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Life is a test.
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My biggest test
was an actual test,
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the GED, the test you take if
you mess up in high school.
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It's like an academic
morning-after pill.
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I decided to drop out
because I was taking three
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buses to a white school,
where a redhead
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would beat my Black ass.
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But with the GED, I could get
a good job and start fresh.
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So I couldn't wait
to get my test results.
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What's it say?
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You failed.
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What?
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Boy, I'ma slap
you into animation.
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Ow.
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Oh.
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Good Lord.
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Do you know how hard
it is to fail the GED?
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I have an uncle
who can't read clocks.
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And he has two GEDs.
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I can't believe
you slapped me.
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I can't believe you
made me throw my back out.
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That's my mom, Rochelle.
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Her test was making
sure her kids succeeded
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by any beatings necessary.
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This dinner was supposed
to be a celebration.
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We're using up our
back-to-school money
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to pay for it.
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That's my father, Julius.
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His test was growing up poor.
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So he knew
the cost of everything.
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Get your own money, fly.
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Hey.
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Excuse me,
my son failed his GED.
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And I'd like
to return his food.
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He only ate 4 cent
worth of fries.
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So does this mean
I'm the smart one now?
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You're eating a straw.
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Cool.
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That's my brother Drew.
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Everyone thought I
was his younger brother.
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He never worried
about tests because
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the only thing greater
than white privilege
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is hot privilege.
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Daddy, since Chris failed,
does that mean it's OK for us
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to drop out, smoke crack,
and become strippers?
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No, baby.
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Oh, see what you did, Chris?
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Set a better example.
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Tonya was the youngest
and my dad's favorite.
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Her test was how she could
make my life a living hell.
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And she got an A every time.
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I just wanted
to get a fresh start.
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I can't go back to that school.
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Maybe this year
will be better.
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I don't know about that.
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History doesn't repeat itself.
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It reboots.
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And everybody hates a reboot.
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Ugh!
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♪ Everybody
still hates Chris ♪
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I couldn't believe
I failed the GED.
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I felt like I had no future.
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I was going to get
stuck in Bed-Stuy,
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Do or Die, where I was going
to die of embarrassment.
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Back in '87, we didn't
have social media.
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But on my block, at least
87 people knew your business
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before you got home.
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I canceled four
hair appointments
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to make this cake for Chris.
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Oh, well.
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Little dude from
across the street,
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I heard you failed your GED.
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Even our friendly
neighborhood con, Jerome,
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was disappointed in me.
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And he just mugged a baby.
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Mm, mm, mm.
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Daddy, can I get
dance lessons after you
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cut Chris off financially?
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Of course, baby.
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Cut me off?
When did you cut me on?
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If you're not going to
school, you got to get a job
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or get out.
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I can't have your
sister and brother
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thinking it's OK to be a bum.
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We can't kick Chris
out of the house.
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Because you care so
much about me, huh?
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No, because you
can't do anything.
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You'll die out there.
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That's why you're
going back to school.
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But I missed so much class.
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They'll make me
repeat 10th grade.
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Everyone will think I'm stupid.
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If you don't think everyone
already thinks you're stupid,
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you're stupid.
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Look, Chris, that school
is our best option
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so you don't end up
on these streets.
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It's scary out there.
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Crackheads, gangs, that white
man in a Larry Bird jersey.
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10th grade was the worst
year of my life, not including
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the year I had a Jheri curl.
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And now I had to do
it all over again.
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But maybe this was
just a new test.
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I could still get
a fresh start
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by getting fresh clothes from
our renter upstairs, Mr. Omar.
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Ah, here is a fine,
lightly used
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item at an affordable price.
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Is this from
your funeral home?
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That ain't none
of your business.
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That's between me
and my dead client.
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Ah, we need a new mattress.
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This one is messing up my back.
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You said that was
from slapping Chris.
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I lied to make him
do better in school.
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It's called parenting, duh.
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But we don't have
new mattress money.
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We haven't slept well
in years.
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You bought this one
used off a pimp.
