Roxanne, Roxanne Page #4

- I think she should tell you.

Goddamn, Shante is always getting herself

into some mess.

- Thank you.

- Don't have no kids, Raoul.

Shante.

I heard you was in the newspaper.

What did you do now?

You can't keep yourself

out of trouble, can you?

- They been playing my song on the radio.

- What song?

["Roxanne's Revenge" playing on radio]

My name is Roxanne

And they call me Shante

But every time-a I say

A rhyme-a just-a like-a this-a

So, that's where

all this rapping sh*t is going.

Okay, well, I like it.

But who is Roxanne? That ain't your name.

I ain't name you Roxanne.

Is that your name?

I don't think that's your name.

I didn't name you no damn Roxanne, now.

[crowd cheering]

If you're tryin' to be cute

And tryin' to be fine

You need to cut it out

'Cause it's all in your mind

Tryin' to be like me

Yeah, is very hard

You think you are God

But you do eat lard

Tryin' to be cute

And you're tryin' to be fly

Don't you know...

Show me your teeth.

We need to check for braces.

No, no. See, look, on the flyer,

they said anybody could get in.

They got 2500 for the winner.

We here to win that.

Nope. She won't show her teeth.

I told you, we can't let the girl

with the braces battle.

All these "rapper chicks" that's making

diss records about me?

What we at now, like, 50 or something?

That's crazy.

Fifty diss records about me

for this one song.

They should be thanking me,

sending me gifts for Mother's Day,

'cause I birthed they asses.

No ands, no buts, or suppose

No coke up your nose

No dope in your vein

And then it won't cause no kind of pain

But yet, and still

You're trying to be fly

I ask you a question, I wanna know why

Why'd ya have to make a record 'bout me

The R-O-X-A-N-N-E?

And you know it like a poet,

this is Magic 106FM, WHBI.

It's called "Roxanne Speaks Out."

Hope you got it on tape,

you may never hear it again.

Coming up on ten minutes

before the 2:
00 hour in the a. m.

[Nu Shooz's "I Can't Wait"

playing over speakers]

Good?

We good?

- Everybody good?

- Yeah.

Right on.

You need something, let me know.

Sparky Dee, Sparky Dee, Sparky Dee.

What you gonna do about "Sparky's Turn"?

She cold got busy...

Man, get out of here,

I told you, I'm done talking to you.

Oh, you don't like to hear this?

I can turn it off if you want me to.

Yo, come...

Shan, I don't even know

why you bother to argue with fools.

Ain't that right, Ranita?

[Cross] Everyone all right over here?

Oh. [chuckles]

Look at you, Shante. Looking all grown-up.

- I'm glad everything working out for you.

- Thank you.

Need something to drink? I got you.

When you got free time,

let me take you out. Me and you.

- Treat you to your success.

- [John] Let's go.

Leave that little girl alone.

She ain't gonna be little forever.

Ain't that right, Shante?

I ain't little now.

Shaunie.

You ready to go?

Yup. She's ready, I'm ready.

I got school tomorrow. Let's go.

- I could take you home, Shante.

- She already got a ride.

It's all good, big man.

Good job getting him out of here.

You don't know me, homeboy.

It's all good, homeboy.

I'm just saying.

Shante gonna need some protection.

She a big superstar now.

[laughing]

All right.

If y'all need something, I'm around.

You know I love you

Even when you don't try

Yo, Shaunie.

I need to holla at you.

A hundred dollars? That's it?

That's all this rap sh*t pay?

I battled three times tonight.

- I make more than this on the street, Ray.

- Come on, Shaunie. We only made $500.

We owe 100 for the limo,

and the rest we split with everybody.

Look. This is how it works.

It don't matter whose show it is.

If everybody's working,

everybody gets paid the same.

We gotta take care of the family.

I'm gonna book you mad shows.

You gonna eat out here, I promise.

Check out what I got for you.

- You know I don't drink, Ray.

- Just open it.

You know we use these bags for everything.

Damn.

This is dope.

"Roxanne Shante."

Say it loud.

Thanks, Ray.

I got you.

The champ is here. The champ is here.

We used to get busy.

You should've seen us, Antwan.

Killing them.

Well, you still killing them now.

Yo, and keep killing them.

All right, yeah. Ain't nobody

f***ing with you while I'm around.

Like tonight? Yo, I don't play with nobody

putting their hands on you.

I'm always gonna be right there, ready.

I know you will.

Yo, Shaunie.

- You know you about to take over, right?

- Of course she is.

This ain't nothing new.

I been telling them the champ is here.

Y'all crazy.

No.

- We just love you, Shaunie.

- Yeah.

Aw.

I love y'all, too.

Hey. You like the way I say that?

No.

- The champ is here. The champ is here.

- [laughing]

The champ is here.

Boogie down Bronx,

how y'all feeling tonight?

Let's hear you make some noise!

[crowd cheering]

This is my DJ, Marley Marl,

with the funky mixes.

We about to kick a new track for y'all.

A subject I know all about.

[rapping] It's a story I came to say

Tell you just about those runaways

How you run away

And you leave home

Just thinking you're grown

Wanna be on your own

I'm here to stop you

Right in your tracks

I am your conscience

For you to turn back

I came to tell you what it's about

How you should stay in

And you shouldn't go out

I don't wanna tell you yes

How the story goes

In case you didn't get the knowledge

And you don't know

I wanna tell you just how it is

Out there in the streets

And all the other biz

This is what happens straight to you

And don't stop me until I'm through

First you run away to a city, yes

Saying I'm gonna live and be super fresh

It don't work that way, don't you see?

So, come on, listen straight to me

I'm your conscience and your guide

Saying don't run away

Straight from the inside

Don't run away

- What?

- Word. He got locked up last night.

Antwan beat the sh*t out of somebody

that owed him money.

- Last night?

- Yup.

[boy] Great show, Roxanne.

- It was dope.

- Thanks.

[boy] Can I get your autograph?

- Can we get him out?

- I don't know. It ain't looking too good.

[boy] You forgot to answer the question.

[chuckles]

Look what he asked me.

Like we in school or something.

And you checked "no"? Shaunie, you cold.

You cold.

Here you go. I don't need no man,

and you too young for me.

But we the same age.

Exactly.

I shouldn't even be here.

[elevator door opens]

After you.

Before we go in, I need you

to put on this bandana.

I ain't putting that on. For what?

Just put it on.

I already told you,

I shouldn't even be here.

Shante, stop acting so tough.

- Let me do something for you.

- You ain't gotta do nothing for me.

This is so damn stupid.

You gotta cut me some slack. I'm gonna

do some white folk sh*t for once.

Hold out your hands.

- What's this?

- What does it feel like?

Is this mink?

Who you think I am?

It looks a little big.

I'm pretty sure it fits.

- Why you get me this big-ass coat?

- That ain't for you. That's mine.

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