Ray Page #3

All right.

Yeah, you got the one

on the left.

Look here,

let me do the talking.

Don't go inside that place.

You know what Mama said.

Go home

and don't tell Mama nothin'.

Go, George.

George, get out of here!

Hey, boy,

who let you in?

You must be

Aretha's son, huh?

Yes, sir.

Ray Charles Robinson.

I've been seeing you

sneakin' around here.

You like the piano, huh?

Come on, you want

to learn how to play?

Come on over here.

Let me show you how to play.

Come on.

I'm gonna teach you

how to play.

What we'll do, I'm gonna teach

you three notes, right?

This is the first note,

right here.

Play that.

And here's the second note,

right here.

Play that.

Here's the third note.

Now, here's the way

it goes.

Listen.

Listen closely, now.

Play that.

Good!

Try the other notes.

Every club we hit,

it's your responsibility

to rehearse the band.

These are some

lazy-ass bastards,

so you gotta make sure

that they don't slough off.

You gotta be ready

and dressed to open the show.

Now, Lowell likes to take

a nap before he goes on.

You just do your thing until

he feels like comin' out.

And when Lowell's playin',

you keep the band sharp.

Uh... uh, just one thing.

What?

Did Jack tell you that

I have to be paid in singles?

You just do your job,

you're gonna get your money.

Baby, come on, down

Your daddy's

in the heart of town

Come on down

Your daddy's

in the heart of town

How'd you get the name

Fathead anyway?

Why do they call me

Fathead?

Nah, you don't want to hear.

But this is what

I really want to know.

Do any of you

fine young ladies know

where we can get a nice steak

this time of night?

You mean something big,

thick, and juicy?

Oh, yeah,

that's just what I mean.

Fathead, where you guys

headed, man?

I ain't babysittin'

no blind cat.

Uh, I'm sorry, Ray,

but, uh, the law says

there's only six to a cab.

Come on, ladies,

let's get out of here.

Everyday

Everyday I have the blues

Everyday, everyday

Pay up, baby!

Yeah, that's all right.

I been shootin' craps

since I was 12 years old.

Don't never shoot craps

on a white woman's grave.

Why not?

It's bad luck.

You know bad luck

and trouble, people

Well, you know

I had my share

That's for being

late to the bus.

Wilbur,

you a low-down piece...

You better move on.

Ah, Mr. One-dollar Bill.

$5, $10, $15, $20...

Now, you like to start

counting that again?

All right, damn you.

$284, $285...

Listen, man, I ain't

no damn seein'-eye dog.

You know ain't nobody

worried about me

I don't see nobody,

nobody cryin'

Fathead, open up. Open up.

I got to take a leak.

Hey, what you doing, man?

Close the door, Fat!

Say, Ray, we'll be in here

for a little while.

Use the women's can,

down there on your right.

I don't want to use

the women's can.

This way.

Oh, God!

Say, Ray,

you all right?

Yeah, I must have slipped

on the wet.

There's a pipe broke.

There's water everywhere.

You see it?

Let's go, man.

Close the door.

All right,

quit playing, Ray.

We'll be in here a while.

Now go on now!

Where you from, Ray?

North Florida.

Oh, North Florida boy.

Your people

still down there?

No.

All right.

Hey, uh, pardon me

for askin',

but how do you

get around so good

without a cane

or a dog?

How do you get around so good

without a cane or dog?

I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to pry.

My ears got to be

my eyes, man. Its...

Everything sounds different.

You know that's why

I wear hard-soled shoes,

so I can hear my footsteps

echo off the wall.

So when I pass by an open

doorway, the sound changes.

Wow. That's cool.

You know you got to learn pretty quick

if you want to get around on your own.

Yeah.

You know, during the war,

there was a whole lot

I had to learn fast,

or I wouldn't be here.

Seein' that much death

ain't natural.

Yeah, seein' death

ain't natural.

Boys, get from

'round that still.

Y'all know

better than that.

Come on, catch me.

Stay from 'round this fire

and get clean.

Dinner will be ready soon.

Hear me, Ray?

I got you.

I got you.

No, you didn't.

You missed me.

Stop cheatin', Ray.

Okay, you got me.

But I got you back.

I'm not playin' no more.

Sissy!

Come on, Ray.

Let's go swimmin'.

Let's go swim

in Mama's washtub.

Ray, come on, Ray,

play with me.

You better get down

before Mama sees you.

I'm a giant!

Some giant.

Come on, George.

I ain't playin' this game.

That ain't funny.

Boys, I got some field peas

and rice cooking.

And there's that smothered

corn left from yesterday.

And if you're real good, I might

have two pieces of peach cobbler.

Ray, didn't I tell you

to get in this house?

Dear God, no!

That's Aretha's boy!

Breathe, baby, breathe.

Just breathe, baby, breathe.

Let it out!

Let it out, please!

Breathe for your mama, now.

Come on, George.

Why didn't you do somethin'?

Why didn't you call me?

Help us, Lord!

The Lord done took him home.

All right.

Food and piss stop.

Open it up.

The food is hot.

You've got 45 minutes.

I could eat a horse.

Where's it?

Follow your nose.

Right over there.

Wilbur.

What?

45 minutes

ain't enough time.

We need more

than that, Jack.

Not to eat,

you don't.

Now if you got other business,

you better choose,

because this bus

is rollin' on time.

Come on, Mercedes got

a washroom in the back.

And you,

you can smell it.

Jeff.

Yes, sir?

Uh, could you help me

in there?

Sure thing, Ray.

Hey, Mercedes.

Hey, baby. I hope you wiped your

feet before you came in here.

There you go. Come on.

Take that.

The bathroom's right there

in front of you.

Okay.

You want me

to fix you a plate?

Uh, no, I'm... I'm fine.

All right.

Sweet potato pie it is.

Whoo, let's go, man.

That was a long

bus ride, wasn't it?

Oh, come on, man.

Hey, man!

The can's down the hall.

I know where the can is.

What y'all doing?

Do yourself a favor

and leave.

I'll leave when

I'm gettin' ready to leave.

Come on, Fathead,

I want in.

This ain't no weed, Ray.

And we ain't

snorting no b*tch.

This is boy.

Boy'll make your ass

null and void.

So get on out of here, man.

Null and void,

just like my life.

I'll be right at home.

Look, I ain't gonna

wait all night.

Hell, it's his funeral, man.

Ray, let's go get

something to eat.

I'll leave

when I get a taste.

Ray, what you gonna do, man?

This train's pullin' out,

brother.

I ain't having nothin'

to do with this.

I warned you, Ray.

Come on, man.

I been warned.

Sit down, Ray. Right there.

I'm gonna take you

on a little ride.

It'll cost you, though.

You got some cash?

Will this do?

That'll do.

Where you been?

Where them other fools?

Come on,

get it while it's hot!

You're going to feel

a little pinch.

I ain't givin'

up on you, boy.

Feel it, baby?

Just take the ride.

It's better than sex.

There ain't nothin'

better than sex.

We will walk

through the streets

of the city

Of the city

Where our loved ones

have gone on before

We will stand on the banks

of the river

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