Original subtitles

Pump your gas for you, ma'am?

Uh... Just for some spare change?

Anything will help.

Um, all right.

Um, fill it up with regular,

but don't top it off.

Regular, no top off? All right.

That's right.

Well, you know, if you don't turn off your engine,

you could cause an explosion.

I'm gonna fill up with regular.

Hey, I told you, don't touch the machine.

What? It took my money. No.

Yo, wash the back window. For what?

To fill up. She gave me 20, come on.

See if you can get more out of her.

I tried, man.

Big tip? Hope so.

Here you go.

Here, thanks.

Thank you.

How much?

That's it?

I told you, man, washing the window was stupid.

I could tell she was cheap.

Yeah, we should have smashed it.

That cheese-belly-smelling,

tipped-over-roast-looking,

Frosted-Flake-eating,

queen-of-the-Hamburger-Helpers.

We'll make some money, with or without you, man.

Can I help you?

Yeah.

You can give me, uh,

$3 worth. Three dollars, that's it?

This big ass van's will drink that getting around the corner.

It's all I have.

Ain't gonna get much either.

Regular.

Can you spare some change, sir?

A couple of quarters,

50 cents? Fifty cents.

How old are you? Fifteen.

What's your name?

Tyson.

JJ.

Good to meet you.

You go to school?

No, I need to make some money.

You want a job?

Doing what? Over at CDC.

The youth center across the way, red shirts.

I don't know about that. I got to think about it.

This is really all I have.

Thanks. What do we got to do for that job?

You know, red shirts, red shirt work.

I'll think about it.

Was this really all you got?

Peace out.

Yo, wait up, wait up. What about my boys?

You can bring them along if they want.

All right, man. Peace out.

Yo, Ty.

Come by. What did he say?

Something about getting a red shirt job.

A what?

A red shirt job?

Fuck you.

No, you know those kids that sweep up and shit.

Oh, I sweep up for nobody, looking all stupid.

We got to work? No, I ain't even doing that.

Or you could sit on your lazy ass

and beg for quarters all day, but you can't get a real job?

What's up with that, man?

"What's up with that, man?" See, I'm all about me--

Myself-- And I.

Yo, Reggie's the nicest player in the NBA.

He's...he's dead.

Reggie Lewis? You're crazy.

Yeah, everybody knows Jordan's the best.

I'm not trying to say Jordan ain't good or nothing,

but Reggie's just, you know, special.

If Reggie Lewis is so special,

how come he doesn't have any Reggie Lewis sneakers?

Hey. What the hell you know about basketball?

Goya-bean-eating, gooey-headed-monkey.

Don't touch my hair.

Nobody talks bad about Reggie, man.

He came to my school during Thanksgiving and shit.

Gave out turkeys and stuff.

Warfare.

Matter of fact, he gave me two turkeys.

Yo, I don't care what you all say. Reggie's the bomb.

When I make it pros...

I'm gonna make it to the pros.

I'm winning my 35. Watch.

You ain't gonna go nowhere.

You'd be lucky enough to make it to the trash.

Yo, I'm about to go in, man.

Come on, man, don't go in. There won't be no more fun.

I'm supposed to be in a couple of minutes ago.

Yeah, I'm about to jet too.

All right, man.

Peace out.

Oh, yeah, Ty...

Don't take it to the head.

We're just messing with you about Reggie.

All right? All right.

Peace out.

Hello?

Hello, this is the Boston Public School Department

automated attendance record.

Your child, Tyson Little,

has been absent from school

for a 124 days.

Pump your gas for you?

Yeah, fill up my tank, baby.

All right.

Man said for the fucking tank.

Shit.

Are you deaf, stupid motherfucker?

We speaking fucking Japanese, huh?

Regular or super?

Just fill up my tank.

Stupid motherfucker.

I need the money first.

Damn, man, you ain't done yet?

Ay, yo, coont, what's the problem?

You need a drumbeat?

Hey, yo, check it out.

Oh, what, what? Get it?

Some bitch ass nigger, huh?

Yeah, you and your little hoes.

Hey, yo, Tommy, check him out, he's fucking begging.

Don't give that nigger shit. Fuck that.

Shut the fuck up, Marcus.

Or your ass is gonna be out there with them.

Nickel and dime and collecting cans.

Yo, listen to me.

What's your name? T-Tyson.

Well, champ,

that's the last quarter you're gonna get around here.

This ain't no PG-13 block. It's restricted.

You get me?

Blam! Ha-ha!

Can't believe Marcus, man, was talking mad shit, man.

No, we sold out, dawg.

