The Chi (2018) s08e03 Episode Script

1
[LYNAE] Previously on The Chi
[SHAAD] We gonna get
out of here. Trust me.
[VICTOR] When?
When Nora tells my lawyer
I was with her that night.
And why hasn't she done that yet?
You can save a man's life.
What happens if I change my story?
I'll make sure you're
protected for telling the truth.
We were together.
You know what? Get the fuck out of
my house and take your shit with you.
- You really kicking me out?
- Bye, Reg.
I need to stay at your
crib for a little while.
Nigga, is you out your fucking mind?
My girl tripping over one of
my latest business ventures.
The crib belong to all of us.
I don't want you to bring
none of your dumb-ass friends
in my house while I'm in here.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Get the fuck out.
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
[REG] Let's play a game.
Heard of Russian roulette?
[BULLETS CLINKING]
[CYLINDER WHIRS, CLICKS]
I guess we gonna see.
[RAFI] What you get if you win?
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[GUN COCKING]
I get to stay.
No deal.
- [GUN CLICKS]
- [CHUCKLING]
I know you still love me.
It's my crib now, nigga.
Hey, son.
Go play with your friend.
- He got into three fights last week.
- What's wrong with him?
Ever since we moved, he
just started acting out.
Devante's principal just called.
They found a gun in his book bag.
I'm gonna be straight with you.
We've decided to give Devante 90 days
of court supervision
monitoring, consistent check-ins,
the whole nine.
- I choose to work for him.
- Also 'cause he killed Rob.
He also killed Pastor Zeke.
What?
Don't tell nobody.
You're not pillow talking, is you?
Are you?
[NUCK] Hell nah.
Tiff only know what she need to know.
- Goddamn, bro.
- [MOTORCYCLE ENGINE REVVING]
[GUNFIRE]
[PERSON] We gonna need
help with security.
Block hotter than it used to be.
- [BIG MIKE] What y'all want?
- I know you don't fuck with Reg no more.
Fuck that nigga.
You really want to make him mad?
Come back to the Mob.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪♪♪
[DISTANT SIREN WAILING]
What's up, you disloyal motherfucker?
Fuck is you talking about?
How's you working for my enemy?
Nigga, I'm the reason
why you still alive.
And you ain't even hit me when
you came back from the dead?
Man, where was you at when I woke up?
I ain't think you would.
So you didn't stay to see
if I was gonna be okay?
Nigga, I thought you was dead.
I just didn't want to
leave you in the streets.
Thank God some nurse took pity on me.
If I knew you was gonna survive,
I would've came back, man.
Well, I did.
My bad.
Nigga, fuck you.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪♪♪
[DRAMATIC JAZZ MUSIC]
♪♪♪
Heart been broke so many times ♪
I-I don't know what to believe ♪
- Yeah ♪
- Mama say it's my fault ♪
It's my fault ♪
I wear my heart on my sleeve ♪
I think it's best I
put my heart on ice ♪
Heart on ice, 'cause I can't breathe ♪
I'ma put my heart
on ice, heart on ice ♪
It's getting the best of me ♪
While in the cell with Lil' Joaquin ♪
After I slapped him, I had told him ♪
I don't know how you
get down with them clowns ♪
But I'm a soldier ♪
No one could understand ♪
I had way too much aggression ♪
That built over the years ♪
From my abandoned adolescence ♪
See, I done been lied to,
backstabbed, and heartbroken ♪
I wanted to cry, but I
was too afraid to open ♪
Praying one day, I'll find
a peace of mind by the ocean ♪
I spent all my time
committing crimes ♪
To get closer ♪
While at my Nana
house, I play the ♪
- What happened to the G-wagon?
- Reg still got it.
Man, I ain't never coming back here.
That's what you said last time.
- Yeah, but I mean it this time.
- I hope so.
Hey, yo, let's stop by Smokey's
before we get to the crib.
I got to swing y'all by Tiff's first.
- Why?
- She said she wanted to see y'all.
- You working for her now?
- [JAKE] Nah.
But she is the new bitch in charge.
Don't call her no bitch.
What? She don't care.
So she staying at Alicia house?
It's her house now.
♪♪♪
She staying there by herself?
[SCOFFS] Nigga, what you think?
