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[ Audience Applauding ] [ Man ] I'm rich, beeyotch!

[ Car Engine Cranking ]

[ Cranking Continues ]

You filming us?

Hey, man, what's happening? We were riding.

Car just broke down? Yeah.

Try it one more time. Try it one more time.

Short bursts. [ Cranking ]

[ Man ] Hey, yo, Dave!

What happened? Oh, I'm sorry. You're--

We stopped the engine. We can't get it started again.

[ Man ] Yo, Dave!

Uh--

Put too much gas in it. That's what I'm saying.

♪ [ Marching Band ]

I had the-- the butterfly wide open.

Try it now. Try it now.

[ Cranking ]

Stop, stop, stop, stop.

How much of this did you spray in there?

♪ [ Marching Band Continues ]

He said, "How much of that did you spray in there?"

How much-- How much of this... did you spray in?

I don't know what his answer is.

That's right. Saturday, coming at you!

The Block Party of life!

With Kanye West,

Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Common.

Did I mention the Fugees? Did I mention Dead Prez?

Did I tell you Erykah Badu was gonna be there?

And Jill Scott's gonna be there. And The Roots Crew is gonna be there.

And yours truly, David Chappelle!

That's right! Once in a lifetime!

I've got the Brooklyn Steppers behind me.

And we do a little something like this.

♪ [ Marching Band ]

Uh! Uh! What?

Uh!

Oh!

Saturday night, Saturday afternoon,

featuring barbecued chicken for lunch.

[ Chuckles ]

- [ Man ] It's a celebration. - It's a celebra-- It's a celebration.

Ha-ha-ha!

All right, I'm gonna go talk some stuff, and then we're gonna--

And then I'm gonna bring you up, Kanye.

[ Man ] Hey, yo, Brooklyn, make some noise for Mos Def, y'all.

Brooklyn!

Bed-Stuy!

Brooklyn!

Let the shouting out begin! Bwat! Bwat! Bwat! Bwat! Bwat! Bwat!

♪ Now throw your hands up, hustlers, busters boosters, ho, everybody ♪

Most High, we thank you just for being here with us.

We thank you for this day, God.

The sun is shining. They said it was supposed to rain.

But, God, you letting your face show that you want us here.

You want every soul here right now.

We thank you for this message that you're sending through all these people.

We thank you for bringing Dave to bring us together.

We dreamed of this day, and we ask that you just utilize our souls...

and our spirits and our voices to glorify you in all that we do.

We don't forget people that's poor. We don't forget those that's at war right now.

We don't forget our comrades that's in prison. We don't forget our children, God.

And we praying that you can just be through us and live through us...

so that we can raise our people up and raise ourselves up.

We put you first in all we do.

And now just bless the energy of us and the people out there...

and allow your message to beat through us.

Amen. Amen.

In the name of Jesus, in the name of Allah and the Spirit of the Ancestors. Amen. Ashe.

[ Dave ] All these people-- What we all have in common?

I think we all have a very personal message that they try to get across.

And it's about more than just making money.

All these people that are coming to this concert,

before I ever met 'em, I was fans of theirs.

So to work with these people, in this kind of setting, it's a dream come true.

This is the concert I've always wanted to see.

♪ Keep your hands up ♪

♪ Hustlers, busters, boosters Everybody, bump that ♪

♪ Still nowhere to go ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Still nowhere to go ♪ ♪ Brooklyn ♪

♪ Brooklyn ♪

It's your boy, M. Def. Tell you what. [ Audience Cheering ]

Feels good to be home, y'all.

[ Dave ] This is my local coffee shop. The journey starts here.

Preparing for game day Saturday.

We got to get some people to come to this concert.

I don't think that'll be so hard.

Hey, Bobby, guess what he offered us. What?

He said that there's gonna be a rap concert in Brooklyn,

and if we wanna go, he'll give us tickets.

Man, I can't rap. Dave, you know better than that.

You don't have to rap. But I'll get up there and try.

All you gotta do is listen. [ Man ] What?

How often does a brother get a chance to chill out with the probation officers...

on some social stuff. Man.

And some social-- No problems.

I ain't even-- I ain't asking you to turn around, drop me a cup of urine.

None of that. No cups, man. [ Dave ] Yeah. No peeing in the cup.

It might look like a lot, but this is it.

These are the golden tickets.

Wee Willy Wonka didn't even give out this many.

This will get you guys there.

It'll get you a hotel in New York for the night.

All right.

And it'll get you into the concert.

And it'll get you a ride back.

Okay. We get in our Cadillac like we-- My Cadillac, I should say.

Like we always do. And we go drive, go golfing.

It's this little corner store that we always go to for snacks,

and the next thing we know, we see Dave Chappelle.

I was like, "Oh!" Oh!

Chappelle-- He grabbed this ticket.

Out of nowhere. He pulled it out his ass.

We was like, "Oh!" Oh!

We were like, "Where did that come from?"

After we got done seeing Chappelle, we went on golfing.

And we going on to the hole number 11.

Just imagine, we feeling like this high.

Man, we feeling top of the world. Top of the world right now.

You can't crush us. Can't crush none of our feelings.

There's a house to the left. It's deep over to the left.

And the tee right here. He had to take a piss. So he respected the house.

You know, he respected it. I was down into some woods somewhere.

On some adventure stuff. And he went on this side. He handled his business.

Right. Everybody does it on the golf course. It's nothing.

Man. But--

Some guy comes out and just says,

"You nigger!" I said, "Oh!" I said, "No."

Man. It's a new era though.

I never thought somebody would say "nigger." Old guy was so old school.

I said, "Oh, my."

And then, I'm up here just holding him back.

"No. No." If it wasn't for him, it'd been over.

'Cause, you know, that's his private property. We want to go to Chappelle on Saturday.

♪ Chappelle's Show ♪ ♪ Chappelle ♪

♪ Chappelle's Show ♪ ♪ Chappelle ♪

♪ Yeah, Chappelle's Show ♪ So we gotta go.

So we did it for you, Dave. Yeah.

We didn't whup nobody's ass for you, Dave.

It was for you, Dave. For you.

Watch your back. [ Chuckles ] You almost bumped into a pole.

I never steer you wrong. Anyway, I come here and get cigarettes.

Nice lady, Miss Hall, owns this place.

I had the pleasure of meeting her before.

I wanna see if she'll come listen to some rap music.

Just 'cause she's not a traditional person to a rap concert.

Look out. Pole. I'm telling you, I'll never lie to you.

So, you're ready? Saturday night? Bring your Timberlands.

I-- And get-- get the dance.

Do you think I would enjoy that at my age, really and truly?

[ Dave ] And I just wanted people from around the area that I live in...

that might not normally go to something like this-- That's right.

to get a chance to experience something like this.

So I figure I'll go to the store.

I come here. I buy my cigarettes sometimes in the morning.

I just wanted you to be able to come in and do your business and leave, so--

No, that's why I live here. Everybody treats me like--

But inside, I was screaming, "That's Dave Chappelle!"

Hi. [ Man ] Hi. How's it going?

Do you wanna come in? Yeah.

Come on in.

I really don't know what to take to a rap party-- block party.

Uh, I knew I should have bought a thong.

♪ I'm tryin' to catch the beat ♪

♪ I need to catch the beat ♪

♪ I need to catch the beat ♪

♪ Uh-uh I need to catch the beat ♪

♪ Now, now, now, now Throw your motherfucking hands Get 'em high ♪

♪ Throw 'em high Get 'em high, uh ♪

♪ And all the girls pass the weed to your motherfucking man ♪

♪ Get 'em high Come on here ♪

♪ Now, I ain't never tell you to put down your hands ♪

♪ Keep 'em high Keep 'em high, yeah ♪

♪ And if you're losing your high then smoke again ♪

♪ Keep 'em high Now, now, now, my flow is in the pocket like wallets ♪

♪ I got the bounce like hydraulics ♪

♪ I can't call it I got the swerve like alcoholics ♪

♪ My freshman year I was going through hella problems ♪

♪ Till I built up the nerve to drop my ass up out of college ♪

♪ My teacher said I'm a loser I told her Why don't you kill me? ♪

♪ I give a fuck if you feel me I'm gonna follow my heart ♪

♪ And if you follow the charts or the plaques or the stacks ♪

♪ You ain't gotta guess who's back, you see ♪

♪ I'm so shy you thought I was bashful ♪

♪ But this bastard's flow will bash your skull ♪

♪ And I will cut your girl like Pastor Troy ♪

♪ And I don't usually smoke, but pass the 'dro ♪

♪ And I won't give you that money that you asking for ♪

♪ Why you think me and Dame cool? We assholes ♪

♪ That's why we hear your music in ♪ ♪ Fast forward ♪

♪ 'Cause we don't wanna hear that weak shit no more ♪

♪ Now, now, now Now everybody throw their hands ♪

♪ Get 'em high Get 'em high, yeah ♪

♪ And all the girls pass the weed to your motherfucking man ♪

♪ Get 'em high Get 'em high Get 'em high, yeah ♪

♪ Now, I ain't never tell you to put down your hands ♪

♪ So keep 'em high Keep 'em high, keep 'em high Keep 'em high ♪

♪ And if you're losing your high then smoke again ♪

Hey, yo, Kwe. I need you to spit that shit right now.

♪ Yo, yo, yo ♪

♪ I can't believe this nigga use my name for picking up dimes ♪

♪ But never mind I need some tracks He trying to pull tracks out ♪

♪ And my rhymes is fittin' to blow He about to blow back south ♪

♪ Well, okay, you twisted my arm I'll assist with the charm ♪

♪ Hey, yo, ain't you meet that chick at that conference with your mom? ♪

♪ Her sister's the bomb But she got the boozy behavior ♪

♪ Always got something to say like a Okayplayer hater ♪

♪ Anyway, I don't usually fuck with the Internet ♪

♪ Or chicks with birth control stuck to their arm like Nicorette ♪

♪ You really fuckin' that much or trying to get off cigarettes ♪

♪ If she think it's fly She ain't met a real nigga yet ♪

♪ I apologize if I come off a little inconsiderate ♪

♪ I got that Bubba and the sister could get a hit of it ♪

♪ Get 'em high Get 'em high, yeah ♪

♪ All the girls pass the weed to your motherfucking man ♪

♪ Get 'em high, get 'em high Come on, yeah ♪

♪ Now, I ain't never tell you to put down your hands ♪

♪ Get 'em high Get 'em high Get 'em high, yeah ♪

Ha-ha-ha!

Old people fuckin' love me, man.

[ Chuckles ] They love me.

You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.

Hi, miss. Hi.

Do you like rap music? I like you, man. I'm tellin' you.

Oh, I'll take that. You wanna come see a rap concert I'm throwin'?

When? It's in Brooklyn on Saturday.

Sorry. I can't do that.

I'll get you on the bus.

I'm going to Canada on a bus. Canada?

Yeah. Tryin' to dodge the war?

I don't know if you like rap music, but-- No.

It's not a question of liking.

I don't hear well enough to catch the words.

You know, I got the concert jump-off this weekend.

Oh, do you? I can get you there.

Oh, yeah. If you get me there, I'll go. On a bus.

It don't make no difference to me.

You'll go? Yeah.

No matter how we get you there? I ain't gonna send you on a donkey.

[ Chuckles ] I don't care. [ Man ] He'll hurt the donkey.

I'm a football player. I'm 320 pounds.

You play football? Where? At Central? No. Hell, no.

Excuse me. I don't mean to be cussin'.

That's all right.

