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ay, this is so much food.
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- Oh, man.
This is nothing, man.
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African kings used to celebrate
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by slaughtering
the fattest goat
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and serving vats of wine
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and having music and dancing
for days.
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It would put the Puerto Rican
Day Parade to shame.
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- Thanks, Dad.
- Just so proud of you, man.
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I never had a graduation party.
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This why I'ma throw y'all
the best one ever.
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- Our actual graduation
isn't until days away.
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- This is not
the graduation, ma'am.
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This is just the audition,
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sorta like my "American Idol"
for the tongue.
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- Ooh, that's cool.
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- We have macaroni balls,
syrup sandwiches,
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fried bologna
and welfare cheese sliders,
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and your great-great-
great-grandmother's recipe
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for honey fried chicken.
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- Damn! That's good!
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- Bacon ain't got nothing
on fried bologna.
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- May I? Hmm?
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[upbeat music]
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[mutters unintelligibly]
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Oh.
- Mmm, mmm, good.
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Bringing us home
is my world-famous
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dessert loaf
dipped in dark chocolate.
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- I'll take a piece of that.
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- You better take it slow,
young Jedi.
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♪ ♪
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[foot stomps]
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I got a hand slap and a stomp
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from my baby boy.
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- Man, I can't feel
my left foot.
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- [laughs]
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[dramatic sting]
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Sonae, I don't know
what to say.
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Your reading is getting
so good.
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You hear me?
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- Looking good, Leviticus.
- Thank you.
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Let's get you on the bus, okay?
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- Hi, I have packages for
Betty Adler and Tray Barker.
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- Oh, no, that's me.
I'm Tray Barker.
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- Oh. Great. Here you go.
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- Thank you.
Don't I know you?
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- Here we go.
- No, I'm serious.
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I think I seen you
in my coma dream.
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- [chuckles]
At least you're funny.
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- What's your name?
- Angel.
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- Now you tell me
who's messing with who.
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- Tray!
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[banging on window]
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Tray, come on, man,
get in here!
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- I'll be in there in a minute.
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- Uh-uh, you getting mail
delivered here?
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What happened,
your mama kicked you out again?
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- It's a graduation gift
for my kids, you know.
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I got them bears.
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Bears are powerful,
highly intelligent,
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and think deeply about family.
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So when things get tough,
I want these to remind them
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to go inside
and find their inner bear.
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- That's nice.
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I thought you was gonna
say something corny as shit,
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but you flipped it.
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- Can't believe my babies
are graduating
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from high school, man.
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Every day, I feel like
a different person.
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- Yo, listen, I wanna talk
to you about something.
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And I don't know if I should
even be talking about it
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'cause it's not, like,
official or whatever,
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but I applied for a promotion,
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and it's looking good,
you know,
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like I might get it
or whatever.
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And if I do get it,
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then I want you
to run this place.
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- Veesy, you serious?
- Dead ass.
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Tompkins-Marcy is my baby,
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and I couldn't think
of nobody else
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that I would wanna entrust
this place to.
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- I don't think I know
how to say thank you.
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- That's easy.
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Just say "Thank you,"
or, "Good looking out.
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Appreciate you, man.
That's what's up."
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- Wyatt, is there anything
we can do for you?
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- Yeah, there's somebody here
to see you, Mr. Tray.
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- Percy!
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- Tray Barker.
- What up?
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- What's up, baby? You good?
- Yes, sir.
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- This where you changing lives
one meal at a time, huh?
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- Yeah, man.
Your generosity was dope, man.
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But the community center
is much more than that.
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You gotta see it.
Let me give you a tour.
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[hip-hop music playing
over speakers]
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♪ ♪
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This right here
is the gym, man.
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Javi.
Come here.
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Yo, Percy, this kid right here
is so good with the smittys.
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Javi, this is Mr. Simmons.
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He one of the people
responsible
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of getting
the whole center open.
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- Nice to meet you.
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Tompkins-Marcy changed my life,
Mr. Simmons.
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Thank you for all that you did.
