Diddy Honors Late Kim Porter 2022 BET Award Acceptance Speech
“Prayer works,” he says. “I’ll pray for you, pray for me, let’s pray for each other.”
Reminiscing about his childhood, Diddy recalls seeing the sights that prompted him to reach for the stars. “I just closed my eyes and dreamed and I saw what I had to do,” he said. “I know I have to work hard.”
He continued, “I have to focus, man. I have to work because life is important. And we’re not here just for ourselves, we’re here for our ancestors, you feel. I?”
The artist then revealed his “new dream” for the future.
“I have a dream about us being united. Not just talking on stage for us,” he explains. “We know our community and our allies. If you’re with us, don’t be solid. Put some money in the game, put some war in the game. I got it. be that dream, you know what I’m saying? For us to be comfortable.”
Concluding his speech, Diddy announced that he plans to donate $1 million to his Howard college as well as another million to the football coach. Deion Sanders and Jackson State University “because he should play for us.”
“Thank you everyone from the bottom of my heart,” Diddy shared. “I love you. Peace.”