Pussy ho. See? You can say--

You can say anything. This is a movie.

You got a big hat for me? Yeah.

And the mirror's right here? Yeah.

That's one. All right. I'm gonna surprise myself.

Here I go. Damn! Oh, snap!

Pimpalicious.

This a bad coat. Yeah.

You think I can wear this to a rap concert? You sure could.

Where is my money, bitch?

Now, this is the popular stuff? Yeah.

All right. This is current styles.

Look here, bitch.

I'm gonna tell you this, and I'm gonna tell you this once.

I want my goddamn money.

Tell your wife I said hi. I can't wait to meet her.

What's she like? She's the shit.

Red hair, big tits.

Red hair and big titties? All right, I'll keep an eye out.

Get her drunk, she'll show them. Really?

All right, make sure we have beer at the concert.

This place is called HaHa's Pizza, right?

Back in the day, it was started by some hippies.

And they had certain pizza toppings that made you laugh. Get my drift?

You ordered a mushroom pizza at this place back in '71,

chances were you were gonna hallucinate.

♪ Keep 'em high ♪ Brooklyn, make some noise.

[ Cheering ]

Ba! Ba! Ba! [ Band Members Laughing ]

[ Dave ] I rolled up on you guys completely by chance.

What are the odds that I'd be shooting the beginning--

That's God. It's God. I'm shooting a concert movie.

I'm trying to think, how am I gonna get people to come?

And all of a sudden, a marchig band crosses the street. How perfect is that?

Now, ladies and gentlemen, I'm standing here...

with a piece of black history.

The first black man named Milsapp, right here, ladies and gentlemen.

And not only is his name Milsapp,

but he's also the director of Central State University's band we got here.

This is not any old band though, is it?

No, it isn't. This the drum line.

Mr. Milsapp? Yes.

All right, how do y'all travel when you travel?

Very carefully.

We travel by charter bus. By charter bus?

We gotta have a huddle, guys. Come on, let's huddle up real quick.

Look, man, all right. Say I chartered y'all a bus, right?

Would you all come play at my concert, block party in New York?

I don't have a problem with it. The whole band?

Yeah, yeah, with two buses, right? Yeah.

It's not gonna be more than two buses, is it?

No, it won't be more than two buses.

Yeah, man, come on. Rep southwest Ohio, man.

Yes, we would. You'll do it?

Yes, we would.

Is there a compensation, or what?

Compensation? It comes with a sandwich.

Will there be snacks?

Oh, there'll be snacks. We got--

Don't we got snacks in the budget? This is a low-budget movie.

You know how Steven Spielberg have all them trucks and stuff? Got the hookup.

[ Dave ] This is it. We pulled up in a minivan, baby.

We're working on a tight budget.

You have to go through the channels, right? Run it up the flagpole, that type of thing.

Yeah, and that would be done expediently. That could be done.

And now we're just caught up in a little bureaucracy.

Now, how hot would it be if these kids got a chance to come through Bed-Stuy,

beating them drums, playing them horns?

The whole neighborhood is amped, screaming.

They're saying, "It's CSU!" That's what we're hoping for.

The anticipation is killing me.

♪ [ Vocalizing ]

♪ One-one-one-one-one-one ♪

♪ Two-two-two-two-two-two ♪

♪ Three-three-three Three-three-three ♪

♪ Four-four-four Four-four-four ♪

♪ I said, Lord have mercy ♪

♪ Hey, yo, from the first to the last of it delivery is passionate ♪

♪ Whole and not the half of it, vocab and not the math of it ♪

♪ Projectile that them blasted with Accurate assassin shit ♪

♪ Me and Kweli close like Bethlehem and Nazareth ♪

♪ After this you be pressing rewind on top your master disc ♪

♪ Shining like an asterisk for all those that be gathering ♪

♪ Connecting like a roundhouse from the townhouse to the tenements ♪

♪ All my Brooklyn residents All the heavy regiments ♪

♪ Don't believe Here the evidence ♪ Brooklyn!

[ Cheering ]

♪ Yeah, from where they selling tree at to where the police be at ♪

♪ Talib Kweli e-Kweli-ty Yo, tell them where we be at ♪

♪ We be in Brooklyn New York City ♪

♪ Where they paint murals of Biggie In cash we trust ♪

♪ Ghetto fabulous Life look pretty ♪

♪ What a pity Blunts is still 50 cents It's intense ♪

♪ Tree scent is dominant can't be covered with incense ♪

♪ My presence felt, my name is Kweli from the Eternal Reflection ♪

♪ People thinking M.C. is shorthand for misconception ♪

♪ I meditate Set it straight ♪

♪ Came to the conclusion that most of these cats is featherweight ♪

♪ Let me demonstrate Walking the streets is like battling ♪

♪ Be careful with your body ♪

♪ You know karate or think your soul is bulletproof like Sade ♪

♪ Stop acting like a bitch already Be a visionary ♪

♪ And maybe you can see your name in the column of obituary ♪

♪ [ Continues, Faint ]

That's where it's all going down, baby.

Stage will be right there where you guys are standing.

I'm gonna be running up and down from here.

All this is gonna be people. I can see it now!

Like a vision. Don't look at me like I'm crazy.

It's going down!

This is real.

I'm sorry for screaming like this.

♪ One, two, three Mos Def and Talib Kweli ♪

♪ We came to rock it on to the tip-top Best alliance in ♪

♪ Sing it up ♪

♪ Singing one, two, three It's kind of dangerous to be a M.C. ♪

♪ They shot 2Pac and Biggie God bless the day and this hip-hop ♪

♪ [ Vocalizing ] [ Cheering ]

Whose house is this anyway? This your house?

You know, we're having a concert in front of your house Saturday. You excited?

Yes, and you're welcome to come and rest your loins at any point.

I can come rest my loins in the crib. You heard that? With a glass of champagne.

Ladies and gentlemen,

today is their 40th-- Sixth.

Forty-sixth wedding anniversary.

Good God Almighty.

Thank you. Hold your applause till the end.

We took a trip on the Staten Island Ferry-- A little ocean voyage.

Okay. On the Staten Island-- To Staten Island.

All right. And as we walked in the streets of Staten Island,

what did we discover in the gutter but an angel broken in seven pieces.

When we both discovered this,

I turned to him, who was not my husband at the time,

and I said, "It's an omen. It's a sign.

I'm to marry you, of all people."

Really? And I did. I married him.

[ Clattering ]

And Sunday is our 46th wedding anniversary.

I put that angel back together again.

But after I did, we found the original,

of which there may be thousands of them.

The original's rather stiff. Mine is kind of graceful.

So, that's why we call this Broken Angel.

Because this building was wrecked and vandalized...

and lying in the street.

And I'm putting it back together again, better than it was.

Because they bought it, it kind of had some sort of meaning.

But if I was a location scout...

and we needed a crack house,

I might refer their place.

Can I see the whole band for a moment, please?

[ Boy ] Quiet. [ Girl ] Be quiet.

[ Laughing ]

All right.

Upon a discussion I had with our president...

and Mr. David Chappelle,

the performances on Saturday have been canceled.

Are you serious? I'm serious.

However, there has been a change in plans.

We will be traveling to New York.

[ Cheering ]

[ Man ] ♪ I've stumbled in these streets of men ♪

♪ Dying or living that I might comprehend ♪

♪ A concept like purpose or worth there ♪

♪ The earth is mine by divine prophecy, I'm told ♪

♪ I am free if I'm meek ♪

Greetings. Cody ChesnuTT, The Headphone Masterpiece.

By the grace of Almighty God, here for the celebration.

Miss, I'm having a block party on Saturday around the corner.

All you need to do is bring yourself.

Bring yourself! Bring yourself to the block party, won't you?

Attention, Huxtables.

There is a block party jump-off right around the corner.

Downing and Quincy. Downing and Quincy.

Bring Rudy, Theo, Denise.

On the actual block-- It's like a warehouse where they make chairs.

No human ass has touched these seats yet.

Some lucky person is gonna get a chair.

There's, like, a nursery school.

This ill house called the Broken Angel house.

Then there's the Salvation Army.

These guys have been kind enough to loan us furniture for the party.

And now we're just kind of looking around at furniture...

so that we can be comfortable on the rooftop during the concert.

I'm also just taking some time...

to look at all this good stuff that people just throw out.

If I went to a white person's house and saw this, I'd be furious.

Think I can play this, even though it says "Do not play"?

♪ Midnight, round midnight ♪

♪ [ Continues, Indistinct ]

[ Man ] I think right now, man,

Dave has two songs in his-- in his repertoire.

He has "Round About Midnight" and "Misty."

And he-- Once he has--

♪ [ Organ: "Misty" ]

♪ [ Humming ]

♪ Tree ♪ [ Laughing ]

Wait. Get-- Go back to "Round Midnight."

He always gets to the bridge, and then he does these real immaculate arpeggios,

which trips me out.

The fact that he's not a trained musician,

but he's dedicated his whole life...

to "Round About Midnight."

♪ [ Piano, Bass: "Round About Midnight" ]

[ Together ] We're dating.

It's called-- Courtship.

Christian courtship. That's what it's called.

It's called dating.

We've been friends for how long? A year. Best friends for a year.

A month. And a month.

And a day. And a day.

And a day, a day. It's a year, a month and a day.

So how many hours and how many minutes and how many seconds?

Can I breathe your air? Breathe mine. [ Sniffs ]

[ Girls Laughing ]

That was "Round Midnight" I was playing.

That's a Thelonious Monk song.

One of my favorite musicians, 'cause his timing was so ill.

Every comedian is a stickler for timing.

And Thelonious Monk was off time, yet perfectly on time.

You should study it if you're an aspiring comedian.

Or as an aspiring musician, you should study it.

Which brings me to my next point.

Comedians and musicians-- We're like this.

Every comic wants to be a musician.

Every musician thinks they're funny.

It's a very strange relationship that we have.

Some musicians are funny. Some comedians can play.

I'll give you an example. Mos Def, funny guy.

Jamie Foxx, good singer and piano player.

So you never know. You never know what kind of talents a person has.

I'm mediocre at both, but have managed to talk my way into a fortune.

Life is a funny, unpredictable thing.

So, you do the drums, right?

And then do like the straight--

Like, if I say, "I saw this lady who was so fat."

You'd be like, "Really, Dave?"

Like, "How fat was--"

You do the straight man, and then I'll do-- All right, you ready?

But this is how it works.

That you gotta stop when I say stop. It's gotta be, like, on a dime.

Okay. And then keep going again. Stop, keep going again.

All right, so we'll try it out.

But when we do it, we're gonna practice it in front of the audience.

This shit never fails.

It's like a walking bass line,

and then like a swing beat, and then like whatever else.

[ Man ] This is sort of like making that noise.

♪ [ Rhythmic Beat ] All right. That's right.

Okay, it should be like this.

Uh, hey, Mos, what's happening?

Then you be like-- "Hey, what's happening, Dave?"

Uh, Mos, I'm gonna tell you a little--

Uh, how many white people does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

I don't know, Dave. How many?

None. 'Cause they'll get a nigger to do it for 'em. Carry on.

[ Laughing ]

Oh, that's right. Just a little warm-up.

All right, all right.

[ Milsapp ] Okay, listen up.

Upon getting your keys and your luggage,

you can go to your room.

We are going to eat down here, I believe, in the dining room.

So once you put your luggage up, you can come back downstairs.

Glad we're here though.

Time to relax. Get some sleep before we go and kick it tomorrow or whatever.

♪ [ Intro ] Bed-Stuy!

