There's total silence, blood everywhere And confusion on their faces as they continue to stare Then Gwen starts shakin' and cryin' screamin', "What did you do?" And then the policeman looks at me and screams, "See, now I warned you." Then he starts pacing the floor screamin', "God, what have we done here?!" And she rushed to to door, blood on her hands screamin', "There goes your whole career." Meanwhile, I'm freakin' out sayin', "We gotta do somethin' and gotta do somethin' quick." Then he picks up the gun and says, "I have a wife at home, I can't have no parts of this" She says, "James, I can't believe you just said what you said Cause that's not what you said when your ass was in my bed" Then I said, "Get married later, but right now we gotta use our heads First of all, did anybody think to check if the man was alive or dead?" Then he looks at her, she looks at me, I look at them and we look at him Meanwhile, Gwen's about to have a nervous breakdown the way she's shakin' and cryin' And then she screams, "You bastards! You've killed my brother" And then I said, "Gwen, wait a minute, I didn't..." She says, "No, you killed my brother" She said, "He just got out of prison. He's been through a lot He was talking about changin' his life and everything and to come home and get shot" Then I said "Baby, it wasn't my fault. This man had a gun on me And besides, how was I to know that you was getting down with this crooked ass police" And he says, "Wait a minute..." I say "No, you wait a minute!" And then I say, "Man, this is my wife. We had a life until you butted up in it" She cried out "Sylvester, now hold on. Even though he was in our home Let's not forget the fact that you was out there creepin' in another man's home" *Cough cough* *cough cough* Twan starts coughin' *cough cough* She says, "Twan! Oh my god! Baby brother, are you okay?" He looks up at her and says, "I'm not gonna die, at least not today." And then he asks, "What happened?" and says, "Why did I get shot? Sylvester what is this policeman doin' here?" And I said "Go on, tell him cop" He says, "Son, we gotta get you to a hospital and take a look at that wound" Twan says, "No, I'm okay. It's just my shoulder. All I need is a bathroom" Now five minutes has gone by and they tellin' Twan everything that happened Twan says, "Shit, man, I would've been better off in prison" And now somebody's banging at the door and I'm like, "Oh no! Here we go again!" Thinkin' out loud to myself sayin', "When is this shit gonna end?!" Then Gwendolyn looks at me and says "Baby, you got that?" And I say "NO!" She says, "Why?" And I said, "Because I'm not openin' up another motherfuckin' door!" And the cop says, "Gwen, I'll get it." Then looks at me and say, "Man of the house, my ass!" Then I say, "I'll get it, but whoever it is, I'm about to put their ass on blast!" And the the policeman grabbed me I snatched away and got my gun up off the floor Then Twan says, "Man, that's what I'm talkin' about! Sylvester, point that shit toward the door!" Then he snatches the policeman's gun and says "Officer, arrest me later." I count to three, 'Twan opened the door and it's Rose the nosy neighbor... Ooh, with a spatula in her hand Like that's gon' do something against them guns It's Rosy the nosy...whoo!...Neighbor....
完全な沈黙、あたり一面に血 呆然と見つめる彼らの顔には混乱が広がる グウェンは震え始め、泣き叫ぶ "何をしたの？" 警官は私を見て叫ぶ "ほら、言っただろう" 彼は床を歩き回りながら叫ぶ "なんてことだ、我々は何をしたんだ?!" 彼女はドアに駆け寄り、血まみれの両手で叫ぶ "これであなたのキャリアは終わりよ" 私は取り乱しながら言う "何かしなきゃ、早く何かしなきゃ" 彼は銃を拾い上げ、言う "私には妻がいます、こんなことに関わりたくない" 彼女は言う "ジェームズ、信じられない、そんなこと言うなんて だって、あなたが私のベッドにいた時はそんなこと言ってなかったじゃない" 私は言った "結婚の話は後だ、今は頭を使わなきゃ まず、誰かこの男が生きてるか死んでるか確認した？" 彼は彼女を見、彼女は私を見、私は彼らを見、そして私たちは彼を見る グウェンは震えて泣きじゃくり、神経衰弱寸前だ 彼女は叫ぶ "この野郎ども！私の弟を殺した" 私は言った "グウェン、ちょっと待って、俺は..." 彼女は言う "いいえ、あなたは私の弟を殺した" 彼女は言った "彼は刑務所から出てきたばかりなのよ 彼は人生を変えたいとか色々言って、家に帰ってきたのに撃たれた" 私は言った "ベイビー、俺のせいじゃない、この男は俺に銃を向けてきた それに、君がこの腐れ警官と寝てるなんて知るわけないだろ" 彼は言う "ちょっと待て..." 私は言う "いや、お前が待て！" そして私は言う "おい、これは俺の妻だ、お前が来るまでは俺たちは幸せに暮らしてた" 彼女は叫んだ "シルヴェスター、落ち着いて 彼が私たちの家にいたとしても あなたが他の男の家に忍び込んでいた事実を忘れないで" *ゴホゴホ* *ゴホゴホ* トゥワンが咳き込む *ゴホゴホ* 彼女は言う "トゥワン！なんてこと！弟、大丈夫？" 彼は彼女を見上げて言う "俺は死なない、少なくとも今日はな" そして彼は尋ねる "何が起きたんだ？" そして言う "なぜ俺は撃たれたんだ？ シルヴェスター、この警官は何をしているんだ？" 私は言った "さあ、彼に話してやれ、警官" 彼は言う "坊や、病院に行ってその傷を見てもらわなきゃ" トゥワンは言う "いや、俺は大丈夫だ、肩だけだ、トイレに行きたいだけだ" 5分が経ち、彼らはトゥワンに起きたことをすべて話した トゥワンは言う "畜生、刑務所にいた方がマシだった" 誰かがドアをノックする、私は思う "またか！" 独り言ちる "一体いつになったら終わるんだ?!" グウェンドリンは私を見て言う "あなた、出てくれる？" 私は言う "嫌だ！" 彼女は言う "なぜ？" 私は言った "だって、もう二度とドアを開けるもんか！" 警官は言う "グウェン、私が行きます" そして私を見て言う "男らしくないな！" 私は言う "俺が行きます、でも誰であろうと、ぶっ飛ばしてやる！" 警官が私をつかむ、私は振りほどき、床から銃を拾い上げる トゥワンは言う "それだ！シルヴェスター、その銃をドアに向けろ！" 彼は警官の銃を奪い、言う "警官、逮捕は後でな" 私は3つ数え、トゥワンがドアを開けると、そこにはおせっかいな隣人ローズがいた... ああ、手にへらを持って まるでそれが銃に効くかのように おせっかいなロージー...ふぅ！...隣人....
