- there s so much negativity surrounding this place that no one ever focuses on the positive. they see us as ignorant or hillbillies. - overdose capital of the east coast. - there s really more here than just poverty and illiteracy and drugs. there s a lot of good people here. - when you walk on this field, you better have tunnel vision. don t look left. don t look right. you look at that scoreboard, and that shit burn in your heart, you understand me? we got some ground to make up, but once we make that ground up, we ll take off. let s go! [applause, cheers] [upbeat rock music] both: i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder - la, la - sha la, la, la, la sha la, la, la, la - sha la, la, la - sha la, la, la, la sha la, la, la, la, la [instrumental music] new york city, where i live. and it s easy to think, having
- there s so much negativity surrounding this place that no one ever focuses on the positive. they see us as ignorant or hillbillies. - overdose capital of the east coast. - there s really more here than just poverty and illiteracy and drugs. there s a lot of good people here. - when you walk on this field, you better have tunnel vision. don t look left. don t look right. you look at that scoreboard, and that shit burn in your heart, you understand me? we got some ground to make up, but once we make that ground up, we ll take off. let s go! [applause, cheers] [upbeat rock music] both: i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder - la, la - sha la, la, la, la
- no, sir, no. - i would about guarantee if everybody here, their dad who worked in the coal mines probably told their son, don t go into the coal mines. - that s what i was told. - that s what i told mine. - yeah. - i mean, you re gonna tell them, no, don t do it, but you know, if they do, you re gonna be proud. i m proud. from the stickers we put on our buckets, from the stickers we put on our hats, to my coffee mug there, passed down. i don t mess that thing up, my son goes into the mines, that s gonna be his. [light guitar music] - i m a stone s throw from the mill and i m a good walk to the river but my working day is over we ll go swim our cares away - it s so easy from afar to say that coal s time here has come and gone, that we should let the miners move, find some other work.
- that s delicious. do you think the country as a whole, do you think they understand the coal business at all, what coal mining s about? - no. - no. - they don t really understand at all. - when you travel from new york to here, whether you re on a boat, plane, train, or in the sky or driving on a car, it s because of a mine. - mining causes damage to the environment. of this there is no doubt, but what cannot be grown must be mined. there ain t no cell phones, for instance, without mines somewhere. does anybody think it s gonna come back big time, like 30 years ago or. - my personal opinion, every time a republican is in there, it goes up. [laughter] - this used to be a solidly democratic state. what do you think made trump attractive? - hillary shows up here, and she openly said she s gonna put a lot of coal miners out of work. wrong answer. - how many kids you got? - six. - four. - if you saw your kids had other options, would you recommend that they join the family business?
- lord, thank you for this food we re about to receive, and bless these young men and these young women as they cheer and as they play on the field. in jesus name i pray, amen. all: amen. - let s go eat, man. these kids, you know, they got long days. they wake up 4:45 or 5:00, and they don t leave off the hill with us until about 7:00 after practice, so, no, they go through a lot. - how many generations of coal in your family? - at least five. - wow. coach mike anderson is second in command. coal in anybody else s family? yeah? - like, trash man, that s a real common job in my family. - don t feel bad; trash men make more money than teachers do, chavo. [laughter] - fred fatback minko, micah woody mclaughlin, and cole chavo anderson are in many ways typical mountview players and students with the hopes and dreams of, well, any other high school students. homecoming. - it is. - how big a deal is football in general, and this game, and what you guys do? - you know, a lot of these ki