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what color is it? purple. [in a deep slow voice] purple! right okay. burpahl burpahl burpahl burpahl burpahl burpahl burpahl. purple! okay okay! red! red. I got a red. red what? burpah. [soft voice] reed. circle. red circle. good. here you got a red circle? look at me Corrine. a cir'le. ah heh [laugh]. awright. me. me ...
have a circle. mm m mah mah mah mah. no. gimme! pink! right pink okay. loss my... [mumbling] how d' you do that. next. I do. [undercurrent Roland making noises] you do what? loo loo. got a brown circle. right. me too. I got a br... stop! ow! what is this? I got one. square. here, right in here. [undercurrent] in right ...
maybe you hafta take that up to your mother. okay. [undercurrent] woman. [arriving home from school] cmon cmon let's go. [laugh] ei. cmon Rolan'. oh thank you. [someone opened the door for me] how 'd it go taday? what'd ju what'd ju do taday? work. did you have any bad marks for me today? I goin' this way. [rg and cj t...
[cj and rg at the crosswalk at one+thirty three st and Madison ave] so we can go now, right? why do cars always awsweiz stop here? well for one thing there's a driveway there, see. an' that allows people that are coming outa that driveway ta go into the street. I could xxx. [laughs]. come on Rolan' can't you make it xx...
no? so you already traded one. [someone they pass in hall] thank ya. now I gotta get up on xxx. [people talking in the hall] should a gone through that hall xxx. yeah we just came over here xxx? yes 'n' no. you know like it would be too much of a decision. I don't think it xxx. this this elevator over here doesn't go a...
my voice goes along nere an' it comes out this other wire here. you know this one. an' it comes to one of these antennas here, an' it goes through that cord an' into there. whoops. off the door, move your han' off de door... he he's pretty good today. [cj and bg about rg] he recognizes the letters of his first name. an...
well you xxx like what for instance? well I wouldn't wanna be in your way,... [whistling]. uh particularly like when you're preparin' your meal... you don't know what I got on, I got a microphone. an' gettin' ready to eat. can I see? a what? well uh you an' Rolan' can go in my room if you wanna. it's up here, a little ...
xxx lemme let me listen to my voice on it. go ahead go ahead, with the man. go with man go on back there. with the micraphone. [rg runs into bg's bed+room where Carl and bg are] an' through his dinner. an' then just before he goes to bed. mm? um an' that's it. mm. okay. so. an' he... don't bother. and he can you know l...
turn around. oh yeah. turn around. turn around. ah ah don't bother that. [very faint] because everything you sayin' is being picked up. xxx he's at to? [undercurrent] pickin' things up? [record playing in background] I thought I see something on he an' xxx he touch it. hurry up Rolan'. oh. [rg goes back to bg's room wh...
I want wahn keep it on. you wanna keep it on? [nvr to rg] oh okay. here you can take th'ow thtcw sundays suhndiz paper. [bg returns to her room] away. for me too yoyo. yes. his. here. okay thank you. giddy up. Rolan'. hm? have you had one have one mister mistah I mean. [bg passing out candy bars, yoyo and rg talk] Beat...
Carl pleased to meet ya. loud sigh. that's my uh frien's son that's Carl that's Dave. righ' and you're Stephanie. and that's Nancy. hi Nancy. hi. that's... Stephanie. I could hear mommy. okay Stephanie you gotta go to store stoah. yoyo talk. you don't want it? talk yoyo. hi xxx. I'll take it. no. I hear you. cmon Steph...
giddy up? who? yeah. dis. yo you can't hear anything now? no. su you sore? here let me try it an' see. I'm gonna hear nothin'. hello. I can hear talk Rolan' say something. I can hear too. yeah everything is is good. don't this sposta be hooked up? huh? it hooked up. yeah. yeah. it's hooked up. hunm... jus' like mommy's...
dis. oh candy bar. it's right over there. where? over there. it's lou'. yeah. could I see? don't pull nothin'. you gotta move back Gregg. dis a light. how old is Gregg? uh six months I think. this a light. wow. look it that light. dis is a light. oh hey wait a minute. [he starts to pull out records from tape recorder] ...
