The Chi (2018) s07e05 Episode Script

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[DARNELL] Previously on The Chi
[TOUSSAINT] Michael Sherman?
- Think you know how this goes.
- [REG] This some bullshit.
Y'all come all the way down
for a fucking traffic ticket?
Can't have your man out
here endangering pedestrians,
Mr. Reginald Taylor.
Figured it's time we came face-to-face.
- [CAR DOOR CLOSES]
- Detective Toussaint.
- Nice to meet you.
- [INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
[PERSON] We got a call from juvie.
It's your son. He's been attacked.
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪♪♪
I can't.
I get it.
[HANNIBAL] Y'all ever did shrooms?
[BOTH] Nah.
[HANNIBAL] You sleep, nigga.
- Psychedelics are the new wave.
- [SCOFFS]
This here, it allows
you to go into your brain
and expand your mind in ways
that you didn't even know you could.
- He's teaching me how to grow.
- Yeah.
Y'all should pull up.
He'll show you the way.
- I'm game.
- Me too.
[HANNIBAL] All right.
Y'all know how to play spades?
[EMMETT] Of course we
know how to play. Why?
I got invited to a spades game.
- And you said yes?
- Yep.
All you got to remember is,
if you can count, then
you can play cards.
[LAUGHTER]
[HANNIBAL] Kidding me!
- Shit! Fuck!
- [LAUGHTER]
[GARDNER] What did it do?
- What did you do to 'em?
- [LAUGHS]
Should we get married?
Are you proposing to me?
- Yeah, what do you say?
- I do.
[CHUCKLES]
[CHARLES] Just give me a call
when you need it, all right?
Yes, sir.
[TRACY] Never really been
a fan of megachurches.
- Well, we're not like others.
- We'll see.
[CHARLES] Are you in need of prayer?
[CHUCKLES] I'm always in need of prayer.
- May I lay hands on you?
- Yes, you may.
- [CHUCKLES]
- [CHARLES] Okay.
Thought your ass was dead, boy.
- Me too.
- What you want?
- The mob.
- That's my shit. I run that.
We can go to war today, tomorrow,
whenever the fuck you want to do it.
- I'm coming back for my shit.
- That's cool.
Just know, if I kill you,
I'm gonna bury the body myself.
I'm gonna remember that.
♪♪♪
[DOGS BARKING]
[HIP-HOP MUSIC]
Hey, yo, first come the money ♪
Get the money, money ♪
First come the money,
get the money, money ♪
First take the money,
get the money, money ♪
First come the money,
get the money, money ♪
When I was 16, I flipped
packs to get the dough ♪
Fuck the rules, I'll
be your smooth criminal ♪
Kicked out of school ♪
Feds trying to put the case up ♪
What good is the grave when
you ain't got the paper? ♪
Feeling like the world could lose ♪
I had to choose ♪
Big backpack, fill it up with the do ♪
Cold, cold winters ♪
Can't sleep without the
heat under the mattress ♪
Make one wrong move, I'm blasting ♪
- [REG] Jake. You got it?
- [JAKE] Yeah, I got it.
- [REG] Let me see.
- [JAKE] How's that?
[ATM BEEPING]
Go against me, you
could turn up ghost ♪
Send them up now ♪
- [REG] Yeah! Come on.
- [PERSON] Hey! What you doing?
[JAKE] We got to bail,
bro! Come on! Go, go, go!
[GUN COCKS]
Send them up now ♪
[SIREN WAILING]
♪♪♪
- [NUCK] Vato.
- [VATO] What's good, homey?
- What's the word, my nigga?
- [VATO] Just like you ordered.
Hell, yeah.
I didn't realize niggas
still popped X like this.
[VATO] It ain't never left.
[TIRES SKIDDING]
- [VATO] Oh, shit, what's up?
- [PERSON] What the fuck?
[RAP MUSIC PLAYING ON CAR
STEREO, CAR DOOR OPENS]
[NUCK] You're late.
I had to stop and get something.
What'd I tell you about being flashy?
[CLICKS TONGUE] Come on, man.
You said, don't do it.
♪♪♪
And what the fuck are you doing?
I'm just enjoying my money, man.
You know this kind of shit
can get us caught, right?
♪♪♪
All right, fine.
I won't do it again,
all right? I got you.
I know you won't.
[GUNSHOT, PEOPLE GASP AND MURMUR]
♪♪♪
Please
don't be this nigga.
Be quiet and lay low.
♪♪♪
Bury him with his chains on.
