Captions by Able. Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air. www.able.co.nz Copyright Able - REPORTER: The streets of Baltimore are tense tonight. Violent protestors overran parts of the city this afternoon, attacking police, looting stores... - REPORTER: The charge of six officers in the case of Freddie Gray, who died after being in police custody. And at the centre of the story... - This is one of our darkest days as a city, and I know that we are much better than this. - Attention! - (FEET STOMP) - Attention! - (FEET STOMP) - GIRLS CHANT: You may think you may know, but there's one thing that's for sure. That the Lethal Ladies of BLSYW are the ones you can't resist. Sisterhood and integrity. You mess with my sister, and you mess with me. We step with soul. We step with pride. Lethal Ladies till the day we die. - (INDISTINCT CHATTER) - All right, come on, ladies. - (INDISTINCT CHATTER, LAUGHTER) - (BELL RINGS) - (INDISTINCT CONVERSATION) - (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) - (INDISTINCT CHATTER, LAUGHTER) (BELL RINGS) (UPBEAT MUSIC) - All right. OK. Hello, everyone. - GIRLS: Hi. - I'm Gari. I'm the new step coach. Did you all hear y'all got a new step coach? Y'all can call me Coach G. You good with that? - OK. - Yeah. - I'm a first-generation college student. I'm the only person in my family who has a degree. I live on Gilmor Street, where Freddie Gray was murdered, so I'm very well-rounded with what goes on out in these streets. - (LAUGHS) - I want everyone to introduce themselves to me, tell me why you like to step. - My name is Amanda Leonard. I like to step because it's empowering. - It's a form of art that brings us all together. - I can express myself in different ways during step, and this is also my side hustle because I don't do hair or makeup. - (LAUGHTER) - (OVERLAPPING CHATTER) - I like to step because it's a passion of mine, so... I'm good at it, and I like to see our ideas come to life. Step is life. - Step is life. - Yes. (GENTLE MUSIC) - Five, six, seven, eight. Yes! - Sometimes I feel like I just go somewhere else when I step. - It's like therapy a little bit. - ALL: Whoo! - Like you up there screaming and yelling and faces and mugging and stepping like you just stomping your life away. You're throwing your hair everywhere. You're clapping. Got all your friends around, you know? Just like... We making music with our bodies, like that's some slick stuff. That's slick though, ain't it? That's slick. - One more time, ladies. - Step is a complete getaway for me, like a complete erase from home. My community is pretty poisonous, I'm not even gonna lie. It feels good to know that, like, you and your teammates are all on the same page and that you're just moving as one. I started up the step team in sixth grade, and over the years, we got good, but last year, everything just fell apart. I missed about 53 days of school, and my grades didn't meet the GPA requirement, so I was kicked off the step team. We lost every competition that year. - Ladies, that was good! That was on point. But that was last year, right? - Yeah. - What's up this year? - (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) - We're taking it to the next level, right? Y'all ready? 'I want them to understand that this is way bigger than stepping.' OK, so... 'It's about not making excuses, making sacrifices, having a positive attitude. 'I know it gets tough. We're in Baltimore City. 'They come home to no lights,' come home to violence in their neighbourhood, not having food in the refrigerator, not having a refrigerator at all. But when they come to step practice, all those things are erased out of their mind. So that is why they can succeed. Cos they can make it through step practice, so they can make it through life. - (INDISTINCT CHATTER) - In exactly 274 days, we will graduate our first twelfth-grade class. We have an entire city that's waiting for the power that we will unleash. - My mission is to make sure each and every one of you from sixth grade through twelfth grade is accepted to and graduates from college. This is just the beginning of a litany of success and greatness that will be the grand history of the Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women. - (NOSTALGIC MUSIC) - (DOG BARKS DISTANTLY) - Ah! I was such a cute child. What happened? I don't know why my mother made us pose like this at every school picture. Like, look at that gut! - I remember this year. - Mm-hm. - I loved that church. I loved that church so much. Grace Bible Baptist on Rolling Road. They taught, oh,... # Down by the river. - # Down by the river. - # I took a little walk. - # I took a little walk. - # I met up with the Devil. - # I met up with the Devil. - # We had a little talk. - # We had a little talk. - # I pushed him in the river. - # I pushed him in the river. - # And I hung him on the line. - # And I hung him on the line. - # I said, we can beat the Devil. - # We can beat the Devil. - # Any old time. # Whoo! That was, like, the best song ever. Now, you see how they had me stepping on the church bus before I was even stepping. Like, I was like, 'You could count on me,' like, Brother Jerry's like, 'Keep the beat, Blessin! 'Keep the beat!' - (LAUGHS) - Like, I got that beat. This is my father. He drew this of himself when he had a lot of time to just draw. - I tried to do the best that I could with raising my girls as basically a single parent, because their father and I... Well, their father and I do better when we're not in the same household, I'll put it like that. Yeah. - Is this my handwriting? - Mm-hm. - Oh, I remember this. (LAUGHS) - Yes. - The Frankenstein. - READS: 'This is a story by Blessin. 4-2-2003.' - READS: 'One day, a spooky monster came into the night 'to kill the woman that break up with him. 'Her door burst open and Frankenstein bust in the house 'and made something go like boom!' - What was going on in your house? It's just that when you hear, 'Boom,' you know to zoom! You know what I'm saying? Like... - (LAUGHTER) - Because I had him pinned down and I was literally choking him out. They know when I'm depressed, they know when I'm worried, you know, and they'd be very concerned about me. Mm-hm. - Stomp! OK. - ALL CHANT: # You know you like it. - I'm kind of an introvert. I'm not very dramatic. But all those parts come out of me when I step. I'm just everything that step is not. - Y'all take a 10-minute break. 