Living the Blues (1986) - full transcript

9 TO 5 drives me crazy,

sweatin, slavin for the Man,

9 TO 5 drives me crazy,

sweatin, slavin for the Man,

tryin to get my hands on a
dollar,

any old way that I can,

say, I'm livin the blues,

and paying my dues,

I'm searching for a dream
that's true,

that's, ah, dom, living the
blues.

that's, ah, dom, living the
blues.



I've lost my job,

lost my home, can't pay the
debts that I owe,

can't satsify my family,

my lady say I must go!

I'm living the blues,

still paying my dues,

searching for a dream that's
true,

I'm living the blues.

I'm living the blues.

I've got to find a better way.

How many dues can one man pay?

I've had it tough, and I don't
know why,

and I ain't too big to cry!

Yeow!



car horn

car horn

car horn

knocking on door

Abel! Where have you been?!

I've been up all night,
worried sick about youpp

Are you all right?Yeah, Mom.

What did it? What's wrong?

What did it? What's wrong?

Well! What the hell is that?!

scream
car horn

Hey, you! Come on out, boy!

Motherfucker, come down here!
We got something for you!

Stoneboy, get out here!
I'll go talk.
Check it out.

Throw that thing up here!

Abel! We got somethin for you.
Come on down!

Get inside here! I'm calling the
police!ppHey, man Let's swipe
his car!

Hey, man!

You don't want that!

I like your pad, rich sucker.
Invite us inside, motherfucker.

Calm down.
You too good for this nigger?
My finger on the trigger!

Come on! We take you all on!
Right on!

gunshot

For Christ's sake, Zanzibar!
You're stoned!

Police are coming!
Stay your side of town, else
get your ass shot down!

police car siren

police car siren

police car siren

You get inside. I'll take care
of this.

Go on!

police car siren

police car siren

I'm taking him straight down to
see Docotr Wasser.

Just look at him.
Maybe you're right. Nothing we
say seems to make any
difference to him.

We never know where he is or
what he's doing. He doesn't care
about us any more.

He just likes the free room and
board here.

Seventeen years old!

His clothes and things are gone!

I'm reporting that car stolen!

He isn't the same Abel any more.

He isn't the same Abel any more.

I don't think I'll ever
understand.

I don't think I'll ever
understand it..

Maybe if you'd played baseball
with him, like other fathers?

Baseball? I loved baseball!

It was Abel who always hated
baseball.

Well, you should have gotten
into music with him,

and maybe then he would have
stayed with the classics.

We should get to sleep.

We shouldn't have let him play
the guitar. it's not a real
classsic instrument.

We shouldn't have let him play
the guitar. it's not a real
classsic instrument.

Everybody plays it.

No! I don't want to kiss you. I
want to talk to you.

We've got things to talk about!

Come on! We can go on the road.

We'll get married!
No! Not me!

You'll be loading me up with
babies, and I'm tired of being
poor all the time.

Oh, what's the use?!

No! Abel!

breaking gkass

Come on, open up!

I'm sorry.

I love you.

Abel!

You can't be just turning your
back on your own blood like
this. Your parents need you,
and you need them!

You don't know them. They think
I'm half-crazy,

or stoned on drugs or something.

I told you,

they want to have me locked up!
They were just talking. Get
them calmed down,

and you can explain.
They're not going to calm down
for a long time.

They're really upset.
Well, we can't make it on our
own, Sweetie.

I'm tired of living in dumps
and eatin junk and wearing rags!

I wants some cash money. I
wants me a nice life, Honey.

I'm tired of all this
motherfucking suffering all the
damn time, all my fucking life!

Mana!

Come back!

Are you in there, Honey?

Are you in there, Honey?

knocking on door

Where's Cecil?

Cecil be sick.
Where's your piano player, man?

I ain't got time to be playing
no piano.PPFreddie had a couple
littleppfamily problems.

The trouble is, they both tired.

