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I think the way you were liking it to playing instruments.

Sure. Yeah.

That's apropos.

It is?

I don't know if you guys know that word. It's Latin, I think.

I got into the Rubik's Cube last summer,

and, uh, I got real into it this last year

and started doing it more and more.

And I think the thing that I like about it a lot

is that you can solve it.

You know, unlike most things that we're working on that are very complicated,

you don't ever know if they're done,

and somebody always has a different opinion about it.

In order to solve it,

you really have to kind of look at it spatially

and understand how to move pieces around.

It's not too simple. It's just kind of repeating the patterns, it's like,

your brain kind of learns that your hands are starting to become a muscle memory.

Oops, I think I screwed it up.

There's technique to it, and there's reasoning behind it,

but you don't necessarily think about it.

Good.

How long can you guys sit here just keeping me doing this over and over again? [laughs]

Now, I know this is show business,

but we're not even gonna go through that thing of leaving the stage and coming back,

because I know that they want some more.

But my question to you is...

Do you want some more?

I said, do you want some more?

Okay then, we're gonna give you some more!

♪ Calamity Calamity, yeah ♪

♪ I wake up And you're next to me ♪

♪ I wake up And you're next to me ♪

♪ Everywhere I look, I see Everywhere I look, I see ♪

♪ Calamity Calamity, calamity ♪

♪ You made my brother ill ♪

♪ Left a hefty doctor's bill ♪

♪ He said he couldn't tell ♪

♪ If he ever could get well ♪

♪ My rent I have to pay ♪

♪ My check won't clear today ♪

♪ But the landlord Still won't say ♪

♪ If I go or I can stay ♪

♪ Calamity Calamity, yeah ♪

♪ I wake up And you're next to me ♪

♪ I wake up And you're next to me ♪

♪ Everywhere I look, I see Everywhere I look, I see ♪

♪ Calamity Calamity, calamity ♪

♪ You even towed my car ♪

♪ You know my job is far ♪

♪ If I miss a day again ♪

♪ I won't work Till Lord knows when ♪

♪ I needed sympathy ♪

♪ You took my friends from me ♪

♪ Left me all alone ♪

♪ Here in misery ♪

♪ Calamity Calamity, yeah ♪

♪ I wake up And you're next to me ♪

♪ I wake up And you're next to me ♪

♪ Everywhere I look, I see Everywhere I look, I see ♪

♪ Calamity Calamity, calamity ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Whoa ♪

♪ Yeah, whoa ♪

♪ Whoa ♪

Oh, my goodness.

Yeah.

Uh-huh.

I think...

You just crushed him.

You crushed it, man.

You're missing one. You didn't get it right.

Yeah, this is...

That's the one I'm talking about.

Oh, this one is-- There's a few different ones. This one, you go...

One, two, one, one, two, one,

one, one, two, one, two, one, two,

one, one, two.

-Got it?

So it's like a Daptone and Miller High Life can?

Yeah. It may not even say "Daptone." It's just some music, like...

It's a soul music-- They have a curve like, you know.

So we're in a part of this designer beer can?

I mean, I think our concept in starting Daptone

was to curate a record label.

Definitely, Stax and Motown, and even Atlantic, back in the day,

were curating certain types of music.

So, for us, being able to present great records

is, you know, the centerpiece to the whole thing.

That's the old Daptone headquarters.

Yes, there. Neal lived over there,

right there on Havemeyer Street.

We mixed records in there.

We mixed... "Puke And Sugar," we mixed that up?

And I lived right here on South 4th Street.

You can actually see my little apartment from the train.

This is before I was president.

I produced Neal's first two records for Desco,

my first label.

And then when Desco closed its doors,

he wanted to start another record company.

It was entirely Neal's idea, so...

I said, "I'll bake 'em if you sling 'em."

And then we started a record company, and that's Daptone.

[Gabriel] No, no, you know what we do? You know what we do?

We put the saxist on the chorus.

On the room on the third.

Put the saxist on the chorus,

and put all the brass on there.

We gotta work it out.

All right, so, he needs to find me as clear, then you guys are good, yeah?

Is everything good?

Sugs.

Ever since the beginning,

we've always dreamed of doing a Daptone Soul Revue.

And I don't think very many people have ever seen a show like this.

We have, you know, like 40, 50 musicians

interchanging seamlessly from one set to another.

There's no set breaks, there's no curtains, there's no intermissions,

and musically, it worked because this is a family,

people that have been doing that in a studio for many, many years.

For us to be able to present the show this way

and to be able to come home to New York, to the Apollo Theater,

and do it for our own home crowd, man, it's an amazing thing.

Good afternoon, good evening, good morning,

and welcome to the world-famous Apollo Theater.

I'm gonna take you on a little tour

and give you a little bit of history on the theater.

Come on.

I love what you're doing, man.

I really love what you're doing.

-I'm looking forward to seeing you again tonight. -Thanks.

We're now going to see our wall of signatures.

Al Green. Stevie Wonder. Barack Obama.

Paul McCartney. Metallica. Bam! Prince.

Go right ahead, gorgeous. All right.

Love your singing.

-Thank you so much. -Love it, love it, love it.

Absolutely.

So, Magic Johnson. Tony Bennett. Bam!

Rapper 50 Cent.

Sharon Jones.

Come on in.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is the one, the only, Miss Sharon Jones.

The lady I was telling you about.

And in this exact room,

Billie Holiday would sit here,

Ella, Aretha, Diana Ross,

Patti LaBelle used this dressing room.

Sharon Jones is in the same dressing room as all those greats.

She belongs here.

I can't wait to see tonight's show.

Oh, my God.

She's doing three nights

at the Apollo Theater.

Three nights. Sold out.

That hasn't been done since the '60s.

They don't so that anymore.

Sharon Jones did. Ha-ha!

Apollo house, everybody, feelin' right about now,

are you all right?

Are you enjoying the Daptone Super Soul Revue?

Because I know the Daptone Super Soul Revue is enjoying you.

This woman that we're about to bring to the stage...

is known by many names.

Among them, "The brightest star in the Daptone Universe."

That's right.

I'm talking about 110 pounds of soul excitement coming towards you.

I'm talking about a sister that's so bad, she's badder than bad.

I'm talking about the same soul sister that brought you such hits as

"The Landlord," the "Bump N Touch,"

the "Damn It's Hot,"

I'm talking about a sister that's so bad,

she just kicked cancer in the ass.

I'm talking about the world-famous Grammy-nominated

soul sister.

Do you know who I'm talking about?

Y'all know who I'm talking about.

I said, do you know who I'm talking about?

Yes!

Y'all know who I'm talking about.

