1 00:00:01,914 --> 00:00:04,656 - My lady left me... 2 00:00:04,700 --> 00:00:07,050 so I'm going back to my first love-- 3 00:00:07,094 --> 00:00:09,009 cooking. 4 00:00:09,052 --> 00:00:11,315 - ♪ I'm so fresh, and I'm so cool, I'm chillin' ♪ 5 00:00:11,359 --> 00:00:13,665 - I don't need her, anyway, 'cause I've got other ladies. 6 00:00:13,709 --> 00:00:15,624 - ♪ I'm chillin' 7 00:00:15,667 --> 00:00:17,278 - Time to eat, Black Golden Girls. 8 00:00:17,321 --> 00:00:18,844 all: Ooh! 9 00:00:18,888 --> 00:00:22,152 - All this food-- Tray, you outdid yourself. 10 00:00:22,196 --> 00:00:24,763 - Smell like you done put your foot, your ankle, 11 00:00:24,807 --> 00:00:26,591 and your calf up in here. 12 00:00:26,635 --> 00:00:28,158 - I know I shouldn't say it, 13 00:00:28,202 --> 00:00:30,682 but, Tray, you need to get dumped more often. 14 00:00:30,726 --> 00:00:32,380 [murmuring and laughter] 15 00:00:36,340 --> 00:00:38,038 - So which ones do y'all like the best-- 16 00:00:38,081 --> 00:00:40,475 the pulled pork, the hot fish, or the barbecue brisket? 17 00:00:40,518 --> 00:00:43,173 - Ooh, Lord, that's just like asking me 18 00:00:43,217 --> 00:00:47,743 to choose between Jim Brown and Billy Dee Williams. 19 00:00:47,786 --> 00:00:49,832 - Well, don't forget Sidney Poitier, now. 20 00:00:49,875 --> 00:00:51,181 - Oh, he was fine. - Mm-hmm. 21 00:00:51,225 --> 00:00:52,791 - Focus up, please. 22 00:00:52,835 --> 00:00:54,576 I'm not asking y'all who y'all wanna date? 23 00:00:54,619 --> 00:00:56,708 I'm asking y'all which one y'all like best, okay? 24 00:00:56,752 --> 00:00:58,406 I'm trying to get hired by this guy in the restaurant-- 25 00:00:58,449 --> 00:00:59,668 Splendor Greens. 26 00:00:59,711 --> 00:01:01,409 - Oh, I heard of that spot. 27 00:01:01,452 --> 00:01:04,412 That's that new place-- farm to table? 28 00:01:04,455 --> 00:01:06,979 - Yes. I read about that. Oh, it's very fancy. 29 00:01:07,023 --> 00:01:08,851 - Yeah, everybody. - All right. 30 00:01:08,894 --> 00:01:10,331 - Yeah, but with Tray working in the kitchen, 31 00:01:10,374 --> 00:01:11,810 it's not gonna be farm to table. 32 00:01:11,854 --> 00:01:13,725 It's gonna be farm to my thighs! 33 00:01:13,769 --> 00:01:16,641 - And booty! - [chuckles] 34 00:01:16,685 --> 00:01:18,382 - Ooh, turn up the TV. 35 00:01:18,426 --> 00:01:20,080 They're talking about the community center on the news. 36 00:01:20,123 --> 00:01:21,646 - I love Brooklyn. You know what I mean? 37 00:01:21,690 --> 00:01:23,344 So much. 38 00:01:23,387 --> 00:01:26,042 And I started thinking, like, have you noticed 39 00:01:26,086 --> 00:01:30,525 how many facilities there are for people after they mess up? 40 00:01:30,568 --> 00:01:33,310 But how many are there to help others right before? 41 00:01:33,354 --> 00:01:35,138 You know what I mean? Before it's too late. 42 00:01:35,182 --> 00:01:37,749 That's why this community center is pivotal. 43 00:01:37,793 --> 00:01:39,751 It's vital to us, Brooklynites. 44 00:01:39,795 --> 00:01:41,971 Can y'all please make sure that baby has a coat on? 45 00:01:42,014 --> 00:01:44,713 Y'all got a coat on. Why he don't got one? Please! 46 00:01:44,756 --> 00:01:46,497 But don't get it twisted. 47 00:01:46,541 --> 00:01:48,369 Now, it's not gonna just be for children, no. 48 00:01:48,412 --> 00:01:50,066 It's gonna be for adults like us. 49 00:01:50,110 --> 00:01:51,676 You know what I mean? And we're gonna be 50 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:54,026 tackling issues like mental health, PTSD-- 51 00:01:54,070 --> 00:01:56,464 - Bears battle for dominance... 52 00:01:56,507 --> 00:01:58,161 - Oh. - Hey. 53 00:01:58,205 --> 00:02:00,946 - Excuse me, we were looking at that. 54 00:02:00,990 --> 00:02:02,774 - Sorry, Ma, I made a mistake and changed the channel. 55 00:02:02,818 --> 00:02:04,863 - It wasn't no mistake. - What's going on here? 56 00:02:04,907 --> 00:02:06,604 - Tray is in his feelings, honey. 57 00:02:06,648 --> 00:02:08,780 - Veesy came over here looking for signatures, 58 00:02:08,824 --> 00:02:12,175 and her and Tray got into some kind of altercation. 59 00:02:12,219 --> 00:02:13,524 And were cussing each other. 60 00:02:13,568 --> 00:02:14,699 - She tried to say my wheelchair 61 00:02:14,743 --> 00:02:15,831 was an insurance scam. 62 00:02:15,874 --> 00:02:17,224 - You seem to be having 63 00:02:17,267 --> 00:02:19,008 a whole lot of trouble with women, Tray. 64 00:02:19,051 --> 00:02:21,010 - Hold on! We supposed to be talking 65 00:02:21,053 --> 00:02:23,099 about how good my food is, not my relationships. 