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[Earth, Wind and Fire
singing "Singasong"]
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[clears throat]
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♪ When you feel down and out ♪
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♪ Sing a song ♪
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Hey, Meesha? Donalyn?
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I can't wait to
show you your new room.
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Kenny painted it himself.
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- Right, Kenny?
- Mm-hmm.
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Hey, Meesha, you're gonna
love your new school.
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It has a swimming pool.
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- Yes!
- We don't know how to swim.
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Well, you can learn.
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Right, Meesha?
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Yes, Mrs. Watson.
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You don't have to call us
Mr. and Mrs. Watson anymore.
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We're family now.
You can call us Alice, Kenneth.
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- Mom and Dad.
- We already got a mom and dad.
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♪ Sing a song ♪
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We're gonna set
some rules.
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[Kenneth]
'Curfew's 7
on school nights'
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8 on weekends.
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Those streetlights cut on,
y'all in the house.
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Hey, Meesha, look over there.
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[female rapping]
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[Kenneth]
'Donalyn, roll up your window.'
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[Schooly D singing
"PSK What Does It Mean?"]
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♪ PSK we're makin'
that green ♪
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♪ People always say
What the hell does that mean ♪
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♪ P for the people
who can't understand ♪
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♪ How one homeboy
became a man ♪
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♪ S for the way
we scream and shout ♪
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♪ One by one
I'm knockin' you out ♪
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♪ K for the way
my DJ kuttin' ♪
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♪ Other MC's man
they ain't sayin' nothin' ♪
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♪ Rockin' on
to the brink of dawn ♪
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♪ I think Code Money
yo time is on ♪
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Donalyn, do you hear me?
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I don't want you
hangin' on that corner.
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[truck revving]
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[dog barking]
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[instrumental music]
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[buzzer rings]
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My 11 year old daughter
died last week.
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Brain aneurysm.
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Sorry about your loss.
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That girl they found in
the landfill back in '91..
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- Donalyn Sullivan.
- Yeah.
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I tell you what I did.
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I get to go to
my daughter's funeral?
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Depends on what you got.
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I found her dead
in the basement of my club.
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- When was this?
- November 18th.
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The morning after
my 27th birthday party.
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We were having
some plumbing done.
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Might have got hit
with one of them pipes.
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Might've?
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What'd you do with her body?
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I wrapped it in this
zebra rug I had.
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Put her in the Dumpster
behind Checkers on 29th.
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So you find a dead
girl in your club...
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you toss her body in a Dumpster
instead of calling the cops?
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I ran with the
26th Street Villains.
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If they'd caught me
talking to some cops
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I would have been six deep.
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What's a 14 year old girl
doing there in the first place?
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Wild night.
Could have snuck in.
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Now I know what her
parents must have felt..
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...losing a child.
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- I want to do what's right.
- 18 years too late.
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Funeral home's holding
my daughter's body.
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My wife is waiting for me.
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You said it was your
birthday party, right?
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I'm gonna need names.
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[instrumental music]
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Club was abandoned in '97.
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The city's got ownership now.
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Hmm, your tax
dollars at work.
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The ME's office confirmed
Donalyn was hit with an object.
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"About one inch round."
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I found a permit for
a plumbing overhaul back in '91.
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Replaced lead pipes
with galvanized.
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'Detectives.
Blood spatter on the pipe.'
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[intense music]
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- Let's cut that section out.
- Yes, miss.
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Perfectly good
murder weapon.
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I'm guessing Sticky
didn't have a permit for that.
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[theme music]
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[music continues]
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[instrumental music]
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Donalyn Sullivan.
14 year old foster kid.
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Biological parents both dead.
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She and her
little sister Meesha
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moved in with Kenneth
and Alice Watson, April '91.
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Fourth foster
family in 5 years.
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Seven months later,
she's dead in a landfill.
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Assigned searched for predators.
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No recent rapes
or regular pervs.
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Foster dad alibied out.
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In Baltimore with a friend
the night Donalyn went missing.
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Foster mom was at home
with the younger sister.
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Donalyn sneaks out,
goes to Sticky's party.
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Next morning, foster mom
files a missing persons.
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It's three weeks before her
body's discovered at the dump.
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Hey, look who's
back from the dead.
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Would of had a to-do
with some notice.
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I thought I'd be hanging with
the zombies till retirement.
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Still don't know
how you did it, boss.
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Uh, I still got some
juice upstairs, I guess.
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Glad to have you back, Kat.
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ME's report.
Piping in Sticky's basement
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fits the thread pattern
on Donalyn's skull.
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Blood type's a match, too.
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Two items found
on the victim...
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'Picture of
her biological mother'
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and a busted audio tape.
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I'll take it
to the sound hounds.
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See if they can
work their magic.
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Let's bring in the
foster parents and the sister
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see if Sticky's club
jogs their memories.
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You got it, boss.
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- Hey, Nick.
- Hmm?
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Still waiting on that
doctor's report from you.
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Thought that was more
of an optional thing.
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Only if you opt
to wear the badge.
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I haven't seen
a doctor since 1980.
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- I don't even have one.
- Then find one.
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I don't believe it. I..
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Donalyn wasn't the type
of girl to go clubbing'.
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More of a homebody?
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She just wasn't
all that social.
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She spent most of her
time watching her sister.
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Got a guest list from
Sticky's club that night.
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Recognize any names?
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Friends of Donalyn's, maybe?
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If she had friends,
I-I didn't know any of them.
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Told the girls to stay away
from those kids on 26th.
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[Nick]
'You mean the
kids at school?'
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These kids couldn't
spell school.
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Told cops back in '91
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you were in Baltimore,
night Donalyn disappeared.
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With my pal,
James McDonald. Fishing.
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- You still got his number?
- Somewhere.
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When'd you come back home?
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As soon as Alice called,
said Donalyn was missing.
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- She ever run away before?
- Not that I know of.
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But Donalyn was a teenager.
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- Had a mind of her own.
- She give Alice trouble?
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Told Alice those girls
didn't need sympathy.
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They needed discipline.
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You ever disciplined
them, Kenneth?
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Alice got mad
if I raised my voice.
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Didn't let me smoke anymore.
Had all kind of rules.
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How was your relationship
with Donalyn?
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I was gone a lot for work.
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Did what I could
when I was around.
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I took her to see
Phantom of the Opera
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in New York once.
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She liked that.
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You and Alice divorced in '92?
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Losing a child like that..
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...it just ripped us apart.
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Well, Ken being away
two foster kids, huh..
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...it must have been rough.
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Life of a trucker's wife.
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Might as well have been
a single mother.
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You and Donalyn get along?
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Tried to create
a family for her.
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Girl was mad at the world.
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Her mother was an addict.
Died of AIDS. No father.
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A tough life for a kid.
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I was a first time foster mom.
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Thought I could
change the world.
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But what they say is true.
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It's harder
with the older ones.
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♪ Ooh ladies first
ladies first ♪
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♪ Ooh ladies
first ladies first ♪
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♪ Ooh ladies first
ladies first ♪
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Meesh, I'm Queen Latifah.
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♪ The ladies will kick it
a rhyme that is wicked ♪
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♪ Those who don't know how
to be pros get evicted ♪
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♪ A woman can bear you
break you take you ♪
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♪ Now it's time to rhyme
can you relate to ♪
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- No, don't stop.
- What does she want?
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Come on, you guys, keep going.
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Nah, ma'am.
I got homework.
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Hey, Donalyn, what
do you say tomorrow
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we have a girls' day?
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Maybe, we could go shopping..
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...get our nails done?
Whatever you want.
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Please, Donalyn?
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What do you say?
Give me a chance?
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♪ Believe me when
I say being ♪
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Maybe?
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I'll do it for
the drama queen.
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♪ But for being with one 'cause
when it's time for lovin' ♪
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Okay.
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♪ Strong stepping
strutting moving on ♪
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Hey there, precious.
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♪ We are the ones
that give birth ♪
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I took what I could get.
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So Donalyn was close
with her younger sister?
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- Best friends.
- Is that Meesha?
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Yes, convinced DHS to let her
live with me after Donalyn died.
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Adopted her in '95.
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She's a doctor
at Children's now.
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You're reopening
my sister's case?
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After all this time?
I don't understand.
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Got a new lead.
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You ever hear of
Sticky's on 26th?
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Club was owned by
Virgil "Sticky" Jones.
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Yeah.
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She'd sneak up there
whenever she could.
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Is that where
she was killed?
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I thought she ran away.
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You, uh, recognize
any of these names?
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How'd she get
out of the house?
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Just went out the back door.
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You ever tell your parents
about Donalyn's night life?
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I wanted a family,
Donalyn didn't.
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After she left..
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...after I thought she left
all I had was my mother.
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What about Kenneth?
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Never saw him
after they divorced.
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He was never
much around, anyway.
