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Roots Part 4 "Roots Part 4" is an epic miniseries released in 1977, based on Alex Haley's novel "Roots: The Saga of an

Roots Part 4

"Roots Part 4" is an epic miniseries released in 1977, based on Alex Haley's novel "Roots: The Saga of an American Family". This groundbreaking television show continues the story of Kunta Kinte and his descendants, as they endure the horrors of slavery and fight for freedom. The stellar cast includes LeVar Burton as Kunta Kinte, Louis Gossett Jr., Leslie Uggams, Ben Vereen, and John Amos, among many others, who deliver powerful performances that strike a chord with audiences.

The powerful soundtrack of "Roots Part 4" is now available to play and download here. Immerse yourself in the gripping drama and rich historical context of this iconic television series, as the haunting melodies composed by Gerald Fried and Quincy Jones transport you to a time of struggle and resilience. Experience the emotional journey of a family's quest for identity and justice with the mesmerizing sounds of "Roots Part 4".

A an extra chicken or two, if... if that helps.
A fair price?
A few weeks after we came.
A Major has to impress his men.
A slave never can pay enough.
A teacher from Philadelphia...
A trial requires my valuable time, even played as a farce.
A uniform don't make a soldier.
Aah.
About goddamn time you made it here, old man.
Across the ocean on the Kamby Bolongo.
Advance the round!
Advance! Go!
After I got shot, me and George,
Against men and women created in His image?
Ah.
Ahh.
Ain't asking no permission from nobody.
Ain't enough we already fought for you.
Ain't every ****** get made the fool by his white daddy.
Ain't got no boy like that here.
Ain't got no time for stories now, Irene. Come on.
Ain't never gonna accept us being free.
Ain't no right way to be a slave.
Ain't none of them in Carolina no more.
Ain't truly round.
Alamance County?
All of them seeds of American families living today,
All right, I got room for two ******s up on top.
All right, let's get the kids in there.
All right, there he is.
All right.
All right.
All this work, George.
Always gonna be someone wants to take away your freedom.
Always gonna be someone wants to take away your freedom.
Always.
Am I still pretty?
Amen!
Amen.
An old man like me in a hard, hard place.
And a dear friend.
And a hell of a lot more work!
And ask him the names of all of his conspirators,
And carried halfway around the world.
And cave in a man's head who spits at my brothers
And concerned for me and my family.
And don't go waving these papers talking about you free.
And every damn bit of foolishness in me,
And fought to be free every day.
And I don't know when,
And I want to assure you when I've earned back
And I won't.
And I'm gonna see you again, my mornin' dove.
And I'm telling you Massa Murray grows older every day.
And if they catch you,
And in his journey, he became a hero for a new nation.
And let no evil smother my low, but powerful, glow.
And let the authorities handle this matter.
And Marrett only has an escort of two men.
And Massa's road papers don't mean nothing.
And my boys get through with it.
And my husband, George.
And next time, I ain't wavin' no papers to be free.
And no account, like my Tom says.
And Philadelphia tell us how to live?
And put you people back where you belong.
And rifles so we can fight, Major?
And so he gave him his horse and his sword,
And the truth is, your whole damn life,
And then a man showed up.
And they say this war about over.
And this boy ain't got no papers, Tom.
And this is Irene, Tom's first baby.
And two minutes later, his skeleton fell back down.
And we ain't giving up our freedom.
And we'd be free together,
And we'll both be hanged from an oak tree.
And y'all want to chase him off? Come on, now.
And you best get it right.
And you can rent back, uh, farmland
And you... you're all nice folks.
And you're not my family.
And your cabins at a fair price.
Anderson, give me another rope.
Any good side dry up faster rain in a summer field.
Are just gonna fall in line like trees in a hurricane.
As little more than another story.
As long as I impress you.
As soon as you load up, move out. Don't wait.
As your lawyer, I'd prefer you
Ashford, get over here and help clean this up.
Ashford's our family cat.
At least you'll be free.
August be seven whole years.
Ballard.
Bamboozle my father.
Battery!
Be safe.
Beautiful things dazzle us.
Belle.
