When You Finish Saving the World (2022) - full transcript

- Yo yo yo, it's TheRealZiggyKatz here!

I just want to say Dobry
Dzien and Happy Wednesday

to my friends in Minsk and Ni Hao

and Happy Thursday to my
Tigers out in Liajing.

Xie xie for waking up so early!

And of course dhonnobad to all
my devoted Chittagong gals.

I'm glad to see the
floods haven't affected

your internet connections.

You all look super clear
and ready for a show!

Today, I'm debuting a tera lift new song

for my favorite people
in the whole wide world,



my Hi-Hat fans.

(upbeat guitar music)

♪ Pieces of gold straddling paper ♪

♪ Owing to nothing and turning to vapor ♪

♪ The air is thin, the marks are set ♪

♪ You lift your chin, she feigns regret ♪

♪ Two high speed trains
on parallel tracks ♪

(heels clicking)

(ladies chattering)

- [Cathy] Evelyn! Have a piece of cake!

- What's the occasion?

- It's Leslie's birthday.

- Yep, I'm 21!

(ladies giggle)



- Some of the women can hear the singing.

- Oh no, really?

- Yes, I'm doing intake
with a new resident

and her two children.

- Shit, it's my fault. My voice carries.

- Me too. Sorry Evelyn.

- [Leslie] We'll try to keep it down.

- Okay.

- [Cathy] And we'll clean up
before your three o'clock.

- Thank you.

Congratulations on your birthday, Leslie.

(upbeat piano music)

- There's a tajine in the oven.

Did you have a good day?

- A woman came in to the shelter today.

She was about 26. Her
kids were eight and four.

Last night, her husband came
home and locked the kids

in the basement while he
assaulted their mother upstairs.

The police came and only
spoke to the husband.

Luckily, the eight year old
recorded the audio on his phone.

So, you know, every cloud, right?

And how was your day, my dear?

- Very productive.

- Good, I'm glad.

(soft music and singing)

♪ That's the way the earthquake rumbles ♪

♪ And the house of cards
falls down and tumbles ♪

♪ That's the way the
cookie crumbles down ♪

- Wow, that was the first
time I ever played that song.

I can't believe it went so well.

I hope you guys had as much fun as I did.

Remember to up-note me in the corner

and if you liked what you
heard, feel free to tip!

And there's the early bird, Ludmila!

Nishrita! Coming in close second.

And not to be outdone,
gracias to the Huertos family

for all your generosity!

You guys are all tera lift.

So make sure you all come back next week,

where I'll be debuting a new song

about a girl that I like at school.

This is TheRealZiggyKatz.
Thanks for tuning in!

Mom!

Mom, did you try to open my
door while I was live streaming?

Dad?!

- [Roger] Yeah?

- Did Mom try to open the door
while I was live streaming?

- [Roger] I don't know. Ask her.

- Mom, did you open my door
while I was, shit, sorry.

Did you try to open the door
while I was live streaming?

- [Evelyn] I'm taking a shower, Ziggy.

- Did you?

- [Evelyn] What's live streaming?

- Where I basically make all my money,

where thousands of kids who are
desperate to hear me perform

log on every week and
tip me and up-note me

and I'm one of the highest
performers on the site?

- [Evelyn] Well, that all
sounds very impressive.

- It is.

- And what do you plan on doing

with all that hard earned money?

- [Ziggy] Spend it.

- On what, my child?

- I dunno, probably a
new guitar and a new mic

and probably a better translation software

because I wanna play for
African kids and they have like,

a hundred different languages there.

- So you're going to
use the money you make

from playing your songs

to buy more equipment to play your songs.

- [Ziggy] Yeah.

- Well that's a tautological
nightmare, don't you think?

- [Ziggy] What?

- Well I mean, it sounds like
you're on an exhausting loop.

Have you thought about an endgame?

- Oh, an endgame?

I don't know. I'm gonna be
rich and you're gonna be poor?

- Oh, you're going to be rich
and I'm going to be poor.

- [Ziggy] Yeah, just
don't open my door again.

- When you're live streaming.

- [Ziggy] Right.

- Right.

(soft music)

- And Hearts of Palm.

- Where'd you get the chicken?

- Patsy's farm.

She also had a surplus of
tomatoes, which I bought.

- Very good, I'll make
a gazpacho tomorrow.

- I mean, he's basically
giving the guitar away.

To get a Strat from
that year at that price

is basically free, you know?

- Just make sure you don't play the blues.

- What?

- You don't play blues music, do you?

- No, I play folk rock,

classic folk rock with
alternative influences.

- I don't know what that means.

- Well, I could play for you.

I just debuted a new song, "Truth Aches."

I could show it to you.

- What'd you say it's called?

- Did you say "Truth aches?"

- Yeah, do you wanna hear it?

- Well, I'm assuming we're
not your target audience.

- [Ziggy] Right.

- I mean, it's geared toward
teenagers, am I right?

- Yeah, sure.

- Because it's incredibly unethical,

white people playing blues music.

Did you ever read Amiri Baraka?

- Who?
- Roger, please.

- Because he's very explicit on the issue

of cultural appropriation.

- Jesus Christ, Roger.

- Dad, I don't play blues music.

God, shut the fuck up.

- [Roger] Okay, okay, I'm just saying.

(soft music)

- Hey Mom, can you drive me today?

- Are you ready to go now?

- Yeah, just give me like five seconds.

(soft music)

(intense instrumental music)

- You're on the city council.

How difficult is it

to get some goddamn
painters in here, Homer?

We have women coming in. It's
the middle of goddamn night

and they have nowhere to park their cars.

We're talking about two white
lines on the fucking asphalt.

(soft knocks)

- Um, Ms. Katz?

I just wanted to let you
know I just did outtake.

- Hold on a second, Homer.

- Yeah, I'm going home.

Well, to my sister's, but I'm
getting out of here. Yay me!

- That's wonderful dear.

- Can I give you a hug?

- Um, yes, of course.

- You saved my life.

You saved my daughter's life.

- I'm sorry about that Homer.

- [Lila] No, no no no,
the US not only ignores

humans rights abusers, but they purposely,

maliciously profit off them.

And the worst offense is this
sanctimonious savior complex

where we're distributing
our morally superior values

to the unwashed masses
like they're sitting around

the desert waiting for someone
to descend from the heavens.

- Well what would you rather,
for China to swoop in,

or maybe Russia, or maybe
some other amoral actor?

It's not like the US steps out--

- Hey Ziggy, want a hit?

- No. Shut up! I'm trying to listen.

- By that logic, we should
just occupy every country

that might be at a slight
risk of intervention

because we're the bastion
of peace and equity.

- Yeah, thank you for making my point.

