you know
i know
MOSES you know
i know
you know
i know
you know
KITCH you know
i know
you know
i know
you know
you i—
you know—
you—
shit!
MOSES my nigga
KITCH shit!
MOSES you—
shit you—
KITCH fuck you nigga damn
MOSES dat shit be funny tho
KITCH yeah man it be a’ight
MOSES (mocking) you i—
you know—
you—
shit
KITCH yo moses
they come at’chu
MOSES da fuck you think
man damn
KITCH ain’t let em break you tho
i mean
you let em break you moses
MOSES niggaaaaa
who da fuck i be
KITCH you moses man
you moses
MOSES nigga damn
they bess be glad
i ain’t break them
KITCH yo dat’s wassup
MOSES ya herd
Moses and Kitch give each other daps.
yo moses
dat’s wassup
Moses and Kitch flinch.
A moment. Silence. Stillness.
Then, all clear.
man
what’chu fixta do today
man damn
KITCH man
i’on know man
what’chu fixta do
MOSES got plans
you feel me
big ol plans
KITCH got plans to stand there
stroke yo dick
MOSES man
fuck you man
KITCH nigga
what kinda plans you got
MOSES got plans to rise up to my full potential
be all i could be
you feel me
KITCH left
left
left right left
MOSES yo fuck you nigga
dat shit ain’t funny
KITCH yo moses man
i thought it was
MOSES nigga
man i got plans
to git my ass up off dis block
KITCH off dis block here
MOSES yeah nigga damn man
i ain’t stutter
KITCH a’ight nigga damn
MOSES a’ight
KITCH cept
cept
you gittin up off dis block man
where you goin
MOSES yo what
KITCH i sed my nigga
you gittin up off dis block
where you gon go
MOSES kitch
KITCH what
MOSES dat promised land
KITCH promised land
nigga damn
you mean dat penthouse suite
MOSES yo dat’s the one
KITCH champagne on ice
MOSES you know it
KITCH (as an old white lady) hello, room service
i’ll just have two lobster rolls
MOSES das crazy right
mad buttah on dat shit
KITCH champagne all cold
and shit
MOSES chomp chomp
KITCH yo caviar man
bess not forget dat caviar
MOSES yo
you like fish eggs
KITCH naw my nigga
caviar
MOSES nigga
KITCH what nigga damn
MOSES man caviar is
fish eggs
KITCH yo what
MOSES yeah nigga damn
tiny ass fish eggs
KITCH ugh
MOSES dis nigga
KITCH yo moses man
i ain’t know
MOSES cud write a book wit all da shit
yo ass don’t know
KITCH prolly be more like ten books
MOSES yeah you right
KITCH nigga
promised land top ten
go
MOSES nigga
KITCH come on my nigga
less play
MOSES man
ain’tchu tired
KITCH jess go
go
MOSES collard greens and pinto beans
KITCH dat’s two
MOSES nigga don’t play
dat counts as one
KITCH yo how you figure
MOSES iss one plate uh food
MOSES nigga
KITCH man
yeah a’ight
MOSES one hot plate
uh collard greens and pinto beans
how reverend missus
usedta make em
KITCH one
MOSES brown bunnies
KITCH two
MOSES my bright red superman kite
KITCH three
MOSES drawer full uh clean socks
KITCH okay see
now dat’s a good one
fo
MOSES my brotha here wit me
back from da dead
KITCH five
MOSES yo moms here too
KITCH six
MOSES soft sheets
i’m sleepin on em good
KITCH seven
MOSES my woman next to me
she sleepin on em too
KITCH since when you got a woman
MOSES i don’t
KITCH but’chu sed—
MOSES iss da promised land nigga
if i wanna woman
imma have me a woman
KITCH okay nigga damn
jess askin if you got candidates
MOSES man i ain’t met her yet shit
but dat’s a’ight
i’ll know her when i see her man
bess believe
KITCH yo moses
dat’s deep
i’ll. know. her. when. i. see. her.
