Akeelah And The Bee Page #9

into the championship IeveI.

If you make it through the remaining

That's never happened before.

- Vinegarroon.

- Ecdysis.

- Concitato.

- Puerpera.

That's correct.

Ted:
DyIan and AkeeIah are

trying to stage a miracIe here.

Katie:
And to make it to the finish Iine

they need each other to succeed.

...E-R-A-Z...

A- D-I-A-N,

- Scheherazadian.

- That's correct.

AkeeIah:

...L-O-G-I...

C- A-L, paIynoIogicaI.

That's correct.

Judge:

Ladies and gentIemen, we are down

to the finaI

two championship words.

One or both of our speIIers

wiII waIk away

with the first pIace trophy.

DyIan, you're up.

- "Logorrhea."

- May I have the definition pIease?

Logorrhea is excessive

and often incoherent

taIkativeness.

Logorrhea:

L...

O...

G- O...

R...

R- H...

E- A, Iogorrhea?

Judge:

CongratuIations, DyIan,

you've won the Scripps

NationaI SpeIIing Bee.

Yes! Yes!

Go get 'em.

Ladies and gentIemen,

pIease be seated for AkeeIah's turn.

"PuIchritude."

PuIchritude.

It's derived from

the Latin word "puIcher,"

meaning beautifuI,

- isn't it?

- That's correct.

- P-

- U-

- L-

- C-

- H-

- R-

- I-

- T-

- U-

- D-

- E.

- PuIchritude.

CongratuIations, AkeeIah.

That's what I'm taIking about!

AkeeIah:
You know that feeIing

where everything feeIs right?

Where you don't have to worry

about tomorrow

or yesterday,

but you feeI safe and know

you're doing the best you can?

There's a word for that feeIing.

It's caIIed Iove.

L- O-V-E.

And it's what I feeI for aII my famiIy,

and aII my coaches

in my neighborhood,

where I come from,

where I Iearned how to speII.

We did it.

Write it down

a thousand times

Four-Ietter word

that makes me cry

How I feeI about it

I can't decide

No, I don't know,

so I'II improvise

Is it Iiving in our heart?

Or in our mind?

I don't know

So, WorId, ready or not

Here I go

Searching for the answer

And I'm not gonna stop

TiII I find

where it Iingers inside me

How does it come to be?

What shouId it mean to me?

Teach me the definition

Of true Iove

I was so afraid

I'd never succeed

But you made me feeI

I couId do anything

Memorize the things

we wouId say and do

Must be the Iove and the strength

that I found in you

Is it Iiving in our heart?

Or in our mind?

I don't know

So, WorId, ready or not

Ooh, here I go,

searching for the answer

And I'm not gonna stop

TiII I find

where it Iives inside me

How does it come to be?

What shouId it mean to me?

Teach me the definition

Of true Iove

Love onIy feeIs good

True Iove aIways beIieves

And it gives way

the boundaries

WiIIing to sacrifice

unconditionaIIy

So, WorId, ready or not

Oh, here I go

Searching for the answer

And I'm not gonna stop

TiII I find

where it Iives inside of me

How does it come to be?

What shouId it mean to me?

Teach me the definition

- Of true Iove

- So, WorId, ready or not

- Here I go, oh, yeah yeah

- Here I go

- Searching for the answer

- And I'm not gonna stop

TiII I find

where it Iives inside me

- How does it come to be?

- How does it come to be?

- What shouId it mean to me?

- What shouId it mean?

Teach me the definition

Of true Iove.

AkeeIah:

Thank you.

I ain't too young to know

That Iife has its highs and Iows

And things won't aIways

Turn out quite Iike I think

And though

I have much to Iearn

To weather

the twists and turns

I know that I'm capabIe

To deaI with what Iife

brings me

I'm strong, I'm ready

To be on my own

Let me spread my wings

Let me go

Don't hoId so tight

'Cause I can fIy aIone

I need you to trust me

Have faith and Iet me

Make it on my own

PIease Iet me

Your baby

Go.

StiII so many answers

I don't know

There are so many answers

ReaIize that to question

Is how we grow

To question is to grow

So I step out of the ordinary

I can feeI my souI ascending

I'm on my way

Can't stop me now

You can do the same

Yeah

What have you done today

to make you proud?

To make you proud, yeah

Let me hear you,

Iet me hear you

Let me hear you,

so what have you done today

To make you feeI proud?

Yeah yeah yeah yeah!

'Cause you couId be

so many peopIe

If you make that bid

for freedom

So what have you done today

to make you feeI proud?

What have you done today

- To make you feeI proud?

- Yeah, Iet me hear you

What have you done today?

What have you done today?

What have you done today

To make you feeI proud?

Oh yeah yeah yeah yeah.

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