Transcriber: Delia Cohen Reviewer: Peter Van de Ven
Let's go, San Quentin!
I need y'all to stand up for me right here.
Come on, everybody stand up!
Go ahead and do your favorite dance.
Ain't nobody see you.
Go ahead, I want y'all up. Don't be shy.
I'm going to give you a glimpse of a day in my life:
What we do here up at San Quentin, y'all.
♪ Chow time, six o'clock ♪
♪ Seven days, same programs, different jobs ♪
♪ Wake up slow and my day's fast ♪
♪ Clear mind to start the week, meditation class ♪
♪ Hop the cell, 13 hours every day ♪
♪ So much to do, brain need a break ♪
♪ Used to be an advocate to implicate fear ♪
♪ Instead of acting out now, I'm acting Shakespeare ♪
♪ Two times of the week ♪
♪ Help control my anger, that's drama therapy ♪
♪ Keep my head from going in a tailspin ♪
♪ In order to get clean, I gotta shower up with 12 men ♪
♪ Bunk beds, lockers, toilet bowl-sink ♪
♪ Cell about the same size as a Ford-150 ♪
♪ Dreaming bigger walls, arm-to-arm length ♪
♪ Failing's giving up, I'm just dusting off my cleats ♪
♪ Never fought for anything if I don't stand up ♪
♪ Worst enemy is me if I don't man up ♪
♪ Never thought in elementary I'd see the pen ♪
♪ Life behind bars, welcome to San Quentin ♪
♪ Never fought for anything if I don't stand up ♪
♪ Worst enemy is me if I don't man up ♪
♪ Never thought in elementary I'd see the pen ♪
♪ Life behind bars, welcome to San Quentin ♪
♪ No ulterior motives, schemes, scams, master plots ♪
♪ Now I donate, participate in breast cancer walks ♪
♪ 39 miles with survivors all pink ♪
♪ Even celebrate a day we made: Day of Peace ♪
♪ If Muhammad Ali can be the greatest ♪
♪ I'm starting Patten College to further my education ♪
♪ No matter what I do, always give my best ♪
♪ Noodles cooked so good in hot pots Chef Ramsey might want a taste test ♪
♪ Motivate my brain, play me some chess ♪
♪ Exercise on the yard is how I'm dealing with my stress ♪
♪ State property: my name and case number ♪
♪ Counted nightly to make sure I ain't escaping for the border ♪
♪ My heart used to be a stone ♪
♪ Donate to Kid CAT, care packs for the homeless ♪
♪ Giving back's the greatest feeling that I'm gonna get ♪
♪ Having nothing, know how it feel, that's how I once lived ♪
♪ Never fought for anything if I don't stand up ♪
♪ Worst enemy is me if I don't man up ♪
♪ Never thought in elementary I'd see the pen ♪
♪ Life behind bars, welcome to San Quentin ♪
♪ Never fought for anything if I don't stand up ♪
♪ Worst enemy is me if I don't man up ♪
♪ Never thought in elementary I'd see the pen ♪
♪ Life behind bars, welcome to San Quentin ♪
♪ Hey, I've been trying to make amends ♪
♪ Show peace and support with my San Quentin wristband ♪
♪ Stay busy till the day stop ♪
♪ Filling applications for a PIA job ♪
♪ San Quentin Blues band ♪
♪ Memorial Day, paying homage to our veterans ♪
♪ No, I can't sleep on these mattresses ♪
♪ And yes, it's a hungry week: my name ain't on that package list ♪
♪ Feeling strong as a bear ♪
♪ but every year, I attend the health fair ♪
♪ Free massage, get my back cracked ♪
♪ A little acupuncture, I get my teeth checked ♪
♪ Clothes washed in buckets every night ♪
♪ Hang 'em on a string across my wall just to dry ♪
♪ My worst drug was the streets ♪
♪ Thanks to many self-help groups, now I'm drug-free ♪
♪ Never fought for anything if I don't stand up ♪
♪ Worst enemy is me if I don't man up ♪
♪ Never thought in elementary I'd see the pen ♪
♪ Life behind bars, welcome to San Quentin ♪
♪ Never fought for anything if I don't stand up ♪
♪ Worst enemy is me if I don't man up ♪
♪ Never thought in elementary I'd see the pen ♪
♪ Life behind bars, welcome to San Quentin ♪
♪ Never fought for anything if I don't stand up ♪
♪ Worst enemy is me if I don't man up ♪
♪ Never thought in elementary, I'd see the pen ♪
♪ Life behind bars, welcome to San Quentin ♪
Just world. You see it.
(Cheers) (Applause)