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You looking at

you ain't lost nothing over here you don't need to be looking over here

they call me zoom man

that's right

ZOOM a motherfucking edge

No No No buddy fuck with me

almost went to school my damn self last week

what not to do shit

I like to be out here on the street

said things

outside

come on out

now this type of system that says right where it is

because I remember who

got some breakfast

a lot of pickup 21 times last year

every time somebody black did something

they busted me

hey mr. Washington

How you doing this date

maybe I'll call your father have him straighten you out

Come on Mr. Cortez

girl Joey got it.

Your next time

yeah this Rubin

what happened

so sorry Robin

and I'm home Dave

champion tell

Rachel Rachel anything any

keep seeing a Reuben

feeling all over the room

easy people

just want to say something

I just want to reach out and straighten their hair and

touch a dress

I know she's gone

say who you are we would go out there room with two pistols

and we hooked them little bastards down.

Reuben These are kids that ain't about nothing.

Who will kill them? Every one of them kids.

Whatever baseball caps in them goddamn sneakers.

Our snakes and a cab uncle me.

Well then buy yourself a pair of loafers then boy

image

started

talking to my son. We're not those kind of people

I'm sorry.

hey Victor. I'm sorry.

Don't Don't don't pay no attention to me tell a Roomba.

I always say too much you know Rachel ever ever since I was a kid,

you can talk yeah, I know.

Stop that killer talking you know I just saw my daughter stretched out on a cold table

a victim of that shit.

I can't grieve right

I am in this family too

Emma we could just please be quiet

you know

you're not the only people

gonna miss her.

I was her godfather remember that?

I carried her first bassinet appear on the train from Philadelphia.

And I tell you what, if they come running through here with that shit again

I got something for them man you're talking in the past

where you both please just be quiet

Hey, will you please go and get us some some cold beers

you still got cold beer in the refrigerator

going to kitchen get us some beers please. Please

I don't know what cut into her

this morning he got up and started a fight with Victor

and she turned on the radio so loud that it hurt my ear

so I thought I was gonna call you

she was just tired I met the girl outside

I met the girl outside

I can't stop thinking about that

no a hug isn't gonna make it better

she just got on my nerves so bad

Can I go out?

No. What are you going to do go outside so they can kill you too

stay inside you father just got in

I just want to go out mom

on the front steps

a new place

just be by myself

going at it

now she'd be able to grieve anyway you want to Go ahead?

So you're gonna leave now you're going to stay away or what ?

Because I really can't take it it's too much to ask me to do by myself.

I cannot deal with this and not know if you're gonna be here or not.

Look I'm here now let's not run this thing into the ground.

Right right.

Right so these these light beers off a wimp, man.

Come You ain't got no real beer because

hey, hey, Victor didn't leave on my account did he

no good good.

Hey, Rachel as cold dude.

He guess what do you know what?

Do you know that they sell imported beer on the trains now?

cost $5 A bottle. I mean, they beat you coming and going.

Do you know the first junkie I've ever met

was a Master live right around the corner no street Avenue.

And I know every motherfucker has hustling.

Stealing, robbing and procuring

grew up with all of them

you oh my boy Wesley. He told me notice kid named Russell around there

his mom be out on Avenue testing out all that let Jesus save you shit.

I have seen the bitch

she bought truckloads of hot clothes and be selling them doll Holy Moly congregation

and they all know she's stealing but they buy anyway.

But the price is right

know where it is? It was a

brother from Red Hook.

Brother named Xu man hanging out there. Zoom.

When he say he's crazy, bro.

out

Well, man, dude told me one time.

The zooman and brother Lincoln right?

Caught their moms coming out of a crack house and punched her out

his own mom's man leadership.

cold butter

I don't think I'm ready yet for us to be sleeping in bed together

but

I will let you know

where I'll be living

first couple of hours in the World

Cops sweeping the neighborhood by now I'm picking up everybody in sight.

So there ain't that many places to hide

the train sick

stay away from the people as long as you can.

Such a mom never could take pressure nowhere.

Just sit there and cry

I shot a little bit because I felt like

that's right.

