"And everything you've given me." "I always keep it inside." "You're the driving force in my life." "There isn't anything or anyone that I could be." "And it just wouldn't feel right." "If I didn't have you by my side." "Ooh, you were there for me." "To love and care for me." "When skies were gray." "Whenever I was down." "You were always there." "To comfort me." "No one else can be." "What you have been to me." "You will always be." "You will always be the girl in my life." "For all times." "Mama." "Mama, you know I love you." "You know I love you." "You know I love you." "Mama." "Mama, you're the queen of my heart." "You are." "Your love is like tears from the stars." "Your love is like tears from the stars." "Mama, I just want you to know." "Mama, I just want you to know." "Lovin' you is like food to my soul." "Lovin' you is like food to my soul." "You are the food to my soul." "My grandma always said..." "'Family pulling' together in times of need makes you strong.'" "This here's the story about my family, about our family about the things that pulled us together and things that tried to pull us apart." "Let's see." "Where should I begin?" "Give it up for the last Joseph sister to get married--." "Bird and Lem." "Aunt Bird's wedding is as good a place as any." "Everyone who was anyone was there." "Just the party people to the dance floor." "If you got more than $5.00, let me see you shake it." "We got food." "We got music." "We got a party happening here." "There you go, Big Mama." "That's my mom and dad dancing." "They got two and a half kids-- me, my sister Kelly and whoever that is in the oven." "That's Aunt Teri and Uncle Miles--." "like Miles Davis." "They're both lawyers and got big-time dough." "I'm talkin' dollar bills, y'all." "The bride is Big Mama's youngest, Aunt Robin." "We call her Bird 'cause she used to be skinny." "The groom is my new uncle, Lem." "Folks are always doggin' him 'cause he's done time in jail." "Go on, baby." "Go pin it on her." "That's Big Mama there." "Big Mama Joe." "People always said she never made one enemy in her life... 'cause if she did she'd feed 'em her green beans, sweet potato pie and Southern fried chicken and they'd be down with her after that." "That's my baby." "Reverend Williams-- ain't even kin, but he's always got something to say or eat." "Mama Joe, how you doin'?" "You lookin' so good." "Them daughters are looking good, too." "Especially that Lady Bird." "I was teasin' her." "I said, 'Would you marry the Reverend?" "'." "She said, 'If I marry, I need sex every night.'" "I said, 'Put me down for Tuesday.'" "Got to change it up." "Something new." "Something new from the underground." "You just take my man." "I'll see how you do." "And this is Simuel." "For Bird, he was one of the skeletons in the closet..." "Big Mama said we all had." "All right." "Look who's here." "What's he doing?" "I don't know." "Get out of my way." "Heh heh." "Congratulations." "Would you look at this fool?" "Lem wasn't doing any better in the 'skeletons in the closet' category." "I'm going to get her." "Come on, Teri." "That was him with his ex, bumpin' and grindin'." "Honey?" "." "Who's Big Mama's favorite grandbaby?" "I am." "What would my sweet pea do for Big Mama?" "Anything." "Then go tell Aunt Bird to get her butt in here with her new husband now." "Being Big Mama's favorite wasn't easy especially when it came to keeping the peace." "But I always did what she asked even if it meant charging into a bathroom full of fine, half-dressed women." "Ahmad, what you want?" "Yo, Bird." " What?" "Big Mama said get your black ass out here." "Big Mama ain't told nobody to get nowhere." "Stay out of grown folks' business." "Can't believe what I saw." " Me either." "Who invited Simuel?" "I didn't." "Doesn't matter." "Why were you letting him feel you up?" "Now your man's dancing with some Miss Hootchie Mama..." "like there weren't no wedding 10 minutes ago." "Whose man?" " Your man, girl." "Hell, no." "Nobody's disrespecting me on my wedding day." "That's what I mean." "Excuse me." "Did you see that dress Miss Thing had on?" "Did you see her behind?" " All up her butt." "That's what she get-- draggin' somebody in who ain't got nothin' and puttin' him off on family." "Family?" "Puttin' him off on me." "I paid for this wedding." "Teri, why do you always say how you pay for everything?" "'Cause I do." "Who is that hootchie-cootchie mama with her fat ass all over my husband?" "I told you." "This is my wedding day." "I'm supposed to be happy." "Shoot." "We happy." "It's supposed to be the happiest day of your life." "Everybody's happy." " We're happy." "But we'd be more happy if we beat that ho' down." "Yeah." "Come