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preacher rainy used to tell us this old

Bible story back in Macon Satan tempts

Jesus this world and all of his power I

will give thee if you worship Me

now all Jesus has to do is just fall

down on one knee but Jesus says see thou

shalt worship the Lord thy God and in

him only shall I serve you see it got

the worship God or Satan in debt always

a choice

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sanity this beach guy everything that

I've done

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I mean anything

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my lord

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where's Richard

where the hell's that bro I don't know a

man wearing a silver jacket just can't

disappear

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here you are Richie

that was bad big brother that was a bad

scene last night

you take off a net damn it wasn't right

what's the matter with you

you shouldn't alright me

I'm retiring that's that's not funny I'm

telling the truth Robin

okay

so what does that mean means I'll get

now

God give me more success than any

country boy from a shotgun house could

ever dream he's been good to me Lord

he's been real good to me

I just think that she live inequity

what quit now rich why are you gonna

quit now

showed me a sign like what not that

fireball it was a rocket a Russian

rocket it was a Sputnik they can be a

Russian rocket and a sign from God they

can be both I saw that thing up there

soy but I felt in him it was a rocket

you can't just quit all right

we've been a year and a half fighting to

the top that's when you do it when it

counts anybody when they fail it Chuck

is right

you can't just just walk away from this

you invented this you a rock and roll

now you want to throw all that away

just as easy as I do this

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what have you done now

I take him no no not this time but you

beat this boy every time it does some

wrong you gonna kill him

now you don't whip them three times this

week that's enough

leave me the boy is dressed as a girl I

can see just got a little devil in him

that's all and I'll whip it up

no you won't whip it out of him promise

me you're not gonna hit this board

I touch it

no Clemens Richards will be getting

another left he's bigger than me then

you cut him down to your size

I don't wanna now you listen to me

Richard Wayne you don't walk right you

don't talk right and it needs a fix-it

man is a warrior you hear me

a warrior and there's no way I'm raising

some sissy bar clown now you get in

there and you mess that big boy up good

all right go get it get in there it's a

damn damn damn you yeah it's gone up boy

stay in there Richard no that ain't

nothin nothin you never taste your own

blood before you get back in there and

you hit him you go get him bloody cow

this easy up on the boys budget here's a

boxing match but you don't tell me how

to talk my own son you get in there you

make him heart Richard

you get in there

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in the

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thank you very much

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now today's sermon is gonna be about a

sceptic that a whole lot of you of

familiar with that you think the devil

is getting ahead of you you know what

you say you say get behind me he's real

proud of in revit he things everywhere

we can barely contain this boy here he

is Richard Richard you know what there's

the Lord's music and then there's the

devil's music yes sir

but a voice like yours should be used in

the service of the Lord

yes sir I do know that we're Louisa Andy

all right come on home we're gonna get

some stuff on the table ready all right

miss Bennett come on

if you make me come up there I'm gonna

beat you silly market

get up get close I need you

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would you I haven't a kike lie to me why

can't we just dig a big hole and bury

the lot because the government men poked

sticks of the dirt hose but they never

pokegaard magic why's that because this

is georgia collard greens are sacred

well what happens in the winter when and

no more collard greens pumpkins after

pumpkin potatoes after that after that

after that with God's blessing I have my

own place the tip it in that's what I

call it plan on land pretty cheap cone

nigga forever

sorry got to have a play dreams too I'm

gonna be your preacher just like brother

Joe man the singing evangelists on the

boat from the West you can't be a

preacher you got too much devil ending

uh-huh I don't know a lot of good

preachers got a bit of the devil in you

mean your granddaddy and he was a

preacher

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Lord I need to confess I did a terrible

thing it was me that wrapped the dog

doing that pretty red paper with the fly

was on it and sent it to miss Grady as a

birthday present

maybe it's the devil in me and he's been

making me think thoughts about sex you

know I guess you know all that and I

feel bad Lord but I still take them and

I know this isn't right for future

preacher long so that's what I'm asking

you for the sign or something or some

strength to help me mend my sorry ways

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not all money double get behind me devil

get behind me

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you

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come on in double circle while we

understand Minister we understand do you

because this is sin with a capital S boy

I will be punished when I'm through with

him preacher he wished he had never ever

saw a piano and if I ever hear about him

playing one again I'll make him wish

you'd never been born at all I know it

was wrong for him we planned them so

that you can boy the way he talks the

way he walks of all this joy is watching

his sons grow into man good and strong

and make make one cloud but it's clear

as the blue sky rich is not going to

grow into anything but

I feel ashame every time I look at by

which he was no son of mine

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where you going rich it

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better check out that garbage mr.

