london city
we come from the sun to live
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father i can't read the paper married
after all the education i give you my
sunday bank manager can't read
how many levels did you get all right
all right it's just that one is supposed
to read quietly
you can't read the scanner the voice
well i'm going to read it with my voice
uh watch your paper call
there goes my street cred lee again
yep what was his pasta 49ers
well what do you think
i think i'm going to change before i go
out well i think we look like one big
family
no listen to this last night
thompson leclat gregory was elected the
youngest ever black labor counselor
when asked the reason for this historic
success consular said
today peckham tomorrow leadership of the
labour party
blackburn stupider
listen to you there's no one that black
people never get anywhere we never
encourage ambition we're too busy
cursing each other hey mom give us a
hand with my hair
okay michael i'm thinking of getting a
loan from the bank
what for this time to build my house
back home
father to be quite honest with you i
don't think the bank would even
entertain it
what if you were to die tomorrow how
would the bank get this money back you
hear that charlie
your son don't care if there's a drop
down there tomorrow
i never said that all he's concerned
about is the bank getting its money back
he got a point how would the bank get
the money back what
all right i'll tell you i check out a
big insurance policy
build my house back home throw myself
under a bus you pay off the bank
you get a huge lump sum i'm dead on
everybody
dad you don't have to take it like that
it's just that well you're not a sound
investment
all right what's his name
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counselor clark gregory
my daughter going out with someone in
the paper uh-huh
only he doesn't know it yet but
tonight's gonna be his lucky night if i
have my wicked way
have you met him yeah see him down the
young socialist club
i know he fancies me tonight he'll be
celebrating his victory
and i'll be celebrating mine
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well dressed like daddy don't stand a
chance
no i must say i wouldn't go to all that
bother for any man
first of all they never noticed and by
the time they had two or three drinks
they don't really care
thanks for the encouragement oh no don't
misunderstand me darling but
listen get dressed up for yourself
not for any man i bet you dressed up for
dad when you were caught in
your father and his friends were the
sharpest baddest dressers in town
when they walk by people used to say
here comes jazzy d
sweet sticks and super p
what's super p pop pie poop par was a
snazzy dresser
well he did have some nice hats
everybody was your father and sweet
sticks that used to cut this style
let me look at you that's better
go and put on a proper skirt before you
catch it
this is a proper skirt it's too short
that's why it's called a mini skirt dad
you're gonna get all types of men
following you a wrong dress like that
i'm not wearing it for all types of men
i'm wearing it for me
they don't know that oh it's the fashion
dad
you look good sis menorah
oh come on dad i'm sure you used to be
into fashion when you were young
not only was he into fashion he was mr
fashion how did you know that
mr fashion
your secret's safe with me jazzy d
all right all right all right i'll get
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it
our lights are coming or coming
hello hello you don't know me
my name's amy oh
come in
you must be desmond garcia told me a lot
about you
glacier sweet steak sweet sticks that
little crook is still alike
no he's dead dead
that's what i've come to tell you the
funeral is on monday
and he asked me to give you this he said
to tell you
let bygones be bygones i let bygones be
bygones a long time ago
when i waved him goodbye and he gone off
with my money your
money is that all you can think about
listen i'm sorry
sit down
oh diddy day with a smile on his face
bless him we were in bed together when
it happened
only sweet sticks could die like that no
no
it wasn't like that we were having
breakfast in bed to celebrate his 55th
birthday 55 he was more like 75.
really would you like to come upstairs
and have a drink with me and the missus
no no i don't want to disturb you i'll
see you at the funeral then
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good night good night
dirty old man thanks mom
who's that what's wrong
sweet sticks is wrong he's dead
dear jazzy d and sexy legs
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as you can see me dead
when the doctor told me that my heart
getting weak i did think to myself
sweet sticks you can either take this
news lying down
or you can carry on the way you've
always done and go out with a bang
i decided to do boat i'm going to check
it lying down with amy
and go out to the bank
i know things between me and you have
not been the same since i borrowed your
money
borrowed he stole it
all right stole it
but jazidi i was desperate i've left my
gold pan sticks as a way of paying you
back
i hope you will forgive i know i should
have returned the money
and kept in touch jazidi
let's bury the hatchet i would like you
to say a few kind words for me at the
funeral
since you is my oldest friend
and enemy
it's a pity may never get to meet gloria
and sean
if they look like michael then they must
look like little angels
anyway see you in the life beyond it
will probably be hell
because i'm here that the heart is in
heaven is not too cool and i hear
calypso doesn't reach heavy yet
is a wicked sax player
see you there and don't forget to bring
your trumpet
give sexy legs a kiss for me sweet
sticks
p.s tell pork buy i'm sorry about the
hundred pounds
sweet stick sands dread wish i'd met him
sweet sticks in his day was the hottest
fan player around
i can miss him all ain't gonna miss his
money stole from me
desmond he was one of your best friends
we all grew up together
of course i don't miss him so what are
you gonna say at the funeral father
funeral who said i gonna see anything at
the funeral
uh not you too my old friend don't tell
me lee 1499 i'm so exclusive
he hasn't even gotten how did you guess
it's nice huh what are you doing here
you're doing exercise now
who me exercise you must be mad
you know i have a theory about juggles
the men don't like the wives and the
women juggles of secretaries they jog to
practice
so when the men run off with the
secretaries the wives can't catch them
sweet sticks is dead
good
he was a no-good selfish womanizing
two-timing money-grabbing did your
mother never tell you to speak good
about it
he did he's dead good
you surely dad you know what he's like
this might be another one of his schemes
to get out from paying for his own
funeral
he was all right really it was just that
he was a liar and a cheat
apart from that you could trust him
yeah you could trust him to lie and
trust him to cheat
why the trouble he used to get us into
remember that gig in that hotel in 62.
