House Party 2 Page #5

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Later.

What's up with the extra ends?

Sometimes you got to pay

what you owe, right?

Later.

You're right.

A twenty-page paper to write.

All those authors.

It ain't gonna be easy.

You can't get in

without a student I.D.

What up with that?

Give it up, man.

Yo, here's some food.

Damn. What, you starving?

Thanks, Jamal.

No problem, man.

You know, without my I. D...

I can't get into the library

or the cafeteria.

Living by my wits isn't easy.

It's hard work.

Hard work? I haven't seen you

do any work yet.

You need to get off your butt...

and go down

to the faculty dining hall.

Word. Yo, free food,

the pay is correct...

but, yo, man, you better

make sure you come correct...

'cause to work for Mr. Lee...

You got to be all you can be.

Move it, move it, move it!

Loaded tray.

Do you know where Mr. Lee is?

Excuse me. Do you...

Out of the way, please.

Excuse me.

Move your ass.

Do you know where... Hey.

Look out. That's my foot.

Heads up.

All right,

so what's the holdup here?

You should've been out of here

fifteen minutes ago.

Do you know where Mr. Lee is?

Who wants to know?

You must be the new recruit.

You got to go to work, boy.

There's a pile of spuds

over there with your name on it.

Do a good job, boy,

and you'll be on your way...

to earning your kitchen

assistant first-class pin.

Yes, sir.

You forgot your cap.

Everybody got to wear the hat.

But it won't fit.

I'd look stupid.

Are you saying I look stupid?

No, no, sir.

Actually,

it looks kind of good on you.

Are you saying I look good...

with a damn plastic cap

on my head?

No, sir.

Then what are you saying, boy?

I have no idea.

Listen, son...

you want to stay

off my sh*t list...

put on the hat.

You look good.

If I lose this,

my dad will kill me.

Do you feel lucky?

I'm going for it, man.

Let's go, let's go, man.

Put your weight on it.

Gimme it, man!

Give me my money, man.

Give me... Thank you!

F***, man!

Thank you, man, thank you!

Freak, man, freak!

I'm a winner, man!

- Who's next?

- Me!

Scared money

don't make no money.

What's up, K-l-D?

Yo, Kid!

Jamal, watch the cash.

Kid, wait! Yo, man, whassup?

What are you trying to do to me?

Trying to raise you some dough.

By ripping off these people

I have to see every day?

OK, we'll kick Monte Carlo

night to the curb.

I'm forty-five minutes away,

and on my days off from work...

I can come up

and work on a new plan.

- Plan?

- Yeah.

Don't mention plan

in my presence.

I can't afford

any more of your plans.

You're gonna get your "A,"

mm-hmm.

You're gonna get your "A."

Girl, you're gonna get your "A,"

you hear me?

Oh! Oh, Play!

Uh, Kid.

Yo, man, I'm thinkin' hard.

"If you have

no confidence in self...

"you are twice-defeated

in the race of life.

"With confidence, you have won

even before you have started.

"Marcus Garvey."

Professor Sinclair?

What can I do for you,

Mr. Robinson?

My paper, sir.

Excuse the coffee stains.

I just wanted you to know

I worked really hard on it.

I quoted from your book...

which I must say

was really excellent.

I'll reserve judgment

on your paper, Mr. Robinson...

but...

as far as your

ass-kissing goes...

two thumbs up.

Why don't you roll the dice?

In your ass!

Chill, my brother.

I ain't your brother.

Ain't trying to cause no beef.

What are you doing?

Come on, why you go and do

something stupid like that?

Yo, milk,

do something about your boy.

That's it.

If your name isn't Kid or Jamal,

get out of my room!

Without even hearing my plan?

You managed to spare a little

time to come up with a plan?

Not any plan.

The plan of plans, you know?

Yo, think about it.

A house party.

A house party?

Yo, not just any house party.

The mother of house parties.

A pajama jammy jam.

Women in negligees...

Look at this. Mmm.

...get in free.

Brothers have got to pay.

All of the proceeds go...

to the Christopher Robinson

scholarship fund.

You, boy.

Don't worry about nothin'...

'cause I'm about

to take care of everything.

Yo, Kid.

I'm taking care of everything.

Let me get this straight.

You want a bunch

of college women...

to strip to their underwear,

come to my room...

so you can charge a bunch

of horny motherfuckers...

to be in there with them?

Ladies, six feet.

Wait a minute. Slow down, man.

Not here.

In the faculty dining hall, man.

All you gotta do is...

get the key?

Oh, no. Look, I'm not with it.

Forget about it, all right?

I'm not with it.

Why's he flippin' on us?

Kid, Kid, Kid.

Boy, what you want?

I borrowed this book

from Sidney.

You can give it back to her.

Now, you know

that's not Sidney's book.

It's not?

You're right. It's not.

My mistake.

Yeah, that is your mistake.

Coming around here with that

lame "Do me, baby" mentality...

is another definite mistake.

I'll tell you

what the mistake is.

The mistake is you think

you know everything.

You don't know me. You don't

know anything about me.

Tell Sidney I asked about her,

and I hope she's doing OK.

Please?

What?

Look, there's a rally

this afternoon.

It's against the cutbacks

in the ethnic studies program.

So if a man were looking for

Sidney, he might find her there.

Knowledge is power!

- What?

- Knowledge is power!

Come on, sister.

Now, if we allow

the administration...

to cut back on ethnic studies...

we will be letting them deny

the contributions...

of all of our cultures

that made this country great.

Knowledge is power!

Come on, y'all.

Clap with me now.

Listen here.

Everybody wants to be a rebel

Well, a rebel without a cause

can turn into a devil

For a moment just take a pause

So we can reach a lever

To open up the doors,

eliminate the gap

You're searching for

perfection in somebody else

You sacrifice yourself

for his illegal wealth

Living in the image

of a man what you are

You're just another Jackie

who wants to be a star

As far as I'm concerned,

I'm getting quite annoyed

There was a brain

that had nothin', just a void

Filled with

materialistic thoughts

Of cars and dolls,

things you just bought

Drugs people sold,

but I'm gonna rise like a tower

Tellin' all the people

that it's time to devour

you see, the future

that we live in is ours

Because knowledge,

it is power

Knowledge is power

Check it out, intelligence

captivates my mind

I'm gonna succeed with

my brain and not my behind

'Cause I don't feel

that as a black woman

I should give up the booty

if the boss thinks it's boomin'

Or some people

who move up on others

Like they own 'em

and they don't treat 'em equal

Can't you see?

This is racist, racist, racist

Where they chase us

Away from knowing who we are

and where we came from

I ain't stopping

until we gots this game on

'Cause I know this is the hour

to make knowledge equal power

Scream it, scream it

Knowledge

Is power

Thank you.

Right now I would like

to introduce our next speaker.

Professor Sinclair.

Thank you, Zora.

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