Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai Page #3

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My favourite was always

Flavor Flav from Public Enemy.

(Sonny) He got the funky

fresh fly flava.

"Live lyrics

from the bank of reality.

"I kick da flyest dope manoeuvre

technicality, to a dope track."

- I love that guy.

- I know nothing about that,

but it makes me

think about Indians.

They've got names

like Red Cloud, Crazy Horse,

Running Bear, Black Elk...

(Makes a sound like an elk)

(Nervous laugh)

- That kind of sh*t.

- Indians, n*ggers...same thing!

- Johnny!

- Sonny? Mr Vargo?

Go outside. Get Sammy the Snake,

Joe Rags, Big Angie.

- Get 'em in here.

- Right away.

(Deep sigh)

(Pigeons coo)

(Breathes deeply)

(Man shouting in French)

Yes!

(Overlapping voices )

(Rapping)

(Continuous rapping)

(All) Hey! Peace, Dog!

Is that your dog?

No. I thought

maybe it was your dog.

What?

What?

He's really staring at you.

- Maybe he wants my ice cream.

- I don't think so.

lf he's bothering you,

why not tell him to go away?

Go on.

I've seen you before...

'cause you always carry

that briefcase.

You live on the roof

of the building down from me,

where the birds

fly out from.

Mom says you talk to nobody

and you got no friends.

- I don't know your mom.

- Is it true?

What?

You never talk to nobody

and you got no friends.

- No, I'm talking to you, right?

- Yeah.

Right.

You got your lunch

in that box?

- What you got in the briefcase?

- I asked you first.

No. Not my lunch.

I got my books.

You wanna see?

Books? Yeah, OK.

(Ghost Dog)

"The Wind in the Willows".

I read that.

- You did?

- Yeah.

Toad Hall and that stuff.

It was great.

You did read it.

(Ghost Dog)

"The Souls of Black Folk".

I read that, too.

Where did you get that?

From Ms Andrews, my teacher.

I didn't read all of it,

but I plan to.

You got time.

"Night Nurse"?!

- You read that?

- No, I just like the cover.

Right...

"Frankenstein".

That's a good book.

- Yeah, better than the movie.

- You thought so, too?

Yeah.

- Can I see it?

- Yeah.

"He sprung from the cabin window

"upon the ice raft,

which lay close to the vessel.

"He was soon borne away

by the waves,

"and lost in darkness...

and distance."

Hey, that's the end!

Don't give away the ending.

"The monster...Frankenstein."

"Rashomon". What's this about?

(Woman calls ) Pearline?

(Ghost Dog) You can borrow that.

You just gotta promise

that when you read it,

you come tell me

what you think.

OK, I will.

Is it true you got

no friends, then?

No. My best friend's

right over there.

- You wanna meet my best friend?

- I don't see anybody.

He's there

in that ice cream truck.

What do you think, I'm a chump?

I'm not going there.

I hardly know you.

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