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Anthony:
It's a lot of misunderstanding
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what goes on with what we do.
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♪♪♪
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Anybody that needs to judge us
needs to know us,
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needs to know
where we're coming from.
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You know, a lot of these guys
are working
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for major hospitals
and corporations,
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and, you know, doing
major things in their life,
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so we're not just
some kids on the street.
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- I have two businesses
of my own.
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I am the CEO of my own
nonprofit organization.
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- I'm a teacher, and so I'm
a little worried about this.
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If they knew I did what I do
now or someone found out,
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I might lose my job.
But I'm like,
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I went to school,
and I got two degrees,
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and I can go somewhere else.
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- All the members of our teams
have corporate jobs.
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They go to work,
everyday normal lives,
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just like everybody else.
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- However, when the music plays,
when the beat drops...
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my mission
is to take over the world.
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[ Electronic hip-hop plays ]
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Dominique Young Unique:
♪ Don't make me throw it down ♪
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♪ Da down
Da down ♪
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♪ D-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-down ♪
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♪ D-d-d-d-d-d-d-
d-d-d-d-down ♪
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♪♪♪
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♪ Put me on this song
Now you give me da da business ♪
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♪ Now these ...
ask me who I is ♪
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♪ Tell them none
of their business ♪
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♪ Then I bend it over, then
I let them kiss the Assquake ♪
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♪ I'm a freak, little ... ♪
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♪ You gonna count down
with me, baby ♪
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♪ I'm finna set it off ♪
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♪ All the way, all the way
down, down, down ♪
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[ Laughing ]
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[ Indistinct conversation ]
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[fingers snapping ]
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- Ah! Hey!
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Come on. Come on.
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Uh! Ah! Ah!
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Ah! Ah!
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Uh! Ah!
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Ah!
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- My name is Anthony.
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I'm originally from Atlanta.
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I've been here all my life,
all my schooling.
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I grew up in the hood, you know.
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But I grew up
in a single-family home
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where my mom made sure
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I had something to do
in the summertime.
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I always had a love for music.
I grew up around it.
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And from the beginning of time,
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I knew dance was a part
of who I was.
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I tried the whole thing of doing
what they say boys should do.
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And once I got to realize
that, um, you know,
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that, uh, hey, it is who I am.
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The Lord's gonna love me
for who I am.
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I know that I was born this way.
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From the beginning of time
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when I seen Lynda Carter
playing Wonder Woman,
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I knew that's who I wanted to be
instead of Superman.
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♪♪♪
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Marching band and all of that
was just second nature for me.
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It was like a pageantry
of everything.
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When I would look
at the girls dance,
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and it was just like, "Wow."
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So, you know, I was having
these feelings on the inside,
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and I wanted to pick that up,
and I wanted to do that,
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but I couldn't do it.
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Marching in a band
was an experience
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that I would never change.
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The whole atmosphere
of being in a marching band.
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And that's
where a lot of this comes from.
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[ Drums beating in rhythm ]
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♪♪♪
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[ Cheering ]
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- My name is Tiara Lewis.
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- My name
is Jewelle Ashanti Smith.
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- And my name is Morgan Jackson.
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- I am a Prancing J-Sette.
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- I'm a Prancing J-Sette.
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- And I am a Prancing J-Sette.
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- From Jackson State University.
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- Smith: The ideal image
of a Prancing J-Sette
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is the prettified females.
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They're talented. They're
beautiful. They're smart.
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It's what every girl wants to be
and what every boy wants.
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♪♪♪
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- Anthony:
They are the premier team
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of HBCU dance teams.
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That particular team
was the team
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that everybody
decided to mimic at that time
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because they were the girls
that did the things
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that nobody else done.
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- Jackson:
You're on that field
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and you're executing
all these stunts
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and cohesive movements there
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and everyone goes, "Whoo! Ah!"
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♪♪♪
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The Prancing J-Settes
are known for bucking.
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- It's kind of like-- You know
how a horse go like that?
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That's what a buck is.
That's a buck. That's a buck.
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- We're the only team,
I would say,
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that does bucking with class
and style and form.
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- Lewis: Bucking has always been
in our choreography.
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But it wasn't as hard-core
and edgy as we put it now.
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- Like you wanted to buck
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where people can see
across the field.
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So it became bigger
and more dynamic.
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- Anthony:
You can feel the power.
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You can feel the wind if you're
sitting next to someone.
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Like, "Wow.
I just almost got slapped."
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- Jackson: This actually
should be a sport,
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to be honest with you,
because we throw our bodies
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in so many different positions
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that you'd be like,
"How you do that? Wait. Hmm?"
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- Flash:
They're also graceful.
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And, you know, it depends
on, like, the category.
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When it's time for field,
you're gonna get stunts,
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you're gonna get shows, you're
gonna get agilities, flips.
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Cartwheels. Oh, my God.
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And then
when it's time for slow,
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it's gonna be quick,
sassy, and sexy, you know?
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So I could do whatever
type of movements I want.
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I could be feminine.
I could be masculine
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whenever I wanted to be.
It was no--
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Like with hip-hop,
I can only do this,
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or jazz, I can only do this.
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No, I can put all of it
together. We're bucking.
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- Anthony:
You have to understand.
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We're sitting there
with an instrument on.
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And we are seeing these girls
standing in front of us,
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and they are poised, and they're
sitting there and they're ready,
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and we like-- [ bleep ]
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You see Miss Rachel?
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Do you see her standing
over there like a stallion?
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You hear me?
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And to see them get to do
what we know we couldn't do.
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I was having these feelings
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like I was the only person
in the world.
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Like, "Lord, why me?
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Why am I the only person
that's feeling like this?
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You know? I know this is not
the way I was supposed to feel."
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I went to the club one night,
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and I seen guys
that were in school with me.
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I went to the youth center,
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which is Morehouse,
Clark, Spelman.
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And I was like, "Wow.
I'm not the only one."
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Guys that were in the school,
they would go to the club
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and they would mimic what they
would see that Saturday
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at the game.
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- [house music playing]
- So Saturday night,
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they would battle each other.
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♪♪♪
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At that time,
everything was underground.
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You know,
it was done out of respect.
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We wouldn't go to a game
and do it at a game
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out of respect for the girls.
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♪♪♪
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I probably was, like, 18, 19.
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And going to where I could go
and be me
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was going to a house club
like Traxx.
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This is it. This was the club.
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The parking lot.
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- Second level.
- Uh-huh.
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- This is
where it all went down.
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- For real?
- Dance floor and all. Yeah.
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- Wow.
- Yeah.
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- Where was the dance floor?
- Right here.
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- Dance floor here?
- Here. Stage right there.
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- Uh-huh.
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- Steps right there
with this white van.
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-Uh-huh.
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- Go up the steps
to the second level.
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- Uh-huh.
- Yeah.
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- And it went down.
- And it went down.
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- Wow.
- At 306 Luckie Street.
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- Man.
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- This was amazing.
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Looks like some of the dance
floor is still here.
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[ Jamal laughs ]
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- Anthony: It's gone,
but the memory still lasts on.
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- Crystal Waters:
♪ It's 12 past midnight ♪
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♪ Don't close your eyes ♪
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♪ Your soul's half alive
and I'll be by your side ♪
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- We've been catering
to the LBG crowd here in Atlanta
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since the early '80s.
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- ♪ You'll have to share ♪
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♪ I want your love ♪
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- Bucking, from the beginning,
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we saw these guys
acting very feminine.
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- [ Camera shutter clicking ]
- They had leotards.
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They had fringe.
They had sequins.
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We were like, "Whoa." [ Laughs ]
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What happened?
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- They had that little area
downstairs in the back room,
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kind of couple of steps down,
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where they did
all the dancing and stuff.
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So we went back there,
and there they were,
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doing their rounds
and, you know, tearing it up.
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And I was like, "What is this?!"
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I was like, "This is awesome."
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And we spent the rest
of the night back there.
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- Jamal: Big Tony was
really the spearhead
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of all this happening.
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He was really the one
that kept everyone together
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and recruited guys
and showed them the moves.
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I mean, everyone wanted
to work with him.
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♪♪♪
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- Anthony: I had another guy
that I didn't know
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that was from Mississippi.
He was in the club.
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We decided to dance
against one another.
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Decided nobody was gonna win,
so let's join forces.
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So that was the first beginning
of an organized team.
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[ Laughing ]
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[ Indistinct conversation ]
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- Anthony: Let's get down
to business, guys.
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- What's up?
- So we're getting ready
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to get dressed for the night.
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Everybody got their shoes?
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- Check.
- Yes.
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- Do everybody have their shoes?
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- All: Yes!
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- Thank you, Jesus.
That's all I asked you.
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We love dance.
This is what we do.
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So we created a community
amongst ourselves.
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And we created teams to,
you know-- to have that outlet
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where we can communicate
and we can go to the games
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and have a good time and still,
you know, be who we are.
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[ Indistinct conversation ]
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- Child, what we wearing
tonight?
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- This right here.
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- Okay. So what kind of bottom?
- Baseball pants.
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- It's a baseball jersey.
- What color?
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- You ever seen baseball pants?
- I have. But what color?
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- White with a green stripe,
like baseball players. Duh.
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- Anthony:
I'm from the old school,
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where we don't feel that we have
to have the leotards
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and the lashes and the makeup.
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Child, look at my eyebrows.
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I think
they need to be snatched.
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- Who gonna do 'em?
- You.
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- Child, bye.
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- So what a minute.
We supposed to wear white socks?
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- Yeah.
- Yes.
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- Have no fear,
co-captain is here.
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- Is here.
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- Anthony: Even what we do,
we get the backlash from it.
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So we have to be able
to accept what comes along
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with what you decide to do.
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- Father, thank you for
allowing us all come together
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on this evening,
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even though some of us
have to work in the morning.
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We pray and wish
this buck goes very, very well.
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In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
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- All: Amen.
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- J-Phi!
- J-Phi!
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- Phi Phi!
- [ Laughing ]
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- You're such a saint.
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- Let's go, let's go,
let's go, let's go.
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[ Indistinct conversation ]
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- All right, we'll see you
there. We'll see you there.
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When we walk through the door
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you're gonna prepare.
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We are like soldiers.
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You are looking to do your best.
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- ♪♪♪
- Man: You guys on one aisle.
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- Anthony: The feeling in going
into battle is to slay.
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I wanna slay you.
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- ♪♪♪
- [ Crowd cheering ]
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- When you're on the floor,
everybody's your rival.
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Friends. Everybody.
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♪♪♪
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♪♪♪
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- There is a lot of strategy
that goes into bucking.
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When you're going
against a team--
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Like, there are some teams
that are acrobatic,
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and there are some teams
that are not as acrobatic.
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We are one of those teams
that is not as acrobatic,
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so we have to have
certain counts of our own
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with our own type of flavor.
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So you have to know exactly
when to throw those counts.
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You have to know exactly
when to throw your heavy hitters
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and when to scale back
a little bit.
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♪♪♪
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- To see somebody like, "What
this big [ bleep ] finna do?"
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♪♪♪
289
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I did it to you. Now, what
you gonna come back with?
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♪♪♪
291
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It may sound kind of cocky,
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and you gonna get
your stuff together,
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you know that we didn't come
to play with you.
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Deejay:
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- Anthony: A lot of times
when we're in the club,
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they ask us sometimes,
over the microphone,
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would we please
let the dance floor be open
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for the patrons that are there.
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And sometimes if we don't apply,
they will turn the music off
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- and we have to leave.
- Patron: Whoo!
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- Anthony: With the size that--
the space that we had,
302
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y'all did good.
303
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But the deejay--
We have to respect the deejay.
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He gave us our props,
and we got on out the way.
305
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So we did
what he asked us to do.
306
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- Well, can we get one drill in
for the streets?
307
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- Anthony:
One drill for the streets.
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- [ Indistinct conversation ]
- Right here. Crank that B.
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- All right. One, two, three.
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- All: Phi Phi!
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[ House music playing ]
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- Come on. Come through.
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♪♪♪
314
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[ Indistinct conversation ]
315
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- Come on with it.
316
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Here we go. Yah!
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Ah!
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- ♪♪♪
- [ Horn honks ]
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♪♪♪
320
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- Get it up! Get it up!
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♪♪♪
322
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Ha!
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Ha!
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- ♪♪♪
- [ Indistinct conversation ]
325
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- Dance!
- Come on! Give me this!
326
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Let's go, goddamn it! Let's go!
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-Ooh.
- [ Horns honking ]
328
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- Aah!
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[ Indistinct conversation ]
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♪♪♪
331
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- Well, some people--
I'm gonna keep it real.
332
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You know, a lot
of African-American people,
333
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they just have the knack
to pick up dancing.
334
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♪♪♪
335
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So some people don't need
trained dancing,
336
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but if you are trained,
it makes it a little bit easier,
337
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but you still have
to adjust to the style.
338
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[ House music playing ]
339
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- Lavar: With each song,
you have a different feel.
340
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You don't just buck
to every song.
341
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If I'm gonna play
a Chris Brown song,
342
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sometimes I wanna feel sexy.
343
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When you're thinking
of something
344
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that you will buck to--
345
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Like if you do that--
Kind of like just feeling it.
346
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- Yeah.
- You feel like actually moving.
347
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But when you're
feeling Stingettish,
348
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you're feeling real sexy,
you're going to, like...
349
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I'm gonna touch myself.
I'm gonna feel it.
350
00:16:38.831 --> 00:16:43.669
- You can't be so close-minded
to one style.
351
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And the reason's because--
If you guys, like, have ever had
352
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the opportunity to go
to a J-Sette competition--
353
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If we are a team that, you know,
only focused on house counts,
354
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which is like fast music, beats
that they play in the club--
355
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If we only focused on that,
then when they play something--
356
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When they play a hip-hop beat,
we don't got no hip-hop counts.
357
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We can't do no house counts
on hip-hop counts.
358
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Or if they play,
like, a sexy song--
359
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If they're playing "Body Party"
by Ciara,
360
00:17:05.825 --> 00:17:09.729
we can't buck off "Body Party."
You know? It's not gonna work.
361
00:17:09.729 --> 00:17:13.232
So you just ultimately have
to be well-rounded, you know,
362
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in your--
in your style of dancing.
363
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We're like basic
ballet and jazz dance, you know.
364
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Your jazz fingers and stuff.
People are gonna have that.
365
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You know, that's just
the base of everything.
366
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So I might stand like this,
367
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but you better make sure
your fingers are right.
368
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Or I might be here.
