Fred Hampton Speech: "Why don't you die for the people"

Final scene from: "The Murder of Fred Hampton" (1971)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067456/

== Transcript ==
If you ever think about me,
and if you think about me niggers,
and if you ain't gonna do
no revolutionary act
forget about me.

I don't want myself on your mind
If your not going to work for the people.

Like we always said,
If you're asked to make a commitment
at the age of twenty,
and you say,
"I don't want to make a commitment",
Only Because of the simple reason that,
"I'm too young to die",
"I want to live a little bit longer"...
What you did is,... you're dead already.

You have to understand,
That people have to pay
the price for peace.

If you dare to struggle,
you dare to win.

If you dare not struggle, then
god damn-it, you don't deserve to win.

Let me say peace to you.
If you're willing to fight for it.

Let me say in the spirit of liberation...
I've been gone for a little while.
At least my body's been gone
for a little while.
But I'm back now.
And I believe that I'm back to stay.

I believe that I'm going to do my job.
And I believe that I was born,
not to die in a car wreck;

I don't believe that I'm going to die
in a car wreck.

I don't believe I'm going to die
slipping on a piece of ice;

I don't believe I'm going to die
because I got a bad heart;

I don't believe I'm going to die
because of lung cancer.

I believe that I'm going to be able to
die doing the things I was born for.

I believe that I'm going to be able
to die high off the people.

I believe that I will be able to die
as a revolutionary in the
international revolutionary
proletarian struggle

and I hope that each one of you will
be able to die in the international
proletarian revolutionary struggle
or you'll be able to live in it.
And I think that struggle's
going to come.

Why don't you live for the people.
Why don't you struggle for the people.

Why don't you die for the people.

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[NewEraKidd0323]

Shame i have to use the internet to learn about my history.. I would pay more attention in class is these were our daily subjects.

[skinnyp773]

R.i.P MY DEAR BROTHER. AND THANK YOU FOR LIVIN AND DYING FOR US...YOU ARE TRULEY MISSED.WE LOVE YOU.....

[NSnake91]

Yes Fred Hampton is missed! Yes Fred Hampton is loved! And yes Fred Hampton is resting in peace!

Now go out and fight for your people!

[Ohrela]

@menacebad That's because public education is a process of indoctrination, it's more about learning to accept authority and a system of top down control than it is about the water downed subjects they teach, that lead people to false conclusions that they live in a democracy of equal opportunity, when in realty non corporate entities have no representation within this failing capitalist model founded on greed and oppression.

[dcgp20s]

@NewEraKidd0323: Thats where you come in at. You have to go to your teachers and administration and have them put all aspects of our history in the criteria.

[menacebad]

@NewEraKidd0323 its not like they actually teach us this in school , even during black history month . even what they do teach us is tainted. if u notice all strong BLACK leaders are martyrs

[djshortyv1200]

@madelefant05 doesnt matter if your white, brown, black, yellow, green, red, purple, blue, doesnt matter if ur male or female, as long as you listen and take those words to heart and do something productive with them.

[madelefant05]

Its too bad I'm white. I like a lot of his speeches

[clift323]

I SAY PEACE TO EACH OF YOU WAKE UP !!!

[MassiahNBK]

Brothers NA daze scared to put it on the line for there people!

[burntheact]

Newerakids0232: yep. I know exactly what you mean.

[JugglinMunkey]

Never heard these before. Good to hear the wisdom in these times and feel the weight of the struggle and breakthrough it