Everybody! Come on, everybody!

♪ Get it up, get it up, what Everybody ♪

♪ Get it up, get it up, what ♪

♪ Get it up, get it up, what Everybody ♪

♪ Get it up, get it up, what Everybody ♪

♪ Get it up Give it up, what ♪

♪ Get it up Get it up, what ♪

♪ Get it up, get it up, what ♪

♪ Get it up, get it up Hating melodrama ♪

♪ Fellas wanna hover in my cypher like a helicopter ♪

♪ Like it's a special honor ♪

♪ Stealth bomber, gem dropper make the ghetto holler intercontinental ♪

♪ Taking you high like skydivers when we spark like live wires ♪

♪ Original caveman quest for my fire ♪

♪ Express my desire to drop this new shit ♪

♪ These record executives keep telling me y'all stupid ♪

♪ What, are they what? ♪

♪ Shut the fuck up ♪

♪ Revolutionaries throw your guns up ♪

♪ Whether you a bougie broad who acting stuck-up ♪

♪ Or some ignorant thug motherfuckers shooting the club up ♪

♪ We make y'all feel this Break your spirit ♪

♪ If y'all fake that realness Word, bringing it ♪

♪ Ringing it in for the new millennium to way after that ♪

♪ I call these cats Reynolds 'cause they plastic rap ♪

♪ Kill all the yappin' Let's make it happen ♪

♪ You cats ain't real Y'all just a reenactment ♪

♪ What ♪ ♪ Better yet, dramatization ♪

♪ Soon as the director say action, you start faking ♪

I like the element of surprise. Take this concert, for instance.

I would have loved it if nobody saw it coming.

Now it got leaked to the press, people have heard about it,

but they still don't know where it is.

So imagine. There's gonna be a group of people that see it here,

and then people will hear about it,

but they have no idea what it looks like.

[ Cameraman ] How'd you find out about this?

- Internet. - 1iota.com.

- 1iota. - Oh, through e-mail.

- ♪ Say it loud, say ♪ - ♪ Move something ♪

♪ Brooklyn, say it loud, say ♪ ♪ Move something ♪

- ♪ Brooklyn, say it loud, say ♪ - ♪ Move something ♪

- Where you going? - We made it.

Somewhere in Brooklyn. We don't know. We don't know.

Gonna have a good time today.

I don't know where I'm going. I know that I'm going to some block party.

But I don't know who's performing or--

I'm just here to have a good time.

We're going to Brooklyn. We're going to Bed-Stuy. Bed-Stuy, Bed-Stuy.

[ Laughing ] Do or die, we're going to Bed-Stuy.

That's where we think we're going.

Just get on. Enjoy yourself. Have a good time. We love you.

There's no more seats on here.

Y'all got to squeeze. I'm sorry.

Put three people. People with small booties all sit together.

Big booty people, y'all got to share with a small booty.

Wow. How you gonna catch me while I'm in the middle of breakfast?

This is not a stereotype. We were hungry and Pathmark was out of steak.

[ Man ] You guys ready to get on the road?

[ All ] Yeah!

[ Dave ] Thank you. Thank you very much.

Have you tried the hot dogs? That's right.

♪ That's right ♪

♪ We're gonna have a little party tonight ♪

♪ [ Continues ]

♪ With some jazz comedy ♪

♪ Oh ♪

That's right!

Hah!

We didn't get here until very late last evening.

And we've only had about four or five hours sleep, most of us.

So we are a little tired, but we're trying to weather the storm...

and enjoy ourselves in spite of.

Carry on! Whoo!

Whoo!

Yeah! We're gonna bring the house down tomorrow.

[ Laughing ]

Oh, shit!

♪ Scooby-doo-wop Scooby-doo-wee ♪

We need to let them in. We gotta go.

Downing and Gates. We got to let them in.

We got a marching band on Downing and Gates. Come on in.

♪ [ Marching Band ]

[ Dave ] Throw 'em up.

Throw 'em up!

Give it up for none other than Kan-Easy,

aka Kanye West.

Come on. Make some noise, Bed-Stuy.

Make some noise!

♪ [ Marching Band ]

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Y'all know what the Midwest is Young and restless ♪

♪ Where restless niggas might snatch your necklace ♪

♪ Next these niggas might jack your Lexus ♪

♪ Somebody tell these niggas who Kanye West is ♪

♪ I walk through the valley of the shadow of death ♪

♪ Top floor, the view alone will leave you breathless ♪

♪ Try to catch it It's kind of hard ♪

♪ Gettin' choked by detectives Yeah, now check the method ♪

♪ They asking us questions Harass and arrest us ♪

♪ Saying, we eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast ♪

♪ Y'all eat pieces of shit? What's the basis? ♪

♪ We ain't going nowhere but got suits and cases ♪

♪ A trunk full of coke Rental car from Avis ♪

♪ My mama used to say only Jesus could save us ♪

♪ Well, Mama, I know I act a fool ♪

♪ But I'll be gone till November I got packs to move ♪

♪ I hope Jesus walks ♪

♪ God, show me the way The devil's trying to break me down ♪

♪ Jesus, walk with me ♪

♪ The only thing that I pray is that my feet don't fail me now ♪

♪ I want Jesus ♪

♪ And I don't think there's nothing I can do now to right my wrongs ♪

♪ To walk with me ♪

♪ I wanna talk to God, but I'm afraid ♪

♪ 'Cause we ain't spoke in so long ♪

♪ I want Jesus ♪

♪ God, show me the way The devil's trying to break me down ♪

♪ To walk with me ♪

♪ The only thing that I pray is that my feet don't fail me now ♪

♪ All along my ♪

♪ Pilgrim's journey ♪

♪ I want Jesus ♪

♪ To walk with me ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ To the hustlers killers, murderers drug dealers ♪

♪ Even the strippers ♪ ♪ Jesus walks with them ♪

♪ To the victims of welfare For we living in hell here ♪

♪ Hell, yeah Jesus walks with them ♪

♪ Now hear ye, hear ye Want to see thee more clearly ♪

♪ I know he hear me when my feet get weary ♪

♪ 'Cause we're the almost nearly extinct ♪

♪ We rappers is role models We rap, we don't think ♪

♪ I ain't here to argue about his facial features ♪

♪ Or here to convert atheists into believers ♪

♪ I'm just trying to say the way school need teachers ♪

♪ The way Kathie Lee needed Regis That's the way I need Jesus ♪

♪ So here go my single, dog Radio needs it ♪

♪ You can rap about anything except for Jesus ♪

♪ That means guns Sex, lies, videotape ♪

♪ But if I talk about God, my record won't get played ♪

♪ Well, if this take away from my spins ♪

♪ Which will probably take away from my ends ♪

♪ Then I hope it take away from my sins ♪

♪ And bring the day that I'm dreaming about ♪

♪ Next time I'm in the club, everybody screaming out ♪

♪ Jesus walks ♪

♪ God, show me the way The devil's trying to break me down ♪

♪ Jesus, walk with me ♪

♪ The only thing that I pray is that my feet don't fail me now ♪

♪ And I don't think there's nothing I can do now to right my wrongs ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah ♪

♪ I wanna talk to God, but I'm afraid ♪

♪ 'Cause we ain't spoke in so long ♪

Man, that Kanye West.

Kanye West, who we came to see, he came out right away.

He came out and did his thing. I liked that.

It's a party.

If it wasn't for the rain, it would have been really great. But it's still a party.

[ Dave ] Rain, rain...

on my parade.

5,000 black people chillin' in the rain.

Nineteen white people peppered into the crowd.

Everybody's welcome.

Trying to find a Mexican.

[ Audience Laughing ]

Very hard to find a Mexican.

Buenos días. I know you're out there. Buenos días.

¿Qué?

That's Spanish. Lil Jon. ¿Qué?

¿Qué?

Sí.

Thank you, bitches. Good night.

Now, I know you guys are thinking,

"Dave, where have you learned how to play the congos?"

Nobody taught me that shit. I'm black!

It's in my blood!

[ M-1 ] Throw up my gang sign.

It's bad. Well, no, really, it means something. It means iYa basta!

Know what I'm saying? It's Mexican.

For all my compañeros and compañanas.

This means iYa basta! Enough is enough.

[ Dave ] Is that some Mexican shit? Yeah.

So if I see some Mexicans and I throw this up--

And this means-- iYa basta!

iYa basta! And they'll be like, "All right."

Oh, well, you know. I never really-- Check with them first.

Yeah, I don't wanna-- Don't have me doing this.

Don't just walk up to Mexicans and start doing this shit.

Enough is enough. iYa basta!

We had enough here. We're ready for better.

Any way.

Next time my wife is feeding me too much-- "Would you like some more potatoes?"

iYa basta! I've had enough.

♪ [ Intro ]

Oh, yeah.

Yeah. Oh, yeah.

Put your fists up. My nigga.

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. ♪ Crank up your speakers ♪

♪ Your woofers and your tweeters ♪

♪ Turn up your receivers ♪

♪ Crank up your speaker ♪

♪ Your woofers and your tweeters ♪

♪ Turn up your receivers ♪

♪ We banging off the--♪

It's your boy stic.man, Dead Prez.

You know how we do it. Fuck the police.

You know what I mean? Raising the babies up soldier style.

Greetings.

This is M-Uno, M-1, the other half of Dead Prez.

♪ We bangin' off the ♪

♪ Yo, come on ♪

♪ Your speakers Your woofers and your tweeters ♪

♪ Turn up your receivers ♪

♪ We bangin' off the meter ♪

♪ I refuse to be a stereotype in your box ♪

♪ Never wanna try to be something I'm not ♪

[ Dave ] I think, like, the more you say with it,

the less airplay you get.

You know, guys like Dead Prez-- They say it all.

But you hardly ever hear them on the radio.

Because they say things like,

"The White House is the rock house.

Uncle Sam is the motherfuckin' pusher man.

What I gotta do to make you understand?"

You know. They don't want to hear that on the radio.

"The White House is the rock house" and all these kinds of things.

But you hear it in a barbershop all the time.

♪ Say turn off the radio Brooklyn ♪

♪ Turn off that bullshit ♪

♪ Turn off the radio ♪ ♪ Come on, come on ♪

♪ What's on the radio? Propaganda, mind control ♪

♪ And turnin' it on is like puttin' on a blindfold ♪

♪ When you bring in the real you don't get rotation ♪

♪ Unless you take over the station ♪

♪ And, yeah, I know it's part of their plans ♪

♪ To make us think it's all about party and dancing ♪

♪ And, yo, it might sound good when you spittin' your rap ♪

♪ But in reality don't nobody live like that ♪

♪ You wanna know what kind of nigga I am ♪

♪ Let me tell you about the nigga I'm not ♪

♪ I don't fuck with the cops Like it gotta be hot ♪

♪ I ain't gotta love it even if they play it a lot ♪

♪ How many people they reach How they use music to teach ♪

♪ A radio program ain't a figure of speech ♪

♪ Don't sleep 'cause you could be a radio freak ♪

♪ My nigga, turn off the radio Say it ♪

♪ Turn off that bullshit ♪

- ♪ Brooklyn, turn off the radio ♪ - ♪ Come on, come on ♪

♪ Turn off that bullshit Turn off the radio ♪

Say it! ♪ Turn off that bullshit ♪

♪ Turn off the radio, say it ♪

♪ Turn off that bullshit ♪

♪ Crank up your speakers ♪

♪ Your woofers and your tweeters ♪

♪ Turn up your receivers ♪

♪ We bangin' for the people ♪

♪ Crank up your speakers ♪

♪ Your woofers and your tweeters ♪

♪ Turn up your receivers ♪

♪ We bangin' off the meter ♪

Or how about when they say, "Who shot Biggie Smalls?

