Mo' Money Page #2

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What image?

You're unemployed, you're invisible.

You're not even a statistic.

John, a job is a job!

- Tell that to the white boys!

- You're gonna have to try harder!

You can clean shithouses,

as long as it's an honest buck.

- I won't clean shithouses.

- Take a look around you. Is this it?

You gonna be happy with this

your whole life?

You tell me what it is

that you wanna do.

- Maybe a cop, like my father.

- You don't have what it takes.

Talking about your father,

I tell you, he was...

"The best cop ever." He's dead!

So what does that say?

Not too much, according to you.

But he was my partner!

He saved my life! You understand?

He was stupid.

You're here and he's gone.

I can't help that.

I'll tell you about your dad.

- We're sitting in on a stakeout...

- Oh, God, not again!

What about Seymour?

What does he do with his life?

Drugs? Play Cornbread?

Who can he look up to? You?

You're too involved with yourself!

Go ahead, turn your back on me

like you always do!

Hey, John!

It ain't gonna fall from the sky!

You gotta work for what you want!

Look at me, at least!

I'm yelling at you!

It was about 90 degrees.

You got kids?

Johnny! Sweet and sour pork

very, very good!

- How'd you like the lawyer?

- Filthy. Move!

You out, ain't you?

Guess you won't be coming

to my concert!

This is the system designed to cut

down on fraud and unpaid charges.

We developed this through interviews

with 300 Dynasty Club authorizers.

This computer can determine

credit approval.

The computer decides

who gets credit and who doesn't?

Who would have guessed? Technology.

Remember when you had

to heat an iron on the stove?

I have no frame of reference.

I'm a man of the computer age.

- Another tough question.

- Yes?

I lose my credit card. Someone finds

it and goes on a shopping spree.

Please. Sit.

- I'm listening.

- Does the computer pick up on that?

Well, yes and no. It's harder during

Christmas, when shopping's heavier.

On the whole,

it's a very effective system.

Ain't that something.

I hate to be so pedantic,

but it's "isn't that something."

- Isn't that something?

- Yes. It's a shame.

- What is?

- Mr. Forrest's death. It's a shame.

Could I get a printout

of the names on that tape?

Certainly. Anything else I could do?

No, thank you.

Thank you for the English lesson.

I got what you need!

Hey, get high off this!

I got what you need!

Hey, get high off this!

- Yo, check it out, baby!

- Hey, nice lady!

You look good!

Hey, buy a book for your kid.

- Tell your mommy to buy a book.

- Screw you!

I'll knock you out!

Customer's always right.

Folks, knowledge is the key.

No one cares about children.

Why else is Bush in office?

- I gotta do something. Walsh said...

- F*** Walsh! He don't care about us!

Stay here and sell these damn books!

I'm going to get paid!

Ladies and gentlemen, knowledge

is the key to understanding and... Damn!

We gonna get paid today!

Yo, my man! Come and play

a game of three-card.

Red card.

You want the red card.

Excuse me? How much is this book?

For you? Free, take it.

- Nothing in America is free.

- Love is.

- Really?

- I think your kid will like it.

I don't have a kid.

Yes, Lord.

- Two dollars.

- What happened to free?

It's America, remember?

This is great. You should read it.

Yeah?

Could I read it to you now?

The Ice Cream Dream.

Wonder what that's about.

I wish I had ice cream

It'll look just like you

Sweet-tasting chocolate

All the way through

I'd lick it slow...

You're fresh.

I'll take my book before it melts.

Come again.

And again and again.

Never the black.

You want the red.

- I think the lady wants to play.

- All right!

Make a buck, 10 gets you 20.

- How do you know?

- Trust me. I sell children's books.

Come on, Miss Lady Girl.

Never the black, always the red!

Open your ears, and hear what I said!

What you got?

You sure?

Yeah, she wants the right card.

Bam!

- We got a lucky winner, you all!

- Winner! Winner!

See, it ain't impossible!

Here!

Forty gets you 80!

Once again, never the black!

You want the red.

What you got?

Middle card.

You sure you want this one?

- You sure?

- Come on.

- She won!

- Another lucky winner!

I think she won all that!

Oh, you won it all!

This is her lucky day!

- You're gonna take the money and run?

- I won it.

You sold me out for some ass?

What do I do now?

- Sell those books.

- Sell some books?

- Excuse me, I didn't get your name.

- Amber.

Amber? I like that!

Excuse me, Miss Amber.

Can we get together for lunch?

- Can we get together?

- I'm busy.

Hi, remember me?

How about dinner?

How about breakfast?

How about a drink?

The water fountain's right over there.

She wants me.

- I'm applying for the mailroom job.

- Did you fill out an application?

- No.

- Here.

Fill this out.

- Good luck.

- Thanks.

I really mean it. Good luck.

Many people say that. They're crazy!

They want you to have bad luck.

But I believe everyone can succeed.

Homeboy!

I refuse to get paranoid or hostile

in a competitive situation.

I think this job is the key for me.

So does my shrink.

He even lowered my prescription.

I gotta conquer the whole

self-esteem thing. Boom!

I have an eating disorder,

you know.

- No?

- Sure. Threw up on the way over.

I had a negative self-image as a kid.

They think I'm fat and loathsome,

but I'll fight them.

I'll show them that they can't

rob me of my right to exist!

Next.

Come in.

Hi.

Some interesting responses here,

Mr. Stewart.

It says here that you attended

Mt. Holyoke College in Massachusetts.

Four years of work, work, work.

Isn't Mount Holyoke

an all-girls school?

No, they changed that.

Probably as soon as I got there.

- Are you related to Tracey Stewart?

- Yeah, that's my aunt.

- He's a man.

- His wife's my aunt.

You should put that

on your application.

Tracey is an asset to this company.

He keeps things in order around here.

Well, he's funny about nepotism.

I'd rather do this on my own, so I'd

appreciate it if you didn't tell him.

You certainly have personality.

Listen, I'll review

your application...

...check out a few references,

and get back to you in a few days.

This is your correct

telephone number, isn't it?

- Yes. Yes, sir.

- Good.

- Thank you.

- Thank you.

- Thanks.

- Thank you.

Next, please. Next?

Yo, big head.

Yo, what took you so long?

I've been home and back.

- You talk to her?

- Yeah.

- Did you get her number?

- No.

- So what took you so long?

- I think I got a job.

- A job?

- Yeah.

- Johnny, a job ain't nothing but work.

- I know. Let's eat.

Calm down, Timmy. Timmy.

Stop it, now. Calm down. Calm down.

What are you doing?

Get him out.

- Mister, I forgot his...

- Get him out!

I forgot his medicine at home.

Don't touch the eggs.

No, no, not the eggs, my God.

Get him out.

Let him die in the street like a dog.

Don't talk. See? Look at that.

- Not the eggs.

- What do you want me to do?

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