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Mama Brenda

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Brenda Matthews affectionately known as "Mama" Brenda is a poet pregnant with purpose. That purpose is to plant seeds of change in the hearts of those who have fallen through the cracks. She has traveled throughout the United States and Africa to deliver her message of change to the 'least of these.' Brenda Matthews' passion has been widely recognized. A two-time featured poet of HBO's Def Poetry Jam Chicago, she has shared the stage with legendary performers The Last Poets, Malcolm Jamal Warner, Stevie Wonder, John Legend, Roberta Flack, and Willie Nelson. She has performed for such notables as Rev. Jesse Jackson, Minister Farakhan, and Andrew Young. "Mama" Brenda has written and produced many works of poetic soul through her production company Imani Nia, a cultural arts organization that uses drama as a tool used to foster awareness and create changes in the lives of inner city youth.Brenda Matttwhews has also produced two very popular CDs, "A Piece of My Soul" and "Tapestry of the Heart," which can be purchased at CDBABY.COM. She donates much of her spare time working with many community organizations using spoken word as a tool to teach life skills, alcohol, tobacco and HIV prevention in Chicago Public Schools. She has performed in the independent film Love Your Momma, and in the critically acclaimed production of Dance Africa Chicago.To learn more please visit her website at www.mamabrendamatthews.com! "Somebody Better Say Something" on Sale at www.amazon.com
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Member Since: 27/01/2007
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Sounds Like: In this life we must treasure those things which are precious. What would we do without young people and what would we do without children. Today we live in a world where children are not valued. We have children who have never met their fathers and fathers who walked out and never returned home. We have women refusing to let fathers see their children because the father does'nt want her. We also have some women who will chase the childs father down for child support but when that same father wants to know his child the father is quickly pushed away. Both women and men are irresponsible and its time to stop!!! It appears the family is becoming extinct and our children suffer because of it. As adults do we understand the consequence of our actions. Our children are a mess because we are a mess. We continue to produce children out of meaningless relationships. PEOPLE, family means something and for our children it is the back bone and the foundation of their life. There is an african proverb that reads "THE RUIN OF A NATION BEGINS IN THE HOMES OF ITS PEOPLE". When we look at the state of our children we have nobody to blame but ourselves. Booty Call Babies are now of age and parents these babies wants answers. CAN YOU ANSWER THEM BACK!!!!!
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Indie

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