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* Now she's struggling And surviving on her own

* But she's got my three kids And now Daddy's home alone

* Now I gots to get my life back together

* No doubt

* Here comes the blackout

* And I know it's going to take some time to get around

* I want to make up my mind

Hey, you should go to Pablo's show tonight.

No...I, I can't, I got to be home by 6:00.

You got to cook dinner for your husband?

No, to pick up my kids.

You know, you shouldn't give people the wrong impression.

How am I giving people the wrong impression?

Well, you weren't wearing that ring when I met you.

So? I don't always wear it.

So, you're not always married?

No. I'm always married.

Try to make Pablo's show.

Chino?

Chino!

Oh, shit, here comes the skank.

-How'd you get out? -Mr. Soto bailed him out.

Come down here.

Where were you last night, Lisette?

Oh, Alexis got a big mouth.

How the fuck could you do this to me?

Chino, I needed the money.

Oh, no, she didn't.

You did it for the money?

-What do you think? -That's it. Yo. Fuck her up, bro.

What's the matter with you?

Oh, man, you going to go upstairs and cry?

Yeah, man, get out with that sensitive shit.

You want to see some sensitive shit, man?

You want to see some sensitive shit?

Fuck that shit. Yo, let him go, bro.

What the fuck are you gonna do to me, G?

Huh? When you can't even take care of your wife, bro?

No, no, no, no, no. Excuse me. Your high-paid ho.

Break that shit up! Break it up, man!

Chino...

-Chino, are you all right? -Leave me alone!

Now, don't you think that you did enough?

Get the fuck out of here, all right? Go!

Do I look all right? Look what you did to me! You did this to me, Lisette!

-Chino, just... -No, no, no, no.

Don't call me Chino, okay? My name is Cabron...

Chino Cabron since I married you.

You think I played you dirty?

-Everybody saw you! -Doing what?

Fucking him! Fucking him in a Lamborghini!

Who said that?

Everybody! The whole block! Angel. Everybody!

(SPEAKS SPANISH)

You saw me fucking somebody?

No. Yo, yo, Chino, man, I didn't actually see what they was doing.

Yo, that was Victor and Chris that said that shit, man.

Fuck you! That shit came out your mouth!

All I said was I saw Lisette coming out of some guy's ride at 4:00 in the morning.

-So what? -Oh, so? So?

What were you doing in some guy's ride at 4:00 in the morning?

Yes, I want to know.

I want to know what you was doing at 4:00 in the morning. Huh?

Wait...

I took a job, all right? I took that job.

That guy in the car was my boss.

He drove me home, and that was it.

I'm so tired of these bonchin chozas that got nothing better to do.

Why don't you go get a job or something?

Yeah, why don't you go get some tetas or something?

You swear you didn't touch him?

Chino, I swear.

On your mother's life?

On everybody's life, okay?

Why the fuck do you think I even took that job?

To bail your ass out of jail.

It's all about you, Papi.

Chino?

Come on, sweetie, we got to go to the store now.

-Kiss Papi bye-bye. -Papi?

What the fuck is that supposed to mean?

He's Ritchie's father. That's what that means.

You tell me right now if that's your kid.

No.

-No? -No?

What do you mean, no?

This kid could be anybody's, Maggie.

You don't know for sure he's mine, all right?

Including yours?

That's right. Including his.

I got the face and I got the body and I got your man.

You got my man nothing!

You see this ring? You know what that makes me? His wife.

You know what that makes you? His ho!

No, Lisette!

All that piece of shit 14-karat gold nothing

means that Chino paid way too much money to fuck you!

Fuck you, bitch!

Where you running to?

Fuck you too, Lisette!

You want him? I'm not fighting you.

He was my boyfriend!

Lisette, what are you doing? Let's go upstairs and talk about this.

Chino!

Oh, you want him, Maggie? Is this what you want?

Come here.

There's your precious little Maggie.

Here, the two of you deserve each other.

Pendejo y la sucia. I hope you're happy.

-Chino, come on! Stay here! -Let's just talk about it.

Let go of me!

Lisette, he's my son's father!

You don't know that!

I don't care if he's your son's father, Maggie.

You want him? You can have him, okay?

All right? You think this motherfucker's my life?

He's not my life, okay?

I've got a life!

I've got a life! Okay?

Get your fucking hands off me!

You, stay the fuck away from me.

Don't you come near me. I got a life, okay?

None of you fucking bums got a life!

I got a job, all right?

I got a job! What the fuck you people got?

-The color? You're killin' me. -(AUDIENCE CHEERING DISTANTLY)

Ah, Lisette, tell him how much you like this shirt.

Take off that shirt. Give me the shirt.

We don't have time for this, Lisette.

We don't have time. The show...

Incredible.