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'Wait, Zen.'
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I remember him.
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Friend of Donalyn's?
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I wouldn't go that far.
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We met him the first week
in the neighborhood.
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He messed with
the wrong new girl.
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[hip-hop music]
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♪ Yeah yeah
yeah yeah yeah ♪
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♪ Let the crowd get hype
then I'm about to strike him ♪
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♪ And watch me give him dap
wit a fist full of lightnin' ♪
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♪ So cool off
you don't want it with me ♪
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♪ 'Cause I freeze up suckers
when I cold get busy ♪
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♪ Especially you man
your style's a disgrace ♪
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♪ You got a messed-up fade
and your chain's a fake ♪
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♪ And look at her
she ain't fresh at all ♪
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♪ She got dirty shoes
and her clothes are small ♪
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♪ I'm the black Balboa
and I'm trained to brawl ♪
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♪ The only trainin' she got
is a trainin' bra ♪
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[laughing]
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[scoffs]
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♪ You got a mouth
full of rubbish ♪
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♪ I'm-a take out the trash
here's a penny for my thoughts ♪
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♪ 'Cause you probably
could use the cash ♪
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♪ You a broke-lookin' player
a faker a straight fool ♪
249
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♪ Word on the street is that
you got a little issue ♪
250
00:11:53,538 --> 00:11:56,019
[crowd cheering]
251
00:12:03,418 --> 00:12:05,289
You funny, right?
252
00:12:05,376 --> 00:12:07,074
This is my street, bitch.
253
00:12:09,163 --> 00:12:12,383
26. We never forget.
254
00:12:12,470 --> 00:12:14,777
I see you again,
gonna earn my bones.
255
00:12:19,869 --> 00:12:21,088
[Donalyn]
'Come on, Meesh.'
256
00:12:28,791 --> 00:12:31,011
I always thought
she was fearless..
257
00:12:31,098 --> 00:12:32,447
...but she was
just a little girl.
258
00:12:33,883 --> 00:12:35,450
Zen was
a 26th Street Villain?
259
00:12:35,537 --> 00:12:37,800
Heard he shot a guy
for his Jordans.
260
00:12:37,887 --> 00:12:39,410
Happen to know
his real name?
261
00:12:39,497 --> 00:12:42,457
Yeah, I think Zeb Edwards.
262
00:12:44,198 --> 00:12:45,286
Thanks, Meesha.
263
00:12:47,549 --> 00:12:49,377
You'll let me know
if you find anything, right?
264
00:12:52,467 --> 00:12:53,642
Alright.
265
00:12:55,818 --> 00:12:57,951
So, ZebandSticky
were 26ers.
266
00:12:58,038 --> 00:13:01,824
Well, maybe Zeb ran into
Donalyn at the birthday party.
267
00:13:01,911 --> 00:13:03,957
Got back at her over
that "little issue" of his.
268
00:13:07,874 --> 00:13:10,311
[instrumental music]
269
00:13:16,708 --> 00:13:20,408
- Zen?
- Just Zeb now.
270
00:13:20,495 --> 00:13:21,975
Yeah, Zeb Edwards.
271
00:13:22,062 --> 00:13:23,672
Popped in '92
for agg assault
272
00:13:23,759 --> 00:13:26,718
'93 criminal conspiracy,
'94 possession with intent.
273
00:13:26,806 --> 00:13:28,329
People say this and that.
274
00:13:28,416 --> 00:13:31,071
But 26ers never forget.
275
00:13:31,158 --> 00:13:34,422
What you told Donalyn Sullivan
after she outspit you on 26th.
276
00:13:34,509 --> 00:13:36,467
Come on. I changed.
277
00:13:36,554 --> 00:13:38,513
Look, I'm a family man now.
278
00:13:41,429 --> 00:13:43,648
Were you at Sticky's
birthday party in '91?
279
00:13:43,735 --> 00:13:45,737
Nah, it wasn't me.
280
00:13:45,825 --> 00:13:48,088
Why were you on the
guest list, Zen?
281
00:13:48,175 --> 00:13:50,090
Start talkin' straight,
or I take out the bracelets.
282
00:13:51,918 --> 00:13:54,007
- What you wanna know?
- The night Donalyn was killed.
283
00:13:54,094 --> 00:13:55,443
You two still beefin'?
284
00:13:55,530 --> 00:13:57,488
Nah, me and Sugar Dawn,
we was friends by then.
285
00:13:57,575 --> 00:13:59,621
- Sugar Dawn?
- It's the name I gave her.
286
00:13:59,708 --> 00:14:01,797
So, what kinda friendship you
have with a 14 year old girl?
287
00:14:01,884 --> 00:14:04,495
Nah, it wasn't like that.
I was her manager.
288
00:14:06,106 --> 00:14:09,370
Yeah, I turned her
into a bona fide MC.
289
00:14:09,457 --> 00:14:11,328
Back then,
you either was a talent
290
00:14:11,415 --> 00:14:12,852
or you found the talent.
291
00:14:12,939 --> 00:14:14,070
[MC Lyte singing
"Act Like You Know"]
292
00:14:14,157 --> 00:14:15,332
Alright, look,
you wanna do this
293
00:14:15,419 --> 00:14:17,465
you gotta look
the part, alright?
294
00:14:17,552 --> 00:14:19,423
Here, put this..
295
00:14:19,510 --> 00:14:20,729
Damn! Not like
I'm gonna hit you.
296
00:14:20,816 --> 00:14:22,862
I can do it myself.
297
00:14:22,949 --> 00:14:24,646
[Zen]
'Alright, where the earrings
and the ring I got you?'
298
00:14:24,733 --> 00:14:26,082
You gotta put 'em on.
299
00:14:26,169 --> 00:14:28,128
♪ Do as I say so
and don't try to fess ♪
300
00:14:28,215 --> 00:14:30,434
♪ Do what you wanna just
clean up the mess on here ♪
301
00:14:30,521 --> 00:14:32,219
'Put your rings on.'
302
00:14:32,306 --> 00:14:34,743
♪ Rhymes and rhymes and
rhymes I gots to spare ♪
303
00:14:34,830 --> 00:14:36,397
♪ Act like you know ♪
304
00:14:36,484 --> 00:14:38,442
♪ The things that I do
just ain't for show ♪
305
00:14:38,529 --> 00:14:39,574
♪ This is my limit ♪
306
00:14:39,661 --> 00:14:41,010
Is it cool?
307
00:14:41,097 --> 00:14:45,014
- Put the hat on.
- Cool?
308
00:14:45,101 --> 00:14:46,581
♪ For all of those
that seem to want to try ♪
309
00:14:46,668 --> 00:14:49,062
[Zen]
'Ah!'
310
00:14:49,149 --> 00:14:51,020
♪ What can I say
hey thanks a lot ♪
311
00:14:51,107 --> 00:14:53,805
Ah, now there she go.
312
00:14:53,893 --> 00:14:55,895
'That's Sugar Dawn.
Let's roll.'
313
00:14:55,982 --> 00:14:57,766
♪ They know whose show this is ♪
314
00:14:57,853 --> 00:14:59,420
♪ Whose show is this ♪
315
00:14:59,507 --> 00:15:01,204
♪ This is MC Lyte ♪
316
00:15:03,598 --> 00:15:05,078
[Zen]
'Yo, Huxtable.'
317
00:15:05,165 --> 00:15:06,731
Zen, get the little
girl outta here.
318
00:15:06,818 --> 00:15:09,386
Yo, she's dope, man.
She got mad skills.
319
00:15:11,388 --> 00:15:12,999
Hey, you was
on 26th and Sergeant
320
00:15:13,086 --> 00:15:14,826
first day me and my sister
moved over there.
321
00:15:14,914 --> 00:15:18,874
Yo, Sugar Dawn, go ahead
and spit that 16 real quick.
322
00:15:22,660 --> 00:15:26,142
♪ Fly Philly diva
sicker than emphysema ♪
323
00:15:26,229 --> 00:15:29,319
♪ Make you follow the leader
in my Jetta four seater ♪
324
00:15:29,406 --> 00:15:32,322
♪ Guys love Sugar 'cause you
know they'd wanna meet her ♪
325
00:15:32,409 --> 00:15:34,542
♪ Girls want to join her 'cause
they know they can't beat her ♪
326
00:15:34,629 --> 00:15:36,936
Yeah, yeah. I got it.
327
00:15:37,023 --> 00:15:38,807
Yo, I'm tellin' you, man.
328
00:15:38,894 --> 00:15:40,852
She's gonna be
the next Antoinette.
329
00:15:40,940 --> 00:15:43,333
She just another girl
on 26th thinks she can rap.
