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Now and Then (2000)

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Now And Then (2000) - Plot & Excerpts

He done quit his 9 to 5 to drink full time so now he’s livin’ in the bottle.
    See that Black boy over there, runnin’ scared his ’ol man got a problem.
    Pawned off damn near everything, his ol’    woman’s weddin’ ring for a bottle.
    And don’t you think it’s a crime when time after time, people in the bottle.  See that sista, sho’ wuz fine before she started drinkin’ wine from the bottle.
    Said her ol’ man committed a crime and he’s doin’ time, so now she’s in the bottle.
    She’s out there on the avenue, all by herself sho’ needs help from the bottle.
    Preacherman tried to help her out, she cussed him out and hit him in the head with a bottle.
    And don’t you think it’s a crime when time after time, people in the bottle.  See that gent in the wrinkled suit he done damn near blown his cool to the bottle.

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