on." "Let's go get her ass." "She's workin' it on him." "Do it." "Do it." "Excuse me." "Excuse me." "Excuse me." "Excuse me." "Whoo." "Shake it." "Shake it." "Shake it." "Go on, Big Mama." "You see, right there-- that was just like Big Mama." "Always knowing' how to set things right." "I used to think we had a special connection..." "like we shared an inside joke no one else was in on." "Then I found out she had the same connection with all of us." "She was the rock of the Joseph family the one that held us all together." "Reverend, that sure was a good sermon today." "One reason we were so tight is 'cause we always had Sunday dinners at Big Mama's." "That were a tradition started down in Mississippi when old folks met at church to talk smack and chow down on some good old soul food." "Big Mama kept the tradition when she and Granddaddy moved to Chicago." "Holidays, of course, were bigger." "More folks, more eats, more souls more soul food." "People would be rolling in from all over." "Like Uncle Remus, always hittin' folks up 'cause he was broke." "Before Granddaddy died, he owned a barber shop corner store, and a Laundromat." "Not bad for a black man in those days." "Rumor has it Mama Joe's got a big stash of loot hidden away." "Mama says that's a myth." "We used to always have eating contests which the Reverend would always win." "He'd split after he busted slops with my mom and aunties." "I can still see my dad..." "Iookin' like he wanted to break Reverend Williams' neck." "Last but not least, there's Big Mama's brother old Uncle Pete who ain't left his room in 10 years now." "Go." " Go." "Just sits up there, watching TV." "It's kind of a 'lights on, nobody's home' thing." "Let's go." " Let's get out of here." "Those were the good days, back before things took a turn." "Mama, Mama." "Uncle Pete's messing with us." "I'm tryin' to do my thing." "Can I do my thing?" "Hit me." "Take that." "Ooh." "No, baby." "That's too much." "Just put about four pinches in." "How you know how much to put in without using a measuring cup?" "And why we got to eat ham hocks anyway?" "Well." "I guess you." "Ham hocks, pig feet, chitlins..." "We learn how to make things taste good by trying things out." "Soul food cooking' is about cooking from the heart." "That's right." "What's up, mama?" "Newlyweds." "If she spent more time with her shop instead of Lem maybe she'd pay me back that loan." "You aren't hurtin' 'cause you gave Bird money for that shop." "I loaned her money, Max." "As far as you're concerned, I'm an ATM..." "Automatically Teri's Money." "You two hush up." "You do this every Sunday." "Mama, she started it." "Maxine, you finish those biscuits." "Teri, stop runnin' down your family." "Focus on your own man." "You're already on husband number two." "Shit, baby." "OK." "Baby, wait." "So good." "Shit." "That fried chicken smell good." "Can't wait to get some of that." "Don't ever put anything like this on the stove." "You could burn the house down." "Yes, ma'am." "Remember when Bird almost did that?" "Big Mama, your arm." " Mama." "Give me some butter, baby." "You need ice." "You ain't been takin' your insulin?" "I bet you ain't been to a doctor, either." "I don't need no doctor." "There's nothing salve, turpentine and my herbs won't cure." "Except your diabetes." "I didn't know what diabetes was back then but I was sure about to find out." "As we bow our heads on this special day we ask a special prayer for this table a special prayer for Mother Joe who has provided for the rovin' eye of the Reverend beautiful breasts and delicious legs under-- I mean, on the table." "Lord, all I'm askin' is, bless this bread bless this meal and bless my stomach, 'cause I's gonna eat." "Amen." "Take your time, son." "There you go." "Don't take too much." "Just what you need." "Remember, son-- this is for the needy, not the greedy." "Chicken?" " Thank you." "I can't wait till Sunday finally comes." "Thank you." "I dreamt of fishes last night." "Somebody's been deep-sea fishin'." "Don't look over here." "Don't point over here." "Why?" "You never know." "What's she talking about, fishes?" "It means either somebody's coming or somebody's pregnant." "Or gonna get pregnant." "What you looking at me for?" "She doesn't mean me 'cause this is the last fish dream." "Don't sweep the dust straight out the door." "If you do, you sweep out the good fortune." "Whatever that means." "Didn't Daddy say that?" "Daddy was the most superstitious man I ever met." "I got one." "If you step on a crack, you break your mama's back." "Did you try my fish cakes?" "I made them this year, and I'm very proud." "My plate's full." "My plate's full, too." "Y'all ain't right." "Y'all ain't right, but that's all right." "My boo likes 'em." "That's all that matters." "You ain't got to worry about cooking... 