The Chi (2018) s08e07 Episode Script
Ice Box
1
[SHAAD] Previously on The Chi
Just tell me the truth.
Did you kill her?
I did what I was told.
- Man.
- [GUN COCKING]
- I didn't kill her.
- [SHAAD] Then who did?
Don't miss.
I never do.
[GUNSHOT]
If I tell you, I need
something in return.
Help me make things
right with my brothers.
Fine. Now tell me who killed her.
[REG] Roselyn made the call.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Hey, Kiesha.
Me and Emmett got engaged!
Congrats. So you proposed?
[KIESHA] We proposed to each other.
I wonder how Nuck's gonna take it.
- Is he there?
- No.
We got into a fight
last night, and he left.
I don't care if you tell him.
[TIFF] No, I think he
should hear it from you.
You knew Nuck killed
Rob this whole time.
Yeah.
[TIFF] Now you work for me.
- Why?
- 'Cause you owe me.
I want you to move
into Nuck's apartment.
If anybody come by looking for him,
just say he left and you
don't know when he'll be back.
[MOODY HIP-HOP MUSIC]
You know where we come from? ♪
♪
Every day we both learn to
walk away from this world ♪
♪
911 ♪
♪
911 ♪
♪
I'm far gone ♪
♪
They're gonna draw ♪
[VOCALIZING]
- What the fuck?
- This is for Rob.
[KNOCK AT DOOR]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[KNOCKING CONTINUES]
You okay?
I never thought I would
know what it feels like
to kill somebody.
How does it feel?
It doesn't make me feel better.
Could have told you that.
Why didn't you?
You shot him before
I could say anything.
Somebody had to do it.
Well, it's not like
we had a plan in place.
[TIFF] How did you feel?
I felt powerful.
[PENSIVE MUSIC]
Did it make you want to kill again?
♪
I don't like the way
that kind of power feels.
Then why'd you do it?
Because I had to,
'cause I thought they
were gonna kill me.
So you felt justified.
Yeah, but I also felt guilty.
♪
What does it mean if you don't feel
as guilty as you should?
There's no rulebook to this.
I guess not.
People are starting to ask questions.
About what?
[VICTOR] Nuck's killer.
How do they know somebody killed him?
They know how to put
two and two together.
I think we should just
let them speculate.
You don't want folks to start
pointing the finger at you.
Fine.
If we need to, let's say Bakari did it.
What?
Yeah.
It's believable.
Niggas take out they
bosses all the time.
I don't want folks
thinking he's a murderer.
He already is.
Yeah, but that was a long time ago.
So?
Are you trying to be the new Alicia?
[TIFF] I don't know.
♪
[DRAMATIC JAZZ MUSIC]
♪
[PERCUSSIVE HIP-HOP MUSIC]
♪
[SMITTY] I don't know where Nuck at.
But it's clear
he ain't coming back.
He told me if anything happened to him,
I should take care of shit,
so that's what I'm doing.
First order of business.
I'm cutting this bitch off.
We not moving product for her no more.
Might mean a pay cut for a little while,
but I'll find us a new supply.
Second, we need to be even
more discreet in these streets.
Don't talk to nobody
unless they talk to you.
Just lay low and shut the fuck up.
And don't do nothing
unless I give you the word.
If you got a problem with
any of this, just let me know
and I can shoot you dead right now.
[GUN COCKS]
♪
Okay, bet. Let's get to work.
♪
Grimy ♪
Nigga, we grimy ♪
Grimy ♪
Nigga, we grimy ♪
Grimy ♪
Nigga, we grimy ♪
Grimy ♪
Nigga, we grimy ♪
Grimy, right in the
projects you can find me ♪
Vaseline on, make
the buck fifty sign me ♪
Grimy, make the wrong
move they gon' rob me ♪
I don't even trust the
niggas I got behind me ♪
[MUFFLED HIP-HOP
MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO]
Man, what the fuck you want?
You kill Nuck?
No.
Who you think killed him?
Could be anybody.
[SMITTY] But it wasn't you?
If I did, I'd tell you.
How I know you telling the truth?
[REG] Nigga, what I gotta lie for?
Anything else?
I'm running the Mob now.
You can have the Mob.
I ain't need you to tell me that.
[REG] I can kill you and
take over if I wanted to.
You kill me,
Big Mike gon' take you out.
That nigga ain't gon' do shit.
Stay the fuck off my blocks
and we ain't gonna have no problems.
You don't own these streets.
You stay on your end,
and I'll stay on mine.
Bet.
Nigga, we grimy ♪
♪
[TIFF] If anybody asks, just say
you the one that killed Nuck.
[BAKARI] I'm not saying that shit.
[TIFF] I wasn't asking.
[BAKARI] Smitty will kill me.
I don't know why he would.
You just did him a favor.
[BAKARI] Nuck got other niggas
that's gon' want me dead.
We'll make sure you good.
You can't promise that.
That's the risk you
take for not telling me
he killed the father of my child.
Who gon' tell Kiesha you
killed the father of hers?
You want to be next?
[SOFT TENSE MUSIC]
Would you really kill me?
If I had to.
Just say it was self-defense.
Kiesha will forgive you.
- You don't know that.
- You don't have a choice.
I always have a choice.
Not if it means saving your own life.
♪
I don't know.
You helped Nuck dump Rob's dead body
on his mother's doorstep.
Why can't you help me with this?
I didn't know it was Rob in the trunk.
And after I saw it was him, I threw up.
But you killed Ronnie
in cold blood so easily.
He killed my best friend.
So I wanted revenge.
♪
I know what that feels like.
After I did it
I didn't feel better.
I felt
Nothing?
Yeah.
Just do it.
♪
[VIVAN] Some are
places you would expect.
Others are a little bit more unorthodox.
Hmm. They all look expensive.
Well, you only get married once.
[CHUCKLES] At least that's the hope.
Money isn't a factor.
Mm, I thought you were
just making a donation
to the wedding.
She offered to pay for everything.
I said yeah.
How come you ain't talk with me?
She doesn't have to come
to you for everything.
If she gon' be my wife, she does.
Would you guys like a moment alone?
- Yes.
- No.
We're fine.
She paying for shit, then what?
She get a say?
- I should.
- She is my maid of honor.
She my ex-wife.
I'm also the mother of one of your kids.
Oh, okay.
So you guys are one of those families.
What does that mean?
Oh, I just mean that
you're very progressive.
Exactly.
So since you're the one
paying for everything,
is there a venue that you would prefer?
She wants to have it at her house.
I just hosted their
engagement party there,
and it was dope.
Yeah, it was a vibe.
It was more like an event
promoting her new strain.
What's wrong with killing
two birds with one stone?
Your spot catered.
Our spot catered.
I don't have any ownership in Smokey's.
Do you want to?
Maybe.
I think you should, girl.
Protect yourself.
This ain't got nothing to do with you.
[VIVIAN] Well, of course, I
would have to see your place
just to make sure that we can
accommodate all the guests.
Okay. Come by whenever you want.
[VIVIAN] Okay, great.
This some bullshit.
