1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,480 - Previously on Empire... - What is that? 2 00:00:03,351 --> 00:00:04,684 [gasping] I wouldn't be able to handle 3 00:00:04,753 --> 00:00:06,853 if you lost this election because of me. 4 00:00:06,922 --> 00:00:08,822 - Whoa... - No. I think you should go. 5 00:00:08,890 --> 00:00:10,957 I'm gonna put myself out there, in solidarity, 6 00:00:11,026 --> 00:00:12,992 alongside Ms. Lyon and women everywhere. 7 00:00:13,061 --> 00:00:16,496 I love you, Angelo. 8 00:00:16,565 --> 00:00:18,064 What about Freda Gatz? 9 00:00:18,133 --> 00:00:19,833 I heard she out. 10 00:00:19,901 --> 00:00:20,834 I hear she's dope. 11 00:00:20,902 --> 00:00:22,202 Freda's the one, Shine. 12 00:00:22,270 --> 00:00:23,670 She's all yours. 13 00:00:23,738 --> 00:00:24,804 You know, her father was 14 00:00:24,873 --> 00:00:26,706 locked up with Lucious and Frank Gathers. 15 00:00:26,775 --> 00:00:27,974 He got killed up there. 16 00:00:28,043 --> 00:00:31,077 The whole concept of the album, it's about my family, the secrets. 17 00:00:31,146 --> 00:00:32,378 I'm-a set us all free. 18 00:00:32,447 --> 00:00:34,180 Jamal, wake up. 19 00:00:34,249 --> 00:00:36,983 I think Jamal O.D.'d. 20 00:00:40,155 --> 00:00:43,089 [sighs] Tiana, why is it like pulling teeth 21 00:00:43,158 --> 00:00:45,091 every time I talk to you, hmm? 22 00:00:45,160 --> 00:00:48,094 Just get to the damn studio, girl, okay? 23 00:00:48,163 --> 00:00:50,363 Look, I have not had my morning coffee yet. 24 00:00:50,432 --> 00:00:52,031 I'm not trying to have this argument with you... 25 00:00:52,100 --> 00:00:54,734 [dial tone drones] This bitch hung up on me? 26 00:00:54,803 --> 00:00:55,869 [doorbell rings] 27 00:00:55,937 --> 00:00:58,238 [sighs] 28 00:01:00,242 --> 00:01:02,108 [sighs] What's up? 29 00:01:02,177 --> 00:01:04,537 Aw, you look agitated. Let me tell you what you're thinking. 30 00:01:04,579 --> 00:01:06,179 You're thinking, "Oh, didn't I [phone chiming] 31 00:01:06,248 --> 00:01:07,547 just break up with this fool? Why is he at my door? 32 00:01:07,616 --> 00:01:09,015 Oh, but he's got my favorite mocha latte. 33 00:01:09,084 --> 00:01:10,183 Maybe I should..." 34 00:01:10,252 --> 00:01:12,852 [chuckles] Uh, Angelo, 35 00:01:12,921 --> 00:01:15,421 when I'm agitated, the last thing you need to be doing 36 00:01:15,490 --> 00:01:18,358 is telling me why I'm agitated, okay? 37 00:01:18,426 --> 00:01:20,527 Look, I have a record to produce, 38 00:01:20,595 --> 00:01:22,715 and I have an artist who's acting like a two-year-old. 39 00:01:22,764 --> 00:01:25,565 Get your punk ass in the studio. 40 00:01:25,634 --> 00:01:27,800 So thank you for the latte. Now, why are you here? 41 00:01:27,869 --> 00:01:30,103 Snatch your weave, I can... 42 00:01:30,171 --> 00:01:31,304 [phone continues chiming] 43 00:01:31,373 --> 00:01:33,306 I got your text. 44 00:01:33,375 --> 00:01:35,708 I'm glad you enjoyed the press conference. 45 00:01:35,777 --> 00:01:37,043 Okay. Can I get my...? 46 00:01:37,112 --> 00:01:39,045 Come here. 47 00:01:40,020 --> 00:01:41,648 I know you know how I feel about you. 48 00:01:43,151 --> 00:01:45,552 And I think I know how you feel about me. 49 00:01:47,155 --> 00:01:49,656 So I need to know, 50 00:01:49,724 --> 00:01:52,091 are you in or are you out? 51 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:53,826 N-Now, wait... 52 00:01:59,401 --> 00:02:01,834 Did you just give me an ultimatum? 53 00:02:01,903 --> 00:02:02,902 Mm-hmm. 54 00:02:04,873 --> 00:02:07,407 ♪ ♪ 55 00:02:08,977 --> 00:02:10,443 [moaning softly] 56 00:02:10,512 --> 00:02:12,412 Okay. 57 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:17,317 [moans] Mmm. Hold up. Wait. So does this mean you're in? 58 00:02:17,385 --> 00:02:19,686 [belt jangling] 59 00:02:21,556 --> 00:02:23,823 I think this means you're in. 60 00:02:23,892 --> 00:02:27,126 [both moaning] 61 00:02:27,195 --> 00:02:29,529 ♪ ♪ 62 00:02:32,667 --> 00:02:34,601 Donkey of the Day today goes 63 00:02:34,669 --> 00:02:37,837 to one of Lucious Lyon's khaki-colored kids, Jamal Lyon. 64 00:02:37,906 --> 00:02:40,640 Here's a guy born into music royalty, 65 00:02:40,709 --> 00:02:42,275 and then he bitched up after he got shot. Damn. 66 00:02:42,344 --> 00:02:44,477 I blame your daddy. It's hard for me to believe 67 00:02:44,546 --> 00:02:47,847 that Lucious could raise such a soft-ass individual. You know 68 00:02:47,916 --> 00:02:49,282 he's a donkey, but he's more like a turkey. 69 00:02:49,351 --> 00:02:52,685 He's Donkey of the Day, but he's Turkey of the Year. 70 00:02:52,754 --> 00:02:54,687 T-T-Turkey of the Year. 71 00:02:54,756 --> 00:02:57,056 [gobbling sounds] 72 00:02:57,125 --> 00:02:58,658 Okay, so what is this for? 73 00:02:58,727 --> 00:03:01,661 Bring me in on a Saturday to, what, attack me? 74 00:03:01,730 --> 00:03:05,798 No. Everything that Charlamagne is saying is true, 75 00:03:05,867 --> 00:03:07,700 and it's time we do something about that. 76 00:03:07,769 --> 00:03:10,136 Where's Mom? 77 00:03:10,205 --> 00:03:12,138 Where's your mama? 78 00:03:12,207 --> 00:03:15,141 She's in charge of music; this is business. 79 00:03:15,210 --> 00:03:18,811 And right now your stats are dropping on Empire XStream, 80 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:21,881 so we need to have a little conversation about this, son. 81 00:03:21,950 --> 00:03:23,249 I wish that you literally did not even 82 00:03:23,318 --> 00:03:25,218 buy this-this streaming service, 83 00:03:25,286 --> 00:03:27,553 because, ever since you did, it kills all creativity. 84 00:03:27,622 --> 00:03:30,390 It's all about numbers now. It's always been about numbers. 85 00:03:30,458 --> 00:03:33,059 And right now you ain't puttin' none up. I'm over here lookin' 86 00:03:33,128 --> 00:03:35,895 at the money that you're burnin' through to record 87 00:03:35,964 --> 00:03:38,164 this so-called new music of yours that ain't nobody heard. 88 00:03:38,233 --> 00:03:40,199 - That's numbers, too, Mal. - Oh, no, 89 00:03:40,268 --> 00:03:42,835 I-I actually heard a lot of the tracks, and they're lit. 90 00:03:42,904 --> 00:03:45,705 Okay, where they at? A-And what in the hell is this? 91 00:03:45,774 --> 00:03:48,508 Um, a visual team? You shootin' a video 92 00:03:48,576 --> 00:03:50,456 and you ain't even finished the damn record yet? 93 00:03:50,478 --> 00:03:54,580 It's not a video. It's a visual... I-It's like a musical museum. 94 00:03:54,649 --> 00:03:56,249 Um, are you kidding me? 95 00:03:56,317 --> 00:03:57,583 I have the chance right now 96 00:03:57,652 --> 00:03:59,052 to possibly do something that could change the game. 97 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:01,621 But if y'all just keep on killing me with stats, 98 00:04:01,690 --> 00:04:03,222 - it's not gonna happen. - No, the only person 99 00:04:03,291 --> 00:04:05,425 that's killing you right now, Mal, is you. 100 00:04:05,493 --> 00:04:07,593 'Cause the one thing that ain't changed in the music business 101 00:04:07,662 --> 00:04:11,764 is artists that don't perform, they die. 102 00:04:11,833 --> 00:04:14,100 He's right, Jamal. If you don't... 103 00:04:14,169 --> 00:04:15,935 I'm so sorry, Steve. I'm-I'm not trying to be rude, 104 00:04:16,004 --> 00:04:18,938 but you are in PR. And my father clearly stated 105 00:04:19,007 --> 00:04:21,708 that this is a business meeting. So I guess maybe he just needed 106 00:04:21,776 --> 00:04:23,309 a whole bunch of extra bodies or something. I don't know. 107 00:04:23,378 --> 00:04:26,045 But if you are done now talking business, 108 00:04:26,114 --> 00:04:28,648 Lucious, then I'm cool. 109 00:04:31,319 --> 00:04:33,086 Look, the numbers are right where we want them, okay? 110 00:04:33,154 --> 00:04:35,655 So just sit tight, let me take care of it. 111 00:04:35,724 --> 00:04:37,323 - I always do, all right? - Sounds good, Dre. 112 00:04:37,392 --> 00:04:38,891 Yeah, let me look over [door opens] 113 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:40,093 the numbers and then I'll just give you a... 114 00:04:40,161 --> 00:04:41,661 Um, let me call you back. 115 00:04:41,730 --> 00:04:43,563 All right, I'll talk to you later. 116 00:04:43,631 --> 00:04:46,566 - Hello. - Hello. 117 00:04:46,634 --> 00:04:48,334 What's that face for? 118 00:04:48,403 --> 00:04:52,338 I have an invitation for you and also a warning. 