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<i> Rough street</i>
<i> records freestyle battle</i>
<i> is now about to commence!</i>

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<i> Ladies and gentlemen,</i>
<i> is Brooklyn in the house?</i>

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<i> Is queens in the house?</i>

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<i> Is money-makin' Manhattan</i>
<i> in the house?</i>

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<i> Is staten island</i>
<i> in the house?</i>
<i> Where's the island at?</i>

6
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<i> Guess they a no-show.</i>

7
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<i> Let's go, y'all!</i>
<i> Come on! Give it up!</i>

8
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<i> Let the countdown begin!</i>

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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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<i> You can feel it, people!</i>

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<i> That boy on fire</i>
<i> right there!</i>

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<i> Can you feel it?</i>
<i> Can you feel it in the air?</i>

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<i> Si's finest, where you at?</i>
<i> Where you at?</i>

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<i> Ladies and gentlemen!</i>

21
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<i> Si's finest has showed up!</i>

22
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<i> And they brought</i>
<i> a motherfuckin' coffin!</i>

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<i> This fuckin' battle is on!</i>

24
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<i> Listen...</i>

25
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<i> Watch me work.</i>
<i> Yo, pay attention y'all.</i>

26
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Hold up,
hold up, wait, wait.

27
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Choke!

28
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Si's finest.
Great performance
tonight, guys.

29
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Yeah!

30
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Yeah, you all know!
What's up, baby?

31
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Yeah.

32
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Naveen, when are you
gonna hook us up
with your boss?

33
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Everyone knows
you got the boss's ear.

34
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Richard Reid is
a busy man. I don't like
to waste his time.

35
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Waste his time?
What you talkin' about?

36
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Rough street records
needs a group
like si's finest...

37
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Hip-hop needs
a group like si's finest.

38
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We got somethin'
for everybody.

39
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A strong female rapper.

40
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Undeniable skills.

41
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You guys just won
five grand tonight.
What else do you need?

42
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A record deal. Duh.

43
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Look, you guys
have great potential.

44
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But I need
more than potential
to sell records.

45
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I need songs with structure,
hook, verse.

46
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I'm definitely not bringing
a bunch of battle rappers
in to my boss.

47
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Yo, you don't know
shit about music.

48
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Hangin' around in clubs
trying to scoop up groupies.

49
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Throwin' around
the a&r card.

50
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Yo, man, a&r to this guy
stands for ass
and romance, man.

51
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I'm done with
this conversation.
You guys enjoy your winnings.

52
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Hey, naveen.

53
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You guys aren't done
talking shit tonight?

54
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All I've ever wanted
was to be a rapper.

55
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<i> Rappers delight,</i>
<i> California love,</i>
<i> mind's playing tricks on me.</i>

56
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Those are the songs
people remember.

57
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I get it. That's what
you want from us.

58
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We can do that.

59
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Yeah? Well,
i haven't heard it.

60
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You're in a&r.
You're supposed
to see greatness

61
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before anyone else does.

62
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Anyone could
walk in here today
and discover Jay z.

63
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But it took someone special
to see greatness
in Shawn Carter.

64
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Let me think about it.

65
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Give me your info.

66
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Where's Malik?
Hey...

67
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I dunno. Yo! See Malik?

68
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Nah, man.

69
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Why not?

70
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I think Malik left.

71
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You good?

72
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Yeah. I ain't
trippin' over Malik.

73
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Mmm-hmm.

74
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Really. I just left
my hard drive in his crib.

75
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Come on. Don't start.

76
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Malik doesn't
owe me anything.

77
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And more importantly,
i don't owe him
anything either.

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You guys wear me out.

79
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Yo! Uber's here.
Who's coming?

80
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You coming?
I'm coming.

81
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Coco?

82
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You coming?

83
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I think i'ma hang around
a little bit longer.

84
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Okay.

85
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Bye.
Bye.

86
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I can't stand you.

87
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You ready to go?

88
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Get away from me.
Are you ready to go?

89
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Coco!

90
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We killed it last night.

91
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You had the audience
eatin' out ya hand.

92
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Yo, yo,
it's too hot for that, co.
Come on now.

93
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You out?

94
00:10:17,317 --> 00:10:19,851
I gotta work
the breakfast shift.

95
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Get me a number 6
for lunch.

96
00:10:22,155 --> 00:10:26,391
You wanna grub
for free, get up off your ass
and come get it, lazy.

97
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Yo, put some cheese
on that shit!

98
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You're late.

99
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Good morning, ma.

100
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I didn't hear you
come in last night.

101
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How you ever gonna
find someone to love

102
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if you keep being
Malik's Booty call?

103
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Ma!

104
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Well?

105
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Who says
I'm looking for love?

106
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We all lookin'
for love, baby.

107
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Malik's always had my back.

108
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You remember how good
he was when dad died.

109
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What we have,
we don't need labels.

110
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Yeah? Well where I come from,
it's got a label.

111
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It's called "ho."

112
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I call it like I see it.

113
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What you lookin' at, huh?
This ain't no reality show.
Get back to work.

114
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These goddamn...

115
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Ooh... oh, my god.

116
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What happened?
You look like you
just won the lottery.

117
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It's naveen from
rough street records.

118
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"Good morning.
I thought about what you said

119
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"and I showed your stuff
to Richard last night.

120
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"He liked what he saw.
But he agrees with me

121
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"so here's the deal.
You have three months.

122
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"We have our labor day
weekend showcase
for new talent.

123
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"You send me three songs.
Richard and I like one,
you play it live."

124
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That is the ticket.
We're in.

125
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It sounds like
a whole lot of maybes to me.

126
00:12:10,831 --> 00:12:12,831
Well, you know these
music industry guys.

127
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They're just always
trying to play it cool.

128
00:12:14,167 --> 00:12:16,167
No, I don't know
these record label guys.

129
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All I know is that
he did not just
offer you a contract.

130
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And you know what?
Time's up, baby.
You gotta get back to school.

131
00:12:21,908 --> 00:12:25,310
Ma, can we just
not talk about school
for, like, five minutes?

132
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Coco, we had a deal.

133
00:12:26,980 --> 00:12:29,380
I need to focus on
this demo right now.

134
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I'll go back to school
in the fall, I promise.

135
00:12:31,852 --> 00:12:34,385
You were supposed to
be out one semester.

136
00:12:34,387 --> 00:12:36,488
Baby, it's been
almost a year.

137
00:12:36,490 --> 00:12:40,125
Baby, your father and I,
we have made
ridiculous sacrifices

138
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to make sure that
you got to college.

139
00:12:42,262 --> 00:12:45,196
Well, I'll pay you back
as soon as i
get a record deal.

140
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You wanna pay me back?
Graduate!

141
00:12:49,136 --> 00:12:53,538
Just get it over with, huh?
You're almost done.

142
00:12:53,540 --> 00:12:56,407
Summer session
starts soon, right?

143
00:12:56,409 --> 00:12:59,277
Just do it. It'll be
over before you know it.

144
00:12:59,279 --> 00:13:02,413
I can't be 30,
trying to start
my rap career, ma.

145
00:13:02,415 --> 00:13:05,850
Your not goin' back to school
is not an option with me.

146
00:13:05,852 --> 00:13:08,286
It is not gonna happen.
Not on my watch.

147
00:13:08,288 --> 00:13:12,824
You wanna rap?
Fine. But ya gonna have to
do it between classes.

148
00:13:24,470 --> 00:13:27,438
Yo, what the fuck?
What took so long?

149
00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:29,040
I was... I dunno.

150
00:13:29,042 --> 00:13:30,308
Are you gonna let me in?

151
00:13:33,846 --> 00:13:35,013
What's up, y'all?

152
00:13:35,015 --> 00:13:36,447
Coco,
what's good, mama?

153
00:13:36,449 --> 00:13:40,151
You smell like fuckin'
balls and underarms.

154
00:13:40,153 --> 00:13:41,452
You want
somethin' to eat?

155
00:13:41,454 --> 00:13:42,887
As if I would eat
something over here.

156
00:13:42,889 --> 00:13:44,889
Where's Malik?

157
00:13:44,891 --> 00:13:46,457
How we supposed to
know where Malik at?
Matt, you seen Malik?

158
00:13:46,459 --> 00:13:48,860
Nigga, do I look like
his fuckin' parole officer?

159
00:13:48,862 --> 00:13:50,328
Let me go upstairs
and get my bag.

160
00:13:50,330 --> 00:13:52,864
Uh...
What?

161
00:13:52,866 --> 00:13:54,833
You can't just be
goin' in Malik's room
when he not here.

162
00:13:54,835 --> 00:13:55,934
You can't do that.

163
00:13:55,936 --> 00:13:57,335
Since when?

164
00:13:57,337 --> 00:13:59,070
Go grab her!

165
00:13:59,072 --> 00:14:00,405
Coco!

166
00:14:02,007 --> 00:14:03,208
Yeah?

167
00:14:03,210 --> 00:14:05,243
Yo.
What up, what up, what up?

168
00:14:05,245 --> 00:14:07,278
Reasons and Matt
said you weren't here.
What are you doing here?

169
00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:09,447
Nah, I'm chillin',
i don't know why they
said that, I'm just...

170
00:14:09,449 --> 00:14:11,182
Guess what.
What?

171
00:14:11,184 --> 00:14:14,052
Richard Reid
is gonna give us
another chance.

172
00:14:14,054 --> 00:14:15,920
For real?
Yes!

173
00:14:15,922 --> 00:14:18,022
That's what
I'm talkin' about.

174
00:14:18,024 --> 00:14:20,091
Hey all right.
That's what I'm sayin',
so let's put some shit down.

175
00:14:20,093 --> 00:14:22,126
Let's do our thing, right?

176
00:14:22,962 --> 00:14:24,529
Right, what?

177
00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:30,101
I was...
I was write... I was writin'.

178
00:14:30,103 --> 00:14:32,237
I was workin' on, you know,
I'm workin' on the lyrics.

179
00:14:32,239 --> 00:14:34,105
I got these...
I got this shit in my head.

180
00:14:34,107 --> 00:14:36,641
It's crazy,
i just had like
this epiphany and shit.

181
00:14:36,643 --> 00:14:39,043
And I was
collabin' on some...
Actually, she got a new...

182
00:14:39,045 --> 00:14:41,212
I got... we got verses.
We got hook... co!

183
00:14:42,648 --> 00:14:44,315
Co!

184
00:14:44,317 --> 00:14:46,050
Coco! Hey!

185
00:14:47,987 --> 00:14:49,420
Coco!

186
00:14:49,422 --> 00:14:51,456
Shit.

187
00:14:55,961 --> 00:14:58,029
What the fuck is wrong
with y'all niggas?

188
00:14:58,031 --> 00:14:59,931
You know I got...
You know I got
shorty upstairs.

189
00:14:59,933 --> 00:15:01,933
What's wrong with y'all?
Why didn't
y'all say somethin'?

190
00:15:01,935 --> 00:15:03,601
You know how
the fuck she is, man.
The fuck is wrong with...

191
00:15:03,603 --> 00:15:05,503
She just stormed in here.

192
00:15:05,505 --> 00:15:07,071
Twiddle Dee,
twiddle dum over here.
What the fuck, man.

193
00:15:15,547 --> 00:15:17,282
<i> The time is up, coco.</i>

194
00:15:17,284 --> 00:15:20,251
<i> You have got to</i>
<i> get back to school.</i>

195
00:15:20,253 --> 00:15:23,087
<i> Do you know how</i>
<i> many sacrifices</i>
<i> your father and I made</i>

196
00:15:23,089 --> 00:15:24,555
<i> so that you</i>
<i> could go to college?</i>

197
00:15:41,540 --> 00:15:43,574
<i> You wanna rap?</i>
<i> That's fine with me.</i>

198
00:15:43,576 --> 00:15:47,211
<i> But from now on you</i>
<i> gonna have to do it</i>
<i> between classes.</i>

199
00:16:28,988 --> 00:16:31,255
Hey, coco. Coco!

200
00:16:31,257 --> 00:16:34,125
What?

201
00:16:34,127 --> 00:16:36,294
I thought you'd be
working on your demo.

202
00:16:36,296 --> 00:16:39,464
I'm doing both.
Just need eight more
credits to graduate.

203
00:16:39,466 --> 00:16:41,432
What are you taking?

204
00:16:41,434 --> 00:16:44,202
I have
an accounting class at 3:00,
just to finish my major.

205
00:16:44,204 --> 00:16:46,738
And then just lookin'
for some bullshit course.

206
00:16:46,740 --> 00:16:48,573
I got the perfect
bullshit for you.

207
00:16:51,611 --> 00:16:53,511
Easy a.
Nah, no, no, no.

208
00:16:53,513 --> 00:16:55,013
Yeah. Trust me
on this one.

209
00:16:55,015 --> 00:16:56,147
No, no, no.

210
00:16:56,149 --> 00:16:57,248
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

211
00:16:57,250 --> 00:16:58,316
No.
Yeah.

212
00:17:03,122 --> 00:17:05,757
Poetry?
Hell, no.

213
00:17:05,759 --> 00:17:08,326
Just give it a chance.

214
00:17:08,328 --> 00:17:10,395
Professor's
gonna be amazing.

215
00:17:16,035 --> 00:17:18,569
Uh, excuse me, darling.
I think you're in my seat.

216
00:17:20,606 --> 00:17:23,074
I think you're
blockin' my view.

217
00:17:23,076 --> 00:17:24,542
Well, listen that's my bag
next to the chair.

218
00:17:24,544 --> 00:17:26,444
And this is my ass
in the seat.

219
00:17:27,781 --> 00:17:29,580
"I don't write poetry.

220
00:17:33,185 --> 00:17:34,519
"I sweat poetry.

221
00:17:35,587 --> 00:17:38,356
"I drink poetry.

