A Brother's Kiss (1997) - full transcript
Two brothers, Lex and younger Mick, are living in Harlem. Mick is a policeman, and Lex, who spent youth years in reformatory because of injustice after he confronted the cop who tried to sodomize Mick on the street, is living with his wife Debbie trying to make ends meet and failing. One day Lex calls Mick - he has a problem...
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[PHONE RINGING]
Who is it?
Lex, do you know what time it
is?
What do you want?
What's coming down?
What's coming down?
If you just spoke fucking
English.
Calm down.
What's coming down?
Where are you?
[KNOCKING]
Can't be too careful, baby, you
know?
Yo, what's up, Mickey?
What's up, baby, huh?
Damn, you's a pretty bitch, man.
Come here.
Give me a kiss.
Lex, what's going on, man?
Come on, man, give me a kiss.
What's going on?
That's a nice shirt, man.
Thanks.
Yo, vicious collar.
I like these buttons.
What's going on, man?
Come on, one drink with you're
big brother,
I'll tell you all about it.
You know what today is, man?
What's today?
Think, man.
Lex, I don't have any fucking
idea.
It's my birthday, stupid.
Today's your birthday.
My mommy's dead, my daddy's
gone,
my own fucking brother don't
remember.
Happy birthday, man.
Hey, you know all those
motherfuckers gave me three
to one odds I wouldn't hit 21.
You know what I got to say to
all those motherfuckers?
What?
I'm 30 years, big baby.
How you like me now?
You got something to say to me,
man,
or is this a social call?
I just thought you might want
to have
a drink with your brother on his
birthday.
Yeah, at 5:00 AM?
Especially since I'm in so much
trouble.
You want to talk about it?
We gonna talk about it or what?
Jimmy, I want you to meet my
boys.
This one over here is Lex, and
that little guy
there is Mickey.
Where's the bathroom?
In the hallway on the right.
I got to drain the monster.
Lex, honey, listen.
Do me a favor.
Jimmy's got to go to work.
Let him have these eggs.
These are the last ones,
[INAUDIBLE]..
- You'll get some more. - These
are for me and Mick.
You's can wait.
He ain't getting none of my
frigging eggs.
These are the last ones.
Lex, give them to him. Don't
make a scene.
I don't care. He ain't getting
none.
Lex, man, we'll go to the
store.
Yo, stay out of this, man.
- Mom, you can give him mine. -
See?
That's a sweet kid.
Now sit down and shut up.
What's happening?
Hey, happy birthday, punk.
This pizza's a joy, right?
Gots lots of cheese. - Yep.
I could blow bubbles with this
cheese.
No, you can't.
Don't believe me then.
Where'd you get the some money
for a whole pie?
Mom gave it to me this morning
for your birthday, man.
She remembered?
Of course.
Oh, snap.
Come on, man.
You're gonna try and scare me,
Lex.
No, I'm not, man.
We're going to climb the fence
and go swimming, that's it.
Come on, Lex, I know you.
Don't be a fucking pussy, man.
Shit, what we gonna tell Mom?
Don't worry about it, it's your
birthday today.
I don't want to go in there.
Don't be scared.
Come on.
Look at that ditch over there.
I got you, brother.
Now, if you wanted to see what
would happen?
What?
If we want to see this big
dish, what would happen?
I don't know what you're
talking about, Babylon.
[BIRD NOISES]
Come on.
You heard of Charlie Chapel,
right?
There's no such thing as
Charlie Chapel.
Keep thinking that, man.
You know Poppo from 106, the
limp?
Yeah.
Charlie Chapel cut off Poppo's
dick.
Get the fuck out of here.
I'm serious, kid.
I don't want to go in.
Can we get out of here, please?
Now, don't worry.
Ain't nothing going to happen to
you.
No.
Come on, man, don't be a pussy,
man.
Yo, Mick, I swear ain't nothing
going to happen to you.
Trust me, man.
Come on, man.
Oh, shit. - What?
Charlie Chapel.
Where?
Psych.
Hey, you!
There was a woman, says she was
mugged by two
kids looked just like you.
We didn't mug nobody, Officer.
What's your name?
What's your name?
Herb.
Herb.
Is his name really Herb?
Oh, Herb, were you from Herb?
Where do you live?
West side.
Oh, west side. Yeah.
What's that in your hand, Herb?
Is that a knife?
You know, she said she was
mugged
with a knife just like this.
Does your mother know you mug
people?
I didn't do nothing.
See, Lex, I told you.
Lex?
Is that your name, Lex?
Your name's not Herb at all, is
it?
Is it?
Come here.
Come here.
You sit right here.
You sit right down here.
You move an inch, an inch, and
he's going to jail.
MICK: I don't have nothing in
me, Officer.
OFFICER: Shut up.
MICK: Stop.
OFFICER: Shut up!
MICK: Stop, Officer.
Stop.
Ow!
Ow! Ow!
OFFICER: Shut up!
MICK: Ow!
OFFICER: Fucker.
Hurry up, man.
Come on.
Run.
What happened?
You had a bad dream?
Yeah.
About that man?
Yeah.
Think he's gonna die?
Nah, he ain't gonna die.
But you left the knife sticking
in him.
Go to sleep, Mickey.
Lex?
What?
Are you sure he ain't gonna
die?
Positive, man.
It's all over. Trust me.
Go to sleep, Mickey.
Just roll over and go to sleep,
man.
We was playing hot peas and
butter, right?
And Lefty found the bells, so he
starts chasing me,
I dodged him out and he ran
right at the butch
from the numbers joint, and
slapped all over his shoes
and shit, man.
We was all laughing.
Lefty got so scared, he peed his
pants right there
in front of everybody, man.
Oh, that shit was so funny.
What's the matter with you, man?
You hungry or something?
No.
So what's up, man?
What's wrong?
Tonight's Friday.
I'm usually waiting to play.
You want to play, huh?
She's sleeping, man, you want me
to go wake her up?
I guess so.
Mom, get up.
get up.
Come on, it's Friday night.
We're going to play.
Come on.
OK. OK.
OK. OK.
I'm up. I'm up.
I'm up.
OK, go outside and set up, and
I'll be out in a minute.
Hey, Mick, she's going to play.
She's gonna play.
Come on, man, she's gonna play.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Mickey, you ready?
I'll just put my stuff down.
What are you looking at?
Huh?
Well, look at that.
Mickey, you're blushing.
It's OK to blush.
Come here, give me a kiss.
All right, now you go first.
Oh, you always let him go
first.
He's the youngest.
He's the brainiac.
He goes to school every day, got
straight A's.
Well, you know, he goes to
school.
I mean, you know, when he has
nothing to do, he reads a book.
Imagine that.
Pick my letters for me, Lex.
And pick good ones, not like
last Friday.
Nobody was cheating while I was
getting ready?
- No. - Mickey?
Uh-uhn.
Lex?
Of course, you're the angel.
You would never cheat, would
you?
All right, I hope you picked me
some good ones.
- I've got a word. - You do?
Yeah.
A good one?
Already, right?
Yeah.
What is this that you're
spelling?
- You'll see. - That's not a
word.
That's rhythm.
That's not rhythm.
That's not rhythm.
Oh, yes, it is.
That's not how you spell
rhythm.
Oh, come on, it is so.
- No, it's not. - There's a Y
before.
There's no H.
No, it doesn't.
It has an E at the end, doesn't
it?
- No. - Oh, no, that's rhyme.
No, no, no.
I'm telling you, Lex, it is.
R-H-Y-T-H-M. - There's no H in
rhythm.
No, it's R-Y first.
It's R-Y-T-Y-M.
No, it's not.
It's R-H-- what's rytym?
What is that?
I'm gonna let you slide, man.
I'll get the dictionary.
[KNOCKING]
- Open up, it's the police. -
All right, I'm coming.
I'm coming.
OFFICER: We come for Lex,
Doreen.
DOREEN: What did he do this
time?
OFFICER: We got a cop who was
stabbed in the park.
He knew Lex by name.
Come on, Lex. - Mom, he didn't
do nothing.
DOREEN: Mickey, just stay out of
it, OK?
Lex, get out of here.
- Mom, listen. - Sh.
Lex, get over here.
The guy was trying to hurt me,
Mom.
The guy was a cop, Doreen.
Mom, please don't make me go
with them.
- [INTERPOSING VOICES] - Did you
do this?
- No, I didn't do nothing. - Sh,
Mickey.
You didn't do it? - No.
- Listen to me. - Mickey, stop
it for a minute.
Come on, pretty boy.
Hey.
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
Mom!
DOREEN: Come on, get your hands
off me.
You want to go too?
You want to go to?
I [INAUDIBLE] off your ass.
Oh, yeah, get the fuck out, you
fucking pig.
You'd do better to stay off the
fucking booze, and keep
an eye on your little fucking
kids.
- He didn't do nothing. - Shut
your mouth.
You know, you should have seen
him when you was away.
He didn't know what to do
without you.
Like if you asked him on any
given
day how many minutes it was
until Lex was just coming,
he could tell you.
I wasn't feeling too good there
for a while,
so I sent him to go live with
Uncle Mac,
but him and Uncle Mac got along
real good.
You know, I know a lot of boys
that got sent to reform school,
and well, it just made men out
of them.
And they never got in any more
trouble ever again, all right?
- Hey, Mackey. - Hiya, Doreen.
How are you? - I'm OK.
Give the big one here a
chocolate malt
and the little gets vanilla.
And put an egg in each one?
Sure.
I got you this for your
birthday.
Oh, that's the joint, Mom.
I hope they fit.
Yeah.
You know, I played a lot of
basketball up there.
Yeah?
Coach says I got natural
talent.
That's great.
Plus I hustle, play defense.
I pass a lot too, you know.
We played as a team up there.
I was in a state wide tournament
and I won a medal.
- No kidding? - Yeah.
I've brought it for you.
That's really sweet, Lex.
Hey, Mickey, take a look.
That's cool, Lex.
That's cool.
Hey, Mac, did you see what Lex
won?
What's that, Doreen?
Oh, look at this.
What do we got here? Hey.
We got an athlete in a family
now, huh?
Congratulations.
I'm proud of you. - Thanks, Mac.
Now, shoot foul shots.
Know why?
Because you practice tracks when
you're tired,
and a real game will come
natural to you.
Mom hoked me up this year.
This is the serious joint right
here.
Where'd you get that tattoo
from, Lex?
Up north.
MICK: How you did that?
With a needle, thread, and ink.
MICK: That hurted, right?
Hell, yeah, it hurt.
MICK: So what was it like up
there?
It's boring, man.
Lot of cows, ducks, pigs, shit
like that.
MICK: It was fun?
No, that shit was no fun, man.
They make you get up at the
crack of dawn, milk the cows.
The hicks up there, these used
to fuck the cows.
Fuck the cows?
LEX: And made the baby cows suck
their dicks.
Get the fuck outta here.
LEX: I'm serious.
That's disgusting.
Baby cows.
Nothing else happened, did it?
Like what?
Like what?
You get in a lot of fight and
shit.
Yeah.
Check it out.
This one time, I was going back
to my basketball practice
to my locker room, everyone told
me not to go in there.
It was all quiet and shit, so I
knew something was up.
On the way back to the bunk, I
see this big motherfucker
gargantuan, before I could even
put my hands up,
yo, he smacked me dead in the
face, knocked me out.
Knocked you out?
I woke up in the hospital.
Everyone thought I was dead and
shit.
What happened while you was
asleep?
I don't know, man, because I
was out.
After that, Lefty got sent up.
Tito from [INAUDIBLE] projects,
he got sent up.
Little Joe Joe from Jefferson
park got sent up too.
They cut that motherfucker
gargantuan in his sleep.
Nobody fucked with us after
that.
Don't go back there, Lex.
LEX: Shit, I ain't going back
there.
Hells, no.
I'm gonna be a professional
basketball player.
I'm gonna be a professional
detective,
and I'm gonna have a 357 Magnum
like Clint Eastwood.
We're going to be professionals,
right?
Yeah.
Let's go to this party before it
gets too late.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Aesha, how you doing?
Hi.
You're still keeping a picture
of me under your pillow, right?
Of course.
Promise me, you'll never leave
me again.
Never.
What's up, man.
If I ever catch you giving
fucking reefer, a smoke,
a fucking drink to my brother,
I'll cut your fucking throat.
Say I won't. - Sorry, Lex.
Sorry. - Say I won't.
I'm sorry, Lex, sorry.
What's the pack we made?
- I ain't do nothing. - What's
the pact we made?
- I didn't do nothing. - What's
the pact we made?
Never drink, smoke, or do
nothing.
Why not?
Because we're going to be
professionals, man, that's why.
Why aren't you dancing, man?
I asked one girl, but she said
no.
How you sound, man?
A hundred no's don't mean shit,
man.
It's the one yes that counts.
You gotta ask every girl at the
party
until one says yes, man,
remember that.
Hey, Nancy, this is my brother
Mick right here.
Dance with him, eh?
