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Jerry Heller:
Good to see you, CubeIce Cube:I can barely see you, Jerry. What's with all the "Godfather" shit?Jerry Heller: OK. I know that you've been very eager to sign a contract with Eric's company, Ruthless RecordsIce Cube:Eric's company... ain't it your company, too?Jerry Heller:That's incorrect. It's not my company. I work for you.Ice Cube:You work for me?Jerry Heller:Uh-huh. I've made that clear from the beginningIce Cube:All right, cool. So I can take this to a lawyer or something, right?Jerry Heller:Cube, those guys are paid to make trouble. They're gonna create problems where no problems exist.Ice Cube:Jerry you know I don't know what none of this legal shit means! All right, none of us do. So we gonna need a lawyer before we sign anything.Jerry Heller:Everybody else has already signed. I thought you knew this. You're the only one who hasn't.Jerry Heller:There's also this...Jerry Heller:$75,000.Jerry Heller:Sign the contract, and all this money is yours.Ice Cube:That's my money anyway, Jerry! I earned that money! Now I wrote a lot of hit songs. We've been on this tour for months, selling out shows, selling records. I know it's plenty of money!Jerry Heller:Really?Jerry Heller:Jesus Christ.Ice Cube:Gimme my money, Jerry.Jerry Heller:How the hell do you think this works? How the hell do you think all of this gets paid for? The hotel rooms, the tour buses, security, the parties, all this shit. How do you think it gets paid for, you think it's free?Ice Cube:Why are you doing this now? If we were so good, why didn't you give us contracts in the beginning?Jerry Heller:Because nothing is a sure thing, Cube. Even a great talent can crash and burn. Too much ego, too much excess, too many expectations. It tends to ruin things. You oughta keep that in mind.Ice Cube:This Eric's company, right? Bye, JerryIce Cube:I'm out
Good to see you, CubeIce Cube:I can barely see you, Jerry. What's with all the "Godfather" shit?Jerry Heller: OK. I know that you've been very eager to sign a contract with Eric's company, Ruthless RecordsIce Cube:Eric's company... ain't it your company, too?Jerry Heller:That's incorrect. It's not my company. I work for you.Ice Cube:You work for me?Jerry Heller:Uh-huh. I've made that clear from the beginningIce Cube:All right, cool. So I can take this to a lawyer or something, right?Jerry Heller:Cube, those guys are paid to make trouble. They're gonna create problems where no problems exist.Ice Cube:Jerry you know I don't know what none of this legal shit means! All right, none of us do. So we gonna need a lawyer before we sign anything.Jerry Heller:Everybody else has already signed. I thought you knew this. You're the only one who hasn't.Jerry Heller:There's also this...Jerry Heller:$75,000.Jerry Heller:Sign the contract, and all this money is yours.Ice Cube:That's my money anyway, Jerry! I earned that money! Now I wrote a lot of hit songs. We've been on this tour for months, selling out shows, selling records. I know it's plenty of money!Jerry Heller:Really?Jerry Heller:Jesus Christ.Ice Cube:Gimme my money, Jerry.Jerry Heller:How the hell do you think this works? How the hell do you think all of this gets paid for? The hotel rooms, the tour buses, security, the parties, all this shit. How do you think it gets paid for, you think it's free?Ice Cube:Why are you doing this now? If we were so good, why didn't you give us contracts in the beginning?Jerry Heller:Because nothing is a sure thing, Cube. Even a great talent can crash and burn. Too much ego, too much excess, too many expectations. It tends to ruin things. You oughta keep that in mind.Ice Cube:This Eric's company, right? Bye, JerryIce Cube:I'm out
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Good to see you cube
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I can barely see you Jerry
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What's with all the godfather shit
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Okay
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I know that you've been very eager
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To sign a contract with Eric's company ruthless records
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Eric's company Ain't it your company too
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That's incorrect It's not my company I work for you
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You work for me Uh huh
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I've made that clear from the beginning
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All right cool So I could take this to a lawyer or somebody right
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Cube those guys are paid to make trouble
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They're gonna create problems where no problems exist
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Jerry you know I don't know what none of this legal shit mean All right
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None of us do We're gonna need a lawyer before we sign anything
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Everybody else has already signed
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I thought you knew this
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You're the only one who hasn't
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There's also this
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75 000
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Shit
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Sign the contract
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And all this money is yours
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That's my money anyway Jerry I earned that money
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Now I wrote a lot of hit songs Mm hmm
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We've been performing on this tour for months sellin' out shows sellin' records
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I know it's plenty of money Really
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Jesus Christ
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Give me my money Jerry How the hell do you think this works
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How the hell do you think all of this gets paid for
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The hotel rooms the tour buses
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security the parties all this shit
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How do you think it gets paid for You think it's free Why are you doing this now
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If we were so good why didn't you give us contracts in the beginning
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Because nothing is a sure thing cube
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Even a great talent can crash and burn
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Too much ego too much excess
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too many expectations
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It tends to ruin things
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You ought to keep that in mind
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This Eric's company right
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Bye Jerry I'm out
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Movie Summary
The rap group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood.

