#DAVIDRUFFIN (Whole Funeral 1991)

Oh, what people am I here? I see them. Thanks for coming. I don't know if I go to Instagram. I don't know if I'm going to do this up here on Instagram. You might have to visit YouTube to see it properly because, you know, it's up and down on Instagram. I'll see you all, JD. I hope you guys got my message, man, about how we're running out of time, we'll just leave it. A few more people come in here and then I'm going to start with this. Hold on. I hope you don't have much to do.

It's not the weekend, but it feels like it. No, I do not own the copyright. the music you're listening to but you know, damn, that's my dad, how about you don't mess with me right now? I'm just saying I'm going to start this in about five more minutes, give it about five more minutes, what's up? it's for Graham, it's actually numbers, they're actually killing YouTube right now. YouTube is slow moving there. That in Ronda I see you jelly, jelly, what a man, come on, jelly, stop mine, you miss me, brother, that makes me. Feel real good, man, that's love, bro, really, that's what's up, two more minutes here.

Let's go ahead and live this. You understand, what we are seeing now is the full video of my father and my father attending to his. The

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service was good, man, I see you running, Kendrick, always. I know the music is all his. Bugsy, thanks for being here, you too, what are you doing, okay, about three more minutes, ten later, this was really trying to be polite and let some people in here, so hey Queen, it's good to see you, my hands, I mean. hand, thank you two years I wonder if my niece will go with me Justin, thank you for tuning in sir, ten after eight we're going to go ahead and I mean ten after six, my time we're going to go ahead and visit, which is only two further.

Now hang in there, I just need to, uh, you know, let everyone know so they don't trip when this video stops. I have to go ahead and change the CD, so when it stops it will be just a halfway point or a little beyond. Midpoint, okay, so you know, about 100 seconds left. Let's start this video. Find notes, yes, I have it. I have that goal record on my wall. I feel very honored. I'm crazy to have it. I'll see. you black Wragby RB I'll see you I hear you love yeah I really hear you how about heaven help us all really right now with everything that's going on oh my god we got a few left 45 seconds and we're leaving? go ahead and play for all of you, I would stay silent so you can hear what's going on, everyone on YouTube, thanks for tuning in.

Love, love, love for you, you don't know. I'm sure everyone here knows it's my father's. The death anniversary, 29 years, is about to hit 610 right now, so let's go ahead and blow it up and yes, at some point I'll post this again in a better format, but right now it's a quick prayer . Thank you Laura for May these people join me here today, may they feel enlightening, inspired and special by having the opportunity to receive this video. May all the people who are suffering right now due to Covid be healthy, safe and recovering quickly, and may the rest of Us who are experiencing some of America's racist problems have some kind of peace today, tomorrow and for the rest of the future.

Amen, here we go, let's go. Oh, take my morning. Me and Oh, hey, man. Oh, maybe just audio, it's not. I, my computer, this house recorded just so you know it won't come back one bit. Wait a second, let me make sure everything is working correctly. I know the sound is bad, it's the record itself, it's a very old, very old medium. I apologize. will clarify ms. Henderson here and that existed, you know this, you know, move on to where the sound is better or you all are okay, you just saw it, hallelujah. I'll be glad when the sound comes back, it'll be back before they see Stevie and everyone. day, let's give them a warm welcome and tell the family that I feel very honored to be here performing the song and the memory of one of the greatest hopes that ever existed in Jimmy, all of you, one of the best friends of all time , Quincy. to improve now oh yes, absolutely, I will make my claim Oh, I am very honored.

I am very honored to be here today to represent the Dorney family, the Motown family and many of those associated with David Ruffin during his time. with us, you know I met David and my family met David, probably just a few days after he came to Detroit from Meridian Mississippi, a friend brought him to Farnsworth and told him that pig was on Anna Records, which is owned by my sister Gwendolyn Gordy. David signed the contract with Anna and his first recordings as a soloist were not on Anna's albums. David needed a place to stay and my parents owned a building with about five shops and two five-year-old flats upstairs.

