Darktown Strutters (1975)

Roger E. Mosley: Mellow

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Quotes 

• Syreena : Maid's day off?

  Mellow : Come on sister Syreena, we're all alone, you don't have to come off like that. Your sisters aren't here.

  [Syreena smacks him] 

  Mellow : Good thing they call me Mellow.

  Syreena : Strut off!

  Mellow : How would you like the time of your life with everything on it?

  Syreena : I'll let you know.

• Mellow : Once around the police station, how 'bout that?

  Syreena : What's the bet?

  Mellow : My ass.

  Syreena : What if I win?

  Mellow : Your ass. How can you lose?

  Syreena : I'll come up with something.

• Six Bits : What do you want, huh?

  Syreena : Who's paying the bills at the runaway house?

  Six Bits : Now why're you asking me that? I'm just the numbers man. Now you want to get something down?

  [Flash shoves him to Mellow] 

  Syreena : Yeah, yeah, we gonna get you down and stomped on.

  Six Bits : Now look, it's even money they got some kind of politician's money or something, why?

  Mellow : Shut up!

  [shoves Six Bits towards Flash] 

  Six Bits : Hey man! She's gonna kill me if I don't talk, and you gonna kill me if I do! Just show me how I get out of here!

  [Syreena hits his foot with a wrench, Flash hits him in the back of the head] 

  Syreena : Once more!

  Six Bits : The Cross Foundation! They put money into it!