If we don't get them, they gonna get us all.

I'm up for running up on them crackers in their city hall."

You'll never hear that shit on the radio.

Never in a million years will you hear somebody say on the radio,

"I'm up for running up on some crackers in city hall."

And people have stopped asking who shot Biggie Smalls.

But if you in show business and black, you'll wonder about that every day.

'Cause they might get you too.

Biggie Smalls was in this day care center.

Miss Jenkins, Miss Green,

Miss Penny was their teachers.

And they're still here. They've been here for the past 30 years.

Man. So the next Biggie Smalls might be here now.

You don't even know. He may be.

That's it. This is what I just finished telling you.

All right. All right. Okay.

So out of here, you will get the next star.

Maybe-- Maybe Biggie Smalls.

Another Biggie Smalls.

This the old day care center right here, man. [ Dave ] You were in here too?

I didn't go here. My nephew used to go here.

I used to always come here to pick up my nephew.

One of my niggas from Junior Mafia, his mom used to work in here.

Word? You know, this all around the way, man.

All down here. So the whole Junior Mafia's from around this way?

Yeah. Yeah, everybody. Kim, everybody.

Yeah. Kim used to live-- She lived on the other St. James.

That's two blocks down this way on Lafayette.

Jay-Z-- He from Marcy Projects.

That ain't but about two, three blocks on that side.

Junior Mafia, Big-- He's two blocks back down this way. You know what I'm saying?

So, I mean, you know, we kind of put it down ourselves.

You influenced the whole world.

Yeah, yeah. For sure, for sure.

It's just like it's a hood thing, man. Like we ain't got shit to do out here.

That's all you got to do is music, man.

That was something that kept a lot of us niggas out of trouble.

Kept motherfuckers off the corner.

Would have been police out there fuckin' with you.

You go in the crib, you listen to some music.

That's the only thing that kind of cleared a nigga head.

And the money never came between you? No, never that. Never that.

'Cause we all grew up together.

At the end of the day, I ain't gotta make another record no more,

but those will always be my niggas, 'cause I grew up with them.

It was way bigger than hip-hop. Kind of like, that was our work.

Those were my niggas right there. I grew up with them since we was like this.

So nothing would ever come between us. You know what I'm saying?

Me, on the other hand, I don't see none of my old friends.

Them motherfuckers is crazy. And if you watching this, I mean that shit.

If you know this here, say it.

♪ It's bigger than hip-hop ♪

♪ Hip-hop, hip-hop, hip ♪

♪ It's bigger than ♪ ♪ Say it ♪

♪ What it bigger than? ♪ ♪ Say it ♪

♪ What it bigger than? ♪ ♪ Say it ♪

♪ What it bigger than? ♪

♪ One thing about music When it hit, you feel no pain ♪

♪ White folks say it controls your brain ♪

♪ I know better than that That's game And we ready for that ♪

♪ Two soldiers head of the pack, matter of fact, who got the gat? ♪

♪ And where my army at? Rather attack than not react ♪

♪ Back the beats It don't reflect on how many records get sold ♪

♪ On sex, drugs and rock and roll ♪

♪ Whether your project gets put on hold ♪

♪ In the real world, we just people with ideas ♪

♪ They just like me and you when the smoke and camera disappear ♪

♪ Out in the real world it's bigger than all these fake-ass records ♪

♪ When poor folks got the millions and my sisters get respect ♪

♪ If you check, one, two My word of advice to you is just relax ♪

♪ Just do what you got to do If that don't work, then ♪ ♪ Check the facts ♪

♪ If you a fighter, rider, biter, flame igniter, crowd exciter ♪

♪ Or you wanna just get high then just say it ♪

♪ But then if you a liar, liar Pants on fire, wolf-crier Agent with a wire ♪

♪ I'm gonna know it when I play it ♪ ♪ Say it ♪

♪ Say it, say it ♪ ♪ Hip-hop ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah ♪

♪ What it bigger than? ♪

♪ It's bigger than hip-hop Hip-hop, hip-hop ♪

♪ Bigger than ♪

♪ Who shot 2Pac? If we don't get them they gonna get us all ♪

♪ I'm down for running up on them crackers in the city hall ♪

♪ We ride for y'all All my dogs, stay real ♪

♪ Nigga don't think your record deal ♪

♪ Gonna feed your seeds and pay your bills ♪

♪ Because they're not ♪

♪ MC's get a little bit of love and think they hot ♪

♪ Talkin' about how much money they got ♪

♪ Nigga, all y'all records sound the same ♪

♪ I'm sick of that fake thug R & B rap scenario all day on the radio ♪

♪ Same scenes in the video ♪

♪ Monotonous material Y'all don't hear me though ♪

♪ These record labels sling our tapes like dope ♪

♪ You can be next in line and signed ♪

♪ And still be writing rhymes and broke ♪

♪ You rather have a Lexus or justice? ♪

♪ A dream or some substance? ♪

♪ A Bimmer, a necklace or freedom? ♪

♪ See, a nigga like me don't player-hate I just stay awake ♪

♪ This is real hip-hop and it don't stop ♪

♪ Till we get them crackers off our block ♪

♪ They call it hip-hop Hip-hop, hip-hop ♪

♪ It bigger than ♪

♪ What ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ What it bigger than? What it bigger than? What it bigger than? ♪

♪ Hip-hop, hip-hop ♪ ♪ What it bigger than? ♪

♪ What it bigger than? ♪

♪ It bigger than hip-hop, hip-hop ♪

♪ Hip-hop ♪

♪ DP's got that crazy shit We keep it crunked up ♪

♪ Come on, blaze this shit ♪

♪ DP's got that crazy shit We keep it crunked up ♪

Brooklyn, we love you. Thank y'all.

Free Aaron Patterson. [ Cheering ]

Look at that. Look at that. All right, all right.

Ready? This is for Dead Prez right here.

This is especially for Dead Prez.

Pow!

The most revolutionary shoe known to man. iYa basta!

Who knew that? iYa basta!

iYa basta! Enough is enough, motherfuckers.

You need to get us in a skit, Dave.

You know what I'm saying? We can do this.

We can do this. I'll dance all day.

How many people in the audience can MC?

[ Cheering ] 900 MC's.

Mr. T.

Bring up Mr. T.

I wanna battle you. I pity you, fool.

I pity the fool that tries to battle Dave Chappelle.

Where's your time machine parked?

He got a Mohawk, man.

Come on, man. You weigh more than me. Goddamn!

I pity the fool!

Drink the milk, BA.

Here's the kicker. I'm not giving you a mike. Good luck. Uh! Uh!

[ Audience Cheering ] [ Laughing ]

You know, I'm from D.C. Where y'all are from? You from D.C.? For real?

You know, we rough it off down there. He said he's roughing off.

Does that mean that I should wash my hands?

[ Yelling ] He's roughing off! Vaseline!

See, roughing off is when we take the mike.

All right, hold on. All right! Take it easy!

You know I got security. I'll get you yoked.

I will get you-- I'm worth too much money now, motherfucker.

There's snipers on the roof, all kinds of shit.

That's right, Mr. T. I pity the fool.

I pity the fool that fuck with me.

[ Cheering ]

What's up, BK?

Yo. It's like this.

Uh. This my homey here. He's from D.C., right?

- So-- ♪ Yo, son, what's up with that bald head? ♪ - [ Audience Booing ]

♪ I think you need to get something new or you'll be dead ♪

♪ Yo, Dave, I ain't gonna do you like that ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm gonna come to you real phat with a bat ♪

♪ Yo, I'm rappin' like this 'cause I don't really freestyle ♪

♪ I'm rapping like this 'cause I've traveled many miles ♪

♪ Pleased to meet you, I holler, I'll see you at the gate ♪

♪ After that, yeah Son, it's gonna be late ♪

Time out, everybody.

First of all, don't ever boo a rapper on this stage.

The way that he rhymed "gate" with "late" is genius!

And if you can't see that, there's something wrong with you.

Anybody can rhyme like that.

You got nice shoes. Nigga's got blues.

New York City.

Something about big titties. You could just do that all day.

Bring back on that beat!

♪ [ Hip-hop Beat ] Uh! Time out! Time out! Time out!

Why everybody got to go "uh" before they freestyle? Uh! Uh!

All right, go ahead. Bring that beat back. Bring that beat back!

I didn't forget about you!

♪ [ Hip-hop Beat ] ♪ It's time to go to school ♪

♪ Like Mr. T said I pity the fool ♪

♪ That ain't platinum It's not even silver ♪

♪ It's just a piece of shit I told you that shit don't rhyme ♪

What? What?

Look at that! Huh?

♪ You said Free Tibet Ain't no niggas in Tibet ♪

It's probably a free T-shirt.

My flow is too ill.

Damn, I thought that was a real person. That's a puppet. Goddamn!

This puppet had me fooled.

I was like, he's gonna get in trouble smoking all this weed out here.

Guy got his hand up a Jamaican midget's ass.

Doing all--

I didn't know it was a puppet.

All right. Oh, yeah, give it up for my man, Mr. T.

His cereal is in stores. [ Scattered Applause ]

♪ Ah, Mr. T Da-da-da ♪

[ Man ] Can I get somebody to beatbox for me?

I'll beatbox. How you want your beat? All right.

♪ [ Beatbox ]

♪ [ Beatbox ]

♪ Many women tell me my style is so different ♪

♪ It is kind of good, but let's be specific ♪

♪ I'm not the type to be rushing ♪

♪ I'm not the type of guy who asks a whole lot of questions ♪

♪ Like where you going where you been and can we ♪

♪ Have sex all the time That's not important to D. ♪

♪ I only date girls who have men or relations ♪

♪ So to be with me is like a mini vacation ♪

♪ So I don't let no girl spend my money like she crazy ♪

♪ Half on drinks on the room and the baby ♪

♪ I don't argue I control myself ♪

♪ 'Cause I don't have to be loud or physical to be felt ♪

♪ 'Cause after it's all over, we realized it was nothing ♪

♪ I walk away and later return and still be ♪

♪ You never have to worry that I lie ♪

♪ 'Cause I don't have to ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm the nigga on the side ♪

[ Clapping ] That's right.

All right, I'll see you Saturday, man. All right!

Saturday.

2:00.

Be there or be square, as they say.

She knew what I was going for. You heard that, buddy?

Quincy and Downing Street.

[ Woman ] How do you spell Downing?

Downing? I don't know. I went to public school.

D-O-W-N-N-I-G?

When you said you was doing it over there, I was like, "Fuck."

[ Dave ] You grew up over there?

My whole childhood--

Hey, that's crazy. was in the Stuy.

So it's a trip. The Stuy is still, like, the Stuy.

You know what I'm saying? This shit has been like that forever.

It's actually better now than it has been. In certain areas, anyway.

[ Dave ] Some of it look like...

when The Cosby Showcomes back from commercial break.

And some of it look like...

when Good Timescame back from the commercial break.

But it could be in the same block.

[ Mos Def ] Like, yeah, you could be in one block,

and then you'd turn the corner and you'd be like, "Oh, shit."

Tyrone in school?

Folks, right now I'm sitting in the office of none other than Luz Grice.

She is the director of the day care center...

whose roof we'll be shooting on Saturday.

I just wanted to say thank you, first of all, for letting us shoot here.

Thank you.

