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♪ Economic prison ♪

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♪ It's in effect, y'all ♪

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[CAR ALARM BLARING]

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[BABY LAUGHING]

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[CAR ALARM BLARING]

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[TRUCK APPROACHING]

♪ Economic prison ♪

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♪ Economic prison ♪

♪ Economic ♪

♪ Economic ♪

♪ Economic prison ♪

♪ Economic ♪

♪ Economic prison ♪

[NASTY NAS' "HALFTIME" PLAYING]

♪ I got it goin' on Even flip 'em on the song ♪

♪ Every afternoon I kick half the tune ♪

♪ And in the darkness I'm heartless ♪

♪ Like when the narcs hit ♪

♪ Word to Marcus Garvey Or heartless Sparkton ♪

♪ 'Cause when I blast the herb That's my word ♪

♪ I be slayin' 'em fast doin' This, that and the third ♪

♪ But chill, pass the entree And let's lay ♪

♪ I bag bitches up at John Jay And hit a matinee ♪

♪ Puttin' hits on 5-0 ♪

♪ 'Cause when it's my time To go ♪

♪ I wait for God With a 4-4 ♪

♪ And biters can't come near ♪

♪ So go to hell The foul cop that shot Garcia ♪

♪ I won't plant seeds Don't need ♪

♪ An extra mouth I can't feed ♪

♪ That's extra Phillie change ♪

♪ More cash for that weed ♪

♪ It's halftime ♪

♪ Yo, it's halftime ♪

DOMINIC: It's not their problem. It's ours.

Like-like it's not theirs, it's our problem.

[RAP CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY]

DOMINIC: Fucking assholes of the world.

Leaking their shit into my yard.

♪ It's like that You know it's like that ♪

Fuel-leaking motherfuckers.

[SIGHS]

It's bullshit, man. It's bullshit.

♪ Now all I do is relax Yeah, we'll rest in peace ♪

♪ Yo, I'm out ♪

[SCHOOL BELL RINGS]

CIMINO [ON PA]: All right, in case Mrs. Wilson hasn't said so,

seniors who are late see her, sophomores and juniors see me.

Mr. Wimms, you're late.

Yeah, special situation.

I had to get my cousin Nikki. It's her first day.

CIMINO: Tough break. She's late too.

Go ahead. WOMAN: This is the office.

Kelvin Macrae is returning to school.

Says who? Says Kelvin.

Oh, yeah? You send him to me right now.

Yes, sir.

One more time, and it's ice for you for a week, my friend.

You know, Mr. C., you ain't makin'

a good impression on my cousin here.

Bye. Later.

Name? Uh, Nikki Patterson.

Oh, yeah. Midterm transfer from Brooklyn, right?

Yeah, east New York. East New York. Right.

Well, things are different here in Detroit.

Yeah, you have more walkie-talkies here.

Exactly. Very different. Yo, Dee?

Mr. Cimino. Hello, Michelle.

Hi. Look, this isn't my fault. It's my fault, Mr. Cimino.

By the way, that's a nice tie.

My jeep broke down, and we had to get it towed.

Towed?

And I have a note here from my mechanic.

Your mechanic?

CIMINO [SCOFFS]: Glazer.

Come on, Michelle.

MICHELLE: What? Your jeep didn't break down.

Lovers' quarrel, huh? No, Mr. Cimino.

This has nothing to do with lovers.

Not anymore.

[WINCES, SIGHS]

This one's on me, pal.

Nut, get down here.

Take off the hat.

Off with the hat!

I thought I told you next time I see you,

I want to see you with your parents.

Where's your mother? Where's your father?

How many times I gotta tell you?Look,

when a teacher tells you to leave the room,

you leave the room.

But I wasn't doin' nothin'! I don't care.

Next time, your ass is gonna be on the street.

You're gonna embarrass me in front of a beautiful sister.

It's not that serious.

NIKKI: I ain't your sister. Shit.

That's right, I ain't your sister.

CIMINO: Don't mess with her, Nut. She'll be in your face.

NUT: We'll see about that. Yeah, we will too.

CIMINO: Don't worry about him. He's in special ed.

For the gifted.Yeah.

It's our gift to you that you're still here.

A week in ice.

Two weeks in ice.

Go for three.

Enjoy the hat.

[CHILDREN PLAYING]

[RAP PLAYING ON RADIO]

♪ My friend said She can kiss my black bat ♪

♪ Tryin' to give me What she got for a cool cat ♪

♪ And I ain't 19 no more ♪

♪ Got a room full of hookers Not fatso whores ♪

♪ From state to state ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm a ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm a ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm a ♪

[BIG BAND MUSIC PLAYING]

Dad?

Dad!

Hi. [SIGHS]

Zack. How ya doin'?

[SCOFFS]

What's up? What are you doin' home?

What's it look like?

Downtown store was dead, so I closed up early.

I don't know. People just aren't walking in off the streets.

People aren't walking in off the streets

because there are no people on the street.

Well, well!

Figured that all out by yourself, did you?

It's all right. It's a specialty business.

Besides, downtown's bouncin' back anyway.

Dad, you know I split up with Michelle today.

She wasn't puttin' out, huh?

Not like some.

[CHUCKLES]

[LAUGHING] Keep laughing, Richard.

See what happens the next time

you want a blow job off the turnpike.

[MOTOWN MUSIC PLAYING]

RICHARD: Hey.

[SIGHS] Don't listen to any of that.

Yeah.

So we losin' the store?

No, but I'm losin' money.

It's suckin' off every buck we make at the mall.

So maybe Diane's right.

Fuck Diane. [SIGHS]

So, uh, what happened with Michelle?

She wasn't right for me.

Fuck her too.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

Thanks, Dad.

Yo, Zack, hey, the big spenders are here.

Those are my grandparents, man. Watch your mouth.

[DINERS CHATTERING]

Hello, Zack. Hi, Nana. Hi, Pops.

I'd kiss you, but the garlic's a little heavy today.

[LAUGHING] A kiss is a kiss, honey.

That's my boy.

Want some bread?

How come you guys don't eat my bread?

[LAUGHING]

Well, if you're gonna give it to him, give it to him.

Zack, it's been 12 years since mommy died.

What's this? It's a yahrzeit candle.

Light it next week on the anniversary of her death.

I gotta get back inside, finish up work.

You guys are gonna smell like garlic now.

[BOTH LAUGH]

I'll see you at the store later. All right, Pops.

[STUDENTS CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]

I need to go now. What's up? What's goin' on?

Out of my locker, man. ZACK: Ten dollars each.

Ten dollars apiece, boy. Can you handle this?

She wasn't right for you anyway. Nah?

Nah, she was too smart, too mature,

too beautiful, too suave.

Hey, I get the point. Hey, fellas, what's up?

What's up? How ya doin', man?

Let us have two for 20.

This shit is 15 a piece, man.

Oh, but you give it to the brothers for 10 each.

You see this, man? See how he does me?

We were bar mitzvahed together, and he's hustling me.

