1 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:47,113 As I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death 2 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:50,450 I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left 3 00:00:50,575 --> 00:00:53,119 'Cause I been blastin' and laughin' so long 4 00:00:53,286 --> 00:00:56,289 That even my mama thinks that my mind is gone 5 00:00:56,414 --> 00:00:59,125 I really hate to trip but I gotta loc 6 00:00:59,250 --> 00:01:01,961 As they croak I see myself in the pistol smoke 7 00:01:02,044 --> 00:01:04,922 Fool, I'm the kind of "G" the little homies wanna be like 8 00:01:05,047 --> 00:01:08,885 On my knees in the night sayin' prayers in the street light 9 00:01:09,051 --> 00:01:14,724 Been spending most their lives living in a gangsta's paradise 10 00:01:14,849 --> 00:01:20,730 They been spending most their lives living in a gangsta's paradise 11 00:01:20,897 --> 00:01:26,736 We keep spending most our lives living in a gangsta's paradise 12 00:01:26,861 --> 00:01:32,241 We keep spending most our lives living in a gangsta's paradise 13 00:01:32,366 --> 00:01:35,078 Look at the situation they got me facin' 14 00:01:35,244 --> 00:01:38,081 I can't live with no hope I was raised by the state 15 00:01:38,247 --> 00:01:41,084 So I gotta be down with the hood team 16 00:01:41,250 --> 00:01:44,128 Took much television-watchin' got me chasin' dreams 17 00:01:44,295 --> 00:01:47,173 I'm a educated fool with money on my mind 18 00:01:47,340 --> 00:01:50,134 Got my tin in my hand and a gleam in my eye 19 00:01:50,301 --> 00:01:53,179 I'm a loc'd out gangsta set trippin' banga 20 00:01:53,304 --> 00:01:55,890 And my homies is down So don't arouse my anger 21 00:01:56,057 --> 00:01:58,935 Fool, death ain't nothin' but a heartbeat away 22 00:01:59,102 --> 00:02:02,313 I'm livin' life do or die What can I say 23 00:02:02,438 --> 00:02:05,316 I'm 23, never will I live to see 24 24 00:02:05,441 --> 00:02:07,777 The way things is goin' I don't know 25 00:02:07,902 --> 00:02:13,783 Tell me why are we so blind to see 26 00:02:13,950 --> 00:02:20,915 That the ones we hurt are you and me 27 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:26,879 Been spending most their lives living in a gangsta's paradise 28 00:02:27,046 --> 00:02:32,760 They been spending most their lives living in a gangsta's paradise 29 00:02:32,927 --> 00:02:38,724 We keep spending most our lives living in a gangsta's paradise 30 00:02:38,891 --> 00:02:44,522 We keep spending most our lives living in a gangsta's paradise 31 00:02:44,689 --> 00:02:47,608 Power and the money Money and the power 32 00:02:47,775 --> 00:02:50,653 Minute after minute Hour after hour 33 00:02:50,778 --> 00:02:54,907 Everybody's runnin', but half of them ain't looked what's goin' on in the kitchen 34 00:02:55,074 --> 00:02:56,492 But I don't know what's cookin' 35 00:02:56,617 --> 00:02:59,537 They say I got to learn but nobody's here to teach me 36 00:02:59,704 --> 00:03:02,790 lf they can't understand it how can they reach me 37 00:03:02,957 --> 00:03:05,084 I guess they can't I guess they won't 38 00:03:05,251 --> 00:03:09,088 I guess they front, that's why I know my life it outta luck, fool 39 00:03:09,255 --> 00:03:14,886 Been spending most their lives living in a gangsta's paradise 40 00:03:15,052 --> 00:03:20,892 They been spending most their lives living in a gangsta's paradise 41 00:03:21,017 --> 00:03:24,854 We keep spending most our lives living in a gangsta's paradise 42 00:03:25,021 --> 00:03:28,107 And-- Yeah, I'm just gonna have to check the schedule. 43 00:03:28,232 --> 00:03:32,612 Thank you. Mm-hmm. Okay. Let me write that down. 44 00:03:32,779 --> 00:03:35,156 Carla? My friend Louanne Johnson's here to see you. 45 00:03:35,323 --> 00:03:38,534 Oh, God, is that today? Hal, it's-it's not a good time. 46 00:03:38,659 --> 00:03:40,620 Well, she came in. 47 00:03:40,745 --> 00:03:43,372 All right. Uh, I'm gonna have to call you back. Thank you. 48 00:03:43,539 --> 00:03:47,293 Louanne, I'd like you to meet, uh, Carla Nichols, our assistant principal. 49 00:03:47,418 --> 00:03:49,670 - Hello. - Carla, Louanne Johnson. 50 00:03:49,796 --> 00:03:51,506 I'll wait outside. 51 00:03:51,631 --> 00:03:53,758 Uh, please, uh, have a, have a seat. 52 00:03:55,134 --> 00:03:57,470 - Thank you for seeing me. - Oh, well, 53 00:03:57,637 --> 00:04:02,558 Mr Griffith-- Uh, HaI-- has told me so much about you. 54 00:04:02,725 --> 00:04:05,186 - I hope not everything. - Oh-- 55 00:04:05,311 --> 00:04:09,023 Oh. No, only-- only good. 56 00:04:09,148 --> 00:04:12,360 And I must say, it-it isn't often that we have an applicant... 57 00:04:12,527 --> 00:04:16,697 of your maturity and, uh, varied experience. 58 00:04:16,864 --> 00:04:22,245 Um, B.A. in English Lit, public relations, telemarketing. 59 00:04:22,412 --> 00:04:23,704 - M-Marine. - Mm-hmm. 60 00:04:23,871 --> 00:04:26,582 - You don't look like a Marine. - Oh, well. 61 00:04:26,749 --> 00:04:28,709 Long sleeves. Hides the tattoos. 62 00:04:33,923 --> 00:04:38,428 Uh, fully accredited, except for one term of, of supervised student teaching. 63 00:04:38,553 --> 00:04:42,807 Why did you stop so close to being certified? 64 00:04:42,932 --> 00:04:47,061 Well, I met my husband and started working for his company. 65 00:04:47,228 --> 00:04:48,563 Uh, w-we're divorcing. 66 00:04:51,899 --> 00:04:56,070 W-Well, it would be no problem to get you emergency certification. 67 00:04:56,237 --> 00:04:59,365 - When could you start? - Start? 68 00:04:59,490 --> 00:05:01,909 Teaching. 69 00:05:02,076 --> 00:05:04,412 Miss Johnson, I'lI-I'll cut to the chase. 70 00:05:04,579 --> 00:05:08,166 One of our, uh, academy teachers, Mrs. Shepherd, left, 71 00:05:08,332 --> 00:05:11,961 and since then we've had three substitute teachers. 72 00:05:12,128 --> 00:05:15,882 The last one, Mrs. Gingrich, fell ill just this morning. 73 00:05:16,048 --> 00:05:19,385 So we have a fulI-time position and we need to fill it now. 74 00:05:19,552 --> 00:05:21,387 - I-- Um-- Full time. - Yes. 75 00:05:21,512 --> 00:05:25,600 I'm sorry, um, I thought this was an interview to, uh, t-to student teach. 76 00:05:25,725 --> 00:05:27,602 - WelI-- - Uh, w-w-w-w-wh-- Um, what is a-- 77 00:05:27,769 --> 00:05:29,979 What-- What is an academy teacher? 78 00:05:30,104 --> 00:05:32,607 Uh, well, the academy is, uh-- 79 00:05:32,774 --> 00:05:35,151 lt--lt's sort of a school within a school. 80 00:05:35,318 --> 00:05:40,281 Uh, special kids. Passionate, energetic, challenging. 81 00:05:42,158 --> 00:05:45,495 The, uh, salary is, is $24,700 a year. Are you interested? 82 00:05:48,414 --> 00:05:52,085 Yes, I-- Yes, I'm, I'm, I'm interested. 83 00:05:52,251 --> 00:05:55,379 Oh, that's wonderful. That-- Great. Great. 84 00:05:55,505 --> 00:05:59,050 Okay, so-- Oh, welI-- So, uh, these-- these are for you. 85 00:05:59,175 --> 00:06:02,136 Uh, curriculum, schedule and, uh, whatnot. 86 00:06:02,303 --> 00:06:04,305 And if you would just follow me. 87 00:06:07,433 --> 00:06:10,853 - We have a new teacher. - Great! 88 00:06:11,020 --> 00:06:12,814 - Congratulations! - Full time. 89 00:06:12,980 --> 00:06:15,149 - What? - Yeah. - Yes. Uh, starting tomorrow, 90 00:06:15,274 --> 00:06:17,860 Mrs. Johnson is going to be teaching one of our academy classes. 91 00:06:17,985 --> 00:06:20,154 I'm afraid Mrs. Gingrich is no longer with us. 92 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:23,825 - Carla, they-- - Mr Griffith's classroom is right next to yours. 93 00:06:23,991 --> 00:06:27,495 So would you meet her outside tomorrow and show her 107? 94 00:06:27,662 --> 00:06:29,163 - Right. - Thank you. 95 00:06:29,288 --> 00:06:31,124 - I just know this is gonna work out. - Thank you so much. 96 00:06:31,290 --> 00:06:32,625 Thank you. 97 00:06:33,793 --> 00:06:35,670 - Full time. - Louanne-- 98 00:06:35,795 --> 00:06:39,257 -Hal! -Louanne, d-did she t-tell you about, uh, the academy programme? 99 00:06:39,382 --> 00:06:40,925 Yeah, yeah. No, she told me all about it. 100 00:06:41,092 --> 00:06:43,428 She said, you know, bright, special kids and-- 101 00:06:43,553 --> 00:06:45,847 - Uh, Louanne, d-- - I wanna teach, Hal! 102 00:06:45,972 --> 00:06:50,351 - lf I have any questions, I'll know who to ask, right? - Yeah. I'll be counting on it. 103 00:06:52,228 --> 00:06:55,940 Fly ho's and chains and swingin' thangs 104 00:06:56,065 --> 00:06:58,484 Save me 105 00:06:58,609 --> 00:07:01,362 Just another young nigger havin' thangs 106 00:07:01,487 --> 00:07:04,365 Just a-havin' thangs 107 00:07:04,532 --> 00:07:07,577 Fly ho's and chains and swingin' thangs 108 00:07:07,744 --> 00:07:09,579 Why must I feel like that 109 00:07:11,247 --> 00:07:14,625 Just another young nigger havin' thangs 110 00:07:18,796 --> 00:07:20,631 lt's to your right. 111 00:07:22,842 --> 00:07:26,721 I guess Miss Shepherd's lesson plans will be in her desk. 112 00:07:28,264 --> 00:07:30,141 Very possibly. 113 00:07:36,022 --> 00:07:38,357 This is your classroom. 114 00:07:43,112 --> 00:07:46,449 - Noisy bunch, aren't they? - Yes, but if you stand there long enough, 115 00:07:46,574 --> 00:07:48,242 they'll usually quiet down. 116 00:07:48,409 --> 00:07:50,244 Don't try and shout over them. 117 00:07:51,204 --> 00:07:53,164 Right. Thanks. 118 00:07:55,875 --> 00:07:59,087 Louanne. 119 00:07:59,212 --> 00:08:01,923 - I'm right next door. - I wrote this about my life because it's my shit you never heard before 120 00:08:02,090 --> 00:08:04,592 - Why don't you live in my world That's my point that you been searchin' for 121 00:08:04,759 --> 00:08:08,096 I know that you need to relax A supported fact 122 00:08:08,221 --> 00:08:10,598 A little history and history of government-- 123 00:08:10,765 --> 00:08:12,767 lmmobilizing your physical and your brain 124 00:08:12,892 --> 00:08:14,769 With the emotion of subliminal motivation 125 00:08:14,936 --> 00:08:18,314 - Look at that! - No, no, no. Not yours. 126 00:08:18,439 --> 00:08:21,984 - White bread. - Snappin' my fingers appropriately when I rip 127 00:08:22,151 --> 00:08:25,029 You get flipped and then I pass the microphone to my homegirl Chris 128 00:08:25,154 --> 00:08:28,699 Now I see you runnin' I'm comin', boom, how stunnin' 129 00:08:28,866 --> 00:08:30,952 Fast as I step Got to earn a big rep 130 00:08:31,077 --> 00:08:33,913 For huntin' homies like deer Crack a beer and some heads 131 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:37,792 Then go find another poor person I can trap in my cage for a night 132 00:08:37,917 --> 00:08:40,336 Let loose, fool, run 'Cause my first meal is done 133 00:08:40,461 --> 00:08:44,382 - May I have your attention, please? - How long y'all been together? 134 00:08:44,507 --> 00:08:46,426 You run, I'll shoot 'Cause your homies said 'boo' to me 135 00:08:46,592 --> 00:08:49,053 Your life is a joke Smoked by the A to the K 136 00:08:49,178 --> 00:08:52,807 You went to bed without a trace lnfrared dot marks the spot 137 00:08:52,932 --> 00:08:55,977 -So duck or find your ass shot -What happened to Miss Shepherd? 138 00:08:56,144 --> 00:08:58,521 - Better not do that. - What? 139 00:08:58,646 --> 00:09:03,818 - What happened to Miss Shepherd? - Ooh, no, she ain't askin' about Miss triflin'-ass Shepherd. 140 00:09:03,985 --> 00:09:06,154 You playin' yourself. Playin' yourself. 141 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:10,116 Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo! Listen up! Yo, listen up! 142 00:09:10,241 --> 00:09:12,577 White Bread wanna know what happened to Miss Shepherd. 143 00:09:15,455 --> 00:09:17,415 We killed the bitch. 144 00:09:17,540 --> 00:09:19,917 Kick it, kick it, kick it, kick it, kick it. Hey! 145 00:09:20,042 --> 00:09:21,961 I was beginning to like the puta! 146 00:09:22,128 --> 00:09:25,882 Ohh! No, no, no. Everybody, everybody. Emilio ate her. 147 00:09:28,885 --> 00:09:31,095 Bullshit. 148 00:09:38,519 --> 00:09:41,481 - That bitch was too ugly to eat. - Yeah! 149 00:09:42,815 --> 00:09:45,109 Fed her to my dogs. 150 00:09:53,117 --> 00:09:54,911 But I'll eat you. 151 00:10:05,129 --> 00:10:07,548 What is your name? 152 00:10:07,715 --> 00:10:10,384 Emilio Ramirez. 153 00:10:13,054 --> 00:10:17,809 - Now, Emilio! - Emilio, you in trouble! 154 00:10:25,191 --> 00:10:29,237 Emilio! Emilio! Emilio! Emilio! Emilio! 155 00:10:29,362 --> 00:10:32,448 - Emilio! Emilio! Emilio! Emilio! - Oh, my God. - What's that? 156 00:10:32,615 --> 00:10:35,451 Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on. You know what they're like. Come on. 157 00:10:35,618 --> 00:10:39,539 Emilio! Emilio! Emilio! Emilio! Emilio! Emilio! Emilio! Emilio! 158 00:10:56,305 --> 00:10:58,933 Madison surrendered to the nationalists. 159 00:11:01,185 --> 00:11:06,691 Hamilton himself could have already have composed the message that embraced-- 160 00:11:11,195 --> 00:11:13,823 Donna. Donna, take over the class. 161 00:11:19,787 --> 00:11:21,622 Shut up! 162 00:11:28,671 --> 00:11:30,548 What happened to Miss Shepherd? 