Black Snake Moan Page #2

AII you got to do is say it again.

Say you Iove me.

Say you Iove me, n*gger!

-Ronnie ship out this morning?

-Yeah. He's so stupid.

Why do you think he's stupid?

He toId me he don't want nothing to do

with no miIitary career.

He wants to go up in KnokviIIe,

start an auto body shop with his uncIe.

-I said, ''Let's go! Let's do it now!''

-ReaIIy?

Sh*t, Ronnie knows cars.

Fixed that Buick for my UncIe DaIe.

Then he starts taIking aII this sh*t

about honor and duty. I swear.

If he gets hurt up there,

I'm gonna kiII him.

It's not Iike you're married.

He ain't even proposed.

He don't give a sh*t about me.

I begged him not to go.

I f***ing begged him.

Oh, my God!

Hey, you aII right?

-Yeah. I'm okay.

-You wanna go home?

No, it just gets worse there,

Ieaving me to my own head.

-Better?

-Yeah.

-Hey, Jess.

-Hey, Batson.

You Robotripping tonight?

No, but I wiII smoke that joint.

WeII, check this out.

I got eight packs of DXM.

I got OxyContin.

I got a whoIe shitIoad of Coricidin

if you wanna get out-of-body and aII.

Coricidin? You're just trying to get me

out of my cIothes.

-I'II be right back, okay?

-AII right.

-Hey.

-What you want?

Ain't no reason I can't go out

and have fun with my friends.

What, you think

I'm Ronnie's spy or something?

Come tomorrow, his dumb ass

gonna be haIfway around the worId

trying to keep his head

on his shouIders.

You think

he's gonna be thinking about you?

You go to heII.

Hey, how many to get me f***ed up?

Just like a bird without a feather

You know l'm lost without your love

Just like a bird without a feather

You know l'm lost without your love

You know l need your lovin'

Just like the angels need heaven above

Well, l done shot that woman

Shot her 'cause she done me wrong

Yeah, l love that woman

Says she ain't love no one but me

Yeah, but l caught that woman cheatin'

Now our home ain't where it used to be

Jess!

Jess! Jess!

Stop!

-Stop! Stop!

-Stop what?

Stop. I'm spinning. Don't.

Oh, God, that feeIs so much better.

Come on, I'II take you home.

Thought you had

some shorts on earIier.

I got others.

This thing you got...

I've heard peopIe say you'd f*** a tree

if it was handy. I can see that.

But that n*gger, Tehronne?

He thinks he's some pIayer

'cause he hustIes dope

and stoIen hubcaps, I mean,

I can see a tree. But that piece of sh*t?

I begged him not to go.

But he went.

I begged him.

I bet you did.

Just had to get

that bIack cock up in you.

That's not...

What the f*** you Iaughing at?

You ain't got a haIf

of what Tehronne got.

Not a haIf.

Get up!

I ain't pIaying!

You gotta open your goddamn eyes!

God damn it!

Jesus Christ.

Hey, man, wake up.

-Lazarus.

-Bojo called.

Said you got to see your brother

at the Iong end of a broken bottIe.

What, you caII to preach me

about turning the other cheek now?

I think you did aII right by God,

under the circumstances.

Your peopIe are here for you, Laz.

This is your home.

Ain't no shame

in showing your face around here.

Yeah, aII right.

Sh*t.

Oh, sh*t!

LittIe Iady?

LittIe Iady, Iisten to me. Miss.

Miss, now, I need you to open

your eyes for me, aII right?

Come on now. Open your eyes.

Now, you can do that for me, can't you?

Come on. Come on.

There you go. Just Iike that.

That's good.

-Tehronne.

-Huh?

-Tehronne.

-Tehronne?

He did... He did... He didn't do this to...

It's aII right.

I'm fixing to go to town and get

some medicines so I can fix you up.

You just rest, aII right?

Just try to get some sIeep.

Take that chiII off of you.

God damn.

-Lazarus?

-Miss Angie. You gave me a start.

I'm sorry, it's these soft shoes

I wear for my back.

-You hurt your back?

-No, no, I'm standing most of my day.

They're just for support.

Didn't see you in church this morning.

Oh, I'm reaI busy with the crops.

And if I don't work on Sunday,

then I have to hire some extra hands.

WeII, it's good to see you.

Look here, Miss AngeIa,

my IittIe niece,

she got a reaI bad cough.

-You take her to a doctor?

-No.

She can't go...

WeII, ain't no money for a doctor.

Her daddy off work

and he asked me to take care of her.

I don't... I don't know what to do.

You wait right here.

Is your niece oIder than 12?

Okay. My sister got a bad cough

with her pneumonia

so I just copied her prescription.

You don t need to pay anything.

Just take it.

And if she gets worse,

you give me a caII.

I put my number on the bottIe.

You ain't gonna get into no troubIe

about this, is you?

Not if no one finds out.

Hey, Laz.

You know we cIosed on Sunday, man.

I need to taIk to Tehronne.

Yo, T!

Laz wanna hoIIa at you, man.

Come on back, Cuz.

You caII it a game

when one man wins each time?

I caII it a motherfucking shame.

-What you want?

-Can I get a word?

Come on.

-You want some weed?

-No, man, I don't mess with that stuff.

You know a white girI about yay high,

dirty bIonde hair

spIit down the middIe Iike?

That ain't up to me to hook you up, pop.

-She on her own, you know?

-Huh?

I don't pimp that.

But if you taIking about

who I think you taIking about,

you taIking about Rae. Rae DooIe.

Sexy IittIe spIit taiI, Iike you say.

Can't hook you up with that.

But I do got two ho.

One of them ain't in town

and the other one pregnant,

so you on your own.

WeII, this Rae, you get with her?

-Sh*t, man, who ain't f***ed her?

-What you mean?

Man, she got a spare minute,

she snatch up anybody.

Sometime she needs the reaI deaI,

so she caIIs me up.

GirI got a itch, you know?

What's a n*gger to do?

Now this girI, Rae, she Iike it rough?

You know, Iike beating on her

or whatnot?

That ain't my scene.

-That something you into?

-No.

See, Iook, n*gger, that girI's in my favor.

You f*** with her rough,

you got me to f*** with.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

CoIIar that dog, boy.

I don't wanna mess with her.

I just wanna know who she is, that's aII.

Like I say, you wanna hook up with that,

I ain't in your way.

That switch of hers

been aII over town anyway.

-She got that sickness, you know?

-What sickness?

What I'm saying is,

she gotta get dick or she goes crazy.

Get my money ready, n*gger.

Miss?

Miss Rae?

Hey! Hey, you hear me?

Come here. Come on.

Come on now. Hey.

Oh, sh*t! You burning up!

Hey, Iisten to me.

Look me in the eye now. Come on.

Look at me.

See, ain't no harm here. Ain't no harm.

AII I wanna do is get you weII.

My name is Lazarus. Lazarus Redd.

-Lazarus.

-That's right. My name is Lazarus.

-Lazarus Redd.

-Lazarus.

And I'm gonna take good care of you,

aII right? Okay?

Lazarus! Lazarus!

Lazarus!

Get off me! Get off me!

See if I give a sh*t

about any of you peopIe!

Lazarus! Lazarus!

Lazarus!

I know. I know it hurts. I know it hurts!

We gotta break that fever!

I ain't gonna Iet you die!

I ain't Ietting you die!

Now breathe.

Come on. Breathe now. CaIm down.

There you go. You cooIing off aIready.

GirI, you put the fear of the deviI in me.

I was scared as a kid

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