and parade grand marshal bay area rapper and entrepreneur , mistah f.a.b.in the words of a poet how his people's joy can coexist with their struggle. >> one thing about us, the sun-kissed people, we find joy in some of the most practice moments. we find bright spots. we've always learned how to not so much grieve in our pain, to the agony of most, we dance it away and laugh it away and sing get away and to be able to have forms of entertainment and excitement without ignoring pain, is a beautiful thing. so the joy in this is, we are here for the sole purpose of joy. and no greater feeling. >> reporter: more than 130 groups joined the procession down franklin street each expressing their joy in a different way. it comes what he puts on a pair of roller skates. >> my joy is literally life. it is like inside of me and it flows through me. if i am able to skate and live, and i run better on my skates than i do on my feet. if i am able to do both, why not? my joy. i love it. >> reporter: debbie drove in from antioch and so she finds joy in family. >> we are all

this one was just for fun and parade grand marshal bay area rapper and entrepreneur mistah f.a.b.xplained in the words of a poet how his people's joy can co-exist with their struggle. >> one thing about us, the sun-kissed people, we find joy in some of the most darkest moments. we find bright spots. we've always learned how to not so much grieve in our pain to the agony of most, but we dance it away, laugh it away, sing it away and to be able to have forms of entertainment and excitement without ignoring pain is a beautiful thing. so the joy in this is we're here for the sole purpose of joy and no greater feeling. >> reporter: more than 130 groups joined the procession in franklin street, each in a different way. for armani white it comes when he puts on roller skate. >> black joy is like literally light. if i'm able to skate and live and i actually walk better on my skates than on my feet, so if i'm able to do both, why not? my joy, i love it. >> reporter: debbie hicks drove in from antioch and says she finds joy in family. >> just we all getting and taking a day, a time to just

this one was just for fun and parade grand marshal bay area rapper and entrepreneur mistah f.a.b.ined in the words of a poet how his people's joy can co-exist with their struggle. >> one thing about us, the sun kissed people, we find joy in some of the most darkest moments. we find bright spots. we've always learned how to not so much grieve in our pain to the agony of most, but we dance it away, laugh it away, sing it away and to be able to have forms of entertainment and excite without ignoring pain is a beautiful thing. >> reporter: more than 130 groups joined the procession down franklin street, each expressing their joy in a different way. for armoni white, it comes when he puts on a pair of roller skates. >> it's literally light, essence that shines inside of me and close to me. if i'm able to skate and live and i actually walk better on my skates than i do on my feet. so if i'm able to do both, why not? my joy. i love it. >> reporter: debbie hicks drove in from antioch and says she finds joy in family. >> just we all getting along, taking a time to celebrate kindness, happi

mistah f.a.b.ed in the words of a poet how his people's joy can coexist with their struggle. >> one thing about the sun kissed people, we feel joy in some of the most darkest moments. we find bright spots. we have always learned how to not so much grieve in our pain to the agony of most, but we are dancing away, we'll laugh it away, sing it away. to be able to have forms of joy and entertainment without ignoring pain is a beautiful thing. the joy is we are here for the purpose of joy and no greater feeling. >> more than 130 groups joined the procession down franklin street each expressing joy in a different way. for white it comes when he puts on a pair of roller skates. >> black joy is life. it's essence flowing through me. if i am able to skate and live, and i am better on my skates than my feet, if i am able to do both, why not? black joy, love it. >> debbie says she finds joy in family. >> we are all getting along and taking a day, a time to celebrate kindness, happiness, being together, and lo

and mistah f.a.b.ed in the words of a poet how his people's joy can coexist with their struggle. >> one thing about us, sun kissed people, we find joy in some of the most darkest moments. we find bright spots. we have always learned how to not so much grieve in our pain to the agony but we'll dance it away, laugh it away, sing it away. to be able to have forms of entertainment and excitement without ignoring pain is a beautiful thing. we are here for joy and no other feeling. >> reporter: more than 130 groups joined each expressing their joy in a different way. for white it comes when he puts on roller skates. >> black joy is literally life. it's like essence inside of me and flowing through me. if i am able to skate and live. i walk better on my skates than on my feet. if i am able to do both, why not? black joy. i love it. >> reporter: debbie drove from antioch and says she finds joy in family. >> we are all getting along taking a day, a time, to celebrate kindness, happiness, being together, and lov