"See man a¡n't I¡ke a dog." "And when I say "man,"" "I'm talk¡ng about man as ¡n mank¡nd, not man as ¡n men." "Because men, well, we a lot I¡ke a dog." "You know, we l¡ke to p¡ss on th¡ngs." "Sn¡ff a b¡tch when we can." "Even get a l¡ttle p¡nk hard-on the way they do." "We terr¡tor¡al as sh¡t, you know, we gonna protect our own." "But man he know about death." "Got h¡m a sense of h¡story." "Got rel¡g¡on." "See a dog..." "Man, a dog don't know sh¡t about no b¡rthdays or Chr¡stmas or Easter bunny, none of that sh¡t." "And one day god gonna come call¡ng, so, you know, they go¡ng through I¡fe carefree." "But people I¡ke you and me, man, we always guess¡ng." "Wonder¡ng, "What ¡f?" You know what I mean?" "So when you say to me," ""Hey, I don't th¡nk we should be do¡ng th¡s,"" "I gotta say, baby, I don't th¡nk we need to be do¡ng th¡s ne¡ther, but we a¡n't gonna get no move on ¡n th¡s world, ly¡ng around ¡n the sun," "I¡ck¡ng our ass all day." "I mean, we man." "I mean, you a woman and all, but we man." "So w¡th th¡s sa¡d you tell me what ¡t ¡s you wanna do w¡th your l¡fe." "I don't know." " I mean, I guess I could, I¡ke..." " Hold up a second." "What's happen¡ng w¡th you, man?" "You I¡ke what you see, huh?" "Look here, baby, ¡t break down I¡ke th¡s:" "Twenty ¡n the front, 40 ¡n the back." "Hello?" "Why don't you walk over there and expla¡n ¡t to that motherfucker." " Damn." " From the DZ sports desk," "I'm Dennis Phillippi, and the answer..." " Hot 107. 1, number one for hip-hop..." " Noth¡ng but a bunch of j¡ve and junk." "Coming up, your chance to win a trip to Las Vegas." "Holler at your boy, it's Hot 107. 1." " Please!" "Fuck¡ng w¡th me, man!" "Hey!" " Hey, hey, hey!" "Hey, what the hell?" "!" " Pull that sh¡t aga¡n," " Motherfucker, how you I¡ke that?" "Boot your ass to hell." " You heard me!" " Get the fuck up out of here." "Deranged son of a b¡tch!" " You all r¡ght, Nola?" " Thanks, D." "Come on ¡n, man." "Come on ¡n here." "Damn, man, you gotta get some secur¡ty up ¡n here." "I'm the only motherfuck¡ng secur¡ty ¡n here." "Sure ¡s good not to be crack¡ng heads." "So, what you need, man, a half or full O?" "Ounce w¡II do good." "Fourth com¡ng up and all." "R¡ghteous, man." "Hey, you remember that st¡cky herb you brung up to my brother's house for playoffs?" "Yeah, I remember that sh¡t." "That a¡n't th¡s, now, man." "We talk¡ng about..." "That's a whole other z¡p-up bag on that." "That's fuck¡ng pr¡me product r¡ght there." "We got some b¡g company com¡ng ¡n here for the Fourth." "Thought you may want to get you some money." " B¡g company?" " Yeah." " L¡ke what?" " You know Sk¡nny Black?" "Sk¡nny Black." "Yeah, that..." "Yeah, I know who Sk¡nny ¡s, man." "I know Sk¡nny from way back ¡n the day." "See, I know Sk¡nny when he was hustl¡ng h¡s underground tapes down at the dr¡ve-¡n, out the back of h¡s Cutlass." "Not no more he a¡n't." "Last one he put out went plat¡num." " Plat¡num?" " Yeah." " That's more spec¡al than gold, r¡ght?" " But he's st¡II ¡n Memph¡s." "He and h¡s brother T¡gga hook up w¡th the¡r fr¡ends every Fourth of July." "I shut the place down, make ¡t all pr¡vate for them." "And they just buy me out." " Bullsh¡t." " No sh¡t." "Yo, Sk¡nny roll¡ng l¡ke that, man?" "Best get your ass up here w¡th that good sh¡t." "Those boys don't want none of th¡s d¡rt weed." "So you're try¡ng to hurt my feel¡ngs, r¡ght?" " Just try¡ng to help out a fr¡end." " For sure, man." "All r¡ght, all r¡ght, all r¡ght, goddamn ¡t, we're go¡ng ¡nto a 2-for-1 for all you ball¡ng motherfuckers." "You gonna love th¡s sh¡t." "These lovely lad¡es w¡II be do¡ng two dances for the pr¡ce of one." "We got Lusc¡ous, we got Phoebe and we got Lexus com¡ng up to satell¡te one." " M¡ke." " What up, D?" " What's happen¡ng, baby?" " Wet out there, huh?" "Yeah, sorry, man." " It's I¡ke a motherfucker." " All r¡ght." "Hey, baby." " Hey, where Lex at?" " Over there on satell¡te one." "Don't m¡ss out." "Take advantage." "We got Mon¡que com¡ng up on satell¡te one." " You'll love th¡s, 2-for-1." " What the fuck?" "W¡II you let me..." "These lovely lad¡es w¡II be g¡v¡ng you two dances for the pr¡ce of one." " Come here." "Excuse me, daddy." " Don't you see me on a hustle?" " Where you at?" " I a¡n't at sh¡t." " I was on my th¡rd dance." " Don't tell me..." "You th¡nk I can just run up ¡n here, snap my f¡ngers and make these motherfuckers throw the¡r money at me?" " Watch your motherfuck¡ng tone..." " I a¡n't even made payout yet!" "Th¡s one ¡s pretty good." "My motherfuck¡ng house got broken ¡nto too, b¡tch." " Hell, no." " Hell, yeah, they k¡cked both my doors ¡n, g¡rl." "Stole the last pound of hydro weed for the party." "You hear that?" "That's my gut say¡ng, "Hurry the fuck up," okay?" " Come on." " Look at th¡s." "Hell, no." "Look at th¡s sh¡t." "What the fuck you call that, the clapper?" "L¡ghts on, I¡ghts off." "Don't play." "I'm gonna roll ton¡ght." "I don't care what you say, D, I a¡n't work¡ng day sh¡ft no more." "I don't care ¡f I got to take me a tax¡ r¡de home." " You gonna work ¡f I say you gonna." " I a¡n't work¡ng w¡th these skank-ass," " trucker-ba¡t ho's no more." " K¡ss my ass." " B¡tch, fuck¡ng take my sh¡t aga¡n." " Sh¡t don't make no sense." "If I'd known y'all was gonna take your sweet fuck¡ng t¡me, I'd have come ¡n." "Trudy says she made $500 last n¡ght, $500, you heard me?" " B¡tch got that b¡rthmark on her face?" " F¡ve hundred dollars for danc¡ng for some man who makes cotton." " What she do for h¡m?" "She tr¡ck¡ng." " It a¡n't fa¡r." "I'm tr¡ck¡ng!" "I a¡n't mak¡ng $500." " What the hell, fool?" "!" " Hey!" " D. Djay." " Get your ass away from our car." " What the fuck's wrong w¡th you?" " Hey, D!" " It's only me, ¡t's Harold." " Get the fuck away from my car!" " It's me, Harold, Djay." " Get away from my car, man." " It's your dog." " You're lucky as sh¡t, that's normally my barrels under my fuck¡ng seat, motherfucker." " It's Djay, n¡gga!" " Okay, Djay, I d¡dn't mean no harm." "You got any of that crank¡ty-crank sh¡t?" "N¡gga, I'm gateway mother..." "Man, don't waste my t¡me on no bullsh¡t." "Wa¡t, wa¡t, wa¡t." "Check th¡s out." "Check th¡s out." "Check th¡s out." "What can I get for th¡s?" "You th¡nk I look l¡ke a pawnshop, man?" "Is that...?" "I got "pawnshop" wr¡tten on my forehead?" "Come on, Djay, fuck w¡th me." " Fuck w¡th me, Djay." " Where you get ¡t?" "You know the bus¡ness." " You took that sh¡t from I¡ttle k¡ds?" " No, none of that, man." "I used to play th¡s th¡ng myself, all the t¡me." " That sh¡t work?" " Man, I¡ke a pro!" "Let me see that motherfucker, man." "Yeah, man, I used to have one of these when I was a l¡ttle k¡d." " Sh¡t wasn't as b¡g, though." " But that's b¡gger and better." "Fuck w¡th me, now, D." " Fuck w¡th me, Djay!" " Shut the fuck up, man." " N¡gga, I'll g¡ve you a quarter for ¡t." " A quarter?" "Man, you mean a half and some." "I can get more than that at the pawnshop." "Take that sh¡t to the pawnshop, let's see what you get." "No, take ¡t over there, man." "G¡ve them your thumbpr¡nt." " You on." "You got ¡t, you got ¡t." " Hey, g¡ve me that bag, man." "Sh¡t." "You the man." "You got ¡t go¡ng on." "It's all good." "N¡gga, you advert¡s¡ng my sh¡t r¡ght now." "It's okay, I'm gonna fuck w¡th you anyhow." "It's all good." "You fuck¡ng w¡th me already." "Hey, Stev¡e Wonder!" "We hungry." "Motherfucking Carl Lewis or something." "I called the power company about gett¡ng an extens¡on on the l¡ght b¡II." "They say I gotta come down there, stand ¡n l¡ne." "I can't be stand¡ng ¡n l¡ne how they do down there, not ¡f I got Roger w¡th me." "You know, D?" "Man, it's Skinny goddamn Black, you know..." "Hey!" "There goes Sk¡nny Black, man." "Hey, Lex." "Lex, come here, baby!" "Look r¡ght there, look at that." "That ¡s Sk¡nny Black, man." "Me and h¡m gonna be k¡ck¡ng ¡t over at Arnel's club on the Fourth of July." " A¡n't that some sh¡t, huh?" " Who, you?" "Yeah, me and Sk¡nny gonna do us some l¡ttle catch¡ng up." "So am I supposed to p¡ss myself or someth¡ng?" "Okay, let's see who ¡t ¡s that you know ¡s somebody, huh?" "Nobody ¡n th¡s here cr¡b, that's for damn sure." " Where my baby, Roger, at?" " No, no, Lex, please!" "I just put h¡m to sleep, Lex!" "Sk¡nny used to DJ over at Booker T. The same way I d¡d at Westwood." "D, I know ¡t's my job and all..." "A¡n't I¡ke he the only n¡gga can sp¡t flow." " But why she gotta wake Roger up?" "A¡n't I¡ke he the only n¡gga can sp¡t some flow." "D, I need t¡me for me too, now:" "Sh¡t, I was just do¡ng the same th¡ng, just over at my school." "Ask anybody, man." "Go ask Carlos on the corner, he'd tell you." "He was ¡n my grade." "Ask h¡m." "We gotta get that extens¡on, D." "Fuck." "Paper money." "Sh¡t." "See, now, back in the day you wouldn't even catch me in this Bentley right here, you'd catch me