Crown Heights Page #4

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BY LOOKING AT THE COVER

YOU CAN'T JUDGE A BOOK

BY LOOKING AT THE COVER

YO! YO!

PEACE! THANKS, FOLKS!

PEACE!

T.J., WE JUST CAN'T

ROLL OUT THERE:

DOING WHATEVER WE FEEL.

WE GOTTA SHOW SOME RESPECT,

ALL RIGHT?

T.J.

LOOK, MAN,

THE HASIDIC COMMUNITY

IS A VERY CONSERVATIVE ONE,

BROTHER.

LISTEN, I AIN'T JEWISH.

AND I AIN'T PLAYING,

MAN.

YOU GOTTA LEARN TO SHOW

SOME RESPECT, YOUNG BROTHER.

YOU KNOW, YOU JUST GOT

TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE --

NO, AIN'T NOTHING WRONG

WITH DANCING WITH A CHICK.

IT MIGHT NOT BE YOUR CULTURE,

BUT IT DAMN SURE IS MINE!

T.J. T.J.

PAUL --

WHAT? WHAT?

JUST TAKE IT EASY.

TAKE IT EASY?

LET HIM CALM DOWN.

THIS KID NEEDS:

SOME DISCIPLINE, LAZ.

IS THAT YOUR ROLE?

LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.

THIS KID NEEDS GUIDANCE NOW.

LATER IS TOO LATE.

IF HE DOESN'T LEARN

TO RESPECT HIMSELF

AND RESPECT OTHER PEOPLE,

HE'S NOT GOING TO MAKE IT.

AND I BET IF THAT

WERE YUDI ACTING OUT,

YOU WOULDN'T TAKE I EASY ON HIM, MAN.

EXCUSE ME, GENTLEMEN?

I'M THE PRINCIPAL

OF A BRONX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL,

AND I WOULD REALLY LOVE IT

IF YOUR GROUP WOULD PLAY

FOR THE KIDS.

ME TOO.

SHARON KANE --

DIRECTOR OF THE HEBREW

SENIORS HOME IN YONKERS.

SENIORS WANT OUR MUSIC?

MM-HMM. IT'S REALLY WHAT

I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR.

YOU KNOW, IT JUST KEEPS THEM

FEELING YOUNG.

YO! YO!

THERE'S A DUDE OUT HERE

WAITING ON Y'ALL.

SAYS HE BOOKS HALFTIME ACTS

DURING BASKETBALL SEASON

AT THE GARDEN!

THE GARDEN?

AS IN --

AS IN MADISON SQUARE?

EXACTLY.

OH.

OH. HA HA HA.

HEY, T.J.

WHAT?

WE -- WE WERE

REALLY AWESOME.

YOU -- YOU WERE

REALLY GOOD OUT THERE, OKAY?

LOOK, IT JUST SEEMED LIKE

ALL THEY WERE DOING

WAS COMING DOWN ON YOU,

BUT THEY SHOULD'VE TOLD YOU

WE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB.

YEAH, WHATEVER, MAN.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

CLUBBING.

NOW?

WHY NOT?

YOU WANT SOME COMPANY?

YEAH. COME ON.

[ DANCE MUSIC PLAYING ]

HEY, THEY GOT THE GAME.

WE DIDN'T COME HERE

TO WATCH NO GAME.

WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.

COME ON.

HEY, WHAT'S UP?

LET'S DANCE.

LET'S GET IT POPPING.

HEY, CUTIE.

LET'S DANCE.

I DON'T KNOW.

COME ON, I WANNA DANCE.

I'M NOT SURE --

YO, DANCE, MAN. COME ON,

OR YOU'RE GONNA EMBARRASS ME.

DANCE.

THANK YOU.

HEY, Y'ALL, I BET

YOUR CAVE BOY:

WISHED HE WERE A BALLER.

MAYBE, D.

BUT, YOU KNOW, HE AIN'T

GETTING IT, NOT TONIGHT.

DAMN.

COME HERE.

NICE EYES.

CALL ME.

