- Flip: ...And here comes my mama, marching across the field with a big leather belt in her hands. This belt was so wide couldn't nobody even wear it; this belt was made for whoopin' ass.
- Xavier: Why are you even going to the march?
- Wendell: Niggas and cars, cars and niggas. Niggas need cars like cars need niggas. I gotta make me some money. You think I'm gonna miss out on all that networking, shit nigga you must be crazy. I got a joke for ya, nigga: What do you get when you cross a million lesbians and the million man march?
- Jay: Ok, what do you get when you cross one million lesbians and the million man march?
- Wendell: Two million mother-fuckers who don't do dick.
- [laughs]
- Wendell: You niggas somethin' else.
- [Pointing at everybody]
- Wendell: Nigga, nigga, nigga, nigga, nigga, all you niggas!
- Mike: Hey Wendell, I got a joke for you: What do they call a black man with a Lexus dealership?
- Wendell: What?
- Mike: Nigga.
- [Wendell is thrown off the bus with his coat following]
- Jay: Nigga need Coat like Coat need Nigga!
- Jeremiah: I think as we prepare to go on this journey; it might be appropriate to have a prayer.
- [praying]
- Jeremiah: Dear Lord, we ask you to...
- Flip: [running onto the bus] Damn, I'm glad ya'll ain't left. I didn't think I was ever goin' to...
- George: [angrily] Hey; CP Time, we tryin' to have a prayer here!
- Randall: [after Kyle changes seat] I do mind that you're not man enough to admit you don't love me!
- Junior, aka 'Smooth': [bus Passengers sarcastic reaction] Cool, Dad. We're goin' to the Million Man March with a bunch of homos.
- Khalid: Sissy.
- Flip: Tell me I just didn't hear what I think I heard.
- Xavier: What?
- Flip: He said, "You're not man enough to admit that you love me" to him.
- Xavier: So?
- Flip: So? There are faggots on the bus!
- Xavier: Gays don't have a role in the black community?
- Flip: I'm not talking about the black community, I'm talking about the faggots we got on the bus!
- Xavier: How else are they supposed to get to the March?
- Mike: Skip.
- George: Let's go get something to eat, Rick, then I'll drive the bus for awhile.
- Rick: I need you to do me a favor, George.
- George: Rick, you can't drive the Spotted Owl the whole way, now.
- Rick: That's not it. If the base calls in, you tell them I got sick.
- George: Why?
- Rick: Because I'm not coming back.
- George: Shit, what the hell do you mean you're not coming back?
- Rick: I can't do it.
- George: Oh come on, stop bullshitting, you're just trying to go to Graceland.
- Rick: I'd be safer there.
- George: Meaning what, what do you think we're going to do, put you in a pot of boiling water and have you for supper?
- Rick: You already got the damn African drums in there.
- George: You know Rick, that's the epitome of cultural disrespect. I could come back at you with something anti-Semitic or I could whip your ass, which would you prefer, Rick?
- Rick: I'm sorry. Alright, George, here it is. Maybe I am a little bit prejudiced against blacks but no more than you're prejudiced against white people. You want me to stay on and prove how liberal and shit I am? I don't have to prove anything to anybody. I mean I think affirmative action has been fucked up. I think OJ was guilty, he's a cold blooded murderer who slaughtered two innocent human beings, okay. There it is.
- George: I'll bet you wish there were more white players in the NBA, too, huh? Well okay, let's just get it out in the open. I'll bet you'd like to call me a nigger or, what do you call it, a schvartze, or whatever the fuck it is. Well, I'm going to allow you to say it, go ahead.
- Rick: I never called anybody that in my life. All I'm saying is that if this bus is going to the Farrakhan march, I can't be a part of that.
- George: This is not just Farrakhan's march.
- Rick: I don't want to debate this thing. He called Judaism a gutter religion; he said Hitler was a great man. I wouldn't expect you to drive a bus to a Ku Klux Klan rally, so don't expect me to do this.
- George: So now you're comparing this to a Klan rally.
- Rick: Look George, either you're going to kick my ass, you're going to cover for me or I'm going to get fired. But no way am I getting my white ass back in that bus, so what's it going to be?
- George: Well, if you feel that way, then you shouldn't get your white ass back on that bus. I'll cover for you, Rick. See you in LA.
- Rick: Thanks, George.
- Shelly: You expect me to get moist between the legs like you're doing something incredible? This whole thing is sexist and exclusionary.
- George: I trust - that none of you men are women. Cause if you are, you're some of the *ugliest* broads I ever seen in my life.
- [first lines]
- Evan Thomas Sr.: What?
- Junior, aka 'Smooth': Yo, dog, I ain't goin'.
- Evan Thomas Sr.: I'm gettin' on that bus. Now that means, you are gettin' on that bus.
