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- I can see why Georgetown
is Amira's first choice.
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It's a very strong school.
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- Strong.
- Mm-hmm.
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This the home of AI.
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- Dad, they did not invent
artificial intelligence.
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- I'm talking about
Allen Iverson, The Answer.
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- Well, hello, there.
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I'm Lynn Parsons,
the admissions counselor.
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Welcome
to Georgetown University...
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[chuckles] Unofficially,
but hopefully officially.
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- I'm Amira,
and these are my two dads.
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- I'm the biological.
- And I'm married to her mother.
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- Ms. Lynn, dig on this.
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My daughter
is cream of the crop, okay?
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And if you want her
to pick your school,
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you got to come correct.
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We want cars,
shoe endorsements, the works.
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I'm talking about, like,
Jesus Shuttlesworth
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in "He Got Game."
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- You do know it's illegal
for colleges to do any of that.
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- I know. I was just taking
your temperature.
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- Oh.
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- I fucks with you.
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- Oh, well.
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Thank you, I think.
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The presentation
will begin shortly.
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- I'm gonna go say hello
to my friends.
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- I don't think I ever saw
Amira this excited.
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- Well, it's
a really good school.
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But you know what?
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Don't take anybody else's
temperature while we're here.
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- Come on, you know I like
to play night nurse.
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Look...
- Hmm.
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Pull that off your face.
- Right in the butt.
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- I know where it go--
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actually, people
don't do that anymore.
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[thunder booms]
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- Okay, I want to cancel
this storage locker.
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So everything has to go.
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You either take it to the trash
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or to that donation center
a few blocks away from here.
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- Can't I just set it on fire?
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- You want to be Casanova
and an arsonist?
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Don't test me today, boy,
please.
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Get your little ass in there
and do some work.
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[creepy music]
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♪ ♪
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- Hello, future Hoyas!
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- AI!
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Patrick Ewing!
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- Dad, shh!
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- Georgetown admits
a record number
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of National Honor Society
scholars,
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many of whom are with us today.
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Please stand
when your name is called.
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Melissa Anderson, Chloe Barnes,
Madison Brey,
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Hannah Fulson, Josh Nolan,
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Noah Turner, Elizabeth Ward.
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Let's congratulate
all our NHS attendees.
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- They skipped Birkeland.
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- Stand up anyway.
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- No, no, it's okay.
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- No, you earned this.
Stand up.
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[applause]
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- Um, excuse me.
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Excuse me, you forgot to
call my name--Amira Birkeland.
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- Oh, I'm sorry.
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Your name wasn't on my list,
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but congratulations.
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And now, for the student-led
portion of our program,
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please welcome
Georgetown seniors
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Zachary Feldlin
and Andrea Gruber.
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They'll answer your questions.
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- You right here in the front.
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- Is it mandatory to live
in the dorms?
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- It's not mandatory, but it's
recommended for freshmen
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just to help make you familiar
with the campus,
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meet new people.
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Saw some other hands.
- You.
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- Oh, um, I was just wond--
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- Oh, no, sorry, behind you.
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- Me?
- Yes.
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- Is the food in the cafeteria
any good?
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- You see this shit?
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Amira had her hand up
way before this one did.
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And they can't be disrespecting
my baby girl like this.
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She ain't got to go
to Georgetown.
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She could go
to Bronx Community College,
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right uptown.
- Tray.
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You have to calm down.
- I know people there.
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- Calm down, okay?
It's a little bit odd.
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You're right,
but let's not make assumptions.
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[upbeat music]
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♪ ♪
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- [sighs]
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♪ ♪
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Oh, Grandma and Grandpa,
no way.
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- [giggling]
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[creepy music]
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- Oh, sh--
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- Thank you all for coming.
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Hopefully we'll see you
in the fall.
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[indistinct chatter]
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- Um, I'm gonna go say bye
to my friends.
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- Think Amira is having
second thoughts
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about going to this school.
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- Yeah, I wouldn't blame her.
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- You know, she ain't ask
one question out of her book.
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And she worked so hard on it.
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I never went to college,
but I do know
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you supposed to be way
more excited than that today.
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both: We're all going
to Georgetown!
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[all scream]
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[indistinct chatter]
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- She looks
pretty excited now.
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[hip-hop music]
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♪ ♪
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- Amira liked the presentation,
but I didn't, man.
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They ain't call on her once,
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and she had her hand raised
the whole entire time.
