Benda Bilili! Page #3

ln life, the wheel of fortune turns

my friend

Never forget that

Never forget that

What's that white guy fiIming?

What's your probIem?

Did he fiIm you?

Are you the poIice?

You're in our way!

You're screwing up my work.

Whatever.

Are you from a smaII viIIage?

Haven't you ever seen a camera

in your Iife?

You do nothing in Iife.

Leave us aIone, you idiot!

SHELTER FOR THE PHYSICALLY

HANDICAPPED:

BANDAL NEIGHBOURHOOD

He's starting to get it.

Is it something Iike this, man?

It's coming, IittIe by IittIe.

No, you're aIready in tune.

I have to get it.

My mother has been sick

since her divorce.

My father hit her.

He hit her on the head

and she was traumatised.

She spends aII day at home Iike that,

without any money.

With my IittIe brothers there,

it was Iike a henhouse.

I had to Ieave home

to Iive my Iife.

I didn't run away.

I'II go back when I've succeeded.

Now that I'm a member

of the Staff Benda BiIiIi,

everything's going to be OK.

I'm patient.

I know my time wiII come.

They pIay reaIIy weII.

September 2005,

after one month of rehearsaI,

Staff Benda BiIiIi enter a studio

for the first time.

STUDIO I.C.A, KINSHASA,

LINGWALA NEIGHBOURHOOD

No, stop.

Like we said,

if someone messes up,

we start over.

Let's start over.

No! It's the soIo, damn it.

Concentrate.

We're on the second verse.

Roger, tomorrow at noon.

We'II meet here at noon.

Staff Benda Bilili

Try to understand

What you need to do

to pull through this rotten life

The girls on the streets

are crying

They want to hear Staff

The children on the streets

are crying

They want to hear Staff

Ju! Come in here.

PuII curtain, we're going to bed.

And cIose the door.

It's reaIIy perfect.

Papa Ricky?

It's your wife.

We Iost everything.

There was a fire.

Everything!

The whoIe sheIter burned down.

I couIdn't saIvage anything.

No, not just us.

Everyone's in the same position.

I just got here.

Everything burned down.

It happens. That's Iife.

This is my youngest son.

We had four.

Four chiIdren.

Tonight,

he was supposed to sIeep

at the BandaI SheIter.

Why is he so sick?

I don't know.

Maybe it's because

I don't breastfeed him anymore.

I just stopped.

It seems Iike you don't want

to have any more babies.

More babies?

I hope you're kidding.

The fire that destroyed central Bandal

started during a recording session-

Overnight Benda Bilili had ended up

back on the streets with their families-

They were facing problems

of basic survival-

Despite all Ricky's efforts,

work in the studio

had become impossible-

There was no point-

Weeks passed

and the group broke up-

Roger went back to his village-

With heavy hearts,

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