Without Uzi and Tommy and them,

I'll make him freak his L.G.

L.G.

Where the fuck were you?

What do you mean? We're homeboys.

Man, we ain't shit.

We ain't nobody. Nobody.

My buddy was down with the crew, but we don't got shit, man.

What the fuck was I supposed to do?

Point my finger at him and tell him to stop?

I'm sorry, dawg.

I'm sorry, yo.

We're gonna get that bitch, man.

I ain't nobody's punk.

Marcus thinks he's tough shit.

Ty, Ty. Do it. Do it.

Hey, L.G.

The fuck you're calling me?

Come here, motherfucker. Wait, wait, hold up.

Dawg, you got him. We got him.

Yo, check his pocket. Check his pocket.

Yo, Bao. Hey!

♪ Everybody was Kung fu fighting ♪

♪ I mean, It was really exciting ♪

♪ You know they were fast As lightning ♪

♪ They really had Expert timing ♪

♪ There was little Jimmy Chong ♪

♪ And it was Bobby in the mat ♪

♪ And ripped the heart attack ♪

♪ Everybody was Kung fu fighting ♪

♪ It was really exciting ♪

Have you ever been...

c-c-convicted

of a fela--

Felony or a...

These forms don't make any sense

unless you've done them before.

Let's see.

This means have you ever been found guilty in a trial

or anything with a lawyer?

No. But my family has an accountant.

We can save this for later.

Come on, let me show you around the place.

It isn't much, but you kids make the most of it.

You can do whatever you want to here.

Act, dance, rap, whatever.

None of that gangster nine millimeter stuff,

No "Motherfuck this," no "Motherfuck that,"

you know what I'm saying? Oh, I can do it.

And if you swear, you owe me 10 push-ups.

Hang on the street and you bring that madness back up here,

you can get us all killed.

Life isn't a music video,

so don't be fronting around here.

If I see you buck wilding on the corner,

then you and me gotta talk.

So where are your boys?

Oh, they're thinking about it.

Good. It's all right.

When you're going to teach me that step, girlfriend?

What's up, J?

Go on and watch your business.

Well, make yourself a sandwich.

Have some juice, soda.

Look around. Get to know everyone.

And before you leave, drop by my office,

we'll finish that form. All right.

All right. Give me some love, baby.

Good to have you with us.

Thanks. All right.

♪ From the first time I saw her ♪

♪ I really wanted To hold her ♪

♪ Found her in my arms And say ♪

♪ That everything Will be okay ♪

♪ But, girl What's the matter? ♪

♪ Is something On your mind? ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm here for you Babe ♪

I say we get the job.

Sweeping?

I don't know, whatever.

They got fooling girls up there.

One of them looked at me and smiled.

At you?

She saw what she liked.

You see anybody?

That was too close.

They-- They were looking for us?

That's what I've been saying.

Who else they looking for?

We need straps, not a damn job.

We need to get off the streets.

I know some people we could talk to.

Friends of my brother's before he got locked up.

You down?

I don't know.

I'm gonna go with or without you.

If you don't wanna go, I'm gonna still go.

Yeah, cool, I'll meet him.

But you gotta get that job with me.

I'll think about it.

So, how did you all start running together anyway?

We'd known each other from the ball games

on the Franklin Courts. Yeah?

You got game?

I'm all right.

Ha, ha. Where's your spot?

Wherever. I shoot fade-aways like Reggie did.

"Like Reggie did," huh? Heh.

Yeah. He was rough, man.

Yo, what can I do for you?

I'm in for myself.

So we beat this punk guy's bitch Marcus down.

Oh, shit.

You niggers moved up.

They moved up.

Oh. You the PG-13 crew?

Oh, sookie, sookie.

Yo, man.

So now you fucking with Tommy and his boys, right?

I thought they locked that nigger up in jail by now.

He, uh, he has a Pathfinder, right?

Yeah.

They've been fucking with us, looking for payback.

Yo, Hector, man.

I mean you're like family to me.

But Tommy,

he's one of them crazy motherfuckers, you know?

Can't find my money, bitch.

You took my money. I know you got my money.

Give me my shit. Give me my shit right now.

I'll shoot your fucking ass. Who stole my fucking money?

Pinky. My shit.

Took my money, man. I can't find my money.

All right? All right. Got that.

How does this feel, Pinky?

I got that. I got that.

It's all right.

All right? Mm-hm.

She's a trip, huh?

Good for business though.

Yeah. I'll look into it.

Why don't you guys take a blitz with you on the way out.

Just lay real low.

Get girlfriends or something.

You all look like poster childs

for the I Need Pussy Club.

