I Can Do Bad All By Myself Page #4

children clean up anything up in here.

You're gonna need a metal detectors

when they leave up out of here.

All right.

-How the dishes coming?

-Fine.

Little girl, you got the nastiest attitude

I ever did see.

-Why are you so nasty?

-Because.

I'm about to come over there.

Joe, you better get this girl.

She just said "because" to me.

You better watch it, girl. That's the

heavyweight champion of the world.

She took out Ali and Frazier

and George Foreman.

They all came here

and she took them out.

-That's why Foreman's selling grills.

-Attitude like that...

...gonna be by yourself all your life.

Nobody wanna be around that.

Maybe I don't want nobody around.

Yeah, Madea want flies around here.

Every time she goes somewhere,

flies be flying around her.

Just funky. Maybe that

backwards boy washing the soap.

You get out of this life what you put in.

You give good things...

...good things will come back

most of the time.

That ain't true.

-I said most of the time, child.

-Yeah, whatever.

Girl, if you say "whatever" to me

one more time...

...before the "wha"

can get out of your mouth...

...I'm gonna be in the back

of a police car. Sit down.

Sit down.

Know what happens to girls

that are mad at the world?

They become bitter old women

if they don't figure out what's going on.

Bitter old woman, just like the one

you're talking to, a bitter old woman.

A bitter 450-pound old woman.

Oh, that's funny?

At least you could smile. Did that hurt?

Did it crack your face, Cruella?

-I ain't got a whole lot to smile about.

-Hush that up.

Got a whole lot to smile about,

you living.

They got children your age

in the hospital...

...strung out on HlV, drugs

and everything else.

You talking about you ain't got

nothing to smile-- You pretty.

Get you a mirror and see how pretty

you are and smile at yourself.

I'm not pretty. I mean,

I ain't got nice clothes or nothing.

Clothes don't make you pretty.

They make you broke.

You know what I want you to do?

There ain't no mirror down here.

When you get through

cleaning that window...

...Iook at yourself

and see how pretty you are.

Go on and clean it real good

until you see your smile:

We wanna give it up

for the Gap Band.

Give it up for the Gap Band,

ladies and gentlemen.

That's not the original Gap Band.

They just get

their clothes from the Gap...

...so we call them the Gap Band.

They sound good.

Don't they sound good tonight?

Look. She look good tonight.

Gotta have a fix.

Oh, my Lord. The church.

We got a lady here from the church.

And I'm telling you, this lady can sing.

She can really sing.

Ladies and gentlemen, now, the spirits

say that if we make a lot of noise...

...she just may come up here and sing

a song for us poor little sinners.

-Come on up here, Miss Wilma.

-No, don't do that.

Oh, Miss Wilma don't mind.

Come on up here, Miss Wilma.

How are you doing tonight?

-I'm doing fine, Freddie.

-Good seeing you.

-You look lovely.

-Thank you very much.

You gonna sing

something for us tonight?

Well, I'm always ready to give

my testimony anytime, any--

Now, Miss Wilma,

I don't mind you singing...

...but save all that testimony stuff

for the church.

Right now,

we just want you to sing a little song...

...make the people feel good.

What do you already know?

You know what she's gonna sing.

Hold this, Freddie.

Don't steal nothing.

Miss Wilma. Let's do it.

I'd like to dedicate this

to all you beautiful faces...

...but especially to April.

Thank you.

Y'all go straight in the house,

you understand?

Boy, don't be slamming my door.

Hey, wait.

Thank you. Hey, how was it?

I don't wanna steal nothing else

if that's what I gotta do to pay it back.

That lady's crazy.

That means all of your decisions,

your choices...

...they all have a price to pay.

So you do the crime,

you gotta do the time.

Yeah, whatever.

Look, we ought to take a bath.

Go on upstairs.

Jennifer.

What's this?

You bought his insulin.

I was gonna do it.

Well, now you don't have to.

Why are you so nice to us?

-I don't understand that question.

-You nice, why?

Why not?

You should expect people

to be nice to you.

You shouldn't expect people

to be mean.

Not in this world.

-You get what you expect, right?

-I guess.

You do a great job

with your brothers.

I'm all they got.

Oh, come on.

What the hell is Mexico up to?

Are you serious?

Hey.

What--?

Do you know what time it is?

-Yeah, it's 1:
30 in the afternoon.

-What are you doing?

-I'm working off my debt.

-What?

I figured that I'd get up this morning,

get to work.

Figured if I fixed this floor,

then the kids can stay in this room.

You don't have to worry

about those kids.

They're not staying, pack up your tools

and go back down in the basement.

Why not?

Why they don't stay in here?

What do you mean--?

Hey, hey, hey!

Hey!

Stop it! Stop it!

Look, you have a serious problem

with this floor, okay?

I know that.

That's why no one

ever comes up here...

...and that's why I keep

the door closed. For safety, okay?

These kids,

they need a room of their own.

Why are you so worried about kids

that don't even belong to you?

-What's up?

-That's your family.

Why you not concerned?

Jennifer has nightmares every night.

Manny, night sweats.

Byron, he tosses and turns

in his sleep.

Can you imagine

what those kids have been through?

I just wanna help them.

You wanna help them?

You live in my basement.

You can't even help yourself.

How are you gonna help?

-By giving them this room.

-No, no, you're not.

This is my house.

You can't give them nothing

that doesn't belong to you.

If you're so worried about the kids,

why are you making so much noise?

-You're waking them up.

-They were gone before I got up.

Well, where did they go?

Since you know so much about them.

I don't know.

What do you care? You don't even

make them comfortable to stay here.

That's right, three less things

I gotta worry about.

Pack up your little tools and follow me

back down to the basement, come on.

-You know, you don't--

-Let's go.

You don't even mean that.

You don't know me.

-Let's go, back to your blind spot.

-Hey.

These kids need someone.

They need some help.

Okay, well,

when my mama comes back...

...she will come and get them,

and they will have someone, happy?

You're not this heartless, April.

So why do you do this?

Is it because of your man?

Is it because of him?

You know, you're too good for him.

Please, Sandino, stop it.

Okay, I'll finish up

after your man wakes up.

Thank you.

I'm coming. Shoot.

Pastor.

Miss Wilma.

What are you guys doing here?

-Hi, April.

-Hi.

Can we come in?

-Hello.

-Hey, you clean up nice.

Thank you.

-Getting any work done around here?

-Yeah, as much as she'll let me.

Great job in the chapel.

We even have a check for you.

Well, that's great.

I'll come by to pick it up.

Hello?

Is that what you came by for?

Because I can go back to bed.

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