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- You know what that is?
Them goddamn microaggressions.
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That's exactly why
I dropped out of ITT Tech.
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- That's online, right?
- Yep.
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Cyber racism--
it's the worst kind, my nigga.
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- What up, young bull?
- What up, Jay?
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Yo, Dad, check out what I found
in Grandma's storage.
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- I hope it ain't them little
black dolls she used to keep.
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- No, those are still there.
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- I remember
when I was little, man,
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I felt like they was
following me around
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like a couple
of little Black Chuckies.
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- I know what you mean.
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Look at this.
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[laughs]
- Look at that.
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That's your grandmother,
and that's your grandfather.
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- I know.
- That's my man.
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- I know.
Did you, uh--
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did you know Grandma and
Grandpa were in a band?
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- A band?
- Uh, yeah, they made a record.
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- Wow! This looks legit,
like the co-ed O'Jays.
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- That football murderer guy?
- No, the R&B group.
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And, plus, OJ didn't do it.
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If he did, they wouldn't have
gave him a Twitter account.
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Yo, Jaybird, come here.
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Check out these pictures
of my parents
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that Shahzad found, man.
- Oh, word?
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- They look so young
and vibrant, full of life.
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- Yeah, this had to be
before you was born,
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'cause look at your mama
with these pre-Tray titties.
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I like that.
- Give me my mom's pictures.
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Don't be looking
at my mom's titties, man.
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Focus on her big,
beautiful smile.
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- I'm focused.
- Let's listen to the album.
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- Well, we did have
a record player,
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but one of the kids
out of the art class
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made it into a pottery wheel,
so that's out.
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- I can't believe that my mom
didn't tell me about this, kid.
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I knew my pops had dabbled
in music 'cause he had a voice,
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but I ain't know
he took it this far.
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[R&B music]
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- I know they didn't feed you
at that little seminar.
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- [chuckles]
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- So how did it go?
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- Grandma, it was amazing.
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And...
- Uh-huh.
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- I've decided
I'm going to Georgetown.
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- Mm.
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But you didn't do
the Hampton presentation yet.
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- Yeah, but I don't even feel
like it's worth going to.
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I just--I know that Georgetown
will be a better fit for me,
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and I will know people.
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I just feel like
I can be myself there.
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- Just because something is
familiar don't mean it's right.
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I'm just saying, I think you
should give Hampton a chance.
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That's all. That's all.
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- Ma?
- What?
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- Look what Shahzad found
in the storage.
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- Yeah, this is so cool.
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- I did not know you
and my pops was in a group.
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- Grandma, you look so good.
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- I don't want to talk
about it.
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- What? Why?
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Ma, you look so happy
in this photo.
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At least tell me
who the third dude is.
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- I said, "I don't wanna
talk about it."
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- You know what?
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You act like this every time
I wanna talk about my pops.
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Now, I got a right to know
who he is and what he's about.
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- You're right, baby.
Let me see the picture.
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[soft music]
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♪ ♪
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I said I didn't want to talk
about it.
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I asked you to do one thing--
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that was clean out
my storage unit.
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I didn't ask you
to rifle through my life.
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♪ ♪
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- Hey, Miss Miller.
- Hey.
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- How was class today?
- It was good except for--
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somebody got to talk
to Mr. Drayton
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and tell that man to put on
some damn undergarments.
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- What, his hernia balls
dripped out again?
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I'll give him a talk.
I bought this for you.
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- Thank you.
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So sweet.
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- Miss Miller,
can I talk to you for a minute?
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- Sure!
Mm-hmm.
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- You my mom's
best friend, right?
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- Since seventh grade.
- Wow, long time.
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So why won't she tell me
anything about my father
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and this band
that they had--100% Pure?
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I tried to ask about it,
and she shut me down.
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She won't tell me nothing.
- Yeah.
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This album.
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- What?
You knew about it?
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- You know, I bet your kids had
a bunch of hard-ass questions
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for you when you got
out of prison.
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- Yeah, but I told 'em
everything.
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I even took them
to the graveyard
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and showed them
where they were conceived at.
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- But you're a very different
breed, Tray Barker.
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You get that from your daddy.
But my point is,
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is that this
is a part of your mother's past
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that she obviously
doesn't wanna share.
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- Yeah, but I deserve to know
anything about my father.
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- Sure you do, but that part
of her life was traumatic.
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And you owe her
the grace and space
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to let her feel about it
the way she gonna feel about it.
