Published by Adilah Didi Adi | February 24, 2023 · 2:34 PM E.T. | @AdilahDidiAdi
Beloved, Beautiful, Black, Kin Folk,
Cheers to Black Ancestory Month! 🥂✨
Hopefully, we’ve been celebrating, elevating, and venerating our Blessed, Black, Ancestral, Spirits.
Despite the heartbreaks, betrayals, and attacks, I’ve been making time to celebrate, elevate, and venerate my Black Ancestral Spirits. I practice these rituals because I have love and gratitude for my Black Ancestral Spirits. I also recognize how these Spiritual rituals support my grief rituals for heartbreaks, betrayals, and attacks. My Black Ancestral Spirits protect me. Without them, without my Black Ancestory, I won’t have a Black present story or a Black future story.
Usually, I celebrate, elevate, and venerate my Black Ancestral Spirits through melodic tunes. These tunes move me and get me in tune with my Black Ancestral Spirits. They add a layer of rhythmic energy to my Spiritual rituals.
That’s why, in this blog post, I’ll share 9 veneration tunes I include in my Black Ancestory Month rituals. I hope these tunes bring rhythm to your rituals too! ✌🏿
Thee 9 veneration tunes I vibe with during Black Ancestory Month are:
1. Sylvester’s “Stars”
I vibe with this tune cuz they allow me venerate my Black Ancestars through prayers for them to continue being elevated, unique, timeless, and endless.
Usually, when I sing along, I edit the lyrics to align with my prayers.
Sing the chorus with me—
[Sylvester] is a star,
[Ancestar Sylvester’s] one.
You‘re a star,
And [you’re one of a kind].
You are a star,
[Ancestar Sylvester’s] one.
You’re a star
And [you’re one of a kind].
Thank you (sosongo), Black Ancestar Sylvester, for gifting us music medicine, dance medicine, and vocal medicine. May you continue being an elevated blessing from the Black Ancestral realms.
2. MNOTHO’s “energies”
I vibe to this tune cuz they allow me venerate my Black Ancestars through prayers for them to continue being elevated, centered, and eternal.
Usually, when I sing along, I edit the lyrics to align with my prayers.
Sing the chorus with me—
Energies,
No, they never die.
They fly high,
But not just in the sky,
In my life, they also fly high.
Marsha P.,
No, they never die.
They fly high,
But not just in the sky,
In my life, they also fly high.
Thank you (sosongo), Black Ancestar Marsha, for gifting us protest medicine, home medicine, and poem medicine. May you continue being an eternal blessing from the Black Ancestral realms.
3. St. Beauty’s “Lucid Dreams”
I vibe to this tune cuz they allow me venerate my Black Ancestors through prayers for them to continue being present, powerful, dreamful, and visionary.
Usually, when I sing along, I edit the lyrics to align with my prayers.
Sing the bridge with me—
I’ve been dreaming bout you, [Harriet],
Wanna let you know,
Can’t stop thinking bout you,
Never let you go.
You’re my [Ancestor, Moses],
Watching over me,
I’ll see you [in my dreams],
We’ll be [moving] free.
Thank you (sosongo), Black Ancestor Moses, for gifting us abolitionism medicine, warrior medicine, and dream medicine. May you continue being a visionary blessing from the Black Ancestral realms.
4. Yolanda’s “Thank You”
I vibe to this tune cuz they allow me venerate my Black Ancestars through prayers for them to continue being powerful, truthful, and courageous.
Usually, when I sing along, I edit the lyrics to align with my prayers.
Sing a verse with me—
When I think about how [you, Sojourner] saved my soul,
I’m compelled to [venerate] you, like a [Womanist] out of control.
So I lift up [blessed] hands,
I take advantage of this chance to say thank you, [Sojourner].
When I think about what you brought me through,
I’m reminded to [venerate] you for all that you had to do.
So I lift up [blessed] hands,
I take advantage of this chance to say thank you.
Thank you (sosongo), Black Ancestar Sojourner, for gifting us truth medicine, abolitionism medicine, and vocal medicine. May you continue being a courageous blessing from the Black Ancestral realms.
