some little girls don't find enough of themselves in those at home. the reason a little girl can find inspiration worth emulating are many. Ideally a little girl should be raised by her parents or the greater village to be herself, and figure out her role, not model off of anyone. Interesting, I never wanted to impress anybody as a child.I only had one poster of a human figure on my wall. 1/18/2026 CITATION https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12290-have-you-ever-heard-of-miss-black-america /#findComment-79474 @aka Contrarian I oppose that thinking , the word is perfect, a complete work, ompletion doesn't occur when all is good, that is imbalance. negativity must be part of anything for it to be truly perfect. life is even, it is human beings who are not even. It is human beings that make living uneven plus inequal. it isn't nature or other lifeforms. Nature promises balance. Humans beings imbalance. 01/19/2026 CITATION https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12290-have-you-ever-heard-of-miss-black-america /#findComment-79483 osted just now @aka Contrarian 13 hours ago, aka Contrarian said: no, right or wrong is not knowable in this issue, but maybe functionality is. Functionality defined as the quality of results. Does thinking a perfect world mean all is good get more positive results than thinking a perfect world includes all things? Does thinking a perfect world is an unattainable environment which humans have to embrace get more positive results than defining the perfect world as the world that is absent human involvement, which imperfects the world? 1/19/2026 Citation https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12290-have-you-ever-heard-of-miss-black-america /#findComment-79487 Posted just now @aka Contrarian 1 hour ago, aka Contrarian said: In a perfect world, as the adjective "perfect" suggests, there are no problems. Life is ideal. You are free to challenge that definition, but you can't prove otherwise. So, we have to agree to disagree. perfect comes from the latin per- meaning totally, ala perview is when something is viewed totally absent any part not viewed fect - means work. A total work has all in it. Perfect never suggest an absence. Problems are part of what makes the world whole, are part of the total world, absent problems the world can't be perfect, a total work. What you call ideal, a thing of an idea, in not perfect. It is the idea of a world without problems, that is not a perfect world, that is an ideal world, an imbalanced world. I have etymologically proven my position. I have always opposed the USA heritage derived from the english of using words figuratively. It weakens all words. We do like each other, as much as near total strangers can. We do not concur on definition. 1 hour ago, aka Contrarian said: I am in the throes of disappointment over the CHICAGO BEARS, my favorite football team, losing a game they could've won, but for the coach calling questionable plays and the receivers either missing their assignments or dropping the passes from my "adopted" baby boy, Quarterback Caleb Williams, so I don't feel like plowing through a maze of verbiage to further debate the implications of a perfect world. I'm mentally exhausted. if you have a video collage of sweetness running about, give it a view and lift your spirits 1/19/2026 Citation https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12290-have-you-ever-heard-of-miss-black-america /#findComment-79492 osted just now @aka Contrarian 1 hour ago, aka Contrarian said: @richardmurrayI prefer the dictionary definition of the word "perfect" which you might want to check out. I know of it, I have always felt the heritage webster started in the anglophone and unstraightly all humanity was an error. His implementation of a book of speaking based on figurative definitions was the beginning of a literal horror show in linguistics, cause now throughout humanity, most, an overhwhelming most, preference to the idea f figurative definition which only harms the positive quality in communication. I wish someone black with money with my thinking had been around circa 1865 in the usa cause black people in the usa had a unique opportunity to have a much wiser sense of diction but.. it wasn't meant to be. 1 hour ago, aka Contrarian said: And I assure you that watching old reels of Walter Payton in action will not lift my spirits about yesterday's loss. Unfortunate, I hope you feel better sooner rather than later 1/19/2026 Citation https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12290-have-you-ever-heard-of-miss-black-america /#findComment-79494 d just now @aka Contrarian 1 hour ago, aka Contrarian said: I am not so inclined to dismiss popular usage. Language is fluid. Nothing illustrates this more than black slang and Ebonics. If you had your way, what word would you replace "perfect" with? Or are you of the opinion that any such state as perfection exists? Your sentiments in regard to Webster would explain your tendency to make up words. It is rare i do the following but I will paraphrase the white enslavers commonly called the founding fathers, concerning the peoples use of things: the people are stupid. Yeah black slang and ebonics while black people let the gullah dialect become endangered, the patios of new orleans be the same. Black people emphasize slangs we made, which are very figurative over , literally more potent forms like the gullah dialect or the patois of new orleans or florida. It is a taste thing, admittedly. Well, what word would I replace perfect with in the following phrase you wrote "In a perfect world, as the adjective "perfect" suggests, there are no problems. Life is ideal." I would replace two words: a and perfect and make adjustments to the following "In my ideal world, no problems exist" In a world I have an idea to no problems exist. Perfect meant a total work. As the zen say, it is the sunny side of the hill side the shady side of the hill. Problems must be in the world for it to be total. Yes, oonmoptopia I spelled it wrong. It's funny when webster was a boy, in england, people couldn't comprehend each other in various regions of england because their diction was so various. This was the same in france or germany. Meaning when webster was a boy there wasn't popular usage of words in england. every single region spoke differently in england, often incomprehensibel to each other. He comes up with this idea of a "standard" book of rules of words and speech for the english language. a dictionary for english. Dictionaries are as old as the royal bloodline of the nile, but never before were they advertised as a standard. And then with the advent of public school which wasn't common either in humanity. School historically was something paid for by individuals, it wasn't for the public , it wasn't for all. but with the idea of the public school plus dictionaries came what you call, very correctly, the popular majority usage of certain words certain ways as de facto official. Webster himself, made up words:) but post webster, now we have popular usage. So, yes I don't feel obliged to adhere to webster. But I want to defend my individualism, I am not looking for a flock. I simply admit myself. The popular usage will remain, will be adhered, but I don't care if I am alone with 999,999 other people I will be my way. 1/19/2026 Citation https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12290-have-you-ever-heard-of-miss-black-america /#findComment-79500 2 hours ago, ProfD said: Noah Webster did something i.e. fufilled a need. He codified the meaning of words. Black folks are free to do the same thing if they want to preserve gullah, patois, ebonics or any other language & words. Of the quote from Profd , I want it publicly said, I concur Webster did something. The rest of what Profd said I struck through as a lie or false praise or a misrepresentation of communal action. THE FOLLOWING IS MY EXPANDED VERSION @ProfD Well...doing something does not mean a need is fulfilled. It means a want is fulfilled. Humans beings have been codifying words since the time of the earliest leaders of the nile. I don't comprehend how Webster doing something thousands or millions did between the ancients about the Nile and Webster warrants mention. Dictionaries as I said to aka contrarian which you didn't quote sadfully, predate webster by thousands of years. Webster is key because in england the idea of schooling for the public had taken root, the first public schools were thousands of years before england, but with the advent of the english empire, the public school of england and the dictionary it used from webster was pushed on a global populace, adding the influence of the usa , the child of the english empire, english is the lingua franca today in humanity. this is a quote of what i said that you freely chose not to quote to make a half truth to webster. For my point which you disgard is that dictionaries shouldn't be used as standards. That is the truth. The reason why the ancients didn't was a thing called wisdom. Forcing a language to others is called slavery, and slavery doesn't work on rivals , so you can't relate to rivals forcing a tongue. ala why people in the usa say things, like, it is japanese. I don't know if you know because your words I just quoted suggest you don't. Languages die throughout humanity all the time, including languages of those humans considered in power. It isn't about freedom. It is about a complex collage of things. Language use is a collective thing, it is not up to an individual, it is up to a group and it requires many people working together, which doesn't happen with a snap of a finger. Language preservation is centered on communal organization, not freedom. The negro spirituals are proof of this. Most black people couldn't read + were completely enslaved but knew the negro spirituals . This is why appalachian languages are dying among white people in the usa, gardless of white power. anyone looking at your words will think that preserving a language is like riding a bicycle, which i find insulting. 