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1 00:00:11,493 00:00:13,927 All of us have something to say... All of us have something to say...
2 00:00:14,013 00:00:16,004 but some are never heard. but some are never heard.
3 00:00:16,093 00:00:18,732 Over seven years ago, the people of Watts stood together... Over seven years ago, the people of Watts stood together...
4 00:00:18,813 00:00:20,565 and demanded to be heard. and demanded to be heard.
5 00:00:20,653 00:00:24,168 On a Sunday this past August in the Los Angeles Coliseum... On a Sunday this past August in the Los Angeles Coliseum...
6 00:00:24,253 00:00:26,448 over 100,000 black people came together... over 100,000 black people came together...
7 00:00:26,533 00:00:29,445 to commemorate that moment in American history. to commemorate that moment in American history.
8 00:00:29,533 00:00:32,809 For over six hours, the audience heard, felt, sang... For over six hours, the audience heard, felt, sang...
9 00:00:32,893 00:00:35,248 danced, and shouted the living word... danced, and shouted the living word...
10 00:00:35,333 00:00:38,245 in a soulful expression of the black experience. in a soulful expression of the black experience.
11 00:00:38,333 00:00:40,688 This is a film of that experience... This is a film of that experience...
12 00:00:40,773 00:00:43,526 and what some of the people have to say. and what some of the people have to say.
13 00:03:03,373 00:03:06,729 That's what we did in 1965. We all got crazy and went out... That's what we did in 1965. We all got crazy and went out...
14 00:03:06,813 00:03:09,088 and started burning up our own neighborhood and shit. and started burning up our own neighborhood and shit.
15 00:03:09,173 00:03:11,767 That brought the man on their own land, man. That brought the man on their own land, man.
16 00:03:11,853 00:03:15,004 The thing about it was it did something constructive for the whole community. The thing about it was it did something constructive for the whole community.
17 00:03:15,093 00:03:18,051 That's the only beautiful thing that went off. That's the only beautiful thing that went off.
18 00:03:18,133 00:03:19,805 Thank you, whitey. Thank you, whitey.
19 00:03:21,293 00:03:24,046 That's the only way we communicate with whitey, man. That's the only way we communicate with whitey, man.
20 00:03:24,213 00:03:26,647 You've never seen in a community as many markets. You've never seen in a community as many markets.
21 00:03:26,733 00:03:30,009 They've opened up a Dr. Martin Luther King Hospital. They've opened up a Dr. Martin Luther King Hospital.
22 00:03:30,213 00:03:32,044 There's more black people in Watts... There's more black people in Watts...
23 00:03:32,133 00:03:35,808 that were formerly on county and state aid that are employed right now. that were formerly on county and state aid that are employed right now.
24 00:03:35,933 00:03:37,605 Like your mama. Like your mama.
25 00:03:37,693 00:03:40,412 Your mama got a job for the first time in 10 years. Your mama got a job for the first time in 10 years.
26 00:03:40,573 00:03:44,407 Dumb-ass motherfucker. I'm talking about black people... Dumb-ass motherfucker. I'm talking about black people...
27 00:03:44,493 00:03:46,563 like you, nigger. You know he's been drinking. like you, nigger. You know he's been drinking.
28 00:03:46,653 00:03:48,006 You lived on 103rd. You lived on 103rd.
29 00:03:48,093 00:03:50,482 He's not responsible. Shit. You know what? He's not responsible. Shit. You know what?
30 00:03:50,573 00:03:52,086 Once half a whitey, nigger.... Once half a whitey, nigger....
31 00:03:52,173 00:03:54,607 It wouldn't do no good to burn over in Inglewood. It wouldn't do no good to burn over in Inglewood.
32 00:03:54,693 00:03:56,923 Them motherfuckers ain't buying second-grade meat. Them motherfuckers ain't buying second-grade meat.
33 00:03:57,013 00:03:58,685 Shit ain't getting better. Shit ain't getting better.
34 00:03:58,773 00:04:01,412 They're still putting offices off into the area, man, shit. They're still putting offices off into the area, man, shit.
35 00:04:01,493 00:04:04,291 They're making money off it. But look, brother.. They're making money off it. But look, brother..
36 00:04:04,373 00:04:06,204 You'd be surprised... You'd be surprised...
37 00:04:07,773 00:04:10,367 how much that building, that particular building... how much that building, that particular building...
38 00:04:10,453 00:04:12,364 will satisfy so many niggers. will satisfy so many niggers.
39 00:04:12,453 00:04:15,092 Pacify them a little. Make them think... Pacify them a little. Make them think...
40 00:04:15,173 00:04:17,323 make them think it's progress. make them think it's progress.
41 00:04:17,413 00:04:19,563 Up until the point that we had a riot... Up until the point that we had a riot...
42 00:04:19,653 00:04:23,089 everybody said, "Those niggers are all right, they're doing fine." everybody said, "Those niggers are all right, they're doing fine."
43 00:04:23,173 00:04:26,688 Then when we had a riot, then the white man said: Then when we had a riot, then the white man said:
44 00:04:26,773 00:04:30,209 "Something's wrong, 'cause these suckers are burning down my store. "Something's wrong, 'cause these suckers are burning down my store.
45 00:04:30,293 00:04:32,124 "Now I got to give these niggers something because... "Now I got to give these niggers something because...
46 00:04:32,213 00:04:34,443 "I thought they was happy." But what did he give them? "I thought they was happy." But what did he give them?
47 00:04:34,533 00:04:36,728 They've changed some for the best... They've changed some for the best...
48 00:04:37,013 00:04:39,083 in an awful lot of cases for the worst... in an awful lot of cases for the worst...
49 00:04:39,173 00:04:41,767 and some they have not changed at all. and some they have not changed at all.
50 00:04:41,853 00:04:45,289 There's no difference in Watts now than Watts '65. There's no difference in Watts now than Watts '65.
51 00:04:45,573 00:04:49,043 California's a weird state because they have laws for pedestrians. California's a weird state because they have laws for pedestrians.
52 00:04:49,133 00:04:51,931 Like, you cross the street, they have laws for pedestrians... Like, you cross the street, they have laws for pedestrians...
53 00:04:52,013 00:04:54,163 but they don't have laws for people at night... but they don't have laws for people at night...
54 00:04:54,253 00:04:56,323 when cops accidentally shoot people. when cops accidentally shoot people.
55 00:04:56,413 00:04:59,450 They accidentally shoot more niggers out here than any place in the world. They accidentally shoot more niggers out here than any place in the world.
56 00:04:59,533 00:05:03,082 Every time you pick up a paper, "Nigger accidentally shot in the ass." Every time you pick up a paper, "Nigger accidentally shot in the ass."
57 00:05:03,173 00:05:06,768 How do you accidentally shoot a nigger six times in the chest? How do you accidentally shoot a nigger six times in the chest?
58 00:05:06,853 00:05:09,606 "Well, my gun fell and just went crazy." "Well, my gun fell and just went crazy."
59 00:07:38,253 00:07:40,813 It's going to be the best sound, though, that's ever been. It's going to be the best sound, though, that's ever been.
60 00:07:40,893 00:07:43,043 I can dig it. So we're sure of that. I can dig it. So we're sure of that.
61 00:07:43,133 00:07:45,169 That's beautiful. I work in sound, also. That's beautiful. I work in sound, also.
62 00:07:45,293 00:07:46,772 I'm hip to it. I'm hip to it.
63 00:07:47,373 00:07:50,524 This is the biggest and the best sound equipment around, in our opinion. This is the biggest and the best sound equipment around, in our opinion.
64 00:07:50,613 00:07:53,252 How many people do you have there? Four, Mr. Van Peebles. How many people do you have there? Four, Mr. Van Peebles.
65 00:07:53,333 00:07:55,210 Okay, there'll be one more, which will be five. Okay, there'll be one more, which will be five.
66 00:07:55,293 00:07:57,648 Now, of those five people down at that end of the tunnel... Now, of those five people down at that end of the tunnel...
67 00:07:57,733 00:07:59,564 there will be three and two... there will be three and two...
68 00:07:59,653 00:08:02,326 three on the gate and two in the dressing rooms. three on the gate and two in the dressing rooms.
69 00:08:02,413 00:08:05,291 When the gate slows down after the festival gets underway... When the gate slows down after the festival gets underway...
70 00:08:05,373 00:08:08,092 we may then put three in the dressing room, and two. we may then put three in the dressing room, and two.
71 00:08:08,173 00:08:09,811 Now, the rest of you gentlemen.... Now, the rest of you gentlemen....
72 00:10:18,453 00:10:21,092 As the first Black Queen of Miss Watts at the Watts Festival... As the first Black Queen of Miss Watts at the Watts Festival...
73 00:10:21,173 00:10:22,367 and the Watts Beauty Pageant... and the Watts Beauty Pageant...
74 00:10:22,453 00:10:24,887 how do you feel about this concert today? how do you feel about this concert today?
75 00:10:24,973 00:10:26,122 It's beautiful. It's beautiful.
76 00:10:26,213 00:10:29,842 I think it's a very beautiful endeavor. I think it's a very beautiful endeavor.
77 00:10:29,933 00:10:31,969 It's beautiful, that's what it is. It's beautiful, that's what it is.
78 00:10:32,053 00:10:33,327 It's great, what can I tell you? It's great, what can I tell you?
79 00:10:33,413 00:10:34,448 Fantastic. Fantastic.
80 00:10:34,693 00:10:35,808 It's a hell of a feeling. It's a hell of a feeling.
81 00:10:35,933 00:10:37,048 I think it's beautiful. I think it's beautiful.
82 00:10:37,213 00:10:39,602 Like, shit, a whole thing is going on, you know? Like, shit, a whole thing is going on, you know?
83 00:10:40,053 00:10:42,806 Ladies and gentlemen, our national anthem. Ladies and gentlemen, our national anthem.
84 00:11:18,533 00:11:21,843 I don't have a damn thing to fight for, and I got no country... I don't have a damn thing to fight for, and I got no country...
85 00:11:21,933 00:11:24,003 and I don't have no flag. and I don't have no flag.
86 00:11:24,093 00:11:27,847 I ain't got a damn thing to fight for, go up there, get half my ass blowed off... I ain't got a damn thing to fight for, go up there, get half my ass blowed off...
87 00:11:27,933 00:11:31,005 and come back home, and can't even draw unemployment... and come back home, and can't even draw unemployment...
88 00:11:31,093 00:11:35,291 let alone find a motherfucking job. There's a lot of funky things... let alone find a motherfucking job. There's a lot of funky things...
89 00:11:35,373 00:11:37,603 in this country, and there's good things, too... in this country, and there's good things, too...
90 00:11:37,693 00:11:40,161 but you run into more funky than you do good. but you run into more funky than you do good.
91 00:11:40,653 00:11:44,043 Why can't we, as being the people, without revolution... Why can't we, as being the people, without revolution...
92 00:11:44,133 00:11:47,842 you know, without political, social and economical change... you know, without political, social and economical change...
93 00:11:47,933 00:11:49,810 be a part of America? be a part of America?
94 00:11:49,893 00:11:52,885 I can say it in one word, brother. What's that? I can say it in one word, brother. What's that?
95 00:11:52,973 00:11:54,770 Politics. Thank you. Politics. Thank you.
96 00:11:56,213 00:11:58,522 First time I discovered I was black... First time I discovered I was black...
97 00:11:58,613 00:12:01,764 was at the Interstate Fair in Pensacola, Florida. was at the Interstate Fair in Pensacola, Florida.
98 00:12:03,693 00:12:05,843 It was one of those things. I was standing there... It was one of those things. I was standing there...
99 00:12:05,933 00:12:08,811 I was working behind this little counter where you throw the balls... I was working behind this little counter where you throw the balls...
100 00:12:08,893 00:12:11,168 to knock over the milk bottles. to knock over the milk bottles.
101 00:12:12,413 00:12:14,688 This one cat threw the ball... This one cat threw the ball...
102 00:12:14,773 00:12:16,445 knocked down two of the milk bottles. knocked down two of the milk bottles.
103 00:12:16,533 00:12:18,683 One of them was for certain, one almost fell... One of them was for certain, one almost fell...
104 00:12:18,773 00:12:22,891 and he said that I kept it from falling over, and he spit on me. and he said that I kept it from falling over, and he spit on me.
105 00:12:23,253 00:12:26,051 Called me a black, nasty, lying nigger. Called me a black, nasty, lying nigger.
106 00:12:26,733 00:12:28,212 My brother... My brother...
