P-Valley (2020) s02e10 Episode Script
Mississippi Rule
1
I know y'all heard,
but this what's goin' on in the Valley.
My right shoulder was so fucked up,
I ain't think I'd get back on a pole.
Sometimes you just gone have to learn
how to dream new dreams.
Will Andre Watkins become
the mayor of Chucalissa?
I'm the son of a fuckin' murderer!
Yeah, put that on a fucking T-shirt!
Lookin' like this pastor
and her casi-NAW platform
is takin' flight.
Five million is my final offer.
The enemy of my enemy
is a bitch I can link up with.
If you can't get to the water,
sometimes you gotta bring
the water to you.
Granmuva Ernestine!
No! Granmuva!
I don't wanna die alone.
Why didn't you keep me?
Wasn't no court was gone give
a stripper back her baby.
Hey, Murda, where the fuck you been?
These promoters been blowin' my shit up
since that Tina Snow track dropped.
I am grown enough to know
that this wasn't forever.
After tonight, you'll
have everything you need
to get those babies outta here.
Kids stayin' the night at my sister's.
I'll pick 'em up first thing.
It's the Grand Re-Opening!
God damn! Why you
ain't up there in yo' floss?
Aye, aye, niggah, watch where
the fuck you steppin'!
Them niggahs wanna
declare war, we gone give 'em war!
I heard he went
cray-cray cuz of the war.
I know enough 'bout you.
Why do you have Montavius' ring?
- You fired, Big L.
- After all I done done
for you? Really?!
You ready for some twins?
So this is your campaign manager?
Seven pounds of pressure ♪
Seven pounds of mu'fuckin' pressure ♪
All it take is just a second ♪
[LIL' MURDA] Ever think about ♪
What it's gone take to kill a niggah ♪
All you really need
is seven pounds of pressure ♪
They don't wanna
talk about it fuckin' pressure.
Fuckin' pressure
All the dollars in the
world in yo' bank account ♪
Ain't never gone amount to
that seven pounds of pressure ♪
This is how you get back at me, huh?!
You go and find
some lite-brite to fuck?!
Hey, who the fuck
you calling "lite-brite"?
Shut up before I rip
yo' fuckin' lace front!
Hey, Brit!
Well, I guess I deserve it, huh?
Yeah. You fuckin' do.
Hailey, could you, uh
A crowd's gathering outside.
- Results must be in.
- Yeah.
I'll be there in a minute.
Andre Watkins, he got next!
Andre Watkins, he got next!
Andre Watkins, he got next!
So that's Hailey, huh?
Where did all this go wrong, Andre?
Maybe the moment we got married.
Maybe the moment we met.
I don't even know anymore.
You could have told me.
You could have told me
about your father, you
And if I did
would you have married me?
I knew when we met, I had a chance.
Not at love, but at legacy.
So, yeah, I lied.
Remember the night we got married?
I told you I'd kill for you.
And I did.
I erased
my own father
'cause I knew you couldn't
take the truth of him
and, quite frankly, the truth of me.
So I guess we've both been
lying to each other, huh?
Yeah, you still went
back to Dante anyway,
who you shoulda married, and still can.
Niggah, is you trying to divorce me?
I'm in love with another woman, Brit.
And you're obviously
in love with another man.
I am in love with another man.
You.
Question is, the one I showed you
or the one I really am?
I
Mm-kay, Barack!
And Michelle.
Y'all ready to come put on these crowns?
- Corbin
- Don't mind me.
White liquor makes me a little cunty.
You have been in the lead all night!
And they about to call it, my friend.
Whoo-whoo!
You talk so much
about wearing masks, well
now's the time.
It's your boy DJ Neva Scared!
We ain't never scared, hoe!
Aye, y'all done finished wildin'?
Leave yo guns and all that ana
at the do'!
'Cause it's showtime in this biah-biah!
We 'bout to get that new-new,
bitches!!!
Y'all ready?
- Yeah!
- Naw, naw.
I said, are y'all ready?!
'Cause can't nothin' shut the Pynk down,
'cause we just gettin' started.
I wanna welcome back to the stage
Lil' Murda
Seven pounds of pressure ♪
Seven pounds of mu'fuckin' pressure ♪
All it take is just a second ♪
Ever think about ♪
What it's gone take to kill a niggah ♪
All you really need
is seven pounds of pressure ♪
All the dollars in the world
in yo' bank account ain't ♪
Kill that shit, niggah.
I said kill that shit, lil' niggah!
Let's talk ♪
'bout mu'fuckin' pressure then ♪
The fuck going on, man?
- Okay.
- What the fuck?
This niggah gone sang or what, man?
I was just flexin'
thass my fuckin' song!
I fucked up
I'm too swole for The Pynk.
How come you let me back inside?
And you got sent to the hole.
close to getting what they
want in this life.
The heaviness of his body.
Slumped over on you
white painted red.
[A CAPPELLA] Put a hole
in a whole mu'fucka ♪
And I ain't feel shit ♪
I'm a beast, I'm a lion ♪
Better pray I don't empty that clip ♪
Niggahs be out here lyin' ♪
Talkin' 'bout they killers and shit ♪
Lil' Mississippi Murda ♪
Might still be blood on my shirt ♪
Same niggah I see off in the club ♪
Same niggah gone be in a hearse ♪
Might catch that pussy
niggah outside ♪
- Put his ass in the dirt ♪
- [CROWD OOHS]
I done seen so many niggahs die ♪
Some niggahs deserve it ♪
I keep that 45 on my left side ♪
Niggah makin' me nervous ♪
I got that seven pounds of pressure ♪
Seven pounds of mu'fuckin' pressure ♪
All it take is just a second ♪
Ever think about what it's gone take ♪
To kill a niggah? ♪
All you really need is
seven pounds of pressure ♪
All the dollars in the world
in yo' bank account ♪
Ain't never gone amount ♪
To that seven pounds of pressure ♪
You ever think about
what it's gone take ♪
To kill a niggah?
All you really need ♪
Is seven pounds of pressure ♪
All the dollars in the world
in yo' bank account ♪
Ain't never gone amount ♪
To that seven pounds of pressure ♪
Hot niggah with a cold soul ♪
Bitch the realest it get ♪
And I ain't runnin' from shit ♪
Remember, I couldn't pay rent,
so I run up in your shit ♪
It's that or stay with my bitch ♪
And I ain't gone stay with my bitch ♪
Rather hit me a lick ♪
Now a niggah gettin' rich ♪
They know Murda ain't playin' ♪
'Bout to fall out with my niggahs ♪
'Bout the slick shit
that they sayin' ♪
And it ain't no heaven
for no thug niggah ♪
Ain't no use in me prayin' ♪
But only God can judge me, niggah ♪
What da fuck is you sayin'? ♪
Yeah, I got seven pounds of pressure ♪
Seven pounds of pressure ♪
What it takes to kill a niggah ♪
Yeah, I got
that seven pounds of pressure ♪
Seven pounds of mu'fuckin' pressure ♪
All it takes is just a second ♪
Ever think about what it's gone take ♪
To kill a niggah?
All you really need ♪
Is seven pounds of pressure ♪
All the dollars in the world
in yo' bank account ♪
Ain't never gone amount ♪
To that seven pounds of pressure ♪
- Tell me ♪
- What would you do? ♪
If you came up from the mud ♪
They label you as a thug,
sellin' dope ♪
And shootin' slugs,
Washin' off a niggah blood ♪
Get killed or be a killer ♪
I'm cold-hearted and wicked ♪
Is this the life that I'm livin'? ♪
What would you do? ♪
Fallin' victim to a culture ♪
We sinnin' like we suppose to ♪
Them demons keep gettin' closer ♪
A product of yo' environment ♪
Thuggin' ain't no retirement ♪
Knowin' I'm livin' wrong ♪
I'd rather be dead and gone ♪
Now tell me, ever think about ♪
What it's gone take
to kill a niggah? ♪
All you really need is
seven pounds of pressure ♪
All the dollars in the world
in yo' bank account ♪
Ain't never gone amount ♪
Up to that seven pounds of pressure ♪
You ever think about
what it's gone take ♪
To kill a niggah?
All you really need ♪
Is seven pounds of pressure ♪
Hallelujah
Before you speak to your supporters,
I'm calling to extend
my heartiest congratulations.
Keep your head up, king.
Have you spoken to the Mayor Elect yet?
It's okay, Andre! We still love you!
Wayne Kyle, quit fuckin' wit' me.
Naw, seems like you done fucked me,
but I don't mind it.
As the head of the city council,
me and you gone be fuckin'
each other quite a bit,
Mayor Woodbine.
[LIL' MURDA] You ever think
about what it's gone take ♪
To kill a niggah?
All you really need ♪
Is seven pounds of pressure ♪
All the dollars in the world
in your bank account ♪
Ain't never gone amount ♪
To that seven pounds of pressure ♪
What it takes to kill a niggah? ♪
That's all it fuckin' take ♪
Get yo' ass on up out here ♪
If you don't wanna feel
that pressure ♪
A new day has come for Chucalissa,
with its first Black female mayor,
- Pastor Patrice Woodbine
- It's true.
I may have lost
but my time back in Chucalissa
has been something
of a new chapter for me.
While I might not be your mayor,
Chucalissa's regained a son.
That's right.
I'm opening up a new law practice here
and moving back home.
Oo-oo-oo-hoo, we kilt that shit!
Yeah, big bag!
Big bag!
- Yes!
- That way!
- Oh, my God.
- Yeah, yeah!
Seven pound
Ohh
Cliff, my niggah, I'm so sorry.
Aw, Uncle Clifford
She ain't drink the water, y'all.
She She ain't drink the water!
What the heyell that mean?
Ernestine.
She still here.
- Oh
- She's still here.
Ohh
Oh I thought I was gone lose my shit.
I was gone lose my shit!
They say fairy tales
are horror movies with happy endings.
Most women in our position
don't even get to the end.
But if you follow my directions,
a new life is waiting for you
on the other side.
From here on out,
you'll live a life of cash,
have no friends, only enemies.
You'll see him in crowds
and in your nightmares,
but that's fine. Keeps you vigilant.
Always look over your shoulder,
but never look back.
Tell no one where you're going,
and, most importantly,
never, ever tell anyone your real name.