66 00:02:23,143 --> 00:02:24,753 - Shit, they both messy. 67 00:02:25,928 --> 00:02:27,538 - Mmm. 68 00:02:27,582 --> 00:02:29,105 - That shit right there gonna melt in your mouth, 69 00:02:29,149 --> 00:02:30,367 not in your hand. 70 00:02:30,411 --> 00:02:31,760 - That's honey, right? - Yeah. 71 00:02:31,803 --> 00:02:33,501 - Okay, cool. Nice little kick. 72 00:02:33,544 --> 00:02:35,372 I'm feeling that. - That's what your customers 73 00:02:35,416 --> 00:02:36,808 gonna be saying once you hire me. 74 00:02:36,852 --> 00:02:37,983 - Oh. - Come on, Wavy, man. 75 00:02:38,027 --> 00:02:39,507 You know, I need the gig, man. 76 00:02:39,550 --> 00:02:41,335 - Come on, slow your roll. Slow your roll. 77 00:02:41,378 --> 00:02:43,075 You know, we doing this whole particular kind of thing. 78 00:02:43,119 --> 00:02:44,381 It's got a kind of customer, right? 79 00:02:44,425 --> 00:02:46,035 A certain kind of customer-- 80 00:02:46,078 --> 00:02:47,602 - That's why everything you eating right there 81 00:02:47,645 --> 00:02:49,691 is locally sourced and humanely raised, man. 82 00:02:49,734 --> 00:02:52,737 That pork right there came from a pig named Stanley. 83 00:02:52,781 --> 00:02:54,609 I knew him. He was a hard worker. 84 00:02:54,652 --> 00:02:58,352 Survived by his wife, Bertha, two piglets--Woop and Oink. 85 00:02:58,395 --> 00:03:00,397 - [chuckles] - And the beef-- 86 00:03:00,441 --> 00:03:02,791 the beef right there, that came from a cow. 87 00:03:02,834 --> 00:03:05,097 Mixed cow named Brownie, man. 88 00:03:05,141 --> 00:03:07,056 And they said before she made the sacrifice, 89 00:03:07,099 --> 00:03:08,884 she turned her life over to Christ. 90 00:03:08,927 --> 00:03:11,321 So you eating sanctified beef right there. 91 00:03:11,365 --> 00:03:13,976 - [chuckles] Stupid. Right. So I'm eating a holy cow. 92 00:03:14,019 --> 00:03:16,152 - Hey, Ma. I thought you was at the church soup line. 93 00:03:16,196 --> 00:03:18,328 - I was, but we ran out of food. 94 00:03:18,372 --> 00:03:20,635 So we had to turn people away again. 95 00:03:20,678 --> 00:03:22,289 - You know, uh, Ms. Barker, I'm sorry to hear that. 96 00:03:22,332 --> 00:03:23,899 You know, I might be able 97 00:03:23,942 --> 00:03:25,379 to help you with that right there, you know. 98 00:03:25,422 --> 00:03:26,771 - Oh. Well, who are you? 99 00:03:26,815 --> 00:03:29,774 - Ma, this is, um-- this is, uh-- 100 00:03:29,818 --> 00:03:31,863 It's Wavy. - [clears throat] 101 00:03:31,907 --> 00:03:33,430 - Wavy. 102 00:03:33,474 --> 00:03:35,258 The one that messed up your life? 103 00:03:35,302 --> 00:03:37,086 - Nah, Ma, he's the one 104 00:03:37,129 --> 00:03:38,740 that own the restaurant I was telling about. 105 00:03:38,783 --> 00:03:42,134 - That probably started with drug money. 106 00:03:42,178 --> 00:03:44,876 - You know what? I think I should--I should go. 107 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:46,443 - Yeah, you should go. 108 00:03:46,487 --> 00:03:49,490 But before you leave, let me ask you something. 109 00:03:51,274 --> 00:03:54,277 Do you have any idea 110 00:03:54,321 --> 00:03:56,410 how much damage you caused? 111 00:03:56,453 --> 00:03:58,412 Not just to Tray's life. 112 00:03:58,455 --> 00:04:01,153 I lost 15 years of my son's life 113 00:04:01,197 --> 00:04:04,679 and my grandchildren just because of you. 114 00:04:04,722 --> 00:04:06,463 - Ms. Barker, with all due respect-- 115 00:04:06,507 --> 00:04:08,857 - Get the fuck out of my house! 116 00:04:08,900 --> 00:04:11,555 [somber music] 117 00:04:11,599 --> 00:04:17,561 ♪ 118 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:21,478 - [strumming guitar off-key] 119 00:04:21,522 --> 00:04:23,611 - Dad, I never knew you played guitar. 120 00:04:23,654 --> 00:04:25,308 - That's 'cause I don't. 121 00:04:25,352 --> 00:04:27,484 You know, uh, your mom's favorite musician is Prince. 122 00:04:27,528 --> 00:04:30,444 So I thought I'd surprise her and learn a lot of instruments. 123 00:04:30,487 --> 00:04:32,881 [plucks guitar strings] 124 00:04:32,924 --> 00:04:35,187 That's nice. 125 00:04:35,231 --> 00:04:38,234 - That's great. That's awesome. But can you keep it down? 126 00:04:38,278 --> 00:04:40,367 Me and Amira are trying to finish our college essays. 127 00:04:40,410 --> 00:04:42,978 - I am actually done. I finished all three of mine. 128 00:04:43,021 --> 00:04:44,936 - You finished all three? - Yeah. 129 00:04:44,980 --> 00:04:46,503 Different schools look for different things. 