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BOY 1:
You can be it next time.

BOY 2:
I don't want
to be it next time.

You make me sick
sometimes.

BOY 1:
Well, that's not fair.

Who needs you anyway?

I wouldn't play with you again

if you was the last kid
in the projects.

Who was you yelling at
in the hallway?

Eric. Me and him was playing
"cops and militants."

So?

He kept making me the cop.

It's a good thing
you're back.

James Jr.'s disappeared,

and I need some help
with this breakfast.

You sure do.

Black is beautiful, Thelma,
but not when it's oatmeal.

Don't give me
no lip, Michael.

I'm only doing this

so Mama can rest up
from her operation.

And where's that big string-bean
brother of yours?

He was supposed to help me
set the table,

make the beds and clean up.

There you are.

Something's burning.

Ah...

it's only
the breakfast again.

Don't try shining me on
with that smile, James Jr.

You look like an eel
with the teeth of a shark.

Cool it, Thelma.

I just been down 17 floors
for the mail.

I got some dispensing
here to do.

Here's something
for Michael...

bulletins
from the NAACP,

CORE, SNCC...

And the Pan-African
Council.

Thank you kindly, sir.

And, ah, here's a free sample
for little sister.

"Afro-Glo Face Cream,
for the look of beauty."

I didn't know
they could bottle miracles.

Look who's talking.

If you were born
in Detroit,

you'd have been recalled
for being dangerously ugly.

Thelma, you shouldn't
talk to JJ like that.

JJ, give her
the face cream.

Not till she shuts her mouth.

If her BB brain falls out,

we ain't going
to be able to find it.

You hear the way
he talks to me?

She called me
the ugliest thing!

You are!
All right, hold it.

I said hold it.

Hold it!

Well,

it's comforting to know

there is still some respect
for Black Power around here.

Sorry, Mama.

Mama, you should be resting.

You're supposed to be weak.

They only took out my appendix,
not my mouth nor my fist.

Now, what's going on?

She called me ugly.

That could reduce
a less beautiful person

to tears.

I think they're
both beautiful.

Don't you, Mama?

I mean,
they're different.

Thelma, she's got

that real
beautiful beauty,

and JJ...
well, he's got...

Mama...

Mama, was they both
beget the same way?

Michael, where do you come off
asking me a question like that?

This is a Christian house.

I put it as biblical
as I could.

Michael may have
a point there, Mama.

Maybe he and Thelma
look the way they do--

You know, all that
nice quiet beauty--

Because they was born
out of an act of love.

And maybe I got all this
wild, restless kind of beauty

because I was born
out of an act of passion.

Settle down, James Jr.,

or you're going to
have me believing

you was born
out of an act of madness.

Let me see the rest
of the mail you got there.

Oh, ain't
nothing, Mama.

Just bills, bills
and...

Uh-oh.

You want to see
the bills, huh, Mama?

That's right,

and I want a little peek
at that "uh-oh."

This is an eviction notice.

Ain't nothing to worry about,
Mama.

What are you talking about?

They say they're going
to throw us out today.

Didn't we get any warnings?

We got a couple of notices
when you were in the hospital,

but Daddy didn't want
to worry you.

He said it'd be okay anyway.

See, Mom, he's got this friend
named Monty

who works in the projects,

and he told Daddy
everything was going to be okay.

That's the same Monty

that said Nixon was going to be
poor folks' best friend.

Come on, Ma,
let's have breakfast.

I can't eat
on no evicted stomach.

How much money
we got in that shoebox?

About $32.

That's about some $72 short.

I got 100 ways
I can get $70.

And I got 100 ways
to warm your butt if you do.

I don't want you stealing,
James Jr.

I wouldn't do that, Mama.

I may just find$70.

Yeah, but I don't want you
findingit

before it gets lost.

I hope I'm coming through
to you, boy.

Mama, "boy"
is a white, racist word.

Michael, this ain't no time
to be black.

Mama, racial freedom
demands vigilance--

And your Mama demands silence.

JJ, say grace.

Oh, Lord, just help us
through all this oatmeal,

and we promise we'll never ask
for anything else again.

Amen.

James Jr.,
that is blasphemous.

He's no good, Mama.

[KNOCKING]

[KNOCKING]

I'm coming.

Will you open the door?
It's cold out here!

I'm coming! Quiet, kids!

Whoo-ee!

Was that the fastest
you can open a door?

I'm froze numb.

If you wanted
somebody fast,

you should have married
O.J. Simpson.

Good morning, kids.

Good morning,
Daddy.

Sit down, James,

and get some hot oatmeal
into your stomach...

and in between,

you could tell me
what we're going to do

about this little piece
of mail that James Jr.

got from the mailbox
this morning.

What is it?
Another eviction notice?

Well, it ain't
no Valentine card.

