1 00:00:43,500 --> 00:00:46,200 As I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death 2 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:49,600 I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left 3 00:00:49,700 --> 00:00:52,200 'Cause I been blastin' and laughin' so long 4 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:55,400 That even my mama thinks that my mind is gone 5 00:00:55,500 --> 00:00:58,300 I really hate to trip but I gotta loc 6 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:01,100 As they croak I see myself in the pistol smoke 7 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:04,100 Fool, I'm the kind of "G" the little homies wanna be like 8 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:08,000 On my knees in the night sayin' prayers in the street light 9 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:13,900 Been spending most their lives living in a gangsta's paradise 10 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:19,900 They been spending most their lives living in a gangsta's paradise 11 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:25,900 We keep spending most our lives living in a gangsta's paradise 12 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:31,400 We keep spending most our lives living in a gangsta's paradise 13 00:01:31,500 --> 00:01:34,200 Look at the situation they got me facin' 14 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:37,200 I can't live with no hope I was raised by the state 15 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:40,200 So I gotta be down with the hood team 16 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:43,300 Took much television-watchin' got me chasin' dreams 17 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:46,300 I'm a educated fool with money on my mind 18 00:01:46,500 --> 00:01:49,300 Got my tin in my hand and a gleam in my eye 19 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:52,300 I'm a loc'd out gangsta set trippin' banga 20 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:55,000 And my homies is down So don't arouse my anger 21 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:58,100 Fool, death ain't nothin' but a heartbeat away 22 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:01,400 I'm livin' life do or die What can I say 23 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:04,400 I'm 23, never will I live to see 24 24 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:06,900 The way things is goin' I don't know 25 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:12,900 Tell me why are we so blind to see 26 00:02:13,100 --> 00:02:20,000 That the ones we hurt are you and me 27 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:26,000 Been spending most their lives living in a gangsta's paradise 28 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:31,900 They been spending most their lives living in a gangsta's paradise 29 00:02:32,100 --> 00:02:37,900 We keep spending most our lives living in a gangsta's paradise 30 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:43,700 We keep spending most our lives living in a gangsta's paradise 31 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:46,700 Power and the money Money and the power 32 00:02:46,900 --> 00:02:49,800 Minute after minute Hour after hour 33 00:02:49,900 --> 00:02:54,000 Everybody's runnin', but half of them ain't looked what's goin' on in the kitchen 34 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:55,600 But I don't know what's cookin' 35 00:02:55,700 --> 00:02:58,700 They say I got to learn but nobody's here to teach me 36 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:01,900 lf they can't understand it how can they reach me 37 00:03:02,100 --> 00:03:04,200 I guess they can't I guess they won't 38 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:08,200 I guess they front, that's why I know my life it outta luck, fool 39 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:14,000 Been spending most their lives living in a gangsta's paradise 40 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:20,000 They been spending most their lives living in a gangsta's paradise 41 00:03:20,100 --> 00:03:24,000 We keep spending most our lives living in a gangsta's paradise 42 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:27,900 And... Yeah, I'm just gonna have to check the schedule. 43 00:03:28,100 --> 00:03:32,400 Thank you. Mm-hmm. Okay. Let me write that down. 44 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:35,000 Carla? My friend Louanne Johnson's here to see you. 45 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:38,400 Oh, God, is that today? Hal, it's-it's not a good time. 46 00:03:38,500 --> 00:03:40,400 Well, she came in. 47 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:43,200 All right. Uh, I'm gonna have to call you back. Thank you. 48 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:47,100 Louanne, I'd like you to meet, uh, Carla Nichols, our assistant principal. 49 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:49,500 - Hello. - Carla, Louanne Johnson. 50 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:51,300 I'll wait outside. 51 00:03:51,500 --> 00:03:53,600 Uh, please, uh, have a, have a seat. 52 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,300 - Thank you for seeing me. - Oh, well, 53 00:03:57,500 --> 00:04:02,400 Mr Griffith... Uh, Hal... has told me so much about you. 54 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:05,000 - I hope not everything. - Oh... 55 00:04:05,100 --> 00:04:08,900 Oh. No, only... only good. 56 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:12,200 And I must say, it-it isn't often that we have an applicant... 57 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:16,500 of your maturity and, uh, varied experience. 58 00:04:16,700 --> 00:04:22,100 Um, B.A. in English Lit, public relations, telemarketing. 59 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:23,500 - M-Marine. - Mm-hmm. 60 00:04:23,700 --> 00:04:26,400 - You don't look like a Marine. - Oh, well. 61 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:28,500 Long sleeves. Hides the tattoos. 62 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:38,300 Uh, fully accredited, except for one term of, of supervised student teaching. 63 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:42,600 Why did you stop so close to being certified? 64 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:46,900 Well, I met my husband and started working for his company. 65 00:04:47,100 --> 00:04:48,400 Uh, w-we're divorcing. 66 00:04:51,700 --> 00:04:55,900 W-Well, it would be no problem to get you emergency certification. 67 00:04:56,100 --> 00:04:59,200 - When could you start? - Start? 68 00:04:59,300 --> 00:05:01,700 Teaching. 69 00:05:01,900 --> 00:05:04,200 Miss Johnson, I'lI-I'll cut to the chase. 70 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:08,000 One of our, uh, academy teachers, Mrs. Shepherd, left, 71 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:11,800 and since then we've had three substitute teachers. 72 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:15,700 The last one, Mrs. Gingrich, fell ill just this morning. 73 00:05:15,900 --> 00:05:19,200 So we have a fulI-time position and we need to fill it now. 74 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:21,200 - I... Um... Full time. - Yes. 75 00:05:21,300 --> 00:05:25,400 I'm sorry, um, I thought this was an interview to, uh, t-to student teach. 76 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:27,400 - Well... - Uh, w-w-w-w-wh... Um, what is a... 77 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:29,800 What... What is an academy teacher? 78 00:05:29,900 --> 00:05:32,400 Uh, well, the academy is, uh... 79 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:35,000 lt...lt's sort of a school within a school. 80 00:05:35,100 --> 00:05:40,100 Uh, special kids. Passionate, energetic, challenging. 81 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:45,300 The, uh, salary is, is $24,700 a year. Are you interested? 82 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:51,900 Yes, I... Yes, I'm, I'm, I'm interested. 83 00:05:52,100 --> 00:05:55,200 Oh, that's wonderful. That... Great. Great. 84 00:05:55,300 --> 00:05:58,900 Okay, so... Oh, welI... So, uh, these... these are for you. 85 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:02,000 Uh, curriculum, schedule and, uh, whatnot. 86 00:06:02,100 --> 00:06:04,100 And if you would just follow me. 87 00:06:07,300 --> 00:06:10,700 - We have a new teacher. - Great! 88 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:12,600 - Congratulations! - Full time. 89 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:15,000 - What? - Yeah. - Yes. Uh, starting tomorrow, 90 00:06:15,100 --> 00:06:17,700 Mrs. Johnson is going to be teaching one of our academy classes. 91 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:20,000 I'm afraid Mrs. Gingrich is no longer with us. 92 00:06:20,100 --> 00:06:23,700 - Carla, they... - Mr Griffith's classroom is right next to yours. 93 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:27,300 So would you meet her outside tomorrow and show her 107? 94 00:06:27,500 --> 00:06:29,000 - Right. - Thank you. 95 00:06:29,100 --> 00:06:31,000 - I just know this is gonna work out. - Thank you so much. 96 00:06:31,100 --> 00:06:32,500 Thank you. 97 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:35,500 - Full time. - Louanne... 98 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:39,100 -Hal! -Louanne, d-did she t-tell you about, uh, the academy programme? 99 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:40,800 Yeah, yeah. No, she told me all about it. 100 00:06:40,900 --> 00:06:43,300 She said, you know, bright, special kids and... 101 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:45,700 - Uh, Louanne, d... - I wanna teach, Hal! 102 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:50,200 - lf I have any questions, I'll know who to ask, right? - Yeah. I'll be counting on it. 103 00:06:52,100 --> 00:06:55,800 Fly ho's and chains and swingin' thangs 104 00:06:55,900 --> 00:06:58,300 Save me 105 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:01,200 Just another young nigger havin' thangs 106 00:07:01,300 --> 00:07:04,200 Just a-havin' thangs 107 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:07,400 Fly ho's and chains and swingin' thangs 108 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:09,400 Why must I feel like that 109 00:07:11,100 --> 00:07:14,500 Just another young nigger havin' thangs 110 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:20,500 lt's to your right. 111 00:07:22,700 --> 00:07:26,500 I guess Miss Shepherd's lesson plans will be in her desk. 112 00:07:28,100 --> 00:07:30,000 Very possibly. 113 00:07:35,900 --> 00:07:38,200 This is your classroom. 114 00:07:42,900 --> 00:07:46,300 - Noisy bunch, aren't they? - Yes, but if you stand there long enough, 115 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:48,100 they'll usually quiet down. 116 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:50,100 Don't try and shout over them. 117 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:53,000 Right. Thanks. 118 00:07:55,700 --> 00:07:58,900 Louanne. 119 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,800 I'm right next door. 120 00:08:01,900 --> 00:08:04,400 Thanks. 121 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,400 A little history and history of government... 122 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:12,600 lmmobilizing your physical and your brain 123 00:08:12,700 --> 00:08:14,600 With the emotion of subliminal motivation 124 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:18,100 - Look at that! - No, no, no. Not yours. 125 00:08:18,300 --> 00:08:21,800 - White bread. - Snappin' my fingers appropriately when I rip 126 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,900 You get flipped and then I pass the microphone to my homegirl Chris 127 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:28,500 Now I see you runnin' I'm comin', boom, how stunnin' 128 00:08:28,700 --> 00:08:30,800 Fast as I step Got to earn a big rep 129 00:08:30,900 --> 00:08:33,700 For huntin' homies like deer Crack a beer and some heads 130 00:08:33,900 --> 00:08:37,600 Then go find another poor person I can trap in my cage for a night 131 00:08:37,700 --> 00:08:40,200 Let loose, fool, run 'Cause my first meal is done 132 00:08:40,300 --> 00:08:44,200 - May I have your attention, please? - How long y'all been together? 133 00:08:44,300 --> 00:08:46,300 You run, I'll shoot 'Cause your homies said 'boo' to me 134 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:48,900 Your life is a joke Smoked by the A to the K 135 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:52,600 You went to bed without a trace lnfrared dot marks the spot 136 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:55,800 -So duck or find your ass shot -What happened to Miss Shepherd? 137 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,300 - Better not do that. - What? 138 00:08:58,500 --> 00:09:03,600 - What happened to Miss Shepherd? - Ooh, no, she ain't askin' about Miss triflin'-ass Shepherd. 139 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:06,000 You playin' yourself. Playin' yourself. 140 00:09:06,100 --> 00:09:09,900 Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo! Listen up! Yo, listen up! 141 00:09:10,100 --> 00:09:12,400 White Bread wanna know what happened to Miss Shepherd. 142 00:09:15,300 --> 00:09:17,200 We killed the bitch. 143 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:19,700 Kick it, kick it, kick it, kick it, kick it. Hey! 144 00:09:19,900 --> 00:09:21,800 I was beginning to like the puta! 145 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:25,700 Ohh! No, no, no. Everybody, everybody. Emilio ate her. 146 00:09:28,700 --> 00:09:30,900 Bullshit. 