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Fixed & Synced by bozxphd. Enjoy The Flick.
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Rough street records freestyle
battle is now about to commence!
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Ladies and gentlemen,
is Brooklyn in the house?
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Is queens in the house?
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Is money-makin' Manhattan
in the house?
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Is Staten island in the house?
Where's the island at?
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Guess they a no-show.
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Let's go, y'all!
Come on! Give it up!
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Let the countdown begin!
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Ten, nine,
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eight, seven,
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six, five,
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four,
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three,
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two,
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one!
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You can feel it, people!
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That boy on fire right there!
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Can you feel it?
Can you feel it in the air?
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Si's finest, where you at?
Where you at?
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Ladies and gentlemen!
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Si's finest has showed up!
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And they brought
a motherfuckin' coffin!
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This fuckin' battle is on!
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Listen...
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Watch me work.
Yo, pay attention y'all.
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Hold up, hold up, wait, wait.
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Choke!
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Si's finest. Great
performance tonight, guys.
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Yeah!
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Yeah, you all know!
What's up, baby?
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Yeah.
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Naveen, when are you gonna
hook us up with your boss?
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Everyone knows
you got the boss's ear.
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Richard Reid is a busy man. I
don't like to waste his time.
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Waste his time?
What you talkin' about?
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Rough street records needs a
group like Si's finest...
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Hip-hop needs
a group like Si's finest.
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We got somethin' for everybody.
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A strong female rapper.
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Undeniable skills.
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You guys just won five grand tonight.
What else do you need?
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A record deal. Duh.
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Look, you guys
have great potential.
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But I need more than
potential to sell records.
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I need songs with structure,
hook, verse.
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I'm definitely not bringing a bunch
of battle rappers in to my boss.
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Yo, you don't know
shit about music.
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Hangin' around in clubs
trying to scoop up groupies.
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Throwin' around the a&r card.
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Yo, man, a&r to this guy stands
for ass and romance, man.
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I'm done with this conversation.
You guys enjoy your winnings.
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Hey, Naveen.
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You guys aren't done
talking shit tonight?
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All I've ever wanted
was to be a rapper.
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Rappers delight, California love,
mind's playing tricks on me.
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Those are the songs
people remember.
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I get it. That's what
you want from us.
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We can do that.
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Yeah? Well,
I haven't heard it.
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You're in a&r. You're
supposed to see greatness
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before anyone else does.
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Anyone could walk in here
today and discover Jay Z.
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But it took someone special to
see greatness in Shawn Carter.
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Let me think about it.
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Give me your info.
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Where's Malik?
Hey...
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I dunno. Yo! See Malik?
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Nah, man.
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Why not?
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I think Malik left.
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You good?
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Yeah. I ain't
trippin' over Malik.
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Mmm-hmm.
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Really. I just left
my hard drive in his crib.
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Come on. Don't start.
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Malik doesn't owe me anything.
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And more importantly, I don't
owe him anything either.
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You guys wear me out.
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Yo! Uber's here.
Who's coming?
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You coming?
I'm coming.
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Coco?
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You coming?
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I think I'ma hang around
a little bit longer.
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Okay.
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Bye.
Bye.
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I can't stand you.
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You ready to go?
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Get away from me.
Are you ready to go?
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Coco!
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We killed it last night.
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You had the audience
eatin' out ya hand.
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Yo, yo, it's too hot for that, co.
Come on now.
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You out?
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I gotta work
the breakfast shift.
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Get me a number 6 for lunch.
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You wanna grub for free, get up off
your ass and come get it, lazy.
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Yo, put some cheese
on that shit!
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You're late.
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Good morning, ma.
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I didn't hear you
come in last night.
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How you ever gonna
find someone to love
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if you keep being
Malik's Booty call?
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Ma!
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Well?
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Who says I'm looking for love?
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We all lookin' for love, baby.
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Malik's always had my back.
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You remember how good
he was when dad died.
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What we have,
we don't need labels.
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Yeah? Well where I come from,
it's got a label.
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It's called "ho."
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I call it like I see it.
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What you lookin' at, huh? This ain't
no reality show. Get back to work.
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These goddamn...
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Ooh... oh, my god.
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What happened? You look like
you just won the lottery.
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It's Naveen from
rough street records.
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"Good morning.
I thought about what you said
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"and I showed your stuff
to Richard last night.
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"He liked what he saw.
But he agrees with me
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"so here's the deal.
You have three months.
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"We have our labor day weekend
showcase for new talent.
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"You send me three songs. Richard
and I like one, you play it live."
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That is the ticket.
We're in.
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It sounds like
a whole lot of maybes to me.
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Well, you know these
music industry guys.
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They're just always
trying to play it cool.
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No, I don't know
these record label guys.
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All I know is that he did not
just offer you a contract.
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And you know what? Time's up, baby.
You gotta get back to school.
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Ma, can we just not talk about
school for, like, five minutes?
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Coco, we had a deal.
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I need to focus on
this demo right now.
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I'll go back to school
in the fall, I promise.
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You were supposed to
be out one semester.
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Baby, it's been almost a year.
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Baby, your father and I, we
have made ridiculous sacrifices
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to make sure that
you got to college.
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Well, I'll pay you back as
soon as I get a record deal.
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You wanna pay me back?
Graduate!
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Just get it over with, huh?
You're almost done.
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Summer session
starts soon, right?
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Just do it. It'll be
over before you know it.
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I can't be 30, trying to
start my rap career, ma.
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Your not goin' back to school
is not an option with me.
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It is not gonna happen.
Not on my watch.
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You wanna rap? Fine. But ya gonna
have to do it between classes.
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Yo, what the fuck?
What took so long?
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I was... I dunno.
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Are you gonna let me in?
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What's up, y'all?
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Coco, what's good, mama?
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You smell like fuckin'
balls and underarms.
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You want somethin' to eat?
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As if I would eat
something over here.
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Where's Malik?
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How we supposed to know where Malik at?
Matt, you seen Malik?
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Nigga, do I look like
his fuckin' parole officer?
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Let me go upstairs
and get my bag.
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Uh...
What?
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You can't just be goin' in
Malik's room when he not here.
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You can't do that.
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Since when?
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Go grab her!
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Coco!
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Yeah?
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Yo.
What up, what up, what up?
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Reasons and Matt said you weren't here.
What are you doing here?
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Nah, I'm chillin', I don't know
why they said that, I'm just...
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Guess what.
What?
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Richard Reid is gonna
give us another chance.
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For real?
Yes!
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That's what I'm talkin' about.
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Hey all right. That's what I'm
sayin', so let's put some shit down.
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Let's do our thing, right?
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Right, what?
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I was...
I was write... I was writin'.
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I was workin' on, you know,
I'm workin' on the lyrics.
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I got these...
I got this shit in my head.
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It's crazy, I just had like
this epiphany and shit.
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And I was collabin' on some...
Actually, she got a new...
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I got... we got verses.
We got hook... co!
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Co!
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Coco! Hey!
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Coco!
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Shit.
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What the fuck is wrong
with y'all niggas?
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You know I got... You know
I got shorty upstairs.
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What's wrong with y'all? Why
didn't y'all say somethin'?
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You know how the fuck she is, man.
The fuck is wrong with...
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She just stormed in here.
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Twiddle Dee, twiddle dum over here.
What the fuck, man.
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The time is up, coco.
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You have got to
get back to school.
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Do you know how many sacrifices
your father and I made
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so that you could go to college?
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You wanna rap?
That's fine with me.
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But from now on you gonna have
to do it between classes.
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Hey, coco. Coco!
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What?
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I thought you'd be
working on your demo.
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I'm doing both. Just need eight
more credits to graduate.
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What are you taking?
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I have an accounting class at
3:00, just to finish my major.
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And then just lookin'
for some bullshit course.
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I got the perfect
bullshit for you.
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Easy a.
Nah, no, no, no.
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Yeah. Trust me
on this one.
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No, no, no.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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No.
Yeah.
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Poetry?
Hell, no.
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Just give it a chance.
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Professor's gonna be amazing.
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Uh, excuse me, darling.
I think you're in my seat.
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I think you're blockin' my view.
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Well, listen that's my bag
next to the chair.
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And this is my ass in the seat.
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"I don't write poetry.
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"I sweat poetry.
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"I drink poetry.
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"I breathe poetry.
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"I make love to poetry.
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"I fight poetry.
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"I bleed poetry.
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"I once tripped over poetry,
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"got angry and kicked poetry."
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"I live poetry.
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"For I am poetry.
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"I do not write poetry.
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"Poetry writes me."
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Welcome to poetry 101.
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I am professor Nefari Dixon.
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Thank you.
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For the next 12 weeks
we will be discussing
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the rhythmic
language of experience.
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Poetry.
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How many of you have
ever written a poem?
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Ah.
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How many of you
don't even like poetry?
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Well, let me give you
a word of warning.
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This class is not
for the faint of heart.
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You will explore
the limits of your abilities.
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You will find those limits
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and you will soar
past those limits.
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Remember this.
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Reading a book will
change what you know.
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Reading a poem will
change who you are.
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This is my teaching assistant, Mr.
Derek Morris.
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He will run the study services
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as well as be responsible
for the bulk of the grading.
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We are fully-booked.
254
00:19:43,883 --> 00:19:45,716
Who's that?
Sorry.
255
00:19:45,718 --> 00:19:47,351
Any students that aren't
registered in this class
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will have to audition
in order to get a place.
257
00:19:49,389 --> 00:19:51,522
The audition process is simple.
258
00:19:51,524 --> 00:19:53,424
Recite a poem from memory.
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No songs. Just poems.
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00:19:56,196 --> 00:19:58,796
And I will decide who stays
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00:20:01,466 --> 00:20:03,467
and who goes.
262
00:20:03,469 --> 00:20:04,936
So, let's get into it.
263
00:20:04,938 --> 00:20:07,305
Who's first?
264
00:20:07,307 --> 00:20:10,741
"How do I love thee?
Let me count the ways."
265
00:20:10,743 --> 00:20:15,580
"If thou wilt not,
be but sworn my love
266
00:20:15,582 --> 00:20:19,483
"and I will no longer
be a Capulet."
267
00:20:19,485 --> 00:20:22,820
"Once upon a midnight dreary
268
00:20:22,822 --> 00:20:27,592
"while I pondered
weak and weary." Hi.
269
00:20:27,594 --> 00:20:29,260
Thank you. Chris.
270
00:20:31,564 --> 00:20:32,897
Seat won't go down.
271
00:20:34,399 --> 00:20:37,835
"I pledge
allegiance to the flag..."
272
00:20:45,844 --> 00:20:48,746
And who do we have left?
Who do we have left?
273
00:20:52,618 --> 00:20:53,884
Floor's yours.
274
00:20:57,690 --> 00:21:00,625
"I start to think
and then I sink into the paper
275
00:21:00,627 --> 00:21:02,260
"like I was ink.
276
00:21:02,262 --> 00:21:04,996
"When I'm writin' I'm trapped
in between the lines.
277
00:21:04,998 --> 00:21:08,399
"I escape when I
finish the rhymes."
278
00:21:08,401 --> 00:21:10,001
Yes!
279
00:21:16,508 --> 00:21:17,842
Rakim, right?
280
00:21:19,444 --> 00:21:21,045
Yeah.
281
00:21:21,047 --> 00:21:24,382
Well that's a rap. So, I'm
gonna disqualify you.
282
00:21:24,384 --> 00:21:26,651
You said "no songs." You didn't
say anything about "no raps."
283
00:21:26,653 --> 00:21:29,720
And I think you're misunderstanding
what the audition process was.
284
00:21:29,722 --> 00:21:32,023
No, I understand what
you're saying. I get it.
285
00:21:32,025 --> 00:21:33,624
What you're
trying to say is that
286
00:21:33,626 --> 00:21:35,393
what some dead dudes
wrote 100 years ago
287
00:21:35,395 --> 00:21:37,762
is more important
than hip-hop is today.
288
00:21:37,764 --> 00:21:39,530
Ooh!
289
00:21:39,532 --> 00:21:40,965
I'm sorry,
what's your name again?
290
00:21:41,633 --> 00:21:43,401
Coco Ford.
291
00:21:43,403 --> 00:21:46,470
Well, I'm sorry, coco Ford,
but you're disqualified.
292
00:21:49,841 --> 00:21:50,941
That's wack.
293
00:21:50,943 --> 00:21:52,343
I'm out of here.
294
00:21:56,081 --> 00:22:00,084
It is not an assumption that
295
00:22:00,086 --> 00:22:03,354
you need this class to graduate.