Oh, black, okay.

Come on, Pablo. Come on, please. Please.

Okay.

Oh, this is much better.

Okay. All right, all right, I'm hurrying.

Okay, that's better.

Okay? Mira.

(SPEAKS SPANISH)

ANNOUNCER And here he comes.

Ladies and gentlemen...

(CROWD ROARS) (MUSIC PLAYING)

Hey, put that crap down.

Here.

You handled that very well.

Yeah, right.

A water shortage in the Bronx?

So... How is Mr. Linares?

Oh... I'm sorry. I see we're not married today.

-Boy, you are hard to keep up with. -Fuck you!

Aw, shit.

Fuck, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean that.

What's your problem, huh? What is your fucking problem, huh?

I didn't mean to throw that at you.

Well, you planned it, didn't you?

I didn't even mean to throw that at you, all right?

I'm sorry. It's not about you.

What is it about? Huh?

Your husband?

No.

You have some champagne in your hair.

I was trying to wipe it off. It bounced off my face.

All right. Thanks.

(SULTRY R&B MUSIC PLAYING)

Come on.

You all right?

Jesus.

You gotta tell me when you're having problems.

You know, I never would've made you come out tonight.

No, forget it.

If it wasn't for this job, I wouldn't have had no place to go.

Well...

I'm glad you're here.

Is it still in my hair?

No.

I'm married.

I'm not staying in your fucking basement, all right?

You and your bullshit just fucked up my whole life.

Loco. Hey, loco, take it easy, bro.

I told you, I'm gonna get you back upstairs, man.

Fucking touchy, touchy, touchy.

How?

How?

Yeah, how?

Yeah, how? I told you how.

This is how, man.

You see this shit? You see it?

It's like Spanish Fly. The girly smells that,

it turns her into a crazy freak like flies on shit.

They're gonna be all over your dick. You can't get 'em off, man.

My last one, but you're my boy.

Freak?

We're talking about Lisette, right?

Oh, yeah, that's a tough one, man.

Yo, got it, bro.

Right here. It's the good shit.

$29.95, man. Sangria.

A little wine, a little atmosphere, a little cactus, bro...

She'll forgive you, man.

(KEYS JINGLE)

Hi.

Where's Alexis?

I don't know. Pee Wee was crying.

Give him to me. You could go now.

-No, I got him. Look, he's calm now. -What's the matter with him?

Sit down, relax, take a load off your feet.

Nice feet. Here you go.

I got you some wine...

(TURNS MUSIC ON)

I got you a cactus.

-Chino... -Here you go. Look.

Sniff that, all right? Sniff it.

I'll be right back. You hold it, you hold it.

-Put him to... Chino, put him to bed. -What a cutie.

You don't want Papi to leave, right?

* I often wonder each and every day

* If I should open up

* Would you run away?

Miss me?

* Or would you stay here by my side in love?

* In love

* Time will guide us together *

(STEREO SHUTS OFF)

You got something to say, Chino, you say it.

(PEE WEE CRIES)

Pee Wee's crying.

Chino, come on, he's fine.

Why don't you just put him down and go?

All right, if this is what you want,

then I'm gonna put my jacket on,

and I'm gonna walk out the door, okay? I'm leaving.

Papi, Papi

I had a bad dream you went away and never came back.

Please don't go.

Oh, Minnie...

I would never leave my little girl.

Look, I'm not going anywhere, okay?

See? I'm sitting down, taking my jacket off.

Chino.

Could I have a puppy now?

Did Papi promise you a puppy if you came out here, mama?

Did he? It's okay.

Chino, why are you making her lie?

Look, Minnie, this is for real, okay?

I don't know why, but your mami wants your papi to leave you

-forever and ever and ever and... -Oh!

-Do you want that? -Look, this is between you and me, Chino.

Don't bring my kids into this.

No. Your kids? They're my kids, all right?

Get out before I call the cops.

-I don't want him to leave! -The cops? For what, huh? For me?

It's not like I hit you or anything

and what is my bike doing here in the hall anyway?

You've got Pee Wee crying. Just get out!

Look, this is my house, okay? This is where my bike belongs.

This is my coffee table, my TV, my couch, my kitchen, my chair!

I'm staying right here. I'm not going anywhere.

Come on, Chino. Get out! Get the fuck out before I call the cops, all right?

-Stop. -C, stay out of this. Get the fuck out, Chino!

-I'm tired of your shit, girl. -Put me down!

Let her go!

Ma!

Open this door!

-What are you doing? -Chino!

-Helping my mom! -Your mom?

Okay, then why don't you go in with your mom?

You all right?

C, just stay back.

-Look... -Come on, let her go.

Stay in the room with your brother!

Will you calm down a sec?

Then I'll let you out, okay?

