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-LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE ALL-WOMAN BLUES BAND!
[FAITH]: THIS A GREAT EVENING FOR ME, I'M HAVING A GREAT TIME.
IT'S PROBABLY THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY LIFE.
I MEAN IT, I MEAN IT, REALLY... BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME.
IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO ME THAN MOST OF THE THINGS I DO.
I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH CAMPSIS...
MAKING THIS PROJECT A POSSIBILITY
THAT WE WILL HAVE A POLITICAL EDUCATION CENTRE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS...
YOU PROBABLY NOTICED THE CAMERA ON ME...
WELL, HOLLYWOOD HAS COME AT LAST!
IT'S NICE TO HAVE ALL YOU LITTLE PEOPLE OUT HERE
TO HELP WITH THAT NATURAL ROOTSY TOUCH.
SO GLAD YOU COULD ALL MAKE IT.
I'M ESPECIALLY GLAD THAT WE HAVE SOME COLOURED PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE,
BECAUSE IT ADDS THAT MULTICULTURAL TOUCH THAT WE'RE GETTING A SPECIAL GRANT FOR.
AND ESPECIALLY, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE THREE MEN THAT CAME,
BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH I'M A LESBIAN AND I DON'T HAVE MUCH USE FOR YOU,
I STILL SUPPORT YOUR MONEY COMING TO OUR EVENTS.
I'D LIKE TO START THIS SET
WITH A SONG I'D LIKE TO DEDICATE TO ALL OF THE SISTERS WHO REALLY MAKE MY LIFE WONDERFUL.
AND MOST OF THEM ARE HERE TOO, I SEE SO MANY...
MAKEDA, QUEEN OF THE LESBIANS IS HERE.
AND SHE CERTAINLY HAS DONE A LOT IN OUR COMMUNITY. I MEAN A LOT.
AND WE HAVE, YOU KNOW...
EUN SOOK LEE'S GIVEN US COMMUNITY RADIO. SHE'S DOING A GREAT JOB.
AND GRACE CHANNER, YOU KNOW... SHE'S LIKE MY BOSOM BUDDY.
SHE'S MY SISTER; SHE'S LIKE BLOOD.
SHE'S JUST GREAT. SHE'S WONDERFUL, I LOVE HER.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT SEXUAL. BUT I LOVE HER IN EVERY OTHER WAY.
I'M GOING TO DEDICATE THIS SONG TO GRACE.
♪ SISTER HOLD MY HAND
♪ WHILE I WALK THIS RACE
♪ SISTER HOLD MY HAND
♪ WHILE I WALK THIS RACE
♪ SISTER HOLD MY HAND
♪ WHILE I WALK THIS RACE
♪ 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO WALK THIS RACE ALONE ♪
♪ GUIDE MY FEET
♪ WHILE I'M WALKING THIS RACE
♪ GUIDE MY FEET
♪ WHILE I WALK THIS RACE
♪ GUIDE MY FEET
♪ WHILE I WALK THIS RACE
♪ 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO WALK THIS RACE ALONE ♪
I WANT TO HEAR ALL THE SISTERS NOW.
♪ SISTER WALK WITH ME
♪ WHILE I WALK
♪ THIS RACE
♪ SISTER WALK WITH ME
♪ WHILE I WALK THIS RACE
♪ SISTER WALK WITH ME
♪ WHILE I WALK THIS RACE
♪ CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO WALK THIS RACE ALONE ♪
♪ YOU KNOW THAT I DON'T WANT TO WALK ♪
♪ I REALLY DON'T WANT TO WALK
♪ I REALLY DON'T WANT TO WALK THIS RACE ALONE ♪♪
THANK YOU.
[GRACE]: THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ARTIST IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY
IS TO GIVE VOICE FOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY. RIGHT?
'CAUSE THERE'S NOWHERE WHERE WE HAVE VOICE,
SO EVERYTHING WE ARE AND EVERYTHING WE DO, WHATEVER FIELD WE GET INTO,
IT REALLY IS AN EXPRESSION OF OUR COMMUNITY.
I'M IN A PROCESS OF REVOLUTION, IN A PROCESS OF LIBERATION AS A WOMAN.
AND SO THIS VOICE, THIS STORY HASN'T BEEN TOLD
IN WHAT WE ARE TAUGHT ABOUT THE "HISTORY OF ART."
THERE WAS A LOT OF PRESSURE TO...
IF YOU FINISH HIGH SCHOOL, THEN YOU SHOULD TRY AND AT LEAST GO TO UNIVERSITY.
SO I WENT THERE, AND I FOUND A LOT OF VERY RACIST, HOMOPHOBIC WHITE MEN
WHO PARADED AROUND AND HAD NOTHING TO TEACH ME, EXCEPT THEIR OWN NARROW WORLD.
AND IT'S NOT WHAT I WANTED.
IF I WAS GOING TO GO TO AN INSTITUTION, I WANTED TO LEARN ABOUT THE WORLD:
AFRICA, ASIA, ART THAT'S COMING FROM THOSE PLACES.
AND THERE WERE NO TEACHERS THERE WHO REPRESENTED THAT,
AND NOBODY WHO EVEN HAD A VISION THAT MAYBE THAT WAS IMPORTANT.
THE LEGS, RIGHT. I MADE IT OUT OF PAPER.
-HOW DID YOU GET TO MAKE THE BODY PART?
-THE BODY? WELL, I WEAVED.
I WENT INTO THE WOODS AND I GOT ALL KINDS OF STICKS,
AND I STARTED TO WEAVE THEM TOGETHER.
IT'S LIKE SEWING, SEWING HER WHOLE BODY.
THE TREES THAT SHE'S MADE WITH ARE LIKE 60 YEARS OLD, 70 YEARS OLD.
SO SHE'S BEEN AROUND.
-HER HEAD'S TOO LONG.
-DEFINITELY; HER HEAD--
-HOW DID YOU MAKE THE HEAD?
-I DIDN'T MAKE THE HEAD.
THE OCEAN AND TREES AND LIGHT AND ALL THOSE THINGS MADE THE HEAD.
SHE JUST LANDED ON THE BEACH ONE DAY AND I SAW HER THERE.