- Junior, aka 'Smooth': Look how stupid we look!
- Evan Thomas Sr.: Now, you wanna be all embarrassed. Well, you shoulda thought about that before.
- Junior, aka 'Smooth': No, dog, I ain't goin'.
- Evan Thomas Sr.: Call me dog again and see if I don't knock you flat on your ass. Now, I'm going to get on that bus and you are going right along with me. I am your father. You are my son. So, let's get on the bus, okay?
- Jamal: In my unenlightened days, big booty would catch my eye. I guess you could say I have big booty radar.
- Jeremiah: [after finding out Kyle and Randall] The bible says it's an abomination, but still - sometimes I ask myself what would I do if one of 'em was my son? Worst still, what if I was the one that was born that way.
- George: The devil don't want the black man to have atonement. Am I right, Pop?
- Jeremiah: You're right.
- George: But, *God* wants us at that March. It's our mission. So, on three, I want you big, strong, black, African men think of Zulu goddamn warriors, to lift this goddamn bus out of that stupid ditch and let's be on our way!
- Jeremiah: [singing] Well I was out on the road and the bus broke down, About 20 of us was out on the road and the bus broke down, Well, I think they're trying to stop us, but we still DC bound...
- Gary: [singing] Out on the road and the bus broke down, Out on the road and the bus broke down, It won't too long until I see Farrakhan...
- Flip: When they throw me up on that screen, I'll blow up too large. People will be like: Denzel who?
- Xavier: You're on a bus - with 20 black men, how do you feel?
- Rick: Black men. White men. All the same to me. I like to think of myself as color blind.
- Xavier: Color blind. Okay, so you didn't notice, at all, that everyone on this bus is black except you. Men of African ancestry, so-called black men, decedents of slaves.
- Rick: Well, we're all brothers under the skin, right?
- Randall: Now we're brothers, just because you're on a black bus.
- Rick: Hey, look, I never wore a white sheet over my head, okay. I'm Jewish.
- Randall: God forbid we should think a Jewish person could be a bigot.
- Xavier: My parents were in the civil rights movement. They had black people at our house all the time.
- Randall: Are you getting this, Xavier? They actually had black people at their house.
- Gary: Just because a person is white does not mean that I dislike him. Just because a person is black does not mean that I like him. Okay? I consider myself black. Just like Bob Marley was black, okay?
- Flip: Just because I like pussy - I like the way it feels, I like the way it smells, and on occasion, I like the way it taste - don't make me insecure. Can you even say the word? Pussy.
- Randall: I don't have to say it. I'm looking at one.
- Flip: Come on. Pussy. Pu-pu-ssy. Pussy.
- Randall: You want to back off.
- Flip: Come on, faggot. Pussy.
- Jeremiah: No, no, young blood, your hands are flat like a pancake and you have loosin' up your wrists. Don't beat the drum, make *love* to it. You know what I mean?
- Wendell: Brothers we are movin' into the next millennium. The year 2000 is here! Now, we got to move into the future. If I'm lyin', how do you explain a man like Colin Powell, huh? The white man never kept him down.
- Evan Thomas Sr.: Colin Powell made it in spite of racism, not because it doesn't exist, Brother Tom.
- George: We're here because God Almighty wanted us here. And He don't so much about what you already done. God ask what you gonna do - now.
- George: The real Million Man March won't start until we black men - take charge of our own lives and start dealin' with crime, drugs, and guns, and gangs, and children having children, and children killin' children - all across this country.
- Gary: You can rationalize it all you want, brother; but, living in the hood is no excuse for taking the life of another human being.
- Evan Thomas Sr.: Hey, hey, my name is Evan
- Flip, Xavier, Mike, Jeremiah, Randall, Junior, aka 'Smooth', Jamal, Kyle: Yeah!
- Evan Thomas Sr.: Evan, Senior
- Flip, Xavier, Mike, Jeremiah, Randall, Junior, aka 'Smooth', Jamal, Kyle: Yeah!
- Evan Thomas Sr.: They got my son
- Flip, Xavier, Mike, Jeremiah, Randall, Junior, aka 'Smooth', Jamal, Kyle: Yeah!
- Evan Thomas Sr.: With a misdemeanor
- Evan Thomas Sr., Flip, Xavier, Mike, Jeremiah, Randall, Junior, aka 'Smooth', Jamal, Kyle: Roll Call! Shabooya, Sha-sha Shabooya...
- Junior, aka 'Smooth': Don't call me Evan
- Flip, Xavier, Mike, Jeremiah, Randall, Evan Thomas Sr., Jamal, Kyle: Yeah!
- Junior, aka 'Smooth': 'Cause I'm on the move
- Flip, Xavier, Mike, Jeremiah, Randall, Evan Thomas Sr., Jamal, Kyle: Yeah!