Lex, your brother don't know
what to do.
Teach him.
DOREEN: Let's make the bed
squeak.
Sh.
The boys will hear us.
[GROANING NOISES]
Lex, can you come here?
What's up?
You're gonna get mad.
- What happened? - It's Uncle
Mac.
LEX: What's up with him this
time, man?
He asks me to come live with
him.
Oh, yeah?
For what?
MICK: He said it's better over
here.
How?
He got lots of food.
Uncle Mac brings it home from
the restaurant,
like roast beef, turkey, mashed
potato with a lot of gravy,
and they never fight about food.
And he wants us to come live
with him?
That's the thing.
LEX: What?
He says he can't handle both of
us.
Oh, yeah, right.
MICK: He said he's gonna tell
you himself,
but I said I wanted to.
So you gonna go with him?
It's only three blocks away.
LEX: See ya.
It ain't like I'm moving to
Jersey or nothing.
LEX: Just, go, man.
Get the fuck out of here
already.
I bet if I whistle from Uncle
Mac's fire escape,
you can hear me [INAUDIBLE].
Yo, man, you tell that fat
bastard,
Uncle Mac I'm never coming to
visit him, all right?
You neither, man.
You got me fucking sick, man.
Get the fuck out my sight, man.
Get the fuck out of here.
Go, man.
Come on, Lex.
Go, Go, motherfucker.
What's wrong with you, man?
Go, man.
Leave, man.
Leave before I fucking kick the
shit out of you, man.
Come here, man.
Get the fuck out of here.
[WHISTLING]
You can guard me, son.
Yeah, that's why you're still
on your doughnut.
All right, I'm about to take
you right to the basket.
- Yeah, well, come on with it. -
All right.
I'm coming now.
Yo, what's up, man? You ain't
gonna call nothing?
Concentrate on the game.
[INAUDIBLE].
You called a T for that shit?
Yeah. Hey, just play ball.
Yo, I;m getting killed here.
For what?
Tell me what I did.
Tell me what I did,
motherfucker.
My fucking house. LEX: You want
to go?
Yeah. Come on.
What, you want some?
Get off of me.
You want some?
Hey, you want to go?
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
You two, little man.
Opie.
Opie, you want some?
Opie, you want some?
Come on.
[INAUDIBLE] raisin head.
Bitch.
You and your fucking big Dan
Marley brother.
Get out of here.
Go back to Footlocker, you
burnt Gumby.
Shut up, bitch.
You two, your fucking Opie ass.
Get out of here.
You fake ass Montel.
You and your brother get the
fuck off my court.
You roll up deodorant with
legs.
Motherfucker gonna kick me out
of the game
for some humble shit like that.
man.
I'm getting killed in there,
that motherfucker
don't call nothing.
Those college kids, they get all
the calls, man.
They can't play better than me,
man.
Can't none of them play better
than me.
Fuck them.
You think I give a fuck?
You give less than a fuck.
I give no fuck at all.
That's what I'm saying.
Punch that ref in his eye.
We'll tag team on his ass.
Uh-huh.
Burnt Gumby.
See that, Mickey?
Check that out.
Ain't my type.
Not your type?
Not my type.
Man, you keep waiting for your
type,
your dick is going to start
writing you nasty letters.
Let's go over there and check
that out.
I'm not in the mood, man.
Not in the mood?
How can you look at a woman like
that and her friend
and say you're not in the mood?
I'm saying we're having a good
time.
You want to go over there, go
over there.
You want to hang out with me,
hang out with me.
Don't fuck with me, man. I'm not
in the moon.
Man, what is it with you and
this mood shit, Mickey?
I just-- I just want to go over
there and introduce myself,
and then we'll hang out, man.
Come on, please?
Come on, let's go.
Man, you think he's coming over
here?
Be cool.
Be cool.
What's up?
Hi.
How you doing?
I'm all right.
How you doing? - Yeah?
Good.
Yeah?
Yeah, I'm Lex and this is my
brother Mick.
I'm Debbie and this is my
girlfriend Lisa.
Mind if I sit with you?
Sure.
Want a beer?
No. I don't drink.
I'll have a beer.
Yeah?
So that makes you a man, huh?
See you later.
Nice meeting you, Miss Titties.
No, he didn't.
Punk.
Punk.
Yo, don't mind him.
That's my baby brother.
He's very sensitive.
How about you?
Me?
I'm cool.
You cool?
Yeah.
So you look fly.
You look like this all the time?
On a good day.
Well, it must be a good day.
Yeah?
Yeah.
And you too.
You having fun in the park?
There was scouts there from the
NBA.
Be careful, you hear?
I fucked up.
What can I say?
Jesus, Lex, you've got to be
the roughest shooter
I have ever seen.
You don't have hands, for
Christ's sake.
You got mitts.
You all right?
Oh, yeah, run down the corner
store
and get me a carton of
Parliaments
and a fifth of Bombay and a bag
of ice, huh?
Yeah, right.
If I have to go through the
whole [INAUDIBLE],, I'd be dead.
I'll get them next time.
Lex, you're too old.
You have no college.
You're not going to be a pro
player.
You and me, we're both going to
starve.
LEX: We're never going to
starve.
You know why?
Why?
Because if it don't work out
here this year,
next year, we're going to
Europe.
- Europe? - Yeah.
Remember that guy from Lisbon?
He still writes me.
You're gonna love it.
Lisbon, then, in the off season,
we travel, Madrid, Rome.
Europe.
How do you like the new
uniform, Ma?
I think you're gonna freeze
your ass off, Mickey.
What is it with you and the
cold.
I said I was moving to 1st
avenue,
you said I was going to freeze.
Well, it's colder down on 1st
Avenue.
You get closer to the river.
The point is, they got heat on
1st Avenue, Ma.
I don't know.
Those uniforms don't look so
warm to me,
big shot with your own
apartment.
You're thinking about the old
uniforms.
These are the new uniforms.
We got the down coat in the
wintertime.
You'll catch pneumonia, you'll
see.
Ma, underneath the down coat,
we got the bulletproof vest.
Yeah?
Yeah.
The whole uniform is more form
fitting, Ma.
The whole uniform is more form
fitting, Ma.
He sounds like a bitch.
Shut up.
LEX: He's drinking beer. Did he
tell you that part?
- Yeah, somewhat? - Yeah.
First, you're going to be
drinking beer,
then it's a fifth of Bombay
every day just like her.
Ma doesn't drink anymore.
Yeah, you know why?
Diabetes, Mick.
Diabetes.
Will the two of you just cut it
out?
What, you want him to wind up
like you?
Your brother just loves to hurt
my feelings.
You see what you did?
You did it.
I have a couple of beers every
once in a while.
Big fucking deal.
See, already, it's a couple of
beers
every once in a while with your
cop friends.
I'm not getting into this.
You brought it up.
So what happened with that
girl?
What happened?
We made it, she cooked, I ate,
she sucked.
It was so good, Mickey, somebody
should have taped it.
Your ability to desecrate in my
mother's house
is astounding.
I'm better than you are.
Say it.
Say it.
You're better than me, baby.
Oh.
[INAUDIBLE],, you score on me,
right,
now you got to be like that.
[INAUDIBLE]
Tell me a secret.
What kind of secret?
Something deep.
Something deep, huh?
Oh, I'm sorry.
Forget who I'm talking to here.
Now, wait a minute. Wait a
minute.
I'm deep.
Come on, I'm mad deep.
Well, tell me something mad
deep.
All right, according to legend,
right, my father used to beat my
mother's ass.
This guy tried to kill me
before.
Why'd he try to kill you?
Because I didn't want to see
him anymore.
Why didn't you want to see him
no more?
Because he kept getting locked
up and shit, you know?
And I ain't trying to live like
that anymore.
Because you're a good girl,
right?
Yeah, I'm good.
I'm good.
I'm loyal.
And I'm smart.
You can cook.
You can fuck.
I've got a lot of good
qualities.
You know, I'm falling in love
with you, right?
Yeah.
Yeah?
Come on.
That's all you got to say?
Come on.
I'm falling in love with you
too.
Yeah.
11-2, huh?
Yeah, baby.
Ain't beat me yet, huh?
Nothing.
Not once.
Go get it, baby.
You don't like Debbie, do you?
I don't give a fuck about
Debbie.
I got my own life.
Yeah, but you're jealous,
right?
That's what you think.
It's going to make you more
secure.
See, now why can't you admit
you're jealous?
I admit I'm jealous of you.
It's not true.
Why the fuck would I be jealous
of you and a girl?
That would make me an asshole.
I'm not an asshole.
I'm not jealous.
How come you never had a
girlfriend then?
I've had girls, you just don't
know them.
Yeah, nobody knows them.
I'm not getting into this.
Look at me.
Sex is a good thing, OK?
It's good. - Whatever you say.
Yeah, man, we were never taught
that, right?
We seen a lot of shit before we
should have, but that's over.
It's in the past, and you gotta
enjoy your life.
- You finished, Oprah? - No, I'm
not.
Look, you're a good looking guy,
all right?
I mean, you're my brother.
We got the same blood.
Girls are going to like you,
guys are going you.
It's OK.
What's OK?
I don't care if you're a fag,
Mick.
I just want to see you happy.
I'm not a fag. You don't have
to lie to me.
I'm not.
Look, Mick, it's going to kill
yo to keep this thing a secret.
Lex, I'm a virgin.
What?
I'm a virgin.
Get the fuck out of here.
This is why I never fucking
talk to you.
All right.
All right.
Fine.
You're not a fag.
You're a virgin.
Fine.
So, you don't hate Debbie?
No, I like Debbie.
Yeah?
Good, because she's gonna have
my baby, kid.
Come on, let's go eat pizza.
So what she do? She trapped
you?
It was a mistake, Ma.
Whose mistake?
The condom broke, all right?
Whose condom was it, Lex?
Come on, Ma, you're being
ridiculous.
I'm being ridiculous, huh?
I'm being ridiculous.
Are you a woman?
Do you know what women do?
OK, I'm a woman.
I know what they do.
I want to know whose fucking
condom was it, Lex?
Hers.
So she trapped you.
MICK: Ma, people make mistakes.
You're never going to go to
Europe now.
No, no, no.
Look, we'll all go, OK?
We'll all go.
No, you won't.
I'll be dead.
Ma, don't talk like that.
Come on.
All right, so, what are you
going to do?
You're going going to support
this child making $7 an hour
driving a school bus?
No.
I'm going to work full time and
I'm going to get some overtime.
You get time and a half for
that.
I ain't taking care of it.
I'm not going to go through that
on top everything else.
I'm going to take care of it.
You don't know the first
fucking thing
about being a father, Lex.
I'll learn.
There's no schools, OK?
There's no god damn schools.
The only thing you know is
basketball.
Now, you fucked that thing up
too, for Christ's sakes.
MICK: Ma, come on.
Shut up, Mickey, all right?
Just stay out of it.
You know, what you are?
You're a sucker.
OK, you ever heard that word
before?
You know what it means?
That's what you never brought
her around, OK?
That's why you never told me.
She trapped you, and you know
it,
and you're a fucking sucker.
Yeah, well, if being a sucker
means
I can't wait to get the fuck out
of here, that I'm a sucker, Ma.
Oh, yeah. Great.
You all bright and cheery now,
what, because you
can shoot some sperm?
Any fucking retard can do that.
You should know.
You try raising that baby.
At least, I won't be drunk.
At least I won't be a fucking
drunk, whore, cheap trick,
fucking bitch.
You get the fuck out of my
house.
You hear me?
Out of my house.
You son of a bitch.
Get out.
You were supposed to watch out
for him.
God, Lex.
[INAUDIBLE].
Are you coming?
Yeah.
Don't come yet.
- Oh. - What?
Hold it. Hold it.
Don't move, all right.
I swear to God.
Hold it.
Hold it.
OK, well, tell me when. God
damn.
Hold it. Hold it.
Don't move.
You're moving.
Hold it, wait.
Don't come.
Tell me when.
Now.
Now.
Hey, what's up?
We're going to go to the French
museum
today, see a little Mattias,
Rembrandt,
and some other French guys.
MICK: Where's Debbie, man?
LEX: She's working.
MICK: Look, Lex--
LEX: No, look, Lex. Fuck, Mom.
I'm not talking about her.
MICK: I'm not even here for
that.
LEX: Yeah, I'm sure. MICK: Look,
see this?
I got this for your kid.
I thought maybe you could use
one of these.
LEX: Thanks, man, that's very
nice.
MICK: So what do you want, a boy
or a girl?
LEX: I want a girl. MICK: Why a
girl?
LEX: I don't know.
I want a cute little girl.
MICK: You're going to make a
great dad.
I can see that, man.
LEX: Thanks.
MICK: So, listen, this thing
with Mommy, man.
LEX: Look, I told you, you
little fuck,
I don't want to talk about her.
MICK: Look, I'm just saying, she
don't look good.
LEX: Wait a minute.
What do you mean she don't look
good?
MICK: I'm just saying you should
go see her, man.