296
00:22:04,823 --> 00:22:08,092
So I suggest to all of you
297
00:22:08,094 --> 00:22:10,594
who are remaining
298
00:22:12,664 --> 00:22:13,964
to focus.
299
00:22:16,568 --> 00:22:18,769
How can they teach poetry
and leave out rap?
300
00:22:18,771 --> 00:22:20,905
Right?
301
00:22:20,907 --> 00:22:23,341
Where's the English department?
This ain't right.
302
00:22:24,710 --> 00:22:25,976
Coco!
303
00:22:34,519 --> 00:22:35,686
Next.
304
00:22:47,499 --> 00:22:49,133
The Rakim fan.
305
00:22:49,135 --> 00:22:50,701
Have a seat.
306
00:22:52,537 --> 00:22:54,705
A little before your time, no?
307
00:22:54,707 --> 00:22:56,907
My pops got me open on Rakim.
308
00:22:56,909 --> 00:22:59,043
It's the first rap
I knew by heart.
309
00:22:59,045 --> 00:23:01,579
Oh, you're one of those, huh?
310
00:23:01,581 --> 00:23:05,015
You think that rap
and poetry are the same.
311
00:23:05,017 --> 00:23:06,817
Yeah.
312
00:23:07,786 --> 00:23:10,521
I grew up on hip-hop, okay?
313
00:23:10,523 --> 00:23:15,626
I was the shorty running
around all the block parties.
314
00:23:15,628 --> 00:23:19,096
I've forgotten more about hip-hop
than you will ever know.
315
00:23:19,098 --> 00:23:23,768
And I've watched it
become misogynistic
316
00:23:23,770 --> 00:23:28,906
and small-minded
and uninspiring.
317
00:23:28,908 --> 00:23:32,510
Not all hip-hop is
misogynistic and small-minded.
318
00:23:32,512 --> 00:23:35,179
Oh. You're talking
about conscious rap.
319
00:23:35,181 --> 00:23:37,848
But no one listens to it.
320
00:23:37,850 --> 00:23:41,685
They don't play it on the radio.
And no one buys it.
321
00:23:41,687 --> 00:23:45,022
So you're just gonna turn your
back on the whole culture?
322
00:23:45,024 --> 00:23:49,927
Oh, with fantastic lyrics like
323
00:23:49,929 --> 00:23:53,464
"I woke up in the morning and
the girls were still there."
324
00:23:53,466 --> 00:23:55,900
"They were naked with
their asses in the air"
325
00:23:55,902 --> 00:23:58,669
and, I don't know,
some canonical work
326
00:23:58,671 --> 00:24:01,439
by Ifmao or
whatever their names are.
327
00:24:01,441 --> 00:24:05,543
Professor, you and your ta,
Mr. Morris
328
00:24:05,545 --> 00:24:08,546
are in a position to inspire
people to do better.
329
00:24:08,548 --> 00:24:10,448
You have a platform and a voice.
330
00:24:10,450 --> 00:24:13,551
I'm not turning
my back on hip-hop.
331
00:24:13,553 --> 00:24:16,454
Hip-hop has already
turned its back on us.
332
00:24:17,489 --> 00:24:20,658
I'm sorry, class is full.
333
00:24:52,658 --> 00:24:54,959
None of this sounds like us.
334
00:24:54,961 --> 00:24:58,562
That's the point. We're
supposed to make a hit.
335
00:24:58,564 --> 00:25:00,197
But it don't sound like a hit.
336
00:25:00,199 --> 00:25:03,601
Yo, man, reasons makes
better beats than this shit.
337
00:25:03,603 --> 00:25:06,036
Thank you, man.
Matt, come on.
338
00:25:06,038 --> 00:25:07,538
Seriously,
you guys, we don't have
339
00:25:07,540 --> 00:25:09,540
that much time to
get this together.
340
00:25:09,542 --> 00:25:12,710
We need to come hard, all right.
Like east coast style, son.
341
00:25:12,712 --> 00:25:15,679
Coming hard is why we're still
recording in this dingy-ass basement.
342
00:25:15,681 --> 00:25:17,748
Yo, whatever, man.
343
00:25:17,750 --> 00:25:21,719
I mean, for real.
We are not gangstas.
344
00:25:21,721 --> 00:25:25,022
We have never been to jail.
And we ain't got no guns.
345
00:25:25,024 --> 00:25:26,924
Coco, I got guns.
Where?
346
00:25:37,803 --> 00:25:40,237
That's it.
Let's drop that.
347
00:25:40,239 --> 00:25:42,106
No, that's the shit
I'm talkin' about.
348
00:25:42,108 --> 00:25:44,041
Let me know when you guys are done.
I'm takin' a nap.
349
00:25:44,043 --> 00:25:46,010
Get that "I'll be sure" line
and all that.
350
00:25:46,012 --> 00:25:47,177
Especially, get that one.
351
00:25:47,179 --> 00:25:48,879
You good?
Yeah, yeah.
352
00:25:55,186 --> 00:25:57,054
Watch your feet.
You know you're wrong.
353
00:25:57,056 --> 00:25:58,989
Co, can you forget about shorty?
354
00:26:05,931 --> 00:26:07,598
Let me get some.
355
00:26:08,934 --> 00:26:11,135
You ain't gonna give me none?
Have one.
356
00:26:16,908 --> 00:26:18,876
Why are you so worked up?
Hmm?
357
00:26:21,913 --> 00:26:23,647
You wound up way too tight.
358
00:26:28,753 --> 00:26:30,354
Feel good, right?
359
00:26:30,356 --> 00:26:31,789
It feels okay.
360
00:26:31,791 --> 00:26:33,624
You know it feels good.
361
00:26:36,695 --> 00:26:38,929
Yeah, co, we gonna get it.
All right?
362
00:26:40,799 --> 00:26:42,166
We gonna get it.
363
00:26:47,072 --> 00:26:48,372
We gonna get it.
364
00:26:52,377 --> 00:26:54,311
Guess who's blowin'
you up on Twitter.
365
00:26:56,615 --> 00:26:59,316
Derek Morris at
Derekinspace writes,
366
00:26:59,318 --> 00:27:02,019
"students, next time
you can't get your way
367
00:27:02,021 --> 00:27:04,989
"don't go running to the teacher.
# freshmanfail."
368
00:27:04,991 --> 00:27:07,091
That's not me.
369
00:27:07,093 --> 00:27:08,626
Girl, you know it is.
370
00:27:09,861 --> 00:27:12,096
What's his handle?
371
00:27:12,098 --> 00:27:15,299
They can keep me out of class, but
they can't keep me off Twitter.
372
00:27:15,301 --> 00:27:17,034
You gotta turn
everything into a battle?
373
00:27:31,916 --> 00:27:33,884
Check this out.
374
00:27:33,886 --> 00:27:36,286
That little hip-hop diva
is putting you on blast.
375
00:27:51,202 --> 00:27:53,070
Let her in.
376
00:27:55,740 --> 00:27:58,308
The iambic pentameter
377
00:27:58,310 --> 00:28:02,846
is the most common way
of writing poetry.
378
00:28:02,848 --> 00:28:04,682
Can you repeat that?
379
00:28:04,684 --> 00:28:07,051
Iambic pentameter.
380
00:28:07,053 --> 00:28:09,019
I want you to know this.
381
00:28:09,021 --> 00:28:11,755
I want you to take her home,
ride her all night if you will.
382
00:28:11,757 --> 00:28:14,758
But please,
do not marry the bitch.
383
00:28:16,729 --> 00:28:20,230
Well, this week's assignment
was for you to write something
384
00:28:20,232 --> 00:28:21,932
that scares you.
385
00:28:21,934 --> 00:28:24,001
Who's willing to share
what they've written?
386
00:28:25,070 --> 00:28:28,005
Let's see. Coco Ford?
387
00:28:29,908 --> 00:28:32,076
You only let me in class today.
388
00:28:32,078 --> 00:28:34,144
I'm aware of that.
389
00:28:34,146 --> 00:28:38,048
But you are responsible
for your assignments.
390
00:28:38,050 --> 00:28:42,052
You did receive the email with
your assignment and the reading?
391
00:28:42,054 --> 00:28:44,188
Yes?
392
00:28:44,190 --> 00:28:46,857
I did the reading. I just didn't
have time to finish the assignment.
393
00:28:46,859 --> 00:28:48,892
I only had a few hours.
394
00:28:48,894 --> 00:28:49,960
Oh.
395
00:28:50,729 --> 00:28:53,831
Try to keep up.
396
00:28:53,833 --> 00:28:57,201
As part of your curriculum,
you are expected to attend
397
00:28:57,203 --> 00:29:03,040
at least one of Mr. Morris'
weekly slam poetry field trips.
398
00:29:04,375 --> 00:29:07,144
Mr. Morris,
where is it this week?
399
00:29:07,146 --> 00:29:10,948
This week, guys, we're gonna be
heading to the Nuyorican poetry slam.
400
00:29:14,853 --> 00:29:18,055
Welcome to the house
Miguel Algarin built.
401
00:29:19,859 --> 00:29:25,362
A mix of Nuyorican soul
and neighborhood hustle.
402
00:29:25,364 --> 00:29:28,132
Here, you can learn
your love's truest name
403
00:29:28,134 --> 00:29:31,101
and claim the reign to victory.
404
00:29:31,103 --> 00:29:35,939
Here, you get to be whoever
you want to be. And more.
405
00:29:38,343 --> 00:29:43,947
Welcome to the house of smooth
lyrics and slam poetry.
406
00:29:45,216 --> 00:29:48,519
Slick talk and real heartbeats.
407
00:29:50,021 --> 00:29:53,056
Here time stands still.
408
00:29:59,564 --> 00:30:03,300
The vibe tonight, we takin'
it higher than we ever been.
409
00:30:05,171 --> 00:30:07,838
Our first poet, Adam Falkner.
410
00:30:18,083 --> 00:30:20,951
I can't believe all these
people are here for poetry.
411
00:30:22,988 --> 00:30:26,290
The whitest thing. Owning your
own white guilt isn't cool yet.
412
00:30:26,292 --> 00:30:29,493
Listen, I'd like to introduce
two of my new students.
413
00:30:29,495 --> 00:30:30,594
This is coco.
414
00:30:30,596 --> 00:30:32,563
Hi.
Hey. How you doin'?
415
00:30:32,565 --> 00:30:34,431
I'm well, thank you.
Nice to meet you.
416
00:30:34,433 --> 00:30:36,099
And this is Julie.
417
00:30:36,101 --> 00:30:37,568
- How you doin', Julie?
- Hi.
418
00:30:37,570 --> 00:30:40,237
This right here, guys,
is the man. Coltrane.
419
00:30:40,239 --> 00:30:42,606
He's a pillar of New
York's poetry community.
420
00:30:42,608 --> 00:30:45,943
And he knows
professor Dixon pretty well.
421
00:30:45,945 --> 00:30:47,978
Has she made your
life miserable, yet?
422
00:30:49,081 --> 00:30:50,981
I see you know her very well.
423
00:30:50,983 --> 00:30:54,451
Yes, very, very well.
She's my wife.
424
00:30:54,453 --> 00:30:57,354
Well, I'm sorry to hear that.
425
00:30:57,356 --> 00:31:01,458
Of all the street compliments
I get walking down the street
426
00:31:01,460 --> 00:31:04,628
"Ga gless you, ma"
is my favorite.
427
00:31:04,630 --> 00:31:06,163
So what's your thing?
428
00:31:06,165 --> 00:31:08,565
She's a rapper that
doesn't like poetry.
429
00:31:08,567 --> 00:31:09,967
Oh, come on.
430
00:31:09,969 --> 00:31:13,036
Perfect. Perfect, coco.
431
00:31:13,038 --> 00:31:16,173
Because you're gonna be a judge.
432
00:31:17,075 --> 00:31:19,243
No.
Yes.
433
00:31:19,245 --> 00:31:23,046
You can do it, you can do it. Don't
worry about it. You got taste?
434
00:31:23,048 --> 00:31:24,114
Mmm.
435
00:31:24,116 --> 00:31:25,916
All right, great.
436
00:31:25,918 --> 00:31:28,285
Clip the keratin armor
until your nails are slick.
437
00:31:28,287 --> 00:31:30,654
Keep each operation uniform.
Rank, file, top, sides.
438
00:31:30,656 --> 00:31:33,557
Push back the enemy cuticles
with oil and lotion.
439
00:31:33,559 --> 00:31:36,994
The chemical arsenal of a
Vietnamese manicurist named Chien.
440
00:31:36,996 --> 00:31:38,662
A name that means "war."
441
00:31:38,664 --> 00:31:41,665
Even oceans away, she carries
the war like a name.
