Fire on the Hill (2018) - full transcript

As a child,

I didn't even think being
a cowboy was an option.

I saw more myself as the person

that the cowboy
wanted to kill or beat,

you know, like the Indians.

But what I realised
through the years is that

it's not a white
or a black thing,

it's a wrong or a right thing.

The wrong is winning
in my community.

But I still see beauty in it,
I still see hope.

And a person that has seen
the horrors of the negative,



but live in the way that
things should be, and could be,

to me that's a cowboy.

♪ Ah yeah ♪

♪ Land of the sunshine
and palm trees LA LA ♪

♪ From the east to
the west we flippin' ♪

♪ Yippee yi yo yippee yi yay ♪

♪ I'ma do it my way the fly
way the only way to ride way ♪

♪ Stay focused on the highway ♪

♪ Right or wrong I
knew this was my day ♪

♪ Self made and
I gots me a village,

ready to loot the village ♪

The cycle of the
streets is a cold cycle.

We living in this
little tiny box that says

we got two paths to choose,
no gang or gang.



Your life is pretty much
built on respect and survival.

You disrespect somebody,

you getting your
ass beat up our shot.

Man,
I'm gonna you up.

Man just called him a bitch,
so he had to fight him.

You gotta
know your surroundings,

'cause the hat means something,
shoe strings mean something.

Whether you in a gang or not,
it's the streets man.

Keep your head on swivel.

- Gang related shooting.
- 10 homicides.

- An explosion of crime.
- Real Crip Compton, nigga.

Kill 'em all, get 'em messed up.

The media only
shows what they want.

Something positive
is overlooked because

the media pays for the negative.

So growing up we
imitating what we see as kids.

We gonna be what we see,

until we begin to understand
that this is not the life.

In other
news in South LA,

two children and a teen are
in a hospital after being shot.

They were returning
home with their family

when a suspect
pulled up in a vehicle.

This all happened
on West 99th Street

near the corner
of Cimarron Street.

Come on.

...preparation after
speaking with a Sergeant here

of the 77th Division.

Did she
drink that bottle?

Not all of it.

Have been released

from the hospital
so that is good news.

Although police
are still looking

for the man who opened fire.

I want to show
you these children

as one being wheeled away...

Daddy,
are you ready?

Okay, okay, okay, bye bye.

Say bye to Daddy.

The use of this hashtag has
surged over the past week.

Two gangs are competing to make
100 kills first in South LA.

When I was a kid
growing up here in LA,

every day we got helicopters,
we got police cars,

we got people getting murdered.

I really thought
there was no hope.

So when I was 18,
I went into the military.

They assigned me to Berlin,
Germany first.

November 9, 1989.

We opened the wall up.

These people have a
place that they can go.

And they can actually see,
and live, and feel, and breathe

a different life in the
city that they are in.

It really showed me that change

can happen in
all aspects of life.

Now when I came
back from the military,

friends that I used
to see every day,

now they're separated from Crip,
Blood.

They're separated
from 50th Street,

40th Street,
30th Street, 20th Street.

I mean there's so many
divisions with this gang stuff

it's just like history
repeating itself.

You just gonna fall in a rut,
and that rut is getting

worse and worse,
generation after generation.

I was looking for an outlet.

Inside of the community I found

an environment
that takes me away.

It originally
started with people

from the South
that were cowboys.

They brought their way
of living to California.

They was all day every day
yippee yi yo, yippee ki aye.

The Hill was
actually one of many

horse stables in South Central.

But black people
couldn't rent everywhere,

so that was where
they all had to go.

And after a while they
started becoming like

a training ground for
black cowboys, calf ropers,

steer wrestlers, bull riders,
and all around cowboying.

The first time I stepped
foot on The Hill was 1999.

It's like an escape
from my environment

when I come to these stables.

Up here there's no gang banging.

Crips, Bloods, Mexican "Eme",

down here they don't
have any problems.

At South Central,
nothing like it, nothing.

And I found utilizing
the horses to give them

something else to
put into their brain,

and reprogram the
system that we live in,

it has really lit
another fire in me.

There was a spike
in gang shooting this weekend.

I can be a direct
impact on my community.

Now worry is
growing in the community.

♪ Open the eyes of my heart ♪

♪ I want to see you
I want to see you ♪

♪ Open the eyes
of my heart Lord ♪

I want the
best for my children.

♪ Open the eyes of my heart ♪

I've been
taxed with the job

of raising them up
the best that I can.

♪ I want to see you ♪

♪ I want to see you ♪

Yeah,
and Grandma gonna love that.

Yeah, well.

Friends,
we welcome you to one of

the most exciting
sports of all time.

Are you ready for the
original extreme sport?

It's cowboys versus...

In bull riding there are no
promises, no guarantees.

You pay your money
to enter and you ride

for the longest eight
seconds of your life.

If you do it,
it's a trip to the pay window.

You don't make eight, well,
it's a smile and a handshake.

We need some hand clapping,
foot stomping,

kind of enthusiasm.

Hold that bull now.

And we wanna know,
are you ready?