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And when she ready to share,
she'll tell you.
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- Thank you, Miss Miller.
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I get it.
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- Mm, mm.
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- Sorry.
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I forgot my water.
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[hip-hop music]
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♪ ♪
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[indistinct chatter on TV]
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- Can I help you?
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- I just wanna say, Ma,
I'm giving you the grace
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for all the trauma you've been
through in your life.
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You could tell me whatever
you want when you ready.
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- Well, I would like
to say something.
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- Anything, Ma.
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- Get the hell out of my face!
- That's good.
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Let it out.
Let it all out.
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I'm here for you.
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- Could you be here for me
in another room?
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'Cause I am trying
to watch my show.
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[cell phone vibrating]
249
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Hello?
- I'm here for you, Mommy.
250
00:10:11,879 --> 00:10:13,679
Love from the other room.
251
00:10:13,814 --> 00:10:15,147
[cell phone thuds]
252
00:10:15,282 --> 00:10:17,683
♪ ♪
253
00:10:17,818 --> 00:10:21,153
[indistinct chatter]
254
00:10:21,288 --> 00:10:25,558
♪ ♪
255
00:10:25,693 --> 00:10:27,826
- Man, it smell like sex
between Erykah Badu
256
00:10:27,962 --> 00:10:31,964
and André 3000 in here--
magical, unicorn!
257
00:10:32,099 --> 00:10:34,233
- Hey, I know
it's not Georgetown,
258
00:10:34,369 --> 00:10:36,101
but give it a chance, okay?
259
00:10:36,103 --> 00:10:37,102
Smile.
260
00:10:37,104 --> 00:10:39,372
- Hey, I'm Malia!
261
00:10:39,506 --> 00:10:40,373
- Oh.
[laughs]
262
00:10:40,507 --> 00:10:42,775
Amira, and my two dads.
263
00:10:42,910 --> 00:10:45,044
- He's the biological.
- She got papers on him.
264
00:10:45,046 --> 00:10:47,980
- [laughs] Welcome.
She has your eyes.
265
00:10:48,115 --> 00:10:50,115
- Are you guys having
peach cobbler
266
00:10:50,251 --> 00:10:51,850
or something cinnamon-y
for lunch?
267
00:10:51,986 --> 00:10:53,118
It smells really good.
268
00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:54,987
- Oh, no, girl, that's just me.
269
00:10:55,122 --> 00:10:56,055
Well, us.
270
00:10:56,190 --> 00:10:58,924
This is basically
a shea butter convention,
271
00:10:58,926 --> 00:11:00,593
but I heard that lunch
is shrimp and grits.
272
00:11:00,728 --> 00:11:02,595
- Mmm. Sounds delicious.
273
00:11:02,730 --> 00:11:04,063
- These bags are the shit!
274
00:11:04,198 --> 00:11:06,331
Y'all got everything in here
a Black person needs
275
00:11:06,333 --> 00:11:07,666
except for a VHS tape
276
00:11:07,668 --> 00:11:09,802
of "Three the Hard Way"
and some Funyuns.
277
00:11:09,937 --> 00:11:12,738
- You know that welcome bag
is hers.
278
00:11:12,873 --> 00:11:15,608
But I can grab some extra
for y'all from the back.
279
00:11:15,743 --> 00:11:18,411
Just take a seat.
We're about to get started.
280
00:11:18,545 --> 00:11:20,613
- It's like academic Wakanda
in here, man.
281
00:11:20,748 --> 00:11:22,481
I ain't seen
this many smart niggas
282
00:11:22,483 --> 00:11:24,617
since Diddy did
fucking Broadway.
283
00:11:24,752 --> 00:11:26,351
- All right, everyone,
let's take a seat.
284
00:11:26,487 --> 00:11:28,487
Let's take a seat.
285
00:11:28,623 --> 00:11:30,155
Good morning, everyone,
286
00:11:30,157 --> 00:11:33,626
and welcome future Pirates
of Hampton University!
287
00:11:33,761 --> 00:11:36,161
[cheers and applause]
Home by the sea!
288
00:11:36,297 --> 00:11:39,164
all: Home by the sea!
- All right, all right.
289
00:11:39,300 --> 00:11:41,300
As I look at all you
prospective students,
290
00:11:41,436 --> 00:11:43,769
I think about how I was
sitting here just like you.