And thank you for introducing me to all the kids today. You're quite welcome.

It's a mixed area, Bed-Stuy. It's black, Hispanic.

There are a few Caucasians coming in.

You know, that's what I like about Bed-Stuy. You say it's a mixed area.

Blacks and Hispanics.

Blacks, Hispanics and a few Caucasians coming into the neighborhood.

Do you got a limo? Do I have a limo?

Today I have a limo. [ Kids Cheering ]

Thank you. Thank you. Can we ride in it?

If you guys could ride in my limousine, right,

where would you want to go?

[ Kids Shouting At Once ] No, wait a minute! Wait a minute!

Let's go to Alabama. Alabama!

You wanna go to Alabama?

This the roof? Now we going to the roof.

To the roof? Yes.

To the roof. I hope you can climb stairs.

Right over the ledge...

is the actual block party-slash-concert.

To my right is Tyrone, one of the fastest kids on the East Coast.

I'm gonna give you a head start. That's how confident I am.

Are you ready? Yeah.

Set.

I didn't say "go." I didn't say "go," Tyrone.

Come on now. This time I mean it. Are you ready?

Set. I'm gonna give you a head start.

Go.

Just gonna let him run real quick.

Oh, he isfast!

[ Groans ]

Is the jump-off jumping off?

Who wants to go next? Ready?

Yeah, I'm ready.

All right, come on, y'all. Let's keep the show going.

[ Dave ] All right, everybody.

I don't know what to say.

Y'all just gonna have to go crazy now. Just make some noise.

Hey! I smell reefer!

[ Audience Laughing ]

I'm calling the police!

All right, everybody. Make some noise.

Show your love.

Erykah Badu. [ Audience Cheering ]

♪ Back in the day now ♪

♪ Back in the day when things were cool ♪

♪ Hey ♪

♪ All we needed was ♪

♪ Bop-bop, bop-bop, bop-ba-dop ♪

♪ Hey, ohh, ohh-oh-oh ♪

♪ Bop-bop, bop-bop Bop-ba-dop ♪

Wait. ♪ Well, well, well Sing ♪

♪ Back in the day when things were cool ♪

♪ Back in the day ♪

♪ All we needed was ♪ ♪ Bop-bop, bop-bop Bop-ba-dop ♪

♪ Hey Oh, ba, ba ♪

- ♪ Oh ♪ - ♪ Bop-bop, bop-bop Bop-ba-dop ♪

♪ Oh, well, well, well Look, gotta say ♪

♪ Soul flower, take me flying with you ♪

♪ Hey, child ♪

♪ Just give me that ♪ ♪ Bop-bop, bop-bop, Bop-ba-dop ♪

Let me just say, just because you guys are younger than me,

don't think for a second I'm gonna take it easy on you.

I play to win. Yeah, you can't win.

I'm putting some money on the table.

[ Kids Yelling ]

I'm just kidding. Gambling is wrong, kids.

James, watch this.

♪ [ Vocalizing ]

We gonna go back, all right? Hey.

Say good morning. [ Kids ] Good morning!

Good morning, kids.

Say, "Good morning, Mr. Chappelle." Good morning, Mr. Chappelle.

Thanks. Can you say, "Good morning, Mr. Black Bush"?

[ Kids ] Good morning, Mr. Black Bush.

I love kids. Thank you.

♪ The laughin', the singin' The jammin', the talkin' ♪

♪ The pumpin' the trunk with the windows rolled up ♪

♪ Puff ♪ [ Laughs ]

♪ [ Vocalizing ]

♪ Then we would ride around the park till it's after dark ♪

♪ And when we get home, hope the dog don't bark ♪

♪ Puff ♪

[ Dave ] It's always more interesting to look at the person behind the imag.

Everyone's got a difference between their personal life and their public life.

You kind of have to. Not every part of you can be for sale, right?

But this is something where I just wanted to get a feeling of, like, that third dimension.

Something just a little bit beyond that superficial image.

Just meet the people behind the gold or whatever it is...

that their image is.

But, you know,

you hear someone like Erykah Badu's music and you get the idea she's so serious.

But she's a hilarious person. You'd never know this.

So hopefully we hang out here for 12 hours together.

We perform together and we talk together.

Maybe we get to see a little bit more about what we're all about.

Hey, look at Erykah!

[ Woman Laughing ] Go ahead, girl.

I really love that woman.

We all have our own thing.

That's the magic,

that everybody comes with their own sense of strength and their own queendom.

Mine could never compare to hers,

and hers could never compare to mine.

♪ Love of my life ♪

♪ You are my friend ♪

[ Backup Singers ] ♪ Love of my life ♪

♪ I can depend ♪

♪ Love of my life ♪

♪ Without you, baby ♪

♪ It feels like a simple true love, yeah ♪

- ♪ But the shit ain't clear ♪ - ♪ Y'all know how I met her ♪

♪ We broke up and got back together ♪

♪ To get her back I had to sweat her ♪

♪ Thought she'd roll with bad boys forever ♪

♪ In many ways them boys made her better ♪

♪ To grow I had to let her ♪ ♪ Let her ♪

♪ She needed cheddar I understood that ♪

♪ Looking at cheese, that don't make her a hood rat ♪ ♪ Rat ♪

♪ In fact, she's a queen to me Her light beams on me ♪

♪ I love it when she sings to me It's like ♪

♪ Ooh, you know you rock my world ♪

♪ And you be boy and ♪

[ Audience ] ♪ I'll be girl ♪

♪ And it don't stop ♪ ♪ And it don't stop, y'all ♪

♪ It don't stop, y'all It don't stop till the break of what ♪

♪ Dawn, dawn ♪

♪ Sing it, y'all Come on ♪

♪ [ Vocalizing ]

♪ It don't, it don't It don't, it don't ♪

♪ It don't, it don't It don't, it don't stop ♪

♪ Uh ♪

[ Audience Cheering ]

She jumped off into the crowd's arms.

That was exciting.

♪ Yes, yes, y'all And you don't stop ♪

♪ We like to rock to the beat and you don't stop ♪

♪ Kool Herc in the house and you don't stop ♪

[ Jill Scott ] That chick right there has definitely led the way...

for me and a lot of other sisters.

You know, I appreciate it.

[ Michel Gondry ] Are you nervous you're gonna perform after her?

[ Laughing ]

I'm trying to get your feelings out.

Have you ever seen me perform?

I am the lady, Jill Scott.

I am a poet and a singer...

and a lot of other things.

And this is my pimple, Herbert.

[ Men Laughing ] He arrived today and he decided to stay.

So we'll see his performance tomorrow.

They fixing me.

No, I can't see him.

He said, "Can I see it with my eye?" No.

♪ Woke up this morning ♪

♪ With a smile on my face ♪

♪ Jumped out of bed ♪

♪ Took a shower ♪

♪ And I cleaned up my place ♪

♪ Made me some breakfast ♪

♪ I had some toast and two scrambled eggs ♪

♪ Grabbed my keys Grabbed my purse ♪

♪ Grabbed my jacket Off to work ♪

♪ Beaming all the way ♪

♪ You love me ♪

♪ Baby ♪

Whoo!

♪ You love me, baby ♪ ♪ You love ♪

♪ Me, baby ♪ ♪ Me, baby ♪

♪ Me, baby ♪

♪ Is it the way, yeah ♪

♪ You love You love me, baby ♪

♪ [ Vocalizing ]

I know.

♪ [ Ends ]

Jill Scott. I love her.

Um... I've seen Mos Def.

Oh, my gosh, I'm so excited!

Oh, it's wonderful. It's great being out here in New York for my first time.

I feel kind of like I'm at home. Yeah.

Seeing all these people out here with locks, it's comfortable.

You know, it's nice though.

See, you can't come to Brooklyn without coming to the rooftop.

This is New York when you're on the rooftop.

Every time you show a movie, it always show somebody on the rooftop. This is it.

So we here doing it.

On a-- On a rooftop.

The barbecue-- You should see the lovely women.

[ Laughing ]

[ Questlove ] All of us have-- What we have in common...

is that our audience doesn't look like us.

And it's the same for him.

Like, because of whatever vehicle that he's working at the time,

it attracts a certain demographic.

And I guess around the time...

when the thing that was out for him...

was, you know, like people knowing about Half Baked.

And it was like post-9/11.

So, pretty much, like--

The audience was full of, like, these-- these--

these wild frat boys, like, you know, like--

that just wanted him to do his character, and--

'Cause he was telling stories, they would always interrupt his narrative.

But tell them what I said.

That's when the sniper was out. What did I say? I said the sniper was black.

Yeah. Did I not say that?

Yeah. He predicted that the DC Sniper was-- was black.

'Cause he was taking weekends off.

What kind of white sniper's gonna do some shit like that?

A white sniper's up early, killing.

♪ Party people gather round ♪

♪ What we have here is a brand-new sound ♪

♪ Reach for my waist Y'all hittin' the ground ♪

♪ You better duck when I start spitting the rounds ♪

♪ It goes boom, boom, boom ♪

♪ Yeah, that's what's happenin' in the parking lot ♪

♪ Check it out, y'all ♪

♪ That's what's happenin' onstage ♪

♪ Hold your flicks I'm not for the photo ops ♪

♪ It's Black Code name Yaphet Kotto ock ♪

What's good? Black Thought from the Roots Crew, holding it down.

Frank Knuckles of the Roots. One love.

I'm Kamal from the Roots, and I'm an alcoholic.

Ahmir Thompson. I'm the official photographer of this event.

My name is Kirk, aka Captain Kirk,

aka Roscoe, aka Tracy Chapman. [ Laughter ]

I play guitar with the Roots Crew.

What's happenin'? Martin Luther, Rebel Soul Music.

♪ Party people gather round ♪

This is H-U-B, Hub-- Leonard Hubbard on the bass,

representing the Roots Crew and keeping black music alive.

What's up? Big Daddy Kane. Just here to show love, you know.

Glad to be a part of this, you know.

Big ups to the Roots. Big up to Dave, for, you know, showing a brother love.

♪ The man at hand that rule the school ♪

♪ And teach and reach the blind and find a way from A to Z ♪

♪ And be the most to boast I'm loud and proud ♪

♪ The game to reign You remain guilty ♪

♪ The heat is on So feel the fire Come off the empire ♪

♪ All the more higher Levels of depth One step beyond dope ♪

♪ Suckers all smoke and hope to cope with notes ♪

♪ 'Cause I could never let them on top of me ♪

♪ I play them out like a game of Monopoly ♪

♪ Let it speed around the board like an astro ♪

♪ And send them to jail for trying to pass "Go" ♪

♪ Shaking them up Breaking them up Taking no stuff ♪

♪ But it still ain't loud enough, so Questlove let the fire grow ♪

♪ Everybody in the house say Ho ♪

♪ Party people gather round What we have here is a brand-new sound ♪

♪ Reach for my waist Y'all hittin' the ground ♪

♪ You better duck when I start spittin' the rounds ♪

♪ And go boom, boom, boom, boom ♪

♪ That's what's happening in the parking lot ♪

♪ Y'all are not ready for it ♪ Yo, check it.