Oh, baby, we got two of those
while you was in the hospital,

but my friend, Monty,
who works down at the projects,

he said don't worry about it,

'cause they know
I'm a hard-working man.

They'll extend me.

Yeah, they'll extend you...
right out into the street.

Your friend Monty
don't know shellac from Shinola.

Mama!

Now, Florida, you want to
worry your head about nothing,

go on and do it,

but we got $32 in the shoebox,

and I got another $6.00
right here in my pocket.

You worked all night

and all they paid you
was $6.00?

They paid me a lot more,

but after they got finished
taking out federal withholding,

the state withholding,

the unemployment compensation,

the state disability insurance,

then this extra goody

they slipped on me
at the last minute,

a $2.00 charge

for getting my dishwashing
uniform cleaned...

You know something, baby,

if I'd worked for them
a few more hours,

I'd end up owing them 10 bucks.

Well, anyhow,
all we need now is $70.

Which we had

before I went
to the hospital.

Oh, James, I'm so sorry.

For what, baby?

For needing
your appendix out?

But it took
every cent we had.

Now you work all day

and then you take
an extra job

working all night...

Oh, James, I'm sorry.

Baby, you say you're sorry
one more time,

I'll give you something
to be sorry about, hear?

I'm telling you,
we going to be just fine.

But we still have
this piece of paper.

And Monty told me
don't worry about it.

Anybody home?

Whoo-ee, the hawk
is really biting

out there this morning.

It's so cold in that hallway,

I rubbed my face

and cut my finger
on my eyelashes.

I can get a warmer welcome
at a Klan meeting.

Florida, what's the problem
today?

An eviction notice
that says "final."

Oh, Lord,
an eviction notice.

Which don't mean a thing.

Let's talk
about something else.

How was that date you had
last night, Willona?

Yeah, that's what I want
to tell you.

Six-foot-two,
shoulders out to here,

and a smile
that lit up the night...

and he mugged me.

I tell you,
the way my luck is running,

I'm thinking of joining
a monastery.

A convent, Willona.
Only men go to monasteries.

Quiet, Thelma.

Willona knows
what she's saying.

Okay, Eddie, you clear off
that desk over there.

Oh, hi, folks.

We thought you might have
been gone already.

Gone? What the hell do you
think you're doing here?

And take your hats off
in my house.

We are here to remove

the contents
of this apartment

due to nonpayment of rent

and pursuant to article five
of the lease agreement

between the family named Evans
and the projects.

Well, unless y'all
are out of here in six seconds,

the only thing
you're going to be removing

is some knuckles from your face,

which is pursuant
to the end of my fist.

Well, why don't you call
your friend Monty?

He said he'll take care of it,
didn't he?

Aw, Florida...

Monty is a wino, James,

and nobody knows that
better than you.

What was I going to do, baby?

I took two jobs to try
and pull the money together.

That didn't work out.

I had to have something
to hang my hopes on.

Damn.

You jive dude.

You got some job
for a brother,

putting other brothers
out on the street.

Well, I know it ain't as classy
as secretary of state,

but that job was already took.

Hey, I'll bet folks
are always telling you

how much you look

like that fine
Billy Dee Williams.

Oh, yeah, that happens,

but usually only
at eviction time.

Do they also tell you

you look
like Sidney Poitier?

Oh, yeah.
Yeah, They do.

Folks lie to you
a lot, don't they?

Look, folks,
I got 16 bucks

I've been saving
for a rainy day.

It's yours.

Thanks, Willona, but I ain't
taking money from friends.

Then make her an enemy, then.
A buck's a buck.

Hey, Daddy, I got
$4.00

that I was saving
to get my 'fro together,

but you can have it.

And Old Man Sweeney

says he'll give me $10
for this painting.

You can have this.

And I'll give the $2.00
I been saving for law school,

but you can't let JJ

give away the first painting
he ever painted.

It's okay, Michael.
I'll paint another one.

Michael, you give
that back!

No. The only way anybody
gets this painting

is over my dead body.

I appreciate y'all
offering to help like that,

but Thelma, you keep saving
for the 'fro, hear?

and JJ, you put the painting
back, son,

and boy, I believe
you can skip "lawyer"

and go right on to president.

Thank you, Daddy,

but "boy"
is a white, racist word.

Michael...

I'm sorry, folks,

but we have to move your stuff
on out of here.

Come on.
Give me a little play.

All I need is some time.

Well, what if we
was to juggle

and move two of
our afternoon evictions

up to the morning?

Now, that way,
you'd have until 5:00.

Thanks. That's all the time
I need, man. Thank you.

5:00.

Well, thanks, brother.
Thank you.

Well, baby, I got till 5:00
to get us $72.

I don't know but one way
to get it.

James, don't you dare
go into that closet.

What's he going
to do, Mama?