Yo, but for real, man,

if you want some real protection,

you gotta give some ass to get some ass.

So we're chilling at my crib, right?

Almost had it, man.

Almost.

We was all grinding, rubbing up,

titty knobs started getting all hard.

Yo, then my jimmy poked her in the thigh.

Then she moved back and said, "I don't wanna right now."

So what did you do then?

Dudes like Derick ain't got no problems.

Wrap a gold chain around her neck

and them dick's wrapped around your-- Your lip.

You know what I'm-- You know what I'm trying to say.

Girls are all fucked up.

I'm fucked up.

I keep seeing him.

His face.

Who?

That Marcus kid.

Chill. Derick said he'll think about it.

If he says it's cool, we're cool.

Yeah, Bao shouldn't have done that, man.

Shouldn't have robbed him. I said stop.

No, you didn't. You said-- You didn't say shit.

Yo, we shouldn't have done that.

Bao shouldn't have robbed him.

Beat him down was one thing, but robbing him?

Think about who them rocks belong to.

They belong to Uzi or Tommy and them.

They're gonna fucking kill us.

What's he supposed to do? You fucking choke.

Because of your ass we could have died today.

Yo, when you go, you go.

It's like that.

It's like that.

This ain't Fantasia, baby.

The rake's not gonna move by itself.

I'm looking at the water.

It makes me think of when we first leave Vietnam.

It was down in the rains. That's how they named me Bao.

It means storm.

What do you mean? Like thunderstorm?

Yeah.

Took the boat to come here.

It was crazy. Rained real hard.

The boats moving side to side,

the waves were like from here to the third floor.

It wasn't just one of them, there was a bunch of them.

Then when it finally stopped raining,

it got hot and everything dried out.

And we ran out of water.

What did you all do?

We had to drink pee-pee.

It's piss? Piss, motherfucker, piss?

Learn how to speak English.

I know English. Fuck you.

Why you all didn't drink the sea water?

There was one man who drank the sea water.

Went crazy, scared everybody.

By sunset, we threw him overboard.

We couldn't see him. We heard him die.

Sharks ate him.

I prayed real hard.

I thought we would be the next to go.

Later on, we began to burn up our clothes

to make smoke signals.

By the time they found us, we were completely naked.

Penis and titties were all hanging out.

Naked? Damn. Yes, dicks.

What's wrong with you?

It's cold as a witch's tit.

I feel fucking stupid.

And all this dude can talk about is penises and pee-pee.

Driving me crazy, damn!

You said you wanted the loot and protection, right?

It ain't worth it. We're like slaves and shit.

I'm Puerto Rican.

Bao, is it cold like this is Cambodia?

I heard that.

Drop and give me 10.

Vietnam. I'm Vietnamese, baby. Ha, ha.

All right, let's go.

The mayor wants a clean park.

Get in the van. Get in the van.

What's up?

That was too close.

Sleeping, you say? Sleeping.

We've reached the point of no return

and we can't go back.

Hector, you worry too much.

It's easy for you.

You just disappear with all of them Chinese.

You all look alike.

We do if you don't know us.

I don't know about you guys, but I got responsibilities.

And Derick won't have our backs unless we work for him.

Why take the job then?

I don't know.

Yo, I'm down with that mad crazy dude.

Oh, shit! Hey, watch your mouth.

Cat fight!

Yo!

Hey, where are you going?

You fuck off and back off.

Yo, that's his mother, JJ.

She's pretty messed up.

Spitting on me in the fucking street. She's got AIDS.

I'm gonna fucking rip her head off.

Hey, back off!

Yeah, fuck you, man, fuck you.

I saw you, you bitch!

Chill, ma.

Hector, what do you want me to do?

I'll check you all later, man.

Who is it?

What's up, T? What's up?

What you doing? Watching TV.

How's your mom?

She's out like a light.

I was thinking about Derick.

I think you're right.

Let's go do it.

Finally came to your senses.

I've never seen this much money in my life.

Slow week.

So, what up with the PG-13 crew?

We decided we'll do it.

Besides, we need the loot.

Ty, what about you?

Yeah.

Whatever you do,

stay in our blocks.

That's where you got protection.

If you get popped, swallow it.

It'll come out all right in your shit.

Unless it breaks open.

Then it'll kill you.

A junkie in need is a resourceful motherfucker.

He'll find you.

All you got to do is sit back and count our money.

Never give a junkie credit.

They don't understand the basics of proper business.

If you take any trades, that's on you.

And no more fights.

Violence brings attention.

Baby, what'd I tell you about playing with your food?

Nice ride.

I bet there's a lot of fees up under here.