yeah
yeah i guess i knew
rochelle was fixta be mine
first time i seent her too
MOSES she ain’tchors kitch
KITCH i know
MOSES yo do you
KITCH we git up off dis block
she fixta be mine
MOSES ya
fixta be
KITCH a’ight man
eight
MOSES world peace
KITCH nigga
MOSES jess playin
man lemme see
dis place i seent one time
had bright red tulips in it
KITCH nine
MOSES me and you
wakin up in dat promised land
instead uh jess
wishin we wuz
KITCH dat’s ten
MOSES then
dat’s my list
KITCH maaaaaan
how da fuck you spect
we fixta git up off dis block
MOSES yo kitch man
first of all i ain’t sed “we”
KITCH da fuck you mean by dat
MOSES i mean yo ass ain’t comin
KITCH what
MOSES you ain’t invited
nigga damn
KITCH yo moses
dat’s fucked up
MOSES yo
how you figure
KITCH i know
we ain’t no kinda family
man
i know
you ain’t my brotha
but
but’choo my nigga tho
you got plans
mean i got plans right wit’chu
moses
moses
i got plans right wit’chu right
MOSES yeah okay
KITCH yeah okay what
MOSES okay yo ass invited
KITCH yesssss!!!
MOSES yo ass gon rise up to yo full potential too
gon git up off dis block
matter fact
man
i’m gon lead you
KITCH what
MOSES you heard me nigga
i’m leadin you off dis block
man
you remember
dat sunday school
ol reverend missus be like
(as Reverend Missus) say i say moses
lawd!
i do declare
you bout da bess lil boy
up in dis sunday school
you fixta live up to dat name too ain’tchu
lead deez boys right off deez streets
uh violence
streets uh anger
lead deez boys on to dat promised land
KITCH (gasping) pass ovuh
MOSES yeah nigga damn
i feel like i cud do dis shit
you feel me
lead you off dis block
KITCH amen!
MOSES be all i cud be
KITCH yes lawd!
MOSES yo kitch
you wit me dawg?
KITCH no i am not
MOSES yo nigga damn man
what da fuck
KITCH man
look around you man
what da fuck you fixta lead me cross
you ain’t got no river
MOSES man iss a mega-four
KITCH uh what
MOSES uh mega-four my nigga damn
when one thang be like somethin else
besides
don’t need no river shit
you got two feet
KITCH man my feet hurt
MOSES man here you go
KITCH they do my nigga shit
MOSES man what da fuck
you scared?
KITCH …. .
MOSES yo tell da truth dawg
is you?
KITCH fuck you nigga
you herd they
picked off ed
tho right
MOSES yo werd
KITCH that’s what they say
MOSES yo
light skinded ed
or ed dat got dem dred locs
KITCH dred locs
MOSES yo dat nigga dead?
KITCH po-pos smoked his ass last night
MOSES my nigga damn man
when it comes to killin niggas
dem police be da angel death hisself
KITCH yeah nigga damn they do
and i ain’t tryina catch no bullets
feel me
MOSES yo what
you think i am
KITCH well iz you
MOSES nigga
KITCH moses man
dem po-lice
come round here
gon ask dem same two questions
(as Ossifer) who are you boy
you goin somewhere
MOSES what
KITCH i sed
who are you boy
you goin somewhere
i see you take
so much as one step
off dis block
i shoot you dead
you hear me
dead
MOSES yo kitch man
what da fuck
KITCH what nigga damn
yo ass know good and goddamn well
ain’t nuthin gon rile dem po-pos more
than a nigga don’t know his place
and right now
you and me
nigga damn
our place right here
MOSES yo kitch man
not for nuthin
but all dat shit right there
plantation bullshit
feel me nigga
KITCH do what’chu can
what can you do
MOSES yo i cud
leave yo black ass here
KITCH …. .
MOSES yeah
ain’t got nuthin to say to dat
now do you
ol faggot ass nigga
KITCH you leavin
go ahead then go
MOSES yo what
KITCH i sed
you leavin me nigga
go ahead then go
Moses does not go.
MOSES yo kill me now
KITCH bang bang
A space of time. It’s sad and tense.
MOSES yo kitch
almost forgot my nigga
you hungry?
KITCH …. .
Moses produces pizza crust and presents it to Kitch.
MOSES it’s not delivery
its digiorno’s
KITCH no it ain’t
my nigga damn
MOSES damn nigga
domino’s den shit
KITCH yeah dat’s a’ight
MOSES man dat’s a’ight?
KITCH yeah nigga damn
iss jess a’ight
MOSES iss pizza
nigga damn
KITCH iss crust my nigga
damn man don’t nobody eat dat crust
MOSES i do
KITCH bon appétit
MOSES niggaaaaa
KITCH what nigga damn
MOSES man nuthin man
iss jess …
KITCH man what
MOSES the least thang you could do
is jess say thank you
KITCH thank you
for dis whack ass dry ass nasty crust
MOSES yo fuck you nigga damn
i eat dis shit my own self
KITCH be my guest
MOSES ol punk ass nigga
(mocking) i’m gittin up off dis block
right wit’chu right
Moses eats for a time. Then …
kitch
KITCH …. .
