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♪♪
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♪♪
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♪ Walkin' through
these dirty halls ♪
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♪ With them andquot;so cool
around ♪
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♪ Walkin' with my head
held down ♪
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♪ Just trying
to avoid the crowd ♪
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♪ Oh ♪
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♪ One hand on the glass bottle,
and the others would follow ♪
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♪ Oh ♪
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♪ All this smoke
strikin' my face ♪
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♪ I don't feel
nothin' but sorrow ♪
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♪ Now I'm seeing, now I'm
seeing, now I'm seeing ♪
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♪ That y'all nowhere ♪
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♪ It's been a few years now ♪
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♪ Now I'm feeling, now I'm
feeling, now I'm feeling ♪
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♪ Like your glory days
have now gone ♪
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♪ And I know it,
and I know it, and I know it ♪
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♪ Y'all hurtin' ♪
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♪ For a while, you been lost ♪
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♪ For all those times y'all
thought you ran the world ♪
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♪ Your glory days
are now gone ♪
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♪ Gone ♪
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♪ Your glory days are now gone ♪
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♪ Gone ♪
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♪ Walking through
these old memories ♪
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♪ Where I'd feel so apart ♪
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♪ I never fit the normal crowd ♪
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♪ Never drank or smoked at all ♪
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♪ Oh ♪
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♪ They always talked to me ♪
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♪ Couldn't understand
why I never followed ♪
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♪ Too much pride
in my damn self ♪
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♪ Don't need to feed no ego ♪
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♪ Now I'm seeing, now I'm
seeing, now I'm seeing ♪
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♪ That y'all nowhere ♪
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♪ It's been a few years now ♪
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♪ Now I'm feeling, now I'm
feeling, now I'm feeling ♪
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♪ Like your glory days
have now gone ♪
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♪ And I know it, and I know
it, and I know it ♪
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♪ Y'all hurting ♪
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♪ For a while you been lost ♪
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♪ For all those times y'all
thought you ran the world ♪
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♪ Your glory days
are now gone ♪
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Thank you
for seeing me today.
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Ms. Walden, your son's situation
is very serious.
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He cuts class constantly,
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and when he does show up,
he doesn't even try.
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♪♪
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[ Scoffs ]
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Well, that's...
inventive.
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[ Chuckles ]
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That's a math test.
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Are you aware
that your son
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is running with --
with corner boys?
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Thugs?
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No, my son --
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He is not like that.
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Why don't we just
call him in here,
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lay down the law
right now.
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James isn't
in school today.
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Yes, he is.
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I dropped him off myself
this morning.
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Well, he didn't make it
into the building.
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He keeps this up,
he'll have to repeat the year.
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He's a good kid.
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He can still
get back on track.
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There are 1,200 students
in this school.
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I have to focus on the ones
who want to be here.
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♪ Oh ♪
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♪♪
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[ Dog barks in distance ]
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[ Siren wails in distance ]
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How was school today?
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Fine.
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Learn anything new?
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Nah, not really.
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[ Barking continues ]
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Well, I learned
something new today.
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Hmm?
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Yeah, I learned
that my son...
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is a liar.
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I hope
you had fun today,
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'cause you're gonna
pay for it tonight.
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Whoa, what's this?
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These are textbooks.
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And you would know that
if you went to school.
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Hey, you don't
know nothing.
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Look, what I know, James,
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is that the only thing
you have learned
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is how to cut class.
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And it's andquot;anything.
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Huh?
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andquot;I don't know anything.
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And you said it,
not me.
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[ Barking continues ]
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♪♪
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For many years, she's a mothe,
a mover, and a shaker.
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Please welcome Congresswoman
Lorraine Townsend.
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[ Cheers and applause ]
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So, Lorraine, children
are your priority.
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Yes, Sally Ray,
that is why educatin
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is the centerpiee
of my agenda.
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Our kids are the futur,
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and if we want that futue
to be bright,
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we have to start investig
in our kids now,
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and that starts
with our schools.
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Right on, sister.
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Right?
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If we want our kis
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to have the educatin
that they deserve,
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we have to give our schools
the resources that they nee.
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Amen to that.
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So, a vote
for Lorraine Townsend
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is a vote
for your children's future?
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Absolutely.
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[ Horn honks ]
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[ Engine shuts off ]
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Uh, hold on, hold on,
hold on, hold on.
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That's your homeroom,
right?
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I'm gonna wait here until you
wave to me from that window.
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Ma, come on!
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I am not leaving this
to chance.
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Come on, Ma.
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Do not make me go
in there with you.
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[ Groans ]
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[ Sighs ]
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[ School bell rings ]
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[ Indistinct conversations,
announcement over P.A. ]
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[ Laughs ]
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That your mom?
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Huh?
Don't cry, Superfly.
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You'll be back
with your mom tonight.
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She'll tuck you in real good
and tight.
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You miss your mama,
don't you, boy?
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[ Laughs ]
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Now we're going to move on
to germination.
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What is it?
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[ Sniffs ]
Mr. Turner,
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perhaps you can enlighten us?
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[ Music playing on headphones ]
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Mr. Turner.
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[ Music continues ]
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Mr. Turner!
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[ Students murmuring,
laughing ]
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You killin' my groove, lady.
What's up?
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Can you define germination?
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Germination --
a nation of Germans.
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I don't know. Uh, germs --
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I don't know.
A long word for germs?
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Go ahead, Mr. Smith.
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Germination is how a seed
turns into a plant.
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It has angiosperms
and gymnosperms.
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[ Laughs mockingly ]
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Bonz: Anyone catch that?
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Boy, did you
just say andquot;sperm
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[ Laughter ]
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You could all stand to be
more like Mr. Smith here.
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You won't be laughing
when you flunk out
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and end up working at McDonald's
for the rest of your life.
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[ Students andquot;Ooh
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[ School bell rings ]
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I ain't gonna be working
at McDonald's.
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There will be a quiz tomorrow.
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[ Music playing on headphones ]
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[ Door opens ]
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What's going on?
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[ Door closes ]
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What up, James?
Jerome, come here.
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Come here.
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What was that shit you were
talking in class earlier?
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Huh?
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W-What are you
talking about?
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What am I talking about?
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You trying to show me up?
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Hmm?
Think you so smart?
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No.
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Huh?
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Man!
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[ Chuckles ]
You fucked up now.
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You stepped on my Ones.
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[ All grunting ]
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[ Bone snaps ]
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Aah!
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What up, James?
You need a lesson, too?
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Huh?
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Aah!
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Come here.
Get in on this.
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Come on. Come on!
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[ Clears throat ]
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Go!
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[ Door opens ]
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Oh, shit!
Come on!
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I'm sorry, man.
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I'm sorry.
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Principal Chapman:
Give me one reason I don't
have him arrested.
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Please. He is 15.
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He can't have a record.
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James, tell me
the others involved,
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and I might
go easier on you.
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He's suspended,
effective immediately.
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Next time,
he goes to jail.
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I will personally see to it.
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There will not
be a next time.
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Come on, James.
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[ Car doors shut ]
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You want to tell me
what happened?
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I defended you
back there.
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Tell me I was right
to do so.
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You better answer me.
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You think
you know everything.
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I can't hear you.
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They made me do it, Ma.
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You can't keep blaming others
for making bad choices.
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What are you talking about?
You weren't even there!
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James Walden!
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You want to know
why they beat on Jerome?
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The teacher asked
andquot;What is germination?
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Jerome told him,
and the teacher
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told the other kids
to be more like him.
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And Bonz --
Bonz just got so --
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Whoa. Bonz?
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Bonz -- he's skinny.
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Bonz just got so mad, Ma.
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So, he hit another boy in class
for answering a --
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Yes.
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And there are three of them
coming for me next, Ma.
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♪♪
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Baby, I'm sorry.
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People around.
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♪♪
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[ Engine starts ]
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[ Seatbelt clicks ]
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♪♪
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♪♪
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[ Indistinct conversations ]
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♪♪
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Now, that's what your school
should be like.
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What?
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[ Scoffs ] In your dreams.
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May I help you?
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Yes.
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I need to enroll my son.
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We don't enroll students
mid-semester.
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But if you'd like to apply,
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we can consider him
for the winter term.
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No, no, please.
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My son needs
a new school now.
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I'm sorry.
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[ Papers rustling ]
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[ Scoffs ]
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[ Papers fall ]
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James.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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Do you draw a lot?
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Sometimes.
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May I?
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♪♪
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Wow,
these are very good.
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Thank you.
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You see that?
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That was done by a young man
about your age.
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He's at Georgetown now
studying graphic design.
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Why don't you go out
into the hall?
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You'll see
our Fall Arts Exhibit.
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Lots of great
student work.
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Okay.
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♪♪
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We did have one student
withdraw last week.
270
00:12:37,189 --> 00:12:39,824
So there's one
open space.
271
00:12:37,189 --> 00:12:39,824
Yes.
272
00:12:41,126 --> 00:12:43,529
My son needs this.
273
00:12:45,063 --> 00:12:48,233
$3,500 pro-rated.
That's $3,000.
274
00:12:48,266 --> 00:12:50,968
$200 for books
and $100 for uniforms.
275
00:12:51,002 --> 00:12:53,338
So $3,300.
276
00:12:53,371 --> 00:12:55,207
A year?
277
00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:56,909
For the semester.
278
00:12:56,942 --> 00:12:59,077
Tuition alone
is $7,000 a year.
279
00:12:59,110 --> 00:13:01,947
Any chance
for a scholarship?
280
00:13:01,980 --> 00:13:05,217
Not with the grades
you mentioned. I'm sorry.
281
00:13:06,985 --> 00:13:10,088
[ Chuckles ]
It's fine, it's fine.
282
00:13:10,121 --> 00:13:16,194
♪♪
283
00:13:16,228 --> 00:13:19,363
I forgot my checkbook.
284
00:13:19,397 --> 00:13:22,167
When would you need it?
285
00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:24,336
The board meets next month.
286
00:13:24,369 --> 00:13:26,972
The books have to balance.
287
00:13:27,005 --> 00:13:28,207
That's not a problem.
288
00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:30,476
Welcome to
Harriet Jacobs Academy.
289
00:13:32,577 --> 00:13:35,347
In a Jiffy Tax Services.
How can I help you?
290
00:13:35,380 --> 00:13:39,151
Uh, let me transfer you
to a tax specialist.
291
00:13:39,184 --> 00:13:41,053
Just one second.
292
00:13:41,086 --> 00:13:45,057
♪♪
293
00:13:45,090 --> 00:13:49,428
♪ I'm playing games
like I've been for a while ♪
294
00:13:49,461 --> 00:13:53,098
♪ You're dropping names,
but that suits your style ♪
295
00:13:53,131 --> 00:13:55,166
You'll empty trash,
sweep, clean --
296
00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:57,936
all the stuff we can't
make the interns do.
297
00:13:57,969 --> 00:14:00,172
That's fine.
298
00:14:00,205 --> 00:14:02,107
Wait, is that
the Congresswoman?
299
00:14:02,140 --> 00:14:05,077
Yes.
300
00:14:02,140 --> 00:14:05,077
I am a huge fan.
301
00:14:05,110 --> 00:14:07,112
I think the education plan
that she's come up with
302
00:14:07,145 --> 00:14:09,381
is so important.
303
00:14:07,145 --> 00:14:09,381
This is her private office.
304
00:14:09,414 --> 00:14:11,016
She's extremely busy.
305
00:14:11,049 --> 00:14:12,617
Don't speak to her
unless she speaks to you first.
306
00:14:12,651 --> 00:14:15,286
Don't even look at her.
You're invisible.
307
00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:18,190
One more thing.
308
00:14:18,223 --> 00:14:20,526
Can you scrub toilets?
309
00:14:21,660 --> 00:14:24,363
I've had experience with this,
yes.
310
00:14:24,396 --> 00:14:26,365
Good.
You're hired.
311
00:14:28,667 --> 00:14:31,103
♪ Hangin' on a line ♪
312
00:14:31,136 --> 00:14:33,572
♪ It's got you, too ♪
313
00:14:33,605 --> 00:14:37,643
♪ Sayin' it's fine
when it's not up to you ♪
314
00:14:37,676 --> 00:14:42,547
♪ And in due time,
we'll see this through ♪
315
00:14:42,580 --> 00:14:47,552
♪ And follow all the maps
we drew ♪
316
00:14:47,585 --> 00:14:51,356
♪ In my life, I wanna be ♪
317
00:14:51,389 --> 00:14:54,326
Wait, hold -- hold on, hold on,
hold on, hold on.
318
00:14:54,359 --> 00:14:56,361
What?
319
00:14:56,394 --> 00:14:59,665
Please say you're not gonna make
me wave to you at my new school.
320
00:14:59,698 --> 00:15:02,668
I'm scrubbing toilets, James,
for you to go to this school.
321
00:15:06,371 --> 00:15:08,473
Am I wasting my time?
322
00:15:06,371 --> 00:15:08,473
Ma.
323
00:15:08,506 --> 00:15:11,076
No, no, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no.
324
00:15:11,109 --> 00:15:13,578
You have got to choose.
325
00:15:13,611 --> 00:15:16,682
If you want to be a delinquent,
ruin your life,
326
00:15:16,715 --> 00:15:20,419
I will drive you to juvy
right now myself
327
00:15:20,452 --> 00:15:23,455
to help prep you for the life
you will be living in prison.
328
00:15:26,358 --> 00:15:28,960
School or juvenile hall?
329
00:15:31,496 --> 00:15:32,731
School.
330
00:15:31,496 --> 00:15:32,731
What?
331
00:15:32,764 --> 00:15:34,599
School.
332
00:15:34,632 --> 00:15:36,635
Just a little louder
so I can really hear --
333
00:15:36,668 --> 00:15:38,337
School!
334
00:15:36,668 --> 00:15:38,337
And with, like,
that feeling.
335
00:15:38,370 --> 00:15:41,239
I want to go to school!
336
00:15:38,370 --> 00:15:41,239
There we go.
337
00:15:41,272 --> 00:15:43,642
That's the answer.
That's the answer.
338
00:15:43,675 --> 00:15:45,310
Can I go?
I'm gonna be late.
339
00:15:45,343 --> 00:15:47,312
Boy, let me look you over
before we do anything.
340
00:15:47,345 --> 00:15:48,981
Come on.
341
00:15:47,345 --> 00:15:48,981
[ Laughs ]
342
00:15:49,014 --> 00:15:51,116
Sharp. Oh, wait,
you still got a tag on.
343
00:15:51,149 --> 00:15:53,618
Hold on one second.
344
00:15:51,149 --> 00:15:53,618
Oh, don't. Don't -- don't.
345
00:15:53,651 --> 00:15:55,520
Why not?
346
00:15:55,553 --> 00:15:57,622
You know,
I just want to --
347
00:15:57,655 --> 00:16:00,025
Just in case
we have to return it.
348
00:16:00,058 --> 00:16:03,095
This uniform is not
going to be returned.
349
00:16:03,128 --> 00:16:05,197
You're gonna
get to stay here.
350
00:16:05,230 --> 00:16:07,366
Yeah, but can you
just leave it there?
351
00:16:10,201 --> 00:16:11,636
Okay.
352
00:16:11,669 --> 00:16:16,574
♪♪
353
00:16:16,608 --> 00:16:18,510
I love you.
354
00:16:18,543 --> 00:16:20,679
Later, Mom.
I love you, too.
355
00:16:20,712 --> 00:16:25,718
♪♪
356
00:16:30,822 --> 00:16:33,125
Congresswoman Townsend:
Great.
357
00:16:35,393 --> 00:16:38,563
Well, a contribution like that
is a game changer, and I'm --
358
00:16:38,596 --> 00:16:41,433
I'm -- I'm thrilled
to have your support.
359
00:16:41,466 --> 00:16:44,269
All right. Well, thank you.
We'll be in touch.
360
00:16:44,302 --> 00:16:45,704
[ Receiver clicks ]
361
00:16:45,737 --> 00:16:49,608
That was a six-figure
phone call.
362
00:16:49,641 --> 00:16:52,777
I love it.
[ Laughs ]
363
00:16:52,811 --> 00:16:55,113
It's Virginia, right?
364
00:16:55,146 --> 00:16:56,781
That's right.
365
00:16:59,617 --> 00:17:01,652
Those your kids?
366
00:17:01,686 --> 00:17:03,055
Yeah.
367
00:17:03,088 --> 00:17:06,290
Yeah, that's Whitney.
She's 14.
368
00:17:06,324 --> 00:17:09,394
And that's Henry.
He's 10.
369
00:17:09,426 --> 00:17:11,495
My James is 15.
370
00:17:11,529 --> 00:17:14,165
Oh!
371
00:17:14,199 --> 00:17:16,601
Want to --
372
00:17:14,199 --> 00:17:16,601
You know you
want me to see him.
373
00:17:16,634 --> 00:17:19,171
Okay.
I'll show you.
374
00:17:16,634 --> 00:17:19,171
[ Laughs ]
375
00:17:19,204 --> 00:17:21,205
Let me see.
376
00:17:19,204 --> 00:17:21,205
That's my James.
377
00:17:21,239 --> 00:17:25,143
Aww, look at
that face.
378
00:17:25,175 --> 00:17:28,112
He's handsome.
379
00:17:25,175 --> 00:17:28,112
Thank you.
380
00:17:28,146 --> 00:17:29,848
It's a great age.
381
00:17:28,146 --> 00:17:29,848
Phew!
382
00:17:29,881 --> 00:17:32,717
It's a crazy age.
[ Chuckles ]
383
00:17:32,750 --> 00:17:35,554
Tell me about it.
384
00:17:32,750 --> 00:17:35,554
[ Laughs ]
385
00:17:35,587 --> 00:17:40,625
I cannot keep up with all the
lessons and recitals and games.
386
00:17:40,658 --> 00:17:42,828
Hmm.
387
00:17:40,658 --> 00:17:42,828
Tell me about your son --
388
00:17:42,861 --> 00:17:44,529
What's he do?
389
00:17:44,562 --> 00:17:46,197
Um, yeah, no.
390
00:17:46,231 --> 00:17:48,433
His school didn't offer
anything like that.
391
00:17:48,466 --> 00:17:51,335
They learned more like
how to cut class
392
00:17:51,369 --> 00:17:53,205
and how to trick
the metal detector.
393
00:17:53,238 --> 00:17:54,606
That has to change.
394
00:17:54,639 --> 00:17:56,475
Mm-hmm.
395
00:17:56,508 --> 00:17:58,310
Yeah.
396
00:17:58,343 --> 00:18:02,280
But, um, I put him
in the Harriet Jacobs Academy
397
00:18:02,313 --> 00:18:04,483
because I wanted to give him
some more opportunities
398
00:18:04,516 --> 00:18:08,653
like...
your daughter has.
399
00:18:08,686 --> 00:18:11,156
You're a good mom,
Virginia.
400
00:18:12,323 --> 00:18:14,693
But it shouldn't
be that way.
401
00:18:14,726 --> 00:18:18,897
Our schools have simply
got to do better.
402
00:18:18,930 --> 00:18:21,666
You know that that is a big
part of my agenda, right?
403
00:18:21,699 --> 00:18:24,169
I definitely know.
404
00:18:26,638 --> 00:18:29,374
That's why I really
like working here.
405
00:18:29,407 --> 00:18:31,243
I feel like I'm part
of the team.