Anyone in here?

We're over here.

Now what?

We wait and see what happens.

Maybe we should go somewhere else.

They'll find us.

You just gotta make eye contact with people.

Yo, here comes someone.

Just be cool.

Is it a fare? I think so.

I'll take this one.

It's like pumping gas, but you got to act hard.

Yo, what's up? You holding?

Yeah, what you need?

You got three? Three what?

Jummy jum jums.

Yo, I only got 20.

Then you only get two.

Yo, check that, man.

Now that's a loot.

Money time, baby, money time.

Bitch.

Yo, man, cool.

What are you gonna do with yours?

I'm gonna buy a fat man crazy whip.

Yeah, a whip would be the move.

A whip and a name.

It's all about representing.

I'm tired of motherfuckers calling us PG-13.

We're crew, right? You know it.

Lime Street Posse.

LSP, dawg.

Cool. It's kind of dope.

That's phat, let's tack it.

♪ LSP is on the top All the bitches on our jocks ♪

♪ Gettin' in the way You're gonna get sprayed ♪

♪ Telling me to stop Pop, pop, pop ♪

You suck.

Hey, what, you rapping to yourself?

I need to take a fucking piss. Yo, me too.

Wait up.

Oh. Don't look at my shit.

Tyson? Oh, Si.

Dang. You scared me.

Your mother called over here and she didn't get an answer.

So she called me and I decided to come on by.

I just went to the store. Oh.

A lot of money there.

Yeah, I got one of those red shirt jobs.

Oh, really?

I want you to talk to your mother.

She's worried about you.

Room 318.

Hello, yes. Room 318, please.

Hi, Mommy.

I was hanging out over at Hector's house.

Don't worry.

I'm sorry.

No, everything is all right.

I just gotta pee.

Okay, I love you too.

All right, bye-bye.

I thought you said you were at the store.

I just didn't wanna be by myself.

Why don't you come by the house? You know I'd love to have you.

That's all right. This is closer to work.

Work?

Yeah, work. What about school?

I've gotta take care of my mom.

Look, your mother is in the hospital.

You can stay with us.

No, that's all right, I'll be cool here.

All right.

But if you change your mind, you know you can come on by.

I'll fix you a plate of something.

Thanks, but I already ate.

Make sure you lock that door before you leave.

Yeah, what was this place?

JJ said it used to be a mental house

for homeless people.

What we're cleaning it for?

You know, why the hell we cleaning this place?

Ain't nobody here.

This would be a phat hideout.

Check out all the buildings.

I don't know, I kind of like the fat ass.

I know her cousin.

I know her cousin.

What's her name? I don't remember.

Then why don't you go talk to her, man?

Yo, fuck that.

Yeah, watch, it's easy.

Um...

We ran out of garbage bags.

There's some more over in the van.

What's your name? Tisha.

Tisha, Tyson.

I thought I saw you

hanging around a couple of times.

Maybe I seen you in CDC.

Here's your bag. Thanks.

Me and the fellas was wondering maybe, respectfully,

if we can call you-- You all-- For a date maybe?

Maybe.

Maybe, what? Maybe yes or maybe no?

Maybe yes.

So can I have your number?

Our moms ain't having that.

Oh, she ain't having it? Where you live at?

Up on Magnolia off of Dodd Ave.

Drive by sometimes. Oh, yeah?

What's the number? Fifty-two.

Fifty-two? All right. I'll stop by.

See you later.

Yo, JJ, dawg, thanks for the cut, man.

It's all right.

I was beginning to look a little ragged around the edges.

But you starting to look like Don King, brother.

You need to clean that stuff up.

Looking sad, looking real sad.

Now that I got you trapped in the seat,

I can finally get your attention.

I know things have been tough on the home front.

But I see more than a smart little brother

who's turning into a man overnight.

How you doing?

Well, my mom's in the cooler, I guess.

I miss her.

You know, I'm just trying to keep busy.

Busy, how?

I don't know.

Well, I've been busy doing some thinking.

I think you're into more than you let on.

There's something you don't want me to know about.

I think you had a beef with somebody.

What do you think?

Yeah. We had a beef with this punk Marcus kid.

Won't let us work at the station anymore.

I mean we didn't rob him or beat him down or anything,

but him and his boys are coming and pointing their guns at us.

That's why we got this job. We needed some protection.

You know, we had a beef

and I think his boys may be out to get us.

His boys?

Is it squashed?

We ain't seen him.

We?

I ain't seen him.

Customers are waiting.

See, we're on our way.

What's up?

Yo. I need you all to tide me over

for a bit with a couple of jums.

