| Leo: |
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(Singin’
“Hyphy”)
Sittin’
Around the crib
Wanting to get hyphy
Thinkin’ bout da project
Wishin’ to move
Walkin’ around suckin’ my thumb
Scared of dying,
Surrounded with drugz
Still wishin’ to wake up & find love someday
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| Chorus: |
|
Every time
movin’ out da’ project is brought up
I’m hyphy
One day I’ll be out da’ project
Findin’ love
Big ballin’ in Paris
Livin’ bolo livin’ large
Blingin’ like wh@@@t!!!
Old man walks by and looks at Leo
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| Leo: |
|
Hey,
hey you like my art?
Hey I’m talkin’ to you!
(Aside) Why don’t people pay attention to
me? |
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ACT 1,
SCENE 2
Time: 9:00 am
Date: 01. 03.99
Place: East Menlo, House
At Rise: Yalyah getting dressed-getting prepared
for the day…While she’s doin’ her hair,
she’s singin’ “Better Day”
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| Yalyah: |
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Dayz passe
by
I’m movin’ around
Thinkin’ bout how bored my life is
But a little excitin’
Wishin’ for a better life
Sittin’ around da’ house thinkin’
Bout’ how excitin’ my life would be in Paris,
maybe
But I’, bored of doin’ da’ same thang.
I wish for a better life.
Lord please send me down an angel
To help guide me thorugh out these
Hard and lonely time
In dis’ game I call life
I wish to have my own business
To move on to bigger and better thangs.
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ACT
1, SCENE 3
Time: 11:00 am
Date: 06.16.02
Place: Louvre Museum, Paris
At rise: Art’s on da’ wall. Pretty lights,
slow, museum music, people around, reception desk. |
| Yalyah: |
|
(Reads
her letter)
To Whom it May Concern:
I would like to work at Louvre Museum because I would
like to explore new things also cause I have a passion
for art and I haven’t found excitement and I think
I can find it in art. Thank you for taking your time to
read this letter and considering me for this job. |
| Yalyah: |
|
(He puts
it in da envelope and mails it out. Leo is walkin’
to da museum with one arm carrying his painting. Yalyah
walks to the museum. Leo drops one of his portraits.
Yalyah helps him pick it up. Leo looks at her.)
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| Leo: |
|
Thank
you. |
| Yalyah: |
|
Your
welcome!
(Looks at his art work)
This is nice art work. |
| Leo: |
|
You
really think so? |
| Yalyah: |
|
Yeah!
I love it. |
| Leo: |
|
Well
I’m going to the museum to see if they would put
up my art work |
| Yalyah: |
|
Oh
that’s great! I’m coming here to see if I could
help out. |
| Leo: |
|
Why
would people like you wanna work here? |
| Yalyah: |
|
Excuse
me! |
| Leo: |
|
People
like you don’t care about art. |
| Yalyah: |
|
What
is up your… |
| Leo: |
|
People
like you don’t give a damn ‘bout art, Ya just
like to criticize on people who are thugged out and got
talent. |
| Yalyah: |
|
You know
I got 8 older bothers and a majority of ‘em is
a thug and they got talent so don’t sit up here
tellin’ me I’m a criticizer cause I…
|
| Leo: |
|
(cuts
her off)
You don’t know.
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| Yalyah: |
|
And you
wonder why people like you get rejected! It’s artists
like you with a nasty attitude who don’t get attention
and you wonder why people don’t like your art work.
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| Leo: |
|
(
Shocked)
You’re a cruel person. Why would you say something
like dat? |
| Yalyah: |
|
I’m
sorry. I didn’t mean to but you left me with no other
option and I’m not going to let you sit up here and
continue criticizing me so why would you think people
like me would criticize your art work? |
| Leo: |
|
Because
all my life I’ve been rejected and I come out here
trying to to find attention through my art and you just
look like one of those people from my past that criticize
people. |
| Yalyah: |
|
I’m
not a criticizer. And if you don’t mind me askin’
what happen in your past that makes you think I’m
a criticizer and I reject people? |
| Leo: |
|
Well
because you just criticized me and I had a flash back
to my past. |
| Yalyah: |
|
You
must have had a bad child hood’. What happen? |
| Leo: |
|
You
really wanna know? |
| Yalyah: |
|
Yes
of course, why not! |
| Leo: |
|
You
won’t reject me or be cruel? |
| Yalyah: |
|
No!
