00:00I said, L.A., how y'all feelin'?
00:03We all right!
00:05Now y'all know I'm from Mississippi, baby. Y'all gotta talk back to me.
00:07I said, how y'all feelin'?
00:10We all right!
00:12Now, Essie's had the audacity to fly me all the way from Mississippi
00:18to L.A. for the good luncheon.
00:21And so I feel like it's my responsibility, better yet my duty,
00:26to take y'all back to where some of y'all ancestors are from.
00:29Can we go there today, Essie?
00:31Let's go!
00:32Can we go to Mississippi, Essie?
00:37I'm gonna try to try something, say it.
00:39Mmm, say it.
00:43Somebody in here from the South, say it.
00:45Mmm, you can do it, come on.
00:49Mmm, one more time.
00:53Mmm, say it loud.
01:04Come on, let's go to Mississippi.
01:05Mmm, say it loud.
01:07Mm, say it loud.
01:07Black beans on the Mississippi River.
01:11Mm, black beans in the Mississippi Fire.
01:16Be fire
01:20Black leaves in the Mississippi choir
01:27Black leaves on the Mississippi land
01:32And we've got
01:34Guine and cotton
01:36We've got
01:37Songs and artes
01:40We've got
01:41Grit and glory
01:43We've got
01:44My stories
01:46We've got
01:48Shrimp like towers
01:50We've got
01:51Hope and power
01:54God made woman with an iron hand
01:58Raised her up on heaven's land
02:01God made woman with an iron hand
02:05Raised her up on heaven's land
02:09Shrimp like towers
02:11We've got
02:12Hope and power
02:15God made woman with an iron hand
02:19Raised her up on heaven's land
02:24Ooh
02:28Ooh
02:32Ooh
02:33Ooh
02:33Ooh
02:34Listen
02:35Black leaves on the Mississippi
02:39Mother
02:42Black leaves on the Mississippi
02:46Preacher
02:49Black leaves on the Mississippi
02:53Down
02:54Ooh
02:56Black leaves on the Mississippi land
03:01And we've got God in passion, we've got something God said, we've got rich and glory, we've got marvelous stories,
03:17we've got shrimp like towers, we've got hope and power.
03:24God made woman with an iron hand, raised her up on heaven's land.
03:31God made woman with an iron hand, raised her up on heaven's land.
03:39We've got shrimp like towers, we've got hope and power.
03:46Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh.
03:57Jala, at least you can sing live, baby.
04:04Essence, how y'all feeling, baby?
04:07One thing I want y'all to do, I want y'all to give it up for the queens that
04:10are being honored tonight.
04:10Can we give it up for them?
04:14Even if your name is not being called on the big stage, the mere fact that you are in the
04:20room, ladies, means that you are indeed being given your flowers.
04:24So I hope we can leave this space feeling loved and feeling worthy.
04:29But as I was prepping for this gig in Mississippi, baby, I went back to a time when I had
04:34a memory.
04:35I grew up in a really small town, I was about three black girls in my class.
04:40And one day, baby, I went to school, I thought I was looking cute, I had some lip gloss on
04:43my lips.
04:44Until a little boy came up to me, he said, Kirby, you got soup coolers for lips.
04:49I said, oh.
04:52Little did I know, years later, women would spend thousands of dollars to get the lips that we were born
04:58with.
04:58I'm just saying.
05:01So when you hear this record that I'm about to sing, I hope you think of the little girl that
05:07you were and all that she had to go through to become the woman that you are today, baby.
05:14Because you got superpowers.
05:16I see you, sis.
05:16You look good, okay?
05:18Hey.
05:19My nose wide as the red sheet.
05:21Listen, lips full, fillers don't feel me.
05:25My grandma told me and she ain't lie.
05:28She said, they want your booty but they gotta buy.
05:32Got shit they say.
05:33I'm singing la la la.
05:36Don't want no vultuals on our side.
05:38Yeah, yeah.
05:39Looking black as the messiah.
05:43Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
05:45Said we got superpowers.
05:48Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
05:52Said we got superpowers.
05:56Yeah.
05:57Black women, we can't forget that.
06:00We got superpowers.
06:07Said we got superpowers.
06:10Come on.
06:11What you got, superpowers?
06:15They say how black people rise like that.
06:20They cut our wings, they grow right back.
06:25The rose that rose out of them cracks.
06:27Yeah.
06:29They say how black people shine like that.
06:35They shoot you once and don't look back.
06:38We make a diamond out of scraps.
06:42I tell them, girl, you got superpowers.
06:46Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay.
06:51Girl, you got superpowers.
06:54Yeah, yeah, yeah.
06:56Black women, we can't forget that.
06:58We got superpowers.
07:05Oh, we got superpowers.
07:08Oh, we got superpowers.
07:08Come on, Steve.
07:09Said we got superpowers.
07:12Hey, the way you walk in a room so comforting.
07:16What you got superpowers.
07:19What you got superpowers.
07:19Hey.
07:20The way the water hit my hair and it curled like this.
07:24What I got superpowers.
07:27The way I work so hard and I still look soft.
07:32What I got superpowers.
07:34Hey.
07:35What you got superpowers.
07:38Girl, you got superpowers.
07:42Oh, girl, you got superpowers.
07:46If you believe that, let me see y'all put your hands together for black women.
07:50Y'all must be ready to drink, baby.
07:52Bartender, where are the drinks, honey?
07:55I love it.
07:56This last song is called Love By You.
07:58Y'all give it up for my guitarist, Steve Bethany.
08:00They flew him all the way from Memphis.
08:04Let's go Steve.
08:06And if you know what it feels like to be loved by a black woman,
08:09you know that it's a beautiful experience.
08:11My mama is somewhere in here, y'all.
08:13So she's the first woman, the black woman,
08:15that ever showed me what it felt like to be loved.
08:18Truly.
08:20This next song is called Love By You.
08:23Hey.
08:30Bless my soul.
08:32I've been alone too long.
08:38Somebody without someone.
08:43There's no one at all.
08:48Baby, all these nights, I've struggled and fought in my pride.
08:57Scared that someone your type couldn't see past my flaws.
09:09Cause I heard that path aren't easy to get to.
09:16Oh, baby.
09:19The closest I'll get might be right next to you.
09:24Yes, I've got to know.
09:31I've got to feel how it feels to be loved by you.
09:43Ooh, I've got to touch, baby.
09:49Ooh, I've got to touch, baby.
09:51Ooh, I've got to touch, baby.
09:51Ooh, I've got to touch, baby.
09:52Something real.
09:56Can't feel and be loved by you.
10:04Yeah.
10:05See, jealousy is getting the best of me.
10:15Thinking of how you sleep without me in touch.
10:25And I'll have no peace till you give me clarity.
10:34Oh, I need to hear and see if I'm mad at all.
10:42Oh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh.
10:47Cause I heard that path aren't easy to get to.
10:53Oh, baby.
10:56The closest I'll get might be right next to you.
11:01Oh, baby.
11:22I've got to touch, baby.
11:27Yeah.
11:44I just want you to think if any black woman that has loved and nurtures you, why sing this?
11:48I gotta feel like, oh baby, I might not get another chance, baby, can't let you slip out of my
12:09hands, how does it feel to be loved?
12:36It feels amazing in essence, God bless y'all, thank y'all, my name is Kirby.
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