"(# Public Enemy: "Fight the Power")" "# Come on, now, get down" "# Come on, now, get down # 1989" "# A number, another summer" "# Sound of the funky drummer" "# Music hitting' your heart cos I know you got sould" "# Hey, listen if you're missin' y'all" "# Swingin' while I'm singin'" "# Givin' what you're gettin' knowing' what I know" "# While the black bands sweatin' and the rhythm rhyme rollin'" "# Got to give us what we want got to give us what we need" "# Our freedom of speech is freedom of death" "# We got to fight the powers that be" "# Fight the power" "# Fight the power, fight the power" "# Fight the power" "# Fight the power" "# Fight the power" "# Fight the power" "# We got to fight the powers that be" "# As the rhythm's designed to bounce" "# What counts is that the rhyme designed to fill your mind" "# Now that you've realised the pride's arrived" "# We've got to pump the stuff that make you tough" "# From the heart it's a start, a work of art to revolutionise" "# Make a change, nothing strange people, people we are the same" "# No, we're not the same cos we don't know the game" "# What we need is awareness" "# We can't get careless you say, what is this?" "# My beloved, let's get down to business" "# Mental self-defence of fitness" "# Bum rush the show you got to go for what you know" "# To make everybody see # ln order to fight the powers that be" "# Fight the power" "# Fight the power" "# Fight the power" "# Fight the power" "# Fight the power" "# Fight the power" "# Fight the power" "# We got to fight the powers that be" "# Come on, get down" "# Come on, get down" "# Come on, come on, come on come on, get down" "# Come on, get down" "# Come on, get down come on, come on, come on" "# Fight the power" "# Fight the power" "# Fight the power" "# Fight the power" "# Fight the power" "# Fight the power" "# We got to fight the powers that be" "# Elvis was a hero to most but he never meant shit to me" "# Ya see, straight up racist the sucka was simple and plain" "# Motherfuck him and John Wayne cos I'm black and I'm proud, I'm ready" "# I'm hyped plus I'm amped" "# Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamp" "# Sample a look back you look" "# And find nothin' but rednecks for 400 years if you check" "# Don't worry, be happy was a number one jam" "# Damn if I say it, you can slap me right here, get it" "# Let's get this party started right" "# Right on" "# What we got to say?" "# Power to the people, no delay" "# Make everybody see # ln order to fight the powers that be" "# Fight the power" "# Fight the power" "# Fight the power" "# Fight the power" "# We got to fight the powers that be #" "(Ringing)" "Wake up." "Wake up, wake up, wake up." "Up ya wake, up ya wake, up ya wake." "This is Mr Se?" "r Love Daddy." "Your voice of choice." "The world's only 12-hour strongman on the air, here on We Love Radio, 108 FM." "The last on your dial, but first in your hearts and that's the truth, Ruth." "Here I am." "Am I here?" "Ya know it." "It ya know." "This is Mr Se?" "r Love Daddy doing the nasty to ya ears, ya ears to the nasty." "I's only play the platters that matter." "The matters they platter, and that's the truth, Ruth." "(Tape) 'From the heart of Bed-Stuy, you're listening to We Love Radio.'" "Doing the yin and the yang, the hip and the hop, the stupid fresh thing, the flippity-flop, awoo!" "I have today's forecast for you." "Hot!" "Sss!" "The colour for today is black." "That's right, black." "So absorb these rays and save that heat for winter." "So wear that black and be involved." "Also, today's temperature is rising over 100 degrees." "That's a jeri curl alert." "That's right, jeri curl alert." "If you have one, stay in or you'll have a permanent plastic helmet." "'All right, we're going to say hello to Mr and Mrs, any Mr and Mrs." "'Happy birthday to Big Red, Little Red 'and Miss Annie Mae who's 100 today." "'Stay out of this heat and you might live to be that old." "'There's a water shortage, so keep those showers to one minute." "'Two, if you're with a friend." "Get on out there...'" "Damn!" "Whoo!" "It is hot!" "'..that pink slip, so get up, get out, get out!" "'That's what I'm talking about." "We don't want to see you lose your job 'cos nobody got no money as it is." "'All right." "Now we're going to talk about it." "'We're going to rock 'n' roll...'" "Good m-m-morning." "M-m-my name is Smiley." "This is M-M-M-M-Malcolm... ..X." "And this is M-M-M-M-Martin K-K-King." "Now th-they are d-d-dead... but w-we still h-h-have to f-f-f-fight a-against ap-apartheid." "10, 15, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 100." "20, 40, 60, shit!" "80...300." "20, 40, 60, 80..." "Wait, that's 300." "300, 350, 450..." "Cash dollar bills." "Mookie." "Why are you always bothering me when I'm sleeping?" "Wake up, wake up." "Stop breathing down my neck." "Why should I wake up?" "It's going to be hot, Jade." "Saturday's the only day I get to sleep late." "Damn." "Stop, Mookie." "That's not funny." "Leave me alone when I'm sleeping!" "You don't love brother Mookie any more?" "I loves you, Jade." "I'll get a lock on my door and keep your ass out of here." "Why don't you go to work, man?" "Leave me alone for once." "Later, got to get paid." " Yeah, brush your teeth." " I brushed my teeth." " Your breath stinks." " It's your upper lip." "(Man) What's up, Sal?" "How you doin' there, boy?" "Man, I got to get me a Cadillac like that." "Get a car just like that." "Oh, it's hot." "Sonny, how's the vegetables, huh?" "Good morning, Sal." "Vito, Pino." "Pop, you talk to that air-condition guy?" "I been calling him all week." "He won't come here unless he has a police escort." "Pino, get a broom and sweep up front." "Vito, get a broom and sweep out front." " Huh?" " Sweep out front." " What?" " Get a broom and sweep out front!" "See, Pop?" "Every time you tell Pino what to do, he tells me to do what you told him what to do." "He's braindead, Pop, he is." "Both of you, shut up." " Tell Pino!" " Am I talking to myself here?" "I didn't want to come anyway." "I hate this friggin' place." "I detest it like a sickness." "You detest this place like a sickness?" "That's like really hate, you know?" "That's hate." " I didn't say that." " Oh, you didn't say that?" "I just heard it." "Am I going crazy?" "Did I just hear that, Vito?" "I mean, do you think you can do better?" "No, I didn't think so." "This is a respectable business and there's nothing wrong with that." "I mean, if there's something wrong with that, you can tell me." "Is there something wrong with that?" "Nothing's wrong." "OK?" "Do me a favour." "Get a broom and sweep up." " Tell Vito." " What are you, deaf?" "Pop asked you." "I'm gonna kill somebody today." "(Pino) I can't believe it." "(Vito) What?" " That you like her." " I don't like her." "Yeah?" "Hell, no!" " Hey." " Hi, Mookie." " Mookie." " Hey, Mook." " Morning, Mookie." " Morning, Miss Mother Sister." "Don't work too hard today." "It's going to be hot as the devil." "I don't want you falling out, you hear me?" " I hear you, Mother Sister." " Good." " All right." " I'll be watching you, son." "Mother Sister always watches!" "Mookie..." "You're late again." "You live up the block." "Your Cadillac broke?" "Hello, Sal, Vito." " Mook, what up?" " Just cooling'." "Just cooling'." "You're still late." "Relax, Pino." "Take it easy, you'll live longer." "The front needs sweeping." "Wait, you sweep." "I bet Sal asked you first anyway." "That's right." "Fuck that." "I deliver pizzas, that's what I get paid for." "You're paid to do what we say." "What "we" say?" "Did you hear Sal?" "I didn't hear Sal say nothing." " Who's working for who, huh?" " Shh." "Come on in, Mayor." "Morning, gentlemen." "Pino, Mookie, Vito, Sal." "How are you?" "Ooh-whee!" "It's going to be a scorcher today." "That's for sure." "Need any work done here?" "(Speaking Italian)" "Why don't you leave him alone?" "He's a good man." "Leave him alone." "Choose your weapon, Mayor." "You dropped something, Mayor." "You are going to have the cleanest sidewalk in Brooklyn." "Clean as the Board of Health." "Ha!" "All right, Mayor." "Pop, I don't believe this shit." "You running welfare or something?" "Every day you give this azupep a dollar." " What's azupep?" " Are you ltalian?" "Da Mayor ain't no azupep." "You give this azupep a dollar for sweeping our sidewalk." "What's Mookie for, huh?" "He don't even work." "I work harder and I'm your son." "Let's see you carry six large pies up six flights, no elevator either and shit." " Shut up, you two." " Yeah, tell 'em." "Why don't you shut up, too, Vito?" " We need to talk." " Says who?" " Says me." " Says who?" " Who are you?" " Hey!" "What did I just say?" "Don't start that "Mookie don't work" shit." " Yo, Ahmad!" " I coulda done that." "Man, shut up." "Yo, Ahmad!" "Shit." "Look, stop." "Punchy, you want to do any more screaming, be my guest." "Yo, who's here yelling my name?" " Well, Punchy told me to." " "Punchy told me to."" "Don't listen to this knothead." "It'll get you in trouble." " Heard that, Punchy." " Yo, Ella?" " What?" " You