107 00:12:28,773 00:12:32,402 made me realize I was a nigger, 'cause he's high yellow. made me realize I was a nigger, 'cause he's high yellow.
108 00:12:32,493 00:12:35,132 You dig? He's lighter than I am, right? You dig? He's lighter than I am, right?
109 00:12:35,213 00:12:38,011 So we was playing with some people, you know, just running around... So we was playing with some people, you know, just running around...
110 00:12:38,093 00:12:41,005 doing this, doing that, and then they called him over. doing this, doing that, and then they called him over.
111 00:12:41,093 00:12:43,732 We was playing with some white kids. They called him over... We was playing with some white kids. They called him over...
112 00:12:43,813 00:12:46,008 and they whispered something in his ear. and they whispered something in his ear.
113 00:12:46,093 00:12:47,811 So we went home. We was going home... So we went home. We was going home...
114 00:12:47,893 00:12:51,203 and my brother jumped up and told me I was a nigger. and my brother jumped up and told me I was a nigger.
115 00:12:52,173 00:12:55,370 I looked at this sucker 'cause, shit, I didn't know what a nigger was. I looked at this sucker 'cause, shit, I didn't know what a nigger was.
116 00:12:55,453 00:12:58,809 But these white boys, they identified with him because he was light-skinned. But these white boys, they identified with him because he was light-skinned.
117 00:12:58,893 00:13:02,806 So he went in and he told my mother that I was a black nigger... So he went in and he told my mother that I was a black nigger...
118 00:13:02,893 00:13:04,849 and that he was a white boy. and that he was a white boy.
119 00:13:04,933 00:13:08,369 You dig? But, see, my mother's bad. You dig? But, see, my mother's bad.
120 00:13:08,453 00:13:10,205 My mother checked that out, so she said: My mother checked that out, so she said:
121 00:13:10,293 00:13:14,650 "Okay, cool with it. I'm not your mother, because all my kids are niggers." "Okay, cool with it. I'm not your mother, because all my kids are niggers."
122 00:13:14,733 00:13:16,769 When I told my mother what happened... When I told my mother what happened...
123 00:13:16,853 00:13:20,289 that this white girl had called me a nigger, and what does it mean? that this white girl had called me a nigger, and what does it mean?
124 00:13:20,373 00:13:24,764 So she said, "Wait till your father gets home, he'll explain it to you." So she said, "Wait till your father gets home, he'll explain it to you."
125 00:13:24,853 00:13:27,925 When my old man got home, I told him about it... When my old man got home, I told him about it...
126 00:13:28,013 00:13:31,050 and he kind of gave me a weird look... and he kind of gave me a weird look...
127 00:13:31,133 00:13:33,601 and he said, "Look, let me tell you something." and he said, "Look, let me tell you something."
128 00:13:33,693 00:13:36,332 He said, "The next time somebody calls you a nigger... He said, "The next time somebody calls you a nigger...
129 00:13:36,413 00:13:39,928 "just kick their ass. Don't ask no questions, just kick their ass." "just kick their ass. Don't ask no questions, just kick their ass."
130 00:13:40,013 00:13:43,562 I think like niggers are the best of the people that were slaves. I think like niggers are the best of the people that were slaves.
131 00:13:43,653 00:13:46,042 You know what I mean? And that's how they got to be niggers. You know what I mean? And that's how they got to be niggers.
132 00:13:46,133 00:13:49,409 'Cause they stole the cream of the crop from Africa and brought them over here... 'Cause they stole the cream of the crop from Africa and brought them over here...
133 00:13:49,493 00:13:51,961 and God, as they say, works in mysterious ways. and God, as they say, works in mysterious ways.
134 00:13:52,053 00:13:54,851 So he made everybody a nigger 'cause we was arguing over in Africa... So he made everybody a nigger 'cause we was arguing over in Africa...
135 00:13:54,933 00:13:58,721 about the Watusi, the Huwagada, the Zagumbo, and the Zamunga. about the Watusi, the Huwagada, the Zagumbo, and the Zamunga.
136 00:13:58,813 00:14:01,088 You know.... In different languages. You know.... In different languages.
137 00:14:01,173 00:14:02,526 So he brought us all over here... So he brought us all over here...
138 00:14:02,613 00:14:06,288 the best, the kings, the queens, and the princesses and the princes... the best, the kings, the queens, and the princesses and the princes...
139 00:14:06,373 00:14:10,286 shit, and put us all together and called us one tribe: niggers. shit, and put us all together and called us one tribe: niggers.
140 00:14:10,733 00:14:13,406 This is a beautiful day. This is a beautiful day.
141 00:14:14,053 00:14:16,203 It is a new day. It is a new day.
142 00:14:17,093 00:14:19,732 It is a day of black awareness. It is a day of black awareness.
143 00:14:20,573 00:14:24,691 It is a day of black people taking care of black people's business. It is a day of black people taking care of black people's business.
144 00:14:25,133 00:14:28,011 Today we are together. Today we are together.
145 00:14:28,933 00:14:32,642 We are unified and on one accord. We are unified and on one accord.
146 00:14:33,173 00:14:36,165 'Cause when we are together, we've got power... 'Cause when we are together, we've got power...
147 00:14:36,293 00:14:38,284 and we can make decisions. and we can make decisions.
148 00:14:38,773 00:14:42,322 Today, on this program you will hear gospel... Today, on this program you will hear gospel...
149 00:14:42,853 00:14:46,448 and rhythm and blues, and jazz. and rhythm and blues, and jazz.
150 00:14:46,893 00:14:51,648 All those are just labels. We know that music is music. All those are just labels. We know that music is music.
151 00:14:52,053 00:14:54,487 All of our people got a soul. All of our people got a soul.
152 00:14:54,933 00:14:58,562 Our experience determines the texture... Our experience determines the texture...
153 00:14:59,253 00:15:02,928 the taste, and the sound of our soul. the taste, and the sound of our soul.
154 00:15:03,293 00:15:06,285 We say that we may be in the slum... We say that we may be in the slum...
155 00:15:06,853 00:15:09,003 but the slum is not in us. but the slum is not in us.
156 00:15:09,773 00:15:12,003 We may be in prison... We may be in prison...
157 00:15:12,813 00:15:15,043 but the prison is not in us. but the prison is not in us.
158 00:15:15,653 00:15:17,928 In Watts, we have shifted from.: In Watts, we have shifted from.:
159 00:15:18,053 00:15:21,011 "Burn, baby, burn, "to" Learn, baby, learn. " "Burn, baby, burn, "to" Learn, baby, learn. "
160 00:15:21,693 00:15:25,481 We have shifted from having a seizure... We have shifted from having a seizure...
161 00:15:26,173 00:15:28,164 about what the man got... about what the man got...
162 00:15:28,413 00:15:30,722 to seizing what we need. to seizing what we need.
163 00:15:31,493 00:15:35,850 We have shifted from bedbugs and dog ticks... We have shifted from bedbugs and dog ticks...
164 00:15:36,173 00:15:38,687 to community control and politics. to community control and politics.
165 00:15:39,853 00:15:42,128 That is why we gather today... That is why we gather today...
166 00:15:42,373 00:15:44,648 to celebrate our homecoming... to celebrate our homecoming...
167 00:15:44,813 00:15:47,373 and our own sense of somebody-ness. and our own sense of somebody-ness.
168 00:15:47,573 00:15:51,930 That is why I challenge you now to stand together... That is why I challenge you now to stand together...
169 00:15:53,093 00:15:55,766 raise your fists together... raise your fists together...
170 00:15:56,893 00:16:01,523 and engage in our national black litany. and engage in our national black litany.
171 00:16:02,333 00:16:05,803 Do it with courage and determination. Do it with courage and determination.
172 00:16:06,933 00:16:08,207 I am... I am...
173 00:16:09,653 00:16:10,927 somebody! somebody!
174 00:16:11,533 00:16:12,727 I am... I am...
175 00:16:13,373 00:16:14,647 somebody! somebody!
176 00:16:15,053 00:16:16,645 I may be poor... I may be poor...
177 00:16:17,493 00:16:18,846 but I am... but I am...
178 00:16:19,373 00:16:20,647 somebody! somebody!
179 00:16:21,053 00:16:22,884 I may be on welfare... I may be on welfare...
180 00:16:24,053 00:16:25,452 but I am... but I am...
181 00:16:25,933 00:16:27,252 somebody! somebody!
182 00:16:27,493 00:16:29,290 I may be unskilled... I may be unskilled...
183 00:16:30,453 00:16:31,806 but I am... but I am...
184 00:16:32,253 00:16:33,527 somebody! somebody!
185 00:16:33,773 00:16:34,967 I am... I am...
186 00:16:35,293 00:16:36,521 black... black...
187 00:16:36,653 00:16:38,052 beautiful... beautiful...
188 00:16:38,213 00:16:39,362 proud! proud!
189 00:16:39,573 00:16:41,291 I must be respected! I must be respected!
190 00:16:42,573 00:16:44,325 I must be protected! I must be protected!
191 00:16:45,493 00:16:47,529 What time is it? Nation time! What time is it? Nation time!
192 00:16:47,613 00:16:50,730 When we stand together, what time is it? Nation time! When we stand together, what time is it? Nation time!
193 00:16:50,813 00:16:53,725 When we say no more, "Yessuh, boss," what time is it? When we say no more, "Yessuh, boss," what time is it?
194 00:16:53,813 00:16:55,610 Nation time! What time is it? Nation time! What time is it?
195 00:16:58,813 00:17:03,409 Sister Kim Weston, the black national anthem. Sister Kim Weston, the black national anthem.
196 00:17:50,093 00:17:52,687 Won't you sing it with me, everybody? Won't you sing it with me, everybody?
197 00:19:16,133 00:19:18,772 We've got some difficult days ahead... We've got some difficult days ahead...
198 00:19:19,893 00:19:22,327 but it really doesn't matter with me now. but it really doesn't matter with me now.
199 00:19:22,413 00:19:25,086 Because I've been to the mountaintop... Because I've been to the mountaintop...
200 00:19:26,093 00:19:27,731 and I don't mind. and I don't mind.
201 00:19:30,893 00:19:33,487 Like anybody, I would like to live... Like anybody, I would like to live...
202 00:19:34,773 00:19:38,652 a long life. Longevity has its place... a long life. Longevity has its place...
203 00:19:40,013 00:19:42,652 but I'm not concerned about that now. but I'm not concerned about that now.
204 00:19:43,693 00:19:45,923 I just want to do God's will. I just want to do God's will.
205 00:19:47,413 00:19:50,530 And he's allowed me to go up to the mountain... And he's allowed me to go up to the mountain...
206 00:19:50,973 00:19:52,884 and I've looked over... and I've looked over...
207 00:19:53,813 00:19:57,249 and I've seen the promised land. and I've seen the promised land.
208 00:19:58,533 00:20:00,842 I may not get there with you... I may not get there with you...
209 00:20:00,973 00:20:03,362 but I want you to know tonight... but I want you to know tonight...
210 00:20:03,693 00:20:07,686 that we as a people will get to the promised land. that we as a people will get to the promised land.
211 00:20:13,333 00:20:16,689 So I'm happy tonight. I'm not worried about anything. So I'm happy tonight. I'm not worried about anything.
212 00:20:16,773 00:20:18,968 I'm not fearing any man. I'm not fearing any man.
213 00:20:19,253 00:20:23,087 Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord! Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord!
214 00:21:14,453 00:21:17,650 I remember, we used to go to a movie house. I remember, we used to go to a movie house.
215 00:21:17,733 00:21:20,964 It wasn't a church, you know? It was a movie house. It wasn't a church, you know? It was a movie house.
216 00:21:21,053 00:21:23,965 And the thing.... It used to bug me, man, 'cause it was like... And the thing.... It used to bug me, man, 'cause it was like...
217 00:21:24,053 00:21:26,931 every place else you went to something like a church. every place else you went to something like a church.
218 00:21:27,013 00:21:30,164 But in a black neighborhood, man, you had to go to a movie house. But in a black neighborhood, man, you had to go to a movie house.
219 00:21:30,253 00:21:32,642 But when you got in the movie house, man, it was bad. But when you got in the movie house, man, it was bad.
220 00:21:32,733 00:21:36,123 I mean, the people got down. I remember going in there, man... I mean, the people got down. I remember going in there, man...
221 00:21:36,213 00:21:39,410 and I used to go to a Catholic church, and I went to a Methodist church... and I used to go to a Catholic church, and I went to a Methodist church...
222 00:21:39,493 00:21:44,123 I went to all them other churches, man, but then I went to this black church... I went to all them other churches, man, but then I went to this black church...