147 00:09:38,300 --> 00:09:41,300 - That bitch was too ugly to eat. - Yeah! 148 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:44,900 Fed her to my dogs. 149 00:09:52,900 --> 00:09:54,700 But I'll eat you. 150 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:07,400 What is your name? 151 00:10:07,500 --> 00:10:10,200 Emilio Ramirez. 152 00:10:12,900 --> 00:10:17,600 - Now, Emilio! - Emilio, you in trouble! 153 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:29,100 Emilio! Emilio! Emilio! Emilio! Emilio! 154 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:32,300 - Emilio! Emilio! Emilio! Emilio! - Oh, my God. - What's that? 155 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:35,300 Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on. You know what they're like. Come on. 156 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:39,400 Emilio! Emilio! Emilio! Emilio! Emilio! Emilio! Emilio! Emilio! 157 00:10:56,100 --> 00:10:58,800 Madison surrendered to the nationalists. 158 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:06,500 Hamilton himself could have already have composed the message that embraced... 159 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,700 Donna. Donna, take over the class. 160 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:21,500 Shut up! 161 00:11:28,500 --> 00:11:30,400 What happened to Miss Shepherd? 162 00:11:30,500 --> 00:11:32,800 - Well, she quit. - Why? 163 00:11:32,900 --> 00:11:36,000 Well, she was a very high-strung individual. 164 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:38,100 What, did she have a breakdown? 165 00:11:38,300 --> 00:11:40,500 No. She quit before that. 166 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:43,100 One of the substitutes, she had a breakdown. 167 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:46,800 - That's how they weed them out. - Who are these kids, rejects from hell? 168 00:11:46,900 --> 00:11:51,300 No. They're bright kids with little or no educational skills... 169 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:54,500 and what we politely call a lot of social problems. 170 00:11:54,700 --> 00:11:56,500 Damn it, Griffith, you could've warned me! 171 00:11:56,700 --> 00:12:00,800 Hey, Louanne, you said you wanted to teach. 172 00:12:00,900 --> 00:12:02,800 - Now, is that a load of bull or what? - No! 173 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:04,400 - So teach. - I ca... - What? 174 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:06,800 I can't teach them! 175 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:11,300 Yes, you can. All you gotta do is get their attention. 176 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:15,200 Or quit. 177 00:12:23,500 --> 00:12:25,800 I'm back! 178 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:55,500 "She decided that if Brian broke a rule she would utilize these consequences: 179 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:59,300 The first time he broke a rule his name would be put on the board." 180 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:17,400 This is the life 181 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:25,000 This is the life 182 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:28,500 This is the life 183 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:34,300 Okay, you little bastards. 184 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:35,900 - Come on - Put your back into it 185 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:37,100 - Come on - Put your back into it 186 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:39,800 - Come on - Put your back into it 187 00:13:39,900 --> 00:13:41,500 - Come on - Put your back into it 188 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:44,100 - Come on - Put your back into the beat 189 00:13:44,300 --> 00:13:45,800 Achieve the goals in which you seek 190 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:47,600 Don't let nobody steer you wrong 191 00:13:47,700 --> 00:13:49,400 Or you'll be singin' that same old song 192 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:51,800 - How someone's always holdin you down - There she is. 193 00:13:51,900 --> 00:13:53,500 - Just keep your two feet on the ground - Girl, you didn't get enough yesterday? 194 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:56,300 And when you come you be direct 'cause punks get no respect 195 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:59,000 - My eyes to the west side - East side, west side 196 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:12,200 How you doin'? Yeah. 197 00:14:16,500 --> 00:14:21,000 Hey, everybody, everybody, look! A cowboy! 198 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:24,800 Put your back into it Put your back into it 199 00:14:24,900 --> 00:14:29,700 - Put your back into it - Don't talk about... Don't talk about yourself like that. 200 00:14:29,900 --> 00:14:33,200 "I am a..." 201 00:14:33,300 --> 00:14:37,100 - Shut up! Y'all sound like them fifth-graders! - You shut up! - You shut up! 202 00:14:39,300 --> 00:14:43,800 "Does... anyone... 203 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:45,500 know..." 204 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:51,900 - What's "karate"? - Karate, you stupid asshole. 205 00:14:52,100 --> 00:14:56,300 - You're so stupid. - You're a Marine? A for-real Marine? 206 00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:59,600 - Discharged, but yes. - Estupido. 207 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:02,600 I'll try some karate with you, Miss Johnson. 208 00:15:05,700 --> 00:15:09,700 I'm sorry, but I'm not allowed to touch a student. 209 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:13,200 But if you really think you know what you're doin', come on up here. 210 00:15:13,300 --> 00:15:16,400 Hey, sounds like a challenge to me, ?se. You'd better get up there. 211 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:20,600 Oh, I know what I'm doin'. There's no sense doin' it though if you can't touch me. 212 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:25,800 Okay, anybody else know any karate? What about you? 213 00:15:25,900 --> 00:15:29,300 - Durrell Chang Chang. - I know some motherfuckin' karate. 214 00:15:31,700 --> 00:15:33,200 Whoo! Durrell, gimme it! 215 00:15:33,300 --> 00:15:35,200 - Durrell. - Shit. 216 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:42,900 - What about you? You know any karate? - Raul. Yeah, I know enough. 217 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:45,000 - Okay, Raul. - Go on up there. 218 00:15:45,100 --> 00:15:47,300 Come on up here. 219 00:15:47,500 --> 00:15:50,000 - All right. Yeah, shit. I'm gonna take that motherfucker. - Come on, Nacho. 220 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:52,900 Shit. All right. Come on, let's go, ?se. 221 00:15:53,100 --> 00:15:54,600 Let's go. 222 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:07,500 Shit! 223 00:16:07,700 --> 00:16:09,900 You guys... Wait, wait, wait. Whoa! 224 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:13,200 You guys don't know shit. 225 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:16,000 -"l don't know shit," man. I know what I'm doin', lady. -You don't even know any throws. 226 00:16:16,100 --> 00:16:21,600 Now, I heard that a Marine can kill a man with his, uh, bare hands. ls that true? 227 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:23,900 Absolutely. 228 00:16:24,900 --> 00:16:27,100 Oh, shit. 229 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:33,500 Okay, h-here's how it starts. 230 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:37,200 Um, okay, where's a... Can you two move that desk down there a little bit? 231 00:16:40,900 --> 00:16:44,300 Um, okay, everything is slow motion at first. 232 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:47,100 - Um, Durrell. - Yeah. 233 00:16:47,300 --> 00:16:51,200 Okay, you, um, you move into Raul like you're gonna hit him. 234 00:16:51,300 --> 00:16:53,200 Yeah, I can do that. 235 00:16:53,300 --> 00:16:54,600 - Okay. - Nacho. 236 00:16:54,700 --> 00:16:58,800 Now, Raul, you're gonna step into Durrell... 237 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,700 and you're gonna grab his wrist, okay? 238 00:17:01,900 --> 00:17:08,000 You're gonna turn your body away from him so that your butt is in his stomach. Okay? 239 00:17:08,100 --> 00:17:11,300 Fuck you! Get the fuck off me, man! 240 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:14,100 What you gonna do? 241 00:17:14,300 --> 00:17:16,600 - Man, you wish, homes! You wish, man! - Bring it on, homes! 242 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:19,200 - Fuck you! Get your hands off me! - Bring it on, Nacho. - You wish, man! 243 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:22,900 - Bring it on. - Now, it's a hip throw. lt's a hip throw. 244 00:17:23,100 --> 00:17:26,600 - Okay, take your fighting stance again, okay. - Nacho. 245 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:28,900 Okay, grab his wrist. Okay. 246 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,200 Now, now this time, as you move in, 247 00:17:31,300 --> 00:17:34,800 you're gonna take this hand, you're gonna grab onto this shoulder. 248 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:36,800 Okay? Ready? 249 00:17:38,100 --> 00:17:40,000 Oh, shit! 250 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:44,000 Thank you! Hey! Hey! All right! 251 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:47,300 - Ow, man! I'll kick your motherfuckin' ass, ?se! - Sucker! Sucker! 252 00:17:54,900 --> 00:17:58,100 Well, that was "A" work. 253 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:00,100 You'd make good Marines. 254 00:18:01,500 --> 00:18:04,800 ln fact, from this moment, 255 00:18:04,900 --> 00:18:07,500 each one of you is like an inductee... 256 00:18:07,700 --> 00:18:10,900 - Who's a duck? - with a clean record. - Quack. 257 00:18:11,100 --> 00:18:16,100 - So, if you wanna pass, - Quack quack. 258 00:18:16,300 --> 00:18:18,100 all you have to do is try. 259 00:18:22,100 --> 00:18:24,100 Oh, homes. 260 00:18:26,500 --> 00:18:29,700 Because at this point, everyone has an "A." 261 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:32,300 - What? - ls she serious? 262 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:39,800 But it's up to you to keep it. 263 00:18:41,300 --> 00:18:45,200 -Bullshit. -Yo, why don't you shut up, man. 264 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:48,900 What if it ain't bullshit? Ain't never had no fuckin' "A" before. 265 00:18:51,500 --> 00:18:53,100 I once knew a man who couldn't read 266 00:18:53,300 --> 00:18:55,200 He said it ain't no thang 'cause I graduated twice 267 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:56,600 With the game I possess 268 00:18:56,700 --> 00:18:58,100 Bulletproof vest to the chest 269 00:18:58,300 --> 00:19:00,600 But when his kids needed help to prepare for a test 270 00:19:00,700 --> 00:19:03,600 lt was stress 'cause Pops didn't achieve any academics 271 00:19:03,700 --> 00:19:06,000 And true, indeed This problem is an epidemic 272 00:19:06,100 --> 00:19:09,400 Who want to work five long hard days through it and get taxed 273 00:19:09,500 --> 00:19:11,000 So that's a message for your mind 274 00:19:11,100 --> 00:19:14,500 The story's been told about a thousand times 275 00:19:14,700 --> 00:19:16,300 So here's a message for your mind 276 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:19,600 One thousand-one One thousand-two 277 00:19:19,700 --> 00:19:21,500 So here's a message for your mind 278 00:19:29,100 --> 00:19:31,000 Morning. 279 00:19:35,100 --> 00:19:39,100 - Okay, today we are going to conjugate some verbs. - What? - What? 280 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:41,200 Hey, what about karate? 281 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:44,300 Well, I can't just teach you karate. I'll show you another hold next week. 282 00:19:44,500 --> 00:19:47,200 Get outta here! 283 00:19:55,100 --> 00:19:57,500 Belt it out, too. I wanna hear it. 284 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:09,400 We eat green beans for dinner. What you do with 'em? 285 00:20:09,500 --> 00:20:11,600 "We eat green beans for dinner." 286 00:20:11,700 --> 00:20:15,500 - Okay... - Hey, Pam. Pam! 287 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:20,500 Ye... Yo, Chris! 288 00:20:29,500 --> 00:20:31,100 Hey. Hey. Hey, what's up? 289 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:40,200 Hey, man, it's not a big deal, okay? 290 00:20:46,900 --> 00:20:48,400 ls that true? 291 00:20:48,500 --> 00:20:51,300 lf we wanna die? Shit, no. 292 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:54,700 We want you to die. 293 00:20:54,900 --> 00:20:59,200 - ls that true? - Well, if it was between you and us, hell yeah. 294 00:20:59,300 --> 00:21:02,300 - Okay. - Hey! Hey! I don't care if I live or die! 295 00:21:04,700 --> 00:21:07,200 - What about that? - Suicide, man. - What's all this bullshit with dying? 296 00:21:07,300 --> 00:21:11,400 - You want us dead? - No, darlin', but I do want you to keep your "A." 297 00:21:11,500 --> 00:21:13,400 So, no, I'm gonna make it real easy on you, okay? 298 00:21:13,500 --> 00:21:18,800 All you have to do is tell me the verb that makes this sentence true. 299 00:21:18,900 --> 00:21:21,900 We choose to do some karate. 300 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,800 - Yeah, right. - Okay, give me a verb instead of "choose." 301 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,600 - We're going to die? - We must die, okay. 302 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:32,400 - Okay, "we must die." ls "must" a verb? Can you, uh... - No, "must" ain't no verb. 303 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:37,100 - Can you "must" something? - Yeah. I must piss right now. You'd better believe it. 304 00:21:43,900 --> 00:21:47,700 Okay, what verb that we used today is the most powerful? 