somebody's pullin' me close to the ground
l can sense, but l can't see
l ain't panicked l been here before
same as when l got popped on 104th street
Don't take me to no hospital, please
Fuckin' emergency rooms don't save nobody
son of a bitches always pop you at midnight
when all they got is a Chinese intern with a dull spoon
Look at these suckers scramblin' around What for?
My Puerto Rican ass ain't supposed to have made it this far
Most of my crew got washed a long time ago
Don't worry My heart, it don't ever quit
l ain't ready to check out
seems like ljust got out of thejoint
stood up in front of thatjudge, and told him what was who
Now I ain't sayin' that my way wouId have been different
had my mother been aIive when I was a kid, 'cause that's aII you hear in the joint
''I didn't have a chance'' No ^BuIIshit
I was aIready a mean IittIe bastard whiIe my mother was aIive, and I know it
But I Iearned about women from her
Mr Brigante, there are 56 cases on the court's docket for this morning
Why am I Iistening to this?
Your Honor, Mr ^Brigante is understandabIy excited
having been vindicated after five years of incarceration
There's no vindication here, counselor
Or absoIution, or benediction, or anything
other than an incredibIe convergence of circumstances
which you've expIoited to your cIient's benefit
Your Honor, these circumstances that you speak of
incIude iIIegaI wiretaps and tainted evidence
This is a cIassic ''fruit of the poisoned tree'' situation
I think after five years of unjust incarceration
it's reasonabIe to request Mr ^Brigante be induIged his right to speak
Okay, Mr ^Brigante, I'm aII ears
Your Honor
with aII due respect
past and present, and without further to-do
Let me assure this court that I am through waIkin' on the wiId side
That's aII I've been tryin' to teII you
I have been sick with the sociaI iIIs known in the ghetto
but my time in the sterIing correctionaI faciIities
of Green Haven and Sing Sing has not been in vain I've been cured!
^Born again, Iike the Watergaters
I know you heard this rap before Your Honor, I mean it
This is the truth I changed
I changed and it didn't take no 30 years
Iike Your Honor thought, but onIy five
That's right, sir Five years
And Iook at me CompIeteIy rehabiIitated
reinvigorated, reassimiIated, and finaIIy gonna be reIocated
And I want to thank a Iot of peopIe for that
I Iook over there and I see that man there, Mr NorwaIk
I want to thank you, sir, for making the tapes in an iIIegaI fashion
I wouId Iike to thank the Court of AppeaIs for reversing you, Your Honor
And I want to thank
AImighty God, without whom no case gets tossed
-I can't beIieve this -I must have forgot How couId I forget
my dear, cIose friend and Iawyer
David KIeinfeId, who never gave up on me
through everything, thick and thin
-Why don't you just stand up? -I'm sorry
-Mr ^Brigante! -Davey KIeinfeId
You're not accepting an award
Court of AppeaIs' decision
and the District Attorney's unfortunate investigative techniques
now devoIve upon me the painfuI duty of unIeashing upon society
a reputed assassin and convicted purveyor of narcotics
No Never convicted on no dope
The indictment is dismissed Prisoner is discharged CaII the next case
-I'm indebted to you -Okay
I feeI Iike I won
Excuse me CongratuIations
-No hard feeIings, right? -I'II be seeing you, ^Brigante
That was some Iine of crap you handed him in there
That was no Iine of crap, man I meant every word I said
You don't understand You don't get it
I'm a free man, and I don't mean just out of jaiI
''I am free at Iast, free at Iast
-''thank God AImighty, I am free at Iast!'' -I gotta work here Save your energy
Wait tiII you see what I got Iined up for tonight
So what are you gonna do for money? Hook up with RoIando again?
I toId you, I ain't goin' back to the street
Twenty-five years I worked that sucker
What do I got to show for it? Squat
You dancing with me or you dancing with him?
What does that mean, ''I ain't goin' back on the street''?
What eIse do you know how to do?
-I got pIans, baby -TaIk to me
'Cause you can dance with him if you wanna
l know Dave since he was just out of law school
He was workin' as a clerk for a big mob lawyer
Kept a tire iron under the seat of his car, tried like hell not to look scared
by all his wise guy clients
But Davey Kleinfeld, he ain't scared no more
So Iook at you
You reaIIy made something of your Iife
You put me in business AII my first cIients came through you
As I say, you know, top drawer
You're top drawer, Davey
Man
Listen, I got something for you You remember Saso?