Don't talk to me like I'm Li'l C!

Maybe if you'd stop screaming, he'd let you out.

I don't have to stop screaming, all right? I'm an adult!

LI'L C: You ain't acting like one.

I believed you, Chino.

(SOBBING) I believed you.

Why did you lie to me?

I didn't mean to hurt you, Lisette.

All you care about is yourself.

Everything I did in my life was for you, and you know it!

Oh, fucking Magdalena was for me, Chino?

Huh? Was that for me?

Maybe I had to go to Magdalena because I wasn't getting what I needed at home!

What weren't you getting, Chino?

What weren't you getting?

Maybe I got tired of hearing, "Hurry up and finish!"

Well, maybe if you did it right, I wouldn't want you to finish.

I do it right! All right?

I'm sensitive, creative, spontaneous.

I make crazy, stupid love...

But you don't appreciate that because you don't know how to make love to a man!

Maybe if I had a man, I'd know!

Look, it's over between me and Magdalena, okay?

C!

C, don't you want your mami and papi to work things out and be together, huh?

Fuck you, Chino!

You have no right to bring him into this!

Come on, man. Help me out!

You see what I put under the door?

It's not about you, C, okay?

All right? It's not about you.

LISETTE: Can I come out now, Chino?

You gonna... You gonna be civilized?

You gonna act like a lady?

Yeah, Chino, all right?

All right.

You crazy?

I was going for spontaneous.

Where you going, huh?

To meet that Lamborghini motherfucker?

Yes, and I wasn't drinking sangria, either.

I was drinking champagne!

Alexis!

Alexis, open this door up!

I want to talk to my wife. Let me in!

ALEXIS: Not by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin.

If I'm so bad in bed, well, how come you married me?

How come you married me, Chino?

Mama, you were pregnant.

That had nothing to do with it.

Please, it's not a diss, Lisette.

You're just not a sexual person, okay?

(POUNDING ON DOOR CONTINUES)

-Lisette! -What is he doing?

-Alexis, I am a very sexual person, okay? -Hey, don't scream.

And I'm sick of you people telling me what I am and what I'm not, all right?

You're scaring the baby, stop it.

That's not a baby, Alexis, it's a cat.

-It's a baby cat. -Whatever, okay?

And you want to know something else?

I got fly tetas. You hear that, Chino?

I got fly tetas. And I make more money than you do.

LISETTE: You hear that, Chino?

The stupidest bitch you ever met makes more money than you.

If I went on welfare, Chino, I would still bring home more money than you did!

I don't need you, Chino!

Okay, nobody needs you, all right?

Come on, Minnie.

So you gonna come with me or you gonna stay with her?

-Ouch! -What's your problem, Minnie?

You never cry like this when Mami combs your hair.

Mami doesn't hurt my head.

-Ma. -What?

Ma, could you fix her hair?

I don't know how to comb nappy heads.

-Come on, come on. -Come on, Ma, please!

Stop it! Get back here!

Listen, the problem is that you married a women with bad hair.

In my family, nobody had nappy heads.

-In my family, we all had pure Castilian blood. ALL: "Pure Castilian blood."

-Well, excuse me. -Stop.

And listen, you can do me a big favor...

When you find this wild little animal, will you put this on him, huh?

C, don't give Abuela a hard time, okay?

I got to go to work. Put your clothes on.

I ain't wearing that 'mo shit.

Ooh, ooh...

You got a caca mouth, you know that?

Get out of here.

-(SPEAKS SPANISH) -MINNIE: Ooh, you're gonna get a beating.

Put your clothes on.

I'm wearing my jeans.

No. No, you're not. No, they are dirty.

Maybe your mother took you to school with dirty clothes, but not Grandma.

-No, she doesn't. -Give it back to me.

Give it back to me!

Li'l C's gonna get a beating.

-Shut up. -Oh, you know, just take it.

C said he ain't scared of you no more. And you know what?

He said if you try to beat him, he's gonna hit you back.

-Shut up! -Right, C? You said that?

You got a big mouth, you stupid idiot.

Hey, watch your mouth, okay?

Don't talk to your sister like that.

You still scared of Papi, because you won't even tell him what you said.

I ain't scared. I'm a man.

I don't care if he gives me a beating.

Oh, that's wonderful, you brought him up real good.

That's just wonderful.

You're a man, huh?

That's right. I'm a man.

Put your clothes on now. You're gonna be late for school.

What's this, you don't listen to me anymore?

Look, I can't. I gotta go to work, okay? Here. I can't deal with this.

No, no, no. Wait a minute.

You brought them into this world... You do it!

Don't make me tell you again, okay?

Put your clothes on.

(ROSARIA GASPS)

Pick it up!

You ain't a man.

What?