- I was being sarcastic.

- So was I.

- You're infuriating.
- Thank you.

- Yo, I agree with you Lila.

- Thank you, Ziggy! See,
someone's got my back.

- Yo, of course man.

- How?

- What?

- How do you agree with Lila?

- Oh shit, yeah, um.

Well you mentioned China, right?

- Yes.

- Cause I play music for
these Chinese girls on Hi-Hat.

I actually have like 20,000 followers.

I'm in the top percentage of performers.

I'm validated and I'm starred,
which is tera hard to get.

And like, the girls that
I play for are super dope.

This one girl, SeaKitten,
that's her handle,

who tipped me 20 credits last week

after I wished her a happy birthday, so...

So I guess just in terms
of what you're saying Lila,

I totally agree with you.

- [Becky] A stirring defense.

(group chuckles)

(upbeat instrumental music)

- [Angie] And he's not a big
guy, and he wasn't even drunk.

But he's got his hands around my neck.

- Was this the first time he did this?

- It was the first time that day.

Then he just kind of gets up
and he says he's got to go pee.

- And then you called the police?

- No, I didn't call the police.

- Oh, it says that Sergeant
McKenna brought you in.

I thought--

- Right, well Kyle called the police.

- Yeah, I called them.

- And where were you?

- I was just next door at Sean's.

- Yeah, his friend Sean's.

They've been friends since forever.

- So she texted me and I ran back home.

- How old are you, Kyle?

- Seventeen.

- He's my little knight in shining armor.

You are, you're the only
good thing in my life.

It's true, kids are just pure
love, you know what I mean?

- Mm-hmm.

- You know, when he was
just six years old, miss--

I'm sorry, what's your name again?

- I'm Evelyn.

- Evelyn, shit I'm sorry.

Well when Kyle was six years
old, his father hits me

and I get this nasty cut over my eyebrow.

And I didn't even know
that Kyle knew anything.

I mean, who knows what kids
know about their parents?

But anyway, he comes into the room.

He says he's had a bad dream,

can I come and stay in his bed?

- Mom, stop.

- No, she needs to hear this, okay?

So anyways, we're laying in
bed and I just whisper to him,

"Do you want to tell me
about your nightmare?"

And he says, "I didn't have a nightmare."

He just knew I needed out of that room.

You know, he's only six
years old, so he just--

I'm a bad mother.

- [Evelyn] Angie.

- No no no, I'm a bad mom.

- Angie, you're not a bad mother.

You're in the right place.

You're very, very safe.

And you will have two
very comfortable beds

for as long as you need.

- Hey Mom, you know what I
think you could use right now?

- [Angie] What?

- A new tissue.

(Angie laughs)

Yeah, don't touch me.

(soft instrumental music)

(soft instrumental music)
(screwdriver whirring)

♪ That's the way the earthquake crumbles ♪

- Hello!

What the hell are you doing?

- [Ziggy] Installing a red beacon light

so people know when I'm livestreaming.

- And by people you--

- [Ziggy] I mean you.

- Well, I figured that.

- [Ziggy] And to a lesser extent Dad.

- Well, it's nice to be ranked first.

- Yeah, so when the light
is on, you don't knock

or come in or make any noise.

- And when it's off, I'm
free to go about my business,

to enjoy the rich pageantry of life?

- What? Yeah sure.

- It's a good system.

(screwdriver whirring)

You know, there are a couple
of projects around the shelter

that could use a handyman.

- Like what?

- Well, I've been waiting
on these goddamn painters

to come out for the residents
parking spot out front.

- Yeah?

- Mm-hmm, just some white
paint with some blue trim.

- Wouldn't the city need to do that

if it's like a street parking spot?

- I suppose so.

But I'm sure there's a
bunch of other stuff,

some bathroom mirrors
and some light fixtures.

Maybe on the weekend, you can
come in for a couple of hours

and then afterwards we could
go out to dinner together?

- This weekend?

- [Evelyn] Yes.

- And it'd be like as a volunteer?

- As opposed to what?

- [Ziggy] A paid employee.

- Oh, yes, a volunteer.

- I'm busy this weekend.

- [Evelyn] Uh, okay.

- Yeah, so it'd be impossible.

- You're a very lucky boy.

- [Ziggy] What?

- Nothing, nothing.

(Ziggy singing softly)

♪ You never seen a day so foggy ♪

♪ She's the cat and you're the doggy ♪

♪ But it ain't raining cats and dogs ♪

♪ It's dry as a bone and
you're high with the hogs ♪

♪ She pays no mind, you pay the cost ♪

♪ You cannot find what seems so lost ♪

♪ She's everything to you and more ♪

♪ And everything and four by four ♪

♪ You eight it up the night before ♪

♪ Sixteen and lonely at the door ♪

♪ Like 32 year olds ashore ♪

(soft guitar music)

- Yo dudette, you want a hit?

- Obviously not.

- All right.

- Can you try to speed up?

- Yeah, sure.

(man singing)

♪ The international working class ♪

♪ Shall free the human race ♪

(audience applause)

- I didn't know you'd be
here, what a cool coincidence.

- Lots of people from school are here.

It's not that mind blowing.

- Yeah totally, it's like
everybody from school,

tera lift to see you guys.

- Cool, well it was good to see you.

Have a nice time.

- Hey, I thought it was lift
the way you were talking

the other day at lunch, like
about all the political stuff.

I just thought you were
super honest and passionate.

And like, I write music.

- Yeah, you were saying.

- Yeah, and in my music

I'm all about being
passionate and honest too.

I have 20,000 followers and I
think what they like about me

is my passion and charisma

and I thought that you had that too.

- Thanks, I don't really
think about it in those terms,

like as a commodity.

- Oh, lift.

- Have you ever thought
about what you could do

with a platform like that

or are you just happy
taking people's money?

- Um, I guess the first thing.

- Cause it sounds like you
have a really good opportunity

to start a grassroots movement
about environmental issues

that concern you or political corruption,

especially if you're
streaming in countries

that are in need of organizing
from non-political actors.

- Yeah, I don't know, man.

I think I'm more of a vacation.

Like they deal with all that shit all day,

like the corruption and
the poverty or whatever.

Like they're just wandering the
dirty streets of their towns

and then they come home
and they see my page

and it's like 'ahhhh.'

- Right.

- Like sometimes I feel like the world

would be a better place
if people just chilled out

and listened to music, you know?

- Hmm.

- But I mean, I guess
I could think about it.

It could be kinda lift
to change it up sometime.

- Yeah, it could be.

- Cause like you said, I've got
a huge platform, 20,000, so.

- [Emcee] Hear ye, hear ye!

We will not stand by.

We will stand up through
revolutionary art.

Let the performances commence.