369
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You better make sure
your jazz hands are straight.
370
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You better have blades.
You know?
371
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There's, like, small things
that every squad looks at.
372
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If you don't see it,
it's not together.
373
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It's all about the form.
- Yeah.
374
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- Anthony: You have to know
when to dance hard
375
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or when to slack up, you know.
376
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And it's not a competition
when you're on a team.
377
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You have to be unified.
378
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- [ Fingers snapping ]
- Five, six...
379
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- Anthony: With this right here,
you have to be able
380
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to pick up choreography.
381
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You have to be able
to follow the leader.
382
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- One and two, three and four.
383
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- Anthony:
You have to have those things
384
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or the team won't survive.
385
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- One and two, three and four.
386
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- Stop. You, baby,
you got to see what he's doing.
387
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You can't just--
I know you're new,
388
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but we-- we in full load.
389
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I can't have you
slowing everybody else down.
390
00:18:20.166 --> 00:18:21.867
If so, I'm gonna have
to pull you out of line.
391
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- Let's try it again.
- Okay.
392
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- Six.
393
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Five, six, seven, eight.
394
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- Anthony: To be a great leader,
you still have to realize
395
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that you have to change
with time
396
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and that you have to also be
able to take creative criticism
397
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and continue to grow
in your craft.
398
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- Two, three, four.
399
00:18:39.018 --> 00:18:42.722
- I'm not understanding.
You just learned this yesterday.
400
00:18:42.722 --> 00:18:44.390
Why are you not doing it today?
401
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Dance in your space.
402
00:18:46.158 --> 00:18:47.593
You're all over there
in the fireplace.
403
00:18:47.593 --> 00:18:49.462
What are you, wood?
404
00:18:49.462 --> 00:18:51.931
Damn. Come on. Let's go.
405
00:18:51.931 --> 00:18:53.733
Anthony: What a lot of people
don't realize
406
00:18:53.733 --> 00:18:56.869
about gay individuals is--
407
00:18:56.869 --> 00:18:59.538
Like, some families
may not accept that person,
408
00:18:59.538 --> 00:19:01.674
so we become that family,
and I think
409
00:19:01.674 --> 00:19:05.311
that's where a lot
of the head-butting comes along.
410
00:19:05.311 --> 00:19:07.613
- Your feet on two. Two.
411
00:19:08.848 --> 00:19:10.916
- Anthony: These guys
are like brothers to me.
412
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We have our fights
just like anybody else.
413
00:19:14.787 --> 00:19:18.524
We go through breakups.
414
00:19:18.524 --> 00:19:20.760
Somebody in our family...
415
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maybe not accepting who we are.
416
00:19:26.999 --> 00:19:28.100
Um...
417
00:19:29.435 --> 00:19:31.003
You know,
we are there for each other.
418
00:19:32.271 --> 00:19:34.073
God knows we love each other.
419
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[ Laughter ]
420
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- You late for work?
- Napoleon: No, not late.
421
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Got like 20 minutes to get up
422
00:20:00.700 --> 00:20:03.169
and then get dressed
and do all this stuff
423
00:20:03.169 --> 00:20:04.737
and then be out the door,
424
00:20:04.737 --> 00:20:07.206
so I always move
at a pretty fast pace.
425
00:20:08.474 --> 00:20:10.142
- I think you're late.
- Huh?
426
00:20:10.142 --> 00:20:12.745
- I think you're late.
- I'm not late. I'm not late.
427
00:20:14.413 --> 00:20:15.948
My name is Lynell Goodwin.
428
00:20:15.948 --> 00:20:19.218
I am also known as Napoleon.
429
00:20:19.218 --> 00:20:21.654
Authentic Atlanta native.
430
00:20:21.654 --> 00:20:24.824
I teach
on an elementary school level,
431
00:20:24.824 --> 00:20:27.059
and then I teach
on a high school level.
432
00:20:27.059 --> 00:20:32.765
And then I also am the CEO of
my own nonprofit organization,
433
00:20:32.765 --> 00:20:34.800
Which is
a music advocacy group.
434
00:20:34.800 --> 00:20:38.204
So I do a lot of things
for a living.
435
00:20:39.572 --> 00:20:41.974
Today, for example,
I woke up at 5:00.
436
00:20:41.974 --> 00:20:44.443
I went to my first job.
Got off at 3:00.
437
00:20:44.443 --> 00:20:46.245
Had to be at the next job
at 4:00
438
00:20:46.245 --> 00:20:48.080
to practice with the band
from 4:00 to 6:00.
439
00:20:48.080 --> 00:20:50.182
After I practiced with the band
from 4:00 to 6:00,
440
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we have a football game,
which will last undoubtedly
441
00:20:52.852 --> 00:20:54.854
until 10:30. At that point,
442
00:20:54.854 --> 00:20:57.189
then I will have to travel
back home, get in uniform
443
00:20:57.189 --> 00:21:01.260
and go out to this event that's
going to happen tomorrow night.
444
00:21:01.260 --> 00:21:04.396
So that is just a peek
into how hard it is
445
00:21:04.396 --> 00:21:07.900
to juggle everything, to keep
everything in a perspective,
446
00:21:07.900 --> 00:21:10.102
to keep your priorities straight
as well.
447
00:21:10.102 --> 00:21:11.437
Because as much
as I love bucking,
448
00:21:11.437 --> 00:21:12.905
as much as I love
doing it,
449
00:21:12.905 --> 00:21:15.508
I have to make sure
I'm dedicating 100%
450
00:21:15.508 --> 00:21:17.443
to those kids that I'm teaching.
451
00:21:17.443 --> 00:21:19.345
You know? Because they
deserve it the most.
452
00:21:19.345 --> 00:21:21.013
Another form of bullying
453
00:21:21.013 --> 00:21:23.449
that's becoming
really, really big nowadays,
454
00:21:23.449 --> 00:21:25.084
it's called cyberbullying.
455
00:21:25.084 --> 00:21:27.119
You saw a little bit of it here.
456
00:21:27.119 --> 00:21:29.155
I love kids.
I work hard for kids.
457
00:21:29.155 --> 00:21:31.757
That's what my whole life
is pretty much centered around.
458
00:21:31.757 --> 00:21:33.526
What I notice
coming out of school
459
00:21:33.526 --> 00:21:38.264
is that everybody is competing
to impress the next person.
460
00:21:38.264 --> 00:21:40.366
You know? That's what they
dedicate their lives for.
461
00:21:40.366 --> 00:21:42.968
It's almost like people
are living for other people.
462
00:21:42.968 --> 00:21:45.771
What do I tell them?
I say, "You're not cool
463
00:21:45.771 --> 00:21:50.176
unless you're okay
with being lame."
464
00:21:50.176 --> 00:21:52.378
As they stop trying to live
for other people,
465
00:21:52.378 --> 00:21:54.847
release your inhibitions.
Do what it is
466
00:21:54.847 --> 00:21:57.016
that makes you laugh
or makes you happy or whatnot.
467
00:21:57.016 --> 00:21:59.852
And until you're comfortable
doing that,
468
00:21:59.852 --> 00:22:01.887
that's when you're actually
going to be cool.
469
00:22:01.887 --> 00:22:03.622
I think there's a misconception
470
00:22:03.622 --> 00:22:06.926
that because we choose to do
something that is unpopular,
471
00:22:06.926 --> 00:22:08.327
that is mainstream,
472
00:22:08.327 --> 00:22:12.231
that we're, you know, not fit,
I guess,
473
00:22:12.231 --> 00:22:15.968
to do certain things
in mainstream, and more--
474
00:22:15.968 --> 00:22:18.704
I guess what I'm talking about
is a specific event.
475
00:22:18.704 --> 00:22:19.939
I was called
to the principal's office
476
00:22:19.939 --> 00:22:22.641
at my job
like last year some time
477
00:22:22.641 --> 00:22:24.276
because a parent
had googled my name
478
00:22:24.276 --> 00:22:28.147
and found an image of me
in uniform.
479
00:22:28.147 --> 00:22:29.982
And it wasn't even
a feminine uniform
480
00:22:29.982 --> 00:22:31.750
'cause, you know, I don't really
do the feminine uniforms.
481
00:22:31.750 --> 00:22:34.854
And the principal was just like,
"You know, there are parents
482
00:22:34.854 --> 00:22:37.690
who, you know, have an issue
with this."
483
00:22:37.690 --> 00:22:39.291
Yada, yada, yada.
484
00:22:39.291 --> 00:22:41.193
Well, just because I dance
doesn't mean I'm unfit
485
00:22:41.193 --> 00:22:44.997
to give your kids opportunities,
you know,
486
00:22:44.997 --> 00:22:48.367
and guide your kids
on a path in life
487
00:22:48.367 --> 00:22:51.036
and give them different
opportunities through music
488
00:22:51.036 --> 00:22:53.205
that they would not
have ever gotten, you know.
489
00:22:53.205 --> 00:22:55.841
Because I work hard for kids.
490
00:22:56.909 --> 00:22:58.844
Just because there are people
that do things
491
00:22:58.844 --> 00:23:00.779
that you might not have done,
492
00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:02.815
that doesn't mean
that we're bad people
493
00:23:02.815 --> 00:23:05.050
or that we have
any malicious intent
494
00:23:05.050 --> 00:23:08.587
towards, you know,
the students or anybody else,
495
00:23:08.587 --> 00:23:09.622
you know, in society.
496
00:23:09.622 --> 00:23:11.123
We're just having fun
497
00:23:11.123 --> 00:23:13.993
and doing what we do
and, you know, loving it.
498
00:23:13.993 --> 00:23:19.231
[ Drums beating in rhythm ]
499
00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:31.143
♪♪♪
500
00:23:31.143 --> 00:23:37.816
[ Fingers snapping in rhythm ]
501
00:23:39.218 --> 00:23:41.520
The stigma that comes
with J-Setting--
502
00:23:41.520 --> 00:23:43.889
Which one?
It's so many different stigmas
503
00:23:43.889 --> 00:23:45.457
that come with J-Setting.
504
00:23:45.457 --> 00:23:47.860
First, there's-- that all
J-Setters are feminine,
505
00:23:47.860 --> 00:23:50.729
that all J-Setters
wish they were girls.
506
00:23:50.729 --> 00:23:53.499
- You're a bottom. That's the
first thing you're gonna get.
507
00:23:53.499 --> 00:23:56.001
You're a bottom.
You're extremely feminine.
508
00:23:56.001 --> 00:23:58.170
And, you know, you don't know
how to conduct yourself.
509
00:23:58.170 --> 00:24:00.205
You're too involved
in the gay life.
510
00:24:00.205 --> 00:24:04.877
- J-Setters all are
just flamboyant, feminine.
511
00:24:04.877 --> 00:24:07.179
They don't do nothing else. They
just go in the club and twirl.
512
00:24:07.179 --> 00:24:09.782
- They might assume
that since when I dance,
513
00:24:09.782 --> 00:24:11.450
I'm in makeup and shorts
and bras,
514
00:24:11.450 --> 00:24:13.452
that I'm gonna live
my day-to-day life that way,
515
00:24:13.452 --> 00:24:14.720
and it's not the case.
516
00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:16.822
- As you can see,
I'm not feminine.
517
00:24:16.822 --> 00:24:21.126
You know, and a lot of people in
the community are not feminine.
518
00:24:21.126 --> 00:24:22.761
We just so happen
to be bold enough
519
00:24:22.761 --> 00:24:25.230
to do what the hell--
what we wanna do. Excuse me.
520
00:24:25.230 --> 00:24:30.502
What we wanna do without being
scared of somebody judging us,
521
00:24:30.502 --> 00:24:31.904
so to speak.
522
00:24:31.904 --> 00:24:33.138
- "A man is supposed
to be a man,
523
00:24:33.138 --> 00:24:34.440
and he's supposed to do this."
524
00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:36.141
I feel like
525
00:24:36.141 --> 00:24:38.510
times have changed so much
that I don't have to conform
526
00:24:38.510 --> 00:24:41.547
or put myself in a box and say,
"Well, me, as a man,
527
00:24:41.547 --> 00:24:42.915
I have to do this,
and I have to do that."
528
00:24:42.915 --> 00:24:44.350
I'm gonna do what I wanna do.
529
00:24:44.350 --> 00:24:46.385
- But I know
there's plenty of people--
530
00:24:46.385 --> 00:24:48.687
Some of my friends,
they'll be like,
531
00:24:48.687 --> 00:24:50.222
"Okay, I can't go
to practice today
532
00:24:50.222 --> 00:24:52.458
because my boyfriend
don't like me doing this"
533
00:24:52.458 --> 00:24:53.926
and stuff like that.
That happens.
534
00:24:53.926 --> 00:24:55.661
I don't have time for that.
535
00:24:55.661 --> 00:24:57.329
You know,
I have one life to live,
536
00:24:57.329 --> 00:25:00.833
and I'm all about doing
what I feel is real for me.
537
00:25:03.602 --> 00:25:05.838
[ Laughs ]
538
00:25:05.838 --> 00:25:09.074
[ Fingers snapping in rhythm ]
539
00:25:09.074 --> 00:25:12.378
[ Train whistle blowing ]
540
00:25:16.749 --> 00:25:18.150
-Anthony:
So let me ask you this.
541
00:25:18.150 --> 00:25:19.918
What brought you
to the organization?
542
00:25:19.918 --> 00:25:21.887
- Who--
- What brought me to Atlanta...
543
00:25:21.887 --> 00:25:24.323
- Anthony: When he first came,
I didn't care for Mike.
544
00:25:24.323 --> 00:25:27.559
You know, he was quiet.
He was kind of reserved.
545
00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:29.995
And that kind of scared me.
You know, they say, you know,
546
00:25:29.995 --> 00:25:31.296
"Quiet people get to you."
547
00:25:31.296 --> 00:25:32.898
But you was like dry turkey.
548
00:25:32.898 --> 00:25:35.000
I couldn't get a feel of you.
549
00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:36.835
It was like, "Hey, Mike." "Hey."
550
00:25:36.835 --> 00:25:40.105
I'm like, "This [ bleep ]--
Who she think she is?"
551
00:25:40.105 --> 00:25:41.440
- I ain't gonna say
I didn't like him
552
00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:43.242
like he said
he didn't like me.
553
00:25:43.242 --> 00:25:45.310
I had heard about y'all,
and then I heard about you.
554
00:25:45.310 --> 00:25:48.380
"This big dude up there,
he be dancing." Uhh, uhh, uhh.
555
00:25:48.380 --> 00:25:50.182
- That's what the girl
was saying in Texas about me?
