BMF (2021) s04e08 Episode Script

1
What the fuck?
It's the fucking Federales.
[MEECH] Hell yeah, let's fight.
Ain't nowhere to run.
Ain't nowhere to hide.
[PURDY]
Getting shot has messed with my head.
And I can't get the words right.
[TINA] That shit ain't gon' help you.
And you can't mix that with your meds!
This is gonna help me write.
Go home and get your head on straight.
[MARJORIE] Your tithing
is not what we expect
- from a church leader.
- I will get it done.
[TERRY] Why is Loco here?
He came to tell me how
we was expanding to Cali.
Without running it past me first?
All that shit that was
happening in the Lou,
I had to keep gamblin'
to keep everyone eatin'.
Least you can do is be grateful
for that cash gift I gave
you for your baby shower.
[NICOLE] What cash?
[CHARLES] Been thinkin'
about going down to Atlanta
to help Tee and Meech
with the studio and label.
- I think it is a great idea.
- Things are looking up.
I just wanted you to know
I haven't heard from Boom
since you beat his ass.
I was just tryin' to get his
contacts to help us expand.
[TERRY] You're his wife.
But I'm the one that helps you
make a plan to get to the bag.
- What's going on?
- Purdy OD'd.
I checked her into a rehab.
I'm here to see Victoria Purdue.
Oh, Ms. Purdue isn't here anymore.
- She checked herself out.
- There has to be some mistake.
[BRYANT] You gonna do
twenty years for those.
And we gonna hook up
Granny with conspiracy
- in narco-trafficking.
- But she didn't do shit.
I can get y'all sentences reduced,
maybe even make Granny's disappear.
But you got to help me out.
So what you gonna do?
Your blood or Meech?
[B-MICKIE] Lamar is gone.
Tee done took the bait.
All that's left is the brothers.
- [ENGINES REVVING]
- [TERRY] Hey, Meech.
If I don't make it out of this
Don't lose hope, Tee.
Look, just tell Terry Jr. And Alexis
that they were the best
thing I ever done in my life.
Man, you gonna tell
'em your goddamn self.
[LOCO] Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey.
-
-
Hey, we-we were the ones
that broke Loco out of prison.
-
-
What? N-No, no! I'm one of
his top earners in the U.S.!
-
- Demetri
No! Fuck that! I'm not
gettin' left behind.
Loco, can't leave my brother, man.
[MEECH] Told you not to lose hope, Tee.
[OLDER MEECH] Little bro had lost faith,
but I knew I could win
any situation God put me in
because I was a god too.
♪♪♪
I got everything on the line ♪
Out here I'm on the
grind, tryna get mine ♪
At least you could wish me luck ♪
A nigga movin' weight,
tryna get the cake ♪
I'm in and out of state ♪
At least you could wish me luck ♪
Too many niggas fake,
it's hard to tell a snake ♪
One more flip and I'm straight ♪
At least you could wish me luck ♪
I don't go hand to hand,
it go gram after gram ♪
Yeah, holla at me, man ♪
At least you could wish me luck ♪
Too many niggas fake,
it's hard to tell a snake ♪
One more flip and I'm straight ♪
At least you could wish me luck ♪
The D's ain't that good,
these niggas is rattin' ♪
They tell 'em what's goin' on ♪
That's how they
know what's happenin' ♪
I'm ridin' with the top
down, trunk full of yola ♪
Ghetto pharmaceutical,
I move that Coca-Cola ♪
Thousand grams of pure
though, I fuck with the weirdos ♪
They snort away the pain,
bang the dope in their vein ♪
Shorty crying,
Christmas ain't coming ♪
Her pops locked up
when it hurts the worst ♪
Your ace find out she knocked up ♪
Welfare ain't an option
when the Feds come knocking ♪
It's all fucked
up, so wish me luck ♪
A nigga movin' weight,
tryna get the cake ♪
I'm in and out of state ♪
At least you could wish me luck ♪
Too many niggas fake,
it's hard to tell a snake ♪
One more flip and I'm straight ♪
At least you could wish me luck ♪
I don't go hand to hand,
it go gram after gram ♪
Yeah, holla at me, man ♪
At least you could wish me luck ♪
Too many niggas fake,
it's hard to tell a snake ♪
One more flip and I'm straight ♪
At least you could wish me luck ♪
At least you could wish me luck ♪
Oh, yeah, wish me luck ♪
All you got to do
is wish me luck, yeah ♪
[DOG BARKING]
Hey, y'all sure Purdy don't got
no family out here or nothin'?
Nah. She said Trell took
her from her foster family.
Wait. Y'all don't think she
went back to Trell, do you?
No, no.
I-I'm sure she's healthy enough
in the brain to not go back.
He's an abuser and got
her to depend on him.
It's a cycle. Trust. I know.
[MARIA] Tina does have a point.