Zooman felt like shooting someone in that motherfucking Gustave is lucky it ain't him

I got up this morning and felt like killing somebody.

So what I told Gustavo ever saw him around the week twins get smoked.

He just got hit by one of the strays decile

Ciechanover has been out there from John

streets of Warzone

sitting on her staff

when I was running

Sue

she was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

How am I supposed to feel guilty of something like that?

She oh no the little bit genuine

same old thing you know

nobody heard nothing. Nobody saw nothing.

What do you do Cortez?

Well cops said they could maybe the kids

and nobody on the block claims this or anything.

Listen, I'm sure I gotta go.

Yeah, can we get to the meeting?

Mike, don't let me wait from the shark too long.

Yeah, I gotta go to Well,

I asked everybody over here so I can get an idea what we do for the Champions family.

This is horrible. I feel sorry for Rachel and Jackie.

I know that little girl she she was a little thing like my baby this this is horrible.

I thought maybe collection you know, around the neighborhood.

You know, you guys don't forget, you know, we've been neighbors a long time here.

You know, me and the champ we've been? We've been thrilling for

you know, since they since they moved over here. It's it's tough.

Losing a kid like that. You know?

But the cops know, they know that.

You know, it's hard to get folks to speak up these days with these kids running around all these guns.

It's having to live like that everywhere.

Yeah, but it's hasn't been like that on this block.

I mean, if nobody's gonna say nothing about it.

You know when it could happen again? No.

Bring it bring attention to make it happen again. I say let it be.

That's real. I mean,

you know, you run your mouth and no channel wath them young fools might do

we know they're crazy. And we know they don't care who they kill.

Can we get to the business at hand?

I shouldn't say nothing.

Now that how much flour it's gonna cost I think 25 $30 is a good price.

When's the last time you bought flowers grace?

I mean something nice. We could send to the wake you know it's gonna cost at least 50 bucks.

I mean, we could send it on behalf of the block committee right?

What I mean now 10 a piece should do it right.

I'm sorry but I ain't gonna send dollars for no flowers.

Hope I don't die around here.

I'm sure it's lots of people around him. I want to give some

but y'all know This ain't about just some flowers.

I think we make a mistake if we ignore the shoot and like Cortez says

What if it happens again?

He knows speak for me.

I say stay out of

Good Good, good, good. GEORGE form of the Combine you come back to

you get back in there

bought

because

I'm glad you could make it man.

I need you

took a week off you know

I want to do some room

they leave that to the cops man

just get ran through in broad daylight you know

somebody's down to see you

me man

when the hell did you ever know the cops they catch anybody

when you're the victim What's wrong with you?

Former light and heavyweight contender

you know Reuben Tiger Tate you know nobody messed with the title

there was a time I'd have to hold you back

you know something like this happened me and you be out on the streets

to caught them sons of bitches

that was then this is now man

that was then

this

anybody can tell you that on the second day they gonna stick out your family's house

Oh you're people in the neighborhood.

So you cheer

I just can't see how you couldn't So now you just have to go

I aù telling you Yeah, yeah, I can go into drugs.

But drugs make you weak

in autumn drunk brothers go to Jeff

stuck up a few places. No, I will rob

can't even do that for too long because the cops are figuring you out.

Alive

you got your way. And I got mine.

Be honiced you don't care about me.

But that's I don't care about you either.

That's the nice thing

come on in how you doing? Again, Ben? Oh

come on. Sit down

What's up man?

I know you got something to say.

My wife she was in the backhand close when it happened.

By the time she got to the front the boys were halfway up the block.

Me I was at work driving the limo myself.

Shit.

Listen to him.

Look, come on man out with it. I know you're mad.

Look Jonah what she tell Well, nothing

you know I'm not a guy who carries tails or anything.

Cops been to most of the houses on the block not one person claims they saw anything.

What the fuck it is people afraid of Matt

Cruz when he's not driving his cab he said I'm not stoop all day long.

Oh and Grace he's got a great big picture window across the street.

You know she sees everything that goes down.

