>> Do you know that I actually
took a [bleep] home DNA test for
my son?
>> Oh, my God.
>> Do you know he's not even
my son?
Get the [bleep] outta here, "b".
>> And I want you to stay the
[bleep] away from my daughter.
>> My mom really, really has
a hard time accepting
homosexuality.
>> I would appreciate it if she
would be a little bit less
ignorant.
>> SASSY: I'm starting to
question whether or not Dee Dee
can handle this relationship.
>> I've just gotta go see my
bail bondsman.
So, I've still got this pending
gun charge hanging over my head.
I'm feeling a little unsure of
what my future's gonna be like.
>> I called Med.
I told him I'll feature all your
shops in the Black Ink magazine,
but he's not doing no business
deals without Puma.
>> These guys got their shoot
set up with the magazine and--
>> I don't see that working
at all.
>> SKY: The judge sentenced me
to two months in Tent City.
This [bleep] is not easy.
I just wanna go home.
[sniffling]
>> ♪
♪
>> ♪
>> Hey, where [bleep]?
>> I don't know.
I ain't seen him today either.
>> Well, I'll give y'all
a little FYI.
It's about Kathy.
>> What did the [bleep] do now?
>> TED: [laughing]
>> He is saying that Achilles
is not his.
>> He took the test.
>> He got the test results
and everything.
>> I know O [bleep] hate
Kathy's guts.
But I've never heard him say
Achilles wasn't his before.
That [bleep] is kinda
[bleep] up.
At the end of the day, we all
know without a DNA test, that
Achilles is yours.
Why would you even play
yourself?
>> I'm gonna tell you the honest
to God truth.
I don't think that [bleep]
really did the test.
How are you gonna question
a kid that's been in your life
for eight years, but you ain't
questioning this [bleep] that
got pregnant after you [bleep]
her for two months?
>> Swab everybody.
Swab everybody.
Every [bleep] needs a good swab.
>> I understand swab it up.
[bleep] Everybody just needs
to come out through here
and swab it up.
Kathy needs to get her own
DNA test to have her proof.
If you're confident that he is
the father, what's to be
afraid of?
>> That [bleep] fool [bleep]
that little mother [bleep] up.
>> Especially your firstborn.
The one that looks just like
you, talk like you, your man...
everything.
>> Wanna be like you.
>> If my father sat there and
denied me after I've been with
him ten years and better,
I might [bleep] on him.
And I know Achilles gon' feel
the same way.
>> [door alarm buzzing]
>> Y'all [bleep].
What's goin' on with you guys?
>> Need a hug?
>> I could use one, but I
wouldn't want one from you.
>> Dutch, hug 'im.
>> Dutchess look good today.
What you doin', man?
I mean like...
You look like you got some
free time.
You can do a tat for me today.
>> He's just you ain't got
[bleep] else to do, so you might
as well tattoo him.
>> Mm-hm.
>> I wanna get "Serenity."
>> What?
>> Serenity, to help me keep,
you know, stayin' on the right
path of sober living 'cause
it's...you know, it's hard.
>> I think O [bleep] wants to
believe in serenity.
But instead of serenity, he
should put his criminal record
on his forearm so he don't
[bleep] up any more.
Every time he think about doing
something, he read that [bleep].
>> You know Dutchess got a word
on Kathy today, right?
>> [sighing] Boy...
>> You really think Achilles
ain't yours?
For real?
>> Mm-hm.
>> That's crazy.
Achilles is like the best thing
that ever happened to O [bleep]
and for him to really sit there
and not even recognize it,
it's not right.
So what's this [bleep]
mean to you [bleep]?
You made me put this on you.
>> Everything in rehab was about
stayin' serene, stayin' clean,
stayin' sober, overcoming your
issues.
>> I just hope the best for you.
You been goin' through some
[bleep].
>> I need to be at peace
with myself.
Like there was always problems
in my life.
I was raised in problems.
Serenity is something that
I always needed.
Now the search is over.
I'm grabbin' this [bleep]
and I'm puttin' it on me forever
so it doesn't get lost again.
>> Al'right, here comes the
pain.
>> Ain't no pain, just a lot
to gain.
>> [tattoo pen buzzing]
>> You can't change the baby
mamas, no matter how much you'd
like to.
I can't change the fact that
my mom's died.
I can't change the fact that
I got arrested with a gun
in the car.
It's all about how I handle
everything from now on because,
you know what?
I am a man and as long as I seek
serenity, I can get through it.
>> ♪ This world is heavy
♪ On my shoulders, Lord
>> It's hard to really find
serenity when you know you've
gotta go to trial and you're
possibly gonna be going to jail.
>> ♪ This journey's
♪ Not the same
♪ My blood, my sweat, my tears
>> I mean, my debt [bleep] is
heavy, pretty darn heavy,
especially when you just had
a new baby that you want to give
the world to and then you might
have to give the state three
to five years.