Ladies and gentlemen
we've had cowboys

from Wyoming, Montana, Utah
and everywhere in between.

But this next cowboy comes
from Compton, California.

Ladies and gentlemen
in chute three

this is Chris Byrd from Compton,
California.

Yeah, yeah, yeah!

Come on cowboy.

Looky here,
that's why I'm telling you

it's just another day in the
office for this young man.

And it's worth 79 points.

Ladies and gentlemen
thank you very much

for joining us on
this beautiful evening.

Remember,
always sit tall in the saddle.

Watch out for low branches.

Hey good work,
Chris.

Congratulations,
you looked good out there man.

With a seven seven,
Chris Byrd here's your money,

fourth place,
you had a good run.

First one out of the
chute and you covered it.

Well, y'all
some smiley sons of bitches.

We just won money,
why wouldn't we be?

♪ Niggas will put your ass
down for wearing the wrong hat ♪

♪ Come around here talking
fuck around and get jacked ♪

♪ This is how we
do it how we... ♪

In the summer it can
get a little wild you know.

Kids out of school,
and they ready to just shoot.

My family was into gangs.

I kinda watched them,
learned from their mistakes.

My brother got
shot at right here,

at this corner, gang related.

And then my uncle ended
up getting shot right here,

right in front of the house.

Too much drama,
man a lot of drama.

Can't really talk about it.

Don't want to talk about it,
anyway.

♪ We making money boy
I gotta steady looking ♪

When I was young,
the room we were staying at,

it was a drug house.

Our house got raided twice.

Helicopters all came, and the
police, and that's why I left.

We stayed in a hotel
for about a year or two.

My mom, she was struggling,
but she always provided for us.

I ain't never seen her
breakdown, you know what I mean?

Made me stronger.

Hey...

Back in the day
it was like a lot of

real black cowboys back there.

That's where Charlie Sampson
and all them come from.

Hello, Charlie.

Charlie Sampson.

Remember
this cowboy, remember the bull.

He has beautiful
balance doesn't he?

Oh,
he certainly does.

He started at The Hill,

got his pro card,
and just started going

all around the world
getting a couple of sponsors,

and ended up winning
the World Finals.

Sampson
was destined to rewrite

the history books,
becoming the first

black world champion
in rodeo history.

You're the World
Champion Bull Rider,

how do you feel about it?

I'm just happy to be
in this position right now.

You're a
great champ, and a good

representative the sport
of rodeo cowboy, thank you.

Thank you.

I think he wants
more out of life.

He has a goal, he has a dream,
so that keeps him focused.

So the first belt
buckle I won was in 2011

at the BPRA Finals,
also I won the saddle too.

You gotta have some sponsors

if you want to
make it right now.

Most of those guys, they got 30,
40,000 dollar sponsors.

All they gotta do is call and
take their plane, they there.

That's the only thing,
they just go more than us.

I do little jobs, little side
jobs people call me on.

Temporary jobs,

whatever helps.

In a couple minutes.

Oh, good morning.

Good morning.

I always wanted
to be a veterinarian,

when I was coming up as a kid.

But living in this community,
you gotta work to eat.

So I just got to go with what
pays the bills at this time.

Appointment?

My friend Fat Pack had
told me he bought a horse.

I'm like you bought a horse,
what you mean?

He was like yeah,
my family always did this.

He had moved his
horse to a different

horse stable,
which was The Hill.

And when I was down there,

it just was a totally
different feeling.

I mean I was pretty
much riding horses

in the city that I was from
with people just like me.

And when everybody was riding,

I didn't have anything to ride.

So that's what motivated me,

and made me want
to get my own horse.

I like this one right here.

I like the
way that she looks.

Me too.

Calvin was the last person

who come down
to the horse stable,

that didn't have a horse.

Come on, my fella.

He was trying to find somebody
to let him ride a horse.

Oh,
you got a horse I can borrow?

So he'd get a horse.

Now he need a saddle,
so now he gotta

go ask somebody
can he borrow a saddle.

Then I go to the next dude,
you got a bridle?

Now he gotta
go borrow a bridle.

And by the time I
piece up everything,

I still missed the ride.

Woah.

Okay,
now let me show you this here.

When it holds you back
for so long you get tired of it.

So you just be like, man I
gotta do something about it.

I gotta do something about it.

Go ahead Cal,
put it to her.

Let me get a
feel for her first.

And I like the sound of that.

Okay I'll do that,
I want him then.

Just tell
me what you want to do.

It
takes a lot to be

into horses, to ride horses.

It takes time, and it takes
passion, it takes money.

I don't know what he
does to have the money for it.

But he finds away.

Yeah, alright well, I think
I'd like the black one then.

Well I call her Jazz,
like you know, Jazzy.

A lot of people don't get a
great horse on their first time.

But when I first
laid eyes on her,

I felt like I had a connection.

With Jazz he's
a different dude.

Jazz gives him a getaway,
gives him an out.

You know he gets to be himself.

Hey,
it's time to leave, hey.

This gonna be about running,
about putting on something.

That's why I said get up
here with me, that's all I said.

Nah,
get on back here with me.

You
see how I do it?

Where y'all at man, come on man.