222
00:17:39,258 --> 00:17:41,392
"I breathe poetry.

223
00:17:42,294 --> 00:17:46,097
"I make love to poetry.

224
00:17:47,533 --> 00:17:49,233
"I fight poetry.

225
00:17:50,636 --> 00:17:53,137
"I bleed poetry.

226
00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:58,109
"I once tripped over poetry,

227
00:17:58,111 --> 00:18:01,579
"got angry and kicked poetry."

228
00:18:03,683 --> 00:18:05,116
"I live poetry.

229
00:18:05,717 --> 00:18:08,820
"For I am poetry.

230
00:18:08,822 --> 00:18:13,157
"I do not write poetry.

231
00:18:13,159 --> 00:18:15,126
"Poetry writes me."

232
00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:25,470
Welcome to poetry 101.

233
00:18:25,472 --> 00:18:28,139
I am professor nefari Dixon.

234
00:18:29,442 --> 00:18:32,143
Thank you.

235
00:18:32,145 --> 00:18:35,613
For the next 12 weeks
we will be discussing

236
00:18:35,615 --> 00:18:39,183
the rhythmic
language of experience.

237
00:18:39,685 --> 00:18:42,420
Poetry.

238
00:18:42,422 --> 00:18:44,555
How many of you have
ever written a poem?

239
00:18:45,624 --> 00:18:47,158
Ah.

240
00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:50,728
How many of you
don't even like poetry?

241
00:18:52,265 --> 00:18:54,732
Well, let me give you
a word of warning.

242
00:18:56,668 --> 00:19:00,404
This class is not
for the faint of heart.

243
00:19:00,406 --> 00:19:05,510
You will explore
the limits of your abilities.

244
00:19:05,512 --> 00:19:08,379
You will find those limits

245
00:19:08,381 --> 00:19:10,748
and you will soar
past those limits.

246
00:19:11,683 --> 00:19:13,484
Remember this.

247
00:19:14,820 --> 00:19:20,391
Reading a book will
change what you know.

248
00:19:22,928 --> 00:19:25,463
Reading a poem will
change who you are.

249
00:19:30,402 --> 00:19:34,572
This is
my teaching assistant,
Mr. Derek Morris.

250
00:19:34,574 --> 00:19:37,408
He will run
the study services

251
00:19:37,410 --> 00:19:41,445
as well as be responsible
for the bulk of the grading.

252
00:19:42,748 --> 00:19:43,881
We are fully-booked.

253
00:19:43,883 --> 00:19:45,716
Who's that?
Sorry.

254
00:19:45,718 --> 00:19:47,351
Any students that
aren't registered
in this class

255
00:19:47,353 --> 00:19:49,387
will have to audition
in order to get a place.

256
00:19:49,389 --> 00:19:51,522
The audition
process is simple.

257
00:19:51,524 --> 00:19:53,424
Recite a poem from memory.

258
00:19:53,426 --> 00:19:56,194
No songs. Just poems.

259
00:19:56,196 --> 00:19:58,796
And I will decide
who stays

260
00:20:01,466 --> 00:20:03,467
and who goes.

261
00:20:03,469 --> 00:20:04,936
So, let's get into it.

262
00:20:04,938 --> 00:20:07,305
Who's first?

263
00:20:07,307 --> 00:20:10,741
"How do I love thee?
Let me count the ways."

264
00:20:10,743 --> 00:20:15,580
"If thou wilt not,
be but sworn my love

265
00:20:15,582 --> 00:20:19,483
"and I will no longer
be a capulet."

266
00:20:19,485 --> 00:20:22,820
"Once upon a midnight dreary

267
00:20:22,822 --> 00:20:27,592
"while I pondered
weak and weary." Hi.

268
00:20:27,594 --> 00:20:29,260
Thank you. Chris.

269
00:20:31,564 --> 00:20:32,897
Seat won't go down.

270
00:20:34,399 --> 00:20:37,835
"I pledge
allegiance to the flag..."

271
00:20:45,844 --> 00:20:48,746
And who do we have left?
Who do we have left?

272
00:20:52,618 --> 00:20:53,884
Floor's yours.

273
00:20:57,690 --> 00:21:00,625
"I start to think
and then I sink into the paper

274
00:21:00,627 --> 00:21:02,260
"like I was ink.

275
00:21:02,262 --> 00:21:04,996
"When I'm writin'
I'm trapped in
between the lines.

276
00:21:04,998 --> 00:21:08,399
"I escape when i
finish the rhymes."

277
00:21:08,401 --> 00:21:10,001
Yes!

278
00:21:16,508 --> 00:21:17,842
Rakim, right?

279
00:21:19,444 --> 00:21:21,045
Yeah.

280
00:21:21,047 --> 00:21:24,382
Well that's a rap.
So, I'm gonna
disqualify you.

281
00:21:24,384 --> 00:21:26,651
You said "no songs."
You didn't say
anything about "no raps."

282
00:21:26,653 --> 00:21:29,720
And I think you're
misunderstanding what
the audition process was.

283
00:21:29,722 --> 00:21:32,023
No, I understand what
you're saying. I get it.

284
00:21:32,025 --> 00:21:33,624
What you're
trying to say is that

285
00:21:33,626 --> 00:21:35,393
what some dead dudes
wrote 100 years ago

286
00:21:35,395 --> 00:21:37,762
is more important
than hip-hop is today.

287
00:21:37,764 --> 00:21:39,530
Ooh!

288
00:21:39,532 --> 00:21:40,965
I'm sorry,
what's your name again?

289
00:21:41,633 --> 00:21:43,401
Coco Ford.

290
00:21:43,403 --> 00:21:46,470
Well, I'm sorry, coco Ford,
but you're disqualified.

291
00:21:49,841 --> 00:21:50,941
That's wack.

292
00:21:50,943 --> 00:21:52,343
I'm out of here.

293
00:21:56,081 --> 00:22:00,084
It is not
an assumption that

294
00:22:00,086 --> 00:22:03,354
you need this class
to graduate.

295
00:22:04,823 --> 00:22:08,092
So I suggest
to all of you

296
00:22:08,094 --> 00:22:10,594
who are remaining

297
00:22:12,664 --> 00:22:13,964
to focus.

298
00:22:16,568 --> 00:22:18,769
How can they teach poetry
and leave out rap?

299
00:22:18,771 --> 00:22:20,905
Right?

300
00:22:20,907 --> 00:22:23,341
Where's the
English department?
This ain't right.

301
00:22:24,710 --> 00:22:25,976
Coco!

302
00:22:34,519 --> 00:22:35,686
Next.

303
00:22:47,499 --> 00:22:49,133
The rakim fan.

304
00:22:49,135 --> 00:22:50,701
Have a seat.

305
00:22:52,537 --> 00:22:54,705
A little before
your time, no?

306
00:22:54,707 --> 00:22:56,907
My pops got me open
on rakim.

307
00:22:56,909 --> 00:22:59,043
It's the first rap
i knew by heart.

308
00:22:59,045 --> 00:23:01,579
Oh, you're one of
those, huh?

309
00:23:01,581 --> 00:23:05,015
You think that rap
and poetry are the same.

310
00:23:05,017 --> 00:23:06,817
Yeah.

311
00:23:07,786 --> 00:23:10,521
I grew up on hip-hop, okay?

312
00:23:10,523 --> 00:23:15,626
I was
the shorty running around
all the block parties.

313
00:23:15,628 --> 00:23:19,096
I've forgotten
more about hip-hop
than you will ever know.

314
00:23:19,098 --> 00:23:23,768
And I've watched it
become misogynistic

315
00:23:23,770 --> 00:23:28,906
and small-minded
and uninspiring.

316
00:23:28,908 --> 00:23:32,510
Not all hip-hop
is misogynistic
and small-minded.

317
00:23:32,512 --> 00:23:35,179
Oh. You're talking
about conscious rap.

318
00:23:35,181 --> 00:23:37,848
But no one
listens to it.

319
00:23:37,850 --> 00:23:41,685
They don't play it
on the radio.
And no one buys it.

320
00:23:41,687 --> 00:23:45,022
So you're just
gonna turn your back
on the whole culture?

321
00:23:45,024 --> 00:23:49,927
Oh,
with fantastic lyrics like

322
00:23:49,929 --> 00:23:53,464
"i woke up in the morning
and the girls
were still there."

323
00:23:53,466 --> 00:23:55,900
"They were naked with
their asses in the air"

324
00:23:55,902 --> 00:23:58,669
and, I don't know,
some canonical work

325
00:23:58,671 --> 00:24:01,439
by lfmao or
whatever their names are.

326
00:24:01,441 --> 00:24:05,543
Professor, you and your ta,
Mr. Morris

327
00:24:05,545 --> 00:24:08,546
are in a position
to inspire people
to do better.

328
00:24:08,548 --> 00:24:10,448
You have
a platform and a voice.

329
00:24:10,450 --> 00:24:13,551
I'm not turning
my back on hip-hop.

330
00:24:13,553 --> 00:24:16,454
Hip-hop has already
turned its back on us.

331
00:24:17,489 --> 00:24:20,658
I'm sorry, class is full.

332
00:24:52,658 --> 00:24:54,959
None of this sounds like us.

333
00:24:54,961 --> 00:24:58,562
That's the point.
We're supposed to
make a hit.

334
00:24:58,564 --> 00:25:00,197
But it don't
sound like a hit.

335
00:25:00,199 --> 00:25:03,601
Yo, man,
reasons makes better
beats than this shit.

336
00:25:03,603 --> 00:25:06,036
Thank you, man.
Matt, come on.

337
00:25:06,038 --> 00:25:07,538
Seriously,
you guys, we don't have

338
00:25:07,540 --> 00:25:09,540
that much time to
get this together.

339
00:25:09,542 --> 00:25:12,710
We need to come hard,
all right.
Like east coast style, son.

340
00:25:12,712 --> 00:25:15,679
Coming hard is why
we're still recording
in this dingy-ass basement.

341
00:25:15,681 --> 00:25:17,748
Yo, whatever, man.

342
00:25:17,750 --> 00:25:21,719
I mean, for real.
We are not gangstas.

343
00:25:21,721 --> 00:25:25,022
We have never been to jail.
And we ain't got no guns.

344
00:25:25,024 --> 00:25:26,924
Coco, I got guns.
Where?

345
00:25:37,803 --> 00:25:40,237
That's it.
Let's drop that.

346
00:25:40,239 --> 00:25:42,106
No, that's the shit
I'm talkin' about.

347
00:25:42,108 --> 00:25:44,041
Let me know when
you guys are done.
I'm takin' a nap.

348
00:25:44,043 --> 00:25:46,010
Get that "I'll be sure" line
and all that.

349
00:25:46,012 --> 00:25:47,177
Especially, get that one.

350
00:25:47,179 --> 00:25:48,879
You good?
Yeah, yeah.

351
00:25:55,186 --> 00:25:57,054
Watch your feet.
You know you're wrong.

352
00:25:57,056 --> 00:25:58,989
Co, can you forget
about shorty?

353
00:26:05,931 --> 00:26:07,598
Let me get some.

354
00:26:08,934 --> 00:26:11,135
You ain't gonna
give me none?
Have one.

355
00:26:16,908 --> 00:26:18,876
Why are you so worked up?
Hmm?

356
00:26:21,913 --> 00:26:23,647
You wound up way too tight.

357
00:26:28,753 --> 00:26:30,354
Feel good, right?

358
00:26:30,356 --> 00:26:31,789
It feels okay.

359
00:26:31,791 --> 00:26:33,624
You know it feels good.

360
00:26:36,695 --> 00:26:38,929
Yeah, co, we gonna get it.
All right?

361
00:26:40,799 --> 00:26:42,166
We gonna get it.

362
00:26:47,072 --> 00:26:48,372
We gonna get it.

363
00:26:52,377 --> 00:26:54,311
Guess who's blowin'
you up on Twitter.

364
00:26:56,615 --> 00:26:59,316
Derek Morris at
derekinspace writes,

365
00:26:59,318 --> 00:27:02,019
"students, next time
you can't get your way

366
00:27:02,021 --> 00:27:04,989
"don't go
running to the teacher.
#freshmanfail."

367
00:27:04,991 --> 00:27:07,091
That's not me.

368
00:27:07,093 --> 00:27:08,626
Girl, you know it is.

369
00:27:09,861 --> 00:27:12,096
What's his handle?

370
00:27:12,098 --> 00:27:15,299
They can keep me
out of class, but they
can't keep me off Twitter.

371
00:27:15,301 --> 00:27:17,034
You gotta turn
everything into a battle?

372
00:27:31,916 --> 00:27:33,884
Check this out.

373
00:27:33,886 --> 00:27:36,286
That little hip-hop diva
is putting you on blast.

374
00:27:51,202 --> 00:27:53,070
Let her in.

375
00:27:55,740 --> 00:27:58,308
The iambic pentameter

376
00:27:58,310 --> 00:28:02,846
is the most common way
of writing poetry.

377
00:28:02,848 --> 00:28:04,682
Can you repeat that?

378
00:28:04,684 --> 00:28:07,051
Iambic pentameter.

379
00:28:07,053 --> 00:28:09,019
I want you to know this.

380
00:28:09,021 --> 00:28:11,755
I want you to take her home,
ride her all night
if you will.

381
00:28:11,757 --> 00:28:14,758
But please,
do not marry the bitch.

382
00:28:16,729 --> 00:28:20,230
Well, this week's
assignment was for you
to write something

383
00:28:20,232 --> 00:28:21,932
that scares you.

384
00:28:21,934 --> 00:28:24,001
Who's willing to share
what they've written?

385
00:28:25,070 --> 00:28:28,005
Let's see. Coco Ford?

386
00:28:29,908 --> 00:28:32,076
You only let me
in class today.