>> ♪ Don't you worry
♪ I prayed to God
♪ He said just have faith
♪ And I said...
>> I know that all I really
can do it just try not to sink,
try not to drown.
I've gotta stay afloat.
>> I think you're done.
>> Okay, let me check this out.
Y'all this is tough [bleep].
I'm laced.
[laughing]
Yeah, this is serene for real.
Lavish.
Yo, Ceas, good luck, man.
>> Good luck.
>> ♪
>> Are you all right, mama?
>> Yeah, I'm good.
>> Okay.
>> I'm in Tent City and it
sucks.
But you gotta walk in there with
a [bleep] smile so these guards
don't think they can break you.
They will [bleep] you
without a smile.
You just wanna do what you gotta
do to get the [bleep]
outta here, stay out of trouble,
stay out of harm's way.
Sky.
And that is not easy.
Teddy, what's goin' on?
I miss you.
What are you doin'?
You think about your family.
You think about your friends.
You think about what you could
be doin' and that [bleep]
is overwhelming and I've seen
bitches break from that.
It's hot as a mother [bleep]
out here, y'all.
Go eat a [bleep]!
What the [bleep] is wrong
with you?
I'm tested every day while I'm
in here.
You go up to the phone next to
the fence, next to these
[bleep] corny-ass [bleep]
on the other side of the fence.
They try to talk to you.
Shut your [bleep] mouth
and eat a [bleep]!
Act like a grown-ass man!
>> GUARD: Stand down, prisoner.
>> Sorry.
But tell 'em to shut up.
I'm tryin' to...Yeah.
This [bleep] is no joke.
I would not wish this on
my worst enemy.
I'll call you back.
Bye.
>> ♪
>> Donna, you have to put your
tits away, man.
>> My boobs--
You're aggravating.
You have to get outta my boobs.
>> TED: No, they're in my face.
>> DONNA: No, they're not.
>> TED: Hey!
>> What's up, y'all?
>> You tellin' me like he was
on the basketball team or
somethin'.
>> What's up with the art
show [bleep]?
>> When is the art show?
>> Next Monday.
I'm having an art show to sell
a few of my paintings because
I'm starting my trial soon
and if I blow it, I could be
in jail for three to five years
and I have children to support.
I just wanna make a little bit
of extra money so they can get
by in case I do go to jail.
It's gonna be dope.
>> Right, I'm gonna put some of
my, um, photos up.
I've gotta get them printed out,
sell them or something.
>> Wait, the money, if you
sell something, does it go to
him, too?
>> Yeah, it goes to me, too.
>> Yeah, yeah, I'm helping him
raise money.
>> Are you goin'?
Are you goin, Lombardi?
>> Of course.
>> Is Anya goin'?
>> Every [bleep] who I ever
touched in the past seven
years is gonna show up, like
the ghosts of [bleep] past.
[laughing]
>> Who you don't want there?
>> Kathy.
She's not allowed.
We got family issues and I don't
want that to ruin my night,
'cause if I see her, it's gonna
make me upset.
>> So that means Kathy's
definitely gonna be there.
>> Kathy's comin'.
>> Every time Kathy's around
me, there's always some kind
of drama.
I mean, like I'm not trying to
have any of that [bleep],
so I'm not havin' it, Kathy,
I mean like you don't show up
at my art show uninvited.
Don't do that [bleep].
Everything's going wrong in
my life.
This is gonna be the ray of
sunshine.
>> CEASER: [laughing]
>> I'm surrounded by nothing
but negativity, guys.
You've seen it.
>> Y'all, but that's why the
name of the art show is called
"Moisturize Your Mind."
>> "Moisturize Your Mind," cray.
>> Stimulate your mind.
How many dry-mind mother [bleep]
you know that is out there when
it come to art?
Moisturize it.
>> ♪
>> Listen, listen, listen,
Dutchess, hold up, hold up,
hold up.
You are extremely beautiful
with new titties--
I mean, sorry, new boobs.
You've elevated it to another
level of beauty and now I'm not
trying to knock you, but you
just look a little extreme.
Now I don't know what monkey
child is doin', but you're
lookin' really good.
>> Big Joe is a CFO and my
partner in Black Ink magazine.
>> Madam, you're lookin'
really good.
Let me tell y'all what's
goin' on.
>> He started off bein'
a big-ass manager for acts like
Cam'ron and Jim Jones and now
he's a big deal in the magazine
industry.
Since he came on board, we both
have been investing a lot of
money into this magazine.
He's coming around today to talk
about our first photo shoot.
>> So what are we doin' about
this magazine?
Do we got a photo shoot
comin' up?
>> CAESER: That photo shoot...
that's dead.
Puma's not gonna do the shoot.
I had promised Joe that I was
gonna deliver all the tattoo
artists from Ink 124 and Tuff
City for the shoot.
Puma's dumb ass holding
a grudge, don't wanna take my
mother [bleep] money and Med,
being loyal to Puma, is not
gonna be down with it.
