"[Distant car horns]" "[Woman speaks Spanish]" "You coming early today." "I'm almost not finished." "But don't worry, I'm finish." "I got to get to school." "Come in." "Come inside." "Ave Maria, you young boys, always in a rush." "Always in a rush." "[Woman speaks Spanish]" "[Loud rumble of train]" "Marisol already leave for school." "She has not missed one day in school in three year." "Sit down." "Sit down." "You like some milk?" "Some milk and cookie?" "I have some nice chocolate chip." "You like Marisol?" "Marisol, she always asking about you." ""Why Michael come here?" "Why he don't talk to me at the school?"" "You have a girlfriend?" "Mmm." "You already liking somebody?" "Well, I don't worry." "You are young." "Is plenty of time." "Soon you get tired ofher and then you talk to my Marisol." "I'm always telling her "Wait for that Michael." "He's gonna go far."" ""To very far place." So take yourtime, it's OK." "Because I always tell her a word about how you a boy very special." " Half a brick means 20." " Yes, yes, of course, 20." " It ain't 20." " Yes, yes, of course, 20." "Esteban said I got to take this to Chillie's." "I got to take 20." "Ifl don't give him 20 he gonna get mad." " You want me to count it?" " No, no, wait." "Wait." "I..." "I check foryou." "I check again." "[Woman speaks Spanish]" "[Train clatters]" "Oh, look, look, this one was stuck in back here." "I don't understand." "It's my eyes, you know." "So, not seeing so good no more." "That's why I buy Marisol her glasses right away." "So she don't have no trouble with her eyes, like me." "But Marisol is a pretty girl." "Just think about my Marisol, because I want herto have a clever boy like you." "So you think about it." " I gotta pick up five bricks." " Yeah, yeah, they already called." " Then why they ain't ready yet?" " Relax." "It's eight in the morning." " We ain't hardly woke up yet." " It's almost 8.45, I'm late for school." "Oh, for joy, it's little Fresh, our messengerto the gods." "My tag is for my friends." "You can call me Michael." "What's embarrassing is Esteban using this ugly maricón for a man's work." "Makes me sick." "What's embarrassing is, all the work there is to do," "Esteban got you working up here with the bitches." "Damn." "Ugly spotted little motherfucker." "I'll fuck you up." "I'm all overthese bitches, nigger." "Got me a harem like Arabian motherfucker and shit." "You ain't all over me, motherfucker." "You'd be dead before you touch this good thing." "You trippin' on your own shit." "Only harem you playin' is them five fingers on your own hand." " [Woman] That's right." " [Michael] I need five bricks." "Everybody know the only reason he here is cos Esteban skied on his freakin' sister." " [Woman] Oh, oh." " Don't talk about my sister." "Word." "Esteban clocking out on that chocolate freak." "He doggin' her every chance he get." "She a hop-head freak riding the white horse." "Say one more word about my sister, bitch." "Maricón, I'm gonna fuck you right up." "Do it." "Come on, bitch, fuck me up." "[Woman] You ain't fucking nobody up, Herbie, so shut the fuck up." "I need five bricks." "Five." "Chillie, they all there." "I counted them." "You know I got to count 'em." "You don't get paid till they're counted." "What, you got ants in your pants?" "Chill, homes." "Esteban wants to talk to you anyway." "I got to get to school, I'm stupid late." "It's gonna be my second late day this week." " Mrs Coleman is gonna kill me." " Don't worry." "I'll write you a doctor's note." "Yo, it ain't funny, man." " Is Esteban coming just to talk to me?" " He's making the rounds." "He says he wants you to wait for him, OK?" "Kick it, Chillie, pay me later." "Tell him I had to get to school." "Yo, Fresh, come back here, crimey." "Here." "Here, homes." "If there's anything missing I'll kill you later." "[Woman] Well?" "Did you bring a late pass or didn't you?" "Boy, who's talking to you?" "Me orthat floor?" "Is this a comedy act, Chuckie?" "You find this funny?" "Then shut up and wipe that stupid thing, which you might think is a charming expression, right off yourface, boy." "[Chuckling]" "Put yourthings away and find a seat." "Go on." "This is not over, do you hear me?" "Now, what I was saying before that interruption, was that Mr Hill told you what the words Manifest Destiny mean, but not what it was." "So don't come into my classroom with that ignorant nonsense about the heroes of the Alamo, and Davy Crockett, and how bad they were." "Because all they were really doing was robbing another people of their land so they could keep opening up new territory for legal slavery." "The papers that I gave you have a series of quotes from some anti-slavery writers of that time." "You read the first quote, Rosie." "It's from an anti-slavery writer by the name of David Child." "...Mexican government warning them about the his own United States government." "[Rosie] "Dear sirs, there is an impatient and almost ir... irresistible desire in the South and Southwest to lay hold on Texas." "Excuse me." "Where do you think you are, the Land of Oz?" "You must be trippin' if you think you're gonna sit together." "Boy, move overthere." "Go on, Rosie." "[Whistle]" "[Children shout]" "Curtis, you're hogging the ball again." "Pass it." "[Children groan]" "[Girls] Power!" "[Girl shouts]" "Power!" " That shit is mine." " Nah, man." "That shit is mine." "Nigger, get that shit!" " That shit is mine." "Look, nigger." " Yeah, that's mine." "That's right." "Step right up, step right up." "One more, my good man." " Only if you flip Willie Randolph." " Uh-uh, sorry, G." "Forget it, then." "I gave my last Willie Randolph double to Fresh in class." "Only got one left." "Flip Willie Randolph." "No." "N-O spells no." "No one neverflips him." "It be costing me six bucks a pack till I get him." "You chump." "Buying them shits." "I ain't never bought a baseball card." " I steal them shits all day." " Stealing them shits all day." "Shut up, Tarleak, you ain't never stole shit, so shut up." " Yes, I did." " Why you got none?" "Show me your cards." "I ain't bringing them." "Niggers be jumpin' me for my cards." " Shut up, retard." " [Tarleak] My old man got every series." "Back to the 1900s." "He got Willie Mays, Jackie Robinson, all of them." "They didn't even have baseball cards then." "[Tarleak] Uh-huh, I seen them." "My old man got a lot of them cards." "[Chuckie] Does he keep them in his..." "how many limos?" "[Tarleak] Six." "Nigger got six limos." "Word." "Six of them, stupid big." " You haven't even met yourfather." " I did." "You haven't even seen the motherfucker, so shut the fuck up." "He be looking at her like this." "Shut up, nigger." "I don't be likin' them bitches." "Always be trippin' with they nose up like they all that." "[Chuckie] Word." "Always hitting me." "Like Shanice." "She don't stop till they smack her." "[Nicholas] They hit you till you smack them, then cry." "They like it." "[Chuckie] They think they all that, but they just want a smack." "[Nicholas] Where you goin', man?" "Always going after girls." "Leaving his