1 00:00:02,802 --> 00:00:05,472 [***] 2 00:00:05,505 --> 00:00:07,574 CHRIS ROCK: When you first become a teenager, 3 00:00:07,607 --> 00:00:10,076 you think it's cool to just be a teenager. 4 00:00:10,110 --> 00:00:12,612 Then you find out no matter how cool you act, 5 00:00:12,645 --> 00:00:16,416 if you don't look cool, you might as well be 5 years old. 6 00:00:16,449 --> 00:00:19,152 And the coolest thing you could have when I was 13 7 00:00:19,185 --> 00:00:20,286 was a leather jacket. 8 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:22,222 He might not have a daddy, 9 00:00:22,255 --> 00:00:24,491 but he's got a leather jacket. 10 00:00:27,193 --> 00:00:29,262 Keisha, you got a leather jacket too? 11 00:00:29,295 --> 00:00:31,564 My mom just got it off layaway for me. 12 00:00:31,598 --> 00:00:33,166 I was thinking about getting one. 13 00:00:33,199 --> 00:00:35,402 You are? Why? 14 00:00:35,435 --> 00:00:38,204 Look at me. I'm skinny and I'm short. 15 00:00:38,238 --> 00:00:40,106 I'm not gonna become cool overnight. 16 00:00:40,140 --> 00:00:41,841 You don't look that bad, though. 17 00:00:41,875 --> 00:00:44,377 Yeah, but I need something. 18 00:00:44,411 --> 00:00:46,212 Think a leather jacket would help? 19 00:00:46,246 --> 00:00:47,781 I guess. 20 00:00:47,814 --> 00:00:50,417 All I was thinking is that the right leather jacket 21 00:00:50,450 --> 00:00:54,554 would have turned me from this guy...into this guy. 22 00:00:54,587 --> 00:00:57,157 Chris. That leather jacket is cool. 23 00:00:57,190 --> 00:00:58,458 Let's hang out. 24 00:00:58,491 --> 00:01:01,127 As soon as I'm finished posing. 25 00:01:06,566 --> 00:01:08,768 I knew where to get a leather jacket. 26 00:01:08,802 --> 00:01:11,771 Now all I needed was money. 27 00:01:11,805 --> 00:01:14,107 [***] 28 00:01:19,546 --> 00:01:22,215 * Aw, make it funky now 29 00:01:47,507 --> 00:01:50,677 A leather jacket? What do you need a leather jacket for? 30 00:01:50,710 --> 00:01:52,645 Keisha said it was cool. 31 00:01:52,679 --> 00:01:54,781 Think a leather jacket's gonna make you cool? 32 00:01:54,814 --> 00:01:57,417 It made these guys gazillionaires. 33 00:01:57,450 --> 00:02:01,654 It could. The only thing is, I don't have $50. 34 00:02:01,688 --> 00:02:03,356 Just save up your allowance. 35 00:02:03,390 --> 00:02:05,358 My what? Your allowance. 36 00:02:05,392 --> 00:02:07,794 It's money that your parents give you every week. 37 00:02:07,827 --> 00:02:09,362 I'd heard about allowances, 38 00:02:09,396 --> 00:02:11,197 but I didn't know they actually existed. 39 00:02:11,231 --> 00:02:14,234 I thought it was just something that happened on TV. 40 00:02:14,267 --> 00:02:16,936 Here you go, son. A thousand dollars. 41 00:02:16,970 --> 00:02:17,937 Thank you, father. 42 00:02:17,971 --> 00:02:20,373 [CHUCKLING] 43 00:02:20,407 --> 00:02:22,642 Since my father was always working, 44 00:02:22,676 --> 00:02:24,511 he always seemed kind of grumpy. 45 00:02:24,544 --> 00:02:26,579 It seemed like there was never a good time 46 00:02:26,613 --> 00:02:28,314 to ask my father for money. 47 00:02:28,348 --> 00:02:29,983 Daddy, can I have $15 to go on a field trip 48 00:02:30,016 --> 00:02:32,652 to the Statue of Liberty? Okay. 49 00:02:32,686 --> 00:02:34,921 Hey, Dad, can I have $5 to go to the show? 50 00:02:34,954 --> 00:02:36,723 Okay. 51 00:02:36,756 --> 00:02:38,925 Baby, can I get $25 to go shopping? 52 00:02:38,958 --> 00:02:40,760 Okay. 53 00:02:40,794 --> 00:02:43,396 It looks like this might be a good time after all. 54 00:02:43,430 --> 00:02:46,466 Hey, Dad? Can I get a leather jacket? 