I said, do you know who I'm talking about?

Yes!

Y'all know who I'm talking about.

I'm talking about Miss Sharon Jones!

All right!

Oh, come on!

We're back, y'all.

Hi!

♪ Hey, hey ♪

How you all feelin'?

♪ All right ♪

♪ Oh, yeah, uh-huh ♪

Say, y'all feelin' good tonight?

♪ All right ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

Come on!

♪ I see you coming From a mile away ♪

♪ And you lookin' real cocky ♪

♪ You think that you can Keep the sea at bay ♪

♪ But it's about To get choppy ♪

♪ Play with me And you'll play with fire ♪

♪ I can make you pay ♪

♪ I'll burn you up If it's my desire ♪

♪ Do you hear what I say? ♪

♪ Boy, you don't know What I'm all about ♪

♪ I'll chew you up And then I'll spit you out ♪

♪ So if you know What's good for you ♪

♪ Retreat! Hey, hey, hey ♪

♪ Retreat, yeah, step back, boy Because you can't fix crazy ♪

♪ Retreat! Retreat, retreat, yeah ♪

♪ Raise your white flag high 'Cause I'm comin' in blazin' ♪

♪ Retreat! Retreat, that's what I say, baby ♪

♪ And I don't care none About the rest of you ♪

♪ Retreat! Retreat, that's what I say, baby ♪

♪ And I don't care If it makes sense to you ♪

♪ Taking you apart Is my kind of fun ♪

♪ Count to three And then you better run ♪

Come on.

♪ One, two, three Here I come! ♪

♪ Retreat! Hey, hey, hey ♪

♪ Retreat, yeah ♪

♪ Hell hath no fury Like a woman scorned ♪

♪ Retreat! Retreat, retreat, yeah ♪

♪ I'll make you wish that You was never, ever born ♪

♪ Retreat! Retreat, retreat, yeah ♪

♪ What a fool you'd be To take me on, yeah ♪

♪ Retreat! Retreat, yeah ♪

♪ Come on, oh Oh, come on ♪

♪ Retreat, yeah ♪

♪ Retreat! Retreat, yeah, retreat ♪

♪ Hell hath no fury Like a woman scorned ♪

♪ Retreat! Retreat, retreat, yeah ♪

♪ I'll make you wish that You was never Ever, ever born, yeah ♪

♪ Retreat! Retreat, retreat, yeah ♪

♪ What a fool you'd be To take me on, yeah ♪

♪ Retreat! Retreat, yeah ♪

♪ Come on, oh Oh, come on ♪

♪ You better retreat ♪

♪ Come on, oh ♪

♪ Retreat! Step back, boy Because you can't fix crazy ♪

♪ Ooh, yeah ♪

♪ Ooh, yeah ♪

♪ Oh ♪

Whoo!

Whoo!

We love you!

Look at y'all.

Uh-oh.

Oh, yeah.

You know what?

Every time I hear this one,

I think about a James Bond movie.

And you know what?

We're in The Wolf Of Wall Street.

I just found out that I was nominated.

And we do have a song on The Wolf of Wall Street, the soundtrack.

That's been nominated also.

So when I hear this song,

the sound I did on the track was...

♪ Goldfinger ♪

♪ He's the man ♪

But I'm not gonna sing that song because, you know.

I just had to throw that out there.

This song is called...

"When you love me."

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

Check the lyrics out.

♪ Just like a window ♪

♪ You look right through me ♪

♪ You walk by me... ♪

Everybody got champagne?

Gabe.

You guys.

Get 'em off the table. What's wrong with y'all?

♪ All that will change ♪

♪ When you love me... ♪

...one hand that don't have...

Homer, Homer!

Pick that out.

All right. Okay.

♪ Oh, pretty young thing ♪

♪ But they're your Part-time lovers ♪

♪ 'Cause, boy, I know ♪

♪ All that will change ♪

♪ When you love me... ♪

Hey, guys.

Daptone.

Dap-Kings, Antibalas,

and the Menahan, and The Budos,

and the Como Mamas, and everyone, and y'all,

we've been nominated!

♪ You were always meant to be My love ♪

♪ My love, my love ♪

♪ My love is strong... ♪

To the staff, to the sound, to management.

Everything we've done, we've worked hard.

No one's favors.

I did not wear knee pads for this.

No knee pads. I worked hard for this.

♪ When you love me ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ When you love me ♪

♪ Hey ♪

♪ And when you love me, baby ♪

♪ Ah, did you ever think That a woman is being loyal ♪

♪ And when you love me You will realize ♪

♪ You were always meant to be My love ♪

♪ My love, my love ♪

♪ My love, my love ♪

♪ My love is strong ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ My love is strong ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ But when you love me When you love me ♪

♪ When you love me ♪

♪ When you love me ♪

♪ When you love me, baby ♪

♪ When you ♪

♪ Love ♪

♪ Me ♪

Whoo!

Yeah!

Come on, now.

You know how I'm feelin'.

Come on. I'm on fire tonight.

Come on, y'all. Hey!

-I'll have a beer if that's okay. -Okay, go ahead.

You don't want a beer in my hand, but tonight, I'm sorry.

-It's okay. -I gotta have a beer.

Ain't got time for...

Hi. Wait. Wait.

I saw church folks over here.

When there's church folks are in here, I get rid of the beer.

They're all the same.

We're all church people.

We're all church folk.

There's a core of soulfulness and spiritualness

in Daptone music.

There is a core of soulfulness and spirituality in the music...

And it's embracing. That whole process, you can embrace it.

How much do you love the Dap-Kings?

I think I got the best band.

I mean, when I saw Gabe,

they were babies when I first met them.

I came in the studio and they was all in there,

and I came in, and I was like...

"What you young white boys know about funk music?"

First thing, I was like this...

And I was like...

And they started playing, and I was like...

I know. I was like...

I closed my mouth, and I've been with them ever since.

You guys got any weed in here?

You better get out of here...

Tommy, just, what is Christian about you talking about weed?

Father, forgive him. He knows not what he just said.

Hey...

Father, forgive him. He knows that's what he just said.

That was cute. That's good. That's good.

We love you, Tommy.

I love you, Tommy. You know that, right?

Yeah, we're gonna do the right thing, Sharon.

You do the right thing, Tommy.

That's my band. I love them to death.

That's what we do.

God made weed.

It grows from the earth.

Let's leave that alone.

Next.

Hey, come on, y'all. Y'all got nothing to say, y'all?

All of us are from, like,

we take music organically.

And we've been singing from an organic place, church.

Even before that, at home, singing to the radio.

So I think there's a sense of organic,

like you guys just sing with your voices.