Hustlin' you? Are you stupid, man?

This shit is flavor, B.

Let me get a taste. No, my brother,

you got to get that on your own.

You forgot, huh? Yeah.

Yeah, whatever.

Damn, man!

Look at your eyes! All fucked up on crack.

Yo, Nut, check this brother's eyes.

He fucked up or what?

What's up with you, bitch?

Smokin' the commercial weed joints and shit.

Just get the fuck outta here and leave my homeboy alone.

My shit ain't weak, man. My shit's sent down from the gods.

Let me hit that shit, then. It's for special people.

Man, you ain't special. Let me hit it, then.

You just frontin'. Ain't no future in that shit, man.

What kind of name is Nut, anyway?

[SCOFFS]

Check these nuts, man.

You do look fucked up, don't you?

Come on, man, let's take somebody's food.

Shit! Dee, give it back!

No! Come on!

Ooh. Let me just see it. No! No! Give it to me!

ZACK: I want to see it. Fuck you!

NUT: Hey, give it back! I'd go out with him.

[SCOFFS] Nah, I ain't even with that.

I would. He's fine!

No, he ain't. I don't want no white boy.

Why wouldn't you go out with a white boy?

I just wouldn't. All right, then,

would you go out with a Dominican?

Yeah, the right one. Not a motherfucker on crack.

[ALL LAUGHING]

Okay, then, would you go out with a Chinese boy?

Yeah. You'd go out with a Chinese boy...

before you'd go with a white boy? Hell, yeah.

By yourself. Say he gets angry at you...

And starts cursing you out in that Oriental talk.

You're not gonna understand a word he's sayin'.

All right, then, would you kick it with an Italian boy?

Shit. Why not? Yeah.

You'd kick it with an Italian boy?

Yep.

Italian's not white?

Nah, not really.

It's not. They may look white,

but they damn sure don't act white.

Let me see it then, fool. Man, let me see that.

Come on! Stop playin', Nut!

Give me that, man! You fuckin' can't read!

What's up then, nigga? You a stupid-ass basehead, man.

That's all you is! So what you sayin'?

[BLOWING WHISTLE] Guys!

Nut! Get over here.

[ALL LAUGHING] Ice. I-C-E.

[STUDENTS MURMURING]

Take off the hat. ♪ Ice, ice, baby ♪

Yo, you're too rough on the brother, man.

Shut up.

Why don't you show the brother some respect?

Same respect you show Zack here.

Look, man, don't even start with that shit.

Where do you belong? Wherever I want.

Take off the hat.

You don't have to put up with that nigga's bullshit.

Yeah, I do.

Busted, where you live?

Yo, doesn't matter where I live. We're all African.

You live in a white neighborhood.

You don't have to deal.

So don't give me that "We all African" bullshit.

Where are you going? AL: I have to deal.

I have to deal with you now. Huh? Go on.

Tweedledum follows tweedledee, huh?

[RAP PLAYING ON RADIO]

♪ I don't take apple pie It's the American lie ♪

♪ Because I dug between the Lines all I found was swine ♪

♪ Direct control I won't fold Be overcome I mean ♪

♪ You know what I mean The green team ♪

♪ Ain't down With the White House clowns ♪

♪ Push around mounds of shit ♪

♪ Tryin' to pound it Down our throats ♪

♪ But dig it I'd rather have a bud ♪

♪ Than a scud, dug it I'm gonna pour the salt ♪

♪ On the slugs Unplug the TV ♪

♪ I don't need to see Dan Rather ♪

♪ It doesn't matter to me ♪

♪ They lather me up With their suds ♪

♪ But I'm gonna burn some bushes and cut the 12 peak ♪

♪ Uh-oh. Yo Here I come again ♪

♪ Comin' down the track like A dyke with her pants off ♪

♪ George, you don't Pay attention-- ♪

DEE: Check this out.

♪ Yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Yo, my name is Dee And this is Zachary ♪

♪ I'm in the front He's in the back of me ♪

♪ People say, yo, Zack You act too Black for me ♪

♪ But, yo, I like the way The brother acts to me ♪

You get props for that. Mr. Wimms, your son can rhyme.

My 8-year-old daughter can rhyme.

Can he read and write? That's what I want to know.

Well, break my drinkin' glasses,

and he won't be readin', writin' or rhymin'.

Hey, man, you gonna be his promoter?

You gonna take half of every dollar he makes?

Don't be mean, Otis. I'm just teasin' him.

He knows that. He better know that.

Do you know about the Reverend Calvin Butts

from the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem?

I know you know.

Uh, no, Mr. Wimms, I don't. I'm sorry.

He's goin' around with children about Jasmine's age.

They paintin' over liquor and tobacco billboards

aimed at Blacks.

What do you think about that?

That's right. Think about it.

You think about it too. Come on, Pop.

Come on, what? He come over here,

he needs to think about where he's at.

I sure as hell have to think about it when I go over there.

Please don't start.

Took me a goddamn year to get those crackheads

out of my house that your aunt is in now.

Leave it alone, baby.

Do you remember when they were clearing out those houses

to build a community center?

Yeah. You do, don't you?

Yeah. The Mac Avenue Center.

Now they sellin' crack and shit all over there.

Took me a goddamn year

to get those motherfuckin' crackheads

out of my goddamn house!

You wanna rhyme somethin'? You rhyme about that!

I gotta makeup at the airport.

He just gets wound up and starts buggin' out, man.

Don't worry about it.

Dee, get that other mattress over to your cousin's

so she doesn't have to sleep on her hardwood floor again.

Yes, ma'am.

♪ Oh-Dee-oh ♪

[GRUNTING] ♪ Oh, oh ♪

They got all kind of Black-eating...

Where you goin', man? ...elbow, ankle animals in here

Just ready to tear me up.

Your sister could be in here. [LAUGHS]

Yo, they can have lions and tigers and bears. Oh, my!

Lions and tigers and bears. Oh, my!

This shit is heavy, Dee. I know, man. I know.

Goddamn! You're a weak son of a sucker.

Your cousin better be lookin' good.

That runs in the family.

Lookin' better than you. Ugly motherfucker.

Goddamn! Yo, juggle my nuts, Zack.

ZACK: You got some lemonade or what?

[CHATTERING CONTINUES]

Thanks, y'all. [SIGHS]

Hard labor's a bitch.

Man, think it ain't what it is?

Look, y'all needed the workout, okay?

I'm Zack. And you're, uh--

Nikki. You're from east New York?

Where's that? It's in Brooklyn.

My mother was from there. What's it like?

It's rough.

Why'd you move?

[SCOFFS] It was time.

You got any brothers or sisters in Brooklyn?

He likes to ask questions. I see that.

He wasn't askin' too many the other day, though.

The other day? Oh, you should've seen this boy.

It was terrible. His girl just dissed him.

I'm surprised you're still on your feet still standin'.

Yeah, well, um, I'm not really, you know?

Yeah, okay. Uh-huh.

I guess I got what I asked for. Oh, you admit it?

