''Amazing Grace. ''
Excuse me?
My grandmother sang that song to me.
That's reaI nice.
I especiaIIy Iike the part that goes:
''I once was Iost, but now I'm found. ''
Take you, for instance. You must be a fooI to roII up in here, man.
But I figure you must be Iost.
So I teII you what. See this here? This is for your biII.
And. . .
. . .since you Iook Iike such a joviaI individuaI. . .
. . .here's the tip.
''Find'' your ass out of here.
We haven't finished our drinks.
You finished now?
Let it go, Po.
This is a hassIe we don't need.
And don't come back, zipperhead.
Po, get them out of here!
Now.
Let's go.
Guess you want to gambIe with your Iife.
Casino's as good a pIace as any.
Guess I couId use a IittIe exercise.
Guns don't kiII peopIe.
PeopIe kiII peopIe.
For exampIe, these two guys with the machine guns.
If they start bIasting off. . .
. . .ain't none of y'aII going home!
You guys are disturbing my business. So if your ass ain't bIack. . .
. . .you'd better get up out of here before it reaIIy get hot!
Let's go.
Ladies, excuse us.
-What are you doing, Kai? -Get them out.
-You too. -No. Stay.
You too, pIease.
What were you doing? We're in a damn war.
I'm a big boy now.
These bIack guys'II bury you.
You work for me, Kai.
I work for your father.
Get your head out of your ass, Po.
As Iong as there's a war going on, you're my responsibiIity.
I can take care of myseIf.
Oh, my God.
Tiger, you kiIIing me, man. I hate this game.
Isaak!
You have a phone caII.
I'II take it in the house.
I need a break anyway.
I don't even know why you stressing it, man.
You know why I'm stressing. AII future business deaIs. . .
. . .wiII take pIace not in the pooI haII, but in somebody's country cIub.
You know that.
If you're serious about going straight. . .
. . .I want to know if you got a pIan for oId Mac.
Or shouId I start Iooking at the cIassifieds?
As Iong as I'm breathing. . .
. . .you ain't ever got to worry about no cIassifieds.
Come on, boy.
You know it's me and you.
Hey, what you got for me?
You sure about that?
What's wrong?
What's wrong, man?
Somebody canceIed Ch'u's boy.
You set up a meeting with Ch'u ASAP, then find out who kiIIed his boy.
Don't even sweat it, okay? I got it.
Mr. O'Day.
Mr. Sing's at gate B-1 2.
Thank you.
Nice touch on the metaI detectors.
Keeps everybody honest, my man.
You have my deepest condoIences.
Thank you.
What happened to your son was tragic.
Very unnecessary.
I want you to know I'II be Iooking into this personaIIy.
You wiII forgive me if I'm not easiIy moved.
Mr. Sing. . .
. . .with aII due respect, there is no way. . .
. . .anybody in my camp wouId touch your famiIy. . .
. . .any more than anybody in your camp wouId touch mine.
It just wouIdn't happen.
Our business venture wiII continue.
I'm pIeased to hear that.
Make sure we got 24-hour security for my son and daughter.
It's aII been arranged, chief.
Make those Iemon tarts for the kids.
I need to get a signature from you.
Thanks.
-You're weIcome. -Excuse me.
-Do you have this in a smaII? -One minute. Amy.
HeIp her out for me. She'II heIp you.
-What are y'aII doing? -You got a IittIe something-something?
GirI, teII him to turn up the music.
Show them how we used to do it.
Watch the store for me, okay?
Oh, shit.
What a name for a store: Serpentine Fire.
That's tight. It's reaI tight.
KooI and the Gang jam from back in the day.
Earth, Wind and Fire.
That serious shit.
Do I know you?
How you gonna pIay me Iike that?
I work for your pops.
-Right. Your name starts with an ''M. '' -That's it.
Moron.
Funny. It's Maurice, aII right?
Maurice, I'd Iove to reminisce with you, but I'm busy right now. . .
. . .so Iet's do this Iater, okay?
-It don't work Iike that. -Excuse me?
Your father couId be catching some static. . .
. . .and Mac wants me to watch your back.
I'II teII you something.
Whatever my father and Mac are into has nothing to do with me.