442
00:31:41,667 --> 00:31:44,301
She's bent over,
scrubbing your fingers.
443
00:31:44,303 --> 00:31:47,404
The cuticle foliage remind her
444
00:31:47,406 --> 00:31:51,074
of slaughtered soldiers, her dead
father, her sister buried alive.
445
00:31:52,076 --> 00:31:53,510
"Tell me what color
you like."
446
00:31:53,512 --> 00:31:55,612
Judges,
let me see those scorecards.
447
00:31:55,614 --> 00:31:57,314
We got an 8.5.
448
00:31:58,082 --> 00:31:59,650
A 9.5.
449
00:32:01,519 --> 00:32:03,420
I see a 10 over there.
450
00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:11,361
We got a 7 right here.
451
00:32:17,035 --> 00:32:19,536
Uh, okay.
Damn!
452
00:32:19,538 --> 00:32:21,305
People take this seriously.
453
00:32:21,307 --> 00:32:23,307
Now perhaps I should
start this poem
454
00:32:23,309 --> 00:32:26,243
by informing you
that I am bilingual.
455
00:32:26,245 --> 00:32:30,113
That the queen's English that I
speak so eloquently before you now
456
00:32:30,115 --> 00:32:32,115
is not my first language, no.
457
00:32:32,117 --> 00:32:34,051
My grandmother
never used such diction
458
00:32:34,053 --> 00:32:37,454
when she spoke me up in the welfare
line amongst the other dwellers.
459
00:32:37,456 --> 00:32:40,991
Or when she called down to me from
the project window for dinner, no.
460
00:32:40,993 --> 00:32:43,193
We spoke a more
Southern-fried English.
461
00:32:45,564 --> 00:32:49,132
I am a be-hyphen-ginner and my
moves shall remain inadequate
462
00:32:49,134 --> 00:32:52,336
until these hands can rip the
skull from out of my lips
463
00:32:52,338 --> 00:32:55,072
and hand deliver you perfection.
464
00:32:55,074 --> 00:32:58,675
Brown body collapses like
cardboard across the dance floor.
465
00:32:58,677 --> 00:33:00,377
Sarcophagus unlocked.
466
00:33:00,379 --> 00:33:03,613
Blades reveal,
blades reveal these bones.
467
00:33:03,615 --> 00:33:05,749
My Swiss army skeleton.
468
00:33:05,751 --> 00:33:08,251
Skull, Flathead screwdriver, finger
bone, switch shoulder, switchblade
469
00:33:08,253 --> 00:33:10,320
switch rib cage keys cords cage.
470
00:33:10,322 --> 00:33:14,491
The b-boy's spinal cord is key
to pandora's cardboard boom box.
471
00:33:14,493 --> 00:33:18,362
Click and rewind. Click.
472
00:33:18,364 --> 00:33:21,331
They scared o' you, black boy.
473
00:33:21,333 --> 00:33:25,235
Do you see how they shiver
when you speak, young man?
474
00:33:25,237 --> 00:33:28,505
How they speed up when you walk
behind them in your crown.
475
00:33:28,507 --> 00:33:31,675
When you become a king and point
your notebooks at their temples.
476
00:33:31,677 --> 00:33:34,411
When you rob them
of their knowledge.
477
00:33:34,413 --> 00:33:37,481
When you carry your backpack
more than your basketball
478
00:33:37,483 --> 00:33:39,349
and pull your jeans
up off your boxers.
479
00:33:39,351 --> 00:33:41,451
When you put down your gloves
and stop fighting.
480
00:33:41,453 --> 00:33:43,253
When you pick up your gloves
and keep fighting.
481
00:33:43,255 --> 00:33:45,522
When you put a rod in your spine
482
00:33:45,524 --> 00:33:47,257
and proclaim
you ain't ready to die.
483
00:33:47,259 --> 00:33:50,160
Take your place
as the chosen people.
484
00:33:51,497 --> 00:33:53,397
We have a 9.6.
485
00:33:53,399 --> 00:33:55,165
And we got an 8.
486
00:33:56,567 --> 00:33:58,535
We got a 10.
487
00:34:01,540 --> 00:34:04,174
I want y'all to give it up
for Derek Morris, y'all.
488
00:34:04,776 --> 00:34:06,643
Um...
489
00:34:06,645 --> 00:34:09,212
Sounds of
apologetic hearts breaking
490
00:34:09,214 --> 00:34:12,416
have been my life's anthem
since I was 16 years old.
491
00:34:12,418 --> 00:34:16,753
Cultivating the platform for this
now 21 year old monument of a man
492
00:34:17,789 --> 00:34:20,157
who's afraid of commitment.
493
00:34:20,159 --> 00:34:21,825
I saw it first in my father.
494
00:34:21,827 --> 00:34:23,794
When I realized
that he was afraid
495
00:34:23,796 --> 00:34:25,829
of heights midair
of jumping the broom.
496
00:34:25,831 --> 00:34:29,166
Attracted to women quick to
tie knots like boy scouts.
497
00:34:29,168 --> 00:34:31,535
While simultaneously
making ones in the womb.
498
00:34:31,537 --> 00:34:34,438
These were wavering women.
499
00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:36,373
Willing to
compromise their morals
500
00:34:36,375 --> 00:34:38,775
for the maintenance of morale.
501
00:34:38,777 --> 00:34:43,613
Wailing women who viewed my father's
infidelity like a crucifixion.
502
00:34:44,715 --> 00:34:47,084
I wonder how god felt
503
00:34:47,086 --> 00:34:51,354
when he saw his own son die due
to a flaw within his own system.
504
00:34:51,356 --> 00:34:53,824
Or how my father feels
505
00:34:53,826 --> 00:34:56,560
when he sees his own son
strive to be nothing like him
506
00:34:56,562 --> 00:34:58,795
so therefore
resembles his victims.
507
00:35:03,668 --> 00:35:07,871
Do either of them live vicariously
through their children?
508
00:35:07,873 --> 00:35:11,541
Or look away as they
go through hell and back.
509
00:35:12,677 --> 00:35:14,111
Thank you.
510
00:35:15,380 --> 00:35:18,648
Loved the poem,
hated his delivery.
511
00:35:18,650 --> 00:35:20,784
Are we havin' fun
here tonight or what?
512
00:35:27,325 --> 00:35:29,259
All right,
I wanna see some scores.
513
00:35:29,694 --> 00:35:31,328
8.2.
514
00:35:33,598 --> 00:35:36,299
We got a 9.5.
515
00:35:36,301 --> 00:35:38,135
We got a 9.
516
00:35:39,237 --> 00:35:41,171
And we got a 6.5.
517
00:35:43,375 --> 00:35:44,774
She took him out.
518
00:35:44,776 --> 00:35:46,343
Oh, damn.
519
00:35:48,779 --> 00:35:51,248
Remember,
for the next two months
520
00:35:51,250 --> 00:35:53,250
the winners of each weekly slam
521
00:35:53,252 --> 00:35:56,853
will compete for a spot
on my 5 boros slam team.
522
00:35:56,855 --> 00:36:00,524
Representing New York City
on labor day weekend
523
00:36:00,526 --> 00:36:02,459
in the national competition.
524
00:36:03,762 --> 00:36:05,729
He didn't mention
anything about that.
525
00:36:07,266 --> 00:36:09,366
And tonight we have
our first finalist.
526
00:36:09,368 --> 00:36:12,435
The winner of this weekly slam.
527
00:36:12,437 --> 00:36:15,805
I want y'all to give it up
for Vanessa Hidary.
528
00:36:17,876 --> 00:36:19,242
Peace, y'all.
529
00:36:26,918 --> 00:36:28,485
Derek.
530
00:36:32,223 --> 00:36:36,293
Hey. I just wanted to say that
your poems are really good.
531
00:36:36,295 --> 00:36:38,962
So, what, you gave me low
scores just to mess with me?
532
00:36:38,964 --> 00:36:40,697
No, not at all, I just...
533
00:36:40,699 --> 00:36:44,501
Listen,
this may be a joke to you
534
00:36:44,503 --> 00:36:46,836
but that 5 boros slam team
is important to me.
535
00:36:48,439 --> 00:36:50,707
I just think your performance
could have been better.
536
00:36:53,878 --> 00:36:56,646
And you know this
because you get up on a stage
537
00:36:56,648 --> 00:37:00,750
and say whatever shit comes into
your mind and think that's poetry.
538
00:37:02,788 --> 00:37:05,522
You know what? Save your constructive
bullshit for your homies.
539
00:37:06,257 --> 00:37:07,791
Goodnight.
540
00:37:07,793 --> 00:37:09,326
My homies?
541
00:37:09,860 --> 00:37:10,860
That went well.
542
00:37:12,396 --> 00:37:14,264
I told ya
you could be a good judge.
543
00:37:14,266 --> 00:37:17,334
But damn, his students usually
give him a good score.
544
00:38:05,650 --> 00:38:09,019
Very nice, miss Ford, very nice.
545
00:38:09,021 --> 00:38:10,453
Thank you.
546
00:38:10,455 --> 00:38:14,524
You've got
the voice and the snaps.
547
00:38:14,526 --> 00:38:16,893
A real crowd pleaser.
548
00:38:16,895 --> 00:38:20,497
But is that really
all you have to say?
549
00:38:21,832 --> 00:38:25,402
Really, Mr. Morris,
what was that?
550
00:38:26,337 --> 00:38:28,772
That was a rap.
551
00:38:28,774 --> 00:38:30,507
This nigga.
552
00:38:30,509 --> 00:38:33,543
Precisely.
553
00:38:33,545 --> 00:38:38,615
Miss Ford, please, care enough
to learn the difference.
554
00:38:49,894 --> 00:38:53,363
It's poetry, not rap.
Poetry, not rap.
555
00:38:55,734 --> 00:38:58,001
Whatever.
556
00:39:24,662 --> 00:39:27,364
Miss Ford, I like the rap.
557
00:39:27,366 --> 00:39:30,767
But I liked it better when
mos def did it 10 years ago.
558
00:39:30,769 --> 00:39:35,405
We are going to keep this up
until you write a poem.
559
00:39:35,407 --> 00:39:37,474
If everybody else
in here can get that,
560
00:39:37,476 --> 00:39:39,809
I don't understand
why you can't.
561
00:39:39,811 --> 00:39:43,680
What is wrong with you?
What is your problem?
562
00:39:43,682 --> 00:39:46,116
Children, please, understand,
563
00:39:46,118 --> 00:39:49,619
this university
already has your money.
564
00:39:50,621 --> 00:39:52,956
I already have your money.
565
00:39:52,958 --> 00:39:55,992
You may as well learn something.
566
00:39:58,764 --> 00:40:00,130
Dixon's not here.
567
00:40:00,132 --> 00:40:01,564
I came to see you.
568
00:40:03,567 --> 00:40:05,535
I'm looking for some advice.
569
00:40:05,537 --> 00:40:07,470
Yeah, well, my advice to you,
570
00:40:07,472 --> 00:40:10,740
if you don't respect the
curriculum, drop the class.
571
00:40:10,742 --> 00:40:13,710
I wasn't trying to
be disrespectful.
572
00:40:13,712 --> 00:40:15,578
Poetry is just
harder than I thought.
573
00:40:16,781 --> 00:40:18,748
But I'm gonna get it.
574
00:40:18,750 --> 00:40:22,051
Oh, well, thank you so, so
much for sharing that with us.
575
00:40:30,928 --> 00:40:32,862
Do you know what Dixon
meant when she said
576
00:40:32,864 --> 00:40:35,765
I need to learn the difference
between a rap and a poem?
577
00:40:35,767 --> 00:40:38,668
I mean, I thought I knew,
578
00:40:38,670 --> 00:40:42,205
but I obviously don't.
579
00:40:42,207 --> 00:40:47,877
Look, rap, when you break it down,
is 95% bragging and boasting.
580
00:40:47,879 --> 00:40:51,514
Poetry is more about truth
and introspection.
581
00:40:51,516 --> 00:40:54,083
Nas, biggie, Kendrick Lamar,
582
00:40:54,085 --> 00:40:56,719
plenty of rappers are
truthful and introspective.
583
00:40:56,721 --> 00:40:58,455
And that's exactly
why they stand out.
584
00:40:58,457 --> 00:41:00,857
Put some real emotion into it.
585
00:41:00,859 --> 00:41:02,158
Tell me how you really feel.
586
00:41:03,627 --> 00:41:07,163
My feelings. Right.
587
00:41:07,165 --> 00:41:09,699
'Cause that's what niggas is
tryin' to hear at the strip club?