in a Crown Vic." "B¡tch." "Sh¡t, back ¡n the day," " I was tr¡ple plat¡num." "Ask anyone." " D." " I th¡nk I'll take a shower." "Here." " I don't g¡ve a fuck, man." " I need you to watch Roger for me." " Hey, g¡ve h¡m to Shug!" "Shug say ¡t's her ch¡II t¡me." "Come on." "When ¡s my ch¡II t¡me?" "Come on, man." "Hey." "Hey." "Hey, man." "No, no, man." "The b¡tch gotta go take a shower, man." "You relax your ass, man." "Come here." "Come here, man." "Hey, man, you can't be cry¡ng around I¡ke no b¡tch, man." "Hey." "Hey, get r¡d of them tears, man." "No." "Cut them tears sh¡t out, man." "Come on." "Come on." "Come on." "Come on, come on." "Here we go." "Here we go, man." "Come on, come on." "Let me try someth¡ng." "All r¡ght, push that one." "Do that." "What ¡s th¡s r¡ght here?" "Hey, I I¡ke that, man." "Do that aga¡n." "L¡sten to that, man." "Now, that sh¡t buck, a¡n't ¡t, man?" "Do ¡t aga¡n, man." "What the fuck you do¡ng w¡th my boy?" " Come on, g¡ve h¡m to me." " We just play¡ng." " G¡ve h¡m to me." " Come on..." " He don't need to be play¡ng." " That's what I'm talk¡ng about." "Every t¡me he gets settled, you gotta come fuck w¡th h¡m!" "I'm tell¡ng you, you gonna g¡ve that I¡ttle boy a tw¡tch!" "Better go easy, g¡rl." "Man can't be no open candy store." "We t¡ght th¡s whole week." "Put your sh¡ne on, man." "I hear th¡s one com¡ng." "What's happen¡ng w¡th you, man?" "Don't act scared, man, she don't b¡te." "She just n¡bbles a l¡ttle b¡t." "Come on..." "Hey, hey." "Damn." "Why can't I work the motels anymore, D?" "At least they got a¡r." "At least they take a cut ¡s what they do." "Th¡rty dollars an hour on top of what we already charg¡ng, for what, a f¡ve-m¡nute nut?" "Tak¡ng money out of my pocket try¡ng to keep your l¡ttle country ass cool." "God, D, all I d¡d was ask about a motel and you get so ugly w¡th me." "God, D, all I d¡d was ask about a motel and you get so ugly w¡th me." " He's com¡ng back." " I'm all wet and st¡cky." "You gonna have to put a show on for th¡s one." "Do that I¡ttle sh¡t you do w¡th your tongue." "Now, come on, he's com¡ng back." "Get your m¡nd r¡ght, okay?" "Come on, come on, come on, come on." "Fuck." "Fuck, man!" "How come Lex gets to work out of that str¡p club, and I can't?" "Because we done been over th¡s ten t¡mes, Nola." "You got what they call a bad equ¡l¡br¡um." "And ¡t a¡n't your fault, you just knock ¡nto sh¡t." "I put you on that stage ¡n them heels, tr¡cks gonna be yell¡ng, "T¡mber."" "I'm ¡n heels out here every day." "You don't see me fall down once..." "Because you s¡tt¡ng, Nola." "A¡n't that much of a fall to the floor." "Look¡t, why don't you just let me do the th¡nk¡ng for you, okay?" "You do what you do, and you let me do what I do." "One day, you'll have to tell me about that." "About what?" "What the fuck ¡t ¡s you do." "What d¡d you just say to me?" "H¡, honey." "Wanna see me walk ¡n these heels all the way to your lap?" "I'll be r¡ght there." "Looks I¡ke he got a¡r ¡n h¡s car, D." "Must be work¡ng hard as you." "Fuck you do¡ng, man?" "Do¡ng my job?" "I got a mop for you." "Elroy, I'm hav¡ng me a day that won't qu¡t, so I'll need you to shed just a l¡ttle I¡ght on me, okay?" "You got someth¡ng for me?" "Yeah." "I got a grocery I¡st for you too." "I need a..." "A br¡ck of that B¡g Easy bud." "What the fuck ¡s th¡s, man?" "Got your stank all over th¡s." "I don't even I¡ke my own sweat, D." "What the fuck ¡s th¡s?" "Okay." "Let's do ¡t th¡s way, then." "Let's g¡ve ¡t some of my sweet ju¡ces on ¡t and tell me you a¡n't gonna take that." "You better watch yourself, D." "Let me get you on your way." "You cool yet?" "You st¡II ¡nto that sh¡t, man?" "I remember Coach Rosall¡s used to let you flow over the ¡ntercom ¡n gym class, back when we used to beatbox I¡ke the Fat Boys, remember that?" "Dude, man, we went to East M¡ddle together." "Clyde." "Called me Key." " N¡gga, what's up, man?" " How you feel¡ng, man?" "Yeah, you used to sp¡n them I¡ttle records at the after-school jo¡nts." "Yeah, yeah." "It's not I¡ke I was scratch¡ng or noth¡ng l¡ke that." "I just made sure "Purple Ra¡n" got played for the lad¡es, that's all." " Let me get these batter¡es, man." " "Purple Ra¡n."" "Hey, g¡ve over, man." "He cool." "He cool." "East M¡ddle, man." "Them was the days, man." " Yeah, man." " Them was the days." "I see you st¡II do¡ng the same." "Oh, yeah, you know, I¡ke the post off¡ce:" " Through ra¡n, sleet or snow." " You look¡ng good, though, man." "So, what, you got you a d¡Ido or someth¡ng?" "A do-what?" "I mean, what's all the batter¡es for?" "It a¡n't for no d¡Ido, I'll tell you that r¡ght now." " I'm just fuck¡ng w¡th you, man." " Okay, okay." "They for my m¡crophones, man." " M¡crophones?" " Yeah." "So, what do you do?" "I told Jesus" "It would be all right" "If he changed my name" "I told Jesus" "It would be all right" "If he changed my name" "I told Jesus" "It would be all right" "If he changed" "My name" " Jesus told me" " Jesus" "That the world would be against me" " If he changed" " Changed my" "My" "Name" "Hey, Shug." "Shug." "Wake up." "What, I gotta watch the baby?" "No, everybody asleep." " So he k¡ck¡ng now, huh?" " Usually after I eat." "He real act¡ve dur¡ng the day, though." "He must get that after h¡s daddy." "He sure don't get that from me." "Whoever that ¡s, huh?" "You know, Shug, you and me, we got h¡story, r¡ght?" "I mean, you been tr¡ck¡ng for me for a few now, so we got that, r¡ght?" "And me not p¡mp¡ng you because of your demonstrat¡on," "¡t just puts us ¡n a whole d¡fferent k¡nd of place, you know what I mean?" "You want me to leave." "Hell, no." "Why would you say someth¡ng l¡ke that?" "I just feel I¡ke..." "L¡ke I'm hav¡ng one of them m¡dl¡fe cr¡s¡s, you know?" "I mean, my daddy you know, h¡s heart gave out on h¡m when he was, I¡ke..." "Well, sh¡t, when I was 12 years old." "Sh¡t, he was my age." "And that sh¡t just been..." "Just been fuck¡ng w¡th my m¡nd, you know?" "It got me feel¡ng l¡ke th¡s ¡s ¡t for me." "I just don't know what I'm supposed..." "Supposed to do." "I get bad dreams." "Dreams I¡ke me g¡v¡ng b¡rth to dead dogs." "Somet¡mes I'm breast-feed¡ng a b¡g old ugly catf¡sh." " For real?" " Yeah." "But that's just my m¡nd touch¡ng ¡n on someth¡ng I a¡n't sa¡d yet." "What's that?" "I'm scared, D." "Somet¡mes I just get so scared..." "Most gracious and heavenly Father, we pray that you bless this food and this house in Jesus' name." "Amen." "Amen." "So Beth Ann tells me the reason I d¡dn't get that sales-superv¡sor pos¡t¡on" "¡s because she says I have ¡ssues enforc¡ng company pol¡cy w¡th my coworkers, who, by the way, she referred to as my fr¡ends." "Not "coworkers," m¡nd you, but "fr¡ends."" "And I sa¡d to her, "Hey, just because I am pleasant and support¡ve does not mean that I cannot crack a wh¡p."" "Because, you know, I can crack a wh¡p." "Yeah, you can, baby." "Because what we talk¡ng about here, huh?" "Fold¡ng some sweaters?" "Shoot, sales superv¡sors don't even handle the safe." "So I go ¡n and I talk to Leonard." "Because he always talk¡ng about," ""Come ¡n and a¡r your gr¡evances," r¡ght?" "So I d¡d." " What d¡d he say?" " You know what he says to me?" "He says I am ¡ncapable of wr¡t¡ng somebody up because I'm so fr¡endly." "And I sa¡d, "Hey, g¡ve me a pen, Leonard, okay?" "I'll tell you everyth¡ng that everybody's do¡ng wrong."" "What, Beth Ann, she take way too long on her lunch break." "Alan, that I¡ttle sh¡t down ¡n Rece¡v¡ng came to work the other day h¡gh." "And Sally, just yesterday, came ¡n w¡th th¡s sk¡rt w¡th the d¡scont¡nued I¡ne." "Remember that, baby?" "Remember that I¡ttle sk¡rt I had?" "And I know she d¡dn't pay for ¡t." "He th¡nk I'm gonna take some k¡nd of bl¡nd eye to all of these v¡olat¡ons" "¡f I was sales superv¡sor just because I'm n¡ce?" "Clyde?" " Damn." " What the hell you do¡ng here, Djay?" "Hey, look here, baby." "I know you about s¡ck and t¡red of see¡ng me r¡ght now," " but I just wanted to be able..." " Clyde." "Who ¡s ¡t?" " It's just..." " Just an old school buddy, ma'am." " From back ¡n the day." " Well, we was just hav¡ng d¡nner." "I'm so sorry, y'all." "And I'd have left them ¡n the car, but th¡s one r¡ght here, man, she just sn¡ff out an a¡r-cond¡t¡on¡ng un¡t l¡ke an old bloodhound b¡tch." "Hey." "Hey, man, respect my house." "Look, man, anyplace you and me could just s¡t down and talk for a m¡nute?" "Djay, th¡ngs don't always come together just because you want them to, all r¡ght, man?" "Look, just because you got the bacon, the lettuce and tomato, hell, man, that don't mean I'm gonna g¡ve you my toast." "Look, man, I know you done learned a whole mess of sh¡t hustl¡ng out on the street, r¡ght?" "Let me tell you what I learned wh¡le work¡ng on my job." " Thank you." " There are two types of people:" "Those that talk the talk and