[FAITH]: I HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING TO SING THAT I BELIEVE IN.
AND FOR MANY YEARS, I SANG SONGS THAT DIDN'T MEAN ANYTHING TO ME.
AND I FOUND MYSELF VERY EMPTY, VERY ALONE AND VERY UNCONNECTED.
AND SO I WANTED TO SING WHAT WAS CONNECTED AND WHAT WAS TRUE.
AND THE ONLY MUSIC THAT HAS THAT, IS THE PEOPLE'S MUSIC, MUSIC THAT COMES FROM PEOPLE.
AND THAT MUSIC GENERALLY ALLIES ITSELF TO CHANGE, AND CHANGE FOR THE BETTER.
THEY MAY CALL THAT SOCIAL CHANGE MUSIC,
BUT IT'S REALLY JUST REAL MUSIC ABOUT REAL THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT.
THE OTHER STUFF IS JUST BULLSHIT MUSIC TO KEEP PEOPLE'S MINDS EMPTY.
THAT'S WHERE YOUR PART IS: DOO. DOODLY-DOOT-DOOT.
-JUST ONE NOTE.
-AND THEN THE NEXT TIME, I GO DIDDLY-DOOT-DOOT. -OKAY. I'LL TRY IT.
-1, 2, 3, 4.
♪ IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMIN'
♪ LONG TIME HERE
♪ NO JOBS NO SCHOOLS
♪ AIN'T NO HOPE FOR THE FUTURE HERE ♪
♪ IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMIN'
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE SHERRY SHUTE ON GUITAR.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE CHIYOKO, WHO WAS PLAYING SAX EARLIER;
RACHEL MELAS EXTRAORDINAIRE. SISTER FROM THE PLANET VENUS.
SHE CANNOT BE PIGEON-HOLED.
AND THE WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL
KAT DYSON... YES.
AND THE WONDERFUL BRAZILIAN GET-DOWN SISTER, ASSAR SANTANA.
♪ BEEN A LONG TIME COMIN
♪ LONG TIME HERE
♪ NO JOBS NO SCHOOLS NO HOPE IS HERE ♪
♪ BEEN A LONG TIME COMIN' A LONG TIME HERE ♪
♪ FROM TEACHERS TO PREACHERS
♪ TO THE POLICEMAN'S GUN
♪ THEY DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE EQUAL ♪
♪ OH THEY KEEP ON AND ON
♪ BEEN A LONG TIME COMIN' A LONG TIME HERE ♪
♪ IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMIN' A LONG TIME HERE ♪
♪ BLACK CHILDREN CHARGED IN NOVA SCOTIA ♪
♪ WHITE CHILDREN SET FREE
♪ BY THE COLOUR OF OUR SKIN
♪ WE NEVER GET EQUALITY
♪ BEEN A LONG TIME COMIN' A LONG TIME HERE ♪
♪ PUSHED OUT OF TOWN TO THE BRUSHLAND ♪
♪ MULGRAVE IS YUPPIFIED
♪ JUST LIKE A BURNIN SHELBOURNE TOWN ♪
♪ RELOCATED ALL THE TIME
♪ LONG TIME COMIN' A LONG TIME HERE ♪♪
THE ONLY THING I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT SONG WAS TAKE 4 OUT INSTEAD OF 1.
'CAUSE WHEN I LISTENED TO IT BACK, IT SOUNDED LIKE IT NEEDED MORE OUT.
SHERRY, JUST HOLD THE G LIKE...
BLUES MUSIC EXPRESSED; IT TALKED ABOUT JUKE JOINTS...
WHICH ARE BOOZE CANS, WHICH ARE PLACES WHERE YOU COULD BUY LIQUOR ILLEGALLY.
THAT WAS NEVER TALKED ABOUT IN OTHER MUSIC.
OTHER MUSIC WAS JUST ABOUT THIS "LOVE" THAT YOU COULD SHARE IN THE AIR
WITH SOMEBODY YOU DIDN'T EVEN KNOW, BUT YOU WERE GOING TO MEET.
BUT THE BLUES SPOKE DIRECTLY TO HOW WE LIVED AS BLACK PEOPLE...
LIKE THE RICH MAN'S BLUES OR THE WASHERWOMAN'S BLUES.
I KNEW A LOT OF WOMEN THAT WASHED HOUSES TO LIVE.
THAT JUST SEEMED TO ME, LIKE, IT WAS FINALLY SOMETHING
I COULD BELIEVE IN, SOMETHING I COULD HEAR. AND I LISTENED TO IT LIKE THE BIBLE.
[GRACE]: I GREW UP IN A VERY RACIST SOCIETY, AND I KNEW IT.
FROM DAY ONE, YOU'RE TOLD: "YOU'RE NOT WORTHY."
I'M A BLACK WOMAN WHO HAS A CULTURE THAT'S CONSTANTLY BEING REPRESSED AND OPPRESSED.
IN HAVING A SPIRIT TO QUESTION THAT, YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE TO GO,
YOU HAVE TO FIND AN ALTERNATIVE WAY OF FINDING YOURSELF.
[FAITH]: I GREW UP AROUND REGENT PARK, SO I GREW UP KNOWING ALL THESE KIDS.
I GREW UP SEEING THAT IT WAS GENERATIONAL,
THAT THEIR GRANDMOTHERS MAYBE LIVED WITH THEM AND THEY WERE POOR.
AND THEIR MOTHERS LIVED WITH THEM AND THEY WERE POOR.
AND THEY WERE GOING TO GROW UP POOR.
SOME DIDN'T... BUT MOST DID, BECAUSE YOU DO WHAT YOU'RE AROUND...
YOUR FATHER'S A DOCTOR, YOU'LL PROBABLY BE A DOCTOR, OR LAWYER,
WHATEVER IS IN YOUR FAMILY.
AND UNLESS YOU'RE EXPOSED TO OTHER THINGS AND IDEAS,
THEN YOU WILL BLAME YOURSELF, 'CAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS TAUGHT TO BLAME THE VICTIM.
THEN WE BLAME OURSELVES FOR WHAT WE HAVEN'T GOT.
AND I THINK I REALIZED THAT I HAD SOME OPPORTUNITIES IN LIFE.