1/22/2026 Citation https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12290-have-you-ever-heard-of-miss-black-america /#findComment-79536 Posted just now @Pioneer1 21 hours ago, Pioneer1 said: Now, how can I change the course of YOUR thread??? this forum is a place of discourse, each topic is started by one but the path need not stay on the topic started. 21 hours ago, Pioneer1 said: Just because mixed people are THROWN into the "Black" category by racists, that doesn't make it a scientific fact. you use the word thrown, do you know all the people in your bloodline? you shouldn't if you are a DOSer, and if you are a DOSer then are you suggesting the people with a phenotype , you call mixed in 2026 who were completely enslave pre 1865 are what then? 21 hours ago, Pioneer1 said: Truth and facts aren't based on "consensus". true , that is true, BUT not all things can be defined explicitly. phenotypical labeling can not be reduced into a numerical form. Carbon is called element six but carbon is merely a name. it isn't a false name, but if I call carbon fingerplus, that isn't invalidated because it has no consensus. 21 hours ago, Pioneer1 said: Is fire not hot unless enough people believe it and accept it to be? but labeling someone black isn't explicit. Fire, all types of fire, come from chemical or physical reactions that generate a chemical reaction commonly called fire. But the name fire isn't explicit. In the same way, naming someone black isn't explicit. Fire like race is always real, but the labeling is not rigid, and you have prescribed the label black a specific way which is not bound by anyone else. Nor is my definition for black bound to anyone else. But both are real. And going beyond the two of us, it matters how the black group defines black. 21 hours ago, Pioneer1 said: It's changed recently. I remember when the only media that gave dark skinned women their propers WERE the White media. Well.. When you say recently, Miss Black America started 1968. Again , Alice was enslaved 1963.. Malcolm was murdered 1965, mlk jr was murdered 1968... You say recently? when exactly? My reason for asking what time period because for me, Jim Crow was 1865 to 1980. Financially I don't see black ownership in that time period in the usa. YES, MAdame CJ walker was in the 1930s. But black people owned businesses in the lands that made up the USA before the USA was founded. Look at the American Revolution transcripts, I can't remember which off the top of my head. https://aalbc.com/tc/events/7-rmcommunitycalendar/week/2025-11-22/ Black owned media that could reach wide swaths of black people in the usa for me truly started from 1980 onwards. Every black town or city, or black neighborhood in a white city had local black owned media but none were strong enough to stretch across. Black Newspapers are black newspapers, newspapers don't usually do fashion, that is magazines. I know, I checked to makebsure, Ebony was started in 1945 and Jet was started in 1951 but most black people didn't have the money to buy jet or ebony. Jet or Ebony original audience was the black 1% so... when you say black media between 1865 and 1980, what do you mean? and as for white media? well how was white media treating any black woman properly? when you say propers, you mean dark skin women as maids? that is proper? Yes, I am little confused by your statement. 21 hours ago, Pioneer1 said: For a long time Black media was pushing light skin and White featured as ideal with the occasional honey brown sista if she was pretty enough. The only time a real dark skinned sista could get on is if a White man though she was "exotic" looking enough. And usually the dark skinned Black women they put on were from Africa or the West Indies...not the United States. I clearly don't comprehend Black Media as you are using it. I need your help. What is Black Media to you? I ask because when you say black media, I don't think you see black media like I do. When I think black media I think black owned media, meaning the money or the producer is black. Black panther is not black media. it is white media with black people in it. BET is white owned, that is white media with black people in it. Black owned media is rare in the usa. BET was sold by a black man to whites, who then sold it to other whites, paramount to skydance. TVOne is black owned, by a black woman. I can't recall a black owned film production firm comparable to the likes of disney/paramount/warner bros et cetera. Like Obama being the black president of a white country. Black presence doesn't mean whites don't own or control. Black presence doesn't mean black people are enslaved to whites but it doesn't mean black people own or control. You have made me think about this, if someone ask me , what is black media in the usa, throughout my life. I have very little to say. I will brainstorm the following BET for a very short time, so not BET. Black Enterprise magazine, going strong. I didn't know about miss black america or miss black usa to a mature adult, but going strong. TVOne going strong. The OWN network, though I don't know if Oprah actually owns the OWN network, so no OWN cause I am not certain. Forty acres and a mule, spike lees production firm, though alot of his movies he doesn't majority finance,so I say no. I know Malcolm post production was financed by a collection of black people but the majority of production pre+filming was white. so , no forty acres and a mule Milestone comics, but how much money did dwayne mcduffie and company actually provide. at the end of the day DC financed those comics so.. no milestone, and I love, Blood Syndicate. It is my favorite comic from the usa. Amsterdam News, my local black newspaper, still going strng. Harlem Week in NYC, still going strong but that is local Jazzmobile, was once really great, but when billy taylor's spirit flew, that really reduced the vitality of jazzmobile, but it is still going on, albeit less potently. a show like like it is was local but financed by ABC. Killens Review is from MEdgar evers college, but again, Medgar evers gets alot of money as part of CUNY So white owned for me. it isn't a private college. and NYC, or NYS state's government is white, at least to me. The Olmec company which made Sun man, but they closed down. Ebony magazine or Jet MAgazine I admittedly, never saw my parents with an ebony or jet magazine. Some relatives would have them but it wasn't grandiose. and their firm went under and assets are owned by whites now to my knowledge, though I am not sure. if I look at my life and what is black owned media in the usa, which is what I think of is Black Media, that I was aware of and still around. Black Enterprise Miss Black America+ Miss Black USA TVOne Amsterdam News Harlem Week Jazzmobile independent local media efforts by blacks who had money at the time So half of those things are local to me. all but two are regional, north east. Black enterprise or miss black america. So, what region of the USA were you born in? Cause, the midwest and deep south have nothing in my view, even locally when it comes to black media. So.. I think dark skin black women locally in NYC have been very visible in local media. I remember many posters as a kid, local things, festivals fairs. That wouldn't reach far. Sun man was a toy but the audience was mostly NYC. So... What is black media to you ? Because once I comprehend how you view black media I can comprehend your statements better. In my life, white media is the dominant avenue for black presence in media, and I don't see any black presence in white media as indicative of anything black. Cosby show. Fresh prince of bel air. A number of those black romantic films. Yes, Black presence but we don't own those things. The truth is black people own very little in the usa, but again, that shouldn't be a financial shock if black people are honest about our financial history in the usa. Slavery + Jim Crow were very real. 1980 to 2026 is only forty six years and not even of financial opportunity but financial allowance. from 1492 to 1865, enslavement, and then 1865 to 1980, jim crow, the black populace was intentionally stopped or stymied by white power, by any means necessary, and the black populace had no violent means to stop it. Now, I do argue black people needed to have a legal pro bono movement to somehow match all of the white crimes or illegalities against us by whites but that didn't happen. 01/23/2026 Citation https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12290-have-you-ever-heard-of-miss-black-america /#findComment-79566 Posted just now @Troy On 1/22/2026 at 9:40 PM, Troy said: TLDR: but "beauty" pageants are a thing whose time has come and gone... and they really need to get rid of the ones featuring little girls. Too long didn't read ... the multilog, ok:) Well, I emailed the following to find out https://www.pageantplanet.com/ But based on unverified statistics your wrong. Pageants have not come and gone. And I can see how. With the advent of robotic labor, a pageant is a thing a human must do that is competitive. Like human sports, human contest of physical beauty must involve, humans. Come and gone, i don't think so. And with that role, the many pageants with little girls will remain. The industry of pageants makes a lot of money, it will not go away because certain populaces distaste for them or the legal ramifications of the abuse in various instances. @aka Contrarian thank you for your comment

