Super Fly (1972) - full transcript

You get the money?

I ain't got nothin'.

She wouldn't
give it to me.

Told you
she wouldn't
do it, right?

I made
the connection.

You hear me,
nigger?

Come on.

You're wastin'
all this goddamn time.

Now we're
gonna do it my way.

♪♪ Little child ♪♪

♪♪ Runnin' wild ♪♪



♪♪ Watch a while ♪♪

♪♪ You'll see
he never smiles ♪♪

♪♪ Broken home ♪♪

♪♪ Father gone ♪♪

♪♪ Mama tired ♪♪

♪♪ So he's all alone ♪♪

♪♪ Kinda sad ♪♪

♪♪ Kinda mad ♪♪

♪♪ Ghetto child ♪♪

♪♪ Thinkin'
he's been had ♪♪

♪♪ And I didn't have
to be here ♪♪

♪♪ You didn't have
to look for me ♪♪

♪♪ While I was just
a nothin' child ♪♪

♪♪ Why couldn't they
just let me be? ♪♪



♪♪ Let me be,
let me be ♪♪

♪♪ Let me be ♪♪

♪♪ I've got a Jones ♪♪

♪♪ Runnin' though my bones ♪♪

♪♪ I'm sorry, son ♪♪

♪♪ But all your money's
gone ♪♪

Hey, I got it bad
here.

♪♪ Pain for real ♪♪

♪♪ In my upper heel ♪♪

♪♪ I guess it's time ♪♪

Be cool now.

♪♪ To take another trip ♪♪

♪♪ Don't care now
what nobody say ♪♪

♪♪ I gotta
take the pain away ♪♪

♪♪ It's gettin' worser
day by day ♪♪

♪♪ And all my life,
it's been this way ♪♪

♪♪ Can't reason
with the pusher man ♪♪

♪♪ Finance is all
that he understands ♪♪

♪♪ You junkie mama crash,
you know ♪♪

♪♪ Would rip her,
but I love her so ♪♪

♪♪ Love her so, now ♪♪

You want a blow?

Are you gonna leave?

Yup.

I gotta make
a pickup.

Then I
don't want any.

Some things go
better with coke.

Will you
be back soon?

Are you coming back
soon, priest?

You with me or not?

Next motherfucker
come in here,
we off.

You got that shit?

Motherfuckin' shit.

Hey, man.

What's happenin'?

How you doin'?

O.K. How you doin'?

Have a seat.

Try some of this coke.

O.K.

What's happenin'?

Fat Freddie.

What's the matter?

The dude ain't got
your money.

Well?

He's been
all stretched out,

like he's come in
some money.

That's his ass.

He's good for it.

It's that bitch of his
that's the problem.

I got 50 men
in the street.

If they all get
bitch troubles,

I starve,
is that it?

Priest, do what you
wanna do.

I want his ass
out working.

Say, priest,
you know me, man.

You'll get your money.

This ain't
the first time.

I've had to wait
as long as a month
for my money.

You're trying to
take advantage of me.

This time,
you're going to work.

All I do is sell coke.

I don't do no violence.

Don't argue with me,
man!

I'm tryin'
to give you a chance.

You don't get me
my money tonight,

I'll put your girl
on whore's row.

Listen, priest,
that's my wife.

So what!

Now, somebody's going
to work tonight, Freddie.

You really
shouldn't have fucked
with my money, Freddie.

You'll get
your money, man.

You know that thing
we talked about
in New Jersey?

You take him on it.

Anything happens,

the gun's not marked,
dump it.

We'll make it,
priest.

I don't deal with
no guns or no violence.

You don't listen, man.

You meet me
at Scatter's tonight.

Speak up.

It's priest.

That's cool.

Come on, baby!

Throw that 6!

What you mean,
I ain't got 6, baby?

These ladies
do what I want.

I'm the dude
they're workin' for.

All right, comin' out.
Here we go.

6, the winner!

Give me the money.

Pay the man
out there.

Pay him out.

You seen the dice.
Now let me see your money.

Look like rent money!

Ha ha ha!

It'll be your
mother's rent money

before
we're through.

You want to double up
on that, my man?

Bet 500.

Bet 500
right here.

Money in the bank.

Give me the dice.

Come on, house, damn.

Give me a pair of dice,
will ya?

Here we go.
Dice comin' out.

Comin' out, new point.

There you go.

All right.
Here we go.

Comin' out. Point.

Come on.
Shoot the dice.

Hey, what's the matter?

Everything's cool.

You wouldn't be
comin' down here

unless you wanted
to talk to me.

Don't feed the dice.
Roll 'em.

What you gonna do?

How long
you gonna be?

Don't pull me out now.

This nigger's got
a fistful of money,

and he's letting me
double up.

That's what I
come down here for.

Hey, come on.
Take that number out.

Here we go.
Comin' out.

Comin' out.

6--

Hey, priest.

Wait a minute.

I gotta talk to my man.

I'll give you a chance
to get your money later on.

What's this shit,
man?

