1 00:00:01,800 --> 00:00:06,920 Speaker 1: Hey listeners, Nimini here, host of Historical Records get ready 2 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:10,040 Speaker 1: to hear about a historical hero through hip hop. Also, 3 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:13,840 Speaker 1: parents and teachers. You can download a free activity related 4 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: to today's episode by visiting story pirates dot com, slash 5 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 1: Historical Records and now onto the show. After a few 6 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 1: words for the grownups. 7 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 2: Hey listeners, Lee from the story Pirates and executive producer 8 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 2: of Historical Records here. One of my favorite things about 9 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:38,239 Speaker 2: hip hop is to re listen to songs so that 10 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 2: I can analyze and hear all of the lyrics. The 11 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:44,879 Speaker 2: words can sometimes come pretty fast and furious, so re 12 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:50,160 Speaker 2: listening and close listening is essential to truly appreciating these 13 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 2: incredible artists and the songs that we're so proud of. Today, 14 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 2: we have for you two songs from this season about 15 00:00:57,360 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 2: trailblazing sports stars Josh Gibson and Bill Russell. 16 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 3: Historical Records. 17 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 2: You are now listening to Historical. 18 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:16,400 Speaker 1: To make history, you got to have struggle to make history. 19 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:19,400 Speaker 1: You got to show poise. Cannot be quiet loud as 20 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:22,400 Speaker 1: a riot to make history, you gotta make some noise. 21 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 2: First, let's check out the greatest power hitter baseball ever saw, 22 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:34,760 Speaker 2: Josh Gibson. There's a couple of things that I love 23 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:37,320 Speaker 2: about this song. First of all, have you ever seen 24 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 2: in baseball games how individual hitters have walk up songs. 25 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:43,479 Speaker 4: It's like a. 26 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 2: Moment of glory for each player and shows his or 27 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 2: her style too. So I'm pretty sure that Josh Gibson 28 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 2: never had a walk up song of his own, or 29 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 2: at least not in the way players do today. But 30 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 2: I like to imagine that this song is Josh Gibson's 31 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 2: walk up song. I imagine him emerging from the dugout 32 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 2: bat on his shoulder and slowly majestically making his way 33 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 2: to the batter's box to face the opposing team's pitcher 34 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:20,080 Speaker 2: and then crack another one gone. So while you're listening 35 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 2: to this today, I want you to try and visualize 36 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 2: Josh Gibson playing baseball. We may not be able to 37 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 2: exactly see Josh Gibson play baseball anymore, but we can 38 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:35,240 Speaker 2: keep his legacy alive by bringing him to life in 39 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 2: our imaginations. And if you want to follow along with 40 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:42,079 Speaker 2: the lyrics, which I definitely recommend, you can find them 41 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 2: at story pirates dot com slash Historical Records. After this 42 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 2: first track, I'll be back to point out a couple 43 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 2: things I love about our song, Bill Russell. Here's Josh Gibson. 44 00:02:53,680 --> 00:03:02,840 Speaker 2: Enjoy Okay, here's a mention of Josh Gibson. 45 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 4: And that one's rooking it off the maps a long? 46 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:08,919 Speaker 5: Why all the daint one field? No one's going going. 47 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:13,639 Speaker 4: Gun smash slam, Another one gone bash bam, Another one 48 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 4: gone the crack of the bat, and another one gone 49 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:18,839 Speaker 4: a tip but the cap because another one gone. Wait, 50 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:21,079 Speaker 4: two twenties stand and six foot one got a date 51 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:23,320 Speaker 4: at the plate for a big home run. Bob pops 52 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:25,120 Speaker 4: off the state elect The shot of a gun is 53 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 4: the man is the lecture. 54 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:27,119 Speaker 2: It is Josh Gibson. 55 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 4: He's so dynamic, his hits titanic, his swings like magic. 56 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 4: See him coming from the dugout of the team might panic. 57 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 4: The crowd is ecstatic. The end is so tragic. First 58 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 4: we go back to where it all began. Born to 59 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 4: Georgia in the twenties, the great my Gray Shan took 60 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 4: his family north into Pittsburgh, penn where Josh trained to 61 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 4: be an electrician. And that's where he might have stayed 62 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 4: fixing electronics all his days. But he got a job 63 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 4: at a place where the squad and Josh the field. 64 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 4: The people were odd, want to sharecroppers, But now he 65 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 4: snare pop ups. He operated elevators. Now he studied hitting 66 00:03:57,720 --> 00:03:59,560 Speaker 4: hats that could be no imitators, because I mean it's 67 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 4: an innovation and nobody great that he's the baseball terminator. 