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... or art of of singing in psalms.
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I want my daughter
off that stage right now.
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P-S-A...
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I don't care what she said.
I want her off that stage.
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I didn't know she was hereand I didn't give her permission...
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- L-M-O...
- I'm sorry, Mrs. Anderson.
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No, I told her she was
expressly not to be here.
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And you don't take my child anywherewithout my permission.
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- D-Y, psalmody.
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That's correct.
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All right, next please.
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Excuse me. I'm sorry.
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The mother of one of the spellers
needs to speak with her.
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- It's rather urgent.
- Um...
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Okay, but she must be
back on the stage
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before her next turnor she'll be disqualified.
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She'll be back.
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I swear we thought you were on board
with this, Mrs. Anderson.
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You want to tell me
what the heck is going on here?
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Because I never signeda consent form.
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- I signed Daddy's name.
- You did what?!
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How do you think I felt
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when Javier's mother calls me
to see if I need a ride to USC?
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I don't know who she is
or what she's talking about.
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I'm sorry, Mama.
I just wanted to do the bee.
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By lying? By going behind
my back for the last six months?
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You might as well say goodbyeto your little friends, Akeelah,
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because this is your last
spelling bee.
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I beg you, Mrs. Anderson,
to reconsider this.
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- She deserves this opport...
- Bob.
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Mrs. Anderson's right.
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Akeelah does not deserve to go
to the bee this year.
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What?
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Next speller please.
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Come on up to the mike please.
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A little faster. Come on.
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I apologize, Mrs. Anderson,
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if we've contributed to any anguish
you may be feeling.
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And who are you exactly?
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My name is Joshua Larabee, ma'am.
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And I've been...
well, I've been helping Akeelah
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prepare herself
for the spelling bee.
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Akeelah's been getting extra school
credit for working with Dr. Larabee.
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We designed an entire program
specifically for her.
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Why didn't you tell me about this?
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Mama, I hated going
behind your back,
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but every time I brought up the bee,
you didn't want to hear it.
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I didn't know what to do.
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Can I get the pronunciation again?
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He's given it to you five times.
You need to spell the word.
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Could you use it in a sentence?
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He's already used it in a sentence.
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I mean a different sentence
than you used before.
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- You only get one sentence.
- What's up with this kid?
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You must want this thing pretty bad
because you ain't
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never lied to me before in your life.
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So maybe you can tell me
what you think
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a good punishment would be
for what you did.
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- I guess I gotta miss the bee.
- But that don't just punish you.
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Mr. Welch and Dr. Larabee done put
a lot of time into this too.
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So you think of something else.
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Maybe double chores
for the month.
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For the next three months.
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She still got time to get
back up on that stage?
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If we move very quickly, yes.
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Well, I guess you'd
better get a move on.
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We haven't much time.
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Come on, come on.
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Thank you, Mama.
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All right.
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- Dr. Larabee, is it?
- Yes.
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So you actually think
Akeelah has a chance
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to win the national spelling bee?
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Yes.
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Yes, I think she does.
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Well...
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- could you use it in a song?
- What?
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Never mind. Ratatouille:
R-A-T-A-T-O-U-I-L-L-E, ratatouille.
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Uh... that's correct.
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- Where's number 73, please?
- She's here, she's here.
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Number 73.
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- Thank you.
- I was about to start tap dancing.
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Man:
Okay, "pluviosity."
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Can I get a definition please?
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Pluviosity means a statecharacterized by much rain.
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Pluviosity:
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P-L-U-V-I-O-S-I-T-Y,
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- pluviosity.
- That's correct.
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Thank you.
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# R-E-S-P-E-C-T #
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# Find out what it means to me #
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# R-E-S-P-E-C-T #
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# Take care, TCB #
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# Oh, a little respect... #
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I'd like to thank you all
for coming out today
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to honor our own
Akeelah Anderson!
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(groans)
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Um...
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thanks...
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a lot.
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Oh girl, you like
a movie star now.
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I know.
It's pretty crazy.
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Hey, my mama said she want
to take us out to celebrate tonight.
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Javier's parents are taking me out.
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- But maybe we can...
- Akeelah, excuse me. I'm sorry.
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There's a reporter here
and she wants to talk to you.
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- I don't want to talk to no reporter.
- Are you kidding?
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This is exactly the kind of
good publicity Crenshaw needs.
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Excuse us! Sorry.
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Hi, this is Lauren Sanchezreporting from South Los Angeles.
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I'm here with 11-year-old
Akeelah Anderson.
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She's a seventh graderfrom Crenshaw Middle School
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who's heading to the national
spelling bee. How does it feel
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now that you're going to be goingto Washington DC?
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- It's pretty cool.- Are you excited?
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All right, let's check out the wordthat Akeelah spelled
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here at the Southern California finalsthat got her to the national bee.
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Erythrocyte: E-R-Y...
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(turns off TV)
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- Joshua: Spell, "affenpinscher."- Affen-what?
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"Grallatorial."
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- G-R-A-L-A-T...
- Wrong.
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- "Jacquard."
- Dr. Larabee.
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Spell the word jacquard.
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- J-A-Q-U...
- What about the C?
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These are all words that were missed
in last year's national spelling bee.
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- And you can't spell one of them.
- Maybe because we haven't
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- studied them yet.
- Why did you cancel yesterday?
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Hmm?
Were you doing another interview,
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flaunting yourself in front
of the television cameras?
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No, I was at the mall.
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Look, I wasn't dissing you.
I was Christmas shopping.
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"Dissing"? I thought we didn't
use words like that.
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I thought we only used words
from the dictionary in here.
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"Dis, dissed, dissing:
to treat with disrespect
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or contempt;to find fault with. "
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New words get added
to the dictionary every year.
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Look, I didn't get
to the national bee
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until I was 14 years old.
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I had no help.
I had no training.
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I had nothing.
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By the time I got
to the third round, I was out.
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You have an opportunity
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to win this thing.
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But all we've done
for eight months
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is study words.
Why can't we take a break,
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go to a movie, to a basketball game?
Why can't we have fun?
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I told you, Denise,
you can have fun after the bee.
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Who's Denise?
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What?
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Denise, you called me Denise.
Who's that?
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Dr. Larabee, are you okay?
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Yes.
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Yes, I'm fine.
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Listen, I spent all last week
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making these for you.
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- What are they?
- They're flash cards.
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5,000 new words, the types
that you will run into at the finals.
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5,000? But we've only
got a few months left.
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- What, you going to coach me 24-7?
- Uh, no...
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you're going to, um,
learn these on your own.
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There's nothing left
for me to teach you.
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What?
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You... you've got it all, Akeelah.
You've got word construction down
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etymology,
memorization techniques.
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What you need to do now is just
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focus on the words.
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I can't learn 5,000 new words
all by myself.
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Oh, yes, you can.
You've got a brain like a sponge.
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- You just sit down and you study them.
- Dr. Larabee, I swear, I promise...
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I won't miss any more sessionsand I'll do whatever you say.
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You can't stop coaching me now.
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I told Mr. Welch I'd get you through
the regionals and I've done that.
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Now, I don't have anything else
I can teach you.
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You need to justtake those words
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and study them
and you'll be all right.
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This is why I was at the mall.
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Merry Christmas.
