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| Shirley Brown | Jul 2 2015, 12:43 PM Post #1 |
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Charlie Wilson autobiography just came out and it's really good, I can't put it down. If you like good R&B, this is the book for you. If you like a good come back story, this is the book for you. This is a motivational book, a book on faith. He talked about how he lived life as a homeless person. He talks about how the woman that he married saved his life. He said that he had hit rock bottom and he didn't have anything, but he said that she didn't want anything from him. He said that she just wanted him to be there for her. Charlie said that when he was trying to get clean from his drug addiction, he said that some of the people he use to know wanted to come back around him, and he was ok with that. But he said that his wife knew that those people wasn't good for him, and she knew that they would take him back down the wrong road, and he said that she protected him by not allowing those people to get close to him. He also has a lot of good childhood pictures in this book, he has a picture of himself when he was playing football in high school. He has a picture of himself in the marching band, he has a picture of his parents in this book, he also have a lot of childhood pictures in this book. If you love the Gap Band this is a must have book. This is the cover of the book.
Edited by Shirley Brown, Jul 2 2015, 09:03 PM.
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| Shirley Brown | Jul 2 2015, 08:56 PM Post #2 |
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This is a powerful quote from Charlie Wilson book, where he's speaking on Rick James. Charlie Wilson wife is name Mahin, when you read this quote and see that name. Charlie Wilson------When Rick James got out of prison, I talked to him often about giving up drugs and hanging out with me again. I introduced him to Mahin, hoping that he could see us together and be inspired. He came by a GAP Band show one night and met me and Mahin in the dressing room. I was preeening in the mirror, getting myself ready to go on stage, and I looked over my shoulder and saw him there, just staring and crying. What's wrong I asked? You have an angel he said and I don't. I was quiet for a moment, contemplating what he was saying to me. I felt for my brother, I understood how tight that vise grip was on him. I talked to him plenty of times after that. Rick would call me and ask me to sing to him, and I would always offer up You Can Always Count On Me, and he would cry and hang up. But he never did come and kick it with Mahin and me. All those years he tried to school me on how to do drugs, all the times he tried to save me from myself, and in the end he just couldn't save himself. A couple of weeks before he died, he was telling me that his body was shutting down on him, that only 10 percent of his body parts were working, I'm going to die a young Rick James he said. Well you should have died about thirty years ago, then I joked. You can't talk to me that way, he said insistently laughing. Not long after that he was gone. It hurt me so much when he died. Rick was more than just my friend he was my brother. I loved him down to my core. Not just Rick James the funk god, but Rick James the person. He was a beautiful man. We went to his funeral, I sat right behind Stevie Wonder as we said goodbye to our friend. I made a point of not going up to view him in the casket, because I didn't want to remember him that way. Rick walking with authority into a room, that spotlight on his every footstep. That's what I wanted to remember. Rick needed an angel. I thank God that he sent me one. Mahin is my rock, the cool drink when I'm hot, my calm in the middle of chaos, the very beat of my heart. I could not imagine facing this life without her. That's from the chapter of his book called She Saved My Life. Edited by Shirley Brown, Jul 2 2015, 09:07 PM.
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| Mario | Jul 3 2015, 11:59 PM Post #3 |
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I got to get that book. |
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| Shirley Brown | Jul 6 2015, 04:04 PM Post #4 |
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In his book Charlie Wilson said that when he was homeless he slept under a U-Haul truck in the back of a lot. He said that when he was homeless he only had one prayer that he prayed, he said that he prayed and asked God not to take away his vocal ability. He said that drugs and alcohol can easily destroy a person vocal chords, but he said that God preserved his vocals while he was out their in the streets hooked on crack and cocaine, and he said that is a miracle. Edited by Shirley Brown, Jul 6 2015, 04:04 PM.
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| Chicago | Jul 8 2015, 11:45 PM Post #5 |
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I got to get that book. |
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| Shirley Brown | Jul 13 2015, 07:59 PM Post #6 |
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Also in his book Charlie Wilson said that he experienced racism. He said that when he was about 5 years old, he went to Woolworth with his parents, and he said that he ran through the front doors and headed straight for the stand where they served strawberry malts. He said that he didn't know what white only meant, so he sat in the white only section waiting to be served. He said that the white man behind the counter told his mother come and get this little nigger bastard. Charlie said that the man started coming from behind the counter, and his mother told that man if you hit him you are going to draw back a nub. Charlie said that at 5 he didn't realize that blacks were suppose to go through the back door of Woolworth. Charlie Wilson said that was a traumatizing moment that he will never forget. Edited by Shirley Brown, Jul 13 2015, 08:00 PM.
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