223 00:21:44,213 00:21:46,602 in Oakland. And we went up.... in Oakland. And we went up....
224 00:21:46,693 00:21:50,129 I went up, and I saw tambourines and trombones... I went up, and I saw tambourines and trombones...
225 00:21:50,213 00:21:53,046 and drums, and I said, "This is church?" and drums, and I said, "This is church?"
226 00:21:53,173 00:21:54,891 I don't understand this, man. I don't understand this, man.
227 00:21:54,973 00:21:58,204 And the people.... The preacher got up and started talking about God... And the people.... The preacher got up and started talking about God...
228 00:21:58,293 00:21:59,612 and I was listening, and I said: and I was listening, and I said:
229 00:21:59,693 00:22:02,127 "I never heard anybody talk about God like this before." "I never heard anybody talk about God like this before."
230 00:22:02,213 00:22:04,807 This cat started talking about God and what God did. This cat started talking about God and what God did.
231 00:22:04,893 00:22:07,282 And then he got this band going behind him, man... And then he got this band going behind him, man...
232 00:22:07,373 00:22:11,252 and the band started getting into it, man, and the cats was playing, and shit. and the band started getting into it, man, and the cats was playing, and shit.
233 00:22:11,333 00:22:14,166 And I said, "Goddamn!" And I started feeling good. And I said, "Goddamn!" And I started feeling good.
234 00:24:08,394 00:24:10,146 I'm reminded of the two thieves... I'm reminded of the two thieves...
235 00:24:11,674 00:24:13,027 nailed beside him. nailed beside him.
236 00:24:17,834 00:24:19,950 I believe one of the thieves said.: I believe one of the thieves said.:
237 00:24:20,314 00:24:22,589 "If thou be the Christ... "If thou be the Christ...
238 00:24:22,834 00:24:25,302 "why don't you save thyself and us?" "why don't you save thyself and us?"
239 00:24:27,034 00:24:28,990 And the other said.: And the other said.:
240 00:24:30,434 00:24:31,423 "Lord... "Lord...
241 00:24:32,914 00:24:36,270 "remember me. " The Lord said.: "remember me. " The Lord said.:
242 00:24:37,874 00:24:38,943 "This day... "This day...
243 00:24:40,274 00:24:41,309 "thou shall be with me... "thou shall be with me...
244 00:24:42,474 00:24:43,463 "in paradise." "in paradise."
245 00:24:46,794 00:24:49,786 I remember he and his 12... I remember he and his 12...
246 00:24:50,634 00:24:53,910 on a ship sailing afar, when all of a sudden... on a ship sailing afar, when all of a sudden...
247 00:24:53,994 00:24:55,473 the sky was filled with darkness... the sky was filled with darkness...
248 00:24:56,834 00:24:58,631 the sea was raging... the sea was raging...
249 00:24:58,914 00:25:01,792 the lightning flashed, the thunder roared! the lightning flashed, the thunder roared!
250 00:25:02,674 00:25:06,792 The ship was rocking back and forth, they were so afraid... The ship was rocking back and forth, they were so afraid...
251 00:25:07,114 00:25:08,991 so afraid. so afraid.
252 00:25:09,554 00:25:12,626 And I believe I heard a voice... And I believe I heard a voice...
253 00:25:13,394 00:25:15,703 I believe I hear this voice now. I believe I hear this voice now.
254 00:25:16,154 00:25:19,385 I believe I hear a voice crying out now... I believe I hear a voice crying out now...
255 00:25:20,434 00:25:23,028 I believe I hear this voice crying... I believe I hear this voice crying...
256 00:25:24,834 00:25:25,823 saying.... saying....
257 00:28:19,634 00:28:22,432 When I hear the choir sing like Amazing Grace, I start thinking about... When I hear the choir sing like Amazing Grace, I start thinking about...
258 00:28:22,514 00:28:25,187 when my great-grandmother died. She died of cancer. when my great-grandmother died. She died of cancer.
259 00:28:25,274 00:28:26,753 I was young, but... I was young, but...
260 00:28:26,834 00:28:29,826 the music, it just sets a thing. You get a thing inside. the music, it just sets a thing. You get a thing inside.
261 00:28:29,914 00:28:32,109 Every time I hear that song, Amazing Grace... Every time I hear that song, Amazing Grace...
262 00:28:32,194 00:28:33,468 I start thinking about that. I start thinking about that.
263 00:28:33,554 00:28:36,990 And when they really get to going, really get to jam... And when they really get to going, really get to jam...
264 00:28:37,234 00:28:39,953 I used to dig that, because I'd be right up there with them. I used to dig that, because I'd be right up there with them.
265 00:28:40,034 00:28:43,390 And my people right here would jump up and get happy. And my people right here would jump up and get happy.
266 00:28:43,554 00:28:46,022 I'd be wanting to jump up and get happy, too. I'd be wanting to jump up and get happy, too.
267 00:28:46,114 00:28:50,027 And then the building beats up, boy, and they get to jumping and shouting... And then the building beats up, boy, and they get to jumping and shouting...
268 00:28:50,354 00:28:53,949 shit, boy, they'd be getting down, boy, let me tell you. shit, boy, they'd be getting down, boy, let me tell you.
269 00:28:54,034 00:28:55,945 And that comes from being black. And that comes from being black.
270 00:28:56,034 00:28:59,310 And now we're going to bring back Stax's Golden 13. And now we're going to bring back Stax's Golden 13.
271 00:30:26,954 00:30:28,945 Let everybody say yeah! Let everybody say yeah!
272 00:30:29,314 00:30:32,670 I love that gospel. I know gospel better than I know... I love that gospel. I know gospel better than I know...
273 00:30:32,754 00:30:35,871 God damn me, blues, because the white man wrote my Bible... God damn me, blues, because the white man wrote my Bible...
274 00:30:35,954 00:30:38,946 and the thing that most black people try to live by. and the thing that most black people try to live by.
275 00:30:39,474 00:30:42,705 You know, I used to go to church and shit, like I was saying... You know, I used to go to church and shit, like I was saying...
276 00:30:42,794 00:30:46,753 but black people know God personally. Any wino you meet know God... but black people know God personally. Any wino you meet know God...
277 00:30:46,834 00:30:48,631 right? Or Jesus, at least, right? right? Or Jesus, at least, right?
278 00:30:48,714 00:30:52,502 "Jesus Christ? Shit, man, he live over there, in the project! "Jesus Christ? Shit, man, he live over there, in the project!
279 00:30:52,674 00:30:56,826 "Shit, tell me. I know peoples. "Shit, tell me. I know peoples.
280 00:30:57,354 00:30:59,265 "I study peoples. "I study peoples.
281 00:30:59,674 00:31:01,904 "See, I used to be in the FBI. "See, I used to be in the FBI.
282 00:31:02,074 00:31:05,225 "I'm the first colored person ever in the Bureau. "I'm the first colored person ever in the Bureau.
283 00:31:05,834 00:31:09,190 "J. Edgar Hoover appointed me personally, posthumous. "J. Edgar Hoover appointed me personally, posthumous.
284 00:31:11,874 00:31:16,265 "That's right. He wanted somebody on the railroad to guard the Mexicans. "That's right. He wanted somebody on the railroad to guard the Mexicans.
285 00:31:17,954 00:31:21,833 "See, 'cause nobody in the Bureau at that time could speak Mexican talk. "See, 'cause nobody in the Bureau at that time could speak Mexican talk.
286 00:31:21,914 00:31:23,905 "See, I spoke to them. They'd be...." "See, I spoke to them. They'd be...."
287 00:31:23,994 00:31:26,224 I'd say, "What you say, motherfucker? I'd say, "What you say, motherfucker?
288 00:31:26,314 00:31:27,906 "They'd tell me." "They'd tell me."
289 00:31:30,474 00:31:33,864 Well, listen, we all know what we're here for. Well, listen, we all know what we're here for.
290 00:31:33,954 00:31:36,104 We really want you to have a great time. We really want you to have a great time.
291 00:31:36,194 00:31:39,311 We're here to commemorate a revolution... We're here to commemorate a revolution...
292 00:31:39,674 00:31:42,268 that started the movement... that started the movement...
293 00:31:42,794 00:31:46,673 and was one of the milestones in black pride. and was one of the milestones in black pride.
294 00:31:47,114 00:31:50,993 Some folks may find it a little strange that we laugh... Some folks may find it a little strange that we laugh...
295 00:31:51,074 00:31:53,110 we sing, and we joke... we sing, and we joke...
296 00:31:53,434 00:31:56,346 but we're doing our thing the black way to commemorate. but we're doing our thing the black way to commemorate.
297 00:31:56,434 00:31:59,744 And now, one of the most popular groups in the nation... And now, one of the most popular groups in the nation...
298 00:32:00,194 00:32:01,946 The Staple Singers! The Staple Singers!
299 00:35:48,034 00:35:50,309 I think that there's more awareness of.... I think that there's more awareness of....
300 00:35:50,394 00:35:54,103 There's more search for awareness with black people... There's more search for awareness with black people...
301 00:35:54,194 00:35:57,231 as to where we are and what has happened to us... as to where we are and what has happened to us...
302 00:35:57,314 00:35:58,747 and what we're going to do with it. and what we're going to do with it.
303 00:35:58,834 00:36:00,552 I dig the natural. I dig the natural.
304 00:36:00,634 00:36:04,786 I think the natural is a beautiful way of wearing your hair... I think the natural is a beautiful way of wearing your hair...
305 00:36:04,874 00:36:06,273 for all black people. for all black people.
306 00:36:06,354 00:36:10,791 When I get up in the morning, I'm natural. And that's the way my hair is all day long. When I get up in the morning, I'm natural. And that's the way my hair is all day long.
307 00:36:10,874 00:36:13,672 Kids is what make me feel so good. Kids is what make me feel so good.
308 00:36:14,114 00:36:19,108 You see, you're looking at the glory that's coming up into the future of life. You see, you're looking at the glory that's coming up into the future of life.
309 00:36:20,074 00:36:23,987 The younger youth is what's gonna make everything... The younger youth is what's gonna make everything...
310 00:36:24,074 00:36:28,511 to keep going after I done passed down the hill. to keep going after I done passed down the hill.
311 00:36:28,594 00:36:31,870 Young, gifted, and black. Young, gifted, and black.
312 00:36:31,994 00:36:34,792 I be a Democrat every now and then. I be a Democrat every now and then.
313 00:36:35,794 00:36:38,831 I be a Muslim, I be a Panther. I be a Muslim, I be a Panther.
314 00:36:40,194 00:36:42,549 But I'm always being black. But I'm always being black.
315 00:36:42,634 00:36:45,512 I'm not prejudiced, because some of my best friends are colored... I'm not prejudiced, because some of my best friends are colored...
316 00:36:45,594 00:36:46,913 if you know what I'm talking about. if you know what I'm talking about.
317 00:36:47,314 00:36:50,272 Black is beautiful because it feels so good. Black is beautiful because it feels so good.
318 00:36:50,634 00:36:53,194 If black is beautiful, white is divine. If black is beautiful, white is divine.
319 00:36:53,514 00:36:55,505 Now, that nigger's crazy. Now, that nigger's crazy.
320 00:36:56,994 00:37:00,145 Don't call you black, you're a Negro. You sound like them kids in school. Don't call you black, you're a Negro. You sound like them kids in school.
321 00:37:00,234 00:37:02,953 You ever know them dudes? They get madder than a motherfucker. You ever know them dudes? They get madder than a motherfucker.
322 00:37:03,034 00:37:04,183 "Say, black boy." "Say, black boy."
323 00:37:04,274 00:37:07,266 "Say, man. What you mean, black? "Say, man. What you mean, black?
324 00:37:07,674 00:37:09,392 "Baby, I'm colored. "Baby, I'm colored.
325 00:37:10,074 00:37:11,712 "I don't play that shit." "I don't play that shit."
326 00:37:11,794 00:37:13,591 My parents was like that. My parents was like that.
327 00:37:13,674 00:37:16,427 In my neighborhood, used to be some beautiful black man... In my neighborhood, used to be some beautiful black man...
328 00:37:16,514 00:37:20,029 would come through the neighborhood, dressed in African shit. Really nice shit. would come through the neighborhood, dressed in African shit. Really nice shit.
329 00:37:20,114 00:37:23,072 And he'd be, "Peace, love, black is beautiful. And he'd be, "Peace, love, black is beautiful.
330 00:37:23,154 00:37:24,951 "Remember the essence of life. "Remember the essence of life.
