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He ain't talking about making no living playing football
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Fences

He ain't talking about makingno living playing football

Fences • 2016
He ain't talking about making
no living playing football

Full Transcript

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He ain't talking about making no living playing football.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
49
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:17
Uploaded
Oct 31, 2025
Genres
drama
Production
Paramount Pictures,Scott Rudin Productions,MACRO,Bron Studios,Escape Artists

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Movie Summary

A working-class African-American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life.
If he be like you in sports, he gonna be all right. - Fences 00:05
If he be like you in sports, he gonna be all right.
Times have changed since you were playing baseball, Troy. - Fences 00:05
Times have changed since you were playing baseball, Troy.
You right about that, ro. Times have changed, Troy. - Fences 00:05
You right about that, ro. Times have changed, Troy.
There ought not never have been no time called "too early." - Fences 00:11
There ought not never have been no time called "too ear...
Man's batting 269, you understand? 269! - Fences 00:06
Man's batting 269, you understand? 269!
What sense that make? I'm batting 432 with 37 home runs! - Fences 00:06
What sense that make? I'm batting 432 with 37 home runs...
He's batting 269, playing right field for the Yankees! - Fences 00:05
He's batting 269, playing right field for the Yankees!
I bet you selkirk's daughter ain't running around - Fences 00:06
I bet you selkirk's daughter ain't running around
I done seen 100 niggers play baseball better than Jackie Robinson. - Fences 00:07
I done seen 100 niggers play baseball better than Jackie Rob...
Hell, I seen some teams Jackie Robinson couldn't even make! - Fences 00:05
Hell, I seen some teams Jackie Robinson couldn't even m...
If you can play, then they ought to let you play. - Fences 00:05
If you can play, then they ought to let you play.
Oh! Death ain't nothing. I done seen him, - Fences 00:07
Oh! Death ain't nothing. I done seen him,
Death ain't nothing but a fastball on the outside corner, - Fences 00:08
Death ain't nothing but a fastball on the outside corne...
You get one of them fastballs about waist high - Fences 00:12
You get one of them fastballs about waist high
If I'm lying, that's 450 feet worth of lying. That's all death is to me. - Fences 00:09
If I'm lying, that's 450 feet worth of lying. That...
I drink just enough to where I can handle it. - Fences 00:05
I drink just enough to where I can handle it.
So, you ain't got to worry about me drinking myself to death - Fences 00:07
So, you ain't got to worry about me drinking myself to ...
I look up one day, and death is marching straight at me, - Fences 00:09
I look up one day, and death is marching straight at me,
It was the middle of July, 1941. - Fences 00:05
It was the middle of July, 1941.
And it seemed like death, himself, - Fences 00:06
And it seemed like death, himself,