As in the club, just like in life,
they gotta earn it.
Hi.
How was I last night?
Ooo, child.
I don't think I can handle bein'
jacked off and havin' my cakes
Niggah, I was talkin' 'bout
my performance.
Aw. Heyell,
that one?
Mmm
I think y'all coulda used a sound check.
You know, next time, keep that
mic right next to yo' mouth
so we can hear
every mu'fuckin' syllable.
And I don't know 'bout them pants.
You need somethin'
with a little more stretch
so yo' balls can be free.
Damn, shawty.
So a niggah gots to switch up everything
'fo they go on tour today, huh?
Today?
Yeah, today.
Oh.
So you really is gone go.
- When you comin' back?
- I don't know, Cliff.
But
it's gone be a Mississippi minute.
And we know Mississippi minutes
sometimes last a lifetime.
God sho'll was throwin' down
when He made that girl. Hmm.
And y'all looked so damn good together.
Lookin' at you last night
up there on that stage
made me realize
you is not built for this cage.
You make folks forget
they regrets and nightmares,
all while remindin' 'em of they dreams.
You gone make it, LaMarques.
I wish I could be there to see it.
Fuck is you talkin' 'bout?
The sun shine everywhere,
just not all at the same time.
You got yo' light,
and I got mines.
And I just don't wanna put you
in a place where yours get dim.
You do know what I'm sayin'.
Niggah, you ain't dumb.
That I ain't. I'm just sayin'
Yes.
You not dumb.
I guess you right.
I been thinkin'
like
what
what if people
knew me for real for real?
Especially since I'm at
the beginning of everything
Yeah.
You at the beginning,
and this at the end.
Look, we only exist in this here room,
that kitchen, behind these pink walls.
And the memories of this
is enough for me.
And I hope it is for you.
So you feel like it's for the best?
Ernestine coming home today, anyway.
I got my Granmuva back.
That's all a bitch need.
Bet.
Guess I'll just up
and get my shit, then.
What do you have to say
about the casino referendum that passed
along with your historic win?
Though I may now be the mayor
of Sodom and Gomorrah,
best believe I will do my best
to rid this town of vice.
- Bitch, you the vice.
- And what can
your congregation expect
from its pastor slash mayor?
Well, I don't plan
on puttin' my Bible down
no time soon.
God has a shepherd
who understands the importance
of having two pulpits.
Y'all can call me
Mayor Bishop from now on.
This bitch stay doin' the most.
The Tabernacle
will be adding another
service to Sunday
to serve my growing parishioners.
Hey, hey, stay.
- [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
- I'm F-R-E-E ♪
Fuck, niggah, free ♪
That mean I ain't gotta worry ♪
'Bout no fuck niggah cheatin' ♪
And I'm S-I-N-G-L-E again ♪
Outside hangin' out the window ♪
With my ratchet-ass friends ♪
Bitch really?
You just got it, huh?
What am I gone do
with this big ole picture
of me, girl? And this fuckin' check?
Well, seems like
the Mercedes Experience exhibit
was quite the hit.
Is that how you was able to get
me the money Cedric owed me?
That's not the money he owed you.
That's the money I owe you.
I thought it only fitting
that you get royalties
from me using your likeness
for the photographs.
Is that the way it is in art?
Not always, but
we women can make our own deals, right?
- Right.
- Sponsorships expire,
- but royalties last forever.
- Farrah.
Come on back.
I-I gotta go.
See ya later, Farrah.
You won't, but, uh,
I'll sure be seeing you.
Take care, Mercedes.
Come on, daddy, won't you eat it ♪
From the back like that? ♪
I'ma fill you up
until you finna tap out ♪
Eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it ♪
They was gone assassinate you anyway!
So this is my world-famous
black-eyed pea casserole,
and, honey I got more
where that came from.
Well, I might have to take you up
on that offer, Calpurnia.
- Mm-hmm.
- Thank you.
Yes.
Thank you.
Congratulations.
I believe the one
who has congratulations
in order is you.
Promised Land 'bout to be
rappin' on yo' door.
Well, they can tap on
my window, too, if they want.
Sorry 'bout last night.
- You wanted to get caught.
- No-no-no-no-no-no.
I leave the ratchet,
neck-rolling and cheatin'
babymama-Jerry Springer antics
to the other folks.
That just ain't for me.
What?
Nothin'.
Is it true?
You stayin'?
- She stayin'?
- She may stay or go.
Only time and forgiveness will tell.
As for me, don't think
I ever shoulda left,
but sometimes a man
gotta go on an odyssey.
- Hmm. A woman, too.
- You think Promised Land
gone give you what you want and need?
Yes.
And everything I deserve.
Hey, you never told me what you
wanted to tell me last night.
It's the words we don't say
that haunt us forever.
But me and you don't need words.
Never did.
See you 'round town,
Andre Watkins, Esquire.
Might be needing your help
on this contract I'm 'bout to get.
- Hello.
- Where's my offer, bitch?
Ms. LaKiesha Savage.
I thought I'd be getting
a call from you soon enough.
Sorry that your dark horse lost.
That was to be expected.
What wasn't expected
was that casino referendum
rollin' on through.
Despite electing a booty-poppin',
Bible-bumping zealot for a mayor,
they voted for some
well-deserved 24-7 sin.
Yeah, somebody sho'll blowed
on your dice last night.
I was askin' for ten M's
before the election,
but now I'm in the mood for 15.
Dahlin'
I don't need the Pynk no more.
The Pynk's the only thing you need.
It's the only waterfront property.
'Lest you forgot, casinos can only
be built on water 'round these parts.
Not unless you can get the city
bring the water to you.
To you?
That's not possible.
One thing you'll learn,
if you don't already know,
is water got a good memory, girl.
It always flows to where it once ran.
That also goes for power.
Mm, I bet you wish you
woulda took the five million
I was offerin' you that day
in the salon.
Now, you have a blessed day
bitch.
Yes!
Yeah!
Yeah!
Yes!
I got you motherfuckers!
Granmuva, watch yo' step.
Smell like bussy up in here.
Oh That's just the Rona
messin' with yo' nose.
Whoever said you lose yo' sense of smell
need they ass whupped.
You hungry? Oh, here, put yo' feet up.
Doctor said that yo' feet was swellin'
from all that Rona
Niggah, will you get away
from around me?!
I'm fine. 'Sides, I'm negative!
Well, the way
you still hackin' up yo' lungs,
they shoulda kept yo' ass.
Oh. Big L?
Duffy, Uganda?
What in the hell is y'all doin' here?
We got some work to do, man.
Work?
Big L, you fired, ain't it?
Well, Miss Ernestine hired me
to help her plan her homecoming party.
- Her homecoming party?
- Come on in, baby.
Wha you
Uh
You just got out the goddamn hospital!
You hell-bent on boxin'
with this Rona again?
Oh, niggah, I got
the anti-body-ody-odies
- Granmuva!
- Big L, you come
at the right time.
Now, see, I want a dance floor.
- I got about 45
- Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Forty-fuckin-five? Where in the hell
all these niggahs comin' from?
- The grave?
- Well, instead of makin'
goodbye calls, Clifford, I made me
some finna-fuck-life-up calls!
God ain't through with me yet!
So tonight I'm givin' the biggest
Player Ball a bitch never got.
Big L, I need that jukebox
took outta the office and put
on the main dance floor.
- Copy, boss.
- Unh-unh-unh!
We at least need to put it
on the outside.
That's a good idea, Clifford.
Let's put it on the outside!
I can get us
some more card tables, Big L.
Oh, Duffy, you here!
Uh, did you bring him?
Come on, Miss Ernestine,
you know I got you.
Ah! Guh-guh-guh-yuh-gah!
Six feet apart, now.
Africans don't get it.
Mm-hmm!
What in the hell is wrong
with you, Granmuva?
- Do you even know what he said?
- Don't matter.
Sound so good to me!
I'ma be out in a minute, y'all.
Have a good day.
You should be ashamed of yo'self.
Unh-uh! Don't be worryin'
'bout how I'm living my life!
You oughta be worried
about how you livin' yours!
And on that note, I'm finna
go change these panties.
Whoo. These stairs
Lord Granmuva ju
Granmuva just come on. Be careful, now.
You know she right.
If you think you comin'
for Ernestine again,
you got another thing comin'.
I ain't come for her.
I came for you.
You should be ashamed of yo'self
'bout what you said earlier to that boy.
How you just gone let love on up
and slip out the door like that?
You got some nerve, Mama.
What love do for you, huh?
It put you on yo' death bed,
with sores on that beautiful
brown skin of yours
and pneumonia in yo' lungs.
Love killed you, Mama.
Love ain't kill me.
A virus did.
I took a risk,
but sometimes there is a reward.
Godfrey 'nem finna carry me over
to the Pynk!
Oh. Whoo, Jesus.
Better come on if you comin'.
What this is?
I had to lay down them stacks
I said I owed you.
You gone need 'em, ain't it,
when you get out to Cali?
- Don't tell nobody I'm leavin'.
- Naw.
Shawty, yo' secret safe with me.
And yours with me.
You gone miss her?
What you thank?
Not more than me, but then again
you ain't got to.
Better gone ahead and pick
up them babies from yo' sister.
Yeah, I got dreams ♪
To buy expensive things ♪
And I know that he's out there ♪
So where's my millionaire? ♪
Ooh ooh ooh ♪
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪
Ooh ooh ooh ♪
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪
I sit alone in my room
thinkin' how I'ma get out ♪
I go to work at a job
I don't care nothin' about ♪
My rent is due later,
only got half to pay up ♪
I never can save up ♪
Think I've run out of favors ♪
Can't wait to be rich,
want a better life ♪
I want diamonds, cars, and trips ♪
All that money can buy ♪
Hey-ey-ey, I just wanna
live on the other side ♪
I just wanna live on the other side ♪
See, I got dreams ♪
Dreams ♪
To buy expensive things ♪
Things ♪
And I know he's somewhere near ♪
So where's my millionaire? ♪
Soccer mom gettin' wasted ♪
Hermès tennis bracelet ♪
Bora Bora for vacation ♪
I'll be anything but basic ♪
On the other side ♪
On the other side ♪
On the other side ♪
On the other side ♪
Ooh ooh ooh ♪
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪
What the hell you doin' here?
