Saturday Night Live - 28 Reasons to Hug a Black Guy

★ Skit: Kate McKinnon ★
Okay, February is Black History Month and, uh, we have a presentation from Kevin, Tyrese and Michelle. Get on up here! Alright

★ Intro: Jay Pharoah ★
Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King
Harriet Tubman, uh

★ Verse 1: Jay Pharoah/All ★
Hold up, it's that time of the year again
It's our month to shine, everybody lend your ear again
We about to get it in and set it off mentally
They really don't teach this stuff in school, it's a mystery
Black history, our forefathers paved the way
Here's 28 reasons to hug a black guy today
Number 1, we deserve a chance
2 through 28, slavery

★ Chorus: Sasheer Zamata & Jay Pharoah ★
28 reasons
28 reasons, so many reasons to give a black guy a hug
28 reasons
So many moments, so many heroes, so show our people love

★ Verse 2: Kenan Thompson ★
White people, we ain't tryna brawl
You know we ain't mad at all of y'all
We love Michael McDonald and Daryl Hall
Put your hands up if you're down with the cause
Keep 'em up if your ancestors owned us

★ Chorus: Sasheer Zamata & Jay Pharoah ★
28 reasons
Number 3, slavery
Number 4, slavery
Number 5, slavery
28 reasons
Number 6, slavery
Number 7, slavery
22, jazz
I'm kidding, slavery

★ Interlude: Bobby Moynihan & Kate McKinnon ★
I hear what you're saying and that's real hip
But allow me to play devil's advocate
Sit down, sit down
I'm, I'm sorry
Stupid
You sit

★ Chorus: Sasheer Zamata & Jay Pharoah ★
28 reasons
28 reasons for the season
Power to the people, yeah
Put your hands up
28 reasons
So many moments, so many heroes, so show our people love (oh yeah)
28 reasons
We wanted many reasons
Did a lot of research
And slavery kept comin' up
28 reasons

★ Outro: Kenan Thompson, Class & Sasheer Zamata ★
When I say slavery, you say sorry
Slavery, sorry
Slavery, sorry
Oooh, yeah yeah yeah

★ Skit: Kate McKinnon ★
Very cool, very sorry and very cool