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In the beginning, there was the word,

and then there was this.

like you

and

your bitch, man. You better watch your

mouth. I look like I saw a punk to you,

man. Man, I sweat, huhWhy the fuck you do

that?

the fuck off me.

Chuck, Chuck. Can't fuck.

Fuck Chuck.

Respect! Respect!

Yo, what

the fuck are you doing, man?

Give me that gun.

Run, man. Run! Keep the fucking big mouth

shut! If

it

rains all down How you gonna give it to

him Dequan, is that you?

Ask me more.

Where you been?It's late. Yeah,

it's late already?Don't you mess with me

here. Go on, go on in there.

Did you hear any gunshots last night?

Sure, I hear them every night.

Hi, is your mom home?No, what do you want?

Where is she?He's gone. Did you hear any

shots last night?I don't gotta tell you

nothing.

How you doing, man?Did you hear any noise

in the building last night?Anything

unusual?

Hello?Did you hear any gunshots around

here last night?No, man, I ain't hear

nothing. Hey, man, that's the second

one to sleep. Yo, Dave, what's up, yo,

man?

It ain't nothing. I've seen dead people

before.

Jokes, jokes on you, Jack.

Uh-huh

Yeah. I remember when us blacks were on

our backs. That's where we live. Now we

packing it down.

You miss me playin' off like a disc, yo

Let's go with this the wick, wick, whack,

wickety wack In fact, I'm sayin' Hit the

roll, Jack What a hook, I play it by the

book What a track I bring it back, look

out, hit the road, Jack Hit the road,

Jack Hit the road, Jack Hit the road,

Jack Hit the road, Jack Uh-huh Hit the

road, Jack Hit the road, Jack

Uh-huh, uh-huh Hit the road, Jack Hit the

road, Jack Yeah Hit the road,

Jack Hit the road, Jack

Act if your nature's in check a little If

not expect me to cock a doodle to a

riddle Just acting cracker proves to be a

killer to me Like I refuse to be a Negro

But we grow to be people as people about

our color And they're playing us out like

we were Cinderella But if you take it

break it down full of noise But Jack and

the boys keep doing what they wanna do

But hear me out Jack goes on the call to

kill one another 'Cause some blacks act

devil too Hit the road, Jack Hit the

road, Jack Yeah Hit the road, Jack

Uh-huh, uh-huhHere's a

road check Here's a road! Here's a road

check Here's a road check Here's a

road check Yeah Excuse me.

Did you sob for this police?They

shouldn't have allowed you up. The

security is supposed to call first. I'm

gonna

have to talk to them.

Yeah! Uh-huh Give me

security.

Hit the road, Hit the road, Hit

the road, Yeah! May I help you,

please?I'd like, um.. let's

see. Uh.. Hey,

Leticia.

I got another 53 seconds to go and then

I'm out of here. You're crazy, girl, you

know that?You're the fool who wants to

marry me though, right?Yeah, well, we're

gonna have one crazy baby. That's a fact.

Hope the visitors are on

the job, understand?You're still on the

clock. I do not need this shit before 35

an hour. You know we're gonna need

some shoe-tips, right?Formula. He needs a

formula. True. Oh, I'm sorry. And

diapers. baby wipes?Yeah. Come

on. This is what I was talking about.

It's pretty, right?You like it?Yeah. Come

here. Check this out right here.

What up, Yo, Lele, what you got

today?Yo, I got these shirts here. I got

these knuckleheads that's selling like

crazy. Yo, man, I got everything from a

steamboat to a billy goat. You name it, I

got it. Yo, only me, 90 bucks, man.

Think you gonna hook me up?That's better

than I do, man.

This look kinda good on you, Latisha. You

know that?Don't be sweet-talkin' my girl,

man. What's wrong with you?Sweet-talkin'?

Give me that. Me and

her, man, I got sweet talk, huh, man?You

know that. Boo! Oh, you can't close, All

right, yo, man, I get up, man. I gotta go

back to work. Y'all ain't gonna find

anything. Nice jacket, man.

It's for sale, too.

You know, Quan, I was looking at this

magazine, and it said that it's a good

idea to have an intercom in the baby's

room. So, you know, she starts crying.

I'll be able to... I think if the baby

starts crying, your aunt gonna

let us know.

Well, you know, I did see an apartment at

Fort Greene for $900. $900?Yes. Listen,

you

gotta be real. I mean, we're

talking a lot of money with this baby's

stuff. We gonna have to take it one day

at a time. Latisha,

bring yourself upstairs. Look, I gotta

go, okay?All right. Later.

Once we have the knowledge itself as a

people, then we could be free. No devil

could ever enter the boundaries. I'm

standing and sitting around all these

sounds I see blessed alive that I found

the key. That's all we beat. We

all know me. Shade about go through a

background. Not a tad bit afraid of

chains. Look around the same old, same

old. What's going on, man?Trying to

maintain over the boundaries.

Yo, Bamboo. Come on, what's up, man?

Not much. Hey, yo, man,

ain't the same without you, G. Yeah, we

was a dope team, man. You

still doing that, man?Still pushing that

bike?Yeah, man, you gonna get lung

disease, man, sucking all them fumes and

shit all day, man. Yeah, man, you need to

throw that bike away and come after me

and get this loot, G. All right, man,

I'll catch you on a rebound. All right,

man, whatever.

You herb.

Yo, man, peace out. Peace out, yo.

Hey, yo, man, what's up?What's up?

What's up?Yo, what's up?What's up, man?

Are you all right,

bro?No, I could pop a cat that easy.

That

whole room lit up and went

inside of me, man. Yo, man, wasn't he

your friend, man?Don't you feel bad?

Nah, man. For a minute, maybe.

I can't be tripping on shit like that,

you know what I'm saying?Chucky's

strapped like this. Where'd you get that,

man?All my boys loaned it to me, man.

Chucky, man, you whacked.

Damn, man, I gotta watch my back. I want

all these out here think I'm crazy, you

know what I'm saying?When I could walk in

down the street, they'd get the fuck out

my way. you something, man. You

was cool. Ain't nobody knew nothing.

You need to lose the gun, man, or you're

gonna end up with your silly ass behind

bars. I don't want no creeping up on me,

you know what I'm saying?If somebody got

beat, they better pop a cat first. I

ain't scared no fucking cops. You're loud

mouth, man. That's what you need to be

scared of. Throw that fucking mask away,

man. Man, you don't get it. I gotta watch

out for myself, you know what I'm saying?

I ain't got nobody to look out for me.

Funky-ass motherfucker. Fuck

you, man. I'm

in the house, yo, check it.

Wipe your feet before you come inside.

What's up, grandma?Hello there, baby.

Handsome devil, you?What's

up, ma?Hey, baby. You know what's for

dinner?I'm starving like Marvin. You come

in here walking in like Fred Flintstone

and when I don't want to eat?You must be

bugging. You yip-yap like Dino. In

fact,Oh, do

I?Come on, Daquan, would you stop playing?

Why do you always got to play?Move from

in front of the TV. Hey, Yvonne, why

don't you get up and cook?Why don't you

respect your elders and leave me alone?

All right, if y'all want to eat, you

better come on. That

looks good. Of course, I made it. You

made it, baby.

lazy. And your mouth is big.

