Hustle & Flow Page #8

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of this f***ed-up Chevy,

I can pimp Skinny.

Now I'm just gettin' by

And it's f***in' with me

See others doin' big things

They was nothin' to me

I'm seeing what I used to be

And it's lookin' legit

Got my hands on some music

Started f***in' with it

Put it down hard

Then I started pumpin' to this

I let some others get a dose

And they was nuttin' to this

Let me check my connections

'Cause we go back in the day

Say they was lookin' for 'dro

Heard I was hustlin' hay

Got me connin' my niggas

Spittin' game to my ho's

This my opportunity

I feel like anything goes

I was never supposed to see

The new millennium, man

And I refuse

To let my dad die in vain

So I give it my all

You feel my struggle and pain

If you ain't feelin' what I'm spittin'

Trick, you lame to the game

But the closest ones to me

Know I'm holdin' it down

You gonna feel me one day

We gonna be hurtin' the town

Keep hustlin'

It ain't over for me

No, it ain't over for me

Keep flowin'

I'ma step my game up

And get what's coming to me

Keep hustlin'

Keep on hustlin'

It ain't over for me

No, it ain't over for me

Keep flowin'

Keep on flowin'

I'ma step my game up

And get what's coming to me

Thank you.

Ain't you gonna be hot in your coat?

No, this is good leather, man.

The kind that keep you

at the temperature you wanna be at,

know what I mean?

See this thing right here?

This was my daddy's watch.

He used to work

for the school district and all...

...fixing them buses all over town.

Yeah.

Every now and then, when I see

them buses go by today,

I get all excited

because I say,

"My daddy used to work

on that," you know?

But, you know, after he'd been

there maybe about ten years or so,

gave him this and...

Kind of thought about burying

him with it, but then again I said,

"Maybe not, maybe I should keep it

as an heirloom," know what I mean?

- I got you something.

- What?

Well, it's like, you know, I been

watching them videos and all.

And it be like all them rappers,

they got some chain.

So...

Oh, sh*t.

Yeah.

You always talking about your name

being right and everything,

so I thought people

could see how you like it spelled out.

You know, with the J-A-Y.

Damn.

- This sh*t is perfect, man.

- Let me put it on.

- I wanna see it.

- Okay.

- D.

- What?

I can't believe...

I get like this

because I'm pregnant and everything...

...but, you know,

letting me sing on the...

On the demo and everything

like you do...

...well, it just...

It made me feel real...

Real special.

And...

I mean, I know y'all gonna

be moving on and moving up...

...and y'all are gonna get

real good people to sing,

you know, backup for you

and everything...

...but I just...

D, I need you to know

it meant the world to me.

Come here.

Thank you so much, D.

Djay, come on, man,

you gotta be there at 9:00, right?

Calm your ass down, man.

He gonna be there all night.

I ain't scared.

I know.

- Come on, man.

- Wow, check it out.

Okay, look here. Djay, I put some

extra demos in the car, all right, man?

In case they have

some label folk there.

Hey, if they want CDs, they just

gonna have to hit us back on that.

Man, I like that.

I need to get one of those.

D.

- You all right, man?

- You got your mode on, D?

Hold up for a second.

Came to party tonight.

What's happening with you, man?

Where your boy at?

Over at the big table.

- I don't see him, man.

- I'll take you over. You ready?

Hey, let's get a drink first, man.

All right, what the hell.

- Hey, I see you packing tonight, huh?

- Do a bear sh*t in the woods?

Hey, who the f*** is that?

Hey, who the f*** is that, man?

Oh, man, I can't believe what my

goddamn eyes are seeing right now!

I'm gonna have

to get a Seeing Eye nigga

just to tell me what the f***

I'm looking at, man!

Is it? Could it be?

The one, the goddamn only...

Skinny!

- Is that you?

- Slobs!

- Boy, you fat, black and nasty,

- My nigga.

- Greasy ham-hock, chicken-eating,

- You Ethiopian poster boy.

- Can't-see-your-own-dick,

- Middle Eastern stepchild.

Ass-crack-longer-than-the-

M-l-S-S-l-S-S-l-P-P-I,

fat, black, nasty bastard!

- What's going on?

- Come here, nigga!

- How's my nigga?

- Back in the day, nigga.

- Yeah, that was it.

- Back in the day.

Back in the motherfucking day.

Bring your ass over here, man.

Let me get you a drink.

A drink in your hand

and some p*ssy in your lap.

Hey, I need that!

You ready to go over?

Hold... Hold up, man.

Hey, man.

Skinny, I think

you know my man Djay.

- Man, I don't know this nigga, man.

- Hey, baby, it's been a long time.

No, it's cool, man. It's nice

to see you home again.

Got all these folks telling me

I been gone too long.

Like I'm coming back or something.

Like there's a back to get back to.

I say, f***!

Best place to keep Memphis

is in my rear-view,

you know what I'm saying?

You know what I'm saying,

whoever the f*** you is?

You know what I'm saying?

Hey, man, what's up

with your boy, man?

- Skinny.

- I don't need this sh*t.

This is the man

I was telling you about.

- Oh, this here the man?

- This here Djay.

- You and me, we went to different...

- Djay like short-for-something DJ,

or you mean like... that type of DJ?

- No, man. It's just... It's just Djay.

- Man, every time I come to Memphis,

my folks hooking me up with this

old dirt-ass weed out here, man.

Like they grow it out the ass

of some redneck or something.

But my boy Arnel here

say you slinging that killer.

Is that real, or what?

Baby, you be the judge for that.

How much I owe you for this, man?

Here now, seeing how friendly

you are to me

and the fact we go back in the day,

it's on me, okay?

Well, go on ahead and have a seat,

my blood brother.

Hell, yeah. Check this out here.

Smell that. Damn, boy.

Boy, he wasn't playing around

with this here! I think I'm in love.

You remember way back in the day

when you used to be hustling

your tapes over at the drive-in, man?

- What?

- Look at that ass, boy!

God bless America in this

motherf***er! What's going on, baby?

It's Independence Day!

It is Independence Day, right?

You know, I got that up from...

There's this little dude brought that

up from New Orleans, man.

Me first! Me first!

Hey, Skinny!

What the f***

happened to you, man?

What the f***

happened to you, man?

What the f*** did you just say?

I don't mean no disrespect and all.

I just remember when your first

underground crunk

hit the motherfucking streets, man,

that sh*t flew through Memphis

like a motherfucking typhoon.

Y'all was there, man.

Nigga couldn't even walk halfway

down the block without the pavement

crumbling underneath his feet

because some cat was bumping

your sh*t

out the back of his Caddy, man.

We just miss you, Skinny, that's all.

Miss me? Get up, b*tch.

Hold up. Hold up. Hold up.

- Miss me? Nigga, I don't even...

- F*** this nigga, man.

So wait, wait, wait, wait.

You trying to say

I can't cut it no more?

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