Original subtitles

Goldie?

They done set us up!

- Split! - Goldie, I can't leave you, man!

- Split! - Goldie, listen--

Goldie!

- Gang war. - Aw, it's a bunch of niggers.

Do you care? Do you really care?

Someone's still moving, man.

You see, that's the problem--

now we gotta call ambulances and doctors...

Three, four, five-- right, forget it, forget it.

We ought to finish him off here. What do you think?

Well, no, because then we'll have to do a lot of bookwork.

I'm chilly. Let's get some coffee.

Um-mmm...

Coons.

John Mickens, you have been found guilty

and sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary.

Stop.

Stop!

Stop, please, stop!

Stop it! Stop it!

Listen to me

Everybody

While I tell you a story about "The Mack"

Talking 'bout The Mack-- The Mack, The Mack

He's gonna show you where it's at

Now Goldie had it together

He had a master plan

He knew what he wanted, and the only way he could get it

Was cash all in the hand

Little Lulu, China Doll in the street

Back to help keep him on his feet

Tips from the blind man, he knew he would be

The baddest mack on the street

But he got to be on his job, yeah

He can't be asleep, no, no, no

He's got the show the players

Ladies of Leisure sure like that

If you wonder who I'm talkin' 'bout

I'm talkin' 'bout The Mack, yeah

I'm talkin' 'bout The Mack, yeah

Talkin' 'bout Goldie, Goldie

Talkin' 'bout Goldie, Goldie

Talkin' 'bout Goldie, Goldie

Talkin' 'bout The Mack, yeah

Watch it, now, watch it!

Don't be fakin'! Motherfuckin' jivin'!

- Hold it, hold it. - Okay, I gotcha, I gotcha!

Did you see it that time?

- Did you see it? - Yeah. It's this one here.

- How much you wanna bet? - Wait a minute!

I got money, I got money! I got money everywhere!

Goddamn, you sure is right.

If you can't count, you shouldn't play.

Rock something.

Pass on, then.

You got no business being here no way.

Shut up.

The game is out there, Goldie. Just waiting for you.

You can be a player, perhaps one of the best.

You see, you were one of my best boys.

The sharpest.

I hated losing you.

You didn't really lose me, man.

The cat just hid me away in his prison and threw the key out the window.

Yeah, wellthatdeal wassetupwrong.

Those other niggers didn't have no business being out there.

No way.. It was a set-up.

I used to lie in that stinky-ass four-by-five cell,

looking at those dark walls...

and I don't care how much I let it run through my head,

it always ended up the same way--

I'd always end up hanging upside down

in that stupid car looking at that stupid-ass cop.

We gonna change all thatnow.

We're gonna put you up on your feet again.

You'll have a bankroll so big, when you walk downthe street

it'll look like your pocket's got the mumps.

I ain't never had those kind of mumps.

Remember...

a pimp is only as good as his product, see?

And his product is women.

You got togo out there

and you got toget the best ones you can find.

You got to work them broads like nobody's ever worked them before.

And never forget--

anybody can control a woman's body, see,

but the key is tocontrol her mind.

You see, pimpin' is big business.

It's been going on since the beginning of time,

and it's gonna continue straight ahead...

till somebody up there turns out the lights

on this small planet.

Can you dig it?

Yeah, yeah, I can dig it.

Right on.

Mind if I--

Goldie!

Lulu! God damn, baby!

I was just thinking about you a couple of days ago, man!

Look at you. Wow!

You look pretty good.

- Let me buy you a drink. - Okay.

Wow!

- When did they let you out? - I just got in town.

Wow-- goddamn, you look good to me, do you hear me?

You look so good. How long has it been, about five years?

No, it's been four years, 349 days, �

two hours and 20 minutes.

Wow, it must have been awful funky,

'cause you got it down to the minutes.

No, no, it was okay.

I kind of dug it, you know?

I really dug it. I'm a time freak.

Come on.

I can't really joke about that. It was a bitch.

It was a bitch, baby, you know?

They turn you into an animal,

then they talk all that "rehabilitation" shit, you know?

Why are we talking about me? We know where I've been,

You can look at my shirt, right?

What you been doing? What you been into?

Nothing much-- just trying to get over,

turning a few tricks here and there.

Wow,..

When I was up in that place,

I used to do all sorts of fantasies and dreams about you.

I used to picture you as a big-time nurse,

or a lawyer, or something heavy like that.

That would be righteously together if I was white.

But I don't have to tell you how hard it is

for a nigger to earn a decent living.

Besides, it's jut a job that pays the bills.

Yeah, them bills do have to be paid.

You know, Goldie, there are a lot of people who don't dig me.

- What are you talking about? - You know I'm an outlaw.

A lot of the pimps are down on me 'cause I won't choose.

Goldie, you know,

I need a man. I need somebody in my corner.

Not just because I'm paying him,

but somebody to be there. Do you think I'm wrong?

No, I don't think you're wrong at all.

Help me, then, Goldie!

Man, I--I'm tired of being by myself.

Man, I need you.

Man, you'll never regret it.

I'll do anything, do you hear me?

Anything-- everything that you ask me to do.

You'll never have to look behind you--

I'll always be there.

Goldie, please help me.

I gotta think about it. It might just work.

Hey, man, I gotta split now.

I gotta go catch this little trick.

Why don't you come by the pad a little later?

It'll be like you never left.

Goldie, please?

Later,,baby. Go do what you gotta do.

You know, go ahead.

- Hip, hip... - Hooray..

- Hip, hip... - Hooray..

Welcome home.

You remember us.

We're your friendly neighborhood police officers.

If you've got any problems, come to us.

Okay? We're here to serve you.

Any problems at all-- rape, murder...

selling dope, robbery-- anything.

We want you to do something.

Anything.

We're looking forward to it.

You mad our jobs interesting.

It's been fuckin' dull.

Listen-- there's a guy around the corner...

� he's selling dope. Why don't you go get yourself a fix, �

� and my partner and I will bust your ass?

Okay? Perfect.

You lousy punk!

I should have finished you off in the junkyard.

Next time, I'll pull the trigger.

