100 Streets Page #4

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a true professional.

Yeah, well, I've been writing.

Them headphones are hard,

you know?

Better than mine, at least.

Well...

What are you listening to?

Here you are.

Hey, what?

Nina Simone, yeah?

All right.

This is my mom's

kind of sh*t, you know.

"Please don't

let be misunderstood."

Written for her in 1964.

I was 10.

I say what you need

is a room of one's own,

somewhere to write, somewhere

where you can be inspired.

I think it's high time

you joined me on the beach.

Hey, it's me.

Um, I just called

to check you're okay

and say sorry I was a bit

harsh the other night.

Oh, yeah, and Evie

wanted to say hi.

- Go on.

- Hi, daddy.

Where are you?

I miss you, daddy.

And Leo's being a real pain.

He took one of my hair clips

and put it in the bin.

And now I can't find it,

and he won't help me

look for it.

Okay, Evie, that's enough.

Call us back when you can, okay?

Hey, who's that?

Say, granddad,

you look like you trying to

get to home or something?

Listen, you got the time?

Uh, no.

Come on, you must have

a cigarette for me

or something

or I can get a split.

Or a chip.

Listen, pops.

My guy.

Don't worry, we're not going

to, like, steal your sh*t.

Just being, um, friendly.

Sorry, I didn't get that.

Oh, he's taking the piss.

Friendly. Anyways,

what you listening to?

Let me check these out.

No. I don't think so.

Oh, hey, man's got

a new iPod N'at.

Man's up to date with his sh*t.

Up to date.

Say, we give this guy

a dre beats or what?

Yeah, f*** it.

Come on.

Trying to diss me, pops?

- Yeah?

- Let him go!

Yeah, eff him up. What

are you doing? Stop!

F*** him up.

F***ing dissing me, pops?

Stop him! Stop!

Let it go, bruv.

Let it go.

Why'd you stop recording?

Daniel'll be proud.

F*** that, man! Beat!

We gotta go, bruv!

F*** this old f***.

- I won!

- My turn.

There you are.

Bells, bells, could you just

take that in for one sec?

- I'll be a minute.

- Hey.

What are you doing?

I'm sorry. You've not

been taking my calls.

Yeah, I've been busy.

You can't just turn up here

without a warning.

I know. I know. I know.

You know that.

But I just put together some

photos, old-school style,

and I thought you might like it.

That's really sweet, Jake.

I've just got too much

to think about right now.

Yeah.

We've always been

so good together, you know?

And we missed our chance before,

and I just don't want

us to miss it again.

What's happened?

Emily, you're not back with him.

I love you.

I think I've always

loved you, probably.

Since the first time

that I met you.

Jake, please.

Don't. Please.

I did... I warned you.

It's just too complicated.

And you know my life's more

than just kisses and playlists.

I'm sorry.

Hey, I've been looking

all over the place for you.

You didn't say...

Hey, what the f***?

Ah, some kids, you know.

They wanted my headphones.

It was my own fault.

It was late.

It was getting dark.

What'd they look like?

Just kids.

And... and you're not

hunting them down.

Nah, man... That's not

your life any longer.

You've been to hospital?

No. I'm all right, honestly.

No, it's just cuts.

Bruises, you know, just...

Thirty years in one square mile.

Not so much as a stolen wallet.

But in the greater

scheme of things,

doesn't really matter anyway.

"A thousand landmarks perish

"a hundred streets grow strange

"with all the dreams

they Cherish

"they go the ways of change

"and whatso towers may tumble

"whatso Bridges fall

"whatso statues crumble

"of folk both great and small

"the oldest thing in London

"he changes not at all."

I wasn't sure if

I was going to see you

until your next misdemeanor.

So I've been...

Carrying this around.

There's a phone number.

Call that person and

tell them I sent you.

Thanks.

And breathe, remember.

Yeah.

Hey, go get yourself

checked out, okay?

Breathe from deep within.

All right.

See you later, yeah?

What's this then, bruv?

Move, man.

Was that a love letter, fam?

My business.

Your business

is my business, cuz.

Big man Jules wants

to see you anyways.

What?

Why's he telling you?

What you been saying?

Nothin', fam.

I'm just a knucklehead.

Remember that.

Best go see him, though.

Okay, then, Kingsley,

what monologue are you

going to do for us today?

It's called the bush.

It's... it's from the

Australian film animal kingdom,

but I kind of made up

my own version,

if that's all right, I mean...

Yeah!

Sounds perfect.

Okay.

You know what the

blocks are about?

It's about dirty towers that have

stood firm for two generations,

and kids who'll die

before they grow old.

Grim towers and hopeless kids.

And everybody knows their place

in the scheme of things.

Everything, everyone, sits

in the order of the blocks.

Now, some survive

'cause they're strong,

and there are those

who are weak,

but they survive 'cause they're

being protected by the strong.

See, because of the

circles I move in,

I thought I was

one of the strong ones.

But I'm not.

I'm one of the weak ones.

And the only reason

I've survived

is 'cause I'm being

protected by the strong.

Run like Kingsley.

Long time, brother.

Yeah, man. We saying

you good, yeah?

Mmm.

Sit down then.

We've been hearing you got

some issues and you want out.

All of a sudden

you're better than us?

Yo, no, man, come on,

it's not even like that...

- So, what is it like then?

- Yo.

Give the man a minute, Vincent.

He just got here.

But they're not strong anymore,

and they can't protect me now.

But in life,

you always have an out.

The thing is, the less you have,

the higher the price

you have to pay.

A boss needs to

keep control, yeah?

And if you lose respect,

that's a problem, innit?

Yeah.

Bad for business.

Now, I know you got

yourself pinched,

but I also know

that your boy Daniel

has been talking to the police.

And so what do you say?

Am I dealing with, like, a

little coup from within here?

No, no, no.

No way.

Look, I've known Daniel

my entire life.

He's a lot of things,

but he ain't no snitch.

It's a fact, and this ain't

some muggy 9:
00 to 5:00

where you can just

hand in your notice.

You can try and leave this life,

but this life

will never leave you.

Very poetic.

Thank you, Vincent.

Hey, look, I've got a soldier

who's ready to step up.

Nothing will change

for you, man.

I can vouch for him.

All right.

All right.

Got a very simple

proposition for you.

The weed on your path

to a better life has to be gone.

You understand?

You still got

that gun I gave you?

Kind of.

Someone's looking after it

for me, innit?

Well, someone better

give you it back.

We won't meet this new man

till Daniel's gone.

Am I clear?

Am I clear?

Am I clear on the price

I have to pay

to leave my old life behind?

Yeah.

I am.

Crystal clear.

So, how do you know Terence?

Oh, we live in the same

area, so, you know.

Do you live with your parents?

I did live with my

mom until recently.

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