Benjamin, is there trouble?
Besides a spy and a murderer?
Besides, I need to earn money for my family, buy them free.
Besides, Massa Murray knows how many stops I make.
Bet on it.
Betting is your game, not mine.
Big as bears.
Blessed is the rain because it moistens their faces.
Blessed is the wind because it carries their names back to us.
Blessed is this earth 'cause my people lie beneath it.
Blood that kept me strong all these years away.
Both her folks died and left her a place in Raleigh.
Boy, why don't you worry more about
Boy, you ever keep your goddamn mouth shut?
Boy, you my firstborn son.
Boy: "C"?
Breech exploded. What went wrong?
Bring another plate out here.
Bring him back to me.
Bring some back for you.
Business used to come to me in bunches.
But after all, you... you's all family.
But George was afraid that his vision
But God is the strength of my heart.
But he remind me of a man about to die.
But I know I will be back for this.
But I reckon I could kill you first.
But I wish you and your family good fortune.
But I'll still be right here, and plenty of men just like me.
But if we can't be free together,
But let's go. Come on.
But old Ulysses wouldn't take it.
But that don't mean you don't have to be a warrior.
But that was never you, Daddy, 'cause you...
But the truth is I couldn't live in safety any longer,
But the way I see it, that boy saved
But we ain't slaves no more.
But what happens next?
But you defend this sin
But you know us women.
But, um, Massa Murray... he promises that...
But...
By the time Sir Eric set him free,
Can we help you, friend?
Can you get them?
Can't get an angle on these sons of bitches.
Can't help.
Can't I be free?
Can't just leave me out here.
Can't stay home at night.
Can't, James.
Cannoneers, cease fire!
Cannoneers, commence firing!
Cannoneers, commence firing.
Cannoneers, load!
Cannoneers, load!
Captain said Fort Pillow's on real high ground.
Captured, chained, sailed across the same ocean
Caught me runnin' off into Pennsylvania,
Chain you to my mule, ******!
Chasing off those Bushwhackers.
Check my pocket.
Chicken George ain't no cock and bull story, boy!
Chicken George said Kunta Kinte made these for Mama Kizzy.
Chicken George said the Africans
Chicken George used to say his mama
Chicken George won nearly every match.
Chicken George, you going the wrong way.
Chicken George!
Chicken George!
Chicken George.
Clingman, give me my rope.
Collect the pieces.
Come back here, boy!
Come inside.
Come on now. Let's get you up.
Come on out here, boy.
Come on, come on.
Come on, Daddy, let's go!
Come on, honey. Let's go back in.
Come on, kill those ****** bastards...
Come on, let's go.
Come on, now, boys. We going home.
Come on, now.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on. What you got, boy?
Commence firing!
Company, attention.
Couldn't no man break him.
Crossing into Duplin County.
Cyrus said you had a rough go.
Daddy, it's Tom.
Daddy, she is a liar and a traitor.
Daddy! I'm Li'l Kizzy.
Daddy?
Daddy.
Dance with me.
Darling!
Did I mention that you know the one we caught?
Did you ever hear of him?
Did you know he speaks?
Didn't know "free" meant hungry.
Do anything to make it easier for my family.
Do not stop until we get to Henning, Tennessee.
Do that and make me proud.
Do this, and I will spare his life.
Do you?
Don't get all boiled into a jelly.
Don't have no interest in being your equal, Frederick.
Don't have to ask you, Frederick.
Don't know if it's for true, but maybe ain't no difference.
Don't mean nothing by it, sir. Just too much sun.
Don't shoot.
Don't shoot.
Don't you be no fool, boy.
Don't you do this, Frederick!
Don't you do this!
Don't you worry.
Done.
Drag a man high up a hickory tree,
Dressed in this blue cloth on his body and his head.
Easy, now, son, or ain't none of us gettin' on
Eating on your mama's home cooking.
Encouraging him to reveal his secrets.
Enough, Daddy.
Even after Massa Murray sold the children.
Every band in the county plays it now.
Every day.
Every ****** but the Lost Tribe of Israel.
Every penny I saved to come home to my family.
