"AndI bearthescars for my association..." "And to be perfectly blunt, herpes is a traveling partner that occasionally taps me on the shoulder and reminds me of those many many many days." "The stab wound to my side is a constant reminder of those many, many days, it said not, I said it is said not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty." "I'veneverbelieved in prayer, but you'll be surprise what comes naturally when your ass is on the line." "This was not supposed to end like this, it just wasn't." "Itisas clearasthe clearest of all gems." "I am re-born." "The lord is here." "The lord is with me." "The lord has given me a second chance." "You got that opportunity to have a soul as shinny as a brand new Cadillac." "Andthisis whereitall started about three weeks ago." "This is albamarle." "Here in bed stuy, he is the local businessman slash king ping." "Keepyourvoicedown." "Idon'tgivea fuck about them." "Keepyourvoicedown." "Idon'tgiveafuck ." "Back in the day, if we had a problem, we didn't go around shooting up place." "I'mtiredof thisshit." "How did this shit happen?" "Chrissaidhe was just Manning the store and the d's just rushed in." "Foolmust'vesoldthem some shit inside the store." "Iseenhimattheprecinct." "He said he's been doing the same shit for the last ten years." "Hefuckedup ." "That's that nice guy shit." "That store is a staple in the community." "Nigga try to do right and a bunch of cops raid my shit." "We help motherfuckers in that store." "WhataboutBilly?" "Billy,Billyis apussy." "It ain't Billy." "Besides we have an agreement." "Can'tbelieveyoustill respecting that shit, man." "They making us run around here with all this money, man, they fronting." "Now,ifIcould go back even further." "Over a year ago, albamale, because he was going through some new spiritual awaking, he had a meeting with Billy, Billy fungus." "In a nutshell, they agreed to conduct business much like they do on wall street, no guns, no knives." "Billy agreed to this deal because he himself didn't believe he could overthrow albamale by force." "Same time outside, the two rivals muscles was having a powwow themselves." "Yahmon,letushandle it, mon because we run this." "You'restillholding your head on to that." "All you niggas did was destroy your own community and you niggas talking about you run something." "You niggas ain't never build nothing." "Bunch of clowns running through destroying shit." "The only thing left over is bunch of graveyards of fuckin beef Patty spots." "Letmetellyou this, this is what left now." "Man like me, who is here to clip a chicken pussy wing like you." "Well,letme tellyou this." "Well,youknowhow thatgoes ." "Soyouwanttogoto war." "Iwantto do something." "NiggaI 'vebeen warring my whole life, and I never made a dime from it." "There's no money in war." "Well,weneedtofind out what he's doing cause ain't none of his got hit in a long time." "Yoman,Iheardheis  using that black heart shit." "He'susingwhat?" "Theobeah,thecardflipping, you know the miss Cleo shit?" "Thatvoodoo." "Soyou'retryingtotell me that Billy is getting rich from voodoo." "You motherfuckers are disappointing me with this shit, man." "Voodooisnotthe issue,man." "No,it'snotthe issue." "Look." "I don't believe in voodoo, i don't believe in black magic," "I don't believe in witchcraft, but you heard something and you didn't tell me." "Solikewhatwas Isuppose to do, come to you and say, yo Billy is using voodoo?" "How the fuck does that sound?" "I would have threw me out if i said some shit like that." "Regardless,I can'ttake any more hits like this." "Now you go find that nigga Billy and find out what he's doing and set up a face to face with me and him." "You got that?" "Gotyou." "Holdon,dog." "YouknowIgrewup in bed-stuy, right?" "Whichyoualwaysseemto let me know that, yes you have." "I'vegotamom from Jamaica, pops from Trinidad, so I'm a little familiar with this voodoo shit, man." "Still don't believe in it?" "Herewego withthisshit ." "I believe in that just like i believe in the tooth fairy." "Youknowsomebody put a spell on my pops when I was a kid, right?" "Yourdaddytoldyou that?" "Actuallyitwas the craziest thing." "That bitch actually came to my house and did her spell right there in front of me." "Youa motherfuckerliar?" "Ikidyounot ,man ." "I was twelve years old." "Isyourfatherhome?" "Can I come in?" "Thatbitchwasso fine, I just let her in." "I just opened the door and she asked me if I remember her." "Youmighthaveseenme before with your father." "Shetoldme her name was Clarence." "I'mClarence." "AndI 'veprobablyseenher  around with my father a few times." "She asked me if she can use the bathroom." "Thanks." "Nextthingyou know, she turns around and her makeup was all smeared and all over the place." "I didn't even recognize the lady anymore." "So she goes in my father's room and she opens up his closet and she starts to spray his clothes with all this stuff." "I have no idea what any of it was but two months later my father was dead." "Ifeelsorryfor you ." "Motherfuckerwaseighty-five pounds when he passed away." "I don't know where the lady went and I never saw her again afterwards." "But I told myself when I do, I'm going to wrap my hands around her fucking neck." "Dude,youreallycrazy." "Speakingof,theregoes that nigga fafa right there." "Hey,yo,fafa." "Whatdoyouwant?" "Alabamarlewantsto  meet with Billy, man." "So?" "SoI wantyouto deliver the message." "Idon'tdealwithBilly." "Soyoucan'tdothis one little simple thing for me?" "Buya carton." "Fuckthat,man,we not buying anything, dog." "What you