This mix is about not just surviving but collective thriving and healing… together. Be our best for our best. Beats and bars touch on how all child environments are sacred. They can be filled with relationships, experiences, and opportunities for young people to excel and thrive with a healthy and positive sense of self. Lyrics also recognize the long-lasting impacts of adverse childhood experiences; traumatic, toxic, and oppressive ripples into adulthood. But lyrics also touch on how positive and supportive relationships and experiences (HOPE) can offer emotional freedom and buffer the impacts of ACEs. We can work on our personal healing but also be a force for other’s and our collective healing... For us and for our communities. While the world is on fire and is especially hot for certain groups, keep caring, keep resisting what’s pushing us backwards, keep learning from history, and keep contributing to positive experiences and change for those around you. Choose Hope.