Tired of gettin no cash.
Uncle Sam, let me fill in!

I know all the arrangements.
Say, didn't I run you off from
here before?

I know all the arrangements.
Say, didn't I run you off from
here before?

I know all the arrangements.
Say, didn't I run you off from
here before, boy?

Say, almost every day this
week, now!

I've heard em all a thousand
times. Why you keep on hasslin
me, boy?

I want to join the band.

I want to learn the blues.
You want to learn the blues?

You want to learn the blues!

Boy, what you know about the
blues?

You ever picked a mess of
cotton in the hot summer sun?

Two dollars a day. Then lose
your job and go plain hungry?

You ever cleaned up other
folks' houses,

scrubbed white people's toilet
bowls? How you gon play the
blues?

And you be white like snow.
I know I can play em.

Get on away from here, boy. We
got business. We got to
rehearse.

Zanziibar, hit it!

You'll find her sitting in a
corner, on a bar stool all
alone.

She says, 'Buy me one drink,
Daddy. I'm goin to take you
home.'

You better watch out, Mister,
if you love the life you live.

You see, that's the kind of
woman,

that kind of woman will get you
killed!

You buy one drink, and 2 or 3
more.

She says, 'Wait for me a
minute, and follow me out the
door.' You better watch out,
Mister.

If you love the life you live.

You see, that's the kind of
woman, that kind of woman will
get you killed.

You meet, 'Wait right here. I'm
going to give you the signal,
Daddy.'

'When the coast is clear.' You
better watch out, Mister!

If you love the life you live.

You see, that's the kind of
woman, that kind of woman will
get you killed.

Say, guitar. Wow!

What you doin, boy? Is you
breakin up my rehearsal?

Uncle Sam, I can help you.

A white boy in a black band will
draw a bigger crowd. I'd look
like a damn fool,

a Caucasian Valley boy up here
on this here bandstand.ppI ain't
no Valley boy.

And you go to do somethin fast!
This band of yours ain't goin
nowhere.

Who you be to tell me what I
got to do?

And what I ain't got? I been
playin these blues before your
momma was born.

Boy, probably before your
grandmomma was born.

And you ain't been on this Earth
a good 10 minutes. All I want to
do is play.

Just give me a chance!
Look, I ain't listenin to no
more of your mess. You just get
on out of here!

And go on home now, where you
belong!

Let him play, Uncle. That white
boy can pick!

Aw, shut up, Zanzibar, and
let's play!

So you take a little chance,
and you do a little wrong.

Next thing you know, the bad
news beats you home.

You didn't watch out, Mister.
Only love the life you live!

Aw, that's the kind of woman.
That kind of woman'll get you
killed!

Aw, that's the kind of woman.
That kind of woman'll get you
killed!

Wow!

Look out! Leave em alone!

You better go back home. Look
out!

Uncle Sam!

Uncle Sam!

Uncle Sam!

Don't you be yellin at me, boy!

You show some respect
now, you hear? Sorry!

Don't be callin me 'Uncle',
neither.

I ain't no kin to you.

Why don't you just go on home,
now, where you belong? I need a
job.

Son, I ain't got no job.

Maybe in another week, I ain't
even got a job, my own self.

Maybe I can help us find work,
help us with the booking?

Boy, you ain't got nothin to do
but get yourself on out of here
with your big ideas!

Next thing you know, you'll be
givin old Sam guitar lessons!

No, I want you to give me
lessons.

Go away, boy.

This ain't no life for nobody,
playing the blues.

Hey, you always broke.

God knows, you always hungry,
always lonely.

Sleeping in some old flea bag
room.

Son, playin the blues be really
the blues!

You won't teach me to play
the blues? No, I ain't.

Damn, you're cold!
Now, you just button your sassy
lip!

And get on out of here now!
I been thinkin and dreamin
about playing with you,

learning the blues. I used to
think you were the greatest.