406
00:18:31,276 --> 00:18:32,744
[ Both chuckle ]
407
00:18:32,777 --> 00:18:37,782
The cleaning part, anyway --
but the team nonetheless.
408
00:18:37,815 --> 00:18:42,554
There are no small parts
in this fight.
409
00:18:44,923 --> 00:18:47,526
You have a good evening,
Virginia.
410
00:18:47,559 --> 00:18:50,395
And you tell that dimple-y boy
I said --
411
00:18:50,428 --> 00:18:52,497
I said hi.
412
00:18:50,428 --> 00:18:52,497
[ Laughing ] Okay.
413
00:18:52,530 --> 00:18:56,635
[ Footsteps departing ]
414
00:18:56,668 --> 00:19:04,208
♪♪
415
00:19:04,242 --> 00:19:11,515
♪♪
416
00:19:11,549 --> 00:19:14,186
Mr. Walden,
enlighten us.
417
00:19:14,219 --> 00:19:16,955
Why can't plants
eat bugs?
418
00:19:16,988 --> 00:19:18,623
'Cause plants
aren't animals.
419
00:19:18,656 --> 00:19:20,725
Ah, the metaphysical
approach.
420
00:19:20,758 --> 00:19:23,628
Animals eat.
Plants are not animals.
421
00:19:23,661 --> 00:19:26,298
Ergo, plants do not eat.
422
00:19:26,331 --> 00:19:30,467
But what if I tell you
some plants do eat?
423
00:19:30,501 --> 00:19:32,537
This is Edith.
424
00:19:32,570 --> 00:19:35,774
As you can see, Edith is
a plant - a Venus flytrap.
425
00:19:35,807 --> 00:19:39,945
She didn't have much growing up.
The soil was very poor.
426
00:19:39,978 --> 00:19:44,216
So...Mr. Walden,
will you do the honors?
427
00:19:44,249 --> 00:19:47,285
Just pick up a bug...
428
00:19:47,318 --> 00:19:50,355
and drop it in when I say...
now.
429
00:19:52,290 --> 00:19:54,926
And that is evolution
in action.
430
00:19:54,959 --> 00:19:57,529
Edith's ancestors
couldn't live in poor soil,
431
00:19:57,562 --> 00:19:59,630
so they adapted.
432
00:19:59,664 --> 00:20:02,734
And now Edith eats bugs.
433
00:20:02,767 --> 00:20:05,237
Nature is resilient.
434
00:20:05,270 --> 00:20:08,473
Living things find a way
to survive.
435
00:20:08,506 --> 00:20:11,376
U-Unless they're bugs.
436
00:20:11,409 --> 00:20:13,678
[ Laughing ] Uh, yeah,
unless they're bugs.
437
00:20:13,711 --> 00:20:15,547
Uh, if you remember what we were
talking about yesterday,
438
00:20:15,580 --> 00:20:17,514
we were talking
about evolution.
439
00:20:17,548 --> 00:20:20,986
Can anyone tell me how this
relates to our conversation
yesterday?
440
00:20:21,019 --> 00:20:24,790
Now, remember, we were talking
about andquot;Jurassic Park
441
00:20:26,057 --> 00:20:28,860
Hey, no Hot Pockets?
442
00:20:28,893 --> 00:20:32,564
Oh, you can have Hot Pockets,
or you can have tuition.
443
00:20:32,597 --> 00:20:34,266
Which is it gonna be?
444
00:20:37,769 --> 00:20:38,970
Well?
445
00:20:39,003 --> 00:20:40,639
I'm thinking.
446
00:20:40,672 --> 00:20:42,941
[ Laughs ]
447
00:20:40,672 --> 00:20:42,941
[ Scoffs ]
448
00:20:45,677 --> 00:20:48,813
[ Dog barking in distance ]
449
00:21:01,893 --> 00:21:11,870
♪♪
450
00:21:11,903 --> 00:21:19,644
♪♪
451
00:21:19,677 --> 00:21:21,012
[ Knock on door ]
452
00:21:21,045 --> 00:21:22,881
Yes?
453
00:21:22,914 --> 00:21:25,517
I'm sorry to bother you.
454
00:21:22,914 --> 00:21:25,517
Hey.
455
00:21:25,550 --> 00:21:27,452
Can I ask you
a quick question?
456
00:21:27,485 --> 00:21:29,954
Yeah, sure.
457
00:21:27,485 --> 00:21:29,954
Oh, thank you.
458
00:21:29,987 --> 00:21:32,557
I'm very, very interested
in your work.
459
00:21:32,590 --> 00:21:35,025
And I've been doing
a lot of reading.
460
00:21:35,059 --> 00:21:39,864
And -- here we go --
I found this.
461
00:21:39,897 --> 00:21:46,538
This looks like D.C. spends
$14,000 per child per year?
462
00:21:46,571 --> 00:21:48,639
Yeah, that's right.
463
00:21:48,673 --> 00:21:50,442
I mean, I'm sorry, I'm probably
not understanding,
464
00:21:50,475 --> 00:21:54,379
but isn't that a lot?
465
00:21:54,412 --> 00:21:56,915
Do you mind if I see that?
466
00:21:54,412 --> 00:21:56,915
Oh, no. Sure.
467
00:21:56,948 --> 00:22:01,853
So, it's right there,
District of Columbia.
468
00:22:05,957 --> 00:22:07,859
[ Laughs ]
469
00:22:07,892 --> 00:22:10,662
There's your problem
right there.
470
00:22:10,695 --> 00:22:13,598
Do you have any idea
who Cliff Williams is?
471
00:22:13,631 --> 00:22:15,834
No, not really.
472
00:22:15,867 --> 00:22:18,837
Let's just say
he's not someone
473
00:22:18,870 --> 00:22:22,005
who wants to see people
lift themselves up.
474
00:22:22,039 --> 00:22:24,876
He's someone
who stands opposed
475
00:22:24,909 --> 00:22:27,011
to the kind of work
that you and I are doing
476
00:22:27,044 --> 00:22:29,414
for our kids.
477
00:22:29,447 --> 00:22:31,082
Huh.
478
00:22:34,619 --> 00:22:36,788
But thank you, Virginia.
479
00:22:36,821 --> 00:22:39,157
Thank you for bringing this
to my attention.
480
00:22:39,190 --> 00:22:41,092
I appreciate it.
481
00:22:41,125 --> 00:22:43,395
Oh.
482
00:22:43,428 --> 00:22:45,830
[ Glass breaks ]
483
00:22:45,863 --> 00:22:54,472
♪♪
484
00:22:54,505 --> 00:22:56,574
[ Sighs ]
485
00:22:56,607 --> 00:23:01,745
♪ Beware the false motives
of others ♪
486
00:23:01,779 --> 00:23:06,851
♪ Be careful of those
who pretend to be brothers ♪
487
00:23:06,884 --> 00:23:09,554
♪ And you never suppose
it's those ♪
488
00:23:09,587 --> 00:23:12,424
♪ Who are closest to you ♪
489
00:23:12,457 --> 00:23:14,926
♪ To you ♪
490
00:23:14,959 --> 00:23:16,995
Oh. Hi, Virginia.
491
00:23:17,028 --> 00:23:18,830
Hello, Ms. Townsend.
492
00:23:21,933 --> 00:23:25,870
So, are you coming
to the town hall on Friday?
493
00:23:25,903 --> 00:23:27,839
Yes, ma'am.
494
00:23:25,903 --> 00:23:27,839
Good.
495
00:23:27,872 --> 00:23:31,042
The mayor will be there,
plus our biggest supporter.
496
00:23:31,075 --> 00:23:33,545
So it's
all hands on deck.
497
00:23:33,578 --> 00:23:36,447
♪♪
498
00:23:36,481 --> 00:23:38,049
[ Sighs ]
499
00:23:38,082 --> 00:23:40,051
All right.
Well, see you then.
500
00:23:40,084 --> 00:23:42,687
♪ Forgive them, Father ♪
501
00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:48,760
♪ For they know
not what they do ♪
502
00:23:48,793 --> 00:23:52,930
It says here you want to
borrow $7,000 for school?
503
00:23:52,964 --> 00:23:55,867
For my son.
For one year.
504
00:23:55,900 --> 00:23:57,569
Right.
505
00:23:57,602 --> 00:24:00,638
Well, that is
a significant percentage
506
00:24:00,671 --> 00:24:02,040
of your annual income,
ma'am.
507
00:24:02,073 --> 00:24:04,209
I know.
But I'm good for it.
508
00:24:04,242 --> 00:24:07,110
I have never been late
on a payment in my life.
509
00:24:07,144 --> 00:24:09,881
Uh, okay. Do you --
Uh, do you own your home?
510
00:24:09,914 --> 00:24:12,484
[ Clears throat ]
I rent.
511
00:24:12,517 --> 00:24:18,089
♪ They say all the right things
to gain their position ♪
512
00:24:18,122 --> 00:24:21,125
♪ They'll use your kindness
as their ammunition ♪
513
00:24:21,158 --> 00:24:25,697
Assets? Land?
Businesses? Boats?
514
00:24:25,730 --> 00:24:29,834
[ Scoffs ] Uh,
I just sold my yacht.
515
00:24:29,867 --> 00:24:32,003
[ Chuckles ]
516
00:24:32,036 --> 00:24:35,240
♪ And I found to be true ♪
517
00:24:32,036 --> 00:24:35,240
Whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa. $600?
518
00:24:35,273 --> 00:24:40,078
♪ That everyday people,
they lie to God, too ♪
519
00:24:35,273 --> 00:24:40,078
Fine! Fine!
520
00:24:40,111 --> 00:24:48,620
♪ So what makes you think
that they won't lie to you? ♪
521
00:24:48,653 --> 00:24:51,256
♪ Forgive them, Father ♪
522
00:24:51,289 --> 00:24:55,260
♪ For they know
not what they do ♪
523
00:24:55,293 --> 00:24:58,129
[ Sighs ] I-I really wish
I could help, Ms. Walden.
524
00:24:58,162 --> 00:25:01,900
But, um,
you just don't qualify.
525
00:25:03,768 --> 00:25:05,704
Please?
526
00:25:07,138 --> 00:25:09,006
Please.
527
00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:11,709
I promise
I will pay you back.
528
00:25:11,742 --> 00:25:14,312
On time
and with interest.
529
00:25:14,345 --> 00:25:16,848
[ Sighs ] Um,
what about the father?
530
00:25:16,881 --> 00:25:18,983
Can he help?
531
00:25:19,016 --> 00:25:21,319
[ Sighs ]
532
00:25:21,352 --> 00:25:27,091
♪♪
533
00:25:27,124 --> 00:25:29,727
Principal Martinez.
534
00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:37,135
♪♪
535
00:25:37,168 --> 00:25:44,742
♪♪
536
00:25:44,775 --> 00:25:52,150
♪♪
537
00:25:52,183 --> 00:25:59,757
♪♪
538
00:25:59,790 --> 00:26:07,165
♪♪
539
00:26:07,198 --> 00:26:09,834
[ Crying ]
540
00:26:09,867 --> 00:26:16,174
♪♪
541
00:26:16,207 --> 00:26:18,376
Goddamn it.
542
00:26:18,409 --> 00:26:21,212
[ Crying ]
543
00:26:21,245 --> 00:26:26,684
♪♪
544
00:26:26,717 --> 00:26:28,820
Hey, Ma.
545
00:26:30,354 --> 00:26:33,024
Hey, Ma, what are --
What are you doing here?
546
00:26:35,860 --> 00:26:38,362
Whatever it is,
I-I-I didn't do it.
547
00:26:38,396 --> 00:26:41,299
Like, I've been real good.
I-I even got a pass
to come out here.
548
00:26:43,968 --> 00:26:46,671
Um...
549
00:26:46,704 --> 00:26:49,139
I am so sorry,
James.
550
00:26:51,342 --> 00:26:54,079
I am so sorry.
551
00:26:58,282 --> 00:27:05,255
♪♪
552
00:27:05,289 --> 00:27:06,758
[ Silverware clanks ]
553
00:27:09,727 --> 00:27:11,763
[ Door slams ]
554
00:27:11,796 --> 00:27:13,998
[ Rap music plays ]
555
00:27:14,031 --> 00:27:22,940
♪♪
556
00:27:22,973 --> 00:27:31,849
♪♪
557
00:27:31,882 --> 00:27:35,053
James Walden!
What is this doing in the trash?
558
00:27:35,086 --> 00:27:37,755
Because that's
what it is.
559
00:27:35,086 --> 00:27:37,755
This --
560
00:27:37,788 --> 00:27:39,090
♪ And we about to
make a killin' ♪
561
00:27:39,123 --> 00:27:40,958
[ Music stops ]
562
00:27:40,991 --> 00:27:43,027
I spent good money
on this.
563
00:27:43,060 --> 00:27:45,196
And you're gonna need it
for when you go back there.
564
00:27:45,229 --> 00:27:48,232
How am I goin' back, Ma?
You gonna rob a bank?
565
00:27:48,265 --> 00:27:51,069
You gonna do that for me?
Please?
566
00:27:57,508 --> 00:28:00,778
[ Rap music plays ]
567
00:28:00,811 --> 00:28:03,947
♪♪
568
00:28:03,981 --> 00:28:06,718
[ Indistinct conversations ]
569
00:28:07,752 --> 00:28:09,154
[ Shoe clasp breaks ]
570
00:28:18,062 --> 00:28:20,130
[ Scoffs ]
571
00:28:20,164 --> 00:28:22,233
[ Sighs ]
572
00:28:26,771 --> 00:28:28,239
Annette: There you are.
573
00:28:28,272 --> 00:28:29,807
I've got your question
all written out for you.
574
00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:31,242
Oh, wait. I'm sorry.
What?
575
00:28:31,275 --> 00:28:33,444
Your question.
Just in case.
576
00:28:33,477 --> 00:28:35,980
You've never
done this before.
577
00:28:36,013 --> 00:28:38,783
So, in theory, people will ask
great questions
578
00:28:38,816 --> 00:28:40,852
so the Congresswoman
can show off her strengths.
579
00:28:40,885 --> 00:28:43,321
But sometimes we have to help.
Sit here.
580
00:28:45,890 --> 00:28:49,060
If I touch my ear like so,
you go up to the mic...
581
00:28:45,890 --> 00:28:49,060
Whoa.
582
00:28:49,093 --> 00:28:50,995
...and you ask your question.
583
00:28:49,093 --> 00:28:50,995
No, I'm sorry.
584
00:28:51,028 --> 00:28:52,396
I'm terrified
of public speaking.
585
00:28:52,429 --> 00:28:54,932
This is reading, not speaking.
You'll be great.
586
00:28:54,965 --> 00:28:57,935
[ Clears throat ]
587
00:28:54,965 --> 00:28:57,935
He's not here.
Let's start.
588
00:28:57,968 --> 00:28:58,936
You sure?
589
00:28:57,968 --> 00:28:58,936
Yeah.
590
00:28:58,969 --> 00:29:01,439
All right.
591
00:29:01,472 --> 00:29:03,007
[ Light feedback ]
592
00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:04,841
Good evening.
593
00:29:04,875 --> 00:29:08,012
Welcome to the School Matters
town hall meeting.
594
00:29:08,045 --> 00:29:09,280
[ Applause ]
595
00:29:12,950 --> 00:29:16,854
We're a tight community,
and we look out for each other.
596
00:29:16,887 --> 00:29:20,424
But we couldn't do it without
strong, righteous leaders.
597
00:29:20,457 --> 00:29:23,361
And we have one of the best.
598
00:29:23,394 --> 00:29:26,297
For 20 years, she has done
battle for you in Congress,
599
00:29:26,330 --> 00:29:28,198
and she has won.
600
00:29:28,232 --> 00:29:32,436
So, folks, let's welcome
our very own Lorraine Townsend.
601
00:29:32,469 --> 00:29:34,972
[ Applause ]
602
00:29:35,005 --> 00:29:37,141
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.
Thank you so much.
603
00:29:37,174 --> 00:29:40,945
And thank you all for coming
to discuss
604
00:29:40,978 --> 00:29:45,850
what is the most pressing issue
facing us today --
605
00:29:45,883 --> 00:29:47,985
education.
606
00:29:48,018 --> 00:29:54,258
And I am so excited to see
what we can accomplish together.
607
00:29:54,291 --> 00:29:56,194
All right,
who's up first?
608
00:29:56,227 --> 00:29:58,496
Yes, sir?
609
00:30:02,566 --> 00:30:07,538
My daughter is scared
to go to school.
610
00:30:07,571 --> 00:30:10,841
There's fights,
knives, guns.
611
00:30:10,875 --> 00:30:12,109
How's she
supposed to learn?
612
00:30:12,142 --> 00:30:15,613
I am a mother of two.
613
00:30:15,646 --> 00:30:19,283
And that's why my plan
calls for tighter security
614
00:30:19,316 --> 00:30:21,152
and stricter
disciplinary rules.
615
00:30:21,185 --> 00:30:23,855
Come on, now. They have guards,
they have metal detectors.
616
00:30:23,888 --> 00:30:26,090
That ain't no school.
It's a damn jail.
617
00:30:26,123 --> 00:30:28,593
I hear you.
I hear you.
618
00:30:28,626 --> 00:30:32,062
But these things take time,
right?
619
00:30:32,096 --> 00:30:34,932
Yes, ma'am.
620
00:30:32,096 --> 00:30:34,932
Thank you.
621
00:30:34,965 --> 00:30:37,901
Um, my -- my kids, they --
they make all A's.
622
00:30:37,935 --> 00:30:40,571
But the test scores say
that they're reading
below grade level --
623
00:30:40,604 --> 00:30:42,440
Well, we have to end
social promotion.
624
00:30:42,473 --> 00:30:45,209
And we have to end
grade inflation.
625
00:30:45,242 --> 00:30:47,311
So, your solution
is to flunk my kid?
626
00:30:47,344 --> 00:30:51,082
No, ma'am. I-I am not
suggesting that at all.
627
00:30:51,115 --> 00:30:57,889
But what I am suggesting is
we have to start thinking big.
628
00:30:57,922 --> 00:31:00,291
That's why my plan
calls for
629
00:31:00,324 --> 00:31:02,260
rebuilding
our crumbling schools,
630
00:31:02,293 --> 00:31:04,128
giving more funding
to our teachers.
631
00:31:04,161 --> 00:31:06,430
So that eventual--
632
00:31:06,463 --> 00:31:08,532
[ Audience murmuring ]
633
00:31:08,565 --> 00:31:10,535
Yes, ma'am.
634
00:31:12,536 --> 00:31:15,339
Did you have a question?
635
00:31:15,372 --> 00:31:18,610
Thank you, sir.
Thank you.
636
00:31:31,021 --> 00:31:32,423
Hello--
637
00:31:31,021 --> 00:31:32,423
[ Feedback ]
638
00:31:32,456 --> 00:31:34,625
I'm Virginia Walden,
639
00:31:34,658 --> 00:31:38,161
and I have a question
for the Congresswoman.
640
00:31:38,195 --> 00:31:40,464
[ Inhales deeply ]
641
00:31:40,497 --> 00:31:43,067
[ Exhales deeply ]
642
00:31:44,268 --> 00:31:45,670
andquot;D.C. schools are chron
643
00:31:45,703 --> 00:31:48,172
Oh, God.
