[Kevin] Previously, on "The Chi"...
[Victor] Yes.
Aren't you taking credit for the labor of a trans woman
by claiming you founded Trinity House?
How are we supposed to keep the conversation going
when, uh, I don't even have your number?
♪ Soft music
Check this out.
You stop giving a fuck what people think,
you will be much happier.
I ain't never got that advice.
You a blessing, you know that?
I saw Roselyn yesterday.
- She wants to help. - Are you crazy?
This could be a good thing, if you let it.
Listen, if you do anything to damage
what I've built, I promise I'll kill you myself.
It's time. [sighs]
Fuck.
We need to talk.
♪ Tense music
[Jake] So what we gon' do?
I'm just gonna have to take care of it.
What you mean?
We-we can't have a kid.
Why not?
I can get a job. I could take care of us.
I don't want to be taken care of.
I want to live.
I'm still trying to figure out who I am.
So you can't figure out who you are with a baby?
Why would I if I don't have to?
[sighs]
So I have no say in this.
I care about what you think, but this is my body,
so the decision is mine.
Why don't you want to have my baby?
[Marshawn] My king.
[Emmett] That's what I'm talking about.
[Marshawn] I believe that celibacy is the means
to reclaiming yourself.
Yes, it is.
And a lotta y'all done fell victim to the big booties,
mm, and the baby hair, mm, and the big boobies, mm, mm.
You don't care, no.
Mm, that's right.
[Marshawn] Don't let them do that to you.
You understand what I'm saying?
It makes me sad, makes me sad inside
that Black men don't know who they are
when they ain't fucking somebody.
- Don't know who you are... - What you listening to?
[Marshawn] If you ain't fuckin' somebody
Know who you are. Learn who you are.
- What you listening to? - Huh?
Um...
I never seen you this locked into anything.
Um...
I'm just watchin', uh, Master Marshawn.
[Kiesha] Who?
[Emmett] It's like this Black dude guru.
- He certified? - [Emmett] What you mean?
I mean, what gives him the license
to be giving you advice?
[scoffs] I don't know.
Uh... I just like what he be sayin'.
He smooth.
Look, he been making me a better man,
so... I don't really care what degrees he got.
You always been a good man.
♪ Soft pop music
Thank you for that.
I was a hot mess when we were together, though.
I remember.
- [laughs] - That's why I'm just
stayin' in the house, taking care of my kids.
You know, play some cards with the OGs later.
No more goin' to the club.
You having a game night?
Well, just cards. That's it.
- I play cards. - It's for the guys, though.
Whether you like it or not, I'm playin'.
Just don't be mad when we take all your money.
And I mean, like, all of it.
Nigga, please.
[Emmett] Pshh. Get ready. Pony up.
♪ Dramatic jazz music
[Simone] You sure you don't wanna come with me?
[Kevin] Yeah, nah, I'm too old to be playin' dress-up.
It's not dress-up. It's cosplay.
[Kevin] Okay.
Oh.
Besides, I don't even know what that is.
It's a great way to expand your imagination.
And there's nothing wrong
with escaping reality for a while.
Okay.
Well...
How do I look?
You look good.
What superhero you supposed to be?
Cat woman, Storm?
Nah, at these parties, we create our own superheroes.
I'm not trying to copy someone else's IP.
- I... IP? - Intellectual property.
Oh ho! Oh, yeah.
I knew what that was.
Hmph. I'm the Moon Whisperer.
Okay, Miss Moon Whisperer.
What's your superpower?
I can talk to the moon.
Ooh. And what y'all be talkin' about?
Everything.
Y'all be talkin' about me?
Sometimes.
Oh, wow. Okay, I see how it is.
I think you should create your own superhero
and come with me.
It'll be fun.
Nah, it's just not my vibe, you know?
If you had a superpower, what would it be?
I'd make it rain.
- Like in a strip club? - [chuckles] Nah.
I mean like the weather.
