First Sunday

Durell:
Promise me somethin. Promise me you'll be better than me.

Durell Jr.:
OK. You promise me somethin. Promise me you won't let mom take me to Atlanta. Please

Rickey:
I'm not infectin the community. I got papers to prove Im not infected...

LeeJohn:
[after he and Durell find the church safe empty] Who robs a church?

LeeJohn:
The white Jesus keeps starin at me!

Durell:
I'm not gonna lose my son!

LeeJohn:
[sees pictures of JFK and Dr. King] Yo, Durell! They starin at me too!

[LeeJohn clearly uneasy, keeps looking at picture of Dr. King]

LeeJohn:
[yelling defensively] I didn't kill the dream!

Pastor Arthur Mitchell:
[to the congregation] You have to ask yourself: Would a man rob God?

Officer Eddie King:
Did it look like he was winkin at us?

Officer D'Agostino:
[shrugs] He is the choir director.

Rickey:
What kinda name is LeeJohn anyway?

LeeJohn:
My mom had two boyfriends, Lee and John. She didn't know who my daddy was, so she named me LeeJohn.

Rickey:
[after a pause] I dunno if I would have shared that.

LeeJohn:
[to Judge] If I go back to jail they gonna make me a woman!

Mordecai:
Do you want to know my name?

LeeJohn:
I don't just want to know your name, I want you to whisper it in my ear.

Mordecai:
MORDECAI!

LeeJohn:
They using big words now. Sanctuary, congested... that means umm, ghetto.

Pastor Arthur Mitchell:
Actually, your honor, we have a lot of witnesses here that are willing to testify to a lot of things... like embezzlement.

Tianna:
Misappropriation of funds.

Sister Doris:
Falsifying documents.

Rickey:
Not to mention, wearing an easter suit with a halloween shirt and tie set!

Rickey:
I'm not infected. I have papers to prove I'm not infected.

LeeJohn:
I'm gettin' my money on!

Judge B. Bennet Galloway:
Mr. Jackson, six months ago you were caught shoplifting at a Stop 'N Shop, with a box full of Ding Dongs and a six pack of Banana Strawberry Boone's Farm.

LeeJohn:
Uh, your honor, it was Goober Grape.

Judge B. Bennet Galloway:
When the arresting officer searched you, he found a twenty dollar bill in your pocket. Why didn't you just pay for it?

LeeJohn:
Because this dude named Bo-Peep was on my ass about twenty dollars and I...

Sister Doris:
Do you like birthday parties, Leonard... I mean, LeeJohn?

LeeJohn:
I don't know. I never had one.

Sister Doris:
You never had a birthday party?

LeeJohn:
When they took me to my foster home, they lost my birth certificate. So, nobody never knew when my birthday was.

Sister Doris:
Aww... I know when it is.

LeeJohn:
You do? When?

Sister Doris:
Today!

Durell:
Um, excuse me?

Rickey:
Excuse you? Don't nobody even know you!

Choir Member #3:
I'm hungry, too!

Rickey:
When are you not hungry?

Assistant D.A.:
These miscreants...

Rickey:
Miscreants? We are African-Americans!

Timmy:
What's a hostage?

Rickey:
Hostage is what we were down in that basement for 4 1/2 hours. I'ma need therapy or something.

Deacon:
I object!

Rickey:
We all object. Answer the question.

LeeJohn:
I'm gonna construct some construction that needs to be constructed.

Durell:
You need to worry about getting your hair burnt.

Omunique's Client:
You need to be worrying about burning yourself out a job.

LeeJohn:
Attica! Attica!