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It's a Pimpropedic.
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We are not getting
a new mattress.
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Well, then nothing's
going to happen on this one.
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All right,
I'll try to get a third job.
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A third job?
No, baby.
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I don't want you working
yourself to death.
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It's OK.
I'll get a job.
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My mom was great
at her jobs.
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But she was even better
at quitting them.
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That's it.
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Ahh.
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Ooh.
I don't need this.
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My man has two jobs.
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But don't you want to do
some team-building trust falls?
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Y'all had 400 years to gain
my trust already, Maureen.
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I can keep a job
if I want to, Julius.
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Damn.
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Uh-huh.
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That look says,
"I'm getting a third job."
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How you like me now?
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Ooh, Chris, I love this
new, not raggedy look.
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My mom hated raggedy.
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She was a ghetto snob.
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She always said we weren't
rich enough to look poor.
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How did you afford all that?
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That looks like
$40 worth of clothes.
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Mr. Omar sold me a dead
man's clothes real cheap.
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And I've been buying alive
people's clothes all this time?
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Mercy!
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It's getting late.
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You boys better get going.
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Drew.
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It was Drew's freshman year.
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And for the
first time in a while,
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we'd be at the same school.
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I was hoping
with my new clothes
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he wouldn't outshine me.
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Wrong.
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Whoa, you don't look raggedy.
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Why is everyone
so surprised?
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Oh, and, Chris, I'm going
down to the temp agency.
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Nessa's watching
Tonya after school.
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I need you to pick her up and
take her to a dance lesson.
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OK?
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Why do I have to be the
backup parent to a demon child?
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Come on, Chris.
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She's an angel.
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Thank you, Daddy.
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Chris,
if you're late, those clothes
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will have two dead owners.
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I had to take
three buses to school.
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But the bus drivers
wouldn't always stop for us.
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They were scared
of my neighborhood.
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They were scared of
this neighborhood, too.
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They weren't scared of this
neighborhood, but I was.
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You boys like candy?
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I can't believe this is how
you've been getting to school.
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I wasn't sure about Drew
going to school with me.
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But at that moment,
I was so glad I wasn't alone.
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Drew?
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My friends from the dojo
are offering me a ride, so--
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When it came to women, my
brother was like Idris Elba.
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Can I squeeze in?
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No.
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And I was like Idris' elbow.
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Ain't nobody trying
to have sex with an elbow.
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Well, almost nobody.
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I'm just going to walk.
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What happened
to your clothes?
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I slipped in mud.
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It don't smell like mud.
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It wasn't mud.
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There goes my fresh start.
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I don't know
why you need one.
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This place seems OK.
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Because it's always the
same old, same old here.
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Watch.
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Girls ignore me.
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Big guys want to hurt me.
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Little guys
are suspicious of me.
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There's two of them now.
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And all the adults
here are wack.
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Hello, students.
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This is Principal Morello,
wishing you
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a great first day
back at school
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and a special shout-out
to my homebuddy, Chris,
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who did not get his GED.
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But it's not his fault.
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The test wasn't in Ebonics.
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Well, well, well,
look who's still
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running on CPT.
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You're late.
Go to the principal's office.
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And I assume those white
kids are white on time?
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See, that's why
you failed the GED.
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You said "right" wrong.
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My first day back
was off to a bad start.
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So at lunch,
I couldn't wait to hang out
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with the only guy I knew
was having a bad day, too.
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Hey, Chris,
this school is great.
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The bathroom stalls have doors.
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Not him, him,
my best friend, Greg.
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Sorry,
I can't be seen with you.
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Huh?
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It's social
suicide for an 11th-grader
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like me
to be hanging out
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with a 10th grader like you.
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What do you mean
you can't hang out with me?
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I saw you getting pizza
with Three-Legged Jimmy.
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I thought you'd
be happy I'm back.
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I am.
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But what would
people say if they
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saw me with Drew's brother?
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Drew's brother?
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It's what they're
calling you now.
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I'm going to see
if I can buy Drew lunch.