305 00:21:47,900 --> 00:21:50,500 - Die. - Piss. 306 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:52,900 Oh, you so stupid! 307 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:57,900 - Choose. - Choose. 308 00:21:58,000 --> 00:21:59,800 - What's your name? - Callie. 309 00:21:59,900 --> 00:22:02,300 Callie, why? 310 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:05,300 Because that's the difference between owning your life and being afraid. 311 00:22:05,500 --> 00:22:07,100 Saying "l choose" no matter what. 312 00:22:07,300 --> 00:22:09,100 You mean, like a guy's got a gun to your head... 313 00:22:09,300 --> 00:22:11,900 and he's pulling the trigger and you say, "l choose to die"? 314 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:17,000 No, you ain't choosin' to die, but you can choose to die without screaming, right? 315 00:22:17,100 --> 00:22:19,300 I mean, you could always choose somethin'. 316 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:21,600 - Not where I live. - Shit. 317 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:23,800 Did you read that somewhere in this class? 318 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:32,600 No. ln our class we readin' this book called My Darling, My Hamburger. 319 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:34,500 - From this. - My what? 320 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:37,500 - My Darling, My Hamburger. - Hamburger? 321 00:22:39,300 --> 00:22:42,800 Possessive pronoun, noun, possessive pronoun. 322 00:22:42,900 --> 00:22:45,600 - Oh, watch it, girl. - Let's see. 323 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:47,700 E-Excuse me. 324 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:49,600 - Excuse me, Miss Johnson. - Uh... Oh, yes. 325 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:52,900 Would you stop by the principaI's office before your next class, please? 326 00:22:53,100 --> 00:22:56,200 Mr Grandey would like to speak to you. 327 00:22:56,400 --> 00:22:59,400 The principal! 328 00:22:59,500 --> 00:23:02,800 Oooh, White Bread in trouble! 329 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,700 Yes. I'll talk to you later. 330 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:28,300 Bye-bye. 331 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:32,300 Miss Johnson, this is an office. We knock before we enter. 332 00:23:33,500 --> 00:23:35,500 Oh, I'm sorry. 333 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:37,000 Please. 334 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:47,500 Now, Miss Johnson, I'm taking into consideration the fact that you're new... 335 00:23:47,700 --> 00:23:51,700 and therefore don't know that teaching karate is against school policy... 336 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:55,700 and can lead to a lawsuit in case of an injury. 337 00:23:55,900 --> 00:23:59,000 But you can avoid this kind of error... you simply follow the curriculum... 338 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:01,500 dictated by the Board of Education. 339 00:24:04,700 --> 00:24:09,000 Well, um, sir, that's almost impossible, um... 340 00:24:09,100 --> 00:24:12,700 Most of my students don't even know what a verb is. 341 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:14,400 lf you're going to teach them, 342 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:19,300 I'm sure there's a better sentence than "We choose to die." 343 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:22,700 I'm sure there are, but I... I-l needed a sentence that would get their attention... 344 00:24:22,900 --> 00:24:27,400 - Mmm. - and, well, it had to be better than this. 345 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:33,000 Miss Johnson, that is the approved curriculum for second period. 346 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:35,300 Your class. 347 00:24:35,500 --> 00:24:38,900 Now, I know the newer the teacher, the smarter she is, 348 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:44,500 but I-I'm afraid you're just going to have to go along with our policies, 349 00:24:44,700 --> 00:24:47,500 even if you don't agree with them. 350 00:24:49,700 --> 00:24:52,000 - All right? - Mm-hmm. 351 00:24:53,300 --> 00:24:55,200 What a fuckin' idiot. 352 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:02,700 - Griffith. - Don't let them get to you. 353 00:25:02,900 --> 00:25:06,000 I'm not. I-ln fact, I'm about to challenge the entire curriculum. 354 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:11,400 - lf I could just find the paper in the Xerox room. - You can't. There isn't any. 355 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:14,100 - What do you mean? - I mean there isn't any. 356 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:18,400 I mean, we're out of Xerox paper and art paper and we're short on pencils. 357 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:22,500 But we do have plenty of students. I guess that, uh, balances things out. 358 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:26,600 Thanks. 359 00:25:34,300 --> 00:25:36,600 Another fuckin' idiot. 360 00:25:36,700 --> 00:25:39,600 No, I can't run, I can't hide from all this pressure 361 00:25:39,700 --> 00:25:42,800 lf I sell out, that means I'm coppin' to a lesser charge 362 00:25:42,900 --> 00:25:45,900 - And whenever there's a will baby, there's a way - Shit! 363 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:48,900 Each one teach one I always say the murder rate is risin' 364 00:25:49,100 --> 00:25:53,200 Society ain't scarin' me Life is like a puzzle Ain't no tellin' when they'll bury me 365 00:25:53,300 --> 00:25:57,100 - Problems, problems How are we gonna solve 'em - So, what's on today's lesson plan? 366 00:25:57,200 --> 00:26:01,200 A little kickboxing? Some, uh, target practice, huh? 367 00:26:01,300 --> 00:26:04,300 No. My own little secret weapon. 368 00:26:04,500 --> 00:26:07,300 Problems, problems How are we gonna solve 'em 369 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:14,500 Okay, so, "never" is... 370 00:26:14,700 --> 00:26:16,800 - lt's a verb! - Adverb! Adverb! - Adverb! Adverb! 371 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,100 Adverb! Fantastic! 372 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:21,500 - Whoo! - You guys'll be reading poetry soon. 373 00:26:21,700 --> 00:26:24,100 - You guys are sharp. - Oh, my... 374 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:25,900 - Whoa! - Okay. 375 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,200 - Homeboy! - King of the calle! 376 00:26:30,300 --> 00:26:32,500 Sit down, sit down, sit down. 377 00:26:35,700 --> 00:26:38,400 - Sit down. - Honourable sensei. Hmm. 378 00:26:38,500 --> 00:26:42,400 lt's obvious that "homeboy" is a noun. 379 00:26:44,700 --> 00:26:46,500 Noun is correct! 380 00:26:46,700 --> 00:26:49,500 Well, give me my damn candy bar. 381 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:51,000 - Whoo! - Thank you. 382 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:54,400 Boy, poetry will be a piece of cake for this crowd. 383 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:58,600 Yo, how come you keep sayin' poetry? What's poetry got to do with this shit? 384 00:26:58,700 --> 00:27:01,400 Poetry? WelI... 385 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:04,400 Because if you can read poetry, you can read just about anything, hon. 386 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:08,100 - When you're ready for poetry, you're ready for bear. - I say bring on the bear! 387 00:27:08,300 --> 00:27:11,600 - I'm always ready for bear. Shit. - I'm always ready to see you bare. 388 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:15,800 - Whoa! - Oh, shut up, you stupid! - Oh, yeah? Ohh! Ohh! 389 00:27:15,900 --> 00:27:20,000 Well, okay, here's the bear. 390 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:23,200 So what the fuck is that? 391 00:27:23,300 --> 00:27:29,100 - I just happen to have copies of-of... of a poem... - Wait for me! Shit! 392 00:27:29,300 --> 00:27:32,900 - That's okay. - written by the greatest poet. 393 00:27:33,100 --> 00:27:35,100 My Darling, My Hamburger. How's that? 394 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:39,600 - Okay, here's the deal. - She was joking about the bear. 395 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:44,000 When we finish this assignment, I am gonna take... 396 00:27:44,100 --> 00:27:45,900 all of you... 397 00:27:46,100 --> 00:27:48,000 to a place that has... 398 00:27:48,100 --> 00:27:51,700 the highest parachute jumps, 399 00:27:51,900 --> 00:27:53,800 the biggest roller coaster, 400 00:27:53,900 --> 00:27:55,900 the best rides, 401 00:27:56,100 --> 00:27:58,700 the most delicious hot dogs, 402 00:27:58,900 --> 00:28:00,500 the hardest games... 403 00:28:00,700 --> 00:28:04,600 and the best prizes in the world. 404 00:28:04,700 --> 00:28:06,800 - You're kiddin'. - For real? 405 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:09,900 - And we don't gotta pay for it? - Huh? 406 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,800 - And we don't gotta pay for it? - Not a penny. 407 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:16,000 So then, who pays? 408 00:28:16,100 --> 00:28:18,600 The Board of Education. 409 00:28:18,700 --> 00:28:20,800 - Lord, did you hear that? - I don't believe it. 410 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:25,600 - Sound good? - Hey! 411 00:28:28,100 --> 00:28:29,900 That's bullshit, man! 412 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:33,200 I'm sorry? 413 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:38,200 Since when has the Board of Education done anything for us, huh? 414 00:28:38,300 --> 00:28:41,200 Yeah, man, we fuckin' barely get lunch. 415 00:28:42,700 --> 00:28:45,400 Well, I'm sorry you feel that way, Emilio. 416 00:28:47,900 --> 00:28:50,100 Good. 417 00:28:50,300 --> 00:28:54,700 - Uh, Durrell, you wanna read the first four lines? - Oh, man, you trippin', man. 418 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:56,800 I ain't readin'. You trippin'. 419 00:28:59,900 --> 00:29:02,600 - Okay, how about the f... - You've got to read it. - How about the first line? 420 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:07,100 I'm scared to death, motherfucker, all right? That's all. 421 00:29:18,700 --> 00:29:22,500 - Move slowly to the right, people. - Yep, yep 422 00:29:22,700 --> 00:29:25,500 Miss Johnson. 423 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:28,200 - You better be for real. - Yep, yep 424 00:29:31,700 --> 00:29:34,000 - Yep, yep - Miss Johnson? 425 00:29:34,100 --> 00:29:36,300 Yes, Callie? 426 00:29:36,500 --> 00:29:39,800 lf you wanna get the class to listen, get Emilio. 427 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:44,100 - Yep, yep - lt's all right 428 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:47,200 - lt's all right - As you may have heard 429 00:29:47,300 --> 00:29:48,900 - Yeah - To smoke a fat one 430 00:29:49,100 --> 00:29:51,900 - To smoke a fat one - And drink a Thunderbird 431 00:29:52,100 --> 00:29:54,900 - Drink a Thunderbird - lt's okay 432 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:57,900 - lt's okay - To play this loud 433 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:03,900 - Mister DJ, don't mean to sweat you down - Wait 434 00:30:04,100 --> 00:30:07,300 - I'll get you, you little fucker. - Yep 435 00:30:07,500 --> 00:30:10,200 - Poetry? - Poetry, yeah. 436 00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:12,800 - These kids? - Why not these kids? 437 00:30:12,900 --> 00:30:15,100 Well, hey, go for it. 438 00:30:15,300 --> 00:30:18,700 No, but I gotta find a gimmick first, you know. Something that'll grab their attention. 439 00:30:18,900 --> 00:30:20,900 - Who's your favourite poet, Griffith? - My favourite? 440 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:23,900 - Oh, there are so many. How do I choose? - I'm serious. 441 00:30:24,100 --> 00:30:26,700 Mmm. Serious. Okay. 442 00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:29,200 - Big D. Dylan. - Get out! 443 00:30:29,300 --> 00:30:31,200 Why not? 444 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:33,700 Well, I don... He's n... You know, he's not for everybody. 445 00:30:33,900 --> 00:30:36,800 I mean, he's a little long-winded, don't you think? 446 00:30:36,900 --> 00:30:39,100 I suppose that's 'cause he wrote drunk. 447 00:30:39,300 --> 00:30:41,000 He had a drinking problem? 448 00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:43,500 Well, the guy's Welsh. There ain't a lot to do there. 449 00:30:43,700 --> 00:30:45,900 I thought he was from Minnesota. 450 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:49,200 You know, if the guy's your favourite poet, you might want to read up on him a little bit. 451 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:51,500 He was Welsh and he drank himself to death. 452 00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:54,700 Dead? He's not dead. I saw him yesterday on MTV. 453 00:30:57,200 --> 00:30:59,500 You saw Dylan Thomas on MTV. 454 00:31:00,900 --> 00:31:02,700 No. Bob Dylan. 455 00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:05,100 Oh... 456 00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:08,300 -Bob Dylan? Ohh! -He looked dead. He looked dead. 457 00:31:08,500 --> 00:31:11,900 - Ohh! - Hey, Mr Tambourine Man 458 00:31:12,100 --> 00:31:15,200 Play a song for me 459 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:19,000 "Hey, Mr Tambourine Man..." 460 00:31:19,100 --> 00:31:21,200 - Tambourine! - Tambourine! - Tangerine. 461 00:31:21,300 --> 00:31:24,000 "T-Tambourine Man, 462 00:31:24,100 --> 00:31:27,300 Play a song for me 463 00:31:27,500 --> 00:31:31,600 I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to" 464 00:31:31,700 --> 00:31:33,400 Wow, he can read. 465 00:31:33,500 --> 00:31:35,500 Thank you. Taiwana? 466 00:31:37,900 --> 00:31:40,800 The next three lines, Taiwana. 