. >> back in the '60s, marvin gaye wanted to besy frank sinatra. >> marvin won'ted to compete at a highn ♪ ♪ tell me what's going on ♪ >> marvin gaye was very much affected by the vietnam war. his brother was in vietnam. so he is hearing all these stories about what's going on over there. he is seeing the protest here and it's changing him. >> he holds up a mirror to america. look at yourselves, america. >> he is talking about the war. he is talking about poverty. changing in a way that gordy is not superhappy about. >> initially, barry gordy did not want marvin to do what's going on. >> motown was supposed to be nonthreatening. here, you now have marvin gaye making a protest record about the war that could potentially ruin good money. you don't, lightly, talk about the government. ♪ yes, i want to know what's going on right now ♪ >> ultimately, when he agrees, okay, if you are right, i will learn something. and if i'm right, you'll learn something. and, of course, as barry will say, i learned something. >> every artist at motown was, suddenly, also, gonna try their chance at freedom. >

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like, marvin gaye asks, what's going on? what's going on? what's going on? we are going to dig deep into some of those conversations, over the next-two hours, so i hope you stay tuned because they're going to be important. and probing. and real. and we're going to keep doing it, whether you're comfortable with it, or not. because you need to get past that discomfort zone. we, also, need to look at that video, right? no matter how hard it is to watch, and it is hard to watch. i know that. i wish i could just hit pause on that video, and stop what happened to george floyd. just pause it and say, okay, that's enough. stop. but, we can't. we cannot just turn away from it. we need to hear what those witnesses said about what they saw, that day. look at that. does that seem humane, to you? >> i can't. >> give you the opportunity to get in, brother. >> does that seem humane? does it seem like he saw that man's humanity? because, when you really listen, when you really allow yourself to really hear, it is 's devastating. it's gut wrenching. one witness, after anothe

father at home, all those days of listening to sliding the family stone and curtis mayfield and marvin gayelly paid off so thank you, dad. >> i did text her. i was kind of shocked that she actually answered her phone. i didn't think she'd have her phone on her. she's like, yes, yes! you know, so. >> wow, vallejo native continues to be a force just 23 years old. "today in the bay" cheryl hurd interviewed her last week as part of our "race in america" series. take a look. >> i'm exactly br i'm supposed to be in every moment including when i was 10 years old led up to this point and i worked hard throughout the years and people think things happen overnight but it's been a process since i was really young so yeah, everything you know, in gods atimes. i'm feeling blessed and excited. >> so humble. h.e.r. also last night filmmaker, musicians had the opportunity and responsibility to tell the truth about history and that she plans to keep doing that. so proud of her. and she won best song of the year at the grammys as well so she's just doing it, laura. >> she performed at the super bowl. she was