Get on the Bus Page #10

Brothers, don't! Don't! Don't fight!

Don't be shy.

- Don't be shy now. Come on!

- Get him, Kyle.

That's it?

Is that it?

Bring it on.

- Oh, jeez!

- Come on, Kyle. Get up, man.

Y'all counted me out too soon!

Come on, sugar!

The dance ain't over.

Damn. Come on, Hollywood.

- You like that, fag?

- Knock him down.

Come on now!

Who's the f*ggot now?

That's for Langston Hughes.

That's for James Baldwin.

Come on, mister. Give it your best shot.

What are you waiting on?

That was for Dennis Rodman.

Dennis Rodman is gay?

- You seen my son?

- No, I haven't.

- You seen Junior?

- He was here.

- I don't know where he went.

- Junior!

Smooth!

Split up. Everybody, just split up.

- Junior!

- Junior!

- Young brother!

- Junior!

Junior!

- Yo, Smooth!

- Young brother!

Junior, where you at, man?

Stop, boy!

Evan! Stop!

Stop!

- Get the hell off of me!

- What's wrong with you?

Where do you think you're going?!

Get the hell off me!

Where you going?

I ain't going nowhere!

Why are you running away?

Maybe because I take after you

more than you know, that's why!

Look...

...I'm not saying that you don't have

the right to be mad.

You got the right.

In fact, you're right about me.

When you were born,

I broke out just as...

...fast as I could.

I know that! Tell me something

I don't know!

But I was not rejecting you.

It was not about that.

Yeah, whatever.

I was scared, Junior.

I was 22 years old.

I had no job

and a brand-new baby boy...

...from a woman I kind of liked.

But it wasn't love, man.

So I figured that...

...if I just split, then the problem

would go away.

Won't you let me just split?

You were never the problem.

I want you to understand that I...

...was the problem.

Because after you were born...

...I was not man enough...

...to take on my responsibilities.

And I want to be your father.

I realize that your mother was right.

You need your father in your life.

What, are you crazy or something?

Look at me. I'm practically grown.

Now you're talking about I need you?

You know what my mama

went through?

My mama taught me

how to ride a bike...

...how to tie a tie.

She even told me

how to use a condom...

...so I wouldn't be a brother

with an unwanted baby, like you.

You want to come back

into the picture...

...telling me I need you?

I don't expect for us

to be great overnight.

But...

It might even be a few years.

But I don't care.

Because you are my son.

And I am your father and I love you.

And you are wanted.

And I'm going to face that.

You remember when we left...

...on the way to Washington

for this trip...

...and Jeremiah prayed that we would

be better men after we left...

...than we were before we got there?

I was praying...

...right along with him.

And I'm never, ever...

...running away again.

Day of atonement!

Day of atonement!

Day of atonement!

Day of atonement!

We're here!

Look at all these people.

Look at all these people!

You ever seen anything like this?

I bet they'll try to say

not that many brothers showed up.

Hey, Jeremiah.

You still mad about the fight?

Hey. Hey, Jeremiah.

Hey, hey, hey, y'all.

Something's wrong with Jeremiah!

Shut up! Something's wrong

with Jeremiah!

You all right?

There's something wrong with him!

- You'll be all right.

- Give him some space!

He'll be all right.

Get 911 on the cellular!

Stop the bus!

Shut up! Shut up!

Shut up!

Everybody, shut the f*** up!

Let's move it, people.

- Dr. Cook?

- Yes.

It's a heart attack.

- Will he be okay?

- I don't know.

We found pills in his pocket...

...and I contacted his doctor

from that prescription.

He's very sick.

We've moved him up to the

cardiac intensive care unit.

- Was the trip too much?

- Well...

...he has a coronary

artery disease, you know?

Meaning what?

He knew the trip

would put his life in jeopardy.

Will he make it?

We'll do everything we can.

- Thank you.

- Thank you.

What now?

We wait.

If we wait, we'll miss the march.

All you care about?

Look, I'm just saying...

You guys go ahead.

I'm gonna stay here with him.

What do you want to do?

Pops, we can't just leave him.

- Not at least till we know he all right.

- Right.

He's right, man.

Brothers come too far

to miss the march.

You go, we'll stay.

I don't want to leave him either.

We've got it covered.

George, he's right.

All right.

The Spotted Owl will be in front

of the Lincoln Memorial.

My brothers...

... and sons...

... and grandsons...

... and cousins and nephews...

... the night has been long.

Who's that lady?

She's Maya Angelou.

Who is she?

She's a great poet.

- Under a dead blue sky...

... on a distant beach...

The scenes on the street

aren't that bad.

In fact, we had absolutely

no trouble getting in...

... but of course that was going north.

We expect to have 250 coming today.

They expect to have more trouble

getting out of here than getting in...

You're hearing now the crowd as it

starts to get worked up and chanting.

We are here! We are here!

They are chanting, "We are here."

We need to take control

of our institutions...

... our media, our schools.

When you maximize our

economic resources...

... towards our own benefits.

When you stop making excuses...

... when you stand with our mothers...

...when you stick it out with a family,

when you start mentoring our young...

Please vote!

You gotta vote, black man!

Your vote counts.

Please vote, or this

is where you'll end up.

In the garbage can!

Take me out of there!

Because I'm gonna vote.

I messed up last year!

I didn't vote! See what happened?

And this is 1995!

Just think 10 years from now!

We'll all be running around like this!

And he gonna be howling!

Long live the spirit

of the Million Man March!

Long live he spirit

of the Million Man March!

God bless you!

You can see there's a Jumbotron...

... for those who can't see the stage

from further back.

I don't want you to think I was

rationalizing smoking brothers.

What happened to your father

was messed up.

The way I lived my life

was messed up.

The only thing I can try to do is...

...make sure other kids

don't do the same.

The last place I saw my father

alive was the hospital.

Three bullets in him.

I asked my mother who would do

something like this to my father.

She said, "There are good people

and bad people in this world...

...and a very bad person

did this to your father."

I take you as a man of your word.

I respect that.

If you've done

what you said you did...

...I'll do what I can to see

that you pay for it.

As soon as we get to L.A. And you

step off the bus, I may cuff you.

Unless you want to turn yourself in...

...privately.

Probably save us both

some embarrassment.

Million Man March...

...minus how many, Jamal?

How's he doing?

His heart muscle was too weak.

He was just pronounced dead.

I'm sorry.

Do you have any idea

who his next of kin is?

He didn't have anybody.

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes