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Ain't nobody talking when I'm talking, fellas, so shut the fuck up.

The following items are placed in the envelope as I call them off.

An empty wallet.

Legal paperwork.

First three out of the tank.

Line up to single file on the bench.

Let's go.

Open your mouth.

Look out your tongue.

All right, do your ears, one at a time.

Okay, bend your hands over. Shake them out with your fingers.

Okay, hands above your head.

Hands out in front of you.

Over. Wiggle fingers.

Reach down and lift up your nutsack.

Drop your nutsack, skin back your dick.

Now turn around.

One foot at a time. Pick it up and wiggle the toes.

Other foot.

Okay, bend over. Grab your ass.

Spend your cheeks and give me two good cops.

Stand right there.

You're like two people.

One is like a kid.

Doesn't know how to dance.

Step this way.

Doesn't know how to make love.

That's the one I cared about.

Step in first.

But the other one... The other one I hate.

The one who knows. The one who has his rap down. Who knows how to run drugs.

Who killed people.

Until now, I would have thought it a sign of weakness to even listen to what

said to me that night.

But I see that you were right.

I am two people.

One was born when I met you.

The other one began in a downtown LA tattoo parlor.

My father, Pedro, was showing his love for my mother, Esperanza, por vida,

for life.

My mother was a beautiful woman.

They were pachucos, zoot suiters, and proud of it.

In June of 1943, America was at war, not

only overseas, but with itself.

The racial tension was running high against anyone that was different.

Excuse me.

For me, I saw it put together with a lot of love.

Hey, it's time to be moving, lady.

Let's get Pedro and get over to the dance and off to the streets.

On the night of the Zoot Suit riots, Pedro and Esperanza had

a date.

Hey,

let's see the finished product, hombre.

Now you'll always be a part of me.

Chingao.

Este vato's a fine artist, este.

It's beautiful.

Orale, and so's the price.

Hey,

we better be hatting this, eh?

The streets are hot, hombre.

Que?

You got a problem being on the streets?

Wearing your colors.

Oye,

between the Hearst newspapers and Walter Winchell on the radio, you think the

pinche war was right here in L .A., hombre.

It's getting hot all over America, carnal.

I'm grooving with my woman on the boulevard.

She's so fine, Maruca, it's all mine.

Don't tell me what time I may get home, because I'm here.

Say that fast three times, Eze.

Good suit, new suit, it sounded all the same.

I had no clue what they'd been through.

It was a mystery.

But to be 16 and 59, staying away from home even if I didn't have a dime,

because the old man was just waiting to give me his piece of time.

Drove me to the street just to save my mind

You got it. There,

you happy?

You get your coffee yet? Good, good.

Hey, Mom.

You home, huh?

You should respect your grandfather, huh?

I didn't say anything mean.

How you doing?

Okay. How was your day?

I'm hungry.

Bye, Paulito.

Turn that thing off.

You know what off means?

It was easy to blame my father for everything I did.

Isn't that the life of every kid?

Shit. It took me a long time to understand that rhyme.

J .D.!

Come on, J .D.!

What are we going to do about Mundo?

He's young. He's weak.

But I think we ought to let him in. Show him the way, you know?

Orale.

Keep true to yourself.

Come here. Give me your hand.

You know what I think?

White fence, maravilla, lomita.

They've been around a lot longer than us, you know?

It's cool.

We got our own clica.

Strong clica.

Finally getting it to our own, you know?

Can you respect?

Our clica, our barrio, our families, that's all we got, ese.

Se muon.

When we were kids, belonging felt good.

Having respect.

But that feels even better.

We make it, carnal.

We don't fake it. We just take it.

Always has been. Always will be.

Coming to terms with the lessons one learns through the choices one makes is

not easy.

Mundo, me, and JD.

Oye, I gotta be making it back to my pad, or my mother's gonna whip my ass.

Yeah, chale, ese. Wait up, okay?

We'll be hot with you, right?

Just take the shortcut.

Hey, no need to, man.

We don't need to nothing.

We do what we do, ese.

Do you understand, Mendez?

Hey, what do you want?

I want to go on the road.

Go on.

Go on.

Where you bought this from?

Oh shit.

Fuck you!

What a lit shit.

Shit, come on, let's go.

Shit.

Come

on,

come on, down the alley to the left, homes.

We'll meet at the boulevard.

Go ahead.

