Ghett'a Life (2011) Movie Script

[ SILENCE ]
[ REGGAETON MUSIC PLAYING ]
[ Rapping ] THAT'S WHAT I'M
SAYING
THE CRIME MUST BE LED,
THE HUNGRY MUST BE FED
LOOK INTO MY EYES,
TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE
CAN YOU FEEL MY PAIN?
AM I YOUR ENEMY?
GIVE US A BETTER WAY,
THINGS ARE REALLY BAD
THE ONLY FRIEND I KNOW
IS THIS GUN I HAVE
[ CAR DOORS CLOSING ]
NO!
[ GUNSHOT ]
THE ISLANDS' TWO POLITICAL
PARTIES TRADED CHARGES OVER WHO
WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RECEN UPSURGE OF GUN VIOLENCE.
THE VIOLENCE BETWEEN RESIDENTS
OF THE RULING PARTY AND THE
OPPOSITION'S STRONGHOLD OF
JUNGLE HAS CONTINUED OVER
SEVERAL WEEKS DESPITE THE
INTERVENTION OF THE CHURCH AND
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE TWO
MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES.
THIS HAS CAUSED FAMILIES TO FLEE
THEIR HOMES ON BOTH SIDES OF
THIS FIERCELY DIVIDED COMMUNITY.
[ MUFFLED REGGAETON PLAYING ]
MILK.
YO.
RUN, RUN, RUN!
RAH!
[ TELEPHONE RINGING ]
[ MAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ON
TV ]
CALM DOWN, CALM DOWN.
YOU HAVE TO HELP ME, SIR.
ALL RIGHT?
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT.
YES, MA'AM.
[ CAR DOOR CLOSES ]
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
[ CHUCKLES ]
PUSSY.
CAN'T GET THE BALL, NO, EH?
COME FOR YOUR BALL!
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
[ SHOUTING ]
WHAT?
[ SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ]
COME ON. BACK TO WORK.
[ ALL CHEERING ]
[ ALL CHEERING ]
WHAT I DON'T KNOW I DON' KNOW, SO I ASK THE BIG MAN...
[ CHUCKLES ]
[ CELLPHONE RINGING ]
HELLO.
YES.
A CAMBERT AND A SODA, PLEASE.
[ JAMAICAN MUSIC PLAYING ]
[ SNIFFLES ]
[ CHUCKLES ]
[ JAMAICAN MUSIC PLAYS ]
WE NEVER, EVER CHANGE
NEVER, EVER CHANGE
WE NEVER, EVER CHANGE
[ ALL SHOUTING ]
HEY!
OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
CIRCLE, EVERYBODY. CIRCLE.
BAM!
THAT'S IT. BAM!
GEORGE.
I NEED A BUS.
[ CLEARS THROAT ]
THE RICH MAN'S WEALTH IS IN
THE CITY
YEAH
DESTRUCTION OF THE POOR IS
HIS POVERTY
LORD
DESTRUCTION OF YOUR SOUL
IS VANITY
YEAH, AY, YEAH
DO YOU HEAR?
I AND I, I WANNA RULE
MY DESTINY
YEAH
I AND I, I WANNA RULE
MY DESTINY
WHOA, WHOA
DESTINY, MAMA, LOOK FROM WHEN
YOU CALL ME
DESTINY, MAMA, LOOK FROM WHEN
YOU CALLING
I WANNA RULE MY DESTINY
YEAH, YEAH
OH, HELP I, PLEASE
JAH JAH MEK MI
RULE MY DESTINY
OOH-WHEE, LORD
I'VE BEEN BLESSED
I'VE BEEN TOUCH
I LOVE JAH SO MUCH
THEY KEEP FIGHTING ME
I'M NOT GIVING UP
MAY THE REALMS OF ZION
FILL MY SPIRITUAL CUP
WISDOM OVERSTANDING MUST NEVER
BE TOO MUCH
GIVE I PROTECTION DAY
AND NIGHT
FROM EVEN THE PESTILENCE
THAT WAR GET A DAYLIGHT
DESTINY, MAMA, LOOK FROM WHEN
YOU CALLING
DESTINY
NO.