David recorded with Anna. records downstairs and one of the storefronts and he lived there with my building and my family's building, so you see, we've known David for a long time, it was shortly after he made those couple of records that he went to Motown and met Berry Gordy and joined the Temptations The Temptations were a fantastic group and David was the kind of person they needed to replace her when she said that David's roots were in dodgeball that David could sing, she said that David even when he He came back cursed and rehearsed that a lot.

Even when he rehearsed it was like he was on stage and that was very easy to see at Motown. Berry Gordy was trying to make stars and stars make legends and stars make institutions temptations are an institution and David Ruffin was a very integral part of that and to help make that happen, you know he had everything prepared a speech that he was going to give and in three minutes you can't talk about David Ruffin and get all the things you want to say in three minutes, but sure, but this morning I opened my email. I stopped by the Motown museum office and opened my mail and there was a letter from a young man that was written on June 1, which means he wrote it around the time he probably found out about David's death and what he said. .

In this brief letter I simply summarized what he was going to say and I think it would be the consensus of David's associates, his family and his friends, and I would like to read it to you and, in closing, he said dear madam. Edwards I am writing to offer my deepest condolences to family friends, colleagues and others who may have been moved by his beautiful voice or to those who may have known Mr. David Laughlin I am a fan of classic Motown acts and the original lineup of Temptations was a difficult act to follow considering the harmony of stage preference with the astute choreography and popularity the group had under Mr.

The leadership of Rosen in Black America must get real and effectively deal with the social ills that many threaten because of her beautiful talent and I would like her efforts at Motown to live on in the hearts of the fans she grew up with. The United States was making waves around the world. God of the nation bless you all and may we have a moment of silent prayer to honor a great fallen artist and honestly, Terry Edwards and as far as Motown was concerned, I was the personal steward of temptations. They were a fantastic team. David spoke softly and that group was really together they were in sync and they loved each other, they became the institution that they are and I just like to stay here and now, especially for the family and the 10th for Eddie and for dinner.

You have our deepest condolences and although David is gone for now, he is here forever. Rita was the first journalist to write about most of Motown's early acts, including the Temptations. I am honored to be asked to share her memory of her and David Ruffin's temptations with all of you because she was there. At first, Rita feels like she has a monopoly on the Temptation memories, but I remember them fondly too. The album that first inspired me to ask a girl to dance was my girl. She was 11 years old. David Ruffin sang and I haven't stopped dancing with temptations.

Since and when I read Rita's comments, David Ruffin has to be recognized as a singer because he was the lead voice of one of the most popular vocal groups in the world. Temptations, friends, fans and Detroit residents did not hide their law and loyalty from him. Motown Temptations, but we still had our favorites in the group, when we heard David Ruffin as a soloist, we automatically turned up the volume on our car radios and stereos and sang at the top of our lungs as if we were also members of the Temptations that I had for first time. saw David Ruffin with the chimpanzees at the old Hitsville studio the group was singing in the background had a session for a wonderful recording produced by Brian Holland crammed into the control room with spectators barely older than their teens would immediately become famous in a few years there was a really good feeling shared that there wasn't a single person among us who wasn't having fun.

David was clowning around like the artists in the studio back then. I was in the beginning stages of my career. It was entertainment. The writer and I knew instantly that days like these were going to be one of the advantages of my professional career, those real good feelings carried over to the 20 grand nightclub when the temptation record began to take a hit, the economy must have been much better back then because we made it a point to be at the club almost every night of their engagement when we got the money or clothes to attend. Many showed xscape but most other memories remain intact.

David Ruffin helped make good singing in good times a hallmark. Of those temptation shows of the '60s, the performances were worth standing in long lines at the Fox Theater Leo's casino in Cleveland or Copacabana knew that his fans and neighbors traveled by charter bus to nearby cities and flew almost anywhere to see him perform. To the group. I think they all consider themselves family because the members of The Tents were so approachable, they littered and shopped in our community when they finished the show, they didn't go out a side door, they sat and talked to people in the audience when other artists were in the room. city.