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(door shuts)
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(pop music playing)
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(phone ringing)
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- Georgia: Hello?
- Akeelah: Hey, girl.
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- What you doin'?
- Watching TV.
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You want to go skating
this weekend?
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Why don't you go with your friendsfrom Woodland Hills?
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What?
Girl, what's wrong with you?
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Nothing.
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I got homework to do.I'll see you later.
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Kiana:
Hey, Keelie!
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Keelie, come on out here!
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Girl, you on TV.
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- Hurry. Come on, look!
- Akeelah Anderson's rise
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has captivated her community.
All of Los Angeles is talking about her.
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If she wins this spelling bee
it's going to be like
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- everybody in the neighborhood wins.
- I think it'll be real positive.
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You know...good for the community.
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I'm already studying
for next year's bee.
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What is wrong with...
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Akeelah, what's wrong?
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- I don't want to do the bee no more.
- You don't want to do the bee?
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- Why not?
- Dr. Larabee don't want
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to coach me no more,
Georgia don't want to hang out with me
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and all these people are
expecting me to win.
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And it's just too hard, Mama.
I want it all to stop.
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- Baby, you worked so...
- Please.
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- Please.
- All right, all right.
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I certainly didn't mean
to upset her. I...
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well, I honestly thought I was
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doing the best thing for her.
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You know, Dr. Larabee,
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my child is only 11 years old
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and she has been through
so much already.
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Her father was killed
when she was six.
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Somebody shot him
on his way home from work.
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Do you have any idea what it's like
for a girl to lose her father that way?
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I can imagine.
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Then why do you want
to cause this child any more grief?
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That's an unfair accusation,
Mrs. Anderson.
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As I've told you, I'm...
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I'm just not in a place
where I can
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be of any more help
to Akeelah right now.
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But she needs you.
She does.
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I beg to differ, Mrs. Anderson.
It's not me that Akeelah needs.
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Girl on TV:I remember when he usedto take us out to the ballgames,
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and take us to the moviesand we'd have popcorn fights.
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Woman on TV:
We'll do that again.
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Sure.
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I want to tell you something.
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You know why I didn't want you
to do the bee at first?
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'Cause I saw that video of yours
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and I saw one winner
and 200 losers.
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And I didn't want you to be
one of those losers.
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Did you know your mama
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went to college
right after high school?
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No.
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I had a scholarship.
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I was gonna be a doctor.
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What happened?
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I just felt so out of place
at that school.
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I convinced myself
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that I was gonna fail.
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So before that could happen,
I dropped out.
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00:15:56,483 --> 00:15:59,475
I don't want you to do
the same thing with this bee.
244
00:16:11,898 --> 00:16:13,923
"Gabbro,"
245
00:16:13,967 --> 00:16:18,199
a group of dark heavy rocks.
246
00:16:20,073 --> 00:16:22,598
Can you spell it for me?
247
00:16:23,877 --> 00:16:28,075
G-A-B-R-O,
248
00:16:28,115 --> 00:16:29,742
gabbro?
249
00:16:29,783 --> 00:16:32,547
Actually it's got two Bs.
250
00:16:35,989 --> 00:16:39,982
You know, Akeelah, you ain't short
on people who want to help you.
251
00:16:40,027 --> 00:16:44,896
I bet if you just look around,
you got 50,000 coaches.
252
00:16:45,899 --> 00:16:48,424
Starting with me.
253
00:16:51,171 --> 00:16:52,900
- Mama?
- Hmm?
254
00:16:52,939 --> 00:16:55,373
You think that maybe
255
00:16:55,409 --> 00:16:57,969
you might go back to college?
256
00:17:00,747 --> 00:17:03,215
I just might.
257
00:17:05,986 --> 00:17:08,454
- I love you.
- I love you too.
258
00:17:08,488 --> 00:17:10,183
I love you too.
259
00:17:10,223 --> 00:17:14,353
"Craquelure,"
C-R-A-Q-U-E-L-U...
260
00:17:14,394 --> 00:17:17,522
Hey, yo, so why y'all punking out
on the spelling bee, huh?
261
00:17:17,564 --> 00:17:19,759
What, you afraid of all
the suburbia kids now?
262
00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:21,927
No.
263
00:17:23,036 --> 00:17:24,628
Hey!
264
00:17:24,671 --> 00:17:26,605
So how you spell
all these words anyway?
265
00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:29,336
- I study them.
- Whatever.
266
00:17:29,376 --> 00:17:32,004
There go my ride.
267
00:17:32,045 --> 00:17:34,707
- Hey, what up, Derrick-T?
- What up, Terrence?
268
00:17:34,748 --> 00:17:36,545
Who dat?
269
00:17:36,583 --> 00:17:39,575
That ain't nobody,
just my little sister.
270
00:17:39,619 --> 00:17:41,519
What up, little thing?
271
00:17:41,555 --> 00:17:45,719
I been seeing you on TV.
Trying to win some big contest, huh?
272
00:17:45,759 --> 00:17:47,954
Answer the man.
273
00:17:47,994 --> 00:17:50,087
You know, I won something once...
274
00:17:50,130 --> 00:17:53,395
fifth grade.
I wrote a poem.
275
00:17:53,433 --> 00:17:56,561
Even got myself
a blue ribbon too.
276
00:17:57,637 --> 00:18:00,765
- Yeah, good. You wrote yourself a poem.
- Shut up, dawg.
277
00:18:00,807 --> 00:18:03,799
What you think rap is?
278
00:18:03,844 --> 00:18:07,871
- What's that in your hand?
- Ain't nothin', just some stupid word.
279
00:18:07,914 --> 00:18:11,475
- You helping her?
- Naw, man, I'm chilling wit you, right?
280
00:18:16,323 --> 00:18:19,292
Naw, man.
281
00:18:20,994 --> 00:18:23,462
- Stay here and help your sis.
- Why?
282
00:18:23,497 --> 00:18:25,465
'Cause I say so.
283
00:18:25,499 --> 00:18:27,490
Let's break out, man.
284
00:18:30,303 --> 00:18:33,466
- Derrick-T!
- What's up?
285
00:18:34,574 --> 00:18:37,042
I want to read your poem.
286
00:18:37,077 --> 00:18:39,568
After you win the contest.
287
00:18:39,613 --> 00:18:41,513
Let's go, man.
288
00:18:46,086 --> 00:18:48,611
You ain't gotta help me
if you don't want to.
289
00:18:52,592 --> 00:18:54,457
"En-fran-chis-ment"?
290
00:18:54,494 --> 00:18:58,157
- You mean enfranchisement?
- Hey, whatever.
291
00:18:58,198 --> 00:19:01,031
Can you spell it?
292
00:19:03,603 --> 00:19:07,471
50,000 coaches.
293
00:19:10,110 --> 00:19:12,078
E-N-F-R...
294
00:19:12,112 --> 00:19:14,273
# Wake up, everybody #
295
00:19:14,314 --> 00:19:17,215
# No more sleeping in bed #
296
00:19:17,250 --> 00:19:19,684
# No more backward thinking #
297
00:19:19,719 --> 00:19:22,517
# Time for thinking ahead #
298
00:19:22,556 --> 00:19:25,150
# The world has changedso very much #
299
00:19:25,192 --> 00:19:26,955
# From what it used to be... #
300
00:19:26,993 --> 00:19:28,893
"Ap-teery-goat-ti."