best friend for a girl." "Yo, Rosie, stop looking at me, all right." "Why you always looking at me?" "You look at me so much I can't help it." " I don't look at you." " You do." "You are always looking at me." "You trippin'." "You drag all yourfriends into our cheerleading practice like it's their idea, but you bring them so you can look at me." " You stupid trippin'." " It's all right, it's cute." "The girls always say "Michael got those spotty white spots on him"." "But I think it's cute." "I do, I think it's real cute." "You looking almost white yourself." " I am." " Why you buggin' out?" " My mother is white." " Get outta here." "She is, straight-up white." "Why does she never come to school then?" "She don't want you cos you're black, right." " Why don't you live with yourfather?" " I do." "You live with your aunt and Hilary and all them others." "So stop fronting." " Shut up." " My mother's married to a millionaire." "She lives with Tarleak's old man, with the limos and shit?" "She's living at Scarsdale." "She got a big house." "It's as big as this whole school." "You go through a gate and drive through a forest to get to it." " What car does she drive?" " A sports car." " What kind?" " I don't know." "AJaguar." "[Scoffs] lfl had me a million dollars I'd get me a Porsche 959." "I'd get me a sports car." "AJaguar." "Damn, I'd get me a Ferrari Testarossa V-12 engine." "Get me a Porsche 930 straight-6 turbo engine." "Get me a Vector B12, twin-turbo." "Go from zero to 60 in 7.8 seconds." "So don't even talk." "Who cares?" "Cos you're never gonna have a million dollars anyway." " I will too." " Who's trippin' now?" "Ain't nobody trippin'." "I'm gonna have it." "Some day I'm gonna have it." "[Train clatters]" "Hi, Grandma." "[TV] Honey, take the controls." "Follow the ridge line." "Yo, what up?" "Why everybody out here?" "We just here." "[TV] What a place to spend our last night on Earth." "I'll be dead in the morning." "It's a possibility." "Stay here." "What up, y'all?" " Hey." " Where Aunt Frances at?" "She home." "Yo, why everybody around here illin'?" "[Electronic game noises]" "Yo, I got winners." "[TV] Follow the ravine." "Descend at an angle of not more than 33 degrees." "Michael." "You're home." "Look, Nichole, your brother's here." "Hey, Nicky." "I know Michael wants you to stay with us for a while." "Aunt Frances, ljust came to get a few of my things." "I'm not staying." "Michael, you want Nicky to stay with us, don't you?" "[Nicky] I can't sleep here no more." "There's like 1,000 little girls running in and out ofhere." "My feet are hanging off the edge of the bed already." "I know it." "I know it's crowded in here." "You being a grown woman and all." "Nicky, take my bed." "I can sleep in here with the girls." "Aunt Frances, I don't want your bed." "Well..." "I'll leave you alone with your brotherfor a while." "Maybe he can talk to you about staying with us a little longer." "Michael ain't no one to talk to nobody about nothing." "[Nicky] I gotta go." "[Car passes]" " Michael." " What?" "Why you come home so late?" "You know Aunt Frances worries when you come home late." "It's hard enough on her without you worrying her all the time." "If she gets too fed up and gives all of us up I'm gonna kill you." "None of us can go back to our parents and I ain't going back to no group home." "You my cousin." "We all cousins here." "But if you ruin it forthe rest of us I'm gonna kill you." "[Car passes]" "What up, G?" " I got ten bucks." " Get you two bottles." "It's good stuff, right?" "You tried all the rest, now try the best." "You sure?" "You know that for a fact, right?" "You don't like it, come back." "Jake give you back your $10, send you on yourway." "Just don't be coming back here again, understand?" "No way $5, man." "Last time I bought from Jake I was illin'." "That stuffbe stupid cut." "He should throw me a freebie on principle." "This is the dope." "Live kickin'jumbo crack." "You don't like it, bumrush Stringbean, or Howard." "Then you'll be ill on that stupid baking soda." "What you got for me today, little buddy?" "[Fresh] Five dollars a pop." "I'll throw you 20 bucks forfive." "What d'you say?" "Five times five is 25." "Five dollars a pop." "Maybe I bettertalk to Jake myself." "You know you don't be talking to Jake, you know that." "Look." "You tell Jake that I'll suck his dick good, OK?" "You tell him I'll suck him off real nice." "You know Jake down with them fine bitches." "Why he want that from you?" "All right, listen, how about you and me, baby, we get in that car and I'll suck your sweet little dick." "Get out of my face, bitch." "OK, how about I let you fuck me?" "OK?" "I'll let you bang this good thing if you just ask Jake to talk to me." "Get outta here." "Go overto Lenny, he be liking no-tooth old bitches like you." "[Man laughs]" " Yo, man, we outta here, nigger." " Nah, man, Kermit ain't showed." "Let me tell you, that nigger set his watch foryesterday he'll still be late." " Yeah, word up." " I got them bitches waitin'." "You said you were going to be with me." "You're making me look bad, man." "Let me tell you something, that nigger Kermit, he is skied, he is gone." "You stand here waiting, you trippin' worse than he is." " Jake..." " Nigger owe me $50." "That's twice his money he ain't showing'." " He owe me $50." " Yo, I hearyou, man." "Come on." "Word up." "Look, man." "Motherfucker still ain't comin'." "Oh, you don't think so?" "Let me tell you something." "Nigger don't show up, I'm gonna dead him." "Why you beefin' with me?" "I'm gonna grease that motherfucker like Sunday bacon." "I'm gonna go drop that motherfucker." "I'm gonna go drop him!" "You know betterthan always be in my face with this silly-ass nonsense." "I wouldn't ifJake paid me, but he always getting mad about something." "I ain't gonna be getting up in his face when he like that." " So instead you get in mine." " You ain't like that." "My man Fresh." "My stand-up little G." "You see, homes, this is..." "What the fuck are you doin'?" "I was picking up." "Don't be doin' shit behind my back." "Why the fuck you doin' that?" "Corky, man, it was my turn." "We just playin', it's just me." "I don't give a fuck." "Be my mother, motherfucker, I don't play that shit." " Sorry..." " Yeah, you be sorry." "You do that shit, just do it in front of my face." "Am I free to finish my little transaction without every nigger doing some shit behind my back?" "[Sighs] These niggers be dissin' you at every turn, homes." "It's all right, cos you my stand-up little G." "Yeah." "And, uh, I'll be talking to Jake about his temper, too." "It's $100." "Nigger be getting $50 for lookout." "I be running that rock all day. $100." "[All chuckle]" "Man, you one bad motherfucker, crimey." "Only reason you ain't the man is you still too goddamn little, but you get bigger you gonna be the man." "[Train brakes squeal]" "[Speaks Spanish]" "[Man laughs]" "Oh, man." "[Onlooker] Whoo!" "He's not bad." "I shake on a game, fishcake." "That wasn't no game." " All right." " [Man] Easy come, easy go." " Who's next?" " Not