La Mission
[Curtis Mayfield's Kung Fu]
- Our days of comfort, days of night
Don't put yourself in solitude
Who can l trust
with my life
When people tend
to be so rude?
My mama borne me
in a ghetto
There was no mattress
for my head
But no, she couldn't
call me Jesus
l wasn't white enough,
she said
And then she named me
Kung Fu
Don't have to explain it,
no, Kung Fu
Don't know how you'll take it,
yeah, Kung Fu
l'm just trying
to make it now
Kung Fu
l've got some babies
and some sisters
My brother worked
for Uncle Sam
lt's just a shame,
ain't it, mister?
We being brothers
of the damned
Keep your head high
Kung Fu
l will till l die, yeah
Kung Fu
Don't be too intense, no...
- Let's go.
Let's go, people.
Squeeze it up.
Squeeze it up.
Since we're neighbors,
let's be friends, right?
Come on, sweetheart.
Squeeze it up.
Hey, no radios.
Hey.
Read the sign?
- The f*ck you doing?
- l know this dude.
- So what?
- That's
Jesse Rivera's dad, man.
Motherfucker's
straight-up O.G. too,
like, serious.
- Time to get off the bus,
little homey.
- And if l don't?
- That ain't really
an option, is it?
- All right.
l'll play with you later,
bus driver.
- Yeah, l'll see you later.
- What the f*ck you looking at?
From Mission
l want to see you move more
l'm fixin'
To make you knock
like a door
Now, come on, everybody,
little lady, let's go
Listen
lf you wanna get the hit
from Mission
- What it doing, man?
- What's up?
- Hey, where you locos headed?
- Down to 24th to check out
that works at McDonald's.
You with it?
- Nah, l got to go
to the library.
- Man, you study too damn hard.
You know that?
- Somebody's got to.
- l'm gonna holla at you later,
all right, man?
- All right, man.
- What y'all doing
this weekend?
- Shit, l'm taking it
low and slow, you know.
- The only thing l'm doing
this weekend
are my nails and my hair.
- But your hair looks good.
- Oh, that's why
l love you, baby:
for your good taste.
- Yeah, l'll check y'all
on Monday, all right?
Stay brown.
- Can't do nothing but.
- What's up?
How you doing?
As, as, as
What's up, Chuy?
- Hey.
Qu onda?
- Low and slow, man.
Yo, yo, yo.
- The party people
are trying to finish
so they can get
out of here on time.
- Tu hombre?
- Where else?
Yes, l'm still holding.
- l'll check you later,
all right?
- Oh, no, you don't.
l want all the juicy details.
- About what?
Your friend Donora?
- Yeah, l heard you guys
got into it.
- Pshh, that's because
she was tripping.
- Qu pas?
- No, l tried to be
a gentleman
and hold the door for her.
She got all pissed off,
said l was oppressing her.
- l told you she was political.
- She's confused,
is what she is.
Jeez.
Yo, yo, yo.
Can we dance with your dates?
- Only if l can have her sister.
- What's up, bro?
- Doing it right.
- So you finally got
those doors open, huh?
After five cans of WD-40.
- What's going on in here?
- So l took the steering column
and the front end
off the '67 Mustang,
an engine block.
- Yeah, get down, James Brown.
- You know how we do it.
ls that it?
- Yeah, check it out.
l was thinking
like in real small print.
- Nice.
- How about like under the mural
or something?
What you think?
- Nice touch.
Maybe put it right here
so it arcs with the curve
of the fender?
- Yeah, you know,
l was thinking
in, like, Aztec Gold
to, like, represent the sun
or something.
What?
- l think it's cool
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