Nia, an unknown speaker, performs two original spoken-word poems exploring anxiety, self-doubt, and internal struggle, then spontaneously transitions into an impromptu vocal performance of an uplifting song about elevation, manifestation, and resilience — offering a hopeful counterpoint to the vulnerability of her poems.
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Transcript
[02:59:07] Right there?
[02:59:07] No, no, no.
[02:59:09] Bah, bah, bah.
[02:59:10] So, coming to the stage, I want y’all to give it up for Moments with Morgan.
[02:59:17] Give it up for it, y’all.
[02:59:21] Oh, no, Morgan, no, it’s not here.
[02:59:24] Moments with Morgan, okay?
[02:59:26] You can have a moment with her, but not here.
[02:59:28] So…
[02:59:29] So, who’s next on the play?
[02:59:32] Nia.
[02:59:34] Hey, Nia, coming to the stage, Nia.
[02:59:37] Hi.
[02:59:38] Hey.
[02:59:39] Hi.
[02:59:40] Hey.
[02:59:41] Hello, peoples.
[02:59:42] Hi, Nia.
[02:59:43] So, I’m actually gonna do a poem I found on my phone that I forgot I wrote.
[02:59:44] Yay.
[02:59:45] All right.
[02:59:46] I wrote this poem.
[02:59:47] Thank you for watching.
[02:59:48] I hope you have a great day.
[02:59:49] God bless.
[02:59:50] God bless.
[02:59:51] God bless.
[02:59:52] God bless.
[02:59:53] God bless.
[02:59:54] God bless.
[02:59:55] God bless.
[02:59:56] God bless.
[02:59:57] God bless.
[02:59:58] God bless.
[02:59:59] I wrote it in February 2020, so this is obviously before the pandemic, but yeah.
[03:00:06] I’m an overthinker, that’s true, but what am I to do when my feelings don’t matter,
[03:00:12] yet I must serve happiness on a platter to those who seek to control my very being.
[03:00:18] Shadows creeping towards me, consistently forcing old me to be
[03:00:23] brought out in the open, covered in scars, mentally and physically,
[03:00:30] just like shards of glass, undoing my supposed healing.
[03:00:34] I’m scared for my future goals, despite all the good I’ve been told,
[03:00:38] prophetically of myself and future me, a beautiful, successful queen,
[03:00:43] yet this internal turmoil is screaming.
[03:00:50] What am I doing wrong?
[03:00:53] Here’s a short one.
[03:01:02] It’s called Thoughts, because I didn’t make a title.
[03:01:09] I’m my weakness, my own worst enemy, when I should be like a BFF towards me.
[03:01:16] It gets difficult the more I unpack, wondering when the day comes for me to attack.
[03:01:21] My dreams and goals.
[03:01:23] My life is wholeheartedly in motivation,
[03:01:25] as opposed to this underlying, self-sabotaging situation.
[03:01:33] Thank you all.
[03:01:36] All of that was sad.
[03:01:38] So a song popped in my head.
[03:01:40] It’s not mine.
[03:01:42] But I’m just gonna randomly sing, because why not?
[03:01:48] I’m so elevated, thank God that we made it.
[03:01:51] Manifested every dream and answered all my prayers
[03:01:54] Every day I stay high, say hi to the haters on my way up
[03:02:00] There ain’t no way that you can ever get me down
[03:02:03] We ain’t the same, I’m moving different now
[03:02:07] I am in the midst of an ascension now
[03:02:10] Lifting and I’m drifting on a cloud
[03:02:13] Never coming down again
[03:02:15] Never coming down again
[03:02:18] Down, down again, never coming down again
[03:02:21] Down, down in the sky and I’m never coming down again
[03:02:48] Down, down again, never coming down again
[03:02:52] Down, down again, never coming down again
[03:02:56] Down, down drop they keep fallin
[03:02:59] What’s theней for me yall?
[03:02:59] Down, down again, gonna break this down
[03:03:04] Down, down again
[03:03:09] Down, down again, never gonna pause
[03:03:13] Down, down again, never gonna pause
[03:03:15] down, down again
[03:03:16] ُ
[03:03:18] I’m a mic controller, so you know I’m always ready to hold the mic.