♪ REGINA WHY DID YOU KILL THAT MAN ♪
♪ FOUR HUNDRED YEARS OF SLAVERY ♪
♪ SURELY LEAVES ITS TOLL
♪ A WELFARE MOTHER TRYING TO MAKE IT ON YOUR OWN ♪
♪ YOUR KIDS GOING HUNGRY
♪ TRY TO PAY THE RENT
♪ WHERE DO YOU GO WHEN THE MONEY'S ALL SPENT ♪
♪ REGINA WHY DID YOU KILL THAT MAN ♪
♪ WELL YOU'RE STANDING ON THE CORNER ♪
♪ TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET
♪ A CAR FINALLY STOPS
♪ ANOTHER FREAKY CREEP
♪ HE STARTS TO PULL YOUR HAIR AND SLAPS YOU IN THE FACE ♪
♪ YOU YELL FOR MERCY BEFORE YOU KNIFE HIM IN THE FACE ♪
♪ REGINA WHY DID YOU KILL THAT MAN ♪
♪ THE POLICEMAN TOOK YOUR STATEMENT ♪
♪ HE SAID THERE'S NO DEFENCE FOR KILLING A WHITE MAN ♪
♪ AND IT DON'T MAKE NO SENSE YOU'RE SITTING IN A JAIL CELL ♪
♪ FOR TRYING TO SAVE YOUR LIFE
♪ YOU'RE A BLACK WOMAN
♪ AND YOU'LL NEVER BE WHITE
♪ REGINA OH WHY DID YOU KILL THAT MAN ♪♪
I COULD HAVE BEEN IN PRISON, AND I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN IF I HAD BEEN CAUGHT.
WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, LIKE... BEING THE MIDDLEMAN OR MIDDLEWOMAN FOR DRUG DEALS.
I WAS VERY YOUNG, I DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND.
I WAS TOLD THAT DRUGS WOULD MAKE ME BETTER, SMARTER.
THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING OF TAKING ACID.
SO FOR A LOT OF THAT... AND GROWING UP IN A BOOZE CAN,
I THINK I REALIZED THAT THE POLICE WERE KNOCKING AT THE DOOR.
THEY USED TO COME AND BUST UP THE HOUSE,
IT WAS LIKE ANY MINUTE YOU COULD GO TO JAIL.
EVEN NOW AS A SOCIAL ACTIVIST, ANY TIME YOU'RE ON A PICKET LINE
THE POLICE WILL COME AND PUT YOU IN JAIL.
♪ FOUR HUNDRED YEARS OF SLAVERY ♪
♪ SURELY LEAVES ITS TOLL
♪ A WELFARE MOTHER TRYING TO MAKE IT ON YOUR OWN ♪
♪ YOUR KIDS ARE GOING HUNGRY YOU TRY TO PAY THE RENT ♪
♪ BUT WHERE DO YOU GO WHEN THE MONEY'S ALL SPENT ♪
♪ REGINA WHY DID YOU KILL THAT MAN ♪
♪ REGINA WHY DID YOU KILL THAT MAN ♪
♪ REGINA WHY DID YOU KILL THAT MAN ♪
♪ REGINA TELL ME WHY YOU KILLED THAT MAN ♪♪
[GRACE]: 'CAUSE MEN HAVE FOR TOO LONG TAKEN OVER OUR BODIES, OUR MINDS,
EVERYTHING TO DO WITH US...
AND ARE GIVING IT BACK TO US
IN A WAY THAT'S TOTALLY ALIEN TO ANYTHING THAT IS WHO WE ARE AS WOMEN.
SO I FELT IT'S OUR TIME TO START TO REWRITE, RECREATE OURSELVES.
WOMEN, FEMALE, STRONG AND IN CONTROL OF OURSELVES.
BEING NAKED WITH MYSELF,
PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY, EMOTIONALLY, ALL KINDS OF WAYS,
IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN TRYING TO DISCOVER ONESELF.
[FAITH]: AS A MUSICIAN, A BLACK FEMALE MUSICIAN,
I THINK THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A STRUGGLE TO OVERCOME SEXISM.
WHEN I FIRST STARTED, I USED TO PLAY WITH BLACK MALE MUSICIANS A LOT,
AND I FOUND THAT TRYING TO OVERCOME THAT KIND OF SEXISM WHERE:
"YOU'RE A WOMAN, PUT YOUR INSTRUMENT DOWN, JUST SING AND SHAKE IT UP",
WHICH WAS VERY MUCH THAT WHOLE HISTORY OF BLACK WOMEN THROWING AWAY THEIR INSTRUMENTS.
WHETHER... LIKE NINA SIMONE... IS SHE ALWAYS PLAYING HER PIANO?
ARETHA FRANKLIN WAS A FANTASTIC PIANO PLAYER.
OR GERTRUDE MA RAINEY... DID THEY PLAY PIANO... YOU KNOW?
SO THERE WAS ALWAYS THAT KIND OF...
THAT WOMEN SHOULDN'T PLAY PARTICULAR INSTRUMENTS.
[GRACE]: IN VIBRATIONS, THE FIGURES, YOU'LL NOTICE, ARE ALL FEMALES, AND THEY'RE ALL NAKED.
AND THEY'RE ALL SORT OF ROLLING AND TUMBLING, WITH FINGERS AND TOES AND...
I'M CHALLENGING THE WHOLE PERCEPTION OF WOMEN IN ART TO BE SEXUAL OBJECTS.
I WAS COMING TO TERMS WITH MY SEXUALITY.
A BLACK ARTIST, A BLACK WOMAN, A BLACK LESBIAN.
AND REALIZING I DIDN'T NEED MANY OF THE CHAINS THAT I STILL HAD
OF A PATRIARCHAL SORT OF ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY
THAT JUST TOLD ME ALL THE THINGS I SHOULD BE.
IT SEEMS... LIKE MY AUNT... OH, I SHOULDN'T COME OUT FOR HER...
MY AUNT IS A LESBIAN.
I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS ABOUT 10 OR 11.
SHE HAD TO STAY WITH US 'CAUSE SHE RAN AWAY FROM A VERY ABUSIVE SITUATION WITH A MAN.