We stacking bodies, stacking bodies ♪
We stacking bodies, stacking bodies ♪
We Stacking bodies, stacking bodies ♪
We catching bodies, catching
bodies, catching bodies ♪
- [CELL PHONE RINGING]
- [SIGHS]
[RECORDING] This is a prepaid call
from an inmate at the
county correctional facility.
- Do you accept his call?
- Yes, I accept.
[LINE BEEPS]
[PERSON] Hey, Ma.
Hey, baby, how you feeling?
[PERSON] I'm all right.
Did you finish the book I sent you?
[PERSON] Not yet.
Boy, don't have me sending you books
- if you not gonna read them.
- [PERSON] I will.
Right now I just got
other things on my mind.
Like what?
[PERSON] Reg ain't dead.
Yes, he is.
[PERSON] I heard he came out of hiding
now that Douda's gone.
How real is this?
[PERSON] I think it's pretty real.
You think, or you know?
Don't have me out here looking crazy.
[PERSON] I'm pretty sure.
[TOUSSAINT] That's not enough.
[PERSON] He shouldn't
be allowed to run free
while I'm rotting away in here.
If you get him, maybe I
could come home sooner.
Let me talk to my superior,
see what I can dig up.
[PERSON] I love you, Ma.
[TOUSSAINT] I love you, too, son.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[DRAMATIC JAZZ MUSIC]
♪♪♪
Unh ♪
Okay, now, I don't
mean to sound ign'ant ♪
Let me see that one.
I ain't trippin' off these women ♪
I don't care about who's snitchin' ♪
[CHUCKLES] I'll take it.
[SCOFFS] Nigga, how much that shit cost?
- I got it.
- [BOTH SCOFF]
All I care about is counting money ♪
You want that?
Don't be humble.
[CHUCKLES]
- We'll take this gold one, too.
- [CHUCKLES]
You ain't got to buy me nothing, bro.
Buying gold chains ain't
just about showing off.
They're a good investment.
Don't let white folks make you
feel stupid for buying jewelry.
A bank account
it ain't nothing but
numbers on a screen.
What if Y2K happen again?
What we gonna do then?
But nothing happened on Y2K.
Maybe they was just
working out the kinks.
[CHUCKLES] So you a
conspiracy theorist now?
I'm a nigga that pays attention.
You wastin' my fucking time ♪
Hey ♪
♪♪♪
[TIFF] Victor keeps telling
me he wants to try shrooms.
[KIESHA] Y'all spending
a lot of time together.
[TIFF] Yeah, it's been nice.
- What's that smile for?
- [CHUCKLES]
Ain't nobody smiling.
[GRUNTS] Don't be keeping shit from me.
- [TIFF] I'm not.
- [KIESHA] You like him?
I don't know.
What do you mean you don't know?
[TIFF SIGHS] I think he
only dates trans women.
- Have you asked him?
- No.
It's hard for me to even
think about that right now.
I get it.
I have been getting
energy from Nuck, though.
What makes you say that?
It's just something I feel.
What do you feel?
Tension.
Sexual tension?
[LAUGHS] I don't know.
What do you mean you don't know?
I'm just not trying to make shit weird.
[KIESHA] It's already weird.
[CHILDREN LAUGHING]
What are you gonna do?
[TIFF] Nothing.
I don't need to be dating nobody.
I just want to focus on my child.
While me and Emmett
focus on the other one.
You offered.
I know.
[SOFT MUSIC]
We good?
Yeah, we're fine.
Don't lie.
I'm not.
♪♪♪
Me and Dom finna get married.
Why?
Because I love her.
[LYNAE] What do you love about her?
I love her cooking.
I love her body.
- I love her eyes. I
- That's it?
I ain't got to prove nothing to you.
If you want me to be your
witness, then, yes, you do.
Just be there, okay?
[SIGHS]
[HANNIBAL] All right, all right,
let me see what you cooking.
[TIFF] This is the weed area.
I know about all this is.
This is this is good.
This is goo Okay.
- Damn, Tiff, I see you.
- Yep.
Yeah, thanks for
showing me how to do it.
[HANNIBAL] Oh, you know I got you.
Yo, Rob would be so proud. [SCOFFS]
- Yeah.
- For real.
Okay, these right here,
these are ready to harvest.
All you got to do is get
somebody to test them out
- for you.
- Do I have to do that?
You don't have to do it,
but I don't like selling no
drugs I ain't tried myself.
- No, that makes sense.
- Yeah.
But whoever you get to try them,
make sure they share with you everything
about their experience
everything.
- Okay.
- That's right.
Look at these
big-ass drumsticks.
[WYCLEF JEAN'S "ECLIPSE" PLAYING]
♪♪♪
[ALICIA] Shaad, I have people for that.
