ama: thank you so much for watching. i'm ama daetz. lou: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight -- kevin bacon, mike epps, and music from ben harper, with cleto and the cletones. and now, jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you, thank you. hello, everybody. welcome. hi, i'm jimmy. thank you for watching. thank you for coming. welcome back to those who were with us in prime time earlier tonight, for game five of the nba finals. you know, on friday night, we conducted an experiment.

i don't know -- it was a dumb experiment. j.j. reddick, a former player who now works for espn, says steph curry of the golden state warriors reads tweets during halftime. he looks to see what people are writing about him, and uses it as motivation in the second half. so, friday night, we were on before game four and i encouraged those watching to tweet something saying they saw steph swallow a fly during the game. because i thought it would be funny if he sat down at halftime, he was like, whoa, i ate a what? i guess a lot of other people thought it would be funny, too, because a lot of people did do that. all these tweets. saying things like -- "y'all saw that or i'm buggin? @stephencurry30 ate a whole fly" "@stephencurry30 did you see that fly come out of the back of his shorts and into his mouth?" "thank god for twitter. i thought i was the only one who saw @stephencurry30 eat that fly! he didn't even react!" "what are the chances that the fly that @stephencurry30 swallowed after it landed on his mouthguard is the same fly that landed on

mike pence's head?" yeah, what are the chances? there were a lot of them. and i don't know -- [ cheers and applause ] what kind of an effect it had on steph, but all i know is the warriors were down by five at halftime, curry came out, dropped 24 points in the second half, warriors came back by ten. if golden state ends up winning the series, i should get a ring, right? or a fly. that was super fly. we'll be on again in prime time on wednesday night for game six with steve martin, selena gomez, and martin short. you know, the nba finals isn't the only drama on television right now. in washington this morning, episode two of "csi can't believe donald trump's not in jail yet." i have to say, i watched it, and it is so crazy to see so much evidence confirming that donald trump did all the things we saw him do on television every day for three months straight. on television, you know, his inner circle testified time and time again, they testified that trump was actively trying to overturn the election.

every reasonable person in his orbit told him he lost. the show got started this morning with an unexpected twist, bill stepine, trump's former campaign manager, was supposed to testify against him, he had to pull out at the last minute, because his wife went into labor. basically, he had to pull out because he didn't pull out, and -- [ laughter ] but there were more than enough trump insiders on hand and on video to shed light on how this happened and what went down at the white house on election night. you remember how trump came out at 2:00 a.m. and declared victory? fox news had said he lost. well, we finally learned where he got that boneheaded idea. >> you will also hear testimony that president trump rejected the advice of his campaign experts on election night and instead followed the course recommended by an apparently inebriated rudy giuliani. >> jimmy: that's right. that's the title of rudy's autobiography.

the way you can tell rudy is drunk is his breath smells more like booze than cigars and cat turds. and the tales of rudy's inebriated advice on election night were backed up by senior adviser to the trump campaign, jason miller. >> was there anyone in that conversation who, in your observation, had too much to drink? >> ah -- mayor giuliani. >> jimmy: okay, so, rudy was drink. the big question is, what's donald trump's excuse? he doesn't even drink. this testimony from his lawyers, his staffers, his campaign advisers, his own family, they're really only two options here. either donald trump was lying and committed multiple criming trying to strong arm and election or he's off his rocker. it could be both. even jared kushner knew better than to go along with rudy giuliani's plan.

>> did you ever share, mr. curb nerp, your view of mr. giuliani, did you share your perspective with him abwith the president? >> um -- i guess -- ah -- yes. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that wasn't a still photo. that was video, by the way. [ applause ] you know, everyone -- everyone pretty much told trump he lost but he didn't want to hear that, he wanted to hear what giuliani told him. and how would trump know ju giuliani was drunk. does this seem like a drunk person to you? >> tony blinken or milley? all the networks, wow! all the networks! >> i know prince andrew is very questionable now, i never went

out with him, ever. never, never, never had are drink with him, never was with a woman or a young girl with him. no, i'm not an alcoholic. i'm a functioning -- i'm probably -- >> smell it, you can tell. >> shut up, moron. shut up. >> you are a brain-washed -- >> all right, rudy, hold that thought. >> jimmy: right, i mean, how would you know? it's -- [ applause ] i don't think -- i think if we had video of everybody in this audience of their entire lives we couldn't put something like that together. the committee hired a high profile news producer to try to keep the hearing interesting, but it can be dry sometimes, which is fine for the cable news channels but young