Thought I knew it all ended up in juvie hall And the shit got even deeper

to the right Open up your mouth Okay, pick your clothes

up Take it on down to the property room change

your clothes

I'll say one word about this.

There'll be shit on my knife.

Not on my dick.

Killing that first night got me the worst that Juvie had to offer.

An extended sentence with a guaranteed bus ride to the big time as soon as I

turned 18.

But the respect I earned made me think I'd found the answer.

When JD showed up a year later, I knew we'd get even stronger.

Hey, man.

What's your name?

Hey, where you from?

La Primera, Islos.

You talk like a fucking chickone, man.

I'll check you out later.

You guys,

check it out, man. This right here is J .D., my best crime partner.

This is Chewy, Casper, Chuko, Raymond, and Big Happy.

And I talked to you, I said.

I told

you he's my best crime partner.

Being Mexican, I said.

Yeah, but you know what?

He's my brother.

You know what I mean?

So, Jons, how's that leg?

Check it out. Hard as a rock, ese.

Shit, Jons. Throw some shellac on you.

Shit, I'll still run your ass to the ground, ese.

Ay, yo, míralo.

Chavala.

I seen that dude before.

Ese vato sitting on the bench.

I think he's with 18th Street.

Chale, ain't no barrios in here, man.

No La Primera, 18th.

Hazard nada.

Over here, you see, what we got is the mayates, homies. They stick together,

they're playing ball.

See all those white boys over there on the steps?

They're very happy you belong to them, you see.

Over here, we got to stick together, homies.

It's one big clica.

Choices we made to survive got Mundo, J .D., and me 10 to 25.

Give me a year, J .D.

40 years.

I'm gonna go make my collections.

What's up, Michael Wood?

Power became our game.

Make sure you have to meet and supper tonight with the Black Girl and Family.

Power to provide everything you find outside.

Make sure that the Aryan Brotherhood's behind us, all right? Make sure they're

part of the whole thing, okay?

Cuídate.

I'll be over with the carnales.

You got your people, Big Jim?

You gotta be straight with me.

Hey, Santana.

Extortion. They wanna do it. What should we do?

Go ahead.

Gambling. You just give it a little bit of time.

Prostitution.

All right, it's done, man.

We'll give you three pacas.

Make sure it's done right, okay?

We got it together because we had to. Didn't really have a choice.

The M is here because before there was nothing.

You all right, Centeno?

This is your home, too, I say.

Power to make every inmate pay rent.

And the biggest moneymaker, drugs.

I need to clean up my tab, man. That's all. You know, pick up some more shit.

The thing is, I gotta get out of here because I'm out.

The Aryan Brotherhood and the Black Gorilla Family shared the yard.

But Folsom belonged to us.

The oldest clica.

La M.

The Mexican Mafia.

Hey, Montoya. Let's see, Holmes. I got you at table number eight, over there.

What are you doing,

Palito?

How you doing, little one?

Fine. Doing good?

Yeah. Trying the pumpkin man, huh?

Yeah. Bus ride is hard for you, isn't it?

It's okay, Santana.

You know, your father wanted to come to see you, but something came up.

Couldn't make it.

Whatever.

Santana, I brought you something.

You know, When Jesus was crucified on the cross, there was a thief named

the cross next to him.

He believed in Jesus and asked him not to forget him when he died.

When Jesus died, he took Desmos to heaven and Desmos became a saint.

Excuse me, ma 'am.

I'm not supposed to pass items to convicts.

But you see what it is.

Sorry, that's policy.

You can pick this up with the rest of this property you brought for him.

You wear it. I wear it.

Don't worry.

They'll give it to me later.

Take my mind beyond the

tree.

Good job.

Good morning.

Hi, babe.

What's all the lumbering?

What are you doing?

What the fuck's going on? Pass the wire.

Pass the wire.

Let's go.

Let's go, gentlemen.

Ciao, really.

Okay, gentlemen, let's go.

Come on, move it.

What's your problem, mister?

I paid for a full load, man. Don't worry. We'll take care of business.

Don't worry. I'm sick, motherfucker.

Make sure he gets what he ordered right now. See you, mate.

Thank you.

I fucking appreciate that, man.

Who copped his wire?

Some fucking Mayotte.

He's dead.

Make sure nothing happens to these guards. I

haven't

started to kill each other yet. They're still throwing shit.

That dude burned somebody for their stash.

Color wasn't involved.

You sent the wrong message.

We can do this any way you want, Doc.

One to one from the chest.

Or we could all get down.

Yeah, we can all really fuck this place up.

