Talk To Me Page #10

He reminds me of my brothers.

Loud-ass sh*t-talkers.

Funny as hell.

Always had me cracking up.

Milo was the funniest.

He was my hero.

He could say anything,

do anything.

He could've been a...

Well, he's at Morgan's

every Tuesday night,

waiting for somebody

to give him a good game.

Thanks for the drink.

I love you, Dewey.

You take care

of yourself, okay?

(R&B MUSIC PLAYING)

Tails.

So you the new

Blue Blazes, huh, man?

That's right.

You sure did it, Dewey.

Took that little old

two-bit radio station

and turned it into

a powerhouse, man.

I couldn't have done it

without you.

No.

I could've never did

that sh*t you did.

Like you said, Dew,

I needed you

to do all the things

that I was too afraid to do.

What about the other part?

What other part?

The part

when I said that I need you

to say all the things

that I'm afraid to say.

Oh, that part.

(COUGHING HOARSELY)

Not now.

Well, the truth is,

you ain't getting

no younger, man.

So I decided I'm gonna

cut you some slack.

Go on and forgive you.

Forgive me.

I love you

like a brother, man.

I know you love me, too.

Now, you too stubborn

to say it,

but I think you miss

old Petey Greene.

So I'm gonna give you

one last shot.

That's deep.

(CHUCKLES)

Yeah it was, wasn't it?

I might put that

in a card someday.

(PETEY CHUCKLES)

(POOL BALLS STRIKING)

Good shot, Petey.

(CHATTERING)

Everybody come back

to the shop

with their eyes f***ed up...

Stop it!

(INAUDIBLE)

PETEY:
I ain't nothing, man,

I ain't nothing

but a con and a thief.

So I ain't up here trying

to be nobody's preacher.

I'm just trying to tell

the truth to y'all,

like I promised I would.

DEWEY:
Petey liked to say

that he was just a con.

Telling it like it is.

But he was more than that.

He said the things

that we were afraid to say.

I'm sorry, man.

He was the bravest man

that I ever met.

He was, and still is,

everything I'm not.

And that's why I love him.

MAN:
Yeah.

So, in the words

of my best friend,

"That's all we got.

MAN:
Yeah!

"There ain't no more.

That's right!

"Time is tight.

"It's the end of the show.

"So grab your head

and make a fist. "

"Listen to me

and remember this. "

...and remember this.

I tell it to the hot,

I tell it to the cold.

I tell it to the young,

I tell it to the old.

Don't want no laughing,

don't want no crying.

And most of all,

no signifying.

DEWEY:
"...no signifying!"

This is

Petey Greene's Washington,

ladies and gentlemen.

This is P-Town!

ALL:
Petey! Petey!

Petey! Petey!

Petey! Petey! Petey! Petey!

PETEY:
Be cool, y'all.

PETEY:
Wake up, God damn it!

VERNELL:
Shirley Chisholm

for President, everybody!

Vote Shirley Chisholm

for President, 1972!

PETEY:
Why do you think

they send our boys off to war?

Look here. I ain't never

asked for this sh*t.

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