I'll blow your head off!

Easy!

You pissed him off. You're always pissing him off!

Now you listen tome, boy.

You breathe too deep, you blink once too often,

I'm gonna make you look like an ad

for Swiss cheese!

Okay?

Look at yourself, Goldie!

Look at yourself.

You used to be a sharp dresser-- you're a mess!

Get your shit together, brother.

Mama?

Goldie?

Goldie, baby?

Is it really you?

How are you doin', lady?

Thank God.

Let me look at you.

You've gotten thin. I can feel--

I haven't lost any weight. I've always been skinny.

Oh, honey, it's so good to have you.

It's good to be here, Mama.

Oh, Goldie, I thought about you every day.

I dreamed about you almost every night.

You were always on my mind,

always beside me.

You know, sometimes I'd be sitting in church

and I'd see your face right in front of me.

I tried to imagine where you were and what you were doing.

I tried to understand why you were there.

I said to myself,

"Why did I bring us here?"

Mama, we didn't have a choice.

After Daddy was killed, we had to leave Alabama.

Goldie!..what are you gonna do now?

Why don't you fix me something to eat?

Can you fix me something? I haven't had anything all day.

I have plenty of food. Come on.

I need to fatten you up anyway.

I want you to look me straight in the eyes

and tell me what you're gonna do.

Mama, look-- I'm gonna make a lot of money.

I'm gonna buy you nice things and get you out of here,

I'm gonna buy the things I promised you.

Son, please, come to church with me and pray with me.

Mama, I'm tired of praying in church.

I spent five years in prison.

I gotta go out and fight that man the only way. I know.

- Goldie? - Yeah?

Please..

.. Please take care of yourself.

I'm gonna take care of myself,okay?

Take care of yourself,son.

I'm gonna take care of you, too.

I really am.

Aw,look at you, look at you.

Kinda silly, isn't it?

You look so pretty with all that water on your face.

I've loved you for a long time, lady.

Goldie, Goldie!..

Come here, come here, Don't do that.

So you must first of all remember,

this system was not originally designed with Black people in mind.

Right on, brother! Right on!

And it definitely was not prepared

for Black people to, in the end, begin to demand their rights

and an equal share in this country which they've died for.

Right on!

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Hey-- and we definitely are not going back to Africa.

Right on! Right on, brother! We ain't goin' back!

For us to exist in this system,

we must first of all realize

that we have to got to form our own Black America,

within-- but without-- white America.

Right on!

Already we've begun to do this,

with this little handshake that we've got,

that they keep trying to copy, and we keep improving on.

When they go and get their hair fluffed out, we braid ours.

We're doing our own thing. We are creating.

Right on! Right on, brother!

Right on!

We have, first of all,

got to protect our brothers and sisters from themselves,

and from those within the community

that would rip them off. We have got to do this,

We have got to stop sacrificing our sisters to the streets

and our brothers to the drugs--

Right on!

We have got to turn that around and take from them.

I believe in taking. Go to school and get that knowledge--

but get it with that Black awareness always here.

What I'm saying to you..

is that you've got to carry this "Right Oh, "

and "Power to the People" and "Black is Beautiful"

and "Black is Now" out into your homes.

Talk to your little brothers and sisters.

Talk to your mothers and fathers.

Talk to the people that you can relate to

and begin to lift this whole thing up on a total basis.

We've got to side up to that sister,

because that sister on the street corner is someone's sister.

That little brother that thinks it's nice to be high,

we've got to show him another alternative.

We've got to take care of our present..

Right on, right on!

We've got to take care of our future.

Right on, brother!

This is how we begin..

to create a Black America within...

but without white America.

God damn!

God damn!

Hey, man, this is my brother!

We're gonna get some shit on together now!

Shit, man, I'm so glad to see your ass!

Hey, man, hey-- we're ready, man.

We're ready. It's all here,

You look good. God, you look good.

Shit-- the way you whipped my ass?

I said, "I'm gonna get my stuff together.

When this nigger comes back, he ain't gonna jump on me!"

I can still whip your ass!

- I'm ready for you. - I just went by to see Mama.

Oh, wow.

Mama ain't been able to understand me since Dad died.

But with you here, we're gonna get a lot straightened out.

I mean, the shit is together, man. We're here!

I might as well tell you now,

I might not be able to tell you later--

Hot damn, John!

I'm gonna get my stuff together too. I got some things I wanna do.

All right, hey-- well, shit, it's here,

That's the only way you're gonna get something done--

do it yourself if you want to accomplish something.

I'm so glad to see you--

I think I'm gonna adopt that formula for myself.

All right!

This is all right! This is my brother, man!

How old are you, Willie?

How old do you think?

- Oh, about 40. - I happen to be 18

Man, all bitches are the same,

just like my ho's, you know? I keep 'em, broke.

If they wake up one morning with some money,

they're subject to go crazy.

I keep 'em looking good, pretty and all that,

but no dough. And when I get a bitch, I got a bitch.

- Right on. - Remember that mack, "The Bear"?

- Yeah, - Tried to steal one of my bitches.

I called him up on the telephone,

I said, "Mack, come over to the pad, let's rap a taste on it.�

So when he comes over, I told her to give him a little taste,

'cause she sure as shit wasn't gettin' none from me.

See, that nigger wanted the honey,

all we wants is the money.

I was out on the streets driving, checkin' on my game--

I hear you.

I ran into a little old nice thing, you wouldn't believe it.

- No shit? - Aw,she was a beauty.

Oh, man.

You know how these young macks are.

They don't have their shit in order.

I ran down and copped this little thing,

and knocked her over, so I went and stashed that away.

Tell me, what are you gonna do with this one?

Man, shit, You know how I am. I'm gonna run my thing,

It's all about the money game. I do mine from 'Frisco to Maine.

- You know how that is. - You gonna put her on the track?

Most definitely. Gotta do a little grooming first.

- I can dig that. - Then it's cool.

I had a little "shoobie-doobie" for you last night.

Did you? I'm sorry I missed that..

I'm gonna be the meanest mack who ever lived.

They're gonna talk about Goldie like they used to talk about Jesus!