Dude taps you
on the shoulder,

my money
walks out the door.

Take that shit
outside.

Fuck that shit, man.

What so important
he's gotta leave now?

I lost
a lot of money.

We got business.

What business?

Answer me,
you white-lookin'--

take it easy,
baby.

Take it easy.

Just relax...
Thatta' boy.

Get your game goin',
house.

Come on. We're here
to gamble, now.

Gimme a shooter.

We got anything
to eat, man?

I don't know, man.

You know, I had to
put Freddie out to work.

You don't mean
Fat Freddie.

Ha ha! You didn't, man.

Hey, you're gonna give
that hard-luck nigger
a heart attack.

O.K. What's wrong
with you, nigger?

You think
this is funny?

Dragged me
out of the crap game
to pull me up here.

What is it, man?

I'm gettin' out,
Eddie.

Gettin' out of what?

The cocaine business.

Oh, sweet Jesus, man.

Those junkies
must've knocked
a hole in your head.

You're gonna
give all this up?

8-track stereo,

color TV in every room,

and can snort
a half-piece of dope
every day.

That's the American
dream, nigger.

Well, ain't it?

Ain't it?

You better
come on in, man.

How much money
we got, Eddie?

About 300,000.

That's 150 each.

That's about enough
to keep your nose open
for about a year.

Look, I know
it's a rotten game.

It's the only one
the man left us to play.

And that's
the stone cold truth.

Look, I'm going
to run a number.

I'm gettin' out
with a half-million.

You are, man?
And what about me?

You're my partner,
ain't you?

What I get, you get.

Now, let me
get this straight.

You talkin' about
$1 million cash.

Right.

In just four months.

Look, we're gonna
take that 300,000,

and we're gonna buy
30 keys of coke, man.

The best shit in town.

Rocks and lumps
as big as marbles.

No cut.

With the family
we got now,

we can deal 30 keys
in 4 months.

And then we're
off the street forever

with a million in cash.

The big 1.

How long this been
in your head?

You don't do nothin'
overnight.

I am your partner.
You could've told me.

I didn't want you
shootin' at it, Eddie.

I didn't need anybody
puttin' any doubts
in my mind.

Anyway,
I'm tellin' you now.

Man, you fuckin'
out of your mind.

Where you gonna get
30 keys at that price?

From Scatter.

You crazy. Scatter said
after that last deal

he wasn't gonna
deal no more coke.

He'll do it for me.

He'll do it
one more time.

Are you crazy?

Oh, bullshit.

Look, Eddie,

this is a chance,

and I wanna take it.

Now.

Before I have
to kill somebody.

Before somebody
ices me.

Are you with me,
Eddie?

You got it.

Solid.

There he is,

the little fat cat
who just came out.

Oh, come on, man.

This is crazy.

Shut up.
Just shut up,
will you?

If I blow this thing,

we'll both
get in trouble.

Let me have the money
so I can play this cat.

Just shut up.

And take
this goddamn gun.

Freeze!
Come with me.

Get over here!

Keep your hands up.
Keep 'em up.

Get up against that.

You know what this is.

All right,
give me that money.

You know
what you're doing?

Give me the money
and stop talking.

What money?

In your pocket.

Give it up!

Give me the money
before I kill you.

Ain't got no money.

Give me the money.
I don't want to rap.

Give me
the other one.

Don't you move a inch.

Get your hands up.
Keep facing that wall.

If you look around,
I'll blow your head off.

You understand that?

Cocksucker.

♪♪ I'm your mama,
I'm your daddy ♪♪

♪♪ I'm the nigger
in the alley ♪♪

♪♪ I'm your doctor
when you need ♪♪

♪♪ Want some coke?
Have some weed ♪♪

♪♪ You know me,
I'm your friend ♪♪

♪♪ Your main boy,
thick 'n' thin ♪♪

♪♪ I'm your pusher man ♪♪

♪♪ I'm your pusher man ♪♪

Hello, darlin'.
How are you?

Hello, Charlie,
how are you?

Good to see you.
How's everything?

Haven't seen you
in a while.

You didn't square up
on me, did you?

Hey, priest,
what's happenin'?

How you been?

Good. Lookee here.

Loretta,
this is priest.