think because you got some tattoos and selling cigarettes you a hustler now?" "SoifIbuy acartonyou gonna deliver the message?" "How much?" "Fiftydollars." "No,wenotpayingthat ,man." "Trev, come on put your money back in your pocket." "Takesixty." "Yougonnadeliverthat message to him, right?" "Stupid." "Wherewegoing?" "Togetsanctified." "Yoeithertellmewherethe fuck we're going or turn around." "Sanctifiedthat'shisname." "He used to be a straight thief involved in everything but then the dude found god." "So I figured if we need to know something about somebody, why not a crook turned minister?" "Corn,littleyoungin." "What'sgoingon ,man?" "Just passing through." "That's my boy Trevor right here." "Hey,howyoudoingTrevor?" "I'dbedoingalotbetter if I knew why we was here." "Santified." "Corn,callme booker." "Booker?" "Yah,bookerSeymour Washington." "BookerWashington?" "Mymotherthought that I would become a man who could make a difference." "Well,haveyou?" "Sure,robbingandstealing." "It took a long time for me to recognize the good within me." "We all have good within us no matter how bad we may be." "The only difference between the good and bad is that the bad don't listen to that little voice." "You see bad is sweet." "Bad is instant gratification." "Bad is sexy." "But it comes with the expense of your soul." "I know, you know I could go on and on like this for days, but I know you two have a reason for being here." "Yeah,wewantto know about Billy." "Billy fungus." "We ain't cops." "Iknowyounginain 'tnocop." "Lookman,we camehere to avoid a war, all right?" "AwarwithBillyfungus?" "Look,ourplaces are getting raided, our dudes are getting picked up on the street." "We know he's behind this." "Whycometo me ?" "You know I left this life." "Whatweknowisthat  you know everything that goes on in this community." "So we was just hoping that maybe you would choose to listen to our voices." "Okay." "Whathaveyou heard?" "Weheardthathe been using the voodoo." "That'sprettygoodbecause that's what I've heard." "Man,he'sshittingus, man ." "Why you even say that, man?" "We don't even need to hear that." "No." "Whatyouneedisnot to underestimate what you already know." "Soyoubelieve in that shit too?" "Ibelieveit 'sareligion." "You see, there was a book written many years ago in the eighteen hundreds called "Haiti or the black Republic."" "This book described voodoo as a profoundly evil religion." "It included lurid descriptions of animal sacrifice, cannibalism, human sacrifice, blood drinking, grave digging." "This caught the attention of the west and is responsible for the fear that is present in most people today." "You see many people, when they hear the word voodoo, they think about crystal balls, bat wings, devil worship." "But what I know now, it is a religion like any other." "Now, here in the west we call it voodoo." "It's a bastardized name form a west African word vodun." "They worship the earth, the water, the sky, the trees, death even life itself." "The American Indians did the same." "I see this being an evangelist." "I have many people coming to me for counseling because they believe, once they have moved to the United States and accepted the American way of life, they believe now that they are worshiping something that is evil." "Soyoudon'tbelieve it's evil?" "It'sa religion practiced by men." "And I believe men are evil." "IsBillyusingvoodoo?" "TherumorI'veheard for about a year or so." "Now rumors are like flash floods." "They come quickly and die fast." "But the truth -- the truth is patient and stays around for the long haul." "Ilikeyou,man ." "You a good man." "You in the right profession too, baby." "Youdon'trespect the profession." "Irespectthehustleand there's a hustle in everything." "I see you later." "Hey,youstaycool,man." "You'reactingas though this is your first time." "Letmetellyou something." "Nobody can get used to this place." "This place looks like a morgue." "Badoldbill." "You can't be scared." "Look,I comeherefor one  thing and one thing only, so I'll just cut the bullshit." "Don'tmove." "I get the impression you cannot be by yourself." "You must love yourself in order to be by yourself." "Yeah,thanksfor the psychic bullshit." "Thiswillnotworkifyou don't believe it will work." "This is a test of your heart, Billy." "Enter into the comfort of my light." "Breathe in the winds of these candles, for this light is for the protection of your servant." "Choosing this light means you close to my bosom." "Choosing this light brings you close my womb." "Having this light surround you brings you protection." "Protection on the left." "Protection on the right." "Walk in this space of hollow darkness." "In this space you shall find my flesh." "Dirtygirl,throw sand in my fucking shoes." "It'sme." "Fafa?" "Don'tsneak up on me like that." "I will murder you." "I'msosorry,Billy whatyouwant?" "What you doing here?" "Nothing." "Nothing?" "You better make sure you come here for something." "Oh,I cameto  tell you something." "Albemarle say he want to meet with you." "What?" "Why?" "Idon'tknow." "Sohowdo youknow?" "Twoofhisboystold me." "Whichtwoboys?" "Cornandsomebody else, I didn't know him." "Themtoldyouwhatthey want ?" "Theyjustwanted me to tell you that." "Yo,lockthedoor behind you on your way out." "Getout!" "Leave me the fuck alone!" "Get the fuck out of my house!" "Crèmedela crème from my head to my feet." "Might as well piss glitter cause I'm so sparkly." "Bling." "Ihearyou." "Chris, yes..." "I said yes." "Chris,Chris." "Amanwasfoundby his wife in this house with a three inch nail lodged in his