Still Standing (Open Mic)

They say you can do anything

Whatever you dream

Biggie said, the sky is the limit

That you can be whatever you want to be

At least that is what your parents tell you to see

When secretly they expect you to fail

To never fulfill the dreams of playing sports, writing songs or making it to Yale

Society wants to win

To make you fall just before the finish line

Most do fall

Otherwise there would be a lot more people in the NFL, NBA, and acting on Broadway

People claim they aren’t good enough

But really all they're saying is, I stopped working hard enough

They gave up there child inside 

For hated weekdays 9-5

When it could have been, Monday night under the lights

You never hear the story about the guy who never made it

The guy who got cut from the team and gave up

The guy who settled for less

The guy who gave into the stress and never gave his best

The guy, who did what everyone does

Your parents expect you to fail because they too failed

They never made it big and so they see the same path for you

Only one, can write the pages of their life's journal

What will fill the pages are up to them
When Biggie said the sky is the limit, he really meant it

If you give it your all, through the good times and the bad

You will stand at the finish line of your childhood dream knowing that you broke the bell curve of mediocrity

Then you too, can write the inspiring fantasies we all read, but never truly believe
While everyone else has fallen, you will still be standing


-Corbin Wright

Film Analysis-American Gangster

Ordinary World- Frank Lucas is the apprentice to Bumby Johnson. He is the driver for him and that is about his normal life.

Call to Adventure- Frank realizes that he can go straight to the source to get his heroin and that he can do it a lot cheaper than anything else.

Meeting the Mentor- Frank's mentor Bumby tells him to be an entrepreneurship and teaches him many things, then his mentor dies.

Cross the Threshold- Frank takes a journey to Vietnam and visits the fields where they grow the heroin.

Tests, Allies, Enemies-  The Chinese man who he buys his heroin from gives him lots of advice and is his friend as well as the army soliders who help transport the heroin. Once its in the USA, his brothers set up shops, as car companies, laundry mat, etc and distribute the heroin, selling and making dough.

Approach to the Inmost Cave- Frank then goes to a boxing fight and sits front row with his girlfriend. This attracts attention to him from Richie Robberts, the cop who is after the drugs business.

The Ordeal- Frank gets shot at by another gang but survives, Richie Roberts finds out about his organization and get evidence. He arrests Frank and his family and crooked cops take all his money.

Reward- Frank goes to jail, but doesn't die. He is caught for his bad deeds but testifies for all the dirty cops in the city. All the dirty cops go to jail for a long time or kill themselves.

The road back- As Frank is in jail he helps the cops and in turn comes back a to new insight.

Reserection- There really isn't one

Return with elixer- He doesnt have to serve his usual 90 years in jail but gets out after 15 for his help.

Adaptation

50-Word Story adapted from Juelz Santana's-The Second Coming

Were a family now. We all came together, saying goodbye to the past. A shot at greatness. We were to be the best ever. We had a rough start, but  the best is what we strive for. A legacy is what we trying to leave. We are the Miami Heat.

Blurbz

Akon- Sorry, blame it on me

Akon is a young black rapper who is now apologizing to his baby sister for never being there for her when they were growing up in the streets. He feels terrible for never being there, and is trying to make it right.

Taylor Swift- Love Story

A girl named Juliet meets a guy named Romeo and she falls in love with him, however, her dad doesn't want her to be with him. Juliet wants to run away with Romeo. However, Romeo then convinces Juliet's dad to let him marry her.

Eminem- When I'm Gone

Eminem's daughter Hailey is always complaining to her dad that he is always gone and is complaining about how he is always rapping somewhere far away. Eminem tries to explain that he does all of this for her, so that they can have money and she can grow up with a normal life. Eminem realizes that even though he is trying his best to help her, because he isn't there he is hurting both of them.

Feist-Mushaboom

A very poor women wants to someday have a nice house and kids and to work her dream job. However, she doesn't have the job she wants to make that kind of money and doesn't work hard enough to get that job. However, she moves out of her new apartment and into a small house in the middle of nowhere.

Ben Folds- Fred Jones part II

A man has worked the same profession and has lived a routine life without any change. This man's name is Fred Jones and he is a normal man just like his name. He feels remorse and loneliness when the dedication in his life comes to an abrupt end in the basement of his house. 

My own six-word memoirs

10. Excelled at everything, but my dream

9. Two weeks, longest relationship I've had

8. Wade, James, Bosh, a big disappointment

7. The only true fan, still waiting

6. My dreams are still there waiting

5. Everyone I've know is now gone

4. I'll always be here, no-matter what

3. Nobody see's the trials I face

2. One good year, made it big

1. Coach cut me, proved him wrong

Song Lyrics

Song title: "Sorry, Blame It On Me"

Song artist: "Akon"

Link to song lyrics

Plot:

Akon wasn't there for is sister. He is apologizing for all the times he wasn't there for her and all the mistakes he made during his life.

Character: 

Akon (singer)

-Akon's sister

-Akon's dad

-Akon's kids

Conflict:

Akon wasn't there for his sister when she was growing up. He wasn't there for her when she needed him the most. He is trying to apologize to her for everything that he did to her and every time that he wasn't there for her.

Theme: Apologize for the times you have messed up, and hopefully stop messing up so you don't have to apologize and you can have better relationships with the people you love.

Setting-

Streets.

On tour across the USA.

at akon's house.

at the club.

jail.

The Impulse II

F- It is done
M- ....about time
F- I did everything you asked
M-  You better have, now we will be rich
F- You best believe dat
M- It's about time we got out of this slum
F- Let lay low for a while
M- No....Ima go buy a sick ride and spend this cash
F- You idiot, we will get caught and then be put in the pen fo life
M- nah....don't worry about it, I can do whatever I want .Its my money
F- I'm not going down with you so I making you lay low for a while.
M- I can do whatever i want
F- NO!
M- It's my paper fool....i can do what i wa.....
(Right then a car crashes into them and both of them die)