291
00:11:43,904 --> 00:11:46,439
I went to a prestigious
private high school,
292
00:11:46,574 --> 00:11:51,310
extremely competitive,
and, frankly, not very diverse.
293
00:11:51,446 --> 00:11:53,446
At times, I felt invisible.
294
00:11:53,581 --> 00:11:57,516
But at Hampton,
I feel seen, heard, challenged.
295
00:11:57,652 --> 00:11:59,252
At HU,
we learn from new voices,
296
00:11:59,386 --> 00:12:02,188
not white guy
after white guy after--
297
00:12:03,591 --> 00:12:04,657
My bad.
298
00:12:04,792 --> 00:12:06,391
No offense.
299
00:12:06,527 --> 00:12:07,993
I'm sure you're a nice dude.
300
00:12:07,995 --> 00:12:10,195
But keeping it 100,
it just feels good
301
00:12:10,197 --> 00:12:11,864
to be around folks
who look like us!
302
00:12:11,999 --> 00:12:13,532
- Yes.
- Am I right?
303
00:12:13,668 --> 00:12:17,170
[cheers and applause]
304
00:12:20,875 --> 00:12:23,608
♪ ♪
305
00:12:23,610 --> 00:12:24,944
- Hey, excuse me, do you know
306
00:12:25,079 --> 00:12:26,812
if the Goodfill donation center
is this way?
307
00:12:26,814 --> 00:12:28,547
- Yeah, it's about two blocks
up on the right.
308
00:12:28,683 --> 00:12:30,015
Can't miss it.
- Thank you.
309
00:12:30,017 --> 00:12:32,751
- Oh, wow.
Is this a fondue set?
310
00:12:32,753 --> 00:12:35,821
Very nice, so retro.
311
00:12:35,956 --> 00:12:37,756
Got yourself a rare beaut here.
312
00:12:37,892 --> 00:12:40,693
- I don't know what fondue is,
but you like it?
313
00:12:40,828 --> 00:12:41,961
- I could take it
off your hands.
314
00:12:42,096 --> 00:12:43,428
I've got a nice herbed Brie
315
00:12:43,564 --> 00:12:46,165
I'd love to get this thing
wrapped around.
316
00:12:46,167 --> 00:12:49,234
- Um, no,
I'm actually selling it.
317
00:12:49,370 --> 00:12:51,170
- I thought
you were donating it.
318
00:12:51,172 --> 00:12:53,238
- Nah.
319
00:12:53,374 --> 00:12:55,040
- Ooh!
320
00:12:55,042 --> 00:12:57,710
Can I get a package deal
on these historical figurines?
321
00:12:57,845 --> 00:13:00,379
- No, no--
you like these way too much.
322
00:13:00,381 --> 00:13:03,716
But, uh, let's talk numbers
on that fondue set.
323
00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:07,520
all:
HU!
324
00:13:07,654 --> 00:13:09,388
We are Hampton U!
325
00:13:09,390 --> 00:13:11,390
[stomping rhythmically]
326
00:13:11,392 --> 00:13:14,126
[crowd whooping]
327
00:13:16,397 --> 00:13:18,331
HU!
328
00:13:18,465 --> 00:13:20,465
HU!
329
00:13:20,601 --> 00:13:22,034
U!
330
00:13:23,871 --> 00:13:27,806
[whooping resumes]
331
00:13:27,808 --> 00:13:29,675
The home by the sea!
332
00:13:29,677 --> 00:13:33,412
[grunting]
333
00:13:33,414 --> 00:13:35,080
HU.
334
00:13:35,082 --> 00:13:36,815
[cheers and applause]
335
00:13:36,817 --> 00:13:39,484
- What do fraternities do
at white colleges?
336
00:13:39,486 --> 00:13:43,088
- They drink, party,
and they drink again.
337
00:13:43,090 --> 00:13:46,225
[cheers and applause continue]
338
00:13:46,227 --> 00:13:50,629
all:
♪ Facing the rising sun ♪
339
00:13:50,765 --> 00:13:54,299
♪ Of our new day begun ♪
340
00:13:54,435 --> 00:13:56,902
♪ Let us march on ♪
- Let's march on.
341
00:13:56,904 --> 00:13:59,372
all:
♪ Till victory ♪
342
00:13:59,506 --> 00:14:03,176
♪ Is won ♪
343
00:14:03,310 --> 00:14:07,312
- Thank you all for coming,
and see you all next year.
344
00:14:07,314 --> 00:14:09,815
[applause]
345
00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:14,587
- How did you know the song?