You're a punk, because I'm more little than you.

All you can do is hit me with that belt.

That's right, Papi.

You said if you hit somebody more little than you, you're a punk.

-Did I ask you? -No.

You are looking at the work of Lisette. Listen to me.

Okay, fine, fine, I don't need to hit you. Right, C? You're a man.

I should respect you, right?

That's right.

You don't need to live here with me, right, Mr. Man?

You could go out and get a job,

take care of yourself. You don't need nothing from me?

I don't want nothing from you.

See, that's the trouble with this house...

There is no respect for grown-up people.

-Where you going, huh? -You got no control.

It's a jungle, like animals in here. No control.

You want to see some control? I'll show you come control.

These are my clothes. I paid for them.

Don't take nothing you didn't pay for.

See those underwear you're wearin'?

Those are mine. Take 'em off. Come on, come on.

ROSARIA: Wait, wait, wait. Are you crazy?

You have that boy out there with no clothing?

CHINO: He's got to learn respect.

What's he gonna learn? He's going to learn...

(ARGUING CONTINUES, INDISTINCT)

Oh, look who it is, it's Mr. Man.

I got no clothes.

You want a pair of pants?

Some underwears, maybe some sneakers, too?

Yeah?

C, so then you ain't a man, okay?

Because you living off of me.

Until you can walk out of my house

with your own shirt, then you're a man.

Until then, you just a naked little punk in the hall,

and if you wanna come in, put these pants on

like Abuela asked you to. Don't you look at me the wrong way.

You'll find your ass back out there.

Hurry up! I've got to get this job!

We've got a lot of work here.

I've worked for you for eight years.

You're coming up for trial. How do I know what's gonna happen?

It's a first offense.

I'm gonna pay for the stereo, I'm gonna get time served. Help me out.

Can't do it.

Fuck you! Fuck you!

Oh, fuck you, Chino!

Good morning.

Good morning.

Oh, Mrs. Linares...

I have something of yours.

Coffee, please.

What's wrong, Mrs. Linares?

No... Nothing. I...

(CLEARS THROAT)

(CLOCK TICKING)

Take off your watch.

What?

Take off your watch.

(SCOFFS)

How long do you think this is gonna take?

We're never gonna know, are we?

(JAZZY MUSIC PLAYING)

* L is for the way You look at me

* O is for the only one...

Brujo! Lisette put a curse on it.

It ain't normal for a guy to come out of prison and it looks like that.

I mean, look at it.

* E is even more than anyone that you adore... *

Price?

* Can love

PRICE: I'm in a meeting.

I just hooked up the conference call to Puerto Rico!

Come on, Price.

I've got Tommy, Miguel, and the director on the line.

Price? Price?

PRICE: I have to get it.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute. What are you doing?

-Raoul? -I'm outta here.

No, no. Of course you can have your girl in the video.

Who told you you can't?

-Yeah, well, Tommy's a schmuck. No. -Let go of my leg.

You don't like the chick, cut her out of the video.

All right? But put her in.

Then shoot around the mustache, okay? God.

Hang up the phone.

Tommy, Raoul?

I don't believe this. I can't believe I'm here.

I can't be... I'm under a desk. I'm under a desk.

MAGDALENA: You need a cleansing, baby.

Relax, sweetheart. Relax, okay?

Maggie...

-This isn't doin' nothing for me. -(SQUEAKING)

What is that? What is that, Maggie?

Don't worry, Papi, it's nothing.

Just relax, okay?

It's a rooster.

No. No, really, what is that?

It tickles.

I'm gonna rub him all over your body.

And I'm gonna break that bitch's spell.

(ROOSTER CROWS)

Uh... Oh! Ah! Oh, shit!

* More than anyone that you adore

* Can love

* Is all that I can give

Okay, guys, where we at?

Uh-huh. Uh-huh.

That's it?

That's great.

(WHISPERING) That was great.

-That's fantastic. -That was great?

(WHISPERING) Fantastic.

Oh, we gonna make a good video or what?

That's what we're doing here, huh?

I know.

He's not a very good cameraman, but...

I was just kidding. He does very good work.

I know. Well, listen... Uh, wait one sec.

Can you wait one second?

That was great.

I don't know that I can get to Puerto Rico.

Come on, you sleep with someone else other than Chino?

Yeah, right.

-That's right, I did. Alexis! -What?

Oh, you don't believe I did it?

Babe, it's not that, it's just that... Like I said,

you're just not a sexual person, okay?

What's this?

Why you picking up condom packages off the street?

What do you...

No! Lisette...

You did! You did do it!

I told you. That's right, I did it.

-You did it with somebody? -I'm a sexual person. Say it!

Dios mio. I can't believe...

Say it! I'm a sexual person. I'm a sexual person.

