Crooklyn Page #11

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- [Nate] It won't be so bad.

- Hey, Sam, how come you're not playin'?

- 'Cause I'm a girl, Daddy.

- [TV Dad] Aw, come on.

Troy.

Look. Here are

your new clothes.

Aren't they pretty?

Picked 'em out myself.

[Maxine]

Wait.

Wait 'til you see these shoes.

Aren't they just adorable?

Troy, why don't you

at least try it on, okay?

Please, ladybug.

Don't be difficult, okay?

I know this is hard for you.

It's hard for everybody.

But you have to wear

something nice.

Don't you want to look

all pretty like Aunt Maxine?

Carolyn would be so proud of you.

Listen, my mother hates polyester.

She would never let me

wear anything like that.

Right, Troy.

- # Get yourself go #

- Get Cheerios!

- Troy?

- What?

- Let's go.

- I'm not goin'.

Sh-sh-sh*t.

- Troy, baby, what are you doin'?

- I'm sick.

- Troy, you got everybody waitin' on you.

- So?

Miss Coomish Mimmish,

please don't make this any more

difficult than it has to be.

I hate funerals.

I'm not going.

Troy, you're not

the only one who's in pain.

We're all hurtin'.

But we gotta think about

what would make Mommy happy.

You wanna make Mommy happy,

don't you?

Ain't no reason

tryin' right now.

Oh, yes, there is.

Your mother would want...

everybody to be

at the church...

together.

- Will you do that for me?

- Yeah.

I want you to get yourself

together. I'm gonna wait

for you downstairs, okay?

All right.

I hate funerals too.

I'll be downstairs.

Okay.

# Ooh-ooh, child

Things are gonna get easier #

# Ooh-ooh, child

Things will get brighter #

# Ooh-ooh, child #

- # Things are gonna get easier #

- I'm proud of you, Troy.

# Ooh-ooh, child

Things will get brighter #

# Someday, yeah #

# We'll put it together

and we'll get it undone #

# Someday when your head

is much lighter #

# Someday, yeah #

# We'll walk in the rays

of a beautiful sun #

# Someday when the world

is much brighter #

# Ooh-ooh, child #

# Things are gonna

be easier #

# Ooh-ooh, child

Things will be brighter #

# Ooh-ooh, child #

# Things are gonna

be easier #

- # Ooh-ooh, child

Things will be brighter #

- All right, Clinton.

You're the head of the family now. Look

after your brothers and your sister.

- [Indistinct]

- [Clinton] Yeah.

- # Someday things will be brighter #

- Wait in the car.

- I'm gonna talk to Aunt Song.

- Woody.

# Someday #

# We'll walk in the rays

of a beautiful sun #

# Someday when the world

is much brighter #

# Someday, someday, someday #

## [Song Continues Indistinctly]

Hey there, little bit.

You want brother Vic

to get you anything, little sister?

No, thanks.

All right. Okay.

# Ooh-ooh, child #

# Things are gonna

get easier #

# Ooh-ooh, child

Things will get brighter #

# Ooh-ooh, child

Things are gonna get easier #

# Ooh-ooh, child ##

Who are these people, anyway?

Comin' out of the woodwork.

- Mommy sure had a lot of friends.

- I guess she did.

Troy! They keep laughing

and pointing at me,

saying, "His mama's dead,

his mama's dead."

- And they took my money.

- Who?

The Possoms!

Right Hand and Snuffy!

Come on, Joseph.

- There they are: The Possums!

- Who said it? Who took your money?

Over there!

Snuffy and Right Hand Man!

- [Troy Howling]

- Whoa!

Snuffy, that's what you get.

Troy, what you do that for?

We're tired of being terrorized

by you and Right Hand.

Go sniff on your own block.

# Ain't no sunshine

when she's gone #

[Carolyn's Voice]

I'm not comin' down there!

# It's not warm

when she's away #

Mother!

Mother, stop it!

Mommy, I don't like it

when you fight!

- # Ain't no sunshine when she's gone #

- Daddy, you stop!

- # And she's always gone too long #

- Mommy!

- # Anytime she goes away #

- Daddy! Mommy!

- Come on, damn rat! No! No!

- Daddy, stop!

- Get out! Huh?

- Mommy?

Mom... No.

Troy, Mommy's gone.

- Mommy is gone.

- # Ain't no sunshine when she's gone #

- # And this house just ain't no home #

- Troy, you can cry.

- # Anytime she goes away #

- It's all right to cry.

Mommy's gone.

Baby, you sick?

# I know, I know

I know, I know #

- [Retching]

- You sick, baby?

[Indistinct]

# I know, I know

I know, I know #

- # I know, I know, I know... #

- Stand up, baby.

# Yeah, I oughta leave

the thing alone #

- # But ain't no sunshine

when she's gone #

- Come here.

Come here.

Let me wipe that.

# Ain't no sunshine

when she's gone #

Mmm.

- # Only darkness every day #

- Okay.

- # Ain't no sunshine when she's gone #

- Damn, Troy.

# And this house

just ain't no home #

- Everybody was wonderin'

when you was gonna break.

- # Anytime she goes away #

Even Clinton cried.

- # Anytime she goes away #

- Daddy, please don't make me move away.

I know Aunt Maxine wants me

to go and live with her.

- Nobody's goin' anywhere.

- # Anytime she goes away ##

Mommy was in a lot of pain,

wasn't she?

Yes, she was.

Then it's good she died.

So she wouldn't

have to suffer.

That's a nice way

of puttin' it, baby.

Yeah, that's real nice.

#... a rich man

We can knock him off his feet #

# He'll have a mighty love #

# Mighty, mighty, mighty, mighty

Mighty, mighty love #

# Comin' down on me

Baby, yeah ##

- Ow! You're hurting me!

- Be quiet.

Doesn't hurt.

If you combed it a little more often,

it wouldn't be lookin'

all like a sheep's behind.

But it never hurt

when Mommy combed it.

- I'm sorry, Joseph, but I'm not Mommy.

- Ow.

Dear ladybug:
How are you?

I miss you so very much.

I can't believe

you just turned ten!

All of you kids are

growing up so rapidly.

Ladybug, you turned out

pretty good considering you

were raised in a house...

- full of ashy, rusty-butt boys.

- Ow!

Can Joseph come out and play?

- Troy, can he come out?

- All right.

Don't go too far.

Dinner's almost ready.

Okay, I don't want

to embarrass you.

[Boys Talking Indistinctly]

Come on! Let's play!

Wait for me!

Wait for me!

[Troy]

Don't go too far!

[Cornelius] That oughta hold you for a

little while. Thank you for joining us.

We thank our guest stars

Curtis Mayfield, The Persuaders...

and, of course,

the Soul Train gang.

Be right where you are

next week, when we return,

and you can bet your last money

it's all gonna be a stone gas, honey.

I'm Don Cornelius and,

as always in parting, we wish you love,

peace and soul!

Here comes the pitch.

And it comes in wide.

And the count now is one and one

to Jackie Robinson.

# Honey, as another

manic depressive #

# Adolescent stares at death

Now what's left #

# When there ain't no God

and a whole lot of fraud #

# It might be your homicide

so let the drama slide #

# We don't want no problems, b*tch

Get your name in

the obituary column, sheik #

# 'Cause life is too short

and it just gets shorter #

# I wish I had a quarter for all

my people they slaughtered #

# Last year alone

in the dead zone #

# Walk straight

but don't walk late #

# 'Cause I'm comin' with a hate

only made from what it made me #

# 'Cause nobody ever played me

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