346
00:14:14,722 --> 00:14:16,188
- Beyoncé, Coachella.
347
00:14:16,323 --> 00:14:18,323
It's pretty emotional,
isn't it?
348
00:14:18,459 --> 00:14:21,060
- Did you know there was
a Black national anthem?
349
00:14:21,062 --> 00:14:23,829
- Yeah, but I thought it was
"Fuck Tha Police."
350
00:14:25,933 --> 00:14:28,401
What's up with those
extra gift bags?
351
00:14:28,535 --> 00:14:29,668
Hold on, excuse me.
352
00:14:29,804 --> 00:14:31,270
Uh, 'Mira. Amira.
353
00:14:31,272 --> 00:14:33,072
Ha ha,
that was dope, right?
354
00:14:33,074 --> 00:14:34,807
I'm getting really good vibes
from Hampton.
355
00:14:34,942 --> 00:14:37,342
I think it's a good school, and
I think it'd be great for you.
356
00:14:37,344 --> 00:14:40,345
- Well, I'm glad you liked it.
It was definitely something.
357
00:14:40,481 --> 00:14:42,215
But I think I'd rather go
to Georgetown.
358
00:14:42,349 --> 00:14:43,749
- Wait a minute.
359
00:14:43,751 --> 00:14:45,618
Was we at two different
presentations right there?
360
00:14:45,753 --> 00:14:48,153
'Cause what I saw on that stage
is more than just something.
361
00:14:48,155 --> 00:14:49,488
And you still choose
Georgetown?
362
00:14:49,624 --> 00:14:52,557
- Yeah, I just--I think
I'd do better there.
363
00:14:52,559 --> 00:14:54,559
- Amira, come here.
364
00:14:54,695 --> 00:14:56,095
You're like a kid genius.
365
00:14:56,230 --> 00:14:58,030
I'm still in awe
that you come from me.
366
00:14:58,165 --> 00:15:00,699
Now, Shahzad, I know he mines.
367
00:15:00,835 --> 00:15:03,836
But you gonna shine
wherever you go.
368
00:15:03,971 --> 00:15:07,306
So, baby girl,
what's the real problem?
369
00:15:07,442 --> 00:15:08,841
- I just--
370
00:15:08,976 --> 00:15:11,910
I feel like I'm not gonna
fit in at Hampton.
371
00:15:11,912 --> 00:15:13,378
What if I'm not Black enough?
372
00:15:13,514 --> 00:15:16,381
- You Black enough to fill
any space you choose,
373
00:15:16,517 --> 00:15:18,383
so don't you ever
question yourself.
374
00:15:18,385 --> 00:15:21,186
- I'm sorry, Dad, but my
decision is not gonna change.
375
00:15:21,188 --> 00:15:22,255
I just--I want to go
to Georgetown
376
00:15:22,389 --> 00:15:23,922
where I'll feel
more comfortable.
377
00:15:23,924 --> 00:15:25,524
- Was you comfortable
being ignored
378
00:15:25,526 --> 00:15:27,793
at that Georgetown
presentation?
379
00:15:27,795 --> 00:15:29,862
- No.
No, of course, not.
380
00:15:29,997 --> 00:15:31,464
- So you'll be more comfortable
381
00:15:31,598 --> 00:15:33,198
being uncomfortable
around white people
382
00:15:33,334 --> 00:15:37,270
than you would be
around Black people?
383
00:15:37,404 --> 00:15:38,371
- Yes.
384
00:15:42,576 --> 00:15:45,444
[hip-hop music]
385
00:15:45,579 --> 00:15:49,849
♪ ♪
386
00:15:49,984 --> 00:15:52,318
- What's going on?
- It's Amira.
387
00:15:52,453 --> 00:15:54,253
She don't think she
Black enough to go to Hampton,
388
00:15:54,388 --> 00:15:56,455
so she's choosing Georgetown.
389
00:15:56,590 --> 00:15:57,657
- What? Wait.
390
00:15:57,791 --> 00:15:59,591
Amira, why are you calling
your Blackness
391
00:15:59,593 --> 00:16:00,926
into question all of a sudden?
392
00:16:01,062 --> 00:16:02,995
- Can you not be a white dad
393
00:16:03,130 --> 00:16:06,198
in an HBCU hat
asking me that right now?
394
00:16:06,334 --> 00:16:08,133
- Touché, right?