467 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,100 "Hey, Mr Tambourine Man 468 00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:45,500 Play a song for me 469 00:31:45,700 --> 00:31:49,300 ln the jingle-jangle morning I'll come following you" 470 00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:51,400 - Good. - All right. 471 00:31:51,500 --> 00:31:53,300 - Yes. - What does that mean? 472 00:31:53,500 --> 00:31:55,900 What do you think it means? 473 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:57,900 What, some guy's got a tambourine... 474 00:31:58,100 --> 00:32:01,500 and this other guy wants him to play it 'cause he can't sleep. 475 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:04,300 - Okay. - Yeah, but how come he want to play the tambourine? 476 00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:07,100 Don't he got a radio or somethin'? You know what I'm sayin'? 477 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:12,200 Well, you kn... That's a good point. I mean, i-i-it's... it's a weird choice. 478 00:32:12,300 --> 00:32:16,600 So, what if I told you that Mr Tambourine Man... 479 00:32:16,700 --> 00:32:18,500 is a code name? 480 00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:22,000 - A code name for what? - James Bond. 481 00:32:22,100 --> 00:32:24,600 - A drug dealer. - ls it? 482 00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:26,600 Well, a lot of people think so. 483 00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:29,800 You know, this song is from the '60s, when you couldn't sing about drugs, 484 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:32,100 so they had to make up codes. 485 00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:37,700 So what was the code? What does "Hey, Mr Tambourine Man Play a song for me" mean? 486 00:32:37,900 --> 00:32:40,900 - Well, you figure... - "Play a song for me" means "give me the stuff." 487 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:43,800 Yeah, it's like that nigger been out drinkin' all night and smokin' some shit... 488 00:32:43,900 --> 00:32:46,300 and everybody broke out on his ass, you know what I'm sayin'? 489 00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:50,500 And he's high... he's still high, but he's kinda low and shaky. You know... "jingle-jangle." 490 00:32:50,700 --> 00:32:53,900 Yeah, and he needs something, like a big hit of crack or cocaine and shit. 491 00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:56,100 He's crazy, okay? 492 00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:59,200 So, what do you think, Emilio? Do you think that Raul is right? 493 00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:05,900 - All right, it's too personal to discuss. - What? 494 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:09,400 You mean you choose not to participate in the discussion? 495 00:33:09,500 --> 00:33:12,800 - Boy's too slick. - Not about somethin' so personal. 496 00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:20,300 Wanna draw for it? 497 00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:22,400 What? 498 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:26,300 High card, you don't have to discuss anything. 499 00:33:28,100 --> 00:33:31,100 Why do I gotta draw for it? That's the way it is now. 500 00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:52,100 Listen to this. 501 00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:55,800 Name one of the most influential presidents of the 20th century. 502 00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:58,800 - Roosevelt. - Simple, right? 503 00:33:58,900 --> 00:34:02,400 Wrong. A history teacher's nightmare. 504 00:34:03,900 --> 00:34:06,000 How about Snoop Doggy Dogg for an answer? 505 00:34:06,100 --> 00:34:09,600 Joe Montana. Winston Churchill. 506 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:14,800 But this... this is the best. 507 00:34:14,900 --> 00:34:18,900 "l will not answer this question on the grounds that it is culturally biased... 508 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:21,500 against individuals such as myself." 509 00:34:23,700 --> 00:34:26,900 Actually, for this answer I'm gonna give him partial credit. 510 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:31,500 Louanne, you lose your sense of humour, it's over. 511 00:34:32,900 --> 00:34:35,200 Uh, here. New pictures of the rug rats. 512 00:34:35,300 --> 00:34:38,400 - Oh, God. People are supposed to ask first, Griffith. - Shut up. 513 00:34:40,700 --> 00:34:43,900 Ohh. They look like Maggie. Thank God. 514 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:47,500 Oh, I don't know. Harry with his thumb in his mouth, he kinda looks like me. 515 00:34:47,700 --> 00:34:50,700 ls that his thumb? I thought that was a cigarette. 516 00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:53,000 - How is Maggie? - Good. 517 00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:55,200 She wants you to come over for dinner. 518 00:34:55,300 --> 00:34:59,700 We had some fun times, you and Maggie and me and... what's his name? 519 00:35:01,300 --> 00:35:03,500 - I remember. - Yeah. 520 00:35:05,900 --> 00:35:10,200 I remember too. That's why it's hard for me to come to dinner. 521 00:35:12,700 --> 00:35:14,700 - Seeing anybody? - No. 522 00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:19,100 How do you do that? You walk around with a bag over your head? 523 00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:22,000 - No. - Louanne, it's over six months. 524 00:35:22,100 --> 00:35:24,000 I'm not ready, Hal. 525 00:35:27,100 --> 00:35:32,400 You know, I thought you guys always stuck together. What are you sitting here with me for? 526 00:35:32,500 --> 00:35:37,500 You know, he was my best friend, Louanne. "Was" is the operative word. 527 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:41,300 He isn't worth your spit. 528 00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:52,200 What was that for? 529 00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:55,800 Just tell Maggie she's a lucky lady, Griffith. 530 00:35:55,900 --> 00:35:59,600 Yeah, when they made me they broke the mold. Both of them. 531 00:36:03,900 --> 00:36:05,900 - Good morning, ladies. - Good morning. 532 00:36:14,100 --> 00:36:16,100 We gotta stop meeting like this. 533 00:36:19,700 --> 00:36:22,600 You sound awful. 534 00:36:22,700 --> 00:36:24,300 I refuse to take medical advice... 535 00:36:24,500 --> 00:36:28,900 from somebody who eats Cheetos at 8:00 in the morning. 536 00:36:29,100 --> 00:36:33,000 Yeah, well, you shouldn't smoke. Listen to that cough! 537 00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:36,100 You know... 538 00:36:38,300 --> 00:36:40,800 - I'll see you inside. - You're gonna finish the cigarette, aren't you? 539 00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:44,500 No, I'm not. Really. Honest. I swear. 540 00:36:44,700 --> 00:36:48,000 Here! Right here! Yeah! 541 00:36:58,900 --> 00:37:01,700 - Guys are off playin' pool. - You wanna smoke a cigarette? 542 00:37:01,900 --> 00:37:04,500 - I gave you your money, man. 350 bucks! - Three-fifty? 543 00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:06,800 What are you talkin' about, homes? Are you callin' me a liar? 544 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:10,300 - What, do you think I'm fuckin' stupid? - Yo, man, no. Don't get loud, motherfucker! 545 00:37:10,500 --> 00:37:13,200 I'm gonna kick your fuckin' spic ass! 546 00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:16,000 - Fuck you, man! - Jump back, motherfucker! - Fight! Fight! 547 00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:19,300 - Get back, get back. - You fuckin' pendejo! - Okay, okay, okay! 548 00:37:19,500 --> 00:37:22,200 Back off! Hey, hey, hey, hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! 549 00:37:22,300 --> 00:37:24,600 - iPuto! - One of you makes a move, I will call security! 550 00:37:24,700 --> 00:37:27,400 - Aw, bullshit! - Big fuckin' deal. - They don't care. 551 00:37:27,500 --> 00:37:32,200 Okay, get to your classes. Okay. lt's all over. Move! 552 00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:40,900 -You are stronger than these two put together, and you know it! -Bullshit, man! 553 00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:42,400 - iVato! - He wishes, man! 554 00:37:45,900 --> 00:37:50,800 You could all be expelled if I report this to the office, and you know that. 555 00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:55,600 Okay, if you give me your word that it ends here, I'll forget it. 556 00:37:55,700 --> 00:37:58,300 ls it over? 557 00:37:58,500 --> 00:38:01,400 Yeah. 558 00:38:01,500 --> 00:38:03,400 How about you? 559 00:38:03,500 --> 00:38:06,600 - Yeah, sim?n. - Absolutely. 560 00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:13,700 Okay, I trust you. Now get to your classes. 561 00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:17,800 See you later, puto. 562 00:38:17,900 --> 00:38:20,000 Catch you later, ?se. 563 00:38:26,900 --> 00:38:30,500 lf you hit those kids, you'll pay for it. I swear. 564 00:38:38,500 --> 00:38:40,800 Get to your class and behave yourself. 565 00:38:43,600 --> 00:38:46,000 You shouldn't have done that. 566 00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:50,100 - Oh? Why not? - 'Cause you just shouldn't mess with Emilio. 567 00:38:50,300 --> 00:38:53,600 Raul knows that if you make a deal with Emilio and you fuck up on him, 568 00:38:53,800 --> 00:38:55,600 you get your locker smashed in with your head. 569 00:38:55,800 --> 00:38:58,300 Everybody knows that. 570 00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:00,800 Well, maybe they'll all have time to think about it... 571 00:39:00,900 --> 00:39:02,600 before they get to the locker-smashing stage. 572 00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:05,700 They're gonna fight, no matter what they tell you. 573 00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:09,800 What do you mean? 574 00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:12,500 When? Now? 575 00:39:15,300 --> 00:39:17,300 Where? Angela! Where? 576 00:39:21,300 --> 00:39:23,000 - Come on, motherfucker! Come on! - Get him! 577 00:39:23,100 --> 00:39:24,500 Keep fightin'! Keep kickin' his ass! 578 00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:29,100 Shit! Fuck! 579 00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:32,600 Ohh! 580 00:39:37,900 --> 00:39:39,700 Oh, shit. 581 00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:45,300 - Come on! Fuckin' come on! - Fuck that! 582 00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:46,800 Shit! 583 00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:52,700 Come on, break it up! Break it up! 584 00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:56,000 - Get the fuck off me! - Get outta there! - iPuto! You motherfucker! 585 00:39:56,100 --> 00:40:00,400 Get back! Now! Get back! Get back! 586 00:40:00,500 --> 00:40:02,800 All of you! Comin' through! 587 00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:09,300 - Watch your head. - Kickin', man. 588 00:40:09,500 --> 00:40:12,800 No. Wait a minute. Wait. No, no. Gimme... G... Just give me a minute. 589 00:40:16,500 --> 00:40:18,400 - You promised! - Yeah, but we had to, 590 00:40:18,500 --> 00:40:21,400 or we couldn't walk around with our heads up no more. 591 00:40:21,500 --> 00:40:25,100 We got a reputation to protect. You a Marine. You understand. 592 00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:27,300 Like, if America didn't stand up everyone would attack it. 593 00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:30,500 Well, in our neighbourhood if you don't stand up you can't walk down the street, 594 00:40:30,700 --> 00:40:32,800 'cause everyone will attack you, you know? 595 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:37,500 Rata, you fuckin' puto. 596 00:40:37,700 --> 00:40:40,900 - Man, I cracked that motherfucker's head, ?se. - See you in the fuckin neighbourhood, ?se. 597 00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:46,500 Okay, I see. 598 00:40:48,900 --> 00:40:51,900 And I made it worse and I made you and Gusmaro look bad in front of everyone... 599 00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:54,200 by saying that Emilio was stronger than the both of you. 600 00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:56,900 Yeah, well, you thought you was helpin' us. 601 00:40:57,100 --> 00:41:00,500 Ma'am, I'm sorry. We really have to go. I gotta get 'em home. 602 00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:44,900 Nasty cut. 603 00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:52,900 You mind telling me what the fight was about in the first place? 604 00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:54,700 Yeah. 605 00:41:58,100 --> 00:42:02,400 I really would like to know what happened. I'm not gonna make any trouble for you. 606 00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:05,800 - I just wanna know, was it worth it? - Yeah, it was worth it. 607 00:42:05,900 --> 00:42:08,900 - Why? - Because it felt good hittin' him in the face. 608 00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:12,100 - I got him good, man. - Yeah, you like to hit people? 609 00:42:12,300 --> 00:42:14,100 Yeah, I like to hit people. 610 00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:19,100 Why? 611 00:42:19,300 --> 00:42:21,900 You feel angry a lot of the time? 612 00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:24,900 So now you're gonna try and psychologize me? 613 00:42:25,100 --> 00:42:28,700 You're gonna try and figure me out? I'll help you. 614 00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:31,800 I come from a broken home, and we're poor. Okay? 615 00:42:33,300 --> 00:42:36,200 I see the same fuckin' movies you do, man. 616 00:42:39,800 --> 00:42:42,300 I would like to help you, Emilio. 617 00:42:42,400 --> 00:42:46,500 Thank you very much. And how would you like to do that? 618 00:42:46,600 --> 00:42:49,800 You gonna give me some good advice? "Just say no"? 