Ryan Speedo Green as Young Emile Griffith, Eric Owens as Emile Griffith, Latonia Moore as Emelda Griffith, and Eric Greene as Benny “Kid” Paret perform “Seventeen Blows” from Terence Blanchard’s “Champion.”
TRANSCRIPT
♪♪ There is nothing else to hear...♪♪ ♪♪ ...nothing in your ear but the sound of the bell ♪♪ ♪♪ There is no one else to see... ♪♪ ♪♪ ... but one man in the ring, facing you.
♪♪ ♪♪ Only you, only me.
No one else in the world ♪♪ ♪♪ Nothing you can hear.
Nothing in your ear... ♪♪ ♪♪ ... but the sound of the bell, now!
♪♪ ♪♪ Theres the bell.
Close your eyes, close your ears... ♪♪ ♪♪ ...close your mind and send him to hell, now!
♪♪ ♪♪ [Cheers and the sound of a bell] ♪♪ In my head it happens fast... ♪♪ Something good turns into something that dont last ♪♪ ♪♪ Something good turns into something bad so fast ♪♪ ♪♪ In my head, it comes and goes.
♪♪ One day when you have everything ... ♪♪ ♪♪ ... one day when everything you have is gone.
♪♪ ♪♪ Hold on to everything thats good ♪♪ ♪♪ Dont let it go.
Dont let it disappear.
♪♪ ♪♪ Dont let it turn around... ♪♪ ♪♪ ... turn around...
Turn around bad.
♪♪
