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And I says, "I'd rather go to jail." So they say, "You are ready?" And I never did. I fought going to the war, the world was watching, the Blacks mainly, looking, to see if I had the nerve to buck Uncle Sam, and I just couldn't wait for the man to call my name, so I wouldn't step forward. I enjoyed that day. I loved that. And after I left, say, "Look it everybody. He didn't go. He going to jail." I said, "I'd rather be in jail fed, then in Vietnam dead." You see, I know I had gone to Vietnam somebody says, "I'm going to get the nigger now." I might have got shot accidentally. I was just that controversial.
SAM POLLARD: It's great. Let's cut.
MUHAMMAD ALI: Because I'm a bad nigger.
And I says, "I'd rather go to jail." So they say, "You are ready?" And I never did. I fought going to the war, the world was watching, the Blacks mainly, looking, to see if I had the nerve to buck Uncle Sam, and I just couldn't wait for the man to call my name, so I wouldn't step forward. I enjoyed that day. I loved that. And after I left, say, "Look it everybody. He didn't go. He going to jail." I said, "I'd rather be in jail fed, then in Vietnam dead." You see, I know I had gone to Vietnam somebody says, "I'm going to get the nigger now." I might have got shot accidentally. I was just that controversial.
SAM POLLARD: It's great. Let's cut.
MUHAMMAD ALI: Because I'm a bad nigger.