Flesh and Blood Page #8

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It's awesome, man.

It is.

It's kind of like, I don't know.

Well, 20 years of sh*t kind of went away.

Or the years I'd be...

Yeah, 30.

30, oh.

[Mark] How old are you now, Dad?

I'm 60.

I'll be 61 April 7th.

Oh, wow.

I like your tattoos.

Yeah, I'm really a huge Viking fan.

My heroes.

Oh wow.

Jerry Garcia.

Jimi Hendrix.

That's f***ing incredible.

And we got John Lennon.

Jesus.

Love John, so does your mom.

And Janis Joplin.

Oh, I had a crush on her.

Oh, cool!

Wow.

Isn't that cool?

That is cool!

[Mark] I know.

Like all those too, already.

[Mark] Yeah.

What's this about on your arm?

Oh I have, from dialysis.

So I got to...

Oh, right.

keep it bandaged.

Last April I went, had

a stem cell transplant.

Well, that's where they

take out, they go in,

get all this horrible chemo

that kills everything in you.

Then they harvest some

good stem cells out of me,

and then they put it back in.

[Mark] Yeah.

'Cause the cancer ate up my kidneys,

so I'm on dialysis three times a week.

And that's lately really

been kicking my ass.

[Mark] What is that like?

What do you have to do?

You go in, and they take

out your blood and clean it,

and put it back in.

Four hours in the chair.

Appetite still is a problem.

Don't feel like eating,

that's hard to explain.

Mmm hmm.

Because you want to keep on weight.

You don't want to lose weight.

Yeah, because sh*t, I used to weigh,

well, I lost almost 100 pounds.

I used to weigh 280.

Wow.

And now I'm down to 176.

It just shh, consumes you.

I remember my kidney

doctor, he talked to me.

And he said when he first met me,

that he said "I gave

you six months to live."

And that really freaked me out.

Yeah.

You know, it's working

to make its comeback.

That's what bad about cancer.

You get rid of it for a while,

but then it's like it gets

pissed and it comes back.

What kind of cancer was it again?

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

It's cancer of my blood.

Mmm hmm.

[Mark's Dad] And...

I'd hate to think like (sighs).

Yeah, get back together and f***ing die?

Yeah, that's, (laughs)

that's f***ed.

It's not supposed to be that way.

No, I don't want it to be that way.

With all those years that I,

I've wasted them, you know?

It's just f***ed up.

And I don't want it to be that way.

I (sobs).

I wish (sobs).

A brightness, happiness.

'Cause when I was excited

for stuff like that.

God I loved you, honey, when you were born.

And, oh.

It's always cold

This time of year

A body never forgets

The leaves are gone

The rain is here

A voice grows ever quiet

At dusk there's a slight delay

But the sun always slips away

Full of violence

Sons of violence

Sons of violence

I'm safe and sound

All by myself

Left aside

I'll keep on with my life

[Guillermo] Well, not

first-person point of view.

Let's try.

(blabbering) (laughs)

[Woman On Phone] (laughs) Oh.

All right, take care man, I love you.

Good?

Yeah.

Burned you again, didn't I?

Uh, no.

(laughs)

Hey bro.

It's been a while.

So my documentary has been

coming along really well.

I'm so sorry to hear

the news about your dad.

Wish I could be there.

But, you know,

I hope you're dealing

with it in a safe way,

yeah.

(child coughing)

[Guillermo] We got to see each other soon.

I love you, bro.

Call me when you get this.

[Woman] Good morning.

Everything I ever was

Came from being in the mud

Money doesn't equal love

Gotta feed my flesh and blood

I know that I'm

supposed to make changes

I ain't going back on that road

If it's over flesh and blood

I let the devil take my soul

Everything I ever was

Came from being in the mud

Money doesn't equal love

But I gotta feed

my flesh and blood

I know that I'm

supposed to make changes

I ain't going back on that road

If it's over flesh and blood

I let the devil take my soul

I gotta make

something happen quick

Contemplating

playing devil's advocate

Its addicts in my cast

But they ain't

actors and actresses

They arms is fractured with the

scars from the cause of what's happening

Packaged in that blue wrap

Youngins want to move that

They know they gonna do what

they got to to come through back

I was in that trap then Everybody

knew that cuz everybody was then

Now it's like we dug in

See my man 200 pounds

Now he like a buck ten

Started with them Perc

tens Damn we was bucks then

Friends we grew up with

is gettin' life plus ten

I just hope my flesh and

blood know how much I love them

For real

Everything I ever was

Came from being in the mud

Money doesn't equal love

But I gotta feed

my flesh and blood

I know that I'm

supposed to make changes

I ain't going back on that road

If it's over flesh and blood

Let the devil take my soul

Take my soul, take my

soul Let him take my soul

Sometimes I think I

feel the devil take control

Why they gotta speak so reckless,

are they dumb I hate this phone

Sometimes I hate this hustle

life but I be makin' dough

See me making dough outie

on the payments go haters know

All diesel on me like I'm

slanging dope Yeah gotta take it slow

Yeah, I'm a take it slow

But deep down I know

I'm gonna make it though

Roaches scatter when

you turn the light on

I had to get my flight on

They say I had to build

myself up They was right on

Snakes in the grass

Feed the rats to the pythons

I'm down five No time

left Reach for the pylon

Cause I'm just tryin to

score I'm just tryin' to tour

Everybody draw

This the Art of War

We was in that bando

sleepin' on the floor

I sacrifice for mine What

did you sacrifice for yours?

I know that I'm

supposed to make changes

I ain't going back on that road

But if it's over flesh and blood

Let the devil take my soul

Everything I ever was

Came from being in the mud

Money doesn't equal love

But I gotta feed

my flesh and blood

I know that I'm

supposed to make changes

I ain't going back on that road

If it's over flesh and blood

I let the devil take my soul

Take my soul, take my

soul Let him take my soul

Sometimes I think I

feel the devil take control

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