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with a woman?

Yes, I have.

- Is that where you got this from?

- Hey, look here...

The lineup. See, the lineup, man,

is a thing that...

I used to be in Peoria, it's a small town.

I'd be in the lineup for entertainment

on Saturday nights...

'cause there wasn't nothing to do.

Know what I mean?

'Cause ugly white women

used to say they got raped by n*ggers.

"A n*gger raped me."

And n*gger guys be going:

"Are you sure?"

They'd go round up some n*ggers.

You know, like:

"You were down last week.

Know what to do, don't you?

"Come on down again, will you?

We got to have a lineup."

It was a lot of fun unless you got picked.

Then it was your ass.

And then always at line up, you know,

you'd stand up in them lights.

It'd be like acting to me. I loved it.

But some dudes

didn't understand that sh*t. Just be:

The lights be, you know...

"All right, bring them out.

"All right, what's your name?"

"What's happening?

"I mean what am I charged with?

You know what I mean, man?

"I ain't did nothing, man.

I thought that was my mother's car.

"I went out to the bank.

"No, man, my mother told me...

I was downtown, you see?

"My mama said, 'Pick the car up

in front of the bank at 2:15.'

"So, I got in the car,

I was driving down the street.

"I didn't know what was happening.

"This white lady was sitting next to me,

screaming and sh*t.

"I thought it was a stickup."

There are specific instructions...

when Isaac Hayes comes on,

If the barrier is broken...

Isaac will be immediately

taken from the stage...

and will not be allowed to return,

You must keep your seats,

Do we want to see Isaac Hayes?

- Yeah!

- Brothers and sisters...

we are now about to bring forth...

a bad...

bad..., I'm a preacher, I can't say it,

We're getting ready to bring right now...

the brother all of us have been waiting for!

The one we've been waiting for!

A bad, bad...

brother!

Isaac Hayes!

Thank you, Right on, Thank you,

Yeah,

Saturday night though was...

They always called it "n*gger night"...

'cause white folks go out about 8:00

and leave and go home at 10:00.

And leave it to the n*ggers,

'cause it gets thick.

They can't handle it.

I mean, too many n*ggers.

When they found out n*ggers could talk

other than "do wah ho"...

they got scared to death.

Like one day somebody said:

"N*gger, talk."

- "I've been wanting to tell you something."

- "I beg your pardon?"

Now n*ggers got a handshake.

If you don't learn the handshake, see,

n*ggers change their sh*t all the time.

Like, you be meeting a n*gger,

he'd go, "Hey, bro."

But then, n*ggers add.

Six months later, the sh*t changed.

You know, they'd be...

Be all down here, "Hey..."

If you don't do that, you ain't no n*gger.

Dude be, "You ain't black, motherf***er.

You didn't even know how to do..."

I can go anywhere

in the United States of America...

and see another black man

and give him a power shake,

And there's unity there,

There's a beauty that

I can communicate with this brother,

You can take black people

of many different shades...

that have obviously come

from different parts of Africa...

during the course

of this country's existence,

But they're still a brother,

But we grow up together, you know?

We are one,

I thank you for your tolerance

and your patience and your cooperation...

because we know this whole occasion

is for a worthy cause,

The good master helps them

that help themselves,

Right on,

I am...

somebody!

I may be on welfare...

but I am...

somebody!

I may be unskilled...

but I am...

somebody!

I am...

black...

beautiful...

proud!

I must be respected!

I must be protected!

- What time is it?

- Nation time!

- When we stand together, what time is it?

- Nation time!

When we say no more, "Yessuh, boss,"

what time is it?

Nation time!

- What time is it?

- Nation time!

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