Penniman before you give fired

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nice and slow here we go what you doing

with my piano boy I'll just admiring

your fire piano sir your player I'm the

best be out of play in the country and

the best singer in the state oh really

well

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Oh what's your name what rich opinion

how would you like a job Richard

Penniman I'm sugarfoot's ale it's so

much what kind of sorrow

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NUMA is rough yeah I love sugarfoot's

and and now with the tidy Dahle stuffers

yeah

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that's why all the ladies that's why all

the ladies that's why all the ladies

love me

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now get to it

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don't fit me back cuz I can't take that

Brown

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ma is brought yeah I left the tiny

Dallas campus I'm now with LJ here we

play in making mix mom yeah ma

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nope you stole my pair of pearls you

only baby is cuz I let you borrow hey

hey hey girls girls now go back there

look in my jewelry box tonight go ahead

on and put on some on your bed look at

my boys he's so handsome

why'd you dressed I'm not going

you mean you are open but I ain't going

watch that Warren make a public fooling

himself on stage

nope need to watch that at all

besides I got to go down and check on my

place I thought you said I was watching

yeah well Thomas can't do everything

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how's it feel being up there with all

the people I gotta tell you boys singing

upon all them people who was like a

whole little world

VIP mm-hmm yeah I guess I guess you

noticed your daddy couldn't make it

yeah well he wanted to but he had to

deal with his place you know it's always

so much to do when you own your own

place

what's a coma he called it the tip in

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change levar what you doing

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I'm sorry about this

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do you God thank you for letting me sing

I feel closer to you when I'm do I want

to be good I want to be better than good

and I'll make lots of money tons of it

talking about my big house and lots of

pretty things

and

I want to make daddy proud of me

real proud

amen

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ain't gonna give them your business

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live it

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it's the right out to tell you that was

a 5-4

thank you it call me Billy yes Billy

Billy um there's a question I want to

ask you this is burning my inside for

sure

where do I get a jacket like that with a

jacket like this I'd be instant success

my public with demanding Oh Richard

Richard you're wrong maybe no jacket is

the secret to success but I know what is

are you ready for the seat for that big

secret to success

what pancake 31 no yes you wear makeup

oh yeah oh what are the girls think they

think I'm a movie star you want to be a

movie star yeah let me see what you got

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it ever

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well haven't I heard join a radio where

you've been recording Richard we're cold

I just got back to making before that

was living in a cotton field just south

of town on I see that's a crime you need

to be paid and you need to record what's

like you must need to be heard baby yeah

we gonna take care of that for you need

at the Billy Ray uh you know this

pancake 31 when I get through with you

you're gonna look too pretty for words

this is it Richard Richard Penniman are

you ready all right by the light of the

silvery moon take one babe

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to my honey I

oh honey keep it shining engine

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Oh

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this Christmas - new regional platter

from down in Atlanta by someone called

Little Richard Penniman use tar van this

was happening now Little Willie little

Anthony

little Richie sound like I'm famous or

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how many records you expect to sell

before you make any money well my friend

Billy be the right he's a singer he says

I should expect to make much money off

it how about singing the shows how much

you make well 30 buck a week how did you

eat baby I mean I could make a whole lot

more but it's hard getting around to all

the shows you lack mobility yes sir

well we have to see if we can figure out

how to get you a car then moving the car

yes a car my uncle a car to increase

your mobility it's decided come on

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that's where the money silly thing well

this is the third time he's not happy

now

just shut up

just cuz your daddy buy you a beat-up

wreck of an automobile does not make you

king of the blue Macon Georgia and the

hits just keep on coming

this here

come on Richard we got the work oh hold

on a second not like you see something

like this every day

excuse me excuse me I'm sorry but I just

have to say you are the most amazing I

have ever seen

why thank you you look pretty amazing

yourself god bless you talk cause you

know I do travel

I'm Richard Penniman but they call me

lil rich they sail

so Richard what's little about you can I

like that I'm a singer yeah so is my

friend Billy over there now we singing

at the two spots a night and after that

bill on dance dance thanks I would be so

pleased if you would join us

give me a second think about

let's go

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no the venti

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get up

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I'll kill you

you go to here they work

gonna get some fish

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daddy

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thank you who did this

James Leroy they got the bastard over

there you got to get him out of here no

one's allowed to touch the body

I'm Richard Penniman this is my father

why is this body just laid out here like

this we want to bring him inside can't

till the corner comes he'll be along

soon

and what about James Leroy y'all go give

you an electric chair electric chair

we'll take him in but I wouldn't be

surprised the DA don't dismiss a whole

case what they killed him Vinny some

Negros getting a fight and one kills the

other just ain't much of a crime can I

talk to

yeah we're not too long

kill my death

yes I did

I'm sorry

Nene will you forgive me

No

I never thought of the key features the

varmint

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get the towel off but you know what