I'm not going against the guns.

You're gonna lose, Doc.

Any move you make, we're on you.

You're fucked up.

You're staying in the hole for as long as it takes to break up your little

Santana.

There was nothing the system could do to stop me.

I could run the show from solitary.

Gracias, carnal. J .D. taking care of business?

We're going to put the heats on. They're trying to break us up.

Transferring everybody to different pintas.

Danny's down in Soledad.

Stevie's down in Chino and Willie Boyd in Bacoville.

We need a meeting to keep ourselves together.

Any of our people on the outside coming up for trial?

I think Puppet's little brother got busted in East LA.

Tell our lawyer to subpoena us. Get us all together in one place, all right?

The brothers and their love are not righteous.

The state is so lame, they paid for the game.

And there were a couple of things from some of our people who've already gotten

out that weren't in sync with instructions I've been getting from

Inside runs the show.

If there's any problems with that, just let us know.

What I'd like to do now is interview each of you individually.

Who wants to go first?

Corky.

Work it.

Santana, how was the bus ride home?

It felt good.

This is my brother, Este.

They call him Little Puppet.

He's a genius, Holmes.

Hey, don't get carried away. He does the best placas in this town. Hey, check it

out.

Nice tits.

He had a lightweight Jones going and got popped.

He's coming to fit Wilson, one of him with us.

Can you take care of him, Sue?

You don't know nothing, but I'll be responsible.

You know what you're doing.

How you doing on the Tecato side?

I'm clean now, you see.

Thank you for helping us get this little meeting together, all right?

Yeah, I'd do anything for Mike and Matt.

When you come up, if you need anything, just let us know.

Run into any problems, we'll take care of it, all right?

Thank you.

Canalito. Hey, Riley.

Riley, Sparky.

How we doing in Vacaville?

Going slow, home.

Trying to get it together, but we got a little problem there.

Some of the farmettos, we want to take into them, and we're starting up their

own click -on.

We're calling it Nuestra Familia.

Spent all of our time trying to get it together, dealing with whites in the

mayates, only to be dealing with our own.

They ain't our own people, that's it.

They're nothing but a bunch of lame farmers from up north.

The Chicanos.

It's too late for that now, Holmes.

They're already too big in Vacaville to make a move on.

And now they're making a play in our shit in Folsom.

They gotta pay the bill, that's it.

Who's carrying all the weight for them? Dude named El Choco Peña.

I know that vato.

I know him real well.

Good. You get his ticket.

I said, Cardinal, me and him shared the same cooker many a time, I said.

That should make it easier to get next to him, I say.

He used to be my crime partner.

I mean, that about was the end feed, man. What the fuck is wrong with you, I

say?

It's cool.

Pife's had left me only one choice.

The strength of a gesture.

A thought with no voice.

I feel a little mad.

Don't you know that no one alive can always be an angel?

When things go wrong, I see...

What else?

Sucky little puppy.

Her tits and her ass are too big, that's it.

Looks like it was his pita, that's it.

Chale loco. That was cute. It looks so natural, that's it.

Puro pedo.

I was proud I didn't let my feelings get in the way of doing what we had to do

to pie face that day.

Killing one of our own had earned us a new respect.

But none of us knew the price.

Little puppet.

How are you?

How are you doing?

All right.

Good, is it?

Got a little favor to ask you, all right?

Simone.

You know that dude El Choco?

I'll take care of it, I say.

Was I talking to you, I say?

Santana.

Let me do it.

Me carnalito.

That's not it.

I mean, it's not no punk or nothing, but... I'm not talking to you, puppet.

There's something I want you to understand, little puppet.

What happened to my face?

I didn't like it.

But it was necessary, especially right now.

Take a look over there, I say.

El Chaco and la Nuestra Familia is making their play to get some respect, I

La M took a long time earning their respect in this place.

And if we want to keep it, we got to show some class.

Pie Face wasn't weak, you see.

And you know he wasn't weak either.

But how about other people?

How about El Choco? What do you think, you see?

Because that's what it's about.

It's not just about being weak that we can't accept.

It's about other people even beginning to think that we're showing weakness.

But it's up to you, you know.

to try to serve a summons on me again, see?

I'll do it.

Hey, Woodbicker, come here.

And you too.

Pleasure. I want to make something out of it.

Hey, the dude had a filetto. He cut me, man.

He cut me in the neck.

He did it.

We'll be riding right alongside of you out there on Broadway.