people nowadays, the audience they really want to reach. to get them to watch, you need filters. >> do you swear or affirm that the testimony you're about to give is the whole truth, so help you god? >> the results were still being counted. it was becoming clear that the race would not be called on election night. >> you were apart of the decisions at fox news on election night. >> jimmy: i've not seen ivanka look so alert before. the star of today's show was bill barr. this is a guy who swept the mueller report like a chubby roo roomba, he made it all disappear. this is the man who donald trump hand-picked to run his justice department told the president about claims that the election was stolen. >> i told him that the stuff

that he hisis people were shove out to the public was [ bleep ], that the claims were [ bleep ]. and he was indignant about that. >> jimmy: same thing happened when they told trump eric was born. he was indignant. barr also said trump had become detached from reality. and that's the thing. this is not some deep state democrat, this is one of the president's henchiest henchmen. though the testimony is coming from inside the house, trump is calling it a one-sided witch hunt. fox news didn't even air the first hearing, the prime time edition. they did carry today's proceedings on their network. they figured at 10:00 a.m., when most of their viewers are switching out their catheters or applying for reverse mortgages or buying walk-in bathtubs, i don't know. trump released an angry rebuttal tonight in which he doubled down on his bogus claims of election fraud. he suggested mark zuckerberg be generally prosecuted. i'm okay with that.

and -- the statement is -- it's 12 pages long. there are citations and footnotes, which, i don't know what lawyer still represents him, but no way trump wrote this. he thinks footnotes got him out of vietnam. the republicans in the house are doing everything they can to distract us from these hearings. andy biggs from arizona, he's one of the guys that got a subpoena from the select committee and refused to comply with it, andy believes we have much bigger chips to fry right now. >> they don't want you talking about the size of the pack of tortillas that i bought last week before i came out, they used to look like the regular corn tortillas -- they look like mini tortillas. >> jimmy: guac him up! guac him up! and don't even get him started on taquitos! what even are those? meanwhile, in russia, this is

interesting speculation of vladimir putin, who reportedly travels with a suitcase to poon. they think he does this because he doesn't want his enemies to get information about his health status from analyzing his fecal matter. because nothing screams i'm in perfect health like traveling around the world with a suitcase foul of your bowel movements. a security guy carries the briefcase around and when he needs it , he uses it. that's a good gig. hey, sergei, you're on the poop bag today. so interesting, i mean, if he goes to another continent with it, would that make it an icbm? thank you. anyway. [ applause ] a briefcase to poopn. not a bad idea for spirit airlines. you know, last night in new york, they had the tony awards. magical time of the year when comic book nerds turn on the tv and go, why is wolverine wearing

se sequins? hugh jackman did a number from his big hit show "the music man." you see that, guillermo? >> guillermo: no, i didn't. >> jimmy: not surprising to me. best musical went to "a strange loop," which is about a broadway usher named usher, who is writing a musical about a broadway usher named usher. and if that isn't confusing enough, it's written by a guy named michael jackson and beat out the musical about michael jackson. don't smoke weed before you see it, you might never get home is what i'm saying. the actor who plays michael jackson won best actor for his performance as the king of pop, 22-year-old myles frost became the youngest person to win best actor in a musical and gave a very emotional speech. 13 years after his death, michael jackson somehow still manages to touch young men. it is really incredible. too soon? okay, all right, well -- we'll give it another 13. [ laughter ] on the other end of the music

spectrum, luke combs, the country music superstar, has a -- i think i'm drinking some of rudy's -- superstar is the word i was mumbling. he has a new album called "growing up" coming out june 24th. luke is a great lover of the outdoors, and managed to turn one of his hobbies into a lucrative endorsement deal. a new commercial that we are pleased to present for the first time ever right now. ♪ >> hey, y'all. i'm luke combs and i love to fish, but i'm no pro. that's why i start every adventure with a trip to bass amateur shop. the place for people who love to fish but don't have the faintest idea how to do it. our friendly employees are ready to help find the gear that's right for you and answer all of your stupidest questions. >> how wet is the fish going to be? >> are fish animals or dolphins? >> how do they get all that salt in the water? >> why is one fish fish and two