You were doggin' her.

Oh, we're just kind of goin' through the motions.

There was no intensity involved.

Well, it looked pretty intense to me.

Nikki, that ain't the first time, either.

I remember this one time at the movies. Remember that?

Yeah, I remember that time at the movies too, Dee.

Forget it. Remember, it was the mall.

I remember that time too, at the mall, Dee.

That was the time at the mall.

I ain't even gonna say it. I'll tell you later.

Are you Italian?

No, I'm Jewish. Why?

'Cause you smell like garlic,

and I'm gonna need to spray that bed with Lysol.

[DEE LAUGHING] Ha-ha-ha. All right.

[DEE & NIKKI LAUGHING]

That's real funny, Dee. That's really funny.

Oh!

Yeah.

Don't call me if you need somebody to carry your mattress.

All right. And, uh, be careful, Zack.

Make sure she don't plant no bombs in your mailbox.

Yeah, well, I live at 148 Burnside,

if you want to come check it out for me.

That's where I live.

Yeah, okay. I don't think so.

ZACK: Yo.

What?

Nikki. Yeah, what about her?

She's beautiful, man. Yeah, she's fine.

Yeah, she's your cousin. So? Ask her out.

Yeah? Yeah, man. Why not?

I don't think I'm ready. You know, I just broke up.

Yeah, you better give it some time, Zack.

Right. I think I need to give it some time.

Yeah. Plus, she's new.

New at school. Right.

And I don't want to be pouncing on her.

You don't wanna sweat her. Not right away.

Yeah. 'Cause I will sweat her.

DEE: She's probably not ready to get into anything right now.

She needs time to get acclimated.

ZACK: Yeah, acclimated. You think?

DEE: Yeah, I guess.

Would you mind? Who?

You. Would it bother you? What?

If we did go out. Me, man?

Why would it bother me?

She's your cousin. Yeah?

And I'm your friend. Uh-huh.

And I'm white. No!

Technically... I am white.

I hear you, man.

You do? Yeah, I do. I hear you.

[DOG BARKING]

But still, ask her out.

[CHUCKLES] And don't be smellin' like garlic when you do, all right?

You know what I'm sayin'? Yeah, I know what you're sayin'.

[BOTH LAUGHING]

Come on. Strike.

Yeah. Whoo! Whoo!

Hey, girl. You wanna kick it with me?

NIKKI: Not really.

This is the real nigga here.

Not like them bullshit punks down there.

Yeah, I know what you are.

Yeah, you got that figured out right, girl.

You don't know me. You don't know nothin' about me.

You know I used to live in this house

till your punk-ass uncle kicked us out?

I used to sleep butt-naked right in that room up there.

Now I stay over there.

And now we're neighbors.

Bet you didn't know that, either, huh?

As you can see, the crib needs a lot of work.

Shit oughta be torn down and built again,

it needs so much work.

[SNICKERS]

Yeah.

[LAUGHS]

Nikki. Come inside, baby.

Well, see ya.

[BIG BAND MUSIC PLAYING]

Are we talkin' about love, or are we talkin' about sex?

ZACK: We're talkin' about infatuation.

[SIGHS] Infatuation. What is that? Infatuation. That's nothing.

You wanna look for that, go look

in the easy listening section. Go ahead.

So, what about sex, Dad?

That's my boy. Sex.

If we're talking about sex, fuck the lyrics.

Who needs words? Then we're talking about rhythm.

It's like we're talking about James Brown.

[IMITATING JAMES BROWN]

Wilson Pickett.

[CLICKING]

Sam and Dave. I mean-- I got you, Dad.

So, what about love, Dad?

Love?

Love. Uh.

Love. That's a horse of a different color now, son.

Uh, we're talkin' about--

Well, ahem, when we talk about love,

we're talking about... The idea...

expressed in the essence of a song...

In a sexy arrangement.

They wanna hear Johnny Mathis, Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra.

Silky, smoothy, satin voices.

It comes from here.

Oh, yeah.

This Johnny Mathis album?

You put this on for her if you really--

I promise you, her nipples will melt.

I gotta take care of this customer.

Don't scratch the albums, huh?

They're priceless. Okay, Dad.

Hey, come here.

I love your father,

but he's a little bit of a schmuck, you know?

You know what love is?

Love is about communication.

Love is about commitment.

Love is about responsibility.

Do you like this girl? Yeah, I like her.

Give her a chance to get to know you.

You get to know her. Everything'll be all right.

Think. Okay?

All right.

Thanks, Pop. You'll be all right.

Now, let's get back to the question

of why prices go up when people steal.

[STUDENTS CHUCKLING] Don?

Would you quit, idiot!

Mr. Spera? Thank you, Kathy.

Would you like to answer the question, Vinnie?

GIRL: Go ahead, Vinnie.

Yo, for the person who steals, prices go down.

[LAUGHTER] Raise your hand, Mr. Wilson,

if you want to be heard.

Connie? They need more security guards?

More security guards in the stores.

That's very good, Connie.

WILSON: Yo, it's a natural redistribution of wealth.

The rich pay more to subsidize people

who can only get stuff by ripping it off the shelf.

Who pays for that? GIRL: Your mother.

CLASS: We do! WILSON: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING]

What's up?

[LAUGHS] It's fly. Who's that?

Yo, that's my man Z. He's the best deejay out here.

Nah, my brother, nah. Listen, yo, it isn't possible.

Even if he is, he ain't. Only brothers can be.

Yo, Nikki, why ain't you modelin' clothes like they is?

You look good modelin' clothes.

You look good modelin' nothin' at all.

Every great musical innovation of this century made by who?

By who? The African.

And every one of them stolen and reshaped by who?

Yo, homeboy, the white man. You know what I'm sayin'?

Why you always holdin' your dick like that, man?

Waitin' for you to suck it, fool.

Why don't you go suck on a book, man? Learn about yourself.

Read about your culture and your history, all right?

Kumbaya, motherfucker. Farrakhan-ie Annie.

That's what I'm talkin' about.

ZACK: You like that? Who is that?

Could be Frank Zappa. Could be Captain Beefheart.

Captain Beefheart?

Oh, I know that. My mother listens to that.

You like that? Yeah.

Hey. Ooh, let's go! ZACK: Check this out.

Hurt that shit, Z! Yeah!

ZACK: What are you makin' faces for? Hold on, hold on, hold on.

Perpetrator. That's all you are. You know what I'm sayin'?

You know nothin' about drums.

The drums are African. We created drums.

Just leave music alone! You know what I'm sayin'?

Went into Africa, took our music, took our people.

Now here in America, you're gonna take rap?

Bull! Not anymore!

You know what I'm sayin'? Just leave it alone.

[OPERA PLAYING]

Puccini. Puccini?

[CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]

NUT: He need his motherfuckin' ass beat.

I should go over there and knock his motherfuckin' head off.

He need to go to the Simpsons show with that shit.

Punk-ass. Nigga can't deejay.

Probably scratchin' up the records and shit.

