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Black Nativity Page #5
Now you got it or not, man?
I got it.
There's a lot of different
guns for different occasions.
And I'm sure cost is a factor.
You can drop between
a buck fifty up to 5 G's.
Let's stay on the low end.
What do you recommend?
A Davis 380.
It's practical, inexpensive.
Does the trick in
most situations.
It's what I carry.
Relax, Lunch Money.
I ain't shot nobody in a minute.
Can I see it?
Taxi!
I'm going to Harlem.
Convent Avenue.
You ever held a gun before?
You know what'll happen
if you're caught carrying?
I won't get caught.
How many fools
have I heard say that?
You remind me of somebody,
Lunch Money.
Another young punk
thought he was hard.
Who's the punk now?
Open the case.
Open the case!
I got to get the key.
I'm just getting the key.
That one, there.
Pull it out.
What do you think it's worth?
About the time
you'll get behind bars.
Put it on the counter.
I want what's in the register, too.
No.
You trying to die tonight?
Open the damn register!
"What happens to
a dream deferred?
"Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
"Or fester like a sore...
And then run?
"Does it stink like rotten meat?
like a syrupy sweet?
"Maybe it just sags
Like a heavy load.
"Or does it explode?"
I told you to shut up.
It's a famous poem...
...by the great
Langston Hughes.
Don't talk about my ma...
What?
What did you say?
She loved him so much...
...we named
our son after him.
No.
Not you.
You're not my father.
That's why I asked
you to meet me here.
When I first saw you...
...there was something
about you I recognized.
You remind me of myself,
when I was young.
Lost. Vulnerable.
At every fork,
taking the wrong turn.
When we was in that cell...
...officer said your name.
No, I'm nothing like you.
I'm nothing like you!
You criminal!
You blood-sucking scumbag!
Preying on poor people
with a little cash.
And you say that here?
Waving a gun in my face?
About to wreck your
whole life like I did?
You abandoned us.
I did worse than that.
I sold my soul.
And your grandfather gave me
an excuse to do it.
What'd he do?
Tell me what he did.
You know where he's at.
Why don't you ask him?
Let's go.
Freeze! Police!
Drop the gun!
On your knees! Don't shoot!
That's my son!
We were just having a heated conversation!
The gun's empty! Check it!
He's just trying to get me
to go to the church.
He's asking me why I
left him and his mother
when he was a kid!
Don't hurt him!
That's my son.
What were you thinking?
You should be ashamed of yourself!
If anybody else
on my force was here,
this would have
ended very differently.
Officer.
Let him do what
he came here to do.
Stop right here.
Mama?
Oh, my God.
Oh, God.
Are you in trouble?
Where are you taking him?
He had an altercation
with his father.
I'm taking him to the church.
His father?
Tyson?
What have you done to my son?
What did you get him
mixed up in?
He asked me questions.
I'm trying to get them answered.
That's it.
We're going inside the church. Come on.
Langston, I can't go in there.
Yes, you can.
I want you to go home
and practice love.
Practice love on your family.
Practice love on your children.
Love your parents.
Love your neighbors.
And pretty soon,
the hardness in your heart will melt and...
...you will be able to love
even your enemies.
Because love is the most
creative power in the universe.
Naima!
My baby girl.
Reverend,
I got something to ask you.
I got my mother and father
in front of you.
And I want to know
what happened.
I couldn't bear it.
I couldn't bear
to lose you, Naima.
I couldn't bear it.
What'd you do?
I bribed him...
...to leave her.
I paid him
five thousand dollars.
That's all I was worth to you?
All my life,
what I did
not to deserve a father.
And you left me for five G's?
I was trying to take care
of you and your mother.
But I was a boy.
Not a man. Or a father.
I got caught up with some
bad people in the streets.
Had some debts.
Your grandfather
gave me money...
...and in return...
...he made me swear to
stay out of your lives.
And I agreed.
You took my father away from me.
I thought she'd come home.
That was the plan.
The plan was that I would...
...show her
Tyson's true colors.
And then she would come back.
But she found out.
And the true colors
that she saw...
...were mine.
I hope you never know
what it feels like to spend
your whole life regretting...
...one shameful act.
Naima?
Naima. Please.
I want to say,
in front of God...
...Naima, in front of
this whole congregation...
...that I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry for
meddling in your life.
Maybe you were right.
Maybe she was
better off without me.
But I wasn't
better off without you.
I had one shot at happiness.
And I messed it up.
Yeah, you messed it up.
I had your child.
I trusted you.
I trusted all of you.
Langston, we're going.
Where?
We have no place to go.
I don't know.
But wherever I'm going,
I'm taking you with me.
This isn't just about you!
This could be what I've been
waiting for my whole life.
Don't you see?
We're all here.
Right now.
In this house!
You and Dad.
Grandma and Granddad,
family I didn't even know I had.
I didn't even know I had this!
No. No!
I'm not letting you take this
opportunity away from me!
No.
This is my Christmas miracle.
It's time to forgive, Ma.
It's time to be redeemed.
And it's time to come home.
Praise Jesus.
Ten thousand times
I prayed for this miracle.
I love you so much.
I love you, too.
I'm sorry.
God has...
...not promised me...
...sunshine
That's not the way...
...it's going to be
But a...
...little rain...
...mixed with...
... God's sunshine
A little pain
Makes me appreciate...
...the good times
Be...
...grateful
God desires...
...to feel...
...your longings
Every...
...pain that...
...you feel
He feels them...
...just like you
But He can't...
...afford to let you feel...
...only good
Then you can't appreciate...
...the good times
Be...
...grateful
Be grateful
Be grateful
'Cause there's someone else...
...who would love
to be in your shoes
Be grateful
God said in His word
That He would never forsake you
Be grateful
God said in His word
Be grateful
Grateful for what you got
Be grateful
Be grateful for what you've got
And everything you're not
Be grateful
Grateful...
...for everything
that you've got
And everything that you're not
So grateful
Got to be grateful
For everything you've got
Grateful
You got to be grateful...
...for what you've got
Be grateful
For it will...
...be all right
Merry Christmas, Lunch Money.
Merry Christmas.
Ma, can we stay?
Please?
As long as your grandparents will have us.
Stay as long as you like.
You can stay forever.
It's your home.
Always.
Always
Always
We all know sometimes
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