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Fifty guys in the Ravens, man.

One more ain't gonna make a difference.

We're going to war!

Jesse, they make war on their own people.

And you will put the knife in them.

I can't help him!

Where is he?

Hey, I'm going to live forever.

I'm going to learn how to fly.

Hey, how's Billy coming together?

He's going to save me at night.

Hey, I'm going to make it to heaven.

Light up the sky like a flame.

Hey, I'm going to live forever.

Baby, remember my love.

You got big dreams.

You want fame.

Well, fame costs.

And right here is where you store fame and sweat.

I'm going to live forever.

Baby, remember my love.

I'm dead at night, shadows fall, the time is right I hear the call, my head is hot, my heart is cold I can't hold back,

I'm out of control They took everything they could, but they didn't get it all You always find the heart in me,

your back against the wall It's all a savage dream,

I'm ready to make my stay I stand on my own to be once again No more rooms,

tables are telling me I can't turn back Bridges are burning, nothing to lose I'll place them all, the bigger they are,

the harder they fall My heart feels like it could rain, I'm not giving in I take it all, but I can't take it,

now I'm back to bed Back on the savage dreams,

I'm ready to make my stay I stand on my own to be once again No more rooms,

tables are telling me I can't turn back I can't hold back,

I'm out of control I stand on my own to be once again Everything ain't good,

but they didn't get it all You always fight the hardest, with your back up against the wall I'm from a savage street,

I'm ready to make my stay I'll stand on my own to be once again I'm back on a savage street,

I'm ready to make my stay I'll stand on my own to be once again But never I'm back on the street Good!

That was good, everybody.

I like it.

I like it.

Be careful, Jesse.

Be careful.

That was good, Jesse.

Thanks, man.

Thanks, son.

Baby, you all right?

Yeah, I just lost my concentration a little bit.

Well, you gotta get it back, because you know this is the street version of Carmen.

It's tough stuff.

I know, I know.

It won't happen again, okay?

No offense, but if it does, I can jump right into this pot, Dusty.

Thanks, but I think I got it covered.

Just trying to help.

Leroy, how come we're doing a street version of Carmen?

Just because we don't have a lot of students in the school who can handle the opera.

I can handle the opera.

I can be Carmen.

I'm impressed, but that's only one row, babe.

I can handle all the rows.

I can even do that tenor part, you know, where he's chasing Carmen and stuff.

I don't know the words, but I can do that part.

Maybe we'll discuss this later.

Well, how much later?

Because I'm ready to jump into this part now.

Hey, what was that all about in there?

It's you, Jesse.

Me?

What are you talking about?

Well, you know that beat that I had to take in the dance where I look at you?

Mm-hmm.

Well, something like flash in front of my eyes.

It was a knife.

A knife?

And I've been seeing other things, too, things that really scare me, and it's always when I'm looking at you.

Is there something going on that you're not telling me about?

No, everything's fine.

I wish I could believe that.

Hey, now, wait a minute.

I think you're getting a little bit carried away by this part.

I mean, just because you're playing a fortune teller doesn't mean you are one.

Hey, everything's cool, babe, I swear.

Listen, I'll see you later.

All right.

What are you doing here?

This is my bodega.

Where should I be?

It's just that you're early.

It's just that I wanted to see that you got school on the time.

Go ahead.

Nah.

It's all right.

I got a couple of minutes.

Hey, so how did it go last night with Rosemary?

So how do it go?

I'll tell you how it went.

That crazy Rosemary proposed to me.

Are you serious?

Can you believe a thing like that?

Yeah.

So when's the wedding?

The woman does not propose to the man.

Okay, so you go back and propose to her.

Jesse, look at me.

Are you looking?

I am 64 years old.

You spent most of those years alone.

Who's alone?

I've got you, haven't I?

That's not the same as having a wife, Hector.

Wise guy.

Is that what I pay you for?

You think you know everything?

Oh, I know.

You think that you are the son that I never had.

Well, I'm gonna tell you why I let you stay around.