301
00:19:28,929 --> 00:19:30,897
- What?
- That right there.
302
00:19:30,931 --> 00:19:34,423
Apterygote. Maybe you
shouldn't show me the cards.
303
00:19:34,467 --> 00:19:36,128
Oh yeah. Sorry.
304
00:19:41,107 --> 00:19:42,870
# Wake up all the teachers #
305
00:19:42,909 --> 00:19:45,537
# Time to teach a new way #
306
00:19:45,579 --> 00:19:48,013
# Maybe then they'll listen #
307
00:19:48,048 --> 00:19:50,539
# To what you have to say #
308
00:19:50,584 --> 00:19:53,075
# 'Cause they're the oneswho's coming up #
309
00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:55,747
# And the worldis in their hands #
310
00:19:55,789 --> 00:19:57,950
# When you teach the children #
311
00:19:57,991 --> 00:20:01,518
# Teach themthe very best you can... #
312
00:20:01,561 --> 00:20:03,927
...R-E-S-A...
313
00:20:03,964 --> 00:20:06,728
You go, Akeelah, baby!
Make us proud!
314
00:20:32,692 --> 00:20:35,456
5,000, I learned them all.
315
00:20:35,495 --> 00:20:39,056
But I had some help.
316
00:20:39,099 --> 00:20:41,966
You should be
very well prepared then.
317
00:20:43,470 --> 00:20:45,904
You know, Dr. Larabee,
318
00:20:45,939 --> 00:20:48,669
when I was a little girl...
319
00:20:49,743 --> 00:20:52,371
my daddy died.
320
00:20:56,449 --> 00:20:59,145
I used to cry all the time.
321
00:21:01,187 --> 00:21:03,018
But then...
322
00:21:04,324 --> 00:21:07,054
I found something that helped.
323
00:21:07,093 --> 00:21:09,288
What was that?
324
00:21:09,329 --> 00:21:12,423
I spelled... over and over again.
325
00:21:12,465 --> 00:21:14,262
And I'd feel better.
326
00:21:18,004 --> 00:21:20,666
Maybe when you're
thinking of her...
327
00:21:22,242 --> 00:21:24,642
you can try spelling.
328
00:21:24,678 --> 00:21:27,146
It might help.
329
00:21:42,195 --> 00:21:44,288
Akeelah?
330
00:21:47,467 --> 00:21:50,527
- Who told you?
- You did.
331
00:21:51,738 --> 00:21:53,672
You called me
by her name: Denise.
332
00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:03,478
That's her jump rope, isn't it?
333
00:22:03,516 --> 00:22:06,144
Yes.
334
00:22:08,188 --> 00:22:10,679
Was she your little girl?
335
00:22:15,729 --> 00:22:17,754
Yes.
336
00:22:19,833 --> 00:22:22,461
What happened to her?
337
00:22:31,144 --> 00:22:33,806
She got very sick.
338
00:22:34,814 --> 00:22:37,305
She was only a couple of years
339
00:22:37,350 --> 00:22:39,841
younger than you
when she passed.
340
00:22:45,158 --> 00:22:48,252
Where is her mama?
341
00:22:48,294 --> 00:22:52,094
She moved to another city and...
342
00:22:52,132 --> 00:22:56,193
after it happened
343
00:22:56,236 --> 00:22:58,761
my wife...
344
00:22:58,805 --> 00:23:01,672
Patricia and I
345
00:23:01,708 --> 00:23:04,609
found it...
346
00:23:06,446 --> 00:23:08,414
slowly
347
00:23:08,448 --> 00:23:10,814
became very
348
00:23:10,850 --> 00:23:13,148
difficult to be...
349
00:23:22,328 --> 00:23:24,796
Anyway, this is...
350
00:23:24,831 --> 00:23:27,095
this is Patricia's garden.
351
00:23:30,303 --> 00:23:34,433
You see, I need...
I need a lot of order in my life.
352
00:23:34,474 --> 00:23:38,035
That's why I don't teach
in the classrooms anymore.
353
00:23:38,077 --> 00:23:41,308
It's just too unpredictable.
354
00:23:42,449 --> 00:23:44,417
Like you.
355
00:23:44,451 --> 00:23:47,181
This whole spelling bee business
now has become...
356
00:23:48,288 --> 00:23:51,189
a little too unpredictable as well.
357
00:23:55,962 --> 00:23:57,953
Dr. Larabee...
358
00:23:59,632 --> 00:24:03,466
I... I can't go to DC without you.
359
00:24:03,503 --> 00:24:06,097
Yes, you can, Akeelah.
You can do anything you want.
360
00:24:06,139 --> 00:24:08,699
- I can't beat Dylan.
- Don't say that.
361
00:24:08,741 --> 00:24:12,006
It's true. It doesn't matter
how many words I learn.
362
00:24:12,045 --> 00:24:14,013
He'll always know more.
363
00:24:14,047 --> 00:24:16,743
Let me tell you about Dylan.
364
00:24:18,585 --> 00:24:21,554
There's only one person
who can push him
365
00:24:21,588 --> 00:24:24,853
to spell as well as he possibly can.
366
00:24:24,891 --> 00:24:28,725
It's not his dad.
It's not the spelling bee people.
367
00:24:28,761 --> 00:24:30,888
It's not even himself.
368
00:24:30,930 --> 00:24:33,660
That person is you.
369
00:24:34,701 --> 00:24:37,033
So...
370
00:24:37,070 --> 00:24:40,130
when you and I
371
00:24:40,173 --> 00:24:42,471
get to DC,
372
00:24:42,509 --> 00:24:45,774
let's make sure we give him
a run for his money.
373
00:24:45,812 --> 00:24:47,746
Okay?
374
00:25:08,034 --> 00:25:09,558
Hey.
375
00:25:11,037 --> 00:25:13,062
Hi.
376
00:25:13,106 --> 00:25:14,869
I'm off to DC tomorrow.
377
00:25:14,908 --> 00:25:19,174
- Yeah, well, have fun.
- I'm sorry I've been so busy.
378
00:25:19,212 --> 00:25:22,045
It's just this whole spelling
thing's been real intense.
379
00:25:23,650 --> 00:25:25,481
But you know what?
380
00:25:27,086 --> 00:25:29,919
I'd give it all up if it meant
you and me could hang again.
381
00:25:29,956 --> 00:25:32,447
- That's stupid.
- Why's it stupid?
382
00:25:32,492 --> 00:25:35,154
'Cause people want to see you
do good.
383
00:25:37,063 --> 00:25:40,055
I want to see you do good.
384
00:25:41,634 --> 00:25:45,092
You know what?
Georgia, you're my best friend.
385
00:25:45,138 --> 00:25:48,869
And you always tell me I can do things
even when I think I can't.
386
00:25:50,076 --> 00:25:52,340
But I gotta tell you something.
387
00:25:52,378 --> 00:25:56,542
If you want to be a flight attendant,
you first gotta ride on a plane.
388
00:25:56,583 --> 00:25:59,074
I will someday.
389
00:25:59,118 --> 00:26:00,983
How about tomorrow?
390
00:26:03,389 --> 00:26:05,016
Whoo!
391
00:26:06,459 --> 00:26:09,223
Girl, I got... I got to talk
to the captain.