it's heaven's game because brother

pediment yes alone okay you see because

Jesus the raft him and glory and placed

him in the not unchanging hand God be

with your brother until we meet again

let the church say it's gonna be alright

more techie we're taking all of us

take my

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leave me

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great great against Robinson Maiziere um

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my name is Clifford Burke thank you

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chuckles

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diamond lead I'm now good friend of mine

here in mass used to call me to upset

that's why I named Joel this is Little

Richard from making joy yeah Oh master

Blackwell do you know what these hurt my

tape I'll sing it to you it started a

strong bassline did he get the tape oh

you know who it is

okay now this is foundations as well be

gone start off

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you gonna be the baddest man in the

country you need the head and go witness

no shot

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and this is mr. Cyr

so mr. Blackwell are you gonna make our

little Richard Feynman excuse me child

I am already famous I meant to people

other video cell Oh

Richard can I talk to you for more yeah

of course excuses miss Lucille thank you

well Richard as you know we are ready to

get you down into the studio and record

this record in New Orleans on the 28th

well I don't know yeah

however mr. Roop does not want to use

your band super then Nick great yeah

they are good but musicians in New

Orleans are better we'll be using all

the same boys that cut off fats Domino's

records Lee Allen red tile of oil palm

honey don't get no better than that

come on use my boys Richard honestly I

don't think it would help specialty is

of all sign me right well that's mr.

whoops decision but he will make that

decision after he use the songs you

record so the other day I'm beating lil

richy sure is Purdy pretty hair pretty

moustache he's just pretty all over you

look at this high up morning little

Richie he's wearing makeup he's also

wearing pink all right Little Richard

this is wondering take one

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fellas that was great let's take a break

Richard I want to talk to you about the

UH what you mean to tell me you wasting

all your money on this one yeah my

sister can sing better than this man

she would know little session for three

hours

it was terrible woman no man it was

great it was a great you and you would

just you know just nervous see just

gotta loosen up a little more you know

and have a little more fun with it just

be yourself

okay

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we have got to record that well yeah

that is a hit you're kidding me no no no

I mean we gotta clean up the lyrics oh

that's it that's definitely do I have to

get in here but wait a second please

oh this is gonna be Doherty kaamika get

it come here quick get in here yeah okay

look Richard Dorothy is a lyricist all

right I want you to sing that song to

our Dorothy I need you to write me a

clean version of it in a half-hour

okay but boom okay that song has some

terrible terrible words Oh trust me

she's hurt at all it's true I have

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ciao we'll time again five minutes later

than the last time he ran what's taking

him so long I look good in this pink

don't know yes baby you look fabulous

hey rich rich hey sorry I'm late mr.

rule this is Little Richard Richard this

is mr. r-truth know our true biz

specialty records hit make

extraordinaire coming out here the

hottest part of it Macon Georgia

hotter than fish grease in the

summertime and prettier than a flower in

a flower shop how you doing from the

witch

good to finally meet you Richard well

that was one heck of a song to record it

for us oh well you know I do try so

Richie might sit down talk turkey with

me and stuffing gravy cranberry sauce

anything you got come on Richard this is

the standard deal you only will I give

the ball my arse I pay for the recording

the band for bumper pollution I pay for

the record to get mastered

pressed or at least when you go with

your band on tour and are worshipped by

millions I pay for the airlines hotels

limos and grease for figuring there's

there's a royalty which is 5% of 90% of

retail not including a broadcast fee

which is calculated on the amount

airplay Assam Seas which in your case

will be playing any questions hey I am

gonna make some money right I think I

could safely guarantee that the most

important things to understand Richard

are this contract is binding you were

gonna be famous and the kids are gonna

love that hair won't be the specialty

and specialty record Jimmy when we stop

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Richard maybe we should go wait outside