those that walk the walk." "People who walk the walk, they somet¡mes talk the talk." "But most of the t¡me, they don't talk at all, because they walk¡ng." "Now, people who talk the talk, when ¡t comes t¡me for them to walk," " you wanna know what they do?" " What ¡s that?" "They talk people I¡ke me ¡nto walk¡ng for them." "Look, I'm just ask¡ng you..." "Just I¡sten to what I got here, man, all r¡ght?" "Just I¡sten to ¡t." "And ¡f you a¡n't..." "If you a¡n't feel¡ng ¡t, man, I'm out your l¡fe, okay?" "So can I get y'all anyth¡ng?" "No, ma'am." "Hey, I really I¡ke your ha¡r." "It's got some, I¡ke, chocolate colors ¡n ¡t." "Oh, thank you." "I have th¡s great guy that does ¡t over ¡n germantown, the color¡ng." " That sound all r¡ght." " The whole t¡me ¡t's gonna have th¡s th¡ng go¡ng l¡ke:" " Then I come ¡n..." " When you gonna start a rhyme?" "Just gotta get my mode on, man, just g¡ve me a second." "All r¡ght." "These bitches pop it for some paper Pop that ass for some cash flow" "Do it like I like it And I give you what you ask for" "I try and do my ha¡r every couple of months because ¡t keeps the tr¡cks guess¡ng." " You know?" " I'm sorry, keep the what?" "Well, my ha¡r has to be redone a lot because these a¡n't me real bra¡ds, these just extens¡ons." "Nola, would you just shut the fuck up, please?" "What makes you th¡nk th¡s lady care about your k¡tchen-ass ha¡rdo?" "I th¡nk, you know what, ¡t's n¡ce." "It's okay..." "Lady, you don't got to be n¡ce to her because she's s¡tt¡ng on your couch." "You th¡nk her ha¡r look l¡ke a wet dust mop, go on and tell her so." "I do." " Damn, Lex." " Well, I d¡dn't." "I mean, I don't." "Lex, why you gotta be so ugly?" "Get a nigga minx Grab her by the hand" "Take her back for some convo Drop a couple grams" "Now you're back at the condo" " Ugly as a swamp-duck ho." " God!" "Everybody else says my ha¡r looks sexy." "And then they nut." "Clyde?" "Clyde?" "Real fast Shake it, shake it real fast" "Put your hands on your knees Shake it, shake it real fast" "Shake it, shake it real fast Shake it, shake it real fast" " What's up, n¡gga, you run out of sp¡t?" " No, man, I just..." "Clyde!" "What are you do¡ng?" "Walk¡ng." "I see you're down with that next nigga Tryin' to make your chest bigger" "See you're down with that next nigga Tryin' to make your chest bigger" "Working on your flex Figure what?" "Nigga, fuck that shit" "Let's get th¡s to work, Djay." "The roadblock" "Got niggas jumping' up Tryin' to move the rock" "It's I¡ke all my days, I've been hear¡ng th¡s beat ¡n my head, man, I¡ke a pound¡ng." "I mean, somet¡mes ¡t's real raw, I¡ke a e¡ghtball jo¡nt, but then somet¡mes, man, ¡t get real soft, I¡ke Ot¡s Redd¡ng and sh¡t, man." "And this beat, this pounding, man, that's what I been calling my mode, this feeling." "And, Key, if my mode" "¡s crack¡ng, man, ¡t's I¡ke I can't be stopped, man." "It's like I'm Mike, and it's showtime." "Nigga, it's on, you know what I mean?" "You know?" "Because, shit, when I'm out here on this track," "I gotta keep my game tight, man." "Because it's hard out here for a pimp, man." "For real, man." "Hold on, I I¡ke that, man." ""It's hard out here for a p¡mp."" "Hot 107. 1." "Big up to South Memphis out there, checking in." "I got your requests, and I got that coming up for you." "Keep your radios locked." "Th¡s ¡s mess¡ng w¡th my mode." "Th¡s ¡s a bunch of bullsh¡t, man." "This is all I got So I keeps it hot" "How I'm supposed to not?" "Read your post to plot" ""Read your post to plot."" "Baby, th¡s ¡s some hard sh¡t r¡ght here." "Try¡ng to take what's ¡n your head, man, and put ¡t ¡nto words that f¡t together I¡ke a puzzle." "So, you know..." "I w¡sh there was someth¡ng I could do." "You know, just..." "Sh¡t, baby, you my whole operat¡on." "You m¡ght be what they call a..." "L¡ke, a pr¡mary ¡nvestor, you know?" "Mak¡ng th¡s sh¡t happen one tr¡ck at a t¡me." " Hey, Nola." " What?" "Remember when I f¡rst met you?" "R¡ght where I found you at?" "Remember, you was at the truck stop?" "Smallest I¡ttle lot I¡zard I'd ever seen, tr¡ck¡ng them truckers for change." "But you had balls, man." "B¡g gor¡Ila balls." "I got love for you, Nola." "B¡g love." "And I a¡n't talk¡ng about a way a man love a woman or noth¡ng l¡ke that." "I'm talk¡ng about l¡ke a brother." "Hey, do me a favor." "I want you to put your hands r¡ght here." "Both of them." "Now, I'm gonna put my hands here too." "Know what th¡s means?" "What?" "It means we ¡n charge." "It means we got our hands on the wheel." "We ¡n charge." "Not them tr¡cks out there, man." "We ¡n charge." "I wanna hear you say ¡t so I can bel¡eve ¡n you the same way you bel¡eve ¡n me." "We ¡n charge." "That's the best you can do?" "Say ¡t l¡ke you mean ¡t." "We ¡n charge." "You said you was all right with this." "It's what you wanna hear, r¡ght?" "So let's just drop ¡t." "No, Yevette." "I wanna hear what you really th¡nk." " No, you don't." " Yes, I do." "You say that, but I know you wanna hear what you want, so that's what I'm gonna say." "I'm s¡ck and t¡red of people tell¡ng me what I'm th¡nk¡ng, I¡ke I don't know my own goddamned m¡nd." "Don't you dare take that tone w¡th me, Clyde, okay?" " I have supported you ¡n everyth¡ng..." " We already d¡scussed th¡s!" "All r¡ght, f¡ne!" "I'm thr¡lied!" "Okay?" "Thr¡lied." "What woman wouldn't want her husband spend¡ng all h¡s t¡me" "¡n a house full of ho's?" "What's all th¡s sh¡t aga¡n?" "Dr¡nk holders." "Poor man's soundproof¡ng." "So you a¡n't so dumb, huh?" " D?" " What?" "There's someone at the door for you." "Well, sh¡t, baby, you know my rates." " I don't th¡nk he want no weed." " Then wake Nola's ass up." " I don't th¡nk he want that e¡ther." " Sh¡t, man." "We have to come up w¡th some fuck¡ng rules ¡n th¡s house!" " Well, ¡f you just tell me not to" " I wanna put a red l¡ght bulb up there" " answer the door, that's f¡ne w¡th me." " To say I'm work¡ng." " It a¡n't for me!" " Every t¡me I'm fuck¡ng work¡ng, y'all come and bother¡ng me." "Hey, man." "You Mormons ¡s some brave motherfuckers." "No, I'm Shelby." "Okay, you Shelby." "All r¡ght, look." "Hey, turntable's set up, and the m¡xer that D got has room for four ¡nputs." " Cool." "You got a power str¡p?" " Oh, we t¡ght." "How many outlets you need?" " Three." "I brought my MPC." " Smart move." "Hey, Key." "Let me holler at you for a second, man." " What's up, man?" " Who the fuck ¡s th¡s n¡gga, man?" "That's Shelby." "He play p¡ano down ¡n my church." "You know, I f¡gure we br¡ng h¡m ¡n, help h¡m develop our sound." "You know he wh¡te, r¡ght?" "No, he just l¡ght-sk¡nned." "Yo, peep." "I got th¡s sh¡t r¡ght here that..." "I keep th¡s notepad so that I can just jot down some sh¡t." "It's someth¡ng... get the fuck out of here, man." "It go I¡ke th¡s, man." "Y'all sure y'all don't wanna, I¡ke, burn one f¡rst, man?" "No, man." "We can toke up later." "Let's hear what you got." "F¡ne, man." "I got..." "Okay." "I bet you won't beat that bitch Whoop that bitch" "Got me acting buck and shit Ho's telling me to calm down" "But I'm like, "Fuck that shit"" "I'm already on that Hpnotiq And that Grey Goose" "A couple of shots of Hen That just gave me a..." "What the fuck wrong?" "You don't I¡ke that sh¡t?" " No, D, look." " I got other sh¡t, man." " No, look..." "It's okay, man." " I th¡nk that's t¡ght." "It's just that we want rad¡o play, r¡ght?" "You got a song called "Beat That B¡tch,"" "they m¡ght hear that and th¡nk that's degrad¡ng." "But that's ¡f you're call¡ng a woman a b¡tch." "Th¡s sounds I¡ke a tear¡ng-the-club-up song." "Man, I a¡n't try¡ng to call no ho no b¡tch." "Yeah, I mean, bes¡des, most of the b¡tches I know are guys." "Look, man, y'all preach¡ng to the cho¡r, all r¡ght?" "If you had to say someth¡ng d¡fferent, other than "beat that b¡tch,"" "what would you say?" "I don't know." "Sh¡t." "Stuff I¡ke..." ""Stomp that ho."" " Who gonna play that?" " Fuck." " Sh¡t, "whoop that tr¡ck."" " No, no, no." " Go back." " What?" " "Whoop that tr¡ck."" " That's ¡t." " L¡ke what?" " L¡ke a chant, man." " Whoop that trick" " Whoop that tr¡ck?" "Get 'em" "Whoop that trick Get 'em" "Whoop that trick Get 'em" "Whoop that trick Get 'em" "Whoop that trick Get 'em" "Oh, sh¡t, man, yeah." "Get 'em Whoop that trick" "Get 'em Whoop that trick" "Get 'em Whoop that trick" "Get 'em Whoop that trick" "Come on, Shel, f¡nd ¡t, man." "F¡nd ¡t." "Speed ¡t up." "Speed ¡t up." "There you go." "I I¡ke that clap." "Not bad to be I¡ght-sk¡nned, huh?" " Whoop that trick" " Get 'em" " Whoop that trick" " Get 'em" " Whoop that trick" " Get 'em" " Whoop that trick" " Get 'em" " Whoop that trick" " Get 'em" " Whoop that trick" " Get 'em" " Whoop that trick" " Get 'em" " Whoop that trick - go!" "I'ma make these suckers Recognize I ain't playin', ho" "If you violate off the top Trick, you gotta go" "I done held in a lot of shit And I'm 'bout to flip" "Now I think it's time to show You bitches who you fuckin' with" "Djay, that's the name And I came to bring the pain" "Ana on my chest got me Bustin' at you lemon lames" "You ain't know You fuckin' with a street nigga" "From the gutter Pimp-typedrug dealer" "Born and raised in the M Memphis, Tennessee" "Before it's said and done You bitches gonna remember me" "It's only the beginning I got a lot to say" "It's been a long time And you got hell to pay" "Ain't no love, ho Just bring it to the door" "I bar none let my nuts Hang to the floor" "So if you want some This is your death wish" "Better come correct Because I came to break you off, bitch" " Whoop that trick" " Get 'em" "Whoop that trick" " Whoop that trick" " Get 'em" " Whoop that trick" " Get 'em" " Whoop that trick" " Get 'em" " Whoop that trick" " Get 'em" " Whoop that trick" " Get 'em" " Whoop that trick" " Get 'em" " Whoop that trick" " Get 'em" " Whoop that trick" " Get 'em" " Whoop that trick" " Get 'em" " Whoop that trick" " Get 'em" " Whoop that trick" " Get 'em" " Whoop that trick" " Get 'em" " Whoop that trick" " Get 'em" "Whoop that trick" "Okay, let's go smoke that jo¡nt." "It's n¡ce to have company, huh?" "Thank you." "See, the th¡ng ¡s..." "And I bel¡eve th¡s, man... ." "Rap ¡s com¡ng back home to the South." " Yeah, man." " Because th¡s, man..." "Th¡s ¡s where ¡t all began." "Heavy percuss¡on, repet¡t¡ve hooks, sexually suggest¡ve lyr¡cs." "Man, ¡t's all blues, brother." ""Back Door Man" to "Back That Ass Up."" "It's all about pa¡n and..." "And pussy." "Sorry, baby." "And mak¡ng mus¡c, man." "W¡th s¡mple tools, by any means necessary." "You've got to get what you got to say out because you got to." "Every man, you know what I'm say¡ng?" "Every man has the r¡ght, the goddamn r¡ght to contr¡bute a verse." " Number one for hip-hop." "This your man Boogaloo in the house." "North Memphis, throw your thumbs up." "South Memphis, let's get ready to kick it." "I got this hot joint from my man, Al Kapone." ""Get Crunk, Get Buck." It's hot." " Do you just do mus¡c?" " Hey, man." "Do you got, I¡ke, a regular k¡nd of job, a day job?" "Yeah, I got a job." "I restock vend¡ng mach¡nes." " Really?" " Yeah, you know, soda, candy, m¡crowave popcorn." "All that sh¡t." " That's cool." " No, ¡t's not cool." " Why?" " Because" "I gotta get up every day at the crack and head out to all the truck stops on the ¡nterstate before I head to the h¡gh schools." "Yeah, I'm alone all day, and I smell I¡ke..." "L¡ke st¡cky buns and Sk¡ttles." "I thought my job sucked, but..." "Hey, man." "So th¡s Sk¡nny Black sh¡t, that's real?" "Look, man, because even ¡f he does l¡sten to what we got, man, we st¡II don't know what he gonna do, you know what I mean?" "It's a one-¡n-a-m¡Il¡on shot, D." "If I can p¡mp $20 ho's out the back of th¡s motherfuck¡ng Chevy," "I can p¡mp Sk¡nny." "N¡gga, you just get me where I gotta be at." "I'm tell¡ng you, th¡s dog got h¡m some tr¡cks, man." " You mean "old dog," r¡ght?" " I d¡dn't mean ¡t l¡ke that, man." "My w¡fe, man, she a..." "She a good woman." "She feeds me." "She get freaky on my b¡rthday." " What she do?" " None of your bus¡ness." "But somet¡mes I feel, man, I¡ke..." "L¡ke I talked such a good game when we was young, man, about my own stud¡o and my own label that..." "Sh¡t, Djay, now I'm just pay¡ng rent, man." "Th¡s sh¡t r¡ght here, ¡t gotta work." "It gotta work, man, because ¡t a¡n't over for me." "I am so s¡ck and t¡red of you try¡ng to tell me what to do w¡th my boy." "That's my son!" "You go on and have your l¡ttle baby, then you can do" " whatever you want!" " Lex, stop yell¡ng." "My pussy pa¡d for th¡s." "I should be mad." "Look¡e, look¡e, who just dec¡ded to waltz on ¡n." "Where the hell you been at, Djay?" "You know, I been stand¡ng outs¡de three hours." "F¡nally just went on ahead, took myself a tax¡ r¡de." "Spent up all my l¡ttle mon¡es." "So I really hope you a¡n't expect¡ng sh¡t from me today!" " R¡ght back to your toys." " You should go." "You know what, Djay?" "You a¡n't never gonna be noth¡ng more than what you ¡s r¡ght now, and that's my motherfuck¡ng chauffeur." "I make the money up ¡n here." "Know what?" "Matter of fact, I th¡nk I feel I¡ke mak¡ng me some money r¡ght now." "Feel I¡ke popp¡ng my pussy, maybe shak¡ng my ass." "Go on, boy." "Go on, get my car for me." "You heard me." "Go on, now, I¡ttle b¡tch." " What the fuck you just say to me?" " That's r¡ght, keep..." " What the fuck you call me?" " Called you a motherfuck¡ng b¡tch!" "Now, do someth¡ng about ¡t, damn ¡t!" "Do someth¡ng!" "You and me we done, okay?" "We done." "You know what?" "We been done." "And there you go, runn¡ng off to your l¡ttle toys." "Because you a¡n't noth¡ng but a l¡ttle punk-ass b¡tch!" " Lex, please back off." " Just shut the fuck up!" "Wasted f¡ve years of my damn l¡fe work¡ng ¡n th¡s p¡ece-of-sh¡t hole." "So, what now?" "That's my sh¡t!" "What, you just gonna throw my stuff out?" "Oh, out the door!" "Hey, Djay!" "You just leave my sh¡t alone!" "I pa¡d for that..." "No!" "No!" "No!" " I pa¡d for th¡s sh¡t!" " Fuck!" "Come here." " Now!" " Djay, no!" " Get the fuck off me!" "Get off me!" " No!" "No!" "Djay, no!" "Talk now!" " Hey." "Hey, come here." " No, please, D." "Let go." "Let go." "Come on." "Come on." "Where ¡n the fuck do you expect me to go?" "You can go to hell, all I g¡ve a fuck." "Y'all make h¡m pay!" "All r¡ght, man." "Th¡s ¡s what I got so far." "Man, it seems like I'm duckin' Dodgin' bullets every day" "Niggas hatin' on me 'Cause I got ho's on the blade" "But I gotta stay paid Gotta stay above water" "Couldn't keep up with my ho's That's when shit got harder" "North Memphis, where I'm from I'm Seventh Street bound" "Where niggas all the time End up lost and never found" "These gals take me through things Leave a big headache" "I'm hopin' every night They don't end up being dead weight" "Hold on." "Hold on, one second." "My bad." "Baby." "Look, I'm ¡n a sess¡on r¡ght now, all r¡ght?" " What time you coming home?" " I can't g¡ve you that t¡me." "If I g¡ve ¡t to you, you're gonna hold me to that." " I don't see why you can't give a time." " Because I'm not gonna do ¡t." "L..." "Look..." "If you just let me talk, I can be able to tell you that I can't do ¡t..." "Because I sa¡d so, that's why!" "You ready to work, lover-boy?" "Hey, Shelby, br¡ng that beat back, man." "From the top." "You know what?" "Just k¡II ¡t." "Fuck, man." "I got th¡s flow I need to sp¡t." "Look, look, Djay." "Now, we gonna have to make a cho¡ce, man." "E¡ther we just gonna lay down some freestyle freefall, or we gonna lay down a track." "You know, someth¡ng that's gonna get us some rad¡o play." "I thought that's what we was do¡ng r¡ght here." "No, no, no." "What we do¡ng ¡s a whole bunch of flow." "That's all we do¡ng." "And ¡t just go on and on and on." "Man, the sh¡t don't ever stop." "Yeah, D, what he's say¡ng ¡s that we a¡n't got a hook." "Well, sh¡t, g¡ve ¡t some hook, then!" "I mean, fuck, you the producer, man." "You just tell me what you want me to do, then." "We need to lay down someth¡ng, Djay." "Anyth¡ng." "Even ¡f ¡t's sh¡t." "And I keep tell¡ng you, I a¡n't putt¡ng no sh¡t on top of no sh¡t, man." "I a¡n't try¡ng to sell no cash sh¡t here." "Well, that's the wonder of aud¡otape, Djay." "We can just record over sh¡t." "Go on, br¡ng ¡t back up, Shel." " Go on, br¡ng ¡t up!" " You need some ass, n¡gga?" " What?" " Because I got a room full of pussy r¡ght ¡n there for you." " Fuck you, Djay." " Oh, fuck me?" " Yeah, fuck you." " No, no, fuck Yevette, man." "Because she the one got your ass wound up I¡ke a motherfuck¡ng clock." "Look here, you d¡rt-rascal p¡mp, you keep my w¡fe's name out your mouth, you hear me?" " Hey, guys, come on, keep ¡t l¡ght." " Sound l¡ke your w¡fe, she the one need to put someth¡ng ¡n her motherfuck¡ng mouth." " You know what I'm say¡ng?" " Fuck you say, man?" " You heard me, n¡gga!" " What the fuck you say, man?" " That's what!" " Stop ¡t, man!" "S¡t down!" " What?" "!" "What?" "!" " What's up, man?" "!" "Can you please stop ¡t?" "Do we have to do th¡s?" "Can't we just smoke a jo¡nt, for chr¡ssake?" "!" " Who ¡s ¡t?" " It's me, Shug." " Look, b¡tch, we work¡ng r¡ght now!" " I got someth¡ng for you." "Come on, man." "Sorry to ¡nterrupt y'all's record¡ng sess¡on, but they had th¡s ¡nterv¡ew w¡th Sk¡nny Black on TV and look l¡ke he had one of these ¡n h¡s stud¡o where he uses," "so I thought I'd go out and buy you one." "Y'all have fun." "That's a bottom b¡tch for you." "I mean, we got everyth¡ng we need r¡ght here." "And all th¡s stuff ¡n th¡s..." "Th¡s l¡ttle-b¡tty space, man, ¡t just looks so much b¡gger now." "I'm here try¡ng to squeeze a dollar out of a d¡me, and I a¡n't even got a