Yeah, I like doing this, though.
[CHUCKLES]
When you're done,
could you please pick up
some cigars for our guests?
Oh, actually, I-I can't stay.
I-I got plans with
Vic later on tonight.
But this boat party has
been on the books for weeks.
I just don't feel like kicking it
- with your bougie-ass friends.
- They're sophisticated.
Well, whatever they
are, they boring as hell.
Besides, Victor told me that Tiff got
some magic mushrooms that
she want us to try out,
so I'ma do that.
You're gonna miss a
beautiful day on the water
to do drugs with your friends?
Uh, yeah.
But don't trip, okay?
I'll be back later on to come
pick you up after you done.
Don't be late.
I got you.
We rockin' ♪
We rollin' ♪
Do this thing for hip-hop, we chosen ♪
Till jeans and my pocket swollen ♪
Keep grindin', it's time to go in ♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
That soul brother got
the scene locked in ♪
I'm skilled at peace
but still drop shit ♪
Burstin' the belly of the beast ♪
[REG] Look at these bougie-ass niggas.
[SCOFFS] These ain't even real yachts.
[JAKE EXHALES DEEPLY]
It's more than we got.
They can have it.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
♪♪♪
Nah! [SCOFFS]
You got so stay with me.
[CLEARS THROAT] Why?
I ain't fake my death.
I need somebody with me at all times.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Why I got to do it?
[INHALES SHARPLY] You
the only one I trust.
♪♪♪
I need you, bro.
[JAKE SIGHS SOFTLY]
Yeah, let's do it to the end ♪
Settin' new trends from
the east to west end ♪
Eye on the best ♪
[COUGHING]
[REG LAUGHING]
Boy, don't make me snatch
that chain off your neck.
[JAKE COUGHS]
[CELL PHONE CHIMES]
Profit off choices you dishin' in ♪
♪♪♪
[DARNELL] Yeah, y'all can roll through.
Got more space on the boat.
Just bring whatever meat you want,
and I'll throw it on the grill.
Hey, you know I got my special
seasoning for the summertime.
[LAUGHS]
Yeah, boy, hurry up.
So we really not going on the water?
Nah, he don't pay for the fuel,
so we just rent it out and stay docked.
This boat is for eating
food and enjoying the sights.
[EMMETT] Got to love a tradition.
- [DARNELL CHUCKLES]
- [DAMIEN] I feel tricked.
You mean to tell me I'm on
a boat but not on the water?
Boy, what you talking
about? You are on the water.
- Just not out sailing.
- This is dumb.
Take a look around you.
Nobody else taking they boat out either.
We all just catching a
vibe, enjoying the wave.
Now, let me enjoy my drink and
finish up this grill in peace.
The next boat over
got a chef and servers.
And a DJ.
Yeah, well, on this boat,
I'm the chef and the DJ.
- Ha.
- Hey, Emmett, hit that speaker.
Let's get this thing going on now.
Ha.
[DAMIEN] Can we at least pick the music?
Oh, hell, no, I got my
"Big Daddy's Boat" playlist
- all set, ready to go.
- [DAMIEN] Oh.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- [R&B MUSIC PLAYING SOFTLY]
- You hear that?
[CHUCKLES] That's it.
- [DARNELL LAUGHS]
- I don't hear nothing.
Oh, shit, it's playing in here.
Let me turn this off
so y'all get it, too.
[R&B MUSIC PLAYS SOFTLY]
Okay, how do I look?
Like a bride.
Do you approve or no?
Of the look or you?
I'm not trying to
steal your brother away.
- I know that.
- So then why do you seem upset?
[SIGHS] It just feels like
this is all moving too fast.
But we love each other.
Where is your family?
Who are your friends?
- Where's yours?
- My family is fucked up.
- And so is mine.
- Is that why you're a pass-around?
You know what?
I'm a grown-ass woman. I
can fuck who I want to fuck.
And you're not gonna shame
me for doing the same shit
niggas been doing for years.
I don't care what anybody thinks.
I'm not anybody. I'm
your future sister-in-law.
So what is it you want from me?
I want y'all to stop
acting like I don't matter.
You're right.
Look, I'm sorry.
[LYNAE] That's passive.
The correct terminology
is, "I apologize."
Okay, I apologize
for making you feel
like you don't matter.
Of course you do. You're
Jamal's only family.
I can't love him and
not show up for you.
Thank you.
I apologize for calling
you a pass-around.
That's a word we only throw
at women, and it's not fair.
Apology accepted.
♪♪♪
Listen
I love your brother.
So do I.
And I know he has a past.
