Emmanuel

Hey, Ira. Hey there. So I have come into the studio today with this, actually. Let me just get it out of this bag really quickly. Hang on here.

Hey, Ira. Hey there. So I have come into the studio today with this, actually. Let me just get it out of this bag really quickly. Hang on here.

So there's a story behind this, which is a couple weeks ago, I went to this one street in Washington, D.C.,

So there's a story behind this, which is a couple weeks ago, I went to this one street in Washington, D.C.,

And on that street, there were like, I don't know, maybe a dozen construction workers who were using like all of this heavy machinery to like rip out the words Black Lives Matter, which had been painted on that street as part of like this big mural they'd done in 2020, you know, like right after the murder of George Floyd.

And on that street, there were like, I don't know, maybe a dozen construction workers who were using like all of this heavy machinery to like rip out the words Black Lives Matter, which had been painted on that street as part of like this big mural they'd done in 2020, you know, like right after the murder of George Floyd.

Yeah, it was like huge, right by the White House. And what I was watching that day as I was there was the city just completely getting rid of it because of pressure they'd been under from the Trump administration. I thought that when I got there, that there would be crowds or protests, but it was pretty empty.

Yeah, it was like huge, right by the White House. And what I was watching that day as I was there was the city just completely getting rid of it because of pressure they'd been under from the Trump administration. I thought that when I got there, that there would be crowds or protests, but it was pretty empty.

Like most of the people that I saw just sort of walked past and kept it pushing, ignored what was going on. But then I saw this one black woman sort of stop and, like, wave over to, like, one of the lone black guys working on a construction crew. Just, like, you know, pointing at the ground.

Like most of the people that I saw just sort of walked past and kept it pushing, ignored what was going on. But then I saw this one black woman sort of stop and, like, wave over to, like, one of the lone black guys working on a construction crew. Just, like, you know, pointing at the ground.

Are you asking for a piece of it?

Are you asking for a piece of it?

The piece she had was so big. She had to hold it with two hands. It was a piece of the letter T in the word matters. And the woman holding it, JC, she's a politico, lives in DC. She told me she was sitting at a cafe nearby when she saw someone else who had a piece and was like, oh, I want one of those. You just walked right up. You were just like, oh, can I?

The piece she had was so big. She had to hold it with two hands. It was a piece of the letter T in the word matters. And the woman holding it, JC, she's a politico, lives in DC. She told me she was sitting at a cafe nearby when she saw someone else who had a piece and was like, oh, I want one of those. You just walked right up. You were just like, oh, can I?

Because otherwise it's just a piece of concrete.

Because otherwise it's just a piece of concrete.

Oh, do you have kids right now? Oh, okay, you're talking about future kids.

Oh, do you have kids right now? Oh, okay, you're talking about future kids.

So I started seeing other people who were doing this too, right? Just like grabbing these pieces of the mural for future generations that did or didn't exist. There were these two women who were in town for work.

So I started seeing other people who were doing this too, right? Just like grabbing these pieces of the mural for future generations that did or didn't exist. There were these two women who were in town for work.