Yeah, well, you don't want to work. Yeah,

well, you don't ever mind your business.

What's up with that?Shut up! All right,

that's enough. Y'all hear who killed that

boy last night?A shame. The boy was

nothing but a bang. Yo, what you looking

at me for?I ain't popping. I told you

about bringing your butt in your lake.

Mm-hmmWell, I could take care of myself,

right?You could get popped just like

anybody else. I want you to bring your

butt in this house on time. You hear me?

That's right. Yo, Farrah got what he

deserved. What's up with that?Farrah got

what he deserved. Y'all up here selling

drugs?Yeah, that's what happens. Pa-pow.

Yo, you need to shut your face. That's

right, Dee Dee. You need to ABC your way

out. Momo, you shut up. You talk to me.

Momo, you shut up. Let me tell you

something, Dee. What?You don't know

nothing but what's in them books. Oh, I

don't. Yo, homeboy, when's the last time

you looked in a book?Let me

in. Gospel. Hey, I work. Yeah,

uh-huh, yeah, we know. What are

you doing messing around with that team?

Did you finish what you're supposed to

finish?Oh, come here a little, ma'am. Oh,

you think so?Let

me see what you got there. Come here. Dee

Dee, answer the phone, baby. All right.

Stat. Hello?I'm

sure that right there. Yo, Daquan.

What's up?Phone. All right, hold on for a

minute.

You know you fat ass. Why don't you shut

your fat mouth?When you quit with that

language, that child's gonna start

talking like that. Dequan, I got some

trouble. I'm locked up. For what?Look, I

got frame slinging cracked down by

fourth, okay?Fuck.

I told you. Look, I ain't

do it. Where you at?Sutter Ave. I'll

be right there. I'll be

right there.

Yo, man, I'm looking for my girlfriend,

Leticia Jordan. She was busting for

drugs. She back. Look, I'm busy.

Take a seat. I mean, just check the list.

Hey, don't tell me how to do my job. No,

she in back of what?Why don't you take a

look?I'll get to it when I get to

it. Fuck that, man, this is bullshit. You

got my lady locked up, man. She's

pregnant and she ain't do the shit. Hey,

man, you get over there and you take

a seat. Hey, why don't you just calm down?

What's going on?This guy's fucking

with me, man. You listen to me. If you

lower your voice a little bit, then I'll

see what I can do for you.

Fine. Okay, I'll take him. Come on over

here and sit down.

Okay, what's your name?Leticia Jordan.

I've seen you around before. Ah man, I'm

from Florida. I'm

up here visiting. Florida?

Yeah, Florida,

Disneyland. Alligators and shit?

I don't usually do drugs. I

do guns. Mike,

it's McCray. I'm up front with what's

your name?Dequan. Dequan what?

Dequan Mitchell.

Dequan Mitchell. Looking for his

girlfriend. Her name is, uh, Letitia

Jordan.

Mm-hmmYou got her back

there?No shit. All right,

thanks.

Well, I got some good news, and I got

some bad news for you, Florida.

Good news is I can help you.

Bad news is she was selling crack to an

undercover, and she was holding it. And

narcotics got her on tape. Like Martin

King, right?Why don't you just give me a

break?She's got two

priors on her sheet. If you ask me, she's

looking at a hard time.

Get her a desk appearance, huhI can't get

her a desk appearance on an A felony?

Besides, she's already in the system.

They've taken her downtown to be

arraigned. Listen, if

you can help me, I've got to come out

with the D.A.'s office. I can help you

with this. Like what?Just looking

for some information about what's going

down on the streets.

All right, it's your call.

Hey, what do you want, boy or girl?

What do you think, man?A boy.

Put the file on Latisha and Jordan when

they're finished. She's in the back being

processed. What?

I thought you said she was downtown.

Did I?Power!

I pledge

allegiance to the flag of the United

States. Now, to the burned

down buildings in which it falls, it

cries justice and justice.

Next case. State versus Letitia

Jordan. How does the defendant plead?

Not guilty, Your Honor. The defendant was

selling crack, Your Honor. This is her

third offense. This is a repeat offender

who hasn't gone to her probation officer

in months. Your Honor, my client

is pregnant and has been unable to

complete her visits. Your client is

pregnant and unable to complete visits,

but was out there in the streets selling

drugs?Bail is set

for $2,500. Next case.

Docket number 3745, State

versus Cora Lee Tucker. Okay, I will.

I got you, don't worry about nothing.

I'll speak with you later, okay?

Get me out of here.

Floor to my ass, Dequan

Mitchell. Too previous for crack, six

months upstate. I thought I'd seen you

around. Why Why are you

dogging me, man?What do you reckon your

girlfriend's looking at here?Say

about... Eight years.

That means she'll get out around, well,

just about the turn of the century.

Listen to me. I do guns.

Who's buying?Who's selling?You

give me some information about guns on

the street?I might be able

to get your girlfriend off. Yeah, well,

I don't know nothing about no guns, man.

I'm disappointed. I thought I had a

concerned parent here. Look, man, it's a

drug thing, right?There's nothing you can

do for her. You

give me somebody who's put an iron on the

street, you'd be surprised what I can

pull. You could

pull your dick, man. That's what you

could pull. Yeah.

Well, it ain't my kid.

What up, what up, what up?

Yo, man, what the fuck is wrong with you

sneaking up on me like that, man?You seen

Bamboo?He drew some heat, man. He gotta

lay low for a couple of days, man. Hey,

want a t-shirt?Nah, I want you to have a

friend, man. So do I.

No place to be

surprised I got no

place

I wanted to do an album that was like

Tchaikovsky and Nutcracker Sweep, said

Michael Jackson.

Hello. You gonna speak when you're coming

here?What's up, grandma?No.

TaQuan. Yo. Somebody named McCray

called here for you.

Oh, yeahYou in some kind of trouble?

Why I gotta be trouble?It's about a new

job. What kind of new job?Well,

this is a little tight right now.

Just need a little extra. You

ain't fixing to get locked up again, are

you?Yo, moms, I got responsibilities.

You got two responsibilities. One,

to get your butt in this house early

before something happens to you, and two,

to stay out of jail. bugging out on this

jail trip?I ain't going back

there. All

right. I just gotta make things right for

Tisha and the baby. All right

here, make a soft behind. Come out

of here, all right?

I'm on a mission, I'm in this to win this

I'm on a mission, I'm in this to win this

I'm on a mission, I'm in this to win this

I gotta get away, time to handle my

business I'm on a mission, I'm in this to

win this I'm on a mission, I'm in this to

win this I'm on a mission, I'm in this to

win this I gotta get away, time to handle

my business I'm on a mission, a mission,

a mission I'm on a mission

You Mike?Yeah.

Cool brother Olu told me you might be

able to help me out.

Flacko. What

do you need?What do you got?

Looks like a 25, man. It's a 32.

I heard you had the real deal, Mike.

Brand new! Good for you!

Yeah, nah. How

much you want for it, man?A grand.

It's nice, it's really nice. It's brand

new, too. Maybe I can do something for

you on the price. Dusavi. I

know somebody has to look a font now,

huhBring him in. All

right, Mike.

What's up, man?Why don't you call me down

here?I got some.

Now you better get Leticia on.

The bodega on the corner of Stanton and

Nye?You just asked Mikey.

