Clockers Page #4

please, and let me outta here?

You don't have

to live like this.

There's more than just

these projects out there.

Don't you wanna go someplace

you never been before?

I mean, you love trains, but

you've only ridden the subway.

Go on, man.

Get outta here.

And get them mattresses

for my kids, hear?

- Never.

- Never?

You're so close,

you never walked

by on a hot day

with your two kids?

Stopped in for a soda?

With my two kids?

I barely see my two kids.

I'm always working.

When I get home, I'm exhausted.

Do you have any kids?

Yeah. I have

a two-year-old daughter.

Have you ever

come home so tired

you hated the sound of

your own kids cryin'?

Your own flesh and blood.

My wife, Sharon, says,

"Quit a job. You got two."

What the hell she thinks I got two

jobs for in the first place, huh?

Look, I'm tryin', man.

I am really tryin' to move

us out of the projects.

You know what I'm sayin'?

I'm working, I'm saving, I'm

trying to do the best I can.

Provide those ends.

I gotta work.

I'm never late. I gotta work.

Victor, listen to me.

You're a good, decent,

church-goin', God-fearin' kid.

And if you did

pull the trigger,

there has to be

a reasonable answer

other than what

you've told me here.

I gotta ask myself, why would Darryl,

the night manager at Ahab's,

try to rob you in

his own parking lot?

So I think it had to

be something personal.

Mmm-mmm. No. I never

saw him before in my life.

He flexed, you shot?

I'm through with it.

I told you what happened. I gave you the gun.

What else do you want?

The truth, Victor.

The truth is

lookin' at you, man!

If a guy did something, if he

threatened your family, this helps you.

You were buggin'. "Can't sleep, can't

eat." This helps you in court.

What did that prick

do to you?

It was self-defense.

Self-defense, huh?

I wanna see what you see.

Uh. I disagree.

I don't think I do

look that f***in' stupid.

Dang, man. In the papers.

I thought Vic was legit.

What happened?

Boy already had like

five jobs and sh*t.

Ooh-ooh!

Aw, sh*t, man! What the f***

the Homo-side want now?

235 Hoyt,

Mandela projects, all right?

Yo, Tyrone.

What's up?

Come over here and watch

the car for me, all right?

All right?

Yeah, cool. What

you gonna give us?

Catch you

in a little bit.

We ain't

gonna do it for free.

I'll take care of

you later, all right?

Excuse me, sir. Which

building is 235 Hoyt?

Right there.

Thank you.

Is that Nintendo or Sega?

Sega.

What's it called?

Gangsta.

Whatever happened

to "Tiddlywinks"?

Rocco, don't you know this is the

new sensation across the nation?

Where you goin'? You

didn't push your floor.

My friend's house.

Everybody wants to

be a gangsta, right?

Yeah, you like that, right? You

like lookin' at that, right?

Wanna know

how much it costs?

I know that already.

Yeah, I'm sure. Probably

want to buy one, right?

How you know

I don't got one?

Why did he have that gun?

Everybody has a gun.

Does he have

a drinking problem?

He only drank

at night.

That makes two of us.

How about drugs?

He's as clean as

the Board of Health.

Did he have any

new friends recently?

Hangin' out with

any new people?

Not that I know of.

You must be thinking

of my son Ronald,

but he hasn't lived

here in quite a while.

He's quite the athlete.

Yes.

You boys must be

proud of your daddy.

Yes.

I'll bet.

Something's not right.

When I'm workin' on something,

I gotta make it right.

These are my two sons,

Victor and Ronald.

Victor's a hard-working,

handsome young man.

He doesn't lie.

If he said it was

self-defense,

it was self-defense.

Why don't you believe him?

Mrs. Dunham, do you

mind if I borrow these?

I have to go around and retrace

his steps the other night,

and I'd rather not show a mug

shot, if you know what I mean.

Sure.

You be good boys, now.

Take care of your mother.

Strike.

You know him?

He's an arrogant

piece of sh*t.

Comes into my store all the

time like he craps beige.

He used to work with Rodney last

year in his store, with Darryl.

Now he runs

the crew on the benches.

Clocks for Rodney, just like Darryl.

Let's bring him in.

So, what up, man?

They went to

the ninth floor.

Sh*t! I knew it.

Did they say anything?

Asked me about Gangsta.

Anything else?

Nah.

All right, Shorty.

You did good, man.

Go upstairs before your moms

come down flippin' some sh*t.

All right.

Go on upstairs.

Who you hidin' from?

Come on, man.

F*** you sneakin'

up on me for?

I'm not gonna keep tellin' you

to leave that boy alone.

You tell him that.

How you feel

about your brother?

It's f***ed up, man.

I heard he confessed.

You been to see him?

I'm goin'. I'm goin'.

You need to have your

stomach checked out.

By the way.

My kids thank

you from the bottom

of their hearts

for their mattresses.

Now doesn't that

make you feel good?

You know this kid?

Yeah. He was in here.

When?

Boy was in here Friday.

He had one drink.

One drink?

Wasn't drunk?

Nope.

- He was rude.

- Yeah.

Ooh! I'm just gettin' warmed up.

But it's the bomb.

Was he with anybody?

He came in alone.

Might've had a conversation.

Can't recollect.

Do you recollect the

shooting across the street?

Yeah, who do you

think called the cops?

So that's who

you're lookin' for?

Do you remember if the kid was

here before or after the shooting?

He was in here before.

You know how I know?

'Cause I was watchin' him. 'Cause I

never saw him before, he was jumpy.

Thought he might have been

one of those stick-up kids.

This is Strike.

Jesus Christ.

They don't

look alike to me.

What about him?

Oh, yeah. Victor? A regular.

What's up with him?

Strike, how come you didn't

tell me your brother did it?

Come on, Rodney, man.

You forgot?

You told me you

didn't wanna know nothing.

Yeah, you right.

Victor popped Darryl?

Hey, I don't know

if he even did it.

Victor, your brother.

You supposed to know.

Errol, just...

We ain't had that conversation

about Darryl, did we?

What conversation?

There, you see?

Ain't no problem.

Go ahead, man. Break.

That's my boy!

Came in one night only,

on the night of the shooting.

Has the jumps. Never sat down.

Left sober before the shooting.

Yo's jacket shows

possession with intent,

possession of unlicensed

firearm and assault,

for which he still

owes three years.

Listen to me now, Rocco. He's all strung out.

Has a few over his limit.

He gets fried,

walks out of Kool Breeze

with the heater

in his gym bag.

The Adams guyjumps out,

startles him.

Pops the first guy

who steps on his Nikes.

It's like

a capper on a bad day.

That's how

these Nubians do it.

He gets religion,

comes in, gives it up.

Pack it up. I'm not

wasting my time on this.

Come on, Larry. Can't you

see what they're tryin' to pull?

Larry.

What?

Yo walks in,

says he's the shooter.

No record, two adorable

kids, two jobs.

Model citizen.

Claims self-defense.

Okay. All right.

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