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- Ah, man, listen,
I'm flattered,
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but I'm sure
you changed your life,
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you know what I'm saying?
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- Kid is super dedicated, man.
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He get up early in the morning
just to work out, man.
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We gave him a key
to open up the gym.
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- That's what's up.
- Back to work, man.
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- All right.
- You wanna check out the pool?
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We just got it reopened,
you know what I'm saying?
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- Oh.
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- We had a little
doo-doo situation.
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- [laughs]
- A lot of bacteria, man.
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Puerto Rican girl
was swimming in the water.
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One of the doo-doos hit her
in the head, man, you know?
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- Listen, I need a favor.
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- Whatever you want, man,
I got it.
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- Glad to hear that, because
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on top of my hair business,
I got a little side hustle.
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- What?
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- Man, we caught a little
something on 47th Street,
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diamond district, you know?
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So I'ma need you
to hold some shit for me, man.
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- You said
you was out the game.
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- This is coming from a guy
who took my money
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to rob a public official,
right?
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- See, that was different, man.
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That was
for the greater good, man,
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to help prepare the community
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that me and you helped damage
so much.
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- Whatever to help you sleep
at night, man, that's cool.
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But this ain't a request.
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My man gonna come see you.
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- All right,
I'm gonna ice your cake.
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- Oh, in the hot tub.
Very creative.
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- Yo, Dad, what's up?
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- Hey.
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Hi. Nothing.
Nothing. I'm a grown man.
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I can watch whatever I want
in the afternoon.
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Why? What?
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- I was chosen to give
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the class maverick speech
at graduation.
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It recognizes
entrepreneurial spirit.
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- The kid who originally
got picked
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got arrested for selling weed.
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- I mean, that's--that's
definitely entrepreneurial.
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- Sounds like
someone's jealous.
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- Please, of sloppy seconds?
- Face it, Amira.
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For once, people see us
for who we really are.
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I'm a risk taker
and a maverick.
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You're just basic.
- Hey, guys, come on.
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I wish you guys
would stop competing.
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You should be friends.
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- Are you kidding me?
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After I graduate,
I am so looking forward
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to never having to deal
with this annoying jerk again.
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Ugh.
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- She'll come around.
Give her some space.
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Shahzad, I'm proud of you.
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I can't wait
to hear your speech.
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- Oh, man.
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I only got two days
to write a speech.
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- That...
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kinda killed the mood.
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- "Original You."
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"I'm not as fast
as a cheetah..."
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- What's wrong with you?
Stand up.
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What's wrong with your feet?
Stand up. Stand up.
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Stand up. Get up.
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You see that man over there
reading to them chillen?
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Remember, he went to prison
for 15 years
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so you wouldn't have to.
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Go ahead, over there.
Go ahead. Do something.
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- "That's okay,
because all I have to be
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"is the one and only...
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original me."
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[cheers and applause]
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- Read it again.
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- What's up, O.G.?
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Mind if I read to the kids?
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- Sure, youngblood.
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- "I'm not fast
like a cheetah..."
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[dramatic hip-hop music]
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- You should count 'em.
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- What's your name?
- Daveon.
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- Daveon, I'ma tell you like
I told your motherfuckin' boss.
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Tompkins-Marcy Community Center
is off-limits.
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- Is everything all right,
Mr. Tray?
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- Everything is all right,
Emmitt.
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You just in time to walk
my friend out the door.
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- Oh, it's like that, O.G.?
- It's like that.
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- Your funeral.
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- You really think I'm scared
of a nigga named Percy?
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Get the fuck outta here,
nigga.
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♪ ♪
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- Tell me what the fuck
is going on,
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and do not bullshit me.
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- After we went
before the board
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to get the center reopened,
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I found out
we was gonna lose the vote,
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so I bribed
one of the commissioners.
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- And I'm guessing you didn't
take out a bank loan.
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- No.
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But the guy that gave me
the money,
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I thought was legit,
and that's word is bond.
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- We wouldn't be here
if the man was legit.
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- Veesy, you tell me
what the fuck
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I was supposed to do,
nothing?
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If I'd have did that,
we wouldn't have
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no community center at all.
