Get On the Bus (1997) by Spike Lee

NO SENSE PRETENDING IT'S OVER HARD TIMES JUST DON'T GO AWAY YOU GOTTA TAKE THAT CHIP OFF YOUR SHOULDER IT'S TIME YOU OPEN UP HAVE SOME FAITH NOTHIN' GOOD EVER COMES EASY AND ALL GOOD THINGS COME IN DUE TIME YES, THEY DO YOU GOTTA HAVE SOMETHIN' TO BELIEVE IN I'M TELLIN' YOU TO OPEN YOUR MIND HEE-EE-EE GOTTA PUT YOUR HEART ON THE LINE IF YOU WANNA MAKE IT RIGHT YOU'VE GOT TO REACH OUT AND TRY GOTTA PUT YOUR HEART ON THE LINE IF YOU WANNA GET IT R RHT GOTTA PUT IT ALL ON THE LINE MM-MMM YOU SEE YOURSELF IN THE MIRROR AND YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU SEE OOH, AND THINGS AREN'T GETTING MUCH CLEARER DON'T YOU THINK IT'S TIME YOU GO FOR A CHANGE OHHH DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME ON THE PAST NO, NO IT'S TIME YOU LOOK TO THE FUTURE OHHH IT'S ALL RIGHT THERE IF YOU ASK THIS TIME IF YOU TRY MUCH HARDER YOU'LL BE THE BEST THAT YOU CAN BE OHHH GOTTA PUT YOUR HEART ON THE LINE IF YOU WANNA MAKE IT RIGHT YOU'VE GOT TO REACH OUT AND TRY GOTTA PUT YOUR HEART ON THE LINE IF YOU WANNA GET IT RIGHT GOTTA PUT IT ALL ON THE LINE IF YOU WANNA MAKE IT RIGHT AND YOU WANNA DO IT NOW NOTHING IN LIFE COMES FREE AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS NOW YOU GOTTA KNOW WHAT YOU GOT TO LIVE FOR GOTTA PUT YOUR HEART ON THE LINE YOU AND ME IF YOU'RE GONNA MAKE IT RIGHT YOU'VE GOT TO REACH OUT AND TRY YOU AND ME WHAT ?- YO, DOG, I AIN'T GOIN'. - I'M GETTIN' ON THAT BUS. NOW THAT MEANS YOU ARE GETTIN' ON THAT BUS. - LOOK HOW STUPID WE LOOK ! - OH, NOW YOU WANNA BE ALL EMBARRASSED. WELL, YOU SHOULD'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT BEFORE. - YO, DOG, I AIN'T GOIN'. - YOU CALL ME "DOG" AGAIN, AND SEE IF I DON'T KNOCK YOU FLAT ON YOUR ASS. NOW, I'M GONNA GET ON THAT BUS, AND YOU ARE GOIN' RIGHT ALONG WITH ME. I AM YOUR FATHER. YOU ARE MY SON. SO LET'S GET ON THE BUS, OKAY ? WALK.[ Woman ] GARY, STOP LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT. SHELLY MAXWELL, ARE WE COOL-- NO, WE'RE NOT COOL, AND WE'RE NOT FINISHED EITHER. YOU GONNA FEED KAYA FOR ME ? I'M GONNA FEED HIM AND WALK HIM AND WATCH HIM CRAP. I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT, GARY. YOU MAKE IT SOUND LIKE I'M ABOUT TO RUN OFF WITH ANOTHER WOMAN. WELL, WHAT ? YOU EXPECT ME TO GET MOIST BETWEEN THE LEGS LIKE YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING INCREDIBLE ? THIS WHOLE THING IS SEXIST AND EXCLUSIONARY. "EXCLUSIONARY" ? YES. HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF THIS WHOLE MARCH WAS ONLY FOR DARK-SKINNED BROTHERS ? HOW IS FARRAKHAN GONNA CALL FOR THE MARCH FOR DARK-SKINNED BROTHERS... WHEN FARRAKHAN'S ABOUT YOUR COMPLEXION, HAIR'S JUST AS STRAIGHT AS YOURS IS, ALL RIGHT ? FINE. YOU GONNA KISS ME GOOD-BYE ? GARY, I'M LATE FOR WORK.I LOVE YOU ANYWAY. DON'T FORGET TO WATCH CNN. WE'RE NOT FINISHED TALKING ABOUT THIS. GARY-- I KNOW WE'RE NOT. [ Grunting ] I'LL CALL YOU WHEN WE GET TO ARKANSAS. OKAY. [ Man ] HOW YOU DOIN' TODAY, BROTHER ? LOOKS LIKE THE BROTHERS ARE GETTIN' READY TO BOARD THIS BUS NOW. I WOULD'VE HATED TO BEEN ON THE SAME PLANTATION WITH YOU. A RUNAWAY SLAVE WOULDN'T HAVE STOOD A CHANCE AGAINST YOU. - YOU WANNA TELL ME WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT ? - COURT ORDER. SAYS I HAVE TO KEEP MY SON TETHERED FOR 72 HOURS. BUT IT'S COOL. WE WORKIN' IT OUT. RIGHT, EVAN ? ALL RIGHT, MY MAN. WELCOME ABOARD THE SPOTTED OWL. GO ON ON THERE. WE GETTIN' READY TO RIDE INTO HISTORY ! STEP RIGHT UP ON IN. OKAY. COME ON. ANYBODY ELSE GOIN' TO THE MILLION MAN MARCH, IT'S TIME TO GET ON THE BUS ! HOW YOU FEELIN', BROTHER ? ALL RIGHT, POP. HOW YOU DOIN' ? NEVER FELT BETTER IN MY LIFE. THEN YOU GOT TO GIVE ME SOME OF WHAT YOU GOT. [ Laughing ] -[ Laughing ] -HOW YOU DOIN', BROTHER ? WELCOME ABOARD THE SPOTTED OWL. [ Grunting ] - BLACK POWER, BROTHERS. - BLACK POWER. BLACK POWER. BLACK POWER. - [ Laughing ] - BLACK POWER. SOUND LIKE OLD FEET IS STUCK IN THE '60s. GOT IT ? OH, YEAH, I GOT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AH. MY NAME IS JEREMIAH WASHINGTON. JAMAL. GLAD TO MEET YOU. GLAD TO MEET YOU, JAMAL. [ Grunting ] NOT MUCH LEGROOM, IS THERE ? NO.I'M GONNA HAVE TO STRETCH THESE CRACKERJACK BONES EVERY CHANCE I GET. [ Chuckling ] AIN'T THAT THE TRUTH. [ Chuckling ] THEM FOOLS BACK AT THE BARBERSHOP, YOU KNOW, THEY ASK ME, UM, WHAT I HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH BY GOIN' TO THE MARCH. NOW THESE BLACK MEN NAGGIN' AT ME. [ Chuckling ] WHAT'D YOU TELL 'EM ? I TOLD 'EM I WAS GONNA BE FIRST IN LINE AT THE REVOLUTION, WHILE THEY WAS GONNA BE BRINGIN' UP THE REAR. [ Laughing ] AND BY THE TIME I RETURN FROM WASHINGTON, MY BEHIND'S GONNA BE 20 YEARS YOUNGER. [ Laughing ] YEAH. [ Chuckling ] FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH, HUH ? OH, YEAH.A MIRACLE AT THE MALL. THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKIN' FOR. YES, SIR. THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA GET. OKAY. CRAIG, HOW'S IT GOIN' DOWN THERE ? IT'S ROLLIN'. OKAY, WE READY TO ROLL, PEOPLES. IF YOU WANNA GO TO THE SLAUSON SWAP MEET, THE BRENTWOOD MANSION, THE L.A. ZOO OR THE LA BREA TAR PITS, THEN YOUR BLACK ASS IS ON THE WRONG BUS. [ Laughing ] THIS BAD BOY... IS GOIN' TO WASHINGTON, D.C., FOR THE MILLION MAN MARCH ! [ Shouts of Approval ] YEAH !MY NAME IS GEORGE. THIS IS MY PARTNER CRAIG. SAY, FELLAS. WE'RE GONNA GET YOU TO AND FROM THE MARCH SAFELY WITHIN SIX DAYS. THERE ARE SOME RULES WE MUST OBSERVE. ONE: THIS IS PROBABLY FOR YOU, POP. NO DRINKIN' ALCOHOL WHILE ON THIS BUS. [ Chuckling ] [ Laughing ] TWO: NO SMOKING. AND THREE, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY-- AND THIS I AIN'T BULLSHITTIN' ABOUT-- NO USING OR POSSESSING ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES. IF YOU NEED TO USE THE BATHROOM, THERE'S ONE IN THE BACK. I TRUST THAT NONE OF YOU MEN ARE WOMEN, 'CAUSE IF YOU ARE, YOU'RE SOME OF THE UGLIEST BROADS I EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE. FLUSH THE TOILET AFTER YOU USE IT, AND TRY NOT TO PISS ON THE SEAT. YOU TWO GONNA HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. - THIS BROTHER SOUNDS LIKE MY MOTHER. - WELL, GOOD. FOR THE NEXT SIX DAYS, I AM YOUR MOTHER. DON'T LET ME USE MY BELT. MR. DRIVER ? WITH YOUR PERMISSION, SIR, I THINK WE OUGHT TO ASK THAT THE CREATOR SHOULD TRAVEL WITH US. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT, POP. ANY OBJECTIONS ? NO, SIR. NO, NOT HERE. - FLOOR'S YOURS, POP. - BOW YOUR HEADS, BROTHERS. FATHER GOD, WE COME TO YOU AS PILGRIMS ON A BUS THAT'S BOUND FOR GLORY. WE'RE NOT PERFECT, LORD, BUT WE SEEK PERFECTION. WE ARE NOT GUILT-FREE, BUT WE ASK FOR YOUR FORGIVENESS. WE KNOW THAT YOU WAS WITH MOSES WHEN HE PARTED THE RED SEA AND FREED THE SLAVES FROM BONDAGE. WE KNOW THAT YOU WAS WITH NOAH... WHEN THE RAIN CAME DOWN 40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS. WE KNOW THAT YOU WAS WITH MALCOLM WHEN HE WENT TO MECCA, WITH MARTIN WHEN HE WENT TO THE MOUNTAINTOP, AND WE'RE ASKING YOU, DEAR GOD, TO BE WITH US NOW... ON THIS HISTORIC JOURNEY TO FELLOWSHIP... WITH ONE MILLION BLACK MEN. ALL RIGHT. AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING, O LORD, THAT WE NEED AND WE PRAY FOR-- HOT DAMN ! THOUGHT Y'ALL WAS GONNA JET WITHOUT A BROTHER, BUT HOT DAMN ! MY HOROSCOPE SAID THE MOON WAS ALIGNED FOR ME. WHAT'S HAPPENIN' ? HEY, C.P. TIME. WE IN THE MIDDLE OF A PRAYER HERE. OH, OH. MY BAD. Y'ALL GO AHEAD. AND IF ANYTHING, DEAR LORD, THAT WE DO NEED AND PRAY FOR... IS THAT AFTER THIS TRIP EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US... WILL BE A BETTER MAN THAN HE WAS BEFORE. AMEN. AMEN. AMEN.AMEN. AMEN.YOU GOT A TICKET ? YOU BETTER HAVE A TICKET. YEAH.I MADE THE BUS. HO ! WHAT'S UP ? HEY, BEN VEREEN ! BEN VEREEN'S NOT ON THE BUS, MAN. COME ON. [ George ] LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION. WHAT WOULD A BUS TRIP BE WITHOUT JAMES BROWN ? BOOTY ! BE LIKE O.J. WITHOUT A WHITE GIRL. - BE ONE SORRY-ASS TRIP. - THAT'S ALL I NEEDED TO HEAR. HIT ME, CRAIG !

OHHH, SHIT. YEAH ![ Shouting, Laughing ] [ George ] Y'ALL READY FOR THIS HERE ? PAPA DON'T TAKE NO MESS PAPA DON'T TAKE NO MESS PAPA IS THE MAN WHO CAN UNDERSTAND HOW A MAN'S GOTTA DO WHATEVER HE CAN HIT ME[ Shouting ] PAPA DON'T PAPA DON'T PAPA DON'T PAPA DON'T TAKE NO MESS PAPA DON'T, OW PAPA DON'T TAKE NO MESS [ Singing Continues, Indistinct ] HIT MEWHOO-HOO ! PAPA DON'T PAPA DON'T PAPA DON'T PAPA DON'T PAPA DON'T TAKE NO MESS OW PAPA DON'T TAKE NO MESS HIT ME [ Chuckles ] PAPA IS THE MAN WHO WILL UNDERSTAND PAPA DON'T TAKE NO MESS HEY. [ Loud Rap ] - HEY ! - WHAT'S UP, DOG ? I DONE TOLD YOU ABOUT THAT "DOG" SHIT. NOW DON'T LET ME HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF YOU IN FRONT OF THESE BROTHERS, 'CAUSE I WILL DO IT, OKAY ?AND TURN THAT MESS DOWN. IT'S TOO LOUD, JUNIOR. LEMME ASK YOU A QUESTION. YOU DON'T LIKE TO BE CALLED "DOG," RIGHT ? WELL, YOU KNOW "DAD" ? "DADDY" ?"SIR" WOULD BE NICE. TAKE YOUR PICK. THEN I SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT NOT TO BE CALLED "JUNIOR." THAT'S COOL. THAT'S COOL. WHAT DO YOU LIKE ? EVAN ?HELL NO ! THEN WHAT ? SMOOTH.MY HOMIES CALL ME SMOOTH. YOUR HOMIES CALL YOU "SMOOTH." [ Chuckling ] OKAY, WELL, LOOK, I AIN'T YOUR HOMIE, OKAY ? YOU MUST BE OUT YOUR DAMN MIND TALKIN' ABOUT "SMOOTH." AIN'T NO WAY I'M CALLIN' MY SON "SMOOTH." ALL OF A SUDDEN I'M YOUR SON AGAIN, RIGHT ? BUT I'M THE ONE OUTTA HIS DAMN MIND ? SO YOU'RE A BRUIN FAN, HUH ? YEAH, 1995 N.C.A.A. CHAMPS. CAN'T ARGUE WITH THAT. - YOU DOWN WITH THE BRUINS TOO ? - I WENT TO S.C. OH. FLIP CARTER. WHAT'S HAPPENIN' ? X. X.LIKE IN, UH, WHAT ? X MARKS THE SPOT ? NO, JUST X. NAH, NAH, NAH, NAH. I DONE HEARD SOME TRIPPY NAMES IN MY LIFE. EZEKIAL, CADILLAC-- I EVEN KNEW A BROTHER NAMED PORCUPINE. BUT I DON'T CARE IF YOUR MAMA WAS IN LABOR WITH A BOTTLE OF O.E. IN ONE HAND... A BIG FAT JAMAICAN BLUNT IN THE OTHER, AIN'T NO WAY NO MOTHER'S GONNA NAME HER SON A LETTER OF THE ALPHABET. YOU'RE SAYIN' YOUR MAMA NAMED YOU... FLIP ? PHILLIP. FLIP IS MY STAGE NAME. [ Chuckles ] I'M WHAT YOU CALL A THESPIAN. OKAY. MM-HMM.MY REAL NAME'S XAVIER. XAVIER.XAVIER MOORE. XAVIER MOORE. THAT I CAN GET WITH. WHAT UP, BLACK ? WHAT'S HAPPENIN' ? HEY. HOW YA DOIN' ? DOIN' WELL. I MADE THE BUS. IT'S ALL GOOD NOW. YOU HAD A LITTLE PROBLEM WAKIN' UP THIS MORNIN' ? PLEASE, BABY. I GET UP WITH THE ROOSTERS. I HAD AN EARLY AUDITION. - YOU A SINGER OR SOMETHIN' ? - I'M AN ACTOR. YOU EVER BEEN IN ANY MOVIES ? YOU SEE BOYZ 'N THE HOOD ? YOU WERE IN THAT ? ALMOST. AT THE LAST MINUTE THEY GAVE THE JOINT TO, UM, TO ICE CUBE. YOU BELIEVE THAT ? THEY HIRED A RAPPER TO ACT. HE'S A RAPPER, NOT AN ACTOR. THEY HIRED A RAPPER TO ACT. YOU KNOW, I CAN'T GET BY ON THAT. THAT'S OKAY, THOUGH, YOU KNOW,'CAUSE I JUST WENT UP FOR THIS ROLE OPPOSITE, UH-- [ Whispering ] OPPOSITE DENZEL. THAT'S ON THE Q.T. OKAY.