forehead." "The strange part about it is he didn't know it was there and continue working with the gun in his basement." "Now, after the initial shock " "Iwenthome." "I tried to rest." "I couldn't sleep." "Chris,Chris,listentome." "Chris, listen to me." "Chris, Chris." "Shut up!" "I don't want you around any of my stores." "I don't want you around any of my people and I don't want you around me." "Do you understand?" "You hear me?" "Thank you." "Bye." "He's fucking stupid." "He just gets out and wants to work." "He'sneverbeenin any trouble before." "He's nervous." "Idon'tneedany  more bad luck, okay?" "Wait a minute." "I sent you two out on the street to find out about Billy." "What happened?" "Wegotnothingboss." "Well, there is one thing." "Onething,what?" "Thedudeis using voodoo, boss." "Isentyouout onthe street and you come back with some dumb shit like this." "I ought to throw you the fuck out of my house for that stupid shit." "Theshitis real,man ." "Trevor, tell him." "Getthefuckouttahere ,man." "Tellhim,trev." "Well,itdidn't go down like that." "Well,howdiditgodown?" "Tell me." "Imeannobodysays that he's is doing voodoo but it just keeps coming up." "Well,whataretheysaying?" "Listen." "Nobody knows about him shitting on us, but everybody seems to know something about voodoo, blackheart." "I mean I can write a fuckin thesis on it now." "So,youcomebackandnowyou believe in the boogieman, right?" "No,I 'mjusttellingyou  what the streets is saying." "Domeafavor both of you all." "Just get the fuck out, okay?" "Soboss,tellus what you want us to do." "No,I don'twant you to do nothing." "Okay?" "I'll take care of it myself." "I sent you out there to find out what the hell is going on and you came back with this dumb shit about Billy is decapitating chickens and skinning fucking cats." "Nothing." "I'll do it myself." "Just get the fuck out, all right?" "Go on." "No, no do me a favor." "Find out if he's fucking flies with toothpicks or something, get the fuck outta here." "Boss,youserious?" "Gettheouttahere!" "And don't put you damn shoes on in my house until you get down stairs." "Ma'am,it'snotinyour  future to get married." "Okay?" "To really change your future you must first re-assess your present life." "Andwhatkind of change can I do?" "Well,likeItell every customer " "where'syourmanners,Billy?" "It's rude to ignore someone in a meeting." "Therecomesatimein every individual's lives when they know the decision that they're about to make will change everything now and everything else in the future." "Albamarle has come to that point, and his decision is all based on the vibe that he receives from Billy." "Ikeepmy wordtoo ." "Youmovingin  on my shit, Billy?" "What they say is true?" "You killing chickens?" "Whyyouhere?" "Andinthisparticularcase , he finds himself having no Patience for it." "He just wants to murder that motherfucker now." "Strange thing about confidence;" "It doesn't matter who you were before, what's your foe, how strong he is." "The bottom line is, he knows he's challenging someone totally different from before." "Youmustbe killingchickens." "I never knew you to have any fucking balls." "Andbeingthefoe toBilly, albamarle now knows Billy is not what he used to be." "His confidence is gigantic." "Fuck." "Why?" "Becausewe 'vebeen doing it since the slave ships." "We came over here on the slave ships and we've been doing it ever since." "Okay?" "You have to understand us." "My mother passed it down to me, her mother before her." "My father passed it down to me ass well." "We are a long line of fortunetellers, soothsayers, healers." "So if you have some kind of an issue, some kind of extreme problem that you cant get fixed, nothing else is working in the world." "Call us." "I am artifice, and I want you to call the number that's scrolling down at the bottom." "You see this right here?" "Call that number." "I am artifice." "Let me tell your fortune." "The number scrolling down there on the bottom, we're here for you." "We're here to fix your problems." "Call us." "Brooklyncable." "Artifice the reader." "How may I help you?" "Iwantto speak to the physic." "Holdononesecond." "There is one caller ahead of you." "Lady,I don'twant to go on the air." "I want to speak to him personally." "I'minyourmind." "We are a long line of fortunetellers, soothsayers from Brooklyn." "So make sure you just call the scrolling numbers down here at the bottom if you need a fix." "If you need yourself to be fixed or someone else fixed, just remember to call us now." "Thank you very much." "Make sure to call us now." "The number is scrolling right there on the bottom;" "scrolling right here on the bottom." "We don't care." "We're here for the great and the grimy." "If you can't get is somewhere else -- putonan accent." "Do a Southern belle chic." "Ijustwantto thank you so much." "You've been such a big help for curing that medical issue I had." "Well,noproblemsweetie." "Ifyoudon'tmind, i would like to know if you give protection?" "I'mlistening." "Protectionfromevil?" "Thatissomething that you have to come visit me personally about." "Not over the phone." "Okay?" "Allright." "Thankyouvery much, sweet corn." "Comein." "Thissir--  thisisaclosedsession." "No one else is here but us." "Iamnothereforany of your fucking sessions." "You'renothere for a session?" "Mr. Charlie sent you?" "Cause tell Mr. Charlie i don't have the money yet, but I'll make sure i get it to him." "Whatthefuckare  you talking about?" "Mr.Charliedidn'tsendyou?" "SofarI'mnot impressed with your physic ability." "Do I look like one of