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They end up in the penitentiary, man.
They end up on Rikers Island.
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They end up through the system.
That's what happens to 'em.
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The ones that don't wanna go to school,
wanna sell drugs.
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That's where they end up, man.
I'm sorry, but that's the way it is.
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In the hood, in the ghetto.
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The only thing stop you in America,
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the only thing stopping you
from making it, is your own self.
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- No one else stop you from going with it.
- I like that. I like that.
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But that's it. The only thing stops you
is yourself. Anything you wanna name.
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- You can't blame the system.
- You can't blame anyone.
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(both) You blame yourself.
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I think most of the problems
with our educational system
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are cultural, quite frankly.
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And everyone is afraid to use
the "C" word. Culture.
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Because everyone says, "Oh that's racist."
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The school is good. It's the kids.
That's basically what make it look bad.
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What are we giving them to make them
want to get up in the morning
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and feel jubilant 'cause
"I'm going to school"?
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What are we giving them?
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In one city, you can have just garbage
schools up in our neighborhood.
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And then down there, amazing schools.
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And you can't tell me
that's not race based.
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The finger is always being pointed--
"Oh, it's the student's fault",
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"Oh, it's the parents' fault",
"Oh, it's the teacher's fault".
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It's you. It's not you, you, you.
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You can't blame the system,
you can't blame the school.
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It's if you go, and you wanna learn,
you learn.
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If my school had been better,
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then I believe that I wouldn't have been
on the streets today
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talking to you, nice people.
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They're not taking it serious,
we would take it serious
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we are the one who is going for it.
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Everybody sure is to blame,
from the parents,
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on to the administrators of the school.
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Well, it takes a village to raise
a child, so...
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