00:00This is what happens when a whole bunch of nice people
00:05get on the stage at the same time, and we're all like,
00:07no, no, no, I don't want to.
00:08You do it.
00:11Ladies and gentlemen, Soundwave.
00:23First and foremost, let's give a shout out
00:28to the late, great Luther Vandross.
00:36It was very, very, very important
00:38to keep the integrity of this record.
00:41I'm the producer of it, along with my guy Bridgeway,
00:43Jack Antonoff, Rose, I know you're out there.
00:47EmTech, this is amazing.
00:50I'm not going to take up too much time,
00:51I'll let everybody else speak.
00:58To echo what he said, this is what music is about.
01:02Um, Luther Vandross.
01:06This is special for me, I've got to take my time,
01:14because it's one of my favorite artists of all time.
01:17And, uh, they granted us the privilege to do our version of it.
01:30When we got that clearance, I promise you,
01:34we damn near all dropped a tear.
01:36Because we know how much him and Cheryl Land poured into that record.
01:44And being able to put our vocals of it,
01:47it proves that we were somewhat worthy
01:50to be just as great as them individuals.
01:53And, uh...
01:54They, they granted us that, you know.
01:59They said, no cursing, though.
02:01Can't curse on it.
02:02That was the only thing, right?
02:04And we say, you know what?
02:06We're going to do just that.
02:09No cursing, and we're going to make sure
02:10that this song represents love.
02:12So I want to appreciate and give thanks to SZA.
02:14I just want to say thank you to Kendrick for lifting me up.
02:24I just am a small part of this record,
02:26but what I really wanted to say is,
02:28please don't fall into despair.
02:30I know that right now is a scary time.
02:33I know the algorithms tell us that it's so scary,
02:35and all is lost.
02:36There's been world wars, there's been plagues,
02:38and we have gone on.
02:39We can go on.
02:41We need each other.
02:42We need to trust each other and trust ourselves.
02:43Trust your heart.
02:44We're not governed by the government.
02:45We're governed by God.
02:46And I thank you so much.
02:48So God bless you.
02:49That's all I want to say.
02:52That's right.
02:53So with that being said,
02:54we're going to continue to move like that.
02:56Luther forever.
02:57Cheryl, thank you so much.
02:59If you're out there listening, watching,
03:02we appreciate you,
03:02at the bottom of our hearts.
03:03Luther forever.
03:04Thank y'all.
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