So now I have no Ink 124,
no Tuff City, no nothin'.
>> Oh, my God, I'm not havin'
this conversation with two grown
adults with a lot of money.
I'm not goin' through this
[bleep]!
This about money, man!
>> CEASER: I mean, we basically
had a little stumbling block.
>> And I dropped $50,000
outta my pocket.
>> We both...we both did.
But we had a stumbling block.
>> I'm sad to say the young
African-Americans can't work
together.
>> You just gonna Malcolm X
on me?
>> No, for real.
Puma is part of the Black Ink
movement.
>> No, he's not.
>> What? Why he--
>> He created his own movement,
his Ink 124.
>> Why can't we have a logical
sit-down with doin' this the
right way?
>> A rapper can communicate
with another rapper.
If you're a tattoo artist,
you'll talk to another tattoo
artist 'cause they're gonna
understand your struggle and
your strivin', where you're
tryin' to go, especially
a [bleep] like Med.
Now a [bleep] like Puma who's
just a leech to the industry--
>> You know what? You know what?
I hear what you're sayin',
brother, but I don't agree with
what you're sayin'.
>> You never agree with
what I say.
>> First of all, the reason
I'm saying that Puma is not
a leech, brother, is because you
invented Puma.
>> I know and where is he now?
Yeah, I created Puma.
But now he's a monster.
Here I go tryin' to do him
a favor puttin' him in my
magazine and this is the thanks
I get.
Now I've got my mother [bleep]
partner all mad at me.
>> Black Ink is handling
business so wrong that I really
can't deal with it right now.
But we're gonna get it done.
Get the [bleep] outta here.
>> I'm here with all these
different women, different
personalities.
That's some bull [bleep].
There's gonna be a bunch of
arguments, I already feel it.
>> Y'all, [bleep] Ceaser and
Big Joe just run off
[bleep] now.
>> What?
>> You should not know where
I live.
Once you brought it to my home,
now there's a [bleep] problem.
This some real [bleep].
>> Wait, what you say?
>> You're about to [bleep]
die in here.
>> Where she at now?
>> Get the [bleep] outta here.
>> What the [bleep] wrong
with her?
>> ♪
>> SKY: Whaddup? Whaddup?
Whaddup?
I'm here.
>> WOMAN: [laughing]
>> My time in Tent City is
a learnin' experience for me.
I'm just tryin' to take the good
with the bad.
>> WOMAN: It was 111 when
I got here.
>> It was 111?
>> Supposed to be 115 on Friday
when we're all [bleep] up
in here.
>> That's some bull [bleep].
There's gonna be a bunch of
arguments.
I already feel it.
>> WOMAN: Yep.
>> I'm meeting up with all these
different women, different
personalities, different
characteristics.
How much time you got left?
>> Nine months.
>> How much you got, Erica?
>> Ninety-eight days.
>> What you here for, girl?
>> Child support.
It's my third time around
this place.
>> ALL: [laughing]
>> [bleep] third time in here
for the same thing.
>> Man, I've never seen a woman
locked up for child support.
This is my first time
seeing that.
>> WOMAN: They got me.
>> SKY: Once you got this job,
you gonna be able to pay off
your child support?
>> Yeah.
>> Then do whatever it is you
gotta do.
Think positive, stay positive,
and good things will come,
even if we in a [bleep] hole
of a place.
It's like, damn, like I'm really
here, you know, but it's like
I put myself here--I'm self
made.
When it's gettin' in trouble,
I did that on my own.
You know, I had my own mind to
say, you know what?
I'm not gonna swipe these cards.
I [bleep] did that.
Now I'm payin' the price.
I'm doin' my time on my own.
The little girl that was runnin'
around swipin' credit cards,
to the [bleep] young bitch that
was runnin' around fightin'
everybody, to the woman that
I wanna be today, I'm gonna make
the best out of my situation.
I'm gonna do me, regardless,
and I'm gonna be a Positive
Patty every step of the way.
I'm gonna try to take a nap
so I can dream about bein' cool
out in this [bleep].
>> ALL: [laughing]
>> Oh, gosh, I just wanna dream
that I'm at Black Ink right now.
>> ♪
>> How are ya, buddy?
All right, come on in.
>> Today, I'm gonna meet up
with my lawyer Paul Lieber
to prep for court on my current
gun charge case.
This case has been goin' on
for about two years now.
This week, it's finally going
to trial.
All I have to do is just make
sure that I win this case.
>> Listen, I've got your life
in my hands.
If you're gonna say you'll
be here at 9 o'clock,
you'd better come on time.
I've gotta prepare your case,
do you understand me, because
I gotta put a whole defense
into my mind.
>> I got pulled over driving
my friend Kaylin's car and they
found a gun inside the car
registered to her.
Now I just hope that Paul Lieber
actually knocks this one out of
the park because I don't wanna
do three to five years in jail.
>> Now I'm gonna ask you
questions.
Were you ever convicted of
a crime?
>> No.