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I'll give you my Cheetos.
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Fine.
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Ugh.
That stuff is crack.
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If it was good enough
for Jesus to walk on,
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it's good enough
for you to sleep on.
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Julius?
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Rochelle,
what are you doing here?
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The temp agency sent me.
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Did you take on a third
job behind my bad back?
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Uh, now we can double
our discount on a new bed.
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Julius,
that is so goddamn romantic.
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They said to check in
with the supervisor.
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I'm the supervisor.
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Ah!
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Finally have a job
I won't have to quit.
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I'm going on break.
Mwah!
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But you just got here.
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I didn't know how to
grade myself on my first day
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back at school.
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But my bully Joey Caruso did.
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He came to eff me up.
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Heard about your test.
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See, this is why you guys
can't be quarterbacks.
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Anyway,
which side do you prefer?
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Right.
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Wait, he's been acting shady
all day, expanding his crew,
259
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selling drugs, and he's
wearing all Ralph Lauren.
260
00:10:12,133 --> 00:10:14,526
They may look
like urban preppies.
261
00:10:14,614 --> 00:10:18,443
But these Ralph Lauren fans
call themselves The Low Heads.
262
00:10:18,530 --> 00:10:21,142
And they're the latest gang to
terrorize the streets
263
00:10:21,229 --> 00:10:24,667
of New York, joining
others like the Decepticons
264
00:10:24,754 --> 00:10:27,496
and the Boys Choir of Harlem.
265
00:10:27,583 --> 00:10:28,497
That's not a gang.
266
00:10:28,584 --> 00:10:30,238
That's a glee club.
267
00:10:30,325 --> 00:10:31,413
Are you in a gang?
268
00:10:31,500 --> 00:10:32,457
Uh...
269
00:10:33,981 --> 00:10:35,504
Yeah.
270
00:10:35,591 --> 00:10:37,245
And I go by Lil' Horsey now.
271
00:10:37,332 --> 00:10:39,421
Mm... mm...
272
00:10:39,508 --> 00:10:42,729
Looks like Lil' Horsey
found a way to pass the test.
273
00:10:42,816 --> 00:10:45,209
Neigh, neigh, mother--oh!
Ugh.
274
00:10:45,296 --> 00:10:48,604
Trust me, your wife
will love this pillowtop.
275
00:10:48,691 --> 00:10:51,912
It's so comfortable.
276
00:10:51,999 --> 00:10:54,175
Rochelle,
can I give you some advice?
277
00:10:54,262 --> 00:10:56,264
- No.
- Mm.
278
00:10:56,351 --> 00:11:01,704
Like I was saying, you really
shouldn't make this decision
279
00:11:01,791 --> 00:11:04,968
without your wife because--
280
00:11:07,536 --> 00:11:09,277
Sir, I can help you.
281
00:11:09,364 --> 00:11:11,496
Sir, sir?
282
00:11:11,583 --> 00:11:14,195
As me and my unkicked
ass headed home,
283
00:11:14,282 --> 00:11:16,414
something weighed on my mind.
284
00:11:16,501 --> 00:11:17,981
Hey, dummy.
285
00:11:18,068 --> 00:11:20,157
Back then,
even the walls hated me.
286
00:11:20,244 --> 00:11:22,812
You did the right
thing for an idiot.
287
00:11:24,466 --> 00:11:26,860
Car fumes
must be getting to me.
288
00:11:26,947 --> 00:11:29,036
"Car fumes
must be getting to me."
289
00:11:29,123 --> 00:11:30,907
Why are you being
a little bitch?
290
00:11:30,994 --> 00:11:33,083
I can't fake being in a gang.
291
00:11:33,170 --> 00:11:35,477
It'll get me in trouble
with a real gang.
292
00:11:35,564 --> 00:11:37,087
I should have stayed raggedy.
293
00:11:37,174 --> 00:11:38,959
No one will ever find out.
294
00:11:39,046 --> 00:11:42,092
Besides, right now,
you got bigger problems.