Oh. It's

not enough. I'll tell you what they're

putting out and how much they go for.

Now you got to keep your side of the

bargain. You want a

bargain?You

help me make a buy. Then I'll see what I

can do about your girlfriend. I ain't no

snitch, man. Do we have a

deal?Fuck you!

You got nothing for me. You don't want to

do business.

Maybe you should stay away from Mike in

the next couple of weeks. Yo, man,

what are you saying?

So it's like that?

It's like that?I don't give a fuck, not a

single fuck Not a single solitary fuck I

don't give a fuck I don't give a fuck,

not a solitary fuck

I don't give a-- I don't give a fuck

about money, y'all Big rolling-ass boss

taking truth to your head With a

sword-off shotgun Give it up 'cause I'm

one crazed bitch, rolling bitch Gang full

of lunatics, failing Running through the

mud from the cell box

Are you all right?Yeah, I'm okay.

Nobody's messing with you or anything?No,

nobody's messing with me. I'm all right,

really.

Right.

You mad at me?

You are, aren't you?You're mad at me.

Yeah, how could you do that, with the

baby coming and everything?

Baby, that's all you ever talk about,

D'Quan. You don't ask about me. You don't

even care what's going on in my life. You

know why I was out there, D'Quan?I was

out there trying to buy you a leather

coat, okay?A leather coat?

But you were pushing. You could've bought

a warehouse full of leather coats. I was

thinking about the future. I was thinking

about, What if you leave me?How am I

gonna take care of myself?How am I gonna

take care of the baby?

Why you won't play me like that?You know

we've been together since day one.

Leave you. You wouldn't believe what

I've been going through trying to get you

out of here. You're not

thinking. You gotta start doing right by

the baby. I thought I was doing right,

okay?So are you gonna be able to get me

out of here or what?I'm working on it.

Just don't do nothing stupid, all right?I

don't need you in here too.

You gonna have this baby outside.

I'm gonna be there, holding your hand.

Shout, Mike. Nothing's up.

What's up with

you?How you doing, man?It's the friend I

was talking to you about. Yeah?What's he

want?He is looking for a nine.

Tutaloco. Hey, what's wrong with you

bringing a stranger to my store looking

for guns, huhI make sandwiches here. I

don't sell guns. You want a sandwich, cop?

What are you calling a cop?Goya Bean,

look. Man, this shit is fucked up,

Daquan. What you trying to give me smoke,

man?Hold up, man. I'm out of here. Yo,

wait a second, man. calling him a cop?

You calling him a cop, I bring him in.

What the fuck's that make me, man?Hey, I

ain't got no problem with you, kid.

You got a problem with him, man. That

makes it a problem with me. You got a

problem with me, man. You got a problem

with a whole bunch of people. Are you

threatening me?Are you selling?Then

we buy it. We don't need this cop

shit,

Yo, kid.

Come on. You know what I mean, anybody

can walk in that door, tusabe. It's like

the same game of cards, you know what I'm

saying?I hate you, man.

Looking for a nine. I got one.

Let

me see it. 900. Get

the fuck out of here, man, I can get one

for seven down the street. Yeah,

700 with a body on it. This

one's brand new, man. Go ahead,

stick your nose in the barrel. Brand

fucking new, out the box.

Give me eight. 850.

Yeah. Yeah, okay.

So it's one gun sale?Yeah. And?

And if I take it into court, it's not

much better than a misdemeanor. If you

take it into court?Come on, Mitch, you're

farting around here. We got this guy on

tape selling guns on the street to kids.

It's still only one gun, an unloaded gun.

We've got to show ten sales to get

anywhere, and even then, it's only a C

felony. What the girl did's an A felony,

okay?This guy went out on the line for

us. He helped us make a buy. The

pressure's on us to produce something

here. Read the statute. It's her third

offense. With all the crap they found on

her, she's an easy A. She's looking at

eight years. He's looking at, what, two,

max?I can't trade you a solid A for a

piece of shit C. All right, well, give us

something. Lower the bail. Yeah, lower

the bail. Let's see what he comes up

with. I'm not touching it. Listen, Mitch.

I'm not touching it.

So when's she getting out?

That depends on you.

What the fuck you talking about?We buy a

knot. What's out there?

Yo, you got what you wanted, now I want

what I want. The deal was we make an

arrest. Arrest the motherfucker. Next

week, I send in another undercover cop,

who sends in another, so by the night--

Maybe that's not what we fucking agreed!

You said, I do this. My girl gets out on

bail. Ain't got

any $2,500 bail money. My

girl's supposed to be sitting still in

jail while you go through all this shit?

Is that what you're telling me?What I'm

telling you is that there's a right way

and a wrong way. Now, you

better start understanding the right way,

'cause right now, you're working for me.

Fuck you, man. I'm outta here.

Give me something else. Let me see what

I can do. Get the fuck out of my way,

man. I'm through with you. Shit. I'm just

trying to help get your girlfriend out of

jail. I need your fucking help, man. But

as a matter of fact, check this out. You

try and burn me to Mike or anybody.

I'm gonna have to come looking for you,

man. You stay out of my

fucking life, or it's gonna be a pig's

funeral on the evening news.

If you ever talk to me like that again,

I'll see to it your girlfriend's days in

prison so long that her parole

officer hasn't even been born yet. I'm

no joke, I'm not going for the okie-doke

I'm no joke, I'm not going for the

okie-doke I'm no joke, I'm not going for

the okie-dokie man can't understand my

plan I never run, I never ran Test me if

you can Back into the sixth level I don't

want to pass the copsYou gotta use your

shield to deflect the rays in his eye,

stupid. Yo, man, book. See, you know, uh,

I've been thinking.

Things a little tight right now. You know

off is still standing?Well, if it ain't

Mr. Messenger, I never thought you'd be

wrong my way again, man. Can I pick the

mothershit by going into the warp drive?

Nah, man, only if you're on hyperspace.

Damn, they don't teach you nothing, do

they?So ain't enough

fun in them envelopes to make it worth

your while, huhI bet you never even

looked, did you?Did you?You're

stupid, man. You probably would have been

rich by now if you hadn't.

Come on, man. You're hurting.

Ah I've been waiting for you to quit

riding that bullshit bike anyway, man.

World up. Let's do this. All

right. Here, check this out, man. I got a

new scam. World up. I'm about to go check

out my man Ben. He's shaky and all that,

but he's fair. You look kind of pal to

me. Hey, what's up?You're late.

That's the fella you told me about?Yeah,

this is the Quan, man. This is my man

Ben. How you doing?

Look, I thought about it. I don't want

him working for me. What kind of shit is

this, man?Anything you wanna work out

between the two of you, that's your

business, okay?Our deal is still the

same. Whatever you make off the top,

that's yours. Hey, I don't care what you

do with it. I don't wanna know. I just

want 250 bucks for each piece and I want

it tomorrow. You understand my problem

here?I'd feel much more comfortable if it

was just between you and me. All right,

cool, coolJust you and me?Yeah, I want

six, all right?You want six?Six.

That means I get 1,500 bucks tomorrow.

It's your ass if I don't. No problem, G.

No problem over here. Just let me see

what's up. Let me see.

Combat boys! Ooh,

that's lovely right there. Yeah, this is

a nice piece of machinery. Got some

nice merchandise right here as well.