So Musk bought Twitter to make it a legally private data source that is being grown real time by the public users to his own private modern, circa 2025 , computer system commonly while falsely called an Artificial Intelligence, xai. The money he loaned to buy twitter he presented this to them in some way or form. Alot of data today is behind various paywalls, literally as in terms of service or legally through lawsuits if accessed. So getting data that is not only of a heavy quantity while still being added into plus private to all other data acquirers is priceless. Even if former twitter losses social media market share its value to growing xai is on course to making losses with x smaller than revenue earned from xai , potentially of a varying scale. Question: What will the ability of offline devices software having the generative functionality of OpenAI+ChatGPT+MidJourney aside the data of the google search engines internal encyclopedia have on humans? At some point devices will exist that don't need to be connected to the world wide web, which is in the internet , for the software inside said devices to exhibit the combined functionality plus base data content of multiple services of the most potent computer programs accessible online today, circa 2024. That moment will be a watershed in terms of online or world wide web usage. CITATIONS Segment Critics said Musk 'overpaid' for Twitter. Thanks to Trump and xAI, it could actually be a steal. ... Not only has X served as Musk's political megaphone — it has also been a lucrative source of training data for one of the billionaire's other ventures, xAI, a startup that has rocketed to a $50 billion valuation in 16 months. [ https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-xai-startup-valuation-history-chart-2024-11 : POSTSCRIPTA- segment] That fresh valuation means xAI has surpassed Musk's purchase price for X. It came with a $5 billion funding round, which The Wall Street Journal reported was backed by the Qatar Investment Authority and Sequoia Capital. [ https://www.businessinsider.com/xai-value-twitter-funding-elon-musk-x-2024-11 ] Musk launched xAI in July 2023 as a springboard to get in the AI race. He had cofounded and then left OpenAI over differences with its CEO, Sam Altman. The startup has made up significant ground on its rivals by using X as a source of third-party data, one of the key avenues for training large language models. [ https://www.businessinsider.com/generative-ai-wall-scaling-laws-training-data-chatgpt-gemini-claude-2024-11 ] In late 2023, Musk blocked other organizations from scraping X's data for free — but gave xAI continued access. That gave xAI a crucial boost. [ https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/08/x-updates-its-terms-to-ban-crawling-and-scraping/ : POSTSCRIPTB- segment] ... Though the number of X users has been falling, Musk said in May that it had 600 million monthly active users. "This is a level that neither OpenAI nor any other third party can access, or at least not as easily, which provides a huge competitive edge and therefore makes xAI a valuable company," Keenan-O'Malley added. Wired reported last year that access to 0.3% of X's data would cost about $500,000 annually. [ https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-data-api-prices-out-nearly-everyone/ ; title: Twitter’s $42,000-per-Month API Prices Out Nearly Everyone ; subtitle : Tiers will start at $500,000 a year for access to 0.3 percent of the company’s tweets.~] "Clearly X's or indeed any social-media platform's data is valuable," Advika Jalan, the head of research at MMC Ventures, told BI. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/critics-said-musk-overpaid-for-twitter-thanks-to-trump-and-xai-it-could-actually-be-a-steal/ar-AA1v6Ojy?ocid=socialshare POSTSCRIPTA It took OpenAI, last valued at $157 billion in October, about nine years to reach the $50 billion milestone, according to PitchBook data. ... Elon Musk, starting with a team of 12 people in July 2023, did it in less than a year and a half. POSTSCRIPTB The new terms, which are effective from September 29, ban any kind of scraping or crawling without “prior written consent.” [ https://x.com/en/tos ] NOTE: crawling or scraping the Services in any form, for any purpose without our prior written consent is expressly prohibited. The previous version of the terms allowed crawling in accordance with robots.txt. “NOTE: crawling the Services is permissible if done in accordance with the provisions of the robots.txt file, however, scraping the Services without our prior consent is expressly prohibited,” it read. In the last few months, Twitter has also altered its robots.txt file — a file that gives instructions to robot crawlers about what parts of the site they are permitted to visit — to remove instructions for all crawler bots apart from Google. In 2015, Twitter confirmed that it had a firehose deal in place with Google to surface tweets in search results. It is not clear if the nature or terms of that deal have changed under the new management. We have reached out to Google to understand if the search giant has an agreement in place. We will update the story if we hear back. X has also altered the robots.txt file to disallow crawlers to get information such as likes and retweets related to specific posts. It also bars robots from looking at an account’s likes, media and photos. Earlier this month, X changed its privacy policy to state it might use public data to train AI models. Musk has previously noted during a Twitter space that xAI, a company founded in July, would use public data such as tweets to train its models. X’s new privacy policy also has provisions for the collection of biometric data of users along with education and job history. 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Shoebox collab finished! https://www.deviantart.com/goldenemotions/journal/Shoebox-collab-finished-1260130015 my comment https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1260130015/5245022705 MY RANT ... only 26 artist came through... you know what bothers me about the charity drives is, the people who organize them get someone to pay based on activity. The payment isn't money. The payment is your art. Artists paying for something with their art in my view is the ultimate currency for any artists. And yet, even though I shared this in so many places. Only 26 came through, so only eight boxes. Only eight boxes. That isn't even a classful of children. And all the bullshit arguments from various artists really come into my mind. ... I don't like deviantart, it is too much porn, I don't like the messages BULLSHIT ... oh the SEO I need to see a better environment, I am uncomfortable with BULLSHIT These charity drives are the only things I do in my art where my art literally pays for the action and it is to a total stranger I will never see or know of personally. And I don't mind at all. I can comprehend issues aiding an adult stranger, but any adult who has issues aiding a stranger child when what they are being asked to do is something they do every day ... I have an issue with that adult... it is the holiday season. In my mind I Was hoping , alot , I was hoping, we artist would break the bank and get a whole big school of children little boxes to brighten their spirit... Damn and... so many people I share their artwork, their financial agendas, with no negativity, with hope. I know some of those people saw my charity post and just moved on. Couldn't even share it. Damn... yeah ok.

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I got this funny feeling De-ep in-si-de That tells me , you, could love me Even mo-re, an And I got to kno-w! You got! A simple way of loving me baby You! got! My heart on a stri-ng You got! A simple way of loving me baby Tell me! That you, want me, again Baby baby baby Tell me That you, want me, again Baby baby baby baby Tell me that you, Yo-[mellisma]-u! Yo-[mellissma-scatting]-u! You [Scatting] [Scatting] [Scatting] [Scatting modulate through four octaves] Tell me That you Tell me that you want me baby Tell me that you need me baby Tell me! ye-ah! Tell me that you Want me, again Tell me, that you want me, again [Scatting] [Scatting two octaves] [Scatting four octaves] LIVE, lovely voice Special Lyrics from Vesta Williams, Attala Zane Giles Ooh... oh... oh Ooh... ooh... Yeah Ooh... ooh... ooh Never thought I'd find a lover Who could love me like no other, Sugar Now I'm spellbound in your hands You're more than twice a man And I love you The more I'm in your arms the more I need you I look in your eyes I feel you The way you hold me, feels so right, (So right) The way you make me feel is oh so special My baby and I just gotta let you know, feels so right You make me feel so special, darlin' On and on it, gettin' stronger You just make me feel so special Nights of passion, filled with moonlight Makes the moments with you so right, baby You have made my life so grand Don't know how glad I am that I have your love The more I'm in your arms, the more I need you No matter where I am I feel you The way you kiss me it feels so good (So good) I love the way you make me feel so special, darlin' And I just gotta let you know That it feels so right You make me feel so special, darlin' On and on feeling stronger Oh... oh... oh... oh... oh Ooh, ooh, yeah (Oh... oh... oh...) Ooh, the more I have your love, the more I need you If I had to change the world, I would to keep you The way you love me, don't ever stop (Oh, oh) There's no one who could make me feel so special, baby And I just gotta let you know That it feels so right You make me feel so special, baby On and on gettin' stronger Oh... oh... oh... oh... oh Special (Special) Special, special (Yes, you are, baby) Special (Yeah) You make me feel so special (You make me feel so good) Special (Baby) Special (I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I) special (Special, hey) You make me feel so special (Special, baby, ooh, ooh) Special, baby, Feels so right you make me feel so special (Special, baby, bay, oh, oh) My love (My love), And it feels so right when you oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh) Sweet Sweet Love Lyrics from Vesta Williams, Attala Zane Giles, William Matthew Osborne Oh-oh, oh (oh-oh) Oh, oh (oh-oh) Oh (ooh) oh-oh Ooh I remember I was scared Love especially I fell in love with you Stole my heart in such a way What you did to me Can't explain (How you kiss me) how you kiss me (When you kiss me) kiss me (Feel so good) baby, it feels so good (How you hold me) hold me, babe (When you hold me) hold me (Love's so good) love's so good Well, there are so many ways (so many things I do) I gotta make me feel just with your Sweet, sweet love (I