Mr. Charlie's niggas to you?" "Nevermind." "We spoke yesterday?" "Yesnigga,we  spoke yesterday." "Youwantanswers." "What's your question?" "Whatareyou?" "Whatdoyoumean?" "Oh, and I'm going to need that thousand." "You'llgetyourmoney as soon as I get my answers to the questions I want." "Beinga psychic?" "I'maskingthe fucking questions." "I'ma psychic." "Isthisshitreal?" "I know you say it's real." "I know they say it's real on TV, but I need to know." "They say a lot of shit on TV is that's not real." "Is this real?" "Yes,ofcourse." "You want to cross someone?" "You want one of those fine little honeys to love you?" "I can do anything except put money into you pocket." "Youcando that?" "Yesandmore" "I'mgoingto payyou ." "But first I need answers to my questions." "Sit." "Iamnotfuckingsitting." "But if you take my money and don't answer my questions, you'll wish Mr. Charlie did send his boys for you." "Givemeyourhand." "Okay,wecanskipthat part ." "What do you need?" "Igotafriend." "I need to know if he's using black magic." "Someoneputahex on you and you want it off." "Ineedto knowifthis  friend of mine is using voodoo." "That'sit." "Don'tunderestimate what I'm asking you." "Good, good,good." "Psychics can sense other psychics." "That's good but sir, I am a psychic not a fortuneteller." "So as you would say, who the fuck are you talking about?" "Hisnameis Billyfungus." "We had a deal." "We had a deal not to go to war." "We had a deal to act like businessmen." "We had a deal to be straight with each other and now he's breaking that fucking deal by using this voodoo." "It may not be breaking it to some but he's breaking it to me." "So I need to know, one, is Billy fungus is using voodoo?" "Two, is this shit is as real as you say you are?" "And three, I need to know who the fuck is helping him." "HowdoIget paid?" "Iaskedyouthreequestions." "You get five thousand dollars for each answer." "You play your cards right you could walk away with fifteen gs." "Icangetyouranswers." "Nextweek." "This time." "Whatthefuckisthat ?" "Thisisforyourprotection." "Take it." "You'veseenmy protection." "I'msorrybutspiritscannot be killed by guns, take it." "Natural herbs." "I'llbebacknextweek ." "Make sure you have the answers." "Nextweek." "Sowhatdo youthink?" "Youknowyou'redigging your own grave messing with this dude, right?" "He's not supposed to be fucked with." "Whynot?" "SonI knowthis guy, he's a gangster." "You he's not supposed to be fucked with." "Man,forfifteeng's  I'll fuck with Jesus Christ." "Sonifyoufuckhim like everybody else, you ain't gonna live to collect." "Looka sucker is born every day and that my friend is a sucker." "Him and Billy fungus, all right." "We put them together we're gonna be making double paper." "Whatwasyoudoing up there so long?" "Noneofyourfucking business." "I'mjustsaying." "Well,don'tsayanything." "Soyoujustnot tellingus." "Hesawtheblackheart,man." "Noway,man." "Howthefuck?" "Sayitisn'tso, man ." "Igotto find out what they know." "I got to find out if this shit is true or not." "It'snot!" "Well,I 'vegotto  find that out for myself." "Whatthefuckdo you want to learn?" "How to pull a rabbits out of a hat?" "I'vegotto know what Billy knows." "Whatifhe is ?" "It's not real!" "Supposeitis ." "Whatthefuckhas  gotten into you, man?" "I'vegotto learn this for myself." "If it's true then we need it." "We can use it to compete." "Compete!" "Man, fuck competing." "If we've got a problem let's just kill these motherfuckers, man." "Wemayhaveto." "That'swhatit 's going to come down to." "Whatthehellisthat smell?" "You guys smell that?" "Yeah,whatthefuckisthat?" "Yeah,hegavemethis ." "Put it away lookwe'vegotto get rid of this, man." "Justputit in the glove compartment!" "Trevor, drive." "SowefindBillyfungus's reader, albamarle goes in and gets rid of him, we become Billy's reader then we making double paper just like I said." "Buthedon'tbelieve in this shit, b." "Ifhedidn'tbelieve, why would he take the pouch?" "Whatpouch?" "Man,I tookasock,put some herbs in it, shook it up, told him it was for his own protection." "Asockfullofherbs?" "Sockfullof herbs,baby." "Fifteengs,fifteengs." "Yo,whatup ,d?" "What'sup?" "I'mchillincool." "I see you still on the corner?" "Whatthefuckyou  doing around here?" "Thought you wasn't getting back in the game." "I'mnot." "Shit,I knowyou." "Might not sell the shit but you a hustler." "What the fuck you want?" "That'swhyyou'reasurvivor." "You got them good instincts." "Yeah,thefuckingspidey sense is off the charts." "What the fuck is up?" "LookI needyourhelp." "Idon'thaveany money,i gave it all to my baby's mother." "Ijustneedtoaskyou something;" "Some information." "Don'tyoucome here asking me shit." "Brothers get popped for information." "It'sa simplequestion." "Idon'tcareifit's  fucking two plus two, but you coming all the way back here to ask me a question?" "That shit can't be simple." "Ijustneedtoknow  if you know anything about Billy using voodoo." "Igotto punch you in the face." "What?" "Why?" "Idon'tknowwhatthe fuck you're involved in but you come here, in front of those niggas over there, and try to involve me?" "Theydon'tevenknow what we're talking about." "No,butnowtheythink we have a disagreement." "So it's either i punch you in the face or a bullet in your ass." "Okay,hitme in theface." "Igotto makeitstop ." "I'm gonna make it stop." "Yougotto stop seeing the witch." "Itmighthavebeentheweed." "Maybe there's some coke in it or something." "Yousaidthefirsttime you weren't smoking when you saw it." "Thisisgettingold ." "Billy coming in there just raising