bob marley. sam cooke. >> songs that really touch people deeply. >> i have come to a place where i call it the sound of maternity. bob dylan calls it eternal young. i think there are certain songs that help you live without fear. when you are living in fear, you invest in violence. fear is expensive, just ask president bush. inn love. and what marvin gaye says is true, war is not the answer, only love can conquer hate. these things are not cliches, they are truisms. if we implement them, you will see a transformation in the bay area, richmond, oakland, the mission. all places where we need to dismantle the violence, the fear, the unnecessary pain that goes on. >> you are a person that has lived a pretty miraculous life. pretty extraordinary what you have accomplished, the range of people you have been able to touch with your music. you chose a beautiful word in spanish for your foundation -- miracle. could you talk about what the foundation has been able to do? >> we are able to empower and give y

i like to celebrate, like bob marley. like marvin gaye. i would like to thank jerry and diane for helping me to accelerate into a new perception for myself. when we perceive specialists, you can get in trouble -- when we perceive that we are special, you can get in trouble. you need special drugs for special pain because no one understands you. but someone thinks you are special. will you except they your significant and meaningful? then you do not need a doctor. being special is me, myself, and my experience. it will always get you in trouble. when you except that you are significant and meaningful, something happens with the universe, it comes to life. but i look at you the same way that you look at me. the creator made u.s. the same. consciousness. when i travel around the world, especially the united states, people crashed their head. we are very different. if you do not believe me, as clocks once in awhile. [laughter] -- watch fox once in a while. [laughter] i call than the complex clan without sheep -- call them the dlklu klux klan w

it will be the jamaican musicians, the peter toshes and bob marleys -- the people -- the politicians had to be responsive to what people were saying and doing because there was a movement around these high- profile folks. they cannot just represent the movement. they have to come out of the movement. it has to be present in our communities and schools and prisons even for that to happen. otherwise, we end up with the tail wagging the dog. these boats we have artificially created to be our saviors, and we need to be our own saviors. [applause] >> how do you see -- and this is to either one of you -- do you see the new disciplinary action, the prison system at this point, and where do we go? because you are doing wonderful work in the system. where we go to make that not happen anymore? >> i also want to throw out because sister davis is here and working with restorative justice for youth, to invite her voice into that question as well. >> what we are doing in oakland is to try to break the school to prison pipeline by coming up with alternatives to incarceration. in this case, restora

we've done some bob dylan, i mean, the stones, bob marley. >> jimmy: cool. >> yeah, it's pretty -- >>immy: changed the name. >> 78 violet. >> jimmy: 78 violet. >> yeah. >> jimmy: what does that mean? is it a nail polish color? [ light laughter ] >> gosh, it's really deep. >> jimmy: it's very deep. >> it gets really deep. >> jimmy: then don't tell me. i'd rather not know. >> i don't think you're gonna want to go there. >> jimmy: but, you're working on a new album. a new record. are you? am i making this up? >> no, you're acting kind of coy. because the last time that we were talking, you said that you were producing the -- you were drunk. >> jimmy: yes, i was. >> you were really drunk. >> jimmy: you don't want me producing your album. oh, my gosh. >> jimmy, i thought you were going to make us huge? >> jimmy: i will -- you were going to be huge anyways. what is it? it's 78 violet? >> yeah. >> jimmy: 78 violet will be huge. >> okay, okay. >> jimmy: what is the name of the first song? >> um, "i love you, jimmy." >> jimmy: see? "i love you, jimmy" is a good one with. >> it's good. >> jimmy