This is a good song to play in the mornings or whenever. That includes everything from black history to watching iconic movies together. And because it’s my job as a parent to teach my children their culture and heritage. Then somebody has to act the fool and you’re done. Play this song and then ask forgiveness later because Nina reminds us we’re all human and it’s okay to feel a little mad sometimes.īut don’t you know that no one alive can always be an angelīecause we are living a modern day civil rights movement and Black Lives Matter. You pray to Sweet Baby Jesus that you don’t go off on anyone. But then there are days you may wake up ready to cut a bitch mad for no explainable reason. Black is the color of choice, your hair is pulled all the way back so tight your eyes get an exotic slant. We put on our pink dress and our pearls and have the patience of a saint. We all have our good days where we shine bright like a diamond. Play this song before or even after giving your man some of that good lovin.’ This song is the reason we call Nina the High Priestess of Soul. This songs makes me want to smoke a long skinny cigar in a dark cocktail lounge somewhere in New Orleans back in 1942.ĭon’t over think this one.
Aunt Sarah, Sweet Thing, Peaches, Saffronia. Four Womenįour Women because on any given day, we can identify with either one of them. That being said, here are four Nina Simone songs that will give you life. So many feelings and so many issues happening today, yet when we listen to music from the 30s and 40s we can certainly still relate. Others refer to it as intersectionality in feminism. The intersection of race, feminism, and politics in what many are calling a modern day civil rights movement. When you listen to her music, you know why she was called the High Priestess of Soul.Īs I listened to her music, I thought about what it means today to be a black woman in America. She used her music to create a legacy of liberation, empowerment, passion, and love. Nina Simone is a legend that has transcended generations of women. I ended up listening to my Nina Simone playlist as I drank my coffee and got ready to jump on my bike and to get some miles in. I knew Sunday was going to be a good day the moment I woke up and decided to blast Nina Simone’s Four Women.
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