'cause you can do hair." "Miss Teri can't cook nothing." "Right, Ma?" "That's why you always had me cooking', huh?" "I wasn't in the kitchen 'cause Mama and Daddy had me study." "That's why I'm a successful lawyer." "Moms and Aunt Teri don't get along." "Never have, maybe never will." "Big Mama said she should have named them Vinegar and Oil... 'cause they don't mix." "It started in the early eighties, before I was born." "The rule was if one of the Joseph girls had a date a sister had to come along, like a chaperone." "When Teri and my pops were going out..." "Big Mama had Moms tag along, in case Pops tried anything." "Hey, all right." "Check it out, y'all." "That's how you got to work it, how you got to skate." "That's how you gotta do it." "You all right?" "I can't say for sure Mom started it but Dad couldn't resist whatever it was she was throwing down." "Look at 'em." "See what I'm saying?" "Look out, y'all." "I told you." "Kenny..." "Mom stole Dad from under Aunt Teri's nose and the two haven't gotten along since." "Get out." "Get outta the car now." "Get outta the car right now." "Shit." "Get off her, Teri." "Come on, now." "Hey, Teri." "Come on, now." "Just cut out all that hoo-shaw jawing." "Y'all do this every Sunday." "I've been cooking longer than you've been alive." "Cornbread." "Cornbread is my specialty." "Um, Lem...why'd you get thrown in the joint?" "Kenny, don't--." "What?" "I ain't gonna lie to y'all." "I made a stupid mistake." "Came here from New York to help my cousin out and..." "I guess I got caught." "Doing?" " Kenny, dang." "It's all right." "I got caught sellin' somethin'." "He paid his debt to society." "It's no different from Daddy and his gambling." "In life, we all make bad choices." "My husband was gambling', and he was bad at it." "Fact, we almost lost this house." "But I worked..." "on my hands and knees cleaning' up after white folks, takin' in laundry." "You do what you have to do to stay strong to save the family even if you stumble trying'." "I'm gonna tell you something." "One finger pointing the blame don't make no impact." "But you ball up all them fingers into a fist and you can strike a mighty blow." "This family got to be that fist." "My Lord..." "Faith." "Come here, baby." "Cousin Faith" " Lord have mercy." "The niece Big Mama took in after her sister died." "In case you missed the news, Faith is trouble, big-time trouble." "What's she doing here?" "Last we heard, she was stripping' in a Californian club." "Then some guy supposedly discovered her and got her dancing in rap videos." "I ain't never seen her in none of them." "Teri, you can take her." "She ain't staying with me, Kenny, and the kids." "Ahmad, kiss your cousin." "Here she comes." "My God, you've grown so much." "Hi." "Rev, this is my sister's baby." "Mama Joe, Mama Joe." "This is a pleasure." "Ha ha ha ha ha." "Welcome home." "It's time." "The baby." "What's the doctor's number?" "What's the name of the doctor?" "I don't know." "I'll get this right now." "OK." "All right." "I got it." "Just get the door." "Yeah." "OK." "Let's go." "All right." "Let's go." "The birth of my baby sister, Faith arriving--." "Who could have guessed things wouldn't keep getting better?" "This is where the problem is." "Mama, it's gonna be all right." "Put your sweater on." "I'm not getting my leg cut off." "Mama, you have to." "There's no blood circulating to that leg." "You're diabetic." "You haven't been watching what you eat." "Nobody's cutting off my leg and that's that." "Last thing you need is a G-string." "I should give him some, right?" "Give it to him." "Sock it to him." "Give it to him good." "What y'all talking about?" "The nasty, darling." "Come on, we got clients." "Y'all better slow down." "I finished dumping the garbage." "Thank you." "Help me sweep up this hair then call your mama to see when she's picking you up." "What's up, shorty?" "Nice." "Very nice." "I see Teri finally gave you the money to open your shop." "Teri didn't give me anything." "It was an investment." "If you had come to me, I would have given it to you." "At what cost?" "How much you willing to sacrifice?" "Nothin'." "Girl, you are gettin' thick." "That'll do it." "They'll help you up front." "See you next week." "Let me tell you something, OK?" "I am married now." "Whatever we had going on before is over with." "And besides, my husband's name is written all over my kitty cat." "Ahem." "A wedding gift." "I know you like the finer things in life and I know your man can't afford to buy you shit like that him just gettin' outta jail." "When you