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When he turned to face me, I knew why the devil never come and get him 'cause he was the devil himself. I don't know what happened. I woke up, laying there by the creek, and Blue, this old dog we had, he was licking my face. Both my eyes were swoll shut. I thought I was blind, I couldn't see nothing. I just laid there and cried. And I didn't know what I was gonna do. But I knew the time had come for me to leave my daddy's house. Suddenly, the world got big, and it was a long time before I could cut it down to where I could handle it. Part of that cutting down was where I got to the place where I could feel him kicking in my blood, and I knew the only thing that separated us was a matter of a few years.I hope he's dead. I hope he found some peace
When he turned to face me, I knew why the devil never come and get him 'cause he was the devil himself. I don't know what happened. I woke up, laying there by the creek, and Blue, this old dog we had, he was licking my face. Both my eyes were swoll shut. I thought I was blind, I couldn't see nothing. I just laid there and cried. And I didn't know what I was gonna do. But I knew the time had come for me to leave my daddy's house. Suddenly, the world got big, and it was a long time before I could cut it down to where I could handle it. Part of that cutting down was where I got to the place where I could feel him kicking in my blood, and I knew the only thing that separated us was a matter of a few years.I hope he's dead. I hope he found some peace
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I just want to be me
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You can't be nobody but who you are Cory
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That shadow wasn't nothing but you growing into yourself
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You either got to grow into it or cut it down to fit you
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But that's all you got to make life with
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That's all you got to measure yourself against that world out there
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Your daddy wanted you to be everything he wasn't
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and at the same time he wanted you to be everything he was
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I don't know if he was right or wrong but I do know
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he meant to do more good than he meant to do harm
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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.
Actors
Rose Maxson