>> You arrested?
>> Shoplifting.
>> You were young at the time,
you were inexperienced,
you were a little high
and that was it.
How long have you been doing
tattoos?
>> For about three years now.
>> Now the way they win cases
and they attack people in this
world is they show that they're
a bum.
How many children do you have?
>> I have three kids.
>> Do you support those
children?
>> Yes. Yeah.
>> Okay.
Now do you always wear glasses?
>> Yeah.
>> You've gotta take care of
your eyes.
Like they say, no sex without
a condom.
You understand what I'm sayin'?
Take care of your eyes, okay?
It's important.
>> I don't know what's goin' on
with Paul Lieber right now.
I mean, like he's a bit loopy.
I don't know if he's off his
meds or something, but he needs
to get his mind right.
This is my livelihood.
This is my freedom I'm
working with.
>> Now let me ask you something.
What's the reason for you
wearing a beard now?
>> I just...
>> It...this looks like
religious to me and I'm afraid
of the juries, do you
understand, and I take it very
seriously.
I'm talking to you very
honestly.
I'm not gonna lose this case.
Uh, what's your name again?
>> You still don't know my
name--after all the money that
I paid you?
I'm goin' to jail.
>> You're gonna be all right,
do you hear me?
You're gonna be all right.
I'm gonna give you my blood
and my sweat and that's it.
>> ♪
>> CAESER: I doubt he's even
at home.
I heard he never even home.
>> I wouldn't be home, either,
if I lived over here.
>> BOTH: [laughing]
>> Puma not doin' the shoot
really pisses Joe off, so Joe
decided that he's gonna go to
Puma's house to have a talk
with him.
I'ma go with him because I wanna
make sure Joe doesn't do
anything stupid.
So you're gonna go over there
and talk this logic [bleep]
to my [bleep].
I've been tryin' to talk
logic to him...
and get frustrated and then go
to get some Joe.
>> Well, if you're from
the streets, you live by
the street code.
He understands that.
I'm not worried about that.
>> When it comes down to
Big Joe's money, he doesn't play
any games, so at the end of
the day, if he spent money for
a photo shoot, guess what,
you're gonna be there.
>> [intercom ringing]
>> QUANI: Who is it?
>> Is Puma in?
>> QUANI: No, he's not here.
>> Oh, he's not in?
>> QUANI: No, he's not here.
>> Okay, can you tell him
Big Joe and Ceas came by.
>> QUANI: All right.
>> All right. Thank you.
At least we tried.
>> Oh, come on, man.
Wasted by a mother [bleep].
>> Eleven minutes.
>> So, what, that's 11 minutes
wasted on a [bleep] that don't
deserve two seconds.
>> What the [bleep].
Why did [bleep] Caes [bleep]
bring that [bleep] out?
You should not know where
I live.
Puma doesn't deal with you,
so you comin' to my home is
a big problem and it's a bigger
problem because Caeser can't
stand on his own two feet.
He has to bring someone
with him.
You wouldn't have did that
if you were by yourself.
I find that as a threat and
I find you as a pussy.
>> [cell phone ringing]
>> Answer the [bleep] phone,
Puma.
What the [bleep].
I'm very pissed off.
I feel like if I didn't have
Tamia in the house with me,
I would have got arrested.
>> PUMA ON PHONE: Hello, baby,
whaddup?
>> Y'all, [bleep] Caeser and
Big Joe just [bleep] run off
[bleep] now.
>> PUMA: What?
>> Caeser and Big Joe just
run off [bleep].
They're looking for you.
[bleep], this is gettin' real
sloppy right now.
What the [bleep] goin' on?
Puma and Caeser had their little
issue and I had no involvement
in that until you brought it
to my home.
Once you brought it to my home,
now there's a [bleep] problem.
Gloves off.
It's over.
Caeser will never ever ever
get any respect from me like
at all, Pauly, like don't expect
me to hold my [bleep] tongue,
like this some bull [bleep],
real, some real bull [bleep].
>> He's saying that Achilles is
not his son.
I'm gonna definitely do
a paternity test because like
I can't have that about me.
>> My art show's gonna be
the number one thing that's
positive in my life right now.
No, no, stop her at the door!
Security!
>> ♪
>> Oh, I got a question 'cause
y'all went to school in
the Bronx, right?
>> I went to school in the
Bronx.
>> So, did y'all go to like
the Bronx Zoo and to like field
trips and [bleep].
>> No, they didn't let me go on
no trips.
I was banned since sixth grade.
>> You didn't even go to
the zoo?
>> No.
>> A misfit [bleep] here.
>> You was bad.
I feel like [bleep] up, though.
>> Why?
>> You know the history of
the Bronx Zoo?
>> I do.
>> 1900, they used to have like
a Black man as like a part of
the monkey exhibit at
the Bronx Zoo.
>> [laughing]
>> In the Bronx Zoo?
>> You're lyin', man.
>> Google it.