You can hate them aII you want. That's your business.
If they say not to Iet you out of my sight, you can go to confession. . .
. . .and it's going to be you, me and the priest.
That's ridicuIous.
Look. My ride's right over there.
Back seat or the trunk. Make it easy on yourseIf.
Your choice, baby girI.
Waiting for the magic word.
PIease?
Stuck-up.
I got some coIoring books in the back.
-You think you're funny. -I'm babysitting.
I gotta bring something for the kids.
Can I get my Ieg in the car? Damn!
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I thought we were done with footbaII when the Raiders Ieft town.
-Yeah, weII, jobs. -What?
Jobs. See, if they have to buiId another stadium. . .
. . .some of us that have been Iess fortunate can attain jobs.
HaroId, your unfortunate ass been sitting in that chair for 1 5 years.
You couIdn't attain a job if one bit you in the butt.
You think you're funny.
Got a package for you.
I'm Iaughing because you think you're funny.
Thanks.
You want a job, HaroId? Open this damn box.
WeII, Iookie, Iookie.
Who sent you a present?
I don't know. ProbabIy your wife.
There you go again.
Thank you.
-Excuse me. -Off duty.
Can you take me here?
Can't you understand EngIish?
Two words: off duty.
How you doing?
How you doing?!
This shit tight, huh?
This shit's tight. GirI, what's your name?
I said, what's your name?!
What? You don't Iike a big man? You not knowing.
-What's up, AIonso? -Trish, what's up?
-Just chiIIing. Getting some aIbums. -That's it today?
-You want this on your tab? -Yeah, pIease.
Thank you.
This is my shit!
Shit!
This is my shit right here! I got something for you right now.
My bad.
Shit!
Thank goodness. Just drive.
Two words: off duty.
You know what?
Jesus.
Two words for you, buddy: on duty, 50 bucks.
I'm gonna find you! I know where you work at!
PIease, just do me a favor and get me out of here.
Who's that?
Nobody.
Where did you Iearn to drive?
Ahkbar?
Hong Kong.
You gonna start the meter?
StoIe a Iot of cabs in Hong Kong?
Want me to puII over?
No, no. Just turn here.
So, Ahkbar, teII me. Is it true what they say about Hong Kong?
What's that?
AII you guys do kung fu.
Of course.
State Iaw.
Can you break a board with your head?
Sure.
That I'd have to see. You must be a very dangerous man.
Are you scared?
Don't take this personaI. . .
. . .but I've been around more dangerous guys than you.
Right here's fine.
No charge.
Keep it. I won't caII the cops.
I don't want your money.
You seem Iike a nice guy.
I am.
You shouId find a new profession. SteaIing cars doesn't fit you.
What's your name?
You think I want you caIIing me?
I don't have a phone.
Yeah? WeII, dead giveaway.
Besides, you drive Iike shit.
How are those acquisitions coming aIong?
Progressing reaI nice, man.
I just have three more deeds to get signed over.
Let me be cIear. You don't pIay around with the NFL.
It's their America, and their deadIine is progressing in Iess than a week.
I know.
Remember something, Mr. Roth.
They've owned them stores for over 30 years.
So what if they need a coupIe more days to muII over their decision?
These are tense times right now. You know what I mean?
Shit.
You're murdering yourseIf.
GoIf is a game of finesse, not power.
In that way, it's much Iike the rest of Iife.
The key is Ietting the body work together.
Get a good shouIder turn so the wrist breaks naturaIIy.
Make sure you keep your eyes on the baII.
This shaft, I don't Iike it. It ain't working for me.
Save the excuses.
With aII respect to the shop owners, without the deeds, there's no deaI.
Without the Iand deaI, there's no presentation. So there's no. . . .
-What's the popuIar term these days? -Cheddar.
That's right. No cheddar.
Do I make myseIf cIear?
If I say I'II deIiver, I'II deIiver.
Hey, hey, hey, now. Sorry I'm Iate.
GirI, knowing the way you shop, I'd say you're earIy.
Oh, reaIIy? I got some hot stuff.
Good. Work it out! Your brother's in the back.
That guy that got whacked.
You mean Ch'u's boy?
He caIIed me. Ain't that some shit? Same night he got kiIIed, Pop.
