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Family Conflict and Biblical Advice
Grandpa
Proverbs 22:10. Cast out the scorner, and the contention shall go out. Yea Strife, and reproach shall cease.
Caine
So what you tryin to say, Grandpa?
Grandpa
Son, you've got to go. I don't want you to remain in our house another night.
Caine
What y'all want me to do?
Grandpa
I want you out of here tonight!
[firmly]
Grandma
We're sorry, Caine.
Caine
Y'all not too sorry. I mean, y'all kicking me out?
[shocked]
Grandpa
I've done all I can do for you. We tried our best to raise you, but you're bad.
Caine
I wasn't gonna tell y'all til later, but in a couple weeks, I'm gonna be moving to Atlanta with Ronnie. I mean, can't I just stay until then?
Grandma
I hope you're not gonna mess up that girl's life, Caine.
[angrily]
Caine
But Grandma, I--
Grandpa
Caine! Now, I sincerely hope you get your life together. Lord knows it. I do, too. But I cannot have you in my home one more night.
[interrupts while standing firm on his decision]
Caine
Grandma!
[Grandma turns away]
Caine
Fine!
[gets up and starts walking out, but briefly stops and glares at his grandpa before leaving]
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A Demanding Fast-Food Order in Tension
Caine
I want your motherfuckin Daytons and your motherfuckin stereo. And I'll take a double burger with cheese.
[bursts into a car at a fast-food drive-thru lane and points a gun at the man in the car]
Car-jack victim
What?
Caine
Motherfucker, order my motherfuckin food!
Fast-food employee
Hi, may I take your order, please?
[through intercom]
Car-jack victim
Yeah, uh, let me have a double burger, uh, some fries--
Caine
Motherfucker, I said with cheese, nigga!
Car-jack victim
Shit! Yo, uh, make that a double burger with cheese.
[into intercom]
Caine
See, y'all would've made me shoot your stupid ass over nothing.
Car-jack victim
Hey, come on, man, we supposed to be brothers.
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Reconnecting After Time Apart
Pernell
It's been a long time, Caine. How you doin', man? How come you never come see me?
[during a visit to the penitentiary]
Caine
Man, I don't want to see you all caged up like some animal.
[looking down]
Pernell
Is that what you think? I'm a animal?
Caine
Nah. When I was growin up, you was like my dad, man.
[looks up, almost in tears]
Pernell
Your letters, in the beginning, it got me through, young brah. Away from my girl, away from my baby, away from you. Go with Ronnie, Caine.
[takes the phone away from his ear in disbelief, only to return it]
Caine
Man, I ain't--it ain't even--
Pernell
I know the way she feels about you and that's cool. She's a good girl, you know? And take care of my son. I can't do shit for him in here. You teach him better than I taught you, man. Teach him the way we grew up was bullshit. A'ight? Gimme some.
[puts his knuckles to the glass]
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A Conversation About Choices and Consequences
Caine
You going to Kansas with this fool?
Sharif
Yeah, Caine. You should come too, man. I mean, you're not doing nothing out here but getting yourself in a lot of trouble. I know your grandmother would be happy.
Caine
Shit, I ain't going no place.
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The Emptiness of Violence
Caine
I thought killing those fools would make me feel good, but it really didn't make me feel anything. I just knew that I could kill somebody, and if I had to, I could do it again.
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O-Dog: A Portrait of Reckless Rebellion
Caine
Now O-Dog was the craziest nigga alive. America's nightmare: Young, black, and didn't give a fuck.
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Debate on Violence and Morality Among Friends
Caine
Look, nigga, I told you to stop showing the fuckin tape.
[after O-Dog and A-Wax discuss the store surveillance tape]
O-Dog
Man, why do you keep on bitchin about my tape, man? Damn, man ain't shit gonna happen, all right? All right? Damn! We're just gonna find these little marks and smoke em. Shit ain't that hard.
Caine
As long as there ain't no crowds. Look, I'm not killing no kids or old folks, all right?
O-Dog
Hey, man, who the fuck gonna be old out there at 12:00 at night, bitch? Shit, I'll smoke anybody, I just don't give a fuck. Shit. Hit this shit!
[laughing; hands Caine a joint]
Caine
Look, not me, all right? I'm not killin no kids.
