Renaissance Man Page #9

[ Together]

Hoo-ah!

- Hoo-ahs right.

- Good work, Mr. Bill.

Go, boy. Loosen up them ropes.

Hes the man.

Ohhh.

- You shouldve wore a glove.

- I did wear a glove.

Oh.

[ Laughs ]

I wish I couldve been there.

The guys must be so proud of you.

Yeah. Ill remember that

when theyre fittin me for a new hand.

Huh?

[ Laughs ] Thats what my kid

keeps askin me.

You have a kid?

Yeah. Emily.

She wants to be an astronomer.

Go figure.

Go figure what? What?

[ Groans ]

All right. Lets start

swallowing and digesting.

- [ Recruits ] Hoo-ah, hoo-ah.!

- Come on, Tommy Lee.

More victory tower, Drill Sergeant.

I like it. I love it.

I want more of it.

- [ Rago ] Make it hurt, Drill Sergeant.!

- Way to go, Mr. Rago.

- Good work, Mr. Bill.

- All right.

- Do you mind if I sit here?

- No, please.

[ Haywood ] Damn, Bill, you done

tore that tower down.!

Whew!

- So what happened, anyway?

- What?

Two-ten. Nothin but muscle.

Star fullback.

College scouts mustve been tossin

hookers through your bedroom window.

Yeah, yeah. Just about.

I busted my knee my senior year.

I mean, I can push on it

a little bit now, but--

Well, lets just say it blew my shot.

Oh.

Isnt there somethin else you can do?

No, theres nothin else for me to do.

I was black and I played ball.

Thats all anybody ever cared about.

They didnt teach me anything,

but, oh, they kept passin me.

- Mmm.

- So Im here, you know?

My wife works on the post here

cause we got a baby comin.

Leroy, Jr.? Great!

Kidll probably come out

wearin a helmet, get the Heisman.

Im keepin that kid as far away from

the playin field as I can.

Runnin a football never helped

nobody pass a civil service exam.

Least ways, it never helped me.

Excuse me.

Hey, Leroy.

Ya ever hear of a guy named

Leonbattista Alberti?

Yeah, yeah. He played

for the 49ers, right?

Nah. He played for the 1 400s.

The renaissance.

- The what?

- Hes what youd call a renaissance man.

The guy was an architect, a writer,

a painter, a musician...

a scholar--

god knows what else.

But you know what

I remember most about him?

They say that he could

stand with his feet together like this...

and spring straight over a mans head.

- Re-- Really?

- Yeah.

If Leonbattista Alberti

couldnt have done that...

I wouldnt have remembered

a thing about him.

So he was sort of like

a smart jock, then, right?

Thats right. You got it.

Now, aint that an oxymoron?

- That is. That is.

- Uh-huh. Uh-huh.

- [ Laughing ]

- Give me some. All right.

- Talk to you later, Mr. Rago.

- All right.

The real question is, is Ophelia right?

Is Hamlet crazy?

Hobbs.

I dont know. I think

hes just playin the fool.

Go on.

Well, its like he says.

Denmarks a prison.

Everybodys watchin him

all the time, spyin on him.

If he thinks Denmarks a prison, all he

gotta do is move to a trailer park.

Tiny little rooms,

six brothers and sisters.

I couldnt even take a whiz by myself.

Gets to you, man.

It can make you crazy.

Imagine all your life waitin,

growin up hopin...

- a tornado would come

and whoosh you out of there.

- [ Recruits Laughing ]

Thats not what Im sayin, man.

What Im sayin is that

Hamlets actin crazy for a reason.

To give him some time to think...

to plan his next move...

keep his eye on everybody else.

You sure youre readin

the same play?

Smart move, Benitez.

Uh... all right. Thats it.

Okay? Lets call it quits for today.

- Hoo-ah.

- Hoo-ah.

[ Leroy ] Fall in outside.

First aid today.

So howd you get to be

so smart, huh?

- Told you, girl.

I been around. I seen things.

- Hobbs.

- Yeah.

- Whats the deal, man?

Deal?

Whered you go to school?

Well, lots of places.

- You ever read this stuff before?

- [ Chuckles ] Nah.

Whew. Well, stick with it.

Youre doin fine.

He who increases knowledge,

increases sorrow.

[ Whispering ]

Increases sorrow.

Increases sorrow. Shakespeare?

Mm-mmm, the Bible.

Even Shakespeare has his superior. Tch!

[ Leroy ]

Lets go, Hobbs.!

Forward march.!

Look, is there any way

you guys could have made

a mistake with this kid?

[ Laughing ]

Us? Make a mistake?

Im telling you,

he doesnt belong in there.

He belongs in, uh, lieutenant

training school or something.

You think I can wave a wand

and send this kid to West Point?

Rago, come on.

I got guys sleepin in the rafters.

I got a flood in the laundry.

I just got a call from the motor pool

tellin me they lost an A.P.C.

They lost it.! The things the size of

a tank.! How could they lose it?

Its a machine, Captain. This is

a human being Im talkin about.

This is a smart kid,

as good as they come.

Damn it, Bill, it is

just not that easy!

All right. Roosevelt Hobbs.

He deserves a shot.

Hobbs.

- [ Recruits ] To be or not to be

- You got no rhythm.

- [ Laughs ] Ba-da-da! There!

- To be or not to be

- [ Davis ] We gotta sing

at the same time?

- [ Myers ] Yeah. Of course.

- Whatta ya think Im trying to show you?

- Or not to be

- [ Laughter ]

- [ Melvin ] Hey, hey.! Here he comes.!

- Hurry up.! Everybody get ready.!

- [ Hobbs ] Are you ready?

- And--

- [ Recruits Rapping ]

They gotta know

They gotta know we gotta flow

They gotta know

They gotta know, o-ho

They gotta know

They gotta know we gotta flow

They gotta know

They gotta know, ho

They gotta know

They gotta know we gotta flow

They gotta know

They gotta know, ho

They gotta know

- They gotta know

- Come with me

Cue it check it out

To be or not to be

The double-D M.C.s are lettin it be

Let it be to be or not to be

M.C. Hobbs on the job

rippin rhymes like the mob

The shits iller than Cape Fear

the Shakespeare saga

Started with this prince kid

his moms and his father

By his brother man

now his brothers king lover man

Actin real trite

he took his brothers life

For his green

and to sex up his queen

But the prince, he aint goin for it

hes out for revenge

His pops ghost told him

Damn it, Hamlet, those are your ends

So just chill and cool for now

P-P-Play the fool

until ya take him out

Cause all eyes is on you

So one way or the other

Its a kamikaze style

or do it undercover

But either way ya gotta

slay-ah so what the hey-ah

So strap on your black

and get set for the payback

Aint got no gat

but hes sportin a tool

Strappina sword

for the Laertes duel

Cause hes tryin to blame Hamlet

for his sisters death

But she took her own last breath

She aint got shh left

Never heard yet a more absurd set

Of circumstances murder and romances

- So

- Incest, we had to put it to rest

We had time to manifest

He stuck the dagger in the kings chest

To be or not to be

The double-D M.C.s is lettin it be

Let be to be or not to be

- The double-D M.C.s is lettin it be

- Ophelia

Let be to be or not to be

The double-D M.C.s is lettin it be

- Let be to be or not to be

- To be or not to be

The double-D M.C.s is lettin it be

- [ Applauding ] Wow.! Great.!

- [ Whistling ]

- Great. Bravo. Bravo.

- Go, Hamlet. Go, Hamlet.

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