GOT THEM DIGITS, HUH? YOU THINK

YOU'RE THE MAN NOW, DON'T YOU?

WAIT, WAIT,

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

LEAVE ME ALONE.

DAG, YOU COULD AT LEAST KEEP

HER NUMBER FOR A SOUVENIR!

YOU DON'T GET IT, DO YOU?

I'M NOT EVEN SUPPOSED

TO TOUCH A GIRL, ALL RIGHT?

STOP TRYING TO MAKE ME DO STUFF

I DON'T WANT TO DO!

"STOP TRYING TO MAKE ME

DO STUFF I DON'T WANT TO DO!"

YOU SOUND:

LIKE A LITTLE B*TCH.

OH, DO I?

WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM,

MAN?

YOU'RE MY PROBLEM. YOU THINK

I WANT TO BE LIKE YOU,

BUT I DON'T!

OH, YEAH? SO LEAVE

HIP-HOP ALONE THEN.

THAT'S ME.

THAT'S MY CULTURE.

OH, IT'S YOUR CULTURE?

GUESS WHAT, BUDDY. YOU DON'T

HAVE ANY CULTURE!

HOW THE HELL WOULD YOU KNOW,

YOU KOSHER-EATING,

NON-DATING,

BLUE-BALLED MOTHERF***ER?

AT LEAST MY FATHER'S

NOT A CRACKHEAD!

NAH, HE'S SECTION EIGHT,

AND THAT AIN'T NOTHING

TO BRAG ABOUT.

YOU BEANIE-WEARING

BIYOTCH.

ALL RIGHT, NOW, YOU TAKE

THAT BACK TO MOMMY.

GOOD JOB.

YOU'RE LATE.

I KNOW. I'M SORRY.

WHERE'S T.J.?

I DON'T KNOW.

HE BETTER NOT BE

MESSING UP, MAN.

THROWING THE WHOLE

GAME OFF.

WHAT'S UP?

NOTHING.

Paul:
T.J., YOU RUNNING

ON C.P. TIME?

I'M HERE, MAN.

BECAUSE THE BALL TEAM'S

GETTING TIGHT.

I DON'T WANT US

FALLING BEHIND.

Yudi:
CAN WE CHOOSE

WHO'S PLAYING?

I GOT MY TOP 10.

T.J.:
ARE WE ON IT?

NO.

WHAT'S WITH THAT? YOU GOT

SOMETHING AGAINST MY PLAY?

Laz:
YOU BOTH ALREADY

HAVE ENOUGH TO DO.

YO, NOAH!

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

WHAT I WANT -- YOU DID SUCH

A NICE JOB BUILDING THE ARK,

I THOUGHT:

IF YOU HAD SOME TIME

MAYBE YOU CAN BUILD ME

A NICE TABLE, A CABINET.

NO, I WANT --

I WANT TO SING A SONG.

FINE, THEN.

HERE WE GO!

[ MUSIC PLAYING ]

HERE WE GO.

HERE WE GO.

TAKE HEED TO THE WORDS,

WE ARE ONE:

TRAVEL THE RIGHT PATH AND PU THE TROUBLES IN THE PAST

WITH EVERYONE TOGETHER,

YO, WE ALL HAVE A CHANCE

TO MAKE LIFE NICE

TO MAKE WRONGS RIGHT

STRONG ENOUGH:

IS WHEN THE PEOPLE UNITE

YO, JEWS AND BLACKS,

HAND IN HAND:

ALL THE PEOPLE:

IN THE STREETS:

MY BLOCK IS YOUR BLOCK,

BUT HERE COMES THE TEST

CAN WE ALL KICK IT

WHEN THERE'S CIVIL UNREST?

IT'S A COAT OF ARMS,

NO MATTER HOW WE FLIP IT

SO, ALL THE PEOPLE

FROM BROOKLYN:

CAN I KICK IT?

NOTHING BUT LOVE

ON THE BROOKLYN STREETS

NOTHING BUT LOVE

FOR THE PEOPLE YOU MEET

I CAN'T UNDERSTAND A WORD

THEY'RE SAYING.

WHAT IS HE SAYING?