But I guess I was wrong. You
got nothin to teach any more.

Maybe your life's been too
tough, old man. it's all over
now.

Good for nothin but alcohol!

You, Abel? Come back here, boy!

Abel?

What are you doing here?

You crazy fool! Keep yourself
out of our bedroom!

I love you, and you love me.

You're too conceited. Why do
you think I love you?

I don't know why. I just know
you do.

I don't love you.
You do.
I don't!

You do.
I don't. Oh, why do I love such
a foot?!

No! Stop it!

Mom'll be home.

We'll be quiet.
Leave my tits alone!

It's all right. We're getting
married.

We have to talk to our parents.
We're not old enough. We'll lie
about our age.

You'll be running off on me. You
won't stay.PPI ain't going
nowhere withoutppyou.

We're too young. It won't last.

I'm going.

No! Don't go!

I got a confession.
What's that?

I ain't never done nothing with
a guy, not anything serious.

What's wrong with that?
I figured maybe you thought,
black checks are so hot to trot
and know how to do things..

But I don't know nothin about
nothin.

Cause I ain't ever done nothin.
So there: I confessed.

I hope you're not disappointed.

Oh, damn!

What's wrong, Honey?
I've had an accident.

Blown it completely. All over
me!

You just get me so worked up!
Oh, Sweetie!

Oh, hell!

Aeo!

Aeo! Ew! Ow!

Oh!

We got a 32. That's 39 point 32.

Registration on Calfornia
vehcile number 635 and . . .

Look. Drop. Stop!

Stop it! Whoa!

Up against the wall!
Hey, man! What's the problem?
Go, now!

On the wall! Get over!

Okay, what's going on here,
buddy? Oh, shit, Officer, look!

We ain't doin no wrong. Man, we
just be jogging around, gettin
our exercise.

Makin our bodies strong. We
just joggin, right?

Yeah, that's all we doin.
We just joggin. Yeah!

Hold it! Move back over here!

Now!

Nasty, man!

Okay, track star, what's it all
about?

We got a rehearsal over at the
Club Alabam.

We're in a band. We're late.

So we're running.
Oh, you mean, just jogging.

Yeah, just joggin.
Just joggin, Officer! Just
motherfuckin jogging.

Man, ain't joggin no crime!
No weapon.

No dope. No money.

Nothin at all. Must be really
hard times for you jokers, huh?

All right, let's let em go.

But you Broadway Beethovens
better get in there pronto and
get to playin!

Why, thank you, Officer.

I love my policemens. You all
have a good night!

They messed our clothes all up.

Look at us, man! Yeah.

Hey, whoa!
Let's get that motherfucker!

Hey, whoa!
Let's get that motherfucker!
Hey, man! Hey! Hey! Hey!

Whoa! We got you now, man!
Hey, hey! Let him be!

Hey, let him be! Man just saved
us from misery!

Tired of them policemen beatin
on me. Saved us from misery.

Ha, you white, but you all
right!

I'm not going to do
you any wrong. Sure.

I'm going to marry your sister.

Yeah, right!
And I'm going to show you that
I can pick the guitar.

Okay.

We be partners.

Runnin buddies!
That's right.

Hey, cuz! Be just like
brothers, home boy!

Look, I do not deceive. Ask,
and you shall receive.

Solid.

That's right, man. Got that?
Check.
Solid.

Tell your Uncle Sam to let me in
the band.ppEw! Maybe you not so
cool.

Maybe you are some kind of fool.

Mana!

Where you be goin? Girl, get
back here!

Are you okay, Sugar?
I'm dyin, Momma!

You ran me near to death.
You come on. Let's get on home.
It's gettin late.
Na ah!

A few licks on your behind!
Let's go on here! Oh, Momma! I'm
goin to be with Abel!

You ain't goin nowhere!
Yes, I am!

Come on here. Let's get on home.
You ain't goin nowhere!ppYes, I
am!