♪♪ Ain't I clean?
Bad machine ♪♪

♪♪ Super cool,
super mean ♪♪

♪♪ Dealin' good
for the man ♪♪

♪♪ Superfly,
here I stand ♪♪

♪♪ Secret stash,
heavy bread ♪♪

♪♪ Baddest bitches
in the bed ♪♪

♪♪ I'm your pusher man ♪♪

♪♪ I'm your pusher man ♪♪

♪♪ I'm your pusher man ♪♪

♪♪ Child, ain't life ♪♪

♪♪ Grand? ♪♪

♪♪ A man
of odd circumstance ♪♪

♪♪ A victim
of ghetto demands ♪♪

♪♪ Leave me burning
for style ♪♪

♪♪ And I'd like to trip
for a while ♪♪

♪♪ Insecure from the past ♪♪

♪♪ How long
can a good thing last? ♪♪

♪♪ Ooh hoo ohh ♪♪

♪♪ Gotta be mellow, y'all ♪♪

♪♪ Gotta get
mellow now ♪♪

♪♪ Pusher man,
gettin' mellow, y'all ♪♪

♪♪ Happy man,
have you signed? ♪♪

♪♪ Makin' money
all the time ♪♪

♪♪ My ID and just me ♪♪

♪♪ For all junkies to see ♪♪

♪♪ Ghetto prince
is my thing ♪♪

♪♪ Makin' love's
how I swing ♪♪

♪♪ I'm your pusher man ♪♪

♪♪ I'm your pusher man ♪♪

With all that loan
Freddie's got...

Hello, baby.

Hello.

Give it to Scatter, now.

Thank you, baby.

I'll handle it.

Don't worry about it,
all right?

Hey, babe,
how are you?

Havin' a good time?
Outta sight.

All righty.

Hey, baby.

Nothin' much.

Hey, everybody,
have a good time.

Right. Hey, love.

Come on back
in the kitchen.

Hey, lay off.

This isn't
the place to start.

I've had enough
of you!

Hey, hold it!

Hey!

You wanna blow?

Now, that's
what I need.

Ohh.

That's cool.

You white
around the nose
as a Georgia mule.

Ain't he?

What you come
to see Scatter about?

I got something
real heavy

to lay on you, man.

Lookee here.

I want to buy
30 keys of coke.

Me and Eddie
have put together
300,000 in cash.

What'd you come
to me for?

I ain't dealing,

and you know that,
nigger.

No, man, dig it.

See, me and Eddie
have put together

a family
you wouldn't believe.

We're prepared to deal
30 keys

in four months, man.

Only four months,

and I'm off the street
for the rest of my life

with a million in cash.

Not through me.

Those last 15 keys
I laid on you

was all I had left.

I gave you
one scholarship,
young blood.

I call myself
givin' you a break.

Nobody ever
gave me nothin'.

I told you
that was all I'd front.

Look, don't do this
to me, man.

Now, look...

Don't call ass
on me, man.

I can't get
the price

or the quality
anywhere else.

Why come to me
with all this shit

after all I've
done for you?

I done told you
I'm getting out
of this business.

I thought you'd
do it for me, man.

I've been washing
your wheel.

I've run errands
for you ever since
I was a kid.

You were always
the man.

Who the hell else
could I go to?

You were always
my man.

Scatter--
my main man.

What do you mean,
nigger?

That cocaine
I laid on you

you used to get
that 300,000, huh?

And I didn't ask you
for nothing up front.

Got your ass started.

Now, this is it.

I'm retired.

I ain't got
no coke left.

Your lines
is still open.

Oh, shit,
you can get it,
nigger.

You want
to get it.

You know
goddamn well--

don't talk
that talk to me

when you ain't got
a gun in your hand.

Hey, come on,
put the gun down.
Please, man.

I'll kill this
nigger of yours.

Scatter,
we're just tryin'
to get out, man.

Please, now,
don't kill him.

You know what it means--
try and get out--huh?

Please, man,
I'm sorry.

What if your man
gets caught?

You goin' to
take that chance
with me?

It's all the time
I got left.

All I got left,
young blood.

Don't seem right
to shoot it all

on one door
for nothing.

I don't need
no money.

Look...

I can do it, man.

See, I wouldn't
have to go

through the shit
you went through.

I'll still be young.
I can get into
something else,

get my head
straight.

Do it for me, man,

and you can depend on me
the rest of your life.

Then turn me on
to your man.

Turn me on, and you
won't have to take
none of the weight at all.

Honky would
have me killed.

I don't take
nobody to him.

He picks
his own niggers.

You got
any coke left?

Yeah. I got enough
to hold me until
I can score,

but you listen to me.
I'm gonna do it.

It's gonna take me
a lot longer,

but I'm definitely
gonna do it, man.

Well, I got
one key of my own.

It's my personal.

You come around
tomorrow night, uh,
pick it up.

You should always
have more on hand
than you need.

Here, nigger.

Maybe I'll do it
for you.

But this is
the last time.

You fuck it up,
young blood,

and you're
on your own.

♪♪ I'm so glad
I've got my own ♪♪

♪♪ So glad that I can see ♪♪

♪♪ My life's
a natural high ♪♪

♪♪ The man can take
nothing on me ♪♪

♪♪ I'm so glad
I've got my own ♪♪

♪♪ So glad that I can see ♪♪

♪♪ My life's
a natural high... ♪♪

After hours place
in half an hour.

You got it.
O.K.

♪♪ You're something
kind of funny ♪♪

♪♪ How the man
take your money... ♪♪

Hey, man...

That number
you just pulled
was somethin' else.

You crazy, nigger?

I knew
what I was doin'.

You want that old man
to give up what little
time he got left

and lay it on the line
for you...