I fell that the music is in your soul.

It comes from your soul, and when you sing, you just pour out your heart.

And there's a saying that "From the heart..."

"...reaches the heart."

And I just thank God for the opportunity

of being here at the Apollo with Sharon,

and her girls, and, with the Como Mamas,

we're just excited to be here,

because to me, this is like a dream come true.

I'd just like to say I'm glad to be here tonight with y'all again.

I really enjoyed myself,

and I would have never thought that I would be in Apollo.

And I'll have to thank probably you that,

Well, I have asthma and a real bad hip.

And in some kind of way, God always bring me through the show.

So this is a little something I'm trying to sing to you tonight,

"Come Press Your Way Through," and we're gonna press our way through, Sharon.

All right, then.

♪ Press your way through ♪

♪ Press your way through ♪

♪ You can't give up The Lord ♪

♪ You're gonna keep Pressing your way through ♪

♪ Press your way through... ♪

You know, when we met Gabe, living in Mississippi,

we didn't know how they were gonna accept what we were singing.

You know, because some people thought we were singing one thing,

although we was using the Lord's name.

They were't really sure what we were saying.

We had to tell a lot of people

we're singing gospel. We're singing gospel the way we sing gospel

-when we was growing up. -That's right.

I just thank God for Daptone.

I thank God for Gabe opening his heart up

when he heard us.

And to take us on as A cappella singers.

If I live a hundred years, I'll always be thankful.

I'll always be thankful because it's a blessing.

And it's a blessing when God touches somebody's heart for you.

♪ God got something Waiting, yeah ♪

♪ God got something Waiting, yeah ♪

♪ God got something Waiting, yeah ♪

♪ Just press Your way through ♪

How's everybody feeling right about now? You all right?

Well, all right.

Right about now, we got a very soulful treat for you. That's right.

These three women that we're about to bring to the stage

have been singing together for a long time.

They learned the real true gospel

from their grandfather and their uncle,

who learned it from Fred McDowell.

Right now, ladies why don't y'all come on out?

Please welcome to the stage,

Angela, Della, and Ester.

All the way up from Como, Mississippi, ladies and gentlemen,

we give you the Como Mamas.

What's up, Apollo?

How y'all doin'?

Yeah.

We are the Como Mamas.

And I know y'all...

y'all didn't know this, but...

Daptone wasn't gonna leave Jesus out.

Uh-uh. No way.

No way were they gonna leave Jesus out,

because we wouldn't be here if it weren't for him.

-Amen. -All right.

So...

we are here tonight to just put a little bit of "Thank you"

in this place.

Thank you...

for putting us--

I'm on stage in Apollo. Can you believe it?

Whoo!

And this song that we're gonna sing

is a song I grew up listening to.

And I didn't know what it meant neither when I started hearing it.

It says, "How did you feel when you come out the wilderness?"

Now, y'all, wilderness, if y'all's like mine,

it may be when the doctor told you all the cancer was gone,

it may be when you paid that bill off and they stopped calling you every day.

It may be a divorce that you went through when you thought you had the right man.

I don't know what wilderness you came out of,

but we're gonna tell you how we felt

when we came out.

♪ Tell me how did you feel ♪

♪ When you Come out the wilderness? ♪

♪ When you Come out the wilderness? ♪

♪ When you Come out the wilderness? ♪

♪ Tell me how did you feel When you ♪

♪ Come out the wilderness? ♪

♪ Leaning on the Lord ♪

♪ Well, I told everybody when I Come out the wilderness ♪

♪ When I Come out the wilderness ♪

♪ When I Come out the wilderness ♪

♪ I told everybody when I Come out the wilderness ♪

♪ Leaning on the Lord ♪

♪ I'm leaning I'm leaning on Jesus ♪

♪ I'm leaning I'm leaning on the Lord ♪

♪ You lean I'm leaning on Jesus ♪

♪ On Jesus I'm leaning on the Lord ♪

♪ When trouble come I'm leaning on Jesus ♪

♪ Oh, you'll need it I'm leaning on the Lord ♪

♪ Don't fool me now I'm leaning on Jesus ♪

♪ Oh, you'll need it I'm leaning on the Lord ♪

♪ Oh, I felt like shouting When I ♪

♪ Come out the wilderness ♪

♪ When I Come out the wilderness ♪

♪ When I Come out the wilderness ♪

♪ Well, I felt like shouting When I ♪

♪ Come out the wilderness ♪

♪ Leaning on the Lord ♪

Thank you!

Thank you.

To me, it's like putting out a gospel A cappella record.

You know, that's more of a punk rock thing to do

in the sense of putting out a punk rock record.

I mean, it's like, you just-- you know, like,

"Fuck you, I don't care what you're supposed to do.

I'm putting this record out. You know?"

["Sinner" playing]

♪ I was born Oh, I was born ♪

♪ He delivered... ♪

I met Naomi probably around '98,

down on 14th Street in the city.

And Cliff Driver was there and he was playing organ with them.

So they were in a band with him

and they weren't doing gospel stuff,

they were just doing, you know, soul, just RnB tunes and stuff.

Someone had told him about me.

So he came down that night to catch the show.

And he said, "All right, then, maybe we can all hook up together

and try to do something."

So then he became our bass player.

Cliff Driver called me up

to see if I would step in and play bass with Naomi on his church gigs.

I had seen this stuff on TV or whatever, but I hadn't, you know,

I grew up in California, you know, as a Jewish guy,

I didn't know what it was like in a Baptist church.

So we go in there, we're up there playing,

and Naomi started singing, you know...

I'm playing the bass,

and she starts working it, and the whole crowd gets excited,

and people just start going nuts, you know.

I had three jobs going for about 14 years.

I went to work from 8:00 to 3:00, 3:00 to 6:00

I went night-clubbing every night. Seven nights a week.

What time did you get time off that?

Three in the morning.

And we were just standing out there, just going faster, you know it was...

And I'm standing behind Cliff, I said, "Hey, Cliff, people are going crazy."

He said, "Keep playing, just keep playing." [imitating bass guitar]

And I was like, "Hey, Cliff, man, they're jumping all crazy.

There's some woman who fell on the ground. She's shaking, you know,

speaking in tongues."

"Just keep playing."

"Cliff, the preacher's smacking people on the forehead.

He's going nuts, and people are crying..."

"Just keep playing."

And it's getting really intense in there.

Because I knew, one day, change is gonna come, I knew, one day,

whatever slot is out there,

guy gonna put me in it.

So, when that season come,

that's when he gonna move you. You're not going any time, anywhere until that season.

You can push yourself all you want to,

but it's not how fast you get out there, but how long you last.