Yeah, well, whatever man but I tell you this

I carry a piece with me all the time you dig it.

You're gonna go out killing killing anybody on the street? Let them come run around

this way when I'm home. We'll see.

See what are you doing Alex?

Hey, Rachel. sorry about what happened.

Everybody loves Jack

You know what he said?

Nobody in the blood claim they saw anything.

They lie they were all out there

You know what I think there all to scared to talk to the cops

that's all

I see what you're not and I was wondering whether or not you got a chance

to see the brother that was down and shut up the neighbor the other day

somebody

from the neighborhood

please. You must have a lovely time.

Just kept rolling.

You must have seen him he ran right by you

I'm not speaking English. My mom didn't see nothing.

Okay. She didn't see anything

I saw you out here Juanita.

Yeah, well, I was running with my baby. I

I swear I swear Rachel I didn't see anything and mommy

Rachel sorry we'll be sorry for what happens again

What are you all afraid off

the edge be sharp as a razor

he ain't even know he was cut till he was halfway down the block

and the blood start dripping down. Oh best his hand.

start screaming jumping up and down.

Lean everybody waiting on the street.

Nobody do nothing

being old, only means people beat youre ash quicker.

I got me off like that. Oh,

Kenny, my brother. We just to stay at our house.

Evil Old bitch. Hit us across the mouth. Just be talking at the table.

I was glad when that junkie stole that check.

And ain't nobody do nothing yet thing even

keep the chain

thanks for

our wishes. She she's taking it hard.

I'm glad you could make it I packed right after I got to call.

I needed to get out of Boston anyway.

Good did he can watch the store and if she can. I'll know when I get back.

lax and Puerto Ricans don't like to deal with the police Ruben,

but we're not the police.

We're live in here for almost 13 years we've done for almost everybody on this block.

Cortez Washington last year.

Rachel she took Mrs. Holbrooks husband to the emergency ward.

She says that when the all day long she sees everything out there.

How come she didn't do this?

I blame a lot of this on food stamps.

Food Stamps. That's right.

When we were hungry, we all treat each other a lot better.

Nowadays, we got our bellies full we sit up belching

be watching the soap operas and the talk shows all day long.

We got a hot dog in one hand a phone in the other

children crawling around on the floor dirty the whole house filthy

and don't nobody give a damn about nobody.

When we knew that we might want to borrow a cup of flour

or a shirt or a pair of pants from the people across the street.

We were a lot more concerned about them

and a lot more concerned and conscientious about ourselves.

I see one full stop come to any door of any house on the street

food stamps

I'm sorry

all right.

I know what kind of time it is

still hard for me to accept

when Rubens call came I

sat in a chair by the window thinking about it for a long time

remember when she came up to Boston?

She went off in most people's hearts like a five crack

pour Jackie

that's a shame that's what it is

shame on us

no man listen Jackie

it's like waking up in the morning discovered that the sun got a hole in it

you have the smoothest blackest beginning of the cycle of life.

You come out of Rachel just like an explosion

just smile man

made everybody feel that you're getting the gift

you know I got the right

to want to see her grow in her boys come around and meet me

know got a right to promise life and minute.

Last Last you still a little shaking

Rachel forgot

I promised I was gonna use these no more

I'm gonna do it like this

is like this

yeah

this guy by the way I could

remember to get off the acid now

forget to Tiger

these folks ain't gonna do nothing oh no no

they're gonna come forward now

you'll come forward now

oh what's happening leave well enough alone

have you made a buddy

alright Hello

Chris How you doing?

Hello they were all on the street when it happened

you know they come home

and hold my weapon

Carlos says that if he lives here he tears that signs down

what you see in the papers is the black and the portoricans

I think it's dangerous

I don't know who she thinks she is gonna go to her house

and eat up all that food she's buying us

this is a good block used to be

this neighborhood is dead these people are good examples of it

a sign can't wake them up

job bitch call herself a school teacher then go come school with her things out

then accused me of raping her

I wasn't even in school that day.

I did eight months in juvenile different nothing

ever taught me nothing no way

but she still teach

still thinking about those neighbors

so new man that

before Rubin start boxing

here this kind of wild man streak you know.