Every the acres of my land that you clear and plant,
Everybody fall out. Back to work.
Everyone who intrigued with him?
Everything weak, everything selfish...
Feel the light on my face.
Few more hours ain't no bother to us.
Fine, thanks.
First baby nobody can own.
First thing good my daddy ever did for me.
First, I need you to answer my question.
First, you need to prove to me you ain't here
Flesh picked clean.
Flying home from The Gambia,
Fool.
For all I know, he's here to provoke an insurrection.
For now I'll go.
For the massa or the ******?
Fought at Fort Pillow!
Found your letters to Mr. Pinkerton,
Frederick and his friends ate through the pantry like a plague of locusts.
Frederick and his troops will be gone,
Frederick and the Rangers are away,
Frederick fell for her as easy as a slip on a river rock.
Frederick, listen to me! Listen to me.
Frederick, so many boys will die.
Frederick, you stop this! You stop this!
Frederick!
Frederick!
Free man for true.
Gentlemen, uh, this boy Tom's the king of hooves.
George had been in England for over 20 years...
George Jr., Louis, and Mary got sold off
George Lea II.
George?
George?
George.
George.
George.
George. Chicken George.
George. We ain't allowed.
Get back.
Get down, boys! Come on!
Get in them trees now!
Get myself sold away.
Get on it. Come on.
Get out of here. Now, Tom...
Get the small cart ready.
Get this ****** off of me!
Get up.
Get up.
Get your ass back in line.
Get your ass out here and come and see this!
Gets paid, too.
Give her her name the right way?
Go ahead, ask Massa Murray to let her rest till the baby come,
Go back to sleep now.
Go on. Go on.
Go, George.
Go, go. Get up.
Go. Go.
God damn you.
Godspeed.
Gonna make it safe for our people.
Gonna tell you he was Kunta Kinte hisself,
Good shoes make good horses, and good horses win wars.
Goodbye, sir.
Got a clock for a heart.
Got a fancy gun, too.
Got Bushwhackers behind us. Killed some of us already.
Got Bushwhackers up on the ridge.
Got no time for stories.
Got that Cherokee hair.
Got too much work now.
H hey.
Ha.
Hallelujah!
Hard to get at.
Has arrived here on his way to Augusta.
Haven't I found my match, Mother?
Having your father here has... has brightened her mood.
He a Mandinka warrior they stole away
He an engineer at the Fayetteville arsenal.
He copied from a Northern grenade.
He did.
He got caught, but they didn't see me.
He got every right to be here!
He is as bad as they come.
He just carried on pounding it with his fists!
He just said, "You go on home now.
He knows more about a horse's feet than the horse himself.
He lived to start a new family.
He part cannon hisself.
He said you had arms as big as cannonballs.
He said you were the hunger in his heart.
He stores them away from the house.
He won't dare send his soldiers so far away from home.
He... he sells that special chestnut tea for asthma.
He'll make your life a torment,
He's a minister, an editor,
He's already left for Augusta.
He's got lots of real good stories to tell, too.
He's putting his life at risk.
Hear that?
Heard his head turns full round
Helps Massa Murray build his guns.
Henning... own some land there.
Here's our daddy hisself.
Here's where you say you have a smarter idea.
Hey, come see this.
Hey, hey, hey, here, here, here.
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Hey, hey.
Hey, hold on.
Hey, hold up now.
Hey, now you got to get to work.
Hey, say, when we gonna get our sidearms
Hey, Tom.
Hey, watch... watch out, watch out.
Hey.
Hey.
Hey.
Hey.
Hey.
His name was Kunta Kinte,
His name's Charles Montpelier.
Hmm, well, I tell you what, Chicken George,
Hmm.
Ho, ho, ho, ho.
Hold on just one cotton picking second.
How could that be possible?
How could you leave me?
How do they... how do I...
How long you been hiding?
How long you plan on visiting with us, Chicken George?
How you do something like that?
How you doing?
How'd I end up here?
Hurry up. Come on.
Hyah, hyah!
Hyah!
Hyah.
I ain't gonna do nothing... nothing foolish at all.
I ain't leaving.
I ain't scared of that boy.