A-men!

They're gonna have to rewrite

the macking game book,

'cause I'm gonna be the new king!

I'm gonna be so cold-blooded, baby,

that they're gonna have to change the name of the game.

And..

I'm gonna get the hottest bitches I can find,

a whole boatload of money,

then I'm gonna get myself.

some fine-looking vines and a great looking ride,

then I�m just gonna stir it all up.

I'm gonna say, "Come and get it. Come and get it.� I am.

Shit, you don't know nothing about mackin'.

Everything you need to know, you got to get from me.

I remember when I first met you, you know?

You were just a shiny-eyed little girl

running around with a snotty nose.

You know what? You were a funny-looking dude,

with one baggy suit,

and you had the biggest feet I ever seen in my life!

Feet!

You remember how we used to run all the way home

from school for lunch and there was no food there?

Yeah,.

I remember.

I remember every bit of that, man.

You know... I even remember my mama's face

when she used to yell out the window for me to come in.

My mama was so pretty.

But..

I never went in.

I don't know...

I guess there was nothing to go in for,you know?

Listen tome

Everybody

While I tell you a story about "The Mack"

The Mack-- The Mack, The Mack

He's gonna show you where it's at

Now Goldie had it together

He had a master plan

He knew what he wanted, and the only way. He could get it

Was cash in the hand.

- Hey, Goldie! - How you doing, Keith?

Fine. Can I get in, Goldie?

Of course you can get in. Come on.

You got to do what you got to do. Get on inside.

You like that, huh?

Yeah,

Yeah, Feels good, huh?

- I want to be like you, Goldie! - I told you about that.

I don't want to hear you say that again.

That goes for the rest of you, if you want to be my partner.

You can be a lawyer, you can be a doctor, you can be anything,

but I don't ever want to hear you want to be like me, okay?

Okay.

Let me give you some of this money, 'cause I gotta get out of here,

- Goldie! Gold-- - Be cool, now! Just be cool, baby.

- You been staying in school? - Yeah,

Okay, drop it. Take that and give it to your sister.

Isn't that one of them damn pimps?

Sure in the hell is.

And every month those kids will get their bread.

I don't give a damn, He's still a pimp.

I heard you didn't go to school last week, man.

- I was there. - You went to school, right?

- I was there. - Okay. Okay.

For the little man. Take care of your cousin. Be careful walking.

Okay. Go ahead. Come on, Keith, I gotta roll.

You take care, man.

- You hear what I said, Keith? - All right,

If I catch you missing school, you don't get no more bread.

- I'll be there. - All right, Later,

Dizzy world, my mind's in a daze

Plastic smiles

Mixed up, with phony ways..

What'd you do yesterday, man? I tried to reach you all day.

I was busy, man. I told you.

I called your house. You wasn't home, nigger.

I had to get rid of a truckload of shit.

I know you tried to call me. You know what I did?

I don't know.

I know you don't know. I haven't told you yet.

I went out to the stable.

- To white folks' stable? - Yeah, where Jeff works.

You know that big dude? That big bad dude?

He put me on a chick whose father is a corporate lawyer.

Wait a minute. On the real side?

Yeah, her name is Diane.

Little short white bitch? With the long hair?

First time I saw her, my kneecaps got hard.

- But I got it together. - How did you do, nigger?

Well, I made out like I couldn't ride a horse.

Aw, man, you're cold. What'd you do?

Been riding since we were 13, right?

And she took off like the Lone Ranger.

I even took her out to the restaurant.

I spent a lot of bread on that chick last night, wrapping her up.

Aw, man, she got some money.

- It's going to pay off. - And the bitch is fine!

That's okay, when I finish with her, I'll let you have her.

Man, that's beautiful. 'Cause they talking about you.

I heard niggers be doing, "Goldie! Goldie!" Bitches--

Pretty Tony knocked a bitch down the other night. You know Sandra?

- Talking about me? - Yeah, talking about, "Goldie!"

I said, "Who is Goldie? I don't know who he is.�

The way. They was talking..

- Something that bothers me-- - What bothers you, nigger?

If you listen, I'm gonna tell you.

I can't get it in my head how a bitch can walk the street every night--

even in the rain-- and take a chance on getting robbed

or sent to jail, or even getting her arm broke

by some sadistic fool out the suburbs, right?

Then she gets all that money, and gives it to some dude.

- I can't figure that shit out. - The game is strong, baby.

I ain't talking about me. I'm talking about other cats.

You motherfucker.

You're showing some titty, too.

Let me suck that titty.

While I'm thinking about it, thank you for what you did for my mother.

I'm serious about it. Let's go all the way.

Get some money, man. Ain't no need to bullshit These niggers in love

Talking about "players.� They ain't no players.

I'm kinda drunk, now, but I'm cool.

But players take care of business. I knew you was a player, nigger.

Ain't a nigger in the world got me to shootout but you.

Didn't we? Did we shoot out? I didn't run.

Know what I mean, baby? Me and you.

Okay, all right,

We gonna have bitches from all over the world,

It's gonna be like the Muhammad Ali-Frazier return bout.

I know! We gonna have bitches from Ha-wa-ii!

You ever seen a nigger with a bitch from Ha-wa-ii?

- Never! - It's going to be a monster.

- We gonna get down. - It's gonna be a monster.

Ever since I was 13, my biggest problem has been

to find the right road to get to that rainbow that everybody talks about.

Most people get close enough to count the stripes,

but they don't have enough guts to reach out and take that pot of gold.

And what are you going to do?

I'm gonna walk off with the whole pot.

You gonna share that with anyone?

There's a possibility I might share it

with a little lady I just met, who calls herself Diane

It's not gonna be easy though, baby.

It's not gonna be easy. It's gonna be hard work.

I really have a lot of good feelings.

I know when I first saw you, I just wanted to touch you,

and hold you.

And there's an incredible excitement about you.

You've been very powerful.

I had those good feelings about you when I first saw you.

So where do we go from here?

We go all the way. To the top, if you're not afraid.

Everything's gonna be all right.

I'm gonna be everything to you.