5.40 come back. - (SCREAMS) Blessin, stop! Help me up here. - So, since sixth grade, I've really been working super hard to graduate top of my class, because my dream school is Johns Hopkins University. And Hopkins costs about $60,000 per year in tuition, and I don't have $60,000 per year for tuition so I'm hoping to get a full ride. - Wait, did y'all wash your hands first? - Yes. - No. - I got half yeses and half nos. - I have six siblings, so, my parents aren't gonna have enough money to send me to school for four years, especially not at Hopkins. Taylor said the soup is delicious. - About time. - Who the bomb? Who's the woman? Who makes great soup? Yeah, baby! - (LAUGHTER) - Cori, what's this? - It's called coding. You make a secret code to make pictures. - Stay still, Taylor. - You want to make a bunny? - Hmm? - A bunny? - Wanna make a bunny? - Yes. - Yeah. - So if I make it 300, his ear will be gone. - (GIGGLES) - It's really important for my mom to see her kids do well in life, in school. My mom didn't go to college because she didn't really have anybody who was there to support her through the process, and she also had me when she was 16. - Isn't this crazy? - You were like` Cos you have a Mickey Mouse blanket. - Yes. My room was Mickey Moused out! You were 6 months old with your mom and her Mickey Moused-out room. (LAUGHS) And this was my Junior Prom. I was 15. I was in the 10th grade, and my stepfather asked me, he said, 'So what are you gonna do?' And I said, 'What do you mean, what am I gonna do? 'I'm keeping my baby.' It was easy because her father, we worked together really well. With both of us working and both of us having our own cars even though we were young, it was just easy with her. - My mom is like... (CHUCKLES) a magic wand in human form. I never had to worry about where my next meal would come from or where would we be staying. At one point we were homeless, and I actually didn't even know it. - Hey, Shane, can I have a kiss? Shelton and I, we have not been married a year yet. And so, we are just kind of getting into the flow and groove of this whole blended family life and wife and husband life. We are still not in a place financially where we can just pay our bills. And when the money is not in place, everything else is like downhill. - Five, six, five, six, seven, eight. - (RAPS INDISTINCTLY) - Last year, we went to a lot of step competitions, and we didn't win first place in any of them. And I feel like this year is our time for redemption. And I feel like people are actually gonna want to work hard to get the rewards that we deserve. - Left, right, clap, here. We have a big year ahead of us. The biggest competition is Bowie State. Bowie is a competition for the DMV. That's DC, Maryland and Virginia. Hey, right here. There's never been a team from Baltimore who has came out there and won. - Right, that's what I'm saying. - We are the... - BOTH: Best step team. All right, all right, all right. - If we win Bowie, like... Jesus! If we win Bowie, like, we gonna let them know, like, man, we from Baltimore, like, what y'all talking about up here in Bowie? - (INDISTINCT CONVERSATION) - We're gonna talk about what your options are, so today is reality check. These grades, this overall 1.1 GPA from ninth through eleventh grade is not indicative of who you are. So this is the time when you pass by my office and I'm giving you the side-eye, this is why. You hid from me last year. It's OK, you can say you didn't, but you did. - My absence was bad, so Blessin hid from herself. - 'Blessin hid from herself.' Well, I'm glad` We're glad to see Blessin. OK? - Me too. - So` - I'm aiming for all A's this quarter. - OK. - All A's. - All right, and we're here to help you and support you to do that. Now, the biggest piece is our parent night for seniors. - My mom has to be here? - Yes. We've had some situations in the past getting in touch with mom, getting mom to come. In fact, you know, I've never met your mother in three years. - Right. What can we do? Because I need her as part of this process, because the financial pieces, you cannot do. - Well... You know, usually I... I don't know. * So I had my academic meeting with Ms Dofat today, our college advisor. - Mm-hm. You really don't know her that much. - I've met her. You think I forget stuff, but I remember Ms Dofat. I remember things you tell me. - OK. Well, she gave me my transcript and some possible colleges I could be attending if I get a certain GPA this year. Oh, Allegany, FIT and, um, it was one more. I took notes on it, but here you go. - What's this about Allegany? Isn't that closer to us? - Yeah, it's not that far. You can drive there. - I know you want to go away for school, but I don't want you too far from me, you know? - I'll be a phone call away. I'm ready to go! - Go, girlfriend! - You ready to eat anything yet? I went to college for a while. I didn't graduate. I stopped after two years because I had problems with math and I would always withdraw just before the grades would come out and I would always get the incomplete on my grades. And eventually I stopped going, and then you look up 10 years later, you say, 'Wow, you should've stayed.' Mm-hm. That's me. - So, yeah, on the 24th, Ms Dofat said that you need to come to the school for a meeting. - What's this meeting gonna be about? - So I can get financial aid. - To see what kind of grants you'll qualify for? - Mm-hm. - I will be there and not be square. - (INDISTINCT CHATTER) - Plie. However, it's like this. - Hold up. Coach. - Come on. Hold your arms straight out. Oh my God. This is... ridiculous. Well, even if she do, she, like, pull it off so good, and I just don't even notice it. - All right, let's do it one more time, then we're gonna go on to something different. Five, six, seven, eight. - ALL CHANT: - (MOUTHS) - It has become a daily routine. It's in my schedule. Work, step, home. I've watched all of these girls grow up, so I don't only go for her, Tayla, I go for everybody. I would love to have had a... big family and lots of children, but that wasn't my calling. My calling was to have one as I did. - Hello? Hello? - Good! - The queen is waiting. - Now look around. 'Hello? Hello?' - Hello? The queen is waiting. Hello?! Hello?! - (LAUGHS) (INDISTINCT CONVERSATION) - Hello?! The queen is waiting. - There it is. One more time. BOTH: Hello? Hello? - The queen is waiting. - There it is. That's what's gonna get. - Thank you. - (INDISTINCT CONVERSATION) # My daddy Alabama, Momma Louisiana. # You mix that negro with that Creole, # make a Texas bama. # - My mother is annoying. She can take it overboard and have too much fun, like she's 17 or 18. And I'm just like, 'Mom, you gotta chill sometimes.' She'll be like, 'What? I'm just having fun!' And I'm just, like, 'OK, you're embarrassing me, but whatever.' Oh my gosh! Why would you ever do that? - ON TV: In other news, the trials for the six officers charged in Freddie Gray's death are back on the docket. And today, expect it to be finalised. Here's a look at the order now. Officer Edward Nero's trial is scheduled for May 10th, after that the driver. - When I was coming up, the police were my biggest heroes. I grew up in north-west Baltimore. You had officer friendlies. They would walk the beat, they would come to school, talk to you. And that's why I wanted my job as a correctional officer. And I love my job. I love it. Some deserve to be there and some don't. A lot of our children are lost. They have no one. And I feel as though it's my obligation and my civic duty to help them. And it's going right here. - (INDISTINCT CHATTER) - We must remember that college is a business. So where do I fit financially? Cos some of these colleges are outrageous. I don't know anybody's financial situation, but I seriously doubt that the average American has $40,000 or $50,000 sitting around in their bank account, waiting