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[ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: welcome back. tonight, from "the upshaws," mike epps is with us. then later, a multi-instrumentalist with multiple grammys on his shelf, his new album is called "bloodline maintenance", out july 22nd, ben harper from the mercedes-eq stage. ben is great. we have new shows this week with a lot of martins on it. steve martin, martin lawrence, martin short, selena gomez, billy eichner, and mike tyson. please join us for all of that. our first guest tonight is a loose-footed man with a resume that is second to none. he plays boston fbi agent jackie rohr on "city on a hill", season three premieres july 31st

on showtime. please welcome kevin bacon. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: very good to see you, kevin. >> thank you. >> jimmy: i know you were in new york last night for the film festival. >> i was, yes. my wire keyra sedgwick directeda film. >> jimmy: nice. you're in the film. >> i'm in the film. i have a small part. insert joke about sleeping with the director here. >> jimmy: uh-huh. what is it called? >> it's called "space oddity." and i have a -- a small part but a good part and she's -- you know, she's a great director. i'm sure you -- you probably relate to this, don't you tire of the joke about molly producing, it's like, hey, what it's it like to be directed bill your wife. >> jimmy: my wife -- yeah, yeah, she doesn't really direct the

show but i get a lot of -- oh, that was funny, molly must have wrote that. >> yeah, yeah. [ applause ] i mean, there's something about people just love to say it's got to be weird, your wife directing it. i really love it. she's a great, great director. and i think that -- i've worked with actor/directors before, rob reiner and ron howard, clint eastwood. i think actors, we make good directors a lot of times but part of the problem sometimes is that you look at a script, i think, and you hear the music of the line and it's very hard to not want to give somebody a line -- >> jimmy: to tell them how to say it. i didn't even know this -- that you are not supposed to tell actors how to do the line. >> it's not cool. not cool. i mean, i have to say, i don't really like -- i don't really like it. now, if it's clint easted woo, you know, that's fine.

he can tell me how to say a line. >> jimmy: okay. >> or if it's a line i'm saying that rob reiner whats a funny take on it. >> jimmy: but not kyra. you don't take them from her. you will take them -- >> well, here's the thing. she, i know, has, you know, i think it's hard for her to not do it but she really avoids it. but we got to this one line, this one line and i just, in her ear, was just not saying it right. >> jimmy: do you remember the line? >> i remember the line. it went like this. okay. that's the whole line. >> jimmy: that was it? [ applause ] >> that's the entire line. so -- we play the scene and she's -- and i'm playing a scene with my daughter and the daughter goes okay, and i go, "okay." and she's like -- hmm, yeah, great. let's go again. kev, when you say "okay", it's a

different kind -- and she's trying so hard to not give me a line read. she's saying, like, think about your dog or, you know, whatever, like, any kind of way in to get me to say it right. so, i do about, i don't know, five takes, very unusual to do that many takes. about -- you know, few months later she's in postproduction and she goes, could you send me a voice memo of various versions of "okay"? and i was like -- why? just, i just want to cut in some other kind of version. so, i'm on my iphone going -- okay. okay. okay. okay! just -- how many times? it's like, i'm pulling out all the stops. i got my best [ bleep ] on this thing and -- so, i guess she drops one of them in and sure enough, we get to the -- there's the thing called looping, you

usually replace lines if there's been a siren or there's been a, you know, a bird flying over you, you know, some kind of technical reason that you have to replace the dialogue and you stand in a stage and you watch yourself and you say the line. and i get to the thing and there's a bunch of lines that had technical issues, clearly. and then i see "okay" is there. and i'm like -- and she was also not in town, we were doing it let motely and she's like, i'm sorry, but it's just -- you still haven't. when we watched the movie last night, we got to that scene and i was glancing over -- [ laughter ] i was glancing over at her thinking -- i don't think i got it. i don't think in her mind i ever -- >> jimmy: the okay wasn't okay? >> i don't think it was okay. [ applause ] >> jimmy: did she think it was okay? >> well, she was probably looking to see if anybody stood up and walked out during my reading 0 of that line. >> jimmy: now that i think about it, okay might have the biggest