Hey, knock it off.

The first time I
went riding with him,

we was riding down Broadway.

And as we was riding, Fat
Pack kept looking in my face.

And he could see,
when he looking in my face

I'm looking like a little kid,
I'm having fun.

And I'm just cheesing.

My smile's so big, but I'm
having fun, cars honking.

And when he was
looking in my face,

he was like you like this huh,
Cal?

And from that moment,

it just was a totally
different feeling.

Get them girl.

Get them girl.

To not have yourself
broken by these LA streets,

you have to find
yourself a release

so that you don't find yourself
being part of the problem.

Taking you away
from all these streets,

all the kids coming up
here early in the morning,

clean the stalls and be ready.

It's which one you gonna do?

You gonna ride horses, or are
you gonna go gang banging?

And I chose to ride horses,
you know what I mean?

I'm a cowboy now, full fledged.

This dirt
right here has been here

for over 70 years,
horses running on it,

shitting on it, pissing on it,

kids learning how
to ride and falling,

and hurting they selves,
and then trying again.

It has changed people's
mentalities through

the camaraderie of
the cowboy lifestyle.

Then the fire
changed everything.

A plume of
smoke climbs into the sky

as firefighters work
to save several horses

trapped in a stable fire.

I did everything possible,
me and a few of my other guys.

Calvin Grey came
upon the flames and worked

to keep them from spreading
until firefighters arrived.

I hopped the gate,
grabbed the garden hose,

started trying to
put the fire out.

The pressure was too low,
so I had to back off.

The horse was
actually on fire too,

and he stood there,
and he started shaking.

And it was crazy,
I just watched the horse

just pretty much just burn.

And there was
nothing I could do.

Somebody tried to
burn the same horse

in another stable
prior to this act.

The owner,
he was racing his horse.

He was beating these
guys out of a lot of money.

He knew who had tried
to attempt to burn his horse.

But he didn't want
to say nothing,

and the people that do
know something about it,

they ain't gonna know
nothing about it either.

So we got to suck it up,

and now we got to
deal with the bullshit.

A June
17th fire uncovered

numerous code violations
at the Athens barn.

Take a look behind me, these
are the stables in question here

where the animals
were being housed at.

And the property itself
looks in poor condition,

just a row of
dilapidated shacks.

There were makeshift
corrals and barns.

There was electricity
strung up everywhere.

We recognised that it was
just not safe for the animals.

The property was too far gone.

A couple of stalls got burned.

But they used that against
us to get us out of there.

This morning horse
owners at a South LA stable

have less than an
hour to clear out after

city officials declared
the buildings unsafe.

It was over 100 something
horses out here that just had

to get moved, just shut
us down like that instantly.

I mean
they just pretty much

just snatched the
life out of everybody.

The owner of the property
said he's gonna tear it down

and rebuild it, but I need
y'all help, move all this.

He said the right shit to
get the niggas to move.

They moved.

When the fence got up,
and the city came down here

and signed off, he was
never to be heard from again.

A
taste of the country

in the heart of the city,
a place where people

can get off the
trouble on the streets

and onto the back of a horse,

a way of life everyone
agrees is worth trying to save.

At the tone,
please record your message.

Hello Mr. Tokaruk,
how are you?

This is Ghuan Featherstone.

I'm calling about
your property located

on Figueroa,
the old horse stables.

I'm interested in
talking to you about what

we can do with the
property as far as

purchasing it from you,
or leasing it from you.

Could you please give
me a telephone call,

because I have this
sense of hope that

one day The Hill will
come back and be beneficial

to our inner city kids out here.

So we can make something happen.

So give me a call.

Have a great day.

The Hill was closing,
and Tokaruk just disappeared.

I know he had some
tax issues but the last

that I heard,
when I spoke with him,

that he was handling
the tax issues.

Looking for something.

That's making it smaller.

Okay, Dad.

That's not helping.

Okay here you go, alright.

Oh wow.

This property is
subject to power to sell

and will be offered
for sale at auction.

So he hasn't paid the state
tax collector since 2012.

This means that we could
actually purchase The Hill.

Yeah.

So this is the storage yard.

This is our storage material,

this is where we
store materials.

The objective is to get
all of this cleared out

so we can trailer
the horses here,

level it out, grade it,
picnic tables out here.

And, you know, go from there.

We got PVC piping
to run water lines.

Where we were got
taken away from us,

but we can bring it back better.

That's Ely right there.

That's the man,
he can fix anything.

Tell them Ely, you can fix it.

If it's broke, he'll fix it.

That didn't sound good.

The Hill,
that I've always thought

was better than where we were.

Oh I need him.

Yo bro, we got a bin right.

Every two weeks or
something like that,

I could give you some
money to dump it for me?

So we need a
central location again.

And this is the
central location.

This is the heartbeat
right here, The Hill.

One day it's gonna
come back man,

if not here, somewhere. Yeah.

♪ One day I'm gonna
own this railroad ♪

♪ And everyone
will ride for free ♪

He told me,
babe I got a horse.

And I say you got a what?

I can tell the emotion
when he got home.

That boy loves that horse.

