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'What are we supposed to do?'

We got to get job opportunities alone.

You know what I'm saying?

So, hey, we got the roll 'em, your turn brother.

You said having good money, you know.

Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

Shake em up, shake em up, shake em up.

Shake em.

- Yeah, yeah! - Yeah, yeah.

- 'Alright.' - 'Yeah.'

Damn, that's the sixth time that happened.

'Pay up, alright.'

Huh-ah. What-what is going on here?

- What you, what-- - Gina, I'm glad you're here.

These kids just broke in here.

Hey Roscoe, what's up with that, dude?

No, they didn't Roscoe.

Alright, alright, I was trying to get paid.

But don't worry, Gina, you ain't got to get no attitude.

I'mma give you your cut.

Hey, you look like you bring in some new shoes.

You wanna play?

- Boy, give me these dice. - Look at my house.

- Look at my house. - You-you..

- Roscoe. - What?

- These dice are loaded. - No, They are not.

They are, look Gina. Look at this.

No, they're not because I don't, I don't roll without it.

Look, peep look.

No, why you rolling up on me like that Arthur?

I say we grew up together man.

You right over my shoulder. I mean, we grew up together.

Ask me this, I'm the one.

- Are you the one? - No, I'm not the one Arthur.

Man you should know that.

She the one, man, she the one.

That's right man, alright.

She is the head of operation Arthur yo.

You know, huh-huh.

If you the head, I want my money back.

Now check this out Arthur Bay, she get a lot of money

for bootlegging and running number.

Handle your business Arthur.

Alright, come on up in here.

Now don't be getting all shy.

You're just gonna cheer with us now. Gina.

Hey, you back from taking your mother to the airport already.

Ah, Baby.

Mama's downstairs in the car.

She wanted us to take care of Ruby over the weekend

while she's gone, okay?

Her bird, Martin? I don't wanna take care of her bird.

Baby, it's just a bird. Okay, what's up.

Martin, your mother is always imposing

on us and you never say no.

She tells you to do something and you jump honey.

Baby, I do not jump.

Look, I gots to go okay.

See, Martin, see. See that.

Yes, I see, Gina, Okay.

She's my mother. I respect her.

You should, too. Okay?

Why, Martin? She doesn't respect me.

She didn't even come up here to say "Hello."

Okay? Your mother's rude.

Gina, don't go there on Moms, okay?

Moms is not rude.

'Duffy, wasting your time'

'with that alcoholic heifer.'

'I'm gonna miss my train.'

'I gots to get me a window seat.'

Gina, I got to go. Okay, baby.

Martin, what am I supposed to do with her?

Gina, it's a bird. It's a parrot.

Okay, it talks. You talk to it and talk back, okay?

Um, you always talking blah, blah.

Now you got somebody to listen.

Baby, I'm sorry. It's a bird.

Baby, it's the bird.

- It's a bird, baby. - Martin, Martin, Martin..

She got her nerve leaving this bird up in here.

You are kind of cute tough.

Pretty bird, nice bird.

Not like that old mean Mama Payne.

Oh, heifer.

Did she just..

Ma..

Heifer.

- Shut up. - Heifer.

- Shut up. - Heifer.

I'm warning you, shut up, shut up.

Heifer, heifer, heifer, heifer.

That's it. That's it, I'm going to..

You are hot wings. Do you hear me, hot wings.

- You won't be delicious too. - Gina.

- What? - What are you doing?

I'm get ready to make some dinner.

Do you know how to pluck a pair?

- Huh? - Baby.

Look, look at you girl caring around and skill like

you gonna cook something up, come on over here.

Girl, sit down.

Alright, now calm down baby. Just tell me what's the matter.

Martin, the bird has been calling me names all day.

It called me a heifer.

Gina, the bird calls everybody heiffer.

It's the only word the bird knows babe.

Muscle butt.

The bird, wait, wait, what did you say Ru.

- Martin, that was about me. - Well, baby. Yeah.

You have been hitting the steam master kind of hot lately.

I'm-I'm sorry, babe.

But the-the cheeks are so tight, look like

you can pick up a cherry by the stem just..

No, no, say nothing.

See you're not even understanding my plight.

Baby, no, I am, I am understanding your plight baby.