I'm gonna be your father, I'm gonna be your friend.

I'm gonna be your lover, but you gotta believe in me.

You gotta believe �

� that everything I tell you to do is for the best.

For the both of us, okay?

Okay.

Let's have a drink.

Here's..

� a toast to what we're getting into.

Trick or treat?

What hole did you crawl up out of this time, eh?

Whatcha doin' here?

Slumming.

I see you haven't changed much.

Still look like a little greaseball.

You know, someday, I'm going to get the chance �

�to rearrange that ugly black face of yours.

Not if I see you first--

� you little ugly dwarf.

The Fatman wants to see you-- now.

Tell the Fatman that I say go play with himself.

He ain't gonna like that.

He's going to get very angry.

You ever thought of having plastic surgery done to your face?

You've got five seconds to get your crummy hand off my coat,

or I'm gonna rip a hole in that greasy face of yours.

Listen, I may be a greaseball now,

I may still be a greaseball tomorrow,

but tomorrow, you'll still be Black!

Stop it!

Diane, your timing is off.

Chico, I want you to make a sweeping gesture, �

� get that stuff out of the way, turn and get the hell out of there.

It's horse and mule time, Get over to the clothes rack.

Wait a minute!

Bitch, what do you think you're doing?

Why look behind you when you should look in front of you?

Chico's covering your back. Chico, walk like it's a newborn baby.

Get it together! Let's try it again.

You're on.

Goldie, Sheila came in this morning broke, man.

Says Pretty Tony busted her ass and took her money.

- Didn't she used to be with Tony? - He's the one that turned her out.

She's conning you, man. The bitch is conning you.

Get a sharp knife and tell her the next time he messes with her

to cut his tongue out and bring you your money.

- Thanks, Goldie! - Notice the hooks.

Grab the garment from the inside, and bring it out,

place it neatly on the hook. Close your coat, and get to stepping.

I'll be right back, honey.

Oh, hurry up, baby. You hurry up. Oh!

Hurry up, baby!

I'm going to get you something to rock you to the moon.

Hey, Daddy, you just hold it together till Mommy gets back.

Hurry up, baby!

We're waiting! Hurry up!

Hurry up, baby! Don't forget your girlfriend!

Police! Police!

Help! Help!

Please, somebody help me! I've been robbed!

Get me the police! Help me!

Help! Police, anybody!

All right, buddy. I'm the police. What's the problem?

What's my problem? Damn it, can't you see I've been robbed?

I can see you've been something.

I just lost 1300 dollars.

1300, huh, buddy? Come on, I think you're drunk,

Drunk? I told you I've just been robbed and you tell me I'm drunk?

What'd my wife gonna think? She's gonna kill me.

Do you understand, mister? She's gonna kill me.

It's all right, he's a friend of mine. I'll take care of it. Come on, pal!

So he's a friend of yours. He's my prisoner.

Take your hand off.

That's the way. it goes, brother.

Come on, pal, let's move it.

You ought to learn to relax

That was downright cold.

The whole thing was foul, you know? The whole thing!

You're on top now, Goldie! So listen tome.

The word's out you've been set up for a robbery.

- Who is it? - The gambler.

I'm gonna give you a break this time,.

but next time I hear about you trying to set me up,

I'm gonna kill your mother, your two kids,

and that fat, ugly bitch of yours,

then I�m gonna come looking for you

and blow your heart out your body, sucker!

Slim-- hey, man!

Hey, man, what kind of shit--?

No! No! No!

Oh, no! No!

Hold it!

Hey!

Wait for us, you son of a bitch!

Get your dope-pushing ass in the car!

Shit!

You all right?

There goes the best pusher we got.

Out of commission.

When they get through with him,

he'll come back as a monk.

Incredible. Incredible.

Can you imagine that self-righteous son of a bitch

trying to make this neighborhood safe

for people to walk around in? And you mark my words,

he keeps doing that, we're gonna be broke.

You hear me? We're gonna be broke and on our asses.

You know something?

My wind was better before I quit smoking.

I wanna know where these bitches are.

Nobody's out on the corner. Where the hell are they?

I gotta straighten their heads out, you know?

I let a bitch get away with something last night.

I shouldn't have let her get away with it.

Put a foot to her ass

What'd you say? Put a foot to her ass?

- Right on, baby. - That's beautiful.

Put a foot to her ass That's just what I'm gonna do. Wow!

He tried to kill me, Goldie!

He took all my money,

- And he made me strip.. - What are you talking about?

Why aren't you where you're supposed to be?

The white trick, Goldie! He tried to off me, man.

Let me tell you something. Listen to me closely.

I don't give a shit about what happened to you.

Now I want you to get yourself together.

get back out there, and get me my money.

I don't care how long it takes you, get out there and get it!

Now get!

How you like it, man?

Yeah, it's all right, man, but it definitely ain't me.

It's not even where my head is.

I'm trying to get away from shit like this, man.

It's not really that bad, though. I got about $30.000 tied up in this.

Man, it wasn't like this before. When we were little.

all you used to talk about, after our old man died,

was how you were gonna get Mom a decent place to live in.

How you were gonna work real hard to get her a new pad,

I can buy a house now. I can buy anything I want.

I'm getting ready to buy her a place right now.

These are my people out here, I got a whole thing out here,

I'm controlling. I got a lot of things I'm manipulating.

I got a nice life, man.

These people out here on the streets are your people, huh?

Here I am, your own brother, trying to clean up the streets.

You're telling me people on the streets are "your people"?

Hey,look here, You know what I'm doing?

I got a little show I call the "Planetarium Show.�

I got a thing that I do with my women.

I put on a show for 'em and I talk.

I want you to come and check it out for me, okay?

You've got to be jiving!

No, I'm serious. It's really fun, man.

I really got those bitches' minds controlled, bro'.

I'm laughing but it ain't funny.

You are all here

because you have successfully passed

one of the requirements to become a member

of Goldie's illustrious family.

This family is like a large corporation

filled with qualified stockholders,

or if you prefer, "gifted actresses.�

But I'd rather call you "Professional Ladies of Leisure,"

each playing a major role in this large production company,

for the whole world is our stage.

