Adult Chris: [v.o.] Without my lucky socks, I probably should have studied for that test. But that seemed a lot harder than finding more luck.
[fantasy: Chris is holding a rabbit outside a pet store:]
Chris: How much for just the foot?
[fantasy: Chris is chased out of an Irish pub by a short man:]
Man: [Irish accent] What the hell makes you think I'm a leprechaun? Let me go!
Chris: No!
[fantasy: Chris is next to a police horse that's been knocked down by a tractor]
Police Officer: Oh, Louise! I'm sorry!
Chris: Hey, man, can I have one of these horseshoes?

Adult Chris: [v.o.] As a kid, I wasn't superstitious, but everybody in my family was. If my mother spilled salt, she would always throw some over her shoulder for good luck.
Julius: No!
Adult Chris: [v.o.] That's nine cents' worth of salt. Drew wouldn't walk under a ladder, no matter what.
Old Woman: Sonny! Help me! I've fallen and I can't get up!
Drew: You want me to help you, you're going to have to crawl from underneath this ladder first.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] And Tonya believed that, if she stepped on a crack, she'd break my mother's back.
Tonya: No!
Rochelle: [groans and falls to the floor]
Adult Chris: [v.o.] I wasn't superstitious, but I did believe in bad luck.

Adult Chris: [v.o.] Even though we were poor, it didn't stop us from asking for stuff.
Tonya: Mama, can I have pink carpet in my bedroom?
Rochelle: Pink carpet? What you need pink carpet for?
Tonya: Well, because Billy Ocean has pink carpet in his bedroom.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] Along with a baby giraffe, a disco ball and three midgets.
Rochelle: Well, as soon as you get a hit record, you can have any color carpet you want.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] But, just because we asked for stuff, it didn't mean we'd get it.

Drew: Hey, Mom, can I get a new suit for the school talent show?
Rochelle: Not unless your talent is wearing a suit.
Drew: But I'm performing "Candy Girl", by New Edition, and the whole school is going to be there.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] Drew could do a lot of things, but my mother knew singing wasn't one of them.
Rochelle: Oh, well, that- That that's nice, baby.
Drew: So can I get a new suit? I don't want to look raggedy.
Rochelle: Raggedy? Oh, my baby is not going to look raggedy. When I finish this, we'll go shopping.
Drew: Okay. Thanks, Mom.
Rochelle: You're welcome, baby.

Adult Chris: [v.o.] After my mother got rid of my socks I imagined whoever was wearing them was having a lot better luck than me.
[fantasy: Vanessa is playing a slot machine:]
Vanessa: [screams as it pays out]
[fantasy: Kill Moves is in line at an outdoor soup kitchen:]
Woman: We are all out of soup.
Kill Moves: Oh. You got any whiskey?
Woman: This is your lucky day.
Kill Moves: Sure glad y'all ran out of food.
[fantasy: a crying woman is next to a man in the middle of the road:]
Woman: My husband just died of a heart attack!
Mr. Omar: Tragic! Well, since he's dead, want to go out to dinner?
Woman: I could eat.

Rochelle: Your kids just played us against each other.
Julius: Ain't this about a...
Rochelle: Before you get mad, let's think about this for a minute. So whenever they ask us for something, let's come up with a system.
Julius: What kind of system?
Adult Chris: [v.o.] This was their system.
[fantasy montage:]
Tonya: Daddy, can I have a Popsicle?
Julius: Go ask your mother.
Drew: Hey, Dad, can I have a dollar?
Julius: Go ask your mother.
Chris: [with a sword through his chest] Dad, can I go to the hospital?
Julius: Go ask your mother.

Chris: I lost your lucky socks.
Julius: Chris, those socks aren't lucky. If they were lucky, I'd still have my hair, I would have hit the number and I wouldn't still be wearing a pair of socks I had when I met your mother.
Chris: But I have a lot of big stuff going on in school tomorrow. I need those socks.
Julius: Chris, you need to make your own luck in this world. Success comes from opportunity and preparation.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] And being White.
Julius: Do you think it was luck when Rocky beat Mr. T? Do you think the Ghostbusters were lucky when they saved New York from the Stay-Puff Marshmallow Man? Do you think Godzilla was lucky when he beat Ghidrah the three-headed monster?
Chris: Mm, I don't know. I guess not.
Julius: That's right. Chris, the only thing lucky about those socks is that I couldn't find the matching pants. Now go find your own luck. You don't need those socks.

Ms. Morello: But today we're going to do something a little differently. Instead of a written exam, it's going to be an oral exam. Chris, you're so very well-spoken. Why don't you go first? Come up here in front of the class.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] I didn't have my lucky socks, and now I needed a new pair of lucky underwear.
Chris: Well, what did you want me to talk about?
Ms. Morello: I want you to talk about people in history who have achieved their goals against all odds. Do you know what goals are, Chris?
Chris: Yeah.

Chris: Mom, I need some socks.
Rochelle: Julius, give Chris a pair of your socks, please.
Chris: These the only pair of socks you got?
Julius: Yeah. Besides, those are my lucky socks. I was wearing those socks the night I met your mother.
[flashback to 1970:]
Rochelle: Girl, he's cute, but look at those socks!

Adult Chris: [v.o.] I believed in good luck. I just never believed it could happen to me.
Chris: Man, I'm sorry. I forgot my bus pass.
Bus Driver: It's all right, man. I know you.
Chris: For real? Thanks.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] On the second bus, I got even luckier.
Darlene: Hi. I'm Darlene. What's your name?
Chris: I'm Chris.
Darlene: That's one of my favorite names.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] That's not even my favorite name.