55 00:02:46,499 --> 00:02:49,402 A leather jacket? You got some leather-jacket money? 56 00:02:49,436 --> 00:02:51,338 What do you need a leather jacket for? 57 00:02:51,371 --> 00:02:52,772 What's wrong with Drew's old coat? 58 00:02:52,806 --> 00:02:54,908 Instead of Drew wearing my old clothes, 59 00:02:54,941 --> 00:02:56,643 I wore his old clothes. 60 00:02:56,676 --> 00:02:58,978 I think I was the first kid to get hand-me-ups. 61 00:02:59,012 --> 00:03:01,481 It's too small, it's out of style 62 00:03:01,514 --> 00:03:03,316 and it's just not cool. 63 00:03:03,350 --> 00:03:04,818 It ain't supposed to be cool. 64 00:03:04,851 --> 00:03:06,486 It's supposed to be warm. 65 00:03:06,519 --> 00:03:07,854 Being warm is cool. 66 00:03:07,887 --> 00:03:10,623 I'm not asking you to buy it. I'll save up. 67 00:03:10,657 --> 00:03:11,825 Save up what? 68 00:03:11,858 --> 00:03:16,563 I was hoping you can give me an allowance. 69 00:03:16,596 --> 00:03:19,366 I know it sounded like an innocent enough question, 70 00:03:19,399 --> 00:03:20,567 but here's what he heard. 71 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:22,435 Since you work like a slave all day 72 00:03:22,469 --> 00:03:26,473 and don't have time to enjoy your money, can I have it? 73 00:03:28,608 --> 00:03:31,311 I'm not giving you money for doing nothing. 74 00:03:31,344 --> 00:03:32,612 An allowance? 75 00:03:32,645 --> 00:03:35,048 I'll allow you to sleep here at night. 76 00:03:35,081 --> 00:03:37,317 I'll allow you to eat them potatoes. 77 00:03:37,350 --> 00:03:38,718 I'll allow you to use my lights. 78 00:03:38,752 --> 00:03:41,321 I'll allow you to drink my Kool-Aid. 79 00:03:41,354 --> 00:03:43,623 I'll allow you to nibble on them green beans. 80 00:03:43,656 --> 00:03:45,658 I'll allow you to look at that TV. 81 00:03:45,692 --> 00:03:48,061 I'll allow you to run up my gas bill. 82 00:03:48,094 --> 00:03:49,863 I'll allow you to walk up my stairs. 83 00:03:49,896 --> 00:03:53,600 I'll allow you to ask me these ridiculous-ass questions. 84 00:03:53,633 --> 00:03:55,735 Why should I give you an allowance 85 00:03:55,769 --> 00:03:58,738 when I already paid for everything you do? 86 00:03:58,772 --> 00:04:02,742 Who you know that gets an allowance? Huh? 87 00:04:02,776 --> 00:04:04,644 I'm finished. 88 00:04:04,678 --> 00:04:07,847 I was talking to Greg. He said that he gets $5 a week. 89 00:04:07,881 --> 00:04:10,383 Sounds like Greg's doing better than me. 90 00:04:10,417 --> 00:04:12,452 Ask him for an allowance. 91 00:04:12,485 --> 00:04:14,454 You want to buy a leather coat, 92 00:04:14,487 --> 00:04:16,823 you need to get a leather-coat job. 93 00:04:16,856 --> 00:04:19,726 While things might have been tight with my father, 94 00:04:19,759 --> 00:04:21,728 my mother was getting loose. 95 00:04:21,761 --> 00:04:25,732 She was always happy when she had the house to herself. 96 00:04:25,765 --> 00:04:28,001 She caught up on her reading. 97 00:04:28,034 --> 00:04:30,804 She talked on the phone. 98 00:04:30,837 --> 00:04:34,040 She ate expensive candy she hid from us. 99 00:04:34,074 --> 00:04:36,976 But there was one thing that she never counted on 100 00:04:37,010 --> 00:04:39,079 to mess up her day. 101 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:42,716 Coming... 102 00:04:44,617 --> 00:04:46,019 What are y'all doing here? 103 00:04:46,052 --> 00:04:48,388 Something went wrong at our school. 104 00:04:48,421 --> 00:04:50,490 Something about the paint. 