Get on the Bus Page #5

Man...

Steal? I ain't stole from nobody.

Okay, do you take what isn't yours...

...even from black people?

- Lf it's just lying around the house?

- Yeah, sure, if it's there.

Right. But you say you care

about black people.

- Don't think I have a right to go?

- I didn't say that.

I just want to know what you think

the gay man's role is...

...in the black community.

What's yours?

Why do you say that

stealing isn't wrong?

I didn't say it wasn't wrong.

I'm saying the way I got it,

it wasn't really wrong.

Because I ain't hurt nobody.

Right, so you're saying...

...if you take someone's stuff

and don't hurt anyone, it's okay.

You're taking it the wrong way.

I ain't taking nobody's stuff.

It was there.

The money was there, you know?

Nobody was there.

You'd leave money if you saw it?

If it wasn't mine.

- Yeah, okay, that's what you say.

- Okay.

- I didn't...

- Yes, you did.

I don't know, man.

- Are we going to eat?

- I think I'm getting a hangnail.

Hello, ladies. It gives me

great pleasure to welcome you...

...to the Little Rock, Arkansas

rest area.

Who are you supposed to be?

The welcoming committee

for all the fine sisters.

Oh, please!

You don't recognize me, do you?

I'm an actor.

- You played on an episode of Martin!

- Yes!

- You were the janitor!

- Yes!

He's famous. You're funny.

Sorry we didn't recognize you.

We've been driving.

- Where are you from?

- Dallas.

I've heard Dallas has fine honeys.

Wait a minute.

Aren't you the only two black

cheerleaders on the Dallas Cowboys?

Well, what do you know?

Is he bothering you?

- You scared me.

- Sorry.

Hopefully Minister Farrakhan will

teach him not to bother ladies.

Are you going to the march?

Yes, it's time for the brothers

to work it out.

No, wait a minute. No!

How do you brothers propose to work

things out without the sisters?

I've heard this argument.

She's got a point.

It's not right to exclude women.

Especially after all the things

our sisters have done for us.

So why are you going?

Someone's gotta raise the

consciousness of these lost brothers.

There are certain questions

which are specific to manhood.

Such as, how can we be better

husbands, sons, fathers and...

...Iovers?

You can start by not trying to put us

womenfolk in our place.

Leave the sisters at home

while you work it out? Please!

Personally, I'm glad to see

the brothers showing some unity.

- Thank you.

- That's not unity!

What we need is some solidarity.

You cannot name...

...one struggle in black America...

...in which the sisters were not

an active force, can you?

I can't. Can you?

It's not about excluding sisters.

It's about trying

to gain your respect and keep it.

By the way, my name is Gary.

- Gina.

- Nice to meet you.

- I'm Jamilia.

- Hi.

- Nice to meet you.

- You too.

You know, I wish we could go to DC.

Why don't you? I could

help you drive. Follow our bus.

Gentlemen, thank you very much...

...but we do have somewhere

we need to be.

That's too bad.

In that case,

slide me those digits...

...so when it's over I can

run it all down for you.

You don't quit, do you?

This one right here,

can this one be trusted?

I just met the brother.

- What about you? Can we trust you?

- Me?

There's no one more trustworthy

than good old Gary.

- Just ask his girlfriend.

- Girlfriend?

- Got him.

- My, my.

No, he's right. Ask her.

She'll tell you I'm very...

- Trustworthy?

- Very trustworthy. Exactly.

Let's go.

Well, you know what?

It's been stimulating.

Nice to meet you.

Bye, brothers! God bless!

Keep up the good work!

God bless!

One love, all right?

Hey, watch CNN, all right? CNN.

- CNN?

- Yeah, yeah.

Get out of here.

You poured salt on my rap.

- Swing and a miss.

- He's out!

You're crazy.

- You're crazy.

- Pimping ain't easy.

- You're still crazy.

- Look at Flip! Brother's jealous!

- Mr. L-Don't-Cheat-On-My-Girlfriend.

- I don't.

Please, please, please!

You was salivating all over her.

Oh, come on, James Brown.

You're crazy.

Pop, are you hearing this?!

- I'm hearing this.

- You tell me.

What man ain't gonna try to get

something on the side if he can?

Some men wouldn't.

Name one.

Better yet, how about you?

- What?

- You ever cheat?

Maybe I did, when I was a youth.

So Jeremiah was a bullfrog.

And no friend of mine.

"Maybe I did in my youth."

That's a yes. How about you?

I never cheated on my wife.

Technicality!

There was a time I was

on this bus with 20 nymphos.

I had to fight them all.

But, no, I'm serious.

Let me think about it.

You ain't got to think about it.

I never cheated on my girlfriend.

I like Cathy a lot.

- How old are you?

- Nineteen.

You got plenty of time.

Brother Jamal over there...

...he didn't ever cheat

on his girlfriend.

Course not.

He prays five times a day!

Get him to pray for music.

James Brown's on the other bus.

- You want music, music you got.

- All right.

We got music that goes

way back yonder.

Is this it?

Now I want to introduce you

to my pride and joy.

This is my djembe drum.

What's up, man?

The drum is the mother of all music.

Tell them, Pop!

I tell you what I'm gonna do.

I am gonna use this djembe drum...

...to take all you brothers back

to the motherland.

I see a ship

It's a big ship

Ain't no slave ship

I don't see no chains

I don't see no shackles

It's a going-home ship

I cross the ocean

Get off on the beaches

I walk in the sand

I step in the grass

Say hello to the python

And the baobab tree

I walk in the jungle

I see the monkey

I see the chimpanzee

I cross the river

I see the crocodile

I come to my village

I see the chief

I see all the elders

I see the warriors

I see the women and children

I see the fires

I smell the cooking

Hear the singing and drumming

And dance all the dances

I cross the compound

And there at the end

In a little rise

I see home

Jeremiah sees home

And they're glad to see me

Pop! Pop!

Pop! Pop! Pop!

Get your ass on the bus.

George, hey. Memphis.

Listen to your mother.

You should listen to your mother.

That's not how I was raised.

That doesn't matter.

What's happening?

Not much, I guess.

Not much is better than nothing.

Can we get some menus?

- Sandy, get them some menus.

- Oh, sure.

Let's get something to eat,

then I'll drive for a while.

I need a favour, George.

- You can't drive the whole way.

- That's not it.

Base calls, tell them I got sick.

Why?

I'm not coming back.

Sh*t! What the hell you mean?

- I can't do it.

- Stop bullshitting me.

You're just trying to go to Graceland.

I'd be safer there.

Meaning what?

Think we'd put you in boiling water

and eat you for supper?

You already have

the African drums in there.

That's the epitome

of cultural disrespect.

I could come back with something...

...anti-Semitic...

...or I could whip your ass.

Which would you prefer?

I'm sorry.

All right, here it is.

Maybe I am a little prejudiced,

but no more than you are.

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