She don't look good.
LEX: Wait.
Have you been giving her the
insulin?
MICK: I try, man. She don't let
me do nothing.
LEX: What do you mean you try?
MICK: I'm saying she fucking
screams and yells, man.
She don't let me me try and do
nothing.
LEX: What the fuck are you
telling me, man?
That for the past two days, she
hasn't had no insulin?
MICK: I'm saying I tried to call
you.
She tried to call you.
You don't pick up the phone.
LEX: Oh, motherfucker.
Wait here.
I don't understand why it's so
expensive.
The headstone is $8, the plot
is money, the fucking box
itself was expensive.
Uncle Mac says he has half.
He figures Dad'll have some
money.
Yeah, who the hell is it?
I'm Lex.
This is your son Mick.
My sons?
[INAUDIBLE]
Listen to me, go inside and wait
for me in there, all right?
Look, take a chair.
Sit down.
I gets you a drink or anything?
No, we don't drink.
You don't drink?
I'm proud of you already.
Stay here, OK? Stay one minute.
I'll be right back.
Not begging this fuck, Lex.
Nobody is doing any begging,
all right?
We're just going to ask for the
money,
and we're going to break out,
all right?
All right?
My sons, huh?
I'm sorry about your mother.
She's a goddamn shame.
God rest her soul.
So what's yous do.
What, she leave me something in
her will?
That's why you's come by?
No.
We need money to bury her.
Money?
How much money?
$20 grand.
No, no, he's joking.
We'll take whatever you can
give.
We need $50 fucking grand.
Hey, hey, buddy.
I got no money for you, buddy.
My name is Mick.
His name is Lex.
Congratulations to both of you.
I've got no money, all right?
All right, come on, let's go,
all right?
Let me ask you something?
I heard you hit girls.
I heard you hit girls and suck
cocks, that's what I heard.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
Oh, yeah?
Listen, do him a favor, all
right?
Get him out of here.
Get him the fuck out of here,
you piece--
I leave you like a dog leaving
shit.
All right.
Take a fucking walk, punk.
You fuck-- - Hey.
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
Come on, you fucking faggot.
Get him out of here.
All right.
Hey, come on.
Come on, hit me.
You're dumb.
You're dumb, just let her, and
you're gonna wind up--
Get the fuck out of here.
Try not to suck my fucking
cock.
- Get the fuck out of my house.
- All right.
All right. - Get out if here.
- Let's go. - Get out of my
house.
Let's go.
- I didn't see you 20 years. -
Go!
- I don't see you 20 more. - Go.
- Get the fuck out of here. -
All right.
- Don't come here again. - Fine,
Dad.
You don't need me, I don't need
you.
Get lost, and take that piece of
shit with you.
Get lost. OK?
The best part of you ran down
the crack of your mother's ass.
Now get the fuck out of here.
All right.
Hey, baby.
Hey.
Sh.
DEBBIE: Did you get the
medicine?
No.
My insurance card didn't cover
it.
DEBBIE: [INAUDIBLE].
LEX: I didn't have any cash on
me.
DEBBIE: What about the bank?
What about the bank?
There's nothing in it.
I gotta wait for the fucking
check to clear.
We can't wait for the fucking
check, Lex.
You know what the doctor said.
Yeah.
What do you want me to do?
Why don't you ask your brother?
My brother?
Yeah.
Look, you paid for the entire
funeral.
Lex, she needs it.
All right, first thing in the
morning, I'll go down
and I'll borrow from pension.
Come on, Lex, it's hot.
Come on.
Come on, baby.
Come on, stop.
Why?
I don't like doing it with her
in the room.
I told you that.
All right, well, I'll put her
inside then.
No.
It's-- just get off of me, OK?
I'm hot. I'm exhausted.
I'm tired.
What?
Shit, I'm sorry, OK? I don't
feel like it.
Debbie, you've been sorry for
the past fucking
month, all right?
Ow.
Shit.
What are you doing?
Where are you going?
I'm going out.
Where?
I'm gonna go for a walk, all
right?
Clear my head, you know?
Lex, don't go, OK? Please.
Look, it's cool, all right.
No, no. It's not cool.
Please?
I'm just going to go for a
walk, I'm gonna clear my head,
and I'll be back, all right?
- Lex? - What?
Come on, I'm sorry, OK.
Come on, we could do it.
I'm just tired.
Look, it's cool, all right?
I'm just gonna go, and I'll be
back.
Bye.
That's my [INAUDIBLE], right?
I don't want it.
Vic, isn't this good for her?
Vitamins.
I don't want it.
[INAUDIBLE].
Like her mother, driving me
crazy, man.
Let me tell you-- last night--
mind if I talk?
Go ahead.
I don't care what you say
anyway.
Do what you're gonna do.
You know, last night, Vic, I was
mad horny, right,
so I climb all over her and
we're about to do it.
She's like, no, Lefty.
No.
I got a gynecologist appointment
tomorrow,
and you know, no intercourse for
24 hours and what not, right?
And I go, yeah, but you ain't
got no dentist appointment,
right? Give it up.
You got to get sick like, right?
Oh, baby, come on.
What, you gonna hit me?
Oh, shit.
Oh, shit.
What's up, white boy?
What's up, man?
Yo, he's all right.
Yo, Lex is cool.
Yo, me and this nigga go way
back to the farm, man.
I swear, what a life, man.
We was in reform school
together, me and him.
Sick, man.
Sick, man, and booty burglars
and what not.
Yo, baby, why don't you let the
man sit down.
Show him how polite you are.
Yeah, why don't you go to the
car.
Here, get rid of them.
Go to the car, right?
Go and use the AC.
Take her with you.
Come on, man, sit down.
Where you been, man?
Working, you know, with the
family and shit.
Yeah, I hear you, man.
I hear you, pops.
Yo, check this out.
This is 100% working man right
here.
Remember that.
That's right.
Remember that.
Yo, Lex, see this hoochie over
here?
She reminds me of you?
Yeah?
Why is that?
Because she's white and she's
down.
Down for what?
Down for whatever.
Yeah, I'll say.
I'll say.
You're a freak, right, baby?
You're a freak.
Scared me.
Psst, come here.
You hungry, Poppo, you want
something to eat?
Yeah.
Let me get an order of mofongo
and some rice and beans
and avocado salad and some sweet
plantains
and a papaya [INAUDIBLE].
Is that all?
Oh, he's a growing boy. What
you want?
What's your poison, baby?
Rum and Coke.
You got that? I'm good.
I'm good.
Just get out of here. Give it
up.
Give it up.
Give it up, y'all.
Give it up.
Slow down, man.
What you doing, wench?
Lex don't do that.
He's a ball player.
Nigga's 40-years-old, he still
got hoop dreams.
That's what I love about you,
baby,
because you're optimistical.
Ball player.
Go ahead, Poppy.
You ever look at somebody and
know that this
is somebody you can love?
I'm not talking about somebody
you could fuck, right?
I'm talking about somebody that
you could love.
I'm not looking for a fast fuck
or a fast buck.
I'm not a schoolgirl trick.
I'm not anybody you ever met
before,
so find a way to talk to me
that's respectful
and reality based.
God damn, baby.
All right.
All right.
This is my life.
I got a wife, and I got a child
who's very sick,
and I got no money.
You got no money, talk to your
friend Lefty.
I don't want to hear it.
No, what I'm saying is, see, my
mother, she
died two years ago tomorrow.
I can not begin to tell you this
shit that I've--
Save it.
I got my own problems.
If you want a shrink, an
encounter group, a 12
step program, I'm not the one.
Besides I already know about
you?
Yeah?
What do you know about me?
You're sloppy with your drugs,
you order
more food than you need, you're
good looking,
but you're not good.
You want something from me, when
I give it to you,
you'll be sloppy with me.
You was a sloppy, dirty kid.
Your mother never cared.
Don't look so pitiful.
You ain't dead yet.
All right.
I think we could kick it.
Who sent you?
Moses did.
Lefty, you hear this guy?
He said Moses sent him.
It's Abraham, stupid.
Abraham stupid.
So what you want, man?
You got any Tango and cash?
Look, we got New Jack City, we
gotta Lethal Weapon, all right?
You ain't got no Tango and
Cash?
Nobody got Tango and Cash, all
right?
I want Tango and Cash, man.
Yo, somebody tell this
motherfucker
that we ain't got go no Tango
and Cash
before I pimp slap his ass.
Nobody ain't got no Tango and
Cash.
Thank you.
New Jack City,
A-ha.
Come on.
Let's go. Let's go.
Let's go.
Who's next?
Who sent you?
Lex, your brother's here.
Who's winning?
LEX: What?
I said who's winning, man?
Who gives a fuck?
I play better than all these
motherfuckers.
MICK: Yeah, you play real good
from the couch.
He's got your number, Pop.
That guy coming at me on the
job, [INAUDIBLE] my brother.
What are you talking about?
If you need money, you can come
to me.
You don't have to do that.
I don't know what you're
talking about.
All right.
I'll make it real clear.
I got a guy, a cop, a guy I know
from the fucking academy,
a good fucking friend of mine,
telling me my brother's
working in Lefty Louie's spot.
And I'm telling you, they're
going to shut his ass down
and everybody is getting locked
up.
You get that?
I don't know what you've been
fucking smoking, man.
I drive a school bus.
Maybe your kid looks like me.
I think she does.
She's got your eyes.
Hey, Lex, I think your kid
looks like me.
Do you have any idea where my
brother's been working?
He's driving a school bus now.
No.
No, no, no.
If I smack you, I'd be lying
right?
- Hey. - Huh?
Huh?
Stay the fuck out of this.
Stay the fuck out of this.
Don't ever come in my house and
disrespect me
in front of my wife and my kid.
Whatever you say.
Yeah.
You may be a cop, but that don't
mean shit to me.
I'll take your gun and pistol
whipped,
put you in your patrol car, make
you beg for directions home.
Lex.
- Say I won't. - Whatever you
say.
Say I won't.
Stay the fuck out of this.
You was born a punk, and you
still a punk.
Lex, so now the baby's crying.
I hope you're happy.
Debbie threw me out.
For what?
She doesn't want me in the
house with the kid.
You shouldn't be there.
What, man, ah.
Come on, I'm just trying out new
shit, you know?
It's just a temporary thing,
man.
New experiences, new sensations,
you know what I'm saying?
No, I don't.
Man, what am I going to do?
I ain't got no home.
I ain't got no family.
Why don't you stay for a while
until you
restrain yourself out.
Straighten myself out?
Yeah, you're going to
straighten yourself out.
You're gonna get a job at Uncle
Mac's.
You're gonna stay here for a
while.
You're going to go back to
Debbie.
We're gonna make like none of
this ever happened.
All right?
Yeah.
Yeah.
All right.
Bear hug, shit, right?
You know what I'm saying?
Yeah.
They started throwing rocks and
shit, right?
There's another one.
Motherfucker bit motherfucker's
ears off.
Bit my man's ear off.
We was in Brook--
Stingy, come on, please?
Let the guy do was his.
All right.
He bit his fucking ear off.
Fuck that.
Stingy, please?
Will you get out of there?
Let the guy do his work, will
ya?
Shit was hectic, I'm telling
you.
Do your work, all right, Lex?
Mackey, let me get a Spam
burger, man?
You want a Spam burger.
How do you want that Spam
burger?
I like it the way you
normally-- just the normal
way you normally do it. - What's
up?
What you all doing?
Nothing.
Fucking, Stingy, your father
cooks with Spam?
Yeah, I like Spam. I don't give
a fuck.
That shit tastes good.
What the fuck you worrying
about?
I like Spam too.
My mother be hooking that shit
up with rice and beans.
Yeah, that shit tastes dumb
good.
- That shit be slamming. - Dumb
good.
Please.
Yo, you ain't never had no
Spam, eggs, and some--
What the fuck is that jelly
shit on top?
Yo, don't worry about it.
You ain't got to eat it, then
all right,
because they ain't no freebies
up in this piece, all right?
You know what I'm saying?
Coming up here and starting
shit.
Oh, Stingy, who is your new
dishwasher?
That's my cousin, Lex. Sexy
Lex.
What, you sucking on some shit
like that?
Listen, you all want to hang
out?
I get off at like 10:00, all
right?
We could do a little--
Who cares what time you get
off?
Damn. Fuck it, then.
You don't want to hang out?
You like-- you gluing my man and
shit.
Interview with the Vampire, she
just sucking.
I mean just look at you, getting
all nice.
Shit.
That's fucked up.
I'm saying, you want to do
something later or what?
A little party.
Come on, like a soiree or some
shit like that.
Damn.
Nah, I'm all right.
Oh, you want some old
motherfucking transformer
shit, some new shit, kid?
I want you to--
Hey, yo, mind your business.
Chill.
And I'll take care of mine.
All right.
I'll handle my shit with my
motherfucking family,
all right, girl?
Oh, shit.
Eh, oh, Lex?
Eh, oh, Lex Lover?
