Reflection on Badu at the Millions More Movement

I did not get a chance to attend the Millions More Movement, but I was glued to C-Span and saw all the great speakers throughout the day. Erykah Badu particularly got my attention this time, as she usually does, but for different reasons. Badu came correct, and she came preaching. I was expecting a performance but she stunned me with that brilliant metaphysical banter of self-conscious prophecy.

She exposed the need for black people to understand the role that self-hatred and assumptions have played in demoralizing the global African community. The words, the rhythm, the movement is alive and living. To me, the presence of Badu revealed that the moment could not be more pregnant with possibility than it is today. It is a exercise that is spiritual as much as it is political, powerful as much as it is precious, and serious as much as it is sacred.