I just love when it rains.
Sometimes, I wish I could just snap my fingers,
and it rains whenever I want, you know?
I like that.
Yeah, but how do I dress up as the rain?
Doesn't matter. That's for you to decide.
[Jake] Why you all dressed up for?
Tryin' to change my image.
[huffs] You doing a lot to make niggas like you.
[small laugh]
I'm tryin' to get people to trust me.
- I trust you. - Took you a minute.
True.
[Victor] What?
Nothin'.
You lyin'.
You ever got a girl... pregnant?
Why? Is Jemma pregnant?
What? Nah, hell nah.
Okay, so why you asking?
Never mind, never mind.
You sure you ain't got nothing you want to tell me?
I'm sure.
You know, Imani gave you those condoms for a reason.
Any more questions before I go?
No, no.
All right.
[light laugh] This shit crazy.
[Deja] Mm-hmm.
Nigga's skin all moisturized and shit.
Yeah, well, exfoliants and sea moss,
they'll do wonders.
- Sea moss, huh? - Yeah.
Yeah, a nigga like me ain't never had a facial before.
- This is crazy. - [laughs]
It's called self-care.
Well, self-care got me lookin' like Eddie Murphy
in "Boomerang" out this bitch, ya dig?
What? [laughs]
Wow.
- Hey. - Hmm?
You deserve to feel spoiled too.
Soft R&B
I do?
Yes.
Well, thank you for broadenin' my horizons.
I appreciate you.
- Listen. - Mm?
I've never had a woman in my life that...
that ever wanted to make me feel special.
- You know what I mean? - Hm.
I guess I just felt like it should always be,
like, the other way around.
You really mean a lot to me.
You know that, right?
If you lay your head on my chest...
You know, um, I always said
that I would never date a guy with a record.
But... you changed my mind.
Really?
Yeah, I'm glad you did.
Baby, you got me deep
And I'm wrapped up in all your love...
Listen, I know it's only been a few weeks, but...
Baby...
I love you, Deja.
I love you too, Shaad.
Yeah?
Yeah.
Yeah-eah-eah
Baby, you got me deep
And I'm wrapped up in all your love
[police siren wails distantly]
[footsteps approach]
[Q humming softly]
What're y'all doing here?
- I called them. - Why?
[Roselyn] Because we need their help.
With what?
Everybody knows that police presence
in our neighborhoods have dwindled significantly.
[light laugh] And you are welcome.
And you didn't do it by yourself.
She's right.
I have nothing against the police myself.
I mean, some of my best friends are cops.
Yeah, 'cause y'all cut from the same crooked-ass cloth.
[Roselyn] The South Side wants the police to stay away.
But they're getting pissed off
because all of their packages are being stolen lately.
Wait a minute. Are you serious?
Is that why the fuck we down here,
to talk about some fucking stolen packages?
I know it's petty.
- [Roselyn] I get it. - Extremely petty.
It's petty as fuck.
It may be petty to you, but if we're not careful,
then somebody might get mad enough to say
that community protection is not working,
and then they're gonna want the police to come back.
Okay, so Roselyn, what is it that you would have us do?
Well, we would have the two of you
go and find out who is behind it
and then tell them to stop doing that shit
before we be back to where we started.
[Douda] Okay, these little motherfuckers
don't give a shit about us.
- They should. - No, really, Roselyn.
This is a whole different generation.
I don't think they have any interest in listening to us.
- See? What he said. - But...
I've got a feeling, D,
that we're going to be able to strike a deal.
Oh, no, I don't want us
to get involved in illegal activity.
Too late.
[Douda sighs] Look, folks outta work.
They got bills to pay. They got mouths to feed.
And I can't go out here
and tell no hustler not to fucking hustle.
We can maybe find out... who's running shit
and politely ask the motherfucker to lay low.
Do whatever you gotta do. Just keep the cops at bay.
Ooh, ha ha, yes, ma'am.
