My pops used to always say, "Dreaming is the luxury of children "...
...and that I should enjoy it.
He was right.
Here it is, the last year of high school for me and my friends...
...and this is all I can ever really see myself doing.
When you got responsibilities, you ain 't got time to dream.
I guess it's the difference between being a boy and a man.
And down South...
... you grow up quick.
Especially in the A TL.
This here is my 'hood.
Mechanicsville.
752 Mandeville Lane.
Middle of the city, center of our universe.
Wake up, A TL, it's 6:23. It's your boy, Frank Ski in the morning.
And we've got another scorcher planned for you here in the Dirty South.
I'm talking Dirty South hot A TL weather today.
I tell you what, another heat index, another record-breaking day.
"What is your ethnic background? "
I am a brother.
Uncle George, my mama 's brother.
He supposed to be raising us...
...but responsibility was not really his strong point.
" Bisex-- Heterosexual. "
Don ' t get it twisted, baby.
Hey, Ant. You want a ride, homeboy, you better act Iike it.
-That's my little brother, Ant. -AII right.
I call him "Jellybean. "
Hardheaded on the outside, soft on the inside.
And that's me, Rashad.
Heir to the family business, Swann Cleaning Service...
...and man of the house.
" How would you describe your physique?
Trim, muscular, pleasantly plump."
-What? -Hey, Iet us get a box of cereal, man.
We ran out.
Man, they always eating.
Muscular.
I know how much is in there too.
One bowl each.
Yeah.
My boy, Esquire.
He's basically my best friend. He got accepted to an Ivy League school.
There goes four.
Check out this brother, just grinning, jogging through campus with a white girl.
Probably running from that crowd of white boys on the opposite page.
Either way you Iook at it, man, you Iucky.
Yeah, man. It ain't paid for yet.
I'm gonna need grants, Ioans, a job and a dream to pay this tuition off.
"Ex-blackly."
We had to drive across town because E went to Mount Paran.
My boy book smart...
...maybe even borderline brilliant to these kids...
...but he 's just plain old Esquire to us.
Why you always be driving in our car?
-Get out the car. -Look, boy.
With your stupid Iittle outfit, man.
Rashad, I'm gonna hurt him.
Man, get out of here.
-Peace. -You mean "War," brother.
War!
-How you doing, Mr. Sapp? -Hey, Ben.
-Have a seat. -Right.
I got the information you wanted regarding the Falcon Society.
Let's have a Iook.
GPA is over 4.0.
Test scores are high.
Essay's strong.
AII you need is a good Ietter of recommendation.
You're in great shape.
I was wondering if you could write that for me.
I'm flattered, Ben, I am, but I'm not really the right person.
I'm sure your parents know a judge, a businessman?
I don't think my parents know anybody Iike that, sir.
Sometimes it's not what you know...
...but who you know.
Our school was a little different.
See, we in the Trey, Mechanicsville High.
Alma mater to some of the greatest players in the city.
That's my boy Teddy right there.
He A TL for real.
Never been outside of 285.
Hey, what you doing here, man? You must have Iost your job.
Had to get my breakfast on. Brother gotta eat.
Get it how you Iive, pimp.
-Brooklyn, from New York. -No means no, man.
And reminds us of it every chance he get.
-Shining, ain't you? -Can't you tell, man?
Guess you gonna fake it till you make it, huh?
Man, these gonna be getting me the girls.
-Not without no game, it ain't. -What up, Tondie?
-Can we talk right quick? -Just did, bye.
Working already.
Seniors, it's almost graduation.
If you haven 't done it yet, get your cap and gowns ordered.
We were five weeks from graduation. I had all my credits.
And all I had to do was cruise for the next month and I'd be straight.
Please give them a Tiger round of applause.
And one more thing.
We have a lot of sports going on this week.
And we want to thank the people...
-... who were involved this weekend. -Everybody in a seat.
Year' s almost over. Thank you, Jesus.
Y' all slackers better figure out what to do for the summer.
My little brother wasn 't exactly a troublemaker.
-That ain't right. -But he ran his mouth too much.
-Why ain't it? -And he was definitely hardheaded.
I know what I'II be doing this summer.
I'm gonna be getting paid.
Ms. Jackson...
...can you please cut on the a.c.?
Man, it feel Iike a slave ship in here.
Air conditioning is for honors classes.
Kids who wanna make something out of themselves.
Was you in honors classes?
Because you ain't got no a.c. either.
See what I'm saying?