They would be available to provide support, especially David Ruffin. I don't remember the stage where she didn't jump up and sing no matter how big or small the club was, because we felt like a family, we felt free to talk about the times. as a family after each television appearance we would talk about David's latest effort towards individuality if the other members of the group wore their hair naturally it would be curly his wardrobe of glasses seemed to vary from neon color to playing once when temptations appeared on The Show from Ed Sullivan that David had performed with his injured wrist in a cast, we shook our heads and said David, anything to be different, his gritty, soft tear stayed and Tiff's voice is what really made the distinction.

Some find it hard to believe that David Ruffin was alone With temptations for four and a half years in our hearts, that tenure is eternal. Remember when we filled the Fisher Theater in 1982 for the group's reunion. David was one of the seven temptations that acted. The public tried to be the target even though we couldn't make money. stretch out like we did in the '60s, most of us saw the show at the Fisher at least twice and still tried to dress young, he hired me, served as just one of many reminders that the legacy of temptations as hitmakers began with David Ruffin singing Leave.

My Girl started out in 1964 with no less than three top ten albums the following year, including her growth. He's not too proud to beg. She wishes it would rain and could never love another after David Ruffin sent an intelligible criterion for temptations. Her influence. Still, his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in recent years solidified his standing among his colleagues, friends, fans and neighbors, who always knew he was a classic soul man, as we see our device. I would like to thank David for the good singing and good times and for turning the parts of my profession into a bonus of treasured memories thank you good afternoon first of all honoring my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Pastor Smith other distinguished ministers of the pulpit the David Ruffin family stokes temptations around the world on behalf of the staff Mrs.

Mary Bell president of Bell Broadcasting Company dr. Wendell Cox Vice President and General Manager Terry Arnold Director of Company Operations and Programs I will have to offer our few words of comfort to the family if they will allow me for a moment to use my imagination. I'm sure if David could leave us a lasting memory he would put into song form the lyrics of that song would say this when I must leave you for a while don't grieve or shed wild tears and help your pain through the years but it begins every day with a gala smile and for my sake and in his name continue living and doing all thingsMaybe don't feed your loneliness on empty days but fill every waking hour in useful ways reach out and comfort and turn and it's here and I'll hold you so close because I'm the one who has sunshine on a rainy day and I even have the month of May. , so never be afraid to die because I am waiting for you on cloud nine in the sky.

I heard that the composer Stig had to die. once and I didn't die again, you know, that was the song that said I think David could talk this morning, he would say that if I don't travel, I know everything is okay and I'm going home to build with my Father and I will tell you One of these good old days we'll all return home to when we were born. Every step we take makes it clear that we were not meant to be here to stay forever, because this world is my home, we are simply passing through. all my hopesAll my treasures I place on high and you know I can no longer feel that home in this world one of these old days after a while I won't have to cry anymore.

I'm going to a land where there is always good and never goodbye. I'll be able to sit down, that's a welcome table, and see Jesus for myself. I won't have to hear about someone's death, but I will see my grandmother there, someone said I have to feed you on their land and I don't know about you, but I want to go to that land one day after the wild with the clouds rule. I will see the face of my Jesus and I will hear a voice, that servant, a well-made man, a man, this is it. a homecoming celebration this morning now we will have a song by Detroit themselves or Fear Bonds and then follow it a joy Allen remember me missile Fear Bond God bless you make this song for your dear friend it must have been made in Marcelo never had some light your face, but you are happy with the mission, you always walk behind you, I never listened to you even once, maybe yes, first of all, thank you to the families for giving me the opportunity, it is just a fan to introduce myself and share my collections with all of you.

I would like to read a poem that I wrote five years ago and that is titled Remember me, remember me, that is perfect, what is there to create with love, created to love and practically from love, like a city set on a hill, my path It was clear. The world at my feet, a masterpiece only for me, was pure, my clean substance and all that occupied space seems like a precious part of the dream. It wasn't made of robots or machines, just someone to share that love with died. I dream, but gradually I began to change my glorifies me too much I rejoiced too much I exercise my freedom of choice once too much and now I'm no longer on that heel bar of surpassing myself yet for my name I see the world completely falling apart Please, I bet oh, Please, I have to scream through my eyes I see the structures but in my heart I build steel, the new replaces the old, I get rid of time to set the mold Jackie, my things don't fit me.