619 00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:53,300 You gonna get me off the streets? Well, forget it! 620 00:42:53,500 --> 00:42:56,600 How the fuck you gonna save me from my life, huh? 621 00:43:03,600 --> 00:43:05,400 Yep, yep 622 00:43:06,500 --> 00:43:08,400 Karen? 623 00:43:08,500 --> 00:43:11,600 I have three, uh, student files here... 624 00:43:11,700 --> 00:43:15,000 - and I can't find a phone number in any of 'em. - Yep, yep 625 00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:17,400 Well, sometimes they don't give a number... 626 00:43:17,500 --> 00:43:20,000 - and sometimes they don't have a phone. - Yep, yep 627 00:43:20,100 --> 00:43:24,100 - lt's all right - lt's all right - As you might have heard 628 00:43:24,200 --> 00:43:27,200 - Yeah - To smoke a fat one - To smoke a fat one 629 00:43:27,300 --> 00:43:30,000 - And drink a 'Bird - A Thunderbird 630 00:43:30,200 --> 00:43:32,400 - lt's okay - lt's okay 631 00:43:32,500 --> 00:43:35,400 - To play this loud - Oh, play it loud 632 00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:40,500 Mister DJ, don't mean to sweat you down 633 00:43:40,600 --> 00:43:42,700 - lt's all right - lt's all right 634 00:43:42,900 --> 00:43:45,300 - As you may have heard - Yeah 635 00:43:45,400 --> 00:43:48,000 - To smoke a fat one - Smoke a fat one 636 00:43:48,100 --> 00:43:52,900 - And drink a 'Bird - A Thunderbird, now 637 00:43:53,100 --> 00:43:57,400 lt's okay 638 00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:07,200 Come on. Come on. 639 00:44:08,800 --> 00:44:10,200 Do your homework. 640 00:44:31,300 --> 00:44:35,100 - You have a lovely family, Mrs. Sanchero. - Thank you. 641 00:44:40,200 --> 00:44:42,600 We know why you're here, Miss Johnson. 642 00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:47,200 I warned Raul to stay out of trouble. 643 00:44:47,300 --> 00:44:50,600 He's first in our family to maybe graduate high school. 644 00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:53,800 - So he gonna get punished big for what he done. - N... 645 00:44:55,800 --> 00:44:57,400 Don't you worry about that. 646 00:44:57,600 --> 00:45:00,400 But he didn't do anything wrong. 647 00:45:02,100 --> 00:45:04,300 -But he expelled for three days. -l know. No, I know. 648 00:45:04,500 --> 00:45:09,100 But he didn't start the fight. He was defending himself from a bigger boy. 649 00:45:09,300 --> 00:45:11,800 He was protecting himself. 650 00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:14,700 - Uh, why they send him home? - lt's just school policy. 651 00:45:14,900 --> 00:45:18,200 I-I-lt gives the other boy time to cool down. 652 00:45:18,300 --> 00:45:20,700 Actually, 653 00:45:20,900 --> 00:45:25,100 I'm here because I just wanted to tell you both personally... 654 00:45:25,200 --> 00:45:29,200 what a pleasure it's been having Raul in my class this semester. 655 00:45:29,300 --> 00:45:31,800 You must be very proud. 656 00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:36,700 Yes. 657 00:45:36,800 --> 00:45:39,800 He's, um... Well, he's very bright... 658 00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:43,300 and funny, articulate. 659 00:45:45,400 --> 00:45:48,500 The truth is, he's... he's one of my favourites. 660 00:46:31,600 --> 00:46:34,000 Uh, soy Louanne Johnson. 661 00:46:40,700 --> 00:46:41,900 Oh. 662 00:46:43,800 --> 00:46:47,100 "l will not go down underground 663 00:46:47,200 --> 00:46:49,900 'Cause somebody tells me that death's comin' 'round" 664 00:46:51,200 --> 00:46:53,500 Okay, this is another Dylan poem. 665 00:46:53,700 --> 00:46:57,900 Now, is that a code, or does that just mean what it says? 666 00:47:06,600 --> 00:47:08,600 "And I will not carry myself down to die 667 00:47:08,800 --> 00:47:10,900 When I go to my grave My head will be high" 668 00:47:11,100 --> 00:47:13,500 "My head will be high." What does that mean? 669 00:47:16,400 --> 00:47:17,700 Anybody. 670 00:47:21,200 --> 00:47:23,800 Nobody. 671 00:47:23,900 --> 00:47:26,300 ls there something I should know? 672 00:47:27,700 --> 00:47:29,500 Yeah. I'll tell you. 673 00:47:29,600 --> 00:47:33,300 You ratted on Raul, Gusmaro and Emilio. 674 00:47:33,400 --> 00:47:36,000 Yeah. You got Emilio put into detention. 675 00:47:36,100 --> 00:47:38,100 lt wasn't none of your business, chismosa. 676 00:47:38,300 --> 00:47:40,500 And you got Raul and Gusmaro suspended. 677 00:47:40,600 --> 00:47:42,900 - Now they're gonna get their fuckin' asses kicked. - And you got Emilio... 678 00:47:43,000 --> 00:47:45,200 - Hey, I didn't rat on anybody. - Wasn't none of your business anyway, you chismosa. 679 00:47:45,300 --> 00:47:48,600 - Bullshit. - Let this... - Told you she was full of shit. 680 00:47:48,700 --> 00:47:52,700 - Snitches get stitches, bitch. - Do you wanna talk about this? 681 00:47:52,900 --> 00:47:56,300 On you, shit. Whatever floats your boat, teach. 682 00:47:56,400 --> 00:47:58,700 We don't have no choices in this room. 683 00:47:58,900 --> 00:48:01,500 Well, if you all feel that strongly about it, leave the room. 684 00:48:01,700 --> 00:48:03,900 - What? - Hey, listen. 685 00:48:04,000 --> 00:48:09,700 Nobody's forcing you to be here. You have a choice. You can stay, or you can leave. 686 00:48:09,900 --> 00:48:12,800 Lady, why are you playin' this game? We don't have a choice. 687 00:48:13,000 --> 00:48:16,300 You don't have a choice? You don't have a choice on whether or not you're here? 688 00:48:16,500 --> 00:48:19,800 No. lf we leave, we don't get to graduate. lf we stay, we gotta put up with you. 689 00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:22,000 Well, that's a choice, isn't it? You have a choice. 690 00:48:22,200 --> 00:48:24,300 You either don't graduate or you have to put up with me. 691 00:48:24,400 --> 00:48:27,200 lt may not be a choice you like, but it is a choice. 692 00:48:27,300 --> 00:48:30,500 Man, you don't understand nothin'. l mean, you don't come from where we live. 693 00:48:30,600 --> 00:48:34,500 - You... You're not bussed here. - Do you have a choice to get on that bus? 694 00:48:34,700 --> 00:48:37,000 Man, you come and live in my neighbourhood for one week... 695 00:48:37,200 --> 00:48:39,500 and then you tell me if you got a choice. 696 00:48:39,600 --> 00:48:44,000 There are a lot of people who live in your neighbourhood who choose not to get on that bus. 697 00:48:44,200 --> 00:48:46,900 What do they choose to do? They choose to go out and sell drugs. 698 00:48:47,000 --> 00:48:50,300 They choose to go out and kill people. They choose to do a lot of other things. 699 00:48:50,400 --> 00:48:52,700 But they choose not to get on that bus. 700 00:48:52,900 --> 00:48:57,100 The people who choose to get on that bus, which are you, are the people who are saying, 701 00:48:57,200 --> 00:48:59,500 "l will not carry myself down to die 702 00:48:59,700 --> 00:49:02,500 When I go to my grave My head will be high" 703 00:49:02,600 --> 00:49:04,800 That is a choice. 704 00:49:05,000 --> 00:49:07,300 There are no victims in this classroom! 705 00:49:12,700 --> 00:49:14,800 Why do you care anyway? You just here for the money. 706 00:49:15,000 --> 00:49:17,600 Because I make a choice to care. And, honey, the money ain't that good. 707 00:49:17,700 --> 00:49:20,100 - Whatever. - Read it again, Miss Johnson. 708 00:49:20,200 --> 00:49:24,100 - What? - Read those lines you just read again. 709 00:49:38,500 --> 00:49:40,300 "l will not go down underground 710 00:49:40,500 --> 00:49:44,400 'Cause somebody tells me that death's comin' 'round" 711 00:49:48,700 --> 00:49:51,000 Does that mean just what it says? 712 00:49:52,400 --> 00:49:56,300 No, it don't mean just what it says. 713 00:49:56,400 --> 00:49:58,900 Because... 714 00:49:59,100 --> 00:50:01,400 you wouldn't go under the ground... 715 00:50:01,600 --> 00:50:05,300 if someone told you death was comin'. 716 00:50:05,500 --> 00:50:09,000 But you would go into the ground if you were already dead. 717 00:50:16,500 --> 00:50:19,800 Do the rest of you agree with that? 718 00:50:27,300 --> 00:50:29,200 Well, I kinda agree with it, 719 00:50:29,300 --> 00:50:33,200 but I think it just means that... 720 00:50:33,300 --> 00:50:35,100 he ain't gonna help death out, you know? 721 00:50:35,300 --> 00:50:37,900 lt's not like he's just gonna lay down and wait for it. 722 00:50:38,100 --> 00:50:42,600 I think he's gonna choose... No, I think he's gonna make the choice... 723 00:50:42,800 --> 00:50:44,600 to die hard. 724 00:50:46,900 --> 00:50:48,800 Mm-hmm. 725 00:50:48,900 --> 00:50:51,300 - Yeah, I agree with that. - Yeah, me too. 726 00:50:51,400 --> 00:50:53,300 - That's what it sounds like to me. - Okay. 727 00:50:53,500 --> 00:50:57,000 Well, what about, uh, the rest of it? Um... 728 00:50:57,200 --> 00:50:59,200 "When I go to my grave My head will be high" 729 00:50:59,300 --> 00:51:02,000 "Head will be high." What does that mean? 730 00:51:02,200 --> 00:51:06,000 - You're gonna die with pride. - Right. 731 00:51:06,100 --> 00:51:08,700 - See you tomorrow. - Callie, wait up! 732 00:51:30,200 --> 00:51:34,200 You went to RauI's house last night, and Gusmaro's too, right? 733 00:51:34,400 --> 00:51:36,900 Mm-hmm. 734 00:51:37,100 --> 00:51:39,300 Yeah, that's what they told me. 735 00:51:40,500 --> 00:51:43,000 That's cool. 736 00:51:54,800 --> 00:51:58,100 Hold up, wait a minute Don't go there 'cause I ain't with it 737 00:51:58,200 --> 00:52:01,500 Hold up, wait a minute Don't go there 'cause I ain't with it 738 00:52:05,600 --> 00:52:09,300 What you want Baby, I got it 739 00:52:09,500 --> 00:52:12,600 What you need Babe, you got it 740 00:52:12,700 --> 00:52:15,800 All I'm askin' is for a little respect 741 00:52:18,200 --> 00:52:21,300 Yo, kick it, homes! What you waitin' for, man? 742 00:52:21,500 --> 00:52:24,600 - Are you trying to steal my $2.50, ?se? - Ah, go, go, go. 743 00:52:24,700 --> 00:52:29,000 Man, that ain't shit. Go faster, man. Go faster, man. 744 00:52:34,800 --> 00:52:37,900 - Come on, come on - Faster, man, faster! - You got to gimme, gimme 745 00:52:38,100 --> 00:52:41,400 - R-E-S-P-E-C-T - I got to get it, get it 746 00:52:41,500 --> 00:52:44,800 - R-E-S-P-E-C-T - You got to gimme, gimme 747 00:52:45,000 --> 00:52:48,200 - R-E-S-P-E-C-T - I got to get it, get it 748 00:52:48,400 --> 00:52:50,100 - R-E-S-P-E-C-T - Come on, get back. 749 00:52:50,200 --> 00:52:53,300 Are you all right, man? That looked like a real bitch right then. 750 00:52:53,400 --> 00:52:57,400 Hey, get the fuck out of there, man. Look at you! You look like my grandma, man. 751 00:53:00,300 --> 00:53:02,800 - R-E-S-P-E-C-T - Miss Johnson, 752 00:53:03,000 --> 00:53:06,000 the... the School Board would have every right to insist on your dismissal. 753 00:53:06,200 --> 00:53:09,300 You informed no one. You got no permission slips. 754 00:53:09,500 --> 00:53:13,900 Oh, but there was no one to inform. All the kids just decided to go to the amusement park at the last minute. 755 00:53:14,100 --> 00:53:16,800 And then they let me come along. 756 00:53:16,900 --> 00:53:20,100 - Did they pay for you? - No, I paid for them. 757 00:53:22,900 --> 00:53:26,700 I was just so moved by the invitation. 758 00:53:30,300 --> 00:53:32,900 This wasn't, by any chance, 759 00:53:33,100 --> 00:53:37,700 their reward for reading poetry, was it, Miss Johnson? 760 00:53:37,800 --> 00:53:42,500 ln my class, Mr Grandey, poetry is its own reward. 761 00:53:47,700 --> 00:53:50,500 Angela, would you read the first line? 762 00:53:50,700 --> 00:53:55,000 "Appetizers. Freshly cut bay shrimp grilled to perfection." 763 00:53:55,200 --> 00:53:58,800 - This is a Xerox of a menu. - That is correct. 764 00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:03,000 lt's from The Flowering Peach, the best restaurant in town. 765 00:54:03,100 --> 00:54:06,200 - Ever hear of it? - Yeah, we heard of it. 766 00:54:06,400 --> 00:54:08,600 lt's supposed to be like some special restaurant or somethin'. 767 00:54:08,800 --> 00:54:11,000 Mm-hmm. So, does it sound good? 768 00:54:12,900 --> 00:54:17,300 Because whoever wins the, uh, the... the Dylan-Dylan contest... 769 00:54:17,400 --> 00:54:19,800 - The what? - goes there for dinner with me. 770 00:54:19,900 --> 00:54:22,900 Hey, what's the Dylan-Dylan contest about? 771 00:54:23,100 --> 00:54:24,900 Well. 772 00:54:27,800 --> 00:54:30,100 There's Bob Dylan, 773 00:54:30,300 --> 00:54:32,800 who we've been reading. 774 00:54:33,000 --> 00:54:34,800 And then... 775 00:54:35,000 --> 00:54:39,300 there's Dylan Thomas, 776 00:54:39,500 --> 00:54:41,200 who also wrote poems. 777 00:54:41,300 --> 00:54:44,800 lf you can find the poem written by Dylan Thomas... 778 00:54:45,000 --> 00:54:49,900 that is like a poem written by Bob Dylan, 779 00:54:50,000 --> 00:54:52,300 you win the Dylan-Dylan contest. 780 00:54:52,400 --> 00:54:57,200 Hey, Mr Tambourine Man Play a song for me 781 00:54:57,400 --> 00:55:03,400 I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to 782 00:55:03,500 --> 00:55:08,600 Hey, Mr Tambourine Man Play a song for me 783 00:55:08,800 --> 00:55:11,200 ln the jingle-jangle morning 784 00:55:11,400 --> 00:55:14,900 I'll come following you 785 00:55:27,000 --> 00:55:32,100 Yo, every fuckin' poem Dylan Thomas wrote is about death, man. 786 00:55:32,300 --> 00:55:34,500 Now, how we supposed to know which one to write? 787 00:55:34,600 --> 00:55:38,000 "The sniper laid him low, and strewed his brains. 788 00:55:38,100 --> 00:55:40,200 One would not think the greenness of this valley... 789 00:55:40,300 --> 00:55:42,300 could let a day be sick with so much blood." 790 00:55:42,400 --> 00:55:45,800 Man, that's some Rambo-Schwarzenegger bullshit you found. 791 00:55:45,900 --> 00:55:47,800 - That's how it's supposed to be, right? - No. 792 00:55:48,000 --> 00:55:50,200 - There's supposed to be killing shit. - But it... But it don't... 793 00:55:50,300 --> 00:55:53,000 But it don't even mean the same as "l will not go under the ground." 794 00:55:55,000 --> 00:55:57,400 Now you're some sort of poetic critic, now, right? 795 00:55:57,500 --> 00:55:59,800 - Oh, well, it don't. - Thank you. 796 00:55:59,900 --> 00:56:02,500 Okay. Listen to this. 797 00:56:04,600 --> 00:56:07,400 "Do not go gentle into that good night. 