[LYNAE] Yes, he does.
But I'm willing to look ahead.
[LYNAE SIGHS] Me too.
♪♪♪
[GOSPEL MUSIC]
[NUCK] Appreciate the invite, man.
[EZEKIEL] Oh, of course.
Thought it'd be good for you to meet
- some of Chicago's elite.
- [NUCK] Hmm.
All the rich Black folk
in Chicago go to my church.
- So broke folks ain't welcome?
- Of course they are.
- Great party, Pastor.
- [EZEKIEL] Hey.
- [CHUCKLES]
- Meet my good friend Nathan.
Uh, uh, sorry if I seem
a little distracted,
but I have to keep my eye on my car.
What's going on?
Uh, my neighbor had his
car jacked the other week.
Uh, three weeks ago, my
cousin had his car stolen
from your church parking
lot during service.
That's why I'm having
cameras installed next week.
Yeah, well, last I heard, these
hooligans are hacking ATMs.
[EZEKIEL] Are you serious?
Yeah, something has to be done, Pastor.
The fuck you want him to do about it?
- Start an after-school program?
- [LAUGHTER]
These little niggas ain't
going to school, bro.
[CONGREGANT] Mm. Who are you?
This is a new colleague of mine.
Well, advise this new colleague
how to speak to people who
aren't in his tax bracket.
- Mm, fuck taxes, nigga.
- Oh, excuse me.
Yeah, the government
don't do shit for me,
so they don't deserve my money.
You're not wrong, but
this, this is America.
America makes its own rules. So do I.
[CHUCKLES] Well, good luck with that.
I'm gonna go check on my wife.
- You do that.
- [CONGREGANT] Yeah.
♪♪♪
- You really don't pay taxes?
- [NUCK] Who the fuck is Nathan?
Street names don't
really fly around here.
- I don't need a slave name.
- I was trying to help.
Do I look like I need that?
Hit me like a hurricane,
and I still won't complain ♪
Devil really ain't around that often ♪
Only feel him when I'm out
with these bottles poppin' ♪
I don't listen to the sound
of these people talkin' ♪
I don't care about the price ♪
I'm just window shoppin' ♪
[JADA] Hey, I could get used to this.
[TRACY CHUCKLES] Thank
you for coming with me.
I know Darnell got a
boat a few spots down.
I see him every day.
I deserve to sip champagne
and not have to listen to them
talk about sports and the O'Jays.
[CHUCKLES] I know that's
right. Hi, Charles.
- How you doing?
- Thank you for inviting us.
This is my friend Jada.
Jada, it's a pleasure to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
- Welcome to "Part the Red Sea."
Everything on this boat is top of line.
I see.
[CHARLES] I'm surprised
you didn't bring Keith.
- Oh, he's afraid of the water.
- [CHARLES] Oh.
Well, when it comes
time to get baptized,
he's gonna have to overcome that fear.
I don't see him being
baptized by you anytime soon.
[LAUGHTER]
You want to help him wash away his sins?
I'm I'm better with the ladies.
I've heard.
Champagne?
[JADA] Uh, I don't want to
have a headache in the morning.
- Sure.
- [CHARLES] Yeah.
- Thank you.
- [CHARLES] Okay.
[JAZZY MUSIC]
♪♪♪
Oh.
Bakari.
[GARDNER] Look at playboy.
I'm so happy you were able to make it.
Man, I ain't never been
to nothing like this.
[ALICIA] Well, you deserve to experience
the finer things in life.
Yes. How's the summer been treating you?
Good, just trying to
stay out of the way.
[ALICIA] Bakari, this
is my friend Hannah.
She works in publishing.
It is so good to finally meet you.
I've heard so many great things.
Mm, I was hoping that the two of you
could get more acquainted.
♪♪♪
Now she's brokering a book deal?
What, are you jealous?
No, I want the boy to
succeed. You know that.
You don't think Alicia
wants the same thing?
Do you?
♪♪♪
So we just gonna hide out all summer?
I got to lay low. You know that.
What about my business?
[REG] Nigga, fuck your business!
[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING ON CAR STEREO]
[REG] I got to kill
that light-skinned nigga.
Why?
The mob can't have two bosses.
Welcome to the wild side ♪
You know what the business is ♪
- Just be careful.
- Stop acting like a bitch!
- Welcome to the ♪
- Welcome to the wild side ♪
- To the wild side ♪
- Welcome to the wild side ♪
Welcome to the wild
side, the wild side ♪
[SHAAD] So we supposed to eat that?
I already know these
about to be nasty, mm-mm.