In this organization there is a president,

a director, and a teacher.

All of these offices are held by me.

In this family, there is no room for confusion.

Anyone or anything opposing my will,

must be, and will be... destroyed!

Now these are my rules and regulations.

I want you to repeat after me--

"I will not lie.�

"I will not lie.�

"I will not steal.�

"I will not steal.�

"I will not cheat.�

"I will not cheat.�

"I will confide in and respect Goldie! "

"I will confide in and respect Goldie! "

"I will remain a lady at all times.�

"I will remain a lady at all times.�

"And I accept this as a lifetime contract.�

"And I accept this as a lifetime contract.�

Should you fulfill all of your obligations to me,

the rewards... The riches will be great.

You will have protection. You'll have your own bank account.

You'll own your own real estate.

All of this can be yours.

All of this,.

and if you really do things correctly and follow my orders,

I'll even take you with me to the Players' Picnic,

and to the upcoming Players' Ball.

I want you to go home now,

and get sleep, and make yourselves beautiful,

and go do your work.

You sure are looking good. Where you been keeping yourself?

- I've just been working, man. - I sure am glad to hear that.

I'm gonna have to check on you later on this evening.

Yeah, much later. Today is a holiday.

Ain't nobody getting laid today.

- Nobody? - Uh-uh!

Home plate.

Ahh!

Crippled children, baby. For the crippled children.

Here it comes. Get ready out there.

All right, Goldie! Chuck it tome. We got this boy.

How in the hell can you drop a ball like that?

Playing with young girls all night. That helps.

You got a cunt collar so big you couldn't hit the ball.

Hey,lob him one, Goldie!

God damn! How y'all expect me to catch with a hard-on?

Y'all didn't give me no goddamn cup!

- What you want, man? - Whiskey.

- What about you? - Same.

None of that house shit, huh?

Goldie been around?

Shit, man! I had him right in my back pocket.

That was damn good, man.

Reach down your pocket and pull him out for us, huh?

I'm no goddamned magician.

Then fake it.

That's bullshit You can't do nothing tome.

Come here, will you?

Come on, I want to tell you something.

A little closer.

You listen tome.

Next time you're asked a question, you answer it.

or I'll hang your black ass in space. You understand?

Then I'll kick your goddamned teeth so far down your throat

it'll take a dredgin' crew a week to get 'em out.

Now is that clear?

Yeah, man.

That's 'cause you're a good boy.

You are a good boy.

Clean up your bar. It stinks

Here I am, working my ass off,

and he's spending my money on some trashy white bitch!

You better be quiet. Otherwise, you go out!

You want to be nice?

Okay, what is it now?

You know, you're really something, Goldie.

You sit in that nice restaurant

feed your face and sit with that nice white pretty lady.

My buddy and I are out here freezing our asses off,

to protect people like you, and that's really something.

Let's talk some heavy shit, huh?

What'd in it for us, hmm? I mean, us.

- You know what your problem is? - Tell us.

You wanna be me. You'd like to have my clothes,

you'd like to take my money and get in my big car.

You'd like to have some of those pretty women I got--

especially that pretty white one that I left in the restaurant.

I bet you have a problem with women, don't you?

And in fact..

you'd even like to look like me.

You or me?

You.

Yeah!

Resisting arrest again, huh? Happens all the time.

- I don't understand these guys. - Just can't adjust, can you?

Hold your hands there, Goldie. Everything will be all right.

Don't get cute, sweetheart. Just relax.

These bastards are always resisting. All right, jungle bunny.

You okay, sweetheart? You all right?

- You all right, Goldie? - You okay? Let's go home,

Okay, what's your name?

Jesus Christ.

Jesus!..

- Address? - Jerusalem.

Jerusalem.

And your occupation?

- Carpenter. - Carpenter.

All right, what can we do for you?

Well,. to begin with..

how about a quarter for a cup of coffee?

You know, I used to think you were smart.

I thought you had the brights

But it turns out you're nothing but another street punk!

- What you trying to sell, huh? - I'm selling you survival.

You play ball with me, everything will be all right.

But keep going the way. You are, keep fucking up..

I'm going to save a spot for you in the morgue.

- Are you threatening me, man? - Me? Threaten you, Goldie?

No, I'm making a suggestion, that's all.

It's part of the community relations program--

you know, get to know your neighborhood better,

"Take a Nigger to Lunch Week, " you know, things like that.

Listen tome.

We can work together. I can help you.

I don't want to be on that side.

I want to be on your side.

- You dig? - I can dig it, man.

Hey look, I'm tired of talking to you, okay?

- Is that it, Goldie? - That's it, man.

How long has it been, Goldie?

It's been a long time!

You don't want that, do you?

I remember when you used to love that stuff.

Turn him loose.

Get away!

What do you want, Goldie?

Tell me.

You can have anything you want, okay?

You name it and I'll give it to you.

And do you know why?

Because you're my golden boy.

I'm not your boy.Why did you have these idiots snatch me up here?

I sent you invitations.

- I've been busy, man! - So have I.

Okay, I'm here! Tell me what it is.

Goldie, first of all I wanted to see you.

Okay, you're looking at me!

We had some awfully good times together, Goldie.

I remember those times, Fats. I remember too well, man.

You lived awfully well, baby.

I paid though, man. I paid so much.

Ah..

But I don't pay no more. I'm living in a different world,

Yeah?

Outside.

That's what I want to talk to you about, Goldie--

your future world,

Come here,

Goldie!..

I want you to come back to work for me, Goldie!

I want you to come back to work for me.

It'll be like old times. Better than old times, okay?

Now wait a minute.

You realize something, Goldie, that...

you were the only person that I could trust

in that whole ghetto?

I mean, you always stood up straight.

You did what you were told,

and I never forgot that.

I'm giving you a chance to win it all, baby--

I'm not interested, Fats!

What, are you going to go on playing "Fagan"?

What do you got? a ragtag bunch of pretty little girls.

Look, that "ragtag bunch of pretty young girls"

brings me in at least $2,000 a week,

Chicken feed.