387
00:28:32,078 --> 00:28:34,144
I'm aware of that.

388
00:28:34,146 --> 00:28:38,048
But you are responsible
for your assignments.

389
00:28:38,050 --> 00:28:42,052
You did receive the email
with your assignment
and the reading?

390
00:28:42,054 --> 00:28:44,188
Yes?

391
00:28:44,190 --> 00:28:46,857
I did the reading.
I just didn't have time
to finish the assignment.

392
00:28:46,859 --> 00:28:48,892
I only had a few hours.

393
00:28:48,894 --> 00:28:49,960
Oh.

394
00:28:50,729 --> 00:28:53,831
Try to keep up.

395
00:28:53,833 --> 00:28:57,201
As part of your curriculum,
you are expected to attend

396
00:28:57,203 --> 00:29:03,040
at least one of Mr. Morris'
weekly slam poetry
field trips.

397
00:29:04,375 --> 00:29:07,144
Mr. Morris,
where is it this week?

398
00:29:07,146 --> 00:29:10,948
This week,
guys, we're gonna be heading
to the nuyorican poetry slam.

399
00:29:14,853 --> 00:29:18,055
<i> Welcome to the house</i>
<i> Miguel algarin built.</i>

400
00:29:19,859 --> 00:29:25,362
<i> A mix of nuyorican soul</i>
<i> and neighborhood hustle.</i>

401
00:29:25,364 --> 00:29:28,132
Here, you can learn
your love's truest name

402
00:29:28,134 --> 00:29:31,101
and claim
the reign to victory.

403
00:29:31,103 --> 00:29:35,939
Here, you get to be
whoever you want to be.
And more.

404
00:29:38,343 --> 00:29:43,947
Welcome to the house
of smooth lyrics
and slam poetry.

405
00:29:45,216 --> 00:29:48,519
Slick talk
and real heartbeats.

406
00:29:50,021 --> 00:29:53,056
Here time stands still.

407
00:29:59,564 --> 00:30:03,300
The vibe tonight,
we takin' it higher
than we ever been.

408
00:30:05,171 --> 00:30:07,838
Our first poet,
Adam falkner.

409
00:30:18,083 --> 00:30:20,951
I can't believe
all these people
are here for poetry.

410
00:30:22,988 --> 00:30:26,290
The whitest thing.
Owning your own white guilt
isn't cool yet.

411
00:30:26,292 --> 00:30:29,493
Listen, I'd like
to introduce two
of my new students.

412
00:30:29,495 --> 00:30:30,594
This is coco.

413
00:30:30,596 --> 00:30:32,563
Hi.
Hey. How you doin'?

414
00:30:32,565 --> 00:30:34,431
I'm well, thank you.
Nice to meet you.

415
00:30:34,433 --> 00:30:36,099
And this is Julie.

416
00:30:36,101 --> 00:30:37,568
- How you doin', Julie?
- Hi.

417
00:30:37,570 --> 00:30:40,237
This right here, guys,
is the man. Coltrane.

418
00:30:40,239 --> 00:30:42,606
He's a pillar
of New York's
poetry community.

419
00:30:42,608 --> 00:30:45,943
And he knows
professor Dixon pretty well.

420
00:30:45,945 --> 00:30:47,978
Has she made your
life miserable, yet?

421
00:30:49,081 --> 00:30:50,981
I see you know her
very well.

422
00:30:50,983 --> 00:30:54,451
Yes, very, very well.
She's my wife.

423
00:30:54,453 --> 00:30:57,354
Well, I'm sorry
to hear that.

424
00:30:57,356 --> 00:31:01,458
Of all the street
compliments I get
walking down the street

425
00:31:01,460 --> 00:31:04,628
"ga gless you, ma"
is my favorite.

426
00:31:04,630 --> 00:31:06,163
So what's your thing?

427
00:31:06,165 --> 00:31:08,565
She's a rapper that
doesn't like poetry.

428
00:31:08,567 --> 00:31:09,967
Oh, come on.

429
00:31:09,969 --> 00:31:13,036
Perfect. Perfect, coco.

430
00:31:13,038 --> 00:31:16,173
Because you're
gonna be a judge.

431
00:31:17,075 --> 00:31:19,243
No.
Yes.

432
00:31:19,245 --> 00:31:23,046
You can do it, you can do it.
Don't worry about it.
You got taste?

433
00:31:23,048 --> 00:31:24,114
Mmm.

434
00:31:24,116 --> 00:31:25,916
All right, great.

435
00:31:25,918 --> 00:31:28,285
Clip the keratin armor
until your nails are slick.

436
00:31:28,287 --> 00:31:30,654
Keep each operation uniform.
Rank, file, top, sides.

437
00:31:30,656 --> 00:31:33,557
Push back the enemy cuticles
with oil and lotion.

438
00:31:33,559 --> 00:31:36,994
The chemical arsenal
of a vietnamese
manicurist named chien.

439
00:31:36,996 --> 00:31:38,662
A name that means "war."

440
00:31:38,664 --> 00:31:41,665
Even oceans away,
she carries
the war like a name.

441
00:31:41,667 --> 00:31:44,301
She's bent over,
scrubbing your fingers.

442
00:31:44,303 --> 00:31:47,404
The cuticle foliage remind her

443
00:31:47,406 --> 00:31:51,074
of slaughtered soldiers,
her dead father,
her sister buried alive.

444
00:31:52,076 --> 00:31:53,510
"Tell me what color
you like."

445
00:31:53,512 --> 00:31:55,612
Judges,
let me see those scorecards.

446
00:31:55,614 --> 00:31:57,314
We got an 8.5.

447
00:31:58,082 --> 00:31:59,650
A 9.5.

448
00:32:01,519 --> 00:32:03,420
I see a 10 over there.

449
00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:11,361
We got a 7 right here.

450
00:32:17,035 --> 00:32:19,536
Uh, okay.
Damn!

451
00:32:19,538 --> 00:32:21,305
People take this seriously.

452
00:32:21,307 --> 00:32:23,307
Now perhaps I should
start this poem

453
00:32:23,309 --> 00:32:26,243
by informing you
that I am bilingual.

454
00:32:26,245 --> 00:32:30,113
That the queen's English
that I speak so eloquently
before you now

455
00:32:30,115 --> 00:32:32,115
is not my
first language, no.

456
00:32:32,117 --> 00:32:34,051
My grandmother
never used such diction

457
00:32:34,053 --> 00:32:37,454
when she spoke me up
in the welfare line
amongst the other dwellers.

458
00:32:37,456 --> 00:32:40,991
Or when she called down to me
from the project
window for dinner, no.

459
00:32:40,993 --> 00:32:43,193
We spoke a more
Southern-fried English.

460
00:32:45,564 --> 00:32:49,132
I am a be-hyphen-ginner
and my moves shall
remain inadequate

461
00:32:49,134 --> 00:32:52,336
until these hands
can rip the skull
from out of my lips

462
00:32:52,338 --> 00:32:55,072
and hand deliver
you perfection.

463
00:32:55,074 --> 00:32:58,675
Brown body
collapses like cardboard
across the dance floor.

464
00:32:58,677 --> 00:33:00,377
Sarcophagus unlocked.

465
00:33:00,379 --> 00:33:03,613
Blades reveal,
blades reveal these bones.

466
00:33:03,615 --> 00:33:05,749
My Swiss army skeleton.

467
00:33:05,751 --> 00:33:08,251
Skull, flathead screwdriver,
finger bone,
switch shoulder, switchblade

468
00:33:08,253 --> 00:33:10,320
switch rib cage
keys cords cage.

469
00:33:10,322 --> 00:33:14,491
The b-boy's spinal cord
is key to pandora's
cardboard boom box.

470
00:33:14,493 --> 00:33:18,362
Click and rewind. Click.

471
00:33:18,364 --> 00:33:21,331
They scared o' you,
black boy.

472
00:33:21,333 --> 00:33:25,235
Do you see how they shiver
when you speak, young man?

473
00:33:25,237 --> 00:33:28,505
How they speed up
when you walk behind them
in your crown.

474
00:33:28,507 --> 00:33:31,675
When you become a king
and point your notebooks
at their temples.

475
00:33:31,677 --> 00:33:34,411
When you rob them
of their knowledge.

476
00:33:34,413 --> 00:33:37,481
When you carry your backpack
more than your basketball

477
00:33:37,483 --> 00:33:39,349
and pull your jeans
up off your boxers.

478
00:33:39,351 --> 00:33:41,451
When you put down your gloves
and stop fighting.

479
00:33:41,453 --> 00:33:43,253
When you pick up your gloves
and keep fighting.

480
00:33:43,255 --> 00:33:45,522
When you put
a rod in your spine

481
00:33:45,524 --> 00:33:47,257
and proclaim
you ain't ready to die.

482
00:33:47,259 --> 00:33:50,160
Take your place
as the chosen people.

483
00:33:51,497 --> 00:33:53,397
We have a 9.6.

484
00:33:53,399 --> 00:33:55,165
And we got an 8.

485
00:33:56,567 --> 00:33:58,535
We got a 10.

486
00:34:01,540 --> 00:34:04,174
I want y'all to give it up
for Derek Morris, y'all.

487
00:34:04,776 --> 00:34:06,643
Um...

488
00:34:06,645 --> 00:34:09,212
Sounds of
apologetic hearts breaking

489
00:34:09,214 --> 00:34:12,416
have been my life's anthem
since I was 16 years old.

490
00:34:12,418 --> 00:34:16,753
Cultivating the platform
for this now 21 year old
monument of a man

491
00:34:17,789 --> 00:34:20,157
who's afraid of commitment.

492
00:34:20,159 --> 00:34:21,825
I saw it first
in my father.

493
00:34:21,827 --> 00:34:23,794
When I realized
that he was afraid

494
00:34:23,796 --> 00:34:25,829
of heights midair
of jumping the broom.

495
00:34:25,831 --> 00:34:29,166
Attracted to women
quick to tie knots
like boy scouts.

496
00:34:29,168 --> 00:34:31,535
While simultaneously
making ones in the womb.

497
00:34:31,537 --> 00:34:34,438
These were wavering women.

498
00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:36,373
Willing to
compromise their morals

499
00:34:36,375 --> 00:34:38,775
for the maintenance of morale.

500
00:34:38,777 --> 00:34:43,613
Wailing women who viewed
my father's infidelity
like a crucifixion.

501
00:34:44,715 --> 00:34:47,084
I wonder how god felt

502
00:34:47,086 --> 00:34:51,354
when he saw his own son die
due to a flaw
within his own system.

503
00:34:51,356 --> 00:34:53,824
Or how my father feels

504
00:34:53,826 --> 00:34:56,560
when he sees his own son
strive to be nothing like him

505
00:34:56,562 --> 00:34:58,795
so therefore
resembles his victims.

506
00:35:03,668 --> 00:35:07,871
Do either of them
live vicariously
through their children?

507
00:35:07,873 --> 00:35:11,541
Or look away as they
go through hell and back.

508
00:35:12,677 --> 00:35:14,111
Thank you.

509
00:35:15,380 --> 00:35:18,648
Loved the poem,
hated his delivery.

510
00:35:18,650 --> 00:35:20,784
Are we havin' fun
here tonight or what?

511
00:35:27,325 --> 00:35:29,259
All right,
i wanna see some scores.

512
00:35:29,694 --> 00:35:31,328
8.2.

513
00:35:33,598 --> 00:35:36,299
We got a 9.5.

514
00:35:36,301 --> 00:35:38,135
We got a 9.

515
00:35:39,237 --> 00:35:41,171
And we got a 6.5.

516
00:35:43,375 --> 00:35:44,774
She took him out.

517
00:35:44,776 --> 00:35:46,343
Oh, damn.

518
00:35:48,779 --> 00:35:51,248
Remember,
for the next two months

519
00:35:51,250 --> 00:35:53,250
the winners of
each weekly slam

520
00:35:53,252 --> 00:35:56,853
will compete for a spot
on my 5 boros slam team.

521
00:35:56,855 --> 00:36:00,524
Representing New York City
on labor day weekend

522
00:36:00,526 --> 00:36:02,459
in the national competition.

523
00:36:03,762 --> 00:36:05,729
He didn't mention
anything about that.

524
00:36:07,266 --> 00:36:09,366
And tonight we have
our first finalist.

525
00:36:09,368 --> 00:36:12,435
The winner of
this weekly slam.

526
00:36:12,437 --> 00:36:15,805
I want y'all to give it up
for Vanessa hidary.

527
00:36:17,876 --> 00:36:19,242
Peace, y'all.

528
00:36:26,918 --> 00:36:28,485
Derek.

529
00:36:32,223 --> 00:36:36,293
Hey. I just wanted to say
that your poems
are really good.

530
00:36:36,295 --> 00:36:38,962
So, what,
you gave me low scores
just to mess with me?

531
00:36:38,964 --> 00:36:40,697
No, not at all, I just...

532
00:36:40,699 --> 00:36:44,501
Listen,
this may be a joke to you

533
00:36:44,503 --> 00:36:46,836
but that 5 boros slam team
is important to me.

534
00:36:48,439 --> 00:36:50,707
I just think
your performance
could have been better.

535
00:36:53,878 --> 00:36:56,646
And you know this
because you get up on a stage

536
00:36:56,648 --> 00:37:00,750
and say whatever shit
comes into your mind
and think that's poetry.

537
00:37:02,788 --> 00:37:05,522
You know what?
Save your constructive
bullshit for your homies.

538
00:37:06,257 --> 00:37:07,791
Goodnight.

539
00:37:07,793 --> 00:37:09,326
My homies?

540
00:37:09,860 --> 00:37:09,859
That went well.

541
00:37:12,396 --> 00:37:14,264
I told ya
you could be a good judge.

