Baby Boy Page #4

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That's four hundred dollars!

That is crazy!

Lord, that's crazy.|That is crazy. Okay.

Come on, dog.

I like!

It look good.|Your mama look fly, don't she?

Your mama look good?

-I got another surprise.|-What?

That beautiful dress, my son looking|nice.... We're doing big things!

What'd you do to my car?

I got them tinted windows done.

I got some 1 0s from my Mexican homies.

I told you she'd like that.|Daddy got taste.

Want some breakfast?

--I learned so many|incredible secrets.

When placing ads in newspapers...

...just one secret I can show you|can make you a fortune.

Nice, huh? State of the art.

Yeah. This is the bomb.

-Mama didn't say she got a new TV.|-She didn't know. It's a surprise.

Oh, yeah?

I have to hook up the VCR|and set the timer...

...so she can see--

I hooked it up and set it already.|Pass the remote, youngster.

Let me show you how it works.

I got this bad boy|from my man for free.

You know how much it costs|in one of them electronic stores?

-It cost a grip.|-You got that right.

But we black folks|live by the barter system.

You know about that?

When black folks had no money,|we traded for things.

My man give me this TV 'cause I did|some work for him back in the day.

You know, shot a couple niggas,|cut up some folk. Dumb sh*t.

I was like you, Jody.|Young, dumb and out of control.

I did a dime.

Ten years straight|in San Quentin and Folsom.

All over some dumb sh*t. But you?

You're smarter than I was at your age.

I gotta hand it to you.|You're smart.

You're no killer like me. That's good.

I was bad.|I ain't had my dome straight.

But, Jody, peep this. On the real.

Me and your mama|are getting real serious...

...so I'm gonna be|around here for a while.

I ain't trying to be your daddy|or nothing, but if you need advice...

...feel free to talk to me.

'Cause I seen it all...

...and I done it all to the full.

You may think you see new sh*t|out here, but it's just...

...a rerun to me.

You know what I'm saying?

Mama?

Mama, have you got this nigga|living up in here now?

-Can't I have a life?|-You got a life!

Them days are over. I ain't|like Big Mama. I got to have fun.

You have fun. Why can't I?

But why does the man|have to live here?

He a killer,|and you got him in the kitchen...

...scrambling eggs|and drinking the Kool-Aid?

He was making me breakfast!

All right.

What am I supposed to do?|Roll over and die?

You gonna kick me out?

You gonna kick me out?

Let me know now.|I don't need no surprises.

I do. Surprise me and move out.

You could learn from Melvin.

He's done well for himself.|He's turned his life around.

He has his own business. I don't have|to force him to get a job!

You're not a baby no more, Jody.|You need to grow up.

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