It may be chicken feed to you, but it's not chicken feed tome!

It's a million miles from where I came from.

A million miles from those cold cuts, and that filth, and that dirt,

and all that other fuck-up!

$2,000 was a lot tome then, and it's still a lot.

I'm not asking you, Goldie, I'm telling you.

I've invited you in, and you're coming in.

Look at this arm. Do you remember this arm?

I remember it!

Remember all the shit that went in it, man?

Goldie, you're getting too big!

Do you remember all that shit that went into my arm?

- Yeah! - Well then, look at it!

I'm looking at it. I told you before, you're too big,

You're getting too big, The word has come down.

It's not healthy to get too big!

You're going to go to work for me,

and the first thing you're going to do is go back on the street.

You're going to tell that brother of yours to cool off,

and I want no more attempts to throw our people off the streets.

Now go home,

Don't touch me!

Don't touch me.

You really don't understand, do you?

Don't you realize in order for us to make this thing work,

we've got to get rid of the pimps, the pushers, and the prostitutes.

and then start all over again, clean?

Hey, look, nobody's pushing me anywhere.

Not you, not the cops, nobody, man!

You want to get rid of the pushers, I'll help you,

but don't send your people after me.

Oh, come on, John!

Can't you see, we can't get rid of one without the other?

We got to come down on both of 'em at the same time

in order for this to work for the people,

Hey look, nobody's closing me out of my business.

Hey, man, you're my flesh and blood.

You're making me make a decision I don't want to make, John!

You're my brother, man, can't you understand that?

Look-- being brothers ain't got nothing to do with it.

I got a right to live my life the way. I want to live it.

Being rich and Black means something, don't you know that?

Being poor and Black don't mean shit!

We're living in different times. When you and I were young kids,

there were no heroes. We got all sorts of heroes now.

There are kids out there who look up tome, man.

Can't you see that's just teaching Black kids

to exploit their own kind? And that's sick.

It's not sick! It's sick when you got a chance

to get out of a rat-infested ghetto and you don't.

Wow, you've lost your love for the brothers altogether, haven't you?

Don't be dropping that "brotherly love" shit on me, man!

For five years I sat up in that place, you never visited me!

You didn't bring me a dime. You didn't write me a letter.

I figured you wanted something better

than dimes and letters and visits

I tried to create some kind of organization

you could use to fight the system that's been fucking with you.

You too goddamned brainwashed to use it!

I just wanted to see you, man. That's all.

I like women of substance-- big...

m-meaty.. you know?

Listen, every--

everybody wants to be skinny today.

But you see, that's not real.

You know what's real?

That's real, right there.

That's what's real. Look at that.

That's real.

That's something a man can hold on to.

I mean.

small tits and bony asses. .

little necks and skinny legs!

Christ-- no way.

That's not truth.

You wanna know what truth is? Hmm?

I'll tell you what truth is.

Truth is. .

pimples,

and garlic,

armpits.

That's what truth is.

There's a-- there's an animal in the jungle

who has--

four small legs--

skinny,skinny--

and he has a long, skinny neck.

What the hell do you call it, anyway?

Oh-- it's a giraffe. Yeah,

Yeah, it's a giraffe.

Now, a giraffe is skinny,you see?

And that sucker can sneak up on you.

You never trust anybody with skinny legs

or a skinny ass You just don't do it.

You know what you can trust?

You can trust an elephant. You know why?

'Cause an elephant has big legs,

and they can't sneak up on you like a giraffe can.

And that's why I like elephants.

You know?

Come on in.

Hank.. you are slippin', baby.

Now, that was a giraffe.

It's the one right there on the first floor.

You can move in any time you get ready.

- For me? - Yeah, for you.

- Really, Goldie? - It's yours, Mom.

I've always wanted a nice place,

I just can't believe it.

Wait till you see inside.

Now I can do some of the things I've always wanted to.

I can invite my friends over, have a nice dinner.

I have two fine sons

that are always giving me nice gifts.

I'm a very lucky woman.

We're lucky sons.

Well, as I live and breathe, it's Sergeant Duncan.

So it is.

You know,he's a white knight--

no, he's a Black knight-- on a white horse.

Right.

You know what I got on my "white horse"?

Evidence.

Names..

dates..

photographs,

and witnesses.

You been a busy boy.

I've got all I need on you two..

jive-ass cops,

Jesus H. Christ! I really don't understand you.

Here you are, a police officer--

I mean, you should be doing your duty.

At this moment, there are women being raped in this city,

children being molested, stores being held up,

drunks staggering around into innocent old ladies.

You're playing "Sherlock Holmes" and screwing around with us

because of some... misunderstanding?

Let's get a cup of coffee, all right? This is ridiculous.

You know what you're gonna get?

You're gonna get 24 hours.

24 hours to get out of this precinct.

Now, you gotta be punished because of that.

Police! You, you, and you, up against the wall.

Move! Come on, move!

All I want to see is assholes and elbows. Come on, boy.

Move!

Put your hands up, Goldie!

Put 'em up, you son of a bitch!

Up!

What the fuck is this? I got too much money for this shit,

I thought you paid these poop-butts off.

- Now,spread 'em, - Hey-- I'm a rich nigger.

I got lawyers, you beat-walkin' motherfucker.

Oof!

Come on, come on. Spread 'em out!

Now, a Black cop has been killed.

Goldie, I think you and that freak did it.

Outside-- now! Move!

- Come on! - Now, move it!

Looks like somebody broke your door.

Get it fixed.

Go on home, Goldie!

Just walk down the street, and go on home,

Go on home, baby.

Come on-- walk down the street and go on home,

- Go on. - Come on, nigger,run.

- I ain't running' no place. - Just run down the street.

Kill me here. You wanna kill me, motherfucker?

Then off me-- kill me, you know what I mean?

I ain't runnin' no motherfuckin' place.

I ain't no track star. I'm gonna get your ass, Hank.

I'll kill you, you son of a bitch.

- Kill me, motherfucker! - I'll blow your fuckin' head off!

I'll kill you, you Black bastard!

Both you fuckers are gonna get it!