295
00:11:42,179 --> 00:11:44,704
- Tonya.
- Hee-hee-hee.
296
00:11:44,791 --> 00:11:46,575
Poor Chris.
297
00:11:46,662 --> 00:11:48,098
If you don't have the looks,
you got at least be smart.
298
00:11:48,185 --> 00:11:50,057
Mm-hmm.
299
00:11:50,144 --> 00:11:52,973
Oh, hey, Chris,
I'm not talking about you.
300
00:11:53,060 --> 00:11:54,975
I'm talking about another
Chris who failed the GED.
301
00:11:55,062 --> 00:11:56,672
I'm sorry I'm late.
302
00:11:56,759 --> 00:11:59,501
Oh, don't apologize to me.
303
00:12:00,894 --> 00:12:02,460
I'ma pray for you, baby.
304
00:12:02,547 --> 00:12:04,332
Chris,
I better not miss my chance
305
00:12:04,419 --> 00:12:06,638
to learn dance techniques
developed by my all-time
306
00:12:06,726 --> 00:12:08,249
favorite artist.
307
00:12:08,336 --> 00:12:11,426
What do you like about
El DeBarge so much?
308
00:12:11,513 --> 00:12:13,863
He's a generational talent
being held back
309
00:12:13,950 --> 00:12:15,735
by his no-talent siblings.
310
00:12:15,822 --> 00:12:18,389
Just like me.
311
00:12:23,612 --> 00:12:26,789
You're El DeDead.
312
00:12:30,445 --> 00:12:33,491
Back at school, faking gang
status upped my real status.
313
00:12:33,578 --> 00:12:36,146
People who used to
call me the N-word
314
00:12:36,233 --> 00:12:39,410
now called me
the well-dressed N-word.
315
00:12:45,852 --> 00:12:46,809
Even Thurman was scared.
316
00:12:50,247 --> 00:12:52,075
I'm going to the bathroom.
317
00:12:52,162 --> 00:12:53,990
Y-you need a pass?
318
00:12:54,077 --> 00:12:55,862
This is my pass, homey.
319
00:12:57,037 --> 00:12:58,299
That wasn't a gang sign.
320
00:12:58,386 --> 00:13:01,911
It was sign language
for "butterfly."
321
00:13:03,826 --> 00:13:04,784
Come back with the Mrs.
322
00:13:04,871 --> 00:13:06,568
She wouldn't want to miss this.
323
00:13:06,655 --> 00:13:07,569
Can I speak with you?
324
00:13:07,656 --> 00:13:09,266
Yes, supervisor?
325
00:13:09,353 --> 00:13:11,747
You want to test out
this product?
326
00:13:11,834 --> 00:13:14,315
Rochelle, you're literally
sleeping on the job.
327
00:13:14,402 --> 00:13:15,751
I'm not.
328
00:13:15,838 --> 00:13:17,927
But if I was, what better
advertisement than me
329
00:13:18,014 --> 00:13:19,276
sleeping on a mattress?
330
00:13:19,363 --> 00:13:21,104
You want me wide awake
on a mattress?
331
00:13:21,191 --> 00:13:22,410
I know what I'm doing.
332
00:13:22,497 --> 00:13:23,498
Based on what?
333
00:13:23,585 --> 00:13:25,195
The hundreds
of jobs I've had.
334
00:13:25,282 --> 00:13:27,241
Wives are the real
decision makers.
335
00:13:27,328 --> 00:13:30,766
When clueless husbands make
purchases like this all alone,
336
00:13:30,853 --> 00:13:31,898
their wives return them.
337
00:13:31,985 --> 00:13:33,638
And the store loses money.
338
00:13:33,725 --> 00:13:35,466
Look, a sale is a sale.
339
00:13:35,553 --> 00:13:37,077
Who knows if those
guys will come back.
340
00:13:37,164 --> 00:13:38,643
I'm back.
341
00:13:38,730 --> 00:13:40,210
- You know what?
- Uh-oh.