hell and I'm suppose to take that." "Shantel." "Shantel." "Quan?" "Whatup,baby?" "Oh,quanbaby,what'sup?" "Comein." "Come in." "I'll take you where you got to go." "Good." "Thesecabswon 't even stop for a nigga tonight." "Soyougood?" "Oh man, girl." "What'sup?" "What are you doing around here this late?" "Iwasgoingtoask you the same thing." "You got a man around here?" "It'sallabout the money, boo." "You are going to me home now, right?" "Ohyeah,yeah,yeah,yeah ." "Where you live again?" "Incrownheights,onbedford." "Don't be acting like you don't remember." "No,no,no ,Iremember." "You know, I use those thoughts for special occasions." "Yeah,I bet." "But um let me ask you though." "What'sup?" "What'supwithyourface ?" "Somebody hit you or something?" "This?" "No,Islippedand i fell on like a stair post and I just missed there." "Ok." "I'mserious." "So what about you?" "What you been up to?" "Looking bad as ever." "Yeah,lookingbadasever is what's getting me paid, baby." "Ibet." "So youalways dancing at Billy's a lot?" "YoI dancewherethe  dough is at, and the dough is at Billy's spot for real." "That is a strip bar up in here now." "I was working at legs up five times a week and doing the cashier at pathmark." "I'm over at Billy's spot three times a week and nothing else and making the same money in half the time." "Bitches be hating on me." "They wish they had my gig." "Youmakingthatmuch?" "Nigga,I couldbuyyou a cab if I wanted to for real." "Word." "ButI 'mtrying to cut back though." "Yeah, I'm trying to cut back to like once a week something like that." "I make rent in one day and the rest of the money is for like my school shit and my personal business." "Icandigthat." "But sooner or later the dude is going to get tired of you no matter how bad you look." "Youknow,lookIknow  the business, all right?" "You know what, the quicker i get up outta there the better." "Billy's got mad temper issues." "One minute he cool, the next he come in there straight bugging on everybody." "Watch he's gonna walk up on that bitch and shoot that shit up one day." "I'm telling you." "I don't know what he's doing." "I don't know if weed he's smoking, I don't know if he's lacing that shit with something, but the nigga be buggin." "Allright." "Youknow,Iheardhe got voodoo on his side." "Yeah,I heardthattoo ." "So?" "Sowhat?" "Dohegotvoodoo working for him?" "No." "No." "Ain'tthat what you just said?" "IjustsaidIheardthat." "Well,whatdo  you think though?" "Ithinkthatnigga Billy pays me and I also think I don't give a fuck about nothing else." "It's just haters talking that's all." "Iknowbutthatrumor has been around for a while." "Yowhocares?" "Don't nobody knows what the hell is going on." "The only person that knows is Billy and god and probably his retorted ass brother." "Hegotabrother?" "Yeah,buthe keepsthatshit  quiet because that nigga has got like mental problems or something." "Whohisbrotherthough?" "Theslowkidthat sells the cigarettes." "Fafa." "Fafa?" "Fafa." "Fafa." "Yeah,theslowguy  who sells cigarettes." "Man, you is asking a whole lot of questions tonight." "You want to sit here all night?" "I'mcomingwithyou ." "Youmustfeelthe energy that will encompass your circle." "Holdon." "Can I put you on hold again?" "All right, hold on." "Hello?" "Yowhat'sup ?" "Whoisthis?" "Yoit'sduran." "Duran?" "YouknowIcan't talk to you right now." "Sorryaboutyesterdaybut  you asking me about fucker." "Yeah,butIcouldn't do that shit to you." "Excuse me." "We're having some technical difficulty." "Toyourdumbassquestion." "My answer is that i don't know shit but if you really want to know ask booker." "Booker?" "Booker,youknowhim ." "He calls himself sanctified." "Thethievingass nigga sanctified?" "Themotherfucker thief turned preacher." "Whywouldhe knowanything?" "Niggausedto  steal with Billy." "Word?" "Besides,whoelsewould know more than a crook who is now a thieving preacher?" "Hewouldknow something, right?" "Idon'tfuckingknow." "I'm just giving you some information." "If it work it work, if it don't it don't." "Igotyou." "Whatthefuckyo?" "Stop taking personal calls from your bitches when we're on the air." "What happen to your eye?" "Yesterday,work doing for your dumbass." "Yougotfuckedup?" "Nottoobad." "I got laid so is sort of cancels shit out." "Sayword." "Word." "Whathappened?" "Twothings." "One, the dude that did this to my face just called." "And he said -- thedudethatfuckedyouup?" "Yeah." "Hecalledyourphone." "Yeah." "Andyoupickedup?" "Yes." "Youdone?" "So we got to talking about Billy fungus and I found out Billy has a retarded brother who might know shit." "Allright,backup." "Who do we need to talk to?" "Sanctified." "Sanctified?" "I know that name from somewhere." "Yup,thisis it ." "Okay,stoprighthere." "All right, I'll go in by myself, okay." "Um-hum." "Whoyou?" "Mynameis artifice." "Idon'tknownoartifice." "Ineedyourhelp." "Whatkindof help?" "I'mlostandneed to be found." "Well,we'reclosed right now, brother." "Come on back tomorrow." "Thisisveryimportant." "Brother,it's always important." "I'llpayyou." "Comeonin ,man." "I can always use the extra money for the renovation." "I was just about to turn this place over." "Bettertostartbefore the morning catches you." "Veryright." "So you're lost and need to be found?" "Yesandno ." "Yesandno ." "How can they both be?" "Iheardyouusedto run with Billy fungus?" "Isthatwhatthisisabout ?" "Ijustneeda little information." "Idon'tremember much about those days." "Okay,I understandyou don't want to talk much about Billy especially to someone you don't know, but I just need a little