AKA nigga aint no one reading all that shit!
prepare to read the most eloquent screenplay ever written, rivaling the likes of eddie murphy's "coming to america" and quentin tarantinos "pulp fiction"
HARK!!!
Subject: MANDATORY BUSINESS
What do the streets have to offer..? Ha!, I laugh when I think about
what the streets have to offer.
But in the same breath I cry, cause I
know if we don't offer , the streets have something ,because the
streets always have some thing to offer.
Guns, drugs, violence, broken
homes and families. mistrust , envy, and jealousy.
What does the
streets have to offer….. nothing .
What does the streets have to
offer? Tricks, lies, traps, and deception.
Spider webs of a unique
type, the tangle is dangerous.
The lies are subtle the results are
explosive. The format is unique ,but the code is broken.
To lose so many young brothers out here , and for people to act like
it doesn't matter.
To walk by the memorials that are left on the
streets. To walk past the R.I.P.
s, the names on the walls…, to step
over the yellow tape that has been left.
To walk over the blood
stains, that have been left to dry.
Who cares? If nobody cares I care.
They ask me why I came out here and
play my position.
They ask me, why am I in these streets playing my
position.
They ask me, why are you so caught up in "Mandatory
Business"? I think about all the young homies that are looking for
their opportunity…, to make a way for there selves….
, you know what I
mean. They can't get that good job.
You know they haven't launched
that good business off the ground yet.
You know the streets are
calling, the game is calling.
A lot of opportunities ….., the streets have a lot of opportunities.
A
lot of things you can sell, a lot of things you can take, you know.
A
lot of strings attached to it , you know.
Snoop Dog: The law can make
a hundred mistakes, but you as a criminal , can only make one mistake.
Go to any penitentiary system , add them up , see who has the most
muthafuckas in there . Blacks exactly.
Go to the colleges and find out
what's the most dominant race up in there……, damn whites.
We were chosen…, thru a call.
We didn't know that rap would become the
responsibility tool that would be used. And thru a call many heard.
Someone had to put it on film.
Someone had to step up within the
hip-hop community and be heard. Hold on! .
something powerful is going
on in our behalf.
Now the work of "Mandatory Business" is being
applied on a day to day basis. Being applied thru rap.
Being applied
thru movies, thru the hip-hop culture, leading a whole generation in a
better direction against the odds.
No matter how bad it looks,
"Mandatory Business".
J.T. the Bigga Figga: What's up boy, its ya boy J.T.
the Bigga Figga,
GetLow T.V…, on my way to pick up my homeboy Snoop .
On the Bay Bridge
to pick up my homeboy. We'll be right back to you in a moment.
Snoop
Dog: Snoop dog here with ya boy J.T.the Bigga Figga .
What up Bay
area!, what up uncle! This here is Snoop Dog.
I ain't got nothing but
love for ya. This is ya uncle Snoop Dog.
One time for all my nephews
and nieces out there man, poppin ya wiggle out.
Ya know I been fucking
with you. Doing ya thang out there.
Ya know I'm lookin for these
niggas every time I come up to the Bay area.
I don't even go to the
hotel room, I'm goin to find these niggas.
J.T: Let it be known my niggas . I had to bring him to the real block.
My niggas I had to bring him to the real hood.
Snoop: That's what it
is, that's what it is. Yeah homie, go and get your money.
Ha, Ha, Ha,
showing a pocket full of money. That's how ya get to be Snoop Dog .
Ya
got to stay In school, but break a rule every now and then.
Be
innovative.
J.T.
: Were in East Oakland right now , this is the neighborhood, the
"Fillmore".
This shit was brought to my attention by a rapper by the
name of "Too- Short." Yeah , the godfather of all this shit.
He is the
main reason why Snoop and I are together right now to put all this
shit together.
Ya know this is the big dog right here.
Ya know we West Coast
representing out here ,and takin this shit……….. to the next phase, We
been doing this.
When I say we been doing this…, we've been
entrepreneurs. We have been self made business men.
We get big checks,
lots of checks, bank deposits, cash money…., we do all that shit.
We
been doing that shit. Gonna keep doing that shit .
And now were doing
that shit together.
Right now we showin you Frisco, Long Beach and
Oakland.
Bay Area Music Awards
You niggas don't even know me, ya not even In the limo….., your comin
on your own. This is us right here.
We don't need that kind of
attitude right here. I'm talking right now my nigga.
My family is big thru S.F.
So all these guys that are growin up now
are like my cousins, my nephews and nieces .
In the last 8 years we
have lost 300 homeboys combined over all the areas in S.F.
These are
young black men between the ages of 18-25. That's a lot of black men.
And almost, I would say , 50% of these men knew me or I knew them.
So
that makes me responsible in some format or another.
I got the Westpoint Boys with me.
I've got the Harbor Row Boys with
me…., we bout to make a statement tonight, regardless of the odds.
They got me up for a couple of items, but ya know there ain't no
telling.
There are a lot of bosses in the Bay, and I ain't gonna take
nothing for granted. I'm a just hope that I put in enough work..to get
some acknowledgements,ya know what I mean, and that's what it is. J.T.
were gonna put you on the red carpet. You gonna be straight J.T.
I
want you to get them straight right now.
Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Eh, yeah where my little homies at? Where all my young niggas from
Frisco. I want yall to come up here on this stage.
The young homies,
cause it's really about them. J.T.
: I really don't want to get up here
and be selfish about what I did.
But I seen an opportunity to show my
brothers another way.
By showing unity this message could spread all
the across the city of S.F. and have an impact.
Fuck them niggas that ain't wit it . Fuck them niggas.
Now that's what
it do. Ja boy, J.T.
the Bigga Figga letting these niggas know , yall
think you out here really running shit.
You think you gonna keep
runnin the little homies lives until the fuckin graveyard, or to the
jailhouse. While they ride around like shit ain't happening .
Fuck
that.
Eh little cuz!! Hey check it out .
The little homies is on there way
down here.
Either they gon ride with the new program, putting the
young homies on, telling the truth man , being a good example yall.
Getting on with all this influence, all this elbow room, push in these
lines that we push.
If they ain't about putting out the real, I give
you full permission to strip these niggas butt naked.
We bigger than
that other shit. The homies came together, we achieved some things .
Were gonna take it in stride, a positive movement.
We got limos waiting!! Their not jumping back in buckets.
Were going
to jump in straight limos, and going to eat big, and ball out and
think about the next move. We'll see you at the "Summer Jam.
"
I'm glad we got to be up there and make our statement, and a lot of
people were happy about it .
And the people that weren't happy about it
work for the feds,ya know what I mean.
That is true whether they know
it or not, because if your not with it, then your just sayin you want
to get whacked at any given time.
That's how we gonna do it ,there!!
If you ain't with the movement then you with the bullshit.
And the
bullshit is playing out.
We have lost 34-50 homeboys to this bullshit,
and that's just in one part of town.
Young Buck: Let me tell you something , down in the south we got
jungle love for everyone . We love, we love man , we love.
It comes
down to everybody trying to eat, but if you stop their grind then they
gonna come thru and holla at cha. Whew, I got new students .
Y'all
know who this is? It's "Young Buck".
Oh yeah , I really ain't got to
say too much, they sho got it, and J.T.
and all I can say is , give it
up to the Bay. Yeah in "Cali" they gangsta out there for real.
Yeah I
came on out there for a minute , ya hear what I'm sayin.