[ ALL SHOUTING ]
[ SHOUTING CONTINUES ]
[ COUGHING ]
YES. GOOD.
YEAH, THAT'S IT.
THAT'S IT.
THAT'S IT.
CLEAN, YEAH.
THAT'S IT.
GO ON.
ONE MORE TIME.
AH, BAM, BAM, BAM, BAM, BAM.
THAT'S IT!
THAT'S THE MAN.
COME ON.
LET'S GO.
BUT, DERRICK, YOU HAVE TO MOVE.
STICK AND MOVE.
STICK AND MOVE.
THAT'S IT.
THAT'S IT.
THAT'S IT.
[ Rapping ] ALL I DO IS
STAY FOCUSED
LOOKING STRAIGHT FORWARD A THE WORLD AND BEYOND
I FEEL PEOPLE
PULLING ME DOWN
I FEEL SOME PULLING ME UP
I CAN'T GET STUCK
I JUST KEEP MOVING FORWARD
I GOT PLACES TO GO, MAN
LET'S GO
WHEN THE ARMAGEDDON'S DARK
AND DREAD
A LOT OF WEAK ARE TO WEEP
AND MOAN
ONLY THE STRONG
WILL CONTINUE
DO YOU HAVE IT IN YOU?
COME, WE'VE GOT A JOURNEY
TO GO
AND WHEN THE BATTLE GET SOUR
AND DREAD
A LOT OF WEAK ARE TO WITHER
AND MOAN
ONLY THE STRONG
WILL CONTINUE
I KNOW YOU HAVE IT IN YOU
I KNOW YOU HAVE IT IN YOU
HEY
THE VICTORY'S FOUND IN TRUTH,
LIKE INNOCENCE FOUND IN YOUTH
SELF-DEFEAT IS YOUR OWN
DISPUTE
AND, MAN, YOU PUT YOURSELF
IN-A YA OWN SHOESES
EITHER YOU'RE WINNING
OR LOSING
DON'T YOU GET IT CONFUSED
TAY YOU STARRING IN-A
YA OWN MOVIE
PLAYING OF A ROLE YOU CHOOSE
SO, STAND UP AND FIGH IF YOU KNOW
SAY YOU'RE RIGH AND NO, YOU WON'T EVER FAIL
TIPPING THE SCALE
AND THE WIND SHALL PREVAIL
ALL RIGHT?
[ ROCK MUSIC PLAYING ]
[ CROWD CHEERING ]
[ CHUCKLES ]
BIG MAN.
COME HERE.
RING-A-LING-A-LING!
[ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
YO, I GET IT DONE.
ALL RIGHT, COOL.
[ CELLPHONE RINGING ]
[ BELL DINGS ]
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
THAT'S IT.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
[ BELL DINGS ]
[ ROCK MUSIC PLAYING ]
[ CHEERING ]
[ CROWD BOOING ]
[ BELL DINGS ]
[ BELL DINGS ]
[ TIRES SCREECH ]
[ TIRES SQUEAL ]
LOOK INTO MY MIND
CAN YOU SEE THE WEALTH?
CAN YOU TELL THAT I
WANT TO HELP MYSELF?
BUT IF IT HAPPEN THA I STICK YOU FOR YOUR RING
DON'T BE MAD AT ME
IT'S A SURVIVAL TING
LOOK INTO MY HEAR I CAN FEEL YOUR FEAR
TAKE ANOTHER LOOK,
CAN YOU HOLD MY STARE?
WHY ARE YOU AFRAID
OF MY HUNGRY FACE?
OR IS IT THIS THING
BULGING IN MY WAIST?
LOOK INTO MY LIFE
CAN YOU SEE MY KIDS?
LET ME ASK YOU THIS
MASTER LENFORD!
MASTER LENFORD!
MASTER LENFORD!
[ DOG BARKING ]
[ SAW BUZZING ]
AND AIM.
STICK AND MOVE.