me, man." "I heard there was players in this shithole." "All I see is chumps." "Come on, who's gonna give me a game?" "Come on, get outta here." "I ain't got time forthis shit." "[Onlooker] Whoa, he got it." "All right." "[Chatter]" "[Man] I'm goin' down to Fourteenth." "[Onlooker] He got the cash, let's see what his game is about." "[Man] Play." "Check." "Mate in four." "Fuck you." "Ain't no mate in no four." "Fuck you." "[Onlooker] He's runnin' now." "Would have been four if you were smart." "Mate." "[Onlookers chatter]" "[Onlooker] That's right, give him his money." "That shit overthere was a waste of time." "Dad, you don't be pulling them in for no twenties." "I said it was a waste of time, boy." "Time ain't money, no matterwhat those stupid morons tell you." "Anything lost can be found again, except fortime wasted." "It was fun, Dad..." "Chess ain't fun." "How many times I got to tell you that?" "Don't you listen to a word I say?" " Maybe ifl seed you more." " Well, you don't." "You'd do well to retain some of the knowledge I impart to you, ratherthan giving me all your street-attitude bullshit." "Ain't so much fun now, is it?" "Getting to be less fun every second." "Ah-ah, think about it." "Forget the clock for a second, Michael." "What kind of player am I?" "Offensive or defensive?" "That's right, I'm neither." "I play my opponent." "Lfhe likes to attack I force him to defend." "Lfhe's cautious I draw him into danger." "You get so frustrated playing defensive positions you make stupid moves." "When you come here, boy, check that shit at the door." "That's good." "That's better." "Still gonna kick your ass, but that's better." "You been playin' on the team?" "No, huh?" "Just watching the world pass you by." "Think as long as you ain't drowning everything's all right." "I don't need no punk school team." "Mate." "He got Hulk number one." "And all them Thors, and all them comics." "He showed them to me and they were all stupid number ones." " He got Superman number one?" " Yeah, he got that." " You got Action Comics number one?" " He got that too." " He got all the number ones." " Where he keep them?" "The garage, with all them limos?" " You ain't got no old man." " I do so." "We'll call him up when we get to my house." " He don't answer no phone." " Why not?" "He don't want niggers wasting his time." "Bam!" "Spiderman go down." "Bam!" "Daredevil go down." "All them niggers is goin' down." "Punishertake their ass out." " X-Men take out the Punisher." " X-Men baby stuff, homes." "All them powers ain't shit." "Punisherthe real dope, homey." "Word." "I seen this 7-foot tall white Terminator nigger with 20 guns on my roof the other day." "Punishertake out all the superheroes." "He be sayin' bam, bam, bam, bam." "Take out that nigger." "Bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam." "[Dog snarls]" "Yo, Fresh, I been training him." "Watch this." "Good boy, Roscoe." "Good boy." "Good boy?" "That dog ain't nothin' but badness." "Ain't nothin' but badness." "Word up, Roscoe, you miss me?" "You miss your homey?" "[Speaks Spanish]" "OK, OK, Mama, I'll be in in a minute, all right?" " I'm gonna fight him on Sunday." " You're gonna do what?" " Roscoe's takin' out Ricardo's pit." " Roscoe ain't fighting." "My dog fight when I say he fight." "He ain't your dog, he's our dog." "I found him." "Ain't nobody asking you, homes." "I'll get paid." "You already gettin' paid, workin' them jobs for Esteban." "Yo, we see y'all later." "We gotta go." "I ain't got..." "You always be looking all ratty and shit, but everybody know you getting paid." "Yo, why you be looking all nappy like that?" "What you be doin' with all that jack?" "You been hidin' the shit away?" "Damn, when I get paid I'm gonna get me those dope new Nikes. 10 pairs." "Then I'm gonna get me some stupid gold, homes." "Like this tooth and a five-finger gold ring, with my tag bustin' right off that motherfucker." " You ain't got no tag." " I will when I get paid." "He ain't fighting'." "Then you gonna get me a job for Esteban?" "Yo, man, why not?" "Cos you'd be acting like a stupid little kid." "Why you dissin' me, man?" "I'm crazy." "I'll bust those dumb moves." "[Baby grizzles]" "Come on, Rudy, get it in your mouth." "Don't be such a spas." " Don't talk like that to your son." " Chill, woman." "He knows I'm only messin' with him." "Right, baby?" "You know Daddy's messin' with you." "You sure you don't want no eats?" "My grandma be cookin' at home." "You're a good boy, Fresh." "You be eating at home." "And you be running to school when I want to talk to you." "It's OK, homey, I like me a smart G, I really do." "You seem to have enough time to run rocks for Corky's boys though." "You think I got no eyes but these two in my own head?" "I know where you be at." "Corky got that work." "I be running foryou once a week, maybe twice, if somebody gets sick." " Corky got them jobs." " Let me tell you something, Fresh." "You're a smart kid, so hearthese words of wisdom." "That rock is a bad move." "You start messin' with that shit, selling, dealing..." "I guarantee inside three to five years you'll be dead." "Oryou'll have a bullet in your head." "Orthat pipe in your mouth." "Eitherway, you're dead." "Smack is the way to go." "This is a gentleman's operation." "The clientele is stable, peace loving." "The competition is non-confrontational." "And the heat, they mostly let it slide." "Cos there's little hassle all around." "You find your niche, you stay there, stay cool, and you be the man into your 50s and 60s." "[Baby giggles]" "And then you retire your old ass to a nice condo some place hot with a lot of nice Jewish people." "You leave the business foryour kids." "It's like banking, only it's more secure." "And you don't pay no taxes." "[Baby cries]" "Hey, what you doin'?" "You ain't holding her right." "Come here." "I'm trying to feed her, in case you haven't noticed." "You ain't holding her right." "She ain't hungry." " [Baby whimpers] - [Esteban soothes]" "[Esteban] Hey, come on." "I'm going to put herto bed." "Look, yeah." "I never sold no rock." "And no kind of coke whatsoever." "I never even try it." "Don't come nearthat shit." "Not even for curiosity." "Close the door, OK?" "It got loose on my last run." "I didn't want to give it to no one but you." "Hey, my little money man. [chuckles]" "You just lost Chillie 100 bucks on a bet, G." "Cos he don't know you like I do." "You my solid little man." "[Whispers] La bonita." "Muchacha." "Yeah." "There you go." "There you go." "There you go." "There you go." "[Chuckles] Most niggers, they be giving their bitches rocks." "Watching them pop off, bang." "They got their self an Action Jackson bitch." "Jumping around like a rabbit." "Diving forthat dick like it's gold at the end of the rainbow, you know." "Not me, little homey." "No, no, no, not me." "I love me a straight bitch." "Maybe she like to slide into the land ofH once in a while." "A regular bitch." "Maybe she fine, like..." "Ay carajo... like your sister." "[Chuckles] Your sister, she fine." "And then she take her