105 00:04:53,093 --> 00:04:56,529 Before vending machines were put into schools, 106 00:04:56,563 --> 00:04:59,933 hungry kids often snacked on lead paint chips. 107 00:04:59,966 --> 00:05:01,768 Mm. 108 00:05:01,801 --> 00:05:04,838 This is good! 109 00:05:04,871 --> 00:05:07,607 If we had ladders, he'd have ate the asbestos. 110 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:09,642 I want one! Me too! Me too! Me too! 111 00:05:09,676 --> 00:05:12,846 Come on, me too! Hey, give me some! 112 00:05:12,879 --> 00:05:15,081 So we can go back after they finish 113 00:05:15,115 --> 00:05:16,549 repainting our classrooms. 114 00:05:16,583 --> 00:05:18,418 All right, well, stay out of my way, 115 00:05:18,451 --> 00:05:19,552 'cause I'm cleaning up. 116 00:05:19,586 --> 00:05:20,920 What are we gonna do all day? 117 00:05:20,954 --> 00:05:22,856 I don't know. Go play. 118 00:05:24,791 --> 00:05:29,696 But you all better not mess up my house till after 4:30! 119 00:05:29,729 --> 00:05:34,034 I mean, asbestos kills. A little paint ain't gonna hurt. 120 00:05:34,067 --> 00:05:37,904 After a day out of school, my mother wasn't having any fun. 121 00:05:37,937 --> 00:05:40,173 And neither were Tonya and Drew. 122 00:05:40,206 --> 00:05:42,575 What are you doing? Nothing. 123 00:05:42,609 --> 00:05:44,144 When broke kids get bored, 124 00:05:44,177 --> 00:05:47,047 they play one of the cheapest games ever invented: 125 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:48,481 "I Dare You." 126 00:05:48,515 --> 00:05:49,816 I dare you 127 00:05:49,849 --> 00:05:53,687 to put these ice cubes under your armpit. 128 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:56,923 For how long? One minute. 129 00:05:56,956 --> 00:05:58,425 Okay. 130 00:05:59,626 --> 00:06:02,629 Whoo! Ah! One... 131 00:06:02,662 --> 00:06:05,732 two... Count normal, Tonya. 132 00:06:05,765 --> 00:06:08,568 Three... What is wrong with you? 133 00:06:08,601 --> 00:06:11,504 I dared him to put ice cubes under his arms. 134 00:06:11,538 --> 00:06:14,574 Take the ice cubes from under your arm. 135 00:06:14,607 --> 00:06:16,609 Not...in the glass. 136 00:06:16,643 --> 00:06:18,645 Boy, people gotta drink from that. 137 00:06:18,678 --> 00:06:21,481 Okay, I dare you to drink it. 138 00:06:21,514 --> 00:06:23,983 You better not. That's nasty. I'm not. 139 00:06:24,017 --> 00:06:26,052 Know what, since y'all want to dare so bad, 140 00:06:26,086 --> 00:06:29,923 dare each other to sit down and act like y'all got some sense. 141 00:06:29,956 --> 00:06:33,626 How about that? I'll be glad when y'all go back to school. 142 00:06:33,660 --> 00:06:35,562 You are driving me up the wall. 143 00:06:35,595 --> 00:06:36,963 Two walls. 144 00:06:36,996 --> 00:06:40,567 Now you have to do something. That's nasty. 145 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:42,702 Meanwhile, I felt like the only guy on earth 146 00:06:42,736 --> 00:06:44,871 without a leather jacket. You got a leather jacket? 147 00:06:44,904 --> 00:06:48,174 Cool, huh? My dad got it for me at the army surplus store. 148 00:06:48,208 --> 00:06:49,676 Hey, weren't you the one 149 00:06:49,709 --> 00:06:51,511 who said leather didn't make you cool? 150 00:06:51,544 --> 00:06:53,580 Yeah, but I was wrong. 151 00:06:53,613 --> 00:06:55,982 So, what did your dad say about an allowance? 152 00:06:56,016 --> 00:06:59,185 He said no... for about two hours. 153 00:06:59,219 --> 00:07:01,588 Hi, Greg. Nice jacket. 154 00:07:01,621 --> 00:07:04,057 Wait, she's talking to you? 155 00:07:04,090 --> 00:07:05,892 Cool, huh? 156 00:07:05,925 --> 00:07:08,795 I gotta get me a leather jacket. 