Black Snake Moan
Ain't but one kind of blues.
And that consisted between
male and female that's in love.
ln love, just like
l sung one of them songs a while ago
and l put a verse in there
saying that love hide all fault
and make you do things
you don't wanna do.
Love sometimes
will leave you feeling sad and blue.
l ain't talking about monkey junk.
And it consisted
between male and female.
And that means two people,
supposed to be in love
when one or the other
deceives the other through their love.
Ronnie?
Are you okay? Baby?
Baby. Baby.
It's okay. It's okay.
It's okay. It's okay. It's okay.
lt's okay.
I never Iaid a hand on her in anger.
Not one time, R.L.
Not even when I was drinking.
But this here business
got me wondering
what a good shake and sIap
wouId do for her.
We gonna keep that taIk
between us now.
Don't you go in there
with that sh*t on your tongue.
I ain't start this sh*t, R.L.
You wanna pray with me
before you go in, Laz?
HeavenIy Father, we do not question
your divine pIan for us,
but in these times,
when our spirit Iies in shadow,
when we are Iost,
we ask for your strength.
We ask for strength
to surpass aII understanding.
In your name we pray. Amen.
Can't remember the Iast time
I saw you in that suit.
At your mamma's funeraI.
I was a paIIbearer, remember?
How about I get you foIks some coffee
before I take your order?
We won't be staying Iong.
Coffee wiII be fine.
We Ieaving this weekend.
Deke got a friend in MobiIe...
You gonna taIk about that motherf***er,
I'm just gonna get up
in that new sh*t he bought you.
I thought we was gonna be friendIy
about this.
You sneaking around behind my back,
got everybody in town
Iooking at me Iike I'm a fooI.
I'm not ready to grow oId, Laz.
Living with you, I feeI it.
Like I'm one foot in the dirt.
Saw what happened to my mamma,
and that's not gonna happen to me.
I got Iiving to do.
And you gonna do that Iiving with him.
Look, Rose,
when foIk get sick,
they do what they can
to get on the mend, get weII.
Our marriage, it just done got sick.
Don't taIk to me about sick!
I ain't been right
since I moved into that drafty house.
Keeps the heat on.
That damn, rusty radiator
about burned the skin off my Iegs.
-Kept us warm for 12 years.
-Laz, you can't say nothing that's...
Look, Iook, Iook.
Look, maybe we can do Iike R.L. said,
come down to the church
and get with one of them counseIors.
I don't Iove you no more.
I'm sorry you hurting.
I said my piece.
God forgive you
for what you done to me.
Let me go.
My daddy toId me
a younger woman wouId bIeed me dry,
and that's what you've done.
-Laz, I said Iet...
-You better pray, gaI.
You hear me? You best pray.
Don't you Iay a curse on me!
Yeah, go on, Iook.
See if I give a sh*t
about any of you peopIe!
-You stiII want a Iift?
-Yeah.
Transmission's shot.
Hey.
Make sure you go see my Aunt Lori.
You gotta get rid of that cough.
This ain't gonna work.
-Rae...
-I don't see why we gotta
pretend about it when you and I
both know it ain't gonna work.
-Rae, pIease don't do this, okay?
-It's stupid!
-Rae. Rae!
-It's so f***ing stupid!
Look it. I got something for us, okay?
Give me your hand.
Give me your hand.
Look.
See?
Both these watches are gonna beep
at the same time, every night.
So no matter how far away we are,
we'II be thinking about each other.
Hey, Iook at me.
Look at me.
I gotta beIieve we can do this,
or I ain't gonna make it.
Okay.
God, I Iove you.
Ronnie, wait!
Ronnie!
F***.
No, no.
Hey, you got any money?
Thought you had a man for that.
I said we weren't gonna taIk about him.
How many times
we done done this sh*t?
Look, I ain't caIIing you
no ho or nothing,
but I ain't gonna Iet you
pIay me Iike no trick, neither.
-Remember, you caIIed me.
-Save it.
Save it for those dumb f***ers
you seII crack to.
How much money you need, ho?
The heII you caII me?
You wanna get rough, huh?
Is that what you doing?
Tehronne. Tehronne, Iet me go.
Let me go!
Bye.
It's aIready noon, Rae.
You think them shorts
shouId stiII be on?
WeII, if they weren't, you couId
kiss my rebeI cootch, you f*ggot.
Cough drops or condoms?
I didn't know you was working here.
Yeah, weII, you know how it is.
I just Iove getting dressed up
Your meaI ticket get shipped out today?
Just Iet me know
if I can be of any assistance.
Here you go, Linc.
Keep the change on that.
Thanks, Mr. Laz.
But if you wanna tip me,
best do it in butter beans.
Mamma wants a bag of yours.
''None of that store-bought junk.''
That's what she said.
AII right, you keep the change anyhow.
Come on out to the house,
I'II Ioad you up.
Yes, sir.
Why y'aII stop having dances
on Saturday night?
You used to have Iive bands
and aII kind of sh*t.
FeeIs Iike a wake up in here now.
FoIks can dance if they want.
I didn't buy that mirror baII for nothing.
Y'aII seen my snakeskin shoes?
-They from New York.
-Yeah.
My niece,
she gets them on the computer.
-Is that right?
-They got bIue snakes up north?
No. They got bIue dye, though.
You think them boots on your feet
come from a bIack cow?
You wanna get on somebody
about Iive music?
Get on oId Laz there.
He the one who got this joint shaking
back in the day.
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