Boyz n the Hood Page #5

Hello.

I'm Lewis Crump.

You must be Ricky's mother.

Brenda.

And this is my other son, Darin.

- Hello, Darin.

- What's up?

Can I get you something to drink?

- Coffee, water, soda?

- No, thank you.

We met at the game against Washington.

I remember. That was a good game.

You picked up 276 yards in that game.

- That's impressive.

- Thanks.

Well, why don't y'all sit and talk?

Hey!

I want you to know we're interested

in you coming to the campus.

Get a good look around, you know,

a feel for the school as a whole.

Here's my tape.

That was against Banning

my junior year.

Man, we lost that year,

but I did pretty well in yardage.

They had the best defence

in the city that year.

Big country booty!

Big country titties!

- Boo-ya!

- That's what I'm saying.

From eating all that corn bread

and sh*t, I guess.

Sh*t. Me, I go to college

just for the hos.

You don't go there to talk to b*tches.

You're supposed to be

learning something.

Can't learn sh*t, talking

to no stupid-ass b*tch.

- Yo, check out that 808.

- Damn, that sh*t bumping.

What are you interested in

beside playing ball?

- Like, what you mean?

- I mean...

...what do you want to major in?

What kind of degree would you pursue?

I'm just asking because

there's a strong possibility...

...that you won't go into

the NFL after college.

Just a fact. It happens.

Yeah, I heard that before.

Actually, I was thinking

about majoring in business.

I got this friend, Tre, who's always

talked about going into business.

Plus, I like computers.

Maybe I could do that.

What do you think?

Young brother, I think you can do

anything you put your mind to.

I tell you where y'all need to go.

Where they got more women

than anywhere. Fine ones too.

- Crenshaw on Sunday nights.

- No.

- Street races on Florence?

- No, nigga. Y'all way off.

I give y'all a hint.

Everybody's been there.

Where?

Where, nigga? Spit it out!

The church.

Oh, sh*t!

Nigga, please! Ain't nobody going

to church to catch no b*tches.

I should roll your ass up off

this porch for that stupid sh*t.

So basically you have

a 2.3 overall GPA...

...according to the classes

we require.

All you have to do

is take the SAT test.

Yeah.

I heard about that test.

The next one's being offered,

let's see...

...early October.

Are you gonna take it?

I guess so. I can't get into

college without it, right?

Just remember, all you have

to do is get over a 700.

- Okay.

- Come here. Come here!

I'm sorry, I'm trying to give

him a bath. Come here.

Your little brother?

No, that's my son.

Well, I'll look forward

to talking to you again.

We'll also arrange that tour for you.

Thank you, Mr. Crump.

You bet, Ricky. Bye-bye.

You gonna give me a scholarship?

Because I want to go to college too.

- Man, shut the f*** up.

- F*** you, nigga.

It's my porch.

You can take your dumb ass home.

My baby is going to a university.

I always knew you would

amount to something.

I did.

When you were little, you used to

always run around with that football.

I'm proud of you, baby.

- Thanks, Mama.

- You make your mama proud.

May I have your attention?

The SAT test will be

administered in this room.

When you receive your test book,

please keep it closed on your desk.

Read the directions on the

front cover of your test book.

Use a number two pencil in

marking your answer sheet.

Ink or ballpoint pen

is not to be used.

If you do not have

a number two pencil with you...

...raise your hand and keep it up.

We'll pass a pencil out to you.

During the time allotted for a section,

you may work on that section only.

If you finish a section

before time is called...

...you may not go back to a previous

section or on to the next one.

You have 30 minutes for section one.

Open your test books and begin work.

- This it?

- Yeah.

Damn!

- Baby got more cakes than Duncan Hines!

- Damn.

Bet you buy the chip.

Don't worry, the interest rate hasn't

moved two percent in five years.

- "Furious Styles Financial. "

- Talk to you later.

So how you guys think

you did on the test?

All right, I guess.

Those tests are culturally biased.

The only universal part is the math.

You boys must be hungry.

I'm real surprised to see you.

Came to see you.

See how you doing.

How's business going?

Well, there's always business,

just not always in here.

What do you do, Furious?

You help people get money

for homes or what?

Well, there is no "or what. "

That's what I do, Rick.

- You boys want to see something?

- Do we have a choice?

No.

I don't know about all this.

Got us walking around Compton and all.

Rick, it's the '90s.

We can't afford to be afraid

of our own people anymore.

Would you two knuckleheads come on?

I want y'all to look at that sign.

See what it says?

"Cash for your home. "

You know what that is?

- It's a billboard.

- Billboard.

What are y'all, Amos and Andy?

Are you Steppin' and he's Fetchit?

I'm talking about the message.

What it stands for.

It's called "gentrification. "

It's what happens when property value

of a certain area is brought down.

- You listening?

- Yeah.

They bring the property value down.

They can buy the land cheaper.

Then they move the people out, raise

the value and sell it at a profit.

What we need to do is keep everything

in our neighbourhood, everything, black.

Black-owned with black money.

Just like the Jews, the Italians,

the Mexicans and the Koreans do.

Ain't nobody from outside bringing

down the property value.

It's these folk!

Shooting each other and selling

that crack rock and sh*t.

How you think crack gets

into the country?

We don't own any planes.

We don't own no ships.

We are not the people who are flying

and floating that sh*t in here.

Every time you turn on a TV,

that's what you see.

Black people selling the rock,

pushing the rock. Yeah, I know.

It wasn't a problem when it was here.

Wasn't a problem

until it was in Iowa...

...and on Wall Street where

there's hardly any black people.

If you want to talk about guns...

...why is it that there's a gun shop

on every corner here?

- Why?

- I'll tell you why.

Just like there's a liquor store on

every corner in the black community.

Why? They want us to kill ourselves.

You go out to Beverly Hills,

you don't see that sh*t.

They want to us to kill ourselves.

The best way to destroy a people is to

take away their ability to reproduce.

Who is it that's dying out here on

these streets every night? Y'all.

- Yeah.

- Young brothers like yourselves.

What am I supposed to do?

Fool roll up, try to smoke me?

I'm gonna shoot the motherf***er

if he don't kill me first.

You doing exactly

what they want you to do.

You have to think, young brother,

about your future.

Damn, man.

You know, Furious is deep.

- He used to be a preacher?

- He ain't never been no preacher.

Just reads a lot.

My brother should've heard that, man.

Would've done him some good.

Where he at?

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