157 00:07:08,828 --> 00:07:10,530 Finding a job when you're 13 158 00:07:10,563 --> 00:07:12,198 is not the easiest thing to do. 159 00:07:12,232 --> 00:07:13,967 I applied for easy jobs... 160 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:16,936 Now, why would I pay you to put groceries in a bag 161 00:07:16,970 --> 00:07:19,973 when I can put them in a bag my damn self? 162 00:07:20,006 --> 00:07:24,077 I applied for hard jobs... Security guard, huh? 163 00:07:24,110 --> 00:07:25,912 You ever been shot? 164 00:07:25,945 --> 00:07:28,815 I even applied for jobs I didn't know I was applying for. 165 00:07:28,848 --> 00:07:31,551 You any good with matches? 166 00:07:31,584 --> 00:07:33,219 There's a new barber down the block. 167 00:07:33,253 --> 00:07:36,089 He needs to be taught a lesson. 168 00:07:36,122 --> 00:07:37,557 [TONYA GIGGLES] 169 00:07:37,590 --> 00:07:39,893 I dare you to slide down these stairs 170 00:07:39,926 --> 00:07:43,229 on your back. Give me the towel. 171 00:07:43,263 --> 00:07:46,199 Only place more dangerous than the streets of Brooklyn 172 00:07:46,232 --> 00:07:47,701 were the hallways of Brooklyn. 173 00:07:47,734 --> 00:07:49,769 [THUDDING] [DREW GROANING] 174 00:07:49,803 --> 00:07:51,771 After running out of options, 175 00:07:51,805 --> 00:07:53,573 I could only think of one person 176 00:07:53,606 --> 00:07:55,241 that could help me find work. 177 00:07:55,275 --> 00:07:56,843 Hey. 178 00:07:56,876 --> 00:07:59,779 Dad, can you help me get a job? 179 00:07:59,813 --> 00:08:02,916 What? I want to get a leather jacket. 180 00:08:02,949 --> 00:08:06,586 I've been trying to get a job, but it's not working out so far. 181 00:08:06,619 --> 00:08:09,956 You want it that bad, huh? Yeah. 182 00:08:09,989 --> 00:08:12,625 Want to come to work with me? For real? 183 00:08:12,659 --> 00:08:14,561 Yeah. Tomorrow's Saturday. 184 00:08:14,594 --> 00:08:15,995 You can come do deliveries with me. 185 00:08:16,029 --> 00:08:19,833 I'll be back in a few hours. Now, be downstairs at 3:30. 186 00:08:19,866 --> 00:08:22,869 Not 3:31. Don't worry. I'll be down early. 187 00:08:22,902 --> 00:08:24,104 No such thing as early. 188 00:08:24,137 --> 00:08:25,972 You're either on time or you're late. 189 00:08:26,006 --> 00:08:28,041 I was committed to getting that jacket. 190 00:08:28,074 --> 00:08:31,144 Nothing was going to stop me. Nothing except a nap. 191 00:08:31,177 --> 00:08:33,780 [***] 192 00:08:44,691 --> 00:08:46,026 [HORN HONKING] 193 00:08:46,059 --> 00:08:48,128 [SNORING] 194 00:08:50,063 --> 00:08:51,931 [ENGINE REVVING] 195 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:57,804 * Everybody hates Chris 196 00:09:03,176 --> 00:09:06,112 ANNOUNCER [ON TV]: He pulls up and shoots the 12-footer. 197 00:09:06,146 --> 00:09:09,315 Vandross got the rebound. He lays it up and in. 198 00:09:09,349 --> 00:09:12,752 CHRIS ROCK: I thought my father would be mad that I missed work. 199 00:09:12,786 --> 00:09:14,254 Instead of getting a leather jacket, 200 00:09:14,287 --> 00:09:16,723 I thought I was gonna get a leather belt. 201 00:09:16,756 --> 00:09:18,091 What happened this morning? 202 00:09:18,124 --> 00:09:21,361 I overslept. How come you didn't come get me? 203 00:09:21,394 --> 00:09:23,263 You the one want the job. 204 00:09:23,296 --> 00:09:24,931 Job ain't gonna wait for you. 205 00:09:27,801 --> 00:09:29,869 [***] 206 00:09:29,903 --> 00:09:32,305 In the game of dare, there are no rules, 207 00:09:32,339 --> 00:09:35,208 there are no regulations and the game doesn't end 208 00:09:35,241 --> 00:09:37,077 till somebody's dead. 209 00:09:52,125 --> 00:09:54,794 I dare you. 210 00:09:54,828 --> 00:09:57,697 What you gonna give me? 211 00:09:57,731 --> 00:09:59,065 Two dollars. 