SO MY MOTHER WOULD TELL US ALL KINDS OF HOMOPHOBIC CRAP ABOUT HER:
"SHE SMELLS" AND "DON'T TOUCH HER", AND ALL THIS KIND OF THINGS...
BUT I JUST SAW THIS REALLY SWEET, GENTLE, SHY WOMAN...
WHO WAS STRANDED AND NOT KNOWING WHERE TO GO.
AND I JUST... YOU KNOW... I FELT SO CLOSE TO HER.
SHE'D SLEEP THERE AND I'D SLEEP HERE, AND I'D WATCH HER ALL NIGHT.
MY MOTHER WOULD SAY: "I'D HATE IT IF ONE OF MINE EVER BECAME ONE OF THEM."
I USED TO WATCH MY AUNT AND THINK:
"I WONDER WHAT MY MOTHER WOULD SAY IF I SAID I WAS A LESBIAN?"
[POEM: CASSELBERRY HARVEST]
-WE EMBRACED AND YOUR ARMS SLIPPED SLOWLY AROUND ME
LIKE THE LIMBS AND BRANCHES OF THE CASSELBERRY TREE
THAT GROWS FROM THE DARK MOIST EARTH OF ASHANTI SOIL
YOUR LOCKS BROWN AND DELICIOUS CARRY THE FRAGRANCE
FROM THE BLOSSOMS OF THAT TREE
IN THE LANGUAGE OF OUR FOREMOTHERS
CASSELBERRY MUST MEAN SUNKISSED DAYS
BLANKETING A SOFT ORCHARD WITH THE INDIGO SWEETNESS OF YOU
I ANTICIPATE THE FAMILIAR FLAVOUR OF YOUR CASSELBERRY HARVEST
WE EMBRACED AND YOUR ARMS SLIPPED SLOWLY AROUND ME...
-WHEN I WAS 14, THE VERY FIRST TIME I WENT TO A LESBIAN BAR...
I'D BEEN SOUL SISTER NUMBER ONE,
SO I HAD LIKE THIS RED WIG, LIKE A BIG RED AFRO WIG...
AND FALSE EYELASHES AND THIS TIGHT DRESS.
'CAUSE THAT'S HOW WE DRESSED ON THE WEEKENDS TO LOOK GOOD.
AND I WANTED TO LOOK GOOD, SO I FIGURE I'M STILL LIKE...
DURING THE WEEK, I WEAR JEANS AND A T-SHIRT, SO I'M STILL LIKE A STRONG GIRL,
BUT I GO TO THIS CLUB AND I'M ALL DRESSED LIKE THIS...
I HAD LIKE A BILLIE HOLLIDAY KIND OF DRESS THAT SLIT DOWN THE SIDE,
AND THOSE HIGH SQUARE-TOED SHOES WITH THE HEELS.
SO I WALKED INTO THIS CLUB, AND I'M AT THE DOOR.
I TAKE OUT A CIGARETTE... LIKE I'M GOING TO LIGHT IT...
5 WOMEN COME SWAMPING ME TO LIGHT THIS CIGARETTE.
AND I'M LIKE: "WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?"
I WALK INSIDE THE CLUB, I SEE THERE'S ALL THESE WOMEN.
SOME OF THEM BIG AS HOUSES, SITTING THERE, DRESSED WITH A TIE ON... A SUIT.
AND BESIDE THEM IS A PRETTY, PRETTY GIRL IN HER PRETTY LITTLE DRESS.
AND I REALIZED I LOOKED LIKE THE GIRL IN THE PRETTY DRESS,
BUT I LIKED THE GIRL IN THE PRETTY DRESS...
SO I GO TO THE GIRL: "WOULD YOU LIKE TO DANCE?" AND SHE SAID: "UH-MMM".
♪ WELL IF I FEEL TOMORROW LIKE I'VE BEEN FEELING TODAY ♪
♪ I WANNA PACK UP ALL MY TROUBLES ♪
♪ I WANNA MOVE AWAY
♪ 'CAUSE I'M CRAZY 'BOUT YOUR LOVIN' ♪
♪ AND I WANT IT EVERY DAY
♪ 'CAUSE I'LL NEVER BE HAPPY
♪ WHAT MORE WOULD I SAY
♪ I GOT FRIENDS AND WOULD-BE LOVERS ♪
♪ I STILL AIN'T SATISFIED
♪ I GOT A FRIEND AND A WOULD-BE LOVER ♪
♪ AND I STILL AIN'T SATISFIED
♪ IF I CAN'T HAVE YOUR LOVIN'
♪ YOU KNOW I'LL LAY ME DOWN AND DIE ♪
♪ SAY YOU'LL BE MINE TILL THE END OF TIME ♪♪
[GRACE]: BEING A GIRL MEANT YOU COULDN'T RUN, YOU COULDN'T JUMP, YOU COULDN'T PLAY,
YOU COULDN'T DISCOVER YOURSELF, YOU COULDN'T BE ADVENTUROUS.
SO I THINK I BECAME FEMINIST IN MY THINKING FROM A VERY, VERY EARLY AGE.
BUT THAT DIDN'T QUITE ALLOW ME TO BE ABLE TO DISCOVER MY SEXUALITY,
WHICH WAS EVEN MORE TABOOED IN THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT THAT I GREW UP IN,
WHERE THERE WAS A LOT OF CHRISTIANITY WHICH WAS REALLY LINKED TO MALE DOMINATION.
IT'S COLD, HUH?
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO ASK ME TORONTO'S FAVOURITE QUESTION:
"EXCUSE ME, WHERE DO YOU COME FROM?"
ASK ME WHERE I COME FROM.
-WHERE DO YOU COME FROM?
-I'M A SISTER FROM ANOTHER PLANET.
