Chapter & Verse Page #8

Synopsis: Upon his return from serving a ten-year sentence in prison, reformed gang leader, S. Lance Ingram, struggles to adapt to a changed Harlem. Unable to use the technological skills he acquired in jail, Lance is forced to accept a position delivering meals for a local food bank. It is here that he befriends Ms. Maddy, 75, a past beauty with a irreverent and hardened shell to whom he delivers dinners. Through her, Lance finds hope, relearning the joys of life and living despite the outwardly bedeviled society in which they find themselves.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Jamal Joseph
Production: Harlem Film Company
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
70
Rotten Tomatoes:
85%
R
Year:
2017
97 min
$84,147
Website
57 Views


I'll help you.

I'll do whatever you need.

Miss Maddy.

Miss Maddy.

(music playing)

Miss Maddy, why me?

Because you're here.

Thank God you here.

(thunder rumbling)

(chattering)

(line ringing)

- JomHello?

- Lance:
Jomo.

This is L.

I need your help with Ty.

Yo. Yo, my nigga.

Yo, what's up?

- I thought we were good.

- Yeah, yeah, man, we good.

But, you know,

little bro came in my face

and be all cool, man.

- I ain't with all that.

- Mm-hmm.

I hear you.

So we gotta kill

two people to leave out?

(scoffs)

Man, look.

Law respects law, O.G.

- You know that.

- Mm-hmm.

I'm jumping out for him.

And the number is three.

What?

(screams)

(sirens wailing)

I got you.

(music playing)

I often hear gunshots

From my window

Oh, yeah

Not missiles

of liberation

Demanding freedom overdue

Sometimes

Just plain old gunshots

Yes

450 years

Of self-hate

and depravation

Collide and explode

We've got babies

killing babies

Blood running

on our streets

Yeah

Oh, where's the love?

Where's the love?

Where's the love

for our people?

Oh-oh

We rise

We cry

We live

But then we die

Oh-oh

We need freedom

We need freedom

Liberation

Oh-oh

There ain't no gunshots

From the window

There

From my window

Hey

I often hear gunshots

From my window

Oh-oh

Yeah

Not missiles

of liberation

No, demanding

freedom overdue

Then just plain old

Hey, gunshots

Yeah, yeah

Oh

We got babies

killing babies

Yes, we do

Hey

Oh

Where's the love?

Tell me,

where's the love?

- (music playing)

- Still finding my way

There's no other way

You live and you learn,

I'm just writing my own way

They pray for the worst,

so I'm gonna put me first

These are my words

A whole chapter and verse

Write it up,

write it up, write it up

Write it up, write it up,

write it up

Write it up,

write it up, write it up

Write it up, write it up,

write it up

See, the money

was the mission

And the game

playing different

And it ain't like

it used to

Best friend snitching

and your girlfriend

switching

Like they never knew you

Gotta make a right way,

gotta see a bright day

The new cats,

they play wrong,

I just want to live long

They tell me

it'll never work,

that I'm in it for the worst

But I run my own way

Whole chapter and a verse

They telling me

it'll never work

They said

I'm in for the worst

But I just write

my life out

Whole chapter and a verse

Still finding my way,

there's no other way

You live and you learn,

I'm just writing my own way

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Daniel Beaty

Daniel Beaty (born December 28, 1975) is an award-winning actor, singer, writer, composer and poet. Beaty is known for his blend of music, movement, and words in such original works as Emergency and Through The Night. more…

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