to be written to a college. Yes? - The part that scares me is me not being there enough for Cori. That's overwhelmingly scary for me. I feel like I won't be enough support for her. - And we're gonna make it through it, OK? You're fabulous. Come here, mama. (LAUGHS) - (INDISTINCT CONVERSATION) - BLESSIN: When my mom didn't show up for parent night, I'm not gonna say that I expected her to be there, but when I actually seen her not show up, I was just thinking, like, 'OK, she promised me she'd be here. Where is she?' - Once again, thank you so much. If you have any questions, I'll be happy to answer them. - (INDISTINCT CONVERSATION) - What's going to happen now, you know the next step, February 11th is your interview. You're there to make sure that Cori is a good fit for University of Maryland and also that University of Maryland is a good fit for Cori. Barnard, I'm not concerned about you getting accepted. They would be crazy if they didn't accept you. And not because I like you so much, but because of your credentials. I think there's no reason that you shouldn't be accepted. The situation is gonna come in the money piece. I'm pretty sure there are gonna be loans on there. I know. I know. - (CHUCKLES) If you ended up with a total of $5000 in loans per year for your four years, I know that's $20,000, but it's really not a lot of money in the sense of what people come out owing. Your face says no. I get that. - My stepdad just lost his job, and it's like bills and bills and bills and bills. It's not the first time the power has been off. It happens. I don't know, like, for me, well, for my family, like, the idea of comfortability has been like cyclical. Like, it's on and off. It's on and off. And it's really frustrating to live like that because as soon as you get comfortable, it seems like one thing goes bad. Then when one thing goes bad, everything else goes bad and like... I don't know... I don't want to have to live like this, and I don't want my family to have to live like this. So I'm gonna work my hardest to make it not happen in my life. (SNIFFLES) (SOBS) - (SOMBRE MUSIC) - We are gonna do one last presentation for today. And that will be Blessin and Quanshe. - Once the Supreme Court brought attention to the Fourteenth Amendment equal protection law, public schools were forced to desegregate its facilities. Next slide, please. So, this is shown where the desegregation was required. As you can see, that's in a lot of the southern states. Any questions? - What's the difference between this and the KKK? - The KKK aligned and further pushed that movement towards violence because they actually went out at night in hooded cloaks and actually abused and attacked African Americans while they were already being suppressed, economically and socially. - Round of applause for the ladies. - (APPLAUSE) Before you guys leave... - Oh, they sell cool strips of colour in the front. They have like little bundles of colour. See, but if I did go platinum blonde, I'm gonna go all the way. - You're gonna go` I thought you were going regular blonde. - Nah. - No, I'm gonna go platinum. - (LAUGHS) Malcolm X. - OK! - OK, if you all were alive back in the day, would you be with Malcolm X... - Malcolm. - ... or the MLK movement? - I'd probably be with Malcolm. - I think I would be with Martin. I mean, like, I would have some homeboys that would be Black Panthers so if anybody ever, like, spit in my face, I could call up my squad. - Hard work is what really makes you somebody that's great, somebody that should really go down. - Kim Kardashian didn't do a damn thing. - Kim Kardashian isn't great. Kim Kardashian is pretty. You just gotta work twice as hard. - Yeah. - And I'm willing to work. - That's the way you have to get what you want in life. - I have a lot of dreams. Maybe I dream too much. (CHUCKLES) I'm passionate about dancing and step and choreographing everything. I fell in love when I seen the movie Chicago, like, just the way they move. I'm just, like, I can do that. I can show people how to do that. - I need y'all to really listen to this song and really think of ways that y'all can make the beat. All right, here we go. Listen. - (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS) - I'm good with rhythms, like` I'm always the one like, 'Boom, tap, tap, boom, tap, tap,' like with my mouth. That's how I remember steps. You need to have certain people on the floor laid down in this position and we need to have some people like this. (VOCALISES) Step. Now we step. Now we step. - Yes! Yes! - Then the dance part. - Like levels, right? - Yep. It's like a four-count... - We're gonna do those two moves. She stands out. She's the one who comes up with things, like, out of nowhere. Like, Blessin the visionary. When you see her step, she's the one who your eyes go directly to. Because her heart is in it. - ALL: Lethal! - Wrong leg. - ALL: Ladies! ALL CHANT: # Come on, Freddie Gray. I got the victory, the victory. # Because the devil is defeated and God be praised. # I got the victory, the victory. # Every situation` # - Attention, please! This is a expo. We're here to learn, enhance, grow, move forward. I know you all want to take down the Lady Raiders. - Yes. And this expo is the expo that the Lady Raiders and the Boy Raiders go to to enhance their step show. And this expo is the expo that the Lady Raiders and the Boy Raiders go to to enhance their step show. * - I need y'all to work on your facial expressions. I want you to imagine yourself the most elegant woman on Earth. But she steps hard and with confidence. You gonna watch me step. Actually, I'm gonna make you watch me step. I'm gonna get my step is gonna get up in your grill. I'm gonna take you by your neck and you gonna watch me do what I do. That's what you're supposed to project every time you get in front of somebody. That's what you step on. If you not steppin' on that, sit down, go home, good night. So, stand at attention and give me that face. Let's, let's, let's, let's... let's get this step off started right! - GIRLS CHANT: # Ay, ay, whoo! # Cos you don't want it. Let's get it started! # Cos you don't want it. - (LAUGHS) - (LAUGHTER) - They on fire, aren't they? They on fire! Come on! - Today ` college application day. So we have a lot to do, a lot to accomplish. Ladies, we are gonna get it done today. Do you have an account already? - Account? No. - # Baby, I'm worth it. # - Her GPA could be a little bit higher. - We just had this conversation. - Yeah. - Our first impression is very important. And we only get how many chances to make a first impression? One. - # In the club with the lights off. Whatchu acting shy for? # - Your degree can say NYU. Your degree can say Spelman. Your degree can say anything you want it to say. - I have an email about paying the enrolment fee. - Ooh, I don't like that number. - My college application just erased. It erased twice. The entire thing. - # Give it to me, I'm worth it. # It's all on you. It's all on you - And tell her to bring her taxes, bring the W-2s. Did you work in 2015? You have to find $40,000 for yourself. - I spoke with you about Blessin Giraldo. We were