LEX: Shut up.
I got to concentrate.
Eh, don't come in here for
about four minutes, OK?
Four minutes?
Why you got to be so stingy with
your loving.
Don;t worry about it, baby.
It's going to be the best four
minutes of your life.
I'm gonna do the blast off move,
the roller coaster style.
Oh, shit.
Don't come in, family.
Yo, you mind if I [INAUDIBLE]?
You [INAUDIBLE]?
No, I just--
I just don't sniff, you know
what I'm saying?
I like to take a hit once in a
while.
Go ahead.
Go.
Get you some water from inside.
Yo, Stingy, I'm coming in.
Oh, shit.
Oh, shit.
Man, you got no skills at all.
Hey, yo, man, what the fuck is
going on?
What the fuck is this, a family
affair?
Yeah, I saw your technique too.
It's definitely [INAUDIBLE]. -
Get the fuck out of here.
Get the fuck of here.
I just got to get something,
all right?
Relax.
It's happening, baby.
Oh, shit.
Fuck.
Fuck.
Oh, shit.
You came?
Uh-huh.
Me too.
You don't love me,
motherfucker.
You don't love me.
You don't love me.
You don't love me.
No, you don't love me more than
I don't love you.
That's such bullshit, Lex.
Yeah?
Well, how's that?
Because if you love me, you
would
have saved me that last hit.
If you love me.
If you love me, you wouldn't
have even been thinking
about the last hit because you
would have said, nah,
I want my man to have it.
That's that romantic shit.
This is the real world.
Welcome, OK.
Yeah, well, welcome to you.
Lex, we got no more to get
high.
What are we gonna do?
What's up, man?
Yo, what's up?
Listen, like two or three weeks
ago, right, Lefty, he told me--
well, he didn't pay me, right.
So he told me like a week ago
that if he didn't
get the money to me, that I
should
come by and pick up a bundle.
He don't usually do that.
You know anything about a
bundle?
No, I don't know shit about no
bundle, man.
Yo, Blaze, man, [INAUDIBLE].
- You're lying. - What's up,
man.
I ain't lying. - You're lying.
Yo, man, chill the fuck out.
Chill the fuck out, all right?
Listen, listen, listen.
Yo, yo, ho, ho.
Everyone shut the fuck up.
Fuck that.
- Shut the fuck up. - You're
lying.
Lex, Lex.
Shut the fuck up, B. Do not
move.
He will blast you.
Yo, Blaze, raise the fuck up, B.
Listen, you know how Lex be.
Come on. He's just running with
the lip.
You know Lefty be doing shit
like this.
He be doing shit and don't tell
us, man.
He don't tell us.
It ain't nothing big.
We can settle this shit later.
Nobody need no body right now.
All right.
Nobody need no fucking body in
here, B.
It's all you.
Get the fucking bundle, B. Get
the bundle.
If it's any problem, settle it
later.
Get the bundle.
It's all you, bitch.
No bodies, B. No bodies.
Come on, man, keep it moving.
Yo, man. Yo, motherfucker.
Whatever. Move.
Whatever.
I still say he lying.
What if he comes home?
Your idea.
Yeah, but I'm saying, his
shifts change--
- Call him. - But, Missy, wait.
Call him.
I told Lex I had a cop friend
from the academy who
said he was working for Lefty.
I don't know, man, Lex came in
talking
about Lefty owe him a bundle.
Blaze was going to shoot him.
I had to save his ass, and now
I'm hot.
I'm sorry.
Yo, you sure you didn't tell
Lex I was undercover cop?
Believe in fucking married
women?
As far as I'm concerned, a
married girl
can been naked in my bed, I
wouldn't touch her.
I thought that about you.
So this guy is boning this
married chick, right?
And the husband comes home, so
he's hiding in the closet,
right?
Yeah.
And the husband sees these big
balls hanging down.
It's a joke, right?
No, it's a true story, man,
word to my mother.
So he sees the balls, and he
says,
honey, what are these balls?
She's like, no, they're
Christmas bells.
It is a joke.
It is not a joke.
Listen, listen.
I'm serious, right.
Right, so check it out.
The husband smacks the balls,
right?
He's like, hey, these bells
don't work.
His wife is like, no, you gotta
hit them harder.
So out of nowhere he just
punches the balls, bam.
And he's like, they're still not
ringing.
His wife's like, no, you have to
hit them harder.
So he grabs a mallet out of
nowhere,
just bam with the mallet.
He smacks the balls, the guy
falls out the closet like this.
Ding dong, motherfucker.
Ding dong.
Come on, you know that's funny.
You're acting like it was your
balls.
That's not funny?
Not funny.
The bells?
Oh, come on. - Not funny.
- With a mallet? - Not funny.
Ah, man, that's funny.
You're acting like it's your
balls.
Nothing there.
I found one once.
Come on.
All right. - You got it?
No, it ain't shit.
Lex, check that one.
This one, nothing here.
Why don't you sell some of that
gold that you got?
- Back off that shit. - Yeah,
all right.
So you don't want to give up
nothing.
Let's go.
Let's go.
Hold on.
Let's go.
[WHISTLING]
Who the fuck is that guy?
Look, Missy, why don't you give
me [INAUDIBLE]..
You know that guy?
Yeah, I'll just meet you around
the corner, all right?
- I don't like that shit, Lex. -
I'll meet you in five minutes.
Who the fuck is this guy?
I'll see you later, all right?
Bye.
You're fucked up, you know
that?
- See, why you gotta act-- -
You're fucked up.
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
The fucking toilet.
Fine.
Here, look, check this out.
Here, take this, all right?
Take this.
Come on, take this, and this and
this.
Fucking, go to the pawn shop.
We can get a couple of hits for
this, all right?
I'll be you in 10 minutes, all
right?
We'll have-- yo, what's up, man?
I got robbed.
What?
I got robbed.
Oh, shit.
Yo, man, I saw this bitch
Juanita, man.
She was selling some shit that
looked very familiar.
Is that right?
Yeah, man.
She's a crack skeezer, gave me
the clap and everything,
you know?
Listen, I-- I got some--
some business to take care of
today,
but later on, um, listen, we'll
have a meeting, all right?
We'll have a meeting and you
make a list of everything,
and I'll get it back to it.
Whatever you say.
LEX: What the fuck is wrong with
you?
What are you doing, man?
What the fuck?
What's wrong with you, man?
Fuck you.
What the fuck?
You and me are fucking dead,
you hear me?
You're fucking dead to me.
You're fucking finished.
Get the fuck out of here.
Go ahead, finish it off, all
right?
Go ahead.
Punk, finish it off, nah.
Guess what?
It was me.
I stole all your shit.
How about that?
What the fuck are you going to
do about it?
Fucking punk.
Yeah.
Big fucking guy.
I got a gun.
I got a gun too, motherfucker.
You punk bastard.
And you know, yo, when's I gets
mine,
I was going to hook you up, but
you ain't getting shit.
Yeah.
Yeah, you're big man, right?
You ain't getting shit now.
Remember, I raised you.
I raised you, motherfucker.
Yeah, go on.
Yo, Louie, what's up, man?
Yo, you look good, kid.
Yo, man.
Them Puma's are dope, man.
I like that color.
Listen, I got to get some kid--
shit for my kid, all right?
Yo, motherfucker, you can't go
nowhere without beefing.
You know what I'm saying?
What, you had a beef?
You're busted, yo.
I'm with my family, you know,
and [INAUDIBLE]
man down in Tupac style coming
up her, yo?
Right.
And these kids, I don't know
who they
represent, I call them the Latin
motherfucker puta heads, right?
And they start saying shit about
my bandana and that I'm a punk.
And there's 15 of them, and
there's
one of me, but what they're
calling me the punk, right?
Check this shit out.
So I got to represent.
I gotta get my thrill, you know
what I'm saying?
- Yeah. - I like to cut a nigga.
Motherfucking shit, boy, because
you
can't get no thrill from a gun.
You know what I'm saying?
I heard that.
So check what I do?
I kick bitch ass [INAUDIBLE]
who's fucking popping shit.
I'm like [INAUDIBLE]
motherfucker bam, like that.
And I'm about to cut him to get
my thrill, right?
The feds roll up.
Oh.
Boom, so I pull the kid on top
of me, right?
And I tell the fed that he
started
this shit, blah, blah, blah.
And I bounce because I
[INAUDIBLE]..
Gots to, man.
You know, I'm frustrated, pop.
I'm frustrated, because I didn't
get my thrill,
you know what I'm saying?
It's like fucking dry humping,
you know what I;m saying?
And then I see you, Lex.
I see you, man, and I'm thinking
to myself
there must be a god up there and
must
be Puerto Rican, because he's on
my side, you know?
I gave you a job, man.
I gave you a job and you took a
bag of my product
and you bounced.
I know what you're thinking.
You're thinking that we go way
back together,
and I'm gonna let you slide, and
I wanted to, Lex.
I wanted to, babe, but you got
me on the wrong day,
and I got to get my thrill, son.
Don't fuck with me, Lefty.
I've been fucked enough.
Oh, yeah?
How fucked have you been, huh?
I'm at the absolute bottom.
And if you ever cared for me--
Oh.
Pussy ass, god damn son of a
bitch.
Huh?
Carve my name on your face,
everybody
knows you're my fucking bitch.
Motherfucker, you think you
scare me, man?
You ain't got--
Ow.
I'm gonna kill you, man.
You're a fucking dead man, man.
You better fucking run.
You better fucking run,
motherfucker.
You better fucking run,
motherfucker.
I'm gonna kill you, Lex.
You fucking faggot.
Hey.
What do you want, Lex?
All right, just hear me out,
all right?
Now, I know you got certain
assumptions about my lifestyle,
like a lot of people are jealous
of my thing, you know?
They look at me and they say,
oh, you know,
he must be a pimp, he's so
grandiose,
you know what I'm saying?
Lex, you're a drug addict.
All right, now that's
assumption number two, right?
Because, see, that's where
you're wrong, all right?
See, my whole life, my whole
life, right,
has been dedicated to the
pursuit of not doing drugs,
and just because I may have had
certainly indiscretions,
doesn't automatically qualify me
in that category,
spiritually and otherwise,
because--
What do you want, Lex?
Money?
Because we're flat broke,
remember?
I mean, there are doctor bills,
there are medication payments.
I mean, she needs things.
She's not healthy.
All right, all right, see, now,
check it.
I got this guy, right, now,
well, he's on vacation now,
but--
now wait, now this has nothing
to do with my brother.
As a matter of fact, it has to
do with my father,
see, because this guy, right, he
wants me to work with him
in the antique business, right?
And I want to do it.
You see, no, listen, listen,
listen to me.
Listen, see, I got certain
skills repairing furniture.
I mean, I'm handy.
Who do you think repaired
everything
when we was growing up?
I want to come home.
I want to come home, baby.
I love you and Erin and I want
to come home.
Huh?
Are you using drugs?
Nah.
See.
See, when you're right, right, I
see what you're saying now,
because the time is all wrong.
I should wait until the guy
comes back from vacation,
and we'll have a meeting,
discuss our whole relationship.
See you right, right?
You know, when you're right,
you're right.
Baby, you always have my heart.
Whatever you tell Erin, you make
sure that she knows that,
all right?
I love you, Debbie, Oh, and,
guess what?
Tomorrow's my birthday.
See ya.
[INAUDIBLE] listen
[INAUDIBLE]..
I've already been through this
with myself.
I'm going to tell your brother
straight out,
you know what I'm saying?
Give him his options.
He's gonna roll over. It's all
good.
Come on.
Loosen up.
Lex.
[PHONE RINGING]
Who is it?
Lex?
Do you know what time it is?
What do you want?
Mick, you got to get over here.
Yeah, it's coming down.
Yeah.
It's coming down.
Please, can you get over here?
Please, Mickey, can you just get
over here?
Yeah.
Thank you.
Where is he?
I need a fucking moment to
think, man.
We gotta get rid of him.
Got to make it look like Lefty
Louie found him out
or something, you know?
Get all your shit together.
Get it all together.
Get your shit together, and get
your shit together fast,
because I gotta go to the store,
and I
gotta get some shit to fix this
shit while you get your shit.
And while you get your shit, get
your shit
fast, because I gotta get you on
a fucking plane to Minnesota.
And I gotta do it fast, and I
gotta do it now.
And don't move a fucking inch.
Not a fucking inch.
And don't let anybody in.
- Mickey, come here. - What?
What? What?
I gotta get this shit taken care
of, man.
Don't fucking-- get off, man.
That's my friend.
I know, but it's over, OK?
It's OK now. - What's OK?
It's OK.
What's OK?
What's OK?
What's OK?
Nothing's OK.
Not a goddamn thing.
Not a god damn thing is OK.
You stay here.
Don't let anybody in.
I gotta-- gotta--
OK.
OK.
I love you, man.
Love you.
[GUNSHOT]
YOUNG MICK: Lex?
YOUNG LEX: What?
YOUNG MICK: You sure he ain't
gonna die?
