Back when I was 16 years old, I had, I guess what you could say was a transformative experience. When I saw the movie, the color purple. That movie inspired me so much that I actually took myself back to that movie theater 15 more times. I read the book, I bought the soundtrack, I guess you could say I was pretty obsessed. And I was really inspired by that movie, it also opened my eyes. It was the first time that I really realized the social injustices that the African American community faced in this country. And they still do to this day. With an extensive background in theater, I was ecstatic when I heard that they were going to adapt the color purple into a musical. When I finally saw the revival a few years back, it was one of the most thrilling theatrical experiences I'd ever witnessed. And Cynthia Arriba's performance was hands down the most incredible performance I'd ever seen on Broadway. With my uncovered videos, I choose the songs because they are universal in message and it's an opportunity to pay tribute to the composers and the original artists that created the song. With this next chapter, the theater sessions, I'm going to be featuring songs that were made famous in the theater or in movies. And they were all originally sung by women. And when I was knocking around ideas for this next batch of songs, I kept coming back to this. I mean, it is from source material that probably had the most profound and lasting impact on my life. So I wanted to honor that and to celebrate it. This is I'm here from the color purple. I don't need you to love me. I don't need you to love. I got I got I got my sister. I can feel her now. She may not be here, but she's still mine and I know. She still love me. Got my children. I can't hold them now. They may not be here, but they still mine. I hope they know I still love them. I got my house. It's still keep the cold out. Got my chair when my body can't hold out. Got my hands doing good like they're supposed to. Showing my heart to the folks that I'm close to. Got my eyes though they don't see us far now. They see more about how things really are now. I'm gonna take a deep breath. I'm gonna hold my head up. Gonna put my shoulders back and look you straight in the eye. I'm gonna plant somebody when they want my. I'm gonna sing out. I believe I have inside of me everything that I need to live. My son loves me. I got my umbilical cord. I get my own email today. I'm living When most of all I am thankful for loving who I really am I'm beautiful Yes, I'm beautiful And I'm here I'm beautiful And I'm beautiful And I'm beautiful And I'm beautiful And I'm beautiful Hey, if you like what you saw, please press subscribe and share it with as many people as you like Peace