- Are you gonna do anything?

- I have a poem.

- Oh lift, I have a song.

- [Bandana Guy] Yo yo
yo, what's up, what's up.

This piece is about the patriarchy,

of which I'm a reluctant member.

(soft music)

- Hello.

- Oh, hey Evelyn, how you doing?

- I'm doing well, thank you.

How about you? Do you like it here?

Do you have any complaints?

- No, not really.

I mean, it's great.

My mom's happy here.
That's the main thing.

- What are you working on over there?

- Algebra.

- Ooh, I would offer to help you,

but I don't remember how to do it.

- That's cool. It comes
kind of easy to me.

- Well, you're naturally very bright.

Where do you go to school?

- Hamilton.

- Oh, my son goes there.

- It's a big school.

- Yes, it's too big, I think.

So I need your help with something.

- What?

- I need someone tall.

I used to rake in like 200
to 250 bucks in a weekend.

- Well, that's quite a lot of money.

- You think?

- I do, I do think.

- But the restraining order
kind of killed the whole thing.

I mean, any guy that hits his
wife is terrible in my book.

But I could take it, you know?

Now I've literally got no income.

- Well, would you ever
want to work anywhere

besides the auto body shop?

- I don't know, my dad owned the place

so it was kind of perfect.

It'd be like your son working here.

You said you had a son, right?

- [Evelyn] Yes.

- Yeah, so it'd be a sweet job.

I mean, if your mom owned the place.

Oh, can you pass me a
screwdriver, the yellow one?

- Oh, the yellow one.

- [Kyle] Yes.

Thank you.
- There you go.

- And I was seriously good at it too.

I mean, my dad used to say that
kids make the best mechanics

cause they've got tiny little fingers.

Actually, it sounds kind of
creepy when I say it now.

- It does sound a little creepy, yes.

You're not going to become him.

- [Kyle] What?

- You're not going to become him Kyle,

if that's what you're worried about.

- What, no, I'm not worried about that.

- Oh, right, of course not.

- Why would I become him? He's a dick.

- Yes, no, my mistake.

- [Kyle] I'm like a normal dude.

- Yes, you are.

You are, you're better than normal.

I was very taken with the
way you behaved with Angie,

with your mother, the other night.

- What do you mean?

- Well, you were very
gentle with your mother

at a vulnerable time.

If I can speak freely, I was moved.

- Well, my mom's gotten
the shit kicked out of her

since she was born.

- I know.

- Do you?

- Well, I can imagine.

Kyle, would you be open
to discussing options

for your future, other than the body shop?

- [Kyle] Like what?

- Well, are there any other
jobs you might be interested in?

- Well when I was a kid,

I always wanted to play for the Pacers.

- The Pacers?

- [Kyle] Yeah, the basketball team.

- Oh right, yes.

Well, is there anything else?

Anything a little more practical?

- [Kyle] The body shop is practical.

- Yes, of course, yes it is.

You know, I was just like you.

When I was your age, I
was determined to become

the editor of "Rolling Stone" magazine.

And then when I went to
college I met someone

who introduced me to a
life of social service

and I'm embarrassed that I
ever considered anything else.

- I mean, yeah, but people still need

to have their cars fixed.

- [Evelyn] Oh, of course they do.

- So it's not like a totally stupid job.

- Oh yes, yes, no it's a very good job.

It's a very important job,

but you have an unusual heart Kyle.

I mean, most boys your
age can't bring themselves

to be kind and you can't help yourself.

- You really think so?

- You're a special person.

I'm sorry.

- No, it's cool.

- You know, my friend Margaret

runs the social work program at Oberlin.

- Where's Oberlin?

- Well, it's just next door in Ohio.

It's actually a very beautiful
town and you'd be surrounded

by people like you, bright,
curious, good young people.

- How much is it?

- Well, there are all
sorts of scholarships

for people in your situation
and Margaret owes me a favor.

Let me make a few calls.

- Seriously?

- [Evelyn] Absolutely.

- Yo, thank you so much Evelyn.

- It is unquestionably my pleasure.

- Ohio.

- And we both never tell a lie.

Or do we?

(audience applause)

- That was very powerful.
Thank you so much.

Up next we have Lila Stryjewski
with an original poem.

- Yo, good luck Lila,
not that you need it.

- Hi everybody.

This is just something I wrote
about the Marshall Islands.

They're in the Pacific Ocean
and they've been exploited

for centuries and they're
now literally sinking

due to the effects of global warming.

I don't know if it's any good,

but I guess that doesn't really matter.

Anyway, here it is.

Floating little worlds,
bobbing in the sea.

Unsuspecting, unexpecting war
to shed his grace on thee.

So it's 1526 when the
Spaniards start to run

like Pamplona bulls in china shops.

Ain't colonialism fun?

Then it is German New Guinea,
but the age old story.

And I'll give you the skinny
but it's deliberately gory.

Enslaving their people
for some Copra Cabana.

Until 1919, when they made
way for Japan and it was 1526,

so thanks for playing.

Then it was 1885 so thanks for playing.

Now it's 1919 so thanks for staying.

For the Japanese mandate
of the whole South Pacific.

And it's some enchanted bullshit
if you wanna get specific.

You'll learn our language'
you'll eat our food

and you'll get no domo arigato.

Bet you didn't think we're rude.

Then it was 1954 so thanks for staying.

For the powerful US,
more like us versus them.

We'll drop a kilo on your foxtrot,

you're a pig stuck in the pen.

We've worn out your bikini,
we've capped you at the knees,

leave you praying for the
Spanish for a deadly disease.

And it was 1592 so thanks for playing.

Then it was 1885 so thanks for playing.

And it was 1919 so thanks for playing.

Then it was 1954, wish you were staying.

But you're not.

(audience applause)

- Lila.

- Hey dude.

- That was amazing, like
transcendent or whatever.

- Sorry man, I didn't know where you went.

- Who gives a shit.

- Hey Lila.

- [Lila] Hey Jackie.

- Lift poem.

- Would you mind if I read what you wrote?

- What do you mean?

- The poem, could I like, have it?

- What are you gonna do with it?

- I don't know, murder
people by paper cutting them.

No, I just want to read it again.

- [Emcee] Next up we have Ziggy
Katz with an original song.

He's new here tonight so be nice.

- I guess that's me, duty calls man.

- He's a fucking genius.

Bloomington, how is everybody feeling?

Um, I wrote this song when
I graduated Junior High

and I had to say goodbye
to all of my friends.

Sometimes saying goodbye to
good friends is tera hard.

Follow me on Hi-Hat at TheRealZiggyKatz.

And without further, you
know, here's "Alumni Alone."

