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ESSENCE Live host Dana Blair sits down with Yara Shahidi of 'Blackish' to play a special "Finish That Lyric" using songs hits from her cousin Nas.
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00:00what's up essence live welcome back joining me now is no stranger to the essence live family
00:07the beautiful and talented miss yara shahidi how are you i'm good how are you oh well it's so nice
00:12to see you here in new york city because last i saw you you were co-hosting with me in new
00:16orleans too much fun no such thing as too much fun so we have a fun little game for you so of
00:23course if anyone follows you on instagram or is a fan of yours they know that your cousin is naz
00:28who's also a friend of essence are you gonna make me rap we're going to ask you to finish
00:33the lyric if possible no fresh no pressure just everybody watching no pressure just the world
00:42just the world and maybe we'll send it to his inbox directly i don't know i don't know just saying
00:47no pressure okay so i will give you this hint this is from i can okay ghetto children do your thing
00:54hold your head up little man you're a king young princess when you get your wedding ring
00:59your man is saying she's my queen
01:02okay okay you got it you got it okay so this one is from if i ruled the world all right
01:10lifestyle cruising blue bahama waters no welfare supporters more conscious of the way we
01:17raise our daughters yes yes okay two for two all right okay all right and that's the last one that
01:25we have for the finish of the lyric do you want to freestyle anything no you don't have to no
01:30pressure in my head i just walk around the essence office and i go bars bars and i see if anybody's
01:36going to challenge me nobody really does except for yolanda our entertainment editor and i'm really
01:41trying to take her toe to toe i'm like what bars and then i just like drop a piece of paper i am so
01:47serious the thing is when i read lyrics like it's no longer it's no longer cuter to rhythm it's just
01:52me trying to spit off things so i memorized all right and it's like what you want you a house you
01:57a car 40 acres and a mule a piano a guitar anything so my name is lucy i'm your dog yeah you can live
02:02with them all i can see the evil i can tell it i don't know it's legal i don't think about it i deposit
02:05everything i think i know you're part of it i can't do pity and all the regal and that's
02:08we gonna be all right oh we gonna be all right yeah i'm really good to come in for the chorus
02:15i'm really good to come in for the chorus well thank you so very much for taking so much time
02:19with this you're such a joy and a pleasure i wish you nothing but everything you ever dreamed for
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