And then one of the guys from the local choir comes over to me, real intense,

and get straight on my face, you know, it's loud. He gets right up to me and he says,

"Brother, do you know what Jesus has done for me today?"

I'm going...

I go, "Uh, no, brother. What did Jesus do for you today?"

And he goes, "No, no, no. Brother, do you know what Jesus has done for me today?"

And I went... "No, I don't."

And I'm getting nervous-- I'm feeling like, "This is it. I'm found out, man.

This is the question I'm supposed to know the answer to and I don't know it."

I claimed to be a singer at a young age,

and I held on to my dreams.

So, regardless of who was making it, who was going,

I'm just gonna keep on doing what I gotta do.

So one day, somebody was gonna come along and say, "You know what?

Maybe I need to have to do something for this lady."

And that was it.

So he finally kind of shakes his head at me and leans over to Cliff, he says,

"Brother, you know what Jesus done for me today?"

And Cliff says,

"Yeah, sure, what Jesus done for me today..."

Thank you, thank you.

Thank you so much.

God bless you tonight.

Thank you, thank you.

All right, we're gonna take a little stroll down 125th Street,

to one of my favorite spots called Popeyes Chicken.

Somewhere down the line, you may wanna pick up a burger.

But I'm gonna stick with the chicken, me and the Queens.

All right, anybody wanna? Let's go.

I'm not gonna keep you long

'cause we gotta get back with Sharon and Charles and all the other guys, okay?

All right. Here we go, guys.

["Higher Ground" playing]

♪ I'm pressing on ♪

♪ On the upward way ♪

♪ New heights Me and the Queens Keep gaining ♪

♪ Each and every Every day ♪

Like that?

Yeah!

♪ I'll keep on pressing ♪

♪ As I'm heavenly Heavenly bound ♪

♪ Lord... ♪

♪ Plant my feet On higher ground ♪

♪ Whoa ♪

♪ Lord Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ And let me stand And let me stand ♪

♪ By faith, on Heaven's By faith, on Heaven's ♪

♪ Eternal land Tableland ♪

♪ A higher plane A higher plane ♪

♪ Than I have found Than I have found ♪

♪ Lord, plant my feet On higher ground ♪

♪ Whoa ♪

♪ Lord Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ And let me stand And let me stand ♪

♪ By faith, on Heaven's By faith, on Heaven's ♪

♪ Eternal land Tableland ♪

♪ A higher plane A higher plane ♪

♪ Than I have found Than I have found ♪

♪ Lord, plant my feet On higher ground ♪

♪ Whoa ♪

♪ Lord Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Come on, Jesus Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Come on, lift me up Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Come on and lift me up Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ I wanna go higher Lord, lift me up ♪

♪Lord, take me higher Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Until I've been to the river Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ And I have been baptized Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Till my soul is burning Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ And I am satisfied Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ You don't believe it Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ But I have been redeemed Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ And I'm gonna follow me down Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Come on and follow me down Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Did you, did you Get that power? Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Did you, did you Get that power? Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Did you, did you Get that power? Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Did you, did you Get that power? Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ I'm talking about The Holy Ghost Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ It's all in my hands Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Make me wanna move Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ It's all in my speech Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Make me wanna shout Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ I'm gonna scream and shout Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Come on, y'all, and shout Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Yeah Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Hey, hey Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ I know it's all right Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Time to be all right Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Early in the morning Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Sometimes, late at night Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Until I call His name Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ I call His name Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Until His name is holy Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Until His name is holy Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Until He picks me up Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Turn me all around Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Then He plant my feet Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Then He plant my feet Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Planted on holy ground Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Early, early, early Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Early in the morning Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Early in the morning Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Come on, y'all, let's move Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Come on, y'all, let's move Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Oh, Lord Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Oh, Lord Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Oh, Lord Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Oh, Lord Lord, lift me up ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Plant my feet On higher ground ♪

Ladies and gentlemen, please...

put your hands together and give it up

for Miss Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens.

Miss Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens.

Featuring Mr. Cliff Driver.

Taking you to church on a Thursday evening.

Apollo, how are you feeling right about now? Are you all right?

You feeling all right right about now? Y'all ready to keep going?

Do you want the Daptone Super Soul Revue to continue?

To me, it's like whiskey.

-Yeah. -Yeah, this is what it's like pretty much all the time.

It's usually like this, but except--

Except we're listening to music, like...

What are you taking about?

You get us beer, and we're not cranky.

No, I said music...

He said cranky. I heard he said cranky.

-Stop that. -We're not cranky.

It's not cranky up here.

Shut that fucking radio off, man.

What are you doing there?

Shut it off.

That doesn't sound like...

♪ I'm in love with An uptown girl ♪

-No, really, you think we're cranky? -Can you please turn that off?

All our gears in there?

What's that?

Everything's in there. Yeah.

Instruments...

That's the thing. That's the difference between the Budos Band.

It's like, everybody kind of met each other

and worked out the "getting along" part

before making music with each other.

Playing in a band is kind of a...

Well, except-- excepting the Budos,

playing in a band is like, not, you know-- It's stressful, man.

-It's stressful-- -Being in a band?

Yeah, because, like, every band I've ever been in is not people that grew up with each other

and knew each other for ten years.

-Right. Right. -It's like everybody has different influences,

everybody has like--

And you realize you actually probably don't like each other.

You don't wanna see each other when you're not playing music.

-Yeah.

We weren't looking to do anything big with the band.

It was sort of like a small side project.

And then we started getting a lot into Afrobeat music

After we saw Antibalas play in Manhattan.

So, let's get this stuff a try, it sounds cool...

We don't know what the hell it is, never heard of it before.

Basically we emulated Antibalas.

"Oh, they got one of those guys with shekere gourd?

Yo, we need one of those guys."

"Oh, they got two sticks over there, banging?

We need one of those guys."

"Oh, you do that? All right, we got this."

And then we just got the same line-up.

And we sounded nothing like them

no matter how hard we tried.

The Staten Island side is a little bit more interesting.

Like, getting on a boat, for a Staten Islander

is like crossing the River Styx

and going into your eternal grave.

Like, Staten Island is like you live there,

and you die there.

Yeah, it's not--

And your kids live there and die there.

Yeah, like, it's not transient.

There's no scene, people are more genuine.

People are totally genuine and totally upfront,

and you don't take offense.

Like, you literally insult people on a regular basis,

and take no offense.

It makes interpersonal relationships kind of interesting,

but, you know, it is a strong influence on the dynamics of the band, you know,

because everybody's kind of, like, "That's great."

"That sucks." You know?

There's no middle ground where you're kind of like,

"Yeah... Uh-huh..." You know.

No, it's more like, "No, I'm not fucking playing that." You know.