Trell conditioned her to rely
on him so she could perform.
You know what?
Tee, we finna hit Trell crib.
- Don't worry about it.
- No. Fuck that, Meech!
Okay. Well, um, while y'all
talk, we're gonna keep lookin'.
- Okay?
- [MEECH] Thank you.
Y'all be safe.
♪♪♪
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
Yo, Meech, this little
rap-experiment shit
has gone way too far.
Man, the girl slipped up, Tee.
Slipped?
Meech, she's fallen,
and she can't get up.
We got into the music game to
get a return on our investment,
not chase some crackhead
all around Atlanta
and turn her into somethin'
that she's never gonna be.
Tee, I gave that girl my word, man.
I told her I'd never give
up on her, no matter what.
Meech, even if you do find her, alright?
Let's say you find her.
Her addiction ain't just gonna go away,
especially not with
us just pouring money
into this sinking business.
I say we just go back
to focusing on a business
that is actually making us money.
I'm gon' find that girl.
And I already set up a
interview with DJ Double Q.
We don't got time for that shit.
The pipeline in the
Lou is up and runnin'.
We got a influx of work comin' in.
Okay. Well, since your lazy
ass actually here for once
instead of runnin' back to the D,
you and Laz go handle shit here, then.
Yeah. Somebody's got to.
While your ass is out here
playin' Captain Save-A-Ho.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
[BRYANT] What y'all
lookin' at are the addresses
of BMF drug stash houses.
Jesus. These are all over the city.
Which is exactly why we're gonna need
round-the-clock surveillance
at each one of these addresses.
I'm talkin' every face,
every car, delivery man,
and junkie comin' and goin',
we're gonna need it
filed and recorded. Copy?
And once we see what we need,
we gonna hit 'em all in
one coordinated sweep.
Red Dogs! Let's fuckin' hunt!
♪♪♪
[NICOLE] Gonna miss you, Pops.
Miss me?
Your old man won't be gone too long.
I'm just headed down South
to help Tee and Meech with the studio.
Well, I need your help too.
I'll be back in time to build your crib.
And when the baby's
born, I'ma smother him
with so many kisses,
he gon' get sick of me.
That's not the kind of
help I'm talking about.
Pops, you leavin' me alone with her.
Your mama loves you, Nicole.
She sure has a messed-up
way of showing it, Pops.
She's had a rough
life, and to be honest,
I didn't make it any easier,
so cut her some slack, okay?
Just hurry back, please.
Now, you know I can't
be away from my babies.
♪♪♪
- [GRUNTS]
- [SPLASHING]
♪♪♪
[PURDY] Trell?
The fuck you want?
I was wrong leaving you,
and I ain't shit without you.
They tried to make me go to rehab.
But not even that can
make me stay away from you.
Please, just give me what I need.
Just one hit so I can keep making music.
You know nothing comes free, baby.
You gon' have to give
me what I need first.
Go on, now.
♪♪♪
[EXHALES DEEPLY, SNIFFLES]
♪♪♪
- [ZIPPER OPENING]
- Can you forgive me?
♪♪♪
[TRELL] That's it, baby.
♪♪♪
[MEECH] Wakey-wakey, bitch.
[TRELL] Yo, how the
fuck you get in my spot?
Yeah, your boy Kano got
caught slippin', nigga.
Meech, please don't hurt him!
- Purdy, he's the enemy, not me.
- I need him.
You don't fuckin' need him.
Them drugs make you
feel like you need him.
You don't need this nigga.
Purdy, he don't love you like I do!
[MEECH] That ain't love!
Purdy, you too smart to
be believin' this bullshit.
I know you don't believe this!
He don't know what the fuck love is.
Please! Can you-
Can you both just shut the fuck up?!
Listen to me.
You deserve better.
The world need to know who
the fuck you really are-
a hip-hop artist who
got somethin' to say.
But only you
only you can decide who you
want the world to see you as.
♪♪♪
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
♪♪♪
Hey, baby.
I'm proud of you.
I never fucked with drugs
until you gave them to me.
Meech is right.
Only I get to decide who
I'm gonna be in this world.
So I'm choosing to leave your toxic ass.
♪♪♪
You gon' fuckin' regret this, nigga.
Stomping Ground about to
get stomped the fuck out.
Man, shut the fuck up.
[RAP MUSIC PLAYING]
- Yo, Tee.
- [TERRY] Where the fuck is Laz?
[BINGO] Don't worry about Laz.
He always on top of everything,
and I'll talk to him.
Yeah, but why isn't he here now?
Nigga should already be on it.
He always on it, man.
He probably out lookin' for
Purdy like everybody else.
[TERRY] Alright.
- Let's go. Me and you, one-on-one.
- A'ight. Let's go.
I just want to make sure that you ready
for all that work that
we got comin' in, alright?
- [BINGO] We always ready.
- [TERRY] A'ight.