163 00:11:30,715 --> 00:11:32,925 - Well, she quit. - Why? 164 00:11:33,092 --> 00:11:36,220 Well, she was a very high-strung individual. 165 00:11:36,345 --> 00:11:38,306 What, did she have a breakdown? 166 00:11:38,431 --> 00:11:40,641 No. She quit before that. 167 00:11:40,808 --> 00:11:43,227 One of the substitutes, she had a breakdown. 168 00:11:43,394 --> 00:11:46,939 - That's how they weed them out. - Who are these kids, rejects from hell? 169 00:11:47,064 --> 00:11:51,486 No. They're bright kids with little or no educational skills... 170 00:11:51,611 --> 00:11:54,697 and what we politely call a lot of social problems. 171 00:11:54,864 --> 00:11:56,699 Damn it, Griffith, you could've warned me! 172 00:11:56,824 --> 00:12:00,953 Hey, Louanne, you said you wanted to teach. 173 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:02,997 - Now, is that a load of bull or what? - No! 174 00:12:03,164 --> 00:12:04,582 - So teach. - I ca-- - What? 175 00:12:04,749 --> 00:12:07,001 I can't teach them! 176 00:12:07,126 --> 00:12:11,506 Yes, you can. All you gotta do is get their attention. 177 00:12:13,758 --> 00:12:15,384 Or quit. 178 00:12:23,684 --> 00:12:26,020 I'm back! 179 00:12:51,170 --> 00:12:55,633 "She decided that if Brian broke a rule she would utilize these consequences: 180 00:12:55,758 --> 00:12:59,429 The first time he broke a rule his name would be put on the board." 181 00:13:13,609 --> 00:13:17,613 This is the life 182 00:13:20,992 --> 00:13:25,204 This is the life 183 00:13:25,329 --> 00:13:28,708 This is the life 184 00:13:32,754 --> 00:13:34,422 Okay, you little bastards. 185 00:13:34,589 --> 00:13:36,048 - Come on - Put your back into it 186 00:13:36,174 --> 00:13:37,258 - Come on - Put your back into it 187 00:13:38,134 --> 00:13:39,927 - Come on - Put your back into it 188 00:13:40,052 --> 00:13:41,637 - Come on - Put your back into it 189 00:13:41,763 --> 00:13:44,307 - Come on - Put your back into the beat 190 00:13:44,474 --> 00:13:45,975 Achieve the goals in which you seek 191 00:13:46,142 --> 00:13:47,727 Don't let nobody steer you wrong 192 00:13:47,852 --> 00:13:49,604 Or you'll be singin' that same old song 193 00:13:49,729 --> 00:13:51,939 - How someone's always holdin you down - There she is. 194 00:13:52,064 --> 00:13:53,649 - Just keep your two feet on the ground - Girl, you didn't get enough yesterday? 195 00:13:53,775 --> 00:13:56,486 And when you come you be direct 'cause punks get no respect 196 00:13:56,611 --> 00:13:59,155 - My eyes to the west side - East side, west side 197 00:14:09,123 --> 00:14:12,335 How you doin'? Yeah. 198 00:14:16,672 --> 00:14:21,177 Hey, everybody, everybody, look! A cowboy! 199 00:14:21,344 --> 00:14:24,931 Put your back into it Put your back into it 200 00:14:25,056 --> 00:14:29,894 - Put your back into it - Don't talk about-- Don't talk about yourself like that. 201 00:14:30,061 --> 00:14:33,356 "I am a--" 202 00:14:33,481 --> 00:14:37,318 - Shut up! Y'all sound like them fifth-graders! - You shut up! 203 00:14:39,445 --> 00:14:43,991 "Does... anyone... 204 00:14:44,158 --> 00:14:45,660 know--" 205 00:14:48,621 --> 00:14:52,083 - What's "karate"? - Karate, you stupid asshole. 206 00:14:52,250 --> 00:14:56,462 - You're so stupid. - You're a Marine? A for-real Marine? 207 00:14:56,587 --> 00:14:59,757 - Discharged, but yes. - Estupido. 208 00:14:59,924 --> 00:15:02,760 I'll try some karate with you, Miss Johnson. 209 00:15:05,847 --> 00:15:09,892 I'm sorry, but I'm not allowed to touch a student. 210 00:15:10,017 --> 00:15:13,396 But if you really think you know what you're doin', come on up here. 211 00:15:13,521 --> 00:15:16,566 Hey, sounds like a challenge to me, ése. You'd better get up there. 212 00:15:16,732 --> 00:15:20,737 Oh, I know what I'm doin'. There's no sense doin' it though if you can't touch me. 213 00:15:22,405 --> 00:15:25,950 Okay, anybody else know any karate? What about you? 214 00:15:26,117 --> 00:15:29,454 - Durrell Chang Chang. - I know some motherfuckin' karate. 215 00:15:31,873 --> 00:15:33,332 Whoo! Durrell, gimme it! 216 00:15:33,458 --> 00:15:35,334 - Durrell. - Shit. 217 00:15:38,421 --> 00:15:43,050 - What about you? You know any karate? - Raul. Yeah, I know enough. 218 00:15:43,217 --> 00:15:45,136 - Okay, Raul. - Go on up there. 219 00:15:45,303 --> 00:15:47,513 Come on up here. 220 00:15:47,638 --> 00:15:50,183 - All right. Yeah, shit. I'm gonna take that motherfucker. - Come on, Nacho. 221 00:15:50,349 --> 00:15:53,060 Shit. All right. Come on, let's go, ése. 222 00:15:53,227 --> 00:15:54,729 Let's go. 223 00:16:05,782 --> 00:16:07,700 Shit! 224 00:16:07,867 --> 00:16:10,078 You guys-- Wait, wait, wait. Whoa! 225 00:16:10,203 --> 00:16:13,414 You guys don't know shit. 226 00:16:13,581 --> 00:16:16,125 -"l don't know shit," man. I know what I'm doin', lady. -You don't even know any throws. 227 00:16:16,292 --> 00:16:21,798 Now, I heard that a Marine can kill a man with his, uh, bare hands. ls that true? 228 00:16:21,923 --> 00:16:24,092 Absolutely. 229 00:16:25,093 --> 00:16:27,261 Oh, shit. 230 00:16:31,015 --> 00:16:33,643 Okay, h-here's how it starts. 231 00:16:33,810 --> 00:16:37,396 Um, okay, where's a-- Can you two move that desk down there a little bit? 232 00:16:41,109 --> 00:16:44,445 Um, okay, everything is slow motion at first. 233 00:16:44,612 --> 00:16:47,281 - Um, Durrell. - Yeah. 234 00:16:47,448 --> 00:16:51,327 Okay, you, um, you move into Raul like you're gonna hit him. 235 00:16:51,494 --> 00:16:53,371 Yeah, I can do that. 236 00:16:53,496 --> 00:16:54,789 - Okay. - Nacho. 237 00:16:54,914 --> 00:16:59,001 Now, Raul, you're gonna step into Durrell... 238 00:16:59,168 --> 00:17:01,921 and you're gonna grab his wrist, okay? 239 00:17:02,088 --> 00:17:08,136 You're gonna turn your body away from him so that your butt is in his stomach. Okay? 240 00:17:08,302 --> 00:17:11,472 Fuck you! Get the fuck off me, man! 241 00:17:11,597 --> 00:17:14,308 What you gonna do? 242 00:17:14,434 --> 00:17:16,811 - Man, you wish, homes! You wish, man! - Bring it on, homes! 243 00:17:16,936 --> 00:17:19,397 - Fuck you! Get your hands off me! - Bring it on, Nacho. - You wish, man! 244 00:17:19,522 --> 00:17:23,109 - Bring it on. - Now, it's a hip throw. lt's a hip throw. 245 00:17:23,276 --> 00:17:26,779 - Okay, take your fighting stance again, okay. - Nacho. 246 00:17:26,946 --> 00:17:29,031 Okay, grab his wrist. Okay. 247 00:17:29,198 --> 00:17:31,325 Now, now this time, as you move in, 248 00:17:31,492 --> 00:17:34,996 you're gonna take this hand, you're gonna grab onto this shoulder. 249 00:17:35,163 --> 00:17:36,998 Okay? Ready? 250 00:17:38,291 --> 00:17:40,209 Oh, shit! 251 00:17:40,376 --> 00:17:44,213 Thank you! Hey! Hey! All right! 252 00:17:44,338 --> 00:17:47,508 - Ow, man! I'll kick your motherfuckin' ass, ése! - Sucker! Sucker! 253 00:17:55,099 --> 00:17:58,227 Well, that was "A" work. 254 00:17:58,352 --> 00:18:00,229 You'd make good Marines. 255 00:18:01,647 --> 00:18:04,942 ln fact, from this moment, 256 00:18:05,068 --> 00:18:07,695 each one of you is like an inductee... 257 00:18:07,862 --> 00:18:11,115 - Who's a duck? - with a clean record. - Quack. 258 00:18:11,282 --> 00:18:16,287 - So, if you wanna pass, - Quack quack. 259 00:18:16,454 --> 00:18:18,289 all you have to do is try. 260 00:18:22,251 --> 00:18:24,295 Oh, homes. 261 00:18:26,631 --> 00:18:29,842 Because at this point, everyone has an "A." 262 00:18:30,009 --> 00:18:32,428 - What? - ls she serious? 263 00:18:37,183 --> 00:18:39,936 But it's up to you to keep it. 264 00:18:41,521 --> 00:18:45,399 -Bullshit. -Yo, why don't you shut up, man. 265 00:18:45,525 --> 00:18:49,070 What if it ain't bullshit? Ain't never had no fuckin' "A" before. 266 00:18:51,697 --> 00:18:53,282 I once knew a man who couldn't read 267 00:18:53,449 --> 00:18:55,368 He said it ain't no thang 'cause I graduated twice 268 00:18:55,535 --> 00:18:56,744 With the game I possess 269 00:18:56,911 --> 00:18:58,287 Bulletproof vest to the chest 270 00:18:58,454 --> 00:19:00,790 But when his kids needed help to prepare for a test 271 00:19:00,915 --> 00:19:03,751 lt was stress 'cause Pops didn't achieve any academics 272 00:19:03,918 --> 00:19:06,129 And true, indeed This problem is an epidemic 273 00:19:06,295 --> 00:19:09,549 Who want to work five long hard days through it and get taxed 274 00:19:09,674 --> 00:19:11,134 So that's a message for your mind 275 00:19:11,259 --> 00:19:14,720 The story's been told about a thousand times 276 00:19:14,887 --> 00:19:16,431 So here's a message for your mind 277 00:19:16,556 --> 00:19:19,725 One thousand-one One thousand-two 278 00:19:19,851 --> 00:19:21,644 So here's a message for your mind 279 00:19:29,277 --> 00:19:31,154 Morning. 280 00:19:35,241 --> 00:19:39,245 - Okay, today we are going to conjugate some verbs. - What? 281 00:19:39,412 --> 00:19:41,414 Hey, what about karate? 282 00:19:41,539 --> 00:19:44,500 Well, I can't just teach you karate. I'll show you another hold next week. 283 00:19:44,625 --> 00:19:47,336 Get outta here! 284 00:19:55,303 --> 00:19:57,638 Belt it out, too. I wanna hear it. 285 00:20:06,606 --> 00:20:09,525 We eat green beans for dinner. What you do with 'em? 286 00:20:09,650 --> 00:20:11,736 "We eat green beans for dinner." 287 00:20:11,903 --> 00:20:15,656 - Okay-- - Hey, Pam. Pam! 288 00:20:18,785 --> 00:20:20,661 Ye-- Yo, Chris! 289 00:20:29,670 --> 00:20:31,297 Hey. Hey. Hey, what's up? 290 00:20:37,804 --> 00:20:40,348 Hey, man, it's not a big deal, okay? 291 00:20:47,063 --> 00:20:48,523 ls that true? 292 00:20:48,689 --> 00:20:51,442 lf we wanna die? Shit, no. 293 00:20:51,609 --> 00:20:54,904 We want you to die. 294 00:20:55,029 --> 00:20:59,367 - ls that true? - Well, if it was between you and us, hell yeah. 295 00:20:59,492 --> 00:21:02,453 - Okay. - Hey! Hey! I don't care if I live or die! 296 00:21:04,872 --> 00:21:07,375 - What about that? - Suicide, man. - What's all this bullshit with dying? 297 00:21:07,500 --> 00:21:11,546 - You want us dead? - No, darlin', but I do want you to keep your "A." 298 00:21:11,671 --> 00:21:13,548 So, no, I'm gonna make it real easy on you, okay? 299 00:21:13,714 --> 00:21:18,928 All you have to do is tell me the verb that makes this sentence true. 300 00:21:19,053 --> 00:21:22,056 We choose to do some karate. 301 00:21:22,181 --> 00:21:24,976 - Yeah, right. - Okay, give me a verb instead of "choose." 302 00:21:25,143 --> 00:21:27,812 - We're going to die? - We must die, okay. 303 00:21:27,937 --> 00:21:32,567 - Okay, "we must die." ls "must" a verb? Can you, uh-- - No, "must" ain't no verb. 304 00:21:32,734 --> 00:21:37,238 - Can you "must" something? - Yeah. I must piss right now. You'd better believe it. 305 00:21:44,078 --> 00:21:47,915 Okay, what verb that we used today is the most powerful? 306 00:21:48,082 --> 00:21:50,668 - Die. - Piss. 307 00:21:50,793 --> 00:21:53,087 Oh, you so stupid! 308 00:21:55,214 --> 00:21:58,050 - Choose. - Choose. 309 00:21:58,176 --> 00:21:59,927 - What's your name? - Callie. 310 00:22:00,094 --> 00:22:02,430 Callie, why? 311 00:22:02,555 --> 00:22:05,475 Because that's the difference between owning your life and being afraid. 312 00:22:05,641 --> 00:22:07,268 Saying "l choose" no matter what. 313 00:22:07,435 --> 00:22:09,270 You mean, like a guy's got a gun to your head... 314 00:22:09,437 --> 00:22:12,106 and he's pulling the trigger and you say, "l choose to die"? 315 00:22:12,190 --> 00:22:17,153 No, you ain't choosin' to die, but you can choose to die without screaming, right? 316 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:19,447 I mean, you could always choose somethin'. 317 00:22:19,614 --> 00:22:21,783 - Not where I live. - Shit. 318 00:22:21,949 --> 00:22:23,993 Did you read that somewhere in this class? 319 00:22:26,996 --> 00:22:32,794 No. ln our class we readin' this book called My Darling, My Hamburger. 320 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:34,629 - From this. - My what? 321 00:22:34,796 --> 00:22:37,632 - My Darling, My Hamburger. - Hamburger? 322 00:22:39,509 --> 00:22:42,929 Possessive pronoun, noun, possessive pronoun. 323 00:22:43,096 --> 00:22:45,807 - Oh, watch it, girl. - Let's see. 324 00:22:45,973 --> 00:22:47,850 E-Excuse me. 325 00:22:48,017 --> 00:22:49,811 - Excuse me, Miss Johnson. - Uh-- Oh, yes. 326 00:22:49,936 --> 00:22:53,106 Would you stop by the principaI's office before your next class, please? 327 00:22:53,272 --> 00:22:56,401 Mr Grandey would like to speak to you. 328 00:22:56,526 --> 00:22:59,529 The principal! 329 00:22:59,654 --> 00:23:02,990 Oooh, White Bread in trouble! 330 00:23:23,136 --> 00:23:25,888 Yes. I'll talk to you later. 331 00:23:26,013 --> 00:23:28,474 Bye-bye. 332 00:23:28,599 --> 00:23:32,478 Miss Johnson, this is an office. We knock before we enter. 333 00:23:33,646 --> 00:23:35,690 Oh, I'm sorry. 334 00:23:35,815 --> 00:23:37,191 Please. 335 00:23:43,156 --> 00:23:47,702 Now, Miss Johnson, I'm taking into consideration the fact that you're new... 336 00:23:47,827 --> 00:23:51,873 and therefore don't know that teaching karate is against school policy... 