119 00:04:52,407 --> 00:04:55,808 - Okay. - The invitation: 120 00:04:55,877 --> 00:04:59,612 tomorrow night, it'll be six years since my brother Stone died. 121 00:04:59,681 --> 00:05:01,848 Every year we have a memorial for him up by the first building 122 00:05:01,916 --> 00:05:03,683 he and Shine ever bought. 123 00:05:03,752 --> 00:05:06,586 All of our people turn up. 124 00:05:06,654 --> 00:05:09,789 We sing and we party and we family. 125 00:05:09,858 --> 00:05:12,091 And I would like it if you came. 126 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:13,793 Of course. 127 00:05:17,963 --> 00:05:19,265 Now for the warning: 128 00:05:19,334 --> 00:05:21,501 Shine kind of wants to kill you. 129 00:05:21,569 --> 00:05:22,835 [door opens] 130 00:05:22,904 --> 00:05:25,104 You and your father sold me 131 00:05:25,173 --> 00:05:27,640 a damn bill of goods with this Freda Gatz mess. 132 00:05:28,404 --> 00:05:30,376 I told her Lucious signed her to my label. 133 00:05:30,445 --> 00:05:33,846 Guess what she told me: that if I ever believed a Lyon, 134 00:05:33,915 --> 00:05:35,515 then I've been played. 135 00:05:35,583 --> 00:05:37,223 She's never gonna record for Empire again. 136 00:05:39,587 --> 00:05:41,888 I know I didn't spare your punk-ass life 137 00:05:41,956 --> 00:05:45,792 just to be played. [chuckles] 138 00:05:45,860 --> 00:05:50,029 Look, I had no idea that Freda felt that way, okay? 139 00:05:50,098 --> 00:05:52,165 - I'll fix it. - How? 140 00:05:52,233 --> 00:05:53,733 What if I get her to come to your party tomorrow night? 141 00:05:53,802 --> 00:05:55,668 - That's for family. - Exactly. 142 00:05:55,737 --> 00:05:56,777 I think it's a great idea, 143 00:05:56,838 --> 00:05:59,038 Shine, and I think you need to bring Freda. 144 00:06:00,241 --> 00:06:02,175 There you go. 145 00:06:05,691 --> 00:06:07,558 Why aren't you taking this seriously, man? 146 00:06:07,626 --> 00:06:08,892 Drugs are a big deal. 147 00:06:08,961 --> 00:06:12,829 Dude, you need to relax. He was passed out, not dead. 148 00:06:12,898 --> 00:06:16,433 Yeah, this time. That doesn't make it okay for you to feed him drugs. 149 00:06:16,502 --> 00:06:19,937 I'm not some dope boy getting some white girl hooked on crack. 150 00:06:20,006 --> 00:06:21,706 I'm a producer. 151 00:06:21,775 --> 00:06:24,275 I take the same pills as Jamal. Hell, everyone does. 152 00:06:24,344 --> 00:06:26,477 Are you that ignorant? 153 00:06:26,546 --> 00:06:28,513 "Everyone does it" is not an excuse when you got a sit... 154 00:06:28,581 --> 00:06:30,281 Wait, wait, wait. You know what, let me tell you something... 155 00:06:30,350 --> 00:06:32,617 Stop. Hey. We're not doing that. 156 00:06:32,685 --> 00:06:35,219 [laughs] You're right. We're not doing that. 157 00:06:35,288 --> 00:06:36,621 Hey. 158 00:06:36,689 --> 00:06:39,056 Now, look, studio time is booked and I sent you those stems 159 00:06:39,125 --> 00:06:40,565 and you still haven't worked on them. 160 00:06:40,593 --> 00:06:41,526 I got you. 161 00:06:43,763 --> 00:06:45,803 [quietly] That's the stuff I was telling you about. 162 00:06:45,865 --> 00:06:48,566 It's a little less harsh than what the doctor's giving you. 163 00:06:48,635 --> 00:06:51,402 I don't want a repeat of the other night, all right? 164 00:06:54,073 --> 00:06:56,240 Look, I know that we need to talk about what happened, okay? 165 00:06:56,309 --> 00:06:58,242 But I can't right now. My mama's on the way up. So later. 166 00:06:58,311 --> 00:07:00,578 - You haven't told her what happened... - I said later. 167 00:07:00,647 --> 00:07:02,647 That means later. 168 00:07:02,715 --> 00:07:04,682 Y'all need to back up off me for a second. 169 00:07:04,751 --> 00:07:05,683 Hey, Ma. 170 00:07:05,752 --> 00:07:08,352 Hey. [chuckles] 171 00:07:08,421 --> 00:07:10,188 Look at my ho'ish baby. 172 00:07:10,256 --> 00:07:12,023 Got two grown men sprung. 173 00:07:12,091 --> 00:07:13,491 First of all, I'm not ho'in'. 174 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:15,893 - Mmm. - U-Unfortunately. 175 00:07:15,962 --> 00:07:18,229 Look, D-Major is my producer, 176 00:07:18,298 --> 00:07:20,064 and Philip is just my therapist. That's it. 177 00:07:20,133 --> 00:07:21,666 [chuckles] Look, boy, I got 15 minutes. 178 00:07:21,734 --> 00:07:23,334 - Let me hear this new music. - A'ight. 179 00:07:23,403 --> 00:07:25,937 I got to meet Angelo's stuck-up mama. 180 00:07:26,005 --> 00:07:26,938 You're meeting his mama already? 181 00:07:27,006 --> 00:07:29,340 I think she just want to check out my black ass. 182 00:07:29,409 --> 00:07:32,844 You mean your naked selfie black ass? 183 00:07:32,912 --> 00:07:33,878 Don't be fresh. 184 00:07:33,947 --> 00:07:35,346 - Ow! - Now, come on, boy. 185 00:07:35,415 --> 00:07:36,881 Let me hear this. This is a song for you. 186 00:07:36,950 --> 00:07:39,717 - Randy, we good, man. Thank you. - Mm-hmm. What is all this? 187 00:07:39,786 --> 00:07:41,052 Look, first of all, you're not just hearin' it, 188 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:42,520 you're not just listening to it. 189 00:07:42,589 --> 00:07:43,721 You're seeing it. You're supposed to live it. 190 00:07:43,790 --> 00:07:45,790 Okay, is that what all of this is about? 191 00:07:45,859 --> 00:07:47,458 That's what all this is. Sit down. Mm. 192 00:07:50,096 --> 00:07:52,396 ♪ ♪ 193 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:56,767 Oh, my God, that's me. 194 00:07:56,836 --> 00:07:57,902 That's Candace. 195 00:07:57,971 --> 00:07:59,804 That's Carol... 196 00:07:59,873 --> 00:08:01,739 ♪ ♪ 197 00:08:10,283 --> 00:08:12,617 - ♪ Listen, Mama... ♪ - Where'd you get these, Jamal? 198 00:08:12,685 --> 00:08:15,286 Aunt Carol gave me a whole bunch of home videos. 199 00:08:15,355 --> 00:08:17,288 ♪ "Strong" would be an understatement ♪ 200 00:08:17,357 --> 00:08:18,756 ♪ "Warrior" would... ♪ 201 00:08:18,825 --> 00:08:22,727 Oh. This-this... sound, 202 00:08:22,795 --> 00:08:24,061 it's-it's on a whole new 203 00:08:24,130 --> 00:08:25,229 - level for you. - Yeah? 204 00:08:25,298 --> 00:08:26,964 - Yes. - Yeah? 205 00:08:27,033 --> 00:08:28,666 ♪ But you're giving, you're so special ♪ 206 00:08:28,735 --> 00:08:31,002 Oh, I remember that. [both laugh] 207 00:08:31,070 --> 00:08:34,906 ♪ It's time to let you know ♪ 208 00:08:34,974 --> 00:08:38,943 ♪ There's nothing more precious in this whole world ♪ 209 00:08:39,012 --> 00:08:43,948 ♪ Than the one I love so much, my favorite girl ♪ 210 00:08:44,017 --> 00:08:46,284 ♪ Mama, oh, Mama ♪ 211 00:08:46,352 --> 00:08:48,619 ♪ Oh, Mama, oh, Mama ♪ 212 00:08:48,688 --> 00:08:50,588 ♪ For everything you've been through ♪ 213 00:08:50,657 --> 00:08:54,959 ♪ There's nothing that I won't do for you ♪ 214 00:08:55,028 --> 00:08:58,596 ♪ Mama, oh, Mama, oh, Mama ♪ 215 00:08:58,665 --> 00:09:02,934 ♪ See, you deserve the best of what ♪ 216 00:09:03,002 --> 00:09:04,802 ♪ This world can offer you ♪ 217 00:09:04,871 --> 00:09:05,803 Your dad seems so cool. 218 00:09:05,872 --> 00:09:07,805 No, no, no. No, no. Stop! 219 00:09:07,874 --> 00:09:09,774 Stop it! Jamal, shut this down. 220 00:09:09,842 --> 00:09:11,642 - Shut it down. - Wait... 221 00:09:11,711 --> 00:09:12,977 No, shut it down! Mom, what is wrong? 222 00:09:13,046 --> 00:09:14,712 [panting] You-you can't... 223 00:09:14,781 --> 00:09:16,314 you can't use those videos. 224 00:09:16,382 --> 00:09:19,483 You had no right digging that stuff up. 225 00:09:19,552 --> 00:09:21,285 Mom, you and-and Dad and the whole... 226 00:09:21,354 --> 00:09:23,187 - I c... No, I got to go! - Mom... just wait... 227 00:09:23,256 --> 00:09:25,189 And don't use those videos, Jamal! 228 00:09:25,258 --> 00:09:26,958 I'm gonna be late for Angelo's mama. 229 00:09:27,026 --> 00:09:29,160 Damn! 230 00:09:29,228 --> 00:09:31,529 [indistinct chatter] [piano playing] 231 00:09:33,900 --> 00:09:35,232 How you doing? 232 00:09:35,301 --> 00:09:37,301 I haven't seen your mother yet, dear. 233 00:09:37,370 --> 00:09:38,502 [clinking] Ooh. 234 00:09:38,571 --> 00:09:41,072 She's about to make her entrance. 