Baby, baby, come on.

Aye, girl, stop now, you, come on.

What would the bird be calling you names for?

It's your mother's bird, Martin, thinks about it.

Here we go with that mother stuff again, Gina.

Alright, you know what, you're paranoid, okay?

Oh, man.

Gina, watch out the bird gotta a gun.

Th-the, now why would a bird have a gun for?

And the gun would be heavier than the bird, Gina.

Some damn thing, don't make no sense.

- Hey what's up. - Hey, come on. Hey.

Is she still talking about that bird?

She called me three times this morning. Half out of her mind.

Oh, wha-what you two talking about over there?

I was just letting Pam know if she oils her buckshot's

it's a little easier on the neck.

That's all..

And I was letting Martin know

I was getting ready to drop kick him.

Oh okay, that sounds about right.

Baby, I got to get ready to go now.

Hey, hey, love you.

Alright, now look, I'm serious about the buck shots.

And I'm serious about the drop kick.

Alright, what I'm saying, you know

there's a couple of horse stables missing the tail.

You okay, Bowkee?

The bird hates me, it called me apple head

muscle butt, heifer, everything..

Well, you have been eating the steam master pretty hard lately.

You know what?

Martin's mother trained that bird to say these things to me.

So that she can drive me crazy, so they could put me away.

And to check out Martin, all to herself as a conspiracy family--

Gina, calm down.

Girlfriend, you need to get out, you are stressed.

- Do you think? - Hell, yeah.

Maybe you could take it down to the gym

and take it out on a heavy bag.

Yeah, yeah, that's a good idea. I'm gonna do that.

Okay, I'm gonna get the rest of my sweats. Okay.

Alright.

Jeez!

- Pretty bird. - Ah, pretty bird.

I thought so.

Did that bird say something nasty to you too, Pam?

- It's a demon, devil, devil. - I told you it was Satan.

And girl did you ever seen the "Needful things."

Yeah, and I saw the birds, too.

Oh, yeah, that was a good movie.

Apple head, muscle butt, heifer.

- Woo, it's freezing in here. - Ooh, it is.

- I'll close the window. - Thank you.

Yo, that was a good workout girl.

I needed that. How many sit ups did you do?

- Four. - Oh, that makes ten between us.

I think we deserve a little treat.

I'm on. Bring it on out.

- Ahh! - Yeah!

Here we go.

There you go.

Hey, I didn't know that bird had me so stressed out girl.

Hm-hm-hm, it's not the bird it's Martin's

mother that you have a problem with.

She is really horrible to me, Pam

but I can't talk to Martin about it.

He thinks she's Clair Huxtable but with a mustache.

You know she had a little goatee going in there.

So what's up, baby? My-my-my snookums alright?

Huh? Hmmm.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm okay Martin.

No, Gina, you are not okay.

Martin, she has a problem with your mother.

I suggest that you handle it.

- Pam! Pam. - No, no, I got it.

Pam, I-I got a problem with your breast smells like train smoke.

I suggest you'll handle that.

Yo, yo, you talking about mothers, right?

And having problems, maybe I could give you some advice.

Now check it. Big Shirley and moms, right?

Could not stand each other at first until they figured out

they had one thing in common.

Chicken fingers.

- Yeah. - And-and that worked.

Well, yeah, I mean, until I, that-that one time

there was one left in the box, you know what I'm saying.

All hell broke loose.

I-I-I never really had a problem with mothers.

Fathers were always the one that couldn't stand me.

They always thought I was trying to do something

nasty with their daughters.

Well, Tommy you were trying to

do something nasty with the daughters.

Yeah, but, Martin, they had no right to prejudge me.

- No! - Whoo.

Ah, Pam, look at this.

Ah, You used to have boyfriends.

I know this. Um..

Did they get along with your mother?

Well, if you really must know.

Yes, she loved them.

Especially the last one.

Now he's my stepfather.

Oh, that was your mom. Oh-oh!

I've seen that on "My tale". Okay.

Shut up.

Yeah, well, that's all y'all mom's, okay.

Okay, because my moms is perfect.

Everybody loves my Mama except Gina.

- Ain't that right? - Nobody, not me.