5. Aretha’s “I Say A Little Prayer”
I vibe with this tune cuz they allow me venerate my Black Ancestars through prayers for them to continue being connected, loved, and respected.
Usually, when I sing along, I edit the lyrics to align with my prayers.
Sing the chorus with me—
I say a little prayer for you, [Aretha].
Forever [Ancestar], and ever [Ancestar],
You’ll stay in my heart and I will love you.
Forever [Aretha], and ever [Ancestar],
We never will part, oh, how I love you.
Together [Ancestar], together [Ancestar],
That’s how it must be.
To live without you,
Would only mean heartbreak for me, [Aretha].
Thank you (sosongo), Black Ancestar Aretha, for gifting us music medicine, vocal medicine, and dance medicine. May you continue being a loved blessing from the Black Ancestral realms.
6. J Dilla’s “African Rhythms”
I vibe to this tune cuz they allow me venerate my Black Ancestars through prayers for them to continue being African, creative, and soulful.
Usually, when I sing along, I edit the lyrics to align with my prayers.
Sing a verse with me—
These are African rhythms,
Passed down to us from Ancient Spirits.
Feel [J Dilla],
A unifying force.
Come on, move with [Spirit Dilla],
[Rise] up, clap your [cheeks],
Move with the rhythm,
Let’s get down.
Get up.
Thank you (sosongo), Black Ancestar Dilla, for gifting us music medicine, vocal medicine, and dance medicine. May you continue being a soulful blessing from the Black Ancestral realms.
7. MNOTHO’s “A Love Letter To My Mother”
I vibe to this tune cuz they allow me venerate my Black Ancestars through prayers for them to continue being loving, memorable, powerful, and communal.
Usually, when I sing along, I edit the lyrics to align with my prayers.
Sing a chorus with me—
[Claudia] Mama [Clo] Mama [Clo]…I,
[Ancestar], Mama, I love you for life.
For birthing me,
For raising me,
For teaching me,
The only thing I can say is…
Claudia, I love you.
Thank you (sosongo), Black Ancestar Claudia, for gifting us media medicine, communalism medicine, and education medicine. May you continue being a communal blessing from the Black Ancestral realms.
8. Ancient Black Spirituals’ “Go Tell It on The Mountain”
I vibe with this tune cuz they allow me venerate my Black Ancestars through prayers for them to being free, creative, resourceful, and skilled.
Usually, when I sing along, I edit the lyrics to align with my prayers.
Sing a chorus with me—
Go tell [them] on the mountain,
Over the hills and everywhere.
Go tell [Spirit] on the mountain,
Set [Black Spirits free].
Go tell [Georgia] on the mountain,
Over the hills and everywhere.
Go tell [Georgia] on the mountain, Set [Black Spirits free].
Thank you (sosongo), Black Ancestar Georgia, for gifting us food medicine, organized medicine, and freedom medicine. May you continue being a skilled blessing from the Black Ancestral realms.
9. Father’s Children’s “My Grandma”
I vibe with this tune cuz they allow me venerate my Black Ancestars through prayers for them to continue being magical, hood, soulful, nourishing, wise, resourceful, and ageless.
Usually, when I sing along, I edit the lyrics to align with my prayers.
Sing a bridge with me—
[Ancestar pray].
[My Grandma would pray], Yeah.
She’s a magician.
[Ruth o], she got [moony, moony]
Loves every child she sees.
She’s a magician.
One more thing, I wanna tell you,
My [grandma], she’s a…
She’s a magician.
[Ruth o] my grandma,
[Ruth] my grandma, say don’t forget to pray.
She’s a magician.
One more thing I [wanna] tell you,
[Ancestar], she’s very wise.
Thank you (sosongo), Black Ancestar Ruth, for gifting us home medicine, resourceful medicine, and media medicine. May you continue being a resourceful blessing from the Black Ancestral realms.
Hopefully, these melodic tunes can bring some rhythm to our celebration, elevation, and veneration of our Blessed Black Ancestors throughout Black Ancestory Month ✨.
Didiong Soulutions 