And you know, he wanted
to do it for you.

That Scatter is
a cheap old
man, baby.

He's a crazy
old man, too.

He might have popped
a cap on your ass.

Not with you
standin' there.

I hear you talkin'.

O.K., man,
I'll see you tomorrow.

Sweets...

Yeah.

I want a nice
cold beer.

You got it.

Solid.

What's happenin',
priest?

Mm-hmm.

Thanks, man.

Where's the fat man?

He had to go
pick up his wife.

Hey, priest.

Are you on my case
tonight, or what?

Looks that way,
doesn't it?

I was at Scatter's when
them ho's went crazy on me,

embarrassin' me and things,

spilled that shit
all over me.

I'll be all right.
Crazy mothers.

I still love 'em, too.

See that white thing?

The one with
the ticket on?

I don't care.

I ain't
payin' for it.

Somebody else
got to pay for it.

Look.
Look at this.

Look.

Ha ha...

Hey, what's happenin'?

I see you still got
that stuff on.

I can't help it.

Shoes on top
of your feet.

Hey, you know my wife?

Where you been
all my life?

Y'all still makin'
my job hard, you is.

Look here,
I got to go.

Catch y'all later.

I'll see you, man.

Y'all take care,
hear?

Hey, anybody want a drink
or somethin'?

I'm cool.

I'll have
what you have.

I'm only havin'
beer, babe.

O.K.

Two beers, sweets.

Give me one of
them joints, man.

Light that.

Where'd you get this,
from Cuba, man?

Hey, man. That's
$75 an ounce,

light ounces
at that,

but it's good.

I hear ya.

How did we do
tonight, Freddie?

Just beautiful, man.

Here you go.

Freddie,

you need
somethin' extra
for yourself?

Yeah, I sure do.

I'll hold it
for you, baby.

Hang onto that
real tight, will ya?

Why don't you go
play the jukebox?

What do you
want to hear?

Just play anythin'.
Heh heh heh...

We didn't want
to come down
on you, Freddie,

but coke costs money,
and somebody pays.

Yeah, I know.
I have no beef, man.

Well, that's enough
of that shit tonight.
I'm celebratin'.

What's goin' on
anyway, man?

Nothin'.

Sellin' cocaine,
as usual.

I have a contact
with weight.

What are you doin'
tomorrow night?

I only got
a pickup about 1:00.

Well,
if it's downtown...

No. Uptown.
Scatter's.

Say, man, give me
another one of
those joints.

Only the best
for the family.

I hear ya.

Oh, Freddie,
you're so sweet.

You didn't
have to do that
because of me.

You made me
feel guilty.

Guilty?

You don't look like
you feel guilty.

You look like
you always look.

Hey...

Listen...

Priest,

I know how you
feel sometimes

when you come
in here.

I can feel from you
what it's like
out there.

I see what it does
to you.

I know how dope
helps hold
your head together.

I don't want
your privacy, baby.

All I want to do
is help you share
the weight.

Please let me in.

I just can't be
somebody else
you gotta deal with.

I love you.

Oh, fuck you.

Oh, priest...

Oh...

Oh, priest...

Oh, priest...

♪♪ Gimme your love ♪♪

♪♪ Gimme your love ♪♪

♪♪ Gimme your love ♪♪

♪♪ Gimme your love ♪♪

♪♪ Gimme your love ♪♪

♪♪ I want you so, babe ♪♪

♪♪ Can't even
get mad at you ♪♪

♪♪ What a thing,
you really swing ♪♪

♪♪ And I feel so good,
it's true ♪♪

♪♪ You're such a gun,
make my lungs sigh ♪♪

♪♪ Breathin' in your air ♪♪

♪♪ Through lovin' you,
I really know child ♪♪

♪♪ Just how much I care ♪♪

♪♪ Gimme your love ♪♪

♪♪ Gimme your love ♪♪

♪♪ Gimme your love ♪♪

♪♪ Gimme your love ♪♪

♪♪ Gimme your love ♪♪

♪♪ Gimme your love ♪♪

♪♪ Preparing for tomorrow ♪♪

♪♪ You do
what you have to do ♪♪

♪♪ I'll share the weight,
whatever fate ♪♪

♪♪ Plans to bring to you ♪♪

♪♪ Don't worry 'bout
no attitude ♪♪

♪♪ You just be yourself ♪♪

♪♪ I could live with you
in solitude ♪♪

♪♪ And need no one else ♪♪

♪♪ Gimme your love ♪♪

♪♪ Gimme your love... ♪♪

I got him.

You call the station.

Let go of me,
man.

Leave me alone.
I'm gonna kill
that fucker, man.

8-5 to central.

Just broke up a fight,
54th and 2nd.

Better send an ambulance.

One guy's pretty bad.

Two male negroes.

Probably a dope dealer.

Yeah. Cocaine.

He's O.K.

We'll bring him in
soon as the ambulance
gets here.

You...
You're gettin'
better, priest.

Let's try it
again.

O.K.

But this is it.
I gotta meet Georgia.