You wanted a big wedding.
This is the only way to
make it cost-effective.
Mm.
[VIVIAN] Don't worry, Emmett.
There's gonna be plenty
other big decisions
to make regarding the wedding day.
I'll be bugging you a lot.
[CHUCKLES]
I look forward to it.
[MELLOW MUSIC]
♪
Did you really have people
watching Nora's house?
I did.
Then why she end up dead?
I wish I knew.
You said you'd protect her.
I thought I could.
[SIGHS] This is all my fault.
She should have never taken
that money from Roselyn.
Times are hard.
Times are always hard.
So, what, Roselyn's just
gonna get away with this?
Unless you can prove she made the call.
Well, my source ain't gon' say shit.
They never do.
[MELLOW R&B MUSIC]
♪
[DOOR SLAMS]
I think you should just let us meet
with the wedding planner from now on.
[SOFT R&B MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
But I want to help.
I know.
But there's certain meetings
we can take by ourselves.
Fine.
You okay?
Yeah.
I guess I just thought I'd be
doing this with Rob one day.
I'm sorry.
Me too.
Maybe you and Nuck will get married.
That's not gonna happen.
[KIESHA] You don't know that.
Yeah, I do.
You're right. He never
was the marrying kind.
You still haven't heard from him?
No.
You think something happened to him?
I don't know.
But I told you he was
heated about that Bakari shit
from my release party.
You think Bakari got
something to do with it?
I wouldn't put it past him.
This shit's so bad ♪
So bad, so ♪
Ah, jealousy, jealousy, jealousy ♪
♪
[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING ON STEREO]
[JAKE] Enough with the phones.
Don't act like you don't be
on your phone all the time.
He been off social
media for three weeks.
Now he think he the Dalai Lama.
[LAUGHTER]
I use social media for work.
It ain't my life.
I can't stand you "above it all" niggas.
What if I did a no-phones party?
Ain't nobody coming to that.
I would.
That's 'cause don't nobody follow you.
'Cause I don't need 'em to.
Everybody needs followers.
It's a want, not a need.
I just feel like everybody
on they phone all the time.
We need to connect, for real.
People don't want to go to parties
if they can't post about them.
Some people.
Why you looking at me?
I'm just saying, I don't need
to document everything I do.
Look, the point of socials
is to spread the word
so people will actually come.
Or we could use word of mouth.
That don't work no more.
- It could.
- I don't know.
Ain't nobody ask you.
If you want, you could have it here.
♪
Bet.
Just don't get mad when nobody shows up.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
♪
Where's Nuck?
You talked to Tiff.
I did.
She sent me here.
Now tell me the truth.
I can't.
What you mean you can't?
I killed him.
[KIESHA CRYING] Oh, my God.
Where's his body?
Why you want to know that?
Because my son deserves
to see his father
one more time before I
put him in the ground.
[BAKARI] I already buried him.
Where?
[BAKARI] I can't tell you that.
You don't have a choice.
I always have a choice.
Then why'd you choose to
kill the father of my child?
It was either him or me.
[MELANCHOLY MUSIC]
♪
Nuck is dead.
What?
Bakari killed him.
He did?
[KIESHA] Yeah.
Who told you this?
Bakari told me.
This is crazy.
You gotta fire him from Smokey's.
He can't be around this family.
Wait, hold on. Um
No, we're not arguing about this.
Hold on. Wait. Just give
me a second to think.
You don't have to think. Just do it.
Who gonna be the head
of this house, me or you?
Both of us.
Two people can't drive the same car.
I know.
That's why we have to take turns.
Well, it feels like you always driving.
That's because you don't
know where you going.
[SIGHS]
We have to protect this family.
- Just let me talk to him.
- About what?
About why he did this.
I already asked.
He might tell me more.
Why? 'Cause you a man?
Yes.
That's some patriarchal bullshit.
It's the world we live in.
It's the world we choose to live in.
I'm gonna talk to him.
I got it bad, oh-oh ♪
Yeah, I got it bad ♪
From the way you love me, oh-oh ♪
To the way you hold on ♪
[EMMETT] Why did Bakari
tell Kiesha he killed Nuck?
Maybe he did.
We both know he didn't.
If he said he did, I believe him.
- No, you don't.
- Let it go.
Man, tell me what's going on.
[SIGHS]
Bakari didn't tell Tiff
that Nuck killed Rob,
and this is payback.
Hold on, wait.
Y'all y'all framing him
for a murder he didn't do?
It wasn't my idea.
So Tiff is behind all this?
You sure got the good stuff ♪
I gotta tell Kiesha the truth.
You can't.
She deserves to know.
If you tell your future wife
your ex-wife killed
the father of her child,
you're gon' have a problem.
Fuck.
Just go with it.
Tiff really that nigga.
Man, she think she Alicia and shit.
Just don't let nothing happen to her.
I won't.
I'm her bodyguard now.
Shaad was Alicia's, and
she got killed on his watch.
I ain't gon' let that shit go down.
It better not.
♪
[BRITNEY] Nuck letting you stay here?
[BAKARI] Something like that.
For how long?
[BAKARI] However long I want.
Well, that's dope.
[BAKARI] Trust me,
it comes with strings.
[BRITNEY] What kind of strings?
It's just a lot going on.
Like what?
I got myself in some
shit I can't get out of.
I just feel like the hole
is getting deeper and deeper.
Anything I can help you with?
I wouldn't put you in this shit.
This is why you should
move to Atlanta with me.
I think I gotta stay here.
[BRITNEY] Why?
I'm in business with some new people.
- With Reg?
- [BAKARI] Nah.
- Well, who, then?
- [SIGHS]
I can't tell you that.
What's going on?
Nothing.
[APPREHENSIVE MUSIC]
♪
Why are you here?
I wanted to see you.
You've seen me. Now you can go.
[CHUCKLES] You know what I mean.
[FATIMA] No, I don't.
Tell me.
I wanted to see if there was
still something between us.
You wanted to see if
you still get butterflies
when you look at me.
[VICTOR CHUCKLES]
Yeah.
Do you?
I think I got fireflies now.
I don't get it.
I light up when I see you.
I like that.
What happens when you see me?
I feel sad.
Why?
Because I never know where I stand.
[VICTOR] You know I'll always love you.
I don't know if that's enough.
What more do you need?
I need to know that
I'd be your priority,
that you'd choose me over street life,
the city, politics, other women.
I get it.
Could you see yourself doing that?
I'd have to think about it.
You've been thinking for a long time.
Sometimes a man has
gotta hit rock bottom
to see things clearly.
Well, let me know
when your vision's completely clear.
Yeah ♪
Never on the radar in
the town I'm in to win it ♪
Ended up being like everything ♪
These niggas isn't ♪
Remember them jumpin' me for my Js ♪
They ain't get 'em ♪
Learnt that everybody
not my friends ♪
[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
♪
Hey, let me talk to you for a minute.
[SIGHS]
I know you ain't kill Nuck.
How you know that?
Victor told me.
[SIGHS] Don't tell Kiesha.
She wants me to give
you your walking papers.