YOUNG LEX: Yeah, positive,
Mickey.
It's all over now.
OK, go to sleep, man.
Roll over and go to sleep, all
right?
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[PHONE RINGING]
Who is it?
Lex, do you know what time it
is?
What do you want?
What's coming down?
What's coming down?
If you just spoke fucking
English.
Calm down.
What's coming down?
Where are you?
[KNOCKING]
Can't be too careful, baby, you
know?
Yo, what's up, Mickey?
What's up, baby, huh?
Damn, you's a pretty bitch, man.
Come here.
Give me a kiss.
Lex, what's going on, man?
Come on, man, give me a kiss.
What's going on?
That's a nice shirt, man.
Thanks.
Yo, vicious collar.
I like these buttons.
What's going on, man?
Come on, one drink with you're
big brother,
I'll tell you all about it.
You know what today is, man?
What's today?
Think, man.
Lex, I don't have any fucking
idea.
It's my birthday, stupid.
Today's your birthday.
My mommy's dead, my daddy's
gone,
my own fucking brother don't
remember.
Happy birthday, man.
Hey, you know all those
motherfuckers gave me three
to one odds I wouldn't hit 21.
You know what I got to say to
all those motherfuckers?
What?
I'm 30 years, big baby.
How you like me now?
You got something to say to me,
man,
or is this a social call?
I just thought you might want
to have
a drink with your brother on his
birthday.
Yeah, at 5:00 AM?
Especially since I'm in so much
trouble.
You want to talk about it?
We gonna talk about it or what?
Jimmy, I want you to meet my
boys.
This one over here is Lex, and
that little guy
there is Mickey.
Where's the bathroom?
In the hallway on the right.
I got to drain the monster.
Lex, honey, listen.
Do me a favor.
Jimmy's got to go to work.
Let him have these eggs.
These are the last ones,
[INAUDIBLE]..
- You'll get some more. - These
are for me and Mick.
You's can wait.
He ain't getting none of my
frigging eggs.
These are the last ones.
Lex, give them to him. Don't
make a scene.
I don't care. He ain't getting
none.
Lex, man, we'll go to the
store.
Yo, stay out of this, man.
- Mom, you can give him mine. -
See?
That's a sweet kid.
Now sit down and shut up.
What's happening?
Hey, happy birthday, punk.
This pizza's a joy, right?
Gots lots of cheese. - Yep.
I could blow bubbles with this
cheese.
No, you can't.
Don't believe me then.
Where'd you get the some money
for a whole pie?
Mom gave it to me this morning
for your birthday, man.
She remembered?
Of course.
Oh, snap.
Come on, man.
You're gonna try and scare me,
Lex.
No, I'm not, man.
We're going to climb the fence
and go swimming, that's it.
Come on, Lex, I know you.
Don't be a fucking pussy, man.
Shit, what we gonna tell Mom?
Don't worry about it, it's your
birthday today.
I don't want to go in there.
Don't be scared.
Come on.
Look at that ditch over there.
I got you, brother.
Now, if you wanted to see what
would happen?
What?
If we want to see this big
dish, what would happen?
I don't know what you're
talking about, Babylon.
[BIRD NOISES]
Come on.
You heard of Charlie Chapel,
right?
There's no such thing as
Charlie Chapel.
Keep thinking that, man.
You know Poppo from 106, the
limp?
Yeah.
Charlie Chapel cut off Poppo's
dick.
Get the fuck out of here.
I'm serious, kid.
I don't want to go in.
Can we get out of here, please?
Now, don't worry.
Ain't nothing going to happen to
you.
No.
Come on, man, don't be a pussy,
man.
Yo, Mick, I swear ain't nothing
going to happen to you.
Trust me, man.
Come on, man.
Oh, shit. - What?
Charlie Chapel.
Where?
Psych.
Hey, you!
There was a woman, says she was
mugged by two
kids looked just like you.
We didn't mug nobody, Officer.
What's your name?
What's your name?
Herb.
Herb.
Is his name really Herb?
Oh, Herb, were you from Herb?
Where do you live?
West side.
Oh, west side. Yeah.
What's that in your hand, Herb?
Is that a knife?
You know, she said she was
mugged
with a knife just like this.
Does your mother know you mug
people?
I didn't do nothing.
See, Lex, I told you.
Lex?
Is that your name, Lex?
Your name's not Herb at all, is
it?
Is it?
Come here.
Come here.
You sit right here.
You sit right down here.
You move an inch, an inch, and
he's going to jail.
MICK: I don't have nothing in
me, Officer.
OFFICER: Shut up.
MICK: Stop.
OFFICER: Shut up!
MICK: Stop, Officer.
Stop.
Ow!
Ow! Ow!
OFFICER: Shut up!
MICK: Ow!
OFFICER: Fucker.
Hurry up, man.
Come on.
Run.
What happened?
You had a bad dream?
Yeah.
About that man?
Yeah.
Think he's gonna die?
Nah, he ain't gonna die.
But you left the knife sticking
in him.
Go to sleep, Mickey.
Lex?
What?
Are you sure he ain't gonna
die?
Positive, man.
It's all over. Trust me.
Go to sleep, Mickey.
Just roll over and go to sleep,
man.
We was playing hot peas and
butter, right?
And Lefty found the bells, so he
starts chasing me,
I dodged him out and he ran
right at the butch
from the numbers joint, and
slapped all over his shoes
and shit, man.
We was all laughing.
Lefty got so scared, he peed his
pants right there
in front of everybody, man.
Oh, that shit was so funny.
What's the matter with you, man?
You hungry or something?
No.
So what's up, man?
What's wrong?
Tonight's Friday.
I'm usually waiting to play.
You want to play, huh?
She's sleeping, man, you want me
to go wake her up?
I guess so.
Mom, get up.
get up.
Come on, it's Friday night.
We're going to play.
Come on.
OK. OK.
OK. OK.
I'm up. I'm up.
I'm up.
OK, go outside and set up, and
I'll be out in a minute.
Hey, Mick, she's going to play.
She's gonna play.
Come on, man, she's gonna play.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Mickey, you ready?
I'll just put my stuff down.
What are you looking at?
Huh?
Well, look at that.
Mickey, you're blushing.
It's OK to blush.
Come here, give me a kiss.
All right, now you go first.
Oh, you always let him go
first.
He's the youngest.
He's the brainiac.
He goes to school every day, got
straight A's.
Well, you know, he goes to
school.
I mean, you know, when he has
nothing to do, he reads a book.
Imagine that.
Pick my letters for me, Lex.
And pick good ones, not like
last Friday.
Nobody was cheating while I was
getting ready?
- No. - Mickey?
Uh-uhn.
Lex?
Of course, you're the angel.
You would never cheat, would
you?
All right, I hope you picked me
some good ones.
- I've got a word. - You do?
Yeah.
A good one?
Already, right?
Yeah.
What is this that you're
spelling?
- You'll see. - That's not a
word.
That's rhythm.
That's not rhythm.
That's not rhythm.
Oh, yes, it is.
That's not how you spell
rhythm.
Oh, come on, it is so.
- No, it's not. - There's a Y
before.
There's no H.
No, it doesn't.
It has an E at the end, doesn't
it?
- No. - Oh, no, that's rhyme.
No, no, no.
I'm telling you, Lex, it is.
R-H-Y-T-H-M. - There's no H in
rhythm.
No, it's R-Y first.
It's R-Y-T-Y-M.
No, it's not.
It's R-H-- what's rytym?
What is that?
I'm gonna let you slide, man.
I'll get the dictionary.
[KNOCKING]
- Open up, it's the police. -
All right, I'm coming.
I'm coming.
OFFICER: We come for Lex,
Doreen.
DOREEN: What did he do this
time?
OFFICER: We got a cop who was
stabbed in the park.
He knew Lex by name.
Come on, Lex. - Mom, he didn't
do nothing.
DOREEN: Mickey, just stay out of
it, OK?
Lex, get out of here.
- Mom, listen. - Sh.
Lex, get over here.
The guy was trying to hurt me,
Mom.
The guy was a cop, Doreen.
Mom, please don't make me go
with them.
- [INTERPOSING VOICES] - Did you
do this?
- No, I didn't do nothing. - Sh,
Mickey.
You didn't do it? - No.
- Listen to me. - Mickey, stop
it for a minute.
Come on, pretty boy.
Hey.
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
Mom!
DOREEN: Come on, get your hands
off me.
You want to go too?
You want to go to?
I [INAUDIBLE] off your ass.
Oh, yeah, get the fuck out, you
fucking pig.
You'd do better to stay off the
fucking booze, and keep
an eye on your little fucking
kids.
- He didn't do nothing. - Shut
your mouth.
You know, you should have seen
him when you was away.
He didn't know what to do
without you.
Like if you asked him on any
given
day how many minutes it was
until Lex was just coming,
he could tell you.
I wasn't feeling too good there
for a while,
so I sent him to go live with
Uncle Mac,
but him and Uncle Mac got along
real good.
You know, I know a lot of boys
that got sent to reform school,
and well, it just made men out
of them.
And they never got in any more
trouble ever again, all right?
- Hey, Mackey. - Hiya, Doreen.
How are you? - I'm OK.
Give the big one here a
chocolate malt
and the little gets vanilla.
And put an egg in each one?
Sure.
I got you this for your
birthday.
Oh, that's the joint, Mom.
I hope they fit.
Yeah.
You know, I played a lot of
basketball up there.
Yeah?
Coach says I got natural
talent.
That's great.
Plus I hustle, play defense.
I pass a lot too, you know.
We played as a team up there.
I was in a state wide tournament
and I won a medal.
- No kidding? - Yeah.
I've brought it for you.
That's really sweet, Lex.
Hey, Mickey, take a look.
That's cool, Lex.
That's cool.
Hey, Mac, did you see what Lex
won?
What's that, Doreen?
Oh, look at this.
What do we got here? Hey.
We got an athlete in a family
now, huh?
Congratulations.
I'm proud of you. - Thanks, Mac.
Now, shoot foul shots.
Know why?
Because you practice tracks when
you're tired,
and a real game will come
natural to you.
Mom hoked me up this year.
This is the serious joint right
here.
Where'd you get that tattoo
from, Lex?
Up north.
MICK: How you did that?
With a needle, thread, and ink.
MICK: That hurted, right?
Hell, yeah, it hurt.
MICK: So what was it like up
there?
It's boring, man.
Lot of cows, ducks, pigs, shit
like that.
MICK: It was fun?
No, that shit was no fun, man.
They make you get up at the
crack of dawn, milk the cows.
The hicks up there, these used
to fuck the cows.
Fuck the cows?
LEX: And made the baby cows suck
their dicks.
Get the fuck outta here.
LEX: I'm serious.
That's disgusting.
Baby cows.
Nothing else happened, did it?
Like what?
Like what?
You get in a lot of fight and
shit.
Yeah.
Check it out.
This one time, I was going back
to my basketball practice
to my locker room, everyone told
me not to go in there.
It was all quiet and shit, so I
knew something was up.
On the way back to the bunk, I
see this big motherfucker
gargantuan, before I could even
put my hands up,
yo, he smacked me dead in the
face, knocked me out.
Knocked you out?
I woke up in the hospital.
Everyone thought I was dead and
shit.
What happened while you was
asleep?
I don't know, man, because I
was out.
After that, Lefty got sent up.
Tito from [INAUDIBLE] projects,
he got sent up.
Little Joe Joe from Jefferson
park got sent up too.
They cut that motherfucker
gargantuan in his sleep.
Nobody fucked with us after
that.
Don't go back there, Lex.
LEX: Shit, I ain't going back
there.
Hells, no.
I'm gonna be a professional
basketball player.
I'm gonna be a professional
detective,
and I'm gonna have a 357 Magnum
like Clint Eastwood.
We're going to be professionals,
right?
Yeah.
Let's go to this party before it
gets too late.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Aesha, how you doing?
Hi.
You're still keeping a picture
of me under your pillow, right?
Of course.
Promise me, you'll never leave
me again.
Never.
What's up, man.
If I ever catch you giving
fucking reefer, a smoke,
a fucking drink to my brother,
I'll cut your fucking throat.
Say I won't. - Sorry, Lex.
Sorry. - Say I won't.
I'm sorry, Lex, sorry.
What's the pack we made?
- I ain't do nothing. - What's
the pact we made?
- I didn't do nothing. - What's
the pact we made?
Never drink, smoke, or do
nothing.
Why not?
Because we're going to be
professionals, man, that's why.
Why aren't you dancing, man?
I asked one girl, but she said
no.
How you sound, man?
A hundred no's don't mean shit,
man.
It's the one yes that counts.
You gotta ask every girl at the
party
until one says yes, man,
remember that.
Hey, Nancy, this is my brother
Mick right here.
Dance with him, eh?
Lex, your brother don't know
what to do.
Teach him.
DOREEN: Let's make the bed
squeak.
Sh.
The boys will hear us.
[GROANING NOISES]
Lex, can you come here?