130 00:04:46,547 --> 00:04:47,939 Here, show me yours, and I'll just help you. 131 00:04:47,983 --> 00:04:49,593 - I'm not finished yet. 132 00:04:49,637 --> 00:04:52,553 - Okay, well, just show me when you're done. 133 00:04:52,596 --> 00:04:55,947 - [strumming off-key] 134 00:04:55,991 --> 00:05:00,038 - [sighs] Well, I held on for as long as I could, 135 00:05:00,082 --> 00:05:01,518 but it's happening. 136 00:05:01,562 --> 00:05:03,999 The time has finally come for me to admit 137 00:05:04,042 --> 00:05:06,131 that I will always live in Amira's shadow. 138 00:05:06,175 --> 00:05:07,872 - Shahzad, you're gonna be fine. 139 00:05:07,916 --> 00:05:10,048 Don't compare yourself to your sister. 140 00:05:10,092 --> 00:05:13,748 It's like me comparing myself to Jimi Hendrix. 141 00:05:13,791 --> 00:05:15,271 - Wait. What? 142 00:05:15,315 --> 00:05:18,318 Wait. So she's Jimi Hendrix, and I'm you? 143 00:05:18,361 --> 00:05:20,624 - Yeah. - I'm finished. 144 00:05:20,668 --> 00:05:23,410 [hip-hop music] 145 00:05:23,453 --> 00:05:25,194 - Afiya, those are the flowers I chose? 146 00:05:25,237 --> 00:05:26,587 - Yeah. 147 00:05:26,630 --> 00:05:28,197 - You know what to do with them, right? 148 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:29,894 - Okay. - Thank you. 149 00:05:29,938 --> 00:05:31,766 - Man, I never pictured you working with farmers. 150 00:05:31,809 --> 00:05:33,985 - I don't. I buy all my shit from Costco. 151 00:05:34,029 --> 00:05:35,465 - What? - [laughs] 152 00:05:35,509 --> 00:05:37,772 I stock this whole restaurant myself. 153 00:05:37,815 --> 00:05:39,513 The cooks don't even know. 154 00:05:39,556 --> 00:05:41,906 - So you flippin' like we used to do on the streets? 155 00:05:41,950 --> 00:05:45,954 - It's a lot safer selling fake pasteurized eggs 156 00:05:45,997 --> 00:05:48,391 than putting baby powder in dope, you feel me? 157 00:05:48,435 --> 00:05:52,221 Look, I would've hired you a lot sooner, but... 158 00:05:52,264 --> 00:05:54,005 Meet our head chef. 159 00:05:54,049 --> 00:05:55,920 [dramatic music] 160 00:05:55,964 --> 00:05:58,009 - Tray. - Elizabeth? 161 00:05:58,053 --> 00:05:59,576 ♪ 162 00:05:59,620 --> 00:06:01,578 - Tray. Tray. Tray. Tray. 163 00:06:01,622 --> 00:06:03,363 I'm the boss, and I say what goes! 164 00:06:03,406 --> 00:06:05,452 - Oh, shit! 165 00:06:11,632 --> 00:06:13,416 - Everyone, this is Tray-- our new line cook. 166 00:06:13,460 --> 00:06:14,809 - I take food to the next level. 167 00:06:14,852 --> 00:06:17,159 So just show me my area. Let me do that. 168 00:06:17,202 --> 00:06:18,987 - Mm. 169 00:06:19,030 --> 00:06:21,903 Sorry, Tray, Splendor Greens ain't 'bout that life, okay? 170 00:06:21,946 --> 00:06:24,601 All our meals-- and I repeat all our meals-- 171 00:06:24,645 --> 00:06:28,213 must look exactly like the picture. 172 00:06:28,257 --> 00:06:29,432 - Got some good stuff in here. 173 00:06:29,476 --> 00:06:31,173 Not bad. - Mm-hmm. 174 00:06:31,216 --> 00:06:32,827 - But eventually I'm gonna want to add some stuff. 175 00:06:32,870 --> 00:06:34,655 - [scoffs] Okay. 176 00:06:34,698 --> 00:06:37,788 No, no laughing from you guys. I only laugh. 177 00:06:37,832 --> 00:06:39,442 - What's so funny? 178 00:06:39,486 --> 00:06:41,836 - I mean, Tray, come on. 179 00:06:41,879 --> 00:06:43,707 Did you go to chef school? 180 00:06:43,751 --> 00:06:46,318 - No. - I did, actually. 181 00:06:46,362 --> 00:06:48,756 And that's why Wavy hired me to run his restaurant. 182 00:06:48,799 --> 00:06:50,453 I constructed the menu, 183 00:06:50,497 --> 00:06:52,847 and I'm the only one who can make additions to it. 184 00:06:52,890 --> 00:06:54,457 - But if you ain't want me to make the food better, 185 00:06:54,501 --> 00:06:55,719 why you hire me? 186 00:06:55,763 --> 00:06:58,461 - I did not hire you. Wavy did. 187 00:06:58,505 --> 00:07:01,072 So, before you start studying that menu, 188 00:07:01,116 --> 00:07:03,423 if you could just take the garbage out, 189 00:07:03,466 --> 00:07:05,163 and while you're at it, 190 00:07:05,207 --> 00:07:08,166 if you could take that attitude out with the garbage 191 00:07:08,210 --> 00:07:09,994 that you brought in here. 192 00:07:10,038 --> 00:07:11,996 Uh-oh, corn hand. 193 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:13,433 Yep. 194 00:07:17,698 --> 00:07:19,482 [indistinct chatter] 195 00:07:19,526 --> 00:07:22,093 - Hey, yo, they about to throw down! 196 00:07:22,137 --> 00:07:24,095 crowd: Fight, fight, fight! - What is that? 197 00:07:24,139 --> 00:07:26,097 crowd: Fight, fight, fight, fight! 