392
00:26:09,262 --> 00:26:12,663
Oh, forget flight attendant.
I'm gonna be a pilot.
393
00:26:14,667 --> 00:26:17,693
- What's wrong with him?
- He has an aversion to heights.
394
00:26:17,737 --> 00:26:21,468
It's an aversion to plummeting.
I may puke.
395
00:26:21,507 --> 00:26:25,170
My brother's in the air force
and he says that fear
396
00:26:25,211 --> 00:26:27,577
is all in your head. Here.
397
00:26:27,614 --> 00:26:32,108
He gave me this for good luck.
Don't worry... I won't impale you.
398
00:26:32,151 --> 00:26:36,178
You know, I never really thanked you
for helping me at the state bee.
399
00:26:36,222 --> 00:26:38,486
- No biggie.
- Actually,
400
00:26:38,524 --> 00:26:40,992
it was very chivalrous.
401
00:26:44,664 --> 00:26:46,427
Wow.
402
00:26:46,466 --> 00:26:48,696
I'm not thinking about the plane
at all now.
403
00:26:48,735 --> 00:26:51,260
Well, in that case...
404
00:26:52,839 --> 00:26:57,071
# Behind all of your tears #
405
00:26:57,110 --> 00:27:00,375
# There's a smile #
406
00:27:00,413 --> 00:27:02,404
# There's a smile #
407
00:27:03,916 --> 00:27:08,410
# Behind all of the rain #
408
00:27:08,454 --> 00:27:10,615
# There's sunshine #
409
00:27:10,657 --> 00:27:13,387
# For miles and miles #
410
00:27:13,426 --> 00:27:16,418
# Oh, everything #
411
00:27:16,462 --> 00:27:18,054
# Everything #
412
00:27:18,097 --> 00:27:20,998
# You mean everything #
413
00:27:21,034 --> 00:27:23,502
# You mean everything #
414
00:27:23,536 --> 00:27:25,527
# Everything to me #
415
00:27:26,673 --> 00:27:28,664
# Everything to me #
416
00:27:28,708 --> 00:27:31,643
# Everything to me. #
417
00:27:31,678 --> 00:27:33,669
(shrieks)
418
00:27:34,747 --> 00:27:36,715
- I told you not to shake it.
- I'm sorry.
419
00:27:36,749 --> 00:27:39,217
Akeelah, I thought you guys
were supposed to be studying.
420
00:27:39,252 --> 00:27:40,879
- We are.
- Huh-uh,
421
00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:43,650
it sounds like a party in here.
Come on, you got a big day tomorrow.
422
00:27:43,690 --> 00:27:45,681
- Better call it a night.
- Half an hour more.
423
00:27:45,725 --> 00:27:48,023
15 minutes.
424
00:27:48,061 --> 00:27:50,325
What do you think
Dylan's doing now?
425
00:27:50,363 --> 00:27:52,228
Trying to learn ancient Greek.
426
00:27:52,265 --> 00:27:55,666
- Maybe we should invite him over.
- That turd-juggler? Forget it.
427
00:27:56,703 --> 00:27:57,931
I'll be back.
428
00:28:00,473 --> 00:28:02,600
- Yeah...
- Is Dylan here?
429
00:28:05,945 --> 00:28:09,642
- He's busy.
- Well, um...
430
00:28:09,682 --> 00:28:13,049
me and some of the other kids
are hanging out in my room,
431
00:28:13,086 --> 00:28:17,546
drinking soda pop and watching movies.
We thought maybe he'd like to come over.
432
00:28:17,590 --> 00:28:20,354
I'm sorry, but tomorrow
is the spelling bee.
433
00:28:20,393 --> 00:28:23,294
Well, you know, sometimes it's okay
to take a little rest
434
00:28:23,329 --> 00:28:25,729
right before the big event, you know?
435
00:28:25,765 --> 00:28:29,292
Well, perhaps that is your strategy,
but not ours.
436
00:28:30,403 --> 00:28:32,428
Wait wait!
437
00:28:32,472 --> 00:28:35,100
This is for Dylan.
438
00:28:40,980 --> 00:28:42,971
Okay.
439
00:28:44,851 --> 00:28:48,651
Joshua: "Our deepest fear is notthat we are inadequate.
440
00:28:48,688 --> 00:28:52,715
Our deepest fear isthat we are powerful
441
00:28:52,759 --> 00:28:55,353
beyond measure.
442
00:28:55,394 --> 00:28:58,795
We ask ourselves 'Who am I
443
00:28:58,831 --> 00:29:01,265
to be brilliant, gorgeous,
444
00:29:01,300 --> 00:29:03,860
talented and fabulous? '
445
00:29:05,238 --> 00:29:09,641
Actually, who are you not to be?"
446
00:29:45,511 --> 00:29:48,810
It's okay. There.
447
00:30:03,229 --> 00:30:06,130
I'm Ted Saunders, here with
Katie Kerwin-McCrimmen,
448
00:30:06,165 --> 00:30:10,329
broadcasting live from the main ballroom
of the Grand Hyatt, Washington.
449
00:30:10,369 --> 00:30:13,463
Now, Katie, as a former spelling beechamp yourself, who do you think
450
00:30:13,506 --> 00:30:16,498
we should be looking for to do wellin this year's competition?
451
00:30:16,542 --> 00:30:19,340
Several of the kids placedvery high in last year's bee,
452
00:30:19,378 --> 00:30:21,107
especially Dylan Chiu.
453
00:30:21,147 --> 00:30:23,741
He's come in secondtwo years in a row.
454
00:30:23,783 --> 00:30:27,219
Kick his butt, Akeelah!
B-U-T-T, butt.
455
00:30:27,253 --> 00:30:30,882
... but the speller I've really gotmy eye on is little Akeelah Anderson
456
00:30:30,923 --> 00:30:33,858
from Los Angeles. She's becomea bit of a media sensation
457
00:30:33,893 --> 00:30:36,521
- because she's only 11 years old...
- That's my sister!
458
00:30:36,562 --> 00:30:38,996
... and it's her first tryat the spelling bee circuit.
459
00:31:45,631 --> 00:31:48,122
Could you repeat the word please?
460
00:31:48,167 --> 00:31:51,068
"Ratiocinate, ratiocinate."
461
00:31:51,103 --> 00:31:53,435
What in the hell
kind of word is that?
462
00:31:53,472 --> 00:31:56,100
R-A-T...
463
00:31:56,142 --> 00:31:58,667
I-O-C...
464
00:31:58,711 --> 00:32:02,147
I-N-A-T-E,
465
00:32:02,181 --> 00:32:04,672
- ratiocinate.
- That's correct.
466
00:32:04,717 --> 00:32:06,776
Yes.
467
00:32:10,456 --> 00:32:12,651
Ted: For an 11-year-old kid,that is just amazing.
468
00:32:12,692 --> 00:32:16,628
Katie: But watch out...one wrong letter and that's it.
469
00:32:18,631 --> 00:32:20,189
"Oersted."
470
00:32:20,232 --> 00:32:23,167
- What's the language of origin?
- It's from a Danish name.
471
00:32:23,202 --> 00:32:25,796
- I can't stand this Korean kid.
- He's Chinese.
472
00:32:25,838 --> 00:32:28,932
- He's uppity.