And we talked about buying one of those RB's

and driving all over the country and taking three months with the kids

you know

I don't know how we got here.

A year ago, I was so

happy

and I can't get him to tell me why.

Forgive him and try our best to forget about

just like that, just like that.

You punish any man too long,

and his gears are likely to shift in reverse.

Now if you want it you can go forward in life driving a grudge Ray Ray.

Graduates don't get good mileage.

Well, I want to move.

I took the kids over to one of those shopping Mart's over at New Rochelle

and it was nice.

But I can get Ruben to move on nothing. It's always something else.

And there was that sign

I'm getting mad about the minute about that scientist.

I mean, here we are collecting money for his daughter's funeral flowers.

And he's accusing everybody are doing what I know he would have done.

They've been no Martin Luther King in this neighborhood.

I don't blame these folks.

I don't much like it either. You know,

but that has got nothing to do with sending flowers to that little girl.

Come on. I didn't see the kids, but maybe just maybe somebody on the black did.

Many more houses began just cruise across the street.

I mean, it'd be different if Rubin had been around.

But he nobody's seen him in at least two or three months.

I mean him and that woman had been toghether

and when did he become such a good daddy

come on let's go get some money from crews

Hey oh yeah man it's time we'll Shandong collection

but I had a Roubini Rachel

so we could send some flowers you know reef to the to the wake

what do you say

he's not too happy about the sign either

them right I'm not too happy about the sign

speak English Hey Washington you know what you speak spanish

you have been here long enough right?

Would you guys take it easy I mean, you know,

Washington did not put up the sign

so you know, I moved to this neighborhood so I can get away from the nuts and the crackpots

I didn't see his little girl get shot.

But that same makes us all look bad watch too.

And you know what, I'm not gonna give shit for that collection.

Alright, and you can tell him Washington that I say

that if he doesn't put that sign down I'm gonna put it down for him

got that

it's not about the sign man.

It's about his little girl

you still think florists?

No I don't want to know about

Jesus

sorry three maybe four months ago

I am not gonna say this again.

There is no other woman

okay

okay look at them room

I thought Boston would be the place to escape the craziness of New York

but it didn't it's all the same

don't think you're crazy

got to get to your head man

ya know same thing happened to Joe

Scott let it go life

Give me a gun

through

yeah it'll take a while

she and I got the joint here in my mom's room.

No she in bed sick you know since the shooting so

Mr. Bear accept

I get a photo get a photo

we go smoke

zoomman if I could find you

black kills a black and they don't catch you right away.

They love to forget about this shit.

My mate we're never gonna forget about me

some he will chase my ass damnit five blocks.

Imagine that.

We're gonna expect me to eat out no garbage can did you.

That old lady didn't need all that cash anyway

they ain't cought zooman yet

and they may never catch me

When Ruben Tate's 12 year old daughter Jackie died

victim to a senseless street gang shooting in broad daylight.

None of his neighbors came out to identify the killer

Ruben Tate had to resort to his own devices.

And this was the sign that brings us here today.

Well, I think I think it's affected the neighborhood very bad because

it doesn't help it any and it like puts one neighbor against each other.

Look at this this this is not fair.

This is like shows us like like, we don't care for each other here in this neighborhood.

That's that's not true.

Do you have any children Mrs. Turner?

Yeah. This my little baby girl. Denise,

what would you have done if Denise were the person that was killed?

Oh, I can't even think about it. I mean,

I don't know. Take your cat.

Excuse me, sir. I was wondering if I could ask you a few questions about

were you here during the killing

who is this candy cameras.

Kevin somebody

was somebody in that shop didn't see what was going on

I heard the shots I came running out and all kinds of stuff was

when people were running. Hi, Nick.

And what do you think about the sign that Mr. Tate has put up

you know, it's kind of torn the neighborhood apart you know,

why is this sign creating all this hostility?

It's not strictly a black thing there's an everybody thing

that can y'all get with that you ready now

the trouble with all these neighborhoods he complained about safety

but nobody gonna come out and do nothing about it

So I put that sign up there because somebody saw my daughter get killed

and nobody can tell me anything about it.