got a brain." "Use it." "(# Rap blares)" "Peace, y'all." " Peace, Radio Raheem." " Peace, man." " You the man, I'm just visiting." " It's your world, G." "In a big motherfuckin' way." " That boy's livin' very large." " Even walks in stereo." "Yo, PE's in full effect, boyee!" "Radio Raheem like a mo'fuck." "Radio Raheem, blasting' that big box." "Cold rockin' the scene." "Where's the Miller High Life?" "Where is the Miller High Life?" "No more High Life." "You look and buy." "No more High Life?" "What kind of a joint is this?" "How come no more High Life?" "Look, this ain't Korea or China or wherever you from." "Get some Miller High Life in this fuckin' joint." "You buy another beer." "Da Mayor... don't drink this Lite shit." "Tastes like cold pot liquor." "All right, all right." "But you're askin' a lot." "To make a man change his beer, you askin' a lot, doctor." "Hey!" "You drunk!" "What did I tell you about drinkin' in front of my stoop?" "Move on." "You're blocking' my view." "You are ugly enough." "Don't stare at me." "The evil eye doesn't work on me." "Mother Sister, you been talkin' about me for 18 years." "What I ever done to you?" " You a drunk fool." " Besides that?" "Da Mayor don't bother nobody, and nobody don't bother Da Mayor...but you." "Da Mayor just tend to his own business." "I love everybody, I even love you." "Hold your tongue." "You don't have that much love." "One day you gonna be nice to me." "We may both be dead and buried, but you gonna be nice." "At least civil." "I told you, I'm not going to baby-sit for you and that's it!" "What?" "Yesterday you said you would, now you're changing your mind?" "No, I'm not changing..." "Get off of me, please!" "I do everything for you but you can't do shit for me!" "(Shouting in Spanish)" "Right." "You know it's not like that, Mommy." "I can do everything for you but you won't do shit for me." "(Shouting continues)" "Stop it!" "That lady makes me sick!" "Your father makes me sick, too." "Everybody makes me sick." "Shit." "Your father ain't no real father." "He's a bum." "Chump change, to-the-curb, pulling no major pub, bum!" " Mike." " Fuck Mike Tyson!" "I remember when he mugged that woman on Lexington." "I remember that shit." " You'll tell him that?" " Fuck Mike Tyson!" " To his face?" " You goddamn right!" "He'll knock your goddam ass off." " You talk shit now." " I'll drop him like a bad habit." "If Tyson dream about whuppin' my ass, he better wake up and apologise." "Well, gentlemen, the way I see it, if this hot weather continues, it's going to melt the polar caps and the whole wide world." "And all those parts that ain't water already will surely be flooded." "You dumb ass, simple motherfucker." "Where you read that shit, eh?" " The polar caps." " Don't worry about it." "When it happens and I'm in my boat and you black asses are drowning, don't call for me to throw you no rope, no lifesaver, or no nothing." "You 30 cent away from having a quarter." "How the fuck you gonna get a boat?" " Yeah, boy." " Don't worry about it." "Goddam right!" "Look at you." "You're raggedy as a roach, eat the holes out of doughnuts." "Raggedy motherfucker." "Don't worry about it!" "I'm in good shape." "I will be." "I'll be back on my feet soon enough." "Raggedy-ass shoes, look at you!" "Shoes so run over, you gotta lay down to put 'em on." "So, ML, ML, ML, tell me." "When is all this goddam ice supposed to melt?" "Hello, Sal's Pizza." "Yep." "Meatball hero, eggplant parmesan." "You got it." "Yeah, we deliver." "Of course, we deliver." "You going to pay now or pay on layaway?" "How much?" "You been coming here three times a day." "What are you, a retard?" "It's $1.50." "Put some cheese on that motherfucker." " Extra cheese is two dollars." " Two dollars?" " Yeah, two dollars." " Hey, forget that shit." "What...?" "Damn, Sal, you're cheap, man." "Yo, Mook!" "Mookie!" "How come ain't no brothers up on the wall?" "Ask Sal, all right?" "Sal, how come ain't no brothers on the wall?" "You want brothers on the wall, then get your own place." "You can put your brothers and uncles, nieces and nephews, your stepfather, whoever you want." "But this is my pizzeria." "American-ltalians on the wall only." " Take it easy, Pop." " Hey, don't start with me today." "What?" "Yeah, that might be fine, Sal, but you own this." "Rarely do I see any American-ltalians eating in here." "All I see is black folks." "Since we spend much money here, we do have some say." "You lookin' for trouble?" "Are you a troublemaker, is that what you are?" "Yeah, I'm a troublemaker." "I'm making trouble." "You're a ball-breaker." "You're always coming in here looking for trouble, aren't you?" "Suppose I busted your head." "How would you...?" "Mookie, you want to get your friend out of here?" "What, you gonna kick me out now?" "I'm not." "You're kicking yourself out." "We want some brothers up on the wall." "Malcolm X, Nelson Mandela, Michael Jordan." "Tomorrow!" "Mookie, get him out." "I'm trying!" "Take your slice." "I know you paid for it." "You're kicking me out." "Beat me in the head and kick me out." "Look, I paid for my..." "Look, boycott Sal's!" "Boycott Sal's." "I got your boycott swinging." "Boycott Sal's." "Yo, what you laughin' at?" "Mookie, I paid for my slice." "I spend much money in there." " What are you doing?" " I want brothers up on the wall." " You're fucking my shit up." " It's between me and Sal." "You're fucking me up." "I ain't trying to fuck you up, I'm sorry." "You're sorry?" "Come back in a week, it'll be squashed." " A week?" " A week." " Yeah." "Yeah." " All right?" " Bet." " Bet." "Mook...stay black!" "This guy's your friend, right?" " If I'm wrong, tell me." " He's my friend." "If he don't behave, I don't want him here any more." "I can't do nothing." " Talk brother talk to him." " Brother talk?" "People are free to do whatever the hell they want." "Free?" "What the hell are you talking about?" "Free?" "There's no free here." "I'm the boss." "No freedom." "I'm the boss." "You want freedom?" "There, that's free." "Take that order out." "He's got an order." "Let's go." "Come on!" "Get to work!" "You're standing here doing nothing." "You're afraid of the goddam oven." "Hit the oven!" " Is this the address?" " Is that the address?" "Is that what he just asked me?" " Mayor, I got to go." "I'm working." " Doctor." " This is Da Mayor talking." " All right." " Doctor?" " What?" " Always do the right thing." " That's it?" " That's it." " I got it." "I'm gone." " M-M-Mookie..." " How you doin', Smiley?" "P-p-pay...two...d-doll..." "The other one." " Two...doll..." " The other one, Smiley." "One..." "One d-dollar." "That one." "Tonight, when I get paid." "When..." "When you get p-p..." "Bye, M-Mookie." "M-M-M-M-Malcolm." "M-M-M-M-Martin." "(Smiley continues stuttering)" "Shit." " I seen your brother this morning." " Yeah, on his way to work, I hope." "This might take a little bit of time." "I got nowhere to go." "We haven't had a good sit-down for a long while." "Tender-headed runs in my family." " Are you tender-headed?" " Yeah, me too." "I don't fool with it." "That's why only you can touch it." " Ouch!" " I'm sorry." "The comb got caught." "Be gentle, child." "Mother Sister's old." "Yes, Mother Sister." "Ooh-whee!" "I didn't know you had such beautiful hair." "Fool, there's a lot you don't know." "I'm not stopping, I'm on my way." "Mother Sister, why are you so cruel to Da Mayor?" "It isn't right." "I ain't studying no Mayor." "He reminds me of my least favourite peoples, my tenant and my ex-husband, God damn, bless his soul." "Whew!" "# Ooh yeah" "# All right" "# You can't stand it, I know you can't stand it" "# You can't stand it, I know you can't stand it" "# You can't stand it, I know you can't stand it" "# You can't stand it, I know you can't stand it" "# You can't stand the heat" "# You can't stand the heat... #" "(Speaking Spanish)" "# I know the times is just chewing' up your mind" "# But we must stick together" "# No work for you for miles around" "# The family's on the verge of breakin' down" "# The rent is due, the landlord makin' threats" "# The pressure's building' up to make you sweat" "# I know you can't stand it, you can't stand it" "# I know you can't stand it, you can't stand it" "# I know you can't stand it, you can't stand it" "# I know you can't stand it, you can't stand it" "# You can't stand the heat" "# You can't stand the heat" "# No, no, no" "# I know it's hot but the music... #" "What are you doing?" "Ahmad, put me down!" "(Shouting, screaming and laughing)" "(# Rap)" "Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!" "It's Radio." "Radio, man." " Hey, what's up, Radio?" " Radio!" "Don't!" "Stop!" "(Car horn)" "Hey, yo!" "Don't be fucking with the water now." "Oh, man, go ahead." "You got it." "There'll be a lot of fucking trouble if you get this car wet." "Ain't nobody fucking around, man." "Just go ahead." "This is an antique here." "Go ahead!" "Hey, man, I'm serious, man." "All right." "OK, you won't get wet." "Make sure I don't." " Go ahead!" "Go ahead!" " Just hurry