As the new mayor of Chucalissa,
I've been
makin' the rounds today and, uh,
meetin' all the small-business
owners in town.
That you all turned around
and upside down?
Hmm.
I thought this was supposed
to be a gym for girls.
Why this pole here?
To help old bitches like you
do better on they pole routines.
I saw that shit you had
the nerve to do down Main.
Coulda used a lesson
at The Mercedes Experience.
Well, sometimes we have to do
what we have to do to win.
Even over yo' own daughter.
Well, despite all that,
- look at where you at now.
- And look at you.
Guess we both learned
how to dream new dreams
Mayor Bishop.
Hooo, that title
gone keep me busy, child.
Runnin' a church and runnin' a city
You might gone have to
let one of 'em go.
No-no-no-no. I can rock two crowns.
Have you seen how many wigs I got?
God ain't gone give a bitch
more than she can handle.
I've learned to balance
my abundance just fine.
Mmhmm.
Matter fact,
Shelle called me the other night.
As me and you both know, the
Devil been busy on her soul.
She reached out to the
Tabernacle hotline in need of prayer.
What she do that for?
I think
she needed what only God can give
forgiveness.
She ain't perfect, by any means,
but she does want to change
for the better.
She goin' to rehab, she say, and, uh
asked me to take care
of Terricka when she gone.
- Is that right?
- Mmmhmm.
But lookin' after a 14-year-old girl,
well, that might be a
little hard for Mayor Bishop.
'Sides
I done already raised mine.
I'll go get the rest
of her things out the car.
If you ever ♪
Change yo' mind ♪
About leavin' ♪
Leavin' me behind ♪
- Baby ♪
- Whoa-oa ♪
Bring it to me ♪
Bring your sweet lovin' ♪
Bring it on home to me ♪
- Yeah ♪
- Yeah ♪
- Yeah-ah ♪
- Yeah ♪
- Yeah ♪
- Yeah-ah ♪
I know I laughed ♪
When you left ♪
But now I know ♪
What the fuck have you done?
- By what do you mean?
- The Corbin Kyle Canal?
They're building a canal from the river
to Corbin Kyle's front fuckin' door?!
Ooh, that sho'll is some
front page kind of news.
Uh
"City Councilman Wayne Kyle
approves build of canal
in honor of his brother"
- Aww, Corbin
- Don't play
fuckin' coy wit' me.
There's only one person
who's behind this,
and it ain't that
fuckin' Mississippi mutt
Oh, stop wit' all the name-callin',
Autumn-LaKiesha-Hailey-Savage
Night.
Somebody sho'll is on they period today.
Well, I think I got a lil' something
that'll take the cramps away.
How the fuck did you get this?
A check for 250,000?
I'm buyin' my club back from you.
This a check Corbin wrote to you.
And I'm signin' it over to you.
That's how much you paid for the club,
and you gettin' it right back.
And I think it's only fair
for what you done lost
This is nowhere near fair.
This don't make any sense!
Well, Mississippi rule is clear.
The casino must be on the
water it don't matter where.
I'm the majority owner Corbin
has to negotiate with me.
Mmm. But you gave a bitch
over 30% ownership,
and in the good ole Magnolia state,
that's enough to negotiate
access to land,
which Corbin agreed to quite willingly.
You made a backdoor deal with Corbin?
Are you that much of a fuckin' idiot?
Do you know how much money
you just gave away
to these white folks?! And for what?!
Crackers in Mississippi
gone stay havin' money,
but this niggah right here
gone stay havin' her club.
Me and you coulda split this shit
And then where would I be?
Where would I work?
Better yet, who would I be?
The Pynk ain't just a building, baby.
This my life, my memory, my dream.
So you gone
and you find yourself yo' own.
If it weren't for me and my money,
this place woulda been sold
for piss and a penny
And if it weren't for me and Mercedes,
you'd be dead!
So, yeah, you better had
saved this club!
I thought you savin' the Pynk was a sign
that we had a sister for life,
one who understood about family,
trust, and sacrifice.
But that sister soon revealed
herself to be a snake!
'Cause you turned yo' back on us.
You turned yo' back on me.
Willing to put me up
on the auction block,
'cause you ain't know that this place
was built on the backs
and split blood of framily!
You think these girls
wouldna done what I done?
No, they wouldn't.
I feel sorry for you.
Lil' lost girl with no family
to call her own.
We coulda been that for you.
I don't need no family.
No, you need it
desire it, deserve it.
And I hope you find it
outside these walls.
Two hundred and fifty K is not enough.
With all I did to keep this
place afloat durin' all of this,
I'm not walkin' away
with just this in my Birkin!
You need to include
some interest or somethin'.
Gettin' rid of bodies
feels like plenty interest to me.
Right, Diamond?
Compounded.
Now, there's the door.
Or do you want me
to throw you out the window?
Now she know Rule 88. Ha.
"Don't ever forget
"just 'cause a bitch good
at keepin' the peace
don't mean she ain't good
at wagin' war."
Mm-hmm.
Keyshawn!
- Chanisse.
- Alisha!
Keyshawn done finally got here.
Where Regal 'nem?
We gone miss her doctor's appointment.
Funny, Alisha, Derrick ain't mention
- no doctor's appointment.
- What?
Soon as I saw Regal,
I had to give him a call
to tell him
how pretty that girl done got.
Feel like I haven't seen
that child since
Ooh, she was one week old!
Now, that girl, she gone
have some pretty hair.
I told him she favor him
W-w-wai-wait you
you called Derrick?
Yeah.
And he said he ain't know
you had so many errands to run.
Came right over to pick them up
to help you out since you were so busy.
- He picked them up?
- Yep.
Wish we all could have help like that.
Ain't that right, Alisha?
We're sorry,
the number you have reached
is not in service.
Please check the number and dial again.
We're sorry,
the number you have reached
is not in service.
- Please check the number
- What's your business here?
I'm here to see a prisoner
Abraham Watkins.
Let him on through.
Oh, there you are.
Derrick
I know what you're thinkin', but I'm
Mrs. Harris.
What's
- what's goin' on?
- Hey, there.
I'm Michaela Windsor
with Child Protective Services.
- Mrs. Harris
- It's just Miss.
We're here to
investigate a mandated report
of possible child abuse
regarding your son Jaden.
I don't know what you're talkin' about.
Oh you don't?
Isn't this your name
on these discharge papers?
Yes, but I-I, um
was away, and I, uh,
took him for a checkup, and
doctor said nursemaid's
elbow was normal, and
Well, true, this might not
have triggered
an investigation on its own.
However, another report was filed.
Seems like a neighbor called
and said they heard sounds
comin' from the house, Keyshawn.
Started up the night
you decided to come back.
In light of these reports,
the state of Mississippi has
commenced an investigation.
Wait, wait an investigation?
Yes, an investigation.
You'll have to comply
with weekly check-ins in your home
- for the next six months.
- Six months?
Yes, ma'am, six months!
In addition, if you wish to continue
to retain joint custody
of these minor children,
Jayden and Regal,
you'll be subject to
psychological evaluations
drug testing, and other measures,
and once you reach the point
where we feel comfortable
and confident that you
can have these children,
then we will relent.
You can't do anything right.
How many girls have I seen
come through my office,
and you're all just lazy bums.
You can't take care of yourselves.
You can't take care of your children.
You can't even keep a job.
You can't pay your fucking rent.
You can't do anything for yourself!
You are just a fucking stripper.
Ah!
You motherfucker!
You did this! It was you!
Tell them what you did!
Tell the truth, son of a bitch!
I fucking hate you!
Please don't press my button ♪
I got time today
the Rollie was clocking ♪
Click, click, click, cock it ♪
I'm a ball audible options stiff arm ♪
Stay the fuck out my pockets ♪
I got the bread I got the cheese ♪
I'm living supreme
the diamonds is toppings ♪
We just slide no flip flopping ♪
My clique live no tick tocking ♪
My truck died from kick boxing ♪
I'm on fire you is watchin' ♪
Aye, aye, Terricka,
I want you to meet somebody.
Mane!
Mane, I want you to meet
my daughter, Terricka.
Hey.
Hey
Okay, you met him. You can gone go in.
Get yo' bag and gone and get changed
so we can get ready
for this party tonight.
That's yo' lil' girl?
Yeah, that's her.
Hmm.
Last night was crazy, wasn't it?
Sho'll was, for a minute.
Diamond 'nem got that shit
right back under control, tho,
just in time fuh my big dance.
You asked why I wun't up there
in my floss.
Well, did you like what you saw?
It was aight.
- It was more than aight.
- Yeah, well, I'd like it better
if you weren't onstage with that
Hurt Village Hustla niggah.
Now, I know all y'all
got y'all differences.
The red and the green and
the blue and the gold.
But last night, we was all pynk.
Couldn't tell the difference
between any of y'all
- beneath that light.
- Naw.
There's a difference, Mercedes.
And it seem like you done picked a side,
'cause that stage was red.
- It was just a dance, Mane.
- Yeah, a dance with death.
Yeah, pretty soon, you gone be rockin'
them Christmas colors, ain't it?
If anything, I got
an allegiance with the Pynk.
Yeah, well, you just tell
that faggot-ass niggah
to watch his back.
You better watch how you talk
about Uncle Clifford!
That ain't the faggot I'm talkin' about.
The pendulum says, "Yes."
Anybody can get it.
Ooh. Ah! Unh-uh,
y'all ain't gone blame me
for not a na'an another super spreader!
Outside, bitches! Outside!
Duffy, get yo' ass up
and quit being pussy-whipped!
[LOIS] This ain't the Bus
Stop or the Electric Slide ♪
It's something that's
better, the Chinese Checkers ♪
You been lookin' for
the jam, then look no more ♪
Calling all the party people
to the dance floor ♪
Chinese checkers ♪
Two steps and roll ♪
Chinese checkers ♪
Two steps and slide,
Chinese checkers ♪
Granmuva, we doing the dance, now!
Take a load off them boats, bitch,
- and take a drink.
- Ehh, w-wait, a bitch
may have to be dehydrated,
'cause I ain't drankin' nothin'
from nobody tonight Might be a haint
tryin' to take my ass to heaven.
Oh, look at Ernestine
and her lil' Mandingo man.
