She So Fuckin Pleasant

Honesty makes the best ART.

Words From the Wise: 

“When I think of music, I think of it in totality-complete;from the lowest blues, to the highest symphony.“ -Donny Hathaway

"I go for the music that gives me goosebumps, music that touches my heart and soul.” - Quincy Jones

“I just do what I want to creatively. Music is fun. It opens minds to dream great dreams.” - Isaac Hayes

“Songwriting is a gift from God. I always try to write a song, I never want to just write a record." - Smokey Robinson 

"The true beauty of music is that it connects people. It carries a message, and we, the musicians, are the messengers.” - Roy Ayers   

“Music is what you feel. When I’m giving up material, I’m giving up honesty, heart, soul and pure love.” - Marvin Gaye

“My career has been about saying things the way people say them. Using melodies  not that I can sing, but that the people can sing.” - Lionel Richie

Get the respect and honor they deserve. It makes me really uncomfortable some of the best poets, artists and musicians were/ are black, or have black blood (because we know how many Puerto Ricans like to lessen the amount of blackness in themselves)

The only proud Black Boricuas are those hyper aware, and those who will never be able to deny it. Now I’m not saying that there aren’t any Non-Black Boricuas because obviously there are. I’m just saying, you shouldn’t give one paragraph explaining African slaves, while a whole page on indigenous Tainos.

You’d go on to find studies on the Taino and say 60 % have traces of Taino, yet no one would want to test how much black is in us. now THAT’S institutionalized Racism.

It’s to the point where I don’t even know how my Puerto Rican family identifies racially. They are not phenotypically Black, (not really dark skinned, some have straight hair, and one cousin is blond) but we ain’t white that’s for sure. Those beautiful big hips, ass, lips are black. Stop hiding it and love it.

Oh and another thing…

How Nina Chanel Abney is Championing the Black Lives Matter Movement with a Paintbrush 

in Vanity Fair

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