Not all heroes wear capes, but this elementary school custodian definitely should! - YouTube

Channel: It's a Southern Thing

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in a way
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i do see myself as a superhero
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i come quick as i can you know try to
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save the day
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clean up as fast as i can before any
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journey spread
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my name is eugene hinton i'm a custodian
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at moody elementary school
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well the school is actually quite big
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i'm looking after
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1200 kids daily
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everything's unexpected need your help
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please we've got a spill in room 114
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10-4 on my way i might have a claw
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toilet
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vomiting number ones number twos
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spills anything that's the life of
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vaginas
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i love interacting with the kids there's
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1200 personalities that i'm dealing with
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every day
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kids are always watching even though you
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don't think they watch you
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i try not to keep anything negative even
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when i'm having a bad day i try to smile
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it off because they're gonna look to me
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they had that smile on my face
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people say take a village to raise a
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child bye
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have a nice evening gotta have
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compassion for people
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anybody might be going through something
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when i was homeless i felt down or not
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at my worst
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me and my baby moms we were going
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through a separation at the time and
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i was sleeping in my trunk i was
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homeless about a year
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i tried to keep a positive head and i
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put myself in this situation i had to
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get myself
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out of it you gotta pray and just thank
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the lord every day
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even though i'm homeless he's still
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waking me up
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i decided that i was gonna go talk to
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johnny williams he's a longtime friend
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he hired me right on the spot somebody
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care right now even if you don't think
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they can
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i'm staying in a two-bedroom apartment
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with three of my sons and
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we got food in the refrigerator i got a
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roof over my head
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yeah i think i've been blessed
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the nicest thing anyone had done for me
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was the moody elementary
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they called me to the gym and said that
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they had an accident so i walked in and
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everybody just went to yelling and
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surprised thank you
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kids screaming and teachers hollering
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and it just overwhelmed me and i broke
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down in tears
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that feeling my dad was undescribable
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made me feel real appreciated
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a lot of celebrities reached out to me
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missy elliott russell westbrook
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giving me gratitude i still can't
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believe
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that i was international like that i
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didn't know how viral how big it was
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got to love everybody you know we need
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more of that in the world anyway
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i guess that's my superpower love i try
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to keep a positive attitude knowing that
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i have kids
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and getting back on my feet overcoming
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that situation in my life
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if i can do it anybody else can
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look at me now
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