330
00:15:43,420 --> 00:15:45,770
♪ I said it once
I'm-a say it again ♪
331
00:15:45,857 --> 00:15:48,469
♪ I'm like Nikki Giovanni
when I pick up the pen ♪
332
00:15:48,556 --> 00:15:50,688
♪ So Go Tell It
on the Mountain♪
333
00:15:50,775 --> 00:15:52,952
♪ I'll take it back
to the Motherland now ♪
334
00:15:53,039 --> 00:15:55,041
♪ And I don't need
a black medallion ♪
335
00:15:55,128 --> 00:15:57,173
[Zen]
'Ooh!'
336
00:15:58,435 --> 00:15:59,697
I know I can rap.
337
00:16:01,308 --> 00:16:02,700
♪ Act like you know ♪
338
00:16:02,787 --> 00:16:05,268
♪ This is MC Lyte ♪
339
00:16:05,355 --> 00:16:07,967
Alright, you can stay.
340
00:16:09,751 --> 00:16:12,058
Man, the only reason why
y'all lovin' her
341
00:16:12,145 --> 00:16:15,322
is 'cause she's still
in diapers. She a baby MC.
342
00:16:15,409 --> 00:16:18,803
I mean, she look like me,
y'all got her rappin' like me..
343
00:16:18,890 --> 00:16:20,849
...but she ain't me.
344
00:16:20,936 --> 00:16:23,983
Oh, I don't know. I think she
got you there, Big Soph.
345
00:16:24,896 --> 00:16:26,202
Who, her?
346
00:16:26,289 --> 00:16:27,769
Man, get your
finger outta my face.
347
00:16:27,856 --> 00:16:29,379
I know that's not
what just happened!
348
00:16:29,466 --> 00:16:30,946
I know you didn't
just disrespect me like that!
349
00:16:31,033 --> 00:16:32,687
You know, you better
watch your back.
350
00:16:32,774 --> 00:16:36,343
Don't let me catch your ass
on 26th, 'cause I got you!
351
00:16:36,430 --> 00:16:38,432
♪ Straighten my jacket
fix my hair ♪
352
00:16:38,519 --> 00:16:40,869
♪ Turn up the system
as I prepare ♪
353
00:16:42,349 --> 00:16:44,960
I should've protected
Sugar Dawn more.
354
00:16:45,047 --> 00:16:46,440
Big Soph was crazy.
355
00:16:46,527 --> 00:16:48,007
She at Sticky's party
that night?
356
00:16:48,094 --> 00:16:51,140
Yeah, she got a big
recording contract.
357
00:16:51,227 --> 00:16:53,273
Sugar Dawn was supposed
to spit for a contract too
358
00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:55,318
but she never showed.
359
00:16:56,450 --> 00:16:58,060
Yeah. Yeah, it was the night
360
00:16:58,147 --> 00:17:00,193
the Phillies ended
the game on that triple play.
361
00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:01,585
You remember who was
workin' the parking lot?
362
00:17:03,022 --> 00:17:05,415
Wait. Last name Parker?
363
00:17:05,502 --> 00:17:06,764
[paper rustles]
364
00:17:06,851 --> 00:17:08,331
Emil Parker.
365
00:17:10,377 --> 00:17:11,639
He'll be back Saturday?
366
00:17:12,814 --> 00:17:14,076
Alright, thanks.
367
00:17:16,861 --> 00:17:18,689
So, any luck with the
foster father's alibi?
368
00:17:18,776 --> 00:17:21,257
Oh, number Ken gave us
for James McDonald was
369
00:17:21,344 --> 00:17:23,129
disconnected back in '97.
370
00:17:23,216 --> 00:17:25,348
Ran down the forwarding number.
There's no answer.
371
00:17:25,435 --> 00:17:30,266
Uh, where's mine?
372
00:17:30,353 --> 00:17:31,963
I thought you gave up the cow.
373
00:17:32,051 --> 00:17:34,575
I'm gone a couple weeks and
all of a sudden I'm vegetarian?
374
00:17:36,620 --> 00:17:39,971
Mm! AV department
was able to save
375
00:17:40,059 --> 00:17:42,670
part of Donalyn's audiotape.
Listen.
376
00:17:42,757 --> 00:17:45,194
[Donalyn on tape]
♪ Different foster homes
but don't none of them care ♪
377
00:17:45,281 --> 00:17:47,544
♪ And I hate to see my sister
cry 'cause that ain't fair ♪
378
00:17:47,631 --> 00:17:49,024
♪ She's too young
to understand ♪
379
00:17:49,111 --> 00:17:50,286
♪ How we end up here ♪
380
00:17:50,373 --> 00:17:51,679
♪ So I promise it'll change ♪
381
00:17:51,766 --> 00:17:53,550
♪ Every single new year ♪
382
00:17:53,637 --> 00:17:55,900
AV's trying to rescue
the rest of the tape.
383
00:17:55,987 --> 00:17:58,990
And I've been harassing DHS
to open Donalyn's file.
384
00:17:59,078 --> 00:18:01,993
Know a gal over there.
I'll, uh, reach out.
385
00:18:02,081 --> 00:18:04,039
Pretty heavy lyrics
for a 14 year old.
386
00:18:04,126 --> 00:18:05,693
Veronica's around
Donalyn's age.
387
00:18:07,434 --> 00:18:09,871
I can't imagine her
going through any of this.
388
00:18:09,958 --> 00:18:11,307
Thanks, Scotty.
389
00:18:18,314 --> 00:18:19,837
We got the big guns.
390
00:18:19,924 --> 00:18:23,014
The lieutenant and
the lady detective. Mm-mm.
391
00:18:23,102 --> 00:18:25,147
You deserve special
treatment being the voice
392
00:18:25,234 --> 00:18:27,193
of Philly Hip-Hop on Radio 99.
393
00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:28,846
And I'm on in 45.
394
00:18:28,933 --> 00:18:32,154
Looks like you're gonna
miss drive time, Big Soph.
395
00:18:32,241 --> 00:18:34,809
Police harassin' another person
of color's, no big surprise.
396
00:18:34,896 --> 00:18:37,638
Ah, a couple of Philly
cops don't scare you.
397
00:18:37,725 --> 00:18:40,510
Especially since you're
so good with a razor blade.
398
00:18:40,597 --> 00:18:42,425
Served three years
at Muncy for assault.
399
00:18:42,512 --> 00:18:43,818
Bitch had it comin'.
400
00:18:43,905 --> 00:18:45,124
You call me in for
somethin' that happened
401
00:18:45,211 --> 00:18:46,777
a hundred years ago?
402
00:18:46,864 --> 00:18:48,779
Remember Donalyn Sullivan?
403
00:18:48,866 --> 00:18:50,607
Maybe you know her
as Sugar Dawn?
404
00:18:52,261 --> 00:18:53,654
Yeah, I remember Sugar Dawn.
405
00:18:55,395 --> 00:18:58,137
Yeah, me-me and
Baby MC, we was cool.
406
00:18:58,224 --> 00:19:00,443
- You ever threaten her?
- She was a kid.
407
00:19:00,530 --> 00:19:01,966
Didn't tell her
to watch her back?
408
00:19:02,053 --> 00:19:03,707
Heat of the moment, maybe.
409
00:19:03,794 --> 00:19:05,318
Uh, you got signed with
410
00:19:05,405 --> 00:19:07,320
Killadelphia Entertainment in '91.
411
00:19:07,407 --> 00:19:08,451
Did.
412
00:19:11,585 --> 00:19:12,803
What's your point?
413
00:19:12,890 --> 00:19:15,154
You got your big break
at Sticky's on 26th.
414
00:19:15,241 --> 00:19:16,503
At his birthday party, so?
415
00:19:16,590 --> 00:19:18,983
Same night and place
Sugar Dawn was murdered.
416
00:19:19,070 --> 00:19:20,463
See where we're going now?
417
00:19:20,550 --> 00:19:23,379
Like I said, I didn't see her.
418
00:19:23,466 --> 00:19:25,512
Donalyn was there
to audition that night, too.
419
00:19:25,599 --> 00:19:28,167
She's dead, you're famous.
Do the math.
420
00:19:28,254 --> 00:19:30,604
Look, Sugar Dawn was
on 26th with the big dogs
421
00:19:30,691 --> 00:19:32,258
but she was still wet
behind the ears.
422
00:19:33,346 --> 00:19:35,913
I tried to help!
423
00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:39,874
♪ Some like to boogie
some like to cha-cha ♪
424
00:19:39,961 --> 00:19:41,441
Oh, you like rap music?
425
00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:45,532
- Hey.
- Lemme get that, Rocket.
426
00:19:45,619 --> 00:19:46,968
- Hey, man.
- Nah, uh.
427
00:19:49,362 --> 00:19:50,841
Yo, Baby MC, come here.
428
00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:55,063
For real, come here. I ain't
gonna do nothin', alright?
429
00:19:58,240 --> 00:19:59,763
How much you selling '
your tapes for?