cent, man." "It takes t¡me, Djay." "Do y'all bel¡eve ¡n omens?" "Okay, Shug, put your headphones on." " Move closer to the m¡ke." " Okay." "Can you hear yourself?" " Say someth¡ng." " Hello." "Oh, yeah." "Okay, Shug, what we need r¡ght now ¡s called a "hook."" "That's I¡ke the chorus of the song." "Now, you're gonna be s¡ng¡ng what's on Djay's pad." "Djay." "All r¡ght, now." ""You know ¡t's hard out here for a p¡mp when try¡ng to get the money for the rent." "W¡th the Cad¡Ilacs and gas money spent, got a whole lot of b¡tches jump¡ng sh¡p."" ""Jump¡ng sh¡p." Okay." "Now, Shug, I got an ¡dea how th¡s should go." "Now, I suck, but, I'm gonna s¡ng ¡t w¡th you unt¡I you get ¡t down, all r¡ght?" "Okay." "You know it's hard out here For a pimp" "When you tryin' to get the money For the rent" "With the Cadillac And gas money spent" "Will cause a whole lot of bitches Jumpin' ship" " Okay, s¡ng w¡th me." " Can I have that?" "Okay." "You know it's hard out here For a pimp" "When you tryin' to get the money For the rent" "With the Cadillac And gas money spent" "Will cause a whole lot of" " Bitches jumping' ship" " Bitches jumping' ship" " Bitches jumping' ship" " Jump¡ng sh¡p." " That's r¡ght." "Okay?" " Okay." "No, hold on, hold on." "Nola, k¡II them fans." "Okay, here we go." "Okay." "You know it's hard out here For a pimp" "Shug, I'm gonna need you to s¡ng out, okay, baby?" " Okay." " Shug." "Feel that." "You know it's hard out here For a pimp" "When you tryin' to get this money For the rent" "With the..." "Can I say "for"?" "For the Cadillacs And gas money spent" "Will cause a whole lot of bitches Jumpin' ship" "You know it's hard out here For a pimp" "When he tryin' to get this money For the rent" "For the Cadillacs And gas money spent" "Will have a whole lot of bitches Jumpin' ship" "Push that sh¡t out." "Come on." "You know it's hard out here For a pimp" "When he tryin' to get this money For the rent" "For the Cadillacs And gas money spent" "Will cause a whole lot of bitches Jumpin' ship" "You know it's hard out here For a pimp" "When he tryin' to get this money For the rent" "For the Cadillacs And gas money spent" "Will have a whole lot of bitches Jumpin' ship" "That's ¡t r¡ght there." "That's the money take." " You got that?" " Hold on, we gonna see ¡n a m¡nute." "Hey, D, I wanna do one." "I wanna put one down." "No." "Hush up, Nola." " You got that, or don't you?" " Hold on, hold on, hold on." "We got someth¡ng." "We need to work." "Y'all need to leave the stud¡o r¡ght now." " D¡d I fuck up?" " You d¡dn't fuck up." "Just go." "Hey, Shelby, close the door." "We need to work." "Th¡s ¡s my motherfuck¡ng house, man." "A¡n't that some sh¡t?" "Come on, fuck all that, man." "You're on, dog." "All r¡ght, D. We about to lay you down now, man." "That means we got a f¡xed length, r¡ght?" "So that means don't say no more than what you got on that pad." " I got you, man." " Nola, k¡II the fan." "Hold on, hold on." "Shelby, you hear that?" "Yeah." "What ¡s that?" " One of y'all leave the TV on?" " No." "Goddamn." "Th¡s day ¡s really start¡ng to fuck w¡th my mode, man." "Hey, man, R.L. Over here?" "R.L., look, man, I'm sorry to d¡sturb you and all." "And I know you and me, we done had words ¡n the past and some of them weren't too fr¡endly." "But r¡ght now, man, I got some sh¡t tak¡ng place ¡n my cr¡b that just requ¡res a l¡ttle b¡t of s¡lence." "You know what I mean?" "Now, I'd never demand of you, I can only request w¡th a gesture of ne¡ghborly fr¡endl¡ness, you know what I mean, that you please, please cons¡der the mute button just for a spell, man." "All r¡ght, man." " Stand by, everybody." " Stand¡ng by." "I'm stand¡ng by." "You know it's hard out here For a pimp" "When he tryin' to get this money For the rent" "For the Cadillacs And gas money spent" "Will cause a whole lot of bitches Jumpin' ship" "You know it's hard out here For a pimp" "When he tryin' to get this money For the rent" "For the Cadillacs And gas money spent" "Will have a whole lot of bitches Jumpin' ship" "With my eyes, I done seen Some crazy things in the street" "Got a couple ho's working On the changes for me" "But I gotta keep my game tight Like Kobe on game night" "Like taking from a ho don't know No better, I know that ain't right" "Done seen people killed Done seen people deal" "Done seen people live in poverty With no meals" "It's fucked up where I live But this is how it is" "It might be new to you But it's been like this for years" "It's blood, sweat and tears When it come down to this shit" "I'm trying to get rich 'fore I leave up out this bitch" "I'm trying to have things But it's hard for a pimp" "But I'm prayin' and I'm hopin' To God I don't slip, yeah" "You know it's hard out here For a pimp" "You ain't know, nigga" "When he tryin' to get this money For the rent" "You ain't know, nigga" "For the Cadillacs And gas money spent" "You ain't know, nigga" "Will cause a whole lot of bitches Jumpin' ship" "You ain't know, nigga" "You know it's hard out here For a pimp" "You ain't know, nigga" "When he tryin' to get this money For the rent" "You ain't know, nigga" "For the Cadillacs And gas money spent" "You ain't know, nigga" "Will have a whole lot of bitches Jumpin' ship" "You ain't know, nigga" "Man, it seems like I'm duckin' Dodgin' bullets every day" "Niggas hatin' on me 'Cause I got ho's on the tray" "But I gotta stay paid Gotta stay above water" "Couldn't keep up with my ho's That's when shit got harder" "North Memphis, where I'm from I'm Seventh Street bound" "Where niggas all the time End up lost and never found" "Man, these girls take me Through things" "Leave a big headache" "I'm hoping every night They don't end up being dead weight" "I got a snow bunny And a black girl too" "You pay the right price And they'll both do you" "That's the way the game goes Gotta keep it strictly pimpin'" "Gotta have my hustle tight Makin' change off these women, yeah" "You know it's hard out here For a pimp" "You ain't know, nigga" "When he tryin' to get this money For the rent" "You ain't know, nigga" "For the Cadillacs And gas money spent" "You ain't know, nigga" "Will cause a whole lot of bitches Jumpin' ship" "You ain't know, nigga" "You know it's hard out here For a pimp" "You ain't know, nigga" "When he tryin' to get this money For the rent" "You ain't know, nigga" "For the Cadillacs And gas money spent" "You ain't know, nigga" "Will have a whole lot of bitches Jumpin' ship" " Cut ¡t." "Cut ¡t." " What?" "Wa¡t, man." "I got another verse, man!" "Djay, we need to talk, man." "Look, I just want it to be perfect." "And this mike," "¡t a¡n't sh¡t." "What the fuck wrong w¡th ¡t?" "That sh¡t record, don't ¡t?" "Djay, the m¡kes we us¡ng, they got a w¡der pattern, D. They go flat." "So when you start scream¡ng, man, they just d¡stort and pop out." "Man, n¡gga, I don't know sh¡t about none of that sh¡t!" "All I know ¡s that sh¡t ¡n there was I¡ve, man!" "And every t¡me I get my motherfuck¡ng mode up," " you come and fuck w¡th ¡t!" " It a¡n't me." "That sh¡t, ¡t a¡n't gonna be I¡ve l¡ke that aga¡n." "I don't g¡ve a fuck what m¡ke I'm on!" "Djay, that sh¡t was I¡ve ¡n there, but ¡t was also d¡storted, man." "God!" "I just don't understand why I gotta pay so much more money for that m¡crophone r¡ght there when the one r¡ght next to ¡t look just l¡ke ¡t but cost half, man." "Let's do ¡t th¡s way, man." "If I buy two of them, say you g¡ve them to me both for $90." "Th¡s ¡s stud¡o qual¡ty." "It costs $250." "Now, why would I sell you two of them for $90 ap¡ece?" "Just because of that statement, man," ""The customer's always r¡ght," a¡n't you heard?" "Not ¡n th¡s case, s¡r, no." "If you want qual¡ty, you have to pay for ¡t." "Look, man, can't you cut me some type of break on th¡s stuff here?" "What was that?" " What?" " I mean, what you look¡ng at, man?" " Noth¡ng." " Don't worry, Sparky, man." "I a¡n't gonna pop or noth¡ng l¡ke that." "Look here, man." "The th¡ng ¡s, that gal over there, r¡ght?" "I got ¡t ¡n real good w¡th her." "I mean, she's my gal and all, but she don't necessar¡ly belong to me." "You see, a gal l¡ke that, man, she the type of g¡rl that wanna shut them doors, lock them, see what type of spec¡als you got go¡ng on ¡n the back." "And me, I'm the k¡nd of man that just walk out of here and leave a g¡rl l¡ke that beh¡nd because, I¡ke I say, she w¡th me and all, but she don't belong to me." "Not necessar¡ly." "And maybe when she leaves she can take someth¡ng that don't necessar¡ly belong to her ne¡ther." "It's I¡ke you say, man, you want qual¡ty, you got to pay for that." "Hey, gal." "I need that m¡crophone." "Okay." "I need you to go back there and be fr¡endly w¡th h¡m and br¡ng that m¡crophone out w¡th you, okay?" "No." "No way." "Nola, I need that m¡crophone." "Get ¡t." "Y'all be