He will feed Jazz
before he fed his self.

I first met Kendra when
I was at the skating rink.

My family really liked her,
and then so we

got into a deep
relationship and,

it's not great,
it can be a lot better.

Me and they mom
had a few arguments

that I thought
they shouldn't see.

Calvin is Calvin.

He likes to...

he likes to...
that stable is his life.

That horse is
his responsibility.

So, that's it.

I don't know,
we manage, right.

Y'all better
catch up back there.

You need to get over.

Get your butt back over.

Like that?

I'm
gonna hit Devil's dip.

Walk it out.

Hey, get it, get it.

We are stars when we go
down the street on a horse.

We get more charms
than any nobody.

Because these people see us,
we own these big

live animals and
we're in control of it.

So they feel like we
can control anything.

They call this a Tennessee
Walker right here.

Gang bangers respect it.

They got gangers,
oh no homey I can't.

No no, no no I'm cool.

You want a ride, we offer,
you want a ride?

Oh no no, they scared.

Like damn,
you ain't scared to shoot a gun,

but you scared to
get on this horse?

♪ Keep it one-hundy ♪

♪ Niggas stop fronting ♪

♪ Acting like you got it
when you ain't got nothing ♪

We got a lot of shit,
we got a lot of problems.

Hey,
we need to get some gas.

Hey, how y'all doing.

I don't know,
your face look familiar though.

Well come on,
you ain't gotta be scared.

You can come touch.

Isn't he nice, man?

All this beautiful
muscle right here look.

I don't see
horses out here like,

especially like my people
ride horses out here.

What's your people?

- Black folks.
- Black folks.

But we out here,
but we out here though.

Can you take my picture?

That's okay, that's okay.

Calvin, he's a ladies man,
he's a charmer.

Jazz gave him a lot,
a lot of attention.

Some people haven't
even touched a horse,

so they might want to touch
a horse for the first time.

Some people might
just want to get on.

But then you got
some individuals

that approach you and say

I don't want to ride the horse,
I just want to ride you.

I'm gonna call you right now.

I'm like hey you want,
you can get on no problem.

Alright have a good one.

I mean that just
come with the territory.

Up up, and away.

As we ride, and people
just look at you different.

Tomorrow, I'll be
back Sunday night, late Sunday.

He got some bulls coming in?

Oh I love that.

We going in the truck?

Yeah,
I'm gonna load up.

The weekend before
last I went to Sport Mojave,

before that Queen Creeks,
weekend before that Scottsdale,

the weekend before that Tucson.

I been to Arizona quite a bit.

alright boys.

Me and Chris, we knew
each other from The Hill.

He kind of paved the path,
you know like.

I wouldn't say he
gave me the idea.

I always wanted to ride
bare back horses but,

he made it like man,
this shit could

really happen, like it's doable.

I want to travel the world,

just Rodeo and live off the
road, that's what I want to do.

To make the finals,
that's what you got to do.

The goal is to climb
up into that top 15,

and having a shot at
getting that gold buckle,

where all the best are.

Just being in the
yellow chutes...

because you made
it to the top after that.

For me to get to NFR,

We need to enter
anything and everything.

Just keep on riding,
keep on going.

I don't want to sound
like race plays a part.

But hell, we are the only
three black kids that are here.

People do look at us
differently, even though I don't

feel any different,
you know what I'm saying?

I'm no different than
any other bare back rider

in the world, they all put
their pants on just like I do.

But I mean,
perception's a killer.

Well the
sun is out, the sky is blue,

and the stands are
full here in Cave Creek.

Folks we couldn't ask for a
better day from Road Rodeo.

We go down to the bucking chutes

and get ready for Christopher
Byrd from Compton, California.

Who else out there
is from Compton?

We're overlooked
because we're from Compton,

and that's the only
thing people know of us.

Gang bangers, you know,

shootings, killings,
the murder capital.

So it's like, if we're not gonna

look out for each
other who will?

The
judges take their positions.

Derrick Fennels slides
down on a 1200 pound bull.

Christopher Byrd.

Warms up his rope,
gets his wrap set.

Go, man!

A call for the gate
and we're outside!

There's the nod
and here's the ride!

Horse buckin' cowboy
stayin' right in tune.

Do it, do it.

Oh no! Out the back door.

Stay with him!

And... he cannot last.

Christopher Byrd tryin'.

Oh, just shy of the
eight second clock.

Well folks I hope you
had a good time out here.

Don't forget to take
your belongings...

We are different but,
end of the day,

everybody in the rodeo
arena helps everyone.

They embrace us
like anybody else.

There are cowboys
that are assholes.

But for the most part,
most of the good ones

that you actually
want to be around

are as humble as they come.

- I mad a bad...
- It wasn't a bad spur over...

The
camaraderie is different.

They understand what it
takes to make it to that level.

The Hill foundation
is up and running.

And it's gonna happen.

The building right there,

kids get to school
in and everything.

And we don't have to have it
where you have a lot of horses.

The horses that are there,
are utilized for the programme.

It ain't about building
The Hill up like it was.

It's about creating
something totally different,

totally you know,
totally different.