♪ We wait all year, for
that special night, ♪

♪ For those caps and gowns
and the flashing lights ♪

♪ Which say 'you did it. You're done. ♪

♪ You've passed the test.' ♪

♪ But what we left behind
never gets addressed. ♪

♪ My friends, my friends,
where will you go? ♪

♪ To camp upstate? I'll miss you so. ♪

♪ My friends, my friends,
where have you gone? ♪

♪ Josh and Reagan, Mark and Sean. ♪

♪ I'm alone, I'm alone,
I'm alumni alone. ♪

- Yo, don't worry man.

Those people are a bunch of idiots.

They only care about political shit.

You're like a real artist.

- What are you talking
about? They loved me.

- No they didn't.

Most people were visibly
rolling their eyes.

I heard one girl say, "This is bullshit."

And another one say,
"This is lame bullshit."

- Dude, if I worried about
every fucker who didn't like me,

I'd never wake up in the morning.

It's the nature of success.

- Oh.

(car whirring)

- Yo Moms! what's up?

- I'm not shouting Ziggy.

I'll speak to you when you're closer.

Hello.

- Hey.

- How was your day?

- It was great, yours?

- Also very good, thank you.

Hello.

- Where the fuck were you guys?

- At work.
- School, man.

- Today was my Chancellor ceremony.

You knew this, you both knew this.

- Was that today?
- Oh shit, I am so sorry.

- [Roger] Oh don't worry,
I'm sure they'll give me

another lifetime achievement
award at some point.

- Dad, I am so sorry.

I had some important shit to take care of

and I just thought that
Mom was gonna be there.

- Well yeah, I guess I thought

that Ziggy was gonna be there so--

- Jesus fucking christ.

- [Evelyn] What?

- You both could have come.

The two of you.

- The two of us what?

- [Roger] Everyone around
me is a narcissist.

- [Ziggy] What does that say about you?

- That I'm unlucky.

I'm going upstairs to
read, try to keep it down.

- He seems upset.

(soft music)

- Ziggy, don't sneak up on me like that.

- Oh, I'm sorry.

Could you take me to school?

- Are you ready to go right now?

- I'm right here dude.

(soft instrumental music)

(upbeat instrumental music)

- Can I change the music?

- To what?

- Literally anything else?

- I like listening to this
music on the way to work.

- It's elitist.

- No it's not.

- Of course it is, it's just
a bunch of rich, white men.

I don't care about that
stuff, but you pretend to.

So I just thought you should
know it's kind of hypocritical.

- Okay, thank you for the advice.

- Sure.

- Are you doing anything
interesting in school today?

- No.

- Are you reading any books?

- Yeah, we're doing "To Kill
A Mockingbird" in Lit class.

- It's always Harper Lee
and never Toni Morrison.

- What?

- No nothing, I would just
suggest you push yourself

beyond the curriculum there.

- Mom.

- Yes?

- Do you think I could be political?

- I'm sorry, what?

- Like, there are these kids at school

and they're super political and stuff

and I was just wondering
if maybe you thought

that I could be too?

- Mm-hmm, what do they talk
about, these other kids?

- Just like everything,
like wars and politicians

and the environment.

- And what do they say about all that?

- Well, they're against most of it.

I mean, not the environment,
they're for that.

- Well that's a relief.

So what are you asking me?

- Well, you're interested
in that stuff too

so I was just wondering if like,

you had anything for me to say to them?

- To get them to like you?

- What, no.

I want to be smart and interested too.

- It sound to me like you want a shortcut

to sound intelligent to
get some kids to like you.

- I don't want a shortcut.

- No, then what is it then?

If you want to talk to these kids,

you should just listen
to what they're saying

and form your own opinion.

I'm not gonna spoon
feed you some cool line

about the Middle East because
you won't learn that way.

- But half the time they're talking,

I don't even know what they're saying.

- Because you haven't done the work.

- What work?

- Well, you can't just jump
right in the middle of a debate

about something which
you know nothing about.

- Yeah, okay.

- Well, if you don't make the effort

to understand the issues
that are affecting society,

then your problems extend far beyond

impressing your classmates.

And there's no shortcut
that I can give you--

- Mom, stop saying fucking shortcut!

- You know, when you were a little boy,

I brought you to every
march, every protest.

You were my little ally.

You'd play all our protest
songs on that plastic

rainbow guitar that we got you.

"Where Have All The Flowers Gone,"

"The Fiddle and The Drum,"

"There Once Was a Union Maid."

Do you remember that?

Your life was going to be happier

because you were part of the struggle.

You were going to be one of the good ones.

And then something switched in you.

You stopped being interested in anything

outside your own little world.

I would take you with me,

but you would always want to go home.

- Sorry about that.

- I know that you want
to impress these kids,

but it's not going to impress
them if it doesn't come

from a sincere place, so do the work.

Read, educate yourself,
and then I'll help you

and then we can talk about some
things for you to say, okay?

- Yeah.

- Does that sound like a plan?

- Yeah, it does.

Thanks for the advice.

- Of course.

Have a good day, son.

(loud smack)

Jesus Ziggy!

(intense instrumental music)

- I'm gonna go get some baking soda.

Yo Lila, what's up?

- Hey, Ziggy.

- Just getting some more
baking soda, or whatever.

- Cool man.

- Hey, I just wanted
to say that I was like,

rereading your poem from the party

and I just think it was so lift.

I loved the phrasing and
the build and everything.

It's actually tera sophisticated.

- Thanks for the validation,
but you should probably

put your goggles back
on before Mr. Ryan sees.

- What's he gonna do, arrest me?

- You're a rebel.

- Yup.

Just got the baking soda.

Actually, I'm just going
to go get some more.

- [Jackie] You're not gonna help me?

- Jackie, fuck off, I'm
doing something important.

Hey man, I also just wanted to say--

- Jesus, stop fucking sneaking up on me.

- Oh, sorry.

I also just wanted to
say that I know you talk

about politics all time and
I probably don't look like

I know what I'm talking about,

but I actually know a
lot about all that stuff.

Like you probably wouldn't
know because I focus so hard

on my music, but when I was a kid,

I went to every protest and every sit-in

and I was a real ally.

I even played all these protest songs

on this little plastic guitar like,

"There Once Was Union Maid."

- [Mr. Ryan] Ziggy, goggles!

- Yep, shit, sorry.

- Don't say shit.
- Yep.

So that's just like, what I wanted to say.

- Thank you for saying it.

- [Ziggy] You're welcome.

- Ziggy.
- Yeah?

- You don't have to be
interested in politics.

- But I am.

- No, you're not, it's
obvious, but it's cool

- You think I'm stupid?

- No no, I didn't say that.

- [Ziggy] So can you teach me?

- About what?

