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Do it with courage and determination,

I am...

somebody!

I am...

somebody!

I may be poor...

but 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?

Sister Kim Weston,

the black national anthem,

Won't you sing it with me, everybody?

We've got some difficult days ahead...

but it really doesn't matter with me now,

Because I've been to the mountaintop...

and I don't mind,

Like anybody, I would like to live...

a long life, Longevity has its place...

but I'm not concerned about that now,

I just want to do God's will,

And he's allowed me

to go up to the mountain...

and I've looked over...

and I've seen the promised land,

I may not get there with you...

but I want you to know tonight...

that we as a people

will get to the promised land,

So I'm happy tonight,

I'm not worried about anything,

I'm not fearing any man,

Mine eyes have seen the glory

of the coming of the Lord!

I remember, we used to go to

a movie house.

It wasn't a church, you know?

It was a movie house.

And the thing... It used to bug me, man,

'cause it was like...

every place else

you went to something like a church.

But in a black neighborhood, man,

you had to go to a movie house.

But when you got in the movie house,

man, it was bad.

I mean, the people got down.

I remember going in there, man...

and I used to go to a Catholic church,

and I went to a Methodist church...

I went to all them other churches, man,

but then I went to this black church...

in Oakland. And we went up...

I went up, and I saw tambourines

and trombones...

and drums, and I said, "This is church?"

I don't understand this, man.

And the people... The preacher got up

and started talking about God...

and I was listening, and I said:

"I never heard anybody talk about God

like this before."

This cat started talking

about God and what God did.

And then he got this band

going behind him, man...

and the band started getting into it, man,

and the cats was playing, and sh*t.

And I said, "Goddamn!"

And I started feeling good.

I'm reminded of the two thieves...

nailed beside him,

I believe one of the thieves said, ;

"If thou be the Christ...

"why don't you save thyself and us?"

And the other said, ;

"Lord...

"remember me," The Lord said, ;

"This day...

"thou shall be with me...

"in paradise,"

I remember he and his 12...

on a ship sailing afar,

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