Jesus Christ.
What'd he want, CoIin?
I don't know. Oh, Iook, man.
I'II hoIIer back at you Iater.
You be in my office in one hour.
I asked you not to do business here.
-Hi, sis. Nice to see you too. -I mean it, CoIin.
This is my pIace, okay? I got kids hanging here aII the time.
-If this is what you're about-- -Don't start with that speech.
For once, Iet's not go there.
I was taIking to Pop.
Look, come on. He's a businessman. I work for this businessman.
Stop tripping over this shit.
CoIin, wait.
Look. I'm sorry.
I just worry about you.
That's aII.
Yeah, I know.
And I Iove you too, Trish.
But you ain't gotta worry about me.
I'm fine.
Serpentine Fire.
Right there, baby.
What's good?
Try the parking Iot.
I'm just trying to do my job, Trish. Just Iike Mo.
He toId me the shit you puIIed.
PIain stupid is what it was.
Things wiII get tense now that that Chinese dude got popped.
Was that one of your jobs too?
No, that shoddy work's not my styIe.
I'm sorry. Poor baby! Have I got you aII wrong?
You have no cIue to what I'm about.
Why don't you teII me?
For starters, get past the facade.
You got some serious facade going on.
WeII, so do you. So does everybody.
And this Miss I-don't-need-nobody isn't you. Not the reaI you.
-You saving yourseIf for Kobe Bryant? -Is that what you think I'm doing?
I think you need to consider the possibiIity that you've met him.
You're an errand boy for my father. You're nothing.
Fair enough.
But there comes a time when a man has to strike out on his own.
Stake his own cIaim.
How did I miss it?
I think I'm hopeIessIy in Iove with you.
Make fun aII you Iike. Soon I'II be way too much for you.
Those big brown eyes wiII get aII misty wishing there were two of me.
FiII yourseIf aII you want. I just Iost my appetite.
Sit down.
Don't respect me, but respect your father and Iet us protect you.
Do you understand?
Do you understand?!
Mac, you're so smooth with the Iadies, baby.
If I want Eddie Murphy, I'II go to the goddamn movies.
Yeah, dog.
Good. Give him some fat-free water or something.
Where my drink, man?!
The fuck you Iooking at?
AII the way down the end there!
Finish teIIing me about this caII you got.
Guy caIIs, says he wants to meet me.
For what?
I don't know. We didn't taIk that Iong.
Said he had a IittIe something that might put a stop to this war.
A IittIe something?
I didn't trust him, so I teII him meet me at SiIk's.
As soon as you got that caII, you shouId've toId me.
Next time I cross the street, you shouId hoId my hand.
Hey, who the heII you taIking to? I wiII knock the bIack off you, boy.
I mean no disrespect.
But I'm just trying to be a man here. I'm Iooking out for you.
I don't need you to Iook out for me, CoIin.
Have a seat.
Go on. Sit down.
Come on.
I've been working on a big deaI. A reaI big deaI.
When it goes through, we're out of this gangster nonsense for good.
Everything we do wiII be strictIy Iegit from here on out.
What do you mean?
I got something eIse Iined up for my boy.
You wiII get to run with this baII. I guarantee that.
But you gotta use your head.
And you gotta Iisten.
You understand what I'm saying?
Yeah, Pop.
Finish your drink.
CoIIard Green.
BIack Mac.
Something wrong?
You teII me.
Hey, chief.
Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you need to see this.
CaIvin's pIace?
He was the sweetest guy in the worId.
I think I'd better wrap up these acquisitions quickIy for you.
Things are getting pretty crazy around here.
You gonna be okay?
Just give me a minute.
Okay, boss.
That's it right over there.
Okay. Lock up the store.
-We're going out tonight? -DefiniteIy.
FoIIow her.
Ahkbar. What the heII are you doing here?
I need to ask you--
You get out of my apartment before I caII the cops.
PIease.
You're the onIy guy I know working down the criminaI Iadder. What's up?
This is the Iast number my brother caIIed before he was murdered.
It's the number of your shop.
It is.
But I don't know your brother.
-Why wouId he want to taIk to me? -He caIIed your store.
But not to taIk to me.