337 00:23:51,998 --> 00:23:55,918 and can lead to a lawsuit in case of an injury. 338 00:23:56,085 --> 00:23:59,213 But you can avoid this kind of error-- you simply follow the curriculum... 339 00:23:59,338 --> 00:24:01,716 dictated by the Board of Education. 340 00:24:04,844 --> 00:24:09,140 Well, um, sir, that's almost impossible, um-- 341 00:24:09,265 --> 00:24:12,852 Most of my students don't even know what a verb is. 342 00:24:13,019 --> 00:24:14,604 lf you're going to teach them, 343 00:24:14,729 --> 00:24:19,484 I'm sure there's a better sentence than "We choose to die." 344 00:24:19,609 --> 00:24:22,904 I'm sure there are, but I-- I-l needed a sentence that would get their attention... 345 00:24:23,029 --> 00:24:27,533 - Mmm. - and, well, it had to be better than this. 346 00:24:29,744 --> 00:24:33,206 Miss Johnson, that is the approved curriculum for second period. 347 00:24:33,372 --> 00:24:35,500 Your class. 348 00:24:35,625 --> 00:24:39,045 Now, I know the newer the teacher, the smarter she is, 349 00:24:39,170 --> 00:24:44,675 but I-I'm afraid you're just going to have to go along with our policies, 350 00:24:44,842 --> 00:24:47,678 even if you don't agree with them. 351 00:24:49,847 --> 00:24:52,141 - All right? - Mm-hmm. 352 00:24:53,434 --> 00:24:55,394 What a fuckin' idiot. 353 00:25:00,525 --> 00:25:02,902 - Griffith. - Don't let them get to you. 354 00:25:03,069 --> 00:25:06,197 I'm not. I-ln fact, I'm about to challenge the entire curriculum. 355 00:25:06,322 --> 00:25:11,619 - lf I could just find the paper in the Xerox room. - You can't. There isn't any. 356 00:25:11,744 --> 00:25:14,288 - What do you mean? - I mean there isn't any. 357 00:25:14,414 --> 00:25:18,584 I mean, we're out of Xerox paper and art paper and we're short on pencils. 358 00:25:18,751 --> 00:25:22,630 But we do have plenty of students. I guess that, uh, balances things out. 359 00:25:25,341 --> 00:25:26,801 Thanks. 360 00:25:34,434 --> 00:25:36,727 Another fuckin' idiot. 361 00:25:36,853 --> 00:25:39,772 No, I can't run, I can't hide from all this pressure 362 00:25:39,897 --> 00:25:42,984 lf I sell out, that means I'm coppin' to a lesser charge 363 00:25:43,109 --> 00:25:46,070 - And whenever there's a will baby, there's a way - Shit! 364 00:25:46,195 --> 00:25:49,115 Each one teach one I always say the murder rate is risin' 365 00:25:49,282 --> 00:25:53,327 Society ain't scarin' me Life is like a puzzle Ain't no tellin' when they'll bury me 366 00:25:53,453 --> 00:25:57,290 - Problems, problems How are we gonna solve 'em - So, what's on today's lesson plan? 367 00:25:57,415 --> 00:26:01,335 A little kickboxing? Some, uh, target practice, huh? 368 00:26:01,502 --> 00:26:04,505 No. My own little secret weapon. 369 00:26:04,672 --> 00:26:07,425 Problems, problems How are we gonna solve 'em 370 00:26:10,970 --> 00:26:14,682 Okay, so, "never" is-- 371 00:26:14,849 --> 00:26:16,976 - lt's a verb! - Adverb! Adverb! - Adverb! Adverb! 372 00:26:17,143 --> 00:26:19,228 Adverb! Fantastic! 373 00:26:19,353 --> 00:26:21,689 - Whoo! - You guys'll be reading poetry soon. 374 00:26:21,856 --> 00:26:24,233 - You guys are sharp. - Oh, my-- 375 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:26,069 - Whoa! - Okay. 376 00:26:28,154 --> 00:26:30,323 - Homeboy! - King of the calle! 377 00:26:30,490 --> 00:26:32,700 Sit down, sit down, sit down. 378 00:26:35,912 --> 00:26:38,581 - Sit down. - Honourable sensei. Hmm. 379 00:26:38,664 --> 00:26:42,543 lt's obvious that "homeboy" is a noun. 380 00:26:44,837 --> 00:26:46,714 Noun is correct! 381 00:26:46,881 --> 00:26:49,634 Well, give me my damn candy bar. 382 00:26:49,759 --> 00:26:51,177 - Whoo! - Thank you. 383 00:26:51,344 --> 00:26:54,555 Boy, poetry will be a piece of cake for this crowd. 384 00:26:54,722 --> 00:26:58,768 Yo, how come you keep sayin' poetry? What's poetry got to do with this shit? 385 00:26:58,893 --> 00:27:01,604 Poetry? WelI-- 386 00:27:01,771 --> 00:27:04,565 Because if you can read poetry, you can read just about anything, hon. 387 00:27:05,399 --> 00:27:08,319 - When you're ready for poetry, you're ready for bear. - I say bring on the bear! 388 00:27:08,486 --> 00:27:11,781 - I'm always ready for bear. Shit. - I'm always ready to see you bare. 389 00:27:11,948 --> 00:27:15,993 - Whoa! - Oh, shut up, you stupid! - Oh, yeah? Ohh! Ohh! 390 00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:20,206 Well, okay, here's the bear. 391 00:27:21,332 --> 00:27:23,376 So what the fuck is that? 392 00:27:23,501 --> 00:27:29,298 - I just happen to have copies of-of-- of a poem... - Wait for me! Shit! 393 00:27:29,424 --> 00:27:33,094 - That's okay. - written by the greatest poet. 394 00:27:33,261 --> 00:27:35,263 My Darling, My Hamburger. How's that? 395 00:27:37,974 --> 00:27:39,809 - Okay, here's the deal. - She was joking about the bear. 396 00:27:39,976 --> 00:27:44,188 When we finish this assignment, I am gonna take... 397 00:27:44,313 --> 00:27:46,065 all of you... 398 00:27:46,232 --> 00:27:48,151 to a place that has... 399 00:27:48,317 --> 00:27:51,863 the highest parachute jumps, 400 00:27:52,029 --> 00:27:53,948 the biggest roller coaster, 401 00:27:54,115 --> 00:27:56,075 the best rides, 402 00:27:56,242 --> 00:27:58,911 the most delicious hot dogs, 403 00:27:59,078 --> 00:28:00,663 the hardest games... 404 00:28:00,830 --> 00:28:04,792 and the best prizes in the world. 405 00:28:04,917 --> 00:28:07,003 - You're kiddin'. - For real? 406 00:28:07,170 --> 00:28:10,047 - And we don't gotta pay for it? - Huh? 407 00:28:10,214 --> 00:28:13,009 - And we don't gotta pay for it? - Not a penny. 408 00:28:13,176 --> 00:28:16,137 So then, who pays? 409 00:28:16,304 --> 00:28:18,723 The Board of Education. 410 00:28:18,890 --> 00:28:20,975 - Lord, did you hear that? - I don't believe it. 411 00:28:22,602 --> 00:28:25,813 - Sound good? - Hey! 412 00:28:28,274 --> 00:28:30,109 That's bullshit, man! 413 00:28:31,944 --> 00:28:33,404 I'm sorry? 414 00:28:35,406 --> 00:28:38,326 Since when has the Board of Education done anything for us, huh? 415 00:28:38,493 --> 00:28:41,329 Yeah, man, we fuckin' barely get lunch. 416 00:28:42,830 --> 00:28:45,583 Well, I'm sorry you feel that way, Emilio. 417 00:28:48,044 --> 00:28:50,296 Good. 418 00:28:50,463 --> 00:28:54,842 - Uh, Durrell, you wanna read the first four lines? - Oh, man, you trippin', man. 419 00:28:54,967 --> 00:28:56,928 I ain't readin'. You trippin'. 420 00:29:00,098 --> 00:29:02,725 - Okay, how about the f-- - You've got to read it. - How about the first line? 421 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:07,230 I'm scared to death, motherfucker, all right? That's all. 422 00:29:18,825 --> 00:29:22,703 - Move slowly to the right, people. - Yep, yep 423 00:29:22,829 --> 00:29:25,623 Miss Johnson. 424 00:29:25,748 --> 00:29:28,376 - You better be for real. - Yep, yep 425 00:29:31,879 --> 00:29:34,173 - Yep, yep - Miss Johnson? 426 00:29:34,298 --> 00:29:36,509 Yes, Callie? 427 00:29:36,634 --> 00:29:39,929 lf you wanna get the class to listen, get Emilio. 428 00:29:42,348 --> 00:29:44,225 - Yep, yep - lt's all right 429 00:29:44,392 --> 00:29:47,353 - lt's all right - As you may have heard 430 00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:49,105 - Yeah - To smoke a fat one 431 00:29:49,272 --> 00:29:52,108 - To smoke a fat one - And drink a Thunderbird 432 00:29:52,233 --> 00:29:55,027 - Drink a Thunderbird - lt's okay 433 00:29:55,153 --> 00:29:58,030 - lt's okay - To play this loud 434 00:29:58,197 --> 00:30:04,078 - Mister DJ, don't mean to sweat you down - Wait 435 00:30:04,245 --> 00:30:07,457 - I'll get you, you little fucker. - Yep 436 00:30:07,623 --> 00:30:10,418 - Poetry? - Poetry, yeah. 437 00:30:10,543 --> 00:30:12,962 - These kids? - Why not these kids? 438 00:30:13,087 --> 00:30:15,298 Well, hey, go for it. 439 00:30:15,465 --> 00:30:18,885 No, but I gotta find a gimmick first, you know. Something that'll grab their attention. 440 00:30:19,051 --> 00:30:21,095 - Who's your favourite poet, Griffith? - My favourite? 441 00:30:21,220 --> 00:30:24,056 - Oh, there are so many. How do I choose? - I'm serious. 442 00:30:24,223 --> 00:30:26,893 Mmm. Serious. Okay. 443 00:30:26,976 --> 00:30:29,353 - Big D. Dylan. - Get out! 444 00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:31,355 Why not? 445 00:30:31,522 --> 00:30:33,900 Well, I don-- He's n-- You know, he's not for everybody. 446 00:30:34,025 --> 00:30:36,944 I mean, he's a little long-winded, don't you think? 447 00:30:37,070 --> 00:30:39,280 I suppose that's 'cause he wrote drunk. 448 00:30:39,447 --> 00:30:41,199 He had a drinking problem? 449 00:30:41,324 --> 00:30:43,659 Well, the guy's Welsh. There ain't a lot to do there. 450 00:30:43,826 --> 00:30:46,079 I thought he was from Minnesota. 451 00:30:46,204 --> 00:30:49,373 You know, if the guy's your favourite poet, you might want to read up on him a little bit. 452 00:30:49,540 --> 00:30:51,626 He was Welsh and he drank himself to death. 453 00:30:51,751 --> 00:30:54,921 Dead? He's not dead. I saw him yesterday on MTV. 454 00:30:57,340 --> 00:30:59,675 You saw Dylan Thomas on MTV. 455 00:31:01,094 --> 00:31:02,845 No. Bob Dylan. 456 00:31:02,970 --> 00:31:05,223 Oh-- 457 00:31:05,389 --> 00:31:08,476 -Bob Dylan? Ohh! -He looked dead. He looked dead. 458 00:31:08,643 --> 00:31:12,105 - Ohh! - Hey, Mr Tambourine Man 459 00:31:12,271 --> 00:31:15,358 Play a song for me 460 00:31:16,192 --> 00:31:19,153 "Hey, Mr Tambourine Man--" 461 00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:21,322 - Tambourine! - Tambourine! - Tangerine. 462 00:31:21,447 --> 00:31:24,158 "T-Tambourine Man, 463 00:31:24,283 --> 00:31:27,495 Play a song for me 464 00:31:27,662 --> 00:31:31,791 I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to" 465 00:31:31,916 --> 00:31:33,584 Wow, he can read. 466 00:31:33,709 --> 00:31:35,628 Thank you. Taiwana? 467 00:31:38,089 --> 00:31:40,967 The next three lines, Taiwana. 468 00:31:41,134 --> 00:31:43,261 "Hey, Mr Tambourine Man 469 00:31:43,386 --> 00:31:45,721 Play a song for me 470 00:31:45,888 --> 00:31:49,475 ln the jingle-jangle morning I'll come following you" 471 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:51,561 - Good. - All right. 472 00:31:51,686 --> 00:31:53,521 - Yes. - What does that mean? 473 00:31:53,688 --> 00:31:56,023 What do you think it means? 474 00:31:56,149 --> 00:31:58,109 What, some guy's got a tambourine... 475 00:31:58,234 --> 00:32:01,654 and this other guy wants him to play it 'cause he can't sleep. 476 00:32:01,821 --> 00:32:04,449 - Okay. - Yeah, but how come he want to play the tambourine? 477 00:32:04,615 --> 00:32:07,285 Don't he got a radio or somethin'? You know what I'm sayin'? 478 00:32:07,368 --> 00:32:12,331 Well, you kn-- That's a good point. I mean, i-i-it's-- it's a weird choice. 479 00:32:12,498 --> 00:32:16,794 So, what if I told you that Mr Tambourine Man... 480 00:32:16,919 --> 00:32:18,671 is a code name? 481 00:32:18,796 --> 00:32:22,133 - A code name for what? - James Bond. 482 00:32:22,300 --> 00:32:24,802 - A drug dealer. - ls it? 483 00:32:24,969 --> 00:32:26,804 Well, a lot of people think so. 484 00:32:26,929 --> 00:32:30,016 You know, this song is from the '60s, when you couldn't sing about drugs, 485 00:32:30,183 --> 00:32:32,268 so they had to make up codes. 486 00:32:32,393 --> 00:32:37,899 So what was the code? What does "Hey, Mr Tambourine Man Play a song for me" mean? 487 00:32:38,024 --> 00:32:41,069 - Well, you figure-- - "Play a song for me" means "give me the stuff." 488 00:32:41,194 --> 00:32:43,946 Yeah, it's like that nigger been out drinkin' all night and smokin' some shit... 489 00:32:44,072 --> 00:32:46,449 and everybody broke out on his ass, you know what I'm sayin'? 490 00:32:46,616 --> 00:32:50,661 And he's high-- he's still high, but he's kinda low and shaky. You know-- "jingle-jangle." 491 00:32:50,828 --> 00:32:54,082 Yeah, and he needs something, like a big hit of crack or cocaine and shit. 492 00:32:54,207 --> 00:32:56,250 He's crazy, okay? 493 00:32:56,375 --> 00:32:59,378 So, what do you think, Emilio? Do you think that Raul is right? 494 00:33:02,006 --> 00:33:06,094 - All right, it's too personal to discuss. - What? 495 00:33:06,219 --> 00:33:09,555 You mean you choose not to participate in the discussion? 496 00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:12,975 - Boy's too slick. - Not about somethin' so personal. 497 00:33:17,939 --> 00:33:20,441 Wanna draw for it? 498 00:33:20,566 --> 00:33:22,610 What? 499 00:33:22,777 --> 00:33:26,489 High card, you don't have to discuss anything. 500 00:33:28,241 --> 00:33:31,244 Why do I gotta draw for it? That's the way it is now. 501 00:33:49,762 --> 00:33:52,265 Listen to this. 502 00:33:52,390 --> 00:33:55,977 Name one of the most influential presidents of the 20th century. 503 00:33:56,144 --> 00:33:58,980 - Roosevelt. - Simple, right? 504 00:33:59,105 --> 00:34:02,608 Wrong. A history teacher's nightmare. 505 00:34:04,110 --> 00:34:06,154 How about Snoop Doggy Dogg for an answer? 