198 00:07:26,141 --> 00:07:28,317 Fight, fight, fight, fight! 199 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:31,102 [all cheering] - Get up! 200 00:07:31,146 --> 00:07:33,104 - ♪ We walking in like we gonna run the place ♪ 201 00:07:33,148 --> 00:07:35,019 ♪ Ain't my fault you like to run in place ♪ 202 00:07:35,063 --> 00:07:37,108 - ♪ This ain't nothing but the hardest case ♪ 203 00:07:37,152 --> 00:07:39,110 ♪ And I been living with these hunger pains ♪ 204 00:07:39,154 --> 00:07:40,982 ♪ Oh, and now I'm fighting for the... ♪ 205 00:07:41,025 --> 00:07:42,549 - Yo, I'm breaking this up, man. 206 00:07:42,592 --> 00:07:44,289 - No, let 'em fight. Let 'em fight. 207 00:07:44,333 --> 00:07:46,683 - ♪ You don't even want to see it, punk ♪ 208 00:07:46,727 --> 00:07:48,772 ♪ Had my back against the ropes ♪ 209 00:07:48,816 --> 00:07:50,470 - I'm sorry. Don't hit me again. 210 00:07:50,513 --> 00:07:52,472 - Don't make me have to. 211 00:07:52,515 --> 00:07:54,430 - ♪ There they go 212 00:07:54,474 --> 00:07:56,127 - Vamanos. 213 00:07:56,171 --> 00:07:58,129 - ♪ Walking in like they run the show ♪ 214 00:07:58,173 --> 00:07:59,304 - ♪ I guess they don't know 215 00:08:01,568 --> 00:08:04,353 - Okay, we've looked through your transcripts, 216 00:08:04,396 --> 00:08:06,442 and we've covered your academic interests, 217 00:08:06,486 --> 00:08:08,357 and it's still inconclusive. 218 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:11,186 Now let's talk passions. 219 00:08:11,229 --> 00:08:13,971 - Mm... oh, I always wanted to be a whistleblower. 220 00:08:14,015 --> 00:08:15,799 You know how when they interview them, 221 00:08:15,843 --> 00:08:19,324 they're in shadow and their voices are really low, low? 222 00:08:19,368 --> 00:08:20,891 - Well, that's not really a job. 223 00:08:20,935 --> 00:08:22,763 - Okay. 224 00:08:22,806 --> 00:08:25,505 What classes do I have to take to become a Renaissance man? 225 00:08:25,548 --> 00:08:27,942 - Well, I don't think you can just become a Renaissance man 226 00:08:27,985 --> 00:08:29,857 without some life experiences. 227 00:08:29,900 --> 00:08:31,423 - So I should be an explorer first? 228 00:08:31,467 --> 00:08:32,947 - Okay, this is all good. 229 00:08:32,990 --> 00:08:35,384 There are no stupid answers. 230 00:08:35,427 --> 00:08:39,301 I put all of that in, and the algorithm says... 231 00:08:42,086 --> 00:08:45,394 - What's the answer? - Yeah, what's my perfect job? 232 00:08:45,437 --> 00:08:47,309 - Nothing. - Nothing? 233 00:08:47,352 --> 00:08:50,530 - Really? - You are a one of a kind. 234 00:08:50,573 --> 00:08:53,054 Congratulations. He's a one of a kind. 235 00:08:53,097 --> 00:08:56,579 - Huh. Thank you. - So what should I major in? 236 00:08:56,623 --> 00:09:00,061 - I don't think having a traditional job is your path. 237 00:09:00,104 --> 00:09:01,802 You think outside of the box. 238 00:09:01,845 --> 00:09:04,848 Those are the qualities of an entrepreneur. 239 00:09:04,892 --> 00:09:06,937 - Exactly, an entrepreneur. 240 00:09:06,981 --> 00:09:10,288 - I'll email you my bill. - Thank you. 241 00:09:10,332 --> 00:09:12,377 - Oh, beautiful fold. 242 00:09:13,553 --> 00:09:16,425 - Gotta admit, Tray, you are actually doing well. 243 00:09:16,468 --> 00:09:18,253 [oven beeping] 244 00:09:18,296 --> 00:09:20,472 - No, no, no. Why are you going to that? 245 00:09:20,516 --> 00:09:22,039 I give you one compliment, 246 00:09:22,083 --> 00:09:23,824 and you're already doing things wrong? 247 00:09:23,867 --> 00:09:25,216 - I'm just experimenting. 248 00:09:25,260 --> 00:09:27,697 - No, Tray-- - Try this. Mmm! 249 00:09:29,481 --> 00:09:32,659 Voilà, my spicy Cajun avocado. 250 00:09:32,702 --> 00:09:36,358 - Okay, that's good. It's really, really good. 251 00:09:36,401 --> 00:09:39,579 But it's also against the rules, so, no. 252 00:09:39,622 --> 00:09:41,232 [chuckles] - Forget the rules. 253 00:09:41,276 --> 00:09:43,931 Everybody know the kitchen is the chef's bedroom. 254 00:09:43,974 --> 00:09:45,802 Now, why would you enter the bedroom 255 00:09:45,846 --> 00:09:48,631 if you don't want to reach Nirvana? 256 00:09:48,675 --> 00:09:50,241 Here, try this. 257 00:09:50,285 --> 00:09:52,243 This is my sauce. 258 00:09:52,287 --> 00:09:54,289 [hip-hop music] 259 00:09:54,332 --> 00:09:55,507 Mm-hmm. 260 00:09:55,551 --> 00:09:57,945 - My God. 261 00:09:57,988 --> 00:09:59,599 That's so good. 262 00:09:59,642 --> 00:10:01,949 That's amazing. We have to make that. 263 00:10:01,992 --> 00:10:04,255 The customers are gonna die for that. 264 00:10:04,299 --> 00:10:06,040 It's great. 