556
00:25:50.182 --> 00:25:52.117
-Well, child.
- Mm-hmm.
557
00:25:53.285 --> 00:25:55.020
-Eh.
- I was amazed
558
00:25:55.020 --> 00:25:56.588
because he was a big dude
559
00:25:56.588 --> 00:25:59.258
doing stuff that I've never seen
a big dude do.
560
00:25:59.258 --> 00:26:01.960
- But I didn't like
your outspokenness.
561
00:26:01.960 --> 00:26:04.096
- What was outspoken
about me, Mike?
562
00:26:04.096 --> 00:26:07.766
- Like you be so raw, uncut.
Even sexual stuff.
563
00:26:07.766 --> 00:26:09.735
- Ooh!
- "Did he just say that?"
564
00:26:09.735 --> 00:26:12.471
- I'm not afraid to be myself
when I'm around Michael.
565
00:26:12.471 --> 00:26:16.275
Especially since I don't talk
to my family about my sexuality.
566
00:26:16.275 --> 00:26:19.711
I think it was just something
that out of respect for me
567
00:26:19.711 --> 00:26:23.715
and me out of respect for them
that I never spoke about it
568
00:26:23.715 --> 00:26:26.585
to them, but I don't feel
like I should have to
569
00:26:26.585 --> 00:26:28.220
because we're a family,
570
00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:30.856
and they love me unconditionally
for who I am.
571
00:26:30.856 --> 00:26:32.558
I mean,
ain't nobody mom's stupid.
572
00:26:32.558 --> 00:26:37.162
You around your baby
all this time and not know...
573
00:26:37.162 --> 00:26:39.097
It never have came a time
574
00:26:39.097 --> 00:26:41.200
when my family have asked
anything about me.
575
00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:43.035
But I am who I am.
576
00:26:43.035 --> 00:26:45.704
You know, I don't go around and
be the whole flamboyant thing,
577
00:26:45.704 --> 00:26:49.241
but I'm gonna be me,
and I know I have that in me,
578
00:26:49.241 --> 00:26:51.276
and they love me for who I am.
579
00:26:51.276 --> 00:26:54.379
I felt for the longest
that I was by myself.
580
00:26:54.379 --> 00:26:56.281
Because growing up in an area
that I grew up in,
581
00:26:56.281 --> 00:26:59.818
either you was in the closet
or you was flamboyant.
582
00:26:59.818 --> 00:27:01.987
And you didn't wanna be
the person to be picked on.
583
00:27:01.987 --> 00:27:03.689
You know,
sometimes I will pick fights
584
00:27:03.689 --> 00:27:06.592
just to say I wanted them
to think, you know, he's crazy.
585
00:27:06.592 --> 00:27:08.827
'Cause, you know, crazy
will keep people off of you.
586
00:27:08.827 --> 00:27:12.030
In reality, I was scared.
I was a scared child.
587
00:27:12.030 --> 00:27:14.266
If you hadn't been down
that road,
588
00:27:14.266 --> 00:27:16.001
you can't tell me
how bumpy it is.
589
00:27:16.001 --> 00:27:20.138
So you can never understand
where a person had never had
590
00:27:20.138 --> 00:27:21.573
has to go through
591
00:27:21.573 --> 00:27:23.775
and what people
have to do to survive.
592
00:27:23.775 --> 00:27:28.714
Michael Jackson came in
in 2006 as team captain
593
00:27:28.714 --> 00:27:30.282
to fill in for me,
594
00:27:30.282 --> 00:27:33.986
due to the fact that I had
been still going through
595
00:27:33.986 --> 00:27:35.954
some trying times, so...
596
00:27:35.954 --> 00:27:37.823
♪♪♪
597
00:27:37.823 --> 00:27:41.660
I stopped being active
with my team around 2003.
598
00:27:43.095 --> 00:27:45.564
It was one late night...
599
00:27:46.498 --> 00:27:48.467
coming from a friend's house...
600
00:27:49.501 --> 00:27:53.038
and decided that I wanted
to go to the store.
601
00:27:55.107 --> 00:27:58.277
Got to the parking lot
and got out of my car.
602
00:27:58.277 --> 00:28:00.212
- [ Car alarm chirps ]
- And as I proceeded
603
00:28:00.212 --> 00:28:01.580
to go into the store
604
00:28:01.580 --> 00:28:03.982
I can hear footsteps
running up on me.
605
00:28:03.982 --> 00:28:05.951
Da-da-da-da-da-da.
606
00:28:06.919 --> 00:28:09.187
And as I looked,
607
00:28:09.187 --> 00:28:11.423
I can see this dude
coming at me,
608
00:28:11.423 --> 00:28:14.092
saying, you know,
[ bleep ] "Give me your keys."
609
00:28:15.260 --> 00:28:17.062
And I was thinking like,
610
00:28:17.062 --> 00:28:20.365
"You must be out
your rabbit-ass mind." You know.
611
00:28:21.867 --> 00:28:23.669
He swung at me. He missed.
612
00:28:23.669 --> 00:28:26.738
And I turned around,
and when I hit him, he fell.
613
00:28:26.738 --> 00:28:30.042
So I was like,
"I'm finna beat your ass."
614
00:28:30.042 --> 00:28:32.444
Once I went to hit him
a second time,
615
00:28:32.444 --> 00:28:36.448
he lift up his shirt, and I
can see the handle of a gun.
616
00:28:36.448 --> 00:28:38.650
And I was like,
"Oh, [ bleep ], he got a gun."
617
00:28:40.452 --> 00:28:42.454
At that point, he shot.
618
00:28:44.590 --> 00:28:47.225
The second time he shot,
all I felt was like fire
619
00:28:47.225 --> 00:28:49.461
just going through my leg.
620
00:28:50.329 --> 00:28:52.497
The third time I heard the shot,
621
00:28:52.497 --> 00:28:54.766
my hand was,
like, full of blood.
622
00:28:54.766 --> 00:28:56.668
And he proceeded to run.
623
00:29:01.273 --> 00:29:02.507
[ Siren chirps ]
624
00:29:09.081 --> 00:29:13.151
That was a major
changing point for me
625
00:29:13.151 --> 00:29:14.853
as far as my faith,
626
00:29:14.853 --> 00:29:18.957
as far as thinking why me.
627
00:29:18.957 --> 00:29:21.526
You know, I hadn't done
anything to anybody.
628
00:29:32.504 --> 00:29:34.740
It still kind of hurt today,
you know,
629
00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:38.143
just to think about it,
that you got people out there
630
00:29:38.143 --> 00:29:40.746
that are willing
to take your life.
631
00:29:40.746 --> 00:29:53.492
♪♪♪
632
00:29:53.492 --> 00:29:56.461
You know, it was just like--
633
00:29:56.461 --> 00:30:00.799
Dance is like my first love
of something to do, you know.
634
00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:04.169
Now can I dance again?
You know, be able to do
635
00:30:04.169 --> 00:30:06.972
what brings joy to me,
you know.
636
00:30:06.972 --> 00:30:08.974
Can I even walk again?
637
00:30:09.741 --> 00:30:12.711
There's a point when I didn't
even wanna be here.
638
00:30:12.711 --> 00:30:18.717
♪♪♪
639
00:30:18.717 --> 00:30:19.718
[ Exhales ]
640
00:30:21.520 --> 00:30:24.623
But there's a strong--
a stronger power.
641
00:30:27.392 --> 00:30:29.628
And you can get through it.
642
00:30:31.930 --> 00:30:33.999
♪♪♪
643
00:30:33.999 --> 00:30:35.967
I had to give it to God.
644
00:30:35.967 --> 00:30:38.670
I had to let him
make the decision, you know,
645
00:30:38.670 --> 00:30:41.473
and put it in his hands
and just trust in him
646
00:30:41.473 --> 00:30:44.509
that he would guide me
to the right situation.
647
00:30:48.814 --> 00:30:52.417
And God has been good to me,
you know.
648
00:30:52.417 --> 00:30:56.388
110%. You know.
649
00:30:56.388 --> 00:30:59.891
And I learned to not
question him about anything.
650
00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:03.295
'Cause he may not be there
exactly when you want him,
651
00:31:03.295 --> 00:31:05.397
but he'll be there on time.
652
00:31:26.685 --> 00:31:30.155
- Anthony:
Oh, guys, wait, wait, wait.
653
00:31:30.155 --> 00:31:31.757
The trophies over there.
654
00:31:31.757 --> 00:31:33.425
Y'all gonna have to take
those trophies off of that desk.
655
00:31:33.425 --> 00:31:35.127
That's the HIV table.
[ Groans ]
656
00:31:35.994 --> 00:31:37.963
- J-Phi members,
I need for y'all to help me
657
00:31:37.963 --> 00:31:40.966
'cause y'all just standing.
I'm not just talking to you.
658
00:31:40.966 --> 00:31:42.701
I'm talking to anybody
that's standing around.
659
00:31:42.701 --> 00:31:46.538
- Y'all know I get real--
- Calm down, Ma.
660
00:31:46.538 --> 00:31:48.406
- Anthony: Every morning
I wake up I'm just grateful
661
00:31:48.406 --> 00:31:51.409
to see another day
that I hadn't seen before
662
00:31:51.409 --> 00:31:53.779
and thank the Lord
for being able
663
00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:55.947
to instill in me
and my organization
664
00:31:55.947 --> 00:31:57.449
to give back to a community
665
00:31:57.449 --> 00:32:00.619
that sometimes I feel
is misled, you know,
666
00:32:00.619 --> 00:32:03.488
in a lot of different ways, from
the way that people portray us.
667
00:32:03.488 --> 00:32:06.558
We're trying to take our craft
in a different level.
668
00:32:06.558 --> 00:32:09.194
Tell it from a positive aspect.
669
00:32:09.194 --> 00:32:11.630
Instead of somebody just looking
at us and boys in drag.
670
00:32:11.630 --> 00:32:14.499
The way they see it.
So we're gonna make it right.
671
00:32:14.499 --> 00:32:16.334
- [ Indistinct conversation ]
- January,
672
00:32:16.334 --> 00:32:18.837
and this particular holiday,
means a lot to us
673
00:32:18.837 --> 00:32:21.439
because of what Dr. King
stood for.
674
00:32:21.439 --> 00:32:22.808
[ Crowd singing ]
675
00:32:22.808 --> 00:32:24.476
What he fought for
for nonviolence
676
00:32:24.476 --> 00:32:26.044
and for people
to have the rights
677
00:32:26.044 --> 00:32:27.479
to do what they wanna do,
678
00:32:27.479 --> 00:32:28.914
even though he was fighting
for voting
679
00:32:28.914 --> 00:32:30.715
and for black people
to be able to have
680
00:32:30.715 --> 00:32:33.318
the same equality of life
as whites.
681
00:32:33.318 --> 00:32:34.986
- Crowd: ♪ Freedom ♪
682
00:32:34.986 --> 00:32:37.656
- Today it's different
situations but the same thing.
683
00:32:37.656 --> 00:32:39.891
- Crowd:
We will never live in fear!
684
00:32:39.891 --> 00:32:41.893
- The competition
was called Live the Dream.
685
00:32:41.893 --> 00:32:45.831
Because we can live the dream
that he wanted us to have,
686
00:32:45.831 --> 00:32:48.800
when he spoke about having
all these different rights
687
00:32:48.800 --> 00:32:50.535
and different things
for people to be able
688
00:32:50.535 --> 00:32:52.838
to do what they wanna do.
689
00:32:52.838 --> 00:32:56.208
Okay, let me go
greet my judges.
690
00:33:07.152 --> 00:33:09.888
I have all-female judging panel,
691
00:33:09.888 --> 00:33:13.058
which all of the ladies
are from HBCU bands,
692
00:33:13.058 --> 00:33:17.195
and they are very particular
about the way you do things.
693
00:33:17.195 --> 00:33:20.398
If you're gonna portray it,
do it the correct way.
694
00:33:30.976 --> 00:33:32.644
- You're welcome.
- From the bottom of my heart.
695
00:33:32.644 --> 00:33:34.713
- Thank you.
- I don't wanna cry.
696
00:33:34.713 --> 00:33:36.047
- Ohh!
697
00:33:36.047 --> 00:33:38.083
- Having these ladies
judge my competition,
698
00:33:38.083 --> 00:33:39.651
it means the world to me.
699
00:33:39.651 --> 00:33:43.021
Having to do what they did
gives me inspiration
700
00:33:43.021 --> 00:33:44.789
to wanna do what I do now.
701
00:33:44.789 --> 00:33:47.792
Thank you, guys, for coming out
to the Fourth Annual
702
00:33:47.792 --> 00:33:49.394
Live the Dream competition
703
00:33:49.394 --> 00:33:53.298
This is Phi Phi's
23rd-year anniversary
704
00:33:53.298 --> 00:33:56.268
that we'll be celebrating,
so give it up for my guys.
705
00:33:56.268 --> 00:33:58.136
- Woman: Whoo-hoo!
706
00:33:58.136 --> 00:34:02.073
- Uh, I wanna say, you know,
707
00:34:02.073 --> 00:34:04.776
MLK is much more
than what we're here for.
708
00:34:04.776 --> 00:34:08.813
There's a meaning
into everything that we do.
709
00:34:08.813 --> 00:34:11.583
And giving back to the community
with a clothing drive.
710
00:34:11.583 --> 00:34:14.252
There's a HIV table.
Thank you, Andre.
711
00:34:14.252 --> 00:34:17.155
He's over there
if you need condoms or anything.
712
00:34:17.155 --> 00:34:20.125
Better know your status
than not to know it at all
713
00:34:20.125 --> 00:34:21.426
and it's too late.
714
00:34:21.426 --> 00:34:22.961
So with that being said,
715
00:34:22.961 --> 00:34:24.663
we're gonna get
the first category started.
716
00:34:24.663 --> 00:34:26.498
- Napoleon:
All right, all right, all right.
717
00:34:26.498 --> 00:34:29.234
We're gonna go ahead and get it
started with Intros and Exits.
718
00:34:29.234 --> 00:34:31.536
So this is the opportunity
where the teams get to come in
719
00:34:31.536 --> 00:34:34.339
as if they're marching into
the stadium for the first time.
720
00:34:34.339 --> 00:34:35.974
[ Cheering ]
721
00:34:35.974 --> 00:34:38.443
- Anthony: Today consists
of five categories.
722
00:34:38.443 --> 00:34:42.447
We base it majority off
of historically black colleges
723
00:34:42.447 --> 00:34:46.217
and universities
marching band styles.