Look, I gave my drivers
in the D the protocol,
and I just want to make
sure you follow that shit.
[BINGO] We runnin' just
fine without your ass.
I ain't ask you that shit.
Meech asked me to run point.
So runnin' point is what I'ma do.
I'm talkin' houses
with attached garages,
drivers not gettin' all high
and actin' like boo-boo the fool,
and most importantly, no one
stickin' out like a sore thumb.
[GRUNTS]
- Good shot.
- [BINGO] We run a tight ship.
We good, for real, Tee.
I fuckin' hope so.
This is game.
♪♪♪
A'ight. I'm out. Have Laz call me.
[B-MICKIE] Hey, we got to talk.
I'm goin' to Atlanta.
Meech and Tee are there.
And I still got work.
How much further are
you gonna take this?
- To the end.
- Brian, Vee survived.
Good people have come into our lives.
You're back on your feet with work.
♪♪♪
We can't sink further
into hate and revenge.
It's going to drown our souls.
♪♪♪
I hear you, baby. And I understand.
♪♪♪
But I got to finish what I started.
♪♪♪
Just Just be careful.
I will.
♪♪♪
I will.
♪♪♪
Welcome, ladies. Good morning.
Good morning.
- How y'all doing?
- [BELL TOLLING]
Good morning.
Morning.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
[LUCILLE] Good morning, Brother Dunbar.
I hope the word hits you this morning.
Yes. Not as much as the
Most High hit your closet.
I'm sorry. I don't follow you, Brother.
I should go and get to my seat.
♪♪♪
Oh, God!
I've got nothing, and nobody's seen her.
Purdy!
Look at me. You had us scared!
I'm sorry. I didn't mean
to worry y'all. I just
Don't do that shit ever again.
Look, it's okay. W-We
just glad you're alright.
Purdy gon' crash here tonight.
- Then so are we.
- [MARIA] Yeah.
[TINA] Gonna help you
get through the night.
Yeah. No, we wouldn't
leave you alone tonight.
You know we got you-always.
♪♪♪
Damn.
What'd I do to deserve all this love?
We family.
We always gonna hold each other down.
Always.
♪♪♪
[MEECH] Sis is right.
Those bullets didn't
take you out for a reason.
And we sure as fuck won't
let anything beat you.
♪♪♪
[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]
You didn't happen to find
my baby-shower gift
from Terry, did you?
No. Why?
Because Terry said he gave
me cash and I haven't seen it.
Hmm. No.
This is enough food
to feed a army, Mama.
Flowers, magazines.
You know, ever since you
have lived in this house,
you have never raised a finger
to pay a single cent of rent
or any bill, for that matter.
It all falls on me.
Everything falls on me.
Now, the 'frigerator is full,
and all your ass needs
to say is, "Thank you."
"Thank you"!
"Thank you," Nicole!
You got something else to say?
♪♪♪
[INSECTS CHIRPING]
♪♪♪
God damn, cuh. This
shit good right here.
We the best coast for a reason, cuh.
I'm headed home and
can't wait to touch down.
My connect wanted me to go to Cali.
- I just need a tour guide.
- I got you.
And you gon' love it.
Sunshine and tan lines all day.
Well, you can catch the load for us.
I just need you to mix
some of them white girls in
with that Cali kush.
- You feel me?
- Nice.
♪♪♪
- [COUGHS]
- What up, doe, Tee?
- This Mau, from Cali.
- Nice to meet you.
Damn. You Cali niggas got that
weed seepin' out y'all pores.
- You know it, baby.
- [PAGER BEEPING]
Hey, yo. I got to bounce.
Hit me up when you come through.
I'll roll out the red fuckin'
carpet for your new market.
I appreciate that, bro.
♪♪♪
♪♪♪
The fuck was he talkin' about?
Loco's boss wants us
to meet him in Cali.
When were you plannin'
on tellin' me this?
Shit. I don't know. You know now.
Remember, nigga, it's me and
you that started this business.
Not you and Loco.
Hey, Tee. Let me tell you somethin'.
Loco trusts me more than you do,
and he got my back, unlike you.
Now, in case you care, I found Purdy.
And she crashin' at my spot tonight.
I'm glad she's doin' okay,
but I still think we need to
move on and cover our losses.
No, the fuck we don't.
Now, you already told Pops
to come down here to
help us with the studio.
We're not disappointing
him like that, dawg.
He need this.
Yo, don't tell me what Pop needs.
I'm the one that's
been takin' care of him
this whole time, remember?
And I met with Bingo
about the shipments.
Laz was a no-show, and I
told him to have Laz call me,
and I ain't heard shit yet.
Hey, Tee. Laz don't report to you.
Laz report to me.
You just make sure you at that
radio station at 10:00 tomorrow.
We got to rep Stomping Ground.
And after that, we got to take
Purdy to the studio with Pops.