range of any -- it's not even a word, really, it's two letters together -- >> not even a word. what are you saying, i said it wrong? >> jimmy: no, i'm not saying you said it wrong. i'm saying you probably said it wrong. [ laughter ] kyra was probably right, i mean, let's be honest. >> listen, she -- look. that's the other thing that's great about her, she knows what she wants and she gets it. >> jimmy: sounds like she -- well, maybe didn't get it, i don't know. who knows. this is -- i want to ask you about something very strange. >> sure. >> jimmy: put up on the screen there. this is a fast food restaurant in argentina and looks like there are locations around the world. >> wow. >> jimmy: called kevin bacon fast good. was this supposed to be fast food? >> wow. >> jimmy: and they accidentally -- >> listen. i -- i clearly didn't have photo approval. >> jimmy: yeah. >> that is not a good picture of me. >> jimmy: what -- this is --

some kind of clown face. >> jimmy: this is a hamburger chain, correct? >> well, i got to tell you, i think there's other kevin bacon restaurants that i don't get any money for. >> jimmy: you're not affiliated with this? >> not at all, no, no. where is it? what country? >>. >> jimmy: argentina. i haven't been to argentina. you're kidding me. you're getting ripped off in argentina. there you are. i don't know what that means. this is like if they did wahlbergers without mark wahlberg. >> exactly right. i'll be talking to my attorney. tomorrow. >> jimmy: wow. well, i'm sorry -- >> we'll get it dialed in. >> jimmy: i want to apologize to the copyright thieves in argentina who thought they would get away with that. oh, boy. well, the hamburger looked pretty good. can we see that again, the hamburger? yeah, well, at least -- >> look at the size of that thing. >> jimmy: that will kill you right there. all right, well, we're going to take a break and when we come

back, we're going to see a clip from the show. season three of "city on a hill" on showtime. kevin bacon is with us. we'll be right back. >> lou: portions of "jimmy kimmel live" is brought to you by astral tequila. nourished by the sun and stars. a bright tasting tequila for bright moments together. ♪ ♪

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i'm scared. >> fear kills more people than death. you know who said that? general george s. patton. when he almost got fired in italy, did he quit? no. >> you didn't victoriously march into berlin. you were fired from the fbi. >> jimmy: that is kevin bacon in season three on "city on a hill. "this is a really good show. and i love your -- the way you, like, kind of move as this character, is that, like, you base that on anybody, or -- an animal or something? >> no. >> jimmy: very cocky george jefferson-esque kind of walk. >> yeah, it's funny, because i think of it as, it's all the voice, including the way that you move and the character has a rhythm, has a -- a kind of music to the way they speak and that's tied into the way they move.

and it wasn't really based on anyone. what was stroange about this character, when i read the first draft of the pilot, i heard him, i saw him, i saw what he was going to look like, what his hair was going to look like, what his clothes were going to look like. he just kind of came to me in a weird sort of way. >> jimmy: he seems very real. >> yeah. well, thank you, thank you. ing for real. like, i know guys like that. >> yeah. well, one thing is great, if you have -- this is a great thing about television -- i resisted for so many many years, you rea get a chance of three seasons to just really, really walk in his shoes. and that -- as an actor, that's all you can ask for, really. >> jimmy: the executive producers, two of them, are matt damon and ben affleck. matt doesn't actually do anything, right? >> i've seen his name on the credits but i have no idea what he does. >> jimmy: you've not seen him on set? >> no, i haven't. >> jimmy: has he been in any meetings is?

>> never met him. >> jimmy: interesting. >> i have met matt. jsh >> jimmy: the one guy, there's no -- no degrees of separation with matt damon. isn't that something. have you seen the val kilmer documentary? >> yes, i did. >> jimmy: you saw that you're in it? >> yes, i noticed that, yeah. >> jimmy: did you know, did they ask you in advance? >> no, no, they didn't. but -- which is cool, i thought it was really remarkable. you know, what was interesting to me is that, you know, val was a very early adopter of home video, most people didn't walk -- nobody had iphones and very few people had video cameras and he always did. and i kind of forgotten about it. so, you know, when you see a little moment out of your life -- >> jimmy: yeah. >> that's backstage in that kind of way, it's really, really -- it's strange, i mean -- it's

different than watching a movie, say, you know, because a movie, you get a kind of separation from it, but in that little moment, i was definitely taken aback to -- >> jimmy: it's you. it's 1983, you guys were doing a play together, right? >> yeah, me and sean penn and val. >> jimmy: what was the play? >> it with us a play called "slab boys." and i had done the play in louisville and then it came into new york and all, you know, all three of us punks, jackie earl haley was in it. >> jimmy: wow. >> it was great. we had a great time. >> jimmy: yeah, and this is a -- this is what appeared on screen. this is you and sean, right? [ applause ] >> well -- okay. you know -- >> jimmy: you know instantly which butt is yours? >> wow. i didn't know it was that