331 00:37:25,034 00:37:27,594 "We are people of the universe. Life is beautiful." "We are people of the universe. Life is beautiful."
332 00:37:27,674 00:37:30,472 My parents would go, "That nigger crazy." My parents would go, "That nigger crazy."
333 00:37:32,634 00:37:35,023 I used to love to go to the meetings, when you get down. I used to love to go to the meetings, when you get down.
334 00:37:35,114 00:37:36,263 I got ultra-black for a while. I got ultra-black for a while.
335 00:37:36,354 00:37:38,993 Them brothers be rapping. I never knew what they was saying. Them brothers be rapping. I never knew what they was saying.
336 00:37:39,074 00:37:40,553 But the brothers be having emotion. But the brothers be having emotion.
337 00:37:40,634 00:37:43,865 "You see, the first thing you gotta know is about eating pork. "You see, the first thing you gotta know is about eating pork.
338 00:37:43,954 00:37:45,353 "Now, you eat a piece of pork... "Now, you eat a piece of pork...
339 00:37:45,434 00:37:48,824 "you don't realize the subtlefications of this individuality's prospect. "you don't realize the subtlefications of this individuality's prospect.
340 00:37:48,914 00:37:51,553 "What the man trying to lay on you through porkitis... "What the man trying to lay on you through porkitis...
341 00:37:51,634 00:37:55,707 "you will not understand because the trichinosis of your mind... "you will not understand because the trichinosis of your mind...
342 00:37:55,794 00:37:59,070 "will not relinquish the thought of individuality. "will not relinquish the thought of individuality.
343 00:37:59,154 00:38:00,303 "You know what I mean?" "You know what I mean?"
344 00:38:01,074 00:38:04,430 Ladies and gentlemen, right about now... Ladies and gentlemen, right about now...
345 00:38:05,594 00:38:09,064 the soulful, funky sounds of the Bar-Kays. the soulful, funky sounds of the Bar-Kays.
346 00:38:12,234 00:38:15,749 It's been said many times and many places... It's been said many times and many places...
347 00:38:16,354 00:38:19,983 that freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude. that freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude.
348 00:38:20,514 00:38:25,030 We would like to invite each of you to come and go with us. We would like to invite each of you to come and go with us.
349 00:38:25,114 00:38:29,710 And perhaps you'll see a side of life that you've never seen before. And perhaps you'll see a side of life that you've never seen before.
350 00:38:37,314 00:38:39,509 I'm the son of a badass! I'm the son of a badass!
351 00:42:23,234 00:42:26,943 Right now, we'd like to give everybody a chance... Right now, we'd like to give everybody a chance...
352 00:42:27,714 00:42:28,942 to get down. to get down.
353 00:42:30,194 00:42:31,786 Black people rip off one another. Black people rip off one another.
354 00:42:31,874 00:42:33,910 I'll tell you which ones rip off one another. I'll tell you which ones rip off one another.
355 00:42:33,994 00:42:36,667 It's the ones that don't know who the fuck they are. It's the ones that don't know who the fuck they are.
356 00:42:36,754 00:42:38,745 As simple as that. They don't know who they are. As simple as that. They don't know who they are.
357 00:42:38,834 00:42:42,031 Sometimes, it seemed the guys would rip me off so often... Sometimes, it seemed the guys would rip me off so often...
358 00:42:42,114 00:42:44,070 I thought they were running the place instead of me. I thought they were running the place instead of me.
359 00:42:44,154 00:42:48,352 It was just like them coming in and getting what belong to them. It was just like them coming in and getting what belong to them.
360 00:42:49,114 00:42:51,708 If I can't work and make it, I'll steal and take it. If I can't work and make it, I'll steal and take it.
361 00:42:51,794 00:42:55,025 If there was a way a nigger could put air in a bottle and sell it, he'd do it. If there was a way a nigger could put air in a bottle and sell it, he'd do it.
362 00:42:55,114 00:42:57,708 A nigger can sell anything. I ain't gonna lie to you. A nigger can sell anything. I ain't gonna lie to you.
363 00:42:57,794 00:43:01,309 Anytime a brother would shoot another brother in his own neighborhood... Anytime a brother would shoot another brother in his own neighborhood...
364 00:43:01,394 00:43:04,033 then go to his funeral and turn over his own casket... then go to his funeral and turn over his own casket...
365 00:43:04,114 00:43:06,344 they need to have the police down there. they need to have the police down there.
366 00:43:06,434 00:43:10,905 The niggers are NAACP-ing. Niggers ain't acting like colored people. The niggers are NAACP-ing. Niggers ain't acting like colored people.
367 00:43:11,234 00:43:12,713 And we can't stand that. And we can't stand that.
368 00:43:12,794 00:43:14,546 But pimp, that's why. But pimp, that's why.
369 00:43:15,194 00:43:18,664 Anybody that use somebody else to gain, he's pimping. Anybody that use somebody else to gain, he's pimping.
370 00:43:19,034 00:43:21,502 I'll tell you what, soul brother. Looky here. I'll tell you what, soul brother. Looky here.
371 00:43:21,594 00:43:25,348 Can't nobody pimp you but your pimp-ass self, you understand? Can't nobody pimp you but your pimp-ass self, you understand?
372 00:43:25,434 00:43:30,030 Somewhere along from the day I was born and up until now, something went wrong. Somewhere along from the day I was born and up until now, something went wrong.
373 00:43:30,114 00:43:33,823 And I'm trying to figure out in my mind, "Do it take another riot?" And I'm trying to figure out in my mind, "Do it take another riot?"
374 00:43:33,914 00:43:38,032 I mean, a riot that's gonna include a lot of killing and things... I mean, a riot that's gonna include a lot of killing and things...
375 00:43:38,114 00:43:41,424 in order to get this thing going the way it should be going. in order to get this thing going the way it should be going.
376 00:43:41,514 00:43:45,143 We're tired of gaming, man. We're tired of all this bullshit. We're tired of gaming, man. We're tired of all this bullshit.
377 00:43:45,234 00:43:48,590 We wants jobs and, we wants everything, just like they got. We wants jobs and, we wants everything, just like they got.
378 00:43:48,874 00:43:52,150 It's not getting out and confronting, and fighting the man on the street... It's not getting out and confronting, and fighting the man on the street...
379 00:43:52,234 00:43:54,987 because right now he's got the power, and he's gonna win. because right now he's got the power, and he's gonna win.
380 00:43:55,074 00:43:57,827 What we got to do, we got to get our minds together. What we got to do, we got to get our minds together.
381 00:43:57,954 00:44:00,673 I'm not gonna get up on Front Street and front myself off. I'm not gonna get up on Front Street and front myself off.
382 00:44:00,754 00:44:04,190 You be fronting yourself off every time you be coming out of your house. You be fronting yourself off every time you be coming out of your house.
383 00:44:04,474 00:44:07,625 You see the brother pushing pushcarts. You see the lady bagging out. You see the brother pushing pushcarts. You see the lady bagging out.
384 00:44:07,714 00:44:10,228 See the brother standing up. You understand? See the brother standing up. You understand?
385 00:44:10,314 00:44:14,387 But you know what you got to deal with? The waking up and going to bed. But you know what you got to deal with? The waking up and going to bed.
386 00:44:14,674 00:44:17,507 Once you get a job, nigger, be respectful. Once you get a job, nigger, be respectful.
387 00:44:18,194 00:44:20,389 This is the Age of Aquarius. This is the Age of Aquarius.
388 00:44:21,314 00:44:24,590 "Shit! Man, get a job? "Shit! Man, get a job?
389 00:44:25,074 00:44:27,190 "What the fuck you talking? "What the fuck you talking?
390 00:44:27,274 00:44:30,710 "I went down. Man, I ain't bullshitting, baby. "I went down. Man, I ain't bullshitting, baby.
391 00:44:30,794 00:44:34,469 "I went down to the unemployment bureau. "I went down to the unemployment bureau.
392 00:44:35,714 00:44:36,829 "You dig? "You dig?
393 00:44:37,354 00:44:40,790 "I just got out the joint. You know what I mean? "I just got out the joint. You know what I mean?
394 00:44:40,874 00:44:43,946 "I'm in the joint, I go to the unemployment bureau... "I'm in the joint, I go to the unemployment bureau...
395 00:44:44,034 00:44:47,788 "the bitch telling me, 'What's your occupation?' "the bitch telling me, 'What's your occupation?'
396 00:44:47,874 00:44:50,388 "I said, 'Pressing license plates.' "I said, 'Pressing license plates.'
397 00:44:52,594 00:44:57,110 "Where you gonna find a job for a nigger out here pressing license plates? "Where you gonna find a job for a nigger out here pressing license plates?
398 00:44:58,074 00:45:02,431 "And I'm a license plate-pressing motherfucker. "And I'm a license plate-pressing motherfucker.
399 00:45:03,554 00:45:04,828 "You dig? "You dig?
400 00:45:06,234 00:45:09,431 "Old bitch has got a tiara and shit up there. "Old bitch has got a tiara and shit up there.
401 00:45:09,514 00:45:13,746 "Old, ugly white whore with old wrinkles and shit. "Old, ugly white whore with old wrinkles and shit.
402 00:45:13,834 00:45:18,271 "Bitch got funky with me. I said, 'Fuck the job, bitch. "Bitch got funky with me. I said, 'Fuck the job, bitch.
403 00:45:19,274 00:45:22,869 "'Kiss my ass. And your mama, too.'" "'Kiss my ass. And your mama, too.'"
404 00:45:24,114 00:45:28,027 You know what I learned up in Soledad in '67? You know what I learned up in Soledad in '67?
405 00:45:28,274 00:45:30,663 That you got to... You got to what? That you got to... You got to what?
406 00:45:30,754 00:45:33,143 Stay out the penitentiary. Stay out the penitentiary.
407 00:45:36,434 00:45:38,948 And this number's being especially played and dedicated... And this number's being especially played and dedicated...
408 00:45:39,034 00:45:40,945 to all of the blues lovers. to all of the blues lovers.
409 00:45:43,234 00:45:46,351 And to all of those that's not hip to the blues. And to all of those that's not hip to the blues.
410 00:45:47,674 00:45:51,553 We're gonna learn them to you, teach them to you, brother... We're gonna learn them to you, teach them to you, brother...
411 00:45:51,634 00:45:54,102 'cause we'll be around for a while. 'cause we'll be around for a while.
412 00:46:57,434 00:46:58,787 You know how much shit I've been through. You know how much shit I've been through.
413 00:46:58,874 00:47:00,273 I done had three mothers in my life. I done had three mothers in my life.
414 00:47:00,354 00:47:01,343 That's why I think... That's why I think...
415 00:47:01,434 00:47:04,983 you see a man walking down the street by himself alone at night, lonesome... you see a man walking down the street by himself alone at night, lonesome...
416 00:47:05,074 00:47:07,110 walking down the street about 6:00 in the morning... walking down the street about 6:00 in the morning...
417 00:47:07,194 00:47:09,867 he'll stand in front of the mirror and say: he'll stand in front of the mirror and say:
418 00:47:09,954 00:47:11,228 "Ricky, what are you doing?" "Ricky, what are you doing?"
419 00:47:11,314 00:47:15,432 And he'll say, "Doo doo da doo," and start singing the blues. You know what I mean? And he'll say, "Doo doo da doo," and start singing the blues. You know what I mean?
420 00:47:15,514 00:47:19,985 I like the blues. I don't like the jazz. I'm too old a man to like a lot of that. I like the blues. I don't like the jazz. I'm too old a man to like a lot of that.
421 00:47:20,074 00:47:21,143 The blues. The blues.
422 00:47:21,394 00:47:24,545 People have to have something they can relate to for right now. People have to have something they can relate to for right now.
423 00:47:24,634 00:47:27,751 I don't mean tomorrow, but right now. You dig what I'm saying? I don't mean tomorrow, but right now. You dig what I'm saying?
424 00:47:27,834 00:47:29,950 The blues is past tense. The blues is past tense.
425 00:47:30,034 00:47:32,594 That's the black man's cousin, the blues. That's the black man's cousin, the blues.
426 00:47:32,994 00:47:35,633 I've been down so long... Tell them why. I've been down so long... Tell them why.
427 00:47:35,714 00:47:38,547 That getting up don't even cross my mind. That getting up don't even cross my mind.
428 00:47:38,634 00:47:40,386 Yes, I've had the blues. Yes, I've had the blues.
429 00:47:40,474 00:47:43,864 I've had men that I really liked, that I really loved. I've had men that I really liked, that I really loved.
430 00:47:43,954 00:47:46,991 And they have a change of heart, a change of mind. And they have a change of heart, a change of mind.