>> That's the funny part 'cause
that's the part I wanna go see.
>> [door alarm buzzing]
>> What's happenin'?
>> Oh, [bleep].
Welcome, bro.
>> Nice to see ya.
>> Welcome to Harlem.
>> Hey.
It's good to see you.
>> How you doin'?
>> Good.
>> Big Gipp is a rapper from
Atlanta.
He's part of the Dungeon Family
and also was a member of
the group Goodie Mob.
>> You got you a little
southern girl, man.
I'd worry about her.
>> DUTCHESS: [laughing]
He's somebody that I'm familiar
with because I'm from the South
and he's comin' in to get
a tattoo today.
>> Check this tattoo out.
Now I'ma do it for the Dungeon
Family, man.
I wanna do like "Family First"
across the top.
We're here for 20 years, man,
and we ain't goin' nowhere.
>> Let me ask you a question.
You say you all been together
for 20 plus.
>> Yeah.
>> Was it always love or did
you have like issues within
the Family?
>> BIG GIPP: Oh, man, we did get
into it, man.
You've gotta cut certain people
out, man, 'cause they gon' keep
their street element around,
you know what I mean, and to
get caught up in the street,
[bleep], you're gonna mess your
money up, man.
>> You, uh, understand us
at Black Ink.
Of course, all of us change,
but some of us change for
the worst.
>> Yeah.
>> I was just reminiscing
about the old days.
Puma name was always brought in.
That was my family for a very
long time.
I'm not gonna lie to you.
The worst feeling in the world
is when you gotta cut somebody
off--that's major to me.
It's hard for me to actually let
people in.
I hate losin' friends.
That's the one I'm gonna start
[bleep] sketching now.
>> And it's gonna hurt like
a bitch, but you know,
it's all right.
You already know it's gonna
hurt, so you just gotta...
[groaning]
>> ALL: [laughing]
>> My family means the world
to me and my family is the only
people that I can say have been
there through everything.
It's not about being there when
[bleep] is good and that's it.
There's gonna be a lot of
[bleep] in life that you ain't
gonna be able to smile about.
But you need people around you
that can help you get back
to that smile.
That's what family is about.
>> ♪ You like sunrise over sea
♪ And all your ways...
>> Me and my sister fight like
cats and dogs, but that's my
family.
Anything she ever need from me,
I am right there.
That's how I am with Sky.
That's how I am with [bleep].
That's how I am with Ted.
That's how I am with Walt.
Real people that love you
won't see you doin' [bleep]
and [bleep] coast on the bull
[bleep]--that's not family.
That's a facade.
>> How was this?
>> BIG GIPP: Oh, it hurt,
Caeser, it hurt.
Gimme some of that stuff.
>> ALL: [laughing]
>> Caes never really had that
close-knit family relationship,
so for him to have a
relationship like with my
mother, with my father, that's
such a beautiful thing to me.
It makes me feel a million times
better about the life that we're
building together.
>> ♪ Higher
♪ Higher
♪ Higher and higher
>> Well, looks like we're done.
Let me get that mirror so you
can see what it look like.
>> Let me see.
Yeah, look at that.
I love it. "Family First," man.
>> That looks good.
>> There it is.
>> We're a part of the family
then.
That's what's up.
>> There it is. Right.
Thank you.
>> DUTCHESS: Good job.
>> Thank you so much, man.
I ain't gonna wear no shirt
to the club tonight.
I ain't gonna wear no shirt
to the club.
>> Good job, baby!
>> ♪
>> You need to go get dressed.
>> I'd better. Yeah.
>> Go get dressed right now.
I'll handle the rest of it.
>> So, today, I'm gonna have
my art show.
Paula's been trying to give me
a little bit of support because
right now things are really
rocky between me and Anya.
>> Ah!
>> My art show's gonna be
the number one thing that's
positive in my life right now
because everything else just
seems to be turning into
[bleep].
I actually get a chance to prove
something to my friends, family,
and everybody who doubted me.
>> ♪ I will
♪ I've fallen for
♪ The first time
>> Look at this--people are
coming in.
>> It feels good that people
are coming to see my work.
Art is an escape for me.
That's the only time I can
find peace in this crazy madness
that I call the O [bleep] show.
All the time, it's negativity
thrown at me.
My life is chaos.
>> ♪
>> We got O [bleep] in
the building.
Actually, we're here with
him representin' "Moisturize
Your Art."
>> BOTH: "Moisturize Your Mind."
>> Yeah, you got to moisturize
your mind.
Art definitely gave my life
purpose.
I came from the whole graffiti
background where like I was
gettin' into fights because
of my art.
The only reason why I started
tattooing was because I wanted
to actually take the art
seriously.
That's the only reason I have
a career right now.
Art is my life.
>> Just stand here and observe.
>> DUTCHESS: It's a big space.
>> Of course, we had to support
O [bleep].
That's my man.
So we bought two paintings.
We just wanted him to know that
we're behind him 100 percent.
