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- Previously on Empire...
- When Hakeem wins,
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I get to release Jamal's next
album through Lyon Dynasty.
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LUCIOUS: Bet.
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Times would like to do a profile on Jamal.
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That's gonna be a little tricky, isn't it?
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Seeing Jamal's got a girlfriend and all.
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NICOLE RICHIE: This
has to be the first time
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in the history of the American Sound Awards
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that a father and son
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are going toe to toe.
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Ain't that a bitch?
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Lucious is just obsessed
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with this grandchild.
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My beautiful wife,
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Camilla Marks Whiteman.
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Remember me, Lucious?
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You have to trust and believe me.
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I can take you to the next level, Hakeem.
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HAKEEM: Think I'm in love.
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I ain't never feel this way in my life.
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I propose a vote to remove Lucious Lyon
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as chairman of Empire.
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Hakeem, no!
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Aye.
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- (alarm blaring)
- (groans)
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What keeps setting this thing off?
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(gasps)
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♪ ♪
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(groaning)
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(door closes)
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Pop.
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Please, will you listen to me?
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This is a huge mistake.
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We should just... we
should get out of here.
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They already called the police.
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This is my damn company.
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I built it from nothing!
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And I'll be damned if somebody
gonna take me away from it.
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Hey, Lucious, I'm down.
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Okay?
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I mean, I am down.
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Feel me on this.
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There's no doubt in my mind
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that that emergency vote was unlawful.
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We get our hands on the corporate charter,
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I bet you we'll be able
to prove that this whole
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Mimi/Camilla shenanigans was illegal.
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Yeah, let's get the charter.
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It's in a safe at our law firm.
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Tomorrow morning, after we
get a good night's sleep,
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we'll head down there, we'll look it up.
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No, no, no, no. You get the charter now.
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It's the middle of night,
Pop; they're closed.
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Excuses are the tools of the incompetent.
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Doesn't help, Thirsty.
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Fine.
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If I go down there right now,
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will you two please leave the building
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before the cops get here? Please.
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Get the charter, 'cause
I ain't going nowhere.
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Yes, sir.
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(groans quietly)
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(weakly): Help.
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(sobbing)
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Help.
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(sobs)
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Hey, Keem.
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♪ ♪
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Sync & corrections by wilson0804
www.Addic7ed.com
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Why?
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Why would you do this to your family?
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I didn't do this to our family.
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I did it to him.
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Boy...
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you gave our business away to...
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that half-lesbian bitch.
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You just threw away our legacy!
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And for what?
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Did she promise to make you CEO?
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No, Mom, they didn't even know
I was gonna make that decision
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till right before I voted.
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We're gonna call another meeting,
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and you're gonna take your vote back.
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No.
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From the second we started Lyon Dynasty,
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Dad been trying to kick us off.
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He had it coming.
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We all got it coming, sooner or later.
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But you getting ready
to have it coming now,
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if you don't take your vote back.
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Take your vote back, Hakeem.
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No.
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Take it back!
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- Take it back!
- (groans)
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Take it back!
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Take it back!
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Take the damn vote back, boy!
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Take the vote back, Hakeem!
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- I will kill your ass! You hear me?!
- (grunting)
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Our next ASA nominee
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received a whopping
seven nominations today.
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- Let's hear it for that, right?
- (crowd cheering)
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Now to end our nominee midnight bash,
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performing his ASA-nominated song "Heavy,"
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Jamal Lyon.
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(crowd cheering)
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Thank you.
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This has been kind of
the craziest day ever.
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Uh, I kind of thought I wasn't
gonna make it here with y'all,
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but my mom told me I had to, so...
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(laughter)
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Y'all think I'm joking,
but she really did say,
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"Jamal, get your ass over there." (laughs)
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(laughter)
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I know a lot of y'all
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have been talking about how my dad and I
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have been nominated against each other
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and, uh, all the craziness
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that's going on with our company.
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But I want to make it clear tonight
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that I support my father 1,000%,
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always and forever, so...
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Dad, this is for you.
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♪ ♪
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♪ All hail the king ♪
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♪ Yeah ♪
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♪ They say heavy is a
head that wears the crown ♪
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♪ They say heavy is a
head that wears the crown ♪
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♪ They say heavy is a
head that wears the crown ♪
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- (Rhonda sobbing)
- ♪ Always used to think ♪
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♪ That that was just some damn excuse ♪
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♪ Something that the weak say ♪
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♪ 'Cause they couldn't hold it down ♪
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(panting)
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- ♪ But now that I wear it ♪
- (sobs): Oh, no.
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♪ I know that to be true ♪
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♪ Oh ♪
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♪ Daddy raised a soldier
whether he knew it or not ♪
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♪ He supplied the pain ♪
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♪ I put it in the music, made it hot ♪
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♪ Strong back ♪
♪ Strong shoulders ♪
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- Oh, God.
- ♪ 'Cause I'm holding up a lot ♪
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♪ I'm underneath this
bitch supporting... ♪
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Please.
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Save the baby.
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I don't care what happens to me.
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♪ I'm the leader, damn
it, I'm the lead... ♪
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I can die a thousand times;
just please, save my baby.
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♪ Feel the real weight of this crown ♪
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♪ Not just the crown ♪
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♪ Feeling like this
whole damn kingdom's ♪
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♪ Sittin' on top of me, yeah ♪
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♪ Sitting on top of me ♪
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- ♪ Sit-Sitting on top of me ♪
- (grunts loudly)
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- ♪ Sitting on top of me ♪
- (glass cracks, alarm blaring)
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♪ And I'm-a carry it on
my back until victory ♪
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- (alarm blaring)
- ♪ Even though this whole ♪
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♪ Damn kingdom's
sitting on top of me. ♪
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(pounding on door) MAN: Police!
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We got to get rid of these.
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(pounding on door continues)
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MAN: Open the door, sir!
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Trust me.
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Mr. Lyon!
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Okay, we are unarmed, okay?
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And unless you have an arrest warrant,
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my client is the CEO of this company,
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which means he has every
right to be in the building.
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Former CEO.
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This is a little pathetic,
don't you think, Lucious?
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You think this is some kind of game?
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Get out of my office.
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Bitch, you gonna have
to drag me out of here.
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OFFICER: Mr. Lyon,
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if you don't leave the building,
we're gonna have to arrest you
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- for trespassing.
- Trespassing?
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In my office?!
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- I built this company!
- Lucious!
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Uh, Rhonda's in the hospital.
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She might not make it.
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(heart beating)
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WOMAN (over P.A.): Code blue, Room 237.
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Code blue, Room 237.
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Look, y'all.
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- (sniffles)
- Whatever happens,
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we're gonna have to pull it
together before Dre gets here.
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Yeah.
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'Cause he's gonna need us, man.
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Yeah.
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(door opens)
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What happened? Is she okay?
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You stay out of here while
we talk to your brother.
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Don't nobody want to see your ass.
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Right now. Get out of here.
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Who's gonna tell him?
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Here he is.
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What happened? Is she okay?
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Look...
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I'm so sorry, son.
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What?
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There was an accident.
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And sometimes things don't
work out the way you want...
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- Pop, what are you talk... What?
- JAMAL: Dad, wait, wait, wait.
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Wait. Rhon-Rhonda's good, man.
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- She's okay? She's okay?
- Yeah, yeah. She's fine.
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Baby, baby. Baby, baby.
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Rhonda's fine, okay? She's so strong.
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(sniffles) But...
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the baby didn't make it.
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Andre,
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I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry, Dre.
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I'm so sorry, but it's
okay. You guys are young.
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- You can try again. No, no, no. It's okay.
