Rocky V Page #3

I was looking all over for you downstairs.

It's kind of depressing.

Yeah. I know what you mean.

Oh! What's this doin' in your ear?

- Oh, God!

- Remember these?

I... Yeah.

- I remember when you took 'em off.

- That's right. First time I ever kissed you.

Adrian, I wanna go out for a bit.

You know, just take a little walk.

I just wanna feel better.

But hey, could you talk to the kid?

- Cos he's... he's really taking this hard.

- Sure.

- Where are you going?

- I thought I'd go to Andy's.

- (man) He used to be a champion.

- (woman) How did he blow it all?

How you doin', Mick?

Slip the jab.

- Slip the jab.

- (Mick) Slip the jab.

Slip the jab!

That's right. That's it.

- Hey, I didn't hear no bell!

- OK.

All right! That's right. Slip the jab.

That's it. Mentalise!

See that bum in front of you.

You see yourself doin' right,

and you do right.

That's pretty. That's very pretty.

Time!

Come here, Rock.

My God, you're ready, ain't ya?

Apollo won't know what hit him.

You'll roll over him like a bulldozer.

An Italian bulldozer.

You know, kid, I know how you feel

about this fight that's comin' up.

Because I was young once too.

I tell you somethin'.

Why, if you wasn't here...

...hey, I probably wouldn't be alive today.

The fact that you're here and doin'

as well as you're doin' gives me...

What do you call it?

A motivisation to stay alive.

Cos I think that people die sometimes

when they don't wanna live no more.

Nature's smarter than people think.

And nature is smarter than people think.

Little by little we lose our friends...

...we lose everything and we keep

losin' and losin', till we say...

..."What the hell am I livin' around

here for? I got no reason to go on."

But with you, kid...

Boy, I got a reason to go on.

And I'm gonna stay alive.

And I will watch you make good.

- And I'll never leave you.

- I'll never leave you until that happens.

Cos when I leave you,

you'll not only know how to fight...

...you'll be able to take care of yourself

outside the ring too. Is that OK?

- It's OK.

- OK.

- I got a gift for you.

- Ah, Mickey.

- Wait a minute now.

- Really, I don't need nothin'.

Look at that. See that? This here's the

favourite thing that I have on this earth.

And Rocky Marciano give me that.

You know what it was? His cuff link.

And now I'm givin' it to you.

And it's gonna be like, uh...

Like an angel on your shoulder, see?

And if you ever get hurt and

you feel that you're goin' down...

...this little angel

is gonna whisper in your ear.

He's gonna say

"Get up, you son of a b*tch!"

"Cos Mickey loves you."

OK?

Thanks, Mick. I love you too.

Jesus. Go after him, kid.

- Go after him.

- Thanks.

You was the angel.

- There it is.

- What happened to his other cuff link?

I don't know. He only give me one.

He gave it to some bum.

# "Take You Back

(Home Sweet Home)" by the 7 A3

# Take you back

# Take you back

# Take you back

# Take you back

- # From the streets

- # Cometh a man

- # A fighter

- # Doin' the best that I can

- # To survive

- # Yes, and it's survival of the fittest

# Strive for what is mine,

the Lord is my witness

# Many believe in what they see

# And I wonder, what do they see in me?

# For a man, he must walk alone

# To grow and to bring

his knowledge home

# School of hard knocks is my alma mater

# Lady Luck, you know that I got her

Careful. Don't worry about these.

All right, let's go, Paulie.

I really can't believe it.

This kid's taking this too good.

Hey, Rock, it's good I kept the place,

right? It saves money.

Get back.

Right? A little aluminum on the front too.

It's a winner!

Thank you.

(woman) Welcome back, Rocky.

We missed ya!

It's only temporary, you know?

Come on inside.

(rings)

- Hello?

- Mrs Balboa?

- George Washington Duke here.

- Yes?

Mrs Balboa, can you hear it?

Listen close. You must be able to hear it.

- Hear what?

- The sound of the parade going by...

... of opportunity knocking.

What'll it take to get you to realise...

...l'm givin' you a chance

to pull yourselves together?

Let me handle your husband's career

and you can live like human beings again.

Listen, Mr Duke, we're living like human

beings. You oughta try it some time.

And leave my husband alone.

Women!

When'd you start that?

I don't know. It's like a bad

habit that comes back. But, hey!

We ain't talkin' about me.

We're talkin' about you.

Hey, Rocky, how you doin', man?

- Good to see you back.

- Thanks. Great to be back.

You're smart in school,

but you gotta be smart on the street too.

- How do you mean?

- You gotta know who the players are...

...and who you're talkin' to.

- Watch out for scams. Everyone scams.

- What's a scam?

- Ask your father.

- A scam is like a hustle.

- He don't get it.

- Well, a hustle's related to...

- (woman) Rocky!

- Remember me? I'm Bubba's mother.

- Oh, yeah.

- You used his head for a punchin' bag.

- Yeah, he had a nice head.

- Anyway, a hustle's related to a con.

- He don't get it.

A deception?

You're saying beware of deceptions.

Yeah, that's good. Absolutely.

You're very smart, you know?

Hey!

Ain't this where

the Atomic Hoagy shop used to be?

I'm new here, Dad.

- This neighbourhood's got tooth decay.

- It's called urban blight.

I'll tell you somethin', this place

is blightin' everywhere.

A little aluminum siding and paint, this

place could be OK. What do you think?

Anyway, we're late for school.

Paulie, I wanna talk to the kid private like.

- Like I got no feelings.

- Oh, come on.

- That's how wars start.

- Relax, would you?

- So anyway, everybody's got an angle.

- Yo! Tough break, Rock.

Everybody's got a hustle. These kids have

got street brains. That's how they live.

These kids ain't like no personalities

that you've grown up with.

- So you gotta stay very sharp round here.

- I intend to.

Intend! You know, sometimes

you make me feel very stupid.

- Why?

- Why? Cos you're smarter than me.

- No, I'm not.

- Yeah, you are.

It's like every day you learn somethin'

new and I forget somethin' new.

But hey, listen.

We're in this thing together.

If you can figure out how to fix things up,

don't be afraid to tell me.

We gotta stick together, cos what are we?

- What?

- What are we?

- Oh, home team.

- Home team! You've got that right.

I used to go to this school when I was

a kid. Nice bricks. It was real tough then.

But... I think you can handle it,

don't you think?

If you went here, I can go here.

I'm not scared really.

Really?

Well, I guess I'm a little scared.

- But that's normal, don't you think?

- Oh, yeah. I had 72 fights...

...and every one of 'em I was scared, so

yeah, you know, that's real, real normal.

- I'll see you later.

- OK, kid. Here's the front door.

Hey, wait! What's this?

Goodness gracious!

Where'd this come from?

It's a strange place

to stash your lunch money, don't you...

It's just a lunch joke, you know?

- Thanks, Dad.

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