ABSTRACT

MA RAINEY: Wanna take my voice and trap it in them fancy boxes with all them buttons and dials… They don’t care nothing about me. All they want is my voice. … As soon as they get my voice down on them recording machines, then it’s just like if I’d be some whore and they roll over and put their pants on. Ain’t got no use for me then. I know what I’m talking about. You watch.