- I don't understand.
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I know. Dre.
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I know, baby. I know.
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I know, I know, I know.
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- It's gonna be okay.
- Okay... Where-where is she?
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Wait, wait, wait, wait. You
can't go in there like that!
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No, just... I just want to
see her. Get your hands off me!
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(overlapping shouting)
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- Dre! Dre!
- Get off me! Get off me!
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They gonna come take you away, Dre. Stop.
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- LUCIOUS: Dre!
- ANDRE: Let me go!
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- Dre!
- Let me go! (sobbing)
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(sighs)
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I just don't get it.
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I don't know what happened.
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I must have slipped or something.
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I don't know. I'm so sorry, Andre.
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It's all my fault.
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It was an accident.
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Don't blame yourself for this.
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(gasps, sighs)
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Don't blame yourself for this, baby.
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When I was lying on the ground there,
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I thought for sure I was gonna die,
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so I just... started praying
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that God would save the baby.
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(sniffles)
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And then moonlight came in
through the window, and I...
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I swear, I thought he answered.
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God saved you.
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No.
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No.
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Andre, no. Uh...
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God doesn't exist.
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Don't say that, Rhonda.
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If he did...
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then... the baby would still be here.
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He didn't do anything to anyone.
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(crying)
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There really is no God, Andre.
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(sobbing)
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(sobbing continues)
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Lucious?
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Lucious?
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Lucious?
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Hey.
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You okay?
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(sighs)
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(quiet clicking)
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(clicking)
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Lucious.
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The hell are you doing?
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I'm gonna take my company back.
266
00:12:01,310 --> 00:12:04,975
I don't know how our son
turned out to be so rotten.
267
00:12:04,976 --> 00:12:06,509
(scoffs gently)
268
00:12:08,243 --> 00:12:11,809
Well, maybe the apple don't
fall too far from the tree.
269
00:12:16,443 --> 00:12:18,742
If he tries to become CEO...
270
00:12:21,642 --> 00:12:24,475
it ain't gonna turn out good for him.
271
00:12:24,476 --> 00:12:26,276
Don't say that.
272
00:12:29,310 --> 00:12:30,741
I mean it, Cookie.
273
00:12:30,742 --> 00:12:32,275
Don't ever say that.
274
00:12:32,276 --> 00:12:34,508
I got another way in.
275
00:12:34,509 --> 00:12:37,608
I'm-a take Camilla out from the inside.
276
00:12:37,609 --> 00:12:39,575
I just got to get back into Empire.
277
00:12:39,576 --> 00:12:42,575
Yeah, how you gonna get back in?
278
00:12:42,576 --> 00:12:44,942
You just let Cookie handle that.
279
00:12:44,943 --> 00:12:46,675
Just give me two days
280
00:12:46,676 --> 00:12:48,908
before you go and do something
you gonna regret forever.
281
00:12:48,909 --> 00:12:50,475
(gun clicks)
282
00:12:50,476 --> 00:12:52,243
You got 48 hours.
283
00:12:53,476 --> 00:12:55,175
Bye.
284
00:12:55,176 --> 00:12:58,243
Put that damn thing away.
285
00:13:06,495 --> 00:13:07,893
Look at this, it's fabulous.
286
00:13:07,894 --> 00:13:09,427
This is our new clothing line.
287
00:13:09,428 --> 00:13:10,993
Yeah.
288
00:13:10,994 --> 00:13:12,727
I'm so sorry about your brother's child.
289
00:13:12,728 --> 00:13:14,494
That was a tragedy.
290
00:13:14,495 --> 00:13:17,161
How long you been planning
to kick my dad off the throne?
291
00:13:19,161 --> 00:13:21,395
Since the day he banished me.
292
00:13:23,428 --> 00:13:25,394
Look, I've got big plans for us.
293
00:13:25,395 --> 00:13:28,394
But you need to get rid of your
little Mexican girlfriend first.
294
00:13:28,395 --> 00:13:29,860
Babe, it's not that easy.
295
00:13:29,861 --> 00:13:31,527
I told you, I think I'm in love with her.
296
00:13:31,528 --> 00:13:34,760
What would you say if I
made you CEO of Empire?
297
00:13:34,761 --> 00:13:38,160
Would you still be in love with her then?
298
00:13:38,161 --> 00:13:40,561
You can make that happen?
299
00:13:40,562 --> 00:13:42,427
I think so.
300
00:13:42,428 --> 00:13:45,827
The board wants Jago Locke to take over,
301
00:13:45,828 --> 00:13:48,194
but if we can swing enough
votes, we can push you through.
302
00:13:48,195 --> 00:13:49,427
I know a vote you can get.
303
00:13:49,428 --> 00:13:51,427
Ma, what are you doing here?
304
00:13:51,428 --> 00:13:53,661
I'm here to make you the
deal of a lifetime, son.
305
00:13:53,662 --> 00:13:55,727
(chuckles)
306
00:13:55,728 --> 00:13:58,260
I'm gonna let you acquire my company.
307
00:13:58,261 --> 00:14:00,860
And what's in it for me?
308
00:14:00,861 --> 00:14:02,027
Hakeem Lyon,
309
00:14:02,028 --> 00:14:04,561
who as partner of Lyon Dynasty
310
00:14:04,562 --> 00:14:05,993
is still under contract with us.
311
00:14:05,994 --> 00:14:07,428
He still belongs to me.
312
00:14:09,361 --> 00:14:11,227
- How much?
- 20 million.
313
00:14:11,228 --> 00:14:13,160
(chuckles) Never.
314
00:14:13,161 --> 00:14:15,027
Well, then you can't have Hakeem, bitch.
315
00:14:15,028 --> 00:14:16,494
I already did.
316
00:14:16,495 --> 00:14:19,594
And I have no problem suing you.
317
00:14:19,595 --> 00:14:22,227
I will crush you with Empire legal bills.
318
00:14:22,228 --> 00:14:23,427
(chuckles)
319
00:14:23,428 --> 00:14:26,727
Hakeem, do you really want to be CEO?
320
00:14:26,728 --> 00:14:29,260
Because I can make that
happen for you, baby,
321
00:14:29,261 --> 00:14:31,227
but I got to be here.
322
00:14:31,228 --> 00:14:32,927
See that scallywag next to you?
323
00:14:32,928 --> 00:14:35,160
She ain't got what it
takes to push out Jago out,
324
00:14:35,161 --> 00:14:36,927
but I can do it, and you know it.
325
00:14:36,928 --> 00:14:40,394
This company is not gonna be
run like gangsters anymore.
326
00:14:40,395 --> 00:14:42,828
The answer is no, Cookie.
327
00:14:49,395 --> 00:14:52,394
You really gonna pick this bitch
over your own family, Hakeem?
328
00:14:52,395 --> 00:14:54,794
At least she don't beat me with a purse.
329
00:14:56,195 --> 00:14:58,595
Not unless you want me to.
330
00:15:04,395 --> 00:15:05,395
(sniffs)
331
00:15:13,095 --> 00:15:15,194
(candy clattering)
332
00:15:15,195 --> 00:15:17,261
This is so childish.
333
00:15:20,695 --> 00:15:22,695
♪ ♪
334
00:15:29,395 --> 00:15:31,260
Okay.
335
00:15:31,261 --> 00:15:33,060
Jago Locke.
336
00:15:33,061 --> 00:15:34,760
He's the leading CEO contender,
337
00:15:34,761 --> 00:15:36,927
but after Guy has a little talk with him,
338
00:15:36,928 --> 00:15:38,760
we expect him to drop out.