He's hustling,
he's looking at buildings,

trying to rent it out so
they can have fundraisers,

so that they can rebuild it,
they want

to really put the
stables back and

make it like a fun
place where you

can bring your
family and your kids,

so you're not just
sitting there in the street

with some chairs and a table.

And do what,
what you mean about...

You bounce through,
and bounce out.

- When?
- Just all the time.

Do you want to see it come back?

I'm not trying to
get into that Ghuan.

But do you want to
see it come back up?

I'm not trying
to get into that.

Good idea, you got it started,
but what happens to it?

Nobody put any money into it.

Those some good
ideas you have.

But when it comes
to putting it down,

nothing ever materializes.

You never gave an hour
of time to make it happen,

not one dollar to
make it happen.

You gotta believe bro,
that's what I'm telling you.

I'm trying to convince you.

That's why I'm hollering at you,
real talk.

'Cause you want my opinion?

It's a done da da,
that ain't gonna happen.

Everybody saw
it as just a dream.

But you got a person
like Ghuan who's willing

to take some losses
to chase the dream.

As for us, we don't
necessarily jump on board

because shit,
we've never learned to dream.

This is what I'm saying,
your idea is the same...

Nobody has stepped
forward and said okay,

let me just commit to
trying to make this happen.

You ain't got enough money
to try to do anything with this.

I got 10 grand to put
up on this, now what?

Ain't no...

It's like we're stuck and
complacent on this street.

I'm not happy on that street.

And I sound crazy
for wanting more.

I'm not trying to be
a religious leader or

a politician,
or anything like that.

I'm just on the side of right,
because wrong is winning.

Candle lights all
over our city streets

where once somebody walked.

Because guess what?

They were real niggas, and they
got to throw their gang sign up.

They got to wear their colours,

and they went out
like a real nigga.

They ain't one of them
fake ass doctor niggas,

or one of them bullshit
ass lawyer niggas.

He was a real nigga,
so he got to die in the street.

This is what they got us
aspiring to be and become.

It gets bred in you,
and it's a cycle.

Here's the latest at six,
one man was killed.

It all happened on the 400 block

of East 138th Street
in Willowbrook.

Young cowboy who
rode with us, he lost his life.

He rode horses, loved horses,

grew up around horses,
rode bulls with Chris.

He was real close to Chris.

For it to go down like that,
happen like that,

it's just, it's just crazy.

About
a dozen people were

hanging out outside a
home on the 400 block

of East 138th Street
around one this morning.

Investigators say
for some reason,

24 year old Dominique
Barnett pulled out a gun.

Jerrod Taylor got into a
struggle with his friend.

During that
struggle he was shot.

If someone in
the cowboy world dies,

we'll put on black pants,
white shirt,

cowboy hat,
and we'll ride our horses.

That's my boy, man.

We started riding
together and all that.

All of us,
all started riding together.

♪ ...Star-spangled
banner yet wave ♪

♪ O'er the land of the free ♪

♪ And the home of the brave ♪

Tonight we have
some of the very best riders

from across the US
looking for the chance

to move up in the
PRCA World Standings,

and hope to qualify for the
National Finals in Vegas.

Before we begin tonight, I just
wanna send out a special salute

to all the soldiers who
pay the ultimate price

for protecting this great
country so you and I can enjoy

the traditional American
bet here tonight.

Nod, ride, rope, flank,
and tie, that's how you do it.

And our tie-down ropers
are gettin' set to go.

These guys are looking
for a good clean ride.

Our judges are
in their position.

Calf's out of the chute.

In that arena,

having any kind of a
negative thought is dangerous.

Cowboy's got him down.

Those thoughts bring doubt.

And if you're doubting yourself,

you might as well
not go to the rodeo.

Our
bull riders are up next.

Five vets throwing their name

in the hat to ride tonight.

Only one has qualified thus far.

Christopher Byrd from
Compton California.

Here's one of the
young guns of our game.

He's the final
bull rider tonight.

This is the last chance
to unseat the leader.

Now, back up, back up.
Okay, okay. You good, you good?

He just needs eight seconds
and he can win this thing.

- Yeah.
- Lets go.

They're lookin' for the nod.

Come on now, Byrd. Come on.

And he's out!

Got him, first jump out
of the bucking chute.

The cowboy just
couldn't hold on.

You know you have the
top 15 in the world going at it.

It's a dog fight out there.

You gotta be right man,
you gotta be ready.

He could win now,
he only needs 8 seconds.

Christopher Byrd,
he slammed to the Arizona dirt.

Here we go, coming to the left.

Wow, what a jump!

Uh-oh,
cowboy's over the front end.

Oh! Down just a little early.

Chris Byrd in the
American Desert bucking chute

straps in for the ride.

And he's out of the chute.
Come on, come on. Whoa!

That's gonna knock
him down in the ring.

You get down on yourself,

and you just fall into
what you think is a slump.

Come on Chris.

Bull comes out, steers
to the left, over the top.

And you just like,

man, dude I'm buckin' off,
maybe I need to just,

I just need to stop
and just take a break.