I ask my God to have mercy please I know I have hurt and let him down I don't deserve to cry or even make a sound but as I quietly fade from sight I hope with all my mind I am not forgiven and one day in his bright new side of the world beneath him I will. will be my cornerstone deep in the earth the sand will be a brief description titled man remember me remember me the family would like to think that all those who so graciously fall I call you on the phone send you telegrams floor tributes and monetary gifts there are no words for They express how grateful they are, they cannot acknowledge all the condolences, but they would like to give special recognition and appreciation to the following people, they are the following: Reverend Robert Smith Jr. pastor of New Bethel Baptist Church new battle nurses and Usher mr.

O'Neill V Swanson miss senior, are we with Franklin mr. Bob Johnson mjj production miss Fanny Tyler miss Rita Griffin and mr. Steve Hoesley, for his excellent assistance and support, they would also like to thank Billy Taylor Syria Hill Queenie for this grant. William Robertson Marvin does hard, hard work. Count them in the efforts of Clyde Cleveland Denis and Eddie Kendrick. Recognitions will be made on many occasions. later, may God bless each and every one of you from Davis Eli Ruffin senior junior family sr. Stevie Wonder, as was said a few moments ago, we are indeed in the house of the Lord, so we must pay all honor and respect to the Lord Jesus Christ for having in our lives, whether directly or indirectly, the joy of knowing the person that has the voice. the music of mr. david ruffin we must thank him for allowing us the pleasure of having a Motown a berry gordy the Gordy family those who opened their hearts to listen to the incredible talents of individuals and also collectively the group The Temptations because as said before they are legends in our life we ​​have the pleasure of having many great talents.

I would like to take a moment of your time to talk briefly about those legends and those talented people and those great moments and those memories that the songs bring to our minds and those singers who create through such emotion that we never forget the reality is that everyone is human beings, we are all human beings and we constantly need as artists the sins of love a sense of concern a sense of hope for those and you know who you are constantly You have given that hope and love and you have given it to life from David.

You should feel a sense of joy knowing that you gave him everything you could give him in your life and his. We face a problem that requires each of them. one of us as African Americans and Americans and human beings around the world must stop, but today we are faced with the most devastating slave owner of all time in this world and that is a slave owner who is killing thousands and hundreds of thousands . Many more people have died as children from gang violence and drug abuse than the Vietnam War. We face the world at a time that we almost reach out in our hearts to open their churches and not feel that they are so elevated. and powerful that you cannot touch that child who is lost without a mother or a father we must open our hearts those of us who are lucky enough to give to give consistently to fight against the owner of slaves like these drugs because it is what we do with life in this moment. that will determine what happens with our future I would like to sing a song called these three words David I love you I will always love you and I feel like I can speak to you in the spirit because I know where there are two or more people believe and God is in the medium I would like to share this song with you, thank you, I love you, I see that you appreciate it instantly, they will take it away from you, you see, I know this can't be true when you never measure the rhythm that they heard you say. sister brother I love you darling I love you I hope you give your life it can't be taken in the blink of an eye you cry why you left you are too far from life they will never be the same three well Friends, it's an intermission, they will be about five minutes and then we will continue with the next piece.

I have to put on the next record. Thank you for being here, wait a few more minutes, yes, couple in about 60 seconds, part two. We are leaving Thank you for coming Thank you for coming back I'm sorry for the disconnection Instagram you must not get tired of finding yourself in tears Be glad that we had so many years I gave you my love You can only guess how much you gave to me is happiness. I thank you for the love that each of you have shown, but now is the time to travel completely alone, so cry for me for a while as pain.

Then you must let your pain be comforted by trust. It is only for a time that we must part, so bless. the memories inside your heart I won't be far away 'cause life goes on so if you need me call me tonight we'll go even though you can see me or touch me so you can't see me or touch me I'll be close and So when you have to come alone I'll greet you with this city and I will welcome you home. I love that Mr. Melvin Franklin followed by Miss Aretha Franklin I see faces here that I haven't seen in a long time we think all of you David Ruffin was a member of two families so I have two eulogies to read God write the musical arc bring it back hey Instagram why you two, okay people, here we go, here we go, here we go.