It's definitely earthy,
but you can blend it up in
a smoothie to mask the taste.
And mangoes help your body absorb
the psychoactive compound.
Wait, I'm not gonna be running
in the street naked, am I?
You shouldn't.
Oh, no, hold on. W-what's
supposed to happen?
- Right.
- You should have
an out-of-body experience,
but some shit might come up.
What kind of shit?
Emotional shit.
Oh, see, I ain't trying to
be all emotional today, man.
Your mind will levitate.
I like that.
Just tell me everything
that happens once it's over.
Well, what if some deep
shit come up for me?
You don't have to tell
me every little detail.
But whatever you do tell
me can stay between us.
Hmm. It better.
Okay.
Y'all have a good journey.
[VICTOR] Mm-hmm.
[DOOR OPENS]
Man, don't look at me like that.
- [SCOFFS] Yeah, a'ight.
- [DOOR CLOSES]
- Well, you ready?
- I got mine right here.
I'm gonna choose this one right here.
All right, come on.
[DREAMY MUSIC]
Oh, no, you need the
mango. You need the mango.
- [CAN HISSES]
- I'm just saying.
Everybody keep talking about marriage
like it's the only way
I deserve to see my kid.
It's a way to protect your
woman, even after you dead.
Y'all got PTSD. We safe now.
That nigga Nuck don't seem too safe.
[EMMETT] He ain't gonna kill me.
You say that now.
Whatever.
I just don't think I
believe in monogamy.
Oh, here we go with this shit again.
The world is just too big
to have only one soulmate.
I've had multiple.
Just don't get none of
them soulmates pregnant.
I got enough grandkids as it is.
Oh, you talking a lot of shit today.
Hey, I'm done with my pimp life.
Being settled has been good for me.
Okay, domesticity looks good on you.
[DARNELL] Hey, all right, hey.
[DAMIEN] Who would have thought?
Hey, till death do us
part that's real love.
- You feel me?
- Ooh, sounds like prison.
- Yeah, a life sentence.
- Nah, it's a blessing.
[CHUCKLES] Look, I love Kiesha.
Y'all know that. I-I'm
gonna marry her one day.
I just
I don't want to feel pressured
just because she pregnant.
- Nigga, you sound dumb.
- [LAUGHTER]
You ain't been around long
enough to have an opinion.
I'm just saying, be careful.
Nuck might slide up on your girl.
It seem like he trying to
slide on Tiff right now.
- You seemed concerned.
- Huh?
- I said, you seem concerned.
- I'm not.
[LAUGHS] Hey, look, all I'm saying is,
stop playing around.
Make an honest woman out of Kiesha.
- Y'all get on my nerves.
- [LAUGHTER]
[DAMIEN] We love you, too. [LAUGHING]
[DARNELL] He'll be all
right. He'll be all right.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
♪♪♪
Right. [SNIFFS]
Is he a preacher?
He got ordained online. Here, hold this.
Don't worry about my credentials, okay?
I got this.
[CLEARS THROAT] Shit.
♪♪♪
Y'all vowing today to put
each other first, okay?
Hold each other down
and turn each other out.
That's the most important vow of all.
Okay, now if there's anyone
in here that doesn't think
these two should be
joined in holy matrimony,
don't say shit,
'cause they don't give a
damn about what you think
because this is their life, okay?
And you need to mind the
business that pays you
and be grateful that you invited
to witness their love.
Now it's time for the
vows. Dom, you first.
Okay.
♪♪♪
Jamal
meeting and falling for
you has been a whirlwind.
You've shown me more love
in the past few months
than people have shown me my whole life.
I'm appreciative of the man you are,
and I'm excited to witness
all that you will become.
I vow to be your
partner, your best friend,
and your biggest cheerleader.
I love you forever.
♪♪♪
Dom, they say when a man finds a wife,
he finds a good thing.
I'm grateful to God
- for making my good thing you.
- [DOM CHUCKLES]
[JAMAL] I vow to spend
the rest of my life
earning your love and your devotion.
I know it's a blessing I don't deserve.
I love you.
[DANTE] Where the rings at?
- Oh, the rings.
- [DANTE CLEARS THROAT]
[DANTE SIGHS]
Okay.
[CHUCKLING]
Ha ha. All right, now,
by the power vested in me
[DOM] Okay.
I now pronounce
y'all husband and wife.
- [DOM LAUGHS]
- You can now tongue her down.