342
00:13:40,297 --> 00:13:41,559
I don't need this.
No, no, don't say it.
343
00:13:41,646 --> 00:13:43,997
My man has three jobs.
344
00:13:45,694 --> 00:13:48,871
And you barely have one,
Kevin.
345
00:13:49,829 --> 00:13:52,657
Dude, your rep at the
school has never been higher.
346
00:13:52,744 --> 00:13:55,922
Oh, so now you're willing to
be seen with Drew's brother?
347
00:13:56,009 --> 00:13:57,227
Yeah, you have status.
348
00:13:57,314 --> 00:13:58,794
And I want to get in there.
349
00:13:58,881 --> 00:13:59,839
Why are they fighting?
350
00:13:59,926 --> 00:14:01,449
They wanted to join my gang.
351
00:14:01,536 --> 00:14:03,755
I said they had to
jump themselves in.
352
00:14:03,843 --> 00:14:05,670
Wow, I haven't had sex.
353
00:14:05,757 --> 00:14:07,672
But I know this is
better than that.
354
00:14:09,457 --> 00:14:11,546
Little Horsey,
report to my office.
355
00:14:16,507 --> 00:14:18,335
I'm hearing
some rumors about you.
356
00:14:18,422 --> 00:14:20,381
I can't say I'm surprised
that you answered
357
00:14:20,468 --> 00:14:22,209
the call of the streets.
358
00:14:22,296 --> 00:14:24,211
But I want you
to know I understand
359
00:14:24,298 --> 00:14:27,954
that gang life is the only way
you can feed all your babies.
360
00:14:28,041 --> 00:14:29,477
I don't have babies.
361
00:14:29,564 --> 00:14:30,870
And I'm not really in a gang.
362
00:14:30,957 --> 00:14:33,002
Chris,
we have a zero tolerance
363
00:14:33,089 --> 00:14:34,656
policy for this kind of thing.
364
00:14:34,743 --> 00:14:36,049
But good news.
365
00:14:36,136 --> 00:14:39,226
The district created a
new program called GRIP.
366
00:14:39,313 --> 00:14:41,228
Gang Resistance Is 'Portant?
367
00:14:41,315 --> 00:14:44,492
Yes, so 'portant.
368
00:14:44,579 --> 00:14:47,974
And I want to help you
get a grip on your life.
369
00:14:48,061 --> 00:14:49,845
All right, so what is it,
370
00:14:49,932 --> 00:14:51,716
some kind of extra class?
371
00:14:51,803 --> 00:14:53,370
That's where
we're in kind of a pickle.
372
00:14:53,457 --> 00:14:55,677
Excuse me, a fried okra.
373
00:14:55,764 --> 00:14:57,984
The district doesn't have
money for the actual program.
374
00:14:58,071 --> 00:15:00,377
But we have T-shirts.
375
00:15:00,464 --> 00:15:01,770
So I'm off the hook?
376
00:15:01,857 --> 00:15:03,293
No, you're expelled.
377
00:15:03,380 --> 00:15:04,729
Do you want some onesies
for all your babies?
378
00:15:07,602 --> 00:15:09,691
If my mom found
out I got expelled,
379
00:15:09,778 --> 00:15:11,693
she would knock me
into Claymation.
380
00:15:11,780 --> 00:15:15,436
So I decided to fake
going to school.
381
00:15:15,523 --> 00:15:19,701
After my parents left the
next day, I snuck back in.
382
00:15:28,101 --> 00:15:29,841
Tonya!
383
00:15:29,929 --> 00:15:31,234
What are you doing here?
384
00:15:31,321 --> 00:15:34,107
I leave two hours
after you, fool.
385
00:15:34,194 --> 00:15:36,457
That's because she
went to the local school,
386
00:15:36,544 --> 00:15:38,328
Lamont Sanford Junior High.
387
00:15:38,415 --> 00:15:41,244
Wait a second,
are you cutting class?
388
00:15:41,331 --> 00:15:42,637
Yeah.
