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Synopsis: In The Equalizer, Denzel Washington plays McCall, a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when McCall meets Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz), a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can't stand idly by - he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice reawakened. If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help. He is The Equalizer.
Director(s): Antoine Fuqua
Production: Sony Pictures
  1 win & 9 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
57
Rotten Tomatoes:
60%
R
Year:
2014
132 min
$85,212,969
Website
13,216 Views


Started to spit hard as sh*t

Learned how to harness it

While the reins were off

And there was a lot of bizarre sh*t

But the crazy part

Was soon as I stopped saying

I gave a f***

Haters started to appreciate my art

And it just breaks my heart

To look at all the pain I caused

But what am I gonna do

When the rage is gone?

And the lights go out

In that trailer park?

And the window is closing and there's

Nowhere else that I can go with flows

And I'm frozen 'cause there's no more

Emotion for me to pull from

Just a bunch of playful songs

That I make for fun

So to the break of dawn

Here I go recycling the same old song

But I'd rather make "Not Afraid 2"

Than make another motherfucking

"We Made You," unh

Now, I don't wanna seem indulgent

When I discuss my lows and my highs

My demise and my uprise

Pray to God

I just opened enough eyes later on

Gave you the supplies and the tools

To hopefully use it to make you strong

Enough to lift yourself up

When you feel like I felt

'Cause I can't explain to y'all

How dang exhausted my legs felt

Just having to balance my dang self

When on eggshells I was made to walk

But thank you, Ma, 'cause that gave me

The strength to cause Shady-mania

So when they empty that stadium

At least I made it out of that house

And found a place in this world

When the day was done

So this is for every kid

Who all's they ever did was dreamt

Of one day just getting accepted

I represent him or her

Anyone similar

You are the reason

That I made this song

And everything you're scared to say

Don't be afraid to say no more

From this day forward

Just let them A-holes talk

Take it with a grain of salt

And eat their f***ing faces off

The legend of the angry blond

Lives on through you when I'm gone

And to think I was gone

I was afraid to make a single sound

Afraid I would never find a way out

Afraid I'd never be found

I don't wanna go another round

An angry man's power

Will shut you up

Trip wires fill this house

With tip-toed love

Run out of excuses for everyone

So here I am and I will not run

Guts over fear

The time is near

Guts over fear

I shed a tear

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