You keep taking care of it in your homes.

Life was changing for JD mundo me But I

didn't know how much

You grew up on me, man.

Did you get my letters?

Did you come here by yourself?

I love you, Cardinal.

You never stop to think of what life has meant till

reality hits hard.

You ride behind pride, thinking you can hide feelings

deep within you.

I had years on the tear to think about how my life had affected my mother.

All these years, nothing's changed.

A lot has changed, Holmes.

It took me a while to see it.

To see where we could move out of here, man.

Get that shit out.

It's nothing new.

Yeah, but it's the numbers that are different, brother.

We're talking about...

200 ,000 Tecates doing their thing every day, brother.

The Italians are still running the show, but they're getting sloppy, man.

It's a move with a heavy upside.

Running that show on the inside is one thing. Running out here is a different

trip. Inside and outside go together, brother.

You're the one who pulled our coats today.

Controlling the inside, you own the outside.

up in the Broadway halls.

Yeah.

Shit takes a while, I see.

I heard that.

It's good to see you, I see.

You got home a couple hours ago.

I don't know.

If it bothers you, I want to stay.

I remember when I was a little chavalito.

I used to sit by the window, waiting for you to come home.

I would get so anxious, I'd pinch myself in the hand until it would bleed.

Then when you came... There you are, man. I was looking for you.

I want to show you something.

Hey, Papa.

Check it out.

It's letters you wrote me.

From the time I was a little vato.

I used to read them to my homeboys.

They listened to them.

Said it was like poetry the way you wrote them.

Check it out. This is the homeboys.

Heard a lot about you, huh?

Yeah, homes. Palito be talking about you. Good to meet you guys.

You know Puppet and Little Puppet?

They're my primos.

They're good people.

Man.

That's Neto. He's our neighbor.

He lives in 116 with his mom and his sister.

See that fine looking one over there in the white blouse?

Are you okay, man?

Yeah. Just not used to socializing, you know?

Hey, you want a beer?

Hey, J .D., want a beer?

Hey, little vato, what you been doing? Hiding a tequila around here?

Tequila. Go get him something.

You live with your sister?

And her husband?

Her husband?

Yeah, with her sister.

That's my primo Eddie.

His pup and little pup's brother.

This shit don't stink because he's going to college.

Hey, Julie!

Come over here.

Santana wants to meet you.

It's my brother, man.

Only dude around who walks the main yard alone, eh?

been since you've been home?

About 18 summers, you know.

Since you were a kid.

You like to dance?

Come on.

Come on.

When was the last time you danced?

I never really tried it, you know. Shit.

I guess this really is your first time, huh?

Wait, I'm going to step on you again?

No, no, I was, uh... I was checking out your shoes.

Um, I haven't seen any like that in a long time.

They're nice, though.

I like them.

Mom!

It's your boy?

Yeah.

Oh, you're tired, son.

Yes.

It's all right.

I better get him home.

It's late.

Thanks.

Come on.

I should have thought with my heart instead of my... But I didn't know about

that. What I knew.

How long has he been in?

Six months.

Gentlemen, Mr. Scagnelli would like to see you in the courtyard.

We appreciate you taking the time to talk to us.

So what can I do for you?

There's going to be some changes in the way business is done in East L .A.

From now on, our people are going to be responsible for the East L .A. exchange.

All deliveries between Mexico and the exchange are going to be done through

All collections are going to be done by us.

Is that what you came here for, to tell me my business?

From now on, your business in the barrio.

is going to be our business, too.

Let me explain something.

For you, for us, for anybody who does business, things happen.

And you or your family or friend can end up doing time.

Somewhere along the line, we have to deal with that fact.

Now, you run the distribution on the outside.

We run the inside.

Our offer is this.

We guarantee your people no problems on the inside.

You listen to me.

I don't know who you think you are, but if anything that I mean, anything

happens to make my son stay any more uncomfortable than it already is, you

regret the day you make that choice.

I said, Tony, he got some new trays for you, bro.

Hey, wait a minute, man. What's happening, man? Oh, good news or not.

Hey, man, I got a word from my old lady. She said the meeting with your father

was going real well, bro.

Yeah, man.

Come on. They're glad to hear it. You know, I wasn't sure how it was going to

work out. Yeah. You know what? They said your father was a real traitor.

Yeah, man. He can get kind of crazy sometimes.

You know what?

Some of the carnales just finished cooking up a fresh batch of pruno.

Well, yeah, man. It's good stuff.