Yeah, this will work right here. These

look brand new, kid. Just you and me,

okay?You

want six of these?Yeah. Let's bag them

and get the hell out of here. Two,

three, four, six. Okay.

Do me a favor, will ya?Next time,

come along. So how long you been

part of this repairman?Couple of months.

Nice money, I can't complain. Way cleaner

than drugs, man. You remember the time we

almost got smoked selling cracks by the

cater?Yo,

we lucky, man, you know that, right?What's

up with the 5-0 though?Man, fuck the

police, man, they don't give a fuck. Long

as they ain't loaded. I got busted for

once, carrying one, I supposed to get a

year. All I got was probation, man, you

know what I'm saying?Yes, kid.

How much money you be making a week, man?

Pens. 800,

1200, maybe. Depends, you know what I'm

saying?

Yo, Jamel! Yo, what's up, man?What's up?

How's things?What's up, man?

yo-yo, you looking for burners, man?I

know what's wrong with two fives, man.

Real cheap, ran them out the box, what's

up?How many you got, man?How many you

need, 350 a piece?$350.

Brand new. No bodies?No bodies at all.

All right, let me talk to my peoples,

man. Let me talk to my peoples. Yeah,

man, talk to your peoples, man, 'cause

these shit's going away like flapjacks,

all right?That's cool, no problem. I got

you covered, Money. Word. All right, man.

All right, man, peace. Yeah,

all right, Money. All right, man. All

right, man, peace. I heard you got some

burners for sale. $350.

Downstairs.

Yo, man. I need a

gun. Hello, man, how old are you?10. Man,

get the fuck out of here. This ain't no

goddamn candy store. Yo, hold on, hold

up, man. You got that loot?Yeah, I got

the money. Let me see.

Oh, man, what you need a gun for?Just

'cause. Just 'cause.

Yeah, come on, man, come on, come on

No, man.

Now if you pull this gun out, you better

shoot it. This ain't no toy you play

around with, you gonna get hurt, son. Get

real. Uh,

don't hurt him, shorty.

Man, little man, get a gun and see you

bad. You gonna be like the big boys. You

ain't your kid aight, man.

I might kill my kid, man. What you gonna

do, work for Wall Street, What you know

motherfuckers across the bridge don't

give a fuck about your black ass?Man,

if we wasn't over there killing

ourselves, and if we was the

neighborhood, they would've jacked us a

long time ago. I mean, you got your

little high school thing and all that. So

what you gonna work in Mickey D's all

your life?You wanna make some

real money, or you wanna work for them

stupid motherfuckers making $4.35 an hour?

I don't even know why you sweating

that shit. 'Cause the bottom line, the

bullet got your name on it, ain't shit

you can do about it. I don't wanna end up

at the end of one of them strays. You

know what I'm saying?Yeah, I know what

you're saying, but check out what I'm

saying. Don't get the guns from me, they

gonna get it for somebody else. I'd

rather they be me, you know what I'm

saying?I wanna get some of the loot too.

That's short-term thinking for me, man.

I'm getting Tisha outta jail, and

then we getting the fuck outta here.

This ain't no place to raise a baby, man.

Who did it?I banged my head on the

door.

Somebody punched you out. Look, I found

somebody using my makeup. It's no big

deal. I can't believe you, man. You even

gotten in trouble in here?Dequan, you

came here to beat up on me, too?I thought

you were coming up with something to get

me out of here. I got 1600 saved up.

There's only 900 to go. Gotta get

you to Connecticut, right?How you getting

all this money anyway?I got a new job.

But I sure as hell ain't

telling you what it is, 'cause you crazy.

I don't need you blabbing your mouth up

in here. I'm putting it together, though.

You're walking out of here, and then we

getting the fuck out of Brooklyn. If that

bitch comes after you again, you tell him

to jump over this table and put a

straight big time, all right?You're just

about that crazy, too. How do you

like my shit, huhIt's loud enough for

you, man?Would

you like to try something with a little

more power?Yeah, man. Yeah?Yeah.

You'll have to caulk that, son.

Shit, it's fat! Yeah, that's

what I'm talking about, man. I want this

shit right here, man. It's

fat, man. I wanna see what's on the

technology.

You're a funny guy, dude. Let

me see that MAC-10 again, man. Definitely

got a kick, but I think I fell in love

with that MAC-10, man. I don't blame you.

I'm gonna see that again, man. What's up?

I'm gonna fall in love with that right

there, man. Well, it

makes a nasty bride, let me tell

you. I love you, baby.

This shit is fat!

Bloody shit, man. It's the bomb shit,

man. I want this one right here. I

like that one. This is the one you want.

Well,just so happens that I'm having a

big shipment coming in Thursday, but this

is a very expensive piece of equipment.

1500 bucks.

Well, that's out of your price range, is

it?Well,

I got something here for you. It's a

little 25. Let me take the safety out for

you. It's loaded. Nice little 25.

Hide it in your shoulder blades, hide it

in your crotch. There's plenty of room

there, right?Yeah, plenty of room in

yours. Now, what else you

got, man?I got anything you want. You

name it. What's up with that Uzi?

I thought I told you. Don't

talk to your little friend here.

Boof. All right.

Boof. Boof. Yeah, what's up with that

filly, man?Yeah, you know I'm with it.

Where your mom at, dope?Who the fuck

knows, man?But I got the Buddha. Yeah,

yeahYou don't feel mad good to have

stupid loot in your pocket, kid?Most

definitely. 'Cause I knew you wasn't

gonna play yourself with that bicycle

shit for too long, man. Word up. Hell,

man, I was trying to stay straight.

Come on, man, you know better than that,

man. You know they never gonna let us

make no money, man. Not straight up, they

ain't, man. I hate you, man. That's just

how I gotta be, man. You gotta take care

of yourself or die. See, me?I made-up

my mind a long time ago. said I wanna run

a company, but then I said, I'm gonna be

the company. My mom said I wasn't gonna

be shit. Said I wasn't gonna lie to a

damn thing. Now I'm buying the TVs, I'm

buying the radios, now I'm paying the

rent. She know the deal, man, I'm theman.

Yeah, man, you gotta take care of your

own. See, that's what I'm talking about,

G. Hey, yo, but check this out. My

man, Ben, gets some glots, you know what

I'm saying, like the Cospa using. I'ma

check my peoples down to Cotton, get

1,200 for a glot. Ben only take nine.

That's 300 apiece.

Hey, let me write something down to you,

man. I bet Ben only paid

four. We pulling the

workload and you boys ripping us off.

What you mean by that, man?Get our own

guns. Go where he go.

Fucking Virginia, Ohio, or some

shit like that. And what about

Ben?Man,

fucker Ben. What the fuck do you mean,

fucker Ben?He the man, what you talking

about, man?Oh, I thought you

just got through telling me you was the

man. I guess you was just fronting. What?

You wanna see me fronting, man?

Chill. You ain't got a square for me,

money. I'm on your side. I

was just thinking. Man,

fuck, man, I might tell you the thick,

man, it's my shit. I pulled you in, you

know what I'm saying?

You think I don't know that?But you gotta

check out what I'm saying, man.

We start our own business, God. Buy for

four, sell for 12.

we be making stupid cash hand over fist.