- MAN, WHAT IS THIS, CNN ? - OH, NO, NO, NO. EXCUSE ME. FILM SCHOOL. I'M DOIN' A DOCUMENTARY FOR MY THESIS PROJECT. HEY. GARY. [ Smacks Lips ] GARY WHAT ? [ Chuckles ] GARY RIVERS. [ Chuckling ] SO HOW COME YOU GOIN' TO THE MARCH, GARY ? WHAT ?THE MARCH. THE MARCH. HOW COME YOU'RE GOIN' ? UH-- [ Chuckling ] I GUESS IF THE BROTHERS ARE GETTIN' TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, UH, TALKIN' ABOUT SOME THINGS, TRYIN' TO WORK THINGS OUT, I WANNA BE THERE. RIGHT ? [ Flip ] RIGHT.WHERE YOU FROM ? I LIVE IN PASADENA. - NO, NOT WHERE YOU LIVE. WHERE YOU FROM ? - MONTEREY ORIGINALLY. MONTEREY ? DAMN, I DIDN'T KNOW THEY HAD BLACK PEOPLE UP THERE. WE GOT A HANDFUL. IF YOU DON'T MIND MY ASKIN', ARE YOU MULATTO OR JUST LIGHT-SKINNED ? - YOU MEAN BIRACIAL. - "BIRACIAL" ? - SO THAT'S A YES. - I CONSIDER MYSELF BLACK. WELL, IF YOU WERE RAISED BY AT LEAST ONE BLACK PARENT, I GUESS YOU'RE DOWN. HALF THE BROTHERS I KNOW WERE RAISED BY ONE BLACK PARENT. - MY MOTHER HAPPENS TO BE WHITE. - OH, OH. WELL, NO DISRESPECT-- -WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH YOUR POP ? -WHAT ?YOUR FATHER. WHAT'S UP WITH YOUR FATHER ? MY FATHER WAS A BLACK MAN. HE WAS A COP. HE GOT MURDERED. - THAT MUST'VE TRIPPED YOU OUT. - OH, YEAH, IT TRIPPED ME OUT. REALLY TRIPPED ME OUT, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE, UH, HAVIN' TO WATCH A RAPPER TRYIN' TO ACT. [ Chuckles ] THIS BROTHER, MAN. HEY, EXCUSE ME. SHOOT ON THIS SIDE, MAN. OKAY. I'M SORRY. UM, YOU MIND IF I ASK YOU SOMETHING ? - YEAH, WHY QUIT NOW ? - WAS IT A BROTHER THAT KILLED YOUR FATHER ? -WHAT KIND OF QUESTION IS THAT ? -JUST WONDERING, YOU KNOW ? YES, IT WAS A BROTHER WHO KILLED MY FATHER. DID YOU GET IT ? DID YOU GET IT, X ? YEAH. YEAH, I GOT IT. KYLE, YOU CAN'T JUST BLINK YOUR EYES AND EXPECT ME TO GO AWAY. - I KNOW YOU CAN HEAR ME. YOU WANT ME TO KEEP TALKIN' ? - WHAT ARE YOU BEEFING ABOUT ? YOU THINK BECAUSE YOU PRETEND TO BE ASLEEP, I'M GONNA GET FRUSTRATED... AND JUST FORGET WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ? WHY DO YOU ALWAYS THINK I'M TRYIN' TO PLAY YOU ? I'M NOT ACCUSING YOU OF ANYTHING. I'M JUST ASKING YOU FOR CLARIFICATION. - I SAID WHAT I HAD TO SAY. CASE CLOSED. - NO. UH-UH. YOU CAN'T WAKE UP ONE MORNING, SAY YOU NEED SPACE... AND EXPECT THAT TO BE CASE CLOSED. WHAT'S THAT, AFTER ALL WE'VE BEEN THROUGH TOGETHER ? KEEP YOUR VOICE DOWN. OH, I FORGOT. WE CAN'T LET YOUR MACHO ASS OUT OF THE CLOSET, RIGHT ? - [ Kyle ] WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO SAY ? - ANYTHING. THAT IT'S ANOTHER MAN. THAT IT'S ANOTHER WOMAN THIS TIME. THAT YOU'RE CONFUSED ABOUT YOUR SEXUALITY. ANYTHING OTHER THAN "I NEED SPACE." LOOK, RANDALL, I NEED... SPACE. THAT'S IT. - THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH. - IF I'D HAVE KNOWN YOU WERE GONNA TRIP ON ME, I WOULD'VE TOLD YOU TO KEEP YOUR ASS AT HOME. YOU GOT A LOTTA DAMN NERVE. YOU ARE NOT THE REASON I CAME ON THIS TRIP. YOU POMPOUS BASTARD. GOOD. THEN YOU WON'T MIND IF I CHANGE MY SEAT. THIS GUY, CARTER--YEAH, I DO MIND. I MIND THAT YOU'RE NOT MAN ENOUGH TO ADMIT YOU LOVE ME. - HOLD UP ! - WHAT ? - HMM ?COOL, DAD. WE'RE GOIN' TO THE MILLION MAN MARCH WITH A BUNCH OF HOMOS. SISSY !TELL ME I DIDN'T JUST HEAR WHAT I THINK I HEARD. WHAT ?HE SAID "YOU'RE NOT MAN ENOUGH TO ADMIT THAT YOU LOVE ME" TO HIM. SO ? SO ? "SO" ?- WE HAVE FAGGOTS ON THE BUS. - GAYS DON'T HAVE A ROLE IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY ? I'M TALKIN' ABOUT THE FAGGOTS WE GOT ON THIS BUS. - HOW ELSE THEY SUPPOSED TO GET TO THE MARCH ? - SKIP.[ Laughter ] DAMN STRAIGHT. WELL, UH, IT'S NO BIGGY TO ME. SO YOU BEND DOWN AND GRAB YOUR ANKLES TOO ? NAH, BRO, I AIN'T GAY, ALL RIGHT ? BUT I STILL DON'T SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. WHY DON'T YOU ASK 'EM WHY THEY'RE GOIN' TO THE MARCH ? HEY, LOOK, BRO, YOU KNOW WHAT ? I WILL.THE BIBLE SAYS IT'S AN ABOMINATION. STILL, SOMETIMES I ASK MYSELF, "WHAT WOULD I DO IF ONE OF 'EM WAS MY SON ?" OR STILL, WHAT-- WHAT IF, UH, I WAS THE ONE THAT WAS BORN THAT WAY ? WHAT'S YOUR LADY'S NAME ?JINDAI. [ Pop ] OH, SHE IS PRETTY. - THANK YOU. - YEAH.HOW LONG YOU TWO BEEN TOGETHER ? WE BEEN TALKIN' FOR ABOUT... TWO YEARS. TWO LONG YEARS, TWO SHORT YEARS ? TWO SHORT YEARS. I MET HER ONE DAY WHEN I WAS CROSSIN' THE STREET, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. NOW DON'T TELL ME THAT YOU MET THIS BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY... AND YOU DID THE "DADDY COOL" THING. [ Both Laughing ] YEAH, WELL, IN MY UNENLIGHTENED DAYS, BIG BOOTY WOULD CATCH MY EYE. [ Both Laughing ] I GUESS YOU COULD SAY I HAD BIG BOOTY RADAR. S-SON, YOU'RE IN LOVE. YOU'RE IN LUST. NO, SIR. NO, SIR. FAR BEYOND THAT NOW. SINCE WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER, WE'VE NEVER REALLY BEEN TOGETHER. - YOU KIDDIN' ME ? - NO. WE'RE OF THE FAITH. LIVING CLEAN, YOU KNOW ? NO SHAME IN THAT. SHABUYA SHA, SHA, SHABUYA ROLL CALL SHABUYA SHA, SHA, SHABUYA ROLL CALL SHABUYA SHA, SHA, SHABUYA ROLL CALL SHABUYA SHA, SHA, SHABUYA ROLL CALL SHABUYA SHA, SHA, SHABUYA ROLL CALL SHABUYA SHA, SHA, SHABUYA ROLL CALL SHABUYA SHA, SHA, SHABUYA ROLL CALL SHABUYA SHA, SHA, SHABUYA ROLL CALL MY NAME IS MIKE [ Men ] YEAH REPRESENTIN' NEW YORK YEAH I'M NOT A MUSLIM YEAH STILL DON'T EAT PORK ROLL CALL SHABUYA SHA, SHA, SHABUYA ROLL CALL SHABUYA SHA, SHA, SHABUYA ROLL CALL DON'T CALL ME EVAN YEAH 'CAUSE I'M ON THE MOVE YEAH DON'T CALL ME JUNIOR YEAH BUT YOU CAN CALL ME SMOOTH ROLL CALL SHABUYA SHA, SHA, SHABUYA ROLL CALL SHABUYA SHA, SHA, SHABUYA HEY, MY NAME IS EVAN UH-HUH EVAN SENIOR YEAH THEY GOT MY SON YEAH ON A MISDEMEANOR ROLL CALL SHABUYA SHA, SHA, SHABUYA ROLL CALL SHABUYA SHA, SHA, SHABUYA ROLL CALL MY NAME IS GARY YEAH I'M DOWN WITH SHELLY YEAH SHE'S GOT THE BUTTER YEAH I GOT THE JELLY ROLL CALL SHABUYA SHA, SHA, SHABUYA ROLL CALL SHABUYA SHA, SHA, SHABUYA ROLL CALL MY NAME IS X YEAH AND I'M A BRUIN YEAH AND BLAH, BLAH, BLAH [ Derisive Laughter ] BOO ! MY NAME'S JAMAL YEAH MY MIND IS FREE YEAH WE NEED MORE LOVE YEAH AND UNITY ROLL CALL SHABUYA SHA, SHA, SHABUYA ROLL CALL SHABUYA SHA, SHA, SHABUYA ROLL CALL MY NAME IS POP YEAH WE AT THE TOP YEAH AND ALL THIS SHABUYA YEAH HAS GOT TO STOP [ Laughter ] SO, MIKE, HOW COME YOU GOIN' TO THE MARCH ? [ Scoffs ] 'CAUSE I'M THINKIN' THIS COULD BE BLACK MONDAY, MAN. WHAT DO YOU MEAN ? I'M SAYING, THIS COULD ALL BE A SETUP. THIS COULD BE A CONSPIRACY. WE COULD BE ON OUR WAY TO GETTIN' DONE. THIS COULD BE LIKE THE TRAINS INTO DACHAU AND AUSCHWITZ. [ Coughing ] YOU'RE SAYING THIS IS A PLOT ? IT COULD BE, MAN. THINK ABOUT IT. THINK ABOUT ALL THE TRAINS, PLANES AND CARS... FILLED WITH BLACK MEN HEADIN' TO D.C. RIGHT NOW. THOUSANDS, RIGHT ? THOUSANDS. AND IF I'M A CRAZY WHITE MAN IN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, AND I WANNA KILL A MILLION BLACK MEN IN ONE FELL SWOOP-- JUST HIT ONE BUTTON AND BOOM-- WHEN AND WHERE WOULD I DO IT ? AT THE MILLION MAN MARCH. AND THE NEXT DAY, WHEN WE ALL DEAD, WHO'S GONNA FIGHT OUR BATTLE ? NOTHIN' BUT BLACK WOMEN LEFT. THIS IS SOME HOLO-COLISTICAL TYPE SHIT ABOUT TO HAPPEN MAYBE. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYIN'. JAY, YOU GOIN' TO THE MARCH FOR THE SAME REASON ? NO, I'M NOT. I'M GOIN' TO THE MEETIN' FOR MYSELF. IT'S TIME FOR BROTHERS TO STAND UP AND BE RESPONSIBLE, TO GET OUT OF THE BEGGAR MENTALITY THAT WE HAVE AND SAY, "LOOK OUT FOR A BROTHER. WE NEED TO START LOOKING OUT FOR OURSELVES." MR. STRONG BLACK BUSINESSMAN OVER HERE. [ Laughing ] YOU HAVE A BUSINESS ? YES, I DO. I HAVE MY OWN BUSINESS. ASK HIM WHAT HE DO. I'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR SEVEN YEARS. WHAT KIND OF BUSINESS IS IT ? I HAVE MY OWN BLACK BUBBLE GUM COMPANY. WHAT'S IT CALLED ? YO BUBBA.[ Mike Snickers ] HOW'S BUSINESS ? IT'S BLOWIN' UP. A FORCE THAT'S NOT SEEN BUT, YO, WE FEEL IT EVERY TIME I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. GOT THE GIRL AT PRIVATE SCHOOL HER WHOLE LIFE. SUNDAY SCHOOL, CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY. HOW SHE GONNA COME HOME WITH A BUN IN THE OVEN ? SIXTEEN FRIGGIN' YEARS OLD. YEAH, WHAT ABOUT THAT LITTLE PUNK GOT HER PREGNANT ? HE'S SIXTEEN TOO. SAYS HE'S GONNA QUIT SCHOOL, GET A JOB AND RENT AN APARTMENT FOR THE TWO OF 'EM. AIN'T SAID NOTHIN' ABOUT NO MARRIAGE, YOU UNDERSTAND. I TELL YA, FARRAKHAN HAS A WAY TO HANDLE THIS, I'D BE ALL EARS, BUT RIGHT NOW, I WANNA KILL THAT BOY. - CRAIG, WATCH THE DEER ! - [ Men Shouting ] [ Tires Screeching ] DAMN !EVERYBODY ALL RIGHT ? CALL JACOBY AND MEYERS ! CAN'T YOU DRIVE ? - [ Indistinct Remark ] - GOOD THING THE ENGINE JUST CUT OFF. [ George ] OH, MAN. EVERYBODY ALL RIGHT ? YEAH, YEAH. WE WOULD BE IF Y'ALL KNEW HOW TO DRIVE. DAMN. WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK ? NO WAY WE'RE GONNA GET OUT OF THIS DITCH. DON'T BE SO NEGATIVE. ALL RIGHT, LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE. THE SUN WILL COME OUT TOMORROW. WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH US ? HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THE EXPRESSION, "THERE'S STRENGTH IN NUMBERS" ? I DONE BEEN ON MANY A DITCHED BUS. I AIN'T GONNA LET NOTHIN' LIKE THAT STOP ME. HEY, FELLAS ! I NEED EVERY ABLE-BODIED MAN OFF THE BUS RIGHT NOW. EVERYBODY, COME ON OFF. COME ON OFF. COME ON. COME ON. EVERYBODY. GONNA MESS UP MY SHOES ! WE GOT A LITTLE PROBLEM HERE. WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT ARM ? [ Groaning ] GET OVER THERE. COME ON. WHAT IS THIS ? ALL RIGHT. COME ON. EVERYBODY. READY ONE, TWO, THREE ! [ Engine Revving, Wheels Spinning ] IT AIN'T GONNA WORK. - WE CAN'T DO IT. - [ George ] CAN'T ? WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE CAN'T ? LOOK OVER THERE. WHEN HANNIBAL CROSSED THE ALPS... WHO'S HANNIBAL ? WHO'S THE ALPS ? AND SAW THAT HE WAS OUTNUMBERED TEN TO ONE BY THE ROMAN ARMY, HE DIDN'T SAY, "LET'S GO HOME. WE CAN'T DO IT." HE SAID, "GET YOUR ASS BACK UP ON THAT ELEPHANT... AND STOMP THEM ROMAN BASTARDS." TALKIN' ABOUT "WE CAN'T DO IT." THERE AIN'T NO SUCH WORDS AS "WE CAN'T DO IT." LET ME GIVE YOU THREE OTHER WORDS: TOO DAMN HEAVY. I CAN'T BELIEVE Y'ALL ARE SO SHIFTLESS ! [ Men Groaning ] LAZY ! YOU JUST GONNA GIVE UP. OH, HE GONNA GET ALL PLANTATION ON US NOW. [ Laughing ] I GONNA DO IT, BOSS. [ Laughing ] THE WAY YOU LOOK, BROTHER, I CAN'T BLAME HIM. I THOUGHT SLAVERY WAS OVER.IT DOESN'T CONCERN YOU. MAYBE IT DOES, BROTHER. YOU WANNA TELL US WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT ? NO, BROTHER, I'M TELLIN' YOU TO BACK OFF, THAT'S WHAT I'M TELLIN' YOU. HEY, EVERYBODY, LOOK. THE MAN'S GOT A COURT ORDER. I SEEN IT. - I WANNA SEE IT TOO. - WHO ARE YOU, RICHARD ROUNDTREE, MAN ? OH, NO. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. THAT'S COOL, MAN. HELL, I'D LIKE TO SEE IT TOO. BAM !OKAY. NOW, DOES THIS MEET YOUR APPROVAL ? OKAY, GOOD, BECAUSE I'M GONNA SAY THIS ONE TIME. OKAY ? NOW THIS BOY RIGHT HERE. HAS GOT ONE FATHER. ONE, AND THAT'S ME. THE REST OF Y'ALL TRYIN' TO FIND SOMEWHERE TO STICK YOUR DAMN NOSE, I GOT SEVERAL PLACES I WOULD LOVE TO TELL YOU ABOUT. BUT WHATEVER YOU DO, MAKE SURE THAT IT AIN'T IN MY BUSINESS. YOU SEE, BROTHERS ? THAT'S JUST WHAT I'M TALKIN' ABOUT. THE DEVIL DON'T WANT THE BLACK MAN TO HAVE ATONEMENT. AM I RIGHT, POP ? YOU'RE RIGHT. BUT GOD WANTS US AT THAT MARCH. IT'S OUR MISSION. SO ON THREE, I WANT YOU BIG, STRONG, AFRICAN MANDINKA, ZULU, GODDAMN WARRIORS... TO LIFT THIS GODDAMN BUS OUTTA THAT STUPID DITCH, AND LET'S BE ON OUR WAY. I MEAN, TO WHO TRIBE DO YOU BELONG TO ANYWAY ? SHAKA ZULU'S OR CLARENCE THOMAS'S ? - SHAKA ZULU ! - PUT YOUR BACK INTO IT. YOU ALL MANDINKA WARRIORS. YOU CAN LIFT THE BUS. LIFT THE BUS ! COME ON. DO IT FOR ME. [ Engine Revving ] PULL IT UP ! GO ! GO ! PULL ! PULL ! PULL, Y'ALL. THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKIN' ABOUT. [ George ] YOU DIDN'T WANNA BELIEVE ME. [ Shouting ] WHAT DO YOU THINK ? GIMME MY TEN DOLLARS. [ Gears Grinding ] [ Engine Revving ] [ Gary ] THE BUS AIN'T MOVING. - NOW WHAT ? - RIGHT ABOUT NOW THE DEVIL'S KICKIN' OUR MANDINKAN ASSES. WAIT A MINUTE. REMEMBER HANNIBAL NOW. WE AIN'T GETTIN' OUR ASS KICKED. WE GONNA GET OUT. WATCH THIS. GEORGE, YOU KNOW WHAT THIS ALL ABOUT. IT'S A PLOT. [ Flip ] IT'S A PLOT, MAN ! [ Men Complaining ] WHAT'S GOIN' ON, CRAIG ?I'M PUTTIN' THE PEDAL TO THE METAL, MAN. NOTHING'S HAPPENIN'. THE AXLE MUST BE BUSTED. SHIT !LET ME CALL BASE. - [ Radio Transmission, Indistinct ] - DACHAU ! - THIS IS MALICIOUS FUCKIN' COUNTRY. - YOU'RE TALKIN' NEGATIVE. [ Chattering ] THEY WANT ME TO STAY WITH THE BUS, DON'T THEY ? YOU KNOW THOSE IDIOTS. BUT I'LL MISS THE MARCH ! YOU KNOW THE RULES. WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO ABOUT IT ? THIS IS A BITCH ! SO WHO'S GONNA TAKE MY PLACE ? THEY DIDN'T SAY. THEY'LL SEND US ANOTHER BUS WITH SOMEBODY. I DON'T KNOW. WE GOT ANOTHER BUS COMIN'. HOW LONG IT GONNA TAKE ? I DON'T KNOW, BUT THEY GONNA BE HERE. WE AIN'T GONNA GET STRANDED ON NO DESERT. Y'ALL TAKE YOUR SHIT OUTTA THE-- WE WILL MAKE IT ? OH, MERCY ! MAN, IT'S HOT. WE JUST HAVE TO HIKE. GENTLEMEN, PLEASE. [ Groaning ] [ Car Approaching ] [ Truck Approaching ] YO, WHICH WAY ? Y'ALL GOIN' BACK TO L.A. ? CAN I SIT IN YOUR LAP OR SOMETHIN' ? GET BACK HERE. [ Guitar ] [ Chattering ] OUT ON THE ROAD AND THE BUS BROKE DOWN [ Indistinct Chatter ] OUT ON THE ROAD AND THE BUS BROKE DOWN OH, HEY IT WON'T BE TOO LONG 'TIL I SEE FARRAKHAN ALL RIGHT ! OHHH !ALL RIGHT, BROTHER. OUT ON THE ROAD AND THE BUS BROKE DOWN [ Pop ] BUS BROKE DOWN. [ Gary ] THAT'S IT. COME ON. OUT ON THE ROAD AND THE BUS BROKE DOWN HERE YOU GO, JAY. TAKE IT AWAY, JAY. AND IT WON'T BE LONG 'TIL WE'RE ONE MILLION STRONG ALL RIGHT, NOW. YOU GOT THAT ! WELL, NOW I WAS OUT ON THE ROAD AND THE BUS BROKE DOWN DOWN COME ON, NOW. ALL RIGHT, POP. 