God, they make me wanna vomit.
Uh, bitch, don't be J!
Now, that's a woman that know
about second chances.
Chile, 55th and 566th ones, too.
Ooh-hoo!
- Okay!
- Who done put the quarter
in the jukebox and pressed my song?
Yo' son.
Bitch, what?
Pretty brown eyes ♪
You know I see you ♪
It's a disguise,
the way you treat me ♪
What you got that beautiful
face all frowned up for?
Been seein' some ghosts today,
so I thought you was one of 'em.
Shawty, I ain't dead.
You supposed to be gone.
Well, I'm here now.
'Sides, I couldn't leave
without saying goodbye
to this shawty right here.
Miss Ernestine!
Is that Lil' Murda?!
Everybody!
This is the biggest sanger in the game!
I told you Ernestine's Juke Joint
is good at makin' men
into memories, child!
Oh, Lord, Lord, Lord.
Oh!
Hey, Uncle Clifford!
Oh! Now, how you gone bring
this baby to the club?
As many times as Keyshawn
ass done waddled up here
with her babies.
'Sides, it ain't a club.
It's a juke joint right now.
We brought some pig feet!
Oh, well, thank you!
Oh, this girl done just got
to lookin' beautiful!
I love yo' nails!
And I love yo' face.
Now, gone ahead and stuff it.
Put that there jar along 'side
all them other goodies at the bar, okay?
Just don't drink no beer, now.
But you look like you
just drank Kool-Aid.
Don't drink that Kool-Aid
and let her fool you.
That girl think she grown.
If I don't watch her, she gone
be sellin' weed after a while.
Mmm.
I see your eyes ♪
And you can't hide ♪
That's you, ain't it?
Girl
come on in this kitchen and
help me with this potato salad.
Kamara, we gone have
to get you a American wife.
- Which one you want?
- Ha, banange.
- I couldn't handle.
- Diamond over here handlin'.
Mane, shut up, Big L.
All sensitive and shit. Look at him.
Y'all better get a hold of this.
- Ah, excuse me, baby.
- Where Roulette at?
Duffy, you sprung, ain't it?
All y'all pussy-whipped.
You are receiving
a call from an inmate at
Chucalissa Jail Facility.
- Hello?
- Diamond.
Keyshawn?
Yeah
Um
thought my hair
was long enough, but it wasn't.
The beast swallowed the key.
Did he really?
Yeah.
But once upon a time
in a land far away
the princess met a knight
who said he could take care of it.
Well
Copy that.
can you take care of it?
Now, I'ma call
this potato salad Autumn Night,
all this mustard yo' ass puttin' in it.
Ooh! You wrong for that!
Or am I right?
I'm just happy that bitch done slithered
up out my garden. Tuh!
You know I bought my club back.
- How the hell you do that?
- A bitch got her ways. Hah.
I know I said make this club
yo' steppin' stone,
but that bitch took that shit
too much to heart.
Mmm.
It's a good lesson for both of us.
Mm-hmm.
Some folks only in yo' life
for a season.
What yousaid.
Keyshawn done moved on, too.
Yeah. I saw her note.
I hope she get everything
she dreamed of.
But I still got my bottom bitch.
Girl, you know you toe that pole up
We got a bitch back up on the pole.
We got the club up to code,
and with that casino
comin' up the street,
my headliner gone be bussin' it
in front of millions.
I got plans, child.
"Pussyland: The Amusement Park."
Ooh, we gone make it up out
this pandemic
- come hell or high wa
- Uncle Clifford, last night
was my last dance.
What you mean yo' last dance?
Shoulda been the way I retired before.
"Don't tell nobody what you gone do.
Just let them bitches watch."
That's what my mama taught me.
Sadly, I ain't learn that lesson
'til she did that shit to me.
But it's time, Uncle Clifford.
- Wait, wait, wait.
- It's time.
So all y'all is leavin' me?
You, Gidget, Keyshawn
Hell, even September Eve's ass?
Let's not call it leavin'.
Let's call it graduatin'.
Or in yo' words,
"dreamin' new dreams."
Who gone take yo' place?
Nobody.
But I think that's the whole
point of it, ain't it?
Hmm.
Shame Uncle Clifford kicked Toy
on up out the club.
- She gone be aight.
- That's what I heard, now.
She bein' "took care of."
I don't know what you talkin' 'bout.
You think I don't know
what you bitches been doin'?
How else you rockin' VVS's
in yo' chain Ju-City?
'Cause I'm the best mu'fuckin' dancer
up in this bitch!
- These hoes better recognize.
- So why you ain't
satisfied with that?
I know why.
'Cause flying 'round that pole
just the illusion of some pussy.
And there comes a moment in the night
where these niggahs want that real shit.
Why you tellin' me all this shit?
'Cause you ain't got nobody like me
in yo' stable.
And best believe, it's a lot of niggahs
want what I got.
How I know you ain't gone tell
yo' ace boon coon Uncle Clifford?
Uhh
It's a lot of things
I ain't told Uncle Clifford.
no pandemic shit.
Aye, Cliff.
There you go.
I'll go put everything out.
I don't know what kinda game
you think you playin',
but I just need you to gone
ahead and get back on that bus.
I decided. I ain't goin' on tour.
- Are you fuckin' insane?
- I ain't goin'.
You said it yo'self, I'm a star.
And if that's the case, I'ma
need my own tour, my own bus.
I don't gotta ride
the coattails of nobody,
even if they is snow white chinchilla.
Ugh. They have eyes,
but they have no sense.
Tina Snow is yo' ticket
out of Chucalissa.
Do you know how many niggahs
wanna go on tour
and open for a act like that?
Well, let them do that shit,
then, 'cause I ain't the one.
Now, what-what Woddy say?
"Every wave ain't meant to be rode."
You scared.
Scared?
I ain't no punk, now.
Oh, that you are.
But what I'm sayin' is,
you scared of the sun.
Fact, you scared you is the sun.
- You scared you gone make it.
- That's not what it is, Cliff.
Well, yo' ass can't sit up there and say
it's 'cause you wanna cook breakfast
for yo' niggah and her Granmuva everyday
or that you wanna be playin'
these crowds up in Chucalissa
the rest of yo' life.
Boy, what done got into yo' head?
Look, my decision's my decision.
That ain't no decision.
That's impulse
which is the sister of stupidity.
You the fuckin' one that's scared!
Say you pushin' me away for me,
when you really pushin' me away for you!
You pushin' me away 'cause you
don't know you worthy of shit.
Worthy of bein' took care of
and all the protection
and plates of yams
and chicken and dressin'
All this fuckin' love, Cliff!
I sell fantasy for work
so in real life, I need real life.
Outside that Paradise Room,
outside my room,
outside my fuckin' closet.
LaMarques, I just turned 40,
and you is half my age.
What the heyell
do you know about some love
"May the sun
find you in the darkest of shadows."
He got that tatted on his chest.
Some words I wrote to a niggah.
My niggah.
It all started
when I peeped him from two cells over.
I convinced the CO to link me with him.
I paid her to
push him
into the supply closet, and
there I was waitin' for him.
Kidnappin'?
How romantic.
First time, it was what it was.
And the second
third
fourth, fifth time, that's
that's how I learned
to carve out a little
piece of heaven for myself
amidst all that hell.
But I couldn't love him in the light.
I wonder
i-is that why
Maybe why he took his life that night?
You know, that night I, uh
- the night I-I came
- Is that what happened?
Yeah.
I been in some closets before.
You know, where that get me?
I'm sorry about what happened to yo'
friend.
'Cause guilt is a chain not even
the strongest one of us can rock.
Even I know a lil' somethin' 'bout that.
But the one thing I don't want
is to be the one to be the blame
for holdin' you back.
I don't want you to make love
every night to regret,
LaMarques.
That's not your choice. That's mine.
- Yo, Uncle Clifford!
- Big L,
- what the hell?
- I gotta show you
- something, man.
- What?
Come on, now.
Come on, God damn it. Shit.
What is you talkin' 'bout?
What-what done happened?
What's goin' on?
very important moment.
I don't have time for this!
You don't even wanna see this shit, man.
Ooh
Negative 24 stacks? Oh, that can't be,
with all the scrilla we done
brought in the club last night?
That's what I know.
I tried peckin' at that keyboard, too.
That ain't gone make
the account fill back up.
It wasn't like this this mornin'.
Forty-two K to Chenay Fabrics.
Who Che
That mustard banana bile yellow bitch!
Look like Redbone
done snuffed the account.
Told you let me split her wig.
Oooh! Ooo-hoo-hoh!
Twenty-four muthafuckin' Savage!
Oh! Hoo!
Seem like all those drugs
you fired me for
gone come in handy after all.
Niggah, just hand me the whole damn bag.
[ERYKAH] Ah ♪
Oh ♪
Yeah ♪
Ooh hey ♪
I'm trying to decide ♪
Which way to go ♪
Think I made a wrong turn
back there somewhere ♪
Didn't cha know? Didn't cha know? ♪
Tryin' to move, but I lost my way ♪
Didn't cha know? Didn't cha know? ♪
Love is life, and life is free ♪
Take a ride of life with me ♪
Free your mind and find your way ♪
There will be a brighter day ♪
Mm-hmm ♪
I ♪
Have never been ♪
So much ♪
In love ♪
Lovin' you ♪
Gave me somethin' new ♪
That I never felt ♪
Never dreamed of ♪
Something's changed ♪
No, it's not the feelin' ♪
I had before ♪
Oh oh oh ♪
It's much, much more ♪
Love ♪
I never knew ♪
That a touch ♪
Mm ♪
Could mean ♪
So much ♪
You ain't fuckin' dreamin'.
Mm-hmm ♪
Ooh hoo ♪
Lovers come ♪
And then lovers go ♪
That's what folks say ♪
Don't they know, oh ♪
They're not there ♪
When you love me, hold me ♪
And say you care ♪
And what we have
is much more than they ♪
Could see ♪
Yeah, yeah ♪
We have so much more now ♪
What we have is much more ♪
Than they could see ♪
Yeah, yeah, so much more ♪
What we have is much more ♪
Than they could see ♪
We have so much more ♪
What y'all fools lookin' at?
Is much more than they could see ♪
He the one killed our lieutenant, boss.