I love my customers and all, but no cash, no credit.

Check it out.

Got this gold chain and this ring.

What do you want for it?

Ten.

Fuck that. Three.

Look.

Got the gold stamp, 14 karat, right there on the clasp.

Shit's real.

Don't bite my shit!

Yeah, you bring us a car, maybe we can talk again.

What you want?

Camry. Or a Lexus.

I'll see what I can do.

Peace.

Tyson,

I think we gave him too many jums for this chain.

Shit feels fake.

No, it's real.

Check it out.

Brother. Yo, this is hot.

We only got two jums left and we owe the dude 20.

Yo, we ring it up, yo.

We'll give him the ring and keep the chain.

The ring's worth more than 20.

Who's gonna wear the link?

We're gonna share it. No, no, you rock it.

We'll make some more loot, buy some more rocks.

Hustlin'.

♪ Big bad wolf The big bad wolf ♪

♪ The big bad wolf ♪

♪ Who's afraid Of the big bad wolf? ♪

♪ The big bad wolf The big bad wolf ♪

♪ Who's afraid Of the big bad wolf? ♪

♪ I think it might be you ♪

Bitch.

Tyson, you okay?

Ty, chill the fuck out. They're only fucking with us.

He's jealous.

Calm the fuck down, man.

Calm down.

Calm down, man, you're gonna scare away the fish.

I remember once

we were visiting a family up in New York.

They had all types of food.

Good food. Spanish food.

They also brought these crabs,

except they were still alive.

When they went to go put them in the pot,

I went to go listen to them.

I could hear them struggling.

They can't make any sounds.

Like their soul was screaming.

Yeah, only people have souls.

That's not true. Anything alive has a soul.

Roaches too?

Roaches ain't got no souls.

When you squash them, they just die.

Just because they don't make a sound you can hear

doesn't mean they ain't got a soul.

Fish have souls then?

No, they don't.

What kind of fish live in here?

I don't know. Bass.

Bass? What's a bass?

Stands for big ass fish.

Underneath this dot lives a big ass fish.

What are you gonna do with it?

Kill it and eat it.

I don't care if they have a soul or not.

I ain't eating no freaking fish from here.

Why not? Water is all polluted.

Oh. Yo, yo, I got a bite. I got a bite.

No, get the bucket, get the bucket.

It's over there. Go get it.

Be careful, there he is. Is it a bass?

I don't think you're gonna get a bass, fellas.

That's no bass, that's a crab.

Throw it back.

Why? It's no good, it's a crab.

A bottom feeder, you know, a scavenger,

feeds on dookie and stuff.

Stupid.

What's he doing?

Shh, shh.

Yo, what was up with you and that crab?

He was praying.

I know, but what was he saying?

I was just talking to him.

Duh. What did it mean?

I just wanted to tell him that I was sorry

and I was bringing him back to his family.

That's funny. Back to his family.

What's funny?

Bao thinks crabs have real families.

Maybe they do.

How long have you been working here?

Too long.

Thirteen years.

Why you do this?

I almost quit a couple of years ago.

I was taking a bunch of kids

up to this roller skating rink.

While I was getting a couple of sodas,

one of the boys that was with me got into a fight

with some dudes from the old station.

Before I could stop it, they had killed him.

Stabbed him in his neck.

Yeah, he bled to death in my arms.

It was almost too much for me.

Thought you said you was old school.

You're old school?

Yeah, but that was before crack.

Back in the day it was smacking fists.

We didn't have nines and 45s and all that.

Snatch back, maybe.

I gotta make a call. I'll be back.

He's a weird fucking dude.

What do you mean?

I don't trust him.

We should call him Gay J.

And a OG. Shut up, Hector, he's cool.

OG is West Coast anyway.

Yo, get your own, man, I don't want your germs.

Now Si, I raised you

and I can raise him too.

Pearl, that boy is Si.

a drug dealer, I'm telling you. Si.

Tyson.

Sit down.

Now, your aunt Si says that you and some of your friends...

Now, I don't wanna believe this,

but I said that I would handle it.

Now, she said that you'd been hanging out on Lime Street.

But I know you wouldn't be hanging out over there.

Been hanging on no Lime Street.

We got a-- We got a job.

Pearl, he is lying through his teeth.

Now, I've seen him with all this money.

Look at that gold.

I'm working.

Now, I know you wouldn't be hanging out over there.

He's just like his father. He's a strong man.

Mm-hm.

Tyson, I am sick.

Now, do you want me to die?

Oh, Pearl, please, will you--?

I have to go to work.

Have you been hanging out on Lime Street?