I know it's all about quality time ♪
Time, time ♪
Love takes time ♪
There's value in time ♪
Rome wasn't built in a day ♪
Strides made day by day ♪
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
[J. HOWELL'S "LOVE YOU
IN THE MORNING" PLAYING]
[SINGER VOCALIZING]
Love you in the morning ♪
Fuck you at night ♪
♪♪♪
Kissin' overrated ♪
Grab ahold tight ♪
♪♪♪
Oh, oh ♪
I done lost my head for a second ♪
Oh, oh ♪
I done lost my mind,
all right, all right ♪
Tonight ♪
I swear, baby, I ♪
[VOCALIZING]
Oh, oh ♪
I done lost my head ♪
Oh, oh ♪
[HANNAH] So I hear you're gonna be
the next urban-lit superstar.
I don't know about all that.
I just want to tell my story.
[HANNAH] Well, let me hear it.
- Hear what?
- Your story.
Pitch it to me.
[BAKARI SIGHS]
Me and my sister
we grew up in the foster-care system,
but basically raised ourselves.
Shit got tough out
there, man, but, uh
I found my way by hustling.
The only thing is, hustling
hustling comes with a price.
It's your peace of mind.
I'm paying that price
right now, but, uh
I'm tired of being haunted by my past.
So I'm trying to write
my way to a better future.
[HANNAH] Wow.
Now, that was a good pitch.
[SCOFFS] Whoa, whoa,
whoa, this ain't no movie.
This my life.
If that book flies off the shelves,
your life could be a movie.
What do you mean my
life could be a movie?
[HANNAH] People love a redemption story.
You go from being a hustler
to a New York Times
best-selling author,
- that is quite a journey.
- [SCOFFS]
Listen, with all due respect,
I just want to tell my story.
The point is to sell books.
Well, I hadn't thought about that.
You can sell drugs, you can sell books.
I never sold drugs.
[HANNAH] Then how do you make money?
I'm not answering that.
Very smart.
Save it for the book.
- How's it going?
- [HANNAH] I want him.
- [BAKARI] Excuse me?
- I want the life rights.
I think a book about
his life on the streets
- could be the next big thing.
- Amazing.
I feel like a proud mother.
[LIGHT JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]
You gotta fake it till you make it ♪
Start out from the bottom ♪
Did you add to your body count?
Niggas don't listen.
What did you ask him?
Lay low and no flashy shit for a while.
What's wrong with being flashy?
It's too much attention.
[SIGHS] So you like to lead with fear.
Man, I had to. It's the only way.
There are other ways to lead.
Some people won't
believe in your vision ♪
It's for you, they
ain't seeing your vision ♪
[UPBEAT JAZZ MUSIC]
♪♪♪
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
♪♪♪
Congratulations.
I can't work with that white bitch.
What?
I ain't like how she was talking to me.
She's just excited.
She's excited about
making money off my pain.
We will make sure that
you have a good deal.
I don't want my book in her hands.
I have changed your life.
You need to be thanking me.
Thanking you?
All I ever wanted from
you was a opportunity.
I don't need you to change my life.
Too late.
♪♪♪
[DAMIEN] Y'all want to hit the
spades tournament next week?
You win one game, and now you're trying
- to do tournaments and shit?
- Top prize is five racks.
- [EMMETT] Damn.
- Money and spades don't mix.
Spades is about pride and respect.
Damien, you know you ain't
supposed to be gambling no way.
[CLICKS TONGUE] I'm fine.
[R&B MUSIC]
- What about you, brother?
- Hell, nah.
You just started playing.
Besides, Kiesha would kill me
if she found out I lost
some money on a bet.
This ain't White Men Can't Jump.
[LAUGHTER]
You on your own.
♪♪♪
[ALICIA] If you want to
be my bitch, you can be,
but I'm not in the market for that.
[SPACEY MUSIC]
[PERSON] Why do you feel like
you have to save everybody?
[PEACHES] What you grieving?
[VICTOR] The life I could've had!
♪♪♪
[EXHALES SHAKILY]
[FAUCET RUNNING]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[TENSE MUSIC]
♪♪♪
[CHOKING]
♪♪♪
[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING, GLASS BREAKING]
Sometimes ♪
I feel ♪
Like a motherless ♪
Child ♪
- Sometimes ♪
- [THUNDER BOOMING]
I feel ♪
Like I'm almost ♪
Almost done ♪
[THUNDER BOOMS]
Sometimes ♪
[THUNDER BOOMING]
I feel ♪
Like I'm almost ♪
Almost done ♪
[THUNDER RUMBLES]
And I'm a long ♪
Long, long ♪
♪♪♪
Way from home ♪
[THUNDER BOOMING]
♪♪♪
[VICTOR] Shaad.
Shaad.
- [SLAPPING SHOULDER] Shaad.
