On the season finale of our #BetterTogether series, Jess chats with the legendary Alvin Garrett! After the year that was 2020, the Grammy nominated songwriter has done the impossible – he found joy. Listen to hear Alvin tell Jess about his new albumThe Lightness of Love. Plus, he gets honest about why love and joy follow his justice-based EP The Awakening.

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My Gift To You by Alvin Garrett
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Ep 90 - ALVIN GARRETT: Living in the lightness of love

An indispensable corrective to the falsified version of black history presented by The 1619 Project, radical activists, and money-hungry “diversity consultants.”

In the rush to redefine the place of black Americans in contemporary society, many radical activists and academics have mounted a campaign to destroy traditional American history and replace it with a politicized version that few would recognize. According to the new radical orthodoxy, the United States was founded as a racist nation—and everything that has happened throughout our history must be viewed through the lens of the systemic oppression of black people.

Rejecting this false narrative, a collection of the most prominent and respected black scholars and thinkers has come together to correct the record and tell the true story of black Americans in all its complexity, diversity of experience, and poignancy.

Collectively, they paint a vivid picture of black people living the grand American experience, however bumpy the road may be along the way. But rather than a people apart, blacks are woven into the united whole that makes this nation unique in history.

Featuring Essays by:

John Sibley Butler
Jason D. Hill
Coleman Cruz Hughes
John McWhorter
Clarence Page
Wilfred Reilly
Shelby Steele
Carol M. Swain

Dean Nelson
Charles Love
Rev. Corey Brook
Stephen L. Harris
Harold A. Black
Stephanie Deutsch
Yaya J. Fanusie
Ian Rowe
John Wood, Jr.
Joshua Mitchell
Robert Cherry
Rev. DeForest Black Soaries, Jr.

Red, White, and Black

Smikey - Blood On The Leaves | Beat Prod By. 2300 Beats

Lyrics

(Yea
You a fool for this one
This is what good pussy sound like)

Dirty forces and mom jeans have always made me cringe
These ethotties don't be putting no effort into they fit
I don't drive but she finna suck me up in her sugar daddy whip
I don't smoke or drink on nuthin but I still be gettin lit
These hoes all up on me because of this genre rapping shit I mixed 
These bitches be saying anything to try to get the dick

Now so everything we been taught is a lie
Somebody a tell u that they a vibe
But they really broken inside
In the back of every person mind they really just wanna die
Every single social interaction make ya boy wanna fucking cry
Since the day that I was born always asked myself why

Since the day that I was born always asked myself why
Asking why?
Why the fuck I even try
I'm busy isolating while everybody doing lines 
Stop pressuring me to get fucking high
I was neva brought up as that type a guy

(She really broken too
as you can see)

my voice is deeper than corpse husband and you know it!

The Right, acting in concert and organized in the U. S. and internationally, are latching onto anything to stoke the fear of white nationalists, according to Howard University Professor and American University Professor Emeritus Clarence Lusane. By grabbing onto the conceptual idea of "critical race theory", the 1619 Project, and other intellectual ideas and bring it to a concept for conservative supporters to fear, they are attempting to galvanize their followers into creating laws which restrict freedom of speech of teachers and educators.

Buzz - 7-21 - 21 - Clarence - Lusane

On this edition of Open Source RVA, we talk about the new documentary film, "How the Monuments Came Down," with directors Hannah Ayers and Lance Warren, and story consultant Joseph Rogers. This engrossing new movie documents the toppling of Richmond's confederate statues, while taking a deep look into Richmond's complicated, troubled racial past. We also welcome New York Times best-selling author Earl Swift (pictured). The former VIrginian Pilot columnist and Virginia Humanities fellow talks about his brand new book, "Across the Airless Wilds," which documents the later missions of the Apollo space program, and tells the groundbreaking but underappreciated story of the Lunar Rover.  BLAST OFF with this propulsive edition of Open Source RVA! 

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Open Source RVA July 23, 2021

00:00 Music for Gathering
01:03 Welcome
01:48 Scripture: 2 Kings 4:42-44
02:58 Prayer for Hope and Healing
05:20 Musical Selection
07:59 Message: "Let Us Be Mindful", Rev. Glenn Pettiford
22:58 Invitational Selection/Invitation to Discipleship
25:18 Offertory Appeal and Musical Interlude
29:41 Closing Remarks
31:37 Benediction
32:12 Postlude

First Baptist Church, Highland Avenue

Midweek Worship Service: "Let Us Be Mindful" (2 Kings 4:42-44) - July 21, 2021

Si Villan (c)

We All Bleed Red

He's been though some situations
He'd rather do without
The tear rolling down his face onto the ground
now so old, feeling cold
What was it all about

