The Interrupters Page #5

you mad at your mama,

you mad at your brother,

you not thinking right,

you high on some reefer, bam!

You shoot some

motherfucking body, right?

I ain't that type of guy.

No, you ain't that guy,

but it happens.

Your brother not either,

look where he at.

Hear me clearly.

in the penitentiary

were not them kind of guys.

They were probably sitting

in the same seats

like you're sitting in and never

thought it would happen to 'em.

I bet you.

I love my brother

to death.

He just don't

understand, like,

and it's not really

a problem with him,

it's really a problem with like

my mother and my grandmother.

I just feel like they

really do take sides, man.

I don't got no problems

with my brother.

I love my mama to death,

but she just don't listen

or try to just,

try to relate a little bit,

you know what I'm saying?

And all the sh*t that she done

while I'm growing up,

you ain't always been peaches

and cream in your life either.

I ain't never said I was.

But at the same time, you

don't have to go down that road

and be the spoiled peach.

I'm really not,

I'm really not.

You gonna have issues

with your mother.

Every damn kid in the United

States, black or white,

got issues with

they parents, man.

This ain't nothing new.

Which one of you

brothers can cook?

Neither one.

I know how to cook,

some of anything.

You cook your mother

a meal one day, man.

Y'all need to sit down

with your mother.

You hear me?

I know it's kind of tough

because you haven't done it,

but you need to sit down

with your mother, man.

Have a family day.

You know, that's kind of,

that's kind of odd to me.

It's not coming

to me, right.

It's just not coming

to me right now.

Man, you know what I'd love

to see though, for real, man?

I'd love to see y'all two

embrace each other, man.

You and your brother, man.

For real.

I'm a let Cobe

handle that one, there.

I'd love to see y'all

embrace each other, man.

And your mother.

And your mama, yeah, man.

Your mom, that's

what's happening right there, bro.

You know, can you handle that,

little brother?

Huh?

I ain't gonna force

you to do it, you know that.

I ain't gonna force

you, brother.

You should embrace your mom

or your brother.

Mmm, not right now.

I was sick behind that sh*t.

This your mama, man,

I wouldn't care what...

You should still always

hug your mama

and let her know

you love her, man.

Is that Alfreda?

This is my baby.

This is my heart.

I know my mama love me.

I love my mama.

I know she'll do anything

for me.

Hello.

But when my dad got killed,

things really

just went downhill.

My mother done come up,

start using drugs.

After my father died,

she couldn't deal with it.

I'm like...

That sh*t took a toll on me.

I'm fin a drink me

a cocktail today.

I ain't drinking

no cocktail.

I don't want you

to keep drinking.

That's why, God as my

witness, I'm 38 years old right now.

And I said I wasn't gonna

never use drugs.

I wasn't gonna never drink.

I really started following

in my daddy's footsteps, though.

Selling drugs, hustling, going

back and forth to jail.

What up, Granny?

I know they thought I was

coming in through the back...

Coming up I was

more close to my grandparent.

And my grandmother from day one,

stayed on me.

Look at Granny.

Happy birthday to me!

I called him

Carty, but his name Ricardo.

I love all my grandkids.

But Carty was one I guess

I did do more for

and took under my wing.

When I went to jail,

my grandmother bonded me out.

I was like,

"Grandma, I knew you was going

to get me out, anyway.

I'm your baby. "

She say, "Go back and see. "

I went back.

Grandma didn't do none of that.

I probably have broke her heart

a lot of times,

doing things I shouldn't

have been doing.

But she always remind me

of the good in me.

He saved his life.

Because Carty had been shot at.

Probably was shooting at people.

So something turned him around.

I ain't gonna say it

through me and his granddaddy,

but he lucky.

Hey, my Granny.

Love you.

Love you too, Granny.

# I've seen sunny days that

I thought would never end #

# I've seen the lonely times #

# When I could not

find a friend #

# But I always thought

that I'd see you, baby. #

Ms. Madea's

always shot from both hips.

I was with Madea

from birth to nine,

and from nine to about 15,

I went and I did stay

with my biological mother.

Now we're talking

about my family,

because I'm the mother

of her biological mother.

We need to honor and

respect our children.

We can't just throw 'em out

there and throw 'em away.

Because of the

lifestyle that my mother lived,

I went through

a real rough journey.

Being abused... physically,

emotionally, sexually...

from the age of nine

to the age of 15.

So I just went back to Madea.

My grandmother lived

in a apartment with four of us,

and it was roach-infested.

You know, once I started

learning the game,

my goal was to get Madea

up out of there.

Madea was the type of woman

that... that type of money?

"Don't bring that sh*t

in my house. "

But I got caught up.

I got caught up in that one more

thousand, one more run.

One more big hit.

I was introduced to Islam

through my father.

It was always

something inside of me

that was constantly saying

that I have to do better.

I wasn't afraid, I just knew

that I had to come on with it.

Allah sent me confirmation

through someone else.

She knew what she wanted.

That's what lead her here.

And so, we believe that,

you know,

it was a heavenly marriage.

Allah, let your blessings and

your peace be upon your servant.

My family keeps

me very, very grounded.

He took your phone?

Noah took your phone?

At the end of the day,

I have to come in, cook dinner,

help with homework.

Tear some ass out the frame

if I have to.

Show him some

Salaam love.

Don't do it no more.

All right.

I'll bust your jaw.

A family is really my real job.

Out there in the community

is a piece of cake for me.

My husband worries about me

more than anyone else.

There are times that I can't be

there physically with her,

but I know that she is fearless

and she will lay it on the line,

and she'll go up against a lion.

She will just stand up

for anyone,

because of experiences

she's had growing up

where someone didn't

stand up for her.

Our mosque is

holding a prayer vigil

for a kid shot

sitting in front of his home

just listening to the radio.

Corey definitely wasn't

in a gang

and he was loved by his block.

When rage sets in, when ego sets

in, when that Hennessy sets in.

Okay, I'm going to walk down

here where Corey's friends are.

You stay right here.

These young guys say,

"Let's go get who we think did it. "

I'm hearing 20 different things

why that brother got changed.

And all of it is stupid.

All of it is stupid.

babies coming home from school,

y'all shooting.

For real?

This is unacceptable for me

to be holding this boy's...

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