Down in the
"Fillmore", I ain't a nigga that just be out there talking about it,
ya know , ya know.
I really fuck with a nigga when I say I fuck with a
nigga. It's all real , it's all love. Nigga's understand.
It's just
like that man. And everything is cool man.
Young Buck: J.T.
the Bigga Figga doing his thing , that West Coast
Movement.
He on that, takin care of business. To each his own,do what
you do.
As far as livin, I don't tell no man don't do that,if its
what's keeping him living .
I just tell you, watch what you doing and
pray to something else.
You can walk any block in America as long as
you be yourself.
Oh yeah , as long as you don't try to be nothing
else.
Oh yeah, if you try to be something else, someone on one of
these blocks …., Uh .., uh.
When you fuck with real niggas, it come out to be real.
"50 Cent": I
ma tell you this. I ma show you some money.
This is what it's really
about, gwap!! Gwap, J.T., exclaimed. Just get the paper man.
Yeah this
is just my walking money. Oh yeah, nothing fancy, just the basics.
Name a muthafucka that didn't break a million fuckin with me.
You
can't name a nigga that didn't make a million dollars. As J.T.
shouts,
" my nigga "Buck", he eatin.
"50Cent": Buck!! , that nigga done spent
a million on cars alone.
My house has been appraised at $20.5 million.
Every day ya wonder why
I still hustle.
Let me tell you, the man before me made 500 million in
his career , and couldn't afford to keep it. It's a lesson in itself.
Yeah niggas stay up. J.T.: What's up! This is ya boy J.T.
the Bigga
Figga, representing S.F. Ca.
, sending a message to all the young
homies, black and brown. Coming together sqashing all that bullshit.
We representing the city like we never been before.
We're independent
, we a'int taking no bullshit. Ya gotta know what's real.
It's ya boy
the "Fig".
Cali life ya know , we thugs it out.
Ya know it's the "Figaro", ya
know. Make it known.
Time to time , ya know , don't get it twisted,in
the bay area ya know. Talk to me man.
What ya say Figaro, we getting
low what! Were here live and direct at sweet low car show.
One love
for the united players that put me on.
I'm here in the high school
with the little kids, and talking to them about penitentiary life, so
they see that this life is not the way to be.
That ain't life for any
people , black or brown.
Everybody that's'growjng up in that element
right now….., it's not cool to be out there now, selling dope, banging
, and acting a fool.
If ya playin in the game there are repercussions .
It hurts your kids,
it hurts everything. It hurts your family.
Ya gotta be on point in
your mind and your heart.
Y a gotta be righteous in everything that
you do. If you ain't righteous , bullshit will happen to you.
A
righteous muthafuka can get down . Ya know if it's righteous.
You can
go to jail for life if it's righteous. That's right if it's righteous.
J.T.: I been in the independent game since I was sixteen .
I
don't even know what it's like to have a regular job.
And it's not
because I'm a rapper.
I'm taking this thing that everybody else been
eatin off of, and using it to my own personal benefit , like some of
yall can do.
Ya need to have some of ya own, and quit running around
here and get on this thang. All this stuff is the shit of the devil.
Who here would like to have their own business.
We got a little
contest going, a little battle.
If ya ain't tight ya gonna get killed
today at the gong show. The street thang is out there.
The young
homies running the streets, running around.
What happened to all the big homies? What happened to all the big
homies when you needed someone to talk to ? The big homies were
someone you could go to when you needed that direction.
But today the
big homies don't play that position.
What's the age group we got going
right here?….
, 15-17? Were gonna keep it through, check it out! Check
it out ! I 'm only gonna talk one time, and if I have to point you out
, ya gonna get out. female, male , old, young,….
If I point you out
,ya gonna get out.
There's only one talker, only one speaker right
now.
So whoever is here for the entertainment can leave, cause you
getting ready to hear a little information, before we get into the
music. Whoever need to leave, can leave, there ain't no love lost.
Now
who in here can get down on the entertainment side.
I mean who can
sing, rap,…… ya aint gotta be shy in here.
While they laughing ya
gonna get paid. Real talk, but this is a little launch party .
there
is a studio in the next room,we make dvd's, we do films, we making
compilations. We doing all the things that you can buy as consumers.
But right now you don't have to be a consumer, you can be a
C.E.O. Who would like to have their own business someday.
No, no! ,
who would like too have their own business today? Who wants their own
business right now.? I'm trying to tell ya that's real .
this the spot
where we get money on everything we do.
My talking is only going to be
about real talk.
If I point you out,!! I don't care who you is , you
getting out. You gonna listen to what I'm talking about or ya leave.
Straight business, because you , me , anyone of us might not make it
home tonight. Remember where we live. We live in the fillmore.
Right,!! Is anybody guaranteed to make it home tonight ?, Nobody,!!
Right. Is guaranteed to make it home tonight.
As a brother in the rear
of the group raises his hand, J.T. states , "God bless you brother".
"I am not guaranteed to make it home tonight, only with God willing".
If Gods' will says I will make it home , then I will.
We living
in a dangerous neighborhood .
So before we are standing at one of your
funerals crying, and standing there like that, I'm a tell you
something that's positive right now.
Ya gonna hear it one way or another .
You dig what I'm talking
about . I get money off this rap.
I don't talk about it, I'm in
buckets and walking around everyday, just like yall.
Oh, yeah, I could
be acting like some of these other cats, like I'm better than yall .
But I volunteer my time , my money , my efforts , and my energy for
yall right now. That's why I ask my young homies every day.
I ask E-40
if he want to put them on. They messing with GetLow Records.
But I
want my young homies to eat.
I want them to meet my young partners
every week. We are not here to be dreamers , beggars , and borrowers.
We're here to be ballers and balling out.
Young or old , it don't even
matter.
Do yall hear what I'm saying ,do you see what I'm talking
about. You homies that are around me hear this from me every day.
Am I hard on yall? Like a sargeant right! It ain't because I
think I'm better ,….. it's because I have love for you.
And some of
your big brothers and sisters don't even care enough about yall to
tell you this.. I tell you this because I care about you .
God put it
on my chest little homie to tell you this.
God put it on my chest to
make sure I do this. See out on the street this is called sucker talk.
But see this called that real talk, so I'm a tell it like it is.
Those are the young homies.
If you make it to 18…, 19, 20, you
are officially a big homie .In my hood 21 is an opportunity in life.
It's a point where you hope to make it.
But most have already at that
age.
"Mandatory Business", … taking a young homie that nobody wants to
mess with , put your arm around him.
The streets wrote him off man…,
there ain't no getting back for him.
He went down that road , the path
of no return.
"Mandatory Business" has taken the opportunity that your
blessed with and sharing it with the young homies.
I mean quit being a
punk ass nigga get it on with what you've got.
Ya want to come through
stunting on everybody.
Ya want to come through throwing the playboy bunnies…, fuck the
playboy bunnies, throw some of that playboy money.
That's what we
want.
Ya mean the young homies is looking for the opportunity to eat
on another level.
I was one of the young homies that was breaking in
houses. I was one of the homies that was stealing cars.
I was one of
the young homies that was looking for something to steal, because that
was 100% profit to a young tycoon on the street.
That shit didn't get
me nothing though.
It got me heartaches and pain, you know what I
mean.
J.T.: My man right here said that he can rip any m.c.
from
anywhere, form any block.
Hold on!! Hold on!! , you need to hear what
I said,…. This man said that he can rip any m.c.
from anywhere, from
any block, at any time. He told me this three days ago.