235 00:09:41,140 --> 00:09:42,506 [music stops] 236 00:09:42,575 --> 00:09:45,142 [murmuring, shushing] 237 00:09:48,281 --> 00:09:50,147 Everyone knows that I dislike artifice, 238 00:09:50,216 --> 00:09:52,817 so I'm going to thank you all in advance 239 00:09:52,885 --> 00:09:56,220 for your very generous contributions to Angelo's 240 00:09:56,289 --> 00:09:58,990 mayoral campaign. Please fill out the cards, 241 00:09:59,058 --> 00:10:01,826 place them in the little velvet bags being passed around 242 00:10:01,894 --> 00:10:03,828 by my staff, and enjoy 243 00:10:03,896 --> 00:10:06,497 the champagne et canapès mes amis. 244 00:10:06,566 --> 00:10:07,565 [cheering, chuckling] 245 00:10:07,633 --> 00:10:09,834 [piano playing resumes] 246 00:10:11,637 --> 00:10:13,037 Well done, Mother. 247 00:10:13,106 --> 00:10:16,507 So, where is Cookie Lyon? 248 00:10:16,576 --> 00:10:18,409 Mmm. 249 00:10:18,478 --> 00:10:21,379 Um, I don't know. 250 00:10:21,447 --> 00:10:24,682 Let's give her... a few more minutes. [clears throat] 251 00:10:24,751 --> 00:10:25,850 You don't know? 252 00:10:25,918 --> 00:10:28,185 I don't. Mother. 253 00:10:29,381 --> 00:10:33,190 Am I to understand that I am being stood up by this woman? 254 00:10:33,259 --> 00:10:34,792 Mm... 255 00:10:34,861 --> 00:10:36,861 After what the whole world saw sagging 256 00:10:36,929 --> 00:10:39,764 in that pitiful little naked photo? 257 00:10:39,832 --> 00:10:42,400 This was to be our statement to our people 258 00:10:42,468 --> 00:10:44,402 that she's not that kind of person. 259 00:10:44,470 --> 00:10:46,704 - I realize that. - Mmm. 260 00:10:46,773 --> 00:10:51,242 This will never do, child. 261 00:10:55,148 --> 00:10:57,448 ♪ ♪ 262 00:10:58,684 --> 00:11:02,532 - sync and corrections by Zac - - www.addic7ed.com - 263 00:11:05,107 --> 00:11:08,005 Boy, I'm telling you, these packs are like 264 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:09,877 84% human. 265 00:11:09,912 --> 00:11:13,027 All you got to do is take 'em to my homegirl down in Bed-Stuy, 266 00:11:13,096 --> 00:11:15,330 she will have your dreads flowin', okay? 267 00:11:15,398 --> 00:11:16,798 Like, down-your-back flowin'. 268 00:11:16,866 --> 00:11:18,733 - Down my back? - Yeah. 269 00:11:18,802 --> 00:11:21,469 Uh, now give me a second so I can talk 270 00:11:21,538 --> 00:11:23,137 - to my nephew, please. - Hey, Aunt Carol. 271 00:11:23,206 --> 00:11:24,539 - Hi, baby. - Hot damn, Jamal Lyon! 272 00:11:24,607 --> 00:11:26,207 - Hey. - What's going on, brother? 273 00:11:26,276 --> 00:11:28,242 This your nephew? 274 00:11:28,311 --> 00:11:30,311 - Yes, it is. - Goddamn. Can I take a picture? 275 00:11:30,380 --> 00:11:31,713 Okay, wait, wait. No. 276 00:11:31,781 --> 00:11:33,348 Why don't you go get the Malaysian hair 277 00:11:33,416 --> 00:11:35,049 down on aisle nine? [man mumbles] 278 00:11:35,118 --> 00:11:36,351 - Man, I'm a big... - Come on, go ahead. 279 00:11:36,419 --> 00:11:37,585 - Thank you, man. - They got the pink and the yellow. 280 00:11:37,654 --> 00:11:38,653 - Man, I'm a fan, man. - Yo, I appreciate you. 281 00:11:38,722 --> 00:11:39,687 The purple, too. Okay, okay. 282 00:11:39,756 --> 00:11:44,392 And what you bring me? Okay, who is this? How you doing? 283 00:11:44,461 --> 00:11:45,827 Hi. I'm Auntie Carol. 284 00:11:45,895 --> 00:11:47,328 Yeah, Aunt Carol... 285 00:11:47,397 --> 00:11:48,763 Ah, he's so cute, okay. 286 00:11:48,832 --> 00:11:50,331 Hey, this is Philip, Aunt Carol. 287 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:52,066 - He's my, um... - Mmm, mmm! 288 00:11:52,135 --> 00:11:53,768 Never mind, but 289 00:11:53,837 --> 00:11:57,038 you aired me out with those videos, Aunt Carol. 290 00:11:57,107 --> 00:11:58,373 All right, what's going on? 291 00:11:58,441 --> 00:12:00,675 Oh, man. 292 00:12:00,744 --> 00:12:03,511 Nephew, they're basically the tea of all teas. 293 00:12:03,580 --> 00:12:06,881 It's the reason why me, Cookie and Candace be at it so much. 294 00:12:06,950 --> 00:12:08,850 Well, look, I'm trying to launch my entire album 295 00:12:08,918 --> 00:12:10,251 based on that one song, 296 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:12,587 so, please. 297 00:12:12,655 --> 00:12:14,088 Why did my mom freak out like that? 298 00:12:16,159 --> 00:12:18,026 What album? [laughs] 299 00:12:18,094 --> 00:12:19,227 [rapid clucking] 300 00:12:20,930 --> 00:12:22,430 We been waiting on your ass since that gay, 301 00:12:22,499 --> 00:12:24,432 bald-headed chick shot you at the ASAs. 302 00:12:24,501 --> 00:12:26,200 ♪ God forbidding what's forgiven ♪ 303 00:12:26,269 --> 00:12:28,236 ♪ This life we living vibe high never lie ♪ 304 00:12:28,304 --> 00:12:30,238 - Bye. - ♪ Try breeze through ♪ 305 00:12:30,306 --> 00:12:32,874 ♪ Right by look at me like the bad guy... ♪ 306 00:12:32,942 --> 00:12:34,876 I just never seen her like that. 307 00:12:34,944 --> 00:12:38,079 You know? So I get that it's bad, but I need to know. 308 00:12:38,148 --> 00:12:39,814 I was hoping she was gonna come clean. 309 00:12:39,883 --> 00:12:41,949 If I tell you, you know she gonna fight me, 310 00:12:42,018 --> 00:12:44,552 - and that bitch can go. - I get it, Aunt Carol. 311 00:12:44,621 --> 00:12:48,423 It goes all the way back to when Cookie first met Lucious. 312 00:12:48,491 --> 00:12:51,392 Lucious. 313 00:12:51,461 --> 00:12:53,995 [laughter] 314 00:12:54,064 --> 00:12:56,564 [laughing loudly] Hey, look, uh... 315 00:12:56,633 --> 00:12:58,833 Oh, boy. Can I have a minute with my man? 316 00:12:58,902 --> 00:13:01,436 You sure he's your man? 317 00:13:01,504 --> 00:13:02,670 Ooh! 318 00:13:02,739 --> 00:13:04,772 Mm-mm. 319 00:13:04,841 --> 00:13:05,940 Go fetch. 320 00:13:06,009 --> 00:13:07,642 Little cheap-ass bag. 321 00:13:07,710 --> 00:13:11,412 - Come on, Olive Oil. You, too. - Oh. 322 00:13:12,715 --> 00:13:14,682 [sighs] 323 00:13:14,751 --> 00:13:18,786 Look, please don't make me say sorry more than once. 324 00:13:18,855 --> 00:13:20,455 Well, let me hear you say it for a first time, 325 00:13:20,523 --> 00:13:22,623 before I make any decisions. 326 00:13:22,692 --> 00:13:25,460 I just did. Oh, and that's not cutting it, Cookie. 327 00:13:25,528 --> 00:13:27,128 [sighs] This was a big deal. 328 00:13:27,197 --> 00:13:29,097 I know. And don't talk over me. 329 00:13:29,165 --> 00:13:30,665 [sighs] 330 00:13:30,733 --> 00:13:33,034 Now, music is to your family what politics is to mine, 331 00:13:33,103 --> 00:13:34,936 and I respect that. 332 00:13:35,004 --> 00:13:37,138 But you disrespected my mother. 333 00:13:37,207 --> 00:13:39,107 [sighs] It's not cool. 334 00:13:39,175 --> 00:13:41,442 Okay. I'm sorry. 335 00:13:41,511 --> 00:13:44,879 See? I said it again. 336 00:13:44,948 --> 00:13:46,347 Look, something came up. 337 00:13:46,416 --> 00:13:51,416 Jamal found these old videos, and... 338 00:13:51,621 --> 00:13:53,454 I can't really... 339 00:13:53,523 --> 00:13:56,324 explain it... right now. 340 00:13:56,392 --> 00:13:57,725 The memories... 341 00:13:57,794 --> 00:14:00,394 It's-it's just... My father, th-those images. 342 00:14:00,463 --> 00:14:01,796 I chose Lucious, 343 00:14:01,865 --> 00:14:04,365 and I should have chosen someone like you. 344 00:14:11,141 --> 00:14:13,508 All right. [sighs] 345 00:14:13,576 --> 00:14:15,510 Why'd you keep me out so late? 346 00:14:15,578 --> 00:14:17,378 [scoffs] I broke my curfew. 347 00:14:17,447 --> 00:14:19,347 Like you wanted to leave. 348 00:14:19,415 --> 00:14:21,215 Come here, give me a kiss. 349 00:14:27,590 --> 00:14:30,525 - Mm-hmm. - Okay, I got to go. 350 00:14:45,742 --> 00:14:47,608 I'm sorry, Dad. The girls... they kept me out longer 351 00:14:47,677 --> 00:14:49,043 - than I thought. - No. 352 00:14:49,112 --> 00:14:50,632 I can't do this no more. You got to go. 353 00:14:50,647 --> 00:14:52,046 - Dad. - You got to go. 354 00:14:52,115 --> 00:14:54,582 Dad. No, please. No, I'm sorry. I... 355 00:14:54,651 --> 00:14:57,251 Guns and drug money? I know that's his. 356 00:14:57,320 --> 00:14:58,853 I know this is Lucious! 357 00:14:58,922 --> 00:15:00,421 Dad, look, I'm sorry. I just... 358 00:15:00,490 --> 00:15:02,410 Look, I promise I won't... I won't see him again. 359 00:15:03,826 --> 00:15:07,195 Baby girl, as much as it's killing me, you got to go. 360 00:15:07,263 --> 00:15:08,863 I got two other girls to think of. 361 00:15:08,932 --> 00:15:10,572 - I ain't got time for this. - Dad, I'm sorry. 362 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:12,733 [sniffles] [crying] Please, Dad. 363 00:15:12,802 --> 00:15:16,037 I can't let that boy ruin them like he ruined you. 364 00:15:18,508 --> 00:15:19,941 Damn, Loretha! 365 00:15:20,009 --> 00:15:21,375 Dad, I'm sorry. 