00:00what's up essence live we are back and it's round two of the king and queen of essence
00:07festival contest are y'all ready I don't know y'all don't sound ready are y'all ready I know
00:13y'all know some of these folks up here don't leave them just stranded out here so look this
00:17is what's gonna happen today we're gonna yesterday was a little sloppy it was a food-eating contest
00:21but today we're gonna bring the love it's a spoken word contest so what I'm gonna do is
00:26give each contestant one word that represents New Orleans and they're gonna go to the mic and
00:31they're just gonna you know break it down real smooth like and give us their best lines and
00:35lyrics then at the end we're going to vote and then you're gonna move on to tomorrow's round are
00:39y'all ready are y'all ready all right so let's show them some love give them some snaps let's
00:45give them some snaps all right so first up I have Somalia you ready all right so you're gonna go to
00:51the mic warm up your first word is who that who that whenever you're ready
01:00who dad is that you is that me is that the Saints is that we who dad is that us is that the nation is
01:18that trust who dad is that essence is that beauty is that love who dad is that the world is that we is that
01:32us give it up okay okay well I see some people came to play I see some people came to play snap it up snap
01:41it up snap it up all right showing out all right next up you ready I see you adjusted your hat you
01:47ready all right stretch it out we got KJ give it up for KJ your word is po-boy don't back it up po-boy
02:00po-boy I can relate to this one po-boy po-boy po-boy man I am a po-boy but a lot of us can relate so
02:20please don't hate because I made it to the essence today well really yesterday but since yesterday I
02:27I haven't been asleep so it's still today po-boy
02:35drop the mic he's dropping gems all right give it up for KJ all right you you did a lap you did a
02:43lap that was cool okay next up we have tyranny ready take the mic all right your word is Nola
02:50Nola Nola Nola Nola where am I in the Nola who that nation Nola where's Nola in Louisiana yeah
03:13that's Nola I live in Brooklyn New York and every time I say I'm from New Orleans people ask me where
03:21is that Louisiana so I can relate to that line I can just relate to it next oh okay you just gonna
03:26jump the gun you just know that's what you're gonna do okay that's fine give it up for Jay everybody you
03:33brought your juice with you Jay huh that's cool no it's cool it's cool it's cool okay your word is
03:39beads beads give it up for Jay everyone um I really like those beads the way you shake your body and
03:55moving next to me but uh we're gonna go down Bourbon Street number buy you a drink and at the end you're
04:01gonna flash me for those beads okay okay get your juice all right get your juice next up we have
04:11Sean DeLong give it up your word is Mardi Gras Mardi Gras show us some love come on New Orleans show us
04:20some love Mardi Gras you may have seen me cheering earlier that's my daughter Somalia she rocked it
04:25but mommy came to show up and show out Mardi Gras essence Mardi Gras my power Mardi Gras my people
04:38Mardi Gras I love Mardi Gras the food Mardi Gras the dance Mardi Gras is essence and I'm doing all I can
04:48that's mommy showing up and showing up now now nobody told me that they were mother daughter I
04:59feel like as a host that's something that y'all should have put on the card somewhere I'm just
05:02saying but you did your thing all right and last but certainly not least we have Bernard welcome Bernard
05:08all right all right so your word is beignet you got this brother you got this you got this you got
05:16this but a slow walk you got the slow walk beignet beignet where you been I've been down cafe du
05:26mom you know I'm over here on the in New Orleans but I'm from the West Bank where's the e beignet been
05:37there done that beignet all right so in order to decide who's the winner I'm gonna need all of you out
05:50there to vote by round of applause so you're ready we're gonna start with the ladies first stay back
05:56in your line brother I see I see where you going all right so clap it up for Somalia okay okay okay
06:07and for tyranny for Sean DeLon oh this one's close this one's close y'all come back there I hope y'all
06:21listening y'all gonna have to tell me now okay give it up for KJ and for Jay and for beignet Bernard
06:36well I could tell that Bernard one for the fellas Bernard step up take a bow and for the ladies we have Somalia
06:48thank you so much to everyone for participating don't go anywhere we'll be right back with more
06:56essence live we have a performance coming up by Justine Sky New Orleans very own Luke James and more
07:01prizes we'll be right back
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