uh dat's to cut dat off? yeah. it's still on? I 'on't hear nothin'. you don't let me hear. I he probably... move Roland. cut it off? yeah I think you might of... hello hello. no okay say somethin' Rolan'. hi I kudkut cut it off. are they bahthurin bahthandurin botherin' you? no no everything's okay. huh? he botherin' m...
who? Rolan'. no. when? uh no I'm not connected with sesame street. Stephanie. huh? this is for uh the nursery. oh. yeah. I'm a be on sesame street. you are? who said? my teacher. unhunh. oh well well then maybe sesame street is coming to to the nursery. I don't know. don't let him get that on his shirt. baby noises. he...
he he. bad boy. look out Rolan' he might poke you in the eye accidentally. lemme hol' it for you go git it. is that Rolan''s little brother? [nvr to Dave] uh is it is he a relative or... [laugh]. just a friend. uh just a friend. that ain't no friend. I took away Gregory lollipop he goin' on... after me. [rg runs back t...
mommy here? where? gonna put this on my motha bed? I don't know is it alright? [nvr to sg] okay. how you feel? fine. uh oh. mah. have a lollipop? Stephanie how 'd it go taday? okay. you got any bad grades? nope. I got one wrong in science. tamarra I'm gonna keep you home tamarrow Stephanie. okay. it don't make no sense...
give that boy his lock. one. take ya, take your jacket off an' we can listen to this for a little awhile okay? before the tape runs out. cmon gimme your coat Rolan'. oh I gotta go to the bathroom awful. mercy. you didn't have a rough day did ya? just tirin' right? right. yeah whee u the weather in itself is enough to.....
yeah Mickey yeah Mickey yeah Mickey. yeah Mickey. yeah Mickey. yeah Mickey. yeah Mickey. yeah Mickey. yeah Mickey. yeah is that Mickey for Mickey Mouse? yeah. [Jimmy Hendrix doing it in the background, storm, bad girl from another room] I... dom dom dom dom etcetera. well I gotta pee. I gotta pee pee. okay. run, run, d...
can I can I hear. ah hum. an' um... but what I was sayin' was that you know that ah when you know the, th the day ah before the holidays. Roland don't touch that... mama be qu... oh in other words yo'... the day the I won't be puttin' him in bed at eight o'clock because a... okay. bet they come for all around all the w...
at, a a... stop! uh. at holidays? yeah. mommy Rolan' keep botherin' that thing. when he knocks his self out. oh right. is no set time see cause a... right. um ma frien' ga hon. mom Rolan' keep botherin' nis button. I I don't have anymore gum. uhuh. [in response to sg] uh because... I wan' gum. I generally stays up and ...
no, no, no, I'm sayin' nat we'll pretend... oh. you know, and we'll just, you know, tape like we did. last night. yeah well that's okay. yeah because... afta his suppa you know. right. you can tape I an' just say that ah, that this is certain, certain time. uh uh uh uh. [Roland whining] yeah. Roland went to bed... yeah...
an' a man... oh that's bad. get in the bathroom. uh oh. no Rolan' what's ju do? okay. well we're starting then. Rolan' just turned us on. an' um no no no no that's okay. Rolan' just leave those alone alright? okay. okay. an' the time is. five o'clock. no the time is about five forty... where dis come from? where this c...
can you can you do that burger king commercial? two all beef patties on a... two beef buns salt lettuce xxx. [in background] yeah. my... I can't do it. you hear all this? crinkle crinkle crinkle here, do me a favor. throw this away for me, alright? lemme see how yo's hear it. let you see me hear it? you hear it? yeah I...
you got a lollipop? huh? you got a lollipop? do I? no. I'm git me a lollipop. [rg gets lollipop] does your mother know you're doin' that Rolan'? paper. huh? Roland does your mother know you're doin' that? huh? does your mother know that you're over there doin' that? yeah. she does? you know you're gonna you're gettin' ...