No.
That'd be too easy, niggah.
I know y'all heard,
but this what's goin' on in the Valley.
My right shoulder was so fucked up,
I ain't think I'd get back on a pole.
Sometimes you just gone have to learn
how to dream new dreams.
Will Andre Watkins become
the mayor of Chucalissa?
I'm the son of a fuckin' murderer!
Yeah, put that on a fucking T-shirt!
Lookin' like this pastor
and her casi-NAW platform
is takin' flight.
Five million is my final offer.
The enemy of my enemy
is a bitch I can link up with.
If you can't get to the water,
sometimes you gotta bring
the water to you.
Granmuva Ernestine!
No! Granmuva!
I don't wanna die alone.
Why didn't you keep me?
Wasn't no court was gone give
a stripper back her baby.
Hey, Murda, where the fuck you been?
These promoters been blowin' my shit up
since that Tina Snow track dropped.
I am grown enough to know
that this wasn't forever.
After tonight, you'll
have everything you need
to get those babies outta here.
Kids stayin' the night at my sister's.
I'll pick 'em up first thing.
It's the Grand Re-Opening!
God damn! Why you
ain't up there in yo' floss?
Aye, aye, niggah, watch where
the fuck you steppin'!
Them niggahs wanna
declare war, we gone give 'em war!
I heard he went
cray-cray cuz of the war.
I know enough 'bout you.
Why do you have Montavius' ring?
- You fired, Big L.
- After all I done done
for you? Really?!
You ready for some twins?
So this is your campaign manager?
Seven pounds of pressure ♪
Seven pounds of mu'fuckin' pressure ♪
All it take is just a second ♪
[LIL' MURDA] Ever think about ♪
What it's gone take to kill a niggah ♪
All you really need
is seven pounds of pressure ♪
They don't wanna
talk about it fuckin' pressure.
Fuckin' pressure
All the dollars in the
world in yo' bank account ♪
Ain't never gone amount to
that seven pounds of pressure ♪
This is how you get back at me, huh?!
You go and find
some lite-brite to fuck?!
Hey, who the fuck
you calling "lite-brite"?
Shut up before I rip
yo' fuckin' lace front!
Hey, Brit!
Well, I guess I deserve it, huh?
Yeah. You fuckin' do.
Hailey, could you, uh
A crowd's gathering outside.
- Results must be in.
- Yeah.
I'll be there in a minute.
Andre Watkins, he got next!
Andre Watkins, he got next!
Andre Watkins, he got next!
So that's Hailey, huh?
Where did all this go wrong, Andre?
Maybe the moment we got married.
Maybe the moment we met.
I don't even know anymore.
You could have told me.
You could have told me
about your father, you
And if I did
would you have married me?
I knew when we met, I had a chance.
Not at love, but at legacy.
So, yeah, I lied.
Remember the night we got married?
I told you I'd kill for you.
And I did.
I erased
my own father
'cause I knew you couldn't
take the truth of him
and, quite frankly, the truth of me.
So I guess we've both been
lying to each other, huh?
Yeah, you still went
back to Dante anyway,
who you shoulda married, and still can.
Niggah, is you trying to divorce me?
I'm in love with another woman, Brit.
And you're obviously
in love with another man.
I am in love with another man.
You.
Question is, the one I showed you
or the one I really am?
I
Mm-kay, Barack!
And Michelle.
Y'all ready to come put on these crowns?
- Corbin
- Don't mind me.
White liquor makes me a little cunty.
You have been in the lead all night!
And they about to call it, my friend.
Whoo-whoo!
You talk so much
about wearing masks, well
now's the time.
It's your boy DJ Neva Scared!
We ain't never scared, hoe!
Aye, y'all done finished wildin'?
Leave yo guns and all that ana
at the do'!
'Cause it's showtime in this biah-biah!
We 'bout to get that new-new,
bitches!!!
Y'all ready?
- Yeah!
- Naw, naw.
I said, are y'all ready?!
'Cause can't nothin' shut the Pynk down,
'cause we just gettin' started.
I wanna welcome back to the stage
Lil' Murda
Seven pounds of pressure ♪
Seven pounds of mu'fuckin' pressure ♪
All it take is just a second ♪
Ever think about ♪
What it's gone take to kill a niggah ♪
All you really need
is seven pounds of pressure ♪
All the dollars in the world
in yo' bank account ain't ♪
Kill that shit, niggah.
I said kill that shit, lil' niggah!
Let's talk ♪
'bout mu'fuckin' pressure then ♪
The fuck going on, man?
- Okay.
- What the fuck?
This niggah gone sang or what, man?
I was just flexin'
thass my fuckin' song!
I fucked up
I'm too swole for The Pynk.
How come you let me back inside?
And you got sent to the hole.
close to getting what they
want in this life.
The heaviness of his body.
Slumped over on you
white painted red.
[A CAPPELLA] Put a hole
in a whole mu'fucka ♪
And I ain't feel shit ♪
I'm a beast, I'm a lion ♪
Better pray I don't empty that clip ♪
Niggahs be out here lyin' ♪
Talkin' 'bout they killers and shit ♪
Lil' Mississippi Murda ♪
Might still be blood on my shirt ♪
Same niggah I see off in the club ♪
Same niggah gone be in a hearse ♪
Might catch that pussy
niggah outside ♪
- Put his ass in the dirt ♪
- [CROWD OOHS]
I done seen so many niggahs die ♪
Some niggahs deserve it ♪
I keep that 45 on my left side ♪
Niggah makin' me nervous ♪
I got that seven pounds of pressure ♪
Seven pounds of mu'fuckin' pressure ♪
All it take is just a second ♪
Ever think about what it's gone take ♪
To kill a niggah? ♪
All you really need is
seven pounds of pressure ♪
All the dollars in the world
in yo' bank account ♪
Ain't never gone amount ♪
To that seven pounds of pressure ♪
You ever think about
what it's gone take ♪
To kill a niggah?
All you really need ♪
Is seven pounds of pressure ♪
All the dollars in the world
in yo' bank account ♪
Ain't never gone amount ♪
To that seven pounds of pressure ♪
Hot niggah with a cold soul ♪
Bitch the realest it get ♪
And I ain't runnin' from shit ♪
Remember, I couldn't pay rent,
so I run up in your shit ♪
It's that or stay with my bitch ♪
And I ain't gone stay with my bitch ♪
Rather hit me a lick ♪
Now a niggah gettin' rich ♪
They know Murda ain't playin' ♪
'Bout to fall out with my niggahs ♪
'Bout the slick shit
that they sayin' ♪
And it ain't no heaven
for no thug niggah ♪
Ain't no use in me prayin' ♪
But only God can judge me, niggah ♪
What da fuck is you sayin'? ♪
Yeah, I got seven pounds of pressure ♪
Seven pounds of pressure ♪
What it takes to kill a niggah ♪
Yeah, I got
that seven pounds of pressure ♪
Seven pounds of mu'fuckin' pressure ♪
All it takes is just a second ♪
Ever think about what it's gone take ♪
To kill a niggah?
All you really need ♪
Is seven pounds of pressure ♪
All the dollars in the world
in yo' bank account ♪
Ain't never gone amount ♪
To that seven pounds of pressure ♪
- Tell me ♪
- What would you do? ♪
If you came up from the mud ♪
They label you as a thug,
sellin' dope ♪
And shootin' slugs,
Washin' off a niggah blood ♪
Get killed or be a killer ♪
I'm cold-hearted and wicked ♪
Is this the life that I'm livin'? ♪
What would you do? ♪
Fallin' victim to a culture ♪
We sinnin' like we suppose to ♪
Them demons keep gettin' closer ♪
A product of yo' environment ♪
Thuggin' ain't no retirement ♪
Knowin' I'm livin' wrong ♪
I'd rather be dead and gone ♪
Now tell me, ever think about ♪
What it's gone take
to kill a niggah? ♪
All you really need is
seven pounds of pressure ♪
All the dollars in the world
in yo' bank account ♪
Ain't never gone amount ♪
Up to that seven pounds of pressure ♪
You ever think about
what it's gone take ♪
To kill a niggah?
All you really need ♪
Is seven pounds of pressure ♪
Hallelujah
Before you speak to your supporters,
I'm calling to extend
my heartiest congratulations.
Keep your head up, king.
Have you spoken to the Mayor Elect yet?
It's okay, Andre! We still love you!
Wayne Kyle, quit fuckin' wit' me.
Naw, seems like you done fucked me,
but I don't mind it.
As the head of the city council,
me and you gone be fuckin'
each other quite a bit,
Mayor Woodbine.
[LIL' MURDA] You ever think
about what it's gone take ♪
To kill a niggah?
All you really need ♪
Is seven pounds of pressure ♪
All the dollars in the world
in your bank account ♪
Ain't never gone amount ♪
To that seven pounds of pressure ♪
What it takes to kill a niggah? ♪
That's all it fuckin' take ♪
Get yo' ass on up out here ♪
If you don't wanna feel
that pressure ♪
A new day has come for Chucalissa,
with its first Black female mayor,
- Pastor Patrice Woodbine
- It's true.
I may have lost
but my time back in Chucalissa
has been something
of a new chapter for me.
While I might not be your mayor,
Chucalissa's regained a son.
That's right.
I'm opening up a new law practice here
and moving back home.
Oo-oo-oo-hoo, we kilt that shit!
Yeah, big bag!
Big bag!
- Yes!
- That way!
- Oh, my God.
- Yeah, yeah!
Seven pound
Ohh
Cliff, my niggah, I'm so sorry.
Aw, Uncle Clifford
She ain't drink the water, y'all.
She She ain't drink the water!
What the heyell that mean?
Ernestine.
She still here.
- Oh
- She's still here.
Ohh
Oh I thought I was gone lose my shit.
I was gone lose my shit!
They say fairy tales
are horror movies with happy endings.
Most women in our position
don't even get to the end.
But if you follow my directions,
a new life is waiting for you
on the other side.
From here on out,
you'll live a life of cash,
have no friends, only enemies.
You'll see him in crowds
and in your nightmares,
but that's fine. Keeps you vigilant.
Always look over your shoulder,
but never look back.
Tell no one where you're going,
and, most importantly,
never, ever tell anyone your real name.
As in the club, just like in life,
they gotta earn it.