366 00:15:21,444 --> 00:15:23,778 [crying] 367 00:15:23,846 --> 00:15:27,715 [crying] Dad. Dad, please! 368 00:15:27,784 --> 00:15:30,551 [crying] 369 00:15:30,620 --> 00:15:32,787 [sobbing] Daddy. 370 00:15:32,855 --> 00:15:34,989 Dad. 371 00:15:35,058 --> 00:15:36,290 Dad, please. 372 00:15:41,064 --> 00:15:44,065 [sighs] 373 00:15:49,205 --> 00:15:50,905 [sighs] 374 00:15:53,716 --> 00:15:54,809 Can I please just make it up to you? 375 00:15:54,877 --> 00:15:57,478 Can I just take your mother and you out to dinner? 376 00:15:57,547 --> 00:16:00,815 Um, where does she like to go? Where's her favorite restaurant? 377 00:16:00,883 --> 00:16:02,483 Is it here? What does she like to eat? 378 00:16:02,552 --> 00:16:04,418 - I'll have the staff make it. - Okay, okay, okay, okay. 379 00:16:04,487 --> 00:16:06,354 - Please. - Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. 380 00:16:06,422 --> 00:16:08,789 Um... 381 00:16:11,361 --> 00:16:13,427 - Dinner here. - Okay. 382 00:16:13,496 --> 00:16:16,163 With your boys, all right? I'll pick the menu. 383 00:16:16,232 --> 00:16:19,100 Yeah, my mother's big on family, so... 384 00:16:19,168 --> 00:16:21,869 she'll probably like your sons, especially Andre. 385 00:16:21,938 --> 00:16:23,604 She went to Penn. 386 00:16:23,673 --> 00:16:25,539 - So, yeah. - Oh. I didn't know that. 387 00:16:25,608 --> 00:16:27,275 Mm-hmm. Okay, consider it done. 388 00:16:27,343 --> 00:16:29,277 [plays note] Done. 389 00:16:29,345 --> 00:16:30,678 [laughter] 390 00:16:30,747 --> 00:16:32,480 You gonna sing whatever you were singing 391 00:16:32,548 --> 00:16:35,182 to them cheap bitches you was talking to, grinning all... 392 00:16:35,251 --> 00:16:37,218 [imitates him laughing] all up in their faces? 393 00:16:37,287 --> 00:16:39,453 - They were here on time, so... - Whatever. 394 00:16:39,522 --> 00:16:41,289 You know I'm crazy. 395 00:16:41,357 --> 00:16:43,391 Come here. That's not how you hold her. 396 00:16:43,459 --> 00:16:44,725 Give me. I know, baby. 397 00:16:44,794 --> 00:16:46,627 Your daddy's stupid. 398 00:16:46,696 --> 00:16:48,129 And I shouldn't have to beg y'all to go to dinner. 399 00:16:48,197 --> 00:16:50,631 You haven't begged us. You yelled at us. 400 00:16:50,700 --> 00:16:52,900 - 'Cause y'all keep bickering. - 'Cause he took my girl! 401 00:16:52,969 --> 00:16:54,168 And now you're taking my daughter? 402 00:16:54,237 --> 00:16:55,569 Hakeem, you don't want to dig that up, man. 403 00:16:55,638 --> 00:16:58,572 Hey! Hey! Look. Shut up! [baby crying] 404 00:16:58,641 --> 00:17:00,341 I don't ask for much. 405 00:17:00,410 --> 00:17:03,344 Yes, you do. Have you met you? 406 00:17:03,413 --> 00:17:05,246 I'll be there. 407 00:17:05,315 --> 00:17:07,315 When is it? 408 00:17:07,383 --> 00:17:09,350 Tomorrow night, 8:00 p.m. sharp. 409 00:17:09,419 --> 00:17:11,252 - Tomorrow night? - Yup. 410 00:17:11,321 --> 00:17:12,853 - I can't make it. - Uh-uh, uh-uh! 411 00:17:12,922 --> 00:17:14,655 Andre, I need you! 412 00:17:14,724 --> 00:17:17,758 Okay? Now I never ask you for nothing. 413 00:17:17,827 --> 00:17:19,393 Please. 414 00:17:21,431 --> 00:17:25,199 I'm sorry I reacted the way I did. 415 00:17:25,268 --> 00:17:27,201 You know I didn't do that to hurt you. 416 00:17:27,270 --> 00:17:30,671 I know. It's just... 417 00:17:30,740 --> 00:17:32,540 It brought up a lot of heavy stuff. 418 00:17:32,608 --> 00:17:34,575 Stuff I thought I buried. 419 00:17:34,644 --> 00:17:36,444 That's all we do is bury stuff. 420 00:17:36,512 --> 00:17:39,714 This family and its secrets. 421 00:17:39,782 --> 00:17:41,849 Ma, we can't do what Dad did with Andre and Grandma. 422 00:17:41,918 --> 00:17:43,751 You can talk to me. 423 00:17:43,820 --> 00:17:46,721 If you love me, you ain't got to lie to me. 424 00:17:50,660 --> 00:17:53,027 Stop. Stop right here. 425 00:17:53,096 --> 00:17:55,863 [crying] Daddy. Daddy. 426 00:17:55,932 --> 00:17:57,365 Please, please, wake up. Dad! 427 00:17:57,433 --> 00:17:59,266 - Dad, wake up... - Candace! 428 00:17:59,335 --> 00:18:00,868 Candace?! Candace, what happened?! 429 00:18:00,937 --> 00:18:02,203 - Daddy had a heart attack. - What happened? 430 00:18:02,271 --> 00:18:04,071 We're gonna go with them to the hospital. 431 00:18:04,140 --> 00:18:06,073 - Okay, come on. Come on! - No. 432 00:18:06,142 --> 00:18:08,142 We are going with them to the hospital. 433 00:18:08,211 --> 00:18:10,311 You stressed Daddy out enough. 434 00:18:10,380 --> 00:18:11,979 Go be with Lucious. 435 00:18:12,048 --> 00:18:13,914 That's who you want to be with anyways, right? 436 00:18:13,983 --> 00:18:17,251 [indistinct radio transmission] 437 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:19,653 [Cookie crying] 438 00:18:25,294 --> 00:18:26,260 [crying] Dad... 439 00:18:26,329 --> 00:18:28,662 [siren blaring] 440 00:18:31,067 --> 00:18:32,466 [crying] 441 00:18:32,535 --> 00:18:35,636 Daddy died that night. 442 00:18:39,809 --> 00:18:41,275 It was three days 443 00:18:41,344 --> 00:18:44,011 since he kicked me out. 444 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:48,416 Me and your father were holed up in a motel somewhere. 445 00:18:48,484 --> 00:18:51,118 A neighbor had to come get me. 446 00:18:52,688 --> 00:18:56,290 Candace blamed me, and she was right. 447 00:18:58,161 --> 00:19:00,461 My daddy was my life... 448 00:19:00,530 --> 00:19:03,297 until I met that boy. 449 00:19:03,366 --> 00:19:05,633 - Mom... - And after that, 450 00:19:05,701 --> 00:19:07,968 we were all each other had. 451 00:19:08,037 --> 00:19:09,703 Your father and I... 452 00:19:09,772 --> 00:19:12,373 we-we practically raised each other. I mean, 453 00:19:12,442 --> 00:19:16,210 hustling and surviving together in the streets. 454 00:19:16,279 --> 00:19:18,012 [laughs] 455 00:19:21,384 --> 00:19:23,784 I don't know what to say. 456 00:19:26,055 --> 00:19:29,290 That's why all roads lead to Lucious. 457 00:19:29,358 --> 00:19:31,292 For Carol, for Candace, 458 00:19:31,360 --> 00:19:33,561 for all of us. 459 00:19:33,629 --> 00:19:37,198 If you need to use those videos because they inspire you, 460 00:19:37,266 --> 00:19:41,135 I will let you do that, Jamal, but I can't watch that mess. 461 00:19:42,405 --> 00:19:44,839 I hear you. 462 00:19:44,907 --> 00:19:46,347 So you gonna show up for me tomorrow, 463 00:19:46,375 --> 00:19:49,677 help me get my new man's mama in line? 464 00:19:49,745 --> 00:19:51,479 Look, if it helps you get over Lucious, I'm there. 465 00:19:51,547 --> 00:19:54,215 - I'm already over his ass. - Good. 466 00:19:54,283 --> 00:19:56,650 Might even gonna sit in-between Hakeem and Andre. 467 00:19:56,719 --> 00:19:58,152 Better wear a helmet. 468 00:19:58,221 --> 00:19:59,920 - Put Nessa there. - Ooh! 469 00:20:03,324 --> 00:20:06,231 Okay, teach me how to be a society bitch, Candace. 470 00:20:06,568 --> 00:20:09,676 You only got one night, so there's only so much I can do. 471 00:20:09,711 --> 00:20:12,616 Damn, you act like I ain't got no kind of home training. 472 00:20:12,651 --> 00:20:14,169 Come on, it ain't all that. 473 00:20:15,460 --> 00:20:18,514 So fake ass. You know you ain't nothing but an Oreo. 474 00:20:18,549 --> 00:20:19,808 [clears her throat] When you gonna...? 475 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:22,594 Do you want my help or not? 476 00:20:22,629 --> 00:20:23,783 All right. 477 00:20:24,152 --> 00:20:26,920 - Let's start with the placement. - The what? 478 00:20:26,988 --> 00:20:28,321 That's French for the little white card 479 00:20:28,390 --> 00:20:29,722 that tells you where to sit. 480 00:20:29,791 --> 00:20:31,090 Girl, forget those cards! 481 00:20:31,159 --> 00:20:32,639 I need you to observe however I move, 482 00:20:32,661 --> 00:20:34,327 I need to learn how to conversate. 483 00:20:34,396 --> 00:20:36,196 You know, like, just watch my mannerisms. 484 00:20:36,264 --> 00:20:38,231 What do I say to this bougie bitch? 485 00:20:38,300 --> 00:20:41,100 Like, I mean, I shouldn't call her a bitch. That's his mama. 486 00:20:41,169 --> 00:20:44,504 It's "converse," and don't talk with your mouth full. 487 00:20:44,573 --> 00:20:47,273 With Angelo's mother being one of those old-school, 488 00:20:47,342 --> 00:20:49,209 minority, sorority chicks, 489 00:20:49,277 --> 00:20:51,244 you're gonna have to really come correct. 490 00:20:51,313 --> 00:20:53,079 How you know she in a sorority? 491 00:20:53,148 --> 00:20:54,847 I looked her up online. 