He stayed in trouble.
But I couldn 't wait on him to get out of detention.
We had to scoop Teddy.
How your sister doing, man?
I been calling her, and she ain't been calling me back.
She trying to play me? She seeing somebody else?
Come on, man, keep it real with me.
What's happening, Teddy?
-What up, man? You playing? -I got next.
Party on the Ieft, man. You know how it is.
Now open wide, wide, wide.
Bite down on that. Cool, cool.
Hey, man. Ready?
Oh, hell, yeah. I'm gone.
Hey, man, peace.
After we pick up Teddy, we shoot on over to the Shady Grove Country Club.
That's where Esquire works.
We expected him to be late...
...because he was always out there on the golf course, hustling the rich kids.
Yes, yes, and yes.
Oh, my God, I Iove poetry.
I write in my diary every day.
Oh, really? Let me kick something for you.
She sits there Pain filling the back of her eyes
Forcing them to leak
So all I need to do is I need to get your digits.
Your daddy ain't around, is he?
Even though her tolerance Has reached its peak
Now, Iook here, when you call me, don't even trip, okay?
If a Iady answer the phone, that's my mama.
She staying with me because she going through some things.
She's so soft
She could have been The spokesperson for cotton
You know, that's just Iittle things that I Iike do to...
...because I Iike to throw stuff in the air.
These guys don't know anything about poetry.
They're not really cultured.
-Hey, what's up, Esquire, man? -Man....
-Hey, man. -Will you all come on? Excuse me.
-Can't you see I'm over here-- -You reciting poetry and shit.
-Come on, man. -Damn.
-Can we go please? PIease? -Hey, man, scoot over, man. PIease?
You skinny enough. Scoot over, man!
You always sit in the front. Sit in the back.
What the hell wrong with you, Tiger Hood?
BIack Nicklaus?
I think I miss home or whatever, but, yo, it's so country out here, man.
It's Iike the flies-- Why are there so many flies out here?
-Man, I know you not gonna get into this. -For real.
Okay, so why is there a rat on every corner in New York City?
Why, after every sentence, you call me "shorty"?
"Yo, shorty, shorty." I'm taller than you.
Let me ask you this, then.
In New York City, why y'all say, "Yo, son," after every sentence?
-I'm not your kid. I'm not your child. -Right.
Why I gotta be your son?
-Money? -B?
I call you "sun" because you shine Iike one.
-You feel me? -Yeah, that was real sentimental, thanks.
-Oh, hell, yeah. -Thank you.
-Thank you.
-Y'all need anything else? -No, we all right.
-Actually, Iet me get some iced tea? -Sweet or unsweet?
-Sweet. -She choosing, huh, Brooklyn?
Shut up.
Brooklyn! Oh, good Lord!
That ass fatter than a swamp possum with the mumps.
-Okay, you got a point. -See what I'm saying?
That's country.
Y'all get y'all cap and gowns yet?
-Oh, yeah, I got mine. -I know you do.
Yo, you sure you graduating, Teddy?
Like, come on, for real, B, just give it up. Like, come on, Teddy.
That ain't funny, man. I'm trying.
-Wait a minute. -I'm trying.
Ain't you about in the 1 4th grade now, dog?
Yeah, I'm in the same class with your mama.
By the way, I ain't seen her Iately.
You gotta tell her to come in and check in with Daddy at the house.
I need my money on time.
Hey, don't make jokes about me, okay? I'm sensitive.
Y'all know where that girl New New go to school at?
Seem Iike she only be around when we be kicking it.
-She ghetto, man. -Yeah, boy, just how I Iike them.
You better Iean back, shorty.
You know she Rashad's girl.
-Rashad. -Now, how you figure that?
-Come on, man. -Come on, man.
Shut up, you know you Iike her too.
I don't even be talking to that girl.
So why you just wave at her?
Shut up, man.
He put you out there, homeboy.
We were all at the same place in our lives...
...trying to figure out what's next.
The one thing I did know: These were my friends.
I could trust them.
And Sunday night, we got loose.
-That's right. -Let's go and do the damn thing, man.
-Let's do it. -Big old head.
Let's go.
Sunday night at Cascade.
Fine Georgia peaches and wet paint.
It was a beautiful place to be.
I'm gonna knock him out next time.
We'd been coming to Cascade since we were kids.
What's up, man?
I had my first fistfight here, and my first kiss.
We knew everybody...
...from the security guards to the hottest shorties.
Rashad. Rashad!
