00:00One, two, three.
00:07All right, let's give it up one more time for the ladies.
00:10Get to the bag.
00:13Ooh, I like this area over here.
00:15Who y'all here for?
00:16Y'all here for Layla?
00:18Wow, I love that.
00:20I love it.
00:21Child, it has been a long day, but it has been successful.
00:25If you have enjoyed the summit so far, make some noise.
00:30All right, it's not over yet.
00:33To wrap up our panels, we have a special performance by an incredible artist.
00:38She comes on.
00:40Before she comes on, make sure y'all check out the GU office hours because it's the perfect time to connect with industry professionals, get those gems.
00:47You know, it's just all about networking.
00:50But I need y'all to get ready for our next act.
00:52Please stand on your feet.
00:54Yes, it's this side over here.
00:56I need y'all to stand up for me.
00:57That side over there, I need y'all to stand up for me.
00:59Wake up, wake up, wake up.
01:01Stand up, stand up.
01:02I need the energy.
01:03Please make some noise for the one and only Layla.
01:09Hey, guys.
01:11Hi.
01:11I'm so excited to be here with you all.
01:14What's up?
01:15How y'all feeling?
01:17Feeling good.
01:19All right.
01:19Y'all ready?
01:21Let's do it.
01:22Oh, you got the DS.
01:24Yo, you were there.
01:25Yo, let's go.
01:27Let's go.
01:27Let's go.
01:28Oh, my God.
01:32Y'all hats are so cute.
01:35You guys, oh, my God.
01:36This is so amazing.
01:37I'm so excited to be here with y'all.
01:40Yeah.
01:41Yeah.
01:41They call me OD because I got AD, HD, stevier than Lacey, wavier than Wavesby.
01:51Been dashed like Stacey, been founded as shit like Macy.
01:55It's crazy, they can never faze me.
01:57If you tried, then you lied, I'ma be all right.
01:59I tilted and turning, war-hearted, ironing.
02:01You listening, learning, you lighted and burning.
02:03They fighting, they corny, they boring.
02:05They snoring.
02:05Truth, and I'm scoring.
02:06Spot, and I'm sporing.
02:07They shaking and quaking.
02:08Cookies, easy baking.
02:09Like shoveling and raking.
02:10The duffel got statements.
02:11Falling out of Jason.
02:12You picky like bacon, his stizzy real quick.
02:14He getting a little like the basement.
02:16Do you want me?
02:18Do you wanna love me like that?
02:22Like that.
02:24Do you want me?
02:26Do you wanna want me like that?
02:30Like that.
02:32Do you?
02:33I wanna.
02:34I wanna.
02:36So bad.
02:38Oh, yeah.
02:40Do you want me?
02:41Do you wanna like that?
02:46Like that.
02:48Wanna love you just like that.
02:51Wanna love you so, so bad.
02:55Wanna love you.
02:59Do you wanna, wanna?
03:01Yeah, like that.
03:04It be so bad.
03:06Things be moving so fast.
03:08Watch my soul cast.
03:09I hope that this thing lasts.
03:12If it don't work, even though I'll be hurt, nothing is forever.
03:18You know, time's gonna change and our lives do change.
03:23So just slow our pace.
03:26Time and space.
03:28But I can't erase.
03:29But I can't erase the way I'm feeling for you.
03:34You just do it like, like, like...
03:39Like that.
03:41Oh, you just do it like that.
03:46You just do it like, you just do it like, yeah.
03:51Do you want me?
03:55Like that.
03:55Do you want me?
03:59You just do it like that
04:03Oh
04:04Thank you
04:09Thank you guys so much
04:12Okay, I have one more for you guys
04:14And I think y'all are going to know this one
04:16So let's do it
04:18My problem
04:19That's just not my problem
04:22What?