You firing me?
[EMMETT SIGHS] I have to.
Fine.
[SIGHS] Damn.
[KEITH] Thanks for
giving me another chance.
I needed someone right away.
I had to let Bakari go.
Why?
Couldn't leave his
other life behind him.
It is tough.
I hope we don't have that problem again.
I'm trying to stay out the game.
Bet.
[ISIS] So what's going
on with you and Victor?
I don't know.
Don't lie.
I'm not lying.
How do you feel about him?
I think he's lost.
[ISIS] He did just get out of jail.
Exactly.
But I heard he was
in there for some shit
that he didn't even do.
And I'm not trying to always
be running to his rescue.
We all need to be rescued sometime.
I just want a stress-free life.
Sweetie, that's not how the world works.
I know.
[ISIS] Stop wishing for
something that isn't real,
and try leaning into something
that actually feels right.
[SOFT R&B MUSIC]
When are you gonna start
taking your own advice?
♪
That's a good question.
I don't know why I'm
so good at dissecting
everybody else's life,
but when it comes to my own,
all I can do is keep hope
alive and try to stay positive.
You deserve a full life too.
Yes, I do.
Your protection ♪
Then your connection ♪
They don't see you
like I see you, babe ♪
Ooh, they lack vision ♪
They can't feel your undertone ♪
I got my job back.
Look at you, all gainfully employed.
Yeah.
Look, I need to know you
not doing illegal shit.
My deal with Reg ain't
got shit to do with you.
I'm not trying to see
you get locked up neither.
So what you want me to do?
I want you to tell Reg you not
stealing pills for him no more.
What am I supposed
to do for extra money?
Like everybody else, you
work more and you spend less.
I ain't trying to be
like everybody else.
So you trying to go to jail?
What about my mom's medication?
It's more expensive now.
You gon' pay for that?
[KEITH SIGHS]
We'll figure it out.
And what if we don't?
I'll work extra shifts.
That minimum-wage job
ain't gonna do shit.
See?
They want us to be broke
so we do illegal shit.
Then they just send us to jail.
[JORDAN SIGHS]
All right.
I'll do it.
I love you, girl.
I love you too.
Chingy's "One Call Away" playing ♪
Yeah, yeah ♪
Give a call if you
wanna come roll with me ♪
I'm only one call away ♪
Give a call if you
wanna come roll with me ♪
I'm only one call away ♪
It was weird how we met, huh ♪
She was with her mom
at Bank of America ♪
With my son, cashing the check ♪
So I asked out of respect ♪
Uh, would she like to
explore the world up high ♪
We can fly in my jet ♪
Her reply was yes ♪
Can I ask you something ♪
I seen it in her eye ♪
Mama looking like
all I wanted was sex ♪
Then move to the next ♪
That ain't true ♪
But it was something
about this girl's style ♪
That made me feel no regrets ♪
She might think I'm in a rush ♪
To touch, crush, and be up ♪
But, baby, I ain't on that stuff ♪
Dropped her off and
told her, call me up ♪
We can talk, conversate
about political subjects ♪
Whatever thoughts ♪
So I zoomed off thinking 'bout her ♪
My phone rang ♪
It was her in the shower ♪
Said, I couldn't do without you ♪
Then I say ♪
Give a call if you
wanna come roll with me ♪
I'm only one call away ♪
Give a call if you
wanna come roll with me ♪
[REG] What you mean
you ain't got the pills?
I'm counting on that money.
They put more cameras up at my job.
That's why you do it after hours.
Look, I'm just not trying to
do the illegal shit no more.
You ain't have no problem
doing illegal shit before.
Things are different now.
- Since when?
- Since I got a man.
Oh, so Keith is behind this?
I make my own choices.
That's why I don't fuck
with light-skinned bitches.
Y'all stay doing what
a nigga tell you to do.
I'm not listening to your ass.
What if I give you more off the top?
[TENSE MUSIC]
Nah, nah, I'm not trying to go to jail.
I wouldn't let you take no bid.
Niggas always say that.
If Keith has a problem,
he can come talk to me.
I speak for myself.
I'll find a new supplier.
You do that.
♪
[LAUGHTER]
So where are you trying
to open up new locations?
I'm thinking Houston and Atlanta.
Mm.
Shit, you might as well do Vegas too.
If we gon' do this, it's
gon' be a lot of work.
I ain't afraid of a little more work.
All right. You did your
thing with this place.
Yeah.
You got your fiancée to thank for that.
I know.
Look, I don't mind traveling
to get things going.
Bet.
I'm gon' need you to.
Yeah, opening up a new
spot, it's gon' be tough,
but we can do it.
Shit, folks want to work.
True, true.
But training a bunch of
new folks gon' take time,
and you'll need some help.
I can ask my sister, Angie.
She ain't doing shit but
looking for new niggas to fuck.
Hold on, hold on. Hannibal's wife?
Yeah, they ethically nonmonogamous now.
- Uh-oh.
- That's what I said.
But it seem to be working for 'em.
Well, tell her ethically
nonmonogamous ass
we need to get her to work.
- I got you, I got you.
- Cheers.
- [BOTTLES CLINK]
- Let's get it.
[KNOCKING]
[VICTOR] What the fuck you want?
I want to see Tiff.
You can't just come here
demanding to see Tiff.
- There's a process.
- [REG] Since when?
- Since now.
- [TIFF] What's going on?
- I need to talk to you.
- [TIFF] About what?
[REG] A business opportunity.
[TIFF] What type?
If you let me stay, I could tell you.
Let's go to my office.
Need me to join y'all?
[TIFF] No, I got it.
I heard the Mob ain't
selling your shit no more.
Yeah, Smitty don't trust me.
You can trust me.
Why would I trust a man that
shot the father of my child?
At least I didn't kill him.
What do you want?
I want to sell your shit.
I don't know if I'm looking
for that kind of business.
Street business is always booming.
It's also dangerous.
You scared?
I'm trying to protect this family.
I'll make sure nothing
comes back to you.
No one can make sure of that.
I have a small crew.
The Mob calls too much
attention to themselves.
I don't know.
We can do a trial period.
How much can you move in a week?
Let's see.
I'ma put something together for you.
Great.
I can give you 20% to start.
That goes well, you can get up to 30%.
The more you move, the more you make.
[TENSE JAZZY MUSIC]
♪
[DESIRÉE] I miss my phone.
[JAKE] For real.
Not as much as I
thought I would, though.
See? I was right.
Ain't nobody say all that. [CHUCKLES]
You having fun?
Yeah.
Yeah, me too.
You should do this more often.
I think I will.
We need it.
Yeah, we do.
Something that you'll never find ♪
Mm, when you learn the difference ♪
Between diamonds and dimes ♪
Perfection know
another flex, you know ♪
When I pull up on the scene ♪
Them haters ready to go ♪
They can't stand this glow ♪
Money extra long ♪
Manifested this life,
this a flex, you know ♪
This is sativa.
These are indica.
Niggas prefer indica.
Bet.
[BASSY HIP-HOP MUSIC]
These are encapsulated shrooms.