542
00:37:14,266 --> 00:37:17,334
But damn,
his students usually
give him a good score.

543
00:38:05,650 --> 00:38:09,019
Very nice,
miss Ford, very nice.

544
00:38:09,021 --> 00:38:10,453
Thank you.

545
00:38:10,455 --> 00:38:14,524
You've got
the voice and the snaps.

546
00:38:14,526 --> 00:38:16,893
A real crowd pleaser.

547
00:38:16,895 --> 00:38:20,497
But is that really
all you have to say?

548
00:38:21,832 --> 00:38:25,402
Really, Mr. Morris,
what was that?

549
00:38:26,337 --> 00:38:28,772
That was a rap.

550
00:38:28,774 --> 00:38:30,507
This nigga.

551
00:38:30,509 --> 00:38:33,543
Precisely.

552
00:38:33,545 --> 00:38:38,615
Miss Ford, please,
care enough to
learn the difference.

553
00:38:49,894 --> 00:38:53,363
It's poetry, not rap.
Poetry, not rap.

554
00:38:55,734 --> 00:38:58,001
Whatever.

555
00:39:24,662 --> 00:39:27,364
Miss Ford, I like the rap.

556
00:39:27,366 --> 00:39:30,767
But I liked it better
when mos def did it
10 years ago.

557
00:39:30,769 --> 00:39:35,405
We are going to keep this up
until you write a poem.

558
00:39:35,407 --> 00:39:37,474
If everybody else
in here can get that,

559
00:39:37,476 --> 00:39:39,809
I don't understand
why you can't.

560
00:39:39,811 --> 00:39:43,680
What is wrong with you?
What is your problem?

561
00:39:43,682 --> 00:39:46,116
Children, please, understand,

562
00:39:46,118 --> 00:39:49,619
this university
already has your money.

563
00:39:50,621 --> 00:39:52,956
I already have your money.

564
00:39:52,958 --> 00:39:55,992
You may as well
learn something.

565
00:39:58,764 --> 00:40:00,130
Dixon's not here.

566
00:40:00,132 --> 00:40:01,564
I came to see you.

567
00:40:03,567 --> 00:40:05,535
I'm looking for some advice.

568
00:40:05,537 --> 00:40:07,470
Yeah, well, my advice to you,

569
00:40:07,472 --> 00:40:10,740
if you don't
respect the curriculum,
drop the class.

570
00:40:10,742 --> 00:40:13,710
I wasn't trying to
be disrespectful.

571
00:40:13,712 --> 00:40:15,578
Poetry is just
harder than I thought.

572
00:40:16,781 --> 00:40:18,748
But I'm gonna get it.

573
00:40:18,750 --> 00:40:22,051
Oh, well, thank you so,
so much for sharing
that with us.

574
00:40:30,928 --> 00:40:32,862
Do you know
what Dixon meant
when she said

575
00:40:32,864 --> 00:40:35,765
I need to learn
the difference between
a rap and a poem?

576
00:40:35,767 --> 00:40:38,668
I mean,
i thought I knew,

577
00:40:38,670 --> 00:40:42,205
but I obviously don't.

578
00:40:42,207 --> 00:40:47,877
Look, rap,
when you break it down,
is 95% bragging and boasting.

579
00:40:47,879 --> 00:40:51,514
Poetry is more about truth
and introspection.

580
00:40:51,516 --> 00:40:54,083
Nas, biggie,
Kendrick Lamar,

581
00:40:54,085 --> 00:40:56,719
plenty of rappers
are truthful
and introspective.

582
00:40:56,721 --> 00:40:58,455
And that's exactly
why they stand out.

583
00:40:58,457 --> 00:41:00,857
Put some real emotion
into it.

584
00:41:00,859 --> 00:41:02,158
Tell me how you really feel.

585
00:41:03,627 --> 00:41:07,163
My feelings. Right.

586
00:41:07,165 --> 00:41:09,699
'Cause that's what
niggas is tryin' to hear
at the strip club?

587
00:41:09,701 --> 00:41:11,234
My feelings?

588
00:41:11,236 --> 00:41:13,503
I should burst into tears
in the middle of a battle.

589
00:41:13,505 --> 00:41:15,238
Then maybe
I'll sell lots of records.

590
00:41:15,240 --> 00:41:17,507
You're never
gonna sell any records

591
00:41:17,509 --> 00:41:20,877
if you don't start
putting more of yourself
into your music. Okay?

592
00:41:20,879 --> 00:41:24,681
So buy a journal and
a separate rhyme book.
Make sure you keep your notes.

593
00:41:24,683 --> 00:41:28,485
You know what?
I'm good. Never mind.

594
00:41:32,156 --> 00:41:33,790
Oh, so you're mad now?

595
00:41:34,725 --> 00:41:37,560
Good. Use it.

596
00:41:37,562 --> 00:41:39,496
Don't push it away.

597
00:41:39,498 --> 00:41:42,866
I'm not mad.
You can't make me mad.

598
00:41:42,868 --> 00:41:46,269
Okay then. So, whatever
this not mad thing
you got going on,

599
00:41:46,271 --> 00:41:48,037
write about it.

600
00:41:48,039 --> 00:41:51,140
You should feel pain
when you write.

601
00:41:51,142 --> 00:41:54,577
Listen coco, if your art
doesn't make you
feel uncomfortable

602
00:41:54,579 --> 00:41:57,947
then you're not
going deep enough.
And that's plain and simple.

603
00:41:57,949 --> 00:41:59,582
You really believe
that shit?

604
00:42:00,618 --> 00:42:03,219
I live that. Okay?

605
00:42:08,092 --> 00:42:10,293
Mmm. I don't
work like that.

606
00:42:10,295 --> 00:42:12,262
Rap is what I escape to.

607
00:42:12,264 --> 00:42:13,963
Well,

608
00:42:17,034 --> 00:42:19,969
that's your problem.

609
00:42:19,971 --> 00:42:22,939
And that's the difference
between a rap and a poem.

610
00:43:07,151 --> 00:43:09,085
Sea, water, body.

611
00:43:09,087 --> 00:43:11,254
Moonlight.

612
00:43:11,256 --> 00:43:14,223
Fresh fish flakes
in my mouth.

613
00:43:14,225 --> 00:43:17,694
Love's words
match love's touch.

614
00:43:17,696 --> 00:43:20,897
How to forget me
and do you.

615
00:43:23,968 --> 00:43:25,602
Let's go, sweetheart.

616
00:43:25,604 --> 00:43:28,071
You can't relate
to what I'm sayin'.

617
00:43:28,073 --> 00:43:30,006
Everybody leave.

618
00:43:30,008 --> 00:43:32,041
Coco got big dreams.

619
00:43:32,043 --> 00:43:34,243
God, hear me, please.

620
00:43:56,967 --> 00:43:58,735
Thanks for
meeting me here.

621
00:44:04,008 --> 00:44:05,241
Okay...

622
00:44:09,213 --> 00:44:12,181
Look, it doesn't
have to rhyme, you know.

623
00:44:12,183 --> 00:44:14,784
Like, rhyming over a beat
is cool and things,

624
00:44:14,786 --> 00:44:18,421
but you've gotta
be really careful
with spoken word poetry.

625
00:44:18,423 --> 00:44:21,758
It can sound
a little bit cheesy.
Like Dr. Seuss.

626
00:44:21,760 --> 00:44:24,761
And distracting you
from what you're
really trying to say.

627
00:44:27,064 --> 00:44:28,331
You just need to
dig deeper.

628
00:44:32,269 --> 00:44:35,905
Okay, let's try something.
Yeah?

629
00:44:35,907 --> 00:44:38,975
Look out the window
and tell me what you see.

630
00:44:45,115 --> 00:44:46,382
I see
the doo-doo brown river.

631
00:44:47,184 --> 00:44:48,785
And some...

632
00:44:48,787 --> 00:44:50,319
Rusty old bridge.

633
00:44:50,321 --> 00:44:52,188
Some dirty projects.

634
00:44:52,190 --> 00:44:56,459
And some big houses
with a bunch of rich people
living in them.

635
00:44:56,461 --> 00:44:59,395
You're looking,
but you're not seeing.

636
00:45:02,366 --> 00:45:05,735
When I look out that window,
i don't see a dirty
doo-doo brown river.

637
00:45:06,704 --> 00:45:09,472
I see the agent of the sea.

638
00:45:09,474 --> 00:45:10,940
That brings life with it.

639
00:45:10,942 --> 00:45:12,975
That separates two worlds.

640
00:45:12,977 --> 00:45:14,277
And that bridge?

641
00:45:14,279 --> 00:45:16,245
That bridge is
the portal between them.

642
00:45:16,247 --> 00:45:19,382
Where it allows people
to grow and come
together and learn.

643
00:45:19,384 --> 00:45:20,850
And this,
where we are right now,

644
00:45:20,852 --> 00:45:23,219
this institution
houses great minds.

645
00:45:23,221 --> 00:45:25,722
Scientists, lawyers,
professors, philanthropists,

646
00:45:25,724 --> 00:45:27,957
and yes, poets.

647
00:45:27,959 --> 00:45:30,059
This is where
rappers come to die.

648
00:45:30,961 --> 00:45:33,096
So when I look at you...

649
00:45:33,098 --> 00:45:37,500
I see a girl who is afraid
to Pierce that veil
on a calculated cool.

650
00:45:37,502 --> 00:45:40,236
What's inside
might hurt her.

651
00:45:40,238 --> 00:45:43,973
When you can go deep enough
inside yourself
your work will be incredible.

652
00:45:46,243 --> 00:45:48,044
And you know what
the best part of it all is?

653
00:45:49,980 --> 00:45:51,180
It doesn't have to rhyme.

654
00:46:10,267 --> 00:46:11,968
"Pick a topic
you believe in.

655
00:46:11,970 --> 00:46:13,336
"Something you're
passionate about..."

656
00:46:43,333 --> 00:46:45,835
Miss coco Ford,
what do you have for us?

657
00:47:03,387 --> 00:47:06,556
"Displacement of
low income residents.

658
00:47:06,558 --> 00:47:10,193
"The poor folk,
the lower class,
the impoverished.

659
00:47:10,195 --> 00:47:12,595
"The blacks and the browns.

660
00:47:12,597 --> 00:47:16,065
"We used to scare 'em.
They used to
think us dangerous.

661
00:47:16,067 --> 00:47:19,335
"Dropped heads, averted gazes.
Clutched bags.

662
00:47:19,337 --> 00:47:22,939
"Walks quicken to a sprint
when we walk past.

663
00:47:22,941 --> 00:47:24,440
"Or they saw us
on the corner,

664
00:47:24,442 --> 00:47:27,543
"god forbid we met eyes
or brushed shoulders.

665
00:47:27,545 --> 00:47:29,178
"Before there
was williamsburg,

666
00:47:29,180 --> 00:47:31,214
"it was the south side
and the north side.

667
00:47:31,216 --> 00:47:34,317
"Before there was
east williamsburg,
it was bushwick.

668
00:47:34,319 --> 00:47:36,219
"Places they
never even thought of
walking through

669
00:47:36,221 --> 00:47:39,155
"before there were
white folk there.

670
00:47:39,157 --> 00:47:41,123
"There were no trash cans
on our street corners.

671
00:47:41,125 --> 00:47:43,326
"No yellow taxis
driving through.

672
00:47:43,328 --> 00:47:45,361
"No bike racks
and no dog parks.

673
00:47:45,363 --> 00:47:48,497
"Even though
we've always had bikes
and we always had dogs.

674
00:47:48,499 --> 00:47:53,269
"And even though we some days
get tired too, we had
no benches to rest on."

675
00:48:02,646 --> 00:48:04,313
Mmm-hmm.

676
00:48:09,186 --> 00:48:10,620
I'm amazed
how amazing that was.

677
00:48:13,257 --> 00:48:15,224
Well, check you out.

678
00:48:15,226 --> 00:48:16,459
You nailed it.

679
00:48:17,461 --> 00:48:19,028
Really?

680
00:48:19,030 --> 00:48:21,664
'Cause all I heard
was, "mmm-hmm."

681
00:48:21,666 --> 00:48:24,533
You kidding me?
That was
the ultimate compliment.

682
00:48:24,535 --> 00:48:26,936
She was digesting it.
You made her think and feel.

683
00:48:26,938 --> 00:48:28,271
Excuse me.

684
00:48:30,274 --> 00:48:32,909
Well, then,
i guess you broke me down.

685
00:48:32,911 --> 00:48:33,976
You know what?

686
00:48:35,913 --> 00:48:38,281
Why don't we go out
and celebrate or something?

687
00:48:38,283 --> 00:48:39,682
Nothin' crazy, just...

688
00:48:41,151 --> 00:48:42,218
A bit of food.

689
00:48:43,520 --> 00:48:45,354
I got somethin' we can do.

690
00:48:45,356 --> 00:48:47,290
Check out
a little bit of my world.

691
00:48:47,292 --> 00:48:49,025
And what does
that mean exactly?

692
00:48:49,027 --> 00:48:51,994
Drop down to
killah hill 10304.

693
00:48:51,996 --> 00:48:54,030
What you know
about killah hill?

694
00:48:54,032 --> 00:48:55,264
Come on.

695
00:52:01,751 --> 00:52:04,520
Now, get ready for
some real hip-hop.

696
00:52:41,525 --> 00:52:43,359
This place
is something else.

697
00:52:43,361 --> 00:52:45,494
They call it the gym.

698
00:52:45,496 --> 00:52:47,763
Whenever I need a workout,
i come out here and
soak up all the flows.

699
00:52:49,266 --> 00:52:52,268
Then afterwards,
we come up here and drink.

700
00:52:52,270 --> 00:52:53,936
Do you drink?

701
00:52:53,938 --> 00:52:55,571
Tip a glass or two.