So what I'm
getting ready to do , I need to know which one of my guys is ready to
go for a five minute sparring session. Ya know the deal right now.
We
got to start off,… so who's going to kick it off. Who's it gonna be .
J.T.
> look into the eyes of a young man as they sit on a corner
thinking about the next move.
"Mandatory Business " is taking a fresh
approach to the street life that we have come so closely attached to.
Taking the street life and looking at it from a different angle.
"Mandatory Business" is the structure that you put in place from your
heart , the good side of you, not the darkside.
Takes just a bit of
the dark to come and find the light.
Looking past the evil, the
destruction, the attitude that we display for each other ,….
Mean and
viscous here, don't look to sweet.
Yeah this is the mess that we made, all the ways we promoted ,
all the bullshit.
That we should live this lifestyle, … to understand
this lifestyle,… is to really look at it, and say, damn, how much did
I play in this? Look into the eyes of a young man in Cali… hustling on
that corner , thinking about the next move, thinking about how he's
gonna feed his child today.
Snoop> Ya know certain little niggas are just wild , southern
California niggas. They don't learn till they learn.
I can't really
groom a nigga that don't want to be groomed.
Man for real, ya don't
want your hair done, ya don't want your nails filed,… ya don't want a
bad bitch,….
Ya don't want to jump in this Cadillac,… you want to hang
out with the thugs on the corner and get and get in to the kind of
shit they get into.
When the bullets start flying , they gonna fly.
I used to do that
shit too.
But ya got to learn to outgrow that, especially in this
business cuz. Corporate ,….. look up that word and find out what it
means.
Once you go corporate you'll be able to do shit like "Snoop
Dog".
You'll be able to be on commercials on "ABC", "NBC",
"CNN","HBO","ESPN", "Showtime", "Telemundo"……, as J.T.
laughs in the
background.
All that shit nigga!! Every network moving, I done been a part
of. That's corporate, deep shit. You've got to use your mental.
We
don't use our mental enough! We're quick to grab a gun , instead of
lets beat him up top with the mental.
I'm out , let me out conversate
you real quick. Let me give you some real game.
Now do you really want
to fuck me up , or do you want to get fucked up.
How you want it? I'm
down to get fucked up nigga! I'm bruised, battered, barred, and
scarred. I been hit since I was 9 or 10 years old nigga.
I know what
it feel ilike.
Ya know , whatever you do to me, I'm gonna do it to you
, and more.
Trying to get rid of this bad reputation and create a new
one.
Fig > Yeah!, Big cousin calling the shots , you know what I
mean.That's the real shit though, when a muthafuka spit that peace.
Peacemaker,…… blessed are the peacemakers man, not the shit starters ,
remember that. The shit starters only last for so long.
That shit
starting going get your wig bust wide open.
My grandmother told me
that way back in the day, man you know what I mean.
You ain't no sucka
because you tell a man you want to extend your boss hand in peace.
I'm
extending my boss hand in peace, my right hand, not my left hand.
My
right hand with the up most respect for you and yours.
We turn now to the cause of death row prisoner , Stanley "Tookie"
Williams, in just two weeks, on Dec.
13, the 51 yr old Williams is
scheduled to be executed by the state of California.
Williams is a
convicted murderer, founder of one of the most notorious street gangs
, the "Crips".
But since his incarceration he also has become, a
"Nobel Peace Prize" nominated author and local advocate against street
violence.
"Snoop came to town to support our brother," Stanley "Tookie
Williams, while he is fighting for his life.
Tookie> I believe that my redemption symbolizes the end of a bad
beginning and a new start .
It goes beyond being liberated for ones
sins, an atonement in itself.
I feel that my redemption, mostly, or
primarily encompasses the ability to reach out to others.
Snoop> My whole thing is I came out here to represent Stanley
Williams,… Stanley " Tookie" Williams, trying to get his life saved ,
so he can stay around here a little longer.
You see the kids depend on
him. J.T.> So the message is real , the movement is real.
Snoop> The
word that he gave me, he said described me and him.
The word is called
,"san kraw". It means , calm under pressure.
I want every brother to
be calm under pressure. Conduct yourself in a real way.
Even if a
brother got a gun pointed at you, stay calm, Cause you gonna make that
nigga nervous. J.T.
> that's real talk!
Snoop> Ya hear that man , real talk.
Yall figure out what you
want to do in life, and do it well man. It can be done man.
I came
from nothing. I used to sleep on the floors, on couches, ….
with
roaches, borrow my cousins clothes, wear my brothers shoes.
It was all
that I went through, ya hear what I'm saying.
It was all that I went
through. A bowl of oatmeal gotr me through the week.
All that ole good
shit , so a nigga gotta understand, you can get there my nigga.
You
gotta believe in yourself first and be great at what you do.
J.T.
> I know this "Mandatory Business " seems like square talk
……, sitting up here talking about coming together.
Being positive,
taking positive ideas, taking positive thoughts, building on these
positive thoughts, building on those positive ideas.
I know I don't
look to "fly" right here.
I know Snoop! I know we should keep it "G"
ed up. I know , I know, I know J.T. , you should still be " J.T.
the
Bigga Figga".
I should still be running on the corner, doing man,
doing ya wiggle. Doing ya " Figaro" wiggle. Naw man it's a new day.
It's a fresh approach to a old lifestyle.
It's a fresh approach to
something that looks so negative.
But that's not why he's here today .
He's here today to advocate
a rally for the defendant, and without further adieu , it is my
deepest honor to present to you , "Snoop Dog" .
Snoop Dog> I don't
know if you guys know about Stanley "Tookie" Williams.
But if you do ,
I appreciate the mourning and the calm.
This guy "Tookie" is supposed
to be executed on Dec.
13, and I stepped in because he was one of the
founders of the "Crips"…., a gang that used to belong to.
That which
has been looked at as being negative.
But through time, and through
perseverance, he has been able to turn his life around while being
incarcerated and doing a lot of good things.
He hass been pushing
peace books , and shown people how to stop, killing each other ,
fighting each other….., and how to love each other.
When I joined the game , it was more about family.
I wasn't about
nothing negative, about hurting anyone.
But any time bad situations
can happen.
But I feel that by me being in the game and learning how
to do the wrong things, that I learned how to do the right thing.
I
can really be a help to those who don't know why they are in a game ,
and why they are being forced to be in a gang.
But they can change
once they know. It's cool not to be in a gang.
Right now as we speak ,
I do not belong to a gang.
J.T.
> During Snoops stay in the bay area there were a lot of
rallies going on for "Tookie" Williams .
At the end of the day, not
only was Tookies life hanging in the balance…, but also the life of a
young participant. G –Bundle > Man!!! , two of my partners been shot .
One been shot in the head twice, he still livin …., his brother dead .
Rest in Peace.
This is the young brother that's dead now, 'El Niño on
the 19th, Nov.
19th , coming to the rally man!! I don't know why it
had to happen like that, but we still pushin for the positive
movement.
Snoop & J.T.> Calm under pressure! , calm under pressure….
, yeah
that's the big "Tookie". That's the word of the day.
Calm under
pressure in all situations. We're living and learning.
We are learning
from our mistakes.
After struggling and going thru the fight , at the
last hour , he was denied, and on Dec.
13th our brother, Stanley
"Tookie" Williams was laid to rest.
Tookie> I feel good , and my redemption shines.
That's the way I
would like the world to remember me.
That's what I would like my
legacy to be remembered as ….., a redemptive transition.