Come on.

We're going to have a taste tonight after dinner.

Catch you later, bro. Hey, hey, hey, man.

Uno más.

Orale. Hey, I'm into it, man. I'm into it. Orale. You at the party? Party, man.

Party.

Check it out, Neto. Check it out.

Hey,

what's happening, man? How you doing, man? Listen, I was just over at your

house.

Is your sister home?

Nah, she's at work. The bakery store, man. Right there in Soto and... In

Brooklyn, man. Soto and Brooklyn.

You guys are flying high, huh?

Dude, this is some lightweight shit, huh?

Like I say, man, you only live once.

Yeah, just don't live it too fast. You know, you might burn out.

Take it day by day.

It's not for me to say, but you guys are gonna have to learn it the hard way,

you know?

You're watching your letter, right, carnal?

Cuidate.

Take it easy, man. Later, carnal.

Oh, damn, you see? I don't know, man. You think your dad or something?

So this is where you work, huh? I mean, I know this is where you work. Your

brother told me.

Yeah. Were you just in the neighborhood or what?

Now we're thinking about my shoes, you know?

Shoes?

What you said the other night made me stop and think that maybe they're a

bit old -fashioned.

Hey, it's okay. I was just...

I was thinking maybe if you could, if you would, want to help me buy another

pair of shoes.

You don't have to if you don't want to. Everything's okay.

You've got things to do and everything.

These are pretty good.

I'd like to buy these. I'll be with you in a minute.

Hey.

Look at me when you talk to me, all right?

I have a customer waiting. I'll be right with you.

What's wrong?

Nothing. What, you thought he wasn't showing you respect or what?

I didn't think nothing.

Hey, I say.

The vato was just doing his pinchy job.

Tu sabes.

Give me some water.

You know, when I got off at Folsom, first time I took a look

around, smiled and said I finally made it to the big time.

How did you survive there?

Got the clica going.

Had anything I wanted.

Before, you know, before somebody wanted something from you like cigarettes or

your manhood, and they were stronger than you, they just took it.

We changed all that.

We made it better for our people in the joint.

But you never finished school.

But I fed myself.

History, politics, biography, anything I could get a hold of.

To help me forget about myself.

Think about something else.

La raza.

The revolution.

El movimiento.

I loved it in there. And whatever I wanted.

Yeah?

How about walking outside or...

Going out with a girl.

I didn't know about that.

Didn't care about it either.

Hello.

Friends, friends.

Reverie.

Oh, man.

good man good shit okay now just let ease the clutch out and push on the gas

okay good are you sure you've never driven before

okay why did it do that it

does that because you got it like let the clutch out and

Okay, step on the brake.

You did real good.

The greatest fighter, pound for pound.

Without a doubt.

Who the hell

is Mondo Ramos?

All right. A toast to Mundo Ramos.

You like what you do.

Nothing professional.

What do you want to do?

I don't know.

I used to want to go to school, you know?

Really learn something.

Well, I don't have to do it.

Oh, man.

It wouldn't be that easy now, you know? I've got a kid.

Got to work.

I'd be older than everybody else.

Reese, go to school once a week.

Educate your mind.

It'll be good for you and for Miko.

Or is it that all you want is for things to be easy?

You want to know something?

What?

I've never been at the beach before.

For real?

Yeah, for real.

You like it?

Oh, man, I'm getting dizzy.

This pruno goes right to your head.

Hey, man, come on, drink up. It's good for you, isn't it?

Great party, man. This is a great party.

Hey, wait till the brawn gets here, I say. Oh, yeah.

Who's the brawn?

You are, baby.

didn't think much of our business offer.

Or you.

Relax.

You might enjoy it.

Never been with a woman before.

I told you you'd like it, huh?

I'm making a burrito.

Come on, Neto.

Look at the mess you're making. Doesn't matter. That's why you're here, to clean

it up. No, no.

Neto?

it happening around 7 o 'clock tonight as soon as the new stuff hit town.

How many ODs?

30, 40, maybe more. That's just the first ones we know about.

It's all over town, isn't it?

Scagnale let the shit run through uncut.

100 % pure, bro.

Every tecado's dream come true.

It don't make no sense, Carnal.

Makes a lot of sense.

But he must have known what would happen.

He's killing off his own customers.

How many Italians are deep?

Italians? There ain't no fucking Italians in East L .A.

What are you doing?

Where is he?

I don't know.

Where is he?

Don't listen to me, just like you.