I apologize, you know this is real life, I think you qualify, I'm her, that's her stuff, yeah, this should be fine, let's see where we're at. achieving that change that I will never forget when the five of us walked in the mud and the resurrection sit down a little there is no room one more time David Ruffin one more time and then there were three older people and me, what about you? Come, come to dinner, rich man, where were you? Sorry, yes, camellias, grant, come on two, you know you belong here. Keynesian, even though you're blowing up his baby, everything he's doing with the person of his brothers Bernie Williams, wait, Joseph, raise your hands, I'll sing it with your name Oh, watch out, out of fame, oh no , David, no, you know what I'm talking about, that man, a skinny man to play with, oh yes, we love you, we always will.

There is no place like the ladies of the house. and gentlemen, Miss Aretha Franklin, giving God the family of rappers David was truly one of the greatest Souls things in the world and a great soul has continued Oh, we'll wait here war, your fight was great Miley, but she never know and so ah ah and never may God bless you God bless you also these ministers who embrace us especially Bishop Ellis of the Grand Cathedral Grace my friend for prohibition like SL Jones with early ingenuity should be some Christians here. It would sell us something to think about fights, it should always be some Christians here, I said, saying that you need something that takes you away from yourself because if you don't have something that takes you away from yourself, you have gone to destroy yourself, in the end there is no escape no matter where you are, see, no.

You can escape from him, no matter where you go, there is no escape, he doesn't even inhale, but without his grace, without his mercy, I'm honest, knowing him today, why do we say, why did we despair yesterday, he tender of all the prophets, the revealer of? all children the giver of life only to him I submit and seek refuge I think of God Almighty for Moses and the Torah I thank him for Jesus and the gospel I thank him for Muhammad and the Holy Quran if I live to be a thousand no I do not think I can thank God enough for blessing us with a divine leader, teacher and guide, and when we are too weak to hold on to life, death overtakes us or when we are careless with life, death overtakes us, we should not be here to see our life. favorite artists we should be here to pay tribute to life itself our respect for our fallen brother should have caused reverence in this house because

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s are not for the day funerals are reminders to the living who will understand this david ruffin can't hear his words no and he appreciates himself, I wanted him to know something of a deeper meaning about this man, he has been more of a song artist, he is the divine among us, but now we, but the rest, but every man who Born doesn't know we're coming. like grass and they cut our lives it's like a Facebook appears for a short time and then disappears wants to know is since you've been live david left what are you doing with the time you have what are you doing with the life that they have left behind as men Black people in America, the only way we can escape oppression these days is because we can sing or play a musical instrument or fly higher to the basketball hoop and run faster than anyone else to the soccer goal because entertainment and sports are our way out of debt or living in Detroit reduced opportunities in the world of music and the change is the world of sports and playing my brother David.

I didn't know him like you know, but I know him here's my breath in Mississippi, anyone who was born in Mississippi. It's like a man born in David discovered at an early age that he could sing sing catapulted him to world fame money and all the things that we believe make human beings happy The United States produces many things but none can make a human being Actually, with my joy, Sophie catapulted my brother. I just hate that she's gone. Spiritual consciousness could not help him match them. I want you to listen to me. They don't know the two who are not artists.