724
00:34:46.217 --> 00:34:48.353
Like when you see a band
come in,
725
00:34:48.353 --> 00:34:50.055
you see the girls
giving the pageantry
726
00:34:50.055 --> 00:34:52.891
of how they bring it in
in their own way.
727
00:34:52.891 --> 00:34:54.526
So that's Intros and Exits.
Bring it in
728
00:34:54.526 --> 00:34:56.027
like you would come
into a stadium
729
00:34:56.027 --> 00:34:59.064
and if you
was leaving a stadium.
730
00:34:59.064 --> 00:35:07.906
♪♪♪
731
00:35:07.906 --> 00:35:09.975
[ Cheering ]
732
00:35:09.975 --> 00:35:11.576
- Well, being
the only white guy,
733
00:35:11.576 --> 00:35:13.278
I get a lot of attention
from everybody.
734
00:35:13.278 --> 00:35:16.047
A lot of people get shocked
when they see me dance.
735
00:35:16.047 --> 00:35:19.084
They really can't believe that
I have the rhythm and the moves
736
00:35:19.084 --> 00:35:21.653
and that I'm able to keep up,
but I got it.
737
00:35:21.653 --> 00:35:25.056
- ♪♪♪
- [ applause ]
738
00:35:25.056 --> 00:35:28.893
Napoleon: All right, give it up
for Most Wanted. Yeah.
739
00:35:28.893 --> 00:35:44.242
[ Drums beating in rhythm ]
740
00:35:44.242 --> 00:35:48.113
[ Cheering and whistling ]
741
00:35:49.514 --> 00:35:50.682
- Yeah!
742
00:35:50.682 --> 00:35:54.652
♪♪♪
743
00:35:54.652 --> 00:35:58.656
[ Cheering ]
744
00:36:02.260 --> 00:36:04.629
[ Cheering ]
745
00:36:08.867 --> 00:36:10.702
- Yeah!
746
00:36:10.702 --> 00:36:14.305
♪♪♪
747
00:36:14.305 --> 00:36:17.509
- Man: Ohh!
748
00:36:17.509 --> 00:36:21.946
♪♪♪
749
00:36:21.946 --> 00:36:23.314
[ Cheering ]
750
00:36:23.314 --> 00:36:26.951
♪♪♪
751
00:36:26.951 --> 00:36:28.119
- Man: Ohh!
752
00:36:28.119 --> 00:36:30.522
♪♪♪
753
00:36:30.522 --> 00:36:32.057
[ applause ]
754
00:36:32.057 --> 00:36:34.692
- Napoleon: Tip, tip,
tip, tip, tip on out.
755
00:36:34.692 --> 00:36:38.430
[ Laughs ]
756
00:36:38.430 --> 00:36:41.232
[ Indistinct conversation ]
757
00:36:41.232 --> 00:36:42.834
[ Screams ]
758
00:36:42.834 --> 00:36:45.537
[ Audience laughing ]
759
00:36:45.537 --> 00:36:48.306
[ Indistinct conversation ]
760
00:36:48.306 --> 00:36:50.975
Napoleon:
761
00:36:55.046 --> 00:36:56.848
- We're just gonna do
a little impromptu thing.
762
00:36:56.848 --> 00:36:59.084
Is there anyone in the audience
that would like
763
00:36:59.084 --> 00:37:03.021
to come up and tell us what do
MLK Weekend stands for you?
764
00:37:03.021 --> 00:37:08.293
- Well, um, MLK Weekend
is very special for me
765
00:37:08.293 --> 00:37:12.530
because last year
was my first competition ever.
766
00:37:12.530 --> 00:37:15.333
[ House music playing ]
767
00:37:15.333 --> 00:37:18.903
- My name is Johnny Borders III,
so I am a third.
768
00:37:21.940 --> 00:37:23.975
When I'm bucking,
I almost feel the chemistry
769
00:37:23.975 --> 00:37:26.010
and the connection
with everyone
770
00:37:26.010 --> 00:37:28.246
because it's such
a repetitious style.
771
00:37:28.246 --> 00:37:31.316
You really, really can feel
your team.
772
00:37:31.316 --> 00:37:35.787
We kind of build a brotherhood
and sisterhood behind it.
773
00:37:37.589 --> 00:37:40.225
I was born in Pontiac, Michigan.
774
00:37:40.225 --> 00:37:42.827
We kind of don't perform
as much in Michigan
775
00:37:42.827 --> 00:37:46.064
because the gay community,
776
00:37:46.064 --> 00:37:48.766
they're not as welcoming to it.
777
00:37:50.401 --> 00:37:52.837
A couple of times
I have bawled my eyes out,
778
00:37:52.837 --> 00:37:56.674
you know, from different
conversations with my team.
779
00:37:56.674 --> 00:37:59.644
I'm just sitting there
feeling helpless.
780
00:37:59.644 --> 00:38:03.681
And this is why I push now
because I want us to get big,
781
00:38:03.681 --> 00:38:06.284
and I want to take
everyone out of here.
782
00:38:06.284 --> 00:38:10.288
I know that what I'm doing,
I'm gonna pull you in.
783
00:38:10.288 --> 00:38:12.357
I'm gonna make you
stand and watch me,
784
00:38:12.357 --> 00:38:15.493
and my team is gonna make you
stand and watch us.
785
00:38:15.493 --> 00:38:18.296
- All right, thank you, Johnny.
Thank you again, Johnny.
786
00:38:18.296 --> 00:38:20.799
And we do appreciate it.
I'm gonna turn it over to Flash.
787
00:38:20.799 --> 00:38:23.234
We're getting ready to go
into the next category.
788
00:38:26.104 --> 00:38:27.438
- Crowd: Yeah!
789
00:38:28.573 --> 00:38:31.442
- Y'all ready for the next
category? Say, "Yeah!"
790
00:38:31.442 --> 00:38:33.244
- Crowd: Yeah!
791
00:38:33.244 --> 00:38:35.180
- Anthony:
792
00:38:37.615 --> 00:38:40.351
House is, you know, whatever you
can do in the stands.
793
00:38:40.351 --> 00:38:42.854
So if you can't split in
the stands or if you can't kick
794
00:38:42.854 --> 00:38:44.689
or flip in the stands,
you don't do it
795
00:38:44.689 --> 00:38:46.824
in this portion
of the competition.
796
00:38:46.824 --> 00:38:48.726
That's the third category.
797
00:38:48.726 --> 00:38:51.963
[ House music playing ]
798
00:39:01.472 --> 00:39:02.507
- Yeah!
799
00:39:02.507 --> 00:39:06.177
♪♪♪
800
00:39:30.501 --> 00:39:32.136
[ no audible dialogue ]
801
00:39:33.938 --> 00:39:38.376
[ Crowd whooping ]
802
00:39:46.951 --> 00:39:49.320
Napoleon:
Tip, tip, tip, tip, tip on out.
803
00:40:02.066 --> 00:40:03.968
- Around Labor Day,
we had a member
804
00:40:03.968 --> 00:40:09.774
that passed unexpectedly
to cancer.
805
00:40:11.009 --> 00:40:13.645
And we had literally spoken
with him, like, the week--
806
00:40:13.645 --> 00:40:15.847
maybe a couple of days before,
and he was supposed
807
00:40:15.847 --> 00:40:17.548
to come to the competition.
808
00:40:17.548 --> 00:40:19.884
And at the end of the night,
we found out he had passed
809
00:40:19.884 --> 00:40:21.986
that same day.
810
00:40:21.986 --> 00:40:24.289
- Anthony: From day one,
from the first one,
811
00:40:24.289 --> 00:40:26.658
first person to be there
for the new kids,
812
00:40:26.658 --> 00:40:28.326
the current line,
to cheer them on.
813
00:40:28.326 --> 00:40:30.495
You know,
I love him being a helping hand
814
00:40:30.495 --> 00:40:34.499
in whichever way it was,
financially, emotionally.
815
00:40:34.499 --> 00:40:37.802
There's not a day that go by
that we don't think about him.
816
00:40:37.802 --> 00:40:39.737
So... Yeah.
817
00:40:41.472 --> 00:40:45.677
- I put together a little show
to give people an idea
818
00:40:45.677 --> 00:40:47.812
of some of the people we lost.
819
00:40:47.812 --> 00:40:49.380
Basically to let people know
820
00:40:49.380 --> 00:40:51.349
that express themselves
while people are here.
821
00:40:51.349 --> 00:40:53.518
Like, it was some things that
I didn't get to tell my mom
822
00:40:53.518 --> 00:40:57.822
when she passed because
she passed unexpectedly
823
00:40:57.822 --> 00:40:59.457
when I got the call.
824
00:40:59.457 --> 00:41:02.794
So most of the words
that you see are my words.
825
00:41:02.794 --> 00:41:06.731
Um, I mean, it's how I feel,
but I think it's universal
826
00:41:06.731 --> 00:41:09.200
'cause I think everybody feel
the way that I feel.
827
00:41:10.668 --> 00:41:13.771
- Anthony: Within 23 years,
we lost five other members.
828
00:41:14.906 --> 00:41:16.441
[ Sighs ]
829
00:41:16.441 --> 00:41:20.878
And I just feel
that it's only right for us
830
00:41:20.878 --> 00:41:25.984
to-- to honor these guys,
you know.
831
00:41:30.455 --> 00:41:36.361
[ House music playing ]
832
00:41:52.543 --> 00:41:58.683
♪♪♪
833
00:41:58.683 --> 00:42:02.320
[ Crowd whooping ]
834
00:42:10.762 --> 00:42:12.530
- Whoo-hoo!
835
00:42:13.931 --> 00:42:16.000
[ Man laughs ]
836
00:42:18.136 --> 00:42:20.204
- Y'all give a round of applause
for J-Phi.
837
00:42:20.204 --> 00:42:22.507
- Phi-Phi.
-[ Cheers and applause ]
838
00:42:22.507 --> 00:42:25.443
Y'all can do better than that.
Give a round of applause now.
839
00:42:25.443 --> 00:42:27.812
- Anthony: I really think
Dr. King would be pleased
840
00:42:27.812 --> 00:42:29.647
with the progress
that we have made
841
00:42:29.647 --> 00:42:33.384
in the things that we're doing,
along with the outside work
842
00:42:33.384 --> 00:42:35.720
that goes along
with this competition.
843
00:42:35.720 --> 00:42:39.290
I think he would see that part
to be justice.
844
00:42:39.290 --> 00:42:42.226
And from our heart.
We do it from the heart.
845
00:42:42.226 --> 00:42:44.062
- [ applause ]
- As my husband,
846
00:42:44.062 --> 00:42:46.731
Martin Luther King, Jr., said,
847
00:42:46.731 --> 00:42:49.567
"I have fought too long and hard
848
00:42:49.567 --> 00:42:53.738
against segregated
public accommodations
849
00:42:53.738 --> 00:42:57.508
to end up segregating
my moral concerns."
850
00:42:57.508 --> 00:43:02.914
- Man: Whoo!
- [ Cheers and applause ]
851
00:43:02.914 --> 00:43:06.517
"Justice is indivisible."
852
00:43:08.586 --> 00:43:12.657
- Anthony: This winter was
one of the coldest winters
853
00:43:12.657 --> 00:43:14.358
that I have experienced.
854
00:43:14.358 --> 00:43:16.861
We had six degrees weather,
855
00:43:16.861 --> 00:43:20.131
and I was like, "God, Atlanta
don't get that cold."
856
00:43:20.131 --> 00:43:23.034
You know, and I was thinking,
857
00:43:23.034 --> 00:43:26.137
as I was trying to stay warm
in my own house,
858
00:43:26.137 --> 00:43:29.240
that somebody's homeless
and don't have blankets
859
00:43:29.240 --> 00:43:34.312
and don't have coats
and things to keep them warm.
860
00:43:34.312 --> 00:43:36.681
And we're fortunate enough
to be able to have that
861
00:43:36.681 --> 00:43:40.918
and that somebody can use things
that we don't even wear anymore.
862
00:43:40.918 --> 00:43:43.488
So for Phi Phi,
it was kind of like,
863
00:43:43.488 --> 00:43:45.623
"Hey, guys, we need
to do a clothing drive.
864
00:43:45.623 --> 00:43:48.125
We're more than just dance.
We need to give back
865
00:43:48.125 --> 00:43:50.294
to people that need it."
866
00:43:50.294 --> 00:43:53.197
Anybody can just do one thing
and stick to that
867
00:43:53.197 --> 00:43:55.766
and not have a purpose
with what you do.
868
00:43:55.766 --> 00:43:59.437
And you have to have a purpose
in life for something.
869
00:43:59.437 --> 00:44:01.439
And giving back is one of 'em.
870
00:44:09.447 --> 00:44:13.317
- [ Indistinct conversation ]
- [ Laughter ]
871
00:44:13.317 --> 00:44:14.852
- Anthony: Thank, everybody,
for coming, by the way.
872
00:44:14.852 --> 00:44:16.921
[ Indistinct conversation ]
873
00:44:16.921 --> 00:44:18.623
Good food.
874
00:44:18.623 --> 00:44:20.525
Y'all done got all the cheese
out the macaroni?
875
00:44:20.525 --> 00:44:22.493
- No.
- I'm gonna sit at the table.
876
00:44:22.493 --> 00:44:24.529
I want some potato salad
on here.
877
00:44:24.529 --> 00:44:26.597
You can keep that fish.
I don't know who cooked that.
878
00:44:26.597 --> 00:44:28.699
- I did.
- Anthony: Mm. I may be big,
879
00:44:28.699 --> 00:44:31.369
but I'm picky
about what I put in my mouth.
880
00:44:31.369 --> 00:44:33.871
- Tony just said something about
putting something in his mouth.
881
00:44:33.871 --> 00:44:36.140
- We ain't gonna stop him from
putting something in his mouth.
882
00:44:36.140 --> 00:44:37.808
[ Laughs ]
883
00:44:37.808 --> 00:44:39.844
- This is the portion
of the captain's dinner
884
00:44:39.844 --> 00:44:43.481
where we kind of sit around
and just have open discussion.
885
00:44:43.481 --> 00:44:45.383
Any issue at all.
886
00:44:45.383 --> 00:44:48.386
It could be big girls
not wearing enough clothes.
887
00:44:48.386 --> 00:44:51.122
Just lay it out there. Just
come on. Lay it out there.
888
00:44:51.956 --> 00:44:53.224
- Oh, okay.