what boy you know why and what is taking

bump so long Richard missile SIL hey hey

we'll be down in a second so we can go

over to the radio station to look good

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what's that

it sounds like Pat Boone is covering

your song covering it if killing it oh

when I see that white boy won't get his

back dirty I'm hot

how come that reduce this is not playing

my record cartridge maybe you haven't

noticed but you're not white and that is

a white radio station at least Richard

can say listen look at it as a good

thing I mean boom will cross the tune

over to all those audiences we can't get

it we'll get a whole lot more exposure

sorry

honey at least you get to make some

money a little did you mean a little

that's muscle room owns the publishing

company that buys from his record

company you get a half a cent personal

opinion you get no argument from me so

what I do now nothing you just keep

recording that's it

yes and you sing your songs and you sing

them right you make them so yours that

no one would dare copy them you

understand boy come on long tall Sally

take one

all right come on Richard Pat Boone can

sing at that slow okay let's go again

long tall Sally tape - gonna tell Aunt

Mary - the blues but he has a lot of fun

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yeah I saw Uncle John with long tall

Sally he saw Mary coming and he ducked

back in the alley oh he saw Mary coming

any duck back in the alley oh babe

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they have a decent fine

sometimes

that's up on the night

have some fun tonight

have some fun

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can we do it again a little slower

please don't peek mama don't peek

oh my god Richard this big is beautiful

and it is all yours mama Oh baby

Richard is too big to lose the right

next door

Richard baby

for Mom you're like oh babe it's fine

it's fine

I just feel it I don't think too much

house you just you

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gather your instruments patio places

kiss your girlfriend goodbye the

literature and obsess of going out

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man is changing on the bus is getting

tight what we need to do is go talk to

Henry - Rob Henry ain't here sit you our

manager now go tell the white bossman

this is darkies won't you change it on

us Nomar yes I'll tell you straight

change of oh yeah tell them to expect

some naked Negroes on the premises yes

anything else I should convey you want

the bossman to prepare y'all a little

snack say something chicken Wow well if

it ain't too much trouble

I prefer champagne don't see no trouble

no trouble at all another request yeah

we try to win all the sissy ass makeup

right Richard I'm sorry but I mean this

stuff just stop don't seem to be

bothering you like his bother not rest

us being pretty ain't never bother me

ain't that right Lucy

about the prettiest boy I've ever seen

now sneaking in the back door so white

folks don't see us to be on stage eatin

in a parking lot with some restaurant I

wouldn't even pay to eat at the counter

that bothers me

being called a sissy

you looky here then white kids they

dancing to our music okay they may have

Pat Boone on the record player in case

their parents walk in but they got my

record underneath their pillow you

notice Jovi playing here

nobody colors to play here no you know

why because they can't I am the first I

am the only so if you want to call me

sissy go ahead knock yourself out boy

but you make sure you call me a rich

sissy and you do as I do you're all

gonna be rich these two standards of

decency here I'm sure you won't

disappoint us a good clean chill he said

good clean entertainment see we don't

want anyone getting too excited

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- barking or all that top cats now I can

determine the cat's ago

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don't need little money for the

bartender whatever you want bro go ahead

help yourself

thank you miss Lucille you see a child

and she go get your king a glass of

water as you wish sire

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yeah you too pretty boy

and all them nice muscles

what's your name's young princess Jessie

Jessie where'd you get all that critics

game Oh Buffy look be good make my big

toe just shoot up in the booth

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that's your kiss for your weight come on

it's for little races Italy

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and Richard hey there bum miss Lucille

black all the way from Los Angeles what

do I own up your for a big Hollywood

movie a Jayne Mansfield flame little

richer today man

rich can I talk to you for a minute

excuse me time so what about this movie

you know it's a great deal Richard but

I'm worried

you see these Hollywood boys are

sensitive Bunch I don't think they're

ready for some out-of-control wild man

who says I'm out of control mr. Jackson

mr. grant and mr. Franklin Oh what you

still mr. boots errand boy

he said you'd I need to go through my

pockets that's my money mr. boots money

this has nothing to do with who this is

everything to do with you Richard you

keep your money in the suitcase you're

gonna wake up one morning without in it

don't even get me started about the IRS

I mean you are skating on very thin edge

last night's concert was damn near

alright and now you got this party two

beers and the light switch away from

being an orgy and all out on wood white

women white women man have you forgotten

where the hell you are

this is the south do you think it you'll

beg to be lynched yes I do

why because you have a few hints no cuz

I give people a chance to shop that's

right I am the genie bottle and ain't

going back in Richard you were talking

completely crazy

says who you ain't my father but you

can't stand there tell me what's crazy

and what's not if I was your father

you're hiding right now what Zoo wait so

you can go to hell come on baby let's

take a drag

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wait no look at them getting on like two

pigs in a got it said I need more just

wait okay you look like he about to

finish and I want to see it

Richard you have this idea of me that is

not all true

you think all I am is this you are all

that play nice or babies who want you

can't be aware the girl can't help it

the girl can't heaven Ritchie what

I love you and I love being with you I

can't think of anything else better but

I would be lying to myself if I said I

didn't want more what I quit

marriage maybe

isn't there some part of you that wants

that

but

baby you know better than anybody that

there are other parts of me to do they

matter so much

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what I

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so am I see

see

I feel

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so Richard with little about you