hit, and like her eyes, they roll back, and she get suddenly soft." "Oh, so soft and pure." "And I am holding my very own virgin." "My Madonna." "I dig that." "You know I dig that." "Is your sister a freak?" "Hey, come here." "Hey, sit down." "I'm asking you a question." "Is she a freak?" "Man, you married." "I know you're just a kid, Fresh, even though you're smart, so I let you talk to me like that this one time, but you tell me, tell me who she's running with." " Nobody." " Don't fuck with me, little homey." "Serious, my aunt won't let her out with nobody." "I find that hard to believe." "Bitch as fine as that, she always have somebody." "But my aunt won't let her out with nobody." "I hope you're right, little homey." "I hope you're right." "[Shop bell]" "[Woman] OK, come on now." "Let's go." "[Music on radio]" "I got to see Nichole." "Yeah?" "Who the fuck are you?" "Her brother." "I got to see her." "Got a kid down here say he Nichole's brother." "[Man] Send him up." "One flight up." "Use the stairway in the back." "There's only one door." "[TVplays]" "So... you Michael." "I guess you used up all the ugly in the family." "I keep hearin' you the little man running the street." "You the little man running the street?" "Shit." "Next thing I know niggers in diapers packing Tech 9s be trying to take over my business." "[Sighs]" "[TV] I said put me down!" "Let me...[screams]" "[Crash]" "She's in there." "Esteban looking foryou." "Good for Esteban." "Yo, why you stay with James?" "You know why, Fresh." "Why?" "Cos his smack is the dope and he got plenty ofit." "Are you happy now?" "Why you don't go to Esteban then?" "I don't like the way he looks at me." "I don't need no spic pimp motherfucker looking at me like I'm no queen." "I'm just a sorry-ass nigger ho." "James looks at me like I'm nothin', so I'm down with James." "You ain't ain't nothin'." "Michael." "Fuck off, all right." "Don't Aunt Frances think you nothing." "She think you something." "Aunt Frances is a fucking saint." "Aunt Frances loves every damn dog in the street the same as she loves me." "Ain't no shit to be loved by no fucking saint." "I love you." "[Chatter]" " [Man] Come on." " What's up?" " What's up, nigger?" " He ain't got nothing." "Watch him." " Oh, shit." " Come on, Jake." "Curtis bad, homes, be bustin' out those moves." "As long as I ain't playin' that nigger." "He ain't doin' shit." "What's up, shorty?" "Come on." "Damn!" "Yo, Red, man, pick him up, man." "You pick him up, motherfucker." "Yo, Fresh, one's open." "Let's shoot some hoops." "No, not right now, man." "...E" " L-E..." "You just don't want me embarrassin' your ass in front of them bitches, huh?" " Yo, don't be callin' herthat, nigger." " What, now you Mr Tough Guy?" "You Mr Tough Guy, nigger?" "Motherfucker." "Come on." "Yeah, yeah, what's up?" "Shit." "Take that motherfucker." "Foul, motherfucker!" "That's a flagrant fuckin' foul!" "You OK?" "Fuck you!" "Motherfuckertake that shit up I'm gonna challenge him every time." "Challenge?" "You be jumping on the boy like you the fucking New York Knicks." "Just forget about it." "Your ball." "Yeah, nigger, I know you ain't shit." "Come on, man, come on." "What's up, motherfucker." "Oh, man!" "Point game, motherfuckers!" "We up." "Take the shot." "Yo, Jake, what's up?" "Don't let the motherfucker play you like that." " Whoo!" " That's my boy." "Yes!" "Damn, she comin' over, man." "She be likin' you, man." "What you say to her?" "Shut up, man." "Man, she all overyou, man." " Yo, man, she want to get with you." " [Shouting]" "[Screaming]" "Come on, man, let's go!" "Come on, man, let's go!" "Go ahead, run, motherfuckers!" "Run!" "You pussy-ass motherfuckers!" "Go tell somebody you saw something!" "I'll come back for all you monkey motherfuckers." "Y'all pussy-ass punks." "Yeah, that's right." "Punk ass." "[Scraping]" "[Moaning]" "[Approaching sirens]" "[Man] Come on." "Let's go." "Come on." "[Woman on police radio] Acknowledge, please." "I know it's hard, Michael, but you gotta help us." "Just try to work with us." "We gotta find the guy who did this." "I didn't see nothin'." "You were the only witness on the scene." "You're the only lead we got." "Ljust heard the shooting then I saw they was down." "I didn't see nothing else." "Nothing." "Come on, Michael." "Go wait in your room." "I'll run you a hot bath." "Go wait in your room now." "Where you at?" "If your mind is somewhere else, take your ass and go keep it company." "I'm not having my time wasted by some half-ass fishcake opponent today." "[Sighs]" "Take the last one back." "In fact, take back the last three." "You're hoarding." "You're playing each piece like losing it hurts." "This ain't chequers." "You want my king." "You've got to come get my king." "The other pieces are just a means to do it." "Every time you make a run at me I threaten your queen and back you go." "It's like she's the last lady on Earth." "She's just a pawn with fancy moves." "When you're playing a man who feels naked without his lady, use her, jump in there and take her." "Tease her, threaten her, and he won't be able to think about his game." "That's when you make your real move." "That's good." "That's better." "You like that horse, don't you?" "You like his crazy jumps all overthe board." "You think he's yourfriend." "Hate to lose him almost as much as that lady." "Well, he is yourfriend, they all are." "But you have to use him just like you use the others." "Lfhe falls by the wayside, well, that's just life's little game, ain't it?" "Until you come ready to play her game you'll never beat her at it." "Check." "Check." "Check." "Mate in six." "Want to sufferthrough it?" "That's the first time you ever checked me." "Want to come to my place and celebrate?" "I ain't supposed to see you." "You seeing' me now, ain't ya?" "I'm playin' chess." "Welcome to the Taj Mahal." "You want a beer?" " Uh-uh." " That's all there is to drink." "It's warm, too." "Tastes like a tub of piss somebody farted in." "What side you playin'?" "White." "Black." "Black." "Both." "You're losing the last two." "Well, this first game here I'm playing Teddy Kolevski." "That's Frank Evans." "That's Walter Shipman." "Last game here, I'm playing myself." "You're losing to yourself." "Yeah, life's a bitch like that." "I kept a game goin' with myself forthe last 20 years." "Not a day goes by I don't make at least one move." "Not a day." "You're losing to homeboy Shipman, too." "He's a US grandmaster." "That's right." "He don't go to the park but he comes here to play me." " He's winnin'." " Yeah, yeah, I know he's winnin'." "But let me tell you something, put the clock on, put the show on speed," "I'd chew his ass right up." "See that picture there?" "That's Pal Benko." "That there's Bruce Pandolfini." "That's Mikhail Botvinnik." "And that's Paul Keres." "Played all them boys." "Sometimes I won." "Mostly I lost." "But you put the show on speed, I'd chew all their asses up." "All them grandmasters, them... [sighs] ...them Europeans, with their government subsidies to sit on their asses and play all day, they