I believe men and women can't be owned like cattle.
I can forge anything you want, Miss Nancy.
I can hear Mmama Kizzy humming it.
I can't do this by myself, is you?
I can't leave you again.
I can't measure these days in flags and armies,
I can't read a word.
I can't say I know for sure.
I decide myself I want to get shot.
I defer to your superior judgment.
I do know one thing...
I don't know any Africa words.
I don't know how,
I don't know if this is the right time,
I don't need to see a doctor, Daddy.
I don't see why not, George.
I don't want no more.
I dreamed of you so many years.
I expect you to look after every shoe
I feel stronger every day.
I got a notion about that boy who brought you to me.
I got a reason to be here.
I got a right to be buried by Kizzy.
I got a right to be here.
I got a rough idea.
I got to get back inside to Miss Charlotte.
I got to know a time gonna come when I can buy me free.
I have a family, too, Tom.
I have a smarter idea.
I hear Mr. Murray send a fine blacksmith
I hid in the bushes.
I hope my story honors him,
I I can't. I won't.
I just need time to decide.
I just sit away from the trees,
I keep on his good side.
I knew I had to write a book about him.
I know what Mama Kizzy would say.
I know where your mama is.
I know you ain't over there thinking
I know you?
I know you're here to rob me.
I know, oh, Lord, my flesh may fail,
I know.
I miss old Chicken George, his Africa stories.
I miss them every day.
I need to finish up with you, man.
I need to put some miles between me and here.
I need you to stop at the Barton farm on your way back.
I prayed so hard that you would come back,
I promise.
I put my trust in false things.
I reckon they changed their mind all about
I reckoned you'd say that.
I report to one commander, boys.
I run off twice more.
I see that pistol in your waist.
I surrender! I surrender!
I swear.
I taught you everything.
I tell folks he's my slave.
I thank you kindly for everything,
I think I agree with whatever you say.
I think I was selfish
I think I was selfish
I thought he couldn't hear anything.
I thought we won that damn war.
I thought you might be needing this.
I told Mr. Murray I'm living here now with my family.
I understand.
I want every penny you earned on this farm as a blacksmith.
I was a slave. What else could I do?
I was manumitted by Sir C.E. Russell
I will allow him to wait on the road.
I will tell you when the time is right.
I won't never see a ****** be my equal.
I worked this ground every day of my life.
I'll be back 'fore they're cold.
I'll make sure he does, Daddy.
I'll meet you all there.
I'll never do nothing foolish to make Massa Murray angry,
I'll pay you one chicken and one hog.
I'll shoot you, ******, right here.
I'll take it from your dead body.
I'll work fast, Mama.
I'm a bag of nails compared to my father.
I'm a spy for the North.
I'm coming with you, Tom, to find Daddy.
I'm going home... Carolina... with my son.
I'm gonna blow your brains out, boy!
I'm gonna keep this family together,
I'm gonna name you after my daddy...
I'm here to gather information for Mr. Pinkerton in Washington.
I'm his son.
I'm just getting started.
I'm just thankful that you weren't hurt.
I'm just tryin' to help these white boys win this war is all.
I'm leaving the state soon,
I'm not coming with you.
I'm not gonna hurt her unless you make me.
I'm not sure which is more exotic...
I'm right where I should be.
I'm so thankful this war is done.
I'm sorry.
I'm sure you'll find the other criminal.
I'm your daddy.
I'm... I'm Virgil... sir.
I've been chased by savages, painted faces.
I've been up by the big house. Everybody gone.
If I can just explain.
If I can just speak to Mr. Murray.
If I don't remember who I am.
If I don't teach you where we come from,
If I tell you what you want, will you spare him?
If Massa Murray want to play papa to me, I'm gonna let him.
If something gets made by hammer and fire,
If that boy can shoe horses, we can use him.
If you're moving in with us once we're married, why fuss with this?
In a field and won't think twice.
In case he ain't make it.
In his fancy clothes like he's paying a social call.
In the Kingdom of Niumi on the Kamby Bolongo.
Insult to be in the same pit with you and me.
Intelligence, he calls it.
Irene, the way to help me... don't ask me anything.