Be on time, nigga.
♪♪♪
[MARKISHA] Hey, baby.
It was starting to feel like forever
till I was gonna see you again.
You okay?
What? I don't look okay?
Huh?
Yeah. Terry lucky I ain't
put his bitch ass down.
I know that. Everybody know that.
But you did the right
thing by standing down.
Especially with the cops waiting
on you to slip up one time
to lock you back up.
Which is why you need me to
help you get back in the game
like we discussed.
Speaking of which, I
got you some new suits
so we can hit the town lookin' right.
You know I'ma have you lookin' fresh.
Yeah.
♪♪♪
'Cause I know you know better
than to blow a roll
that big on yourself.
Right?
Yeah.
Alright. Get in the car.
♪♪♪
[DOG BARKING, BIRDS CHIRPING]
[MEECH] Pops!
Man, they can't keep
a Flenory down, baby.
- We built Ford tough.
- Yeah. Sho' you right.
Boy, being here gives me purpose.
Man, I appreciate that, Pops.
And I got more for you to do
around here than just fix wires.
My first artist, Purdy.
I want you to write a song for her.
Just like you did for
the Campbell Brothers.
So I know you could do it for her.
[EXHALES DEEPLY] I
don't know what to say.
You haven't asked me
for anything in years.
Yeah. We haven't really
seen eye to eye for a while.
But I know this is somethin'
that we could do together.
And I really want you to help build
our first state-of-the-art studio.
I'm honored.
I won't let you down.
- My man.
- Alright.
Thank you, Pops.
Can I show you something?
Yeah.
♪♪♪
I wanted you to have the
best selection for our girl.
♪♪♪
[GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING]
As soon as I can play again.
This will be Sheila.
She looks like a Maxine.
This one right here
good old Foxy Brown.
Mm. [EXHALES DEEPLY]
♪♪♪
That Pam Grier was somethin' else.
I'll leave you to your work, Pops.
I got to go to the radio station,
and I'll be back with
Purdy after her interview.
♪♪♪
[WHISPERING] Thank you, Meech.
Thank you.
It's good, you gettin' a jump on this.
That way, the clothes will be
all fresh when the baby comes.
I used Tide instead of Dreft, so
we got to do it all over again.
Girl, I made that mistake a few times.
I won't tell nobody. [LAUGHS]
Okay. Clearly, this
ain't about detergent.
What's on your mind?
I'm just not getting along with Mama.
Mm.
She acting like she know
everything, second-guessing you?
That I'm used to. It's just
It's the disrespect and stealing.
Wait. Stealin'?
Wait. H-Hold on. Miss Lucille?
Terry said he gave me cash for
the shower, but I can't find it.
And she comes bargin' in
with an armful of groceries
and fresh flowers and magazines,
and she ain't affordin'
all that on food stamps.
[LAWANDA] Yeah. No.
Terry did give you cash.
I put it in the envelope for you.
Yeah. Well, I can't find it anywhere.
Well, I brought it to the
shower with my own two hands.
Guess who claims she ain't seen it.
What?
Oh, I'm sorry, Nikki.
Look. I know Miss Lucille can be a lot.
And I see how she treats you
different than her boys, but
My whole life.
♪♪♪
And, you know, even so,
I still feel responsible.
Like I've let her down and
not the other way around.
Okay.
So, look.
Once you're a mom, you
have a choice, right?
Some mothers act out and bring
they past into the present.
Others, they make it their mission
to do better than what they got.
So it's up to you, Nikki,
to decide which kind
of mom you want to be.
♪♪♪
- Will you pray with me?
- Yeah.
♪♪♪
Dear Heavenly Father, please
watch over us and protect us
and let us do better than
has been done unto us.
Lord, please let my
baby grow up to be strong
and smart and healthy.
But more than anything, oh, God,
please let this child be a boy.
Amen.
Amen.
[ANNOUNCER] 102.4 DJ Double Q.
You are listening to Atlanta's
hits on The Groove 102.4.
What's good, everybody?
We are back with Purdy
live in the studio.
Now, I got to ask.
You were with Trell,
who's one of the biggest
players in the music game.
Why leave him for your new
label, Stomping Ground, who-
just being real nobody's heard of it?
Maybe not yet, but
they will. Believe that.
And I chose Stomping
Ground because Meech and Tee
believed in my vision
of being a hip-hop artist
- from Jump Street.
- All day, baby.
You already know.
What I was doing with
Trell was whatever.
But what I'm doing now
with Stomping Ground,
that's the truth, the real Purdy.
And I had so much time to think
about that after the shooting.
How you feelin' from that?
Yeah. I'm-I'm back.
I'm better than ever.
And this time, we're gonna do it proper.
I'm so grateful to my
Stomping Ground family
for throwing me a re-release party.
Platinum Palace, tomorrow night.
The last one got cut short.