702
00:53:07,785 --> 00:53:09,518
Peace, peace, kid.

703
00:53:09,520 --> 00:53:10,819
What's your name, man?

704
00:53:10,821 --> 00:53:12,254
I'm Derek, bro.

705
00:53:12,256 --> 00:53:14,790
Oh, Drake,
nice to meet you, bro.

706
00:53:14,792 --> 00:53:16,559
Where you from,
Derek?

707
00:53:16,561 --> 00:53:18,460
Just outside London.

708
00:53:18,462 --> 00:53:21,430
That explains
why dude sounds like
Harry Potter. Right?

709
00:53:22,633 --> 00:53:26,402
So, I mean
what you into, Derek?

710
00:53:26,404 --> 00:53:28,871
Uh... I'd like
to be a poet.

711
00:53:30,907 --> 00:53:32,975
Nah, I mean, it...

712
00:53:32,977 --> 00:53:34,410
Did I say
something funny or...

713
00:53:34,412 --> 00:53:35,878
Real fuckin'
funny, man.

714
00:53:35,880 --> 00:53:38,914
I thought most rappers
consider themselves poets.

715
00:53:38,916 --> 00:53:41,917
Nah, we rap and shit.
We ain't with
that poetry, y'all.

716
00:53:44,588 --> 00:53:46,488
You're a funny dude.

717
00:53:47,958 --> 00:53:50,292
What the fuck was that?

718
00:53:50,294 --> 00:53:53,796
Man, yo, son,
you know what, son?
Definitely drew his beard in.

719
00:53:53,798 --> 00:53:55,331
He drew that shit in.

720
00:53:55,333 --> 00:53:56,699
He painted that shit on.
I don't like it.

721
00:53:58,301 --> 00:53:59,602
Here we go,
here we go.

722
00:54:15,652 --> 00:54:18,254
I think I can do that.

723
00:54:18,256 --> 00:54:20,022
Yo, co, co,
you ready to go?

724
00:54:20,024 --> 00:54:21,590
Listen, mate,
she's with me.

725
00:54:21,592 --> 00:54:23,559
This your new man?

726
00:54:24,361 --> 00:54:25,995
He's a friend.

727
00:54:25,997 --> 00:54:29,632
Friend?
Yeah good, good, good.
We all need friends.

728
00:54:29,634 --> 00:54:31,967
Even poets.

729
00:54:31,969 --> 00:54:33,702
Come on,
we got work to catch up on,
let's go.

730
00:54:33,704 --> 00:54:35,304
Listen, take your hands
off her, bro.

731
00:54:35,805 --> 00:54:37,673
Oh.

732
00:54:37,675 --> 00:54:39,408
Yeah.
Chill out, Malik.

733
00:54:39,410 --> 00:54:41,310
I'll see you tomorrow.

734
00:54:41,312 --> 00:54:43,412
That's a real good idea,
I'll see you tomorrow.

735
00:54:43,414 --> 00:54:44,613
Right.
Gosh.

736
00:54:50,520 --> 00:54:51,720
Look at you.

737
00:54:55,492 --> 00:54:56,892
I got somewhere
i wanna take you.

738
00:55:06,736 --> 00:55:09,471
Back up off me, nigga.
What the fuck
are you gonna do?

739
00:55:09,473 --> 00:55:10,673
You better
watch yourself, son.

740
00:55:10,675 --> 00:55:12,041
What the fuck
are you gonna do?

741
00:55:12,043 --> 00:55:13,442
What you gonna do, huh?
Chill out, all right?

742
00:55:13,444 --> 00:55:14,677
Chill.
What, man, what?

743
00:55:14,679 --> 00:55:15,911
What, what, what?

744
00:55:15,913 --> 00:55:17,313
What, what, what?

745
00:55:19,416 --> 00:55:21,550
What you doin' up
on the rock, Derek?
Hey.

746
00:55:21,552 --> 00:55:23,085
I just am out here...
Yeah?

747
00:55:23,087 --> 00:55:25,487
Coco, this here's
my boy aj and Hassan.
'Sup?

748
00:55:25,489 --> 00:55:27,089
They were in
my class last year.
Are you good?

749
00:55:27,091 --> 00:55:29,091
I'm good, bro,
I'm good, I'm good.
You good?

750
00:55:29,093 --> 00:55:31,360
See you again. All right.
Take it easy.

751
00:55:35,065 --> 00:55:36,965
Was you worried
about me then?

752
00:55:36,967 --> 00:55:38,467
How adorable.

753
00:55:38,469 --> 00:55:40,836
No. I was about to
jump in for you.

754
00:55:40,838 --> 00:55:42,638
Have to save your light skin.

755
00:55:44,741 --> 00:55:47,042
I am Brooklyn, sometimes.

756
00:55:47,044 --> 00:55:50,512
And she is queen.

757
00:55:50,514 --> 00:55:54,583
And we, we're separated by
the cemetery of
sentimentality.

758
00:55:56,554 --> 00:55:59,655
Totally I would
take on a relation,
she gets ill with us.

759
00:55:59,657 --> 00:56:02,624
The thrill with us
is the break up to make up.

760
00:56:02,626 --> 00:56:05,994
Two together define,
yet unrefined and pure.

761
00:56:05,996 --> 00:56:10,032
So, when I'm at her crib,
i leave my timberlands
at the door.

762
00:56:10,034 --> 00:56:13,802
Mint tea and a spliff
and let's hold each other
on the couch.

763
00:56:13,804 --> 00:56:17,373
Tellin' each other
that without, without
knowledge of self,

764
00:56:17,375 --> 00:56:19,141
knowledge is nothing.

765
00:56:21,111 --> 00:56:23,879
I'm Brooklyn, sometimes.

766
00:56:23,881 --> 00:56:25,681
And she is queen.

767
00:56:26,583 --> 00:56:29,485
And she reads a book to me

768
00:56:29,487 --> 00:56:32,388
about a man's invisibility.
Yes, about
a man's invisibility.

769
00:56:32,390 --> 00:56:36,892
But to her I am visible
and perceived with vision.

770
00:56:36,894 --> 00:56:39,161
You are full of
so many surprises.

771
00:56:42,499 --> 00:56:44,700
What are you looking at?

772
00:56:44,702 --> 00:56:46,502
You.

773
00:56:46,504 --> 00:56:48,504
You're freaking me out.

774
00:56:48,506 --> 00:56:50,005
I look that bad?

775
00:56:50,007 --> 00:56:52,875
You know, actually,
you don't look half bad.

776
00:56:52,877 --> 00:56:56,145
It's nothing a little
plastic surgery can't fix.

777
00:56:56,147 --> 00:56:58,981
No, really,
i know a good surgeon.
Mmm.

778
00:57:01,485 --> 00:57:05,020
Well, there's not one thing
I'd change about you.

779
00:57:05,022 --> 00:57:06,655
Unless, maybe I could
get like some

780
00:57:06,657 --> 00:57:08,724
brain surgery to,
like, get it taken out.

781
00:57:08,726 --> 00:57:10,659
Shut up.

782
00:57:10,661 --> 00:57:13,162
You must have been
a real brat
when you was a kid.

783
00:57:13,164 --> 00:57:15,464
I was shy. Very shy.

784
00:57:15,466 --> 00:57:17,933
Yeah, okay, and I was
the prince of wales.

785
00:57:17,935 --> 00:57:21,570
No, really.
I was a runt
when I was a little kid.

786
00:57:21,572 --> 00:57:24,540
And I got picked on a lot.

787
00:57:26,476 --> 00:57:28,010
My dad was my only friend.

788
00:57:29,846 --> 00:57:32,548
And I remember,
we'd have these
little rap battles

789
00:57:32,550 --> 00:57:36,084
and my favorite line
of his was

790
00:57:36,086 --> 00:57:38,954
"I'm the twinkle in your eye,
the tear in your cry,

791
00:57:38,956 --> 00:57:40,556
"the reason for your why.

792
00:57:40,558 --> 00:57:42,157
"So seek me.

793
00:57:42,159 --> 00:57:44,960
"As you learn to
love yourself better,
teach me."

794
00:57:44,962 --> 00:57:47,062
And I remember when
he would say that,

795
00:57:47,064 --> 00:57:50,799
I would just feel like
the most invincible
little kid in the world.

796
00:57:52,902 --> 00:57:55,537
But then he died.

797
00:57:55,539 --> 00:57:59,107
And Malik sort of took over
as my rap partner.

798
00:57:59,109 --> 00:58:02,678
Malik and those fools
have been
the only men in my life.

799
00:58:06,649 --> 00:58:07,716
Until now.

800
00:58:11,254 --> 00:58:13,522
Thank you.
For inviting me tonight.

801
00:58:15,258 --> 00:58:17,659
Thank you for
teaching me poetry.

802
00:59:36,306 --> 00:59:39,074
I had to
get out of there.

803
00:59:40,244 --> 00:59:43,145
Was it good?

804
00:59:43,147 --> 00:59:44,346
I can't explain it.

805
00:59:45,014 --> 00:59:46,949
He was so...

806
00:59:48,585 --> 00:59:49,751
Open.

807
00:59:49,753 --> 00:59:51,219
That kind of
freaked me out.

808
00:59:51,221 --> 00:59:54,222
You're just used to being
ignored and neglected.

809
00:59:54,224 --> 00:59:56,725
I like him for you.
You don't like him?

810
00:59:57,961 --> 00:59:59,962
Suppose he is
the love of your life.

811
00:59:59,964 --> 01:00:03,031
But how will you know
if you keep pushing him away?

812
01:00:03,033 --> 01:00:05,701
Well, if he's the love
of my life,

813
01:00:05,703 --> 01:00:07,035
then I don't
have to do anything.

814
01:00:07,037 --> 01:00:08,870
It'll happen, right?

815
01:00:08,872 --> 01:00:11,373
Speak of the devil.
I'm out of here.

816
01:00:20,617 --> 01:00:24,386
Now look,
i really don't want things
to be weird in class.

817
01:00:24,388 --> 01:00:28,690
So can we just pretend
nothing happened?

818
01:00:28,692 --> 01:00:29,825
Yeah?

819
01:00:32,128 --> 01:00:33,295
Okay.
Cool.

820
01:00:35,865 --> 01:00:36,932
Cool.

821
01:00:38,267 --> 01:00:39,401
Cool.

822
01:01:10,900 --> 01:01:12,367
It still needs to
be mixed properly.
No.

823
01:01:12,369 --> 01:01:14,903
Mixing won't make
the lyrics better.

824
01:01:14,905 --> 01:01:17,239
And the song structure sucks.

825
01:01:17,241 --> 01:01:18,940
We gotta dig
deeper than this.

826
01:01:18,942 --> 01:01:20,909
Let's just send it to naveen
and see what he says.

827
01:01:20,911 --> 01:01:22,444
We can't send this to naveen.

828
01:01:22,446 --> 01:01:24,980
We have one shot
with his ear.

829
01:01:24,982 --> 01:01:26,882
We don't wanna
fuck that up.

830
01:01:26,884 --> 01:01:28,817
So, we're just gonna
keep working
until we get it right.

831
01:01:28,819 --> 01:01:30,452
I'm done with
this demo shit.

832
01:01:30,454 --> 01:01:32,788
All right,
we damn near broke.

833
01:01:32,790 --> 01:01:35,724
We ain't battled in a month.
We ain't no snap
crackle pop-ass rappers.

834
01:01:35,726 --> 01:01:38,093
We ain't
no fuckin' sellouts.

835
01:01:38,095 --> 01:01:40,328
We need to stick to battles.
That's what we do.

836
01:01:40,330 --> 01:01:42,264
No, that's what you do.

837
01:01:42,266 --> 01:01:44,066
We are a group.

838
01:01:44,068 --> 01:01:45,767
And we made a commitment
to finish this demo,

839
01:01:45,769 --> 01:01:48,804
so that's what
we're gonna do.

840
01:01:48,806 --> 01:01:50,806
Reasons,
play the beat, please.

841
01:01:50,808 --> 01:01:52,240
Nah, nah, reason,
don't play shit.

842
01:01:52,242 --> 01:01:53,809
Don't play a motherfuckin'
thing, all right?

843
01:01:53,811 --> 01:01:55,877
Coco, you don't
run shit around here.

844
01:01:55,879 --> 01:01:57,946
And you don't run
shit around here
but your goddamn mouth.

845
01:01:57,948 --> 01:01:59,948
Yeah? This mouth
is gettin' us
all fuckin' paid.

846
01:01:59,950 --> 01:02:02,317
Where? Obviously,
not enough to buy some
fuckin' roach spray

847
01:02:02,319 --> 01:02:03,985
to spray the booth out.

848
01:02:08,224 --> 01:02:09,758
- Shut the fuck up!
- Fuck you.

849
01:02:09,760 --> 01:02:11,026
Exactly.
Talk to her.

850
01:02:11,028 --> 01:02:12,427
Fuck you.
Talk to her.

851
01:02:12,429 --> 01:02:14,196
I'm sick o' y'all
bickerin', man, for real.

852
01:02:14,198 --> 01:02:18,066
Can we please, please,
just focus for once?

853
01:02:18,068 --> 01:02:19,801
Reasons is right, y'all.

854
01:02:19,803 --> 01:02:21,303
Let's just focus
and get it done.

855
01:02:22,038 --> 01:02:23,238
Come on.

856
01:02:23,240 --> 01:02:24,773
<i> The sonnet</i>

857
01:02:24,775 --> 01:02:28,210
depicts love as
both pain and pleasure.

858
01:02:29,245 --> 01:02:32,214
As joy and anguish.

859
01:02:32,216 --> 01:02:34,483
As disdain and devotion.

860
01:02:35,284 --> 01:02:37,385
Relationships equate

861
01:02:37,387 --> 01:02:39,755
a surrendering of one's self.

