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Aw. It just makes me sick.
Tell him if he don't pay the boy his own money,
You go on up there, and you tell Sturdyvant
Until you get your own band where you can play what you want,
Come on and sign these forms, huh?
- Shit. - Ma? Ma!
else she wouldn't have been up there at the church.
If you sayin' I can't do that, Ma'll just have to go to hell.
Okay, that's good, Ma. That sounded great. Good job, boys.
See a nigga with a check, first thing they think is he stole it.
And you tell Sturdyvant,
More niggas have got killed trying to have a good time
Is you all gonna rehearse the music or ain't you?
That's the question. Don't come telling me this burning-in-hell shit.
- Dussie Mae, Sylvester, come on. - Ma, sign the forms.
Let's rehearse so the boy can get it right.
That's the best sense you made all day, talking about being a fool.
Tell this man who he's messing with.
The way everybody else play it.
That dress look nice.
I done told you time and again. Ma say what to play, not you.
Hmm. I sure wish I knew where he went.
- You play what I say. - I don't care what you play.
But don't go telling me that door wasn't there.
♪ I wanna learn that dance ♪
I'm just gonna go whichever way the river drift.
Why didn't God strike some of them crackers down? Tell me that.
♪ Daddy, Daddy ♪
Ma Rainey's gonna show you her b… b… b…
Why didn't God strike down them crackers
What you think I was saying? Things change. The air and everything.
I ain't thinking about Bessie.
if that's all there is to be got out of it.
I heard him. Seen him too. Shuffling them feet.
and whacked me across the chest with it.
You come in an hour late...
on that bass spanking like you spank a baby?
and here you is one yourself.
with all them buttons and dials, and then too cheap to buy you a Coca-Cola.
I don't know why y'all want to pick with me about it.
Nigga, you stepped on my shoe.
♪ I stopped to talk ♪
handing out $100 bills on the spot
Folks ask what done happened to make him change,
♪ Hmm… ♪
I ain't thinking about Levee or his shoes.
I'm holding you responsible. You keep her in line.
and give it to Sylvester.
Testing, testing, one, two, three
♪ "Get on up and show your old man Your black bottom" ♪
All right, Ma. Officer, can I speak to you for a minute?
Where's Ma? She with ya?
♪ "Wanna see the dance They call your big black bottom" ♪
I done made them more money from my records
That's why I brought my nephew in here to do the voice intro.
He was waiting on a calf to be born, and he say he ain't had time to see me.
Is there a problem?
Look here, sugar.
Well, come on. Let's do it then. All right?
This is an accompaniment band. You play Ma's music when you're here.
or Cutler, Slow Drag, anybody else.
It ain't just me, fool. I said everybody.
One, one, one, two, check, one...
than trying to have a good time all the time.
He keep walking.
We ain't talking about the paper.
Slow Drag, watch them big-ass shoes you got.
Had him a string of women he run around with
The only mistake…
We done went from the air to the skin to the door and now trains.
Uh… Where I go? Which way they at?
You ain't no King Oliver or Buddy Bolden.
Show you Levee know how to treat a woman.
A woman like me need a man to bring it and put it in my hand.
What I care about Bessie? I don't care if she sell a million record.
Hmm. You done made your history and it's still there.
When I walked up on the incident, this lady...
Who's this "we"? What you mean "we"? Come talking this "we" stuff. Who "we"?
Oh, now Toledo ain't said nothing to you. Don't get Toledo started now.
My daddy went and smiled in the face of one of them crackers
But I ain't never been the same fool twice.
He's only getting one chance. The cost of this...
♪ Crazy as I can be ♪
Go on and fix that one.
Did you turn your back?
Caught up with him, hung him…
and your potatoes over here.
- Ma! - I'm talking...