J.T.
> Man, losing young Marcus, out here to the same violence
that he stood against, the same violence that he showed so much
courage against, at a young age.
Being an example , to those who
didn't know the way.
To see a young man take the truth and stand up on
it at a young age….
, to lose young "nitro" out here to the same
violence that he stood up against.
The same violence that he showed so
much courage against, it touched me in away like never before.
Here
was someone who was standing up , even against the odds.
I know if
nothing else , in the name of Marcus, I'm a keep ridin on.
Keep
continuing to tell the truth , I know h e was all right with that.
To
show his mother these pictures, on the computer …. , of her son .
These pictures were supposed to be his album cover .
These were
pictures for his compilation.
These were supposed to be the pictures
for his dvd's and manuals.
Now these pictures have become the pictures
of the obituary.
With each day that passes, no one knows who's next.
All we know
is that we hope our children make it home, that we make it home.
But A
lot of times someone doesn't make it home.
Young Marcus , you were the
realest. Thru this film they see your presence.
Thru the streets your
presence will always be remembered.
To be so young and stand up for
truth, …. you set the stage for every youngster that comes after you.
Female> I want to give yall, I want yall to understand.
If
anybody know J.T.
they know it's all about "Mandatory Business" , at
all times.
With that man ! , it's going to be about "Mandatory
Business".
He showed me this picture of him and the big homie Snoop
Dog . I'm looking at that picture of Snoop and J.T.
, and it looks
like "Mandatory Business.
Yall look like you ain't playing in that
picture, and the business that you.. got to handle is undoubtedly
mandatory.
J.T.
> After "Tookies" execution, some time had went by,…… and I
got another call from the homeboy Snoop, saying it's time to make this
"Mandatory Business" happen. Right now ,…..
w. w. w. mandatorybusiness. com .
I'm looking at it. Oh!!! It's official.
Snoop> Ya wanna fly tonight or tomorrow . J.T.
> shit , I'll fly
tonight .
Ya just tell me what you want me to do, soon as you say
cool, I'm straight to the airport, I ain't been to sleep yet.
When I landed in L.A.
, Snoop told me he was looking for a way to
give back to his hood.
Snoop> It started like this for the past few
days that I started back fucking with them, really trying to get that
opportunity to get that money on, and fuck with me.
Because a lot of
homies be like , where you from homie? Nigga , I'm from the east side
"Crips".
First thang a nigga say when a nigga say , "is "Snoop Dog"
your homie? And a nigga can't say nothing bad about me….., if he
fucking with me or he ain't fuckin with me.
but in the back of their
mind , they thinking , I show wish I could fuck with Snoop.
And that
what I'm getting ready to do for them, they deserve that.
I'm glad ya
rollin with us J.T., it's mandatory business cuz. J.T.
> Yes sir , it
feels good to be ridin with the big homie.
A nigga didn't eeven know
all this shit was gonna happen, but in a real way , this kinda shit
happens every day.
And that's why I say a nigga need to keep a camera
on me every day, because my life is movie.
Most of the time I'm on the ground , supporting sets over there.
I'm on of the hardest camera men you've ever met.
But from time to
time I hook up with other hard camera men.
They roll every where we go
, and that's all they do is hold that camera while you and I cop on,
roll blunts and talk shit. There we go I'm "Mandatory Business".
Snoop> While you was in there rappin last night.
I had to get the
camera, cause then I ain't going to leave you leaking.
Cause I know
the moment is right now.
Ya know, ya droppin it right now, getting it
right even when it ain't right.
Show that!! So homies can see we ain't
perfect in the studio nigga. We gotta get it right too.
We got the
power around the camera. ( J.T. & Snoop go into a rap.
) Oh yeah we
gonna get it right. Nigga I like that attitude though. We work at it.
Nigga just didn't walk iin here and do it. We wrote it .
Said it to
ourselves , got on the mike and said it a couple of times, and then
did it. No shit , and then coached each other .
Uh Hum, I like to hear
that shit cuz, this some gangsta shit we did last night.
(As the theme song to Mandatory Business played,) that's what it
is , "Mandatory Business" crack a lot . Big Snoop Dog & J.T.
the Bigga
Figga, handle ya business homie. Yeah I told J.T.
I was gonna bring
him down to the wild , wild east side.
J.T.
> the homeboy Snoop invited me down to come to Long Beach, to
a rolling "crip meet".
Snoop> Cuz, today is a big one for the homeboy
"C Dog", cuz.
It ain't about nothing but the homeboy "C Dog" being
sent off the right way, the appropriate way.
Me as a thug, I have
watched the hood , and I watch how niggas don't get sent off the right
way, until a niggas dead.
Niggas that are alive need to show that real
love. That a real homie needs that love.
So what I figured was today
that we could come together and show some thug love, and be out here
organized and give cuz some love and send him off the right way.
So
that's when the homie goes to the pen, cuz we pushin up real lines,
letting the homies know we out here on some real shit.
If we gonna be a neighborhood, we gotta learn how to get along
with each other first. Cuz , real shit.
Stop looking at what I'm doing
with the other homies in the other neighborhoods , and what these
niggas and those niggas doing.
Once you get structured, cuz I"ll be
able to fuck with yall like that , and even if yall ain't structured
I'll still be able to come fuck with yall.
But if yall are more
structured it's easier for me to come fuck with yall.
And give yall
more opportunity to get more money …, cause there's money out here, on
the right side and the other side.
And it is what it is , what it is ,
this is what it is today.
I came out here for the homie "C Dog".
I ain't out here for
nothing else. To show love, and let niggas know , I am a real dub.
I
fucks with all my homeboys that I ain't never fucked with.
I'm "Snoop
Dog" from the dubs , if I don't know you, I'm knowing you now.
It is
what it is. It ain't about who's the toughest or the hardest.
Niggas
we be in the neighborhood we gonna be real cuz , with each other
first. Lets learn how to love each other first.
And thenn once we get
that shit together we'll know how to build together .
Because we need
each other.
If yall can sit here today and listen to me , and I don't
fuck with yall everyday, start talking to each other brother.
It's all
one hood .
Can we be dub's first! Can we do that ? if they see right ,
we gonna get right . Cause yall can see more of me, cuz.
Cause if you
gotta problem with me , we need to get busy with me right now.
Others
than that , dubs first , I'm here to party.
J.T.> Now!! , Now!! Real boss shit.
Thru the homeboy " C Dog" he
created an opportunity for the community to come together,….
Thru
something that looked negative.
It ended up being the way to bring a
lot of people together, to communicate, to resolve problems, and to
see each other .
To be able to put their arms around each other, and
show that love that has not been shown inn so long.
Yeah make sure you
get that real live hood. Yeah "crip" shit, yeah.
Female> People don't come to the hood no more.
They don't do it
no more.
They don't be coming to the hood!! People don't do it no
more. (as J.T.
& Snoop Dog mingle) He ain't got no bodyguards, Now!! ,
Now!!
J.T.> I hope yall been diggin that good "Mandatory Business".
Me
and the Big homie "Snoop" worked real hard putting this film together.
We gonna make peace the way .
and we gonna make beef for the suckas,
ya know what I mean.
And all the real Bosses we gonna make peace while
we got a chance.
Cause when that AK- 47 get on ya,…… ain't no talking
bout no peace, ya feel me.
When they were talking about peace you
weren't ready. Now they on ya with those thangs .
BYE!!!! BYE!!!!!!
