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  • The man I worked for, he had one of the biggest companies in New York City.

  • He ran it for more than 50 years.

  • Fifteen years, eight months and nine days,

  • I was with him every day. I worked for him,

  • I protected him, I looked after him, I learned from him.

  • Bumpy was rich, but he wasn't white man rich, you see?

  • He wasn't wealthy.

  • He didn't own his own company. He thought he did, but he didn't,

  • he just managed it.

  • The white man owned it, so they owned him.

  • - Nobody owns me, though. - Hey.

  • - How you doing, babe? - Good.

  • That's 'cause I own my own company, and my company sells a product

  • that's better than the competition,

  • at a price that's lower than the competition.

The man I worked for, he had one of the biggest companies in New York City.

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