- I watch you talk about
things, like big things.

And you talk about them with such passion.

Like the way most people talk about shit

they just want to buy,

you talk about the world.

I want to be like that.

I want to be like you.

(keyboard clicking)

- Hello Marci.

- Hi, hi Evelyn.

- Are you having a good day?

- Yeah, it's good.

So far so good.

- Your work going well?

- Yeah, it's great.

- Do you enjoy it, do you enjoy the work?

- Yeah, of course, it's very rewarding.

- Will you tell me again

how long you have been working here?

- Uh, it'll be two years next month.

Are you firing me?

- No, oh no, no dear, you're
a wonderful employee, no.

I'm just talking. The elevator
takes so long to come here.

That was a nice conversation.

(soft music)

- Oh hi.

- Hello, I just wanted to
see if you were all right,

if you needed anything
from me or from any of us.

- No, it's been great.
Everyone is so helpful.

- Good, good.

- Do you want to come in?

- Sure, why not.

Is Kyle here?

- He's just in the bathroom.

Honey, Evelyn is here!

- Hey.

How's it going?

- Oh very well, I was
just checking up on you,

making sure everything was to your liking.

- And I said it was.

Is your shirt okay?

- Oh yes, it is. I don't
know why I put this here.

I brought you this hat, Kyle.

- Indiana "acers."

- Yes, I noticed that. I think
the P fell off in the dryer.

It was my son's but he no longer wears it.

He wears, well actually, I don't know.

I don't know what he wears anymore!

Anyway, that is for you.

- Thank you so much, Evelyn.

- I remember you said you liked them.

- He loves them, Evelyn!

Kyle, say thank you.

- I just did, mom.

- Well, it was the least I could do.

Kyle was very helpful with

some minor repairs around the shelter.

- Oh I heard. He said it was
the highlight of his week.

- Well, I like staying busy.

- Oh well, in that case,

how would you like to
run an errand with me?

- Mom?

- You don't mind if I
borrow him. Do you, Angie?

- Sure.

(upbeat instrumental music)

- Feel free to change the station

if there's something else you'd like.

- No, this is cool.

- It's not too stuffy?

(upbeat instrumental music)

- Okay, now that's everything.

- Kyle, just put these
in wherever they fit.

Don't be precious about it.

Not too heavy?

- Of course not.

- [Marcella] Is that your son?

- No no, he's just a kid
who works at the shelter.

So, you'll appreciate this Kyle.

Marcella does all the translations

for the Spanish speakers at the shelter.

The women are in and out
of court all the time

with custody and orders of protection.

And you cannot imagine
how rigged the system is

against non-native English speakers.

But Marcella is a genius, and
that is not an exaggeration.

- I am not a genius.

- No no no, you're more effective

than any lawyer we have ever hired.

- Look, you can tell him the truth.

I used to be a resident at the shelter.

- Oh, really?

- My husband - my ex husband
- and I was undocumented.

I couldn't go to the police

and I couldn't go back to Honduras.

- Shit, I'm sorry all
that happened to you.

- Thank you.

- My mom and I are living there now.

Yeah, my dad is kind of...

- I know.

- Un cabron.

- Yo entiendo.

- What was that?

- Oh sorry, I was just saying
that my dad's not really

a great guy.

- You speak Spanish?

- I mean, high school Spanish.

- La verdad. Habla muy bien!

- Gracias.

- Estuve saliendo con una
dominicana por dos meses.

- Yo tambien tuve un novio dominicano.

- En serio? Y qué pasó?

- No aguanté el merengue!

- My goodness, you are
full of hidden talents.

- No, I guess I've just got a good ear.

- Perdóname. Olvidé el azúcar! Te quiere?

- Oh si. Gracias.

- Okay Kyle, I think that
we should be heading back.

I don't want your mother to worry.

- [Kyle] Oh, I don't
think that she'll worry.

- We really should go.

And Marcella, thank
you, thank you so much.

It was great to see you

and I will just bring
my mug into the kitchen.

- No, leave it.
- No no no, I've got it.

I'm gonna pop it into the dishwasher.

Are these clean or dirty?

- Marcella seems pretty cool.

- She's fine, do you want
to get something to eat?

- Oh, I'm cool to just
go back if you want.

- No, let's get you
something to eat, I owe you.

(distant train horn)

(soft music)

- Hello!

Hello?

Mom?

- I don't suppose you've had

Ethiopian food before, have you?

- Uh, no, definitely not.

- You have to eat with your
hands. I hope that's all right.

- Do they give you gloves?

- (laughs) That's cute.

I think you'll enjoy it. My
son used to love coming here

and then he started complaining
that his hands feel dirty.

- That makes sense.

- No, people get their hands dirty.

It's a fact of life.

You understand that because
you've worked with cars.

- I feel like I should
have brought a fork.

- Oh no, stop it, you're
gonna be just fine.

After you.
- Thank you.

(soft music)

- Hi.

- Oh, Jesus, fuck Dad!

- [Roger] When did you get home?

- Just now, where's Mom?

- [Roger] Working late, I guess.

- Okay, do you want to
order pizza something?

- I made a duck.

(knife chopping)

Do you want some wine?

- No thanks, Dad.

- Eh, it's not very good anyway.

- So which one is Marci again?

- When you walk in, she's the first desk.

You've seen her a million times.

- With the thick glasses?

- Mm-hmm, yeah, exactly, Marci.

- And she used to be a wrestler?

- Mm-hmm, I'm serious!

- Like ah...this Thursday,
at Bankers Life Arena,

I challenge you, Undertaker,
in a fight to the death!

- No no no no, not like that.

College wrestling, you know,
with the ugly one piece

and the soft helmet.

- I can't imagine her doing that.

- And apparently, she
was ranked very highly.

- She was at IU?

- Mm-hmm, a big time school, full ride.

- For wrestling?

- For wrestling, they give
out scholarships for anything.

That's what we have to find for you.

- Right.

- I'm still nudging my friend at Oberlin,

but worst case scenario, we get you to IU

on a scholarship or aid.

They make the process unnecessarily
complicated these days.

- Yeah, I was thinking about all that,

like since you mentioned it the other day.

- Good, me too.

This is embarrassing, but I actually got

an online subscription to
"US News & World Report",

just to check the college rankings.

- Oh Evelyn, you don't
have to do all that for me.

- No, but I want to, I want to do it.

Have you thought about a personal essay?

- What's that?

- Well, it shouldn't be hard for you

because you've been through so much,

but we'd have to codify it
in a way that feels academic.

- Right.

- And it should be fun,
it should be fun for us.

- Cool.

So do you like the food?

- I do, yeah.

I mean, it mostly just tastes
like regular vegetables,

but it's good.