431 00:47:47,074 00:47:50,191 And there you are, standing there with your heart in your hand. And there you are, standing there with your heart in your hand.
432 00:47:50,274 00:47:54,062 Just like if you had an old car, and it kept stopping on you. Just like if you had an old car, and it kept stopping on you.
433 00:47:55,074 00:47:59,113 This is what I've experienced with the blues in many ways. This is what I've experienced with the blues in many ways.
434 00:47:59,194 00:48:02,391 Not just being in love. Not just being in love.
435 00:48:02,474 00:48:05,546 Although, that's one of the hurtingest blues you can have. Although, that's one of the hurtingest blues you can have.
436 00:48:05,994 00:48:08,792 You know what I told her when she called me on the phone? You know what I told her when she called me on the phone?
437 00:48:08,874 00:48:10,785 I said, "Honey, I done married again. I said, "Honey, I done married again.
438 00:48:10,914 00:48:13,872 "I got me a good wife, and forget about you." "I got me a good wife, and forget about you."
439 00:48:14,114 00:48:16,025 Yes, sir. "Forget about you." Yes, sir. "Forget about you."
440 00:48:16,114 00:48:19,550 'Cause that's all I wanted of her, is to let me alone. 'Cause that's all I wanted of her, is to let me alone.
441 00:48:19,634 00:48:22,990 But I loved her, boy. You know what? I tell you what. But I loved her, boy. You know what? I tell you what.
442 00:48:23,874 00:48:28,470 I'd work, I'd buy.... I'd wear jeans, boy. She'd go to church with furs. I'd work, I'd buy.... I'd wear jeans, boy. She'd go to church with furs.
443 00:48:28,954 00:48:29,943 I ain't lying. I ain't lying.
444 00:48:30,034 00:48:33,868 $200 and $500 bracelets, big ring on her finger. $200 and $500 bracelets, big ring on her finger.
445 00:48:33,954 00:48:35,307 Singing in the choir. Singing in the choir.
446 00:48:35,474 00:48:38,511 And I got two jobs to support that goddamn woman. And I got two jobs to support that goddamn woman.
447 00:48:38,794 00:48:41,354 You know that? And that's the honest God's truth. You know that? And that's the honest God's truth.
448 00:48:41,594 00:48:43,391 You take care of business, far as I'm concerned. You take care of business, far as I'm concerned.
449 00:48:43,474 00:48:46,386 Who? Do you know she was pretty? Who? Do you know she was pretty?
450 00:48:47,434 00:48:49,504 Man, she had my nose open. Man, she had my nose open.
451 00:48:52,434 00:48:54,231 So I see that. She had my nose open. So I see that. She had my nose open.
452 00:48:54,314 00:48:57,386 I tell you what. And right today... I tell you what. And right today...
453 00:48:57,474 00:49:00,591 every time I think about it, damn it, I get mad. every time I think about it, damn it, I get mad.
454 00:49:00,834 00:49:03,473 I used to cry over her. I used to cry over her.
455 00:49:03,954 00:49:05,990 I ain't lying. Sometime I'd be at the job... I ain't lying. Sometime I'd be at the job...
456 00:49:06,074 00:49:08,429 and I had to go and sit in the car for a few minutes. and I had to go and sit in the car for a few minutes.
457 00:49:08,514 00:49:10,789 They'd ask me, "What's wrong with you, man?" They'd ask me, "What's wrong with you, man?"
458 00:49:10,874 00:49:11,943 And I wouldn't tell them. And I wouldn't tell them.
459 00:49:12,034 00:49:15,549 I didn't want nobody to know I was weak, that weak, behind a woman. I didn't want nobody to know I was weak, that weak, behind a woman.
460 00:49:15,634 00:49:18,228 I loved her, man. I ain't lying. I loved her. I loved her, man. I ain't lying. I loved her.
461 00:51:51,394 00:51:52,873 Did she hurt you bad, man? Did she hurt you bad, man?
462 00:51:52,954 00:51:55,263 She tore me up. She tore me up.
463 00:51:56,394 00:51:59,943 She turned me against the whole female sex... She turned me against the whole female sex...
464 00:52:00,034 00:52:02,104 as far as life is concerned for me. as far as life is concerned for me.
465 00:52:03,194 00:52:06,266 Can't nobody give a sister the blues like her man. Can't nobody give a sister the blues like her man.
466 00:52:06,354 00:52:08,822 That's the blues. That's the sure-enough blues, really. That's the blues. That's the sure-enough blues, really.
467 00:52:08,914 00:52:12,589 You ever had a woman that you loved, or a girlfriend or something... You ever had a woman that you loved, or a girlfriend or something...
468 00:52:12,674 00:52:16,110 that you really felt like you couldn't make it without? that you really felt like you couldn't make it without?
469 00:52:16,194 00:52:19,982 And along come one of them old hip dudes and slid her right out from under you? And along come one of them old hip dudes and slid her right out from under you?
470 00:52:20,074 00:52:22,872 If you didn't have the blues then... If you didn't have the blues then...
471 00:52:22,954 00:52:25,024 you're right, you don't know nothing about it. you're right, you don't know nothing about it.
472 00:52:25,754 00:52:28,143 A lot of people talk about Jody. A lot of people talk about Jody.
473 00:52:29,674 00:52:32,108 You know who Jody's supposed to be. You know who Jody's supposed to be.
474 00:52:32,554 00:52:34,351 Jody is that fella... Jody is that fella...
475 00:52:35,074 00:52:37,144 that when you leave home... that when you leave home...
476 00:52:37,674 00:52:38,993 at 6:00... at 6:00...
477 00:52:39,834 00:52:42,632 he's in your house at 6:01. he's in your house at 6:01.
478 00:52:46,754 00:52:48,790 I want everybody to get in on this thing. I want everybody to get in on this thing.
479 00:52:55,154 00:52:57,270 You all feel it over there? Yeah. You all feel it over there? Yeah.
480 00:53:04,194 00:53:06,185 You all feel it over here? You all feel it over here?
481 00:53:07,234 00:53:09,907 I'm gonna tell you all a story about Jody, right. I'm gonna tell you all a story about Jody, right.
482 00:55:26,154 00:55:27,667 Just wait a minute. Just wait a minute.
483 00:55:27,754 00:55:30,063 Honey, do you know Jody? Honey, do you know Jody?
484 00:55:35,874 00:55:39,503 All the girls that know Jody, let me see you wave your hand. All the girls that know Jody, let me see you wave your hand.
485 00:56:19,434 00:56:21,902 Johnnie Taylor. Johnnie Taylor.
486 00:56:23,394 00:56:26,625 You ever try to get in after hours? We had a place called the Blue Note... You ever try to get in after hours? We had a place called the Blue Note...
487 00:56:26,714 00:56:29,831 with a blue window, and it had a note painted in the glass. with a blue window, and it had a note painted in the glass.
488 00:56:29,914 00:56:31,552 Right, you could look through. Right, you could look through.
489 00:56:31,634 00:56:33,829 You remember that? The Blue Note. You remember that? The Blue Note.
490 00:56:33,914 00:56:37,543 You'd be checking, looking through that peeled paint and shit. You'd be checking, looking through that peeled paint and shit.
491 00:56:37,634 00:56:39,033 They'd be getting down. They'd be getting down.
492 00:56:39,114 00:56:43,665 You'd try, "Curtis, you going in, brother? Take me in with you, man." You'd try, "Curtis, you going in, brother? Take me in with you, man."
493 00:56:44,634 00:56:45,953 "Guess.... "Guess....
494 00:56:48,274 00:56:51,346 "Fuck you, then. You don't have to take me no place, nigger. "Fuck you, then. You don't have to take me no place, nigger.
495 00:56:51,434 00:56:53,709 "Come on, do something. You bad? "Come on, do something. You bad?
496 00:56:53,794 00:56:57,673 "I'm bullshitting, brother. I'm just playing. But take me in with you. "I'm bullshitting, brother. I'm just playing. But take me in with you.
497 00:56:57,754 00:57:00,985 "I got a little business. You know I'm gonna get it on. You know what I mean?" "I got a little business. You know I'm gonna get it on. You know what I mean?"
498 00:57:01,074 00:57:04,828 The dude take you in with him. You knock on the door like a speakeasy. The dude take you in with him. You knock on the door like a speakeasy.
499 00:57:04,914 00:57:07,064 You have to knock all night. You have to knock all night.
500 00:57:07,834 00:57:09,631 Then the dude open it. "What you want?" Then the dude open it. "What you want?"
501 00:57:09,714 00:57:12,786 "Hank sent me." "I don't know no goddamn Hank." "Hank sent me." "I don't know no goddamn Hank."
502 00:57:12,874 00:57:15,069 Then the nigger go off, right? Nigger get mad. Then the nigger go off, right? Nigger get mad.
503 00:57:15,154 00:57:19,591 "Say, motherfucker, what you mean you ain't gonna let me in this funky joint? "Say, motherfucker, what you mean you ain't gonna let me in this funky joint?
504 00:57:19,674 00:57:24,543 "Much money I done spent in here, nigger. I knew your mom when she was whoring." "Much money I done spent in here, nigger. I knew your mom when she was whoring."
505 00:57:25,674 00:57:27,949 Right, then the dude let him in. Right, then the dude let him in.
506 00:57:28,034 00:57:30,150 "Come on in, man. I was going to let you in. Shit. "Come on in, man. I was going to let you in. Shit.
507 00:57:30,234 00:57:32,190 "You don't gotta talk to me like that. "You don't gotta talk to me like that.
508 00:57:32,274 00:57:33,502 "Shit, how old are you, boy?" "Shit, how old are you, boy?"
509 00:57:33,594 00:57:36,904 You have to lie. I say, "19." "Nigger, you look 35." You have to lie. I say, "19." "Nigger, you look 35."
510 00:57:37,714 00:57:39,386 Then you go in the back room. Then you go in the back room.
511 00:57:39,474 00:57:43,672 White cats in Vegas. I was in Las Vegas. They gamble different, very quiet like. White cats in Vegas. I was in Las Vegas. They gamble different, very quiet like.
512 00:57:43,754 00:57:45,506 "$2,000 on the five. "$2,000 on the five.
513 00:57:46,114 00:57:48,469 "Oops, I missed. Gosh, gee whiz." "Oops, I missed. Gosh, gee whiz."
514 00:57:48,554 00:57:51,591 Niggers be talking about, "Hump, baby. Niggers be talking about, "Hump, baby.
515 00:57:51,674 00:57:54,507 "Shit. Bet I do it over tom-tom. "Shit. Bet I do it over tom-tom.
516 00:57:56,834 00:57:58,825 "Save that nigger. Shit. "Save that nigger. Shit.
517 00:58:00,074 00:58:02,542 "Bar. Bet the bar. Off-time. "Bar. Bet the bar. Off-time.
518 00:58:03,314 00:58:05,748 "I'm trying to make me some money. "I'm trying to make me some money.
519 00:58:06,634 00:58:09,592 "I'm hungry for hog meat. Slap, Jesus. "I'm hungry for hog meat. Slap, Jesus.
520 00:58:09,994 00:58:13,350 "Shit. Gotta be a Jesus 'cause too many black folks. "Shit. Gotta be a Jesus 'cause too many black folks.
521 00:58:13,634 00:58:16,387 "Nigger, what, boy? I ain't got no money. "Nigger, what, boy? I ain't got no money.
522 00:58:16,674 00:58:18,904 "Get up off me, motherfucker. "Get up off me, motherfucker.
523 00:58:19,794 00:58:22,866 "Shit, I'm trying to get this six up off my ass. "Shit, I'm trying to get this six up off my ass.
524 00:58:23,314 00:58:27,512 "If I six, we're going to have a new crap game. You can believe that. Shit! "If I six, we're going to have a new crap game. You can believe that. Shit!
525 00:58:27,594 00:58:29,983 "Borrow what, man? I ain't got no money, nigger. "Borrow what, man? I ain't got no money, nigger.
526 00:58:30,074 00:58:31,268 "I'm going to pay you. "I'm going to pay you.
527 00:58:31,354 00:58:34,949 "Goddamn. Nigger won't leave me alone. Supposed to be my partner. "Goddamn. Nigger won't leave me alone. Supposed to be my partner.
528 00:58:35,034 00:58:38,151 "Get me a beer or something, boy. I'm trying to hustle." "Get me a beer or something, boy. I'm trying to hustle."
529 00:58:39,274 00:58:44,223 You know, the nigger be, "Seven! Motherfucker! Goddamn! You know, the nigger be, "Seven! Motherfucker! Goddamn!