So, there you go. That's Staten Island, pretty much.

Really good pizza.

Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen.

You know, we stand here tonight

on the shoulders of giants.

And we are very happy to be here.

And you know,

sometimes we're called "the black sheep of Daptone."

That's right. The Budos Band, we're called "the black sheep of Daptone."

But you know what?

I like to think of us

as "the black cobras of Daptone."

How you all doing today?

-Good? -Are you famous?

I'm a singer.

-What's your name? -My name is Saundra.

If you wanna be famous, you should have cameras about you...

That's all right. What do you do? Do you sing?

No.

Oh. What do you do? What do you like to do?

-You don't know what you like to do? -No.

You don't have anything like drawing or dancing?

-Do you make songs? -I do.

-You do? -Mm-hmm.

What's the name of one of those?

-Well, you got a computer at home? -Yes.

When you get home, just look up a lady named Sharon Jones.

-Sharon... -Jones.

-Sharon Jones. -Okay.

And then we do soul music,

and then you'll see me on some of the videos and stuff.

My name is Saundra. What's your name?

-Skyler. -Let me shake your hand.

-Nice to meet you. -Bye.

Bye now.

Ah.

Too cute.

I always wanted to sing,

but I was uncomfortable about being in the front

because I knew that it's a hot light.

What happens is that you get as close as you can,

without being that close, you know.

It's kind of like, "Look at me, but don't really look at me."

You know what I'm saying?

That's how kinda I was feeling at the start of the scene.

'91, I heard about a wedding band audition,

and the band leader told me that he was also auditioning a second girl.

So he said her name was Starr, and I was like,

"Starr Duncan?"

He was like, "Yeah," I was like, "Oh, my God, I know her!"

So we both were the only two girls at the audition.

First girl was Sharon, we didn't know her then,

and we both auditioned for the band, and the band leader hired both of us.

And we wound up working with Sharon Jones

in that wedding band for about seven years.

We got to know each other really well during those years,

and know each other's voices inside and out.

Just having everyone around, it really feels good.

There's a lot of good energy...

And we're used to being around Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings,

so we know those personalities,

we have other personalities and energies around,

it's a lot of fun.

That can open opportunities for us to really bond.

Yeah.

Bonding is caring...

I was like, "What?"

I was like, "Binky, you stealing that wine?" He's like...

He's said, "I only had one glass of wine tonight."

-Aw... -All night.

He said he only had one glass.

♪ Binky didn't steal that wine No he didn't ♪

♪ Binky didn't Steal that wine ♪

When I met Sharon, she had a .22 in her fanny pack.

She's like, "I got a gun, look."

I was like, "Oh, my God."

♪ Binky didn't Steal that wine ♪

She was always a firecracker, and strong-willed,

and funny, and just larger than life, you know,

and with a good heart.

I can't wait that long!

Damn it.

Do that again.

♪ And that is ♪

♪ Fine ♪

What did I say?

What?

♪ Fine ♪

I can't find that note.

♪ Fine ♪

That's a note, right?

♪ And that is ♪

♪ Fine ♪

Okay.

Um, Starr and I, we just want to share a short story.

Starr and I have been friends since 1986.

We met here at an open mic in Harlem.

Also,

growing up in Harlem,

we both have had the opportunity

to come here, two scared little teenage girls,

and be on this stage, together and separately,

-competing in the Amateur Night? -Amateur Night Hour. Yes.

Yeah, Amateur Night.

-And we had that singer-- -Behind of the vocalist.

Yes, and we had the honor and the pleasure

to have met Ralph Cooper Sr. as well as Percy Sutton himself.

So, we have been... well-groomed.

It's an honor to be here so, thank you all.

-Thank you so much. -Apollo Theater,

we're very happy about that.

Yes, and we share our love to you.

Yeah, that's right.

-Thank you so much. -Thank you, Apollo.

♪ You're smiling now ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ In the night ♪

♪ I'll hold you in my arms ♪

♪ Won't let nothing harm you ♪

♪ Till morning come ♪

♪ In the night ♪

♪ You toss and you turn ♪

♪ Sleep gives you no peace ♪

♪ Baby, what's going on? ♪

♪ In the night ♪

♪ What tortured your soul? ♪

♪ I would be close But you won't be consoled ♪

♪ In the night ♪

♪ Ooh, what spell Are you under? ♪

♪ I would do anything ♪

♪ For your peaceful slumber ♪

♪ In the morning ♪

♪ I'll watch you smile At the sun ♪

♪ And my world is caressed ♪

♪ But that sun Just won't come ♪

♪ In the night ♪

♪ In the night ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ You're tossing and turning ♪

♪ From who are you running? ♪

♪ For what are you yearning? ♪

♪ In the night ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Is it pain That you're feeling? ♪

♪ Dreams give me no mercy ♪

♪ And my mind is reeling ♪

♪ In the night ♪

[vocalizing]

♪ Tell me what's going on ♪

♪ What's going on? ♪

♪ Tell me what's going on ♪

♪ Tell me what Tell me ♪

♪ Tell me what Tell me what ♪

♪ What's going on? ♪

♪ What's going on? ♪

♪ Tell me what's going on ♪

Give it up for Saun & Starr.

Put your hands together for Saun & Starr.

That was a little song from their upcoming Daptone LP record next year.

Is there any cars going that way?

Is this a straight way?

Right now, we're in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

My mom lived over here ever since I was 11 years old.

Not this house.

We had a house on Willy B since I was 11.

And I went on my own when I was 14.

Seen a lot of this crazy road.

Hitchhiking down south.

Hitchhiking through Nevada...

...on a bad day, I was anxious.

Right now,

I'm all experienced.

It made me more creative than I am today.

I know a lot of people who's lived in the hoods all their life,

never getting a chance to really actually see what is out there.

A lot of things that I was told,

I didn't believe.

But a lot of things I went and found out for myself.

New York is a place... you like it and you don't like it.

Sometimes you just don't want to be bothered with New York.

So that's why a lot of times when I'm home,

I go in the basement,

close the door,

and be by myself.

But I'm always a loner.

I'm a loner. I'd always been that person.

So what you guys been doing?

Mr. Tommy.

Our relationship... It's a friendship,

it's like family, you know.

I'm the godfather of his son.

-So... -True.

You gotta visit more though.

I know, I know, I know.

We recorded music for a couple of years,

and also, we started writing songs that was

about, like, personal things to Charles.

And I don't know, for whatever reason, you know, we would just talk about it

before we would even think about writing the song, we'd just talk for hours.

We'd talk about heavy, heavy, heavy shit.

Not because I wanted to, but because Charles always talks about heavy, heavy shit.