430
00:19:59,850 --> 00:20:01,156
A Hamilton.
431
00:20:01,243 --> 00:20:03,376
You buggin', right?
432
00:20:03,463 --> 00:20:05,508
- Zen didn't tell me how much.
- Alright, check this.
433
00:20:05,595 --> 00:20:07,510
Look at homeboy over there
in the fake Karl Kani's.
434
00:20:07,597 --> 00:20:09,991
You ask him for ten,
he gonna shut you down.
435
00:20:10,078 --> 00:20:11,427
That's a five dollar brother.
436
00:20:11,514 --> 00:20:13,124
So you only charge people
437
00:20:13,212 --> 00:20:16,476
what you think
they'll pay, see?
438
00:20:16,563 --> 00:20:18,826
And another thing, you
wanna take all this off.
439
00:20:18,913 --> 00:20:20,523
All what off?
440
00:20:20,610 --> 00:20:23,961
All that jewelry, unless you
trying to get jacked out here.
441
00:20:24,048 --> 00:20:25,659
Trying to look
like Big Soph and all.
442
00:20:27,051 --> 00:20:28,444
Come on.
443
00:20:33,623 --> 00:20:35,495
You still in diapers,
so make it work.
444
00:20:36,844 --> 00:20:38,367
Never ask more
than $15, alright?
445
00:20:39,716 --> 00:20:41,196
Go do it.
446
00:20:42,371 --> 00:20:44,678
Go on. Go ahead.
447
00:20:46,201 --> 00:20:48,159
- Hey, man, you like hip-hop?
- Yeah.
448
00:20:49,813 --> 00:20:51,424
Come on. Okay.
449
00:20:53,774 --> 00:20:55,689
Ah! Told you!
450
00:20:56,646 --> 00:20:58,605
[tires squeal]
451
00:20:59,867 --> 00:21:02,304
[intense music]
452
00:21:04,524 --> 00:21:05,786
Where's my money?
453
00:21:07,831 --> 00:21:09,703
- What money?
- From your studio time.
454
00:21:09,790 --> 00:21:11,313
- Zen said he'd front it.
- Well, he didn't.
455
00:21:13,576 --> 00:21:15,970
- Huxtable, she's just a kid.
- Is anybody talking to you?
456
00:21:17,276 --> 00:21:19,234
I got $20.
457
00:21:19,321 --> 00:21:21,584
I could page Zen and see
if he can bring some more.
458
00:21:21,671 --> 00:21:24,021
No, we're gonna
find him together.
459
00:21:26,763 --> 00:21:28,287
Get in.
Get in the damn car!
460
00:21:35,598 --> 00:21:37,818
Huxtable was serious
about his paper.
461
00:21:39,733 --> 00:21:41,691
That was the last time
I saw Sugar Dawn.
462
00:21:43,258 --> 00:21:44,520
When was that?
463
00:21:44,607 --> 00:21:46,305
Two days before Sticky's party.
464
00:21:49,351 --> 00:21:52,049
[instrumental music]
465
00:21:55,662 --> 00:21:56,619
Oh.
466
00:21:56,706 --> 00:21:58,142
That thing we talked about.
467
00:22:04,192 --> 00:22:06,194
Happy anniversary.
468
00:22:06,281 --> 00:22:07,674
[chuckles]
469
00:22:13,027 --> 00:22:15,159
[sighs]
470
00:22:17,292 --> 00:22:19,207
Some guys bring flowers.
471
00:22:19,294 --> 00:22:21,427
A dozen roses ain't got
nothing on six hollow points.
472
00:22:21,514 --> 00:22:22,776
You know I already
got a piece.
473
00:22:22,863 --> 00:22:24,343
Yeah, but..
474
00:22:24,430 --> 00:22:26,562
...yours comes with too
many questions attached.
475
00:22:26,649 --> 00:22:28,521
Still I think I
could take it back?
476
00:22:28,608 --> 00:22:32,176
Get some diamond
studs? Real ones?
477
00:22:33,787 --> 00:22:36,006
No refunds, no exchanges.
478
00:22:36,093 --> 00:22:39,314
- Also, completely untraceable.
- Seriously, Eddie.
479
00:22:39,401 --> 00:22:41,882
Look, you asked me what
I'd do in your situation.
480
00:22:41,969 --> 00:22:43,274
A guy like that?
481
00:22:44,537 --> 00:22:45,842
Well..
482
00:22:46,843 --> 00:22:48,018
...just be careful.
483
00:22:51,848 --> 00:22:53,328
You been under too long.
484
00:22:53,415 --> 00:22:54,938
Maybe things start looking
kind of cloudy, huh?
485
00:22:55,025 --> 00:22:56,810
Couldn't be clearer
from where I'm standing.
486
00:22:56,897 --> 00:22:58,202
Scum out there
wants you dead.
487
00:22:59,290 --> 00:23:00,857
I'm just evening the odds.
488
00:23:00,944 --> 00:23:04,383
Look, I told you before.
I don't need protecting.
489
00:23:05,732 --> 00:23:07,734
Well, the beauty
of a thing like this
490
00:23:07,821 --> 00:23:09,779
is you can put it away.
Forget about it.
491
00:23:11,477 --> 00:23:14,001
Unless the time comes
when you need it.
492
00:23:14,088 --> 00:23:15,176
Then you decide
where you stand.
493
00:23:15,263 --> 00:23:16,482
I already know where I stand.
494
00:23:19,354 --> 00:23:20,877
I'm just looking out, okay?
495
00:23:24,141 --> 00:23:25,404
Diamonds, huh?
496
00:23:28,711 --> 00:23:29,843
Wait.
497
00:23:32,672 --> 00:23:34,848
Let me think about it. Okay?
498
00:23:36,110 --> 00:23:38,547
[instrumental music]
499
00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:44,553
♪ I do what I got to do I don't
got a lot of moves to make ♪
500
00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:47,774
♪ So I do what I got to
I do what I got to do ♪
501
00:23:47,861 --> 00:23:50,733
♪ I don't got a lot of room to
move so I do what I got to ♪
502
00:23:50,820 --> 00:23:52,822
♪ I do what I got to do ♪
503
00:23:52,909 --> 00:23:54,911
Huxtable, huh?
504
00:23:54,998 --> 00:23:56,347
Whatever happened
to good old street names
505
00:23:56,435 --> 00:23:58,001
like Chicken Legs
and Fat Head?
506
00:23:58,088 --> 00:23:59,438
Who's asking?
507
00:24:02,702 --> 00:24:04,051
What can I do
for you, detectives?
508
00:24:04,138 --> 00:24:06,183
Mortuary playlist,
his idea or yours?
509
00:24:06,270 --> 00:24:08,359
Oh. Keeps the mind active.
510
00:24:08,447 --> 00:24:10,231
Family business here
is a long way away from
511
00:24:10,318 --> 00:24:12,276
that one-bedroom music
studio you used to run.
512
00:24:12,363 --> 00:24:14,888
I'm still in the scene.
I find underground talent.
513
00:24:14,975 --> 00:24:16,455
Post their songs
on my blog.
514
00:24:16,542 --> 00:24:17,978
You know
a Donalyn Sullivan?
515
00:24:18,065 --> 00:24:19,240
Sure.
516
00:24:19,327 --> 00:24:21,024
She was a friend of mine.
517
00:24:21,111 --> 00:24:22,591
Remember her taking
a ride in your Cherokee?
518
00:24:22,678 --> 00:24:25,464
November '91?
Just you and her?
519
00:24:25,551 --> 00:24:26,900
- What are you getting at?
- Is that a yes?
520
00:24:26,987 --> 00:24:28,249
Look, she was a little girl.
521
00:24:28,336 --> 00:24:30,077
Got an eyewitness,
saw you throw that
522
00:24:30,164 --> 00:24:32,732
little girl in your Cherokee,
take off down Broad Street.
523
00:24:32,819 --> 00:24:34,516
Okay, the whole
neighborhood knew
524
00:24:34,603 --> 00:24:36,213
my family owned
this mortuary.
525
00:24:36,300 --> 00:24:38,738
They knew I had money.
Had to show them I was hard.
526
00:24:38,825 --> 00:24:41,349
Jack and Jill kid looking
for some street cred.
527
00:24:41,436 --> 00:24:44,047
Had to play the game.
We both did.
528
00:24:46,310 --> 00:24:47,573
What were you doing
at Broad Street, anyway?
529
00:24:47,660 --> 00:24:48,878
You know it's dangerous
this time of night.
530
00:24:48,965 --> 00:24:49,966
What do you care where I'm at?
531
00:24:50,053 --> 00:24:51,272
Hey, everybody's
not out to take
532
00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:52,839
something from you,
little sister.
533
00:24:52,926 --> 00:24:55,319
Well you want your money,
so there. That's all I got.