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- Tray,
if we didn't get that vote,
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we would've just
figured it out,
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done something else.
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What hurts me is that
you just went on ahead
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and did it behind my back.
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- I know you tired
of hearing this.
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I'm sorry, a'ight?
I'm sorry.
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Give me one more chance
to make this right.
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I know I could.
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- How?
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How could you possibly
make this better?
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How big is this, really?
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What else are you
not telling me?
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I don't even trust you.
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And I don't work with people
that I do not trust.
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So pack up your shit and leave.
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Dead ass, you're fired.
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Matter of fact,
give me your security badge.
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Leave the keys at security.
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Come on.
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Everything we been through,
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you haven't learned nothing.
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♪ ♪
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- What is a maverick exactly?
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I mean, when was the last time
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you used the word "maverick"
in a sentence among friends?
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I looked it up, and according
to Merriam-Webster--
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- Okay,
I'm gonna stop you right there.
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What if you started
with a joke?
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- His being picked is the joke.
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- You guys, you have
to help me fix this.
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- Oh, I would help,
but I'm too basic.
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Remember?
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- Cool.
Cool, cool.
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Is the graduation
still outside?
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- Yeah.
- Oh, if it was
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in the auditorium,
I could pull a fire alarm.
251
00:09:10,885 --> 00:09:11,884
- Not helping.
252
00:09:12,019 --> 00:09:16,889
♪ ♪
253
00:09:17,024 --> 00:09:18,090
[car horn beeps]
254
00:09:18,225 --> 00:09:19,892
- Tray!
Our ride is here!
255
00:09:20,027 --> 00:09:21,360
- Ma.
- Hey.
256
00:09:21,362 --> 00:09:22,895
- You seen the gifts
I got the kids?
257
00:09:23,030 --> 00:09:24,697
- No, I haven't, but you could
give them the gifts later.
258
00:09:24,832 --> 00:09:26,165
Come on, we gotta go.
259
00:09:26,167 --> 00:09:27,500
- I need to give 'em
to 'em now, Ma.
260
00:09:27,634 --> 00:09:28,901
I think I left 'em
at the community center.
261
00:09:29,036 --> 00:09:30,303
Shit.
- Then we can stop by
262
00:09:30,437 --> 00:09:31,837
the community center
on our way there.
263
00:09:31,839 --> 00:09:33,172
- You go ahead.
I don't want you to be late.
264
00:09:33,308 --> 00:09:34,840
I'll meet you
at the graduation.
265
00:09:34,842 --> 00:09:36,909
- What's going on?
Uh-uh.
266
00:09:37,044 --> 00:09:38,311
You acting
a little strange now.
267
00:09:38,445 --> 00:09:39,979
- I'm not acting strange, Ma.
268
00:09:40,114 --> 00:09:41,446
I just want everything
to be perfect, okay?
269
00:09:41,448 --> 00:09:43,316
Amira and Shahzad,
they deserve this.
270
00:09:43,450 --> 00:09:45,584
- Well, graduation is not just
for the kids.
271
00:09:45,586 --> 00:09:47,186
It's for the parents too.
272
00:09:47,322 --> 00:09:49,654
So just take a breath
and let us enjoy this day.
273
00:09:49,656 --> 00:09:51,324
- Ma, can I be honest with you?
- What?
274
00:09:51,458 --> 00:09:52,925
- I just feel bad that I never
275
00:09:53,060 --> 00:09:54,459
got to give you
a day like this.
276
00:09:54,595 --> 00:09:55,728
That's all.
277
00:09:55,863 --> 00:09:57,663
- Okay. Stop.
278
00:09:57,798 --> 00:09:59,198
Now...
[chuckles]
279
00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:02,535
I gotta admit that I used
to be angry about it.
280
00:10:02,670 --> 00:10:06,205
But look at my baby now.
You got your life on track.
281
00:10:06,341 --> 00:10:08,874
You got a good job
at the community center.
282
00:10:08,876 --> 00:10:11,877
You're finally the man
I always knew you could be.