up, man!" "All right, I'm driving it." "Get out!" "Get out, motherfucker." " Fuck you back." " Turn on the fucking water." "Go!" "Those son of a bitches!" "They got me fucking soaked!" "Officer!" "Wait a minute." "Hold it." "I want an arrest made now." "Right now." " Calm down." " Sir, tell us what happened." "Two black kids soaked me with the fire hydrant." "They ruined my car!" "It's an antique." "They got me soaked." " Where are they?" " Brilliant fucking question!" " They ran away!" "What do you think?" " Do you wish to file a complaint?" "I want 'em locked under the fucking jail." "I'm going to turn off the water." " Where you going?" "Where's he going?" " Did you get a name?" "Officer, what the fuck are you doing?" " Calm down, sir." " My ass!" " Did you catch their names?" " Fuck you, their names!" "Moe and Joe!" "Moe and Joe what, sir?" "Moe and Joe what?" "Moe and Joe what?" "Moe and Joe Black." "How's that?" " They're brothers?" " They're fucking brothers." "This hydrant better not come back on again, or there's going to be hell to pay." "Come answer to me, God damn it." "Ask him." "He knows." "He's a witness, he saw the whole fucking thing." " Tell him what happened." " Let us do the questioning, sir." "Fucking bullshit." " Know anything about this?" " Who were the punks?" "Doctors, those that'll tell don't know, and those that know won't tell." " What the fuck is that, voodoo shit?" " Wise guy." "Hey, Da Mayor don't know nothin', all right?" "Hey!" "He's leaving?" "Keep this hydrant off." "Go swim at Coney Island." "I'm talking to you." "He's leaving?" "What about me?" "I suggest you get to your car before these people strip it clean." "Have a nice day, sir." "He left there about a half-hour ago?" "No, no problem." "Thank you." "Right." "Mookie left..." "Where the hell you been?" "I got a business to run." " Run it, then." " Take that to the station." " Love Daddy?" " Yeah, Love Daddy." "Hey, Pop, I'm going to go with Mookie, OK?" "Yeah." "You make sure Mookie don't jerk around." " Wait up, Mook!" " You ain't going anywhere." "How you doing?" "Vito, I know Pino's your brother and shit, but you should kick his ass the next time he touches you." "The next time he hits you, fuck him up." "Whoa!" "Whoa!" "Yo, hey, Mook." "I appreciate this concern and all, but it ain't any of your business, Mook." "Yeah, but you need to kick his ass." "Smiley, not now." "If I had a brother like him, we'd fight all the time." "Smiley!" "Mook, you don't got a brother like him." "Smiley, get out of here!" "If you did, you wouldn't know what to do with him." "He's my brother." "I'm not going to hit him." " I got a sister." " You never clocked your sister." "Does she bug you?" "You don't hit girls like you do guys." "Just fuck your brother up once, it'll be over with." "We'll be out of this fucking conversation." " It might do some good?" " Yes, all right?" "A lot of good." "Let's give..." "Love Daddy!" "Peoples, my stomach's been grumbling but help has arrived." "My main man Mookie has saved the day!" "Straight from Sal's Famous Pizzeria up the block." "Step up to the mike, Mookie." "Come on, come on!" "Don't be shy." "Mmm, this smells good." "Go ahead." "This is your Love Daddy talking, starving' like Marvin." "Say something." "All right, I'd like to dedicate this record with all my heart and soul..." "to Tina." "All right!" "Let me put this song on while I go to work on this chicken parmesana hero with extra cheese and extra s-sauce." "(# Salsa)" "(Speaking Spanish)" " Chill, man." " Shut up." "I'm trying to read." "Have some fucking respect, huh?" "(Arguing continues)" "(# Rap)" "(Group shouting at Radio)" "Not so loud!" "I want to listen to my salsa music!" "Chill, chill." "Chill." "You think you got it like that, bro?" "Let's go, motherfucker!" " Turn it up, Stevie!" " Blow it away!" "Blow it!" " Yeah, blow it away!" " Ooh!" "Ooh!" "Ooh!" "Ooh!" " Turn up the bongos!" " Oh, yeah!" " Yo, Steve!" "Put it up louder." " Yeah, man!" "You got it, bro." "Come on, Steve, man." "Your turn, choco-man." " He's a punk anyway, man." " Yo!" "Hey." "Pendejo!" " Hey, pendejo!" " What's up?" "Pendejo!" "He's a sucker, man." "A punk." "He's a sucker, man." " See last night's game?" " Uh-huh." "I saw it." "Best pitcher in the game..." "Dwight Gooden." " I knew you'd bring that up." " Who's better?" "Roger Clemens." "Clemens sucks." "He can't carry Dwight's jock." "Dwight's best in the game." "Dwight's best in the game." " What's up, Buggin Out?" " Got it." " You the man." " No, you the man." "No, you the man." "I'm a struggling black trying to keep my dick hard in a cruel world." "What's with the white boy?" "Don't start no shit." "Vito's down." "Vito's down, all right?" " Yeah, right." " Vito's down." "Yeah." "Phew." "Yo!" "Damn." "Yo!" "(Cyclist) Yeah?" "You almost knocked me down." "The word is "excuse me"." "Excuse me." "I'm sorry." "You stepped on my new white Air Jordans." "That's all you can say?" " Are you serious?" " Yeah." " I'll fuck you up quick two times!" " Two times!" "Who told you to be in my neighbourhood?" "I own this brownstone." "Who told you to buy a brownstone in my neighbourhood on my side of the street?" "What do you want to live in a black neighbourhood for, anyway?" "I understand this is a free country." "A man can live wherever he wants." "Free country?" "I should fuck you up for saying that." "Man, your Jordans are fucked up!" "Man, might as well throw them shits out." "They is broke." "They looked good before he messed them up." "He did it on purpose, man." "Shit, you used to be so fine!" " How much they cost?" " $100!" " American dollars!" " $108 with tax." "You're lucky I got a loving heart." "Next time, cross the street quick." " I'm out of here." " Break his feet." "You should buy me another pair!" "Black Panther'd whip his ass!" "You're lucky I'm a righteous black man or you'd be in serious trouble." " Fuck him up." " Let's fuck him up." " Go back to Massachusetts." " I was born in Brooklyn." " (All) No!" "Oh!" "Oh!" "Man!" " Get outta here!" "I should send Vito with you all the time." "Yeah." "No more 90-minute deliveries around the corner." "I work hard like everybody else here, right?" "You know that's true, Pino." "Vito, come here." "Come here." "What's going on between you two?" "You boyfriend and girlfriend?" " What did we just talk about?" " What?" " What did we just talk about?" " What you talking about?" "Smack him." "Any smacking around here, I'll do it." "You going to listen to him to tell you to smack me, your older brother?" "Just remember who you are." "Your name is Vito Frangioni not Vito Muhammad." "OK?" "I would love for you to stay out of my business." "Stop putting thoughts into my brother's head, OK?" "Look, I don't play that Muhammad shit, all right?" "What Muhammad shit?" "Look, don't fuck me, all right?" "Oh, man." "Fuck, man." "I hate this place." "(Police radio)" "What a waste." "What a waste." "As I was saying, before we were so rudely interrupted by New York City's finest..." "What was you saying?" "The motherfucker wasn't saying shit." "Yeah." "Look at that." "Look at what?" "It's a goddam shame." "What's a goddam shame?" " Sweet Dick Willie." " That's my name." " Man, do I have to spell it out?" " Make it plain." "OK, but listen up." "I'm going to break it down." "Let it be broke." " Can you dig it?" " It's dug." "Look at those Korean motherfuckers across the street." "Bet they haven't been here a year before they opened their own place." "Right." "It's been about a year." "A motherfuckin' year off the boat and they got a business in our neighbourhood, a good business." "Occupying a building that had been boarded up for longer than I care to remember, and I've been here a long time." " Yeah, he been here a long time." " Hear, boy." "Now, for the life of me..." "You know, I can't figure this out." "Either them Korean motherfuckers are geniuses... or you black asses are just plain dumb." "Fuck you." "It's got to be because we're black." "Ain't no other explanation." "You know it's true." "They always keeping the black man to be about shit." "You motherfuckers hold that shit down." "I'm tired of that old excuse, that shit." "I swear, man, I will be one happy fool when we open our own business right here in our neighbourhood." "I swear to God, I will be first in line to spend what little money I got." "You motherfuckers are always talking that old Keith Sweat shit," ""I'm gonna do this, I'm gonna do that."" "You ain't gonna do a damn thing but sit your ass on this corner." "When you gonna get your business?" "Just like I thought." "You ain't going to do a damn thing." "But I'm going to go give them Koreans more of my money." "Out of my way." "It's Miller time, motherfuckers." "Old Moosehead fuckers telling me what to do." "Coconut, you got nerve, you got off the boat, too." "Leave me alone." "Kung Fu, give me one of them damn beers." " No more free beer." " Don't push me, baby." " No more free beer." " Don't start no shit." " Mr Sweet Dick Willie." " Right." "That's my name." "It's a motherfuckin' shame." "Man, ain't