You sell those to the white kids?
Black folks do shrooms now too.
If you say so.
Didn't have opinion ♪
Now I got a favor in a black car ♪
With no lemon ♪
Beat down in my city ♪
Perfection know
another flex, you know ♪
When I pull up on the scene ♪
Them haters ready to go ♪
They can't stand this glow ♪
Money extra long ♪
Manifested this life ♪
That's a flex, you know ♪
♪
So who gon' grab their phone first?
Not me.
I actually enjoyed not
having a phone for once.
It was nice.
I'ma take a sabbatical from my phone,
like, once a week.
It wasn't that nice.
I bet you Papa goes for his phone first.
Dang, you ain't got no faith in me?
[KENYA] I don't.
When's the last time you
looked up from your phone
to really look somebody in the eye?
That's real.
[MELLOW R&B MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
♪
See? [LAUGHS]
Look what human-to-human
connection gets you.
We should take a picture.
Damn.
I told you he'd grab his phone first.
Make sure you get my
good angle, you know?
You need a job?
[ANGIE] You know I like being kept.
We trying to franchise Smokey's.
And what does that have to do with me?
I need some help.
[ANGIE] Ask Zuri.
Unlike you, Zuri got a job.
I am in my soft-life era.
[SHAWNITA] Come on, sis.
I need somebody I can trust.
[SIGHS] What you need me to do?
Help me train folk and get
the places up and running.
Oh, you gon' fly me out?
Emmett gon' be doing the flying out.
I'm just gonna tell you what to do.
You know I don't like
being bossed around.
You can do the bossing around
once we get the location set up.
Okay.
Bet.
- [LAUGHS]
- Appreciate you.
[CHUCKLES]
Oh, yeah ♪
Girl, you're sweet like honey ♪
Love like girl, you can get me ♪
Only you I can see ♪
Your brother killed Nora.
What?
Why?
Roselyn paid him to do it.
Fuck! [EXHALES HEAVILY]
She paid Nora to lie about
being with me that night.
Then she changed her
story to get us out.
Yeah.
[SIGHS] What you want me to do?
- Talk to Reg.
- For what?
He don't want it to be like this, man.
Me talking to him
ain't gonna change shit.
He's lost.
[VICTOR] He ain't ever gonna change.
[SIGHS]
Nora didn't deserve to die.
Reg will do anything for money.
I think he'd do anything
to have a relationship
with you and Jake.
[SCOFFS]
I can't be around him.
I got enough problems.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
♪
What you mean?
Nothing.
You okay?
Yeah.
I don't believe you.
I just got a lot going on.
Yeah.
Don't we all?
♪
When's Daddy coming back?
He's not, baby.
Well, why not?
Because
God decided it was time for him to go.
But why?
Um
I don't know.
[MELANCHOLY MUSIC]
♪
[MELLOW R&B MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
[LAUGHTER]
[RILEY] Oh, you know, pretty soon,
we gonna be living with some newlyweds.
Oh.
It won't be that much different.
[LAUGHING] Oh, okay.
You saying that now.
[LAUGHTER]
- [DARNELL] Yeah.
- [RILEY] Oh.
[DARNELL] I thought you
liked it, staying here.
I do.
I just want to make sure we're
not overstaying our welcome.
Yeah, well, you know,
Emmett needs our help
with all these damn kids.
[LAUGHTER]
And I love supporting
Kiesha around the house.
Yeah.
She said we could stay
as long as we needed to.
♪
You bought that house for you and Jada.
I can't walk in there
without breaking down.
[SIGHS]
That's normal.
- Is it?
- [RILEY] Of course.
It hasn't been that long.
Your grief doesn't
have an expiration date.
[DARNELL] Thank you.
Do you want to sell it?
I can't.
I
[RILEY] Maybe you could
help out a family that's in need.
Who do I know that needs a house?
There's a lot of people.
It's a nice house.
Yes.
It's beautiful.
Thank you for always being there for me.
Of course.
When you're loving me ♪
When you're loving me ♪
♪
I love you.
I love you too.
It seems to me ♪
We could sail together ♪
In and out of mystery ♪
Well, I wanna be living ♪
For the love of you ♪
All right, now ♪
Said that I'm living ♪
For the love of you ♪
[SOFT JAZZY MUSIC]
I'm sorry.
For what?
For not trusting you.
I'm sorry too.
♪
You are?
You lost a lot in a short time.
I could have made more space for you.
I never thought about it like that.
♪
It don't get no better than this ♪
[SOFT HIP-HOP MUSIC]
♪
The voice ♪
Nowadays everybody
shootin' shit, yeah, yeah ♪
That's how it go ♪
And they don't care
about the consequences ♪
They just care about that they grow ♪
I remember wearing bubble jackets ♪
Every time I sleep
when it would snow ♪
[BUZZER BLARES]
I had nowhere to go ♪
[ALARM BEEPING]
Even if you pay them back ♪
They gonna still run
and tell another nigga ♪
[MUSIC PLAYING INDISTINCTLY
OVER HEADPHONES]
But only has a picture ♪
Posted on the corner,
Mama used to tell me ♪
Please, son, don't
mess your life up ♪
Where's Nuck?
Over 150 those same niggas ♪
Really, really,
who's their life bruh ♪
I killed that boy,
sent him straight to God ♪
But they ain't have to do
it in front of his godson ♪
Dad wasn't there for
me when I was a kid ♪
That's what I hate him for ♪
I got kids, and I'm
rarely seein' them ♪
Now I fully passed the torch ♪
Started off with a brother,
turned into a person ♪
Ended in the morgue ♪
'Cause he started off loved
then he turned to hater ♪
Ended with a war ♪
I'm losin' my
friends to the streets ♪
And it's hurting me deep ♪
'Cause I knew 'em back
when we were young ♪
We tried to rob 'em but that
shit didn't go as planned ♪
Crisis went up and I heard ♪
That's the word on the streets ♪
Why you think nobody got it? ♪
At it again ♪
They killed another Black man ♪
Why you think they about to riot? ♪
You don't know the feeling ♪
Sleeping with an empty stomach ♪
Growling like it's talking to you ♪
Rest in peace, little brother ♪
Day you died, crazy, I
was just talking to you ♪
When you start keeping
real with these fake niggas ♪
They gon' start talking to you ♪
He wasn't even gonna
pull the trigger ♪
He only did it 'cause
they stuffed his bag ♪
I know my family love me
and when it's said and done ♪
That's all the love I need ♪
I didn't tell her
what she wanna hear ♪
I kept it real so
she don't wanna leave ♪
When the block really poppin' ♪
Don't nobody ever
really wanna leave ♪
Until a body get dropped
and shit get broke ♪
I'll see 'em for a week ♪
I come from the bottom
where niggas don't kill you ♪
Come from a place where them girls ♪
They don't care what you buying ♪
Only 'cause you got 'em a cut ♪
Come from a place where
you win or you lose ♪
In a fight, it don't
matter, you never come back ♪
Tried to apologize, it was too late ♪
So to tell about the fight,
put a hole in his chest ♪
♪
[SHAAD] Previously on The Chi
Just tell me the truth.