Saso Yeah
Fat guy, had the Argentine pIace on Madison
He bought the Iease on this bankrupt disco ^BeautifuI pIace
I got some investors together and we backed him
I got $50,000 in the pIace
ProbIem is Saso He's been shakin' the tiII, payin' off gambIing debts
He says he doesn't get $25,000, he's gonna Iose his Iease
I Iike the pIace I go there sometimes
The money's no big deaI I don't mind puttin' it in
as Iong as I know there's someone there who's gonna run the pIace straight, cIean
Me?
I owned cIubs I never ran 'em
What's the big deaI? You step in, straighten things out
-you take a saIary, a chunk of the profits -PIease
You've done enough aIready for me
You caII it a favor between friends
No favor I owe you
Favor gonna kiII you faster than a buIIet
You saved my Iife
You saved my Iife, Dave
Thirty years You know what that is?
I was dead I was buried I was under the ground
You dug me up
I don't know what to say to you
I just don't know what to say
Say you Iove me
I Iove you
If you was a broad, I'd marry you
-My boy -I bet you wouId
Who's that? WeII, you know--
Look, we're going to the Iadies' room
Goodbye, you two
-WeII, somebody's got to -^Bye-bye
So, what are these pIans?
What's the big goddamn secret?
You remember a guy named CIyde ^Bassie?
Got out of the joint a coupIe of years ago
He went down to the ^Bahamas, Paradise IsIand
and he got this car rentaI pIace
He used to taIk about it aII the time in the can
He got out, he went down there, put it together
And it's doin' good ReaI good
I mean, Iike, it's makin' money
CoupIe of months ago he wrote me and he said
I couId buy in any time I got $75,000 together
You're gonna rent cars
What are you Iaughing at?
-You're gonna rent cars -That's right I know a Iot about cars
I've been steaIing 'em since I was 14
Look at him Iaugh
I'II teII you something
Car rentaI guys don't get kiIIed that much
And where are you gonna get the $75,000?
I don't know Maybe some rich reIative dies and Ieaves it to me
It's a dream, Dave You gotta dream, baby
You got it aII worked out, CarIito Here's to you
so here's me back on the street
Third sunday in August Old Timer's Day in the barrio
-When did you get out, papi? -A coupIe of days ago
Nothin' left
Like them old cowboy movies, but instead of tumbleweed and cow dung
we got stripped car wrecks and dog shit
A Iot of new faces?
These young guys, l don't recognize 'em
Mi barrio ya no existe
CarIito, man, Death VaIIey out here, man
Mira, you know me, I take to the street with any of these motherfuckers, man
^But these new kids nowadays, man, they got no respect for human Iife
They shotgun you, just to see you fIy up in the air
'Chacho, you're better off in jaiI
I don't even go up to bIack HarIem no more
They're fuckin' crazy up there Remember Victor?
-Victor, with the beard -He got shot right in front of the High
Right in front of fuckin' Patrick Henry High
-Y LaIin, you know him -LaIin Miasso What happened to him?
LaIin's doin' thirty years in Attica, man Thirty years!
WaIberto! Check it out Mira who's here
-Mira, eso Oye -Hey, WaIIy
-Heavy-duty -Good to see you
I've been Iooking aII over for you
ShouId have figured I'd find you waIking around up here
-doing a IittIe ''memory Iane'' -WhiIe I stiII got one
-Mira, RoIando wants to taIk to you -CarIito, I gotta get back to the game
You need anything, bodyguard, anything, caII me, okay?
-You caII me Take care -Pachanga Good to see you
-RoIando? -si He's around the corner
Guajiro, wait here for me
-In about five minutes, I'II be back -Sure, CarIito
Who is that? New back-up man?
He's my IittIe cousin I gotta visit my aunt Iater
Carlito, mi socio
;Que chevere!
I said a prayer for you whiIe you were inside
that harm wiII come to him who harmed you
-Thank you -sientate Sit down
-You are weII? -WeII enough
You Iook Iike you're doing good for yourseIf
Why not? ^Business is good
-Smack -The coca business
That's aII there is Heroin is dead
-^But you know aII of this, right? -No, I didn't know that
Let's speak the truth between us
You did five years and never once mentioned my name
I know that you couId have given me up
and made things easier for yourseIf, but you didn't
Muy bien hecho Good for you
^But you see I got rich whiIe you were inside
Maybe you think I owe you?
I don't want anything from you
-Who are you working with? -I ain't working with nobody
-Nobody? -I'm retired
-Retired? -That's right
Retired?
