Artist Spotlight: Darlene Celeste Beal
Continue The Dream
Darlene Celeste Beal graduated from Georgia Southern University at the turn of the century with a BA degree in French and Psychology. After college, she used her educational training to travel abroad and teach English as a second language in Europe. Upon returning the U.S., Celeste served as a lecturer and motivational speaker while working as an ESOL professor at Interactive College of Technology.
Celeste decided to continue her education and in 2007, she entered Law School at Liberty University. After graduating and passing Virginia’s Bar Exam in 2010, she returned to Atlanta and taught Business Law at Atlanta Metropolitan College.
In 2018, she answered the call to peace and justice and studied to become a certified trainer in the Philosophy and Methodology Of Nonviolence at the Martin Luther King Center in Atlanta Georgia.
Celeste currently serves as a Small Business Consultant and has the pleasure of organizing, educating, and training entrepreneurs to build sustainable businesses. Armed with faith that people working together can always bring us closer to meeting global needs, Celeste is honored to help serve organizations that operate in this same spirit.
Written by Darlene Celeste Beal
Continue the Dream ft. Audrione Watkins
Continue the Dream ft. Audrione Watkins
Lyrics written by Darlene Celeste Beal
Verse 1: MLK had a dream, and I do too, I’m carrying his message from the old to the new. He dreamed of peace and justice, powered by love, A vision sent down from the heavens above.
Chorus: I don’t cap, but I captivate, Speaking words of life, not death, or hate. We heard his speech, so we won’t wait, To make things right—it’s not too late. Free at last, free at last, Let’s leave the bad vibes in the past. The arc of the universe bends toward what’s just, Let’s fight for all, not simply “Just Us.”
The Dream will continue
Verse 2:
MLK said a stone of hope, like David’s sling,
Now Every year, we shout, “Let freedom ring!”
We want justice now, not justice denied,
We all bleed the same—tell the racists they lied.
Judge by character, not by skin,
When we do that, we all begin to win.
Chorus: I don’t cap, but I captivate, Speaking words of life, not death, or hate. We heard his speech, so we won’t wait, To make things right—it’s not too late. Free at last, free at last, Let’s leave the bad vibes in the past. The arc of the universe bends toward what’s just, Let’s fight for all, not simply “Just Us.”
The Dream will continue
Verse 3:
Remember the dream, not just the dreamer,
We can’t let it die, or the grass won’t be greener.
Clean up our words, clean up our land,
Clean up our lives, it’s time to take a stand.
Let the content we create eliminate hate,
And our character be the next legacy to celebrate.
We’ll rise up, stand tall, and refuse to be small—
Unity and love, will conquer it all.
The Dream will continue
Outro:
Free at last, free at last,
Let’s leave the bad vibes in the past.
“bad vibes in the past.”
The arc of the universe bends toward what’s just,
Let’s fight for all, not simply “Just Us.”
Let the content we create eliminate hate,
And our character be the next legacy to celebrate.
We’ll rise up, stand tall, and refuse to be small—
In unity and love, we’ll conquer it all.
The Dream will continue
The Dream will continue
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