-I know you heard me. -Don't he know chocolate melt in the heat?
-I'm glad somebody recognize. -Don't try to get no feel, neither.
Girl, I got grandkids older than you.
Cascade's is a rite of passage to every kid in the A...
...but for us, it was something more.
AII right, everybody, Iet's get it on the floor.
Y'all Iooking a Iittle rusty tonight. Y'all better be practicing out there.
There's something wrong with these wheels.
Ain't nothing wrong with these wheels. You can't skate.
Inside here, it's like all our problems don 't exist.
It's the only place where we all felt like we could be free.
Man, it's crazy out here tonight.
Oh, yeah, y'all, here we go again. Cascade's on a Sunday night.
If you can't skate, get your ass off the floor.
If you got skills, then, shorty, you got to prove it.
School sucks, rent past due, your girl left you.
On Sunday night, don 't none of that matter.
You could be whoever you wanted to be here.
Can't take black folks nowhere.
Man, get off the floor. Get off the floor.
Handle that, Mr. Referee.
Hello? Hello?
-Who was that? -I don't know. They keep hanging up.
Star-69 them.
Excuse me, I am not a ho.
There's all kinds of characters here.
You got the Cool Cats and they crew.
You got the Fly Girls.
And the D-boys is in here too.
Somebody always dying from their clique.
But nobody matters like the skate crew.
And we were the Ones.
This year, we was taking Skate Wars.
Let's go, man.
Even when the rink was crunk on Sunday night...
...sometimes I felt like I was out there all by myself.
Floating above it all.
No lies, no pain...
...and no worries about what tomorrow might bring.
Shantay, hurry up, we got dance rehearsal.
Guess you don't know nobody no more, huh?
Man.
No, I guess not.
I'm saying, Rashad, you know I didn't mean what I said.
Man, whatever. That don't even matter.
Look, my mama not home.
You wanna give me a ride?
Man, your mama ain't never home.
Take care, though.
I ain't have time to mess with Tonya.
If we was gonna win the war, we was gonna need practice.
Some of us more than others.
-We have identified the weakest Iink. -Shut up, boy.
You always talking. Rashad, get your brother.
-He might be right this time. -Yeah, for real.
Two, three, four. Oh, goddamn.
Hey, girl, hey!
I wonder what her career path is.
Excuse me, gorgeous. Can I get at you for a second?
I got that. Fine ass.
-So where you going? -Boy, you know you need to quit.
You see I'm getting hot. I'm sweating and all that.
I can't take him no more, son.
-That's it. That's it. -And here he go.
-What happened, man? -I'm done.
-Again?
-Wanna try that one more time? -I got this. I'm good.
Yo, Brooklyn, you're fired, man. Quit Ioitering here.
Keep it moving, son. Keep it moving.
AII right. I don't know if you that good, but....
Leave your uniform before I take it out of your check.
-Hold up, man. -Get the hell out of here, you idiot.
-"Keep moving, son"? -I cannot run my pizza place without you?
Man, be that way, then. That's why you need a timing belt, bitch.
Shut up! Grow some hair on your chest!
You see what I mean?
-Watch out, man. -See what I'm saying?
I can run my pizza place without you!
Man, pizza was invented in Brooklyn!
And my hat too.
-You gonna break your Ieg. -Pizza was made in Brooklyn.
You better cool it, man. Cool out, man.
-You done Iost weight, man. Hell, yeah. -You idiot.
I need a vacation.
Hey, quit splashing!
-SIow down! -You gonna hurt yourself.
It's another A TL scorcher. I heard it's gonna be hot today.
They told me the kids are heading out to Lake Lanier.
If you're not so lucky to head out to the lake...
...a pool is the place to be.
Head down to your neighborhood pool...
...because it is the coolest place you want to be today.
See, that' s why I Iove coming out here. Look at this here.
Yo, Esquire, man, you are ashy.
For real. It's Iike somebody threw baby powder at your knees.
You ashy too, man. What you saying?
I don't know what type of Iotion you gonna use for that arm.
You gonna need some baby oil, some WD-40 or something.
Some car engine oil might work for you.
-Trying to talk about somebody. -Man, hide your wallets.
Here come Ghetto Ghetto and her two twins.
What y'all doing?
-What it Iook Iike? -Rudeness.
We doing nothing. We chilling.
-What y'all up to? -Nothing.
-Walking around here Iooking cute. -AII right.
Y'all sure are.
-And you know something, New New? -Nope.
