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 ♪