go ahead I'm gonna spank him. can kahn I have it Ma? no after dinner. no I'm not gonna eat it. after dinner. I'll put it here I gotta pocket. okay put it in your pocket until after dinner. mommy said I could have kuhd haevv it. yeah I know I heard her. what's in here? [cj and rg talking about an empty tape box] nothin'...
may I have it? bu' I put I wanna put it in this box. no it goes in this box Rolan'. oh. so put it in this one. okay there we go. I lould kah I saw sahu my momma? sure. [rg takes empty tape box into kitchen where bg is] Ma Ma look it tape box this new one. carry that tape back in there to him. no that's okay. go ahead! ...
your welcome welku. come on Steph'... go wash up for dinner you did no! don't show me your hands are clean because they're not. go wash your hands. dey clean. yoyo. hm? xxx at his house. come here. you took some candy out a the drawer, and I don't like that. because that's no nice mommy gave you candy this evening, rig...
I washed up. who are you screamin' at? dry his han's Stephanie. dere's the towel up there. I like it. um um um um. I li... nex' knob I hit. [cj and rg going to the table] Carl come on sit by me. okay let's go. come on. okay. dit dit tit tit etc me an' Carl gonna Carl gonna sit here. an' I'm gonna sit by Carl. and then ...
right, right. do it everyday. don't don't do that. noise he not sittin' by you. hi don settin bai u he sit by me. what's dis? what about Carl? oh that's a transmitter. okay. like mine. like dis. this is it's a noise reduction device. Carl see. what you doin'? Carl and yoyo you can cut down the tv a little bit. stop Rol...
I will pour poah you some tea. 'cause I want dat to be xxx. here's yo' little plate. whine. what'sa matter? I 'on't want no green beans. just a spoonful. you need some... I 'on't want no green peas. those are not peas. I wan' no I 'on't want no string beans. just a spoonful is all you have on your plate Rolan'. whine. ...
right an' you know how he gotta be big an' strong, don't you? him box. Stephanie. no he had ta eat green string beans. an' chicken don't forget about the chicken Carl. and chicken and mashed potatoes. an' an' an' an' an' an' and um peas. I 'on't want no xxx. just a spoonful. and peas right. you have ta eat it. you haft...
mhm. an' my voice too, right? right. I got mine right here. this is dis is Stephanie momma I pass 'em out. alright, well let me dry 'em off. can I have that one? now that's his. I xxx I got rob rob rab rab rab etc. [laugh]. Rolan'. Roland. that's not nice. thank you. ahahboo ahahboo. Rolan' that's not nice. ah ah bu. w...
thank you. [trilling]. something like that. you can't always. Rolan' no we don't do things like that. get you know, exact. Stephanie would you bless the table please? amen amen amen. Rolan'! Roland. I'm a say my grace first. yo ah, you are not bein' nice. god is great and god is good... do mine? sh she 'on('t) wanna do...
a bafroom? but with xxx. how you turn it out? Junie use sa... this sa use lus sa be Junie but now when ya not livin' here. it's mine now. from de 'hole de 'hole 'hole time. where de light at? dis my whole room. where de thing ta xxx turn the light on? dat's where I go live xxx. wait xxx. I'm sorry. before I go down sou...
xxx just one second. wha', what we just done said is on the tape? put the lock on, yoyo out de room. [whispering] haha. [laughing] watch me get on... that goes to de tape dat what we just now say? yeah. huh? yeah. [clearing throat] oh jive! say somethin' sahmpin. [bg enters room] uh Rolan''s gettin' ready an' yoyo's ge...
come on an eat. come on Carl. okay. I wanna sit next to Carl. [we all assemble at the table] let Carl sit there okay? let Carl sit here, you sit next to Carl xxx. didn't tell you to do any of that. [rg mike comes back with static] can you do this Rolan' are you this strong Rolan'? [cj crushing aluminum cans in his hand...
sit down, and xxx. mommy mommy. Mom. [noises]. [noises] [slurring] what was that all about? what? so what. huh? oo oo thank you. oo oo grape drink dreip drink oo. I want some drink. naw unhunh. spinach just a spoonful of spinach. just a spoonful. man you can't... why 'on't you stop Rolan'. you can't handle that Rolan'....