help." "Youknowcorrectly,brother." "I'm not in the streets anymore." "That was a different life." "Different memories." "I don't like to relive them." "Keep your money." "Youdon'tunderstand." "I need your help." "Sohowdo you suppose I can help?" "Ineedto know-- ifBillyis using black magic?" "Yes." "Andifhe is ,is it forreal?" "Yes." "Youarebarking up the wrong tree." "Butyouhaveheardthough?" "Whatdoesthatmean?" "You'renotin the streets anymore, right?" "I'minthechurch." "Okay,letme tell you how I see it." "You tell me if I'm wrong." "Preach,brother." "Servicingthisneighborhood as a spiritual leader, you must hear a lot of extraordinary and unusual stories from your parishioners." "I mean, most of them are from the Caribbean, you know," "Jamaica, Haiti, some African." "So that leads me to believe that you are at the heart beat of the underground spiritual world." "So if there's rumors about Billy fungus, then you would want to know if they're true or not." "See we have a lot in common you and I." "You're a spiritual leader, I'm a spiritual leader." "People confide in us." "So, if I was you and I heard these things about Billy, my homeboy, I would want to know if they're true or false." "Whatkindof spiritual man are you?" "I'mthekindthatservesme." "Yousaidyour name is artifice?" "You know when I first heard that my instinct was to leave you out there." "What mother names her black child artifice?" "Is that your given name boy?" "Mynameis artilebut  people just call me artifice." "I used to go to a performing arts school in sixth grade." "I had a teacher, Mrs. Allen, she thought I was a great performer." "She named me artifice." "I guess it just stuck." "Likeyou,stuck." "Well, I don't think she saw a great performer." "No?" "No,well, what did she see?" "Shesawacheatanda liar." "Haven't you ever been curious about the meaning of your name?" "Youaretalking about my name?" "No,yournameisnot a name, it's a noun." "It's pronounced artifice." "It means trick, ingenious." "I don't think she saw a great performer, great acting talent." "She saw a wolf in sheep's clothing, the devil's agent." "Just like how you came knocking at my door." "Youdon'tgotbotheyes ?" "ButI seeyou." "Nowenoughwiththe bullshit." "Is Billy using black magic?" "Yes,yes!" "Whothefuckishelpinghim?" "Clarence!" "Her name is Clarence!" "It'sa she?" "Where she live?" "Idon'tknow." "In a house." "Ina house." "What house?" "Ina houseon PutnamAvenue." "Ina houseon PutnamAvenue?" "What's the number?" "Shehasn'tbeen here in over a year." "I don't know!" "Apologizeforyourrudeness." "Go." "Getoutofhere !" "What'sthefuckhappened?" "You have blood on you." "Oh man, I'm done!" "I'm done with your shit." "What the fuck?" "Oh, shit." "I'mcomingwithyou ,man ." "No,stayhere,man ." "Weknowwhat'sup, man ." "I want to see this guy." "Comeon." "Thisisit ?" "No,I 'mlookingfora new place to live, man." "Comein." "Boy,sitthefuckdown ." "Sit down!" "What you got for me, man?" "Thisisaclosedsession." "One per session, not three." "Wellyougotthree so deal with it." "I'mnotherefor any session." "I'm here for information i wanted." "Okay,fine." "Iwantto knowaboutBilly." "Billyfungusis usingthe  help of a spiritual reader." "Icouldhavefucking told you that, man!" "I could have told you that!" "Andwhois thereader?" "It'sa woman,afemale." "Who?" "Hernameis Clarence." "Clarence,that'sthe bitch that cursed my father." "Andshe'salsothe angel from it's a wonderful life." "Boss, I told you his is some bullshit." "Youknow,Iliketo take people to the gym." "I like to inflict pain." "Hey,it'strue, man, it's real." "WherecanIfindher?" "Idon'tknow." "Whatdoyoumean, i don't know?" "Idon'tknowwhereshelives ." "Whatgoodis theinformation?" "She could be somewhere in Canada, boss." "This information ain't about no money, man." "I told you this was some bullshit." "Comeon." "Lets go to the gym." "Shelivesin bed-stuy." "If you want to speak to her, you have to speak to the man who don't know much." "Let'stakehim to the gym, boss." "It'sthetruth." "His name is fafa, okay?" "His name is fafa." "Fafa?" "That'sthatdudefrom-- yeah." "Youknowthisguy ?" "Notreally,just a local dude, hustles cigarettes, that's about it." "Andheknowsthisbitch?" "Yeah,heshould." "DoI getmy money?" "Fuckno!" "You lucky we don't get your fucking ass whipped, phoney." "You gonna really pay this nigga?" "I'llbeback." "For better or for worse, I'll be back." "Yeah,wewillbeback ,man." "Youreallythinkwegoing to find this nigga around here?" "Thisismy bestguess." "It's better than driving around aimlessly." "I don't han out in the nineties no more, but I'll bet we'll find him around here." "So,whatwe going to do, grab the nigga in front of all these niggas?" "Ithoughtyouwas  the badass motherfucker." "Iam." "ButI'm alsosmart." "So,thenwhat'sthe plan?" "Wecando thattoughdumb  shit you're talking about." "Look at all these motherfucking Jamaicans, out here cooking chicken and playing music late at night." "You'rea funnydude,man ." "How you gonna say some shit like that when your name is Trevor?" "What'sthatgot to do with anything?" "Youbringthebag ?" "Allright." "Trev." "Yeah." "That'shim." "It'sthatmotherfucker right over there." "Yeah,itis him." "We're gonna grab him and throw him right up in this motherfucking car." "Yotrev,takeiteasy ,man." "Calmthefuckdown." "Isaidcalmthe  fuck down, man." "Letmego ." "You're going to get in trouble." "RelaxorI'mgonna hurt you, man." "Getintrouble,you see  the position you are in?" "Trevor,takeit  easy, fucking relax!" "Junior,theytookfafa." "What?" "Yo,Billy." "No." "Billy!" "Billy!" "Wake