#tgdladies

[montygreen]

Ladies of The Get Down: Yolanda Kipling

→ “This is real big, right? Mm-hm. Like, our lives maybe could change and shit. I almost don’t believe it. Why? We’ve been singing together all our lives. Yeah, but that was just for fun. I just… never thought this could happen to someone like me.”

[montygreen]

Ladies of The Get Down: Tanya

→ “That’s what Bam means when he says ‘no prejudice.’ The Black Panthers, Young Lords, Elijah Muhammad, Christianity or aliens. The Zulus find the truth in any ideology, the same way the DJ finds the truth in any record. Rival or not, everybody got a little truth inside, and y’all need all the truth you can get.”

[montygreen]

Ladies of The Get Down: Ms. Green

→ “Leader lead. Cowards cower. Now I understand that your poem is personal. I understand that it might make you feel uncomfortable to share it. But take a look around, The Bronx is a warzone. Our community is dying. And it’s going to take leaders to save it. That means you. That is why I have been trying to get you to stand up and share your gift with the class. But every time, you take the easy way out.”

[montygreen]

Ladies of The Get Down: Wanda Figuero

→ “Ezekiel Figuero, I love you. And lord knows I am proud and fond of you. I think of you as my own son. But listen to me. You leave this house tonight... don’t come back. Ever. Do I make myself clear?”

[montygreen]

Ladies of The Get Down: Regina Diaz

→ “Don’t be sorry. I just learned, sometimes, you gotta take some bad with the good. ¿Tú sabes?”

[montygreen]

Ladies of The Get Down: Lydia Cruz

→ “And I would just like to say to my beautiful daughter… and to all of you… we all have flaws… we all wrestle with demons… but, uh– I… But, God… he loves us anyway. And he– And as much as God loves you all, I love you more.”

[montygreen]

Ladies of The Get Down: Mylene Cruz

→ “I’m from the Bronx. My father is dead, my family is destroyed and I’m still here. You have no idea what I am capable of.”