Roxanne, Roxanne Page #2

[laughs]

All right.

Where your daddy at?

Should've never took him.

He gave me $15.

I ain't know he was gonna take this long.

- Anybody know what time it is?

- Yeah.

Yeah.

Check it.

Listen.

[rapping] Thought you was dapper

Now you the rappin' babysitter

Should've told him

Don't try to play me, you crazy nigga

Guess that's what happens When your heart swoon

Leave the crew And open up Shante's Romper Room

Look like you're in business black

And all you need is some diapers

And Similac, ha

Come on, little man.

Got you some candy?

You owe me more money.

You took all day.

- I was gone five minutes.

- Five minutes too long.

- We could've left him here.

- Mm.

[chuckles]

Who you think you are?

[both] Hmm?

You funny as hell, Bee.

Project kids be hustling.

Come on, man.

Drop that beat. [laughs]

I hear you out here f***ing

with my door, Shante.

What do you want?

I wanna come in.

What time does this key lock my door?

You wanna be playing with ho's,

keep your ass out there,

but stop knocking on my door.

Hey, hey, hey. Come on, now, Peggy.

Let her back in.

No, Dave.

If she wants to hang it on the streets,

let her stay her ass out there.

My door locks at nine o'clock.

And that goes for anybody.

Peggy.

That goes for anybody.

[Dave] Come on.

- Thanks, Dave.

- Yeah.

[singing] We movin'

Everybody, we movin'

We movin', we movin'

[Peggy] Fast.

Knock it off. Go sit down somewhere.

[Fastima] Everybody, we movin'

We movin', we movin'

[line beeping]

Neek, got your stuff packed?

- Yeah, I been packed.

- Okay.

Shante! Latifa!

Bring yourself out here.

Dave will be here any second.

- [Shante] We been ready.

- Hurry up.

Mom, when we finished moving,

you gonna see me battle?

I'll see you battle, but right now,

battle your ass to the front door.

We gotta go.

Girls. Girls. What are you doing?

This is a happy day.

You should not be angry.

I'm not angry, but do you ever close

your mouth? Give your mouth a break.

Finally.

What's up, y'all?

[groans]

I just came to see if y'all left yet.

Not yet. But the truck's on its way.

He was supposed to be here hours ago.

You're not telling me

what I think you're telling me.

I'm not telling you anything.

[Supreme Jubilees'

"It'll All Be Over" playing over speakers]

Why?

We gonna get it back. I promise.

That was everything I have.

Twenty thousand dollars.

Why would he take that away

from my babies?

You know how long it took me

to save that money?

How many toilets I cleaned?

How many asses I wiped?

Why, Gina?

- Every time I try to leave...

- Here.

Go ahead and have a drink.

No, that ain't gonna get me out of here.

It'll take your mind off it for now.

It'll all be over

It'll all be over

And we won't have to cry no more

And we won't have to cry no more

[sighs]

Shante. Get your thumb out your mouth.

Know how much I paid

for them braces?

You gonna put your thumb

in your mouth and ruin your teeth?

She the only one

in the projects with braces.

Come here, little girl. Come here.

- Let me see if they even work.

- All right, Ms. Peggy.

- Shante, go.

- No. Let's see if they working.

[Gina] All right.

Okay? It's okay.

- Take the girls in your room, Shante.

- Come on. It'll all be over

And we won't have to cry no more

Ms. Peggy, it's okay.

Girl, it's okay. You can let it out now.

I'm all right.

We gonna be fine.

It'll all be over

Move. Get off my bed.

I don't want you here.

No.

- Move.

- No.

- Move, little girl.

- This is my bed, too.

[Fastima] Stop, that hurts.

You don't know how to comb my hair.

[Shante] Stop moving.

[Fastima] Ow.

Stop! I want Mommy to comb my hair!

Mommy's sleep. We can't wake her.

Stop!

Go ahead.

What you all doing? You two

should be out the door. Time for school.

Come on, Neek. I need your help.

Okay.

Mommy, are you up?

I need my hair combed.

Shante don't know what she doing.

Mommy?

Come on, wake up.

Dudes ain't sh*t, Shante.

They really ain't sh*t.

Like, straight up wack.

Did they even find him yet?

He gone, Ranita.

- Motherf***er.

- [Ronald] You ain't sh*t, Shante.

It's time I cleaned your clock

You a dusty nigga

Swing all you want

But if you touch me, nigga

I won't rest

Till you in a grave or hearse

You a second-rate man

This is ladies first

I'm Shante You couldn't play me out You

the type to take the food Out a baby mouth

You worthless, always perpetratin'

I keep a cross medallion

You probably work with Satan

Don't trust you

As far as I can throw you

You ain't sh*t around the way

I fly global

Another hard rap

You all in my bra strap

You step to me

all you'll get is a hard slap

if you ever had a thought in your mind

That I was wack

You must be buggin' out

high off crack

Tryin' to stay strong

But everything you say weak

I kill a track and all you is

Is a deadbeat

I'm the best

I don't care what the rest think

And I ain't rhymin' no more

'Cause your breath stink

[crowd groaning]

Gimme, gimme, gimme, all your little bank.

- We kicking ass, and taking numbers.

- Right. That's my girl, Shaunie.

She killed them. He wasn't ready.

[Jake] That's cool, but when you going

to the store for me?

I need some new clothes.

You got dough?

There was something in there.

- Wasn't nothing in it.

- Show me.

It wasn't nothing in there.

Say something else

and see what happens to your ass.

When was the last time

you took your ass to school?

I don't want no f***ing social worker

showing up at my goddamn house anymore,

you understand me?

I want better for you,

and I'm tired of this sh*t.

And if you don't like it,

you can see your ass to my front door.

I'm doing this for us, Mommy.

We need money.

I don't give a sh*t about no money.

I want you to go to school.

[Lester] You have 30 minutes.

So, good luck, my young geniuses.

Mr. Lester, I need a test.

Oh. I forgot you were here, Ms. Gooden.

- Can I see you in the hallway?

- I can't take the test?

How can you? You're never here.

Hallway, please, now.

- Yeah, I know what a PINS warrant is.

- You must not know.

They came up here looking for you.

They asked me to turn you in

when I see you.

So, what's up? What's going on?

Nothing.

Listen, I know the streets are calling,

but you must find a way to rise above it.

And you know what? You can.

Because you are

tremendously smart, Shante.

Hey, Ms. Peggy.

Hey, Ms. Denise.

Where you all off to?

Waiting for they daddy.

He's supposed to take them for ice cream,

but you know how that go.

Don't worry, baby.

I'll keep an eye on them.

Hey, girls!

You looking beautiful.

Looking like Easter Sunday out here.

[laughing]

I don't know why

we gotta wear these dresses.

Because I said so.

- What up, Shante?

- What up, Tone?

Hey, yo, y'all out here looking crazy.

Hey, I got this young dude

in Jamaica trying to battle you.

What? You don't mess

with rap sh*t no more?

I don't battle for less than 250.

I don't waste my time.

- Oh, so you about your dough, now, huh?

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