- [DISTANT SIREN WAILING]
[SHAAD EXHALES SHARPLY, VICTOR GRUNTS]
The fuck?
[VICTOR EXHALES DEEPLY]
What'd you see?
I saw myself.
Me too.
I'm a long ♪
Long, long ♪
Way from home ♪
♪♪♪
- Thank you.
- Bakari.
[LIGHT JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]
- Don't let Alicia control you.
- I'm not.
[JUDGE BRADLEY] She
can be very persuasive.
I know. [SIGHS]
[GARDNER] Everything okay?
I'm not feeling that publisher.
- Me neither.
- So I
I don't have to work with her, right?
We can't make that decision for you.
But you can advise me, right?
[GARDNER] Yeah, what do you want?
I want to tell my story, but
I don't want somebody else
making more money off my art than me.
[CHUCKLES] I hate to break it to you,
but that's an unfortunate
part of this industry.
[SIGHS] Can I just
publish it myself, then?
- That's easier said than done.
- But not impossible.
- [JUDGE BRADLEY] Mm.
- Just a lot more work.
I ain't afraid of that.
[CHUCKLES] Let me see how much it costs.
Thank you.
♪♪♪
My God ♪
So how long have you been a
member of Pastor Zeke's church?
You come and see Pastor Zeke,
but you stick around to see
Pastor Charles' benediction.
- Interesting.
- I just love their message.
And what message is that?
[PERSON] You know, they just
want us to have it all
love, prosperity,
and anything our hearts desire.
Hmm. And what's your heart desire?
[CHUCKLES] Let's just say
Pastor Charles knows how
to get a woman on her knees.
For prayer?
Yes
- for prayer.
- [SCOFFS]
Defending me from my enemies ♪
Entities, I'll see you later ♪
My God, I don't fear no
man, I just fear my God ♪
My God ♪
What's her deal?
♪♪♪
[NUCK] Just a rich woman that
thinks she can change the world
with her money.
Money does make the world go round.
Yeah? Fuck her.
♪♪♪
[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING ON CAR STEREO]
[REG] If I start a war, I
need to know you're on my side.
♪♪♪
And you need to stop hangin'
with that motherfucker.
♪♪♪
- What you got against Bakari?
- His boss.
Your enemies ain't got
nothing to do with me.
[REG] They got
everything to do with you.
♪♪♪
- So what you want me to do?
- Stop fucking with that nigga.
♪♪♪
And give me back my blunt.
We clear the blocks, trippin' it up ♪
Shoelace, flatline, it's
where the bullshit stops ♪
[GOSPEL MUSIC]
[JADA] I think you should
slow down with Charles.
- We haven't even sped up yet.
- [JADA SCOFFS]
Look, I heard a lot
of shit on this boat.
Like what?
Like he good at getting
women on they knees.
Yeah, for prayer.
She was not talking about no prayer.
Okay. Well, everybody got a past.
Yeah, this feels very present.
Here you go.
And this is for you.
- Thank you very much.
- Look how beautiful that is.
- 'Cause He's my friend ♪
- Oh, oh, oh ♪
How you feeling?
Crazy.
In a good way?
I don't know yet.
- How about you?
- [VICTOR] I'm nervous.
[SHAAD] About what?
About what I saw.
What'd you see?
I saw Trig.
[SHAAD] Yeah, I saw a younger me.
What the fuck do this shit even mean?
Don't ask me. I'm just
trying to get high, nigga.
I didn't sign up for this shit.
I'm just trying to chill, yo.
[LAUGHING]
Me too.
Oh, man.
Hey, you know what I'm
beginning to realize, though?
[VICTOR SIGHS] What?
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[SHAAD] I ain't get
enough love as a kid.
Neither did I.
I think that's why
I probably spent my life, like
chasing women and doing
dumb shit, because
♪♪♪
I ain't never get
the love that I wanted.
I spent my whole life
running away from love
♪♪♪
'cause I don't think I deserve it.
♪♪♪
- [SHAAD CLEARS THROAT]
- [VICTOR] Man.
You gonna tell Tiff what you saw?
[VICTOR SCOFFS]
I don't know.
I got to tell her what I saw?
[SCOFFS SOFTLY] As much
as you can, I guess.
♪♪♪
I'm tired as fuck, man.
Me too.
[SHAAD SIGHS]
[GROANS SOFTLY]
♪♪♪
[SOFT HIP-HOP MUSIC]
Na, na, na, na, na,
I said, na, na, na, na ♪
So how many women on this
boat have you slept with?
How many women on this boat?
I'm I'm joking. I'm
joking. I'm joking. I'm joking.
