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Sheryl Lee Ralph’s ‘Abbott Elementary’ Emmy Speech Gave Us All Chills<!-- wp:html --><p>Chris Haston/NBC/Getty</p> <p>Everyone at the Emmys can go home. The show’s over, because <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/abbott-elementarys-unexpected-delightful-rise">Sheryl Lee Ralph</a> has walked away with the whole damn night.</p> <p>After winning the award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/the-abbott-elementary-finale-proved-this-was-a-perfect-season-of-tv"><em>Abbott Elementary</em></a>, Ralph took a moment to soak it all in with her co-stars. When she was ready, she headed to the stage and blew everyone away with a rendition of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7I8FDn2WDg">“Endangered Species” by Dianne Reeves</a>.</p> <p>“I am an endangered species, but I sing no victim song,” she sang. “I am a woman, I am an artist, and I know where my voice belongs.”</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/sheryl-lee-ralphs-emmy-speech-for-abbott-elementary-earns-standing-ovation?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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Everyone at the Emmys can go home. The show’s over, because Sheryl Lee Ralph has walked away with the whole damn night.

After winning the award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on Abbott Elementary, Ralph took a moment to soak it all in with her co-stars. When she was ready, she headed to the stage and blew everyone away with a rendition of “Endangered Species” by Dianne Reeves.

“I am an endangered species, but I sing no victim song,” she sang. “I am a woman, I am an artist, and I know where my voice belongs.”

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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