Where is he?

Eat your hands off of me and listen to me. Where is he? Don't touch him, I

Where is he?

Let me go. Where is he?

Where is he?

Touch me. Where is he?

Everything's doing.

Go.

What kind of shit are you on?

What are you talking about?

I'm clean, man.

Paulito told me you've been coming here every day.

About the other night, I... Get it?

Whatever I did to you... or to Mama...

to make you hate me...

I'm sorry.

You mother...

It was a beautiful woman.

She made me feel proud.

She was 19 years old.

Raped.

By sailors.

After it happened... We never talked about it.

We got married.

And we tried to forget.

When you were born...

I tried to love you.

But every time I looked at you, I wondered

who your real father was.

I wondered which sailor's blood you carried inside you.

Hey, what are they, football uniforms?

No, they're spacesuits.

Hey, Les, don't I look like a piece of bubblegum?

Step on it again, Holmes.

Not too much. J .D. wants a good count.

It's got to be right. Our name's going out behind it.

It makes me nervous looking at all this shit and not being able just to chip a

little taste, brother.

Business, Tim, man. Then we'll think about taking a little bit off the top.

Now we're talking, brother.

Watch out, homie.

Watch out.

Relax,

homie. I know. Best thing is gonna get fired.

I'm just watching the tube, homie.

Whatever happened to Abby and Costello?

They're on their way to Mars, homie. They ain't the only ones.

Drop the gun!

against the wall.

Who the fuck are you?

Stand on your knees, put your hands behind your backs.

Now.

All your heads.

Do it.

You know who we are?

Yeah.

I know who you are. Now breathe.

Deep.

The word is it was the black gorilla family.

Scagnelli had his people check out how things were working here.

Farmed it out to the BGF.

What the hell are the Mayottas doing with the Italians, I say?

Scagnelli hooked up with the Compton Dope Exchange.

BGF runs muscle for Compton.

Yeah, I hear our lawyers are getting some of our people dates, huh? Yeah, pop

on. Little pop it, gonna see some daylight real soon.

Little pop in about three weeks.

Puppet about seven.

Little puppet wants to get married on the day he gets out, eh?

He wants me to be best man, is he?

What are you doing?

Santana, watch your back.

your weakness now, homes.

Everybody's going to see it.

Not just the Mayates and the WAPs.

The Nuestra Familia as well.

I mean, they're just waiting to make their fucking move.

There's a way we can do it clean.

Do what Scagnelli did.

Farm the shit out.

To who?

Aryan Brotherhood?

They hate the Mayates.

Mayates hate them. Ain't no big fucking thing.

But the AB gives the blacks message that way we don't have to risk anything

we're spending all of our time dealing with the italians and now with the black

gorilla family i say instead of getting our people out and keeping them out

you know what we don't fight for that shit now

we're gonna lose it all now

For weeks I wanted to tell you how I felt.

But when I was finally with you, I couldn't find the courage.

This is how I always imagined it.

The only thing is I wish my brother was here.

You know, when he comes out, let's have a party for him.

I want to have a party, you know, a big party.

This dude is my brother, man.

The only reason I made it, you know, without him.

You can't believe we're out here, is it?

We made it, you know?

Yeah, we made it.

Get a drink, you know?

Same fucking thing.

You know what it was in there, Holmes?

Dead time.

Wasting my fucking life away, you see?

And for what?

So I could look in the fucking mirror and say, you're bad, you see?

You're bad.

Shit, Holmes.

The best tattoos in Italy.

Now I can't draw shit, I say.

Fuck it, man.

It's okay.

Yeah, I'm lucky, huh?

I can still do something.

Go sit on the down.

Hey, you know, I'm here, I say.

You know what?

I don't need to be bad anymore.

What you laughing at, punk?

Wipe that fucking smile off your face, asshole.

Hey, carnal.

When in prison.

You're so cool, I'm going to call you Kulo.

We went down and Compton was wrong, they say.

It was supposed to be business, came out racial.

We wanted to send a message to the BGF about staying away from our business.

And we send a bunch of fucking cowboys into other people's home turf, talking

trash and shooting some guy in the dick.

I don't know what's wrong with you.

I don't know if it's that woman or what.

She's starting to show weakness.

And we both know that you can't do that.

Permiso. Okay.

My cousin, man.

She a fox. For what?

Hey, Santana.

I don't want to be in the M anymore, I say.

I want to be a John Doe, you know.

Tears and roadblocks all the way home.