♪♪♪
Yeah, yeah ♪
Yeah, yeah ♪
♪♪♪
Yeah, yeah ♪
♪♪♪
Y'all need anything?
Well, we kind of need everything.
[VICTOR] I just want my old job back.
I was gonna offer you that anyway.
I need a job too you
know, something legal.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪♪♪
[TIFF] Charles is helping
me run the barbershop.
You can sweep floors if you want.
[SHAAD SCOFFS] I'll take it.
♪♪♪
Y'all need some money to hold you over?
We could hold something.
I got y'all.
♪♪♪
Damn! Y'all balling like that?
Alicia made sure we was good.
I see.
Who's we?
Me and the baby.
♪♪♪
Are you living with them?
[TIFF] Yes.
Well, I still want to
find out who killed Alicia.
Why do you care?
[SHAAD] Because I loved her.
I thought y'all broke up.
Yeah, we did, but it was
my job to protect her.
And you failed.
- You don't have to remind me.
- She had a lot of enemies.
There's no telling who killed her.
I want to know.
Don't do nothing stupid.
Y'all just got out.
And seeking revenge
won't bring her back.
[SCOFFS]
- Did you do it?
- Easy.
Why everybody think I did that shit?
It's a fair question.
Not while you in our house.
I didn't do that shit.
People just seem to
keep dying around you.
Well, it ain't easy
staying alive in this city.
Tell me about it.
♪♪♪
I'm sorry I never came to visit.
It's all good.
We had to lay low.
I appreciate the letters.
[NUCK] You wrote this nigga letters?
Just a few.
♪♪♪
[NUCK] All right.
Come on.
♪♪♪
Let us know if y'all need anything else.
♪♪♪
[DOOR CLOSES]
[TRAIN CLACKING]
[DISTANT SIREN WAILING]
I gave my life to this shit ♪
It's only right I make it ♪
I ain't just come off the stoop ♪
I been doing this shit, man ♪
I gave my life to this shit ♪
It's only right I make it ♪
What the fuck?
What the fuck?
Get the fuck out.
[LAUGHING]
I won this crib in a bet.
Jake can't gamble shit that ain't his.
He still lost, nigga.
So what's up?
[TENSE MUSIC]
Both of my brothers trying
to kill me in the same week?
♪♪♪
[VICTOR] I know what you care about.
Take that money and
find you somewhere to be.
That's a lot of money.
[SCOFFS] That's what I said.
[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING]
♪♪♪
- And all I got to do is leave?
- That's the deal.
♪♪♪
Come on, we gone.
♪♪♪
[PERSON] Hey, get that drink.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
I gave my life to this shit ♪
It's only right I make it ♪
I ain't just come off the stoop ♪
I been doing this shit, man ♪
I gave my life to this shit ♪
It's only right I make it ♪
All the blood, sweat,
and tears niggas put in ♪
[NUCK] So you was
fucking with Rafi girl?
How you know?
Come on, man, the nigga
used to work for me.
Work for Reg now.
[SOFT R&B MUSIC PLAYING]
♪♪♪
Fuck that nigga.
Yeah
fuck that nigga.
Niggas ain't loyal.
- Bitches ain't either.
- [NUCK] Some can be.
Sometimes it be your own
bitch that take you out.
Mm, not mine.
You say that now.
♪♪♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER, LAUGHTER]
- We got a lot of new faces tonight.
- [PERSON] Mm-hmm.
Thank you for letting
me bring my sister.
Dang, you got a nice house.
[CHUCKLES] And by
"nice", she means "big".
- [LIGHT LAUGHTER]
- Alicia left it to me.
Didn't she get killed in here?
Let's not bring that up.
Oh, my bad.
♪♪♪
Okay. [SIGHS]
Does anyone have anything they
want to get off their chest?
It's a safe space.
♪♪♪
- Am I a bad mom?
- Of course not.
I feel like it.
Well, we all feel like it sometimes.
- You don't.
- Yes, I do.
Would you ever give one of
your kids to your mother?
- Hell no.
- Exactly.
[LAUGHTER]
That's because I don't
want her raising my kids.
Mm, knowing what you
can't give your kids
and allowing someone else to step in,
that's a sign of a great parent.
- I'm just saying.
- [PERSON] Yeah.