So-so you got a problem with my moms, okay, Gina

you don't want to stand to be leading the Lynch mob.

Let me know what's up. What's up with moms?

Okay, she calls me heifer.

Oh, come on, baby, you being too sensitive alright.

Next time mom's calls you heifer

you need to come back with something real clever like

Ha-ha..

Cole, you scratching your head what's up with my mom's, man.

She hits me.

Come on, man. Ain't no punk like that.

That's Mama playing, that's love taps, man. Love taps.

I mean, I don't complain when I'm kickboxing with your moms.

We hit with a bam bam bam bam.

Really, you know.

Gina, baby, I'm sorry, but Martin

is never gonna understand where you coming from.

I suggest that you talk to her, yourself.

I have tried, Tommy, but I don't know where to begin.

Well, maybe you could talk to her about Ruby.

I hate that bird.

What would I say about Ruby?

Or maybe you could explain her that Ruby dead.

Why, Gina? Why?

Why baby, why you kill my Mama bird?

Gina, why you killed my mama bird.

Martin, baby, I'm so sorry.

I didn't mean to, honey.

Oh, please. Come on, Gina, with the lies.

You kill my Mama bird, Gina.

Because you hate my mother.

I hate your father. But the damn dog is still alive.

Rowf, rowf, still running around for the leg to hump.

It was an accident, okay. Well, Gina, left the window open.

She didn't know the bird was freezing death.

Oh, this is terrible tragedy.

But ah, since the bird is dead anyway.

Anybody got any shaking bag?

Whoo!

Whoo!

Whoo-whoo. Whoo!

Martin, it was an accident.

- Wasn't it, Gina. - Yes.

Pam, Yes.

Martin, look, baby, I am so, so sorry, okay?

- I didn't mean to, okay. - No, no, Baby.

It's my mama bird, okay.

Okay, my mama bird, baby.

But look, just forget it, okay?

The bird is gone, baby, it's dead.

She is in a better place, we hope. Okay?

But what you got to worry about is my Mama.

You got to worry about my mama, Gina.

Oh, my God.

She's gonna hate me.

No, Gina, mama already hates you.

Now she's gonna get the slicing baby.

I know, mama. I know my mama.

Oh, no. What am I gonna do?

Oh, Gina, look.

Why don't you just tell her the truth, okay?

That is the dumbest excuse I've ever seen in my damn life.

Or-or, or you could lie.

I like that idea better.

No, no, no, I don't lie to my mama. I don't.

Well, I do, look, this what we gonna do.

We're going down to the pet shop, right?

And we could go get a bird that looks exactly like Ruby.

You know what, Gina?

I'm gonna tell you like this, baby

you better hope that works, Gina.

Because if you don't. That's yes, okay.

Cole, give me the bird.

And, alright, go.

- I don't know what to say. - You left the window open.

I-I mean, you do not worry about it okay.

Hi, how can I help you?

Partner, I'mma get straight to the point.

Um, we wanna buy a parrot.

Ah, did you know what variety you are interested in?

A yellow and green one.

Hmm, I'm sorry. You need to be a little bit more specific.

- Okay, it talks. - Umm..

I'm sorry. I need a little bit more to go on.

- I just I can't-- - You need a little more.

You need a little more. You just need to look.

Okay, Can you see it now?

Ah, there is the parrot.

Oh my God!

This bird is dead. You killed it.

How come when you see a dead bird

you always got to assume the black man did it?

How come, the black man always got to kill a bird.

How come it can't be the black woman, huh?

The woman?

It was a mistake.

Baby, come on, don't feel bad.

Look, you didn't mean to do it alright. Everything's cool.

Alright, don't feel bad. You didn't mean it.

Alright between me and you, she took 'em out, alright?

Alright, now. Can you hook me up with another one?

- Alright, follow me. - Alright. Cool.

How about this one over here?

- These are there. - Oh, that's--

Martin, Martin, come here

this one looks just like Ruby.

Come here.

Well, we'll take this one sir.

- How much is it? - 1800 dollars.

Cool, let me get out my check book and I having it.

Wait, honey, honey, do you have that much money?

No, Gina. Okay, but I got the ten dollars of the cost

to put a stop payment on the check.

