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Did you hear about the midnight rambler?

Everybody got to go

Did you hear about the midnight rambler?

Well done.

Yeah, thank you, sir.

Hey.

Mr. Pimentel?

I'm Ben Padrow with the University.

I'm chairman of the Speech Department.

Hi, Dr. Padrow, I know who you are.

Well, congratulations. I'm impressed.

Nice suit.

Oh, thank you very much.

Where do you go to school?

Actually, sir, I'm not in school right now.

I'm a little strapped financially.

But I'd love to come to State.

Well, we have scholarships

and financial aid. We'd love to help.

Come see me.

Yes, sir.

You're late.

I'm sorry. I was over at the admissions...

No time for apologies.

On the stage, let's go, come on.

I picked three speeches, like you asked.

Now, which one do you wanna see first?

The good one. Tick, tock. Come on.

All right.

Last meal's been eaten.

Last prayer has been said.

The prisoner is strapped

into the electric chair...

My black brothers will gladly sacrifice

for freedom overseas

when there's freedom in Birmingham...

...until my right to vote in this country

precedes my obligation to die for it.

Just sit down there, please. Right here.

You like it up there?

Yeah, I...

I like it better than anything.

Why?

I don't know.

Stop right there.

That's the first honest thing you've said,

"I don't know. "

You don't know why you're up there.

You don't even know what you're saying.

Sure, you're talented and passionate.

You could fool some blue-haired judge

in high school, but not here.

This is another league.

Wait a minute, I...

I've won every single tournament

I've ever entered.

You didn't think that I was good?

I think you're the most gifted,

natural speaker I have ever seen,

and you have incredible potential.

And you are completely full of sh*t.

Hold on, wait a minute. So that's it?

I've been working towards this

for the last six years, all right?

I'm not asking... It doesn't have to be

a full scholarship. I can...

Look, my advice? You're not ready.

Go live a life. Fill yourself up.

Find out what's important,

earn a point of view.

- I...

- Earn.

Earn a point of view. Then come back

when you've got something to say.

"Get a life,"my ass.

I had a life, and there was no way

I was going back to it.

Fortunately, the government

had this program

where you could gain valuable

life experience and see the world.

They would guarantee your education

in exchange for services rendered.

It was called Vietnam.

Now my girl you're so young and pretty

And one thing I know is true

My reaction may have been a bit hasty.

After six months in country,

life in Portland didn't seem all that bad.

Watch my daddy in bed a-dyin'

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