American Gangster Page #5

Have a nice f***in trip

back to Jersey.

All right.

Come on, I got a tea time.

Let's go.

This is your father?

That's Martin Luther King.

- It is not.

- Yes, it is Martin Luther King.

- You know, "I have a dream".

- Of course.

No, that's...

He was just as important

as Martin Luther King.

- To me.

- What did he do?

A lot of things, he was a...

friend.

Served New York,

New York served him.

He was my boss.

My teacher.

What did he teach you?

He taught me a lot of things. He...

Taught me how to take my time.

That if I was going to do something,

to do it with care, love.

Anything else?

Taught me to be a gentleman.

That's what you are?

That's what I try to be.

Come here.

Come sit here.

Look at me.

I own about five apartments

in Manhattan.

Homes all over the East Coast.

Could've taken you to anyone of'em,

but I didn't.

I brought you here.

- I was looking for you, boy.

- Cause I want you to meet my mother.

How you doin, Ma?

- Is this her?

- Eva,

- this is my mother.

- Hi, Eva.

Nice to meet you.

She's beautiful.

Look at her.

She's an angel

come down from Heaven.

Thank you.

Mr. Roberts.

I'm here for our appointment.

- Morning.

- Morning.

Sorry, our appointment?

Child Social Services.

She did mention your name though.

- The stewardess?

- No, not her.

The lady from Social Services,

she mentioned your name.

Right after she asked me

if I associated with any criminals.

- All right, go!

- You want to see this?

Hey, boys!

Joey!

Get in the pool.

Come on!

How'd she get my name?

Laurie.

She's been saying a lot lately.

A lot.

When you asked me to be

your son's godfather,

- I took it very seriously.

- I know.

And I appreciate that.

And I said yes, I would take on

that responsability

to take care of your son, if God forbid,

something happened to you.

Jo, the things she said

to Child Social Services

make me look really bad.

You know.

All kinds at the house at night time,

low life informants around.

Women...

Old friends like me.

Old friends like you, yeah.

Uncle Joey!

Watch me!

I understand.

They ask me, I'll tell them

what you want me to tell.

- I'll lie for you.

- Don't lie.

You don't have to lie.

Just... omit certain details.

Sure, all right.

I have something else to ask you.

You don't have to answer

if you don't want.

Blue Magic.

Anything?

A lot of sorrow, misery from guys

getting put out of work. That's all.

What, your guys?

His guys.

You know where it's comin from?

Guys down south,

that's all I heard.

- Cubans?

- I dunno.

Or Mexico?

Don't know.

You're telling me

it's from South America?

I don't know!

Whoever it is, they're upsetting

the natural order of things.

That's all there is.

- What's up?

- My man.

How's it lookin?

I want you to meet Mike Sobota.

- How're you doing?

- How're you?

- What can I get you?

- A left hander, Charlie told me

- about your nephew.

- Oh, Mr...

- Yankees.

- Yeah, yeah! Hey, Steve!

- Come here.

- Excuse me.

He's good. Put him in the team.

You're good enough, right?

I'm a Lucas.

Good enough on a bad day.

So don't make it a bad day,

make it a good day, you understand?

Excuse me. Police department.

Now back out, baby.

I'll take your ass in, Jimmy.

You can't take me in for that.

I got a licence for that, motherf***er.

You got a licence for this?

Excuse me, all right?

Sh*t, all right!

I got to arrest you.

Sh*t's too good to be on the street.

- What you doin, man?

- You ain't arresting nobody.

You bribing me now?

I tell you what,

I'm arresting everybody. All of you.

You first!

- How can that be?

- What was that?

Get this f***in...

what's the matter with you?

- What was that?

- What?

- What the hell's wrong with you?

- What's your f***in problem?

I just shot him in the leg.

Damn, Jimmy!

Get up!

Everybody, get out!

Get out!

- Frank, it was an accident.

- Wasn't no goddamn accident.

He don't feel sh*t cause he's coked up

all the motherfuckin time!

He's your driver,

get rid of him.

He's your cousin!

He ain't sh*t to me,

he means nothin.

- What'll he do, go back home?

- I don't give a damn!

Send his ass home!

Don't rub on that.

You'd block that.

You understand?

That's alpaga, $25,000 alpaga.

You'd block that sh*t.

Don't rub, put club soda on it.

Listen, from now on,

don't nobody talk to me directly,

understand?

You got business with me,

you talk to Huey,

Huey talks to me, got it?

- All right.

- Never on the phone, got it?

And take them

goddamn sunglasses off!

- Take the goddamn sunglasses off!

- Damn it, man!

Simple-minded ass motherfuckers.

The whole place was imported

brick by brick.

Gloucestershire.

- Who?

- Quite famous.

Yours.

Here you go.

Pull!

Come, Eva.

I'm sure you're dying to see

the rest of the house.

Of course. Excuse me.

Thank you for a wonderful lunch.

It was delicious.

What do you think of monopolies?

- You mean, like the game?

- No, I just think

monopolies are made illegal

in the country, Frank,

cause no one wants to compete.

Nobody wants to compete,

not with a monopoly.

Let the dairy farmers do that,

half of them'd

go out of business tomorrow.

- Im just trying to make a living.

- It's your right.

Everybody's right. It's America.

We just can't do it

at the unreasonable expense of others.

Cause it becomes un-American.

That's why the price we pay

for that gallon of milk

never represents the true cost

of production

cause it's gotta be controlled.

It's gotta be set.

It's gotta be fair.

Controlled by who?

I set a price I think is fair.

- I don't think it is.

- You don't?

I don't.

I know your customers

are happy, Frank.

Bunch of f***in junkies

that they are.

What about your fellow dairy farmers?

Are you thinking of us?

You thinking of them?

The dairy farmers?

I'm thinking of them, Dominic, about

as much as they've thought about me.

I'm just thinking out loud.

If you took some of your inventory,

and you sold it wholesale.

Sit.

We could work.

You could use some distribution.

I dunno, I'm pretty good.

I got 110th to 155th,

river to river, I'm all right.

It's kind of a mom and pop store

next to what Im talking about,

and that's bigger than K-Mart.

I'm talking about L.A.,

Chicago, Detroit, Las Vegas.

Let's go nationwide.

I'm gonna guarantee you

peace of mind here.

You don't want that?

You gonna need it.

I don't know how you feel me.

I'm kind of a Renaissance man.

The people I deal with on a daily basis,

they're not enlightened.

You talk to them about civil rights,

they don't know.

They're not open to change.

Not from the way things are done,

and who's doing it.

I can talk to them,

so there's no misunderstanding.

That's what I mean

by peace of mind.

Here

You're paying what,

I'm a Renaissance man too.

I'd consider 50,000.

Why would you trust these people?

And the way they look at you.

They look at me like it's Xmas

and I'm Santa Claus.

They look at us like we're the help.

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