WOULD YOU PLEASE

SHUT UP?

WE ARE ONE:

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

YOU'RE MESSING UP.

EVERYBODY:

WE ARE ONE:

[ MUSIC PLAYING ON TAPE ]

HERE, HERE, HERE WE GO

WHOO:

THESE SONGS ARE WHACK.

I WAS LISTENING:

TO THAT.

HEY, SHOVE THAT --

WHAT THE HELL:

ARE YOU DOING?

HEY, HEY!

RELAX, MAN, YOU GUYS

ARE ACTING LIKE BABIES.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?

WANNA FIGHT?

LET 'EM FIGHT.

LET 'EM TAKE IT OUTSIDE.

WANNA TAKE IT OUTSIDE?

LAZ.

YEAH,

LET'S TAKE IT OUTSIDE.

FINE.

LET'S GO.

ALL RIGHT, COME ON.

HEY! WHERE THE HELL

ARE YOU GOING?

HEY, WAIT UP!

HEY, COME BACK!

STOP! STOP!

WHERE Y'ALL GOING?

WERE YOU ACTUALLY

GOING TO LEAVE US?

WHO'S THE BAD GUY NOW,

HUH?

NOW, IF I HAD LEFT YOU,

YOU'D HAVE TO FIGURE OUT

A WAY TO GET HOME TOGETHER,

WOULDN'T YOU?

SO IF WE'RE GOING

TO MAKE IT TO THE GARDEN,

WE'VE GOT TO DO IT

AS A TEAM.

UNLESS YOU GUYS DON'T WANT

TO DO THIS ANYMORE.

YOU SEEN THIS?

MUSLIM PAPER CALLING JUDAISM

A GUTTER RELIGION

AND HITLER A HERO

TO HIS PEOPLE.

YEAH, I'VE SEEN IT.

SO, HOW COME THE LEADERS

IN YOUR COMMUNITY

DON'T SPEAK OUT

AGAINST THIS RACISM?

HOW WOULD YOU KNOW WHAT

THE LEADERS OF OUR COMMUNITY

SPEAK OUT AGAINST, LAZ?

YOU LISTEN TO THEM?

WELL, I READ. AND LET ME

TELL YOU SOMETHING.

IF THE JEWS TRASHED

A NEIGHBORHOOD, WE'D SPEAK OUT.

REALLY? SO YOU SPEAK OUT

AGAINST THE ISRAELI TREATMENT

OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE?

SOME OF US DO.

ENOUGH TO STOP IT?

YOU CANNOT COMPARE ISRAEL

TO THIS.

ISRAEL'S THE ONLY FREE COUNTRY

IN A REGION:

THAT IS DOMINATED

BY DICTATORSHIPS.

I'M TALKING ABOUT

IRRESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP HERE.

YEAH? WELL, THAT WORKS

BOTH WAYS.

A LOT OF WHAT'S

IN THAT PAPER IS SH*T,

BUT SOME OF IT:

IS EMPOWERING.

ARAB TERRORISTS?

YOU CANNOT LEGITIMIZE

THIS BULLSHIT.

ANGER FEELS GOOD,

DOESN'T IT?

AND WHEN YOU'VE BEEN

SLAVES FOR CENTURIES,

SOMETIMES:

YOU LASH OUT, HMM?

WE WERE SLAVES ONCE, TOO.

WHY CONDEMN AND VILIFY US?

LAZ, YOU CANNOT POSSIBLY COMPARE

THE SITUATION OF BLACKS

AND JEWS:

IN AMERICA TODAY, MAN.

OH, YOU THINK ANTI-SEMITISM

IS ANCIENT HISTORY?

WELL, THINK AGAIN, BUDDY.

BUT IT IS NOT THE CORNERSTONE

OF THE SYSTEM:

THE WAY RACISM IS.

ANTI-SEMITISM IS RACISM.

LOOK AT THE COURTS.

WHO'S IN JAIL?

WHO'S GOT THE JOBS?

WHO GOT THE MONEY?

12% OF AMERICA IS BLACK...

WHAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND IS

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