love you, yes, I do) Sweet, sweet love (wanna spend my life with you) Sweet, sweet love (I need you every day) Sweet, sweet love (you're in my heart to stay) Sweet, sweet love (ooh) Love is wrong in many ways Stood the test of time Stronger everyday No one loves me like you do I found in you love so true, oh (How you touch me) touch me, babe (When you touch me) touch me (Feel so good) oh, it feels so good (There's no other) there's no other (Other lover) other lover (You're so good) you're so good You're all I ever wanted (all that I'll ever need) I'll ever need with your Sweet, sweet love (I love you, yes I do, oh) Sweet, sweet love (I wanna be right here with you, baby) Sweet, sweet love (you're in my heart to stay) Sweet, sweet love (I love you more every day) Sweet, sweet love (oh, yeah) Oh, oh (oh, oh) oh, oh Ooh You're all I ever wanted (all that I ever need) All that I ever need With your (sweet, sweet love) oh Baby, baby (sweet, sweet love) I need your sweet, sweet love, oh, yeah (sweet, sweet love) Oh, all that I ever need (sweet, sweet love) You're all I ever need, yeah (sweet, sweet love) You're my baby (oh), sweet, sweet love (yeah) You're my honey (oh), sweet, sweet love (yeah) You're my baby (hey), sweet, sweet love Sweet, sweet love (oh, baby your) You're my baby (my baby), sweet, sweet love (my sweet) You're my honey (honey, yeah), sweet, sweet love You're my baby (oh, oh), sweet, sweet love Sweet, sweet love (oh, yeah) Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh (ooh) Sweet, sweet love (sweet baby) Oh-oh-oh-oh (sweet, sweet love) Sweet love, ooh, ooh Sweet, sweet love (oh, yeah, you sweet little, boy) You're my baby, sweet, sweet love Congratulations Lyrics from Vesta Williams,Tena Clark,Gary Prim Saw an old friend on the street She said today's your wedding My heart stopped The tears dropped Saw my whole life pass me by I had to see you, baby I never ran so fast before I rushed inside the chapel door You were waitin' all alone You turned around and heard me call Congratulations I thought it would have been me Standin' here with you Congratulations I hope you're happy 'Cause as long as I can breathe You'll always be the one for me, oh-oh Why was I the last to know? I thought that we were special My soul shakes My heart breaks As I turn and walk away I can't believe it's over We really never said goodbye Thought we'd give it one more try Felt our love was here to stay And now today's your wedding day Congratulations I thought it would have been me Standin' here with you Congratulations I hope you're happy 'Cause as long as I can breathe You'll always be the one for me, oh Congratulations, baby I hope she makes you happy Because you didn't even say goodbye, and hey I thought it should have been me, oh-oh-oh But as long as I can breathe You'll always be the one for me 'Cause as long as I can breathe You'll always be the one for me Congratulations Once Bitten Twice Shy Lyrics from Vesta Williams, Dean Paul Gant Your name is Dracula You suck the life right out of me With a thing called reality Why didn't I fall for you? You took my space and made it yours Now my mind's playin' tricks on me Who's to blame? I'm havin' a dream, I can't wake up That's what I keep tellin' myself, oho, oho There's no shame In losin' control, I'm crackin' up That's what the doctors keep tellin' me I keep screamin' Once bitten, twice shy Keep one eye open for the bad guy I keep screamin' Once bitten, twice shy And be suspicious when the moon's high Your eyes are cold as ice I feel them starin' straight through me With a hint of intensity Why must it be this way? Why am I here tied up today? In a room full of past [Incomprehensible] Who's to blame? I'm havin' a dream, I can't wake up That's what I keep tellin' myself, oho, oho There's no shame In losin' control, I'm crackin' up That's what the doctors keep tellin' me I keep screamin' Once bitten, twice shy Keep one eye open for the bad guy I keep screamin' Once bitten, twice shy And be suspicious when the moon's high, high, high, yeah Who's to blame? I'm havin' a dream, I can't wake up That's what I keep tellin' myself, oho, oho There's no shame In losin' control, I'm crackin' up That's what the doctors keep tellin' me I keep screamin' Once bitten, twice shy Keep one eye open for the bad guy I keep screamin' Once bitten, twice shy And be suspicious when the moon's high, high Once bitten, twice shy Once bitten, twice shy (You took my love and made me crazy) (Now everything's so hazy) Once bitten, twice shy (Ooh, you know you're no good, you're no good, no) Once bitten, twice shy Once bitten, twice shy (Your name is Dracula) (You chained me up and locked my gate to you) She is the background voice on Anita Baker's "You Bring Me Joy", it was not written by someone black. Ride of Your Life Written by Mario Van Peebles Performed by Vesta Williams (as Vesta) A&R [Direction] – Kevin Evans Engineer [Assistant] – Rajean DeGrandmaison Mixed By – Charlie Watts (2) Producer – Mario Van Peebles Producer [Additional] – Phillip Biff Vincent* Producer, Keyboards – Michael Eckert Lyrics I WILL HAVE TO MAKE IT MYSELF

A Gardin Wedding from Rosey Lee @Rosey Lee A Gardin Wedding May 13, 2025 A Gardin Wedding: A Gardins of Edin Novel Book Cover Images image of A Gardin Wedding: A Gardins of Edin Novel by Rosey Lee BOOK REVIEW IN AALBC https://aalbc.com/book_review/9780593445518 MY REVIEW “When we really fell for each other, the rules we were playing by changed.” These wise words from Martha, a character in A Gardin Wedding by Rosey Lee, encapsulate the novel’s emotional depth. As the second book in the A Gardins of Edin series, it explores growth in a premarital environment through characters spanning various adult age groups. The theme of personal and relational development forms the core of the story. Lee employs gentle comedy and elegant, illustrative descriptions of fashion to shift the novel’s tone. The two main characters, a couple introduced in the first book, find their love intertwined with a broader cast than before. While Lee guarantees a happy ending in her preface, any reader will likely question that certainty at some point. A Gardin Wedding retains the stylistic elements and framework of the first book but expands its scope, presenting dramatic love across two clans instead of just one. Unlike many authors' sequels, Lee refrains from heavy exposition—a skill often lacking in follow-up novels. She beautifully portrays the love of Black people through belle couture, bringing richness and sophistication to her descriptions. Malcolm X once said, “I was going through the hardest thing, also the greatest thing, for any human being to do: to accept that which is already within you, and around you.” Every couple in A Gardin Wedding is navigating distinct phases of accepting what is already between them and around them. That environment—a thriving, mature, and financially successful Black community—made for an immensely joyful and rewarding read.

The Gardins of Edin from Rosey Lee The Gardins of Edin Jan 09, 2024 The Gardins of Edin Book Cover Images image of The Gardins of Edin by Rosey Lee @Rosey Lee BOOK REVIEW IN AALBC https://aalbc.com/book_review/9780593445495 MY REVIEW “What if I’m not too old to have a happy childhood now?” is a poignant line from the character Ruth in The Gardins of Edin by Rosey Lee, a novel that begins with apprehension and confusion but ends with a sense of fulfillment. The book explores modern relationship dynamics, with a central theme of personal growth: healing from the past, being steady in the present, and not seeking perfection in the future. Not every character in the book learns or desires this lesson, but it lies at the heart of each of their stories. The story is driven by four central characters: Ruth, who manages a family business that has long been a pillar in the local community; Naomi, the emotional center of the family; Mary, an aspiring restaurateur; and her sister Martha, a doctor. These four Black women from the south are each on a journey of self-discovery, while also grappling with the evolving dynamics of their family and community. The novel, which spans roughly 300 pages, has two main plot arcs that delve into their personal and shared challenges. While some characters may evoke frustration with their negativity, the book never suggests that their futures will be entirely bleak. Instead, it’s a feel-good drama that features flawed, realistic characters whose weaknesses are neither exaggerated nor overly moralized. For fans of well-crafted, character-driven stories with genuine emotional depth, this book is a great fit. Although the back cover hints at larger conflicts, the story isn’t about grand battles over empires; it's more about the internal struggles and infighting within a close-knit community. The characters wrestle with concealing painful pasts, and the hidden scars of that past pose real threats to their relationships. These conflicts are handled with sincerity, never veering into melodrama or caricature, but they do create the possibility of lasting damage if left unresolved. The novel doesn’t position itself as a guide on mental or physical health, but it does offer insights into both. Through the characters' struggles, the value of mental and heart health is subtly highlighted, adding another layer of depth to the story. I found myself learning more about these topics without the narrative losing focus or becoming preachy. The readers’ guide at the end of the book revealed something I should have noticed right away—if it had been a snake, it would have bitten me! While The Gardins of Edin may seem like a clear reference to the biblical Garden of Eden, the book doesn’t feel like a Christian allegory or preach to the reader. The Christianity of some characters is important to their individual stories, but it doesn’t dominate the narrative or alienate readers of different beliefs. Finally, this book sets up its characters in such a way that a sequel could easily follow, though it’s not necessary. By the end, The Gardins have found peace, and the story feels complete as it is.