644
00:31:48,205 --> 00:31:50,341
Sorry.
645
00:31:50,374 --> 00:31:52,343
Very nervous.
646
00:31:50,374 --> 00:31:52,343
Take your time.
647
00:31:52,376 --> 00:31:53,644
You're among friends
here.
648
00:31:53,677 --> 00:31:55,280
[ Laughs ]
649
00:31:59,717 --> 00:32:03,087
andquot;D.C. schools
are chronicallyandquot;...
650
00:32:10,194 --> 00:32:12,463
[ Scoffs ]
651
00:32:17,534 --> 00:32:19,671
It's been a long day.
652
00:32:23,307 --> 00:32:28,145
I had to pull my son
out of school.
653
00:32:28,178 --> 00:32:31,148
It was a really good one.
654
00:32:31,181 --> 00:32:34,018
But I couldn't afford it.
655
00:32:34,051 --> 00:32:40,457
So, tomorrow, my son
has to come back here.
656
00:32:40,491 --> 00:32:43,328
And he can't learn here.
Nobody can.
657
00:32:45,596 --> 00:32:49,633
And Lorraine Townsend is
telling us that we need to wait,
658
00:32:49,666 --> 00:32:52,703
be patient,
659
00:32:52,736 --> 00:32:57,208
and, andquot;eventually,
change will come.
660
00:32:57,241 --> 00:33:01,379
Well, I don't know about you,
but my son can't wait.
661
00:33:01,412 --> 00:33:03,214
He needs change today.
662
00:33:03,247 --> 00:33:05,082
Not tomorrow, not next week,
663
00:33:05,115 --> 00:33:07,752
and definitely
not andquot;eventually.
664
00:33:07,785 --> 00:33:11,455
'Cause we've been waiting...
665
00:33:11,488 --> 00:33:13,457
for decades.
666
00:33:13,490 --> 00:33:15,793
And...
667
00:33:15,826 --> 00:33:17,728
I'm done.
668
00:33:17,761 --> 00:33:19,296
And -- and -- and you know
what else I'm done with?
669
00:33:19,329 --> 00:33:23,134
I am done with this lie
about money.
670
00:33:23,167 --> 00:33:25,668
Now, they tell us, they say
to us that the schools are bad
671
00:33:25,702 --> 00:33:29,306
because they're poor, and --
and we believe them because --
672
00:33:29,339 --> 00:33:32,777
because we know
what poor looks like, right?
673
00:33:32,810 --> 00:33:36,213
This place does look poor.
674
00:33:36,246 --> 00:33:38,182
But you know what?
675
00:33:38,215 --> 00:33:39,783
The school I took my son
out from?
676
00:33:39,817 --> 00:33:43,287
Now, that school
cost $7,000 a year.
677
00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:45,688
Now, I know --
I know that is a lot.
678
00:33:45,722 --> 00:33:47,091
It's a lot.
679
00:33:47,124 --> 00:33:49,226
Ms. Walden --
680
00:33:47,124 --> 00:33:49,226
But did you know
681
00:33:49,259 --> 00:33:52,763
that this public school
gets twice as much money...
682
00:33:52,796 --> 00:33:55,699
Ms. Walden!
683
00:33:52,796 --> 00:33:55,699
...per child per year.
684
00:33:55,732 --> 00:33:58,402
Woman:
Are you kidding me?
685
00:33:58,435 --> 00:34:03,407
What if your kids
could just go to school
686
00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:06,777
and sit down and study?
687
00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:06,777
Yes!
688
00:34:06,810 --> 00:34:10,681
Just get out of this
hopeless cycle that we live in?
689
00:34:10,714 --> 00:34:13,516
Yes.
690
00:34:10,714 --> 00:34:13,516
They could go to college,
691
00:34:13,550 --> 00:34:16,220
become a doctor,
692
00:34:16,253 --> 00:34:19,157
a scientist.
693
00:34:21,625 --> 00:34:24,695
They could become a teacher.
694
00:34:24,728 --> 00:34:26,563
Anything!
695
00:34:28,431 --> 00:34:30,467
Just imagine it.
696
00:34:30,501 --> 00:34:35,172
Because I know I have.
697
00:34:35,205 --> 00:34:39,476
And losing that hope today,
losing that hope --
698
00:34:39,510 --> 00:34:41,679
Man: Yeah.
699
00:34:39,510 --> 00:34:41,679
Let her finish!
700
00:34:41,712 --> 00:34:48,819
[ Voice breaking ]
Losing that hope for my son,
701
00:34:48,851 --> 00:34:51,621
that was the saddest thing
in the world.
702
00:34:56,793 --> 00:34:58,729
Amen.
703
00:34:58,762 --> 00:35:01,432
[ Audience murmuring ]
704
00:35:01,465 --> 00:35:04,668
You're fired.
705
00:35:01,465 --> 00:35:04,668
I'm fired. I know.
I quit.
706
00:35:04,701 --> 00:35:07,438
And you can clean
your own damn toilets.
707
00:35:07,471 --> 00:35:10,241
[ Murmuring continues ]
708
00:35:14,244 --> 00:35:16,647
[ Siren wails in distance ]
709
00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:18,549
Hey. What's up, y'all?
710
00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:18,549
I want some candy.
711
00:35:18,582 --> 00:35:20,417
I want some candy, too.
712
00:35:18,582 --> 00:35:20,417
All right.
713
00:35:20,450 --> 00:35:21,852
Candy! Candy!
714
00:35:20,450 --> 00:35:21,852
One for you.
715
00:35:21,885 --> 00:35:23,721
Can I have some candy?
716
00:35:21,885 --> 00:35:23,721
Want some candy?
717
00:35:23,754 --> 00:35:25,221
And a Ring Pop for you.
718
00:35:25,255 --> 00:35:26,891
What -- What --
What are you doing?
719
00:35:26,924 --> 00:35:29,259
What are you doing?
720
00:35:26,924 --> 00:35:29,259
I'm passing out
after-school snacks.
721
00:35:29,293 --> 00:35:30,694
What's wrong with you?
722
00:35:29,293 --> 00:35:30,694
Wha--
723
00:35:30,727 --> 00:35:32,730
Does your mother know
you're out here recruiting kids?
724
00:35:32,763 --> 00:35:35,833
Nah, just helping out
the community --
725
00:35:35,866 --> 00:35:37,935
offering career options,
is all.
726
00:35:37,968 --> 00:35:39,837
Get off my street,
Garnett.
727
00:35:39,870 --> 00:35:41,739
And if I ever see you here again
with these kids,
728
00:35:41,772 --> 00:35:43,774
I swear, I'm gonna make --
729
00:35:41,772 --> 00:35:43,774
What?
730
00:35:43,807 --> 00:35:45,942
What you gonna --
You gonna put me in the corner?
731
00:35:45,976 --> 00:35:47,578
Give me a time-out?
732
00:35:47,611 --> 00:35:49,246
I'm gonna give you a good
old-fashioned ass whuppin'.
733
00:35:49,279 --> 00:35:51,215
That's what I'm gonna do.
734
00:35:51,248 --> 00:35:53,184
[ Laughs ]
735
00:35:53,217 --> 00:35:55,586
All right, uh-huh.
736
00:35:55,619 --> 00:35:58,222
Be careful.
737
00:35:58,255 --> 00:35:59,824
'Cause your boy
already missing a daddy.
738
00:36:04,695 --> 00:36:06,764
There you go.
All right.
739
00:36:06,797 --> 00:36:08,933
That's for you.
740
00:36:08,966 --> 00:36:11,935
Ring pops.
741
00:36:08,966 --> 00:36:11,935
Hey, stay in school.
All right?
742
00:36:11,969 --> 00:36:13,404
Okay.
743
00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:18,875
[ Scoffs ]
andquot;Stay in school.
744
00:36:20,844 --> 00:36:22,914
[ Sighs ]
745
00:36:34,458 --> 00:36:36,460
[ Scoffs ]
746
00:36:36,493 --> 00:36:38,529
[ Siren wails in distance ]
747
00:36:51,008 --> 00:36:55,779
♪♪
748
00:36:55,812 --> 00:36:58,816
I'll make you a deal,
okay?
749
00:36:58,849 --> 00:37:02,353
You go to school,
you study hard.
750
00:37:02,386 --> 00:37:06,824
I will move heaven and Earth
for you to go back to
Harriet Jacobs Academy.
751
00:37:06,857 --> 00:37:08,559
Which bank you gonna rob?
752
00:37:08,592 --> 00:37:09,760
[ Both laugh ]
753
00:37:09,793 --> 00:37:11,762
I will not tell.
754
00:37:11,795 --> 00:37:14,398
♪ I'm looking around,
and I see more of the same ♪
755
00:37:14,431 --> 00:37:17,001
♪ Yeah, more of the same ♪
756
00:37:17,034 --> 00:37:20,004
♪ People looking for purpose,
someone to blame ♪
757
00:37:20,037 --> 00:37:22,606
♪ As I'm on my quest for fame ♪
758
00:37:22,639 --> 00:37:25,309
♪ Every day the place
is changed ♪
759
00:37:25,342 --> 00:37:27,544
♪ I stay humble
trying to play the game ♪
760
00:37:27,577 --> 00:37:29,580
♪ Trying to play the game ♪
761
00:37:29,613 --> 00:37:31,749
♪ I'm trying to play the game,
yeah ♪
762
00:37:31,782 --> 00:37:34,652
♪ I figured it out,
my dreams are bigger than me ♪
763
00:37:34,685 --> 00:37:36,020
Do you really need
this that bad?
764
00:37:36,053 --> 00:37:38,022
We hurt you that bad?
765
00:37:36,053 --> 00:37:38,022
You can't walk?
766
00:37:38,055 --> 00:37:40,290
You need a wheelchair
or something, too,
while you're at it?
767
00:37:40,324 --> 00:37:42,860
♪ I'm so glad that I believe ♪
768
00:37:40,324 --> 00:37:42,860
♪ I believe ♪
769
00:37:42,893 --> 00:37:45,529
♪ That God has plans for me ♪
770
00:37:42,893 --> 00:37:45,529
♪ Got plans ♪
771
00:37:45,562 --> 00:37:48,565
♪ Mama told me it will happen,
you'll see ♪
772
00:37:48,598 --> 00:37:50,968
♪ It'll happen,
you'll see, you'll see ♪
773
00:37:51,001 --> 00:37:53,370
♪ Yeah, yeah,
time for you to raise up ♪
774
00:37:53,403 --> 00:37:55,805
♪ Time for you to get right,
time for you to get up ♪
775
00:37:55,839 --> 00:37:58,442
♪ Time for you to be loud,
time for you to raise up ♪
776
00:37:58,475 --> 00:38:00,377
♪ Get up, stand up, raise up ♪
777
00:38:00,410 --> 00:38:02,479
♪ You gotta know who you are ♪
778
00:38:02,512 --> 00:38:05,582
♪ You are meant for a purpose ♪
779
00:38:05,615 --> 00:38:08,452
♪ Who you was meant to be ♪
780
00:38:08,485 --> 00:38:10,788
♪ You are meant to be ♪
781
00:38:10,821 --> 00:38:12,589
♪ Mm-hmm ♪
782
00:38:12,622 --> 00:38:15,692
♪ I can't move forward
till I let go of the past ♪
783
00:38:15,726 --> 00:38:17,761
♪ Got to let it go, yes ♪
784
00:38:17,794 --> 00:38:20,431
[ Door creaking ]
785
00:38:22,065 --> 00:38:23,600
Hi.
786
00:38:23,633 --> 00:38:26,736
I would like to see
Congressman Williams.
787
00:38:26,770 --> 00:38:28,739
The Congressman
isn't here right now.
788
00:38:28,772 --> 00:38:31,776
Then let's make
an appointment.
789
00:38:34,811 --> 00:38:36,613
[ Pages rustling ]
790
00:38:36,646 --> 00:38:39,783
His first available
is December 3rd at 8:00 A.M.
791
00:38:39,816 --> 00:38:41,651
He can give you 10 minutes.
792
00:38:41,685 --> 00:38:43,387
[ Scoffs ]
793
00:38:43,420 --> 00:38:45,656
You've got to
be kidding.
794
00:38:45,689 --> 00:38:48,926
Sorry. He's very --
795
00:38:45,689 --> 00:38:48,926
Yes, yes.
He's very, very busy.
796
00:38:48,959 --> 00:38:51,861
Got it.
[ Sighs ]
797
00:38:51,895 --> 00:39:00,371
♪♪
798
00:39:00,404 --> 00:39:08,612
♪♪
799
00:39:08,645 --> 00:39:11,082
I mean, he's got to come through
the door at some point, right?
800
00:39:13,483 --> 00:39:15,953
[ Scoffs ]
801
00:39:15,986 --> 00:39:21,725
♪♪
802
00:39:21,758 --> 00:39:24,528
We'll take care of that.
I'll see you tomorrow.
803
00:39:21,758 --> 00:39:24,528
Yes. Yes. Okay.
804
00:39:24,561 --> 00:39:26,130
Cliff: Yeah.
805
00:39:26,163 --> 00:39:28,866
See you tomorrow, Cliff.
806
00:39:28,899 --> 00:39:31,000
Congressman?
807
00:39:31,034 --> 00:39:33,804
Sir? Hey!
Cliff?
808
00:39:33,837 --> 00:39:36,073
Um...
809
00:39:36,106 --> 00:39:38,409
Yes?
810
00:39:38,442 --> 00:39:40,878
I read your report.
811
00:39:40,911 --> 00:39:43,714
Um, when you said
that young people,
812
00:39:43,747 --> 00:39:46,750
they shouldn't have to wait
while we take the long,
813
00:39:46,783 --> 00:39:49,185
slow walk to lift up
our public schools.
814
00:39:49,219 --> 00:39:52,623
Yes, yes. I say a lot of things.
I'm a politician.
815
00:39:52,656 --> 00:39:56,692
Sure, but, um, what you did
in Milwaukee and Cleveland,
816
00:39:56,726 --> 00:40:00,164
um, so that low-income students
could go to private schools,
817
00:40:00,197 --> 00:40:03,200
well, I want to do that here
in Washington D.C.
818
00:40:00,197 --> 00:40:03,200
Uh-huh.
819
00:40:03,233 --> 00:40:04,735
I see.
820
00:40:03,233 --> 00:40:04,735
Um...
821
00:40:04,768 --> 00:40:07,104
You've done your homework.
822
00:40:04,768 --> 00:40:07,104
I-I did.
823
00:40:07,137 --> 00:40:09,740
Yeah.
And you get an F in history.
824
00:40:09,773 --> 00:40:11,742
We tried it here.
No one wanted it.
825
00:40:11,775 --> 00:40:13,444
Did you know that?
826
00:40:11,775 --> 00:40:13,444
Uh, no. No.
827
00:40:13,477 --> 00:40:18,015
Yeah. Parents in poverty
with kids in terrible schools,
828
00:40:18,048 --> 00:40:20,450
who will, therefore,
remain in poverty.
829
00:40:20,484 --> 00:40:22,586
The parents
just didn't want it.
830
00:40:22,619 --> 00:40:25,456
No.
I-I don't believe you.
831
00:40:22,619 --> 00:40:25,456
Well, it doesn't matter
what you believe.
832
00:40:25,489 --> 00:40:27,891
No one wanted it.
833
00:40:25,489 --> 00:40:27,891
No, but we do!
834
00:40:27,924 --> 00:40:29,927
I do.
835
00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:31,929
Take it up with your local
representative.
836
00:40:31,962 --> 00:40:35,199
Lorraine Townsend doesn't --
837
00:40:31,962 --> 00:40:35,199
Lorraine Townsend
is not my problem.
838
00:40:35,232 --> 00:40:38,836
Now, if you'll be so kind
and step aside,
839
00:40:38,869 --> 00:40:40,971
I have a date
with my 9-iron.
840
00:40:43,540 --> 00:40:44,775
Yes, sir.
841
00:40:44,808 --> 00:40:46,010
Thank you.
842
00:40:48,845 --> 00:40:55,785
♪♪
843
00:40:55,819 --> 00:40:57,888
andquot;No one wanted it.
844
00:40:57,921 --> 00:40:59,756
Tryin' to tell me
what people want.
845
00:40:59,789 --> 00:41:02,259
How's he know?
Burnt-out old fart.
846
00:41:02,292 --> 00:41:05,162
♪ She turn fire into rain ♪
847
00:41:05,195 --> 00:41:07,831
♪ Heal your pain
like novocaine ♪
848
00:41:07,864 --> 00:41:10,634
♪ If you was blind,
I guarantee ♪
849
00:41:10,667 --> 00:41:13,170
♪ She touch your eyes
so you can see ♪
850
00:41:13,203 --> 00:41:17,574
♪ Ohh, I lo-o-o-ove ♪
851
00:41:17,607 --> 00:41:19,276
♪ Livin' in a woman's world ♪
852
00:41:17,607 --> 00:41:19,276
Hi.
853
00:41:19,309 --> 00:41:21,812
I was hoping you might be
interested --
854
00:41:19,309 --> 00:41:21,812
I ain't got no money.
855
00:41:21,845 --> 00:41:23,613
♪ A woman's world ♪
856
00:41:23,647 --> 00:41:25,048
Afternoon, sir.
Hi.
857
00:41:25,081 --> 00:41:27,784
I was wondering
if you'd be open --
858
00:41:27,817 --> 00:41:30,921
♪ Pick her pills
and give you life ♪
859
00:41:27,817 --> 00:41:30,921
Ma'am, hi. Hi.
860
00:41:30,954 --> 00:41:33,090
I'm Miss Virginia.
I have a petition --
861
00:41:33,123 --> 00:41:36,059
Oh, can I help you
with that?
862
00:41:33,123 --> 00:41:36,059
Stop! Thief.
863
00:41:36,092 --> 00:41:37,861
Thief!
864
00:41:36,092 --> 00:41:37,861
No! No.
865
00:41:37,894 --> 00:41:40,129
♪ Oh ♪
866
00:41:40,163 --> 00:41:42,633
♪ Livin' in a woman's world ♪
867
00:41:40,163 --> 00:41:42,633
Get a scholarship to go
to a better school.
868
00:41:42,666 --> 00:41:44,601
♪ It's a woman's world ♪
869
00:41:42,666 --> 00:41:44,601
Thank you.
870
00:41:44,634 --> 00:41:46,069
You won't regret it.
871
00:41:44,634 --> 00:41:46,069
♪ It's a woman's world ♪
872
00:41:46,102 --> 00:41:47,937
Hi, there.
How are you?
873
00:41:47,971 --> 00:41:49,873
♪ It's a woman's world ♪
874
00:41:49,906 --> 00:41:52,808
Would you be interested
in signing a petition?
875
00:41:52,842 --> 00:42:00,284
♪ And you're just a man
in a woman's world ♪
876
00:42:00,317 --> 00:42:08,025
♪♪
877
00:42:08,058 --> 00:42:10,727
[ Car alarm blaring ]
878
00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:14,698
♪♪
879
00:42:14,731 --> 00:42:18,569
Virginia:
Young lady, why are you sitting
out here all by yourself?
880
00:42:18,602 --> 00:42:20,870
[ Man shouting ]
881
00:42:22,606 --> 00:42:24,608
Where's your mother?
882
00:42:25,976 --> 00:42:28,178
[ Blaring stops ]
883
00:42:25,976 --> 00:42:28,178
You live here?
