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It has been a sound track to our life and our fight and triumphs and struggles. >> when you think of all the senseless killing and when they break the girls door down, we are losing people we love for no reason at all. ♪ hey man i just dont understand whats going on ♪ >> when marvin was writing these record, this was the george floyds of that era. that was inspiring it. >> why do you think its so relevant today, 50 years later? >> because it is still happening the same way. to be honest with...

>> its marvin in the backyard wearing a raincoat during a rainstorm. this is an album of a man whos crying. and the sky is crying. >> it was not what you used to seeing from motown. you know, you guys had the charm school and the et quit school and everyone was clean cut and pretty. >> he was doing marvin. he was doing his thing, man. world of -- it felt like an overcast day looking into darkness in a way. >> that time it fits today. years later, you know? >> i felt like we were coming into our ...

The war in vietnam. my brother told me some pretty horrible stories. >> if you live in detroit in 1969 or 1970, you see the turmoil on the streets. ♪ >> the country was full of turmoil. the country was full of fear. the country was full of anger. >> a black person was killed in l.a. that started the riot. >> he was threw. >> we didnt hear from marvin, didnt make any appearances or come out. >> everything with the war and everything he was facing with the racism. i dont know if i can continue w...

>> wait a minute, man, let me count it off. ♪ >> one, two, three, four. ♪ oh my, oh my ♪ ♪ there is too many of you dies." >> marvin touched the souls of millions and millions of people. ♪ oh mercy mercy me ♪ >> this was revolutionary. ♪

>> it sounds beautiful. it feels beautiful. but most importantly, it continues to heal. ♪ we should believe in one another ♪ >> it was a message that god wanted limb to relay to mankind. ♪ oh, mercy merry me ♪ >> i never heard anyone who speaks about the environment in soul music. for me it was beyond the people, it was about the planet. ♪ wasted all the oceans and i see fish full of mercury ♪ ♪ oh mercy mercy me ♪ ♪ things aint what they used to be ♪ >> mercy mercy me has on...

>> i wish he could have known the way that we love him right now with this record. >> imagine that. from conception, to the greatest album, your most favorite album of all time. >> of all time. >> there is a lot of hits came out of motown but only one "whats going on." only one of those and only one marvin gaye. >> marvins voice doesnt go away. again and again and again and again, we keep asking ourself, whats going on?

>> marvins addiction is what did him in. that song alone is about his own personal life. ♪ im hooked my friend ♪ ♪ with brutality ♪ >> what do you think marvin thinks of whats going on? ♪ ♪ whats going on ♪ oh! dont burn down the duplex.

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♪ hey baby ♪ >> you can say that can be the zenith of black music. >> why do you say the zenith of black music? >> the world we live in, its black power.