Whatever he go through,
we'll always be there for him.
>> All right, good luck, bro.
>> Yeah, any time, brother.
No! No!
Stop her at the door!
Security!
The eagle has landed!
Yo, Kathy, what the [bleep]
are you doin' here?
We don't even get along and
you're just gonna [bleep] show
your ass up at my event?
>> I've been trying to get
a hold of you like for
the longest--
>> On my phone?
>> I know you got Instagram.
I left a message.
>> I never pay attention to
Instagram.
>> You're posting, you don't see
your messages?
>> I don't ever check it.
>> It's very serious.
He's saying that Achilles is not
his son.
I'm gonna definitely do a
paternity test because like
I can't have that about me, but
he's really...he's really saying
that Achilles is not his son.
>> So you guys haven't talked.
>> Honestly, like I don't know
how he's gonna react.
>> DUTCHESS: I really did not
expect Kathy to show up to this
art show.
They hate each other almost.
When they're around each other,
the air is like so thick, you
can [bleep] chop that [bleep]
down with a ginsu.
>> Kathy, it's probably better
that you just like leave it.
>> No, it has to happen as soon
as possible.
>> You gotta understand, like
this is not gonna be that easy.
>> Do you not wanna be with me?
Is that what you want?
>> The trial's finally started.
Do you know how messed up it
is knowing that I might go to
jail for years?
>> ♪
>> I'm gonna definitely do
a paternity test 'cause like
I can't have that about
me, but--
>> Kathy, it's probably better
that you just like leave it.
>> It has to happen as soon as
possible.
>> Kathy's just comin' in here
to start problems on the one day
when I'm trying to really do
something positive.
>> I'm very proud of you.
>> All right. Good job.
>> Tonight, I got a lot of good
feedback about my art.
I sold some art, but it's pretty
crazy because tomorrow I start
the trial.
All I keep thinking about is
whether or not I'm gonna wind
up going to jail.
I've been trying to battle my
demons for the past few months,
but it's hard.
There's no escape from all the
mistake I've made in my past.
>> ♪
>> How are you feeling?
>> Good.
>> Are you okay?
>> Yeah.
>> I'm sorry things got
so heated with my mom.
I thought that she would kind of
handle it a little better than
she did.
Things didn't really go too well
when I introduced my mom
and Dee Dee the other day.
My mom's never really approved
of my lifestyle and me dating
women, but she definitely took
it to a whole new level when
she disrespected my girlfriend.
>> You know, I don't expect
for moms to be stank.
You know, I was insulted because
she doesn't even [bleep]
know me.
>> It was a big deal for her.
It was just a lot to take in.
>> Yeah, it's the way she
handled herself, like she was
obnoxious about it.
>> I understand that.
I understand.
I'm not even sure if Dee Dee
still wants to be with me after
this drama with her and
my mom.
This could honestly be the end
of Dee Dee and Sassy.
>> Where is this coming from?
Is this coming from a concerned
mother or is this coming from
a judgmental mother who's
ignorant?
Is this gonna be like
a continuous thing, like are we
gonna have to like basically--
>> I don't know, but if it is,
I mean, but so what?
I spoke to my mom about
you and I.
I feel like if that if anything
shows you that I'm at least
in it.
If that's too much pressure for
you, then you need to let me
know that because that's a big
step that what I took.
I've been with plenty of women
and nobody has ever come to
my...no one has ever met my mom.
You haven't even like considered
or thought about how your mom is
going to take this situation.
I mean, Dee Dee hasn't even told
her parents that she's gay,
so how could you be mad at me in
the situation with my mom when
you haven't even come out to
your own parents?
>> Right.
>> I have to go and meet your
mom being like, well, I'm gay
and--
>> So is your daughter.
>> So, and here's my girlfriend.
So, if this is too much for you,
and you feel like my mom is too
much for you to handle, we've
got a whole [bleep] world
to face.
Do you not wanna be with me?
Is that what you want?
If my mom is enough to push you
away, then maybe you aren't
invested in this relationship
like I thought you were.
>> I can't...
I can't stand losing you,
though.
You're so good for me and I
just...I love being around you.
>> So why are you questioning
it, like what's the problem?
>> I'm not questioning it.
It's just like you gotta
understand this is like
big for me.
It's not gonna be that easy.
>> But you're not...
like I want you to know that
you're not doing it by yourself,
do you understand?
Like I'm here like...
>> I want this change.
I'm ready.
>> Dee Dee letting me know that
she's down to ride with me right
now just made all of the drama
that I just went through with
my mom worth it because,
for a few minutes there,
I was freaking out thinking
that she was ready to just give
up and that would have been
the worst thing possible.
>> ♪ You give me love and I'm
♪ Just like a boomerang
♪ Oh girl I feel love
♪ You give me love and I'm
♪ Just like a boomerang
♪ I'm flying for your love
>> All I'm saying is that
Mama Sass and Mama Dee Dee need
to get their [bleep] together
and get on board because
Sassy and Dee Dee are staying
together.