68 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 4: Slash slam, another one gone, bashpam, another one gone. The 69 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 4: crack gun a bat and another one gone. 70 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 2: A tip bud. 71 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 4: The captain is another one gone, another one gone, another 72 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:17,480 Speaker 4: one gone, another one gone. 73 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:19,599 Speaker 5: Here another one gone. 74 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 4: In seventeen years he had eight hundred home runs, three 75 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:24,840 Speaker 4: sixty average lifetime. That ain't o hum cannon on thick 76 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:27,160 Speaker 4: you off the base path fall fun in the Negro League, 77 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:29,279 Speaker 4: but the same league with no one black Babe Ruth 78 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:31,599 Speaker 4: was off the description, but many claimed the babe with 79 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:33,839 Speaker 4: the white Josh Gibson. So if you have some wisdom, 80 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:36,279 Speaker 4: you see he's in position to make the majors. 81 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:38,039 Speaker 2: But it's big man skin his race. 82 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:40,520 Speaker 4: Biggots believe it dictates their sale of tickets. They want 83 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 4: him to stay in his place. Gibson handles the mistakes 84 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:46,039 Speaker 4: with grace, always maintaining a smile upon his face. Keep 85 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:49,479 Speaker 4: setting records, keeps getting hits, falls into love, has a 86 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:52,039 Speaker 4: few kids place around the world, from seed to sea. 87 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:55,599 Speaker 4: Still they never let the man in the MLB. Smash slam, 88 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 4: another one gone, bash bam, another one gone, the crack 89 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 4: gut of bat, another one gone, a tip buddy cat 90 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:07,839 Speaker 4: because another one gone, another one gone, another one gone, 91 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:12,360 Speaker 4: Who another one gone, Yeah, another one gone. When Josh 92 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:16,719 Speaker 4: Gibson was thirty two, he started getting head X, got 93 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 4: some X raised, then some bad news. The next daycapt 94 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:25,599 Speaker 4: playing for his hometown team, the Homestead Grace. But four 95 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:29,280 Speaker 4: years later Josh gibbs and sadly passed away. 96 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 2: There wasn't just because of. 97 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:34,600 Speaker 4: This he'd be forgotten. But his game still ilics. It's 98 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:36,360 Speaker 4: hard and the moni Gras will say his name top 99 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 4: twenty player from back then to this year. Even though 100 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:44,240 Speaker 4: another one's gone, He's still here, Yeah, still here, He's 101 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 4: still here, Still here, even though another one's gone. Here 102 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 4: smash slam, another one gone, bashpam, another one gone, the 103 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 4: crack gout him and another one gone, a tip buddy 104 00:05:56,320 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 4: cat because another one's gone. Here another one gone, Hey, 105 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 4: another one gone, another one gone. 106 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 1: Even though one's gone, it's still be we'll be right 107 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:14,039 Speaker 1: back after a few words for the grownups. 108 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 2: Hey, Lee, here again, let's listen to our song about 109 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:26,800 Speaker 2: Bill Russell, another sports hero but also someone who played 110 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 2: a really important role in the Civil rights movement. I 111 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:35,719 Speaker 2: love this song because it's so laid back, like super Chill, 112 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 2: even though the lyrics are kind of serious. It's a 113 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:43,040 Speaker 2: fun juxtaposition. So as you're listening, try to figure out 114 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:46,800 Speaker 2: what part of the music makes it feel so relaxed. 115 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 2: Is it the drums, Is it that guitar line, or 116 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 2: maybe the women who sing that chorus hook. See what 117 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 2: you think, and then listen one more time with a 118 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:02,239 Speaker 2: focus on the lyrics and feel how the relaxed music 119 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:09,039 Speaker 2: plays against the incredible tales of Bill Russell's accomplishments. And 120 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:12,280 Speaker 2: remember you can find the lyrics sheet by visiting story 121 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 2: pirates dot com slash historical Records. Enough for me, enjoy 122 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 2: the track, Here's Bill Russell. 123 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 3: What do you see as the meaning of the term revolutionary? 124 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:32,120 Speaker 6: The revolutionary is a man or a woman who is 125 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:38,240 Speaker 6: a lot of things, but basically, the revolutionary wants to 126 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:43,160 Speaker 6: change the nature of society in a way to promote 127 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:46,560 Speaker 6: a world where the knees and interest of the people. 