1
Thank you.
Thank you for living.
Thank you for shining.
Thank you for walking.
Thank you.
2
Mother LaBeija,
I wish I was alive then.
I wish I could've walked with you.
I wish I could've talked with you.
From, a Queer Black Boy.
3
Teach me your ways.
I want to be just like you.
To carry myself.
To be proud.
Teach me.
4
Pepper, of House LaBeija,
you forever captured your
image and your art in this
film. Paris isn't burning.
Paris is alive.
5
I love you.
I love you.
I love you.
I love you.
I love you.
6
You are a foremother,
a forebear of all the young
and hopeful queer kids of
my generation.
We look up to you.
7
I want to be apart of your
legacy, of House Labeija.
From now on, I am now
Daraja Labeija.
I carry your name.
8
You lived in a time where
even walking outside as
an openly queer person
was a death sentence.
Yet, you still lived defiantly.
9
I wonder if you knew about
Miss Marsha.
I wonder if you knew about
Harvey Milk.
I wonder if you knew other legends.
10
Pepper LaBeija.
You will always be remembered
as a pioneer in the lives
of queer people and youth.
Thank you.