 Hey y'all, how are y'all? My name is Kayla St. Cloud, I'm the founder of Souls & Sustens, I just want to say first thank you to all of y'all coming out and really excited, hopefully you enjoy yourselves, you have some cool talent in the room, you know, to share themselves with everyone. So I'm excited, I'm happy to present everyone to you. So my name is Temka Staley, Queen T, either one is fine, Temka or Queen T is fine. I'm from Columbia, South Carolina. I'm a spoke more artist and I do this part-time professionally for a living, also with being a student and working a regular job. So I do a few things in my community and outside of my community as well. So this is one of the things that I do with Souls & Sustens. So definitely glad to be here tonight. I want y'all to engage some energy that I give you. You give me the energy that you give me, I can reciprocate, okay? Shout out to, who is the organization that brought us? We need to talk. Yes, thank you, give them a round of applause. Gain 20 more pounds, then I'll be good. I hate you. Do you know how hard I tried to gain 20 more pounds? It's only a reminder how I've never been the woman of any man's dreams. Because all black women just supposed to have something they can hold on to, cup size, never full enough to quench this thirst for monopoly. Realized, acceptance cannot be forced to dear men in the bar. I do not desire to be your vixen. No longer will I be a victim to what you think a woman's body should look like. I ain't that little girl no more. I am not the one who killed your joy. Though your words are bullets, I'll have to dodge for the rest of my life. I can now look at myself in the mirror and say, you are beautiful. Hug myself without feeling the growl of hatred in the pits of my stomach. I love this little house of body. From my wine glass waist to pillow plush lips, bed-piece thighs. I don't need to renovate when everything about me looks like home. I will not apologize for these bones. So fuck you. And your 20 pounds. Thank y'all so much. Well, just a quick vibe with myself. My name is Zay Greggs. I'm starting music. I'm from college. I'm going to play baseball. That's two miles from my house. Oh, okay. Yeah, it's born city. Yeah. So all we did was nothing. The fantasies of the Katie Hills, the luxury mindset of paying wealth and bills. I took a peep at the hills as I came on through. I took a left turn, but it felt right as I came on through. But I'm trying to start something new, something good. Someone who can't look up a broken soul and inspire you. A lot of teams be playing these dudes just for the play-doh. To borrow y'all a warning that I found my sound. So you know I'm like Florida since I stood my ground. These are the thoughts in my head since I left the hills. Yours truly, coming from the Katie Hills. And I'm going. They love the fantasy, but they hate the real me. So I'm not here to please a man or a woman. I laugh as I pose his love to the other girl I'm supposed to love. Let's breathe. And it's too much for us. I continue to be like a vendor who gives out whatever she finished just to brag when I'm finished. But I'm tired. So I depend on the man who says all opinions. I'm the hip-hop fan and I'm the 90s. I'm a team. I'm a hip-hop fan and I'm a hip-hop fan and I'm the 90s. I just want y'all to agree. I call this living at live. After one of our social conscious episodes, and Hakeem, he was talking about, you know, the limits he had in his life and how people should, you know, just live their own life and let other people live their lives. They're trying to dictate how other people live their lives. So this song is called Living at Live. Great drop. I don't really care. Don't get my shake. It's in the shape of me. You know what I mean? It's basically just like, I don't know. You're like young and thinking like a girl and you love her and love me. It's like, you know what I mean? It's not real. It's not what you think it is. But I'm tired. Cool. So I guess the title is like November 12, 2013. 1129. Love is infectious. You get caught up in the moment. You're rational. You start to open up. But for what? Feel the focus. This generation lacks focus. More or less emotion. Privacy security clouds up in the desert. One chance at vulnerability and we take it. I forgive you. This isn't how I remember and this message. And so, it's called VR-A-E-K-H-A-G-E-N. All of you are going to sign a mission to break all of you to reach that safe area, which is heaven itself. I'm not leaning. She might say she's leaving, but she won't leave me. Because I'm that nigga. I'm up next. It's that easy. Matter of fact, for the next step, I'm already here. Signing on to my hand. My spirit bulletproof. Line every letter out in my mouth. Up it will spell the truth. Make it sharp as art. Make it like this dragon will explain the spirit. I'm just trying to give you that knowledge so you can make right decisions. You got to always stay driven and stay focused on your mission. So get your cash anytime. Now, niggas, run through fucking paper over down these flawed lines so the game is online. Game is online. When you're hard as that, yeah, that shit is fucking wack, nigga. That's your city. Swearing through. Never going back, nigga. Taking skin around you now. Who's really in the trap, nigga? Niggas spitting off facts. Niggas swearing. Try to kill us, black niggas. But you gon' see how much do we cost to be set free and the times do I must struggle felt your spirit get weak. Right, this nigga over there in the streets now you gon' listen to me. I see today in our minds whatever we do, whatever town, whatever work that we do, do it with perseverance. If we don't jump off in the first year, the second year, the third year, if you really love what you do, just continue by any means necessary. Hey, man, that was my brother, Niggas, the original. Symbol of the Pisces, my sight sees alignment. They line between the earth realm and the outer dreams that I don't have to work in a place where the higher ups are serving every person I hate. The truth comes out when under pressure. My words come elections. My pen cover stretches. One stroke is similar to swinging under water. You can't see your face. You can't see your wrist. Or your hair being red. So it's about hair and about how we women go through ourselves. So you got churches falling across hope. Y'all got paths, it's preaching infidelity. Men dropping the clouds and struggling with their homosexuality. I'm not stepping on tolls. Let me speak the truth. Even if all I'm here to know. What I belong to fight and advocate. My women who are strong-thinking and persona of confidence. Even when she was pinned down and stripped from her innocence. I can't wait for you to find peace. You made something out of nothing. Why are you sleeping? We just ain't right. Things will be beaten to perfection. But baby, that mech will only cover up your blemishes, not that monster you call a personality. What is love? Love is knowing your worth. Love is sharing. Love is time. Love is that thing you do. This one is for the children of today. Take it how you want it. Leave it how you choose. Don't ever let them take it. When that's shot in the streets, how we be a front and center for their cause. How our hearts hang from their picket signs that when we experience colorism, racism, classism, all in the same brush, do we die? The protests do too. The thing misogyny is dangerous. My rage is an appropriate response to that. Ladies and gentlemen, Kate St. Cloud, also known as Mary St. Cloud, brought us on tolls and substance instrument. Twitter, like us on Facebook is our website. If you want to perform or bid at our next event, you can get me up. My Instagram and Twitter is Mary St. Cloud, N-A-R-Y-S-T-C-L-O-D. My Instagram is just that. On Twitter, it's Mary St. Cloud. We've been underscored right before Mary St. Cloud. All right? That sounds good. I appreciate you all coming in Spain. That says a lot. I appreciate it so much. Thanks for being the top. Thanks, Alan and the team. I really appreciate it. We look forward to wrapping up with y'all again. Y'all turn up and show it out. Thank you so much. Thank you.