♪ In my design the finer rhyme is right on time ♪

♪ One step beyond and not behind the line ♪

♪ That separates y'all from divine ♪

♪ Take it as a caution or a warning sign ♪

♪ Antonyms, words I'm blending them ♪

♪ Homonyms, synonyms Good like M&Ms ♪

♪ With Polo, the blow I'm slicing ♪

♪ I turn a mike's last name into Tyson ♪

♪ My brain's like a factory constantly creating ♪

♪ Materials stitch by stitch for decorating ♪

♪ Lyrics are fabric Beat is a lining ♪

♪ My passion in rhyming is fashion designing ♪

♪ Now it gets ordered The people wanna sport it You bought it ♪

♪ If you didn't then you couldn't afford it ♪

♪ Poetry full of surprises It's like a game show ♪

♪ And my brain go I do my thing, yo ♪

♪ Party people gather round What we have here is a brand-new sound ♪

♪ Yeah, reach for my waist Y'all hittin' the ground ♪

♪ You better duck when I start spittin' the rounds ♪

♪ I go boom, boom, boom ♪

What? ♪ What's happenin' in the parking lot, man ♪

♪ Check it out, y'all ♪

♪ That's what's happenin' onstage ♪

Whoo!

Yes, they deserve to die,

and I hope they burn in hell!

♪ [ Flourish ]

♪ [ Ends ]

All right, mans, you ready? Yes!

Hit me, hit me. Hit me two times.

♪ [ Band Hits Notes ]

That's not how James Brown did it.

His shit was crisp, decisive.

I said, "Hit me." Y'all was like-- "Eh-eh."

I got to get that James Brown shit. Hit me two times.

♪ [ Playing Notes ] That's better, motherfuckers. Three times.

- ♪ [ Band Hits Notes ] - That's right. Two from both nuts.

♪ [ Playing Notes ] That's right.

Ain't nothing like a James Brown hit to set the mood. Hit me.

♪ [ Playing Notes ] See? Hit me again.

That's right. Hit me. ♪ [ Playing Notes ]

See? [ Audience Laughing ]

If you could do that in real life, you'd be powerful.

If I could walk into the meeting--

"I want more money, motherfuckers!" Hit me. ♪ [ Playing Note ]

[ Laughing Continues ] Just might get it.

"Excuse me, baby. Would you like to dance?"

"I ain't dancing with you." "Fuck you, bitch!" Hit me.

♪ [ Playing Notes ] Ow!

Hit me again. ♪ [ Playing Notes ]

All right, just checking, making sure you-- Hit me. ♪ [ Plays Notes ]

Watching, that's all. Hit me. ♪ [ Plays Notes ]

Aaah!

Hit me! ♪ [ Playing Note ]

They're good. What can I say?

They're professionals. Hit me! ♪ [ Playing Notes ]

See, I can't shake them. Hit me!

♪ [ Playing Note ] Shit.

Life is deep. You know, the other day-- Hit me!

♪ [ Playing Notes ] Damn. Motherfuckers are good.

You see what I'm saying?

I'm telling you, the crowd's not gonna know what hit them. Bam!

♪ [ Organ Sting ]

You see, what I'm saying is that the crowd's not gonna--

Y'all motherfuckers don't even know what hit you.

[ Mos Def ] You in Bed-Stuy. Gotta do mother jokes. Oh, there you go.

All right. Fuck you, you short-ass motherfucker.

I seen your mother's picture. You could see her feet on the driver's license picture.

How about that? Hit me. ♪ [ Playing Note ]

Boom! In your face, motherfuckers! 'Cause I got a band too!

I got a band too.

[ Laughing ]

Oh, yeah. Then we'll tear 'em up.

We'll tear 'em up. White people in the audience, it doesn't work.

Your mother's got an eye here, here, here and here.

When someone knock on the door, she looks in the peephole and say,

"Who is it?" Hit me! ♪ [ Playing Note ]

That's right, your ugly-ass mother--

I'll be going on like this all day long.

That's right.

Your mother got three titties. One for milk, one for water and other one's out of order.

Hit me. Pow! ♪ [ Playing Note ]

You see, it's not even that funny, but with the hit,

it just pushes it over the top.

Nobody has three titties. That's ridiculous.

One more hit. ♪ [ Playing Note ]

Two times. ♪ [ Playing Notes ]

Three times. ♪ [ Playing Notes ]

[ Black Thought ] I think we gonna have some fun with this one right here.

♪ When I use my mind I win the race ♪

♪ I am the moon and the rising sun ♪

♪ My new shit has just begun ♪

♪ I can take you higher ♪

♪ I can take you low ♪

♪ If you were worried about where ♪

♪ I been or who I saw ♪

♪ Or what club I went to with my homies ♪

♪ Baby, don't worry ♪

[ Man ] Yeah!

♪ Don't worry, don't worry ♪

♪ You know ♪

♪ That snake could be that chick and that rat could be that cool cat ♪

♪ That's whispering She trying to play you for a fool, Black ♪

♪ If something's on your chest then let it be known ♪

♪ See, I'm not every five minutes all on the phone ♪

♪ And on the topic of trust it's just a matter of fact ♪

♪ That people be biting backs and trying to fracture what's intact ♪

♪ And they'll be eyein' on some I'm a celebrity ♪

♪ I deal with the real And if it's artificial let it be ♪

♪ I seen people caught in love like whirlwinds ♪

♪ Listening to their squabbles, fuckin' with girlfriends ♪

♪ That's exactly the spot they whole world ends ♪

♪ Lies come in That's where the drama begins ♪

♪ If you were worried 'bout where I went or who I saw or ♪

♪ What club I went to with my homies, baby ♪

♪ Yeah Shout out, y'all ♪

♪ If you were worried 'bout where ♪

♪ If you were worried 'bout where ♪

♪ I went or who I saw or ♪ ♪ I went or who I saw or ♪

♪ What club I went to with my homies Baby, don't worry ♪

♪ Oh, oh, ohh ♪

♪ Ohh ♪

♪ If you were worried ♪

- ♪ About where I been ♪ - ♪ [ Vocalizing ]

♪ Baby, don't worry Don't worry ♪

♪ I take you everywhere ♪

♪ You'll know it yet ♪

♪ When I am faithful to you all ♪

♪ [ Vocalizing ]

♪ If you were worried about where ♪ ♪ If you were worried ♪

♪ I went or who I saw ♪ ♪ About where I been ♪

♪ What club I went to with my homies ♪

♪ Baby, don't worry You know that you got me ♪

♪ If you were worried about where I been or who I saw ♪

♪ You know you got me ♪ ♪ What club I went to with my homies ♪

- ♪ Baby, don't worry ♪ - ♪ [ Both Vocalizing ]

♪ Don't worry about me ♪

♪ [ Vocalizing ]

So yeah!

[ Black Thought ] Roots Crew up in the place, y'all.

♪ [ Vocalizing Continues ]

Brooklyn!

Give it just a little bit!

Oh, come on!

Jill Scott! Erykah Badu!

The Legendary Roots Crew from Philly, ladies and gentlemen!

Brooklyn!

The party ain't over.

The party's not over.

[ Questlove ] The Roots used to hold our jam sessions...

at this club called Wetlands in New York City every Sunday night.

So a lot of the times, we were-- The Roots were the house band.

And Jill would get up and do something. Then Talib would be there, he'd do something.

Common would be there and he'd do something. Erykah would be there and do something.

And Mos would get up. Same thing, you know.

So, it's not even surprising...

that these are the particular artists that are chosen.

You know, like, all of us were interacting with each other,

even before we all had record contracts.

♪ Take my paw, Jill ♪ ♪ Write this down ♪

♪ No ♪ ♪ I'm not gonna say it right now-- ♪

[ Mos Def ] ♪ Tomorrow may never come ♪

♪ For you or me Life is not promised ♪

♪ Tomorrow may never show up ♪

♪ For you or me this life is not promised ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ I ain't no perfect man I'm trying to do the best that I can ♪

♪ With what it is I have ♪

My name is Dante. Uh--

Some people call me Mos Def. Some people call me other things.

♪ With this mike in my hand ♪

♪ Even though it's feeding back I'm still gonna come ♪

♪ Put my heart and soul into it, y'all ♪

- ♪ Bed-Stuy, do you feel me? ♪ - [ Audience Cheering ]

♪ From where I am to wherever you are ♪

♪ I mean it, I mean it I mean it ♪

♪ You better hold this very moment very close to you ♪

♪ 8:00 in the p.m. September 18, 2004 Happy birthday ♪

♪ So close to you ♪

♪ Don't be afraid ♪

♪ Brooklyn Let it shine, sing ♪

♪ My Umi said shine your light on the world ♪

- ♪ What'd she say? ♪ - [ Audience Cheering ]

♪ That's what she said My Umi said shine your light on the world ♪

♪ What'd she say? ♪ ♪ Shine your light for the world to see ♪

♪ Break it down ♪

♪ I put my heart and soul into this show ♪

♪ Brooklyn Do you feel me? ♪

♪ We feel you We feel you We feel you ♪

♪ Sometimes I don't want to be bothered ♪

♪ Sometimes I just want a quiet life ♪

♪ Me and my babies Me and my lady ♪

♪ Sometimes I don't want to get into no war ♪

♪ Sometimes I don't wanna be a soldier ♪

♪ Sometimes I just wanna be Dante ♪

♪ But Umi said shine your light on the world ♪

♪ Shine your light for the world to see, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ My Umi said shine your light on the world ♪

♪ Shine it right on the world ♪

♪ Shine it right on the world ♪

♪ I want my people to be free ♪

That's Fred Hampton Jr. That's Fred Hampton.

Fred Hampton Jr.? What's up, baby?

Fred Hampton Jr., the gentleman that was on camera not long ago,

is a good friend of mine, a comrade,

and he's an excellent gentleman.

He's the son of Fred Hampton,

who was a young 18, 19-year-old Black Panther in Chicago,

working with people in the communities, in the streets.

And the police came and killed him in his bed with his--

with his woman and his newborn--

his yet-to-be-born son in his woman's belly,

which is Chairman Fred over here.

Free all political prisoners. Don't edit that. Don't cut that.

Make sure you put that on there. Free all political prisoners.

Make sure that on there. Don't edit. Don't cut it. In the raw, no mix, no segue.

Free Mumia Abu-Jamal, Sundiata Acoli and all political prisoners.

Free the New York Three. Don't edit that. Make sure they go there. Uncut.

Tell it, Fred Hampton.

Right on. Right on. Heads up, eyes open and fists clenched.

Heads up, eyes open and fists clenched.

Heads up, eyes open, fists clenched.

Look here, right on. Say, "Power to the people." [ Mos Def ] Power to the people.

Right on. We sense a lot of talk going around about terrorism.

We say black people are the O.V.'s, the original victims of terrorism.

We say political prisoners are victims of terrorism.

We say our position is, "Free 'em all."

We say, those soldiers in Attica-- Free 'em all.

- What's the call? - Free 'em all.

Mumia Abu-Jamal. Free 'em all.

Sundiata Acoli. Free 'em all.

- Ruchell Cinque Magee! - Free 'em all.

The New York Three. Free 'em all.

Man, we say, free all political prisoners and prisoners of war.

Power to the people. Free 'em all.

♪ To be free, to be free To be free, to be free ♪

♪ To be free, to be free To be free ♪

♪ To be free ♪

♪ To be free ♪

♪ To be free ♪

♪ Break it down ♪

♪ To be free To be free ♪

All right, listen.

We're gonna settle this racial shit right now.

We're playing these white people for our freedom.

[ Laughs ]

"Can Dave Chappelle ball?"

No, I can't ball, motherfucker. What do you mean, can I ball?

Y'all missed it. You was reloading the camera.

I was on the other court. Tell 'em what I did. They'll never believe me.

All right, here I am. Okay, look. This is me.

I'm all the way back. I dribble, get my confidence. Aim, fire.

♪ What's up ♪ Oh, shit!