waiting for her mid-year grades. They're gonna be so much better than what we sent to you already. - Make it happen tonight because I don't put my name out there for no reason. And I put my name out there. Don't make me look crazy. - # I'm worth it. # - (INDISTINCT CONVERSATION) - (APPLAUSE) - Yeah, Blessin! - Anatomy and physiology ` 83. Foundations of Technology ` a 95. (CHUCKLES) In English, I have a 72, but, like, I worked very hard for that 72. No assignments late, no assignments missing. So, you know, just gonna try new tactics and aim better for quarter two. - Blessin's mom. - Hello. Seeing my mom at school was... It was a big deal for me, you know. I don't know what she went through that morning to get up or what she was even thinking entering the building. She's trying. She is, and I can see it. - She's gonna be amazing. We just gotta wrangle her. So anything you and I can do to partner on that, I would appreciate it. - And Michelle. - No, all of us, because it's gonna take a team, village, a country. - Right. - Whatever it's gonna take, we gonna do that. - We've been working on it. (LAUGHS) - All right. OK, thank you. It was really nice to meet you. I appreciate it. - (INDISTINCT CONVERSATION) - (LAUGHTER) - CHANTS: Hands up! - ALL: Don't shoot! - Hands up! - ALL: Don't shoot! - Say it loud! - ALL: I'm black, and I'm proud. - The Bowie competition is at the end of the year, and we're working towards that. But in the meantime, we got invited to the Baltimore High School Step Show. This is the first time that the girls have stepped with other girls from Baltimore. What I would say is don't... We can pick whatever theme that we want to do, so my theme is going to be Black Lives Matter. - ALL CHANT: You need to stop, look and listen. - They start with 'Stop, Look and Listen' chant. - ALL CHANT: Cos you're about to witness... - ...something that is stupendous. And then, let's tell them who we are. So we are the showstoppers. - ALL CHANT: ...hit makers. We are the show takers, hip poppers, floor rockers. - All right, last pose! And then they're doing this pose where it's so powerful, with their right fists up showing that black lives matter. Eight, nine. - (INDISTINCT CONVERSATION) - All right, so listen, guys. First of all, I wanted to show you guys the importance of these images back here that symbolises how 40, 50, 60 years later, we still have to protest for our rights as African Americans. As women, you guys are considered` as women ` we, not you guys ` we are considered the bottom of the barrel as African American women. So when you all heard about Freddie Gray, where were you? - We were at school. - (OVERLAPPING RESPONSES) - Did y'all get a text that y'all were supposed to riot? - Yeah. - It was on Twitter. - And then, like, there was a lot of stuff on social media. - I didn't like how they tried to portray Baltimore, like... It was like a lot of bad stuff going on, but when you'd put on local news like WJZ, people was cleaning up, but CNN didn't showcase that. They only showcased us fighting and throwing everything. - CNN portrays us as being bad. - Yeah, we're not like that. - These are little black girls who are going to be going to college and they have been at this small all-girls school, and they don't understand that it's some people who won't care about your life, or some people who don't understand that you are valuable. So you have to understand, as young black women, it could've been us, it really could have been you, and it still can be. - (SIRENS BLARES DISTANTLY) - (INDISTINCT CONVERSATION) - # Ain't got no troubles in my life. # No foolish dreams to make me cry. # I'm never frightened or worried. # I know I always get by. # I heat up. - # Heat up. - # I cool down. - # Cool down. - # When something gets in my way, I go around it. # I've got the music in me. I've got the music in me. # I've got the music in me, yeah. # I've got the music in me. I've got the music in me. # I've got the music in me. Yes, I do down in my bones. # I've got the music in me. # Sure no better than me. # I've got the music. # Pretty, pretty, pretty, # pretty music. # I've got the music in me. # Yeah. # - Everybody's up for BLYS. - (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) - ALL CHANT: You need to stop, look and listen. Cos you're about to witness... - (CHEERING) - ALL CHANT: ...something that is stupendous. - OK! - ALL CHANT: Let's tell them who we are. We are the trailblazers, hit makers. We are the show takers, hip poppers, floor rockers. We are the showstoppers. Wanted all over the city, and still sitting pretty. - (CHEERING) - ALL CHANT: Let's go! - (AUDIENCE CHEERS) (CHEERING) (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) - Due to the deaths of several unarmed African American men and women, it would be remiss of us not to mention... - ALL CHANT: ...it could've been us. - (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) - Hands up! - ALL CHANT: Don't shoot! Say it loud! - ALL CHANT: I'm black, and I'm proud. - (CHEERING) (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) - (BIRDSONG) - (INDISTINCT CONVERSATION) - What are you doing? Oh. - Looks like I have everything in. I feel like anybody else in this school is just as capable of being valedictorian as I am, but I'm a very competitive person. Once I got the taste of, like, being at the top, I was like, 'Oh, I like this.' (CHUCKLES) It's definitely my motivation to keep my grades high. You remember what my EFC was from the FAFSA? Your Expected Family Contribution? - Oh, no, I don't remember. You can` No, we can log on and see. - Most schools like Barnard don't give out lots of money. They're like need-based aid. And according to this FAFSA, we have a lot of need, so they probably would give a lot of money. - (CHUCKLES) - But you still have to pay some money. - I just don't think that's something you should be... sweating, period. - Don't worry about it. If that's where you want to go, we gonna make it happen like we always do. - If you can look us in the eyes and tell us that we don't come through on the stuff that's important, then you have a reason to be worried, but you can't do that, so you should have no worries. Mm-hm. Yeah. Mama hitting on something now, huh? Yeah. (CHUCKLES) Mm-hm. Yeah. Mama hitting on something now, huh? Yeah. (CHUCKLES) * - Salt is more valuable to some people than gold. So a lot of the study of economics is ` why do things have value? - (BELL RINGS) - I went to Allegany. I like Allegany. - I know you do. - I really like Allegany. - OK, I understand that, but with Allegany, as far as I` when we did the calculation, you're gonna be somewhere around $20,000 a year. That is` For me, a two-year school, I think that's crazy. If you can afford it, that's one thing, but I don't think that's a great option. It's a lot of money. - I mean, I do hair and makeup and stuff, you don't think I can, like... - You know what, OK, Blessin, we will get full information, like every other student, see what financial aid packages look like, and then we will make the decision. Unfortunately, it's not my first choice. - Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. What