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Ghett'a Life (2011)
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[ REGGAETON MUSIC PLAYING ] [ Rapping ] THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING THE CRIME MUST BE LED, THE HUNGRY MUST BE FED LOOK INTO MY EYES, TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE CAN YOU FEEL MY PAIN? AM I YOUR ENEMY? GIVE US A BETTER WAY, THINGS ARE REALLY BAD THE ONLY FRIEND I KNOW IS THIS GUN I HAVE [ CAR DOORS CLOSING ] NO! [ GUNSHOT ] THE ISLANDS' TWO POLITICAL PARTIES TRADED CHARGES OVER WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RECEN UPSURGE OF GUN VIOLENCE. THE VIOLENCE BETWEEN RESIDENTS OF THE RULING PARTY AND THE OPPOSITION'S STRONGHOLD OF JUNGLE HAS CONTINUED OVER SEVERAL WEEKS DESPITE THE INTERVENTION OF THE CHURCH AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE TWO MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES. THIS HAS CAUSED FAMILIES TO FLEE THEIR HOMES ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS FIERCELY DIVIDED COMMUNITY. [ MUFFLED REGGAETON PLAYING ] MILK. YO. RUN, RUN, RUN! RAH! [ TELEPHONE RINGING ] [ MAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ON TV ] CALM DOWN, CALM DOWN. YOU HAVE TO HELP ME, SIR. ALL RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. YES, MA'AM. [ CAR DOOR CLOSES ] [ ENGINE TURNS OVER ] [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] [ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ] [ CHUCKLES ] PUSSY. CAN'T GET THE BALL, NO, EH? COME FOR YOUR BALL! [ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ] [ SHOUTING ] WHAT? [ SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ] COME ON. BACK TO WORK. [ ALL CHEERING ] [ ALL CHEERING ] WHAT I DON'T KNOW I DON' KNOW, SO I ASK THE BIG MAN... [ CHUCKLES ] [ CELLPHONE RINGING ] HELLO. YES. A CAMBERT AND A SODA, PLEASE. [ JAMAICAN MUSIC PLAYING ] [ SNIFFLES ] [ CHUCKLES ] [ JAMAICAN MUSIC PLAYS ] WE NEVER, EVER CHANGE NEVER, EVER CHANGE WE NEVER, EVER CHANGE [ ALL SHOUTING ] HEY! OKAY. ALL RIGHT. CIRCLE, EVERYBODY. CIRCLE. BAM! THAT'S IT. BAM! GEORGE. I NEED A BUS. [ CLEARS THROAT ] THE RICH MAN'S WEALTH IS IN THE CITY YEAH DESTRUCTION OF THE POOR IS HIS POVERTY LORD DESTRUCTION OF YOUR SOUL IS VANITY YEAH, AY, YEAH DO YOU HEAR? I AND I, I WANNA RULE MY DESTINY YEAH I AND I, I WANNA RULE MY DESTINY WHOA, WHOA DESTINY, MAMA, LOOK FROM WHEN YOU CALL ME DESTINY, MAMA, LOOK FROM WHEN YOU CALLING I WANNA RULE MY DESTINY YEAH, YEAH OH, HELP I, PLEASE JAH JAH MEK MI RULE MY DESTINY OOH-WHEE, LORD I'VE BEEN BLESSED I'VE BEEN TOUCH I LOVE JAH SO MUCH THEY KEEP FIGHTING ME I'M NOT GIVING UP MAY THE REALMS OF ZION FILL MY SPIRITUAL CUP WISDOM OVERSTANDING MUST NEVER BE TOO MUCH GIVE I PROTECTION DAY AND NIGHT FROM EVEN THE PESTILENCE THAT WAR GET A DAYLIGHT DESTINY, MAMA, LOOK FROM WHEN YOU CALLING DESTINY NO. [ ALL SHOUTING ] [ SHOUTING CONTINUES ] [ COUGHING ] YES. GOOD. YEAH, THAT'S IT. THAT'S IT. THAT'S IT. CLEAN, YEAH. THAT'S IT. GO ON. ONE MORE TIME. AH, BAM, BAM, BAM, BAM, BAM. THAT'S IT! THAT'S THE MAN. COME ON. LET'S GO. BUT, DERRICK, YOU HAVE TO MOVE. STICK