506 00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:09,741 Joe Montana. Winston Churchill. 507 00:34:11,617 --> 00:34:14,954 But this-- this is the best. 508 00:34:15,079 --> 00:34:19,083 "l will not answer this question on the grounds that it is culturally biased... 509 00:34:19,208 --> 00:34:21,627 against individuals such as myself." 510 00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:27,049 Actually, for this answer I'm gonna give him partial credit. 511 00:34:29,135 --> 00:34:31,679 Louanne, you lose your sense of humour, it's over. 512 00:34:33,097 --> 00:34:35,349 Uh, here. New pictures of the rug rats. 513 00:34:35,516 --> 00:34:38,603 - Oh, God. People are supposed to ask first, Griffith. - Shut up. 514 00:34:40,897 --> 00:34:44,025 Ohh. They look like Maggie. Thank God. 515 00:34:44,192 --> 00:34:47,695 Oh, I don't know. Harry with his thumb in his mouth, he kinda looks like me. 516 00:34:47,862 --> 00:34:50,865 ls that his thumb? I thought that was a cigarette. 517 00:34:50,990 --> 00:34:53,201 - How is Maggie? - Good. 518 00:34:53,326 --> 00:34:55,369 She wants you to come over for dinner. 519 00:34:55,495 --> 00:34:59,874 We had some fun times, you and Maggie and me and-- what's his name? 520 00:35:01,501 --> 00:35:03,628 - I remember. - Yeah. 521 00:35:06,089 --> 00:35:10,384 I remember too. That's why it's hard for me to come to dinner. 522 00:35:12,887 --> 00:35:14,889 - Seeing anybody? - No. 523 00:35:16,808 --> 00:35:19,227 How do you do that? You walk around with a bag over your head? 524 00:35:19,393 --> 00:35:22,146 - No. - Louanne, it's over six months. 525 00:35:22,271 --> 00:35:24,148 I'm not ready, Hal. 526 00:35:27,276 --> 00:35:32,573 You know, I thought you guys always stuck together. What are you sitting here with me for? 527 00:35:32,698 --> 00:35:37,703 You know, he was my best friend, Louanne. "Was" is the operative word. 528 00:35:39,163 --> 00:35:41,499 He isn't worth your spit. 529 00:35:50,383 --> 00:35:52,385 What was that for? 530 00:35:52,552 --> 00:35:55,972 Just tell Maggie she's a lucky lady, Griffith. 531 00:35:56,097 --> 00:35:59,767 Yeah, when they made me they broke the mold. Both of them. 532 00:36:04,105 --> 00:36:06,065 - Good morning, ladies. - Good morning. 533 00:36:14,240 --> 00:36:16,284 We gotta stop meeting like this. 534 00:36:19,871 --> 00:36:22,749 You sound awful. 535 00:36:22,915 --> 00:36:24,500 I refuse to take medical advice... 536 00:36:24,625 --> 00:36:29,088 from somebody who eats Cheetos at 8:00 in the morning. 537 00:36:29,255 --> 00:36:33,134 Yeah, well, you shouldn't smoke. Listen to that cough! 538 00:36:34,969 --> 00:36:36,304 You know-- 539 00:36:38,514 --> 00:36:40,975 - I'll see you inside. - You're gonna finish the cigarette, aren't you? 540 00:36:41,142 --> 00:36:44,687 No, I'm not. Really. Honest. I swear. 541 00:36:44,854 --> 00:36:48,149 Here! Right here! Yeah! 542 00:36:59,118 --> 00:37:01,871 - Guys are off playin' pool. - You wanna smoke a cigarette? 543 00:37:02,038 --> 00:37:04,707 - I gave you your money, man. 350 bucks! - Three-fifty? 544 00:37:04,791 --> 00:37:06,959 What are you talkin' about, homes? Are you callin' me a liar? 545 00:37:07,126 --> 00:37:10,505 - What, do you think I'm fuckin' stupid? - Yo, man, no. Don't get loud, motherfucker! 546 00:37:10,630 --> 00:37:13,382 I'm gonna kick your fuckin' spic ass! 547 00:37:13,549 --> 00:37:16,219 - Fuck you, man! - Jump back, motherfucker! - Fight! Fight! 548 00:37:16,344 --> 00:37:19,472 - Get back, get back. - You fuckin' pendejo! - Okay, okay, okay! 549 00:37:19,639 --> 00:37:22,350 Back off! Hey, hey, hey, hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! 550 00:37:22,475 --> 00:37:24,727 - iPuto! - One of you makes a move, I will call security! 551 00:37:24,894 --> 00:37:27,563 - Aw, bullshit! - Big fuckin' deal. - They don't care. 552 00:37:27,688 --> 00:37:32,360 Okay, get to your classes. Okay. lt's all over. Move! 553 00:37:37,740 --> 00:37:41,035 -You are stronger than these two put together, and you know it! -Bullshit, man! 554 00:37:41,202 --> 00:37:42,578 - iVato! - He wishes, man! 555 00:37:46,082 --> 00:37:51,003 You could all be expelled if I report this to the office, and you know that. 556 00:37:51,129 --> 00:37:55,758 Okay, if you give me your word that it ends here, I'll forget it. 557 00:37:55,883 --> 00:37:58,511 ls it over? 558 00:37:58,636 --> 00:38:01,556 Yeah. 559 00:38:01,681 --> 00:38:03,558 How about you? 560 00:38:03,683 --> 00:38:06,727 - Yeah, simón. - Absolutely. 561 00:38:10,398 --> 00:38:13,901 Okay, I trust you. Now get to your classes. 562 00:38:15,403 --> 00:38:17,947 See you later, puto. 563 00:38:18,114 --> 00:38:20,199 Catch you later, ése. 564 00:38:27,081 --> 00:38:30,710 lf you hit those kids, you'll pay for it. I swear. 565 00:38:38,634 --> 00:38:41,012 Get to your class and behave yourself. 566 00:38:43,765 --> 00:38:46,184 You shouldn't have done that. 567 00:38:46,350 --> 00:38:50,271 - Oh? Why not? - 'Cause you just shouldn't mess with Emilio. 568 00:38:50,438 --> 00:38:53,816 Raul knows that if you make a deal with Emilio and you fuck up on him, 569 00:38:53,983 --> 00:38:55,818 you get your locker smashed in with your head. 570 00:38:55,943 --> 00:38:58,446 Everybody knows that. 571 00:38:58,571 --> 00:39:00,948 Well, maybe they'll all have time to think about it... 572 00:39:01,074 --> 00:39:02,784 before they get to the locker-smashing stage. 573 00:39:02,950 --> 00:39:05,912 They're gonna fight, no matter what they tell you. 574 00:39:07,747 --> 00:39:09,957 What do you mean? 575 00:39:10,124 --> 00:39:12,627 When? Now? 576 00:39:15,463 --> 00:39:17,465 Where? Angela! Where? 577 00:39:21,427 --> 00:39:23,137 - Come on, motherfucker! Come on! - Get him! 578 00:39:23,304 --> 00:39:24,639 Keep fightin'! Keep kickin' his ass! 579 00:39:26,974 --> 00:39:29,310 Shit! Fuck! 580 00:39:31,729 --> 00:39:32,772 Ohh! 581 00:39:38,111 --> 00:39:39,862 Oh, shit. 582 00:39:41,989 --> 00:39:45,451 - Come on! Fuckin' come on! - Fuck that! 583 00:39:45,618 --> 00:39:46,953 Shit! 584 00:39:50,123 --> 00:39:52,834 Come on, break it up! Break it up! 585 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:56,170 - Get the fuck off me! - Get outta there! - iPuto! You motherfucker! 586 00:39:56,295 --> 00:40:00,550 Get back! Now! Get back! Get back! 587 00:40:00,716 --> 00:40:03,010 All of you! Comin' through! 588 00:40:07,181 --> 00:40:09,517 - Watch your head. - Kickin', man. 589 00:40:09,684 --> 00:40:13,020 No. Wait a minute. Wait. No, no. Gimme-- G-- Just give me a minute. 590 00:40:16,691 --> 00:40:18,568 - You promised! - Yeah, but we had to, 591 00:40:18,693 --> 00:40:21,529 or we couldn't walk around with our heads up no more. 592 00:40:21,696 --> 00:40:25,241 We got a reputation to protect. You a Marine. You understand. 593 00:40:25,408 --> 00:40:27,493 Like, if America didn't stand up everyone would attack it. 594 00:40:27,618 --> 00:40:30,705 Well, in our neighbourhood if you don't stand up you can't walk down the street, 595 00:40:30,830 --> 00:40:32,999 'cause everyone will attack you, you know? 596 00:40:35,126 --> 00:40:37,670 Rata, you fuckin' puto. 597 00:40:37,837 --> 00:40:41,048 - Man, I cracked that motherfucker's head, ése. - See you in the fuckin 598 00:40:44,761 --> 00:40:46,637 Okay, I see. 599 00:40:49,098 --> 00:40:52,059 And I made it worse and I made you and Gusmaro look bad in front of everyone... 600 00:40:52,185 --> 00:40:54,395 by saying that Emilio was stronger than the both of you. 601 00:40:54,562 --> 00:40:57,064 Yeah, well, you thought you was helpin' us. 602 00:40:57,231 --> 00:41:00,651 Ma'am, I'm sorry. We really have to go. I gotta get 'em home. 603 00:41:43,820 --> 00:41:45,071 Nasty cut. 604 00:41:50,326 --> 00:41:53,037 You mind telling me what the fight was about in the first place? 605 00:41:53,162 --> 00:41:54,831 Yeah. 606 00:41:58,251 --> 00:42:02,588 I really would like to know what happened. I'm not gonna make any trouble for you. 607 00:42:02,755 --> 00:42:05,925 - I just wanna know, was it worth it? - Yeah, it was worth it. 608 00:42:06,050 --> 00:42:09,095 - Why? - Because it felt good hittin' him in the face. 609 00:42:09,220 --> 00:42:12,306 - I got him good, man. - Yeah, you like to hit people? 610 00:42:12,432 --> 00:42:14,308 Yeah, I like to hit people. 611 00:42:16,811 --> 00:42:19,313 Why? 612 00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:22,024 You feel angry a lot of the time? 613 00:42:22,191 --> 00:42:25,069 So now you're gonna try and psychologize me? 614 00:42:25,236 --> 00:42:28,823 You're gonna try and figure me out? I'll help you. 615 00:42:28,990 --> 00:42:31,993 I come from a broken home, and we're poor. Okay? 616 00:42:33,494 --> 00:42:36,330 I see the same fuckin' movies you do, man. 617 00:42:39,959 --> 00:42:42,462 I would like to help you, Emilio. 618 00:42:42,587 --> 00:42:46,674 Thank you very much. And how would you like to do that? 619 00:42:46,799 --> 00:42:50,011 You gonna give me some good advice? "Just say no"? 620 00:42:50,178 --> 00:42:53,514 You gonna get me off the streets? Well, forget it! 621 00:42:53,639 --> 00:42:56,726 How the fuck you gonna save me from my life, huh? 622 00:43:03,733 --> 00:43:05,568 Yep, yep 623 00:43:06,694 --> 00:43:08,571 Karen? 624 00:43:08,696 --> 00:43:11,783 I have three, uh, student files here... 625 00:43:11,908 --> 00:43:15,161 - and I can't find a phone number in any of 'em. - Yep, yep 626 00:43:15,328 --> 00:43:17,538 Well, sometimes they don't give a number... 627 00:43:17,663 --> 00:43:20,124 - and sometimes they don't have a phone. - Yep, yep 628 00:43:20,249 --> 00:43:24,253 - lt's all right - lt's all right - As you might have heard 629 00:43:24,378 --> 00:43:27,381 - Yeah - To smoke a fat one - To smoke a fat one 630 00:43:27,507 --> 00:43:30,218 - And drink a 'Bird - A Thunderbird 631 00:43:30,384 --> 00:43:32,553 - lt's okay - lt's okay 632 00:43:32,678 --> 00:43:35,556 - To play this loud - Oh, play it loud 633 00:43:35,723 --> 00:43:40,645 Mister DJ, don't mean to sweat you down 634 00:43:40,812 --> 00:43:42,897 - lt's all right - lt's all right 635 00:43:43,022 --> 00:43:45,441 - As you may have heard - Yeah 636 00:43:45,608 --> 00:43:48,152 - To smoke a fat one - Smoke a fat one 637 00:43:48,277 --> 00:43:53,074 - And drink a 'Bird - A Thunderbird, now 638 00:43:53,241 --> 00:43:57,578 lt's okay 639 00:44:04,961 --> 00:44:07,338 Come on. Come on. 640 00:44:09,006 --> 00:44:10,341 Do your homework. 641 00:44:31,446 --> 00:44:35,283 - You have a lovely family, Mrs. Sanchero. - Thank you. 642 00:44:40,413 --> 00:44:42,790 We know why you're here, Miss Johnson. 643 00:44:44,167 --> 00:44:47,336 I warned Raul to stay out of trouble. 644 00:44:47,503 --> 00:44:50,798 He's first in our family to maybe graduate high school. 645 00:44:50,923 --> 00:44:54,010 - So he gonna get punished big for what he done. - N-- 646 00:44:56,012 --> 00:44:57,597 Don't you worry about that. 647 00:44:57,722 --> 00:45:00,600 But he didn't do anything wrong. 648 00:45:02,310 --> 00:45:04,479 -But he expelled for three days. -l know. No, I know. 649 00:45:04,645 --> 00:45:09,275 But he didn't start the fight. He was defending himself from a bigger boy. 650 00:45:09,442 --> 00:45:11,986 He was protecting himself. 651 00:45:12,153 --> 00:45:14,906 - Uh, why they send him home? - lt's just school policy. 652 00:45:15,073 --> 00:45:18,326 I-I-lt gives the other boy time to cool down. 653 00:45:18,451 --> 00:45:20,912 Actually, 654 00:45:21,037 --> 00:45:25,291 I'm here because I just wanted to tell you both personally... 655 00:45:25,416 --> 00:45:29,378 what a pleasure it's been having Raul in my class this semester. 656 00:45:29,504 --> 00:45:31,923 You must be very proud. 657 00:45:35,134 --> 00:45:36,844 Yes. 658 00:45:37,011 --> 00:45:39,972 He's, um-- Well, he's very bright... 659 00:45:40,139 --> 00:45:43,518 and funny, articulate. 660 00:45:45,561 --> 00:45:48,648 The truth is, he's-- he's one of my favourites. 661 00:46:31,774 --> 00:46:34,152 Uh, soy Louanne Johnson. 662 00:46:40,867 --> 00:46:42,076 Oh. 663 00:46:43,953 --> 00:46:47,248 "l will not go down underground 664 00:46:47,415 --> 00:46:50,084 'Cause somebody tells me that death's comin' 'round" 665 00:46:51,335 --> 00:46:53,713 Okay, this is another Dylan poem. 666 00:46:53,838 --> 00:46:58,050 Now, is that a code, or does that just mean what it says? 667 00:47:06,768 --> 00:47:08,811 "And I will not carry myself down to die 668 00:47:08,978 --> 00:47:11,105 When I go to my grave My head will be high" 669 00:47:11,230 --> 00:47:13,691 "My head will be high." What does that mean? 670 00:47:16,611 --> 00:47:17,862 Anybody. 671 00:47:21,365 --> 00:47:23,951 Nobody. 672 00:47:24,077 --> 00:47:26,454 ls there something I should know? 673 00:47:27,914 --> 00:47:29,624 Yeah. I'll tell you. 674 00:47:29,791 --> 00:47:33,461 You ratted on Raul, Gusmaro and Emilio. 675 00:47:33,586 --> 00:47:36,130 Yeah. You got Emilio put into detention. 676 00:47:36,255 --> 00:47:38,299 lt wasn't none of your business, chismosa. 