889
00:44:55.192 --> 00:44:57.428
- Napoleon: Absolutely not.
- My thing is this,
890
00:44:57.428 --> 00:45:03.000
if I'm gonna allow somebody of
a bigger proportion on my team,
891
00:45:03.000 --> 00:45:05.169
then we have
to dress accordingly
892
00:45:05.169 --> 00:45:08.005
for my whole team
to look as one.
893
00:45:08.005 --> 00:45:09.874
Now, when you put
on a two-piece
894
00:45:09.874 --> 00:45:12.343
and you look like
a Michelin tire--
895
00:45:12.343 --> 00:45:13.844
and I'm one of the biggest
[ bleep ] out there--
896
00:45:13.844 --> 00:45:15.479
I'm just gonna go on
and put it out there--
897
00:45:15.479 --> 00:45:18.049
- Napoleon: Really?
- I'm not-- But--
898
00:45:18.049 --> 00:45:19.584
Blushing baby.
899
00:45:19.584 --> 00:45:21.786
[ Laughter ]
900
00:45:21.786 --> 00:45:23.921
But I just think
that there should be a standard.
901
00:45:23.921 --> 00:45:26.624
Just like with a collegiate
line. They have body cuts.
902
00:45:26.624 --> 00:45:30.962
If you are too small, if you're
not gonna fit that Nancy boot,
903
00:45:30.962 --> 00:45:33.164
if you're gonna wear
French cuts
904
00:45:33.164 --> 00:45:35.032
and there's nothing French
about your cut--
905
00:45:35.032 --> 00:45:36.400
- Hello.
906
00:45:36.400 --> 00:45:37.802
- You're not gonna make
the line.
907
00:45:37.802 --> 00:45:39.303
It is what it is.
908
00:45:39.303 --> 00:45:41.138
But the fact of the matter is
909
00:45:41.138 --> 00:45:42.573
we all have
different body shapes.
910
00:45:42.573 --> 00:45:45.176
And we have to be aware
of what we do.
911
00:45:45.176 --> 00:45:46.711
- Like, for real. No, for real.
912
00:45:46.711 --> 00:45:49.547
I don't wanna be shown up
on the same thing
913
00:45:49.547 --> 00:45:51.415
where the mayor
is apologizing to their city
914
00:45:51.415 --> 00:45:54.485
for these folks J-Setting
in Santa Claus jackets
915
00:45:54.485 --> 00:45:58.155
and belly button rings
for Christmas. I'm sorry.
916
00:45:58.155 --> 00:45:59.490
- Female news anchor:
...Christmas parade
917
00:45:59.490 --> 00:46:01.392
was all over
social media today.
918
00:46:01.392 --> 00:46:03.828
It wasn't the Santa float
that had people talking.
919
00:46:03.828 --> 00:46:06.731
One dance act
left some parade goers
920
00:46:06.731 --> 00:46:08.666
and even the dancers
themselves in shock.
921
00:46:08.666 --> 00:46:11.135
- The very last thing
at the parade
922
00:46:11.135 --> 00:46:14.372
was a group of men
dressed as women
923
00:46:14.372 --> 00:46:16.574
gyrating their hips
924
00:46:16.574 --> 00:46:20.277
and moving around in very
suggestive, inappropriate ways
925
00:46:20.277 --> 00:46:22.880
in front
of hundreds of children.
926
00:46:22.880 --> 00:46:25.650
They should've notified
the people of Semmes
927
00:46:25.650 --> 00:46:28.586
so that we had a choice
whether we wanted our child
928
00:46:28.586 --> 00:46:30.221
to attend and see
something like that.
929
00:46:30.221 --> 00:46:31.722
- That's a good question,
though.
930
00:46:31.722 --> 00:46:33.591
How do we feel as a community
about that?
931
00:46:33.591 --> 00:46:35.626
Because if we're trying
to advance this--
932
00:46:35.626 --> 00:46:37.795
Like, darling, y'all aren't
getting us good publicity.
933
00:46:37.795 --> 00:46:39.797
They're talking dog [ bleep ]
about y'all.
934
00:46:39.797 --> 00:46:42.533
They are picking at you.
I watched that white woman say,
935
00:46:42.533 --> 00:46:44.602
"If I would've known my daughter
936
00:46:44.602 --> 00:46:47.204
was going to see
female impersonators,
937
00:46:47.204 --> 00:46:48.739
we wouldn't have gone.
I am appalled."
938
00:46:48.739 --> 00:46:51.642
- And not just--
I was outraged and appalled.
939
00:46:55.479 --> 00:46:57.581
- 'Cause I think
it's not our environment.
940
00:46:57.581 --> 00:46:59.950
You can't force-feed
and make people accept it,
941
00:46:59.950 --> 00:47:01.452
especially children.
942
00:47:01.452 --> 00:47:03.888
- I'm not gonna go
to the community parade
943
00:47:03.888 --> 00:47:05.289
with my belly out.
944
00:47:05.289 --> 00:47:07.258
You know that's wrong.
945
00:47:09.160 --> 00:47:10.695
- A Christmas parade.
- For a religion
946
00:47:10.695 --> 00:47:12.897
that is vocal
against homosexuality.
947
00:47:12.897 --> 00:47:14.665
So you know...
948
00:47:14.665 --> 00:47:16.867
- Anthony: It never have been
a moment that I didn't think
949
00:47:16.867 --> 00:47:18.602
that I should be doing it,
950
00:47:18.602 --> 00:47:21.572
but I knew the places that I
would do it and would not do it.
951
00:47:21.572 --> 00:47:24.108
We've been doing it underground
for so long
952
00:47:24.108 --> 00:47:27.745
because we know society really
gonna look at us the wrong way.
953
00:47:27.745 --> 00:47:30.548
You know, and they're not gonna
accept us for what we are.
954
00:47:30.548 --> 00:47:33.050
You're in a small town
in Alabama
955
00:47:33.050 --> 00:47:34.819
where these people probably
don't like black people
956
00:47:34.819 --> 00:47:36.554
first and foremost,
957
00:47:36.554 --> 00:47:39.056
and then you're gonna bring
your ass down through there.
958
00:47:39.056 --> 00:47:40.691
You could've wore
a jogging suit.
959
00:47:40.691 --> 00:47:42.326
- I'm also one of those ones,
960
00:47:42.326 --> 00:47:43.994
yeah, I'm right here
in a six-inch pump
961
00:47:43.994 --> 00:47:45.696
and doing what I want to do.
962
00:47:45.696 --> 00:47:49.100
But my father, me and him
have not had that conversation.
963
00:47:49.100 --> 00:47:50.701
He would be highly pissed.
964
00:47:50.701 --> 00:47:54.238
It would be the one
6'2" [ bleep ], 287 pounds
965
00:47:54.238 --> 00:47:56.207
to approach you
at the football game
966
00:47:56.207 --> 00:47:57.842
going "I got my kids here.
967
00:47:57.842 --> 00:48:00.177
You need to take your ass
somewhere else."
968
00:48:01.679 --> 00:48:05.883
[ Laughter ]
969
00:48:05.883 --> 00:48:08.352
Okay? Pumpin'.
970
00:48:08.352 --> 00:48:11.222
- With children.
- But I'm not butt naked.
971
00:48:11.222 --> 00:48:12.757
- Parents.
- But I'm not butt naked.
972
00:48:12.757 --> 00:48:15.392
- Babies. That's still
inappropriate, is it not?
973
00:48:15.392 --> 00:48:17.461
- I don't--
Prince been in heels for yours.
974
00:48:17.461 --> 00:48:19.363
Prince been in heels for years.
975
00:48:19.363 --> 00:48:21.432
Don't play with me.
Don't play with me.
976
00:48:21.432 --> 00:48:23.200
Hell, nah. Don't play with me.
977
00:48:23.200 --> 00:48:24.769
- Did I get her?
978
00:48:24.769 --> 00:48:26.437
- Prince been in heels
for years, baby.
979
00:48:26.437 --> 00:48:28.539
- Don't play with me.
- Yeah, she has.
980
00:48:28.539 --> 00:48:30.941
- Everybody gonna see some stuff
in their lifetime
981
00:48:30.941 --> 00:48:32.543
their parents ain't
gonna want them to see.
982
00:48:32.543 --> 00:48:34.111
But this is real life.
It's reality.
983
00:48:34.111 --> 00:48:35.980
I don't personally feel like
it's nothing wrong
984
00:48:35.980 --> 00:48:37.748
with you explaining
to your child, "This a gay man.
985
00:48:37.748 --> 00:48:39.784
He out here and doing this."
That's how I feel.
986
00:48:39.784 --> 00:48:41.886
I'm a firm believer
in you represent yourself.
987
00:48:41.886 --> 00:48:45.156
You know? What you do,
it reflects you.
988
00:48:45.156 --> 00:48:48.592
So I think a lot of
the masculine people feel like,
989
00:48:48.592 --> 00:48:50.494
okay, you gay and you do this,
so what you do,
990
00:48:50.494 --> 00:48:52.563
everybody gonna think
'cause I'm gay, that's how I am.
991
00:48:52.563 --> 00:48:54.632
And I think
it's just a personal issue,
992
00:48:54.632 --> 00:48:56.567
and people just have
to get over it, you know.
993
00:48:56.567 --> 00:48:57.968
It's to each's own.
994
00:48:57.968 --> 00:49:00.638
I don't feel like
it's a problem with that.
995
00:49:00.638 --> 00:49:02.373
Because it's life, you learn,
you grow up.
996
00:49:02.373 --> 00:49:05.776
- It's not your place to say
what you feel
997
00:49:05.776 --> 00:49:08.446
that parent should do
with who they made.
998
00:49:08.446 --> 00:49:10.714
They put that sperm in that egg,
baby, not you.
999
00:49:10.714 --> 00:49:12.983
And they have the right
to go to a family venue,
1000
00:49:12.983 --> 00:49:16.520
like a football game, and not
to have to tell their children
1001
00:49:16.520 --> 00:49:18.355
if they're not ready.
1002
00:49:18.355 --> 00:49:20.191
- That's the thing about us,
though.
1003
00:49:20.191 --> 00:49:23.227
We look for every reason
or excuse
1004
00:49:23.227 --> 00:49:26.664
to point blame or point
the finger at somebody else
1005
00:49:26.664 --> 00:49:29.567
as to why we can't get further.
1006
00:49:29.567 --> 00:49:31.602
But yet, we won't reach out
1007
00:49:31.602 --> 00:49:34.104
and expose ourselves
to try and get there.
1008
00:49:34.104 --> 00:49:36.841
It's like, "I do this, but don't
tell nobody I do this."
1009
00:49:36.841 --> 00:49:39.610
- Anthony: Right.
- So how you gonna advance?
1010
00:49:41.779 --> 00:49:44.448
- It's taboo. Something that
people are afraid to talk about.
1011
00:49:44.448 --> 00:49:46.317
Some people are afraid
to be seen doing
1012
00:49:46.317 --> 00:49:49.620
or to share with their friends
or anybody out in public.
1013
00:49:49.620 --> 00:49:54.091
A lot of the boys are young,
and they are afraid.
1014
00:49:54.091 --> 00:49:56.193
They're in school. Some of their
parents don't know about them.
1015
00:49:56.193 --> 00:49:58.529
So to know that you're out
at the club in booty shorts
1016
00:49:58.529 --> 00:50:01.632
and sequins and lashes
and all that other stuff
1017
00:50:01.632 --> 00:50:03.934
that, you know, "we" do,
1018
00:50:03.934 --> 00:50:06.337
it's something that people
don't wanna be seen.
1019
00:50:06.337 --> 00:50:08.706
Everybody not ready
to take the risk.
1020
00:50:08.706 --> 00:50:10.541
- During a football game
back in Savannah,
1021
00:50:10.541 --> 00:50:12.643
I was dancing in a little circle
1022
00:50:12.643 --> 00:50:15.045
with a couple of other guys
from different schools,
1023
00:50:15.045 --> 00:50:16.914
and people started
throwing bottles at us.
1024
00:50:16.914 --> 00:50:21.619
But it made me feel like,
"Well, gosh, is it that bad?"
1025
00:50:21.619 --> 00:50:23.921
We're out here dancing
to band music,
1026
00:50:23.921 --> 00:50:25.789
and you feel like
you wanna throw glasses at us.
1027
00:50:25.789 --> 00:50:28.092
- I was worried about this.
I was worried about that.
1028
00:50:28.092 --> 00:50:30.861
I was worried about all these
other different factors
1029
00:50:30.861 --> 00:50:32.096
or whatnot.
1030
00:50:32.096 --> 00:50:33.898
And then as we got older,
it transitioned
1031
00:50:33.898 --> 00:50:36.767
into a threat to our
professional lives as well.
1032
00:50:36.767 --> 00:50:40.437
I just want fades out.
Temp out. Temp fade.
1033
00:50:40.437 --> 00:50:43.274
Myself, personally,
I'm an educator.
1034
00:50:43.274 --> 00:50:45.976
There are several people
who buck,
1035
00:50:45.976 --> 00:50:49.046
who are in the education system,
who are teachers,
1036
00:50:49.046 --> 00:50:51.715
who have some of the same fears
that I do.
1037
00:50:51.715 --> 00:50:54.685
Every time somebody used to text
me or send me a text message,
1038
00:50:54.685 --> 00:50:57.821
"I saw you," exclamation point,
my heart would drop.
1039
00:50:57.821 --> 00:51:01.191
They see me, you know,
on social media, dancing.
1040
00:51:01.191 --> 00:51:05.829
You know, so there is that fear
that, you know, it's your time.
1041
00:51:05.829 --> 00:51:09.233
Every single time we step out
on that floor, it's a risk.
1042
00:51:09.233 --> 00:51:11.302
But it's like as soon
as they see something
1043
00:51:11.302 --> 00:51:14.371
they don't agree with,
they want you out of there.
1044
00:51:14.371 --> 00:51:17.041
And I want people to be more
open-minded, you know.
1045
00:51:17.041 --> 00:51:20.110
- It's still under construction.
Where the hell are the lights?
1046
00:51:20.110 --> 00:51:23.614
So this is where the summer's
gonna be for SRDC.
1047
00:51:23.614 --> 00:51:25.549
- It's very important to me
1048
00:51:25.549 --> 00:51:27.751
to be able
to start my own business
1049
00:51:27.751 --> 00:51:30.788
so I can live how I wanna live,
just in general,
1050
00:51:30.788 --> 00:51:32.523
with everything that I do.