[ ENGINE WHIRRING ]
[ ENGINE SHUTS OFF ]
[ SCOFFS ]
MHMMM, MHMMM, MHMM HMM
IF YUH BLAME LIFE,
YUH BLAME WHO GIVE IT
SO DON'T BLAME LIFE,
BLAME THE WAY HOW YUH LIVE IT
FATHER GOD NEVA SLEEP HIM WAKE
HIM NUH MAKE MISTAKE
SOH BLAME IT ON THE FRIENDS
WHEN YUH SURROUNDED WITH FAKE
YUH BLAME LIFE,
YUH BLAME WHO GIVE IT
SOH DON'T BLAME LIFE,
BLAME THE WAY HOW YUH LIVE IT
FATHER GOD NEVA SLEEP HIM WAKE
HIM NUH MAKE MISTAKE
SOH BLAME IT ON YOUR FRIENDS
WHEN YUH SURROUNDED WITH FAKE
WHO KNOW BEST DO BES 'CAUSE WE SURPASS BETTER
NUFF A DEM, THEY'RE TRYIN TO
BE PERFECT LIKE A JOB LETTER
BELIEVE INNA GOD
HIM KEEP MI WARM
LIKE A SWEATER
WHEN DI HEATHENS TRY FI
SWALLOW ME UP LIKE A ALLIGATOR
EVEN THOUGH DEM NAH HAVE
NUH LOCKS, DEM DREAD
AND IF YUH WAH FI KNOW
YUH FRIEND,
PRETEND LIKE YUH DEAD
AND SEE HOW MUCH TING,
DEM WOULDA SEH OVA YUH HEAD
'CAUSE DEM WELL WAH EA YUH FLESH UP
LIKE IT IS A LOAF A BREAD
NEVA LET DEM GET YUH DOWN
IN THIS GAME, STAY AHEAD
[ DOG BARKING ]
[ THEME MUSIC PLAYS ON TV ]
NEWS WATCH.
HMM?
YEAH, YEAH, COME ON.
GET IT.
GET IT!
[ CHUCKLES ]
HUH?
HEY!
[ BOTH CHUCKLE ]
[ MANUEL SHOUTING ]
NO ONE IS SAFE, MAN.
HEY...
DERRICK!
[ SEWING MACHINE WHIRRING ]
[ SIGHS ]
[ DOG BARKING ]
[ GUNSHOTS ]
[ GUNSHOTS CONTINUE ]
[ DOGS BARKING ]
SHIT!
I THINK THEY WENT THAT WAY.
[ CAR DOORS CLOSING ]
[ GASPS ]
[ GASPS ]
[ SNIFFS ]
JESUS, JESUS, JESUS.
[ ENGINE TURNS OVER ]
[ CELLPHONE RINGS ]
YEAH?
COOL.
...PUSSY.
NO!
NO!
NO!!
DERRICK.
DERRICK!
DERRICK!!
DERRICK!
LET ME GO!
LET ME GO!
DERRICK!
[ Sobbing ] DERRICK!!
LENNY!
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
[ SIGHS ]
B-B-BUT, GRANDPA --
[ JAMAICAN MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ SIREN WAILING ]
[ BREATHING DEEPLY ]
[ BOTH CHUCKLE ]
[ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]
WAIT.
WAIT.
[ LAUGHS ]
MM-HMM.
...GUIDE ME,
BE MY GUIDANCE
GRACE THE SALVATION FOR ME
JEHOVAH, GUIDE ME
BE MY GUIDANCE
LORD,
THEY COULD NEVER STOP ME
I'M ON THE ROCK,
I'M ON THE ROCK
AIYA DANAI ANAI,
AIYA DANAI ANAI
JEHOVAH, GUIDE ME,
I'M ON THE ROCK
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
JEHOVAH, GUIDE ME
I'M ON THE ROCK
[ CROWD BOOING ]
[ JAMAICAN MUSIC PLAYING ]
OKAY, GUYS?