(as "Were Gonna Have a Funky Good Time", plays)
prepare to read the most eloquent screenplay ever written, rivaling the likes of eddie murphy's "coming to america" and quentin tarantinos "pulp fiction"
HARK!!!
Subject: MANDATORY BUSINESS
What do the streets have to offer..? Ha!, I laugh when I think about
what the streets have to offer.
But in the same breath I cry, cause I
know if we don't offer , the streets have something ,because the
streets always have some thing to offer.
Guns, drugs, violence, broken
homes and families. mistrust , envy, and jealousy.
What does the
streets have to offer….. nothing .
What does the streets have to
offer? Tricks, lies, traps, and deception.
Spider webs of a unique
type, the tangle is dangerous.
The lies are subtle the results are
explosive. The format is unique ,but the code is broken.
To lose so many young brothers out here , and for people to act like
it doesn't matter.
To walk by the memorials that are left on the
streets. To walk past the R.I.P.
s, the names on the walls…, to step
over the yellow tape that has been left.
To walk over the blood
stains, that have been left to dry.
Who cares? If nobody cares I care.
They ask me why I came out here and
play my position.
They ask me, why am I in these streets playing my
position.
They ask me, why are you so caught up in "Mandatory
Business"? I think about all the young homies that are looking for
their opportunity…, to make a way for there selves….
, you know what I
mean. They can't get that good job.
You know they haven't launched
that good business off the ground yet.
You know the streets are
calling, the game is calling.
A lot of opportunities ….., the streets have a lot of opportunities.
A
lot of things you can sell, a lot of things you can take, you know.
A
lot of strings attached to it , you know.
Snoop Dog: The law can make
a hundred mistakes, but you as a criminal , can only make one mistake.
Go to any penitentiary system , add them up , see who has the most
muthafuckas in there . Blacks exactly.
Go to the colleges and find out
what's the most dominant race up in there……, damn whites.
We were chosen…, thru a call.
We didn't know that rap would become the
responsibility tool that would be used. And thru a call many heard.
Someone had to put it on film.
Someone had to step up within the
hip-hop community and be heard. Hold on! .
something powerful is going
on in our behalf.
Now the work of "Mandatory Business" is being
applied on a day to day basis. Being applied thru rap.
Being applied
thru movies, thru the hip-hop culture, leading a whole generation in a
better direction against the odds.
No matter how bad it looks,
"Mandatory Business".
J.T. the Bigga Figga: What's up boy, its ya boy J.T.
the Bigga Figga,
GetLow T.V…, on my way to pick up my homeboy Snoop .
On the Bay Bridge
to pick up my homeboy. We'll be right back to you in a moment.
Snoop
Dog: Snoop dog here with ya boy J.T.the Bigga Figga .
What up Bay
area!, what up uncle! This here is Snoop Dog.
I ain't got nothing but
love for ya. This is ya uncle Snoop Dog.
One time for all my nephews
and nieces out there man, poppin ya wiggle out.
Ya know I been fucking
with you. Doing ya thang out there.
Ya know I'm lookin for these
niggas every time I come up to the Bay area.
I don't even go to the
hotel room, I'm goin to find these niggas.
J.T: Let it be known my niggas . I had to bring him to the real block.
My niggas I had to bring him to the real hood.
Snoop: That's what it
is, that's what it is. Yeah homie, go and get your money.
Ha, Ha, Ha,
showing a pocket full of money. That's how ya get to be Snoop Dog .
Ya
got to stay In school, but break a rule every now and then.
Be
innovative.
J.T.
: Were in East Oakland right now , this is the neighborhood, the
"Fillmore".
This shit was brought to my attention by a rapper by the
name of "Too- Short." Yeah , the godfather of all this shit.
He is the
main reason why Snoop and I are together right now to put all this
shit together.
Ya know this is the big dog right here.
Ya know we West Coast
representing out here ,and takin this shit……….. to the next phase, We
been doing this.
When I say we been doing this…, we've been
entrepreneurs. We have been self made business men.
We get big checks,
lots of checks, bank deposits, cash money…., we do all that shit.
We
been doing that shit. Gonna keep doing that shit .
And now were doing
that shit together.
Right now we showin you Frisco, Long Beach and
Oakland.
Bay Area Music Awards
You niggas don't even know me, ya not even In the limo….., your comin
on your own. This is us right here.
We don't need that kind of
attitude right here. I'm talking right now my nigga.
My family is big thru S.F.
So all these guys that are growin up now
are like my cousins, my nephews and nieces .
In the last 8 years we
have lost 300 homeboys combined over all the areas in S.F.
These are
young black men between the ages of 18-25. That's a lot of black men.
And almost, I would say , 50% of these men knew me or I knew them.
So
that makes me responsible in some format or another.
I got the Westpoint Boys with me.
I've got the Harbor Row Boys with
me…., we bout to make a statement tonight, regardless of the odds.
They got me up for a couple of items, but ya know there ain't no
telling.
There are a lot of bosses in the Bay, and I ain't gonna take
nothing for granted. I'm a just hope that I put in enough work..to get
some acknowledgements,ya know what I mean, and that's what it is. J.T.
were gonna put you on the red carpet. You gonna be straight J.T.
I
want you to get them straight right now.
Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Eh, yeah where my little homies at? Where all my young niggas from
Frisco. I want yall to come up here on this stage.
The young homies,
cause it's really about them. J.T.
: I really don't want to get up here
and be selfish about what I did.
But I seen an opportunity to show my
brothers another way.
By showing unity this message could spread all
the across the city of S.F. and have an impact.
Fuck them niggas that ain't wit it . Fuck them niggas.
Now that's what
it do. Ja boy, J.T.
the Bigga Figga letting these niggas know , yall
think you out here really running shit.
You think you gonna keep
runnin the little homies lives until the fuckin graveyard, or to the
jailhouse. While they ride around like shit ain't happening .
Fuck
that.
Eh little cuz!! Hey check it out .
The little homies is on there way
down here.
Either they gon ride with the new program, putting the
young homies on, telling the truth man , being a good example yall.
Getting on with all this influence, all this elbow room, push in these
lines that we push.
If they ain't about putting out the real, I give
you full permission to strip these niggas butt naked.
We bigger than
that other shit. The homies came together, we achieved some things .
Were gonna take it in stride, a positive movement.
We got limos waiting!! Their not jumping back in buckets.
Were going
to jump in straight limos, and going to eat big, and ball out and
think about the next move. We'll see you at the "Summer Jam.
"
I'm glad we got to be up there and make our statement, and a lot of
people were happy about it .
And the people that weren't happy about it
work for the feds,ya know what I mean.
That is true whether they know
it or not, because if your not with it, then your just sayin you want
to get whacked at any given time.
That's how we gonna do it ,there!!
If you ain't with the movement then you with the bullshit.
And the
bullshit is playing out.
We have lost 34-50 homeboys to this bullshit,
and that's just in one part of town.
Young Buck: Let me tell you something , down in the south we got
jungle love for everyone . We love, we love man , we love.
It comes
down to everybody trying to eat, but if you stop their grind then they
gonna come thru and holla at cha. Whew, I got new students .
Y'all
know who this is? It's "Young Buck".
Oh yeah , I really ain't got to
say too much, they sho got it, and J.T.
and all I can say is , give it
up to the Bay. Yeah in "Cali" they gangsta out there for real.
Yeah I
came on out there for a minute , ya hear what I'm sayin.
Down in the
"Fillmore", I ain't a nigga that just be out there talking about it,
ya know , ya know.