She's not goin' anywhere and I'm
definitely not goin' anywhere.
>> ♪
>> The trial's finally started.
Today's the day.
Do you know how messed up it is
knowing that I might go to jail
for years?
The worst feeling in the world
is knowing that you have no
control over anything.
If I do wind up going to jail,
I could lose everything.
I'm gonna come out of jail with
nothing and nobody to hold
me down.
>> ♪
>> Caeser, how you feelin'?
>> Tight.
>> You're tight?
>> Ever since me and Big Joe
walked to Puma's house,
and buzzed on his door,
I hear he's been talkin' wild
[bleep] in the street, talkin'
about I threatened him,
his wife, and his baby.
Now I don't understand when
[bleep] ringin' somebody's
doorbell a bomb threat?
>> You know, you crazy, y'all.
>> I didn't do anything.
Why you always make it seem
like I did something wrong?
>> How many times have they come
to this shop without being
[bleep] welcomed or invited?
That's just like comin' to
your house.
>> Yeah. Yeah. That!
>> So Puma only owns 20 percent,
so it ain't like...
it ain't the same thing.
>> You know what I mean?
>> That's like your socks
compared to your sneakers.
You can throw away a sock.
>> No, not me.
>> ALL: [laughing]
>> It's 20 cash.
I'm keeping these [bleep] till
there's holes in 'em.
>> Yo, Quani's right here,
I swear to God on everything
I love.
>> Wait, hold up.
Who is... wait, what you say?
>> I don't know who Caeser
really thinks he is that you
think that you can do [bleep]
and that people aren't gonna
respond to it.
Since you wanna be
disrespectful, I'm gonna be
disrespectful in my way, and my
way is saying a whole bunch of
nasty, vulgar, disrespectful
[bleep] outta my mouth.
And it keeps flowin'.
>> Y'all [bleep] about to
die in here.
>> Where she at now?
Get the [bleep] outta here.
We know your MO!
>> Caeser deserves everything
that I have to say to him and
more because he's a big bitch.
He's a bigger bitch than
his bitch and that's
a big bitch.
>> You walk your big ass
to 124!
And tell that bitch ass to break
his ass, too!
>> Yo, tell him to stop [bleep].
We's in trouble, baby.
>> My [bleep].
That what she said.
>> Bitch wanna ride up
[bleep] now.
And now it's turned all
the way up!
Now we at your crib tonight,
bitch!
>> Don't play with me!
>> Who is this [bleep]?
Who is this [bleep]?
>> Why do y'all come to the
house?
>> Don't play with me.
>> That situation at the shop.
If it was gonna go down like
that then, Puma, you should've
been there.
>> Mom or no mom, I'm not
about to sit here and listen to
you blame Puma for something
that isn't his fault.
Come on, wait, wait, wait,
wait, wait, no.
>> ♪
>> I'ma beat the life outta
that bitch.
>> [siren wailing]
>> Wait, she told you what?
>> She told me some [bleep].
Who the [bleep] is you talkin'
to, yo?
Now, listen, as a street mother
[bleep], you tell anybody take
[bleep] outta their mouth,
you wanna fight.
>> I'ma...I'ma [bleep]
the world over.
You let them [bleep] deal with
that [bleep].
You don't step in the middle of
it, bitch.
Now I'm in the middle of it.
>> Don't play with me!
Don't play with me!
>> Who is this [bleep]?
Who is this bitch?
>> I'm the trashy aunt that you
didn't wanna bring.
I'm trashy, but I'm not--
>> All right, well give me
my distance, though.
I'ma let you know.
Quani just ran off and she sends
the crackhead squad to come
holla at us?
>> Why you all come to the
house?
>> Don't play with me.
>> Her mom, a crackhead aunt,
and a whole bunch of other
crackheads?
>> Whatever's goin' on between
you and Puma--
>> Listen--
>> No, no, no, who showed up
at her house then?
>> We showed up at her house.
And they better hurry up and get
off my block before they get
chased off.
She's lucky Puma wasn't here.
I would have [bleep] him all
the way up and down Lenox.
>> This ain't...this is
not over.
>> Oh, it's never over.
>> ♪
>> I went in praying for
the best, but the judge found
me guilty.
But I only got five years
probation.
I don't gotta do no jail time.
Guess who's a free man?
Yeah! This guy, that's who!
>> ♪ Freedom
♪ It's something
♪ We take it for granted
♪ When you have it yeah
♪ Freedom
♪ It's a spoken word for some
♪ It's a dream for some
>> I've been given a second
chance at freedom.
I'm gonna make sure that I'm
a straight edge.
I'm not gonna be gettin' [bleep]
any more like I used to.
I'm not gonna be doing any kind
of criminal activity.
I've gotta get Anya back and
make sure that I'm there for her
and my family because I've been
lettin' a lot of people down.