339
00:15:38,761 --> 00:15:40,327
Or leave the country.
340
00:15:40,328 --> 00:15:42,327
LUCIOUS: I need you all to systematically
341
00:15:42,328 --> 00:15:47,027
pay a visit to each and every
one of these board members.
342
00:15:47,028 --> 00:15:49,927
Listen, just so we're all on
the same page, and I'm clear,
343
00:15:49,928 --> 00:15:51,561
how hard do you want this talk?
344
00:15:51,562 --> 00:15:54,027
THIRSTY: Well, seeing
as you and whomever else
345
00:15:54,028 --> 00:15:55,727
just got released from prison,
346
00:15:55,728 --> 00:15:57,661
I'd say nothing illegal like murder,
347
00:15:57,662 --> 00:15:59,327
but everything else is fair game.
348
00:15:59,328 --> 00:16:02,160
Basically, truth is, we're at war.
349
00:16:02,161 --> 00:16:04,594
The empire is at stake,
350
00:16:04,595 --> 00:16:06,494
and you can't be afraid to do
351
00:16:06,495 --> 00:16:09,893
whatever you got to do
to secure the empire.
352
00:16:09,894 --> 00:16:11,661
Whatever's necessary
to bring back a victory.
353
00:16:11,662 --> 00:16:14,261
Lucious, who's gonna handle Hakeem?
354
00:16:22,161 --> 00:16:24,261
I'll take care of Freda.
355
00:16:27,361 --> 00:16:29,661
Okay, let's get to it.
356
00:16:29,662 --> 00:16:32,427
Okay, here are the rest
of the board members.
357
00:16:32,428 --> 00:16:34,861
Just pass 'em down.
358
00:16:38,361 --> 00:16:39,527
(knocking)
359
00:16:39,528 --> 00:16:40,594
Come in.
360
00:16:40,595 --> 00:16:42,661
Knock, knock.
361
00:16:42,662 --> 00:16:44,194
Hey.
362
00:16:44,195 --> 00:16:45,594
Hey.
363
00:16:45,595 --> 00:16:47,027
How you doing?
364
00:16:47,028 --> 00:16:48,360
Oh, great.
365
00:16:48,361 --> 00:16:50,993
I, uh, brought you these.
366
00:16:50,994 --> 00:16:52,027
Oh, thank you.
367
00:16:52,028 --> 00:16:53,327
You're welcome.
368
00:16:53,328 --> 00:16:55,161
I'll just put 'em over here.
369
00:16:59,994 --> 00:17:01,927
So... what happened?
370
00:17:01,928 --> 00:17:04,060
I really don't know. I mean,
371
00:17:04,061 --> 00:17:06,494
I remember that that stupid
alarm kept going off, and I...
372
00:17:06,495 --> 00:17:09,893
and I got up to try and turn
it off, and then, I don't know.
373
00:17:09,894 --> 00:17:12,594
The next thing I know, I'm
at the bottom of the stairs.
374
00:17:12,595 --> 00:17:14,827
(sighs)
375
00:17:14,828 --> 00:17:16,595
Oh, honey.
376
00:17:18,428 --> 00:17:20,060
When I heard the news,
377
00:17:20,061 --> 00:17:23,094
I just kept thinking, it's...
378
00:17:23,095 --> 00:17:27,160
so bizarre and extremely cliché,
379
00:17:27,161 --> 00:17:32,928
but... maybe everything
happens for a reason.
380
00:17:34,994 --> 00:17:37,927
I was so looking forward to meeting him.
381
00:17:37,928 --> 00:17:39,928
Oh.
382
00:17:41,528 --> 00:17:43,027
Here, honey.
383
00:17:43,028 --> 00:17:44,494
(sobs softly) Thanks.
384
00:17:44,495 --> 00:17:47,094
And I just feel so
385
00:17:47,095 --> 00:17:50,360
incredibly guilty.
386
00:17:50,361 --> 00:17:52,928
(sniffles) Like I let Andre down.
387
00:17:55,261 --> 00:17:57,893
You know, all that heir
to the empire stuff.
388
00:17:57,894 --> 00:17:59,827
Yeah.
389
00:17:59,828 --> 00:18:01,727
And now there is none.
390
00:18:01,728 --> 00:18:04,594
No, no, no, no. Honey,
there'll be another heir.
391
00:18:04,595 --> 00:18:06,494
You really think so?
392
00:18:06,495 --> 00:18:08,561
I do.
393
00:18:08,562 --> 00:18:11,161
I really do.
394
00:18:12,928 --> 00:18:16,319
JAMAL: Hakeem.
395
00:18:16,340 --> 00:18:19,239
Come on, man. It's not even
noon, you're already drinking?
396
00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:20,339
Slow down on that.
397
00:18:20,340 --> 00:18:22,139
You want one?
398
00:18:22,140 --> 00:18:23,905
No.
399
00:18:23,906 --> 00:18:25,738
What's wrong?
400
00:18:25,739 --> 00:18:29,105
Would you be mad if I ran for CEO?
401
00:18:29,106 --> 00:18:32,738
First you vote Dad out, now
you want to take his job?
402
00:18:32,739 --> 00:18:34,772
That's a little messy, don't you think?
403
00:18:34,773 --> 00:18:37,572
After all the wrong he's
done to me throughout my life,
404
00:18:37,573 --> 00:18:39,173
he deserves worse.
405
00:18:43,473 --> 00:18:46,638
Truth be told...
406
00:18:46,639 --> 00:18:48,839
I hated running Empire.
407
00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:50,839
You know, it takes away from your music,
408
00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:54,672
it turned me into
someone I ain't even know.
409
00:18:54,673 --> 00:18:56,306
It's everything I want.
410
00:18:56,307 --> 00:18:59,072
And Dad will kill your ass if you do it.
411
00:18:59,073 --> 00:19:01,439
Man, I got bigger problems
than Dad right now.
412
00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:03,572
Camilla told me I got to ditch Laura.
413
00:19:03,573 --> 00:19:05,972
Okay, all the girls you go
through, why is that a problem?
414
00:19:05,973 --> 00:19:09,273
I just never felt this
way about a girl before.
415
00:19:10,906 --> 00:19:12,940
She's special.
416
00:19:13,973 --> 00:19:15,673
I hear you.
417
00:19:17,673 --> 00:19:19,672
I guess we can't have it all, huh?
418
00:19:19,673 --> 00:19:21,673
Guess not.
419
00:19:23,273 --> 00:19:24,939
Then again,
420
00:19:24,940 --> 00:19:27,905
if you're willing to
give up Empire for a girl,
421
00:19:27,906 --> 00:19:30,307
how much did you really
want it to begin with?
422
00:19:32,140 --> 00:19:33,940
Keem.
423
00:19:35,573 --> 00:19:38,605
♪ You can try and take away my crown ♪
424
00:19:38,606 --> 00:19:41,505
♪ But I will never
let my kingdom down ♪
425
00:19:41,506 --> 00:19:45,339
♪ When I put it on, it's on for real ♪
426
00:19:45,340 --> 00:19:48,339
♪ Damn, I wear it so well ♪
427
00:19:48,340 --> 00:19:50,572
♪ I know that they're
comin' for my throne ♪
428
00:19:50,573 --> 00:19:54,472
♪ But I'm the one who
got here on my own ♪
429
00:19:54,473 --> 00:19:57,905
♪ When I put it on, it's on for real ♪
430
00:19:57,906 --> 00:20:00,105
♪ Damn, I wear it so well ♪
431
00:20:00,106 --> 00:20:03,939
♪ Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh... ♪
432
00:20:03,940 --> 00:20:06,738
Cut! Cut the damn music right now!