- O-E-R-S-T-E-D.
473
00:32:28,975 --> 00:32:31,205
That's correct.
474
00:32:38,017 --> 00:32:41,578
- What's the definition?
- Xylem is a complex tissue
475
00:32:41,620 --> 00:32:43,986
in the vascular system
of higher plants.
476
00:32:44,023 --> 00:32:47,891
Xylem.
X-Y-L-E-M, xylem.
477
00:32:47,927 --> 00:32:50,361
That's correct.
478
00:32:53,532 --> 00:32:55,966
They thought they had me,
but I was too much for 'em.
479
00:32:57,403 --> 00:33:00,668
...T-H-O-E-P-Y,
480
00:33:00,706 --> 00:33:03,368
- orthoepy.
- That's correct.
481
00:33:03,409 --> 00:33:06,674
- Flocculation is originally Latin.
- Could you use it in a sentence please?
482
00:33:06,712 --> 00:33:09,203
- Flocculation.
- Can I have a definition please?
483
00:33:09,248 --> 00:33:10,909
- That's correct.
- "Lobscouse."
484
00:33:10,950 --> 00:33:14,181
- The language of origin, please.
- Any alternate pronunciations?
485
00:33:14,220 --> 00:33:16,745
- Gastromyth.
- May I have a definition please?
486
00:33:19,258 --> 00:33:21,522
- Latin.
- Escharotic.
487
00:33:21,560 --> 00:33:23,494
- Madrigal.
- That is correct.
488
00:33:23,529 --> 00:33:26,089
- May I have the definition please?
- From earliest known time.
489
00:33:26,132 --> 00:33:27,759
- Aboriginally.
- Correct.
490
00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:29,859
- Language of origin?
- Yes!
491
00:33:29,902 --> 00:33:32,393
Empleomania.
492
00:33:32,438 --> 00:33:35,066
Any ratio without separation
of two phases.
493
00:33:35,107 --> 00:33:37,405
...I-B-L-E, miscible.
494
00:33:37,443 --> 00:33:40,640
Katie: If you're just joining us,we're here in the eighth round
495
00:33:40,679 --> 00:33:44,513
of the national spelling beewith only 30 spellers remaining.
496
00:33:44,550 --> 00:33:47,542
...U... R...
497
00:33:47,586 --> 00:33:50,180
S-U-S, excursus.
498
00:33:53,659 --> 00:33:55,786
"Argillaceous."
499
00:33:55,828 --> 00:33:58,456
- Excuse me?
- Argillaceous.
500
00:33:58,497 --> 00:34:01,193
Can I have the definition please?
501
00:34:01,233 --> 00:34:04,066
Argillaceous means of, relating to,
502
00:34:04,103 --> 00:34:06,469
or containing clayor clay minerals.
503
00:34:06,505 --> 00:34:08,973
- May I have the language of origin?
- Latin.
504
00:34:09,008 --> 00:34:12,307
Man, that's a white word if I ever
heard one. It's a trick... stop playing.
505
00:34:12,344 --> 00:34:15,211
Katie: It's the suffix that wouldtrip up most people.
506
00:34:15,247 --> 00:34:17,078
They would tendto spell it T-I-O-U-S,
507
00:34:17,116 --> 00:34:18,606
or C-I-O-U-S.
508
00:34:18,651 --> 00:34:22,052
Is it derived from the Latin word
argilla, meaning clay?
509
00:34:22,088 --> 00:34:23,578
That's correct.
510
00:34:27,726 --> 00:34:32,561
A-R-G...
511
00:34:32,598 --> 00:34:35,567
I-I...
512
00:34:35,601 --> 00:34:38,126
L-A...
513
00:34:41,807 --> 00:34:43,240
Come on.
514
00:34:56,689 --> 00:34:59,249
- Can I start over?
- You may.
515
00:34:59,291 --> 00:35:02,260
But you cannot change the letters
you've already spelled.
516
00:35:19,345 --> 00:35:24,942
A-R-G-I-L-L-
517
00:35:24,984 --> 00:35:30,217
A-C-E-O-U-S,
518
00:35:30,256 --> 00:35:33,191
- argillaceous.
- That's correct.
519
00:35:40,432 --> 00:35:41,990
She got it!
That's my little sister!
520
00:35:59,251 --> 00:36:02,550
Well, it's the 12th round, folks,
and the five remaining spellers
521
00:36:02,588 --> 00:36:05,113
are Mary Calveretti, age 12;
522
00:36:05,157 --> 00:36:07,352
13-year-old Rajeeve Subramonian;
523
00:36:07,393 --> 00:36:10,829
12-year-old Javier Mendez;Dylan Chiu, also of Woodland Hills.
524
00:36:10,863 --> 00:36:13,491
Wow, they really crank themout down there, don't they?
525
00:36:13,532 --> 00:36:15,659
Of course, Akeelah Anderson.
526
00:36:17,903 --> 00:36:20,394
Could you use the word
in a sentence please?
527
00:36:20,439 --> 00:36:24,899
The Merovingian kings were known
for having long red hair.
528
00:36:24,944 --> 00:36:27,310
Okay. Uh...
529
00:36:27,346 --> 00:36:30,713
M...
530
00:36:30,749 --> 00:36:33,912
A-R-O...
531
00:36:33,953 --> 00:36:39,118
V-I-N-G-I-A-N,
532
00:36:39,158 --> 00:36:41,251
Merovingian.
533
00:36:41,293 --> 00:36:43,284
(bell rings)
534
00:36:44,997 --> 00:36:46,658
Merovingian is spelled
535
00:36:46,699 --> 00:36:51,033
M-E-R-O-V-I-N-G-I-A-N.
536
00:36:56,609 --> 00:36:58,600
(audience laughs)
537
00:37:00,246 --> 00:37:04,205
I forgot to spell it how it sounds.
13th last year, fifth this year,
538
00:37:04,250 --> 00:37:07,242
next year I'll take it all.
Now it's your turn.
539
00:37:15,728 --> 00:37:18,629
...I-S-M, mithridatism.
540
00:37:18,664 --> 00:37:20,063
(bell rings)
541
00:37:20,099 --> 00:37:22,567
...P-I-S-C-N-C-E,
542
00:37:22,601 --> 00:37:24,262
- resipiscence.
- That's correct.
543
00:37:24,303 --> 00:37:26,498
...F-I-R-E?
544
00:37:26,538 --> 00:37:29,132
- Vitrophyre?
- (bell rings)
545
00:37:29,174 --> 00:37:32,302
...G-I-N-O-U-S,
546
00:37:32,344 --> 00:37:34,471
- serpiginous.
- That's correct.
547
00:37:34,513 --> 00:37:35,605
Yes!
548
00:37:38,350 --> 00:37:40,284
That's my baby.
549
00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:50,923
We're going to take a small breakbefore Akeelah and Dylan
550
00:37:50,963 --> 00:37:53,523
commence with
the championship-level words.
551
00:38:10,349 --> 00:38:12,317
Pretty good, huh?
552
00:38:19,925 --> 00:38:22,860
Make sure you stay focused, right?
553
00:38:22,895 --> 00:38:26,228
This is your last
national spelling bee.
554
00:38:26,265 --> 00:38:30,201
If you lose to that girl,
you're second place your whole life.