389
00:15:42,724 --> 00:15:44,813
But you're not
cool enough to cut.
390
00:15:44,900 --> 00:15:46,597
You got suspended.
391
00:15:46,684 --> 00:15:49,687
But then why is there
fear in your eyes?
392
00:15:49,774 --> 00:15:53,126
You got expelled.
393
00:15:53,213 --> 00:15:54,301
Fine, yes.
394
00:15:54,388 --> 00:15:56,477
Don't snitch on me, OK, please?
395
00:15:56,564 --> 00:15:58,740
OK, if you let me hold
10 bucks.
396
00:16:00,916 --> 00:16:03,266
After school was over,
I'd have to sneak
397
00:16:03,353 --> 00:16:05,312
back out to walk back in.
398
00:16:05,399 --> 00:16:09,011
Lucky for me, my dad had a
king-sized level of guilt.
399
00:16:09,098 --> 00:16:10,317
I got a new mattress.
400
00:16:10,404 --> 00:16:11,492
That's nice.
401
00:16:11,579 --> 00:16:12,972
Too bad you'll be on the couch.
402
00:16:13,059 --> 00:16:14,843
Look, I shouldn't
have doubted you.
403
00:16:14,930 --> 00:16:16,888
And I'm really sorry.
404
00:16:16,976 --> 00:16:20,980
OK, well, I forgive you.
405
00:16:21,067 --> 00:16:22,807
What?
406
00:16:22,894 --> 00:16:23,983
I lied.
407
00:16:24,070 --> 00:16:25,723
I did fall asleep on the job.
408
00:16:25,810 --> 00:16:26,768
Rochelle!
409
00:16:26,855 --> 00:16:28,291
I know.
410
00:16:28,378 --> 00:16:29,814
I don't have your
stamina to deal with so
411
00:16:29,901 --> 00:16:32,252
much foolishness at work.
412
00:16:32,339 --> 00:16:35,777
Baby, it's amazing what
you do for this family.
413
00:16:35,864 --> 00:16:38,301
And I really want
to say that I'm--
414
00:16:38,388 --> 00:16:39,694
- Rochelle, it's OK.
- I'm--
415
00:16:39,781 --> 00:16:40,782
Rochelle, it's OK.
416
00:16:40,869 --> 00:16:42,088
No, I'm going to do it.
417
00:16:42,175 --> 00:16:43,654
- No, you don't have to.
- I'm--
418
00:16:43,741 --> 00:16:45,613
Look,
I'm not even mad anymore.
419
00:16:45,700 --> 00:16:46,614
- I'm--
- See, I'm smiling.
420
00:16:46,701 --> 00:16:47,615
I'm smiling.
421
00:16:47,702 --> 00:16:51,662
I'm sorry.
422
00:16:51,749 --> 00:16:53,882
Wow, you didn't
throw up this time.
423
00:16:57,364 --> 00:16:59,148
I was relieved
my plan worked.
424
00:16:59,235 --> 00:17:01,585
Sure, I'd have to pull
this off every day
425
00:17:01,672 --> 00:17:05,067
until I convince my folks to
let me take the GED again.
426
00:17:05,154 --> 00:17:06,938
But for now, things were good.
427
00:17:07,026 --> 00:17:08,592
Chris got expelled.
428
00:17:08,679 --> 00:17:09,767
Really, Chris?
429
00:17:09,854 --> 00:17:10,812
Really, Tonya?
430
00:17:10,899 --> 00:17:11,856
That's for El DeBarge.
431
00:17:11,943 --> 00:17:13,336
Expelled?
432
00:17:13,423 --> 00:17:14,642
What did you do?
- He joined a gang.
433
00:17:14,729 --> 00:17:16,600
- Drew!
- A gang?
434
00:17:16,687 --> 00:17:18,124
- What in the--
- I was faking it. OK?
435
00:17:18,211 --> 00:17:19,647
That could get you
in a lot of trouble, son.
436
00:17:19,734 --> 00:17:22,084
Now, why would you
do something so dumb?
