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Fences

You either got to grow into it,or cut it down to fit you, but that's all you gotto make a...

Fences • 2016
You either got to grow into it,
or cut it down to fit you, but that's all you got
to make a life with

Full Transcript

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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 a life with.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
02:04:27
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.
That's all you got to measure yourself against the world out there. - Fences 00:06
That's all you got to measure yourself against the worl...
Your daddy wanted you to be everything he wasn't - Fences 00:09
Your daddy wanted you to be everything he wasn't
Now, I don't know if he was right or wrong, - Fences 00:08
Now, I don't know if he was right or wrong,
Sometimes, when he touched, he bruised, - Fences 00:09
Sometimes, when he touched, he bruised,
When I first met your daddy, - Fences 00:10
When I first met your daddy,
That's the first thing I thought when I seen him. - Fences 00:05
That's the first thing I thought when I seen him.
I thought, "rose Lee", - Fences 00:18
I thought, "rose Lee",
When your daddy walked through the house, - Fences 00:11
When your daddy walked through the house,
But - Fences 00:09
But
And that's what your daddy gave me. - Fences 00:05
And that's what your daddy gave me.
I didn't know to keep up his strength, - Fences 00:06
I didn't know to keep up his strength,
I took on his life as mine and mixed up the pieces, - Fences 00:09
I took on his life as mine and mixed up the pieces,
It was my choice. My life. - Fences 00:05
It was my choice. My life.
And I didn't have to live it like that, - Fences 00:10
And I didn't have to live it like that,
And by the time raynell came into the house... - Fences 00:05
And by the time raynell came into the house...
I didn't want to make my blessings off of nobody's misfortune, - Fences 00:15
I didn't want to make my blessings off of nobody's...
Like I'd been blessed to relive a part of my life. - Fences 00:05
Like I'd been blessed to relive a part of my life.
And if the lord see fit to keep up my strength, - Fences 00:12
And if the lord see fit to keep up my strength,
Mama! - Fences 00:10
Mama!
Papa said it was army. You know blue? - Fences 00:05
Papa said it was army. You know blue?