Sterling K. Brown Quotes

N'Jobu I observed for as long as I could. Their leaders have been assassinated. Communities flooded with drugs and weapons. They are overly policed and incarcerated. All over the planet, our people suffer because they don't have the tools to fight back. With vibranium weapons they can overthrow all countries and Wakanda can rule them all, the right way.

T'Chaka Did you think you were the only spy we sent to the States?

Young N'Jadaka Baba.

N'Jobu Yes, my son?

Young N'Jadaka Tell me a story.

N'Jobu Which one?

Young N'Jadaka The story of home.

N'Jobu Millions of years ago, a meteorite made of vibranium, the strongest substance in the universe, struck the continent of ], affecting the plant life around it. And when the time of men came, five tribes settled on it and called it Wakanda. The tribes lived in constant war with each other until a warrior shaman received a vision from the panther goddess ], who led him to the Heart-Shaped Herb, a plant that granted him superhuman strength, speed, and instincts. The warrior became king and the first Black Panther, the protector of Wakanda. Four tribes agreed to live under the king's rule, but the Jabari tribe isolated themselves in the mountains. The Wakandans used vibranium to develop technology more advanced than any other nation, but as Wakanda thrived, the world around it descended further into chaos. To keep vibranium safe, the Wakandans vowed to hide in plain sight, keeping the truth of their power from the outside world.

Young N'Jadaka And we still hide, Baba?

N'Jobu Yes.

Young N'Jadaka Why?

Thelonious Monk Ellison Who is that? What are you doing?

Clifford Ellison I've taken a lover.

Thelonious Monk Ellison You've taken a lover?

Clifford Ellison You got a problem with that, homophobe?

Thelonious Monk Ellison I'm not offended that you've taken a lover, Cliff. I'm offended, Cliff, that you call it taking a lover.

Clifford Ellison Hmm. You can eat shit, nigga. I'm gonna take my lover right now.

N'Jobu Hey, look if we get in and out quick, it'll be no worries. You and the van come in from the west and laying right here. Me and the twins come in on the east, leaving this car behind. We'll come in .....

N'Jobu Hide the straps.

Zuri Yo, is it the Feds?

N'Jobu No.

Zuri It's these two ] looking chicks. They hold spears.

N'Jobu Open it.

Zuri Are you serious?

N'Jobu They won't knock again.

Zuri So, your mission did not go as planned.

T'Challa What happened to my uncle, N'Jobu? My father told me he disappeared. There was a man today wearing a ring identical to this one.

Zuri It is not possible.

T'Challa He helped Klaue escape from us and he was wearing this ring. My grandfather's ring! Do not tell me what is impossible, tell me the truth!

Zuri Some truths... are too much to bear, T'Challa.

T'Challa: That is not your choice to make. What happened to him?

Zuri I promised the king to say nothing.

T'Challa I AM YOUR KING NOW!

Zuri Your uncle took a War Dog assignment in America. Your father placed me there to observe unbeknownst to him. Your uncle fell in love with an American woman, they had a child. The hardship he saw there radicalized your uncle.

N'Jobu I observed for as long as I could. Their leaders have been assassinated. Communities flooded with drugs and weapons. They are overly policed and incarcerated. All over the planet, our people suffer because they don't have the tools to fight back. With vibranium weapons, they can overthrow all countries, and Wakanda can rule them all, the right way.

Zuri He knew your father would not support this, so your uncle betrayed us.

T'Challa No!

Zuri He helped Klaue steal the Vibranium.

T'Challa No.

T'Chaka You will return home at once where you will face the council and inform them of your crimes.

Zuri He drew his weapon on me.

Zuri Your father killed his own brother to save my life.

T'Chaka Speak nothing of this.

T'Challa And the child?

Zuri We left him. We had to maintain the lie.