♪ EVERYBODY'S ASKING ME WHAT COUNTRY I CAME FROM ♪
♪ I SAY I COME FROM THIS WORLD
♪ THEY SAY BACK WHERE YOU BELONG ♪
♪ WHAT THE HELL IS THE DIFFERENCE ♪
♪ YOUR WORLD OR MY WORLD THERE'S ONLY ONE ♪
♪ THEY ALWAYS WANT TO ALWAYS DIVIDE AND RULE US ♪
♪ DIVIDE AND RULE WE JUST CAN'T WIN ♪
♪ DIVIDE AND RULE IT'S NOT TOO LATE ♪
♪ DIVIDE AND RULE WE CAN OVERCOME ♪
♪ DIVIDE AND RULE US
♪ OH IT'S A POLITICAL TOOL
♪ LET'S TALK
♪ WELL WE TALK ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA ♪
♪ BUT RACISM IS HERE
♪ WE'LL HAVE TO OVERCOME WE MUST OVERCOME EVERYWHERE ♪
♪ DIVIDED WE'RE SO WEAK
♪ TOGETHER WE HAVE ALL OUR STRENGTH I'M SURE ♪
♪ WOMEN CAN BE UNITED
♪ AND NOT DIVIDE AND RULE
♪ SURELY WE'LL WIN
♪ DIVIDE AND RULE WE'RE BOUND TO BEGIN ♪
♪ COME ON LET'S SING
♪ DIVIDE AND RULE TOGETHER WE'LL WIN ♪
♪ DIVIDE AND RULE US
♪ JUST US BEGIN IT'S A POLITICAL TOOL ♪
♪ YOU KNOW THAT I'M A WOMAN I LOVE WOMEN ♪
♪ I THINK MEN SHOULD LOVE MEN
♪ EVERYBODY WANTS HATRED
♪ EASY FOR THEM
♪ I SAY DIVIDE AND RULE US
♪ IT IS A POLITICAL TOOL
♪ WE MUST WORK AS ONE AND NEVER DIVIDE AND RULE ♪
♪ I CAN'T HEAR NOBODY AT ALL
♪ DIVIDE AND RULE I SAY DIVIDE AND RULE ♪
♪ I THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO RULE US ♪
♪ OH IT'S A POLITICAL TOOL
♪ YOU KNOW THAT 300 YEARS AGO
♪ THE QUEEN STEALS THE LAND
♪ KILL OFF THE NATIVE PEOPLE IF THEY CAN'T RULE THEM ♪
♪ NOW WE'RE SO DIVIDED
♪ BUT IF WE STAND AS ONE SURELY WE CAN WIN ♪
♪ AND NEVER NEVER NEVER DIVIDE AND RULE ♪
I CAN'T HEAR YOU!
♪ DIVIDE AND RULE US
WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE ON THE SIDE? YEAH!
♪ DIVIDE AND RULE
I SEE YOU AIN'T SINGING!
♪ DIVIDE AND RULE US
♪ IS A POLITICAL TOOL
WE'RE GOING TO...
♪ TAKE BACK THE NIGHT
WHAT YOU SAY? WHAT YOU WANNA DO?
♪ TAKE BACK THE NIGHT
WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?
♪ TAKE BACK THE NIGHT
SAY WHAT?
♪ WE'RE GONNA TAKE BACK THE NIGHT TAKE BACK THE NIGHT ♪
♪ WE'RE ALSO GOING TO
♪ TAKE BACK THE DAY
♪ I TAKE BACK THE NIGHT
♪ OH WE'RE GONNA WIN
♪ TAKE BACK THE DAY WE'RE GONNA WIN ♪
♪ TAKE BACK THE NIGHT TAKE BACK THE NIGHT ♪♪
ALL POWER TO JUSTICE AND EQUALITY.
THANK YOU.
BEING A SINGER IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR A BLACK WOMAN, IT'S TRUE.
BUT BEING AN "OUT" LESBIAN BLACK SINGER IS VERY UNUSUAL.
I WAS ALWAYS GETTING IN TROUBLE, BEING A LESBIAN, SINGING IN DIFFERENT PLACES.
AND I DECIDED ONE DAY, WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE ANYMORE TROUBLE
BECAUSE I'M NOT PLAYING ANY PLACE WHERE I CAN'T BE OUT AS A LESBIAN.
[GRACE]: RECENTLY, I WAS IN AN INTERVIEW WITH SOMEBODY,
AND I FOUND THAT I MYSELF HAD TO EDIT...
FELT THE NEED THAT IT WASN'T COMFORTABLE
TO JUST BE TALKING WHO I WAS,
BECAUSE WHAT'S ACCEPTABLE ABOUT BEING AN ARTIST
IS TO TALK GENERALLY IN THESE FLUID OFF-TONES.
AND IT'S NOT TO BE REAL ABOUT...
WELL, MY WHOLE UNDERSTANDING AND BEING IS CENTERED AROUND EVERYTHING I AM...
I'M A LESBIAN AND THAT IS VERY MUCH A PART OF WHY MY ART IS THE WAY IT IS.
-MANY TIMES WHEN I GO TO PLAY AN EVENT,
PEOPLE WILL SAY: "THIS IS A UNION GIG, A FAMILY DAY THING.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND? A FAMILY DAY THING?"
OKAY, I'M A LESBIAN. I DON'T HAVE A FAMILY?
I HAVE FAMILY, NIECES, NEPHEWS; I HAD A MOTHER AND FATHER, I KNOW WHAT FAMILY IS.
BUT I'M THE ONE IN THE FAMILY THAT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO EXIST.
-FOR ME, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY
AND ITS STRUGGLES AND ITS ACTIVISM, ALL OF THESE THINGS.
-WHAT YOU FEEL ABOUT IT, TOO.
-YEAH, I FEEL THE PAIN, AND THAT PAIN HAS TO BE PUT SOME PLACE.
-THEY CONSTANTLY TRY TO INVISIBILIZE YOU AND IGNORE YOU.
SO I JUST KEEP THROWING IT UP AT PEOPLE.
I ALWAYS INTRODUCE MYSELF AS A LESBIAN
AND I ALWAYS ASK THEM IF THEY'RE A LESBIAN WITHIN THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES.
THERE'S GENERALLY A LITTLE FRICTION THAT GOES ON...
MAYBE IT'S THE FIRST TIME SOMEONE SAID THEY WERE A LESBIAN TO THEM,
SO THEY KIND OF GET THE IDEA.
MOST PEOPLE IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY DON'T BOTHER ME
BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, WE'RE GONNA GO FOR IT.
I'M NOT GOING TO BACK DOWN, AND I'LL CHALLENGE THEIR OWN HETEROSEXUALITY.