ZACK: You like that? I like that.

You can sample anything. Anything.

Looks good.

Yeah, we was just gonna throw it away.

It's all right.

She gonna be redoin' the whole house.

Wanted to know if we could use the curtains.

[CHUCKLES] Yeah, that's what I thought too.

They could look all right.

So I got a date this weekend.

A date?Yeah.

Saturday night.

He picks up and he pays? I think so.

You think so? Girl, I think you better know so.

Who is he? This guy from social studies class.

He's funny. He's cute. He's real smart.

Yeah. That sounds just like the last one.

Oh, and the one before that and the one before that.

No, I don't think so. This one's kinda different.

Yeah. They all different.

Watch.

♪ Yo, yo, yo, my name is Dee And this is Zachary ♪

♪ I'm in the front He's in the back of me ♪

One hit on a crack pipe don't make you a basehead.

Nigga, you a basehead. No, I'm not.

Look at you, paranoid and shit. I ain't no damn basehead.

Look at you, eyes all red. Sit your motherfuckin' ass down.

Motherfuckin' basehead. You all shakin' and shit.

This ain't no motherfuckin' rehab.

What the fuck's wrong with you?

Eyes all red and shit. What the fuck's wrong with you?

Look at this motherfucker.

Hey, yo, white boy! Bart Simpson head-ass bitch!

Nigga frontin' 'cause he with a Black girl and shit. Punk-ass.

Blond-haired motherfucker. Sorry ass. You ain't shit.

Bart Simpson head-ass motherfucker.

Reminds me of a motherfuckin' zebra

tryin' to date a Black bitch.

She should stay with her own color.

Hi. I'm here to get Nikki.

You're here to get Nikki?

Sorry-ass motherfucker! You ain't shit! Straight up.

Nikki, your date's here.

What the fuck you lookin' at?

Turn your ass around before I

bust you in the mouth, motherfucker.

What the fuck you lookin' at? Punk-ass!

White punk!

Let me ask you somethin'. Is this a, um, curiosity thing?

Curiosity thing?

You datin' my daughter.

You slummin' or what?

Hi.

Hi.

See you later.

[RAP MUSIC PLAYING INDISTINCTLY]

She's got a curfew.

Don't worry, Mrs. Patterson. Um, I'll have her back on time.

What the fuck is this? Look at this motherfucker.

Punk motherfucker. You ain't shit!

Need your ass whupped. Sorry motherfucker.

Dumb-ass bitch.

NUT: Nikki is a hooker! So I took her!

Shut up!Bitch!

Yeah, why don't you come over and give me head, motherfucker?

They just talkin' shit.

Just let that stuff slide, you know?

[STARTS ENGINE]

NUT: Fuck y'all!

Nikki, what do you wanna do? Where do you wanna go?

I don't know. It's your city. You tell me.

Go to a movie, go to a mall,

go to the zoo, go get somethin' to eat.

[LAUGHING] I can't believe you. Roller skating.

Go play miniature golf.

Go to a driving range and hit long balls.

What are you laughin' at?

You're different than what I expected. Oh, yeah?

What do you mean, different? You know what I mean.

You're more on the homeboy side than on the white boy side.

This is Detroit, you know? This is where I live.

I may not live downtown,

but it's still a predominately Black city.

This is me, though. This is who I am.

[LAUGHING]

Listen to this song.

[RAP MUSIC PLAYING] I made this with Dee.

This is Saul's Medley Land.

My grandfather opened this store after the Second World War.

He was always on the cutting edge.

Blues, big band, bebop, R & B, cool,

free jazz, fusion, everything.

So much music, history.

Listen to this.

[INSTRUMENTAL BLUES PLAYING]

Do you like that song? Yes.

ZACK: This is my home.

This is my treasure.

This is me.

[WOMAN CHATTERING ON PA]

[BELL BUZZING]

[SCHOOL BELL RINGS]

Fuck that camera, man.

Yo, Nut, wait up.

Get away from me, you stupid-ass basehead.

[STUDENTS CHATTERING] My money!

Your ass still ugly.

What's up, white boy?

Just 'cause you listen to Black music,

that don't make you Black.

That's my tape. I made that tape.

You should listen to that tape. That tape is all that.

I don't wanna listen to that shit.

It's your loss, Nut.

Hey, Dee. What's goin' on, Z? Chillin'?

You know that.

Yo, watch she don't get tired of your white ass, you punk!

Motherfucker!

Fuck that kid, man. He's a stupid motherfucker.

Let me ask you something. The answer is no.

Why?

I never went out with a Black girl before.

How'd you know what I was gonna ask you?

I'm psychic.

You ever went out with a white guy before?

In east New York? No.

What does your mother think about this?

What does she really think about this?

She's not trying to hear it at all.

What does your father think?

My father doesn't care who I date.

As long as I date regularly,

he don't care.

What do your friends think?

You know my man Dee's cool with it, right?

And, um, the rest of them I don't care about.

I don't care what they think.

♪ They go for something 'cause They don't try to toast you ♪

♪ No, go talk To someone else ♪

♪ I ain't the one to even try To hide the chromo ♪

♪ Everybody's equal and Dan Quayle can spell potato ♪

[SONG CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY]

Uh, what are we doing here?

Come on. I wanna show you something.

You're not gonna believe this.

What is this? Watch this.

[TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS IN DISTANCE]

You see what I'm talkin' about?

Hey, what the hell are you doing?

This is private property. What are you doing, huh?

Why you hurting me, huh? Why you hurting me?Come on.

This is a fucking game to you, right?

It's Disney. I'm a fuckin' clown, right?

Get the fuck outta here! Get the fuck out!

[JEEP ENGINE STARTS] It's a fucking game, right?

[R & B PLAYING INDISTINCTLY]

[WHISTLING]

[OPENS BOTTLE]

♪ Hey, girl ♪

♪ I'm in ecstasy ♪

♪ I wanna feel your body Close to mine ♪

♪ I never imagined It would be like this ♪

♪ Pretty soon you and me ♪

♪ Sharing precious moments By the fireplace ♪

♪ I'd give it up To be with you ♪

♪ I think the time is right Ooh, girl ♪

♪ Sharing the moments Precious moments ♪

♪ Candlelight The mood is right ♪

♪ It's me and you tonight Oh, girl ♪

[MAN VOCALIZING]

[CLEARS THROAT]

Dad. Zack.

When did you get home?

What difference does it make?

You must be Nikki. NIKKI: Hi.

Of course she's Nikki. Who do you think she is?

Hey, hey.

♪ Don't leave me this way ♪

How you doing, Nik? All right.

Listen, don't be so sensitive. I just wanted to make sure.

Okay?

♪ Without your love ♪

[COUGHS]

Uh...

I'm assuming that, uh,

you two took the necessary proper precautions.

Yes. Yes. Hey.

Yes. Yes. Hey. Hey!

Lighten up.

Good. Good. You know why?

Because I got a shitload-- Excuse my language--

Of Chinese takeout, as you can see.