Okay. You heard it first, folks.
Tomorrow night, Platinum Palace.
Come support our girl Purdy.
Oh. We got a special caller on the line.
- You're on, caller.
- [TRELL] Yeah, yeah. This Trell,
Purdy girl's first and
best shot at stardom.
I just want to say I
love you. You my girl.
And I'm so glad to hear you all better
after checking yourself out of rehab.
Rehab? Purdy, what say you?
Uh I
I
I was just exhausted.
[TRELL] Any time you want to get back
with major players, holla at me, baby.
My door is always open.
Hey, don't let Trell fool y'all.
Real artists roll with Stomping Ground!
[DJ DOUBLE Q] Ooh! You
heard it live from Big Meech.
Seeing the church pays your salary,
we know that your
designer duds and purses
are outside your budget.
I'm sure you can
understand folks' concerns.
You know, I'm not sure
that I do understand.
Well, we're beginning to
question if your attire befits
the humility of a pastor
representing this community.
This congregation is filled with women-
Black women who carry the weight
of the world on their shoulders
and would do anything to protect
or provide for their families.
And you are questioning if
I represent this community?
Hell, I am this community.
And now you have been confronting me
about my lack of tithing,
but the good Lord has provided,
and I have filled the plate.
Now, shouldn't we be
rejoicing rather than judging?
Do I not deserve to have
something for myself?
- Is that a sin?
- No, no, no. It's not.
Lord knows we all do.
But this isn't an isolated event.
There's also the matter of the
$2,000 donation you just made.
Now, are you willing to tell us
where you suddenly got the money from?
As I stated before, it was
a miracle from the Lord.
[ELDER JONES] Mhm.
In light of all of these circumstances,
the board will need to further
discuss your future employment
as pastor here at this church.
♪♪♪
Well, I look forward to
hearing from you all very soon.
♪♪♪
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
I hate writer's block.
And now everybody knows
that I was in rehab.
P, listen to me. You got
to shake that shit off.
Alright? It ain't nothin'.
Meech is right.
Purdy, we invested a lot
of time and money in you,
and you've only given us one track.
Hey, hey, hey.
Writer's block is a real thing.
Picture yourself on a path, a trail,
and you come to a point
where the bridge is out.
If you choose to jump, do
you focus on the other side
or down where you might fall?
Hell, neither. I would find
- Another way around.
- Another way around.
What do you do when your brain
is confused about the path?
Don't short-change your heart.
Brains will get you there,
but the heart
is what keeps you there.
♪♪♪
Motherfuckers will respect you ♪
Key to life ♪
Money, power, respect,
what you need in life ♪
Money, power, respect,
when you eatin' right ♪
Money, power, respect,
help you sleep at night ♪
You'll see the light,
it's the key to life ♪
Money, power, respect,
what you need in life ♪
- Money, power, respect ♪
- Everybody in here knows
you the baddest
motherfucker in the room.
Yo, yo ♪
Yo, my whole clique
'bout it 'bout it ♪
We take yours while
you pout about it ♪
[CHUCKLES] My man Boom!
Thank God almighty. Free at last.
Ah! What's up? Good to see you, man.
[GIOVANNI] So, what's on your mind?
Or should I say what
else is on your mind?
[CHUCKLES]
Uh, look. I wanna get straight to it.
I'm ready to get back to business.
Well!
I mean, I got a steady
supply comin' up from Texas.
I should be able to squeeze
you in here or there.
Okay. Uh, well, I got
a new partner, too, now.
[MARKISHA] Yeah.
The cops will see him
comin' from a mile away,
- but won't nobody see me.
- Mm.
Well, let me invite y'all out
to my estate to talk further.
Estate? Since when you
got an estate, nigga?
Since I realized real estate
is a great way to clean money.
[CHUCKLES]
[LAZ] Look, man,
I already told you
everything I'm gon' tell you.
Once I get this deal from the
DA, I'm out this motherfucker.
[BRYANT] They gave me
new terms to the deal,
and they want the head
of the organization.
They want you to wear a wire
to Meech's little album-release party.
A wire. Are you crazy?
I'm not wearin' no fuckin' wire.
Not now, not ever.
Look. They are threatening
to walk back the deal
for your granny, too,
if you don't cooperate.
She'll still have to
pay for your fuck-up.
Bullshit. I already told you.
She ain't got shit to do with this.
Look here.
This above my pay grade, man.
But I already gave you the stash houses.
I know. And we about to hit it too.
But everybody knows the bosses
don't get they hands dirty.
And without Meech on tape
talking about his organization,
I can't put him in cuffs.
♪♪♪
[SIGHS]
[MEECH] That's it. Work it, girl.
[MOANING]
Fuck. [CHUCKLES]
God damn, girl.
Where the hell you learn them moves at?
[LAUGHS]
Now, you know I can't
tell you all my secrets.