ain't livin' in the world." "Put the clock on 'em." "Put the heat on their backs, they break down." "Put them in the park fishing for dollars and they break." "That's Bobby Fischer." "Some say he's the greatest player to ever play the game." "I never played him." "All them patzers sitting around the park waiting for him to go back there like Jesus." "Me?" "I don't give a shit." "Put the clock on that motherfucker, I'll chew his ass up just like the rest." "Chew it right up." "[Bird squawks]" "That's some old cake, boy." "It's all right." "I'm talking two, maybe three, weeks here." "Um..." "I seen Nichole the other day." "That's natural, ain't it?" "Yeah, but she like..." "She be like..." "How's she lookin'?" "She still lookin' good?" " I don't know, she my sister." " I know she is, I'm yourfather." "You got eyes, ain't you?" "She look all right." "When she was a child... damn." "She was so pretty, when she came in the room it was like the sun was shining indoors." "People just stared at her, like she was a angel dropped down outta heaven." "Me, standing there like a fool, couldn't believe it was me she came out of." "Aunt Frances said she looked more like Mom." "Well, cheers to Aunt Frances." "All them niggers be on her all the time." "Don't be talkin' that trash." "I don't want to hearthat goddamn word." "I'm gonna say what I want." "You can't tell me nothin', I ain't even seeing' you." "[Barks]" "Bet your bet." "Let's go, let's go." "Let's go, man." "Two hundred." "Come on, let's go." "Check out that dope dog." "That bad motherfucker." "You puttin' stupid dollars on that bad motherfucker." "[Barking]" "[Chuckie] Niggers ain't winning' shit." "They gots no brain, man." "This is the dog." "My man." "My man Jake." "I want you to give me a two-spot on Ricardo's mutt." "Your contribution's always kept Fat Freddie buffed." "Yo, Chuckie, man, Roscoe ain't doin' shit." "I been training him, nigger." "He bad." "He's scared, man, look at him." "Yo, I got $20 down, nigger." "I been savin' that shit for a month." "Get five to one." "Roscoe take him out I be takin' $100." "You ain't taking' nothin', man." "[Man speaks Spanish]" "You got that sorry lump of dog food ready orwhat?" "Let's go." "[Barking]" "[Shouting]" "Yes!" "Let's go." "Give it up." "Let's go." "Let's go." "You all know who lost and who won." "Let's go." "We bad." "We be back, too, motherfuckers." "Bring on all them punk bitches." "We be fuckin' they punk ass up." "Forget it, Roscoe ain't fighting' no more." "You buggin' out." "I'm gettin' paid." "He took that bitch out." "I got something better, man." "Yeah, like what?" "Like gettin' stupid paid." "Gettin' paid real dollars." "[Video game bleeps]" "I don't want nobody be touching this board." "You don't own this house." "You ain't hardly here so don't tell us what to do." "Yeah, whatever, just don't nobody bettertouch this board." "Man, you takin' all day." "Why you rushin' me, man?" "I ain't in no rush." " Be chill now, right?" " Just cooling', homes." "Maxin' and cooling'." "He's back there." "Just be quiet." "You brung her back to me." "Go and wait for me in the other room." "Why you got to stand like that, man?" "[Whispers] Shut up." "You look stupid, man." "That's messed up with your sister..." "Don't even say it, all right." "[Door opens]" "I owe you one, little homey." "S'all right." "Who's this?" "That's my homeboy, Chuckie." "The one I been tellin' you about." "I got some very important shit for my man Fresh to do." "Why should I take you on, too?" "I got the dope moves." " You got what?" " I got stupid juice." "I bust a stupid move." "Chuckie, huh?" "It was nice meeting you, Chuckie." "Go wait in the kitchen." "You want something to drink?" "Ask Salvador for a Coke or something, OK?" "[Door opens]" "He's all right, he just be gettin' like that sometimes." " He's all right." " I want you to do it alone." "I know it, but I like someone there, watch my back." "This is a big run." "You better be sure of your company." "I'm giving you this because no one will be looking for something so big on somebody so small." "But I'm also doing it on account of you're going to be my main man." "That's right." "Some day soon you are going to be it." "Serious." "He like "Who that bad little nigger?"" " "Where you find him at?"" " Why he send me out the room?" "He be mad at me." "He don't want to be dissin' me in front of you." "You get me in trouble." "He like "Why don't you bring him sooner?"" "Always tell you to take me down, but you be, I be actin' stupid." "You're the stupid one." "I be bustin' the dope moves." "I be doin' that shit now." "You busted out." "I'm kickin' it live!" "Kickin' the dope moves." "Bustin' it out!" "Hey." " What you doin' in here?" " I got to see Hector." "I'm Hector." "What the fuck do you want?" "You ain't Hector." "Hector's in that office back there." "I got an appointment with Hector, not your big gorilla monkey ass." "Uh-uh." "No way I'm gonna lay that much base on you." "All right, but I gotta tell Corky now." "He gonna be pissed, too." "You're just a baby runner." "I ain't done business with Corky in three months." "Why didn't he send one of the others?" "Darryl orJake?" "Ain't you heard nothin'?" "What Jake did?" "I heard what Jake did." "The heat's all over Corky now." "They don't know who shot up them courts." "Stupid niggers think it was over drugs." "Now Corky can't make a move and he wants me to put my ass out for him without even a call?" "Damn." "All his phones will be tapped." "Half the phones in the hood tapped now." "Can't call from nowhere." "None ofhis big connects gonna feed him now." "Corky losing crazy dollars." "He needs this shit today." "He said he won't forget his friends that helped him when he was in trouble." "And he ain't gonna forget who didn't." "I can't give out that much weight on consignment, not at a time like this." "Any othertime I would've told Corky it's cool." "For now, he gonna pay up front, till all this blow over." "How do I know you ain't gonna bring the heat down on me?" "All right." "You go wait on Eleventh and Jane." "It'll be there in an hour." "Oh, yeah." "Corky said to tell you not to call on none ofhis numbers no more." "He be calling you soon when he can." "He said you call him, Darryl and Smokey be paying you a visit." "Yo, man, I got this job working for Esteban, making all this dough." "I got so much cash it ain't funny." "I'm livin' large." "Look at you with a beeper and shit." "You ain't big, motherfucker." "And from now on you gonna start callin' me Chuck E." "Like Chuck D, you gonna start callin' me Chuck E, cos I'm makin' all this dough." "You the man." "You are the man." "That's right." " They ain't gonna do shit." " Who you work for?" "Esteban." "Yo, Fresh, you know Chuckie's been talking all overthe place." "He's buggin' out, saying he's gonna be moving kilos ofbase for Esteban." "All sorts ofjunk like that." "Man, everybody knows Esteban don't run no base." "I even asked my pop." "Chuckie's not like you." "He's stupid." "Why you doin' this to him?" "Mind your own business, all