up!" "I'mokay." "Billy,theytookfafa!" "Whatdoyouwant?" "Billy,listento me ." "They kidnapped fafa." "They just kidnapped fafa." "Who?" "Idon'tknowbut Ibetit was those niggas from waste." "When?" "Amanjustcalledme." "Hesawit happen?" "He didn't he do anything?" "He just watched?" "Theseareregulardudes." "They are not fungus." "Idon'tcareaboutfungus." "That pussy must die." "Theyjusttookfafa." "Everyoneout." "Dee Jay, turn of the fucking music!" "Get the fuck out." "Party done." "You two meet me outside." "Yo pass me my war vest." "Go find my brother outside." "Whereyoubitchesat?" "Wehome." "What's up?" "Iain'tbeenhome in a minute." "I've been too busy making that money." "Girlyouknowthatisright ." "I'mupin therewithyouall." "Idon'twanttoseeyou doing that Turkey dance." "Youbetterstop." "You should see me shaking that shit right now." "What?" "Don'tplayaround,okay?" "Cause I'm taking out my rollers, all right?" "YoI 'mcoming." "What the hell." "Someone is knocking at my door." "Let me call you back." "I'm coming." "Openthedoor." "I see you." "Whyareyouhere?" "Weneedto talk." "It'spastmy bedtime." "How about tomorrow?" "Now!" "Wehaveto talk right fucking now." "I don't remember you being this tall?" "Whyareyouhere?" "Youhaveto correct some shit." "What'swrong?" "Shit'snotright, that's what's wrong." "Whathappened?" "Theytookmy brother." "Fix it." "How?" "Whatdoyoumean,how." "You have to fix that!" "That'snowhowitworks." "Doesitworkslikethis ?" "Putitaway,Billy." "How dare you desecrate my home with this weapon?" "Youbettertellmesomething or I'll desecrate more than this home." "Putitaway." "ForallthemoneyIpay you." "You better tell me something good or I'll murder you." "Youhaveto listentome." "Nopolitics." "Youhaveto trust what I say if you want to see your brother safe." "Trust?" "Billyfungus doesn't trust nobody." "You'reprotected." "He will be protected." "You have to have faith." "If not, his fate will rest in the hands of others." "Takethis." "What'sthis?" "Protectionuntil you regain your faith." "Ineedmorethanthis ." "I need to know where he is." "Ican'thelpyou withthat ." "You've been through the ceremony." "The spirits they know you." "You have to have faith in order to have good fortune." "You have to have faith, Billy." "Ihadfaithbeforebuti  know you're trying to get me." "Those spirits are coming to get me." "Don'tyougo crazy in my house." "You have to remember that nothing in life goes smooth." "Life has trials." "This may be one of them." "You need faith to get you through the trials." "Ihavefaith." "But if they hurt my brother, I'll put you in a fucking box." "Remember that." "That'sit,I'mdone." "I'm packing my shit and getting the hell outta here." "Weneedto findfafafast  because albamarle is know to tortured people, so we need to find fafa right now, like right now." "Nowletme see." "It's not my birthday." "It's not Christmas." "Corn I got a Jamaican pinata here." "Fafa,youdon'thave to go through this." "Just tell him what he wants to know." "The man is fucking serious." "Corn,shutthefuckup." "He's just trying to save my soul from eternal damnation." "He just don't want me to go to hell for what I'm about to do to you." "Somefuckboycame by here a couple of days ago asking questions." "Who?" "Yougotto askduran." "Dudecameby askingquestions and duran fucked him up." "I wanted a piece of that too." "Wherearewe gonnaduran?" "Heprobablyup in hiscrib." "He don't work late." "YougotsomethingIwant ." "You're going to give it to me." "You're going to give me sooner later, but you going to give it to me." "Well, look what they gave me." "They gave me a whole tray full with goodies for you, man." "I'm going to ask you one time." "Where does that bitch live?" "I'mnosnitch." "Youtellhim,man ." "You don't tell that guy nothing." "You right." "Let the games begin." "You represent the Jamaican team and I represent the u.S of a." "Wegotan eventgoing." "Comeon,man." "Whothat?" "Junior." "Whoisthat?" "Yowhatthefuckdoyouwant?" "Idon'thavenotime ,duran." "Idon'tlikewhennigga's randomly coming to my house." "Openthedoor." "What'sup?" "Yougotheavyand camedown ." "We heard you fucked up a dude that asked you questions." "Whateveryouwant i don't know anything." "Youdon'tevenknowwhat  i want and you starting with you, don't know anything." "Listentome ." "I don't know shit." "Wegowayback but I'll treat you like a hostile motherfucking witness if you don't start cooperating." "What'sgoingon downthere?" "Is everything all right?" "Getbackupstairs." "I'll be there in a minute." "I'mstillwaiting,man ." "Itwasanigga' named shaquan." "Used to work the corners." "He came at me asking about Billy." "Whatdidhe askaboutBilly?" "Niggaaskedif  Billy was using voodoo." "I told him not to come at me with questions, especially dumb shit like that." "WherecanIfindhim?" "Fuckthatno snitchingshit." "Where can I find him?" "232Carolstreet." "232Carolstreet." "Yeah,takethebackdoor ." "Yousure?" "I don't want to fuckin' come back here being given bad information." "Andwhatyougoingtodo ?" "Don'tgoanywhere." "It'slikethat?" "That'smotherfuckingright it'sduetimetox youout." "Alltalk." "Duran?" "I'mcoming." "Wakethefuckup!" "Wake the fuck up!" "The score is Jamaica one u.S two." "The u.S wants the gold." "Don'tmoveandbecalm ." "Who and you are here?" "Wegotit !" "Letsgo." "Sinceyouso concern about fafa, you stay here and baby-sit him." "Whothefuckisthis ?" "This,hereis shaquan." "Shaquan meet Billy." "Uh,howyoudoing?" "HowamIdoing?" "How am I doing?" "I'mgoingto let shaquan take it from here because he knows everything." "Tell