Hustle & Flow Page #9

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Like I ain't the sh*t?

That's what you trying to tell me?

- I ain't saying nothing like that.

- Then what the f*** is you saying?

What is you saying, then?

Dig this right here, man.

One day, this whole motherfucking

place is gonna be gone.

This club, this city, man.

This whole U.S. Of A., man,

is just gonna turn to dust, right?

And a whole new civilization

is gonna rise from this one.

And they gonna start digging,

you know.

They gonna dig up

the pyramids over in Egypt.

They gonna dig up the Eiffel Tower,

Statue of Liberty and the Empire State.

But if a nigga

wanna know about me?

Wanna know about Memphis?

All they gotta do is find your

first underground tape, nigga.

North Third Thugs. Motherfuck it,

man. That was the sh*t.

You know, I cut that sh*t in my

own mama's laundry room, man.

Boy, it was raw as hell,

but I put everything I had

into that sh*t, man.

Yeah, but see, to me that was a sign

of your genius, you know?

See, because it's not enough

for a man to climb Mount Everest.

You know, he gotta do that sh*t

with the least amount of tools.

- It's about the man. One man.

- One man and his skills.

Like the samurai say, "The sword is

only as powerful as its master."

And it ain't the size

of the dog in the fight, it's the size

- of the fight in the dog, nigga.

- Of the fight in the dog.

- My nigga.

- My nigga. Sh*t.

You know, and I know

a nigga like you, man,

a man gotta do

what a man gotta do, right?

You know, sometimes a nigga

gotta surround himself

with a whole bunch

of motherfuckers

that think they got a say

in who the f*** Skinny Black is.

Yeah, they pimping me.

I ain't gonna lie about that.

Gotta break bread with all these

number-crunching motherfuckers,

man. It ain't like it used to be.

Hey, baby, you ain't gotta explain

a damn thing to me, man.

Because I'm always

gonna be here for you.

Same way we was here for you

way back in the day.

- Oh, man.

- He got a cassette tape.

- Remember that?

- This nigga tripping, man.

Man, look at this sh*t!

Tigga, Slobs, you see what this nigga

got, man? My underground, man.

Where the f*** you get this from?

I ain't even got no more of these left!

Skinny, you got thousands of those

left in you.

All you gotta do is just come back

home, man. Because we miss you.

Come home, man.

You stand behind your product, nigga?

Is a pig's p*ssy pork?

I had this Mustang, right?

Motherfucking tight-ass ride!

You hear me?

Hood snout.

- What the f*** is a hood snout?

- Maple dash.

It's the goddamn hood come up,

like that from the sides,

- like a f***ing nose.

- Okay.

- Hood snout, maple dash.

- Sh*t.

You know what I mean?

Two-tone metallic monster

- motherf***er, you know?

- I hear you.

So I go to my lady's crib

over there in The Courts, right?

- You had one in The Courts?

- I had one in The Courts.

- You had one in The Courts?

- I had a few of them in The Courts.

So, look, man, I go up in there, right?

I get my ugly on real quick,

come out, my ride is gone!

You hear me?

- Gone in 60 seconds?

- Gone in 60...

And I nut pretty damn fast,

so them niggas must've

took my ride like that! You hear me?

So I call up my crew. I call my crew

up, I'm like, "Come pick me up."

Because I know there's only one place

them niggas going riding in my car.

That's motherfucking

Millbranch, man.

Millbranch. Millbranch, right?

So we go down to Millbranch,

and we wait.

And sure enough, just like I said,

not even an hour go by,

and these niggas

coming in my ride, right?

So we roll up in front. We box them in.

Next thing you know,

come rushing at these niggas,

pulling them out of my car.

I'm just screaming

like a little b*tch, like,

"Don't touch my car!

Don't touch my car!"

Tripping, man. I can sit back

and laugh about it now,

but goddamn it, it wasn't funny then.

You hear me? At all.

You know, I'm sitting here

listening to you, man.

And you ain't bragging and sh*t,

man, you just telling me how it is

being on the side of the moon

that you see from.

And I realize a nigga like me ain't...

I ain't but a slice of cheese

off your motherfucking cracker, man.

- Right.

- You know...

...but I got this thing right here.

My motherfucking heart

beats in this thing, man.

F*** I'm gonna do

with a cassette tape, man?

See, that's my blood pumped

in this sh*t, man.

Dog, do you know it's

a new millennium, nigga?

I can't do nothing

with no cassette tape.

I don't even have

a cassette-tape player.

- What the f*** is this sh*t here?

- I ain't trying to play you.

I appreciate the fact you talking

to me man-to-man like this and sh*t.

Hell, treating me like an equal, man.

And the only reason I give you

that right there is because...

...you know, you and me,

we come from the same place,

- you know what I mean?

- Right. That's the truth, man.

- Hell, we old friends, man.

- Definitely. Definitely old friends, man.

And I'm gonna tell you something.

I miss you, Jay.

- Man, it's Djay, man!

- Djay.

- Djay, man!

- Djay, my bad, nigga.

- My bad. Djay, Djay.

- Djay.

You know, in real life, man,

you know, if you give me a shot...

...you know, just...

Just give me a chance

to get my voice heard, man,

you know, I wouldn't...

I think I wouldn't even have words

for that sh*t, man.

Let me tell you something, man.

Look here.

- Got something I wanna tell you.

- Sh*t, he getting up.

- Don't get up.

- Listen to me, this is important.

Now, this is serious. Look at me.

Look at me, man.

- Okay, man.

- You laughing, this sh*t ain't funny.

- I'm serious, now.

- Okay, I'm with you.

Everybody gotta have a dream, boy.

Everybody got to have a dream.

You hear me?

I hear you, man.

- You know what I'm talking about?

- Don't make... Don't fall, man!

I can't help you, man.

Where the bathroom at?

Nigga, over there, man. Go get it.

Hey.

Hey, hey, man.

You better help your nigga, man.

Thank you.

- I didn't think it was going in.

- How'd it go?

Played it like a pro, man.

My mode is just...

Just pounding in my head now.

I mean, and it's...

It's hard in my heart right now.

All that boy gotta do is just

play the damn thing,

and it's gonna be undeniable, man.

Undeniable, baby.

I think you gonna have to get your

weed from some other hustler, man.

You're on your way.

You're on your way.

Hey...

...I got something for you.

Thank you for everything, man.

Let me get my jacket, man.

I'm gonna take me a piss,

and I'm gonna roll, baby.

You take care of yourself.

I will. Next time you see me, man,

I'm gonna be 100 feet tall, man.

Talking all this...

Sh*t, I can't...

Nigga talking to me.

I don't care about that sh*t, man.

Hey, Skinny, man.

You need to take a piss?

Hey, baby, let's try this sh*t

standing up.

Come on, man. Come on.

- Now, don't try...

- Come on. Big motherf***er.

Nigga talking to me

about his bullshit.

Nigga, I'm talking to you, man.

I'm talking to you, dog. You need

a little help, okay? Stay with me here.

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