Yeah, I wish our mom would've
allowed someone to step in
and help her from time to time.
[TIFF] I just don't want him to hate me.
Girl, kids gonna hate you sometimes.
But when they get older,
they'll see everything
you did was for them.
- I hope so.
- Yeah.
Sometimes I hate my mom.
Why?
'Cause she left us
to fend for ourselves.
At least you know EJ has
someone to look after him.
I'm sorry, Lynae.
[LYNAE] I'm just glad
your mom took me in.
But then she left too.
I wish somebody would've told me
being a parent was this hard.
- And that's why I have no kids.
- Ha-ha-ha.
And that's why I'm gonna wait
until I get old to have some.
Oh, don't wait too long.
Girl, you could just freeze your eggs.
- How much does that cost?
- It sounds expensive.
Look, I'm just good with taking
care of other people's kids.
And you are appreciated, 'cause, girl
You do got a full house over there.
- [LAUGHTER]
- [RILEY] Mm.
You and Nuck thinking about having any?
I haven't thought about it. Why?
Just curious.
Would you really want
to have a baby with Nuck?
I got one.
But you thought it was someone else's.
I still would've had
it if I knew it was his.
I guess.
What's your issue with Nuck?
He's a killer.
- So is your brother.
- [SCOFFS] Not anymore.
Lynae.
You said it was a safe space.
Who did he kill?
Pastor Zeke.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
♪♪♪
On the water next to the beach ♪
What y'all working on?
A paper on the pros and
cons of using social media
as a marketing tool.
What's the cons?
It's less personal.
Ain't nothing personal these days.
Yeah, but just posting isn't enough.
Socials is all I use.
My parties be packed.
The last one was a vibe,
but not enough people
tagged you as the promoter.
Your party did more for the lounge
than it did for your business.
[CLICKS TONGUE] That's fair.
If I were you, I would just
offer free entry to the next party,
as long as they tag you
as well as the location.
I'm not offering no free entry.
Loyalty is more valuable than money.
I don't know about that.
Capital isn't everything.
It is to me.
And when I tell you I'm the best ♪
It ain't no second-guessing ♪
Yeah, please believe me, dog ♪
I'm being patient ♪
You can hate, but this my situation ♪
[DOOR OPENS]
Hey.
[DOOR CLOSES]
What's wrong?
Did you kill Pastor Zeke?
[TENSE MUSIC]
- Where you hear that?
- Does it matter?
- It does.
- I've heard it from more than one person.
Okay, then why you asking me now?
'Cause I'm tired of hearing this shit
from new people every day!
You can't just accuse
me of some shit like that
and not tell me where you heard it from.
♪♪♪
[SIGHS]
Lynae.
Fuck.
- Is it true?
- No.
Where are you going?
[NUCK] I got to take care of something.
♪♪♪
Thank you for taking
Devante with you today.
Just because he's being homeschooled
doesn't mean he shouldn't socialize.
Are these other kids
as troubled as Devante?
Not necessarily in the same way,
but they've been in fights at school.
I don't want him getting any ideas.
The goal is to get them
to talk to each other
and try and get a better understanding
of their own behavior.
What if he doesn't open up?
It's gonna take some time,
but eventually they'll
learn to trust each other.
[ZIPPER CLOSES, FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
Hey.
You excited to meet the other kids?
Not really.
Ah. That's a start.
I'll pick you up later, okay?
[POWER TOOL WHIRRING]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
♪♪♪
[NUCK] You been running
your mouth to your bitch?
What the fuck you talking about?
Nigga, fuck you. You
don't work for me no more.
- Are you serious?
- [GUN COCKING]
♪♪♪
You lucky I don't kill you.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Do it, nigga.
Don't tempt me.
♪♪♪
[KENYA] You're smoking a lot.
[SOFT R&B MUSIC PLAYING]
I'm just calming my nerves.
Why are you nervous?
Somebody took your dad's life.
Somebody took my dad's life.
It's scary.
We're not our fathers.
But we still got to pay for their sins.
What are you talking about?
What if something happens to me?
Nothing's gonna happen to you.
You don't know that.
Real ♪
Wake up in the morning ♪
Feels like I'm still dreaming ♪
♪♪♪
Wake up in the morning ♪
Feels like I'm still dreaming ♪
[BAKARI] He could've killed me!