ouch! [sg to all] sit up. [laugh]. mm. he was tryinna go to sleep by kissin' you. [laugh]. I was sleep? o o as in you did something you shouldn't... yeah. mm. I was. oo oo. tell tell tell yoyo you love your sister right? yeah. I love my sister. no. yeah yeah. [laugh]. [laugh]. ow! well ya gotta wait a little bit there ...
he uh he uh uh uh uh uh uh... I'm not no good at this thing. ah shut up. thank you. I know how dey do it. bluff is that it? lota bluff? lot a mouth an' no action. I see. look dis how you do it. see look at the ball right? that's pretty close yeah. xxx yeah... there ain't no bread? hon would... Stephanie I have bread. t...
hum. yoyo. ah it ain't this one. I like the way you distribute those forks Rolan'. that's really good. singing and humming. don't tell him that. he won't be able to do it tomorrow because Rolan' doesn't do it nice anymore. aw a pork chop sammich. it's good. I know sometimes I have it like dat too. oh that's right. bles...
ahmen. which is it eimen or ahmen? ahmen. okay it's amen u try the spinach man it's good. yeah. [unenthusiastically] Stephanie I Rolan'. huh? I hope you didn't. have spinach to day in school. no. awright. 'cause you didn't have corn in school today. right? yeah. you had corn for lunch? they had corn for lunch. I don't ...
xxx koolaid. [full mouth] awright. chake chake Koolaid chake chake Koolaid chake. [r g chants, as rg says 'chake' yoyo says 'that'. as yoyo says 'on' bg, says 'Stephanie' as bg says 'eat' Stephanie says 'I'] that's what xxx said on the apple xxx. Stephanie would you eat your vegetables. I didn't say nuh in. eat your ve...
[yoyo sings a commercial] oh xxx called him? for school? no it's something for the school. Stephanie eat your food. mommy. sss. xxx mom. you want some xxx dey have? company xxx I'm first. company first. oh yeah that's right. [laugh] thank you. chee the kee. [yoyo sings and then exclaims] oh no I'm gonna be last? Rolan'...
I wasn't drinkin' it. how do you know it taste good if you didn't drink it? huh. because I know xxx... hey is yours different than mine? mm [I don't know]. here put mine by yours. [referring to the glasses of juice? to] put mine by yours. one two three. [counting drinks lined up in a row] no you shouldn't do that. why?...
awright? now sit up. you made my xxx. [complains to b g] oh I'm very sorry now sit up and eat your food okay? I thought you... oh no not not me. I can't... the girl xxx. told yall don't sit on there? Iris? was sayin' oh no like dat. groan. mm xxx. you'll be sorry. Ma, I got paint on my blue jeans I got paint. how did y...
look at your pants. I know. well at least you fell in some red pants your pants is red so, keep xxx. but they didn't get all over my pants. people may think it's decoration xxx. [the paint] good. do what? get you? somethin'. what? you're drink it before you get xxx. yeah [belch] excuse me. mhm. mhm. [mimics c j] mhm. I...
das duh way we do it at PS one thirty three. did not! [s g interjects] now I'm pretty sure you don't do that at PS one thirty three, an'. you don't do that at my table. ah h h. [rg finishes drinking juice] he show xxx when you jumped up in the air. [laugh] mommy. now what cha gonna do with it Rolan'? [n v r] yesterday,...
yeah I'm makin' you a valentine card too. an' I got a. ribbon up up on na top an' we gonna write... don't tell her. we gonna write happy valentine. [food in mouth] very good. me too. you gonna write it yourself Rolan'? or Missus Mis Blasingame gonna write it? I'm gonna write mine. Blasingame of course. [Stephanie answe...
and xxx. no! [Roland disagrees] xxx t is for trimming especially for the tree. [s g recites the line correctly] t for trimmin' beshee for de tree. [Roland recites the line correctly] that was your christmas play you did. xxx t is for xxx. t is for what? t is for trimming an expensive xxx tree. [s g answers c j] he's no...
see! [verify to b g] I'm finished. see. very good. hm? xxx use your napkin and wipe your hands. say excuse me when you get up from here? excuse me. in Boston we hafta say, may I be excused from the table please? okay. if you say no you can't go [laugh]. yoyo wants to get back to his his frien's because he knows xxx xxx...
