Once in the Life Page #3

for too much? yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, yeah all I want to see

is the rising sun the rising sun the rising sun all I want to see

is the rising sun oh, no, no the rising sun oh, no, no, no all I want to be

is the rising sun the rising sun,

the rising sun... Mike: Ok, ok. Ok, ok, ok.

You made it, Mikey. You made it. Ha ha!

Ha ha ha! Hey, we made it. All you got to do

is calm the f*** down. Think, baby. You just got to think. Yo, Billy, where the f***

are you? Hurry up. I'm coming. I'm coming. Keep your shirt on, Mike. It's f***ing dark up here. You almost there. You can make it, bro. I told you not to

call me that. You sure we're

going to be safe up here? Yeah, I'm sure. Torch: Huh? Oh, sh*t.

This is it? This is your

f***ing hideout? Yeah, yeah,

this is it. Go ahead. Make

yourself at home. You sure Manny won't

come looking for us here? Yeah, I'm sure. You positive? I'm telling you,

absolutely. Absolutely positive. Let me tell you something. It looks like

quite a few people found your little

f***ing hideaway here. Will you just go ahead

and sit down? Yeah, yeah.

I'll do that. Let me tell you

something else. I sure as sh*t ain't taking

my shoes off in this joint. God forbid, I get

f***ing aids. What are you so f***ing

worried about, huh? I don't know. What if Manny

and his boys find us? What about that, huh? Mierda, look it,

I told you. This place is like

f***ing fort knox. Nobody comes

in our out unless they know

the way. All right? Me

and my man Tony, we used to hide out

here all the time. What you keep saying.

Are you sure nobody saw us? Yeah. Yeah. Jesus Christ. Damn

place is a mess. No sh*t. I don't know

if I like this. I think we should blow. I think we should get

the f*** out of here. And do what? What,

you want to ride the f***ing subway

till somebody spots us? No. We take our chances

on the street. We're better off.

I'm telling you. No. Forget about it.

We got half the dealers in the city looking

for us probably, not to mention the cops. We got to do some

f***ing thing. At least get

out of New York. To Jersey, Philly,

maybe Miami. I hear the weather's nice. Miami? Miami? What are

you, f***ing crazy? Manny's got connections

up the ass on the east coast. We got to go

out west. California, Seattle,

maybe. Maybe this guy Tony,

the friend you called, maybe we could sell

the sh*t to him. No way. No way. Tony's out

of the life now. Let me tell you something. Once you got a taste

of the life, that's it. Once in the life,

always in the life, Mikey. Not my man Tony,

man. He's out. Lucky motherf***er. Oh, we used to come

up here all the time back in the day. Me, him,

f***ing Freddie. F***ing Freddie nine lives. A piece of work, he is. Catch that motherf***er,

throw him off a roof. Freddie: Aah!

I don't know nothing. I don't know nothing. I swear I don't know

anything. I swear to God, please! Come on, Freddie,

who was it? Come on. Freddie: I don't know

nothing, man. I swear to God. You don't tell me,

I'm going to throw you off this f***ing roof.

Tell me. Please, Manny, please.

I don't know anything. Oh, God, no! Hey, Buddha, don't cats

usually land on their feet? Yeah, but at this

height, I don't know. No, Manny, please.

Don't drop me, Manny. Don't kill me. Not like

this, Manny, please. Drop him. No! No! No! It was Mike! It was Mike,

20/20 Mike! Come on, Freddie,

stop f***ing around. Come on.

The other guy, huh? It was some crazy white boy

with long hair, a dope fiend. I swear that's all

I know, Manny. Oh, my God, don't... 20/20. Ain't that

Tony's boy? Yo, Manny. I ain't seen

this cat in, like, years, you know what

I'm saying? Freddie: I swear.

Don't drop me. I swear to God!

Please. It's ok, Tony. Really, it's ok. Freddie: Oh, my God,

don't kill me, Manny. Please, not like this! Ruffhouse, Buddha, why don't you take

Freddie downstairs and hang out, huh? Me and Tony

got to talk. I can't believe he f***ing

left us hanging, man. Cocksucker said the job

would be a cinch. Said it would be easy.

Now look at us sitting here

in a f***ing firetrap. It would have

been a cinch if you'd have chilled

the f*** out. Don't f***ing start

with me. I can't believe you

f***ing shot those guys. How many f***ing times

are you going to say it? You f***ing shot

two kids, man. I can't believe that. Forget about it,

will you? What's done is done. Yeah. You came to me

about a year ago. You asked

for your own franchise. I gave it to you,

and what happens? Is this how you show

your f***ing appreciation? Manny, you got to

believe-- shut the f*** up! Just keep on talking. Keep on talking. Freddie: Don't hit me--ohh! Now, I know

this motherf***er set me up. Now, I know he's

responsible for Hector. All I want to know is when, where, why,

what, who. Come on. I got to the hotel,

all right? [Cell phone ringing] Yeah. Yeah, baby. No. Look, Max, I'm kind of

tied up right now, ok? How's your hand, bro? Stop calling me

that. I ain't

your brother. So it's like that now? You bet your ass

it is. You're a sick man,

Mr. Williams. I told you

not to call me that. Yep. You're

a very sick man. I'm not sick. Just got a cold, and my f***ing

hand's killing me. Come on, Tony.

Where the f*** are you? I think I know where

they are, Manny. That's good, Tony. Now we're going to

talk about how you should handle it. Me? Yeah, you. I can't

do that, man. Why is that? I ain't never killed

nobody before, man. Well, guess what, Tony. There's a first time

for everything. What? It's your product

we're talking about here. It's your responsibility. You wanted to be

your own boss, right? Guess what. You got to pay the cost

if you want to be the boss. You take that with you. F*** this sitting around waiting for your friend

to show up. God forbid, Manny

and his boys find us. Forget it. They'll f***ing

have us for breakfast. Hold up. Hold up.

What the f*** is that? What? Listen. What the f***

is that? I don't know.

Maybe it's your friend. No. That's

something else. I know I've heard

that sound before. So what are you

asking me for? I don't know-- shh! Shh! Wait. Oh, sh*t! F***! That's a f***ing rat, man. Don't do

that sh*t, man! I'm telling you,

that's a f***ing rat, man. I hate rats. I can't stand

them shits. I remember I was

dating this girl. She lived down

by mill basin-- candy brown. B*tch was fine, bro. Told you not

to call me-- I mean, fine. This chick was so fine,

I spent all the bread I could get my hands on trying to get

into her panties. Took her to coney island,

the aquarium, the movies. Any place in Brooklyn

I thought she might give it up, that's where I

would take her, right? So after we had gone out

a few times-- I don't know to this date

how I knew, but I could tell

she had finally decided to give me some, right? So, we had gone

to the movies over on church Avenue, and when the flick was over,

she asked me to walk her home, so I go like a bat. So, we start walking,

talking, shooting the breeze,

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