283
00:10:11,879 --> 00:10:13,746
Come here!
284
00:10:13,881 --> 00:10:16,615
Oh, God, my baby.
285
00:10:16,617 --> 00:10:18,351
All right,
I'ma save you a seat.
286
00:10:18,485 --> 00:10:20,085
- All right.
- Hurry up, though. Come on.
287
00:10:20,087 --> 00:10:21,286
- All right, Ma. All right.
- Okay?
288
00:10:21,422 --> 00:10:23,422
- Our whole class
is gonna remember me
289
00:10:23,558 --> 00:10:26,492
as the dumbass
with the boring speech.
290
00:10:27,628 --> 00:10:28,761
- Shahzad,
I've never told you this,
291
00:10:28,896 --> 00:10:30,429
but I really admire the way
292
00:10:30,431 --> 00:10:32,231
you're willing to let people
think you're weird.
293
00:10:32,233 --> 00:10:33,432
- I don't know
if that's supposed
294
00:10:33,434 --> 00:10:35,500
to make me feel better
or worse.
295
00:10:35,502 --> 00:10:37,703
- You're an original.
Own it.
296
00:10:37,705 --> 00:10:39,572
Lean into your strengths
with that speech.
297
00:10:39,707 --> 00:10:41,840
Don't try to impress people
or sound smart.
298
00:10:41,976 --> 00:10:43,308
Just be you.
- [laughs]
299
00:10:43,444 --> 00:10:45,510
Okay, now I'm sure
you're complimenting me
300
00:10:45,646 --> 00:10:47,112
by insulting me.
301
00:10:47,114 --> 00:10:49,248
- I am.
And I'm never gonna stop.
302
00:10:49,250 --> 00:10:51,417
[both laugh]
303
00:10:55,189 --> 00:10:57,390
- Man, I can't believe
I lost my keys.
304
00:10:57,524 --> 00:10:58,991
- You just called me
after my workout.
305
00:10:59,126 --> 00:11:01,193
I gotta run home and change.
- Yeah.
306
00:11:01,328 --> 00:11:03,429
- See you at graduation.
- Yeah.
307
00:11:11,672 --> 00:11:13,138
- Yo.
308
00:11:13,140 --> 00:11:16,541
You said ain't nobody afraid
of no nigga named Percy, huh?
309
00:11:16,677 --> 00:11:18,611
How 'bout a nigga named Poison?
310
00:11:18,746 --> 00:11:21,747
- What, you gonna shoot me?
That's your plan?
311
00:11:21,749 --> 00:11:23,416
Think I'm afraid of you?
312
00:11:23,550 --> 00:11:25,550
Poison, you think
I'm scared to die?
313
00:11:25,552 --> 00:11:26,685
- Nigga.
314
00:11:26,687 --> 00:11:27,953
- I've been on the other side
before.
315
00:11:27,955 --> 00:11:29,622
- Hey!
316
00:11:29,757 --> 00:11:31,556
- What the fuck
is wrong with you?
317
00:11:31,558 --> 00:11:32,758
- I'll get you, motherfucker.
- Are you fuckin' crazy?
318
00:11:32,893 --> 00:11:34,026
- Nigga, I'ma fuck you up.
319
00:11:34,161 --> 00:11:36,229
- [yells]
[gunshot]
320
00:11:40,768 --> 00:11:43,135
- [breathing shakily]
321
00:11:46,273 --> 00:11:49,141
[tense music]
322
00:11:49,276 --> 00:11:50,209
♪ ♪
323
00:11:50,345 --> 00:11:52,477
- Javi. Javi.
324
00:11:52,613 --> 00:11:54,613
- He was about to kill you.
- Oh, shit.
325
00:11:54,749 --> 00:11:56,281
No. Javi.
326
00:11:56,283 --> 00:11:57,550
- This is bad, man.
This is bad.
327
00:11:57,685 --> 00:12:00,353
- Javi, give me the gun.
Give me the gun.
328
00:12:00,487 --> 00:12:02,487
Give me the gun.
329
00:12:02,489 --> 00:12:03,822
Now, I want you to tell me.