(SHUSHING)

Hello, Migdalia.

What can I get for you today?

You got my order?

Oh, si.

Miggie!

Miggie! Hurry up!

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

That motherfucker gave her my cactus!

Yeah, didn't you know?

He's working for her now.

-What? -Mm-hmm.

LISETTE: I got a present for you.

There's something inside.

Today was the happiest day of my life, Chino,

and I want to share it with you.

When you were in jail, I held it together all by myself.

I know it's fucked up.

I mean, I... You know, I...

I been with you, what, 10 years?

I can't even think of anything to say to you.

Just open it, all right?

(QUIET HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING)

What happens after I open it, then, huh?

Are you just gonna walk away?

Yeah.

I'm not gonna open it, Lisette.

(THUDS)

Come on, Chino, don't fuck with my head.

You're over here working for that bitch!

You gave her my plant!

You gave her my wine!

Just open it!

-Look, the only reason... -Open it!

* Get past that And live another day

* Walk the wrong way

* Your family went the other way

* Gots to be down and stop clownin'

* Until I take my dirt

* Skirt to the next episode... *

What's this supposed to mean?

We're even.

You ain't even worth it.

* And as a matter of fact I'm feelin' shady

* I think I'm goin' crazy...

You know, I should congratulate you, Lisette.

You held it all together, all by yourself.

And you fucked a guy all by yourself!

And you fucked up our family all by yourself!

You should be proud of yourself, Lisette!

I have something a bit more constructive for you than your little tack project.

The Mendez brothers, they need a tougher image.

They got the girls, and I want to get the guys,

but I don't want to piss off the female audience.

You want to take a crack at it?

No.

I might fuck it up.

Well, then we'll go with Val's strategy

and turn your loverboys into gangsters with Uzis.

Okay. I'll try it.

Chino? Do me a favor.

(SPEAKS SPANISH)

(MIMICS BABY NOISES)

Chino, man, you're crazy to give that kid your name.

Word, bro, because you try and leave,

you know she'll get all vindictive and make your ass pay...

-ALL: Child support. -(LAUGHING)

Why you got to act like a retard and tease him, huh?

I ain't afraid to pay for my mistakes.

Yo, man, everybody's done did her, though.

So what?

So why you gotta give him your last name, man?

That kid's name should be Ritchie Martinez Cruz Torres Vasquez Linares.

It shouldn't even be a name, y'all.

It should be a street number...

-"Ritchie 170th." -(LAUGHTER)

You're all crazy, all right?

Because all you people think that this is the worst thing a bitch could give you.

Look, man... That's the best thing.

The best!

Anything else they give you is bullshit.

Everything else.

ALL: Busted!

(GUYS TAUNTING CHINO)

Chino, could I talk to you alone for a second, please?

I'm working.

(GUYS LAUGH)

Chino's not Ritchie's father, Papi.

What?

Maggie?

Why did you make me bail him out of jail then?

I know, I lied.

I lied because I wanted Ritchie to have a good father, like you.

I wanted him to have somebody he could be proud of.

So, uh, who's the father, Maggie, huh?

-CHINO: C! -See you later, C.

Hey, you want some ice cream?

I don't want it after she put her mouth on it.

Well, you're gonna have to share, all right, because I don't got no money.

-I got my own money. -Where'd you get this?

-I found it. -Where?

-I didn't steal it, all right? -Hey, come here.

First of all, don't you yell at me, okay? And second...

I didn't say you stole it.

And third... Where's my hug?

Huh? Where's my hug?

Come on, hug your papi, man.

OLDER BOY: See him hugging his father?

(ALL MOCKING)

I'm gonna get my ice cream.

-What? -How come C gets his own ice cream?

Because C has his own money, that's why.

But he has new kicks and jeans.

Man, fuck that nigger.

(KIDS SPEAKING INDISCERNIBLY)

Yo, man, tell the guy what you want.

Let me get a sno-cone.

-Yo, what you doing? -Watch it, man!

-What is this, huh? -It's my clothes!

Oh, these are your clothes, huh?

Yo, leave him alone, man!

Yo, he's getting his ass kicked.

-Where'd you get these, huh? -Come on, I bought them!

You working for him, huh? You working for him?

Yo, you're fucking with the wrong man!

He don't need your shit, okay?

BOY: Oh, G, he's taking off his pants!

You want to be a drug dealer? Huh?

I do what I want! I got my own clothes!

That's it. That's what you want to be, right? Okay.

Get off of me.

You ain't gonna be a drug dealer.

You ain't gonna be a drug dealer!

-Chino! -I don't need nothing from you.

Oh, ho, you want to run from me?

BOY: Put him down, man!

Look at that. Look at that, C! Look! Look!

No, Chino, por favor, please.