492 00:20:54,916 --> 00:20:57,283 She's in the same one as Coretta Scott King, 493 00:20:57,352 --> 00:20:59,419 Maya Angelou and Rosa Parks. 494 00:20:59,787 --> 00:21:02,188 So if you get stuck for something say, 495 00:21:02,257 --> 00:21:03,656 start quoting one of them. 496 00:21:03,725 --> 00:21:05,758 But I don't know what they be saying. 497 00:21:05,827 --> 00:21:08,694 I take solace in something Maya Angelou once said. 498 00:21:08,763 --> 00:21:11,397 "We cannot repair what we cannot see. 499 00:21:11,466 --> 00:21:14,834 Our souls contain our destiny." 500 00:21:14,903 --> 00:21:17,670 Wait, didn't Beyoncè say something like that? 501 00:21:17,739 --> 00:21:19,872 Maybe, but it sounds 502 00:21:19,941 --> 00:21:22,074 like something Maya could have said, 503 00:21:22,143 --> 00:21:23,743 so you're gonna have to "Melania Trump" 504 00:21:23,811 --> 00:21:24,911 - the hell out of this situation. - Ah! No, you didn't! 505 00:21:24,979 --> 00:21:27,079 Yes, snatch from the best, 506 00:21:27,148 --> 00:21:29,549 'cause let me tell you, you can't tell me 507 00:21:29,617 --> 00:21:31,083 she didn't copy off of Michelle. 508 00:21:31,152 --> 00:21:32,585 Oh, bitch took every line, 509 00:21:32,654 --> 00:21:34,387 all of it, the whole damn thing... 510 00:21:34,455 --> 00:21:36,289 Ladies, 511 00:21:36,391 --> 00:21:39,825 ladies, ladies, surprise, surprise. 512 00:21:39,894 --> 00:21:41,494 I have a feeling it's not. 513 00:21:41,563 --> 00:21:43,496 What are you doing here, Lucious? 514 00:21:43,565 --> 00:21:46,732 Well, my boy Giuseppe's just showing me around the spot. 515 00:21:46,801 --> 00:21:49,268 You know, Big Mike is getting out of the joint 516 00:21:49,337 --> 00:21:51,437 tomorrow night, so we decided to throw 517 00:21:51,506 --> 00:21:53,205 a nice little celebratory party, 518 00:21:53,274 --> 00:21:55,041 take over the rest of the establishment. 519 00:21:55,109 --> 00:21:57,810 I hope their rowdy asses ain't too much for 520 00:21:57,879 --> 00:22:02,381 Angelo's highfalutin mama. 521 00:22:02,450 --> 00:22:06,819 [laughs] 522 00:22:06,888 --> 00:22:08,821 ♪ ♪ 523 00:22:11,893 --> 00:22:14,093 As soon as I say the name 524 00:22:14,162 --> 00:22:17,930 Lyon, the place is miraculously booked tomorrow night. 525 00:22:17,999 --> 00:22:19,465 Le... Le Cirque has the patio open. 526 00:22:19,534 --> 00:22:21,567 Patio? I am not trying 527 00:22:21,636 --> 00:22:23,936 to sit and dig gnats out of my teeth all night. 528 00:22:24,005 --> 00:22:26,405 No. Hang up. It's over. 529 00:22:26,474 --> 00:22:28,507 We'll never find a place in time. 530 00:22:28,576 --> 00:22:31,844 Lucious has eyes, ears and tentacles everywhere. 531 00:22:31,913 --> 00:22:33,813 [chuckles softly] I'm just gonna call Angelo 532 00:22:33,881 --> 00:22:36,482 and tell him it's over. 533 00:22:36,551 --> 00:22:38,517 Tell him his mama was right about me. 534 00:22:38,586 --> 00:22:40,686 Maybe I'm not about that life. 535 00:22:40,755 --> 00:22:42,788 If his mama was right, was our daddy wrong? 536 00:22:42,857 --> 00:22:44,523 [clears throat] 537 00:22:44,592 --> 00:22:46,926 [imitating their father]: Cookie gon' be a star. 538 00:22:46,995 --> 00:22:50,262 Cookie gon' marry a president. [clears throat] 539 00:22:50,331 --> 00:22:53,766 Cookie gon' be president. [laughs] 540 00:22:53,835 --> 00:22:56,669 Come on, do this for Daddy. 541 00:22:56,738 --> 00:22:58,537 Loretha, we had plans. 542 00:22:58,606 --> 00:23:00,873 Howard. Maybe medical school. 543 00:23:06,114 --> 00:23:07,647 [gasps] 544 00:23:07,715 --> 00:23:08,881 I have an idea. 545 00:23:08,950 --> 00:23:10,149 What? 546 00:23:10,218 --> 00:23:12,652 You should do the dinner here. 547 00:23:14,856 --> 00:23:16,689 Mm-hmm. 548 00:23:19,527 --> 00:23:21,961 I practically have penises 549 00:23:22,030 --> 00:23:24,063 hanging on the walls. 550 00:23:24,132 --> 00:23:26,499 That's not how you hold your baby. 551 00:23:26,567 --> 00:23:28,234 You don't hold her in a headlock. 552 00:23:28,302 --> 00:23:29,902 You got to hold her with her head 553 00:23:29,971 --> 00:23:31,971 close to your chest so she can hear your heartbeat. 554 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:33,480 Mom said that's how you hold a baby. 555 00:23:33,541 --> 00:23:35,007 Your mama's country. 556 00:23:35,076 --> 00:23:37,043 She ain't held a baby since your were a baby. 557 00:23:37,111 --> 00:23:39,745 Look, um, you're gonna have to watch Bella 558 00:23:39,814 --> 00:23:41,914 for a couple hours for me tonight. 559 00:23:41,983 --> 00:23:43,249 What? Me and Bella alone? 560 00:23:43,317 --> 00:23:45,217 You got this. Look, I have no idea 561 00:23:45,286 --> 00:23:48,421 where Anika went to, but I know you can handle the baby 562 00:23:48,489 --> 00:23:50,589 even though your mama think you still a boy. 563 00:23:50,658 --> 00:23:52,098 I'm supposed to go to Mom's tonight. 564 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:53,726 You'll get there. 565 00:23:53,795 --> 00:23:56,996 Run into a tight spot, just... yell for Juanita. 566 00:23:57,065 --> 00:23:59,165 Yeah, I got to go finish getting ready. 567 00:24:07,475 --> 00:24:09,041 We got this. 568 00:24:13,481 --> 00:24:15,014 ♪ ♪ 569 00:24:17,251 --> 00:24:19,185 Okay, guys, when y'all done rolling that up, make sure y'all 570 00:24:19,253 --> 00:24:21,520 take it in there somewhere. Be careful with that. 571 00:24:21,589 --> 00:24:22,788 Where they going with my leopard chairs? 572 00:24:22,857 --> 00:24:26,525 To storage. Diana Dubois is on the board of PETA. 573 00:24:26,594 --> 00:24:28,384 People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals? 574 00:24:28,386 --> 00:24:30,963 Yeah, well, I know what the hell it means. You better go back there 575 00:24:31,032 --> 00:24:33,132 and get those fur coats from out of there, 'cause she gonna 576 00:24:33,201 --> 00:24:35,034 snatch her own edges out when she find those. 577 00:24:35,103 --> 00:24:38,738 Porsha, we need some more silk pillows. 578 00:24:38,806 --> 00:24:41,741 Alexa, will you add yellow silk 579 00:24:41,809 --> 00:24:44,310 pillows to my shopping cart. Nice ones. 580 00:24:44,378 --> 00:24:47,046 Sure, yellow silk pillows are now in your cart. 581 00:24:47,115 --> 00:24:48,647 Can you ask Alexa to get the dumbasses 582 00:24:48,716 --> 00:24:49,949 back up here? They hung my picture wrong. 583 00:24:50,017 --> 00:24:52,785 Hey, guys, come on back, 'cause it's not right, it's crooked, 584 00:24:52,854 --> 00:24:54,820 and she don't like it like that. 585 00:24:54,889 --> 00:24:56,288 Okay, three forks? What you need 586 00:24:56,357 --> 00:24:59,959 - the third one for? - Jackie O had three. 587 00:25:00,027 --> 00:25:01,827 Michelle O had three. 588 00:25:01,896 --> 00:25:03,662 Cookie Holloway Lyon Dubois... 589 00:25:03,731 --> 00:25:04,997 shall have three. 590 00:25:05,066 --> 00:25:06,899 Okay, whatever. 591 00:25:06,968 --> 00:25:09,101 Uh, Porsha, come back here and help me. 592 00:25:09,170 --> 00:25:12,404 Alexa, can you help me find a new job? 593 00:25:13,508 --> 00:25:15,241 [crying] 594 00:25:15,309 --> 00:25:17,777 Little girl, you got to chill. Where the hell'd they go? 595 00:25:17,845 --> 00:25:20,012 Here, you take her. Mm-mmm. I'm good. I possess 596 00:25:20,081 --> 00:25:21,781 none of those skills. Look, look, you could... 597 00:25:21,849 --> 00:25:23,149 you could call Shine. 598 00:25:25,019 --> 00:25:27,787 What? He raised Nessa, didn't he? 599 00:25:27,855 --> 00:25:29,588 Why you such a no-good-idea-having fool? 600 00:25:31,526 --> 00:25:33,125 But you giving me a good idea. 601 00:25:33,194 --> 00:25:36,028 I'm-a call Jamal. He did have a baby for, like, 602 00:25:36,097 --> 00:25:38,864 - two seconds. - See? You see how that work? I'm-a... 603 00:25:38,933 --> 00:25:40,266 I'm-a go to the kitchen. You need something? 604 00:25:40,334 --> 00:25:42,268 - Breast milk. - All right. I got you. 605 00:25:55,683 --> 00:25:57,216 You're special, Loretha. 606 00:25:57,285 --> 00:26:00,019 You're the one. 607 00:26:00,087 --> 00:26:01,053 You put too much on me, Dad. 608 00:26:01,122 --> 00:26:03,455 I put everything on you. 609 00:26:07,395 --> 00:26:09,328 You got this, Cookie. 