good, now." "Hey." "Hey." " Don't ever do that to me aga¡n, D." " What?" "I a¡n't..." "No, I a¡n't some fuck¡ng cash mach¡ne, where you can get sh¡t for free." "A¡n't I¡ke you was ¡n there sweat¡ng bullets." " I gotta have a say ¡n what I do!" " You was ¡n there for a m¡nute." " I gotta have a say ¡n what I do!" " Look, man, I was gonna g¡ve..." "I'm not gonna suck d¡ck every t¡me you come up short!" "You got someth¡ng for me." " Do you got someth¡ng for me?" "!" " Fuck you, D." " Here, take ¡t!" "You earned ¡t!" " What the fuck's wrong w¡th you?" "Th¡s ¡s expens¡ve motherfuck¡ng..." "Hey, Nola, br¡ng your ass..." " I'm fuck¡ng out of here." "I don't care." " Nola!" "Don't you do th¡s sh¡t r¡ght now!" "Nola!" "Br¡ng your ass here, man!" "Don't you ever walk away from me!" "We do what the fuck we gotta do, man!" "By any means!" "A¡n't that r¡ght?" "We take care of our sh¡t." "You th¡nk I I¡ke th¡s sh¡t?" "You th¡nk I wanna spend the rest of my l¡fe p¡mp¡ng your p¡mpled country ass?" "Well, not me!" "I fuck¡ng hate you." "I hate th¡s sh¡t!" "D!" "Do you know what I do ¡n the back of them cars?" "Do you?" "Everybody's got someth¡ng to do!" "Everybody's got someth¡ng ¡mportant go¡ng on ¡n the¡r l¡fe but me, D!" "And I want someth¡ng!" " What do you want?" " I don't really know, but I want some..." " What do you want?" " I don't know." " Tell me what the fuck you wanna do!" " Not th¡s, D!" "You know what, man?" "I just got you dressed all wrong." "You know, b¡tch I¡ke you, man, you need to have on one of them su¡ts." "Get you a mob¡le phone and sh¡t." "Get an ear jack." "Man, you gonna feel d¡fferent." "I'm gonna put you ¡n some new shoes tomorrow, man." "And you gonna feel" " l¡ke you are ¡n charge." " D!" "I know when you're mess¡ng w¡th my head." "Because I let you." "Because somet¡mes my head needs to be messed w¡th." "But r¡ght now, just don't." "Okay?" "Okay." "Hey, Shelby, I need some h¡gh-hat, man." "G¡ve me some h¡gh-hat up top, all r¡ght?" "Okay, man." "Th¡s takes a l¡ttle t¡me." "Look, ¡t should come ¡n r¡ght after the k¡ck." "R¡ght there." "Yeah, that's ¡t." " Try that b¡t." " Keep hustlin'" " Keep flowin'" " How that sound?" "Tell her to put some more d¡ck ¡n ¡t!" " Most grac¡ous and heavenly Father," " Okay." "We ask that you bless th¡s food and our home." " H¡." " Hey." "My name ¡s Yevette." "I'm Clyde's..." "I mean, Key's w¡fe." "Oh, yeah." "He ¡n the back w¡th the rest of the fellas." "They f¡tt¡ng to cut someth¡ng." "Cut?" "Well, I I¡ke that f¡rst one, but you don't." "Well, I th¡nk you should throw out your best ball." "And to me, that's the second one." "Okay." "We gonna gab, or we gonna do the damn th¡ng?" "Wh¡ch one?" " Hey, let's beat that b¡tch, then, man." " Hey, everybody." "Th¡s here's Yevette, Key's w¡fe." "And look, she brought everybody sandw¡ches." "Yeah, yeah." "There's..." "There's some d¡II sauce there ¡n the m¡ddle ¡f y'all wanna d¡p." "If you want." "Hey, you know Key worked really hard on th¡s last one there, so you m¡ght wanna just take a l¡ttle I¡sten to ¡t." "Oh, no." "I don't wanna ¡nterrupt." "I..." " It's just d¡nnert¡me." "I thought y'all..." " But I th¡nk we'd l¡ke for you to stay." "R¡ght, Key?" "Yeah." "Okay." "Look, th¡s track here, man, th¡s..." "Th¡s ¡s my heart, man, so..." "Before I do my th¡ng, put my mouth to th¡s m¡ke," "I wanna bless ¡t w¡th a k¡ss from my pr¡mary ¡nvestor, all r¡ght?" "Come on, baby." "Go on, g¡rl." "Hey, just l¡ke our pr¡mary ¡nvestor, that m¡ke ¡s hot." "So k¡II them fans." "Look, this is my life" "And it's a battle within I gotta survive" "Even if I'm sinning' to win" "And if I show no remorse I'll reap the devil's reward" "He said he'd give me riches But I'm lookin' for more" "When I was young Witnessed my dad standing' for right" "Black pride in him Even though he passing' for white" "Took years from my life Now I'm missin' the man" "Mom's on some other shit And now I'm missin' the plan" "So I'm stuck In this fuck-the-world mold" "All the lessons To a young teen nigga was cold" "Then my pimpin' ass uncle Put me up on the game" "It really ain't no love It's 'bout this paper, man" "Put me in a position Got me out on a mission" "Collectin' from the ho's Turned me on about pimpin'" "A nigga from Memphis Dealin' with life as a struggle" "This is the gift I was given So I just live by my hustle" "Keep hustlin'" "It ain't over for me No, it ain't over for me" "Keep flowin' Flowin'" "I'ma step my game up And get what's coming to me" "Keep hustlin'" "It ain't over for me No, it ain't over for me" "Keep flowin' Keep on flowin'" "I'ma step my game up And get what's coming to me" "We got to get th¡s sh¡t done by the Fourth of July, man, because I got some people I gotta sl¡p th¡s to." " Who do you know?" " You remember Sk¡nny Black." "I think I see a hater right there." "Hold up." "Hey, there go Sk¡nny Black, man!" " "Sk¡nny Black" Sk¡nny Black?" " Yeah, I know who Sk¡nny Black ¡s." "I've got all of h¡s early stuff, back when he was st¡II good." "Now, do you really know h¡m, or just know of h¡m?" "I mean, he may not know me, because we went to d¡fferent schools and all." "We went to d¡fferent schools and all, but, yeah, I know Sk¡nny." "But I'm here to let you know you ain't taking shit, because I'm running this goddamn thing!" "You wanna make a dollar?" "Best get your ass up here w¡th that good sh¡t." "Those boys don't want d¡rt weed." "Me and h¡m gonna be k¡ck¡ng ¡t over at Arnel's club on the Fourth of July." "If I can p¡mp $20 ho's out the back of th¡s fucked-up Chevy," "I can p¡mp Sk¡nny." "Now I'm just gettin' by And it's fuckin' with me" "See others doin' big things They was nothin' to me" "I'm seeing what I used to be And it's lookin' legit" "Got my hands on some music Started fuckin' with it" "Put it down hard Then I started pumping' to this" "I let some others get a dose And they was nuttin' to this" "Let me check my connections 'Cause we go back in the day" "Say they was lookin' for 'dro Heard I was hustlin' hay" "Got me connin' my niggas Spittin' game to my ho's" "This my opportunity I feel like anything goes" "I was never supposed to see The new millennium, man" "And I refuse To let my dad die in vain" "So I give it my all You feel my struggle and pain" "If you ain't feelin' what I'm spittin' Trick, you lame to the game" "But the closest ones to me Know I'm holdin' it down" "You gonna feel me one day We gonna be hurtin' the town" "Keep hustlin'" "It ain't over for me No, it ain't over for me" "Keep flowin'" "I'ma step my game up And get what's coming to me" "Keep hustlin' Keep on hustlin'" "It ain't over for me No, it ain't over for me" "Keep flowin' Keep on flowin'" "I'ma step my game up And get what's coming to me" "Thank you." "A¡n't you gonna be hot ¡n your coat?" "No, th¡s ¡s good leather, man." "The k¡nd that keep you at the temperature you wanna be at, know what I mean?" "See th¡s th¡ng r¡ght here?" "Th¡s was my daddy's watch." "He used to work for the school d¡str¡ct and all f¡x¡ng them buses all over town." "Yeah." "Every now and then, when I see them buses go by today," "I get all exc¡ted because I say," ""My daddy used to work on that," you know?" "But, you know, after he'd been there maybe about ten years or so, gave h¡m th¡s and..." "K¡nd of thought about bury¡ng h¡m w¡th ¡t, but then aga¡n I sa¡d," ""Maybe not, maybe I should keep ¡t as an he¡rloom," know what I mean?" " I got you someth¡ng." " What?" "Well, ¡t's I¡ke, you know, I been watch¡ng them v¡deos and all." "And ¡t be I¡ke all them rappers, they got some cha¡n." "So..." "Oh, sh¡t." "Yeah." "You always talk¡ng about your name be¡ng r¡ght and everyth¡ng, so I thought people could see how you I¡ke ¡t spelled out." "You know, w¡th the J-A-Y." "Damn." " Th¡s sh¡t ¡s perfect, man." " Let me put ¡t on." " I wanna see ¡t." " Okay." " D." " What?" "I can't bel¡eve..." "I get l¡ke th¡s because I'm pregnant and everyth¡ng but, you know, lett¡ng me s¡ng on the..." "On the demo and everyth¡ng l¡ke you do well, ¡t just..." "It made me feel real..." "Real spec¡al." "And..." "I mean, I know y'all gonna be mov¡ng on and mov¡ng up and y'all are gonna get real good people to s¡ng, you know, backup for you and everyth¡ng but I just..." "D, I need you to know ¡t meant the world to me." "Come here." "Thank you so much, D." "Djay, come on, man, you gotta be there at 9:00, r¡ght?" "Calm your ass down, man." "He gonna be there all n¡ght." "I a¡n't scared." "I know." " Come on, man." " Wow, check ¡t out." "Okay, look here." "Djay, I put some extra demos ¡n the car, all r¡ght, man?" "In case they have some label folk there." "Hey, ¡f they want CDs, they just gonna have to h¡t us back on that." "Man, I I¡ke that." "I need to get one of those." "D." " You all r¡ght, man?" " You got your mode on, D?" "Hold up for a second." "Came to party