'BOUT 20 OF US WAS OUT ON THE ROAD AND THE BUS BROKE DOWN SING IT, POP. WELL, I THINK THEY'RE TRYIN' TO STOP US BUT WE STILL D.C. BOUND WHOO ! RIGHT ON, POP. HEY. [ Pop ] IF WE HAVE TO WALK EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. HEY, YOU GUYS, HERE COMES-- HERE COMES THE BUS ! HEY ! ALL RIGHT. THIS IS IT. [ Shouting ] [ George ] Y'ALL DIDN'T BELIEVE ME, DID YA ?WHOA ! HEY, WHAT'S UP, RICK ? CRAIG, GEORGE. WHAT'S ALL THIS ? - THEY GOIN' TO THE MILLION MAN MARCH. - THE FARRAKHAN THING ? YOU'RE KIDDING ME. YEAH, I'M KIDDING YOU. THEY THE HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS. -THEY SAID IT WAS A TRIP TO THE CAPITOL. I SHOULD'VE KNOWN. -I GUESS SO. COME ON, BROTHERS. THIS IS OUR RIDE. AND HE'S WHITE, FELLAS. HE GETS TO GO TO THE MARCH; I GET TO STAY. YOU'RE KIDDING. RIGHT ?WE CAN'T ROLL TO NO MILLION MAN MARCH WITH A WHITE BOY BEHIND THE WHEEL. YEAH, WHAT ABOUT ALL THAT MANDINKA WARRIOR STUFF ? OH, COME ON ! USED TO BE WE ALWAYS HAD TO CHAUFFEUR THE WHITE MAN. THIS TIME THE WHITE MAN IS CHAUFFEURIN' US. AM I RIGHT, POP ? YOU'RE RIGHT, GEORGE. ALL RIGHT. COME ON, Y'ALL. YOU GOT ANYTHING YOU WANNA STOW, LEAVE IT WITH ME. - SHHH. - [ Craig ] RIGHT HERE. HEY, WHAT'S UP, REUBEN KINKAID ? [ Craig ] YOU WANT ME TO STOW THAT ? AIN'T NOTHIN' BRINGIN' THE BLACK MAN DOWN [ Rick ] HOWDY.[ George ] YOU BOYS LOOKIN' FOR A RECORDIN' CONTRACT, YOU COME TO THE WRONG PLACE. WHAT'S UP ? [ Humming ] HEY, HOW YA DOIN' ? GARY. THANKS. RICK.YOU'RE NOT SCARED OR ANYTHING, ARE YA ? 'COURSE NOT. WHY ? SHOULD I BE ? DAMN RIGHT. THEY GOT GUNS AND KNIVES. LATER, CRAIG. [ Exhales ] I'LL BE WITH YOU GUYS IN SPIRIT ! FREEDOM NOW ! AH, WE'RE JUST GETTIN' GOIN', Y'ALL. YEAH. [ Chuckles ] ONE MILLION STRONG. I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS, Y'ALL, AND I'M GONNA SHOOT IT ALL. [ Pop ] THANK YOU-- [ Jamal ] WRITIN' A LETTER ? UH, NO, UH-- THIS IS A PRAYER THAT I THOUGHT I MIGHT SAY WHEN WE ARRIVED AT THE MARCH, THANKIN' THE LORD FOR ALL THAT THIS MEANS TO ME. IF WE ARRIVE. WHITE BOY DRIVIN' US TO THE MILLION MAN MARCH ? THAT'S GOTTA BE A BAD OMEN. WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH KUNTA KINTE OVER THERE ? BROTHER SAID FOR US TO STAY OUT OF HIS BUSINESS. I DON'T CARE WHAT SOME JUDGE SAID. NO WAY I HANDCUFF MY SON LIKE THAT. YOU ?THAT I CANNOT SAY. NO KIDS ?OH, YEAH. I HAD TWO KIDS. HAD 'EM, BUT NOT ANYMORE. THAT'S ALL OVER NOW. - NO FAMILY AT ALL ? NOTHIN' ? - NOT ANYMORE. JEREMIAH'S STRICTLY ON HIS OWN. HOW DO YOU FEEL ? PARDON ?YOU'RE ON A BUS WITH 20 BLACK MEN. HOW DO YOU FEEL ? BLACK MEN, WHITE MEN-- ALL THE SAME TO ME. I LIKE TO THINK OF MYSELF AS COLOR-BLIND. COLOR-BLIND ? OKAY, SO YOU DIDN'T NOTICE AT ALL... THAT EVERYONE ON THIS BUS IS BLACK EXCEPT YOU. MEN OF AFRICAN ANCESTRY. SO-CALLED "BLACK MEN," DESCENDANTS OF SLAVES. WELL, WE'RE ALL BROTHERS UNDER THE SKIN, RIGHT ? NOW WE'RE YOUR BROTHERS JUST 'CAUSE YOU'RE ON THE BLACK OF THE BUS. [ Sighs ] HEY, LOOK, I NEVER WORE A WHITE SHEET OVER MY HEAD. I'M JEWISH. GOD FORBID WE SHOULD THINK A JEWISH PERSON COULD BE A BIGOT. MY PARENTS WERE IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. THEY HAD BLACK PEOPLE AT OUR HOUSE-- ARE YOU GETTING THIS, XAVIER ? THEY ACTUALLY HAD BLACK PEOPLE AT THEIR HOUSE. I DIDN'T MEAN IT LIKE THAT. OH, SPARE US. AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, ONLY TWO THINGS CAME OUT OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT ANYWAY. ONE, BLACK PEOPLE GOT A FEW CRUMBS, AND, TWO, CONDESCENDING WHITE PEOPLE HAD THE RIGHT TO SAY THAT THEY STRUGGLED WITH US. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS OUR STRUGGLE DIDN'T END WITH THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON. - WE'RE STILL CATCHIN' HELL. - I THINK MY PEOPLE KNOW A BIT ABOUT CATCHING HELL. - AT LEAST MY PARENTS DID THEIR PART. - THEIR PART TO DO WHAT ? TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, OR TO APPEAR LIBERAL ? JEWISH PEOPLE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. AND AS SOON AS THEY GOT WHAT THEY WANTED, THEY ABANDONED IT. [ Sighs ] YOU KNOW, I DON'T SEE BLACK PEOPLE... MARCHING FOR JEWS, HISPANICS OR ASIANS FOR THAT MATTER. WHY DO YOU EXPECT WHITE PEOPLE TO SOLVE ALL YOUR PROBLEMS ? THEY'RE NOT MARCHIN' FOR US EITHER, AND WE DIDN'T CREATE OUR PROBLEMS. WHITE PEOPLE CREATED OUR PROBLEMS. DO YOU THINK WE ASKED FOR SLAVERY ? WE ASKED FOR THE HOLOCAUST ? SIX MILLION JEWS DIED. DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE GONNA FORGET NAZIS, ARABS, BLACK ANTI-SEMITES. WAIT. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY BLACK PEOPLE DIED IN THE SLAVE TRADE ? - OVER 60 MILLION. - I DIDN'T KILL ANY ONE OF THEM, NOR DID MY PARENTS. - DON'T BLAME US FOR THAT. - YEAH, IT'S OUR FAULT. AND AFTER 400 SOME-ODD YEARS OF SLAVERY AND OPPRESSION, FEET ON OUR NECKS, WE'RE JUST SUPPOSED TO FIX EVERYTHING OURSELVES, RIGHT ? YEAH. DAMN RIGHT WE ARE. WHO THE HELL ELSE IS GONNA DO IT ? HEY, SPIKE LEE, JUNIOR, LOOK. ARE YOU PAYIN' ME FOR THIS MOVIE ? NO, SIR. THEN I QUIT. NOW GET THAT DAMN CAMERA OUTTA MY FACE. UH, YOUR NAME IS WHAT ? RANDALL, RIGHT ? - YES. - AND CORRECT ME IF I'M MISTAKEN, BUT YOU ARE A, UH, HOMOSEXUAL ? YES. THIS FELLA IS JEWISH. THAT MAKES BOTH OF YOU MINORITIES ON THIS BUS. WHICH GOES TO SHOW YOU DON'T KNOW A DAMN THING ABOUT THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, BECAUSE THAT MOVEMENT WAS ABOUT BRINGIN' PEOPLE TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, SO WE CAN STOP INSULTING AND DENIGRATING EACH OTHER... AND DEAL WITH THE REAL ISSUE, THE REAL OPPRESSOR. I'VE KNOWN THIS MAN FOR FIVE YEARS. ALL HE'S TRYIN' TO DO IS DO HIS JOB-- JUST HELP US GET TO THE MARCH. THAT'S ALL HE'S DOIN'. I'M SURE A REASONABLE MAN LIKE YOURSELF CAN UNDERSTAND THAT. SO WHY DON'T YOU JUST CUT HIM SOME SLACK ? I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH YOU, GEORGE. GOOD.THANKS, GEORGE. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH, RICK. YEAH, YEAH, LISTEN. LONG AS YOU DO YOUR SHARE OF THE DRIVING, I DON'T HAVE PROBLEM WITH YOU. YOU'RE OKAY IN MY BOOK, PAL. YO, DOG.YO, DOG ! OH, WHAT, MAN ? I GOTTA USE THE RESTROOM. WHAT ? PISS ! THE BATHROOM. IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'D LOVE TO GO BY MYSELF. [ Sighs ]THANKS. [ Strumming Guitar ] YEP !UH-HUH. WHAT'S HAPPENIN', BARB ? YEAH. UH-HUH ! OH, YEAH, YEAH. SO THEY-- SO THEY LIKED ME ? UH-HUH. OH, YEAH. YEAH, COUNT ON THAT. YEAH. UH-HUH. I GOT MY FINGERS AND TOES CROSSED, YEAH. O-O-OKAY. BYE. BYE. [ Exhales ] OH, BOY.SO DID YOU GET IT ? THEY'RE GONNA MAKE A DECISION LATER THIS WEEKEND, BUT, UH, YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, YEAH, I GOT IT. YEAH ? YEAH ? YEAH.BIG ROLE ? [ Scoffs ] YOU KIDDIN' ? WHEN THEY THROW ME UP ON THAT SCREEN, I'LL BLOW UP TOO LARGE. PEOPLE BE LIKE, UM, "DENZEL WHO ?" [ Laughing ] YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYIN' ? I HOPE IT WORKS OUT, BROTHER. MM-HMM.THEN I CAN SAY I KNEW YOU WHEN-- ACTIN' THE FOOL ON THE BUS. FOOL ON THE BUS. RIGHT ON. ON YOUR WAY TO THE MILLION MAN MARCH. RIGHT ON. 1995.SO, YO. WHAT YOU THINK MY MAN'S THINKIN' ? WHO ?MIGHTY WHITEY DRIVIN' THE BUS. RIGHT ABOUT NOW HE'S PROBABLY THINKIN' ABOUT KICKIN' HIS BOSS'S ASS. OH, YEAH, YEAH. [ Laughing ] I GUESS YOU DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HIM, THOUGH. HUH ?YOU DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HIM, 'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU SHARE A WHITE THING. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKIN' ABOUT. I ALREADY TOLD YOU. I CONSIDER MYSELF BLACK. HANG ON. NO DISRESPECT. NO, NO, NO. JUST BECAUSE A PERSON IS WHITE DOES NOT MEAN THAT I DISLIKE HIM. I'M NOT TALKIN'-- OR JUST BECAUSE A PERSON IS BLACK... DOES NOT MEAN THAT I LIKE HIM. THAT'S NOT-- I CONSIDER MYSELF BLACK, JUST LIKE BOB MARLEY WAS BLACK. I'M NOT TALKIN' ABOUT BOB MARLEY. HE WAS A SO-CALLED "MULATTO." I CONSIDER MYSELF BLACK. WELL, NO DISRESPECT, PARTNER,BUT I COULD CONSIDER MYSELF SIX-FOOT-FOUR AND UGLY. THE FACT REMAINS THAT I'M SIX-FOOT AND TOO CUTE FOR THE ENGLISH VOCABULARY. [ Pop ] HEY, HOLD IT. WAIT A MINUTE. MR. HOLLYWOOD ? YES ?- THE MAN IS BLACK. WHY DON'T YOU JUST LET HIM BE ? - HE IS ALSO WHITE. IF THIS WAS SLAVERY, THINK OL' MASSAH WOULD CARE THAT HE WAS HALF-WHITE ? HE'D BE A SLAVE, JUST LIKE THE REST OF US. YEAH, BUT HE'D BE A HOUSE SLAVE, PIMPIN' ROUND THE BIG HOUSE. WHILE THE REST OF US WOULD BE TALKIN' ABOUT GRITS, THIS FOOL WOULD BE EATIN' POTATOES. HE'D HAVE BREAST OF CHICKEN; WE'D HAVE NECK BONES. OUR WOMEN WOULD BE BLISTERED UP AND STINKIN' FROM PICKIN' COTTON. HIS WOULD BE ALL BATHED, SMELLIN' GOOD, AND NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN, THE HONEY HE'D BE HITTIN' SKINS WITH, SHE'D BE A WHITE GIRL. HOLD IT. JUST HOLD IT A MINUTE. HOW 'BOUT THE GRITS ? GRITS WAS FOR THE WHITE FOLKS UP IN THE BIG HOUSE. SLAVES WOULD BE LUCKY TO GET CORN MUSH. AND AS FOR HITTIN' SKINS WITH A WHITE GIRL, A BLACK MAN COULD GET LYNCHED FOR EVEN THINKIN' A THOUGHT LIKE THAT. COME ON, POPS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. YOU ARE WRONG, MAN. WHAT ? LOOK, MY LADY'S NOT WHITE. BUT YOU WOULD NEVER UNDERSTAND THAT, FLIP. YOU WOULD NEVER UNDERSTAND THAT. WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM, REALLY ? I MEAN, AT BOTTOM. WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM ? DO YOU WANT A WHITE WOMAN ? [ Kyle ] THAT'S IT. OH, PLEASE. PLAYER IS WRITTEN ALL OVER ME. DO YOU WANT A WHITE WOMAN ? I DONE TAGGED ALL KINDS OF FREAKS-- BLACK, WHITE, UM, CHINESE, [ Mike ] BLIND, CRIPPLED, CRAZY. MEXICAN.WHY DO YOU INSIST ON CALLING WOMEN "FREAKS" ? OHH ! LOOK, I LOVE MY WOMAN, OKAY ? I RESPECT HER. SHE'S NOT A FREAK. SHE'S A QUEEN. I BANG QUEENS TOO. OH, OH, I'M SORRY. I GET IT.YOU'RE ON THAT HENPECKED TIP. LET ME SIT DOWN. I DO NOT CHEAT ON MY WOMAN. THAT DOES NOT MAKE ME A HENPECK. IT MAKES ME HONEST. OH, OH.I WISH I COULD SEE HOW NOBLE YOU'D BE IF YOU HAD AS MANY DRAWERS THROWN IN YOUR FACE. - BUT HEY, I GUESS WE'LL NEVER KNOW. - DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR. [ Flip ] WHAT'S THAT YOU SAID ? WELL, YOUR CONSTANT AND ANNOYING REFERENCES TO YOUR SEXUAL PROWESS... ARE NOTHING IF NOT OVERLY COMPENSATORY... AND LEADS ME TO THINK THAT YOU'RE A MISOGYNIST WHO IS VERY INSECURE. - [ Guitar ] - OLE."OVERLY COMPENSATORY." NOBODY ASKED YOU, HARRIET TUBMAN, ALICE WALKER, ANGELA DAVIS, NIKKI GIOVANNI... OR WHATEVER SISTER YOU THINK YOU ARE. RANDALL ROYAL, IF YOU DON'T MIND. WELL, RANDALL ROYAL, IF YOU DON'T MIND, JUST BECAUSE I LIKE PUSSY-- I LIKE THE WAY IT FEELS, I LIKE THE WAY IT SMELLS... AND, ON OCCASION, LIKE THE WAY IT TASTES-- DON'T MAKE ME INSECURE. CAN YOU EVEN SAY THE WORD ? PUSSY.I DON'T HAVE TO SAY IT. I'M LOOKING AT ONE. COME ON. PUSSY. PU-PU-SSY. PUSSY. YOU WANNA BACK OFF ? - COME ON, FAGGOT. PUSSY. - HEY, LEAVE HIM ALONE ! STAND BY YOUR MAN ! OH, NO, NO. MY BAD, 'CAUSE ACTUALLY YOU'RE THE MAN OF THE RELATIONSHIP. YOU MADE YOUR POINT. NOW LEAVE THE MAN ALONE. HE WASN'T BOTHERING YOU. HE WAS BOTHERING ME. JUST THE FACT THAT WE GOT TWO FAGGOTS ON THE BUS BOTHERS ME. I AIN'T GONNA BE TOO MANY MORE OF YOUR FAGGOTS. - LEAVE HIM ALONE. - OH, MR. CHAIN GANG IN THE MIX. THE DEFIANT ONES AND SHIT. WHAT'S YOUR SIGN, OLD MAN ? "ALL DELIVERIES IN THE REAR" ? YO, DOG, DON'T EVEN TRIP. "YO, DOG, DON'T EVEN TRIP." DON'T TRIP, DOG. [ Man ] SIT DOWN, CLOWN. [ Flip ] DON'T TRIP. DON'T TRIP, DOG. Y'ALL SO SERIOUS, BROTHERS. OOH LA, LA, LA, LA, LA LA, LA HEY GIRL, YOU NEED A CHANGE OF MIND [ Chattering ] [ Chattering Continues ] I MARCH IN PICKET LINES OHH BURN BRAS AND CARRY SIGNS OH, LORD, WELL, I HAVE FOUGHT FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS I GUESS WE'RE EQUAL NOW OH, CHANGE CHANGE YOUR MIND GIRL, YOU NEED [ Xavier ] BUT A LOT OF GAYS THINK FARRAKHAN IS HOMOPHOBIC. HE CALLED FOR A DAY OF ATONEMENT, RIGHT ? YEAH.PERHAPS MINISTER FARRAKHAN WILL ATONE FOR HIS HOMOPHOBIA. WHEN I WALK DOWN THE STREET, WHITE WOMEN CLUTCH THEIR PURSES, CROSS TO THE OTHER SIDE, JUST AS THEY WOULD FOR A BROTHER WHO'S STRAIGHT. I'M GOING TO THE MARCH 'CAUSE I'M A BLACK MAN. MY SEXUAL PREFERENCE DOESN'T CHANGE THAT. EVAN, JUNIOR. SMOOTH.OKAY. SMOOTH. TELL ME-- HOW COME YOU'RE GOING TO THE MARCH ? 