Pride Page #3

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This place is a nesting ground

for drugs, thugs

and the lowest common denominator.

"Lowest common denominator."

Let me tell you something right now,

Miss Sue.

If it weren't for this place

keeping you off the street,

you wouldn't have no pretty threads

on your back right now.

So don't you ever forget that.

Elston, we are not gonna keep

this place open just for you.

Nice shot. Nice shot.

-Hot out here, like Vietnam.

-What do you know about Vietnam?

I know that's where you going

if you keep flunking English.

You know, they draft the dumb ones first,

right?

-I guess you might be next.

-No, 'cause you're dumb.

Pass the ball. Come on.

Look who's back.

See you still ain't found a iron.

See you haven't found no game yet.

Hey, hey. Look, look, look. Look.

Well, we running a shelter here?

Yeah, I didn't know

the city paid you to swim.

That must be a real nice gig.

Actually, they don't pay me much at all.

But I didn't know the city paid you

to be in my business.

Well, let me get the iron out

and iron this wrinkle out of you right now.

I'm gonna let you know something

straight off the press, baby.

Everything up in here is my business.

And better yet, when the water bill come,

I'll make sure you get part of my business.

Okay, and I'll make sure I don't pay it.

For some reason, I knew that already.

Hey, so Puddin, man,

Puddin say he waiting to get married.

He waiting to fall in love before he do it.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's it.

'Cause sex and basketball

ain't the only thing on my mind.

There's more to life than sex.

Man, what you know about sex, man?

You never got yourself none.

-What?

-Shut up, Reg.

Yo, what... What the hell?

-Oh, man.

-Hey, man, what you doing?

What does it look like?

Taking down the rims.

Yeah, but why?

City's closing the place down.

I'm supposed to bring the rims in.

-Sorry, fellows.

-You ain't got to take it, man, just leave...

They always messing

with our neighborhood.

Man, what we supposed to do now?

Walk eight miles

and play over at the Hudson Center?

Man, in this heat?

You must be out your mind.

Hey, say, man,

what you gonna do with that rim?

Get off me. Man, this is bullshit!

What's he smiling at?

What? It's hot.

Y'all having fun?

You suck! You suck!

-Give me the ball.

-I got the ball.

Watch it, watch it, watch it, watch it.

Listen up,

I need to talk to y'all for a second.

You with the basketball.

I got to tell you, first of all, I think

that was pretty low,

what they did to y'all outside,

pulling down your basketball rim.

But as long as this place is open,

I'm gonna let y'all swim in here.

But if y'all gonna be in here,

you gonna have to act

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