I'll get it. I'll clean the table. he ain't got no kind a sense. right! [yoyo goes out of the apartment] I sorry? wait minute! wait minute Rolan'. Rolan'! come back to the table. he ain't got on no shoes. he ain't finished eatin' his... come back to this table an' sit d... hey glasses man! [Roland maybe calling out the...
Sarah T. [the name of the movie] [sneeze]. that's Car'. oh excuse me. dis is not not my car. this is xxx. oh that looks like the thing Car' Car' had. [sneeze] oh. Car' got dese. Carl is gettin' a cold. yeah. I take you to de doctor. [laugh]. okay, when shall we go? dat way we walk. we goin' to miss Gladys to see miss G...
she's in Harlem hospital. dat dat dat where you took me at? yes that's where you were born. ahhah. the new one? [the new hospital] what room? you was born on the fourth floor in the delivery room. dat where she at? [referring to miss Gladys] no she's on the seventeenth floor. okay man you gonna go. okay. muhnyuhmuhnyuh...
xxx he call me a xxx. [voices from the hallway are hear in background] no he said " do you wanna go?" his mouth was full that's why. that's what I thought he said. get my napkin, please. mm 'kay. pizza pie pizza pie pizza pie game. pie pizza pie xxx. [Roland sings along with tv commercial] [laugh]. [laugh]. pizza pie....
[referring to Roland who is making gestures] hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee ee. [giggling] what does what does all that mean Roland? [cj is referring to the gestures Roland is making] what does that all mean? mm mm mm. huh? what does that mean? [laugh]. shakin' the finger, an' pounding the fist, an' choking the neck. ...
an' she goin' to school too. [referring to Stephanie] no she's not. yoyo? no. I could go in a long time? [laugh]. I get it. what're you gettin'? all a that corn was dropped. thank you. move the the chair to the table Rolan'. you only have a spoonful. you have enough? oh yeah I'm fine. just fine thank you. wait for me o...
[laugh]. [Roland is clowning around as he eats] he's imitating everybody tonight. [referring to Roland] mm. he's a nut. [referring to Roland] Rolan' take you time. [Roland is eating his good] I like this. mm whimper. oh I thought it was not. hot. I'll do it Rolan'. I'll clean the table off. cmon. where we goin'? we goi...
seventeen I'm. she's on the same floor you was on year before last. seventeen? when he had pneumonia? seventeen das the one I was on? he had pneumonia? what hap... why don't you tell Carl about the time you was in the hospital. [to Roland] an' tell Carl... tell Carl what was goin' in your hand. needle. is that right? y...
cause my fever was comin' up, right? what did the ice mattress look like Rolan'? ice. [laugh]. it was up at the top. you know you know how dey put de ice mattress. no I've never seen one. oh. it's a it's just a rubber piece a rubber where de water can go through an' den dey have de ice up ta de top where dey pour de wa...
I do git. he threw it away. I wipe my mouth all ready. hey gimme another one then. I'm a take de napkin I'm take a napkin to miss Gladys. why would you take her a napkin? [laugh]. so in case her nose get stopped up. to make? bugger come out her nose no do yours [belches]. that's awright. let's go see miss Gladys. anoth...
mentioned everybody at the table and she said I'm eating so 'n' so 's ears and I'm eating so 'n' so 's this an' so 'n' so 's that, an' then she said and I'm eatin' so 'n' so 's buggers. an' then she corrected herself no I mean nose! you know 'cause she knew what she wanted to say originally. but you know, she sort of s...
xxx do de story. say the story Rolan'. gimme back my cap! [a line from the story] he looks just like a monkey. [laugh]. I do not! you do not what? look like no monkey. [laugh]. somebody else look like a monkey. who? yoyo. [laugh] I don't try. xxx Roland. oo! somethin' just fell, from the ceilin'. Roland. [laugh]. [laug...