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
[ RECORD SCRATCHING,
MUSIC STOPS ]
[ SHOUTS ]
[ MUSIC RESUMES ]
[ RECORD SCRATCHING,
MUSIC STOPS ]
[ SHOUTS ]
[ MUSIC RESUMES ]
[ ALL SHOUTING ]
YOU'RE DOING GOOD.
[ RECORD SCRATCHING,
MUSIC STOPS ]
FIGHT!
[ GROANS ]
FIGHT!
YOUR EYE BURNING UP?
[ CROWD CHEERING ]
[ CROWD BOOING ]
[ CROWD BOOING ]
HEY!
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
[ HORN HONKS ]
[ DOG BARKS ]
[ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]
HE MAKES THE WEIGHT ON THIS
OCCASION, AND HE HAS THE HOPE
OF A NATION BEHIND HIM AND
CONFIDENCE THAT IS ACTUALLY
SHOWN IN THE ABILITY OF THIS
MAN.
142.
[ DOGS BARKING ]
[ OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ GUNSHOTS ]
DERRICK!
[ GUN COCKS ]
[ BREATHING SHAKILY ]
[ SNIFFLES ]
[ SNIFFLES ]
[ SIGHS ]
YO.
[ SIREN WAILS ]
[ HORN HONKS ]
[ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]
[ DOG BARKING ]
YEAH, MAN.
RISE TO THE OCCASION,
LOOK AT YOURSELF THEN SAY
YOU'RE STRONG
NO ONE CAN STOP YOU, YEAH
RISE TO THE OCCASION
GO AHEAD,
YOU KNOW YOU'RE STRONG
NO ONE CAN STOP YOU
[ MONITOR BEEPING ]
YEAH?
[ HELICOPTER BLADE WHIRRING ]
MODERN VAMPIRES OF THE CITY
HUNTING BLOOD, BLOOD, BLOOD
YUH COULDA COME FROM REMA
OR YUH COME FROM JUNGLE
COULDA COME FROM FIYAH HOUSE
OR YUH COME FROM TOWER HILL
ONE BLOOD, ONE BLOOD,
ONE BLOOD
YUH COULDA COME FROM LIBYA
OR YUH COME FROM 'MERICA
COULDA COME FROM EUROPE
OR YUH COME FROM AFRICA
ONE BLOOD, ONE BLOOD,
ONE BLOOD
YUH COULDA BE A IRISHMAN
COULDA BE A MEXICAN
OR A WEDDA INDIAN
[ CROWD SHOUTING IN DISTANCE ]
HMM?
SO QUITE AN INTERESTING NIGH IS AHEAD OF US.
REPORTING LIVE FROM
THE BRUISING GYM IN DOWNTOWN
KINGSTON, I AM...
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
WELL, QUITE AN INTERESTING
MATCH THIS ONE PROMISES TO BE,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND,
NATURALLY, THE CROWD HEAVILY
BEHIND THE HOMETOWN BOY,
DERRICK THOMPSON, WHO'S ACTUALLY
FIGHTING IN THE YELLOW TRUNKS.
AND HIS CUBAN OPPONENT,
JOSE GONZALEZ, IN BLUE.
WHAT A MATCH-UP THIS IS GOING TO
BE AS BOTH FIGHTERS MEET IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE RING.
[ DOGS BARKING ]
OUT OF THIS POSITION.
AND NOW THE CUBAN IS GOING TO
THE BODY, GONZALEZ.
AND DERRICK REALLY TAKING A
PUNISHING.
AND HE'S TRYING TO FIGHT BACK,
BUT HE'S REALLY TAKEN A BLOW NOW
AND STAGGERS ONTO THE ROPES.
AND SAVED BY THE BELL.
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
WELL, DERRICK FLIES OUT OF HIS
CORNER.
ONE WONDERS IF HE HAS ANYTHING
IN HIM WHILE THE CUBAN IS GOING
TO THE BODY IMMEDIATELY AND
DERRICK IS REALLY TAKING A
POUNDING.
CAN HE FIGHT HIMSELF OUT OF
THIS?
AND GONZALEZ -- AND DERRICK
TAKING A WIDE SWING THAT LANDS
HIM ON THE CANVAS.