I really fuck with a nigga when I say I fuck with a
nigga. It's all real , it's all love. Nigga's understand.
It's just
like that man. And everything is cool man.
Young Buck: J.T.
the Bigga Figga doing his thing , that West Coast
Movement.
He on that, takin care of business. To each his own,do what
you do.
As far as livin, I don't tell no man don't do that,if its
what's keeping him living .
I just tell you, watch what you doing and
pray to something else.
You can walk any block in America as long as
you be yourself.
Oh yeah , as long as you don't try to be nothing
else.
Oh yeah, if you try to be something else, someone on one of
these blocks …., Uh .., uh.
When you fuck with real niggas, it come out to be real.
"50 Cent": I
ma tell you this. I ma show you some money.
This is what it's really
about, gwap!! Gwap, J.T., exclaimed. Just get the paper man.
Yeah this
is just my walking money. Oh yeah, nothing fancy, just the basics.
Name a muthafucka that didn't break a million fuckin with me.
You
can't name a nigga that didn't make a million dollars. As J.T.
shouts,
" my nigga "Buck", he eatin.
"50Cent": Buck!! , that nigga done spent
a million on cars alone.
My house has been appraised at $20.5 million.
Every day ya wonder why
I still hustle.
Let me tell you, the man before me made 500 million in
his career , and couldn't afford to keep it. It's a lesson in itself.
Yeah niggas stay up. J.T.: What's up! This is ya boy J.T.
the Bigga
Figga, representing S.F. Ca.
, sending a message to all the young
homies, black and brown. Coming together sqashing all that bullshit.
We representing the city like we never been before.
We're independent
, we a'int taking no bullshit. Ya gotta know what's real.
It's ya boy
the "Fig".
Cali life ya know , we thugs it out.
Ya know it's the "Figaro", ya
know. Make it known.
Time to time , ya know , don't get it twisted,in
the bay area ya know. Talk to me man.
What ya say Figaro, we getting
low what! Were here live and direct at sweet low car show.
One love
for the united players that put me on.
I'm here in the high school
with the little kids, and talking to them about penitentiary life, so
they see that this life is not the way to be.
That ain't life for any
people , black or brown.
Everybody that's'growjng up in that element
right now….., it's not cool to be out there now, selling dope, banging
, and acting a fool.
If ya playin in the game there are repercussions .
It hurts your kids,
it hurts everything. It hurts your family.
Ya gotta be on point in
your mind and your heart.
Y a gotta be righteous in everything that
you do. If you ain't righteous , bullshit will happen to you.
A
righteous muthafuka can get down . Ya know if it's righteous.
You can
go to jail for life if it's righteous. That's right if it's righteous.
J.T.: I been in the independent game since I was sixteen .
I
don't even know what it's like to have a regular job.
And it's not
because I'm a rapper.
I'm taking this thing that everybody else been
eatin off of, and using it to my own personal benefit , like some of
yall can do.
Ya need to have some of ya own, and quit running around
here and get on this thang. All this stuff is the shit of the devil.
Who here would like to have their own business.
We got a little
contest going, a little battle.
If ya ain't tight ya gonna get killed
today at the gong show. The street thang is out there.
The young
homies running the streets, running around.
What happened to all the big homies? What happened to all the big
homies when you needed someone to talk to ? The big homies were
someone you could go to when you needed that direction.
But today the
big homies don't play that position.
What's the age group we got going
right here?….
, 15-17? Were gonna keep it through, check it out! Check
it out ! I 'm only gonna talk one time, and if I have to point you out
, ya gonna get out. female, male , old, young,….
If I point you out
,ya gonna get out.
There's only one talker, only one speaker right
now.
So whoever is here for the entertainment can leave, cause you
getting ready to hear a little information, before we get into the
music. Whoever need to leave, can leave, there ain't no love lost.
Now
who in here can get down on the entertainment side.
I mean who can
sing, rap,…… ya aint gotta be shy in here.
While they laughing ya
gonna get paid. Real talk, but this is a little launch party .
there
is a studio in the next room,we make dvd's, we do films, we making
compilations. We doing all the things that you can buy as consumers.
But right now you don't have to be a consumer, you can be a
C.E.O. Who would like to have their own business someday.
No, no! ,
who would like too have their own business today? Who wants their own
business right now.? I'm trying to tell ya that's real .
this the spot
where we get money on everything we do.
My talking is only going to be
about real talk.
If I point you out,!! I don't care who you is , you
getting out. You gonna listen to what I'm talking about or ya leave.
Straight business, because you , me , anyone of us might not make it
home tonight. Remember where we live. We live in the fillmore.
Right,!! Is anybody guaranteed to make it home tonight ?, Nobody,!!
Right. Is guaranteed to make it home tonight.
As a brother in the rear
of the group raises his hand, J.T. states , "God bless you brother".
"I am not guaranteed to make it home tonight, only with God willing".
If Gods' will says I will make it home , then I will.
We living
in a dangerous neighborhood .
So before we are standing at one of your
funerals crying, and standing there like that, I'm a tell you
something that's positive right now.
Ya gonna hear it one way or another .
You dig what I'm talking
about . I get money off this rap.
I don't talk about it, I'm in
buckets and walking around everyday, just like yall.
Oh, yeah, I could
be acting like some of these other cats, like I'm better than yall .
But I volunteer my time , my money , my efforts , and my energy for
yall right now. That's why I ask my young homies every day.
I ask E-40
if he want to put them on. They messing with GetLow Records.
But I
want my young homies to eat.
I want them to meet my young partners
every week. We are not here to be dreamers , beggars , and borrowers.
We're here to be ballers and balling out.
Young or old , it don't even
matter.
Do yall hear what I'm saying ,do you see what I'm talking
about. You homies that are around me hear this from me every day.
Am I hard on yall? Like a sargeant right! It ain't because I
think I'm better ,….. it's because I have love for you.
And some of
your big brothers and sisters don't even care enough about yall to
tell you this.. I tell you this because I care about you .
God put it
on my chest little homie to tell you this.
God put it on my chest to
make sure I do this. See out on the street this is called sucker talk.
But see this called that real talk, so I'm a tell it like it is.
Those are the young homies.
If you make it to 18…, 19, 20, you
are officially a big homie .In my hood 21 is an opportunity in life.
It's a point where you hope to make it.
But most have already at that
age.
"Mandatory Business", … taking a young homie that nobody wants to
mess with , put your arm around him.
The streets wrote him off man…,
there ain't no getting back for him.
He went down that road , the path
of no return.
"Mandatory Business" has taken the opportunity that your
blessed with and sharing it with the young homies.
I mean quit being a
punk ass nigga get it on with what you've got.
Ya want to come through
stunting on everybody.
Ya want to come through throwing the playboy bunnies…, fuck the
playboy bunnies, throw some of that playboy money.
That's what we
want.
Ya mean the young homies is looking for the opportunity to eat
on another level.
I was one of the young homies that was breaking in
houses. I was one of the homies that was stealing cars.
I was one of
the young homies that was looking for something to steal, because that
was 100% profit to a young tycoon on the street.
That shit didn't get
me nothing though.
It got me heartaches and pain, you know what I
mean.
J.T.: My man right here said that he can rip any m.c.
from
anywhere, form any block.
Hold on!! Hold on!! , you need to hear what
I said,…. This man said that he can rip any m.c.
from anywhere, from
any block, at any time. He told me this three days ago.