677 00:47:38,466 --> 00:47:40,635 And you got Raul and Gusmaro suspended. 678 00:47:40,760 --> 00:47:43,054 - Now they're gonna get their fuckin' asses kicked. - And you got Emilio-- 679 00:47:43,221 --> 00:47:45,348 - Hey, I didn't rat on anybody. - Wasn't none of your business anyway, you chismosa. 680 00:47:45,473 --> 00:47:48,726 - Bullshit. - Let this-- - Told you she was full of shit. 681 00:47:48,893 --> 00:47:52,897 - Snitches get stitches, bitch. - Do you wanna talk about this? 682 00:47:53,064 --> 00:47:56,484 On you, shit. Whatever floats your boat, teach. 683 00:47:56,609 --> 00:47:58,861 We don't have no choices in this room. 684 00:47:59,028 --> 00:48:01,697 Well, if you all feel that strongly about it, leave the room. 685 00:48:01,823 --> 00:48:04,033 - What? - Hey, listen. 686 00:48:04,200 --> 00:48:09,914 Nobody's forcing you to be here. You have a choice. You can stay, or you can leave. 687 00:48:10,039 --> 00:48:13,000 Lady, why are you playin' this game? We don't have a choice. 688 00:48:13,126 --> 00:48:16,504 You don't have a choice? You don't have a choice on whether or not you're here? 689 00:48:16,671 --> 00:48:20,007 No. lf we leave, we don't get to graduate. lf we stay, we gotta put up with you. 690 00:48:20,174 --> 00:48:22,218 Well, that's a choice, isn't it? You have a choice. 691 00:48:22,385 --> 00:48:24,470 You either don't graduate or you have to put up with me. 692 00:48:24,595 --> 00:48:27,348 lt may not be a choice you like, but it is a choice. 693 00:48:27,515 --> 00:48:30,643 Man, you don't understand nothin'. l mean, you don't come from where we live. 694 00:48:30,810 --> 00:48:34,689 - You-- You're not bussed here. - Do you have a choice to get on that bus? 695 00:48:34,856 --> 00:48:37,191 Man, you come and live in my neighbourhood for one week... 696 00:48:37,358 --> 00:48:39,652 and then you tell me if you got a choice. 697 00:48:39,777 --> 00:48:44,198 There are a lot of people who live in your neighbourhood who choose not to get on that bus. 698 00:48:44,365 --> 00:48:47,076 What do they choose to do? They choose to go out and sell drugs. 699 00:48:47,201 --> 00:48:50,496 They choose to go out and kill people. They choose to do a lot of other things. 700 00:48:50,621 --> 00:48:52,874 But they choose not to get on that bus. 701 00:48:53,040 --> 00:48:57,253 The people who choose to get on that bus, which are you, are the people who are saying, 702 00:48:57,420 --> 00:48:59,714 "l will not carry myself down to die 703 00:48:59,881 --> 00:49:02,675 When I go to my grave My head will be high" 704 00:49:02,800 --> 00:49:05,011 That is a choice. 705 00:49:05,178 --> 00:49:07,513 There are no victims in this classroom! 706 00:49:12,894 --> 00:49:15,021 Why do you care anyway? You just here for the money. 707 00:49:15,146 --> 00:49:17,732 Because I make a choice to care. And, honey, the money ain't that good. 708 00:49:17,857 --> 00:49:20,234 - Whatever. - Read it again, Miss Johnson. 709 00:49:20,359 --> 00:49:24,238 - What? - Read those lines you just read again. 710 00:49:38,711 --> 00:49:40,505 "l will not go down underground 711 00:49:40,671 --> 00:49:44,550 'Cause somebody tells me that death's comin' 'round" 712 00:49:48,888 --> 00:49:51,140 Does that mean just what it says? 713 00:49:52,600 --> 00:49:56,437 No, it don't mean just what it says. 714 00:49:56,604 --> 00:49:59,107 Because... 715 00:49:59,273 --> 00:50:01,609 you wouldn't go under the ground... 716 00:50:01,734 --> 00:50:05,488 if someone told you death was comin'. 717 00:50:05,655 --> 00:50:09,200 But you would go into the ground if you were already dead. 718 00:50:16,624 --> 00:50:19,961 Do the rest of you agree with that? 719 00:50:27,468 --> 00:50:29,345 Well, I kinda agree with it, 720 00:50:29,512 --> 00:50:33,391 but I think it just means that... 721 00:50:33,516 --> 00:50:35,268 he ain't gonna help death out, you know? 722 00:50:35,435 --> 00:50:38,104 lt's not like he's just gonna lay down and wait for it. 723 00:50:38,229 --> 00:50:42,817 I think he's gonna choose-- No, I think he's gonna make the choice-- 724 00:50:42,942 --> 00:50:44,819 to die hard. 725 00:50:47,113 --> 00:50:48,948 Mm-hmm. 726 00:50:49,073 --> 00:50:51,451 - Yeah, I agree with that. - Yeah, me too. 727 00:50:51,576 --> 00:50:53,494 - That's what it sounds like to me. - Okay. 728 00:50:53,661 --> 00:50:57,206 Well, what about, uh, the rest of it? Um-- 729 00:50:57,331 --> 00:50:59,333 "When I go to my grave My head will be high" 730 00:50:59,459 --> 00:51:02,170 "Head will be high." What does that mean? 731 00:51:02,336 --> 00:51:06,174 - You're gonna die with pride. - Right. 732 00:51:06,299 --> 00:51:08,843 - See you tomorrow. - Callie, wait up! 733 00:51:30,323 --> 00:51:34,410 You went to RauI's house last night, and Gusmaro's too, right? 734 00:51:34,535 --> 00:51:37,121 Mm-hmm. 735 00:51:37,288 --> 00:51:39,457 Yeah, that's what they told me. 736 00:51:40,708 --> 00:51:43,211 That's cool. 737 00:51:55,014 --> 00:51:58,267 Hold up, wait a minute Don't go there 'cause I ain't with it 738 00:51:58,392 --> 00:52:01,687 Hold up, wait a minute Don't go there 'cause I ain't with it 739 00:52:05,817 --> 00:52:09,487 What you want Baby, I got it 740 00:52:09,654 --> 00:52:12,740 What you need Babe, you got it 741 00:52:12,907 --> 00:52:15,993 All I'm askin' is for a little respect 742 00:52:18,329 --> 00:52:21,457 Yo, kick it, homes! What you waitin' for, man? 743 00:52:21,624 --> 00:52:24,752 - Are you trying to steal my $2.50, ése? - Ah, go, go, go. 744 00:52:24,919 --> 00:52:29,173 Man, that ain't shit. Go faster, man. Go faster, man. 745 00:52:35,012 --> 00:52:38,057 - Come on, come on - Faster, man, faster! - You got to gimme, gimme 746 00:52:38,224 --> 00:52:41,561 - R-E-S-P-E-C-T - I got to get it, get it 747 00:52:41,686 --> 00:52:44,981 - R-E-S-P-E-C-T - You got to gimme, gimme 748 00:52:45,148 --> 00:52:48,401 - R-E-S-P-E-C-T - I got to get it, get it 749 00:52:48,526 --> 00:52:50,236 - R-E-S-P-E-C-T - Come on, get back. 750 00:52:50,403 --> 00:52:53,448 Are you all right, man? That looked like a real bitch right then. 751 00:52:53,573 --> 00:52:57,577 Hey, get the fuck out of there, man. Look at you! You look like my grandma, man. 752 00:53:00,455 --> 00:53:02,999 - R-E-S-P-E-C-T - Miss Johnson, 753 00:53:03,124 --> 00:53:06,210 the-- the School Board would have every right to insist on your dismissal. 754 00:53:06,377 --> 00:53:09,505 You informed no one. You got no permission slips. 755 00:53:09,672 --> 00:53:14,093 Oh, but there was no one to inform. All the kids just decided to go to the amusement park at the last minute. 756 00:53:14,260 --> 00:53:16,929 And then they let me come along. 757 00:53:17,054 --> 00:53:20,224 - Did they pay for you? - No, I paid for them. 758 00:53:23,102 --> 00:53:26,898 I was just so moved by the invitation. 759 00:53:30,443 --> 00:53:33,112 This wasn't, by any chance, 760 00:53:33,237 --> 00:53:37,867 their reward for reading poetry, was it, Miss Johnson? 761 00:53:37,992 --> 00:53:42,705 ln my class, Mr Grandey, poetry is its own reward. 762 00:53:47,877 --> 00:53:50,713 Angela, would you read the first line? 763 00:53:50,880 --> 00:53:55,218 "Appetizers. Freshly cut bay shrimp grilled to perfection." 764 00:53:55,384 --> 00:53:58,971 - This is a Xerox of a menu. - That is correct. 765 00:53:59,138 --> 00:54:03,142 lt's from The Flowering Peach, the best restaurant in town. 766 00:54:03,309 --> 00:54:06,395 - Ever hear of it? - Yeah, we heard of it. 767 00:54:06,562 --> 00:54:08,815 lt's supposed to be like some special restaurant or somethin'. 768 00:54:08,981 --> 00:54:11,150 Mm-hmm. So, does it sound good? 769 00:54:13,027 --> 00:54:17,490 Because whoever wins the, uh, the-- the Dylan-Dylan contest... 770 00:54:17,615 --> 00:54:19,992 - The what? - goes there for dinner with me. 771 00:54:20,118 --> 00:54:23,079 Hey, what's the Dylan-Dylan contest about? 772 00:54:23,246 --> 00:54:25,081 Well. 773 00:54:27,959 --> 00:54:30,294 There's Bob Dylan, 774 00:54:30,461 --> 00:54:33,005 who we've been reading. 775 00:54:33,172 --> 00:54:35,007 And then... 776 00:54:35,174 --> 00:54:39,512 there's Dylan Thomas, 777 00:54:39,637 --> 00:54:41,347 who also wrote poems. 778 00:54:41,514 --> 00:54:44,976 lf you can find the poem written by Dylan Thomas... 779 00:54:45,143 --> 00:54:50,022 that is like a poem written by Bob Dylan, 780 00:54:50,189 --> 00:54:52,442 you win the Dylan-Dylan contest. 781 00:54:52,567 --> 00:54:57,363 Hey, Mr Tambourine Man Play a song for me 782 00:54:57,530 --> 00:55:03,536 I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to 783 00:55:03,703 --> 00:55:08,791 Hey, Mr Tambourine Man Play a song for me 784 00:55:08,958 --> 00:55:11,377 ln the jingle-jangle morning 785 00:55:11,544 --> 00:55:15,047 I'll come following you 786 00:55:27,185 --> 00:55:32,273 Yo, every fuckin' poem Dylan Thomas wrote is about death, man. 787 00:55:32,440 --> 00:55:34,650 Now, how we supposed to know which one to write? 788 00:55:34,776 --> 00:55:38,154 "The sniper laid him low, and strewed his brains. 789 00:55:38,321 --> 00:55:40,364 One would not think the greenness of this valley... 790 00:55:40,490 --> 00:55:42,492 could let a day be sick with so much blood." 791 00:55:42,617 --> 00:55:45,953 Man, that's some Rambo-Schwarzenegger bullshit you found. 792 00:55:46,120 --> 00:55:47,955 - That's how it's supposed to be, right? - No. 793 00:55:48,122 --> 00:55:50,333 - There's supposed to be killing shit. - But it-- But it don't-- 794 00:55:50,458 --> 00:55:53,211 But it don't even mean the same as "l will not go under the ground." 795 00:55:55,171 --> 00:55:57,590 Now you're some sort of poetic critic, now, right? 796 00:55:57,715 --> 00:55:59,926 - Oh, well, it don't. - Thank you. 797 00:56:00,093 --> 00:56:02,637 Okay. Listen to this. 798 00:56:04,764 --> 00:56:07,600 "Do not go gentle into that good night. 799 00:56:07,725 --> 00:56:11,312 Old age should burn and rave at close of day. 800 00:56:11,479 --> 00:56:15,441 Rage, rage against the dying of the light." 801 00:56:16,859 --> 00:56:18,986 Where's the code? Where's the death? 802 00:56:19,112 --> 00:56:21,781 Night. All that stuff about night. That's death. 803 00:56:23,366 --> 00:56:25,451 So it's "Don't go gentle into that good death." 804 00:56:25,618 --> 00:56:29,122 Yeah, but I think "good" is sarcastic. 805 00:56:29,288 --> 00:56:33,459 When he say, "Do not go gentle," that's like sayin', "Don't go easy." 806 00:56:33,584 --> 00:56:37,171 - So it's the same as "l will not go down." - We just won us 807 00:56:37,296 --> 00:56:39,715 Shh. 808 00:56:39,841 --> 00:56:42,718 This is the life 809 00:56:42,885 --> 00:56:46,889 Everyone has to be somewhere 810 00:56:49,350 --> 00:56:52,562 Oh 811 00:56:52,728 --> 00:56:57,734 I am here 812 00:57:03,156 --> 00:57:07,243 This is the life 813 00:57:07,410 --> 00:57:11,372 This is the life 814 00:57:11,539 --> 00:57:16,711 - This is my - Well, the results of the Dylan-Dylan contest are in. 815 00:57:16,878 --> 00:57:18,838 - Life - The winners are-- 816 00:57:18,963 --> 00:57:22,842 - That's me. Right here. - Sit down. I am Bob Dylan. Sit down. 817 00:57:23,009 --> 00:57:25,970 - Yo, shh! Shh! - Sorry, Miss Johnson. 818 00:57:26,137 --> 00:57:28,431 - Shh. - Shh. 819 00:57:30,266 --> 00:57:33,102 Raul, Durrell and Callie! 820 00:57:38,232 --> 00:57:40,193 - Congratulations. - Thanks. 821 00:57:40,318 --> 00:57:43,446 - Here's your certificate. - Hey! - Congratulations. 822 00:57:44,655 --> 00:57:46,532 Congratulations, Callie. 823 00:57:46,657 --> 00:57:49,077 Okay! 824 00:57:49,202 --> 00:57:52,038 But there are no losers in this class. You guys did great. 825 00:57:52,205 --> 00:57:54,499 You all get to pick a prize from the box. 826 00:57:54,624 --> 00:57:57,877 How come they get a prize when they got the wrong answer? 827 00:57:58,044 --> 00:58:01,547 Well, because sometimes it takes a lot of wrong answers to get to the right one. 828 00:58:01,714 --> 00:58:04,967 Hey, everyone can't be right, 'cept for us! 829 00:58:07,512 --> 00:58:09,430 Come on up. 830 00:58:17,647 --> 00:58:20,024 - Miss Johnson? - Hey, Callie. 831 00:58:20,149 --> 00:58:23,861 - Um, I wanted to talk to you about the restaurant. - Uh-huh. 832 00:58:24,028 --> 00:58:26,406 - I can't go. - Why? 833 00:58:26,572 --> 00:58:29,492 Because I have to work at this supermarket every night until June and I already told them-- 834 00:58:29,659 --> 00:58:31,494 Oh, isn't there any way to get out of it? 835 00:58:31,619 --> 00:58:35,206 No. Because of the schedule and everything, I have to do it. 836 00:58:35,373 --> 00:58:39,252 - But thank you anyway. - Well, o-okay. Well. 837 00:58:39,377 --> 00:58:41,921 Shoot. 838 00:58:42,046 --> 00:58:46,592 Well, no, it's okay. lf you can't come to dinner, then, uh, well, we'll bring dinner to you. 839 00:58:46,717 --> 00:58:50,346 - Really? - Mm-hmm. 840 00:58:50,513 --> 00:58:53,349 - Thank you. - I'm taking orders, Miss Roberts. 841 00:59:03,025 --> 00:59:04,777 I couldn't find a parking space. 842 00:59:04,902 --> 00:59:06,779 lt's okay. I just got here myself. 