04:23Not my problem
04:24That's just not my problem
04:26Niggas talking shit
04:28Bitches talking shit
04:30It's not my problem
04:31Niggas talking shit
04:32And bitches talking shit
04:34It's not my, my
04:35Not my problem
04:38That's, that's not my problem
04:40Not my problem
04:42That's, that's not my problem
04:45Not my problem
04:47That's, that's not my problem
04:49Not my problem
04:52That's
04:53No, no, no, that's why I cannot confide in you
04:59Looking within, find sanctuary in my solitude
05:03Now I got the juice, passion fruit and guava juice
05:08Guava juice, mango juice and guava juice, yeah, yeah
05:14No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
05:21What? Niggas talking shit, bitches talking shit, it's not my problem
05:26Niggas talking shit, eh, bitches talking shit, it's not my, my, eh
05:31Not my problem, that's, that's not my problem
05:35Not my problem, that's, that's not my problem
05:40Not my problem, that's, that's not my problem
05:45Not my problem, that's, that's not my problem
05:49When it goes around, it goes up and down, round and round, not my problem
05:54When you talking shit, it goes up and down, round and round, not my problem
06:07What? What?
06:11Ayyyy
06:11Thank you guys so much!
06:13Thank you!
06:16Hold on, wait, can we try something?
06:18When I say not my, you say problem, not my, not my, when I say not my, you say problem, not my, not my, hey, thank you guys so much, I'm so happy to be here, thank you so much EssenceGU, this is super special, and yeah, peace out, bye.
06:38Bye. Wow, what a performance, if you enjoyed Layla, make some noise.
06:54Thank you everybody, I hope you guys enjoyed the show. I had a good time. I had an amazing time, I hope y'all had a great time. Can we do it again next year? Oh, same time? Same time. Same time, let's do it.
07:07All right, make some noise if you had a great time today.
07:12So we wanted to say thank you to a couple of people before we officially close this thing out.
07:17Yes, we have to give a major shout out to Camp 2 Beauty, AT&T, Coke Zero Sugar, Bodycology, Carol's Daughter, and Ilure.
07:26And all of you today, each and every one of you, give yourselves a round of applause.
07:30And most importantly, I want to say thank you to the entire Essence team, to the entire Black Ops team, for making this so special.
07:39And most importantly, my Essence Girls United team, please come up and join me on the stage.
07:44So Nandi, Isaiah, Ryan, Isaiah, come on, I see you. Get up on here. You've been working.
07:51Danielle.
07:54And while they're coming up here, please make sure you sign up for the GU Weekly Newsletter to stay up on the date on everything that's coming up.
08:01There's a naughty or nice holiday party happening in NYC.
08:05Plus, you don't want to miss out on grabbing those cutesy photos that you took throughout the day.
08:09And just remember to always love each other. Put your best foot forward.
08:14Make sure you follow me on all social media at MyAsiaSymone. That's M-I-Asia and Simone with a Y.
08:19And guys, please tag us in every single thing you have captured from today.
08:24We want to amplify your creations, amplify the moments that you had throughout the day.
08:29Tag us at EssenceGU underscore. And follow us, too. Stick around.
08:34Anybody want to close us out?
08:36One more person.
08:38All I'm going to say is you can do it. That's the end.
08:43All right. And this creative right here, all the vision that you see working behind the scenes.
08:51Give it up.
08:52He did an amazing job.
08:53Everybody, everybody, everybody.
08:57All right. Thank you for joining us.
08:59We hope you guys had a great time and see you guys again next year.
09:03And Danielle, our last member of our team.
09:06Come on up. Come on up. Come on up.
09:08Keep clapping. Keep clapping. Keep clapping.
09:12So I know a lot of you guys had questions about how Summit came together, how everything came together.
09:17All these people right here.
09:18So if you have any more, just pull us aside and we'll love to talk to you.
09:23All right. Let's get our photo in.
09:25Same time next year, y'all.
09:27Let's go.
09:57All right. Get home safe. Thank you so much. Once again, I'm your host, Myasia Simone. We'll see you next year.
10:15Woo. Oh, yeah. Let me.
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