Maybe we can order Roberta's Pizza today.

-Why don't we just take-- -That would be killer.

Some ribs over there.

You want to?

Order some ribs?

-Order some ribs-- -Or we could bring some barbecue.

Yeah.

I don't know, man.

I'm trying to lay off the heavy shit.

Yeah, me too, Tommy.

I'm eating like a bird with my lady out of town.

Me too.

Testing one...

Just keep that coming, so I can get this leveled.

Yeah!

Testing, one, two.

Took a long time to find Tom.

Testing, one, one.

If I wouldn't have met him and Gabe, I don't know

where I would have been.

Might have been in some shelter, might have been dead.

I don't know.

But Tom reached at me and said, "I want you to do something real,

-from you, from your guts, really." -Yeah.

So, that, I think, is the better of the two that we already have.

So just for the fun of it, man,

let's just hit this for like, one more time too while we're at it.

Okay.

Let's just catch these... Let's go, "We'll go slow, love."

One more time then.

["Slow Love" playing]

♪ We'll go slow, love ♪

♪ I know you want to ♪

♪ We'll go slow, love, baby ♪

All the time in my life,

I've been fighting for that opportunity.

♪ Whoa ♪

For an older person like me,

don't give up.

Take it to your grave.

And that's what I'm doing.

♪ ...All night long ♪

♪ Just you and me, baby ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Slow love, baby ♪

♪ Nobody, nobody Nobody but you ♪

♪ And me ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, baby ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Oh, baby ♪

♪ Just you and me ♪

Yeah, baby, you know it.

Okay.

Ladies and gentlemen,

brothers and sisters,

do you feel like going to that old time church?

Do you wanna go way back

to that old time religion?

["How Long" playing]

♪ How long ♪

♪ Must I keep going on? ♪

♪ How long ♪

♪ Must I keep going on? ♪

♪ To see ♪

♪ All this strangeness In the world ♪

♪ How long ♪

♪ How long ♪

♪ How long ♪

♪ Must you keep Suffering like this? ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Ah ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Wait a minute Look here ♪

♪ I saw a brother The other day ♪

♪ This world had Done him so wrong ♪

♪ Can't find No peace of mind ♪

♪ On this planet ♪

♪ Leaders, you gotta do right ♪

♪ To make this world right ♪

♪ We've been believing you ♪

♪ Try to make This world right ♪

♪ But all you're doing ♪

♪ Is sending it to hell ♪

♪ Whoa ♪

♪ How long ♪

♪ How long ♪

♪ How long ♪

♪ Must we keep Suffering like this? ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ What have you done, brother ♪

♪ My brothers ♪

♪ My sisters ♪

♪ I wanna tell you What it's all about ♪

♪ God made so many flowers ♪

♪ And so many colors ♪

♪ Why we gotta Kill one another? ♪

♪ Don't look at the creed Or my color ♪

♪ Look at my heart ♪

♪ What I give to you ♪

♪ Come from my father's house ♪

♪ I want to say to All of you that ♪

♪ Make this world right ♪

♪ Make this world right ♪

♪ How long ♪

♪ How long ♪

♪ How long ♪

♪ What I'm gonna do ♪

♪ What I'm gonna say ♪

♪ America! ♪

♪ All over the map ♪

♪ Make this world right ♪

You know, I had a great uncle, Sam, who I never met, unfortunately.

Who was a performer. Performed at this very stage many years ago.

Are we gonna-- Do we have a cue?

Charles is about to go across.

Man, they can't start without you, man. Don't worry about it, man.

-You're good. -Everybody is still down.

-Yeah. -So I guess...

You're fine, man.

So I met Gabe in the fall of '94.

And at that time, Gabe was really interested in

getting a real dirty funk band.

Nobody was really making that kind of music. You know, like, raw...

that kind of raw recorded funk.

Like, you know, there was, like, The Brand New Heavies,

and Jamiroquai, and stuff like that.

People's idea of funk in the mid '90s was either

Acid Jazz from a few years before or it was, sort of, like,

you know, space... you know, platform shoes and giant collars and Afro.

Like, P-Funk... Mothership-style funk,

and we didn't wanna do that either.

Yeah, what happened?

'Cause I was thinking about something else at that moment, man.

But there were signs--

What do you say you and me have a bet...

People who liked funk records and soul records and stuff,

were only buying old records, myself included. I would never pick up a new record.

So we thought the only way to sell this kind of music

is trick people into thinking it was old.

So, the first thing that we did was, The Revenge of Mister Mopoji.

The idea was that

we would make a soundtrack to a kung fu film

that never existed.

They got somebody to paint this beautiful cover

and came up with all these production company names and actors' names

and all these different things that,

you know, were just like a film soundtrack and it had the first Afrobeat tune

that we recorded, was on there.

Oh, uh, what's that... what's that timing like?

Should we get it? Should we get on?

Yeah, I think so. Yeah.

And everybody bought it. We sold a lot of 'em.

The best was the bullshit you get from people at record stores.

Like, record store clerks would tell us, "I got the original."

You know, and I'd be like, "Oh, that's great, man.

I'd love to get it 'cause I don't have one. I'd love to get a copy."

I remember taking that Mopojirecord like,

giving it to dudes for their jukeboxes, like, "Oh, I know this movie."

-Yeah. -I'm like, "Yeah, man,

you know that movie? That's cool. I've never seen it personally.

I heard it's like real obscure."

You know, and he's like, "No, man,

The Revenge of Mister Mopoji...I have it."

-Have a great show, guys. -Thanks, man.

You know, it was pretty remarkable, you know.

But, I mean, it was one of the things where it's like, you couldn't figure out whether

you were fooling people or they were just fooling themselves,

because they're so anxious to start making shit up and buy into it.

In...

And out.

You left the Dap-Kings because Antibalas was becoming a bigger thing for you.

Yeah. I was starting to sub out more

because it was like, "Okay, I'm the... sort of, organizer

and leader... whatever, founder of Antibalas.

Like, I need to get this going.

So both groups kind of needed full-time members.

It became more and more apparent that both groups kind of needed

people that could say "yes" to every gig in order for the groups

to both go forward.

Our percussionist, he was putting himself

through school selling mushrooms.

And he got some call the day of the gig. Like, the FBI is looking for him.

So he calls me up and said, "Hey, man, I have to disappear. Can't come to the gig.

Have a great one. Goodbye."

Whoa.

So I call Amayo and I said something like,

-"I know how African people don't play percussion.

But do you have any skills? Really, just anything.

Imagine a world

where you can just float

freely.

Yeah!

Enter as you choose.

Exit what you want.

Flow all the time.

