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Clips from Lean on Me

"What the hell are you talking about?"
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"I have done everything-"
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"i. It is always i."
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"There are 300 teachers here."
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"You don't do it alone."
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"I don't have to listen to these accusations."
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"Youwilllisten!"
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"All right, ms. Levias, go ahead and talk."
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"You've been flapping your mouth,"
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"and you haven't heard a thing."
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"You haven't seen what's painfully obvious."
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"I'll tell you what-"
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"no, let me finish!"
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"Everybody here may not like you,"
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"but we all applaud your effort."
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"What you don't understand"
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"is the same people who support you"
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"are the ones you're beating up!"
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"You don't even say thank you."
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"You just constantly abuse them,"
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"criticize them."
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"What the hell do you want from me?"
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"I want you to get this straight."
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"Most of the teachers are here because they care"
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"about those children, this school, this fight."
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"They're in it with you."
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"They take it home the same as you."
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"They are part of those children's lives."
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"You are thoughtless and cruel,"
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"and it hurts."
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"And none of them deserve it."
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"They are sick of it, and so am i."
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"Ms. Levias."
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"What's this?"
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"The transfer you asked for."
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"All right, people. Here we are."
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"This is the day."
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"In one hour,"
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"you're going to take an exam administered by the state"
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"to test your basic skills"
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"and the quality of education at eastside high."
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"And i want to tell you"
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"what the people out there are saying about you"
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"and what they think about your chances."
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"They say you are inferior."
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"Come on!"
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"Come on!"
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"Come on! Come on!"
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""You are just a bunch of niggers and spics and poor white trash.""
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""Education is wasted on you.""
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""You cannot learn!""
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"You're lost!"
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"I mean all of you."
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"I want all the white students to stand up."
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"All my white students, stand up."
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"Come on."
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"Stand up. Stand up."
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"That's it. Come on, stand up."
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"These are my white children,"
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"and they're the same as all of you."
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"They've got no place to go."
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"Otherwise, they would have abandoned us a long time ago,"
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"but they couldn't."
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"So here they are at eastside, just like the rest of us."
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"You can sit down."
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"Are you getting my point, people?"
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"Yes!"
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"Is it sinking in?"
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"Yes!"
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"We sink, we swim."
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"We rise, we fall."
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"We meet our fate together!"
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"Now, it took the help of a good, good friend"
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"to make me know and understand that,"
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"and i do understand it, and i'm grateful."
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"I'm eternally grateful."
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"And i've got a message for those people out there"
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"who've abandoned you and written you off."
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"Can you hear me?"
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"Yes!"
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"Can you hear me?"
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"Yes!"
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"Good!"
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"You are not inferior!"
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"Your grades may be."
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"Your school may have been."
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"But you can turn that around"
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"and make liars out of those bastards"
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"in exactly one hour!"
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"You'll take that test, pass it, and win!"
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"So here's what i want you to do."
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"When you find your minds wandering,"
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"i want you to knuckle back down and concentrate."
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"Concentrate!"
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"Remember what's at stake"
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"and show them what eastside high is all about-"
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"a spirit that will not die!"
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"Sometimes in our lives"
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"we all have pain"
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"we all have sorrow"
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"but if we are wise"
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"we know that there's always tomorrow"
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"lean on me"
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"when you're not strong"
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"and i'll be your friend?"
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"I'll help you carry on"
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"for it won't be long"
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"till i'm gonna need"
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"somebody to lean on"
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"you just call on me, brother"
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"when you need a hand"
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"we all need somebody to lean on"
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"i just might have a problem?"
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"That you'll understand"
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"we all need somebody to lean on"
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"why don't you lean on me?"
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"Lean on me"
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"if you need a friend"
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"you can lean on me"
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"i'll be your friend"
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