433
00:20:06,739 --> 00:20:08,239
(music stops)
434
00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:09,805
Are you okay?
435
00:20:09,806 --> 00:20:11,439
Why you being lazy?
436
00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:13,172
There's millions of
people who watch Tiny Desk,
437
00:20:13,173 --> 00:20:14,972
and you're a step behind the other girls,
438
00:20:14,973 --> 00:20:16,505
and you're supposed to be the lead.
439
00:20:16,506 --> 00:20:18,272
You're holding 'em back, Laura.
440
00:20:18,273 --> 00:20:19,439
No, I'm not.
441
00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:20,605
You are a little bit.
442
00:20:20,606 --> 00:20:23,339
Why are you acting like this?
443
00:20:23,340 --> 00:20:25,605
'Cause you don't work hard enough.
444
00:20:25,606 --> 00:20:27,406
I don't work hard?
445
00:20:27,407 --> 00:20:29,905
I'm not the one barging in
here, drunk, acting like an ass.
446
00:20:29,906 --> 00:20:31,339
Who you calling an ass, bitch?
447
00:20:31,340 --> 00:20:32,406
You, bitch!
448
00:20:32,407 --> 00:20:33,805
Okay, you know what?
449
00:20:33,806 --> 00:20:36,472
I can't take this second-rate
telenovela anymore.
450
00:20:36,473 --> 00:20:37,905
Honestly, I'm sick of this, too.
451
00:20:37,906 --> 00:20:39,339
You both suck.
452
00:20:39,340 --> 00:20:41,306
I need to get y'all some vocal coaches?
453
00:20:41,307 --> 00:20:42,672
Screw you, Hakeem.
454
00:20:42,673 --> 00:20:44,406
I don't know what your problem is,
455
00:20:44,407 --> 00:20:45,972
but I'm not gonna let
you treat me like this.
456
00:20:45,973 --> 00:20:48,505
Oh, so you gonna leave, too?
457
00:20:48,506 --> 00:20:51,105
I knew your little virgin
ass was gonna dip anyway.
458
00:20:51,106 --> 00:20:54,339
Oh, my God.
459
00:20:54,340 --> 00:20:56,739
I was so stupid.
460
00:21:03,173 --> 00:21:06,005
Hey, hey.
461
00:21:06,006 --> 00:21:09,505
So what's up?
462
00:21:09,506 --> 00:21:13,306
I thought you were gonna
push to help our cause.
463
00:21:13,307 --> 00:21:16,772
Of course. However I can.
464
00:21:16,773 --> 00:21:19,939
I'm not really sure if we want you to.
465
00:21:19,940 --> 00:21:21,505
How's Skye?
466
00:21:21,506 --> 00:21:23,772
Heard about that.
467
00:21:23,773 --> 00:21:25,805
How?
468
00:21:25,806 --> 00:21:27,472
Does it really matter?
469
00:21:27,473 --> 00:21:30,406
If the press gets it,
you're gonna give fuel
470
00:21:30,407 --> 00:21:34,272
to every politician that
says being gay is a choice.
471
00:21:34,273 --> 00:21:36,272
They're gonna look at Jamal Lyon and say,
472
00:21:36,273 --> 00:21:37,839
"Hey, the gay icon can choose
473
00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:39,839
to sleep with women whenever he wants."
474
00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:42,005
Yeah, well, I'm still gay, so...
475
00:21:42,006 --> 00:21:43,772
Yeah, well, then what
are you screwing Skye for?
476
00:21:43,773 --> 00:21:45,672
I'm not. I'm literally not.
477
00:21:45,673 --> 00:21:47,572
But I-I'm sorry, I don't even know
478
00:21:47,573 --> 00:21:48,939
what we're talking about here.
479
00:21:48,940 --> 00:21:50,306
Whose business is that?
480
00:21:50,307 --> 00:21:51,772
There are ten countries in the world
481
00:21:51,773 --> 00:21:53,672
where being gay will get you executed.
482
00:21:53,673 --> 00:21:54,972
Nigeria, Sudan,
483
00:21:54,973 --> 00:21:57,472
Mauritania, Somalia, Yemen,
484
00:21:57,473 --> 00:22:00,905
Pakistan, Iraq, Iran,
Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan.
485
00:22:00,906 --> 00:22:02,906
But good luck with the music.
486
00:22:04,473 --> 00:22:07,473
(haunting piano melody playing)
487
00:22:17,739 --> 00:22:21,073
♪ ♪
488
00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:39,440
♪ ♪
489
00:22:51,173 --> 00:22:54,440
♪ ♪
490
00:23:00,407 --> 00:23:02,407
♪ ♪
491
00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:07,806
(piano playing stops)
492
00:23:11,895 --> 00:23:13,761
All that I know is that
493
00:23:13,762 --> 00:23:16,127
I couldn't stand running
Empire, but Hakeem and Camilla?
494
00:23:16,128 --> 00:23:17,861
They gonna burn that
place down to the ground.
495
00:23:17,862 --> 00:23:19,527
That's the one I'm worried about.
496
00:23:19,528 --> 00:23:21,961
- Why?
- Because music ain't in her soul.
497
00:23:21,962 --> 00:23:25,028
And that's exactly why you can't
lay up on these ASAs, Jamal.
498
00:23:25,029 --> 00:23:26,861
Ma, don't nobody care
about no award, come on.
499
00:23:26,862 --> 00:23:28,394
Boy, we are Lyons.
500
00:23:28,395 --> 00:23:29,694
Music first.
501
00:23:29,695 --> 00:23:31,394
Do you realize if you win
502
00:23:31,395 --> 00:23:34,527
an ASA against your father
in the same category,
503
00:23:34,528 --> 00:23:36,527
you're on your way to being legendary.
504
00:23:36,528 --> 00:23:38,461
Don't you want that, stupid?
505
00:23:38,462 --> 00:23:40,094
Yes.
506
00:23:40,095 --> 00:23:41,861
But it's not happening right now.
507
00:23:41,862 --> 00:23:43,394
Jamieson found out about Skye,
508
00:23:43,395 --> 00:23:45,194
and he's pulling back his support.
509
00:23:45,195 --> 00:23:47,394
Yeah, see, that's another
one I don't get, Jamal.
510
00:23:47,395 --> 00:23:49,627
You messing around with
girls? Pick a damn team.
511
00:23:49,628 --> 00:23:51,794
I'm picking nothing. Do what I want to do,
512
00:23:51,795 --> 00:23:53,861
and ain't nobody's business
who I get down with.
513
00:23:53,862 --> 00:23:55,427
So what does this mean, huh?
514
00:23:55,428 --> 00:23:59,094
You one of them wishy-washy,
confused bisexuals now?
515
00:23:59,095 --> 00:24:01,961
(laughs) Whatever. No.
516
00:24:01,962 --> 00:24:03,727
- Sexuality is fluid.
- Shut up.
517
00:24:03,728 --> 00:24:05,061
Mom, it is, I'm sorry.
518
00:24:05,062 --> 00:24:06,461
It is. You know what I'm saying?
519
00:24:06,462 --> 00:24:08,794
You-you have straight
and-and gay and bi
520
00:24:08,795 --> 00:24:11,028
- and a lot a bit of everything. I don't know.
- Yeah, it sound like
521
00:24:11,029 --> 00:24:12,861
- y'all just want to be freaky-deaky.
- A little freaky-deaky.
522
00:24:12,862 --> 00:24:14,594
(laughs) You ain't never
slept with no woman?
523
00:24:14,595 --> 00:24:16,594
Boy, nobody having that
conversation with you.