extreme. >> jimmy: yeah. >> you guys really -- that's a freeze frame, i mean -- >> jimmy: yeah, we call that a freeze frame. >> yeah, it's a freeze frame. >> jimmy: kyra will tell you about it. >> i think i'm the one with the striped shirt, but -- >> jimmy: wow, you're not sure, huh? maybe one day -- next time you're here, we'll have sean come and you can recreate that moment. >> listen -- >> jimmy: we'll reboot it. >> yeah, i mean, that will really take us back. >> jimmy: great to see you. the show is called "city on a hill," premieres sunday, july 31st on showtime. the great kevin bacon, everybody. we'll be right back. stage when i saw her and she... she pulled me in. wasn't expecting that. it was literally... literally the greatest thing i've ever seen... scene... it was such a scene, but i looked pretty hot... so hot. i mean the look on his face... face it!

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[ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: music from ben harper is on the way. you know our next guest from a hundred things, including "next friday," "the hangover," and now, season two of "the upshaws." it premieres june 29th on netflix. please say hello to mike epps. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: good to see you. what's with the bag? >> jimmy, this is the gift bag that -- it's getting a little

smaller every time i come back, jimmy. >> jimmy: it is? >> this bag used to be filled up. >> jimmy: did it? >> yeah, it had snacks and everything. >> jimmy: oh. >> now, only thing in there now is a hat. >> jimmy: oh, is that right? why would you need a bag for a hat? i'm so sorry, it's embarrassing. how many mugs with my name on it do you need? >> i got a lot of them, man. my wife is like, give me the jimmy kimmel. >> jimmy: you've been coming here since, like, the very beginning of the show. >> yeah. >> jimmy: this is almost 20 years ago. >> i appreciate it. >> jimmy: for 17 of those years we've been talking about this project where you're going to play richard pryor. >> yeah. >> jimmy: and year after year after year, no project. no project. and then finally this year -- well, yeah. >> i got a little -- >> jimmy: gave me a little taste. the lakers, the hbo lakers thing, "winning time."

you played richard pryor. finally. >> i did! [ applause ] i played a little taste of richard pryor and it was amazing, man. you know, just for my name to even come up with richard pryor's name -- i don't care if i did good or not. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: well, that's the spirit. >> i'm just happy my name came up. >> jimmy: we have a picture of you and richard -- wait a minute. >> oh, god. what the hell? >> jimmy: so sorry. posing next to richard pryor. yeah, i can see it, you know? it's -- [ applause ] >> yeah, man. richard pril your pryor -- >> jimmy: he's the best. >> i wish i could have met him. well, i did. >> jimmy: you met him but -- >> i wish we could have hung out and be in one of his stories. >> jimmy: where did you meet him? >> at his house, man. >> jimmy: oh.

>> his wife had me come up to his house. >> jimmy: wow. >> i sat with him. he really couldn't talk at the time. >> jimmy: right. >> he was like this. but one of the maids came through and she pulled it and -- >> jimmy: she did? and? >> i said, man, that sound like it been tampered with. and he started laughing. he was like, ah! >> jimmy: that's a very -- that's a very strange experience. sorry about that, i went a little bit rated x on there. >> jimmy: you feel like young people appreciate how great richard pryor was? cleto and i -- i remember lying to my parents and buying a ticket for another movie to go see -- >> he had so many curse words. but yeah, man, the younger generation, they really don't know who a lot of people are. >> jimmy: right. >> you know, like, my kids told me that, she was like, oh, you

too old to be wearing air jordans and i'm like, hold up, wait a minute. i might look too old to wear these shoes, but we was wearing these before you was even born. and she didn't even know that that was michael jordan on the -- >> jimmy: no. >> no. >> jimmy: no. >> i had -- i had -- jimmy, i had to grab the shoe and show her that that was a man's head -- she thought it was like, a butterfly or something. i'm like, this is a real man! >> jimmy: wow, wow, that's depressing, i guess, huh? >> it is, man. >> jimmy: game five of the nba finals is tonight. who are you hooting for? i know you are from indiana. >> man, you know -- it's up in the air, man. both teams are so good and steph curry, he's like some type of magical wizard or something. >> jimmy: yeah. he is. [ applause ] >> you know? when he turns it on, man, you know, he wins. and it really looks like he's