530 00:58:44,394 00:58:48,785 "Boy, you check that seven. The man had his hand on the table. "Boy, you check that seven. The man had his hand on the table.
531 00:58:49,154 00:58:51,622 "He hit the dice. Nigger ain't fade nobody. "He hit the dice. Nigger ain't fade nobody.
532 00:58:51,714 00:58:55,866 "Shit. Fucked up my money. Jive turkey. "Shit. Fucked up my money. Jive turkey.
533 00:58:57,994 00:59:00,303 "Shit. Brother, what's happening? "Shit. Brother, what's happening?
534 00:59:01,354 00:59:04,391 "This nigger was down, fucking around. "This nigger was down, fucking around.
535 00:59:04,474 00:59:07,830 "Let me have $2. Give me $2. "Let me have $2. Give me $2.
536 00:59:09,234 00:59:11,623 "Want to buy a radio? "Want to buy a radio?
537 00:59:12,874 00:59:15,672 "Dig, mama, it got 16 channels. "Dig, mama, it got 16 channels.
538 00:59:15,754 00:59:17,551 "Fuck you, too, nigger." "Fuck you, too, nigger."
539 01:00:35,394 01:00:37,305 I love black women. I'm black. I love black women. I'm black.
540 01:00:37,394 01:00:39,589 All black women are my sisters, man. All black women are my sisters, man.
541 01:00:39,674 01:00:43,952 The way the brother walks is beautiful. The way he talks is beautiful. The way the brother walks is beautiful. The way he talks is beautiful.
542 01:00:44,354 01:00:48,905 The way he abuses me is beautiful. The brother is beautiful. The way he abuses me is beautiful. The brother is beautiful.
543 01:00:48,994 01:00:52,623 The way he makes love to me is beautiful. You know, that's my man. The way he makes love to me is beautiful. You know, that's my man.
544 01:00:52,714 01:00:57,390 She's behind me 100%. She believes in everything I believe in. She's behind me 100%. She believes in everything I believe in.
545 01:00:57,474 01:00:58,509 And whatever I do... And whatever I do...
546 01:00:58,594 01:01:01,188 she go right along with me and do it at the same time... she go right along with me and do it at the same time...
547 01:01:01,274 01:01:02,423 with no doubts in her mind... with no doubts in her mind...
548 01:01:02,514 01:01:05,711 because she know that I'm positive, and that I'm out to get over... because she know that I'm positive, and that I'm out to get over...
549 01:01:05,794 01:01:08,388 and that I'm going to try to get a piece of this country. and that I'm going to try to get a piece of this country.
550 01:01:08,474 01:01:11,591 I have to be the lead horse. I have to be in charge.... I have to be the lead horse. I have to be in charge....
551 01:01:11,674 01:01:14,871 Not in charge, but I got to be on top of her all the time. Not in charge, but I got to be on top of her all the time.
552 01:01:14,954 01:01:17,388 You think you're the boss between you and your old lady? You think you're the boss between you and your old lady?
553 01:01:17,474 01:01:20,113 I know I'm the boss. The reason why I know this is because.. I know I'm the boss. The reason why I know this is because..
554 01:01:20,194 01:01:23,630 Your old lady's so bad, she actually got you believing that shit. Your old lady's so bad, she actually got you believing that shit.
555 01:01:23,714 01:01:28,390 No, the black woman has always been two steps ahead of her man. Always. No, the black woman has always been two steps ahead of her man. Always.
556 01:01:29,034 01:01:33,346 I'd say I prefer an older broad to a younger broad any day... I'd say I prefer an older broad to a younger broad any day...
557 01:01:33,434 01:01:36,744 because the understanding is here and not so much here. because the understanding is here and not so much here.
558 01:01:36,834 01:01:41,589 A lot of people think with their mouth and not with their head. Like your mama. A lot of people think with their mouth and not with their head. Like your mama.
559 01:01:42,074 01:01:43,951 But you're gonna get her physically first. But you're gonna get her physically first.
560 01:01:44,034 01:01:46,502 No, mentally, brother. Go for the head. No, mentally, brother. Go for the head.
561 01:01:46,594 01:01:49,347 The first thing that's gonna attract you is the physical thing. The first thing that's gonna attract you is the physical thing.
562 01:01:49,434 01:01:52,904 Ain't no sense in taking no head and leaving the rest. Take the whole thing. Ain't no sense in taking no head and leaving the rest. Take the whole thing.
563 01:01:52,994 01:01:56,782 When a woman steps out the door, if you decide you wanna jam her, jam her. When a woman steps out the door, if you decide you wanna jam her, jam her.
564 01:01:57,074 01:01:58,985 lf she can accept it, it's beautiful. lf she can accept it, it's beautiful.
565 01:01:59,074 01:02:01,542 Let me tell you the truth. I think I've had more women... Let me tell you the truth. I think I've had more women...
566 01:02:01,634 01:02:03,784 than both of you cats put together a thousand times. than both of you cats put together a thousand times.
567 01:02:03,874 01:02:07,105 We're not ready for all this bullshit we getting from the black man. We're not ready for all this bullshit we getting from the black man.
568 01:02:07,194 01:02:09,708 We not taking it anymore like we used to. We not taking it anymore like we used to.
569 01:02:09,794 01:02:13,150 That mean I have sex with between eight, nine and ten... That mean I have sex with between eight, nine and ten...
570 01:02:13,234 01:02:17,227 between the hour of 7:00 in the morning and the hour of 12:00. between the hour of 7:00 in the morning and the hour of 12:00.
571 01:02:17,394 01:02:19,305 Now that nigger's crazy. Now that nigger's crazy.
572 01:02:20,514 01:02:23,824 Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to present to you... Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to present to you...
573 01:02:24,314 01:02:28,227 the lady that did such a wonderful job as hostess on the television program... the lady that did such a wonderful job as hostess on the television program...
574 01:02:28,314 01:02:30,782 this morning of the Watts Festival... this morning of the Watts Festival...
575 01:02:31,554 01:02:35,069 Miss Gee Whiz. Come on, let's meet Miss Carla Thomas. Miss Gee Whiz. Come on, let's meet Miss Carla Thomas.
576 01:04:26,114 01:04:26,944 All right. All right.
577 01:04:27,354 01:04:28,867 I remember the time I was a kid. I remember the time I was a kid.
578 01:04:28,954 01:04:31,104 My dad would hide in the back of the house... My dad would hide in the back of the house...
579 01:04:31,194 01:04:33,992 when a bill collector come knocking on the door. when a bill collector come knocking on the door.
580 01:04:34,074 01:04:36,463 My mom would have to go to the door and face him. My mom would have to go to the door and face him.
581 01:04:36,554 01:04:40,752 She'd tell him a lie or curse him, whatever it took to get him away from the house. She'd tell him a lie or curse him, whatever it took to get him away from the house.
582 01:04:40,834 01:04:43,223 My daddy would hide in the back. He was afraid. My daddy would hide in the back. He was afraid.
583 01:04:43,314 01:04:47,546 This went on years past that time. This went on years past that time.
584 01:04:47,634 01:04:51,149 Black women would always be the man, so to speak. Black women would always be the man, so to speak.
585 01:04:51,234 01:04:54,670 When it comes to confrontation with white people... When it comes to confrontation with white people...
586 01:04:54,754 01:04:58,827 the black male was always kind of afraid to face the man. the black male was always kind of afraid to face the man.
587 01:04:59,394 01:05:00,873 And the woman had to face him. And the woman had to face him.
588 01:05:00,954 01:05:04,469 That is the problem that stems between the black man and the black woman... That is the problem that stems between the black man and the black woman...
589 01:05:04,554 01:05:09,309 today, because she wants to control and rule and run him, and you can't do that. today, because she wants to control and rule and run him, and you can't do that.
590 01:05:09,634 01:05:11,989 He cannot survive and get free... He cannot survive and get free...
591 01:05:12,074 01:05:16,465 under the same thing that his mama and his sister and his wife put on him... under the same thing that his mama and his sister and his wife put on him...
592 01:05:16,554 01:05:19,307 way back there, when she had to do it to keep him from getting lynched. way back there, when she had to do it to keep him from getting lynched.
593 01:05:19,394 01:05:23,103 Usually a black man is kept in the background. Usually a black man is kept in the background.
594 01:05:23,194 01:05:27,233 Now they're coming up forward and I love that. Now they're coming up forward and I love that.
595 01:05:27,314 01:05:30,670 You let me find me a good black man. I'll be damned if I let him go anywhere. You let me find me a good black man. I'll be damned if I let him go anywhere.
596 01:05:30,754 01:05:34,110 I always said I'd never fight over a man, but you let me have a good black man... I always said I'd never fight over a man, but you let me have a good black man...
597 01:05:34,194 01:05:37,345 the bitch can't say shit to me. She will get her ass kicked. I don't play it. the bitch can't say shit to me. She will get her ass kicked. I don't play it.
598 01:05:37,714 01:05:40,512 The one thing I really don't like about black men is: The one thing I really don't like about black men is:
599 01:05:40,594 01:05:42,425 all the black women that there is... all the black women that there is...
600 01:05:42,514 01:05:45,233 I don't understand why they would... I don't understand why they would...
601 01:05:46,434 01:05:50,950 prefer white women, or whatever... prefer white women, or whatever...
602 01:05:52,554 01:05:55,671 when there're lots of black women... when there're lots of black women...
603 01:05:55,754 01:05:58,222 who can do more... who can do more...
604 01:05:58,314 01:06:00,908 than a white woman. than a white woman.
605 01:06:03,194 01:06:06,630 A white girl that digs black brothers... A white girl that digs black brothers...
606 01:06:06,714 01:06:08,909 that want a black brother.... that want a black brother....
607 01:06:09,794 01:06:14,231 I done had experience with a few of them. And they do the nigger right. I done had experience with a few of them. And they do the nigger right.
608 01:06:14,354 01:06:16,743 In his soul, in his heart... In his soul, in his heart...
609 01:06:16,834 01:06:19,507 in his spirit, in his being... in his spirit, in his being...
610 01:06:19,714 01:06:22,274 he does not actually feel the white woman... he does not actually feel the white woman...
611 01:06:22,354 01:06:25,027 'cause the white woman ain't hip to mustard greens and cornbread. 'cause the white woman ain't hip to mustard greens and cornbread.
612 01:06:25,114 01:06:26,103 You dig what I mean? You dig what I mean?
613 01:06:26,194 01:06:29,789 The white woman ain't hip to his little tricks. The white woman ain't hip to his little tricks.
614 01:06:30,354 01:06:32,504 A brother can play tricks on a white woman... A brother can play tricks on a white woman...
615 01:06:32,594 01:06:35,188 and she can't cope with it. All she can do is say yes. and she can't cope with it. All she can do is say yes.
616 01:06:35,274 01:06:38,471 But there are certain tricks that he can't play on a sister. But there are certain tricks that he can't play on a sister.
617 01:06:38,554 01:06:41,387 lf you get out there and pick up a stray broad off the street... lf you get out there and pick up a stray broad off the street...
618 01:06:41,474 01:06:44,034 don't think you gonna get a whole lot, because you ain't. don't think you gonna get a whole lot, because you ain't.
619 01:06:44,114 01:06:47,948 You're not. That's why I condemn all black men, black women... You're not. That's why I condemn all black men, black women...
620 01:06:48,034 01:06:50,787 that get out there and get whitey, 'cause it ain't shit. that get out there and get whitey, 'cause it ain't shit.
621 01:06:51,074 01:06:53,463 Some niggers I know like Chinese women. Some niggers I know like Chinese women.
622 01:06:55,554 01:06:57,385 Ladies and gentlemen... Ladies and gentlemen...
623 01:06:57,514 01:07:00,028 let's meet and greet... let's meet and greet...
624 01:07:00,914 01:07:03,474 Mr. Rufus Thomas! Mr. Rufus Thomas!
625 01:07:34,034 01:07:36,707 Can I ask you something? Yeah! Can I ask you something? Yeah!
626 01:07:36,794 01:07:39,672 I said, can I ask you something? Yeah! I said, can I ask you something? Yeah!
627 01:07:40,514 01:07:42,027 Ain't I'm clean? Ain't I'm clean?
628 01:07:55,714 01:07:58,706 Fellas! Thank you. Fellas! Thank you.
629 01:07:59,394 01:08:00,873 You all ready for it? Yeah! You all ready for it? Yeah!
630 01:08:00,954 01:08:03,388 You all ready for it? Here it is! Yeah! You all ready for it? Here it is! Yeah!
