WEBVTT 00:00:11.440 --> 00:00:15.070 What it do, yo? This week we seein’ double wit a Tale of Two Cities by 00:00:15.070 --> 00:00:17.160 Charles Dickens. 00:00:19.900 --> 00:00:24.160 Da year is 1775 and Lucie Mannette been thinkin her pop Doc Mannette 00:00:24.360 --> 00:00:28.160 been dead fo’ a long-ass time. But one day, word come dat he actually 00:00:28.160 --> 00:00:33.250 been on lockdown in Paris fo’ da past 18 DAMN YEARS. So Lucie and a 00:00:33.250 --> 00:00:37.370 bruh name Jarvis Lorry cruise ova’ to Paris where they meet Doc 00:00:37.370 --> 00:00:41.660 Alexandre’s back-when assistant Defarge. Dis cat been lookin out 00:00:41.660 --> 00:00:45.050 fo’ da good doc, whose mind has turned in to mush afta’ all dem 00:00:45.050 --> 00:00:46.290 years in da clank. 00:00:46.300 --> 00:00:50.030 But afta’ some quality time wit Lucie, Manette snaps outta it and 00:00:50.030 --> 00:00:51.999 start goin’ back to his old self. 00:00:51.999 --> 00:00:55.329 5 years later, Doc Mannette and Lucy up in court fo’ da trial of 00:00:55.329 --> 00:00:59.219 Charles Darnay, who been accused of snitchin on tha British crown. Da 00:00:59.219 --> 00:01:02.499 prosecution’s case against Chucky falls to sh** when one of da 00:01:02.499 --> 00:01:05.620 witnesses say Charlie-boy don’t look no different than Sydney 00:01:05.620 --> 00:01:09.590 Carton- who hookin’ up da defense with his mad street smarts. Carton 00:01:09.590 --> 00:01:13.110 and Darnay look so much alike they could have the same mama! 00:01:13.110 --> 00:01:16.750 Now dat he scott free, Darnay start hollerin at Lucie; but turn out 00:01:16.750 --> 00:01:21.290 playa gotta get in line. So he gonna have to grind for some of 00:01:21.290 --> 00:01:22.000 Lucy’s juicy. 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:26.290 Back in P-town, Darnay’s hood rich uncle runs ova’ a lil kid with his 00:01:26.290 --> 00:01:29.500 carriage. But instead of gettin tore up bout it, he just pissed dat 00:01:29.500 --> 00:01:33.670 po folk got blood on his 20 inch blades. Later, some peasant gets 00:01:33.670 --> 00:01:37.660 REAL tired of dat rich whiteboy and straight ghosts his ass while he 00:01:37.660 --> 00:01:41.990 sleepin. Darnay inherit all dat swoel family cash, but he don’t 00:01:41.990 --> 00:01:44.080 want nuthin to do wit dat blood money. 00:01:44.080 --> 00:01:47.980 Instead, he throw up the deuce to ol Paree and set up shop in London 00:01:47.980 --> 00:01:51.610 where he gonna marry Lucie. Befo’ he do, tho, Carton tell Lucie she 00:01:51.610 --> 00:01:55.140 da only thing dat give his sorryass life meaning- and if he can 00:01:55.140 --> 00:01:59.510 eva’ hook a sistah up, he gonna do it. Blood fo’ blood, life fo’ life. 00:01:59.510 --> 00:02:02.930 sh** goes HAM up in da streets of Paris when da Revolution breaks out 00:02:02.930 --> 00:02:05.980 and rich people gettin’ shanked left and right. One of Darnay’s 00:02:05.980 --> 00:02:09.590 boys gets thrown in da clink; and since he keep it gangsta, he head 00:02:09.590 --> 00:02:13.319 to Paris to bust a bruta out. But all dem crunk po folk love nuthin 00:02:13.319 --> 00:02:16.709 mo’ than fu**in wit rich kids, so it ain’t long before Darnay’s 00:02:16.709 --> 00:02:21.010 dumbass gets locked up too. Nice plan, yo. So now Lucie and Manette 00:02:21.010 --> 00:02:23.100 gotta head there to bail HIS ass out. 00:02:23.100 --> 00:02:25.900 After a year and three months of rottin away in da slammer, the 00:02:25.900 --> 00:02:29.870 trial goes down and doc Manette come out swingin da biggest legit 00:02:29.870 --> 00:02:34.010 street cred dick you eva’ seen: He did the hardest time there is up in 00:02:34.010 --> 00:02:37.670 da bastille- so dem revolutionaries get all up on his junk, and decide 00:02:37.670 --> 00:02:42.220 to let Darnay go. But then dat same damn night he arrested AGAIN, this 00:02:42.220 --> 00:02:46.910 time cuz Defarge and his crazy bitch biddy hatin on him hard core. 00:02:46.910 --> 00:02:50.260 Up at tha’ NEW trial, dem bustas whip out an old letter written by 00:02:50.260 --> 00:02:53.650 doc Mannete