Chris Byrd in the
American Desert bucking chute

straps in for the ride.

That is gonna
affect his ranking.

I don't think we
gonna see much crowds though.

Hey!

But when we go to
98 we gotta go back too...

They was looking,
they was looking.

They was peeking.

Going back that way.

I was in between jobs.

But I make a little
bit more money now.

So you know I've
been partying a lot.

♪ I said it, I meant it ♪

♪ I had money I spent it ♪

♪ The life of the party I
might have been sorry ♪

♪ But now I can say
that I'll never regret it ♪

♪ Let's ride. ♪

Me and Kendra, we've been
off and on on our relationship.

'Cause she heard a
lot of different stories,

but she really didn't know.

I like to say I'm better
than I used to be.

But at the same time I'm just
doing what make me happy.

Y'all ready, let's go boys.

♪ The life of the party I
might have been sorry ♪

♪ But now I can say
that I'll never regret it ♪

Walk it out.

♪ Let's ride. ♪

♪ Do it all till the
day I die let's ride ♪

♪ Mother fucker let's ride ♪

♪ Tried it all, 'cause I
can't decide, let's ride ♪

♪ Mother fucker let's ride ♪

♪ Do it all till the
day I die let's ride ♪

♪ Mother fucker let's ride ♪

♪ Tried it all, 'cause I
can't decide, let's ride ♪

♪ Let's ride. ♪

♪ Let's ride. ♪

Hey Daddy.

Calvin, Calvin.

Are you okay baby?

You okay baby?

What happened?

You mad at me?

She thinks you doing something,
what happened?

Calvin!

Calvin, Calvin?

Hello Mr. Tokaruk.

Not to bother you sir, but
it's imperative that we speak.

Please just answer your phone or

call me back as
soon as possible.

You know the
frustration that lies in me,

it really takes
a lot out of you.

Because I gotta explain
to my kids why I'm away.

I have to explain to my lady
why I'm putting so much time

into something that isn't
bringing forth anything,

nobody else cares,
nobody gives you shit but me.

You start to feel some
type of way, like why?

Our next item up,
members

is item number six, and that is

regarding a
conditional use permit.

Good morning supervisors.

It's my great pleasure
to come before

your board today to present

one of the most dynamic
master planning efforts

happening throughout
the county at this time.

The improvements at Magic
Johnson Park will make this

a model park with new features
and additional recreational

opportunities for future
generations to come.

Supervisor
Ridley Thomas.

Oh thank you Madam Chair.

One element of the plan
that has not been met

with universal support is the
proposed equestrian facility.

Some residents have shared
their concern to which we want

to pay particular note
and acknowledge them.

Thank you very much,
thank you panel.

We will call on our
public witnesses

that have assembled
here today on this item.

This is absolutely ridiculous.

Horses should never
be a line item and take

huge chunks of monies that
could be put to better help

and to better serve the
basic issues of human life.

I've lived across the street
from the park for 45 years.

And I don't want to wake up
smelling horse booboo and flies.

I love horses but I don't
want them next door to me.

I don't want to
wake up with that.

If you approve the
Equestrian Center

in the improvement plans
for Magic Johnson Park,

then shame on you and shame
on the Board of Supervisors.

One last statement.

Good afternoon, I'm speaking
on behalf of the inner city,

South Central Los Angeles,
born and raised.

This is about the youth.

We're living in an
environment where we

glorify gang banging
and dope dealing.

We have kids that can
load a gun at the age of six,

and don't even know the history
of black and brown cowboys.

And we think
that's the way of life.

But it's not.

I was fortunate to be on a
horse before I knew how to walk.

Horses was my outlet.

And I want kids to be able to
experience what I experience

every time I get on a horse,
and that's freedom.

When you're fighting
your head or something,

and you just need
to go back to basics.

Gary Leffew,
he's the man to go to.

He's got a lot of champions
that come out of his school.

He'll get you back going
on that champion path.

I heard a lot good
things about him.

He got a DVD,
I used to sleep with it on,

you know what I mean?
Listened to it, it was good.

Go on, go on,
go on, there you go.

Get around there, go on,
go on, go, get up, get up.

You had him.

Okay let's take a little look,
slow motion.

Lot easier to pick things
out when we slow her down.

We're lined up with it,
right shoulder in,

your head's on the outside.

A little bit on your
butt right there,

that bull's pretty
low right here.

Where your butt
goes you're gonna go.

That's why we go
to bars you know.

Where the butt goes,
the cowboy goes.

Too straight away,
and then come on back,

come on back to that position,
stick your chest out.

See how that locks you in there?

Thumb down, elbow in,
and that way when you get out

in that arena you
ain't gotta think.

Any thinking will just get
you one second behind.

One more time.

You want to get into what they
call hyper body, quiet mind.

You know you want to be,
your adrenaline running,

everything's on go but,
your mind is very calm,

very collected,
and very centered.

Every day a bull
rider gets out of bed

with an 1800 pound mad
as hell bull facing him.

But the battle is
not in the arena,

it's before you ever
get on that bull's back.

When you make up your
mind that you can do it

or you can't do it,
either way you're right.

