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it's looking good.

- Now, you did this side yet?

- I did.

Nah, it don't look like

you did this side, stop lying.

I did!

Look, first of all, man,

you gotta get you a toothbrush.

You ain't gonna be able to keep

the white bottom clean without it, all right?

Secondly, man, tuck the laces in.

You buggin' out.

You don't give nobody

a chance to, God. I want to.

Give you a chance?

You gotta do it in the beginning.

You don't get the shoelaces

all wet and dirty.

Man, cats start calling

you a poo putt.

You know what I'm sayin'?

All right?

All right, man.

Who is it?

It's Ace.

Hey, Boogie.

- What's up, nigga?

- What's up, man?

- What's up, homeboy?

- I'm chillin', man.

- Everything all right?

- Yeah, yeah.

Oh, yeah, before I forget, man,

I need you to do me a favor if you can, man.

Run some clothes down to the

cleaners for me if you could.

- Okay, cool, man.

- That's cool?

Yeah, no doubt.

I know it's hectic for you

out here and all that.

Keisha! Keisha!

- What?

- This nigga A. here.

Hey, Ace.

I didn't know you was here.

Go in the back and get

them clothes for me

so he can bring them to Mr. Pip's.

Nigga, what's wrong with

your big-ass feet?

What, man?

Get you in need of some grease

for them whack-ass baby hairs.

Shut up.

And tuck in that little butt.

Nobody wants to see that little butt.

- Whassup, Ace?

- Whassup, little man?

Hey, Mitch,

can we shoot some hoops?

I can't, little man.

I'm busy, B. I gotta go to work.

I got you, man.

He don't know nothin' about no hoops.

You need to be comin' to me for that.

I'll have you workin' on your left hand.

- You'll do nice.

- All right, man, I'll see you later.

You talkin' back.

You just came for the clothes?

Nah. Pfft.

What you talkin' about?

Ace, what's up, man?

How you doin'?

Good, baby.

What's up, man?

- Everything all right here?

- Yeah, it's good.

Let me see that.

Is this $800?

Come here!

- How you doing, Mr. Crawford?

- Hey, Ace.

Got your delivery here.

- Everything cool, though?

- Yeah, yeah.

Good, all right.

I'll be back.

All right,

all right.

Hey, paisan.

Hey, excuse me, my friend.

You work for the cleaners, right?

Yeah. Here you go.

Could you take some

clothes for me, please?

Just a few things.

Yeah, I'll be right there.

- Okay.

- Go ahead, man.

Thank you.

Come in!

Come in.

You want something to drink? A soda?

Um, nah.

But I'll take that laundry though.

Damn.

Okay-

All right.

Oh! I--

Gotta get these clean, too!

What's your name?

Ace.

Ace.

Aceito?

Yeah.

You live in the neighborhood, right?

Yeah. Look, I gotta get outta here, man.

I gotta get back.

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

Your friend who's the dealer?

Take him to a movie.

That's your friend, right?

Yeah.

I'm Lulu.

What?

Lulu.

Okay, what kind of name is that?

I don't know.

It's my name.

Show me your left.

Show me your left.

Show me your left.

Come on, man.

Anybody could do that.

Anybody could do that.

You think you slick?

You trying to go between your legs?

Come on-- Nah, the left!

The left, baby!

Show me the--

Terrible. Terrible.

Oh, snap!

Whoo!

I gotta see this!

Yo, that's yours?

Nah, little man, that's ours.

Can I check it out?

Go check it out.

What's up?

What up, baby?

Come on-- No, no, no!

Come on around here, man!

Come on, baby, stop playing, man.

Stop playing, man.

You know my style, baby.

It ain't my style

To be running around here

getting all sweaty on the court, baby.

- So, that's your little new bike, huh?

- It's fly, right?

Yeah, it's fly.

Yeah, I see your sh*t shimmering, man,

you know what I'm saying?

I see you got the Rolex.

You know about this, B.

We need to get you one, man,

and stop playing.

- No, no, no, no.

- Straight-up p*ssy magnet, man.

You gonna have no problems, man.

- It ain't my flow, man.

- Oh, it ain't your flow.

Oh, you too smooth, now?

That's what it is? You too smooth?

- Nah, man, it's you.

- Oh, it's me.

Yeah, you right, man.

Making money is me, man.

Nah, I'm just

f***in' with you, A., man.

Yes, you'll probably have

a whole chain of cleaners

in a hot minute anyway, you know?

F*** around, be the George Jefferson

of the ghetto, B.

Yeah, nigga's got jokes.

In 10 years, me and you gonna

have matching Benzes.

10 years'?

Nigga more like 10 days, man. 10 days.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

All right. Yeah.

All right. Get outta here.

Hey, come here for a minute.

What?

F*** you mean, "What?"

Come here, dude.

Talking to myself.

You, uh--

You talking to Mitch's sister, right?

Yeah, 'cause I be seein'

y'all around and all that.

You know, that's cool, man.

The girl kinda bangin'.

You hittin' that, right?

Come on, man.

Oh, my God!

Kid, you're supposed

to be hittin' that!

Sweatin' in that laundry

for nickels and dimes

is not gonna get you that ass.

Look here, you saw that jonesin' motherf***er

that just ran out of here?

That's my clientele.

That's real money right there.

Like-- Like what?

I just made enough dough to bake biscuits

for the projects, nigga.

Try a quick $800 in one day.

The f*** are you shrugging for'?

There's something wrong

with your back? Yeah?

Look.

This here is a hundred a pop.

Only niggas with real dough

f*** with this.

And that's all yours?

Hell, yeah, this is all me!

Eight niggas.

All I'm tryin' to tell you

is that with this money

your girl'll suck your dick all day.

- Okay, man.

- No problem.

- Hey, Ace.

- Hey.

- Hey, what's goin' on, Miss Billips?

- Calvin.

- Calvin.

- What's goin' on, baby?

You know, we're just gettin'

ready for dinner.

I put the tips in the thing.

Hey, how about that? A number eight.

Here, this here is for the, uh--

for groceries, Mrs. Billips.

Thank you, Calvin.

Yeah, no problem.

Yo, uh...

Come on.

Come on where?

We eatin'.

Oh, Miss Billips,

We, uh--

You know, we, uh--

We were gonna go out

to eat somewhere.

Why don't you go on ahead, Calvin?

She'll be right there.

What's the next product up to win?

It's a sturdy washer and dryer!

- You're stupid.

- Whatever!

Come on, Ace!

How many times I gotta tell you

about this boobity-boob

sh*t playing in the store?

What you want me to do?

Like, not listen to the radio?

What?

I said, half the time,

you ain't even in here!

What you want me to do,

sit in here and not listen to no music?

It don't make no difference

if I'm here or not!

It's my rules, my radio,

my store, my music!

You know I don't listen to this sh*t!

L-- I can't even understand them!

Look, can you even understand this sh*t?

It's for my ears.

Yes, I understand it.

Yeah, you can understand

that bullshit,

but you can't understand when

I tell you not to-- Ahh.

That's it, that's what I'm talking about.

You hear that?

You hear that?

That's music. That's singing.

There's beauty in singing.

That other sh*t is just talking.

"Yak, yak, yak, yak, yak, yak.

That's what I'm talking about,

you understand what I'm saying?

That's quality sh*t.

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