need me...call me." "Later, shorty." "My God." "Bring my shorty up right." "Hey, baby." "You're gonna love this." "What you done brought?" " An Apple Performa." "A computer?" "It's for the baby." "For the baby?" "It's got everything." "It's got a color monitor..." "CD-ROM..." "Internet fax..." "E-mail..." "It's got everything." "You don't think she's too young for a computer?" "Nah." "What?" "You just look beautiful." "You're silly." "Hold it one second." "One second." "See what your daddy got you?" "See what your daddy got?" "Yeah, girl." "What you doin', Kenny?" "You are so silly." "What you doing?" "Mmm, with your fine self." "My other baby, huh?" "Smellin' all good uh." "You gonna get in trouble." "What you talkin' 'bout?" "The doctor said we gotta wait six weeks." "It's been six weeks." " No, it ain't." "You know that you're wrong." "Did you hear that?" "It's the door." " It wasn't no door." "Yes." "Someone's at the door." "Go see." "See who's there." "Hey." "What's up, man?" "What's up, man?" "I was just..." "I mean, I don't even know why I'm here." "If you're busy, I'll come back later." "No, no." "Come on in, man." "Who's there, Kenny?" "It's Lem." "After you, brother." "How you doin', Lem?" " Hey." "I need to talk to you for a minute." "It's kind of personal." "That's how we got this one." "You better quit." "So, uh, what's up, Lem?" "I was, um..." "I was fired from my job today." "I lied on my application." "They ask if you ever been convicted, and..." "I checked no." "You and Miles, man y'all got yourselves together on the job." "I was just hopin' if--if you knew anybody or...of any job openings." "Man, I'll do anything." "Yo, man, we'll find you something, all right?" "Cool, man." "Thanks, man." "Now I just gotta find a way to explain this to Bird." "She's high-maintenance." "She walks around the house in Chanel sandals and shit like that." "I don't want her to think I'm livin' off her." "No, you don't want to tell her, man." "Why not?" " 'Cause you ain't got a job." "You don't wanna tell a woman" " A black woman." "...especially a black woman, that you ain't got a j-o-b." "It's all right for them to lie around, but let a man--..." "A brother." " Especially a brother." "You could be fixin' the kitchen seats..." "Or watering' plants." "Washin' the dishes." "Takin' the garbage out." "Let me give you a little somethin'." "No matter what you do around the house they still will consider you.." "A trifling nigger." "Don't tell her." "That was good." "Ha ha." "Got you with your own trick, right?" "Hey." " Hey." "Hey, Aunt Teri." "Hey, sweetie." "You staying with us?" "Yeah." "Yeah." "Kenny and Max need a little time." "Kelly's with Bird." "I got your favorite tonight." "I spent many hours slaving." "I'm looking forward to it." "Aunt Teri?" "Is Big Mama gonna get her leg cut off?" "You're worried, aren't you?" "Yeah." "I don't know." "Looks like that case is kicking your butt." "Yeah." "I don't know how long the jury's gonna be out." "And the firm is really pushing me to be partner." "That's what you want, right..." "to make partner?" "Any attorney worth their salt wants to make partner." "I bet that's Cousin Faith." "I got it." "There's some money missing from our savings." "Last week, there was--." "I took 5,000 out." "I used it as down payment for studio time." "The fellas and I are gonna record a CD." "A CD?" "Yeah." "I thought you playing with this band was just a hobby." "Why would you say something like that?" "Because you're an attorney." "You work for a great firm with a great reputation." "We could make twice the amount of money if you spent more time on your job and quit this music crap." "If I wanna take $5,000 of my money out of the bank..." "I'll do it." "Only 31,132 are yours." "Tomorrow, we're getting separate accounts." "just for the book's sake next time you take money out, inform me, all right?" "Fine." "Hi." "Faith, how you doing?" "Teri..." "Hey." "Just wanna say thanks again for letting me crash here." "Your place is really fantastic." "Where do I put my stuff?" "Hard as it was..." "Big Mama was finally convinced to have surgery." "You know your daddy always said you was the strongest." "The family gonna need your strength now." "Where's that baby?" "Ahmad." "Sweet pea, I'm gonna be just fine." "Just need you to be strong." "That's why I'm doing this-- for you." "We gonna be strong together, OK?" "OK?" "After they wheeled Big Mama down the hall we kind of sat around on our hands saying nothing." "I'm gonna use the rest room, OK?" "Stay with Daddy." "I'm sorry." "There was a problem." "Ahmad..." "Ahmad, baby, I don't think you should be in here." "Wait." "Come on, baby." "Where's Kenny?" "Ahmad." "Come