you doing? - (GRUNTS) Wha! - 'Wha'. - Wha! - What you want, a facial? That's what I'm about to do. - (LAUGHS) No. - Hold it. # N-E-P # with a little bit of H-N-E # W that spells my... my nephew, my nephew, my nephew. - Why? - # N-E-P... # You ain't gonna sing it with me? - Mm-mm. - (CHUCKLES) Tiyon, did you eat anything yet? - I know when the food gets here, I'm gonna start eating like a gorilla like I always do. - Well, we get some food stamps on the 16th, so we be all right. Tiyon! - What? - One minute your foot broken, next minute you playing. As of right now, it's no food in the refrigerator. I mean, I'm not eating. That's fine as of right now. Like, I'm just waiting for my sister to come home so she can order something, but he's 6. I mean, it's OK, though. Just gotta make the best out of what you have. Cos if I didn't, I would be angry, upset and a bitter person, and I don't want to be that type of person. I just think of what I go through, I just hold it there. TEARFULLY: I'm sorry. Sorry. (SNIFFLES) And I just... keep me going, keep me going, make me work harder and harder, and put my all into everything I'm doing, because this is not it for me. (SNIFFLES) - (SOMBRE MUSIC) (CAR ALARM CHIRPS) (MUSIC PLAYS SOFTLY ON RADIO) (SOMBRE MUSIC) - Why are you late? You forgot your shirt. You practice in the Uggs? You practice in the Uggs? You practice in the Uggs? You forgot your shirt. All right, so, let's just say this. If you forget your shirt, your shoes, whatever, just don't even come, cos I could surely replace y'all. Are we ready to start? - No. - God! Christ! - Do we need to sit the wall? - No. - I think we should. That's a good way. - (INDISTINCT SHOUTING) - Come on. Let's go! - No! - One, two, three, down. Up. - (SHOUTS) Whoa. Wait a minute! - One, two, three, down. - (LAUGHTER) - Everybody up. - (SIGHS) - One, two, three, down. Arms out. Every time somebody goes down, y'all gonna stay longer. - Why you go down, Nush? - (OVERLAPPING SHOUTING) - Excuse me, is that how we encourage our teammates? - (GROANS) That's not teamwork. That's not cool. That's not sisterhood. That's not integrity. Yelling at Nush, yelling at each other, that's not what winners do. You gotta have the mindset ` the mindset of a winner. Not being disrespectful to each other, to yourselves. This is step. Handle your business. And that's how you all gonna handle it on this wall. One, two, three, down. 'They love step, but their focus isn't winning.' I hope everyone gets home safely. You all have a blessed night. We have a competition coming up at Bowie. They've been twice already and have not placed or won. For the seniors, this is it. And if they don't straighten up and fly right, it could fall apart ` completely fall apart. - See, if y'all wasn't talking, y'all would've been ready. Y'all need to practice proper habits. Y'all got lazy. Do it again. - (INDISTINCT CHATTER) - Coach! - (INDISTINCT CHATTER) - Oh, that's why. - Are you kidding me? - Ooh, that's not good. - Wait, wait. You mean, like... - Come here, Tayla. - Like C's? - I don't play 60s, I don't play 70s and I don't play 80s. - No, I know. You right. You right. - Cos that's not the child that she is. - Absolutely, I agree. - Show your coach what your grades look like. What was it again? What you say? - 67. A what? My daughter has never, for as long as she's been going to school, bring me no damn 60. I don't tolerate that in my house. - It's something that you're doing. Is there something that's distracting you? You don't need to be distracted by anybody ` friends, men. - Cos all it takes is that one time. - That's all it takes. You cannot let nobody stop you. They not really rocking with you if they stopping you from getting what you need to get. - And it probably is! It probably is. - But she knows her morals and values, but sometimes she gets sidetracked. - Yeah, they get like that. - If you don't keep up your grades, it's gonna be a problem. Your goal is 4.0 ` nothing less. So you don't let anyone stop you from striving to get what you need to get. Boys have cooties. Stay away! - Oh, I left my spray in the car. - Oh, you doing it like that. - I don't want my hair to be sticky, you know? - Hmm. See, now I'm stressing cos it's raining outside. How my hair gonna stay down? (LAUGHS) Oh, here you go, my station, right here. Lo mein, baby. I want to start off probably, like, in Baltimore and eventually work my way up to New York. - Going to New York? - New York is the place to be ` choreography, Broadway. - What? Everybody wants to move to New York. Everybody wants to do that. I'm not saying you not one in a million. I'm not saying that. - So what are you saying? - If I couldn't get, in case of an emergency, that, you know... - That's what I'm saying! Like, I wouldn't be that far. Obviously, we have two different views on it. - Our views on what? - Me going to college. - It's not about you going to college. - Because you're saying` You basically want me to stay in the city without just saying that exact thing. - That's what you want to do, go ahead. Go ahead. That's what you want to do. - Everything that I'm saying, you're just, like, 'But this, but that.' 'Location.' 'You don't have money for this. 'You don't have money for that.' If I don't have it, I'm gonna find a way, I've been doing it my whole life. - Well, do it, then. - I will. - All right. * - (INDISTINCT SHOUTING OUTSIDE) - This year, Blessin was doing really well, and then she started slipping. I'm not exactly sure why or what happened, and I don't know, maybe it's that... Maybe it's that she thinks she can't get into college, so what's the point of even doing well? Things happen at home. Things happen outside ` girlfriends, boyfriends, all kinds of things ` and then... we're right back where we started. - Hello! - Hello! So, I spoke to your teachers. - Mm-hm. - Here's what we have. When we pull up your progress report, you have, as of the day that Mr Cournoyer had to submit his grades, you had a 38. Are these grades your best? Does this show as good as you are? - No. Why does the step team get your best, and I don't in this building, in a classroom? - I'm trying, and it's a learning process. - I believe you. I was where you were. School is what got me out of Brooklyn. College is what's gonna get you out of Baltimore. I need to make sure that you are right when you leave this building. So understand, am I always gonna be on your case until June third? Yes. Because I expect more from you. We clear? All right. Now I need to go find somewhere to put my makeup on. So, I love you dearly, and I'll see you later. (GROWLS) - (SOMBRE MUSIC) - I have, like, two people inside of me that I struggle with every day. One Blessin is the Blessin that is unstoppable, the Blessin that can do anything when she put her mind to it. And the other Blessin is... She feels lost a lot and she feels stuck. - You want to just do that one move or you want to do it with her? - I got it. - Let's see. Five, six, just you two` Five, six, seven, eight. You didn't even do that. Hold on, you ain't do that right. - I know! It's just this... - Blessin! You gotta not have a bad attitude, because things are gonna change. Hers has changed three times and look at her. She doesn't look sad. Be a leader. Let's see. Five, six... 