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I didn't have no aunt duke to feed me
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Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

I didn't haveno aunt duke to feed me, so I stuck my ear to the radio, learned to speak...

I didn't have
no aunt duke to feed me, so I stuck my ear to the radio, learned to speak this way so I could make
a better kind of life

Full Transcript

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I didn't have no aunt duke to feed me,
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so I stuck my ear to the radio,
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learned to speak this way
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so I could make a better kind of life.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:11:37
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.
"from the diaphragm." - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:10
"from the diaphragm."
I can't believe you had me going to that man. - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:04
I can't believe you had me going to that man.
You really do-- you really do belong on the stage. - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:05
You really do-- you really do belong on the stage.
Honey, I been tested plenty. - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:05
Honey, I been tested plenty.
I had this one bandleader, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:09
I had this one bandleader,
How in god's name did you say no to that much money? - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:04
How in god's name did you say no to that much money?
'cause the "no" that I told him was in god's name. - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:04
'cause the "no" that I told him was in god�...
God say his words would give joy, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:06
God say his words would give joy,
Now, I could sing the blues if I wanted to, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:05
Now, I could sing the blues if I wanted to,
I done lived way too much of the blues already, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:05
I done lived way too much of the blues already,
Well, my aunt duke-- - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:14
Well, my aunt duke--
Anybody singing the blues is alone and in a deep pit. - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:06
Anybody singing the blues is alone and in a deep pit.
I can't stand to live with any more pain. - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:04
I can't stand to live with any more pain.
From como, mississippi, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:04
From como, mississippi,
Estelle's gonna be my new piano player. - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:04
Estelle's gonna be my new piano player.
-Mm. -I... [words catch] - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:04
-Mm. -I... [words catch]
I tell mahalia all the time, she should be an opera star. - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:05
I tell mahalia all the time, she should be an opera star.
Well, how do you and god feel about that? - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:04
Well, how do you and god feel about that?
[estelle laughs] - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:23
[estelle laughs]
♪ elijah ♪ - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:35
♪ elijah ♪