The primary way that Jenkins asserts that the neo-soul artists have inherited their predecessors’ Folk practices is through their song lyrics. One significant folk aspect of Nina Simone and Tracy Chapman’s songs is the practice of protest singing and the acknowledgment of their experiences of Black people, and specifically as Black women. Although the music of Badu, Arie, and Scott sometimes lack the political elements of Simone and Chapman’s songs, one theme that holds the same is their use of their music to describe their experiences as Black women. Like Simone and Chapman, Badu, Arie, and Scott use their music to describe more political elements of their life and empower and accept themselves and provide those same feelings to their listeners. Despite the difference in genre, neo-soul artists can continue and pass along the traditions and elements of folk music by telling their stories as Black women.