♪ We go through episodes like Attack of the Clones♪

♪ Work till we break our back and you hear the crack of the bone ♪

♪ To get by, just to get by Just to get by Just to get by ♪

♪ We asking why some people gotta live in a trailer ♪

♪ 'Cause like a sailor I paint a picture with the pen like Norman ♪

♪ Mi abuelaraised three daughters all by herself, with no help ♪

♪ I think about her struggle and I find the strength in myself ♪

♪ These words melt in my mouth They hot like the jail cell in the South ♪

♪ Before my nigga CORE ♪ ♪ Bailed me out ♪

♪ To get by, just to get by Just to get by Just to get by ♪

♪ We do or die like Bed-Stuy See the red sky ♪

♪ Out the window of the red eye ♪

♪ Let the lead fly on some G Rap shit ♪

♪ This morning I woke up ♪

♪ Feeling brand-new and I jumped up ♪

♪ Feeling my highs and my lows ♪

♪ In my soul and my goals ♪

♪ And tried to stop smoking and stop drinking ♪

♪ And I've been thinking ♪ ♪ I've got my reasons ♪

♪ Just to get by Just to get by ♪

♪ Just to get by Just to get by ♪

♪ B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B ♪

♪ Come on, come on ♪

♪ Come on ♪

- ♪ Just to get by Just to get by ♪ - ♪ Tell them, Kweli ♪

♪ We keep it gangster Say fo' shizzle Fo' sheezy and staying crunk ♪

♪ It's easy to pull a breezy Smoke trees And we stay drunk ♪

♪ Yo, our activism attacking the system ♪

♪ The blacks and Latins in prison ♪

♪ Numbers have risen They victims, lacking the vision ♪

♪ All they got is rapping to listen to ♪

♪ Let them know we missing you Love is unconditional ♪

♪ Even when the condition is critical When the living is miserable ♪

♪ Your position is pivotal I ain't bullshittin' you ♪

♪ Now, why would I lie? ♪

♪ Try to get by Just to get by ♪

♪ We can't fly See, the TV got us reaching for stars ♪

♪ Not the ones between Venus and Mars ♪

♪ The ones that be reading for parts ♪

♪ Some people get breast enhancements and penis enlargers ♪

♪ Saturday sinners Sunday morning at the feet of the Father ♪

♪ They need something to rely on, we get high on all types of drug ♪

♪ All you really need is love to get by ♪

♪ Just to get by Just to get by Just to get by ♪

♪ Like John Lennon Imagine all the people ♪

♪ Watch me rock like Paul McCartney from now until the last Beatle ♪

♪ This morning I woke up ♪

♪ Feeling brand-new and jumped up ♪

♪ Feeling my highs and my lows ♪

♪ In my soul and my goals ♪

♪ Just to stop smoking Stop drinking ♪

♪ But I've been thinking I've got my reasons ♪

♪ Just to get by Just to get by Just to get by ♪

One more time! Whoa, whoa, whoa!

♪ Some people cry Some people try ♪

♪ Just to get by for a piece of the pie ♪

♪ We love to eat ♪

♪ We deceive and we lie when we keeping it fly ♪

♪ Yo, when people decide to keep a disguise ♪

♪ You can't see them We see the evil inside ♪

♪ The best people you find ♪

♪ Strong or feeble in mind I stay reading the signs ♪

♪ Yo, yo, yo, yo, I get by ♪

♪ Just to get by ♪

I love y'all, Brooklyn. I love y'all. Word up.

♪ [ Vocalizing ]

Talib Kweli, Brooklyn, New York City.

[ Mos Def ] Black Star Embassy is in the building.

Brooklyn, do you feel good tonight?

Ha!

I know I do.

[ Gondry ] What do you think of rock music and hip-hop?

Well, personally, I am for classical music.

I play the piano. I want to play.

And I wish to marry, when I die, Sergei Rachmaninoff.

I am terribly in love with him.

Thank you. Over my dead body.

[ Laughing ]

Well, it would have to be, wouldn't it? I guess so, Arthur.

That's very normal. Mm-hmm.

You know, I don't like rap music...

because rap music composes a lot of foul language,

and I don't think it's proper for children.

I don't even think it's proper for adults either...

to be using that type of language.

- Hey, Mos. - Hey, Dave.

Uh, you know, I was in the public restroom the other day--

It's a long story.

This guy was peeing in the urinal next to me.

I didn't look or nothing, but I couldn't help but notice.

His dick was so small--

How small was it, Dave?

He peed on his balls. Oh!

All day, babe. We could do this all day long.

All day long.

All right. One more.

This is as dirty as it's gonna get. All the kids, plug your ears.

Ready? Here we go.

[ Clears Throat ]

Uh, hey, Mos. Hey, Dave.

Did I ever tell you the one about the industrious prostitute?

No, I don't believe you did.

Well, it's a funny story.

She actually had a vagina surgically implanted in her hip.

Oh, my God. Yeah.

So she could make some money on the side.

Bam!

Oh, it goes on like this for days and days and days.

We'll just tell straight jokes. We'll kill 'em.

[ Laughing ]

All right, everybody, listen up.

Listen up. There's been some technical difficulties.

Listen! I'm gonna tell you what happened.

As you all know,

we were expecting to have Lauryn Hill close the show.

Unfortunately,

Columbia Records would not clear any of her songs.

Lucky for us,

Lauryn Hill came up with an alternative solution.

Ladies and gentlemen, make some noise for a miracle.

The Fugees.

[ Cheering ]

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Bed-Stuy, Flatbush ♪

♪ Put your hands up Get your hands up ♪

- Refugees! - ♪ Put your hands up ♪

♪ Get your hands up Get your hands up ♪

- ♪ Put your hands up ♪ - Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on.

♪ Yo, Mona Lisa ♪

♪ Can I get a date on Friday? And if you're busy ♪

♪ I wouldn't mind taking Saturday ♪

♪ Round down the posse Fugee comin' around the way ♪

♪ Ay-ay-ay Ay-ay-ay ♪

♪ Nappy heads in the zone and we ain't going home ♪

Put your hands in the air right now!

I've been waiting for this shit!

♪ Yo! A cheeba, cheeba, y'all Well, I'm a Libra, y'all ♪

♪ Yes, yes, y'all And it don't stop ♪

♪ A cheeba, cheeba, y'all Well, I'm a Libra, y'all ♪

♪ Yes, yes, y'all Let's ♪ Smoke dope!

♪ You wanna battle swing I bring commanding men like I was king ♪

♪ In all your dreams I write the horror flick of Stephen King ♪

♪ Cling to false also Those papers say ock ♪

♪ I got tired of the fat lady So I sing to my own opera ♪

♪ [ Vocalizing ] ♪ 'Cause I love thee ♪

♪ If you live by the sword you will die by the gun ♪

♪ 'Cause all guys tell lies and poor girls commit sin ♪

♪ I was ordered the code red but now I'm chillin' with A Few Good Men♪

♪ Assassination on the kid from the capitol ♪

♪ I never played a soap opera Now I'm in General Hospital ♪

♪ Condition critical Spirit overrules the physical ♪

♪ So if I die catch me at the funeral ♪

♪ I'll fly away, oh, glory With a mike in my hand ♪

♪ To a land where only And the angels write raps on holy paper ♪

♪ I said I'm lookin' for Jesus He said take the escalator ♪

♪ One flight up is guaranteed ♪ ♪ I'll be there ♪

♪ My sister'd be there I want to see everybody like this ♪

♪ Yo, Mona Lisa ♪ Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn!

♪ [ Vocalizes ]

Yo! Ladies and gentlemen, Lauryn Hill!

♪ Yo, I don't puff blunts so I always got my breath ♪

♪ Never had to battle with a bulletproof vest ♪

♪ They call me cock-weasel But I still cave a chest ♪

♪ I don't wear Jheri curls 'cause I'm not from the West ♪

♪ No disrespect to the West True indeed ♪

♪ I rock it from the East The East is the seed, yo ♪

♪ To see that them days back Yo, sheepskins and Hot Tracks ♪

♪ Peace to Mr. Magic Things are getting tragic ♪

♪ Now we on some new stuff ♪ ♪ Ku Klux What's a kid to do? ♪

♪ Kids are actin' oh ♪

Yeah, put your hands up. Lauryn Hill's in the building.

♪ Hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey ♪

Praswell, where you at? Come on.

♪ Hey, yo A battle is a battle But a battle's not a battle ♪

♪ If your-- If your snake doesn't rattle ♪

♪ 'Cause my style it's old as a reptile ♪

♪ As new as a Nu Nile As new as a new child ♪

♪ Come follow me to the land of Abraham ♪

♪ This land's your land This land's my land ♪

♪ The blacker the black man The better the next man ♪

♪ Yo, some nappy heads need to check they necks for red ♪

[ Man ] But let me ask you something.

When you got the word...

that the Fugees is coming back together to--

[ Dave ] I didn't believe it.

I didn't believe it. You know, what happened is, I got a call.

I said, "Fugee what?" I said, "Who is this?"

Then I got a call from Clef.

And, you know, I still don't know the science on it.

I mean, you know, both of us-- speaking for both of us--

Yo, it's like, when we see Lauryn, you know what I'm saying?

It's like, we just, like, speechless. You know what I mean?

Yeah. 'Cause she was singing, uh,

"Killing Me Softly" last night.

She was like-- We was just like, "Goddamn, she's a beast."

Like-- Like, I'm a fan--

I mean, yeah, you know, me and Clef went through our little bullshit.

But people go through that.

But I think, like they say, to err is human, but to forgive is divine.

You know what I'm saying? So--

We just came together and--

'Cause I'm a fan of both Clef and Lauryn.

Even though I'm a part of the group, I'm a fan of them,

and when she starts singing "Killing Me Softly,"

I almost wanted to cry.

♪ Strumming my pain with his fingers ♪

♪ Singing my life ♪

♪ With his words ♪

♪ Killing me softly ♪

♪ With his song ♪

♪ Killing me softly ♪

♪ With his song ♪

♪ Telling my whole life ♪

♪ With his words ♪

♪ Killing me softly ♪

[ Woman ] Lauryn!

♪ With his song ♪

♪ I heard he sang a good song, yes ♪

♪ Then I heard that he had a style ♪

♪ And so I came to see him ♪

♪ And listen for a while ♪

♪ And there he was ♪

♪ This young boy ♪

♪ Singing ♪

♪ Straight and strong ♪

♪ Strumming my pain with his fingers ♪

♪ Singing my life with his words ♪

♪ Oh, he was killing me softly with his song ♪

♪ Killing me softly ♪

♪ With his song ♪

♪ Telling my whole life ♪

♪ With his words ♪

♪ Killing me softly ♪

♪ With his song ♪

♪ Yo ♪ ♪ Whoo ♪

♪ What, what ♪

♪ I heard he had a style ♪

♪ Ow, ow, come on ♪

♪ And so I came to see him ♪

♪ And listen for a while ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ And there he was, this young boy ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ A stranger to my eyes ♪

♪ Check it ♪

♪ Strumming my pain with his fingers ♪

♪ One time ♪

♪ Singing my life with his words ♪

♪ Two times ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Killing me softly with his song ♪

♪ Killing me softly ♪

♪ With his song ♪

♪ Telling my whole life ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪

♪ With his words ♪

- ♪ Killing me softly ♪ - ♪ Yeah, yo ♪

♪ Softly with his song ♪

♪ Yo, L Boogie, take it to the bridge ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Ohh ♪

♪ Sing it Oh, yeah ♪

♪ [ Vocalizing ]

♪ [ Vocalizing Continues ]

Where y'all been?