330
00:12:03,958 --> 00:12:06,425
Did anybody else see you
come in here besides me?
331
00:12:06,561 --> 00:12:08,027
- I don't think so, no.
332
00:12:08,029 --> 00:12:10,295
- You don't think,
or do you know so?
333
00:12:10,297 --> 00:12:12,365
- No. I know.
No one saw me.
334
00:12:12,499 --> 00:12:13,966
- Okay.
335
00:12:14,101 --> 00:12:16,635
I want you to listen to me
very, very carefully
336
00:12:16,771 --> 00:12:18,371
'cause your life
is gonna depend on this.
337
00:12:18,505 --> 00:12:20,173
Do you understand me?
- Yeah.
338
00:12:20,307 --> 00:12:21,707
- You gotta go.
339
00:12:21,709 --> 00:12:23,042
You gotta get your ass
to the Poconos.
340
00:12:23,044 --> 00:12:24,509
You never look back.
You understand me?
341
00:12:24,645 --> 00:12:26,712
You were never here.
342
00:12:26,847 --> 00:12:29,782
- But what about--
- You were never here.
343
00:12:29,917 --> 00:12:31,717
You understand me?
344
00:12:31,852 --> 00:12:34,853
All this is my fault.
I can handle it.
345
00:12:34,855 --> 00:12:37,056
Now you gotta go.
346
00:12:37,058 --> 00:12:38,391
Come here.
347
00:12:40,194 --> 00:12:42,327
Oh, man.
348
00:12:42,329 --> 00:12:44,197
Go.
349
00:12:44,331 --> 00:12:46,932
[sighs]
350
00:12:47,068 --> 00:12:53,973
♪ ♪
351
00:12:58,279 --> 00:13:01,013
- [chatters excitedly]
352
00:13:01,148 --> 00:13:08,020
♪ ♪
353
00:13:10,491 --> 00:13:11,757
- Shay.
354
00:13:11,892 --> 00:13:13,692
Shay, can you see it now?
Right here.
355
00:13:13,694 --> 00:13:16,629
How about--how is this?
Shay, can you hear--
356
00:13:16,764 --> 00:13:18,631
[phone beeps]
- I don't see Tray anywhere.
357
00:13:18,766 --> 00:13:20,633
- He's gonna be here.
- I know he's gonna be here
358
00:13:20,768 --> 00:13:22,101
'cause he would not
miss this for the world.
359
00:13:22,103 --> 00:13:23,035
- That's what I'm saying.
360
00:13:23,170 --> 00:13:24,637
- Oh, gosh.
- Shay!
361
00:13:24,772 --> 00:13:28,307
[cheers and applause]
362
00:13:28,443 --> 00:13:30,375
- We're so glad
you can be here today...
363
00:13:30,511 --> 00:13:32,111
- Hey, hey, Ma.
364
00:13:32,246 --> 00:13:34,713
Did Shahzad do his speech yet?
- Not yet.
365
00:13:34,715 --> 00:13:37,450
- Now, our first
student speaker this morning
366
00:13:37,585 --> 00:13:41,787
is our class maverick,
Shahzad Birkeland.
367
00:13:41,789 --> 00:13:44,924
[cheers and applause]
368
00:13:46,261 --> 00:13:49,061
- Whoo!
You go, bro!
369
00:13:50,665 --> 00:13:52,397
- Heroes come in lots of forms.
370
00:13:52,533 --> 00:13:54,133
They can be presidents,
371
00:13:54,269 --> 00:13:57,136
teachers, activists,
372
00:13:57,272 --> 00:13:59,938
even TikTok influencers.
373
00:13:59,940 --> 00:14:03,008
Well, my hero
374
00:14:03,010 --> 00:14:06,411
has been recently incarcerated,
375
00:14:06,547 --> 00:14:09,014
and that hero is my dad.
376
00:14:09,016 --> 00:14:10,683
In the short time
we've known each other,
377
00:14:10,818 --> 00:14:12,751
my dad has taught me a lot--
378
00:14:12,753 --> 00:14:15,488
not like trigonometry,
'cause we both suck at that.