The tragedy of spider man is he is the last major piece of marvel that needs to be reabsorbed into the main and Sony will never give him up. Disney bought 20th century fox to absorb the xmen into marvel. But sony will never give up spider man. I even argue that the sony live action films are designed to hold rights but are saboteurs cause: madame web/kraven the hunter/morbius/venom 3 are all crap. While people praise sony animation, for their spider verse, sony live action is atrocious. The good news for Feige is in the Xmen storm can blow miles morales out the spouts. But story wise I think it is good Miles Morales , a black white character, the black spider man , can't be in the mcu for a simple storytelling reason. Mile s Morales whole storyline is dependent on the multiverse. If you take the multiverse out of miles morales story, you literally have a cheap colored version of peter parker's storyline with alot of infinitely repeated non white european characters in white written or white based fiction. Black self righteous father law enforcer who speaks of the community he lives in unending negative ways Spanglish speaking mulatto latina who blurts out in spanish whenever she is angry and always has a moment of dancing and continues the tired tradition of the black mom in white media beforehand And I am very happy Black Superman didn't happen. I can't stand black superman, or any black white character. so many black people have actually written black characters. Even though storm was written by a white man which is clear to see, at least her and Nubia are originally supposed to be black. But... please spider man/superman, please stop this. Glad the miles morales movies made money, very glitzy, glammy, not great story. And I hope part 3 makes the most, but I am not a fan of these. Blood Syndicate from Milestone

Sly Stone born 1943 DANCE TO THE MUSIC Lyrics by sly stone [Cynthia:] Get up and dance to the music! Get on up and dance to the fonky music! Dum-dumm du-du-du-du-du-dum-dumm Du-du-du-du-du-dum-dumm - du-du-du-du-du-dum-dumm [All:] Dance to the Music, Dance to the Music [Freddie:] Hey Greg! [Greg:] What? [Freddie:] All we need is a drummer, For people who only need a beat, yeah! [Drummer] I'm gonna add a little guitar And make it easy to move your feet [Guitar] [Larry:] I'm gonna add some bottom, So that the dancers just won't hide [Bass] [Sly:] You might like to hear my organ I said 'Ride Sally Ride' [Organ] Cynthia, Jerry!! You might like to hear the horns blowin', Cynthia on the throne, yeah! [Trumpets] Listen to me [Cynthia & Jerry got a message they're sayin':] [Cynthia:] All the squares, go home! Aaaaah, yeah!!! [Trumpets] [Listen to the basses:] Dum-dumm du-du-du-du-du-dum-dumm Du-du-du-du-du-dum-dumm - du-du-du-du-du-dum-dumm [All:] Dance to the Music, Dance to the Music Video I CAN'T TURN YOU LOOSE from Otis Redding Lyrics I'll never turn you loose now If I do, I'm gonna lose my pride now I'll never, never turn you loose, yeah If I do, I'm gonna lose my pride now I can't turn you loose for nobody 'Cause I love you, baby, yes I do Hip shakin' mama, I love ya I'm in love with only you, child Do it, baby, if you don't I'm gonna give you everything that you want You got to keep on movin' You gotta keep on pushin' now You got to keep on movin' Yeah, baby, gotta move Hey now I'll never turn you loose now If I do, I'm gonna lose my pride now I'll never, never turn you loose, yeah If I do, I'm gonna lose my pride now I can't turn you loose for nobody 'Cause I love you, baby, yes I do Hip shakin' mama, I love you I'm in love with only you, child Do it, baby, if you don't I'm gonna give you everything that you want (Yeah, yeah, yeah) See R&B shows near New York Get tickets as low as $35 You might also like If You Want Me To Stay Sly and the Family Stone Provider Sleep Token Man of the Year Lorde Keep on movin' You gotta keep on movin' Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah You gotta keep on pushin' now You gotta keep on movin' now You gotta keep on singin' now You gotta keep groovin' I'll never turn you loose now If I do, I'm gonna lose my pride now I'll never, never turn you loose, yeah If I do, I'm gonna lose my pride now I can't turn you loose for nobody 'Cause I love you, baby, yes I do Hip shakin' mama, I love you I'm in love with only you, child Do it, baby, if you don't I'm gonna give you everything that you want now You got to keep on movin' You gotta keep on movin' You gotta keep on movin' Yeah, baby Yeah, yeah You gotta keep on movin' You gotta keep on pushin' You gotta keep on singin' now You, yeah, yeah You gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta keep on movin' Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah Can't turn you loose Video LIFE lyrics by sly stone Life, life Clouds and clowns You don't have to come down Life, life Tell it like it is You don't have to die before you live, ooh You might get angry sometimes But don't let it turn you around All you gotta do is get your livin' now Life, life Clouds and clowns You don't have to come down You might be scared of somethin', look at Mr. Stewart He's the only person he has to fear He'd only let himself get near He don't trust nobody If he stopped bein' so shady He could have a nice young lady Life, life Tell it like it is You don't have to die before you live You're gonna be sad sometimes You might wake up to find your pet is gone But maybe, he's tired of bein' alone Dog gets hip, it has to go If you're lovin', you can't be sad no more Life, life Clouds and clowns You don't have to come down Life (ooh, ooh), life (ooh, ooh) Tell it like it is You don't have to die before you live video M'LADY lyrics by sly stone [Chorus] M'lady M'lady M'lady M'lady [Verse 1] A smile of pleasure Beautiful and kind A pretty face, a pretty face Oh, what a gorgeous mind [Verse 2] She's a winner, hey Give her some attention Just thought I'd mention that [Bridge] Give her some time (Time, time) Give her some time (Time, time) Give her some time (Time, time) Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey [Chorus] M'lady M'lady M'lady M'lady [Interlude] Boo-boo-boo-nigh-ah Boo-boo-boo-nah Boo-boo-boo-nigh-ah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah [Outro] M'lady M'lady M'lady M'lady M'lady video STAND lyrics by sly stone [Verse 1] Stand In the end, you'll still be you One that's done all the things you set out to do Stand There's a cross for you to bear Things to go through if you're going anywhere Stand For the things you know are right It's the truth that the truth makes them so uptight Stand All the things you want are real You have you to complete and there is no deal [Chorus] Stand, stand (Stand), stand (Everybody, yeah, yeah) Stand (Stand, y'all), stand (Stand), stand (Ooh, ooh) [Verse 2] Stand You've been sitting much too long There's a permanent crease in your right and wrong Stand There's a midget standing tall And the giant beside him about to fall [Chorus] Stand (Yeah, yeah), stand (Stand, yeah), stand (Ah) Stand (Stand), stand (Stand, y'all), stand (Ooh, ooh) [Verse 3] Stand They will try to make you crawl And they know what you're saying makes sense and all Stand Don't you know that you are free? Well, at least in your mind if you want to be (Everybody) [Chorus] Stand, stand [Outro] Stand, na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na, na-na Stand, na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na, na-na Stand, na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na, na-na Stand, na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na, na-na Stand, na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na, na-na video I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHER lyrics by sly stone Hey, hey, hey, hey Beat is gettin' stronger Music gettin' longer, too Music is a-flashin' me I want to, I want to, I want to take you higher I wanna take you higher Baby, baby, baby, light my fire I wanna take you higher Boom laka-laka-laka, Boom laka-lak-goon-ka boom Hey, hey, hey, hey Beat is nitty-gritty Sound is in your city, too Music's still flashin' me Don't ya, don't ya, don't, don't, don't ya wanna get higher? Don't ya wanna get higher? Baby, baby, baby, light my fire (Woo) I wanna take you higher Boom laka-laka-laka, Boom laka-lak-goon-ka boom Hey, hey, hey, hey Boom laka-laka-laka, Boom laka-lak-goon-ka boom Higher Higher Higher Higher Higher (Won't ya light my fire?) Higher (Woo, yeah) Higher (Wanna take you higher) Higher Hey, hey, hey, hey Beat is there to make you move Sound is there to help you groove Music's still flashin' me Take your places I wanna take you higher (Higher) Wanna take you higher Baby, baby, baby, light my fire (Woo) I wanna take you high, high, high, high, high, high, high, high Boom laka-laka-laka, Boom laka-lak-goon-ka boom, Boom laka-laka-laka, Boom laka-lak-goon-ka boom, Boom laka-laka-laka, Boom laka-lak-goon-ka boom, Boom laka-laka-laka, Boom laka-lak-goon-ka boom, Boom laka-laka-laka, Boom laka-lak-goon-ka boom (Higher) Wanna take you, do you wanna go Wanna take my fire Wanna take you higher Boom laka-laka-laka, Boom laka-lak-goon-ka boom, Boom laka-laka-laka, Boom laka-lak-goon-ka boom, Boom laka-laka-laka, Boom laka-lak-goon-ka boom, Boom laka-laka-laka, Boom laka-lak-goon-ka boom, Boom laka-laka-laka, Boom laka-lak-goon-ka boom (Higher) Don't ya wanna get higher? I wanna take you higher Hey, hey, hey, hey Boom laka-laka-laka, Boom laka-lak-goon-ka boom I wanna take you higher I wanna take you higher Boom laka-laka-laka, Boom laka-lak-goon-ka boom Everybody higher, higher, higher video EVERYDAY PEOPLE lyrics by sly stone [Verse 1] Sometimes I'm right and I can be wrong My own beliefs are in my song The butcher, the banker, the drummer and then Makes no difference what group I'm in [Chorus] I am everyday people, yeah, yeah [Verse 1] There is a blue one who can't accept the green one For living with a fat one, trying to be a skinny one Different strokes for different folks And so on and so on and scooby-dooby-dooby [Refrain] Ooh, sha-sha We got to live together (Ooh, sha-sha) [Verse 2] I am no better and neither are you We are the same, whatever we do You love me, you hate me, you know me and then You can't figure out the bag I'm in [Chorus] I am everyday people, yeah, yeah [Verse 3] There is a long hair that doesn't like the short hair For being such a rich one that will not help the poor one Different strokes for different folks And so on and so on and scooby-dooby-dooby [Refrain] Ooh, sha-sha We got to live together (Ooh, sha-sha) [Verse 4] There is a yellow one that won't accept the black one That won't accept the red one that won't accept the white one Different strokes for different folks And so on and so on and scooby-dooby-dooby [Chorus] Ooh, sha-sha I am everyday people (Ooh, sha-sha) video HOT FUN IN THE SUMMERTIME lyrics by sly stone All: End of the spring and here she comes back Hi Hi Hi Hi there Them summer days, those summer days That's when I had most of my fun, back High high high high there Them summer days, those summer days Rose: I "cloud nine" when I want to Freddie: Out of school, yeah Larry: County fair in the country sun Sly: And everything, it's true, ooh yeah All: Hot fun in the summertime x 4 All: First of the fall and then she goes back Bye bye bye bye there Them summer days, those summer days Rose: "Boop-boop-ba-boop-boop" when I want