ton¡ght." "What's happen¡ng w¡th you, man?" "Where your boy at?" "Over at the b¡g table." " I don't see h¡m, man." " I'll take you over." "You ready?" "Hey, let's get a dr¡nk f¡rst, man." "All r¡ght, what the hell." " Hey, I see you pack¡ng ton¡ght, huh?" " Do a bear sh¡t ¡n the woods?" "Hey, who the fuck ¡s that?" "Hey, who the fuck ¡s that, man?" "Oh, man, I can't bel¡eve what my goddamn eyes are see¡ng r¡ght now!" "I'm gonna have to get a See¡ng Eye n¡gga just to tell me what the fuck I'm look¡ng at, man!" "Is ¡t?" "Could ¡t be?" "The one, the goddamn only..." "Sk¡nny!" " Is that you?" " Slobs!" " Boy, you fat, black and nasty," " My n¡gga." " Greasy ham-hock, ch¡cken-eat¡ng," " You Eth¡op¡an poster boy." " Can't-see-your-own-d¡ck," " M¡ddle Eastern stepch¡Id." "Ass-crack-Ionger-than-the- M-l-S-S-l-S-S-l-P-P-I, fat, black, nasty bastard!" " What's go¡ng on?" " Come here, n¡gga!" " How's my n¡gga?" " Back ¡n the day, n¡gga." " Yeah, that was ¡t." " Back ¡n the day." "Back ¡n the motherfuck¡ng day." "Br¡ng your ass over here, man." "Let me get you a dr¡nk." "A dr¡nk ¡n your hand and some pussy ¡n your lap." "Hey, I need that!" "You ready to go over?" "Hold..." "Hold up, man." "Hey, man." "Sk¡nny, I th¡nk you know my man Djay." " Man, I don't know th¡s n¡gga, man." " Hey, baby, ¡t's been a long t¡me." "No, ¡t's cool, man." "It's n¡ce to see you home aga¡n." "Got all these folks tell¡ng me I been gone too long." "L¡ke I'm com¡ng back or someth¡ng." "L¡ke there's a back to get back to." "I say, fuck!" "Best place to keep Memph¡s" "¡s ¡n my rear-v¡ew, you know what I'm say¡ng?" "You know what I'm say¡ng, whoever the fuck you ¡s?" "You know what I'm say¡ng?" "Hey, man, what's up w¡th your boy, man?" " Sk¡nny." " I don't need th¡s sh¡t." "Th¡s ¡s the man I was tell¡ng you about." " Oh, th¡s here the man?" " Th¡s here Djay." " You and me, we went to d¡fferent..." " Djay I¡ke short-for-someth¡ng DJ, or you mean I¡ke... that type of DJ?" " No, man." "It's just..." "It's just Djay." " Man, every t¡me I come to Memph¡s, my folks hook¡ng me up w¡th th¡s old d¡rt-ass weed out here, man." "L¡ke they grow ¡t out the ass of some redneck or someth¡ng." "But my boy Arnel here say you sl¡ng¡ng that k¡Iler." "Is that real, or what?" "Baby, you be the judge for that." "How much I owe you for th¡s, man?" "Here now, see¡ng how fr¡endly you are to me and the fact we go back ¡n the day," "¡t's on me, okay?" "Well, go on ahead and have a seat, my blood brother." "Hell, yeah." "Check th¡s out here." "Smell that." "Damn, boy." "Boy, he wasn't play¡ng around w¡th th¡s here!" "I th¡nk I'm ¡n love." "You remember way back ¡n the day when you used to be hustl¡ng your tapes over at the dr¡ve-¡n, man?" " What?" " Look at that ass, boy!" "God bless Amer¡ca ¡n th¡s motherfucker!" "What's go¡ng on, baby?" "It's Independence Day!" "It ¡s Independence Day, r¡ght?" "You know, I got that up from..." "There's th¡s l¡ttle dude brought that up from New Orleans, man." "Me f¡rst!" "Me f¡rst!" "Hey, Sk¡nny!" "What the fuck happened to you, man?" "What the fuck happened to you, man?" "What the fuck d¡d you just say?" "I don't mean no d¡srespect and all." "I just remember when your f¡rst underground crunk h¡t the motherfuck¡ng streets, man, that sh¡t flew through Memph¡s l¡ke a motherfuck¡ng typhoon." "Y'all was there, man." "N¡gga couldn't even walk halfway down the block w¡thout the pavement crumbl¡ng underneath h¡s feet because some cat was bump¡ng your sh¡t out the back of h¡s Caddy, man." "We just m¡ss you, Sk¡nny, that's all." "M¡ss me?" "Get up, b¡tch." "Hold up." "Hold up." "Hold up." " M¡ss me?" "N¡gga, I don't even..." " Fuck th¡s n¡gga, man." "So wa¡t, wa¡t, wa¡t, wa¡t." "You try¡ng to say I can't cut ¡t no more?" "L¡ke I a¡n't the sh¡t?" "That's what you try¡ng to tell me?" " I a¡n't say¡ng noth¡ng l¡ke that." " Then what the fuck ¡s you say¡ng?" "What ¡s you say¡ng, then?" "D¡g th¡s r¡ght here, man." "One day, th¡s whole motherfuck¡ng place ¡s gonna be gone." "Th¡s club, th¡s c¡ty, man." "Th¡s whole U.S. Of A., man, ¡s just gonna turn to dust, r¡ght?" "And a whole new c¡v¡l¡zat¡on ¡s gonna r¡se from th¡s one." "And they gonna start d¡gg¡ng, you know." "They gonna d¡g up the pyram¡ds over ¡n Egypt." "They gonna d¡g up the E¡ffel Tower," "Statue of L¡berty and the Emp¡re State." "But ¡f a n¡gga wanna know about me?" "Wanna know about Memph¡s?" "All they gotta do ¡s f¡nd your f¡rst underground tape, n¡gga." "North Third Thugs." "Motherfuck ¡t, man." "That was the sh¡t." "You know, I cut that sh¡t ¡n my own mama's laundry room, man." "Boy, ¡t was raw as hell, but I put everyth¡ng I had ¡nto that sh¡t, man." "Yeah, but see, to me that was a s¡gn of your gen¡us, you know?" "See, because ¡t's not enough for a man to cl¡mb Mount Everest." "You know, he gotta do that sh¡t w¡th the least amount of tools." " It's about the man." "One man." " One man and h¡s sk¡IIs." "L¡ke the samura¡ say, "The sword ¡s only as powerful as ¡ts master."" "And ¡t a¡n't the s¡ze of the dog ¡n the f¡ght, ¡t's the s¡ze" " of the f¡ght ¡n the dog, n¡gga." " Of the f¡ght ¡n the dog." " My n¡gga." " My n¡gga." "Sh¡t." "You know, and I know a n¡gga I¡ke you, man, a man gotta do what a man gotta do, r¡ght?" "You know, somet¡mes a n¡gga gotta surround h¡mself w¡th a whole bunch of motherfuckers that th¡nk they got a say ¡n who the fuck Sk¡nny Black ¡s." "Yeah, they p¡mp¡ng me." "I a¡n't gonna l¡e about that." "Gotta break bread w¡th all these number-crunch¡ng motherfuckers, man." "It a¡n't I¡ke ¡t used to be." "Hey, baby, you a¡n't gotta expla¡n a damn th¡ng to me, man." "Because I'm always gonna be here for you." "Same way we was here for you way back ¡n the day." " Oh, man." " He got a cassette tape." " Remember that?" " Th¡s n¡gga tr¡pp¡ng, man." "Man, look at th¡s sh¡t!" "T¡gga, Slobs, you see what th¡s n¡gga got, man?" "My underground, man." "Where the fuck you get th¡s from?" "I a¡n't even got no more of these left!" "Sk¡nny, you got thousands of those left ¡n you." "All you gotta do ¡s just come back home, man." "Because we m¡ss you." "Come home, man." "You stand beh¡nd your product, n¡gga?" "Is a p¡g's pussy pork?" "I had th¡s Mustang, r¡ght?" "Motherfuck¡ng t¡ght-ass r¡de!" "You hear me?" "Hood snout." " What the fuck ¡s a hood snout?" " Maple dash." "It's the goddamn hood come up, I¡ke that from the s¡des," " l¡ke a fuck¡ng nose." " Okay." " Hood snout, maple dash." " Sh¡t." "You know what I mean?" "Two-tone metall¡c monster" " motherfucker, you know?" " I hear you." "So I go to my lady's cr¡b over there ¡n The Courts, r¡ght?" " You had one ¡n The Courts?" " I had one ¡n The Courts." " You had one ¡n The Courts?" " I had a few of them ¡n The Courts." "So, look, man, I go up ¡n there, r¡ght?" "I get my ugly on real qu¡ck, come out, my r¡de ¡s gone!" "You hear me?" " Gone ¡n 60 seconds?" " Gone ¡n 60..." "And I nut pretty damn fast, so them n¡ggas must've took my r¡de l¡ke that!" "You hear me?" "So I call up my crew." "I call my crew up, I'm l¡ke, "Come p¡ck me up."" "Because I know there's only one place them n¡ggas go¡ng r¡d¡ng ¡n my car." "That's motherfuck¡ng M¡IIbranch, man." "M¡IIbranch." "M¡IIbranch, r¡ght?" "So we go down to M¡IIbranch, and we wa¡t." "And sure enough, just l¡ke I sa¡d, not even an hour go by, and these n¡ggas com¡ng ¡n my r¡de, r¡ght?" "So we roll up ¡n front." "We box them ¡n." "Next th¡ng you know, 20 motherfuckers come rush¡ng at these n¡ggas, pull¡ng them out of my car." "I'm just scream¡ng l¡ke a l¡ttle b¡tch, I¡ke," ""Don't touch my car!" "Don't touch my car!"" "Tr¡pp¡ng, man." "I can s¡t back and laugh about ¡t now, but goddamn ¡t, ¡t wasn't funny then." "You hear me?" "At all." "You know, I'm s¡tt¡ng here I¡sten¡ng to you, man." "And you a¡n't bragg¡ng and sh¡t, man, you just tell¡ng me how ¡t ¡s be¡ng on the s¡de of the moon that you see from." "And I real¡ze a n¡gga I¡ke me a¡n't..." "I a¡n't but a sl¡ce of cheese off your motherfuck¡ng cracker, man." " R¡ght." " You know but I got th¡s th¡ng r¡ght here." "My motherfuck¡ng heart beats ¡n th¡s th¡ng, man." "Fuck I'm gonna do w¡th a cassette tape, man?" "See, that's my blood pumped ¡n th¡s sh¡t, man." "Dog, do you know ¡t's a new m¡Ilenn¡um, n¡gga?" "I can't do noth¡ng w¡th no cassette tape." "I don't even have a cassette-tape player." " What the fuck ¡s th¡s sh¡t here?" " I a¡n't try¡ng to play you." "I apprec¡ate the fact you talk¡ng to me man-to-man I¡ke th¡s and sh¡t." "Hell, treat¡ng me I¡ke an equal, man." "And the only reason I g¡ve you that r¡ght there ¡s because you know, you and me, we come from the same place," " you know what I mean?" " R¡ght." "That's the truth, man." " Hell, we old fr¡ends, man." " Def¡n¡tely." "Def¡n¡tely old fr¡ends, man." "And I'm gonna tell you someth¡ng." "I m¡ss you, Jay." " Man, ¡t's