So what I'm
getting ready to do , I need to know which one of my guys is ready to
go for a five minute sparring session. Ya know the deal right now.
We
got to start off,… so who's going to kick it off. Who's it gonna be .
J.T.
> look into the eyes of a young man as they sit on a corner
thinking about the next move.
"Mandatory Business " is taking a fresh
approach to the street life that we have come so closely attached to.
Taking the street life and looking at it from a different angle.
"Mandatory Business" is the structure that you put in place from your
heart , the good side of you, not the darkside.
Takes just a bit of
the dark to come and find the light.
Looking past the evil, the
destruction, the attitude that we display for each other ,….
Mean and
viscous here, don't look to sweet.
Yeah this is the mess that we made, all the ways we promoted ,
all the bullshit.
That we should live this lifestyle, … to understand
this lifestyle,… is to really look at it, and say, damn, how much did
I play in this? Look into the eyes of a young man in Cali… hustling on
that corner , thinking about the next move, thinking about how he's
gonna feed his child today.
Snoop> Ya know certain little niggas are just wild , southern
California niggas. They don't learn till they learn.
I can't really
groom a nigga that don't want to be groomed.
Man for real, ya don't
want your hair done, ya don't want your nails filed,… ya don't want a
bad bitch,….
Ya don't want to jump in this Cadillac,… you want to hang
out with the thugs on the corner and get and get in to the kind of
shit they get into.
When the bullets start flying , they gonna fly.
I used to do that
shit too.
But ya got to learn to outgrow that, especially in this
business cuz. Corporate ,….. look up that word and find out what it
means.
Once you go corporate you'll be able to do shit like "Snoop
Dog".
You'll be able to be on commercials on "ABC", "NBC",
"CNN","HBO","ESPN", "Showtime", "Telemundo"……, as J.T.
laughs in the
background.
All that shit nigga!! Every network moving, I done been a part
of. That's corporate, deep shit. You've got to use your mental.
We
don't use our mental enough! We're quick to grab a gun , instead of
lets beat him up top with the mental.
I'm out , let me out conversate
you real quick. Let me give you some real game.
Now do you really want
to fuck me up , or do you want to get fucked up.
How you want it? I'm
down to get fucked up nigga! I'm bruised, battered, barred, and
scarred. I been hit since I was 9 or 10 years old nigga.
I know what
it feel ilike.
Ya know , whatever you do to me, I'm gonna do it to you
, and more.
Trying to get rid of this bad reputation and create a new
one.
Fig > Yeah!, Big cousin calling the shots , you know what I
mean.That's the real shit though, when a muthafuka spit that peace.
Peacemaker,…… blessed are the peacemakers man, not the shit starters ,
remember that. The shit starters only last for so long.
That shit
starting going get your wig bust wide open.
My grandmother told me
that way back in the day, man you know what I mean.
You ain't no sucka
because you tell a man you want to extend your boss hand in peace.
I'm
extending my boss hand in peace, my right hand, not my left hand.
My
right hand with the up most respect for you and yours.
We turn now to the cause of death row prisoner , Stanley "Tookie"
Williams, in just two weeks, on Dec.
13, the 51 yr old Williams is
scheduled to be executed by the state of California.
Williams is a
convicted murderer, founder of one of the most notorious street gangs
, the "Crips".
But since his incarceration he also has become, a
"Nobel Peace Prize" nominated author and local advocate against street
violence.
"Snoop came to town to support our brother," Stanley "Tookie
Williams, while he is fighting for his life.
Tookie> I believe that my redemption symbolizes the end of a bad
beginning and a new start .
It goes beyond being liberated for ones
sins, an atonement in itself.
I feel that my redemption, mostly, or
primarily encompasses the ability to reach out to others.
Snoop> My whole thing is I came out here to represent Stanley
Williams,… Stanley " Tookie" Williams, trying to get his life saved ,
so he can stay around here a little longer.
You see the kids depend on
him. J.T.> So the message is real , the movement is real.
Snoop> The
word that he gave me, he said described me and him.
The word is called
,"san kraw". It means , calm under pressure.
I want every brother to
be calm under pressure. Conduct yourself in a real way.
Even if a
brother got a gun pointed at you, stay calm, Cause you gonna make that
nigga nervous. J.T.
> that's real talk!
Snoop> Ya hear that man , real talk.
Yall figure out what you
want to do in life, and do it well man. It can be done man.
I came
from nothing. I used to sleep on the floors, on couches, ….
with
roaches, borrow my cousins clothes, wear my brothers shoes.
It was all
that I went through, ya hear what I'm saying.
It was all that I went
through. A bowl of oatmeal gotr me through the week.
All that ole good
shit , so a nigga gotta understand, you can get there my nigga.
You
gotta believe in yourself first and be great at what you do.
J.T.
> I know this "Mandatory Business " seems like square talk
……, sitting up here talking about coming together.
Being positive,
taking positive ideas, taking positive thoughts, building on these
positive thoughts, building on those positive ideas.
I know I don't
look to "fly" right here.
I know Snoop! I know we should keep it "G"
ed up. I know , I know, I know J.T. , you should still be " J.T.
the
Bigga Figga".
I should still be running on the corner, doing man,
doing ya wiggle. Doing ya " Figaro" wiggle. Naw man it's a new day.
It's a fresh approach to a old lifestyle.
It's a fresh approach to
something that looks so negative.
But that's not why he's here today .
He's here today to advocate
a rally for the defendant, and without further adieu , it is my
deepest honor to present to you , "Snoop Dog" .
Snoop Dog> I don't
know if you guys know about Stanley "Tookie" Williams.
But if you do ,
I appreciate the mourning and the calm.
This guy "Tookie" is supposed
to be executed on Dec.
13, and I stepped in because he was one of the
founders of the "Crips"…., a gang that used to belong to.
That which
has been looked at as being negative.
But through time, and through
perseverance, he has been able to turn his life around while being
incarcerated and doing a lot of good things.
He hass been pushing
peace books , and shown people how to stop, killing each other ,
fighting each other….., and how to love each other.
When I joined the game , it was more about family.
I wasn't about
nothing negative, about hurting anyone.
But any time bad situations
can happen.
But I feel that by me being in the game and learning how
to do the wrong things, that I learned how to do the right thing.
I
can really be a help to those who don't know why they are in a game ,
and why they are being forced to be in a gang.
But they can change
once they know. It's cool not to be in a gang.
Right now as we speak ,
I do not belong to a gang.
J.T.
> During Snoops stay in the bay area there were a lot of
rallies going on for "Tookie" Williams .
At the end of the day, not
only was Tookies life hanging in the balance…, but also the life of a
young participant. G –Bundle > Man!!! , two of my partners been shot .
One been shot in the head twice, he still livin …., his brother dead .
Rest in Peace.
This is the young brother that's dead now, 'El Niño on
the 19th, Nov.
19th , coming to the rally man!! I don't know why it
had to happen like that, but we still pushin for the positive
movement.
Snoop & J.T.> Calm under pressure! , calm under pressure….
, yeah
that's the big "Tookie". That's the word of the day.
Calm under
pressure in all situations. We're living and learning.
We are learning
from our mistakes.
After struggling and going thru the fight , at the
last hour , he was denied, and on Dec.
13th our brother, Stanley
"Tookie" Williams was laid to rest.
Tookie> I feel good , and my redemption shines.
That's the way I
would like the world to remember me.
That's what I would like my
legacy to be remembered as ….., a redemptive transition.
J.T.