him where you're taking us." "Um,toartifice'shouse." "Whyarewe going to artifice house?" "Becausehemight know where fafa is." "Andwhywouldhe know where fafa is?" "Artificeknowsbecause albamarle hired him as his spiritual advisor." "Artificeisan obeahworker." "Albamarle hired him because they believe you have an obeah man working for you." "Butwhytakefafa?" "Tofindoutwhere your obeah worker is." "They feel fafa knows." "And, shaquan here know artifice." "No,artificedidit." "I don't work with him anymore." "Ohandsactifiedisdead , because these nigga's killed him." "Getthefuckout ofhere !" "That'sthehouseoverthere?" "Yup,rightthere." "Ican'twaitfiveminutes." "I can't wait." "I need a cab at my door right now." "Gothearound,man ." "Fucking assholes." "Shutup." "Shutup." "Shut up." "Thatwasfun." "Been a while since I've done that." "Now you better give me what i need before I have some more fun." "Okay,whatdo youwant?" "Correctanswers." "I know you know them, so I'm gonna test you." "Lend me you fire arm." "I'll show you to play with things." "Who am I?" "Who am I?" "Billyfungus." "Andwhyarewehere ?" "Idon'tknow!" "Okay,okay." "Look." "To try to find out about albamarle?" "Good." "Good." "Idon'tknowabouthim, man." "I don't know him, okay?" "I'm not real." "I'm not a real psychic." "Themanis acounterfeit." "Hecamein hereand he started talking about -- awholelotofmoneyif i helped him with his luck." "He wanted to control his own destiny." "Buthemadeatonofmoney since he started seeing you." "Thathasnothing to do with me." "No?" "AllI didwas burn some candles and say a few words that sounded good." "Soyoudidn'tdoshit  and he still made out." "Is that what you're saying?" "Iguess." "Thereasonsdon't fucking matter." "Where the fuck is fafa!" "?" "Idon'tknow." "Okay, wait." "They said they were going to take him to the gym." "Thegym?" "Yeah,thegym." "Okay,thegym." "Yousoulcanbe cleansed and pristine." "Brother Jenkins, give us a song." "Bring us home." "Ain'tthatamotherfucker." "Ikeptit goingbecause it built his confidence." "It didn't matter if it worked." "It worked for him." "The more confident, the bolder he became." "The bolder, the more money he made." "The more he wanted, the more he made, the more I made." "Look, I may not be real but I ain't stupid!" "Itoldyouitwas a bunch of bullshit." "Her and artifice ain't nothing bu some con artists, man." "Ain'tthatamotherfucker." "Wait!" "I havesomemoney." "I'll give you some." "Gogetit ." "Corn." "Yo." "We'reonourway  back to the gym, man." "Get fafa ready." "Allright." "Got you." "Allright." "Chic,thoughtshe was saving her money." "She didn't know she was saving your money." "Thatlookslikealbamarle." "Yousure." "That is them." "Lookslikewe gotcompany." "Whatthefuck?" "Taxi drivers running up in my house now." "Never mind." "Grab this bag, give me a minute." "I have one more thing to get." "Holdup." "I'm not here for this." "Whywerunning,we should be chasing them." "Whatthefuck you mean we running?" "You're the one driving." "Okay,letsendthisshit ." "Turn and stop at the dead end." "Followthem." "Anywhere they go we go." "Youmaynotrememberme, but you may remember somebody named Angus." "Angusfrombackintheday?" "My old boyfriend Angus?" "Wait who the fuck is you?" "I'mtheoneyou saidyou feel sorry for remember?" "Whatthefucking you talking about?" "Oh." "Ithoughtyou were light skin." "You know redbone." "Gethimoffofme." "He's trying to kill me." "Youleftthisinthecar howthefuckdid  you get out, man?" "Becauseyouarestupidi told you that you were stupid." "ThankyouMr.gentleman but I really need to go." "Killher." "Killme?" "Are you crazy?" "Who are you?" "Billy'sbrother." "Soyou'rejust going to stand there and watch while i choke her to death?" "Idon'tcarehow you  kill her just killer." "Sowhatdo youdonow?" "Oneofus dies." "Sonofabitch!" "Yowhere'smy brother?" "Billy." "Billy,I'mgoing to give you one chance to settle this like you got some sense." "Right here, right now." "Now!" "What'supwiththispussy?" "No." "Letgotalktothem ." "Putyourgunaway." "Billy, I'm surprised at you." "You know I'm going to have to hurt you for this, right?" "Hurt?" "Inaminute you will be a ghost." "Thoseareharshwords,Billy." "Whereismy brother?" "Billy,howthehell am I supposed to know where your brother is?" "Stoptellinglies." "We know you took the man." "Billy,controlyourbitches." "What'suphomeboy?" "Drive,man!" "Drive, man!" "Yoman,thisis just a dollar cab." "It's just a dollar cab." "Thisisgoingtoget as ugly as your brother if you don't back off." "You hear me?" "Fafa?" "WhereareyouBilly?" "That'sfafa?" "Give me the phone!" "Whereareyou,Billy?" "Slowdown,man,slowdown ." "We're at the church on Liberty." "Go home, just go to your house." "Yousee,Billy,you see ?" "I told you I didn't have your brother." "Now you owe me an apology don't you, Billy?" "Whatyouhaveinyour hand ." "Bring your hand up front let me see what you have in your had, man." "Show me you hand." "Put your hand up front." "Whathand,Billy?" "What are you talking about?" "Thehandyouhavebehindyou." "Areyouacop now ,Billy?" "You want to know what's in my hands." "It's my handkerchief, Billy." "It's what I blow my nose in." "Whatyougotthere?" "A grenade?" "Yeah,it'sahand grenade, Billy." "Very intelligent it's a hand grenade." "What's that you got in you fucking hand?" "Is that a hand grenade too?" "Bothofyouare usingvoodoo?" "Idon'tdo any fucking voodoo, okay." "Voodoo is phony." "Ask your bitch about the voodoo." "What's so damn funny, Billy?" "It's funny, ha?" "Well what do know?" "Itworks." "Billy!" "Billy!"