IF I HAVE TO EXPLAIN MYSELF, THEY MUST TOO.
-AND FOR ME, I JUST HAVE TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT.
I DON'T WANT TO EVER BE IN THAT PRISON, AND I REFUSE TO STAY THERE.
♪ WELL THERE YOU SIT
♪ BRAIDS IN YOUR HAIR
♪ SCUFFED UP SNEAKERS A HOLE IN YOUR CLOTHES SOMEWHERE ♪
♪ NOT SAFE TO LAUGH OR CRY
♪ NOBODY ASKS YOU WHY
♪ FEEL LIKE YOU WANNA DIE
♪ MY LITTLE GIRL BLUE
♪ AH LITTLE BLUE
♪ I'M JUST LIKE YOU
♪ COME ON AND FLY MY LITTLE GIRL BLUE ♪
♪ SOME SAY YOU'RE SPECIAL
♪ THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
♪ NEITHER BLACK NOR WHITE
♪ MOST TIME YOU JUST DON'T SEEM REAL ♪
♪ THE MIRROR TELLS NO LIE
♪ LOOK CLOSE AND SEE
♪ OPEN UP YOUR EYES YOU'RE BLACK JUST LIKE ME ♪
♪ OH LITTLE GIRL BLUE
♪ I'M JUST LIKE YOU
♪ COME AND FLY MY LITTLE GIRL BLUE ♪
♪ THIS LONELY RACE
♪ WITH A LIE FOR A NAME
♪ LEAVES YOU SO DISPLACED CAN'T YOU SEE WE'RE ALL THE SAME ♪
♪ OH LITTLE GIRL BLUE
♪ BECOME A WOMAN NOW
♪ LOVE YOUR PEOPLE LOVE YOURSELF ♪
♪ THAT'S THE WAY HOW OH LITTLE GIRL BLUE ♪
♪ I'M JUST LIKE YOU
♪ COME AND FLY MY LITTLE GIRL BLUE ♪
♪ OH LITTLE GIRL BLUE
♪ I'M JUST LIKE YOU
♪ COME AND FLY MY LITTLE GIRL BLUE ♪
♪ OH LITTLE GIRL BLUE
♪ I'M JUST LIKE YOU
♪ COME AND FLY MY LITTLE GIRL BLUE ♪♪
[CLARISSA]: BLACK WOMAN, I MET YOU TODAY
AT THE BLOOR AND YONGE SUBWAY UP TOP ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE
NEXT TO THE CINEMA PRECISELY AT FIVE.
I WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT OUR AFTERNOON AND TIME TO WRITE TOGETHER,
I GOT THERE ONE HALF-HOUR EARLY.
[FAITH]: YOU HAD THIS REALLY STRONG BLACK IDENTITY.
JAMES BROWN, "I'M BLACK AND I'M PROUD",
ALL THESE IMAGES OF THE SUPREMES AND ARETHA FRANKLIN, AND MARTIN LUTHER KING.
AND THAT WAS ALL GOING ON.
AS A YOUNG BLACK WOMAN, I WAS GETTING A LOT OF PRIDE,
WE WERE WEARING BOOBERS AND AFRICAN WRAPS WITH MY BLACK FRIENDS.
AND THEN I WOULD GO LOOKING TO BECOME A LESBIAN, AND THERE WAS LIKE A HUGE CULTURAL CHANGE.
AND THERE WAS NOWHERE TO TAKE THAT.
[CLARISSA]: I WAS SURPRISED YOU HAD ON ORANGE.
YOU RARELY WEAR ORANGE.
I LOVE ORANGE, I LIKE THE WAY YOU LOOKED.
[CAROL]: THINKING OF THE UNCOMMON KNOWLEDGE OF KNOWING YOU.
I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT MYSELF
SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE TENDER AND SOMETIMES NOT SO TENDER CHALLENGE OF YOU.
[GRACE]: COMING OUT AS A LESBIAN FOR ME WAS VERY EASY
BECAUSE THERE WAS A COMMUNITY OF WOMEN WHO WERE INVOLVED IN ALL KINDS OF THINGS:
POLITICS, IN THEIR OWN FIELDS OF STUDIES, AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
AND THEY WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF ME COMING OUT AS A LESBIAN.
I WAS ABLE TO ASK THE PERTINENT QUESTIONS THAT I'D ALWAYS NEEDED TO ASK
BUT THERE HAD BEEN NOWHERE TO ASK IT.
SO I WAS VERY LUCKY AS A LESBIAN TO COME OUT AMONGST WOMEN IN A COMMUNITY
THAT WAS DOING THINGS, AND WORKING TOGETHER,
AND ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS, AND CHALLENGING.
[CAROL]: ...UNCOMMON KNOWLEDGE.
I'M THINKING I'D RATHER BE LYING NEXT TO CLARISSA.
I'D LOVE TO BE MAKING LOVE, TALKING FASHION, GOSSIPING,
REVELLING ON RED SHEETS; MAKING LOVE.
[CLARISSA]: SOMETIMES WHEN I THINK OF YOU GROWING UP WITHOUT BLACK WOMEN I ACHE INSIDE.
I WONDER WHAT FILLS THAT PLACE UP INSIDE OF YOU.
WAS IT EMPTY?
[FAITH]: WHITE PEOPLE WERE AWARE OF WHAT WAS GOING ON.
THEY WERE AWARE OF IT IN A CERTAIN SENSE BUT THEY WERE NOT "IT".
SO I WAS TRYING TO FIND SOMEWHERE TO BE A LESBIAN AND MAINTAIN CULTURE.
WHICH... I DON'T THINK I WAS ABLE TO DO THAT MUCH.
SO I TRIED TO FIT IN.
AND I THINK, TODAY, THE DIFFERENCE IS I DON'T HAVE TO FIT IN.
'CAUSE THERE ARE BLACK LESBIANS.
I CAN HAVE A FULL BLACK CULTURE AND STILL BE A LESBIAN - WHICH IS REALLY REWARDING.
[CLARISSA]: MY PLACE IS FILLED WITH THE LOVE, SUPPORT
AND ABUSES OF BLACK WOMEN OF WHOM I HAVE MEASURED MYSELF AGAINST.
WHAT WOULD I FEEL INSIDE IF THEY SUDDENLY NEVER EXISTED?