555
00:38:30,235 --> 00:38:33,204
No way! You hear me?
556
00:38:33,238 --> 00:38:36,071
- No way!
- Peeking on someone?
557
00:38:37,176 --> 00:38:39,235
Just wishing Dylan good luck.
558
00:38:39,278 --> 00:38:42,338
You've done a superb job.
I am so proud of you.
559
00:38:42,381 --> 00:38:46,579
Now listen, they're going to hit you
with every trick word they've got.
560
00:38:46,618 --> 00:38:49,018
You just remember
the things that we've studied.
561
00:38:49,054 --> 00:38:52,251
You can take these words apart
even if you've never seen them, right?
562
00:38:53,392 --> 00:38:56,759
But if I don't beat Dylan,
I've still got next year, right?
563
00:38:56,795 --> 00:38:59,229
Well, of course you do.
Although I don't know
564
00:38:59,264 --> 00:39:01,732
how much time
we'll have to train together.
565
00:39:01,767 --> 00:39:05,669
I've been asked to come back
and teach at UCLA, and I've said yes.
566
00:39:07,005 --> 00:39:09,769
- Really?
- Well, far be it from me to deny
567
00:39:09,808 --> 00:39:14,711
the next WEB DuBois the benefits
of my acerbic wit and sour disposition.
568
00:39:24,757 --> 00:39:28,193
- What's the matter?
- Nothing, Dr. Larabee.
569
00:39:28,227 --> 00:39:30,559
I should get back.
570
00:39:30,596 --> 00:39:33,463
No matter what happens...
571
00:39:34,800 --> 00:39:38,930
I want you to know that I couldn't
have gotten this far without you.
572
00:39:40,606 --> 00:39:42,733
Akeelah, baby, there you are.
Come on.
573
00:39:42,775 --> 00:39:44,436
I gotta go.
574
00:39:45,944 --> 00:39:48,310
They're about to start up again.
575
00:39:59,625 --> 00:40:03,186
Don't look so nervous.
I hear she had a pretty good coach.
576
00:40:06,298 --> 00:40:10,029
You know, I just found out that the bee
only gives each kid two plane tickets.
577
00:40:10,068 --> 00:40:13,162
I was wondering how we
ended up with six.
578
00:40:13,205 --> 00:40:15,765
Uh...
579
00:40:15,808 --> 00:40:17,799
perhaps it was some
580
00:40:17,843 --> 00:40:20,903
unexpected largess
on the part of the bee.
581
00:40:22,681 --> 00:40:27,311
Or perhaps Akeelah's coach
is also pretty generous.
582
00:40:31,223 --> 00:40:33,020
Thanks.
583
00:40:33,058 --> 00:40:35,288
For everything.
584
00:40:36,328 --> 00:40:39,092
- You're welcome.
- Ladies and gentlemen,
585
00:40:39,131 --> 00:40:42,567
let's welcome Akeelah and Dylan
back to the stage.
586
00:40:43,602 --> 00:40:46,264
Ted: Now remember,if either speller misses a word,
587
00:40:46,305 --> 00:40:48,705
the other has to spell
that missed word
588
00:40:48,740 --> 00:40:51,470
- plus another to win, right?
- Katie: That's right.
589
00:40:51,510 --> 00:40:55,037
And we could exhaust
all 25 championship words.
590
00:40:55,080 --> 00:40:56,741
But it's never happened.
591
00:40:56,782 --> 00:40:59,307
The championship wordsare just too difficult.
592
00:40:59,351 --> 00:41:02,616
- "Filiopietistic."
- Can I have the definition please?
593
00:41:02,654 --> 00:41:05,214
Of, or relating to,an often excessive
594
00:41:05,257 --> 00:41:07,817
venerationof ancestors or tradition.
595
00:41:07,860 --> 00:41:09,623
Filiopietistic:
596
00:41:09,661 --> 00:41:12,653
F-I...
597
00:41:12,698 --> 00:41:15,895
L-I...
598
00:41:34,353 --> 00:41:36,514
Akeelah, you're up.
599
00:41:43,562 --> 00:41:45,223
"Xanthosis."
600
00:41:45,264 --> 00:41:49,200
- Xanthosis?
- It starts with an X.
601
00:42:08,420 --> 00:42:10,217
Miss Anderson?
602
00:42:18,397 --> 00:42:20,592
Xanthosis:
603
00:42:20,632 --> 00:42:23,897
Z-A-N...
604
00:42:23,936 --> 00:42:26,769
T-H-O...
605
00:42:26,805 --> 00:42:29,137
S-I-S...
606
00:42:30,175 --> 00:42:33,167
- xanthosis.
- (bell rings)
607
00:42:47,259 --> 00:42:49,352
Dylan, it's your turn.
608
00:42:56,101 --> 00:42:57,932
"Xanthosis."
609
00:43:11,917 --> 00:43:13,407
Xanthosis:
610
00:43:13,452 --> 00:43:15,716
X-A-N...
611
00:43:15,754 --> 00:43:19,747
T-H-O-S...
612
00:43:22,894 --> 00:43:26,091
E-S, xanthosis.
613
00:43:27,165 --> 00:43:28,894
(bell rings)
614
00:43:29,901 --> 00:43:31,562
Xanthosis is spelled
615
00:43:31,603 --> 00:43:33,093
X-A-N...
616
00:43:33,138 --> 00:43:35,868
T-H-O-S-I-S.
617
00:43:39,077 --> 00:43:41,102
Can I get some water, please?
618
00:43:41,146 --> 00:43:43,478
Can we please get
both spellers some water?
619
00:43:49,655 --> 00:43:52,215
- What are you doing?
- What are you doing?
620
00:43:52,257 --> 00:43:54,555
- You just threw that word.
- So did you.
621
00:43:54,593 --> 00:43:56,788
You're just gonna
give this all away?
622
00:43:56,828 --> 00:43:58,625
Your dad will be happy.
623
00:43:59,965 --> 00:44:03,765
Who cares? He's never
won anything in his life.
624
00:44:03,802 --> 00:44:06,362
I won the regionals
three times in a row.
625
00:44:06,405 --> 00:44:09,067
And I finished second
in the nationals twice.
626
00:44:09,107 --> 00:44:12,543
And now you can finish first.
I could do it next year.
627
00:44:12,577 --> 00:44:15,876
- You do your best this year.
- Dylan...
628
00:44:15,914 --> 00:44:17,506
You do your best...
629
00:44:17,549 --> 00:44:19,312
or I don't want it.
630
00:44:21,153 --> 00:44:22,848
Man:
Here's your water.
631
00:44:29,461 --> 00:44:33,022
That's kind of amazing, isn't it,
that both of these incredible spellers
632
00:44:33,065 --> 00:44:34,760
would stumble on that word?
633
00:44:34,800 --> 00:44:37,394
I think we've got somepretty nervous kids up there.
634
00:44:37,436 --> 00:44:41,372
"Effleurage" or "effleurage."
635
00:44:45,510 --> 00:44:49,378
E-F-F-L-E-U...
636
00:44:49,414 --> 00:44:51,473
R-A-G-E,
637
00:44:51,516 --> 00:44:54,212
- effleurage.
- That's correct.
638
00:44:57,456 --> 00:45:00,254
Ted: This is just like watchingtwo star tennis players
639
00:45:00,292 --> 00:45:03,887
at the net returning volleys.I mean, these kids are incredible.