128 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 6: Are respond to. 129 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:51,600 Speaker 3: Two before Lebron was a king, before Jordan, one rings 130 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:55,000 Speaker 3: before Shaq and Iqin and magic in Kareem. One man 131 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 3: on one scene rank completely supreme. I'm up blowing too 132 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:00,400 Speaker 3: much steam to say that man was me. Bill Russell 133 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 3: is the name. And how do you do? Thirteen years 134 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:05,160 Speaker 3: in the game and still I only lost two times 135 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 3: in the finals. That's eleven titles. No man in this 136 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:10,480 Speaker 3: sport has come close to being my rival. I was 137 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 3: the subject of lively and prejudice, taunts, black and in Boston, 138 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:17,880 Speaker 3: not two things that you want to be OUI Komi. 139 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 6: Yes, sir? 140 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 3: How did I thrive under oh so much pressure? How 141 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:24,920 Speaker 3: did I triumph on every measure while also uniting all 142 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 3: my people together? And just how did my leadership lead 143 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:30,760 Speaker 3: to our glory? Sit down and listen, y'all, because this 144 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 3: here is my story. 145 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:33,520 Speaker 2: He defense. 146 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:38,760 Speaker 5: And he defensea bite. He's a champion on the court, 147 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:45,920 Speaker 5: then a champion after five da and do you bounce 148 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:50,600 Speaker 5: fur the first city? He goes down the court, and 149 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:52,479 Speaker 5: he goes down in history. 150 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 3: My youth, you could say it was a little bit rough. 151 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 3: Mama died at twelve, and Dad he went gruff grew 152 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:01,680 Speaker 3: up dirt boord and there was never enough Molly Hope 153 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:03,840 Speaker 3: was the hoop and get tough, so hoop that I 154 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 3: did so University of San Francisco old centers went slow, 155 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 3: but me, I was nimble. They changed the rules to 156 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:13,120 Speaker 3: put me through some pitfalls. I juked the gears and 157 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:16,640 Speaker 3: still balled through the insults. Our press continued, was drafted 158 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:19,240 Speaker 3: and went to the fifty six Olympics, got gold in 159 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:23,520 Speaker 3: that window post Uni COOKI oh that one NBA rookie 160 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 3: and guess what we still won? Then I won eight 161 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 3: more Celtics made me the coach while also still playing. 162 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:32,080 Speaker 3: That's right, I did both the five mbps odds. An 163 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:34,679 Speaker 3: absolute baller lost a few times to will put these 164 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:35,720 Speaker 3: three inches taller. 165 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:41,160 Speaker 5: He defends the hoop, and he defense on right. He's 166 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:46,000 Speaker 5: a champion on the court, then a champion after five. 167 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 5: He bounced the rock and you bounced for the first city. 168 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 5: He goes down the court, and he goes down in history. 169 00:09:57,360 --> 00:10:00,200 Speaker 3: I am Bill Russell, most athletic on the court, but 170 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:03,240 Speaker 3: I still hustle, and I will tussle with any man 171 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:05,520 Speaker 3: who stands in the way of progress. And that's in 172 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:08,400 Speaker 3: the lane in the streets. Are in the Congress sixty 173 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:11,960 Speaker 3: one an exhibition game the Celtics versus the Hawks of Lexington, Kentucky. 174 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:14,640 Speaker 3: We expected curses and we went to a cafe to 175 00:10:14,679 --> 00:10:17,400 Speaker 3: try to get some service. Instead they acted nervous and 176 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:20,280 Speaker 3: refuse the surface A curve, yes, for sure, but still 177 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 3: we had a purpose shown with these boys got so 178 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:24,520 Speaker 3: we let a boy god put their. 179 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:25,400 Speaker 5: Feet to the furnace. 180 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:28,400 Speaker 3: We made noises, truth to the surface. We hit them 181 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:30,679 Speaker 3: with our voices. A marsh with a million men in 182 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 3: MLK met with Muhammad Ali just to mold a better day. 183 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 3: If they threatened your rights, well then you must get 184 00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 3: uncivil and never ever ever, just shut up and triple. 185 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:46,360 Speaker 5: And he defends on bite. He's a champion on the 186 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:54,000 Speaker 5: court and a champion after five and he bounce for 187 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:58,880 Speaker 5: the first since he goes down the crt and he 188 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:05,960 Speaker 5: goes down. In his story, he defense and he defends right. 189 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:10,079 Speaker 5: He's a champion on the court and a champion of 190 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 5: the five. He rebounds up and rebounced up at first 191 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:20,959 Speaker 5: since he goes down the court and he goes down 192 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:58,120 Speaker 5: in his story. 193 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 2: Hey again, thanks for listening. We'll be back again soon 194 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:50,360 Speaker 2: with more episodes. In the meantime, grown ups tell a 195 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:53,320 Speaker 2: friend about the show. If you and your kids are 196 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:59,800 Speaker 2: enjoying it, it really helps us a lot. Thanks. Bye.