Work for a living.

Go to Bakersfield.

Have some fucking kids, I say.

Let me look.

I'm scared.

Oh, man.

Oh, I feel better now, see?

Except I'm fucking hot.

Take it easy. Nobody wants to see you naked, all right?

Okay, home.

You want to go wash up a little, all right? Wait up. I'll go with you.

No, it's okay.

Too late.

I'm sorry, huh?

It's okay.

You're my cousin, remember?

Fox is my cousin. You can notice it.

I'm sorry to hear about Neto.

I don't know what to say to you.

Whatever, you know.

You're like two people.

One is like a kid.

Know how to make love.

That's the one I cared about.

But the other one... The other one I hate.

The one who knows. The one who has his rap down. Who knows how to

run drugs. Who kills people.

I don't have to listen to this shit, all right?

If you were a man, I'd... You'd kill me.

Oh, no.

No, you'd fuck me in the ass, right?

Right?

I guess we got nothing to say to each other.

You know, when I met you, I was impressed.

Yeah, you talked about la raza and education and the revolution, but you

what, man?

You really don't care about any revolution, do you?

You're nothing but a fucking dope dealer.

Just the road to where we're going is a... Bullshit. Sabes que?

I don't do drugs. I don't even like them, but they're there. And it's a

And if I don't take care of that business, somebody else will.

Yeah. Well, your business kills kids, man.

It kills kids.

Like Neto and Paulito and Mico, my son, who look up to

you.

Man, they idolize the ground you walk on.

Do you want me to start over?

Get a job?

How about become a citizen?

people like you around.

Good evening.

Must have stopped raining at midnight. Is everything okay?

Yeah, what's the problem?

You ever been in the joint?

Yeah. What about you, miss?

No.

Hey, look, we weren't doing anything wrong here. I see some ID.

Is this your jacket?

Do you have any weapons?

Okay, step to the car, put your hands on the hood.

Now.

He wasn't doing that. Stay out of this, ma 'am. She's just a chick I picked up

at a party, all right? Come on, he wasn't going... Stay back!

Step away from the car and put your hands on top of your head.

Hands out in front of you.

Over. Wiggle fingers.

Reach down and lift up your nutsack.

Can I talk to you a minute?

Si, muérese.

I heard about what happened.

I'm sorry, Santana.

Mi coronelito, he messed up.

Wasn't his fault, is he?

It's an all -American beef.

When they want to pop you, they're going to pop you.

Want some grilled cheese, I say?

No, thanks.

You sure, I say?

People are saying it's

Little Puppet's fault.

It wasn't his fault, I say.

You know me, carnal.

I'll do anything for La M.

Anything.

But I'm asking you, please.

Take my brother's name off.

Your brother's name's on a piece of paper, I say.

They want you to kill him.

It's a mistake, I say.

Don't worry about it. I'll take care of it.

Nothing's gonna happen to your brother.

It's good to hear, I say.

That's good to hear.

I hear little Bubba's name's on a piece of paper, I said.

I want you to co -sign it.

I'm taking it off, I said.

That punk got you kicked back in the hole.

Said it's all back.

Now he's running around talking loud shit about how he wants her to blame me.

His number is up, Holmes.

I said I'm taking it off.

You know,

a long time ago, two best homeboys,

to do something to prove themselves.

And they did what they had to do.

They thought they were doing it to gain respect for their people, to show the

world that no one could take their class from them.

No one had to take it from us to say, whatever we had.

Take care yourself, Colonel.

But it's looking good as far as the appeal is concerned.

At least an appointment.

For at least, I'd say, around six months.

And it's going to be tough.

I'll pay.

What's the word, mockingbird?

Going to fly the coop on us?

Come on.

You're going to take care of that business for us, right?

You brought your brother in. You got to take him out.

Santana was going to talk to J .D.

Oh, come on. Don't punk out on us, is that it?

You can't take care of it, we will.

Anybody that happens to be with him gets to go along for the ride.

Dear Julie, maybe the reason I learned how to read and write was so that I

write you this letter.

Here in this cage, behind these bars, I can read, I can learn, I can even make

love, but it's distorted.

I thought that what I had learned on the inside

was everything I needed to know.

Even on the outside.

Like they say,

things don't always turn out the way one feels they should.

Till now all the books I've ever read have been to try to get power

You

were

the door to another life where my seed might have been

affirmed

I've brought back to this hole a breath of life, which I'm trying to use.

You make it, Garland.