884
00:42:28,211 --> 00:42:32,281
[ Shouting continues ]
885
00:42:32,315 --> 00:42:35,085
[ Bang ]
886
00:42:41,725 --> 00:42:44,194
Come on.
887
00:42:44,227 --> 00:42:46,596
Come on.
888
00:42:54,237 --> 00:42:56,773
Delilah!
889
00:42:56,806 --> 00:42:59,343
Get inside! What'd I tell you
about talking to strangers?
890
00:42:59,376 --> 00:43:02,179
She was out here all alone,
and it was dangerous.
891
00:43:02,212 --> 00:43:04,214
Are you judging me?
892
00:43:02,212 --> 00:43:04,214
No, ma'am,
I am not judging you.
893
00:43:04,247 --> 00:43:06,249
I know you're judging me.
Get off my block.
894
00:43:04,247 --> 00:43:06,249
Mom! Mom!
895
00:43:06,282 --> 00:43:08,352
Mom, Mom, Mom.
Mom, Mom, Mom.
It's -- It's all right.
896
00:43:08,385 --> 00:43:10,253
Telling me how to be
a mother to my baby.
897
00:43:08,385 --> 00:43:10,253
I get it, I get it,
I get it.
898
00:43:10,286 --> 00:43:11,822
It's all right, it's all right,
it's all right.
899
00:43:11,855 --> 00:43:13,857
Just go inside.
Go inside.
900
00:43:11,855 --> 00:43:13,857
Hell no.
901
00:43:13,890 --> 00:43:17,627
Damn...
902
00:43:13,890 --> 00:43:17,627
My bad. I had to work.
903
00:43:17,661 --> 00:43:19,863
You had to work?
904
00:43:19,896 --> 00:43:21,899
Aren't you like 15?
905
00:43:24,234 --> 00:43:26,737
So who's watching her?
906
00:43:24,234 --> 00:43:26,737
I am.
907
00:43:26,770 --> 00:43:29,073
And who's watching you?
908
00:43:32,676 --> 00:43:34,812
You should
get out of here.
909
00:43:46,890 --> 00:43:49,125
Would you like to
sign a petition?
910
00:43:49,159 --> 00:43:50,694
Okay.
911
00:43:50,727 --> 00:43:52,796
Just write your name
and then sign it.
912
00:43:52,829 --> 00:43:55,999
♪♪
913
00:43:56,032 --> 00:43:57,968
Great. We're gonna
have some meetings,
914
00:43:58,001 --> 00:43:59,369
and I'll give you a call.
915
00:43:59,402 --> 00:44:01,705
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
916
00:44:01,738 --> 00:44:03,374
♪♪
917
00:44:06,476 --> 00:44:08,379
Well, Well, Well.
918
00:44:10,413 --> 00:44:14,017
I see you prancing all over the
hood acting all civic and shit.
919
00:44:14,050 --> 00:44:15,452
Let me by, Garnett.
920
00:44:15,485 --> 00:44:17,287
Not till you pay
what you owe.
921
00:44:17,320 --> 00:44:19,322
Owe?
I don't owe you anything.
922
00:44:17,320 --> 00:44:19,322
No?
923
00:44:19,355 --> 00:44:21,825
Get out of my way.
924
00:44:21,858 --> 00:44:24,161
Why you think
nobody been hassling you?
925
00:44:24,194 --> 00:44:26,196
Why you still
got your purse?
926
00:44:26,229 --> 00:44:28,231
I didn't ask
for your help.
927
00:44:28,264 --> 00:44:29,700
What you getting names
for anyway?
928
00:44:29,733 --> 00:44:31,702
It's just for
a scholarship program.
929
00:44:31,735 --> 00:44:32,903
Hmm.
930
00:44:32,936 --> 00:44:34,204
For career options.
931
00:44:34,237 --> 00:44:37,074
Mm.
932
00:44:34,237 --> 00:44:37,074
No, no! Don't!
Please! No!
933
00:44:42,779 --> 00:44:43,981
[ Clipboard thuds ]
934
00:44:47,150 --> 00:44:49,319
I'm the career optin
around here.
935
00:44:49,352 --> 00:44:51,055
Got that?
936
00:44:55,225 --> 00:44:57,961
[ Engine starts,
car door closes ]
937
00:44:57,994 --> 00:45:00,864
♪♪
938
00:45:00,897 --> 00:45:03,366
[ Vehicle departs ]
939
00:45:07,937 --> 00:45:10,107
♪♪
940
00:45:10,140 --> 00:45:11,741
Man: Several weeks later...
941
00:45:11,775 --> 00:45:15,746
♪ I've been in love
with perfect strangers ♪
942
00:45:15,779 --> 00:45:17,481
Let's check the first flower.
943
00:45:17,514 --> 00:45:21,985
♪ That had me caught up
in my dreams ♪
944
00:45:23,419 --> 00:45:27,758
♪ Always dressed
like heaven's angels ♪
945
00:45:27,791 --> 00:45:29,760
♪ But they don't know me ♪
946
00:45:29,793 --> 00:45:32,929
♪ They don't comfort me ♪
947
00:45:32,962 --> 00:45:34,898
♪ Yeah ♪
948
00:45:34,931 --> 00:45:37,901
♪ God knows
I'm tired of crying ♪
949
00:45:37,934 --> 00:45:41,004
♪ When love's
cutting me so raw ♪
950
00:45:41,037 --> 00:45:44,241
♪ I don't wanna hurt no more ♪
951
00:45:44,274 --> 00:45:46,542
♪ No more ♪
952
00:45:46,576 --> 00:45:51,081
♪ Breaking the chains
out of this tragedy ♪
953
00:45:51,114 --> 00:45:53,150
What's up, man?
954
00:45:53,183 --> 00:45:56,086
You good?
All right?
955
00:45:56,119 --> 00:45:58,288
Man, you doin' something
with this corner.
956
00:45:58,321 --> 00:45:59,823
You turnin' shit to gold.
957
00:45:59,856 --> 00:46:02,159
Yeah, you know, I'm grinding,
working hard.
958
00:46:02,192 --> 00:46:04,961
A token of appreciation.
959
00:46:04,994 --> 00:46:06,830
Oh, nah, man.
960
00:46:06,863 --> 00:46:08,865
All right, all right,
all right.
961
00:46:08,898 --> 00:46:10,534
Yeah!
962
00:46:08,898 --> 00:46:10,534
Damn!
963
00:46:10,567 --> 00:46:12,369
Yeah!
964
00:46:12,402 --> 00:46:14,271
See what happen when
you put in that work?
965
00:46:14,304 --> 00:46:16,774
All right, all right.
Shit!
966
00:46:18,575 --> 00:46:20,577
You like the kicks?
967
00:46:20,610 --> 00:46:22,145
Yeah.
968
00:46:22,178 --> 00:46:24,381
Come work for me.
I'll hook you up.
969
00:46:24,414 --> 00:46:26,483
Think on it.
970
00:46:26,516 --> 00:46:32,556
♪♪
971
00:46:32,589 --> 00:46:35,225
[ Dogs barking ]
972
00:46:35,258 --> 00:46:38,529
[ Indistinct yelling ]
973
00:46:42,465 --> 00:46:45,235
[ Baby cries ]
974
00:46:45,268 --> 00:46:49,206
[ Yelling continues ]
975
00:46:49,239 --> 00:46:50,507
[ Knock on door ]
976
00:46:50,540 --> 00:46:53,076
[ Lock unlocks ]
977
00:46:55,278 --> 00:46:57,180
Hey!
978
00:46:57,213 --> 00:46:58,481
You're the lady
from the other night.
979
00:46:58,514 --> 00:47:00,350
Yes.
Yes, yes, yes.
980
00:47:00,383 --> 00:47:02,953
Um...
981
00:47:00,383 --> 00:47:02,953
Whatcha --
What are you doing here?
982
00:47:02,986 --> 00:47:05,488
Can I talk to you
for a minute?
983
00:47:05,521 --> 00:47:09,860
[ Sighs ] I dropped out of
that school 15 years ago.
984
00:47:09,893 --> 00:47:12,229
And it was terrible
even then.
985
00:47:09,893 --> 00:47:12,229
Hmm.
986
00:47:12,262 --> 00:47:14,931
Nothing changes.
987
00:47:14,964 --> 00:47:18,235
Oh, it changes.
It gets worse.
988
00:47:18,268 --> 00:47:19,903
[ Clicks tongue ]
989
00:47:19,936 --> 00:47:22,072
How many names you got?
990
00:47:22,105 --> 00:47:24,074
Oh...
991
00:47:29,946 --> 00:47:31,448
Oh.
992
00:47:31,481 --> 00:47:36,052
Oh, well, I had more,
but Garnett Brown burned them.
993
00:47:36,085 --> 00:47:38,054
Mm.
994
00:47:36,085 --> 00:47:38,054
Oh.
995
00:47:38,087 --> 00:47:40,624
That sounds about right.
996
00:47:38,087 --> 00:47:40,624
Mm-hmm.
997
00:47:40,657 --> 00:47:42,492
Whatcha gonna do
with the names?
998
00:47:42,525 --> 00:47:45,161
I was thinking about taking them
to the D.C. Council meeting
999
00:47:45,194 --> 00:47:47,063
tomorrow night.
1000
00:47:45,194 --> 00:47:47,063
Mm.
1001
00:47:47,096 --> 00:47:49,032
But now...
[ Scoffs ]
1002
00:47:49,065 --> 00:47:51,134
I got so few names,
I don't even know.
1003
00:47:51,167 --> 00:47:53,136
You thinking
what I'm thinking?
1004
00:47:53,169 --> 00:47:54,504
What?
1005
00:47:57,473 --> 00:48:01,278
[ Both laugh ]
1006
00:48:01,311 --> 00:48:03,246
Say no more.
1007
00:48:01,311 --> 00:48:03,246
That's it.
1008
00:48:03,279 --> 00:48:06,149
Mm-hmm.
1009
00:48:03,279 --> 00:48:06,149
Excuse me.
1010
00:48:08,985 --> 00:48:11,187
No, it's cool.
1011
00:48:08,985 --> 00:48:11,187
[ Knock on door ]
1012
00:48:11,220 --> 00:48:12,689
Shondae.
1013
00:48:12,722 --> 00:48:14,658
Hey, go ahead, have a seat.
It's all good.
1014
00:48:14,691 --> 00:48:16,158
Okay.
1015
00:48:14,691 --> 00:48:16,158
Yeah.
1016
00:48:16,192 --> 00:48:17,661
[ Pounding on door ]
1017
00:48:17,694 --> 00:48:19,429
Shondae!
1018
00:48:24,167 --> 00:48:25,402
Damn it, Robert!
1019
00:48:25,435 --> 00:48:28,371
What the hell you doing
waking me up?
1020
00:48:28,404 --> 00:48:30,073
Uh...
1021
00:48:28,404 --> 00:48:30,073
Maybe I should --
1022
00:48:30,106 --> 00:48:32,208
No, no, no, no, no.
No no.
1023
00:48:32,241 --> 00:48:34,244
Sit tight.
It's all right.
1024
00:48:34,277 --> 00:48:36,680
She testy when she tired,
but she can get you them names.
1025
00:48:36,713 --> 00:48:39,015
I'm taking names right now.
1026
00:48:36,713 --> 00:48:39,015
Shondae, honey, I --
1027
00:48:39,048 --> 00:48:41,450
Unh-unh.
Don't call me honey.
1028
00:48:41,484 --> 00:48:43,420
Look, I'm sorry I woke you up.
I really am.
1029
00:48:43,453 --> 00:48:46,123
But I think you will
want to hear this.
1030
00:48:53,463 --> 00:48:55,398
When do you
need these by?
1031
00:48:55,431 --> 00:49:00,670
Um, tomorrow night
for the D.C. Council meeting.
1032
00:49:00,703 --> 00:49:03,239
All right.
1033
00:49:03,272 --> 00:49:04,574
[ Slaps clipboard ]
1034
00:49:06,275 --> 00:49:07,577
All right.
1035
00:49:10,046 --> 00:49:11,647
She said andquot;all right.
1036
00:49:11,681 --> 00:49:13,483
Okay.
1037
00:49:14,650 --> 00:49:16,353
Okay. [ Chuckles ]
1038
00:49:18,654 --> 00:49:21,358
I mean,
is there a problem?
1039
00:49:18,654 --> 00:49:21,358
No. No. Nothing at all.
1040
00:49:21,391 --> 00:49:23,326
No.
1041
00:49:23,359 --> 00:49:25,694
We'll see you
tomorrow night.
1042
00:49:23,359 --> 00:49:25,694
Okay.
1043
00:49:25,728 --> 00:49:27,430
Um --
1044
00:49:25,728 --> 00:49:27,430
I'll grab your stuff
for you.
1045
00:49:27,463 --> 00:49:30,968
[ Siren wailing ]
1046
00:49:44,814 --> 00:49:46,616
Hey.
Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa!
1047
00:49:44,814 --> 00:49:46,616
No!
1048
00:49:46,649 --> 00:49:49,118
C-Chill, chill, chill!
1049
00:49:49,152 --> 00:49:51,054
It's me.
1050
00:49:51,087 --> 00:49:52,689
[ Sighs ]
1051
00:49:52,722 --> 00:49:54,724
If you get enough names,
1052
00:49:54,757 --> 00:49:57,361
can you change things
around here for my sister?
1053
00:50:02,398 --> 00:50:05,235
This is complicated.
1054
00:50:05,268 --> 00:50:07,404
But, yes.
1055
00:50:07,437 --> 00:50:09,806
Yes, the more names
the better.
1056
00:50:09,839 --> 00:50:11,508
Okay?
1057
00:50:12,842 --> 00:50:14,411
Okay.
1058
00:50:14,444 --> 00:50:17,014
I can get more names,
then.
1059
00:50:19,682 --> 00:50:21,216
Okay.
1060
00:50:21,250 --> 00:50:22,819
[ Chuckles ]
1061
00:50:22,852 --> 00:50:26,323
I didn't mean to scare you
like that.
1062
00:50:27,557 --> 00:50:29,392
I know.
1063
00:50:29,425 --> 00:50:31,795
[ Chuckles ] I know.
1064
00:50:31,828 --> 00:50:40,837
♪♪
1065
00:50:40,870 --> 00:50:43,272
[ Indistinct conversations ]
1066
00:50:43,306 --> 00:50:45,742
Chairman Randall: Uh, I hereby
call this meeting to order.
1067
00:50:47,810 --> 00:50:50,480
Unbelievable.
1068
00:50:50,513 --> 00:50:52,848
Um, excuse me.
1069
00:50:52,882 --> 00:50:54,751
Sorry, Your Honor.
1070
00:50:52,882 --> 00:50:54,751
Yes, sir.
1071
00:50:54,784 --> 00:50:56,419
Please, have a seat.
1072
00:50:56,452 --> 00:51:00,356
♪♪
1073
00:51:00,389 --> 00:51:01,825
Oh, my God.
1074
00:51:04,260 --> 00:51:07,097
[ Indistinct conversations ]
1075
00:51:08,397 --> 00:51:10,400
Who are they?
1076
00:51:10,433 --> 00:51:14,104
Let's just say Shondae
has a way with people.
1077
00:51:19,709 --> 00:51:21,711
Looks like we're gonna have
an interesting meeting.
1078
00:51:21,744 --> 00:51:23,847
Woman: Lots are so broken,
I almost fell the other day.
1079
00:51:23,880 --> 00:51:25,715
Ma'am, ma'am,
thank you, uh...
1080
00:51:23,880 --> 00:51:25,715
I mean, what are you
gonna do about --
1081
00:51:25,748 --> 00:51:27,484
...but your four minutes
are up.
1082
00:51:27,517 --> 00:51:29,519
[ Scoffs ]
1083
00:51:29,552 --> 00:51:31,855
Uh, next?
1084
00:51:31,888 --> 00:51:34,091
Next?
1085
00:51:36,325 --> 00:51:38,294
[ Clears throat ]
1086
00:51:42,632 --> 00:51:44,267
Um...
1087
00:51:44,300 --> 00:51:46,703
[ Clears throat ]
1088
00:51:46,736 --> 00:51:48,770
Um...
1089
00:51:46,736 --> 00:51:48,770
Ma'am?
1090
00:51:48,804 --> 00:51:54,644
I-I'm here to present,
uh, a-a petition.
1091
00:51:56,512 --> 00:51:59,449
Now, I have --
1092
00:51:56,512 --> 00:51:59,449
Uh, your --
your name, ma'am?
1093
00:51:59,482 --> 00:52:01,584
It's Virginia Walden.
1094
00:52:01,617 --> 00:52:03,219
Virginia Walden?
1095
00:52:03,252 --> 00:52:06,422
And, uh, on behalf of the
parents of Washington, D.C.,
1096
00:52:06,455 --> 00:52:09,792
for a scholarship program
1097
00:52:09,825 --> 00:52:12,662
so that low-income students
can go to a private school.
1098
00:52:09,825 --> 00:52:12,662
Uh, ma'am, ma'am,
excuse me for second.
1099
00:52:12,695 --> 00:52:16,266
Uh, um, uh,
did you register to speak?
1100
00:52:16,299 --> 00:52:18,301
We -- we don't have
your name on record.
1101
00:52:18,334 --> 00:52:19,736
Uh...
1102
00:52:22,672 --> 00:52:25,775
I'm sorry, I thought
this was an open meeting.
1103
00:52:25,808 --> 00:52:27,944
Well, the --
the rules are clear.
1104
00:52:27,977 --> 00:52:30,812
If you want the floor,
you have to register
1105
00:52:30,846 --> 00:52:33,449
48 hours before the meeting.
1106
00:52:33,482 --> 00:52:34,784
But I thought t-this
was an open --
1107
00:52:34,817 --> 00:52:36,853
I know what you thought,
but the rules are clear.
1108
00:52:36,886 --> 00:52:38,454
No, but I-I-I --
1109
00:52:36,886 --> 00:52:38,454
No, no, no.
Ma'am, ma'am, ma'am,
1110
00:52:38,487 --> 00:52:40,557
the rules are clear.
1111
00:52:40,590 --> 00:52:42,192
Sir, to whom?
1112
00:52:42,225 --> 00:52:43,860
[ Camera shutter clicks ]
1113
00:52:43,893 --> 00:52:46,896
If I knew the rules,
I would have followed them.
1114
00:52:46,929 --> 00:52:49,566
Now, I am here.
1115
00:52:49,599 --> 00:52:51,868
Can't you just take
the petition?
1116
00:52:51,901 --> 00:52:53,836
I'm sorry, ma'am.
We can't.
1117
00:52:53,869 --> 00:52:56,673
Um, we've gathered
many names here.
1118
00:52:56,706 --> 00:52:59,375
Why don't you register
for the next meeting?
1119
00:52:59,408 --> 00:53:02,979
Okay?
Please, take your seat.
1120
00:53:03,012 --> 00:53:05,848
[ Audience murmuring ]
1121
00:53:05,881 --> 00:53:08,218
[ Scoffs ]
1122
00:53:08,251 --> 00:53:10,920
Uh, all right.
1123
00:53:10,953 --> 00:53:13,323
Uh, anyone else?
1124
00:53:13,356 --> 00:53:15,758
Okay, I move--
1125
00:53:13,356 --> 00:53:15,758
Hold on.