265 00:10:06,083 --> 00:10:07,650 - Come... 266 00:10:07,694 --> 00:10:09,304 cook with me. 267 00:10:09,347 --> 00:10:12,307 [upbeat jazzy music] 268 00:10:12,350 --> 00:10:19,314 ♪ 269 00:10:19,357 --> 00:10:22,665 - ♪ I know I told you just the other day ♪ 270 00:10:22,709 --> 00:10:24,841 ♪ That we were through 271 00:10:24,885 --> 00:10:26,843 ♪ 272 00:10:26,887 --> 00:10:28,976 ♪ But listen here - ♪ Tell me 273 00:10:29,019 --> 00:10:32,675 - ♪ To forget you is what I set out to do ♪ 274 00:10:32,719 --> 00:10:34,677 - ♪ Hey, hey, hey 275 00:10:34,721 --> 00:10:38,986 - ♪ Lord knows I can't get you off of my mind ♪ 276 00:10:39,029 --> 00:10:41,684 ♪ 277 00:10:41,728 --> 00:10:44,992 ♪ I ain't lying, baby 278 00:10:45,035 --> 00:10:47,081 ♪ 279 00:10:47,124 --> 00:10:49,083 - Yo, get it, get it, get it! - Come on, man! 280 00:10:49,126 --> 00:10:51,085 Yo, come back here, man! Idiots! 281 00:10:51,128 --> 00:10:54,697 - Yo, we out! - Ooh-ooh! 282 00:10:54,741 --> 00:10:57,657 - Nigga! - Oh, shit. 283 00:10:57,700 --> 00:10:59,528 Veesy, what you doing in the barbershop-- 284 00:10:59,571 --> 00:11:01,486 getting your mustache trimmed? 285 00:11:01,530 --> 00:11:03,445 - Oh, I know you ain't talking, 'cause if I push 286 00:11:03,488 --> 00:11:05,490 your ugly-ass face into dough, we get fucking monster cookies. 287 00:11:05,534 --> 00:11:08,319 What you doing tearing down my posters, you big-ass kid? 288 00:11:08,363 --> 00:11:10,278 - I wasn't tearing it down. I was fixing it. 289 00:11:10,321 --> 00:11:12,454 - Your selfish ass ain't fixing shit. 290 00:11:12,497 --> 00:11:15,326 - I ain't got time for your judgmental shit, Veesy, okay? 291 00:11:15,370 --> 00:11:17,111 I'm gonna be late for work. - Work? 292 00:11:17,154 --> 00:11:18,895 Who hired you? - Splendor Greens. 293 00:11:18,939 --> 00:11:21,245 - Oh-oh, Wavy's spot. 294 00:11:21,289 --> 00:11:23,030 Now, that makes sense, because, you know, 295 00:11:23,073 --> 00:11:25,685 crack-selling birds of a feather flock together. 296 00:11:25,728 --> 00:11:27,556 So that makes sense. What scam y'all running? 297 00:11:27,599 --> 00:11:30,211 - All I know is I'm a chef, okay, and I'm killing it. 298 00:11:30,254 --> 00:11:33,823 People love my farm-to-table organic dishes, aight? 299 00:11:33,867 --> 00:11:36,130 - I keep hearing you talking-- me, me, me, me, me. 300 00:11:36,173 --> 00:11:38,785 I ain't never heard you talk about somebody else. 301 00:11:38,828 --> 00:11:40,569 When's the last time you did something for somebody 302 00:11:40,612 --> 00:11:41,918 that didn't benefit you? 303 00:11:41,962 --> 00:11:43,572 - You know what? Good point. 304 00:11:43,615 --> 00:11:45,095 Hey, Howard. - What's going on, Tray? 305 00:11:45,139 --> 00:11:46,749 - Could you get those sheep shears out 306 00:11:46,793 --> 00:11:49,099 and shave some of the wool off of Veesy's back 307 00:11:49,143 --> 00:11:50,753 so she could donate to Wigs for Kids? 308 00:11:50,797 --> 00:11:52,450 - I'm staying out of it. 309 00:11:52,494 --> 00:11:54,583 - How's that for doing something for somebody else? 310 00:11:54,626 --> 00:11:56,672 - [chuckles derisively] - [scoffs] 311 00:11:56,716 --> 00:11:58,935 - Have a blessed day, you fucking prick! 312 00:11:58,979 --> 00:12:01,938 - [playing harmonica] 313 00:12:01,982 --> 00:12:09,076 ♪ 314 00:12:12,862 --> 00:12:14,777 So much easier than the guitar. 315 00:12:14,821 --> 00:12:17,301 Honestly, you just breathe in and out, and it plays. 316 00:12:17,345 --> 00:12:19,086 You don't find that on a lot of instruments. 317 00:12:19,129 --> 00:12:20,914 - Shahzad, please hurry up with this presentation. 318 00:12:20,957 --> 00:12:22,176 - Just hit play on my computer. 319 00:12:22,219 --> 00:12:24,047 - Finally. - Here we go. 320 00:12:24,091 --> 00:12:26,180 - Introducing Shahzad Birkeland. 321 00:12:26,223 --> 00:12:28,269 He's an entrepreneur from Brooklyn, New York. 322 00:12:28,312 --> 00:12:30,314 - Ugh, this is so corny. 323 00:12:30,358 --> 00:12:32,447 - Since my college counselor thinks 324 00:12:32,490 --> 00:12:34,362 I should become an entrepreneur, 325 00:12:34,405 --> 00:12:36,712 I've come up with a few business ideas. 326 00:12:36,756 --> 00:12:39,193 - All right. - Exhibit A... 327 00:12:39,236 --> 00:12:41,804 say you're at a music festival, 328 00:12:41,848 --> 00:12:44,633 and your clothes are all dirty. 