524
00:24:16,595 --> 00:24:18,694
Oh, really? Look, all I'm saying
525
00:24:18,695 --> 00:24:20,360
is that sometimes things happen, you know?
526
00:24:20,361 --> 00:24:21,894
You feel a certain way and you...
527
00:24:21,895 --> 00:24:24,260
you act on it or you don't.
528
00:24:24,261 --> 00:24:27,061
Just because I have sex with,
uh, two women in my entire life
529
00:24:27,062 --> 00:24:30,461
doesn't mean, you know, I'm
straight or bi or anything.
530
00:24:30,462 --> 00:24:32,761
I'm still a gay brother
531
00:24:32,762 --> 00:24:34,894
- looking for a man.
- (laughs)
532
00:24:34,895 --> 00:24:37,094
Yeah, me, too. All night long.
533
00:24:37,095 --> 00:24:39,761
Okay, all right, see, you got to
take it too far. I'm out. I like...
534
00:24:39,762 --> 00:24:41,794
Shut up, boy. How you think
your big-head ass got here?
535
00:24:41,795 --> 00:24:42,928
Immaculate conception.
536
00:24:42,929 --> 00:24:45,627
Look, Jamal, listen to me.
537
00:24:45,628 --> 00:24:48,394
You cannot piss people like Jamieson off
538
00:24:48,395 --> 00:24:50,727
if you want to win an ASA award, okay?
539
00:24:50,728 --> 00:24:53,961
Awards are like politics, baby.
540
00:24:53,962 --> 00:24:55,694
Think of this like a campaign.
541
00:24:55,695 --> 00:24:57,961
You're running for office, all right?
542
00:24:57,962 --> 00:25:01,427
So I need you to get your
head back in the game and get
543
00:25:01,428 --> 00:25:03,928
your gay back and get that ASA award!
544
00:25:03,929 --> 00:25:06,360
You need to become legendary!
545
00:25:06,361 --> 00:25:08,528
♪ ♪
546
00:25:15,228 --> 00:25:18,061
It has come to my attention
547
00:25:18,062 --> 00:25:21,260
that all of the CEO candidates
have withdrawn their nominations
548
00:25:21,261 --> 00:25:23,127
due to personal reasons.
549
00:25:23,128 --> 00:25:25,594
JAGO: (chuckles) No,
it's more than personal.
550
00:25:25,595 --> 00:25:28,694
You know what, this
sinking ship is going down
551
00:25:28,695 --> 00:25:31,294
with or without Lucious Lyon,
552
00:25:31,295 --> 00:25:34,627
But if any of you Lucious
Lyon thugs are here,
553
00:25:34,628 --> 00:25:37,394
you tell him and his company...
554
00:25:37,395 --> 00:25:39,029
go to hell.
555
00:25:41,361 --> 00:25:42,861
Very well, then.
556
00:25:42,862 --> 00:25:45,260
Since all the candidates have withdrawn,
557
00:25:45,261 --> 00:25:47,861
we will now open up to
any other board member
558
00:25:47,862 --> 00:25:49,961
for nominations.
559
00:25:49,962 --> 00:25:53,061
So who would like to run for CEO of Empire?
560
00:25:53,062 --> 00:25:55,028
Me.
561
00:25:55,029 --> 00:25:57,727
I ain't scared of no
bitch-ass Lucious Lyon.
562
00:25:57,728 --> 00:25:59,028
You shouldn't either.
563
00:25:59,029 --> 00:26:00,794
Empire...
564
00:26:00,795 --> 00:26:02,194
That's my birthright.
565
00:26:02,195 --> 00:26:04,127
I'm the youngest son.
566
00:26:04,128 --> 00:26:06,694
I got the swag, the talent,
567
00:26:06,695 --> 00:26:10,194
the looks... you know
it... to be the future head
568
00:26:10,195 --> 00:26:11,527
of this company.
569
00:26:11,528 --> 00:26:14,061
But I'm-a take Empire to the future,
570
00:26:14,062 --> 00:26:15,527
unlike Lucious Lyon talking about
571
00:26:15,528 --> 00:26:17,928
his devil-ass past and snitch bitching.
572
00:26:17,929 --> 00:26:21,294
From here on out, this
is about to be the biggest
573
00:26:21,295 --> 00:26:23,527
and baddest company in hip-hop culture.
574
00:26:23,528 --> 00:26:26,360
Ladies and gentleman,
575
00:26:26,361 --> 00:26:31,228
make some noise for the new
era of Hakeem Lyon, y'all.
576
00:26:38,395 --> 00:26:39,928
JAMAL: Hey, everyone.
577
00:26:39,929 --> 00:26:42,527
So, look, I know that this is an ASA event,
578
00:26:42,528 --> 00:26:45,061
so we're supposed to sing a
song that, uh, is nominated.
579
00:26:45,062 --> 00:26:47,127
But I'd to trump tradition for a moment
580
00:26:47,128 --> 00:26:49,762
and, um, sing a song that I just wrote.
581
00:26:51,728 --> 00:26:54,127
♪ ♪
582
00:26:54,128 --> 00:26:57,894
♪ It's a new generation,
welcome to modern love, yeah ♪
583
00:26:57,895 --> 00:27:00,061
♪ It's a revolution, do what we want ♪
584
00:27:00,062 --> 00:27:02,360
♪ 'Cause we must, yeah ♪
585
00:27:02,361 --> 00:27:03,761
♪ I got a brand-new perspective ♪
586
00:27:03,762 --> 00:27:06,794
♪ And I don't really
give a damn who knows ♪
587
00:27:06,795 --> 00:27:09,294
♪ So put your hands all in my pockets ♪
588
00:27:09,295 --> 00:27:11,028
♪ 'Cause I wanna feel
you up under my clothes ♪
589
00:27:11,029 --> 00:27:14,928
♪ 'Cause I wanna love ♪
590
00:27:14,929 --> 00:27:17,360
♪ Somebody, everybody ♪
591
00:27:17,361 --> 00:27:19,794
♪ Can't nobody tell me how to love ♪
592
00:27:19,795 --> 00:27:24,227
♪ 'Cause I wanna touch, ooh ♪
593
00:27:24,228 --> 00:27:26,227
♪ Somebody, gimme body ♪
594
00:27:26,228 --> 00:27:28,961
♪ Everybody calls it
love or lust, I call it ♪
595
00:27:28,962 --> 00:27:30,961
♪ Freedom, freedom ♪
596
00:27:30,962 --> 00:27:32,694
♪ Grab someone you want ♪
597
00:27:32,695 --> 00:27:35,127
♪ Singin' freedom, freedom ♪
598
00:27:35,128 --> 00:27:37,461
♪ Dancin' in the dark ♪
599
00:27:37,462 --> 00:27:39,427
♪ Freedom, freedom ♪
600
00:27:39,428 --> 00:27:41,061
♪ Tell me can you feel the rush? ♪
601
00:27:41,062 --> 00:27:44,260
♪ It's called freedom, freedom ♪
602
00:27:44,261 --> 00:27:46,360
♪ Freedom, freedom ♪
603
00:27:46,361 --> 00:27:48,594
♪ Whoa, oh, oh ♪
604
00:27:48,595 --> 00:27:50,694
♪ Come and get you some ♪
605
00:27:50,695 --> 00:27:53,028
♪ Whoa, oh, oh ♪
606
00:27:53,029 --> 00:27:55,061
♪ Pick it up, pick it up. ♪
607
00:27:55,062 --> 00:27:56,962
(crowd cheering)
608
00:28:05,186 --> 00:28:07,998
- Here you go, babe.
- Thank you, Mom.