379
00:14:15,622 --> 00:14:17,022
[laughter]
380
00:14:17,158 --> 00:14:20,960
He taught me that success
isn't about money or power.
381
00:14:21,095 --> 00:14:23,095
It's about your impact
on people--
382
00:14:23,230 --> 00:14:27,300
how you improve lives,
not just your own.
383
00:14:27,434 --> 00:14:28,901
That's your legacy.
384
00:14:29,036 --> 00:14:31,170
Do you care about
how much you can get
385
00:14:31,172 --> 00:14:32,571
or how much you can give?
386
00:14:32,707 --> 00:14:35,574
Are you greedy,
or are you good?
387
00:14:35,710 --> 00:14:37,376
By that measure,
388
00:14:37,512 --> 00:14:39,979
my father, Tray Barker,
389
00:14:40,114 --> 00:14:42,315
is the most successful man
I know.
390
00:14:42,449 --> 00:14:45,584
My dad is a good man.
391
00:14:45,586 --> 00:14:47,853
And whatever I do
with my life,
392
00:14:47,989 --> 00:14:51,390
that is what I hope people
will say about me.
393
00:14:51,526 --> 00:14:53,258
That is a lesson for us all.
394
00:14:53,260 --> 00:14:56,028
[cheers and applause]
395
00:14:57,198 --> 00:14:59,632
- That was actually
a good speech.
396
00:15:04,271 --> 00:15:05,538
- The Rothman School...
397
00:15:05,673 --> 00:15:07,340
- That's it, baby. Go on.
398
00:15:07,474 --> 00:15:09,608
Let it out. Let it out.
399
00:15:09,744 --> 00:15:12,211
He's proud of you.
400
00:15:12,213 --> 00:15:15,480
- Julia Bansoff.
[cheers and applause]
401
00:15:15,616 --> 00:15:17,282
Raymond Bird.
402
00:15:17,418 --> 00:15:18,684
This is a little unusual,
403
00:15:18,819 --> 00:15:20,886
but these two have asked
to go together.
404
00:15:20,888 --> 00:15:23,488
Amira and Shahzad Birkeland.
405
00:15:23,624 --> 00:15:26,359
[cheers and applause]
406
00:15:26,493 --> 00:15:27,760
- Amira!
407
00:15:27,895 --> 00:15:29,562
My kids' graduation
was supposed to be
408
00:15:29,697 --> 00:15:31,296
one of the happiest days
of my life.
409
00:15:31,298 --> 00:15:34,499
My son's up there
telling people I'm a good man.
410
00:15:34,635 --> 00:15:37,102
Now I'm not so sure.
411
00:15:37,104 --> 00:15:39,104
My community did change me.
412
00:15:39,106 --> 00:15:41,707
But am I changed
for the better?
413
00:15:41,842 --> 00:15:43,909
- How long has that camera
been there?
414
00:15:44,045 --> 00:15:45,911
- I just had that installed.
415
00:15:46,047 --> 00:15:48,647
- Captain.
- Yeah.
416
00:15:48,649 --> 00:15:51,250
- I said I did all of these
things for the community.
417
00:15:51,386 --> 00:15:54,253
Did I do it for them,
or did I do it for me?
418
00:15:54,255 --> 00:15:55,788
- Oh, my grandchildren
419
00:15:55,923 --> 00:15:59,058
are officially
high school graduates.
420
00:15:59,060 --> 00:16:00,593
- Best speech I ever heard,
man.
421
00:16:00,728 --> 00:16:02,327
My heart is filled.
[laughs]
422
00:16:02,463 --> 00:16:04,463
I just wanna say I'm so proud
of you and your sister.
423
00:16:04,599 --> 00:16:07,400
You two are the best children
any father could ask for.
424
00:16:07,534 --> 00:16:08,601
- Okay, we gotta take pictures,
425
00:16:08,736 --> 00:16:10,069
or your mother
is gonna kill me.
426
00:16:10,204 --> 00:16:13,538
- Yes, yes, yes.