- He wouldn't kill you.
- He'll kill anybody!
I'm sorry.
[SOFT R&B MUSIC PLAYING]
- Now I ain't got shit.
- You still have me.
That ain't enough.
I'm not enough for you?
- I need to make money.
- Then get a regular job.
I don't want a regular-ass job.
Then what you gonna do, be homeless?
♪♪♪
Did you do this on purpose?
Of course not.
Better not have.
[SIGHS]
♪♪♪
[DOOR SLAMS]
[MONDO] I hate school.
- [TEVIN] Me too.
- [RILEY] Why?
[DEVANTE] It's boring.
[RILEY] Well, you're probably
too smart for the curriculum.
- Really?
- [RILEY] Mm-hmm.
Yeah, you probably just
needed more help and support
from the teaching staff.
These teachers don't care.
- Have you asked them?
- No.
Then how do you know?
I'm just ready to be grown.
Me too.
Mm, but being grown ain't
what it's cracked up to be.
You get to go outside whenever you want,
and you can eat Flamin' Hots every day.
Oh, and that's what you
think being a grown-up is?
- Mm-mm-mm.
- You also get to play video games
and smoke weed while
your woman cooks for you.
Is that what your dad does?
Yep.
So why do you guys keep
getting into fights at school?
Niggas be trying me.
Can we use another word, please?
Motherfuckers be trying me too.
Why is that?
Daddy got a lot of kids.
People say my mom's a pass-around.
- She is.
- Bro, what?
[MONDO] Nigga, sit your ass down.
[TEVIN] Nigga, I'll beat your ass.
- [MONDO] Do it.
- All right, all right, ah, look.
Hey, stop it!
Y'all want to leave?
- I do, actually.
- What?
Your mother won't be here
for another 30 minutes.
So unless you want to go
out and stare at the wall,
I suggest you stay in this room.
Sorry, Ms. Riley.
Don't just apologize to me.
Sorry, y'all.
Apology accepted.
- I'll think about it.
- [LAUGHS]
- Nigga, fuck you.
- That's it, out.
[MONDO] I was just joking.
I need y'all to mind your
language while you're here.
- Fine.
- But when we leave here,
we definitely gonna be
saying "nigga" again.
[LAUGHTER]
Look, what you do out
there, I can't control.
But while you are in this space,
you will respect it.
But you can't take it
with you to the grave ♪
Yes, ma'am.
I'm the king of the
city, king of the city ♪
We them kings in the
city, kings in the city ♪
You done with Nuck for good?
- Yep.
- You better be
or else you can't work here.
- I thought y'all was cool.
- It's complicated.
'Cause he fucking Tiff?
- [EMMETT] Watch your mouth.
- My bad.
I don't trust you on the register yet.
You can mop the floors
and be on trash duty.
- For real?
- You want the job or not?
I ain't no thief like your brother.
Once I'm convinced, I'll
move you to the register.
A'ight.
That ambition got the boy
out starting businesses ♪
Businesses ♪
We ain't supposed to
be out here in poverty ♪
Broke at a nine-to-five,
praying for the lottery ♪
Honestly, I don't talk
much, I let the cash speak ♪
The kids look at us like athletes ♪
[KNOCKING]
[SIGHS]
- What you want?
- Let me in. It's cold.
- I got money.
- I don't care.
- I want you to have it.
- You can't buy me back.
I want to help you pay off this house.
I don't need you to do that.
I know you don't, but I want to.
[SIGHS]
I don't know.
- Come on, I ain't got nowhere else to go.
- [SCOFFS]
Is that why you're here?
I'm here because I love you.
[SIGHS]
Don't just say that shit.
I'm not.
[ROMANTIC MUSIC]
You gonna say that shit back?
Well, I'm letting you back in, aren't I?
You are.
And I'm grateful.
♪♪♪
Hey, can I talk to you for a minute?
Uh, yeah. What's up?
[SERIOUS MUSIC]
Something's wrong with Papa.
What you mean?
He's been smoking a lot and drinking.
Papa?
And he's not going to church anymore.
[EMMETT] Damn.
He keeps saying he thinks
something's gonna happen to him.
That's a lot.
I know.
You think you can talk
to him or something?
Me? Uh
- I don't know.