1126
00:53:15,791 --> 00:53:17,794
[ Audience murmurs ]
1127
00:53:17,827 --> 00:53:19,562
Hold on.
1128
00:53:19,595 --> 00:53:20,997
Ma'am, your name?
1129
00:53:21,030 --> 00:53:23,266
Shondae Smith.
1130
00:53:21,030 --> 00:53:23,266
Shondae Smith.
1131
00:53:23,299 --> 00:53:26,336
Okay. Uh, I don't have your name
here, either.
1132
00:53:26,369 --> 00:53:29,539
Yeah, I'm sure you don't.
But I'mma speak anyway
because I took off work.
1133
00:53:29,572 --> 00:53:31,941
All these folks
took off work.
1134
00:53:31,974 --> 00:53:33,443
Woman
1135
00:53:33,476 --> 00:53:34,677
My boy, Jerome --
he right over there.
1136
00:53:34,710 --> 00:53:37,247
Say hi, baby.
1137
00:53:37,280 --> 00:53:42,986
My son -- He real bright,
and he work hard.
1138
00:53:43,019 --> 00:53:46,455
And the bullies at his school
beat him up for it.
1139
00:53:46,489 --> 00:53:49,693
They hurt his leg
and broke a bunch of ribs.
1140
00:53:52,795 --> 00:53:55,665
I shouldn't have to put him
back in that school.
1141
00:53:55,698 --> 00:53:58,533
But I got no choice.
1142
00:53:58,567 --> 00:54:00,837
That's wrong.
1143
00:54:00,870 --> 00:54:05,508
♪♪
1144
00:54:05,541 --> 00:54:06,876
[ Sighs ]
1145
00:54:08,911 --> 00:54:11,848
My -- my name
is Tasha White.
1146
00:54:08,911 --> 00:54:11,848
White.
1147
00:54:11,881 --> 00:54:14,317
My name's not on your list,
either.
1148
00:54:14,350 --> 00:54:16,419
[ Sighs ]
1149
00:54:16,452 --> 00:54:18,788
My kids, they --
they falling behind,
1150
00:54:18,821 --> 00:54:20,589
but the school won't help.
1151
00:54:20,623 --> 00:54:22,358
And they act like
I'm the problem.
1152
00:54:22,391 --> 00:54:25,862
They say that my son
has no potential.
1153
00:54:25,895 --> 00:54:29,532
My daughter should have
a choice, but she doesn't.
1154
00:54:29,565 --> 00:54:31,567
That's wrong.
1155
00:54:31,600 --> 00:54:35,805
[ Audience murmuring ]
1156
00:54:35,838 --> 00:54:38,441
Can we have order
in the chamber?
1157
00:54:38,474 --> 00:54:40,910
♪♪
1158
00:54:40,943 --> 00:54:42,545
[ Gavel banging ]
1159
00:54:42,578 --> 00:54:44,846
Folks...
1160
00:54:44,880 --> 00:54:51,421
♪ Yeah ♪
1161
00:54:51,454 --> 00:54:53,823
♪ Yeah ♪
1162
00:54:53,856 --> 00:54:57,527
Please, respect the Council.
Please have a seat.
1163
00:54:57,560 --> 00:55:00,496
Virginia: ...And present
this petition
1164
00:55:00,529 --> 00:55:04,400
on behalf of the parents
of Washington, D.C.
1165
00:55:04,433 --> 00:55:05,601
[ Sighs ]
1166
00:55:05,634 --> 00:55:07,870
[ Camera shutters click ]
1167
00:55:07,903 --> 00:55:10,573
♪♪
1168
00:55:10,606 --> 00:55:12,442
[ Golf club swings ]
1169
00:55:21,016 --> 00:55:22,952
Okay.
1170
00:55:24,754 --> 00:55:32,095
♪♪
1171
00:55:32,128 --> 00:55:34,063
Hey!
1172
00:55:32,128 --> 00:55:34,063
[ Groans ]
1173
00:55:34,096 --> 00:55:36,532
Congressman Williams!
1174
00:55:36,565 --> 00:55:38,634
Hey! Hey.
1175
00:55:38,667 --> 00:55:40,069
What are you
doing here?
1176
00:55:40,102 --> 00:55:43,673
Uh...did you see this?
1177
00:55:43,706 --> 00:55:45,975
This is a private club.
1178
00:55:43,706 --> 00:55:45,975
I know.
1179
00:55:46,008 --> 00:55:47,810
Members only.
1180
00:55:46,008 --> 00:55:47,810
I know.
1181
00:55:47,843 --> 00:55:49,545
That's why I had to tell
the people at the gate
1182
00:55:49,578 --> 00:55:51,080
that I was the maid.
Did you see this?
1183
00:55:51,113 --> 00:55:52,948
Don't make me
call security.
1184
00:55:52,982 --> 00:55:55,651
Oh. Look at you,
Mr. tough guy.
1185
00:55:55,684 --> 00:55:58,588
Well, I guess you got
a lot to prove, what
with those pants and all.
1186
00:55:58,621 --> 00:56:02,959
You said the people of D.C.
don't want change, and they do.
1187
00:56:02,992 --> 00:56:05,395
Now, I took a petition
with hundreds of names
1188
00:56:05,428 --> 00:56:07,430
to the Council last night.
1189
00:56:10,166 --> 00:56:12,469
Shouldn't we at least
have a conversation?
1190
00:56:16,005 --> 00:56:18,074
That last shot
doesn't count.
1191
00:56:18,107 --> 00:56:21,978
You have no idea
how difficult this would be.
1192
00:56:22,011 --> 00:56:23,846
If we lived anywhere else,
you could go
1193
00:56:23,879 --> 00:56:26,915
to your local government and
set up a scholarship program.
1194
00:56:26,949 --> 00:56:29,685
That's what we did
in Milwaukee and Cleveland.
1195
00:56:29,718 --> 00:56:34,156
But in D.C.,
you need an act of Congress.
1196
00:56:34,190 --> 00:56:36,459
That means you need to
get the attention
1197
00:56:36,492 --> 00:56:38,761
of a bunch of politicians
who don't care about you,
1198
00:56:38,794 --> 00:56:40,496
because you didn't
elect them.
1199
00:56:40,529 --> 00:56:42,698
And then you've got to get them
all to agree,
1200
00:56:42,731 --> 00:56:45,769
which happens...
never.
1201
00:56:46,969 --> 00:56:50,473
And then you need the President
to sign it into law.
1202
00:56:50,506 --> 00:56:53,509
You have a better chance
of winning the lottery
than getting all of that done.
1203
00:56:53,542 --> 00:56:56,546
Well, no wonder why nothing
changes around here.
1204
00:56:56,579 --> 00:56:58,748
Exactly.
1205
00:56:58,781 --> 00:57:00,516
Until now.
1206
00:57:00,549 --> 00:57:01,817
[ Silverware clanks ]
1207
00:57:01,851 --> 00:57:03,853
I've been in this game
for a long time.
1208
00:57:03,886 --> 00:57:06,756
There's a way things are done --
or not done.
1209
00:57:06,789 --> 00:57:09,459
And that doesn't change
because you want it to.
1210
00:57:09,492 --> 00:57:11,093
Disagree.
1211
00:57:11,126 --> 00:57:13,463
Disagree all you want.
It doesn't change things.
1212
00:57:13,496 --> 00:57:15,998
Dis...a...gree.
1213
00:57:16,031 --> 00:57:17,633
[ Swallows ]
1214
00:57:17,666 --> 00:57:19,803
[ Breathes deeply ]
1215
00:57:21,604 --> 00:57:23,939
You might
just be formidable.
1216
00:57:26,742 --> 00:57:28,644
Agree.
1217
00:57:28,677 --> 00:57:31,013
Why don't we have a real drink
and seal the deal?
1218
00:57:31,046 --> 00:57:33,816
No.
I like to stay sharp.
1219
00:57:33,849 --> 00:57:37,820
Prevents bad choices...
like those pants.
1220
00:57:37,853 --> 00:57:40,990
These pants are tactical.
They blind the opposition.
1221
00:57:41,023 --> 00:57:45,061
Ha! What, so folks don't see
how bad your game is?
1222
00:57:45,094 --> 00:57:48,197
I like golf.
But what I'm really good at?
1223
00:57:48,230 --> 00:57:50,733
Legislation.
1224
00:57:48,230 --> 00:57:50,733
You better be.
1225
00:57:50,766 --> 00:57:52,702
You have no idea.
1226
00:57:54,136 --> 00:57:57,640
Congressman Williams: Education
is the civil rights issue
1227
00:57:57,673 --> 00:57:59,908
of our time.
1228
00:57:59,942 --> 00:58:05,281
We, the people, have failed in
our moral and legal obligation
1229
00:58:05,314 --> 00:58:09,919
to provide quality education
to every American child.
1230
00:58:09,952 --> 00:58:12,855
Right now, thousands of children
1231
00:58:12,888 --> 00:58:16,225
right here
in our nation's capital
1232
00:58:16,258 --> 00:58:19,662
are bearing the burden
of our failure.
1233
00:58:19,695 --> 00:58:23,699
These children are caught up
in a cycle of poverty,
1234
00:58:23,732 --> 00:58:26,134
dependency, and crime.
1235
00:58:26,168 --> 00:58:30,139
We have abandoned
the most vulnerable members
1236
00:58:30,172 --> 00:58:32,642
of our society.
1237
00:58:32,675 --> 00:58:34,710
And we must do better.
1238
00:58:34,743 --> 00:58:39,181
I'm thrilled to introduce the
D.C. Education Incentive Act.
1239
00:58:39,214 --> 00:58:42,218
This bill will create
a scholarship fund
1240
00:58:42,251 --> 00:58:45,254
so that low-income parents
like Virginia
1241
00:58:45,287 --> 00:58:47,089
can send their kids to schools
1242
00:58:47,122 --> 00:58:51,027
where they will break free
from the shackles of poverty.
1243
00:58:51,060 --> 00:58:55,264
It's my pleasure to introduce
you to Virginia Walden,
1244
00:58:55,297 --> 00:58:59,735
a single mother from one of
D.C.'s toughest neighborhoods.
1245
00:58:59,768 --> 00:59:03,172
Please put your hands together
and welcome Ms. Virginia Walden.
1246
00:59:03,205 --> 00:59:05,207
[ Applause ]
1247
00:59:05,240 --> 00:59:07,642
Man: First you let her run over
you at the town hall meeting,
1248
00:59:07,676 --> 00:59:09,312
now this.
1249
00:59:09,345 --> 00:59:11,714
Honestly, Lorraine, it's like
you want us to pull our funding.
1250
00:59:11,747 --> 00:59:14,683
No, no, no.
I-It's nothing to worry about.
It's not going anywhere.
1251
00:59:14,717 --> 00:59:17,587
Look, I am 100% confident
in our plan.
1252
00:59:17,620 --> 00:59:18,788
Then prove it.
1253
00:59:18,821 --> 00:59:21,758
[ Receiver clicks, dial tone ]
1254
00:59:32,401 --> 00:59:33,769
[ Sighs ]
1255
00:59:33,802 --> 00:59:37,873
[ Siren wailing ]
1256
00:59:37,906 --> 00:59:40,142
Shit.
1257
00:59:40,175 --> 00:59:43,846
[ Dogs barking ]
1258
00:59:43,879 --> 00:59:45,615
Shit.
1259
00:59:45,648 --> 00:59:48,284
Yo, that was --
That was close.
1260
00:59:48,317 --> 00:59:50,286
[ Chuckles ]
1261
00:59:50,319 --> 00:59:52,188
You got some weak-ass
shoes, man.
1262
00:59:52,221 --> 00:59:53,956
The damn sole's
coming apart.
1263
00:59:53,989 --> 00:59:55,391
[ Chuckles ]
1264
00:59:55,424 --> 00:59:58,060
I wish I had some kicks
like yours.
1265
00:59:58,093 --> 01:00:00,029
Come to work.
1266
01:00:02,264 --> 01:00:04,968
You know where to find me.
1267
01:00:05,968 --> 01:00:08,404
Yeah, yeah.
I got you.
1268
01:00:08,437 --> 01:00:10,272
All right.
1269
01:00:13,308 --> 01:00:14,744
[ Barking continues ]
1270
01:00:14,777 --> 01:00:18,080
[ Breathing heavily ]
1271
01:00:18,113 --> 01:00:24,419
♪♪
1272
01:00:24,453 --> 01:00:28,124
[ Cheers and applause ]
1273
01:00:28,157 --> 01:00:30,926
This is the andquot;Sally Ray Show.
1274
01:00:30,959 --> 01:00:33,361
Please join me in welcoming
our special guest.
1275
01:00:33,395 --> 01:00:36,866
She is a mother,
a trailblazer --
1276
01:00:36,899 --> 01:00:38,334
Virginia Walden.
1277
01:00:38,367 --> 01:00:40,970
[ Cheers and applause ]
1278
01:00:41,003 --> 01:00:47,710
♪♪
1279
01:00:47,743 --> 01:00:49,912
[ Cheers and applause
continues ]
1280
01:00:49,945 --> 01:00:52,381
So, Virginia,
you're a single mom.
1281
01:00:52,414 --> 01:00:54,750
Yes, I am.
1282
01:00:54,783 --> 01:00:56,952
Tell us about your son.
1283
01:00:56,985 --> 01:00:59,021
Um...
1284
01:00:59,054 --> 01:01:04,126
James is kind
and smart.
1285
01:01:04,159 --> 01:01:05,327
He's also a teenage.
1286
01:01:05,360 --> 01:01:06,796
Speak!
1287
01:01:06,829 --> 01:01:09,331
[ Laughs ] Teenagers!
I have two myself.
1288
01:01:09,364 --> 01:01:11,033
[ Laughter ]
1289
01:01:11,066 --> 01:01:15,004
James is, um,
susceptible.
1290
01:01:15,037 --> 01:01:18,406
The streets
just pull him in.
1291
01:01:15,037 --> 01:01:18,406
Yeah.
1292
01:01:18,440 --> 01:01:20,242
And school --
1293
01:01:20,275 --> 01:01:22,712
He was just falling
between the cracks there.
1294
01:01:22,745 --> 01:01:25,047
And I just...
1295
01:01:25,080 --> 01:01:26,882
[ Clears throat ]
Sorry.
1296
01:01:26,915 --> 01:01:29,051
I just thought I was
gonna lose him.
1297
01:01:29,084 --> 01:01:31,220
So I put him
in a private school.
1298
01:01:31,253 --> 01:01:33,255
Wow.
How did you afford that?
1299
01:01:33,288 --> 01:01:35,725
[ Laughs ]
1300
01:01:35,758 --> 01:01:37,225
I didn't.
1301
01:01:37,259 --> 01:01:38,794
[ Laughter ]
1302
01:01:38,827 --> 01:01:42,398
Overnight, James --
He just changed.
1303
01:01:42,431 --> 01:01:44,366
You know, my son was excitd
for school.
1304
01:01:44,399 --> 01:01:46,836
It was just incredibl.
1305
01:01:46,869 --> 01:01:50,239
But then I had to pull him ot
because I couldn't pay for i.
1306
01:01:50,272 --> 01:01:51,907
And that led you
to partner with
1307
01:01:51,940 --> 01:01:53,275
Congressman
Clifford Williams
1308
01:01:53,308 --> 01:01:56,045
on the D.C. Education
Incentive Act.
1309
01:01:56,078 --> 01:01:59,281
Yes. No child should be
cut off from education.
1310
01:01:59,314 --> 01:02:04,319
Poor kids have just as much of
a right to learn as rich ones.
1311
01:02:04,353 --> 01:02:06,388
[ Applause ]
1312
01:02:06,421 --> 01:02:08,857
Well, that's, uh,
inspirational.
1313
01:02:08,891 --> 01:02:10,359
And Congressman Williams -
1314
01:02:10,392 --> 01:02:12,394
He had tried this
before in Milwaukee..
1315
01:02:12,427 --> 01:02:14,029
and so I thought
1316
01:02:14,062 --> 01:02:16,031
this is somebody
who's passionate about it,
1317
01:02:16,064 --> 01:02:18,399
and I feel lucky
to have his support.
1318
01:02:18,433 --> 01:02:21,904
I'm sure he feels lucky
to have your support
1319
01:02:21,937 --> 01:02:24,205
and your information.
1320
01:02:24,239 --> 01:02:25,975
I don't know
what you mean.
1321
01:02:26,008 --> 01:02:27,843
Congresswoman
Lorraine Townsend,
1322
01:02:27,876 --> 01:02:30,312
who's served our community
for over 20 years,
1323
01:02:30,345 --> 01:02:32,381
uh, she said
that your plan, uh,
1324
01:02:32,414 --> 01:02:35,050
actually harms
low-income residents.
1325
01:02:35,083 --> 01:02:36,552
Yeah, that's not true.
1326
01:02:36,585 --> 01:02:38,187
It's not true that
Townsend said that
1327
01:02:38,220 --> 01:02:40,555
or not true that your plan
helps poor people?
1328
01:02:40,589 --> 01:02:43,225
Neither. I --
I mean, b--
1329
01:02:43,258 --> 01:02:45,227
[ Breathes deeply ]
I mean --
1330
01:02:45,260 --> 01:02:47,496
My source says that you
went through the trash
1331
01:02:47,529 --> 01:02:50,232
looking for
campaign secrets.
1332
01:02:50,265 --> 01:02:52,500
What? Campaign secrets?
1333
01:02:50,265 --> 01:02:52,500
What?
1334
01:02:52,534 --> 01:02:55,538
So, you admit
you insinuated yourself
1335
01:02:55,571 --> 01:02:58,007
in the inner circles
of the Townsend campaign.
1336
01:02:58,040 --> 01:03:00,875
You're not serious.
1337
01:02:58,040 --> 01:03:00,875
Donna! Get me
the andquot;Sally Ray Show.
1338
01:03:00,909 --> 01:03:03,045
Now.
1339
01:03:00,909 --> 01:03:03,045
Oh, no,
I am serious, Virginia.
1340
01:03:03,078 --> 01:03:04,446
Admit it.
1341
01:03:04,479 --> 01:03:06,348
Admit what?
1342
01:03:06,381 --> 01:03:08,951
This is all
about the money.
1343
01:03:08,984 --> 01:03:11,187
Yes. Yes, it is.
1344
01:03:11,220 --> 01:03:13,988
That - That is what
I am saying.
1345
01:03:11,220 --> 01:03:13,988
Right.
1346
01:03:14,022 --> 01:03:19,194
So, how much is Cliff Williams
paying you to do his dirty work?
1347
01:03:19,228 --> 01:03:21,297
Hmm?
1348
01:03:21,330 --> 01:03:23,532
Now, I-I have a statement here,
uh,
1349
01:03:23,565 --> 01:03:25,901
from the Townsend campaign
that I'd like to read.
1350
01:03:25,934 --> 01:03:28,204
andquot;For generations,
black people were kept out
1351
01:03:28,237 --> 01:03:29,839
of America's public schools.
1352
01:03:29,872 --> 01:03:32,908
Now Virginia Walden
and her reactionary allies
1353
01:03:32,941 --> 01:03:36,044
want to set us back
50 years.andquot;
1354
01:03:36,078 --> 01:03:37,846
What do you say to that?