395
00:16:08,269 --> 00:16:10,636
- As promised...
396
00:16:12,006 --> 00:16:13,472
Can I borrow her for a second?
397
00:16:13,607 --> 00:16:15,041
- Sure.
398
00:16:16,410 --> 00:16:17,943
- I saw you back there.
399
00:16:18,079 --> 00:16:19,679
It's a little
overwhelming, huh?
400
00:16:19,813 --> 00:16:21,013
- You could tell?
401
00:16:21,148 --> 00:16:22,682
- Girl, I didn't even know
there was
402
00:16:22,816 --> 00:16:25,484
a Black national anthem
until my orientation day.
403
00:16:25,619 --> 00:16:27,887
- Okay, thank you
for saying that.
404
00:16:28,022 --> 00:16:29,288
- Look, I know it's a lot,
405
00:16:29,423 --> 00:16:31,290
but it's not meant
to isolate you.
406
00:16:31,425 --> 00:16:33,158
It's meant to reassure you.
407
00:16:33,294 --> 00:16:35,361
- I was totally having
an identity crisis.
408
00:16:35,496 --> 00:16:38,364
- I get it, but sometimes
what feels like a crisis
409
00:16:38,366 --> 00:16:39,965
is actually the beginning
of an awakening.
410
00:16:40,101 --> 00:16:43,969
And I promise I'm not trying
to get all T.D. Jakes on you.
411
00:16:43,971 --> 00:16:46,638
I'm just saying it because
I've been in your shoes.
412
00:16:46,774 --> 00:16:47,973
It took me a while,
413
00:16:47,975 --> 00:16:49,975
but the thing I learned
the most at Hampton,
414
00:16:50,111 --> 00:16:52,712
is that Blackness
is so many things.
415
00:16:52,846 --> 00:16:54,646
There isn't one way
to be Black,
416
00:16:54,648 --> 00:16:57,249
and you decide
what that means for you.
417
00:16:57,251 --> 00:16:59,851
Well, you and Black Twitter.
[both chuckle]
418
00:16:59,987 --> 00:17:02,321
- Thanks for talking to me.
- Of course.
419
00:17:02,456 --> 00:17:05,324
Look, college is hard.
It pushes you.
420
00:17:05,459 --> 00:17:08,260
It's uncomfortable no matter
where you choose to go.
421
00:17:08,396 --> 00:17:10,062
But I know at Hampton,
422
00:17:10,064 --> 00:17:12,664
you wouldn't be alone because
I would be your big sister.
423
00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:15,334
- Wait, for real?
You would do that for me?
424
00:17:15,469 --> 00:17:17,069
- [chuckles]
- Why?
425
00:17:17,204 --> 00:17:21,073
- Because that's what we do.
We look out for each other.
426
00:17:21,208 --> 00:17:28,314
♪ ♪
427
00:17:30,618 --> 00:17:32,752
- I wonder what she said
to Amira that I didn't.
428
00:17:32,886 --> 00:17:36,088
- Well, sometimes
it's not what you say.
429
00:17:36,223 --> 00:17:38,090
It's how you say it.
430
00:17:38,092 --> 00:17:45,231
♪ ♪
431
00:17:46,167 --> 00:17:47,566
[door opens, closes]
432
00:17:47,701 --> 00:17:49,635
- Tray, come in here
for a minute?
433
00:17:49,771 --> 00:17:52,171
I want to talk about
what happened the other day.
434
00:17:52,306 --> 00:17:57,176
♪ ♪
435
00:18:01,582 --> 00:18:02,714
I, uh...
436
00:18:02,850 --> 00:18:04,383
- Ma...
437
00:18:04,518 --> 00:18:06,852
I'm sorry for the way
I came at you the other day.
438
00:18:06,854 --> 00:18:09,455
I promise to do a better job
of listening
439
00:18:09,590 --> 00:18:12,057
and respecting your boundaries
moving forward.
440
00:18:12,059 --> 00:18:13,325
That's all I want to say.
441
00:18:13,461 --> 00:18:16,262
- Well, I appreciate
you saying this.
442
00:18:16,397 --> 00:18:19,799
Sometimes
it's just hard to get--
443
00:18:19,933 --> 00:18:22,468
- And I've got
something else for you.
444
00:18:22,470 --> 00:18:26,606
Your granddaughter
listened to your advice...
445
00:18:26,740 --> 00:18:28,073
and she's going to Hampton.