You motherfuckin' punk! He's a punk, Goldie.

We're gonna get the motherfucker, 'cause he's a punk!

You ain't shit! I'm gonna get him, Goldie!

Goldie, we gonna get 'em, 'cause they pulled down on us.

They didn't use that shit, baby!

The motherfucker pulled a gun on me, man!

I ain't bullshittin', brother!

We gonna get 'em!

Punk-ass motherfucker!

As he's going down the road,

he looked back at his old hometown.

He didn't know where he was going,

he didn't know what he was doing,

but he was going to a world of trouble.

A world of misunderstanding, a world of doubt.

A world of whores, a world of hypocrites!

A world of gamblers, a world of dope smokers!

A world of prostitutes! He was going into a mean world,

but he didn't know where he was going,

You understand me?

He didn't know where he was going,

He was going to a world that was gonna destroy him,

but he didn't know where he was going,

You know, so many of us today are doing things to ourselves,

because we don't know what we're doing!

You understand me?

If we just stop and think about ourselves sometimes.

Everything would be all right. You understand me?

We're gonna jump off the Bay Bridge worried about this man,

worried about that man, because we don't know who we are,

we don't know where we're going,

and we don't know what we was here for!

You understand me? Good God Almighty.

Look at this boy with his big money.

He's on the crap table now, shooting his dice.

He ain't got sense enough to know his money ain't gonna last

doing these wrong things,

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doing these worldly things-- gambling and drinking--

it's a end to these things,

One of these days, one of these hours,

it's gonna run out. But one of these days,

you're gonna have to make up your mind to change your ways.

I can see this young man-- oh, good God.

I can see this young man as he made up in his mind

to start back home,

He money ran out, his friends walked off and left him.

His buddies walked off and left him,

his girlfriends quit him. He lost all he had.

He had dirt all on his clothes, his hair got bad.

He said, "Look at me, just look at me.

Here I am, a young man, had a good home,

had a good father and had a good mother,

but here I am-- turned the rags to riches

out here in the mean world, I don't know where I'm going,

or where I'm coming. I believe I'll go back home, "

When they got you crying..

We got to go home!

Oh-hh--

Church today! Get ready!

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. This is Larry Lane,

welcoming you to the Eighth Players' Convention.

It's a gala night-- a little Carnival and Mardi Gras

wrapped all into one.

We're here to bring it to you from start to finish.

Lift up your heart

Reach out your hands

Oh, yeah, now is the time

To show some love

Lift up your eyes

Let in the light

Oh-oh-oh, yeah, now is the time

To show some love.

Good evening, sir. Welcome to the Players' Showcase.

It's a pleasure, you sure have got it together this evening.

- Larry Lane. - You know my ladies?

We'd like to meet your ladies. They are together!

That's Lulu-- what's your name again?

Larry Lane.

- That's my man, Slim. - Very good, Slim.

Y'all have a beautiful night. We'll see you inside.

Now is the time

The time to stand up and show your best

Now is the time

To give your ego a thorough rest

Now is the time

To take a stranger by the hand

Now is the time

Oh, you got to take a stand

Let out your love

When you walk away from a fight

Yeah-- wake up your mind

Speak up for doing what's right

Now is the time

Whoo-oo-ooh, yeah

To show some love.

Now is the time

It's so easy to see

Now is the time

- Now is the time - To set us free

Now is the time

Tomorrow may be too late

For peace, oh, yeah

Love!

Why don't you just try it on?

There it is. Look at you. You look bad!

Baby, what's happening? Give me some sugar!

You look fantastic. Goldie, you look beautiful.

I feel spectacular, man. I feel up. I feel really up.

You high on shit?

No, I'm not high, I'm not high-- no, no.

- Why should I be high? - Let me look at your eyes.

Come on and check my eyes out. Come on.

You still mad at me?

No! Why should I be mad at you, huh?

Good.

Come here,

Just a little something, okay?

Take it and open it, all right?

Just a little something, all right?

I got a nice, soft opening for you.

A little trip to New York one-day transaction, okay?

I told you before, okay?

You got your game and I got mine.

I got 10 of the finest whores working for me,

and I'm getting $100 a day from each one, okay?

Goldie, get off my ass with the penny-ante pussy schemes.

I come down and talk to you personally,

and all you can do is embarrass me.

You think I'm suddenly less because you got big ideas?

Is that what you think? I'm more, Goldie!

I'm much more.

Listen, do you think that I want to hear about somebody

muscling you, or coming down on a contract on you?

I don't believe you, man. I don't believe you!

Goldie, I can't protect you forever.

I mean, after all of these years,.

after all these years I realize why they call you "Fatman"--

It's not just because of your fat stomach,

or because your pockets are fat with money--

it's because of your fat head.

Just do me a favor. I've been having a good time all night.

Leave me alone, will ya?

I've had enough out of you.

I'm not gonna take any more shit from you, Goldie!

When I tell you to shit, squat, grunt, and ask what color.

The people with the funny hats and the noisemakers,

they've gone home, The party's over,baby.

It's dawn. It's reality.

You. . You're a pig.

You're a greedy, greedy pig.

You're proud of it, too, aren't you?

You're just really proud-- "Yeah, yeah, yeah!"

You won't be satisfied until every 10-month-old kid

has a needle stuck in his arm, you know that?

You're worse than cancer.

You're like an epidemic. You're a disease, man!

You're like a curse.

Let me tell you something, Fatman.

Let me tell you something, you vicious-ass piece of jelly!

I'm gonna drive you off the streets.

I'm gonna drive you back into the rat holes that you came from.

Do me a favor-- take old " Judas Goat" over there,

and I want you to get the fuck out of my face, okay?

Ladies and gentlemen, the moment we've been waiting for.

Who is the big Mack of the Year?

Here they are-- third runner-up, Ted Ward!

Right on, Teddy!

Second runner-up Pretty Tony!

Right on, Tony!

Congratulations to you.

First runner-up, Frank Ward!

And now, ladies and gentlemen, The Mack of the Year!

Goldie! Goldie!

Goldie! Goldie!

My man!

Goldie, congratulations to the man.