You're serious?
I'm serious That's right I'm out I quit
So, CarIito ^Brigante got reIigion, right?
That's right I'm studying to be a priest
So what are you doing these days?
Nothing much I'm stiII in schooI
I got a job though
No kidding Doing what?
Just a IittIe Iegwork for senor PabIo CabraIes
-CabraIes -Yeah
What do you want to do that shit for? That's not good
Come on, CarIito I'm not making a career out of it
I'm a deIivery boy, that's aII
Check this out
That's $30,000
Can I ask you for a favor?
What's that?
I gotta go down the bIock for this pickup Can you come with me?
Come on Don't get me invoIved with that stuff
Come on I know these guys They're friends
I just wanna waIk in with you
They see my back-up and they'II shit in their pants
-They ain't gonna know me -You?
You're a fuckin' Iegend
Come on
AII right 10 minutes I promised your mother we'd be there for dinner
That's no probIem These guys, they're reaI pros
^Boom, boom, in and out
so the kid's walkin' in there with $30,000
And the legend, me, l'm walkin' right in with him
Five minutes from now we'll be on the streets
with $30,000 worth of very sweet candy
more than enough to put me right back where ljust come from
-?Como esta? -Oye, Quisqueya ?Que pasa?
Cono, Guajiro Who's this?
This is my cousin, man Primo mio, CarIito ^Brigante
You heard of CarIito, right?
What you need him for?
Tranquilo, tranquilo I just come aIong for the ride, man
Come on, Quisqueya, man You know CarIito, right?
I got nothing here
He just got out of Lewisburg, man
He used to be partners with RoIando Rivas
CarIito I heard of you, man
You used to run smack with RoIando, right?
LittIe bit
LittIe bit? LittIe bit, that's a good one
I heard you guys were the fucking kings
Lo siento, CarIito
Hermanos, take care of CarIito
We gotta do some business
Hermanito
-?Quierejugar? -No, I'II watch
-We're pIaying eight baII -Good game
-You don't mind if I count it, right? -It's aII there, man
I'II count it anyway
-Maybe you'II Iose a game -Right
-You Iike that shot I did, right? -That shot ain't nothin'
Come on
What're you in a rush for? I'II beat you again
-Damn it! -What's the matter?
-That's your bathroom there? -That's the bathroom
Don't work
The toiIet's backed up
Sorry, man
-Don't work? -No, don't work
I can wait another week
Come back then, we'II have it fixed for you
Turn it up! I Iove that song!
Mira, you wanna pIay or what?
^Be cooI I'm rackin', man Shit
-You got a Iight? -Sure, man
-You're pIayin' eight baII, right? -Yeah
I can't resist this I gotta show you peopIe a shot
-We're in the middIe of a game here! -You're pIayin' eight baII
Right before you rack It's nothin' It ain't gonna bother your game
You ain't gonna beIieve this Gonna Iine 'em up Iike this
-You gonna show us a trick shot? -No trick shot This is magic time
After you see this shot, you're gonna give up your reIigious beIiefs
Quisqueya, you gotta check this out
-CarIito's doin' one of his trick shots -Guajiro
I ain't done counting yet
You want a coId beer, hermano?
HeIp yourseIf, man
-Took me six months to Iearn this shot -Six months?
-You gotta heIp me though -Sure
See this?
-Over the 12 -Okay
-So how's your boss? -He's good I saw him this morning
Put your finger right here, right on top of the 12, to hoId it there, see?
-Like that? -You gotta get it even with that
-So you didn't hear the news? -What news?
There's no beer down here, man
Sure, way down in the bottom
Me and CIyde ^Bassie were working on this
You Iookin' at that nine? Let me have your cue
Line 'em up
-They even? -They Iook even to me
Come on, Quisqueya What news?
Your boss is dead and so are you
I'm reIoaded!
Come on in here, motherfuckers!
Come on, I'm waitin' for ya!
You ain't comin' in?
I'm comin' out!
You're up against it now, motherfuckers!
I'm gonna bIow your fuckin' brains out!
You think you're big time?
You're gonna fuckin' die big time!
You ready?
Here comes the pain!
Oh, Jesus
Jesus Christ, look at you
You said they were friends, Guajiro
but there ain't no friends in this shit business
Adios, primo
AII right, what happened?
Ain't no more rackets out here
just a bunch of cowboys ripping each other off
l don't invite this shit ltjust comes to me
l run, it runs after me
Gotta be somewhere to hide
So I took a Iook at this, Saso's pIace It's good It's a nice Iocation
Somebody ran it right, it couId do good business
Great I'II advance you $25,000
No, I'm gonna put my own money in
Your own money? What money is that?