>> ♪ Freedom
♪ I'm glad to see yeah
♪ If you want we can
♪ Live different now
>> I'm ready to live my life,
get my life on track,
be a better me.
I wanna jump that gap from
being a child to being
a grown man.
I mean, I'm 30 now.
I might as well just, you know,
act like a 30-year-old,
put my teens behind me.
>> I need for him to talk to me.
>> I'm gonna stick up for my
husband and have his back at
all times and nobody is coming
in between us.
No, ma, this is bull [bleep].
I'm tired of feeling like
everybody's running my [bleep]
life.
I'm off it!
>> ♪
>> Hi, mommy.
>> Hey, baby.
>> i¡Hola!
>> [kisses]
>> How are you?
>> You've been here for a while.
You already have your drink.
>> Now then...
how's it going, guys?
>> Oh, things are going okay.
>> I pretty much wanna get
straight to the point and,
Quani, I ask that you let me
speak to Puma so that we can
have a conversation.
Puma, that situation that
happened at the shop was
completely out of control.
I don't know what the beef is
between you and Caeser, but for
me it should have stayed between
you and Caeser.
I don't think she should have
went to Black Ink by herself.
>> Caeser comin' into my house
and ringin' my bell, that wasn't
just a threat to Puma, that was
a threat to me, too, and I don't
and I don't take kindly to
threats.
So, of course, I have to let him
know that I'm not gonna
take [bleep].
>> I get that Quani was
defending her man.
I felt like if it was gonna go
down like that then, Puma,
for me you should have been
there to defend yourself.
>> Ma, wait, wait, wait,
wait, wait. No, no, no!
>> You're not--
Do you understand what's going
on right now?
>> I don't.
>> So you need to listen.
Denise is always blaming me for
everything.
Anything bad goes, it's Puma's
fault.
"Why don't you be the bigger
"man, Puma?
Why don't you sacrifice, Puma?"
I'm starting to feel like
Jesus sometimes.
Like they're gonna call me
Puma-Christ.
>> Wait a minute, Puma, here's
my thing.
>> Denise, Denise, Denise--
>> Hear this out.
>> Denise, Denise, Denise--
>> How far is this gonna go?
>> It's not gonna go anywhere.
I got involved because you came
to my home and then when I asked
you not to speak to me, you come
out your mouth and call me all
types of bitches and that's when
I get involved, that's when I
get disrespectful, that's when
I tell you to [bleep]!
That's when I tell you that!
Because you're disrespectful to
me, I'm gonna be it to you!
>> As a man, I need for him to
talk to me and I need for you
just to step aside for a second
and let him handle it.
>> Listen.
>> I can't sit here and listen
to you basically tell me that
my husband is less than a man.
Puma didn't involve me in this,
Caeser did.
She can't hold Puma accountable
for the [bleep] that animal
does.
No, ma, this is bull [bleep].
I'm not doin' this.
>> You're not getting what's
going on right now.
>> You're not gonna keep
disrespecting me!
>> Quani, I'm not doing it
against anybody.
>> I'm tired of feeling like
everybody's runnin' my [bleep]
life when none of y'all run
my life, so that's not about
to happen.
I'm off it. I'm off this.
>> Calm down.
You're still on the street.
You need to calm down with that.
You can't be serious.
>> Mom or no mom, I'm not about
to sit here and listen to you
blame Puma for something that
isn't his fault.
I'm gonna stick up for
my husband and have his back at
all times and nobody is comin'
in between us.
>> I've worked too hard for us
to get this relationship back
and I'm not gonna sit there
and argue--
>> I'm not trying to argue.
>> As a man, I can't even talk.
I can't even talk.
I can't.
>> [sighing]
[bleep]. This is too much.
>> You deadbeat, get the [bleep]
outta here.
>> I'm a deadbeat?
>> I'm doin' a [bleep] paternity
test [bleep]!
>> You're a horrible mom.
You see, here we go.
Get her. Get her.
>> If I'm gonna be the bitch
now then I'm gonna show you
the real bitch.
If I don't like you, you're
gonna know it and I'm never
gonna get over it.
He needs to stop [bleep],
like I told him before.
>> Her pops is here and you
didn't ask permission?
>> I love Caeser, but if my
daddy is not okay with it,
I will not marry him.
>> Dee Dee, Mama Sass.
The last time that I had my mom
and Dee Dee in the same room
together, it was a [bleep] joke.
>> Good to see you again.
>> What's your first plans for
when y'all get out?
>> WOMAN: See my daughter.
>> SKY: All of us have one thing
in common--we are just trying
to make it through another day
in this mother [bleep].
>> If daddy is not okay with it,
I will not marry him.
>> Dee Dee, Mama Sass.
The last time that I had my mom
and Dee Dee in the same room
together, it was a [bleep] joke.
>> Good to see you again.
>> What's your first plans for
when y'all get out?
>> WOMAN: See my daughter.
>> SKY: All of us have one thing
in common--we are just trying
to make it through another day
in this mother [bleep].