Bless Their Little Hearts

You asleep?

I wished I was.

I'll be around at

Duck's if you need me.

How the kids, they okay?

- Oh yeah they alright - baby, they doing just fine.

See man?

- Hey man you gonna - try to tell me

That you lighter than me?

- Ain't no way in the world - that you gonna be lighter,

- Man look at the knuckles man, - look at this stuff there.

Your fingernails turn purple.

- Hey man I really don't - have much to say because

- I don't think God put that - breath in your breath.

- See man, okay, you - can look at, hey though,

Hey though, hey man.

- Hey look over here and look - at this here stuff man.

Hey man, I don't

wanna hear that shit!

This is gonna be a

mean son of a bitch.

Hey Banks.

Go sit down man.

- Hey. - Go sit down.

- Hey man, look at man, - let me talk to you man.

I got a do a thing

over here man.

- Look at man, look at - this, look at here.

Look at the hands

on him, man look.

- I'm two shades lighter - than this dude here man

- And he gonna tell me - he lighter than me.

Look at this here stuff man.

What difference does it make?

Hey man, knock that shit off!

Hey man knock that shit off!

- Let's talk about how - to make some money!

Anybody got any ideas?

I have some ideas.

Why not turn to robbing?

- There're little kids - out there doing it

And we're smarter than they are.

I can't rob an old lady.

- I'm not talking - about old ladies,

- I'm talking about - banks and gas stations.

- Shit there's one on - every damn corner.

- Well if I didn't have a - family that might be

Alright.

That's why you should

wanna do it, to feed 'em.

I don't wanna do nothin'

- that's gonna separate - me from them.

See I don't feel I'm no loser.

I feel that basically all

I got to do is look hard

at my situation and

just try and figure out

what's going wrong.

- But I must believe - in God 'cause I feel

That all this is just a test.

See I feel that there comes

a point in a man's life

where he has to make

a decision between

the spiritual and the material.

We always choose the material.

- I feel - like both of them.

But, let me finish this now

by saying that I believe

through a little faith

we will mount.

- Shooting at something sounds - fine, I'll get us some guns

And we can go out and shoot

at some rabbits and game.

Man are you crazy?

Man do you know how

far you'd have to drive

to kill a rabbit?

Did you eat something?

Yeah I ate something alright.

Girl, don't tell me

- you coming down - with the pink eye.

I feel alright.

- Is that little - boy your boyfriend?

Which one?

- You know the - one I'm talking about,

That little fat chubby one.

Oh him.

It's okay if you don't want me

- in your business, one of - these days you're gonna

- Want my advice because - men ain't something

You just grow up to know about.

Although it's kinda cute

to be shy about it now.

I remember when I was your age

- I used to watch my mama do - without something to eat

- Just so me and my brothers - and sisters can eat.

- And I said when I got big I - was give her all she wanted

And I was gonna

righteously spoil her.

Then I got married and there

ain't been no promises kept.

Boy, put that stuff

back in that drawer!

- Just get on these walls - 'cause you know all these

little fingerprints ain't

mine and your daddy's.

Boy you can just

cut the clowning.

Baby this book ain't

gonna hardly be as easy

as we first started for us.

- Well hon I kinda think - the kind that me and you are

It's gonna be okay.

Everything's gonna be just fine.

Yeah.

- Yeah I guess it's like - the first day on the job.

New man.

Can't expect too much.

- Ronnie? - Huh?

- Look in my jacket pocket - and bring me my cigarettes.

- And look on that table in - there and get that ashtray.

Okay.

- I think the main thing is - you got to keep your chin up,

You know?

- Keep that confidence - in yourself and know

That you're gonna

make everything okay.

Boy didn't I tell you about

keeping your fingernails cut?

Yeah.

- Angie? - Huh?

- Baby find me them - fingernail clippers, will

You?

Well then why you insist

on wearing them long?

I dunno.

- You know little boys - don't run around with their

Fingernails long.

- Little girls run around - with their fingernails long.

You ain't no little girl, right?

No.

I ain't gonna tell

you about this no more.

Stand up here.

Stand up here!

I'm gonna give you something

to cry about in a minute.

Little girls and little

sissies keep their nails

long.

Are you a little girl?

No.

- Are - you a little sissy?

No.

- Goddamnit - I don't wanna see

These nails long anymore,

do you understand me?

Yes.

Here baby, you can put

'em where you got 'em from.

Shouldn't be so

hard on the kids.

Just 'cause things

ain't going right.

Charlie, where the kids?

Didn't you hear all

that racket in there?

I don't hear nothin'.

- Well they was raising - hell in there a minute ago.

Oh my god, you done it again.

Boy you gonna tear up the

television doing it like

that!

- And get them crumbs - up off the floor!

Matter of fact all y'all get

up and get ready for bed.

Is it dark outside?

What time is it?

You got a hot date?

It's just a nerve.

Baby your back

is full of knots.

Andais, you know I'm trying

hard to find a job, don't

you?

Yeah.

Yeah.

I'll be out in a minute baby.