KEITH: A DECADE AGO, THE ONLY THING WE ASK
YOU TO REMEMBER IS THAT IT'S MORE THAN MUSIC.
[CROWD CHEERS] ♪♪
♪ WE GON' MAKE THE WORLD GO 'ROUND ♪
♪ TOGETHER WE GON' MAKE THE WORLD GO 'ROUND ♪
♪ I USED TO BE A QUEEN THOUGH ♪
♪ ON AN ISLAND BY THE SEA ♪
♪ WITH RAINBOW COLORED PEOPLE ♪
♪ HAPPY AS CAN BE. ♪
♪♪
♪ THE LOOK OF LIES IS IN YOUR EYES ♪
♪ THE LOOK OF LIES THAT DISGUISE ♪
♪ YOU APPLY ONCE A YEAR FOR PEOPLE LIKE MINE ♪
I AM SO PROUD OF THIS BOOK THAT I DID WITH POOR PRESS
BECAUSE I AM A SURVIVOR OF A LEARNING DISABILITY
"AFTER LOSING ALL THAT WE OWNED, ALL THE MONEY,"
"THAT MEANT EATING CEREAL WITH WATER"
"AND HAVING TO LISTEN TO MY MOTHER BE"
"SCRUTINIZED BY HER SISTER"
"SHE WAS WILD...ALWAYS ATTRACTED TO THE BAD BOYS"
"TOO BAD SHE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT SHE WAS THE PRIZE"
VIDEO SPEAKER: I AM ALMOST AT MY GOAL...TO GRADUATE.
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♪ INSTEAD OF EMPATHY, YOU JUST MAKE LIGHT OF ME♪
♪ WITHDRAWING EMOTION, AND I HATE YOU ♪
"PAST"
"MEMORIES"
"OF HOPE AND HAPPINESS"
"WE GIVE, WE GATHER"
"THE MUSIC OF OURSELVES"
"WE GIVE"
"HOURS OF OUR LONELY TEARS"
[PAPER RUSTLES] "WE GATHER"
[SOUND OF TYPING INTO TABLET]
"I ROLLED AROUND IN MY POWER WHEELCHAIR"
"WITH MY HEAD HELD HIGH AND KNEW"
"I WAS GOD'S CHILD BLESSED WITH PROMISE"
"BUT THE VISION I HAD OF MYSELF"
"WAS NOT ALWAYS REFLECTED BACK"
"IN THE EYES OF OTHERS"
LEROY: SO KRIP HOP BRINGS THE HISTORY
BACK AND REALLY TEACHES THE HIP HOP ARENA
ABOUT OUR HISTORY AND OUR CULTURE
AND OUR STRUGGLES AND OUR ACTIVISM
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