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Vivica A. Fox, Nia Long, Mekhi Phifer, Vanessa Williams, Michael Beach, Irma P. Hall, Brandon Hammond, and Jeffrey D. Sams in Soul Food (1997)

Mekhi Phifer: Lem

Soul Food

Mekhi Phifer credited as playing...

Lem

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  • Lem: I don't need your help. I can find my own job.
  • Bird: Okay.
  • [Bird stares at Lem's crotch]
  • Lem: And stop lookin' at my dick.
  • Kenny: [after Lem arrives home from jail] So Lem, how you get out, man?
  • Lem: Honestly, man, I don't know. Somebody talked to somebody, and the charges got dropped.
  • Maxine: Well, Lem, we're all happy to have you back, brother.
  • Bird: [happily] That's right! My boo is home!
  • Teri: Actually, I called in to the D.A's office for a favor.
  • Lem: [glares at Teri]
  • Teri: I felt bad.
  • Lem: You should feel bad! Because of you, I had to spend weeks in jail.
  • Teri: You should be thankful! Now, you can stay home and take care of your pregnant wife.
  • Bird: You know what, Teri? You need to mind your own damn business, all right? Didn't nobody ask you for your help! You need to worry about your own husband and why he's sleeping with her!
  • [points towards Faith]
  • Kenny: Believe me, you don't want to tell a woman...
  • Lem: A black woman.
  • Kenny: ESPECIALLY a black woman, that you don't have a J-O-B.

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