It's because you're a pretty good worker and because I don't have to pay you so much.

What's the use?

I like him.

The oce, I like him too.

Then why don't you tell me what's bothering you?

Nothing's bothering them.

That's another thing.

You are a lousy liar.

Yes.

What do you want?

Jesse.

Jesse wants nothing to do with you.

I think we'd better let him decide.

Um, it's all right, Hector.

It's cool.

I'll be right back.

We'll be right back.

The Ravens are beginning to think you don't like us.

We're very hurt.

How many times we asked you to be one of us?

How many times, Rafael?

A lot of times, man.

You see?

And still you say no?

We don't understand.

Is there something wrong with us?

Hey, George, come on, man.

What are you talking about?

I got nothing against you guys.

And we got nothing against you?

Even though you are a ballerina.

We need you, Velasquez.

That's why we're going to give you this last chance.

George, you got 50 guys in the Ravens, man.

One more ain't going to make a difference.

We're going to war.

My kid brother Luis is a regular general.

We got trouble with the skulls.

So what else is new?

There's always trouble with the skulls.

No, it's different now.

Popeye's back.

I thought he was an Attica.

Well, Attica don't want to move.

He's too mean.

You got out a week ago.

Took over the skulls, said they turned into a bunch of old women while he was away.

And now he's had to prove their men.

You got it.

They grabbed two of our warriors and beat them real bad.

himself took a personal interest so we need every man we can get are you a man Velasquez are you just a little

ballerina is that why you brought me up here man to insult me I don't have to prove I'm a man to you I don't know you

nothing shut up man you owe us plenty you live in our neighborhood you walk our streets streets we've made safe for you

but still you hold yourself apart you take from us but you won't give back why do you even live here man lives he's got

a good deal a room in a bodega all they can eat and Hector the old man who takes care of you like a little baby well

the free ride is over we're calling on you Velasquez and what if I don't come the streets are dirty enough for now

time's running out we'll be seeing you home boy when we do you better have a new attitude Okay,

off to the guys' floor, huh?

Oh, yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, you could love the love.

With your eyes.

Look into my eyes.

With your eyes.

You take my whole body.

Bad surprise with your eyes.

With your eyes.

All right, everybody, don't know we can do it better than that.

What do you want, man?

Nothing.

I just came to see the stupid school.

Did George send you?

All right, George, tell me what to do.

Do I come in my way?

I'm sure you do.

I think I'm a kid, right?

Man, I'm no kid.

Look, yeah, that look like I'm a kid to you?

When I became a Raven, they put that hot knife in my hand.

I didn't even scream.

So you came all the way up here to show me that?

Why?

You interest me, man.

You mouth off to George?

That took guts.

Either that or you're stupid.

What difference does it make?

It makes a big difference.

Look, you ain't got much time, man.

You're the brother or you're not.

You better decide.

Yeah.

Look, I'm not joining any gangs, okay?

Thirty years I've been like this spot.

Thirty years I watched them killing each other.

And now I see them squeezing you.

They're scum.

Rata's.

Stay away from them.

Hector, I don't like them any more than you do.

And why do you talk to them?

They're pretty hard to ignore.

Just by you crawled out of Mexico to join a gang to hurt people.

Jesse, they make war on their own people.

I know, I know.

Don't fool yourself because once you get in, you can never come out again.

What are you doing here?

A lady comes to visit you.

Is that the way you talk?

Jesse doesn't like surprises.

I'm Nicole.

How did I know that?

You shouldn't have come.

Thanks.

Yeah.

So this is where you live.

Yep.

He's nice, Hector.

How do you know you just met him?

I know.

What are you mixed up with, Jesse?

Nothing.

That boy at school, who was he?

Stay out of this, Nicky.

He's got nothing to do with you.

Then what does it have to do with?

It's got to do with a lot of things.

Things that you don't know anything about.

I know a lot more than you think I do.

Jesse, I know that you're in trouble, and I know that it's getting worse.

It is, isn't it?