Nikki, come over here. Sit over here. Come here.

Don't mind him. He's a brooder. Sourpuss.

[MOCKING ZACK] Thank you.

There you go. Oh!

You hear that sound?

♪ My heart is full of love ♪ Oh.

That's like--

♪ Now come on down and do What you've got to do ♪

♪ You started this fire ♪

[CHUCKLES]

That's great.

That is the classic example of the Philadelphia sound.

Oh, freedom.

♪ 'Cause only your good lovin' Can set me free ♪

It's very romantic. It's like a teardrop.

For lovers only.

It was right after Motown.

They had bands like, uh, Billy Paul...

The O'Jays, the Spinners...

Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes.

[BOTH HUMMING ALONG]

♪ Don't you understand ♪

This chick is all right.

That's great. She's great.

Hey, what are you-- Come over here and sit down.

Come on. Sit next to your girlfriend.

Come on.

Stop being a mooch.

Yeah, I'll tell you...

Teddy Pendergrass, he had some set of chops.

♪ Without your love ♪

Yeah.

Wow, those were the days.

Actually, these are the good old days.

Right?

Hey, I propose that we make a toast.

To all the souls of the great vocalists wherever they may be.

♪ Down in my soul ♪

♪ Now can't you see It's burning out of control ♪

♪ Now come down And satisfy the need in me ♪

Drink up.

♪ Can set me free ♪

[SLOW JAZZ PLAYING]

[SCATTING]

Let's go, Dad.

We broke out with bebop.

We broke out with bebop.

Come on, Dad. We gotta close up.

Come on.

I'll wait for you outside.

You all right, man?

You're all right.

Don't be a stranger. You know I won't.

See you later.

Uh, talk to you too.

Somethin' on your mind?

Maybe I should invite my man over here too.

Your man?

[SCOFFS]

I don't think so.

Take his bishop with that knight,

and his king is vulnerable. Dad, I'm about to crush him.

Come on. You stupid.

NIKKI: How long does this game last, anyway?

For hours. Sometimes for days.

DEE: Not if you stop giving him hints.

Come on, Nikki. What's up?

Hold on. Hold on. I'm tryin' to concentrate.

Just let him win. Hey, wait, wait, wait.

Come on! Nikki, stop playin', man. Damn!

Nikki, why don't you come over, give us a hand?

Biscuit head. It's your move, man.

Come on.I'm gonna see what's up with that.

Tsk. The game ain't over, though.

MRS. PATTERSON: She's been like that all day.

OTIS: She'll be all right.

Yeah, as long as he ain't usin' her.

Usin' her? Zack's not usin' her. He don't use people.

MRS. WIMMS: I wouldn't worry about Zack. He's a good kid.

OTIS: Yeah, he's a good kid, but he is white.

And she's Black, and this is America.

And that's a problem. Why that's a problem?

This is 1992. Things changed since back in the days.

Y'all gotta get with it.

Man, you gotta get with it. I don't care what year it is.

I'm not tryin' to hear you. Come on, man.

Now look, you got to hear me.

Look, Dee. Zack is all right with us, okay?

That's not what we're talking about.

But anytime you got a couple

made up of a Black person and a white person in this society,

anything is liable to happen.

I mean, we're at home here.

We're at home among our own, and so is Zack.

That's all I'm sayin'. Okay?

Come on.

Nikki, what's the matter?

What's wrong?

I'm playin' chess.

My queen is exposed. My king is defenseless.

I gotta concentrate, you know?

Your cousin's good. I don't like to be ignored.

[CAR HORN HONKS]

I'm not ignorin' you.

What's wrong?

What's the matter, Nikki?

I want my respect.

If you don't give it to me,

I'm gonna be all up in your face.

You understand?

I understand.

I understand. All right?

What's up? Hey, Zack.

How you guys doin'? Hi, Zack. How are you?

I'm doing good. You know, working hard. The whole thing.

How's your father? He's surviving.

I guess, you know, I'm surviving him.

Yeah, well, you know your dad. Don't let him push you around.

All right, Phyliss. I gotta go back inside.

I'll talk to you guys later. Zack,

I'm having a party Friday night.

It's gonna be great. Why don't you bring Nikki?

Oh, yeah?Yeah.

Really. It's cool. I really want you to be there.

All right, I'll be there. Okay.

Thanks. Bye.

You guys take it easy.See ya.

Who's Nikki? Zack's new girlfriend.

She's Black. So?

So nothing. He's going out with her

to get back at you, that's all.

No, I don't think he is. I think he really likes her.

ROBIN: We'll see.

Don't wait up, all right? Salaam Aleikum, Akim.

Allah Akbar.

How you feeling, all right?

Praise be to Allah. Yo, it just feels good

to get up out of my parents' house for a while.

Get to these study meetings, you know?

You hear that music, Akim?

Nothin' but shay time in my ears.

They're always dropping parties around here.

Yo, with the will of Allah,

I won't be saying I'm the only Joneses in my neighborhood.

Down there livin' amongst the masses of my people.

With the will of Allah.

Nikki, I'm telling you,

we don't have to stay long if you don't want to.

Get outta here. I get to talk to your ex and compare notes.

All right.

Hey, you guys.

I didn't think you were gonna make it.

Good to see you, Nikki. Zack. How you doin'?

Hey, you guys made it. I was getting worried.

How you doin', Bobby? Good, man.

Someone's lookin' at you, Zack. Better go check it out.

Be right back. All right.

Where have you been? Yeah, where have you been?

I was waiting for you. How you doing?

Doing good. Takin' care?

Yeah. Yeah?

Did you bring Nikki? Hi.

Nikki, right? Mm-hm.

You need a drink.

Step into my office.

[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING INDISTINCTLY]

Those are oceanic pieces of the Eskimo tribe.

You have a lot of interesting things.

[CHUCKLES] Yeah. My mom, she, um,

she studied art and anthropology in college.

Hey, Zacky. How you doin', Phyliss?

Oh, you havin' a good time? Yeah, I am. Thank you.

It's a nice party. Good. She's very pretty.

Yeah, she is. Thank you very much.

You're just like your old man, you know that? Yeah.

Um, this is, I think, your boyfriend's new tape.

My boyfriend. Yeah.

Yeah, that's him. That's him.

He's really into this Black thing, you know.

Yeah, I guess so. Mm-hmm.

Yeah. But he's really nice. I like him.

He is.

[CHUCKLES]

I, uh, I liked him too.

So, Zack, I'm speechless, man.

We need to talk. Come on.

We grew up together, right?

So I gotta ask you one question.

What's it like fuckin' a Black chick?

She won't go down on you, I bet. It's totally taboo.

Am I right? They hate it. That's what I hear.

Do you wanna shed some light on that subject, Zack?

I mean, what about those big lips?

ZACK: You guys sound like a bunch of fuckin' clowns, you know?

JASON: Oh, man, I bet she wails like a banshee.

BOBBY: There it is. I knew it. You are a fuckin' pioneer.