I will. it goes in hainiuh I can pick up dis chair say sh ah ah. broke that Jeanie. ppsss. say 'xcuse me. 'xcuse me. mhm. 'xcuse me. are you through eating Rolan'? yeah let's go see miss Gladys now okay? [laugh]. okay? okay. gidi? well that's really up to your mom. kaw mee mommy? you can't get upstairs. [the hospital w...
no. duh no... you you came to visit me when I was in the hospital? yes. did I come to see you? every mornin' an' every evenin' right? an' I in when you use ta don't be dere an' come an' see me I use ta cry. yeah but I don't think you was cryin' too much because I was there everyday. you was sitting on de bench out dere...
huh? I 'on't think we should. huh? I don't think we should. yeah! nah. yeah you betta let me go! no Rolan' I don't think we should okay? yeah. [Roland insists as cj begins recording context aside] we gonna go. I'ma punch you in your mouth. no that's okay let it let it let it alone Rolan' okay? [Roland was handling the ...
k bad. that was bad yeah. say dat again. say it loud uhn I'm black an' I'm, proud uhn say it loud uhn I'm black and I'm proud uhn. you didn't hear that, did you? no. you've never heard James Brown sing that have you? yeah. you have? yeah oh you did. oh then why'd you want me to sing it some more then? anyway the dinner...
eat your food. Ma gimme a lemon. when you finish your food Rolan'. I do. I wan' a lemon. um anyone want any salt? except you Rolan' 'cause I know you gonna say yes. what? salt? mhm. you want some salt? just a little bit. I want salt too. gimme some salt. xxx had my shaker full. okay. I know how to do my own a little bi...
yeah there's a little bit comin' out. I do it by here. do it by dere. anybody want any bread? no. [r g makes loud noises as c j and s g answer b g about, bread] noise. no thanks. Rolan' oh pull your chair to the table, an' eat. you know, you're gonna get a spankin' an' you gonna. have your baf an' then the bed before s...
no Rolan' when you finish your dinner. crying. don't... he bein' har' headed. I see when Rolan' get up from the table he's going straight to the bathtub an' get in the bed. I don't hafta spank you Rolan'. you just can't watch tv that's all. crying. well alright then be a good boy. [laugh] you should taste this chicken ...
[r g changes subject of conversation] huh? why you always come here Car'? why do I what? always come here? always come here? yeah. this is the first time. I ever been to your house. oh. [laugh]. eeee you gonna keep on comin'? yo. yoyo. no. [simultaneous d topic to r g] hm? tomorrow will be the last day. an' den you gon...
[under current on tv] whoops. grrp etc noise. dat's your napkin. [the napkin to cj] unhunh that's your napkin, cause mine is right here. he always do that. dat not my napkin. yes it is. ss no it ain't. it is too. it is too. 'cause I 'idn't put my mouf on nat. you did too. get out a here. yoyo. [as she comes in through ...
noise. well you goin' ta bed aftawhile. you know what, you're not gonna be a strong fighter. why? wahai. 'cause you're not eating your food. I strong now, wanna see? what about in the future? I could pick up dis whole teibl. what about in the future Rolan'? what about a year from now? Oohamet 'hammad Ali, don't get him...
[n v r to r g] you should eat it then. noise. Rolan' eat your food. noise. Rolan' don't sing at the table eat your food. you know betah. [undercurrent from tv] tonight lizahebet Montgomery come on. she kill her mother an' fahthah. well you know... I know I know I know. mm? you hafta bed in bed by eight. if it don't com...
do it your own self, dum dum. you dumb. [undercurrent tv to rg] eat your xxx. hunm. [he maybe disguising his negative answer] [discipline] [laugh]. [laugh]. [laugh] Rolan' I'm gonna take you from the table. hm? I'm not gonna let you finish your supper. [undercurrent tv] noise. [undercurrent tv] whatsa matter Rolan'? ya...
hello. [bg has phone conversation while rg kicks me under the, table] Joyce an' on the xxx. hello. Rolan' you're kicking me. kickin' you? okay I'll see you tomorrow. you comin' hm. in tamarra? I kickin' you? mhm did she tell you? what wait a minute wait a minute what... I'll move. I kickin' you? something. oh well I th...