212 00:10:01,301 --> 00:10:04,237 [EXHALES SHARPLY] 213 00:10:04,270 --> 00:10:07,140 Drink it. Hurry up. 214 00:10:07,173 --> 00:10:08,408 Hurry up, Tonya. 215 00:10:08,441 --> 00:10:10,010 More. 216 00:10:10,043 --> 00:10:12,946 Drink it. Whoa! 217 00:10:12,979 --> 00:10:15,415 [GROANING] 218 00:10:17,283 --> 00:10:19,753 Heh-heh, cool. 219 00:10:23,790 --> 00:10:26,159 How was it? 220 00:10:26,192 --> 00:10:28,028 Give me my $2. 221 00:10:28,061 --> 00:10:29,696 [ALARM BUZZES] 222 00:10:29,729 --> 00:10:31,164 The next morning, I was up earlier 223 00:10:31,197 --> 00:10:33,199 than a Marine with a paper route. 224 00:10:33,233 --> 00:10:34,934 Coffee? 225 00:10:34,968 --> 00:10:37,771 [MACHINERY WHIRRING, SQUEALING] 226 00:10:37,804 --> 00:10:40,006 Working with my father was mind-blowing. 227 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:41,975 I couldn't believe how big it was, 228 00:10:42,008 --> 00:10:45,245 how loud it was, how fast everything was going. 229 00:10:45,278 --> 00:10:47,981 I felt like an Amish kid in Vegas. 230 00:10:48,014 --> 00:10:49,449 Come on. 231 00:10:50,850 --> 00:10:53,119 JULIUS: What's up, George? Hey, Herc. 232 00:10:53,153 --> 00:10:55,822 What's up? Hey! 233 00:10:55,855 --> 00:10:58,825 Who's this? That's my son, Chris. 234 00:10:58,858 --> 00:11:01,494 Who's Herc? Herc, like Hercules. 235 00:11:01,528 --> 00:11:03,129 That's a strong man. 236 00:11:03,163 --> 00:11:05,265 The only other names I knew my father by 237 00:11:05,298 --> 00:11:07,267 were the words my mother called him, 238 00:11:07,300 --> 00:11:09,869 and they didn't have nothing to do with being strong. 239 00:11:09,903 --> 00:11:12,906 So, little Herc, you funny like your old man? 240 00:11:12,939 --> 00:11:14,741 My father's funny? 241 00:11:14,774 --> 00:11:16,376 Nah, he ain't that funny. 242 00:11:16,409 --> 00:11:17,911 [BOTH LAUGHING] 243 00:11:17,944 --> 00:11:19,412 Funnier than you two corny... 244 00:11:19,446 --> 00:11:21,014 [HORN HONKS] [MEN EXCLAIM] 245 00:11:21,047 --> 00:11:23,283 My father never cursed at home, 246 00:11:23,316 --> 00:11:25,218 so hearing him curse at the job 247 00:11:25,251 --> 00:11:27,187 made me feel like I was in a secret club. 248 00:11:27,220 --> 00:11:30,056 Get to work before I bring your mama back in here. 249 00:11:30,090 --> 00:11:31,191 Oh, no. No mamas. 250 00:11:31,224 --> 00:11:34,060 Yeah, okay, whatever you say. See you, Little Herc. 251 00:11:34,094 --> 00:11:36,062 Tell your mama to come back here too, man. 252 00:11:36,096 --> 00:11:40,333 [HORN HONKING] [ALL LAUGHING] 253 00:11:40,367 --> 00:11:41,835 Hey, let's get to work. 254 00:11:41,868 --> 00:11:43,303 I haven't heard cursing like that 255 00:11:43,336 --> 00:11:46,806 since my father stepped on my mother's bunion. 256 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:48,742 [TONYA GROANS] 257 00:11:51,211 --> 00:11:54,781 [TONYA GROANING, CRYING] 258 00:11:54,814 --> 00:11:56,950 At home, the dare game was over, 259 00:11:56,983 --> 00:11:59,085 but the trouble was just starting. 260 00:11:59,119 --> 00:12:00,887 [TOILET FLUSHES] 261 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:03,023 [GROANING SOFTLY] 262 00:12:06,092 --> 00:12:09,295 What's wrong, baby? I heard you all the way from my room. 263 00:12:09,329 --> 00:12:11,798 My stomach hurts really bad. 264 00:12:11,831 --> 00:12:13,233 Let me feel. 265 00:12:13,266 --> 00:12:16,236 Oh, no. You're burning up. Let me feel your tummy. 