Mo' Better Blues Page #6

One day, he tore them out,|Scotch taped them to the wall.

- And?|- And my moms walked in.

She saw red.|l knew there was going to be trouble.

l said, ''Mommy, get Larry,|it was his idea.''

''lf l ever...'' Whack. ''...see any|white women...'' Whack, whack.

''...on my walls again, in my house,|l'll kill you.''

l started to cry, ''Mommy,|don't kill him. That's my only brother.''

- ''He loves Betty and Veronica.''|- And the moral of the story is?

There is no moral to the story. Keep|that croosant-eating heifer out of here.

lt's croissant. And show some respect.|Don't disrespect her like that.

She's good to me,|so have some respect.

- You show some respect.|- Respect the dressing room.

- Yeah, man, respect yourself.|- Do right, Left.

- You're jealous.|- Jealous?

Oouldn't pull a French girl.|She's an educated woman.

She went to the Sorbonne.|You don't know where it is.

- Sore buns?|- You can get it on 125th Street.

She's a sister, you know.

- Oh! She's a sister?|- Sister? What kind of sister?

- She's a nun.|- She's Joan of Arc's sister.

- lgnorant. You're ignorant black men.|- l got a Ohinese girl.

- She can cook, too.|- You guys are justjealous.

Jealous?

Do l talk about your women?|The women up on that wall?

Them women over there?

That's a sister.

And they go on a wall, right?|This is my sister right here.

Here, man, a real woman.|You make a choice.

That's cold. That's cold.

Don't be throwing the sisters around.

You guys are absolutely disgusting.

Take that sh*t off my mirror!

- Respect the black woman.|- No, you respect my space.

- This is the queen.|- This is my space.

You take the queen.

The bottom line is you were late.|You brought your lady in here.

Don't do that anymore.|Everybody knows the rules.

Left, you're f***ing up.

Ladies and gentlemen,

Moe and Josh Flatbush|and Beneath The Underdog

proudly present|for your listening enjoyment

the Bleek Quintet.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Did you see them lines?

- We got eyes.|- We got ears.

Bleek has consistently packed the joint.

- We're pleased.|- We're more than pleased.

- We're ecstatic.|- Fabulous.

We want more money. You're making|a killing. What's fair is fair.

No. What we're|paying you now is fair,

and it's what you agreed upon.

You want to take food|out of our kids' mouths?

- lf we had it, we'd give it to you.|- But we don't have it.

- Ever heard of the word renegotiate?|- Out of the question.

$15 cover charge, three-drink minimum,|dinner starts at $25.

You guys are making money|hand over fingers.

- What about the artist?|- Don't hand me that artist doo-doo.

They don't have any financial risks.|Go listen to the music, huh?

- You think Bleek's Elvis?|- There's only one Elvis.

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