You ain't going nowhere, child.

You ain't got no money. How're
you goin to survive?

What you goin to do when he
runs off and leaves you alone
with babies to raise up? Huh?
What you goin to do then?

You come runnin back home to
Momma with them babies, that's
what.

And you ain't even out of
school yet, Sugar.

Abel's not goin to leave me,
Momma. He loves me.

He's nice, and you said you
like him.

He's a nice boy. And it be all
right, you marry a nice white
boy.

But he ain't got nothin!

He don't even get along with
his folks.

And you be out there all alone.
He's goin away tonight, Momma.
I'm going to be with him!

You staying here, girl.
Please let me go, Momma.

You just keep your faith,
Sugar. God be workin it out for
us.

God better hurry. I'm about to
die!

I got just the thing to bring
us both back to life.

I got some black-eyed peas and
cornbread.

You don't want no sweet-potato
pie?

We got word today.

They closing down the
restaurant. So it looks like
I'm out of work again.

Sorry, Mom. I don't feel like
eatin.

I'll just go to bed.

I remember, I was just about
your age when I got sweet on
your Poppa.

He was so nice.

And he said all the right
things.

And I dropped out of school.

Next thing I knew, there was
your brother.

And where's your Poppa now, hum?

Don't wind up workin and waitin
no tables.

Working for no nickel-and-dime
tips.

And on your feet all day long,
getting corns and calluses.

And then they lay you off
altogether, and you can't even
pay the rent.

And you know why?

Because I ain't got no
education, and that's why.

And that's why,

that's why you're going to
finish school, if I got to beat
your butt all the way to
graduation!

knocking

Good evenin, Effie.
Evenin, Sam.

Good evenin, Effie.
Evenin, Sam.

Glory be!

Sweet potato pie!

Ee, Lord of Mercy, that smell
so good! You know, it bes a
gift of God, Effie.

Making somethin tastes good as
your sweet-potato pie. You
lookin for somebody?

Making somethin tastes good as
your sweet-potato pie. You
lookin for somebody, Sam?

Uh, huh!

I smell that cornbread, too.
You know, you about the best
cook ever come out of Texas.

I smell that cornbread, too.
You know, you about the best
cook ever come out of Texas,
Effie.

What you want, Sam?
What I want?

That any kind of way to greet
your own blood kin?

Say, ain't you goin to
invite me in? No, I ain't.

You always want something:
somethin to eat, Zanzibar to
help you. It always be somethin.

Got me a offer for another gig,
Effie.

Got me a offer for another gig,
Effie.

Copenhagen, Denmark. Fella come
in the Club the other night.

They still loves me over there.
Got all my old records.

See, I was there during the war.
I know. You told me that before.

19 abd 44, it was. Stayed on
till 55.

Best money i ever did make!
You got any money for Zanzibar?

I ain't goin there just for
myself now,

be even if it was just for me,
over all that water, I be tood
old for that.

I'd really like to lay on back
for once in my whole life. They
give you any cash money?

Airplane tickets.

See, I be going for that boy a
yours. We got to get him out
from around here, girl.

Be in too much trouble, too much
temptation.ppYou doin this for
yourself, Sam.

You still ain't got no cash.

No, no, look here!

No, no, look, look here!

No, no, look, look here!

If it was just for me, you could
keep Zanzibar. You know what I
mean? Just let me have some a
that good old soul cookin a

Look, why don't you just get
away? Go away!

I'm tired of you, Sam. Good
night!

Hey, girl! Look a here. I'm
tired of french fries and
hamburgers.

And stuff like that. Look, I
wouldn't mind dyin for a good
home-cooked meal.

You ain't never so sick to stop
your drinking.

And you ain't never so broke
you can't buy yourself a
bottle. And, ew!

Your breath smells like
Schenley. Aw, Ef! It's just one
little nip for the road.

