Q’s Mother: [first lines] Quincy, get up! It’s after seven o’clock, and you’re gonna be late for school again. Quincy, did you not hear me? I said get up.

Q: [as he is waking up, under his breath] It’s bullshit, yo.

Q’s Mother: Excuse me young man, what did you just say?

Q: Nothing, ma.

Q’s Mother: That’s what I thought. Get up.

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