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Tonight is the 2017 Grammys and Beyoncé's LEMONADE has taken the award for Best Urban Contemporary Album. After performing a stunning medley of "Love Drought" and "Sandcastles" earlier in the night, Bey took the stage to deliver a hopeful and gracious acceptance speech from a shiny gold sheath that coordinated with her outfit. Throughout the monologue, Beyoncé addressed the importance of representation throughout media and culture. Blue Ivy can be seen at the end of the clip dancing in glee and pride for her mother. Watch and read the transcript below.
Thank you to the Grammy voters for this incredible honor, thank you everyone who worked so hard to beautifully capture the profundity of deep Southern culture. I thank God for my family, my wonderful husband, my beautiful daughter, my fans for bringing me so much happiness and support. We all experience pain and loss and often we become inaudible. My intention for the film and album was to create a body of work that will give a voice to our pain, our struggles, our darkness and our history. To confront issues that make us uncomfortable. It’s important to me to show images to my children that reflect their beauty so they can grow up in a world where they look in the mirror — first through their own families, as well as the news, the Super Bowl, the Olympics, the White House, and The Grammys, and see themselves. And have no doubt that they’re beautiful, intelligent, and capable. This is something I want for every child of every race, and I feel it’s vital that we learn from the past and recognize our tendencies to repeat our mistakes.