- Let's start with Tray here.
427
00:16:13,674 --> 00:16:15,540
Big smiles.
It's a big day.
428
00:16:15,676 --> 00:16:17,210
[siren chirps]
429
00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:21,280
[siren blipping]
430
00:16:21,282 --> 00:16:22,481
- Hey, guys,
I got something to tell you.
431
00:16:22,617 --> 00:16:23,949
- Yeah?
432
00:16:24,085 --> 00:16:25,618
- Hey, buddy,
you can't park there.
433
00:16:25,753 --> 00:16:26,919
Move aside.
434
00:16:31,426 --> 00:16:35,094
- I just wanna say I love you
and I'm proud of you.
435
00:16:35,229 --> 00:16:36,695
- [yells]
[gunshot]
436
00:16:36,831 --> 00:16:38,764
- The shooter's not visible
from this angle.
437
00:16:38,899 --> 00:16:41,500
- That's all we got.
438
00:16:41,636 --> 00:16:43,235
- I gotta call this in.
439
00:16:43,370 --> 00:16:45,838
- That is what I hope
people will say about me.
440
00:16:45,973 --> 00:16:47,706
- You did it.
- Were you nervous?
441
00:16:47,708 --> 00:16:49,174
- Yeah.
- Yeah, I was too.
442
00:16:49,310 --> 00:16:51,376
- Of course you were nervous.
- "Don't mess up."
443
00:16:51,378 --> 00:16:52,911
- If you're not nervous,
it's not gonna work.
444
00:16:52,913 --> 00:16:53,979
- Yeah.
- And you pulled it off.
445
00:16:54,115 --> 00:16:56,782
Look at that.
- Oh.
446
00:16:56,784 --> 00:16:58,917
- Amira, you ain't finished
your dessert.
447
00:16:58,919 --> 00:17:01,320
- Javi never came
to my graduation.
448
00:17:01,322 --> 00:17:02,587
And I can't find him.
449
00:17:02,589 --> 00:17:04,189
He's not answering
any of my texts.
450
00:17:04,325 --> 00:17:06,659
I just thought he'd be there.
I can't believe it.
451
00:17:06,794 --> 00:17:08,994
- Hey.
[glass clanging]
452
00:17:08,996 --> 00:17:10,930
I wanna make a toast.
453
00:17:11,065 --> 00:17:13,732
To Amira and Shahzad,
454
00:17:13,868 --> 00:17:15,268
who worked so hard this year
455
00:17:15,402 --> 00:17:19,272
and every year
to get great grades in school.
456
00:17:19,406 --> 00:17:21,140
And I wanna thank someone else
457
00:17:21,142 --> 00:17:23,942
who co-parented with me
all year.
458
00:17:23,944 --> 00:17:26,545
My partner in crime--
[knock at door]
459
00:17:26,547 --> 00:17:28,080
- Who is that?
460
00:17:34,289 --> 00:17:37,756
- I saw what happened
on the security footage.
461
00:17:37,758 --> 00:17:39,892
- Footage?
462
00:17:40,027 --> 00:17:43,696
- I had a security camera
installed after I fired you.
463
00:17:43,831 --> 00:17:45,230
- How much you seen?
464
00:17:45,366 --> 00:17:47,266
- Enough to know
that you shouldn't have ran.
465
00:17:49,170 --> 00:17:52,371
- So you know?
- Who you trying to cover for?
466
00:17:52,373 --> 00:17:53,839
Nah.
467
00:17:53,975 --> 00:17:57,643
The camera didn't show
that part, but I know.
468
00:17:57,778 --> 00:18:00,245
- I wouldn't expect you
to understand.
469
00:18:00,247 --> 00:18:02,447
- If you don't say nothing,
Tray,
470
00:18:02,449 --> 00:18:05,050
with your rap sheet,
they gonna put you in there
471
00:18:05,052 --> 00:18:06,385
for a very long time.
472
00:18:06,521 --> 00:18:08,053
- Ain't nothing I ain't
been through before.
