I Can Do Bad All By Myself Page #5

April, can we sit down?

Yeah, sure.

What is it?

It's about your mother.

-You found her. Where is she?

-I'm sorry, April.

She died.

What?

What?

I'm sorry, baby.

-When?

-About a week ago.

-What happened?

-She left for work.

I saw her.

And she had a brain aneurysm.

A brain aneurysm.

She was on the bus all day...

...and no one noticed.

She....

They assumed she was just asleep.

And when the driver tried to wake her,

it was too late.

There was nothing anyone could do.

I'm sorry.

She was at the city morgue.

No one claimed her.

No identification.

She was dead too long...

...so they cremated her.

Oh, my God.

These are her remains.

I....

I put them in this urn.

I'm gonna go

and pack up her things...

...and you're welcome to come by

and get them.

I'm sorry, April.

If you need anything, April,

just come by the church.

You take care of her, huh?

Yes, of course.

April, what were you praying for?

What are you doing, man?

I'm sleeping.

You want some company?

That ain't no way

for somebody to die.

I didn't even get a chance

to say goodbye.

When was the last time

that you spoke to her?

A year ago.

We....

We had an argument.

It's so stupid now.

My sister...

...was so strung out.

She screwed those kids up.

She--

She traded Jennifer for crack one time

when she was 9.

She was so high one time,

she put Byron in the oven.

She burned Manny

with her crack pipe.

And my mother was there

every time.

Every time.

She'd asked me to babysit...

...and I told her I couldn't.

And I wasn't doing nothing.

I just didn't feel like being bothered.

So she got mad at me

and I never spoke to her again.

I said some things

I really wish I could take back.

All the good she did for people

and she died on a bus.

Oh, she was good to everybody.

She died on a bus alone.

Watch out, y'all, stay close together.

I'm coming.

Where have you been?

Looking for Mama Rose.

I have something to tell you.

What is it?

My mother died.

What?

Why are you lying?

She's not lying.

You will say anything

to get rid of us, huh?

-Jennifer.

-lf you don't want us here, we'll go.

You don't have to say all that.

-It's not true.

-You will say anything.

-lt is true, Manny.

-Can I go feed them?

-Yeah.

-Jennifer. Jennifer.

Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine. People die. So what?

Hey, listen,

it's okay to cry or to be upset.

I said I'm fine, okay?

Yo, turn the damn TV down, please.

Hey, Agnes, how you doing?

-Good to see you.

-Hi, Madea.

What you doing sitting out here?

Trying to steal something?

What's going on with you?

My grandmother died.

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that, babe.

My Aunt April's gonna send us

back to foster care.

They're going to separate us.

I'm all Manny and Byron got.

If we separate, I don't know--

I don't know what I'm gonna do.

-Oh, no.

-Calm yourself down, honey.

-Calm down. Getting all worked up.

-Can we stay with you?

Nobody wants us.

-That ain't true. Somebody wants you.

-I'm only 16. I'm....

-I don't know how to handle all this.

-Honey.

-I'm tired. I don't--

-Living takes a lifetime.

You got a whole lot more living

to do, honey.

I don't feel like I'm gonna--

I don't feel like I'm gonna make it.

You gonna make it. Hush, dear.

Gotta keep getting up every day,

one day at a time.

You're gonna make it.

My Grandma Rose used to tell us

to pray about it, and if....

Then that's what you ought to do,

pray about it, talk to the Lord about it.

Yeah, but she only told us--

She never told me how to do it.

Would you teach me?

Please.

-Show you how to pray?

-Yeah.

Oh, child, I ain't talked to God...

...since the last time I saw a cop

in my rearview mirror.

I guess I can try.

I can try to pray.

You know the number?

The what?

-The number.

-The number?

To call him.

They say "Jesus On the Mainline."

I don't know the number.

Sit back, sit back.

Okay, bow your head.

First, giving honor to God,

to the head of my life.

Father

I stretch

My hand

To thee

Father God...

...God of Abraham, lsaac and Jacob.

God of Shadrach,

Meshach and the billy goat...

...who was in the fiery furnace

that they barbecued...

...on the day of Pentecost

when the Jewish people returned...

...from the Sabbath day

up on the mountaintop in Ethiopia.

God of Mary J. Blige.

Madea, that don't sound right.

That don't sound right. That's not

how Mama Rose used to do it.

You ain't feeling it?

You didn't feel the anointing?

-No.

-I don't know nothing about praying.

But all praying is, is talking to God,

having a conversation with him.

And at the end,

you say the name of Jesus.

That's your stamp that will get it

up there to him. You hear?

Okay.

You know who you remind me of

right now?

You remind me of Peter in the Bible.

You know who Peter was?

Peter was one of the 12 disciplines.

And they were on a boat

out on the isle...

...of the Greek Atlantic Ocean.

And when they was on this boat,

the storm rose up.

And the 12 disciplines, they got really,

really worried and upset.

They said,

"Oh, no, what are we gonna do?"

They saw someone coming

toward them on the water...

...Iooked like a ghost.

But it wasn't a ghost. It was Jesus.

And Peter say, "Jesus, if that's you,

let me come out there."

You gotta be careful

what you ask the Lord for.

So Jesus said, "Come on out."

So Peter stepped out of the boat

and was walking on the water.

He was walking on water?

On the water. He was walking

on the water toward Jesus.

Long as he kept his eyes on him,

he stayed on top of the water.

He took his eyes off him, though.

You know why? He got distracted.

You know why he got distracted?

When you got your eye on Jesus,

can't get distracted by nothing.

Jonah passed by

in the belly of the whale.

He looked down, Free Willy

with Jonah inside the belly...

...and it made him distracted,

so he started to sink.

He said, "Jesus, Jesus, help me."

Jesus said, "l can't.

I gotta go to Calvary. I'm late."

Jesus went to the cross. He said,

"I'm gonna send you a comforter.

When the comforter come,

you gonna be all right."

So he's swimming.

He try and swim.

He's worried, Jaws was coming,

all that--

Spielberg had did that Jaws thing.

It was surrounding him.

He was worried.

-You know what happened?

-What?

Just in the nick of time--

When you think

you ain't gonna make it...

...in the nick of time,

something happens.

Noah came up in the arch.

That's right, Noah came rowing up

in the arch of St. Louis Arch...

...and he pulled right up beside him.

He got on there, he said,

"Thank you for saving me."

Noah said, "No problem, man.

Cool, what's up, fool?"

He said, "Come on,

let me show you around."

Noah had turned the arch

into a cruise ship.

Ain't have nothing to do

after he saved the world.

Hey, you know who was on there?

-Eve.

-Eve?

She was in the VlP section.

Yeah, that's right.

And Peter asked, he said,

"Eve, come on, go to the show."

So she went to see this show.

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