Nobody does say nothing

How come you so should somebody saw it

you accusing everybody around here

you saw it and you should have taken better care of yourself

see what that sign says

you the ones causing all the trouble

you take that sign down there

Are you a member of the family sir?

Now no member of the family but I don't live around here

and I'm glad I don't I'm glad I don't live around a bunch of cowards.

This sign has divided this once quiet Brooklyn neighborhood

putting neighbor against neighbor Friend against friend

this is truly a sign of the times.

This is Lisa Roden with wn YB news channel six

you know I think after that then I finally get that message across

next time I'm on now next time

what do you think you still ring it's not a Circus

a circus when when they can throw that street and killed our daughter and

nobody in that block did anything about it.

Not gonna let them ever forget about Jackie Jackie

Who the hell is Jackie

from pages TV interviews all

in the name of Jackie this is her time

the last little bit of time we have left and someone in this family better pay attention to it

always some black boom want to be a hero

nobody never pulled no shit like that before though.

Got killings, rape drugs all kinds should be going on every day.

Don't nobody say nothing.

crack houses everywhere. trash on the streets.

Whenever no stalls on Avenue you had to go halfway around the world

to get to the Chinese laundry to get your clothes clean or your shoes fix

ain't nothing in there by Baba shots and chunky corner grocery

and every now and then drugstore with a man so your pills

and caught from behind a bulletproof glass.

I don't like shopping on the other side of a bulletproof glass.

Do you hear what I'm saying?

Wait till i put a bullet into his ash,

we see how much daddy see

Niggers cannot beat Heroes don't they know nothing.

Now we'll do this Vic

got your whole life ahead of you man.

What happens they lock you in the slams

the fuck you gonna do?

It's Me man

that the homicide is a capital offense.

Say no fucking joke

like it's especially if you go to Elmira sing sing,

Oh man, I heard he liked to meet girls or young guys like us.

Yeah, so you got that crazy look on your face.

Now what you're gonna do they just jumped to us and took it.

He man I say you let Blue Cat Zoo.

Alright, alright, I got an idea.

Why don't we just hang aside like your father

You know Roger neck

and at the bottom of who we play

zoomman? I'm coming to get you.

Yeah, that's funny man.

puffs got his way. I got mine.

What if you smoke shoot.

And I get killed. I'll get killed.

Just like that. Just like that

try to play border Vic.

We started to get like your father man. Watch this shit.

Let me have the people around here. even read that damn sign.

The other half Puerto Rican. And the ones who can't read it?

I think it's just pissing him off.

Because that kind of shit man brings a whole neighborhood down

maybe through DC the whole thing man.

Nobody around him when we deal with no cops.

I just think your father is just trying to bring attention to himself man. I said

you want to fight me nigger's dadday

find out and stay alive home

make us I have you killed nobody.

Anybody else?

Back till you stop, man.

When all the shit goes down

and they find something on your black ass

take the gun

I don't know.

Like you on y'all

then you don't know me all right.

µThat was my sister nigger.

That was my sister they kill so fuck you

just assigned

to me

all the time

and make it a potato salad.

No, I have changed my mind on that potato salad.

I don't want anybody in this neighborhood coming to my house

slapping down my food and staggering over with their bellies full.

I never heard of a black family morning in my life here

I didn't have potato salad for the people who came by to pay their respects.

It's bad manners.

What are they supposed to eat?

I need something to do with my hands.

It keeps my mind off things.

Some people got more mouth than they need to be having.

Hang sharks trying to make us all look bad.

He's trying to call attention to himself. that's all

please, Brooklyn ain't no worse than any other neighborhoods.

My people live down there.

My grandmother lived down there. She goes to church every Sunday.

So he don't need to be pointing no fingers.

Look it all up on a TV with the mother act

and then see her up in there.

Maybe she wasn't there to date.

The little girl got shot either.

Maybe he should be pointing the finger at her.

And, you know, maybe Rachel,

in her own way is trying to get back at you

know what I mean?