Stephanie. you got a toothbrush... in the bathroom. I watchin' it mom. you finished! [rg and cj talk about eating fast] mhm. can you do this? I can't eat fas', like you. oh well don't eat fast. just eat it all, that's the important thing. you ate yours fas'. no. no I didn't. you ate it slow? I ate it at a nice comforta...
[undercurrent tv] how you doin' Rolan'? you doin' alright? okay that's good. [n v r to r g] ya wait for me? mhm I'm waiting for you. eat dat. [c j and r g talk] what? eat dat. oh no, I I've had more than enough you eat it okay? I can't. [undercurrent tv] whoops excuse me. that's okay. Stephanie while your in the bathro...
hm? sataday is the day that you get your allowance right? you get two dollars every sataday, an' you usually go to the movies, right? I haven't had no problem out a you but dis sataday I don't think you'll be goin'. why? because I don't like the way you actin' tonight. I'm a eat. Rolan' are you hungry? hm? are you hung...
early right. right. cmon. [r g is just about finished. to c j] I didn't hear you say thank you. where we goin'? thank you. where we goin'? hm? well we can't go until we finish drinkin' our tea. right. juice? right. [undercurrent tv] ah that's right it's sposta be juice. I see why I try a pick him up by three o'clock. h...
in back dere. okay. here wipe your mouth. mine boom. in your room? in your iyou room. in my room. too Rolan' okay? [cleaning up] wipe wipe your hands off real good too Rolan' okay? television. they real good. dey real good. hello. see dey real good. hi. okay. hi okay. now yoyo why you followin' on us? why you followin'...
let's go back in the living room an' talk with your mother for awhile alright? look dat's on. I know it. let's go talk with your mother awhile, alright? why you keepin' 'at on? 'cause I'm recording your voice. nope let's go. we're goin' back in the living room an' talk with your mother, okay? I'm goin' outside bye bye....
'cause this one is broken now. we hafta fix this an' we don't want this one to break, right? okay. I can break it doin' pushups. I sit down. I'm cuttin' off the light I can see better. no! no Car' gotta fix that. you gonna fix dat? I'm a try to. now? no, when I go home. keep it on... lilv un [groan] you cut the light o...
no. what, I'll get you a piece of paper then. now I get it outta your notebook. I need dat paper for writin'. I'll buy you some more paper. I'm a draw you somethin'. what're you gonna draw me? I can't look it here. come on kahmawn. where? in na kitchen. come on. okay. I'm a try somethin' come on. okay okay. come on. tc...
but dis pen mess up. I messed up. shoot. here. god. ah ah. here's a pinci pencil! yoyo where's the pencil? huh? who done to me? [from distance] the pencil? in the pencil's in my book. there you go. that's what you should probably use. thanks. is it in my book? I need dis pen. dst. he he [laugh] there's a whole in the p...
dat don't go. let's see what one is da biggest so I can use. you mean the pencil an' the pen? or p... which which which one's the biggest. hm? dis one. what's what is that? pencil. no naw dis one is the biggest I see I see see I see I ya see I ya see eighty one see ya see ya see tss I'm a draw I'm a draw somethin' sump...
yeah. okay start out making a circle then. wait use this. use this. use dis. yeah. an' den put de red on it? yeah you could make the fish red maybe? an' dis an' dis. oh you gotta make it bigger than that. make it bigger bigger big one. yeah don't you wanna make a big fish? okay now that's a good start. alright? now can...
boat? what boat? I'ma do de boat so 'cause 'cause fishes be fishes be under uhndah de boat. sometimes yeah. an' den dey come up right? yeah but see this fish is in a bowl. that's a fish bowl. so dis the yellon cray'... and there's there won't be a boat in a fish bowl. this not no fish bowl? yeah you made a fish bowl. h...
