Tasty Mystery Baskets of Clips

Well, come on in.
Like clockwork, Mel.
Your God ain't shit.
Okay, Ma. We're ready to go.
Levee ain't nothing but trouble.
Everybody can't play like I do.
Ma ain't here. What's the point?
so he commence to walking.
Oh, no.
So you all just back up and leave Levee alone about the white man.
"Take care of your mama while I'm gone."
when you done seen them eating a whole hog?
If you walk out of this studio, you're through. You're washed-up.
Testing, testing, one, two, three.
Let me take your things.
You're supposed to improvise on the theme. That's what I was doing.
trips over a mic wire, then threatens to sue me.
All they want is my voice.
and sold him our land.
- Sylvester wrecked Ma's car. - I… I did not. The man hit me.
to where he could buy this land and be independent.
Fine, Mr. Irvin.
But they can't do nothing else 'cause they ain't got what they wanted yet.
That's my nephew. That's Sylvester. He was driving my car...
I'm tired of her nonsense. I'm not gonna put up with this.
- Oh, shit. - Ooh.
Yeah, we'll work it out with Ma, Cutler.
No. Come on, Sylvester.
- Look at Toledo. - Ooh!
- Where's my Coke? - "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," boys.
He wouldn't have to convince me long.
♪ The other night at a swell affair ♪
Don't y'all start nothing now.
but I figured whatever it was, they might as well do to me too.
what picks it up and sets it down in the people's lap,
Come on. What's the matter? Where is you?
If you was any kind of musician, you'd take care of your instrument.
and then ended up in this little town called Sigsbee.
It's a whole different bottom, though. It's a whole different style.
♪ My bell rang this morning ♪
Ma, I called down to the garage and checked on your car.
He ain't nothing but bad news.
and he was on his way to see his sister
- I'll pay you for your trouble. - What's the difference?
Get me three bottles of Coca-Cola, ice cold. Get y'all something too.
Oh, I admits it, all right. Ain't nothing wrong with it.
- He ain't playing in my band no more. - I'm fired? Good!
See, we's the leftovers. The colored man, he is the leftovers. Huh.
Mr. Sturdyvant, sir.
But he's paid, right?
I never could stand no silence.
Come on, baby. Come on. Come.
I'm gonna be like Ma and tell the white man just what he can do.
♪ "I wanna learn that dance" ♪
♪ When the world goes wrong And I got the blues ♪
Ma.
You dumber than I thought you was, talking about bad luck.
I heard of it, and he ain't got off no train
I ain't got nothing to do with it, but…
Ma tell Mr. Irvin she leaving?
- Sylvester, huh? - Sylvester Brown.
Folks say he carried the devil's papers and whatnot
I can't see how it's costing as much as they say.
♪ "Come on and show me Your black bottom" ♪
and my daddy went into Natchez to get him some seed and fertilizer.
- It's on the list. - Yes, sir, I know it's on the list.
Hey, Toledo. Ain't I give Mr. Sturdyvant some of my songs I wrote?
But I just want to know which version. We got two versions of that song.
I said "we." You understand that?
My daddy's name was Memphis. Memphis Lee Green.
I'm gonna give him a chance to save your black ass.
Come on.
What?
"All right, boys, you done seen the rest."
If he got what the people want, let him take it somewhere else.
you're in the wrong place.
We ain't in Memphis. We in Chicago. We in a recording session.
♪ Reason why? ♪
Uh, I got it. Don't worry about it.
Too cheap to buy you a damn Coca-Cola.
That four dollars liked to burn a hole in his pocket.
Grow anything you want.
I know what you talking about. You don't know what I'm talking about.
- You gonna burn in hell, nigga. - I'm calling your God.
Y'all back up and leave me alone about my music.
Yeah, everything changing all the time. Even the air you breathing change.
It's women like you that drive me so…
What you look like trying to tell me how to sing my song.
I bought and paid for that car.
No, they ain't.
That's the last thing I need, to go through your shit.
I eat it every day for breakfast.
Perfect.
It's, uh, 200 for you and 25 for the kid, right?
What's the colored man gonna do with himself?