534
00:24:55,406 --> 00:24:56,930
Zen shouldn't
have you out there.
535
00:24:57,017 --> 00:24:58,279
I can take care of myself.
536
00:24:58,366 --> 00:25:00,237
I got something for you.
Back seat.
537
00:25:05,416 --> 00:25:07,593
"James Baldwin.
Go Tell It on the Mountain."
538
00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:10,204
- I already read it.
- I don't doubt it.
539
00:25:10,291 --> 00:25:12,119
'I knew you were different.'
540
00:25:12,206 --> 00:25:14,295
Don't need Zen turning you
into one of Big Soph's clones.
541
00:25:14,382 --> 00:25:16,079
Shoot, she ain't
got nothing on me.
542
00:25:16,166 --> 00:25:18,255
Your single sucks.
543
00:25:18,342 --> 00:25:20,780
- Did you write it?
- Zen.
544
00:25:20,867 --> 00:25:23,347
- That figures. It's trivial.
- Trivial sells.
545
00:25:23,434 --> 00:25:24,958
How many tapes you sold today?
546
00:25:28,831 --> 00:25:30,877
Huh?
547
00:25:30,964 --> 00:25:33,053
You got more inside you.
Spit about something real.
548
00:25:33,140 --> 00:25:35,055
Not some cliche
ghetto nursery rhyme.
549
00:25:35,142 --> 00:25:36,447
Oh, like you, college boy?
550
00:25:36,535 --> 00:25:37,797
Fronting like your
mommy and daddy
551
00:25:37,884 --> 00:25:39,538
ain't paying for your
apartment on Chestnut.
552
00:25:39,625 --> 00:25:42,584
But I don't have
what you got.
553
00:25:42,671 --> 00:25:44,543
You're more than
just another MC, Donalyn.
554
00:25:44,630 --> 00:25:46,370
Everybody's got dreams.
Don't mean nothin'.
555
00:25:46,457 --> 00:25:48,068
The difference is,
you got talent.
556
00:25:49,286 --> 00:25:50,592
'And you're smart.'
557
00:25:52,159 --> 00:25:54,335
How old are you?
558
00:25:54,422 --> 00:25:56,076
14 and a half.
559
00:25:56,163 --> 00:25:58,078
[laughing]
"And a half."
560
00:25:58,992 --> 00:26:00,297
What's that mean?
561
00:26:01,429 --> 00:26:02,473
[laughing]
562
00:26:02,561 --> 00:26:05,476
Maybe you should just be 14.
563
00:26:05,564 --> 00:26:07,174
Let the half
take care of itself.
564
00:26:09,219 --> 00:26:11,134
- Yeah.
- 'Yeah.'
565
00:26:11,221 --> 00:26:12,962
Maybe.
566
00:26:13,049 --> 00:26:14,485
[chuckles]
567
00:26:17,010 --> 00:26:19,273
Hey, can you pull over
at that pay phone for a minute?
568
00:26:19,360 --> 00:26:20,622
Yeah, um...
569
00:26:22,319 --> 00:26:23,930
I guess
I got through to her.
570
00:26:24,017 --> 00:26:25,279
Cost her her life, though.
571
00:26:25,366 --> 00:26:27,542
- Who'd Donalyn call?
- Zen.
572
00:26:28,587 --> 00:26:29,631
She fired him right there.
573
00:26:30,806 --> 00:26:32,155
How'd he take that?
574
00:26:32,242 --> 00:26:33,722
He was a 26er.
575
00:26:33,809 --> 00:26:36,290
So, how do you think
he took it?
576
00:26:36,377 --> 00:26:38,118
My father and I
prepared her for burial.
577
00:26:39,423 --> 00:26:40,990
I hardly recognized her.
578
00:26:46,779 --> 00:26:49,869
Said you turned Sugar Dawn
into a bona fide MC.
579
00:26:49,956 --> 00:26:54,090
Before me, she was just
another girl roasting on 26th.
580
00:26:54,177 --> 00:26:56,179
But Sugar Dawn was looking
to change her image.
581
00:26:56,266 --> 00:26:57,790
But she never told me.
582
00:26:57,877 --> 00:27:00,923
But she wanted to rap about
more than cars and jewelry.
583
00:27:01,010 --> 00:27:02,708
She'd rap about a dog
if I told her.
584
00:27:04,013 --> 00:27:05,841
Sugar Dawn dropped you, Zen.
585
00:27:05,928 --> 00:27:08,061
Please. I put
her on the map.
586
00:27:08,148 --> 00:27:09,932
Well, the neighborhood map.
587
00:27:10,019 --> 00:27:11,586
But she wanted more.
588
00:27:11,673 --> 00:27:13,632
14 and she already outgrew you.
589
00:27:13,719 --> 00:27:15,895
A 26er like you wasn't
just gonna take that.
590
00:27:15,982 --> 00:27:17,940
Told you, I had
nothing to do with
591
00:27:18,027 --> 00:27:19,942
what happened to Sugar Dawn.
592
00:27:20,029 --> 00:27:22,031
Y'all just be wanting to have
the brothers all gripped up.
593
00:27:22,118 --> 00:27:23,816
You'll be gripping
20 years in Graterford
594
00:27:23,903 --> 00:27:25,774
you don't drop that
attitude and come clean.
595
00:27:29,473 --> 00:27:31,388
Okay.
596
00:27:31,475 --> 00:27:33,390
She fired me, alright?
597
00:27:33,477 --> 00:27:35,044
But that lasted
about half a second.
598
00:27:36,655 --> 00:27:40,441
Hey, Sugar Dawn. Hey.
599
00:27:40,528 --> 00:27:43,270
We on 10:50 a.m.!
600
00:27:43,357 --> 00:27:46,142
I know it's only a Indie
station, but it's something.
601
00:27:46,229 --> 00:27:48,101
♪ Skills of an MC boss ♪
602
00:27:48,188 --> 00:27:49,580
♪ I ain't never been soft
I'm goin' off ♪
603
00:27:49,668 --> 00:27:51,191
♪ Go go go
go go go ♪
604
00:27:52,801 --> 00:27:54,934
Yo, we on the radio!
605
00:27:55,021 --> 00:27:56,283
[laughing]
606
00:27:56,370 --> 00:27:58,328
Alright, so look,
Sticky's birthday party
607
00:27:58,415 --> 00:28:00,766
is tomorrow night, right?
Everybody's gonna be there.
608
00:28:00,853 --> 00:28:02,419
Now one of Sticky's boys
promised me
609
00:28:02,506 --> 00:28:04,857
a one-on-one with
Killadelphia Entertainment.
610
00:28:04,944 --> 00:28:06,162
You do "Goin' Off."
611
00:28:08,295 --> 00:28:10,297
I don't want to do "Goin' Off."
612
00:28:10,384 --> 00:28:11,951
What you talking about?
That's your single.
613
00:28:12,038 --> 00:28:13,692
I'm saying I want to do
one of my own songs, Zen.
614
00:28:13,779 --> 00:28:15,345
Spit about something real.
615
00:28:15,432 --> 00:28:19,132
Aw, you playin', D, right?
Come on, man, you're killing me.
616
00:28:19,219 --> 00:28:21,003
I'm serious.
617
00:28:21,090 --> 00:28:24,137
Oh, what, you on some old Negro
spiritual now from Huxtable?
618
00:28:24,224 --> 00:28:25,660
Man, people don't
dance to that.
619
00:28:25,747 --> 00:28:27,270
Maybe I just want
them to listen.
620
00:28:31,971 --> 00:28:34,451
What do you know
about life?
621
00:28:34,538 --> 00:28:35,670
Nothing.
622
00:28:39,195 --> 00:28:41,720
[instrumental music]
623
00:28:44,461 --> 00:28:47,247
♪ The room was pitch black
when the chandelier fell ♪
624
00:28:47,334 --> 00:28:50,424
♪ The first time he
reached out I remember it well ♪
625
00:28:50,511 --> 00:28:53,470
♪ Whispered lies in my ear
'cause he told me he cared ♪
626
00:28:53,557 --> 00:28:55,081
♪ I saw a different
kind of Phantom ♪
627
00:28:55,168 --> 00:28:56,560
♪ In the way that he stared ♪
628
00:28:58,258 --> 00:28:59,607
What Phantom?
629
00:29:02,436 --> 00:29:05,308
♪ Still my face can't reveal
what I'm feeling inside ♪
630
00:29:05,395 --> 00:29:08,224
♪ But you can see it
if you look into my eyes ♪
631
00:29:08,311 --> 00:29:10,139
♪ Read between the lines ♪
632
00:29:14,274 --> 00:29:15,884
What are you
talking about, D?
633
00:29:15,971 --> 00:29:17,843
I do my song or I'm out.
634
00:29:17,930 --> 00:29:19,235
That's what I'm talking about.