I ran into RoIando He owed me from an oId thing, $25,000
so, that's the onIy way I'm gonna do it, Dave
You got it Terrific
So you'II caII Saso, teII him I'II see him tonight
Done I want to taIk to you about something I need a IittIe favor
It's no big deaI, but I need a bodyguard Somebody good
Who's bothering you? I know 'em?
It's no big deaI Just a IittIe misunderstanding
If it's no big deaI, what do you need a bodyguard for?
WiII you trust me on this? It's just temporary
I'II get someone of my own Iater, but I want someone right away
There's Pachanga, one of the oId barrio crowd He's good
Great
You okay?
I got a good feeIing about this cIub
I think we're gonna make some reaI money
I got a good feeIing about it too
but as soon as I make my $75,000
I'm spIittin'
That's right
You're gonna rent Ford Pintos to tourists in Paradise
That's right, with a big smiIe on my face, too
Times have changed
What happened to the miniskirts?
Where's all that marijuana?
Now everything is platforms, cocaine, and dances l don't dance
What a man gotta come to when he loses fiive years
But some shit never changes, like saso
CharIie, my friend! CharIie ^Brigante! How you doing?
Hey, Saso
No, no more Saso Now everybody caIIs me Ron
-Ron? -Ron from ReinaIdo
Okay, Ron, Iet's get to the point
I hear you're doing good business with this pIace
-Very good -So how come you need money?
-Me? -You gambIin' again, right?
How much you owe?
I don't know, maybe $50,000 or $60,000
That means about $100,000 Who you owe the money to?
You know, CharIes, some of the boys
$25,000 wiII quiet them for now, and you'II come in for a quarter of my end
Okay, I'm gonna give you $25,000 cash tomorrow
I'm gonna come in for haIf your end
What are you trying to do to me?
What I'm trying to do, Saso, I mean Ron, is save your ass
Right, because it's either Fat Anthony or Scooze you owe the money to, right?
Either way, you're gonna end up in the trunk of a car
somewhere on the ^BeIt Parkway before Iong
May be weeks before they find you Like DeeDee
Remember? They open her up
That's some kind of stink you're gonna make
''What's that smeII?'' Saso, man
That's Saso Used to be Ron
Okay, okay What time tomorrow?
so here's me in the club playing Humphrey Bogart
Things can get very sticky after hours, so l bring in Pachanga
little extra back-up
He thinks l'm gonna make him rich
so he's worried l'm gonna get killed before he scores
I heard about that shit with your cousin
Why didn't you caII me so I couId watch your ass?
That happened a month ago You just found out?
You got me chasin' KIeinberg in the daytime and then you got me here--
KIeinfeId! I hope you're doin' a better job with him than you are with me
The guy got a Iot of money
He got a safe in the office with stacks of hundreds just waitin'--
KIeinfeId is my brother Look at me
He is my brother
Pachanga's onIy fuckin' around
Don't fuck around Just keep your eyes open
Watch the bar They're steaIin' money
I wanna try, but it's so dark in here What do you want me to do?
The guy over there says he don't have to pay
-What guy is that? -The guy in the red over there
What are you doin'?
-Shut up and kiss me -Excuse me
-Something wrong with the check? -Yeah, there's something wrong with it
-^Baby, come on-- -Mira!
-^Benny! -What, man?
Shit Fuck Shit, man I'm sorry, Mr ^Brigante
I'm sorry I got no probIem
See, Fat Man Saso there owes me money and he's a IittIe sIow in paying me
So I'm just working it off for him We haven't been formaIIy introduced
-My name is ^Benny ^BIanco from the ^Bronx -You know me?
I know you You're CarIito ^Brigante, motherfucker-to-the-max
I don't know you So I don't owe you Saso does
My pIace now, new ruIes
Everybody pays Okay?
Okay That's cooI, that's groovy
What's the matter with you? Pay the fuckin' goddamn check, bitch
-To the waiter -To the waiter, you dumb fuck!
And get us some champagne, some of that French shit
Have a gIass, man
-No, thank you-- -I wanna pick your brain
Get him a chair The man is standing!
Get him a chair Get the stupid Iook off your face
You know who this man is?
This man here, he's the fuckin' JP Morgan of the smack business
First time I ever heard that
Come on, man You had 90, 100 guys on the street Right?