we thought he was playing in the eastern
caribbean society yeah but we end up
playing for the british legion
annual dinner and dance
they was expecting us to do the
step on the quick trap
no you're fully strapped on the
quick step i know your names but we
still couldn't play them
did he die heart attack
the funeral is tomorrow saint paul's
tell me something how come you hear
every morning these days
that's why a secretary
nope a wife
and so i say to you brothers and sisters
that sweet sticks did not fall to when
faced with death
you're supposed to say a few amens and
praise the lords
all right okay yeah
amen you're coming too soon
and so i say to you brothers and sisters
amen that sweet sticks did not fall
through and face to it yet
praise the lord
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he looked that straight in the eye oh
yeah
i like that
he faced that straight in the eye and
said i'm ready lord
i'm ready to be received into your bosom
no you see too much bosom or not
there's one he getting buried in a
catholic church
not an evangelist pentecostal let
everything hang out church
say something quiet something you don't
i have to say nothing at all the man
used and abused me
well if you can see it in your heart to
forgive a friend who asked for
forgiveness
on his death bed hmm then i feel sorry
for you
good night
charlie what you want it's after
one o'clock in the morning there's no
sign of gloria yet she should have been
half an hour ago
she went with clark again you seem
sensible
your mom wants to be prime minister yuka
a lot sensible
come in gloria your time is up
mom dad still up
no we fast asleep
you're late i can explain dad you know
what happens when you leak
you're grounded for a week good night
gloria
why you didn't let her explain what
happened she's late and rules his rules
but there could be a hundred different
reasons why she late
the important thing is she's safe so you
better go in her room now and listen to
what you got to say
desmond come on
who is it it's me go away dad
i can't go away i live here
i want to talk to you
i'm sorry i didn't let you explain makes
no difference i'm grounded
well it mate really i said it mate
what happened nothing really
that's just it nothing happened
well we were supposed to go to this club
and then we ended up at the town hall
at this meeting and then everybody back
to his place for a meeting about a
meeting
and when i managed to talk to him it was
time to come home
so where you lit because i wanted some
answers from him and i wasn't going to
leave until i got them
i wasn't going to stop in the middle of
an argument and say excuse me i've got
to go now same time next week
i'm sorry you really like that idiot
sometimes you think you know someone you
know nothing about them
i thought i knew clark i bet you thought
you knew sweet sticks until he ran off
with your money
no i knew sweet sticks it didn't
surprise me when you run off with my
money
surprised me when clark told me he was
gay
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well maybe we can renegotiate your car a
few times
how about uh 15 minutes for arguments
30 minutes for breakups
and an hour for boyfriends who tell you
that they're gay
desmond hurry up we'll be late if you
can't finish the speech now you never
will
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did you write them a few words i asked
you to i'll put it away what's that
i'll ask michael to write a few nice
things about sweet sticks just in case
your father can't manage it
i'm sure you'll do us proud you finish
your speech
yes i hope you're gonna tell the truth
about sweet sticks
yes i will good are you going to read it
at the service
i'm going to read a speech a disservice
i don't like the sound of that
oh come on mom because lee's been
waiting for ages uh michael i want a
word to do
what'd you write tonight
you can't come to the funeral dressed
like that no this is so exclusive i've
only just got one
it cost me 50 quid it's disrespectful
it's dead respectful
oh come on the motor's running if you
don't hurry up we're going to run after
it
hurry you know me larry hurry
about that alone hold on
yes yeah look can you find me back later
yeah okay
carry on father
i really need it i mean to build that
house back home before i die
that i don't think i'm the right person
to talk to about the loan why not you
work in a bank yes i know but
but it's just that sometimes people fall
out over money don't they
well are you in sweet sticks like come
on
i'll drive you to the church
look at all these women
they should have called him big stick
instead of sweet speed
he should have left me as a dress book
instead of him sticks
wish i'd met him could have given me a
few tips
the tips in the world couldn't help you
it is our solemn duty
to carry out in the traditional manner
of god's faithful people
the burial of this mortal
body as we do so
we call trustfully upon god
our creation has life
may he in due time by his power
bring to resurrection with all the sins
the body of this our
brother which
in its frailty we now
bury may god unite
his soul with those of all the saints
and faithful departed
may he be given a merciful judgment
so thus redeemed from death
freed from punishment
reconciled to the father
carried in the arms of the good
shepherds
he may deserve to enter fully
into everlasting
now desmond ambrose
would like to say a few words
you better not make a fool of yourself
or this family
what can i say about sweet sticks that
hasn't already been said
to many he was a man of many talents
and today i'm standing here on his
behalf
but i'd like to tell you about the real
sweet sticks
the man was a cheat
he was a liar on a thief
i'd like to say that to him but he'd
only said to me why tell me something or
no already
sweet sticks was my friend i knew him
for what he was and i respected him for
what he was
praise the lord and only hope somebody
up there likes him too
because they'll be missing out on a damn
good steel pan player
and to send him on his way i think it
only fit in to send him off in the way i
know
all right padre
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