He Got Game Page #4

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- Not good.

- What's wrong, dear?

- Guess who showed at the apartment?

- Who?

- Daddy.

- Lord have mercy!

- Booger, take your cousin in your room.

- Go in the room.

Come on, Mary. Um--

You can play with

my Sony Playstation.

- Good, 'cause I can always beat you.

- I'm gettin' good at--

Sit down, son.

When did all this happen?

- About half an hour ago.

- What did he say? What does he want?

He says he wants to speak to me.

He says it's urgent.

- It don't make no sense.

- It makes perfect sense.

He smells the money.

What I'd like to know, how does a

convicted murderer get out so quick?

How can this happen?

He's not even eligible for parole yet.

He told Mary that he was out

on a work release program or something.

The man escaped

just like Shawshank.

Clint Eastwood in Escape From Alcatraz.

The Fugitive.

- He wasn't acting like no fugitive.

- We should call the cops.

- Yeah.

- We ain't gonna do no such a thing.

I think you need to go

and talk to your father.

He ain't my father,

all right?

I know how you feel, son,

but the fact remains he is your daddy.

But as your legal guardians as appointed

by the court in the state of New York,

I feel you need to involve us

more in your life.

Jesus, we're family.

Your mother-- Martha,

my sister-- I loved her.

We feel responsible

for the both of you.

I made a promise to your mother

that if anything ever happened to her,

that we would be there

for the both of you.

You hear me, Jesus?

Like I said, son, you need to talk

to your daddy, see what he has to say.

I told him I'd be here

at the Garden.

Before you go now, I want you to use

some of my John the Conqueror root.

This is what my daddy brought

up here from Mississippi.

Now, you rub some of this here between

your wrist and your elbow, see,

just like this here.

- Now, this'll fix you up real good.

- Oh, Bubba.

Don't nobody care nothin'

about your country, backward old root.

-This mojo works! It worked on your ass!

-Hmph!

- No, thanks, Uncle Bubba.

- Suit yourself.

- You make a decision yet?

- No, not yet.

Your Aunt Sally feels bad

that we aren't being included

in such an important decision.

He does not speak for me!

You do what you feel is right.

- Thank you, Aunt Sally.

- Will you be quiet, please?

What they offerin' you, boy?

What they gon' give you?

- Full athletic scholarship.

- Whoo! That's wonderful!

Full athletic scholarship,

that's all?

No money, no cars,

no job for your family?

- No school say nothin' like that.

- See, I don't believe that.

You're tryin'

to hold out on us.

- Holdin' out?

- You're tryin' to cut us out the deal.

- What deal?

- The deal is about to go down!

I hear things.

No, you ain't hear that.

Think of your Uncle Bubba,

your Aunt Sally.

I think it's only right that we

be compensated for sacrifices...

we made when we

took y'all in.

Bubba! I don't want

any part of this.

I'm goin' into the bedroom.

Good. Take your big ass

on in the bedroom, then.

Why you gotta talk to Aunt Sally

like that? I thought we were family.

-We are family. Blood, thick as thieves.

-I don't even know why l--

My controls ain't workin'.

It's stickin' or something.

I'm the bomb. I'm the bomb.

Say it. I'm the bomb.

Mm-hmm, yo, I'm the bomb.

You know I'm the bomb, right?

Now, we put out

a lot of money for y'all.

All I'm asking is that you

let me wet my beak a little bit.

- Wet your beak?

- Wet my beak, son.

You didn't see The Godfather ll?

The man was called The Black Hand.

- I suspect you already

got a deal in place.

- What kind of deal?

The kind of deal that would enable you

to get your own apartment,

pay rent, pay Ma Bell,

pay Con Ed, buy clothes, furniture

with no visible means of income.

You ain't got no job, son!

No J-O-B!

Don't try to play me for no fool now.

- Am I making this clear?

- Yeah, you're making it very clear!

When I really get paid, I ain't gonna

lose track of you and Aunt Sally!

I'm gonna take care of you,

with interest if you want!

I ain't too old to have dreams.

Is that what you think?

I still got dreams.

I got plans too. Big plans.

- Now, why should me and

your Aunt Sally get cut off?

- Anything else, Uncle Bubba?

-Yo.

-Yeah!

- Check 'em.

- Ahh!

These are the new Jordans.

That's it, huh?Yeah.

How much these cost, man?

- 139, 150 with tax.

- One-fi'ty? Where the holes at?

They're on the inside.

You gotta lace 'em up that way.

- Do that for me, man, all right?

-Yeah, no problem, man.

Let's get rid of this first.

139!

It's arthritis.

You know, I got that, uh...

arthritis thing happening.

Yeah? My brother's got

the same arthritic condition.

- Really?

- Only it's his left ankle.

-It's going around here in Coney lsland.

-Yeah, yeah. It's contagious.

- Like the plague.

-Yeah.

Damn, what's he doin' here?

Hello, Mr. Shuttlesworth.

Since when do you start

calling your uncle Mister?

Hello, Uncle Jake.

- Huh?

- Hello, Uncle Jake.

- How you doin'? You all right?

- Okay.

- How's your game?

- Okay.

- That left hand comin'?

- Okay.

- Schoolwork?

- Okay.

All right.

So it look like you, uh--

look like you grew a little bit.

- You think so?

- Oh, no doubt.

- You ain't clownin' me, are you?

- I wouldn't clown you, son.

I know you grew--

What, a couple, three inches?

- Yo, for reals?

- It's the truth.

I'm--

That's the best news

I've heard in weeks.

All right. Well, cool.

I'm gonna let you two talk,

you know, get reacquainted.

Hey, you eatin'

them vegetables, boy?

- Always, man. Hey, welcome back.

- All right.

- All right.

- So you got new Jordans, I see.

Yeah.Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, a little somethin', son, you know.

So you ready?

One-on-one?

Still can't beat your pops?

No, thank you.

- You ain't no competition.

- I ain't no competition?

- Naw.

- Son, l--

- If your mother could see--

Hey, all right. I'm sorry, all right?

Hey, wait a minute.

That's the wrong way to start

a conversation with me.

All right. Hold up, hold up.

Look, you get

any of them letters?

Yeah, I got

your stupid letters.

I tore 'em up too.

- What about Mary's?

- I tore those up too.

All right. Since you too scared

to play me, can we talk for a moment?

- Talk about what?

- A lot of things.

I gotta ask you a few questions,

you know, catch up on things.

Look, I don't have a lot of time,

so make it quick.

I got even less time,

so I'm gonna make it real quick.

I read all about you,

everything like that, and, uh--

Game really developed.

All the hard work done paid off.

I'm proud of you, son.

I mean that.

I know these are

tough times for you now.

So I figure, hey, you know,

you might need some fatherly advice.

- From who?

- From me.

- About what?

- About, number one,

where you gonna go to school.

- Have you made a decision?

- Aw, damn! You too?

I already know

what you're about to say.

"This is about to be the most

important decision in your life."

That ain't what I was about to say.

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