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When I found you and Cory and a halfway decent job, I was safe
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Fences

When I found you and Cory and ahalfway decent job, I was safe

Fences • 2016
When I found you and Cory and a
halfway decent job, I was safe

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When I found you and Cory and a halfway decent job, I was safe.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
01:20:25
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.
I was safe. I had me a family, a job. - Fences 00:06
I was safe. I had me a family, a job.
I was standing on first base, - Fences 00:07
I was standing on first base,
I got to thinkin' that if I tried, maybe I could steal second. - Fences 00:06
I got to thinkin' that if I tried, maybe I could steal ...
I stood on first base for 18 years, - Fences 00:07
I stood on first base for 18 years,
We talking about you going off and laying up with another woman, - Fences 00:06
We talking about you going off and laying up with another wo...
I'm trying to explain it to you the best way I know how. - Fences 00:06
I'm trying to explain it to you the best way I know how...
It's not easy for me to admit - Fences 00:06
It's not easy for me to admit
I've been right here with you, Troy! I got a life, too. - Fences 00:06
I've been right here with you, Troy! I got a life, too.
I gave 18 years of my life to stand in the same spot as you! - Fences 00:06
I gave 18 years of my life to stand in the same spot as you!
That I wanted to lay up somewhere - Fences 00:06
That I wanted to lay up somewhere
That I wanted someone to make me laugh, - Fences 00:06
That I wanted someone to make me laugh,
I took all my feelings my wants - Fences 00:20
I took all my feelings my wants
I took all my feelings, my wants and needs and dreams, - Fences 00:08
I took all my feelings, my wants and needs and dreams,
I planted myself inside you and waited to bloom! - Fences 00:05
I planted myself inside you and waited to bloom!
And it didn't take me no 18 years - Fences 00:08
And it didn't take me no 18 years
But I held on to you, Troy. I held you tighter. - Fences 00:05
But I held on to you, Troy. I held you tighter.
And upstairs in that bedroom, with the darkness falling in on me, - Fences 00:13
And upstairs in that bedroom, with the darkness falling in o...
And wherever you was going, I was gonna be there with you, - Fences 00:08
And wherever you was going, I was gonna be there with you,
'Cause that's the only way I was gonna survive as your wife. - Fences 00:05
'Cause that's the only way I was gonna survive as ...
You always talking about what you give - Fences 00:06
You always talking about what you give