Never changes me. You know, everything I do is wrong.

You know, damn well, I put that sign up to shame people into coming forward.

That's one of the worst of that one thing about no damn TV

has happened. You know?

What kind of father I'd be not putting my own daughter first.

I'm tired. I'm tired. Well, women don't know what we go through.

My first way, Bernie. All I did

was do do this. Do that.

Never once did she say

thank you. Never once

was wife probably thank you

I go there

you know Chad don't

forget am i doing champ

last sphinx

What was that

the seventh way

oh by the way

they they call you for Oprah yet

yeah

you and that sign and it was all over the TV

Personally I'll I think it paints everybody the same color

don't you

it does I mean it looks kind of bad

that's my daughter Damon

yeah well I didn't kill your daughter

needed a nobody else that live on the street

who the hell made you conscious of the block anyway

a senior Ronnie moans

take it easy

so so take the sign down

you can make me take the shot

I'll make you take it down

well if I anymore over here Asha won't be like fixing his food

girl

I guess you just about run out of like

I'm holding on

Rachel It's a shame

I think I would went out my mind if it had been Denise

they'd had to carry me out on a stretch and strap me down my only child

they might have had to strap Mike down to you know

male always love the little girls most

Well, I didn't intend to stay

I sneaked over here anyway.

was late

Well, everyone's down on Ruben about that sign.

We ain't blaming you though.

We know he ain't been around much.

Stay out of my business grace.

Let's cut the shit Rachel.

Hassan's gotta go.

And I ain't in your business but y'all seem to be the ones what everybody in

it seems like y'all the ones trying to call attention to yourself.

And what if you didn't see it?

A lot of people did.

Or most people were too busy dive and out the way

and that sign lumps the good with the bad.

And every time you turn around, we're saying something terrible about ourselves.

We can't get it together.

A Man ain't no good we try for it

everywhere we live as a slum.

Jackie's dying

is John's personal business.

Killing on the block is everybody's business grace.

everybody's business.

Now you know. I didn't see y'all get so upset when those hoodlums rape Jefferson's little girl Myrtle

he didn't hang no sign.

And where were you when Mrs. Stewart got killed?

Did you see a grace?

No

I have to lose you too?

Go ahead

play me shit on me all right

I don't care

I'm used to it

you look like I'm finished

I'm just getting started

Hello?

Anybody home

mom dad

Something smells really good

I gotta say nobody home but me

the motherfucker that put up that sign

I wouldn't be in this shithole

more you know me

know what I'm like

everybody after me

What the fuck?

If you're gonna treat me like an animal

I'm gonna act like an animal Yeah.

Nah nah man. I'm serious man. Look, look stop drinking,

chasing and women get back in the gym. You know what I mean?

We'll get you a couple of six Rounders first right you can do it again.

I want him guys all over the place man. She

does this for me you know things are bad enough for Rachel.

make it any worse.

Oh, man.

It's too late. We're going home now.

Never stop think about getting back on these young five

you okay, you're all right

fine. I'm fine. I'm fine.

Everybody Alright, who did that

I don't know somebody from the neighborhood?

I didn't see anybody some fool throw a brick through the window.

I bet you Davis had something to do with this

What is that doing here

it's Victor's

Victor

Victor Come in

Come on.

Would you get that gun

up? Hey, I asked you a question. Where'd you get that gun?

I found it where

what difference does it make you want me to thrash you?

They will send you to school so you could be like one of them punks to kill your sister.

No I gotta protect his family right

you gotta protect what?

This family

I don't understand you

we lost Jackie three days ago

get the sign down please

can you see what's happening to us

Let's sign in who nobody wants to feel guilty

I'm spray painter sign I'll tear down

put up another one and spray paint that was a tear that down

I'll put up another one on a saturated neighborhood

put that sign and every telephone pole on the block

put that sign on every barber shop every storefront window

I can fright them

I fright them in the bars and give a damn about none of them

Penny

daddy

I miss her

I know son I miss her too

didn't hear you wake up

thinking about Jackie

and today

kept me up I didn't sleep much

you look good

I'm sorry about last night

what happened to us Ruben

we used to talk

make all kinds of plans

you remember how it used to be

right number one

is Mr. Tate this Mrs. Tate that

and suddenly it all went sour but downhill

next thing you know I'm driving the bus

nobody remembers your teen anymore

don't get any respect

never lost respect for you

yes you did

I need you back now

let's go see our daughter

say goodbye

will remember her smiling face,

how she tried to make everyone around her happy.