Hi.
How was I last night?
Ooo, child.
I don't think I can handle bein'
jacked off and havin' my cakes
Niggah, I was talkin' 'bout
my performance.
Aw. Heyell,
that one?
Mmm
I think y'all coulda used a sound check.
You know, next time, keep that
mic right next to yo' mouth
so we can hear
every mu'fuckin' syllable.
And I don't know 'bout them pants.
You need somethin'
with a little more stretch
so yo' balls can be free.
Damn, shawty.
So a niggah gots to switch up everything
'fo they go on tour today, huh?
Today?
Yeah, today.
Oh.
So you really is gone go.
- When you comin' back?
- I don't know, Cliff.
But
it's gone be a Mississippi minute.
And we know Mississippi minutes
sometimes last a lifetime.
God sho'll was throwin' down
when He made that girl. Hmm.
And y'all looked so damn good together.
Lookin' at you last night
up there on that stage
made me realize
you is not built for this cage.
You make folks forget
they regrets and nightmares,
all while remindin' 'em of they dreams.
You gone make it, LaMarques.
I wish I could be there to see it.
Fuck is you talkin' 'bout?
The sun shine everywhere,
just not all at the same time.
You got yo' light,
and I got mines.
And I just don't wanna put you
in a place where yours get dim.
You do know what I'm sayin'.
Niggah, you ain't dumb.
That I ain't. I'm just sayin'
Yes.
You not dumb.
I guess you right.
I been thinkin'
like
what
what if people
knew me for real for real?
Especially since I'm at
the beginning of everything
Yeah.
You at the beginning,
and this at the end.
Look, we only exist in this here room,
that kitchen, behind these pink walls.
And the memories of this
is enough for me.
And I hope it is for you.
So you feel like it's for the best?
Ernestine coming home today, anyway.
I got my Granmuva back.
That's all a bitch need.
Bet.
Guess I'll just up
and get my shit, then.
What do you have to say
about the casino referendum that passed
along with your historic win?
Though I may now be the mayor
of Sodom and Gomorrah,
best believe I will do my best
to rid this town of vice.
- Bitch, you the vice.
- And what can
your congregation expect
from its pastor slash mayor?
Well, I don't plan
on puttin' my Bible down
no time soon.
God has a shepherd
who understands the importance
of having two pulpits.
Y'all can call me
Mayor Bishop from now on.
This bitch stay doin' the most.
The Tabernacle
will be adding another
service to Sunday
to serve my growing parishioners.
Hey, hey, stay.
- [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
- I'm F-R-E-E ♪
Fuck, niggah, free ♪
That mean I ain't gotta worry ♪
'Bout no fuck niggah cheatin' ♪
And I'm S-I-N-G-L-E again ♪
Outside hangin' out the window ♪
With my ratchet-ass friends ♪
Bitch really?
You just got it, huh?
What am I gone do
with this big ole picture
of me, girl? And this fuckin' check?
Well, seems like
the Mercedes Experience exhibit
was quite the hit.
Is that how you was able to get
me the money Cedric owed me?
That's not the money he owed you.
That's the money I owe you.
I thought it only fitting
that you get royalties
from me using your likeness
for the photographs.
Is that the way it is in art?
Not always, but
we women can make our own deals, right?
- Right.
- Sponsorships expire,
- but royalties last forever.
- Farrah.
Come on back.
I-I gotta go.
See ya later, Farrah.
You won't, but, uh,
I'll sure be seeing you.
Take care, Mercedes.
Come on, daddy, won't you eat it ♪
From the back like that? ♪
I'ma fill you up
until you finna tap out ♪
Eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it ♪
They was gone assassinate you anyway!
So this is my world-famous
black-eyed pea casserole,
and, honey I got more
where that came from.
Well, I might have to take you up
on that offer, Calpurnia.
- Mm-hmm.
- Thank you.
Yes.
Thank you.
Congratulations.
I believe the one
who has congratulations
in order is you.
Promised Land 'bout to be
rappin' on yo' door.
Well, they can tap on
my window, too, if they want.
Sorry 'bout last night.
- You wanted to get caught.
- No-no-no-no-no-no.
I leave the ratchet,
neck-rolling and cheatin'
babymama-Jerry Springer antics
to the other folks.
That just ain't for me.
What?
Nothin'.
Is it true?
You stayin'?
- She stayin'?
- She may stay or go.
Only time and forgiveness will tell.
As for me, don't think
I ever shoulda left,
but sometimes a man
gotta go on an odyssey.
- Hmm. A woman, too.
- You think Promised Land
gone give you what you want and need?
Yes.
And everything I deserve.
Hey, you never told me what you
wanted to tell me last night.
It's the words we don't say
that haunt us forever.
But me and you don't need words.
Never did.
See you 'round town,
Andre Watkins, Esquire.
Might be needing your help
on this contract I'm 'bout to get.
- Hello.
- Where's my offer, bitch?
Ms. LaKiesha Savage.
I thought I'd be getting
a call from you soon enough.
Sorry that your dark horse lost.
That was to be expected.
What wasn't expected
was that casino referendum
rollin' on through.
Despite electing a booty-poppin',
Bible-bumping zealot for a mayor,
they voted for some
well-deserved 24-7 sin.
Yeah, somebody sho'll blowed
on your dice last night.
I was askin' for ten M's
before the election,
but now I'm in the mood for 15.
Dahlin'
I don't need the Pynk no more.
The Pynk's the only thing you need.
It's the only waterfront property.
'Lest you forgot, casinos can only
be built on water 'round these parts.
Not unless you can get the city
bring the water to you.
To you?
That's not possible.
One thing you'll learn,
if you don't already know,
is water got a good memory, girl.
It always flows to where it once ran.
That also goes for power.
Mm, I bet you wish you
woulda took the five million
I was offerin' you that day
in the salon.
Now, you have a blessed day
bitch.
Yes!
Yeah!
Yeah!
Yes!
I got you motherfuckers!
Granmuva, watch yo' step.
Smell like bussy up in here.
Oh That's just the Rona
messin' with yo' nose.
Whoever said you lose yo' sense of smell
need they ass whupped.
You hungry? Oh, here, put yo' feet up.
Doctor said that yo' feet was swellin'
from all that Rona
Niggah, will you get away
from around me?!
I'm fine. 'Sides, I'm negative!
Well, the way
you still hackin' up yo' lungs,
they shoulda kept yo' ass.
Oh. Big L?
Duffy, Uganda?
What in the hell is y'all doin' here?
We got some work to do, man.
Work?
Big L, you fired, ain't it?
Well, Miss Ernestine hired me
to help her plan her homecoming party.
- Her homecoming party?
- Come on in, baby.
Wha you
Uh
You just got out the goddamn hospital!
You hell-bent on boxin'
with this Rona again?
Oh, niggah, I got
the anti-body-ody-odies
- Granmuva!
- Big L, you come
at the right time.
Now, see, I want a dance floor.
- I got about 45
- Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Forty-fuckin-five? Where in the hell
all these niggahs comin' from?
- The grave?
- Well, instead of makin'
goodbye calls, Clifford, I made me
some finna-fuck-life-up calls!
God ain't through with me yet!
So tonight I'm givin' the biggest
Player Ball a bitch never got.
Big L, I need that jukebox
took outta the office and put
on the main dance floor.
- Copy, boss.
- Unh-unh-unh!
We at least need to put it
on the outside.
That's a good idea, Clifford.
Let's put it on the outside!
I can get us
some more card tables, Big L.
Oh, Duffy, you here!
Uh, did you bring him?
Come on, Miss Ernestine,
you know I got you.
Ah! Guh-guh-guh-yuh-gah!
Six feet apart, now.
Africans don't get it.
Mm-hmm!
What in the hell is wrong
with you, Granmuva?
- Do you even know what he said?
- Don't matter.
Sound so good to me!
I'ma be out in a minute, y'all.
Have a good day.
You should be ashamed of yo'self.
Unh-uh! Don't be worryin'
'bout how I'm living my life!
You oughta be worried
about how you livin' yours!
And on that note, I'm finna
go change these panties.
Whoo. These stairs
Lord Granmuva ju
Granmuva just come on. Be careful, now.
You know she right.
If you think you comin'
for Ernestine again,
you got another thing comin'.
I ain't come for her.
I came for you.
You should be ashamed of yo'self
'bout what you said earlier to that boy.
How you just gone let love on up
and slip out the door like that?
You got some nerve, Mama.
What love do for you, huh?
It put you on yo' death bed,
with sores on that beautiful
brown skin of yours
and pneumonia in yo' lungs.
Love killed you, Mama.
Love ain't kill me.
A virus did.
I took a risk,
but sometimes there is a reward.
Godfrey 'nem finna carry me over
to the Pynk!
Oh. Whoo, Jesus.
Better come on if you comin'.
What this is?
I had to lay down them stacks
I said I owed you.
You gone need 'em, ain't it,
when you get out to Cali?
- Don't tell nobody I'm leavin'.
- Naw.
Shawty, yo' secret safe with me.
And yours with me.
You gone miss her?
What you thank?
Not more than me, but then again
you ain't got to.
Better gone ahead and pick
up them babies from yo' sister.
Yeah, I got dreams ♪
To buy expensive things ♪
And I know that he's out there ♪
So where's my millionaire? ♪
Ooh ooh ooh ♪
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪
Ooh ooh ooh ♪
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪
I sit alone in my room
thinkin' how I'ma get out ♪
I go to work at a job
I don't care nothin' about ♪
My rent is due later,
only got half to pay up ♪
I never can save up ♪
Think I've run out of favors ♪
Can't wait to be rich,
want a better life ♪
I want diamonds, cars, and trips ♪
All that money can buy ♪
Hey-ey-ey, I just wanna
live on the other side ♪
I just wanna live on the other side ♪
See, I got dreams ♪
Dreams ♪
To buy expensive things ♪
Things ♪
And I know he's somewhere near ♪
So where's my millionaire? ♪
Soccer mom gettin' wasted ♪
Hermès tennis bracelet ♪
Bora Bora for vacation ♪
I'll be anything but basic ♪
On the other side ♪
On the other side ♪
On the other side ♪
On the other side ♪
Ooh ooh ooh ♪
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪
What the hell you doin' here?