266 00:12:16,269 --> 00:12:17,804 [SQUEALS, CRYING] 267 00:12:17,837 --> 00:12:20,206 Okay, baby, I'm gonna take you to the emergency room. 268 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:22,342 I'm gonna get your coat. Drew, get up! 269 00:12:22,375 --> 00:12:24,577 Going to the doctor was serious business, 270 00:12:24,611 --> 00:12:27,380 because usually, if something was wrong with one of us, 271 00:12:27,414 --> 00:12:31,484 my parents thought they could fix it with Robitussin. 272 00:12:31,518 --> 00:12:34,387 Ow! I burned my finger! 273 00:12:34,421 --> 00:12:36,956 Oh, let me see, boy, let me see. 274 00:12:36,990 --> 00:12:39,826 Oh, take some Robitussin. 275 00:12:39,859 --> 00:12:41,528 Looks like a tooth broke off. 276 00:12:41,561 --> 00:12:44,431 Mm. I'll go get the Robitussin. 277 00:12:44,464 --> 00:12:45,965 (BANGING ON DOOR) 278 00:12:45,999 --> 00:12:48,134 ROCHELLE: What? Chris just got hit by a car. 279 00:12:48,168 --> 00:12:52,405 Oh, my God, I'll go get the Robitussin. 280 00:12:52,439 --> 00:12:54,841 [GROANING] 281 00:12:54,874 --> 00:12:57,477 I'm not telling her. You're the one who drank it. 282 00:12:57,510 --> 00:13:01,314 You dared me! Shh. Be quiet. 283 00:13:01,348 --> 00:13:03,950 Okay, come on. Let's go. 284 00:13:10,490 --> 00:13:12,292 It was cold outside. 285 00:13:12,325 --> 00:13:14,994 I was tired, and those papers were heavy. 286 00:13:15,028 --> 00:13:16,296 I was starting to wonder 287 00:13:16,329 --> 00:13:18,932 if that leather jacket was worth it. 288 00:13:18,965 --> 00:13:21,267 Hey, Chris. What time you getting off? 289 00:13:21,301 --> 00:13:24,371 Never. I gotta pay off this jacket. 290 00:13:30,310 --> 00:13:31,411 Okay, that's it. 291 00:13:31,444 --> 00:13:33,313 Good. Now can we have a break? 292 00:13:33,346 --> 00:13:36,216 We don't get a break for another three hours. 293 00:13:36,249 --> 00:13:38,551 Come on. 294 00:13:38,585 --> 00:13:40,220 [SIRENS BLARING] 295 00:13:40,253 --> 00:13:43,223 If you watch TV, you know that an emergency room 296 00:13:43,256 --> 00:13:47,327 is one of the most exciting places you can be. 297 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:49,229 Wrong. 298 00:13:49,262 --> 00:13:51,164 Yeah, Charlie and Karen, They broke up. 299 00:13:51,197 --> 00:13:53,299 No! Well, he went back to New York. 300 00:13:53,333 --> 00:13:56,302 Excuse me, nurse. My baby's stomach is killing her. 301 00:13:56,336 --> 00:13:58,571 The thing about people who work in emergency rooms 302 00:13:58,605 --> 00:14:01,641 is they're not the ones with the emergency, you are. 303 00:14:01,675 --> 00:14:05,412 Really? Oh, but did you see Tracy with her new man? 304 00:14:05,445 --> 00:14:08,348 But do you see me standing here with a sick child? 305 00:14:08,381 --> 00:14:10,917 Do you see me here talking to somebody? 306 00:14:10,950 --> 00:14:13,053 Quit hollerin' at people! I don't need this. 307 00:14:13,086 --> 00:14:15,288 My man has three jobs! 308 00:14:16,656 --> 00:14:19,092 [***] 309 00:14:20,727 --> 00:14:22,562 Being at work with my father 310 00:14:22,595 --> 00:14:26,299 was one of the coolest things I ever did. We broke laws... 311 00:14:26,332 --> 00:14:28,201 Oh! Hey, we can make it! That's red! 312 00:14:28,234 --> 00:14:31,037 Hold on, man. Here we go. Whoa! 313 00:14:31,071 --> 00:14:32,372 Let's go! Let's go! Aah! 314 00:14:34,107 --> 00:14:36,343 Whoo! Ha-ha-ha! 315 00:14:36,376 --> 00:14:37,444 Yeah! Yeah! 316 00:14:37,477 --> 00:14:38,945 ...cursed people out. 317 00:14:38,978 --> 00:14:40,714 [HORN HONKING] 318 00:14:40,747 --> 00:14:44,084 Hurry up! Let's go! Get out of the way! 319 00:14:45,585 --> 00:14:46,586 [HORN BLARING] 320 00:14:46,619 --> 00:14:48,488 Kiss my ass! That's right! 