See, I be goin on the wagon. In
fact, I'll take the sobriety
test.

Right now. Climbing your steps.

What? Uncle!

You too old for no Olympics!

Ain't no alcohol, girl. I'll
tell you what it is.

I ain't ate one bit since
Wednesday. I be so dizzy.

And you still be drinkin!

Ah, I got to drink a little
bit, Effie. I be hurtin so bad!

Where you be hurtin, Uncle?

Everywhere. I always hurt
everywhere.

Well, why don't you take your
sick self down and see a doctor?

Ain't no doctor can do me no
good, girl.

I tell you, Effie. I be gettin
old.

I tell you, Effie. I be gettin
old.

I feel like I be goin to die.
Well, that's what old people
does.

We dies.
You give up your booze,

you be in good health
for your age. Health?

What I care about health?! What
I needs is food.

All right, I'll give you some
food, Uncle.

That be health enough for old
Sam.

knocking on door

Oh, my baby!

Zanzibar!

Boy, your head be bleeding!

Here it be, Momma: your color
TV.

And what else I promised you:

all the rent money.

What kind of job is this you
got, gettin paid off in a color
TV?

Zanzibar do odd jobs.

Ah, it be odd, all right. It be
too damn odd.

The TV be hot, son?
Man, what you want?!

Ain't got past 7th grade. I
can't read or write. Only thing
I do good is rob!

You don't like my money? Don't
pay me no mind.

You don't like my TV? I get you
another kind.,

TV crashing and breaking

TV crashing and breaking

Sam, tell him about that Europe
job. We've got to get him out a
here!

Bad enough, we got to be so
poor, and on top of that, we
got to live in this
neighborhood,

with the streets full of crime.
Please, we've got to get him
out here!

Please do somethin.

We got us another gig, son.
Copenhagen, Denmark.

We got us a chance for somethin
big again.

Copenhagen?
In Europe, son.

A job offer.
Music?

That be the truth. I swear. And
you be goin, too, boy.

We'll make some real money for
a change. We be leavin this
place, son.

Takin off for Copenhagen!

Copenhagen.
Yeah.
Copenhagen!

Copenhagen!

Copenhagen!
Hold up there, boy!
Stop!

Hold up there, boy!
Why, Mom, what was all the
noise out here?

Copenhagen! Copenhagen!

Copenhagen!

Copenhagen! Copenhagen!

\

Talk that thing! Talk that
thing!

Talk that thing! Talk that
thing! Talk that thing!

Talk that thing! Talk that
thing! Talk that thing!

I fell in love with a lady one
time.

All my love for the lady was
stronger than onion.

But then one night,

she called me by someone else's
name.

I say, and you call me 'Ray'.
You can call me 'Jay', man.

And my name is Sam.

I gave you my jelly.

And you call me 'jam', ma'm.

And I brought the sun.

You made it rain.

Gave you my love.

And you gave me pain.

Oh, I wish, I could take some
of it back.

Some of it back.

How I wish, I could take some
of it back.

Some of it back. Give my true
love back.

I'm gone. I'm goin to take my
good stuff back!

Goin to have a little bit back.

Ow!

Ah, hah!

Ohhhhhhh!

Buraghhh!

It's all right, boy?

Ooh!

Denmark be the place.

You guys are going to do all
right in Denmark.

I wish I was goin.

Abel, boy, you all right. You
whomps a mean guitar, son You
all right.

Now you living the blues, motha.

Whah!

Ew!

All right!

All right!

All right, let's go! Let's move
it out. What the hell you doin,
man?

We ran good. Best session we
had all week.

You're playin for yourselves,
Sam. Only 2 guys in the whole
club, and 1 of them asleep. I'm
losing money, stayin open,

and I'm goin home.
Now, just one minute, man!

We got unfinished business.

What is it, Sam?
My pay.

That's all I ask. Just give me
my money.PPNext week, Sam. I'll
have itppfor you next week.