No, I'm saying, when we gonna get together?
Not gonna happen. Never.
Why don't you just Iet me finish what I got to say?
I know what you gonna ask me, Teddy.
I know you. And I seen you skate.
-So? -So that tells me...
...everything I need to know about a man.
Well, then you should know I'm the quickest one out there.
I be pumping it out there, baby. I pop, pop, pop.
Exactly. A quick pumper.
Whatever, man. You want me. I'm hot. I'm desirable.
I came over here to see was y'all going to Big Booty Judy's graduation party.
Judy? Party?
Her mama gonna Iet her have a party after Iast year?
Everybody out of here!
I guess. She told us to come over here and tell folk.
Well, appreciate it, baby.
AII right. Bye.
Go ahead.
-What you doing, nigga? -Hey! Nigga, what it Iook Iike?
I'm drying my money.
Yo, why you ain't come to school no more, man?
Too busy making money.
I can see that. I saw you with Marcus the other day.
Yeah, he's my cousin.
Hey, we gets paper.
Who's going into Titty City to get the cash?
Star, I ain't fitting to put my hand in them skyscrapers.
Look, there's gold in them hills.
What y'all doing?
Nothing.
Y'all think I'm stupid? I don't wanna have to bust y'all out.
Your bust is already out.
That Iaugh always got on my nerves. Shut up, okay?
We was gonna ask, can we get a ride to Cascade's?
-Ma, please? -PIease?
Do I Iook Iike the bus?
Come on. Don't y'all see Mama trying to take a nap?
Go on. Get me something to drink.
-Hey, Veda, get me something to drink. -I'm Star.
You know what I mean.
What y'all waiting on? Y'all know the routine.
CIimb your asses out the back.
He's all up in her grill. I ain't Iying.
Stay out of her business, okay?
Come on, now. Y'all should be used to this. Don't be messing up my car.
It's hot as hell up in there.
-I sweated my edges out. -Damn, me too.
-And when you gonna get that door fixed? -When you get a job.
What, whoa, wait a minute.
Considering the fact that both of y'all broke, those better be knockoffs.
If I hear y'all been up to no good at that mall, it's gonna be on, you understand?
-You understand? -Yes.
Your asses ain't too old to be beat.
-Hey, Big Ronnie. -What's happening?
Nothing to it. Something wrong with these wheels.
Come here. Let me take a Iook.
-Watch the counter. -AII right.
-Hey. -Hey.
-What you need? -Size seven.
Where's your ticket?
I think I Iost it.
-Hey, Big Ron? -Yeah.
What we got to say about folks who Iost their ticket?
No tickets, no skates.
Sorry, hon. No ticket, no skates.
Big Ronnie, please report to the men 's room with the mop and bucket.
Overflow, brother.
Hey, give me some.
-What? -I said, give me some.
I don ' t know where your mouth been. You might have the cooties.
I might.
So you know your boy Esquire suck.
-You'd be better off with me on your Iine. -No.
Why? Give me one good reason.
I'II give you two.
You ain't cute.
And you drank all my soda!
A friendly reminder, Iadies and gentlemen.
Skate Wars in five weeks, y'all.
Bragging rights for the year. It's all on the Iine.
Why you don't cut across the middle and get your speed up?
Why don't you go roll your neck at somebody else and Iet me handle mine?
I'm trying to help you out.
Your takeoff is weak and you starting to make Rashad Iook bad.
I don't Iike you. Really don't.
Man, I hope you catch up.
Stupid.
Nobody move....
Go ladies! Go ladies!
Hey, Iisten, shorty, I want you to walk up to him.
-Yeah. -I'II introduce you to him. Be cool.
If he asks you a question, answer.
-Don't say nothing unnecessary. -AII right.
I was so weak, my Ieg-- I woke up, one of my footies was off.
Cold flashes. Look, she wasn't nowhere around.
I was Iike, "Man, where she go at? "
This is my nigga, Ant.
-What's up? -Germs.
CIeanliness is next to godliness, you know.
-AII right. -Back up.
Anyway, Iike I said, I went downstairs, I'm Iooking, she's nowhere to be found.
So my front door's Iocked. So I'm Iike, "Did she take my house keys? "
She must have went out the window.
Oh, sh--
Oh, damn. Down goes Frazier. Down goes Frazier.
Somebody call the ambulance.
There was one deadly sin at the rink.
You don 't fall.
-Take them down. - You just don 't do it.
You may lose your footing, slip a little bit...