not really playing. it's like he's out there just having a good time and the mouthpiece is hanging out of his mouth and he's winking at his parents and throwing the ball up behind his back. and then he wins. >> jimmy: you did a -- yeah, it's -- that's basically what happens. >> i'm like dang. >> jimmy: you did a comedy special a few years ago, i think, and the warriors were there in the audience, right? >> yeah. >> jimmy: and you were talking to them. >> steph curry -- >> jimmy: who else was there? >> draymond green. yeah, the whole team was there. it was for boogie cousins. >> jimmy: demarcus cousins. >> yeah, the wifey was like, who's boogie? that's a black hood name, we got boogie. but -- yeah, i did a special, all the guys were sitting in the audience, man, and i talked about everybody right in they face. >> jimmy: did they like it?

>> they wives seemed to like it more than them. >> jimmy: yeah. >> it was like, yeah, get him, get him. >> jimmy: your show "the upshaw upshaws," wanda sykes plays your sister-in-law. >> wanda sykes, shoutout to wandasykes. >> jimmy: one of the great comedians of all time. i'm going to try to remember, it was -- last time she was here, i asked when you guys met, she said it was at a comedy club and -- in boston, i think and you were worried because there were too many white people there. >> yeah. yeah, you know, that's the only time i'm scared of white people is at a comedy show. >> jimmy: why? why is that? >> because white people don't laugh the way i want them to laugh. white people's laugh will mess your self esteem up. see that, right there, that --

that laugh right there. they laugh and then -- the way white people laugh, they laugh, they say, ha-ha, all right, what's next? oh, man. black people fall out the chair -- rolling around the table. [ applause ] man, we hit each other, man. your arm be sore when you get home, man. somebody beat you to death at the comedy show. >> jimmy: you are totally right. because i remember doing a roast of shaquille o'neal and the audience was almost entirely a black audience and i thought -- i never want to see a white person in an audience again. >> they were so good, huh? >> jimmy: yeah, it was so much fun. >> man, that's the truth man. >> jimmy: what season is this of

"the upshaws?" >> yeah, season two. we're coming out june 29th, make sure y'all check it out, schedule your calendar, man, for one of the best shows. >> jimmy: if you have a day planner, write it down. and just -- one caveat, white people are not encouraged to watch. >> no -- >> jimmy: is it okay if they watch at home? >> yeah, you can watch it at home. >> jimmy: mike epps, everybody. "the upshaws" premieres june 29th on netflix. we'll be right back with music from ben harper. >> lou: the "jimmy kimmel live" concert series is presented by mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. ted by mercedes benz.

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so you can be ready for what's next. get started with a great deal on internet and voice for just $49.99 a month for 24 months with a 2 -year price guarantee. call today. the "jimmy kimmel live" concert series is presente >> lou: the "jimmy kimmel live" concert series is presented by mercedes e-q. all electric, all mercedes. >> jimmy: i want to thank kevin bacon and mike epps. apologies to matt damon. we ran out of time for him. "nightline" is next, but first -- his album "bloodline maintenance" is out july 22nd. here with the song "we need to talk about it," ben harper!

♪ ♪ slavery we need to talk about it we need to talk about it ♪ ♪ i say black lives matter ooh 'cause history says we don't ♪ ♪ you're either a christian or a racist you can't be both oohh ♪ ♪ slavery we need to talk about it we need to talk about it ♪ ♪ what does it say about america what does it say about africa ♪ ♪ and what does it say about all of us all of us ♪

♪ whoever said time heals all wounds wasn't a slave i'm guessing i'm guessing ♪ ♪ hundreds of years that's just too long of a lesson we need to talk about it ♪ ♪ ooh what does it say about the buyer ooh what does it say about the seller ♪ ♪ and what does it say about all of us all of us ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ how does a ghost forgive we need to talk about it how are we supposed to live ♪ ♪ how tell me how we need to talk about it ♪ ♪ with 12 million taken not one single reparation we need to talk about ♪ ♪ slavery what does it say about forgiveness we need to talk about ♪ ♪ what does it say about compassion we need to talk about ♪ ♪ slavery about justice about fairness yeah we need to talk about ♪ ♪ slavery about the law and the land what does it say about then what does it say about now we need to talk about slavery ♪

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