Overview
- Female: 1
- Male: 2
Context
Yaya and Lamonte are grieving for their recently murdered sister. They are on a mission to get revenge for her death and Yaya is determined to have her say about how it should be done. Lamonte's friend, Alberto, can't believe what he's hearing.
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YAYA How are we gonna do dis?
LAMONTE We show up at his crib.
YAYA No, I mean, exactly, you know?
LAMONTE I don’t get you.
YAYA Are we gonna rope him up…? Choke him out…? Burn him wit his iron…?
ALBERTO Goodness.
YAYA Don’t be a dildo.
LAMONTE I figured we do whatever comes to da moment.
YAYA I get dat but we should talk about it. Think it over.
LAMONTE Why?
YAYA It’s important, bro. Da way I see it, it’s gotta be carried out right. Caesar was tellin’ me yesterday-
ALBERTO -Here we go.
YAYA Anyway, Caesar was tellin’ me dat you gotta let everybody know they can’t mess wit your family. So it’s gotta be like a message.
LAMONTE We’re not in a gang, Yaya.
YAYA I know but – after two blocks, make a left – this is how I imagined it.
LAMONTE You imagined it?
YAYA All day! If we go in there and we askin’ him questions and he’s denyin’ everything, I’m a cut his balls off.
ALBERTO Mary mother of Christ.
LAMONTE You sound crazy.
YAYA And then I’m go fo’ da fingers and toes and eyelids and tongue and-
LAMONTE -Stop talkin’.
YAYA Da way to torture somebody real good is dat you gotta give them da time to heal…and then you rip off anotha nail!
LAMONTE And how da hell do you know dat?
YAYA Wikipedia.
LAMONTE It was stupid to bring you.
YAYA He gotta suffer, Lamonte. Don’t front like you doin’ some business deal. Dis is personal! He raped her!
LAMONTE I know!
YAYA It takes a bad guy to do bad things and it takes a bad bitch to do crazy things. Only a woman has da will to chop a nigga up and bury his parts all around da city.
ALBERTO You’re buggin’.
YAYA You could neva handle me.
LAMONTE You don’t have da stomach.
YAYA Anger is enough and I got a lot to share wit him and I won’t be done until I feel betta.
ALBERTO And if you don’t?
YAYA I’ll let you know.
LAMONTE I think it’s gotta be cold. One bullet in between da eyes. Maybe two to be sure. I don’t wanna lose my humanity.
ALBERTO Is dat possible?
LAMONTE I’ll let you know.
YAYA Dat’s dumb.
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