What do these wonderful human beings do? to bring us a song you don't know the life of Stevie one Aretha Franklin David Ruffin Kent Eddie Kendricks I'm great artists we cry out for Do you think they're happy people? They are not happy with the things that money could do. they buy big they are not happy with the people friends around them because the baby attracts them like manure attracts French fries they are not happy with their friends who envy them because they rose above the ghetto we live in torture like why do artists work so hard they practice so many hours at night the wife is calling come home wait a minute baby I have one more song I have to sing one more step I have to learn wait baby I will be there son calling daughter calling me I earned why do we sacrifice our family? for our gift that God has given us in this world the black man is nothing without song in this world because we can see people in me because we can honk a horn people admire because we can throw a football or abox people admire us but there is more to Stevie Wonder than the song this more than Eddie Kendricks than a song there is more to Rita princelings in a song there is more to each of our artists but we never meet them, we become familiar with their talent, no we know the soul screams underneath like at the Pagliacci Opera he was a clown he made everyone else laugh but he was crying inside most of our artists make their listeners happy but when they return to their dressing rooms there is something in the applause of the crowd, the applause, they don't laugh because if you don't make a hit every year and make them like General Motors without appeals, then you will be up today down below and maybe you can't bear the loss of your popularity every artist needs spiritual renewal, revelation and resuscitation every singer of songs every great artist needs to find God not to use him, not to play with God, but to truly find him in your life, that is the message of David Ruffin, he was truly the man of God who could.

He would not sing like this if the gift and spirit of God were not in him, he would not be able to touch millions as he did. The Spirit of God was not in the word. Nothing but being safe in this world. Have a way to take God's gift and corrupt it. and use it for the purpose of his life, so I am entertaining us today, he has become pill suppliers. Amaro sings about it. Love that they know nothing about. Hey, an emotional attachment to a woman. A touch of feeling from the opposite sex that is not.underneath this man was sitting in your life, excuse me for raising my voice, I'm happy to be here, but I say it saddens me to see the irreverence towards people who are so aware of the entertainment that they don't realize what What they are looking at is someone who was a few days before us and we don't know which of us in this room will pass through this door next, but it is certain that there is one of us sitting or standing or speaking more in The silence will be like this someday soon I'm not here to regret.

No, don't be patient with me. Just a few more minutes in the Quran you read everything that God created in it. There is a lesson for man if he were aware of this. Our deceased brother is not a creation of his mother and his father but a creation of God himself and even David is a lesson? Let's study for my teacher this afternoon David Eli his middle name Allah sounds like the words Jesus spoke when he was on the cross David's father wanted me to meet his girl David called me one day in Chicago, it's the first and the last time I spoke with this your husband, your father, your brother, your father-in-law and I would like to share the conversation. said brother Farrakhan I said yes, how are you, David?

I am very happy to hear your voice. I was in Albuquerque, New Mexico, living at home. He said we will take him in. I wanted to know more about the teachings, but the Honorable Elijah. Muhammad and he said brother I made a record in the record company he said and they pay me sometimes and money and then in drugs I tell you what he told me he said brother power card I want to get out of this I want to clean up my life that's what he told me I spoke today I knew I was going on tour and I would be gone for like three weeks I said wait and when I came back I told you to come to Chicago and we'll work together on that problem, I said brother David.

I'll give you some of our lawyers to help you get out of the rap funk that was the last time I spoke. We are leaving. When I got back to town I called the number and They said it wasn't there anymore but then I found out it was there but they didn't want anyone to take their slave. They didn't want anyone to take this link. You don't want money, you want fame, so in exchange for money your enemy does fame and you die with nothing in your pocket and your family is gone Oh hungry dragon and outside and Stevie said if we just send the words and follow the words with actions my dear, I love you, you can give your brother hope, no, say, I love you, and no, your brother is going to make money, but you will beat him with this little white baby.

I mean cocaine to get your brother high, take his money so you can get more of that stuff. David could buy things, but his money couldn't. You can't buy happiness. His soul was tortured and he wanted relief and she wanted relief in his life. There is a lesson. Fame must be handled with spiritual strength. Power must be wielded with spiritual force. But somehow we started in the church. We start singing about the Lord but someone shows us how we can make more money singing and doing something else and gradually we move away from God. It's in the wrong direction, but it's hard to go in the right direction and before you know it, we are. like in quicksand thinking that we stay angry for longer, we have children but that does not respond to our desire because we need peace, thank you and my dear brothers and sisters, peace cannot be bought with money, peace cannot be bought with things, peace cannot be bought with power, peace.