MOSES yo kitch
come on man
you mad
KITCH yeah man i’m mad
naw man i’m good
MOSES my nigga
KITCH damn man
you a trip
MOSES yo
you iz too
KITCH yo moses man
you want some weed
MOSES maaaaaaaaannn
KITCH yo
do you?
MOSES nigga
what da fuck man damn
we gittin up off dis block
we posedta
man
we posedta rise above dat shit
be on our grind
and dat right there
man dat’s some real plantation shit
(longish beat) so where iss at?
KITCH where wuss at nigga damn?
MOSES dis weed you on about
my nigga damn man
where iss at?
KITCH man
i ain’t got no weed
MOSES then what’chu say you had some for
KITCH i didn’t man
i sed you want some weed
MOSES of course i want some weed
my nigga damn
iss weed
KITCH too bad i ain’t got none shit
MOSES man i should fuck yur dumb ass up
you know that
KITCH moses man be cool
Throughout the following Moses and Kitch tussle in that boyhood-manhood space between playing and fighting. Tickling. Titty twisters. Recreating video game and WWE moves, that kind of thing. It’s rough but not too rough.
MOSES come here
so i cud fuck yur dumb ass up
on about some weed
dat’chu ain’t got
KITCH i sed i’m sorry
MOSES fuck sorry
nigga damn
say uncle
KITCH auntie
nigga
MOSES say uncle
KITCH grandma
grandpa
auntie
best friend
stepdad
nigga damn
MOSES say uncle shit
KITCH yo
uncle man
goddammit
uncle
uncle
Moses lets Kitch go.
MOSES yeah i thought you wud
KITCH you know dat’chu
ain’t hurt me right
MOSES i know i cud
Moses and Kitch begin to tussle as before. But then, in the midst of that, they flinch.
A moment. Silence. Stillness.
Then, all clear.
yo what da fuck!
KITCH keep thinkin
iss dem damn po-pos
MOSES my nigga damn man
since my brotha man—
KITCH yo may he rest in peace
MOSES yo thank you dawg
man since they got him man
all dis shit so—
so—
KITCH yeah i know
A space of time. It’s sad.
yo moses man
you think we fixta git up off dis block for real?
MOSES not fixta nigga damn
we iz
KITCH i know man damn
we fixta iz
MOSES niggaaaaa
KITCH what nigga damn
we fixta git up off dis block
MOSES not fixta nigga damn
we iz gon git up off dis block
you feel me
iz
KITCH we is?
MOSES we iz
Moses offers Kitch some pizza crust.
so what
you in my nigga
Kitch takes the crust.
KITCH yeah my nigga damn
less do dis shit right here
MOSES yo dat’s wassup
KITCH (old white lady) hello room service
yes it’s me again
i know i’m such a pain
but could you also send up
i don’t know like caviar—
MOSES nigga
KITCH cristal
six bitches
oh, and fifteen bars uh gold bullion
cuz we be out dis bitch
MOSES pass OVuh!
KITCH pass ovUH!
MOSES pass OVuh!
KITCH pass ovUH!
MOSES pass OVuh!
KITCH pass ov–
MISTER enters, carrying a small picnic basket. He’s wearing a light-colored suit and a baseball cap. He cannot speak with a Southern accent.
MISTER why salutations
and good evening to you, fellas!
MOSES yo what da fuck man
KITCH what da fuck
MOSES how long yur ass
been standin there
man damn
MISTER i think i’ve startled you that
wasn’t my intention
MOSES yo man
you police?
MISTER oh goodness no
whatever gave you that idea
MOSES white folks round dis way
dey either po-pos or dey mormons
yo you mormon
MISTER goodness no
religion
whoa
KITCH yo nigga damn
cuz if you mormon
i will tell yur ass right now
fuck joseph smith my nigga damn
i do not care
MISTER i’m not a mormon
or police
you have my word
MOSES man fuck yo word
you got ID?
MISTER i do in fact
i do
Mister reaches for his ID.
MOSES KITCH
man fuck ID whoa
man keep dem hands whoa
where i cud see dat shit whoa
you feel me whoa
Mister keeps his hands where they can see them.
MISTER i take it not too many people