Barbershop: The Next Cut Page #6

I bet you Hillary's

got a side chick.

Probably thick too.

What's up, Terri?

What up, Quis?

Looks like you're on the

wrong side of town, nigga.

Boy, this whole city is mine.

These are my blocks.

And I don't see nobody out there

strong enough to take it from me.

Sh*t.

So what are you sayin'?

You tryin' to

embarrass yourself

-and get blood on the floor.

-Embarrass myself?

No! Wait a minute!

Wait, wait, wait.

Hold on. Hold on. Hold on!

Hold on. Hold on. Hold on!

Wait a minute!

Listen! Wait! Listen!

Listen a minute!

No! No! Look...

I'll blow your

head off, man.

Look, not in here!

Y'all wanna kill each other,

y'all take that sh*t outside!

Well, let's go outside!

Calvin, what he doing here?

I booked him.

I booked him.

He has a standing appointment

with me every other week.

It got messed up

when he went to jail

and I didn't know Quis

was gonna be here today.

I'm sorry, y'all.

-Stupid nigga!

-Jay! Jay! Jay!

That's what I'm doing here!

Jay!

-Jay! Look at me.

-What you gonna do?

Look at me, Jay!

Come back in an hour.

Come back in an hour.

Please.

Please.

I'll take care

of your bill.

On me.

I'll pay for everything,

I'll pay for your hair, man.

That's cool, Calvin.

All right.

Thank you!

You know me, boy.

Thank you, man!

You a stupid nigga.

Come on, man.

I'm telling you!

You know what it is.

In an hour,

man. In an hour.

I'm sorry.

-Thanks, Shad.

-It's all right.

Big boy, I'm sorry about

that, man. Misunderstanding.

We usually have that schedule

worked out a little better.

It's all good, Calvin.

You know, I'm gonna have to

get that thing from you.

Yeah. Yeah.

The other one, too.

Man,

I forgot about that one.

Damn shame.

Can't even go to

the barbershop no more

without some knucklehead

bringin' a gun in here.

Barbershop used to be

a place of peace.

It's for

my protection.

From what?

Some clippers?

What the hell you need to be

bringing that in here for?

It's my constitutional right.

Nigga, spell it.

Constitutional right!

You need to worry about why ain't

nobody ever sitting in them chairs.

You probably shot them all.

Yeah, this Calvin.

It might be a better

question for you.

-Crazy. Crazy.

-Is he okay?

Wait. Is he okay?

Man. Come on, man.

We all lived out here...

No, I'll be on my way.

I'll be there. Rashad,

handle that for me.

Yo, Cal, what's up?

I got you, no worries.

No! Hell, no, man!

He said Rashad.

No, I don't think

he said Rashad.

-Yeah.

-What'd he say?

Yeah. He said me, Eddie.

Specifically?

He called you by name?

Baby, are you okay?

Did anybody hit you?

No, nothing happened.

I was just standing there

and a fight broke out.

Don't worry.

We're gonna get this

-all straightened out.

-Mom! I'm fine.

-Let me see your head.

-No, Mom, I'm okay.

My God. It's,

like, red right here.

Goodness.

Let me see your face.

So, what happened?

Well, frankly, Mr. Palmer,

we're concerned about the people that

Jalen's been hanging around with lately.

Are you talking about Kenny?

Why would you say that?

'Cause that's who he's been

hanging with every day.

You guys know I can't talk

about anybody else's kids.

But let me just say this.

Jalen has shifted

over these past few weeks.

His behavior is different.

His teachers

have noticed it.

His grades have

started to slip.

And the fight

that happened today,

he was involved in that fight, which

turned out to be gang-related.

What do you mean "involved"? Are you

trying to say Jalen's in a gang?

If he's not already

in a gang,

he's strongly

considering joining one.

No, no.

I'm sorry, Jalen...

He knows better than that.

He wouldn't do that.

I understand why you feel

that way, Mrs. Palmer,

but there's also a reality of

what we face in our communities.

So this year is absolutely

critical for him

to build a foundation

to go off to college.

See? This is what

I've been talking about.

I mean, with

Jalen's grades,

his test scores...

no way in the world

we can't get him a scholarship

at the private schools,

or remember Holy Cross

I was telling you,

that Catholic School?

We have to talk

about this.

I'll talk to their coach.

Mr. Palmer, now hold up.

Hold up. Now, that's not

what I was suggesting.

We want Jalen to be here.

The school needs him here.

For what?

Seem like y'all losing him.

Mr. Palmer, I understand...

I'm supposed to sit here

and we're going to sacrifice

our only son to this system?

There's gotta be

something we can do

to work together on this.

Seems like the problem

is bigger than you and me.

So, why are you pointing

the finger at Kenny?

No, look. I've been

skeptical about that kid.

The whole reason

he's living with Rashad

is because he got expelled

from school for fighting.

Probably some

gang-related sh*t.

I ain't trying to have

Jalen get caught up,

following behind some

little wannabe thug.

So, you know, maybe we just

talk to him again

or we ground him or something.

I don't know, but don't you

think sending him

to Holy Cross

is a little bit extreme?

After what we just heard?

We gotta send him somewhere!

I'm not trying

to get that call

in the middle of the night

saying my son

is locked up or worse,

because we didn't act

when we had a chance.

Keep your elbow tucked.

Catholic school?

I don't know anybody

in Catholic school.

Good. Maybe it's time for you

to meet some Catholics.

And tomorrow,

I'm gonna re-introduce you

to the concept of a belt.

Ain't nobody wants to see

your butt cheeks hanging out.

Nobody wears no belts.

They're corny.

Yeah, well,

so is getting shot.

When are you going to do

something about

that abomination on your head

called locks?

I'm not cutting my locks.

You need to do

something with them.

You're the son of a barber,

you can't be walking

around here

looking like that girl from

The Pirates of the Caribbean.

They're supposed

to look like that.

No, they're not.

When you going

to wash them things, man?

Walking around smelling like

Flavor Flav's wave cap.

Why are you trying

to take everything

I like away from me?

Because I love you,

that's why.

So just because you take some

long dramatic pause

before you say something,

I'm supposed to just

accept your words?

You're so smart, Jalen.

If you're that smart,

keep your elbow tucked.

My elbow is tucked.

My shot is water.

Your shot sucks.

Who shot suck?

Boy, you better ask somebody.

My shot is butter.

What up, broski?

I got your message.

Shorties is wiling, right?

How are you?

Look, I'm going to need you to

keep your son away from mine.

What you talking about?

You know that gang fight

that happened yesterday?

Kenny got Jalen

involved in that sh*t.

No, that ain't what happened.

I talked to Kenny,

he said they was

standing there

and the fight broke out.

And you believed him?

Yeah, I believe him.

He's my son.

You taking

Jalen's word for it.

You damn right!

Jalen ain't never got

expelled from school

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