631 01:11:31,634 01:11:33,511 Hey, Mr. Rufus Thomas! Hey, Mr. Rufus Thomas!
632 01:11:33,594 01:11:36,062 Come on, Rufus, tell them about it. Come on, Rufus, tell them about it.
633 01:11:36,154 01:11:39,271 Tell them about it! Can you hear me out there? Tell them about it! Can you hear me out there?
634 01:11:39,674 01:11:41,665 Yeah! Yeah!
635 01:11:42,634 01:11:44,590 All right, I want everybody.... All right, I want everybody....
636 01:11:44,674 01:11:47,507 Don't want nobody on the field, not yet. Don't want nobody on the field, not yet.
637 01:11:51,354 01:11:54,664 Now when I tell you to get on the field... Now when I tell you to get on the field...
638 01:11:54,874 01:11:56,830 then you get on the field. then you get on the field.
639 01:11:58,314 01:12:01,465 Then I just might get out on the field with you. Then I just might get out on the field with you.
640 01:12:03,034 01:12:05,673 All right. Here we go. All right. Here we go.
641 01:12:59,754 01:13:01,187 You all ready? You all ready?
642 01:13:05,794 01:13:07,352 Okay, here we go. Okay, here we go.
643 01:14:16,634 01:14:18,067 You all ready? You all ready?
644 01:14:19,314 01:14:21,623 You all ready? Yeah! You all ready? Yeah!
645 01:14:21,754 01:14:23,392 Okay, here we go. Okay, here we go.
646 01:16:07,474 01:16:10,989 Now, wait a minute. Now, wait a minute.
647 01:16:11,314 01:16:13,145 We all together out here. We all together out here.
648 01:16:13,834 01:16:15,825 We all gonna have some fun. We all gonna have some fun.
649 01:16:16,994 01:16:20,111 But you ain't supposed to have your fun on the ground. But you ain't supposed to have your fun on the ground.
650 01:16:20,194 01:16:22,628 You're supposed to be in the stands. You're supposed to be in the stands.
651 01:16:23,074 01:16:26,350 More power to the folks that's going to the stands. More power to the folks that's going to the stands.
652 01:16:37,314 01:16:39,111 And I wish the mike cord were long enough... And I wish the mike cord were long enough...
653 01:16:39,194 01:16:40,912 I'd go in the stands with you. I'd go in the stands with you.
654 01:16:40,994 01:16:43,667 More power to the folks that's going to the stands. More power to the folks that's going to the stands.
655 01:16:43,754 01:16:45,426 Ain't no problem at all, fellas. Ain't no problem at all, fellas.
656 01:16:45,514 01:16:49,666 It ain't what you got, it's what you know what to do with what you got. It ain't what you got, it's what you know what to do with what you got.
657 01:16:52,794 01:16:56,184 So all of you, will you please.... All you people right in there... So all of you, will you please.... All you people right in there...
658 01:16:56,274 01:16:58,026 please go to the stands. please go to the stands.
659 01:16:59,034 01:17:01,912 Please. With a capital "P. " Please. With a capital "P. "
660 01:17:05,594 01:17:08,313 Come on, you all, please go to the stands. Come on, you all, please go to the stands.
661 01:17:09,394 01:17:13,023 That's right. Might be a little slow, but you just got to go. That's right. Might be a little slow, but you just got to go.
662 01:17:13,554 01:17:17,547 So, how about it, brother? Power to the people that go to the stands! So, how about it, brother? Power to the people that go to the stands!
663 01:17:18,954 01:17:21,832 Power to the folks! Let's go to the stands. Power to the folks! Let's go to the stands.
664 01:17:21,914 01:17:24,382 Power to the people! Let's go to the stands. Power to the people! Let's go to the stands.
665 01:17:25,354 01:17:29,142 Please go to.... Don't jump the fence because it don't make sense. Please go to.... Don't jump the fence because it don't make sense.
666 01:17:31,394 01:17:35,182 You and that upside-down umbrella. I'm talking about you, fella. You and that upside-down umbrella. I'm talking about you, fella.
667 01:17:37,994 01:17:41,066 He don't mean to be mean, he just want to be seen. He don't mean to be mean, he just want to be seen.
668 01:17:43,794 01:17:48,504 Look, you ain't no Indian, lady, but you going have to get off the field, too. Look, you ain't no Indian, lady, but you going have to get off the field, too.
669 01:17:50,274 01:17:53,152 Now whatever you do now, please. Now whatever you do now, please.
670 01:17:53,554 01:17:56,148 Now, will you please hold what you got? Now, will you please hold what you got?
671 01:18:02,354 01:18:04,868 Yeah, that's a brother, all right. Yeah, that's a brother, all right.
672 01:18:09,874 01:18:14,265 Yeah, that's a brother, all right, but I'll be damned if he's my brother. Yeah, that's a brother, all right, but I'll be damned if he's my brother.
673 01:18:24,674 01:18:28,872 Somebody told him he's cute and he want to try to show it off out there. Somebody told him he's cute and he want to try to show it off out there.
674 01:18:29,794 01:18:34,231 Standing there, looking just like the thing that eat up my grandpa's dog. Standing there, looking just like the thing that eat up my grandpa's dog.
675 01:18:41,674 01:18:44,632 See, the good part about it... See, the good part about it...
676 01:18:44,714 01:18:49,469 the very good part about all that, now he knows he's wrong. the very good part about all that, now he knows he's wrong.
677 01:18:50,194 01:18:52,628 But if you go out there and try to tell him he's wrong... But if you go out there and try to tell him he's wrong...
678 01:18:52,714 01:18:54,864 then want to try to whoop everybody, see? then want to try to whoop everybody, see?
679 01:18:54,954 01:18:58,503 See, he's got his fists up now. See what I'm talking about? See, he's got his fists up now. See what I'm talking about?
680 01:19:05,034 01:19:08,583 And that's what you call our black brother. Now you all get him off. And that's what you call our black brother. Now you all get him off.
681 01:19:08,674 01:19:12,383 You all got out there and get him off. Get him off, you all! Get him on off. You all got out there and get him off. Get him off, you all! Get him on off.
682 01:19:17,834 01:19:21,463 Just take him right on off and everything will be all right, y'all. Just take him right on off and everything will be all right, y'all.
683 01:19:21,554 01:19:24,193 They'd arrest me, especially at night. They have a curfew, right? They'd arrest me, especially at night. They have a curfew, right?
684 01:19:24,274 01:19:26,868 Niggers have to be home by 11 :00, Negroes, 12:00. Niggers have to be home by 11 :00, Negroes, 12:00.
685 01:19:26,954 01:19:29,388 And you'd be trying to get home. Doing your cool running shit. And you'd be trying to get home. Doing your cool running shit.
686 01:19:29,474 01:19:31,988 Always they'd catch you out in front of a store or something... Always they'd catch you out in front of a store or something...
687 01:19:32,074 01:19:33,666 'cause you be taking shortcuts, right? 'cause you be taking shortcuts, right?
688 01:19:33,754 01:19:36,348 "Put your hands up, black boy! " "Put your hands up, black boy! "
689 01:19:37,034 01:19:38,990 You panic. "All right, don't move! " You panic. "All right, don't move! "
690 01:19:39,074 01:19:41,304 You be scared to death. "Put your hands against the wall! " You be scared to death. "Put your hands against the wall! "
691 01:19:41,394 01:19:43,669 "There ain't no wall." "Find one. "There ain't no wall." "Find one.
692 01:19:44,154 01:19:45,507 "Put the handcuffs on him, Fred." "Put the handcuffs on him, Fred."
693 01:19:45,594 01:19:47,869 They put the handcuffs on, and I was really skinny. They put the handcuffs on, and I was really skinny.
694 01:19:47,954 01:19:49,626 They'd slip off and the dude would get mad. They'd slip off and the dude would get mad.
695 01:19:49,714 01:19:52,308 "All right. Put them on his ankles or his ass or something." "All right. Put them on his ankles or his ass or something."
696 01:19:52,394 01:19:55,704 They handcuffed my thighs, right? Hopped me to the car. They handcuffed my thighs, right? Hopped me to the car.
697 01:19:55,794 01:19:58,149 Then they call my father about 4:00 in the morning. Then they call my father about 4:00 in the morning.
698 01:19:58,234 01:20:00,702 "Mr. Pryor, we have your son down here at headquarters. "Mr. Pryor, we have your son down here at headquarters.
699 01:20:00,794 01:20:02,830 "What about it?" "Fuck him." "What about it?" "Fuck him."
700 01:20:03,354 01:20:04,423 You know. You know.
701 01:20:04,514 01:20:07,187 And my mother'd have to beg him to come get me out. And my mother'd have to beg him to come get me out.
702 01:20:07,274 01:20:09,344 "Please, Bucky, go get him." "Fuck that nigger." "Please, Bucky, go get him." "Fuck that nigger."
703 01:20:09,434 01:20:11,789 "I told him to be home at 11 :00, and I meant 11 :00! "I told him to be home at 11 :00, and I meant 11 :00!
704 01:20:11,874 01:20:13,990 "Goddamn, every time I turn around, that nigger's in jail. "Goddamn, every time I turn around, that nigger's in jail.
705 01:20:14,074 01:20:15,302 "I'm tired of getting him out." "I'm tired of getting him out."
706 01:20:15,394 01:20:18,147 I'd be praying he'd have a heart attack before he'd get there... I'd be praying he'd have a heart attack before he'd get there...
707 01:20:18,234 01:20:19,826 'cause he'd put some shit on you. 'cause he'd put some shit on you.
708 01:20:19,914 01:20:23,304 "I'm gonna get your ass out. 'Cause you know I'm gonna tear your.... "I'm gonna get your ass out. 'Cause you know I'm gonna tear your....
709 01:20:23,874 01:20:25,990 "How much is it, man? $12? Yeah, I'll pay it. "How much is it, man? $12? Yeah, I'll pay it.
710 01:20:26,074 01:20:29,464 "And you know I'll get your ass. Yeah, you can believe that shit." "And you know I'll get your ass. Yeah, you can believe that shit."
711 01:20:29,554 01:20:32,705 And my mother be crying: "It hurts me more than it hurts you." And my mother be crying: "It hurts me more than it hurts you."
712 01:20:32,794 01:20:35,388 I'd say, "Yeah, let him beat your ass." I'd say, "Yeah, let him beat your ass."
713 01:20:56,594 01:20:57,663 Here he comes. Here he comes.
714 01:20:57,754 01:20:59,904 This is the man that put romance in your hearts. This is the man that put romance in your hearts.
715 01:20:59,994 01:21:03,066 Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Luther Ingram! Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Luther Ingram!
716 01:24:16,074 01:24:17,826 I can't believe you don't mess around, man. I can't believe you don't mess around, man.
717 01:24:17,914 01:24:20,872 Yeah. Everybody mess around. Even married men mess around. Yeah. Everybody mess around. Even married men mess around.
718 01:24:20,954 01:24:22,751 What's to keep your old lady from messing around? What's to keep your old lady from messing around?
719 01:24:22,834 01:24:26,429 Some of your best relationships are with married women... Some of your best relationships are with married women...
720 01:24:26,754 01:24:31,544 because they aren't able to take a lot of your time. because they aren't able to take a lot of your time.
721 01:24:32,234 01:24:35,590 I fall in love seven days a week and love everybody. I fall in love seven days a week and love everybody.
722 01:24:35,954 01:24:37,785 What's your old lady's name, man? What's your old lady's name, man?
723 01:24:37,874 01:24:39,910 That ain't none of your business what's her name. That ain't none of your business what's her name.
724 01:24:39,994 01:24:41,507 What do you mean, "What's her name?" What do you mean, "What's her name?"
725 01:24:41,594 01:24:45,109 No, man, you say your old lady's beautiful, I just want to know who she is. No, man, you say your old lady's beautiful, I just want to know who she is.
726 01:24:45,474 01:24:48,705 You might know her already. That's why I'm not gonna give you her name. You might know her already. That's why I'm not gonna give you her name.
727 01:24:48,834 01:24:52,588 I left my wife all thinking she was happy and everything. I left my wife all thinking she was happy and everything.
728 01:24:53,114 01:24:56,390 And look here, there wasn't no boyfriend involved in this here. And look here, there wasn't no boyfriend involved in this here.
729 01:24:56,474 01:25:00,103 And I come back home. It was cold. January 27. And I come back home. It was cold. January 27.
730 01:25:02,194 01:25:04,230 '69. That when she put you out? '69. That when she put you out?