THE THOUGHT FRIGHTENS ME.
IT WOULD BE INCOMPREHENSIBLE
TO ONLY HAVE YOURSELF TO MEASURE BLACKNESS AGAINST IN A WORLD WHICH CLAIMS IT DOESN'T EXIST.
[GRACE]: I WAS ALWAYS A LESBIAN, BUT I JUST NEVER HAD A PLACE TO FIND THAT.
I HAD TO BE QUIET ABOUT IT OR JUST STAY ISOLATED,
WHICH IS WHAT MOST OF MY FIRST 24 YEARS OF MY LIFE WAS.
I WAS A PRETTY ISOLATED PERSON.
[CAROL]: I FEEL SO MUCH JOY
AT THE BIRTHING OF MY LIFE,
I WANT TO SHOUT.
I THINK OF ANY STONE THAT IS MOUTH-WATERING AND PURPLE,
ANY SOUND THAT WATER MAKES.
PAINTINGS WILL SOON SPILL OUT OF ME.
[GRACE]: A BLACK SHOW LIKE THE ONE I'M IN, THIS ONE,
SORT OF GETS SQUISHED INTO THE SIDES OF THE GALLERY
BECAUSE IT'S NOT A MAIN PART OF THE STRUCTURE OF HOW THIS KIND OF SPACE WOULD RUN.
FOR ME AS A LESBIAN BLACK ARTIST, I GET EVEN MORE SQUISHED.
THE ORGANIZERS DIDN'T REALIZE I WAS A LESBIAN FOR SOME REASON.
SO THEY SAW MY WORK ONLY THROUGH SORT OF HETEROSEXUAL EYES.
IF YOU REALLY DID LOOK AT MY WORK
AND IF YOU REALLY DID SORT OF SEE WHO AND WHAT I AM,
YOU WOULD ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THE LESBIANISM IN MY WORK
IS VERY MUCH PART OF WHAT IT IS.
A PAINTING THAT'S SOLD IN SOME HUGE GALLERY OR SOLD TO JUST ONE RICH PERSON
JUST SEEMS TO BE SO TOTALLY AGAINST EVERYTHING THAT I'M ABOUT.
I BELIEVE ART IS FOR ALL PEOPLE TO SHARE IN,
AND I DON'T THINK CERTAIN PEOPLE, BECAUSE THEY HAVE MONEY, SHOULD BE ABLE TO BUY IT.
THE EUROCENTRIC VISION OF ART
IS THAT EVERYONE ELSE CREATES CRAFTS,
WHICH GOES TO A SEPARATE ORGANIZATION ALTOGETHER,
AND THE ONLY ARTISTS ARE REALLY WHITE MIDDLE-CLASS WHITE MEN.
EVEN FOR WOMEN... I MEAN, IT'S DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO GET GRANTS.
[FAITH]: IT'S A BUDDY-BUDDY SYSTEM.
ONE WHITE GUY KNOWS ANOTHER WHITE GUY, AND HE'LL SAY "YEAH".
AND BECAUSE I SAID THE WORD BLACK ABOUT MUSIC,
WELL, MUSIC IS NO LONGER BLACK. IT'S JUST EVERYBODY.
ONCE WHITE PEOPLE PLAY JAZZ, IT'S NO LONGER BLACK MUSIC.
ONCE WHITE PEOPLE PLAY BLUES, IT'S NO LONGER JAZZ MUSIC.
IF THEY PLAY AFRICAN MUSIC, IT'S NO LONGER AFRICAN, IT'S WORLD MUSIC.
SO YOU CANNOT CLAIM THAT YOU EVEN OWN
ANY MUSIC OR HAVE ANY TRADITION.
THE ONLY REAL ART THAT'S EVER FUNDED IN THIS COUNTRY IS FOR RICH WHITE EUROPEANS.
'CAUSE IT'S LIKE THERE'S SPECIAL FUNDS FOR CLASSICAL MUSIC...
WE HAVE OUR ROYAL BALLET,
OUR ROYAL OPERA COMPANY, OUR ROYAL SYMPHONIES...
WHICH ONLY ABOUT FOUR, FIVE PEOPLE GO TO.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WHOLE POPULATION, PEOPLE'D RATHER SEE STOMPIN' TOM.
[GRACE]: IF YOU ARE SPEAKING OUT ON THOSE KINDS OF ISSUES,
YOU DON'T GET CALLED IN TO DO CONCERTS, YOU DON'T GET THE GIGS,
YOU DON'T GET THESE THINGS.
YOU REALLY HAVE TO WORK MUCH, MUCH HARDER THAN ANY OTHER KIND OF MUSICIAN.
-WELL, I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE I'M KIND OF AN ANOMALY. RIGHT?
I HAVE A TAMBOURINE ON MY FOOT, HARMONICA IN MY MOUTH...
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY ELSE DOES THAT IN NORTH AMERICA.
SO IT'S KIND OF... I'M A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
SO SOMETIMES, THEY'LL PULL ME IN ON SOMETHING LIKE A FOLK FESTIVAL,
WHICH IS PRETTY MAINSTREAM, JUST FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
AND... THEN IT'S BLUES, RIGHT?
AND NOT VERY MANY WOMEN MY AGE DOING BLUES... SO I THINK...
AND AS A SONGWRITER, THAT'S ALL DIFFERENT.
BUT IN THE ART WORLD, YOU'RE REALLY DIFFERENT TOO, BECAUSE...
-BUT I'VE BEEN PULLED IN FOR CERTAIN THINGS.
TOKENIZED... IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
I'M PULLED IN LIKE THAT TOO.
I GET GRANTS EVERY NOW AND THEN, BECAUSE NOBODY KNOWS BLACK WOMEN ARTISTS.
SO THE ONLY NAME IN THIS TOWN IS... YOU KNOW... FEW.
IF MY PAINTING LASTS FOR... A WEEK, IT'S OKAY.
EUROPEANS AND THAT WHOLE SENSIBILITY OF ART CONSERVATION
IS THAT ART SHOULD LAST FOREVER AND EVER,
AND NOTHING LASTS FOREVER AND EVER.