that a bitch?" " Here, doctor, what's your name?" " Eddie." " How old are you?" " 10." " What makes Sammy run?" " My name is Eddie." " What makes Sammy run?" " My name is Eddie Lovell." "Relax." "I want you to go to the store for me." "What'll it cost?" "How do I know if I don't know what am I buying?" "Eddie, you're too smart for your own britches." "How much do you want to go to the store for Da Mayor?" " 50 cents." " You got a deal." "I want you to get me a quart of beer, Miller High Life." "Say it's for your bed-ridden, old granddad." "Now, go." "Go." "What is wrong with him?" "He ain't got no money for nobody." " Look at this here, man." " Cut this shit out." "What makes you Da Mayor of this block?" " He's self-appointed." " Leave the man alone." "Shut up!" "Look, y'all leave me the hell alone." "I ain't going out like that, man." "You walk around this block like you own it." "For real." "You're so old you're like a fossil." "You a bum." "You're an old drunk zero." "Now what do you got to say for yourself?" "What you know about me?" "Can't even pee straight, nary a one of you." "What you know about anything?" "Unless you..." "Unless you done stood in the door and listened to your five hungry children crying for bread, and you can't do a thing about it." "Your woman standing there, you can't look her in the eye." "You don't know my pain, my hurt, my feelings." "You don't know shit!" "Let him finish." "Don't call me bum." "Don't call me a drunk." "You only got the sense God give a billy goat!" "Don't call me nothing." "It's disrespectful." "Your mamas and papas raised you better." "I hope you finished your little soliloquy." "I been peeing straight for years, understand what I'm saying?" "And you're right, I wouldn't listen to my five children go hungry." "I'd be out getting a job - anything to put food in their mouth." "You're right." "I don't want to know your pain." "I don't care." "You did this to yourself." "Every day I see you walk up and down this block, inebriated." "Never sober, but that's what D-A stands for Da Mayor...drunk ass." " Come on!" " This man's getting me mad!" "He don't get no respect." "You'll never get respect here, boy." "I respect those who respect themselves..." "Come on, man!" "Tina, I know it's been four days." "I'm a working man." "'That's nice." "I work, too, and I seem to make time.'" "What do you want me to do, huh?" "'Spend some time with me and Hector!" "'l want you to try and make this relationship work." "'lf not, I'd rather not be bothered with your ass." " 'Mookie, you're too, too tired.'" " All right, damn." " I'll be over later." " 'You always say later!" "'" "Later when I get off work." "'Bring some ice cream, I'm burning up." "'Mookie, do you love me?" "'" "Do I love you?" "Get off the phone." "Be off in a second, all right, Sal?" "Do I love you?" "I dedicated a record on Love Daddy's show to you." " 'So what?" "' - (Sal) How's anybody going to call?" "All right!" "If that ain't love, you're crazy." "Are you deaf or what?" "Pino, I'm talking on the phone." "I think I see that." "Tina, I got to go." "Yeah, Pino's an asshole." "See you later today." "Later!" " Everybody happy?" " (Phone)" "Sal's Famous." "Yeah." "Yeah, hold it." "OK, two large anchovy and a pepperoni." "OK." "Just hold on one second." "See?" "Mookie's fucking talking on the phone, people are trying to call in orders, he's losing us business." "Mookie!" "(Mouths)" "How come niggers are so stupid?" "If you see a nigger, kick his ass." "Fuck you." "Stay off the phone." "Hey, Mookie, forget about it." "Can I talk to you for a second?" "What?" "Who's your favourite basketball player?" "Magic Johnson." " And movie star?" " Eddie Murphy." "Who's your favourite rock star?" "Prince." " You're a Prince freak." " The Boss." "Bruce!" "All you talk about is niggers but your favourite people are niggers." "It's different." "Magic, Eddie, Prince...are not niggers." "I mean, they're not black, I mean..." "Let me explain myself." "They're...not really black." "They're black, but not really." "They're more than black." "It's different." " It's different?" " To me, it's different." " Deep down, you wish you were black." " Get the fuck out of here!" "Laugh if you want to." "Your hair's kinkier than mine." "What does that mean?" "And you know what they say about dark Italians." "You know, I been listening and reading..." " You been reading now?" " I read." "I've been reading about your leaders." "Reverend AI "Mister Do" Sharptone, Jesse "keep hope alive"..." " That's fucked up." " "Keep hope alive."" "Don't talk about Jesse." "And even the other guy, what's his name?" "Faraman, Fairakan..." " Minister Farrakhan." " Right." "Sorry, Minister Farrakhan." "Anyway, Minister Farrakhan always talks about the so-called day when the black man will rise, what does he say?" ""We will one day rule the earth as we did in our glorious past?"" " That's right." " What past?" "What did I miss?" " We started civilisation." " Keep dreaming." "Then you woke up!" "Pino, fuck you, fuck your fucking pizza and fuck Frank Sinatra." "Yeah?" "Well, fuck you, too, and fuck Michael Jackson." "You dago, wop, garlic-breath, pizza-slinging, spaghetti-bending, Vic Damone, Perry Como," "Luciano Pavarotti non-singing motherfucker." "You gold-teeth, gold-chain-wearing, fried-chicken and biscuit-eating monkey, ape, baboon, big-thigh, fast-running, high-jumping, spear-chucking, 360-degree basketball-dunking, titsoon, spade, moulignon." "Take your fucking pizza piece and go the fuck back to Africa." "You slanty-eyed, me-no-speaky-American, own every fruit stand in New York, bullshit, Reverend Sun Yung Moon," "Summer Olympic '88, Korean son of a bitch." "You goya bean-eating, 15-in-a-car, 30-in-an-apartment, pointy shoes, red-wearing," "Menudo, mira-mira, Puerto Rican cocksucker, yeah, you!" "It's cheap." "I got good price for you," "Mayor Kochie, "How I'm doing?", chocolate-egg-cream drinking, bagel-and-lox, B'nai B'rith, Jew asshole." "Yo!" "Hold up!" "Time out!" "Time out!" "Y'all take a chill." "Ya need to cool that shit out." "And that's the double truth, Ruth." " Sal, can you do me a favour?" " That depends, Mookie." "Can you pay me now?" "I can't do that." "Just this once." "Can't you do me a solid, man?" "Not till tonight when we close." "Sal, I want to get paid now." "You know you get paid tonight when we close." "We're still open." "If I pay you now, I won't see you tonight." " That's a bet?" " Yeah, that's a bet." " I'm going to remember that." " You do what you got to do." " Yeah." "I'll remember that." " I want you to." "Please do me a favour, Mook?" "Remember that." " Come on, Sal." " I can't." " Radio Raheem!" " Mook." " What's happening?" " It's your world." " Where you headed to?" " I'm going to get a slice." "You going to Sal's?" "I'll check you back there." " On the rebound." " You bet." "All right." "Oh, shit!" "Let me check it out." " That's the hype!" " Newest, latest." "Let me tell you the story of right hand, left hand." "It's a tale of good and evil." "Hate!" "It was with this hand that Cain iced his brother." "Love!" "These five fingers, they go straight to the soul of man." "The right hand, the hand of love." "The story of life is this... static." "One hand is always fighting the other hand, and the left hand is kicking much ass." "It looks like the right hand, Love, is finished." "But hold on, stop the presses." "The right hand's coming back." "He got the left hand on the ropes now." "That's right." "Yeah." "Ooh!" "It's a devastating right and Hate is hurt." "Down!" "Ooh!" "Ooh!" "Left hand, Hate, KO'd by Love." "If I love you, I love you." "But if I hate you..." "There it is, love and hate." " I love you, brother." " You bet." "Radio Raheem, check you later." "Peace." "# Fight the power" "# Fight the power" "# Fight the power" "# Fight the power" "# We've got to fight the powers that be... #" "Two slices." "No service till you turn that shit off!" " Two slices." " Turn it off!" "Mr Radio Raheem, I can't even hear myself think!" "You are disturbing me!" "You are disturbing my customers!" "# ..fight the power" "# Fight the power" "# Fight the power... #" "(Music stops)" "Two slices." "You come into Sal's..." "there's no music." "No rap, no music, no music, no music." "Capisce?" "Understand?" "Yo, put some extra moose-arella on that motherfuckin' shit." "Extra cheese is two dollars." " (Doorbell) - (Mookie) Pizza delivery!" "All right." "Later." "Mousie, what's up?" "(Kid) Watch out." "Move!" "(Woman) People are in the same shit!" "(Man) How you livin', man?" " Here come Mookie." " Mookie!" " Give me some of that!" " Get a job." " We don't need no job." " Get a job, man." "Shut up!" " Buggin." " Where are the females?" "You don't do nothin' with them anyway." "Hey, I've got it like that." "M-M-M-Mookie." "All right." "Here you go." "Stop bothering me." "Th-th-thank you, b-b-b-black man." "All right." "Leave me alone." " Jade!" " What?" "Mookie, how come you're not at Sal's?" "I'm working." "What's this, another of your two-hour lunch breaks?" "I wanted to