321 00:14:48,521 --> 00:14:51,224 You too! That's right! 322 00:14:51,257 --> 00:14:54,194 That was one of the most exciting nights of my life. 323 00:14:54,227 --> 00:14:56,563 We delivered papers in Brooklyn. 324 00:14:56,596 --> 00:15:00,300 We delivered papers in Queens, Little Italy, Chinatown, 325 00:15:00,333 --> 00:15:02,969 Spanish Harlem, Puerto Rican Harlem, 326 00:15:03,003 --> 00:15:04,671 the Bronx, Greenwich Village. 327 00:15:04,704 --> 00:15:08,141 We delivered papers to people I didn't even know could read. 328 00:15:08,174 --> 00:15:12,379 And after delivering more than 15 tons' worth of newspapers, 329 00:15:12,412 --> 00:15:16,349 all I could think was, "Where the hell is the sun?" 330 00:15:20,420 --> 00:15:23,356 Um, number 36, the doctor will see you now. 331 00:15:23,390 --> 00:15:26,393 Oh, no, no, no! Come on! This is ridiculous! 332 00:15:26,426 --> 00:15:29,229 Who's gonna help my baby? That man's been shot. 333 00:15:29,262 --> 00:15:31,631 Just because she's not shot doesn't mean she isn't hurt. 334 00:15:31,664 --> 00:15:33,266 If this wasn't an emergency, 335 00:15:33,299 --> 00:15:35,368 we wouldn't have come to the emergency room. 336 00:15:35,402 --> 00:15:37,737 Look, if she doesn't get to see a doctor, 337 00:15:37,771 --> 00:15:39,773 we're gonna have to get you a doctor. 338 00:15:39,806 --> 00:15:42,509 Yeah. Now. 339 00:15:42,542 --> 00:15:45,278 I'm sorry it took you so long to get in. 340 00:15:45,311 --> 00:15:47,147 It's about time somebody threatened 341 00:15:47,180 --> 00:15:48,748 to kick that nurse's ass. 342 00:15:48,782 --> 00:15:51,317 Mm, I think we have to run some tests. 343 00:15:51,351 --> 00:15:53,553 What kind of tests? Well, first we need 344 00:15:53,586 --> 00:15:56,289 to draw some blood, little lady. I'll be right back. 345 00:15:56,322 --> 00:15:59,025 Mama, I don't want... Baby, you have to take the test 346 00:15:59,059 --> 00:16:02,162 in order for you to feel better. Mom, uh... 347 00:16:02,195 --> 00:16:05,365 I have to tell you something. 348 00:16:05,398 --> 00:16:07,067 What? 349 00:16:07,100 --> 00:16:09,302 I dared Tonya to drink a hot sauce shake. 350 00:16:09,336 --> 00:16:13,373 A hot sauce shake? Girl, what in the world would you do that for? 351 00:16:13,406 --> 00:16:14,274 He dared me! 352 00:16:17,110 --> 00:16:19,512 Doctor, I don't think that'll be necessary. 353 00:16:19,546 --> 00:16:22,649 My son dared her to drink a hot sauce shake. 354 00:16:22,682 --> 00:16:24,250 A hot sauce shake? 355 00:16:24,284 --> 00:16:28,121 Yeah, you know, vinegar, hot sauce, syrup and milk. 356 00:16:28,154 --> 00:16:30,190 I didn't know it'd make her that sick. 357 00:16:30,223 --> 00:16:32,092 I know what to do. 358 00:16:34,094 --> 00:16:36,096 Here. 359 00:16:36,129 --> 00:16:37,697 What is this? Ipecac. 360 00:16:37,731 --> 00:16:39,599 This is to induce vomiting. 361 00:16:39,632 --> 00:16:41,801 When she's done, she may have a slight cough. 362 00:16:41,835 --> 00:16:44,504 Give her some Robitussin. 363 00:16:44,537 --> 00:16:47,140 She'll be fine. 364 00:16:47,173 --> 00:16:50,243 Ain't no fussin' with the 'Tussin. 