-Something Iike that -I'm starting out smaII
I'm just buiIding my organization
I'm refining it and maximizing my potentiaIities
I got my finger on some shit that's about to expIode
If you can just give me two minutes--
-Maybe next time AII the best to ya -Two minutes of your time
I'II taIk to you again
Just two minutes That's aII
Fucking kids
Move a coupIe of ounces, think they're a big shot
Make a few bucks whiIe I'm in the joint, I gotta respect 'em
-Fuck that -Yeah, fuck that shit
TaIk to me about this
CarIito, I see you was taIkin' to ^Benny ^BIanco before
^Benny ^BIanco from the ^Bronx
-They say he's comin' up in the worId -Do they?
He's got a big future
if he can Iive past next week
How come a good-Iookin' dude Iike you
doesn't have a woman?
WeII, I guess I'm a workahoIic
What's the matter?
Don't you ever see nobody you Iike in here?
Nobody but you, Stef
Jesus, she looks like Gail
same color hair The way she dances
l met Gail a year before l went into thejoint
she was this dancer, this artistic ballet-type
was gonna be a big Broadway star
l guess she fell in love
Me too l swore l'd never break her heart, but, you know, things happen
l miss you, Gail
When you're in thejoint you spend all your time
dopin' out who you're gonna see the fiirst day you're out
The second day The third
But then you get out, everybody's got a different face than you remember
Maybe you do too
You pray for one face that didn't change
One face that still knows you
looks at you the same way it always did
I couIdn't figure it out I couIdn't get that thing to save my Iife
-^Bye, GaiI -See you next week
-I know you, Iady -^Buzz off
Sure, you used to go out with that guy
What's his name? That good-Iooking guy
Yeah, CarIito ^Brigante That's right
HeIIo, GaiI
I was in the road company of this show caIIed songbird Iast year
I pIayed the Governor's daughter
It wasn't the Iead, but it was a great part
And I did this musicaI book show Iast year in Vegas
I hated the weather You ever been there?
Vegas? Yeah So are you in something now?
I can come downtown and see you
I'm just, you know, doing cIub dates right now, mostIy one-nighters though
^But I'm up for this pIay that goes this faII--
That's great
You're Iivin' what you aIways dreamed about
I'm getting cIose
I am getting cIose I'm not there yet, but it's okay
What was it Iike inside?
No big thing
A Iot of push-ups A Iot of wasted time
-You're out now -Yeah Here I am
Am I outta Iine? Just poppin' up Iike this after aII these years?
You stiII pissed at me?
What do you think?
You dumped me hard, CharIie
Now you want to teII me it was for my own good, right?
No, it was for mine It was for mine
It was for my own good I was doin' thirty years
What was I supposed to do? I knew you were gonna try and wait for me
You were gonna visit me, make me think about you aII the time
Now what was I supposed to do? There I am sittin' in jaiI
wonderin' aII the time where you are
what you're doin', who you're with
That'd have drove me crazy
It'd have kiIIed me ^BeIieve me
^Best to just cut it cIean, you know?
Do my time with a cIear head
So, now what?
Now what? I don't know I'm here I'm out
For whatever that's worth
What about this cIub of yours?
It's not my cIub, you know I just got a piece of it
Just trying to make enough money
With my Iuck, somebody's gonna get shot
the cops are gonna come and cIose it down, you know
That doesn't sound Iike you
It doesn't? ReaIIy?
You never taIked Iike this before
Never feIt Iike this before
It's a funny thing
This guy, this counseIor at Lewisburg
Mr SeawaId, once said to me:
''CharIie, you run out of steam
''You can't sprint aII the way You gotta stop sometime
''You can't buck it forever It catches up to you
''It gets you
''You don't get reformed
''you just run out of wind''
I'd better go
Can I caII you sometime?
Why don't you Iet me caII you?
-You know where to find me, right? -Yeah
You said you wouIdn't break my heart
I know I'm sorry
I'm sorry
Good night
Mr TagIiaIucci to see his Iawyer, Mr KIeinfeId
Go ahead
Tony, how are you?
-Okay, Jackson, beat it -Yes, sir, Mr TagIiaIucci
You Iook good
Don't make me do it, KIeinfeId Just write this down, aII right?
It's 555-5888
That's my kid Frankie's home phone number
and I'II teII you why in a minute
Shut up!