'CAUSE HE'S MAKING ME. HE'S MAKING YOU GO ? YEAH.SO, BUT FOR YOUR FATHER, YOU WOULDN'T BE GOING AT ALL ? HELL, NO.-I DON'T WANNA GO TO THIS MARCH. -TELL HIM WHY YOU DON'T WANNA BE THERE. I'D RATHER BE WITH THE HOMIES, KICKIN' IT. I GOT BETTER THINGS. THAT'S THE REASON I'M TAKIN' HIM TO THE MARCH. THE HOMIES AIN'T DOIN' NOTHIN' BUT KILLING EACH OTHER. YOU NEED A CHANGE OF MIND BABYI WANNA TAKE MY SON TO THIS HISTORIC EVENT. I WANT HIM TO SEE, UH, A MILLION BLACK MEN... DOIN' SOMETHING POSITIVE FOR THE COUNTRY. YEAH, WELL, I SERVED ENOUGH WITH THIS COUNTRY. I SERVED TEN YEARS IN THE MARINE CORPS, FOUGHT IN THE PERSIAN GULF. I EVEN TOOK A BULLET. FRIENDLY FIRE FROM TWO HOMOPHOBIC ASSHOLES WHO SUSPECTED I WAS GAY. I WOKE UP IN THE HOT-ASS SUN, THEY WERE LAUGHIN'... AND TALKIN' ABOUT HOW THEY KILLED TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE-- ONE NIGGER, ONE FAGGOT. DO YOU CARE ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE ? YEAH. I'M BLACK MYSELF. BUT DO YOU CARE ABOUT OTHER BLACK PEOPLE ? YEAH.DO YOU STEAL FROM BLACK PEOPLE ? MAN... WHAT YOU TALKIN' ABOUT "STEAL" ? I AIN'T STOLE FROM NOBODY. OKAY.DO YOU TAKE WHAT ISN'T YOURS, EVEN FROM BLACK PEOPLE ? IF IT'S JUST LYING AROUND ? FOR SURE, MAN. IF IT'S THERE. RIGHT.BUT YOU SAY YOU CARE ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE. YOU DON'T THINK I HAVE A RIGHT TO GO TO THE MARCH ? I DIDN'T SAY THAT. I JUST WANNA KNOW WHAT YOU THINK THE BLACK GAY MAN'S ROLE IS... IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY, OKAY ?WHAT'S YOURS ? WHY DO YOU SAY THAT STEALING ISN'T WRONG ? I DIDN'T SAY IT WASN'T WRONG. I'M SAYIN' THE WAY I GOT IT WASN'T REALLY WRONG. 'CAUSE, UH, I AIN'T HURTIN' NOBODY. RIGHT.IF YOU TAKE SOMEBODY'S STUFF, IF YOU DON'T HURT ANYBODY, IT'S RIGHT, IT'S OKAY. YOU'RE TAKIN' IT THE WRONG WAY. I AIN'T TAKIN' NOBODY'S STUFF. SEE, THERE YOU GO AGAIN. I-- I JUST GOT THE-- IT WAS THERE. THE MONEY WAS THERE, RIGHT IN MY FACE. NOBODY WAS THERE. WHAT THE FUCK ? YOU'D LEAVE SOME MONEY IF YOU SAW IT ? IF IT WASN'T MINE. TSK.YEAH, OKAY. THAT'S WHAT YOU SAY. OKAY.I DIDN'T. IT-- I DON'T KNOW. ARE WE GONNA GET SOMETHING TO EAT ? I'M GETTING A HANGNAIL. HELLO, LADIES ! IT GIVES ME PLEASURE TO WELCOME YOU TO THE LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, REST AREA. OH, YEAH ? WHO ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO BE ? THE WELCOMING COMMITTEE FOR ALL THE FINE SISTERS. OH, PLEASE. YOU DON'T RECOGNIZE ME, DO YOU ? HUH ? I'M AN ACTOR. [ Screams, Laughs ] YOU PLAYED ON AN EPISODE OF MARTIN ! YES. YOU WERE THE JANITOR. YES ! [ Laughing ] HE'S FAMOUS ! YOU ARE FUNNY ! SORRY WE DIDN'T RECOGNIZE YOU. WE'VE BEEN DRIVING ALL NIGHT. BYE ! WHERE ARE YOU FROM ? DALLAS. I'VE HEARD THAT DALLAS HAS THE FINEST HONEYS ON THE PLANET. AREN'T YOU TWO THE ONLY TWO BLACK CHEERLEADERS ON THE DALLAS COWBOYS ? WHOO ! WHAT DO YOU KNOW ? [ Laughing ] IS HE BOTHERING YOU ? OH, MAN.YOU SCARED ME. I'M SORRY. HOPEFULLY, MINISTER FARRAKHAN WILL TEACH HIM NOT TO BOTHER YOUNG LADIES. ARE YOU GOING TO THE MARCH ? YES, WE ARE. IT'S TIME FOR THE BROTHERS TO WORK IT OUT. WAIT A MINUTE ! NO ! HOW DO YOU BROTHERS PROPOSE WORKING THINGS OUT... WITHOUT THE SISTERS ? I'VE HEARD THIS ARGUMENT. SHE'S GOT A POINT. IT'S NOT RIGHT TO EXCLUDE BLACK WOMEN, ESPECIALLY AFTER ALL THE THINGS THAT BEAUTIFUL, NUBIAN SISTERS LIKE YOURSELF... HAVE DONE FOR US. SO WHY ARE YOU GOING ON THE MARCH ? SOMEBODY'S GOTTA RAISE THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF ALL THESE LOST BROTHERS. THE THING IS, IS THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN QUESTIONS SPECIFIC TO MANHOOD, SUCH AS: HOW CAN WE BE BETTER HUSBANDS AND SONS AND FATHERS... AND LOVERS ? YOU CAN START BY NOT TRYING TO PUT US WOMENFOLK IN OUR PLACE. LEAVE THE SISTERS AT HOME WHILE THE BROTHERS WORK IT OUT. PLEASE ! WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. GINA ! NO, NO, NO. PERSONALLY, I'M GLAD TO SEE THE BROTHERS SHOWING UNITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT'S NOT UNITY. WHAT WE NEED IS SOLIDARITY. YOU CANNOT NAME ONE STRUGGLE IN BLACK AMERICA... IN WHICH THE SISTERS WERE NOT AN ACTIVE STRUCTURE, AN ACTIVE FORCE, CAN YOU ? - I CAN'T. CAN YOU ? - PLEASE.IT'S NOT ABOUT EXCLUDING SISTERS. IT'S ABOUT TRYING TO GAIN YOUR RESPECT AND TRYING TO KEEP IT. BY THE WAY, MY NAME IS GARY. UH, GINA.NICE TO MEET YOU. I'M JAMILIA. HI. FLIP.NICE TO MEET YOU. NICE TO MEET YOU, FLIP. I WISH WE COULD GO TO D.C. I COULD HELP YOU DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO D.C. YOU COULD FOLLOW OUR BUS. [ Laughing ] BROTHERS, GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BUT WE DO HAVE SOMEWHERE WE NEED TO BE. OH, THAT'S TOO BAD. IN THAT CASE, WHY DON'T YOU SLIDE ME THOSE DIGITS SO AS SOON AS IT'S OVER... I COULD RUN IT ALL DOWN FOR YOU. YOU DON'T QUIT, DO YOU ? [ Laughing ] THIS ONE RIGHT HERE. CAN THIS ONE BE TRUSTED ? - DON'T ASK ME. I JUST MET THE BROTHER. - WELL, WHAT ABOUT YOU ? CAN WE TRUST YOU ? ME ?OF COURSE YOU CAN. THERE'S NO ONE MORE TRUSTWORTHY THAN GOOD OLD GARY. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ASK HIS GIRLFRIEND. GIRLFRIEND ? GOT HIM. MY, MY.NO, HE'S RIGHT. ASK HER. SHE'LL TELL YOU I'M VERY-- TRUSTWORTHY ? VERY TRUSTWORTHY. EXACTLY.- LET'S GO. - WELL.WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT ? HEY !IT'S BEEN STIMULATING. COME ON. [ Laughing ] - NICE TO MEET YOU. - BYE, BROTHERS ! GOD BLESS. - KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. - GOD BLESS. ONE LOVE, ALL RIGHT ? HEY, WATCH CNN, ALL RIGHT ? CNN ? YEAH.YOU POURED SALT ON MY RAP, MAN. SWING AND A MISS ! HE'S OUT ! [ Laughs ] AH, MULATTO MIKE ! HA-HA ! MACK DADDY ! YOU'RE CRAZY. YOU'RE CRAZY. PIMPIN' AIN'T EASY, BUT-- WELL-- YOU'RE STILL CRAZY. LOOK AT FLIP ! FLIP IS JEALOUS ! NOTHIN', MR. I-DON'T-CHEAT- ON-MY-GIRLFRIEND. I DON'T.OH, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE ! YOU WAS SALIVATIN' ALL OVER BABY GIRL. AH, COME ON, JAMES BROWN. YOU CRAZY. [ All Laughing ] POPS ! POPS ! ARE YOU HEARIN' THIS ? I'M HEARING THIS. YOU TELL ME. WHAT MAN, WHO LIKES WOMEN, AIN'T GONNA TRY TO GET SOMETHIN' ON THE SIDE, IF HE CAN GET AWAY WITH IT ?WELL, SOME MEN WOULDN'T. NAME ONE. NO, BETTER YET, HOW ABOUT YOU ? WHAT ?- YOU EVER CHEAT ? - MAYBE I DID, WHEN I WAS A YOUTH. [ All Laughing ] SO JEREMIAH WAS A BULLFROG. YOU AIN'T NO FRIEND OF MINE."MAYBE I DID, IN MY YOUTH." THAT'S A YES. HOW ABOUT YOU, GEORGE ? - NEVER. I NEVER CHEATED ON MY WIFE. - TECHNICALITY ! THERE WAS A TIME I WAS TRAPPED ON THIS HERE BUS WITH 20 NYMPHOS. I HAD TO FIGHT 'EM OFF. [ Laughing, Clapping ] BUT, NO, I'M SERIOUS. LET ME THINK ABOUT IT. [ Flip ] YOU AIN'T GOTTA THINK ABOUT A DAMN THING. I NEVER CHEATED ON MY GIRLFRIEND. HER NAME'S CATHY. HOW OLD ARE YOU ? NINETEEN. YOU GOT PLENTY OF TIME. BROTHER JAMAL OVER THERE, HE DIDN'T EVER CHEAT ON HIS GIRLFRIEND. OF COURSE NOT. WHY DO YOU THINK HE PRAYS FIVE TIMES A DAY ? GET HIM TO PRAY FOR SOME MUSIC, SINCE WE LEFT JAMES BROWN ON THE OTHER BUS. YOU WANT MUSIC ? MUSIC YOU GOT. ALL RIGHT, POPS. WE GOT MUSIC THAT GOES WAY BACK YONDER. IS THIS IT ? YEAH.I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO MY LITTLE PRIDE AND JOY. THIS IS MY DJEMBE DRUM. AHH !MAN, WHAT'S UP, MAN ? OH, YOU GOTTA BE KIDDIN' ! THE DRUM IS THE MOTHER OF ALL MUSIC. [ Men Laughing ] TELL 'EM, BOSS ! TELL YOU WHAT I'M GONNA DO. I AM GONNA USE THIS DJEMBE DRUM TO TAKE ALL YOU BROTHERS... BACK TO THE MOTHERLAND. AH-HA-HA.[ Reciting ] I SEE A SHIP IT'S A BIG SHIP AIN'T NO SLAVE SHIP ALL RIGHT. DON'T SEE NO CHAINS DON'T SEE NO SHACKLES IT'S A GOIN' HOME SHIP ALL RIGHT. I CROSS THE OCEAN GET OFF ON THE BEACHES I WALK IN THE SAND I STEP IN THE GRASS RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, NOW. SAY HELLO TO THE PYTHON AND THE BEAR BOB TREE I WALK IN THE JUNGLE I SEE THE MONKEY I SEE THE CHIMPANZEE I CROSS THE RIVER I SEE THE CROCODILE I COME TO MY VILLAGE ALL RIGHT. I SEE THE CHIEF I SEE ALL THE ELDERS COME ON. ALL RIGHT. I SEE THE WARRIORS OH, YEAH ! I SEE THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN OH, YEAH ! I SEE THE FIRES AND I SMELL THE COOKING ALL RIGHT ! YEAH ! HEAR THE SINGING AND DRUMMING COME ON ! AND DANCE ALL THE DANCES YEAH ! I CROSS THE COMPOUND AND THERE AT THE END YES ? IN A LITTLE RISE I SEE HOME AHH ! JEREMIAH SEES HOME YEAH ! AHH ! AND THEY GLAD TO SEE ME [ Cheering, Applause ] POPS ! POPS ! POPS ! [ All Chanting ] POPS ! POPS ! POPS ! POPS ! POPS ! POPS ! [ George ] HEY ! HEY ! HEY ! GET YOUR ASS ON THE BUS ! [ All Laughing ] [ Brakes Hiss ] MMM. WAKE UP. GEORGE. HEY. MEMPHIS.LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER. YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER. BUT THAT'S NOT THE WAY THAT I WAS RAISED. IT DOESN'T MATTER. IT'S THE CUISI-- OH, MAN.WHAT'S HAPPENIN' ? NOT MUCH, I GUESS. NOT MUCH IS BETTER THAN NOTHIN'. CAN WE GET SOME MENUS ? SANDY, UH, GET THEM SOME MENUS. OH, SURE.LET'S GET SOMETHING TO EAT, THEN I'LL DRIVE THE BUS FOR A WHILE. I NEED YOU TO DO ME A FAVOR, GEORGE. YOU CAN'T DRIVE THE SPOTTED OWL THE WHOLE WAY. THAT'S NOT IT. IF BASE CALLS, I NEED YOU TO TELL 'EM I GOT SICK. WHY ?'CAUSE I'M NOT COMING BACK. SHIT. WHAT THE HELL YOU MEAN, YOU'RE NOT COMING BACK ? I CAN'T DO IT. COME ON. STOP BULLSHITTING ME. YOU JUST TRYIN' TO GO TO GRACELAND. [ Chuckles ] I'D BE SAFER THERE. MEANING WHAT ? YOU THINK WE'RE GONNA PUT YOU IN A POT OF BOILING WATER AND HAVE YOU FOR SUPPER ? WELL, YOU ALREADY GOT THE DAMN AFRICAN DRUMS IN THERE.YOU KNOW, RICK, THAT'S THE EPITOME OF CULTURAL DISRESPECT. I COULD COME BACK AT YOU WITH SOMETHING ANTI-SEMITIC, OR I COULD WHIP YOUR ASS. WHICH WOULD YOU PREFER, RICK ?I'M SORRY. [ Sighs ] ALL RIGHT, MAYBE I AM A LITTLE PREJUDICED AGAINST BLACKS, BUT NO MORE THAN YOU'RE PREJUDICED AGAINST WHITE PEOPLE. YOU WANT ME TO STAY ON AND PROVE HOW LIBERAL I AM ? I DON'T HAVE TO PROVE ANYTHING TO ANYBODY. I THINK AFFIRMATIVE ACTION HAS BEEN FUCKED UP. I THINK O.J. WAS GUILTY. HE'S A COLD-BLOODED MURDERER WHO SLAUGHTERED TWO INNOCENT HUMAN BEINGS. OKAY ? THERE IT IS. I BET YOU WISH THERE WERE MORE WHITE PLAYERS IN THE N.B.A. TOO, HUH ? OKAY, LET'S JUST GET IT OUT IN THE OPEN. I BET YOU'D LIKE TO CALL ME A NIGGER. OR SHVARTZE OR WHATEVER THE FUCK IT IS. I'M GONNA ALLOW YOU TO SAY IT. I NEVER CALLED ANYBODY THAT IN MY LIFE. THIS BUS IS GOING TO THE FARRAKHAN MARCH, AND I CAN'T BE A PART OF THAT. THIS IS NOT JUST FARRAKHAN'S MARCH. I DON'T WANNA DEBATE THIS. HE CALLED JUDAISM A GUTTER RELIGION. HE SAID HITLER WAS A GREAT MAN. I WOULDN'T EXPECT YOU TO DRIVE A BUS TO A KU KLUX KLAN RALLY, SO DON'T EXPECT ME TO DO THIS. SO NOW YOU COMPARING THIS TO A KLAN RALLY. [ Sighs ] LOOK, EITHER YOU'RE GONNA KICK MY ASS, COVER FOR ME... OR I'M GONNA GET FIRED, BUT NO WAY AM I GETTIN' MY WHITE ASS BACK ON THAT BUS. SO, WHAT'S IT GONNA BE ? IF YOU FEEL THAT WAY, YOU SHOULDN'T GET YOUR WHITE ASS BACK ON THE BUS. I'LL COVER FOR YOU, RICK. SEE YOU IN L.A. THANKS, GEORGE. [ Evan ] THERE A PROBLEM ? SORRY. I JUST NEVER SEEN THIS MANY PEOPLE IN HERE BEFORE. WHERE Y'ALL FROM ? L.A.A LONG WAY FROM LOS ANGELES. WE'RE GOIN' TO THE MILLION MAN MARCH. NO KIDDIN'. HEY, MITCH, WHERE YOU RECKON THESE FELLAS ARE HEADED ? WHERE ?THE MILLION MAN MARCH. NO FOOLIN' ? THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID. SO FARRAKHAN IS THE NEW BLACK LEADER, HUH ? "THE NEW BLACK LEADER" ? YOU KNOW, LIKE MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS. YEAH, YOU COULD SAY THAT. UH, NOT REALLY. BUT HE'S ONE OF OUR LEADERS. HE THE ONLY ONE COULD PULL SOMETHIN' LIKE THIS OFF. WHAT ABOUT THAT STUFF ABOUT HIM THINKIN' THE WHITE MAN IS THE DEVIL ? THAT TRUE ? YEP. NO. NOT REALLY, UH-- ACTUALLY, FARRAKHAN IS PRO-BLACK. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT HE'S ANTI-WHITE OR ANYTHING ELSE. I CAN ASSUME YOU FEEL THE SAME WAY ? OH, YEAH.I'M RODNEY. UH, EVAN.THIS HERE'S MITCH. I'M SMOOTH. UH, EVAN JUNIOR. [ Chuckles ] JUST SMOOTH. SO, WHAT'S WITH THE HANDCUFFS, SMOOTH ? [ Evan ] UH, IT'S PERSONAL. YO, I CAN TALK FOR MYSELF. IT'S A COURT ORDER. - THE JUDGE MANDATED THAT I BE IN THE CUSTODY OF MY FATHER. - THE JUDGE MANDATED THAT ? IT WAS EITHER COMMUNITY SERVICE AND THIS FOR 72 HOURS, OR ME SERVIN' A ONE-YEAR SENTENCE. [ Mitch ] WHAT'D YOU DO ? I STOLE SOMETHIN' FROM A GROCERY STORE. WHAT, LIKE A CANDY BAR OR SOMETHIN' ? NO, LIKE MONEY OUT THE CASH REGISTER. [ Mitch ] DAMN.BUT IT WASN'T LIKE IT WAS A GUN POINTED OR NOTHIN'. BUT IT WAS STILL A BONEHEADED THING TO DO. YOU KNOW BETTER. YO, HOW YOU KNOW WHAT I KNOW ? I KNOW YOUR MOTHER TAUGHT YOU BETTER THAN THAT, OKAY ? YEAH, PUT IT OFF ON MOMS.WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS LATER.WHAT'S THIS ONE FOR ? FIRST PRIZE, AMATEUR RODEO. STEER WRESTLIN'. I USED TO DO A LITTLE RODEO MYSELF, YOU KNOW. YUP. LITTLE OLD SASSY HORSE KICKED ME DOWN WHERE THE SUN DON'T SHINE. YOU EVER HEAR TELL OF A BLACK COWBOY NAMED BILL PICKETT ? YEAH, KINDA SOUNDS FAMILIAR. HE INVENTED STEER WRESTLING. YOU SEE, ONE DAY BILL WAS LOADING THESE CATTLE ONTO THIS STOCK CAR... AND ONE LONGHORN GOT AWAY. BILL HOPPED ON HIS HORSE AND CHASED THAT HEIFER. WHEN HE GOT CLOSE ENOUGH, HE SLID DOWN, GRABBED HER BY THE HORNS, TURNED HER HEAD AROUND, WRESTLED THAT COW STRAIGHT BACK TO THE STOCK CAR. AND THAT'S HOW HE INVENTED STEER WRESTLING. HUH. BLACK GUY, HUH ? THAT'S RIGHT. BILL PICKETT. DAMN.WELL, WHAT DO YOU KNOW ? HOWDY.WHAT'S UP ? EVER BEEN DOWN SOUTH HERE BEFORE ? NO. AIN'T NEVER BEEN OUT OF SOUTH CENTRAL. AH.THERE'S ANOTHER URINAL HERE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR ME TO FINISH. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. I'M JUST GONNA WASH UP A LITTLE BIT. YOU WASH YOUR HANDS ANY MORE, YOU'RE GONNA RINSE AWAY ALL THE MELANIN. YEAH.THANK YOU. MMM.[ Man ] HEY, THERE THEY ARE ! HOW YOU DOIN' ? MY BROTHERS, MY BROTHERS. HEY, BROTHER. HEY. HOW Y'ALL DOIN' ? GOOD MORNING TO YA. EXCUSE ME THERE, YOUNGBLOOD. HOW Y'ALL DOIN', BROTHERS ? MY BROTHERS. WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR DRIVING PARTNER ? I DON'T KNOW. YOU DON'T KNOW ? HE HAD SOMETHING TO DO. YOU MEAN HE BAILED ON US ? DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. I'LL STILL GET US THERE. GEORGE, IT'S NOT LIKE D.C.'S AROUND THE CORNER, BROTHER. LOOK, THE DEVIL WANTS US TO THROW IN THE TOWEL, BUT I'M STILL GONNA GET US THERE. HEY ! EXCUSE ME. WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU, BROTHER ? I JUST HEARD. - YOU GENTLEMEN GOING TO THE D.C. MARCH ? - YOU HEARD RIGHT, YOUNG MAN. WELL, WELL. MY NAME'S WENDELL. WENDELL PERRY. I OWN A CAR DEALERSHIP HERE IN MEMPHIS. LEXUS SC 400. SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. [ Laughs ] AND IT'S MINE. [ Alarm Disarms ] WE ALREADY HAVE A RIDE, BROTHER. I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE A SALE. I WAS JUST HOPING TO TAG ALONG WITH YA. YOU WANNA COME WITH US TO D.C. ? YES, INDEED, SIR. IT'S THE PLACE TO BE. IF IT'S THE PLACE TO BE, THEN I WANNA BE THERE. ALL I NEED IS A RIDE FROM Y'ALL. BROTHER, I WISH I COULD HELP YOU, BUT, SEE, EVERYBODY PAID MONEY TO GET ON THIS BUS. OH, WELL, BROTHER, IF IT'S MONEY YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT-- YEAH, WELL, THAT AIN'T WHAT I'M TALKIN' ABOUT. YOU SEE, IF I PICK UP ANY STRAYS, I COULD LOSE THIS GIG. YOU UNDERSTAND ? NOT LIKE WE'RE GONNA SAY ANYTHING, GEORGE. I'M WITH THEM. THE MAN SAYS HE WANTS TO COME TO WASHINGTON WITH US, I SAY LET HIM COME. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A BROTHER HERE. YEAH, POP, BUT EVERY BROTHER AIN'T RIGHTEOUS. - SO YOU DON'T MIND IF I-- - NAH. GO AHEAD. [ Patting Down ] MAY I ? YUP.SO, UH, NONE OF YOU BROTHERS HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS WITH US PICKING HIM UP, HUH ? NO, SIR. UH-UH.I HAVE NO OBJECTIONS TO THE BROTHER, BUT THAT FUNKY CIGAR'S GOT TO GO. NO SMOKING ON THE BUS. NO PROBLEM. WELL, WENDELL, WELCOME ABOARD. THANK YOU. WENDELL PERRY. [ George ] OH, MAN, THERE'S NOTHIN' LIKE THE SUNRISE. [ Xavier ] KINDA REMINDS ME OF HEAVEN. YOU BEEN THERE, HUH ? I'M JUST SAYIN' I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT COULD BE NICER. TIMES LIKE NOW, YOU COULDN'T PAY ME A MILLION BUCKS TO DO SOMETHING ELSE. - IF YOU WEREN'T HIRED TO DRIVE, WOULD YOU STILL BE GOING ? - YOU KIDDING ME ? EVEN IF I DIDN'T WANT TO, THE WOMEN IN MY HOUSE WOULDN'T LET ME HEAR THE END OF IT. SO THEY WANTED YOU TO COME, HUH ? THEY INSISTED. "GEORGE, YOU FIND TIME TO WATCH FOOTBALL, YOU BETTER FIND TIME TO GO TO D.C." OR: "DADDY, I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA BE THERE, AREN'T YOU ?" - SOUNDS LIKE YOU GOT A HOUSE FULL OF WOMEN. - YEAH, TWO GIRLS AND A WIFE. - YOU GOT ANY KIDS ? - NO, MAN. KEEP JIMMY IN HIS PANTS LOCKED UP TIGHT. FINISH SCHOOL, GET A CAREER, GET MARRIED, THEN START HAVING THOSE BABIES. I GOT MY PRIORITIES STRAIGHT. YOU AIN'T GOTTA WORRY ABOUT ME. YOU KINDA ATTACHED TO THAT THING, HUH ? ONE DAY I'M GONNA LET MY KIDS SEE THESE TAPES. YOU GONNA BE ONE OF THEM HOLLYWOOD HOTSHOTS. JUST MIGHT SURPRISE YOU. YEAH, WELL, THAT'D BE A NICE ONE, 'CAUSE HOLLYWOOD THINKS THEY GOT US ALL FIGURED OUT. AND THE EVENING NEWS. YEAH, GEORGE, THEY SUM US UP WITH THE FOUR R'S: RAP, RAPE, ROB AND RIOT. WHO'S MAKIN' THE COFFEE ? [ George ] YOU FIND OUT, LET ME KNOW. [ Xavier ] I'LL TAKE A CUP. [ Chuckling ] [ George ] HEY, WENDELL, HOW LONG YOU BEEN IN MEMPHIS ? BORN AND RAISED. YOU NEVER LIVED ANYWHERE ELSE ? HELL NO. DON'T INTEND TO EITHER. BUSINESS MUST BE GOOD, HUH ? COULDN'T BE BETTER. LET THAT BE A LESSON TO YA, YOUNGBLOOD: WORK HARD, GRADUATE FROM SCHOOL, THE WHITE MAN CAN'T HOLD YOU DOWN. I DON'T CARE WHAT ANYBODY SAYS. YOU GET YOUR EDUCATION. THAT'S RIGHT. BUT DON'T JUST GO ANYWHERE. SEE ME ? I WENT TO VANDERBILT. IN NASHVILLE. I GRADUATED PHI BETA KAPPA. YOU WOULD NEVER CATCH ME GOING TO ONE OF THEM NIGGER SCHOOLS LIKE TENNESSEE STATE OR FISK. SHIT. ALL THEM NIGGERS KNOW HOW TO DO IS STEP AND SING. SELL FIST SANDWICHES TO GET TEXTBOOKS. [ Laughs ] SHIT.Y'ALL BETTER OPEN THESE WINDOWS. YOU NIGGERS STARTIN' TO SMELL A LITTLE FUNKY. JAY FORGOT HIS DEODORANT. THE REST OF US STARTIN' TO GET USED TO IT. FUCK YOU. I TOLD YOU I'M SICK. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYIN'. YOU DO SOMETHING WITH YOUR LIFE. DON'T JUST TALK ABOUT IT. NIGGERS LOVE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY GONNA DO. "I'M GONNA DO THIS, DO THAT." NIGGERS AIN'T GONNA DO A GODDAMN THING. THAT'S WHY THEY LIKE FARRAKHAN. HE AIN'T NO BIBLE LEADER OR ANYTHING. HOLD IT. WHO ARE YOU TO BE DISSIN' FARRAKHAN ? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE ? WHAT HAVE YOU EVER SACRIFICED TO UPLIFT YOUR PEOPLE ? FARRAKHAN HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE STRUGGLE TO CLEAN UP THE BLACK MAN... FOR 40 YEARS. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE, HUH ? YOU AIN'T DONE A GODDAMN THING. LOVE LOUIS FARRAKHAN OR HATE HIM, THAT'S YOUR CHOICE. BUT IF IT WASN'T FOR HIM, YOUR BLACK ASS WOULDN'T BE ON THIS BUS RIGHT NOW. - AND YOU KNOW WHY ? - WHY ?BECAUSE HE WAS THE ONLY BLACK LEADER WHO HAD THE BALLS TO CALL FOR THIS MARCH. - YOU KNOW WHY ? - WHY ?BECAUSE AS FAR AS SO-CALLED "BLACK LEADERS" GO, LOUIS FARRAKHAN IS THE ONLY FREE BLACK MAN IN AMERICA. - YOU KNOW WHY ? - WHY, NIGGER ? 'CAUSE HIS ONLY ALLEGIANCE... IS TO HIS GOD ALLAH AND HIS PEOPLE. NIGGER, COME ON. YOU HAVE TO ADMIT THE MAN IS SELF-SERVING. EVERYBODY IS SELF-SERVING ON ONE LEVEL OR ANOTHER. THE FACT IS, THE NATION OF ISLAM HAS HELPED THOUSANDS OF BROTHERS. AND PUT A LOT OF MONEY IN THAT NIGGER'S POCKET. I BEEN TO CHICAGO; I SEEN HIS PALACE. THAT HOME BELONGED TO THE HONORABLE ELIJAH MUHAMMAD. - DON'T BRING UP THAT NIGGER. HE THE SAME THING. - WHAT ARE YOU SAYIN', MEMPHIS ? PEOPLE SHOULDN'T GET PAID FOR HELPING OTHER PEOPLE ? PRIESTS GET PAID. REVERENDS GET PAID. - THE PRESIDENT'S DEFINITELY GETTIN' PAID. - HIM TOO. WELL, I'M JUST SAYIN', ONE POSITIVE THING ABOUT FARRAKHAN: HE DON'T HAVE THAT NIGGER ATTITUDE LIKE JESSE "RAINBOW COALITION" JACKSON. HERE YOU GO BEGGIN' FOR A RIDE ON THIS BUS, AND YOU GONNA GET ON THE BUS AND DIS FARRAKHAN AND REVEREND JACKSON. BECAUSE OF REV. JACKSON, I AM SOMEBODY. THE BUS I DRIVE, AND I MEAN THIS WITH ALL MY HEART, - BE IT BE FOR THE UGLIEST BROTHERS ALIVE, BUT I AM... - [ Together ] SOMEBODY ! SERIOUSLY, MAN, YOU BROTHERS KNOW WHAT I'M SAYIN' ABOUT NIGGERS LIKE JACKSON. THEY ALL SAY THE SAME THING: "HIRE US. FEED US. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION." LIKE WE NEED AMERICA TO KEEP A NIPPLE IN OUR MOUTH. YOU A REPUBLICAN OR SOMETHING ? YEAH, AND DAMN PROUD OF IT. - WHO YOU, NIGGER GINGRICH ? - YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT ? I DON'T SEE HOW ANY BLACK MAN COULD BE A REPUBLICAN. - I DON'T SEE HOW ANY BLACK MAN CAN'T. - YOU GOT THAT RIGHT. OH, HERE WE GO AGAIN.DEMOCRATS WANNA KEEP US POWERLESS, DOCILE, BEGGIN' FOR HANDOUTS. IF WE RUN AROUND HAVIN' BABIES WITHOUT EVEN A MINUTE PLAN FOR THEIR FUTURE, THEY SAY THAT'S OKAY. TAKE A FEW MORE HANDOUTS. HAVE A FEW MORE BABIES. A GAY, BLACK REPUBLICAN. NOW I KNOW I SEEN EVERYTHING. ACCORDING TO MY OBSERVATION, FLIP, YOU HAVEN'T SEEN MUCH. I DONE TOLD YOU ABOUT RIDIN' MY ASS, ESPECIALLY WITHOUT MY PERMISSION. - HEY, YOU GAY ? - YES. - THAT'S OKAY. YOU MIGHT BE GAY, YOU MIGHT BE BLACK, BUT AS LONG AS YOU A REPUBLICAN, YOU ALL RIGHT. WE ARE AN ENDANGERED SPECIES, JUST LIKE THAT OWL ON THE SIDE OF THE BUS. - BUT IT'S NIGGERS LIKE FLIP-- - NIGGERS LIKE FLIP ? NIGGERS LIKE FLIP ? WEARIN' THEIR SUFFERING ON THEM LIKE A BADGE OF HONOR-- YOU'D BETTER WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE, NIGGER, 'CAUSE NINE TIMES OUTTA TEN YOUR MAMA'S IN THE WHITE MAN'S KITCHEN BREWING IT. NIGGER, YOU'D BETTER LEAVE MY MAMA OUT OF THIS. AT LEAST SHE AIN'T OUT THERE ON HIS DOORSTEP BEGGIN'... LIKE MOST OF YOU IGNORANT, LAZY NIGGERS. DON'T MAKE ME PULL THIS BUS OVER AND WHIP YOUR ASS. ARE YOU TRYIN' TO SAY THAT ALL BROTHERS AND SISTERS THAT HAVEN'T MADE IT... ARE LAZY AND IGNORANT ? - YEAH, BASICALLY. - YOU EVER HEARD OF RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION ? THIS IS THE 1990s. RACISM IS A FIGMENT OF THE BLACK MAN'S IMAGINATION. BROTHERS, WE ARE MOVIN' INTO THE NEXT MILLENNIUM. THE YEAR 2000 IS HERE. WE GOTTA MOVE INTO THE FUTURE. IF I'M LYIN', HOW YOU EXPLAIN A MAN LIKE COLIN POWELL, HUH ? THE WHITE MAN NEVER KEPT HIM DOWN. COLIN POWELL MADE IT IN SPITE OF RACISM, NOT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T EXIST, YOU UNCLE TOM. - SAY IT AGAIN, LOUDER. - [ Together ] UNCLE TOM ! YOU HEAR THAT, KYLE ? JUST BECAUSE WE STAND UP ON OUR OWN TWO FEET AND WE DON'T SING SLAVE SONGS, THEY WANNA CALL US UNCLE TOM. "WE," HELL ! AT LEAST I HAVE SENSE ENOUGH TO KNOW RACISM AND HOMOPHOBIA STILL EXIST, BROTHER. SO I'M JUDAS, RIGHT ? I'M THE ENEMY TO ALL THE BROTHERS AND THE SISTERS. AND NIGGERS LIKE O.J., THEY THE HERO, RIGHT ? NIGGERS ARE OUT THERE SINGIN' IN THE STREET, DANCIN' IN THE STREET... BECAUSE THAT NIGGER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE SECOND COMING. HOW MANY OF YOU WERE OUT THERE ? PEOPLE WEREN'T CELEBRATING BECAUSE HE WAS A HERO. YOU ADMITTIN' HE WAS GUILTY ? THAT'S NOT WHAT THE MAN'S SAYING. THE MAN'S SAYIN' THAT WHITE FOLKS HAVE BEEN GETTIN' OVER ON BLACK FOLKS FOR CENTURIES. PLEASE, NIGGERS, LET THERE BE ONE VOICE OF REASON AMONGST ALL THESE NIGGERS ON THIS BUS. [ Flip ] WHO ARE YOU ? MARK FUHRMAN ? WHAT ABOUT YOU, OLD MAN ? HUH ? YOU GOT AN OPINION ? YEAH, I GOT AN OPINION. ALSO, I GOT A QUESTION. WHEN YOU USE THAT WORD THAT WAY, ARE YOU TALKIN' ABOUT YOU TOO, OR JUST ABOUT THE REST OF US ? SEEMS LIKE THAT'S THE ONLY WORD YOU KNOW. BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WERE TO TAKE THAT WORD AND TURN IT OVER, ON THE OTHER SIDE YOU WOULD FIND KINGS AND QUEENS. SORRY, POPS. IF IT DON'T FIT, YOU MUST ACQUIT. [ Chuckling ] WHY ARE YOU EVEN GOING TO THE MARCH ? NIGGERS AND CARS. CARS AND NIGGERS. NIGGERS NEED CARS LIKE CARS NEED NIGGERS. I GOTTA MAKE ME SOME MONEY. YOU THINK I'M GONNA MISS OUT ON ALL THAT NETWORKIN' ? SHIT, NIGGER, YOU MUST BE CRAZY. I GOT A JOKE FOR YOU, NIGGER.WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU CROSS A MILLION LESBIANS AND THE MILLION MAN MARCH ? OKAY, WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU CROSS ONE MILLION LESBIANS AND THE MILLION MAN MARCH ? TWO MILLION MOTHERFUCKERS WHO DON'T DO DICK. [ Laughing ] [ Continues Laughing ] YOU NIGGERS SOMETHIN' ELSE. NIGGER, NIGGER, NIGGER, NIGGER, NIGGER. ALL YOU NIGGERS. [ Laughing ] [ Mike ] HEY, WENDELL, I GOT A JOKE FOR YOU. ALL RIGHT. WHAT DO THEY CALL A BLACK MAN WITH A LEXUS DEALERSHIP ? WHAT ? NIGGER.