And togetherness will always rule.

And he was like, "Amayo, okay,

there's a lot of guys. Maybe they could probably take my kung fu classes."

You know, like, I was trying to look for, like a back end. So, like, this...

I go play with these guys. Let me go promote what I'm doing

so they can come back to my store.

I was sort of like, in the group,

but I was also in the group that was printing T-shirts.

And then,

together,

we can stop time

and set things right.

Wouldn't that be amazing?

From now on, live your life

like you're setting time straight.

Everyone should have a musical family.

We need to be together, on stage,

figuring out how to synchronize and coordinate,

and play our positions and shine when it's our time to shine.

And it was that dream

like, how could be all be together with a lot of our favorite people,

night after night.

It's a slightly different bag, but it's the same language.

-Yeah. -It's the same honoring of

music that came out of that era and trying to say something new with it

and original in this time because that language still needs to be spoken now.

Now that we have reset time in our minds,

and now, actually it's happening.

So now we're gonna yell and exude and be thankful together.

Are you ready?

Yeah.

One, two, everybody scream!

Everybody scream.

Everybody scream.

Everybody scream.

Everybody scream.

Hut.

Ladies and gentlemen, please give it up for Antibalas.

Put your hands together for Antibalas.

["If You Call" playing]

♪ I been layin' ♪

♪ Alone ♪

It should be around four.

[man] Oh, yeah.

The beginnings of Daptone were real scrappy.

And I think that really set the tone for, uh, you know,

the spirit of a label, which has always been driven by the soul

and the hard work of the family.

Remember there's an organ on this.

The first winter was like, no heater or anything.

Charles Bradley would show me how to level,

uh, radiator pipes, you know.

And he would score us these black market home depot cards that we would buy at a discount.

Budos helped knock down walls.

They're only good at knocking things down, those guys.

♪ Or am I living ♪

The kitchen upstairs started falling down into the live room.

So, we put a big beam there, and then to jack the beam up,

I used the jack from Neal's old station wagon he used to tour in.

♪ Doctor, doctor ♪

♪ Come cut my heart out ♪

I did lot of the plumbing myself.

I had no idea what I was doing, but...

Some of it stayed together. Some of the pipes.

♪ But please, please ♪

Sharon did a lot of electricity with me,

you know. I showed her how to wire the outlets as far as I could figure out.

♪ Just in case ♪

Having that many years of grinding it out together,

you know, certain things are unsaid.

You don't have to look to each other...

"Wow, we made it. We're here." Like you don't really have those conversations.

I mean, it's... it's an ongoing story

and something we're gonna keep doing for a long time, you know.

♪ If you call ♪

♪ If you call ♪

♪ If you call ♪

Here you go.

Hello.

Okay, y'all.

What I'm gonna do right now is, uh...

This next tune, y'all,

is called "Get Up and Get Out."

You know what?

I'm very uncomfortable right now.

What's going on?

It's these damn shoes.

I'm sorry, y'all.

You know, I said that the other night, and I'm gonna say this again tonight.

Is there any shoe designers

that could make a two inch heel. Huh?

And something that don't go across that bunion thing I got right there...

No, really.

I was trying to be all...

I just can't go on. I just have to take those shoes off.

Okay.

I usually take them off in the midst of this song

but I can't even get to that part. I just had to take 'em off right now.

Okay, now, listen.

So much better. I feel so much better right now.

Okay.

Okay, now, listen. Now, this song, "Get Up and Get Out"...

Now, when we did this song,

it was way before I was stricken with my cancer, you know.

So the song had quite a few meanings.

When Homer wrote the song, it meant something else.

And then when I sang it the first time on the album, it got a whole little...

You know, little different...

But you know, anyway,

we're not gonna even do it like the album.

Whatever you got on the CD in the album, mm-mm.

Tonight, all the way around different.

Okay?

And the reason why we're doing it different is because I just wanna break it down,

explain a little bit about my cancer.

You know, tell the story how I went through it. Nothing to bring you down.

I don't want you to feel sad.

So, not for y'all to feel sad, I'm gonna put in a little humor in here.

So, right now,

if Tina Turner...

if she was here tonight,

she would have her heels on.

And she would stand in front of y'all with some hair

and she would go like...

And y'all know when Tina takes a song

she will tell, "I'mma take a song, I'mma slow it down."

She'll be...

So what I'mma do right now...

Just imagine Tina Turner talking to you here tonight at the Apollo.

This is what she would tell you about my song. She would say,

We love you, Sharon.

Love you too, baby. Wait a minute,

let me try to sound like Tina. I love you too.

So, right now, this is Tina talking to you.

I'm gonna pick this song,

and I'm gonna do it nice

and slow.

And then...

and then we're gonna do it fast.

So, right now, me and the Dap-Kings...

we're gonna do "Get Up and Get Out."

And we're gonna start it nice

and slow.

-And then...

and then we're gonna do it fast.

So Dap-Kings, give it to me

nice and slow.

♪ I been laying with you Night after night ♪

♪ Oh, oh ♪

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

♪ Mm ♪

♪ You leave before ♪

♪ I see the morning light Yes, you do ♪

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

♪ All right ♪

♪ I always say ♪

♪ You're not welcome no more ♪

♪ No more, no, no, no, no ♪

♪ No, no, no, no, no No, no, no, no, no ♪

♪ But when you knock ♪

♪ I open up my doors again ♪

♪ Get up, get up ♪

♪ And get on out ♪

♪ And get up, get up ♪

♪ Get up and get on out ♪

♪ Hoo ♪

♪ No one can know ♪

♪ No one, no one ♪

♪ Can know That you are here, yeah ♪

♪ For you I've shed So many tears ♪

♪ No one can know♪

♪ No one ♪

♪ No one can know That you are here, yeah ♪

♪ Hey ♪

♪ I've been lost All right ♪

♪ All my friends They ask me about you ♪

♪ I swear up and down That we are through ♪

♪ Oh, if only what I say is true ♪

♪ Why can't you find Someone new? ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Get up, get up ♪

♪ And get on out ♪

♪ Get up, get up, get up ♪

♪ And get on out ♪

♪ Woo ♪

♪ No one can know♪

♪ No one ♪

♪ No one can know That you are here, yeah ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ For you I've shed So many tears ♪

♪ I never knew What went wrong ♪

♪ No one ♪

♪ No one can know That you are here ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Hey ♪

Come on, all.

Hands up, come on.