Ladies and gentlemen, if you will, if you please?

Great big round of applause!

I'm truly sorry.

I'm not gonna enjoy your death.

We could have had the world together.

We could have done it all.

What a waste.

It's sad, man.

It's really sad,

Why the hell you wouldn't listen to reason?

I'm listening now.

It's too late, Goldie!

It's all over, baby.

Can I play you boys a tune?

- Go on, old man. Beat it. - I'm gonna play for you anyway.

- You son of a bitch! - Get him out of here!

Let go of me!

You white nigger!

Goddamn it! Leave me alone!

Goddamn it! Leave me alone! Niggers, please!

Please--!

All right! Get off the table!

Whoo!

That ain't shit, Chump change. Give me the dice.

Just heard the Fatman got knocked off.

- What? - Yeah,

- When, man? - A little while ago,

- You lyin'! - No, serious business.

The Fatman-- I heard something about that. You know that?

Somebody shot him up with battery acid-- nasty!

I heard they took some of that weight off his ass!

I know what you mean!

Paying out with syndicate bucks.

Whoo!

That nigger's shootin' at it! Shoot at it!

My baby'll be here in a couple of minutes,

lay more money-- on me than you niggers ever seen!

His lady coming in with more money than we ever seen.

- Who? - This nigger over here,

- You talkin' about China Doll? - Yeah, that chick.

I know she can do it.

The bitch walked in with so much money,

I had to get a Brinks truck to help me carry it!

Damn-- I wish she'd teach you how to throw a seven.

God damn!

I been with the bitch two years,

Two years, and I ain't touched her, and I got $200.000 from her.

Unh!

Let him roll. All right with me.

Hey, man, there's China Doll.

- Hey baby. - Hey,how you do?

Remember me?

I'd have to lose all the brain cells in my head

before I forget something as fine as you.

Does everyone need an audition to get with you?

You ain't gotta go through all that shit,

Then I choose you.

Be cool, baby, okay?

Hey,bitch, come here!

You out of your motherfucking mind? Come here!

Mr. Pretty Tony,you know the rules of the game.

Your bitch just chose me.

We can settle this like you got some class,

or we can get into some gangster shit.

You shade-tree nigger. You ain't no pimp.

You're a rest haven for ho's,

You're a car thief! A car thief!

That one you got is probably hot as a firecracker right now!

- That was $35,000? - $35,000 cash money.

- $35,000 plus one, right? - The one I gave you?

No, you gave me six. I had one,

$35,000-- plus one plus six makes seven--

$35,000 and seven, right? Motherfucker, can you buy that?

Nigger,next time you hear grown folks talking,

shut the fuck up, hear?

Go get her,Bob. Bring the bitch here,

Freeze, nigger. You wanna die?

- This the way. It's gonna be, man? - It's your play.

I'm gonna make you wish you never was born, nigger.

Let's get out of this dump.

Who is it?

- A friend of Goldie's. - Just a minute.

Yes?

Mama. .

Hi, Mama.

I. . Knew you would come.

Yeah,

The..

the doctor said,.

He said you were gonna be all right,

He's a good doctor.

Mama. . ?

Mama?

Mama?

Come on, I ain't got all night.

- This all you got? - That's all I could turn.

Four goddamn hours and that's all you got?

- I tried. - Come here, motherfucker.

You okay, Slim?

- You okay? - Nigger just got me on the skin.

You stuck my man, Tony.

Okay, now,stick yourself.

Come on-- come on, Goldie--

Stick yourself! Stick yourself!

- Come on, baby-- - Stick yourself!

Stick yourself,Tony!

All right, you got 10.

- Come on, man! - Stick it!

One--

- Two-- - Come on, man. Come on!

Ahh-hh!

Stick yourself again!

Argh!

Stick it again!

- Come on, baby. - Stick yourself!

- Stick yourself,nigger! - Eight, nine.. 10. .

Ow!

One more for me, now,huh? 'Cause Goldie's mad.

- Do it again, Tony! - Don't get him mad!

Goldie, please, Stick yourself. We're trying to help you!

Stick it again, Tony!

Argh-hh!

Didn't I tell you, my man was righteous?

- Do it again, Tony! - Come on, man!

One for me, baby. Don't get angry--

- Nine.. - Be cool.

My mama was the most righteous woman who ever lived, Tony.

You shouldn't have hurt her.

She brought me into this world, Tony.

You know, it's stuff like this that raises our insurance rates?

The little guy always pays, right?

You bet your ass

I'm..

I'm sorry, mama. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, Olinga.

I'm really sorry, man.

You brought death to our house, man.

Following you, it caught up with our mother.

I'm gonna follow you until you lead me to it. .

then I�m gonna kill it.

You won't have to look for me.

Don't even look over your shoulder, 'cause I'll be there.

You believe that.

Goldie... Somebody dropped a dime.

They got a contract out on you.

Who is it?

There's two on the fire escape,

and there's three or four in a car downstairs.

None of it makes sense, man.

None of it.

We're gonna beat 'em, Goldie!

Come on, we're gonna beat 'em,

Change.

I'll meet you there, Slim. Be careful.

You guessed it, pimp.

We killed him.

Want to know something else? I killed your mama.

I'd like to do it again.

I almost forgot that. We killed your mama, too.

Hank--!

Get down.

Goldie!.

I'm you, and you're me.

I mean.

you would have done the same thing,

The same thing, man.

The same thing,

The same thing!

Brother's gonna work it out

Brother's gonna work it out

Brother's gonna work it out

Brother's gonna work it out

Now don't give him no peace sign

If you don't mean it from your heart

United, we can get over

Yet we're still apart

'Cause each man demands respect

And to get his equal share

And until you're giving him that

There'll be no peace

Brother's gonna work it out

Brother's gonna work it out

Let's all join hands, we can march across this land

In peace

Love, joined with an understanding

Of truly who we are

Instead of brother turning on sister

Sister turning on brother

Now how you gonna get it together being against one another?

Shoot up, stick up, so high till your world has turned to stone

How can you deal with the truth When reality's all gone?

But brother's gonna work it out

Brother's gonna work it out