I never Iiked you, KIeinfeId Not 'cause you're a Jew
I know pIenty of Jews It's 'cause you're a Iyin' piece of shit
Now, I give you a miIIion bucks to make a simpIe payoff and nothin' happens
Look, I toId your son I gave Nicky the money personaIIy
If he decides to betray that and testify against you anyway
-I can hardIy be-- -You Iook at my hands
Now, you make me raise my voice and I'II snap your neck Iike a bread stick
You fuckin' phony What do you take me for?
Nicky never saw doIIar one of my money
My miIIion bucks went straight into your pockets
-I personaIIy-- -Don't fuckin' Iie to me, you scumbag
You Iie to me again, you're gonna end up in that river out there
You think about this when you go out, and you'II take a Iook down
and imagine what it'II feeI Iike
sIidin' around down the bottom with eeIs and crabs crawIin' outta your eyebaIIs
What do you want from me?
-I understand you got a boat -Yeah
-You're gonna get me outta here -I'm doing every
My entire office is devoted to your appeaI right now
-I taIked to the judge this morning -I ain't taIkin' about no appeaI
I'm taIkin' about you bustin' me outta here
I'm a Iawyer
Listen, you Iawyer-fuck, I got a miIIion-doIIar credit with you
My kid Frankie'II go with you and keep an eye on you
make sure everything goes right
You see that guard that brought me in here?
He's been taken care of, and he's gonna set it up to get me into the water
AII you gotta do is be there with the boat to pick me up
This is not exactIy the kind of--
The contract's aIready down on you, paI
The guys, the guns, the Iime pit's aIready dug
You understand? And from in here, just one button I push
What?
Mr Norwalk from the District Attorney's offiice
I said no caIIs!
No, he's here
Mr Kleinfeld?
Give me a second, pIease
-Mr Kleinfeld, are you there? -Send him in
How are you?
-Good to see you Have a seat -Hope you don't mind I was in the area
Not at aII As a matter of fact, I was about to caII you
Your probIems aren't just going to go away
Here's me in the club countin' every dollar
On top of the $25,000 l put in, l already pulled out another $14,000
$35,000 or $40,000 more, and l'm gone, daddy, gone
Two, maybe three months
Just gotta mark time now
lie low, keep outta trouble
and offpeople's minds
LaIin is here In the office
-LaIin? -You wanna see him?
-You toId me he was doin' thirty years -I guess he got out
-How's he doin'? -Not as good as you, but, you know--
I don't know what that means
Lalin was a neighborhood guy, real good-lookin' son of a bitch
He used to work in this private gamblingjoint on West 87th
He was kind of a greeter for the place, set guys up with broads
Now anybody ask me about Lalin
l have to say, he's a stand-up guy
-Look at you, man, Iook at you -Hey, hermano
How you doin', man? What a pIace
What happened to you?
What do you mean? You didn't hear?
I took a few in the back
When the street's reaIIy mad at you, she don't put you in a box
she puts you in one of these things
-?Tu quieres? -No I'm workin'
-How about a drink? You want one? -Like you wouIdn't beIieve
Pachanga, teII me what's goin' on up there
Come on, man, teII me
Take care, aII right?
I seen that chick you used to go around with
The one from the ^Bahamas
You know, la rubia The one that Iooks Iike my sister
That's GaiI
I seen her in this show on 48th and ^Broadway
When was this?
Two weeks ago She was in this fantastic show
I mean, Iike artistic, you know, but a Iot of taIent
That girI's got a Iot of taIent
48th and ^Broadway?
Let me get another drink
So, you back in business?
I'm retired, LaIin ToId you that No more business for me
Come on AII them peopIe in Lewisburg and you're teIIing me you didn't connect?
I did a Iot of reading Worked on my appeaI, that kind of thing
What about you? What is this?
Pachanga toId me you was doin' thirty years
Yeah ^Beat it
You beat it? How'd you do that?
You know, Iike you, I did a Iot of reading
and I worked with some guys, some smart guys in the joint
and just beat it, that's aII
No shit That's good
Here's to you
To you ''Free at Iast''
Listen, I'm in with some new peopIe now Unos italianos, tu sabes
They trust you They think you're a fuckin' guinea
-Where are they from? PIeasant Avenue? -Downtown
Anyway, they got the money They got a Iot of money
Some heavy paper They go up to $25,000 for a key, if it's good shit, you know
They want reguIar street peopIe, gente del barrio OId schooI aII the way
-Stand-up guys Iike us, right, LaIin? -OId schooI, baby
So what you say? You and me, just Iike oId times
You bring the peopIe you're with now
I ain't with nobody I toId you that I ain't connected no more
Come on, man! You forget who you're taIking to?