AND MOVE. STICK AND MOVE. THAT'S IT. THAT'S IT. THAT'S IT. [ Rapping ] ALL I DO IS STAY FOCUSED LOOKING STRAIGHT FORWARD A THE WORLD AND BEYOND I FEEL PEOPLE PULLING ME DOWN I FEEL SOME PULLING ME UP I CAN'T GET STUCK I JUST KEEP MOVING FORWARD I GOT PLACES TO GO, MAN LET'S GO WHEN THE ARMAGEDDON'S DARK AND DREAD A LOT OF WEAK ARE TO WEEP AND MOAN ONLY THE STRONG WILL CONTINUE DO YOU HAVE IT IN YOU? COME, WE'VE GOT A JOURNEY TO GO AND WHEN THE BATTLE GET SOUR AND DREAD A LOT OF WEAK ARE TO WITHER AND MOAN ONLY THE STRONG WILL CONTINUE I KNOW YOU HAVE IT IN YOU I KNOW YOU HAVE IT IN YOU HEY THE VICTORY'S FOUND IN TRUTH, LIKE INNOCENCE FOUND IN YOUTH SELF-DEFEAT IS YOUR OWN DISPUTE AND, MAN, YOU PUT YOURSELF IN-A YA OWN SHOESES EITHER YOU'RE WINNING OR LOSING DON'T YOU GET IT CONFUSED TAY YOU STARRING IN-A YA OWN MOVIE PLAYING OF A ROLE YOU CHOOSE SO, STAND UP AND FIGH IF YOU KNOW SAY YOU'RE RIGH AND NO, YOU WON'T EVER FAIL TIPPING THE SCALE AND THE WIND SHALL PREVAIL ALL RIGHT? [ ROCK MUSIC PLAYING ] [ CROWD CHEERING ] [ CHUCKLES ] BIG MAN. COME HERE. RING-A-LING-A-LING! [ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ] [ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ] YO, I GET IT DONE. ALL RIGHT, COOL. [ CELLPHONE RINGING ] [ BELL DINGS ] [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] THAT'S IT. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] [ BELL DINGS ] [ ROCK MUSIC PLAYING ] [ CHEERING ] [ CROWD BOOING ] [ BELL DINGS ] [ BELL DINGS ] [ TIRES SCREECH ] [ TIRES SQUEAL ] LOOK INTO MY MIND CAN YOU SEE THE WEALTH? CAN YOU TELL THAT I WANT TO HELP MYSELF? BUT IF IT HAPPEN THA I STICK YOU FOR YOUR RING DON'T BE MAD AT ME IT'S A SURVIVAL TING LOOK INTO MY HEAR I CAN FEEL YOUR FEAR TAKE ANOTHER LOOK, CAN YOU HOLD MY STARE? WHY ARE YOU AFRAID OF MY HUNGRY FACE? OR IS IT THIS THING BULGING IN MY WAIST? LOOK INTO MY LIFE CAN YOU SEE MY KIDS? LET ME ASK YOU THIS MASTER LENFORD! MASTER LENFORD! MASTER LENFORD! [ DOG BARKING ] [ SAW BUZZING ] AND AIM. STICK AND MOVE. [ ENGINE WHIRRING ] [ ENGINE SHUTS OFF ] [ SCOFFS ] MHMMM, MHMMM, MHMM HMM IF YUH BLAME LIFE, YUH BLAME WHO GIVE IT SO DON'T BLAME LIFE, BLAME THE WAY HOW YUH LIVE IT FATHER GOD NEVA SLEEP HIM WAKE HIM NUH MAKE MISTAKE SOH BLAME IT ON THE FRIENDS WHEN YUH SURROUNDED WITH FAKE YUH BLAME LIFE, YUH BLAME WHO GIVE IT SOH DON'T BLAME LIFE, BLAME THE WAY HOW YUH LIVE IT FATHER GOD NEVA SLEEP HIM WAKE HIM NUH MAKE MISTAKE SOH BLAME IT ON YOUR FRIENDS WHEN YUH SURROUNDED WITH FAKE WHO KNOW BEST DO BES 'CAUSE WE SURPASS BETTER NUFF A DEM, THEY'RE TRYIN TO BE PERFECT LIKE A JOB LETTER BELIEVE INNA GOD HIM KEEP MI WARM LIKE A SWEATER WHEN DI HEATHENS TRY FI SWALLOW ME UP LIKE A ALLIGATOR EVEN THOUGH DEM NAH HAVE NUH LOCKS, DEM DREAD AND IF YUH WAH FI KNOW YUH FRIEND, PRETEND LIKE YUH DEAD AND SEE HOW MUCH TING, DEM WOULDA SEH OVA YUH HEAD 'CAUSE DEM WELL WAH EA YUH FLESH UP LIKE IT IS A LOAF A BREAD NEVA LET DEM GET YUH DOWN IN THIS GAME, STAY AHEAD [ DOG BARKING ] [ THEME MUSIC PLAYS ON TV ] NEWS WATCH. HMM? YEAH, YEAH, COME ON. GET IT. GET IT! [ CHUCKLES ] HUH? HEY! [ BOTH CHUCKLE ] [ MANUEL SHOUTING ] NO ONE IS SAFE, MAN. HEY... DERRICK! [ SEWING MACHINE WHIRRING ] [ SIGHS ] [ DOG BARKING ] [ GUNSHOTS ] [ GUNSHOTS CONTINUE ] [ DOGS BARKING ] SHIT! I THINK THEY WENT THAT WAY. [ CAR DOORS CLOSING ] [ GASPS ] [ GASPS ] [ SNIFFS ] JESUS, JESUS, JESUS. [ ENGINE TURNS OVER ] [ CELLPHONE RINGS ] YEAH? COOL. ...PUSSY. NO! NO! NO!! DERRICK. DERRICK! DERRICK!! DERRICK! LET ME GO! LET ME GO! DERRICK! [ Sobbing ] DERRICK!! LENNY! CAN YOU HEAR ME? [ SIGHS ] B-B-BUT, GRANDPA -- [ JAMAICAN MUSIC PLAYS ] [ SIREN WAILING ] [ BREATHING DEEPLY ] [ BOTH CHUCKLE ] [ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ] WAIT. WAIT. [ LAUGHS ] MM-HMM. ...GUIDE ME, BE MY GUIDANCE GRACE THE SALVATION FOR ME JEHOVAH, GUIDE ME BE MY GUIDANCE LORD, THEY COULD NEVER STOP ME I'M ON THE ROCK, I'M ON THE ROCK AIYA DANAI ANAI, AIYA DANAI ANAI JEHOVAH, GUIDE ME, I'M ON THE ROCK [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] JEHOVAH, GUIDE ME I'M ON THE ROCK [ CROWD BOOING ] [ JAMAICAN MUSIC PLAYING ] OKAY, GUYS? [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] [ RECORD SCRATCHING, MUSIC STOPS ] [ SHOUTS ] [ MUSIC RESUMES ] [ RECORD SCRATCHING, MUSIC STOPS ] [ SHOUTS ] [ MUSIC RESUMES ] [ ALL SHOUTING ] YOU'RE DOING GOOD. [ RECORD SCRATCHING, MUSIC STOPS ] FIGHT! [ GROANS ] FIGHT! YOUR EYE BURNING UP? [ CROWD CHEERING ] [ CROWD BOOING ] [ CROWD BOOING ] HEY! [ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ] [ HORN HONKS ] [ DOG BARKS ] [ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ] HE MAKES THE WEIGHT ON THIS OCCASION, AND HE HAS THE HOPE OF A NATION BEHIND HIM AND CONFIDENCE THAT IS ACTUALLY SHOWN IN THE ABILITY OF THIS MAN. 142. [ DOGS BARKING ] [ OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS ] [ GUNSHOTS ] DERRICK! [ GUN COCKS ] [ BREATHING SHAKILY ] [ SNIFFLES ] [ SNIFFLES ] [ SIGHS ] YO. [ SIREN WAILS ] [ HORN HONKS ] [ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ] [ DOG BARKING ] YEAH, MAN. RISE TO THE OCCASION, LOOK AT YOURSELF THEN SAY YOU'RE STRONG NO ONE CAN STOP YOU, YEAH RISE TO THE OCCASION GO AHEAD, YOU KNOW YOU'RE STRONG NO ONE CAN STOP YOU [ MONITOR BEEPING ] YEAH? [ HELICOPTER BLADE WHIRRING ] MODERN VAMPIRES OF THE CITY HUNTING BLOOD, BLOOD, BLOOD YUH COULDA COME FROM REMA OR YUH COME FROM JUNGLE COULDA COME FROM FIYAH HOUSE OR YUH COME FROM TOWER HILL ONE BLOOD, ONE BLOOD, ONE BLOOD YUH COULDA COME FROM LIBYA OR YUH COME FROM 'MERICA COULDA COME FROM EUROPE OR YUH COME FROM AFRICA ONE BLOOD, ONE BLOOD, ONE BLOOD YUH COULDA BE A IRISHMAN COULDA BE A MEXICAN OR A WEDDA INDIAN [ CROWD SHOUTING IN DISTANCE ] HMM? SO QUITE AN INTERESTING NIGH IS AHEAD OF US. REPORTING LIVE FROM THE BRUISING GYM IN DOWNTOWN KINGSTON, I AM... [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] WELL, QUITE AN INTERESTING MATCH THIS ONE PROMISES TO BE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND, NATURALLY, THE CROWD HEAVILY BEHIND THE HOMETOWN BOY, DERRICK THOMPSON, WHO'S ACTUALLY FIGHTING IN THE YELLOW TRUNKS. AND HIS CUBAN OPPONENT, JOSE GONZALEZ, IN BLUE. WHAT A MATCH-UP THIS IS GOING TO BE AS BOTH FIGHTERS MEET IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RING. [ DOGS BARKING ] OUT OF THIS POSITION. AND NOW THE CUBAN IS GOING TO THE BODY, GONZALEZ. AND DERRICK REALLY TAKING A PUNISHING. AND HE'S TRYING TO FIGHT BACK, BUT HE'S REALLY TAKEN A BLOW NOW AND STAGGERS ONTO THE ROPES. AND SAVED BY THE BELL. [ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ] WELL, DERRICK FLIES OUT OF HIS CORNER. ONE WONDERS IF HE HAS ANYTHING IN HIM WHILE THE CUBAN IS GOING TO THE BODY IMMEDIATELY AND DERRICK IS REALLY TAKING A POUNDING. CAN HE FIGHT HIMSELF OUT OF THIS? AND GONZALEZ -- AND DERRICK TAKING A WIDE SWING THAT LANDS HIM ON THE CANVAS. [ SOBS ] [ BELL DINGS ] [ CROWD SHOUTING ] [ BELL DINGS ] ...FOR THE JAMAICAN, AS HE HAS LOST THE FIRST TWO, AND HE HAS COME OUT ALL GUNS BLAZING. AND DERRICK REALLY THROWING THE WORKS NOW AT THE CUBAN, GONZALEZ. AND GONZALEZ WITH A TREMENDOUS RIGHT THAT HAS SENT DERRICK STAGGERED. GONZALEZ AGAIN ALL OVER THE JAMAICAN. AND HE HAS CAUGHT HIM WITH A TREMENDOUS RIGHT THAT HAS LANDED DERRICK ON THE CANVAS. HE'S DOWN! [ Distorted ] DERRICK IS DOWN. [ Distorted ] DERRICK! [ Distorted ] DERRICK, GE UP, YOU! [ Distorted ] DERRICK! DERRICK! GET UP! GET UP! [ JAMAICAN MUSIC PLAYS ] SO, DERRICK IS ON THE CANVAS. HAS HE ANYTHING LEFT IN HIM? WELL, HE HAS BEATEN THE COUNT, AND HE'S GETTING UP. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] YES! YES, DERRICK! COME ON! COME ON, DERRICK! [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE CONTINUE ] AND LET'S SEE IF HE HAS ANYTHING LEFT IN HIM. HE HAS THE CROWD BEHIND HIM. AS THE CUBAN COMES CHARGING. AND DERRICK LANDING A FEW PUNISHING BLOWS TO THE FACE OF THE CUBAN, GONZALEZ, WHO IS HOLDING ON. THE REFEREE IS TRYING TO SEPARATE THEM. AND DERRICK, HE HAS GROWN A SECOND WIND. AND LOOK AT HIM GO. AND WHAT A TREMENDOUS UPPER-CUT. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] [ RING ANNOUNCER SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ] [ CROWD CHANTING "DERRICK" ] CAN HE SURVIVE THE COUNT? HE'S BEEN COUNTED OUT BY THE REFEREE -- GONZALEZ. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] THE JAMAICAN HAS TAKEN THE TITLE! CONGRATULATIONS! IT'S JUBILATION ACROSS THE BRUISING GYM! THE JAMAICAN HAS PREVAILED. AGAINST THE ODDS, IT'S DERRICK THOMPSON! AAH! AAH! DERRICK? DERRICK! [ TIRES SQUEALING ] [ GUN CLICKS ] [ BREATHING DEEPLY ] [ GURGLING ] GULLY. GULLY! GULLY. GULLY. NEWS WATCH. [ CHUCKLES ] HI. HI. EVERYBODY WANTS THE SAME THING, DON'T THEY? EVERYBODY WANTS A HAPPY END THEY WANNA SEE THE GAME ON SATURDAY THEY WANNA BE SOMEBODY'S FRIEND EVERYBODY WANNA WORK FOR A LIVING EVERYBODY WANTS THEIR CHILDREN WARM EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE FORGIVEN THEY WANT A SHELTER FROM THE STORM LOOK AT ME, I AIN'T YOUR ENEMY WE WALK ON COMMON GROUND WE DON'T NEED TO FIGH EACH OTHER WHAT WE NEED, WHAT WE NEED SOLIDARITY SOLIDARITY SOLIDARITY OH, YEAH SOLIDARITY NOBODY LIKES TO ASK FOR MONEY SOMEBODY LIKES TO PLAY THE CLOWN NOBODY LIKES TO WAIT IN A LONG LINE NOBODY LIKES BEING PUSHED AROUND EVERYBODY WANTS THEIR FAMILY PROTECTED [ JAMAICAN MUSIC PLAYS ] |
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