437
00:17:22,171 --> 00:17:23,825
Because maybe I'm dumb,
all right?
438
00:17:23,912 --> 00:17:25,522
That's what the test
said, didn't it?
439
00:17:25,609 --> 00:17:28,351
I'm just tired of getting
beat up every day.
440
00:17:28,438 --> 00:17:30,092
I needed a fresh start.
441
00:17:30,179 --> 00:17:31,702
It's bad enough I have to
be back at school at all.
442
00:17:31,789 --> 00:17:33,617
You brought this on yourself.
443
00:17:33,704 --> 00:17:34,879
Missing so much class--
444
00:17:34,966 --> 00:17:36,707
Which wasn't my fault.
445
00:17:36,794 --> 00:17:38,187
Thurman sent me
to the principal's office
446
00:17:38,274 --> 00:17:39,710
for no reason all the time.
447
00:17:39,797 --> 00:17:40,972
I missed tests.
448
00:17:41,060 --> 00:17:42,583
That's why I dropped out.
449
00:17:42,670 --> 00:17:45,499
Wait, what?
450
00:17:45,586 --> 00:17:47,936
Baby, I had no idea.
451
00:17:48,023 --> 00:17:49,459
Why didn't you tell us?
452
00:17:49,546 --> 00:17:51,374
I tried to handle it myself.
453
00:17:51,461 --> 00:17:54,073
Guess I was too dumb
to do that too.
454
00:17:56,466 --> 00:17:58,686
It's always
something with him.
455
00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:02,342
Our son is not dumb.
456
00:18:02,429 --> 00:18:04,039
Maybe your machine is dumb.
457
00:18:04,126 --> 00:18:07,216
Look,
I ran the test again and--
458
00:18:07,303 --> 00:18:09,088
wait, there's an error code.
459
00:18:09,175 --> 00:18:11,090
A what?
460
00:18:11,177 --> 00:18:13,570
Seems like he used a number
3 pencil instead of a number 2.
461
00:18:13,657 --> 00:18:15,355
The machine couldn't
read his test.
462
00:18:15,442 --> 00:18:16,573
A number 3 pencil?
463
00:18:16,660 --> 00:18:17,922
Where did he even get that?
464
00:18:18,009 --> 00:18:19,272
Oh, no.
465
00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:22,013
Doc, these are marked 50% off.
466
00:18:22,101 --> 00:18:25,365
I also have a double
coupon and a rebate.
467
00:18:25,452 --> 00:18:28,107
Negative $1.53.
468
00:18:28,194 --> 00:18:30,457
Hmm,
I think I have to pay you.
469
00:18:32,067 --> 00:18:35,026
This is the greatest
day of my life.
470
00:18:35,114 --> 00:18:38,856
♪ Oh happy day ♪
471
00:18:38,943 --> 00:18:42,164
Chris, this is why I
say don't touch my things.
472
00:18:42,251 --> 00:18:43,644
I was in a rush.
473
00:18:43,731 --> 00:18:45,385
I just grabbed one
out of your drawer.
474
00:18:45,472 --> 00:18:47,822
Wait, does this
mean I didn't fail?
475
00:18:47,909 --> 00:18:51,347
Hi, um, can you
manually regrade his test?
476
00:18:51,434 --> 00:18:53,132
No, we have a policy.
477
00:18:53,219 --> 00:18:55,177
I can't give your son
special treatment.
478
00:18:55,264 --> 00:18:57,048
Because that's what's
wrong with the world,
479
00:18:57,136 --> 00:19:00,008
Black kids getting all
that special treatment.
480
00:19:00,095 --> 00:19:02,097
Julius, get the truck.
481
00:19:04,969 --> 00:19:06,841
Well, first of all,
let me say it must
482
00:19:06,928 --> 00:19:10,149
be so hard to be a single mom.
483
00:19:10,236 --> 00:19:11,367
My husband is right here.
484
00:19:11,454 --> 00:19:13,064
But I'm sorry.
485
00:19:13,152 --> 00:19:14,892
Any form of gang activity
violates our rules.