1051
00:51:34.191 --> 00:51:38.195
Just renting it out
for producers, movie producers,
1052
00:51:38.195 --> 00:51:41.865
people who wanna do
photo shoots or music videos.
1053
00:51:41.865 --> 00:51:43.867
- If I had my own business,
1054
00:51:43.867 --> 00:51:47.771
I would make it to where
everyone was accepted.
1055
00:51:47.771 --> 00:51:50.641
I don't like to think or say
that I had struggles
1056
00:51:50.641 --> 00:51:52.443
'cause I'm the kind of person--
1057
00:51:52.443 --> 00:51:55.679
Either you take it or leave it,
which is it is what you get.
1058
00:51:55.679 --> 00:52:00.117
I don't let people
get close to me at my job.
1059
00:52:00.117 --> 00:52:04.154
And it's not so more of me
not trusting them
1060
00:52:04.154 --> 00:52:07.725
or letting them know
all of my business.
1061
00:52:07.725 --> 00:52:10.828
The fact is,
it's none of their business.
1062
00:52:10.828 --> 00:52:13.530
But ultimately,
I would love to be able
1063
00:52:13.530 --> 00:52:16.667
to have my own dance line.
1064
00:52:16.667 --> 00:52:18.769
There will be no need
to keep secrets
1065
00:52:18.769 --> 00:52:22.673
because I feel that everybody
is entitled to be able
1066
00:52:22.673 --> 00:52:25.409
to learn this type of art form.
1067
00:52:25.409 --> 00:52:29.046
Yeah! Y'all feel it?
1068
00:52:29.046 --> 00:52:31.448
- I think at home
is what helped me the most
1069
00:52:31.448 --> 00:52:33.117
because I was able
to be myself.
1070
00:52:33.117 --> 00:52:35.619
I ain't have to pretend,
so when I left out the house,
1071
00:52:35.619 --> 00:52:37.755
that's when I had
to deal with it.
1072
00:52:37.755 --> 00:52:39.623
'Cause I was confused.
"What are y'all talking about?
1073
00:52:39.623 --> 00:52:42.626
This what I do at home,
you know."
1074
00:52:43.594 --> 00:52:48.332
♪♪♪
1075
00:52:48.332 --> 00:52:51.402
Uh! Ah! Ah!
1076
00:52:51.402 --> 00:52:54.004
Ah! Ah! Uh!
1077
00:52:54.004 --> 00:52:55.906
Ah! Ah!
1078
00:52:59.843 --> 00:53:03.547
- Okay. Attributes. I believe
this is my favorite part.
1079
00:53:03.547 --> 00:53:05.082
Passion-- Whatever it is,
1080
00:53:05.082 --> 00:53:06.784
you must have passion
for what you're doing.
1081
00:53:06.784 --> 00:53:09.219
Live, breathe,
and eat, sleep your mission.
1082
00:53:09.219 --> 00:53:10.788
Growing up,
we grew up in Atlanta
1083
00:53:10.788 --> 00:53:12.322
on the west side of town.
1084
00:53:12.322 --> 00:53:14.291
Real close-knit family.
1085
00:53:14.291 --> 00:53:16.527
Just, you know, typical.
1086
00:53:16.527 --> 00:53:18.162
So it was me and my sister,
Valencia,
1087
00:53:18.162 --> 00:53:19.997
and my brother, Greg.
All three of us
1088
00:53:19.997 --> 00:53:22.299
grew up with my grandmother,
so she was Mom to us.
1089
00:53:22.299 --> 00:53:24.368
- Grandmother:
1090
00:53:24.368 --> 00:53:26.036
- We didn't have the best,
1091
00:53:26.036 --> 00:53:29.306
but we had, you know,
what was necessary to survive.
1092
00:53:29.306 --> 00:53:31.975
She taught us how to just
take care of our stuff
1093
00:53:31.975 --> 00:53:33.710
and make the best out of it.
1094
00:53:33.710 --> 00:53:36.547
- And this is
some fried chicken.
1095
00:53:55.933 --> 00:53:58.736
- The biggest thing I could say
I could appreciate about her
1096
00:53:58.736 --> 00:54:00.471
is not being judgmental.
1097
00:54:00.471 --> 00:54:04.475
You know, I never heard her
ever say, "You gay."
1098
00:54:04.475 --> 00:54:05.876
I never heard of that.
1099
00:54:05.876 --> 00:54:07.678
And, you know, in my mind,
1100
00:54:07.678 --> 00:54:11.849
I thought, "She didn't 'cause
she don't know." But she knew.
1101
00:54:11.849 --> 00:54:14.751
I'm gonna stop back by so I can
get this plate, for real.
1102
00:54:14.751 --> 00:54:16.487
We were kind of like
the favorites of the family,
1103
00:54:16.487 --> 00:54:19.389
just because we were different
and we were striving
1104
00:54:19.389 --> 00:54:22.059
for better than
what our family was known for.
1105
00:54:22.059 --> 00:54:25.629
A lot of the men in our family
went to jail, went into prison.
1106
00:54:25.629 --> 00:54:28.432
Me and my brother
were expected to do more
1107
00:54:28.432 --> 00:54:31.568
and not go down that same path.
1108
00:54:31.568 --> 00:54:32.936
- Get the dozen eggs out.
1109
00:54:32.936 --> 00:54:34.571
- My mom, of course,
she was in prison
1110
00:54:34.571 --> 00:54:36.607
for, like, half of my life.
1111
00:54:36.607 --> 00:54:39.676
- You come in here. You ain't--
You don't eat eggs.
1112
00:54:39.676 --> 00:54:41.311
- Yeah.
- Okay then.
1113
00:54:41.311 --> 00:54:43.280
Ain't nobody eating
but me or Junior.
1114
00:54:43.280 --> 00:54:44.715
- I'm insured.
1115
00:54:44.715 --> 00:54:45.916
- Me and you the only ones
eating eggs.
1116
00:54:45.916 --> 00:54:47.951
- My birth name is Angela Body,
1117
00:54:47.951 --> 00:54:49.586
as in your body, my body,
1118
00:54:49.586 --> 00:54:51.288
but my street name
is Little Man.
1119
00:54:51.288 --> 00:54:53.657
Little Man I got
when I got locked up
1120
00:54:53.657 --> 00:54:56.260
'cause I looked like a little
man walking through the yard.
1121
00:54:56.260 --> 00:54:58.862
They said, "Hold up. Stop that
little man right there."
1122
00:54:58.862 --> 00:55:01.732
- How many more minutes on this,
Mama? 'Cause I'm hungry.
1123
00:55:01.732 --> 00:55:03.700
- Angela: Flash was born
in Baldwin County
1124
00:55:03.700 --> 00:55:06.470
'cause I had him in prison.
1125
00:55:06.470 --> 00:55:08.338
I was selling drugs.
1126
00:55:08.338 --> 00:55:12.009
Marijuana. Weed. Crack.
1127
00:55:17.347 --> 00:55:18.582
Poosh!
1128
00:55:24.988 --> 00:55:26.890
[ Angela shouting ]
1129
00:55:26.890 --> 00:55:29.226
Come and get it.
He about to faint.
1130
00:55:29.226 --> 00:55:32.329
- Just grab it with your hand.
- It's too hot.
1131
00:55:32.329 --> 00:55:34.898
- Bam. Ghetto style, baby.
1132
00:55:34.898 --> 00:55:37.234
- Angela: Y'all don't let
this food get cold.
1133
00:55:37.234 --> 00:55:40.504
- We were all-- My mom's gay.
I'm gay. My sister gay.
1134
00:55:40.504 --> 00:55:43.040
My brother gay. We were weird.
1135
00:55:46.176 --> 00:55:48.111
I understood
that I came from her,
1136
00:55:48.111 --> 00:55:51.682
but it didn't affect me too much
mentally and emotionally
1137
00:55:51.682 --> 00:55:53.217
till I got older,
till I understand.
1138
00:55:53.217 --> 00:55:55.519
Like, "Hey, well, maybe
if you was around,
1139
00:55:55.519 --> 00:55:57.921
some days would've been
a little bit different."
1140
00:55:57.921 --> 00:55:59.723
Asaad: I'm gonna be able
to handle all that, so yeah.
1141
00:55:59.723 --> 00:56:01.725
- Angela: I know this morning.
- Yeah, 'cause I'm hungry.
1142
00:56:01.725 --> 00:56:04.127
I think me and you the only one
that can tear it up in here.
1143
00:56:04.127 --> 00:56:05.996
- I've become so desensitized
1144
00:56:05.996 --> 00:56:08.031
because I was so emotional
growing up,
1145
00:56:08.031 --> 00:56:10.601
dealing and soaking
all that stuff in.
1146
00:56:10.601 --> 00:56:12.569
It's been people who've hurt me.
1147
00:56:12.569 --> 00:56:15.439
Even when my mom first moved in,
she stole something from me.
1148
00:56:15.439 --> 00:56:19.176
And I was more focused
on the situation at hand
1149
00:56:19.176 --> 00:56:22.379
than her stealing-- the meaning,
the detail of the situation--
1150
00:56:22.379 --> 00:56:25.048
to get some clarity
and to get that fixed.
1151
00:56:25.048 --> 00:56:27.985
- Back in the days,
I really didn't have support
1152
00:56:27.985 --> 00:56:30.354
'cause I was on drugs real bad.
1153
00:56:30.354 --> 00:56:33.790
That crack was my pimp, my ho,
my family, you know.
1154
00:56:33.790 --> 00:56:35.425
It didn't matter.
1155
00:56:35.425 --> 00:56:38.128
But when I got with my sons,
they came at me and said,
1156
00:56:38.128 --> 00:56:40.230
"Mom, we don't like you
like that."
1157
00:56:40.230 --> 00:56:43.700
And I took myself a look in my
mirror, and I told them, "Okay.
1158
00:56:43.700 --> 00:56:48.372
Y'all gave me the support
to keep my mind off things,
1159
00:56:48.372 --> 00:56:50.507
had me something to do
every day."
1160
00:56:50.507 --> 00:56:54.578
- The reality of the situation
is that it's happened,
1161
00:56:54.578 --> 00:56:58.615
and I can't do anything but keep
moving forward with my life.
1162
00:56:58.615 --> 00:57:01.685
What's going on? What's going
on? Welcome to the show.
1163
00:57:01.685 --> 00:57:02.686
Welcome to Buck Radio.
1164
00:57:02.686 --> 00:57:04.588
I started Buck Radio
1165
00:57:04.588 --> 00:57:07.691
simply because I felt
like I had a voice.
1166
00:57:07.691 --> 00:57:10.460
And I still do. And I wanna
speak to the community.
1167
00:57:10.460 --> 00:57:12.829
But without further ado...
1168
00:57:12.829 --> 00:57:15.999
I felt like if I created a radio
show to keep everybody informed,
1169
00:57:15.999 --> 00:57:17.501
then while I got
their attention,
1170
00:57:17.501 --> 00:57:19.369
let me bring up the issues
in the community.
1171
00:57:19.369 --> 00:57:21.038
First of all...
1172
00:57:21.038 --> 00:57:24.374
We actually have some
very, very deep conversations
1173
00:57:24.374 --> 00:57:27.377
about marriage, STD prevention,
all that stuff.
1174
00:57:27.377 --> 00:57:29.179
We try to enlighten
the community
1175
00:57:29.179 --> 00:57:31.214
instead of talking about
negative stuff all the time.
1176
00:57:31.214 --> 00:57:35.719
- So with that being said,
you guys have a great night.
1177
00:57:35.719 --> 00:57:37.187
And we're gonna end this all
1178
00:57:37.187 --> 00:57:39.222
with the traditional
"Get Ready"
1179
00:57:39.222 --> 00:57:41.425
by Jackson State University.
1180
00:57:43.026 --> 00:57:45.629
- I don't know when,
but Atlanta has become
1181
00:57:45.629 --> 00:57:49.399
like gay mecca or gay, like,
Hollywood or something.
1182
00:57:49.399 --> 00:57:50.567
Everybody flocks here.
1183
00:57:50.567 --> 00:57:56.973
♪♪♪
1184
00:57:56.973 --> 00:58:00.210
The Temptations: ♪ I never met
a girl who makes me feel ♪
1185
00:58:00.210 --> 00:58:03.714
♪ The way that you do
You're all right ♪
1186
00:58:03.714 --> 00:58:07.384
♪ Whenever I'm asked
who makes my dreams real ♪
1187
00:58:07.384 --> 00:58:10.654
♪ I say that you do
You're outta sight ♪
1188
00:58:10.654 --> 00:58:13.890
- It's an amazing weekend
because so many people come here
1189
00:58:13.890 --> 00:58:15.525
from everywhere.
1190
00:58:15.525 --> 00:58:18.895
- Louisiana. Alabama.
Mississippi. Texas.
1191
00:58:18.895 --> 00:58:21.031
And they're coming,
if not to even dance,
1192
00:58:21.031 --> 00:58:24.935
just to be in the mix
of the big celebration.
1193
00:58:26.503 --> 00:58:29.206
We don't go to the park
just because it's open.
1194
00:58:29.206 --> 00:58:31.174
It's just like a feast.
1195
00:58:31.174 --> 00:58:33.176
You know, everybody got camera
phones. Everybody got this--
1196
00:58:33.176 --> 00:58:36.380
So, I mean,
we have a lot to lose.
1197
00:58:36.380 --> 00:58:38.982
- ♪ Get ready
'cause here I come ♪
1198
00:58:38.982 --> 00:58:42.119
♪ If you wanna play
hide-and-seek with love ♪
1199
00:58:42.119 --> 00:58:46.123
♪ Let me remind you
it's all right ♪
1200
00:58:46.123 --> 00:58:49.826
♪ The lovin' you're gonna miss
and the time... ♪
1201
00:58:49.826 --> 00:58:53.029
[ Indistinct conversation ]
1202
00:58:53.029 --> 00:58:55.265
- To be here.
1203
00:58:55.265 --> 00:58:58.034
Yes, in the room
with all these people.
1204
00:58:58.034 --> 00:58:59.536
[ Laughing ]
1205
00:58:59.536 --> 00:59:02.773
My first time seeing him
was at Traxx.
1206
00:59:02.773 --> 00:59:04.574
And he had
a cheerleading outfit on.
1207
00:59:04.574 --> 00:59:06.109
And I said, "Who is that big guy
1208
00:59:06.109 --> 00:59:07.978
with this
cheerleading outfit on?"
1209
00:59:07.978 --> 00:59:09.713
Throwing his legs up,
and I was like,
1210
00:59:09.713 --> 00:59:12.115
"I got to get to know
that one right there."