He just can't comprehend the spite he still takes every day
He has respect for all those who can smile through the pain 
But why in this day & age does it still go on today
Education is the only way
Was it just the colour of  skin that held him back
Why is this still  going on, I can't get into my head
It don't matter if your skin is white or black
We all bleed red
We all bleed red
We all bleed red
We all bleed red
Wonders why his dreams never lived
When he was in his prime
Grew up in a neighbourhood 
Where you felt you were doing time
now so old, feeling cold
What was it all about

He just can't comprehend the spite he still takes every day
He has respect for all those who can smile through the pain 
But why in this day & age does it still go on today
Education is the only way

Was it just the colour of  skin that held him back
Why is this still  going on, I can't get into my head
It don't matter if your skin is white or black
We all bleed red
We all bleed red
We all bleed red
We all bleed red
 

84 and at the end of his life
In a world that showed no pity
His mama worked her fingers to the bone 
to feed her boy
A slave to the rich folk of the city

Was it just the colour of his skin that held him back
Why is this going on, I can't get into my head
It don't matter if your skin is white or black
We all bleed red

Now just as he's taking his last few breathes
He prays one last time in his head
That the young don't go through the same shit he did
And lives all their dreams instead
Coz it don't matter what the white man said
Live your dream instead
Because we all bleed Red

Was it just the colour of his skin that held him back (We all bleed red)
Why is this going on, I can't get into my head (We all bleed red)
It don't matter if your skin is white or black (We all bleed red)
We all bleed red (We all bleed red)

Was it just the colour of his skin that held him back (We all bleed red)
Why is this going on, I can't get into my head (We all bleed red)
It don't matter if your skin is white or black (We all bleed red)
We all bleed red (We all bleed red)

We All Bleed Red

Tribute, RIP George Floyd

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BLM (Prod by Westy)

Racism. I heard the stories, more and more over the last few months, years even, that were difficult to sit through - some of whom brought similar memories flooding back in an urgent rush. There was so much that came up for me - a twisting in my gut that varied from anger to pure sorrow. You may have felt this too.

There was so much I wanted to expel. What could I say? I hadn't written in a long time - in part due to sheer physical exhaustion, and in part because I wasn't sure if anything I said would be helpful at all.
After a long time, I sat down one day, and I decided to pour it all out into song I call 'This is The Skin I Was Born Into'.

It is :
A call to action: Hear us. 
A call to attention: See us. 
A love story to my brown body: 
I AM BEAUTIFUL.

This is also to all the times I have erred, where I had judged others unfairly - simply because of who I didn't want to be. Where I put myself or others into a box, where I hurt others by not being brave enough to fight the stereotypes - and hoped that by joining in, I will be accepted.

And last but definitely not the least, this is to my beautiful brown skin. To all the times I have ridiculed it, tried to make it fairer, or tried to scrub it clean. To all the times I had tried to hide it behind filters, the wrong foundation and very bright light. And then finally, to the times I stepped on the path of loving it, of embracing it, and of fighting for it. 

To all the times I gazed lovingly upon it, enjoying its golden hue against the sunset - and to its incredible ability to carry me through it all. My beautiful brown skin.

In writing this song, I reflected on two things I just wanted most (among many). I dearly wanted to be seen, and I dearly wanted to be heard. I ended off with a rally cry that has been stuck in my head now for the last two days. I hope it rings in yours too, if you will give me the privilege of a listen. 

Although I uploaded some days ago, "analysis paralysis" kept this work hidden. "What if people hate it?" "The video quality and framing is terrible" "The song isn't quite ready yet, there's so much yet to do..."
Indeed. Indeed. 
But can a perfect song quell racism? No.

I cannot wait until I have the perfect answers or the perfect setup for everything. Can I take action now? Yes. Yes I can.

So here is this song.

This is The Skin (I Was Born Into)

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I'd been in bands down the years, been in fights with the bands, people who were supposed to be signing us, people who 'alledgedly' were our managers getting us no gigs whatsoever. 

The best band I was even in was Collixion (now with an S not an X). Just a local covers band, no deadlines, no fights, just 5 lads getting together in the studio, playing gigs and it was fun just to do the covers but my spine had gotten to such a state that I couldn't help with the equipment, started to struggle to get through the gigs, my mental state has always been on the edge and I got to a stage where I just did NOT want to do the last couple of gigs. I got tearful at the last one beforehand and then told the lads I had to step down but as I didn't want to hold them back or leave them in the lurch so to speak, I stayed until they found somebody and they've gone on since so best of luck to them.

Because of the spine, it's been a body blow and after 2 years of not doing a thing, I have finally recorded a couple of covers that I've recently deleted off here as they ain't perfect. 

Maybe I'll write again, I don't know

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First Baptist Church Highland Avenue is the oldest African American Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, founded in 1879.  Our mission is to reach, preach, and teach the Gospel to all of God’s people.

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