The classes of Cornell Junior High School. Leave her with this message.

No matter what today of what the year will treat your memory. Like you still here

will remember all the good things that you said.

And know your soul will never be dead

because you're live in our hearts for all eternity

from your friends, the fifth grade class to afraid

Jackie

shoe

skirt

shadow the shadow shadow

Why should I feel lonely?

You go

turned out to be a real nice day for the funeral

yeah

I tried to get Alex to come to this meeting but

he's on the Champs side

you must have been the saddest funeral I ever went to

funerals of not on a man the man put up a sign

that that's calling us the worst people in the world

now that's what we hear from

young people get shot every day.

I'll see nobody putting them no signs come on. He put

it off because they shot his little girl okay.

They shot my cousin Hector last year on gets three

I remember when they do nothing

two man say that they killed the lady across the street from him.

The man is calling you your mother and everybody else around here responsible for his little girl's death.

Well, Are you

No.

You

This is wack man.

All right. And I don't like it either.

But I'll tell you one thing. I can't bring the guy.

I mean we can't really blame the guy that would have happened to my kid I probably would have done the same thing myself.

Look,

you get shot that's between you and the person that shot you.

Police don't come arrest everybody on the block.

That sign kills everybody.

Davis's right. But it was never as bad around here as it's getting.

And looks like people don't talk to the children anymore.

You hear them talking back.

It's like the kids is wondering the grown ups.

I say we take the legal route with Rubin

sue the man that's gonna take forever

we take that sign down and that's what I say.

No, I'm 100% with him on

that y'all need to quit drinking. I'm not going down to nobody's houses dry nobody's property. No,

we two doors from him right now.

Are you going to tear this place down? If I say something you don't like?

Anybody got anything constructive to say?

I still think we should do something about those boys.

A girl at my job went to the cops identify two boys.

One day later, one of the brothers shot her

shot her in the back she could never walk again. Okay

I wish I would have seen it. It wouldn't even be here.

I mean, I'd be scared you know because

I have kids and stuff but

but I think if I would have seen it I would tell somebody

and that sign out there

just makes me feel shame you.

I'd be afraid to say if I had seen him.

I'm in that shop by myself during the day.

So we're going to go talk to Ruben about this or not

what

I am for talking

I am for doing

I'm gonna just be out of here

yeah

yo man this is fucked up or maybe it's falling apart

the man like it to me

I mean what did he put on a powder

I call you no more either you know my neighborhoods against us

somebody saw something

don't you understand

you can't live on this block

see my daughter killed and not do anything about it

supposed to be my neighbors

you can't do that to me

Ruben I just got through sitting in front of Jackie

I don't want to wind up sitting in front of either one of you

that's okay babe

that's never gonna happen to his family again.

So I'm gonna be right here

Cornel West

now with Rachel logic without her right now

so leave a message when you hear that beep all right

I used to play a piano when I was a little kid

I should go to Christine

Me and Christine we're going to go for like two years

seemed like a long time now.

You know we should talk all that talk about

having some kids maybe getting a little apartment.

Please come on. Christine can even read

about to promote highest to temporary

the bitch can't have take care a little kid otto gave her

little muffled me dirty all the time smelling like pee

and Christine be laying up on the couch watching TV.

Now I try to tell her that that in a way to raise a little kid you know

she don't listen to me. No she told me

Christine said as long as I'm getting my check

he is gonna be all right

you know what you worried about it for Nikki you ain't got to take care of him

I know he ain't my kid

that's the one on the turn out like me I saw

I mean what somebody like that gonna do for men on the move like me.

Wait a minute.

What I did was an accident.