1355
01:03:37,880 --> 01:03:39,148
[ Audience murmuring ]
1356
01:03:39,181 --> 01:03:42,952
♪♪
1357
01:03:42,985 --> 01:03:44,186
All right!
1358
01:03:44,219 --> 01:03:46,322
Yeah!
1359
01:03:46,355 --> 01:03:48,123
[ Dogs barking ]
1360
01:03:48,156 --> 01:03:50,159
[ Vehicle approaching ]
1361
01:03:50,192 --> 01:03:53,162
[ Rap music playing on radio ]
1362
01:03:53,195 --> 01:03:54,997
[ Music stops ]
1363
01:03:53,195 --> 01:03:54,997
What's up, man?
1364
01:03:55,030 --> 01:03:57,967
Hey, yo, I got a petition
I need you to sign, too.
1365
01:03:58,000 --> 01:04:00,469
[ Barking continues ]
1366
01:04:05,307 --> 01:04:07,176
What?
You ain't gonna sign it?
1367
01:04:07,209 --> 01:04:09,345
[ Engine starts ]
1368
01:04:07,209 --> 01:04:09,345
It's for the kids, man!
1369
01:04:26,161 --> 01:04:29,298
[ Door opens ]
1370
01:04:26,161 --> 01:04:29,298
Rise and shine.
1371
01:04:29,331 --> 01:04:31,400
Mm!
1372
01:04:33,302 --> 01:04:36,038
Girl, it's been a week.
1373
01:04:36,071 --> 01:04:38,540
Get your ass
out of this damn bed.
1374
01:04:41,376 --> 01:04:44,313
Listen, I just worked
a 12-hour shift.
1375
01:04:44,346 --> 01:04:47,283
My feet hurt. My back hurts.
My soul hurts.
1376
01:04:47,316 --> 01:04:49,919
But I'm here.
1377
01:04:49,952 --> 01:04:51,120
I'm here.
1378
01:04:51,153 --> 01:04:54,357
So get your ass
outta this damn bed.
1379
01:04:56,491 --> 01:04:58,628
Okay.
1380
01:05:00,028 --> 01:05:02,298
But Cliff Williams
is gonna be here
1381
01:05:02,331 --> 01:05:05,968
with about a million parents
in exactly --
1382
01:05:06,001 --> 01:05:09,171
hmm --
15 minutes.
1383
01:05:09,204 --> 01:05:10,706
Wait, what?
1384
01:05:10,739 --> 01:05:12,174
Mm-hmm.
1385
01:05:12,207 --> 01:05:14,076
This is a movement,
honey.
1386
01:05:14,109 --> 01:05:16,412
It don't stop just 'cause
you caught the vapors.
1387
01:05:18,380 --> 01:05:20,683
[ Crying ]
1388
01:05:20,716 --> 01:05:23,519
Aw, hell no.
Okay.
1389
01:05:23,552 --> 01:05:25,621
All right, all right.
1390
01:05:28,090 --> 01:05:29,959
Here, baby.
1391
01:05:32,561 --> 01:05:35,197
I can't go out there.
1392
01:05:35,230 --> 01:05:38,434
Either you go out there,
or they come in here.
1393
01:05:38,467 --> 01:05:40,469
But you doing this.
1394
01:05:40,502 --> 01:05:47,308
I got my ass handed to me
on that show, Shondae.
1395
01:05:47,342 --> 01:05:49,545
There's still plenty left.
1396
01:05:51,079 --> 01:05:52,381
Mm-hmm!
1397
01:05:52,414 --> 01:05:55,084
[ Laughs ]
You're too much.
1398
01:05:55,117 --> 01:05:57,420
[ Laughs ]
1399
01:05:58,587 --> 01:06:01,090
Shondae, I got to tell you
something.
1400
01:06:05,160 --> 01:06:06,662
Sure, anything.
1401
01:06:14,369 --> 01:06:16,072
Come on.
1402
01:06:18,373 --> 01:06:20,176
I can't even
look at you.
1403
01:06:22,244 --> 01:06:27,216
James, my son...
he --
1404
01:06:27,249 --> 01:06:30,685
He was the one
who stomped my Jerome's glasses.
1405
01:06:30,719 --> 01:06:33,289
I know all about that.
1406
01:06:35,390 --> 01:06:37,725
Then why are you here?
1407
01:06:37,759 --> 01:06:40,529
'Cause this is bigger
than all of that.
1408
01:06:40,562 --> 01:06:44,232
Plus, James ever come
near my Jerome again,
1409
01:06:44,266 --> 01:06:46,268
he got me to deal with.
1410
01:06:46,301 --> 01:06:48,537
[ Both laugh ]
1411
01:06:50,572 --> 01:06:52,241
I can work with that.
1412
01:06:52,274 --> 01:06:54,076
Then we good.
1413
01:06:52,274 --> 01:06:54,076
Then we good.
1414
01:06:58,146 --> 01:07:00,783
Shondae, what am I gonna
tell all these people?
1415
01:07:03,452 --> 01:07:05,521
The right thing.
1416
01:07:07,522 --> 01:07:09,625
You're gonna say
the right thing.
1417
01:07:11,760 --> 01:07:13,629
[ Scoffs ]
1418
01:07:13,662 --> 01:07:17,767
[ Clock ticking ]
1419
01:07:20,769 --> 01:07:23,839
Okay, good lord, family.
He don't bite.
1420
01:07:23,872 --> 01:07:26,808
Excuse me, baby.
1421
01:07:23,872 --> 01:07:26,808
Not my friends, at least.
1422
01:07:26,842 --> 01:07:29,578
Where's Virginia?
1423
01:07:26,842 --> 01:07:29,578
Mm.
1424
01:07:29,611 --> 01:07:32,548
She was delayed.
We should just get started.
1425
01:07:32,581 --> 01:07:35,184
I'm out.
1426
01:07:35,217 --> 01:07:37,352
No, Tash. Come --
Come on. No, no, no!
1427
01:07:35,217 --> 01:07:37,352
Unh-unh!
1428
01:07:37,385 --> 01:07:41,090
Listen, y'all, y'all can't
just walk out like that.
1429
01:07:41,123 --> 01:07:44,093
Virginia: Sit...
1430
01:07:41,123 --> 01:07:44,093
Why not?
1431
01:07:44,126 --> 01:07:45,394
...down.
1432
01:07:45,427 --> 01:07:48,097
[ Women groan ]
1433
01:07:48,130 --> 01:07:51,600
Well, you heard her.
Get back in there and sit down.
1434
01:07:51,633 --> 01:07:53,301
Please.
1435
01:07:53,335 --> 01:07:55,637
Go this way.
1436
01:07:55,670 --> 01:07:59,675
Now, I know what you all
are thinking.
1437
01:07:59,708 --> 01:08:02,377
And I know because
I thought the same thing
1438
01:08:02,410 --> 01:08:04,245
when I first met
the Congressman.
1439
01:08:04,279 --> 01:08:05,447
No offense.
1440
01:08:05,480 --> 01:08:08,183
No offense.
1441
01:08:08,216 --> 01:08:11,854
And I thought he can't be
bothered with us.
1442
01:08:11,887 --> 01:08:14,290
He doesn't care
about us.
1443
01:08:16,691 --> 01:08:18,394
But he does.
1444
01:08:22,564 --> 01:08:26,469
Is she right?
Do you care?
1445
01:08:28,870 --> 01:08:33,742
Look, I understand why
you might doubt me.
1446
01:08:33,774 --> 01:08:37,545
I'm a white man
with a Harvard degree,
1447
01:08:37,578 --> 01:08:39,481
two homes,
a chauffeur --
1448
01:08:39,514 --> 01:08:41,617
A fat head.
1449
01:08:39,514 --> 01:08:41,617
[ Laughs ]
1450
01:08:41,649 --> 01:08:43,652
[ Clears throat ]
1451
01:08:43,685 --> 01:08:46,555
And a fat head.
1452
01:08:46,587 --> 01:08:50,392
But this isn't about me.
1453
01:08:50,425 --> 01:08:52,594
It's about your children.
1454
01:08:52,627 --> 01:08:56,265
Can you get my son into a school
where they don't beat him up
because he's bright?
1455
01:08:58,200 --> 01:09:01,636
There's no telling what we can
accomplish if we work together.
1456
01:09:01,670 --> 01:09:03,906
Man, why should we
trust you?
1457
01:09:03,939 --> 01:09:06,241
Ha ha.
You shouldn't trust me.
1458
01:09:06,274 --> 01:09:08,177
I'm a politician.
1459
01:09:08,210 --> 01:09:10,913
[ Light laughter ]
1460
01:09:10,946 --> 01:09:14,950
But what you can trust is that
I'm a hell of a legislator.
1461
01:09:14,983 --> 01:09:18,353
And I'm never better than
when the stakes are high
1462
01:09:18,386 --> 01:09:20,522
and the odds are long.
1463
01:09:20,555 --> 01:09:24,560
So I'm confused. Are we talking
about politics or poker?
1464
01:09:24,593 --> 01:09:27,196
[ Laughter ]
1465
01:09:27,229 --> 01:09:30,699
I never fold.
I can't.
1466
01:09:32,701 --> 01:09:36,738
So, where do we go from here?
1467
01:09:36,770 --> 01:09:39,441
♪♪
1468
01:09:39,474 --> 01:09:43,912
♪ Some souls are born
in the shadow ♪
1469
01:09:43,944 --> 01:09:47,415
Lorraine Townsend
is going to fight you -- hard.
1470
01:09:47,448 --> 01:09:51,353
And I'm sorry to say
that Congress just
doesn't care about you.
1471
01:09:51,386 --> 01:09:53,522
Well, we gonna have
to make them care.
That's what we gonna do.
1472
01:09:53,555 --> 01:09:54,923
Well, now, how are
we gonna do that?
1473
01:09:54,956 --> 01:09:58,493
♪ Out of the womb
in shackles ♪
1474
01:09:58,526 --> 01:10:00,929
If you want people
in Congress to care,
1475
01:10:00,962 --> 01:10:04,600
you need to find someone
with clout to endorse you.
1476
01:10:04,633 --> 01:10:06,535
Wha-- The mayor.
1477
01:10:06,568 --> 01:10:08,770
Exactly.
1478
01:10:08,803 --> 01:10:11,373
That is gonna
take a miracle.
1479
01:10:11,406 --> 01:10:15,943
The mayor is on Townsend's side,
a-a-and has been for years.
1480
01:10:15,977 --> 01:10:20,349
Well, luckily
I specialize in miracles.
1481
01:10:20,382 --> 01:10:21,916
And now, so do you.
1482
01:10:21,950 --> 01:10:26,822
♪ Well, sometimes
you got to rise ♪
1483
01:10:26,855 --> 01:10:28,891
♪ Rise ♪
1484
01:10:30,358 --> 01:10:33,862
♪ Sometimes you got to rise ♪
1485
01:10:33,895 --> 01:10:35,898
♪ Rise ♪
1486
01:10:37,799 --> 01:10:39,601
♪ Above your ♪
1487
01:10:39,634 --> 01:10:41,036
Okay, can someone
please tell me
1488
01:10:41,069 --> 01:10:42,671
where the hell
the Congressman is?
1489
01:10:42,704 --> 01:10:45,374
He is coming.
He's gonna be here.
1490
01:10:45,407 --> 01:10:48,377
This is crazy.
1491
01:10:48,410 --> 01:10:51,280
Oh, you made it!
1492
01:10:51,313 --> 01:10:53,282
You made it!
1493
01:10:53,315 --> 01:10:55,817
What's going on?
Anything for my baby sister.
1494
01:10:55,850 --> 01:10:57,753
So happy to see you.
1495
01:10:57,786 --> 01:11:00,022
Hey! Ah!
1496
01:11:00,055 --> 01:11:02,924
[ Cellphone ringing ]
1497
01:11:00,055 --> 01:11:02,924
Oh, wait. Hold on.
1498
01:11:02,957 --> 01:11:04,926
Hey.
1499
01:11:02,957 --> 01:11:04,926
Oh.
1500
01:11:04,959 --> 01:11:06,894
Hello, Congressman.
1501
01:11:06,928 --> 01:11:09,564
Congressman Williams:
I can't make it.
1502
01:11:06,928 --> 01:11:09,564
Wait, what?
1503
01:11:09,597 --> 01:11:11,400
I've got another vote --
1504
01:11:11,433 --> 01:11:13,502
the Water Reclamation
and Storage Act.
1505
01:11:13,535 --> 01:11:14,936
The what?
1506
01:11:14,969 --> 01:11:17,339
The point is that
when I vote andquot;yes
1507
01:11:17,372 --> 01:11:19,775
we'll pick up six votes andquot;yes
for us.
1508
01:11:19,808 --> 01:11:21,476
So how many do you need?
1509
01:11:21,509 --> 01:11:23,312
218.
1510
01:11:24,579 --> 01:11:27,416
Ugh.
1511
01:11:24,579 --> 01:11:27,416
What's he saying?
1512
01:11:27,449 --> 01:11:29,851
He's saying that
he's not coming.
1513
01:11:29,884 --> 01:11:31,353
What?
1514
01:11:31,386 --> 01:11:33,722
Okay, I'm gonna
kill that man.
1515
01:11:33,755 --> 01:11:36,525
[ Indistinct conversations ]
1516
01:11:41,496 --> 01:11:44,032
Hey.
1517
01:11:44,065 --> 01:11:46,335
You want to help me
give a speech?
1518
01:11:46,368 --> 01:11:52,107
♪♪
1519
01:11:52,140 --> 01:11:53,875
Come on.
1520
01:11:53,908 --> 01:11:56,445
[ Indistinct conversations ]
1521
01:11:56,478 --> 01:12:04,553
♪♪
1522
01:12:04,586 --> 01:12:11,993
♪♪
1523
01:12:12,026 --> 01:12:15,530
Hello, everybody!
I'm Delilah.
1524
01:12:15,563 --> 01:12:17,466
All: Hi, Delilah.
1525
01:12:17,499 --> 01:12:18,934
This is Miss Virginia!
1526
01:12:18,967 --> 01:12:21,702
She's nervous,
so I'm helping her.
1527
01:12:21,736 --> 01:12:24,106
Hi, Miss Virginia.
1528
01:12:26,808 --> 01:12:29,544
Uh, thank you, Delilah.
1529
01:12:29,577 --> 01:12:31,046
[ Chuckles ]
1530
01:12:31,079 --> 01:12:34,014
Uh, Delilah is right.
1531
01:12:34,048 --> 01:12:36,050
I am so nervous.
1532
01:12:36,084 --> 01:12:37,619
Um...
1533
01:12:37,652 --> 01:12:41,456
But, you know, I start
to feel less nervous
1534
01:12:41,489 --> 01:12:43,458
when I look out at this crowd.
1535
01:12:43,491 --> 01:12:45,794
In fact, I start
to feel fantastic.
1536
01:12:45,827 --> 01:12:47,796
Yes!
1537
01:12:45,827 --> 01:12:47,796
[ Laughs ]
1538
01:12:47,829 --> 01:12:50,132
I feel fantastic because
1539
01:12:50,165 --> 01:12:54,403
there's just so much power
standing here.
1540
01:12:54,436 --> 01:12:56,036
There's so much purpose.
1541
01:12:56,070 --> 01:12:58,407
There is so much strength
right here.
1542
01:12:58,440 --> 01:13:01,076
Can you feel it?
Can you feel it?
1543
01:13:01,109 --> 01:13:02,978
Yes!
1544
01:13:03,011 --> 01:13:05,947
Now -- now,
those up on the Hill,
1545
01:13:05,980 --> 01:13:09,084
they said we would fail.
1546
01:13:09,117 --> 01:13:13,622
They say that we all don't care
about our kids.
1547
01:13:13,655 --> 01:13:16,590
But they could not be
more wrong.
1548
01:13:16,624 --> 01:13:18,160
[ Cheers and applause ]
1549
01:13:18,193 --> 01:13:20,662
Hi.
1550
01:13:20,695 --> 01:13:25,433
Yeah, you will not believe
what's going on down here.
1551
01:13:25,467 --> 01:13:27,701
We have started a petition.
1552
01:13:27,735 --> 01:13:32,574
And more than 7,000 people
have signed it.
1553
01:13:32,607 --> 01:13:35,143
That's right -- 7,000.
1554
01:13:35,176 --> 01:13:37,946
And we are going to march it
over to the mayor's office.
1555
01:13:37,979 --> 01:13:40,048
We are going to put it
in his hand.
1556
01:13:40,081 --> 01:13:42,684
And we are going
to get his support.
1557
01:13:42,717 --> 01:13:45,853
Do you hear me?
1558
01:13:42,717 --> 01:13:45,853
That's right!
1559
01:13:45,887 --> 01:13:47,522
I need you
to fix this.
1560
01:13:47,555 --> 01:13:49,991
I'm not shutting down
a peaceful protest, Lorraine.
1561
01:13:50,024 --> 01:13:51,193
This is America.
1562
01:13:51,226 --> 01:13:52,827
Now, do you see these?
1563
01:13:52,861 --> 01:13:54,663
You see these bags?
1564
01:13:54,696 --> 01:13:56,998
These backpacks,
every single one of them
1565
01:13:57,031 --> 01:13:59,534
is filled with signatures --
1566
01:13:59,567 --> 01:14:03,538
yours, mine,
our neighbors,
1567
01:14:03,571 --> 01:14:05,207
our friends.
1568
01:14:03,571 --> 01:14:05,207
Whoo!
1569
01:14:05,240 --> 01:14:07,041
We need your help to
get them over there.
1570
01:14:07,075 --> 01:14:09,544
Who wants to carry one?
Come on.
1571
01:14:09,577 --> 01:14:11,480
Come on up here.
Help us with a bag.
1572
01:14:11,513 --> 01:14:13,114
Come on up here.
1573
01:14:13,147 --> 01:14:18,653
Because we have to let them know
that kids come first.
1574
01:14:18,686 --> 01:14:20,688
Kids come first!
1575
01:14:20,722 --> 01:14:22,624
All: [ Chanting ]
Kids come first!
1576
01:14:22,657 --> 01:14:24,159
Kids come first!
1577
01:14:24,192 --> 01:14:25,760
Kids come first!
1578
01:14:25,793 --> 01:14:28,163
Kids come first!
Kids come first!
1579
01:14:28,196 --> 01:14:31,032
My entire legacy
going down the drain.
1580
01:14:31,065 --> 01:14:34,035
All because of this
ridiculous woman.
1581
01:14:34,068 --> 01:14:36,137
Are you listening to me?
1582
01:14:36,170 --> 01:14:38,006
Kids come first!
1583
01:14:38,039 --> 01:14:39,708
Kids come first!
1584
01:14:39,741 --> 01:14:41,276
Kids come first!
1585
01:14:41,309 --> 01:14:43,078
Kids come first!
1586
01:14:43,111 --> 01:14:44,779
Kids come first!
1587
01:14:44,812 --> 01:14:46,248
Kids come first!
1588
01:14:46,281 --> 01:14:47,949
Kids come first!
1589
01:14:47,982 --> 01:14:49,784
Kids come first!
1590
01:14:49,817 --> 01:14:53,021
[ Vehicle approaches ]
1591
01:14:53,054 --> 01:14:55,824
[ Music playing on radio ]
1592
01:14:55,857 --> 01:15:02,697
♪♪
1593
01:15:02,730 --> 01:15:05,000
[ Music stops ]
1594
01:15:02,730 --> 01:15:05,000
Superfly.