No. Can I go?

Zip your jacket up.

You call that raising him?

"Zip your jacket up"?

Shit.

What's up?

Yo, Bao, we're rolling.

What a piece of shit car.

It's better than walking.

Now, get in, man, we're gonna get some bitches.

Bitches?

Take a right.

Now pull over, pull over.

Yo, we shouldn't do this right here.

This motherfucker is crazy.

Nigger's name means storm and shit.

And leave no mistake, we gotta make our mark.

PG-13 bullshit's over. Oh, yeah.

Let's beam, motherfucker. Wait till they see this shit.

Yeah, I wanna find the girls.

Yeah, get them to suck our penises.

It's dicks. Penises.

You all ready?

Ready for what?

The time of your lives.

Hi, Tyson. Hi.

Where did you all get the whip?

It's Bao's uncle's.

Yeah. It's my uncle's car.

My mother don't want me riding around with niggers

that steal cars.

Come on, Tisha, we didn't steal it.

Someone left it in front of Bao's house

so we borrowed it.

Let me see the key.

So tired. You are so tired.

She's fucking corny, man.

Bitch.

LSP, bitch. Bitch.

Ty, yo, man. Let me drive, man.

No, fuck that. You don't know how to drive.

Let him drive.

What for?

Let him drive, man. Shit. I wanna too.

All right, cool.

The window's all foggy, man.

Wipe 'em.

Do me a favor. Take the cat out of your pocket

and wipe that window.

You just take your bean out your pocket--

Shut the fuck up, dawg.

Yeah, my cousin works right here. He steals rims.

Oh, shit.

You just be cool, he can't see back here

because it's all lights.

Oh, shit. Yo, we gotta jet.

Oh, shit. Just be cool, act normal,

he can't see it back here. Just be cool.

Yo, just back up, man. Don't back up, man.

Chill, just calm down. Oh, shit.

Oh, shit. Oh, shit.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

You little punk.

What is this?

What the hell is this?

Get down there.

What, are you out for a joyride with the fellas?

Huh?

What's your name?

What is your name?

Where are you from?

Vietnam. Vietnam, huh?

Where do you live now?

Vietnam.

Vietnam. That's fucking funny, huh?

Well, listen to me, Ho Chi Minh.

I haven't got time for this horse shit.

I'll kick your ass all the way back to Saigon

before you can say Rice-A-Roni.

Now, what's your fucking name?

Are you stupid? Huh?

What's your name? Bao.

What are you? You a red shirt?

I don't know nothing about this.

This is not a stolen car, I don't--

Shut the fuck up. Get your ass down there.

Smart ass.

You don't know anything about it?

We'll see about that.

So it's gonna be a long night, huh?

Well, I want some tea. Would you like a cup?

Do you wanna buy my gun?

You're scared of me?

Don't be.

I'm not gonna hurt anyone.

You wanna buy it?

I ain't got that kind of loot.

You're friends with my boy, Hector, right?

You could do anything for a trade.

Anything.

What do you mean, a trade?

Whatever make you feel good.

Ain't even right.

How could you do this to your kids?

Don't you tell me what's right for my kids.

I do the best I fucking can! Best I can.

Ma, what are you, crazy?

Put it down.

Put it down, ma.

Put it down.

Put it down.

Ma, put it down.

I'm sorry.

Where are you gonna go?

Where are you gonna run?

Where are you gonna hide?

Nowhere.

Because there's no one like you left.

Yes, my friend's mother just shot herself

at 23 Woodbine Road.

No, no, I'm at a payphone.

I'm not fucking around.

There ain't no phone at his house.

Just come quick.

Yo, what's up? Yo, who's this?

What's up?

Where's my shit?

Yo, man, I don't have one.

What is that, you don't have it?

Excuses are monuments to nothing.

Drop it, motherfucker. I see you.

Tyson,

I'm sending you to your Aunt Si's, okay?

She's going to take care of you for awhile.

Tyson, I can't take this no more.

My pressure is up, baby.

Where's my clothes at?

We found these in you clothes.

So you wanna be a drug dealer, don't you?

You wanna be a big man, don't you, huh?

You want to be a big man right now, don't you?

Si.

No, Si, don't hurt him.

Don't hurt him, Si. Tyson?

Yo, thanks.

You stink.

I knew I'd find you up here.

I gotta go into the system.

I hate that shit.

New mother.

And a new father.

Fuck that.

It was crazy last night, man.

Sorry, bro.

I think she's in the hospital.

She'll be all right.

So what's gonna happen to your sister and your brother?

They in DSS.

At least they get you, you know.