come home for a quick shower." "Sal's going to be mad." "I think you're more concerned about him than me and I'm your brother." "Yeah!" "That's real smart." "Sal pays you, that's why you should work." "I work." "Slavery's over." "My name ain't Kunta Kinte." "I just don't want you to lose the one job you've kept over a month." " I'm carrying you as it is." " I'll always get paid." "You always get paid(!" ") What about your responsibilities?" "Why don't you take better care of those?" " What responsibilities?" " Are you deaf?" "You know what I'm talking about." "Take care of your responsibilities." " Who you yelling at, anyway?" " I'm yelling at you." "I'm going to take care of this shower." "I'm your big brother." "Don't be yelling at me." " You're a bum." " Don't call me no bum." "Whew!" "If I want to shower in the middle of the day, it's OK." "Fuck Sal." "(Radio) 'We love roll call, y'all." "'Boogie Down Productions, Rob Base, Dana Dane," "'Marley Marl, Olatunji," "'Chuck D, Ray Charles," "'EPMD, EU, Alberta Hunter," "'Run DMC, Stetsasonic," "'Sugar Bear, John Coltrane, Big Daddy Kane," "'Salt 'n' Pepa, Luther Vandross," "'McCoy Tyner, Biz Markie," "'New Edition, Otis Redding, Anita Baker," "'Thelonious Monk, Marcus Miller," "'Branford Marsalis, James Brown, Wayne Shorter," "'Tracy Chapman, Miles Davis, Force MDs, Oliver Nelson," "'Fred Wesley, Maceo, Janet Jackson, Louis Armstrong," "'Duke Ellington, Jimmy Jam," "'Terry Lewis, George Clinton, Count Basie, Mtume," "'Stevie Wonder, Bobby McFerrin," "'Dexter Gordon, Sam Cooke, Parliament-Funkadelic," "'AI Jarreau, Teddy Pendergrass, Joe Williams, Wynton Marsalis," "'Phyllis Hyman, Sade, Sarah Vaughn, Roland Kirk," "'Keith Sweat, Kool Moe Dee, Prince, Ella Fitzgerald," "'Diana Reeves, Aretha Franklin, Bob Marley, Bessie Smith," "'Whitney Houston, Dionne Warwick," "'Steel Pulse, Little Richard, Mahalia Jackson, Jackie Wilson," "'Cannonball and Nat Adderly, Quincy Jones," "'Marvin Gaye, Charles Mingus and Mary Lou Williams." "'We want to thank you all for making our lives 'just a little brighter here on We Love Radio.'" "It's hot as a motherfucker, fan me with your ears." "Stop playin'!" "Leave it alone." "Why don't he leave me alone?" "Why don't you chill?" "It's too hot for that." " That's why I asked you." " We don't have money for anything." "I'm beat." "Daddy, you know, I've been thinking." "Maybe we should sell this place." "Get out while we're still ahead..." "and alive." "You really think you know what's best for us, Pino?" "We could..." "Couldn't we sell this and open up a new one in our own neighbourhood?" "There's too many pizzerias already there." "We could try something different." "What am I going to do?" "That's all I know." "I been here 25 years." "Where am I going?" "I'm sick of niggers." "It's like I come to work..." "It's Planet Of The Apes." "I don't like being around them." "They're animals." "Why you got so much anger in you?" "Why?" "I'll tell you why." "My friends, they laugh at me." "They laugh right in my face." "They tell me, "Go to Bed-Stuy." "Go feed the moulies."" "Do your friends put money in your pocket, Pino?" "Food on your table?" "They pay your rent, a roof over your head?" "Huh?" "They're not your friends." "If they were your friends, they wouldn't laugh at you." "Pop, what can I say?" "I don't want to be here." "They don't want us here." "We should stay in our own neighbourhood and niggers in theirs." "I never had no trouble with these people." "I sat in this window..." "all I see is little kids get old." "And I seen the old people get older." "Sure, some of them don't like us, but most of them do." "I mean, for Christ's sake, Pino, they grew up on my food." "On my food." "I'm very proud of that." "You may think it's funny, but I'm very proud of that." "Look, what I'm trying to say, son, is, uh..." "Sal's Famous Pizzeria is here to stay." "I'm sorry." "I'm your father and I love you." "I'm sorry, but..." "But that's the way it is." " (Muffled) Hey, S-Sal." " How you doing?" " These are two dollars." " Get out." "Get the fuck out of here, man!" "Get the fuck out of here." "Two dollars." "Come on." "Get out of here." "Get the fuck out of here!" " Every day it's the same shit." " (Man) Hey!" "Hey what?" "Get a fucking job." "Why don't you get a fucking job?" "Go to fucking work!" "Fuck you, man." " S-Sal." " Get out." "Get out!" "See what I'm saying?" "(Man) Leave that boy alone." "You know he ain't right!" "Get a fucking job, man." "I'm sick of this shit." " You get a job." " I got a job, man." " Bring your ass here." " I ain't going over there." " I got no reason to go over there." " F-f-f-fuck..." "F-f-fuck y-you." "Fuck you." "Get the fuck out of here." "F-f-f-fuck y-you!" "Go inside." "Go inside." "Smiley, here." "Smiley, here." "Here's a couple of dollars." "Come on." "Come on." "Here." "(Shouting continues)" "Willie, take it easy." "He didn't mean nothin'." "OK?" "This is what I'm talking about." "Whoo!" "Let's go, Jade." "Da Mayor, we need your leadership." "What are you talking about?" "I'm organising a boycott of Sal's Famous." "Shit." "Keep walking." "I don't wanna hear none of your black foolishness." "No juice." "No, man, no." "No." "Hell, no, God damn it." "Sal ain't never done nothin' to you before." "What you ought to do is boycott that barber that fucked up your head." " Yeah!" " Shit." "Comin' round here fuckin' with Sweet Dick Willie." "Get the fuck away." "Would you boycott Sal's Pizzeria?" " What?" "!" " I ain't boycotting' jack, string-cheese-head motherfucker." "I'm going for a slice NOW." "I was raised on Sal's pizza." "What you talkin' about?" "Shit, you crazy, man?" "Good as them motherfuckin' pizzas is?" "Black Panther eat pizza, we eat pizza." "I'll do it without your help." " That's 75 cents." " Thanks." "Thanks, honey." "We're going to boycott your fat pasta ass." "You're going to boycott me?" "You haven't got the balls to boycott me." "He's going to boycott me." "Are you kidding?" "Here's your boycott!" "Up your ass." "You're going to boycott." "Where you going?" "Yo, where you going?" " I'm talking to you, Pino!" " I'm right here." "Go inside." "I can take care of myself." " Take it easy, OK?" " No." "Go inside." "Here's your boycott!" "Messed up my Jordans with muck." "Damn!" "Look at this." "Get this thing straightened out, man." "White guy, black man." "I can't believe this crap." " Ah, your Jordans are dogged." " Man, you, too?" "Stop." "Me, too." " Hangin' out with baby sis." " We're not hangin' out." " She's escorting' me back to Sal's." " I'm just gettin' a slice." "A slice!" "You can't." "Not today." "I'm organising a boycott of Sal's Famous." "What did he do?" "You know them pictures he got on the Wall of Fame?" " So?" " So?" "!" "Notice somethin' about them?" "No, Buggin Out, I haven't." "You're wasting my time." "Leave that shit alone, really." "I'm gone." "I'll see you there." "So, Buggin Out, how you been?" "Every single one of them pictures is somebody Italian." " And...?" " And we want some black people up." " Did you ask Sal?" " Yeah, I asked him." "We want nobody in there, nobody spending good money in Sal's, until we get black pictures on the wall." "What good will that do?" "If you tried hard, you could direct your energies more in a useful way." "You got to be down." "You ain't down?" "I'm down, I'm down for something positive in the community." "Are you down for that?" "Jade..." "Jade, I still love you, anyway." "Yeah, I still love you, too, Buggin Out." "See you later." "Later." "Damn." "Man!" "You're pushing it, Mookie." "You're really pushing it." "I don't pay you good money to have you jerk me around." "Keep it up, you'll be in the street with your other homeboys." "About time, Pop." "Jade." "How you doin'?" " Where you been?" " Working hard, keeping busy." " How's business?" " It's great." " We were wondering when you'd visit." " How's my brother doing?" "Well, he's, uh..." "Mookie is..." "He's great." "You know, a good kid." " Hey, Pop, stop lying." " He's only kidding, Jade." " What can I fix you?" " Regular slice." "No, I'm going to make you something special, if you don't mind." "No, that'll be great." " OK." "What do you want to drink?" " Cream soda." "It used to be root beer." "If I'm wrong, tell me I'm wrong?" "No, I want a change of pace, you know?" "Vito, clean the table for Jade." "OK?" "All right, Pop." "Come here, Jade." "Sit here." "# Fight the power... #" "(Music slows down)" "# Fight the power" "# Fight the power" "# Fight the pow... #" " 20 D Energizers." " 20 C Energizers?" "D. Not C, D." "C Energizers?" "D, motherfucker, D. Learn to speak English first, all right?" "D." " How many you say?" " 20, motherfucker. 