on." "Ahmad." "The doctor said Big Mama had a stroke during surgery and fell into a coma." "We all knew things would never be the same and all any of us could feel was bad." "We'll call you." "There's a sign on your door that says you'll train." "I got experience on the presses, and I'm a quick learner." "I can do the work." "Like I said, we'll call you." "Yo." "I'll check you later." "All right." "See you, man." "What's up?" "I'll take you home." "Why you all G'd up today, Lem?" "If I tell you something you gotta promise me you won't tell your mama or your nosy-ass aunties." "Cool." "I was fired from my job last week." "I been trying to find another one except things ain't going so good." "Don't sweat it." "You'll find a gig soon." "You got a lot of confidence for a little shorty." "I get it from Big Mama, they say." "Big Mama, heh." "Throw these in the glove box for me." "You know I spent time in prison." "I wouldn't have been locked up if I'd have been smart, like you seem to be." "Big Mama's always saying you gotta love yourself." "Maybe you should try that." "My man." "It's getting late." "I still have to shop for dinner tomorrow." "OK." "Max, surely, you don't expect to have Sunday dinner tomorrow." "Why not?" "Jesus, Max, Mama is in a coma." "Maybe--." "No." "I'm not gonna let her ruin a 40-year family tradition." "Tradition?" " Yes, tradition." "Don't tell me about tradition." "I am the oldest, most responsible one here." "I graduated from law school." "You dropped out when you were 19." "This is about your jealousy, Max." "Will you guys stop?" "Let's just take a vote." "Good idea." "Let's take a vote." "All right, cool." "Let's vote." "Hands in the air for those who don't wanna have Sunday dinner tomorrow." "Hands in the air for all those who want chitlins, black-eyed peas greens, some fried chicken macaroni and cheese, and egg pie." "I won't let you disrespect my mama like she's already dead." "Your mama?" " Mm-hmm." "You get on my fuckin' nerves with--." "Lower your voice." "So you graduated." "That don't make you better." "Keep it down." "Stop it." "I'm sorry." "All of you have to leave." "Mrs. Joseph needs quiet." "I'm outta here." "Come on, Kenny." "I'm sorry." "Whatever." "I'm outta here." "Let's go." "We outta here." "Max, that wasn't necessary." "I'm tired of her." "She always says something." "Where's my coat?" "Maybe we should think about this." "Grandma's illness was taking its toll on the family." "Nobody knew where to throw the blame, except at each other." "Aunt Teri and Moms especially." "Because of them, hardly no one was speaking anymore." "Poor Aunt Bird." "She tried her best to pull off Sunday's dinner by herself." "Because of Teri and Mom's fight, no one showed up." "For the first time in 40 years, our Sunday tradition was broken." "Let's just eat." "Here you go." "Uncle Pete?" "Dinner." "I know you think I been avoiding you." "But every time I come to visit people are doing stuff to you or arguing around you." "Anyway..." "I know you're wondering how everyone is doing." "Not good." "We didn't have a Sunday dinner yesterday." "Aunt Bird said nobody showed up." "After church, Mom didn't feel like cooking at home so Daddy brought home some Mickey D's." "We were all on the toilet all night." "We need you, Big Mama." "I was thinking that, too." "Maybe when you get out of here..." "I could help you turn the ground over." "As you called it, put some fertilizer down." "Yeah, I'll help you." "Come dance with me." "What?" " Come dance with me." "Miles..." " Come on." "Dance?" " Dance." "I don't wanna dance." "Miles..." "Mama is not doing well at all." "I know." "Dance with me." "Get your mind off it." "Um, I also can't go to see you perform tonight." "That's what you said last week and the week before." "I'd really like you to come--." "I'm swamped with work." "OK." "Well, just so you know..." "I'm thinking about pursuing my music full time." "Miles it's a mistake." "It's what I wanna do." "You find a job yet?" "Nope." "But I have an audition." "I'm not into the straight job thing." "'Straight job thing'?" "I didn't plan on staying here." "I thought I was gonna be at Mama Joe's." "If you want me to leave, I'll leave." "Why'd you come back here?" "What are you gonna do this time?" "Run up Mama's credit?" "Or, um, make her co-sign on a car and then you leave her with the note." "Or better yet, why don't you get arrested again and let Mama put up the house to post your bail?" "I've changed." "You've changed?" "Don't you start any shit this time." "You hear me?" "Girl, I care about you." "I'm there for you." "So why don't you care for me." "Like I care about you?" "Girl, I care about you." "I'm there for you." "So