You sayin'
you beat a man
half to death

because he touched
your wife's hand?

He shouldn't
have done it.

It means more
than that to me.

What about this,
Freddie?

Aah!

If you're smart,
we can put you on
the street again.

I don't want to
waste my time

on a two-bit piece
of shit like you.

With your record,
I can put you away
for 25 years.

I don't want you.
I want your man.

Who do you work for?

You know
I can't tell ya.

Who's your man?

Aah!

I can't tell ya,
man.

Come here.

Now I'll tell you
why I brought you
out here today.

I made me a deal
last night

that'll bring in
enough money

to get us both
out of this whole scene.

Both of us, baby.

Now, this priest...

Does he work
for somebody?

He and his partner
work independent.

How big is the family?

About 50 now...
Or better.

50?

A year ago they
only had 10 or 15.

This key you're
pickin' up tonight--
what time?

1:00.

All right, get him
out of here.

What should
we do with him?

Take him downtown
and book him.

What's the charge?

You read the arresting
officer's report.

I don't deal
with shit like this.

Get him.

Get up!

Look, maybe you
should get out now

before something
really bad happens.

I could be happy
with a plain life.

Look, what would I do?

With my record,
I can't even work
civil service

or join
the damn army.

If I quit now,
I took all this
chance for nothin'

and I go back
to being nothin',

workin' some jive job
for chump change,
day after day.

If that's all I'm
supposed to do,

they'll have to kill me,
'cause that ain't enough.

Come on.

Halt!

What do you do
when you get out?

I don't know.

It's not so much
what we do,

it's havin'
a choice...

Being able to decide
what it is I want,

not just to be
forced into a thing

because that's
the way it is.

I'm gonna buy me
some time, baby,

some time that isn't
all fucked up

with things
we gotta do.

Just to be free.

And will that
make you happy?

I don't know.

I don't know.

I just know...

I can't be happy
the way it is now.

I never was.

All right, freeze!

Down the stairs,
mother.

Hit the wall.

Come on.

All right,
turn around.

You just picked up
a key of cocaine
from Scatter.

You work
for Scatter?

What is
this shit?

He's askin'
the questions.

Answer him.

I know Scatter
hasn't dealt direct
for over a year,

but he managed
to move 15 keys,

and he just ordered
30 more.

You
Scatter's man?

Are the 30 keys yours?

Yeah.

They ours.

You don't have to
cover for Scatter.

He's lookin'
to get out anyway,

and I'm lookin'
for someone to
carry his weight.

Why didn't you ask
Scatter about us?

I got my own ways
of findin' things out.

Besides, when I heard
how big you two were,

I wanted to
meet you myself.

I don't
go through Scatter.

What we
talkin' about?

We're talkin'
about 10,000 a key.

You do all right
on this,

you get an open line
plus credit.

Any problems?

No, man.

One of my people
will call tomorrow
and give you a number.

Any police problems
or anything I should know,
you call that.

You deal direct with me.
After a few days,

you'll see that I'm
good, stand-up people.

Come on.

Ha ha ha...

Ohh...ha ha...

What's wrong with you?

Baby, what's
the matter with me?

We in!

We got
the main line.

That honky
sound like

he can even
keep the cops
off our back.

You know they got
cats out there
like that, baby.

We're gonna
be bigger

than Scatter
ever dreamed
of bein'.

You forgot what we're
in this for, Eddie.

That was before
what happened
tonight went down.

If we can
make a million
in four months,

imagine what
we can make
in four years.

Now,
can you dig that?

I went along with
that thing of yours

about getting out
'cause I had
nothin' else.

When I get out,
what am I gonna do?

I don't know
nothin' else
but dope, baby--

takin' it,
sellin' it,

bankrollin'
some other
small-time pusher.

You know, you got
this fantasy
in your head

about...gettin'
out of the life

and settin'
that other world
on its ear.

What the fuck
are you gonna do

except hustle...

Besides pimpin'?

And you really ain't
got the stomach
for that.

Now, man,
I ain't puttin'
you down.

If it wasn't
for you,

I probably
wouldn't be here.

I'd be OD'd
someplace.

I'm just tryin'
to make it real,
baby, like it is.

I mean, maybe
this is what you're
supposed to do.

Maybe this is what
you've grown to.

I mean, just
think about it.

Man, don't
throw it out.

Just--just
think about it.

You know what?

I'm thinkin'
about 30 keys.

Well, let's
get this shit
on the road,

cut it, zock it,
and zack it...

No shit.