Then you be the man. I just

don't wanna fuck up a thing with Ben,

man. I hate you, man. You want

him to make all the money, school?

So what you saying?You know Anne?Anne

with the big ass hand?That's the one.

Yeah. You know she got peoples down in

Georgia. I said we go talk to

her.

I'm with that. All right. Well, let me

tell you something, man. Word up. You've

been my ace boom since '81. Since we was

robbing candy stores. But if you ever try

to run a game down on Bamboo, that's my

word with the Pharaoh that is so rest in

peace. Four foot your

head. Hey, why you wanna diss me like

that, man?What the fuck's wrong

with you?The only thing I'm trying to do

is make us suppose some money, aight?

Yeah, aight. Aight?

Yeah, aight.

Yo, things are a little tight right now,

man. You think you could loan me a deuce?

So you finally gonna get your wisdom out

of jail, huhThat's right. Man, you

ain't even gonna ask me twice, man. Word

up, no problem. All right, good looking

out, G. Word up. All right. Ain't this

that killer Dylan Sharay here?Just pass

that shit over here. This is the boom,

kid. This is shit, make jump out the

window. Looking

for this?HuhHey, son. What the hell

are you doing?HuhYou want to go on out

and get yourself killed over that girl,

Bonnie, but I'll be damned if I'm gonna

let you come up in here and get the rest

of us killed. Why don't you be raising

your hand at me?What is wrong with you?I

want you out of my house. What the hell

you throw me out for?Because I ain't

keeping no drug dealers in my house. I

ain't slaying no drugs. Then what you

doing then?I told you about messing with

that slut. Slut?That's right, slut! What

do you call Yvonne's dad?I sure as hell

ain't like him. I ain't like Dee Dee's

daddy either. Ain't no way in the world

I'm gonna walk out on Tisha like they

walked out on you. Shut up. Because shut

up. When I was little, I used to think

Pops was bad for going to jail. Where'd

you get this money from?HuhNot

listening to me. I used to feel bad.

I used to tell the other kids he was

dead. But it's all clear to me now.

Yeah, it's all about taking care of your

own. But that's what you should have

thought about before you brought that

mess up in here. No, this is what I'm

thinking about. I ain't living no more in

a place where kids is dying in a fucking

St. Over what, a coat?A

girl?Nothing. I

ain't having my kid shot to death in his

carriage. I ain't letting you get out

of here. Now you don't see me breaking.

You see any jewelry?You see any fancy

leather?Do I got a car?I ain't spending

this on that, 'cause I want something

better for T-shirt and a baby. Well, what

you doing?Whatever I gotta do. It really

ain't no different than what Lele be

doing with them fucking T-shirts.

opportunity like this, it comes your way.

You grab it, and then it damn it. I'm so

mad that you're gonna be breaking your

arm at me like this. No, I'm not gonna

have you do this, boo. I gotta go.

I gotta go. Mom! No!

Excuse me, Grandma. What?Excuse me,

Grandma. Please, Lord, don't let him out

of here. I'm sorry, Mom, I gotta go. I

gotta go. Please, Lord, help me somebody.

I don't want nobody killing my baby.

Yeah, good luck. All right, man. Thanks.

Letitia Jordan, $2,500.

Next.

Hey, baby.

What's up, Mr. Moon?I missed you, Kwan.

Umm

I got something for your nap in your

head. Stupid.

I'll find love for you and that baby so

much. I'll kill you. Can

I go get some ice cream?Sure. Is

that good for you and him?I've been

thinking about ice cream and pizza and

hamburgers and chicken, okay?OkayI

hope that's not the only thing you've

been thinking about.

Umm There comes a time

In a man's life

When he's a sign of the gaps,

messing around, he needs a

good woman to settle down.

And

I'm at that time in

my in my

life. And I found

what I needed and

knew. I

swear I'll always be

true After searching

and searching and

searching What a

treasure I found in you

So baby, if you're ready

Say I'll be

my lady I'll give my

all to you

Just can't help myself

I'll tell the

world I love you, I love you See, girl, I

don't want no one else I just take

off myself I'm

scared, Kwan.

Don't worry about it.

Everything's gonna be all right.

Look, it's your decision, but I think

you're making a big mistake. They got you

with an ounce. They have a sale on video,

and it's going to be pretty hard for you

to deny. The judge isn't going to have

much leeway in his sentence. If you go to

trial and are convicted, we're talking

eight years. If you plead and are

prepared to go back to jail right now,

we're talking 18 months.

I can't do 18 months or eight years.

You see this, man?Man, we spread enough

of this shit around. Get some

witnesses and some experts. Get them

to talk enough bullshit.

We gonna convince the jury it was the

judge out there selling crack.

T-shirt have made the arrest. You don't

got it, do you?Money's not

an issue here, man. I work for legal aid.

I can't take your money. We have a

serious problem here. A very

serious problem. And if I

were you, I'd go for the plea.

At least you'll be out of jail by the

time the kid starts walking. No,

man. Bullshit. There's

gotta be another way.

Come on. Get out of here.

Make way 'cause it rocko! Make way 'cause

it rocko! Make way 'cause it rocko! Yeah!

Motherfucker!

Your new shoes. Hundred dollar

pants. You back in business?

You're the cop. You tell me. You

said you wanted to show me something?

Yeah, I maybe got something for you. The

price this comes with... that the charges

get dropped. Dropping a felony?That's

right. Take it right off the dock. She

walks. I got a better idea.

Why don't we petition for a presidential

pardon?You got about as much a

chance. How

about 150 guns hitting the street every

week?What about 'em?One

dealer, 52 weeks a year,

150 guns a week. It's cash

business, man. Instant turnover.

Glocks, Mac 10s, and

you get some air freight. Turns them on

the street every Thursday. I could get

interested in that. You could get me a

deal?You know who's doing the buying?

Let's get moving.

So how's she doing, Tisha?She's

big as a house, man. She going back to

school after?What are you, a mother or

something?How

come you're not in school?I don't like

the hours. It's

too bad, you're a smart kid.

You ever think about getting out of here?

Man, that's just what I'm gonna do. Me

and Leticia, we gonna leave this place to

you and the crackheads. Enjoy. That's

gonna be kind of tough to do unless you

finish school. It don't take school to

tell you people need shoes. Shoes?

Yeah, I've never seen a shoe store go out

of business yet. Ain't likely to happen

unless people start walking on their

hands. So what I'm gonna

do, give me a stall,

get a house, get out of here.

This be the spot right here. I'm gonna

check him out every Thursday night,

slinging guns out the trunk of his car.

Get down. What?Get down.

Yo, man, they see you inside?No.

Shit, what the fuck am I doing?

So where in Georgia are your people from?

Richland, Georgia. Why?

Ayo, Aunt got a brother there, man. I

told her there's a 104 she put together

the deal. It was true, any

dude could walk in the store to buy any

burning he want. I'm telling you, come

on. Talk to your man. And your brother

got the proper ID. You got what you need,

definitely. I

said we go to Georgia and get on guns,

man. Go where bingo?Fuck it,

I'm with it, man. Go tell your brother

we're gonna check him out, all right?Hey,

where you been?What's up?

Yo, Lele. Let's go, this shit don't look

right. Oh, come on now, man. Let's go.

Don't ecstatic, I ain't hitting that

right. I know you. That's what I'm

saying, man. I'm out

of here now. Peace, man.