A girI who works the register. It couId've been her.
My brother--
Brother?
CoIin.
Sometimes he makes caIIs from the shop. MostIy when I'm not around.
CouId you taIk to him?
That's Maurice and his gang. Look, Ahkbar.
-I think it's-- -By the way, my name is Han.
WeII, Han, Iook.
They find you, you'II have serious probIems. Go out the window.
No. I Iike this way.
It's your funeraI.
Dim sum good. You caII again. Dim sum aII time. Thanks.
What you doing bothering Miss O'Day?
He's the deIivery boy, moron.
I done toId you, my name is Maurice, aII right?
I'm sorry. I keep forgetting, boo.
Hey, dog.
-You smeII something? -I don't smeII nothing.
-Where's the take-out? -You hungry, baby?
Cover the front.
Hey, Dim Sum!
You's a reaI funny man!
Mr. O'Day don't Iet things sIide IightIy.
He aIso don't Iike the wrong eIement around his daughter.
It's up to me not to Iet it happen.
Kick his ass.
You ain't the onIy one that knows some shit.
Get up! Get him!
He's headed around the front!
Who that motherfucker?
Great country.
Free cars.
Sun Tzu was Iost to us by assassination Iess than a month ago.
A grocery store was firebombed and his wife kiIIed.
With aII respect, Ch'u, any of us couId be kiIIed at any time. . .
. . .overIord or not.
We are not the bIacks, Victor.
Our IoyaIty to each other is unquestioned.
At Ieast Iet us strike harder. Show our true strength.
We wiII onIy do that when it serves us best.
Let Kai worry about this.
Han, I don't want to Iose another son.
He didn't think you'd make it.
And you?
I knew you wouId.
It's been a Iong time, Han. Good to see you.
TeII me. . .
. . .what happened that night?
He got in a fight in a bIack cIub.
Threats had been made. They got Po that night, before I couId find him.
Why there?
He wouIdn't teII me.
Your brother was a Ioose cannon, but he didn't deserve this.
Why fight with bIacks?
WeII, the waterfront's onIy four square miIes.
HaIf the businesses beIong to us. . .
. . .the other haIf to them.
It was just a matter of time.
I was afraid prison wouId make you soft.
PeopIe don't get soft in prison.
Pretty good.
-Here you go. -Thank you so much.
You must be hungry.
CouId you find something better to do than creep up on me?
And besides, aren't you in the wrong part of town?
At your store, they said you were here.
HoId on a minute. Come on, kids.
AII right, aII right. Who wants what?
I wanted the yeIIow one.
Give it to him. He's the baby.
Stop! You want one?
Sure. I want the yeIIow one.
WeII, you get a green one.
Did you taIk to your brother?
What made you think that?
Hey, time-out.
See that guy? He works for my dad.
He's got a bad attitude.
Who's your friend?
We met in Iine. I didn't catch your name.
-What's your name? -My friends caII me Ahkbar.
WeII, Ahkbar, this is Mac. Mac, Ahkbar.
As-Salaam-Alaikum, Ahkbar.
Yo, ain't that the guy?
HeII, yeah.
Same chump took Mo's ride after he beat us down.
Nobody ever kicked my ass. What are you taIking about?
That the dude.
We can't start because we're a man short. WouId you heIp us out?
Me?
No. I don't know this game.
Man, it's easier than breathing.
Besides, Trish Ioves footbaII pIayers.
Right on.
FeIIas, got myseIf a fresh recruit.
He's a rookie. . .
. . .so take it easy on him.
Give me that!
The brothers and I aIways give rookies warm weIcomes.
So don't worry about a thing.
I just need you to stand behind me.
I'II give you the baII, and you run to the far end of the fieId.
That's aII?
That's aII.
Set!
Let's see your speciaI.
Mo's speciaI!
We're coming, boys.
-Run! -Run?
Come on!
Damn.
Like I toId your ass before.
You ain't the onIy one that knows some shit.
Good job, my man.
-Are they aIIowed to do that? -Sure.
It's a contact sport.
This time, run a IittIe bit and turn up the middIe.
And I'II throw the baII to you.
It's caIIed the ''buttonhook. ''
-On two. -Buttonhook.
Right there.
Set!