'I'm so disappointed in Blessin.' Everyone's complaining about her. She has a really bad attitude a lot of the times, and now it's gotten to the point where she's threatening someone. - I will step outside. - Thank you. Appreciate it. I think that she realises Naysa, Tayla and a lot of the other girls are going off to college, and she has been screwing around all this time and now she's seeing, 'Dang, I should've been doing what I was supposed to be doing. 'I should have been doing what Tayla and Naysa were doing.' - (ANSWERING MACHINE BEEPS) ON PHONE: Hi, this is Mrs Bond calling from the Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women. Blessin did not attend school today. Please call me back to let me know that everything is OK. - She said she basically needed a break because she felt like she would have been too confrontational if she had gone to school, and she don't want to mess up, uh, the work that she has achieved so far. When I look at her, I see myself so much. But she's doing a wonderful, wonderful job... at handling it, because, physically, I would have beat the shit out of them two girls by now and anybody else. That's the only thing Blessin don't take after me. And trying to get her to restrain that is a big part for me. And that's the truth. - (HUMS) - So where you been? What's going on? - You already know what happened. - Well, I just need to hear it from your mouth. I need to hear it from your mouth. - I told you yesterday, like,... - What did you do yesterday? - I see myself beating them up, like I told you. - Hmm. - Yeah! Like, I was really ready to fight. Both of them. Tayla first, then Naysa. Like, they text, they hang with each other outside of school. I'm just irritated as hell. Who am I gonna talk to on the team? - Mm-hm. - Which one of them am I gonna talk to? None of them. It's annoying, but it's life. - (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) - I'm fine, Mom. - I know you are. - I just hate talking about it, like... - I know you do. # Happy birthday, # dear Tayla. # Happy birthday # to you. # - (INDISTINCT CONVERSATION) - It's your birthday. - 'Your.' - Ain't my child, ain't my problem. This is my birthday. Let's talk about me. - But it becomes all of y'all problem, because like I said before, there's no 'I' in 'team'. Y'all are a team. - There's definitely an 'I' in Blessin. In Blessin` Never mind. - It saddens me for you all to be thinking like that. - Us? - Yes. - The people that come to practice,... - I'm not saying` - ...and we don't bring our problems into practice and we talk to each other about our problems. - Everybody is different. You never know what a person is going through. - I'm not saying figure it out. What I'm saying is, have a little bit more consideration than what you all do. Just be there as a friend. - (INDISTINCT CONVERSATION) - I don't know what more I can say. I've been pleading with you all. Cos I don't want you all to go and lose. We have the material. Y'all can step! You want to know what's stopping y'all if y'all do lose? You! Next week, like literally one, two, three, four, five practices, that's it! That's all you have! You have an hour and five practices. And you can either walk away with your head down crying, because y'all came all the way to Bowie for the how many other times and lost. - From where? - (SCOFFS) - For real? - Mm-hm. - I'm scared. - Go open them. They're right there on the table. - (SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY) - Oh. - Potomac just sent me some mail. - Potomac University, West Virginia. - I don't know. I don't want to open it. - Open it. - Open it! - No. - Open it! - (SIGHS) READS: 'Thank you for applying to Potomac State University, West Virginia. 'I regret to inform you that you... 'that you are unable to... 'That we are unable to admit you... - for Fall 2016.' - Oh. - What school was that? - Potomac in West Virginia. - It's not the end of the world. - Man, if I could've went and did that interview, I'd have got in there. I'm telling you, man, my people skills are serious. It's cool, though, cos in a few years, they gonna know that they should have let me in that university, cos I'm gonna make the whole world know. 'We're sorry.' SOFTLY: # Tell 'em I'm your man. # You're my girl. - (SONG PLAYS SOFTLY) - (EXHALES) - So, Miss Blessin, always a pleasure. Thank you for sharing, you know, your Potomac decision with me. I had already spoken with Admissions and asked them if I could send them your mid-year grades and move you from that decision to waitlist. OK? - I don't... I can't. I want to go. (CHUCKLES) It's that time. I don't want to be home. - OK. All right. So, I'll tell you what. We'll put a couple of plans in place, and all of those plans will have you outside of your home. So, you're at a 2.67 for the semester. You should be proud of yourself. So you got to stay focused, stay on this track. - I'm trying. - You are more than` You're not trying; you're doing it. - All right, thank you, Miss Dofat. - Love you. - Love you. - (BOTH LAUGH) - So, Johns Hopkins, we've been waiting since tenth grade, so let's pull it up and let's see what we have. - Oh my God. Mom, you good? - No, are you? - Yeah, yeah. I'm gonna hope I'm good. - I'm good. - Oh, now available. - (GASPS) - I got in! - (BOTH EXCLAIM, LAUGH) - Congratulations! (GASPS) - I really was not expecting to get in. - Oh, did you` Read this out loud, right. What does that say? READS: 'As a Baltimore Scholar, you'll receive a full tuition award 'for all four years of your undergrad study at Hopkins.' - Full tuition! - (CHEERING, LAUGHING) - Yes! - You are so welcome! See this pat on my back? - Oh, my... Yes! (LAUGHS) - Why, though? Your scores were high enough to get into the school. And you're one of them. - Changing the game, Cori. - (CHUCKLES) - Changing the game, shortie! (CHUCKLES) I don't know if the words that I know are adequate enough to describe how I feel. - (GOSPEL MUSIC PLAYS) - There is always light at the end of the tunnel. We are all human. We all go through things. The common denominator between every human is we have problems and they will keep coming and so you get up from that place. You can't stay there. God has blessed me. A lot of parents who had children my age, they don't have this story. (CHUCKLES) - # How great # Is our God? # Come on, just sing, people of God, 'How great'. # How great... Is our God. # Is our God? # Sing, sing with me. # How great... # - Hey! - Aw. - This is so nice. - I'm so proud of you! Oh my goodness. I have some fantastic news. Your niece got accepted into Alabama A&M. (EXCLAIMS) - Yeah! - I'm excited. I'm about to do cartwheels. - No, I need you alive for when I go. Um. - (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) - You know the thing hang low. You know it does. - (EXCLAIMS) (SHRIEKS) - She's so excited. - Mom, look. - ON PHONE: You're a smart cookie! Must take after your grandma. - I take after my mom. - Hey! - Proud Mommy. - Aren't we all. Our children did good. - Yeah. - My mommy do good. Proud