As the new mayor of Chucalissa,
I've been
makin' the rounds today and, uh,
meetin' all the small-business
owners in town.
That you all turned around
and upside down?
Hmm.
I thought this was supposed
to be a gym for girls.
Why this pole here?
To help old bitches like you
do better on they pole routines.
I saw that shit you had
the nerve to do down Main.
Coulda used a lesson
at The Mercedes Experience.
Well, sometimes we have to do
what we have to do to win.
Even over yo' own daughter.
Well, despite all that,
- look at where you at now.
- And look at you.
Guess we both learned
how to dream new dreams
Mayor Bishop.
Hooo, that title
gone keep me busy, child.
Runnin' a church and runnin' a city
You might gone have to
let one of 'em go.
No-no-no-no. I can rock two crowns.
Have you seen how many wigs I got?
God ain't gone give a bitch
more than she can handle.
I've learned to balance
my abundance just fine.
Mmhmm.
Matter fact,
Shelle called me the other night.
As me and you both know, the
Devil been busy on her soul.
She reached out to the
Tabernacle hotline in need of prayer.
What she do that for?
I think
she needed what only God can give
forgiveness.
She ain't perfect, by any means,
but she does want to change
for the better.
She goin' to rehab, she say, and, uh
asked me to take care
of Terricka when she gone.
- Is that right?
- Mmmhmm.
But lookin' after a 14-year-old girl,
well, that might be a
little hard for Mayor Bishop.
'Sides
I done already raised mine.
I'll go get the rest
of her things out the car.
If you ever ♪
Change yo' mind ♪
About leavin' ♪
Leavin' me behind ♪
- Baby ♪
- Whoa-oa ♪
Bring it to me ♪
Bring your sweet lovin' ♪
Bring it on home to me ♪
- Yeah ♪
- Yeah ♪
- Yeah-ah ♪
- Yeah ♪
- Yeah ♪
- Yeah-ah ♪
I know I laughed ♪
When you left ♪
But now I know ♪
What the fuck have you done?
- By what do you mean?
- The Corbin Kyle Canal?
They're building a canal from the river
to Corbin Kyle's front fuckin' door?!
Ooh, that sho'll is some
front page kind of news.
Uh
"City Councilman Wayne Kyle
approves build of canal
in honor of his brother"
- Aww, Corbin
- Don't play
fuckin' coy wit' me.
There's only one person
who's behind this,
and it ain't that
fuckin' Mississippi mutt
Oh, stop wit' all the name-callin',
Autumn-LaKiesha-Hailey-Savage
Night.
Somebody sho'll is on they period today.
Well, I think I got a lil' something
that'll take the cramps away.
How the fuck did you get this?
A check for 250,000?
I'm buyin' my club back from you.
This a check Corbin wrote to you.
And I'm signin' it over to you.
That's how much you paid for the club,
and you gettin' it right back.
And I think it's only fair
for what you done lost
This is nowhere near fair.
This don't make any sense!
Well, Mississippi rule is clear.
The casino must be on the
water it don't matter where.
I'm the majority owner Corbin
has to negotiate with me.
Mmm. But you gave a bitch
over 30% ownership,
and in the good ole Magnolia state,
that's enough to negotiate
access to land,
which Corbin agreed to quite willingly.
You made a backdoor deal with Corbin?
Are you that much of a fuckin' idiot?
Do you know how much money
you just gave away
to these white folks?! And for what?!
Crackers in Mississippi
gone stay havin' money,
but this niggah right here
gone stay havin' her club.
Me and you coulda split this shit
And then where would I be?
Where would I work?
Better yet, who would I be?
The Pynk ain't just a building, baby.
This my life, my memory, my dream.
So you gone
and you find yourself yo' own.
If it weren't for me and my money,
this place woulda been sold
for piss and a penny
And if it weren't for me and Mercedes,
you'd be dead!
So, yeah, you better had
saved this club!
I thought you savin' the Pynk was a sign
that we had a sister for life,
one who understood about family,
trust, and sacrifice.
But that sister soon revealed
herself to be a snake!
'Cause you turned yo' back on us.
You turned yo' back on me.
Willing to put me up
on the auction block,
'cause you ain't know that this place
was built on the backs
and split blood of framily!
You think these girls
wouldna done what I done?
No, they wouldn't.
I feel sorry for you.
Lil' lost girl with no family
to call her own.
We coulda been that for you.
I don't need no family.
No, you need it
desire it, deserve it.
And I hope you find it
outside these walls.
Two hundred and fifty K is not enough.
With all I did to keep this
place afloat durin' all of this,
I'm not walkin' away
with just this in my Birkin!
You need to include
some interest or somethin'.
Gettin' rid of bodies
feels like plenty interest to me.
Right, Diamond?
Compounded.
Now, there's the door.
Or do you want me
to throw you out the window?
Now she know Rule 88. Ha.
"Don't ever forget
"just 'cause a bitch good
at keepin' the peace
don't mean she ain't good
at wagin' war."
Mm-hmm.
Keyshawn!
- Chanisse.
- Alisha!
Keyshawn done finally got here.
Where Regal 'nem?
We gone miss her doctor's appointment.
Funny, Alisha, Derrick ain't mention
- no doctor's appointment.
- What?
Soon as I saw Regal,
I had to give him a call
to tell him
how pretty that girl done got.
Feel like I haven't seen
that child since
Ooh, she was one week old!
Now, that girl, she gone
have some pretty hair.
I told him she favor him
W-w-wai-wait you
you called Derrick?
Yeah.
And he said he ain't know
you had so many errands to run.
Came right over to pick them up
to help you out since you were so busy.
- He picked them up?
- Yep.
Wish we all could have help like that.
Ain't that right, Alisha?
We're sorry,
the number you have reached
is not in service.
Please check the number and dial again.
We're sorry,
the number you have reached
is not in service.
- Please check the number
- What's your business here?
I'm here to see a prisoner
Abraham Watkins.
Let him on through.
Oh, there you are.
Derrick
I know what you're thinkin', but I'm
Mrs. Harris.
What's
- what's goin' on?
- Hey, there.
I'm Michaela Windsor
with Child Protective Services.
- Mrs. Harris
- It's just Miss.
We're here to
investigate a mandated report
of possible child abuse
regarding your son Jaden.
I don't know what you're talkin' about.
Oh you don't?
Isn't this your name
on these discharge papers?
Yes, but I-I, um
was away, and I, uh,
took him for a checkup, and
doctor said nursemaid's
elbow was normal, and
Well, true, this might not
have triggered
an investigation on its own.
However, another report was filed.
Seems like a neighbor called
and said they heard sounds
comin' from the house, Keyshawn.
Started up the night
you decided to come back.
In light of these reports,
the state of Mississippi has
commenced an investigation.
Wait, wait an investigation?
Yes, an investigation.
You'll have to comply
with weekly check-ins in your home
- for the next six months.
- Six months?
Yes, ma'am, six months!
In addition, if you wish to continue
to retain joint custody
of these minor children,
Jayden and Regal,
you'll be subject to
psychological evaluations
drug testing, and other measures,
and once you reach the point
where we feel comfortable
and confident that you
can have these children,
then we will relent.
You can't do anything right.
How many girls have I seen
come through my office,
and you're all just lazy bums.
You can't take care of yourselves.
You can't take care of your children.
You can't even keep a job.
You can't pay your fucking rent.
You can't do anything for yourself!
You are just a fucking stripper.
Ah!
You motherfucker!
You did this! It was you!
Tell them what you did!
Tell the truth, son of a bitch!
I fucking hate you!
Please don't press my button ♪
I got time today
the Rollie was clocking ♪
Click, click, click, cock it ♪
I'm a ball audible options stiff arm ♪
Stay the fuck out my pockets ♪
I got the bread I got the cheese ♪
I'm living supreme
the diamonds is toppings ♪
We just slide no flip flopping ♪
My clique live no tick tocking ♪
My truck died from kick boxing ♪
I'm on fire you is watchin' ♪
Aye, aye, Terricka,
I want you to meet somebody.
Mane!
Mane, I want you to meet
my daughter, Terricka.
Hey.
Hey
Okay, you met him. You can gone go in.
Get yo' bag and gone and get changed
so we can get ready
for this party tonight.
That's yo' lil' girl?
Yeah, that's her.
Hmm.
Last night was crazy, wasn't it?
Sho'll was, for a minute.
Diamond 'nem got that shit
right back under control, tho,
just in time fuh my big dance.
You asked why I wun't up there
in my floss.
Well, did you like what you saw?
It was aight.
- It was more than aight.
- Yeah, well, I'd like it better
if you weren't onstage with that
Hurt Village Hustla niggah.
Now, I know all y'all
got y'all differences.
The red and the green and
the blue and the gold.
But last night, we was all pynk.
Couldn't tell the difference
between any of y'all
- beneath that light.
- Naw.
There's a difference, Mercedes.
And it seem like you done picked a side,
'cause that stage was red.
- It was just a dance, Mane.
- Yeah, a dance with death.
Yeah, pretty soon, you gone be rockin'
them Christmas colors, ain't it?
If anything, I got
an allegiance with the Pynk.
Yeah, well, you just tell
that faggot-ass niggah
to watch his back.
You better watch how you talk
about Uncle Clifford!
That ain't the faggot I'm talkin' about.
The pendulum says, "Yes."
Anybody can get it.
Ooh. Ah! Unh-uh,
y'all ain't gone blame me
for not a na'an another super spreader!
Outside, bitches! Outside!
Duffy, get yo' ass up
and quit being pussy-whipped!
[LOIS] This ain't the Bus
Stop or the Electric Slide ♪
It's something that's
better, the Chinese Checkers ♪
You been lookin' for
the jam, then look no more ♪
Calling all the party people
to the dance floor ♪
Chinese checkers ♪
Two steps and roll ♪
Chinese checkers ♪
Two steps and slide,
Chinese checkers ♪
Granmuva, we doing the dance, now!
Take a load off them boats, bitch,
- and take a drink.
- Ehh, w-wait, a bitch
may have to be dehydrated,
'cause I ain't drankin' nothin'
from nobody tonight Might be a haint
tryin' to take my ass to heaven.
Oh, look at Ernestine
and her lil' Mandingo man.
God, they make me wanna vomit.