843 00:59:06,904 --> 00:59:09,449 - Oh, you look very handsome. - How 'bout this jacket? 844 00:59:09,574 --> 00:59:11,451 lt's fantastic. 845 00:59:11,576 --> 00:59:13,578 Go ahead, touch it. lt's real leather. 846 00:59:13,703 --> 00:59:16,456 - Ooh! - Hey, where's Callie? 847 00:59:16,622 --> 00:59:18,833 Oh, she had to work. Where's Durrell? 848 00:59:18,958 --> 00:59:22,545 - Oh, he had to work too. - Oh. 849 00:59:22,670 --> 00:59:26,299 Well, I guess it's just you and me, handsome. 850 00:59:26,466 --> 00:59:28,301 I guess so. 851 00:59:29,719 --> 00:59:32,221 Oh. Ladies first. 852 00:59:32,388 --> 00:59:34,223 Thank you. 853 00:59:41,397 --> 00:59:44,066 - Hey, are you sure they got chicken? - Mm-hmm. 854 00:59:48,404 --> 00:59:51,282 May I tell you a little about this evening's specials? 855 00:59:51,407 --> 00:59:56,829 The chef is featuring foie gras with smoked duck and figs on a hill of bulgar. 856 00:59:56,954 --> 01:00:00,416 Uh, salmon tartar in potato gaufrette... 857 01:00:00,583 --> 01:00:03,377 over wild mushrooms, and fennel salad. 858 01:00:03,544 --> 01:00:05,755 Uh, for the entree we're featuring... 859 01:00:05,880 --> 01:00:09,675 a complex shellfish pan roast with orso, 860 01:00:09,842 --> 01:00:13,638 a touch of comfit and a broth thickened with lobster shell oil. 861 01:00:13,763 --> 01:00:16,724 All very, very good. 862 01:00:19,393 --> 01:00:21,562 - Could we have a few minutes, please? - Ah, yes. 863 01:00:21,729 --> 01:00:24,023 Thank you. 864 01:00:24,148 --> 01:00:26,359 - Are you sure they got chicken? - Yes. 865 01:00:26,526 --> 01:00:29,362 Here. See, it's right there, sweetie. You see? Poulet. 866 01:00:29,529 --> 01:00:34,784 And when the waiter comes back, you may as well talk to him. 867 01:00:34,951 --> 01:00:38,204 lt'll be good practice for your summer job interviews. 868 01:00:38,329 --> 01:00:41,040 I can't talk to that guy. He probably thinks I'm weird or something. 869 01:00:41,165 --> 01:00:45,545 He does not. He can't help but notice your natural charm. 870 01:00:45,711 --> 01:00:49,507 You just look him straight in the eye and you talk to him like you would anyone else. 871 01:00:50,716 --> 01:00:52,427 Now, go ahead and call him over. 872 01:00:55,304 --> 01:00:59,308 Go ahead. Just give him a little nod. 873 01:01:05,022 --> 01:01:08,526 - Are we ready? - Okay, I'll have the chicken. 874 01:01:10,653 --> 01:01:12,530 A whole one. 875 01:01:15,575 --> 01:01:17,952 And I'll have the same. 876 01:01:18,119 --> 01:01:20,997 And one to go, please. 877 01:01:21,164 --> 01:01:24,292 One to go. Thank you. 878 01:01:41,684 --> 01:01:43,311 Hey, Miss J? 879 01:01:43,436 --> 01:01:48,399 I was wondering maybe, like, in the next couple of days, if I-- 880 01:01:48,524 --> 01:01:52,070 - ls everything all right? - Everything's fine. Thank you. 881 01:01:52,195 --> 01:01:54,280 All right. 882 01:01:54,405 --> 01:01:56,783 Now don't be mad or nothing, but I gotta be absent... 883 01:01:56,908 --> 01:01:59,535 for a couple of days without your coming to my house. 884 01:01:59,660 --> 01:02:02,455 lt's important. 885 01:02:02,580 --> 01:02:06,125 - You'll have to tell me why. - I got some shit to do. 886 01:02:10,088 --> 01:02:12,131 I gotta make some money to pay back this guy. 887 01:02:16,594 --> 01:02:19,263 This doesn't sound important enough to cut school. 888 01:02:19,347 --> 01:02:22,183 lt is. I gotta pay for this jacket. 889 01:02:22,350 --> 01:02:24,644 See, I got it off the street from this guy for 200 dollars, 890 01:02:24,811 --> 01:02:26,646 and he said he'd trust me for it until Friday. 891 01:02:26,771 --> 01:02:29,816 Why did you buy it on the street instead of in a store? 892 01:02:29,982 --> 01:02:32,902 Are you crazy? You know how much this would cost in a store? 893 01:02:33,027 --> 01:02:37,073 I needed a nice jacket and fast, and I got it from this guy 'cause he cut me a deal... 894 01:02:37,198 --> 01:02:41,702 'cause he stole it, probably. 895 01:02:41,828 --> 01:02:46,541 So, are you gonna go out and get a job or are you gonna go out and steal too to pay him back? 896 01:02:46,707 --> 01:02:49,168 Miss J, I gotta pay him back. 897 01:02:49,335 --> 01:02:51,504 He'll kill me. 898 01:02:52,672 --> 01:02:54,632 I didn't have nothing to wear! 899 01:03:04,058 --> 01:03:07,228 Fine. I'll lend it to you. 900 01:03:09,439 --> 01:03:11,983 I can't take your money. Teachers are poor. Everyone knows that. 901 01:03:13,651 --> 01:03:16,070 Well, you don't really have a choice, do you? 902 01:03:16,195 --> 01:03:18,614 lf you don't pay the guy back, he'll kill you. 903 01:03:18,740 --> 01:03:22,535 lf you cut school, I'll tell your father and he'll kill you. 904 01:03:22,702 --> 01:03:27,290 - So I'm your only way out. - Oh, man. 905 01:03:27,457 --> 01:03:30,668 - But I do have one condition. - Big? 906 01:03:30,793 --> 01:03:32,837 - Huge. - What do you want, interest? 907 01:03:32,962 --> 01:03:36,257 - Mm-mmm. Bigger. - Jesus Christ, what is it? 908 01:03:37,467 --> 01:03:40,303 Well. 909 01:03:40,470 --> 01:03:43,556 - Would you like dessert? - No! 910 01:03:43,723 --> 01:03:46,642 - Another glass of wine? - Oh, no, I'm fine. Thank you. 911 01:03:46,809 --> 01:03:49,645 - Coffee, perhaps? - Hey, man, we're talking! 912 01:03:53,399 --> 01:03:55,985 So, what's the condition? 913 01:03:58,279 --> 01:04:01,908 You have to pay me back on the day you graduate. 914 01:04:04,327 --> 01:04:06,704 But-- But what if I don't graduate? 915 01:04:06,829 --> 01:04:10,291 Well, then you'll never pay me back the money. 916 01:04:10,416 --> 01:04:13,961 But I know that if you say you will, 917 01:04:14,087 --> 01:04:16,798 you'll kill yourself keeping your word. 918 01:04:37,527 --> 01:04:40,780 Well, what do you say? 919 01:04:40,947 --> 01:04:45,118 I don't get it. Why do you care so much if I graduate? 920 01:04:45,243 --> 01:04:47,495 Weird, isn't it? 921 01:04:53,251 --> 01:04:55,294 All right, I'll pay you back. 922 01:04:59,132 --> 01:05:01,968 - You have my word. - Hey. 923 01:05:02,093 --> 01:05:04,804 lt is a very nice jacket. 924 01:05:07,014 --> 01:05:09,475 Thank you. 925 01:05:28,995 --> 01:05:30,830 - Hey. - Oh, hi! - Hi. 926 01:05:30,997 --> 01:05:33,332 - How you doin'? - Oh, good. 927 01:05:33,499 --> 01:05:36,961 I think this is the first time I ever brought food into a supermarket. 928 01:05:37,128 --> 01:05:40,506 -Yeah, I can smell it from here. -Yeah. -Good. Thanks. 929 01:05:40,631 --> 01:05:43,843 Well, Raul says if you don't like it, he'll take it off your hands. 930 01:05:44,010 --> 01:05:47,430 Oh, please. Like hell he will. 931 01:05:47,597 --> 01:05:50,433 Callie, could you help load in aisle three, please? 932 01:05:50,558 --> 01:05:55,480 Be right there. I'm telling you, this place would fall to pieces if it wasn't for me. 933 01:05:55,605 --> 01:05:58,816 You know, Callie, 934 01:05:58,941 --> 01:06:00,818 just between you and me, 935 01:06:00,943 --> 01:06:06,199 with your scores, I think you should consider going into Advanced English. 936 01:06:06,365 --> 01:06:10,078 - Oh, but I'm gonna be at Clearview. You didn't know? - No. 937 01:06:10,203 --> 01:06:13,748 You didn't see my record? I tell you. 938 01:06:13,873 --> 01:06:15,750 No, I-- I didn't know. 939 01:06:15,917 --> 01:06:18,628 - Bye now. - Yeah. 940 01:06:21,005 --> 01:06:23,674 ln the middle of a semester? Are-- Are you moving? 941 01:06:23,758 --> 01:06:26,135 No. I'm pregnant. 942 01:06:26,302 --> 01:06:29,806 And since I'm startin' to show, they thought it was time, you know? 943 01:06:32,433 --> 01:06:37,563 - Who thought it was time? - The school. They don't let you stay there if you're pregnant. 944 01:06:37,730 --> 01:06:41,150 But they told me they have this really good programme at Clearview for, like, teenage mothers. 945 01:06:41,317 --> 01:06:45,238 And they teach you stuff like parenting and nutrition, all kinds of stuff. 946 01:06:45,363 --> 01:06:47,907 So I thought it would be good for me, you know? 947 01:06:48,074 --> 01:06:50,326 - Yeah. - Aisle three. 948 01:06:51,953 --> 01:06:55,456 "Degrade first the arts if you'd mankind degrade." 949 01:06:55,581 --> 01:06:58,876 Hey, that's the spray can poem. 950 01:07:02,046 --> 01:07:05,716 -Hey, hey, what's the code word? -The code word is "great rides and great prizes." 951 01:07:05,883 --> 01:07:08,594 I'm keeping it undercover But comin' soon, I surmises 952 01:07:10,972 --> 01:07:13,975 Does anybody know where, um, Durrell and Lionel are today? 953 01:07:16,018 --> 01:07:19,772 - Durrell and Lionel. - No. - They around. 954 01:07:19,939 --> 01:07:24,110 Yeah, so what's the prize we're gonna get for learning this poem? 955 01:07:24,235 --> 01:07:27,864 Learning is the prize. 956 01:07:27,989 --> 01:07:29,866 Yeah. 957 01:07:29,991 --> 01:07:33,077 Knowing how to read something and understand it is the prize. 958 01:07:33,202 --> 01:07:36,456 Okay? Knowing how to think is the prize. 959 01:07:36,622 --> 01:07:39,959 - I know how to think right now. - Okay. Well, yeah, well, you know how to run too. 960 01:07:40,084 --> 01:07:42,420 But not the way you could run if you trained. 961 01:07:42,545 --> 01:07:45,423 You know, the mind is like a muscle. 962 01:07:45,590 --> 01:07:49,510 Okay? And if you want it to be really powerful, you got to work it out. Okay? 963 01:07:49,677 --> 01:07:54,348 Each new fact gives you another choice. 964 01:07:54,474 --> 01:07:58,227 Each new idea builds another muscle, okay? 965 01:07:58,352 --> 01:08:01,397 And it's those muscles that are gonna make you really strong. 966 01:08:01,564 --> 01:08:05,568 Those are your weapons, and in this unsafe world... 967 01:08:05,735 --> 01:08:07,945 I want to arm you. 968 01:08:08,071 --> 01:08:11,824 - And that's what these poems are supposed to do? - Yeah. 969 01:08:11,991 --> 01:08:14,494 Hey, try it. You're just sittin' here anyway. 970 01:08:14,660 --> 01:08:17,497 Look. Okay. lf at the end of the term, 971 01:08:17,622 --> 01:08:20,708 you're not faster, stronger and smarter, 972 01:08:20,875 --> 01:08:23,836 you will have lost nothing. 973 01:08:24,003 --> 01:08:27,173 But if you are, 974 01:08:27,340 --> 01:08:32,261 you'll be that much tougher to knock down. 975 01:08:32,428 --> 01:08:37,975 So what's "Hire idiots to paint with cold light and hot shade"? 976 01:08:39,268 --> 01:08:40,978 They're being sarcastic, Raul. 977 01:08:41,104 --> 01:08:43,523 I mean, 'cause you know that light is supposed to be warm, right? 978 01:08:43,648 --> 01:08:45,775 - And shade is supposed to be what? - Cold? 979 01:08:45,942 --> 01:08:49,779 Exactly. But if you go and hire an idiot to do the job, he's gonna do it backwards. 980 01:08:49,904 --> 01:08:52,156 - Hello. - There you go. - Hmm. 981 01:08:53,699 --> 01:08:56,369 Don't make a big fuss about this, Louanne. 982 01:08:56,536 --> 01:08:59,747 You have to help me. You have no idea how bright this girl is. 983 01:08:59,872 --> 01:09:02,834 Yes, I do. And there's nothing I can do about it. 984 01:09:02,959 --> 01:09:06,462 Oh! That just makes me crazy! 985 01:09:06,587 --> 01:09:10,049 What right do these miserable, self-righteous sons of bitches from the Board of Education... 986 01:09:10,174 --> 01:09:13,261 have to make a moral judgment on Callie Roberts? 987 01:09:13,386 --> 01:09:15,471 - Do you know-- - Louanne, there are parents in the next room. 988 01:09:15,638 --> 01:09:17,807 Look, I don't c-- I'm gonna fight this ruling. 989 01:09:17,932 --> 01:09:21,686 I'm gonna write an open letter to every newspaper condemning the entire School Board. 990 01:09:21,853 --> 01:09:24,105 - Oh, you can't do that. - Why not? 991 01:09:24,230 --> 01:09:28,109 Well, first of all, the Board has nothing to do with it. 992 01:09:30,403 --> 01:09:34,449 We prefer that these girls go to the mother-to-be programme at Clearview. 993 01:09:38,244 --> 01:09:40,538 Oh, wait a minute. 994 01:09:40,705 --> 01:09:44,500 You mean this isn't a rule? You mean this is your preference? 995 01:09:46,002 --> 01:09:47,920 Well, yes. 996 01:09:48,087 --> 01:09:52,216 You mean Callie Roberts is free to go to any school she wants? 997 01:09:52,341 --> 01:09:56,846 - lncluding this one? - Unless she's absent for more than 30 days. 998 01:09:57,013 --> 01:09:59,557 And then she has to wait until the baby's born before she can come back here. 999 01:09:59,682 --> 01:10:05,438 But, Louanne, once these girls have babies, very few of them come back to school anyway. 1000 01:10:05,563 --> 01:10:08,024 I see. 1001 01:10:08,149 --> 01:10:12,278 So you make them think they have to leave. 1002 01:10:12,445 --> 01:10:15,656 You just push 'em out a little earlier, make it a little harder, 1003 01:10:15,782 --> 01:10:17,950 make it a little more hopeless. 1004 01:10:18,076 --> 01:10:20,328 I do what I have to do... 1005 01:10:20,453 --> 01:10:23,456 because it is dangerous to have a pregnant girl in a classroom. 1006 01:10:23,581 --> 01:10:28,294 lt's not a warning, Louanne. I-lt's prestige, it's stardom, it's attention. 1007 01:10:28,419 --> 01:10:30,671 You know, not all these girls become pregnant by accident. 