Did you kill her?
I did what I was told.
- Man.
- [GUN COCKING]
- I didn't kill her.
- [SHAAD] Then who did?
Don't miss.
I never do.
[GUNSHOT]
If I tell you, I need
something in return.
Help me make things
right with my brothers.
Fine. Now tell me who killed her.
[REG] Roselyn made the call.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Hey, Kiesha.
Me and Emmett got engaged!
Congrats. So you proposed?
[KIESHA] We proposed to each other.
I wonder how Nuck's gonna take it.
- Is he there?
- No.
We got into a fight
last night, and he left.
I don't care if you tell him.
[TIFF] No, I think he
should hear it from you.
You knew Nuck killed
Rob this whole time.
Yeah.
[TIFF] Now you work for me.
- Why?
- 'Cause you owe me.
I want you to move
into Nuck's apartment.
If anybody come by looking for him,
just say he left and you
don't know when he'll be back.
[MOODY HIP-HOP MUSIC]
You know where we come from? ♪
♪
Every day we both learn to
walk away from this world ♪
♪
911 ♪
♪
911 ♪
♪
I'm far gone ♪
♪
They're gonna draw ♪
[VOCALIZING]
- What the fuck?
- This is for Rob.
[KNOCK AT DOOR]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[KNOCKING CONTINUES]
You okay?
I never thought I would
know what it feels like
to kill somebody.
How does it feel?
It doesn't make me feel better.
Could have told you that.
Why didn't you?
You shot him before
I could say anything.
Somebody had to do it.
Well, it's not like
we had a plan in place.
[TIFF] How did you feel?
I felt powerful.
[PENSIVE MUSIC]
Did it make you want to kill again?
♪
I don't like the way
that kind of power feels.
Then why'd you do it?
Because I had to,
'cause I thought they
were gonna kill me.
So you felt justified.
Yeah, but I also felt guilty.
♪
What does it mean if you don't feel
as guilty as you should?
There's no rulebook to this.
I guess not.
People are starting to ask questions.
About what?
[VICTOR] Nuck's killer.
How do they know somebody killed him?
They know how to put
two and two together.
I think we should just
let them speculate.
You don't want folks to start
pointing the finger at you.
Fine.
If we need to, let's say Bakari did it.
What?
Yeah.
It's believable.
Niggas take out they
bosses all the time.
I don't want folks
thinking he's a murderer.
He already is.
Yeah, but that was a long time ago.
So?
Are you trying to be the new Alicia?
[TIFF] I don't know.
♪
[DRAMATIC JAZZ MUSIC]
♪
[PERCUSSIVE HIP-HOP MUSIC]
♪
[SMITTY] I don't know where Nuck at.
But it's clear
he ain't coming back.
He told me if anything happened to him,
I should take care of shit,
so that's what I'm doing.
First order of business.
I'm cutting this bitch off.
We not moving product for her no more.
Might mean a pay cut for a little while,
but I'll find us a new supply.
Second, we need to be even
more discreet in these streets.
Don't talk to nobody
unless they talk to you.
Just lay low and shut the fuck up.
And don't do nothing
unless I give you the word.
If you got a problem with
any of this, just let me know
and I can shoot you dead right now.
[GUN COCKS]
♪
Okay, bet. Let's get to work.
♪
Grimy ♪
Nigga, we grimy ♪
Grimy ♪
Nigga, we grimy ♪
Grimy ♪
Nigga, we grimy ♪
Grimy ♪
Nigga, we grimy ♪
Grimy, right in the
projects you can find me ♪
Vaseline on, make
the buck fifty sign me ♪
Grimy, make the wrong
move they gon' rob me ♪
I don't even trust the
niggas I got behind me ♪
[MUFFLED HIP-HOP
MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO]
Man, what the fuck you want?
You kill Nuck?
No.
Who you think killed him?
Could be anybody.
[SMITTY] But it wasn't you?
If I did, I'd tell you.
How I know you telling the truth?
[REG] Nigga, what I gotta lie for?
Anything else?
I'm running the Mob now.
You can have the Mob.
I ain't need you to tell me that.
[REG] I can kill you and
take over if I wanted to.
You kill me,
Big Mike gon' take you out.
That nigga ain't gon' do shit.
Stay the fuck off my blocks
and we ain't gonna have no problems.
You don't own these streets.
You stay on your end,
and I'll stay on mine.
Bet.
Nigga, we grimy ♪
♪
[TIFF] If anybody asks, just say
you the one that killed Nuck.
[BAKARI] I'm not saying that shit.
[TIFF] I wasn't asking.
[BAKARI] Smitty will kill me.
I don't know why he would.
You just did him a favor.
[BAKARI] Nuck got other niggas
that's gon' want me dead.
We'll make sure you good.
You can't promise that.
That's the risk you
take for not telling me
he killed the father of my child.
Who gon' tell Kiesha you
killed the father of hers?
You want to be next?
[SOFT TENSE MUSIC]
Would you really kill me?
If I had to.
Just say it was self-defense.
Kiesha will forgive you.
- You don't know that.
- You don't have a choice.
I always have a choice.
Not if it means saving your own life.
♪
I don't know.
You helped Nuck dump Rob's dead body
on his mother's doorstep.
Why can't you help me with this?
I didn't know it was Rob in the trunk.
And after I saw it was him, I threw up.
But you killed Ronnie
in cold blood so easily.
He killed my best friend.
So I wanted revenge.
♪
I know what that feels like.
After I did it
I didn't feel better.
I felt
Nothing?
Yeah.
Just do it.
♪
[VIVAN] Some are
places you would expect.
Others are a little bit more unorthodox.
Hmm. They all look expensive.
Well, you only get married once.
[CHUCKLES] At least that's the hope.
Money isn't a factor.
Mm, I thought you were
just making a donation
to the wedding.
She offered to pay for everything.
I said yeah.
How come you ain't talk with me?
She doesn't have to come
to you for everything.
If she gon' be my wife, she does.
Would you guys like a moment alone?
- Yes.
- No.
We're fine.
She paying for shit, then what?
She get a say?
- I should.
- She is my maid of honor.
She my ex-wife.
I'm also the mother of one of your kids.
Oh, okay.
So you guys are one of those families.
What does that mean?
Oh, I just mean that
you're very progressive.
Exactly.
So since you're the one
paying for everything,
is there a venue that you would prefer?
She wants to have it at her house.
I just hosted their
engagement party there,
and it was dope.
Yeah, it was a vibe.
It was more like an event
promoting her new strain.
What's wrong with killing
two birds with one stone?
Your spot catered.
Our spot catered.
I don't have any ownership in Smokey's.
Do you want to?
Maybe.
I think you should, girl.
Protect yourself.
This ain't got nothing to do with you.
[VIVIAN] Well, of course, I
would have to see your place
just to make sure that we can
accommodate all the guests.
Okay. Come by whenever you want.
[VIVIAN] Okay, great.
This some bullshit.
You wanted a big wedding.