- Because you're kind of
avoiding the red, goopy stuff.

- Yeah, because the red,
goopy stuff is insanely spicy.

- You know, in Ethiopia, not
eating the red, goopy stuff

is extremely disrespectful.

- Shit, really?

- In fact, if you don't eat it,

they might even ask us to leave.

(Kyle coughs)

- [Kyle] Oh god.

- Kyle.

(Evelyn giggles)

- Oh god.
- Oh Kyle.

- I need a water.

- Here, take mine, take mine!

I was kidding.

(Evelyn giggles)

- Jesus!

- Extremely disrespectful!

Kyle, you need to lighten up.

Oh no no, oh no no no no.

Don't spit it out

because now they really
will ask us to leave.

- Good, I'm ready to go!

(Evelyn laughs)

- Ziggy.

- Yeah?

- Are you happy?

- What?

- Are you happy?

- Are you really asking me?

- Of course.

- Um, yeah, I mean, I think so.

I mean, I'll have a good
thought it my head, you know?

Like, "You just wrote a lift song."

And then later I'll be
feeling bad about something,

I mean, it could be anything,

and the feeling doesn't feel good anymore.

Does that make sense?

Like I'll have a logically good thought

but my feeling is still bad.

And it kills me because it means

that my thoughts and my
feelings are disconnected

and that I could be the
most popular song writer

in the world but it still
won't solve any real problems.

Because no matter what I do in this world,

I'll always kind of have
a lingering pain, yeah.

- Hmm.

- Why are you asking me?

- Because I'm reading
this fascinating article

about teen suicide.

It's highest in your specific age group.

- Oh.

- And you being white and upper
middle class and educated,

it's very high for people like you.

- Okay, thanks Dad.

- Do you want to read it?

- No.

- Mom's home!

- [Evelyn] Hello, boys!

- [Roger] I made a duck!

- Oh, boo, I already ate.

- You did?

- Yes, but I'll sit with you,

and I'll certainly have
a glass of something.

- I opened the Malbec,
but it's not very good.

- Oh stop it. Malbec's always good.

- Hi Mom.

- Hello, Ziggy.

- Dad's reading a fascinating
article about teen suicide.

- [Roger] So what'd you eat for dinner?

- I took Marci to the
Ethiopian restaurant.

It was her second year anniversary
of working at the shelter

and I wanted to do something nice for her.

It was delicious.

We ate with our hands and
it was very interesting.

- Yeah, I know, I love that place.

- No you don't.

- Of course I do, we
used to go all the time.

- Yeah and you told me
it made you feel dirty.

- It did, I had lentils
and shit all over my hands

but I still liked it.

- I didn't realize. Maybe
we can go back some time.

- Yeah, sure, maybe.

I don't know, I have to go
upstairs and write a new song.

I'm live streaming tomorrow, so.

- Oh, don't worry.

Dad and I'll clean up your plate.

No no no, it's all
right, I worked all day.

I'll just come home and clean
up after you, I don't mind.

- What do you mean you worked all day?

You just went out to fucking dinner.

- [Roger] Ziggy, calm down.

- Excuse me! I was with Marci.
We were discussing a grant.

It was work.

- Yeah, I'm sure it was really important

that you discussed a
grant at a cool restaurant

you used to take me to.

- I don't have to defend
myself to you, Ziggy.

You're a child.

- Yeah and you're a shitty mom.

- Ziggy sit back down.
- Shut up, Dad.

Shut up Dad.

- You're a wonderful
son. I'm so very lucky!

- You know what?! My
songs make me more money

than you'll ever see in
your fucking lifetime.

My songs reach more people

than you could ever dream of reaching

at your little shelter in Indiana.

- Oh okay, yeah, go write
your little teenage songs.

♪ Boys and girls, holding hands ♪

- Fuck off!

Shut the fuck up, shut up!

Shut up, Mom shut up!
(Evelyn mockingly singing)

I'm actually writing a song right now.

It's a political song.

- Oh yeah?

- Yeah, and it's gonna be so political

it's gonna change the fucking
world and you're gonna be

so embarrassed that
you didn't think of it.

- Ziggy, Ziggy, even
if you wrote the best,

most political-est song,

I doubt I'm going to wish that I wrote it.

- Just try to not make any noise.

- Ev--

- I know, stop.

(upbeat guitar music)

♪ You look out there,
it's full of hot air ♪

♪ The fucking congressman ♪

- Ooh, that's good.

♪ The fucking congressman ♪

♪ Fucking congressman ♪

(keyboard clicking)

♪ The fucking congressman
uses all the oxygen ♪

♪ If you look out there,
it's full of hot air ♪

♪ The fucking congressman
uses all the oxygen ♪

♪ Because it's full of hot air ♪

This fucking sucks.

(soft music)

♪ There is power, there is power ♪

♪ In a land of working
folk, when they stand ♪

♪ Hand in hand ♪

Lila, hey.

- Yo.

- I don't want to interrupt
your time or anything.

I know that this is like,
probably your favorite thing

in the world but I just wanted
to say that I wrote something

for you and if you had
any interest or any time,

I would love to play it for you,

like outside, alone if possible.

- You wanna head out now?

- Yeah, really?

Sorry I'm just a little nervous.

I've been like, practicing all
day so that's probably why.

- It's actually a little cold.

- Yeah, so why don't you sit there

so that you're comfortable.

- Yeah, sure.

Dude, you're making me nervous.

- Oh shit, sorry.

And I'll just sit here on the ground.

It's actually a little tough
to play from this position.

- [Lila] Do you wanna come sit up here?

- Where are you gonna sit?

- I'm gonna sit here too.

- Oh, lift.

Okay, here it goes.

Sorry, it's a little smudged.

♪ Floating little worlds ♪

♪ Bobbing in the sea ♪

♪ Unsuspecting, unexpecting ♪

♪ War to shed his grace on thee ♪

Is this okay?

- Keep going.

- But it's okay that I'm doing this?

- We'll see.

