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Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

Today, when we was rehearsing, up on that stagewithout her... it was like I opened my...

[chair creaks] today, when we was rehearsing, up on that stage
without her... [stammers] it was like I opened my mouth
and god just took away my gift

Full Transcript

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[chair creaks]
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today,
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when we was rehearsing,
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up on that stage without her... [stammers]
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it was like I opened my mouth and god just took away my gift.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:48:17
Uploaded
May 24, 2025
Genres
biography, drama, music
Production
Rock’n Robin Productions,Lincoln Square Productions,Lifetime,Front Street Pictures

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Movie Summary

The story of the New Orleans-born crooner who began singing at an early age and went on to become one of the most revered gospel figures in U.S. history, melding her music with the civil rights movement.
[inhales shakily] - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:07
[inhales shakily]
[exhales deeply] - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:05
[exhales deeply]
[off-key] ♪ amazing... Grace ♪ - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:05
[off-key] ♪ amazing... Grace ♪
They say that's what it feels like - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:04
They say that's what it feels like
Lord knows, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:05
Lord knows,
[chuckling] - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:04
[chuckling]
He alls himself "brother john" and he sings - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:06
He alls himself "brother john" and he sings
The shop's always been something for me to lean on, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:07
The shop's always been something for me to lean on,
I... I can't accept such a gift. - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:04
I... I can't accept such a gift.
Why does everybody think - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:04
Why does everybody think
Go tell the promoter to bring up the rest of my money in cash. - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:04
Go tell the promoter to bring up the rest of my money in cas...
I got to take me wherever I go. - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:04
I got to take me wherever I go.
[plays intro to "how I got over"] - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:04
[plays intro to "how I got over"]
[ecstatic applause continues] - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:09
[ecstatic applause continues]
[gasps] - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:06
[gasps]
[gasps deeply in pain] - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:09
[gasps deeply in pain]
[gasping and sobbing with pain] - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:07
[gasping and sobbing with pain]
[indistinct p.A. Announcements] - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:09
[indistinct p.A. Announcements]
Now, you can tell the newspapers that it's bronchitis, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:05
Now, you can tell the newspapers that it's bronchitis,
I know, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:07
I know,