862
01:02:40,523 --> 01:02:41,957
Mmm.

863
01:02:41,959 --> 01:02:44,159
Well, let's start here
next week.

864
01:02:48,965 --> 01:02:51,333
Hey, coco.
Wait up a minute.

865
01:02:54,170 --> 01:02:55,370
So, uh...

866
01:02:56,405 --> 01:02:57,839
How've you been?

867
01:02:58,341 --> 01:03:00,308
I'm good.

868
01:03:00,310 --> 01:03:02,043
Just been busy with my demo.

869
01:03:02,045 --> 01:03:05,080
Yeah, me, too, but I've been
working on my new poem.

870
01:03:05,082 --> 01:03:07,916
Still trying to get in
Coltrane's slam team.

871
01:03:07,918 --> 01:03:10,519
Just haven't got
the moves quite down.

872
01:03:10,521 --> 01:03:12,354
Don't switch up those moves.

873
01:03:14,891 --> 01:03:18,560
Look, I'm sorry about
what I said the other day.

874
01:03:20,196 --> 01:03:22,197
About what?

875
01:03:22,199 --> 01:03:24,166
About pretending
nothing happened.

876
01:03:25,301 --> 01:03:27,903
It's okay.

877
01:03:27,905 --> 01:03:31,840
We both just had
too much to drink and,
you know, shit happens.

878
01:03:33,509 --> 01:03:34,976
It's cool, though.

879
01:03:36,212 --> 01:03:37,279
Friends?

880
01:03:40,049 --> 01:03:41,850
Nah.
No?

881
01:03:41,852 --> 01:03:43,251
No.

882
01:03:43,253 --> 01:03:46,388
I want to be
more than friends.

883
01:03:48,891 --> 01:03:51,927
Coco Ford,
may I speak with you
for a moment, please?

884
01:04:06,943 --> 01:04:13,048
My husband and I are...
We're having
a salon on Saturday.

885
01:04:15,184 --> 01:04:16,251
I'd like you to come.

886
01:04:18,855 --> 01:04:21,122
Really?

887
01:04:21,124 --> 01:04:22,991
Don't tell anyone.

888
01:04:22,993 --> 01:04:24,559
But you can bring a date.

889
01:04:25,494 --> 01:04:26,928
Thanks.

890
01:04:39,275 --> 01:04:42,878
We have one shot to
get our songs right
for this record label.

891
01:04:42,880 --> 01:04:45,647
These guys
just don't get it.

892
01:04:45,649 --> 01:04:47,382
So, when is the showcase?

893
01:04:47,384 --> 01:04:48,950
Labor day.

894
01:04:48,952 --> 01:04:50,652
You comin'?

895
01:04:50,654 --> 01:04:52,921
Is that an invite?
Maybe.

896
01:04:54,424 --> 01:04:58,193
Look, listen, I have
an important question for you.

897
01:04:58,195 --> 01:04:59,594
Is it a really
important question or

898
01:04:59,596 --> 01:05:01,129
like, a dumb
important question?

899
01:05:01,131 --> 01:05:03,265
Course it's
an important question.

900
01:05:03,267 --> 01:05:06,067
Fire away.

901
01:05:06,069 --> 01:05:08,303
Why can't you tell me
what you and
Dixon whispered about?

902
01:05:08,305 --> 01:05:10,906
Hmm. What's it
worth to you?

903
01:05:11,974 --> 01:05:13,208
Let me see.

904
01:05:17,480 --> 01:05:19,347
Well, that's a start.

905
01:05:19,349 --> 01:05:22,417
But just to let you know
that it wasn't about you.

906
01:05:22,419 --> 01:05:25,553
Okay, so now you have
secrets with my boss,
i see what's goin' on.

907
01:05:25,555 --> 01:05:28,089
Fine. She invited me
to a salon.

908
01:05:29,992 --> 01:05:32,193
Seriously?
Yeah.

909
01:05:32,195 --> 01:05:33,695
So, is she gonna have a
bunch of hairdressers at
her house or something?

910
01:05:33,697 --> 01:05:36,298
Nah, nah, nah,
it's a poetry salon.

911
01:05:36,300 --> 01:05:39,935
It's where people go
and showcase
their work, their art.

912
01:05:40,636 --> 01:05:42,037
Are you going?

913
01:05:44,307 --> 01:05:45,507
I wasn't invited.

914
01:05:45,509 --> 01:05:47,275
She probably forgot.

915
01:05:47,277 --> 01:05:50,578
I wasn't invited
last year either.

916
01:05:50,580 --> 01:05:52,480
Just be careful with Dixon.

917
01:05:52,482 --> 01:05:54,482
She likes to toy with people.

918
01:05:54,484 --> 01:05:57,385
I do feel like I'm
finally starting to make
progress with her.

919
01:05:59,355 --> 01:06:03,992
Well, I'm just saying
you should keep an eye out.

920
01:06:03,994 --> 01:06:07,128
Well, she told me
to bring a date.

921
01:06:07,130 --> 01:06:09,497
So I'm gonna bring you.

922
01:06:09,499 --> 01:06:10,966
So you can watch out.

923
01:06:10,968 --> 01:06:12,600
In case anyone
tries anything tricky.

924
01:06:12,602 --> 01:06:14,202
Well, I'll be watchin'.

925
01:06:20,242 --> 01:06:22,277
You look great tonight.
Thank you.

926
01:06:25,314 --> 01:06:26,414
I think this is us.

927
01:06:32,521 --> 01:06:34,022
You make me laugh.

928
01:06:35,558 --> 01:06:37,325
Seriously, though
you are something.

929
01:06:37,327 --> 01:06:39,361
Coco.

930
01:06:39,363 --> 01:06:42,664
You've made it.
How are you, Mrs. Dixon?

931
01:06:42,666 --> 01:06:46,668
Thank you so much
for inviting me here.
Your house is amazing.

932
01:06:46,670 --> 01:06:49,337
I need to steal
her for a moment.

933
01:06:49,339 --> 01:06:50,572
I know you won't mind.

934
01:06:51,173 --> 01:06:53,108
Come.

935
01:06:53,110 --> 01:06:57,512
Coco, you are
such a good writer.

936
01:06:57,514 --> 01:07:02,217
You've advanced immeasurably
since your first assignment.

937
01:07:02,219 --> 01:07:05,420
It's actually miraculous.

938
01:07:05,422 --> 01:07:07,222
I've been working
like, really hard.

939
01:07:09,425 --> 01:07:12,460
You have a voice.

940
01:07:16,232 --> 01:07:17,298
Ah...

941
01:07:18,401 --> 01:07:20,301
The voice of a poet.

942
01:07:21,804 --> 01:07:23,071
I just...

943
01:07:25,808 --> 01:07:29,544
I just worry that
you're wasting your time

944
01:07:29,546 --> 01:07:32,447
with a lover that'll
never love you back.

945
01:07:33,382 --> 01:07:36,551
What? I don't understand.

946
01:07:36,553 --> 01:07:39,220
You're a smart woman, coco.

947
01:07:39,222 --> 01:07:43,358
Flirting with a ta
for a good grade?

948
01:07:43,360 --> 01:07:45,660
That's so beneath you.
No. No, no, no.

949
01:07:45,662 --> 01:07:47,762
It's not like that.

950
01:07:47,764 --> 01:07:49,664
Okay, well, I'll...

951
01:07:51,333 --> 01:07:52,734
I take it back.

952
01:07:53,569 --> 01:07:54,736
Come on.

953
01:07:55,805 --> 01:07:57,539
Coltrane.

954
01:07:57,541 --> 01:08:01,743
This is my most
promising student,
coco Ford.

955
01:08:01,745 --> 01:08:04,579
How you doin'?
I remember you
from the other night.

956
01:08:04,581 --> 01:08:07,182
Yeah, yeah.
You made your boy here lose.

957
01:08:08,551 --> 01:08:10,518
Coltrane and his slams.

958
01:08:10,520 --> 01:08:14,589
Everyone's always
trying to impress him so
they can make the new team.

959
01:08:14,591 --> 01:08:18,726
Well, baby, you know slam saw
where poetry was messin' up

960
01:08:18,728 --> 01:08:21,596
and I just wanna
make things right.
Hmm.

961
01:08:21,598 --> 01:08:24,799
You know,
it's a whole generation
of young poets like coco

962
01:08:24,801 --> 01:08:27,202
who have been
raised on hip-hop

963
01:08:27,204 --> 01:08:29,337
and brought up
by poets like us.

964
01:08:29,339 --> 01:08:31,739
This is our duty.
Yes.

965
01:08:31,741 --> 01:08:35,243
You do know how to
please young girls.

966
01:08:38,781 --> 01:08:40,548
Um...

967
01:08:40,550 --> 01:08:45,420
I'm going to read
in just a moment.

968
01:08:45,422 --> 01:08:46,821
You should come outside.

969
01:08:46,823 --> 01:08:48,389
What the fuck?

970
01:08:51,694 --> 01:08:58,533
Accompanying me is the
amazing and beautiful
Esperanza spalding.

971
01:09:07,476 --> 01:09:11,479
"I am the kind of
woman who loses things.

972
01:09:11,481 --> 01:09:16,851
"The kind of
woman who makes room
for a child she lost.

973
01:09:16,853 --> 01:09:20,655
"I am the kind of woman
who keeps the porch light on.

974
01:09:20,657 --> 01:09:22,323
"The kitchen light on.

975
01:09:22,325 --> 01:09:24,559
"The bathroom light on.

976
01:09:24,561 --> 01:09:27,162
"I am the kind of woman
who keeps the light on.

977
01:09:27,897 --> 01:09:29,464
"During sex.

978
01:09:30,299 --> 01:09:31,866
"During naptime.

979
01:09:31,868 --> 01:09:33,801
"After dark.

980
01:09:33,803 --> 01:09:36,204
"It is safe that way.

981
01:09:36,206 --> 01:09:40,808
"I am the kind of woman
who needs to feel safe.

982
01:09:40,810 --> 01:09:45,446
"The kind of woman
who has needs
that no one can satisfy.

983
01:09:46,682 --> 01:09:51,819
"I am never satisfied
with things god allows.

984
01:09:51,821 --> 01:09:55,790
"I am the kind of woman
who sins for entertainment.

985
01:09:55,792 --> 01:10:01,196
"Who says ugly things
about ugly people.

986
01:10:01,198 --> 01:10:04,666
"Who says even uglier things
about prettier people

987
01:10:04,668 --> 01:10:07,802
"who have been ugly to me.

988
01:10:07,804 --> 01:10:12,974
"I am the kind of woman
who is ugly for fun.

989
01:10:12,976 --> 01:10:15,910
"And god knows
i could be so much prettier.

990
01:10:17,379 --> 01:10:20,481
"I am the kind of woman

991
01:10:20,483 --> 01:10:24,219
"who uses her
vagina as a missile.

992
01:10:24,221 --> 01:10:30,558
"Who will beg your pardon,
if you ask for it.

993
01:10:30,560 --> 01:10:34,762
"Who will bust your head,
if you ask for it.

994
01:10:34,764 --> 01:10:40,268
"Who will help
you bust your nut,
if you ask for it.

995
01:10:42,438 --> 01:10:46,741
"I am the kind of woman
who says things like,

996
01:10:46,743 --> 01:10:49,911
"'don't ask me for shit.'

997
01:10:51,981 --> 01:10:57,885
"but I will give up
anything if you need it.

998
01:10:57,887 --> 01:10:59,554
"But be cautious.

999
01:11:00,489 --> 01:11:02,023
"Because I lose things.

1000
01:11:03,859 --> 01:11:05,593
"Like children."

1001
01:11:22,778 --> 01:11:26,381
Does anyone else
want to share tonight?

1002
01:11:26,383 --> 01:11:28,383
I mean,
who wants to follow that?

1003
01:11:28,385 --> 01:11:28,383
Coco Ford.

1004
01:11:31,053 --> 01:11:33,888
Miss Ford,
you wanna share anything?

1005
01:11:33,890 --> 01:11:35,790
I don't have
anything prepared.

1006
01:11:35,792 --> 01:11:37,325
Oh, come on.

1007
01:11:49,638 --> 01:11:51,806
Please, don't make me do this.

1008
01:11:51,808 --> 01:11:54,742
I don't like when
people tell me, "no."

1009
01:11:56,445 --> 01:12:01,316
Ladies and gentlemen,
this is my protege,

1010
01:12:01,318 --> 01:12:06,487
the very
opinionated and talented
hip-hop poet,

1011
01:12:06,489 --> 01:12:07,889
coco Ford.

1012
01:12:15,664 --> 01:12:17,732
I hope you like this.

1013
01:12:55,003 --> 01:12:57,004
That's enough. Thank you.

1014
01:12:58,140 --> 01:12:59,874
Thank you so much.

1015
01:12:59,876 --> 01:13:02,143
Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you.

1016
01:13:05,715 --> 01:13:09,684
She is both
talented and opinionated.

1017
01:13:13,555 --> 01:13:16,157
Well, you can see
how important it is

1018
01:13:16,159 --> 01:13:21,095
for all of us to continue
to uplift the unenlightened.

1019
01:13:25,701 --> 01:13:27,568
Coco.

1020
01:13:27,570 --> 01:13:29,003
Listen, we gotta
talk about this.

1021
01:13:29,005 --> 01:13:30,638
Nothing to
talk about. It's over.

1022
01:13:30,640 --> 01:13:32,073
I'm done.
Look, coco, wait.

1023
01:13:32,075 --> 01:13:33,674
Why would she
invite me out just to

1024
01:13:33,676 --> 01:13:35,143
embarrass me in front
of all of her friends?

1025
01:13:35,145 --> 01:13:37,645
Dixon likes to
toy with people.

