Black Girl1972

Mama Rose:
Billie Jean, have you started this mess yet?

Billie Jean:
I just worked three nights.

Mama Rose:
Well, how come I'm just now hearing about it?

Norma:
I thought she had done told you about it, Mama. It's a job. I didn't see no reason for her to be hiding no job unless it's something else she doing.

Billie Jean:
I was gonna tell you, Mama.

Mama Rose:
[almost mocking her] Well, you were gonna tell me?

Billie Jean:
After I got my first week's pay and...

Mama Rose:
You ain't gonna see no week at that place, Billie Jean! Now you know I don't approve of that... that dancing mess no how! And shaking your tail at the Groovy Grill of all places? Now you know I didn't raise none of y'all like that!

Norma:
Ain't no man don't wanna look at no ballet dancing no how. They wanna see some Strip tease, baby.

Billie Jean:
Billie Jean, how much is you getting for this mess?

Norma:
$3 a night, Ma.

Mama Rose:
$3 a night! [she crosses into the kitchen]

Billie Jean:
But I get tips, Mama!

Mama Rose:
TIPS? I don't care how many tips you get, Billie Jean! You better dip your ass over there sometime today and get what that man owes you! [Crossing over to the living room side] And I better not ever hear of you going to a place like that again unless you got a husband to take you in one! [Facing her at the door] That truant officer walk in here, you out of school and under 18, he'll take you right on off to reform school and then they'll make me pay a fine!