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[picking up her bounce] ♪ not my father ♪
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Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

♪ not my father ♪ ♪ not my motherbut it's me ♪ -♪ o lord ♪-all right, that's...

[picking up her bounce]
♪ not my father ♪ ♪ not my mother
but it's me ♪ -♪ o lord ♪
-all right, that's enough

Full Transcript

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[picking up her bounce] ♪ not my father ♪
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♪ not my mother but it's me ♪
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-♪ o lord ♪ -all right, that's enough.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:13
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.
♪ standin' in the need of prayer ♪ - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:07
♪ standin' in the need of prayer ♪
[exhales irately] - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:06
[exhales irately]
It's a discredit - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:05
It's a discredit
White people will never understand you. - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:04
White people will never understand you.
If you want to have a career, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:11
If you want to have a career,
Because that voice... - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:04
Because that voice...
God say, "don't let no man define you, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:07
God say, "don't let no man define you,
He treats me good. [chuckles] - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:08
He treats me good. [chuckles]
I told her, the only thing I wanna walk with - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:04
I told her, the only thing I wanna walk with
No matter how poor we were, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:05
No matter how poor we were,
I just-- I just came by to see how your lesson went. - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:05
I just-- I just came by to see how your lesson went.
I ain't studying no high-class stuff - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:05
I ain't studying no high-class stuff
And I ain't got no ambition - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:05
And I ain't got no ambition
I grew up, every morning, every night, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:06
I grew up, every morning, every night,
I didn't have no aunt duke to feed me, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:10
I didn't have no aunt duke to feed me,
"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,