Lean on Me Page #6

You'll be dead

in a year, son.

You hear

what i'm saying?

You'll be dead

in a year.

Mr. Clark,

i got to go.

You know, baby,

i look at you,

and i want to do

the hootchie cootchie.

Hootchie cootchie,

that's what i'm doing.

You know, sometime,

baby.

Come on, fellas,

not again.

Sams, freeze.

Where are you

running off to?

Why aren't you

carrying a book?

I got lunch

then gym-

why did i let you

back in here?

To get an education.

How you gonna get an

education if you don't read?

I read.

When do you get

your report card?

Next week. Miss james

says i'm getting a "b."

I knew you were smart.

I knew it, too.

See you later. Nice tie.

Sams, get back here.

Let's see

what's in here.

You don't want to go

in there. It stinks.

My, my, my.

Aren't you

my little songbirds

from the cafeteria?

Weren't they with you?

Who, these guys?

I'm sure you've learned

the school song by now.

You better know it

because this time

if you don't

get it right,

you're suspended

for 10 days each.

Is that clear?

Yes, sir.

All right,

let me hear it.

All right, fellas,

let him hear it.

Fair eastside

fair eastsl-l-ide

fair eastside

by thy side

we'll stand

and always

praise thy name

praise thy name,

praise thy name

to heaven, yeah

lend our hearts

and hands

to help increase

thy fame

ooh, lord

the honor, yeah

of old eastside high

calls forth

our loyalty

loyalty, loyalty

so cheer-

all right,

all right!

Who taught you that?

Answer me!

I know you didn't

do it yourselves.

Sams!

What?

Who taught you this song?

Speak up!

Mrs. Powers.

Mrs. Powers, eh?

Come with me, all of you.

...out this world

gonna shoulder up

my cross

gonna take it home

to my jesus

ain't that good news?

I got a savior

in that kingdom

ain't that good news?

I got a savior

in that kingdom

ain't that good news?

No, no, no, people.

You must remember,

we need intonation,

phonation, accuracy, and pitch.

Now, this is your note.

Hmm

mrs. Powers.

Yes, sir.

These hoodlums

told me something.

Did you change

the school song?

Mrs. Powers-

let her answer!

The children thought

the song was boring.

Boring, huh?

I have

never heard

a school song

like that.

I didn't authorize

you to change it,

did i?

No, you didn't.

I want everyone

to learn that song

in english and spanish.

Immediately.

Take a bow,

mrs. Powers.

You've rewritten

our alma mater.

The honor

of old eastside high

brings forth

our loyalty

loyalty, loyalty

so cheer for dear

old eastside...

how's it going?

What you got

in there, malachi?

My future.

All right.

...aboard eastside

all aboard, all aboard

yes, eastside

all aboard, all aboard

how's it going,

mr. Darnell?

Good, good.

That's great.

...high

ge-e-et

fellas?

On

that

train

train

train

ms. Levias...

hi, mr. Clark.

I just heard something

you wouldn't believe.

Uh, mr. Clark,

mr. O'malley just brought

this from trenton.

The school's

practice test.

I had to wait

all this time for this?

Next time i order you

to go get something,

you better damn well

go get it yourself!

Oh, no.

Oh, my god.

Give me your

attention, everyone.

First three rows

take 4 steps forward.

Right now! Come on!

1, 2, 3, 4.

Ok, that's good.

Turn around.

Hold it,

mr. O'malley!

What's

your excuse?

I was filling out

a big stack of forms.

I didn't know

what time it was.

This is a prime example

of the kind of

inefficiency and apathy

that is destroying

this school.

Mr. O'malley, i can't

believe you're that bad.

I'll give you a chance

to revitalize your image.

Set up a student-peer

tutoring program.

Maybe the students

can help themselves.

Lord knows, you teachers

aren't doing the job.

Ms. Levias, i want

remedial reading on saturdays.

Volunteers will get

regular pay.

We can't afford

overtime.

Mr. Clark, the problem

isn't our pay.

What is the problem

as you see it?

How to get the students

in on saturday.

You hear that, people?

How do we get the students

in on saturdays

for remedial reading?

I'll tell you how.

We'll go to their homes.

We'll talk to their folks.

If their folks

can't read,

they can come in, too.

The only way

we'll get anything done

is to get everyone

involved.

And that goes

for all of you!

It's time

to get involved.

Everyone in this section,

put both your hands

above your heads.

Raise your hands!

Put them up!

You people represent

the 70% of our students

who just failed

the practice exam.

70%!

But that is not

their failure.

I don't blame them.

The failure is yours.

That's right, yours.

How many hours do you spend

preparing your lesson plans?

How often do you

stay after school

to give those children-

the ones

you know need it-

the extra help

that they require?

Keep your hands up.

Now you're getting a hint

of the hopelessness and shame

that makes those

failing students

throw up their hands

at the thought

of facing a world

for which you have not

prepared them.

You're getting an inkling

of the despair they feel

when left to the mercy

of the streets.

Keep your hands up high.

Look around

at yourselves.

Turn and look

at yourselves!

Because you are failing

to educate them,

this is the posture

our students will wind up in,

only they'll be staring

down the barrel of a gun!

Ooh, yeah, yeah

ahh ha ha

if a man is born

in luxury

it proves to me

through history

he is somebody

if a man is born

in poverty

privation and misery

he is nobody

everybody is somebody

nobody is nobody

i mean, apart

from all the wealthy

ooh

everybody is somebody

oh, yeah

so look at me here, man?

Ooh ooh ooh

oh, yeah

ooh ooh ooh

poverty is what,

what it takes

it makes such dangerous

mistakes about who

who is somebody

when a woman

has a child

before that child

is born

she, she is somebody

everybody is somebody

nobody is nobody

i mean, apart

from all the wealthy

doo doo doo doo doo

everybody is somebody

yeah, oh, yeah

everybody is somebody

all right, you guys,

forget it.

All right, i got one.

Who's this?

People, move to the right

of the halls.

Move expeditiously.

Francesca,

come over here.

How are you?

Fine, mr. Clark.

How's your sister?

She broke her leg.

That's good.

You have any problem,

come to my office.

Here's the key.

Ooh, that

ain't the key.

Sams, sams.

Where's sams?

Anybody see sams?

Pull your pants up, son.

Clarence, come here.

Get your hormones

under control, boy.

Let me feel your butt.

Joe:
Clarence.

What do you think

you're doing?

I was just...

i was just, um...

francesca,

come here.

What is he doing?

Can he do me?

Does he have

the juice?

No way, mr. Clark.

Clarence, report

to my office.

Mr. Clark, i was

just fooling around.

Got you.

How do you learn the alphabet

? be on time

come on, sams!

You can do it.

...he's on time

j-o-e c-l-a...

don't give up!

Fall in together,

going "how do you like

the weather?"

Going "how do you

learn the alphabet?"

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