[ All Laughing ] AAAAAH ! [ Men Laughing, Hooting ]HERE YOUR COAT, NIGGER !NIGGER NEED COAT LIKE COAT NEED NIGGER ! CRUISIN' ON A JOURNEY TO YOUR HEART CRUISIN' CRUISIN' WHEN YOU'RE MAKIN' LOVE WITH ME[ Laughing, Shouting ] [ Men Singing ] BACK ON THE ROAD AND WE'RE D.C. BOUND YEAH, YEAH - WE'RE TELLIN' YOU - BACK ON THE ROAD BACK ON THE ROAD AND WE'RE D.C. BOUND GET ON, MAN ! GET ON, MAN ! GO, POP ! WELL, I MIGHT HAVE BEEN LOST BUT I DONE GOT FOUND [ All Shouting ] HEY, HEY I MIGHT'VE BEEN LOST, HEY BUT NOW I'M FOUND I'M FOUND I'M FOUND I'M FOUND I MIGHT'VE BEEN LOST BUT NOW I'M FOUND I'M FOUND I'M FOUND I'M FOUND I SAID THAT THIS MONDAY SHALL BE SO PROFOUND [ Laughing ] YEAH !SEE, SOMETIMES IN THE VILLAGE... THE DRUMS WOULD BE TALKIN' ALL NIGHT LONG, YOU KNOW. LIKE THIS. AND YOU HAVE TO-- THERE'S A HEAVIER SOUND UP HERE, RIGHT ? [ Low-pitched Beat ] AND A LIGHTER SOUND HERE. [ Higher-pitched Beat ] AND YOU HAVE TO GET THEM BOTH IN AND GIVE YOURSELF AN EASY RHYTHM. LIKE THAT. STEADY, AND HOLD IT. OKAY ? NOW, SHOW ME WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH THAT. OKAY. OKAY.[ Men Laughing ] HERE'S THE DEEP SOUND AND THE HIGH SOUND. RIGHT. RIGHT. OKAY. ONE, TWO, THREE-- [ Plodding Beat ] NO. NO, YOUNGBLOOD, YOUR HANDS ARE TOO FLAT, LIKE A PANCAKE. YOU HAVE TO LOOSEN UP YOUR WRISTS. DON'T BEAT THE DRUM, MAKE LOVE TO IT. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN ? MAKE LOVE TO THE DRUM. LIKE CATHY. LIKE-- [ Both Laughing ] YEAH ! LIKE CATHY. THAT'S RIGHT. AND EASY DOES IT. EASY. OKAY. SLOW AND EASY. SLOW AND EASY. STEADY. YES, SIR. THERE YOU GO. THERE YOU GO. LIKE THIS ? YEAH.THAT WOULD LAST YOU ALL NIGHT LONG. I'M SORRY I OUTED YOU LIKE THAT. IT'S JUST WHENEVER I THINK ABOUT YOU LEAVING ME, I GET A LITTLE PANICKED. -YOU COULD'VE HANDLED IT BETTER. -I DON'T WANNA LET GO, AND I DON'T THINK YOU WANT ME TO. -WHAT I DON'T WANT IS TO TALK ABOUT IT. -OKAY, WE'LL CHANGE THE SUBJECT. LET'S TALK ABOUT HAPPIER TIMES. WHAT ABOUT THE FIRST TIME WE MET, WHEN I ROCKED YOUR WORLD ? - IT WAS THE OTHER WAY AROUND. - NO, I REMEMBER IT VIVIDLY. I GAVE YOU A HOT BATH, I SCRUBBED EVERY INCH OF YOUR BODY. MMM. MMM.WHEN YOU CAME OUT OF THE SHOWER, I RUBBED WARM OIL ON YOUR FEET. STOP IT. SEE, YOU-- YOU NEVER DID PLAY FAIR. MMM. I'M NOT PLAYING, KYLE. YOU KNOW, I DID WHAT I DID BECAUSE... I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD, UH, BE FORCED INTO LIVING A LIE, INTO PRETENDING TO BE SOMEBODY WE'RE NOT. I LIKE BEING WHO I AM, AND I'M NOT GOING TO APOLOGIZE FOR IT, NOT TO YOU, NOT TO MINISTER FARRAKHAN, NOT ANYBODY ON THIS BUS. YOU'RE ALWAYS WORRIED ABOUT WHAT THIS PERSON'S GONNA SAY, WHAT THAT PERSON'S GONNA THINK. IF YOU DECIDE YOU DON'T WANT TO BE WITH ME ANYMORE, THAT YOU DON'T WANT THIS LIFESTYLE ANYMORE, I CAN LIVE WITH THAT. BUT DO IT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT, NOT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WANT FOR YOU. IF ANYTHING, BE A MAN ABOUT IT. YOU'RE RIGHT, RANDALL. I AM GONNA BE A MAN ABOUT IT.I AM AS GAY AS THE NILE IS LONG. I KNOW THAT NOW MORE THAN EVER, AND YOU HELPED ME WITH THAT. I ALSO KNOW I DON'T WANT TO BE YOUR LOVER ANYMORE, PERIOD.BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I DON'T WANT TO BE YOUR FRIEND. ALL RIGHT ? I'D LIKE THAT. HEY, HEY, HEY. GEORGE, YOU ALL RIGHT ? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. I JUST NEED A CUP OF COFFEE IN A LITTLE WHILE. I'LL BE GOOD TO GO. LOOK, NOW, BROTHER, I BEEN DRIVIN' AN 18-WHEELER FOR NINE YEARS. JUST SAY THE WORD, AND I GOT YOUR BACK. IT'S GONNA BE HARD FOR YOU TO TAKE THE WHEEL WITH THEM SHACKLES. THEY'LL BE LONG ENOUGH. I'LL HAVE PLENTY OF ROOM. HEY, EVAN, YOU MIND IF I GET UP IN YOUR BUSINESS FOR A MINUTE ? - IF YOU NEED TO BACK OFF, I WILL LET YOU KNOW. - YOU GOT YOURSELF A GOOD KID. I MEAN, TEENAGERS MESS UP, MAN. THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. THAT'S WHAT THEY DO BEST. WHAT'S YOUR POINT, GEORGE ?WELL, WHATEVER CRIME HE COMMITTED, HE PROBABLY DID IT TO GET YOUR ATTENTION. IF I WAS YOU, I'D TAKE THE CUFFS OFF AND WORK THIS THING OUT, THE TWO OF YOU, MAN TO MAN. WE GONNA WORK IT OUT, BUT THE COURT ORDER SAYS I GOTTA KEEP HIM IN 'EM ONE MORE DAY. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I DON'T SEE NO JUDGE ON THIS BUS. GEORGE, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND. THE BOY NEEDS DISCIPLINE, MAN. I GUESS I'M TO BLAME FOR THAT, BUT HE RUN OVER HIS MAMA AND I AIN'T GONNA HAVE THAT MESS. EVAN,WE'RE GETTIN' READY TO RIDE INTO HISTORY, MAN. YOU CANNOT ROLL INTO WASHINGTON, D.C., WITH THAT BOY IN SHACKLES. YOU CAN'T DO THAT. MAYBE YOU'RE RIGHT, GEORGE.A MAN DON'T HAVE TO SNEAK AROUND NO LADY'S BACK. A MAN SAYS, "THIS IS HOW IT IS," AND HE LIVES BY HIS WORD. WHOA, WHOA, JUST 'CAUSE I HAVE A MULTITUDE OF HONEYS DOESN'T MEAN I HAVE TO SNEAK. ALL MY WOMEN KNOW I'M NOT THE SETTLING DOWN TYPE. I LEARNED A LONG TIME AGO NEVER TO LIE TO A WOMAN, ESPECIALLY A BLACK WOMAN. SOUNDS LIKE YOU LEARNED THE HARD WAY. YOU KNOW IT. I REMEMBER I MUST'VE BEEN ABOUT, UM, WHAT-- ABOUT 13 YEARS OLD. I TOLD MY MOMS I WAS GOING TO THE LIBRARY AFTER SCHOOL, BUT REALLY I WAS GOING TO TRY OUT FOR THE SCHOOL TRACK TEAM. SHE WAS VERY CLEAR: "UNTIL YOU GET YOUR GRADES UP, I DON'T WANT YOU TRYING OUT FOR NOTHIN'." YOU HAD TO BE HARDHEADED. ABSOLUTELY. MY MOTHER COMES LOOKING FOR ME, SHE CAN'T FIND ME. ONE OF MY SO-CALLED FRIENDS TELLS HER WHERE I AM. NEXT THING I KNOW, HERE COMES MY MOM MARCHING ACROSS THE TRACK WHERE THE TRYOUTS ARE... WITH THIS BIG, THICK-ASS LEATHER BELT. THIS BELT WAS SO THICK, COULDN'T NOBODY WEAR IT. IT WAS MADE FOR WHIPPIN' ASS. I COULDN'T TAKE THAT KIND OF ASS-WHIPPIN' IN FRONT OF THE FELLAS, SO I HAD TO, UH-- I HAD TO JET, KNOW WHAT I'M SAYIN' ? - MOTHERS KNOW YOU CAN'T RUN FOREVER. - WHO YOU TELLIN' ? SO FINALLY, WHEN I MADE IT BACK HOME, WHEN I GOT TIRED OF RUNNIN', SHE WHIPPED MY ASS SO GOOD THAT TO THIS DAY I HATE WEARIN' BELTS. WORST BEATIN' I EVER GOT, I WAS ABOUT EIGHT YEARS OLD. MY MOTHER WAS A BAPTIST, SO WE WAS IN CHURCH. EASTER SUNDAY, I THINK. THIS LADY SITTIN' RIGHT NEXT TO ME CATCHES THE HOLY GHOST. OLD GAL WAS HOOTIN' AND HOWLIN', TALKIN' 'BOUT: "THANK YOU, JESUS ! THANK YOU, JESUS !" AND SHE STEPS ON MY BRAND-NEW STACY ADAMS. ONLY THING I COULD THINK TO DO... WAS TO KICK HER IN HER BIG, FAT BUBBLE BEHIND. - NO. TELL ME YOU DIDN'T. - THE WHOLE CONGREGATION JUST ABOUT FROZE. EVEN THE LADIES STOPPED HOLLERIN'. NEXT THING I KNOW, MY MOTHER GRABBED A COLLECTION PLATE FROM AN USHER... AND STARTS WHIPPIN' ME UPSIDE MY HEAD WITH IT. I TRIED TO TELL HER THE SPIRIT MADE ME KICK THAT FAT LADY. THAT MADE HER HIT ME EVEN MORE ! I REMEMBER ONE TIME I STOLE SOME CANDY FROM A GROCERY STORE. THE MANAGER SAW ME, CAUGHT ME RED-HANDED, SO HE CALLS MY MOM. MY MOM COMES TO THE GROCERY STORE-- OH, GOD, YOU KNOW. MY MOM MUST'VE LECTURED ME FOR TWO OR THREE HOURS, MAN. LECTURED YOU ? YEAH.YOU DIDN'T GET A BEATIN' OR NOTHIN' ? NO. UH-UH. NOT LIKE A SMACK OR NOTHIN' ? HIS MOTHER'S WHITE. OH.- MY MOM IS WHITE. SO WHAT ? - I'M JUST TELLIN' HIM WHAT WENT DOWN. IT'S NOT RELEVANT. IS IT RELEVANT ? YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT ? NO ! I WAS JUST TELLING HIM YOUR MOTHER'S DIFFERENT. OKAY ? OUR MOTHERS WHIP ASS. YOUR MOTHER LECTURES. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYIN'. OKAY. NOTHING PERSONAL ? NOTHING PERSONAL. YOU A SENSITIVE-- A SENSITIVE BROTHER. SENSITIVE. - JAMAL, WHAT YOU DO FOR A LIVING ? - I WORK WITH KIDS AT RISK. YEAH ? WHAT KIND OF KIDS ? - GANG BANGERS. - WHOA.GOOD LUCK ON THAT, BROTHER.I COME ACROSS THEM ON MY JOB EVERY DAY. TRYING TO GET THROUGH TO THEM IS LIKE TALKING TO A BRICK WALL. WHAT DO YOU DO ? I'M A COP. YOU'RE A COP ? YES.- WHERE'S YOUR BEAT ? - SOUTH CENTRAL. LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT. YOUR DADDY GOT 187'D BY A BROTHER, AND NOW YOU 5-0 IN SOUTH CENTRAL ? WE NEED COPS ON THE STREET WHO AIN'T LOOKING FOR ANY EXCUSE TO SMOKE A BROTHER. I BECAME A COP BECAUSE A LOT OF COPS UP HERE DON'T GIVE A DAMN. CALL AN AMBULANCE, IT TAKES 20 MINUTES. CALL A COP, IT TAKES TWO HOURS. WHEN YOU GET THE CALL-- A.S.A.P., BROTHER. YOU NEVER PULLED A RODNEY KING ON A BROTHER ? NO, AND I HOPE I NEVER HAVE TO. - WHAT DO YOU MEAN "YOU HOPE" ? - THERE'S A LOT OF BROTHERS OUT HERE WHO PLAY FOR KEEPS. CRIPS AND BLOODS ARE NOT EXACTLY CHOIRBOYS. MOST WHITE KIDS AIN'T CHOIRBOYS, BUT YOU DON'T TAKE LICENSE TO WHIP THEIR ASS. IF I HAVE TO CLOCK A BROTHER TO TEACH HIM A LESSON, TO SAVE HIS LIFE, I'LL CLOCK A BROTHER. YOU THINK WHAT YOU WANT, HOLLYWOOD, BUT ALL YOU KNOW ABOUT SOUTH CENTRAL IS WHAT YOU SEE AT THE MOVIES, BROUGHT TO YOU BY FOLKS WHO DON'T EVEN GO SOUTH OF THE SANTA MONICA FREEWAY. AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT, WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BROTHER. I REALLY DO. WORKING WITH THESE AT-RISK KIDS IS WONDERFUL. MY LADY IS RUNNING A MENTORING PROGRAM OUT OF HER OFFICE ON THE WEEKENDS. I TELL SHELLY ALL THE TIME, YOU'RE RUNNING THIS MENTOR PROGRAM, YOU'RE WORKING WITH THESE KIDS, BUT YOU'RE BEHIND A DESK AND YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON-- DON'T TELL ME I HAVE NO IDEA, BROTHER ! I BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES MANY TIMES. OKAY ? MANY TIMES. YOU USED TO GANG-BANG ? UP UNTIL TWO YEARS AGO. I BEEN CRIPPIN' SINCE I WAS 12 YEARS OLD. GANG-BANGIN', THAT WAS MY JOB, 24-7. I USED TO HAVE TO WATCH MY BACK. KILL OR BE KILLED. WHY ? 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT EVERY FOOL IN MY HOOD WAS DOIN'. - AND WHO WAS I TO PIONEER SOMETHING DIFFERENT ? - YOU EVER SMOKE SOMEBODY ? FIRST TIME WAS ON MY 13th BIRTHDAY. YOU KNOW WHAT JEWISH KIDS ARE DOING ON THEIR 13th BIRTHDAY ? O.G.'S WANTED TO TEST MY MANHOOD. SO WE PULL UP ON SOME BLOODS. THEY WAS JUST KIDS, BUT I SAW THEM AS BLOODS. THEN THIS ONE FOOL-- I DON'T KNOW, 13, 14 YEARS OLD-- KICKIN' IT TO SOME GIRL, TICKLIN' HER AND WHATNOT. ALL OF THE SUDDEN HE TURNS AROUND AND SEES MY NINE IN HIS FACE. - I DIDN'T EVEN GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO BLINK. - THAT WAS YOUR FIRST TIME ? BROTHER, IF I USED BOTH MY HANDS... TO COUNT THE NUMBER OF KIDS THAT-- THAT I CANCELED, I WOULD RUN OUT OF FINGERS. SO, WHAT MADE YOU QUIT, JAMAL ?WENT TO MY BEST FRIEND'S FUNERAL.NOW, I DONE BURIED A LOT OF HOMIES, BUT MY BOY D WAS LIKE A BROTHER TO ME. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYIN' ? AND IT WASN'T LIKE I WANTED TO GO OUT AND KILL EVERY BLOOD IN THE HOOD. I GUESS I WANTED ONE OF THEM TO SMOKE ME. SO I WENT UP IN THEY HOOD AND EVERYTHING. WHERE I COME FROM, THAT'S SUICIDE. BUT THERE WASN'T A BLOOD IN SIGHT. THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED I'D JUST PULL THE TRIGGER ON MYSELF. NEXT THING YOU KNOW, I MEET JINDAI. SHE BREAKS IT DOWN TO ME... ON HOW ALLAH HAS A PLAN FOR MY LIFE... AND HOW HE COULD USE ME. 'CAUSE NOWADAYS BROTHERS IS KILLIN' EACH OTHER ON A GLARE. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYIN' ? SHE MADE ME REALIZE... HOW LOST I REALLY WAS... AND THAT KILLIN' MYSELF... WASN'T GONNA END THAT CYCLE. YOU KNOW WHAT WILL END THE CYCLE, JAMAL ? LOCKING UP SOMEBODY LIKE YOU BEHIND BARS. OF COURSE. YOU GOTTA MAKE YOUR QUOTA, DON'T YOU, OFFICER ? SOMEONE JUST LIKE YOU MURDERED MY FATHER. EXCUSE ME. YOU CAN RATIONALIZE IT ALL YOU WANT, BROTHER, BUT LIVING IN THE HOOD IS NO EXCUSE FOR TAKING THE LIFE OF ANOTHER HUMAN BEING.