to Freddie: Out of school, yeah Larry: County fair in the country sun Sly: And everything, it's true, ooh yeah All: Hot fun in the summertime x 4 video THANK YOU ( FALETTINME BE MICE ELD AGIN) Lyrics by sly stone [Verse 1] Lookin' at the devil, grinnin' at his gun Fingers start shakin', I begin to run Bullets start chasin', I begin to stop We begin to wrestle, I was on the top [Chorus] I want to thank you for lettin' me be myself again Thank you for lettin' me be myself again [Verse 2] Stiff all in the collar, fluffy in the face Chit-chat chatter tryin', stuffy in the place Thank you for the party, but I could never stay Many things on my mind, words in the way [Chorus] I want to thank you for lettin' me be myself again Thank you for lettin' me be myself again [Verse 3] Dance to the music all night long Everyday people sing a simple song Mama's so happy, mama start to cry Papa still singin', you can make it if you try [Chorus] I want to thank you for lettin' me be myself again (Different strokes for different folks, yeah) Thank you for lettin' me be myself again [Verse 4] Flamin' eyes of people fear burnin' into you Many men are missin' much, hatin' what they do Youth and truth are makin' love, dig it for a starter Now, dyin' young is hard to take, sellin' out is harder [Chorus] Thank you for lettin' me be myself again I want to thank you for lettin' me be myself again Thank you for lettin' me be myself again Thank you for lettin' me be myself again I want to thank you for lettin' me be myself again I want to thank you for lettin' me be myself again I want to thank you for lettin' me be myself again I want to thank you for lettin' me be myself again I want to thank you for lettin' me be myself again I want to thank you for lettin' me be myself again Thank you for lettin' me be myself again Thank you for lettin' me be myself again I want to thank you for lettin' me be myself again I want to thank you for lettin' me be myself again I want to thank you for lettin' me be myself again I want to thank you for lettin' me be myself again I want to thank you for lettin' me be myself again I want to thank you for lettin' me be myself again video FAMILY AFFAIR lyrics by sly stone [Chorus] It's a family affair It's a family affair It's a family affair It's a family affair [Verse 1] One child grows up to be Somebody that just loves to learn And another child grows up to be Somebody you'd just love to burn [Verse 2] Mom loves the both of them You see, it's in the blood Both kids are good to mom Blood's thicker than the mud [Chorus] It's a family affair It's a family affair It's a family affair It's a family affair Over there, world gone bad [Verse 3] Newlywed a year ago But you're still checking each other out, hey Nobody wants to blow Nobody wants to be left out, uh-huh [Verse 4] You can't leave 'cause your heart is there But, sure, you can't stay 'cause you been somewhere else You can't cry 'cause you'll look broke down But you're cryin' anyway 'cause you're all broke down [Chorus] It's a family affair It's a family affair It's a family affair It's a family affair Oh, hey, a family affair It's a family affair It's a family affair It's a family affair It's a family affair It's a family affair (It's a family affair) It's a family affair Well It's a family affair It's a family affair video

Nina Simone music, if bold it is a cover to a white written song. if underscore it is a cover of a black song. Comprehend, covers are unique things, it matters who sings and provides instrumentals to any music. Don't anyone tell you otherwise. I Loves You Porgy I Put A Spell On You - complete album My Baby Just Cares For Me Little Girl Blue NOTE: Because she had sold her rights outright for $3,000, Simone lost more than $1 million in royalties (notably for the 1980s re-release of her version of the jazz standard "My Baby Just Cares for Me") and never benefited financially from the album's sales Brown Baby Brown Baby Oscar brown jr Brown baby brown baby As you grow up I want you to drink from the plenty cup I want you to stand up tall and proud And I want you to speak up clear and loud Brown baby brown baby brown baby As years go by I want you to go with your head up high I want you to live by the justice code And I want you to walk down freedom's road You little brown baby So lie away lie away spleeping lie away singing Lie away sleeping lie away safe in my arms Till your daddy and you mama protect you? nd keep you safe from harm Brown baby It makes me glad you gonna have things that I never had When out of men's heart all hate is hurled Sweetie you gonna live in a better world Brown baby brown baby brown baby Lyrics by OScar Brown Sin and Soul full album of OScar Brown Zungo Someone please find them, he is speaking a nigerian tongue by Michael Olatunji Afro PErcussion full album by Michael Olatunji Mississippi Goddam Mississippi Goddam Alabama's gotten me so upset Tennessee made me lose my rest And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam Alabama's gotten me so upset Tennessee made me lose my rest And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam Can't you see it, can't you feel it It's all in the air I can't stand the pressure much longer Somebody say a prayer Alabama's gotten me so upset Tennessee made me lose my rest And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam If you know this song You can join in with us Hound dogs on my trail School children sitting in jail Black cat cross my path I think every day's gonna be my last Lord have mercy on this land of mine We all gonna get it in due time I don't belong here, I don't belong there I've even stopped believing in prayer Don't tell me, I tell you Me and my people just about due I've been there so I know They keep on saying "Go slow!" Well, that's just the trouble "Too slow" Washing the windows "Too slow" Picking the cotton "Too slow" You're just plain rotten "Too slow" Too damn lazy "Too slow" Thinking's crazy "Too slow" Where am I going What am I doing I don't know I don't know Just tryin' to do my very best Stand up be counted with all the rest Cause everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam You afraid of that word? Picket lines, school boy cots They try to say it's a communist plot All I want is equality For my sisters, my brothers, my people and me You lied to me all these years You told me to wash and clean my ears And talk real fine just like a lady You'd stop calling me Sister Sadie Oh but my country is full of lies You're all gonna die and die like flies Cause I don't trust you any more You keep on saying "Go slow!" That's just the trouble Too slow Desegregation Too slow Mass participation Too slow Reunification Too slow Do things gradually Too slow But bring more tragedy Too slow Why don't you feel it Why don't you see it I don't know I don't know You don't have to live next to me Just give me my equality Cause everybody knows about Mississippi Everybody knows about Alabama Everybody knows about Ronald Reagan Everybody knows about Margareth Tatcher Everybody knows about Ronald Reagan Everybody knows about Jesse Jackson Everybody knows about Michael Jackson Everybody knows about Everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam Goddam Lyrics by Nina Simone Nina Simone In Concert Full Album Four Women My skin is black My arms are long My hair is woolly My back is strong Strong enough to take the pain Inflicted again and again What do they call me? My name is Aunt Sarah My name is Aunt Sarah, Aunt Sarah My skin is yellow My hair is long Between two worlds I do belong My father was rich and white He forced my mother late one night What do they call me? My name is Saffronia My name is Saffronia My skin is tan My hair is fine My hips invite you My mouth like wine Whose little girl am I? Anyone who has money to buy What do they call me? My name is Sweet Thing My name is Sweet Thing My skin is brown My manner is tough I'll kill the first mother I see My life has been rough I'm awfully bitter these days 'Cause my parents were slaves What do they call me? My name is Peaches Lyrics by Nina Simone Ain't Got No, I Got Life NOTE: A medley of two songs "Aint Got No" + " I Got Life" To be Young Gifted and Black Young, gifted and black Oh what a lovely precious dream To be young, gifted and black Open your heart to what I mean In the whole world you know There's a million boys and girls Who are young, gifted and black And that's a fact! You are young, gifted and black We must begin to tell our young There's a world waiting for you Yours is the quest that's just begun When you feel really low Yeah, there's a great truth that you should know When you're young, gifted and black Your soul's intact To be young, gifted and black Oh, how I've longed to know the truth There are times when I look back And I am haunted by my youth Oh but my joy of today Is that we can all be proud to say To be young, gifted and black Is where it's at Is where it's at Is where it's at Lyrics by Nina Simone + Weldone Irvine LIVE 1969 - She introduced the song on August 17, 1969, to a crowd of 50,000 at the Harlem Cultural Festival, captured on broadcast video tape and released in 2021 as the documentary film Summer of Soul. I admit I like this song, lets have another live recording, Nina Simone was done with the recording industry anyway Audio Recording Yes, I can't listen to be young gifted and black and not shed a tear thinking on black people the world over against the various whites, and one more tear for my own tribe in the village in their naturally dangerous peccadillium/place of sin/U.S.A. Nina Simone on Malcolm X Malcolm X to me, was the most important , the most important spokesman we have ever had, in this country for black people, bar none, and everything he said i agreed with, everything he said, i agreed with, and I was absolutely... I am still not over the fact that he is gone, and I really would like to say that I think it is black people's fault that he is dead, just as it is black peoples fault that martin luther king is dead, they didn't give them any protection, they ran them away, they followed them, but they didn't protect them, they willing to die but they not willing to kill, hey man, I get upset when I think about it, I get upset, and that is one of the reasons I don't live in this country, cause there is no protection https://www.tumblr.com/afriblaq/764152297355984896 https://www.tumblr.com/afriblaq/764152297355984896 my thoughts Can I get an Amen. But Nina Simone's point is huge here. What Nina Simone is really saying is the Black Church, Historical Black Colleges+ Institutions, Black elected officials, Black business owners didn't protect Black advocates or black artists, and she is correct. I love how she said black people ran both Malcolm + martin away which I know from black people who lived in the 1960s is true, but you never hear from black people alive then in media today. The only two groups that honestly talked of honest protection were the panthers+ nation of islam. but the nation of islam outside Malcolm's leadership did it only for members. While the panthers were criminalized by black churches/black elected officials/black business owners for their stance on defense. So many black artist+ advocates were injured or attacked in the usa and never had any protection, and the black church being the most important black institution had to be most responsible.