588
00:41:09,701 --> 00:41:11,234
My feelings?
589
00:41:11,236 --> 00:41:13,503
I should burst into tears
in the middle of a battle.
590
00:41:13,505 --> 00:41:15,238
Then maybe
I'll sell lots of records.
591
00:41:15,240 --> 00:41:17,507
You're never
gonna sell any records
592
00:41:17,509 --> 00:41:20,877
if you don't start putting more of
yourself into your music. Okay?
593
00:41:20,879 --> 00:41:24,681
So buy a journal and a separate rhyme book.
Make sure you keep your notes.
594
00:41:24,683 --> 00:41:28,485
You know what?
I'm good. Never mind.
595
00:41:32,156 --> 00:41:33,790
Oh, so you're mad now?
596
00:41:34,725 --> 00:41:37,560
Good. Use it.
597
00:41:37,562 --> 00:41:39,496
Don't push it away.
598
00:41:39,498 --> 00:41:42,866
I'm not mad.
You can't make me mad.
599
00:41:42,868 --> 00:41:46,269
Okay then. So, whatever this not
mad thing you got going on,
600
00:41:46,271 --> 00:41:48,037
write about it.
601
00:41:48,039 --> 00:41:51,140
You should feel pain
when you write.
602
00:41:51,142 --> 00:41:54,577
Listen coco, if your art doesn't
make you feel uncomfortable
603
00:41:54,579 --> 00:41:57,947
then you're not going deep enough.
And that's plain and simple.
604
00:41:57,949 --> 00:41:59,582
You really believe that shit?
605
00:42:00,618 --> 00:42:03,219
I live that. Okay?
606
00:42:08,092 --> 00:42:10,293
Mmm. I don't
work like that.
607
00:42:10,295 --> 00:42:12,262
Rap is what I escape to.
608
00:42:12,264 --> 00:42:13,963
Well,
609
00:42:17,034 --> 00:42:19,969
that's your problem.
610
00:42:19,971 --> 00:42:22,939
And that's the difference
between a rap and a poem.
611
00:43:07,151 --> 00:43:09,085
Sea, water, body.
612
00:43:09,087 --> 00:43:11,254
Moonlight.
613
00:43:11,256 --> 00:43:14,223
Fresh fish flakes in my mouth.
614
00:43:14,225 --> 00:43:17,694
Love's words match love's touch.
615
00:43:17,696 --> 00:43:20,897
How to forget me and do you.
616
00:43:23,968 --> 00:43:25,602
Let's go, sweetheart.
617
00:43:25,604 --> 00:43:28,071
You can't relate
to what I'm sayin'.
618
00:43:28,073 --> 00:43:30,006
Everybody leave.
619
00:43:30,008 --> 00:43:32,041
Coco got big dreams.
620
00:43:32,043 --> 00:43:34,243
God, hear me, please.
621
00:43:56,967 --> 00:43:58,735
Thanks for meeting me here.
622
00:44:04,008 --> 00:44:05,241
Okay...
623
00:44:09,213 --> 00:44:12,181
Look, it doesn't
have to rhyme, you know.
624
00:44:12,183 --> 00:44:14,784
Like, rhyming over a beat
is cool and things,
625
00:44:14,786 --> 00:44:18,421
but you've gotta be really
careful with spoken word poetry.
626
00:44:18,423 --> 00:44:21,758
It can sound a little bit cheesy.
Like Dr. Seuss.
627
00:44:21,760 --> 00:44:24,761
And distracting you from what
you're really trying to say.
628
00:44:27,064 --> 00:44:28,331
You just need to dig deeper.
629
00:44:32,269 --> 00:44:35,905
Okay, let's try something.
Yeah?
630
00:44:35,907 --> 00:44:38,975
Look out the window
and tell me what you see.
631
00:44:45,115 --> 00:44:46,382
I see
the doo-doo brown river.
632
00:44:47,184 --> 00:44:48,785
And some...
633
00:44:48,787 --> 00:44:50,319
Rusty old bridge.
634
00:44:50,321 --> 00:44:52,188
Some dirty projects.
635
00:44:52,190 --> 00:44:56,459
And some big houses with a bunch
of rich people living in them.
636
00:44:56,461 --> 00:44:59,395
You're looking,
but you're not seeing.
637
00:45:02,366 --> 00:45:05,735
When I look out that window, I don't
see a dirty doo-doo brown river.
638
00:45:06,704 --> 00:45:09,472
I see the agent of the sea.
639
00:45:09,474 --> 00:45:10,940
That brings life with it.
640
00:45:10,942 --> 00:45:12,975
That separates two worlds.
641
00:45:12,977 --> 00:45:14,277
And that bridge?
642
00:45:14,279 --> 00:45:16,245
That bridge is
the portal between them.
643
00:45:16,247 --> 00:45:19,382
Where it allows people to grow
and come together and learn.
644
00:45:19,384 --> 00:45:20,850
And this,
where we are right now,
645
00:45:20,852 --> 00:45:23,219
this institution
houses great minds.
646
00:45:23,221 --> 00:45:25,722
Scientists, lawyers,
professors, philanthropists,
647
00:45:25,724 --> 00:45:27,957
and yes, poets.
648
00:45:27,959 --> 00:45:30,059
This is where
rappers come to die.
649
00:45:30,961 --> 00:45:33,096
So when I look at you...
650
00:45:33,098 --> 00:45:37,500
I see a girl who is afraid to Pierce
that veil on a calculated cool.
651
00:45:37,502 --> 00:45:40,236
What's inside might hurt her.
652
00:45:40,238 --> 00:45:43,973
When you can go deep enough inside
yourself your work will be incredible.
653
00:45:46,243 --> 00:45:48,044
And you know what
the best part of it all is?
654
00:45:49,980 --> 00:45:51,180
It doesn't have to rhyme.
655
00:46:10,267 --> 00:46:11,968
"Pick a topic you believe in.
656
00:46:11,970 --> 00:46:13,450
"Something you're
passionate about..."
657
00:46:43,333 --> 00:46:45,835
Miss coco Ford,
what do you have for us?
658
00:47:03,387 --> 00:47:06,556
"Displacement of
low income residents.
659
00:47:06,558 --> 00:47:10,193
"The poor folk, the lower
class, the impoverished.
660
00:47:10,195 --> 00:47:12,595
"The blacks and the browns.
661
00:47:12,597 --> 00:47:16,065
"We used to scare 'em. They
used to think us dangerous.
662
00:47:16,067 --> 00:47:19,335
"Dropped heads, averted gazes.
Clutched bags.
663
00:47:19,337 --> 00:47:22,939
"Walks quicken to a sprint
when we walk past.
664
00:47:22,941 --> 00:47:24,440
"Or they saw us on the corner,
665
00:47:24,442 --> 00:47:27,543
"god forbid we met eyes
or brushed shoulders.
666
00:47:27,545 --> 00:47:29,178
"Before there was Williamsburg,
667
00:47:29,180 --> 00:47:31,214
"it was the south side
and the north side.
668
00:47:31,216 --> 00:47:34,317
"Before there was east
Williamsburg, it was Bushwick.
669
00:47:34,319 --> 00:47:36,219
"Places they never even
thought of walking through
670
00:47:36,221 --> 00:47:39,155
"before there were
white folk there.
671
00:47:39,157 --> 00:47:41,123
"There were no trash cans
on our street corners.
672
00:47:41,125 --> 00:47:43,326
"No yellow taxis
driving through.
673
00:47:43,328 --> 00:47:45,361
"No bike racks and no dog parks.
674
00:47:45,363 --> 00:47:48,497
"Even though we've always had
bikes and we always had dogs.
675
00:47:48,499 --> 00:47:53,269
"And even though we some days get tired
too, we had no benches to rest on."
676
00:48:02,646 --> 00:48:04,313
Mmm-hmm.
677
00:48:09,186 --> 00:48:10,620
I'm amazed how amazing that was.
678
00:48:13,257 --> 00:48:15,224
Well, check you out.
679
00:48:15,226 --> 00:48:16,459
You nailed it.
680
00:48:17,461 --> 00:48:19,028
Really?
681
00:48:19,030 --> 00:48:21,664
'Cause all I heard
was, "mmm-hmm."
682
00:48:21,666 --> 00:48:24,533
You kidding me? That was
the ultimate compliment.
683
00:48:24,535 --> 00:48:26,936
She was digesting it.
You made her think and feel.
684
00:48:26,938 --> 00:48:28,271
Excuse me.
685
00:48:30,274 --> 00:48:32,909
Well, then,
I guess you broke me down.
686
00:48:32,911 --> 00:48:33,976
You know what?
687
00:48:35,913 --> 00:48:38,281
Why don't we go out
and celebrate or something?
688
00:48:38,283 --> 00:48:39,682
Nothin' crazy, just...
689
00:48:41,151 --> 00:48:42,218
A bit of food.
690
00:48:43,520 --> 00:48:45,354
I got somethin' we can do.
691
00:48:45,356 --> 00:48:47,290
Check out
a little bit of my world.
692
00:48:47,292 --> 00:48:49,025
And what does that mean exactly?
693
00:48:49,027 --> 00:48:51,994
Drop down to Killah hill 10304.
694
00:48:51,996 --> 00:48:54,030
What you know about Killah hill?
695
00:48:54,032 --> 00:48:55,264
Come on.
696
00:52:01,751 --> 00:52:04,520
Now, get ready for
some real hip-hop.
697
00:52:41,525 --> 00:52:43,359
This place is something else.
698
00:52:43,361 --> 00:52:45,494
They call it the gym.
699
00:52:45,496 --> 00:52:48,216
Whenever I need a workout, I come
out here and soak up all the flows.
700
00:52:49,266 --> 00:52:52,268
Then afterwards,
we come up here and drink.
701
00:52:52,270 --> 00:52:53,936
Do you drink?
702
00:52:53,938 --> 00:52:55,571
Tip a glass or two.
703
00:53:07,785 --> 00:53:09,518
Peace, peace, kid.
704
00:53:09,520 --> 00:53:10,819
What's your name, man?
705
00:53:10,821 --> 00:53:12,254
I'm Derek, bro.
706
00:53:12,256 --> 00:53:14,790
Oh, Drake,
nice to meet you, bro.
707
00:53:14,792 --> 00:53:16,559
Where you from, Derek?
708
00:53:16,561 --> 00:53:18,460
Just outside London.
709
00:53:18,462 --> 00:53:21,430
That explains why dude sounds
like Harry Potter. Right?
710
00:53:22,633 --> 00:53:26,402
So, I mean what you into, Derek?
711
00:53:26,404 --> 00:53:28,871
Uh... I'd like
to be a poet.
712
00:53:30,907 --> 00:53:32,975
Nah, I mean, it...
713
00:53:32,977 --> 00:53:34,410
Did I say something funny or...
714
00:53:34,412 --> 00:53:35,878
Real fuckin' funny, man.
715
00:53:35,880 --> 00:53:38,914
I thought most rappers
consider themselves poets.
716
00:53:38,916 --> 00:53:41,917
Nah, we rap and shit. We ain't
with that poetry, y'all.
717
00:53:44,588 --> 00:53:46,488
You're a funny dude.
718
00:53:47,958 --> 00:53:50,292
What the fuck was that?
719
00:53:50,294 --> 00:53:53,796
Man, yo, son, you know what, son?
Definitely drew his beard in.
720
00:53:53,798 --> 00:53:55,331
He drew that shit in.
721
00:53:55,333 --> 00:53:56,933
He painted that shit on.
I don't like it.
722
00:53:58,301 --> 00:53:59,602
Here we go, here we go.
723
00:54:15,652 --> 00:54:18,254
I think I can do that.
724
00:54:18,256 --> 00:54:20,022
Yo, co, co, you ready to go?
725
00:54:20,024 --> 00:54:21,590
Listen, mate, she's with me.
726
00:54:21,592 --> 00:54:23,559
This your new man?
727
00:54:24,361 --> 00:54:25,995
He's a friend.
728
00:54:25,997 --> 00:54:29,632
Friend? Yeah good, good, good.
We all need friends.
729
00:54:29,634 --> 00:54:31,967
Even poets.
730
00:54:31,969 --> 00:54:33,702
Come on, we got work to
catch up on, let's go.
731
00:54:33,704 --> 00:54:35,304
Listen, take your hands
off her, bro.
732
00:54:35,805 --> 00:54:37,673
Oh.
733
00:54:37,675 --> 00:54:39,408
Yeah.
Chill out, Malik.
734
00:54:39,410 --> 00:54:41,310
I'll see you tomorrow.
735
00:54:41,312 --> 00:54:43,412
That's a real good idea,
I'll see you tomorrow.