20." " (Speaks Korean)" " Motherfuck you!" "Motherfuck...!" "Motherfuck you." "You all right, man." "Just give me the motherfuckin' batteries." "20 D fuckin' batteries." "Hey, yo." "Yo, wait." "What's the date on them?" "What's the date on them?" " The date!" "The fuckin' date." " What?" "Can you fuckin' speak English?" "The date!" " The date?" " Date?" " They Marcha!" " Marcha?" " What you talkin' about?" " 1991." "Oh, March." "That's March, motherfucker, March." " Yo, man, you sure that's 20?" " 20." "No." "No." "Take them out." "Count them again." "Count the shits again, man." "Motherfucker." "May I help you?" "I want some flowers." " The whole thing?" " The whole thing." " It's very expensive." " I know." "I'll pay." "I thought you might like these." "I guess not." "There is nothing like the smell of fresh flowers." "Don't you agree, Mother Sister?" "Summertime...all you can smell is the garbage." "Smell overpowers everything, especially the soft, sweet smell of flowers." "If you don't mind, I'll sit right here, catch a breeze or two, then I'll be on my way." "Thank the Lord the sun is going down." "It is hot as blazes." "Yes, Jesus." "Well, guess I'll be on my way." "(Music blares)" " Oh!" " God damn, man!" "Cut that shit down!" "Move out or something." "Fucker!" "Man, I don't know how he does it." "Oh, man!" "God damn." "That is shit." "ML, come here." "What?" "Come hold this fucker, baby." "Hold what, sucker?" " You know what I'm talkin' about." " That's OK." "At least my moms didn't name me Sweet Dick Willie." "Uh-huh." "I told you about that mama shit." " Nobody talkin' about your moms." " I ain't say nobody." "I said you!" " Just squash that shit." " Hey, listen..." " I didn't mean it like that." " You did, too." "I just wanted to know who named you Sweet Dick Willie." "Man, it's just a name." "God damn." "Shit." " How'd you get the name ML?" " Yeah!" "ML stands for ML." "Now that's some stupid shit." "You hear me?" "That's some stupid shit." "Cos everybody know why they call me Sweet Dick Willie." "You Negroes kill me." "Always holding on to, always talking about your dicks." "Don't know about you, but it's too hot to fuck." "Man, you out your fuckin' mind?" "It ain't never too hot or never too cold for fuckin'." "I had my best piece of woman on a humid day." "Shit." "Over in the Projects, close to your woman." "Get out!" "Oh, Lord, have mercy." "Damn, I better not see her naked on payday." "Piraguero!" "Everybody out!" "The lcee, lcee man is here." "Hey hey!" "Looking good." "Here we are." "Look at these beautiful people." "The lcee man is here." "(Girl) I want coconut." "(Boy) Give me lemon." "Tell me what you need." "There you go, my love." "That's your colour, that's your flavour." "(Boy) I want more syrup on mine." "He's always drinking beer." "(lce cream van music)" "(lcee man) Hey!" "Where's everybody going?" "Ice cream!" "(Tyres squeal)" " Ice cream!" " Doctor!" "Doctor, don't you know no better than to run out in front of a car?" "What, you trying to kill yourself?" "Come on, let's get up." "Come on." "You gonna be all right." "You gonna be all right, my boy." "You gonna be just fine." "Eddie, what's wrong?" "Mayor knocked me down." "You ought to be shamed of yourself." "Miss, that boy's just scared to death." "What happened, I was walking along the street minding my business," "I seen your son about to get hit by the car, so I dashed out to save him." "I had to knock him down to keep us both from getting hit." "Matter of fact, I saved two lives today...his and mine." "Eddie, is that the truth?" "Eddie, you hear me talking to you." "I'm talking to you, boy." "He gonna be fine, miss, fine." "Mommy, Mommy!" "I'm sorry!" "I'm sorry!" "Get upstairs now!" "Your father gonna wear your behind out too!" "Miss, you didn't have to hit your boy like that." "He's already scared to death." "I appreciate you helping my Eddie, I do, but I'll have nobody question how I raise him." "You're right, miss." "You're right." "I don't want to sound like a jerk, but can I say something, Jade?" "Yeah, Sal." "You got the biggest eyes I've ever seen." "They jump out of your head." "I feel embarrassed even saying that." "I feel a jerk." " Thanks, Sal." " Don't even mention it." "It was delicious." " I got to talk to you." " Mookie." "I got to talk to you." "Come on." "Let's go." "Jade, don't forget to come back soon." "Hey, Mookie, take it easy." "You're going to bust her arm." "I do not want you in Sal's no more." "Mookie, what?" "Stop tripping." " Don't come to Sal's no more." " What are you worked up about?" "The way Sal looks at you, talks at you." " He's being nice." " Nice?" " It's innocent." " Innocent?" "You heard me." "Sal just wants to hide the salami." "You're really crude, Mookie." "I admit it." "Do not come in Sal's any more." "You are not welcome." "You got a lot of nerve." "I'll tell you this for the last time, stop playing big brother to me, I'm a grown woman." "You can hardly pay your rent and you're lecturing me?" " That makes no sense." " Oh, it doesn't?" " You got $250 a week plus tips." " I'm getting paid." "Peanuts." "In a while, I'll be making a move." " Yeah, when?" " Don't worry." " When, Mookie?" "When?" "!" " Don't worry about it!" " Don't come here no more." " We're not talking about that." "I'm tired of supporting a grown woman, OK?" "I'm tired of supporting a grown man, OK?" "When are you going to pack up and go?" "Don't come in Sal's no more, all right?" "And no more pizza, either." "I don't care if you fire me this exact fucking moment." "If you're saying what I think you're saying, you better not say it." "You hear this?" "Do me a favour, leave Jade alone." "You know, Mookie, not for nothin', but if you were just a little taller," "I'd kick your ass for what you're thinking." "As a matter of fact, I should kick your ass on principle alone." "Here." "You got a delivery." "Is this the right address?" "What is this..." "Yeah, it's the right address." "That's the right address." "I wrote it." "Sometimes you make mistakes and I deliver the fucking pizzas to the wrong address." " I don't make mistakes." " You don't?" " No." " Hurry back, OK?" "Don't get lost." "We're still open." "Make a pizza, huh?" "Mr Mayor." "I saw what you did." "That was a foolish act...but brave." " That child owes you his life." " I wasn't trying to be a hero." "I just seen what was happening and I reacted." "Didn't even think." "Wouldn't have done it if I had thought." "Da Mayor's getting an old man now." "I ain't run like that in years." "I went from first to home on a bunt single." "Scored the winning run." "It was two out, bottom of the ninth." "August 1, 1939." "Snow Hill, Alabama." "Mud Cat Bunch-of-Bones was the pitcher." "He hated my guts." "He ran back, come down off that mound and I took off" "like white lightning up a black snake's ass, I..." "Maybe I...ought to be a hero more often, huh?" "Maybe you shouldn't." "Don't get happy." "This changes nothing between you and me." "You did a good thing." "Mother Sister just wanna thank you for it." "I wanna thank you." "You're welcome." "Delivery from Sal's Famous Pizzeria." "Is it hot?" "I ain't never delivered a cold pizza." "Come here." "You think you're slick, Tina." "How else could I get you here?" "I haven't seen you all week." "I'm working." "Making money." "I see you forgot the ice cream again." "I forgot!" "You know, your memory's getting ridiculous." " I got things on my mind." " I really wanted some ice cream." "I'll run out and get some." "No, no." "That's out." "You won't come back." " I can't be staying long." " How long?" "Long enough to do the nasty." "Come on, Mookie." "That's out." "Wait a minute." "First of all, it's too hot." "If you think I'll let you get some, put your clothes on and leave and I won't see you for a week, you're bugging." " I see you tomorrow." " Yeah, right." " So, no nasty, huh?" " No." " Something else." " What?" "Trust me." "Trust you?" "Last time I trusted you, we got a son." "Remember him?" "I do." "His name is Hector." "You saying I'm a bad father?" " On the strength." " Let me talk to you." " What?" "What?" " Over here." "Tina, take your clothes off." "Mookie, I already told you it's too fucking hot to make love." ""It's too fucking hot." Why are you always cursing?" "I don't fucking curse that much." " What the hell you mean?" " All you do is curse." "I do not." "Anyway, no rawness is jumping off tonight." "That's it." " No rawness?" " No." "Why's it always like that when you come over?" " It's not always like that." " It's always..." "What are you doing?" "I'm not cursing." "Mookie." "Come on." "I mean it." "I'm not playing." ""I'm not playing!"" "Don't be so anxious." "That's right." "Take it off." " You're sweating." " Of course I'm sweating." "It's only 100 degrees in here." "Look, freeze." "Don't move." "I'll be right back." " What do you mean?" " Just stay there." " Where you going?" " I'll be right back." "Why you got me standing on the bed?" "Where you going?" "How's my son, Hector?" "Honey, do you hear that?" "He wants to know how you are doing?" "And he has the straight face of asking about it." "Sin verg?" "nza." "Good for nothing." "Callejero." "(Speaking Spanish)" "English!" "English!" "I want my son to speak English." " Get out of my kitchen." " Bad enough his name is Hector." "Get out of my kitchen." "I don't want to hear anything." "Get out." "Out, I said." "Yes, children, this is the cool-out corner." "We're