Everybody black love's roberta flack. Her first album's first song is written by a Black man , the odd thing is, the album became financially viable because it was used in the Clint Eastwood film Play Misty for Me which is a psychological thriller, specifically the song "the first time I ever saw your face", he only spent two thousand dollars for the rights COMPARED TO WHAT I love to lie and lie to love I'm hangin' on they push and shove Possession is the motivation That is hangin' up the goddamn nation Looks like we always end up in a rut Everybody now Tryin' to make it real compared to what Slaughterhouse is killin' hogs Twisted children killin' frogs Poor dumb rednecks rollin' logs Tired old ladies kissin' dogs I hate the human love of that stinking mutt I can't use it Tryin' to make it real compared to what President he's got his war Folks don't know just what it's for Nobody gives us rhyme or reason Have one doubt they call it treason We're chicken feathers All without one nut goddamn it Tryin' to make it real compared to what Church on Sunday sleep and nod Tryin' to duck the wrath of God Preachers fillin' us with fright They all tryin' to teach us what they think is right They really got to be some kind of nut I can't use it Tryin' to make it real compared to what Where's that bee and where's that honey Where's my God and where's my money Unreal values a crass distortion Unwed mothers need abortion Kind of brings to mind old young King Tut He did it now Tried to make it real compared to what Tryin' to make it real compared to what Songwriters: Gene Mcdaniels. The First TIme I ever saw your face, written by Ewan Mccoll the end credits to the film sudden impact, i admit, i like clint eastwood as an actor or director but i have never ben a fan of cop films or shows. he had to request this, the studios didn't want it, it shows how film studios essentially blockaded black artist from soundtracks even though black artists were financially successful or popular in the field Her A capella Oh Freedom https://youtu.be/kVvqvTzR94c?t=242 WHERE IS THE LOVE Where is the love? Where is the love? Where is the love? Where is the love? Where is the love? Where is the love? Where is the love? Where is the love? You said you'd give to me Soon as you were free, will it ever be Where is the love? You told me that you didn't love him And you were gonna say goodbye But if you really didn't mean it Why did you have to lie? Where is the love? You said was mine all mine, till the end of time Was it just a lie Where is the love? If you had, had a sudden change of heart I wish that you would tell me so Don't leave me hangin' on the promises You've got to let me know Oh, how I wish I never met you I guess it must have been my fate To fall in love with someone else's love All I can do is wait That's all I can do Yeah, yeah, yeah Where is the love? Where is the love? Where is the love? written by Ralph MacDonald and William Salter FEEL LIKE MAKIN LOVE [Verse 1] Strollin' in the park Watchin' winter turn to spring Walkin' in the dark Watchin' lovers do their thing [Hook] That's the time I feel like making love to you That's the time I feel like making dreams come true, oh baby [Verse 2] When you talk to me When you're moanin' sweet & low When you touch me And my feelings start to show, show, oh [Hook x2] That's the time I feel like making love to you That's the time I feel like making dreams come true, oh That's the time I feel like making love to you That's the time I feel like making dreams come true, oh baby [Verse 3] In a restaurant Holdin' hands by candlelight Wanna touch you Wantin' you with all my might, yeah [Hook x2] That's the time I feel like making love to you That's the time I feel like making dreams come true, oh That's the time I feel like making love to you That's the time I feel like making dreams come true, oh baby written by Eugene McDaniels THE CLOSER I GET TO YOU The closer I get to you The more you'll make me see And giving me all you've got Your love has captured me Over and over again I tell myself that We could never be more than friends All the while inside I knew it was real The way you make me feel, oh I'm lying here next to you (oh, baby) And time just seems to fly, right over, right over, right over I'm needing you more and more, more, baby, more, baby, more So, let's give love a try Hey, sweeter than sweeter love grows And heaven's there for those Who fool the tricks of time And in our hearts the love we find True love In a special way, oh, baby, baby, baby The closer I get to you The more you make me see (all that I make you see, yeah) Pull me closer Sweet as the gravity I wanna be close to you, baby Sweet as the gravity, oh Sweet as the gravity, yeah, yeah, yeah Sweet as the gravity I want to be close to you Sweet as the gravity James Mtume and Reggie Lucas TOnight I celebrate my love for you, written by Gerry Goffin +michael masser Roberta Flack is amazing, she doesn't have one song in any of her albums written by her exclusively. She is a very nice person. She gave so many black writers opportunity.

ABOUT THE NEW VOICES AWARD from @Lee and Low Books Established in 2000, the New Voices Award is given biennially to an unpublished writer of color or Native/Indigenous writer for a picture book manuscript. Manuscripts may be FICTION, NON-FICTION, or POETRY for children ages 5 to 12. Manuscripts should address the needs of children of color or Native/Indigenous children by providing stories with which they can identify and relate, and which promote a greater understanding of one another. Themes relating to different family structures, gender identity, LGBTQ+ communities, or disabilities are also of interest. The submission period for entry will begin on April 1, 2025 at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time and will end on June 30, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. New Voices Award winners receive a standard publication contract, including Lee & Low Books’s basic royalties and an advance in the amount of $5,000. Winners are also given close publishing mentorship as they work to develop their first book for publication. Nurturing manuscripts takes time, and Lee & Low’s commitment to this contest represents over two decades of dedication. We ask for the same commitment and courtesy from applicants. Please make sure you are able to abide by the eligibility and manuscript submission guidelines before entering. I ASK FOR HELP DECIDING A STORY THAT I SHOULD USE AS AN INSPIRATION FROM THE FOLLOWING https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery/81311721/my-tales-or-poetry AALBC COLLAB group @Dee Miller @Rosey Lee Thoughts? Contest Rules https://www.leeandlow.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2025-New-Voices-contest-rules_updated3-10-25.pdf New Voices Award FAQ https://www.leeandlow.com/authors-illustrators/writing-contests/new-voices-award/new-voices-faqs/ Submission form https://forms.zohopublic.com/leelowbooks/form/NewVoicesSubmissionForm/formperma/skImqvLtrSEzWlRCEpt0CcbbOWXvNa6pw5XIUdwoti4 URL https://www.leeandlow.com/authors-illustrators/writing-contests/new-voices-award/ forum page https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/11565-new-voices-from-lee-and-low/

Groundbreaking for New York subway system 1900 The New York Rapid Transit Decision of 1900 (Katz) Full Article https://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/The_New_York_Rapid_Transit_Decision_of_1900_(Katz) Excerpt Construction of the first subway in New York City, the Interborough Rapid Transit underground railway or IRT, was officially begun on March 24, 1900 and completed, ahead of schedule, in late October, 1904.