THE THING THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE ABOUT ROCK PAINTING
IS THAT WHEN THOSE PAINTINGS WERE DONE,
THE ARTIST WAS NOT CONCERNED WHETHER IT WOULD LAST FOR A THOUSAND YEARS
AND SOME ART HISTORIAN WOULD DISCOVER IT.
IT WAS AN EXPRESSION OF THE PEOPLE AND OF THE CULTURE OF THE TIME.
AND ANOTHER ARTIST OF A LATER TIME WOULD COME ALONG AND JUST PAINT RIGHT OVER IT.
AND THAT'S LIFE PERPETUATING AND RE-EXPERIENCING ITSELF.
[FAITH]: SPIRITUAL ALWAYS GAVE...
ESPECIALLY WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT SPIRITUALS WERE CONNECTED WITH SLAVERY,
AND IT WAS LIKE YOU CAN GO UP TO HEAVEN.
WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT WAS YOU COULD GO AND RUN AWAY FROM YOUR SLAVE MASTER AND BE FREE.
AND THERE WAS ALWAYS THIS GREAT HOPE.
SO WHENEVER YOU'RE DEPRESSED, YOU SHOULD ALWAYS LISTEN TO GOSPEL
BECAUSE IT GIVES YOU GREAT HOPE.
BECAUSE EVEN IF THIS GOD DOESN'T EXIST,
IF GOD JUST MEANS GOOD,
THEN WE CAN AT LEAST GO FOR THE GOOD THINGS IN LIFE.
-SO MANY OF OUR SISTERS... THEY GET TOTALLY DESTROYED BY THE CITY.
AND THERE'S NOWHERE REALLY FOR THEM TO JUST TAKE THE TIME TO BALANCE THEIR LIVES
AND START TO THINK ABOUT HOW THEY CAN REALLY CHANGE CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.
-A SAFE PLACE. -A SAFE PLACE TO BE TOGETHER AND SORT OF...
TALK IN THE WAYS WE NEED TO IN ORDER TO GIVE EACH OTHER STRENGTH TO KEEP GOING ON.
[FAITH]: CITIES ARE REALLY CONCRETE. THEY'RE SORT OF A PHALLIC SYMBOL.
EVERYTHING'S GREY, WHICH MATCHES THE GREY SUITS THAT THE WHITE MEN WEAR,
WHICH MATCHES THE GREY MINDS THAT ARE ONLY INTERESTED IN ACCUMULATING THE DOLLARS,
WHICH MATCHES THE KIND OF GREY HEART WHICH HAS NO SOUL
AND DOESN'T CARE ABOUT HOW OTHER PEOPLE LIVE OR WHO HAS TO SUFFER FOR THEIR OWN PRIVILEGE.
A SPACE WHERE WOMEN CAN NOT BE OPPRESSED BY THAT,
AND WHERE CHILDREN CAN NOT BE OPPRESSED BY THAT HIERARCHY OF WHO'S THE BOSS
AND WHO OWNS WHAT...
JUST A PLACE FOR OURSELVES AS WOMEN, BLACK LESBIAN ARTISTS, TO LIVE AND TO HAVE A WAY OUT.
IT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD TO SEE THAT...
IT'LL ALWAYS BE HERE, EVEN AFTER WE'RE GONE,
THERE'LL BE A PLACE FOR WOMEN AND FOR CHILDREN.
AND EVEN... I MEAN, IT'S OPEN TO DISCUSSION...
MAYBE YOU WANT TO HAVE SOME MEN COME UP.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE LAND IS OPEN TO EVERYONE,
BUT WE'RE OPEN IN TERMS OF OUR POLITICS.
IT'S A WORLD POLITICS AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET A MORE GLOBAL VIEW. RIGHT.
I WROTE THIS SONG FOR LESBIAN AND GAY PRIDE DAY; IT'S CALLED LOVING WOMEN LOVING.
WOMEN LOVING WOMEN, I THINK...
SO... JUST WANT TO BRING EVERYBODY...
1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 1.
♪ LOVING LOVING WOMEN
♪ WOMEN LOVING WOMEN
♪ HOLD MY HAND LOVING WOMAN
♪ WHAT I WANT TO SAY WHEN YOU SAY GOOD SHOW ♪
♪ WILL YOU BE WITH ME I WANT TO BE FREE ♪
♪ LOOK AT THE COLOUR OF MY SKIN ♪
♪ SEE THE ANCESTORS' CHAINS
♪ THE SCARS OF ROBBERY
♪ THEY EVEN STOLE MY NAME
♪ LOVING LOVING WOMAN
♪ WOMAN LOVING WOMAN
♪ HOLD MY HAND LOVING WOMAN
♪ I WANT TO WALK SIDE BY SIDE
♪ I WANT TO SEE EYE TO EYE
♪ IN THIS LAND OF GREED
♪ THAT IS NOT MINE
♪ AH WOMAN LET US LOVE IN ALL THE WAYS WE CAN ♪
♪ WE'LL BUILD NEW HORIZONS
♪ LOVE LIFE ALL WE CAN
♪ CAUSE WE'RE LOVING LOVING WOMAN ♪
♪ WOMAN LOVING WOMAN
♪ HOLD MY HAND LOVING WOMAN ♪
LET'S PLAY ONE OF THOSE BRITISH SONGS YOU TAUGHT ME BEFORE. RIGHT, LUV?
-I TAUGHT YOU A BRITISH SONG? -YOU KNOW... THAT ONE... -IT'S FROM THE CARIBBEAN.
-RIGHT. BRITISH ISLES. ISN'T IT, LUV? -NO, WEST INDIES.
-ISN'T IT CALLED BRITISH ISLES NOW? -WHICH, CARIBBEAN?
-YES. PLAY THAT FUNKY THING YOU DO.
-THAT'S NORTH AMERICAN FUNKY.
THAT IS CARIBBEAN.
-I BELIEVE IT... I FEEL MY BLOOD NOW...
-THEN YOU HIT YOUR THING OVER THERE.
-HIT MY THING? GO, GRACE, GO ON.
-CAN YOU SING?
♪ DOWN A WAY
♪ WHERE THE NIGHT'S A LEZZIE
-HOLD IT STEADY AY!
-THAT'S REALLY FULFILLING. -REALLY.
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