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Jesus set us free

maybe you're finding it difficult to

believe in your heart that your sin has

been forgiven perhaps you're thinking I

have lustful thoughts but the fact is he

has forgiven you you simply need to

claim his forgiveness and believe his

promise Psalms 103 11 says as far as the

East is from the West for transgressions

from peace it's for most you've been

listening to the revin grace

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oh how you doing baby oh it sure is good

to see you

oh look at you Richard why you living up

here in this little room I'm comfortable

here

I take walls walls Martha seeing a park

it's that house oh quit your yelling I

got everything everything I got all my

things here and and in all my memories

mom Brooke you want a cup of coffee or

cup of tea

what are you happy happy about what no

one to Los Angeles but don't worry about

me it's just an adjustment that's all

you live your life one way it's hard to

change all I ever knew was making I miss

my friends and some of my kin of course

I do know I'm not great I have no

regrets now what about what about you

Richard are you happy

I don't know

I should be should be in being two

different hands

yeah I'd say so you've always been on

common run that shot marriage believe

you have a gift that moves people make

them feel what you feeling

but in the end you got to do what's good

for you

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you got to do what makes you happy I

just don't know what it is I'm gonna

have to find out manage now got one more

question I need to ask you do you call

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Oh sir

my name is brother lucky I am a

missionary for the Church of God of the

ten commandments and I have a very

simple question for you have you heard

the Word of God today I know you Joe

lucky you was a musician when I was a

kid it was famous yeah they used to call

you king of the martini

I gave it up to become an evangelist

I'll run a mission and a soup kitchen

downtown I'm going on Australian tour in

a couple days

don't worried what are you worried about

I just don't feel mate I know I'm tired

I know but it just don't feel right no

more what is it you want Richard

I want to be free I mean sometimes I

just want to be totally free

everything is possible with grace o our

Lord

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you invented this you you want to throw

all that away just as easy as that do

this

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where'd I get jacket like that are you

ready for the secret of success Richard

in a minute

pancake 31 you lack mobility yes sir

we have to see if we can figure out how

to get you a call

a call to increase your mobility it's

decided

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I want to thank the future wait they're

having me back today well he threw me

out of this very Church yeah I feel very

very blessed today in so many ways

I feel as though my life is called full

circle Oh forgive me sister it's a

wonderful thing

some of us is not as strong as we want

to be

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I killed your part and I is doing since

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absurd

I really had a kiss it's murder

James level

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and it is wrong

and I cannot forgive the act but in the

grace of God I can't forgive the man

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hey Bob good to see you

god bless you it's been a long time been

too long Richard you know I'm sorry we

haven't talked you were good to me I

know he's realized that back then what

your good name and I haven't forgotten

I appreciate you sin oh yeah Richard

this is a Don Arden he's a promoter he

is a proposition for you

first let me say it's an enormous throw

I mean I'm a huge fan you're the

architect of rock and roll and it's an

honor to shake your hand but thank you

very much and God bless you

well thank you listen I'm setting up a

tour with Sam Cooke in England

I'd like you to headline it we miss

Darden thank you

but um you can see I don't sing rock and

roll no more well I know you're a man of

God but father Lucci soup kitchen sir

and I mean the kind of money you read on

this to us you could feed a lot of

hungry mouths and I can saying gasp you

could sing gospel you could sing

anything you want

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I want you to say

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so so so

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this is sauce if Little Richard goes on

after this and plays his pretty little

bow spittoons we're gonna have a ride

Don relax it'll be fine huggy be so sure

because there's no way on God's green

earth that Little Richard is gonna allow

somebody like Sam cook to upstage it'll

never happen

a man cannot change his nature

I want so bad

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the good Lord is granting me many many

things in my life he's granted me the

chance to see the error in my wings

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listen to me

the Lord has changed my life now

something

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but the best thing

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ever gave you

Oh is the beat

move

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why bother

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you