ALL: Once you go Black, you never go back.

ZACK: The darker the berry, the sweeter the juice.

BOBBY: Hey, Nikki. Nikki. Nikki, wait a second.

I don't wanna even hear it.

Nik! Nikki, wait a second. Nikki. Nikki, wait a second.

Listen. Listen. Listen. They were just being stupid.

They didn't mean anything by it, all right?

They were just being stupid?

They didn't mean anything by it?

What about you?

Man, you wanna be so different?

You ain't no different from them.

Just 'cause you walk the walk and you talk the talk.

Just 'cause you listen to the music,

you think you know about the culture.

It doesn't mean a thing.

[MUSIC CONTINUES THUMPING IN DISTANCE]

♪ People say, "Yo, Zack You act too Black for me" ♪

♪ But, yo, I like the way The brother acts to me ♪

[TRAIN PASSING]

[SIGHS] I can't believe him.

How about this?

Why don't you go get somethin' by Nikki Giovanni?

Spin a Soft Black Song is a good one.

Yo, I'll talk to Zack, all right?

Don't worry about it.

All right.

"The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice."

This chick is too much.

[LAUGHS]

You want her? She's yours.

Good morning.

[GROANING]

She wore me out.

Been up since 4 a.m.

Every time I close my eyes,

I, uh, I get-- I get bugged.

Oh, I mean, you know...

I can fuck 'em, but I can't sleep with 'em.

It's weird. The moment that I get off, I'm gone.

I mean, my body is still there, but my head is in outer space.

You know what I mean?

[CRUNCHING]

You don't, do you?

[SLURPS]

What's up?

Huh?

Nothin', Dad.

Get me some of that, uh, granola stuff, will you?

[SIGHS]

[PHONE RINGING]

[TV DRONING INDISTINCTLY] Hello.

ZACK: Hi, Mrs. Patterson. Is Nikki there?

It's Zack.

No, she's not. Tell her I called, please.

Okay. [HANGS UP PHONE]

Hey, baby girl, wanna play some gin later on?

I'll tear you up. Maybe.

[TV CONTINUES DRONING INDISTINCTLY]

WOMAN [ON TV]: You know, your problem is you work, you play.

[PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]

Hey, y'all, what's up? Where you been?

Yeah, girl, you been hangin' in the wrong 'hood.

Girl, you ain't never gonna mean shit to them.

Just a dash of color.

No, it ain't about all that.

Y'all are just talkin' shit. I get my respect.

Nikki, ain't no white boy gonna never give you your respect.

That's straight up. Shut the fuck up, Nut.

Like you're gonna give any bitch her respect.

NUT: Shut up, bitch! Fuck you, ho!

Why you always gotta make so much noise?

Why I always gotta make so much noise?

Oh, shit.

Why I always gotta make so much noise?

To be heard.

Yeah, to be heard. Well--

Well, you don't need to be so loud,

'cause I can hear you fine without all that.

NUT: Come on.

NUT: Come on.

Well, I guess you're scared of me. Shit.

I don't know where you're takin' me.

Just come on.

I ain't gonna bite you. Neither are they.

I ain't afraid of you.

[MEOWING]

[CHUCKLES]

Oh!

It's a little cat.

Why do they call you Nut?

'Cause I'm crazy.

'Cause I used to be real small.

'Cause of the shape of my head.

It's a peanut.

What's your real name?

Kelvin Macrae.

Kelvin Macrae.

It's nice.

But Nut fits you better.

[MEOWS] Oh!

Come on. What did you stop for? I gotta go.

I'm just getting comfortable.

[MEOWING]

Hey, yo, Nikki, wait up. Wait up.

NIKKI: Just stay away from me.

[RAP PLAYING INDISTINCTLY]

♪ Yo, pull the fuckin' switch On this mad bitch ♪

[RADIO TURNS OFF]

[LAUGHTER, CHATTERING]

Yo, Dee, it's dope, man, but it ain't faithful.

We're here to teach, man, and you've got to learn.

Education's our passport to the future.

[LAUGHS] Check it.

Yo, you're laughing, man.

But, yo, we come into this world mentally dead.

Programmed from birth. You know what I'm saying?

The devil's setting up a structure to keep you down,

to keep you and I from being strong.

Yeah, and speakin' of the devil, your homeboy.

Why don't you leave him alone? Zack ain't doin' nothing to you.

The way he disses your cousin, and you still act the same?

You oughta be ashamed. We don't dis our women?

No, we programmed to dis our women. Come on.

We programmed. I don't dis our women.

We programmed to dis our women like your homeboy.

Hey, what's his problem, man?

[SIGHS] You, man.

Yo, Dee, man, it wasn't my fault, what happened with Nikki.

I mean, you know how it is when guys get together, man.

Zack, I don't. How is it when guys get together?

You know, they say things they really don't mean to say.

Dee, man, I apologize, all right?

I didn't mean to disrespect your cousin.

Don't tell me, man. Tell her, all right?

Look. Call her up, all right?

'Cause you messed up. You messed up big time.

We all mess up. Ain't nobody perfect.

And if she can't see that, then she ain't worth the trouble.

Listen to you, man.

What? The insight.

Where does it come from? How do I get some?

You don't, dog, you don't.

AL: The faggot devil tryin' to get some soul!

It's cool, though.

I fucked up, man. I apologize, all right?

Yeah. All right?

But make sure you tell my cousin that.

All right, I'm gonna do that.

My man, I apologize. Get the fuck off me.

[RAP MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO]

[RADIO SHUTS OFF]

[CAR ALARM WAILING]

[CAR ALARM SHUTS OFF]

Hey.

Hey.

[CLICKS TONGUE]

She ain't a dog.

I know that.

Nikki, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry that I hurt you.

I'm sorry that I was so stupid.

I screwed up.

But I miss you, Nikki.

And I wanna be with you.

I'm sorry.

All right, you apologized. Now you can leave.

You know, you're lucky, Nikki.

You're really lucky.

You were able to go to that party the other night

and fit right in.

I can't do that, and I never could.

You have a mother...

And I can't remember mine.

And you know how it is with my father.

I'm sorry.

Zack.

Maybe I'll see you later on at the-- At the rink.

Okay.

[RAP MUSIC PLAYING INDISTINCTLY]

[RAP CONTINUES]

[GUN CLICKS]

[HIP-HOP PLAYING INDISTINCTLY]

Still tryin' to throw that tired rap. No.

Girl, don't talk to him.

Hey, yo, what's up?

WOMAN: Get the fuck outta my face.

Hey, yo. Hey, yo, what you gonna do?

Yo, Nikki. You all right? Yeah.

You are? You know Zack's comin', right?

It could be so easy to forget about.

But he made me so mad, I almost didn't want

to have anything else to do with him.

But, you know.

Yeah, I wanted to bust his shit too.

He was just being stupid lookin' for that rep.

Dogs. Y'all dogs.

Zack ain't no different.

Since you're my cousin, let me bust it for you.