Next week?! My musicians can't
wait till no next week.

My landlord ain't goin to wait
till no next week.

And my stomach sure ain't goin
to wait till no next week.

Wasn't 5 customers in here last
night. You get me a crowd in
here this next weekend, and
maybe I can pay you.

Then you goin to do the
entertainment your own self,
Mister!

We ain't workin without no pay.

Maybe I will do it, myself.

You know, I might draw a bigger
crowd than you do. I was takin
a chance, hiring you here in
the first place.

I only did it because I was
always a big fan of yours in
the old lays.

But let's face facts. Times are
changin, and business is
business.

But let's face facts. Times are
changin, and business is
business.

But let's face facts. Times are
changin, and business is
business.

Ain't nobody listenin to you no
more, and don't nobody want to
hear that old shit you playin
these days.

Not these days. I am sorry, but
you can pack up and leave if
you want.

Cause you ain't doin nothin
here.

I ain't goin nowhere without my
money!

Oh, I guess Copenhagen's the
only chance we got.

She gone! My daughter ain't in
there.

She gone! My daughter ain't in
there.

Maybe they've done it. Maybe
she and that boy Abel run away,
like they said they would.

Maybe they've done it. Maybe
she and that boy Abel run away,
like they said they would.

Maybe they've done it. Maybe
she and that boy Abel run away,
like they said they would.

Well, they'll not get very far.
We've recovered the stolen
vehicle.

Sorry, sir. We just got an
armed robbery call.

Please initial this receipt. it
verifies recovery of your
vehicle.

You can make a report on your
daughter at the 88th precinct
in the morning.

siren

Thank you.
Wait! Stop!
Where's he going?

George!

George?

George, it's late. Let's go home

and get some rest.
Why won't he at least call us
on the telephone?

Oh, please, get in the
car, George. Poew!

Ooh!

You lookin for somebody, friend?
Veow!

Oew! What's happenin?!

Talkin shit.

Talkin shit.
Eow!

Are you all just passin through
the neighborhood?

Well, I was lookin for our son,
Abel. Look! Abel be our partner.

Friend. Fuckin with him could be
your end.PPPut that thing
away!ppPlease!

Get in the car!
Yeah, man! Get in the car.

I . . . Yes, I think I shall.

I'll take your suggestion.
Don't look round here.

We ain't your kind. Trouble and
sorrow be what you find.

You got too much light. You
hurt my eyesight!

Ew!

You better watch that.
Hey, man. Hey, hey!
Give me a ride, man!

Look at them honkies run, man!
Stay on the West Side!

They be sacred to death of me.
They leave our partner Abel be.

Man, we ain't had this much fun
since we ripped off that patrol
car last year.

Damn!
Shit, man!
Whew!

Come on!

Come on!

What's use?
We've got to talk to your
parents.

Yew-hew!

Yore, her!

Ah, ha, ha!

Y'all mad?
What's happenin?

Man, now that you eloped,
sister dear, we done brought
your wedding gift right here.

Yeah, come on.

Wow!
Yeah, check it out.

Yeah! All right!
Congratulations!

Congratulations to the bride
and the groom.

Congratulations to the bride
and the groom.

No wonder you can't sleep!

Who's got the radio on so loud?

Does that sound like something
I'd play? It's some radio
outside.

I'll go see who it is.

George, get up.
Naw, that's okay.

Let's forget it. Try to get some
sleep. George! Don't go to
sleep.

Please!
Okay, okay!

Oh, yeah!

Homeboy!

Homeboy!

Eew!

Get down, yeah! Come on, man!
Let's pump it up! Zanzibar!

Where'd you get that box? Is it
hot?

Man, that's from the best place
in Beverly Hills. Ain't nothin
too good for my sister.ppYou've
got no respect for me.

You gave me a stolen present? I
don't want it!

All you bring me is trouble.
Why not just leave me alone and
go home?!