446
00:18:28,209 --> 00:18:31,010
- What?
Really?
447
00:18:31,145 --> 00:18:32,544
Wow!
448
00:18:32,546 --> 00:18:34,146
Well, that's wonderful news!
449
00:18:34,281 --> 00:18:38,950
You know, I used to fantasize
about you going to an HBCU.
450
00:18:38,952 --> 00:18:41,487
- I would've went to Hampton
and got everybody pregnant.
451
00:18:41,489 --> 00:18:43,823
You know I got to spread
this Black excellence, Ma.
452
00:18:43,957 --> 00:18:46,958
- If you don't stop--
you are delusional.
453
00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:48,293
[both laugh]
454
00:18:48,295 --> 00:18:49,428
Well...
455
00:18:49,563 --> 00:18:53,165
I just want to say, um...
456
00:18:53,300 --> 00:18:55,767
I apologize for my reaction.
457
00:18:55,769 --> 00:18:57,637
When your father got back
from Vietnam,
458
00:18:57,771 --> 00:19:01,440
he was dead set
on pursuing this music career.
459
00:19:01,575 --> 00:19:04,776
He wanted to be
the next Berry Gordy,
460
00:19:04,778 --> 00:19:07,979
and then had the nerve
to talk me into it.
461
00:19:07,981 --> 00:19:09,981
[both chuckle]
462
00:19:09,983 --> 00:19:13,185
So I took all our savings
463
00:19:13,321 --> 00:19:14,920
and put it in this record,
464
00:19:14,922 --> 00:19:17,323
and we had
a good time doing it.
465
00:19:17,325 --> 00:19:18,790
- Wow.
- [laughs]
466
00:19:18,926 --> 00:19:20,526
- I can tell by looking
at these pictures.
467
00:19:20,662 --> 00:19:21,927
And you look good, Mommy.
468
00:19:22,063 --> 00:19:23,262
- Thank you.
469
00:19:23,397 --> 00:19:24,664
And Jimmy was sexy.
470
00:19:24,798 --> 00:19:27,399
I mean, I'd never seen a man
turn so many heads
471
00:19:27,535 --> 00:19:29,935
with a powder-blue tuxedo
and a ruffled shirt.
472
00:19:30,071 --> 00:19:32,604
- And that big-ass bow tie.
- That's true.
473
00:19:32,606 --> 00:19:35,207
[both laughing]
474
00:19:35,343 --> 00:19:36,542
Oh, gosh.
475
00:19:36,544 --> 00:19:40,346
Well, the record bombed...
476
00:19:40,481 --> 00:19:43,949
and, uh, we lost all our money.
477
00:19:43,951 --> 00:19:46,018
We had to go on welfare
for a little while,
478
00:19:46,020 --> 00:19:49,955
which is no shame,
but it broke him.
479
00:19:50,091 --> 00:19:53,559
He could not accept the fact
that he couldn't provide,
480
00:19:53,695 --> 00:19:55,827
and that broke my heart.
481
00:19:55,829 --> 00:19:57,496
- I just want to say
to you, Mommy,
482
00:19:57,631 --> 00:19:59,498
me and your grandkids
483
00:19:59,633 --> 00:20:02,401
thank you for everything
you did for us.
484
00:20:03,705 --> 00:20:05,505
Ma, can I ask you a question?
- Yeah.
485
00:20:05,639 --> 00:20:07,239
- Who is this third dude?
486
00:20:07,375 --> 00:20:09,909
- Oh, let sleeping dogs lie.
487
00:20:10,044 --> 00:20:12,478
[laughing]
488
00:20:13,981 --> 00:20:15,715
[upbeat R&B music playing]
489
00:20:15,849 --> 00:20:19,585
- ♪ One by one ♪
490
00:20:19,587 --> 00:20:22,454
♪ Save each other ♪
491
00:20:22,456 --> 00:20:24,456
♪ ♪
492
00:20:24,458 --> 00:20:26,592
♪ One by one ♪
493
00:20:26,594 --> 00:20:29,595
[person vocalizing]
494
00:20:29,597 --> 00:20:31,931
♪ ♪
495
00:20:32,066 --> 00:20:36,936
♪ And we can ri-i-i-i-de ♪
496
00:20:37,071 --> 00:20:39,939
[vocalizing]
497
00:20:40,074 --> 00:20:46,946
♪ ♪
498
00:20:50,684 --> 00:20:52,652
♪ One by one ♪