It ain't the same as the days are old.

Get the plates. Plates,

plates. I got the plates.

Hold back, but keep it running.

Okay, in on him.

Nice and big.

Gotcha. I'm going down.

Hey, man, wait, wait, wait, wait

Ah, damn it.

Thought we had something. I did, too.

Well, well, wellIt isn't

the Brady Bunch.

What do you think?

I think your informant was right. Look at

this guy. He's full of shit.

I want to take him down. You want to take

him down?Oh, yeah, I want to take him

down. Squad

9512, you read me?Housing Squad

9512. McRae, we're at the

delivery service. They got two large

parcels for Benjamin DiLorenzo of Linden

Avenue, Staten Island. It's 50 pounds

from Corpus Christi, Texas. 50 pounds of

what?Mac 10 Autos and Tech

9. Let's go swear I don't want it.

Yo, money, what's up?Welcome to

Georgia. What's up, man?Tip, y'all long

enough?Word, the bus trip. How's my baby

sister doing?Yo, man, she love New York,

Jeep, but she wanna know when you coming

down to visit, though, man. What's up?No

time soon, man. I gotta get these grades

together. Hey, this is my man, Quan, man.

All right. You all ready to do this?Yeah,

let's go, Jeep.

Shall we express?Oh, yes. My husband was

expecting a package. Ben! Ben!

Delivery's here! Watch that

perimeter, and if you see any movement,

mocking though.

I'm sorry. Please! Get out of here!

What's

the problem?What have I done?Shut up, get

your hands out of me. Hey, listen, tell

me where the fuck I'm done. I haven't

done it. This is my house. Please be

silent. So shut the fuck up. So you

bought guns from this guy before?Yeah,

but I don't have to. I mean, there's

spots like this all over. You want to buy

a gun?Boom, buy one. Need another

one?No problem. As long as you got two

things-- cash, proper ID.

That's why I come in.

How y'all doing today?Cool, coolYou

want to see some nines?Some nines. From

the top of the line in nines, I have a

Walters P-88,

listed for $1,500. I have a

Zistava, Ruger,

Beretta, Taurus, Heckler, Cock,

Smith & Wesson, Sig Sauer,

Browning, Daewoo, Glock,

Springfield, Jericho, Cole.

I get one each. Now,

how much are Glocks, man?Glock will cost

you four hundred and seventy-five

dollars. That's with a high-capacity

magazine. All

right, let me get three. Well, that's

what I like. Customer who knows what he

wants. You're gonna have to see some

ID, please.

Formalities, you see. Yeah, yeah

No, I didn't rob no bank, kill nobody,

and I ain't crazy. I didn't see you were.

How you gonna pay for it?

Cash. Are you under indictment

in any court for any crime punishable by

imprisonment for a term exceeding one

year?No. Have you ever been

convicted in any court of a crime?

No. Are you a fugitive from justice?

No. Are you an unlawful user

of or addicted to marijuana, any

depressant or stimulant?I know.

No. If you cannot afford an attorney

when we provide it for you without cost,

do you understand?Yes.

Understood. If you do not have an

attorney available, you have the right to

remain silent until you have an

opportunity to consult with one. Do you

understand?Yeah.

Yo, chill, man. It's not like we

committed no crime or nothing. Chill. I

can't believe this shit, man. Bird up. I

can't believe how easy this is. Easy as

money. Good New York law's so tight,

otherwise we wouldn't be in business

together. So what you good for,

man?A G, man. That's cool. Yo, next time,

just save the bus, man. I have to send it

express, man. Come down. Oh.

Fact.

So, you get up in selling guns to kids?

Guns?

Is that all this is about?Guns, Ben.

G-U-N-S. Guns. You're selling guns in the

street. I know how to spell guns,

but I don't sell guns in the street. Oh,

yes, you do. Right under the trunk of

your car.

Look, guys, I am

licensed, okay?I buy a lot of my

guns through the mail. Now, maybe this is

new to you guys. You ever heard of an FFL?

You own a federal firearms license. Yeah,

I got a federal firearms license. I

renewed it six weeks ago, as a matter of

fact. Doesn't give you the right to sell

guns to kids, does it?Well, have

you got any proof I've ever sold any guns

to kids?

I obey the laws of this country. I pay my

30 bucks every three years. And if you

want to take me to court, go right ahead.

The judge will probably have a coronary.

He'll be laughing at you so hard. Yeah,

well, we'll see about that. Let's get ATF

over here. The Dreader of the Concho!

Universal Field Marshall, who played the

boy selection... What's up, baby?What you

got, man?What's

up, man?Yo, my shit list here, man.

Talk to me. What y'all need?You got

knives?Word up, man. My baby brother want

one of them shits, man. Looking for one.

What's up?You all right?Diggity-dig this,

kid. I always got 80s, but now I got

clocks. 1100, what's up?Straight up?So,

what up, man?See me, man. All right. No

bamboo, man. See me on the strength, man.

All right. On the rebound, B. All right,

man. Peace. Gotta be safe, man.

You guys had alcohol to back on fire. You

should know this guy.

He's a real scumbag. I really want to

nail him. You didn't check with us before

you went after him. You didn't ask us to

pull a file. He's handing out guns to

kids like they're popsicles. I figured

that we'd get him off the street and then

see what we could do with him. He holds a

federal license. Well, I know,

but I mean, isn't there something we can

do?No. I don't want to let the guy go.

What would you

like me to do?He can receive as many guns

as he likes interstate. There's no

federal offense here. All right, well,

he's in possession of semi-automatic

weapons. That's a violation of New York

State law right there. And you went to

all this trouble for a possession charge?

No, he's selling them on the street. A

technical offense. He's selling them. I

didn't see it on the tape. We confiscated

150 weapons from his house.

That's where you arrested him?That's

where you seized the firearms?Yeah.

You don't even have proof of intent to

sell.

What about a possession charge?HuhA

misdemeanor. What about a possession

charge?I'll go for that. Did he commit

another felony?Was he using these guns in

commission of a crime?No. He's just

sitting there in his house with enough

guns to take on the 3rd Battalion. Can't

touch it.

Y'all can't believe we saw that Raven for

300 and only paid 50 for it, kid.

We gonna fuck around and make 3 G's this

week, man. I'm telling you, man. Word up,

man. Hey, yo, what I told you.

We businessmen now, kid. You're like Wall

Street up this morning. Yeah.

So what do you think about a mandala, if

it's a girl?Or maybe Nzinga?I

think you pick the name if it's a girl.

I'll pick it if it's a boy. Then what

do you want to name him if it's a boy?

Shaquel. I like that.

Shaquel.

You know, at eight weeks, we're gonna

have a baby?Yeah.

I know. What

do you think's gonna happen?

In court?

Maybe something'll still work out.

It's all for the best.

Letitia Jordan.

Right this way, please. Yeah.

This is McCray. What's going on with Air

Freight?We can't touch the guy until we

find out who he's selling to. That's your

shit, man. I get you the guy who's giving

all the fucking guns, man. That's what

you said you wanted, right?The big

banana. Did you get the motherfucker or

not?Yes, we got him. But what I need to

know now is who's he selling his guns to?

Let me ask you a question. How did you

find out about Ben in the 1st place?Man,

I ain't giving you nothing else.