He's getting his pool cue.

Dy-no-mite!

It's been years
since I've used this,

but I still shoot
a pretty good stick.

James, I don't want you
hustling no pool.

You promised.

I also promised to
take care of my family.

Now, if anybody here
knows another way

I can raise the rent
by 5:00,

I'll lay this up.

If Thelma can follow
a couple of simple moves,

I got this department store
hustle we can run.

We can have the money like that!

You talk about pulling a hustle
one more time, James Jr.,

and I'm going to tie a knot
in your tongue.

I know they got emergency funds
down at the welfare, Florida.

No good, Willona.

I ain't taking no handouts.

James, the Lord don't
want you hustling no pool.

Yeah, well, I'm going
to have to work out

an understanding
with the Lord

some other time,
Florida.

Now, move.

Damn, that man
always could move me.

Willona,
don't all the magazines say

that our women are supposed
to be heads of the house?

They sure do.

Well, somebody
ought to tell James.

I tell you, Mama,
give me and Thelma three hours.

One stop down
at Marshall Fields

and one stop
down at--

Tie a knot
in that child's tongue,

and he's still
got two yards left over

for flapping.

Now, you're not
to leave the apartment,

and that's that.

You come on.

I'm going to take you down
to the welfare.

Come on.

What a day.

James Jr. hassling me

to go out
and do something illegal,

James Sr. out hustling pool,
which is immoral,

you trying to drag me off
to the Welfare office,

which is embarrassing...

You know what my horoscope
said this morning?

What?

"Let a smile be your umbrella."

Suppose Daddy don't get
the money at the pool hall

and Mama don't get the money
at welfare?

I tell you,
we've got to do something.

I don't want
to have nothing to do

with none of your lame hustles.

I'm too fine for that.

Look, stupid,
we've got to do something

before they throw you out
on the sidewalk,

where you're going
to freeze your fine right off.

Now, I done told y'all the plan.

All we got to do

is eke out a little sympathy
from some strangers,

and while we're
eking out the sympathy,

the sympathy will be
eking out the money.

You see, Thelma,
it's not stealing,

it's eking.

Come on, Thelma, let's try it.

Yeah, try it,
Thelma.

I'll show y'all
how easy the hustle is.

Here we are at Marshall Field's
department store,

going through
the revolving doors.

Michael, you go over there.
You play the floor manager.

I'll pretend
like I'm a shopper.

Thelma, do your thing.

Do it to it, Thelma.

Oh, my,
I think I'm going to faint.

Oh...

Holy cow,

a poor little girl has fainted

here in Marshall Field's
department store.

All right, folks.
Let me through here.

I'm Michael,
the floor manager

of Marshall Field's
department store,

so...step aside!

A poor little girl has fainted.

Looks like she hasn't had a meal
in weeks.

Look, floor manager,

this is the first time
you ever seen her,

so you don't know
she ain't had a meal.

Stop padding your part.

Okay.

All right, folks.

Step back, give the
little lady some air.

Sock it to 'em, Thelma.

I have fainted...

We know that.

I have not had a thing
to eat in three weeks.

My younger brother
is in the hospital...

Cool it, Cicely Tyson.

Just tell 'em
you starving.

I'll handle the rest.

We have to do something
about this poor child.

I'll start the ball
rolling.

Here, young woman,
take this dollar.

Where did you get
a real dollar, Michael?

I'm the floor manager.

I'm white.

I always got a dollar.

I'm sorry, Florida.

Don't be. You tried.

Imagine being turned down

'cause James made $100
too much last year.

I didn't know $4200
was the limit

for a family with three kids.

Now, I've got
a great idea.

If you just had
one more kid...

Thanks a lot, Willona,

but I'll need
at least nine months notice.

You know, if we were rich

and needed
some emergency funds,

we'd get it
just like that.

But rich folks
don't take welfare, do they?

No, they call it subsidy.

I'll be right back.

Hey there, foxy mama.

Come to pick up
some of that long green, huh?

Yeah, but they didn't give me
none of that long green,

so maybe you'd better get lost,
long black.

That's cold, mama.

That's cold.

You might as well
stop wasting your breath,

which, from the size
of your chest,

looks like it's
in short supply anyway.

I'm a married woman.

That don't change nothing
but your name.

Ain't you got nothing
better to do

than hang around bothering
poor, innocent women?

Nope.

Hey there, foxy mama.

My name is Wes.

You messing with Wes,
you messing with the best.

Yeah?
Well, if you're the best,

I pity the rest.

Jive ain't got a pot
or a window.

Stop taking me through changes,
JJ.

I'm just not interested
in any of your schemes.

If you ain't
the most hard-headed woman

I done ever seen.

Whoever marries you is going
to forget about the better

and settle for the worse.

Why don't you two
stop fussing?

