- Earnest 'Earn' Marks: This spooky thing called slavery happened and my entire ethnic identity was erased.
- Earnest 'Earn' Marks: It doesn't feel like you're in a Spike Lee-directed "Eyes Wide Shut" right now, hm?... Are these slave ships?
- Valet 1: Hey, you're Paper Boi's dude, ain't you?
- Valet 2: Can we get a picture?
- Earnest 'Earn' Marks: Uh... of-of me?
- Valet 1: I guess. You here. He here?
- Earnest 'Earn' Marks: No, he's not--actually, right now's not a good time.
- Valet 1: Well, can you pass Paper Boi a message for me?
- Valet 2: Yeah, tell him my sister likes him?
- Earnest 'Earn' Marks: Okay.
- Valet 2: All right. Here's a pair of her of underwear.
- Earnest 'Earn' Marks: Wh-why? No.
- Valet 2: Give it to Paper Boi. Her name's T'Angela.
- Earnest 'Earn' Marks: Why do you have your sister's underwear?
- Valet 2: Never know, man!
- Earnest 'Earn' Marks: Never know what?
- Monique Allen: No. Out. Out. No, no. Go. If you want more food, Ramon will bring you a to-go plate--outside.
- Earnest Earn Marks: Juneteenth Juice. Frozen Freedom Margarita. Emancipation Eggnog... It's June.
- Bartender: Do I gotta explain alliteration?
- Earnest 'Earn' Marks: I'll have the Plantation Master Poison.
- Earnest 'Earn' Marks: What the fuck...
- Craig Allen: Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it. Malcolm X quote that inspired that painting.
- Earnest 'Earn' Marks: I'm sorry, I didn't mean to...
- Craig Allen: Stop, stop, you're fine. You-you want a real drink?
- Earnest 'Earn' Marks: Sure.
- Craig Allen: All right.
- Earnest 'Earn' Marks: That's an... interesting interpretation of that quote.
- Craig Allen: It's the only interpretation. It accurately depicts the plight of the contemporary black man. That is why I painted it.
- Earnest 'Earn' Marks: Wow... .