This is the only way to
make it cost-effective.
Mm.
[VIVIAN] Don't worry, Emmett.
There's gonna be plenty
other big decisions
to make regarding the wedding day.
I'll be bugging you a lot.
[CHUCKLES]
I look forward to it.
[MELLOW MUSIC]
♪
Did you really have people
watching Nora's house?
I did.
Then why she end up dead?
I wish I knew.
You said you'd protect her.
I thought I could.
[SIGHS] This is all my fault.
She should have never taken
that money from Roselyn.
Times are hard.
Times are always hard.
So, what, Roselyn's just
gonna get away with this?
Unless you can prove she made the call.
Well, my source ain't gon' say shit.
They never do.
[MELLOW R&B MUSIC]
♪
[DOOR SLAMS]
I think you should just let us meet
with the wedding planner from now on.
[SOFT R&B MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
But I want to help.
I know.
But there's certain meetings
we can take by ourselves.
Fine.
You okay?
Yeah.
I guess I just thought I'd be
doing this with Rob one day.
I'm sorry.
Me too.
Maybe you and Nuck will get married.
That's not gonna happen.
[KIESHA] You don't know that.
Yeah, I do.
You're right. He never
was the marrying kind.
You still haven't heard from him?
No.
You think something happened to him?
I don't know.
But I told you he was
heated about that Bakari shit
from my release party.
You think Bakari got
something to do with it?
I wouldn't put it past him.
This shit's so bad ♪
So bad, so ♪
Ah, jealousy, jealousy, jealousy ♪
♪
[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING ON STEREO]
[JAKE] Enough with the phones.
Don't act like you don't be
on your phone all the time.
He been off social
media for three weeks.
Now he think he the Dalai Lama.
[LAUGHTER]
I use social media for work.
It ain't my life.
I can't stand you "above it all" niggas.
What if I did a no-phones party?
Ain't nobody coming to that.
I would.
That's 'cause don't nobody follow you.
'Cause I don't need 'em to.
Everybody needs followers.
It's a want, not a need.
I just feel like everybody
on they phone all the time.
We need to connect, for real.
People don't want to go to parties
if they can't post about them.
Some people.
Why you looking at me?
I'm just saying, I don't need
to document everything I do.
Look, the point of socials
is to spread the word
so people will actually come.
Or we could use word of mouth.
That don't work no more.
- It could.
- I don't know.
Ain't nobody ask you.
If you want, you could have it here.
♪
Bet.
Just don't get mad when nobody shows up.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
♪
Where's Nuck?
You talked to Tiff.
I did.
She sent me here.
Now tell me the truth.
I can't.
What you mean you can't?
I killed him.
[KIESHA CRYING] Oh, my God.
Where's his body?
Why you want to know that?
Because my son deserves
to see his father
one more time before I
put him in the ground.
[BAKARI] I already buried him.
Where?
[BAKARI] I can't tell you that.
You don't have a choice.
I always have a choice.
Then why'd you choose to
kill the father of my child?
It was either him or me.
[MELANCHOLY MUSIC]
♪
Nuck is dead.
What?
Bakari killed him.
He did?
[KIESHA] Yeah.
Who told you this?
Bakari told me.
This is crazy.
You gotta fire him from Smokey's.
He can't be around this family.
Wait, hold on. Um
No, we're not arguing about this.
Hold on. Wait. Just give
me a second to think.
You don't have to think. Just do it.
Who gonna be the head
of this house, me or you?
Both of us.
Two people can't drive the same car.
I know.
That's why we have to take turns.
Well, it feels like you always driving.
That's because you don't
know where you going.
[SIGHS]
We have to protect this family.
- Just let me talk to him.
- About what?
About why he did this.
I already asked.
He might tell me more.
Why? 'Cause you a man?
Yes.
That's some patriarchal bullshit.
It's the world we live in.
It's the world we choose to live in.
I'm gonna talk to him.
I got it bad, oh-oh ♪
Yeah, I got it bad ♪
From the way you love me, oh-oh ♪
To the way you hold on ♪
[EMMETT] Why did Bakari
tell Kiesha he killed Nuck?
Maybe he did.
We both know he didn't.
If he said he did, I believe him.
- No, you don't.
- Let it go.
Man, tell me what's going on.
[SIGHS]
Bakari didn't tell Tiff
that Nuck killed Rob,
and this is payback.
Hold on, wait.
Y'all y'all framing him
for a murder he didn't do?
It wasn't my idea.
So Tiff is behind all this?
You sure got the good stuff ♪
I gotta tell Kiesha the truth.
You can't.
She deserves to know.
If you tell your future wife
your ex-wife killed
the father of her child,
you're gon' have a problem.
Fuck.
Just go with it.
Tiff really that nigga.
Man, she think she Alicia and shit.
Just don't let nothing happen to her.
I won't.
I'm her bodyguard now.
Shaad was Alicia's, and
she got killed on his watch.
I ain't gon' let that shit go down.
It better not.
♪
[BRITNEY] Nuck letting you stay here?
[BAKARI] Something like that.
For how long?
[BAKARI] However long I want.
Well, that's dope.
[BAKARI] Trust me,
it comes with strings.
[BRITNEY] What kind of strings?
It's just a lot going on.
Like what?
I got myself in some
shit I can't get out of.
I just feel like the hole
is getting deeper and deeper.
Anything I can help you with?
I wouldn't put you in this shit.
This is why you should
move to Atlanta with me.
I think I gotta stay here.
[BRITNEY] Why?
I'm in business with some new people.
- With Reg?
- [BAKARI] Nah.
- Well, who, then?
- [SIGHS]
I can't tell you that.
What's going on?
Nothing.
[APPREHENSIVE MUSIC]
♪
Why are you here?
I wanted to see you.
You've seen me. Now you can go.
[CHUCKLES] You know what I mean.
[FATIMA] No, I don't.
Tell me.
I wanted to see if there was
still something between us.
You wanted to see if
you still get butterflies
when you look at me.
[VICTOR CHUCKLES]
Yeah.
Do you?
I think I got fireflies now.
I don't get it.
I light up when I see you.
I like that.
What happens when you see me?
I feel sad.
Why?
Because I never know where I stand.
[VICTOR] You know I'll always love you.
I don't know if that's enough.
What more do you need?
I need to know that
I'd be your priority,
that you'd choose me over street life,
the city, politics, other women.
I get it.
Could you see yourself doing that?
I'd have to think about it.
You've been thinking for a long time.
Sometimes a man has
gotta hit rock bottom
to see things clearly.
Well, let me know
when your vision's completely clear.
Yeah ♪
Never on the radar in
the town I'm in to win it ♪
Ended up being like everything ♪
These niggas isn't ♪
Remember them jumpin' me for my Js ♪
They ain't get 'em ♪
Learnt that everybody
not my friends ♪
[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
♪
Hey, let me talk to you for a minute.
[SIGHS]
I know you ain't kill Nuck.
How you know that?
Victor told me.
[SIGHS] Don't tell Kiesha.
She wants me to give
you your walking papers.
You firing me?