What's up?
You're gonna get mad.
- What happened? - It's Uncle
Mac.
LEX: What's up with him this
time, man?
He asks me to come live with
him.
Oh, yeah?
For what?
MICK: He said it's better over
here.
How?
He got lots of food.
Uncle Mac brings it home from
the restaurant,
like roast beef, turkey, mashed
potato with a lot of gravy,
and they never fight about food.
And he wants us to come live
with him?
That's the thing.
LEX: What?
He says he can't handle both of
us.
Oh, yeah, right.
MICK: He said he's gonna tell
you himself,
but I said I wanted to.
So you gonna go with him?
It's only three blocks away.
LEX: See ya.
It ain't like I'm moving to
Jersey or nothing.
LEX: Just, go, man.
Get the fuck out of here
already.
I bet if I whistle from Uncle
Mac's fire escape,
you can hear me [INAUDIBLE].
Yo, man, you tell that fat
bastard,
Uncle Mac I'm never coming to
visit him, all right?
You neither, man.
You got me fucking sick, man.
Get the fuck out my sight, man.
Get the fuck out of here.
Go, man.
Come on, Lex.
Go, Go, motherfucker.
What's wrong with you, man?
Go, man.
Leave, man.
Leave before I fucking kick the
shit out of you, man.
Come here, man.
Get the fuck out of here.
[WHISTLING]
You can guard me, son.
Yeah, that's why you're still
on your doughnut.
All right, I'm about to take
you right to the basket.
- Yeah, well, come on with it. -
All right.
I'm coming now.
Yo, what's up, man? You ain't
gonna call nothing?
Concentrate on the game.
[INAUDIBLE].
You called a T for that shit?
Yeah. Hey, just play ball.
Yo, I;m getting killed here.
For what?
Tell me what I did.
Tell me what I did,
motherfucker.
My fucking house. LEX: You want
to go?
Yeah. Come on.
What, you want some?
Get off of me.
You want some?
Hey, you want to go?
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
You two, little man.
Opie.
Opie, you want some?
Opie, you want some?
Come on.
[INAUDIBLE] raisin head.
Bitch.
You and your fucking big Dan
Marley brother.
Get out of here.
Go back to Footlocker, you
burnt Gumby.
Shut up, bitch.
You two, your fucking Opie ass.
Get out of here.
You fake ass Montel.
You and your brother get the
fuck off my court.
You roll up deodorant with
legs.
Motherfucker gonna kick me out
of the game
for some humble shit like that.
man.
I'm getting killed in there,
that motherfucker
don't call nothing.
Those college kids, they get all
the calls, man.
They can't play better than me,
man.
Can't none of them play better
than me.
Fuck them.
You think I give a fuck?
You give less than a fuck.
I give no fuck at all.
That's what I'm saying.
Punch that ref in his eye.
We'll tag team on his ass.
Uh-huh.
Burnt Gumby.
See that, Mickey?
Check that out.
Ain't my type.
Not your type?
Not my type.
Man, you keep waiting for your
type,
your dick is going to start
writing you nasty letters.
Let's go over there and check
that out.
I'm not in the mood, man.
Not in the mood?
How can you look at a woman like
that and her friend
and say you're not in the mood?
I'm saying we're having a good
time.
You want to go over there, go
over there.
You want to hang out with me,
hang out with me.
Don't fuck with me, man. I'm not
in the moon.
Man, what is it with you and
this mood shit, Mickey?
I just-- I just want to go over
there and introduce myself,
and then we'll hang out, man.
Come on, please?
Come on, let's go.
Man, you think he's coming over
here?
Be cool.
Be cool.
What's up?
Hi.
How you doing?
I'm all right.
How you doing? - Yeah?
Good.
Yeah?
Yeah, I'm Lex and this is my
brother Mick.
I'm Debbie and this is my
girlfriend Lisa.
Mind if I sit with you?
Sure.
Want a beer?
No. I don't drink.
I'll have a beer.
Yeah?
So that makes you a man, huh?
See you later.
Nice meeting you, Miss Titties.
No, he didn't.
Punk.
Punk.
Yo, don't mind him.
That's my baby brother.
He's very sensitive.
How about you?
Me?
I'm cool.
You cool?
Yeah.
So you look fly.
You look like this all the time?
On a good day.
Well, it must be a good day.
Yeah?
Yeah.
And you too.
You having fun in the park?
There was scouts there from the
NBA.
Be careful, you hear?
I fucked up.
What can I say?
Jesus, Lex, you've got to be
the roughest shooter
I have ever seen.
You don't have hands, for
Christ's sake.
You got mitts.
You all right?
Oh, yeah, run down the corner
store
and get me a carton of
Parliaments
and a fifth of Bombay and a bag
of ice, huh?
Yeah, right.
If I have to go through the
whole [INAUDIBLE],, I'd be dead.
I'll get them next time.
Lex, you're too old.
You have no college.
You're not going to be a pro
player.
You and me, we're both going to
starve.
LEX: We're never going to
starve.
You know why?
Why?
Because if it don't work out
here this year,
next year, we're going to
Europe.
- Europe? - Yeah.
Remember that guy from Lisbon?
He still writes me.
You're gonna love it.
Lisbon, then, in the off season,
we travel, Madrid, Rome.
Europe.
How do you like the new
uniform, Ma?
I think you're gonna freeze
your ass off, Mickey.
What is it with you and the
cold.
I said I was moving to 1st
avenue,
you said I was going to freeze.
Well, it's colder down on 1st
Avenue.
You get closer to the river.
The point is, they got heat on
1st Avenue, Ma.
I don't know.
Those uniforms don't look so
warm to me,
big shot with your own
apartment.
You're thinking about the old
uniforms.
These are the new uniforms.
We got the down coat in the
wintertime.
You'll catch pneumonia, you'll
see.
Ma, underneath the down coat,
we got the bulletproof vest.
Yeah?
Yeah.
The whole uniform is more form
fitting, Ma.
The whole uniform is more form
fitting, Ma.
He sounds like a bitch.
Shut up.
LEX: He's drinking beer. Did he
tell you that part?
- Yeah, somewhat? - Yeah.
First, you're going to be
drinking beer,
then it's a fifth of Bombay
every day just like her.
Ma doesn't drink anymore.
Yeah, you know why?
Diabetes, Mick.
Diabetes.
Will the two of you just cut it
out?
What, you want him to wind up
like you?
Your brother just loves to hurt
my feelings.
You see what you did?
You did it.
I have a couple of beers every
once in a while.
Big fucking deal.
See, already, it's a couple of
beers
every once in a while with your
cop friends.
I'm not getting into this.
You brought it up.
So what happened with that
girl?
What happened?
We made it, she cooked, I ate,
she sucked.
It was so good, Mickey, somebody
should have taped it.
Your ability to desecrate in my
mother's house
is astounding.
I'm better than you are.
Say it.
Say it.
You're better than me, baby.
Oh.
[INAUDIBLE],, you score on me,
right,
now you got to be like that.
[INAUDIBLE]
Tell me a secret.
What kind of secret?
Something deep.
Something deep, huh?
Oh, I'm sorry.
Forget who I'm talking to here.
Now, wait a minute. Wait a
minute.
I'm deep.
Come on, I'm mad deep.
Well, tell me something mad
deep.
All right, according to legend,
right, my father used to beat my
mother's ass.
This guy tried to kill me
before.
Why'd he try to kill you?
Because I didn't want to see
him anymore.
Why didn't you want to see him
no more?
Because he kept getting locked
up and shit, you know?
And I ain't trying to live like
that anymore.
Because you're a good girl,
right?
Yeah, I'm good.
I'm good.
I'm loyal.
And I'm smart.
You can cook.
You can fuck.
I've got a lot of good
qualities.
You know, I'm falling in love
with you, right?
Yeah.
Yeah?
Come on.
That's all you got to say?
Come on.
I'm falling in love with you
too.
Yeah.
11-2, huh?
Yeah, baby.
Ain't beat me yet, huh?
Nothing.
Not once.
Go get it, baby.
You don't like Debbie, do you?
I don't give a fuck about
Debbie.
I got my own life.
Yeah, but you're jealous,
right?
That's what you think.
It's going to make you more
secure.
See, now why can't you admit
you're jealous?
I admit I'm jealous of you.
It's not true.
Why the fuck would I be jealous
of you and a girl?
That would make me an asshole.
I'm not an asshole.
I'm not jealous.
How come you never had a
girlfriend then?
I've had girls, you just don't
know them.
Yeah, nobody knows them.
I'm not getting into this.
Look at me.
Sex is a good thing, OK?
It's good. - Whatever you say.
Yeah, man, we were never taught
that, right?
We seen a lot of shit before we
should have, but that's over.
It's in the past, and you gotta
enjoy your life.
- You finished, Oprah? - No, I'm
not.
Look, you're a good looking guy,
all right?
I mean, you're my brother.
We got the same blood.
Girls are going to like you,
guys are going you.
It's OK.
What's OK?
I don't care if you're a fag,
Mick.
I just want to see you happy.
I'm not a fag. You don't have
to lie to me.
I'm not.
Look, Mick, it's going to kill
yo to keep this thing a secret.
Lex, I'm a virgin.
What?
I'm a virgin.
Get the fuck out of here.
This is why I never fucking
talk to you.
All right.
All right.
Fine.
You're not a fag.
You're a virgin.
Fine.
So, you don't hate Debbie?
No, I like Debbie.
Yeah?
Good, because she's gonna have
my baby, kid.
Come on, let's go eat pizza.
So what she do? She trapped
you?
It was a mistake, Ma.
Whose mistake?
The condom broke, all right?
Whose condom was it, Lex?
Come on, Ma, you're being
ridiculous.
I'm being ridiculous, huh?
I'm being ridiculous.
Are you a woman?
Do you know what women do?
OK, I'm a woman.
I know what they do.
I want to know whose fucking
condom was it, Lex?
Hers.
So she trapped you.
MICK: Ma, people make mistakes.
You're never going to go to
Europe now.
No, no, no.
Look, we'll all go, OK?
We'll all go.
No, you won't.
I'll be dead.
Ma, don't talk like that.
Come on.
All right, so, what are you
going to do?
You're going going to support
this child making $7 an hour
driving a school bus?
No.
I'm going to work full time and
I'm going to get some overtime.
You get time and a half for
that.
I ain't taking care of it.
I'm not going to go through that
on top everything else.
I'm going to take care of it.
You don't know the first
fucking thing
about being a father, Lex.
I'll learn.
There's no schools, OK?
There's no god damn schools.
The only thing you know is
basketball.
Now, you fucked that thing up
too, for Christ's sakes.
MICK: Ma, come on.
Shut up, Mickey, all right?
Just stay out of it.
You know, what you are?
You're a sucker.
OK, you ever heard that word
before?
You know what it means?
That's what you never brought
her around, OK?
That's why you never told me.
She trapped you, and you know
it,
and you're a fucking sucker.
Yeah, well, if being a sucker
means
I can't wait to get the fuck out
of here, that I'm a sucker, Ma.
Oh, yeah. Great.
You all bright and cheery now,
what, because you
can shoot some sperm?
Any fucking retard can do that.
You should know.
You try raising that baby.
At least, I won't be drunk.
At least I won't be a fucking
drunk, whore, cheap trick,
fucking bitch.
You get the fuck out of my
house.
You hear me?
Out of my house.
You son of a bitch.
Get out.
You were supposed to watch out
for him.
God, Lex.
[INAUDIBLE].
Are you coming?
Yeah.
Don't come yet.
- Oh. - What?
Hold it. Hold it.
Don't move, all right.
I swear to God.
Hold it.
Hold it.
OK, well, tell me when. God
damn.
Hold it. Hold it.
Don't move.
You're moving.
Hold it, wait.
Don't come.
Tell me when.
Now.
Now.
Hey, what's up?
We're going to go to the French
museum
today, see a little Mattias,
Rembrandt,
and some other French guys.
MICK: Where's Debbie, man?
LEX: She's working.
MICK: Look, Lex--
LEX: No, look, Lex. Fuck, Mom.
I'm not talking about her.
MICK: I'm not even here for
that.
LEX: Yeah, I'm sure. MICK: Look,
see this?
I got this for your kid.
I thought maybe you could use
one of these.
LEX: Thanks, man, that's very
nice.
MICK: So what do you want, a boy
or a girl?
LEX: I want a girl. MICK: Why a
girl?
LEX: I don't know.
I want a cute little girl.
MICK: You're going to make a
great dad.
I can see that, man.
LEX: Thanks.
MICK: So, listen, this thing
with Mommy, man.
LEX: Look, I told you, you
little fuck,
I don't want to talk about her.
MICK: Look, I'm just saying, she
don't look good.
LEX: Wait a minute.
What do you mean she don't look
good?
MICK: I'm just saying you should
go see her, man.
She don't look good.
LEX: Wait.
Have you been giving her the
insulin?
MICK: I try, man. She don't let
me do nothing.
LEX: What do you mean you try?