736
00:54:43,414 --> 00:54:44,613
Right.
Gosh.
737
00:54:50,520 --> 00:54:51,720
Look at you.
738
00:54:55,492 --> 00:54:56,892
I got somewhere
I wanna take you.
739
00:55:06,736 --> 00:55:09,471
Back up off me, nigga. What
the fuck are you gonna do?
740
00:55:09,473 --> 00:55:10,673
You better watch yourself, son.
741
00:55:10,675 --> 00:55:12,041
What the fuck are you gonna do?
742
00:55:12,043 --> 00:55:13,442
What you gonna do, huh?
Chill out, all right?
743
00:55:13,444 --> 00:55:14,677
Chill.
What, man, what?
744
00:55:14,679 --> 00:55:15,911
What, what, what?
745
00:55:15,913 --> 00:55:17,313
What, what, what?
746
00:55:19,416 --> 00:55:21,550
What you doin' up on
the rock, Derek? Hey.
747
00:55:21,552 --> 00:55:23,085
I just am out here...
Yeah?
748
00:55:23,087 --> 00:55:25,487
Coco, this here's my boy
AJ and Hassan. 'Sup?
749
00:55:25,489 --> 00:55:27,089
They were in my class last year.
Are you good?
750
00:55:27,091 --> 00:55:29,091
I'm good, bro, I'm good, I'm good.
You good?
751
00:55:29,093 --> 00:55:31,360
See you again. All right.
Take it easy.
752
00:55:35,065 --> 00:55:36,965
Was you worried about me then?
753
00:55:36,967 --> 00:55:38,467
How adorable.
754
00:55:38,469 --> 00:55:40,836
No. I was about to
jump in for you.
755
00:55:40,838 --> 00:55:42,638
Have to save your light skin.
756
00:55:44,741 --> 00:55:47,042
I am Brooklyn, sometimes.
757
00:55:47,044 --> 00:55:50,512
And she is queen.
758
00:55:50,514 --> 00:55:54,583
And we, we're separated by the
cemetery of sentimentality.
759
00:55:56,554 --> 00:55:59,655
Totally I would take on a
relation, she gets ill with us.
760
00:55:59,657 --> 00:56:02,624
The thrill with us
is the break up to make up.
761
00:56:02,626 --> 00:56:05,994
Two together define,
yet unrefined and pure.
762
00:56:05,996 --> 00:56:10,032
So, when I'm at her crib, I leave
my timberlands at the door.
763
00:56:10,034 --> 00:56:13,802
Mint tea and a spliff and let's
hold each other on the couch.
764
00:56:13,804 --> 00:56:17,373
Tellin' each other that without,
without knowledge of self,
765
00:56:17,375 --> 00:56:19,141
knowledge is nothing.
766
00:56:21,111 --> 00:56:23,879
I'm Brooklyn, sometimes.
767
00:56:23,881 --> 00:56:25,681
And she is queen.
768
00:56:26,583 --> 00:56:29,485
And she reads a book to me
769
00:56:29,487 --> 00:56:32,388
about a man's invisibility. Yes,
about a man's invisibility.
770
00:56:32,390 --> 00:56:36,892
But to her I am visible
and perceived with vision.
771
00:56:36,894 --> 00:56:39,161
You are full of
so many surprises.
772
00:56:42,499 --> 00:56:44,700
What are you looking at?
773
00:56:44,702 --> 00:56:46,502
You.
774
00:56:46,504 --> 00:56:48,504
You're freaking me out.
775
00:56:48,506 --> 00:56:50,005
I look that bad?
776
00:56:50,007 --> 00:56:52,875
You know, actually,
you don't look half bad.
777
00:56:52,877 --> 00:56:56,145
It's nothing a little
plastic surgery can't fix.
778
00:56:56,147 --> 00:56:58,981
No, really, I know a good surgeon.
Mmm.
779
00:57:01,485 --> 00:57:05,020
Well, there's not one thing
I'd change about you.
780
00:57:05,022 --> 00:57:06,655
Unless, maybe I could
get like some
781
00:57:06,657 --> 00:57:08,724
brain surgery to,
like, get it taken out.
782
00:57:08,726 --> 00:57:10,659
Shut up.
783
00:57:10,661 --> 00:57:13,162
You must have been a real
brat when you was a kid.
784
00:57:13,164 --> 00:57:15,464
I was shy. Very shy.
785
00:57:15,466 --> 00:57:17,933
Yeah, okay, and I was
the prince of wales.
786
00:57:17,935 --> 00:57:21,570
No, really. I was a runt
when I was a little kid.
787
00:57:21,572 --> 00:57:24,540
And I got picked on a lot.
788
00:57:26,476 --> 00:57:28,010
My dad was my only friend.
789
00:57:29,846 --> 00:57:32,548
And I remember, we'd have
these little rap battles
790
00:57:32,550 --> 00:57:36,084
and my favorite line of his was
791
00:57:36,086 --> 00:57:38,954
"I'm the twinkle in your eye,
the tear in your cry,
792
00:57:38,956 --> 00:57:40,556
"the reason for your why.
793
00:57:40,558 --> 00:57:42,157
"So seek me.
794
00:57:42,159 --> 00:57:44,960
"As you learn to love
yourself better, teach me."
795
00:57:44,962 --> 00:57:47,062
And I remember when
he would say that,
796
00:57:47,064 --> 00:57:50,799
I would just feel like the most
invincible little kid in the world.
797
00:57:52,902 --> 00:57:55,537
But then he died.
798
00:57:55,539 --> 00:57:59,107
And Malik sort of took over
as my rap partner.
799
00:57:59,109 --> 00:58:02,678
Malik and those fools have
been the only men in my life.
800
00:58:06,649 --> 00:58:07,716
Until now.
801
00:58:11,254 --> 00:58:13,522
Thank you.
For inviting me tonight.
802
00:58:15,258 --> 00:58:17,659
Thank you for
teaching me poetry.
803
00:59:36,306 --> 00:59:39,074
I had to get out of there.
804
00:59:40,244 --> 00:59:43,145
Was it good?
805
00:59:43,147 --> 00:59:44,346
I can't explain it.
806
00:59:45,014 --> 00:59:46,949
He was so...
807
00:59:48,585 --> 00:59:49,751
Open.
808
00:59:49,753 --> 00:59:51,219
That kind of freaked me out.
809
00:59:51,221 --> 00:59:54,222
You're just used to being
ignored and neglected.
810
00:59:54,224 --> 00:59:56,725
I like him for you.
You don't like him?
811
00:59:57,961 --> 00:59:59,962
Suppose he is
the love of your life.
812
00:59:59,964 --> 01:00:03,031
But how will you know
if you keep pushing him away?
813
01:00:03,033 --> 01:00:05,701
Well, if he's the love
of my life,
814
01:00:05,703 --> 01:00:07,035
then I don't
have to do anything.
815
01:00:07,037 --> 01:00:08,870
It'll happen, right?
816
01:00:08,872 --> 01:00:11,373
Speak of the devil.
I'm out of here.
817
01:00:20,617 --> 01:00:24,386
Now look, I really don't want
things to be weird in class.
818
01:00:24,388 --> 01:00:28,690
So can we just pretend
nothing happened?
819
01:00:28,692 --> 01:00:29,825
Yeah?
820
01:00:32,128 --> 01:00:33,295
Okay.
Cool.
821
01:00:35,865 --> 01:00:36,932
Cool.
822
01:00:38,267 --> 01:00:39,401
Cool.
823
01:01:10,900 --> 01:01:12,367
It still needs to be
mixed properly. No.
824
01:01:12,369 --> 01:01:14,903
Mixing won't make
the lyrics better.
825
01:01:14,905 --> 01:01:17,239
And the song structure sucks.
826
01:01:17,241 --> 01:01:18,940
We gotta dig deeper than this.
827
01:01:18,942 --> 01:01:20,909
Let's just send it to Naveen
and see what he says.
828
01:01:20,911 --> 01:01:22,444
We can't send this to Naveen.
829
01:01:22,446 --> 01:01:24,980
We have one shot with his ear.
830
01:01:24,982 --> 01:01:26,882
We don't wanna fuck that up.
831
01:01:26,884 --> 01:01:28,817
So, we're just gonna keep
working until we get it right.
832
01:01:28,819 --> 01:01:30,452
I'm done with this demo shit.
833
01:01:30,454 --> 01:01:32,788
All right, we damn near broke.
834
01:01:32,790 --> 01:01:35,724
We ain't battled in a month. We ain't
no snap crackle pop-ass rappers.
835
01:01:35,726 --> 01:01:38,093
We ain't no fuckin' sellouts.
836
01:01:38,095 --> 01:01:40,328
We need to stick to battles.
That's what we do.
837
01:01:40,330 --> 01:01:42,264
No, that's what you do.
838
01:01:42,266 --> 01:01:44,066
We are a group.
839
01:01:44,068 --> 01:01:45,767
And we made a commitment
to finish this demo,
840
01:01:45,769 --> 01:01:48,804
so that's what we're gonna do.
841
01:01:48,806 --> 01:01:50,806
Reasons, play the beat, please.
842
01:01:50,808 --> 01:01:52,240
Nah, nah, reason,
don't play shit.
843
01:01:52,242 --> 01:01:53,809
Don't play a motherfuckin'
thing, all right?
844
01:01:53,811 --> 01:01:55,877
Coco, you don't
run shit around here.
845
01:01:55,879 --> 01:01:57,946
And you don't run shit around
here but your goddamn mouth.
846
01:01:57,948 --> 01:01:59,948
Yeah? This mouth is gettin'
us all fuckin' paid.
847
01:01:59,950 --> 01:02:02,317
Where? Obviously, not enough to
buy some fuckin' roach spray
848
01:02:02,319 --> 01:02:03,985
to spray the booth out.
849
01:02:08,224 --> 01:02:09,758
- Shut the fuck up!
- Fuck you.
850
01:02:09,760 --> 01:02:11,026
Exactly.
Talk to her.
851
01:02:11,028 --> 01:02:12,427
Fuck you.
Talk to her.
852
01:02:12,429 --> 01:02:14,196
I'm sick o' y'all
bickerin', man, for real.
853
01:02:14,198 --> 01:02:18,066
Can we please, please,
just focus for once?
854
01:02:18,068 --> 01:02:19,801
Reasons is right, y'all.
855
01:02:19,803 --> 01:02:21,303
Let's just focus
and get it done.
856
01:02:22,038 --> 01:02:23,238
Come on.
857
01:02:23,240 --> 01:02:24,773
The sonnet
858
01:02:24,775 --> 01:02:28,210
depicts love as
both pain and pleasure.
859
01:02:29,245 --> 01:02:32,214
As joy and anguish.
860
01:02:32,216 --> 01:02:34,483
As disdain and devotion.
861
01:02:35,284 --> 01:02:37,385
Relationships equate
862
01:02:37,387 --> 01:02:39,755
a surrendering of one's self.
863
01:02:40,523 --> 01:02:41,957
Mmm.
864
01:02:41,959 --> 01:02:44,159
Well, let's start here
next week.
865
01:02:48,965 --> 01:02:51,333
Hey, coco.
Wait up a minute.
866
01:02:54,170 --> 01:02:55,370
So, uh...
867
01:02:56,405 --> 01:02:57,839
How've you been?
868
01:02:58,341 --> 01:03:00,308
I'm good.
869
01:03:00,310 --> 01:03:02,043
Just been busy with my demo.
870
01:03:02,045 --> 01:03:05,080
Yeah, me, too, but I've been
working on my new poem.
871
01:03:05,082 --> 01:03:07,916
Still trying to get in
Coltrane's slam team.
872
01:03:07,918 --> 01:03:10,519
Just haven't got
the moves quite down.
873
01:03:10,521 --> 01:03:12,354
Don't switch up those moves.
874
01:03:14,891 --> 01:03:18,560
Look, I'm sorry about
what I said the other day.
875
01:03:20,196 --> 01:03:22,197
About what?
876
01:03:22,199 --> 01:03:24,166
About pretending
nothing happened.
877
01:03:25,301 --> 01:03:27,903
It's okay.
878
01:03:27,905 --> 01:03:31,840
We both just had too much to drink
and, you know, shit happens.
879
01:03:33,509 --> 01:03:34,976
It's cool, though.
880
01:03:36,212 --> 01:03:37,279
Friends?
881
01:03:40,049 --> 01:03:41,850
Nah.
No?
882
01:03:41,852 --> 01:03:43,251
No.
883
01:03:43,253 --> 01:03:46,388
I want to be more than friends.
884
01:03:48,891 --> 01:03:51,927
Coco Ford, may I speak with
you for a moment, please?