I won’t. |
| Leo: |
|
Well
I lived in SF with my dad and he was on drugz and he never
pays attention to me so I’ve started taggin’
on walls and people would always just ignore me like I
wasn’t around and I would never sleep. So I came
out here to Paris to see if I could get love and attention
through my art work. So I guess I was afraid of getting
rejected and not getting attention so I just happen to
go off on you. |
| Yalyah:: |
|
It’s
okay. I could understand. It’s frustrating at times. |
| Leo: |
|
So
where are you from? |
| Yalyah: |
|
East
Menlo Park in Cali. |
| Leo: |
|
Why
are you here? |
| Yalyah: |
|
Because
I was really bored with my life. Every day I did the same
o thing. I got tired of it. Alwayz wakin’ up in the
mornin’ going to school. After school chillin’
with my man and folks doin’ the same thang got old.
I had grew up with a lovin’ family and we were all
supportive of each other but I just came out here to start
fresh. |
| Leo: |
|
So
you’re looking for excitement? |
| Yalyah: |
|
Yeah. |
| Leo: |
|
Where
do you think you’ll find excitement? |
| Yalyah: |
|
In
art. That why I wanna help out here. |
| Leo: |
|
So
would you like to see my artwork? |
| Yalyah: |
|
Yeah!
This is a nice one! I love this one!...Oh my gosh
(falls on her knees and cries) |
| Leo: |
|
What’s
wrong? (Bends down)
You koo? |
| Yalyah: |
|
Oh
no. |
| Leo: |
|
What’s
wrong? |
| Yalyah: |
|
This
art it, it reminds me of something bad that happen in
my past. |
| Leo: |
|
What
happen? |
| Yalyah: |
|
Well
when I was thirteen years old I got molested by a close
friend to the family member and every time I think about
it I just I just… |
| Leo: |
|
You
what? It’s okay. You could talk to me. |
| Yalyah: |
|
I
just get really depressed at times . I can’t function
right at times. I thought it was over but it still bothers
me at times. Sometimes I wonder why did he do that but
I guess I will never know. |
| Leo: |
|
I’m
sorry. I don’t know… |
| Yalyah: |
|
It’s
okay. |
| Leo: |
|
Does
your family know? |
| Yalyah: |
|
Yeah
they know. |
| Leo: |
|
How
did you tell ‘em? How long did it take for you to
tell ‘em what your parents think? |
| Yalyah: |
|
I
didn’t tell my parents. |
| Leo: |
|
Why
not? |
| Yalyah: |
|
After
I got molested the man and his wife came to the house
and told my parents. My mom and dad was very disappointed.
They started crying. Then the dude offered to our family
their vehicle and I said “Hell nah. How da …you
gonna try to offer us something? You molested me…”
In so he bounce . My brothers found out. They was gonna
go after him but he bounce to I don’t know where
before my brothers and them got to him. |
| Leo: |
|
What
a bastard! So how does your family feel? |
| Yalyah: |
|
I
never really talked about it wit them. I don’t ,
I don’t know. I can’t show ‘em that this
makes me weak. |
| Leo: |
|
What
you mean it makes you weak! I know what happened to you
makes you sad. You’re hurt by what happened to you.
You’re a strong person. You’re one of the strongest
people I have ever met. |
| Yalyah: |
|
You
don’t really know me. You just met me. |
| Leo: |
|
I
know I just met you but we’ve shared a lot for the
past 10-20 minutes and I feel like I’ve known you
all my life. |
| Yalyah: |
|
Yeah
dat’s true cause I feel like I grew up with you!
I’m sorry I told you my life’s story. |
| Leo: |
|
No.
I’m sorry I told you mine. |
| Yalyah: |
|
No!
I’m glad you shared yours with me ‘cause I’ve
learned something new. You’ve helped me look at my
situation differently. I can’t let this make me weak.
I am a strong person. |
| Leo: |
|
Your
life story had taught me how to stay strong and how to
be more open minded. You make me want to explore the world
more and not to be afraid of getting rejected. |
| Yalyah: |
|
If
you had one wish what would it be? |
| Leo: |
|
I
wish to have my own art exhibit and someday to have a
family of my own so I could teach them and give them what
I never had. I don’t want my children to ever fear
anything. |
| Yalyah: |
|
Wow,
that’s great! |
| Leo: |
|
What
your wish? |
| Yalyah: |
|
My
wish is that I run my own business someday and that I
go to college and get a degree. I wish that one day I’ll
find a job and support my family. I just wish that my
family forgives me for what I’ve done in the past
cause I know I’ve burned ‘em out. |
| Leo: |
|
I
wish you the best in life! |
| Yalyah: |
|
I wish you
the best too. Good luck. Get some sleep while you’re
at it.
Leo and Yalyah walk into the museum and go their separate
ways. They look at each other once again at the end.
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The
End. |
