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Charles: [Charles comes down the stoop stairs and sees Claudine sitting there] I knew it all the time. I knew that nigga was gonna walk out on you. I knew that! It's your own damn fault. That's right- don't blame nobody but yourself! You had the six kids!
Claudine: That's right! Six kids- that's right! That's all I got in this world- my children.
Charles: I hate them.
Claudine: Get away from me, Charles!
Charles: I knew I had nothing but I have to share what I ain't got.
Claudine: My son, the black revolutionary. You ain't nothing but a snot-nosed coward. That's what you are.
Charles: Yeah, that's right. That's what you want me to be, Mama? Why do you think Francis the way we is? He's being exactly what you want him to be- invisible.
Claudine: You're a damn crybaby.
Charles: I don't know why you didn't kill me when I was born.
Claudine: Oh, you talk crazier every day!
Charles: If you loved me, you would have killed me like those women back on the plantations. They killed their kids so they wouldn't have to be slaves.
Claudine: I guess I didn't love my children because I wanted them to live.
Charles: Yeah, so you told us to be afraid, right?
Claudine: You better be afraid! You better be afraid- this world out there will kill you.
Charles: How can frightened people change anything?
Claudine: There ain't no other kind of people, Charles. I'm scared all the time, but I do my job. If you ain't scared, you don't have need for guts.
Charles: What you gonna do now?
Claudine: I'm gonna get some sleep and I'm going to work tomorrow.
Charles: Well, as you crawl into bed, you take a look at Charlene's tits. Good night, Grandma
Claudine: That's right! Six kids- that's right! That's all I got in this world- my children.
Charles: I hate them.
Claudine: Get away from me, Charles!
Charles: I knew I had nothing but I have to share what I ain't got.
Claudine: My son, the black revolutionary. You ain't nothing but a snot-nosed coward. That's what you are.
Charles: Yeah, that's right. That's what you want me to be, Mama? Why do you think Francis the way we is? He's being exactly what you want him to be- invisible.
Claudine: You're a damn crybaby.
Charles: I don't know why you didn't kill me when I was born.
Claudine: Oh, you talk crazier every day!
Charles: If you loved me, you would have killed me like those women back on the plantations. They killed their kids so they wouldn't have to be slaves.
Claudine: I guess I didn't love my children because I wanted them to live.
Charles: Yeah, so you told us to be afraid, right?
Claudine: You better be afraid! You better be afraid- this world out there will kill you.
Charles: How can frightened people change anything?
Claudine: There ain't no other kind of people, Charles. I'm scared all the time, but I do my job. If you ain't scared, you don't have need for guts.
Charles: What you gonna do now?
Claudine: I'm gonna get some sleep and I'm going to work tomorrow.
Charles: Well, as you crawl into bed, you take a look at Charlene's tits. Good night, Grandma
Full Transcript
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I knew that nigger was gonna walk out on you I knew that
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It was your own damn fault
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That's right Don't blame nobody but yourself
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You had the six kids That's right
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Six kids That's right
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That's all I got in this world my children
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I hate them
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Get away from me Charles I mean I knew I had nothin'
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But I have to share what I ain't got
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My son the black revolutionary
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You ain't nothin' but a snot nosed coward That's all you are
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scoffs Yeah that's right
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Ain't that what you want me to be Mama
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Why do you think Francis the way he is
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He's being exactly what you always wanted him to be
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Invisible
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You're a damn crybaby
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Don't know why you didn't kill me when I was born
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Oh you talk crazier every day
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I mean if you loved me you'd have killed me
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like the women back on those plantations
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They killed their kids so they wouldn't be slaves
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I guess I didn't love my children 'cause I wanted them to live
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Yeah So you taught us to be afraid right
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You better be afraid
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You better be afraid That world out there'll kill you
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I mean how can frightened people change anything
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sighs
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There ain't no other kind of people Charles
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I'm scared all the time but I do my job
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If you ain't scared you don't have no need for guts
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What you gonna do now
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I'm gonna get some sleep
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and I'm going to work tomorrow
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Well as you crawl into bed you take a look at Charlene's tits
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Good night Grandma
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Movie Summary
In the 1970s Harlem, garbage collector Roop feels intimidated by the idea of dating Claudine who is a single mother of six on welfare.
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