Good afternoon,
Tricia Ortez, can I help you?

Good afternoon Ma'am.

Yes I have a question
about a property

that is up to be
sold for auction,

six one three two,
zero five zero.

Okay,
it's for Nickolas?

Yes.

Okay,
that property was

redeemed on 12/31 last year.

Oh so it was redeemed?

So he wound up paying the taxes,
okay.

Alright, thank you.

You're welcome,
you have a great day.

You too, bye bye.

Hello?

What's up man?

That's what's up.

You got any numbers
on old Tokaruk?

Searches.

Oh yeah, Huntington Beach. It
has his, yeah, has his number.

Oh wow, yeah he lives,
looks like an island.

I'm gonna go over there
and stand in front of his house.

I know that somebody's gonna
call the police or somebody.

I'll say that's my Uncle Nick,
he's in there.

LAPD
said a man walk up

to the family's car and just
opened fire, an 80 year old.

Hello, Mr. Tokaruk?

Hello?

Mr. Tokaruk, Mr. Tokaruk, hello?

Excuse me sir.

Have you seen
Nickolas Tokaruk today?

I said have you seen
Mr. Tokaruk today?

Oh, you'll never... like that,
huh? Wow.

Alright thank you, alright.

Oh my God.

I just peeped in the house, man.

Big beautiful house,
big beautiful kitchen.

Trash everywhere,
it is horrible.

This guy he's not
gonna play ball.

I don't see him giving
a shit about anything.

It's just crazy that this
guy's all this going for him

and he's out here
living like this.

The mailbox
is full and cannot accept

any messages at this time,
goodbye.

Hello, hello.

I said we gonna go to the
DMV in about 30 minutes.

Is your home boy,
what?

And what you mean 30 minutes?

In 30 minutes 'cause
I got the people here.

And, but I already set it up,
okay?

Hello?

Kendra, she moved to Vegas.

I was making calls
to her trying to see

if we can work it out,
but she had her mind made up.

The problem, just you know
what I was out there doing.

I went to the extreme with it.

It wasn't about the horse,
it was just about

what I was doing with the horse.

I wanted to be a
player and I just

got caught up with
what I was doing.

A lot of people show
you more respect

just because you riding a horse.

Whoa mama, whoa hey hey.

So basically she stayed
into the situation long enough.

And she just got
fed up and got tired.

Eventually she said
if you want your family

you'll come out here with us.

I'm moving to Vegas today.

Wow, what's happening?

Just my family moved
out there, kids, and my wife.

So it's gonna be different
for me, just about to move.

She wanted a...

She
wanted a fresh start?

Yeah, a fresh start
and something different.

- Wow.
- So I said, alright,

I said it's gonna
be hard but I'll do it.

- Wow.
- Yeah.

That's a solid thing to do,
Calvin.

I know it's been a
challenge for you.

I'm gonna miss you.

Alright.

You guys have been a
real blessing here, Calvin.

Thank you, Cathy.

Riding was a part of me.

And having a good
horse like Jazz,

would I find
another one like her?

It was difficult.

But at the end of the day,
it's my decision,

and I got to do
what's best for me.

Well, today we're
gonna be heading down

to Ventura, California,
they got a rodeo.

The bull I have,
he's a cool one.

Hopefully the one I win it on,

he should be
the one I win it on.

I just got to finish him out
and I will, he's a good one.

Friends welcome to the
Ventura County PRCA Rodeo.

We ask that you take a moment
with us to bow your heads

to share a prayer
for our cowboys

and cowgirls in
the arena tonight.

Our Heavenly Father, we pause
at this time to give thanks

for the many blessings that
you have bestowed upon us.

As humble cowboys,
who have been raised

to never ask for much,
we only ask that you

open our hearts as wide
as the dusty basin plains,

and our spirits roam
as free as the winds

that blow through our grass.

So when we do make the last
ride to the great rodeo above,

we'll have found
peace and comfort

knowing that we have
rode true in hearts,

and left nothing behind but the
footprints of our journey ahead.

Welcome rodeo fans, it's
time to get this party started.

Tonight, you're gonna watch
some of the top PRCA cowboys and

cowgirls compete to qualify
for the Circuit Finals Rodeo.

Some will walk away
with gold buckles,

and others only with
shattered dreams.

Get ready,
'cause it's rodeo time.

How many bull ridin'
fans in the house?

Oh come on Ventura, are
you ready for some bull riding?

Yeah, get him.

Come on, boy!

Well, no qualifying rides so
far here tonight in bull ridin'.

We've got one cowboy left to go.

Byrd, you're up.

Coming through,
boy, coming through.

From C-O-M-P-T-O-N,
the city of Compton,

Chris Byrd is gonna
be the cowboy.

Shredder is the name
of the bull he's drawn.

That bull is the
toughest one out there.

Stay
clear of that well.

Ready?

He's eight seconds away from
a trip to the Circuit Finals.

The cowboy gets set.

Come on Byrd!

Holy moly, right at the buzzer.

Our judges coming together.

How many people think the cowboy

was there for eight seconds?

And our officials say...

Well, he was there.