slowing it down for all the lovers in the house." "I'll be giving you all the help you need." "Musically, that is." "This shit is cold." "Supposed to be cold." "It's an ice cube." " Later for your shit." " Mira?" " Mira!" " What?" "You don't got a forehead, you got a eight-head." "Mookie, you're full of shit." " You got one of them Sade foreheads." " Fuck you!" "God damn!" "It's a big-ass forehead." "I need an iceberg... rather than this ice cube." "Thank God for lips." "Thank God for the neck." "Thank God for kneecaps." "Thank God for elbows." "Thank God for thighs." "Thank God for the right nipple." "Thank God for the left nipple." " Feels good." " You likes, you likes, you likes." "Amen." " I got to be going." " You better come back." " I'll be back tonight." " You better or I'll kick your ass." "Oops." "Looks like I'll be back, then." "All right." "All right." "All right." " Get out of here." " I got to go." "Bye." " I'm not leaving yet." " Get out of here!" " All right." "Later." " Later." "Just out of curiosity, how long you sticking around here?" "You mean tonight?" "No, the neighbourhood." "I figure about 50 years cos I'm going into the real estate business." "I'll put up a high-rise in the neighbourhood." "Yeah." "A lot of people want to move here." "Why not?" "You want a condominium?" " Put some straws in, Mr Trump." " Sure." " Trump's Pizza." " I heard of that." "Trump's Plaza!" " Get out of here." " Take care, Salvatore." "Pino, take the soft drinks out of the back and load up here, OK?" "OK, Pop." "You want me to deliver faster, give me a jet rocket." "I can't be running - the cheese ends up on one side." "Mookie, I didn't say nothing." "You must have a guilty conscience." " I'm not guilty of anything." " You gotta be guilty, otherwise you wouldn't be saying that." "Come on, Sal." " Where we going?" " Oh, shit!" "Vito, give me a hand." " Come on." " What?" "What the fuck's the matter?" "Vito, I want you to listen to me." "I'm your brother." "I may smack you around once in a while but I'm still your brother." "So what, Pino?" "So fucking what?" "I love you, man." " I'm listening." "I'm listening." " I want you to listen." "Jesus Christ, Pino, I said I'm listening." "Vito, black...white." "No." "No, no, no." "No." " What are you talking about?" " Are you listening?" "Stop busting my balls." "I said I'm listening." " Mookie's not to be trusted." " I trust him, Pino." "No." "They can't be trusted." "The first time you turn your back..." "Boom." "Ahh!" "The spear in the back." " How do you know this?" " I know." " How do you know, man?" " I know." "I read." "I never seen you read nothing in your fucking life." "Read your history." "It's historical." "He, them, they're not to be trusted." " What do you want me to do about it?" " Be on fucking guard." "Hit me?" "Be on guard." "Mookie has Pop conned so we got to look out for him." " You don't know what you're saying." " That's exactly what I'm saying." "(Sal) Vito!" "Pino!" "Let's go!" "We'll be right there, Pop." "One minute." "You better listen to what I say." "I'll rip you." "I'll fuck you up." "You know I'll fuck you up." " You know something, Pino?" " What?" "You don't know what you think you know." "You think you do but you don't." "Mookie, he listens to me." "You don't, man." "He does and you fucking don't." "You'll fucking stab me in the back, man." "(# Rap)" " Radio!" " Buggin, what's up?" " How you been, man?" " Living large, bro." "Yo, that the only tape you gots?" "You don't like Public Enemy, man?" "The shit's dope." "I'm down, but you play nothing else." " I don't like nothing else." " Yo, check this." "You know Sal?" "Yeah, I know that motherfucker." "I've been trying to organise a boycott of Sal's Famous." "I almost had to bust him in the head today." "He gonna tell me, tell me, Radio Raheem, to turn down my box and shit, man, and didn't even say please." "Who the fuck he think he is, Don Corleone?" "Shit." "He make much money off us black people and all he got on the wall is Italians." "Sylvester Stallone, okey-doke-lookin' motherfuckers." " On the strength." " We shouldn't buy one slice." "Not spending' one penny there till he put folks of colour on that wall." "That's what I'm saying!" " You got my back?" " It's got." " My bro." " My bro." "Yo, Smiley." "Come here, man." "What you listening to?" " M-M-M-Mal...colm..." " M-M-M-Malcolm, huh?" "(Man) Cut off that rap music!" "I'm here trying to get me some motherfucking..." " Yo!" "I'll fuck you up, quick!" " Two times!" "Th-th-th-three t-times!" "Sal, start counting my money tonight cos I gots to get paid." "Come on, Vito." "Come on." "This is terrific." "I mean we had a great, great day." "You know something?" "There's nothing like a family in business working together." "I'm going to rename the place." "I'm going to call it Sal and Sons' Famous Pizzeria." "Why not?" "You guys are going to take it over someday." "And Mookie..." "Mookie, I want to tell you that there's always gonna be a place for you here, right here at Sal's Famous Pizzeria because you've always been like a son to me." " (All shouting)" " Can we get some pizza?" " We're closed!" " Shut up!" "You shut up!" "All right, let them in." "Let them in." "They love my pizza." "Four slices and I'm gone." "Sal, we're trying to go home!" " Shut up!" " You're a delivery boy, bitch!" " Man, you don't know shit!" " Shut the fuck up!" " Sit your black ass down!" " Shut up!" "Fuck you!" "Yo, Sal." "Four slices, man, regular." "To go, all right?" "Why you gotta curse?" " Looking good." " Looking real good." "Come on." "Move it, man!" "# Fight the power" "# Fight the power" "# Fight the power" "# We got to fight the powers that be" "# Elvis was a hero to most but he never meant shit to me... #" " What I tell you about that noise!" " What about them pictures?" " What the fuck, are you deaf?" " No!" "Are you?" "Fuck you!" "We want some black people on that motherfucking Wall of Fame now!" "We're trying to go fucking home." "We've been here all day!" "Turn that jungle music off." "This ain't Africa!" "Why it got to be about jungle music?" "Why it got to be about Africa?" "It's about them fucking pictures!" "It's about turning that shit off and getting out of my place!" " Radio Raheem!" " Fuck you." "Fuck you, too." " Kick ass, Sal!" " Get in there, Pino!" " This is music." "My music." " Fuck your music." "Turn it off, then." "Get the fuck out of here!" "We're closed!" "Fuck you." "We're closing you bastards for good." "For good, motherfucker." "Until you get some black people on that motherfucking Wall of Fame." " You're gonna fucking close me?" " Goddam right." "You black cocksucker!" "I'll fucking tear your fucking nigger ass." "Oh, we're niggers now?" "We niggers now." "You fucking white trash, I'll fuck you up." "Sal, put the fucking bat down." " Come on, you fucking Guinea trash." " Open the motherfucking counter." "You black cocksucker." "You nigger motherfucker." "I just killed your fucking radio." "My music, you motherfucking..." "Get off him." "Get the fuck off him." "Get off him." "Get off." "You fucked up my eye!" "Ahmad, stop!" "Please stop it!" "You fucked with my box, man." "You fucked up my box." "Stop it!" "Get the fuck up!" "I'll kick your ass some more." "Come on." " Somebody got it at Sal's!" " Fight!" "Mookie!" "Goddam kill you!" "Hey!" "Break it up!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Break it up!" " Break it up!" " You're gonna kill him!" " Stop it!" " Break it up!" "Stop it!" "Stop!" "Break it up!" "You're gonna kill him!" "Let me at 'em!" "Get the fuck out of the way, man!" "Break it up!" "Get out of the way!" " Let me through!" " Get the big guy." " Move." " Gary, the big guy." "I'll kill you, you motherfucker!" "Just take him off me!" "What are you doing?" "Sal!" "Get the fuck off me!" "Get off of me!" "You're taking me down?" "You're not taking Vito or Pino or Sal out!" "Get the fuck off me!" "Get his other arm!" "Get his other arm!" "Take him down!" "Take him down!" "Just take him down, man!" "Let him go, God damn it!" "You're killing him." "Give it up, asshole." "Just take him down!" "Be smart." "Give it up." " Let him go." " Stop it, God damn it!" "Stop it!" "Get his arm!" " Gary, that's enough!" " Shut up." "Gary, that's enough, man!" " Gary, that's enough!" " Shut the fuck up!" "Radio Raheem." "Radio Raheem!" " No!" " Radio!" "Radio Raheem." "Radio Raheem." " Get up." "You ain't dead." " Get up, asshole." " Quit faking it." " Get up, asshole." " Get up." " Let's get him out of here." "God damn it!" "I'm a black man." "You can't kill us all!" "You can't fucking kill us all, God damn it!" "Motherfucker!" "Let's get him out of here!" "Come on!" "Shit." "Get him to the car." "Get him to the car." "Let's go." "Back off, assholes!" "You pig-fucking murderers." "You can't kill us all." "You can't fucking kill us all." "Back off." "Back off." "Everybody, back off!" "Get back!" " Fucking bastards." " Shut up, nigger fucker." "I told you to shut up!" "Radio!" "(Sobbing) No." "No!" "Mookie, they killed him." "They killed Radio Raheem." "It's