why don't you care for me." "Like I care about you?" "I spend, like, all of my days, baby." "Tryin' to sus out just how things got this way." "I thought that we were in love." "But I swear right now, I don't know what you want." "I make sure that I give you quality time." "But lately I feel you're not home by design." "But still I'm gonna try." "To give you the love of my life." "In hopes that you." "That you will open up your eyes, baby." "Girl, I care about you." "I'm there for you." "So why don't you care for me." "Like I care about you?" "Sometimes." "Sometimes I'm not." "I'm not sure that." "I'm all you got." "That I'm all you got." "Sometimes." "Sometimes I'm not sure you love me or not, baby." "There's one thing that I'm certain of." "Girl, I care for you." "And the one thing that I want is that you." "Care for me, too." "Girl, I care about you." "I'm there for you." "So why don't you care for me." "Like I care about you?" "I care for you, baby." "That was the bomb." "I'm serious, cousin." "You was jammin'." "Man, I didn't know you could play like that." "You're good." "Thanks, but it's not just about me." "We're a group." "Besides, the way those guys sing they make my stuff come alive." "But you're the mastermind." "You put this together." "This is your shit." "The group's called 'Milestone,' not 'Them.'" "We were thinking about that name." "You really wanna pursue your music full time, huh?" "I heard you and Teri talking." "Your man's looking over here." "He's looking a little jealous." "Ha ha." "Family comes first." "Besides, I gotta get my career together before I can think about a man." "I got goals, OK?" "OK." " OK." "OK." " OK." "OK." "Promise not to laugh." "Jesus." "See?" "Right there." "I promise." "I promise." "OK." "Fine." "I wanna dance." "No." "I mean really dance." "You know, do Broadway musicals, choreograph the Oscars." "I've spent the last few years trying to figure out what makes me happy." "I learned that the only thing that keeps me sane is dancing." "I'm gonna put all my energy into it, so help me, Jesus." "Praise the Lord." "And plus it just it just feels so damn good." "You know what I mean?" "It's like that with you and your music, right?" "You want another drink?" "Sly, send another one over here, all right?" "All right." "Ooh..." "listen." "That's my jam." "Come and dance with me." "I'm on my break." "Come on." "What the hell." "It ain't about being stupid, honey." "She really thought her hair was something." "It was tova-- towed back and over." "Hello." "You cooked all this food and none of your people showed?" "You know I wasn't having it." "You wanted to bash somebody." "We'll help you eat it." "Now I know why nobody showed up." "Miss Thing can't cook." "You can't cook, darling." "What is this?" "What was that?" "Why you gotta push me, honey?" "Wait." "Wait." "Stop." "Stop." "Stop." "What you hit me for?" "Stop." " What?" "What the hell y'all doing?" "Get in the bathroom." "My God." "Did you see that thing?" "What are you doing home in the afternoon?" "I got fired from my job." "Fired?" "You can't work a 9-to-5?" "You got in trouble again?" "No." "I got fired 'cause I lied on my application about being convicted." "You felt like you couldn't tell me that?" "I wanted to but Kenny thought it'd be best if you didn't know." "You gonna listen to Kenny?" "What about us?" " It's not about us." "It's about this bullshit system." "They lock you up and expect you to better your life." "But when you're out, there ain't nothing... 'cause the crackers that got everything don't give a second chance." "That white man shit is old." "I'm sick of niggers using that shit as an excuse." "I'm the one who's been on six interviews." "Six." "They won't hire me." "What you know about being a black man?" "You're right." "I don't know shit about being a black man." "I'm sorry." "The shop is doing well right now." "I'll pay for our bills." "A lot of people come through there." "I'll see if anybody can hook you up with a job." "Bird..." "I don't need your help." "I can find my own damn job." "OK." "Stop looking at my dick." "We had a deal." "We had a contract." "Pay in full." "All right?" "Full." "Pay in full." "Money up front." "Not right before I go in." "This is so wrong." "Hey, Miles." "You all right?" "I'm having the most important audition in my life and this fool is trying to screw me over." "It's about principles." "Business is business." "You know something?" "I'm gonna fuck you up, Dread Man." "Miles, you can help me." "They got a piano up in the audition room." "Faith, I don't--." "Play anything." "I'll dance to it." "Come on, cuz, please?" "This is really important to me." "I'll owe you." "Ready when you are."