635
00:29:20,933 --> 00:29:23,718
[instrumental music]
636
00:29:27,983 --> 00:29:30,290
Girl blew me away
with that song.
637
00:29:30,377 --> 00:29:32,118
Do you know who she
was talking about?
638
00:29:32,205 --> 00:29:34,598
Only heard the first verse.
639
00:29:34,685 --> 00:29:36,513
Next night at Sticky's party..
640
00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:37,950
...I waited for her backstage.
641
00:29:38,994 --> 00:29:40,082
She never showed.
642
00:29:40,169 --> 00:29:41,475
Anyone verify that?
643
00:29:42,693 --> 00:29:44,086
I got some names.
644
00:29:51,398 --> 00:29:53,182
She was like
a little sister to me, man.
645
00:29:54,749 --> 00:29:57,099
If I'd have known
she was in trouble..
646
00:29:57,186 --> 00:29:59,101
...I would have done
anything to protect her.
647
00:30:00,450 --> 00:30:02,801
[dramatic music]
648
00:30:04,846 --> 00:30:06,195
You need to do
what you need to do.
649
00:30:06,282 --> 00:30:08,371
I'm going
to put you on blast, okay?
650
00:30:08,458 --> 00:30:10,025
[phone beeps]
651
00:30:11,897 --> 00:30:13,550
Oh.
652
00:30:13,637 --> 00:30:15,814
I-I wasn't expecting you.
653
00:30:15,901 --> 00:30:17,554
I got to work late.
654
00:30:17,641 --> 00:30:19,252
Just wanted to drop by.
655
00:30:20,166 --> 00:30:21,341
Everything copacetic?
656
00:30:22,255 --> 00:30:24,213
Sit down.
657
00:30:24,300 --> 00:30:25,998
We about
to have "the talk"?
658
00:30:29,784 --> 00:30:32,395
Uh, this thing that you
did the other night.
659
00:30:32,482 --> 00:30:35,050
The gift I gave you?
660
00:30:35,137 --> 00:30:37,574
- You didn't have to.
- No. I wanted to.
661
00:30:37,661 --> 00:30:40,447
I'm saying, I like
you either way.
662
00:30:40,534 --> 00:30:42,275
I don't need any
grand gestures.
663
00:30:43,842 --> 00:30:45,060
Okay.
664
00:30:47,062 --> 00:30:49,935
Whatever my problems
are, they're mine.
665
00:30:53,808 --> 00:30:55,636
I hear what you're saying.
666
00:30:55,723 --> 00:30:57,290
You want me to back off.
667
00:30:57,377 --> 00:30:59,379
I just need some
room to maneuver.
668
00:31:06,516 --> 00:31:08,040
[sighs]
669
00:31:10,564 --> 00:31:13,088
If that's what you want,
that's what you get.
670
00:31:15,612 --> 00:31:17,266
- Thank you.
- Mm-hmm.
671
00:31:18,833 --> 00:31:20,791
Now, that thing
from the other night.
672
00:31:20,879 --> 00:31:22,924
Yeah, I threw it
in the Schuylkill.
673
00:31:25,013 --> 00:31:26,972
Well, no harm, no foul.
674
00:31:27,059 --> 00:31:28,277
Gotta do it the right way.
675
00:31:28,364 --> 00:31:30,149
- Just got to do it my way.
- Hmm.
676
00:31:34,849 --> 00:31:37,460
[instrumental music]
677
00:31:47,514 --> 00:31:49,298
Just got off the horn
with James McDonald
678
00:31:49,385 --> 00:31:51,518
foster dad's alibi.
679
00:31:51,605 --> 00:31:52,998
Finally grew a conscience
680
00:31:53,085 --> 00:31:54,869
admitted that
Kenny Watson's lying.
681
00:31:54,956 --> 00:31:57,306
- He wasn't fishing in '91.
- So, where was he?
682
00:31:57,393 --> 00:32:00,266
He was with his girlfriend,
Lisa Jackson up in DC.
683
00:32:00,353 --> 00:32:01,789
Met her when she was 15.
684
00:32:01,876 --> 00:32:03,225
[Kat]
'Argh.'
685
00:32:03,312 --> 00:32:05,836
AV finally salvaged
the rest of Donalyn's tapes.
686
00:32:05,924 --> 00:32:07,882
Got the other
verse to her song.
687
00:32:07,969 --> 00:32:10,363
She called Ken "the Phantom."
688
00:32:10,450 --> 00:32:12,060
Guess he'd turned
his eye on her.
689
00:32:12,147 --> 00:32:13,322
'"He sees it, too'
690
00:32:13,409 --> 00:32:14,976
"Now he's telling
me to run away
691
00:32:15,063 --> 00:32:17,587
"But I got Babygirl with me.
Where we gonna stay?"
692
00:32:17,674 --> 00:32:19,763
Alibi's not the only thing
Kenneth lied about.
693
00:32:23,332 --> 00:32:24,594
Mr. Watson?
694
00:32:28,337 --> 00:32:29,686
Detectives?
695
00:32:29,773 --> 00:32:31,123
[Nick]
'Need to ask you
some questions.'
696
00:32:32,472 --> 00:32:33,908
Let me take the chains off.
697
00:32:36,345 --> 00:32:39,435
[metal clanking]
Mr. Watson?
698
00:32:39,522 --> 00:32:42,003
Hey Watson, you gotta
open that door right now.
699
00:32:42,090 --> 00:32:43,048
[gunshot]
700
00:32:44,701 --> 00:32:47,008
[intense music]
701
00:32:50,838 --> 00:32:52,448
[indistinct radio chattering]
702
00:32:54,233 --> 00:32:56,061
Perv knew we were
on to him, boss.
703
00:32:56,148 --> 00:32:57,192
'Ate his gun
before we, you know.'
704
00:32:57,279 --> 00:32:58,715
Took the easy way out.
705
00:32:58,802 --> 00:33:01,327
Should've killed himself in '91.
Saved us the hassle.
706
00:33:01,414 --> 00:33:03,242
Any proof he was
molesting Donalyn?
707
00:33:03,329 --> 00:33:05,113
Jailbait magazines
all over the place.
708
00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:07,855
Donalyn rapped about
a Phantom on her audio tape.
709
00:33:07,942 --> 00:33:09,248
I think she was talking
about Kenneth.
710
00:33:09,335 --> 00:33:11,728
Guy was a predator.
Killed her to cover it up.
711
00:33:11,815 --> 00:33:13,339
We're gonna need
more than that.
712
00:33:13,426 --> 00:33:15,167
Let's bring in Alice.
Pick up Meesha, too.
713
00:33:15,254 --> 00:33:17,343
Find out what was really
going on in that house.
714
00:33:22,522 --> 00:33:24,437
These are Donalyn's
DHS records.
715
00:33:24,524 --> 00:33:25,873
'Says she lived
with a family called'
716
00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:27,527
the Martins for
a month, but not you?
717
00:33:28,876 --> 00:33:31,357
It was the only time
we were separated.
718
00:33:31,444 --> 00:33:32,575
She hated it there.
719
00:33:32,662 --> 00:33:34,969
Not the whole story, Meesha.
720
00:33:35,056 --> 00:33:37,841
Another girl reported
she was abused there.
721
00:33:39,452 --> 00:33:40,888
'Said Donalyn was, too.'
722
00:33:45,762 --> 00:33:47,634
She never told me.
723
00:33:47,721 --> 00:33:49,766
[Nick]
'She never told anyone.'
724
00:33:49,853 --> 00:33:51,377
She ever talk
about a "Phantom"?
725
00:33:53,379 --> 00:33:55,468
Something she made
up to scare me.
726
00:33:55,555 --> 00:33:57,644
"Lock your doors
so the Phantom doesn't come."
727
00:33:57,731 --> 00:33:58,688
'You know, kid stuff.'
728
00:33:58,775 --> 00:34:00,690
Ken took Donalyn to see
729
00:34:00,777 --> 00:34:02,779
"Phantom of the Opera,"though.
730
00:34:02,866 --> 00:34:03,954
'Right?'
731
00:34:07,088 --> 00:34:08,785
What are you telling me?
732
00:34:08,872 --> 00:34:10,657
[Kat]
'Not me..'
733
00:34:10,744 --> 00:34:11,919
...your sister.
734
00:34:14,008 --> 00:34:16,706
♪ But lately it's been getting
harder just to pretend ♪
735
00:34:16,793 --> 00:34:19,448
♪ 'Cause once again I see
the Phantom when I see him ♪
736
00:34:19,535 --> 00:34:22,277
♪ He sees it too now he's
telling me to run away ♪
737
00:34:22,364 --> 00:34:25,019
♪ But I got Babygirl with me
where we gonna stay ♪
738
00:34:25,106 --> 00:34:26,238
[clicks]
739
00:34:29,284 --> 00:34:30,720
I remember that song.