I ain't doing your job for you. Who's a

detective in here?What the fuck are you

doing for me?Weren't your baby born in a

jail cell?Is that what you're after?It

wouldn't take that much to put your ass

back in the slammer either. Now I want to

know who Ben is selling guns to, and I

want to know now. I don't even have to

talk to you no more, you fucking pig. I'm

sick of your fucking threats. You

just stay the fuck. Fuck you, man. I hate

your

fucking guts and I hope that you got Hit

your fingers, your name in my life is a

lie 'Cause I'm having a bad day, so stay

out of my way

Hey, Buster, you're early. Yo, give me a

second, let me talk to my man. kid?That's

good. I like it when you're on time. How

are you, my friend?What's going on, man?

What's up?Same old thing. And yourself?

Sure, man. What's going on?Well, I, uh,

got that calico you've been asking me

for. Ooh, man.

Yeah, that's what I'm talking about, kid.

Right?A very nice piece of machinery, and

I will give it to you for a very nice

price. If you can give me some

information about your friend and mine,

Bamboo. Bamboo?Yeah.

How much you talking for that?

$350. Well, now

we talking business. Let

me go see Whitney. Y'all think

it's this hoe I met last week, it gotta

be her, 'cause she ain't called me yet.

Yeah, you beat me?It's Bamboo. Yeah, I

beeped you, man. I haven't seen you

around, my friend. What have you been up

to?Yeah, I went to go visit my

grandmother, and I was chilling. You

went to visit the cops, you ungrateful

string of snot. I put you in business,

okay?What'd you do?You rat out on me.

I mean, I know you think you're smart. I

know you think you want to set up your

own franchise. Let

me tell you something. You're gonna find

out what real competition is now, my

friend. I eat people like you

up for breakfast, okay, pal?You are a

walking corpse. Fucking dead,

Hey,

yo, Vince, somebody ratted him out. See,

I'm a dead man.

Yo, man, you do something?Get the

fuck out of

here. Great. I think that if you want to

know about illegal gun sales, you should

look into a black male about 19

years of age. He's in tilting houses.

His name is Bamboo.

He's on to us, man. That's all. You mad

he ain't getting a piece of the action as

long as you and I keep breaking in the

dome. Ben ain't shit.

Maybe he should lie up a couple of days,

though. Nah, man, he ain't gonna show his

white face around here. Even if he do,

I'm strapped. I ain't got nothing to

worry about, man. There

you go.

Thanks a lot. You don't want the same

thing he got. What kind of bread?You

don't understand English, man?I just said

I want the same thing he got.

Fucking foreigners, man.

What you been, man?If I see his rat face,

boom! He gone. Now if I see the

cop, I get the drop. Hey, we talking

superior firepower here, man. Yes, kid.

And I ain't having it. No smoking in the

store, right, man?You want to smoke?

Go outside. Okay, man.

Yeah, I'll be outside.

All right, that'll be $2.65. Ain't the

same sandwich. What are you

talking about?Ain't the same sandwich.

This was bigger. It's the same fucking

sandwich. Yes, this shit was bigger. It's

the same goddamn sandwich, all right?You

take your fucking fishhead hands and you

make my sandwich bigger too, all right?

Why don't you go outside and chill, man.

Take a walk and go to another store. What?

Get the fuck out of the store. What?Get

the fuck out of the store! Fuck, you

ain't going fucking nowhere! What's

going on?What happened, man?Come on, man.

Take your time, Mr. Kim. Don't worry,

they can't see you. Do you see the

man who pulled out the gun?I

was really scared. It

happened so fast.

I don't know. I don't think so.

Well, give it a try, Mr. Kim.

It happened so fast. I

never really saw his face.

Only saw the gun.

All right, well, I'll tell you what, Mr.

Kim. I'm gonna have an officer show you

some photographs. If any of them look

familiar, you'll let me know, all right?

Sure. Thanks. Would you stand over here

for a moment?

We got a five-year-old shot dead in a

grocery store. A Mark Rivers, street name

Bamboo. Bamboo. He

picked up his friend outside. Daquan

Mitchell. What?Chicken

shit store owner won't make the ID.

Daquan's the only witness we got.

He's in there.

You

really turned out to be a little punk,

didn't you?You killing kids now?You know,

you're about that far away from spending

the rest of your life in prison. What the

fuck are you talking about?I'm talking

about you are in deep shit.

You're going to tell me who killed the

little girl and I'll see what I can do

for you. Now, was it you or your friend?

No, I didn't shoot nobody. OK, then it

was your friend. What a friend. Go,

man. What the fuck you doing?

I ain't telling you shit. I gave you

once, and I gave you twice. That was

guns. This is murder. It's not enough I

did what I could and I got nothing back.

You want to give me a fucking badge in

the night, Stick?

Oh, punk. It's you and Bamboo who are

fronting for Ben. Ben?

Man, what are you talking about?That's a

law-abiding citizen. I don't know

any Bamboo. Fuck you

don't.

Yo, man, I'm out of my own fucking

business. This thing I know,

a bunch of five foot four cops is waving

guns in my face. If it's a felony

smoker on the sidewalk,And book me. I

will. And that baby of yours will be born

with Bozier's parents behind bars.

I don't give you what you want. You slam

my fucking head on the desk. Letting it

take my kid away. Mommy, you think you're

such a big man because you got your bitch

pregnant. What else have you ever done?

What are you gonna do when the baby's

born?You can't even do the right thing by

him

now!You want to beat my ass?

Go ahead. Beat my ass.

But you really should have brought two of

your fucking friends in here. Make it a

force.

We had a deal. Yeah, but you fucking

lied. I did what I could. You lied and

you lied and you fucking lied.

I delivered. I got nothing

back. Nothing back.

Nothing back. What did I get out of this,

huhWhat am I getting now?Nothing back.

Nothing back.

And that could have been your kid five

years time. Could have been your

little boy walking through the door. That

pisses me, man. But you're the gun

detail. You don't do drugs.

You don't do missing persons. You do

guns. So do something about

it. You want to look at some 8 by 10s?

You're going to be real proud of the mess

you and bamboo made of that little girl.

Look at him. Look at him, man. Look at

him. Why don't you show him the bed?

He's there every fucking week.

Besides, I told you, I don't know no

bamboo. Stop fucking lying to me!

Let a man get up, break your fucking

neck! You know what this sounds like to a

jury?Like you were standing looking while

your homeboy was in there robbing the

store. You know what it sounds like to

me?A bunch of shit. Don't

want you to make it to trial. Don't

count on it, man. I

asked you for something and you said yes.

And you said yes. I

don't want to be dealing guns on the

street. But what the fuck am I supposed

to do?There's people making

billions of dollars off of this shit.

Buying and selling. I'm just getting

table scraps just like

you. A bust here, a

bust there. Crumbs, man. Ain't

nobody making guns where I live. Ain't

nobody fronting to put up no factories.

So when you got

Ben sitting here and you nail his ass

and the motherfuckers that's selling to

him decide it's got to stop.

And when those fat asses up in Washington

decide something's got to be done about

it, well, then

maybe I'll give you something.

Yeah, well, you're breaking my fucking

heart. You want to explain that to

that little girl's mother?Or should

I?

You get anything?No. So

we're walking after the night.

