- published: 28 Apr 2016
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Men of Honor (released in the UK, Ireland and Canada as Men of Honour) is a 2000 drama film, starring Robert De Niro and Cuba Gooding, Jr. The film was directed by George Tillman, Jr. It is inspired by the true story of Master Chief Petty Officer Carl Brashear, the first African-American Master Diver in the United States Navy.
Carl Brashear (Gooding, Jr.) decides to leave his lifestyle in native Kentucky in 1948 and the life of a sharecropper by way of joining the United States Navy. As a crew member of the salvage ship USS Hoist (ARS-40), where he is assigned to the galley, he is inspired by the bravery of one of the divers, Master Chief Petty Officer Leslie William "Billy" Sunday (De Niro). He is determined to overcome racism and become the first African American Navy diver, even proclaiming that he will become a Master Diver. He eventually is selected to attend Diving and Salvage School in Bayonne, New Jersey where he arrives as a Boatswain's Mate Second Class. He finds that Master Chief Sunday is the Leading Chief Petty Officer and head instructor, who is under orders from the school's eccentric, bigoted commanding officer to ensure that Brashear fails.
I watch the waves upon the water, searching for a reason
But I know it isn't there (Know it isn't there, know it isn't there)
And so I struggle with the meaning, dispite of all this feelings
I know it isn't fair (Know it isn't fair, know it isn't fair)
So I lay awake, hope and pray
The emptiness I feel inside would just go away
But it's plain to see, what's killing me
I realised that I not afraid to love you
Dispite of all the reasons, dispite of all the pain
I know you were always there
Through all the changing seasons, through all the good and bad
I know you were always there
I just couldn't see it, now it's crystal clear
Where do I go from here?
I hear it echoing like thunder
Blanking my memories, of all my yesterdays
And still I struggle with the meaning, dispite of all this feelings
To tell who's to blame
So I lay awake, hope and pray
The emptiness I feel inside would just go away
But it's plain to see, what's killing me
I realised how much I really need you
Dispite of all the reasons, dispite of all the pain
I know you were always there
Through all the changing seasons, through all the good and bad
I know you were always there
I just couldn't see it, now it's crystal clear
Where do I go from here?
Where do I go from here?
I'm Standing out here in the rain, feeling like a fool again
Stuck in the life I'm leading, feeling like a love life beaten
Don't leave me out here in the cold, don't make me walk alone a lonely road
So I lay awake, hope and pray
The emptiness I feel inside would just go away
But it's plain to see, what's killing me
I realised how much I really miss you
Dispite of all the reasons, dispite of all the pain
I know you were always there
Through all the changing seasons, through all the good and bad
I know you were always there
I just couldn't see it, now it's crystal clear
Where do I go from here?
Where do I go from here?