00:00All right, lights, camera, go, action, I hit the ground running, laps, I'm back on the
00:16way to me, stats ain't with no point faking, pack this up, but you're going crazy, moving
00:21like stuff, now I'm done waiting, for you people to see it, to say I made it, working
00:2424-7, you lazy, I just fit your whole week in my day shit, uh, pieces been falling like
00:31dominoes, hate to clear out your smoke screen, but it seemed like our visuals saving your
00:34catalog, work the arrows that tick around the analog, keeping my soul on watch, flow don't
00:38stop, been in it for no promo props, or photo ops, the internet control your thoughts, we
00:41blow your box, we hold on, blow, one, two, three, hit the floor, I'm in the floor, bitch,
00:48you go, you're like my host, it's time, people to smoke, bitch, you go, I don't need hope,
00:53I need a boat on the Amartya coast, I lost some friends, I don't need any more,
00:57look at my phone for you, City of Coats, the one went up, got a season to go, oh, look,
01:01that's it, how we feeling, y'all, make some noise real quick, yeah, sir, we good, hey, hey,
01:13hey, one, two, three, hit the, it's like now, I'm just playing, what's up, y'all, how y'all
01:19feeling, Essence, whoo, I go by the name of G. Salee, y'all, and I ain't even gonna lie,
01:28man, this is my first festival, my first festival I've ever performed in, so make some noise
01:31for that one time, hell yeah, but I'm ready, though, I got a show planned for y'all, y'all
01:37ready, y'all ready to rock with me, all right, let's get it, uh-huh, put y'all hands together
01:45for me one time, clap, clap, clap, clap, right side, clap, come on, clap, left side, clap,
01:56clap, clap, clap, in the back, I see y'all middle, come on, hey, hey, the more that time pass by,
02:03the more I wonder what my ears hold, is this grind enough to help me make it like my heroes,
02:08all these bars I set, but have I grown enough to clear those, more be like, quit stressin',
02:12ain't you twenty-something years old, yeah, my nigga true, but that's exactly what I mean,
02:15was makin' tracks since seventeen, now I got album of the year goals, exes used to press
02:19me, but I had to keep it real, though, I can't promise you a ring, but I got boxes for your
02:23earloes, planin' what I can, and for the rest, I'm sayin', dear lord, to catapult my ass
02:27into whatever path I travel on, tag along, cause damn it, man, I love to Instagram it,
02:32but the picture way too big to fit the pieces in my camera roll, gave a couple homies
02:36couple chance to grab my hand, they won't, lot of people way too used to plan to take
02:39the antidote, rather take the train than take the plane that every man is on, I won't take
02:43the blame, I take a plate of ultra caviar, I might fly to Mexico and reopen my ammo low,
02:48Puerto Aventurus when it's frio in the 70, three, I gotta be up with my girl, wake up and
02:53hand her up, play to somethin' sweet, but none for me, cause I'll be havin' her,
02:56if you plan to keep her, that one thing you need is stamina, discipline and patience,
02:59not to say some shit to damage her, treat her like a queen if you a king, my nigga assin'
03:04up, and she won't think about leavin' you like Gina do when pan with her, that's enough
03:07for free game, I'ma need a fee pay, chasin' after 3K, Eminem and Lupe, cause I know that
03:12one day, they gon' plot a new grave, but before they do, man, I need my bouquet, that's enough
03:18for free game, I'ma need a fee pay, chasin' after 3K, Eminem and Lupe, cause I know that
03:23one day, they gon' plot a new grave, but before they do, man, I need my bouquet, but before
03:29they do, man, I need my bouquet, but before they do, man, I need my bouquet, but before
03:34they do, man, what, but before they do, man, what, yeah, uh-huh, put your hands in the air
03:43one time for me yeah there we go let me see our hands uh-huh sometimes you get down on yourself
03:52sometimes it get hard and you restless i've been trying to call on myself
03:57i've been all disconnected sometimes you get down on yourself it's hard to stay calm and
04:06collected i've been trying to call on myself what happened when the saw disconnected look look look
04:14look let's spend my days and nights thinking of ways to say this trying to be happy young and impatient
04:20parents they don't understand me mama i'm trying to go make it that's why i'm rob any pages full of
04:25their favorite statement but is it for me the fear is creeping on me and media forced me to feel like
04:30i need them to love me neglecting the ones who ain't need any reason to love me and ruin relationships
04:35that's like the theme of my 20s and isn't it funny we live and compete for the money they keep it to
04:41leave it one day when they grieving over me think it's all in the mind i'm competing with mine and my
04:46destiny shine essence sometimes you get down on yourself hands up sometimes it get hard and you
04:52restless i've been trying to call on myself what happened when the car disconnected sometimes you
05:00get down on yourself how we feeling y'all we good we still good it's a blessing to be here with y'all man
05:20like i said it's my first festival it's actually my first time in noia in new orleans so make some noise
05:26for that make some noise if you from new orleans hell yeah beautiful people man a lot of culture
05:34good food a lot of melanin and they're not lying about that southern hospitality man y'all
05:40y'all real gracious kind of people it reminds me a lot of back home actually um so i'm from
05:46i grew up in virginia uh who else am i in from virginia what's up my bro hell yeah dmv rapping
05:53i grew up in virginia um i guess that kind of qualifies as the south is that kind of the south
06:00i don't know but i grew up in northern virginia so that's definitely not the south uh my parents
06:04are from sudan so you know growing up i had to learn how to embrace my east african roots
06:09and my american culture um and y'all know the one thing you know i travel east africa and i've been
06:15across the states the one thing that i notice no matter where i go is that black people are beautiful
06:20everywhere make some noise for that black people beautiful everywhere and not just physically like
06:25we got like a no pun intended we got like an essence right it's like a spirit about us that
06:30connects us is it's beyond words it's beyond you know anything else it's something that that's
06:35deeply rooted so make some noise if you're proud of the skin you wear make some noise if you're proud
06:39to be black proud of your culture hell yeah it's important but i think i'm gonna y'all mind if i slow it
06:46down one time let's do it yeah uh-huh yeah yeah look i reminisce some days and right now i'm
07:00contemplating about that time we dated i really almost dated i've been them talking stages before
07:06we segregated about that feeling so wrong in shape but a fragrance the way the lord the major
07:11it just confirmed my face and i felt your every nature before i seen you naked wish i could press
07:17rewind and feel that one more time you been extra fine lately you on your grind lately posted all of my
07:23mind baby speed it up tonight here we go cut the lights cause i really don't need to see i feel
07:28you glow we can race you might beat me then can you handle my big ego how about both of us back even
07:33all the way is this real or am i day dreaming i'm gonna find a way to let you go one day but
07:39lately all i'm doing is
07:40accent yeah hands up hands up hands up hands up ready right left left left right left left right uh-huh
07:53left right left right i'm gonna try to hit this high note real quick
07:57And keep daydreamin'
08:00Nah, I can't do it
08:01Daydreamin'
08:03About what we used to have
08:05Daydreamin'
08:07Daydreamin'
08:09Wishin' that I could get it back
08:11Hell yeah, shout out KP on the hook on there
08:15Make some noise for yourselves one time
08:17Yes sir
08:20Hold on, can we pause it real quick?