♪ So it's 1526 when the
Spaniards start to run ♪

♪ Like Pamplona bulls in a china shop ♪

♪ Ain't colonialism fun ♪

♪ Then it is German New
Guinea but the age old story ♪

♪ And I'll give you the skinny
but it's deliberately gory ♪

♪ Enslaving their people,
for some Copra Cabana ♪

♪ Until 1919, when they
made way for Japan ♪

♪ And it was 1526, so thanks for playing ♪

♪ And then it was 1885
so thanks for playing ♪

♪ And it was 1919 so thanks for staying ♪

♪ For the Japanese mandate
of the whole South Pacific ♪

♪ And it's some enchanted bullshit ♪

♪ If you wanna get specific ♪

♪ You'll learn our language.
You'll eat our food ♪

♪ You'll get no domo arigato ♪

♪ Bet you didn't think that we're rude ♪

♪ And it was 1954 so thanks for staying ♪

♪ For the powerful US,
more like us versus them ♪

♪ We'll drop a kilo on your foxtrot ♪

♪ You're a pig stuck in the pen ♪

♪ You've worn out your bikini ♪

♪ We've capped you at the knees ♪

♪ Leave you praying for the
Spanish, for a deadly disease ♪

♪ And it was 1592 so thanks for playing ♪

♪ Then it was 1885 so thanks for playing ♪

♪ Then it was 1919 so thanks for playing ♪

♪ Then it was 1954,
wish you were staying ♪

♪ But you're not ♪

- [Ziggy] Hey guys.

- Hey stranger, where have you been?

- Just at a party with some friends.

- Anybody we know?

- No, just actually
some really smart kids,

some really political kids actually.

- Do you wat to sit down and eat with us?

- Oh no, actually I have a
live stream in like 20 minutes.

- Well, you could just sit for a second.

- Oh no guys, sorry, thanks anyway!

- Rog, I left something at the office.

I'm gonna go down there.

- [Roger] Do you want me to go for you?

- No.

(soft instrumental music)

Hey there smarty pants.

- Evelyn, hey, what are you doing here?

- Oh silly me, I made too much food

and I thought you might be hungry.

- Thanks, I actually already ate though.

- Oh, it's pot roast.

- [Kyle] Yeah shit, sorry.

My mom and I just ate
a couple of hours ago.

- Oh yes, of course, that makes sense.

Well, I left some paperwork at the office

and that's why I came in, primarily.

- Well, yeah.

Thank you, so yeah,
thanks so much anyways.

- Oh, I think we'll have some good news

from Oberlin tomorrow, very exciting.

(soft instrumental music)

- I've secured two
sponsorships, both for 10k

from Hair Today and one
from the Clifford Family.

- Oh, well that's tremendous.

Fred's never been particularly
eager to part with his money.

- [Cathy] But the downside
is we're only half sold

as of now. Sorry Evelyn.

- Yeah, sorry.

- Oh, no need to apologize.
You're doing the best you can.

- [Cathy] Last year at
this year we were sold.

- Don't be so hard on yourself.

- I'm sorry I'm interrupting.

- You all right Angie?

- Um, can I talk to you for a second?

- Oh, yes, yes of course.

I shall return.

- [Angie] I don't know
how to tell you this.

- Well, tell me what?

- Well, it's about Kyle.

- Oh, is he all right? Is he hurt?

- No, he's fine.

- Oh, good, oh don't scare me like that.

- Kyle is going to be fine.

- [Evelyn] No, I know that.

- No, I don't think you do.

- [Evelyn] No I do, he is an
amazing kid, you're very lucky.

- I'm lucky.

I believe that Kyle has told you his plans

on working with his father
after he finishes school,

at his father's shop?

- The car repair shop.

- [Angie] Right, the car repair shop.

- Yes, we've been discussing that

and I've been encouraging him

to think outside the box a little bit.

There are some wonderful programs

where I think that Kyle would excel.

He's very curious. He's
unusually sensitive.

- Yeah, I know that.

- Of course you do. You're his mother.

- Well, Kyle feels good
working with his father.

He already works weekends.
He makes good money,

and he feels good about
himself and you're trying

to push him into some place

that's gonna make him feel stupid.

- No one is going to make that boy

feel anything less than brilliant,

anything less than what he is.

- Well, he feels good
working with his father.

Maybe not brilliant, but he
feels good about himself.

- Well, imagine how good,

imagine how amazing he would
feel with a college degree,

with something that he had no
expectation of ever getting.

- I think he must feel pretty
amazing when someone says,

"Hey kid, you fixed my car.

You're 17 years old and you fixed a car

that hasn't turned over in a year.

Now I can get to work on time

and now I can pick my
kids up from school."

- Yes yes, and I'm sure
that is a wonderful feeling.

And that is exactly what I'm offering him,

that feeling times a million.

- Okay, well we don't want it.

- You don't want it or
does Kyle not want it?

- Yeah, I don't want it.

- [Cathy] I think we're gonna
need that kind of space, yeah.

I mean, it's a little echo-ey,

but the biggest problem
I'm having is Steven.

He's like, texting me every five minutes.

(soft chattering)

(intense instrumental music)

(car honking)

(intense instrumental music)

- [Secretary] Paging Kyle Marks.

Would Kyle Marks please
report to the office?

I repeat, would Kyle Marks
please report to the office?

- Yo, shut up man.

- Yo yo yo, how's it going everybody?

Hey Lila.

- Sit down, sit down troubadour!

- Oh lift, cool.

I don't want to interrupt anything.

So what are you guys talking about?

- Becky's thinking about
getting her tongue pierced.

- Which is obviously a terrible idea.

- It's my tongue!

- Uh-uh, not after you get it pierced.

Then it's the world's tongue.

- I just thought you guys would be talking

about political stuff like you usually do.

- It is political! It's my body!

- It's an important muscle.
You'll have no taste buds!

- No, I just meant like, world politics.

Cause Lila and I were
kinda working on this song

for the Marshall Islands.

- Oh really?

- Yeah, Ziggy did like, the
weirdest possibly nicest thing.

He took this poem I wrote
and set it to music.

- Yeah, that's actually
why I came over here.

I played it last night on Hi-Hat.

That's where I have 20,00 followers

and am validated and
starred and everything.

- [Cyril] You told us.

- Oh, really?

Oh, lift.

Anyway, I don't really
sing about political shit

because I feel like people
don't really like that stuff

and also it doesn't really translate

because of the language barrier.

But I played the Marshall
Islands song last night, right,

and I got like 83 up-notes,

which translates to like 90
bucks before Hi-Hat deductions.

And it's so funny because you Lila,

you said that I have a huge
platform to be political,

and I never really wanted to do that

because I thought it
would make me less money.

But last night proves

that I can both be
political and make money.

Isn't that awesome?

- Kyle, hello!

How are you dear?

- I'm fine, what's up?

- Oh, I have to speak to you,
I'm sorry, oh forgive me.

- It's cool. Is my mom okay?

- Oh yes, Angie is fine.

Actually, I don't know, I really--

- Wait, what happened?

- I just spoke to her and
she said that you and she

had discussed what we've been
working on together and I...

I want to get some
clarity on that situation.

- Shit, I'm sorry about that.

What did she say?

- Well, she said that she was worried

that you wouldn't fit in
with the other students

and that you wouldn't excel,
and both you and I know

that that could not be
further from the truth.

But I inferred from what she said to me

that I may have overstepped,

and if I have, I would be mortified.

