Above the Rim
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You know this cat Shaft's
a bad mother.

:44:03
Shut yo' mouth.
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- You know it's Shaft.
- Well, we can dig it.

:44:08
I remember Shaft.
Every guy wanted to be like him,

:44:11
every girl wanted to be with him.
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Not me.
:44:14
I'll bet you had an afro
and saw it about six times.

:44:17
No. Kyle's father
was alive and real.

:44:20
Shaft was just make-believe.
:44:21
You never make believe?
:44:24
You never dream of making
things in your life different?

:44:28
No. I dream about
my son surviving,

:44:30
getting a good education,
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and making something positive
out of his life.

:44:34
There's nothing else
worth dreaming about.

:44:40
Come on. You never
want to escape?

:44:43
You never just dream
about just running away?

:44:47
No.
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Even if it's just your mind
doing the running?

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No.
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What about you?
:44:57
Where does your mind run to?
:45:00
Nowhere.
It's just stuck.

:45:02
It's the rest of me
that does the running.

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That's too bad.
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Folks either move past the things
that happen to them,

:45:09
or they stop moving at all.
:45:11
But you're young.
You can do anything, except sing.

:45:14
I can sing a little bit.
:45:16
Not even a little bit.
:45:17
Who's the guy
that walks on by

:45:19
Who's that cat...
:45:21
No, no.
I can't take it!

:45:23
No, I can't take it!
:45:33
Good morning.
:45:36
Good morning.
:45:37
No, this is a hell of a fucking morning.
:45:40
The sun's out, birds is flying,
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here's my big brother on his way
to his good job.

:45:45
It's a great fucking morning.
:45:47
If you say so.
:45:50
If mama was still alive,
she'd say the same thing.

:45:53
We all so fucking proud of you.
You finally made it.

:45:56
Fuck college, fuck the pros.
He's a security guard.


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