640
00:45:03,929 --> 00:45:07,865
Lagniappe: L-A-G-N-I-A-P-P-E,
lagniappe.
641
00:45:07,899 --> 00:45:09,867
- Sumpsimus.
- Could you use it in a sentence please?
642
00:45:09,901 --> 00:45:11,368
- Is that a verb?
- Ophelimity.
643
00:45:11,403 --> 00:45:13,064
- Tralatitious.
- That is correct.
644
00:45:13,105 --> 00:45:14,800
- Sophrosyne.
- Parrhesia.
645
00:45:14,840 --> 00:45:16,569
- Is that Greek?
- Was that Latin?
646
00:45:16,608 --> 00:45:17,700
- What's the language...
...of origin please?
647
00:45:17,743 --> 00:45:19,142
- Lyophilize.
- Zarzuela.
648
00:45:19,177 --> 00:45:20,701
- Vibrissae.
- Craquelure.
649
00:45:20,746 --> 00:45:22,077
That's correct.
650
00:45:22,114 --> 00:45:25,174
Ted: These kids a chewing throughthese super-tough words
651
00:45:25,217 --> 00:45:27,276
like they were breakfast cereal.
652
00:45:27,319 --> 00:45:29,753
Katie: You know, they couldactually go the distance,
653
00:45:29,788 --> 00:45:32,586
and most peopleconsider that unthinkable.
654
00:45:32,624 --> 00:45:35,923
We're now 13 words
into the championship level.
655
00:45:35,961 --> 00:45:39,897
If you make it through the remaining
12 words, you'll be co-champions.
656
00:45:39,931 --> 00:45:42,832
That's never happened before.
657
00:45:42,868 --> 00:45:44,460
- Vinegarroon.
- Ecdysis.
658
00:45:44,503 --> 00:45:45,993
- Concitato.
- Puerpera.
659
00:45:46,037 --> 00:45:47,868
That's correct.
660
00:45:47,906 --> 00:45:50,431
Ted: Dylan and Akeelah aretrying to stage a miracle here.
661
00:45:50,475 --> 00:45:53,638
Katie: And to make it to the finish linethey need each other to succeed.
662
00:45:53,678 --> 00:45:56,909
...E-R-A-Z...
663
00:46:03,155 --> 00:46:05,521
A-D-I-A-N,
664
00:46:05,557 --> 00:46:07,752
- Scheherazadian.
- That's correct.
665
00:46:11,763 --> 00:46:14,664
Akeelah:
... L-O-G-I...
666
00:46:16,268 --> 00:46:20,637
C-A-L, palynological.
667
00:46:20,672 --> 00:46:22,902
That's correct.
668
00:46:28,180 --> 00:46:30,341
Judge:
Ladies and gentlemen, we are down
669
00:46:30,382 --> 00:46:32,543
to the finaltwo championship words.
670
00:46:32,584 --> 00:46:34,882
One or both of our spellers
671
00:46:34,920 --> 00:46:38,048
will walk awaywith the first place trophy.
672
00:46:38,089 --> 00:46:39,613
Dylan, you're up.
673
00:46:46,965 --> 00:46:50,128
- "Logorrhea."
- May I have the definition please?
674
00:46:50,168 --> 00:46:53,001
Logorrhea is excessive
675
00:46:53,038 --> 00:46:55,973
and often incoherenttalkativeness.
676
00:47:01,313 --> 00:47:03,781
Logorrhea:
677
00:47:05,884 --> 00:47:08,910
I...
678
00:47:08,954 --> 00:47:10,751
O...
679
00:47:10,789 --> 00:47:13,656
G-O...
680
00:47:15,360 --> 00:47:16,952
R...
681
00:47:16,995 --> 00:47:19,828
R-H...
682
00:47:19,865 --> 00:47:23,631
E-A, logorrhea?
683
00:47:23,668 --> 00:47:26,159
Judge:
Congratulations, Dylan,
684
00:47:26,204 --> 00:47:29,071
you've won the ScrippsNational Spelling Bee.
685
00:47:29,107 --> 00:47:32,599
Yes! Yes!
686
00:47:35,881 --> 00:47:37,849
Go get 'em.
687
00:47:44,055 --> 00:47:47,456
Ladies and gentlemen,
please be seated for Akeelah's turn.
688
00:47:53,732 --> 00:47:55,632
"Pulchritude."
689
00:47:56,668 --> 00:47:58,727
Pulchritude.
690
00:48:04,109 --> 00:48:07,704
It's derived from
the Latin word "pulcher,"
691
00:48:07,746 --> 00:48:10,579
meaning beautiful,
692
00:48:10,615 --> 00:48:12,708
- isn't it?
- That's correct.
693
00:48:13,718 --> 00:48:15,447
- P...
- U...
694
00:48:15,487 --> 00:48:16,977
- I...
- C...
695
00:48:17,022 --> 00:48:18,455
- H...
- R...
696
00:48:18,490 --> 00:48:19,923
- I...
- T...
697
00:48:19,958 --> 00:48:21,391
- U...
- D...
698
00:48:21,426 --> 00:48:23,690
- E.
- Pulchritude.
699
00:48:27,165 --> 00:48:29,156
Congratulations, Akeelah.
700
00:48:33,872 --> 00:48:36,306
That's what I'm talking about!
701
00:48:38,643 --> 00:48:41,806
Akeelah: You know that feelingwhere everything feels right?
702
00:48:41,846 --> 00:48:45,247
Where you don't have to worryabout tomorrow
703
00:48:45,283 --> 00:48:47,080
or yesterday,
704
00:48:47,118 --> 00:48:50,610
but you feel safe and knowyou're doing the best you can?
705
00:48:50,655 --> 00:48:53,351
There's a word for that feeling.
706
00:48:53,391 --> 00:48:55,882
It's called love.
707
00:48:55,927 --> 00:48:59,294
L-O-V-E.
708
00:48:59,331 --> 00:49:01,925
And it's what I feel for all my family,
709
00:49:01,967 --> 00:49:05,164
and all my coachesin my neighborhood,
710
00:49:05,203 --> 00:49:07,171
where I come from,
711
00:49:07,205 --> 00:49:11,141
where I learned how to spell.
712
00:49:30,462 --> 00:49:32,327
We did it.
