b, c, d, e, f, g, h i that ain't swinging, that ain't soulful a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z. >> hey, boys and girls, have you met 26 letters of the alphabet? >> the little rhyming words, for lack of a better word, we're rapping. >> come on, children, and don't be slow. we're gonna count to 20. and here we go. >> 1234567, eight nine, ten. we're only halfway. so here we go again 11, 12. 13. >> 14. it wasn't like he was top dog. so don't look at luther as being the top dog. and listen to my brother. he wasn't. and the fact is for that are the obvious. black and heavy. if you are too black or you're too fat, you got a problem. you didn't know you had a problem until it was made a problem. could you sing your butt off better than everybody on that stage? >> 17, 18, 19, 20? >> even during those years, you still had prejudices based on the look and the appearance of what it is, not the talent. that luther vandross went to kalamazoo, michigan to go to college. but boy, he was miserable. he was. first of all, we were in listen, my brother. and then he got accepted. he didn't think he