Bamboo, you're out of here. I

wouldn't sleep too well if I were you.

God damn! We got a new bike. New girl.

Jewelry?What the hell is it?Let me try

this little shit out, man. Man, I

remember when you was young, man. Little

younger. You're out to be a fine young

man. What's up, man?Nice

bike.

You ain't got much to say. I'm desert,

man.

Yo, Dequan.

Dequan. What's up, man?

Yo, man. Words on the street that

you been fucking with the cops, man.

Word. Yeah. Well,

you know me, man. You go back to the old

school, man. You know I ain't about that.

yeah Homeboy was out of five thousand.

Twine. Twine. What?Phone. What is the

boy's name?I don't know,

Ma. Does he go to school?I don't

see no group. He has to go to

school, you kidding?Ma, he looks like

older than me. What?Hello?

Yo.

ohh

Hello?Tisha, look, we

leaving Brooklyn tonight. Come on,

Quan, I don't feel like it. I don't feel

good. No, I'm serious. Listen,

pack a few things and meet me at Port

Authority in half an hour. Where we going?

If I'm not dead, just wait by the counter

for me. You know, 'til I get there. Are

you in some kind of trouble, Kwan?Back

the fuck up! Back the fuck up! Back the

fuck up! Back the fuck up! Back the fuck

up!

You didn't hurt nobody for that money,

did you?No, I

never did. I never did.

Back the fuck up! Back the fuck up! Move,

back the fuck up! Just back the fuck up!

The Kwan teacher's on the

phone. I gotta go.

I gotta go.

But trust me, I'll be back. I

love you.

Tisha. Yeah,

listen. Greyhound. 45 minutes.

Stop fucking around.

Who is it?Bamboo.

What's up, man?I can talk to you for a

minute. About what?Saying it in private.

Yeah, all right, man.

I'll be with you in a second. Hold on.

So how's your mother, Bamboo?I haven't

seen her in church for a while. She

aight. How you doin'?

I'm aight. Listen, do you hear what Ihear?

Sounds like an intruder comin' in

around Go sticky, sicko You know I wanna

kick the cock I went here Now they gonna

get it 'Sup, man, what you wanna talk

about?Let's go outside. I

can't right now, man. Gotta help

all do that with Grandma. It's only going

to take a minute, man.

Dequan, I need you home

right now, and I don't want you leaving

your grandmama. Do you hear me?

Now's not a good time.

You a bitch-ass. You step me up, man. Get

out of my house,

man. Somebody's

gonna

kill

my baby.

yeah

Police! Don't move! You! Put down the

gun. Hands over your head. Stay there.

Put it down or I'll shoot. Don't move!Put

down the gun. Put it down. Put your hands

up. Put your hands over your head in

keeping this. Put your hands up, man. At

9766 Central, being advised we've

operated a suspect... You're under

arrest. You have the right to make silo.

You have the right to an attorney. You

wish the presence of an attorney can't

afford one wound, be fired at you by the

slave free of charge. You understand that?

What?He don't

know...

He didn't do it! Take me in the cray,

man. No, put him in there. What'd you

say?He's not the one. He didn't do it.

No, he thought you got the wrong one. Not

here.

Thank you.

Well, you just can't stay out of trouble,

can you?

What do you want?

So you guys told, didn't you?

They all know.

Dad out there, man. I've got

nothing to say to you until you tell us

you killed Lakarma Powers.

Should've never started with you.

She got me. My girl's still going to

jail. Baby's

starting life behind bars.

And I'm a dead man.

If you tell us we killed the little girl,

I think I can get the DEA to drop all

charges against Leticia. She walks.

It's your decision. You

can either help us out, but more

importantly, you can help out

yourself and Leticia, or you can go right

back out there on the street.

You either deal with what's out there or

what's in here.

little girl gets killed going to buy a

lollipop. It's all over the news.

It's the only time you care. Right?

Yeah. Well, all right. I

just want to get this straight.

I give you a murder. Leticia

walks. Yeah, that's right. All

right, then. I give you a murder.

Can you deliver this time?Yes, I can.

Yeah, well, I want to hear from the DA.

It's your boss on the phone right now.

Okay.

Um, Mitch, I'm here with my informant.

He wants to tell us about the murder, but

he wants assurances that if he does,

it'll result in the release of his

girlfriend. I'm going to put you on the

speakerphone. Go ahead, Mitch. If this

information results in a new indictment

for murder, the answer is yes.

Thanks, Mitch.

All right, then. Give you a murder.

Remember a few weeks ago, there was a kid

shot dead on my stairwell?

Yeah. I know who did it.

Who?

Me. That's you.

I did it. That's Coomey's case. It

had something to do with an argument over

a girl or something. Another kid didthat.

I did it. Take a

look at my gun, huhCheck the bullets.

I'll check ballistics. But you didn't do

it, brother.

Jaquan, you don't have to do

this. Man, you don't know

nothing. You don't live in my

world.

My mom cleans your apartments.

Got the run of your fancy offices.

See, I know everything about you.

But you don't know nothing about me.

What I got to live with.

My chances.

The choices I got to make.

So why don't you just shut the fuck up

and let this go down the way it's got to

go down?

I give you a murder, my girl goes

free.

At least in jail, I'll be allowed to meet

my kid.

Everybody don't know. I ain't no sellout

for no cop.

You all right?Yeah. Where you

going?

Connecticut.

You understand that by pleading guilty,

you give up all rights to go to trial?

Yes, Your Honor. Have any promises been

made to you about the sentence?

No, Your Honor.

In your own words, would you please tell

the court what you are guilty of?

00 a.m. on June 10th, I

shot and killed Farrow Dodson

in the hallway in my building,

2114 Last Avenue,

Brooklyn. Amanda,

defendant, I schedule sentencing for

September 20th.

There comes a time

in a man's

life

When he's the son of the guest

Messing around He needs a

good woman to settle down

And

I'm at that time in

my, in my

lifeAnd I found

what I needed in you

I swear I'll

always be true After

searching and searching and

searching What a

treasure I found in you

So, baby, if you're ready

Say I'll be my lady

Help myself

I'll tell the world

I love you, I love you

See, girl, I don't want

no one else I just can't help myself

I just

can't help

myself. I

love you. I love you. I

love you. I can't help

myself. See,

I want us to get married

and have a family. Can't you see

for me A great big

old house, baby Just wait and

see I know you

wonder, I know you wonder, I know you

wonder If I'm

serious, so

serious But baby,

if you love me like you say you do Uh-oh,

do me a

favor Give me your trust

Yeah I've had

time to think it over

Yes I did And if you

think that I'mma let you go

Said me that you must be crazy Said I

want the whole world to know

That I just can't

I just can't help myself

I'll tell

over, I'll

tell over,

I love you,

I love

you. See my friends

think I'm crazy They think I'm

crazy For loving you

the way that I do

Oh, but they won't run the state

'Til they become a man

And find a

good

Well to your mama, to your daddy Not to

your sister, not to

your brother I ain't gonna love no,

no, no I just can't,

no way Ain't no way, ain't

no way, baby

I love you I love you I don't want

no one else

I just can't help myself

See my friends think I'm crazy They

think I'm crazy For loving you the way

that I do

Oh, but they won't understand Won't

understand 'Til they become a man

They find a good woman