Say, what's wrong with you?!

George! George, I think they
must've followed us home.

Those are the same hoodlums that
wrecked our car! Just calm down.

Those are the same hoodlums that
wrecked our car! Just calm down.

I can't see them. It sounds
like them.

Go on, George! Call the police!

I'll place the call.

George?

Oh!

It's Abel! He's home!

Come on!

Now, come on.

Mom?

Dad?

Oh, Abel!

Oh, Abel!

Why haven't you called us?

I didn't know what to say.
Hello, Abel.

Hi, Dad.

Abel, I've missed you so much!
I've missed you, too.

How have you been getting by?
Where have you been
staying?PPAh, you know, I've
beenppworking, on and off.

I got my own place.
Well, come on in.

Come on, Abel. Come on.
Wait. Before we go inside,

there's somebody I want you to
meet. Oh, I'd hate to have to
meet anybody now.

Look at me. I'm not dressed.
Look, no, okay. You look fine.

She'll love you. Wait.

Mom.

Dad. This is Mana.

We're getting married.

Good morning! How are you this
morning?

I think you're a bit mistaken,
son. You're underage. You can't
do anything without parental
consent.

I think you're a bit mistaken,
son. You're underage. You can't
do anything without parental
consent.

What you mean to say is, you're
asking us whether or not you
can get married.

We're getting married!!

Well, Maana, is it?
Mana.
Ah, Mana.

I've very pleased to meet you,
Mana. I'm sure you're a very
nice person.

So how are you this morning,
anyway?

Oh, well, I'm afraid it's not
my best morning.

As a matter of fact, Abel here
doesn't leave us much peace,
day or night. I'm getting a
terrible headache.

Well, I'm fine! Thank you.

I've come to see my folks!
Zanzibar, what are you doing
here?! Get out of here!

Go away? Hey, white folks be
our in-laws. I come to stay.

Mom! Pop!
You young hoodlums! Get out of
here!
Zanzibar, please!

I'm calling the cops! Go on!
Come on, blood. Let's get out a
here, man.

Some family! Sure ain't my kind
of folks.

I've been up all night, running
around,

trying to find you, Abel, and
looking for you, and almost
getting killed,

and you're not my little boy
any more.

I don't even know who you are,
and I can't take any more!

Do I make myself clear?!

What a lousy, motherfucking
morning this turned out to be!

Dad!

Don't call the police.
Get out of my way!

Get out of that car! You can't
just take it!

That's stealing! Like your
hoodlum friends.

Hello, operator? Give me the
police!

Hey! Smart to take your wedding
present!

siren

siren

siren

siren

How we goin ta get home?

I don't know. I don't even want
to be stuck up here, man.

siren

Abel, it's not legally in your
name!

They don't care about this car.
They just want to lock me up.

siren

crash

Come on!

siren

siren stops

Abel!

I'm not going any further.

Not running away from the
police. Ow!

Stop it!

Stop it!

Stop it!

Abel!

Stop it! Abel!
Let go my sister!

Abel! Stop it!
Let go my sister!

Motherfuckers! I'll
kill your ass! Halt!

gunshot

Why have I sinned?

Why have I sinned?

And the son said, 'Father, I
have sinned against the
Heavens!'

'And against thy name,'

'And against thy name,'

'And is no more worthier to be
called thy son.' His father
said to the servants, he said,

'And is no more worthier to be
called thy son.' His father
said to the servants, he said,

'We going to feast and be
merry. He once was lost, but
now he's found.'

Amen. And want you to know,
brothers and sisters,

and I want this family to know,
that your son is not dead.

He's found him a resting place.
And I want you to know,

that we all will join him some
day. Amen.

Ew!

Best damn drummer I ever did
see.

Man, if he could've just stayed
out of trouble!

The boy would've been rich.

Givin him all kinds of money.
Cryin shame!

Only been on Earth but a
minute, and he's dead.