He didn't know what he was getting into.

No, fuck that, okay? That's his uncle and he fucking knows that!

Look at your uncle! He's dead! Look at him, look at him!

I know, he knows, but please don't hit him no more.

Please, Chino. Please.

(LAUGHING MOCKINGLY)

You want to teach my kid to sell drugs?

Let me go! Let me go!

(ALL SHOUTING)

Harder! Harder!

BOY: You're not my father.

You're not my father, man. You can't hit me. (SOBBING)

You can't hit me, man. You're not my father. (CRYING)

You're not my father.

ALEXIS: Oh, yeah. Yeah, right down there.

Mira, Chinito, talk to Mami, okay?

Mami, I want to stay with you.

See?

Why? Because you know you can deal drugs and I won't hit you?

You can get over on Mami, right?

Well, forget that, C, because I'm through talking to you.

You want to deal drugs, answer to your father.

Lisette, what the fuck is wrong with you, huh?

I'm tired of being played for a fool.

I'm really, really tired.

Who the fuck's playing you for a fool?

What...

Lisette, he's just a little boy.

Lisette?

-CHINO: Look, there he is. -Dude, check out this little bean head, man.

Yo, word up, Chino, your kid look like a crack baby. I ain't lying...

Just shut up, man.

He looks like an angel when he's sleeping.

You lucky you don't got any, man.

ANGEL: I do.

You do what?

Um...

Chino, man, I'm Ritchie's father.

-You're Ritchie's father? -Shh!

You're Ritchie's...

Lookit, you're gonna wake the kid.

-Come here, you. -I can't fucking believe you, man.

I can't fucking believe...

You're my best friend and you let her set me up?

Don't even try that, you like being a father.

To my own kids, Angel!

Oh, this is new.

You're gonna hide yourself behind a bunch of papers

instead of running into the bathroom, like you always do.

I'm not hiding myself, Alexis, all right? I'm proving myself.

They want to disrespect me, that's all right.

Because tomorrow I got a chance to prove who I am, that I got good ideas.

Well, why don't you prove you're a mother,

and go out there and talk to your kid?

Excuse me, but who died and left you a womb?

All the silicone in the world ain't gonna make you a mother.

So don't even talk about what you don't know, Alex.

(MUTTERING IN SPANISH)

Okay...

Maybe I don't know about being a mother,

but I know about being an eight-year-old little boy.

You don't know shit, Alexis.

My son ain't jumping into dresses.

His father beat his ass in front of the whole neighborhood

and told him that he wasn't a man.

Don't tell me that I don't know how he feels.

He was dealing drugs!

Nana, he's eight years old, you're gonna push him away for something that he did?

You're his mother!

You're supposed to love him more than that.

-Lisette, are you listening to me? -No. No. No.

I sat up in that house like a very good mother.

I never raised my hand to him, and him and his father walked all over me, Alexis.

Well, that's over, because if they can't act right,

I'm not gonna deal with them at all.

Oh, you got your life to lead.

Yeah, that's right.

You sound just like Mami.

Well, maybe she's right.

She's got her man. She's got her cart.

She doesn't let anybody interfere with her happiness...

Not you, not me, nobody.

Like pretending we don't exist?

If that's what she needs to be happy...

Yeah, well, maybe it doesn't make everybody else so happy.

Well, then, that's your problem. Not Mami's.

(LATIN MUSIC BEGINS PLAYING)

(TURNS RADIO OFF)

Alexis, I was listening to that!

-It's my house. -Fine, it's your house.

(CLICKS PLAY)

(TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS PLAYING)

* Oh, she may be weary

* Them young girls they do get wearied

* Wearing...

-* That same old shaggy dress -You going someplace?

-(DOORBELL RINGS) -* When she gets weary

* Try a little tenderness

Alex?

Alexis.

Why are you doing this to me?

Get out. Get out of my house! Get out of my house!

How dare you come into my house looking like a freak?

-Get out. -I just came to tell you...

I don't want to hear it.

-Two months... -I don't want to hear it.

-I'm gonna get the operation, Mami. -Out.

And I'm gonna be a real woman, like you.

Do you want to wake up your father? He'll kill you.

And I'm gonna get married and make you proud of me.

-Get out of here! -What you doing here?

Get out of here.

(PRAYING IN SPANISH)

Please bless these notes and let me kick ass tomorrow.

* You know she's waiting

-* Just anticipating -(DOOR SLAMS)

Hey, Alexis...

* The thing that she'll never, never, never possess *

LISETTE: Do you want to hear my presentation?

(ALEXIS PRAYING QUIETLY IN SPANISH)

Why are you praying in here?

What's wrong? Are you not talking to me now?

They saw me.

Papi did this to you?