609
00:28:07,999 --> 00:28:09,666
- Thanks, Mom.
- Mm.
610
00:28:11,666 --> 00:28:14,665
So, um...
611
00:28:14,666 --> 00:28:17,031
is Rhonda happy to be going home today?
612
00:28:17,032 --> 00:28:19,699
Yeah. But, um...
613
00:28:19,700 --> 00:28:23,333
she's, uh, she's scared we
won't be able to have kids again.
614
00:28:26,399 --> 00:28:29,665
Yeah, well...
615
00:28:29,666 --> 00:28:32,865
you tell Rhonda that, um...
616
00:28:32,866 --> 00:28:34,632
I had a miscarriage, too.
617
00:28:34,633 --> 00:28:36,365
Mm-hmm.
618
00:28:36,366 --> 00:28:37,832
Before the three of y'all.
619
00:28:37,833 --> 00:28:39,298
You did?
620
00:28:39,299 --> 00:28:41,198
Yeah.
621
00:28:41,199 --> 00:28:44,898
Me and Lucious were devastated.
622
00:28:44,899 --> 00:28:46,700
We pretended it didn't happen.
623
00:28:47,999 --> 00:28:50,065
It was a little girl, too.
624
00:28:50,066 --> 00:28:53,298
I thought it was the end of the world.
625
00:28:53,299 --> 00:28:56,799
But then God blessed me with three
626
00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:59,565
of the most beautiful boys
I ever seen in my life.
627
00:28:59,566 --> 00:29:01,332
Even Hakeem?
628
00:29:01,333 --> 00:29:04,332
Yeah, I still can't
believe he pulled it off.
629
00:29:04,333 --> 00:29:08,732
I hear you're trying to get
Empire to buy Lyon Dynasty.
630
00:29:08,733 --> 00:29:10,198
You really want to work under Camilla?
631
00:29:10,199 --> 00:29:12,065
No, I want to take that bitch out,
632
00:29:12,066 --> 00:29:14,898
but I can't do it unless I'm on the inside.
633
00:29:14,899 --> 00:29:18,165
Think I have a way to make that happen.
634
00:29:18,166 --> 00:29:19,965
Make what happen?
635
00:29:19,966 --> 00:29:21,399
Empire buying Lyon Dynasty.
636
00:29:22,833 --> 00:29:24,498
You just got to promise me one thing.
637
00:29:24,499 --> 00:29:25,398
What?
638
00:29:25,399 --> 00:29:27,031
You gonna take down Camilla.
639
00:29:27,032 --> 00:29:29,365
Hmm.
640
00:29:29,366 --> 00:29:31,366
Don't you worry about that.
641
00:29:34,333 --> 00:29:36,965
Home, sweet home.
642
00:29:36,966 --> 00:29:38,898
I'm such an idiot.
643
00:29:38,899 --> 00:29:40,532
No, you're not, baby.
644
00:29:40,533 --> 00:29:42,031
You're just clumsy.
645
00:29:42,032 --> 00:29:44,131
- That's not funny.
- Really, really clumsy.
646
00:29:44,132 --> 00:29:45,799
Well, you just dropped me on the couch.
647
00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:47,665
I'm sorry. (laughs)
648
00:29:47,666 --> 00:29:49,332
Want to put your feet up?
649
00:29:49,333 --> 00:29:53,031
Uh... no, I'm okay.
650
00:29:53,032 --> 00:29:54,732
Listen, don't beat yourself up, okay?
651
00:29:54,733 --> 00:29:57,699
We are gonna get through this together.
652
00:29:57,700 --> 00:29:59,565
I promise you that.
653
00:29:59,566 --> 00:30:01,465
Okay.
654
00:30:01,466 --> 00:30:02,966
I love you.
655
00:30:05,066 --> 00:30:07,665
I love you, too.
656
00:30:07,666 --> 00:30:09,299
Want me to carry you upstairs?
657
00:30:11,333 --> 00:30:12,832
(sighs) No.
658
00:30:12,833 --> 00:30:15,165
I-I don't want to go up there.
659
00:30:15,166 --> 00:30:17,565
I don't want to sleep up
there tonight or tomorrow.
660
00:30:17,566 --> 00:30:18,998
Or ever.
661
00:30:18,999 --> 00:30:20,465
Okay, we'll sleep downstairs, then.
662
00:30:20,466 --> 00:30:22,398
- Okay.
- You want something to drink?
663
00:30:22,399 --> 00:30:24,565
Vodka, please?
664
00:30:24,566 --> 00:30:25,832
How about a water?
665
00:30:25,833 --> 00:30:27,198
With vodka.
666
00:30:27,199 --> 00:30:28,866
Uh, water it is. (chuckles)
667
00:30:30,366 --> 00:30:31,866
- Be right back.
- Okay.
668
00:30:41,166 --> 00:30:42,733
(sniffles)
669
00:31:00,032 --> 00:31:01,699
(groans)
670
00:31:01,700 --> 00:31:03,865
Okay.
671
00:31:03,866 --> 00:31:06,866
Okay, you can do this, Rhonda.
672
00:31:10,700 --> 00:31:13,399
(groaning softly)
673
00:31:19,466 --> 00:31:20,700
(grunts)
674
00:31:22,299 --> 00:31:24,298
(panting)
675
00:31:24,299 --> 00:31:26,299
(sighs) Oh, man.
676
00:31:29,333 --> 00:31:31,333
(sighs)
677
00:31:38,299 --> 00:31:41,366
♪ ♪
678
00:31:44,666 --> 00:31:45,898
It's not gonna kill you.
679
00:31:45,899 --> 00:31:47,398
Worked real hard for it.
680
00:31:47,399 --> 00:31:48,799
Would you look at this?
681
00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:51,665
If this isn't the saddest
sight I've ever seen.
682
00:31:51,666 --> 00:31:54,632
Oh, and I'm not just talking
about your face, Yoko.
683
00:31:54,633 --> 00:31:56,131
Hello, Cookie.
684
00:31:56,132 --> 00:31:57,966
It is never a pleasure to see you.
685
00:32:00,132 --> 00:32:02,131
Congratulations, little brother.
686
00:32:02,132 --> 00:32:04,131
Finally got your throne, huh?
687
00:32:04,132 --> 00:32:05,532
Mm-hmm.
688
00:32:05,533 --> 00:32:07,232
Just be careful up there.
689
00:32:07,233 --> 00:32:08,732
Brings out the darkness in you.
690
00:32:08,733 --> 00:32:09,565
Like you?
691
00:32:09,566 --> 00:32:11,298
- Mm-hmm.
- I ain't scared.
692
00:32:11,299 --> 00:32:12,799
But you should be.
693
00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:14,732
Of what I'm-a do to your next album.
694
00:32:14,733 --> 00:32:16,165
You do know
695
00:32:16,166 --> 00:32:17,832
I can release it whenever I want, right?
696
00:32:17,833 --> 00:32:19,365
COOKIE: And that's exactly
697
00:32:19,366 --> 00:32:21,465
what we came here to
talk to you about, babe.
698
00:32:21,466 --> 00:32:22,865
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
699
00:32:22,866 --> 00:32:24,465
JAMAL: You see, my Black and White album
700
00:32:24,466 --> 00:32:26,298
was a joint venture between
Empire and Lyon Dynasty,
701
00:32:26,299 --> 00:32:28,732
so I figure why not just
let Dynasty release it?
702
00:32:28,733 --> 00:32:31,398
You can't do that. We own
that album. Right, babe?
703
00:32:31,399 --> 00:32:33,699
- Yeah.
- Actually, they can, baby brother.