- He needs a father figure.
I'm not even doing well with my own son.
Maybe you'll have better luck with him.
It takes a village.
♪♪♪
Can you just say something?
All right, I got you.
Thank you.
♪♪♪
Two years, I keep calling ♪
I'm standing here,
and I ain't got you ♪
♪♪♪
[CAMERA SHUTTER SNAPS]
As we lay here ♪
Do I bore you?
No, you annoy me.
[SCOFFS]
You be doing too much.
You don't do enough.
- I'm good.
- [CAMERA SHUTTER SNAPS]
If you good, why are you here?
Because you asked me to be.
[CAMERA SHUTTER SNAPS]
♪♪♪
- Don't do the bare minimum.
- [JAKE] What's wrong with that?
It'll only get you so far.
Look, I ain't trying to go far.
I'm just trying to get by.
♪♪♪
Come on, lift me up,
love, I keep falling ♪
I'm losing faith
'cause you keep stalling ♪
Stalling, stalling, stalling ♪
♪♪♪
Lift me up, love, I keep falling ♪
I'm losing faith
'cause you keep stalling ♪
♪♪♪
I keep calling ♪
I keep calling ♪
I keep calling ♪
I keep calling ♪
I keep calling ♪
I heard you been smoking a lot.
So?
- You're not really a smoker.
- I am now.
Look, I know you hurting,
but weed's not a good crutch.
- You smoke.
- [EMMETT] Not that much.
And you drink.
I do, but I need to
take it easy on that too.
I'm just trying to
get my mind off things.
I know the feeling, but
getting your mind off things
don't always make it go away.
I just want to feel normal again.
There's no such thing.
When will I feel happy again?
I don't know.
What do you do?
I talk to Kiesha.
You think I should talk to Kenya more?
I do, or maybe we need to get
the men's circle going again.
- [PAPA] Yeah, that'd be cool.
- Okay, bet.
I could use it too.
Hello, baby ♪
I thought I saw you out just now ♪
I know it's been a minute ♪
How are you?
I know it's been a while ♪
Still adjusting to being out.
I get that.
I'm glad you're back.
Me too.
How are you?
[SIGHS]
It's a lot right now.
I can see.
Yeah, I'm juggling.
I see you all bossed up.
I'm trying.
Well, it looks good on you.
- Thank you.
- [VICTOR] Mm.
It's not easy.
And I see why Alicia was so cold.
[VICTOR] Being in charge is some shit.
Yeah, but Nuck is showing me the ropes.
I bet.
You know I'm sorry I
didn't tell you about it.
My brother beat you to it.
But you should've heard it from me.
Hey, you got to do what feels right.
I don't want you to think
that I chose him over you.
You kind of did.
- We wasn't together.
- 'Cause I never got a chance.
Well, I didn't know
if I could trust you.
So do you trust him?
I cared about you.
- So do you still care?
- Of course I do.
- Then what happened?
- He was there.
[SCOFFS]
And I wasn't?
Some just don't play the same ♪
I'm sorry.
I'll be all right.
Are you still good to work here?
No, we good.
- I don't want it to be weird.
- Doesn't have to be.
- Should we hug it out?
- No, we good.
Okay.
And make you mine ♪
[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING]
- Let me get a pic first.
- [SIGHS]
[CAMERA SHUTTER SNAPS]
♪♪♪
- Don't be using me for likes.
- Don't nobody know you.
- Fuck you.
- You wish.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
Is you really down to
work even when it hurts ♪
If you ain't really
committed to get it ♪
Just admit it, quit it, forget it ♪
If you really 'bout
it, then be about it ♪
'Cause we about it ♪
If you ain't, we gonna see about it ♪
Is you really down to
work even when it hurts ♪
If you ain't really
committed to get it ♪
Just admit it, quit it, forget it ♪
[EMMETT] Okay, Bakari.
- What?
- I see you got a little work ethic in you.
Whatever.
Take the compliment, nigga.
- Thank you. I'm trying.
- [EMMETT] Look, man, I know.
You keep acting right, we
might let you work the register.
I told you you can trust me.
Yeah, we gonna see.
