Above the Rim (1994)

Leon: Shep

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• Shep : You think I came back here to work for you?

  Birdie : Come on, man, we brothers; wouldn't have you working for me. We'd be partners.

  Shep : What, selling that shit? Are you that dumb?

  Birdie : Who the fuck you think you're talking to, man? This ain't Nutso. This ain't that dopehead on the roof taking orders from you. This ain't your same little brother following behind you trying to go outside. You ain't the motherfuckin' man no more. I'm the one! Shit has changed! It's a new day, bro. If you can't clean up your act, I suggest you raise the fuck up and get the hell out of Dodge... or get caught up.

• Kyle-Lee : Why are you doin this man? It's just a game.

  Shep : Not to me.

• Shep : You hear that Nutso? The boy here says he owes me. HE owes ME. Are we even? ARE WE EVEN? You don't owe me nothin. You owe yourself and ones who cared to get you here. Believe me. I know.

• Shep : It's time you and me played.

• Rollins : Born with all the gifts, but you just gave up. Oh yeah, I'd say you owe plenty. If you ever plan on giving anything back, you better start right now. You can't do anything about your mom or Nutso, but you can about Kyle. It's all there for him, Shep, and he's blowing it.

  Shep : Well, he won't be the first.

• Shep : All you gotta do is score, Kyle.

• Shep : Crazy hard, scar your motherfuckin ass, bunks

• Mailika : What about you? Where does your mind run to?

  Shep : Nowhere. It's just stuck. It's the rest of me that does the running.

  Mailika : That's too bad. Folks either move past the things that happen to them, or they stop moving at all. But you're young. You can do anything, except sing.

  Shep : I can sing a little bit.

  Mailika : Not even a little bit.

• Shep : Excuse me? You think you can just kiss me anytime you feel like it?

  Mailika : Yeah, that's right.

  Shep : I guess that answers that.