[EMMETT SIGHS] I have to.
Fine.
[SIGHS] Damn.
[KEITH] Thanks for
giving me another chance.
I needed someone right away.
I had to let Bakari go.
Why?
Couldn't leave his
other life behind him.
It is tough.
I hope we don't have that problem again.
I'm trying to stay out the game.
Bet.
[ISIS] So what's going
on with you and Victor?
I don't know.
Don't lie.
I'm not lying.
How do you feel about him?
I think he's lost.
[ISIS] He did just get out of jail.
Exactly.
But I heard he was
in there for some shit
that he didn't even do.
And I'm not trying to always
be running to his rescue.
We all need to be rescued sometime.
I just want a stress-free life.
Sweetie, that's not how the world works.
I know.
[ISIS] Stop wishing for
something that isn't real,
and try leaning into something
that actually feels right.
[SOFT R&B MUSIC]
When are you gonna start
taking your own advice?
♪
That's a good question.
I don't know why I'm
so good at dissecting
everybody else's life,
but when it comes to my own,
all I can do is keep hope
alive and try to stay positive.
You deserve a full life too.
Yes, I do.
Your protection ♪
Then your connection ♪
They don't see you
like I see you, babe ♪
Ooh, they lack vision ♪
They can't feel your undertone ♪
I got my job back.
Look at you, all gainfully employed.
Yeah.
Look, I need to know you
not doing illegal shit.
My deal with Reg ain't
got shit to do with you.
I'm not trying to see
you get locked up neither.
So what you want me to do?
I want you to tell Reg you not
stealing pills for him no more.
What am I supposed
to do for extra money?
Like everybody else, you
work more and you spend less.
I ain't trying to be
like everybody else.
So you trying to go to jail?
What about my mom's medication?
It's more expensive now.
You gon' pay for that?
[KEITH SIGHS]
We'll figure it out.
And what if we don't?
I'll work extra shifts.
That minimum-wage job
ain't gonna do shit.
See?
They want us to be broke
so we do illegal shit.
Then they just send us to jail.
[JORDAN SIGHS]
All right.
I'll do it.
I love you, girl.
I love you too.
Chingy's "One Call Away" playing ♪
Yeah, yeah ♪
Give a call if you
wanna come roll with me ♪
I'm only one call away ♪
Give a call if you
wanna come roll with me ♪
I'm only one call away ♪
It was weird how we met, huh ♪
She was with her mom
at Bank of America ♪
With my son, cashing the check ♪
So I asked out of respect ♪
Uh, would she like to
explore the world up high ♪
We can fly in my jet ♪
Her reply was yes ♪
Can I ask you something ♪
I seen it in her eye ♪
Mama looking like
all I wanted was sex ♪
Then move to the next ♪
That ain't true ♪
But it was something
about this girl's style ♪
That made me feel no regrets ♪
She might think I'm in a rush ♪
To touch, crush, and be up ♪
But, baby, I ain't on that stuff ♪
Dropped her off and
told her, call me up ♪
We can talk, conversate
about political subjects ♪
Whatever thoughts ♪
So I zoomed off thinking 'bout her ♪
My phone rang ♪
It was her in the shower ♪
Said, I couldn't do without you ♪
Then I say ♪
Give a call if you
wanna come roll with me ♪
I'm only one call away ♪
Give a call if you
wanna come roll with me ♪
[REG] What you mean
you ain't got the pills?
I'm counting on that money.
They put more cameras up at my job.
That's why you do it after hours.
Look, I'm just not trying to
do the illegal shit no more.
You ain't have no problem
doing illegal shit before.
Things are different now.
- Since when?
- Since I got a man.
Oh, so Keith is behind this?
I make my own choices.
That's why I don't fuck
with light-skinned bitches.
Y'all stay doing what
a nigga tell you to do.
I'm not listening to your ass.
What if I give you more off the top?
[TENSE MUSIC]
Nah, nah, I'm not trying to go to jail.
I wouldn't let you take no bid.
Niggas always say that.
If Keith has a problem,
he can come talk to me.
I speak for myself.
I'll find a new supplier.
You do that.
♪
[LAUGHTER]
So where are you trying
to open up new locations?
I'm thinking Houston and Atlanta.
Mm.
Shit, you might as well do Vegas too.
If we gon' do this, it's
gon' be a lot of work.
I ain't afraid of a little more work.
All right. You did your
thing with this place.
Yeah.
You got your fiancée to thank for that.
I know.
Look, I don't mind traveling
to get things going.
Bet.
I'm gon' need you to.
Yeah, opening up a new
spot, it's gon' be tough,
but we can do it.
Shit, folks want to work.
True, true.
But training a bunch of
new folks gon' take time,
and you'll need some help.
I can ask my sister, Angie.
She ain't doing shit but
looking for new niggas to fuck.
Hold on, hold on. Hannibal's wife?
Yeah, they ethically nonmonogamous now.
- Uh-oh.
- That's what I said.
But it seem to be working for 'em.
Well, tell her ethically
nonmonogamous ass
we need to get her to work.
- I got you, I got you.
- Cheers.
- [BOTTLES CLINK]
- Let's get it.
[KNOCKING]
[VICTOR] What the fuck you want?
I want to see Tiff.
You can't just come here
demanding to see Tiff.
- There's a process.
- [REG] Since when?
- Since now.
- [TIFF] What's going on?
- I need to talk to you.
- [TIFF] About what?
[REG] A business opportunity.
[TIFF] What type?
If you let me stay, I could tell you.
Let's go to my office.
Need me to join y'all?
[TIFF] No, I got it.
I heard the Mob ain't
selling your shit no more.
Yeah, Smitty don't trust me.
You can trust me.
Why would I trust a man that
shot the father of my child?
At least I didn't kill him.
What do you want?
I want to sell your shit.
I don't know if I'm looking
for that kind of business.
Street business is always booming.
It's also dangerous.
You scared?
I'm trying to protect this family.
I'll make sure nothing
comes back to you.
No one can make sure of that.
I have a small crew.
The Mob calls too much
attention to themselves.
I don't know.
We can do a trial period.
How much can you move in a week?
Let's see.
I'ma put something together for you.
Great.
I can give you 20% to start.
That goes well, you can get up to 30%.
The more you move, the more you make.
[TENSE JAZZY MUSIC]
♪
[DESIRÉE] I miss my phone.
[JAKE] For real.
Not as much as I
thought I would, though.
See? I was right.
Ain't nobody say all that. [CHUCKLES]
You having fun?
Yeah.
Yeah, me too.
You should do this more often.
I think I will.
We need it.
Yeah, we do.
Something that you'll never find ♪
Mm, when you learn the difference ♪
Between diamonds and dimes ♪
Perfection know
another flex, you know ♪
When I pull up on the scene ♪
Them haters ready to go ♪
They can't stand this glow ♪
Money extra long ♪
Manifested this life,
this a flex, you know ♪
This is sativa.
These are indica.
Niggas prefer indica.
Bet.
[BASSY HIP-HOP MUSIC]
These are encapsulated shrooms.