- I'm joking.
- But it's not funny.
- Okay, okay.
- It's not.
Yes, to be honest, a lot of
women throw themselves at me
because of my position.
And, T, I'm human.
I like the attention, but
I want them focused on God, not on me.
Trust me.
Trust has to be earned.
And I'm willing to earn that.
Look, my actions will speak louder
than all the sinful
gossip you've heard today.
Right?
I say, oh, hallelujah, hallelujah ♪
I say, oh, hallelu, hallelujah ♪
I say, oh, hallelujah, hallelujah ♪
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪♪♪
Who is that?
That's the lady that
helped Vic beat his case.
She got money?
[SCOFFS] Hell, yeah.
Good to know.
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
[GROANS]
♪♪♪
Hello?
[ALICIA] You're late.
Shit.
These mushrooms got me fucked up.
What time is it?
Oh.
Hold on, hold on.
I-I'll be right there.
Don't worry about it.
I'll figure it out.
[CELL PHONE BEEPS]
[DRAMATIC SOUL MUSIC]
Fuck!
Need a ride?
♪♪♪
Comin' out of it ♪
You here, I feel so sick ♪
Today was fun.
Yeah, I ain't ever been
to no wedding like that.
- [BOTH CHUCKLE]
- Yeah.
Well, thank you for taking me out
while my brother and his new wife
treat our house like a honeymoon suite.
[CHUCKLES] Anytime.
♪♪♪
Good night, Papa.
Good night, Lynae.
Right on time with it,
right on time with it ♪
Yeah, yeah ♪
Let me out of here,
let me out of here ♪
Yeah, yeah ♪
- Right on time with it ♪
- Ooh ♪
Yeah, yeah ♪
- How can I forget? ♪
- Ooh ♪
- Yeah, yeah ♪
- Ooh ♪
You be right on time,
I just can't deny it ♪
[EZEKIEL CHUCKLES]
When's the last time you been to church?
I haven't been in a long time.
Any chance I could lure you to mine?
Not unless you can prove God is real.
Am I with a nonbeliever?
I believe what I see.
I know your kind.
Is that right?
[EZEKIEL] Let me guess.
At some point in your life,
you really believed in someone,
and they let you down.
Mm, nothing crushes faith
quicker than disappointment.
Can faith be restored?
God always finds ways to
remind us that He's God.
And there will be a point in this life
when we have to believe in something
- bigger than ourselves.
- I don't have time for that.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Most people don't.
I want to kill every man
who kills with no conscience.
♪♪♪
[CLICKS TONGUE] How do
you plan on doing that?
Bribe his soldiers.
[SCOFFS] That could cost a lot of money.
That's not an issue.
What do you need me for?
I need you to be on the
lookout for every young man
who kills for no good reason.
Young men in the community
are just starting to trust me.
[ALICIA] I know.
Then why should I send them
to be slaughtered by you?
The safer our streets are,
the more money I can put
into your expansion fund.
- How much?
- [ALICIA] A few million.
And I can put together a fundraiser.
I know rich folks, too.
[ALICIA] My friends are richer.
♪♪♪
What do you want me to do?
Find out who's racking up those bodies.
[FIRE CRACKLING]
♪♪♪
[DISTANT SIREN WAILING]
[TELEPHONE RINGING, INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Who does that look like to you?
[DETECTIVE] I don't know.
Reginald Taylor, aka Reg.
Nah, he's dead.
I got a tip that he's alive.
[DETECTIVE] From who?
A trusted source on the inside.
Jesus.
[TENSE HIP-HOP MUSIC]
♪♪♪
It ain't over till the
fat bitch starts singin' ♪
Money stacked up to
the stash-house ceilin' ♪
Back when I had nothin',
I was robbin' and dealin' ♪
Ring the alarm, bring
the fire like we drillin' ♪
They couldn't understand
the desires I was feelin' ♪
Money, fast cars, and the women ♪
Versace, gold linens,
jaguars on the emblem ♪
Keep somethin' tucked in the denim ♪
They respect how you
move, not the words you say ♪
I'm nice with the wordplay,
but these words ain't play ♪
Word is bond ♪
And the price gets paid,
or the blood starts spillin' ♪
like a bottle of 'Zé ♪
Should've stuck to the
plan like mac in a pan ♪
Bust 50 rounds at
the back of the van ♪
Swerve on the cops, traffic in a jam ♪
First to the throne,
last one to stand ♪
Streets are talkin' ♪
Streets are talkin' ♪
What they say? Streets are talkin' ♪
Streets are talkin' ♪
They scatter when they hear my name ♪
♪♪♪