The kid from Compton,
California,

tonight's bull riding champion.

A good ride,
Chris.

Life is a challenge,
that's just how it is.

But when you're a cowboy
if you have a challenge,

you try to overcome it.

Man I had fun up here,
you know how it was.

Those days, I loved those days.

But unfortunately,
those days are gone.

If we are to rebuild,

we need to come back
up with a direct focus.

We're from different places,

different demographics,
but we here together.

And we're doing
something different

that the community hasn't seen.

They don't have rival gangs
together anywhere else in LA.

Yeah,
we don't have no color lines.

Yeah, we don't see all of that,
we ain't doing all of that.

So now if we can
take that and twist it

to where as it impacts
our society, that'll be cool.

I don't have the answers,
you know.

But I know that
y'all are the answer.

I'm looking at everybody,
I'm looking at all of us.

We are the answer.

If I'm not actively trying to
bring about change, who is?

And if I'm not actively
trying to bring about change,

what am I doing?

Regardless of my feelings
and discouragement of not

getting any support, it's
still something I'm gonna do.

If it takes me till
I'm 70 years old,

it's worth bringing back.

If I can't do it there,
I can't do it there.

But if I can build a place,
and I'm helping 10 kids a month,

and it's impacting them
in a way that they want

to go out and be a positive
influence to the world,

I've done something great
with my life and my time.

I mean I'm
looking for a change.

Go out there to make
my family work, you know.

If you're gonna
tear somethin' down,

you should build it back up,
too.

Everybody want
to be at the top.

I'll get there.

Just gotta keep on going.

Wherever the wind blows.

Wherever the wind blows.

This had to
be anticipated, it had to be.

This had to be anticipated.

I know you knew I wasn't
gonna let that one go.

You knew it man, come on now.

♪ I heard all the rumors yeah ♪

♪ Watch them grow
like tumors yeah ♪

♪ I took the high
road to the lie road ♪

♪ Became the road
everybody rolled with ♪

♪ So let me set
the record straight ♪

♪ You could sit
back and meditate ♪

♪ Spark it up throw it
up do what you do ♪

♪ I don't give a fuck
let's get it straight ♪

♪ I'm saying peace to
my peace sign peace ♪

♪ I'm a beast on my
beast side I'm a beast ♪

♪ I'm in recon mode
coming forward and move ♪

♪ I'm seeking so I gotta find ♪

♪ No retribution no payback ♪

♪ And no apologies
on top of that ♪

♪ You pushing the
lion on the wild side ♪

♪ Get you ducking
when you got back ♪

♪ Get them up get
them up get them up ♪

♪ Get them up get
them up get them up ♪

♪ Get them up get them up ♪

♪ It's time,
together make your dream ♪

♪ Get them up get
them up get them up ♪

♪ Get them up get
them up get them up ♪

♪ Get them up get them up ♪

♪ It's time,
together make your dream ♪

♪ You shouldn't be hating
me you should be hating you ♪

♪ You the one that make
you do the stupid shit you do ♪

♪ First you wanna run up,
I got the mic, it's on ♪

♪ Now you want to dumb up
so I put my middle thumb up ♪

♪ As I'm lookin' for the
come up, star-spangled ♪

♪ I'm pledging my allegiance ♪

♪ Sending out my minions
taking over regions ♪

♪ Presidential pardons
come along for a reason ♪

♪ It's changin' season ♪

♪ Only way it gets
better if we all do better ♪

♪ Put in that conscience,
uplift it, do better ♪

♪ Get your game up you'll
probably even groove better ♪

♪ Make moves better ♪

♪ A clear mind catches
all the clues better ♪

♪ A foolish fool is clever ♪

♪ I'd rather create the game
and make all the rules, man ♪

♪ You following an
army full of fools man ♪

♪ You can do anythin'
you wanna do ♪

♪ You don't have to
keep your hand up ♪

♪ So tell me how
has it come to pass ♪

♪ The answer's
lost in the sand ♪

♪ The ship has
sailed, it sunk at last ♪

♪ And fire burns on the hill ♪

♪ The hands are
dealt the die is cast ♪

♪ But the question
it plagues me still ♪

♪ 'Cause I can see
smell the burning grass ♪

♪ Who lit the fire on the hill ♪

♪ Who lit the fire on the
hill, the fire on the hill ♪

♪ The fire on the hill ♪

♪ In '92 and '65 ♪

♪ Watched the city burn
while the hill survived ♪

♪ I drank my wine
and I ate my fill ♪

♪ While the fire
rose up to the hill ♪

♪ But who's the one
who threw the match ♪

♪ The question it
plagues me still ♪

♪ I thought I knew
but here's the catch ♪

♪ Who lit the fire on the hill ♪

♪ Who lit the fire on the hill ♪

♪ Who lit the fire on the hill ♪

♪ The fire on the hill
the fire on the hill ♪

♪ The fire on the hill
the fire on the hill ♪

♪ The fire on the hill
the fire on the hill ♪

♪ The fire on the hill
the fire on the hill ♪

♪ The fire on the hill
the fire on the hill ♪

♪ The fire on the hill
the fire on the hill ♪