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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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