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Get on the Bus (1997) by Spike Lee 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.
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