I've been taking care of Derick's crib.

He's gonna be moving me at some other apartment.

You wanna come?

Me and you?

We're family now.

Derick gave me some pagers.

Me and you all the way.

Make some loot. Buy our own apartment.

This is phat.

You like it?

Oh, I did. Thanks, man.

Sure you all right?

Yeah, let's go to work.

Yo, Hector, man, we should go down to the gas station.

Not down Lime. I've seen Tommy and them.

Did they see you?

Just another week then we split to New York.

The Big Apple.

Freeze, motherfucker.

You remember me? Long gone.

Fuck. Shit.

That's fucking one lucky bitch.

Well, I guess that just leaves you to me, bitch.

Who's talking all that shit now?

Get into the chair.

Fucking chair, nigger.

Fuck up.

Where's the rest of my shit?

What the fuck?

Yo, let's mark this nigga.

Now this might hurt just a little bit.

Now say you a faggot.

I'm a faggot. I'm a--

Just let me go.

You heard that sucker. Yeah.

Want a smoke? Yeah, that's hard.

Yo, take that shit, faggot. Take it, bitch.

No. Yo, take that shit.

No.

Put it out.

Now you know smoking is bad for your health.

Yeah, nigger.

Oh, shit. Yo, give one up here.

Give him another one.

Have a cigarette.

You fucking happy now?

Have enough? No.

Fucking kill me.

We can't do that, bitch. We're gonna send your ass back.

How much shit you talking now, dawg?

Yo, chill, chill, chill. Check it. I had him.

Yeah.

Yeah.

What's up now?

Look at him, look at him.

Look at him. Hit that man again.

Hit him again.

Hit that shit again, one more time. Do that.

Hector, you fuck. Yeah, I'm listening.

He said to get our shit back? I'll be there.

But I see more than a smart little brother

who's turning into a man overnight.

I think you're into more than you let on.

But I see more than a smart little brother

who's turning into a man overnight.

I think you're into more than you let on.

But I see more than a smart little brother

who's turning into a man--

But I see more than a smart little brother...

What you thinking about?

Dying.

Don't think about that.

Think about what it'll be like when we get our money back

and move to New York.

Pretend you can hear the train.

Can't be too bad, got to be better than this.

You miss your mother?

No, I don't.

Sounds fucked up, but it's true.

I didn't tell you she had AIDS, huh?

I knew she was gonna die.

I was ready for it.

I think I know what to do.

How bad can dying be if you do it right?

Ran over, shot, anything as long as it's quick.

As long as I ain't drowning.

I can't deal being able to see and not breathe.

Or being on fire. Be all crispy.

You got my back?

We're deep.

We should sleep.

After tomorrow we'll be straight.

Derick's been looking out for me ever since I was a little kid.

I think we should forget about everything, move to New York.

We gotta make our loot first.

Yo, let's just go sleep in Bao's basement.

He's been popped.

You wake up to the situation,

you're gonna get the shit squashed.

If you can be a bird, what kind would you be?

I don't know. I never thought about it.

If you had to pick out of a crow or a seagull,

which one would you pick?

I'll be a bold eagle and fly to New York.

Have you ever seen an eagle?

No. So pick.

A crow or a seagull?

I'll be a crow because they're creepy as shit.

You're wrong. You should have picked the seagull

because they can swim and fly.

Enough of this stupid shit, man. Go to sleep.

I'm not gonna get my chance to play ball, am I?

Go to sleep, man.

I think I deserved my chance to play ball.

Go to sleep.

I'm not, ain't I? You know I'm right.

Go to sleep, man.

Goodnight.

Yeah, goodnight.

It's Derick.

It's showtime.

Let's go.

What's up?

Hope you're all right.

I'm all right.

What's up with you?

So which one was it?

I'm not even sure.

You ain't fluking me, is he?

No, D. Look, man.

All we're gonna do is just talk to them, all right.

And get our stuff back.

Yo, I just want it to be squashed.

What's up, Tommy?

Shit.

Oh, shit. Oh, shit.

Come up in my house and fuck with my shit, nigger.

With my shit!

Who's afraid now?

Fuck. Shit.

Motherfucker. Tommy!

Hello, JJ? What's up?

It's Ty.

Yeah, I'm-- Can you come and get me?

Yeah, but I'm scared and I bugging out.

They're gonna get me.

I'm on--

I'm on Hamilton off of Borden.

Yeah, all right.

I think you're into more than you let on.

I think you're into more than you let on.

But I see more than a smart little brother

who's turning into a man overnight.

Do you want to buy my gun?

Come up in my house and fuck with my shit, nigger.