daughter. - Let me call Marla and see if she's home. - All right. - # Going on a journey. - ALL SING: # We're going on a journey. - # We're on our way to college. - # We're on our way to college. - # And we gonna get there. # - # And we gonna get there. # - Hello! - Hey, Miss Blessin. - How are you? - So, listen` - Oh, yeah, I'm Blessin. - So the programme that we're talking about is BridgeEdU. It's a first-year college programme, and it combines, like, academics, real-world internships, and you have coaches through your academic time there. - I have a question. - Mm-hm. If you could start your high school over, what would you do differently? - First, I would come every day. Um... And not only come physically, but just be in class mentally and just know what's going on, be engaged. A lot of the times when I didn't understand exactly what was going on, I would just shut down or I just wouldn't be there. And then once I got my first report card back that I actually tried on, it just gave me a good feeling, and I don't want to let it go. I want to keep persevering. I want to keep seeing what I can offer, what I can do. What can I learn? - We're gonna see where this goes. We don't know, but, um,... we're gonna put it in, and we're gonna go for it. - Thank you so much. Nice meeting you. - You're welcome. Nice meeting you. - Thank you. - Nice meeting you. - Have a great day. - I'm gonna say this to you in all honesty, and understand, I'm not trying to put pressure on you, but... this programme is truly what she needs. If this girl doesn't get in this programme... - We understand. - TEARFULLY: I don't know... - We understand. She's made her mistakes. She's done her stuff, but... I'm just saying, if we don't come together for this, this girl is not gonna make it. Thank you. So, I'm just asking, please, to really, really consider... This is so unprofessional. I'm so sorry. * - (INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS) - What are you doing? - I'm filling out... OK, so, I got into this programme, well` Hmm... God willing, I got into the programme, but... yesterday, I had an interview` - You're applying for a programme? - Yes. BridgeEdU. I was thinking, like, OK, so what if I really gotta stay at my mother's house? Like... - (CHUCKLES) That's the struggle! - What's gonna be that change for me? Like, what is gonna be the change. - High school, I completely messed up. I wasn't even in school. I dropped out. - You dropped out? - Yes, I dropped out. And when I got my head on my shoulders, like, damn, I really shouldn't have messed up. I should've been buckled down. - Right, that's where I'm at right now. I'm at that point right now. - I can tell. I can tell it's hard, but you have to know it's not too late. - I genuinely did not know, like, that you stopped school and then... - Mm-hm. - ...you did all of that. Like, I want to do that. Like, I really do want to do exactly what you did. - Yeah, I did. Do better. Do better. - READS: 'It is never too late to make a turnaround. - Exactly. - 'I have made contributions to my school environment, 'including being a founder` the founder 'of the step team at BLSYW. 'I will be the first person in my family to go to college 'and I will be more than honoured to join... - BOTH: ...the BridgeEdU... - Family. - '...family.' This is good. - Listen up! I need everybody over here around this mat. The only way this is gonna make it in the show is if we work together and you all be safe and practice technique. Our arms are tight, right? - Whose hand is in my spine? Move it now! - I'm slipping. - (OVERLAPPING CHATTER) - (SHRIEKS) - ALL: Ten, 11! - Breathe! Let's go, ladies, let's go! - (OVERLAPPING CHATTER) (YELLING) - (GROANS) Good. Good! Yes, ladies. - If you feel comfortable, you can scoot it over a little bit, but just not in the back. Go right here. - So where do the knees need to go for it to feel comfortable? - I like it` Mine's right here. Being with them, little did they know it or not, like, it really was just something that I needed. - OK, this is a lot better. - They never let me forget, like, Blessin, it's... you know, it's not too late to fix that and, you know, start over. - (SENTIMENTAL MUSIC) - Good job, Blessin. Naysa, yes! Go ahead, Amanda! OK, Najia! That's what I'm talking about. - Oh my God, I can't concentrate. You all look so good! Give me life! Good job! Yes! Good! Great job! Guys, let's go! I need y'all to gather around for one second. All right, I need to get one more run-through. This is the last time y'all stepping. The literally last time you stepping for Bowie before you hit the stage. From Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women,... - (CHEERING) ...the Lethal Ladies of BLSYW Step Team! - ALL CHANT: I bet you remember. I bet you remember. I got you, remember? - That's what I'm talking about! Go Kiante! Go Kiante! Go Kiante! - ALL CHANT: I bet you remember. - ALL SING: # Do you remember the time? - We're gonna win. So let's talk about what we're gonna wear tomorrow walking in. Cos what did you all, like... Like, a lot of the girls' teams, they always coordinated like the whole thing. Like, they come in with their leggings on, like, their representative shirts, like their heels on. All together in a straight line, look like a parade. - I think that we got something that will work for everyone. And that will be... what Ms Hamilton is wearing. - (ALL EXCLAIM, CHEER) - You get a tracksuit! You get a tracksuit! You get a tracksuit! - (OVERLAPPING SHOUTING, CHATTER) - Let's practice walking in. Five, six... - AMANDA: What we doing? - You're walking. Five, six... Play the music. - (HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS) - # Yeah, yeah. - All right, walk like this. And point like, 'You all know us.' You all know us! You all gotta point like, 'You all know us! You all know us!' Throw these up. (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) We back! We back! We got a new coach! We back! - (UPBEAT MUSIC) - # Yeah, yeah # I'm from Baltimore, you say you was, I never seen you. # What part you on? I got some family on The Alameda. # I love my city. Ask about me, and I bet they know me. # My name good in any hood. I hung around Tivoly. # I got a... that live on Appleton. She love them killers. # When I re-up, I hit my partner... # My uncle Jimmy round the corner on the avenue. # You baller blocking that's the type of (BLEEP) I never do. - All right, next person! - # ...you know what kind of (BLEEP) I'm on, # But I be everywhere. I sold drugs in Woodlawn. # I know some (BLEEP) down the hill that got it for the low. # I live in Bird City. You already know. # - (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) - Please give a round of applause for the Diamonds! - (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) - TEAM CHANTS: # We are the best... - (PLAYS ON TV INDISTINCTLY) (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) (CHEERING) (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) - All right, let's go, ladies. Let's go! - (INDISTINCT CONVERSATION) - Lethal... - ALL: ...Ladies! ALL: L-L-O-B! (ALL CHEER) - (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) - Ladies