right?" "Can't you at least tell him to shut up and don't be talking so much?" "It's a free country." "Chuckie say what he want." "It's quiet here." "Yeah, I like to come here." "It's lonesome." "You know what's whack, when I'm down with the posse at home and shit, and everybody be screaming and yelling and shit, it gets real lonesome." "It be like crowded, and noise and screaming, and suddenly it feels like I'm the only one there." "The more people there is the lonelier it get." "I have this dream." " Yeah, like what?" " Nothing." "Sometimes I have it, that's all." "[Man] That's great." "Talk later." "I know." "I gotta go." " We here for some books." " No shit." " What kind ofbooks you looking for?" " Text books." "Science text books." "Yeah, I got what you need." "You boys like to study, huh?" "Yeah, we them crazy "A" students." "Sit down, nigger." "Chill, homes, you up in my face." "[Man] Hey." "Get down." "Save that forwhen you get home, forthe jungle gym, you know." " Yeah, whatever." " Whatever?" "We're gonna take a little side trip to the precinct." "Make your mother come uptown and pick your smart ass up." "All right, you wanna play it like that..." "Why you gotta be like that with the man, Chuckie?" "Sorry, Officer, he's just a stupid jerk." "If we're not home for dinner my aunt will kill me." "Sorry he's such a jerk." "You ought to learn respect from yourfriend." "Why you got to be so fuckin' stupid, nigger?" "Fuck you, man, dissin' me in front of that fat cop." "Goddamn, you must be the stupidest nigger I know." "How do you tie your shoelaces, stupid as you is?" "Dissin' me." "I'm crazy, I bust those dope moves." "Shut the fuck up, just shut up." "[Chuckie] Yo, man, I thought you was my friend." "Friends don't be doin' that shit to each other." "You got to show me some respect." "That ain't right." "What's wrong, man?" "What you looking for?" "What, man?" "What?" "Hey, where you goin', man?" "Why you comin' in here?" "This ain't the way we're supposed to be goin'." " Shut up, man." " Yo, what are you doin', man?" "Just give me your bag, man, I'll be right in here." "Just wait here and stay on lookout." " What you goin' be in there for?" " Just do it." "What the fuck is that?" "Ricardo give it to me forthe $100 I won off Roscoe's fight." "What the fuck you did that for?" "Give me that other one." "Just give me your goddamn bag." "Give it up!" "Now keep watch, nigger." "Yell if you see someone." "Yell, nigger?" "I smoke they ass." " Give me the gun, man." " Why?" "So you throw it away?" "Get rid ofit, Chuckie." "Fuck you, man!" "Don't be pulling that shit out if we get jumped." "Just drop your bag and break north." " Ain't nobody gonna be jumping me." " Just drop the bag and run, understand?" "[Mutters] You stupid nigger." "I'm not gonna take this from you no more." "Fuck, man, I don't need this shit, man." "I don't need to be hangin' round with punks like you." "From now on, I'm selling dope by my damn self." "I'm not gonna be hangin' round you." "From today on I'll be by my damn self." "[Engine growls]" "Drop the bag, Chuckie." "No, put the gun down, man." "Put it down, man." "No." "[Shrieks]" " [Gunshot, air hisses] - [Screams]" "[Chuckie moans]" "[Gunshot]" "[Gunshot]" "[Chatter, phones ring]" "This place is a regular zoo, ain't it?" "But that's what you kids like, a visit to the fuckin' zoo." "All right." "This is the second homicide you've been mixed up with in as many weeks." "You expect me to believe this is a coincidence?" "Come on, how stupid do I look to you?" "We already know what yourfriend was carrying in his school bag." "You better come clean with us." "What was in the bag?" " You ain't asking the questions here." " What was in it?" "Fuck it. [chuckles]" "Fuck all you goddamn monkeys." "I don't need this fucking aggravation." "Perez, you like this fucking zoo so much, you play with the animals." "[Door opens]" "Listen, Michael, when we got to yourfriend the knapsack was open and everything in it was gone." "I can guess what was in there." "He was with you and everybody knows what you do in the hood, man." "We was on ourway to my house when we got jumped." " That's it." " That's it, huh?" "Let me ask you, you think those guys are yourfriends?" "Esteban and Jake and them?" "Hm?" "Here." "That's my personal number and I'm there every night." "Come on, take it." "All right, man." "We both know I can't hold you, so you either are innocent oryou're smarterthan you look." "Now, eitherway, next time it's gonna be you laying in that street." "Next time it's gonna be you." "[TVin background]" "I'm sorry, Michael." "That's the way it's gotta be." "Lfit were just me I wouldn't even consider it." "But I got 11 other children to mind." "They all scared to walk out the door with you to school." "They even scared to sleep in case somebody's gonna shoot down the doors." "I spoke to Miss Patterson at the Bushwick Group Home." "She says there's gonna be an opening next month." "I'm sorry about yourfriend." "I'm sorry about all yourfriends, but you should have known better." "I'm gonna miss you, Michael." "[Nicholas yells]" "Stop it." "Stop it." "It's his fault." "It's his fault." " Stop it!" " Fucker!" "Calm down." "Calm down!" "Come on, Roscoe." "[Roscoe pants and growls]" "[Pants and groans]" "[Muffled voices]" "[Beeping]" "Yo, come here." "So I'm hearin', like all week I'm hearin', your little friend talkin' you runnin' base for Esteban." "All overthe motherfuckin' street, "We running base for Esteban."" "And I ask myself "Why Esteban got to be runnin' base?"" "It don't make no sense." "So I say "All right, maybe that little loudmouth spic got it all wrong."" "Maybe he's too stupid to know what he's carrying." "These are so cute." "You know what this is?" "Look at it!" "What is it?" " Look like base." " That's right, little man." "$5,000 worth of pure base cocaine." "You didn't even look to see what you was carrying." "You just a little kid in way over his head." "I know that." "But Esteban got to be sent a message about horning in on my business." "I'm afraid you gonna have to be my little telegram." "I wasn't running' no base for no Esteban." " What?" " I ain't run base for no Esteban." "Oh, no?" "Who was it forthen, Santa Claus?" "Who was it for?" "He gonna kill me ifl say." "I'm gonna ice you right now if you don't." "It was Jake." "[Chuckles]" "I'm gonna smoke this little motherfucker right now!" "Drop that shit, motherfucker!" "You should have came correct." "What the fuck's goin' on, man, huh?" "What the fuck you mean, runnin' forJake?" "You know all them times Jake get mad and don't want to pay me and I gotta come ask you forthe money." "He be takin' $50 out of every 100 you be givin' me." "Same with all his other runners." "Only they too scared to ask you." "He's lyin', man." "He's cold lying'." "Shut the fuck up, Jake!" "He be buyin' base and sellin' it on the side." "He be usin' me for runs all the time." "Yo, man, what the fuck is wrong..." "Yo, chill, all right?" "I'm not packin' shit." "Relax, man." "Yo, Corky, this is bullshit, man." "This is bullshit." "I'm