O-Dog
Hey, you know what, nigga? You actin like a little bitch right now. You actin real paranoid and shit. Now these motherfuckers smoked your goddamn cousin in front of you, nigga. Blew his head off in front of your face and you ain't gonna do shit? You actin like a little bitch right now, nigga. Man, fuck that, I ain't lettin that shit ride. We gonna go ahead and smoke all these motherfuckers, I don't care who the fuck out there. Goddamn it, is you down, nigga?
[getting angry with Caine's attitude]
A-Wax
Man, both y'all shut the fuck up! Both y'all actin like some motherfuckin bitches. Shit! Scared to peel these punk-ass nigga's cap. Man, give me my motherfuckin joint, nigga!
[takes joint from O-Dog]
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The Essence of Reality and Truth
Taglines
This is the truth. This is what's real.
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A Request for Assistance and Bargaining
O-Dog
You got some money or not?
Basehead
Come on, man. You know I'm a little short. Hook me up, man.
O-Dog
Nigga, hook you up? Get the fuck outta here.
Basehead
Hey, check this out, man. I got these cheeseburgers! They some double cheeseburgers.
O-Dog
Nigga, I just ate. Man, I just ate fool. I don't want no motherfuckin cheeseburgers. If you ain't got no money, you just assed out.
Basehead
Man, man, I'll suck your dick. Come on, man, just hook me up.
[as O-Dog was Leaving]
O-Dog
The fuck you just say, nigga?
Basehead
I said I'll suck your dick, man! Come on now.
O-Dog
Suck on that, you bitch-ass trick!
[shoots basehead]
A-Wax
O-Dog, what the fuck you doing?!
Jackee
Yo, Dog, hurry up!
O-Dog
Any of y'all want a hamburger? What's wrong? Y'all don't want a hamburger?
[Kicks basehead's corpse and steals his hamburgers, then says to A-Wax and Jackee]
A-Wax
I don't want no motherfucking hamburger. Nigga, you stupid, man!
O-Dog
I got it from that basehead.
A-Wax
You stupid!
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Life Lessons Beyond the Classroom
Caine
For all the bullshit they try to teach you in high school, I graduated with about half of it. But then, I didn't go to school but half the time. The other half, I was out selling dope. Growing up out here, there was shit that couldn't be learned in no classroom.
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Existence and the Value of Life
Grandpa
Do you care whether you live or die?
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Unpredictable Consequences of Life in the Hood
Caine
Went into the store just to get a beer. Came out an accessory to murder and armed robbery. It's funny like that in the hood sometimes. You never knew what was gonna happen, or when. After that I knew it was gonna be a long summer.
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Belief and Materialism in Perspective
Grandpa
You don't have any belief, boy. The Lord don't care about who's got the biggest house
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Cultural Identity and Humor in Cold Weather
Sharif
What's up, black man?
Caine
Coolin'. Man, why you got that goddamn hood on your head, lookin like the Grim Reaper?
Sharif
It's cold out here, my brother. You know us black folks not used to this cold air. We a tropical people, you understand? Let them Europeans deal with this madness.
Caine
Then why your tropical ass sittin on the goddamn cooler?
Sharif
To keep you fools from drinking this poison. That's why.
Caine
Man, you better get your Shelenkem-Shilom ass up off this box and pass me a motherfuckin brew.
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Unplanned Pregnancy and Relationship Strain
Ilena
I'm pregnant.
Caine
Well, what the fuck you tellin me for?
Ilena
What? So you just gonna dog me?
Caine
It ain't mine.
Ilena
Look, you the only one I was with!
Caine
Stop lying, alright? Besides, I had the jimmy on extra tight.
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Growing Up in a Troubled Environment
Caine
My father sold dope and my mother was a heroin addict. Moms and Pops were real popular in the neighborhood. They would always be giving parties for friends of theirs who just got out of jail or was on their way to jail. They only got married cause I was born. My pop sometimes worked as an electrician or a cab driver or a plumber, but his main job was selling drugs. Sometimes Mom would use em all up before he could even sell em. Then he'd have to beat her up. Growing up with parents like that, I heard a lot and I saw a lot. I caught on to the criminal life real quick. Instead of keeping me out of trouble, they turned me on to it.
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Tensions Rise in a Convenience Store Encounter
Storekeeper
You not drink beer in store!
Caine
Hey, man, I'm a pay you!
O-Dog
Hey, look, bitch, stop following me around this motherfucker! You getting on my nerves!
[to storekeeper's wife]
Storekeeper's wife
Hurry up and buy.
O-Dog
Shut the fuck up.
