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[Bouncy Puppet Music]
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And for my 12th birthday, my
mother bought me some puppets,
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and pretty soon, I was spreading
joy throughout the community.
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# Biddi-bim-bom,
ay- yi-yi #
:08:14
# Biddi-biddi-biddi #
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# Biddi-biddi-biddi-biddi #
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# Biddi-biddi-biddi... #
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Howard, As The Woman:
Oh, baby, I want it. Give it to me.
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More. More. Ohh!
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Howard, As The Man:
You like that, huh?
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Oh, yes, I love it, baby.
Give it to me.
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Oh, baby, yes!
Right there. Ohh!
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Oh, more! Harder!
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You want it harder?
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Oh, yes, harder.
Please give it to me, please.
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Ohh! Aah! Aah!
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But why can't I play
with my puppets?
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Shut up! You know why.
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Ah...
:08:47
You know,
life is very strange.
:08:49
Nat King Cole:
# Pretend you're happy... #
:08:51
Just about the time
my puppet career ended,
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my whole neighborhood
underwent a demographic shift.
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My parents said we're moving
because of those niggers.
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They said pretty soon, Roosevelt's
going to be nothing but niggers.
:09:01
Really? My parents
said we're moving
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because of
all the Shvartzes.
:09:05
Shvartzes are niggers,
idiot.
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They're the same thing.
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[Tires Screech]
:09:10
I don't want to hear any more
of this, you hear me?
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I'm half negro,
and Howard's half negro.
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And anything bad
you say about negroes,
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you're saying about us,
you understand?
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# And nothing's bad
as it may seem... #
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Mom, we're half negro?
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I can't believe
the stories he makes up.
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I mean, I never made him
wear my underwear to school.
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And... And as far as my taking
his rectal temperature
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every day till he was 14...
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He shouldn't make
such a big deal.
:09:44
He still grew up to be
a very well-adjusted individual.
:09:46
Absolutely.
:09:47
# Papa was
a rolling stone... #
:09:50
Roosevelt High School...
beautiful.
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A fully integrated
educational institution,
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which of course meant
6,000 black guys and me.
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And then I hit puberty.