329 00:12:44,676 --> 00:12:46,417 Ugh! 330 00:12:46,461 --> 00:12:48,245 What do you do? 331 00:12:48,289 --> 00:12:51,596 - I don't know. - I'd just go buy some merch. 332 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:53,685 - Or you could put a few quarters 333 00:12:53,729 --> 00:12:56,688 in the world's first portable laundry machine. 334 00:12:56,732 --> 00:12:59,343 I call it the Port-O-Wash-- 335 00:12:59,387 --> 00:13:01,955 a porta potty that also does laundry. 336 00:13:01,998 --> 00:13:04,522 - That looks disgusting. - I don't disagree with her. 337 00:13:04,566 --> 00:13:05,828 That's a little rough. 338 00:13:05,872 --> 00:13:08,613 - But wait, wait. There's more. 339 00:13:08,657 --> 00:13:11,660 Say you're at the club, then it happens. 340 00:13:11,703 --> 00:13:13,444 You spot someone 341 00:13:13,488 --> 00:13:17,405 with the exact same haircut as you. 342 00:13:17,448 --> 00:13:18,841 - That's stinks. 343 00:13:18,885 --> 00:13:21,061 - What do you do? 344 00:13:21,104 --> 00:13:23,454 You can go home and cry... [imitates crying] 345 00:13:23,498 --> 00:13:26,980 Or you can go into the lavatory 346 00:13:27,023 --> 00:13:29,547 and find one of my bathroom barbers. 347 00:13:29,591 --> 00:13:30,940 - I like that! 348 00:13:30,984 --> 00:13:32,463 Yeah, you get a haircut in the bathroom. 349 00:13:32,507 --> 00:13:34,291 - No one is gonna pay for any of this. 350 00:13:34,335 --> 00:13:35,771 I'm out. 351 00:13:35,815 --> 00:13:37,468 - You know, the bathroom-barber thing, 352 00:13:37,512 --> 00:13:39,166 it can--it could work. 353 00:13:39,209 --> 00:13:41,168 - That's why you're gonna give me all my college money 354 00:13:41,211 --> 00:13:42,822 to get it off the ground. 355 00:13:42,865 --> 00:13:45,259 - Okay, first of all, stop talking like that. 356 00:13:45,302 --> 00:13:47,304 Second of all, I thought these were businesses 357 00:13:47,348 --> 00:13:49,567 you were going to start after you graduated college? 358 00:13:49,611 --> 00:13:51,004 - But I'm a born entrepreneur. 359 00:13:51,047 --> 00:13:52,875 - You still have to go to college. 360 00:13:52,919 --> 00:13:55,704 - College is a waste for me. W-what am I gonna do there? 361 00:13:55,747 --> 00:13:57,488 - You could cut hair in the bathroom. 362 00:13:57,532 --> 00:13:58,881 - I thought you were out. 363 00:13:58,925 --> 00:14:00,274 - Ooh, burn. 364 00:14:00,317 --> 00:14:02,885 [plays harmonica] 365 00:14:02,929 --> 00:14:04,234 That's a burn. 366 00:14:04,278 --> 00:14:05,540 ♪ 367 00:14:07,107 --> 00:14:09,892 - Man, think I'm gonna have to fire Elizabeth. 368 00:14:09,936 --> 00:14:11,589 - For what? 369 00:14:11,633 --> 00:14:14,505 - The last couple of weeks, I'm checking my stock, 370 00:14:14,549 --> 00:14:16,072 shit ain't adding up. 371 00:14:16,116 --> 00:14:17,944 I got more food going out than money coming in. 372 00:14:17,987 --> 00:14:19,902 So either she's taking my inventory, 373 00:14:19,946 --> 00:14:21,512 or she taking the money. 374 00:14:21,556 --> 00:14:23,688 Either way, she got to go. 375 00:14:23,732 --> 00:14:25,560 - She ain't had nothing to do with it, Wavy. 376 00:14:25,603 --> 00:14:28,171 - Whatchu mean? - I invented some dishes. 377 00:14:28,215 --> 00:14:30,608 And I was giving it to the customers on the low, 378 00:14:30,652 --> 00:14:32,001 just to spice it up. 379 00:14:33,611 --> 00:14:35,135 - So you stealing from me, man? 380 00:14:35,178 --> 00:14:36,658 - They was loving the taste, Wavy. 381 00:14:36,701 --> 00:14:38,138 They kept coming back. 382 00:14:38,181 --> 00:14:40,140 I even got your customer volume up, kid. 383 00:14:40,183 --> 00:14:43,099 - Yo, I'm running a business here! 384 00:14:43,143 --> 00:14:46,624 You fucking with my profit margins! 385 00:14:46,668 --> 00:14:48,278 - I'm sorry, fam. 386 00:14:48,322 --> 00:14:50,933 - I'm sorry, too... 387 00:14:50,977 --> 00:14:53,022 'cause I'm gonna have to let you go. 388 00:14:53,066 --> 00:14:55,895 Now, you tell your mama that you quit. 389 00:14:55,938 --> 00:14:58,201 Don't tell her I fired you. 390 00:15:02,814 --> 00:15:05,774 [hip-hop music] 391 00:15:05,817 --> 00:15:08,385 ♪ 392 00:15:08,429 --> 00:15:10,953 - Just came to turn in my apron. 393 00:15:10,997 --> 00:15:12,824 - I heard what you did, Tray. 394 00:15:12,868 --> 00:15:14,565 Thank you. 395 00:15:14,609 --> 00:15:16,219 Thank you for sticking up for me. 396 00:15:16,263 --> 00:15:17,829 - I realized that the restaurant business 397 00:15:17,873 --> 00:15:20,571 wasn't for me, but I am glad I was the first 398 00:15:20,615 --> 00:15:22,747 to pop that rule-breaking cherry of yours. 