As a people, Black folks are a treasure. What we pass down through each generation is a devout appreciation for family, a reverence for the ancestors. When our time on this Earth comes to a close, the ones left behind assume the responsibility of continuing the lineage, not via procreation but through transference of customs, recipes, memories, values, history.
Anyone who's lost their granny, knows intimately the pain Kanye felt in that hospital room. We know the desperate bargaining, the palpable anger and fear, the irrational denial...
They say you should give others their flowers while they're still around to smell them. Kanye said that when we do, we would be remiss to forget that "we the roses."
