The Great White Hope
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You're the first black man in the history
of the ring who's ever had a crack...

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at the heavyweight title.
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White folks, of course, are behind Brady.
He's the redeemer of the race.

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But you, JackJefferson,
are you the black hope?

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- I'm black, and I'm hopin'.
- Answer straight, Jack.

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I ain't fighting for no race.
I ain't redeeming nobody.

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My mama told me Mr. Lincoln done that.
Ain't that why you shot him?

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My, oh, my.
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The big black rooster
and the little red hen.

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I got you, you mother.
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- What you want here?
- I show you what I want!

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- Hey.!
- Jack.! Jack.!

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You crazy?
You bitch.! Goddamn it.!

:11:38
Just a family quarrel. A family quarrel.
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You leave my man be, girl. You don't,
I'm gonna throw you at him in chunks.

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- You got it all wrong, Clara.
- I got it from the chambermaid
at the Park Royal Hotel.

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I come all the way
from Chicago to got it.

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Now that you "got" it,
you get your black ass out of here.

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- Jack!
- Let the gentlemen see how
you're 'smirchin' your wife.

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- She ain't no wife of mine.
- We's common law, and I's comin' home to Papa.

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I's common nothin'.
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Don't you "papa" me, girl, or I'll
"papa" you so you never forget it.

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I quit on you when you cleared out
of Detroit with Willie the Pimp.

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I quit on you when you cleared out
of Detroit with Willie the Pimp.

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- Have a heart, please, fellas.
- I know you come after me.
I know you was lookin'.

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You lucky I too busy to find you,
you sellin' my clothes, my ring...

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my silver brushes.
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Give me another chance, baby.
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I misses you awful.
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Just don't come on
with me, girl.

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- Your Willie's in jail.
You just smellin' gravy here.
- How you know where he at?

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I'm from the jungle like you, baby,
and I hear the drums.

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Tick, give her 20
and carfare back.

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- Let's go.
- You ain't closin' the book
on me so easy, Daddy.

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You hear me, gray meat?
Get it while you can.

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- Clara, let's go! Goddamn it!
- Who's the other woman?

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I'm asking you man-to-man, for
everybody's good, don't write about it.

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If it gets out,
God knows what can happen.

:12:49
Now, look, we wanna have a fight,
don't we?

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I'll buy it, for now.
Okay?

:12:57
I'll hold it up
as long as you do.


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