[ Siren Wailing ]

DAMN. DAMN !

[ Jeremiah ] BE COOL. BE COOL. PEOPLE GET READY THERE'S A TRAIN A-COMIN' YOU DON'T NEED NO BAGGAGE YOU JUST GET ON BOARD ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY BE COOL. I HOPE YOU ALL REMEMBERED RULE NUMBER THREE. ALL YOU NEED IS FAITH TO HEAR THE DIESELS HUMMIN' DON'T NEED NO TICKET YOU JUST THANK THE LORD WHAT'S GOIN' ON HERE ? NOTHIN', OFFICER. I KEPT IT UNDER 60. WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO BEEF UP SURVEILLANCE AROUND HERE. A LOT OF BOYS HAVE BEEN SMUGGLIN' DRUGS THROUGH OUR STATE. - WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH US ? - YOU TELL ME. [ Clanking Noise ] EXCUSE ME, OFFICER. I'M OFFICER RIVERS, L.A.P.D.WE'RE JUST TAKING A BUS TO WASHINGTON, D.C. - L.A.P.D., HUH ? - THAT'S RIGHT. I HATE TO BREAK IT TO YA, BUT THIS IS KNOXVILLE. - I JUST THOUGHT THAT-- - YEAH, I KNOW WHAT YOU THOUGHT. YOU TAKE A SEAT. MIKE, BRING 'IM IN. SEE WHAT YOU CAN FIND, BRUNO.NOW, IF ANY OF Y'ALL ARE HOLDING ANY ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES, NOW'S THE TIME TO CONFESS YOUR SINS. BRUNO HERE HAS ONE HELL OF A NOSE. LOOK BACK THERE UNDERNEATH THAT SEAT THERE. [ Continues ] YEAH. YOU FIND ANYTHING ? CHECK HIM. YOU GOT HIM ? HOW ABOUT YOU BACK THERE ? LOOK UP ABOVE THOSE RACKS TOO. ANYBODY CARRYIN' ANYTHING AT ALL ? HOW ABOUT YOU ? YOU REALLY ASLEEP ? HUH ? YOU SLEEPIN' ? WHAT ABOUT UNCLE REMUS ? HUH ? SEARCH HIM. BACK THERE. YOU DON'T NEED NO BAGGAGE YOU JUST GET ON BOARD ALL YOU NEED IS FAITH CLEAN ? CLEAN. TO HEAR THE DIESELS HUMMIN' OKAY, BOYS. BEEN MY PLEASURE. DON'T NEED NO TICKET HAVE A SAFE TRIP, AND IF YOU FIND YOURSELF IN KNOXVILLE AGAIN... AND YOU NEED LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE, YOU LOOK US UP. YOU JUST PRAISE THE LORD GOOD EVENIN'. FUCK KNOXVILLE ! DAMN POOPER TROOPERS CAN KISS MY ASS ! FUCK YOU ! ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY BE COOL 'TIL WE GET OUTTA HERE. [ Radio: Rap ] [ Continues ] - WHAT'S ON YOUR BRAIN ? - NOTHIN', MAN. JUST TRIPPIN' OFF HOW MOM TOLD ME YOU COULD DRIVE ANYTHING. YOU NAME IT, I CAN DRIVE IT. CAR, BUS, TRUCK, TRACTOR, BOAT, MOTORCYCLE-- - HOW 'BOUT A PLANE ? - NOW, THAT'S SOMETHIN' I HAVEN'T GOTTEN AROUND TO. - THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA DO. I'M GONNA BE A PILOT. - PILOT, HUH ? YUP. SOON AS I GET OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, I'M GOIN' STRAIGHT TO THE AIR FORCE. MMM. MIGHT EVEN MAKE A CAREER OUT OF IT. WHY PLANES ? YOU KNOW, PLANES KILL PEOPLE. PEOPLE GET KILLED IN GROCERY STORES. THAT DON'T MEAN I SHOULD STOP EATIN'. NO, IT DON'T. [ Chuckles ] BOY, YOU JUST LIKE YOUR MAMA, I SWEAR.YOU MOST DEFINITELY GOT THAT MOUTH OF HERS. WANNA HEAR SOMETHIN' FUNNY ? WHAT'S THAT ? SHE TOLD ME I WAS JUST LIKE YOU. CAN'T WAIT TO TELL HER SHE WAS WRONG. [ Continues: Rap ] NO WAY, JEREMIAH, I'M NOT LETTIN' YOU OFF THE HOOK. WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO GO TO THE MARCH ? WHAT MADE ME WANT TO GO TO THE MARCH ? YEAH, THAT'S THE QUESTION. WELL, UH,I MISSED THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON IN '63 AND, UH--YOU MISSED IT ? YOU DIDN'T GO ? I WANTED TO GO. I INTENDED TO. BUT I JUST GOT THIS GOOD-PAYIN' JOB, AND I DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE IT. YOU KNOW, GO ALONG TO GET ALONG. PLAY IT SAFE. MAKE NO WAVES, JEREMIAH. PEOPLE IN THE OFFICE ASKED ME ABOUT MALCOLM X, MARTIN LUTHER KING, AND I SAID I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THEM CATS. AND THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, I DIDN'T BELIEVE IN TROUBLEMAKERS AND RABBLE-ROUSERS, NO, SIR. WHITE MAN HAD ME IN HIS HIP POCKET, ONE HUNDRED PERCENT, AND THAT WAS ALL RIGHT WITH ME.SOON I WAS GETTIN' A RAISE EVERY YEAR, JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE... AND GOT MY LITTLE OFFICE DOWN IN PERSONNEL. MY OWN OFFICE. YEP. THEN I BOUGHT THIS GREAT BIG HOUSE OUT IN THE SUBURBS. CARS FOR ME AND MY WIFE, COLLEGE FOR THE KIDS, THE WHOLE THING. PAID DOWN ON THIS EXPENSIVE BOAT. AND WHEN I WAS AT THE COMPANY I TRAINED A LOT OF PEOPLE-- MOSTLY WHITE, SOME WOMEN-- AND EVERY ONE OF THEM GOT PROMOTED OVER ME. N-NOW THAT SHOULD'VE TOLD ME SOMETHING, BUT IT DIDN'T. NOT ME. I HAD IT MADE. OH, MAN.EVERYBODY FROM THE PRESIDENT ON DOWN IN THE WHOLE COMPANY... LOVED GOOD OLD, FAITHFUL OLD, GREAT-WITH- THE-JOKES-AND-SMILES JEREMIAH.OH, MAN, THEY INTEGRATED ME LOCK, STOCK AND BARREL, AND I LOVED IT. THIRTY-THREE YEARS WITH THE COMPANY, I NEVER MISSED A DAY. A-AND THEN THEY HAD THIS BIG MERGER... AND INSTEAD OF GIVING ME THE WATCH I HAD BEEN WAITING FOR, THEY GAVE OLD JEREMIAH THE PINK SLIP. "WE REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR SERVICES... WILL NO LONGER BE REQUIRED." NOW, I DIDN'T SEE HOW THEY COULD JUST THROW A MAN AWAY. I COULDN'T ACCEPT THAT, SO I WENT TO THIS NEW MANAGEMENT... AND I PUT ON A SHOW THAT YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE. I TALKED MORE TRASH, SHOWED MORE TEETH, KISSED MORE LILY-WHITE ASS. I-I BEGGED THAT MAN FOR MY JOB... AND I GOT IT. OH, 30% REDUCTION IN PAY, NO BENEFITS, BUT IT WAS A JOB AND IT WAS MINE. TWO YEARS AGO, A LOT OF LOOSE JAPANESE MONEY COMING IN, HOSTILE TAKEOVERS, SOME KIND OF STUFF. COMPANY STARTED TO GET LEAN AND MEAN... FOR THE NEW WORLD ORDER AND THE 21st CENTURY. DOWNSIZED MY BLACK ASS RIGHT OUT THE DOOR... AND THEN LOCKED IT, THREW AWAY THE KEY. NO JOB, NO FUTURE, NO NOTHIN'. AND, OF COURSE, I HAD TO GET STUPID. I, UH, TOOK TO DRINKING. I LOST MY WIFE, CARS, HOUSE, CHILDREN,CREDIT, MY GOOD NAME. NOW ALL MY WORLDLY POSSESSIONS AND THE REST OF MY WHOLE LIFE... IS IN THAT SHOPPING BAG THERE. AS A MATTER OF FACT, IF SOMETHIN' GOOD DON'T HAPPEN TO JEREMIAH AND SOON, WELL, HE'S GONNA-- THAT'S WHY I'M GOING TO THE MARCH. I GOT TO GO. OH, YES, SIR, YOU'RE GONNA MAKE THIS MARCH OR YOU'RE GONNA DIE TRYING. I'D LIKE YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE LOOKIN' AT THE CO-STAR OF DENZEL'S NEWEST FLICK. I GOT THE PART ! NOBODY'S GONNA CONGRATULATE ME ? [ George ] CONGRATULATIONS. WHY DON'T YOU SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP ? [ Scattered Laughter ] SO YOU THINK THAT'S FUNNY, HUH ? I'M RATHER AMUSED, BUT POOR DENZEL. HEAR THAT, MR. IN-THE-CLOSET ? YOUR GIRLFRIEND THINKS THAT'S FUNNY. - FUCK YOU, FLIP. - ARE YOU SURE ? - WHAT ?ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO FUCK ME ? 'CAUSE IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THAT WAITRESS IN MEMPHIS SLIPPED YOU HER PHONE NUMBER. YOU HEAR THAT, RANDALL ROYAL, IF YOU DON'T MIND ? - YOUR BOYFRIEND MIGHT BE GIVING UP HIS MEMBERSHIP. - COME ON. CUT IT OUT. GIVE ME A BIT MORE RESPECT. AND I TOLD YOU TO STOP RIDIN' MY ASS. - OR WHAT ? - OR I'M GONNA BUST YOUR LITTLE BUBBLE ASS ! - THERE ARE A LOT BIGGER ASSHOLES THAN HIM. - YOU MUST'VE HAD YOUR WHEATIES. - BETTER HOPE YOU HAD YOURS, BITCH ! - YOU DIDN'T CALL ME "BITCH." - SOUNDED LIKE BITCH TO ME. - I KNOW YOU DIDN'T JUST CALL ME "BITCH" ! COME ON. LET'S JUST CALM DOWN. HOW'S THIS FOR A BITCH ? [ All Shouting ] [ Shouting Continues ] CUT THAT SHIT OUT ! BREAK IT UP ! TAKE IT OUTSIDE ! [ George ] I'M GONNA PULL THIS GODDAMN BUS OVER AND KICK BOTH YOUR ASSES ! NO !LET'S GO. THE THRILLA IN MANILA. WHUP HIS MOTHERFUCKIN' ASS ! [ Excited Shouting ] BROTHERS, DON'T ! NO ! DON'T FIGHT ! WHOO ! [ Excited Shouting Continues ] COME ON, CUTIE PIE ! DON'T BE SHY, NOW ! WHOO ! WHOO ! TAKE A SHOT ! COME ON ! GET HIM, KYLE ! GO GET HIM, KYLE ! - GO, BABY ! - GO, KYLE ! OHH ! FLIP ! FLIP ! THAT'S IT ? IS THAT IT ? WON'T YOU HELP US SING COME ON, FLIP WILSON. BRING IT ON. OUR SONG OF FREEDOM 'CAUSE ALL I EVER HAD REDEMPTION SONG COME ON, KYLE, GET UP. Y'ALL DONE COUNTED ME OUT TOO SOON, FELLAS ! COME ON, SUGAR. THE DANCE AIN'T OVER. [ Grunts ] COME ON.[ Shouting Continues ] HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT, FAG ? COME ON, MAN ! [ Grunts ] WHO'S THE FAGGOT NOW ? I ASKED YOU A QUESTION. THAT IS FOR LANGSTON HUGHES. THAT'S FOR JAMES BALDWIN. GIVE IT YOUR BEST SHOT, BABY. WHAT YOU WAITIN' ON ? - THAT WAS FOR DENNIS RODMAN. - DENNIS RODMAN IS GAY ? - HEY, MAN, YOU SEEN MY SON ? - NO, I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM. GEORGE, YOU SEEN JUNIOR ? HE WAS HERE A SECOND AGO. I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE WENT. JUNIOR ! YO, SMOOTH ! JUNIOR ! EVERYBODY JUST SPLIT UP. JUNIOR ! JUNIOR ![ All Calling Junior ] WHERE YOU AT, MAN ? JUNIOR !YO, SMOOTH ! JUNIOR ![ Flip ] HEY, MAN. WHERE YOU AT, MAN ? JUNIOR !JUNIOR ! JUNIOR ! JUNIOR ![ Evan ] JUNIOR ! JUNIOR ! STOP, BOY ! EVAN ! STOP ! STOP ! [ Grunts ] GET THE HELL OFF OF ME, MAN ! WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING ? GET THE HELL OFF OF ME ! WHERE ARE YOU GOIN', HUH ? I AIN'T GOIN' NOWHERE ! THEN WHY THE HELL YOU RUNNIN' AWAY ? MAYBE 'CAUSE I TAKE AFTER YOU MORE THAN YOU KNOW. LOOK.I'M NOT SAYING YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE MAD, OKAY ? YOU GOT THE RIGHT. AS A MATTER OF FACT, YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT ME. AFTER YOU WERE BORN, I BROKE OUT JUST AS FAST AS I COULD. DON'T YOU THINK I ALREADY KNOW THAT ? TELL ME SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW. I WAS NOT REJECTING YOU. IT WAS NOT ABOUT THAT. YEAH, WHATEVER. I WAS SCARED, JUNIOR. I WAS 22 YEARS OLD. I HAD NO JOB AND A BRAND-NEW BABY BOY... FROM A WOMAN I KIND OF LIKED. BUT IT WASN'T LOVE, MAN. SO I FIGURED THAT-- I FIGURED THAT IF I JUST SPLIT, THEN THE PROBLEM WOULD GO AWAY. WHY WON'T YOU LET ME JUST SPLIT ? YOU WERE NEVER THE PROBLEM. I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT. I WAS THE PROBLEM. BECAUSE AFTER YOU WERE BORN, I WAS NOT MAN ENOUGH... TO TAKE ON MY RESPONSIBILITIES. AND I WANNA BE YOUR FATHER, 'CAUSE I REALIZE YOUR MOTHER WAS RIGHT. YOU NEED YOUR FATHER IN YOUR LIFE. WHAT, ARE YOU CRAZY OR SOMETHIN', MAN ? LOOK AT ME. I'M PRACTICALLY GROWN. AND NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT I NEED YOU ? YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT MY MAMA WENT THROUGH ? MY MAMA TAUGHT ME HOW TO RIDE A BIKE, HOW TO TIE A TIE. SHE EVEN TOLD ME HOW TO USE A CONDOM... SO I WOULDN'T BE SOME BROTHER WITH AN UNWANTED BABY LIKE YOU. NOW YOU WANT TO COME BACK INTO THE PICTURE, TELLIN' ME I NEED YOU ? I DON'T EXPECT FOR US TO BE GREAT OVERNIGHT. IT MIGHT EVEN BE A FEW YEARS. BUT I DON'T CARE NOTHIN' ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE YOU ARE MY SON... AND I AM YOUR FATHER, AND I LOVE YOU. AND YOU ARE WANTED. AND I'M GONNA FACE THAT. YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE LEFT, ON THE WAY TO WASHINGTON FOR THIS TRIP ? JEREMIAH PRAYED THAT WE WOULD BE BETTER MEN AFTER WE LEFT... THAN WE WERE BEFORE WE GOT THERE. WELL, I WAS PRAYIN' RIGHT ALONG WITH HIM. AND I'M NEVER, EVER... RUNNIN' AWAY AGAIN. 