murder." "They did it again, like Michael Stewart." "Murder." "Eleanor Bumpers." "Murder." "It ain't safe in our own fucking neighbourhood." "Never was." "Never will be." "Ain't gonna stand for this shit no more, Sal." "Ain't gonna stand for them fucking police, punk." "It's as plain as day, they didn't have to kill the boy." "(Smiley sobbing)" "You do what you gotta do." "(All) Fuck that, man!" "Listen." "Good people, please." "Let's all go home." " Somebody's gonna get hurt." " Yeah, you, boy!" "If we don't stop this now, we gonna do something we're gonna regret for the rest of our lives." "Sal had nothing to do with what the cops did." "One of the police was black!" " Leave him." " We'll get you and them three stooges, Sal." "Go on, Mr Sal." "You see how they had him in a choke hold?" "I knew that hold would kill him." "A kid." "You might have saved him." "A fucking radio!" "He died because he had a radio." "All he wanted was pictures on the wall and he died." "What you got to say, Sal?" "(All shouting)" "Your son called the cops!" "Get the fuck out of here, man." "Somebody's getting hurt." "Fuck that, man." "Hey!" "(Mayor) Let it go, Sal's just a man." "(Sal) What are they doing?" "What are they doing?" "Sal, come on." "Come on, quick." "Get them out of there." "Get..." "That's my place." "That's my fucking place!" "Sal." "Fucking niggers." "(All chanting) Radio, Radio, Radio, Radio..." "Burn it down!" "Burn it down!" "(Chanting continues)" "Come on, let's clean out." "Shit." "Come on." " I no white." "I no white!" " It's your turn, sucker." "I no white!" "I no white!" "I no white!" "I'm black." " What?" " I black!" "Me black." "Where you black at?" "Me black." "I black!" "You, me - same!" "We same." "Same?" "Me black." " Open your eyes, motherfucker." " Leave the Korean alone." "He's all right." "Yeah?" "He's all right." " He's black." " Shit." "(Sirens approaching)" "Oh, fuck you, man!" "(Chanting) Howard Beach, Howard Beach, Howard Beach..." "(Chanting continues)" "People, please disperse." "Please disperse." "Howard Beach, Howard Beach, Howard Beach, Howard Beach..." "We're giving you one more warning to please go home." " This is our home." " You've had your warning." "Hose that black fucker down." "Get off of me!" "Yo!" "Yo!" "Yo!" "Well, come on." "Come on." "Get your fuckin' black hands off me." "Come on, asshole." "Come on." "Come on, move it." " Motherfucker." " What you think this is, Birmingham?" "Fucking Alabama." "Where's Bull Connor?" "(Man) Son of a bitch!" "(Mother Sister) Oh, no!" "No!" "No!" "No!" "Oh, no!" "No!" "No!" "Oh, no!" "No!" "No!" "No!" "No!" "No!" "No!" "No!" "No!" "No!" "No!" "No!" "No!" "# Fight the power" "# Fight the power" "# Fight the power" "# Fight the power" "# Fight the power" "# Fight the power" "# Fight the power" "# Fight the power" "# Fight the power" "# Fight the power" "# We got to fight the powers that be" "# Fight the power" "# Fight the power" "# Fight the power" "# Fight the power" "# Fight the power" "# Fight the power" "# Fight the power" "# We got to fight the powers that be #" "(Mr Se?" "r Love Daddy) 'My people, my people...what can I say?" "'Say what I can?" "'l saw it, but I didn't believe it." "'l didn't believe it, what I saw." "'Are we going to live together?" "'Together, are we going to live?" "'This is your Mister Se?" "r Love Daddy 'talking to you from We Love Radio, 108 FM on your dial, 'and that's the triple truth, Ruth." "'Today's weather?" "'Hot!" "'Wake up!" "'" "Fuck!" "My money." "Shit." " Where are you going?" " To get my money." "Don't try that shit, OK?" "You're going to run out and I won't see your ass for a week." "It's not like that." "You don't give a fucking shit about me and you don't give a shit about your son." "I care about you and I care about my son." " Why don't you be a man?" " I am a man." "Then act like a man." "Why don't you be a fucking man, Mookie?" "I'm so tired of your shit." "Why do we have to go over this again?" "Because you don't fucking listen, Mookie!" "If you'd listen to me, I wouldn't have to repeat myself like a radio." "What kind of mother you are, using fucking language like that?" "What kind of mother am I?" "Your ass isn't even here." " Get another vocabulary." " Get a fucking life." " Yeah." "Look..." " Look what?" " I'll be back." " Don't leave, Mookie." "Don't leave." "I'm tired of this shit." "You walk out that door, that's it." "All right?" "I have to get my money from Sal." "I'll be back." "Your shit's to the curb, Mookie, and I'm tired of it." "You need to step off with your stupid-ass self." "You need to get a fucking life, Mookie, because the one you got is not working." "I ain't going to deal with this shit no more." "Shit." "Fucking ass, stupid ass, fucking pendejo." "Shit." "Fuck." "Fucking shit." "Good morning." "Is it a good morning?" "Yes, indeed." "You almost got yourself killed last night." "I've done that before." "Where did you sleep?" "I didn't." "I hope the block is still standing." "We're still standing." "What do you want?" "I want my money." "I wanna get paid." " You don't work here no more." " I want my money." "Your money couldn't begin to pay for the window you broke." "Radio Raheem is dead." "I know he's dead." "I was here, remember?" "He's dead because of his buddy." "That cocksucker started this shit." "He's responsible for that kid's death." "He wanted to close me and you stood there and watched them burn me down." "I also watched the cops murder Radio Raheem." "You'll get it all from the insurance anyway, Sal." "What the fuck is wrong with you?" "This ain't about money." "I couldn't give a fuck about money." "You see this place?" "I built this fucking place!" "With my bare fucking hands!" "Every light socket, every piece of tile." "Me!" "With these fucking hands!" "You know what that means?" "Yeah, it means pay me my motherfucking money." "That's what it means, Sal." "OK, Mookie." "How much do I owe you?" "My salary's 250, 250 a week." "One...two... that's three...that's four... and that's five." "You got $500." "You're a rich man now, you happy?" "You happy?" "He's got 500 fucking dollars." "He's a big man, he's a rich fucking man." "He's never gonna have any more trouble." "Not Mookie, he's fucking rich." " Who the fuck you yelling at?" " You're wealthy." "You're a real fuckin' Rockefeller!" "You got your fuckin' pay, now leave me alone, huh?" "My salary's 250 a week." "I owe you 50 bucks." " Keep it." " You keep it." " You keep it." " You keep it." "I don't believe this shit." "Believe it." "Are you sick?" "I'm hot as a motherfucker, I'm all right, though." "They say it's even gonna get hotter today." "What are you gonna do with yourself?" "Make that money, get paid." "I gotta go see my son, if it's all right with you?" "(Mr Se?" "r Love Daddy) 'Hey Mook!" "I see you, go on home to your kid." "'Now, the news and weather." "'Our Mayor has commissioned a panel to, quote," "'"Get to the bottom of last night's disturbance." "'"The City of New York will not let property be destroyed by anyone."" "'His Honour plans to visit our block today, he should meet our Da Mayor!" "'Your Love Daddy says, "Register to vote."" "'The election is coming up." "'There's no end in sight from this heat wave so today, 'the cash-money word is "chill" - that's right, C-H-l-L-L." "'When you hear "chill", call in on 5-5-5-L-O-V-E 'and you'll win cash money, honey." "'This is Mr Se?" "r Love Daddy coming at you from last on your dial 'but first in your hearts and that's the quintessential truth, Ruth." "'The next record goes out to Radio Raheem, we love you brother.'" "# From the heart of Bed-Stuy" "# W-E-L-O-V-E... #" "# I was looking through a window at my life today" "# And for the first time I saw things in a different way # ln the middle of my mind" "# It was there all the time" "# Never explain love" "# It's not like anything you've ever done # lf it is there, it's yours to keep" "# And the boundaries they go deep" "# Never explain love" "# Let the experience take over you" "# When you do" "# Never explain love" "# I was looking for a reason not searching for a sign" "# To try and understand this relationship of mine" "# But I didn't need to go far" "# I was reading it all wrong" "# Never explain love" "# It's not like anything you've ever done # lf it is there, it's yours to keep" "# And the boundaries they go deep" "# Never explain love" "# Let the experience take over you" "# When you do" "# Never explain love" "# Before I knew I almost blew it all" "# Who needs to be rational" "# When love is impractical?" "# All I know is what's inside" "# And it's all right" "# Never explain love" "# It's not like anything you've ever done # lf it is there, it's yours to keep" "# And the boundaries they go deep" "# Never explain love" "# Let the experience take over you" "# When you do" "# Never explain love" "# It's not like anything you've ever done # lf it is there, it's yours to keep" "# And the boundaries they go deep" "# Never explain love" "# Let the experience take over you" "# For when you do" "# Never explain love #"