VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-08-19
“Even though you go through struggle and strife / To keep a healthy life, I stay woke.”
Erykah Badu · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-19
A 2008 Erykah Badu lyric credited with popularizing the term 'stay woke.'
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