399 00:15:22,791 --> 00:15:26,490 - It was beautiful, and it's never gonna be unpopped. 400 00:15:26,534 --> 00:15:30,625 - If you ever decide to let your inner chef run wild, 401 00:15:30,668 --> 00:15:31,713 hit me up. 402 00:15:31,756 --> 00:15:33,584 We'll cook. 403 00:15:33,628 --> 00:15:36,587 [upbeat jazzy music] 404 00:15:36,631 --> 00:15:43,594 ♪ 405 00:15:43,638 --> 00:15:46,380 - ♪ I know I told you just the other day ♪ 406 00:15:46,423 --> 00:15:48,686 ♪ That we were through 407 00:15:50,079 --> 00:15:52,908 - This is awesome. 408 00:15:52,952 --> 00:15:55,171 Come on. Yes. 409 00:15:55,215 --> 00:15:57,608 Come to daddy. [plays note] 410 00:15:57,652 --> 00:15:58,740 Oh. 411 00:15:58,783 --> 00:16:01,743 [playing harmonica] 412 00:16:01,786 --> 00:16:03,614 ♪ 413 00:16:03,658 --> 00:16:05,181 - You know, I don't think it's fair 414 00:16:05,225 --> 00:16:06,748 that Amira gets her college money 415 00:16:06,791 --> 00:16:08,793 to do what she wants to do, but I don't. 416 00:16:08,837 --> 00:16:10,621 - 'Cause it's college money 417 00:16:10,665 --> 00:16:12,449 and she's going to college with it. 418 00:16:12,493 --> 00:16:14,886 - But I want to start my own business. 419 00:16:14,930 --> 00:16:16,497 I want to be my own boss. 420 00:16:16,540 --> 00:16:18,629 Do we have any "be my own boss" money? 421 00:16:18,673 --> 00:16:22,068 - Shahzad, I get it. Picking a college is stressful. 422 00:16:22,111 --> 00:16:23,852 You just haven't figured it out yet. 423 00:16:23,895 --> 00:16:26,463 - No, no. I have figured it out. 424 00:16:26,507 --> 00:16:28,204 I'm gonna take a gap year and prove 425 00:16:28,248 --> 00:16:31,599 that I don't need college, but I need money to do it. 426 00:16:31,642 --> 00:16:32,861 - It's not real money. 427 00:16:32,904 --> 00:16:34,254 It's all invested in accounts 428 00:16:34,297 --> 00:16:36,125 that can only be used for education. 429 00:16:36,169 --> 00:16:37,866 - Dad, I looked it up. 430 00:16:37,909 --> 00:16:40,260 You can take it out. It's just gonna be a penalty. 431 00:16:40,303 --> 00:16:43,045 - No, your mother would kill us if we paid a penalty. 432 00:16:43,089 --> 00:16:44,699 - Please, Dad. 433 00:16:44,742 --> 00:16:47,006 - I'm not gonna let you blow your entire college fund 434 00:16:47,049 --> 00:16:49,138 on penalties and your first business idea, 435 00:16:49,182 --> 00:16:51,227 but... 436 00:16:51,271 --> 00:16:54,274 I will talk to your mother about you taking a gap year 437 00:16:54,317 --> 00:16:56,145 and giving you a small portion-- 438 00:16:56,189 --> 00:16:58,539 a very small portion of that money. 439 00:16:58,582 --> 00:17:00,454 And if you double it, then we'll match it. 440 00:17:00,497 --> 00:17:03,674 But if you lose it, you go to college. 441 00:17:03,718 --> 00:17:05,241 - [chuckles] That's a deal. 442 00:17:05,285 --> 00:17:07,200 - It's a deal? - Yes. Yes. 443 00:17:07,243 --> 00:17:09,245 Thank you, Dad. I love you. 444 00:17:09,289 --> 00:17:11,378 And you look ridiculous. 445 00:17:11,421 --> 00:17:14,903 - When I learn to use this, I am gonna be a musical weapon. 446 00:17:14,946 --> 00:17:16,905 Do not get in my line of fire. 447 00:17:16,948 --> 00:17:18,080 [plays notes] 448 00:17:18,124 --> 00:17:20,082 [smooth music] 449 00:17:20,126 --> 00:17:21,910 - Hey, yo, pass it. 450 00:17:21,953 --> 00:17:23,694 - This stuff is going quick, Ma. 451 00:17:23,738 --> 00:17:26,088 I'm almost out of greens. - I know. I'm low on meat, too. 452 00:17:26,132 --> 00:17:27,437 Do we got any more inside? 453 00:17:27,481 --> 00:17:29,004 - Ain't nothing in that kitchen 454 00:17:29,048 --> 00:17:30,701 except some tap water and some condiments. 455 00:17:30,745 --> 00:17:32,486 - [chuckles] Well, I'm out of mashed potatoes. 456 00:17:32,529 --> 00:17:34,096 I'm gonna go rest the dogs. 457 00:17:34,140 --> 00:17:36,533 - Ha ha! I got plenty of Brussels sprouts. 458 00:17:36,577 --> 00:17:38,144 Come on, now. 459 00:17:38,187 --> 00:17:40,276 All of y'all could use some of this roughage. 460 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:42,278 - I'm sorry, miss--we running out of a lot of stuff. 461 00:17:42,322 --> 00:17:43,888 I'm gonna have to get you next time. 462 00:17:43,932 --> 00:17:46,587 - Tray, why you gonna lie to this nice old lady? 463 00:17:46,630 --> 00:17:48,371 We got plenty of food. 464 00:17:49,938 --> 00:17:51,809 - I thought you was all about profit margin. 