♪♪♪
Mm.
♪♪♪
Thank you for coming and helping Purdy.
Yeah.
Yeah. That means a lot.
And right now, she needs
to be surrounded by family,
so she can stay in a good
headspace for the party tonight.
Yeah.
No, I-I agree with you.
Purdy's my girl, and I just
want her to get better and grow,
just like y'all do.
Trust me.
Hey, I really believe in her.
Now all I want is for her
to be the biggest star.
Well, keep wantin' that for her.
Every bit of that faith counts.
Okay?
♪♪♪
[LINE RINGING]
- [MARKISHA] Hello?
- Oh, shit. Finally, Markisha.
Yo, I've been callin' you.
I started thinkin' Boom
was givin' you problems.
Nah, Tee. Boom's been
MIA. Everything's good.
- But I have some good news.
- Alright. What's that?
I got a connect down in
Texas for you to check out.
[TERRY] Yeah? How'd you manage that?
Oh, you forgot I'm a hustler, too?
[TERRY CHUCKLES] Yeah. Well, you forget
your last connect almost hustled
our ass into a sting, remember?
[MARKISHA] And that's why I
wanted to make it up to you.
So hurry up and come home
so we can get this money
and you could get
some of this good-good.
[TERRY] Shit. A'ight.
Look, after this rehearsal
and this relaunch party,
I'm on my way. Keep it
tight and right for me.
You know my shit's the tightest.
[CHUCKLES] Hundred and ten percent.
Bye.
[HORN BLARES IN DISTANCE]
[PURDY] I ain't shit without you.
[TRELL] You know
nothin' comes free, baby.
- [MEECH] He's the enemy.
- [PURDY] I need him!
[MEECH] You don't fuckin' need him!
[TRELL] Purdy, this nigga
don't love you like I do!
[MEECH] You deserve better.
Yo, Purdy. Some guy
dropped this off for you.
What guy?
Some big-ass brother.
He didn't leave a name.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
♪♪♪
[SNIFFING]
♪♪♪
[SNIFFING]
[MEECH VOICE ECHOING] Yo, Purdy.
Let's get this rehearsal goin'.
[MID-TEMPO INTRODUCTION PLAYS]
Watch me come through ♪
Petite frame with an hourglass ♪
Steppin' in the limelight,
takin' my pow ♪
- What is she doing?
- Man, I don't know.
Takin' it b [EXHALES DEEPLY]
- [GRUNTS]
- [MUSIC STOPS]
- [TERRY] Purdy!
- Oh, shit.
Purdy. Purdy!
Purdy. Purdy, wake up.
- Yo! Someone call 911.
- Purdy, wake up!
[MEECH] Wake up, Purdy. Wake up.
I know CPR. Move!
- Has she got a pulse?
- Not yet.
[CHARLES] Come on, Purdy.
Stay with me. Stay with us.
I know you can hear me.
I know you can hear me.
- I know you can hear me.
- [ASHLEIGH] Come on!
Come on, now. Remember your dreams.
Remember your dreams.
Father God, in the name of
Jesus, save this young woman.
We lift her body up to You and
pray for a miracle in Your name.
- Please, Lord. Please.
- [ASHLEIGH] Come on, Purdy.
[CHARLES]
Please, show her mercy. Please.
Heavy is the head that wears the thorns.
- Oh, my goodness.
- [LAUGHS]
- [LUCILLE] Keisha.
- Lucille.
- [SIGHS] Mm! Mm.
- Mm-mm-mm.
I have not seen you since
your mother's funeral.
I had to grieve and sort
through my mother's affairs.
I understand.
The gossip of a large
tithe hit my ears as well.
Keisha
I'm so tired!
I'm so-I'm tired of
scrounging and scraping
and crawling just to get a piece
of bread to eat with my water.
I had to grovel just to get food stamps.
Am I supposed to feed my followers
while I'm starvin' myself?
Yes.
You always put others first.
I I mean, I-I don't understand.
I just
I mean, aren't you supposed to
take care of your family first?
The flock believes that
drug money from your sons
is being used to enrich your own life.
Do you believe that man is flawed?
The Lord designed us that way.
Then you believe that the
laws passed down by man
are also flawed,
especially the ones who seat our
people at the back of the bus.
The laws of men don't speak to morality.
- The Bible does.
- Listen.
I am not obligated to disclose
where my tithes come from.
I mean, especially when it
is in service to this church.
Now, I told them I
did not have the money.
They pressured me to find it.
And now I found the money,
and-and now it's a problem?
I mean, I cannot allow
anyone to judge me or mine
for trying to get ahead.
And so what? I bought a new dress!
I will take that up with the Lord.
Once the board told me
that they were
considering ousting you
I told them I wanted my job back.
Wow Jesus had his Judas,
and I guess I have mine too.
No, no, no, no, no.