with Jake all the fuckin' time, I never see none of this shit." "He Jake's homeboy." "He with Jake when he send me on runs." "They be talkin' about how they gonna fuck you up." "They be "We gonna fuck up Corky, then we gonna be the man."" "I'm just lucky you didn't send Jake and Red to pick me up." " I'd be dead before I got here." " Corky, this is bullshit." "Yo, this is the worst fuckin' shit I heard in my whole life." "Why was yourfriend blabbing' about Esteban all overthe hood forthen?" "I was scared to get jumped on my runs, so I took Chuckie with me." "He be askin' me questions all the time." ""Who we runnin' for?"" "Jake said he'd kill me ifl tell so I tell Chuckie Esteban." "I didn't know he goin' to be tellin' it to the whole world." "Jake said ifl talk he gonna dead me as dead as Curtis in that playground." "OK, hold on." "Corky, I don't know what's goin' on, man." "But this little motherfucker is lyin'!" "He's lyin', man!" "You know Hector?" "The guy I used to make runs from." "Jake sent me to him." "He told me to tell him I be getting that dope foryou." "Just ask Hector." "[Mobile beeps]" "Yeah, this is Corky." "I want to talk to Hector." "Yo, Hector." "Listen, man, I was..." "What?" "Yeah, yeah, it's all right to talk." "What the fuck you talkin' about?" "He told you that?" "And you gave it to him?" "No, no, no, I ain't mad." "You just one stupid motherfucker and you ain't never gonna see one cent of my business, but I ain't mad." "Yo, get fucked, Hector!" " [Shrieks]" " Corky, man." "Listen, man." "We worked foryou forthree years." "Why you gonna believe this spotty motherfucker?" "Why?" "Why Esteban be runnin' base?" "You know he hates that shit." "And ifhe did, why he gonna do it like that?" "Corky." "OK." "All right, Corky." "Maybe..." "Maybe it ain't Esteban." "He did it himself, man." "OK?" "This spotty little motherfucker did it himself." "Where am I gonna get $5,000?" "Where am I gonna get it?" "You always tryin' to scare me, but I ain't scared of you now." "Kill me all you want, but I ain't lying' foryou no more." " [Chain thuds]" " So you gonna be the man, Jake?" " [Chain thuds]" " You gonna be the man?" " You gonna be the man?" " [Red] Corky, listen." " Yo!" "Red!" "Gangster man now!" " [Chain thuds]" "And you his number one G." "His number... one..." "G!" "All right, boy, you made it this far." "Now you wanna get outta here, tell me who was Jake's distributor." "Who'd you run the base to, boy?" " It was James." " What James?" "He got that store over near Beechwood Projects." "James be runnin' smack." "He a H boy." "And it ain't our problem." "Nigger cut into my product, turn around and sell it without cutting me in, that shit is my problem." "We gonna pay my problem a visit and solve it." "He ain't there." "He out all day but he there after six o'clock." "Jake neverwant me to deliverto no one but James himself." "I always wait in that store till James show up." "He be there after six." "[Man speaks Spanish]" "So... you finally decided to track me down." "You should have come to me rightaway." "I couldn't." "There was police all overthe house." "And in the street." "They be watching me all the time." "But I didn't tell them nothin'." "They mad cos they can't do nothing." "So?" "Who jump you, little homey?" "I heard you was took off the street today by a couple of Corky's boys." "Was that who done it?" "Hey... [chuckles] It's me, Esteban." "Your main man." "Tell me what's happenin' and I promise nothing going to happen to you." "Was it Corky's boys?" "They jump you?" "Why?" "Corky must be buggin' out." "He know betterthan to be doin' that shit." "It was punk kids." "Corky probably knew nothing about it." "Corky be sending 'em." "Corky said he tired of runnin' base." "See the way you is, livin' large, so he want to switch overto that smack." "It could be." "They know you ain't gonna like that." "They probably didn't give him nothing." "They could figure to jump your runs, just to make a statement." "Could be." "So..." "How'd you come to find out about all these interesting developments?" "Time is money and money is time, little homey." "And right now you are costing me a lot ofboth." "You gonna get mad." "It would be very difficult to get me any madderthan I am already." "You gonna get real mad." "Nicky told me." "[Laughs] Your sister?" "What about your sister?" " Promise you won't..." " I promise." "If you don't cut this shit out I'm gonna piss acid on your head." "When you ask me where was Nichole, I told you my aunt won't let her out." "I lied to you." "She move out." "She down with this niggerJames." " James?" " He got that store..." "I know who James is." "Nicky say James tired ofbeing so small time." "Want to move out bigger." "So he take the smack from Corky and sell it in his store." "Corky promised him he gonna get rid of you." "I only lied to you cos I didn't want you to get mad at my sister." "Nicky says she's tired of you being married with kids and all." "James be treatin' her nice and nasty." "That's how she said it, "Nice and nasty"." "I went to talk to her so she be comin' back to you." "But I know she still be going back there for her clothes and stuff." "Chillie, call the apartment." "You better not be mixin' none of this shit up, understand me?" "Straight up, Esteban." "Word." "Corky be goin' to James' store every night to set up they business and all." "Whenever I go to see Nicky at night, Corky be there." "You know he gonna be there tonight." "[Chillie] No answer." "[Train rumbles]" "[Speaks Spanish]" "Looks like some fuckin' war council or some shit." "[Speaks Spanish]" "Gonna be the shortest war anyone everfought." "[Chillie] Word, 'mano." "Fuckin' word." "My little homey's on the money." "My little money G." "OK, Sal, let's do it." "Herbie, your ass stays here till you see it's all done." "You don't step one fucking toe out this car." "Then you book around and pick us up." "Yeah, I got it." "What up, papa?" "You got a light?" "Vámonos." "[Rumble of train, growing louder]" "[Gunshots]" "[Man] Hey." "Where you goin', man?" "Get back in here." " [James] Who are you, man?" " [Salvador] Shut up." " I don't know you." " Shut up." "What you doin' in here?" "What is this about?" "Shut the fuck up and get down." "Stay there." "You crazy orwhat?" "Bust into my crib here." "[Herbie] Where the fuck you going?" "[Esteban] This motherfucker's mine." "You want to steal my business?" "You wanna fuck my woman?" "[James] There's no woman here." "No woman stay here." "This is my place." "I'm the only motherfucker here." "What's this, motherfucker?" "What is this?" "What the fuck is this?" "[Groaning]" " What the fuck is this?" " Goddamn it." "You wanna fuck what's mine?" "Huh?" "Fuck this!" "[Gunshots]" "[Herbie] It's over, right?" "Shit is done, right?" " Look done to me." " [Engine starts]" "Shit." "Come on, come on." "[Esteban] Let's go." "[Herbie] They took Chillie out." "I seen them take him out." "Chill, homey." "Take it easy on that gas or I'll cut yourfucking foot off." "Can't believe this shit." "I'm never doin' this shit again." "[Speaks