Walter's point of view

Mama gave me the money today, she finally understands. I've been trying to make them understand for a long time how this world works. Now is my time, I'm going to fulfill my place as the man of the house and grab hold of our future. Finally, my mother won't have to work. She can have her garden and live a life of ease. My wife will be able to stay at home and care for a children, as a mother should. She will finally be rewarded for all that I have put her through, she will have all the jewelry and fancy clothes she could want. Most of all though, this news is exciting because of what it will mean for my son Travis. For the first time in his life, his future looks bright. My father always said no man was meant to be a servant., now Travis never will be. I'm going to send him to college. My father once said "Seems like God didn't see fit to give the black man nothing but dreams- but He did give us children to make them dreams seem worth while." Of course it's his money that makes this all possible. He would've wanted me, his child, to rise from my status as a servant. He would be proud of me.

Allow me to play you out...

(a song about making money, and in doing so finding paradise)