740
00:34:34,289 --> 00:34:37,031
- I wasn't tryin' to hurt you.
- Of course you were.
741
00:34:37,118 --> 00:34:39,860
♪ He sees it too now he's
telling me to run away ♪
742
00:34:39,947 --> 00:34:42,515
♪ But I got Babygirl with
me where we gonna stay ♪
743
00:34:43,994 --> 00:34:46,867
What's that supposed
to mean, huh?
744
00:34:46,954 --> 00:34:48,434
Look at me, Donalyn.
745
00:34:50,610 --> 00:34:52,090
After all we've done for you.
746
00:34:54,135 --> 00:34:55,745
Man, he wants me outta here.
747
00:34:55,832 --> 00:34:57,225
He told me to beat it before
something bad happened.
748
00:34:57,312 --> 00:34:58,748
He didn't say that.
749
00:34:58,835 --> 00:35:00,446
I've seen that look before.
I know what comes next.
750
00:35:00,533 --> 00:35:01,838
You don't know what
you're talking about.
751
00:35:01,925 --> 00:35:02,839
You think I'm some
kind of little kid?
752
00:35:02,926 --> 00:35:04,102
You're 14!
753
00:35:07,105 --> 00:35:08,889
You don't know
what I've been through.
754
00:35:08,976 --> 00:35:10,673
And I'm not about
to let it happen again
755
00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:12,849
to me or my little sister.
756
00:35:12,936 --> 00:35:14,503
Let what happen again?
757
00:35:20,944 --> 00:35:24,470
- You say you love us, right?
- Donalyn, please.
758
00:35:24,557 --> 00:35:26,689
'I'm trying here.'
759
00:35:26,776 --> 00:35:28,909
Kenny's trying.
Meesha's trying.
760
00:35:28,996 --> 00:35:30,780
Everybody's trying but you.
761
00:35:33,305 --> 00:35:34,436
Oh, God.
762
00:35:37,744 --> 00:35:39,267
- Where are you going?
- I'm outta here.
763
00:35:39,354 --> 00:35:42,009
Donalyn, wait!
Don't go! Just..
764
00:35:45,534 --> 00:35:48,146
[intense music]
765
00:35:52,019 --> 00:35:53,325
All this time..
766
00:35:55,936 --> 00:35:58,678
...I thought
Donalyn abandoned me.
767
00:35:58,765 --> 00:36:00,723
She was just
trying to save me.
768
00:36:03,117 --> 00:36:05,119
- You see Donalyn after that?
- No.
769
00:36:07,774 --> 00:36:09,863
That was the last time
I saw my big sister.
770
00:36:11,256 --> 00:36:12,735
[Nick]
'What about Alice?'
771
00:36:12,822 --> 00:36:15,042
She said she stayed home all
night with you. That true?
772
00:36:25,705 --> 00:36:28,882
You divorced in '92.
"Irreconcilable differences."
773
00:36:28,969 --> 00:36:31,754
I'll bet it was a challenge when
you found out about Kenneth's..
774
00:36:31,841 --> 00:36:33,669
...tendencies.
775
00:36:33,756 --> 00:36:35,976
There's no reconciling
those, right?
776
00:36:36,063 --> 00:36:38,283
I-I don't know
what you're talking about.
777
00:36:38,370 --> 00:36:40,198
You're protecting him?
Even now?
778
00:36:40,285 --> 00:36:43,549
Kenny was a decent man.
Hard worker, a good provider.
779
00:36:43,636 --> 00:36:46,334
No, he was a predator.
780
00:36:46,421 --> 00:36:47,857
He knew we had his number.
781
00:36:47,944 --> 00:36:49,207
There's a reason
he offed himself.
782
00:36:49,294 --> 00:36:50,817
That's between him and God.
783
00:36:52,558 --> 00:36:55,213
He can't hurt
you anymore, Alice.
784
00:36:55,300 --> 00:36:57,954
Can't hurt you
or the girls.
785
00:36:59,869 --> 00:37:02,350
[instrumental music]
786
00:37:08,791 --> 00:37:10,706
Tell us what happened.
787
00:37:10,793 --> 00:37:12,839
You'll feel better,
I promise.
788
00:37:12,926 --> 00:37:15,058
He followed her to the club.
789
00:37:15,145 --> 00:37:17,060
To Sticky's?
790
00:37:17,147 --> 00:37:19,585
I told him what she said
791
00:37:19,672 --> 00:37:21,630
about taking Meesha away.
792
00:37:21,717 --> 00:37:25,852
He was supposed to talk
some sense into her.
793
00:37:25,939 --> 00:37:27,810
- But she wouldn't listen?
- No.
794
00:37:29,464 --> 00:37:32,946
Said he hit her
over the head with a pipe.
795
00:37:34,861 --> 00:37:36,558
He told me he killed her.
796
00:37:41,084 --> 00:37:42,347
[Scotty]
'It's a gripping story..'
797
00:37:43,957 --> 00:37:45,828
- Alice.
- What?
798
00:37:51,356 --> 00:37:53,401
[Lilly]
'He-he couldn't have
been at the club'
799
00:37:53,488 --> 00:37:56,404
'cause he was in Maryland.
800
00:37:56,491 --> 00:37:58,667
Look it, had a room
at the Bethesda Inn
801
00:37:58,754 --> 00:38:01,148
with his
17 year old girlfriend.
802
00:38:01,235 --> 00:38:02,192
Sevente..
803
00:38:03,977 --> 00:38:07,154
No. No, he-he came back home.
804
00:38:07,241 --> 00:38:08,938
He went after her.
He told me.
805
00:38:09,025 --> 00:38:12,333
The only person who'd know
Donalyn was beat with a pipe
806
00:38:12,420 --> 00:38:13,639
was the one did the beatin'..
807
00:38:14,901 --> 00:38:16,250
...that's you.
808
00:38:20,428 --> 00:38:21,821
It's over, Alice.
809
00:38:24,650 --> 00:38:26,782
She was gonna take
Meesha away.
810
00:38:29,916 --> 00:38:31,526
I couldn't let them go.
811
00:38:33,528 --> 00:38:35,008
You took Kenneth's side.
812
00:38:35,095 --> 00:38:38,359
No. No, God help me, no.
I kicked Kenneth out.
813
00:38:38,446 --> 00:38:39,752
I wasn't..
814
00:38:41,536 --> 00:38:43,321
...I wasn't going
to let him near Meesha.
815
00:38:45,627 --> 00:38:46,672
Please..
816
00:38:49,022 --> 00:38:50,632
...tell Meesha I'm sorry.
817
00:38:52,242 --> 00:38:53,766
♪ Right about now ♪
818
00:38:53,853 --> 00:38:55,028
♪ Hit it ♪
819
00:38:55,115 --> 00:38:57,247
♪ Yeah whoo ♪
820
00:38:57,335 --> 00:38:59,467
♪ Yeah whoo ♪
821
00:38:59,554 --> 00:39:01,513
♪ Yeah whoo ♪
822
00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:05,212
♪ Yeah whoo
yeah whoo ♪
823
00:39:05,299 --> 00:39:07,693
♪ It takes two to make
a thing go right ♪
824
00:39:07,780 --> 00:39:09,477
♪ Yeah whoo ♪
825
00:39:09,564 --> 00:39:11,261
♪ It takes two to
make it outta sight ♪
826
00:39:11,349 --> 00:39:13,699
♪ Whoo yeah ♪
827
00:39:13,786 --> 00:39:15,265
♪ It takes two to make
a thing go right ♪
828
00:39:15,353 --> 00:39:18,138
Hey. Donalyn.
829
00:39:18,225 --> 00:39:19,400
What are you doing here?
830
00:39:19,487 --> 00:39:22,316
- We need to talk.
- Come on.
831
00:39:22,403 --> 00:39:23,839
♪ I wanna rock right now ♪
832
00:39:23,926 --> 00:39:25,928
♪ I'm Rob Base and
I came to get down ♪
833
00:39:26,015 --> 00:39:27,974
♪ I'm not
internationally known ♪
834
00:39:28,061 --> 00:39:29,932
♪ But I'm known to rock
the microphone ♪
835
00:39:30,019 --> 00:39:33,762
♪ Because I get stupid
I mean outrageous.. ♪
836
00:39:33,849 --> 00:39:35,982
[Alice]
'I know you're angry, Donalyn.'
837
00:39:36,069 --> 00:39:37,984
But you can't just
keep running
838
00:39:38,071 --> 00:39:39,638
and dragging this
little girl behind you.
839
00:39:39,725 --> 00:39:44,251
I've been taking care
of Meesha all her life.
840
00:39:44,338 --> 00:39:46,166
Families talk.
They stick it out.
841
00:39:46,253 --> 00:39:47,646
Well, we ain't your family.