[answers door, undercurrent tv] who gave me this? Mary. oh. you don't like it? yeah I love xxx. how you make de fish? I don't know 'cause I don't draw very well Rolan'. go ask xxx. okay I show you. de fish will be right in de pan. go sit down. that's my paper dst dst. he he he [laugh]. he he he [laugh]. how you make de...
wow. de water gonna be big ah big. [somebody crying in background] hey Rolan' I 'on't understan' what was this line here? push. dat push back water. uh oh uh oh somethin' gonna happen. push back de water. unhunh. an' den so de. [Carl interrupts] fish could be under it. you know dat. den... so then this this fish is out...
what you say? get back in yo... what you say? come on Stephanie. go run his water. go clean that tub go get in that tub. wha' what do fish get at the rest at that restaurant? can they get a Big Mac? no fish don't get git dat I got my I got make dey food. what kin' of food are you gonna make for 'em? I mean what sa food...
dis little water push back de boat... where's the boat? I I still don't see the boat. oh I 'on't make it yet. oh you didn't? where de fish at? oh dey in de water. oh I didn't make dey eye. hss? oo oo I didn't make... dat tail. fins right? yeah I'm aa make it. make it for me, I messed up. I can't it's yours. mhm [whines...
think your mother knows? why don't you ask your mother do you know. what's dat? forgot the name of it. that's... Car'. anyway it's complicated. I'm a make a big ol' circle. okay. 'kay dere she come don't mess it up. tss? I messed up. dis how I'm make it. tss? Rolan' you know what? you're goin' too fast. I don't make de...
tamarra tamarra. huh? just about I'm a go turn it off right now okay? tamarra he'll be back. he goin'? you goin' ta bed. come on. okay one second. [undercurrent] no more tanight. you gonna take it? cut it off yoyo. you gonna tape my voice? Ma! what? you don't like dem dem brown shoes? yes. you gonna keep dese? [undercu...
okay say it. yeah Mickey yeah Mickey yeah Mickey yeah Mickey yeah Mickey, yeah Mickey. Mickey, yeah Mickey. okay that's good enough huh? yeah. alright. you wanna hear something say bi bing bing bing? bing bing bing bing? yeah. no. bing bing you heard it? bong bong you heard it? yeah. bang bang, you heard it? yeah. dong...
lemme see. necklace part nekahlis pahp see. a what? a necklace part nekahlis pahp. oh part of a necklace? I see. wow Roland you're inhaling an' everything, right? blowing smoke rings. tsk. oh you dropped you're cigarette. uh uh how do you know that's not the fire end that you put in your mouth? it is I light. uh mm as'...
no it's not windy outside. it is so! it is not! it is so. it is not. it's windy outside. an' an' an'... here lemme hear lemme listen to these for a secon'. ya ain't gonna hear nothin' nuhfin [laugh] xxx. what're you doin' Rolan'? mhm. no man stop pullin' on my glasses. an' leave me alone. [laugh] you hear somethin'? no...
hunm. yes. [undercurrent of tv as cj and rg enter living room] my napkin. [knock at door] who is it? Robert xxx. Rolan' you're not suppose to be answering the door. you suppose to be getting ready for bed. now go back inside. yoyo here? [mother opens door] Rolan' over here. said Nancy? [coughs badly] you gettin' a cold...
no they won't. watch when you grow up like me... I've already grown. n an' den you drink some beer when you grow up like me you gonna be sick. an' den you gonna be at de hospital. which hospital will you go to? Ha'lem hahlahm you saw I ai went to Harlem hospital I'm play I I 'on't I didn't play s'arted. no well you not...
yes. and do you use hot water or cold water? or a flannel? um I use different kinds. or soap. and when I am poorly I have a cloth. I have honey and hot water. to make me better. oh right. and what do you wash your face with? a flannel. very good. you've got lovely skin haven't you Madam? yeah. put your he...