The Secret to a Better Life Page #3

Synopsis: A self-help guru finally tells you a Secret you can use.
Genre: Comedy, Short
Director(s): Scotch Wichmann
Year:
2011
5 min
319 Views


How many people?

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How many people? How many? How many?

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Two.

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I need two. Two only.

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So, I'm gonna catch up with them

pretty soon. Hopefully...

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Man, why your girl

gotta handle our business yesterday?

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She made us look like a couple of b*tches.

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She made you look like a b*tch.

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I was beatin' that boy's ass.

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You was just tap dancing on him

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like America's Got Talent or some sh*t.

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All's I know is your haina gets more respect

than you.

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Even the cops know not to mess with her.

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They know we ain't nothin'.

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Speak for yourself, fool.

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Yeah? What's so special about you, fool?

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You ain't no gangster.

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All you gonna do is mow lawns

like your pops.

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Hell, no.

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Then what? Bus tables at Denny's?

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Park cars in one of them little red vests?

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All right.

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If I make this right now,

it's all gonna work out for me.

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I'm gonna be rich.

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I'm gonna have

a big ol' mansion in Beverly Hills.

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And you're gonna mow my lawn, b*tch.

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All right.

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But if you miss,

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then you're gonna end up killed out here

in these streets.

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Biatch!

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It ain't funny.

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I ain't jokin'.

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What's up, youngsters?

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You bein' good to my cousin Ruthie?

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Yeah, you know it.

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What up, 'Celo?

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Nothin', man. Just putting in work.

You know how we do.

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No doubt.

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What you doin' out of school?

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Suspended.

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That's all they know how to do.

Lock us out or lock us up.

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Watch out.

You know what they used to do with us?

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Put on a video and leave the room.

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Yeah. That's what they do to us, too.

It's just they got DVDs now.

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So I decided, "Screw it,

I'm getting into the hood."

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Hey, 'Celo.

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What if I'm ready?

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For what, Lil' Aztec All-Star?

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To get jumped into the barrio.

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Roll with y'all.

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F*** it.

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Nah. You don't wanna do that, homie.

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End up shot, or in the pinta.

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I don't know. Try me next week.

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Hey, what's happenin', bro?

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What?

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What are you doin' here?

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It'd be better to talk inside.

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Luis, get up. Your aunt's here.

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Hola, Luis.

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So what? What's up?

You come to check on me?

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See if I'm behaving?

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I came to see your father.

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You want something to drink, flaca?

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Water.

But I can't stay long or they'll dock my pay.

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Can you give us a moment?

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What's goin' on?

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Humberto said yes?

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- I didn't ask him.

- You didn't ask him?

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He would have said no.

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Where did you get the money?

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Since Linda was born, we've saved some

money every month from his check...

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...So if one of us is sick, or gets laid off...

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...We'd have money for whatever happened.

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The account is in my name.

He never reads the statements.

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I can't, I'm sorry.

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Yes, you can.

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- If something happens...

- It won't.

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But you don't understand.

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If I get in an accident, or arrested,

or anything...

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Carlos.

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I understand everything.

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Buy the truck.

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And if you do well, like you say...

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...Everything's gonna change.

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That's why we came here, right?

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Right.

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I've gotta get to work.

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Take care.

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What's goin' on?

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All students, the bell has rung.

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You need to leave the campus

in an orderly fashion.

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I need you to stay in your lines.

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Oh, God.

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Who's that?

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Wait a minute. Hold up.

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Hey.

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What are you doing here?

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I just wanted to come by

and see you at school.

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Pretty nice, huh?

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Here.

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What's this?

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It's a present.

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For what?

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Just take a look at it.

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I don't understand.

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That's your team, right?

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