You want to?

What do you think?

That's good I think it looks better than the last one

that to tear this one down I mean no one coming behind this one let's go

hey hey smoothing

come on it's not a restaurant

he gonna throw me out no lock of none of them 30 derelicts on the street

they got nothing better to do

that's kind of quiet around here since last time I was around

oh okay

look what we got here yeah

what is he gonna think of next

yeah

nothing man

who the fuck are you man

was there you have to step to me like that

together she's my neighborhood

I'm not afraid of him nobody

I going no where

Jack come on out here.

Andrew. What's going on?

Neighborhoods out there

you better take the SAT it will

be best come on down talking

looks like we got some action

No, no mistake.

I'm coming with a Rube and don't worry. I got you back

to Washington.

Thank you doing the right thing. Well, Adam,

hey, Trent. And you know me a long time. I mean, me and you.

We canvassed this whole block together for Lomax a little boy,

man Hey, man, you want me to do what you want to do? You have to take the sign down ?

Don't call me no nigger. You understand?

What I said? Don't call me no nigger. Do you understand me?

I didn't mean it. Like that, no fighting

chance. Yeah. The people want you to take the sign down

until somebody identifies the boy who killed my daughter.

No, no, you know who did it somebody saw it.

Chris, I saw you on your way to work and I saw you to Washington

and you to Davis. And Juanita I know I saw you and your mother out there

because I was up there with Jackie just before it happened.

And this street was crawling with people.

I was on my way to work I did not see anything me neither

I was inside my store Mrs. Tate

as soon as I heard the first shots I ran out.

i Yeah, kid ran past me but I didn't get a good look at him.

And I was scared. I didn't want to bullets were coming.

Somebody saw them

and they killed my little girl.

Not your daughter Aisha Washington.

Not your son cruise my Jackie

Davis if y'all was to put as much energy

into trying to find the killers instead of

forcing Ruben to put that sign down

this would all be unnecessary

the sign is staying.

Okay let's go

We are we are going you all ain't do nothing

your shift

thing Mr. Davis is gonna come back

I don't think so. But if he does

just tap him lightly with his bet

nobody ever listens to me

it's like

Mom and Dad always telling me

I'm getting a better education and they had

a normal how to do

more they never let me say anything

it's like a muscle dead any opinion no voice

most parents forget that they were your age Victor

that's why they make so many damn mistakes

they think that being old means being right

and it ain't

looks pretty quiet to me.

And sleepy I

oh no not the kid

he vic don't be too hard

they love you

and I love them too

but it's like

me and Jackie so dark all the time

and

I never told him about it either.

And now I can't tell

why not it was all Jack used to do

maybe she wanted my moms and dad back together so bad

she'd act up

on purpose

just just got my mom's room so bad that you'd had to call my father

just to punish

there she's saying right

that's why she was on the stoop the other day

waiting for

I can't tell him that again

like you can't

I'm glad you told me

me too.

Hey and I never heard a word

it's me and your secret because okay.

Hey it's yours.

Your daddy be down to relieve you in an hour

changing of the guards

Yeah, I gave him instructions

It is a special kid you got there

once upon a time, while the goose was drinking wine.

Oh monkey rob the people on the trolley car loud

that little motherfucker Gustaf

he ain't got enough man and him to stand up to the pressure that the cops can put on you

by now the police done squeezed them and he probably screamed his guts out little bitch

I bet you got little motherfucker then gave them a complete description

Zooman had the gun Zooman fired the shots

Zooman chase the standard street firing all the way it was Zooman

so I don't because I put the whole thing on him if the situation was reverse

it means that we sometimes

will be off the streets soon Don't worry

I just got one more thing to do

some other fucking Sandman sending people after me

making my life hel I can't even go home to my own family

I got some for his ass

Want to be a hero?

You okay, all right.

Oh my God daddy is in the apartment.

Oh my God.

You're all right.

Okay.

Good Victor.

little bit scary

but when I look in my life

sometimes I just have to cry changes but heaven knows I am willing to try

Tomorrow

you're gonna live it again you might

want to save Us helping you out