610 00:26:14,869 --> 00:26:16,802 [knocking] 611 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:29,707 - Hey! - Hey, Ma. 612 00:26:29,776 --> 00:26:31,876 I'm not late, am I? I'm right on time, right? That's fine. 613 00:26:31,945 --> 00:26:34,579 All right, look, I was working on your song. It's your song, 614 00:26:34,648 --> 00:26:38,216 It's-it's everything, it's raw, it's real, it's so... it's dope. 615 00:26:38,284 --> 00:26:40,604 Okay, I can't wait to hear the song. Why you got shades on? 616 00:26:40,654 --> 00:26:42,420 Boy, are you high? 617 00:26:42,489 --> 00:26:45,189 No. Ma, it's from the new meds. Come on. 618 00:26:45,258 --> 00:26:47,458 It makes my face a little, I don't know, my eyes sensitive. 619 00:26:47,527 --> 00:26:50,461 Well, does it make your brain stupid, huh? 620 00:26:50,530 --> 00:26:52,530 Jamal, you know how important this night is for me. 621 00:26:52,532 --> 00:26:55,700 Why would you start new meds tonight? 622 00:26:55,769 --> 00:26:57,201 Mommy... 623 00:26:57,270 --> 00:26:59,137 you're nervous, and I understand. 624 00:26:59,405 --> 00:27:02,573 But you don't need to be. I'm good, okay? I swear. 625 00:27:02,642 --> 00:27:05,009 Yo, your place is perfect. This place is dope. 626 00:27:05,078 --> 00:27:06,978 - Please... - Don't worry about nothing. 627 00:27:07,046 --> 00:27:10,948 Jesus, please stop me from killing my child tonight. 628 00:27:11,017 --> 00:27:13,017 Aah! God! [knocking] 629 00:27:13,086 --> 00:27:14,526 Boy, go put some water on your face. 630 00:27:14,587 --> 00:27:15,820 - Get it together! - A'ight! Yeah, yeah, a'ight. 631 00:27:15,889 --> 00:27:17,655 Stupid! 632 00:27:25,698 --> 00:27:27,031 - Hello. - Hey. 633 00:27:27,100 --> 00:27:29,433 - Come in. - All right. Here we go. 634 00:27:29,502 --> 00:27:31,535 - You look gorgeous. - Thank you. 635 00:27:31,604 --> 00:27:34,772 So, please allow me to introduce you to my mother. 636 00:27:34,841 --> 00:27:36,361 [clears throat] Mother, this is Cookie. 637 00:27:36,376 --> 00:27:40,878 - Cookie, this is Diana. Mm. - Very nice to meet you. 638 00:27:40,947 --> 00:27:42,280 Lovely decor, Cookie. 639 00:27:42,348 --> 00:27:43,514 Thank you. 640 00:27:43,583 --> 00:27:46,017 But really, you shouldn't have. 641 00:27:46,085 --> 00:27:47,818 - Mother... - I-I shouldn't have? 642 00:27:47,887 --> 00:27:50,021 No, you didn't have to redo your entire place 643 00:27:50,089 --> 00:27:52,957 just to impress me. 644 00:27:53,026 --> 00:27:54,725 I do adore Mondrian, though. 645 00:27:54,794 --> 00:27:59,363 I, for one, do not even want to know you if you do not love Mondrian. 646 00:27:59,432 --> 00:28:01,065 Mrs. Dubois, you are everything. 647 00:28:01,134 --> 00:28:02,333 My name is Jamal. 648 00:28:02,402 --> 00:28:04,402 - Hey... What... - Oh. She smell good. 649 00:28:04,470 --> 00:28:06,704 - This is my son Jamal. - She's incredible. 650 00:28:06,773 --> 00:28:08,506 Jamal, come here, why don't you make yourself useful? 651 00:28:08,574 --> 00:28:11,309 Here, here, boy. Best to shut your mouth. 652 00:28:11,377 --> 00:28:13,811 Oh, yeah. 653 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:15,846 [chuckles] That's, um... 654 00:28:15,915 --> 00:28:17,748 - Mom... - That's my middle son 655 00:28:17,817 --> 00:28:20,718 - uh, he-he's a free spirit. - Mm-hmm. 656 00:28:20,787 --> 00:28:23,254 One in every family. 657 00:28:23,323 --> 00:28:25,022 Uh, no, there isn't, Mother, 658 00:28:25,091 --> 00:28:27,692 but if-if there were more Jamals around, 659 00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:29,393 the-the world would be a better place. 660 00:28:29,462 --> 00:28:32,697 That's for sure. Yes. 661 00:28:32,765 --> 00:28:35,833 [whispers] Don't try too hard honey, it'll backfire in your face. 662 00:28:35,902 --> 00:28:38,235 [chuckles softly] 663 00:28:38,304 --> 00:28:40,871 Uh... well, I can't wait [clears throat] 664 00:28:40,940 --> 00:28:42,606 till you meet my eldest son. 665 00:28:42,675 --> 00:28:43,741 Andre. 666 00:28:43,810 --> 00:28:45,710 He should be here in a minute. 667 00:28:45,778 --> 00:28:47,619 - He went to... he went to Penn. - He went to Penn. 668 00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:49,241 Yes, so you'll have a lot to talk about. 669 00:28:49,282 --> 00:28:51,349 - Very intelligent. - And my baby, Hakeem. 670 00:28:51,417 --> 00:28:53,217 [knocking] We are so proud of him. 671 00:28:53,286 --> 00:28:54,852 So, Hakeem talking about he can't come. 672 00:28:54,921 --> 00:28:57,421 'Cause he's talking about he's all the way at home by himself. 673 00:28:57,490 --> 00:28:59,523 Get the door. Get the door. 674 00:28:59,592 --> 00:29:02,193 [crying] Can't pick up the phone, dummy. 675 00:29:05,331 --> 00:29:07,231 Uh... Hakeem. 676 00:29:07,300 --> 00:29:09,200 Hey, Mom. Hakeem... 677 00:29:09,268 --> 00:29:11,035 [whispers] ...what the hell is going on? 678 00:29:11,104 --> 00:29:12,737 Give her to me, give her to me. 679 00:29:12,805 --> 00:29:14,805 Look, I don't want to hear it. You were right. 680 00:29:14,874 --> 00:29:16,475 Can you just please make her stop crying? 681 00:29:16,542 --> 00:29:17,875 - Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh... - What's up? 682 00:29:17,944 --> 00:29:19,243 Hey, Hakeem, this is my mother. 683 00:29:19,312 --> 00:29:21,145 [clears throat] Mother, this is Hakeem. 684 00:29:21,214 --> 00:29:23,080 How you doing? 685 00:29:23,149 --> 00:29:25,082 Hello. 686 00:29:26,219 --> 00:29:28,152 [Jamal chuckles] 687 00:29:29,222 --> 00:29:32,256 ♪ Uh ♪ 688 00:29:32,325 --> 00:29:33,958 ♪ [whoops] ♪ 689 00:29:34,027 --> 00:29:36,160 ♪ Y'all gon' make me lose my mind ♪ 690 00:29:36,229 --> 00:29:38,729 ♪ Up in here, up in here ♪ 691 00:29:38,798 --> 00:29:40,731 ♪ Y'all gon' make me go all out ♪ 692 00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:42,900 ♪ Up in here, up in here ♪ 693 00:29:42,969 --> 00:29:45,002 ♪ Y'all gon' make me act a fool ♪ 694 00:29:45,071 --> 00:29:46,904 - Gangsta. - Hoo! 695 00:29:46,973 --> 00:29:49,073 We here today to celebrate the life of Stone Parker. 696 00:29:49,142 --> 00:29:50,508 Stone! 697 00:29:50,576 --> 00:29:52,977 Six years gone and snatched too soon. 698 00:29:53,046 --> 00:29:55,946 Now, we standing in one of the first buildings 699 00:29:56,015 --> 00:29:57,748 that he and I ever bought together. 700 00:29:57,817 --> 00:29:59,150 But look at us now. 701 00:29:59,218 --> 00:30:00,985 We own this block and 20 more just like it. 702 00:30:01,054 --> 00:30:02,253 Gangsta. 703 00:30:02,321 --> 00:30:03,421 Hoo! 704 00:30:03,489 --> 00:30:04,449 Now, let's raise a glass 705 00:30:04,490 --> 00:30:06,791 to our friend, our soldier, 706 00:30:06,859 --> 00:30:08,959 - Stone Parker. - Stone! 707 00:30:09,028 --> 00:30:10,628 Now let's have a party. 708 00:30:10,696 --> 00:30:13,364 ♪ Lets add up all the factors: you wack, you're twisted ♪ 709 00:30:13,433 --> 00:30:15,699 ♪ Your girl's a [whoops] but I'm not him, a'ight, slim? ♪ 710 00:30:15,768 --> 00:30:17,802 Hey. 711 00:30:17,870 --> 00:30:19,703 You looking for Andre? 712 00:30:19,772 --> 00:30:21,539 He ain't gonna show up. 713 00:30:21,607 --> 00:30:23,107 All right, now. 714 00:30:23,176 --> 00:30:24,608 Look around you. 715 00:30:24,677 --> 00:30:25,976 This is your family. 716 00:30:26,045 --> 00:30:27,445 This where you belong. 717 00:30:27,513 --> 00:30:31,315 This is... this is sanctified. 718 00:30:31,384 --> 00:30:33,217 Now, you know any one of these boys will kill 719 00:30:33,286 --> 00:30:35,386 or die for you, right here, right now. 720 00:30:35,455 --> 00:30:36,987 And you know that. 721 00:30:37,056 --> 00:30:40,124 This where you belong. 722 00:30:40,193 --> 00:30:42,026 Looks like he made his choice. 723 00:30:42,095 --> 00:30:44,328 ♪ Think that you Superman, I got the Kryptonite... ♪ 724 00:30:44,397 --> 00:30:47,398 Come on, let's have a party. 725 00:30:47,467 --> 00:30:49,033 Enough of that. 726 00:30:49,102 --> 00:30:51,035 - Stone! - Stone! 727 00:30:54,251 --> 00:30:56,352 - Where's the child's mother? - I don't be keeping tabs on her 728 00:30:56,420 --> 00:30:57,720 - like that. - Oh, I see. 729 00:30:57,788 --> 00:31:00,189 Another free spirit? 730 00:31:00,257 --> 00:31:03,892 Following the example you were given, no doubt. 731 00:31:03,961 --> 00:31:05,995 - Mother. - Mrs. Dubois, you be mad shady, 732 00:31:06,063 --> 00:31:08,364 and I catch that, I clock that. 733 00:31:08,432 --> 00:31:09,732 Jamal, Jamal, shut up. 734 00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:11,400 Here, boy, take your baby. 735 00:31:11,469 --> 00:31:13,235 Um, everyone, please have a seat. 736 00:31:13,304 --> 00:31:15,738 The bouillabaisse will be served now. 737 00:31:15,806 --> 00:31:17,906 What... Wait, wait, wait, hold up. 738 00:31:17,975 --> 00:31:19,576 Did-did I fail to tell you that my mother 739 00:31:19,577 --> 00:31:21,510 is deathly allergic to-to seafood? 