Martin, Martin, no.

Baby, look, just stand there and look pretty.

I'm trying to help you out, okay?

Martin, this is crazy. Now just forget it.

I gotta tell your mother the truth.

Gina, don't do that, alright?

I love you too much to lose you, girl.

Martin..

...if I want her respect

I have to stand up to her.

That's why she walks all over me.

Because I let her.

I gotta do this, baby.

You sure?

Okay, fine, fine. Fine, Gina alright.

Because I'mma tell you like this I guess that's the only way

moms is gonna get your problems fine, fine.

Yeah, baby, do you, um, do you think

you could be there with me honey?

Hell no, I didn't kill no bird alright.

That's on you. Let's go.

You want to talk to mama, then you talk.

But I'm caring you baby.

I'm saying this relationship, I don't know.

Well, I don't have to ask where Martin is.

I'm sure he's out getting up enough feed for his health.

Now, if you will excuse me, I was just getting my Ruby and go.

Oh, Mrs. Payne, look..

There's something that I have to tell you.

Well, unless you're going to tell me you moving back to

Sykesville, I ain't trying in.

Now move light skin, move.

Okay, Mrs. Payne, look.

I know we have had our differences, okay?

But the only thing I've ever wanted was for you to like me.

Apple head cut the ball.

Alright, now, what is it you wanna tell?

Oh, God. I think you need to sit down.

Hell, no, uh-huh. Mama's feet stay planted.

Never know when I got to go two

to the body and bring it to this.

What, what you want Gina?

Mr. Payne, Ruby is dead.

- Dead? - Yes.

She is.

I put her in the shoe box, right here see.

Oh, ho!

Damn, damn, damn!

Mama is bad Gina.

Now, just tell mama what happened.

Okay.

It was an accident, right.

I left the window open and, and she froze.

That's what happened.

- Like you did. - Yes, I did.

- No, you didn't. - Yes, I did.

I hated the bird. I probably did it on purpose.

I know you didn't kill it, Martin killed my bird didn't he?

No, he didn't it. I did it. It was me.

It was me. I'm trying to tell you--

Because, Gina, lord knows

if you had hurt my Ruby.

- No. - If you had, I'm a bad.

I'd grab your little apple head

and I got to slice it and dice it.

And then kick it and kick it.

Mama would've went..

Mama would've went like this on you, damn!

- Mama would've went like.. - Oh my God!

No, you didn't.

No, you didn't!

Now what?

Now what were you gonna tell mama?

Well, what can I say?

You saw right through me.

Well, hell, that wasn't hard as light as you are Gina.

- Yes, ma'am. - You tell Martin.

- Aha. - I would deal with him at home.

Okay, you do that.

Life!

All I want is a chicken a day.

I just, I just..

Oh, Lord.

'Yes, I..'

Damn, damn, damn!

Ah!

Ah!

Oh!

- Hey, Gina. - Yes.

- Gina. - Yes.

Lying to protect my boy.

Girl, if you keep it up

I might learn to respect you

in spite of your evil way.

Okay.

Damn, damn, damn.

Oh, no! Oh, no!

Oh, God. Thank you, thank you.

Good, it's over and nobody got hurt.

Whoo!

'Hey, Mama. Ah..'

'Di-di-did Gina, tell you what happened?'

'Oh, no mama.'

'No mama.'

'Let us all say..'

Man, she looks so peaceful.

I'd swear she was sleeping

If it weren't for the smell.

- Ah, Stan. - Huh?

Um..

My mother's in the room laying down, and she wanted me to

thank you for the lovely service you put on for Ruby.

You know, Stan, Ruby wasn't just a bird you know

it was my mama bird and um..

Ruby-Ruby was family, Stan. So, thank you.

Yeah, well, Martin, I know that this is a difficult time

for you and your family, but there are certain

expenses associated with the funeral.

Yeah, hey, look I understand alright. Business is business.

So mama-mama gave me a check, so there you go, man.

Whoa, Shawn, let's go.

Let's leave Martin and his family to grieve.

Time for us to lay the beloved to her final rest.

But you wanna say something to beloved before we go?

I love you, Ruby.

Oh, everybody, please say bye to my mama bird.

Bye, Mama bird.