I'm attracted to your mind, body, soul
Just can't get enough of your mind, body, soul
Like a magnet I'm drawn to your mind, body, soul
I'm in love with your mind, body, soul...
All right, now. Look at you.
[chuckles]
If I'ma be city councilman,
I figure I should dress the part.
I mean, you wear it well.
- Thank you. - You're welcome.
I also heard you were coming by today.
Aww, so that's why you wore cologne.
- [Victor] Pshhh. - [laughs]
Maybe.
I came by to cover Follow Your Dreams Day.
Oh.
Yeah, Tierra gave me some info about it.
I figured it was worth writing about.
She hit you.
You surprised?
No, she's very thorough.
Yeah, she is.
You know, people get the wrong idea about Chicago.
- Mmm. - We really are a community
of people who care about each other.
Yeah. It's more like a small town than a big city.
[sighs]
You wanna get outta here?
No, uh, I have to cover the event.
But, um, I'll be heading out in a little while.
Cool.
[knock at door]
[Jake] The hell?
What the fuck are you wearin'?
Oh, man, Simone got me doing this cosplay shit.
- What? - Yeah, it's a...
it's a long story.
Hey, uh, sorry for missing your call, by the way.
How come you ain't call me back?
'Cause you was coming here today,
so I figured I'd just wait.
Sit down, bro.
Jemma pregnant.
♪ Soft music
Y'all know what y'all gon' do?
I understand.
It's okay to be sad.
I am sad about it.
Y'all really think y'all ready to have a baby though?
Ain't nobody ready, man.
You just gotta do what you gotta do.
Nah, man, it's way more complicated than that.
So what? You gone agree with Jemma?
No, I'm...
I'm just saying...
she needs to do the best for her.
What about me?
Look, it's not just about you.
She got a life too, man.
You jealous?
Come on, bro.
You know me way better than that.
Yeah, my-my bad. I-I'm tripping, man.
Don't even worry about it.
If you want this baby...
I think you should tell her.
I'll be a'ight.
You...
you sure?
[Jake] You can't go out like that.
[small laugh] Yeah, yeah, I know.
[Jake] Come on, man. Let me help your ass.
♪ Bright music
[background chatter]
♪ Bright music continues
[Jake] So what we gon' do?
[Jemma] I'm just... gonna have to take care of it.
[Jake] So you can't figure out who you are with a baby?
[Ma is ha] What's going on?
[Jemma] Jake is mad that I don't want to keep the baby.
[Ma is ha] You gotta do what you gotta do.
He just looked so sad.
And he'll get over it.
Will I?
Last night, I had a dream that I kept the baby.
That sounds like a nightmare to me.
It was actually really nice.
And you woke up.
I did.
And what did you feel then?
Scared.
[Jemma sniffles]
♪ Dramatic music
♪ Watch out, lil bitch, all on my dick ♪
♪ Careful what hos or we all intermix ♪
♪ Don't get too close... ♪
How can I help you, my man? What can I get you?
[person] Give me all that motherfucking money
in the register, nigga.
That's what the fuck you can give me.
- [person] Oh, my God. - [person] What?
Think I'm fuckin' playing with you, nigga?
Hand me that fucking shit, nigga.
- [women screaming] - Put that shit in there.
[Emmett] Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait...
[Shaad] Bakari!
Man, the fuck is you on, shorty?
Nigga, you dumber than I thought.
Now, how you gonna come in a crowded spot
and try to rob it?
Cool out, cool out, cool out.
Put that down.
Gimme that.
[gun clicks]
Probably only got a couple hundred dollars
- in that bitch anyway. - Hey, we make more than that.
Look.
Go on and sit down somewhere.
Bakari.
Come sit down, man.
Come on.
♪ Hip-hop music in background...
Sorry about that, y'all. He... he all right.
It's all right. Hey.
Yo, you a'ight?
[whispers] Yeah.