740 00:31:21,579 --> 00:31:23,312 [whispers] Oh, my God. 741 00:31:23,381 --> 00:31:25,714 Our whole dinner lived at the bottom of the ocean. 742 00:31:25,783 --> 00:31:27,716 Cookie, no. [doorbell rings] 743 00:31:27,785 --> 00:31:29,985 - Oh, Andre. - Coo... 744 00:31:32,256 --> 00:31:33,489 Where the hell are they? 745 00:31:33,557 --> 00:31:34,923 - Oh, my lord. - Hakeem! 746 00:31:36,794 --> 00:31:38,093 Give me my child, please. 747 00:31:38,162 --> 00:31:39,695 Come to Mama. What the hell 748 00:31:39,764 --> 00:31:42,264 is wrong with you, taking a baby out of the house 749 00:31:42,333 --> 00:31:43,932 without telling some damn body? 750 00:31:44,001 --> 00:31:46,769 Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Lucious Lyon. 751 00:31:46,837 --> 00:31:49,038 Cookie's ex-husband. 752 00:31:49,106 --> 00:31:51,573 That woman right there is my wife Anika. 753 00:31:51,642 --> 00:31:54,276 She just gave birth to my granddaughter, my son's 754 00:31:54,345 --> 00:31:57,613 baby mama. I know, it's crazy. He somehow got her pregnant 755 00:31:57,682 --> 00:32:01,216 during the time he was proposing to his fiancè 756 00:32:01,285 --> 00:32:02,451 and getting left at the damn altar. 757 00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:04,286 Lucious. 758 00:32:04,355 --> 00:32:05,754 What? 759 00:32:05,823 --> 00:32:08,424 I got to raise that damn baby, the same way I had to raise 760 00:32:08,492 --> 00:32:12,027 all these kids, 'cause she was spending 17 years in prison. 761 00:32:12,096 --> 00:32:13,796 Dad, don't, don't. 762 00:32:13,864 --> 00:32:16,365 Why don't you chill and live your life. Exist. 763 00:32:16,434 --> 00:32:18,600 Look at you over here, talking. 764 00:32:18,669 --> 00:32:21,470 You looking a little crispy around the edges. 765 00:32:21,539 --> 00:32:23,906 I see you've met the gay one, 766 00:32:23,974 --> 00:32:25,454 and you've met the irresponsible one. 767 00:32:25,476 --> 00:32:26,642 Where's Andre at? 768 00:32:26,711 --> 00:32:28,811 Where's the crazy one? 769 00:32:29,621 --> 00:32:32,823 ♪ Just like Uniblab, robotic kicking flab ♪ 770 00:32:32,891 --> 00:32:35,025 ♪ My flavor bidder badder chitter-chatter ♪ 771 00:32:35,093 --> 00:32:36,693 ♪ Madder than the Mad Hatter ♪ 772 00:32:36,762 --> 00:32:38,995 ♪ Data to turn your body into anti-matter ♪ 773 00:32:39,064 --> 00:32:41,465 ♪ And just like a piece of Sizzlean ♪ 774 00:32:41,533 --> 00:32:43,500 ♪ You'll fit inside my stomach with the eggs and grits ♪ 775 00:32:43,569 --> 00:32:45,035 ♪ Between ♪ 776 00:32:45,103 --> 00:32:46,169 ♪ The king is what I mean, 777 00:32:46,238 --> 00:32:47,804 ♪ I mean, my man get a cup ♪ 778 00:32:47,873 --> 00:32:49,639 ♪ And put some change inside your hand ♪ 779 00:32:49,708 --> 00:32:52,142 ♪ Now hold up, let's make this official ♪ 780 00:32:52,211 --> 00:32:54,544 ♪ Everybody let's agree that MCs need a tissue ♪ 781 00:32:54,613 --> 00:32:56,346 ♪ The funk's my only issue ♪ 782 00:32:56,415 --> 00:32:58,081 ♪ I bet your mama miss you ♪ 783 00:32:58,150 --> 00:33:00,217 ♪ And I bet the Mack they go up like an MX missile ♪ 784 00:33:00,285 --> 00:33:02,319 ♪ No more of your whinin' on the charts climbin' ♪ 785 00:33:02,387 --> 00:33:04,554 ♪ As I make the funk, kickin' out more harder... ♪ 786 00:33:04,623 --> 00:33:06,323 I'm not rapping. 787 00:33:06,391 --> 00:33:08,191 It's your choice. 788 00:33:08,260 --> 00:33:10,594 Just like it was your choice to pull that trigger. 789 00:33:10,662 --> 00:33:14,231 You can choose to use your voice and pick yourself up or not. 790 00:33:14,299 --> 00:33:18,535 Your choice to run forever or stop and stand up. 791 00:33:18,604 --> 00:33:21,004 ♪ Time for new flava in ya ear ♪ 792 00:33:21,073 --> 00:33:24,040 ♪ I'm kickin' new flava in ya ear ♪ 793 00:33:24,109 --> 00:33:26,743 ♪ Mack's the brand new flava in ya ear ♪ 794 00:33:26,812 --> 00:33:29,079 ♪ Craig Mack, 1,000 degrees ♪ 795 00:33:29,147 --> 00:33:30,614 ♪ You'll be on your knees ♪ 796 00:33:30,682 --> 00:33:32,349 ♪ And you'll be burning, begging please ♪ 797 00:33:32,417 --> 00:33:34,351 ♪ Brother, freeze, this man's undisputed ♪ 798 00:33:34,419 --> 00:33:37,254 ♪ In deep rooted funk smoke that leaves your brains booted ♪ 799 00:33:37,322 --> 00:33:40,724 ♪ This bad MC with stamina like Bruce Jenner ♪ 800 00:33:40,792 --> 00:33:42,425 ♪ The winner, tasting MC's for dinner ♪ 801 00:33:42,494 --> 00:33:45,595 ♪ You're crazy like that glue to think that ♪ 802 00:33:45,664 --> 00:33:46,796 ♪ You could outdo my one two... ♪ 803 00:33:46,865 --> 00:33:48,265 [sighs] You came. 804 00:33:48,333 --> 00:33:50,066 Yeah, yeah. I brought Freda. 805 00:33:50,135 --> 00:33:52,302 - Yeah. - I want you to know 806 00:33:52,371 --> 00:33:54,571 I'm good for my word, but... 807 00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:56,239 I got to go. 808 00:33:56,308 --> 00:33:58,092 Okay? I promised my mom that I'd be there... 809 00:33:58,094 --> 00:33:59,421 - You can't... - I promised my mom I'd 810 00:33:59,423 --> 00:34:02,646 be there for her tonight. Andre, this is a special night for me. 811 00:34:02,714 --> 00:34:04,247 This means a lot to me. 812 00:34:04,316 --> 00:34:06,750 And I invited you so that you could be here 813 00:34:06,818 --> 00:34:08,418 with the rest of my family. 814 00:34:08,487 --> 00:34:12,155 So it would mean a lot to me if you actually stayed. 815 00:34:12,224 --> 00:34:15,458 ♪ I'm kickin' new flava in ya ear ♪ 816 00:34:15,527 --> 00:34:17,127 ♪ Mack's the brand new flava in ya ear ♪ 817 00:34:17,195 --> 00:34:20,397 ♪ Here comes the brand new flava in ya ear ♪ 818 00:34:20,465 --> 00:34:21,965 [sighs] 819 00:34:22,034 --> 00:34:23,567 How y'all doin'? 820 00:34:23,635 --> 00:34:25,502 Y'all know what Stone was to me. 821 00:34:27,039 --> 00:34:28,405 He was more like a father than a brother. 822 00:34:28,473 --> 00:34:29,739 So this is for the man 823 00:34:29,808 --> 00:34:32,242 that we love, the man that we lost, 824 00:34:32,311 --> 00:34:35,245 and... for the family that we gained. 825 00:34:35,314 --> 00:34:37,013 Stone! 826 00:34:37,182 --> 00:34:39,015 Stone! 827 00:34:39,084 --> 00:34:41,184 ♪ ♪ 828 00:34:51,863 --> 00:34:55,432 ♪ Hard as a rock ♪ 829 00:34:55,500 --> 00:34:58,368 ♪ Cold as Philly's winter ♪ 830 00:34:58,437 --> 00:35:01,271 ♪ When you're left out in these streets y'all ♪ 831 00:35:01,340 --> 00:35:05,008 ♪ You were the king of the block ♪ 832 00:35:05,077 --> 00:35:06,610 ♪ You were shot ♪ 833 00:35:06,678 --> 00:35:09,479 ♪ It was oh, so senseless ♪ 834 00:35:09,548 --> 00:35:13,850 ♪ Oh, how I miss my brother, brother ♪ 835 00:35:13,919 --> 00:35:16,219 ♪ Oh, no ♪ 836 00:35:16,288 --> 00:35:19,022 ♪ Left me alone ♪ 837 00:35:19,091 --> 00:35:21,524 ♪ With so much potential ♪ 838 00:35:21,593 --> 00:35:24,294 ♪ No wonder I miss you ♪ 839 00:35:24,363 --> 00:35:26,563 ♪ It's okay ♪ 840 00:35:26,632 --> 00:35:29,566 ♪ I got a new home ♪ 841 00:35:29,635 --> 00:35:32,202 ♪ I found me a family ♪ 842 00:35:32,270 --> 00:35:35,338 ♪ Right here in this alley ♪ 843 00:35:35,407 --> 00:35:37,707 ♪ I'm like, Hey, oh ♪ 844 00:35:37,776 --> 00:35:41,911 ♪ I only made it this far with a heart a stone ♪ 845 00:35:41,980 --> 00:35:44,347 ♪ No one can break this heart of stone ♪ 846 00:35:44,416 --> 00:35:46,149 ♪ No one can break this ♪ 847 00:35:46,218 --> 00:35:49,252 ♪ I'm like, hey, oh ♪ 848 00:35:49,321 --> 00:35:52,088 ♪ I only made it this far with a heart a stone ♪ 849 00:35:52,157 --> 00:35:55,277 ♪ No one can break this heart of stone ♪ 850 00:35:55,312 --> 00:35:57,477 ♪ This one's for my King... ♪ 851 00:35:59,839 --> 00:36:01,906 [whistles] All right, look, 852 00:36:01,975 --> 00:36:05,677 if your name is not Dubois or Lyon, get the hell out. 853 00:36:05,745 --> 00:36:06,866 Take the damn fish with you. 854 00:36:06,913 --> 00:36:08,012 Just go. 855 00:36:08,081 --> 00:36:09,147 Cookie, don't do that. 856 00:36:09,215 --> 00:36:10,515 [sighs] 857 00:36:10,584 --> 00:36:13,618 Thank y'all. Thank you, thank you, get out. 858 00:36:13,687 --> 00:36:15,587 Lucious and Anika. 