♪♪ I'm your mama,
I'm your daddy ♪♪

♪♪ I'm that nigger
in the alley ♪♪

♪♪ I'm your doctor
when you need ♪♪

♪♪ Want some coke?
Have some weed ♪♪

♪♪ You know me,
I'm your friend ♪♪

♪♪ Your main boy,
thick 'n' thin ♪♪

♪♪ I'm your pusher man ♪♪

♪♪ I'm your pusher man ♪♪

♪♪ I'm your pusher man ♪♪

♪♪ Solid life ♪♪

♪♪ Of crime ♪♪

♪♪ A man of odd
circumstance ♪♪

♪♪ A victim
of ghetto demands ♪♪

♪♪ Feed me money for style♪♪

♪♪ And I'll let you
trip for a while ♪♪

♪♪ Insecure from the past ♪♪

♪♪ How long
can a good thing last? ♪♪

♪♪ Ooh ooh oh ♪♪

♪♪ Got to be mellow, y'all ♪♪

♪♪ Got to get mellow now ♪♪

♪♪ Pusher man gettin'
mellow, y'all ♪♪

♪♪ Heavy mind,
have you signed? ♪♪

♪♪ Makin' money
all the time ♪♪

♪♪ My ID entrusts me ♪♪

♪♪ For all junkies to see ♪♪

♪♪ Ghetto prince
is my thing ♪♪

♪♪ Makin' love's
how I swing ♪♪

♪♪ I'm your pusher man ♪♪

♪♪ Ain't I clean?
Bad machine ♪♪

♪♪ Super cool,
super mean ♪♪

♪♪ Feelin' good
for the man ♪♪

♪♪ Superfly,
here I stand ♪♪

♪♪ Secret stash,
heavy bread ♪♪

♪♪ Baddest bitches
in the bed ♪♪

♪♪ I'm your pusher man ♪♪

♪♪ I'm your pusher man ♪♪

♪♪ I'm your pusher man ♪♪

♪♪ Two bags, please ♪♪

♪♪ For a generous fee ♪♪

♪♪ I'll make your world
what you want it to be ♪♪

♪♪ Got a woman I love
desperately ♪♪

♪♪ Wanna give her
somethin' better than me ♪♪

♪♪ Been told I can't be
nothin' else ♪♪

♪♪ Just a hustler
in spite of myself ♪♪

♪♪ I know I can break it ♪♪

♪♪ This life
just don't make it ♪♪

♪♪ Lord, lord, hey ♪♪

♪♪ Got to get mellow now ♪♪

♪♪ Gotta be mellow, y'all ♪♪

♪♪ Got to get mellow now ♪♪

♪♪ I'm your mama,
I'm your daddy ♪♪

♪♪ I'm that nigger
in the alley ♪♪

♪♪ I'm your doctor
when in need ♪♪

♪♪ Want some coke?
Have some weed ♪♪

♪♪ You know me,
I'm your friend ♪♪

♪♪ Your main boy,
thick 'n' thin ♪♪

♪♪ I'm your pusher man ♪♪

♪♪ I'm your pusher man ♪♪

♪♪ I'm your pusher man ♪♪

♪♪ I'm your pusher man ♪♪

Hey, man.

We'd like to
talk to you...
Brother.

We're waiting
on some people now.

Oh. Well,
it won't take long.

Besides, you got
plenty of time
for your brothers.

After all,
black folks been
mighty good to you.

And you owe those people
something, too.

No bet.

Dig it, dope peddler.

We're out here
building a new nation
for black people.

It's time for you
to start paying
some dues, nigger.

I ain't giving
you shit.

Now, I tell you
what you do.

You go get you
a gun...

And all those
black folks

you keep doing
so much talking about
get guns

and come back
ready to go down,

and I'll be
right down front
killing whitey.

Until you can do that,
sing your marching song
someplace else.

Now, we're through
talking.

Like I said before,
somebody's coming here
to meet me.

And don't let them
find you here
when they come.

We'll see you
again...

Nigger.

Ain't that a bitch,
man?

Hey, man.
How you doing?

Gentlemen,
gentlemen.

What's
happenin'?

You always got
some Superfly
shit...You know?

How much you got?

More than you need.

What kind of cut
can you take?

That snort
you just had
was on a full.

Damn. What kind
of money we
talking about?

Mmm...

That much.

Let's get it on.

O.K., I'll see
you later, man.

Those friends
of mine want to buy
a pound of coke.

You know, baby,
without being in it,

you're about
the best dealer I have.

Oh, is that why
you come up here?

What kind of question
is that?

I mean it. Why
do you come here
at all?

You know how I feel
about you, Cynthia.

No, I don't.

I'd like to, though.

I know exactly how
I feel about you.

All right.

Look, I just finished
running down
a fantastic number.

What's that
supposed to mean?

I'm getting
out of the life.

You can't do that,
priest.

You can't.

You've got
everything
right here.

I don't even know
what it has to do with me.

All I know is,
I have to get out,

to change
the way I live.

Am I supposed to be
part of this big change?

All right,
I'll lay it right on you.

This whole number
is something
I thought I wanted

ever since I was a kid--

my hall, my vines...

That wine you're drinking...

And a woman like you.

Don't you feel
that way anymore?

I don't know.

Yes?

Someone called
Scatterman downstairs?

Send him up.

Yes, send him up,
please.

Thank you.

When he comes up,
I got to talk
to him alone,

so go in the bedroom.

This is my house.