MICK: I'm saying she fucking
screams and yells, man.
She don't let me me try and do
nothing.
LEX: What the fuck are you
telling me, man?
That for the past two days, she
hasn't had no insulin?
MICK: I'm saying I tried to call
you.
She tried to call you.
You don't pick up the phone.
LEX: Oh, motherfucker.
Wait here.
I don't understand why it's so
expensive.
The headstone is $8, the plot
is money, the fucking box
itself was expensive.
Uncle Mac says he has half.
He figures Dad'll have some
money.
Yeah, who the hell is it?
I'm Lex.
This is your son Mick.
My sons?
[INAUDIBLE]
Listen to me, go inside and wait
for me in there, all right?
Look, take a chair.
Sit down.
I gets you a drink or anything?
No, we don't drink.
You don't drink?
I'm proud of you already.
Stay here, OK? Stay one minute.
I'll be right back.
Not begging this fuck, Lex.
Nobody is doing any begging,
all right?
We're just going to ask for the
money,
and we're going to break out,
all right?
All right?
My sons, huh?
I'm sorry about your mother.
She's a goddamn shame.
God rest her soul.
So what's yous do.
What, she leave me something in
her will?
That's why you's come by?
No.
We need money to bury her.
Money?
How much money?
$20 grand.
No, no, he's joking.
We'll take whatever you can
give.
We need $50 fucking grand.
Hey, hey, buddy.
I got no money for you, buddy.
My name is Mick.
His name is Lex.
Congratulations to both of you.
I've got no money, all right?
All right, come on, let's go,
all right?
Let me ask you something?
I heard you hit girls.
I heard you hit girls and suck
cocks, that's what I heard.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
Oh, yeah?
Listen, do him a favor, all
right?
Get him out of here.
Get him the fuck out of here,
you piece--
I leave you like a dog leaving
shit.
All right.
Take a fucking walk, punk.
You fuck-- - Hey.
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
Come on, you fucking faggot.
Get him out of here.
All right.
Hey, come on.
Come on, hit me.
You're dumb.
You're dumb, just let her, and
you're gonna wind up--
Get the fuck out of here.
Try not to suck my fucking
cock.
- Get the fuck out of my house.
- All right.
All right. - Get out if here.
- Let's go. - Get out of my
house.
Let's go.
- I didn't see you 20 years. -
Go!
- I don't see you 20 more. - Go.
- Get the fuck out of here. -
All right.
- Don't come here again. - Fine,
Dad.
You don't need me, I don't need
you.
Get lost, and take that piece of
shit with you.
Get lost. OK?
The best part of you ran down
the crack of your mother's ass.
Now get the fuck out of here.
All right.
Hey, baby.
Hey.
Sh.
DEBBIE: Did you get the
medicine?
No.
My insurance card didn't cover
it.
DEBBIE: [INAUDIBLE].
LEX: I didn't have any cash on
me.
DEBBIE: What about the bank?
What about the bank?
There's nothing in it.
I gotta wait for the fucking
check to clear.
We can't wait for the fucking
check, Lex.
You know what the doctor said.
Yeah.
What do you want me to do?
Why don't you ask your brother?
My brother?
Yeah.
Look, you paid for the entire
funeral.
Lex, she needs it.
All right, first thing in the
morning, I'll go down
and I'll borrow from pension.
Come on, Lex, it's hot.
Come on.
Come on, baby.
Come on, stop.
Why?
I don't like doing it with her
in the room.
I told you that.
All right, well, I'll put her
inside then.
No.
It's-- just get off of me, OK?
I'm hot. I'm exhausted.
I'm tired.
What?
Shit, I'm sorry, OK? I don't
feel like it.
Debbie, you've been sorry for
the past fucking
month, all right?
Ow.
Shit.
What are you doing?
Where are you going?
I'm going out.
Where?
I'm gonna go for a walk, all
right?
Clear my head, you know?
Lex, don't go, OK? Please.
Look, it's cool, all right.
No, no. It's not cool.
Please?
I'm just going to go for a
walk, I'm gonna clear my head,
and I'll be back, all right?
- Lex? - What?
Come on, I'm sorry, OK.
Come on, we could do it.
I'm just tired.
Look, it's cool, all right?
I'm just gonna go, and I'll be
back.
Bye.
That's my [INAUDIBLE], right?
I don't want it.
Vic, isn't this good for her?
Vitamins.
I don't want it.
[INAUDIBLE].
Like her mother, driving me
crazy, man.
Let me tell you-- last night--
mind if I talk?
Go ahead.
I don't care what you say
anyway.
Do what you're gonna do.
You know, last night, Vic, I was
mad horny, right,
so I climb all over her and
we're about to do it.
She's like, no, Lefty.
No.
I got a gynecologist appointment
tomorrow,
and you know, no intercourse for
24 hours and what not, right?
And I go, yeah, but you ain't
got no dentist appointment,
right? Give it up.
You got to get sick like, right?
Oh, baby, come on.
What, you gonna hit me?
Oh, shit.
Oh, shit.
What's up, white boy?
What's up, man?
Yo, he's all right.
Yo, Lex is cool.
Yo, me and this nigga go way
back to the farm, man.
I swear, what a life, man.
We was in reform school
together, me and him.
Sick, man.
Sick, man, and booty burglars
and what not.
Yo, baby, why don't you let the
man sit down.
Show him how polite you are.
Yeah, why don't you go to the
car.
Here, get rid of them.
Go to the car, right?
Go and use the AC.
Take her with you.
Come on, man, sit down.
Where you been, man?
Working, you know, with the
family and shit.
Yeah, I hear you, man.
I hear you, pops.
Yo, check this out.
This is 100% working man right
here.
Remember that.
That's right.
Remember that.
Yo, Lex, see this hoochie over
here?
She reminds me of you?
Yeah?
Why is that?
Because she's white and she's
down.
Down for what?
Down for whatever.
Yeah, I'll say.
I'll say.
You're a freak, right, baby?
You're a freak.
Scared me.
Psst, come here.
You hungry, Poppo, you want
something to eat?
Yeah.
Let me get an order of mofongo
and some rice and beans
and avocado salad and some sweet
plantains
and a papaya [INAUDIBLE].
Is that all?
Oh, he's a growing boy. What
you want?
What's your poison, baby?
Rum and Coke.
You got that? I'm good.
I'm good.
Just get out of here. Give it
up.
Give it up.
Give it up, y'all.
Give it up.
Slow down, man.
What you doing, wench?
Lex don't do that.
He's a ball player.
Nigga's 40-years-old, he still
got hoop dreams.
That's what I love about you,
baby,
because you're optimistical.
Ball player.
Go ahead, Poppy.
You ever look at somebody and
know that this
is somebody you can love?
I'm not talking about somebody
you could fuck, right?
I'm talking about somebody that
you could love.
I'm not looking for a fast fuck
or a fast buck.
I'm not a schoolgirl trick.
I'm not anybody you ever met
before,
so find a way to talk to me
that's respectful
and reality based.
God damn, baby.
All right.
All right.
This is my life.
I got a wife, and I got a child
who's very sick,
and I got no money.
You got no money, talk to your
friend Lefty.
I don't want to hear it.
No, what I'm saying is, see, my
mother, she
died two years ago tomorrow.
I can not begin to tell you this
shit that I've--
Save it.
I got my own problems.
If you want a shrink, an
encounter group, a 12
step program, I'm not the one.
Besides I already know about
you?
Yeah?
What do you know about me?
You're sloppy with your drugs,
you order
more food than you need, you're
good looking,
but you're not good.
You want something from me, when
I give it to you,
you'll be sloppy with me.
You was a sloppy, dirty kid.
Your mother never cared.
Don't look so pitiful.
You ain't dead yet.
All right.
I think we could kick it.
Who sent you?
Moses did.
Lefty, you hear this guy?
He said Moses sent him.
It's Abraham, stupid.
Abraham stupid.
So what you want, man?
You got any Tango and cash?
Look, we got New Jack City, we
gotta Lethal Weapon, all right?
You ain't got no Tango and
Cash?
Nobody got Tango and Cash, all
right?
I want Tango and Cash, man.
Yo, somebody tell this
motherfucker
that we ain't got go no Tango
and Cash
before I pimp slap his ass.
Nobody ain't got no Tango and
Cash.
Thank you.
New Jack City,
A-ha.
Come on.
Let's go. Let's go.
Let's go.
Who's next?
Who sent you?
Lex, your brother's here.
Who's winning?
LEX: What?
I said who's winning, man?
Who gives a fuck?
I play better than all these
motherfuckers.
MICK: Yeah, you play real good
from the couch.
He's got your number, Pop.
That guy coming at me on the
job, [INAUDIBLE] my brother.
What are you talking about?
If you need money, you can come
to me.
You don't have to do that.
I don't know what you're
talking about.
All right.
I'll make it real clear.
I got a guy, a cop, a guy I know
from the fucking academy,
a good fucking friend of mine,
telling me my brother's
working in Lefty Louie's spot.
And I'm telling you, they're
going to shut his ass down
and everybody is getting locked
up.
You get that?
I don't know what you've been
fucking smoking, man.
I drive a school bus.
Maybe your kid looks like me.
I think she does.
She's got your eyes.
Hey, Lex, I think your kid
looks like me.
Do you have any idea where my
brother's been working?
He's driving a school bus now.
No.
No, no, no.
If I smack you, I'd be lying
right?
- Hey. - Huh?
Huh?
Stay the fuck out of this.
Stay the fuck out of this.
Don't ever come in my house and
disrespect me
in front of my wife and my kid.
Whatever you say.
Yeah.
You may be a cop, but that don't
mean shit to me.
I'll take your gun and pistol
whipped,
put you in your patrol car, make
you beg for directions home.
Lex.
- Say I won't. - Whatever you
say.
Say I won't.
Stay the fuck out of this.
You was born a punk, and you
still a punk.
Lex, so now the baby's crying.
I hope you're happy.
Debbie threw me out.
For what?
She doesn't want me in the
house with the kid.
You shouldn't be there.
What, man, ah.
Come on, I'm just trying out new
shit, you know?
It's just a temporary thing,
man.
New experiences, new sensations,
you know what I'm saying?
No, I don't.
Man, what am I going to do?
I ain't got no home.
I ain't got no family.
Why don't you stay for a while
until you
restrain yourself out.
Straighten myself out?
Yeah, you're going to
straighten yourself out.
You're gonna get a job at Uncle
Mac's.
You're gonna stay here for a
while.
You're going to go back to
Debbie.
We're gonna make like none of
this ever happened.
All right?
Yeah.
Yeah.
All right.
Bear hug, shit, right?
You know what I'm saying?
Yeah.
They started throwing rocks and
shit, right?
There's another one.
Motherfucker bit motherfucker's
ears off.
Bit my man's ear off.
We was in Brook--
Stingy, come on, please?
Let the guy do was his.
All right.
He bit his fucking ear off.
Fuck that.
Stingy, please?
Will you get out of there?
Let the guy do his work, will
ya?
Shit was hectic, I'm telling
you.
Do your work, all right, Lex?
Mackey, let me get a Spam
burger, man?
You want a Spam burger.
How do you want that Spam
burger?
I like it the way you
normally-- just the normal
way you normally do it. - What's
up?
What you all doing?
Nothing.
Fucking, Stingy, your father
cooks with Spam?
Yeah, I like Spam. I don't give
a fuck.
That shit tastes good.
What the fuck you worrying
about?
I like Spam too.
My mother be hooking that shit
up with rice and beans.
Yeah, that shit tastes dumb
good.
- That shit be slamming. - Dumb
good.
Please.
Yo, you ain't never had no
Spam, eggs, and some--
What the fuck is that jelly
shit on top?
Yo, don't worry about it.
You ain't got to eat it, then
all right,
because they ain't no freebies
up in this piece, all right?
You know what I'm saying?
Coming up here and starting
shit.
Oh, Stingy, who is your new
dishwasher?
That's my cousin, Lex. Sexy
Lex.
What, you sucking on some shit
like that?
Listen, you all want to hang
out?
I get off at like 10:00, all
right?
We could do a little--
Who cares what time you get
off?
Damn. Fuck it, then.
You don't want to hang out?
You like-- you gluing my man and
shit.
Interview with the Vampire, she
just sucking.
I mean just look at you, getting
all nice.
Shit.
That's fucked up.
I'm saying, you want to do
something later or what?
A little party.
Come on, like a soiree or some
shit like that.
Damn.
Nah, I'm all right.
Oh, you want some old
motherfucking transformer
shit, some new shit, kid?
I want you to--
Hey, yo, mind your business.
Chill.
And I'll take care of mine.
All right.
I'll handle my shit with my
motherfucking family,
all right, girl?
Oh, shit.
Eh, oh, Lex?
Eh, oh, Lex Lover?
LEX: Shut up.
I got to concentrate.
Eh, don't come in here for
about four minutes, OK?
Four minutes?
Why you got to be so stingy with
your loving.
Don;t worry about it, baby.
