Island in the Sun
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:52:01
- No. I don't.
- Then why did you say it?

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Because here is my world.
These are my people, and this is where I belong.

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If I went to England, who would I be?
What would I be?

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- David Boyeur.
- No.

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I'd be an exile in a bowler hat,
sipping tea, and carrying a rolled umbrella...

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talking with the other exiles about how much
we could do if we were only there.

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But I'm here.
I don't have to go.

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And even here,
I'd be in your way, wouldn't I?

:52:35
Yes, you would be
in my way.

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- Besides, they'd never understand.
- Who wouldn't?

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My own people.
:52:43
They'd feel I betrayed them.
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I have no choice.
:52:48
You're like a rock.
:52:50
Yes. I'm buried deep right here.
:52:57
My people have their freedom.
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They've got a vote.
They've got power now.

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And I've got to show them
how to use it.

:53:06
When I'm through here
in Santa Marta...

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I'll go to St. Kitts and Barbados and Grenada-
the whole archipelago.

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Shall I tell you why
you won't go to England?

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You don't want that power for your people.
You want it for yourself.

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You're afraid to go there
because you won't have it anymore.

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- Do you really mean that?
- I wanted to admire you...

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to feel that you were
superior to most men.

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People don't count with you.
Nothing counts with you but power.

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You use people.
You climb on their backs.

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You can't mean that.
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No, I don't.
:53:38
You're right and I'm wrong.
I'm wrong and you're right.

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- And that's the end, is it?
- Yes. That's the end.


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