'CAUSE THE FUTURE IS HERE IT'S A NEW DAY A NEW WORLD ORDER A BRAND-NEW DAY IT'S A NEW DAY [ Sobs ] A CHANGE OF MIND FOR THE HUMAN RACE IT'S A NEW WORLD ORDER A BRAND-NEW DAY [ People Shouting ] [ Woman ] ALL RIGHT, NOW. TURN THAT STUFF IN, BABY. [ Man ] WE'RE A WINNER AND NEVER LET ANYBODY SAY BOY, YOU CAN'T MAKE IT 'CAUSE A FEEBLE MIND IS IN YOUR WAY NO MORE TEARS DO WE CRY AND WE HAVE FINALLY DRIED OUR EYES [ Applause ] AND WE'RE MOVIN' ON UP MOVIN' ON UP LORD, HAVE MERCY WE'RE MOVIN' ON UP MOVIN' ON UP WE'RE LIVIN' PROOF AND ALL'S ALERT THAT WE'RE TWO FROM THE GOOD PLAYERS AND WE'RE A WINNER AND EVERYBODY KNOWS IT TOO WE'LL JUST KEEP ON PUSHIN' LIKE YOUR LADY'S FOUND IT TOO 'CAUSE THAT PRESSING DAY IS COMING AND I DON'T CARE WHERE YOU COME FROM [ Horns Honking ] WE'RE MOVIN' ON UP MOVIN' ON UP LORD, HAVE MERCY WE'RE MOVIN' ON UP MOVIN' ON UP [ Honking Continues ] WHOO HEY, HEY WE'RE MOVIN' ON UP MOVIN' ON UP LORD, HAVE MERCY WE'RE MOVIN' ON UP MOVIN' ON UP I DON'T MIND LEAVIN' HERE TO SHOW THE WORLD WE HAVE NO FREEDOM 'CAUSE WE'RE A WINNER AND EVERYBODY KNOWS IT TOO [ Chanting ] DAY OF ATONEMENT ! DAY OF ATONEMENT ! DAY OF ATONEMENT ! DAY OF ATONEMENT ! DAY OF ATONEMENT ! DAY OF ATONEMENT ! DAY OF ATONEMENT ! DAY OF ATONEMENT ! DAY OF ATONEMENT ! DAY OF ATONEMENT ! DAY OF ATONEMENT ! [ Chanting Continues ] MOVIN' ON UP [ Shouting, Chanting Continues ] [ Boy ] MILLION MAN MARCH ! HEY, WE'RE HERE ! OH, MAN, LOOK AT ALL THESE PEOPLE ! LOOK AT ALL THESE PEOPLE ! JEREMIAH, YOU EVER SEE ANYTHING LIKE THIS, MAN ? I BET THEY'LL TRY TO SAY NOT MANY SHOWED UP ! HEY, HEY, JEREMIAH. YOU STILL MAD ABOUT THE FIGHT ? HEY. HEY, JEREMIAH. HEY, HEY, HEY, YO ! SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH JEREMIAH. HEY, SHUT UP ! LISTEN ! THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH JEREMIAH ! JEREMIAH, YOU ALL RIGHT ? THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH JEREMIAH ! YOU'RE GONNA BE ALL RIGHT. [ Jamal ] GIVE HIM SOME SPACE ! - [ Jamal ] WHAT HAPPENED ? - GET 9-1-1 ON THE CELLULAR ! [ All Shouting ] STOP THE BUS ! - [ Shouting Continues ] - SHUT UP ! SHUT UP ! PULL THE FUCK OVER ! [ Shouting Continues ] SHUT UP !EVERYBODY, SHUT THE FUCK UP ! TUBE IS IN. SOMEONE LISTEN FOR BREATH SOUNDS. [ Doctors, Nurses Talking Simultaneously ] PULL THE CHEST. HEARING SOUNDS ON BOTH SIDES. LET'S MOVE IT, PEOPLE. DR. COOK ? YES.UH, IT'S A HEART ATTACK. [ Flip ] IS HE GOING TO BE OKAY ? I DON'T KNOW. WE FOUND SOME PILLS IN HIS POCKET, AND I CONTACTED HIS DOCTOR FROM THAT PRESCRIPTION. UM, HE'S, UM, VERY SICK. WE'VE MOVED HIM OUT TO THE CARDIAC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. [ Kyle ] WAS THIS TRIP TOO MUCH FOR HIM ? HE HAS A CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE, YOU KNOW. MEANING WHAT ? HE KNEW THE TRIP WOULD PUT HIS LIFE IN JEOPARDY. [ Xavier ] SO, IS HE GONNA MAKE IT ? WE'LL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN.OKAY. THANK YOU. WHEW.WHAT NOW ? WE WAIT.WE WAIT MUCH LONGER, WE'RE GONNA MISS THE MARCH. THAT ALL YOU CARE ABOUT ? MAN, I'M JUST SAYIN'. YOU GUYS GO AHEAD. I-I'M GONNA STAY HERE WITH HIM.[ Evan ] WHAT YOU WANNA DO ? POPS, WE CAN'T JUST LEAVE HIM 'TIL WE KNOW HE ALL RIGHT. RIGHT.GEORGE, HE'S RIGHT, MAN. BROTHERS COME TOO FAR TO MISS THE WHOLE MARCH. GO AND GET 'EM THERE. WE'LL STAY HERE. I DON'T WANNA LEAVE THE OLD MAN EITHER. WE GOT IT COVERED, GEORGE.GEORGE, HE'S RIGHT, MAN. ALL RIGHT. THE SPOTTED OWL WILL BE IN FRONT OF THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL. MY BROTHERS AND SONS... AND GRANDSONS AND COUSINS AND NEPHEWS, THE NIGHT HAS BEEN LONG. WHO'S THAT LADY, POP ? IT'S MAYA ANGELOU. WHO IS SHE ? SHE'S A GREAT POET. UNDER A DEAD BLUE SKY, ON A DISTANT BEACH. [ Male TV Announcer ] YET THE STREETS ARE NOT THAT BAD. IN FACT, IN OUR TRAVELS, WE HAD ABSOLUTELY NO TROUBLES GETTING IN HERE. WE HAVE EXPECTED TO HAVE 250 COMING TODAY. ALSO, THEY EXPECT TO HAVE MORE TROUBLE GETTING OUT OF HERE THAN GETTING IN. YOU ARE HEARING NOW THE CROWD IS STARTING TO GET WORKED UP... AND CHANTING VARIOUS CHANTS THIS MORNING. WE ARE HERE ! WE ARE HERE ! THEY ARE CHANTING "WE ARE HERE." WE NEED TO TAKE CONTROL OF OUR INNER SYSTEMS, OUR MEDIA, OUR SCHOOLS ! WHEN YOU MAXIMIZE OUR ECONOMIC RESOURCES TOWARDS OUR OWN BENEFIT, WHEN YOU STOP MAKING EXCUSES, WHEN YOU START STANDING WITH OUR MOTHERS, WHEN YOU STICK IT OUT WITH OUR FAMILIES, MENTORING OUR YOUNG, WHEN YOU START TEACHING US TO BE HUMANE-- PLEASE VOTE ! YOU GOTTA VOTE, BLACK MAN. 'CAUSE YOUR VOTE COUNTS. PLEASE VOTE, 'CAUSE THIS IS WHERE YOU'LL END UP. IN THE GARBAGE CAN ! TAKE ME OUTTA HERE. IT AIN'T MY FAULT. I MESSED UP LAST YEAR. I DIDN'T VOTE. SEE WHAT HAPPENED TO ME ? AND THIS IS 1995. JUST THINK, TEN YEARS FROM NOW, WE'RE ALL GONNA BE RUNNING AROUND LIKE THIS, AND HE GONNA BE HANDLIN' IT. LONG LIVE THE SPIRIT OF THE MILLION MAN MARCH ! LONG LIVE THE SPIRIT... OF THE MILLION MAN MARCH. GOD BLESS YOU. LONG LIVE THE SPIRIT OF THE MILLION MAN MARCH ! LONG LIVE THE SPIRIT OF THE MILLION MAN MARCH ! [ TV Announcer ] HALFWAY THERE, YOU CAN SEE THAT IS A JUMBOTRON, FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T SEE THE STAGE FROM FURTHER BACK. I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK I WAS RATIONALIZING SMOKIN' BROTHERS. WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR FATHER WAS MESSED UP. THE WAY I LIVED MY LIFE WAS MESSED UP. THE ONLY THING I CAN TRY TO DO IS... MAKE SURE OTHER KIDS DON'T DO THE SAME. THE LAST PLACE I SAW MY FATHER ALIVE WAS THE HOSPITAL. THREE BULLETS IN HIM. I ASKED MY MOTHER WHO WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO MY FATHER. SHE SAID, "SON, THERE ARE GOOD PEOPLE AND BAD PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD, AND A VERY BAD PERSON DID THIS TO YOUR FATHER." JAMAL, I TAKE YOU TO BE A MAN OF YOUR WORD. I RESPECT YOU FOR THAT. IF YOU'VE DONE WHAT YOU SAID THAT YOU DID, I'M GONNA DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO SEE THAT YOU PAY FOR IT. IN FACT, AS SOON AS WE GET BACK TO L.A. AND YOU STEP OFF THAT BUS, I MAY HAVE TO CUFF YOU. UNLESS YOU WANT TO TURN YOURSELF IN... PRIVATELY. PROBABLY SAVE US BOTH SOME EMBARRASSMENT. THE MILLION MAN MARCH ? MINUS HOW MANY, JAMAL ? HOW'S HE DOING ? HIS HEART MUSCLE WAS TOO WEAK. HE WAS JUST PRONOUNCED DEAD. I'M SORRY. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHO HIS NEXT OF KIN IS ? HE DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY. HE DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY ? NO. KEEP ON PUSHIN' KEEP ON PUSHIN' I'VE GOT TO KEEP ON PUSHIN' MM-MM-MM-MM I CAN'T STOP NOW MOVE UP A LITTLE HIGHER SOME WAY, SOMEHOW GOT HALFWAY THERE AND DECIDED TO TURN AROUND AND, UH-- 'CAUSE I'VE GOT MY STRENGTH AND IT DON'T MAKE SENSE WH-WHAT ?NO. NOT TO KEEP ON PUSHIN' HEY, HALLELUJAH HE'S GONE. HALLELUJAH CAME 3,000 MILES JUST TO... KEEP ON PUSHIN' BURY ANOTHER BLACK MAN. NOW MAYBE SOMEDAY MM-MM-MM-MM I'LL REACH THAT HIGHER GOAL [ Sobbing ] I KNOW I CAN MAKE IT WITH JUST A LITTLE BIT OF SOUL 'CAUSE I'VE GOT MY STRENGTH AND IT DON'T MAKE SENSE NOT TO KEEP ON PUSHIN' NOW LOOK, A-LOOK LOOK, A-LOOK A-LOOK YONDER A-WHAT'S THAT I SEE A GREAT BIG STONE WHOA STANDS THERE AHEAD OF ME HEY, UM, LISTEN. BUT I'VE GOT MY PRIDEI KNOW WE CAME 3,000 MILES TO ATTEND A MARCH, AND IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. HALLELUJAH BUT...AT LEAST WE STOOD BY THE BROTHER WHEN HE NEEDED US, AND, UH, THAT'S GOT TO MEAN SOMETHIN'. KEEP ON PUSHIN' WE'RE HERE BECAUSE... KEEP ON PUSHIN' GOD ALMIGHTY WANTED US HERE, AND HE DON'T CARE SO MUCH ABOUT WHAT YOU ALREADY DONE. GOD ASKS WHAT YOU GONNA DO NOW. SO, MAYBE WE, UH, WE MISSED THE SPEECHES, CHANCE TO SMILE AND CHAT AND RUB A FRIENDLY ELBOW WITH ONE ANOTHER, TO COLLECT ALL THE SOUVENIRS AND BUTTONS, T-SHIRTS.THAT WAS IMPORTANT. IT WOULD'VE BEEN GOOD FOR THE SPIRIT, AND I'M SORRY WE MISSED IT... 'CAUSE, UM, THE REAL MARCH-- THE REAL MARCH AIN'T EVEN STARTED YET. THIS WAS ONLY THE PRELIM, THE WARM-UP. CALLIN' THE TRIBES TOGETHER. THE REAL MILLION-MAN MARCH... WON'T START... 'TIL WE BLACK MEN... TAKE CHARGE OF OUR OWN LIVES... AND START DEALIN' WITH CRIME AND DRUGS... AND GUNS AND GANGS... AND CHILDREN HAVING CHILDREN... AND CHILDREN KILLING CHILDREN ALL ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. SO IF, UM-- YOU KNOW SOMETHIN' ? IF Y'ALL ARE READY TO QUIT... YOUR APATHETIC AND UNSYMPATHETIC WAYS, AS I AM--I MEAN AND TAKE BACK CONTROL OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY, AS I AM-- I MEAN IF YOU'RE READY TO STOP BEIN' THE BOYS... THAT STARTED TO WASHINGTON ON THIS BUS... AND BE THE MEN-- THE MEN THAT OUR WIVES AND OUR MOTHERS AND OUR CHILDREN... ARE WAITING FOR BACK HOME... AND STAND UP AGAINST ALL THE EVILS... LINED UP AGAINST THE BLACK MAN BACK HOME... AND JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, "WE'RE TIRED OF THIS SHIT, AND WE AIN'T GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE"-- IF YOU'RE READY TO DO THAT-- IF YOU'RE READY TO DO THAT, THEN WE GOT WORK TO DO. WE...GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO. UM,MEN, I THINK, UH, XAVIER SHOULD HAVE THIS. I HOPE YOU LEARNED SOMETHIN' FROM BROTHER JEREMIAH. [ Sniffling ] THAT'S THE PRAYER HE WANTED TO SAY. WHEW.THIS IS WHAT-- THIS IS WHAT HE WANTED TO SAY. I THINK BROTHER JEREMIAH WOULD WANT US TO BOW OUR HEADS. WE MADE IT, LORD. FROM ALL ACROSS THIS NATION, WE BLACK MEN MADE IT, AND WE THANK YOU. NOW NONE OF US IS PERFECT, BUT WE SEEK PERFECTION, AND WE ESPECIALLY WANT OUR WIVES, OUR MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS... TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE TRYING-- TRYING HARD-- BUT WE STILL NEED YOUR HELP. SOMETIMES WE FELT THAT YOU HAD GIVEN UP ON US-- LEFT US ABANDONED, FORSAKEN AND BETRAYED-- AND WE MAY HAVE GONE ASTRAY FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT WE'RE STILL GOOD PEOPLE AND WE'RE STILL YOUR PEOPLE. WE'RE STILL YOUR SONS. SO HERE WE ARE, ONE MILLION BLACK MEN STRONG, LIKE THE PRODIGAL SON WHEN HE COME BACK HOME TO HIS FATHER. HE WASN'T LOOKIN' FOR A HANDOUT, LORD. HE WAS LOOKIN' FOR A JOB. [ Jeremiah ] "MAKE ME AS ONE OF THE HIRED SERVANTS." THAT'S WHAT HE SAID. THAT'S ALL HE ASKED. AND THAT'S OUR PRAYER AS WE STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY: NOT A HANDOUT, LORD, BUT A JOB... AND A SECOND CHANCE. [ Drumbeat ] IT SAYS TO US IN THE 14th CHAPTER OF THE BOOK OF JOB THESE HOLY WORDS: "FOR THERE IS HOPE FOR A TREE, IF IT BE CUT DOWN, "THAT IT WILL SPROUT AGAIN... "AND THAT ITS TENDER SHOOTS WILL NOT CEASE. "THOUGH ITS ROOTS MAY GROW OLD IN THE EARTH, "AND ITS STUMP MAY DIE IN THE GROUND, "YET, AT THE SCENT OF WATER, IT WILL BUD AND BRING FORTH BRANCHES LIKE A PLANT." LORD, WE DON'T ASK FOR MUCH. MAYBE WATER IS SOMETHING WE NO LONGER DESERVE. WE ASK, INSTEAD, FROM YOU JUST THE SCENT-- THE SCENT OF YOUR LIVING WATER. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING, LORD. AMEN.[ George ] AMEN. [ All ] AMEN.CLOSED-CAPTIONED BY CAPTIONS, INC. LOS ANGELES NO MATTER WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH I KNOW THAT YOU CAN STAND FOR YOUR LIFE IS EVER IN HIS HANDS LISTEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY AND DON'T YOU BE AFRAID JOY COMES IN THE MORNING TROUBLES, THEY DON'T LAST ALWAYS FOR THERE'S A FRIEND IN JESUS HALLELUJAH WHO WILL WIPE YOUR TEARS AWAY AND IF YOUR HEART IS BROKEN JUST LIFT YOUR HANDS AND SAY OH, I KNOW THAT I CAN MAKE IT I KNOW THAT I CAN STAND I KNOW THAT I CAN STAND NO MATTER WHAT COMES MY WAY NO MATTER WHAT MAY COME MY WAY JESUS, MY LIFE MY LIFE IS IN YOUR HANDS LISTEN SO WHEN YOUR TESTS AND TRIALS THEY SEEM TO GET YOU DOWN THEY SEEM TO GET YOU DOWN AND ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES AND ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES THEY'RE NOWHERE TO BE FOUND ARE NOWHERE TO BE FOUND REMEMBER, REMEMBER THERE IS A FRIEND REMEMBER THERE'S A FRIEND IN JESUS OH, I LOVE HIM I LOVE HIM WHO WILL WIPE YOUR TEARS AWAY I KNOW HE WILL AND IF AND IF YOUR HEART IS BROKEN THIS IS ALL YOU HAVE TO DO JUST LIFT YOUR HEART AND SAY COME ON AND WORSHIP WITH ME SAY IT OH, I KNOW THAT I REMEMBER DON'T YOU GIVE UP I KNOW I KNOW THAT LIFE IS SAD HANG ON JOY IS COMIN' NO MATTER WHAT MAY COME MY WAY JESUS, MY LIFE MY LIFE IS IN HIS HANDS HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH WITH HIM I KNOW I CAN TAKE IT JESUS I CAN TAKE IT I CAN TAKE IT WITH HIM, I KNOW WITH HIM, I KNOW I CAN STAND I FEEL LIKE HAVIN' SOME CHURCH IN HERE NO MATTER WHAT MAY COME MY WAY YEAH, JESUS, MY LIFE IS MY LIFE IS IN YOUR HANDS EVERY PERSON THAT'S GOIN' THROUGH, LIFT YOUR HANDS AND SAY IT WITH ME I KNOW I CAN I KNOW THAT I CAN MAKE IT I GOT A WITNESS IN HERE SOMEWHERE I KNOW I KNOW THAT I CAN STAND HALLELUJAH NO MATTER WHAT MAY COME NO MATTER WHAT MAY COME MY WAY JESUS, MY LIFE IS IN MY LIFE IS IN YOUR HANDS I LOVE YOU SO MUCH, JESUS WITH YOU, I KNOW I CAN JESUS I CAN TAKE IT OH, BLESS YOUR NAME, JESUS WITH HIM, I KNOW I CAN STAND NO MATTER WHAT MAY COME MY WAY NO MATTER WHAT MAY COME MY WAY HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH MY LIFE IS IN YOUR HANDS COME ON AND SAY IT WITH ME I KNOW I KNOW THAT I CAN MAKE IT I KNOW YOU CAN MAKE IT I KNOW YOU CAN I KNOW THAT I CAN STAND NO MATTER WHAT MAY COME MY WAY THANK YOU, JESUS NO MATTER WHAT MAY COME MY WAY HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH MY LIFE IS IN YOUR HANDS HEY, WITH HIM I KNOW I CAN TAKE IT JESUS, I CAN TAKE IT I FEEL HIM ALL IN MY SPIRIT RIGHT NOW WITH HIM I KNOW I CAN STAND THANK YOU, JESUS NO MATTER WHAT MAY COME MY WAY NO MATTER WHAT MAY COME MY WAY OH, HALLELUJAH MY LIFE IS IN YOUR HANDS THANK YOU, JESUS NO MATTER WHAT YOU'RE GOIN' THROUGH MY LIFE IS IN YOUR HANDS HIS GRACE AND MERCY ENDURETH FOREVER MY LIFE IS IN YOUR HANDS HE LOVES YOU I KNOW HE DOES MY LIFE IS IN YOUR HANDS OH, HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH OH, GLORY THANK YOU, JESUS