Why won't you tell me?

Because you can't help.

Get out of my door.

Stay here.

Nice old man.

Get in the heat.

Man, that's nothing nice old man.

We just came by the...

Hey, how's it going, amigo?

Jesse's no amigo of yours.

Just, Hector, take it easy.

I'm not afraid of them, Jesse.

Hey, you, I'll take you all on one by one.

No.

You talk big, old man.

It's dangerous to have a mouth like that in this neighborhood.

Things could get broken, man.

Things can get good!

We can protect you from that.

Jesse can protect you.

If he would have joined the Ravens, nothing like this...

What happened to you again?

Such a big man.

No, that's not.

You've been fussed up in old man's store.

No, be cool.

I'm so impressed.

I'm so impressed.

Ooh, I spit on you.

You're lucky, old man.

You're lucky Jesse's so strong.

Otherwise, you come over here, I might have to bust you up.

What do you want?

I want you, Velasquez!

You joined the Ravens and nothing happens to him.

Is this your lady, man?

So what about it?

Not bad.

She got guts, anyway.

Guts that come up in this neighborhood, it's more than you.

She goes to that school of his I saw when I went there.

Hey, what do you think of my kid brother here, Jesse?

It's gonna be like Harry James, you know?

Found that trumpet at your school.

You mean he stole it?

So what, man?

It's broke.

Look, it don't even play.

See, no sound.

Very funny now, if you guys are finished.

Finished?

We're just starting.

We gotta know if you're a brother or not.

He's no brother of yours.

Is that the way you feel about it, the last guess?

I don't like the things you do, man, and I don't like the way you do them.

We do what is necessary.

That's the way it is.

Think we like it that way?

We gotta look out for ourselves.

If we don't, who will?

Yeah, we didn't make this life, but it's all we got.

If you don't like your life, why don't you change it?

What did you say?

You don't have to live this way.

You don't have to live this way.

Yeah, little brother, maybe we should move off to Park Avenue.

Why do you know?

Uptown, girl.

Have you ever been hungry?

Have you ever been poor?

Have you ever seen your mama beaten for a welfare check?

When you get in trouble, you call the police.

You think anybody cares if we get in trouble here?

Here, we are our own police.

If we wanna survive.

And you, you look at us like we're animals, like we're crazy, like you're different than us.

But you're not.

You're the same.

And when things go bad for you, who will you turn to?

To us.

Because we're all you got.

Don't you ever forget that.

And whether you like it or not, you are a brother.

I'll see you again, and I have to catch my breath A friend of a friend,

I have to know you I'm falling into something that scares me half to death Then you look at me and I only see what I'm

looking into You cut like a knife with your eyes Look into my life with your eyes You take my whole body by surprise

with your eyes With your eyes I reach for your hand and you smile as if you know Everything's planned but nobody told

me I'm falling in and where you are is where I'll go Running blind,

I've got to find what you want to show me You cut like a knife with your eyes Look into my life with your eyes You take

my whole body by surprise with your eyes With your eyes Is it so easy to see through me?

You cut like a knife with your eyes Look into my life with your eyes You take my own bodies by surprise with your eyes

With your eyes I don't know what you two guys are doing up here, but keep doing it, please.

Yeah.

Everybody, you can take ten.

Oh, Leroy, you know what I was saying about being ready to jump into that part of common?

Yeah?

Well, I think I'm gonna take a rain check, because that was just one tough act of all.

I mean, do you think you need to be Latin to get into a part like that?

Dusty, I got a feeling it's about more than just being Latin.

This is a war zone, Nicole.

Why do you keep coming here?

Because I'm worried about you, Jesse.

What are you doing?

I'm sending you home.

You don't belong here.

Neither do you.

I'm not so sure.

Jesse, I am staying.

Wait!

Wait!

Hey, Jesse, what happened?

Who did this, man?

Did the Ravens do this?

Some calls.

Hang on.

Hang on, Acton.

You're gonna be fine, man.

Hey, did somebody call an ambulance or something?