1008 01:10:30,838 --> 01:10:33,966 - Pregnancy is contagious. - Yep, yep 1009 01:10:34,092 --> 01:10:35,968 - lt's all right - lt's all right 1010 01:10:36,094 --> 01:10:38,513 As you may have heard 1011 01:10:38,679 --> 01:10:41,474 - Yeah - To smoke a fat one - To smoke a fat one 1012 01:10:41,641 --> 01:10:44,143 - And drink a 'Bird - Drink a Thunderbird 1013 01:10:44,310 --> 01:10:46,479 - lt's okay - lt's okay 1014 01:10:46,604 --> 01:10:49,482 - To play this loud - Play it loud 1015 01:10:49,649 --> 01:10:53,569 Mister DJ, don't mean to sweat you down 1016 01:10:53,736 --> 01:10:55,655 Who is it? 1017 01:10:55,822 --> 01:10:59,075 lt's Louanne Johnson, Callie's second period teacher. 1018 01:11:03,496 --> 01:11:05,665 Hi. 1019 01:11:05,832 --> 01:11:09,001 Um, Callie's getting ready to go to work. 1020 01:11:09,127 --> 01:11:10,878 - Come on in. - Thank you. 1021 01:11:11,045 --> 01:11:13,548 Curiosity killed the cat 1022 01:11:13,714 --> 01:11:15,508 - Oh. - Hi. - Hi, there. 1023 01:11:15,633 --> 01:11:18,761 - What you doing? - Watching TV. 1024 01:11:20,596 --> 01:11:23,724 - What's your name? - Tyeisha. 1025 01:11:23,850 --> 01:11:27,103 - Oh, that's a pretty name. - She just love her TV. 1026 01:11:27,270 --> 01:11:30,815 Why ain't you in bed? Come here, baby. 1027 01:11:30,940 --> 01:11:34,360 Callie? Honey? Your teacher's here. 1028 01:11:39,198 --> 01:11:42,201 - Hi. - Hi. 1029 01:11:42,326 --> 01:11:45,705 I'm sorry to just bust in on you like this, but I have the most wonderful news... 1030 01:11:45,830 --> 01:11:48,666 and I wanted to come tell you personally. 1031 01:11:48,791 --> 01:11:51,919 You do not have to go to Clearview. 1032 01:11:52,044 --> 01:11:57,300 There is nothing in the rules that says you can't stay exactly where you are. 1033 01:11:57,467 --> 01:11:59,343 But, uh, she already enrolled in Clearview. 1034 01:11:59,469 --> 01:12:02,597 Uh, well, that's all right. She-- that-- But she doesn't have to go there. 1035 01:12:02,764 --> 01:12:06,309 Yeah, but Kimboley wants me to take the mother-to-be programme at Clearview, you know. 1036 01:12:06,434 --> 01:12:09,812 He thought it would be a good idea if I learned how to take care of the baby and stuff. 1037 01:12:12,106 --> 01:12:14,984 I don't understand. 1038 01:12:15,109 --> 01:12:18,738 Do you not want to stay at Parkmont? 1039 01:12:18,863 --> 01:12:22,241 Well, yeah, but I gotta learn how to take care of us, you know. 1040 01:12:22,366 --> 01:12:24,827 I mean, we're getting our own place and everything, so-- 1041 01:12:28,456 --> 01:12:31,584 Callie, just don't throw away all you can become. 1042 01:12:33,419 --> 01:12:36,672 Kimboley was so right. He was so right. 1043 01:12:36,798 --> 01:12:39,592 He told me that you'd probably try to talk me out of this. 1044 01:12:39,717 --> 01:12:41,636 You want to know what else he said? 1045 01:12:41,761 --> 01:12:44,388 He said that you probably don't even like men... 1046 01:12:44,555 --> 01:12:47,225 and that you're probably not married and you don't want anybody else to be. 1047 01:12:47,350 --> 01:12:50,436 That's why you're always in everybody else's life. 1048 01:12:54,315 --> 01:12:57,860 Look, I'm not saying that I agree with him, okay? 1049 01:12:58,027 --> 01:13:00,905 Well, Kimboley's wrong. 1050 01:13:01,072 --> 01:13:03,449 I was married... 1051 01:13:03,616 --> 01:13:05,451 and I was pregnant. 1052 01:13:08,079 --> 01:13:10,665 So what happened? 1053 01:13:12,625 --> 01:13:15,253 We got divorced... 1054 01:13:15,378 --> 01:13:18,464 and I had an abortion. 1055 01:13:22,135 --> 01:13:24,137 He beat me. 1056 01:13:26,931 --> 01:13:30,268 Well, sometimes you start out wrong... 1057 01:13:30,435 --> 01:13:33,479 and just keep going. 1058 01:13:47,535 --> 01:13:50,079 Hey, don't touch me. Oh, get outta here! 1059 01:13:51,831 --> 01:13:54,876 I'll see you. 1060 01:13:55,001 --> 01:13:57,587 You took something that fuckin' belonged to me, ése. 1061 01:13:57,754 --> 01:14:00,715 Man, she came to me with open arms. 1062 01:14:00,882 --> 01:14:03,259 Besides, you gotta have one of these. 1063 01:14:05,344 --> 01:14:07,221 You're dead. 1064 01:14:19,776 --> 01:14:22,612 As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death 1065 01:14:22,779 --> 01:14:25,948 I take a look at my life and realize there's nothing left 1066 01:14:26,074 --> 01:14:28,618 'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long 1067 01:14:28,785 --> 01:14:31,913 That even my mama thinks that my mind is gone 1068 01:14:32,080 --> 01:14:34,707 I really hate to trip but I gotta loc 1069 01:14:34,832 --> 01:14:37,293 As they croak I see myself in the pistol smoke 1070 01:14:37,460 --> 01:14:41,172 Fool, I'm the kind of "G" the little homies wanna be like 1071 01:14:41,339 --> 01:14:44,383 On my knees in the night sayin' prayers in the street light 1072 01:14:44,550 --> 01:14:49,889 Been spendin' most their lives livin' in a gangsta's paradise 1073 01:14:50,014 --> 01:14:52,058 - Hey, Miss Johnson. - Hey! - Been spendin' most their lives 1074 01:14:52,183 --> 01:14:55,645 - Haven't seen you guys in a week. - Livin' in a gangsta's paradise 1075 01:14:55,812 --> 01:14:58,397 Thought maybe you got lost on your way to class. 1076 01:14:58,523 --> 01:15:00,608 I wanted to help you find your way back. 1077 01:15:00,733 --> 01:15:03,444 Get on inside. 1078 01:15:03,569 --> 01:15:06,406 Clean up that pigsty of a room. 1079 01:15:11,702 --> 01:15:14,580 Hi. I'm Louanne Johnson. I'm the boys' teacher. 1080 01:15:14,747 --> 01:15:16,582 I know who you are. 1081 01:15:16,749 --> 01:15:20,294 You're that white-bread bitch messin' with my babies' minds. 1082 01:15:20,420 --> 01:15:22,296 I beg your pardon? 1083 01:15:22,422 --> 01:15:25,550 My boys don't go to your school no more, and that's gonna be it. 1084 01:15:27,343 --> 01:15:29,804 - You took 'em out of school? - You're damn right I did. 1085 01:15:29,929 --> 01:15:33,766 I saw what they were bringing home-- poetry and shit. 1086 01:15:33,891 --> 01:15:38,688 A waste of time. They got more important things to worry about. 1087 01:15:41,274 --> 01:15:45,153 Don't you think that finishing high school will be valuable to their future? 1088 01:15:45,278 --> 01:15:47,280 That's not in their future. 1089 01:15:47,405 --> 01:15:51,284 I ain't raising no doctors and lawyers here. They got bills to pay. 1090 01:15:51,451 --> 01:15:53,578 Why don't you just get on outta here. 1091 01:15:53,703 --> 01:15:57,707 Go find yourself some other poor boys to save. 1092 01:16:11,304 --> 01:16:14,140 Mama! I could stand some lemonade. 1093 01:16:20,229 --> 01:16:24,275 "lt is easier to forgive an enemy... 1094 01:16:24,442 --> 01:16:27,028 than to forgive a friend. 1095 01:16:27,153 --> 01:16:31,115 The man who permits you to injure him... 1096 01:16:31,240 --> 01:16:33,993 deserves your vengeance. 1097 01:16:34,160 --> 01:16:37,538 He also will receive it." 1098 01:16:37,663 --> 01:16:40,458 Wow, who wrote that? Some Mafia guy? 1099 01:16:40,583 --> 01:16:42,460 You know, let's go on with this poem tomorrow. 1100 01:16:42,627 --> 01:16:44,879 Why don't you-- Take out your work sheets and do the vocabulary drill. 1101 01:16:45,004 --> 01:16:48,382 - Say what? - Oh, man! - Man, I don't wanna do no vocabulary. 1102 01:16:48,549 --> 01:16:50,718 I don't wanna do no damn vocabulary. 1103 01:16:50,885 --> 01:16:53,054 Then don't. 1104 01:16:53,179 --> 01:16:56,641 What do you mean? You mean I have a choice? 1105 01:16:56,808 --> 01:17:00,561 You're not gonna let me get away with not learnin' my vocabulary, right? 1106 01:17:04,023 --> 01:17:07,443 That's right. You have to do your vocabulary. 1107 01:17:07,610 --> 01:17:10,279 Words are thoughts and we can't think without 'em. 1108 01:17:10,405 --> 01:17:13,825 So-- Please? 1109 01:17:13,950 --> 01:17:17,620 And so let's just do it, man. She's gonna be down our back in a minute. 1110 01:17:17,787 --> 01:17:21,124 - Whatever. She's grouchy. - Grouch. 1111 01:17:21,249 --> 01:17:23,960 - Thanks, Louanne. - Grouch, grouch. 1112 01:17:24,127 --> 01:17:27,296 Thank you, Louanne. Such a nice lady, Louanne. 1113 01:17:29,674 --> 01:17:32,885 What do I do? What the fuck you want from me? 1114 01:17:33,010 --> 01:17:35,805 Who, my teacher? You think I'm gonna fuckin' talk to a teacher? 1115 01:17:35,930 --> 01:17:38,433 Like they're gonna really help me, huh? Huh? 1116 01:17:38,599 --> 01:17:41,686 Teachers aren't gonna fuckin' help me, okay? 1117 01:17:41,853 --> 01:17:45,731 Miss Johnson! Miss Johnson, we gotta talk to you. 1118 01:17:45,898 --> 01:17:48,860 - There's nothing to talk about, Angela! - What, are you Superman? 1119 01:17:49,026 --> 01:17:52,029 ls your ass bulletproof? ls that what you think? Tell her! 1120 01:17:52,196 --> 01:17:54,824 - Tell her what you're gonna do. - What is it? 1121 01:17:54,949 --> 01:17:57,869 - He's strapped. - Shut the fuck up! She don't need to know my business. 1122 01:17:57,994 --> 01:18:00,872 ls your business dying? No! 1123 01:18:00,997 --> 01:18:03,916 There's this crackhead named Shorty. He just came out of jail. 1124 01:18:04,041 --> 01:18:06,502 He says that I'm his girl and that Emilio took me from him. 1125 01:18:06,669 --> 01:18:09,088 And now he wants to kill Emilio. 1126 01:18:11,090 --> 01:18:14,302 Emilio, if this boy is threatening you, we can go to the police. 1127 01:18:14,427 --> 01:18:16,721 Look, this is nothing you can do anything about. 1128 01:18:16,846 --> 01:18:19,599 This guy is looking for me to kill me, and the only way for me to stop him... 1129 01:18:19,724 --> 01:18:22,226 is for me to kill him first. 1130 01:18:22,393 --> 01:18:24,687 That's just the way it is, all right? 1131 01:18:24,812 --> 01:18:28,191 Wait, Emilio, wait, wait, wait, wait, no! Can we-- Can we talk about this? 1132 01:18:28,316 --> 01:18:31,027 - Come to my house. - Yeah, right. 1133 01:18:31,110 --> 01:18:33,321 Oh, what? You're too proud to hide? 1134 01:18:33,446 --> 01:18:36,657 lt's better to wander the streets all night? 1135 01:18:36,824 --> 01:18:39,786 - Come on. - Please? 1136 01:18:39,952 --> 01:18:41,788 Please, just go. 1137 01:18:45,458 --> 01:18:48,461 Go. Go. 1138 01:18:50,421 --> 01:18:52,882 - Can we drop you? - Just go. 1139 01:19:09,065 --> 01:19:11,651 ls this boy your age? 1140 01:19:14,737 --> 01:19:18,074 - Yeah. - Does he go to Parkmont? 1141 01:19:18,199 --> 01:19:21,077 I won't tell you who it is. 1142 01:19:21,202 --> 01:19:23,079 No, don't. 1143 01:19:25,289 --> 01:19:28,251 But if you tell Mr Grandey about him-- 1144 01:19:28,418 --> 01:19:33,756 not about his threatening you, but about his being on crack-- 1145 01:19:33,881 --> 01:19:38,386 he'll be turned over to the juvenile court for-- for drug abuse in school. 1146 01:19:38,553 --> 01:19:40,888 H-He won't serve hard time, 1147 01:19:41,013 --> 01:19:45,268 but by the time he gets out and he's detoxed, he-- he will have gotten over trying to kill you. 1148 01:19:52,483 --> 01:19:54,360 No, I can't rat on him. 1149 01:19:54,485 --> 01:19:57,488 Right. Kill him. That's better. 1150 01:19:59,031 --> 01:20:01,617 Man, 1151 01:20:01,784 --> 01:20:03,619 you don't understand. 1152 01:20:06,998 --> 01:20:11,794 You asked me once how I was gonna save you from your life. 1153 01:20:11,961 --> 01:20:14,547 This is how. This moment. 1154 01:20:16,215 --> 01:20:18,968 Right now. 1155 01:20:19,135 --> 01:20:21,512 This will make the difference in your life forever. 1156 01:20:52,001 --> 01:20:53,878 Emilio? 1157 01:21:01,135 --> 01:21:02,970 Emilio? 1158 01:21:15,900 --> 01:21:19,695 - Oh, Mr Grandey. - ls there a problem, Miss Johnson? 1159 01:21:19,862 --> 01:21:21,864 - Shouldn't you be in class? - Yes, I'm late. 1160 01:21:22,031 --> 01:21:26,744 Um, I just wanted to ask. Did Emilio Ramirez come to your office this morning? 1161 01:21:26,911 --> 01:21:29,455 - Yes. - Oh, God. Oh, thank God. 1162 01:21:29,580 --> 01:21:32,583 - Did you talk to him? - No, I sent him away. 1163 01:21:32,708 --> 01:21:34,794 You-- What do you mean? 1164 01:21:36,879 --> 01:21:40,758 - I mean I sent him away. - Why? 1165 01:21:40,883 --> 01:21:43,469 Because he didn't knock, Miss Johnson. 1166 01:21:43,636 --> 01:21:47,682 - Here we are. - Because he didn't knock? 1167 01:21:47,849 --> 01:21:52,103 Yes, Miss Johnson. I'm trying to teach these children how to live in the world. 1168 01:21:52,270 --> 01:21:55,481 And in the world, you just don't burst into someone's office. 1169 01:21:58,359 --> 01:22:01,195 Because he didn't knock? 1170 01:22:04,323 --> 01:22:06,534 Damn it! 1171 01:22:39,233 --> 01:22:41,110 Uh, Louanne. 1172 01:22:42,570 --> 01:22:45,573 Mr Grandey is with the police. 1173 01:22:45,698 --> 01:22:47,909 - Yes? - Um. 1174 01:22:48,034 --> 01:22:51,621 They just found Emilio Ramirez three blocks from the school. 1175 01:22:51,746 --> 01:22:54,457 He was shot this morning. 1176 01:22:56,793 --> 01:22:58,628 ls he dead? 1177 01:23:01,672 --> 01:23:05,259 - He's dead. - I'm very sorry. 1178 01:23:07,053 --> 01:23:09,263 Um... 1179 01:23:09,430 --> 01:23:11,474 are you going to tell them now? 1180 01:23:14,018 --> 01:23:16,395 Do you think that's wise? 1181 01:23:19,398 --> 01:23:21,484 Yeah. 1182 01:23:21,651 --> 01:23:25,196 Well, uh, perhaps if you talk to them a little bit about death... 