713
00:49:50,515 --> 00:49:54,747
# Write it downa thousand times #
714
00:49:54,786 --> 00:50:00,053
# Four-letter wordthat makes me cry #
715
00:50:00,091 --> 00:50:04,357
# How I feel about itI can't decide #
716
00:50:04,396 --> 00:50:10,028
# No, I don't know,so I'll improvise #
717
00:50:10,068 --> 00:50:14,334
# Is it living in our heart? #
718
00:50:14,372 --> 00:50:16,840
# Or in our mind? #
719
00:50:16,875 --> 00:50:18,900
# I don't know #
720
00:50:18,943 --> 00:50:23,380
# So, World, ready or not #
721
00:50:23,415 --> 00:50:26,077
# Here I go #
722
00:50:26,117 --> 00:50:29,143
# Searching for the answer #
723
00:50:29,187 --> 00:50:33,089
# And I'm not gonna stop #
724
00:50:33,124 --> 00:50:39,063
# Till I findwhere it lingers inside me #
725
00:50:39,097 --> 00:50:43,761
# How does it come to be? #
726
00:50:43,802 --> 00:50:48,671
# What should it mean to me? #
727
00:50:48,706 --> 00:50:52,733
# Teach me the definition #
728
00:50:52,777 --> 00:50:57,646
# Of true love #
729
00:50:58,650 --> 00:51:00,641
(vocalizing)
730
00:51:04,222 --> 00:51:08,249
# I was so afraidI'd never succeed #
731
00:51:08,293 --> 00:51:14,232
# But you made me feelI could do anything #
732
00:51:14,265 --> 00:51:18,395
# Memorize the thingswe would say and do #
733
00:51:18,436 --> 00:51:24,204
# Must be the love and the strengththat I found in you #
734
00:51:24,242 --> 00:51:28,406
# Is it living in our heart? #
735
00:51:28,446 --> 00:51:30,778
# Or in our mind? #
736
00:51:30,815 --> 00:51:35,479
# I don't know #
737
00:51:35,520 --> 00:51:39,581
# So, World, ready or not #
738
00:51:39,624 --> 00:51:45,187
# Ooh, here I go,searching for the answer #
739
00:51:45,230 --> 00:51:49,428
# And I'm not gonna stop #
740
00:51:49,467 --> 00:51:55,736
# Till I findwhere it lives inside me #
741
00:51:55,773 --> 00:52:00,233
# How does it come to be? #
742
00:52:00,278 --> 00:52:05,147
# What should it mean to me? #
743
00:52:05,183 --> 00:52:09,244
# Teach me the definition #
744
00:52:09,287 --> 00:52:13,917
# Of true love #
745
00:52:13,958 --> 00:52:17,553
# Love only feels good #
746
00:52:17,595 --> 00:52:21,326
# True love always believes #
747
00:52:21,366 --> 00:52:24,733
# And it gives waythe boundaries #
748
00:52:24,769 --> 00:52:29,706
# Willing to sacrificeunconditionally #
749
00:52:29,741 --> 00:52:33,643
# So, World, ready or not #
750
00:52:33,678 --> 00:52:36,772
# Oh, here I go #
751
00:52:36,814 --> 00:52:39,647
# Searching for the answer #
752
00:52:39,684 --> 00:52:43,814
# And I'm not gonna stop #
753
00:52:43,855 --> 00:52:50,055
# Till I findwhere it lives inside of me #
754
00:52:50,094 --> 00:52:54,554
# How does it come to be? #
755
00:52:54,599 --> 00:52:59,366
# What should it mean to me? #
756
00:52:59,404 --> 00:53:03,500
# Teach me the definition #
757
00:53:03,541 --> 00:53:07,705
- # Of true love #
- # So, World, ready or not #
758
00:53:07,745 --> 00:53:11,511
- # Here I go, oh, yeah yeah #
- # Here I go #
759
00:53:11,549 --> 00:53:18,216
- # Searching for the answer #
- # And I'm not gonna stop #
760
00:53:18,256 --> 00:53:24,388
# Till I findwhere it lives inside me #
761
00:53:24,429 --> 00:53:29,389
- # How does it come to be? #
- # How does it come to be? #
762
00:53:29,434 --> 00:53:34,167
- # What should it mean to me? #
- # What should it mean? #
763
00:53:34,205 --> 00:53:39,404
# Teach me the definition #
764
00:53:39,444 --> 00:53:46,145
# Of true love. #
765
00:53:47,752 --> 00:53:49,720
Akeelah:
Thank you.
766
00:53:54,192 --> 00:53:57,958
# I ain't too young to know #
767
00:53:57,996 --> 00:54:01,955
# That life has its highs and lows #
768
00:54:02,000 --> 00:54:04,730
# And things won't always #
769
00:54:04,769 --> 00:54:09,035
# Turn out quite like I think #
770
00:54:10,675 --> 00:54:14,668
# And thoughI have much to learn #
771
00:54:14,712 --> 00:54:18,876
# To weatherthe twists and turns #
772
00:54:18,916 --> 00:54:22,010
# I know that I'm capable #
773
00:54:22,053 --> 00:54:25,921
# To deal with what lifebrings me #
774
00:54:25,957 --> 00:54:30,690
# I'm strong, I'm ready #
775
00:54:30,728 --> 00:54:35,791
# To be on my own #
776
00:54:37,068 --> 00:54:41,198
# Let me spread my wings #
777
00:54:41,239 --> 00:54:45,505
# Let me go #
778
00:54:45,543 --> 00:54:49,479
# Don't hold so tight #
779
00:54:49,514 --> 00:54:53,507
# 'Cause I can fly alone #
780
00:54:53,551 --> 00:54:56,179
# I need you to trust me #
781
00:54:56,220 --> 00:54:58,620
# Have faith and let me #
782
00:54:58,656 --> 00:55:02,092
# Make it on my own #
783
00:55:02,126 --> 00:55:04,424
# Please let me #
784
00:55:04,462 --> 00:55:06,794
# Your baby #
785
00:55:06,831 --> 00:55:11,928
# Go. #
786
00:55:30,688 --> 00:55:35,955
# Still so many answersI don't know #
787
00:55:35,993 --> 00:55:39,793
# There are so many answers #
788
00:55:39,831 --> 00:55:42,800
# Realize that to question #
789
00:55:42,834 --> 00:55:46,497
# Is how we grow #
790
00:55:46,537 --> 00:55:48,971
# To question is to grow #
791
00:55:49,006 --> 00:55:52,703
# So I step out of the ordinary #
792
00:55:54,078 --> 00:55:58,139
# I can feel my soul ascending #
793
00:55:58,182 --> 00:56:00,446
# I'm on my way #
794
00:56:00,485 --> 00:56:02,817
# Can't stop me now #
795
00:56:02,854 --> 00:56:06,085
# You can do the same #
796
00:56:06,124 --> 00:56:08,115
# Yeah #
797
00:56:08,159 --> 00:56:11,356
# What have you done todayto make you proud? #
798
00:56:11,396 --> 00:56:13,591
# To make you proud, yeah #
799
00:56:13,631 --> 00:56:15,690
# Let me hear you,let me hear you #
800
00:56:15,733 --> 00:56:19,499
# Let me hear you,so what have you done today #
801
00:56:19,537 --> 00:56:22,472
# To make you feel proud? #
802
00:56:22,507 --> 00:56:25,340
# Yeah yeah yeah yeah! #
803
00:56:26,511 --> 00:56:30,572
# 'Cause you could beso many people #
804
00:56:30,615 --> 00:56:35,484
# If you make that bidfor freedom #
805
00:56:35,520 --> 00:56:40,321
# So what have you done todayto make you feel proud? #
806
00:56:40,358 --> 00:56:42,952
# What have you done today #
807
00:56:42,994 --> 00:56:45,394
- # To make you feel proud? #
- # Yeah, let me hear you #
808
00:56:45,430 --> 00:56:47,660
# What have you done today? #
809
00:56:47,698 --> 00:56:52,032
# What have you done today?What have you done today #
810
00:56:52,069 --> 00:56:55,300
# To make you feel proud? #
811
00:56:55,339 --> 00:56:56,499
# Oh yeah yeah yeah yeah. #
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