704
00:32:33,700 --> 00:32:35,898
You see, there were never any stipulations
705
00:32:35,899 --> 00:32:37,532
as to which label would release it.
706
00:32:37,533 --> 00:32:40,198
Try it and I'll have you
tied up in court for years.
707
00:32:40,199 --> 00:32:42,832
Try it and we'll leak it online. (chuckles)
708
00:32:42,833 --> 00:32:46,465
See, I learned a few things
from little King Hakeem, too.
709
00:32:46,466 --> 00:32:49,298
COOKIE: See, Hakeem, we
know this puts you in a jam.
710
00:32:49,299 --> 00:32:51,198
This could be terrible press for you.
711
00:32:51,199 --> 00:32:53,998
Your first act as CEO,
the first thing you do
712
00:32:53,999 --> 00:32:55,165
is lose your biggest artist?
713
00:32:55,166 --> 00:32:56,398
ANDRE: Stock price will take a dive,
714
00:32:56,399 --> 00:32:58,198
but it should recover in a year or two.
715
00:32:58,199 --> 00:33:00,665
Why are you doing this?
716
00:33:00,666 --> 00:33:02,298
You bring Lyon Dynasty here, Ma.
717
00:33:02,299 --> 00:33:03,965
That would be a disaster.
718
00:33:03,966 --> 00:33:06,699
As much as I hate to agree
with her, Yo-ho is right.
719
00:33:06,700 --> 00:33:09,532
It would never work, us
together in the same company.
720
00:33:09,533 --> 00:33:12,498
Not unless I had full autonomy.
721
00:33:12,499 --> 00:33:14,131
- And that's ridiculous.
- ANDRE: Actually, it's not.
722
00:33:14,132 --> 00:33:16,732
Roc-A-Fella had the
same deal with Def Jam.
723
00:33:16,733 --> 00:33:18,298
Straight-up marketing and distribution
724
00:33:18,299 --> 00:33:20,365
with no interference.
725
00:33:20,366 --> 00:33:23,032
Cookie has her own company under
Empire with no questions asked.
726
00:33:24,533 --> 00:33:26,565
- Okay, I'm cool with that.
- COOKIE: Okay.
727
00:33:26,566 --> 00:33:29,198
Well, then I want to be head
of A&R for all of Empire.
728
00:33:29,199 --> 00:33:30,665
ANDRE: What are you doing?
729
00:33:30,666 --> 00:33:32,198
COOKIE: I'm negotiating.
I always wanted this.
730
00:33:32,199 --> 00:33:33,732
And I'd be damn good at it, too.
731
00:33:33,733 --> 00:33:35,131
I got the best ear in the business.
732
00:33:35,132 --> 00:33:36,398
You all know it's true.
733
00:33:36,399 --> 00:33:38,832
Hakeem, don't do this. Don't do it.
734
00:33:38,833 --> 00:33:40,865
You're gonna lose the company.
735
00:33:40,866 --> 00:33:42,565
They're gonna come in and
they're gonna dethrone you
736
00:33:42,566 --> 00:33:43,665
on the very first day.
737
00:33:43,666 --> 00:33:45,165
Everything you worked for
738
00:33:45,166 --> 00:33:48,232
is gonna be gone, just like that.
739
00:33:48,233 --> 00:33:50,699
Biggest mistake you could make.
740
00:33:50,700 --> 00:33:53,131
Maybe.
741
00:33:53,132 --> 00:33:56,065
But I took my dad out
because he lost his way.
742
00:33:56,066 --> 00:33:57,998
But I did it for all of us.
743
00:33:57,999 --> 00:34:00,632
So let's just come back to Empire
744
00:34:00,633 --> 00:34:04,333
and let's be a real family
again, like we was before.
745
00:34:06,633 --> 00:34:09,199
Ma, you got yourself a deal.
746
00:34:18,336 --> 00:34:22,834
Well, you can use this place
for as long as you like.
747
00:34:22,835 --> 00:34:26,868
I know it's not Empire, but it's got soul.
748
00:34:26,869 --> 00:34:29,035
Yeah, I kind of like this vibe.
749
00:34:29,036 --> 00:34:31,668
Look, I need you to just
focus on music right now.
750
00:34:31,669 --> 00:34:33,001
Let me deal with Camilla.
751
00:34:33,002 --> 00:34:35,268
- No, I can help with her.
- No.
752
00:34:35,269 --> 00:34:37,601
You sit your ass down
somewhere and write a song,
753
00:34:37,602 --> 00:34:40,001
and you leave the dirty work to Cookie.
754
00:34:40,002 --> 00:34:42,768
- Yes, ma'am. You the boss.
- Yes.
755
00:34:42,769 --> 00:34:44,769
Mm. And don't you ever forget that.
756
00:34:45,869 --> 00:34:47,734
(chuckles)
757
00:34:47,735 --> 00:34:49,503
You like it, don't you? (laughs)
758
00:34:54,403 --> 00:34:56,403
(birds chirping)
759
00:35:10,036 --> 00:35:12,036
(exhales)
760
00:35:34,036 --> 00:35:36,036
(whispers): I'm sorry.
761
00:35:44,669 --> 00:35:46,669
(whispers): I'm sorry.
762
00:35:53,202 --> 00:35:55,069
(crying softly)
763
00:36:00,569 --> 00:36:04,001
God, help me.
764
00:36:04,002 --> 00:36:07,001
Please! (sobbing)
765
00:36:07,002 --> 00:36:10,035
♪ You can try and take away my crown ♪
766
00:36:10,036 --> 00:36:13,201
♪ But I will never
let my kingdom down ♪
767
00:36:13,202 --> 00:36:17,001
♪ When I put it on, it's on for real ♪
768
00:36:17,002 --> 00:36:19,935
♪ Damn, I wear it so well ♪
769
00:36:19,936 --> 00:36:23,068
♪ I know that they
comin' for my throne ♪
770
00:36:23,069 --> 00:36:26,068
♪ But I'm the one who
got here on my own ♪
771
00:36:26,069 --> 00:36:29,701
♪ When I put it on, it's on for real ♪
772
00:36:29,702 --> 00:36:31,734
♪ Damn, I wear it so well ♪
773
00:36:31,735 --> 00:36:36,168
♪ I can still feel your eyes ♪
774
00:36:36,169 --> 00:36:38,668
♪ On me like a spotlight ♪
775
00:36:38,669 --> 00:36:42,568
♪ You held me up, up so high ♪
776
00:36:42,569 --> 00:36:45,035
♪ So tell me, was it all lies? ♪
777
00:36:45,036 --> 00:36:48,634
♪ Everything that I've done ♪
778
00:36:48,635 --> 00:36:51,834
♪ Has got me where I want to be ♪
779
00:36:51,835 --> 00:36:54,834
♪ So, baby, why'd you have to leave? ♪
780
00:36:54,835 --> 00:36:57,834
♪ Whoa, oh... ♪
781
00:36:57,835 --> 00:37:00,834
♪ When you got the
world in your hands ♪
782
00:37:00,835 --> 00:37:03,768
♪ Seems like everyone
wants you to fail ♪
783
00:37:03,769 --> 00:37:06,868
♪ It's like I've got
a target on my back ♪
784
00:37:06,869 --> 00:37:10,168
♪ Take a shot at me,
take a shot for me ♪
785
00:37:10,169 --> 00:37:13,168
♪ You can try and take away my crown ♪
786
00:37:13,169 --> 00:37:16,535
♪ But I will never
let my kingdom down ♪
787
00:37:16,536 --> 00:37:20,068
♪ When I put it on, it's on for real ♪
788
00:37:20,069 --> 00:37:22,168
♪ Damn, I wear it so well ♪
789
00:37:22,169 --> 00:37:25,535
♪ I know that they
comin' for my throne ♪
790
00:37:25,536 --> 00:37:27,402
♪ But I'm the one who got here... ♪
791
00:37:27,403 --> 00:37:28,868
What are you doing here?