Uh, bitch, don't be J!
Now, that's a woman that know
about second chances.
Chile, 55th and 566th ones, too.
Ooh-hoo!
- Okay!
- Who done put the quarter
in the jukebox and pressed my song?
Yo' son.
Bitch, what?
Pretty brown eyes ♪
You know I see you ♪
It's a disguise,
the way you treat me ♪
What you got that beautiful
face all frowned up for?
Been seein' some ghosts today,
so I thought you was one of 'em.
Shawty, I ain't dead.
You supposed to be gone.
Well, I'm here now.
'Sides, I couldn't leave
without saying goodbye
to this shawty right here.
Miss Ernestine!
Is that Lil' Murda?!
Everybody!
This is the biggest sanger in the game!
I told you Ernestine's Juke Joint
is good at makin' men
into memories, child!
Oh, Lord, Lord, Lord.
Oh!
Hey, Uncle Clifford!
Oh! Now, how you gone bring
this baby to the club?
As many times as Keyshawn
ass done waddled up here
with her babies.
'Sides, it ain't a club.
It's a juke joint right now.
We brought some pig feet!
Oh, well, thank you!
Oh, this girl done just got
to lookin' beautiful!
I love yo' nails!
And I love yo' face.
Now, gone ahead and stuff it.
Put that there jar along 'side
all them other goodies at the bar, okay?
Just don't drink no beer, now.
But you look like you
just drank Kool-Aid.
Don't drink that Kool-Aid
and let her fool you.
That girl think she grown.
If I don't watch her, she gone
be sellin' weed after a while.
Mmm.
I see your eyes ♪
And you can't hide ♪
That's you, ain't it?
Girl
come on in this kitchen and
help me with this potato salad.
Kamara, we gone have
to get you a American wife.
- Which one you want?
- Ha, banange.
- I couldn't handle.
- Diamond over here handlin'.
Mane, shut up, Big L.
All sensitive and shit. Look at him.
Y'all better get a hold of this.
- Ah, excuse me, baby.
- Where Roulette at?
Duffy, you sprung, ain't it?
All y'all pussy-whipped.
You are receiving
a call from an inmate at
Chucalissa Jail Facility.
- Hello?
- Diamond.
Keyshawn?
Yeah
Um
thought my hair
was long enough, but it wasn't.
The beast swallowed the key.
Did he really?
Yeah.
But once upon a time
in a land far away
the princess met a knight
who said he could take care of it.
Well
Copy that.
can you take care of it?
Now, I'ma call
this potato salad Autumn Night,
all this mustard yo' ass puttin' in it.
Ooh! You wrong for that!
Or am I right?
I'm just happy that bitch done slithered
up out my garden. Tuh!
You know I bought my club back.
- How the hell you do that?
- A bitch got her ways. Hah.
I know I said make this club
yo' steppin' stone,
but that bitch took that shit
too much to heart.
Mmm.
It's a good lesson for both of us.
Mm-hmm.
Some folks only in yo' life
for a season.
What yousaid.
Keyshawn done moved on, too.
Yeah. I saw her note.
I hope she get everything
she dreamed of.
But I still got my bottom bitch.
Girl, you know you toe that pole up
We got a bitch back up on the pole.
We got the club up to code,
and with that casino
comin' up the street,
my headliner gone be bussin' it
in front of millions.
I got plans, child.
"Pussyland: The Amusement Park."
Ooh, we gone make it up out
this pandemic
- come hell or high wa
- Uncle Clifford, last night
was my last dance.
What you mean yo' last dance?
Shoulda been the way I retired before.
"Don't tell nobody what you gone do.
Just let them bitches watch."
That's what my mama taught me.
Sadly, I ain't learn that lesson
'til she did that shit to me.
But it's time, Uncle Clifford.
- Wait, wait, wait.
- It's time.
So all y'all is leavin' me?
You, Gidget, Keyshawn
Hell, even September Eve's ass?
Let's not call it leavin'.
Let's call it graduatin'.
Or in yo' words,
"dreamin' new dreams."
Who gone take yo' place?
Nobody.
But I think that's the whole
point of it, ain't it?
Hmm.
Shame Uncle Clifford kicked Toy
on up out the club.
- She gone be aight.
- That's what I heard, now.
She bein' "took care of."
I don't know what you talkin' 'bout.
You think I don't know
what you bitches been doin'?
How else you rockin' VVS's
in yo' chain Ju-City?
'Cause I'm the best mu'fuckin' dancer
up in this bitch!
- These hoes better recognize.
- So why you ain't
satisfied with that?
I know why.
'Cause flying 'round that pole
just the illusion of some pussy.
And there comes a moment in the night
where these niggahs want that real shit.
Why you tellin' me all this shit?
'Cause you ain't got nobody like me
in yo' stable.
And best believe, it's a lot of niggahs
want what I got.
How I know you ain't gone tell
yo' ace boon coon Uncle Clifford?
Uhh
It's a lot of things
I ain't told Uncle Clifford.
no pandemic shit.
Aye, Cliff.
There you go.
I'll go put everything out.
I don't know what kinda game
you think you playin',
but I just need you to gone
ahead and get back on that bus.
I decided. I ain't goin' on tour.
- Are you fuckin' insane?
- I ain't goin'.
You said it yo'self, I'm a star.
And if that's the case, I'ma
need my own tour, my own bus.
I don't gotta ride
the coattails of nobody,
even if they is snow white chinchilla.
Ugh. They have eyes,
but they have no sense.
Tina Snow is yo' ticket
out of Chucalissa.
Do you know how many niggahs
wanna go on tour
and open for a act like that?
Well, let them do that shit,
then, 'cause I ain't the one.
Now, what-what Woddy say?
"Every wave ain't meant to be rode."
You scared.
Scared?
I ain't no punk, now.
Oh, that you are.
But what I'm sayin' is,
you scared of the sun.
Fact, you scared you is the sun.
- You scared you gone make it.
- That's not what it is, Cliff.
Well, yo' ass can't sit up there and say
it's 'cause you wanna cook breakfast
for yo' niggah and her Granmuva everyday
or that you wanna be playin'
these crowds up in Chucalissa
the rest of yo' life.
Boy, what done got into yo' head?
Look, my decision's my decision.
That ain't no decision.
That's impulse
which is the sister of stupidity.
You the fuckin' one that's scared!
Say you pushin' me away for me,
when you really pushin' me away for you!
You pushin' me away 'cause you
don't know you worthy of shit.
Worthy of bein' took care of
and all the protection
and plates of yams
and chicken and dressin'
All this fuckin' love, Cliff!
I sell fantasy for work
so in real life, I need real life.
Outside that Paradise Room,
outside my room,
outside my fuckin' closet.
LaMarques, I just turned 40,
and you is half my age.
What the heyell
do you know about some love
"May the sun
find you in the darkest of shadows."
He got that tatted on his chest.
Some words I wrote to a niggah.
My niggah.
It all started
when I peeped him from two cells over.
I convinced the CO to link me with him.
I paid her to
push him
into the supply closet, and
there I was waitin' for him.
Kidnappin'?
How romantic.
First time, it was what it was.
And the second
third
fourth, fifth time, that's
that's how I learned
to carve out a little
piece of heaven for myself
amidst all that hell.
But I couldn't love him in the light.
I wonder
i-is that why
Maybe why he took his life that night?
You know, that night I, uh
- the night I-I came
- Is that what happened?
Yeah.
I been in some closets before.
You know, where that get me?
I'm sorry about what happened to yo'
friend.
'Cause guilt is a chain not even
the strongest one of us can rock.
Even I know a lil' somethin' 'bout that.
But the one thing I don't want
is to be the one to be the blame
for holdin' you back.
I don't want you to make love
every night to regret,
LaMarques.
That's not your choice. That's mine.
- Yo, Uncle Clifford!
- Big L,
- what the hell?
- I gotta show you
- something, man.
- What?
Come on, now.
Come on, God damn it. Shit.
What is you talkin' 'bout?
What-what done happened?
What's goin' on?
very important moment.
I don't have time for this!
You don't even wanna see this shit, man.
Ooh
Negative 24 stacks? Oh, that can't be,
with all the scrilla we done
brought in the club last night?
That's what I know.
I tried peckin' at that keyboard, too.
That ain't gone make
the account fill back up.
It wasn't like this this mornin'.
Forty-two K to Chenay Fabrics.
Who Che
That mustard banana bile yellow bitch!
Look like Redbone
done snuffed the account.
Told you let me split her wig.
Oooh! Ooo-hoo-hoh!
Twenty-four muthafuckin' Savage!
Oh! Hoo!
Seem like all those drugs
you fired me for
gone come in handy after all.
Niggah, just hand me the whole damn bag.
[ERYKAH] Ah ♪
Oh ♪
Yeah ♪
Ooh hey ♪
I'm trying to decide ♪
Which way to go ♪
Think I made a wrong turn
back there somewhere ♪
Didn't cha know? Didn't cha know? ♪
Tryin' to move, but I lost my way ♪
Didn't cha know? Didn't cha know? ♪
Love is life, and life is free ♪
Take a ride of life with me ♪
Free your mind and find your way ♪
There will be a brighter day ♪
Mm-hmm ♪
I ♪
Have never been ♪
So much ♪
In love ♪
Lovin' you ♪
Gave me somethin' new ♪
That I never felt ♪
Never dreamed of ♪
Something's changed ♪
No, it's not the feelin' ♪
I had before ♪
Oh oh oh ♪
It's much, much more ♪
Love ♪
I never knew ♪
That a touch ♪
Mm ♪
Could mean ♪
So much ♪
You ain't fuckin' dreamin'.
Mm-hmm ♪
Ooh hoo ♪
Lovers come ♪
And then lovers go ♪
That's what folks say ♪
Don't they know, oh ♪
They're not there ♪
When you love me, hold me ♪
And say you care ♪
And what we have
is much more than they ♪
Could see ♪
Yeah, yeah ♪
We have so much more now ♪
What we have is much more ♪
Than they could see ♪
Yeah, yeah, so much more ♪
What we have is much more ♪
Than they could see ♪
We have so much more ♪
What y'all fools lookin' at?
Is much more than they could see ♪
He the one killed our lieutenant, boss.
No.
That'd be too easy, niggah.