It's going to be the best four
minutes of your life.
I'm gonna do the blast off move,
the roller coaster style.
Oh, shit.
Don't come in, family.
Yo, you mind if I [INAUDIBLE]?
You [INAUDIBLE]?
No, I just--
I just don't sniff, you know
what I'm saying?
I like to take a hit once in a
while.
Go ahead.
Go.
Get you some water from inside.
Yo, Stingy, I'm coming in.
Oh, shit.
Oh, shit.
Man, you got no skills at all.
Hey, yo, man, what the fuck is
going on?
What the fuck is this, a family
affair?
Yeah, I saw your technique too.
It's definitely [INAUDIBLE]. -
Get the fuck out of here.
Get the fuck of here.
I just got to get something,
all right?
Relax.
It's happening, baby.
Oh, shit.
Fuck.
Fuck.
Oh, shit.
You came?
Uh-huh.
Me too.
You don't love me,
motherfucker.
You don't love me.
You don't love me.
You don't love me.
No, you don't love me more than
I don't love you.
That's such bullshit, Lex.
Yeah?
Well, how's that?
Because if you love me, you
would
have saved me that last hit.
If you love me.
If you love me, you wouldn't
have even been thinking
about the last hit because you
would have said, nah,
I want my man to have it.
That's that romantic shit.
This is the real world.
Welcome, OK.
Yeah, well, welcome to you.
Lex, we got no more to get
high.
What are we gonna do?
What's up, man?
Yo, what's up?
Listen, like two or three weeks
ago, right, Lefty, he told me--
well, he didn't pay me, right.
So he told me like a week ago
that if he didn't
get the money to me, that I
should
come by and pick up a bundle.
He don't usually do that.
You know anything about a
bundle?
No, I don't know shit about no
bundle, man.
Yo, Blaze, man, [INAUDIBLE].
- You're lying. - What's up,
man.
I ain't lying. - You're lying.
Yo, man, chill the fuck out.
Chill the fuck out, all right?
Listen, listen, listen.
Yo, yo, ho, ho.
Everyone shut the fuck up.
Fuck that.
- Shut the fuck up. - You're
lying.
Lex, Lex.
Shut the fuck up, B. Do not
move.
He will blast you.
Yo, Blaze, raise the fuck up, B.
Listen, you know how Lex be.
Come on. He's just running with
the lip.
You know Lefty be doing shit
like this.
He be doing shit and don't tell
us, man.
He don't tell us.
It ain't nothing big.
We can settle this shit later.
Nobody need no body right now.
All right.
Nobody need no fucking body in
here, B.
It's all you.
Get the fucking bundle, B. Get
the bundle.
If it's any problem, settle it
later.
Get the bundle.
It's all you, bitch.
No bodies, B. No bodies.
Come on, man, keep it moving.
Yo, man. Yo, motherfucker.
Whatever. Move.
Whatever.
I still say he lying.
What if he comes home?
Your idea.
Yeah, but I'm saying, his
shifts change--
- Call him. - But, Missy, wait.
Call him.
I told Lex I had a cop friend
from the academy who
said he was working for Lefty.
I don't know, man, Lex came in
talking
about Lefty owe him a bundle.
Blaze was going to shoot him.
I had to save his ass, and now
I'm hot.
I'm sorry.
Yo, you sure you didn't tell
Lex I was undercover cop?
Believe in fucking married
women?
As far as I'm concerned, a
married girl
can been naked in my bed, I
wouldn't touch her.
I thought that about you.
So this guy is boning this
married chick, right?
And the husband comes home, so
he's hiding in the closet,
right?
Yeah.
And the husband sees these big
balls hanging down.
It's a joke, right?
No, it's a true story, man,
word to my mother.
So he sees the balls, and he
says,
honey, what are these balls?
She's like, no, they're
Christmas bells.
It is a joke.
It is not a joke.
Listen, listen.
I'm serious, right.
Right, so check it out.
The husband smacks the balls,
right?
He's like, hey, these bells
don't work.
His wife is like, no, you gotta
hit them harder.
So out of nowhere he just
punches the balls, bam.
And he's like, they're still not
ringing.
His wife's like, no, you have to
hit them harder.
So he grabs a mallet out of
nowhere,
just bam with the mallet.
He smacks the balls, the guy
falls out the closet like this.
Ding dong, motherfucker.
Ding dong.
Come on, you know that's funny.
You're acting like it was your
balls.
That's not funny?
Not funny.
The bells?
Oh, come on. - Not funny.
- With a mallet? - Not funny.
Ah, man, that's funny.
You're acting like it's your
balls.
Nothing there.
I found one once.
Come on.
All right. - You got it?
No, it ain't shit.
Lex, check that one.
This one, nothing here.
Why don't you sell some of that
gold that you got?
- Back off that shit. - Yeah,
all right.
So you don't want to give up
nothing.
Let's go.
Let's go.
Hold on.
Let's go.
[WHISTLING]
Who the fuck is that guy?
Look, Missy, why don't you give
me [INAUDIBLE]..
You know that guy?
Yeah, I'll just meet you around
the corner, all right?
- I don't like that shit, Lex. -
I'll meet you in five minutes.
Who the fuck is this guy?
I'll see you later, all right?
Bye.
You're fucked up, you know
that?
- See, why you gotta act-- -
You're fucked up.
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
The fucking toilet.
Fine.
Here, look, check this out.
Here, take this, all right?
Take this.
Come on, take this, and this and
this.
Fucking, go to the pawn shop.
We can get a couple of hits for
this, all right?
I'll be you in 10 minutes, all
right?
We'll have-- yo, what's up, man?
I got robbed.
What?
I got robbed.
Oh, shit.
Yo, man, I saw this bitch
Juanita, man.
She was selling some shit that
looked very familiar.
Is that right?
Yeah, man.
She's a crack skeezer, gave me
the clap and everything,
you know?
Listen, I-- I got some--
some business to take care of
today,
but later on, um, listen, we'll
have a meeting, all right?
We'll have a meeting and you
make a list of everything,
and I'll get it back to it.
Whatever you say.
LEX: What the fuck is wrong with
you?
What are you doing, man?
What the fuck?
What's wrong with you, man?
Fuck you.
What the fuck?
You and me are fucking dead,
you hear me?
You're fucking dead to me.
You're fucking finished.
Get the fuck out of here.
Go ahead, finish it off, all
right?
Go ahead.
Punk, finish it off, nah.
Guess what?
It was me.
I stole all your shit.
How about that?
What the fuck are you going to
do about it?
Fucking punk.
Yeah.
Big fucking guy.
I got a gun.
I got a gun too, motherfucker.
You punk bastard.
And you know, yo, when's I gets
mine,
I was going to hook you up, but
you ain't getting shit.
Yeah.
Yeah, you're big man, right?
You ain't getting shit now.
Remember, I raised you.
I raised you, motherfucker.
Yeah, go on.
Yo, Louie, what's up, man?
Yo, you look good, kid.
Yo, man.
Them Puma's are dope, man.
I like that color.
Listen, I got to get some kid--
shit for my kid, all right?
Yo, motherfucker, you can't go
nowhere without beefing.
You know what I'm saying?
What, you had a beef?
You're busted, yo.
I'm with my family, you know,
and [INAUDIBLE]
man down in Tupac style coming
up her, yo?
Right.
And these kids, I don't know
who they
represent, I call them the Latin
motherfucker puta heads, right?
And they start saying shit about
my bandana and that I'm a punk.
And there's 15 of them, and
there's
one of me, but what they're
calling me the punk, right?
Check this shit out.
So I got to represent.
I gotta get my thrill, you know
what I'm saying?
- Yeah. - I like to cut a nigga.
Motherfucking shit, boy, because
you
can't get no thrill from a gun.
You know what I'm saying?
I heard that.
So check what I do?
I kick bitch ass [INAUDIBLE]
who's fucking popping shit.
I'm like [INAUDIBLE]
motherfucker bam, like that.
And I'm about to cut him to get
my thrill, right?
The feds roll up.
Oh.
Boom, so I pull the kid on top
of me, right?
And I tell the fed that he
started
this shit, blah, blah, blah.
And I bounce because I
[INAUDIBLE]..
Gots to, man.
You know, I'm frustrated, pop.
I'm frustrated, because I didn't
get my thrill,
you know what I'm saying?
It's like fucking dry humping,
you know what I;m saying?
And then I see you, Lex.
I see you, man, and I'm thinking
to myself
there must be a god up there and
must
be Puerto Rican, because he's on
my side, you know?
I gave you a job, man.
I gave you a job and you took a
bag of my product
and you bounced.
I know what you're thinking.
You're thinking that we go way
back together,
and I'm gonna let you slide, and
I wanted to, Lex.
I wanted to, babe, but you got
me on the wrong day,
and I got to get my thrill, son.
Don't fuck with me, Lefty.
I've been fucked enough.
Oh, yeah?
How fucked have you been, huh?
I'm at the absolute bottom.
And if you ever cared for me--
Oh.
Pussy ass, god damn son of a
bitch.
Huh?
Carve my name on your face,
everybody
knows you're my fucking bitch.
Motherfucker, you think you
scare me, man?
You ain't got--
Ow.
I'm gonna kill you, man.
You're a fucking dead man, man.
You better fucking run.
You better fucking run,
motherfucker.
You better fucking run,
motherfucker.
I'm gonna kill you, Lex.
You fucking faggot.
Hey.
What do you want, Lex?
All right, just hear me out,
all right?
Now, I know you got certain
assumptions about my lifestyle,
like a lot of people are jealous
of my thing, you know?
They look at me and they say,
oh, you know,
he must be a pimp, he's so
grandiose,
you know what I'm saying?
Lex, you're a drug addict.
All right, now that's
assumption number two, right?
Because, see, that's where
you're wrong, all right?
See, my whole life, my whole
life, right,
has been dedicated to the
pursuit of not doing drugs,
and just because I may have had
certainly indiscretions,
doesn't automatically qualify me
in that category,
spiritually and otherwise,
because--
What do you want, Lex?
Money?
Because we're flat broke,
remember?
I mean, there are doctor bills,
there are medication payments.
I mean, she needs things.
She's not healthy.
All right, all right, see, now,
check it.
I got this guy, right, now,
well, he's on vacation now,
but--
now wait, now this has nothing
to do with my brother.
As a matter of fact, it has to
do with my father,
see, because this guy, right, he
wants me to work with him
in the antique business, right?
And I want to do it.
You see, no, listen, listen,
listen to me.
Listen, see, I got certain
skills repairing furniture.
I mean, I'm handy.
Who do you think repaired
everything
when we was growing up?
I want to come home.
I want to come home, baby.
I love you and Erin and I want
to come home.
Huh?
Are you using drugs?
Nah.
See.
See, when you're right, right, I
see what you're saying now,
because the time is all wrong.
I should wait until the guy
comes back from vacation,
and we'll have a meeting,
discuss our whole relationship.
See you right, right?
You know, when you're right,
you're right.
Baby, you always have my heart.
Whatever you tell Erin, you make
sure that she knows that,
all right?
I love you, Debbie, Oh, and,
guess what?
Tomorrow's my birthday.
See ya.
[INAUDIBLE] listen
[INAUDIBLE]..
I've already been through this
with myself.
I'm going to tell your brother
straight out,
you know what I'm saying?
Give him his options.
He's gonna roll over. It's all
good.
Come on.
Loosen up.
Lex.
[PHONE RINGING]
Who is it?
Lex?
Do you know what time it is?
What do you want?
Mick, you got to get over here.
Yeah, it's coming down.
Yeah.
It's coming down.
Please, can you get over here?
Please, Mickey, can you just get
over here?
Yeah.
Thank you.
Where is he?
I need a fucking moment to
think, man.
We gotta get rid of him.
Got to make it look like Lefty
Louie found him out
or something, you know?
Get all your shit together.
Get it all together.
Get your shit together, and get
your shit together fast,
because I gotta go to the store,
and I
gotta get some shit to fix this
shit while you get your shit.
And while you get your shit, get
your shit
fast, because I gotta get you on
a fucking plane to Minnesota.
And I gotta do it fast, and I
gotta do it now.
And don't move a fucking inch.
Not a fucking inch.
And don't let anybody in.
- Mickey, come here. - What?
What? What?
I gotta get this shit taken care
of, man.
Don't fucking-- get off, man.
That's my friend.
I know, but it's over, OK?
It's OK now. - What's OK?
It's OK.
What's OK?
What's OK?
What's OK?
Nothing's OK.
Not a goddamn thing.
Not a god damn thing is OK.
You stay here.
Don't let anybody in.
I gotta-- gotta--
OK.
OK.
I love you, man.
Love you.
[GUNSHOT]
YOUNG MICK: Lex?
YOUNG LEX: What?
YOUNG MICK: You sure he ain't
gonna die?
YOUNG LEX: Yeah, positive,
Mickey.
It's all over now.
OK, go to sleep, man.
Roll over and go to sleep, all
right?
[MUSIC PLAYING]