I knew I had to keep working ♪
To get my people out of poverty ♪
I finally got all the things
my mama couldn't buy for me ♪
And I bought her a
brand-new property ♪
I grind too hard,
ain't no stopping me ♪
I should've been that
number one overall pick ♪
In the lottery ♪
I keep putting in all this work ♪
For the people that doubted me ♪
- You ready to go?
- Yeah.
- I'll text y'all later.
- All right, bet.
- You behave yourself?
- [TEVIN] Yeah.
He telling the truth?
Yeah, they had a great day.
All right.
I'm Amaya.
Kiesha, Devante's stepmom.
You and my daddy ain't married.
That's enough, D.
Good to meet y'all.
Let's go. I got shit to do.
Uh, we try not to curse in here.
Whatever.
[AMAYA] Come on.
Mondo, you need a ride?
My mom's supposed to come pick me up.
- You want me to call her?
- No, I got it.
Okay. Well, I'll wait with you.
You don't got to.
I want to.
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
[BRUSH SCRATCHING]
Where you going?
I'm going out on a date.
[VICTOR SCOFFS] Damn, already?
You know how I do.
Yeah, I do.
[SMOOTH JAZZ MUSIC]
♪♪♪
What's wrong with you?
I talked to Tiff today.
- Y'all good?
- Yeah, we will be.
Look, if her and Nuck
break up, you in there.
Man
I don't even know if that's what I want.
What do you want?
♪♪♪
I don't know.
♪♪♪
Hey, look, I'm here
if you need me, okay?
I appreciate you, bro.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
- I'll see you later.
- Mm.
All right, it'll be
ready in about 20 minutes.
All right.
Next. [CLEARS THROAT]
[PERSON] I like what
you did with the place.
Sonny?
- Oh, what you doing here?
- [BOTH LAUGH]
Ah, I came to town to
check on some things,
and I wanted to swing by to
see how the place was going.
Man, what you think?
- Where are the menus at?
- We got QR codes now.
- What?
- Yeah, I know.
I hate it, too, but it's
the way of the future.
What about people who
still got flip phones?
- Uh, I don't know.
- [BOTH LAUGH]
Come on, sit down. How are you?
I'm still alive, so I can't complain.
Yeah, I feel you.
I heard you got shot.
Yeah, by Reg, of all people.
I thought that boy was dead.
[SIGHS]
So did we.
[R&B MUSIC PLAYING]
Are you okay?
I'm still a little
traumatized, but I'm making it.
Yeah, coming back for
my sister's funeral
made me realize why I left.
Yeah, my mom wanted me to leave too.
- Couldn't do it, could you?
- Nah.
- [SONNY] Mm.
- It's my home.
I can't leave.
What you gonna do now while you're here?
Just try to raise my
family, stay out of trouble.
You building wealth?
What you mean?
You ever thought about turning
this place into a franchise?
Douda said he had a
location out in New York,
but I found out that was just a place
for him to wash his money.
He was slippery as some baby oil.
[BOTH LAUGH]
Who you telling?
You could open a few more
locations in the city.
I need some support.
Lean on your community.
- You trying to help?
- [CHUCKLES]
I'm retired.
But if you got some folks you can trust,
this place can take care of
your family for generations.
Keep holding on ♪
Keep holding on ♪
Holding on ♪
♪♪♪
Yeah, we'll take that, please.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
I'm really glad we could do this.
Mm, me too.
Have you, uh, ever
dated a client before?
No.
The only reason why I said yes to you
is because you're not my client anymore.
[CHUCKLES] Thank God.
- [SCOFFS]
- [PATIENCE LAUGHS]
Mm, how you feeling?
[SOFT JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]
Free.
Mm.
What are you gonna do with
your freedom this time?
I'm definitely not gonna
take it for granted.
[SCOFFS]
♪♪♪
If you want to stay in my life,
you can't play with your own.
I hear you.
Thank you for asking me out.
- Thank you for saying yes.
- [CHUCKLES]
Oh, here we go.
Thank you.
Thank you.
♪♪♪
It's been a while since
I've been on a real date.
♪♪♪
Me too.
[CHUCKLES]
Hey, man, what you doing?
You're behind on your payments.
I only missed, like, two.
Well, that's one too many.
[HIP-HOP MUSIC]
♪♪♪
[SLAPS TRUCK]
Damn!
♪♪♪
How was the sister circle?
Interesting.