-Look at this -Wait a minute
This how you beat your thirty years, you piece of shit?
-Let me expIain -I'II kiII you, you motherfucker
-Fuckin' push you in the fuckin' river! -What the fuck is goin' on?
Wait a minute Wait a fuckin' second!
You a fuckin' chivo, man? You a fuckin' rat? I'II fuckin' kiII him!
Let me kiII him for you!
Let him fuckin' kiII me! Fuck you!
KiII me, you motherfucker! Look what I got!
I mean, Iook at me! You got everything!
I mean, come on!
Look what I gotta fucking go around with: fucking diapers!
I got fucking diapers! I shit in my pants every day!
I can't waIk, I can't hump
Go ahead and kiII me, you cocksucker!
They made me do it, or they send me back
I'm no good in the joint I'm in a fucking wheeIchair
-It wasn't even turned on -Who sent you? Listen to me now
Who sent you?
-Who sent you, motherfucker? -The DA
NorwaIk?
-NorwaIk? -He got a hard-on for you, man
Got a tip you were deaIing again, big time
I was deaIing? Who toId him that?
I been cIean I haven't made one fuckin' move Who toId him that?
-I don't know -Who toId him that?
Man, I swear to God, I don't know!
I wouId never give you up I wouId never do that
I was gonna give you a signaI
It wasn't even turned on It's something eIse, man!
Look, Iet me--
Just do it, man! Just fuckin' kiII me
I ain't gonna kiII you
I ain't even gonna hurt you
I ask you
how can you fuck the onIy peopIe who ever cared for you?
How do you do that?
You Iost, motherfucker
I'm gonna get somebody to wheeI you out
Dejame explicar
Some fuck toId NorwaIk I was deaIin' again
Come in
Do you know who it was?
AII I know is he sent somebody to taIk to me wearin' a wire
That son of a bitch
He's been Ieaning on me too, about other shit
I ain't deaIin' I ain't goin' back to prison no matter what!
ReIax You're not deaIing, so he can't have anything on you
This is the way this guy is He's on a goddamn fishing expedition
I'II take care of it AII right? Come on
Fuckin' LaIin, man
He has nobody
He has nobody Ieft
How about you, sir? Check it out, man
What's up, man? Check it out What's happenin', man?
CooI, man Take that
This is a surprise
^Big surprise
Diet Pepsi
You were reaIIy terrific
-I mean, reaIIy -Thanks
very, how do I say
Sexy?
-ExactIy -That is the desired effect
-Miss, that was just wonderfuI! -ReaIIy, reaIIy wonderfuI!
-Thank you very much -ReaIIy, reaIIy wonderfuI
Thanks a Iot
Fans
What's the matter?
Nothin' No, I was just
This situation, I think, maybe is
Situation?
I didn't expect this kind of thing That's aII
I mean, you toId me you was in a musicaI of some sort
I thought you was doin' a ^Broadway show
You toId me the Governor's daughter, whatever you were pIaying
And I come here and see this
Not that there's anything wrong with this
Wait a second I work hard here
I dance I get weII-paid for it I don't fuck anybody
I didn't say that Now, pIease
You're sitting there judging me
I'm not judgin' you PIease don't say that
I don't judge you What do you do that's so wonderfuI?
You ever kiII anybody, CharIie?
I'm sorry I shouIdn't have said that
I'm sorry I shouIdn't have just busted in Iike this
My fauIt I apoIogize
I better go now
-Where you going? -I'm gonna go home
When am I gonna see you again?
Why don't you surprise me another time?
-Like when? -I can't teII you that
-Why not? -'Cause it wouIdn't be a surprise, wouId it?
You know I want to feeI your ass
You aIready know my ass
Come with me
What the fuck are you Iookin' at me for?
-^Benny! -How ya doin'?
-^Benny ^BIanco from the ^Bronx! -Hey, fat man
The fattest man
-Where's my money? -What money?
My money, man! You pIay pussy, you gonna get fucked!
Are you kidding?
-Where's Steffie? -Steffie?
Get me Steffie, man I'm IoneIy
-si Digame -?Donde esta steffiie?
-Yo la vi por ahi -Vete a buscarla ya
Muy bien
;Madre de Dios!
After that, she got six fucking kids
There is a probIem with Mr KIeinfeId
-What kind of probIem? -He's in the bathroom fucking Steffie
So, what's the probIem? Good for him
^But she beIongs to ^Benny ^BIanco now
Who?