♪ Let me see them up ♪

♪ Come on, come on Get it up ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Get up ♪

♪ I said get on and get out ♪

♪ You're not what I want♪

♪ Right now I need you To shut up ♪

♪ Come on, you ♪

♪ Get up ♪

♪ Get up and get out ♪

♪ Got to get out ♪

♪ See ya ♪

♪ I say get up and get out ♪

♪ Get up and get out ♪

♪ Get up and get out ♪

♪ Get up and get out ♪

♪ Get up and get out ♪

♪ Get up and get out ♪

♪ Get up, get out ♪

♪ Waving it ♪

♪ Waving it up high ♪

♪ You see? ♪

Whoo!

I got something to shout about.

Let me explain it to you.

Let me explain it to you.

♪ You see, a year ago ♪

♪ Last year, June ♪

♪ I was in the hospital ♪

♪ Didn't know if I would be alive ♪

♪ I didn't know if I would even See my 58th birthday ♪

♪ But guess what, I'm so glad ♪

♪ That I'm alive ♪

♪ And I'm so glad I'm here ♪

♪ Tonight in New York ♪

♪ Harlem ♪

♪ At the Apollo ♪

♪ Giving you, the people ♪

♪ What you want ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ I'm all revved up ♪

♪ I'm all hyped up ♪

♪ I'm feeling good for this ♪

♪ I feel invincible ♪

♪ Maybe when I'm older ♪

♪ Ah... One morning ♪

♪ One morning ♪

♪ I got up, I went To the mirror ♪

♪ And when I looked In the mirror ♪

♪ I didn't like the person I saw in that mirror ♪

♪ It was me But guess what? ♪

♪ I had changes My skin had changed ♪

♪ Ooh, not one hair Was on my head ♪

♪ I was bald ♪

♪ No eyebrows No eyelashes ♪

♪ I didn't even Have nose hair ♪

♪ Every hair on my body Was gone ♪

♪ And my fingers My fingernails, my hands ♪

♪ Inside my mouth ♪

♪ There were sores I was weak ♪

♪ I could barely make it And guess what? ♪

♪ I said, Sharon ♪

♪ Do you wanna go back? ♪

♪ And I looked And I took a picture ♪

♪ Pop! And I put it on Facebook ♪

♪ And you, my friends ♪

♪ My friends, said, Sharon ♪

♪ We love you bald ♪

♪ Sharon, we love you Without hair ♪

♪ Sharon, you're beautiful The way you are ♪

♪ We want you to come back ♪

♪And that's why, Apollo ♪

♪ That's why I'm here tonight ♪

♪ On this day ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Ooh, yeah One minute ♪

♪ You see ♪

♪ Someday you're looking At me, saying what's She doing shouting? ♪

♪ But let me tell you ♪

♪ The reason I'm shouting ♪

♪ Because I'm alive tonight ♪

♪ And I'm cancer-free ♪

♪ And that's why I've got Something to shout about ♪

♪ So when you see me ♪

♪ When you see me Get to floor ♪

♪ I'm healed ♪

♪ Got my strength ♪

♪ Hey, said I'm feeling strong ♪

♪ And that's why I've gotta shout ♪

♪ I said I'm grateful I said I'm grateful ♪

♪ For what He did ♪

♪ I said He brought me From a mighty long way ♪

♪ He brought me From a mighty long way ♪

♪ Get up ♪

♪ Get out ♪

♪ Get up, get out ♪

♪ I've gotta shout ♪

♪ Get out ♪

♪ Get up, get out ♪

♪ Get up, get out ♪

♪ Get up, get out ♪

♪ Get up, get out ♪

♪ Get up, get out ♪

Whoo!

♪ Yeah ♪

Whoo!

I've got to praise Him. I've got to thank Him.

Because I'm alive and I'm here.

♪ Ooh, yeah ♪

Whoo!

Come on, Dap-Kings.

Hit it, Homer.

["100 Days, 100 Nights" playing]

♪ 100 days, 100 nights ♪

♪ To know a man's heart ♪

♪ Hey ♪

♪ 100 days, 100 nights ♪

♪ To know a man's heart ♪

♪ Whoa ♪

♪ And a little more ♪

♪ Before he knows his own ♪

♪ Yes ♪

♪ You know a man ♪

♪ Can play the part ♪

♪ Of a saint Just so long ♪

♪ For a day comes ♪

♪ When his true His true self unfolds ♪

♪ Yes it does He maybe mellow ♪

♪ He maybe kind ♪

♪ Treat me good All the time ♪

♪ But there's something ♪

♪ Just beyond what he's told ♪

♪ Hey ♪

♪ 100 days, 100 nights ♪

♪ To know a man's heart ♪

♪ Hey ♪

♪ 100 days, 100 nights ♪

♪ To know a man's heart ♪

♪ Whoa ♪

♪ And a little more ♪

♪ Before he knows his own ♪

Wait a minute, Dap-Kings.

♪ Everybody here at Apollo ♪

♪ New York ♪

♪ Right now ♪

♪ I'mma take my time ♪

♪ And stroll this song down ♪

♪ Came out of here ♪

♪ Think that I'm moving Too fast ♪

♪ So I'mma take my time ♪

♪ Right now ♪

♪ I'mma slow it down ♪

♪ Maybe to the right ♪

♪ Maybe a little bit slower ♪

♪ Maybe a little bit ♪

♪ Maybe a little bit ♪

♪ Slower ♪

♪ Mm ♪

♪ Ah ♪

♪ You see ♪

♪ You see ♪

♪ You see ♪

♪ I had a man ♪

♪ Tell me things ♪

♪ Oh, the way he made me feel ♪

♪ He made me feel Like a queen ♪

♪ You know and I thought ♪

♪ And I thought he was The one, he was the one ♪

♪ The one who I'd hold ♪

♪ Oh, yes, I did ♪

♪ One day ♪

♪ One day I looked around ♪

♪ That old man That man ♪

♪ He was nowhere ♪

♪ He was nowhere ♪

♪ Nowhere to be found ♪

♪ 100 days ♪

♪ For this love ♪

♪ To unfold ♪

♪ Everything, everything ♪

♪ It took me 100 days ♪

♪ And 100 nights ♪

♪ To know a man's heart ♪

♪ 100 days ♪

♪ I said ♪

♪ 100 nights ♪

♪ To know a man's heart ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ If only ♪

♪ Mm ♪

♪ One more time ♪

♪ Get that little more out ♪

♪ I feel it off, I'm in here ♪

♪ And a little more ♪

♪ Before ♪

♪ He knows ♪

♪ He knows no, no, no ♪

♪ No, no, no, no No, no, no, no, no ♪

♪ Know, know, know ♪

♪ Hmm ♪

♪ He ♪

Let's end this song here.

End this song here, okay?

♪ He knows it ♪

♪ Oh ♪