You sell those to the white kids?
Black folks do shrooms now too.
If you say so.
Didn't have opinion ♪
Now I got a favor in a black car ♪
With no lemon ♪
Beat down in my city ♪
Perfection know
another flex, you know ♪
When I pull up on the scene ♪
Them haters ready to go ♪
They can't stand this glow ♪
Money extra long ♪
Manifested this life ♪
That's a flex, you know ♪
♪
So who gon' grab their phone first?
Not me.
I actually enjoyed not
having a phone for once.
It was nice.
I'ma take a sabbatical from my phone,
like, once a week.
It wasn't that nice.
I bet you Papa goes for his phone first.
Dang, you ain't got no faith in me?
[KENYA] I don't.
When's the last time you
looked up from your phone
to really look somebody in the eye?
That's real.
[MELLOW R&B MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
♪
See? [LAUGHS]
Look what human-to-human
connection gets you.
We should take a picture.
Damn.
I told you he'd grab his phone first.
Make sure you get my
good angle, you know?
You need a job?
[ANGIE] You know I like being kept.
We trying to franchise Smokey's.
And what does that have to do with me?
I need some help.
[ANGIE] Ask Zuri.
Unlike you, Zuri got a job.
I am in my soft-life era.
[SHAWNITA] Come on, sis.
I need somebody I can trust.
[SIGHS] What you need me to do?
Help me train folk and get
the places up and running.
Oh, you gon' fly me out?
Emmett gon' be doing the flying out.
I'm just gonna tell you what to do.
You know I don't like
being bossed around.
You can do the bossing around
once we get the location set up.
Okay.
Bet.
- [LAUGHS]
- Appreciate you.
[CHUCKLES]
Oh, yeah ♪
Girl, you're sweet like honey ♪
Love like girl, you can get me ♪
Only you I can see ♪
Your brother killed Nora.
What?
Why?
Roselyn paid him to do it.
Fuck! [EXHALES HEAVILY]
She paid Nora to lie about
being with me that night.
Then she changed her
story to get us out.
Yeah.
[SIGHS] What you want me to do?
- Talk to Reg.
- For what?
He don't want it to be like this, man.
Me talking to him
ain't gonna change shit.
He's lost.
[VICTOR] He ain't ever gonna change.
[SIGHS]
Nora didn't deserve to die.
Reg will do anything for money.
I think he'd do anything
to have a relationship
with you and Jake.
[SCOFFS]
I can't be around him.
I got enough problems.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
♪
What you mean?
Nothing.
You okay?
Yeah.
I don't believe you.
I just got a lot going on.
Yeah.
Don't we all?
♪
When's Daddy coming back?
He's not, baby.
Well, why not?
Because
God decided it was time for him to go.
But why?
Um
I don't know.
[MELANCHOLY MUSIC]
♪
[MELLOW R&B MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
[LAUGHTER]
[RILEY] Oh, you know, pretty soon,
we gonna be living with some newlyweds.
Oh.
It won't be that much different.
[LAUGHING] Oh, okay.
You saying that now.
[LAUGHTER]
- [DARNELL] Yeah.
- [RILEY] Oh.
[DARNELL] I thought you
liked it, staying here.
I do.
I just want to make sure we're
not overstaying our welcome.
Yeah, well, you know,
Emmett needs our help
with all these damn kids.
[LAUGHTER]
And I love supporting
Kiesha around the house.
Yeah.
She said we could stay
as long as we needed to.
♪
You bought that house for you and Jada.
I can't walk in there
without breaking down.
[SIGHS]
That's normal.
- Is it?
- [RILEY] Of course.
It hasn't been that long.
Your grief doesn't
have an expiration date.
[DARNELL] Thank you.
Do you want to sell it?
I can't.
I
[RILEY] Maybe you could
help out a family that's in need.
Who do I know that needs a house?
There's a lot of people.
It's a nice house.
Yes.
It's beautiful.
Thank you for always being there for me.
Of course.
When you're loving me ♪
When you're loving me ♪
♪
I love you.
I love you too.
It seems to me ♪
We could sail together ♪
In and out of mystery ♪
Well, I wanna be living ♪
For the love of you ♪
All right, now ♪
Said that I'm living ♪
For the love of you ♪
[SOFT JAZZY MUSIC]
I'm sorry.
For what?
For not trusting you.
I'm sorry too.
♪
You are?
You lost a lot in a short time.
I could have made more space for you.
I never thought about it like that.
♪
It don't get no better than this ♪
[SOFT HIP-HOP MUSIC]
♪
The voice ♪
Nowadays everybody
shootin' shit, yeah, yeah ♪
That's how it go ♪
And they don't care
about the consequences ♪
They just care about that they grow ♪
I remember wearing bubble jackets ♪
Every time I sleep
when it would snow ♪
[BUZZER BLARES]
I had nowhere to go ♪
[ALARM BEEPING]
Even if you pay them back ♪
They gonna still run
and tell another nigga ♪
[MUSIC PLAYING INDISTINCTLY
OVER HEADPHONES]
But only has a picture ♪
Posted on the corner,
Mama used to tell me ♪
Please, son, don't
mess your life up ♪
Where's Nuck?
Over 150 those same niggas ♪
Really, really,
who's their life bruh ♪
I killed that boy,
sent him straight to God ♪
But they ain't have to do
it in front of his godson ♪
Dad wasn't there for
me when I was a kid ♪
That's what I hate him for ♪
I got kids, and I'm
rarely seein' them ♪
Now I fully passed the torch ♪
Started off with a brother,
turned into a person ♪
Ended in the morgue ♪
'Cause he started off loved
then he turned to hater ♪
Ended with a war ♪
I'm losin' my
friends to the streets ♪
And it's hurting me deep ♪
'Cause I knew 'em back
when we were young ♪
We tried to rob 'em but that
shit didn't go as planned ♪
Crisis went up and I heard ♪
That's the word on the streets ♪
Why you think nobody got it? ♪
At it again ♪
They killed another Black man ♪
Why you think they about to riot? ♪
You don't know the feeling ♪
Sleeping with an empty stomach ♪
Growling like it's talking to you ♪
Rest in peace, little brother ♪
Day you died, crazy, I
was just talking to you ♪
When you start keeping
real with these fake niggas ♪
They gon' start talking to you ♪
He wasn't even gonna
pull the trigger ♪
He only did it 'cause
they stuffed his bag ♪
I know my family love me
and when it's said and done ♪
That's all the love I need ♪
I didn't tell her
what she wanna hear ♪
I kept it real so
she don't wanna leave ♪
When the block really poppin' ♪
Don't nobody ever
really wanna leave ♪
Until a body get dropped
and shit get broke ♪
I'll see 'em for a week ♪
I come from the bottom
where niggas don't kill you ♪
Come from a place where them girls ♪
They don't care what you buying ♪
Only 'cause you got 'em a cut ♪
Come from a place where
you win or you lose ♪
In a fight, it don't
matter, you never come back ♪
Tried to apologize, it was too late ♪
So to tell about the fight,
put a hole in his chest ♪
♪