See, we get hurt at a young age, and when we grow up,

we don't wanna feel like that again, so we hurt ya.

We don't show you our real feelings.

Ruff, ruff.

NUT: Watch some real skatin'. By yourself.

Damn, you treat me like a complete stranger and shit.

[WHOOPS]

I'm sorry. Will you move?

Come on, girl, once around.

No, I ain't tryin' to get killed.

Why you trippin' and shit?

Damn, give me a chance. Come on.

You wanna get close to me, right?

You wanna get close to me, right?Uh-uh.

Yo, what up? Salaam Aleikum.

Salaam Aleikum. What's up?

Coolin', checkin' out the women. Hey, Dee.

Hey, Connie. You wanna dance?

Yo, go ahead, Dee. You the man.

Dance with the girl. Dance with all the girls.

[HIP-HOP CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY]

Looks like love to me, Dee.

Yo, brother Dee, you call that black magic?

You need to give me a chance and shit.

Get close to me, all right?

Yeah, you with me now. Fuck him, all right?

If we're gonna be together, I do for you.

That punk ain't gonna do shit for you, you know?

Don't be treating me like that, shit.

Just forget about it. She don't want no part of you.

She want a real man, not no wanna-be.

Fuck you.

Don't be treatin' me like I ain't nobody.

Gimme a chance, at least, before you say somethin'.

You know?

You been hidin' from me all through this whole thing.

Nut's dissin' you, man. Look at him.

Don't even fight me, you know? You with me now, all right?

Yo, Nikki!

Why don't you leave it alone, old man?

Still chasin' after the sisters.

Stop! Stop! You're with me now.

Don't trip. Don't trip.

NIKKI: Don't ever fuckin' touch me. You got nothin' to do with this.

NUT: I didn't do shit to you that you didn't do to your damn self.

Leave her alone, Nut.

You gonna be a hero, white boy?

Why don't you just leave her alone?

Punk-ass. What you gonna do, nigga?

Why don't you get a job or something? Get a life.

No one likes you.

Fuck you. What's wrong with you?

You skate up like a motherfuckin' cop and shit.

Take your boy home, you homo!

Both of you are bitches. You motherfuckin' bitch!

Get the fuck outta my way!

[SCREAMS]

Dee! Dee!

Dee, don't-- Don't, Dee!

Help! Somebody get some fuckin' help!

Dee, don't die! Please don't die!

Someone call an ambulance!

Dee! Dee!

[SIRENS WAILING IN DISTANCE]

[PEOPLE SOBBING]

♪ I remember ♪

♪ When I was low ♪

♪ And they tied my savior ♪

♪ Ooh, to the cross ♪

♪ When they tied ♪

♪ My ♪

♪ Savior ♪

♪ To the cross ♪

"For as much as it has pleased almighty god...

In his wise providence, to take out of this world

the soul of our deceased brother,

we therefore commit his body to the ground.

Earth to earth, ashes to ashes...

Dust to dust.

Looking for a general resurrection in the last day,

And the life of the world

to come through our lord, Jesus Christ...

At whose second coming...

[SPEAKING ARABIC]

[BOTH SPEAKING ARABIC]

[PRAYING IN HEBREW]

[ZACK CONTINUES PRAYING IN HEBREW]

"And the life of the world to come in our lord, Jesus Christ."

♪ My savior ♪

♪ I remember ♪

♪ When I was low ♪

♪ They tied ♪

"...Whereby he is able to subdue all things unto himself."

♪ I remember ♪

♪ When they tied my savior ♪

♪ To the cross ♪

Hey. Hey.

How was it?

Is everything a fuck to you?

Uh, ahem...

I was only asking a question.

Well, how was it when mom died?

How was that?

Mom?

Mom.

You know how that was.

No, I don't know how that was.

How was it? Where is she buried?

In Boston. What's it like, Dad?

'Cause I never been there.

I don't know.

Uh...

It's 20 minutes outside the city, Zack.

It's...

A cemetery.

Why wasn't I there?

We felt you were too young.

We?

We?

I should've been there, Dad.

I should've been there.

AL: I don't know if I should blame Nut...

Or if I should blame Dee.

How y'all doin'? What's up?

Takes a lot of guts, man.

A lot of nerve.

A lot of heart.

What's up?

Hmm?

How ya doin'?

[PEOPLE CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]

Nik--

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

[DOG BARKING]

[NIKKI SCREAMING] [NUT SHUSHES]

[MUFFLED SHOUTING] Don't say shit! Don't!

Don't! Don't! Don't say shit!

All I wanted was to be with you. That's all I wanted.

No! But your punk-ass cousin got in the way.

I don't give a fuck! No!

I could kill you too!

[PANTING]

MRS. PATTERSON: Nikki? Yeah.

Where you been?

Down at the center.

The police was here.

They said they wanted to ask you a few questions.

I ain't got nothin' to tell them.

They said you was dancin' with that boy

before he killed Dee.

I was dancin' with a lot of boys.

[SNICKERS] Yeah.

Yeah. I'm goin' to bed now.

[SIGHS]

You was dancin' with a whole lot of boys, huh, Nikki?

[SIGHS]

Nikki, you know what those boys really want, huh?

Your cousin is dead, Nikki.

And you were dancin' with a whole bunch of boys?

Dee is dead, goddamn it!

Don't you think I know that!

[THUD IN DISTANCE]

Ma?

Ma?

Oh, Nikki. I don't wanna lose you, baby.

It's okay, Ma.

[SOBBING] I don't wanna lose you.

[BLUES MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ Fire ♪

♪ Oh, fire ♪

♪ Is burning me ♪

♪ Burning me ♪

♪ Yes, fire ♪

♪ Is burning ♪

♪ Fire ♪

♪ Is burning me ♪

♪ Oh, fire ♪

♪ Oh, fire ♪

♪ Fire ♪

♪ Oh, fire ♪

♪ Is burning me ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Oh, fire ♪

♪ Oh, fire ♪

♪ Is burning me ♪

This is so stupid!

Zack, are you all right?

Zack!

Zack!

You all right?

This don't make no damn sense! It does.

No, it don't. She asked for that shit.

No, she didn't. She went out with him, right?

So? Nadine, shut up.

She deserved it. No, she don't.

Yes, she does. No, she don't.

Oh, look at this. It's not your business.

Who did this?

Is somethin' funny? Yep.

Who did this, Nik?

Did you do this? Did you do this?

No. Did you do it? Glazer!

Did you fuckin' do this? STUDENT: You did it.

Glazer!

Yo! Fuck both y'all!

Mm-hm.

Now what, sister?

I should have thrown Nut out on his ass a long time ago.

Maybe I should throw you and your girlfriend out too.

For what?

If I've said it once, I've said it a hundred times.

Always, always, always, always, always, always,

always, always... Stick with your tribe.

If it's Italian, you stick with it.

If you're Jewish, you stick with your tribe, boy.

Armenian, African-- It doesn't matter. Whatever.

That's how you know who you are.

You hear me? I hear you.