798 00:56:07,600 --> 00:56:11,100 Old age should burn and rave at close of day. 799 00:56:11,300 --> 00:56:15,300 Rage, rage against the dying of the light." 800 00:56:16,700 --> 00:56:18,800 Where's the code? Where's the death? 801 00:56:18,900 --> 00:56:21,600 Night. All that stuff about night. That's death. 802 00:56:23,200 --> 00:56:25,300 So it's "Don't go gentle into that good death." 803 00:56:25,400 --> 00:56:28,900 Yeah, but I think "good" is sarcastic. 804 00:56:29,100 --> 00:56:33,300 When he say, "Do not go gentle," that's like sayin', "Don't go easy." 805 00:56:33,400 --> 00:56:37,000 - So it's the same as "l will not go down." - We just won us a motherfucking chicken. 806 00:56:37,100 --> 00:56:39,500 Shh. 807 00:56:39,700 --> 00:56:42,500 This is the life 808 00:56:42,700 --> 00:56:46,700 Everyone has to be somewhere 809 00:56:49,200 --> 00:56:52,400 Oh 810 00:56:52,600 --> 00:56:57,600 I am here 811 00:57:03,000 --> 00:57:07,100 This is the life 812 00:57:07,200 --> 00:57:11,200 This is the life 813 00:57:11,400 --> 00:57:16,500 - This is my - Well, the results of the Dylan-Dylan contest are in. 814 00:57:16,700 --> 00:57:18,700 - Life - The winners are... 815 00:57:18,800 --> 00:57:22,700 - That's me. Right here. - Sit down. I am Bob Dylan. Sit down. 816 00:57:22,800 --> 00:57:25,800 - Yo, shh! Shh! - Sorry, Miss Johnson. 817 00:57:26,000 --> 00:57:28,300 - Shh. - Shh. 818 00:57:30,100 --> 00:57:32,900 Raul, Durrell and Callie! 819 00:57:38,100 --> 00:57:40,000 - Congratulations. - Thanks. 820 00:57:40,100 --> 00:57:43,300 - Here's your certificate. - Hey! - Congratulations. 821 00:57:44,500 --> 00:57:46,400 Congratulations, Callie. 822 00:57:46,500 --> 00:57:48,900 Okay! 823 00:57:49,000 --> 00:57:51,900 But there are no losers in this class. You guys did great. 824 00:57:52,000 --> 00:57:54,300 You all get to pick a prize from the box. 825 00:57:54,500 --> 00:57:57,700 How come they get a prize when they got the wrong answer? 826 00:57:57,900 --> 00:58:01,400 Well, because sometimes it takes a lot of wrong answers to get to the right one. 827 00:58:01,500 --> 00:58:04,800 Hey, everyone can't be right, 'cept for us! 828 00:58:07,300 --> 00:58:09,300 Come on up. 829 00:58:17,500 --> 00:58:19,900 - Miss Johnson? - Hey, Callie. 830 00:58:20,000 --> 00:58:23,700 - Um, I wanted to talk to you about the restaurant. - Uh-huh. 831 00:58:23,900 --> 00:58:26,200 - I can't go. - Why? 832 00:58:26,400 --> 00:58:29,300 Because I have to work at this supermarket every night until June and I already told them... 833 00:58:29,500 --> 00:58:31,300 Oh, isn't there any way to get out of it? 834 00:58:31,400 --> 00:58:35,000 No. Because of the schedule and everything, I have to do it. 835 00:58:35,200 --> 00:58:39,100 - But thank you anyway. - Well, o-okay. Well. 836 00:58:39,200 --> 00:58:41,700 Shoot. 837 00:58:41,900 --> 00:58:46,400 Well, no, it's okay. lf you can't come to dinner, then, uh, well, we'll bring dinner to you. 838 00:58:46,500 --> 00:58:50,200 - Really? - Mm-hmm. 839 00:58:50,300 --> 00:58:53,200 - Thank you. - I'm taking orders, Miss Roberts. 840 00:59:02,900 --> 00:59:04,600 I couldn't find a parking space. 841 00:59:04,700 --> 00:59:06,600 lt's okay. I just got here myself. 842 00:59:06,700 --> 00:59:09,300 - Oh, you look very handsome. - How 'bout this jacket? 843 00:59:09,400 --> 00:59:11,300 lt's fantastic. 844 00:59:11,400 --> 00:59:13,400 Go ahead, touch it. lt's real leather. 845 00:59:13,500 --> 00:59:16,300 - Ooh! - Hey, where's Callie? 846 00:59:16,500 --> 00:59:18,700 Oh, she had to work. Where's Durrell? 847 00:59:18,800 --> 00:59:22,400 - Oh, he had to work too. - Oh. 848 00:59:22,500 --> 00:59:26,100 Well, I guess it's just you and me, handsome. 849 00:59:26,300 --> 00:59:28,100 I guess so. 850 00:59:29,500 --> 00:59:32,000 Oh. Ladies first. 851 00:59:32,200 --> 00:59:34,100 Thank you. 852 00:59:41,200 --> 00:59:43,900 - Hey, are you sure they got chicken? - Mm-hmm. 853 00:59:48,200 --> 00:59:51,100 May I tell you a little about this evening's specials? 854 00:59:51,200 --> 00:59:56,700 The chef is featuring foie gras with smoked duck and figs on a hill of bulgar. 855 00:59:56,800 --> 01:00:00,200 Uh, salmon tartar in potato gaufrette... 856 01:00:00,400 --> 01:00:03,200 over wild mushrooms, and fennel salad. 857 01:00:03,400 --> 01:00:05,600 Uh, for the entree we're featuring... 858 01:00:05,700 --> 01:00:09,500 a complex shellfish pan roast with orso, 859 01:00:09,700 --> 01:00:13,500 a touch of comfit and a broth thickened with lobster shell oil. 860 01:00:13,600 --> 01:00:16,600 All very, very good. 861 01:00:19,200 --> 01:00:21,400 - Could we have a few minutes, please? - Ah, yes. 862 01:00:21,600 --> 01:00:23,900 Thank you. 863 01:00:24,000 --> 01:00:26,200 - Are you sure they got chicken? - Yes. 864 01:00:26,400 --> 01:00:29,200 Here. See, it's right there, sweetie. You see? Poulet. 865 01:00:29,400 --> 01:00:34,600 And when the waiter comes back, you may as well talk to him. 866 01:00:34,800 --> 01:00:38,000 lt'll be good practice for your summer job interviews. 867 01:00:38,200 --> 01:00:40,900 I can't talk to that guy. He probably thinks I'm weird or something. 868 01:00:41,000 --> 01:00:45,400 He does not. He can't help but notice your natural charm. 869 01:00:45,500 --> 01:00:49,300 You just look him straight in the eye and you talk to him like you would anyone else. 870 01:00:50,500 --> 01:00:52,300 Now, go ahead and call him over. 871 01:00:55,100 --> 01:00:59,100 Go ahead. Just give him a little nod. 872 01:01:04,900 --> 01:01:08,400 - Are we ready? - Okay, I'll have the chicken. 873 01:01:10,500 --> 01:01:12,400 A whole one. 874 01:01:15,400 --> 01:01:17,800 And I'll have the same. 875 01:01:17,900 --> 01:01:20,800 And one to go, please. 876 01:01:21,000 --> 01:01:24,100 One to go. Thank you. 877 01:01:41,500 --> 01:01:43,100 Hey, Miss J? 878 01:01:43,300 --> 01:01:48,200 I was wondering maybe, like, in the next couple of days, if I... 879 01:01:48,400 --> 01:01:51,900 - ls everything all right? - Everything's fine. Thank you. 880 01:01:52,000 --> 01:01:54,100 All right. 881 01:01:54,200 --> 01:01:56,600 Now don't be mad or nothing, but I gotta be absent... 882 01:01:56,700 --> 01:01:59,400 for a couple of days without your coming to my house. 883 01:01:59,500 --> 01:02:02,300 lt's important. 884 01:02:02,400 --> 01:02:06,000 - You'll have to tell me why. - I got some shit to do. 885 01:02:09,900 --> 01:02:12,000 I gotta make some money to pay back this guy. 886 01:02:16,400 --> 01:02:19,100 This doesn't sound important enough to cut school. 887 01:02:19,200 --> 01:02:22,000 lt is. I gotta pay for this jacket. 888 01:02:22,200 --> 01:02:24,500 See, I got it off the street from this guy for 200 dollars, 889 01:02:24,600 --> 01:02:26,500 and he said he'd trust me for it until Friday. 890 01:02:26,600 --> 01:02:29,600 Why did you buy it on the street instead of in a store? 891 01:02:29,800 --> 01:02:32,700 Are you crazy? You know how much this would cost in a store? 892 01:02:32,900 --> 01:02:36,900 I needed a nice jacket and fast, and I got it from this guy 'cause he cut me a deal... 893 01:02:37,000 --> 01:02:41,500 'cause he stole it, probably. 894 01:02:41,700 --> 01:02:46,400 So, are you gonna go out and get a job or are you gonna go out and steal too to pay him back? 895 01:02:46,500 --> 01:02:49,000 Miss J, I gotta pay him back. 896 01:02:49,200 --> 01:02:51,300 He'll kill me. 897 01:02:52,500 --> 01:02:54,500 I didn't have nothing to wear! 898 01:03:03,900 --> 01:03:07,100 Fine. I'll lend it to you. 899 01:03:09,300 --> 01:03:11,800 I can't take your money. Teachers are poor. Everyone knows that. 900 01:03:13,500 --> 01:03:15,900 Well, you don't really have a choice, do you? 901 01:03:16,000 --> 01:03:18,400 lf you don't pay the guy back, he'll kill you. 902 01:03:18,600 --> 01:03:22,400 lf you cut school, I'll tell your father and he'll kill you. 903 01:03:22,500 --> 01:03:27,100 - So I'm your only way out. - Oh, man. 904 01:03:27,300 --> 01:03:30,500 - But I do have one condition. - Big? 905 01:03:30,600 --> 01:03:32,700 - Huge. - What do you want, interest? 906 01:03:32,800 --> 01:03:36,100 - Mm-mmm. Bigger. - Jesus Christ, what is it? 907 01:03:37,300 --> 01:03:40,100 Well. 908 01:03:40,300 --> 01:03:43,400 - Would you like dessert? - No! 909 01:03:43,600 --> 01:03:46,500 - Another glass of wine? - Oh, no, I'm fine. Thank you. 910 01:03:46,600 --> 01:03:49,500 - Coffee, perhaps? - Hey, man, we're talking! 911 01:03:53,200 --> 01:03:55,800 So, what's the condition? 912 01:03:58,100 --> 01:04:01,700 You have to pay me back on the day you graduate. 913 01:04:04,200 --> 01:04:06,500 But... But what if I don't graduate? 914 01:04:06,700 --> 01:04:10,100 Well, then you'll never pay me back the money. 915 01:04:10,200 --> 01:04:13,800 But I know that if you say you will, 916 01:04:13,900 --> 01:04:16,600 you'll kill yourself keeping your word. 917 01:04:37,400 --> 01:04:40,600 Well, what do you say? 918 01:04:40,800 --> 01:04:44,900 I don't get it. Why do you care so much if I graduate? 919 01:04:45,100 --> 01:04:47,300 Weird, isn't it? 920 01:04:53,100 --> 01:04:55,100 All right, I'll pay you back. 921 01:04:59,000 --> 01:05:01,800 - You have my word. - Hey. 922 01:05:01,900 --> 01:05:04,600 lt is a very nice jacket. 923 01:05:06,800 --> 01:05:09,300 Thank you. 924 01:05:28,800 --> 01:05:30,700 - Hey. - Oh, hi! - Hi. 925 01:05:30,800 --> 01:05:33,200 - How you doin'? - Oh, good. 926 01:05:33,300 --> 01:05:36,800 I think this is the first time I ever brought food into a supermarket. 927 01:05:37,000 --> 01:05:40,300 -Yeah, I can smell it from here. -Yeah. -Good. Thanks. 928 01:05:40,500 --> 01:05:43,700 Well, Raul says if you don't like it, he'll take it off your hands. 929 01:05:43,800 --> 01:05:47,300 Oh, please. Like hell he will. 930 01:05:47,400 --> 01:05:50,300 Callie, could you help load in aisle three, please? 931 01:05:50,400 --> 01:05:55,300 Be right there. I'm telling you, this place would fall to pieces if it wasn't for me. 932 01:05:55,400 --> 01:05:58,600 You know, Callie, 933 01:05:58,800 --> 01:06:00,600 just between you and me, 934 01:06:00,800 --> 01:06:06,000 with your scores, I think you should consider going into Advanced English. 935 01:06:06,200 --> 01:06:09,900 - Oh, but I'm gonna be at Clearview. You didn't know? - No. 936 01:06:10,000 --> 01:06:13,600 You didn't see my record? I tell you. 937 01:06:13,700 --> 01:06:15,600 No, I... I didn't know. 938 01:06:15,700 --> 01:06:18,500 - Bye now. - Yeah. 939 01:06:20,800 --> 01:06:23,500 ln the middle of a semester? Are... Are you moving? 940 01:06:23,600 --> 01:06:26,000 No. I'm pregnant. 941 01:06:26,100 --> 01:06:29,600 And since I'm startin' to show, they thought it was time, you know? 942 01:06:32,300 --> 01:06:37,400 - Who thought it was time? - The school. They don't let you stay there if you're pregnant. 943 01:06:37,600 --> 01:06:41,000 But they told me they have this really good programme at Clearview for, like, teenage mothers. 944 01:06:41,100 --> 01:06:45,100 And they teach you stuff like parenting and nutrition, all kinds of stuff. 945 01:06:45,200 --> 01:06:47,700 So I thought it would be good for me, you know? 946 01:06:47,900 --> 01:06:50,200 - Yeah. - Aisle three. 947 01:06:51,800 --> 01:06:55,300 "Degrade first the arts if you'd mankind degrade." 948 01:06:55,400 --> 01:06:58,700 Hey, that's the spray can poem. 949 01:07:01,900 --> 01:07:05,500 -Hey, hey, what's the code word? -The code word is "great rides and great prizes." 950 01:07:05,700 --> 01:07:08,400 I'm keeping it undercover But comin' soon, I surmises 951 01:07:10,800 --> 01:07:13,800 Does anybody know where, um, Durrell and Lionel are today? 952 01:07:15,800 --> 01:07:19,600 - Durrell and Lionel. - No. - They around. 953 01:07:19,800 --> 01:07:23,900 Yeah, so what's the prize we're gonna get for learning this poem? 954 01:07:24,100 --> 01:07:27,700 Learning is the prize. 955 01:07:27,800 --> 01:07:29,700 Yeah. 956 01:07:29,800 --> 01:07:32,900 Knowing how to read something and understand it is the prize. 957 01:07:33,000 --> 01:07:36,300 Okay? Knowing how to think is the prize. 958 01:07:36,500 --> 01:07:39,800 - I know how to think right now. - Okay. Well, yeah, well, you know how to run too. 959 01:07:39,900 --> 01:07:42,200 But not the way you could run if you trained. 960 01:07:42,400 --> 01:07:45,300 You know, the mind is like a muscle. 961 01:07:45,400 --> 01:07:49,300 Okay? And if you want it to be really powerful, you got to work it out. Okay? 962 01:07:49,500 --> 01:07:54,200 Each new fact gives you another choice. 963 01:07:54,300 --> 01:07:58,100 Each new idea builds another muscle, okay? 964 01:07:58,200 --> 01:08:01,200 And it's those muscles that are gonna make you really strong. 965 01:08:01,400 --> 01:08:05,400 Those are your weapons, and in this unsafe world... 966 01:08:05,600 --> 01:08:07,800 I want to arm you. 967 01:08:07,900 --> 01:08:11,700 - And that's what these poems are supposed to do? - Yeah. 968 01:08:11,800 --> 01:08:14,300 Hey, try it. You're just sittin' here anyway. 969 01:08:14,500 --> 01:08:17,300 Look. Okay. lf at the end of the term, 970 01:08:17,500 --> 01:08:20,500 you're not faster, stronger and smarter, 971 01:08:20,700 --> 01:08:23,700 you will have lost nothing. 972 01:08:23,800 --> 01:08:27,000 But if you are, 973 01:08:27,200 --> 01:08:32,100 you'll be that much tougher to knock down. 974 01:08:32,300 --> 01:08:37,800 So what's "Hire idiots to paint with cold light and hot shade"? 975 01:08:39,100 --> 01:08:40,800 They're being sarcastic, Raul. 976 01:08:40,900 --> 01:08:43,400 I mean, 'cause you know that light is supposed to be warm, right? 977 01:08:43,500 --> 01:08:45,600 - And shade is supposed to be what? - Cold? 978 01:08:45,800 --> 01:08:49,600 Exactly. But if you go and hire an idiot to do the job, he's gonna do it backwards. 979 01:08:49,700 --> 01:08:52,000 - Hello. - There you go. - Hmm. 980 01:08:53,500 --> 01:08:56,200 Don't make a big fuss about this, Louanne. 981 01:08:56,400 --> 01:08:59,600 You have to help me. You have no idea how bright this girl is. 982 01:08:59,700 --> 01:09:02,700 Yes, I do. And there's nothing I can do about it. 983 01:09:02,800 --> 01:09:06,300 Oh! That just makes me crazy! 