486
00:19:14,979 --> 00:19:17,417
He was lying about
being in a gang.
487
00:19:17,504 --> 00:19:19,680
And I guess I was just
wondering why he had to do
488
00:19:19,767 --> 00:19:21,638
that to feel safe at school.
489
00:19:21,725 --> 00:19:24,772
But that's probably for the
attorneys to figure out.
490
00:19:24,859 --> 00:19:26,730
Attorneys?
491
00:19:26,817 --> 00:19:29,342
Yeah, some big
law firm said they
492
00:19:29,429 --> 00:19:31,605
would take this on pro bono.
493
00:19:31,692 --> 00:19:33,302
Am I saying that right?
494
00:19:33,389 --> 00:19:35,913
Maybe I was a little
hasty about expelling Chris.
495
00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:38,264
Yeah, and having
him repeat the 10th
496
00:19:38,351 --> 00:19:40,309
grade because a teacher
was harassing him.
497
00:19:40,396 --> 00:19:42,224
Oh, I forgot to tell
our attorneys that part.
498
00:19:42,311 --> 00:19:43,704
We can move Chris
to the 11th grade.
499
00:19:43,791 --> 00:19:45,271
Thank you.
500
00:19:45,358 --> 00:19:46,750
Besides, my son couldn't
really be in a gang.
501
00:19:46,837 --> 00:19:49,100
This boy still has
a "Snorks" night-light.
502
00:19:49,188 --> 00:19:51,320
Well, it helped me stop
wetting the bed, didn't it?
503
00:19:51,407 --> 00:19:54,105
Principal Morello, the PA.
504
00:19:54,193 --> 00:19:55,585
Wait.
505
00:19:55,672 --> 00:19:57,674
The entire school heard this?
506
00:19:59,198 --> 00:20:01,678
Your backpack
is on the button.
507
00:20:01,765 --> 00:20:03,724
To clarify,
this is not Black Chris.
508
00:20:03,811 --> 00:20:05,247
This is white Chris.
509
00:20:05,334 --> 00:20:07,597
You may know me
by my nickname, Greg.
510
00:20:07,684 --> 00:20:10,644
Whew.
511
00:20:14,952 --> 00:20:18,478
Mom, Dad, I'm sorry
I caused all this trouble.
512
00:20:18,565 --> 00:20:20,784
Chris,
the reason we're hard on you
513
00:20:20,871 --> 00:20:22,438
is because the world is harder.
514
00:20:22,525 --> 00:20:24,614
But even if you
fail a test,
515
00:20:24,701 --> 00:20:26,573
I'll be damned
if you fail in life.
516
00:20:26,660 --> 00:20:28,966
We've got you, no matter what.
517
00:20:29,053 --> 00:20:32,448
Unless you bring home
some babies.
518
00:20:32,535 --> 00:20:33,580
What's this?
519
00:20:33,667 --> 00:20:35,016
Number 2 pencils.
520
00:20:35,103 --> 00:20:39,063
I...paid full price.
521
00:20:39,150 --> 00:20:41,805
So it looked like
my biggest test was going
522
00:20:41,892 --> 00:20:43,764
to be surviving high school.
523
00:20:43,851 --> 00:20:46,897
But maybe I'd make new
friends, meet new girls,
524
00:20:46,984 --> 00:20:48,812
and have new adventures.
525
00:20:48,899 --> 00:20:52,338
Maybe this was a test
I could actually pass.
526
00:20:52,425 --> 00:20:54,209
Hey, that's
Boo-Boo's windbreaker.
527
00:20:54,296 --> 00:20:56,690
He's wearing our dead
homey's windbreaker.
528
00:20:57,995 --> 00:20:58,953
Get him.
529
00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:00,694
Uh oh, pop quiz.
530
00:21:00,781 --> 00:21:05,220
singers: ♪ Everybody
still hates Chris ♪
531
00:21:30,724 --> 00:21:32,595
Chirp.
532
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♪ MTV ♪