It can only come when we acknowledge doing His will, we come into peace, you may not have money, but if you act, you may not be famous and you may not want to walk in the shoes of the famous because they have no peace, they walk behind. the teacher because he was peace and came to offer peace in my conclusion my brother my brother left this light seeking peace he is remembered for the songs that they brought to you in so many lines but this day let us remember him as a soul of God that was deposited in a body of flesh and blood in a strange world trying to sing the song of the Lord in a strange land today David is at peace something about God he is not a racist God does not favor the black/white or the white over the black God do not favor you to the rich over the poor, stop over the rich learned about the nobles ignorant about the eight nobles oh no no no no no Paul said he is no respecter of persons the law of God is equal every woman here who has had a child, she she brought that child fainting in pain and if she is white a richer poor black woman learns to hurt she learns wise and foolish that baby went through that same law and God took that baby out of the mother's womb speaking a universal language the baby did not cry in Spanish did not do it t cried from English did not cry in Arabic did not cry and Chinese made a film that is universally recognized is the baby that cries on this earth any mother can listen to that crime and know what that baby needs a universal language God does not do respect of persons it seems that we are all equal in birth because the Koran teaches that we are born in the world without knowing anything, we come without bringing anything and we certainly cannot take anything out, he wants to urinate and look how equal God is in death the corner window of dad and His Holiness the Pope the brother who is a gang member and the president in the Prime Minister unless he is a fool da said the Prophet who is wise Death comes to everyone we have not deceived because the baby died at 50 we had him 50 years old thank God for the time we had him thank God for the sweet memories we treasure of him but know this that death will come to all of us and the only way to escape is to never admit that we were born and since we were all both so for us it is appointed once today Oh him then the question comes back to us the living what are you doing with your life what are you doing with God's time life is like a video appears for a short time and then disappears David's family is is left with needs that must be left behind is our duty we who saved me love a compass family we who say we enjoy music were safe bad day comfort your family dear beloved artists your mighty mighty mighty in this world please dear brothers and sisters, use your gift, value it and use it wisely, it is a gift from God to you, return it, use your melodious voice to lift up your people who are in a valley of hopelessness and despair, do not feed the drop of sex in what human. being with you and together in unity let's protect each other let's take back our gold mines our diamond mines we don't have johannesburg we don't have to die Kimberly mines we have a Stevie Wonder we have Michael Jackson we I have Michael Joe, look at all the money, no If they had talent, suppose the money, suppose the love of a suffering man was where the lust for power and the pain was, then we could come check and see the little black babies that are being abandoned and put them in orphanages that We would take care of it, we could take our single mothers and give them a healthy education, we could take this young black brother off the streets that no one cares about, if we could create industry and give work to our own in this.

There is a lot we can do. do, there is much we must do. I think that's why Brother David wanted me to come over there and share this money and such and such family with David Ruffin's children. He submitted to the will of God and continued, you know. This is God's will and if it is God's will, we can turn it around. Present that this is the will of God and enter into peace. And I promised David Ruffin's family that I would do everything I could to help defend and I would not seek anything in return, just give something back. to my brother for what he gave up so much and had so much more to give I beg you, I beg you, let us never exploit each other, let us never be blood suckers of each other when you see a talented sister, a talented brother come closer to them and protect them. them and as they grow up don't let them walk away from God when they become famous they can endure the pain knowing that it is a great feeling only God is great only God is free I thank God he let me know when I was young he confesses I thank him for letting me know. allowed myself to be known when I know there is no value to me except for God Himself to give me back.

I thank you for honoring David today for honoring David we honor the best of ourselves may God bless you may God keep you each and everyone. May God lift up his face upon you and be merciful to you and me and finally may God grant each of us the peace that we so need at this hour. Thank you very much dear family Hostel America Minister Farrakhan Jr. of the olive wheel Elijah Muhammad we are going to ask you all to conduct yourself in your limbic hands and a very capable Mr. O'Neil Swanson, please lead his order there.

I hope this message has reached her heart and she holds it in reverence. There are also young people, unbeatable, don't dare stop writing. Seduction to try when your arms are too tired to read. This is my class. how to be true with that despised and covered good night to all of you thanks for hanging out there that was crazy love love love area one body all one body each of you thank you