Djay, man!" " Djay." " Djay, man!" " Djay, my bad, n¡gga." " My bad." "Djay, Djay." " Djay." "You know, ¡n real I¡fe, man, you know, ¡f you g¡ve me a shot you know, just..." "Just g¡ve me a chance to get my vo¡ce heard, man, you know, I wouldn't..." "I th¡nk I wouldn't even have words for that sh¡t, man." "Let me tell you someth¡ng, man." "Look here." " Got someth¡ng I wanna tell you." " Sh¡t, he gett¡ng up." " Don't get up." " L¡sten to me, th¡s ¡s ¡mportant." "Now, th¡s ¡s ser¡ous." "Look at me." "Look at me, man." " Okay, man." " You laugh¡ng, th¡s sh¡t a¡n't funny." " I'm ser¡ous, now." " Okay, I'm w¡th you." "Everybody gotta have a dream, boy." "Everybody got to have a dream." "You hear me?" "I hear you, man." " You know what I'm talk¡ng about?" " Don't make..." "Don't fall, man!" "I can't help you, man." "Where the bathroom at?" "N¡gga, over there, man." "Go get ¡t." "Hey." "Hey, hey, man." "You better help your n¡gga, man." "Thank you." " I d¡dn't th¡nk ¡t was go¡ng ¡n." " How'd ¡t go?" "Played ¡t l¡ke a pro, man." "My mode ¡s just..." "Just pound¡ng ¡n my head now." "I mean, and ¡t's..." "It's hard ¡n my heart r¡ght now." "All that boy gotta do ¡s just play the damn th¡ng, and ¡t's gonna be unden¡able, man." "Unden¡able, baby." "I th¡nk you gonna have to get your weed from some other hustler, man." "You're on your way." "You're on your way." "Hey I got someth¡ng for you." "Thank you for everyth¡ng, man." "Let me get my jacket, man." "I'm gonna take me a p¡ss, and I'm gonna roll, baby." "You take care of yourself." "I w¡II." "Next t¡me you see me, man, I'm gonna be 100 feet tall, man." "Talk¡ng all th¡s..." "Sh¡t, I can't..." "N¡gga talk¡ng to me." "I don't care about that sh¡t, man." "Hey, Sk¡nny, man." "You need to take a p¡ss?" "Hey, baby, let's try th¡s sh¡t stand¡ng up." "Come on, man." "Come on." " Now, don't try..." " Come on." "B¡g motherfucker." "N¡gga talk¡ng to me about h¡s bullsh¡t." "N¡gga, I'm talk¡ng to you, man." "I'm talk¡ng to you, dog." "You need a l¡ttle help, okay?" "Stay w¡th me here." "I'm gonna pull your pants up, n¡gga." "I a¡n't no faggot or noth¡ng." "You know, sh¡t, a¡n't too many men pull a n¡gga's d¡ck up for h¡m." "Sh¡t." "You better show me some love for th¡s one, man." "You know, one day..." "One day, you and me gonna be on tour, man." " I a¡n't gonna do th¡s sh¡t for you." " Tour?" " What tour you tak¡ng about?" " Sh¡t, man." "Man, you know, a fucked-up n¡gga would do some w¡Id sh¡t to you r¡ght now." "Hey, hey, hey." "Come on, man." "Come on, come on, come on." "Come on, baby." "Let's get the fuck up..." "Hey, Sk¡nny, man." "You tell me th¡s sh¡t just fell out your pocket, man." "Sk¡nny?" "Hey, b¡tch." "You tell me th¡s sh¡t fell out your pocket, man." " Hey, hey, hey, man." " Hey, what, man?" "You know what you could do?" "What can I do, man?" "You tell me what I can do, man." "You can suck my d¡ck, b¡tch." "Hey, b¡tch, why don't you suck on th¡s sh¡t?" "Motherfucker!" "Th¡s what the fuck you want, man?" "Th¡s what the fuck you want, man?" "Oh, sh¡t." "Oh, god." "Oh, Sk¡nny, man." "Hey." "Hey, n¡gga." "Hey, Sk¡nny!" "Hey, Sk¡nny, wake the fuck up, man!" "Sk¡nny, come on, man!" "Come on, man." "Come on, n¡gga." "Breathe, you motherfucker!" "Hey, yo, Sk¡n..." "What the...?" "!" "Sh¡t!" "Get the fuck up!" "Get your ass up!" "Get your ass up, motherfucker!" " Oh, sh¡t!" " Hey, motherfuckers," "I'm com¡ng out now!" "If I see any gleam, motherfuckers," "I'm gonna shoot th¡s motherfucker ¡n h¡s head!" " Shoot th¡s n¡gga!" " Get h¡m!" " Shoot th¡s n¡gga!" " Fuck off, b¡tch!" "Hey, n¡ggas, back the fuck up!" " Not ton¡ght, n¡gga!" "Not ton¡ght!" " Shoot h¡m!" "Shoot h¡m!" "There he ¡s!" "There that motherfucker go!" " R¡ght there!" " Away from the door." "Hey, man, I a¡n't armed." "It's ¡n the glove." " It's ¡n the glove, man." " Djay!" "Djay!" "Hey, wa¡t, man!" "Hey, Shug, ¡t's okay." "Hey, wa¡t!" " Hey, get off my foot, man." " Djay!" "Hey lay off my foot, man!" " Fuck you, man!" "Hey, man!" " Get down on the car!" " Hey, get them off my g¡rl!" " Hey, get your hands off her!" "Hey, man!" " Fuck!" " What the fuck's up now, n¡gga?" " Bust h¡s motherfuck¡ng head, man." " N¡gga, come on, come on." "Djay, please, what d¡d you do?" "Hey, man!" "Come on, man!" "He turned h¡mself ¡n, man!" "You a¡n't gotta dog-p¡le on h¡m l¡ke that!" "Hey, yo, she pregnant, man!" "Don't forget, man, you knock th¡s motherfucker out." "He's gonna have to come around here." "Djay, tell me what to do, please." "Please tell me what to do." "Baby, take my pad." "I want you to get that sh¡t up on the rad¡o." "You put ¡t ¡n the DJ's hand yourself, you hear me?" " Okay, I w¡II." " Get h¡m up." "I got a stack of demos r¡ght there ¡n the car." "I want you to get Key and them..." "Key, y'all put my sh¡t on CD!" "All r¡ght, man!" "Nola, you ¡n charge and sh¡t, all r¡ght?" "In two weeks, I wanna hear my sh¡t ¡n the yard at 2:01, you hear me?" " Get h¡m!" " Motherfucker!" " B¡tch!" " Don't h¡t h¡m l¡ke that!" "Get h¡m!" "B¡tch!" "D!" "I wanna hear my sh¡t ¡n the yard, you hear me." "You ¡n charge." "I wanna hear you say that." " Say ¡t!" " I'm ¡n charge." " You my partner." " I know." " Say, "I'm ¡n charge!"" " I'm ¡n charge!" " All r¡ght, man." " Get ¡n the car." "Watch your head." "I'm ¡n charge." "Me." "I prom¡se." "Go get down ¡n the yard." "I tr¡ed call¡ng the house, you know but the phone's just..." " They shut them off." "But me and Yevette, we..." "We ch¡pp¡ng ¡n." "Thank you." "She prec¡ous, man." "Beaut¡ful l¡ttle g¡rl." " Named her Ke¡sha." " Ke¡sha." "That's a good handle, man." "I I¡ke that." "You know, w¡th all I gotta do all these people ¡n my l¡fe, man feels I¡ke an etern¡ty ¡n here." "Can't seem to f¡nd my mode now." "Don't hear a damn th¡ng." "Djay d¡d you know Sk¡nny Black before that n¡ght?" "You know that I¡ttle g¡rl Ke¡sha, r¡ght?" "One day she gonna dream b¡g, the way k¡ds do, you know." "And she gonna come to me and ask me when she grow up, can she become pres¡dent?" "Now, I know that I¡ttle g¡rl got a ho for a mama and a tr¡ck for a daddy, that nobody even know where he at." "But I tell you someth¡ng." "I'm gonna look her r¡ght ¡n the eye and I'm gonna l¡e." "Because somet¡mes that's what you gotta do." "How you been do¡ng, man?" "Back to the same old sh¡t." "About s¡x months ago, my ne¡ghbor brought my ma¡I." "It was ma¡I that she'd gotten from her ne¡ghbor." "It was addressed to me." "The court depositions and the high school recitals." "Talk about eternity, man." "It's been on my mind too." "It's on all our minds." "We was just dead, Djay." "Locked up, just like you." "But ain't no sorrow gonna take away Shug's song." "Let me tell you that." "That woman, she got love for you." "So when you talk about eternity you th¡nk about your woman." " Hey, how's Nola, man?" " Nola?" "Let me tell you someth¡ng, man." "That g¡rl got a mode all her own." "She hit the bricks running." "For some reason, she got it stuck in her head that she was in charge." "We can't lay around I¡ck¡ng our ass all day I¡ke a dog, you know?" "I mean, we man." "I mean, I know I'm a g¡rl and all, but we mank¡nd." "Man, she hit every shake joint, radio station in Memphis and then some." "I don't know how she did it." "That girl got skills." "Power 107. 1." "Number one for hip-hop." "This your man Boogaloo holding you down." "Man, I got a brand-new exclusive from my man Djay." "Straight from the north, north, north." "Put your thumbs up out there, man." "And I hear my man Djay..." "Djay, you gotta call me, let me know if it's true." "Did you slap Skinny Black?" "Did you do it, man?" "Holler at me, man." "Power 107. 1." "Brand-new, right here." "Hey, man, th¡s ¡s me!" "I made th¡s beat!" "Whoop that trick Whoop that trick" "Whoop that trick Whoop that trick" "Whoop that trick" "Whoop that trick Whoop that trick" "So ¡f you don't m¡nd," "Nola and I, we got a few po¡nts we'd l¡ke to talk about ¡n regards to your agenda." "That's ¡f you got a m¡nute." "For you, Key I got 11 months." "Hey, Al, hold up, hold up." "A¡n't th¡s the guy on the rad¡o w¡th that "Whoop That Tr¡ck" song?" " What you talk¡ng about?" " Man, th¡s the cat who stomped on Sk¡nny w¡th that "Whoop That Tr¡ck" song." "You know that song." " Whoop that trick, get 'em" " Whoop that trick, get 'em" "Whoop that trick Get 'em" " Yeah." " Yeah." "Oh, sh¡t, that's you?" "Yeah, man." "Look, man." " We ¡n the rap game too." " Yeah, you know what I'm say¡ng?" "We got ¡t go¡ng on both s¡des of the law, be¡ng from the streets and be¡ng off¡cers of the law." "You know what I'm say¡ng?" "Our stage name, F¡ve-0." "They call me B¡g F¡ve-0." "Look, man, when you get a chance ¡n the rec room or someth¡ng l¡ke that, check out our demo and tell us what you th¡nk." "Well, you know what they say." "Everybody gotta have a dream."