We don't fake it, we just fake it.

Because it's la primera, Ceci.

Always has been, always will be.

Orale. Orale.

Welcome to the cliqua, carnal.

Por vida, sir.

Por vida.

Are you coming out here, sir?

Staying in.

Are you sure you know what you're doing here, sir?

No.

You scared me by showing me a glimpse of what my life might have been.

See me?

That's Lourdes. Oh, she look female that day.

Hey, be careful.

Don't worry, I ain't gonna crash.

Check that one out.

See all the people?

They were throwing rice and shit.

Look at Mama.

Hello, we're up here.

I gotta take a leak.

This medal I send to you is a gift for helping me find my voice, a key to my

soul, which I will use.

St. Dismas is the patron saint of all those in prison.

He has protected me.

May he do the same for you.

Have hope.

You deserve it.

It lives through us.

It gives to us.

It is us.

It's all we've ever had.

You can now remember that time we went down to the LA River, isn't it?

We drank that funky, funky wine and said, man, I was sick for a week.

You want to know what Lourdes asked me?

I'm telling you this because you're my canada, huh?

She wanted to know if the reason why they call me little puppet was.

You're real angry.

You think she's pregnant, huh?

I guess I showed her, huh?

Don't look at me.

Don't look at me.

Don't fight.

Please, don't fight.

Coming out?

Paulito?

Can I talk to you for a minute?

Your brother sent this for you.

He wants you to have it.

You know what it is, right?

Yeah.

Yeah, I went with my mom to give it to him.

Years ago.

Thanks.

Hey,

check it out.

Check it out.

Look what my carnal sent me.

Mom, where are you going?

To school, mijo. To school?

Give me a kiss.

I love you.

Is it okay if I go with the guy? No, it's not okay if you go with the guy.

not? Because I said... Please. No, you can't. Please. No, you can't. Why not?

Because you can't. Looks good, don't it?

You're a man now, see?

Let's go through the boulevard, huh?

Palito.

Be right back.

Palito!

Are you coming out of there?

Yeah.

She's got a lot of heart, government.

Maybe too much.

You always gotta give it your best shot, you know?

Which one, I say?

Don't matter.

Fuck it, home.

What is time?

Time is when a man is trying to make time with your woman, but you doing time

behind bars and your time is standing still.

Yo, Frost, kick it to these people for real. No, man.

Time is through the hourglass, through night and day, and I watch as the games

people play.

It's like going to other events split, and if you can't back up what you say,

then you ain't shit.

I've seen the manifestations of the street.

So I command offense what I see on a drumbeat.

Like just last night, I watched these two vassals get in a crazy fight. One of

them was quick to pull a knife.

He stabbed him in the heart and now he's doing life in prison at the age of 21.

Living on death row cause he couldn't let go.

Caught in the web of violence.

Row deep when they creep and move in silence of the lambs.

Yo. A tattoo teardrop at the iron gate.

Wow.

Ain't no sunshine.

Ain't no sunshine.

Anytime. Hey.

Ain't no sunshine.

Ain't no sunshine.

Damn, ain't that a shame? You're lost. So pay the cost. Shouldn't have played

the game. Should have listened to the force when I was trying to come across

you. But no, you didn't think.

You just keep getting yourself more sick until you think.

So there's no one else to thank but yourself.

So go ahead and take a bow for a job well done. But you'll never see the day

the sunshine or the fun times. Just the old days.

And you're always corrupt and wicked.

After doing this, instead of just kicking it, pow, pow, bang, bang, and

noise. Yeah, you and all your homeboys take the time to read between the

lines. Because ain't no sunshine.

Ain't no sunshine.

Ain't no sunshine.

I know about being macho.

Calling the shots the big time head honcho.

But here's something even more gotcho. One of my onwards is your old lady

sancho.

Your shit happens.

A number lights up on his beeper. Right as I'm rapping.

While you sit in your cell writing a letter. Saying when you get out, your

things will be better.

But man, she couldn't wait.

So she's going out on dates with every Tom, Dick, and Harry.

And if you ask me, your shit's getting scary.

So how you gonna handle this when your hoes in Los Angeles

Just for you 92

So if you don't want to do no time, you better take time and try to draw the

line, you know what I'm saying?

Or you're going to be the next fool in line doing time, you know what I'm

saying? Like my man said, ain't no sunshine, fool.

Ain't nothing happening up there, you know what I'm saying?

Yo, Mayor Frost is out of here. Peace.