731 01:25:04,314 01:25:06,145 She didn't put me out. What happened? She didn't put me out. What happened?
732 01:25:06,234 01:25:08,623 She hired her a van line and moved. She hired her a van line and moved.
733 01:25:08,754 01:25:11,712 I don't mess around with any of my partners' old ladies... I don't mess around with any of my partners' old ladies...
734 01:25:11,794 01:25:13,022 who are married, you know? who are married, you know?
735 01:25:13,114 01:25:15,753 When I go by there, it's a thing that I respect, man. When I go by there, it's a thing that I respect, man.
736 01:25:15,834 01:25:17,825 But I figure there's enough women out there... But I figure there's enough women out there...
737 01:25:17,914 01:25:21,145 for a brother who's supposed to be your partner, you can go out there and catch. for a brother who's supposed to be your partner, you can go out there and catch.
738 01:25:21,234 01:25:22,667 Don't mess with someone's old lady. Don't mess with someone's old lady.
739 01:25:22,754 01:25:26,793 All of them, I respect them and their old lady. All of them, I respect them and their old lady.
740 01:25:26,874 01:25:31,345 The old lady, if she forced me into a thing, really forced me... The old lady, if she forced me into a thing, really forced me...
741 01:25:31,554 01:25:34,022 man, I wouldn't punk out. I'd rip her, but.. man, I wouldn't punk out. I'd rip her, but..
742 01:25:34,354 01:25:37,027 I know one thing. If I was going out with one... I know one thing. If I was going out with one...
743 01:25:37,114 01:25:39,753 I'd always try to stay out the other fella's way. I'd always try to stay out the other fella's way.
744 01:25:39,834 01:25:41,153 Have you ever, in your life... Have you ever, in your life...
745 01:25:41,234 01:25:43,225 had to jump out of a window behind a woman? had to jump out of a window behind a woman?
746 01:25:43,314 01:25:45,669 Have you been caught in a bed with a woman? Have you been caught in a bed with a woman?
747 01:25:45,754 01:25:46,789 Yes, I have. Yes, I have.
748 01:25:46,874 01:25:49,069 Is that where you got this from? Hey, look here.... Is that where you got this from? Hey, look here....
749 01:25:49,154 01:25:51,463 The lineup. See, the lineup, man, is a thing that.... The lineup. See, the lineup, man, is a thing that....
750 01:25:51,554 01:25:53,545 I used to be in Peoria, it's a small town. I used to be in Peoria, it's a small town.
751 01:25:53,634 01:25:56,228 I'd be in the lineup for entertainment on Saturday nights... I'd be in the lineup for entertainment on Saturday nights...
752 01:25:56,314 01:25:58,509 'cause there wasn't nothing to do. Know what I mean? 'cause there wasn't nothing to do. Know what I mean?
753 01:25:58,594 01:26:01,347 'Cause ugly white women used to say they got raped by niggers. 'Cause ugly white women used to say they got raped by niggers.
754 01:26:01,434 01:26:04,585 "A nigger raped me." And nigger guys be going: "A nigger raped me." And nigger guys be going:
755 01:26:04,674 01:26:06,153 "Are you sure?" "Are you sure?"
756 01:26:06,594 01:26:08,664 They'd go round up some niggers. You know, like: They'd go round up some niggers. You know, like:
757 01:26:08,754 01:26:11,029 "You were down last week. Know what to do, don't you? "You were down last week. Know what to do, don't you?
758 01:26:11,114 01:26:14,424 "Come on down again, will you? We got to have a lineup." "Come on down again, will you? We got to have a lineup."
759 01:26:14,834 01:26:18,793 It was a lot of fun unless you got picked. Then it was your ass. It was a lot of fun unless you got picked. Then it was your ass.
760 01:26:19,234 01:26:21,953 And then always at line up, you know, you'd stand up in them lights. And then always at line up, you know, you'd stand up in them lights.
761 01:26:22,034 01:26:23,672 It'd be like acting to me. I loved it. It'd be like acting to me. I loved it.
762 01:26:23,754 01:26:26,427 But some dudes didn't understand that shit. Just be: But some dudes didn't understand that shit. Just be:
763 01:26:26,594 01:26:29,950 The lights be, you know.... "All right, bring them out. The lights be, you know.... "All right, bring them out.
764 01:26:31,834 01:26:34,064 "All right, what's your name?" "All right, what's your name?"
765 01:26:34,914 01:26:36,632 "What's happening? "What's happening?
766 01:26:37,554 01:26:41,308 "I mean what am I charged with? You know what I mean, man? "I mean what am I charged with? You know what I mean, man?
767 01:26:42,554 01:26:46,183 "I ain't did nothing, man. I thought that was my mother's car. "I ain't did nothing, man. I thought that was my mother's car.
768 01:26:46,274 01:26:47,423 "I went out to the bank. "I went out to the bank.
769 01:26:47,514 01:26:49,948 "No, man, my mother told me.... I was downtown, you see? "No, man, my mother told me.... I was downtown, you see?
770 01:26:50,034 01:26:53,868 "My mama said, 'Pick the car up in front of the bank at 2:15.' "My mama said, 'Pick the car up in front of the bank at 2:15.'
771 01:26:54,154 01:26:57,669 "So, I got in the car, I was driving down the street. "So, I got in the car, I was driving down the street.
772 01:26:57,834 01:26:59,187 "I didn't know what was happening. "I didn't know what was happening.
773 01:26:59,274 01:27:01,504 "This white lady was sitting next to me, screaming and shit. "This white lady was sitting next to me, screaming and shit.
774 01:27:01,594 01:27:03,824 "I thought it was a stickup." "I thought it was a stickup."
775 01:27:18,674 01:27:20,869 There are specific instructions... There are specific instructions...
776 01:27:20,954 01:27:23,070 when Isaac Hayes comes on. when Isaac Hayes comes on.
777 01:27:23,834 01:27:25,825 If the barrier is broken... If the barrier is broken...
778 01:27:26,354 01:27:29,585 Isaac will be immediately taken from the stage... Isaac will be immediately taken from the stage...
779 01:27:29,674 01:27:31,983 and will not be allowed to return. and will not be allowed to return.
780 01:27:32,354 01:27:34,265 You must keep your seats. You must keep your seats.
781 01:27:34,754 01:27:36,710 Do we want to see Isaac Hayes? Do we want to see Isaac Hayes?
782 01:27:36,794 01:27:40,343 Yeah! Brothers and sisters... Yeah! Brothers and sisters...
783 01:27:41,714 01:27:45,468 we are now about to bring forth... we are now about to bring forth...
784 01:27:46,594 01:27:48,346 a bad... a bad...
785 01:27:49,794 01:27:53,423 bad.... I'm a preacher, I can't say it. bad.... I'm a preacher, I can't say it.
786 01:27:55,634 01:27:58,432 We're getting ready to bring right now... We're getting ready to bring right now...
787 01:27:58,554 01:28:01,705 the brother all of us have been waiting for! the brother all of us have been waiting for!
788 01:28:06,674 01:28:09,063 The one we've been waiting for! The one we've been waiting for!
789 01:28:09,274 01:28:12,664 A bad, bad... A bad, bad...
790 01:28:13,994 01:28:15,313 brother! brother!
791 01:28:15,394 01:28:18,067 Isaac Hayes! Isaac Hayes!
792 01:31:42,354 01:31:45,152 Thank you. Right on. Thank you. Thank you. Right on. Thank you.
793 01:31:45,914 01:31:47,552 Yeah. Yeah.
794 01:31:48,994 01:31:51,906 Saturday night though was.... They always called it "nigger night" ... Saturday night though was.... They always called it "nigger night" ...
795 01:31:51,994 01:31:55,145 'cause white folks go out about 8:00 and leave and go home at 10:00. 'cause white folks go out about 8:00 and leave and go home at 10:00.
796 01:31:55,234 01:31:58,431 And leave it to the niggers, 'cause it gets thick. And leave it to the niggers, 'cause it gets thick.
797 01:31:58,594 01:32:00,630 They can't handle it. I mean, too many niggers. They can't handle it. I mean, too many niggers.
798 01:32:00,714 01:32:03,751 When they found out niggers could talk other than "do wah ho"... When they found out niggers could talk other than "do wah ho"...
799 01:32:03,834 01:32:05,392 they got scared to death. they got scared to death.
800 01:32:05,474 01:32:07,385 Like one day somebody said: "Nigger, talk." Like one day somebody said: "Nigger, talk."
801 01:32:07,474 01:32:11,023 " I've been wanting to tell you something." " I beg your pardon?" " I've been wanting to tell you something." " I beg your pardon?"
802 01:32:12,794 01:32:14,227 Now niggers got a handshake. Now niggers got a handshake.
803 01:32:14,314 01:32:17,784 lf you don't learn the handshake, see, niggers change their shit all the time. lf you don't learn the handshake, see, niggers change their shit all the time.
804 01:32:17,874 01:32:21,184 Like, you be meeting a nigger, he'd go, "Hey, bro." Like, you be meeting a nigger, he'd go, "Hey, bro."
805 01:32:22,514 01:32:25,312 But then, niggers add. Six months later, the shit changed. But then, niggers add. Six months later, the shit changed.
806 01:32:25,394 01:32:27,305 You know, they'd be.... You know, they'd be....
807 01:32:27,954 01:32:29,990 Be all down here, "Hey...." Be all down here, "Hey...."
808 01:32:30,074 01:32:31,826 If you don't do that, you ain't no nigger. If you don't do that, you ain't no nigger.
809 01:32:31,914 01:32:35,873 Dude be, "You ain't black, motherfucker. You didn't even know how to do...." Dude be, "You ain't black, motherfucker. You didn't even know how to do...."
810 01:32:36,034 01:32:38,867 I can go anywhere in the United States of America... I can go anywhere in the United States of America...
811 01:32:38,954 01:32:41,548 and see another black man and give him a power shake. and see another black man and give him a power shake.
812 01:32:41,674 01:32:43,505 And there's unity there. And there's unity there.
813 01:32:43,594 01:32:46,154 There's a beauty that I can communicate with this brother. There's a beauty that I can communicate with this brother.
814 01:32:46,234 01:32:49,112 You can take black people of many different shades... You can take black people of many different shades...
815 01:32:49,194 01:32:51,833 that have obviously come from different parts of Africa... that have obviously come from different parts of Africa...
816 01:32:51,914 01:32:54,030 during the course of this country's existence. during the course of this country's existence.
817 01:32:54,114 01:32:55,263 But they're still a brother. But they're still a brother.
818 01:32:55,354 01:32:57,663 But we grow up together, you know? We are one. But we grow up together, you know? We are one.
819 01:36:11,594 01:36:15,712 I thank you for your tolerance and your patience and your cooperation... I thank you for your tolerance and your patience and your cooperation...
820 01:36:15,794 01:36:19,264 because we know this whole occasion is for a worthy cause. because we know this whole occasion is for a worthy cause.
821 01:36:19,754 01:36:22,632 The good master helps them that help themselves. The good master helps them that help themselves.
822 01:36:22,714 01:36:23,942 Right on. Right on.
823 01:36:24,954 01:36:27,593 I am... I am...
824 01:36:27,714 01:36:29,625 somebody! somebody!
825 01:36:33,154 01:36:36,066 I may be on welfare... I may be on welfare...
826 01:36:36,154 01:36:37,826 but I am... but I am...
827 01:36:37,914 01:36:39,347 somebody! somebody!
828 01:36:39,434 01:36:42,426 I may be unskilled... I may be unskilled...
829 01:36:42,514 01:36:44,345 but I am... but I am...
830 01:36:44,434 01:36:45,787 somebody! somebody!
831 01:36:45,874 01:36:47,546 I am... I am...
832 01:36:47,634 01:36:48,828 black... black...
833 01:36:48,914 01:36:50,313 beautiful... beautiful...
834 01:36:50,394 01:36:51,747 proud! proud!
835 01:36:51,834 01:36:54,587 I must be respected! I must be respected!
836 01:36:54,674 01:36:57,632 I must be protected! I must be protected!
837 01:36:57,714 01:36:59,670 What time is it? Nation time! What time is it? Nation time!
838 01:36:59,754 01:37:03,190 When we stand together, what time is it? Nation time! When we stand together, what time is it? Nation time!
839 01:37:03,274 01:37:05,788 When we say no more, "Yessuh, boss," what time is it? When we say no more, "Yessuh, boss," what time is it?
840 01:37:05,874 01:37:06,989 What time is it? Nation time! What time is it? Nation time!
840 01:37:05,874 01:37:06,989 What time is it? Nation time! What time is it? Nation time!