08:21Just wanna holler, one sec
08:23So again, I just wanna
08:25Before I get out of here, I got one more for y'all
08:27It's cool if I do one more
08:28Okay, but I just wanna say how much I appreciate y'all
08:31Thank you for the warm welcome
08:33For making my first time at Essence
08:35And my first festival such a great experience
08:37So make some noise for yourselves one time
08:38Thank you
08:39Alright, let's get it
08:43I wanna feel y'all energy on this one, okay
08:47Let's do it
08:50On my count, everybody put their hands up
08:51Hands up
08:53Hands up
08:55Brody
08:56One, two, three, four
08:58Down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up
09:04Yeah, there we go
09:06I'd rather go through with it
09:08Damn, I looked up when I found you
09:11I spent a year to myself in the crib and shit
09:13Trying to channel the peace that I had as a kid again
09:16Sometimes you need time to yourself
09:18To find the wealth inside of your skin again
09:20Is this real or I'm really pretending?
09:21Hey, when opposites turn into sin and now
09:23Is it still the beginning or ending?
09:25Am I really winning?
09:26How much am I giving?
09:27I feel like I'm slipping
09:28My light has been dimming
09:29My shorty been tripping
09:30Always go missing
09:31Try to make time but I'm constantly busy
09:32Constantly brushing
09:33Causing it all in the thoughts of my mind
09:35Is enough for like panting me
09:36Lost in this pile of trauma
09:37I felt like I left in the past
09:39Finally hitting me
09:40I need consistency
09:40Duh
09:42Is this shit meant for me?
09:43Is it a fantasy?
09:44Still in the plans and scenes
09:46Currently violent or present
09:47I go for what I want
09:48That's what I own myself
09:50The other day I played my own shit
09:51Heard the quote
09:52Guess what I told myself
09:53Rather go through it then
09:54Nothing without you
09:56Hands up one time
09:57Let's do it
09:59Y'all ready?
10:00Hands up
10:00Left side
10:01Hands up
10:02There we go
10:03Hands up
10:04Hands up
10:05Hey
10:06Hey
10:071, 2, 3, 4
10:08Damn
10:09Up
10:09Down
10:10Up
10:10Down
10:10Uh-huh
10:11Damn
10:12Ay
10:13Ay
10:14God knows if I would've had it my way
10:16I probably would never learn nothing about you
10:20Damn I looked up when I found you
10:22Wanted to grow up when I was a kid and shit
10:23If I could go back I would probably be smacking the shit out of you
10:27Cause this shit ain't it
10:28The road so much harder to fit in but nothing gon' miss it
10:30I'm a person of color can turn to a person of interest
10:33I gotta move different
10:34And I'm being more cautious when scrolling
10:35I'm done with comparing my life to the next one
10:38Here with my job
10:39My boss
10:39The cops
10:40The laws
10:40The cultural stigmas
10:41Taking my pops
10:42My moms
10:43The loans
10:43The bills
10:43My friends
10:44My siblings
10:45Told my little brother
10:46Little nigga
10:46You better enjoy it while you still can
10:48Don't really know if the kid understood when I said it
10:51But he'll understand
10:52Damn it this life is a trick from the moment you hit it
10:55The moment you dip
10:56I was doubting myself but that's part of it
10:57Still out just standing
10:58I learned from the moments I slipped
10:59Literally didn't notice the shit I was taking for granted
11:02No matter how hard it'll get in and I admit that I'd rather go through it then
11:05One last time Essence
11:06Hands up
11:08Yeah
11:09Yeah
11:10Right side
11:11Hands up
11:12Middle
11:14Hands up
11:14Last time
11:15Ready
11:16Hey
11:17One
11:17Two
11:18Three
11:18Four
11:19Down
11:19Up
11:20Down
11:20Up
11:21Down
11:21Up
11:21Down
11:22Up
11:22Down
11:23Up
11:23Down
11:24Up
11:24Down
11:25Up
11:25Hey
11:26Hey
11:27There we go
11:27I probably would never learn nothing about you
11:31Damn I looked up when I found you
11:32Yeah
11:33Thank you so much Essence
11:35I appreciate y'all so much man
11:37Thank you for this warm welcome
11:38Love y'all
11:40Make sure y'all love y'all selves
11:41Peace
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