I love you. Hear me. I love you.
But I love this congregation more.
Tithes for food and shelter
are far more important
than where it came from.
Now, you go and you
tell your board that.
Come on, now.
- Lucille.
- Wow.
- Lucille. Luci
- Go on, now.
- Hey, yo, Bryant.
- What?
Look man, I just got
a call over the radio
requesting an ambulance
at the Platinum Palace.
You remember Meech's artist Purdy,
the one he was bragging
about on the radio?
Well, she OD'd.
What hospital?
[INDISTINCT TALKING ON RADIO]
♪♪♪
Purdy's like a sister to me.
She's gonna pull through. She has to.
Listen. We just got
to keep praying, okay?
[DOCTOR] Mr. Flenory?
- She didn't make it.
- [TINA] Oh, my God.
- [DOCTOR] I'm sorry.
- I can't believe it.
- Damn.
- [MARIA SOBBING]
Sorry, boys.
Man, I done told you Stomping
Ground was a sinking ship.
But no, you wouldn't listen.
Tee, shut the fuck up.
What the fuck is you
talkin' about right now, man?
An innocent girl is lyin' dead, Meech,
'cause you didn't let this shit go.
Yeah, a girl that you
didn't give a fuck about.
I'ma make sure her name lives forever.
And you know what? We ain't
cancelin' no party tonight.
We still havin' a party so we
can tell the world her story.
No, nigga. I'm done
with Stomping Ground.
And I'm done with you too, nigga!
Hey, hey, boys, this ain't the
time nor the place, alright?
Your pops is right.
Still bickerin' like when you
was kids on the baseball field.
♪♪♪
Hey, Pops, do me a favor
and take the ladies
to the chapel for me.
No, whatever he's got to say,
he can say in front of me.
Well, ain't this some shit.
An up-and-coming artist overdoses.
Oh, now, some would call this a tragedy.
I call it karma.
So you came all the way down
here to drop your nuts, huh?
Shit. You don't got
enough to arrest me on.
People dyin' every day
off the drugs you pushin'
and y'all actin' all
sad off this one bitch.
[LAUGHS] You know, the crazy thing is
you had both your parents
when you was growing up,
and y'all still ended
up being pieces of shit.
- Watch it, now.
- [BRYANT] What?
You gonna hit me, nigga?
Oh, you ain't worth it.
Man, everybody know you
been playin' both sides.
So stop pointin' the finger at my boys
when you part of the problem too.
Well, now I'm part of the solution.
And nothin' gonna bring me greater joy
than to put your grimy-ass
boys in handcuffs.
[MEECH] All that shit you talkin' 'bout
ain't gonna bring little Kevin back.
So if we get locked up,
you ain't got no purpose.
♪♪♪
Your time is comin'.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
Tick-tock.
Tick-tock. [LAUGHS]
♪♪♪
[TIRES SCREECHING]
- Shit!
- [OFFICER] There he is!
- Red Dogs.
- [INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
[DOOR RATTLES]
- Come here, motherfucker!
- Yeah. You surrender now.
- Facedown on the goddamn floor!
- [GRUNTS]
I told you we were gonna get you, boy!
♪♪♪
[RED DOG OFFICER] Move in. Move in.
- Move, move, move!
- [INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
Fuck!
[OFFICER] Facedown! Get on the ground!
[GRUNTS]
Get down!
♪♪♪
- [EXPLOSION ECHOES]
- What the fuck?!
APD! Get down!
- [BREATHING HEAVILY]
- [INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
♪♪♪
[OFFICER] He ran around back!
[OFFICER] You ain't goin' nowhere!
Get him! Get him!
- Do not move!
- Let me see your hands now!
[SIREN WAILING]
Told you we was gonna get you, boy.
♪♪♪
Get in there!
Yeah, Dogs.
[INSECTS CHIRPING, DOG
BARKING IN DISTANCE]
Purdy's dead.
♪♪♪
Fuckin' ungrateful little bitch.
♪♪♪
If I can't have her, nobody will.
[MID-TEMPO INTRODUCTION PLAYS]
[PURDY] Petite frame
with an hourglass ♪
Steppin' in the limelight ♪
Takin' my power back ♪
Takin' it back, takin' my power back ♪
Watch me come through ♪
Takin' it back ♪
Sis.
Thank you. Thank you for coming by.
[TERRY] Alright, homey.
Takin' it back, takin' my power back ♪
Thank you. Appreciate it.
Thank you.
You know I'm explicit, exquisite ♪
I'm so sorry she didn't make it.
Thank you for trying everything
you could to save her.
I thought she was gon' pull through.
But you were amazing, alright?
I mean, my mom is a nurse
and I'm the oldest of five,
so she made sure I knew CPR.
- I'm Ashleigh.
- Nice to meet you, Ashleigh.
Listen. I'm indebted to you forever.