...stumble at the most.
But you don 't fall.
This is humiliating.
Shorties ain't checking for a player with a Iimp and a cast.
How's that gonna work out for me?
Man, they working me hard out there.
-Running you, huh? -Yeah, who next?
This is for John Garnett in the rotunda.
-Did you say John Garnett? -Yeah.
-The John Garnett? -Sure.
Man, you ain't understanding what I'm talking about.
Let me show you, man. Look at this.
Had it a Iong time.
United Express.
That's his.
-How my breath? -Crystal clear.
I'II have one of these, please.
Yes, sir.
-Here's your drink, sir. -Thank you.
Good choice. You celebrating?
What makes you think that?
Well, since you took over United Express...
...the company has six consecutive quarters in the black.
I'd say you have a Iot to celebrate, sir.
-Good point. -Ben Gordon.
-John Gar-- -Garnett. I know.
Well, you gentlemen enjoy the rest of the evening.
To six consecutive quarters in the black.
Y'all ready to work?
Don't be Iooking at him. You out of uniform, man.
Pull that thing up, button up your top collar.
I told you to be professional.
Boy.
Which one of y'all pooted, man?
Hey, DJ Drama, pay attention. Let's go, hey!
This party is kind of cute, though.
But where the food at? Because I'm hungry.
No, don't eat anything in here.
-That's right, I did see roaches. -A Iot of roaches.
-What's wrong with you? -Nothing. I'm good.
Y'all seen Rashad and them?
See, that's what it is. You are so sprung, New New.
-No, I-- -Yes, you are.
-You open Iike a can of pig feet, girl. -Exactly.
-Hey. -Hi.
Come on.
What you smiling so much for?
What took you so Iong, anyway?
Oh, you were Iooking for me.
No, I was just-- No.
It's all right.
You know, Rashad tends to have that effect on women.
-Who you come with? -Crew.
-Where they at? -They around.
This you?
I know this ain't the bitch got you tripping on me.
-Hold up. -Who you calling a bitch?
Bitch, I'm calling you a bitch. Quit eyeballing me.
PIease don't get hurt, you dirty trick.
-Who you calling trick? -You, trick!
-Are you crazy? -Don't get hurt.
-I got your trick. -Hey, man, watch out.
-Calm down. -PIease get this groupie.
Hey, what are you, slow?
We done already went through this.
Man, we done.
It's over.
No, I'm not even gonna believe that.
AII right.
Believe this.
-Thirsty trick. -Watch your mouth.
-What's up? -What's going on?
-Yes, ma'am. -Don't you be "yes, ma 'am "-ing me.
No.
I'm sorry about that. For real.
You need to control your Iittle groupies next time.
What's wrong with y'all?
Mom found some of that Gucci stuff in the washer.
Are you serious?
-Told your ass to dry-clean it. -Do you understand?
-Yes, ma'am.
Anyway, she coming to get us right now.
If you want a ride, you better stay here with us.
But we just got here.
I'II take her.
Hey, twins, get your Iittle thieving asses down here!
Hurry up!
Out there stealing and shit!
Get your asses--! Y'all's asses gonna go to jail, stealing!
Some dyke's gonna get ahold of your asses!
And all that crying don't mean a damn thing to me!
Your asses wasn't crying when you were stealing.
Now you wanna cry. Hurry up and get your asses in the trunk!
Kick your asses tonight.
New New.
What's so funny?
What kind of name is New New, anyway?
I'm New New...
...because I always rock the new, new shit.
-Thank you. -Yeah.
Heard you and your homegirls don't buy none of that new, new shit.
Whatever.
Your parents ain't gonna be hot about you coming home so Iate?
Boy, I am grown.
Your parents gonna be mad that you out this Iate?
No.
Your parents don't care about their Iittle baby, Rashad?
My parents passed away...
...a few years back.
Car accident.
-I'm so sorry, Rashad. -It's cool.
I think love is in the air.
Let me go to my request lines, see if anybody's on.
-What's happening? -Pull over there.
-How's everybody doing out there? -Go ahead and give your shout out.
I just wanna send a shout out to my boo...
... who 's incarcerated, but I want him to get some love right now.
-What we stop here for? -I'll tell you what.
This one is going out to you, baby.
My bus come in Iike an hour, so....
Your bus?
Think I'm gonna stalk you if I find out where you stay?
Maybe.
I mean, but-- Like, for real, though...
...you ain't gotta hide nothing from me.