885
01:04:06,943 --> 01:04:13,048
My husband and I are... We're
having a salon on Saturday.
886
01:04:15,184 --> 01:04:16,251
I'd like you to come.
887
01:04:18,855 --> 01:04:21,122
Really?
888
01:04:21,124 --> 01:04:22,991
Don't tell anyone.
889
01:04:22,993 --> 01:04:24,559
But you can bring a date.
890
01:04:25,494 --> 01:04:26,928
Thanks.
891
01:04:39,275 --> 01:04:42,878
We have one shot to get our songs
right for this record label.
892
01:04:42,880 --> 01:04:45,647
These guys just don't get it.
893
01:04:45,649 --> 01:04:47,382
So, when is the showcase?
894
01:04:47,384 --> 01:04:48,950
Labor day.
895
01:04:48,952 --> 01:04:50,652
You comin'?
896
01:04:50,654 --> 01:04:52,921
Is that an invite?
Maybe.
897
01:04:54,424 --> 01:04:58,193
Look, listen, I have
an important question for you.
898
01:04:58,195 --> 01:04:59,594
Is it a really
important question or
899
01:04:59,596 --> 01:05:01,129
like, a dumb important question?
900
01:05:01,131 --> 01:05:03,265
Course it's
an important question.
901
01:05:03,267 --> 01:05:06,067
Fire away.
902
01:05:06,069 --> 01:05:08,303
Why can't you tell me what you
and Dixon whispered about?
903
01:05:08,305 --> 01:05:10,906
Hmm. What's it
worth to you?
904
01:05:11,974 --> 01:05:13,208
Let me see.
905
01:05:17,480 --> 01:05:19,347
Well, that's a start.
906
01:05:19,349 --> 01:05:22,417
But just to let you know
that it wasn't about you.
907
01:05:22,419 --> 01:05:25,553
Okay, so now you have secrets with
my boss, I see what's goin' on.
908
01:05:25,555 --> 01:05:28,089
Fine. She invited me
to a salon.
909
01:05:29,992 --> 01:05:32,193
Seriously?
Yeah.
910
01:05:32,195 --> 01:05:33,695
So, is she gonna have a bunch of
hairdressers at her house or something?
911
01:05:33,697 --> 01:05:36,298
Nah, nah, nah,
it's a poetry salon.
912
01:05:36,300 --> 01:05:39,935
It's where people go and
showcase their work, their art.
913
01:05:40,636 --> 01:05:42,037
Are you going?
914
01:05:44,307 --> 01:05:45,507
I wasn't invited.
915
01:05:45,509 --> 01:05:47,275
She probably forgot.
916
01:05:47,277 --> 01:05:50,578
I wasn't invited
last year either.
917
01:05:50,580 --> 01:05:52,480
Just be careful with Dixon.
918
01:05:52,482 --> 01:05:54,482
She likes to toy with people.
919
01:05:54,484 --> 01:05:57,385
I do feel like I'm finally starting
to make progress with her.
920
01:05:59,355 --> 01:06:03,992
Well, I'm just saying
you should keep an eye out.
921
01:06:03,994 --> 01:06:07,128
Well, she told me
to bring a date.
922
01:06:07,130 --> 01:06:09,497
So I'm gonna bring you.
923
01:06:09,499 --> 01:06:10,966
So you can watch out.
924
01:06:10,968 --> 01:06:12,600
In case anyone
tries anything tricky.
925
01:06:12,602 --> 01:06:14,202
Well, I'll be watchin'.
926
01:06:20,242 --> 01:06:22,277
You look great tonight.
Thank you.
927
01:06:25,314 --> 01:06:26,414
I think this is us.
928
01:06:32,521 --> 01:06:34,022
You make me laugh.
929
01:06:35,558 --> 01:06:37,325
Seriously, though
you are something.
930
01:06:37,327 --> 01:06:39,361
Coco.
931
01:06:39,363 --> 01:06:42,664
You've made it.
How are you, Mrs. Dixon?
932
01:06:42,666 --> 01:06:46,668
Thank you so much for inviting me here.
Your house is amazing.
933
01:06:46,670 --> 01:06:49,337
I need to steal
her for a moment.
934
01:06:49,339 --> 01:06:50,572
I know you won't mind.
935
01:06:51,173 --> 01:06:53,108
Come.
936
01:06:53,110 --> 01:06:57,512
Coco, you are
such a good writer.
937
01:06:57,514 --> 01:07:02,217
You've advanced immeasurably
since your first assignment.
938
01:07:02,219 --> 01:07:05,420
It's actually miraculous.
939
01:07:05,422 --> 01:07:07,222
I've been working
like, really hard.
940
01:07:09,425 --> 01:07:12,460
You have a voice.
941
01:07:16,232 --> 01:07:17,298
Ah...
942
01:07:18,401 --> 01:07:20,301
The voice of a poet.
943
01:07:21,804 --> 01:07:23,071
I just...
944
01:07:25,808 --> 01:07:29,544
I just worry that
you're wasting your time
945
01:07:29,546 --> 01:07:32,447
with a lover that'll
never love you back.
946
01:07:33,382 --> 01:07:36,551
What? I don't understand.
947
01:07:36,553 --> 01:07:39,220
You're a smart woman, coco.
948
01:07:39,222 --> 01:07:43,358
Flirting with a ta
for a good grade?
949
01:07:43,360 --> 01:07:45,660
That's so beneath you.
No. No, no, no.
950
01:07:45,662 --> 01:07:47,762
It's not like that.
951
01:07:47,764 --> 01:07:49,664
Okay, well, I'll...
952
01:07:51,333 --> 01:07:52,734
I take it back.
953
01:07:53,569 --> 01:07:54,736
Come on.
954
01:07:55,805 --> 01:07:57,539
Coltrane.
955
01:07:57,541 --> 01:08:01,743
This is my most promising
student, coco Ford.
956
01:08:01,745 --> 01:08:04,579
How you doin'? I remember
you from the other night.
957
01:08:04,581 --> 01:08:07,182
Yeah, yeah.
You made your boy here lose.
958
01:08:08,551 --> 01:08:10,518
Coltrane and his slams.
959
01:08:10,520 --> 01:08:14,589
Everyone's always trying to impress
him so they can make the new team.
960
01:08:14,591 --> 01:08:18,726
Well, baby, you know slam saw
where poetry was messin' up
961
01:08:18,728 --> 01:08:21,596
and I just wanna make things right.
Hmm.
962
01:08:21,598 --> 01:08:24,799
You know, it's a whole generation
of young poets like coco
963
01:08:24,801 --> 01:08:27,202
who have been
raised on hip-hop
964
01:08:27,204 --> 01:08:29,337
and brought up by poets like us.
965
01:08:29,339 --> 01:08:31,739
This is our duty.
Yes.
966
01:08:31,741 --> 01:08:35,243
You do know how to
please young girls.
967
01:08:38,781 --> 01:08:40,548
Um...
968
01:08:40,550 --> 01:08:45,420
I'm going to read
in just a moment.
969
01:08:45,422 --> 01:08:46,821
You should come outside.
970
01:08:46,823 --> 01:08:48,389
What the fuck?
971
01:08:51,694 --> 01:08:58,533
Accompanying me is the amazing and
beautiful Esperanza Spalding.
972
01:09:07,476 --> 01:09:11,479
"I am the kind of
woman who loses things.
973
01:09:11,481 --> 01:09:16,851
"The kind of woman who makes
room for a child she lost.
974
01:09:16,853 --> 01:09:20,655
"I am the kind of woman
who keeps the porch light on.
975
01:09:20,657 --> 01:09:22,323
"The kitchen light on.
976
01:09:22,325 --> 01:09:24,559
"The bathroom light on.
977
01:09:24,561 --> 01:09:27,162
"I am the kind of woman
who keeps the light on.
978
01:09:27,897 --> 01:09:29,464
"During sex.
979
01:09:30,299 --> 01:09:31,866
"During naptime.
980
01:09:31,868 --> 01:09:33,801
"After dark.
981
01:09:33,803 --> 01:09:36,204
"It is safe that way.
982
01:09:36,206 --> 01:09:40,808
"I am the kind of woman
who needs to feel safe.
983
01:09:40,810 --> 01:09:45,446
"The kind of woman who has
needs that no one can satisfy.
984
01:09:46,682 --> 01:09:51,819
"I am never satisfied
with things god allows.
985
01:09:51,821 --> 01:09:55,790
"I am the kind of woman
who sins for entertainment.
986
01:09:55,792 --> 01:10:01,196
"Who says ugly things
about ugly people.
987
01:10:01,198 --> 01:10:04,666
"Who says even uglier things
about prettier people
988
01:10:04,668 --> 01:10:07,802
"who have been ugly to me.
989
01:10:07,804 --> 01:10:12,974
"I am the kind of woman
who is ugly for fun.
990
01:10:12,976 --> 01:10:15,910
"And god knows
I could be so much prettier.
991
01:10:17,379 --> 01:10:20,481
"I am the kind of woman
992
01:10:20,483 --> 01:10:24,219
"who uses her
vagina as a missile.
993
01:10:24,221 --> 01:10:30,558
"Who will beg your pardon,
if you ask for it.
994
01:10:30,560 --> 01:10:34,762
"Who will bust your head,
if you ask for it.
995
01:10:34,764 --> 01:10:40,268
"Who will help you bust your
nut, if you ask for it.
996
01:10:42,438 --> 01:10:46,741
"I am the kind of woman
who says things like,
997
01:10:46,743 --> 01:10:49,911
"'don't ask me for shit.'
998
01:10:51,981 --> 01:10:57,885
"but I will give up
anything if you need it.
999
01:10:57,887 --> 01:10:59,554
"But be cautious.
1000
01:11:00,489 --> 01:11:02,023
"Because I lose things.
1001
01:11:03,859 --> 01:11:05,593
"Like children."
1002
01:11:22,778 --> 01:11:26,381
Does anyone else
want to share tonight?
1003
01:11:26,383 --> 01:11:28,383
I mean,
who wants to follow that?
1004
01:11:28,385 --> 01:11:29,385
Coco Ford.
1005
01:11:31,053 --> 01:11:33,888
Miss Ford,
you wanna share anything?
1006
01:11:33,890 --> 01:11:35,790
I don't have anything prepared.
1007
01:11:35,792 --> 01:11:37,325
Oh, come on.
1008
01:11:49,638 --> 01:11:51,806
Please, don't make me do this.
1009
01:11:51,808 --> 01:11:54,742
I don't like when
people tell me, "no."
1010
01:11:56,445 --> 01:12:01,316
Ladies and gentlemen,
this is my protege,
1011
01:12:01,318 --> 01:12:06,487
the very opinionated and
talented hip-hop poet,
1012
01:12:06,489 --> 01:12:07,889
coco Ford.
1013
01:12:15,664 --> 01:12:17,732
I hope you like this.
1014
01:12:55,003 --> 01:12:57,004
That's enough. Thank you.
1015
01:12:58,140 --> 01:12:59,874
Thank you so much.
1016
01:12:59,876 --> 01:13:02,143
Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you.
1017
01:13:05,715 --> 01:13:09,684
She is both
talented and opinionated.
1018
01:13:13,555 --> 01:13:16,157
Well, you can see
how important it is
1019
01:13:16,159 --> 01:13:21,095
for all of us to continue
to uplift the unenlightened.
1020
01:13:25,701 --> 01:13:27,568
Coco.
1021
01:13:27,570 --> 01:13:29,003
Listen, we gotta
talk about this.
1022
01:13:29,005 --> 01:13:30,638
Nothing to
talk about. It's over.
1023
01:13:30,640 --> 01:13:32,073
I'm done.
Look, coco, wait.
1024
01:13:32,075 --> 01:13:33,674
Why would she
invite me out just to
1025
01:13:33,676 --> 01:13:35,143
embarrass me in front
of all of her friends?
1026
01:13:35,145 --> 01:13:37,645
Dixon likes to toy with people.
1027
01:13:37,647 --> 01:13:40,648
It's like her
twisted way of teaching.
1028
01:13:40,650 --> 01:13:43,785
She actually believes that
hard lessons are poetic.
1029
01:13:43,787 --> 01:13:45,453
I'm dropping the course.
1030
01:13:46,688 --> 01:13:49,590
You have a gift.
1031
01:13:53,796 --> 01:13:56,631
But if we're being perfectly
honest with ourselves.
1032
01:13:56,633 --> 01:13:58,466
What happened in there...
I know.
1033
01:13:58,468 --> 01:14:00,768
It was a rap, not a poem.
1034
01:14:00,770 --> 01:14:01,970
You said it, not me.