1026
01:13:37,647 --> 01:13:40,648
It's like her
twisted way of teaching.

1027
01:13:40,650 --> 01:13:43,785
She actually believes that
hard lessons are poetic.

1028
01:13:43,787 --> 01:13:45,453
I'm dropping the course.

1029
01:13:46,688 --> 01:13:49,590
You have a gift.

1030
01:13:53,796 --> 01:13:56,631
But if we're
being perfectly honest
with ourselves.

1031
01:13:56,633 --> 01:13:58,466
What happened in there...
I know.

1032
01:13:58,468 --> 01:14:00,768
It was a rap, not a poem.

1033
01:14:00,770 --> 01:14:00,768
You said it, not me.

1034
01:14:04,072 --> 01:14:05,940
Come on, you.
Let's get out of here.

1035
01:14:09,011 --> 01:14:10,878
"As you learn to
love yourself better."

1036
01:14:11,947 --> 01:14:14,015
"Teach me.

1037
01:14:14,017 --> 01:14:16,017
"As you learn to
forgive yourself for failing."

1038
01:14:16,885 --> 01:14:17,952
"Teach me."

1039
01:14:22,192 --> 01:14:23,458
Ready? Switch.

1040
01:14:27,796 --> 01:14:29,564
"The way
the light shines through

1041
01:14:29,566 --> 01:14:31,566
"your window was
always brighter to me.

1042
01:14:31,568 --> 01:14:33,801
"The way the shadow
falls on your doorstep
is more inviting.

1043
01:14:34,903 --> 01:14:36,671
"You've shaken my world."

1044
01:14:36,673 --> 01:14:38,172
"You've awoken
my dreams."

1045
01:14:39,508 --> 01:14:40,975
"You free my soul."

1046
01:14:40,977 --> 01:14:42,610
"You set my goals."

1047
01:14:43,245 --> 01:14:44,846
"So...

1048
01:14:44,848 --> 01:14:46,614
"Come run with me."
"Come run with me."

1049
01:14:48,250 --> 01:14:50,852
That's beautiful.

1050
01:14:50,854 --> 01:14:53,921
Thank you.
Thank you.

1051
01:14:53,923 --> 01:14:55,490
Read it again.

1052
01:14:57,826 --> 01:14:59,260
I've got a better idea.

1053
01:15:30,292 --> 01:15:33,160
Really blows my mind.

1054
01:15:33,162 --> 01:15:35,563
The way he expresses
love with his words?

1055
01:15:35,565 --> 01:15:36,697
Quite magical.

1056
01:15:41,971 --> 01:15:43,804
Oh, don't get that.

1057
01:15:43,806 --> 01:15:46,073
Si's finest
can't have you today.

1058
01:15:47,309 --> 01:15:49,644
I have to get it.
It's my mom.

1059
01:15:51,046 --> 01:15:52,179
Hi, mom.

1060
01:15:52,181 --> 01:15:53,314
<i> Where are you?</i>

1061
01:15:53,316 --> 01:15:55,216
At my friend Derek's house.

1062
01:15:55,218 --> 01:15:56,784
<i> Honey, I need you.</i>

1063
01:15:56,786 --> 01:15:59,654
<i> Missy canceled.</i>
<i> You gotta come in.</i>

1064
01:15:59,656 --> 01:16:01,188
Really?

1065
01:16:01,190 --> 01:16:02,823
<i> Girl.</i>
Ma...

1066
01:16:03,859 --> 01:16:05,660
I'll be there in 20.

1067
01:16:09,231 --> 01:16:10,965
Sorry. I gotta go to work.

1068
01:16:12,100 --> 01:16:14,769
Couldn't we just
say no today?

1069
01:16:14,771 --> 01:16:17,805
No, I can't say
no to my mom.
I'll come with you.

1070
01:16:17,807 --> 01:16:19,707
What?

1071
01:16:19,709 --> 01:16:22,977
Thanks but no.
Stay and enjoy your weekend.

1072
01:16:22,979 --> 01:16:27,748
No, it's fine, I'm actually,
a specialty dishwasher person.

1073
01:16:29,819 --> 01:16:31,285
Coco, I think it's
time you realized that

1074
01:16:31,287 --> 01:16:33,955
I'm more than just
a poet with a pretty face.

1075
01:16:33,957 --> 01:16:37,224
And I make
a fantastic Shepherd's pie
with Yorkshire pudding.

1076
01:16:42,230 --> 01:16:44,665
Gonna go check in with mom.

1077
01:16:46,635 --> 01:16:47,702
Okay.

1078
01:16:55,744 --> 01:16:57,678
I don't care what you do.

1079
01:16:57,680 --> 01:16:59,847
I just need you to
boil those carrots
until they are mush.

1080
01:16:59,849 --> 01:17:02,383
We do not have
denture insurance
up in here.

1081
01:17:02,385 --> 01:17:04,018
Hi, mom.
Don't you "hi, mom" me.

1082
01:17:04,020 --> 01:17:05,386
Go put that apron on,
get to work.

1083
01:17:05,388 --> 01:17:07,655
And where were you last night?

1084
01:17:07,657 --> 01:17:10,257
And who is this new guy?
And why haven't I met him?

1085
01:17:10,259 --> 01:17:12,026
He's here.
What do you mean, "he here?"

1086
01:17:12,028 --> 01:17:13,928
You brought him here, girl?

1087
01:17:13,930 --> 01:17:16,797
I don't have time to entertain
the hip-hop nation.

1088
01:17:16,799 --> 01:17:19,333
He better not be out there
smoking dope with
old man Johnson.

1089
01:17:19,335 --> 01:17:21,869
Mom, chill.
It's not even like that.

1090
01:17:21,871 --> 01:17:25,039
And besides,
he insisted on helping.

1091
01:17:25,041 --> 01:17:28,142
Helping? Yeah, right.
Helping to eat my food.

1092
01:17:28,144 --> 01:17:31,045
Do I need to remind
you of your priorities,
young lady?

1093
01:17:31,047 --> 01:17:32,780
Where is he?

1094
01:17:36,852 --> 01:17:38,886
You guys all set? Fantastic.

1095
01:17:38,888 --> 01:17:41,122
Ladies, I'm gonna take
this dirty plate away.

1096
01:17:41,124 --> 01:17:43,824
I'll be back in two seconds
if you need anything else.

1097
01:17:43,826 --> 01:17:46,293
Guys, coffee?
Coffee. Coffee.

1098
01:17:46,295 --> 01:17:48,095
I've got you covered, okay?

1099
01:17:51,166 --> 01:17:53,300
Oh, he is a cutie.

1100
01:17:57,773 --> 01:17:59,707
I know that look.

1101
01:17:59,709 --> 01:18:00,941
Yes, I do.

1102
01:18:02,444 --> 01:18:03,711
Uh-huh.

1103
01:18:04,212 --> 01:18:05,780
Oh!

1104
01:18:09,918 --> 01:18:12,286
Mom, you're such a creep.

1105
01:18:12,288 --> 01:18:13,988
I like him.

1106
01:18:15,157 --> 01:18:17,324
Girl, go help that boy.

1107
01:18:17,326 --> 01:18:18,859
I got this.

1108
01:18:48,957 --> 01:18:51,092
You wrote that shit, co?

1109
01:18:51,094 --> 01:18:54,095
I wrote it as a poem,
actually. Play it again.

1110
01:19:08,977 --> 01:19:10,277
What do you think?

1111
01:19:12,514 --> 01:19:14,982
That shit cool, man.

1112
01:19:14,984 --> 01:19:17,251
So you a poet now
like your boy Harry Potter?

1113
01:19:17,253 --> 01:19:21,322
No, I'm a rapper who wants to
better herself with poetry.

1114
01:19:21,324 --> 01:19:25,459
I've written more
in the last month
than I have in years.

1115
01:19:29,531 --> 01:19:33,134
No, I ain't feeling it.
Or your whole new direction.

1116
01:19:33,136 --> 01:19:35,236
I mean, coco, it's cool
and all, but it doesn't

1117
01:19:35,238 --> 01:19:37,872
sound like any of
our other songs.

1118
01:19:37,874 --> 01:19:39,940
Well, this is where
I'm at right now, so...

1119
01:19:39,942 --> 01:19:43,077
I've been busting
my ass writing lyrics
and here you come.

1120
01:19:43,079 --> 01:19:45,146
On some hallmark
greeting card type shit?

1121
01:19:45,148 --> 01:19:49,016
I've had to rap around
your stupid thug fantasy
lyrics for years.

1122
01:19:49,018 --> 01:19:51,118
You could at least
just give me one song.

1123
01:19:56,224 --> 01:19:58,192
Save that shit for
a poetry reading.

1124
01:19:59,828 --> 01:20:01,529
Well, if I can't make
the music I want then

1125
01:20:01,531 --> 01:20:04,298
what's the point of
me being in the group?

1126
01:20:04,300 --> 01:20:06,200
Maybe you don't need
to be in the group.

1127
01:20:10,572 --> 01:20:12,173
Coke...
This is bullshit.

1128
01:20:12,175 --> 01:20:14,208
Coke, he didn't mean that.
Yes, I did.

1129
01:20:14,210 --> 01:20:16,177
Malik,
you didn't mean that shit.

1130
01:20:16,179 --> 01:20:18,145
You better
believe I did.

1131
01:20:25,453 --> 01:20:27,421
Yo, reas, play my shit.

1132
01:20:29,424 --> 01:20:30,858
Play that.

1133
01:20:31,259 --> 01:20:32,326
Yeah.

1134
01:20:42,470 --> 01:20:45,072
<i> Hi, it's Derek.</i>
<i> You've reached my voicemail.</i>

1135
01:20:45,074 --> 01:20:47,174
<i> It's finals time so</i>
<i> I've been pretty busy,</i>

1136
01:20:47,176 --> 01:20:50,044
<i> but please leave</i>
<i> a message after the beep.</i>

1137
01:20:50,046 --> 01:20:53,914
Hey, Derek, it's me, coco.
I know you have
a late class, but...

1138
01:20:53,916 --> 01:20:56,116
I just really need
to hear your voice right now,

1139
01:20:56,118 --> 01:20:58,118
I'm having a terrible day.

1140
01:20:58,120 --> 01:21:01,088
Call me back when
you get this. Bye.

1141
01:21:22,911 --> 01:21:24,511
Things are
different now.

1142
01:21:27,215 --> 01:21:28,482
You what?

1143
01:21:30,619 --> 01:21:33,053
Things are just as
they've always been.

1144
01:21:34,356 --> 01:21:36,323
You're seriously?

1145
01:21:37,659 --> 01:21:40,661
Look, look, look.
I can't do this anymore.

1146
01:21:48,236 --> 01:21:51,171
Hey, don't go.
Don't mess up a good thing.

1147
01:22:03,118 --> 01:22:05,219
Coco! Coco, wait!

1148
01:22:05,221 --> 01:22:07,154
Coco, listen!

1149
01:22:07,156 --> 01:22:10,357
Let me explain to you.
Please, please stop!
Just stop!

1150
01:22:10,359 --> 01:22:13,527
Just let me explain, okay?

1151
01:22:13,529 --> 01:22:18,098
I've been reading
professor Dixon's poetry
since high school.

1152
01:22:18,100 --> 01:22:20,434
She's the whole reason
i came to America.

1153
01:22:20,436 --> 01:22:24,138
I sent her my writing
and she gave me
a full scholarship.

1154
01:22:25,407 --> 01:22:28,676
Coco, I come from nothing.

1155
01:22:30,712 --> 01:22:33,647
No one ever did
anything like that
for me before.

1156
01:22:37,218 --> 01:22:40,454
Listen,
i knew it wasn't right.

1157
01:22:40,456 --> 01:22:43,958
But it started
happening and...

1158
01:22:45,593 --> 01:22:48,195
I didn't know
how to make it stop.

1159
01:22:48,197 --> 01:22:50,698
No, coco! Listen, please.

1160
01:22:50,700 --> 01:22:52,633
Please. Please,
please, please.

1161
01:22:52,635 --> 01:22:55,002
I have one question.

1162
01:22:55,004 --> 01:22:57,538
What was gonna happen
if I didn't walk in?

1163
01:23:03,078 --> 01:23:05,045
You were supposed
to be different.

1164
01:24:44,746 --> 01:24:48,449
Okay, class.
Final exam starts now.

1165
01:24:53,088 --> 01:24:56,256
Coco? Coco. Where are you?

1166
01:25:11,840 --> 01:25:15,175
How'd you find me here?
Talked to your moms.

1167
01:25:15,177 --> 01:25:18,212
She said you had
a lot on your mind.
So where else would you be?

1168
01:25:21,716 --> 01:25:24,718
Damn. Harry Potter really
got up in your head, huh?

1169
01:25:30,458 --> 01:25:34,428
Thinking about
maybe we can get
the group back together?

1170
01:25:34,430 --> 01:25:36,663
Is that your way of
saying you're sorry?

1171
01:25:36,665 --> 01:25:38,665
Sorry for what?

1172
01:25:38,667 --> 01:25:41,835
For giving naveen
our mix demo?

1173
01:25:41,837 --> 01:25:44,571
You sent our demo to naveen?
Yup.

1174
01:25:45,607 --> 01:25:47,774
What did he say?

1175
01:25:47,776 --> 01:25:50,811
What did who say?
Naveen.

1176
01:25:50,813 --> 01:25:53,647
Well, he liked it.
He liked the tracks.
He thinks we got potential.

1177
01:25:53,649 --> 01:25:55,415
Come on, what did he say?

1178
01:25:56,918 --> 01:26:02,189
Nah, he said,
si's finest is headlining

1179
01:26:02,191 --> 01:26:04,558
the rough street
records showcase.
We did it.

1180
01:26:04,560 --> 01:26:06,860
He loved our shit.