and gentlemen, would you please welcome L-L-O-B! - (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) - We are... - ALL CHANT: BLSYW step team, all right, all right, all right. B-L-S-Y-W step team. All right, all right, all right. Lethal Ladies! - Lethal Ladies! - (AUDIENCE CHEERS) (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) - Go, ladies! Go, ladies. - (CHEERING) (CHEERING) - ALL CHANT: That's for sure. That the Lethal Ladies of BLSYW are the ones you can't resist. Sisterhood and integrity. You mess with my sister, and you mess with me. We step with soul. We step with pride. Lethal Ladies till the day we... - (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) - Y'all killed it! Y'all killed it. Y'all killed it. - (CHEERING) - Whoo! - (INDISTINCT CONVERSATION) - Y'all did good. There's a lot of girl power on this stage tonight. Our third-place team with a high score of 760 points, Charles Herbert Flowers High School. - (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) - Our second-place winners, who get a check for $500, is... Paint Branch High School! - (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) And our first-place winner, with a high score of 803, and the winner of $1000, the Lethal Ladies BLSYW step team! - (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) (HIP-HOP MUSIC) - Yeah, we did it! - # I'm from Baltimore. You say you was. I never seen you. # What part you on? I got some family on The Alameda. # I love my city. Ask about me, and I bet they know me. # My name good in any hood. I hung around Tivoly. # I got a (BLEEP) that live on Appleton. She love them killers. # When I re-up, I hit my partner them in Garden Village. # My uncle Jimmy round the corner on the avenue. # You baller blocking that's the type of (BLEEP) I never do. # I'm from the east side you know what kind of (BLEEP) I'm on. - (INDISTINCT CHATTER) - # I live in Bird City. You already know # And I don't go nowhere unless a (BLEEP) strapped up. # And if you (BLEEP), you better strap up # - It's been a long road. Long road from stomping in the kitchen to bringing home the bacon! - Right! Right! We showed them! - (OVERLAPPING CHATTER) - Step is definitely something that can help you, because it helped me. Step taught me discipline. Step taught me to be courageous ` make people smile, make people laugh, make people want to dance. Step gave me a mission, that if you come together with a group of powerful women, the impact will be immense. And I'm very happy to be a part of that. - (SENTIMENTAL MUSIC) - (CAR HORNS HONK) (CHEERING) (INDISTINCT CONVERSATION) (INDISTINCT CONVERSATION) (INDISTINCT CHATTER) - Oh my gosh, Tayla. You ready? This is it. We thank you, Father God, that Cori is strong in her mind, in her spirit, in her body. It's all because of your grace... - # Don't look down. # Feel the sound... - (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) # ...of your heartbeat. # Daring love. # - To the class of 2016, I say congratulations. 100% of you were accepted into college, and let's be clear, that does not happen in all schools in the United States. - (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) - Good evening, everyone. We stand here today on the precipice of the future. It's not a distant reality any more. We began high school as children, but we're leaving here as adults ` or at least something pretty close to it. - (LAUGHTER) - The future is truly in our hands, so let's make the most of it. Thank you. - (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) - Cori Danielle Grainger. - (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) - Naysa Priscilla Reames. - (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) - Domonique Imani Hall. - (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) - Kiante Corone Moore. - (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) - Najia Quonya Johnson. - (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) - Amanda Gabrielle Leonard. - (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) - Yakema Chantelle Rosland Barkley. - (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) - Diamond Monique Cache Hill. - (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) - Tyrina Teresa Sneed. - (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) - Tamar Denae Dennis. - (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) - Tayla Denise Solomon. - (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) - That's my baby! - Blessin Sierria Giraldo. - (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) It is my pleasure to congratulate the founding class of the Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women. The class of 2016. - (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) - Mama! I graduated! - I love you so much. - I love you too. - So happy! - You're so dramatic. Are you crying? - Give me my baby! - OK. - # To know how it feels to fly. # Together we can go high. # Stronger, deeper. Light my fire. # Even though the world is cold. - # Even when the world is cold. - # You can stand on my shoulder. # Can't keep sitting down. # Get up, spread your magic all around. # It's not brave if you're not afraid - # Not afraid. - # Trust the light, it'll lead the way. - # Trust the light. # You gotta fight if you wanna win. - # Yeah. - # If you fall, get up and start again. - # Get up and start again. - # To make it to the other side. (VOCALISES) - (LAUGHS) - (INDISTINCT CHANTING) - P-R- E-C... Captions by Able. Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air. www.able.co.nz Copyright Able - # Don't look down. # Feel the sound. # Sound, sound. # Sound. # Of your heartbeat. # daring love. # It's not brave # if you're not afraid. # Afraid, afraid. # To set darkness ablaze # and light up like faith. # You got to jump. # Go jump. # Ooh, jump. # Cos the whole world's waiting. - # Jump. - # No more hesitating, jump. - # Jump. - # Oh, jump. - # Oh, jump. - # We want to be # As born in belief, jump. # Oh, jump. - # To get to the other side, jump. # To know how it feels to fly, jump. # Together we can go high. # Stronger, deeper, light my fire. # Even though the world is cold, # you can stand on my shoulder. # Can't keep sitting down. # Get up, spread your magic all around. - # Ooh. - # Jump. - # Cos the whole world's waiting. - # Jump. # No more hesitating. Jump. - # Jump. - # Oh, jump. - # Oh, jump. - # Who you wanna be? - # Jump. - # When your knees are shaking. # When your heart is racing, jump. # Oh, jump. - # Jump. - # There's no guarantees... - # Jump. - # ...that you'll land on your feet. Just jump - # Oh, jump. - # Oh, jump. - # Jump. - # To get to the other side. - # Get to the other side. - # To know how it feels to fly, jump. # Together we can go high. # Stronger, deeper, light my fire # Even though the world is cold. - # The world is colder. - # You can stand on my shoulder. - # On my shoulder. - # Can't keep sitting down. - # Yeah. - # Get up, spread your magic all around. - # What do you got to know? # What have you got to lose? - # Jump. - # It's your move. - # Jump. - # It's your move. - # Jump. # - (VOCALISES)