1035
01:14:04,072 --> 01:14:05,940
Come on, you.
Let's get out of here.
1036
01:14:09,011 --> 01:14:10,878
"As you learn to
love yourself better."
1037
01:14:11,947 --> 01:14:14,015
"Teach me.
1038
01:14:14,017 --> 01:14:16,017
"As you learn to
forgive yourself for failing."
1039
01:14:16,885 --> 01:14:17,952
"Teach me."
1040
01:14:22,192 --> 01:14:23,458
Ready? Switch.
1041
01:14:27,796 --> 01:14:29,564
"The way
the light shines through
1042
01:14:29,566 --> 01:14:31,566
"your window was
always brighter to me.
1043
01:14:31,568 --> 01:14:33,928
"The way the shadow falls on
your doorstep is more inviting.
1044
01:14:34,903 --> 01:14:36,671
"You've shaken my world."
1045
01:14:36,673 --> 01:14:38,172
"You've awoken
my dreams."
1046
01:14:39,508 --> 01:14:40,975
"You free my soul."
1047
01:14:40,977 --> 01:14:42,610
"You set my goals."
1048
01:14:43,245 --> 01:14:44,846
"So...
1049
01:14:44,848 --> 01:14:46,614
"Come run with me."
"Come run with me."
1050
01:14:48,250 --> 01:14:50,852
That's beautiful.
1051
01:14:50,854 --> 01:14:53,921
Thank you.
Thank you.
1052
01:14:53,923 --> 01:14:55,490
Read it again.
1053
01:14:57,826 --> 01:14:59,260
I've got a better idea.
1054
01:15:30,292 --> 01:15:33,160
Really blows my mind.
1055
01:15:33,162 --> 01:15:35,563
The way he expresses
love with his words?
1056
01:15:35,565 --> 01:15:36,697
Quite magical.
1057
01:15:41,971 --> 01:15:43,804
Oh, don't get that.
1058
01:15:43,806 --> 01:15:46,073
Si's finest
can't have you today.
1059
01:15:47,309 --> 01:15:49,644
I have to get it.
It's my mom.
1060
01:15:51,046 --> 01:15:52,179
Hi, mom.
1061
01:15:52,181 --> 01:15:53,314
Where are you?
1062
01:15:53,316 --> 01:15:55,216
At my friend Derek's house.
1063
01:15:55,218 --> 01:15:56,784
Honey, I need you.
1064
01:15:56,786 --> 01:15:59,654
Missy canceled.
You gotta come in.
1065
01:15:59,656 --> 01:16:01,188
Really?
1066
01:16:01,190 --> 01:16:02,823
Girl.
Ma...
1067
01:16:03,859 --> 01:16:05,660
I'll be there in 20.
1068
01:16:09,231 --> 01:16:10,965
Sorry. I gotta go to work.
1069
01:16:12,100 --> 01:16:14,769
Couldn't we just say no today?
1070
01:16:14,771 --> 01:16:17,805
No, I can't say no to my mom.
I'll come with you.
1071
01:16:17,807 --> 01:16:19,707
What?
1072
01:16:19,709 --> 01:16:22,977
Thanks but no.
Stay and enjoy your weekend.
1073
01:16:22,979 --> 01:16:27,748
No, it's fine, I'm actually,
a specialty dishwasher person.
1074
01:16:29,819 --> 01:16:31,285
Coco, I think it's
time you realized that
1075
01:16:31,287 --> 01:16:33,955
I'm more than just
a poet with a pretty face.
1076
01:16:33,957 --> 01:16:37,224
And I make a fantastic Shepherd's
pie with Yorkshire pudding.
1077
01:16:42,230 --> 01:16:44,665
Gonna go check in with mom.
1078
01:16:46,635 --> 01:16:47,702
Okay.
1079
01:16:55,744 --> 01:16:57,678
I don't care what you do.
1080
01:16:57,680 --> 01:16:59,847
I just need you to boil those
carrots until they are mush.
1081
01:16:59,849 --> 01:17:02,383
We do not have denture
insurance up in here.
1082
01:17:02,385 --> 01:17:04,018
Hi, mom.
Don't you "hi, mom" me.
1083
01:17:04,020 --> 01:17:05,386
Go put that apron on,
get to work.
1084
01:17:05,388 --> 01:17:07,655
And where were you last night?
1085
01:17:07,657 --> 01:17:10,257
And who is this new guy?
And why haven't I met him?
1086
01:17:10,259 --> 01:17:12,026
He's here.
What do you mean, "he here?"
1087
01:17:12,028 --> 01:17:13,928
You brought him here, girl?
1088
01:17:13,930 --> 01:17:16,797
I don't have time to entertain
the hip-hop nation.
1089
01:17:16,799 --> 01:17:19,333
He better not be out there smoking
dope with old man Johnson.
1090
01:17:19,335 --> 01:17:21,869
Mom, chill.
It's not even like that.
1091
01:17:21,871 --> 01:17:25,039
And besides,
he insisted on helping.
1092
01:17:25,041 --> 01:17:28,142
Helping? Yeah, right.
Helping to eat my food.
1093
01:17:28,144 --> 01:17:31,045
Do I need to remind you of
your priorities, young lady?
1094
01:17:31,047 --> 01:17:32,780
Where is he?
1095
01:17:36,852 --> 01:17:38,886
You guys all set? Fantastic.
1096
01:17:38,888 --> 01:17:41,122
Ladies, I'm gonna take
this dirty plate away.
1097
01:17:41,124 --> 01:17:43,824
I'll be back in two seconds
if you need anything else.
1098
01:17:43,826 --> 01:17:46,293
Guys, coffee?
Coffee. Coffee.
1099
01:17:46,295 --> 01:17:48,095
I've got you covered, okay?
1100
01:17:51,166 --> 01:17:53,300
Oh, he is a cutie.
1101
01:17:57,773 --> 01:17:59,707
I know that look.
1102
01:17:59,709 --> 01:18:00,941
Yes, I do.
1103
01:18:02,444 --> 01:18:03,711
Uh-huh.
1104
01:18:04,212 --> 01:18:05,780
Oh!
1105
01:18:09,918 --> 01:18:12,286
Mom, you're such a creep.
1106
01:18:12,288 --> 01:18:13,988
I like him.
1107
01:18:15,157 --> 01:18:17,324
Girl, go help that boy.
1108
01:18:17,326 --> 01:18:18,859
I got this.
1109
01:18:48,957 --> 01:18:51,092
You wrote that shit, co?
1110
01:18:51,094 --> 01:18:54,095
I wrote it as a poem,
actually. Play it again.
1111
01:19:08,977 --> 01:19:10,277
What do you think?
1112
01:19:12,514 --> 01:19:14,982
That shit cool, man.
1113
01:19:14,984 --> 01:19:17,251
So you a poet now
like your boy Harry Potter?
1114
01:19:17,253 --> 01:19:21,322
No, I'm a rapper who wants to
better herself with poetry.
1115
01:19:21,324 --> 01:19:25,459
I've written more in the last
month than I have in years.
1116
01:19:29,531 --> 01:19:33,134
No, I ain't feeling it.
Or your whole new direction.
1117
01:19:33,136 --> 01:19:35,236
I mean, coco, it's cool
and all, but it doesn't
1118
01:19:35,238 --> 01:19:37,872
sound like any of
our other songs.
1119
01:19:37,874 --> 01:19:39,940
Well, this is where
I'm at right now, so...
1120
01:19:39,942 --> 01:19:43,077
I've been busting my ass writing
lyrics and here you come.
1121
01:19:43,079 --> 01:19:45,146
On some hallmark
greeting card type shit?
1122
01:19:45,148 --> 01:19:49,016
I've had to rap around your stupid
thug fantasy lyrics for years.
1123
01:19:49,018 --> 01:19:51,118
You could at least
just give me one song.
1124
01:19:56,224 --> 01:19:58,192
Save that shit for
a poetry reading.
1125
01:19:59,828 --> 01:20:01,529
Well, if I can't make
the music I want then
1126
01:20:01,531 --> 01:20:04,298
what's the point of
me being in the group?
1127
01:20:04,300 --> 01:20:06,200
Maybe you don't need
to be in the group.
1128
01:20:10,572 --> 01:20:12,173
Coke...
This is bullshit.
1129
01:20:12,175 --> 01:20:14,208
Coke, he didn't mean that.
Yes, I did.
1130
01:20:14,210 --> 01:20:16,177
Malik,
you didn't mean that shit.
1131
01:20:16,179 --> 01:20:18,145
You better believe I did.
1132
01:20:25,453 --> 01:20:27,421
Yo, reas, play my shit.
1133
01:20:29,424 --> 01:20:30,858
Play that.
1134
01:20:31,259 --> 01:20:32,326
Yeah.
1135
01:20:42,470 --> 01:20:45,072
Hi, it's Derek.
You've reached my voicemail.
1136
01:20:45,074 --> 01:20:47,174
It's finals time so
I've been pretty busy,
1137
01:20:47,176 --> 01:20:50,044
but please leave
a message after the beep.
1138
01:20:50,046 --> 01:20:53,914
Hey, Derek, it's me, coco. I know
you have a late class, but...
1139
01:20:53,916 --> 01:20:56,116
I just really need
to hear your voice right now,
1140
01:20:56,118 --> 01:20:58,118
I'm having a terrible day.
1141
01:20:58,120 --> 01:21:01,088
Call me back when
you get this. Bye.
1142
01:21:22,911 --> 01:21:24,511
Things are different now.
1143
01:21:27,215 --> 01:21:28,482
You what?
1144
01:21:30,619 --> 01:21:33,053
Things are just as
they've always been.
1145
01:21:34,356 --> 01:21:36,323
You're seriously?
1146
01:21:37,659 --> 01:21:40,661
Look, look, look.
I can't do this anymore.
1147
01:21:48,236 --> 01:21:51,171
Hey, don't go.
Don't mess up a good thing.
1148
01:22:03,118 --> 01:22:05,219
Coco! Coco, wait!
1149
01:22:05,221 --> 01:22:07,154
Coco, listen!
1150
01:22:07,156 --> 01:22:10,357
Let me explain to you. Please,
please stop! Just stop!
1151
01:22:10,359 --> 01:22:13,527
Just let me explain, okay?
1152
01:22:13,529 --> 01:22:18,098
I've been reading professor
Dixon's poetry since high school.
1153
01:22:18,100 --> 01:22:20,434
She's the whole reason
I came to America.
1154
01:22:20,436 --> 01:22:24,138
I sent her my writing and she
gave me a full scholarship.
1155
01:22:25,407 --> 01:22:28,676
Coco, I come from nothing.
1156
01:22:30,712 --> 01:22:33,647
No one ever did anything
like that for me before.
1157
01:22:37,218 --> 01:22:40,454
Listen, I knew it wasn't right.
1158
01:22:40,456 --> 01:22:43,958
But it started happening and...
1159
01:22:45,593 --> 01:22:48,195
I didn't know
how to make it stop.
1160
01:22:48,197 --> 01:22:50,698
No, coco! Listen, please.
1161
01:22:50,700 --> 01:22:52,633
Please. Please,
please, please.
1162
01:22:52,635 --> 01:22:55,002
I have one question.
1163
01:22:55,004 --> 01:22:57,538
What was gonna happen
if I didn't walk in?
1164
01:23:03,078 --> 01:23:05,045
You were supposed
to be different.
1165
01:24:44,746 --> 01:24:48,449
Okay, class.
Final exam starts now.
1166
01:24:53,088 --> 01:24:56,256
Coco? Coco. Where are you?
1167
01:25:11,840 --> 01:25:15,175
How'd you find me here?
Talked to your moms.
1168
01:25:15,177 --> 01:25:18,212
She said you had a lot on your mind.
So where else would you be?
1169
01:25:21,716 --> 01:25:24,718
Damn. Harry Potter really
got up in your head, huh?
1170
01:25:30,458 --> 01:25:34,428
Thinking about maybe we can
get the group back together?
1171
01:25:34,430 --> 01:25:36,663
Is that your way of
saying you're sorry?
1172
01:25:36,665 --> 01:25:38,665
Sorry for what?
1173
01:25:38,667 --> 01:25:41,835
For giving Naveen our mix demo?
1174
01:25:41,837 --> 01:25:44,571
You sent our demo to Naveen?
Yup.
1175
01:25:45,607 --> 01:25:47,774
What did he say?
1176
01:25:47,776 --> 01:25:50,811
What did who say?
Naveen.
1177
01:25:50,813 --> 01:25:53,647
Well, he liked it. He liked the tracks.
He thinks we got potential.