Jesse.

You know I hate prom.

Rosemary.

I'll give it to her.

You'll give it to her, okay?

Promise me a revenge.

Promise me, I can't.

Then I don't want to know you.

Promise me, I can't.

Hey, it was a nice funeral, man.

Yeah.

Hey, did you see the Raven Center wreath, man?

You tell them they think the wreath is pretty, you know?

You know Raven and Signe are nothing like that.

You know, we always used to send flowers.

Now we send wreaths.

Wreaths are very sharp.

What do you want, Grace?

Now, why are you always hanging around me lately?

Man, I had you figured wrong, man.

I thought you were an old lady because you went to that school.

Hey, maybe that school ain't so bad.

You weren't a tough dude.

You're not tough.

Well, I guess I'll go practice.

Go ahead.

Nah, it's okay.

Man, this one don't make no sounds anyway.

Man, don't worry, man.

We're gonna find out who did have Dan.

And what we do, man, we're gonna get him.

Then we're gonna get him to you, man.

What's wrong?

What?

Get off, little boy!

No!

I don't want to!

No!

Thanks for watching!

The dead of night, shadows fall, the time is right, I hear them call, my head is hot, my heart is full,

I can't go back, I'm out of control.

They took everything they could, but they didn't get it all.

I was wondering what happened to that horn.

Yeah, I didn't steal it, I just borrowed it.

Who said anyone stealing it?

I just said I was wondering.

Man, go ahead, call the police, they ain't gonna do nothing anyway.

That horn's broken, don't even play.

Really?

Let's see.

Don't do that for me.

Well, then it would seem that the fall was not with the trumpet, it was with the trumpeter.

What are you saying, I ain't got no lip?

The sound of a trumpet does not come from the lip, it comes from way down here, in your guts.

I guess I ain't got no music in me.

I've seen you before, are you a student here?

No, I got a friend who goes here, Jesse Velasquez.

I asked Mr.

Velasquez, a very talented young man.

Can he play that thing?

Oh, I imagine he could, if he put his mind to it.

Just like you could.

Here, keep it.

Are you giving it to me?

Yes, I am.

Wait a minute, is that legal?

I mean, don't belong to the school?

No, it's mine and I want you to have it as a gift.

Why?

Because I have a feeling about you.

I think there's more music in you than you know.

Gracia.

Thanks.

Back on the 7th Street, back on the 7th Street The days are made by state, they're made by So stand on my own two feet,

once again No more rules, no more rules Tables are turning, can't turn back Bridges are burning,

nothing to lose I'll face them all, the bigger they are The heart of their fall,

my heart feels like it could break But I'm not giving in, I'm not giving in I've taken all that I can take,

and now I'm back again Back on the 7th Street, back on the 7th Street The days are made by state,

they're made by So stand on my own two feet, once again No!

Frankie, what's wrong?

Something terrible is going to happen Oh my God, I saw all of this, Jesse, I saw the knife You're one of them now,

aren't you?

Jesse, I know you think things can't get any worse than this But they can and they will, I see it,

I know it What do you know?

Life has been so easy for you, you can't understand any of this Why, because I'm not an underprivileged minority?

Nicole Jesse, I understand more than you think I do,

I understand that you're about ready to go to a place where you cannot come back from What do you want?

I want you to leave the barrio I know why you stayed there before,

because Hector was there and he was an important part of your life, but he's gone,

baby There's nothing left for you No, see, that's where you're wrong, because there's one thing left Revenge?

You want to take revenge for Hector?

Because if you do, Jesse, I don't want to know you, either.

Jesse!

Hey, Jess, we know, man.

We know who did that thing.

Everybody knows, man.

It was a scold.

No, I'm talking about the man himself.

Popeye.

Manuel's cousin works his tail across from Hector's place.

Yesterday, she saw the skulls go by walking right down our street.

Popeye was higher crazier than ever out of his mind.

He went into the bodega, right?

There was terrible yelling inside.

You could imagine what Hector said to Popeye.