Spanish]" "[Herbie] Shit, man." "The light is on." "Looks like she's up there." "'Mano, you should head home tonight." " It's my own business, Sal." " If you say, papa." "I'lljust walk you to the door then cut out." "First, you drop off my little money man." "Then you hit that spot by the river and you ditch the firepower." "Then, Spike, switch places with Herbie." "I don't want this pussy doin' nothin' else." "Drive this car upstate and put it in a lake." "I don't want to see it ever again." "Tu sabes?" "You my little money man." "You a real man now." "Don't worry, I won't do anything to harm your sister." "I am going to try to work it out with her." "You be chill till the end of the week." "Come and see me next Thursday." "I'm gonna have some serious shit lined up foryou." "[Engine starts]" "[Speaks Spanish]" " [Thud]" " What the fuck you doing back there?" "Stop the car." "Stop the car, man!" "Hey." "Hey." "Hey!" "Get back in here, this ain't where you live at." "You stupid, man?" "It's ten o'clock." "You think I'm goin' home now?" "I'm gonna head overto my friend's." "You wanna babysit him all night?" "We outta here, man." " [Man] Hey, kid, you want something?" " Yeah, I got to use the phone." " The payphone's..." " It's outside, I know." "I be goin' right out." "I couldn't go home." "I couldn't go there, with everybody asking me questions and all." "So you come here?" "I got no place else to go." "Put the bag down." "Why you always carrying that around?" "This look like school to you?" "Your sistertell me you call herthis morning and say yourfatherwant to see her at the rehab centre in Staten Island, like an emergency, right?" "She go up there and he's not checked in no more." "Is that true?" "Michael, why are you lyin' to him?" "I ain't lying'." "So you want to tell me that he's lying about James, too, right?" "I can see whoever I want." "No." "Not exactly." "You can see whoeveryou want except forJames." "No, you can't see..." "You can't see him no more." "Maybe you can visit him in his new place of residence." "But I don't think he's going to be so much fun no more." "You don't own me." "I'm nobody's slave." "No, you are a slave to the pudre blanca." "The god of white dreams, and I am his master, me." "And as long as he is mine, so are you." "You are mine." " Don't walk away from me like that." " [Doorbell]" "What the fuck is this?" "Grand Central Station?" " [Doorbell]" " Who the fuck is it?" " Police." "Open the door." " You got a warrant?" "We got a complaint of assault." "Open the door orwe take it down." "[Zip]" "Got me a 12-8 on my private number, man." "Looks like my cards paid off, 'mano." "I'm not your brother, Perez, so fuck you too!" "Oh." "You know, when I heard it was this address I couldn't resist coming myself." "You know how intimidating big boys like you can be to some poor housie." "[Shuffling]" "So this is where you keep your girlfriends, 'mano?" "It's a cheap looking joint, ifl may say so." "I neverfigured you for class but this is pushin' it." "You OK, miss?" "We got a call." "There were shouts and threats." "Lfhe's hurting you, tell us." "I'll make sure he doesn't come nearyou no more." "[Esteban laughs] This is ridiculous." "We were just having a talk." "Looks like you got the wrong apartment, 'mano." "So why don't you get the fuck out before I sue your ass for harassment?" "You sure you're all right, miss?" "Hm?" "[Fresh] She just scared." " He said he gonna kill her." " What the fuck..." " Wait a minute!" " Hands against the wall!" "Keep 'em!" "Come on!" "I told him Nichole been seeing James and he went down and dead all them niggers." "Where did you..." "How do you know all this?" "They made me go with 'em." "To show 'em where James be at." "They kill all them niggers." "I don't know what this bastard is talking about." "I come here cos I was scared he'd hurt my sister." "He throw me aside, yelling' and all." "He be pointing' his gun at me and Nicky." "Nah." "Nah, this nigger's straight-up lying' to you." "When you knocked, he tell her he'd kill her if she say something." "She scared." "But I ain't scared." "[Laughs] You gonna listen to this crazy bullshit?" "Look, I ain't got nothin' on me, man." "Nada." "I am as clean as a motherfucker." "Before you come in he throwed it underthe bed." "O'Toole." "What the fuck?" "!" "You're under arrest, that's what." "Wait, there's something else down here." "Oh, holy Christ on the cross." "Wait a minute!" "It's not mine, man!" "It's not mine." "I don't know where the fuck it came from." " You have the right to remain silent..." " Fuck you!" "Fuck you!" "Get this fucker up." "You think I'm stupid enough to have two kilos in the house?" "I've been set up." "By who, 'mano?" "This gun ain't yours, right?" "Those bags fell out of the sky?" "This apartment ain't yours?" "It's yourfuckin' gun, 'mano." "Next time you see the sky you'll look like Rip Van Winkle." "[Speaks Spanish]" "Take this hombre to the back room." "Call for an escort and the forensics unit." "Come on." "[Siren]" "Michael." "This is the way you say it is, right?" "If you testify to everything you said, we'll do all we can to protect you." "Ain't nothin' gonna be protection around here no more." "Yeah, I know that." "Believe me, I know that." "We'll find someplace foryou to move to." "My sister, too?" "It ain't gonna be safe for her neither." "You got to move hertoo." "Your sister, too." "She's gonna be as safe as you are." "I'll find you somewhere together, OK?" "I don't want to live in no more projects." "You over an hour late." "I passed up two easy fish waiting here foryou." "That makes me poorer by $2." "We're not playin' games here." "I got no time forthat." "Life's got no time foryour little-boy games." "Leave all that nonsense at home when you come here." "All right, we gonna put it on speed today." "I ain't stoppin' to give you tips either." "Sink or swim, you're on your own." "I'm not always going to be there to hold your hand." "All right, you ready forthe real thing?" "You ready to come get it?" "You ready to take it from your old man, ready to be the king?" "[Children laugh]" "[Children scream excitedly]" "Hey" "Oh, oh, oh" "Oh, oh, oh, oh" "Hey" "Hey, yeah" "Hey" "The ghetto" "Talkin'about the ghetto, yeah" "The ghetto" "Talkin'about the ghetto" "The ghetto" "Tryin'to survive" "The ghetto" "Yeah, yeah" "Little ghetto boy" "In the ghetto street" "What you gonna do when you grow up?" "How you gonna make ends meet?" "Hmm, it's hard to even go outside" "Every time you look at the news There's a drive-by" "We can no longer ignore the price" "It's time for us to realise" "The ghetto" "Yeah, yeah, yeah" "The ghetto" "Hmmm" "The ghetto" "Just tryin'to survive" "The ghetto" "Every day and every night" "The ghetto" "Talkin'about the ghetto" "Talkin'about the ghetto" "Talkin'about the ghetto" "Yeah, yeah, yeah" "Talkin'about the ghetto" "Talkin'about the ghetto" "Talkin'about the ghetto" "The ghetto" "These are hard times we're livin'in" "The ghetto" "But hold on" "Be strong" "Change gonna come" "I swear, a change is gonna come £"