1178
01:25:53,649 --> 01:25:55,415
Come on, what did he say?
1179
01:25:56,918 --> 01:26:02,189
Nah, he said,
Si's finest is headlining
1180
01:26:02,191 --> 01:26:04,558
the rough street records showcase.
We did it.
1181
01:26:04,560 --> 01:26:06,860
He loved our shit.
1182
01:26:06,862 --> 01:26:08,595
For real?
For real.
1183
01:26:10,632 --> 01:26:12,933
Right? That's crazy, right?
1184
01:26:12,935 --> 01:26:15,536
So you back, right?
You back in the group.
1185
01:26:15,538 --> 01:26:16,803
Yeah.
Yeah?
1186
01:26:16,805 --> 01:26:18,605
Yeah, yeah.
All right.
1187
01:26:20,775 --> 01:26:22,576
The only thing is...
1188
01:26:24,379 --> 01:26:27,281
He didn't accept
your solo track.
1189
01:26:27,283 --> 01:26:29,283
He said it was too
different, too slow.
1190
01:26:30,285 --> 01:26:31,585
It didn't fit.
1191
01:26:38,826 --> 01:26:40,460
Do you agree with him?
1192
01:26:44,299 --> 01:26:45,566
Fellas do.
1193
01:26:46,701 --> 01:26:48,702
We gotta stick
to who we are, co.
1194
01:26:50,438 --> 01:26:51,805
Si's finest, right?
1195
01:26:53,841 --> 01:26:55,309
Right?
Yeah.
1196
01:26:55,311 --> 01:26:56,777
Yeah?
1197
01:26:56,779 --> 01:26:58,412
All right.
1198
01:26:58,414 --> 01:27:00,214
Let's just go out
there and kill it then.
1199
01:27:00,216 --> 01:27:02,382
That's what I'm talking about.
Let's go kill it.
1200
01:27:02,384 --> 01:27:04,585
Coco! Coco! Coco!
1201
01:27:04,587 --> 01:27:06,753
Shut up. Stupid.
1202
01:27:14,562 --> 01:27:15,963
I have one question.
1203
01:27:20,602 --> 01:27:25,539
Did you really fail my class
as a way to punish me?
1204
01:27:26,941 --> 01:27:29,543
Because I thought
you were smarter than that.
1205
01:27:32,580 --> 01:27:35,816
I expected so much
more from you, coco.
1206
01:27:39,454 --> 01:27:41,421
Today, I emerge as a writer.
1207
01:27:43,358 --> 01:27:45,525
What angels dare to dream.
1208
01:27:45,527 --> 01:27:49,329
Every day tears fall from
my eyes is a day I survive.
1209
01:27:49,331 --> 01:27:52,466
Conquering the crumbling
mountains of self-doubt.
1210
01:27:52,468 --> 01:27:55,435
I am no longer a dream deferred.
1211
01:27:55,437 --> 01:27:57,271
My growth is inevitable.
1212
01:27:58,740 --> 01:28:02,843
Who I am requires you
to see past your ego.
1213
01:28:03,578 --> 01:28:05,479
And see me.
1214
01:28:07,749 --> 01:28:09,650
You can't grade me
like a piece of meat.
1215
01:28:09,652 --> 01:28:12,653
I am the embodiment
of verses and stanzas.
1216
01:28:12,655 --> 01:28:16,023
Of freedom fighters and poetry slams.
We are no different.
1217
01:28:16,025 --> 01:28:19,993
If you examine the diameter of
hip-hop's slang and grammar,
1218
01:28:19,995 --> 01:28:23,664
you'll find that it is very
similar to the iambic pentameter.
1219
01:28:23,666 --> 01:28:25,832
But you're so ignorant.
1220
01:28:25,834 --> 01:28:29,369
Rappers are poets.
And poets are rappers.
1221
01:28:29,371 --> 01:28:32,406
Only academics are
too afraid to admit it.
1222
01:28:32,408 --> 01:28:35,742
And despite what you think,
I did learn one thing.
1223
01:28:35,744 --> 01:28:38,712
That the truth is inevitable.
1224
01:28:38,714 --> 01:28:41,815
Oh. And yeah,
it doesn't have to rhyme.
1225
01:28:49,357 --> 01:28:51,391
For what it's worth,
1226
01:28:52,960 --> 01:28:56,630
Derek came into my office
to tell me that it was over.
1227
01:28:57,598 --> 01:28:59,533
I was the one hanging on.
1228
01:29:02,770 --> 01:29:06,540
He dropped out of
the master's program today.
1229
01:29:07,608 --> 01:29:12,079
He had one week left.
1230
01:29:12,081 --> 01:29:16,783
He said that he didn't want
to earn his degree this way.
1231
01:29:18,486 --> 01:29:20,053
I guess I was wrong then.
1232
01:29:21,856 --> 01:29:23,523
He did love you back.
1233
01:29:26,828 --> 01:29:28,395
That's poetry.
1234
01:29:35,870 --> 01:29:37,738
You ready for tonight?
1235
01:29:37,740 --> 01:29:40,807
Yeah. I just have to go pick
up my jacket at Malik's.
1236
01:29:43,010 --> 01:29:46,713
Okay now. Don't get nervous and
start talking too fast, all right?
1237
01:29:46,715 --> 01:29:49,516
Like you do when you get
nervous, you talk fast.
1238
01:29:49,518 --> 01:29:51,752
See, you got this.
You are so great at it.
1239
01:29:51,754 --> 01:29:54,087
For you, baby,
this is like breathing
1240
01:29:54,089 --> 01:29:57,090
so don't put any extra pressure
on yourself, all right?
1241
01:29:58,059 --> 01:29:59,893
Are you okay, mom?
1242
01:29:59,895 --> 01:30:02,996
Lord, I'm a wreck.
1243
01:30:02,998 --> 01:30:06,767
I just want you to know that no
matter what happens tonight,
1244
01:30:06,769 --> 01:30:09,403
baby, I am so proud of you.
1245
01:30:13,741 --> 01:30:15,809
Thanks, mom.
1246
01:30:15,811 --> 01:30:17,477
Just want you to
know that I'm going to
1247
01:30:17,479 --> 01:30:20,680
finish my semester
and get my accounting degree.
1248
01:30:20,682 --> 01:30:23,884
I've still got plan b in the works.
I haven't forgotten about it.
1249
01:30:23,886 --> 01:30:25,685
To hell with plan b.
1250
01:30:25,687 --> 01:30:29,523
Tonight, I want you to go out
there and make plan a happen.
1251
01:30:52,079 --> 01:30:54,448
I wanna thank
everyone for supporting
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slam poetry and
the 5 boros team.
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01:30:56,952 --> 01:30:59,186
Tonight, we're selecting
four people.
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01:30:59,188 --> 01:31:02,856
These are the best
of New York City.
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01:31:11,799 --> 01:31:13,733
Coco. Hey, coco.
1256
01:31:15,069 --> 01:31:16,570
Hey, Naveen.
1257
01:31:16,572 --> 01:31:17,904
Thanks so much for
letting us do this.
1258
01:31:17,906 --> 01:31:20,807
No, I can't wait to
see your solo song tonight.
1259
01:31:20,809 --> 01:31:23,109
We're not performing the solo song.
Wait, what?
1260
01:31:23,111 --> 01:31:26,513
Malik and reasons and Matt
said that you guys
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didn't like the solo song,
so we're just not gonna do it.
1262
01:31:28,951 --> 01:31:31,251
That's the only song
that Richard and I even liked.
1263
01:31:31,253 --> 01:31:33,153
We were willing to
tolerate the other songs,
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01:31:33,155 --> 01:31:36,122
but I was very clear with Malik
and the boys about this.
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01:31:36,124 --> 01:31:38,825
I need you, okay?
Okay.
1266
01:31:48,870 --> 01:31:50,203
Co...
1267
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Fucking liar.
1268
01:31:51,607 --> 01:31:53,607
No one gives
a damn about Naveen,
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what he thinks or
what Richard thinks.
1270
01:31:55,777 --> 01:31:57,744
I think they're
wrong since day one.
1271
01:31:57,746 --> 01:31:59,679
They been wrong the whole time.
1272
01:31:59,681 --> 01:32:01,081
You all knew about this.
1273
01:32:01,083 --> 01:32:02,582
Your songs just
don't fit, all right?
1274
01:32:02,584 --> 01:32:04,251
They're not who we are.
And you a part of us.
1275
01:32:04,253 --> 01:32:05,919
You really think
rough street records
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is gonna give us
a second chance?
1277
01:32:07,589 --> 01:32:09,055
Look, they're just trying
to make money off us.
1278
01:32:09,057 --> 01:32:10,891
They charging $20,
$30 to get in here.
1279
01:32:10,893 --> 01:32:13,026
And we ain't even getting paid.
1280
01:32:13,028 --> 01:32:15,228
We're gonna go out there and
we're gonna make so much noise,
1281
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all of them, everybody gonna
be wanting to sign us.
1282
01:32:17,900 --> 01:32:21,034
All right,
and gonna do it our way.
1283
01:32:21,036 --> 01:32:23,236
Si's finest way.
From the beginning.
1284
01:32:23,238 --> 01:32:24,571
Let's do this.
1285
01:32:26,908 --> 01:32:28,675
Don't fucking touch me.
1286
01:32:29,310 --> 01:32:30,710
Come on.
1287
01:32:32,914 --> 01:32:34,047
Co...
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You okay?
1289
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What up, yo?
How y'all doing?
1290
01:32:56,204 --> 01:32:58,905
And we can't forget the female
of the group. Beautiful.
1291
01:32:58,907 --> 01:33:00,607
Coco!
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01:33:05,780 --> 01:33:09,349
This is a coco Ford song that
you almost didn't hear tonight.
1293
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Coming to you
from across the waters.
1294
01:35:00,462 --> 01:35:03,329
All the way from
London, England.
1295
01:35:03,331 --> 01:35:05,331
You all make some noise.
1296
01:35:05,333 --> 01:35:06,766
For Derek Morris.
1297
01:35:10,404 --> 01:35:11,871
Thank you.
1298
01:35:20,381 --> 01:35:23,249
She does to me
what winter does to the trees.
1299
01:35:24,819 --> 01:35:29,322
She strips me bare,
naked and empty.
1300
01:35:29,324 --> 01:35:31,324
I laugh to myself, because...
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01:35:31,326 --> 01:35:32,959
I can't sing, it's just...
1302
01:35:35,162 --> 01:35:37,330
She makes me want
to try and harmonize.
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Like...
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Like I've got no worries
bothering me tomorrow.
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Like I've got no dirty clothes
hamper full of yesterdays...
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01:35:49,444 --> 01:35:52,178
Stinking up what
future is left in me.
1307
01:35:53,380 --> 01:35:54,447
But I...
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I really ain't no Saint.
1309
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Never felt love's true bliss.
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A disciple of my father, I learned
to love with clenched fists.
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I learned to love like
reading braille on skin.
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Tracing the insecurities
of women
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through the palms
of their hands.
1314
01:36:18,305 --> 01:36:20,940
But with her...
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It was different.
1316
01:36:27,948 --> 01:36:33,353
See, she was in every
single word I wrote.
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01:36:38,025 --> 01:36:40,927
She walked a poet's refrain.
1318
01:36:40,929 --> 01:36:42,962
Spoke a sweet soliloquy.
1319
01:36:45,900 --> 01:36:49,903
But I recognize the lack
of trust in my own heart.
1320
01:36:53,841 --> 01:36:56,409
Because only a fool won't
accept the nourishment
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that's right before their eyes.
1322
01:36:59,446 --> 01:37:01,347
Instead he will starve.
1323
01:37:05,386 --> 01:37:09,055
I look at her and
every time she smiles,
1324
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it reminds me of everything
I stole from myself.
1325
01:37:12,293 --> 01:37:15,195
Every joy...
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01:37:15,197 --> 01:37:18,598
Every joy I never had
the courage to taste.
1327
01:37:20,434 --> 01:37:23,069
As you learn to
love yourself better...
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Teach me.
1329
01:37:35,249 --> 01:37:38,017
As you learn to forgive
yourself for failing...
1330
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Teach me.
1331
01:37:44,291 --> 01:37:47,427
As you learn to accept
strength and vulnerability...
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01:37:48,095 --> 01:37:49,495
Teach me.
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01:38:03,077 --> 01:38:05,545
Some days I miss
the burn of a love lost.
1334
01:38:07,281 --> 01:38:09,916
Or maybe...
Just maybe.
1335
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I never found true love.
Until right now.
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I love you, coco.
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Like, I loved you.
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Derek Morris.
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Welcome to the 5 boros team.