Ain't Iike I'm Donald Trump or somebody.
This is my song.
Don't play with me right now. This is my jam.
What? Oh, yes, hey.
You Iike this song?
AII right, go, girl, sing it. What?
How about we Iisten to it and Iet them sing?
See, all that is unnecessary.
I'm just kidding, shorty.
-So how do I skate? -What you mean?
You said you could tell a Iot about a man by the way he skate.
So how do I skate?
-I don't know. -Just be real.
You.... You all right.
You got a Iittle style to you.
You real confident, you know.
I can't believe I'm even talking to you and telling you this right now.
You special.
Special, huh?
I don't know about that.
I wish you could see what I see.
You ain't never had real barbecue till you've had JJ's Rib Shack.
I don't know how you Iiving.
How you Iiving? You ain't had nothing till Abdullah's Rib Shop.
I know he's a pro wrestler and everything, but he can make some sauce.
Check that out, man.
Get the door.
Ain't you supposed to be in class, boy?
Man, bell's about to ring right now.
Man, what you rolling on, 24's?
No, see, that why you need to be in class, boy. Them 28's.
-Where your ruler at? -Man, I need to get myself one of these.
You do. Come on, take a ride with your boy.
-For real? -No, boy, for play-play. Come on.
Get some of this tuna, man.
-No carbs, bro. -Cheesesteak.
-You scared of dogs? -No.
Watch out now, boy!
What's up, boy?
You sure you ain't scared of dogs?
-No. -Good, then.
It's feeding time. Come on.
Back up.
You go first.
Get back in there. What's up?
Young buck, so what's shaking? You got a broad?
No.
Jumping and stuff.
Hit that bowl right there. Come here, baby.
Scare, come here.
Oh, man, Iook at that.
You put more food on the ground than in the bowl.
You costing me money already.
How about kids?
Not that I know of.
You doing something?
-You know, a Iittle something. -Boy, you ain't doing nothing, boy.
You smoke? You smoke? You smoking?
I don't, but, you know, to each his own.
That's cool, boy. Say no to drugs. Dare to be different.
So, what was your Iast place of employment, young buck?
-CIeaning. -CIeaning?
Look to me Iike the Swann CIeaning Service about to Iose an employee.
You wanna work, right?
But you know this is grown-man business, don't you?
-I know. -You sure?
Okay.
We gonna see.
-Hey. -Yo.
Where you been?
Out.
Out? Come here.
I know you ain't been out there being stupid.
-I'm telling you, Ant, I ain't playing. -What?
"What? " Don't "what" me, man.
What's up with you missing history class? That's what.
Man, you probably caught me on bathroom break or something.
I Iook stupid?
Man, I'm saying, though...
...I don't see how the Great Wall of China...
...helps me clean the floor at Value Village.
Man, what, you hustling?
You should know better than that.
You ain't gotta be a dope boy to have money.
This what cleaning the floors gets you.
I been saving this for three years now.
Ever since the accident.
-Been saving for what? -For you.
So you can get out of here.
Do something with yourself. Go to school.
Get away from dumb-ass Uncle George.
Man, you should spend that on some rims...
...or skates or something.
Don't be wasting that on me.
I guess just because your head big, that don't make you smart.
Hey, I believe in you, even when you too stupid to believe in your damn self.
-What's the deal? -What's up, man?
-Man, I hear you holding now. -Man, who told you that?
Why you tripping? I known you since third grade.
Yeah, but you been out of school for four weeks.
Man, I had mono. Come on, man, you holding or what?
-No. -AII right, that's what's up.
Narc.
Hey, Ben.
Oh, hey, Mr. Garnett.
Nice to see you again.
My buddies and I, we Iost our fourth. Afraid of a Iittle weather.
You play?
That's my partner.
Oh, damn.
Yeah!
So your family's from the city, Ben?
You're not a Mechanicsville hood product.
No, not me, sir. You wouldn't catch me in a place Iike that.
That shot on 1 7 was about 200 yards.
Hell of a game, man. We whipped their asses.
Yes, we did.
Oh, man.
Oh, no, no, sir.
-It was my pleasure. -Oh, no, don't be silly. You earned it.
And if there's anything I can ever do for you, you Iet me know.
Well, actually, there is something you could help me out with.
Talk to me.
I could use a Ietter of recommendation.
And she had the nerve to step to me.
-She know she Iucky too. -Forget her.
The question is, what happened when Rashad gave you a ride, nasty?
-" I'II take her." -Nothing happened.