Get on the Bus Page #11

- He didn't have anybody?

- No.

We got halfway there

and decided to turn around and...

What?

No.

He's gone.

We came 3000 miles just to...

...bury another black man.

Hey, listen.

I know we came...

...3000 miles to attend the march...

...and it didn't happen.

But...

...at least we stood by the brother

when he needed us.

That's got to mean something.

We're here because...

...God Almighty wanted us here.

And he don't care so much about

what you already done.

God...

...asks what you're gonna do now.

So maybe we...

...missed the speeches.

The chance to smile, to chat...

...to rub a friendly elbow

with one another.

To collect all the souvenirs,

the buttons...

...the T-shirts.

That was important.

That would have been

good for the spirit.

And I'm sorry we missed it.

Because the real march...

The real march

ain't even started yet.

This was only the prelim,

the warm-up...

...calling the tribes together.

The real Million Man March...

...won't start...

...till we black men...

...take charge of our own lives...

...and start dealing with crime...

...drugs...

...and guns and gangs...

...and children...

...having children, and children...

...killing children all across

this country. So if...

You know something?

If y'all are all ready to quit...

...your apathetic and unsympathetic

ways as I am...

...and take back control of

the black community...

...as I am,

I mean, if you're ready to stop...

...being the boys...

...that started to Washington

on this bus...

...and be the men...

...the men that our wives

and mothers and children...

...are waiting for back home...

...to stand up against all the evils

lined up against the black man...

...back home.

And just say, you know...

...we're tired of this sh*t!

And we ain't gonna take it anymore!

If you're ready to do that...

...if you're ready to do that,

then we got work to do.

We...

...got a lot...

...of work to do.

Men, I think...

...Xavier should have this.

And I hope you learned

something from...

...brother Jeremiah.

That's the prayer he wanted to say.

This is what he...

This is what he wanted to say.

I think brother Jeremiah would

want us to bow our heads.

"We made it, Lord.

From all across this nation,

we black men made it.

And we thank you.

None of us is perfect...

...but we seek perfection.

And we especially want our wives,

mothers and daughters...

...to understand that we are trying...

...trying hard.

But we still need your help.

Sometimes we felt that

you had given up on us...

...left us abandoned...

...forsaken and betrayed.

And we may have gone astray

from time to time...

...but we're still good people...

...and we're still your people.

We're still your sons.

So here we are,

1 million black men strong...

...like the Prodigal Son when

he comes back home to his father.

He wasn't looking for a handout, Lord,

he was looking for a job."

"Make me as one of the hired

servants, " that's what he said.

That's all he asked.

And that's our prayer

as we stand before you today.

Not a handout, Lord...

... but a job...

... and a second chance.

It says to us in the 14th chapter

of the Book of Job...

... these holy words:

"For there is hope for a tree,

if it be cut down...

... that it will sprout again...

... and that its tender shoots

will not cease...

... though its roots may

grow old in the earth...

... and its stump may die

in the ground.

Yet at the scent of water...

... it will bud and bring forth

branches like a plant. "

Lord...

... we don't ask for much.

Maybe water is something

we no longer deserve.

We ask instead from you...

... just the scent.

The scent...

... of your living water.

Thank you for listening, Lord. Amen.

- Amen.

- Amen.

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