[mutters]
Storekeeper
Just pay and leave!
[as Caine and O-Dog get ready to pay for their beers]
Caine
Hey, man, I said I'ma pay you. Why don't you calm your motherfuckin nerves? Damn.
Storekeeper
Hurry up and go.
O-Dog
Why don't you give my homeboy his change?
Storekeeper
I don't want any trouble. Just get out.
[gives O-Dog Caine's change]
O-Dog
Can't stand y'all.
[disgusted as he walks out]
Storekeeper
I feel sorry for your mother.
O-Dog
What you say about my mama? You feel sorry for who?
[stops and turns back]
Storekeeper
I don't want any trouble! Just get out!
O-Dog
Huh? (throws change to ground and advances towards the storekeeper) The fuck you say about my mama?
Storekeeper
I don't want any trouble! Just get out!
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Consequences of Choices in the Hood
Caine
After stomping on Ilena's cousin like that, I knew I was gonna have to deal with that fool someday, but damn. I never thought he'd come back like this—blasting. Like I said, it was funny like that in the hood sometimes. I mean, you never knew what was gonna happen or when. I'd done too much to turn back, and I'd done too much to go on. I guess in the end, it all catches up with you. My grandpa asked me one time if I care whether I live or die. Yeah, I do—and now it's too late.
[as he dies in the street]
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A Call to Embrace Opportunity and Change
Ronnie
You need to be glad that you graduated from high school, and that you're alive at eighteen, and you need to do something with yourself before you end up like he (Pernell) did.
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Consequences of Violence in Community Life
Grandpa
Now what I want to talk to you two about is the trouble that you've been getting into. Boys, the Lord didn't put you here to be shooting and killing each other. It's right there in the Bible, Exodus 20:13: "Thou shall not kill.
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Debt Dispute Between Friends
Tat Lawson
Look here, man. Now that you been out the joint two weeks, don't you think it's about time you gave me my money?
[playing cards at a table]
Man
Told you I ain't got your money yet, man.
Tat Lawson
The fuck you mean you ain't got my money yet? Motherfuckin everybody know about that money you hid from that robbery!
Man
Motherfucker, I told you I ain't got your money yet, man.
Tat Lawson
The fuck you mean you ain't got my money yet? Motherfucker, you best be comin up with my cash or else, you know what I'm sayin'?
[tilts head to the left]
Man
Fuck you, Tat! Fuck you think you is, motherfuckin Ron O'Neill or somethin'? Talkin about I better pay or else. I ain't your bitch, nigga! Well, whatcha gon do?
[shrugs]
Tat Lawson
Oh, what I'm gon do?
[pulls out revolver and points it at the man]
Man
What? I'm supposed to be scared now that you pull out a pistol, motherfucker? I just spent five motherfuckin years in the joint. I told ya I pay your monkey-ass when I feel like it. Better suck my dick.
Tat Lawson
Suck on this, motherfucker!
[while he shoots the man 8 times]
A-Wax
Give us a motherfuckin doctor!
[to nurse]
Nurse
You'll have to fill out these forms first.
Lady
Bitch, fuck the forms! We need a doctor! He's bleeding to death over there!
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A Tense Encounter Among Friends
Ilena's cousin
Hey, which one of y'all is Caine?
[approaches Caine and O-Dog at Caine's house]
O-Dog
Who's this fool, man?
Caine
Who wanna know?
Ilena's cousin
A friend, homie.
Caine
Oh, homie, hey, I don't think you know me.
Ilena's cousin
Check this out, I'm Ilena's cousin, partna'. She don't like the way you've been doggin her and I don't either.
Caine
We supposed to fight over a bitch?
[stunned]
Ilena's cousin
I think you need to watch who you're callin a bitch, partna'.
Caine
Yeah, and I think you better watch who the fuck you--
[Caine punches, shoves then stomps on Ilena's cousin as neighbors react and gather to watch]
O-Dog
Go ahead strap that fool! Rush him, nigga! Rush him!
Caine
Tryin to come to my hood and start all that shit! I ain't no punk!
[continues stomping]
O-Dog
Stomp! Stomp!
Grandpa
Kaydee? KAYDEE!
[comes outside and sees Caine stomping]
O-Dog
Caine! Caine! Chill, homie!
[sees Caine's grandpa and stops Caine]
Grandpa
Get your ass in the house!
[pulls Caine aside]
O-Dog
Punk motherfucker!
[stomps Ilena's cousin once before walking away]
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