Anything you need, please
just let me know, okay?
just to get a dollar ♪
Real thorough, my name
rings in every borough ♪
I held it down ♪
Look at me now ♪
Whole city on my back ♪
Yeah, they know the vibe, unh ♪
Queenpin on the rise ♪
Watch me come through ♪
Petite frame with an hourglass ♪
Steppin' in the limelight,
takin' my power back ♪
What up, doe, Laz?
Bad news, man.
Stash houses. I
What? Speak up, nigga.
Stash houses.
What about 'em?!
I I can't, man.
Man, what the fuck is
wrong with you, man?
[SIGHS] I'm sorry, man
Man, what?!
[TERRY] Hey, what the fuck he
just said about the stash houses?
How the fuck I'm 'posed to know, Tee?
[OLDER MEECH] Tee and I had
lost faith in each other.
But if I didn't keep
the faith in myself,
our enemies would win for good.
And ain't no way in fuck I
was gonna let that shit happen.
♪♪♪
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
- [CAR ALARM BLARING]
- Fuck!
♪♪♪
Yo! Hold up.
- Man, who the fuck are you?
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Hey.
Chill, man. I run with Tee.
BMF up in Detroit, a'ight?
But little do you know we
were in similar circumstances.
[STATIC CRACKLING]
Nobody's talkin'. Somethin' ain't right.
Look. I say we storm the fuck
in there and see what's going on.
No, no, no, no. Let's give it some time.
We got the drugs.
Let my CI do his thing.
Alright.
Look. Let's go for a ride.
Have a talk?
I don't fuckin' know you.
Come on.
[B-MICKIE] Come on, man. I don't bite.
Fuck.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
♪♪♪
[ENGINE STARTS]
[NICOLE] M-Mom? Mom?
Mama! Mama!
- Mama?! Mama?!
- [LUCILLE] Yeah, baby?
- Yeah, baby.
- Mama! Mama, I
[CRYING] I think my water just broke!
Are you sure? I think it's too soon.
Do you think there's
something wrong with it?
Okay. Shh. Okay, baby. Listen. Listen.
Okay. Listen. You gon' be alright.
- It's okay.
- I don't know what to do, Mom.
Listen. Breathe. You gon' be alright.
And this baby's gon' be alright.
But we need to get to the hospital.
- Okay, baby? Okay.
- No, Mama. Mama, I'm scared.
- I'm scared, Mom! Please.
- Okay. Listen.
Don't worry. Don't worry, okay?
I just need you to
focus on your breathing.
Focus on your breathing.
And we got a bag downstairs.
Come on, baby. Come on, baby.
We got to get you to the hospital.
Breathe. Breathe. Come
on, Nicole. It's okay.
♪♪♪
Meech wanted to let you
know you doing great.
Just wanted me to help you out
with this pig problem you got.
♪♪♪
That cop Bryant is a motherfucker, man.
♪♪♪
Yeah. He's a motherfucker, alright.
Asshole had me in a tight spot too.
I ain't talk though. Huh?
Actually, I helped save
Meech's ass from Bryant.
Just like I'm about to save yours.
♪♪♪
Thanks, man. For real.
I think I'ma come clean
to Meech about everything.
The stash houses, the deal all of it.
Can't let that bitch-ass
nigga Byrant win.
Let's pull over smoke one.
Shit. I could use one.
♪♪♪
[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS IN DISTANCE]
You want a hit?
I don't smoke anymore.
[GUNSHOT ECHOES,
DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE]
["RUFF RYDERS' ANTHEM" BY DMX PLAYING]
♪♪♪
Unh ♪
Somethin' new ♪
Stop, drop ♪
Shut 'em down, open up shop ♪
Oh, no ♪
That's how Ruff Ryders roll ♪
Stop, drop ♪
Shut 'em down, open up shop ♪
Oh, no ♪
That's how Ruff Ryders roll ♪
Niggas wanna try, niggas wanna lie ♪
Then niggas wonder
why niggas wanna die ♪
All I know is pain,
all I feel is rain ♪
How can I maintain with
that shit on my brain? ♪
I resort to violence,
my niggas move in silence ♪
Like you don't know
what our style is ♪
New York niggas the wildest ♪
My niggas is wit' it ♪
You want it, come and get it ♪
Took it, then we split it ♪
You fuckin' right we did it ♪
What the fuck you gonna
do when we run up on you? ♪
Fuckin' with the wrong crew ♪
Don't know what we goin' through ♪
I'ma have to show niggas
how easily we blow niggas ♪
Lemme find out there's
some more niggas ♪
That's runnin' with your niggas ♪
Nothin' we can't handle,
break it up and dismantle ♪
Light it up like a candle ♪
Just 'cause I can't stand you ♪
Put my shit on tapes
like you bustin' grapes ♪
Think you holdin' weight? ♪
Then you haven't met the apes ♪