That's how you know.

Are you finished?

Yeah.

Can I leave? Yes!

Listen to me, Glazer.

I'm listening to you, Cimino.

All right. I'm listenin'.

GIRL [ON PA]: May I have your attention, please.

Unfortunately, I have some very sad news to report.

For those of you who don't already know,

one of our students, a senior, Dee Wimms,

passed away last Saturday night.

Dee was truly a terrific young man and a good friend to many.

I'm sure we'll miss him.

There will be a grieving room set up in room 112

at the language lab.

Professional counselors will be there to help.

And now, there will be a school-wide moment of silence

in Dee's memory.

Okay, you won't need your books today.

I didn't read the shit anyway.

Everything's a fucking joke to you, man.

You're the biggest fuckin' joke of all.

Why don't you both shut up?

Yeah, for real. Just shut the fuck up.

It's okay to cry, Connie.

No, it's not okay.

Dee-- Dee was a nice guy.

I mean, what's the point? Why did Nut do it?

'Cause he's a wild motherfucker.

You keep laughing, Guido.

What you gonna do, shoot me?

You guys are being a little insensitive, aren't you?

Hey, Dee was all right. But Nut? Nut had it goin' on.

All right, let's talk about Nut.

Anybody know where he is?

Why do you think he did it?

Who gives a fuck?

Nikki?

I don't know. He just went off.

No, they was always up in each other's face.

Shut up! You shut up! It's the truth.

Dee got killed because he was a Uncle Tom.

And Nikki here is just another white man's whore!

ZACK: Hey, why don't you watch your mouth!

AL: When push came to shove,

Dee was willing to fight a Black brother

to protect his white friend.

Truth is, the white devil didn't have Dee's back.

Everything with you is race. Race, race, race.

That's right. Everything is race.

This isn't even about race. This is about ignorance.

An ignorant fool with a gun.

No. If she'd have been goin' out with a Black guy

and he'd have been goin' out with a white girl,

everything would have been squashed.

That's ignorance. What are you talkin' about?

Nikki, I don't blame you because you're a sister.

I do blame this white devil you was with.

If you're gonna blame him, then you better blame me!

We were in this together, okay?

If you're gonna blame me, you better blame him,

because he thought Nut pullin' the fuckin' trigger was wild.

If you're gonna blame us,

then you better blame your fuckin' self!

You need to wake up, sister. No, you need to wake up!

That was my cousin. My blood, not yours.

Dee got killed 'cause he was my friend.

And I was his friend,

and it had nothin' to do with me bein' white.

We were like this! Can you live with that?

Can you? Can you live with that?

Black and white like this!

Asshole.

Do you want truth?

Truth could be anything. Truth is niggas killin' niggas.

Yo, what did you say? Come on, man! Come on!

[SHOUTING AND GRUNTING]

[GRUNTING CONTINUES]

[SOBBING]

Nikki.

Nikki.

[♪♪♪]

[GRUNTING CONTINUES]

♪ It was that Lonely day force ♪

♪ When I walked All by myself ♪

♪ My friends Was all around me ♪

♪ But it was As if they'd left ♪

♪ I went up on the mountain ♪

♪ In a high cold den ♪

♪ And the coat That I was wearin' ♪

♪ Was mosquito net thin ♪

♪ I went down in the valley ♪

♪ And I crossed The nicest stream ♪

♪ And all the water I was crossin' ♪

♪ Was no water in a dream ♪

♪ And the shoes I was wearin' ♪

♪ No protection For that stream ♪

♪ Then I stood out On a prairie ♪

♪ And as far as I could see ♪

♪ Was nobody on that prairie ♪

♪ Looked like me ♪

♪ It was a lonely day force ♪

♪ When I walked all by myself ♪

♪ My friends Was right there with me ♪

♪ But was just As if they'd left ♪

[VOCALIZING]

♪ Yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

[♪♪♪]

♪ I'm here to talk About a subject today ♪

♪ It's very touchy But it ain't about you two ♪

♪ Like, this white guy Likes this Black woman ♪

♪ But there's this Black man ♪

♪ That likes This Black woman too ♪

♪ Could there be somethin' Wrong with that Black boy ♪

♪ I tell you It's counterclockwise ♪

♪ Aw, shucks I got my eyes on the prize ♪

♪ A nice brown sister and A brother is like straight ♪

♪ But what do you know she Won't give a brother no blink ♪

♪ So I figured, what can I lose If I pop games on her ♪

♪ All this deal every day You know what I mean ♪

♪ Sees me at school, I'm gonna Give her my own test ♪

♪ And every day at lunch And in class I'll be a pest ♪

♪ The worst thing that She could tell me is no ♪

♪ And she hasn't told me that Yet, so I'm good to go ♪

♪ Ooh, that's the way I like it Black woman ♪

♪ I also gave it to her But she gave it back ♪

♪ I can't understand Why cutie won't hang with me ♪

♪ I wish that I could get her To say she gonna bang with me ♪

♪ But it's all Gonna just continue ♪

♪ A sister is a brother's Main course on a menu ♪

♪ She's a sister, I'm a brother We supposed to be together ♪

♪ She's a sister, I'm a brother We supposed to be together ♪

♪ She's a sister, I'm a brother We supposed to be together ♪

♪ She's a sister, I'm a brother We supposed to be together ♪

♪ Now pick this I'm far from prejudice ♪

♪ I ain't tryin' to be rude ♪

♪ But I trip Straight up flip ♪

♪ When I seen her With a white dude ♪

♪ I wish I could bust caps On his cap ♪

♪ But I ain't trippin' ♪

♪ I know one day I'll catch him slippin' ♪

♪ I'm makin' a move Doin' personal best ♪

♪ She ain't with it I need to forget it ♪

♪ And go to the next ♪

♪ But it's hard To continue ♪

♪ A sister is a brother's Main course on a menu ♪

♪ This is a case Of mistaken identity ♪

♪ It's not real Yo, this wasn't meant to be ♪

♪ I want this So I'm steppin' to you ♪

♪ It ain't no future In what you doin' ♪

♪ A lamebrain supersonic game ♪

♪ Make a trip Around the world ♪

♪ It's the same But not in my 'hood, man ♪

♪ She got a cousin Who won't let me in the door ♪

♪ He's supposed to be a brother But he's far from bein' that ♪

♪ She's a sister, I'm a brother We supposed to be together ♪

♪ She's a sister, I'm a brother We supposed to be together ♪

♪ She's a sister, I'm a brother We supposed to be together ♪

♪ She's a sister, I'm a brother We supposed to be together ♪

[SCATTING]

♪ She's a sister I'm a brother ♪

[SCATTING CONTINUES]

♪ She's a sister, I'm a brother We supposed to be together ♪

♪ She's a sister, I'm a brother We supposed to be together ♪

♪ She's a sister, I'm a brother We supposed to be together ♪

♪ She's a sister, I'm a brother We supposed to be together ♪

♪ She's a sister, I'm a brother We supposed to be together ♪