Frankly, I would be mortified!

- She's been really emotional lately.

I told her not to talk to you.

- Okay, okay, well I understand.

I mean, she's a good mother.
She's a very concerned mother

and we've all been there
and it's a big change.

I mean, not just for you
but for your entire family.

- Yeah, and what if I don't want it?

- Don't want what?

- School and all that?
'cause I don't think

that I really wanna go.

I'm sorry, I know you've
been thinking about it a lot

and that it's important to you.

I talked to my dad and we
all think it's a good idea

if I start working with him more.

- [Lila] Ziggy, do not follow me.

- Lila, just explain
to me what I did wrong!

- Are you so fucking stupid?

- Maybe I am? I thought you'd be proud!

- Proud, how could I be proud?

You exploited me. You exploited
the fucking poor people

in the Marshall islands, like
they have any more reason

to be miserable and
you exploited yourself.

- How the fuck did I exploit anyone?

I wrote this killer
fucking lift song with you!

We wrote it together and I
used it to raise awareness

for a major world problem.

- And then you have the
audacity to brag about it to me

like you're a fucking god.

Changing the world takes doing real work

and actually giving a shit
about real people, you can't--

- Maybe I can change things!

- You can't.

- No maybe we can, like a team.

- We're not a team, Ziggy!
You're like a little boy!

- [Evelyn] I know it's scary.

We all have imposter
syndrome. I understand that.

I am constantly striving
to have my character

- match up to my ideals.
- Okay Okay Okay Yeah.

- No I understand.

- It steels you. It strengthens you.

It's the only way to learn and to grow,

to live a more examined
life, to make an impact.

Don't you want that?

- Yeah, I guess.

- Yes, of course you do because
that is what everyone wants.

- I know, I just can't really
think about it right now.

- But right now is the time!

Right now is the time you
have to think about this.

- Evelyn, just please stop!

Please stop, stop, please stop!

Please.

I'm sorry.

- Oh, no, no, no.

- You're not gonna like,
kick us out, right?

- What?

- Like if I don't go to college,

you're not gonna make us leave, right?

- Oh my god, oh my god, no.

Kyle, these things are separate.

These things are totally separate.

- Thank you.

Really, thank you Ms. Katz,

'cause my mom really feels safe there.

- Well she is. She is very safe there

and you are both very safe.

(locker banging)

- Oh, fuck!

- 'Sup.

(somber music)

(keyboard clicking)

Hey guys, TheRealZiggyKatz here!

I just want to say happy
Fourth, Fourth of July,

or as we call it in
America Independence Day,

whatever that means.

So right now I'm going to play a song

called "Mouth of a Liar."

(upbeat guitar music)

(soft music)

Yo yo yo, it's TheRealZiggyKatz here!

I just want to say Dobry
Dzien and happy Wednesday

to my friends in Minsk and
Ni Hao and happy Thursday

to my Tigers out in Liajing.

Xie xie for waking up so early!

And of course dhonnobad to all
my devoted Chittagong gals.

I'm glad to see the floods

haven't affected your
internet connections.

You all look super clear
and ready for a show!

So the first song I'm gonna
play is a brand new debut

for my favorite people
in the whole wide world,

my Hi-Hat fans.

(soft music)

(upbeat guitar music)

♪ Pieces of gold straddling paper ♪

♪ Owing to nothing, turning to vapor ♪

♪ The air is thin, the marks are set ♪

♪ You lift your chin, she feigns regret ♪

♪ Two high speed trains
on parallel tracks ♪

♪ Running out of steam
and not turning back ♪

♪ Two high speed cars
on parallel streets ♪

♪ Never gonna crash,
but never gonna meet ♪

(upbeat guitar music)

♪ She can't contend
with what I'm selling ♪

♪ I can't pretend it's not foretelling ♪

♪ Ominous, paranoid ♪

♪ Temporary Polaroid ♪

- Hi, you want me to get your mom?

- Oh no, that's okay, thank you.

♪ Two high speed trains
on parallel tracks ♪

♪ Running out of steam, not turning back ♪

♪ Two high speed cars
on parallel streets ♪

♪ Never gonna crash and never gonna meet ♪

- Excuse me, can I help you?

- Uh, no, that's okay.

Sorry, I'm Evelyn Katz's son.

- [Barb] Oh, you must be Ziggy.

- Yeah.

(upbeat guitar music)

- [Ziggy] What's up guys?

I'm gonna be doing a
new thing on my channel

where I'm gonna vlog, which
is new for me I think.

I've never really done this before,

but we're going to see
how it all goes down.

(soft music)

So thank you so much for
watching. I hope you come back.

This has been, uh,uh, Ziggy
Katz. Thanks for tuning in.

♪ There once was a union
maid. She never was afraid ♪

♪ Of the goons and the ginks
and the company finks ♪

♪ And the deputy sheriffs
that made the raid ♪

♪ She went to the union hall
when a meeting it was called ♪

♪ And when the company boys come around ♪

♪ She always stood her ground ♪

♪ Oh, you can't scare me,
I'm sticking to the union ♪

♪ I'm sticking to the union,
I'm sticking to the union ♪

♪ Oh, you can't scare me,
I'm sticking to the union ♪

♪ I'm sticking to the
union until the day I die ♪

♪ This union maid was wise to
the tricks of company spies ♪

♪ She was never beaten
by a company stool ♪

♪ She'd always organize the guys ♪

♪ She would always get her way ♪

♪ When she asked for better pay ♪

♪ She'd show her card
to the company guard ♪

♪ And this is what she'd say ♪

♪ Oh, you can't scare me,
I'm sticking to the union ♪

♪ I'm sticking to the union,
I'm sticking to the union ♪

♪ Oh, you can't scare me,
I'm sticking to the union ♪

♪ I'm sticking to the
union until the day I die ♪

♪ Now you gals who want to be free ♪

♪ Just take a little tip from me ♪

♪ Get you a man who's a union man ♪

♪ And fight together for liberty ♪

♪ 'Cause married life ain't hard ♪

♪ if you've got a union card ♪

♪ And a union man has a happy life ♪

♪ if he's got a union wife ♪

♪ Oh, you can't scare me,
I'm sticking to the union ♪

♪ I'm sticking to the union,
I'm sticking to the union ♪

♪ Oh, you can't scare me,
I'm sticking to the union ♪

♪ I'm sticking to the
union until the day I die ♪

♪ Oh, you can't scare me,
I'm sticking to the union ♪

♪ I'm sticking to the union,
I'm sticking to the union ♪

♪ Oh, you can't scare me,
I'm sticking to the union ♪

♪ I'm sticking to the
union until the day I die ♪

(soft instrumental music)