1595
01:15:05,033 --> 01:15:07,702
Everything cool?
1596
01:15:07,735 --> 01:15:10,539
Hey, yo, speak up.
You finding your way?
1597
01:15:10,572 --> 01:15:12,007
Yeah.
1598
01:15:12,040 --> 01:15:15,176
Yeah, you --
you been working real hard.
1599
01:15:15,209 --> 01:15:17,913
Maybe I put you
on your own corner.
1600
01:15:20,214 --> 01:15:22,618
Yo, come here, man.
1601
01:15:24,686 --> 01:15:27,755
I want to ask you something.
Make sure you tell me the truth.
1602
01:15:27,789 --> 01:15:30,090
The count's off.
1603
01:15:30,124 --> 01:15:33,128
Know anything about that?
1604
01:15:33,161 --> 01:15:35,063
Nah.
1605
01:15:36,965 --> 01:15:39,568
Yo, just playin' with you,
man.
1606
01:15:39,601 --> 01:15:42,837
Hey, almost forgot.
This right here...
1607
01:15:42,870 --> 01:15:45,640
for services rendered.
1608
01:15:45,673 --> 01:15:48,043
Yeah!
1609
01:15:48,076 --> 01:15:50,779
Jays is fine, right?
1610
01:15:48,076 --> 01:15:50,779
Yeah.
1611
01:15:50,812 --> 01:15:52,714
Thanks.
1612
01:15:54,115 --> 01:15:56,885
Yo, uh, where Bonz at?
1613
01:15:56,918 --> 01:15:58,754
Uh...
1614
01:16:00,922 --> 01:16:03,058
[ Sighs ]
1615
01:16:04,726 --> 01:16:06,962
[ Sighs ]
1616
01:16:11,265 --> 01:16:12,867
[ Sighs ]
1617
01:16:12,900 --> 01:16:14,736
...poverty,
communities torn by crime.
1618
01:16:14,769 --> 01:16:16,638
[ Scoffs ] Windbag.
1619
01:16:16,671 --> 01:16:19,040
Today, I stand before you
with my friend and colleague
1620
01:16:19,073 --> 01:16:22,978
from across the aisle,
Congressman Clifford William.
1621
01:16:24,412 --> 01:16:29,718
And I hereby endorse the
D.C. Education Incentive Act.
1622
01:16:29,751 --> 01:16:32,821
I call upon Congress
to move forward and to act.
1623
01:16:32,854 --> 01:16:34,255
Ahh!
1624
01:16:34,288 --> 01:16:35,857
Ma! Ma!
1625
01:16:34,288 --> 01:16:35,857
Yes, yes!
1626
01:16:35,890 --> 01:16:38,159
Do not kill this bill...
1627
01:16:35,890 --> 01:16:38,159
I thought you was dying.
1628
01:16:38,192 --> 01:16:40,095
...a bill which provides
great opportunities --
1629
01:16:38,192 --> 01:16:40,095
No, no, no.
Mnh-mnh.
1630
01:16:40,128 --> 01:16:43,365
I am very much alive!
1631
01:16:43,398 --> 01:16:45,400
Oh, my goodness!
1632
01:16:45,433 --> 01:16:47,836
[ Telephone rings ]
1633
01:16:45,433 --> 01:16:47,836
Oh, wait, hold on
while I get the phone.
1634
01:16:47,869 --> 01:16:49,804
[ Laughs ]
1635
01:16:49,837 --> 01:16:51,873
Hello?
1636
01:16:51,906 --> 01:16:54,109
Oh! Hi!
1637
01:16:54,142 --> 01:16:56,211
We are watching you right now
on the TV.
1638
01:16:56,244 --> 01:16:57,911
Congressman Williams:
You're going to need a speech
1639
01:16:57,945 --> 01:16:59,947
for when you testify
before Congress.
1640
01:16:59,981 --> 01:17:01,316
Wait, no.
1641
01:17:01,349 --> 01:17:03,351
No, I-I -- I-I-I really --
1642
01:17:03,384 --> 01:17:06,955
♪♪
1643
01:17:06,988 --> 01:17:10,759
Sit.
Oh, my goodness.
1644
01:17:10,792 --> 01:17:13,261
Yes!
1645
01:17:13,294 --> 01:17:16,264
[ Dog barking ]
1646
01:17:18,933 --> 01:17:21,236
What's up?
1647
01:17:22,737 --> 01:17:26,107
Before I give you this, can you
sign this for my little sister?
1648
01:17:26,140 --> 01:17:28,377
[ Dog barks ]
1649
01:17:35,717 --> 01:17:37,251
All right.
1650
01:17:37,285 --> 01:17:39,354
A little token
of appreciation.
1651
01:17:39,387 --> 01:17:41,755
It's on the house.
1652
01:17:41,789 --> 01:17:44,893
[ Dog barking, telephone rings ]
1653
01:17:44,926 --> 01:17:46,728
Virginia: Hello?
1654
01:17:46,761 --> 01:17:48,263
Woman: I was calling you about
the scholarship program.
1655
01:17:48,296 --> 01:17:49,964
Abs-- Yes.
1656
01:17:49,997 --> 01:17:52,434
You want to do something
with the scholarship program.
1657
01:17:52,467 --> 01:17:56,036
I will --
Uh, let me just grab a pen,
1658
01:17:56,070 --> 01:17:59,808
and then I can get
all of your information.
1659
01:17:59,841 --> 01:18:01,410
Okay.
1660
01:18:04,445 --> 01:18:07,014
Hello?
1661
01:18:07,048 --> 01:18:08,416
Hello?
1662
01:18:08,449 --> 01:18:13,455
♪♪
1663
01:18:19,360 --> 01:18:24,366
♪♪
1664
01:18:31,105 --> 01:18:33,508
Ma! When's dinner?
I'm starving.
1665
01:18:33,541 --> 01:18:38,880
I'm not even gonna ask you
to explain this.
1666
01:18:38,913 --> 01:18:40,080
[ Bangs desk ]
1667
01:18:40,114 --> 01:18:44,251
You are not even
going to school.
1668
01:18:44,285 --> 01:18:47,021
Did Garnett Brown
give you these? Huh?
1669
01:18:47,054 --> 01:18:50,826
Are you selling your soul
for clown shoes?
1670
01:18:53,261 --> 01:18:55,029
[ Stove clicking ]
1671
01:18:53,261 --> 01:18:55,029
Ma. Ma, what are you --
1672
01:18:55,062 --> 01:18:56,498
What are you doing?
Mom -- Mom --
1673
01:18:56,531 --> 01:18:58,166
Please don't do that, Ma.
That's my money. Please.
1674
01:18:58,199 --> 01:18:59,500
It is not yours.
1675
01:18:59,534 --> 01:19:01,102
You did not
earn this honestly,
1676
01:19:01,135 --> 01:19:03,171
and you will never
spend it.
1677
01:19:03,204 --> 01:19:05,507
Stop, Mom! Please! Stop!
Mom, what are you doing?!
1678
01:19:05,540 --> 01:19:07,542
Stop! Please!
Please!
1679
01:19:07,575 --> 01:19:10,111
Stop it!
1680
01:19:07,575 --> 01:19:10,111
[ Groans ]
1681
01:19:10,144 --> 01:19:11,312
I hate you!
1682
01:19:11,345 --> 01:19:13,948
I hate you!
I hate you!
1683
01:19:13,981 --> 01:19:15,517
I hate you, Ma!
1684
01:19:15,550 --> 01:19:17,552
I hate you.
1685
01:19:17,585 --> 01:19:23,057
♪♪
1686
01:19:23,090 --> 01:19:25,393
[ Door closes ]
1687
01:19:25,426 --> 01:19:30,432
♪♪
1688
01:19:36,304 --> 01:19:41,309
♪♪
1689
01:19:47,849 --> 01:19:52,854
♪♪
1690
01:19:52,887 --> 01:19:55,223
[ Spray can hissing ]
1691
01:19:55,256 --> 01:20:01,863
♪♪
1692
01:20:01,896 --> 01:20:09,237
♪♪
1693
01:20:09,270 --> 01:20:13,107
Damn.
How you do that?
1694
01:20:13,140 --> 01:20:15,210
Just do.
1695
01:20:13,140 --> 01:20:15,210
andquot;Just do
1696
01:20:15,243 --> 01:20:17,345
Yeah.
1697
01:20:20,581 --> 01:20:22,951
Lucky as hell, man.
1698
01:20:22,984 --> 01:20:25,086
Look at this.
You got talent.
1699
01:20:27,355 --> 01:20:31,058
I'd try to make some money
off this shit.
1700
01:20:31,092 --> 01:20:32,594
My mom found my money,
man.
1701
01:20:35,296 --> 01:20:37,498
Oh, shit.
1702
01:20:37,531 --> 01:20:40,435
She hates me.
1703
01:20:40,468 --> 01:20:41,870
Your mom don't hate you.
1704
01:20:41,903 --> 01:20:44,372
She's --
I wish I had a mom
1705
01:20:44,405 --> 01:20:46,941
like would stay
on me like that.
1706
01:20:46,974 --> 01:20:48,510
Then you can have her.
1707
01:20:52,113 --> 01:20:54,883
You don't get it, man.
1708
01:20:54,916 --> 01:20:56,150
Just think about this,
though --
1709
01:20:56,183 --> 01:20:57,886
Some kids
don't even have a mom
1710
01:20:57,919 --> 01:21:01,055
or a pops out here, man.
1711
01:21:01,088 --> 01:21:02,956
Alright.
1712
01:21:02,990 --> 01:21:07,195
Everything your mom do, man,
she do for you.
1713
01:21:07,228 --> 01:21:09,531
I wish my moms would get it
together like that.
1714
01:21:14,001 --> 01:21:15,470
Yeah, you right.
1715
01:21:19,373 --> 01:21:21,509
Be safe, man.
1716
01:21:21,542 --> 01:21:26,548
♪♪
1717
01:21:33,120 --> 01:21:38,126
♪♪
1718
01:21:44,532 --> 01:21:49,537
♪♪
1719
01:21:56,110 --> 01:22:01,116
♪♪
1720
01:22:08,522 --> 01:22:11,192
[ Exhales deeply ]
1721
01:22:14,095 --> 01:22:18,599
♪♪
1722
01:22:18,632 --> 01:22:20,735
[ Gunshots ]
1723
01:22:20,768 --> 01:22:22,704
[ Dog barking, alarm blaring ]
1724
01:22:22,737 --> 01:22:25,674
[ Tires squeal ]
1725
01:22:32,480 --> 01:22:34,248
Jesus. James!
1726
01:22:34,281 --> 01:22:38,286
James! Oh, my God.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
1727
01:22:41,655 --> 01:22:43,224
Bonz?
1728
01:22:43,257 --> 01:22:47,762
Oh, Jesus.
1729
01:22:47,795 --> 01:22:50,164
Jesus.
1730
01:22:50,197 --> 01:22:53,301
[ Sobbing ]
1731
01:22:53,334 --> 01:23:03,177
♪♪
1732
01:23:03,210 --> 01:23:05,646
Somebody help me!
1733
01:23:05,679 --> 01:23:08,549
[ Sobbing continues ]
1734
01:23:08,582 --> 01:23:16,057
♪♪
1735
01:23:16,090 --> 01:23:18,793
[ Sirens wailing in distance ]
1736
01:23:18,826 --> 01:23:21,429
[ Police radio chatter ]
1737
01:23:21,462 --> 01:23:26,468
♪♪
1738
01:23:33,274 --> 01:23:35,610
[ Engine starts ]
1739
01:23:35,643 --> 01:23:40,648
♪♪
1740
01:23:45,786 --> 01:23:50,792
♪♪
1741
01:23:56,797 --> 01:24:01,803
♪♪
1742
01:24:09,110 --> 01:24:14,115
♪♪
1743
01:24:20,387 --> 01:24:23,758
I run a high school
with 1,200 students.
1744
01:24:23,791 --> 01:24:25,159
The building is falling down.
1745
01:24:25,192 --> 01:24:27,361
We can't afford chalk.
1746
01:24:27,394 --> 01:24:32,233
And she wants to steal
what little we do have for her
1747
01:24:32,266 --> 01:24:35,635
so-called
andquot;scholarship
1748
01:24:35,669 --> 01:24:39,173
This woman delivered
7,000 signatures,
1749
01:24:39,206 --> 01:24:41,375
but the D.C. Education
Incentive Act
1750
01:24:41,408 --> 01:24:45,313
would only provide scholarships
for 1,700 kids.
1751
01:24:45,346 --> 01:24:47,415
It's an affront
on equal opportunity.
1752
01:24:47,448 --> 01:24:48,883
We cannot allow it.
1753
01:24:48,916 --> 01:24:53,187
Next up, we will have, um,
Virginia Walden.
1754
01:24:53,220 --> 01:24:59,360
♪♪
1755
01:24:59,393 --> 01:25:02,864
[ Clears throat ]
1756
01:25:02,897 --> 01:25:04,832
I wrote a speech.
1757
01:25:04,865 --> 01:25:10,538
Um, I was gonna come here
and beg you all
1758
01:25:10,571 --> 01:25:15,543
to not
abandon our children.
1759
01:25:15,576 --> 01:25:17,378
Again.
1760
01:25:17,411 --> 01:25:22,283
But then, um,
then after this andquot;testimony,
1761
01:25:22,316 --> 01:25:25,853
I-I just can't
be polite anymore.
1762
01:25:25,886 --> 01:25:28,289
This misinformation.
1763
01:25:28,322 --> 01:25:31,192
The bad faith --
1764
01:25:28,322 --> 01:25:31,192
Ms. Walden.
1765
01:25:31,225 --> 01:25:34,228
Let me just start
with Principal Chapman.
1766
01:25:34,261 --> 01:25:38,199
You said that this bill
takes money away
1767
01:25:38,232 --> 01:25:40,635
from the public schools
and makes them worse.
1768
01:25:40,668 --> 01:25:43,170
But, sir, have you even read it?
1769
01:25:46,207 --> 01:25:50,244
[ Camera shutter clicks ]
1770
01:25:50,277 --> 01:25:52,513
Didn't think so.
1771
01:25:52,546 --> 01:25:55,283
Because if he had read it,
he would have known
1772
01:25:55,316 --> 01:25:59,286
that it provides the same
funding for the public schools
1773
01:25:59,320 --> 01:26:02,190
as it does for
the scholarship program.
1774
01:26:02,223 --> 01:26:04,225
That's what we call compromise.
1775
01:26:04,258 --> 01:26:07,295
And we wrote it like that
so that people would not be able
1776
01:26:07,328 --> 01:26:10,698
to argue that we're somehow
undermining the public schools.
1777
01:26:10,731 --> 01:26:14,669
But, yet, sir, somehow,
1778
01:26:14,702 --> 01:26:18,940
here you are arguing
exactly that.
1779
01:26:18,973 --> 01:26:20,641
And you, Mr. Patterson,
1780
01:26:20,674 --> 01:26:22,910
or should I really just call you
andquot;Mr. Lobbyist
1781
01:26:22,943 --> 01:26:25,379
Because, and I do think it is
important for this room
1782
01:26:25,412 --> 01:26:28,849
to know this,
this is not a neutral party.
1783
01:26:28,882 --> 01:26:32,320
This is one
of Lorraine Townsend's
1784
01:26:32,353 --> 01:26:33,721
biggest donors.
1785
01:26:33,754 --> 01:26:35,489
She is bought and paid for --
1786
01:26:35,522 --> 01:26:36,757
Ms. Walden.
1787
01:26:36,790 --> 01:26:41,329
Now, now, Ms. Townsend,
1788
01:26:41,362 --> 01:26:44,298
I have the floor.
1789
01:26:44,331 --> 01:26:47,802
I'm so tired of this --
1790
01:26:47,835 --> 01:26:52,807
so tired of trying to persuade
you all to do the right thing.
1791
01:26:52,840 --> 01:26:56,344
So now, I am just going
to flat out tell you
1792
01:26:56,377 --> 01:26:57,545
what you are going to do.
1793
01:26:57,578 --> 01:27:01,983
You are going to do right
by my son.
1794
01:27:02,016 --> 01:27:04,285
You are going
to do right by him
1795
01:27:04,318 --> 01:27:05,853
and the thousands of kids
1796
01:27:05,886 --> 01:27:08,823
in Washington, D.C.
just like him.
1797
01:27:08,856 --> 01:27:11,525
♪♪
1798
01:27:11,558 --> 01:27:14,528
This is America.
1799
01:27:14,561 --> 01:27:16,964
This is the land of opportunity.
1800
01:27:16,997 --> 01:27:19,934
There is no opportunity
if there is no education,
1801
01:27:19,967 --> 01:27:22,704
and you all know that is true.
1802
01:27:24,838 --> 01:27:27,875
So you cannot --
1803
01:27:27,908 --> 01:27:31,012
You must not --
1804
01:27:31,045 --> 01:27:37,051
♪♪
1805
01:27:37,084 --> 01:27:41,656
You will not deny our children
their right to learn.
1806
01:27:41,689 --> 01:27:45,326
♪♪
1807
01:27:45,359 --> 01:27:46,928
One last point.
1808
01:27:49,330 --> 01:27:50,931
[ Groans ]
1809
01:27:50,964 --> 01:27:53,567
[ Zipper unzips ]
1810
01:27:53,600 --> 01:28:03,511
♪♪
1811
01:28:03,544 --> 01:28:08,616
Way more than 7,000 people
signed up for this.
1812
01:28:08,649 --> 01:28:11,018
People want this.
1813
01:28:11,051 --> 01:28:13,321
And it is life or death
for them.
1814
01:28:13,354 --> 01:28:14,855
And -- and in fact,
1815
01:28:14,888 --> 01:28:19,827
the boy who collected
these signatures --
1816
01:28:19,860 --> 01:28:23,364
he got shot last night
trying to deliver them to me.
1817
01:28:25,466 --> 01:28:30,638
He was a dropout.
1818
01:28:30,671 --> 01:28:35,810
A drug dealer who just wanted
better for his little sister.
1819
01:28:35,843 --> 01:28:39,813
♪♪
1820
01:28:39,847 --> 01:28:41,916
Don't let his death
be in vain.
1821
01:28:41,949 --> 01:28:50,090
♪♪
1822
01:28:50,124 --> 01:28:54,661
♪♪
1823
01:28:54,695 --> 01:28:56,864
[ Gavel bangs ]
1824
01:28:56,897 --> 01:29:00,568
[ Indistinct conversations ]
1825
01:29:00,601 --> 01:29:02,635
Mama?
1826
01:29:02,669 --> 01:29:05,706
Oh, baby.
1827
01:29:09,810 --> 01:29:11,579
Thanks, Ma.
1828
01:29:11,612 --> 01:29:14,648
♪♪
1829
01:29:14,681 --> 01:29:17,384
Thanks
1830
01:29:17,418 --> 01:29:19,387
Okay, guys, this is it.
1831
01:29:19,420 --> 01:29:22,056
The House votes
on our bill today.
1832
01:29:22,089 --> 01:29:26,794
And we are here at the Capitol
to make sure that every
1833
01:29:26,827 --> 01:29:32,099
one of those 435 representatives
understands what's at stake.
1834
01:29:32,132 --> 01:29:35,169
What's at stake for us.