1211
00:59:12.115 --> 00:59:14.384
- He used to sit there
and wait for them to come out
1212
00:59:14.384 --> 00:59:16.186
and just sit there for hours,
watching them,
1213
00:59:16.186 --> 00:59:18.955
wondering how they do that.
1214
00:59:18.955 --> 00:59:21.491
For hours and hours and hours
and hours.
1215
00:59:21.491 --> 00:59:25.595
And this one right here
could tear everybody up.
1216
00:59:25.595 --> 00:59:26.930
Everybody.
1217
00:59:26.930 --> 00:59:28.932
- You know,
he is fabulous and bold.
1218
00:59:28.932 --> 00:59:31.234
To know him is to love him,
you know.
1219
00:59:31.234 --> 00:59:32.903
- I have a great
biological family,
1220
00:59:32.903 --> 00:59:35.005
but I have an extended family
1221
00:59:35.005 --> 00:59:37.207
that loves me unconditionally.
1222
00:59:37.207 --> 00:59:39.409
The rest of these guys,
these guys right here,
1223
00:59:39.409 --> 00:59:41.344
these are my folks,
these are my people.
1224
00:59:41.344 --> 00:59:43.380
And I want all y'all to know
that I love y'all dearly.
1225
00:59:43.380 --> 00:59:46.716
- We love you, too.
- We love you, too, Tony.
1226
00:59:46.716 --> 00:59:49.119
- Even though we fuss and fight,
but I love them.
1227
00:59:49.119 --> 00:59:51.488
- That's right.
1228
00:59:51.488 --> 00:59:54.458
- ♪ And I'm bringing you
a love that's true ♪
1229
00:59:54.458 --> 00:59:58.995
♪ So get ready
So get ready ♪
1230
00:59:58.995 --> 01:00:01.465
♪ I'm gonna try
to make you love me too ♪
1231
01:00:01.465 --> 01:00:04.868
♪ So get ready
So get ready ♪
1232
01:00:04.868 --> 01:00:06.136
♪ 'Cause here I come ♪
1233
01:00:06.136 --> 01:00:08.505
♪ Get ready 'cause here I come ♪
1234
01:00:08.505 --> 01:00:10.173
♪ I'm on my way ♪
1235
01:00:10.173 --> 01:00:14.511
[ Indistinct conversation ]
1236
01:00:14.511 --> 01:00:16.746
- I still think it's sad
that y'all not dancing.
1237
01:00:16.746 --> 01:00:18.782
- Anthony: We're not saying
that we're not dancing.
1238
01:00:18.782 --> 01:00:20.550
- What we're saying is--
- You just said y'all wasn't.
1239
01:00:20.550 --> 01:00:23.320
- No, we said--
- You said that as a whole
1240
01:00:23.320 --> 01:00:25.789
- that y'all wasn't dancing.
- Jermaine.
1241
01:00:25.789 --> 01:00:27.057
- When?
1242
01:00:27.057 --> 01:00:28.592
- Jermaine.
- This weekend.
1243
01:00:28.592 --> 01:00:32.629
- He said y'all didn't say that.
- Yeah, we did.
1244
01:00:32.629 --> 01:00:36.166
- I said yeah, collectively,
as a whole y'all not dancing.
1245
01:00:36.166 --> 01:00:38.935
- No, I'm not talking
about that either.
1246
01:00:44.307 --> 01:00:46.009
- I got something up my sleeve.
1247
01:00:46.009 --> 01:00:47.911
- That's what I'm talking about.
1248
01:00:47.911 --> 01:00:50.413
- Anthony:
1249
01:00:50.413 --> 01:00:53.116
- [ Doorbell rings ]
- Who is that at the door?
1250
01:00:55.986 --> 01:00:58.288
Hey, who's late?
1251
01:01:00.390 --> 01:01:03.393
- Y'all did that triple threat,
she would see.
1252
01:01:03.393 --> 01:01:06.496
- Anthony:
Labor Day, we got second place.
1253
01:01:06.496 --> 01:01:09.332
We lost by seven points.
You know.
1254
01:01:09.332 --> 01:01:15.171
So I instilled into my kids
win, lose, or draw,
1255
01:01:15.171 --> 01:01:16.973
say "nice job."
1256
01:01:16.973 --> 01:01:18.942
I don't care what you feeling,
because the feelings
1257
01:01:18.942 --> 01:01:20.210
are raw at times.
1258
01:01:20.210 --> 01:01:22.312
We are in competition,
you know.
1259
01:01:22.312 --> 01:01:24.147
But always be humble.
1260
01:01:24.147 --> 01:01:26.216
- So when is the next one?
1261
01:01:26.216 --> 01:01:28.652
- It may be in April.
Maybe The Big Buck.
1262
01:01:28.652 --> 01:01:31.288
- If it's big,
I wanna go big or go home.
1263
01:01:31.288 --> 01:01:33.590
- Okay.
- And if it's big...
1264
01:01:42.999 --> 01:01:47.537
- We come from old school
where I can be tired, dog tired,
1265
01:01:47.537 --> 01:01:50.273
and feel like I am not gonna be
able to walk out of this club.
1266
01:01:50.273 --> 01:01:53.209
But you're not gonna come
in my face and outdo me
1267
01:01:53.209 --> 01:01:54.544
or outshine me.
1268
01:01:54.544 --> 01:02:03.153
♪♪♪
1269
01:02:03.153 --> 01:02:04.654
- I'm excited about The Big Buck
1270
01:02:04.654 --> 01:02:07.724
because we never compete
for anything.
1271
01:02:07.724 --> 01:02:09.259
And for us to compete,
1272
01:02:09.259 --> 01:02:10.994
everybody's already excited
to see us
1273
01:02:10.994 --> 01:02:14.631
and just wondering what we're
gonna pull out of the bag.
1274
01:02:14.631 --> 01:02:17.400
But on the flip side of it,
it's draining.
1275
01:02:17.400 --> 01:02:20.637
It's non-stop rehearsing,
rehearsing, rehearsing.
1276
01:02:21.738 --> 01:02:23.206
- Anthony: Everything
is not given to you
1277
01:02:23.206 --> 01:02:24.874
on a silver platter.
1278
01:02:24.874 --> 01:02:27.410
You have to know on any
given day, anybody can be--
1279
01:02:27.410 --> 01:02:30.146
I don't underestimate anyone.
1280
01:02:30.146 --> 01:02:32.015
The one that you underestimate,
1281
01:02:32.015 --> 01:02:33.650
the one that you
don't worry about,
1282
01:02:33.650 --> 01:02:36.620
will be the one that will come
and snuff your ass.
1283
01:02:36.620 --> 01:02:40.790
And that's why I always say
that my biggest competition
1284
01:02:40.790 --> 01:02:42.959
is my team within itself.
1285
01:02:42.959 --> 01:02:46.296
I can't worry about
what the next team's doing.
1286
01:02:49.866 --> 01:02:52.469
[ Indistinct conversation ]
1287
01:03:06.883 --> 01:03:09.519
- One and two and three.
1288
01:03:09.519 --> 01:03:12.555
- I'm actually really excited
about the team for The Big Buck
1289
01:03:12.555 --> 01:03:15.191
because I'm hearing a couple
of rumors about who's doing it.
1290
01:03:15.191 --> 01:03:18.995
And it's making me excited
because I respect these teams.
1291
01:03:18.995 --> 01:03:24.067
And I've never went against
some of them in a competition.
1292
01:03:24.067 --> 01:03:26.069
And so I'm really,
really excited
1293
01:03:26.069 --> 01:03:28.538
to see what everyone
has to show.
1294
01:03:28.538 --> 01:03:30.106
I know with me and my team,
1295
01:03:30.106 --> 01:03:31.741
we really don't focus
on winning.
1296
01:03:31.741 --> 01:03:34.377
We really focus
on really performing,
1297
01:03:34.377 --> 01:03:37.714
giving people a reason
why we are here.
1298
01:03:37.714 --> 01:03:40.350
We're gonna make you guys
feel somethng.
1299
01:03:40.350 --> 01:03:42.452
And so that's
what we're focused on.
1300
01:03:42.452 --> 01:03:44.220
If we win from it, hey.
1301
01:03:44.220 --> 01:03:49.559
But if we don't, I know that you
guys are gonna love it, so...
1302
01:03:49.559 --> 01:03:51.594
- Anthony: It's like a puzzle.
1303
01:03:51.594 --> 01:03:54.364
You have to realize
who's strong where.
1304
01:03:54.364 --> 01:03:57.333
You know, it's like an illusion.
1305
01:03:57.333 --> 01:03:59.302
I'm giving you a show.
1306
01:03:59.302 --> 01:04:02.072
And it's the greatest thing
you will ever see.
1307
01:04:22.325 --> 01:04:23.893
- We have a festive weekend.
1308
01:04:23.893 --> 01:04:26.362
We have
the First Annual Big Buck.
1309
01:04:26.362 --> 01:04:29.065
- Anthony:
Five, six, seven, eight.
1310
01:04:29.065 --> 01:04:32.502
One, two, three, four, five,
1311
01:04:32.502 --> 01:04:34.571
six, seven, eight.
1312
01:04:34.571 --> 01:04:39.776
My concern is making sure
that the material is up to par
1313
01:04:39.776 --> 01:04:45.281
to compete on that level
with A-1 teams.
1314
01:04:45.281 --> 01:04:50.854
- Our biggest competition
would be Sundari.
1315
01:04:50.854 --> 01:04:53.256
Only because they beat us
at the last competition.
1316
01:04:53.256 --> 01:04:57.560
They have some strong points.
We have some strong points.
1317
01:04:57.560 --> 01:05:00.163
And going off what they did
at the last competition,
1318
01:05:00.163 --> 01:05:01.765
it could go either way.
1319
01:05:01.765 --> 01:05:03.700
- Five, six, seven, eight.
- [ Fingers snapping ]
1320
01:05:03.700 --> 01:05:06.369
- One and two
and three and four
1321
01:05:06.369 --> 01:05:08.738
and five and six, seven, eight.
1322
01:05:08.738 --> 01:05:11.574
- I have every single person
that's been on Sundari.
1323
01:05:11.574 --> 01:05:13.877
A lot of times,
not everyone can do it.
1324
01:05:13.877 --> 01:05:16.980
But for The Big Buck,
this is such a big performance.
1325
01:05:16.980 --> 01:05:18.548
It's every last person.
1326
01:05:18.548 --> 01:05:20.917
- Sundari is coming
to a Buck near you!
1327
01:05:20.917 --> 01:05:25.622
Sundari is coming to a Buck
near you! Ha ha!
1328
01:05:25.622 --> 01:05:30.393
- Anthony: It is very stressful.
It is very time-consuming.
1329
01:05:30.393 --> 01:05:32.529
We are definitely gonna
make it work
1330
01:05:32.529 --> 01:05:34.030
and make it do what it do.
1331
01:05:34.030 --> 01:05:36.432
You know, there's no ifs,
ands, buts about it.
1332
01:05:36.432 --> 01:05:38.501
It's gonna get done.
1333
01:05:38.501 --> 01:05:40.637
Payback is a [ bleep ].
1334
01:06:02.392 --> 01:06:04.561
[ Cheering ]
1335
01:06:04.561 --> 01:06:07.297
- We just wanna say
that we never thought
1336
01:06:07.297 --> 01:06:08.765
that this would come so far.
1337
01:06:08.765 --> 01:06:13.069
Just the sacrifice
of being shunned away
1338
01:06:13.069 --> 01:06:15.371
from different clubs
where you couldn't dance.
1339
01:06:15.371 --> 01:06:17.407
- Thank you, Lord,
for bringing us together.
1340
01:06:17.407 --> 01:06:19.242
- And we gave you
that opportunity
1341
01:06:19.242 --> 01:06:21.110
because we were welcomed to all.
1342
01:06:21.110 --> 01:06:23.213
- Let this show be strong.
Let it be together.
1343
01:06:23.213 --> 01:06:26.482
- And we just wanna thank
everybody for their support
1344
01:06:26.482 --> 01:06:28.084
here in the city of Atlanta.
1345
01:06:28.084 --> 01:06:31.254
[ applause ]
1346
01:06:31.254 --> 01:06:32.789
- Man: Phi Phi.
1347
01:06:32.789 --> 01:06:35.491
- One, two, three.
- Phi Phi!
1348
01:06:35.491 --> 01:06:38.695
- Let the show begin.
- [ Cheering ]
1349
01:06:38.695 --> 01:06:41.798
- The first category
of the evening, round one,
1350
01:06:41.798 --> 01:06:46.069
Entrance, Field Show, and Exit.
1351
01:06:46.069 --> 01:06:56.279
♪♪♪
1352
01:07:25.108 --> 01:07:26.876
[ Applause, whistles ]
1353
01:07:26.876 --> 01:07:31.014
All right, introducing, all
the way from Atlanta, Georgia,
1354
01:07:31.014 --> 01:07:35.018
give a round of applause, y'all,
for the legendary Phi Phi.
1355
01:07:35.018 --> 01:07:37.086
[ Cheering ]
1356
01:07:37.086 --> 01:07:42.225
♪♪♪
1357
01:07:42.225 --> 01:07:44.594
- Man: Phi Phi! Phi Phi!
1358
01:07:44.594 --> 01:07:49.933
♪♪♪
1359
01:07:58.007 --> 01:08:01.344
[ Cheering ]
1360
01:08:04.981 --> 01:08:09.052
[ Cheering ]
1361
01:08:15.291 --> 01:08:19.095
[ Cheering ]
1362
01:08:22.665 --> 01:08:27.804
[ Cheering, whistling ]
1363
01:08:39.449 --> 01:08:42.518
[ Crowd whooping ]
1364
01:08:45.822 --> 01:08:47.724
- Y'all ready for the next team?
1365
01:08:47.724 --> 01:08:51.995
Y'all ready to see Sundari
come out here and rip the floor?
1366
01:08:51.995 --> 01:08:53.463
[ Laughs ]
1367
01:08:53.463 --> 01:08:57.734
- ♪ She in love
with the Phi Phi ♪ [ Laughs ]
1368
01:08:57.734 --> 01:08:59.769
All right, without further ado,
1369
01:08:59.769 --> 01:09:02.271
let's go ahead and give
a warm round of applause
1370
01:09:02.271 --> 01:09:05.975
to our next team, coming all
the way from Detroit, Michigan.
1371
01:09:05.975 --> 01:09:10.380
Ooh, that was a drive.