365 00:16:50,276 --> 00:16:51,277 Ow! 366 00:16:54,781 --> 00:16:59,185 Julius, you gotta take that truck back over to DeKalb. 367 00:16:59,219 --> 00:17:01,688 I'll do it tomorrow. No, I need it done now. 368 00:17:01,721 --> 00:17:03,590 You can't find somebody else? 369 00:17:03,623 --> 00:17:06,226 Why should I find somebody else? I found you. 370 00:17:06,259 --> 00:17:09,129 I want that truck back over to DeKalb now. 371 00:17:09,162 --> 00:17:12,132 The only person I ever saw tell my father what to do 372 00:17:12,165 --> 00:17:14,467 was my mother. 373 00:17:14,501 --> 00:17:16,536 You just gonna let him tell you what to do? 374 00:17:16,569 --> 00:17:20,240 Either that or I won't have nothing to do. Come on. 375 00:17:23,376 --> 00:17:25,512 Ow. 376 00:17:25,545 --> 00:17:27,080 That hurt. 377 00:17:31,151 --> 00:17:33,520 You worked hard. Yeah. 378 00:17:34,821 --> 00:17:37,524 Feels kind of good, don't it? Yeah. 379 00:17:37,557 --> 00:17:39,559 After everything I'd been through, 380 00:17:39,592 --> 00:17:42,262 I understood my father a lot more. 381 00:17:42,295 --> 00:17:43,763 Because when you work that hard, 382 00:17:43,797 --> 00:17:46,166 you think about every dime you spend. 383 00:17:46,199 --> 00:17:49,402 And I was thinking about how I was gonna spend mine. 384 00:17:50,837 --> 00:17:53,573 Twenty-five dollars? That's right. 385 00:17:53,606 --> 00:17:55,275 You earned every penny. 386 00:17:55,308 --> 00:17:57,243 Don't forget to ice down your arms. 387 00:17:57,277 --> 00:17:58,645 But I need 50 for the jacket. 388 00:17:58,678 --> 00:18:02,682 No, you don't. You want 50. There's a difference. 389 00:18:02,716 --> 00:18:05,685 When I asked you for the jacket, you said I should get a job. 390 00:18:05,719 --> 00:18:09,222 And I got a job. Job didn't pay enough. 391 00:18:09,255 --> 00:18:11,391 Man, you got $25. 392 00:18:11,424 --> 00:18:14,427 I didn't make my first $25 till I was 30 years old. 393 00:18:14,461 --> 00:18:16,429 And I still got two of 'em. 394 00:18:16,463 --> 00:18:19,899 Look, you want the jacket, save your money. 395 00:18:19,933 --> 00:18:22,569 You can work with me again next week. 396 00:18:22,602 --> 00:18:24,537 Okay. Hey... 397 00:18:31,244 --> 00:18:32,846 Bye, Mommy. See ya. 398 00:18:32,879 --> 00:18:34,614 Have a good day at school. 399 00:18:34,647 --> 00:18:37,550 A few days later, Drew and Tonya were back in school 400 00:18:37,584 --> 00:18:40,453 and my mother could go back to her routine. 401 00:18:40,487 --> 00:18:43,356 I've never seen a woman so happy to clean. 402 00:18:43,390 --> 00:18:44,491 Ooh! 403 00:18:49,229 --> 00:18:52,499 Hello. Hello. 404 00:18:56,670 --> 00:18:58,405 Meanwhile, I was still wishing 405 00:18:58,438 --> 00:19:00,373 my job had worked out a little better. 406 00:19:00,407 --> 00:19:02,609 After all I'd gone through with my father, 407 00:19:02,642 --> 00:19:05,512 I appreciated him that much more. 408 00:19:07,514 --> 00:19:09,683 Hi, man. How do you like my jacket? 409 00:19:09,716 --> 00:19:13,186 You got that one? I got the last one on sale. 410 00:19:15,989 --> 00:19:18,625 But I didn't go out in the middle of the night 411 00:19:18,658 --> 00:19:20,860 and do all that work for nothing. 412 00:19:20,894 --> 00:19:23,296 [***] 413 00:19:33,306 --> 00:19:34,908 Aren't you hot in that thing? 414 00:19:34,941 --> 00:19:37,243 Please. I'm fine. 415 00:19:38,678 --> 00:19:39,946 Chris?! 416 00:19:39,979 --> 00:19:44,250 * Everybody hates Chris 417 00:19:50,423 --> 00:19:53,927 [***] 418 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:56,563 * Aw, make it funky now