1835
01:29:35,202 --> 01:29:39,840
The people of the District
of Columbia.
1836
01:29:39,873 --> 01:29:42,942
And we will be heard.
1837
01:29:42,976 --> 01:29:45,112
Voices.
1838
01:29:42,976 --> 01:29:45,112
Crowd: Choices!
1839
01:29:45,145 --> 01:29:47,515
Second chances.
1840
01:29:45,145 --> 01:29:47,515
Second chances!
1841
01:29:47,548 --> 01:29:49,583
Kids come first.
1842
01:29:49,616 --> 01:29:53,154
Kids come first.
Kids come first.
1843
01:29:53,187 --> 01:29:54,755
Kids come first.
1844
01:29:54,788 --> 01:29:55,856
Kids come first.
Kids come first.
1845
01:29:55,889 --> 01:29:57,925
You got a permit?
1846
01:29:57,958 --> 01:29:59,527
Officer, please.
Our vote is today.
1847
01:29:59,560 --> 01:30:01,529
Hey, lady, lady, I got kids
of my own, okay?
1848
01:30:01,562 --> 01:30:03,431
I wish I could just turn my back
on all of this,
1849
01:30:03,464 --> 01:30:04,732
but we're getting
complaints.
1850
01:30:04,765 --> 01:30:06,434
Who is complaining?
1851
01:30:06,467 --> 01:30:08,635
Move or I'll have
to remove you myself.
1852
01:30:08,669 --> 01:30:11,038
Then you do
what you got to do.
1853
01:30:11,071 --> 01:30:14,708
[ Chanting andquot;Kids come first!
1854
01:30:14,741 --> 01:30:16,177
Put the megaphone down.
1855
01:30:16,210 --> 01:30:18,913
Kids come first!
Kids come first!
1856
01:30:18,946 --> 01:30:21,148
Kids come first!
1857
01:30:21,181 --> 01:30:24,852
[ Indistinct shouting ]
1858
01:30:24,885 --> 01:30:30,491
♪♪
1859
01:30:30,524 --> 01:30:33,027
[ andquot;The Price is Right
playing on television ]
1860
01:30:33,060 --> 01:30:39,934
♪♪
1861
01:30:39,967 --> 01:30:41,835
Barker: Mary, your bid.
1862
01:30:41,869 --> 01:30:47,040
[ Indistinct shouting ]
1863
01:30:47,074 --> 01:30:48,576
Mary: $850, Bob.
1864
01:30:48,609 --> 01:30:49,844
Her bid is --
1865
01:30:49,877 --> 01:30:53,180
Hi. Officer.
1866
01:30:53,213 --> 01:30:56,183
Officer.
1867
01:30:56,216 --> 01:30:57,885
Officer, please.
1868
01:30:57,918 --> 01:31:00,254
This is an emergency.
1869
01:31:00,287 --> 01:31:01,956
Man: $1,450, Bob.
1870
01:31:01,989 --> 01:31:03,723
What?
1871
01:31:03,757 --> 01:31:05,893
Could you please
put the TV on C-SPAN
1872
01:31:05,926 --> 01:31:08,796
so we can all watch
the House vote?
1873
01:31:08,829 --> 01:31:11,699
The actual retail price
is $868 --
1874
01:31:11,732 --> 01:31:13,968
[ Cheers and applause ]
1875
01:31:14,001 --> 01:31:15,736
You got kids?
1876
01:31:15,769 --> 01:31:17,271
Narrator:
Sprinkled with pollen --
1877
01:31:17,304 --> 01:31:20,741
the stigma is the green objet
on the right.
1878
01:31:20,774 --> 01:31:25,513
Almost all the pollen tubes
now grow toward the stigma.
1879
01:31:28,248 --> 01:31:30,884
So, that's government.
1880
01:31:30,918 --> 01:31:33,286
Yep.
1881
01:31:33,320 --> 01:31:36,590
What are they doing?
1882
01:31:36,623 --> 01:31:39,593
I'm not sure.
1883
01:31:36,623 --> 01:31:39,593
[ Gavel bangs ]
1884
01:31:39,626 --> 01:31:41,128
Madam Speaker:
The House is in the Committee
1885
01:31:41,161 --> 01:31:43,230
of the Whole House
of the State of the Union
1886
01:31:43,263 --> 01:31:46,300
for the further consideration
of H.R. 1956,
1887
01:31:46,333 --> 01:31:50,237
the D.C. Education
Incentive Act.
1888
01:31:50,270 --> 01:31:54,675
Narrator: This seed grew inside
a ripening apple.
1889
01:31:54,708 --> 01:31:56,544
If the seed is planted,
1890
01:31:56,577 --> 01:32:00,881
it will grow into a mature
plant that will flower.
1891
01:32:00,914 --> 01:32:03,317
If the stigma
of the flower --
1892
01:32:00,914 --> 01:32:03,317
What do you think
you're doing?
1893
01:32:03,350 --> 01:32:05,953
Madam Speaker: To provide
private school scholarships
1894
01:32:05,986 --> 01:32:09,590
to low-income District
of Columbia families.
1895
01:32:09,623 --> 01:32:12,559
Question is on
passage of the bill.
1896
01:32:12,593 --> 01:32:14,762
Those in favor, say andquot;aye.
1897
01:32:16,897 --> 01:32:18,733
Those opposed say andquot;no.
1898
01:32:21,234 --> 01:32:22,937
[ Gavel bangs ]
1899
01:32:21,234 --> 01:32:22,937
The no's have it.
1900
01:32:22,970 --> 01:32:25,806
[ People groan ]
1901
01:32:25,839 --> 01:32:28,642
Officer: That's it?
1902
01:32:28,675 --> 01:32:31,245
That's it.
1903
01:32:31,278 --> 01:32:33,080
Good.
1904
01:32:33,113 --> 01:32:34,916
andquot;Family Feud
about to come on.
1905
01:32:37,217 --> 01:32:38,986
Wait.
1906
01:32:39,019 --> 01:32:40,721
Wait. Wait, wait, wait.
Wait, Virginia.
1907
01:32:40,754 --> 01:32:42,323
Virginia, come back.
1908
01:32:42,356 --> 01:32:47,061
♪♪
1909
01:32:47,094 --> 01:32:52,600
Madam Speaker, I'd like
to ask for a recorded vote
1910
01:32:52,633 --> 01:32:55,903
on the final passage.
1911
01:32:55,936 --> 01:32:58,639
Those favoring a recorded voe
will rise.
1912
01:32:58,672 --> 01:33:06,112
♪♪
1913
01:33:06,146 --> 01:33:09,983
Those in favor having risen,
a recorded vote is ordered.
1914
01:33:10,017 --> 01:33:12,385
Members will record their voe
by electronic device.
1915
01:33:12,419 --> 01:33:14,788
This is a 15-minute vote.
1916
01:33:14,821 --> 01:33:17,391
[ Gavel bangs ]
1917
01:33:17,424 --> 01:33:22,963
♪♪
1918
01:33:22,996 --> 01:33:28,002
♪♪
1919
01:33:33,707 --> 01:33:36,176
[ Clears throat ]
Excuse me.
1920
01:33:36,209 --> 01:33:38,312
Excuse me.
1921
01:33:38,345 --> 01:33:42,716
A little last-minute
whisper campaigning, Lorraine?
1922
01:33:42,749 --> 01:33:45,285
I bet you wish
you could vote today.
1923
01:33:45,318 --> 01:33:48,088
[ Button beeps ]
1924
01:33:48,121 --> 01:33:51,291
♪♪
1925
01:33:51,324 --> 01:33:53,927
It's not fair that the member
who doesn't get to vote
1926
01:33:53,960 --> 01:33:57,431
is the representative
from D.C.
1927
01:33:57,464 --> 01:33:59,166
I feel you.
I do.
1928
01:33:59,199 --> 01:34:02,169
No, you don't.
You're enjoying this.
1929
01:34:02,202 --> 01:34:05,072
On the contrary.
I find it tragic.
1930
01:34:05,105 --> 01:34:07,875
Almost as tragic as
the thousands that elected you
1931
01:34:07,908 --> 01:34:10,978
not actually
being represented by you.
1932
01:34:11,011 --> 01:34:13,681
How dare you?
Those are my people.
1933
01:34:13,714 --> 01:34:15,015
I know them.
1934
01:34:15,048 --> 01:34:16,316
Maybe.
1935
01:34:16,349 --> 01:34:18,919
But you don't listen
to them.
1936
01:34:18,952 --> 01:34:22,389
They want this bill,
and you want to block it.
1937
01:34:22,422 --> 01:34:25,192
If that's not failure to
represent, I don't know what is.
1938
01:34:25,225 --> 01:34:30,931
♪♪
1939
01:34:30,964 --> 01:34:39,707
♪♪
1940
01:34:39,740 --> 01:34:41,974
-[ Laughs ]
-Yes!
1941
01:34:42,008 --> 01:34:47,147
♪♪
1942
01:34:47,180 --> 01:34:48,849
Dang, man.
1943
01:34:50,851 --> 01:34:53,019
[ Scoffs ] It's all good,
it's all good.
1944
01:34:53,053 --> 01:34:54,455
We still in this,
we still in this.
1945
01:34:54,488 --> 01:34:56,156
Okay, I can't take it,
I can't take it.
1946
01:34:56,189 --> 01:34:57,357
I can't take it,
I can't take it.
1947
01:34:57,390 --> 01:34:59,126
It's okay.
It's okay.
1948
01:34:59,159 --> 01:35:07,500
♪♪
1949
01:35:07,534 --> 01:35:10,304
[ Indistinct conversations ]
1950
01:35:10,337 --> 01:35:14,141
♪♪
1951
01:35:14,174 --> 01:35:16,910
[ Light applause ]
1952
01:35:16,943 --> 01:35:21,949
♪♪
1953
01:35:27,487 --> 01:35:28,856
What happens now?
1954
01:35:28,889 --> 01:35:30,290
Do they go to sudden death
or something?
1955
01:35:30,323 --> 01:35:34,128
[ People shushing ]
1956
01:35:34,161 --> 01:35:36,163
And that's that.
1957
01:35:36,196 --> 01:35:39,133
On a tie vote,
the motion loses.
1958
01:35:39,166 --> 01:35:43,504
andquot;Robert's Rules of Order,
Article 8, number 46.
1959
01:35:43,537 --> 01:35:46,006
Mm-hmm.
You got me there, Lorraine.
1960
01:35:46,039 --> 01:35:48,208
Oh! But...
1961
01:35:48,241 --> 01:35:56,250
♪♪
1962
01:35:56,283 --> 01:35:58,152
Madam Speaker:
And the andquot;ayes
1963
01:35:58,185 --> 01:36:00,854
[ Cheering ]
1964
01:36:00,887 --> 01:36:05,925
♪♪
1965
01:36:05,959 --> 01:36:10,965
♪♪
1966
01:36:17,003 --> 01:36:19,072
God, I love politics.
1967
01:36:19,105 --> 01:36:22,241
[ Sighs ]
1968
01:36:22,275 --> 01:36:24,945
[ Chuckles ]
1969
01:36:26,012 --> 01:36:28,048
Oh.
1970
01:36:31,451 --> 01:36:33,887
Mm!
1971
01:36:33,920 --> 01:36:38,926
♪♪
1972
01:36:45,165 --> 01:36:53,106
♪♪
1973
01:36:53,139 --> 01:37:00,047
♪♪
1974
01:37:00,080 --> 01:37:03,951
[ Indistinct conversations ]
1975
01:37:03,984 --> 01:37:08,355
♪♪
1976
01:37:08,388 --> 01:37:10,090
Hi, Miss Virginia!
1977
01:37:10,123 --> 01:37:12,491
Oh, my goodness!
Delilah!
1978
01:37:12,525 --> 01:37:15,094
How are you, baby girl?
1979
01:37:15,128 --> 01:37:16,496
Oh!
1980
01:37:15,128 --> 01:37:16,496
I'm good.
1981
01:37:16,529 --> 01:37:18,365
Yes.
I believe it.
1982
01:37:21,468 --> 01:37:22,870
Hi.
1983
01:37:22,903 --> 01:37:25,606
Hey.
1984
01:37:25,639 --> 01:37:29,142
Sorry for your loss.
1985
01:37:25,639 --> 01:37:29,142
Thank you.
1986
01:37:29,175 --> 01:37:31,879
♪♪
1987
01:37:31,912 --> 01:37:34,248
If you fill out this form,
we can get
1988
01:37:34,281 --> 01:37:36,383
Delilah all signed up.
1989
01:37:38,285 --> 01:37:40,954
[ Chuckles ]
I don't write too good.
1990
01:37:40,987 --> 01:37:42,489
Okay.
1991
01:37:42,522 --> 01:37:44,658
I'll help.
1992
01:37:44,691 --> 01:37:48,528
I-I just want to do good
for Delilah.
1993
01:37:48,561 --> 01:37:50,931
I don't want her
to end up like me.
1994
01:37:50,964 --> 01:37:54,468
♪♪
1995
01:37:54,501 --> 01:37:56,303
I got you.
1996
01:37:58,471 --> 01:38:01,074
[ Chuckles ] Yeah.
1997
01:38:01,107 --> 01:38:02,910
Just sign this.
1998
01:38:02,943 --> 01:38:05,579
♪♪
1999
01:38:05,612 --> 01:38:08,181
Okay, great.
2000
01:38:08,214 --> 01:38:11,351
[ Indistinct conversation ]
2001
01:38:11,384 --> 01:38:16,390
♪♪
2002
01:38:21,561 --> 01:38:26,567
♪♪
2003
01:38:33,273 --> 01:38:36,109
Great.
2004
01:38:36,142 --> 01:38:38,345
Thank you.
2005
01:38:36,142 --> 01:38:38,345
No problem.
2006
01:38:38,378 --> 01:38:47,120
♪♪
2007
01:38:47,153 --> 01:38:49,423
♪ If you hear this message ♪
2008
01:38:49,456 --> 01:38:52,025
♪ Wherever you stand ♪
2009
01:38:52,058 --> 01:38:54,428
♪ I'm calling every woman ♪
2010
01:38:54,461 --> 01:38:57,097
♪ Calling every man ♪
2011
01:38:57,130 --> 01:38:59,499
♪ We're the generation ♪
2012
01:38:59,532 --> 01:39:02,035
♪ Can't afford to wait ♪
2013
01:39:02,068 --> 01:39:04,571
♪ The future started
yesterday ♪
2014
01:39:04,604 --> 01:39:06,340
♪ And we're already late ♪
2015
01:39:06,373 --> 01:39:08,040
♪ And we ♪
2016
01:39:08,074 --> 01:39:12,079
♪ We've been looking
for a song to sing ♪
2017
01:39:12,112 --> 01:39:14,548
♪ Searched for the melody ♪
2018
01:39:14,581 --> 01:39:17,751
♪ Searched for someone
to lead ♪
2019
01:39:17,784 --> 01:39:22,155
♪ We've been looking
for the world to change ♪
2020
01:39:22,188 --> 01:39:26,626
♪ If you feel the same,
then go on say ♪
2021
01:39:26,659 --> 01:39:29,763
♪ If you're out there ♪
2022
01:39:29,796 --> 01:39:31,631
♪ Sing along with me ♪
2023
01:39:31,664 --> 01:39:34,634
♪ If you're out there ♪
2024
01:39:34,667 --> 01:39:36,536
♪ I'm going to believe ♪
2025
01:39:36,569 --> 01:39:39,539
♪ That you're out there ♪
2026
01:39:39,572 --> 01:39:41,675
♪ Stand up and say it loud ♪
2027
01:39:41,708 --> 01:39:45,045
♪ If you're out there ♪
2028
01:39:45,078 --> 01:39:50,150
♪ Tomorrow's starting now ♪
2029
01:39:50,183 --> 01:39:56,656
♪ Now, now ♪
2030
01:39:56,689 --> 01:40:00,227
♪ Oh, now ♪
2031
01:40:00,260 --> 01:40:05,432
♪ Now, now ♪
2032
01:40:05,465 --> 01:40:08,435
♪♪
2033
01:40:08,468 --> 01:40:12,539
♪ If you're ready,
we can shake the world ♪
2034
01:40:12,572 --> 01:40:14,775
♪ Believe again ♪
2035
01:40:14,808 --> 01:40:18,545
♪ It starts within ♪
2036
01:40:18,578 --> 01:40:22,149
♪ We don't have to wait
for destiny ♪
2037
01:40:22,182 --> 01:40:27,320
♪ We should be the change
that we want to see ♪
2038
01:40:27,353 --> 01:40:30,357
♪ If you're out there ♪
2039
01:40:30,390 --> 01:40:35,295
♪ Ooooh ♪
2040
01:40:35,328 --> 01:40:40,100
♪ Ooh, if you're out there ♪
2041
01:40:40,133 --> 01:40:43,336
♪ And you're ready now ♪
2042
01:40:43,369 --> 01:40:45,772
♪ Say it loud ♪
2043
01:40:45,805 --> 01:40:47,474
♪ Scream it out ♪
2044
01:40:47,507 --> 01:40:50,677
♪ If you're out there ♪
2045
01:40:50,710 --> 01:40:52,446
♪ Sing along with me ♪
2046
01:40:52,479 --> 01:40:55,515
♪ If you're out there ♪
2047
01:40:55,548 --> 01:40:57,451
♪ I'm dying to believe ♪
2048
01:40:57,484 --> 01:41:00,454
♪ That you're out there ♪
2049
01:41:00,487 --> 01:41:02,522
♪ Stand up and say it loud ♪
2050
01:41:02,555 --> 01:41:05,725
♪ If you're out there ♪
2051
01:41:05,758 --> 01:41:07,527
♪ Tomorrow's starting now ♪
2052
01:41:07,560 --> 01:41:10,831
♪ If you're out there ♪
2053
01:41:10,864 --> 01:41:12,632
♪ Sing along with me ♪
2054
01:41:12,665 --> 01:41:15,669
♪ If you're out there ♪
2055
01:41:15,702 --> 01:41:17,671
♪ I'm dying to believe ♪
2056
01:41:17,704 --> 01:41:20,607
♪ That you're out there ♪
2057
01:41:20,640 --> 01:41:22,676
♪ Stand up and say it loud ♪
2058
01:41:22,709 --> 01:41:25,812
♪ If you're out there ♪
2059
01:41:25,845 --> 01:41:31,318
♪ Tomorrow's starting now ♪
2060
01:41:31,351 --> 01:41:37,891
♪ Now, now ♪
2061
01:41:37,924 --> 01:41:43,230
♪ If you're out there ♪
2062
01:41:43,263 --> 01:41:49,169
♪ If you're out there ♪
2063
01:41:49,202 --> 01:41:51,638
♪ If you hear this message ♪
2064
01:41:51,671 --> 01:41:54,207
♪ Wherever you stand ♪
2065
01:41:54,240 --> 01:41:56,876
♪ I'm calling every woman ♪
2066
01:41:56,910 --> 01:41:59,613
♪ Calling every man ♪
2067
01:41:59,646 --> 01:42:02,182
♪ We're the generation ♪
2068
01:42:02,215 --> 01:42:04,618
♪ We can't afford to wait ♪
2069
01:42:04,651 --> 01:42:07,454
♪ The future started
yesterday ♪
2070
01:42:07,487 --> 01:42:08,489
♪ And we're already late ♪