♪ [ Vocalizing ]

What'd you-- You said, where I been?

You see, that's where I've been.

See? That's where I've been.

Yeah. You see where I've been?

Yeah, the first day that we rehearsed, it was--

You know, it was familiar.

You could-- You could feel why, um--

You know, why we had made music together in the first place.

'Cause there was a certain synergy at the time.

You know, I was-- I came from the straight-up suburbs,

you know, South Orange, New Jersey.

You know, I went to,

you know, a school that was probably like 75%--

White. White, middle-class, Jewish, you know.

And, um, from, you know, hardworking parents.

And I went to school and met Pras first, who had known my brother.

And he introduced me to Wyclef.

I remember the first studio sessions.

I guess Pras was paying for some place-- This other studio at East Orange.

And I walked in,

and we were recording a song, and then Wyclef shows up.

And that was like, you know, much earlier times.

So he had on this big, velvet crown, you know.

This is around the time-- Remember when everything was Batman?

Big Batman buttons. Y'all didn't do that down south?

Okay, well, a few people did that. Okay.

But he had on these patent leather boots...

with these, um-- these big...

police badge things on the boots,

with his pants tucked in, with a velvet hat.

And he came in-- [ Clears Throat ] and he started--

He started doing, like, some real like Jamaican-type patois.

So for the first five years that I knew them, I had no idea they were Haitian.

You know, I thought they were Jamaican, 'cause they just, you know--

You know, they talk like that.

What would you do if you was president?

If I was president, I would stop the war.

I would provide, like, a whole lot more people with job opportunities.

I would give everybody in this band that need it scholarships.

I would-- Amen.

[ Girl ] All right.

[ Boy ] Right there! Scholarships!

Yo, what would you do if you was president, thug?

I'd give, like, everybody, like, more scholarships that who needed them.

She said scholarships already, man.

Don't be biting what she said. Financial aid. For who needs it.

What was that word? "Financial aid"? Yeah.

'Cause my dude Matlock had to go back, and I wish he was still here.

That's what it is. So we're gonna do this song right here.

♪ If I was president ♪

[ With Students ] ♪ I'd get elected on Friday ♪

♪ Assassinated on Saturday ♪

♪ Buried on Sunday ♪

♪ Then go back to work on Monday ♪

♪ If I was president ♪

♪ If I was president ♪

♪ If I was president Yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Instead of spending billions on the war ♪

♪ We can use that money ♪

♪ So we can feed the poor ♪

♪ 'Cause I know someone in Flatbush ♪

♪ When it rains that's when they shower ♪

♪ Screaming "Fight the power" ♪

♪ That's when the vulture devours ♪

♪ If I was president ♪

[ With Students ] ♪ I'd get elected on Friday ♪

♪ Assassinated on Saturday ♪

♪ Buried on Sunday ♪

♪ Then go back to work on Monday ♪

♪ If I was president ♪

♪ If I was president ♪

♪ If I was president ♪

Boom!

It's good to see all these black people in college. You know what I'm saying?

And listen, man, I'm gonna tell y'all like this.

Don't blame the white man for nothing. Get yours. You understand?

I came to this country, I didn't know how to speak English.

I made something of myself. I went to the library.

English is, like, my third language. I just learned how to speak English.

So the thing about all of that-- "Yo, the white man responsible for that."

White man ain't responsible for shit.

They got libraries in the hood.

And if they don't got libraries, tell your mayor,

your governor, whoever in your county,

to put some motherfuckin' libraries in the hood.

I know I shouldn't be cursing to you kids,

but this shit is all over the Internet anyway. [ Laughing ]

Come on! [ All Cheering ]

[ Dave ] Holy shit!

Excuse my language.

Man, listen.

There's nothing we can't do.

Let's all go from here, man, and try to do some good.

God bless you all. Thank you for letting me come here.

Thank you to all the artists for being here.

We shook up the world. We shook up the world!

Good night. God bless you.

You know what? I'm gonna tell you right now. I'll never forget this.

This is the best single day of my career.

I'm proud. I'm so happy. Thank you for sharing it with me, man.

Hey, my pleasure. Thank you for letting us be here.

My pleasure.

Come back. Oh, I'll be back, Luz.

You haven't seen the last of me.

I don't want to see-- [ Sinister Laughter ]

[ Coughs ] Ha!

♪ Though we are parting ways, remember this ♪

♪ We shall come around ♪

♪ To touch eyes again ♪

♪ Love is the foundation ♪

♪ The purpose be to recycle life ♪

♪ The promise shall bring us to one bleeding heart in the end ♪

Everybody was so down-to-earth and just hung out and gave us their time.

We had a good time. Say something to my mom, real quick.

Mama.

Hold on one second. Your son's smoking crack.

Put that pipe down. What are you doing?

And it doesn't matter who you are, what you are, what you've come from,

you can do what you want.

'Cause all of those people, they're celebrities, they're in high places,

but they're regular, just like me.

They was happy to see me doing my work like I'm happy to see them doing theirs.

You see an opportunity, just seize it.

Like Eminem say, you only got one time.

Don't miss your opportunity.

We're going on another long trip, another long voyage.

Hope y'all end up riding with us.

Look like it's going to be a little drier today though.

♪ Talking about love ♪

♪ God-given love ♪

♪ God-given love ♪

[ Both Grunting ]

[ Dave ] I also have a number that's a blues number.

Would you like to hear it? You just play some, like--

Yeah, some Muddy Waters. Yeah, just like that.

♪ [ Blues Beat ] All right, but here's the fun part of the bit--

Is everybody can sing a verse.

♪ I woke up this mornin' ♪

♪ 'Bout quarter of 4:00 ♪

♪ Went back to sleep ♪

♪ Then I woke up at 8:00 ♪

♪ Went back to sleep again ♪

♪ Then I woke up at 2:00 ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm a comedian ♪

♪ And I ain't got shit to do ♪

♪ Oh, yeah, baby ♪

Then it goes down.

♪ I've got them comedy blues ♪

Come on. Give me some of those horns, man.

♪ I just hang out all day, baby ♪

♪ 'Cause I ain't got shit else to do ♪

Right. Now listen.

What kind of blues musician would I be...

if I didn't talk shit over the music for a minute?

And then I just say a whole story.

♪ My baby left me ♪

♪ My car broke down ♪

♪ I lost $20 ♪

♪ And it can't be found ♪

♪ I got issues ♪

♪ That's right I'm mad as shit ♪

♪ That's right ♪

♪ I got more problems than I can count ♪

♪ That's why I say fuck it ♪

♪ That's right ♪

♪ [ Hip-hop Beat ]

Uhh! Uhh!

Uhh! [ Man ] ♪ One two, one two ♪

Uhh! Uhh!

Uhh!

♪ Get crunk, what it is ♪

♪ Brooklyn ♪

♪ If you know this shit, say it ♪

♪ It's bigger than ♪

♪ Hip-hop, hip-hop ♪ ♪ Huh, what, say it ♪

♪ Hip-hop, hip ♪ ♪ It's bigger than ♪

♪ Say it, say it ♪ ♪ What it bigger than? ♪

♪ Say it, say it ♪ ♪ What it bigger than? ♪

♪ What it bigger than? ♪ ♪ Look, look, look ♪

♪ One thing about music When it hit you feel no pain ♪

♪ White folks say it controls your brain I know better than that ♪

♪ That's game and we ready for that, two soldiers head of the pack ♪

♪ Matter of fact who got the gat And where my army at ♪

♪ Rather attack than not react ♪

♪ Got the beat It don't reflect on how many records get sold ♪

♪ Want sex, drugs and rock and roll ♪

♪ Whether your project gets put on hold ♪

♪ In the real world, we just people with ideas ♪

♪ They just like me and you When the smoke and camera disappear ♪

♪ Out in the real world It's bigger than all these fake-ass records ♪

♪ When poor folks got the millions and my sisters get respect ♪

♪ If you check, one, two My word of advice to you is just relax ♪

♪ Just do what you got to do If that don't work, then check the facts ♪

♪ If you're a fighter, writer, biter, flame-igniter, crowd exciter ♪

♪ Or you wanna just get high, then just say it ♪

♪ But then if you a liar Liar, pants on fire ♪

♪ Wolf-crier Agent with a wire ♪

♪ I'm gonna know it when I see it ♪ ♪ We ready, say it ♪

♪ Say it, say it ♪ ♪ Hip-hop, hip ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ What it bigger than? ♪

♪ It's bigger than hip-hop Hip-hop, hip-hop ♪

♪ Bigger than ♪

♪ Who shot 2Pac If we don't get them they gonna get us all ♪

♪ I'm down for running up on them crackers in the city hall ♪

♪ We rhyme for y'all All my dogs, stay real ♪

♪ Don't think your record deal gonna feed your seeds and pay your bills ♪

♪ Because they're not ♪

♪ M.C.'s get a little bit of love and think they're hot ♪

♪ Talking about how much money they got ♪

♪ Nigga, all y'all records sound the same ♪

♪ I'm sick of that fake thug R & B rap scenario ♪

♪ All day on the radio Same scenes in the video ♪

♪ Monotonous material Y'all don't hear me though ♪

♪ You record labels sling our tapes like dope ♪

♪ You could be next in line and signed ♪

♪ And still be writing rhymes and broke ♪

♪ You rather have a Lexus or justice? ♪

♪ A dream or some substance? ♪

♪ A Bimmer, a necklace or freedom? ♪

♪ See, a nigga like me don't player-hate ♪

♪ I just stay awake ♪

♪ This real hip-hop and it don't stop ♪

♪ Till we get them crackers off our block ♪

♪ They call it hip-hop Hip-hop, hip-hop ♪

♪ It's bigger than ♪

♪ Hip-hop, hip-hop ♪

♪ What it bigger than? What it bigger than? ♪

♪ It's bigger than hip-hop ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪

♪ What it bigger than? What it bigger than? ♪

♪ It's bigger than hip-hop ♪

♪ Hip-hop, hip-hop ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah ♪

♪ D.P.'s got that crazy shit ♪

♪ We keep it crunked up Come on, blaze this shit ♪

♪ What? ♪ ♪ D.P.'s got that crazy shit ♪

♪ We keep it crunked up Come on, blaze that shit ♪

♪ I said, what? ♪ ♪ D.P.'s got that crazy shit ♪

♪ We keep it crunked up Come on, blaze that shit ♪

♪ What? ♪ ♪ D.P.'s got that crazy shit ♪

♪ We keep it crunked up ♪

♪ One more time ♪ ♪ D.P.'s got that crazy shit ♪

♪ We keep it crunked up ♪

[ Man ] ♪ Young bloods ♪

♪ Are waiting in line ♪

♪ Someone is trying to find it, yeah ♪

♪ Young upstarts wanna get in free ♪

♪ Just to see how good it sounds ♪

♪ Out under the clouds Out in the streets ♪

♪ They're willing to run to show their belief ♪

♪ Because we've come too far ♪

♪ To blow out now ♪

♪ Wake up, folks ♪

♪ No one tomorrow is gonna be found ♪

♪ Nowhere, y'all looking away from the crowd ♪

♪ 'Cause love is in our hearts ♪ Yeah.

♪ And it's in our shoes ♪

♪ Don't you talk like me Don't you fake my sound ♪

♪ Get up off the ground Get up on your feet ♪

♪ Because we're the ones you've been looking to see ♪

♪ And we've come too far ♪

♪ To blow out now ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ [ Clapping ]