“I be standing outside in the night, a police chopper go by and shine...” – Arthur, American Fiction ... Movie Quotes Database

Arthur

[reading from "****"]

"I be standing outside in the night, a police chopper go by and shine some lights in some backyards and I think, 'Shine that light on me, mo'****a, shine me some ****in' light so I can see where the **** I be at.'" Are you serious?
Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison: You notice I didn't put my name on it.

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