Just do what
I tell you!

How'd you find
this place?

Sorry
to embarrass you,

but I'm running
for my life.

I need cash.

You're coming to me
for bread, man?

You can't understand
that shit, can you?

All the money
Scatter done made?

I owned
that restaurant...

And damn near
two square blocks.

I caught myself
gettin' late--

bank notes
and mortgages...

Nothing but little
pieces of paper

don't mean me
no good now.

What are you
talking about?

The man, he--
he's trying to kill me.

What man? You ain't
makin' no sense.

The man you bought
those keys from!

He won't let me retire.

And I trusted him.

We came up together.

I turned him on

when he was nothin'
but a rookie cop.

He don't need me
no more, man.

I know too much.

You mean we both
in trouble.

Don't square up,
nigger!

You think
if he's tryin'
to kill me

that he'll
let you out

after you deal
those 30 keys?

He owns you now!

I don't know what
you're gonna do,
young blood.

What you gonna do?

Run.

That's all I can do.

You'll let me have
some money?

Yeah. I got
about 20,000
up at George's.

When you get somewhere,
let me know.

I'll send you
whatever you need.

Look, I'll need
that 20,000 tonight.

You meet me at the
Eastside Airline
terminal at 2:00.

O.K., cool.

This is
all about the man...

Includin' his pictures.

Now, his name
is Reardon...

And there's
some shit in there
about his family.

Is he comin' yet?

Yeah,
he's comin'.

He's comin',
all right.

Scatter, the skipper
wants to see you.

I can't now.
I'm busy.

Come on,
let's go.

Let's go,
right now.

Look, my man,
I mean,

the Scatterman
won't let you down!

40,000, man!
Please! Oh,
don't kill me!

Aah!

Ahhh...

Uhhh...

Uhhh...

Hey, you motherfuckers
did it, didn't you?

Yeah.

Yeah.

♪♪ Darkest of night
with the moon shinin' bright ♪♪

♪♪ There's a set
goin' strong ♪♪

♪♪ Lotta things
goin' on ♪♪

♪♪ The man of the hour ♪♪

♪♪ Has an air
of great power ♪♪

♪♪ The dudes have envied him
for so long ♪♪

♪♪ Oh, Superfly ♪♪

♪♪ You gonna make
your fortune by and by ♪♪

♪♪ But if you lose ♪♪

♪♪ Don't ask
no questions why ♪♪

♪♪ The only game you know
is do or die ♪♪

♪♪ Uh-huh-huh ♪♪

♪♪ Hard to understand ♪♪

♪♪ What a hell
of a man ♪♪

♪♪ This cat of the slum ♪♪

♪♪ Had a mind,
wasn't dumb ♪♪

♪♪ But a weakness
was shown ♪♪

♪♪ 'Cause his hustle
was wrong ♪♪

♪♪ His mind was his own ♪♪

♪♪ But the man lived alone ♪♪

♪♪ Ooh, Superfly ♪♪

♪♪ You gonna make
your fortune by and by ♪♪

♪♪ But if you lose ♪♪

♪♪ Don't ask
no questions why ♪♪

♪♪ The only game you know
is do or die ♪♪

♪♪ Uh-huh-huh ♪♪

♪♪ The game he plays ♪♪

♪♪ He plays for keeps ♪♪

♪♪ Hustlin' times
in ghetto streets ♪♪

♪♪ Tryin' to get over ♪♪

♪♪ That's what he tryin'
to do, y'all ♪♪

♪♪ He's taken all
that he can take ♪♪

♪♪ Gamblin' with
the odds of fate ♪♪

♪♪ Tryin' to get over ♪♪

♪♪ Tryin' to get over ♪♪

♪♪ Tryin' to get over ♪♪

♪♪ Tryin' to get over ♪♪

♪♪ Ooh, Superfly ♪♪

♪♪ The aim of his role ♪♪

♪♪ Was to move
a lot of blow ♪♪

♪♪ Ask him his dream,
what does it mean? ♪♪

♪♪ He wouldn't know ♪♪

♪♪ Can't be like the rest ♪♪

♪♪ Is the most
he'll confess ♪♪

♪♪ But the time's
runnin' out ♪♪

♪♪ And there's
no happiness ♪♪

♪♪ Ooh, Superfly ♪♪

♪♪ You gonna make
your fortune by and by ♪♪

♪♪ But if you lose ♪♪

♪♪ Don't ask
no questions why ♪♪

♪♪ The only game you know
is do or die ♪♪

Hey.

Hey.

What do you think
of Scatter Odin'?

OD? Scatter didn't OD.
Somebody killed him.

Who do you think
did it?

Lot of people
hated Scatter.

How much stuff
we got left now?

About 1/2 a key
out on the street.

Let's take
what we have now
and split.

Are you crazy?

Now, you know damn well
who killed Scatter.

If we fuck up,
he'll kill us, too.

Besides...

We got it beat.

We'll make
a fortune.

So don't rock
the boat, man.

It's worse now
than it was before.