- Junior, aka 'Smooth': Don't call me Junior
- Flip, Xavier, Mike, Jeremiah, Randall, Evan Thomas Sr., Jamal, Kyle: Yeah!
- Junior, aka 'Smooth': But you can call me Smooth
- Junior, aka 'Smooth', Flip, Xavier, Mike, Jeremiah, Randall, Evan Thomas Sr., Jamal, Kyle: Roll Call! Shabooya, Sha-sha Shabooya...
- Mike: My name is Mike
- Flip, Xavier, Jeremiah, Randall, Junior, aka 'Smooth', Evan Thomas Sr., Jamal, Kyle: Yeah!
- Mike: I represent New York
- Flip, Xavier, Jeremiah, Randall, Junior, aka 'Smooth', Evan Thomas Sr., Jamal, Kyle: Yeah!
- Mike: I'm not a Muslim
- Flip, Xavier, Jeremiah, Randall, Junior, aka 'Smooth', Evan Thomas Sr., Jamal, Kyle: Yeah!
- Mike: Still don't eat pork
- Mike, Flip, Xavier, Jeremiah, Randall, Junior, aka 'Smooth', Evan Thomas Sr., Jamal, Kyle: Roll Call! Shabooya, Sha-sha Shabooya...
- Gary: My name is Gary
- Flip, Xavier, Jeremiah, Randall, Junior, aka 'Smooth', Evan Thomas Sr., Kyle, Jamal: Yeah!
- Gary: I'm down with Shelly
- Flip, Xavier, Jeremiah, Randall, Junior, aka 'Smooth', Evan Thomas Sr., Kyle, Jamal: Yeah!
- Gary: She's got the butter
- Flip, Xavier, Jeremiah, Randall, Junior, aka 'Smooth', Evan Thomas Sr., Kyle, Jamal: Yeah!
- Gary: I got the jelly
- Gary, Flip, Xavier, Jeremiah, Randall, Junior, aka 'Smooth', Evan Thomas Sr., Kyle, Jamal: Roll Call! Shabooya, Sha-sha Shabooya...
- Jamal: My name's Jamal
- Flip, Xavier, Jeremiah, Randall, Junior, aka 'Smooth', Evan Thomas Sr., Gary, Kyle: Yeah!
- Jamal: My mind is free
- Flip, Xavier, Jeremiah, Randall, Junior, aka 'Smooth', Evan Thomas Sr., Gary, Kyle: Yeah!
- Jamal: We need more love
- Flip, Xavier, Jeremiah, Randall, Junior, aka 'Smooth', Evan Thomas Sr., Gary, Kyle: Yeah!
- Jamal: And unity
- Jamal, Flip, Xavier, Jeremiah, Randall, Junior, aka 'Smooth', Evan Thomas Sr., Gary, Kyle: Roll Call! Shabooya, Sha-sha Shabooya...
- Randall: As far as I'm concerned, only two things came out of the civil rights movement anyway. One, black people got a few crumbs. And, two, condescending white people had a right to say that they struggled with us. The only difference is our struggle didn't end with the March on Washington. We're still catching hell.
- Rick: I think my people know a little bit about catching hell, alright. At least my parents did their part.
- Randall: They had a part to do what? To make a difference to appear liberal?
- Rick: Jewish people made a difference in the civil rights movement.
- Randall: As as they got what they wanted, they abandoned it.
- Rick: You know, I don't see black people marching for Jews, Hispanics, or Asians, for that matter. I mean, what do you expect white people to solve all your problems?
- Randall: Some of them aren't marching for us either. And we didn't create our problems. White people created our problems. What - do you think we asked for slavery?
- Rick: We ask for the holocaust? Six million Jews died. Doesn't mean we're going to forget Nazis, Arabs, black anti-semites.
- Randall: What a minute, do you know how many black people died in the slave trade? Over sixty million.
- Randall: I didn't kill any one of them. Nor did my parents. Don't blame us for that.
- Rick: Yeah, it's our fault. And after 400 some odd years of slavery and oppression, with feet on our necks, we're just supposed to fix everything ourselves, right.
- Wendell: I went to Vanderbilt, in Nashville. I graduated Phi Beta Kappa. You would never catch me goin' to one of them nigger schools, like Tennessee State or Fisk. Gee, all them niggers know how to do is step and sing. Sell fish sandwiches to get text books. Shit.
- Wendell: You brothers know what I'm sayin' about niggers like Jackson. They all say the same thing: hire us, feed us, affirmative action. Like we need America to keep a nipple in our mouth.
- Xavier: You a Republican or something?
- Wendell: Yeah and damn proud of it.
- Mike: Who you Nigger Gingrich?
- Xavier: You got a problem with that?
- Evan Thomas Sr.: I don't see how any black man could be a Republican.
- Wendell: I don't see how any black man can't.