465 00:17:51,853 --> 00:17:54,116 - Hey, man, I'm just doing my part. 466 00:17:54,160 --> 00:17:57,337 Got my truck full of food here. Got my guys. 467 00:17:57,380 --> 00:17:59,034 It's all love. 468 00:17:59,078 --> 00:18:00,601 - Yo, didn't I see you fighting 469 00:18:00,644 --> 00:18:02,472 in that alley behind the restaurant? 470 00:18:02,516 --> 00:18:04,039 - I don't know what you're talking about. 471 00:18:04,083 --> 00:18:05,780 - You're a better fighter than you are a liar. 472 00:18:05,823 --> 00:18:07,651 Slow down, man. Slow down. 473 00:18:07,695 --> 00:18:09,305 The food ain't going nowhere. 474 00:18:09,349 --> 00:18:11,960 You fight a lot? - Only when I need to. 475 00:18:12,003 --> 00:18:13,831 That dude picked on my two little sisters. 476 00:18:13,875 --> 00:18:15,920 - He had that ass-whupping coming, huh? 477 00:18:15,964 --> 00:18:17,139 My name is Tray. 478 00:18:17,183 --> 00:18:20,055 - Javier. My family calls me Javi. 479 00:18:20,099 --> 00:18:22,318 - You holding up the line. Let's go over here and kick it. 480 00:18:22,362 --> 00:18:24,755 Talk to you for a minute. 481 00:18:24,799 --> 00:18:27,062 - Uh, we got some more here. 482 00:18:29,195 --> 00:18:30,413 Hey, I come in peace. 483 00:18:30,457 --> 00:18:32,154 - How come my skin crawls 484 00:18:32,198 --> 00:18:35,462 every time I hear the sound of your voice? 485 00:18:35,505 --> 00:18:38,769 - [sighs] 486 00:18:38,813 --> 00:18:41,163 You have a good day. Y'all enjoy. 487 00:18:41,207 --> 00:18:43,078 All right, take care of the rest of that, okay? 488 00:18:43,122 --> 00:18:46,168 - You like to box? 489 00:18:46,212 --> 00:18:48,170 - Yes, I do. 490 00:18:48,214 --> 00:18:50,216 - Do you train? 491 00:18:50,259 --> 00:18:52,566 - Nope. 492 00:18:52,609 --> 00:18:54,350 - Would you like to, 493 00:18:54,394 --> 00:18:57,136 if I got your trainer and I got you a place to train? 494 00:18:59,834 --> 00:19:01,792 - Yeah, I would like that. 495 00:19:07,624 --> 00:19:09,235 - Stand up. 496 00:19:15,458 --> 00:19:17,634 You got a lot of talent, man. 497 00:19:17,678 --> 00:19:21,377 I just don't want to see you waste it on the streets. 498 00:19:21,421 --> 00:19:23,379 Let me see your stance. 499 00:19:23,423 --> 00:19:24,815 I love cooking. 500 00:19:24,859 --> 00:19:26,252 Put that foot back. 501 00:19:26,295 --> 00:19:27,949 But you know what I love more? 502 00:19:27,992 --> 00:19:29,211 Inspiring people. 503 00:19:29,255 --> 00:19:31,213 You know how to throw a jab? 504 00:19:31,257 --> 00:19:33,041 You know how to throw a right cross? 505 00:19:33,084 --> 00:19:34,608 What about a uppercut? 506 00:19:34,651 --> 00:19:37,785 It's something I want to keep doing... 507 00:19:37,828 --> 00:19:38,786 Faster. 508 00:19:38,829 --> 00:19:40,353 Helping my community 509 00:19:40,396 --> 00:19:41,745 reach its full potential. 510 00:19:41,789 --> 00:19:43,486 Give it to me! Give it to me! 511 00:19:43,530 --> 00:19:45,009 Aah! 512 00:19:45,053 --> 00:19:46,620 And I know exactly how to do it, 513 00:19:46,663 --> 00:19:48,274 but it won't be easy 514 00:19:48,317 --> 00:19:50,058 'cause the only way forward 515 00:19:50,101 --> 00:19:52,930 is for me to take the hardest path. 516 00:19:57,500 --> 00:20:00,329 - Veesy? - What? 517 00:20:00,373 --> 00:20:02,244 - I want to help save the community center. 518 00:20:02,288 --> 00:20:04,072 I'm ready to devote myself full-time 519 00:20:04,115 --> 00:20:05,552 to doing whatever it take. 520 00:20:05,595 --> 00:20:07,423 - All right, cool. Then sign this petition. 521 00:20:07,467 --> 00:20:08,946 - Aight. 522 00:20:10,383 --> 00:20:11,993 What else I got to do? 523 00:20:12,036 --> 00:20:13,821 - The only thing you got to do for me, baby, 524 00:20:13,864 --> 00:20:17,172 is to walk your funky ass into ongoing fucking traffic. 525 00:20:17,216 --> 00:20:18,956 - Come on, man. - What? 526 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:22,699 - We got to put our petty beef aside and work together. 527 00:20:22,743 --> 00:20:24,658 - Nah, actually, I'm good. 528 00:20:24,701 --> 00:20:26,747 Now move along. I'm good. 529 00:20:30,316 --> 00:20:31,273 - Aight. 530 00:20:31,317 --> 00:20:33,319 [hip-hop music] 531 00:20:33,362 --> 00:20:36,147 A man is not finished when he's defeated. 532 00:20:36,191 --> 00:20:38,237 A man is finished when he quits. 533 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:40,674 If 15 years in prison couldn't break me, 534 00:20:40,717 --> 00:20:44,112 mm, Veesy doesn't have a chance.