himself, where he callin out Darnay’s family fo all 00:02:53.650 --> 00:02:57.270 da crooked sh** they did, sayin their deeds were so damn whack it 00:02:57.270 --> 00:03:00.670 dat even his descendants should get whats coming to em. One unanimous 00:03:00.670 --> 00:03:03.740 vote later, Darnay get sentenced to death. damn. 00:03:03.740 --> 00:03:07.459 Jus’ when errything seems fu**ed, Carton swangs in to town, busts in 00:03:07.459 --> 00:03:11.560 to da big house, and knocks Darnay OUT. Then he trades places wit em 00:03:11.560 --> 00:03:14.610 since they look da same. Darnay gets tossed in to a carriage and 00:03:14.610 --> 00:03:18.270 heads back to London wit his woman. As fo’ Carton? Fool gets his head 00:03:18.270 --> 00:03:22.099 chopped off. But at least by saving Darnay, he finally did somethin’ 00:03:22.099 --> 00:03:25.420 legit with his life. Das some righteous sh** right thurr. 00:03:25.420 --> 00:03:29.959 Now you might be thinkin’ dat this book’s main rap bout two separate 00:03:29.959 --> 00:03:34.630 cities- London and Paris. Sure, Dickens preachin loud and clear 00:03:34.630 --> 00:03:41.630 bout how separate and alone people and places be- 00:03:42.900 --> 00:03:46.060 But the book actually hintin at da opposite- that errything is mo 00:03:46.060 --> 00:03:49.569 connected than it look at first. Both London AND Paris got their 00:03:49.569 --> 00:03:53.150 fair share of folks in love, turf wars between the rich and po, and 00:03:53.150 --> 00:03:55.270 crews buckin’ social inequality. 00:03:55.270 --> 00:03:59.270 Truth is, Paris and London are mo’ “double” than different. And if you 00:03:59.270 --> 00:04:02.980 keepin it triple OG, you know Chuckie D slangin doubles all UP in 00:04:02.980 --> 00:04:07.050 this text: we got not only Paris and London, but the City of God and 00:04:07.050 --> 00:04:10.780 the City of Men, two Mannettes, Darnay’s double-dose of trials, 00:04:10.780 --> 00:04:14.489 Darnay and Carton’s fresh selves lookin’ just like eachotha... hell, 00:04:14.489 --> 00:04:18.079 even Charles Darnay’s name looks a whole lot like Charles Dickens. 00:04:18.079 --> 00:04:21.720 There ain’t no betta example of dat doublin, though, than how the novel 00:04:21.720 --> 00:04:22.289 open up: 00:04:22.289 --> 00:04:26.379 “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, 00:04:26.379 --> 00:04:30.050 it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it 00:04:30.050 --> 00:04:33.320 was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it 00:04:33.320 --> 00:04:36.570 was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was 00:04:36.570 --> 00:04:38.010 the winter of despair... 00:04:38.010 --> 00:04:41.760 Fo’ Chuck-Deezy, sometimes two jus’ don’t cut it. That fool goes WAY 00:04:41.760 --> 00:04:45.580 beyond doubles when it come to tha dankest theme up in here: 00:04:45.580 --> 00:04:49.250 resurrection. Da idea behind da phrase “Recalled to life” poppin up 00:04:49.250 --> 00:04:52.230 when talkin bout Doc Mannette, Darnay’s ass gettin saved from 00:04:52.230 --> 00:04:54.870 losin’ his head, and most importantly, Carton bein 00:04:54.870 --> 00:04:56.889 metaphorically brought back from the dead. 00:04:56.889 --> 00:05:00.090 See, even though Carton get his sh** wrecked in the end, he finally 00:05:00.090 --> 00:05:03.310 do something good fo’ someone other than himself. It’s like he brought 00:05:03.310 --> 00:05:06.990 his dead-as-sh** soul back to life by doin something wit legit 00:05:06.990 --> 00:05:10.210 meaning. That’s why we seein him always droppin lines from the 00:05:10.210 --> 00:05:14.389 biblical story of Lazarus: “I am the resurrection and the life, saith 00:05:14.389 --> 00:05:18.020 the Lord: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet 00:05:18.020 --> 00:05:21.660 shall he live; and whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall 00:05:21.660 --> 00:05:22.490 never die.” 00:05:22.490 --> 00:05:26.960 And if you wanna resurrect yo deadass wardrobe, get yo-self some Thug 00:05:26.960 --> 00:05:29.840 Notes threadz. Well read fo life! Peace.