You know, you're wrong, Lisette.

It's not my problem. It's their problem.

I still love them after what they did to me,

and I didn't do anything to them.

But they hate me.

Oh, Alexis.

You are just like Mami.

-I'm not. -"Fuck everybody else..."

-I'm not like Mami! -"Go for yours!"

Alexis!

I'm not like her.

I'm not.

(SOBS)

(TOY SQUEAKS)

(TOY SQUEAKS)

I'm not gonna run away from you, C.

You can sit in that closet, you can never talk to me again,

but I'm not leaving, okay?

I'm sorry.

You forgive me or what?

Yeah, sure.

C... C.

I'm sorry.

I'll pay half of the rent.

Yeah, well, you get the couch.

Oh, fine, I get the couch.

Well, this is my half of the apartment, right?

Okay, so then, your bike belongs in your half of the apartment,

away from my half of the apartment, okay?

What did I tell you about that, huh?

Oh, that's nice! Leave him here, hanging off of here.

That's beautiful.

Leave him alone, okay? I got him. I'm taking care of him.

Stop throwing your cereal at each other!

No, don't tell them to stop. They can do whatever they want in my house.

Oh, they can do what...

Papi says you can do whatever you want in the house.

He's cleaning up after everybody!

Come on, let's go, we're late.

If I gotta watch the kids all day,

you're watching them at night.

So you can hang out with Magdalena?

No, I'm getting a night job.

And just because I'm not gonna be here at night,

don't think you can bring friends over here.

The kids don't need to see that.

Yeah, well, I'm paying half the rent, okay?

So I didn't want you bringing your friends here either.

Let's go! Bye, Papi.

Let's go!

-MINNIE: C messed up my hair. -Come on.

CHINO: Hey, C, you got to clean this mess up, all right,

-when you come back. -C, come on.

(PEE WEE CRIES)

Have a nice day, Chino.

There's a song where a guy sings to other guys about women,

and he doesn't come off looking soft or nothing.

He's just like, "Look, here's the deal fellas."

Okay, what song?

Try A Little Tenderness.

You want to do that as a cover?

Yeah, yeah, and then they could do it in English and in Spanish.

That way, it could cross over.

-What? What? What's the matter? -Shh.

I don't know, I'm just...

I'm looking at the video. Uh, okay.

So you got the Mendez brothers, right? They're on the beach...

-Right. -Coney Island.

Beautiful women.

(STAMMERING) Wait.

No, I mean, the beach, I like the beach, right?

-But it's gotta be one girl. One. -Okay. One woman.

But one amazing woman.

Yeah, but not some oiled-down video ho.

No, no, because the song is about talking.

-It's actually not about fucking at all. -Exactly, exactly. That's it.

And then, and then, like, we could show, like, Ricky Mendez, right?

And he's walking behind surf, you know, and he's like,

"Man, what could I do to bring her back?"

You know? He's, like, really...

And then, and then, Tony Mendez,

-he comes along with his brothers, right? -Right.

And he comes up to Ricky, who's all sad,

and he says, "Hey, man, why don't you just try..."

"Try a little tenderness," right! Yeah!

I'm gonna train you for Val's job.

Wait a minute.

I know. Hold on.

Look, Price, why are you fronting?

You don't want to sleep with me.

Oh. Oh, yes, yes, I do.

Come on, Price, you do this all time.

You got your desk drawer full of condoms.

You got your pine air freshener.

Yeah, I've made love with women here before. Does this bother you?

-No. -Good.

What bothers me is being with somebody who doesn't even know I'm there.

I had to make a phone call, okay?

Look, I don't want to diss...

-Good. -But you're not a very sexual person.

What the hell is that supposed to mean?

Is this because I had to make a phone call?

-No. No. -You know, there was a crisis in Puerto Rico.

Do you understand that?

What do you want me to have said?

"I was making love to my young and talented assistant. I'll call you right back"?

Whatever. Okay, look... Do you want me to set up a meeting

-with the Mendez brothers? -No, I don't. I don't. I'm...

This is weird, you know?

I'm feeling very uncomfortable.

Look, Price, there's no weirdness here, okay?

I did it with you once, I'm not gonna do it again, that's it.

I'm not a sexual person?

I... Yeah... No. I can't work like this.

So... What do we do now?

Maybe, uh...

Maybe, uh, you should find a...

Maybe you should work for a different boss.

-Are you quitting? -No. No, I'm not quitting.

So what are you saying?

You gonna fire me?

Fine, fire me.

Book some studio time for the Mendez brothers.

And get outta here, please.

I gotta make a phone call.

I know how much you hate that.

(CLATTERING)

What are you doing?

Can you throw me that roller, please?

Thank you.

You got the gas on?

I'm talking to you.

Chino, you can't just turn it on.