You remember ^Benny ^BIanco from the ^Bronx?
-That IittIe piece of shit from the other day -Not that guy Fuck him
He's here, and he's gonna make troubIe
-Where is he? -Over there
Fuck him! Don't worry about ^Benny ^BIanco Go ahead, it's okay
What do I do when they teII me that?
You gotta Iearn to Iive with it
Where've you been hiding this man? This is one sexy man
-He's an animaI You know that? -Faster than a speeding buIIet
Yeah, but he got himseIf a Mercedes and a yacht, aII of that
Mr ^Benny ^BIanco says it's gonna be okay
He wants to send a bottIe of champagne over
and he wants you to send Steffie over, when you're ready
-CarIito, what shouId I do? -No probIem Steffie's with Dave now
^But ^Benny said
Fuck ^Benny!
This is from ^Benny ^BIanco
Send it back!
;Vete! ;Vete!
PIease, you can't do this
-^Benny spends a Iot of money here -He's a nickeI-bagger Come on
What happened to you? What are you acting Iike this for?
It doesn't make sense you shouId hate this guy This guy is you 20 years ago
Never me
This is the second time you turned me down for a drink
-You don't Iike my champagne? -It couId be
Maybe there's a mis-fucking-understanding
-Maybe you don't remember me -Maybe I don't give a shit
Maybe I don't remember the Iast time I bIew my nose either
Who the fuck are you, I shouId remember you?
What, you think you're Iike me?
You ain't Iike me, motherfucker You're a punk
I've been with made peopIe, connected peopIe
Who you been with?
Chain-snatchin', jive-ass, maricon motherfuckers
Why don't you get Iost? Go ahead, snatch a purse Take a fuckin' waIk
The onIy probIem here is that Steffie doesn't know where she beIongs
-Steffie beIongs here -I think Steffie's makin' a big mistake!
I'II bIow your fucking head off
-I'II bIow this cocksucker's head off -Put that fuckin' gun away!
-How does it feeI? -Go! Go!
How does it feeI?
Get your fuckin' hands off me!
What the fuck is this?
Watch the fIoor!
We've got a mis-fuckin'-communication here, man!
HoId it! Stop him here
Okay, ^Benny ^BIanco from the ^Bronx
The chick Steffie beIongs to the cIub
If I ever see you here again
you die, just Iike that
You're over, man You're fuckin' in the history books
So you might as weII kiII me now, 'cause if I ever see you again, I'm gonna kiII you
Get him out Take him out the back
Take him in the aIIey
Dumb move, man Dumb move
But it's like them old reflexes comin' back
l know what's supposed to happen now
Benny's gotta go down
And if l don't do it, they're gonna say:
''Carlito, he's flaky, man slacked-out
''A used-to-be bad guy Joint got to Carlito ''
The street is watchin' she is watchin' all the time
HoId it, hoId it!
Let's put him in the trunk of the car and drive him off the pier
-Fuck you, man -It ain't that far Down the bIock
It'd be Iike the oId days ^Be fun
-Let him go -What?
Let him go Get him outta here
Any other time, that punk would die, but l can't do that shit no more
Don't want to burn nobody, even when l know l should
That ain't me now All l want is to get my $75,000 and get out
Just do it!
TeII me he's in a fuckin' coffin What happened?
Somethin' that shouIdn't have happened Give me your piece, Dave
What?
Give me the fuckin' gun Since when are you a tough guy?
Get yourseIf kiIIed
I can take care of myseIf
You think I'm some Iaw schooI schmuck, I never saw a bad guy before?
You are gonna wave that thing at the wrong guy
he's gonna take it from you and bury it up your ass, guaranteed
Now give me the gun Come on
I know you Iove me, kid, but you gotta Iighten up
Listen
I'm throwin' a big party out at my summer house Saturday
I want you to come Something I wanna taIk to you about
Why can't you taIk to me about it here?
I'II teII you Saturday I need visuaI aids
What's the matter with you, pushing this guy in the pooI
your fucking friends knocking down my rented tabIes?
What you doing out here by yourseIf?
Sittin'
You sure are weird, baby
How come you never try to fuck me?
You got into a big beef for me, and you ain't never Iaid a gIove on me
-You're Dave's girI now -He can't fuck me, aII the coke he's doin'
-What are you two taIking about? -Fucking
Speaking of fucking, Iook at those fucking friends of yours
They're a fucking embarrassment Iook at those fucking friends of yours