Dead and gone.

It's that white boy.

He's the cause of all this
trouble. Well, you don't have to
worry.

He's back with his people. It's
all over.

Momma.

Too much trouble, too much
hatred! She go to Denmark,

she be away from trouble.
You old fool!

she be away from trouble.
You old fool!

She ain't nothin but a kid. You
think I'm goin to let her be
flyin across the Atlantic Ocean?

And she's just a baby!
Leave me alone! Be quiet!

I don't want to go nowhere!

I just want some peace. Please.

Mana!

I don't know, man.

I don't know, man.

It's just, it's just so much
hatred inside, you know? Yeah,
man. I know.

It hit him.

It hit him.

Old Zanzibar, man, he got me
out of all that shit.

You know?

He came along, man, like he
just jive the heat right out of
you.

He made me feel good, you know.

He made me feel good, you know.

He made me feel good, you know.

He kept me laughing all the time
and shit.ppMan, it shouldn't've
beenPPZanzibar, man. It
should'veppbeen me.

He kept me laughing all the time
and shit.ppMan, it shouldn't've
beenPPZanzibar, man. It
should'veppbeen me.

I should a been the one that
got it. All that bad shit I put
down, man?

He was a real motherfucker, man.
I know, man.

He's the first dude that ever
made me think different.

Abel! How do you feel?

I'm so twisted behind these
drugs you've been givin me.

Zanzibar!

There's some people here that
want to see you.

We love you, Abel.
Yes, we love you, son .

I'm only glad that we can pay
for all this.

And you don't have to wind up
in a jail somewhere,

like a criminal.
Just thank God for insurance.

Abel, you can get out of this
place, if you're just willing
to give up the late hours,

and the running the streets
without telling us where you
are.

Baby, you just seem to seek out
the lowest of the low.

Baby, you just seem to seek out
the lowest of the low.

And Abel, no more talk about .
. .

And Abel, no more talk about .
. .

about getting married!

You're much too young.

I'm sorry about all the trouble
I've caused.

God, I'm so sorry!

It's going to be all right,
Abel. Of course, Abel!

We'll take you home today.

Well, we're home.

Abel? Abel? Abel!

Abel, we're home! We're home.

We're home, Abel!
It's those pills that Wasser
gave him.

We should have left him in the
hospital until he was clean.
I'll go and open the door,

and then we'll carry him in.
Come on, boy.

Let's go! Come on, wake up!

Hey, Abel! Come on here, boy!
We goin to Copenhagen, Denmark!

Now, what's going on?!

Uncle Sam, let's get out of
here!

Copenhagen, Denmark!

Gone again.

I love you.

You take care of yourself till
I get back.

Abel! Come on, boy. Let's go!

Come on, boy!

Come on, boy!

Let's go!

Come on, son. Let's try to go.
We got a plane to catch.

Abel! Abel, wait! Stop!

Hey! Wait,wait!

I want to go!

I'm not staying here. I'm going
with you!

Let's go!

Let us go!

Now we're really in for it!

And just were you be goin?
We is goin to Denmark!

And you can't stop us.
No, you ain't.

You ain't goin nowhere!

Not without me, you ain't!

Well, get on in, then!

Ew!

Even when I'm way down low,

and times I've almost died,

I always climb back to my feet,

and work it through to the
other side!

and work it through to the
other side!

I'm living the blues,

still I'm paying my dues.

Got to make my dream come true!

I'm living the . . .hey, living
the blues!

I'm goin to find a job

I'm goin to find a job, get my
Baby back.

I'm hitting the road tonight.

Another place, doing something
new.

I know it's going to be all
right!

Goin to be all right!

Now things have changed, and
now those days are gone.

Ain't nothing going to hold me
back.

And so I sing this song, see.

I'm living the blues, and
paying my dues.

Yes, I'm goin to make my dream
come true!

Say, I'm living the . . .

I'm living the blues.