792
00:37:28,869 --> 00:37:30,834
I knocked, and nobody was home.
793
00:37:30,835 --> 00:37:33,268
Everyone's at my grandma's
house. What do you want?
794
00:37:33,269 --> 00:37:35,768
Babe, I'm really sorry on what I did.
795
00:37:35,769 --> 00:37:37,935
I know I was being an ass.
796
00:37:37,936 --> 00:37:39,768
I know.
797
00:37:39,769 --> 00:37:41,935
But you got to understand,
I broke up with you
798
00:37:41,936 --> 00:37:43,668
to get my empire back.
799
00:37:43,669 --> 00:37:46,435
But now that I got what's
mine, all I want is you.
800
00:37:46,436 --> 00:37:49,035
I don't understand.
801
00:37:49,036 --> 00:37:51,734
♪ Everyone wants a piece ♪
802
00:37:51,735 --> 00:37:54,068
♪ Just so they can judge me ♪
803
00:37:54,069 --> 00:37:57,701
♪ I thought I had your
heart, but you let me down ♪
804
00:37:57,702 --> 00:37:59,834
♪ And left me standing all alone... ♪
805
00:37:59,835 --> 00:38:02,668
You sure you want to do this?
806
00:38:02,669 --> 00:38:06,168
You promise me we'll really be together?
807
00:38:06,169 --> 00:38:08,101
I promise.
808
00:38:08,102 --> 00:38:10,168
♪ When you got the
world in your hands ♪
809
00:38:10,169 --> 00:38:13,168
♪ Seems like everyone
wants you to fail ♪
810
00:38:13,169 --> 00:38:16,435
♪ It's like I've got
a target on my back ♪
811
00:38:16,436 --> 00:38:19,201
♪ Take a shot at me,
take a shot for me ♪
812
00:38:19,202 --> 00:38:22,834
♪ You can try and take away my crown ♪
813
00:38:22,835 --> 00:38:26,168
♪ But I will never
let my kingdom down ♪
814
00:38:26,169 --> 00:38:29,368
♪ When I put it on, it's on for real ♪
815
00:38:29,369 --> 00:38:31,368
♪ Damn, I wear it so well ♪
816
00:38:31,369 --> 00:38:33,701
♪ I know that they
comin' for my throne... ♪
817
00:38:33,702 --> 00:38:35,335
I don't think we should do this.
818
00:38:35,336 --> 00:38:37,168
Yes, Hakeem. Please.
819
00:38:37,169 --> 00:38:38,734
♪ On my own ♪
820
00:38:38,735 --> 00:38:42,201
♪ When I put it on, it's on for real ♪
821
00:38:42,202 --> 00:38:44,834
♪ Damn, I wear it so well ♪
822
00:38:44,835 --> 00:38:47,768
♪ Oh, whoa... ♪
823
00:38:47,769 --> 00:38:48,935
♪ Oh... ♪
824
00:38:48,936 --> 00:38:51,201
Don't stop.
825
00:38:51,202 --> 00:38:53,868
♪ Oh, whoa... ♪
826
00:38:53,869 --> 00:38:56,569
I love you.
827
00:38:57,602 --> 00:38:59,503
I love you, too.
828
00:39:00,902 --> 00:39:03,235
♪ Oh, whoa ♪
829
00:39:03,236 --> 00:39:07,235
♪ Oh, whoa... ♪
830
00:39:07,236 --> 00:39:10,402
♪ Damn, I wear it so well. ♪
831
00:39:10,403 --> 00:39:12,403
(whistling tune)
832
00:39:22,602 --> 00:39:24,602
What's up?
833
00:39:26,436 --> 00:39:28,368
Come on over here.
834
00:39:28,369 --> 00:39:30,669
(train horn blowing in distance)
835
00:39:37,436 --> 00:39:39,035
You have any idea
836
00:39:39,036 --> 00:39:41,101
where you're standing?
837
00:39:41,102 --> 00:39:43,269
Where?
838
00:39:45,269 --> 00:39:49,602
That's the spot where my very
best friend lost his life.
839
00:39:51,869 --> 00:39:54,268
He actually introduced me to your mama.
840
00:39:54,269 --> 00:39:57,834
He damn near raised y'all
when I was on the road.
841
00:39:57,835 --> 00:40:01,168
He risked his life for me
on more than one occasion,
842
00:40:01,169 --> 00:40:03,868
and I risked mine for him.
843
00:40:03,869 --> 00:40:06,568
Except one night.
844
00:40:06,569 --> 00:40:08,702
And I shot him in the face.
845
00:40:11,169 --> 00:40:14,169
You know who I'm talking
about. It was your Uncle Bunkie.
846
00:40:17,002 --> 00:40:22,101
You see, that's how much
the empire means to me.
847
00:40:22,102 --> 00:40:25,502
And if you think you're gonna
be the CEO of my company,
848
00:40:25,503 --> 00:40:30,436
I will stop at nothing to take it back.
849
00:40:32,503 --> 00:40:35,568
Since you're my baby boy,
850
00:40:35,569 --> 00:40:39,102
I got something for you.
851
00:40:41,169 --> 00:40:43,868
Take it. Don't be scared.
852
00:40:43,869 --> 00:40:48,168
See, now's the time for you to decide
853
00:40:48,169 --> 00:40:53,535
how far you're willing
to go to have the empire.
854
00:40:53,536 --> 00:40:57,035
You want to be king...
855
00:40:57,036 --> 00:40:59,734
kill your father and sit on his throne.
856
00:40:59,735 --> 00:41:01,868
It's life or death.
857
00:41:01,869 --> 00:41:05,734
So if you don't shoot me
right here, I promise you,
858
00:41:05,735 --> 00:41:07,201
the next time I see you,
859
00:41:07,202 --> 00:41:10,535
I will do my best to take your life.
860
00:41:10,536 --> 00:41:13,536
So shoot me, so I don't
have to do it to you.
861
00:41:20,102 --> 00:41:23,168
There you go.
862
00:41:23,169 --> 00:41:26,568
I know it's hard.
863
00:41:26,569 --> 00:41:29,035
But do it.
864
00:41:29,036 --> 00:41:30,569
It's okay.
865
00:41:32,602 --> 00:41:34,436
I'll make it easy for you.
866
00:41:36,503 --> 00:41:38,868
You like stabbing people in the back.
867
00:41:38,869 --> 00:41:42,068
Shoot me in the back.
868
00:41:42,069 --> 00:41:45,101
Oh, that's my boy. I knew you could do it.
869
00:41:45,102 --> 00:41:47,101
Now pull the damn trigger.
870
00:41:47,102 --> 00:41:48,634
This what you want?
871
00:41:48,635 --> 00:41:50,402
Pull the damn trigger.
872
00:41:50,403 --> 00:41:52,403
(train clacking)
873
00:42:03,169 --> 00:42:06,068
I ain't got to do what you want.
874
00:42:06,069 --> 00:42:07,269
(gun clatters on ground)
875
00:42:09,369 --> 00:42:11,502
Watch your back,
876
00:42:11,503 --> 00:42:13,935
baby boy!
877
00:42:13,936 --> 00:42:15,902
I keep my promises!
878
00:42:15,928 --> 00:42:20,514
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879
00:42:20,539 --> 00:42:23,436
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