With my shit.

Turning into a man overnight.

Run me the fuck over, man.

Fucking kill me.

Fucking run me over, man, come on. Run me over, man.

It's all right. It's all right. It's all right. I got it.

It's all right, Ty. Ty, you okay?

You all right?

You all right? What are you doing out here?

Come on, let's go.

Goodbye, bitch.

You don't want to do that. Don't do it.

Move. It's not gonna happen.

Shoot me. Shut up. It's not gonna happen.

You're not gonna do this.

This is not the way I told you, Jesus.

Please, don't do this.

You better watch your ass, motherfucker.

You're not gonna do this.

Your ass is mine now, bitch.

Okay. Let's go. Let's go.

Hey, J, it wasn't Derick's shit. It was mine.

What?

It was mine-- We went to get our shit back and squash it.

Derick just went--

No, no names. Don't tell me no names.

He just kept shooting them. Pop, pop, pop.

He said he knew them, but Derick just kept them shooting, man.

That's not what he said he was gonna do.

That's not what he said he was gonna do.

They're gonna kill me now.

All right. What do you want me to do?

Now take me to the hospital. I need a doc.

I'm sick real bad, man. Hospital.

Okay, the hospital.

I'm listening to you.

Let's start all over again.

Tyson. I said my name was Tyson.

Ty for short, dawg.

Okay, Ty, when were you born?

Call me Tyson. Fine.

Tyson, how old are you?

Fourteen.

How do you feel right now?

I'm gonna die, aren't I?

What make you say that?

They'll get me in here too. They shoot you just to get me.

They won't shoot JJ. They all respect.

He's old school.

Are you gonna help me? Yes.

Did you lock the door?

Yes. You're safe.

Can you tell me about your friends?

Hector is my friend. No, he isn't. Fuck him.

JJ is my friend.

How did you meet Hector?

Hector is a punk. He made me do everything.

It was all his ideas.

Did you lock the door?

If you don't believe me feel free to check it yourself.

Hey!

Hey, Hector. Hector.

Hector.

Are you gonna shoot me?

I didn't know it was you.

I'm only here because Tyson want me to find you.

Because I thought you was Five-0 or something.

I thought you might want to visit him.

Maybe come in from the cold yourself.

Where is he?

In the hospital.

What happened? He got shot or something?

No. He put himself there.

Look, Hector, you're the only one on the street.

Derick and Uzi are both in lockdown.

If you need anything let me know, all right?

Sure.

Thanks for the 411.

Peace out.

I came to get you out of here.

I snuck in a four fifth past the metal detectors.

We got some bus tickets going to New York

and Derick's gonna call some dudes in New York

to take care of us.

Man, Derick can't get nobody's back but his own.

He don't give a fuck about anything

except his own shit.

Yo, Hector, I ain't going.

Come on, T. Ain't nobody gonna get you, man.

It's over. Let's just go.

Hector, I still feel sick.

I'd be well, though.

Yeah, but I'm not-- I'm not going back on them streets.

No, I'm not. Tell Bao I say what's up.

Can I take you away from this place?

Yeah, I'm not ready to go out there.

I'm not going out there.

Not yet, man. I can't-- Not yet.

I love you, brother.

Love you too, bro.

Yo, Hector. I got to ask you something.

What?

Thought we was deep,

but you ran and left me there all by myself.

I was a punk, man.

Came to get you out.

It's all right now.

Hey, doc, what's wrong with me?

I'm gonna level with you, Ty.

I think what you feel

is a sort of posttraumatic stress disorder.

What do you mean?

Well, often when people live through things

that turn everything up side down,

like surviving a plane crash or war,

they begin to feel differently.

They feel the way you do right now

after seeing what you've seen living right here.

What's up?

J, can I talk to you for a second?

Sure. In private.

Do me a favor and close your eyes.

Hector, don't play games with me.

I won't. Just close your eyes.

Put your hands over your face.

Okay.

Now you can open them.

I think somebody left a gun in here.

Oh, shit. There's some crack too.

What a neighborhood, huh?

I leave the window open in the van

and someone throws a gun through it.

Come on, let's get out.

I'll let you do the honors.

It's a big step, Hector.

Yo, I think you better check your pocket.

Someone might have planted something on you

while you weren't looking.

Yeah.

Damn.

This neighborhood is really rough.

Some folks wouldn't believe it's possible.

I guess so.

Proud of you, man.

I'll check you. All right.

Next.

Yeah, yo, my PO sent me here for an evaluation.

You know, a head exam.

All right, quick, take a seat.

And tell me what's on your mind.

Mind, mind, mind, mind.