Irene, when my... my daddy gets to talking,
Is everyone all right?
Is gonna have shops run by our own people.
It ain't safe to be a colored free man in Carolina no more.
It can only be told in a story.
It can't be much further.
It don't seem to be helpin' me much.
It is time for North Carolina
It only takes one crazy redneck,
It really is you.
It was over here. This way. Come on.
It's all right.
It's all right.
It's been years, George.
It's best damn blacksmith in the whole damn Union.
It's changed some but always the same.
It's George.
It's just a slip of old newsprint.
It's my fault... all of it.
It's not gonna happen! Get down!
It's okay.
It's the askin' him to help us makes the difference.
It's time to come home now.
It's too extreme. Common sense can still prevail.
Jerusalem is deaf and mute,
Just bring yourself home safe.
Just don't ask me to heft up my skirt and dance.
Just get me by the docks at Elizabeth City.
Just got back.
Just keep moving.
Just like my Mama Kizzy wanted,
Just like you sold my children.
Just look after Irene and that baby in her belly.
Just raining bones. Clickety clack.
Just tell me what you want me to do.
Just wanted to know, sir.
Ka Kamby... Kamby Bolongo.
Keep moving north, and don't ever look back.
Keep moving. Keep moving, men.
Keep those cannons barking.
Kept getting shot at by old, no good white boys...
Kill your own baby boy, Massa Tom?
Kizzy got a pain in her side.
Kizzy!
Kneel with me, Tom.
Kunta Kinte could ride and swim.
Kunta Kinte.
Ladies and gentlemen, America is a wild and dangerous land.
Let me hold your hand.
Let me tell you now, I have wrestled mountain men
Let me tell you now, that boy... he got rare,
Let my chickens peck at your cold, black body.
Let them all in.
Let this boy take his time.
Let's be careful, Daddy.
Let's load it up.
Let's say we start walkin' 'fore
Like a pretty girl pull tangles from her hair.
Like mama's daddy used to preach.
Like you all over the state, Tom.
Lincoln is weak.
Listen to me, Frederick.
Listen to your father, Frederick.
Listen, my mama had a prayer
Livin' the sportin' life.
Look at him... arms like cannonballs!
Look at his damn uniform!
Look like Massa Anson's cows, but that's four miles from here.
Ma'am, don't say nothin' more, ma'am.
Made a lot more money for this farm.
Major Booth gonna surrender the fort, sir?
Make it out of Fort Pillow alive.
Make you proud. Get me killed by a Reb.
Makes him loopy.
Mama Kizzy.
Mama, I'm not passing that way.
Mama, what you doing out here? You got to get to work.
Man said if I joined the Union boys,
Man said there was a recruiting office on Knoxville Turnpike.
Man: What we supposed to do about food?
Mandinka say, "Everything that enchants also deceives."
Mandinka warriors from Africa.
Maria wants her daddy 'fore he goes to work.
Massa Frederick won't pay for no doctor.
Massa let a doctor come by here?
Massa Murray built hand charges
Massa Murray knows how long it takes me to make my rounds.
Massa Murray said he sorry, but he couldn't keep all of us.
Massa Murray says Tom is the best blacksmith in Carolina.
Matilda sneaks them from the kindling. I've seen her.
Matilda, take my wife inside.
Maybe ain't men.
Maybe something else.
Mend a saddle, patch pots and pans.
Might as well throw a stone at a wasp nest.
Mighty fine food here.
Millions of men and women who struggled to survive
Miss Malizy, I got to go look for my family.
Miss Malizy, I'm gonna look around.
Miss Malizy.
Miss Nancy's barkin' orders like she runnin' the farm already.
Mississippi, Florida, Alabama have done
Mm hmm.
Mm hmm.
Mm hmm.
Mm hmm.
Mm hmm.
Mom!
Money ain't got no color.
Mornin' Dove!
Most of your family reads. That is a marvel.
Move up, move up!
Move! Move! Move! We're not safe here!
Mr. Murray ain't that bad, and as for Frederick...
Mr. Murray is aware of the Confederacy's
Mr. Murray think real highly of you, son.