984 01:09:06,400 --> 01:09:09,900 What right do these miserable, self-righteous sons of bitches from the Board of Education... 985 01:09:10,000 --> 01:09:13,100 have to make a moral judgment on Callie Roberts? 986 01:09:13,200 --> 01:09:15,300 - Do you know... - Louanne, there are parents in the next room. 987 01:09:15,500 --> 01:09:17,600 Look, I don't c... I'm gonna fight this ruling. 988 01:09:17,800 --> 01:09:21,500 I'm gonna write an open letter to every newspaper condemning the entire School Board. 989 01:09:21,700 --> 01:09:23,900 - Oh, you can't do that. - Why not? 990 01:09:24,100 --> 01:09:27,900 Well, first of all, the Board has nothing to do with it. 991 01:09:30,200 --> 01:09:34,300 We prefer that these girls go to the mother-to-be programme at Clearview. 992 01:09:38,100 --> 01:09:40,400 Oh, wait a minute. 993 01:09:40,500 --> 01:09:44,300 You mean this isn't a rule? You mean this is your preference? 994 01:09:45,800 --> 01:09:47,700 Well, yes. 995 01:09:47,900 --> 01:09:52,000 You mean Callie Roberts is free to go to any school she wants? 996 01:09:52,200 --> 01:09:56,700 - lncluding this one? - Unless she's absent for more than 30 days. 997 01:09:56,800 --> 01:09:59,400 And then she has to wait until the baby's born before she can come back here. 998 01:09:59,500 --> 01:10:05,300 But, Louanne, once these girls have babies, very few of them come back to school anyway. 999 01:10:05,400 --> 01:10:07,900 I see. 1000 01:10:08,000 --> 01:10:12,100 So you make them think they have to leave. 1001 01:10:12,300 --> 01:10:15,500 You just push 'em out a little earlier, make it a little harder, 1002 01:10:15,600 --> 01:10:17,800 make it a little more hopeless. 1003 01:10:17,900 --> 01:10:20,200 I do what I have to do... 1004 01:10:20,300 --> 01:10:23,300 because it is dangerous to have a pregnant girl in a classroom. 1005 01:10:23,400 --> 01:10:28,100 lt's not a warning, Louanne. I-lt's prestige, it's stardom, it's attention. 1006 01:10:28,200 --> 01:10:30,500 You know, not all these girls become pregnant by accident. 1007 01:10:30,700 --> 01:10:33,800 - Pregnancy is contagious. - Yep, yep 1008 01:10:33,900 --> 01:10:35,800 - lt's all right - lt's all right 1009 01:10:35,900 --> 01:10:38,300 As you may have heard 1010 01:10:38,500 --> 01:10:41,300 - Yeah - To smoke a fat one - To smoke a fat one 1011 01:10:41,500 --> 01:10:44,000 - And drink a 'Bird - Drink a Thunderbird 1012 01:10:44,100 --> 01:10:46,300 - lt's okay - lt's okay 1013 01:10:46,400 --> 01:10:49,300 - To play this loud - Play it loud 1014 01:10:49,500 --> 01:10:53,400 Mister DJ, don't mean to sweat you down 1015 01:10:53,600 --> 01:10:55,500 Who is it? 1016 01:10:55,600 --> 01:10:58,900 lt's Louanne Johnson, Callie's second period teacher. 1017 01:11:03,300 --> 01:11:05,500 Hi. 1018 01:11:05,700 --> 01:11:08,800 Um, Callie's getting ready to go to work. 1019 01:11:09,000 --> 01:11:10,700 - Come on in. - Thank you. 1020 01:11:10,900 --> 01:11:13,400 Curiosity killed the cat 1021 01:11:13,500 --> 01:11:15,300 - Oh. - Hi. - Hi, there. 1022 01:11:15,500 --> 01:11:18,600 - What you doing? - Watching TV. 1023 01:11:20,400 --> 01:11:23,600 - What's your name? - Tyeisha. 1024 01:11:23,700 --> 01:11:26,900 - Oh, that's a pretty name. - She just love her TV. 1025 01:11:27,100 --> 01:11:30,600 Why ain't you in bed? Come here, baby. 1026 01:11:30,800 --> 01:11:34,200 Callie? Honey? Your teacher's here. 1027 01:11:39,000 --> 01:11:42,000 - Hi. - Hi. 1028 01:11:42,200 --> 01:11:45,500 I'm sorry to just bust in on you like this, but I have the most wonderful news... 1029 01:11:45,700 --> 01:11:48,500 and I wanted to come tell you personally. 1030 01:11:48,600 --> 01:11:51,700 You do not have to go to Clearview. 1031 01:11:51,900 --> 01:11:57,100 There is nothing in the rules that says you can't stay exactly where you are. 1032 01:11:57,300 --> 01:11:59,200 But, uh, she already enrolled in Clearview. 1033 01:11:59,300 --> 01:12:02,400 Uh, well, that's all right. She... that... But she doesn't have to go there. 1034 01:12:02,600 --> 01:12:06,100 Yeah, but Kimboley wants me to take the mother-to-be programme at Clearview, you know. 1035 01:12:06,300 --> 01:12:09,600 He thought it would be a good idea if I learned how to take care of the baby and stuff. 1036 01:12:11,900 --> 01:12:14,800 I don't understand. 1037 01:12:14,900 --> 01:12:18,600 Do you not want to stay at Parkmont? 1038 01:12:18,700 --> 01:12:22,100 Well, yeah, but I gotta learn how to take care of us, you know. 1039 01:12:22,200 --> 01:12:24,700 I mean, we're getting our own place and everything, so... 1040 01:12:28,300 --> 01:12:31,400 Callie, just don't throw away all you can become. 1041 01:12:33,200 --> 01:12:36,500 Kimboley was so right. He was so right. 1042 01:12:36,600 --> 01:12:39,400 He told me that you'd probably try to talk me out of this. 1043 01:12:39,500 --> 01:12:41,500 You want to know what else he said? 1044 01:12:41,600 --> 01:12:44,200 He said that you probably don't even like men... 1045 01:12:44,400 --> 01:12:47,100 and that you're probably not married and you don't want anybody else to be. 1046 01:12:47,200 --> 01:12:50,300 That's why you're always in everybody else's life. 1047 01:12:54,100 --> 01:12:57,700 Look, I'm not saying that I agree with him, okay? 1048 01:12:57,900 --> 01:13:00,700 Well, Kimboley's wrong. 1049 01:13:00,900 --> 01:13:03,300 I was married... 1050 01:13:03,400 --> 01:13:05,300 and I was pregnant. 1051 01:13:07,900 --> 01:13:10,500 So what happened? 1052 01:13:12,500 --> 01:13:15,100 We got divorced... 1053 01:13:15,200 --> 01:13:18,300 and I had an abortion. 1054 01:13:22,000 --> 01:13:24,000 He beat me. 1055 01:13:26,800 --> 01:13:30,100 Well, sometimes you start out wrong... 1056 01:13:30,300 --> 01:13:33,300 and just keep going. 1057 01:13:47,400 --> 01:13:49,900 Hey, don't touch me. Oh, get outta here! 1058 01:13:51,700 --> 01:13:54,700 I'll see you. 1059 01:13:54,800 --> 01:13:57,400 You took something that fuckin' belonged to me, ?se. 1060 01:13:57,600 --> 01:14:00,500 Man, she came to me with open arms. 1061 01:14:00,700 --> 01:14:03,100 Besides, you gotta have one of these. 1062 01:14:05,200 --> 01:14:07,000 You're dead. 1063 01:14:19,600 --> 01:14:22,400 As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death 1064 01:14:22,600 --> 01:14:25,800 I take a look at my life and realize there's nothing left 1065 01:14:25,900 --> 01:14:28,400 'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long 1066 01:14:28,600 --> 01:14:31,700 That even my mama thinks that my mind is gone 1067 01:14:31,900 --> 01:14:34,500 I really hate to trip but I gotta loc 1068 01:14:34,700 --> 01:14:37,100 As they croak I see myself in the pistol smoke 1069 01:14:37,300 --> 01:14:41,000 Fool, I'm the kind of "G" the little homies wanna be like 1070 01:14:41,200 --> 01:14:44,200 On my knees in the night sayin' prayers in the street light 1071 01:14:44,400 --> 01:14:49,700 Been spendin' most their lives livin' in a gangsta's paradise 1072 01:14:49,800 --> 01:14:51,900 - Hey, Miss Johnson. - Hey! - Been spendin' most their lives 1073 01:14:52,000 --> 01:14:55,500 - Haven't seen you guys in a week. - Livin' in a gangsta's paradise 1074 01:14:55,600 --> 01:14:58,200 Thought maybe you got lost on your way to class. 1075 01:14:58,400 --> 01:15:00,400 I wanted to help you find your way back. 1076 01:15:00,600 --> 01:15:03,300 Get on inside. 1077 01:15:03,400 --> 01:15:06,200 Clean up that pigsty of a room. 1078 01:15:11,500 --> 01:15:14,400 Hi. I'm Louanne Johnson. I'm the boys' teacher. 1079 01:15:14,600 --> 01:15:16,400 I know who you are. 1080 01:15:16,600 --> 01:15:20,100 You're that white-bread bitch messin' with my babies' minds. 1081 01:15:20,200 --> 01:15:22,100 I beg your pardon? 1082 01:15:22,200 --> 01:15:25,400 My boys don't go to your school no more, and that's gonna be it. 1083 01:15:27,200 --> 01:15:29,600 - You took 'em out of school? - You're damn right I did. 1084 01:15:29,800 --> 01:15:33,600 I saw what they were bringing home... poetry and shit. 1085 01:15:33,700 --> 01:15:38,500 A waste of time. They got more important things to worry about. 1086 01:15:41,100 --> 01:15:45,000 Don't you think that finishing high school will be valuable to their future? 1087 01:15:45,100 --> 01:15:47,100 That's not in their future. 1088 01:15:47,200 --> 01:15:51,100 I ain't raising no doctors and lawyers here. They got bills to pay. 1089 01:15:51,300 --> 01:15:53,400 Why don't you just get on outta here. 1090 01:15:53,500 --> 01:15:57,500 Go find yourself some other poor boys to save. 1091 01:16:11,100 --> 01:16:14,000 Mama! I could stand some lemonade. 1092 01:16:20,100 --> 01:16:24,100 "lt is easier to forgive an enemy... 1093 01:16:24,300 --> 01:16:26,900 than to forgive a friend. 1094 01:16:27,000 --> 01:16:30,900 The man who permits you to injure him... 1095 01:16:31,100 --> 01:16:33,800 deserves your vengeance. 1096 01:16:34,000 --> 01:16:37,400 He also will receive it." 1097 01:16:37,500 --> 01:16:40,300 Wow, who wrote that? Some Mafia guy? 1098 01:16:40,400 --> 01:16:42,300 You know, let's go on with this poem tomorrow. 1099 01:16:42,500 --> 01:16:44,700 Why don't you... Take out your work sheets and do the vocabulary drill. 1100 01:16:44,800 --> 01:16:48,200 - Say what? - Oh, man! - Man, I don't wanna do no vocabulary. 1101 01:16:48,400 --> 01:16:50,500 I don't wanna do no damn vocabulary. 1102 01:16:50,700 --> 01:16:52,900 Then don't. 1103 01:16:53,000 --> 01:16:56,500 What do you mean? You mean I have a choice? 1104 01:16:56,600 --> 01:17:00,400 You're not gonna let me get away with not learnin' my vocabulary, right? 1105 01:17:03,900 --> 01:17:07,300 That's right. You have to do your vocabulary. 1106 01:17:07,400 --> 01:17:10,100 Words are thoughts and we can't think without 'em. 1107 01:17:10,200 --> 01:17:13,700 So... Please? 1108 01:17:13,800 --> 01:17:17,400 And so let's just do it, man. She's gonna be down our back in a minute. 1109 01:17:17,600 --> 01:17:21,000 - Whatever. She's grouchy. - Grouch. 1110 01:17:21,100 --> 01:17:23,800 - Thanks, Louanne. - Grouch, grouch. 1111 01:17:24,000 --> 01:17:27,100 Thank you, Louanne. Such a nice lady, Louanne. 1112 01:17:29,500 --> 01:17:32,700 What do I do? What the fuck you want from me? 1113 01:17:32,800 --> 01:17:35,600 Who, my teacher? You think I'm gonna fuckin' talk to a teacher? 1114 01:17:35,800 --> 01:17:38,300 Like they're gonna really help me, huh? Huh? 1115 01:17:38,400 --> 01:17:41,500 Teachers aren't gonna fuckin' help me, okay? 1116 01:17:41,700 --> 01:17:45,600 Miss Johnson! Miss Johnson, we gotta talk to you. 1117 01:17:45,700 --> 01:17:48,700 - There's nothing to talk about, Angela! - What, are you Superman? 1118 01:17:48,900 --> 01:17:51,900 ls your ass bulletproof? ls that what you think? Tell her! 1119 01:17:52,000 --> 01:17:54,700 - Tell her what you're gonna do. - What is it? 1120 01:17:54,800 --> 01:17:57,700 - He's strapped. - Shut the fuck up! She don't need to know my business. 1121 01:17:57,800 --> 01:18:00,700 ls your business dying? No! 1122 01:18:00,800 --> 01:18:03,700 There's this crackhead named Shorty. He just came out of jail. 1123 01:18:03,900 --> 01:18:06,300 He says that I'm his girl and that Emilio took me from him. 1124 01:18:06,500 --> 01:18:08,900 And now he wants to kill Emilio. 1125 01:18:10,900 --> 01:18:14,100 Emilio, if this boy is threatening you, we can go to the police. 1126 01:18:14,300 --> 01:18:16,500 Look, this is nothing you can do anything about. 1127 01:18:16,700 --> 01:18:19,400 This guy is looking for me to kill me, and the only way for me to stop him... 1128 01:18:19,600 --> 01:18:22,100 is for me to kill him first. 1129 01:18:22,200 --> 01:18:24,500 That's just the way it is, all right? 1130 01:18:24,600 --> 01:18:28,000 Wait, Emilio, wait, wait, wait, wait, no! Can we... Can we talk about this? 1131 01:18:28,100 --> 01:18:30,900 - Come to my house. - Yeah, right. 1132 01:18:30,900 --> 01:18:33,100 Oh, what? You're too proud to hide? 1133 01:18:33,300 --> 01:18:36,500 lt's better to wander the streets all night? 1134 01:18:36,700 --> 01:18:39,600 - Come on. - Please? 1135 01:18:39,800 --> 01:18:41,600 Please, just go. 1136 01:18:45,300 --> 01:18:48,300 Go. Go. 1137 01:18:50,200 --> 01:18:52,700 - Can we drop you? - Just go. 1138 01:19:08,900 --> 01:19:11,500 ls this boy your age? 1139 01:19:14,600 --> 01:19:17,900 - Yeah. - Does he go to Parkmont? 1140 01:19:18,000 --> 01:19:20,900 I won't tell you who it is. 1141 01:19:21,000 --> 01:19:22,900 No, don't. 1142 01:19:25,100 --> 01:19:28,100 But if you tell Mr Grandey about him... 1143 01:19:28,200 --> 01:19:33,600 not about his threatening you, but about his being on crack... 1144 01:19:33,700 --> 01:19:38,200 he'll be turned over to the juvenile court for... for drug abuse in school. 1145 01:19:38,400 --> 01:19:40,700 H-He won't serve hard time, 1146 01:19:40,800 --> 01:19:45,100 but by the time he gets out and he's detoxed, he... he will have gotten over trying to kill you. 1147 01:19:52,300 --> 01:19:54,200 No, I can't rat on him. 1148 01:19:54,300 --> 01:19:57,300 Right. Kill him. That's better. 1149 01:19:58,900 --> 01:20:01,400 Man, 1150 01:20:01,600 --> 01:20:03,400 you don't understand. 1151 01:20:06,800 --> 01:20:11,600 You asked me once how I was gonna save you from your life. 1152 01:20:11,800 --> 01:20:14,400 This is how. This moment. 1153 01:20:16,000 --> 01:20:18,800 Right now. 1154 01:20:19,000 --> 01:20:21,300 This will make the difference in your life forever. 1155 01:20:51,800 --> 01:20:53,700 Emilio? 1156 01:21:01,000 --> 01:21:02,800 Emilio? 1157 01:21:15,700 --> 01:21:19,500 - Oh, Mr Grandey. - ls there a problem, Miss Johnson? 1158 01:21:19,700 --> 01:21:21,700 - Shouldn't you be in class? - Yes, I'm late. 1159 01:21:21,900 --> 01:21:26,600 Um, I just wanted to ask. Did Emilio Ramirez come to your office this morning? 1160 01:21:26,700 --> 01:21:29,300 - Yes. - Oh, God. Oh, thank God. 1161 01:21:29,400 --> 01:21:32,400 - Did you talk to him? - No, I sent him away. 1162 01:21:32,500 --> 01:21:34,600 You... What do you mean? 1163 01:21:36,700 --> 01:21:40,600 - I mean I sent him away. - Why? 1164 01:21:40,700 --> 01:21:43,300 Because he didn't knock, Miss Johnson. 