1183 01:23:25,321 --> 01:23:28,491 and-- and-- and what it means. 1184 01:23:29,742 --> 01:23:32,161 What would you like me to say? 1185 01:23:32,328 --> 01:23:35,164 That if you don't want to die, remember to knock? 1186 01:23:36,624 --> 01:23:39,252 - That's not fair. - What is? 1187 01:23:56,602 --> 01:23:58,896 Bad news. 1188 01:24:00,356 --> 01:24:03,443 Emilio was shot this morning. 1189 01:24:05,278 --> 01:24:07,822 ls he dead? 1190 01:24:07,947 --> 01:24:11,868 - Yes, baby, he's dead. - Oh, no. 1191 01:24:59,373 --> 01:25:04,378 Yo! Listen up. Miss Johnson got something to say! 1192 01:25:04,504 --> 01:25:07,965 - Shh. - Thank you. 1193 01:25:08,132 --> 01:25:11,469 I just want to say... 1194 01:25:11,594 --> 01:25:14,722 l, uh-- I won't, um-- 1195 01:25:17,058 --> 01:25:20,144 I will not be here next year. 1196 01:25:20,269 --> 01:25:22,146 I'm not coming back. 1197 01:25:23,773 --> 01:25:26,067 How come? ls it something we did? 1198 01:25:26,192 --> 01:25:28,945 No. No, no, no. No. Um-- 1199 01:25:32,031 --> 01:25:34,200 I-l never intended to stay. 1200 01:25:34,367 --> 01:25:37,036 Um, this was an unexpected job. 1201 01:25:37,203 --> 01:25:41,124 So if you knew you wasn't gonna stay, how come you made me promise what I promised? 1202 01:25:42,708 --> 01:25:44,544 I-- 1203 01:25:46,587 --> 01:25:49,632 At that time, I thought I would stay. 1204 01:25:49,799 --> 01:25:51,843 So how come you're leaving? 1205 01:25:53,928 --> 01:25:55,763 I just... 1206 01:25:57,181 --> 01:25:59,642 have my reasons, certain reasons. 1207 01:25:59,767 --> 01:26:03,896 ls it because it's too sad for you, what happened to Emilio? 1208 01:26:18,161 --> 01:26:20,121 Maybe. 1209 01:26:20,288 --> 01:26:22,874 And Durrell and Lionel and Callie. And I just-- 1210 01:26:23,040 --> 01:26:24,876 I just think that-- 1211 01:26:29,714 --> 01:26:33,050 So if you love us so much and you're so interested in our graduating, 1212 01:26:33,176 --> 01:26:36,220 - how come you choose to leave? - Yeah. 1213 01:26:36,345 --> 01:26:41,184 You sad about Durrell and Callie and Emilio and Lionel, but we're here. 1214 01:26:41,309 --> 01:26:44,937 What about us, huh? None of us make you feel happy? 1215 01:26:45,104 --> 01:26:49,692 We been working hard and we stayed in school, man. What about us? 1216 01:26:49,817 --> 01:26:52,028 - Yeah. - Yeah. 1217 01:27:07,210 --> 01:27:10,463 Why are you packing up today when tomorrow is your last day? 1218 01:27:11,672 --> 01:27:13,549 Oh, just gettin' a head start. 1219 01:27:15,093 --> 01:27:16,969 Oh, I see. 1220 01:27:21,057 --> 01:27:25,561 What you did, when you gave me the 200 dollars? 1221 01:27:28,272 --> 01:27:33,569 That was the nicest thing anybody ever did for me. 1222 01:27:33,694 --> 01:27:36,155 I don't know anybody else who would give 200 dollars... 1223 01:27:36,322 --> 01:27:38,908 to a Mexican kid on his word of honour. 1224 01:27:44,872 --> 01:27:47,333 S-So you gotta let me pay you back. 1225 01:27:51,045 --> 01:27:54,173 Even if I don't graduate, all right? 1226 01:27:54,298 --> 01:27:57,009 Why wouldn't you graduate? 1227 01:27:58,719 --> 01:28:01,681 Ain't no other teacher gonna give me no "A." 1228 01:28:01,806 --> 01:28:04,517 Yes, they will, if you work for them the way you worked for me. 1229 01:28:04,642 --> 01:28:07,186 No, but it was different with you. You gave me an "A" to start with. 1230 01:28:07,353 --> 01:28:11,732 - I didn't have to earn it. I just had to keep it. - Are you kidding? 1231 01:28:11,858 --> 01:28:16,404 Keeping an "A" is harder than getting an "A." Almost anyone can get an "A" once. 1232 01:28:16,571 --> 01:28:19,657 But keeping it, that's an accomplishment. 1233 01:28:19,824 --> 01:28:22,702 - You think so? - Oh, I know so. 1234 01:28:22,869 --> 01:28:25,496 Do you realize the work you did this term? 1235 01:28:25,621 --> 01:28:29,208 Do you realize that the poetry that we read... 1236 01:28:29,375 --> 01:28:31,335 is given to people in college? 1237 01:28:31,502 --> 01:28:33,671 - ln college. - These same poems? 1238 01:28:33,796 --> 01:28:37,133 - Yes. - But they weren't even so hard. 1239 01:28:37,258 --> 01:28:39,177 So, you see? 1240 01:28:41,345 --> 01:28:43,723 Keep working. 1241 01:28:43,890 --> 01:28:46,225 You'll graduate. 1242 01:28:49,020 --> 01:28:51,814 I might even see you in college. 1243 01:28:51,939 --> 01:28:53,816 What do you think? 1244 01:29:10,792 --> 01:29:14,128 I feel so bad about leaving I can hardly breathe. 1245 01:29:14,295 --> 01:29:18,382 I know, but-- Oh, what the hell. You're right. 1246 01:29:18,549 --> 01:29:23,096 You gotta be crazy to stay here and teach these programme classes. 1247 01:29:23,221 --> 01:29:25,848 There's no money. lt's killer work. 1248 01:29:28,309 --> 01:29:30,645 Why do you stay? 1249 01:29:30,812 --> 01:29:33,272 Why do I smoke? I'm crazy. 1250 01:29:33,397 --> 01:29:35,358 You need any more help? 1251 01:29:35,483 --> 01:29:37,777 No. Thanks. I'll see you tomorrow. 1252 01:29:37,944 --> 01:29:39,779 Yeah. Bye. 1253 01:29:41,656 --> 01:29:44,700 This is the life 1254 01:29:44,826 --> 01:29:48,746 Everyone has to be somewhere 1255 01:29:51,165 --> 01:29:53,876 Oh 1256 01:29:54,043 --> 01:29:59,882 I am here 1257 01:30:02,593 --> 01:30:06,764 This is the life 1258 01:30:06,889 --> 01:30:09,600 This is the life 1259 01:30:10,977 --> 01:30:15,189 'Cause this is my life 1260 01:30:15,314 --> 01:30:20,737 This is my life 1261 01:30:22,280 --> 01:30:24,157 Hi. 1262 01:30:26,993 --> 01:30:31,122 Well. Welcome back. 1263 01:30:31,289 --> 01:30:35,084 This is the 29th day, the last day I have to come back. 1264 01:30:35,251 --> 01:30:38,379 So, am I still okay for next term? 1265 01:30:39,630 --> 01:30:41,466 Yeah. 1266 01:30:43,384 --> 01:30:45,762 Did, uh, 1267 01:30:45,928 --> 01:30:49,849 did you come back because it was your last day or did somebody... 1268 01:30:50,016 --> 01:30:53,269 ask you to come today to talk me into staying? 1269 01:30:53,436 --> 01:30:56,189 Well, it was both, really. 1270 01:30:56,355 --> 01:31:00,777 See, 'cause I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do... 1271 01:31:00,902 --> 01:31:03,821 until I heard that you were leaving and-- 1272 01:31:03,946 --> 01:31:06,532 'Cause up until then, I don't know, I thought... 1273 01:31:06,699 --> 01:31:10,078 that you'd always be here for me, you know. 1274 01:31:10,203 --> 01:31:12,371 You know, whenever I came back. 1275 01:31:13,956 --> 01:31:16,459 But then Raul tells me that you're leaving... 1276 01:31:16,584 --> 01:31:18,461 just like that. 1277 01:31:22,090 --> 01:31:24,425 And I realized that this was my last chance. 1278 01:31:26,594 --> 01:31:28,596 And I decided-- 1279 01:31:29,889 --> 01:31:32,975 We decided that... 1280 01:31:33,101 --> 01:31:35,394 we're not gonna just let you leave like that. 1281 01:31:38,272 --> 01:31:40,817 Yeah, we realized like the poem said: 1282 01:31:40,983 --> 01:31:43,736 You can't give in. 1283 01:31:43,861 --> 01:31:46,072 "You can't go gentle. 1284 01:31:46,239 --> 01:31:50,326 - You got to rage against the dying of the light." - Yeah. 1285 01:31:50,493 --> 01:31:52,703 Yeah, you gotta go for yours. You know that, right? 1286 01:31:52,870 --> 01:31:55,915 - Yeah. - You gotta kick it in and get it up. 1287 01:31:56,040 --> 01:31:59,335 Wait a minute, wait a minute. No, no. Wait, wait. I'm not giving in. 1288 01:31:59,460 --> 01:32:03,047 Um, this is my choice. 1289 01:32:03,214 --> 01:32:06,467 I have no reason to "rage against the dying of the light." 1290 01:32:06,592 --> 01:32:09,595 'Cause you're not the one who's raging. We're the ones who are raging. 1291 01:32:09,720 --> 01:32:12,014 See, 'cause we see you as being our light. 1292 01:32:14,225 --> 01:32:18,104 - What? - You're our Tambourine Man. 1293 01:32:18,229 --> 01:32:23,109 - Oh, I'm your drug dealer? - You got the stuff, Miss J? 1294 01:32:23,234 --> 01:32:27,280 You're our teacher. You got what we need. lt's the same thing. 1295 01:32:27,405 --> 01:32:31,242 Come on, Miss J. All the poems you taught us say you can't give in. 1296 01:32:31,409 --> 01:32:33,661 You can't give up. 1297 01:32:33,786 --> 01:32:36,664 - Well, we ain't giving you up. - No way. 1298 01:32:36,789 --> 01:32:41,210 Now, listen, baby, we gonna have to tie you down to the chair and gag you... 1299 01:32:41,335 --> 01:32:46,340 'cause you know we want you to stay. 1300 01:32:46,466 --> 01:32:51,179 What you need to stay, girl? You want a candy bar? 1301 01:32:51,304 --> 01:32:55,808 Okay, on the left and on the right, a "Louanne, Louanne." Uh, here we go. 1302 01:32:55,933 --> 01:32:59,312 Louanne, Louanne, Louanne, Louanne. 1303 01:32:59,479 --> 01:33:02,899 - Louanne, Louanne, Louanne, Louanne. - Come on! 1304 01:33:03,024 --> 01:33:07,612 Louanne, Louanne, Louanne, Louanne. 1305 01:33:12,825 --> 01:33:17,080 - You have to go first. - I don't want to go first. - Come on. You have to. 1306 01:33:17,246 --> 01:33:19,082 Ready? You go like this. Go. 1307 01:33:21,584 --> 01:33:23,795 - lt go like this. - This how you do it. 1308 01:33:23,920 --> 01:33:27,882 Go, Louanne. Go, Louanne. Go, Louanne. Go, Louanne. 1309 01:33:28,007 --> 01:33:31,135 Go, Louanne. Go, Louanne. Go, Louanne. 1310 01:33:37,767 --> 01:33:40,520 Let me see. 1311 01:33:40,645 --> 01:33:43,606 - Excuse me. - Are you okay? - Yeah. 1312 01:33:46,359 --> 01:33:49,195 - You want to sign my book? - Yeah, I'll sign your book. 1313 01:34:13,845 --> 01:34:16,556 How'd they get you to come back? 1314 01:34:16,722 --> 01:34:20,309 They gave me candy and called me "the light." 1315 01:34:20,476 --> 01:34:22,311 That'll do it. 1316 01:34:51,382 --> 01:34:53,801 I won't do you wrong 1317 01:34:53,968 --> 01:34:56,262 I'll do you right 1318 01:34:56,429 --> 01:35:01,309 You can roll with me for the rest of the night 1319 01:35:01,476 --> 01:35:05,772 No need to fuss 'cause I don't wanna joke 1320 01:35:05,897 --> 01:35:09,901 Baby, sit right here and let the chronic smoke 1321 01:35:10,026 --> 01:35:12,945 So hang around, love 1322 01:35:13,112 --> 01:35:15,907 And give it up 1323 01:35:16,074 --> 01:35:20,369 'Cause all the real "G"s know what I'm thinkin' of 1324 01:35:20,495 --> 01:35:26,084 'Cause you wanna be down, down so give it up 1325 01:35:26,250 --> 01:35:30,213 There's a party over here So, baby, show your love 1326 01:35:30,379 --> 01:35:34,550 'Cause I got the gin and juice Yeah 1327 01:35:34,717 --> 01:35:37,804 - You know that, you know that - I got the gin and juice 1328 01:35:37,970 --> 01:35:40,598 Yeah 1329 01:35:40,765 --> 01:35:44,977 'Cause I got the gin and juice Yeah 1330 01:35:47,355 --> 01:35:49,982 - I got the, I got the gin and juice - Yeah 1331 01:35:50,149 --> 01:35:53,986 - I got the answer - 'Cause I got the gin and juice 1332 01:36:03,329 --> 01:36:06,082 As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death 1333 01:36:06,249 --> 01:36:09,502 I take a look at my life and realize there's nothing left 1334 01:36:09,627 --> 01:36:12,171 'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long 1335 01:36:12,338 --> 01:36:15,550 That even my mama thinks that my mind is gone 1336 01:36:15,675 --> 01:36:18,386 I really hate to trip but I gotta loc 1337 01:36:18,511 --> 01:36:22,098 As they croak I see myself in the pistol smoke 1338 01:36:22,223 --> 01:36:24,308 Fool, I'm the kind of "G" the little homies wanna be like 1339 01:36:24,434 --> 01:36:28,020 On my knees in the night Sayin' prayers in the street light 1340 01:36:28,187 --> 01:36:33,985 Been spending most their lives livin' in a gangsta's paradise 1341 01:36:34,152 --> 01:36:39,866 Been spending most their lives livin' in a gangsta's paradise 1342 01:36:39,991 --> 01:36:46,205 We keep spending most our lives livin' in a gangsta's paradise 1343 01:36:57,300 --> 01:36:59,802 You spent so many nights in heat 1344 01:36:59,927 --> 01:37:02,555 - And out of control - Like that 1345 01:37:02,680 --> 01:37:05,183 Waiting impatiently to see 1346 01:37:05,349 --> 01:37:07,852 - What's under my clothes - Like that 1347 01:37:07,977 --> 01:37:13,107 I just wanna take time to get right into the point 1348 01:37:13,232 --> 01:37:15,151 Now you got your choice, girl 1349 01:37:15,276 --> 01:37:18,279 - To come and rock this funky joint - Like that 1350 01:37:18,404 --> 01:37:23,993 Don't you take too long, baby 1351 01:37:24,160 --> 01:37:29,123 I'll be waitin' here for you, baby, baby 1352 01:37:29,290 --> 01:37:34,253 Here's a gift to you from me 1353 01:37:34,420 --> 01:37:38,925 Just you wait and see lt's the curiosity 1354 01:37:39,092 --> 01:37:44,764 - lt's the curiosity - Curiosity 1355 01:37:44,931 --> 01:37:47,934 - Do you wanna feel my body - Like that 1356 01:37:48,101 --> 01:37:49,936 Girl, all night long, yeah 1357 01:37:50,103 --> 01:37:52,855 lt's the curiosity 1358 01:37:55,900 --> 01:37:59,612 - Why not now - Oh, yeah 1359 01:37:59,779 --> 01:38:02,865 - Oh, yeah - lt's the curiosity 1360 01:38:03,032 --> 01:38:05,034 For you, for me 1361 01:38:05,159 --> 01:38:07,745 lt's the curiosity