You gotta light it.

So... How's your new job?

-You like it? -It's kind of boring.

I just sit in one place. It's not like riding a bike.

You should get one of those, you know, portable TVs.

-Maybe next blackout. -(CHUCKLES)

So how's your boyfriend?

I don't got a boyfriend.

Then what about that thing you gave me?

Look, it only happened once, all right, Chino?

It's not even any of your business.

All right, all right, I know.

It's none of my business. It's over between us.

You do what you want to do.

I wasn't asking because I was jealous or anything.

I was a little curious.

So how is Magdalena?

I wouldn't know.

I'm not with her anymore.

Angel is Ritchie's father.

Oh.

I'll be honest with you.

Everything I ever felt for you is dead,

and I would never, ever want to get back together.

Yeah, well, I feel the same way, Chino.

I'm just staying for the kids.

I mean, I look at you and I see you and him doing the rawest shit.

I mean, things that we didn't even do.

Well, it's none of your business...

So you shouldn't even think about it.

Believe me, I don't want to think about it.

All I'm saying is that if we talk about it,

then maybe we won't wonder about it.

But if you're too shy...

I'm not shy... What do want to know?

Wait a minute.

You write down everything that you and him did,

and I'll write down everything me and Magdalena did.

Then we'll pass notes and we'll never talk about it again, okay?

Concentrate on your own paper.

-You finished? -Yeah.

How did you find time to go to work?

-Is that it? -Yeah, that's it.

Wait, here, number 11, you guys didn't do that?

Is it on my fucking paper?

If I didn't write it down, it didn't happen.

I just wanted to make sure we both wrote everything down, okay?

Yeah, well, I wrote everything down, all right?

I'm going to bed.

Lisette, Lisette. Wait, wait, wait. Wait.

Could I just ask you one more question?

Go ahead, Chino.

Ask me one more question.

Was he better than me?

Um, let me think...

Well?

No.

Ah! Yeah!

I knew it. I knew it. I knew he...

How could he be better than me?

Yes! Yes! I knew it.

I knew that. I knew that.

You didn't even have to... I knew it.

I'm telling you I feel so much better now.

Oh, my God!

Lisette, let me...

Lisette, Lisette...

I feel so much better now.

I don't know about you, but I feel... I feel great.

I mean, it's getting better now.

I'm looking at you right now, and I don't see you and him

doing a bunch of horrible things anymore.

I don't. I mean, I see you guys doing...

I see you guys doing...

One horrible thing, I'm...

Yeah, and now I just see you and her doing 42 horrible things.

Thanks a lot, Chino.

-What's your problem? -You know what your problem is?

You never think about the other person.

* She may be weary

* And them young girls They do get weary

Good night, other person.

* Wearing that same old shaggy dress

It's morning, Chino.

* But when she gets weary

Good morning.

* You gotta try a little tenderness

* You know she is waiting

* Just anticipating

* The things

* That she'll never, never possess... No, no, no

* Oh, as she's waiting there

* All you've got to do

* Is try a little tenderness

* Baby

* Baby, it's not...

* Sentimental

* Sentimental

* She has her grief...

* But these soft words

* But these soft words

* Spoken gentle

* Yeah

* It makes it easier to bear

* You won't regret it

* Young girls they don't forget it

* They don't forget

* Love is their only happiness

* But it's all so easy

* What you've got to do

* Is try, try, try

* Try a little tenderness

* Try a little tenderness

* Give her all your love

* Forever

* Oh, yeah, oh, yeah, oh, yeah

* Give her all your tenderness

* 'Cause she needs your love

* Forever

* Forever, yeah

* Forever, yeah

* Try a little tenderness

* Give her all your love

* Forever

* Give her all your tenderness

* 'Cause she needs your love

* Forever...

* Try a little tenderness

* Give her all your love

* Forever...

* Give her all your tenderness

* 'Cause she needs your love

* Forever...

* Try a little tenderness

* Give her all your love

* Forever...

* Give her all your tenderness

* 'Cause she needs your love

* Forever...

* Love is all That I can give to you

* Love is more than just a game for two

* Two in love can make it

* Take my heart and please don't break it

* Love was made for me and you

* Love was made for me and you

* So I gotta do What I gotta do

* Now I'm late for my life

* Had a bad one Never had none

* So I'm out to get mine

* Had to struggle in the process

* It's getting deep

* And there ain't no time For sleep

* Too many things Running through my mind

* Walking on a thin line

* And there ain't nothin' kind

* I'm feel I'm going to pass out Riding that wrong route

* Steady-headed For the blackout

* Don't want to do wrong But I gotta live my life strong

* To be happy

* And you know it's gonna take some time

* I wanna make up my mind 'Cause I am wasting precious time *