1165 01:21:43,500 --> 01:21:47,500 - Here we are. - Because he didn't knock? 1166 01:21:47,700 --> 01:21:51,900 Yes, Miss Johnson. I'm trying to teach these children how to live in the world. 1167 01:21:52,100 --> 01:21:55,300 And in the world, you just don't burst into someone's office. 1168 01:21:58,200 --> 01:22:01,000 Because he didn't knock? 1169 01:22:04,200 --> 01:22:06,400 Damn it! 1170 01:22:39,100 --> 01:22:40,900 Uh, Louanne. 1171 01:22:42,400 --> 01:22:45,400 Mr Grandey is with the police. 1172 01:22:45,500 --> 01:22:47,700 - Yes? - Um. 1173 01:22:47,900 --> 01:22:51,400 They just found Emilio Ramirez three blocks from the school. 1174 01:22:51,600 --> 01:22:54,300 He was shot this morning. 1175 01:22:56,600 --> 01:22:58,500 ls he dead? 1176 01:23:01,500 --> 01:23:05,100 - He's dead. - I'm very sorry. 1177 01:23:06,900 --> 01:23:09,100 Um... 1178 01:23:09,300 --> 01:23:11,300 are you going to tell them now? 1179 01:23:13,800 --> 01:23:16,200 Do you think that's wise? 1180 01:23:19,200 --> 01:23:21,300 Yeah. 1181 01:23:21,500 --> 01:23:25,000 Well, uh, perhaps if you talk to them a little bit about death... 1182 01:23:25,100 --> 01:23:28,300 and... and... and what it means. 1183 01:23:29,600 --> 01:23:32,000 What would you like me to say? 1184 01:23:32,200 --> 01:23:35,000 That if you don't want to die, remember to knock? 1185 01:23:36,500 --> 01:23:39,100 - That's not fair. - What is? 1186 01:23:56,400 --> 01:23:58,700 Bad news. 1187 01:24:00,200 --> 01:24:03,300 Emilio was shot this morning. 1188 01:24:05,100 --> 01:24:07,700 ls he dead? 1189 01:24:07,800 --> 01:24:11,700 - Yes, baby, he's dead. - Oh, no. 1190 01:24:59,200 --> 01:25:04,200 Yo! Listen up. Miss Johnson got something to say! 1191 01:25:04,300 --> 01:25:07,800 - Shh. - Thank you. 1192 01:25:08,000 --> 01:25:11,300 I just want to say... 1193 01:25:11,400 --> 01:25:14,600 l, uh... I won't, um... 1194 01:25:16,900 --> 01:25:20,000 I will not be here next year. 1195 01:25:20,100 --> 01:25:22,000 I'm not coming back. 1196 01:25:23,600 --> 01:25:25,900 How come? ls it something we did? 1197 01:25:26,000 --> 01:25:28,800 No. No, no, no. No. Um... 1198 01:25:31,900 --> 01:25:34,000 I-l never intended to stay. 1199 01:25:34,200 --> 01:25:36,900 Um, this was an unexpected job. 1200 01:25:37,000 --> 01:25:41,000 So if you knew you wasn't gonna stay, how come you made me promise what I promised? 1201 01:25:42,500 --> 01:25:44,400 I... 1202 01:25:46,400 --> 01:25:49,500 At that time, I thought I would stay. 1203 01:25:49,600 --> 01:25:51,700 So how come you're leaving? 1204 01:25:53,800 --> 01:25:55,600 I just... 1205 01:25:57,000 --> 01:25:59,500 have my reasons, certain reasons. 1206 01:25:59,600 --> 01:26:03,700 ls it because it's too sad for you, what happened to Emilio? 1207 01:26:18,000 --> 01:26:19,900 Maybe. 1208 01:26:20,100 --> 01:26:22,700 And Durrell and Lionel and Callie. And I just... 1209 01:26:22,900 --> 01:26:24,700 I just think that... 1210 01:26:29,500 --> 01:26:32,900 So if you love us so much and you're so interested in our graduating, 1211 01:26:33,000 --> 01:26:36,000 - how come you choose to leave? - Yeah. 1212 01:26:36,200 --> 01:26:41,000 You sad about Durrell and Callie and Emilio and Lionel, but we're here. 1213 01:26:41,100 --> 01:26:44,800 What about us, huh? None of us make you feel happy? 1214 01:26:44,900 --> 01:26:49,500 We been working hard and we stayed in school, man. What about us? 1215 01:26:49,600 --> 01:26:51,900 - Yeah. - Yeah. 1216 01:27:07,000 --> 01:27:10,300 Why are you packing up today when tomorrow is your last day? 1217 01:27:11,500 --> 01:27:13,400 Oh, just gettin' a head start. 1218 01:27:14,900 --> 01:27:16,800 Oh, I see. 1219 01:27:20,900 --> 01:27:25,400 What you did, when you gave me the 200 dollars? 1220 01:27:28,100 --> 01:27:33,400 That was the nicest thing anybody ever did for me. 1221 01:27:33,500 --> 01:27:36,000 I don't know anybody else who would give 200 dollars... 1222 01:27:36,200 --> 01:27:38,700 to a Mexican kid on his word of honour. 1223 01:27:44,700 --> 01:27:47,200 S-So you gotta let me pay you back. 1224 01:27:50,900 --> 01:27:54,000 Even if I don't graduate, all right? 1225 01:27:54,100 --> 01:27:56,800 Why wouldn't you graduate? 1226 01:27:58,500 --> 01:28:01,500 Ain't no other teacher gonna give me no "A." 1227 01:28:01,600 --> 01:28:04,300 Yes, they will, if you work for them the way you worked for me. 1228 01:28:04,500 --> 01:28:07,000 No, but it was different with you. You gave me an "A" to start with. 1229 01:28:07,200 --> 01:28:11,600 - I didn't have to earn it. I just had to keep it. - Are you kidding? 1230 01:28:11,700 --> 01:28:16,200 Keeping an "A" is harder than getting an "A." Almost anyone can get an "A" once. 1231 01:28:16,400 --> 01:28:19,500 But keeping it, that's an accomplishment. 1232 01:28:19,700 --> 01:28:22,500 - You think so? - Oh, I know so. 1233 01:28:22,700 --> 01:28:25,300 Do you realize the work you did this term? 1234 01:28:25,400 --> 01:28:29,000 Do you realize that the poetry that we read... 1235 01:28:29,200 --> 01:28:31,200 is given to people in college? 1236 01:28:31,300 --> 01:28:33,500 - ln college. - These same poems? 1237 01:28:33,600 --> 01:28:37,000 - Yes. - But they weren't even so hard. 1238 01:28:37,100 --> 01:28:39,000 So, you see? 1239 01:28:41,200 --> 01:28:43,600 Keep working. 1240 01:28:43,700 --> 01:28:46,100 You'll graduate. 1241 01:28:48,800 --> 01:28:51,600 I might even see you in college. 1242 01:28:51,800 --> 01:28:53,600 What do you think? 1243 01:29:10,600 --> 01:29:14,000 I feel so bad about leaving I can hardly breathe. 1244 01:29:14,100 --> 01:29:18,200 I know, but... Oh, what the hell. You're right. 1245 01:29:18,400 --> 01:29:22,900 You gotta be crazy to stay here and teach these programme classes. 1246 01:29:23,000 --> 01:29:25,700 There's no money. lt's killer work. 1247 01:29:28,100 --> 01:29:30,500 Why do you stay? 1248 01:29:30,600 --> 01:29:33,100 Why do I smoke? I'm crazy. 1249 01:29:33,200 --> 01:29:35,200 You need any more help? 1250 01:29:35,300 --> 01:29:37,600 No. Thanks. I'll see you tomorrow. 1251 01:29:37,800 --> 01:29:39,600 Yeah. Bye. 1252 01:29:41,500 --> 01:29:44,500 This is the life 1253 01:29:44,700 --> 01:29:48,600 Everyone has to be somewhere 1254 01:29:51,000 --> 01:29:53,700 Oh 1255 01:29:53,900 --> 01:29:59,700 I am here 1256 01:30:02,400 --> 01:30:06,600 This is the life 1257 01:30:06,700 --> 01:30:09,400 This is the life 1258 01:30:10,800 --> 01:30:15,000 'Cause this is my life 1259 01:30:15,100 --> 01:30:20,600 This is my life 1260 01:30:22,100 --> 01:30:24,000 Hi. 1261 01:30:26,800 --> 01:30:31,000 Well. Welcome back. 1262 01:30:31,100 --> 01:30:34,900 This is the 29th day, the last day I have to come back. 1263 01:30:35,100 --> 01:30:38,200 So, am I still okay for next term? 1264 01:30:39,500 --> 01:30:41,300 Yeah. 1265 01:30:43,200 --> 01:30:45,600 Did, uh, 1266 01:30:45,800 --> 01:30:49,700 did you come back because it was your last day or did somebody... 1267 01:30:49,800 --> 01:30:53,100 ask you to come today to talk me into staying? 1268 01:30:53,300 --> 01:30:56,000 Well, it was both, really. 1269 01:30:56,200 --> 01:31:00,600 See, 'cause I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do... 1270 01:31:00,700 --> 01:31:03,600 until I heard that you were leaving and... 1271 01:31:03,800 --> 01:31:06,400 'Cause up until then, I don't know, I thought... 1272 01:31:06,500 --> 01:31:09,900 that you'd always be here for me, you know. 1273 01:31:10,000 --> 01:31:12,200 You know, whenever I came back. 1274 01:31:13,800 --> 01:31:16,300 But then Raul tells me that you're leaving... 1275 01:31:16,400 --> 01:31:18,300 just like that. 1276 01:31:21,900 --> 01:31:24,300 And I realized that this was my last chance. 1277 01:31:26,400 --> 01:31:28,400 And I decided... 1278 01:31:29,700 --> 01:31:32,800 We decided that... 1279 01:31:32,900 --> 01:31:35,200 we're not gonna just let you leave like that. 1280 01:31:38,100 --> 01:31:40,600 Yeah, we realized like the poem said: 1281 01:31:40,800 --> 01:31:43,600 You can't give in. 1282 01:31:43,700 --> 01:31:45,900 "You can't go gentle. 1283 01:31:46,100 --> 01:31:50,200 - You got to rage against the dying of the light." - Yeah. 1284 01:31:50,300 --> 01:31:52,500 Yeah, you gotta go for yours. You know that, right? 1285 01:31:52,700 --> 01:31:55,700 - Yeah. - You gotta kick it in and get it up. 1286 01:31:55,900 --> 01:31:59,200 Wait a minute, wait a minute. No, no. Wait, wait. I'm not giving in. 1287 01:31:59,300 --> 01:32:02,900 Um, this is my choice. 1288 01:32:03,000 --> 01:32:06,300 I have no reason to "rage against the dying of the light." 1289 01:32:06,400 --> 01:32:09,400 'Cause you're not the one who's raging. We're the ones who are raging. 1290 01:32:09,500 --> 01:32:11,800 See, 'cause we see you as being our light. 1291 01:32:14,100 --> 01:32:17,900 - What? - You're our Tambourine Man. 1292 01:32:18,100 --> 01:32:22,900 - Oh, I'm your drug dealer? - You got the stuff, Miss J? 1293 01:32:23,100 --> 01:32:27,100 You're our teacher. You got what we need. lt's the same thing. 1294 01:32:27,200 --> 01:32:31,100 Come on, Miss J. All the poems you taught us say you can't give in. 1295 01:32:31,200 --> 01:32:33,500 You can't give up. 1296 01:32:33,600 --> 01:32:36,500 - Well, we ain't giving you up. - No way. 1297 01:32:36,600 --> 01:32:41,000 Now, listen, baby, we gonna have to tie you down to the chair and gag you... 1298 01:32:41,200 --> 01:32:46,200 'cause you know we want you to stay. 1299 01:32:46,300 --> 01:32:51,000 What you need to stay, girl? You want a candy bar? 1300 01:32:51,100 --> 01:32:55,600 Okay, on the left and on the right, a "Louanne, Louanne." Uh, here we go. 1301 01:32:55,800 --> 01:32:59,100 Louanne, Louanne, Louanne, Louanne. 1302 01:32:59,300 --> 01:33:02,700 - Louanne, Louanne, Louanne, Louanne. - Come on! 1303 01:33:02,900 --> 01:33:07,400 Louanne, Louanne, Louanne, Louanne. 1304 01:33:12,700 --> 01:33:16,900 - You have to go first. - I don't want to go first. - Come on. You have to. 1305 01:33:17,100 --> 01:33:18,900 Ready? You go like this. Go. 1306 01:33:21,400 --> 01:33:23,600 - lt go like this. - This how you do it. 1307 01:33:23,700 --> 01:33:27,700 Go, Louanne. Go, Louanne. Go, Louanne. Go, Louanne. 1308 01:33:27,800 --> 01:33:31,000 Go, Louanne. Go, Louanne. Go, Louanne. 1309 01:33:37,600 --> 01:33:40,300 Let me see. 1310 01:33:40,500 --> 01:33:43,400 - Excuse me. - Are you okay? - Yeah. 1311 01:33:46,200 --> 01:33:49,000 - You want to sign my book? - Yeah, I'll sign your book. 1312 01:34:13,700 --> 01:34:16,400 How'd they get you to come back? 1313 01:34:16,600 --> 01:34:20,100 They gave me candy and called me "the light." 1314 01:34:20,300 --> 01:34:22,100 That'll do it. 1315 01:34:51,200 --> 01:34:53,600 I won't do you wrong 1316 01:34:53,800 --> 01:34:56,100 I'll do you right 1317 01:34:56,300 --> 01:35:01,100 You can roll with me for the rest of the night 1318 01:35:01,300 --> 01:35:05,600 No need to fuss 'cause I don't wanna joke 1319 01:35:05,700 --> 01:35:09,700 Baby, sit right here and let the chronic smoke 1320 01:35:09,900 --> 01:35:12,800 So hang around, love 1321 01:35:12,900 --> 01:35:15,700 And give it up 1322 01:35:15,900 --> 01:35:20,200 'Cause all the real "G"s know what I'm thinkin' of 1323 01:35:20,300 --> 01:35:25,900 'Cause you wanna be down, down so give it up 1324 01:35:26,100 --> 01:35:30,000 There's a party over here So, baby, show your love 1325 01:35:30,200 --> 01:35:34,400 'Cause I got the gin and juice Yeah 1326 01:35:34,500 --> 01:35:37,600 - You know that, you know that - I got the gin and juice 1327 01:35:37,800 --> 01:35:40,400 Yeah 1328 01:35:40,600 --> 01:35:44,800 'Cause I got the gin and juice Yeah 1329 01:35:47,200 --> 01:35:49,800 - I got the, I got the gin and juice - Yeah 1330 01:35:50,000 --> 01:35:53,800 - I got the answer - 'Cause I got the gin and juice 1331 01:36:03,200 --> 01:36:05,900 As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death 1332 01:36:06,100 --> 01:36:09,300 I take a look at my life and realize there's nothing left 1333 01:36:09,500 --> 01:36:12,000 'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long 1334 01:36:12,200 --> 01:36:15,400 That even my mama thinks that my mind is gone 1335 01:36:15,500 --> 01:36:18,200 I really hate to trip but I gotta loc 1336 01:36:18,300 --> 01:36:21,900 As they croak I see myself in the pistol smoke 1337 01:36:22,100 --> 01:36:24,100 Fool, I'm the kind of "G" the little homies wanna be like 1338 01:36:24,300 --> 01:36:27,800 On my knees in the night Sayin' prayers in the street light 1339 01:36:28,000 --> 01:36:33,800 Been spending most their lives livin' in a gangsta's paradise 1340 01:36:34,000 --> 01:36:39,700 Been spending most their lives livin' in a gangsta's paradise 1341 01:36:39,800 --> 01:36:46,000 We keep spending most our lives livin' in a gangsta's paradise 1342 01:36:57,100 --> 01:36:59,600 You spent so many nights in heat 1343 01:36:59,800 --> 01:37:02,400 - And out of control - Like that 1344 01:37:02,500 --> 01:37:05,000 Waiting impatiently to see 1345 01:37:05,200 --> 01:37:07,700 - What's under my clothes - Like that 1346 01:37:07,800 --> 01:37:12,900 I just wanna take time to get right into the point 1347 01:37:13,100 --> 01:37:15,000 Now you got your choice, girl 1348 01:37:15,100 --> 01:37:18,100 - To come and rock this funky joint - Like that 1349 01:37:18,200 --> 01:37:23,800 Don't you take too long, baby 1350 01:37:24,000 --> 01:37:29,000 I'll be waitin' here for you, baby, baby 1351 01:37:29,100 --> 01:37:34,100 Here's a gift to you from me 1352 01:37:34,200 --> 01:37:38,800 Just you wait and see lt's the curiosity 1353 01:37:38,900 --> 01:37:44,600 - lt's the curiosity - Curiosity 1354 01:37:44,800 --> 01:37:47,800 - Do you wanna feel my body - Like that 1355 01:37:47,900 --> 01:37:49,800 Girl, all night long, yeah 1356 01:37:49,900 --> 01:37:52,700 lt's the curiosity 1357 01:37:55,700 --> 01:37:59,400 - Why not now - Oh, yeah 1358 01:37:59,600 --> 01:38:02,700 - Oh, yeah - lt's the curiosity 1359 01:38:02,900 --> 01:38:04,900 For you, for me 1360 01:38:05,000 --> 01:38:07,600 lt's the curiosity