I grew up in Houston, Texas, visiting Prairie View. We rehearsed at TSU for many years in Third Ward, and I always dreamed of going to an HBCU. My college was just a child. My college was traveling around the world, and life was my teacher. I wanted a black orchestra. I wanted the steppers. I needed the vocalists. I wanted different characters. I didn't want us all doing the same thing. And the amount of swag is just limitless. The things that these young people can do with their bodies and the music they can play and the drum rolls and the haircuts and the bodies, it's just not right. It's just so much damn swag.