And you could imagine what Popeye...

Shh!

We're ready to get him, man.

The plans are set.

When?

Tomorrow in the morning's for time.

We're going to get him while he sleeps.

I'll be there.

And you will put the knife in him.

You put the knife in him for Hector, man.

For Hector.

Back on the savage streets.

Back on the savage streets.

Back on the savage streets.

In a big, boss bed.

In a big, boss bed.

In a big, boss bed.

On my own, to me.

Once again.

Oh, oh, oh.

Oh, oh.

You survived.

Back on the streets.

You're a wiser, honey, is that what I pay you for?

You know everything, don't you?

I bet you think that you're the son that I never had.

Well, let me tell you why I keep you around.

I keep you around because you're not such a bad worker and because I don't have to pay you so much.

Look at that face.

What's to you?

Forgive me, Rios.

I like him.

I was alone.

I've got you, haven't I?

Promise me for revenge.

Promise?

I can't.

Then I don't want to know you.

AHHH!

AHHH!

Tomorrow, man.

Tomorrow.

AHHH!

We'll pick it up tomorrow.

Same place, same time.

Where is he?

Who?

You know who.

I don't know, and I don't care.

You know, you would think with all the acting lessons you had in this school, you'd do better than that.

Yeah, well, it's gonna have to do.

You know, if you'll excuse me, I have to get to my next class.

Nicole, I'm not excusing you.

You know, I would like to know what's going on.

You wanna know what's going on, Leroy?

Do you really wanna know what's going on?

Jesse is out there somewhere in the bar.

You're getting ready to take revenge for Hector.

Then what the hell are you doing in here?

I told you it's got nothing to do with me.

Nicole, I don't know what's going on between you and Jesse right now,

but this is the wrong time for you to turn your back on.

You gotta do something.

Don't you think that I have tried?

I have tried!

Obviously, you are not trying hard enough.

And what the hell do you know about it?

Do you even know what he's mixed up with?

Do you have any idea what we're talking about here?

We are talking about gangs, Leroy.

We are talking about people who kill each other.

For your information, darling, I was raised in the same kind of neighborhood as Jesse was.

Oh, here he comes.

I am so tired of hearing about this, you know,

about hearing about the barrio and about the ghetto and all these damn tough neighborhoods,

like people like me don't even know what life's about.

Like I'm some little crystal image sitting up in Never Never Land just waiting to be broken.

I didn't say that.

You didn't have to.

That's what you think.

And that's what Jesse thinks.

He won't listen to me because I've never been hungry, because I've always had a roof over my head,

and I've always had clothes on my back.

I don't understand because of that.

Well, you want to know what I understand, Leroy?

Do you want to know what I understand?

I understand that Jesse is out there, somewhere in the bar here right now,

getting ready to do something and run for the rest of his life.

And I can't help him.

I can't help him.

Where is he?

You can break a heart, walk away when it falls apart.

You can tell your lies.

You can kill with your pretty eyes.

You can turn me away But your heart will fight Cause you'll never abandon the night And the one who knows The anger

your heart controls And your dark desire For the one that you can't let go Hold me forever We'll stand and fight Cause

you'll never abandon the night Strange as tonight Desperate hearts inside We're the fools who try So invade to outrun

the night Turn me away But your heart will fight Cause you'll never outrun the night No,

you'll never outrun the night You'll never outrun the night My God He's all he goes, brother.

He's all he goes, brother.

I have no knife.

Hector had no knife.

He's all he goes, brother.

He's all he goes, brother.

He's all he goes, brother.

He's all he goes, brother.

He's all he goes, brother.

Do it, man.

Do it now.

Take your justice.

Hector would never forgive me.

I'm walking out of here, Velazquez.

Who do you think you are?

I'm Jesse Velazquez.

Your brother, Neil.

Enough.

Thanks for watching!

Hey,

I'm gonna live forever I'm gonna learn how to fly I'm gonna come in together People will see me and cry I'm gonna live

forever Baby, remember my name