842
00:39:49,430 --> 00:39:51,737
But you could be.
843
00:39:51,824 --> 00:39:53,216
I mean, you said it yourself,
nothing happened.
844
00:39:53,303 --> 00:39:54,914
We're leaving tomorrow.
845
00:39:56,872 --> 00:39:59,440
Please, don't do this to Meesha.
846
00:39:59,527 --> 00:40:02,008
Meesha?
847
00:40:02,095 --> 00:40:05,185
All you talk about is Meesha!
You don't care nothing about me!
848
00:40:05,272 --> 00:40:06,882
Who do you think I'm
talking about now?
849
00:40:06,969 --> 00:40:09,450
You, Donalyn. Don't
you wanna be happy?
850
00:40:11,147 --> 00:40:12,671
Hey, I'm not gonna
pretendno more.
851
00:40:12,758 --> 00:40:14,934
I'm going out there tonight.
I'm gonna get me a contract.
852
00:40:15,021 --> 00:40:17,240
Then you're never
gonna see us again.
853
00:40:17,327 --> 00:40:20,026
You can't sing that song!
I won't let you take her away!
854
00:40:20,940 --> 00:40:23,377
[intense music]
855
00:40:24,509 --> 00:40:26,946
You're just a child!
856
00:40:27,033 --> 00:40:29,688
Old enough to call our social
worker. Tell her everything!
857
00:40:29,775 --> 00:40:31,080
Then you'll never get
any more kids!
858
00:40:31,167 --> 00:40:32,778
Shut your mouth!
I won't let you do that!
859
00:40:32,865 --> 00:40:34,170
You're not taking her!
860
00:40:36,477 --> 00:40:38,087
[gasping]
861
00:40:39,132 --> 00:40:41,090
Oh, no.
862
00:40:41,177 --> 00:40:42,483
'Oh, Donalyn?'
863
00:40:43,832 --> 00:40:46,574
Oh, God! No!
864
00:40:46,661 --> 00:40:49,098
[sobbing]
Oh, no. I'm sorry.
865
00:40:49,185 --> 00:40:51,797
Oh, God, I'm so sorry.
I'm sorry.
866
00:40:54,016 --> 00:40:55,322
'Donalyn?'
867
00:40:58,281 --> 00:41:00,632
[Big Soph]
'Whassup, Philly?
It's your girl, Big Soph'
868
00:41:00,719 --> 00:41:02,721
voice of Philly
Hip-Hop Radio 99 FM.
869
00:41:02,808 --> 00:41:05,158
I'm gonna take you
back to the '90s.
870
00:41:05,245 --> 00:41:08,553
Yeah, you know how we do it.
Authentic hip-hop.
871
00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:10,772
Gonna play you a new joint
by former street MC
872
00:41:10,859 --> 00:41:13,035
Donalyn Sullivan,
murdered back in '91.
873
00:41:13,122 --> 00:41:15,124
It's called
"Read Between the Lines."
874
00:41:15,211 --> 00:41:17,257
Shout out
to 26th and Sergeant.
875
00:41:18,824 --> 00:41:21,696
She's one of our own.
This one's for us.
876
00:41:21,783 --> 00:41:24,177
♪ Once upon a time
in the project halls ♪
877
00:41:24,264 --> 00:41:26,919
♪ Another poor little girl
used to stare at the stars ♪
878
00:41:27,006 --> 00:41:29,748
♪ Mama said work hard
it can all be yours ♪
879
00:41:29,835 --> 00:41:32,838
♪ So the dreams of big
things didn't seem so far ♪
880
00:41:32,925 --> 00:41:35,362
♪ Mama tried her best,
and we didn't have much ♪
881
00:41:35,449 --> 00:41:38,104
♪ But she gave us all
her love so she gave us enough ♪
882
00:41:38,191 --> 00:41:41,020
♪ When the times got rough
Mama got in a rut ♪
883
00:41:41,107 --> 00:41:43,718
♪ Gave her life to the pipe
now she's givin' us up ♪
884
00:41:43,805 --> 00:41:45,851
♪ Now I'm growing up too fast ♪
885
00:41:45,938 --> 00:41:48,593
♪ Mama said it had to happen
or we wouldn't last ♪
886
00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:51,247
♪ Then I started understanding
why she looked bad ♪
887
00:41:51,334 --> 00:41:54,076
♪ I didn't tell my baby sister
when she finally passed ♪
888
00:41:54,163 --> 00:41:56,862
♪ So now we borrow beg
and steal just to get by ♪
889
00:41:56,949 --> 00:41:59,604
♪ My sister asks why
so I tell another lie ♪
890
00:41:59,691 --> 00:42:02,389
♪ I hide the tears
but I'm crying on the inside ♪
891
00:42:02,476 --> 00:42:05,000
♪ My face is hard
everything looks fine ♪
892
00:42:05,087 --> 00:42:06,262
♪ Read between the lines ♪
893
00:42:06,349 --> 00:42:07,568
♪ Little bit of love ♪
894
00:42:07,655 --> 00:42:09,091
♪ But it's never
what we needed ♪
895
00:42:09,178 --> 00:42:10,266
♪ Searching for a family ♪
896
00:42:10,353 --> 00:42:12,094
♪ The streets couldn't be it ♪
897
00:42:12,181 --> 00:42:14,140
♪ Life ain't fair and I'm
startin' to feel cheated ♪
898
00:42:14,227 --> 00:42:15,750
♪ Trying to find the meanin' ♪
899
00:42:15,837 --> 00:42:17,360
♪ It's my life ♪ Lookin' for a reason ♪
900
00:42:17,447 --> 00:42:20,102
♪ No money no food
and we live nowhere ♪
901
00:42:20,189 --> 00:42:22,888
♪ Dirty clothes people laughed
I remember the stares ♪
902
00:42:22,975 --> 00:42:25,673
♪ But I had to be strong
so I hid my fears ♪
903
00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:28,633
♪ Feel like I lived
a lifetime in 14 years ♪
904
00:42:28,720 --> 00:42:31,244
♪ Different foster homes
but don't none of them care ♪
905
00:42:31,331 --> 00:42:33,768
♪ And I hate to see my sister
cry 'cause that ain't fair ♪
906
00:42:33,855 --> 00:42:36,641
♪ She's too young to understand
how we end up here ♪
907
00:42:36,728 --> 00:42:40,079
♪ So I promise it'll change
every single new year ♪
908
00:42:40,166 --> 00:42:41,471
♪ But still it don't stop ♪
909
00:42:41,559 --> 00:42:42,603
♪ And I know what's comin' ♪
910
00:42:42,690 --> 00:42:44,257
♪ Every time the ball drops ♪
911
00:42:44,344 --> 00:42:45,563
♪ Another call right ♪
912
00:42:45,650 --> 00:42:47,086
♪ Another place to get dropped ♪
913
00:42:47,173 --> 00:42:49,958
♪ A temporary spot
just another pit stop ♪
914
00:42:50,045 --> 00:42:52,657
♪ And even though it's been
a struggle just to get by ♪
915
00:42:52,744 --> 00:42:55,398
♪ I still believe
I refuse to let my spirit die ♪
916
00:42:55,485 --> 00:42:58,314
♪ That's why I greet another
family with a phony smile ♪
917
00:42:58,401 --> 00:43:00,665
♪ 'Cause they can never know
the pain I feel inside ♪
918
00:43:00,752 --> 00:43:01,796
♪ Read between the lines ♪
919
00:43:01,883 --> 00:43:03,102
♪Little bit of love♪
920
00:43:03,189 --> 00:43:04,973
♪But it's never
what we needed ♪
921
00:43:05,060 --> 00:43:07,367
♪ Searching for a family
the streets couldn't be it ♪
922
00:43:07,454 --> 00:43:10,283
♪ Life ain't fair and I'm
startin' to feel cheated ♪
923
00:43:10,370 --> 00:43:11,719
♪ It's my life ♪ Tryin' to find the meaning ♪
924
00:43:11,806 --> 00:43:13,460
♪ Looking for a reason♪
925
00:43:13,547 --> 00:43:16,202
♪ One day we comin'
and the next day we leavin' ♪
926
00:43:16,289 --> 00:43:19,074
♪ Gotta keep the faith
I don't wanna stop believin' ♪
927
00:43:19,161 --> 00:43:21,511
♪ Winter every season 'cause
my heart started freezin' ♪
928
00:43:21,599 --> 00:43:22,991
♪But you probably
couldn't see it♪
929
00:43:23,078 --> 00:43:25,167
♪ You had to read between it ♪
930
00:43:26,908 --> 00:43:28,693
♪ It's my life ♪
931
00:43:31,130 --> 00:43:33,306
♪ Yeah it's my life ♪
932
00:43:38,572 --> 00:43:41,183
[theme music]