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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Ma. This "Moonshine Blues," that's one of themsongs that Bessie Smith sangs, I believe....

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom • 2020

Ma. This "Moonshine Blues," that's one of them
songs that Bessie Smith sangs, I believe. Bessie what? I ain't thinking about Bessie. Shit. I taught Bessie. Bessie ain't
doing nothing but imitating me. What I care about Bessie?
I don't care if she sell a million record. She got her people. I got mine.
I don't care what nobody else do. Ma was the first. Don't you forget it. Nobody said nothing about all that. -I'm saying that's the song she sang.
-I've been doing this a long time. Ever since I was a little girl.
I don't care what nobody else do. Shoot. That's what
get me so mad with Irvin. White folks try to be
put out with you all the time. Too cheap to buy you a damn Coca-Cola. I lets them know it, though.
Ma don't stand for no shit. Shoot. They wanna take your voice
and trap it in all them fancy boxes with all them buttons and dials,
and then too cheap to buy you a Coca-Cola. Don't cost but a nickel a bottle. [door slams shut] They don't care nothing about me

Full Transcript

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Ma.

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This "Moonshine Blues," that's one of them songs that Bessie Smith sangs, I believe.

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Bessie what?

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I ain't thinking about Bessie.

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Shit. I taught Bessie. Bessie ain't doing nothing but imitating me.

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What I care about Bessie? I don't care if she sell a million record.

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She got her people. I got mine. I don't care what nobody else do.

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Ma was the first. Don't you forget it.

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Nobody said nothing about all that.

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-I'm saying that's the song she sang. -I've been doing this a long time.

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Ever since I was a little girl. I don't care what nobody else do.

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Shoot. That's what get me so mad with Irvin.

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White folks try to be put out with you all the time.

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Too cheap to buy you a damn Coca-Cola.

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I lets them know it, though. Ma don't stand for no shit.

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Shoot.

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They wanna take your voice and trap it in all them fancy boxes

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with all them buttons and dials, and then too cheap to buy you a Coca-Cola.

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Don't cost but a nickel a bottle.

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[door slams shut]

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They don't care nothing about me.

Duration

58 seconds

Views

60

Timestamp in Movie

00:50:12

Uploaded

May 31, 2025

Genres

Production

Escape Artists,Mundy Lane Entertainment

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Movie Summary

Tensions rise when trailblazing blues singer Ma Rainey and her band gather at a recording studio in Chicago in 1927.