> Man, losing young Marcus, out here to the same violence
that he stood against, the same violence that he showed so much
courage against, at a young age.
Being an example , to those who
didn't know the way.
To see a young man take the truth and stand up on
it at a young age….
, to lose young "nitro" out here to the same
violence that he stood up against.
The same violence that he showed so
much courage against, it touched me in away like never before.
Here
was someone who was standing up , even against the odds.
I know if
nothing else , in the name of Marcus, I'm a keep ridin on.
Keep
continuing to tell the truth , I know h e was all right with that.
To
show his mother these pictures, on the computer …. , of her son .
These pictures were supposed to be his album cover .
These were
pictures for his compilation.
These were supposed to be the pictures
for his dvd's and manuals.
Now these pictures have become the pictures
of the obituary.
With each day that passes, no one knows who's next.
All we know
is that we hope our children make it home, that we make it home.
But A
lot of times someone doesn't make it home.
Young Marcus , you were the
realest. Thru this film they see your presence.
Thru the streets your
presence will always be remembered.
To be so young and stand up for
truth, …. you set the stage for every youngster that comes after you.
Female> I want to give yall, I want yall to understand.
If
anybody know J.T.
they know it's all about "Mandatory Business" , at
all times.
With that man ! , it's going to be about "Mandatory
Business".
He showed me this picture of him and the big homie Snoop
Dog . I'm looking at that picture of Snoop and J.T.
, and it looks
like "Mandatory Business.
Yall look like you ain't playing in that
picture, and the business that you.. got to handle is undoubtedly
mandatory.
J.T.
> After "Tookies" execution, some time had went by,…… and I
got another call from the homeboy Snoop, saying it's time to make this
"Mandatory Business" happen. Right now ,…..
w. w. w. mandatorybusiness. com .
I'm looking at it. Oh!!! It's official.
Snoop> Ya wanna fly tonight or tomorrow . J.T.
> shit , I'll fly
tonight .
Ya just tell me what you want me to do, soon as you say
cool, I'm straight to the airport, I ain't been to sleep yet.
When I landed in L.A.
, Snoop told me he was looking for a way to
give back to his hood.
Snoop> It started like this for the past few
days that I started back fucking with them, really trying to get that
opportunity to get that money on, and fuck with me.
Because a lot of
homies be like , where you from homie? Nigga , I'm from the east side
"Crips".
First thang a nigga say when a nigga say , "is "Snoop Dog"
your homie? And a nigga can't say nothing bad about me….., if he
fucking with me or he ain't fuckin with me.
but in the back of their
mind , they thinking , I show wish I could fuck with Snoop.
And that
what I'm getting ready to do for them, they deserve that.
I'm glad ya
rollin with us J.T., it's mandatory business cuz. J.T.
> Yes sir , it
feels good to be ridin with the big homie.
A nigga didn't eeven know
all this shit was gonna happen, but in a real way , this kinda shit
happens every day.
And that's why I say a nigga need to keep a camera
on me every day, because my life is movie.
Most of the time I'm on the ground , supporting sets over there.
I'm on of the hardest camera men you've ever met.
But from time to
time I hook up with other hard camera men.
They roll every where we go
, and that's all they do is hold that camera while you and I cop on,
roll blunts and talk shit. There we go I'm "Mandatory Business".
Snoop> While you was in there rappin last night.
I had to get the
camera, cause then I ain't going to leave you leaking.
Cause I know
the moment is right now.
Ya know, ya droppin it right now, getting it
right even when it ain't right.
Show that!! So homies can see we ain't
perfect in the studio nigga. We gotta get it right too.
We got the
power around the camera. ( J.T. & Snoop go into a rap.
) Oh yeah we
gonna get it right. Nigga I like that attitude though. We work at it.
Nigga just didn't walk iin here and do it. We wrote it .
Said it to
ourselves , got on the mike and said it a couple of times, and then
did it. No shit , and then coached each other .
Uh Hum, I like to hear
that shit cuz, this some gangsta shit we did last night.
(As the theme song to Mandatory Business played,) that's what it
is , "Mandatory Business" crack a lot . Big Snoop Dog & J.T.
the Bigga
Figga, handle ya business homie. Yeah I told J.T.
I was gonna bring
him down to the wild , wild east side.
J.T.
> the homeboy Snoop invited me down to come to Long Beach, to
a rolling "crip meet".
Snoop> Cuz, today is a big one for the homeboy
"C Dog", cuz.
It ain't about nothing but the homeboy "C Dog" being
sent off the right way, the appropriate way.
Me as a thug, I have
watched the hood , and I watch how niggas don't get sent off the right
way, until a niggas dead.
Niggas that are alive need to show that real
love. That a real homie needs that love.
So what I figured was today
that we could come together and show some thug love, and be out here
organized and give cuz some love and send him off the right way.
So
that's when the homie goes to the pen, cuz we pushin up real lines,
letting the homies know we out here on some real shit.
If we gonna be a neighborhood, we gotta learn how to get along
with each other first. Cuz , real shit.
Stop looking at what I'm doing
with the other homies in the other neighborhoods , and what these
niggas and those niggas doing.
Once you get structured, cuz I"ll be
able to fuck with yall like that , and even if yall ain't structured
I'll still be able to come fuck with yall.
But if yall are more
structured it's easier for me to come fuck with yall.
And give yall
more opportunity to get more money …, cause there's money out here, on
the right side and the other side.
And it is what it is , what it is ,
this is what it is today.
I came out here for the homie "C Dog".
I ain't out here for
nothing else. To show love, and let niggas know , I am a real dub.
I
fucks with all my homeboys that I ain't never fucked with.
I'm "Snoop
Dog" from the dubs , if I don't know you, I'm knowing you now.
It is
what it is. It ain't about who's the toughest or the hardest.
Niggas
we be in the neighborhood we gonna be real cuz , with each other
first. Lets learn how to love each other first.
And thenn once we get
that shit together we'll know how to build together .
Because we need
each other.
If yall can sit here today and listen to me , and I don't
fuck with yall everyday, start talking to each other brother.
It's all
one hood .
Can we be dub's first! Can we do that ? if they see right ,
we gonna get right . Cause yall can see more of me, cuz.
Cause if you
gotta problem with me , we need to get busy with me right now.
Others
than that , dubs first , I'm here to party.
J.T.> Now!! , Now!! Real boss shit.
Thru the homeboy " C Dog" he
created an opportunity for the community to come together,….
Thru
something that looked negative.
It ended up being the way to bring a
lot of people together, to communicate, to resolve problems, and to
see each other .
To be able to put their arms around each other, and
show that love that has not been shown inn so long.
Yeah make sure you
get that real live hood. Yeah "crip" shit, yeah.
Female> People don't come to the hood no more.
They don't do it
no more.
They don't be coming to the hood!! People don't do it no
more. (as J.T.
& Snoop Dog mingle) He ain't got no bodyguards, Now!! ,
Now!!
J.T.> I hope yall been diggin that good "Mandatory Business".
Me
and the Big homie "Snoop" worked real hard putting this film together.
We gonna make peace the way .
and we gonna make beef for the suckas,
ya know what I mean.
And all the real Bosses we gonna make peace while
we got a chance.
Cause when that AK- 47 get on ya,…… ain't no talking
bout no peace, ya feel me.
When they were talking about peace you
weren't ready. Now they on ya with those thangs .
BYE!!!! BYE!!!!!!
(as "Were Gonna Have a Funky Good Time", plays)