Mr. Murray, we all leaving.
Mr. Pinkerton asked Charles
Mrs. Murray relies on Matilda.
My ancestors would be a symbol for millions of slaves,
My brother and me ran away from Chatham County.
My children Louis, Mary, and George Jr.
My daddy called Chicken George.
My daddy took whippings to protect his name.
My daddy, Benjamin Lyon.
My dreams failed me.
My father?
My George?
My granddaddy is Kunta Kinte.
Mystical skills, passed down by Mandinka craftsmen.
Name's Winslow.
Nancy will head for Philadelphia,
Nathan Forrest don't take ****** prisoners!
Need more precision on the ball.
Needed the money, George.
Never know when he going off.
Never.
Next time, my Mornin' Dove, I'm coming to take you.
****** doing his job, ma'am?
****** has a gun.
******s going to fight for Abe Lincoln.
No good, sir! Barrel won't suppress enough.
No longer enchanted, no longer deceived.
No more than 20 of us colored boys
No ******s inside.
No, darling.
No, higher. No, higher.
No, no, keep it by the book.
No, no!
No, not from that ****** hating Reb Nathan Forrest.
No, sir. I think that'd be kind of risky.
No, the blood in me from Kizzy, not you...
No! No!
No.
No.
No.
Nobody gonna hurt a fancy lady like you.
Nope.
North Carolina will reward the men that led us to freedom,
Not a bad idea if you want to eat.
Not bad at all.
Not knowing how my people suffered as slaves.
Not on my farm!
Not one more day.
Not one of us safe.
Not safe here.
Not since President Lincoln got shot dead.
Not that we won't take money from the white folk.
Not your filthy soul.
Now I'm tired of you people.
Now let me watch you bein' my wife.
Now would be the time.
Now, Daddy been gone a long time.
Now, freedom granted to any slave shall be
Now, I I could be wrong.
Now, let's get this company ready for battle.
Now, we truly sorry about Mr. Lincoln, sir,
Now, what you gonna do about it?
Now, would another Β£10,000 clarify the issue?
Now, you listen now.
Of course...
Of Hampshire, England.
Of Hampshire, England.
Oh, did I...
Oh, I ain't visiting.
Oh, I didn't leave you.
Oh, I'm allowed to dance with my wife.
Oh, it's nothing to concern yourself with, Charlotte.
Oh, my god.
Oh, my hands are rough as tree bark.
Oh, no, sir. No. No.
Oh, shh.
Oh, that's us.
Oh, Tom!
Oh, will you now?
Oh, you James.
Oh.
Oh.
Ohh! Go!
Old Chicken George will find out
Old Chicken George.
Old George he was the first to volunteer.
Old George say he was gonna walk home.
Old George told me to bring this back
Old George, he carried me to the hospital.
Old ******s can hardly work.
On a ballot in North Carolina.
On every horse in our company every night.
On the 91st day, you can seize him and sell him.
On the muzzle and hammering it as it fired!
Once these crackers start shootin'.
Once they leave the Union, states like North Carolina
One time, I saw a Carolina bobcat
One time, I saw him patch a cannon by sitting
Only ain't their choice.
Only in the ones that I'm missing.
Only reason I'm alive now.
Only thing they ever gonna understand is this right here.
Or maybe I'll just buy my Irene free
Or worse, that they had forgotten him altogether.
Or... or insults Mama?
Ostentatious, don't you think, darling?
Out here working just as hard as before.
Over two months now.
Overseer can blow his work horn all he wants,
Owned by the Brickle farm.
Patricia run off.
Perhaps you'll have more success
Pick it up in the back.
Plans for weapons and explosives.
Please, no!
Promise me.
Put a bullet in poor old Abe's head.
Quickly. Let's go.
Reckon I would, too.
Rents him out all over the state.
Reverend Garland said he had a church outside of Sewanee
Reverend Garland, was it? Yeah.
Ride!
Ride!
Run, boy.
Said the African used to come to her when she was scared.
Said you'd set my wife and all my children free.
Same as came to my mama.
Sarah.
Saving to buy us free.
Saw them patrol boys hang him.
Say special words for a new baby.