473
00:18:08,055 --> 00:18:09,322
- Yeah,
but the only difference is,
474
00:18:09,456 --> 00:18:11,857
you ain't do nothing wrong
this time.
475
00:18:11,859 --> 00:18:13,726
- Tell that to your brother.
476
00:18:13,861 --> 00:18:17,263
I owe you, a whole bunch
of other people.
477
00:18:23,338 --> 00:18:27,006
- You are a good man,
Tray Leviticus Barker.
478
00:18:28,809 --> 00:18:31,810
- Oh, you a ally now?
479
00:18:31,812 --> 00:18:33,346
[chuckles]
480
00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:35,381
- Maybe I am.
481
00:18:36,951 --> 00:18:39,218
The cops saw
the same footage I did.
482
00:18:39,354 --> 00:18:41,153
They're gonna
be coming for you.
483
00:18:41,288 --> 00:18:44,357
They gonna try
to make you flip.
484
00:18:44,491 --> 00:18:47,026
- I know how the game go.
485
00:18:47,161 --> 00:18:50,229
[soft dramatic music]
486
00:18:50,365 --> 00:18:57,303
♪ ♪
487
00:19:10,117 --> 00:19:12,451
- Where have you been?
488
00:19:12,587 --> 00:19:14,519
I've been worried sick.
489
00:19:14,655 --> 00:19:17,323
- Look, there's something
I wanted to tell you.
490
00:19:22,063 --> 00:19:24,263
- Oh, Tray,
that was some dinner, huh?
491
00:19:24,399 --> 00:19:26,465
- It was, Mommy.
- You know,
492
00:19:26,467 --> 00:19:28,200
if I don't say it enough,
I want you to know
493
00:19:28,335 --> 00:19:31,404
how proud I am of you
and I love you.
494
00:19:31,538 --> 00:19:33,806
- I love you too, Ma.
I'ma take out the trash.
495
00:19:33,941 --> 00:19:35,508
- Okay.
496
00:19:43,684 --> 00:19:45,918
- [exhales heavily]
497
00:19:49,957 --> 00:19:51,657
[taps trash can]
498
00:20:00,301 --> 00:20:03,503
[tires screech, siren chirping]
499
00:20:04,639 --> 00:20:06,171
- [breathes deeply]
500
00:20:06,307 --> 00:20:08,240
- ♪ Ooh, la, la,
ah, oui, oui ♪
501
00:20:08,375 --> 00:20:11,110
♪ Ooh, la, la,
ah, oui, oui ♪
502
00:20:11,112 --> 00:20:13,446
♪ Ooh, la, la ♪
503
00:20:13,580 --> 00:20:15,380
♪ Lookin' for Ms
like I lost a friend ♪
504
00:20:15,516 --> 00:20:17,250
♪ Jump out of my bed like,
"Where the bread?" ♪
505
00:20:17,384 --> 00:20:19,118
♪ You gon' hold the egg,
waiter, bring the check ♪
506
00:20:19,253 --> 00:20:20,920
♪ When we talk,
we Kalashnikov ♪
507
00:20:21,055 --> 00:20:22,587
♪ Keep us in your thoughts ♪
508
00:20:22,589 --> 00:20:23,989
♪ Fully dressed
at the crack of dawn ♪
509
00:20:23,991 --> 00:20:25,324
♪ Weapons letting off ♪
510
00:20:25,460 --> 00:20:26,859
♪ I can hear them
from the block ♪
511
00:20:26,994 --> 00:20:28,928
♪ See them creeping
through the fog ♪
512
00:20:29,063 --> 00:20:30,529
♪ Season's greetings,
now feeding season can start ♪
513
00:20:30,665 --> 00:20:32,597
♪ Oh, my God,
look alive ♪
514
00:20:32,599 --> 00:20:34,399
♪ Lookin' like I live life
on a crooked line ♪
515
00:20:34,401 --> 00:20:35,801
♪ Doin' fine,
you want maximum stupid ♪
516
00:20:35,936 --> 00:20:37,136
♪ I am the guy ♪
517
00:20:37,272 --> 00:20:39,672
♪ Ah
ah, oui, oui ♪