Following this dream hasn’t been easy. Along the way, Michaela has had to battle racism within the ballet world. “When I was eight, I was cast to play Marie in The Nutcracker, and I prepared hard for it. But right before the show, I was told that someone else would be dancing the part because ‘people aren’t ready for a black Marie,’ ” she recalls. She seriously considered quitting ballet until she got the chance to see black dancer Heidi Cruz perform with The Pennsylvania Ballet. “I was like, Wow, she’s amazing! She inspired me to keep dancing,” Michaela says.
Read Michaela’s heartbreaking and inspiring story
Skinny Love ~ Birdy (Bon Iver Cover)
[Sample From “Woods”: Justin Vernon]
[Gil-Scott Heron:]
I’m up in the woods, I’m down on my mind
I’m building a still to slow down the time
I’m up in the woods, I’m down on my mind
I’m building a still to slow down the time
I‘m up in the woods, I’m down on my mind
I’m building a still to slow down the time
[Chorus: x2]
I’m lost in the World, I’m down on my mind
I’m new in the city, and I’m down for the night
Down for the night
Said she’s down for the night
You’re my Devil, You’re my Angel
You’re my Heaven, You’re my Hell
You’re my Now, You’re my Forever
You’re my Freedom, You’re my Jail
You’re my Lies, You’re my Truth
You’re my War, You’re my Truce
You’re my Questions, You’re my Proof
You’re my Stress and You’re my Masseuse
Mama-say mama-say ma-ma-coo-sah
Lost in this Plastic life,
Let’s Break out of this fake ass Party
Turn this in to a Classic Night.
If we die in each others arms, bet we still get laid in the Afterlife..
Us living as we do upside down.
And the new word to have is revolution.
People don’t even want to hear the preacher spill or spiel because God’s whole card has been thoroughly piqued.
And America is now blood and tears instead of milk and honey.
The youngsters who were programmed to continue fucking up woke up one night digging Paul Revere and Nat Turner as the good guys.
America stripped for bed and we had not all yet closed our eyes.
The signs of Truth were tattooed across our open ended vagina.
We learned to our amazement untold tale of scandal.
Two long centuries buried in the musty vault, hosed down daily with a gagging perfume.
America was a bastard the illegitimate daughter of the mother country whose legs were then spread around the world and a rapist known as freedom, free doom.
Democracy, liberty, and justice were revolutionary code names that preceded the bubbling bubbling bubbling bubbling bubbling in the mother country’s crotch
What does Webster say about soul?
All I want is a good home and a wife
And a children and some food to feed them every night.
After all is said and done build a new route to China if they’ll have you.
Another Round (Remix)
Fat Joe feat Mary J Blige, Chris Brown Fabulous & Kirko Bangz
Fleetwood Mac — Sara
Master Blaster (Jammin) ~ Stevie Wonder
Black stardom is rough, dude. I always say Tom Hanks is an amazing actor and Denzel Washington is a God to his people. If you’re a black ballerina, you represent the race, and you have responsibilities that go beyond your art. How dare you just be excellent? D’Angelo. Chris Tucker. Dave Chappelle. Lauryn Hill. They all hang out on the same island. The island of What Do We Do with All This Talent? It frustrates me.
Gil Noble interviews Mr. Bob Marley on “Like It Is”
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