859 00:36:15,655 --> 00:36:17,155 Sit down. 860 00:36:17,223 --> 00:36:18,623 Hakeem, go get that 861 00:36:18,692 --> 00:36:21,159 peach cobbler for me, out of the kitchen. 862 00:36:21,227 --> 00:36:23,027 And I got some Cold Duck to wash it down. 863 00:36:24,764 --> 00:36:26,931 Yeah, this... 864 00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:29,334 this is my family. 865 00:36:29,402 --> 00:36:32,170 Well, most of them, anyway. 866 00:36:32,238 --> 00:36:34,005 But, uh, yeah. 867 00:36:34,074 --> 00:36:36,674 We are a twisted tree, 868 00:36:36,743 --> 00:36:40,178 but I wouldn't trade one gay, one high, 869 00:36:40,246 --> 00:36:42,146 one low, one crazy, 870 00:36:42,215 --> 00:36:43,648 one lazy branch of it. 871 00:36:43,717 --> 00:36:44,983 This is who we are. 872 00:36:45,051 --> 00:36:47,285 Take it or leave it. Jamal, sing us a song. 873 00:36:47,354 --> 00:36:48,987 That's what we do around here. 874 00:36:49,055 --> 00:36:50,455 [chuckles] We celebrate who we are. 875 00:36:50,523 --> 00:36:52,690 I actually do have something. 876 00:36:52,759 --> 00:36:54,192 Mm-hmm. I've been working on it all day. 877 00:36:54,260 --> 00:36:55,693 It's a song about my mother. 878 00:36:55,762 --> 00:36:57,996 Song about me. [scoffs] 879 00:36:58,064 --> 00:36:59,297 [laughs] 880 00:36:59,366 --> 00:37:01,899 ♪ ♪ 881 00:37:10,543 --> 00:37:12,410 ♪ Listen, Mama ♪ 882 00:37:12,479 --> 00:37:15,313 ♪ So many words to describe you ♪ 883 00:37:15,382 --> 00:37:18,049 ♪ Strong would be an understatement ♪ 884 00:37:18,118 --> 00:37:21,853 ♪ Warrior would suit you so much better ♪ 885 00:37:21,921 --> 00:37:24,188 ♪ 'Cause you've been fighting ♪ 886 00:37:24,257 --> 00:37:27,558 ♪ She was just turning 16 ♪ 887 00:37:27,627 --> 00:37:29,994 ♪ Daddy left her out in the cold streets ♪ 888 00:37:30,063 --> 00:37:31,763 - ♪ He wasn't having it ♪ - Daddy, please. 889 00:37:31,831 --> 00:37:33,498 ♪ He found all her sins ♪ 890 00:37:33,566 --> 00:37:37,669 ♪ Underneath her mattress ♪ 891 00:37:37,737 --> 00:37:39,537 ♪ Then suddenly ♪ 892 00:37:39,606 --> 00:37:43,274 ♪ Her daddy up and died ♪ 893 00:37:43,343 --> 00:37:45,209 ♪ But still she's her father ♪ 894 00:37:45,278 --> 00:37:47,912 ♪ There in Lucious' eyes ♪ 895 00:37:47,981 --> 00:37:49,781 ♪ Mama ♪ 896 00:37:49,849 --> 00:37:52,450 ♪ Oh, Mama ♪ 897 00:37:52,519 --> 00:37:56,220 ♪ For everything you been through ♪ 898 00:37:56,289 --> 00:37:59,223 ♪ There's nothing that I won't do for you ♪ 899 00:37:59,292 --> 00:38:02,393 [laughter] ♪ Mama ♪ 900 00:38:02,462 --> 00:38:04,028 ♪ Oh, Mama ♪ 901 00:38:04,097 --> 00:38:08,299 ♪ See, you deserve the best of ♪ 902 00:38:08,368 --> 00:38:11,469 ♪ What this world can offer to you ♪ 903 00:38:11,538 --> 00:38:13,805 ♪ Mama, I love you ♪ 904 00:38:13,873 --> 00:38:16,808 ♪ Mama, Mama, Mama, I do love you ♪ 905 00:38:16,876 --> 00:38:19,711 ♪ Mama, I love you ♪ 906 00:38:19,779 --> 00:38:21,779 ♪ Mama, Mama ♪ 907 00:38:23,283 --> 00:38:25,383 This is the music I was talking about. 908 00:38:25,452 --> 00:38:27,485 I'm coming back. 909 00:38:27,554 --> 00:38:31,889 ♪ She gave it all so unselfishly ♪ 910 00:38:31,958 --> 00:38:34,258 ♪ And she did it all just for loyalty ♪ 911 00:38:34,327 --> 00:38:37,729 ♪ That's my Mama ♪ 912 00:38:37,797 --> 00:38:42,233 ♪ I never knew someone to sacrifice ♪ 913 00:38:42,302 --> 00:38:43,601 ♪ Everything for love ♪ 914 00:38:43,670 --> 00:38:47,939 ♪ Even gave up their whole lives ♪ 915 00:38:49,242 --> 00:38:52,610 ♪ Oh, Mama ♪ 916 00:38:52,679 --> 00:38:56,147 ♪ For everything you been through ♪ 917 00:38:56,216 --> 00:39:00,418 ♪ Nothing that I won't do for you ♪ 918 00:39:00,487 --> 00:39:02,787 ♪ Oh, Mama ♪ 919 00:39:04,324 --> 00:39:07,425 ♪ See you deserve the best of ♪ 920 00:39:07,494 --> 00:39:11,028 ♪ What this world can offer ♪ 921 00:39:11,097 --> 00:39:12,463 ♪ To you. ♪ 922 00:39:12,532 --> 00:39:14,966 [door closing] 923 00:39:15,034 --> 00:39:16,968 [laughing] 924 00:39:38,358 --> 00:39:40,691 I can tell you've gone above and beyond 925 00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:42,693 to try to impress me. 926 00:39:42,762 --> 00:39:45,029 But my blood ain't blue. 927 00:39:45,098 --> 00:39:48,065 My granddaddy was a bootlegger. His daddy was a smuggler. 928 00:39:48,134 --> 00:39:49,901 Mm. [laughs] 929 00:39:49,969 --> 00:39:53,004 Now, we managed to scrub ourselves clean, 930 00:39:53,072 --> 00:39:56,874 but you and your family remind me of where we came from. 931 00:39:58,244 --> 00:40:01,646 I see why Angelo's attracted to you. 932 00:40:01,714 --> 00:40:05,583 You got fire in you. 933 00:40:05,652 --> 00:40:10,421 You just make sure that fire doesn't burn my child. 934 00:40:10,490 --> 00:40:13,658 My only child. 935 00:40:13,726 --> 00:40:17,195 Ooh, and don't imagine I didn't see that lambskin jacket 936 00:40:17,263 --> 00:40:19,897 stuffed in the back of your closet. 937 00:40:19,966 --> 00:40:22,834 Uh... busted. [laughs] 938 00:40:22,902 --> 00:40:24,235 - Busted? Who's busted? - Yeah. Me. 939 00:40:24,304 --> 00:40:25,536 Your mama... she, uh... 940 00:40:25,605 --> 00:40:28,105 [laughing] Well... 941 00:40:28,174 --> 00:40:30,608 - You ready? - Oh, yes. 942 00:40:30,677 --> 00:40:32,543 - Good night, Cookie. - Good night. 943 00:40:32,612 --> 00:40:34,413 Oh, and the cobbler was delicious, by the way. 944 00:40:34,447 --> 00:40:36,514 Thank you. 945 00:40:37,917 --> 00:40:41,285 [sighs] 946 00:40:41,354 --> 00:40:43,621 Well, you did good. [chuckles] 947 00:40:43,690 --> 00:40:46,357 I think maybe I should come over 948 00:40:46,426 --> 00:40:48,426 a little bit later... 949 00:40:48,494 --> 00:40:51,229 and just show you how good you did. 950 00:40:51,297 --> 00:40:52,630 Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. 951 00:40:52,699 --> 00:40:55,800 You go tuck your mama in, and you come back, 952 00:40:55,869 --> 00:40:57,802 - and then you tuck me in. - I'm gonna do that. 953 00:40:57,871 --> 00:40:59,270 - [giggling] Stop. She is out there. - Oh. 954 00:40:59,339 --> 00:41:00,471 Stop it. 955 00:41:00,540 --> 00:41:03,641 [laughing] Behave. 956 00:41:04,844 --> 00:41:06,777 [sighs] 957 00:41:13,319 --> 00:41:15,253 ♪ ♪ 958 00:41:35,909 --> 00:41:37,842 ♪ ♪ 959 00:41:40,880 --> 00:41:42,480 Freda. 960 00:41:51,190 --> 00:41:53,457 You know what? I, um... 961 00:41:53,526 --> 00:41:55,192 I didn't know Stone. 962 00:41:55,261 --> 00:41:57,795 But I know rocks like Stone. 963 00:41:57,864 --> 00:42:01,532 My father, Frank Gathers, he was one of 'em. 964 00:42:01,601 --> 00:42:03,434 I've got to thank 965 00:42:03,503 --> 00:42:05,670 Andre Lyon for reminding me 966 00:42:05,738 --> 00:42:07,605 that even though my rock is gone, 967 00:42:07,674 --> 00:42:09,607 I still got a voice and a choice. 968 00:42:09,676 --> 00:42:12,777 Today, I'm choosing to fight over flight. 969 00:42:15,381 --> 00:42:17,048 ♪ Yeah ♪ 970 00:42:17,116 --> 00:42:20,017 ♪ Now I had to say my good byes to a real good man ♪ 971 00:42:20,086 --> 00:42:23,154 ♪ A deep painful feeling that I never wanna feel again ♪ 972 00:42:23,222 --> 00:42:25,957 ♪ Thought my pops prolly take more care of his fam man ♪ 973 00:42:26,025 --> 00:42:28,726 ♪ But all he looked out for was Mike, Guy and Bam Bam ♪ 974 00:42:28,795 --> 00:42:30,995 ♪ No lying, then I thought I had a family with the Lyons ♪ 975 00:42:31,064 --> 00:42:34,065 ♪ But they seemed more like wolves the more I realized ♪ 976 00:42:34,133 --> 00:42:36,901 ♪ Time to cut my ties, save that drama for someone else ♪ 977 00:42:36,970 --> 00:42:39,403 ♪ My pops left me with only memories and nothing else ♪ 978 00:42:39,472 --> 00:42:42,306 ♪ Still he was more than a dad more like a king to me ♪ 979 00:42:42,375 --> 00:42:44,875 ♪ Family provider I needed it he would bring it to me ♪ 980 00:42:44,944 --> 00:42:46,243 ♪ I thought he had it all ♪ 981 00:42:46,312 --> 00:42:47,511 ♪ Now he's gonna and ain't leave to me ♪ 982 00:42:47,580 --> 00:42:48,860 ♪ Swear sometimes it feel like ♪ 983 00:42:48,915 --> 00:42:51,015 ♪ It's all just a bad dream to me ♪ 984 00:42:51,084 --> 00:42:53,384 ♪ My family is these streets ♪ ♪ Streets, yeah ♪ 985 00:42:53,453 --> 00:42:55,553 ♪ Family's over everything ♪ 986 00:42:55,621 --> 00:42:58,155 ♪ We do it for each other we do it for one another while I ♪ 987 00:42:58,224 --> 00:43:00,544 ♪ Do it for my father you doing it for your brother, yeah ♪ 988 00:43:01,916 --> 00:43:04,683 - sync and corrections by Zac - - www.addic7ed.com -