1181
01:26:06,862 --> 01:26:08,595
For real?
For real.

1182
01:26:10,632 --> 01:26:12,933
Right? That's crazy, right?

1183
01:26:12,935 --> 01:26:15,536
So you back, right?
You back in the group.

1184
01:26:15,538 --> 01:26:16,803
Yeah.
Yeah?

1185
01:26:16,805 --> 01:26:18,605
Yeah, yeah.
All right.

1186
01:26:20,775 --> 01:26:22,576
The only thing is...

1187
01:26:24,379 --> 01:26:27,281
He didn't accept
your solo track.

1188
01:26:27,283 --> 01:26:29,283
He said it was too
different, too slow.

1189
01:26:30,285 --> 01:26:31,585
It didn't fit.

1190
01:26:38,826 --> 01:26:40,460
Do you agree with him?

1191
01:26:44,299 --> 01:26:45,566
Fellas do.

1192
01:26:46,701 --> 01:26:48,702
We gotta stick
to who we are, co.

1193
01:26:50,438 --> 01:26:51,805
Si's finest, right?

1194
01:26:53,841 --> 01:26:55,309
Right?
Yeah.

1195
01:26:55,311 --> 01:26:56,777
Yeah?

1196
01:26:56,779 --> 01:26:58,412
All right.

1197
01:26:58,414 --> 01:27:00,214
Let's just go out
there and kill it then.

1198
01:27:00,216 --> 01:27:02,382
That's what
I'm talking about.
Let's go kill it.

1199
01:27:02,384 --> 01:27:04,585
Coco! Coco! Coco!

1200
01:27:04,587 --> 01:27:06,753
Shut up. Stupid.

1201
01:27:14,562 --> 01:27:15,963
I have one question.

1202
01:27:20,602 --> 01:27:25,539
Did you really fail my class
as a way to punish me?

1203
01:27:26,941 --> 01:27:29,543
Because I thought
you were smarter than that.

1204
01:27:32,580 --> 01:27:35,816
I expected so much
more from you, coco.

1205
01:27:39,454 --> 01:27:41,421
Today, I emerge as a writer.

1206
01:27:43,358 --> 01:27:45,525
What angels dare to dream.

1207
01:27:45,527 --> 01:27:49,329
Every day tears
fall from my eyes
is a day I survive.

1208
01:27:49,331 --> 01:27:52,466
Conquering
the crumbling mountains
of self-doubt.

1209
01:27:52,468 --> 01:27:55,435
I am no longer
a dream deferred.

1210
01:27:55,437 --> 01:27:57,271
My growth is inevitable.

1211
01:27:58,740 --> 01:28:02,843
Who I am requires you
to see past your ego.

1212
01:28:03,578 --> 01:28:05,479
And see me.

1213
01:28:07,749 --> 01:28:09,650
You can't grade me
like a piece of meat.

1214
01:28:09,652 --> 01:28:12,653
I am the embodiment
of verses and stanzas.

1215
01:28:12,655 --> 01:28:16,023
Of freedom
fighters and poetry slams.
We are no different.

1216
01:28:16,025 --> 01:28:19,993
If you examine the
diameter of hip-hop's
slang and grammar,

1217
01:28:19,995 --> 01:28:23,664
you'll find that
it is very similar
to the iambic pentameter.

1218
01:28:23,666 --> 01:28:25,832
But you're so ignorant.

1219
01:28:25,834 --> 01:28:29,369
Rappers are poets.
And poets are rappers.

1220
01:28:29,371 --> 01:28:32,406
Only academics are
too afraid to admit it.

1221
01:28:32,408 --> 01:28:35,742
And despite what you think,
i did learn one thing.

1222
01:28:35,744 --> 01:28:38,712
That the truth is inevitable.

1223
01:28:38,714 --> 01:28:41,815
Oh. And yeah,
it doesn't have to rhyme.

1224
01:28:49,357 --> 01:28:51,391
For what it's worth,

1225
01:28:52,960 --> 01:28:56,630
Derek came into my office
to tell me that it was over.

1226
01:28:57,598 --> 01:28:59,533
I was the one hanging on.

1227
01:29:02,770 --> 01:29:06,540
He dropped out of
the master's program today.

1228
01:29:07,608 --> 01:29:12,079
He had one week left.

1229
01:29:12,081 --> 01:29:16,783
He said that he didn't want
to earn his degree this way.

1230
01:29:18,486 --> 01:29:20,053
I guess I was wrong then.

1231
01:29:21,856 --> 01:29:23,523
He did love you back.

1232
01:29:26,828 --> 01:29:28,395
That's poetry.

1233
01:29:35,870 --> 01:29:37,738
You ready for tonight?

1234
01:29:37,740 --> 01:29:40,807
Yeah.
I just have to go pick
up my jacket at Malik's.

1235
01:29:43,010 --> 01:29:46,713
Okay now. Don't get nervous
and start talking
too fast, all right?

1236
01:29:46,715 --> 01:29:49,516
Like you do when
you get nervous,
you talk fast.

1237
01:29:49,518 --> 01:29:51,752
See, you got this.
You are so great at it.

1238
01:29:51,754 --> 01:29:54,087
For you, baby,
this is like breathing

1239
01:29:54,089 --> 01:29:57,090
so don't put any extra
pressure on yourself,
all right?

1240
01:29:58,059 --> 01:29:59,893
Are you okay, mom?

1241
01:29:59,895 --> 01:30:02,996
Lord, I'm a wreck.

1242
01:30:02,998 --> 01:30:06,767
I just want you to know
that no matter
what happens tonight,

1243
01:30:06,769 --> 01:30:09,403
baby, I am so proud of you.

1244
01:30:13,741 --> 01:30:15,809
Thanks, mom.

1245
01:30:15,811 --> 01:30:17,477
Just want you to
know that I'm going to

1246
01:30:17,479 --> 01:30:20,680
finish my semester
and get my accounting degree.

1247
01:30:20,682 --> 01:30:23,884
I've still got
plan b in the works.
I haven't forgotten about it.

1248
01:30:23,886 --> 01:30:25,685
To hell with plan b.

1249
01:30:25,687 --> 01:30:29,523
Tonight, I want you
to go out there and
make plan a happen.

1250
01:30:52,079 --> 01:30:54,448
I wanna thank
everyone for supporting

1251
01:30:54,450 --> 01:30:56,950
slam poetry and
the 5 boros team.

1252
01:30:56,952 --> 01:30:59,186
Tonight, we're selecting
four people.

1253
01:30:59,188 --> 01:31:02,856
These are the best
of New York City.

1254
01:31:11,799 --> 01:31:13,733
Coco. Hey, coco.

1255
01:31:15,069 --> 01:31:16,570
Hey, naveen.

1256
01:31:16,572 --> 01:31:17,904
Thanks so much for
letting us do this.

1257
01:31:17,906 --> 01:31:20,807
No, I can't wait to
see your solo song tonight.

1258
01:31:20,809 --> 01:31:23,109
We're not performing
the solo song.
Wait, what?

1259
01:31:23,111 --> 01:31:26,513
Malik and reasons and Matt
said that you guys

1260
01:31:26,515 --> 01:31:28,949
didn't like the solo song,
so we're just not gonna do it.

1261
01:31:28,951 --> 01:31:31,251
That's the only song
that Richard and I even liked.

1262
01:31:31,253 --> 01:31:33,153
We were willing to
tolerate the other songs,

1263
01:31:33,155 --> 01:31:36,122
but I was very
clear with Malik
and the boys about this.

1264
01:31:36,124 --> 01:31:38,825
I need you, okay?
Okay.

1265
01:31:48,870 --> 01:31:50,203
Co...

1266
01:31:50,205 --> 01:31:51,605
Fucking liar.

1267
01:31:51,607 --> 01:31:53,607
No one gives
a damn about naveen,

1268
01:31:53,609 --> 01:31:55,775
what he thinks or
what Richard thinks.

1269
01:31:55,777 --> 01:31:57,744
I think they're
wrong since day one.

1270
01:31:57,746 --> 01:31:59,679
They been wrong
the whole time.

1271
01:31:59,681 --> 01:32:01,081
You all knew about this.

1272
01:32:01,083 --> 01:32:02,582
Your songs just
don't fit, all right?

1273
01:32:02,584 --> 01:32:04,251
They're not who we are.
And you a part of us.

1274
01:32:04,253 --> 01:32:05,919
You really think
rough street records

1275
01:32:05,921 --> 01:32:07,587
is gonna give us
a second chance?

1276
01:32:07,589 --> 01:32:09,055
Look, they're just trying
to make money off us.

1277
01:32:09,057 --> 01:32:10,891
They charging $20,
$30 to get in here.

1278
01:32:10,893 --> 01:32:13,026
And we ain't
even getting paid.

1279
01:32:13,028 --> 01:32:15,228
We're gonna go
out there and we're gonna
make so much noise,

1280
01:32:15,230 --> 01:32:17,898
all of them,
everybody gonna be
wanting to sign us.

1281
01:32:17,900 --> 01:32:21,034
All right,
and gonna do it our way.

1282
01:32:21,036 --> 01:32:23,236
Si's finest way.
From the beginning.

1283
01:32:23,238 --> 01:32:24,571
Let's do this.

1284
01:32:26,908 --> 01:32:28,675
Don't fucking touch me.

1285
01:32:29,310 --> 01:32:30,710
Come on.

1286
01:32:32,914 --> 01:32:34,047
Co...

1287
01:32:35,550 --> 01:32:36,816
You okay?

1288
01:32:52,301 --> 01:32:56,202
What up, yo?
How y'all doing?

1289
01:32:56,204 --> 01:32:58,905
And we can't forget
the female of the group.
Beautiful.

1290
01:32:58,907 --> 01:33:00,607
Coco!

1291
01:33:05,780 --> 01:33:09,349
This is a coco Ford song
that you almost
didn't hear tonight.

1292
01:34:57,793 --> 01:35:00,460
Coming to you
from across the waters.

1293
01:35:00,462 --> 01:35:03,329
All the way from
London, england.

1294
01:35:03,331 --> 01:35:05,331
You all make some noise.

1295
01:35:05,333 --> 01:35:06,766
For Derek Morris.

1296
01:35:10,404 --> 01:35:11,871
Thank you.

1297
01:35:20,381 --> 01:35:23,249
She does to me
what winter does to the trees.

1298
01:35:24,819 --> 01:35:29,322
She strips me bare,
naked and empty.

1299
01:35:29,324 --> 01:35:31,324
I laugh to myself, because...

1300
01:35:31,326 --> 01:35:32,959
I can't sing, it's just...

1301
01:35:35,162 --> 01:35:37,330
She makes me want
to try and harmonize.

1302
01:35:38,499 --> 01:35:40,400
Like...

1303
01:35:40,402 --> 01:35:45,939
Like I've got no worries
bothering me tomorrow.

1304
01:35:45,941 --> 01:35:49,442
Like I've got no
dirty clothes hamper
full of yesterdays...

1305
01:35:49,444 --> 01:35:52,178
Stinking up what
future is left in me.

1306
01:35:53,380 --> 01:35:54,447
But I...

1307
01:35:55,416 --> 01:35:57,117
I really ain't no Saint.

1308
01:36:00,755 --> 01:36:02,355
Never felt love's true bliss.

1309
01:36:06,994 --> 01:36:10,997
A disciple of my father,
i learned to love
with clenched fists.

1310
01:36:10,999 --> 01:36:14,000
I learned to love like
reading braille on skin.

1311
01:36:14,002 --> 01:36:15,902
Tracing the insecurities
of women

1312
01:36:15,904 --> 01:36:17,771
through the palms
of their hands.

1313
01:36:18,305 --> 01:36:20,940
But with her...

1314
01:36:22,810 --> 01:36:24,077
It was different.

1315
01:36:27,948 --> 01:36:33,353
See, she was in every
single word I wrote.

1316
01:36:38,025 --> 01:36:40,927
She walked a poet's refrain.

1317
01:36:40,929 --> 01:36:42,962
Spoke a sweet soliloquy.

1318
01:36:45,900 --> 01:36:49,903
But I recognize
the lack of trust
in my own heart.

1319
01:36:53,841 --> 01:36:56,409
Because only a fool won't
accept the nourishment

1320
01:36:56,411 --> 01:36:58,444
that's
right before their eyes.

1321
01:36:59,446 --> 01:37:01,347
Instead he will starve.

1322
01:37:05,386 --> 01:37:09,055
I look at her and
every time she smiles,

1323
01:37:09,057 --> 01:37:11,424
it reminds me of everything
i stole from myself.

1324
01:37:12,293 --> 01:37:15,195
Every joy...

1325
01:37:15,197 --> 01:37:18,598
Every joy I never had
the courage to taste.

1326
01:37:20,434 --> 01:37:23,069
As you learn to
love yourself better...

1327
01:37:23,071 --> 01:37:24,204
Teach me.

1328
01:37:35,249 --> 01:37:38,017
As you learn to forgive
yourself for failing...

1329
01:37:38,552 --> 01:37:40,086
Teach me.

1330
01:37:44,291 --> 01:37:47,427
As you learn to
accept strength
and vulnerability...

1331
01:37:48,095 --> 01:37:49,495
Teach me.

1332
01:38:03,077 --> 01:38:05,545
Some days I miss
the burn of a love lost.

1333
01:38:07,281 --> 01:38:09,916
Or maybe...
Just maybe.

1334
01:38:12,586 --> 01:38:16,055
I never found true love.
Until right now.

1335
01:38:21,562 --> 01:38:23,062
I love you, coco.

1336
01:38:25,032 --> 01:38:27,066
Like, I loved you.

1337
01:38:59,066 --> 01:39:01,167
Derek Morris.

1338
01:39:01,169 --> 01:39:03,636
Welcome to the 5 boros team.