Look, that man
owns us.

You understand
that, Eddie?

To him
we're not real.

He'll just use us
and then kill us.

Man, people
been using me
all my life.

Yeah.

That--that honky's
using me. So what?

You know, I'm glad
he's using me...

Because I'm gonna make
a piss pot full of money.

And I'm gonna live
like a prince,

a fuckin' black prince!

Yeah, this
is the life.

I could be nothin'
nowhere else.

And about
his killing me?

Shit, I don't care...

As long as
he lets me live to be
an old motherfucker.

And I ain't gonna
do nothin'

to make him
kill me now.

Suppose I could
figure a way
out of this shit.

I ain't going.

Fill it.

Why don't you
fill it?

'Cause
I'm gonna keep
my eye on you

every minute,
Eddie.

Right. Right.

He just left
the apartment.

Hold on.

Lou, do me a favor.
Send out a car.

I want you
to pick up
a guy for me.

All his money's
with him?

I'm calling you,
ain't I?

O.K.

Get me the chief
of detectives
on line two.

185 to central-k.

Lieutenant,
one of our patrols

have picked up
your male negro suspect.

And, uh, they got
his briefcase, too.

Good. Three detectives
from my office

are on their way
to take custody.

Have the patrolmen
release the prisoner
to them. Get going.

We'll hold him
till then.

Come on,
let's talk.

So you're priest.

I thought you
were going to be

the best dealer
I ever had.

What the hell
do you want
to quit for?

What else
can you do?

You're making
more goddamn money

than you ever made
in your life.

You just want to be
another two-bit
black junkie.

Well, I don't
give a god damn
where your head is.

You're working
for me until
I tell you to quit.

You don't own me, pig.

No motherfucker tells me
when I can split.

Who the fuck
do you think
you're talking to?

I'm talking to you,
you redneck faggot.

Freeze.

You move a muscle,
and I'll kill you.

Kill me, Reardon.
Kill me like
you killed Scatter,

and you are
one dead pig.

What did you
call me?

Deputy
commissioner Reardon.
Yeah, that's right.

I know your name.
I know all about you,

your wife, that big-legged
daughter of yours,

and even that faggot son.

Do it. Yeah,
go ahead.

I'm to the point
I ain't afraid to die.

But you kill me,
and you and your whole
fuckin' family die.

That's bullshit.

I ain't bullshittin'
you, captain.

I took a $100,000
contract out
on your life,

your wife, everybody.

You'll all be hit
if I die.

Yeah, if I choke
on a chicken bone,

all the Reardons
is dead.

You ain't got
$100,000.

Not anymore.

Offering to do
my dirty laundry
ain't gonna help you.

And all them
honky pig partners
you got

ain't gonna be able
to protect your ass,
either...

Because...

Case you thinking
I'm trying to pull

some of that
old-time nigger shit
on you,

I think you ought
to know something.

I hired the very best
killers there are.

White killers.

White ones, baby.

So you better take
good care of me.

Nothin'...nothing
better happen

to one hair
on my gorgeous head.

Can you dig it?

♪♪ Darkest of night
with the moon shinin' bright ♪♪

♪♪ There's a set
goin' strong ♪♪

♪♪ Lottaa things
goin' on ♪♪

♪♪ The man of the hour ♪♪

♪♪ Has an air
of great power ♪♪

♪♪ The dudes have envied him
for so long ♪♪

♪♪ Oh, Superfly ♪♪

♪♪ You gonna make
your fortune by and by ♪♪

♪♪ But if you lose ♪♪

♪♪ Don't ask
no questions why ♪♪

♪♪ The only game you know
is do or die ♪♪

♪♪ Uh-huh-huh ♪♪

♪♪ Hard to understand ♪♪

♪♪ What a hell
of a man ♪♪

♪♪ This cat of the slum ♪♪

♪♪ Had a mind,
wasn't dumb ♪♪

♪♪ But a weakness
was shown ♪♪

♪♪ 'Cause his hustle
was wrong ♪♪

♪♪ His mind was his own ♪♪

♪♪ But the man
lived alone ♪♪

♪♪ Ooh, Superfly ♪♪

♪♪ You gonna make
your fortune by and by ♪♪

♪♪ But if you lose ♪♪

♪♪ Don't ask
no questions why ♪♪

♪♪ The only game you know
is do or die ♪♪

♪♪ Uh-huh-huh ♪♪

♪♪ The game he plays,
he plays for keeps ♪♪

♪♪ Hustlin' times
in ghetto streets ♪♪

♪♪ Tryin' to get over ♪♪

♪♪ That's what he tryin'
to do, y'all ♪♪

♪♪ Takin' all
that he can take ♪♪

♪♪ Gamblin' with
the odds of fate ♪♪

♪♪ Tryin' to get over ♪♪

♪♪ Tryin' to get over ♪♪

♪♪ Tryin' to get over ♪♪

♪♪ Tryin' to get over ♪♪

♪♪ Ooh, Superfly ♪♪