Happy Day of Love+ My Art [stories/illustrations/poems] involving Love https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery?q=love My Valentine's Day 2022 calligraphy gif + poem[read description] Richard Murray Valentines day album 2020 https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-good-news-blog-stories-through-a-year/#findComment-849 Questions What’s the most heartwarming piece of art you’ve seen from another artist in the community? How is love represented symbolically in your life or in your culture? Has love inspired you to create something? If so, share it in your comment and talk about how the feeling inspired it! My Answer https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1122131534/5189135618 Here is some synthography, AI art, I did honoring black female sculptors. I used DeviantArt Dreamup for each, tried to focus on their most popular work. I imagine the computer didn't know any but you get an idea of each artist. Selma Burke Prompt [ African American couple kissing happily, bronze bas relief from Selma Hortense Burke ] artstyle dreamup aspect ratio 1:1 prompt strength 7 negative prompt [ dull, poor lighting] Augusta Savage Prompt [ Elegant African American couple of the 1800s dancing happily, clay model from Augusta Savage ] artstyle dreamup aspect ratio 1:1 prompt strength 7 negative prompt [ dull, poor lighting] Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller Prompt [ happy ancient nubian couple praising the sun, bronze free standing sculpture from Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller ] artstyle dreamup aspect ratio 3:4 prompt strength 7 negative prompt [ dull, poor lighting] Edmonia Lewis Prompt [ happily embracing black seminole couple, marble sculpture from Edmonia Lewis ] artstyle dreamup aspect ratio 9:16 prompt strength 7 negative prompt [ dull, poor lighting] Faith Ringgold moonlight, painted story quilt from Faith Ringgold ] artstyle dreamup aspect ratio 1:1 prompt strength 7 negative prompt [ dull, poor lighting] Betye Saar Prompt [ happily swimming African American couple, magical horizon, mixed media assemblage from Betye Irene Saar ] artstyle dreamup aspect ratio 3:4 prompt strength 7 negative prompt [ dull, poor lighting] Beverly Buchanan Prompt [ happy, laying on an old shack African American couple, old withered photograph from Beverly Buchanan ] artstyle dreamup aspect ratio 16:9 prompt strength 7 negative prompt [ dull, poor lighting] Elizabeth Catlett Prompt [ married African American farmers reaching up, onyx modernist statue from Elizabeth Catlett ] artstyle dreamup aspect ratio 9:16 prompt strength 7 negative prompt [ dull, poor lighting] Ruth Inge Hardison Prompt [ married African Americans kissing, sculpted portrait from Ruth Inge Hardison ] artstyle dreamup aspect ratio 1:1 prompt strength 7 negative prompt [ dull, poor lighting]

Year of the Snake Chinese New Year in 2025- Jan 29 2025 The year of the snake is meant to be a year of intelligence + inconsiderateness. Remember the idea of yin-yang is very present in many chinese schools of thought so it isn't merely what is emphasized that is positive but also what is negative. Intelligence in this case means search for knowledge which at its most negative is inconsiderate to the ramifications of such searches. Dynamite with the noble prize, the nuclear bomb by oppenheimer, the 1900s computer by turing, all of these were acts of knowledge, the person that started these technologies wasn't a warrior but each regardless to their intentions had an inconsiderateness in their quest for knowledge to the dangers and destruction their technology in its form or advanced would bring. Turing was punished for being a homosexual, at least in my view, so he took his life after the second phase of the war of white european empires. Oppenheimer had a role in giving the nuclear tech to russia to make sure the usa alone didn't have the technology which post hiroshima + nagasaki , which I can tell you from a first hand source was not needed militaristically, the usa proved it shouldn't have possession of any nuclear weapons and at the least none alone. Noble has a prize still awarded in his name, dynamite did tons of damage on the battlefield or to environments. I know some in the knowledge community, science[from the latin] means knowledge not wisdom or arithmetics [mathematics [[from the hellenistic]] means knowledge too, not arithmetics or wisdom],view the acquisition of knowledge is to be achieved regardless of how it is used. It is inconsiderate of inconsiderations , assuming a faith based notion to it. So the most positive outlook is to help those you can with your knowledge, embrace the erudition to derive more knowledge, and be careful of inconsiderations. It is a wood year, so wood is strongest at springtime, the colors are greens or blues. Wood deals with growth, which at its best can be a time of great advancement at its worst can be a time where one is.. to big for their britches. ORchid or cactus are lucky flowers.The fourth lunar month is the month of the snake. So it is strongest then, any babies born from april 20th to may 21st

Originally it was in the top floor of the Boston Athenæum. The Boston Athenæum is an independent library, meaning it gets private funds, and isn't attached to a school or other institution directly. The Boston Athenæum is also a membership library. So it is for members who pay the yearly fee. What do you think of a private Black Library? Yes, Harlem has the Schomburg from public funds and open to the public. And if you like the idea what kind of books do you think it should have? The Museum of Fine Arts originally in Copley Square The Summer Staircase in the Boston Athenæum

Title:This Will Be [ cooing] This will be, an everlasting love This will be, the one I've waited for This will be, the first time anyone has loved me I'm so glad, you found me in time And I'm so glad that, you recrefied my mind This will be, an everlasting love for me Loving you, is some kind of wonderful Because you showed me, just how much you care You've given me, the thrill of a lifetime And made me believe, you've got more thrills to spare, oh! This will be, an ever-lasting love Oh, yes it will now! You brought a lot of a sunshine in to my life You filled me with happiness, I never knew You gave me more joy then, I ever dreamed of And no one, no one can take the place of you This will be You and me Yes sir-ee Eternally Hugging and squeezing, and kissing and pleasing Together forever, throughever whatever Yeah, yeah, yeah, you and me So long as I'm living, true love I'll be giving To you I'll be serving, 'cause you're so deserving Hey, you're so deserving, you're so deserving Yeah, yeah, yeah, whoooaaah Love, love, love Love, love, love Love, love, love Love, love, love Love, love, love Love, love, love From now on From now on From now on From now on From now on From now on From now on From now on From now on From now on From now on written by Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancy Title: Sophisticated Lady Sophisticated lady, sophisticated lady She's a different lady, with a different style She stands, tall and steady, like the Eiffel Tower She is,hip to politics, but loves her jazz She's got, lots of rhythm, she's got lots of class Everybody knows, how she got her name, yeah Oh, ha, she wears, knee length dresses with her, high heel steppers She's not, no back stabber, but she's sure a pleaser She talks, quiet and gentle, she acts very cool She sticks, close to her lover, she obey, God's rules, woh (Sophisticated lady) Sophisticated lady, yeah (Sophisticated lady) Oh (Sophisticated lady) That's her name, that's her name (Sophisticated lady) Woh, woh Everybody knows, how she got her name Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah---- Woh--, oh, oh, oh, oh She's the, kind of person that you'd, like to meet 'Cause she's, always smiling, and she's, always neat She can, start a fire, in the,coldest man She's a, hip slick sister, known throughout, the land, oh (Sophisticated lady) That's her name Sophisticated lady (sophisticated lady) yeah Oh, well, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, hoo, that's her name Sophisticated lady (sophisticated lady) lady, lady Sophisticated lady (sophisticated lady) oh Sophisticated lady, (sophisticated lady) ah Sophisticated lady (sophisticated lady) Ooh, ooh (sophisticated lady) Repeat (Sophisticated lady) written by Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancy and Natalie Cole Title: I've Got Love On My Mind I've got love, on my mind I've got love, on my mind I've got love, on my mind And there's nothing particularly wrong It's a feeling I feel inside When I woke up, early this morning It was staring me straight in my eyes I've got love (love) on my mind (ooh) I've got love (love) on my mind (ooh) I've got love (love) on my mind (ooh) When you touch me I can't resist And you've touched me a thousand times When I think of your tender kiss, ah Then and there, I start to, unwind, ooh, in your arms I like to be, yeah, caressing you gentle And tenderly, oh, yeah, from sunrise to sunset All through the day, I've been waiting for your return And you know this is where I'll be I can say to the world I've learned, only you can satisfy me Satisfy me!, oh, you have made me, so very happy Oh Baby, Baby, (love) love, love, on my (on my mind), my, my, my mind Love (love), love, on-- (on my mind) my mind (Love) I've got love (on my mind) on my mind, yeah (Love) It's a whole lot of love (on my mind), it's a whole lot of love, yes, it is (Love) I can't hear ya, say it for me one more time (Love) Oh, I like the way you say it, when you say it, for me, yeah (Love, love) Ooh, you know, it's like paradise, say it twice (Love, love) Got a whole lot of love, whole lot of love for you, Baby, yeah (Love) You know this thing, I got love, yeah I've got (Love) on my mind (on my mind) Oh (love) love, love on my mind (on my mind) I've got, (love) I've got, I've got, I've got, I've got (On my mind) love, love, love (Love) I've got love on (On my mind) my mind, yeah Oh (love) yeah, oh, love, (on my mind) love, love, love, la, la... yeah written by Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancy and Natalie Cole Title: Our Love You're my morning star, shining brightly beside me And if we keep this love We will last through all eternity Just the way, we are, I love it, love it It's just the way it should be 'Cause our love, will stand tall as the trees Our love, will spread, wide as the seas Our love, will shine bright in the night, like the stars above And we'll always be together, our love My love is surely one thing You can surely depend on In times of darkness and fear, I go to you I know you'll make me strong You're, gonna make, me happy You're, gonna make, me smile 'Cause our love, will stand, tall as the trees Our love, will be, for the whole world to see Our love, will change, people's wrongs to right And we will never die 'Cause we'll always have each other, our love Ya oo oo oo oo Our love, will stand tall, as the trees Our love, will spread as wide as the seas Our love, will shine bright in the night, like the stars above And we'll always be together Our love, yeah, our love We got a good old fashioned love Hey, hey baby, our love We got a mighty mighty fine love Our love, we got a mighty mighty good love Bring it down, just a little 'Cause love is soft, love is sweet Love is nice, and love is gentle Love is joy, love is pain Love is laughing, in the rain I've got love, on my mind Love is always, right on time Love is you, and love is me Love is just, a little baby I've got love, on my mind Love is always, right on time Love is you, and love is me Love is gonna, set you, free, ya Our love, baby, our love written by Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancy and Natalie Cole