[ SOBS ]
[ BELL DINGS ]
[ CROWD SHOUTING ]
[ BELL DINGS ]
...FOR THE JAMAICAN, AS HE
HAS LOST THE FIRST TWO, AND HE
HAS COME OUT ALL GUNS BLAZING.
AND DERRICK REALLY THROWING THE
WORKS NOW AT THE CUBAN,
GONZALEZ.
AND GONZALEZ WITH A TREMENDOUS
RIGHT THAT HAS SENT DERRICK
STAGGERED.
GONZALEZ AGAIN ALL OVER THE
JAMAICAN.
AND HE HAS CAUGHT HIM WITH A
TREMENDOUS RIGHT THAT HAS LANDED
DERRICK ON THE CANVAS.
HE'S DOWN!
[ Distorted ] DERRICK IS DOWN.
[ Distorted ] DERRICK!
[ Distorted ] DERRICK, GE UP, YOU!
[ Distorted ] DERRICK!
DERRICK!
GET UP!
GET UP!
[ JAMAICAN MUSIC PLAYS ]
SO, DERRICK IS ON THE CANVAS.
HAS HE ANYTHING LEFT IN HIM?
WELL, HE HAS BEATEN THE COUNT,
AND HE'S GETTING UP.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
YES!
YES, DERRICK!
COME ON!
COME ON, DERRICK!
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE CONTINUE ]
AND LET'S SEE IF HE HAS
ANYTHING LEFT IN HIM.
HE HAS THE CROWD BEHIND HIM.
AS THE CUBAN COMES CHARGING.
AND DERRICK LANDING A FEW
PUNISHING BLOWS TO THE FACE OF
THE CUBAN, GONZALEZ, WHO IS
HOLDING ON.
THE REFEREE IS TRYING TO
SEPARATE THEM.
AND DERRICK, HE HAS GROWN A
SECOND WIND.
AND LOOK AT HIM GO.
AND WHAT A TREMENDOUS
UPPER-CUT.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
[ RING ANNOUNCER SPEAKING
INDISTINCTLY ]
[ CROWD CHANTING "DERRICK" ]
CAN HE SURVIVE THE COUNT?
HE'S BEEN COUNTED OUT BY THE
REFEREE -- GONZALEZ.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
THE JAMAICAN HAS TAKEN THE
TITLE!
CONGRATULATIONS!
IT'S JUBILATION ACROSS
THE BRUISING GYM!
THE JAMAICAN HAS PREVAILED.
AGAINST THE ODDS, IT'S
DERRICK THOMPSON!
AAH!
AAH!
DERRICK?
DERRICK!
[ TIRES SQUEALING ]
[ GUN CLICKS ]
[ BREATHING DEEPLY ]
[ GURGLING ]
GULLY.
GULLY!
GULLY.
GULLY.
NEWS WATCH.
[ CHUCKLES ]
HI.
HI.
EVERYBODY WANTS THE SAME
THING, DON'T THEY?
EVERYBODY WANTS A HAPPY END
THEY WANNA SEE THE GAME
ON SATURDAY
THEY WANNA BE SOMEBODY'S
FRIEND
EVERYBODY WANNA WORK FOR
A LIVING
EVERYBODY WANTS THEIR CHILDREN
WARM
EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE
FORGIVEN
THEY WANT A SHELTER FROM
THE STORM
LOOK AT ME,
I AIN'T YOUR ENEMY
WE WALK ON COMMON GROUND
WE DON'T NEED TO FIGH EACH OTHER
WHAT WE NEED, WHAT WE NEED
SOLIDARITY
SOLIDARITY
SOLIDARITY
OH, YEAH
SOLIDARITY
NOBODY LIKES TO ASK
FOR MONEY
SOMEBODY LIKES TO PLAY
THE CLOWN
NOBODY LIKES TO WAIT IN
A LONG LINE
NOBODY LIKES BEING
PUSHED AROUND
EVERYBODY WANTS THEIR FAMILY
PROTECTED
[ JAMAICAN MUSIC PLAYS ]