Can't we have a little
unity around here?

[KEY SCRATCHING IN LOCK]

Hey, man, you guys said 5:00.

It ain't but a little bit
after 4:00.

I'm sorry, but two families
came up with the rent

and messed up
our whole day.

Come on, Eddie,
let's move it.

Hey, hold it, man.

Give my father a chance
to get here.

Come on, you guys.
Don't do that.

You're upsetting
my sister.

Thelma, please,
don't faint.

Thelma going to faint?

Talk about BB brains...

Thelma, don't faint.

Oh, my!

I do feel weak.

The blood is rushing
from my head.

Oh...

Step back! Step back!
Give her some air!

The poor child
ain't had nothing to eat

in two weeks

but some bad oatmeal.

Thelma! Thelma!

Michael,
I think she's going fast.

Where am I?

Marshall Field's.

Yeah...
Marshall Field's!

You hear that?
The poor child's delirious.

She thinks she's
in Marshall Field's.

[HUMMING "SWING LOW
SWEET CHARIOT"]

If your daddy don't come home
with all the money,

I got $8.00 I was saving
for a new watch.

And I got $4.60

I was just holding onto
for my retirement.

Thank you, brothers.

On behalf of my sick sister
and us,

we'd like to say thank you
for your kindness

and generosity.

What's going on here?

What you two got Thelma
laid out like that for?

She fainted
from lack of food.

The hell you say.

If that girl weighed
like she eat,

it'd take six of you
to lift her.

JJ, what kind of hustle
you got going on here?

Ain't no hustle, Mama.
Thelma said so herself.

All the blood rushed
right out of her head.

Yeah, and all the sense

is rushing
right out of yours.

Get up from there.

Did you get that money
from them?

He sure did.

I never seen
three more jive kids in my life.

Dishonorable, disrespectful,
unlawful...

Hold on there, buster.

Nobody puts my kids down
around here but me.

Tell the Lord you're sorry,
kids.

Sorry, Lord.

Now, if that's
good enough for him,

it'd better be
good enough for you.

Come on, Eddie.

Don't you touch a thing.

You waited this long,
you can wait a minute longer.

You going to make 'em
wait for Daddy, Mama?

Not the father
you're thinking about.

Lord, I know it ain't right
to ask for selfish things,

but we need help bad,
and we need it fast.

I know you don't want

to see this family
out in the street.

Lord, you've got to help us.

I'm asking
for my children...

Dad! I knew you'd do it.
You got the money.

You'd better believe
I got the money.

We don't need
the shoebox.

How did you do it, Daddy?

Son, I just made
the greatest three-cushion shot

in the history
of Elmo's Pool Emporium.

But Mama ain't going to like
the rent money

coming from the pool room,
Daddy.

And I got that
all figured out.

What your mama don't know
won't hurt her, huh?

Go on back over there.

Monty, you ready?

All right, here you go.

Well, kids, I'm home.

Mama, Daddy's home.
Out of sight!

Hello, James. How did it go?

Well, not so good, baby.

I guess the Lord
didn't intend for me

to come by the money that way.

We'd better get on with
what we're here for.

Wait a minute, man.

Do I hear a knock
at the door?

I said, do I hear
a knock at the door?

[KNOCKING]

Yeah, I thought so.

Hey, Monty. Come on in, man.
What you doing here?

I failed you once,
James,

when I told you
I could stop the eviction,

but couldn't fail you twice,

so I come with the full amount
of your rent money.

All right.
$104.50.

Well, Monty,
that's wonderful!

Did you hear that,
Florida?

My friend Monty
has saved the day.

Yeah, Monty!

Here you go, man.

There ain't going to be
no eviction here today.

Take it easy, brother.

Monty, you're
all right, man.

See, Florida?

I told you it was
going to be all right.

It's like a miracle,
James.

Well, baby,
you always did say

the Lord moves
in mysterious ways.

Well, gang.
What a day.

You all should have
been there...

Thank you, Lord.

Thank you that we still got
a roof over our heads.

Thank you that the children

didn't have to do nothing
illegal,

and thank you that we didn't
have to go on welfare.

And Lord...

I thank you too, for that
great three-cushion shot.

It sure is nice

having all the family
together like this.

Yeah, it's even nicer
that we're indoors

instead of out in the streets.

And I want to watch
a real good flick tonight.

I want to watch
an all-black show for a change.

Where are you going to find one?

Here's one.

The Los Angeles Lakers
against the Milwaukee Bucks.

* Mmm... *

* Just looking
Out of the window *

* Watching the
Asphalt grow *

* Thinking how
It all looks hand-me-down *

* Good Times
Good Times *

* Keeping your head
Above water *

* Making a wave
When you can *

* Temporary layoffs *

* Good Times *

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* Ain't we lucky
We got 'em *

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