What that mean?
I learned a lot.
Like what?
I can't say.
- Since when we got secrets?
- Sister circle is sacred.
If it's gonna be a safe space,
I can't say what was said,
not even with you.
I respect it.
Devante made some new
friends at Riley's group.
That's good, but do we
want him really hanging out
with some troubled kids?
He's a troubled kid.
But won't him hanging out
with other troubled kids
make him worse?
I think it'll make him feel less alone.
- Will he stop behaving bad?
- [KIESHA] Who knows?
We just got to pay
close attention to him.
Yeah.
Sonny dropped by Smokey's today.
- Oh, wow.
- [EMMETT] Mm-hmm.
- How he doing?
- [EMMETT] He's good.
- He's enjoying his retirement.
- That's nice.
Yeah.
He also said I should think
about franchising Smokey's.
Oh, shit, you think you want to do that?
I do, but
I know it'll be a lot of work, and
I don't know if being
away from home right now
is what's best for our family.
I appreciate that.
I would like to have you around more.
But I also want to make
sure we got enough money
to take care of all these little ones.
[SOFT JAZZ MUSIC]
I hear that.
So you think I should do it?
I think we should at least consider it.
♪♪♪
I need some help.
Shawnita's doing a great job managing.
Maybe she can help you
open up another one.
Let's think on it.
Okay.
♪♪♪
[MUFFLED HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING]
♪♪♪
She go to work in the morning ♪
You need a ride?
I'm back on the block
with the young boys ♪
Hearing the sirens and gun noise ♪
If you see a cop,
better run for it ♪
[LAUGHING]
This how it go when you living it ♪
I lost a friend in it ♪
I'm pretending it ♪
♪♪♪
And they got no relation,
showing no hesitation ♪
Fuck all the conversation,
chasing the dollar ♪
Are you working minimum wage now?
- Yeah.
- No wonder they took your car.
I can ride the bus.
Ain't nobody trying to ride the bus.
- You want your car back?
- Of course.
[REG] I got some work for you.
Nah, I'm good.
It'll be fast money, no strings.
All money got strings.
[SCOFFS]
Not when you earn it.
♪♪♪
Move these for me.
I'll split the profits with you.
You selling pills now?
That's good money.
Why you come to me?
I'm just trying to make some money.
Why don't you sell them yourself?
- [REG] 'Cause I got to lay low.
- So do I.
All right, I'll find
somebody else, then.
Get out.
Look
if I'm gonna sell 'em,
I want more than half.
That's not a good deal.
Fine. Sell 'em yourself.
♪♪♪
A'ight, if you move them in
24 hours, I'll give you 60.
I need 72 hours.
Forty-eight.
- Fine.
- Ain't nowhere to hide ♪
If you live here,
the goal to stay alive ♪
Boy, this the Chi ♪
This shit is live ♪
Watch where you two-step ♪
'Cause you could die ♪
Them young niggas are sly ♪
Ain't nowhere to hide ♪
If you live here,
the goal to stay alive ♪
♪♪♪
Jhené Aiko's "Blue Dream" playing ♪
♪♪♪
We were coasting on a coast ♪
When you opened my eyes ♪
Made me notice where the ocean ♪
Was holding the sky ♪
Right ♪
I was blinded, your smile shining ♪
This is nice.
I just want to make you happy.
The horizon so enticing ♪
Are you?
Sometimes.
Not all the time?
Nobody's happy all the time.
[CHUCKLES]
That's true.
I think that you are ♪
The remedy for everything,
it seems that you are ♪
I love you.
The truth itself,
'cause nothing else ♪
Can take me so far ♪
♪♪♪
[NUCK] Did you hear
me? I said I love you.
♪♪♪
My afternoon dream ♪
When the world is speeding ♪
I am still sleeping in my blue dream ♪
And I know the meaning
for all the seasons ♪
You are the reason, my love ♪
My mind is open so wide
since you came inside ♪
I feel so alive ♪
Without you, life just passes by ♪
Passes by, passes by ♪
Don't wake me up 'cause I'm
in love with all that you are ♪
You make me see the truth in things ♪
I think that you are ♪
The remedy for everything,
it seems that you are ♪
The truth itself,
'cause nothing else ♪
Can take me so far ♪
♪♪♪