Y'all give it up for Sundari.
1372
01:09:10.380 --> 01:09:12.982
[ Cheering ]
1373
01:09:12.982 --> 01:09:22.959
♪♪♪
1374
01:09:48.317 --> 01:09:49.819
[ Crowd murmuring ]
1375
01:10:01.631 --> 01:10:02.999
-Yeah!
- All right,
1376
01:10:02.999 --> 01:10:05.568
- give it up for Sundari.
- Man: Whoo!
1377
01:10:16.646 --> 01:10:20.616
- Our next round
will be hip-hop.
1378
01:10:24.620 --> 01:10:30.893
[ Hip-hop playing ]
1379
01:10:52.448 --> 01:10:55.985
♪♪♪
1380
01:10:59.055 --> 01:11:01.557
- Crowd: Whoa!
1381
01:11:01.557 --> 01:11:09.232
♪♪♪
1382
01:11:12.135 --> 01:11:13.202
- Whoo!
1383
01:11:29.352 --> 01:11:38.728
♪♪♪
1384
01:11:42.465 --> 01:11:44.800
[ No audible dialogue ]
1385
01:11:44.800 --> 01:11:53.109
♪♪♪
1386
01:12:32.682 --> 01:12:34.584
- Man: Work, brothers!
1387
01:12:40.523 --> 01:12:50.032
♪♪♪
1388
01:12:56.706 --> 01:13:01.310
- Crowd: Ohh!
1389
01:13:49.825 --> 01:13:54.196
[ Cheers and applause ]
1390
01:14:07.209 --> 01:14:10.012
- He was trying to talk to you.
1391
01:14:10.012 --> 01:14:12.315
Well, bring your ass over here.
1392
01:14:13.849 --> 01:14:15.217
[ bleep ]
1393
01:14:16.085 --> 01:14:19.155
- That's from dancing hard.
1394
01:14:23.993 --> 01:14:26.329
- I'm trying to keep calm.
1395
01:14:26.329 --> 01:14:29.865
I feel like everyone
is really bringing their A-game.
1396
01:14:29.865 --> 01:14:31.767
- Anthony: So far,
my team's done everything
1397
01:14:31.767 --> 01:14:33.202
that we planned to do,
1398
01:14:33.202 --> 01:14:35.071
from the first and second round.
1399
01:14:38.374 --> 01:14:39.408
[ bleep ]
1400
01:14:40.910 --> 01:14:43.012
- We got one more round to go.
1401
01:14:43.012 --> 01:14:45.047
You know,
just trying to keep 'em--
1402
01:14:45.047 --> 01:14:47.350
keep their energy up,
keep the endurance up.
1403
01:14:59.161 --> 01:15:01.330
- House is our thing.
1404
01:15:04.133 --> 01:15:05.968
- Emcee:
1405
01:15:09.372 --> 01:15:12.675
All right.
Three rounds of house.
1406
01:15:12.675 --> 01:15:15.511
The same as that way.
Pump it up, deejay.
1407
01:15:15.511 --> 01:15:17.446
The same as that way
as the hip-hop round.
1408
01:15:17.446 --> 01:15:21.884
Three rounds.
And then we'll be done.
1409
01:15:21.884 --> 01:15:26.188
First, B-A-N-J-I.
1410
01:15:26.188 --> 01:15:28.023
- Woman: Come on, babes.
- Pump it up, deejay.
1411
01:15:28.023 --> 01:15:33.028
[ House music playing ]
1412
01:15:57.553 --> 01:16:05.861
♪♪♪
1413
01:16:27.983 --> 01:16:39.762
♪♪♪
1414
01:16:39.762 --> 01:16:41.230
[ Cheering ]
1415
01:16:57.680 --> 01:17:07.990
♪♪♪
1416
01:17:12.628 --> 01:17:20.035
♪♪♪
1417
01:17:23.038 --> 01:17:25.307
[ Cheering ]
1418
01:17:56.171 --> 01:18:04.213
♪♪♪
1419
01:18:32.541 --> 01:18:41.050
♪♪♪
1420
01:19:03.072 --> 01:19:04.139
- [ applause ]
- Emcee: Tip, tip, tip,
1421
01:19:04.139 --> 01:19:06.208
tip, tip on out.
1422
01:19:06.208 --> 01:19:08.644
-[whistling]
- Y'all make some noise.
1423
01:19:09.511 --> 01:19:11.447
All right, why don't
all teams go to the back.
1424
01:19:11.447 --> 01:19:15.551
And then we'll be up to announce
1425
01:19:15.551 --> 01:19:20.489
the winners
of the First Annual Big Buck.
1426
01:19:24.526 --> 01:19:26.462
- Everybody brought something
different to the table,
1427
01:19:26.462 --> 01:19:28.897
so it's gonna be kind of up
to the judges at this point.
1428
01:19:28.897 --> 01:19:31.400
[ No audible dialogue ]
1429
01:19:32.868 --> 01:19:35.204
- Honestly, I think that it
1430
01:19:35.204 --> 01:19:38.273
probably is out
of us and Phi Phi.
1431
01:19:38.273 --> 01:19:40.976
I can't really say anything
bad about them.
1432
01:19:40.976 --> 01:19:42.378
It was good.
1433
01:19:42.378 --> 01:19:44.113
- Each team
that performed today,
1434
01:19:44.113 --> 01:19:47.282
you can tell that they
really have passion for dance.
1435
01:19:47.282 --> 01:19:50.085
And it was so interesting
to see them battle
1436
01:19:50.085 --> 01:19:52.087
because it's like non-stop.
1437
01:19:52.087 --> 01:19:54.023
I'm used to 8 and 16 counts.
1438
01:19:54.023 --> 01:19:56.959
These were 32 and 48 counts,
so I wasn't used to it,
1439
01:19:56.959 --> 01:19:58.560
and I'm like, "That's bucking."
1440
01:19:58.560 --> 01:20:00.896
- Emcee: So without further ado,
let's just go ahead
1441
01:20:00.896 --> 01:19:32.968
and get to what really matters.
1442
01:19:32.968 --> 01:19:34.670
Who won?
1443
01:20:07.369 --> 01:20:09.438
- It was very close, y'all.
It was three points away.
1444
01:20:17.012 --> 01:20:20.282
Okay, the winner is...
1445
01:20:20.282 --> 01:20:23.118
I'm nervous.
Let me walk towards the door.
1446
01:20:25.087 --> 01:20:28.424
- The legendary Phi Phi!
- [ Cheering ]
1447
01:20:28.424 --> 01:20:31.493
Clap it up. Clap it up,
ladies and gentlemen.
1448
01:20:33.195 --> 01:20:34.430
- Man: Phi Phi!
1449
01:20:36.331 --> 01:20:40.736
- Big Tony.
Come on up here, girl.
1450
01:20:40.736 --> 01:20:42.771
[ applause ]
1451
01:20:42.771 --> 01:20:44.540
- The icon.
1452
01:20:46.408 --> 01:20:48.877
- Congratulations to everybody
that came out
1453
01:20:48.877 --> 01:20:53.182
and traveled from Michigan,
from Texas, from Alabama,
1454
01:20:53.182 --> 01:20:55.851
to the people
that are here in Atlanta.
1455
01:20:55.851 --> 01:20:59.722
These teams do so much
for this community.
1456
01:20:59.722 --> 01:21:04.193
They stand up when other people
tell us that we can't do it.
1457
01:21:04.193 --> 01:21:06.395
And I'm so proud
of all of y'all.
1458
01:21:06.395 --> 01:21:07.930
Thank you, guys, for everything,
1459
01:21:07.930 --> 01:21:10.532
even the teams that are sitting
in the audience.
1460
01:21:10.532 --> 01:21:14.203
Uh, it's been
a long time coming.
1461
01:21:20.676 --> 01:21:24.947
I feel like if this community
is gonna stay strong
1462
01:21:24.947 --> 01:21:26.915
and keep pushing on,
1463
01:21:26.915 --> 01:21:31.053
it's gonna take a plethora
of people, not just one person,
1464
01:21:31.053 --> 01:21:33.989
because, you know, a fire
from a torch can be put out.
1465
01:21:33.989 --> 01:21:36.859
But a true fire
will always, always burn.
1466
01:21:36.859 --> 01:21:39.161
And the love of dance
is what it is.
1467
01:21:39.161 --> 01:21:42.231
It burns in my heart.
It burns in my chest to dance.
1468
01:21:42.231 --> 01:21:44.833
And a lot of them
have the same thing.
1469
01:21:44.833 --> 01:21:50.105
- When you see these guys,
you see professionalism.
1470
01:21:50.105 --> 01:21:53.976
And you're like, okay,
this is here at the club,
1471
01:21:53.976 --> 01:21:57.079
but these guys look like
they should be in Las Vegas,
1472
01:21:57.079 --> 01:22:00.616
like they should be
on anyone's stage performing
1473
01:22:00.616 --> 01:22:03.652
and to crowds
that appreciate them
1474
01:22:03.652 --> 01:22:06.889
because they're really doing
something that's amazing
1475
01:22:06.889 --> 01:22:09.558
that we can't do,
and they're in unison,
1476
01:22:09.558 --> 01:22:11.960
and it's like,
where have they been rehearsing,
1477
01:22:11.960 --> 01:22:14.630
and how can they be so good?
1478
01:22:22.771 --> 01:22:24.773
- Anthony:
We're not hurting anyone.
1479
01:22:24.773 --> 01:22:28.043
We're doing what makes us feel
good and what makes us thrive.
1480
01:22:28.043 --> 01:22:31.613
And we are part of this earth
and this creation
1481
01:22:31.613 --> 01:22:37.119
that the Lord has put upon us
to give us this talent.
1482
01:22:37.119 --> 01:22:38.720
When you see a band come in,
1483
01:22:38.720 --> 01:22:40.956
you see the girls
giving the pageantry
1484
01:22:40.956 --> 01:22:44.226
of how they bring it in
in their own way.
1485
01:22:44.226 --> 01:22:49.264
Just the synchronization of
12 people doing the same thing
1486
01:22:49.264 --> 01:22:52.668
and looking as one, like,
"Oh, my God. That was amazing."
1487
01:22:52.668 --> 01:22:54.136
You know.
1488
01:22:54.136 --> 01:22:56.839
Dancing is a high for me.
1489
01:22:56.839 --> 01:22:58.941
So to see anything
that you have created
1490
01:22:58.941 --> 01:23:00.776
or anything
that you have a part of
1491
01:23:00.776 --> 01:23:05.247
and to see people on the outside
enjoy what you do,
1492
01:23:05.247 --> 01:23:07.516
it's like a feeling
like none other.
1493
01:23:12.688 --> 01:23:18.861
[ Drums beating in rhythm ]
1494
01:24:11.647 --> 01:24:17.553
[ Indistinct conversation ]
1495
01:24:24.092 --> 01:24:28.764
♪♪♪
1496
01:24:30.699 --> 01:24:32.301
RuPaul: ♪ Guess who's back
in the house ♪
1497
01:24:32.301 --> 01:24:33.769
♪ Heels click-clackin' about ♪
1498
01:24:33.769 --> 01:24:35.571
♪ Fine, fresh, feminine,
style to 11 ♪
1499
01:24:35.571 --> 01:24:37.205
♪ I'm divine, so heavenly
Gentlemen sweatin' ♪
1500
01:24:37.205 --> 01:24:39.041
♪ It's dimes across the board,
no doubt ♪
1501
01:24:39.041 --> 01:24:41.143
♪ Body like wow+
... 'bout to end this drought ♪
1502
01:24:41.143 --> 01:24:43.245
♪ Titties so plentiful,
fish queen Jezebel ♪
1503
01:24:43.245 --> 01:24:44.980
♪ Should be criminal ♪
1504
01:24:44.980 --> 01:24:46.782
♪ Don't make sense for a ...
to be this endowed ♪
1505
01:24:46.782 --> 01:24:48.650
♪ North to the south
What is that sound? ♪
1506
01:24:48.650 --> 01:24:50.185
♪ Watch me drop, drop, drop it
to the ground ♪
1507
01:24:50.185 --> 01:24:52.087
♪ Wait for the four
Drop to the floor ♪
1508
01:24:52.087 --> 01:24:54.456
♪ Add up the 10's
to get the score ♪
1509
01:24:54.456 --> 01:24:56.792
♪ I been that ...
Yes, I love that drama ♪
1510
01:24:56.792 --> 01:24:58.460
♪ Fishy, feminine,
up-and-comer ♪
1511
01:24:58.460 --> 01:25:00.028
♪ From the Clintons
to the Obamas ♪
1512
01:25:00.028 --> 01:25:02.731
♪ I keeps it tight
Now they call me Mother ♪
1513
01:25:02.731 --> 01:25:04.466
♪ I been that ...
Yes, I love that drama ♪
1514
01:25:04.466 --> 01:25:06.168
♪ Fishy, feminine,
up-and-comer ♪
1515
01:25:06.168 --> 01:25:08.036
♪ From the Clintons
to the Obamas ♪
1516
01:25:08.036 --> 01:25:09.571
♪ I keeps it tight
Now they call ♪
1517
01:25:09.571 --> 01:25:11.440
♪ Call, call, call, call ♪
1518
01:25:11.440 --> 01:25:13.475
♪ Me, me, me, me ♪
1519
01:25:13.475 --> 01:25:15.444
♪ Mother, Mother, Mother ♪
1520
01:25:17.179 --> 01:25:19.247
♪ Na-na-na-na-na-na
Brrat-at-at ♪
1521
01:25:19.247 --> 01:25:22.517
♪ Na-na-na-na-na-now
Giggity-giggity, how ♪
1522
01:25:22.517 --> 01:25:24.853
♪ Brrat, get back
Ba-pa-da-pa-pa-pow ♪
1523
01:25:24.853 --> 01:25:26.722
♪ A cunty hunty, a cunty hunty
A hunty ♪
1524
01:25:26.722 --> 01:25:28.557
♪ But I count my money
I count my money ♪
1525
01:25:28.557 --> 01:25:30.359
♪ With a brat-brat, knick to
the knick the knick-knack ♪
1526
01:25:30.359 --> 01:25:32.461
♪ I'm back with the freaky money
Click-clack, ow ♪
1527
01:25:32.461 --> 01:25:34.696
♪ Na-na-na-na-na
Brrat-at-at ♪
1528
01:25:34.696 --> 01:25:37.933
♪ Na-na-na-na-now
Giggity-giggity, how ♪
1529
01:25:37.933 --> 00:00:00.000
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