Emmett, you straight?
Yeah.
Hey, look, man.
Can you hook this little nigga up with some food?
Hell no! He just tried to rob me!
I know, I know he ain't shit, but...
- He lost. - Yeah, he real lost.
Man, can you just do me this solid please, Emmett?
You lucky you Victor friend.
Thanks.
Get this nigga some chicken.
Your ass tweaking, son.
You about to be on "First 48" in a minute.
Don't you know that?
Whatever.
Your ass need a job.
Bro...
♪ Quiet, somber music
What you doing for money?
Stealing packages from people's doors
and pawning what's inside.
That's what the fuck I'm doing for money, nigga.
Look, man.
I'ma try to help you find a real job.
[Bakari] Bro, why do you give a fuck?
Why, nigga?
[sniffling]]
Hey.
'Cause ain't nobody do it for me.
Where your family?
Not here.
I can see that.
Where you stay?
Stayin' on my friend's couch,
but his mom kicked me out. [sniffles]
A'ight, well...
Eat your food, man.
♪ Upbeat hip-hop music
♪ She told me she love me, she diggin' my style ♪
♪ Them niggas is sayin' we pass through the crowd ♪
♪ I let them niggas jump up on me, bringin' 'em down ♪
♪ They wanted the pressure, ♪ ♪ we hearin' 'em now ♪
♪ They 'sposed to be Gs, we finna know ♪
♪ Where're these niggas runnin' the city ♪
♪ Y'all keep sending my shit that gets silly ♪
♪ That's sticky, icky, got me liftin' offa nobody... ♪
Huh, that's cool.
♪ Can't guarantee that I'm gone empty... ♪
Yo, man, this is tough.
Thank you.
I got you, brother.
- [Kevin] Thank you. - For sure.
[Kevin] Stay up, bro.
What's wrong?
Some fool tried to rob Smokey's today.
- Are you serious? - [Emmett] Hell yeah.
Thank God Shaad was there to grab the gun from his ass.
[Kiesha] What was going on out there?
Niggas losing they minds.
I'm sorry.
- You okay? - [Emmett sighs]
Ain't gon' lie, I'm a little shook.
He pointed that gun right in my face.
Almost fainted.
What's that?
[Emmett] What?
What? That's food for cards tonight.
You never get tired of eating Smokey's?
Nah, girl, it's free.
Okay, you know what?
You go take a hot shower, and I'ma whip something up.
Kiesha, you ain't gotta do all that.
These niggas be happy with just chicken.
You can at least give them a home-cooked meal.
I got you. Go ahead.
♪ Soft hip-hop music
All right.
♪ Sun is shining bright ♪
♪ Feel the breeze out the window ♪
♪ Feelin' good, shit, I might just cop me a rental ♪
♪ No insurance so I gotta watch for incidentals ♪
♪ Few dollars to my name so I'm never judgmental ♪
♪ Ridin' through my old hood, they still showing me love ♪
♪ Shouldn't even be here, gotta thank the man above ♪
♪ Swervin' on the backstreet, gotta watch them potholes ♪
♪ Feelin' kind of hungry ♪
♪ I just might get me some tacos ♪
♪ There's so many doing worse... ♪
[Kiesha] Damn, that was a long shower.
Whoa.
You...
When you start cooking like that?
Try it.
Mmm, damn.
[Kiesha giggles]
- You did that? - [laughs]
I'ma get another.
I'ma go put my clothes on.
Damn.
[Fatima] So...
♪ Soft upbeat music
When you gonna make your, uh, transition?
Uh... transition?
From a real person to a politician.
Politicians are real people too.
Of course, but... they have to make a lot
of sacrifices to get into office.
Mm-hmm, yeah, I know.
I'm learning a lot about what people want from their leaders.
Oh, what's that?
They want you to be pristine.
And they want you to fix all of their problems.
Sounds impossible to me.
I just want 'em to know I ain't gon' be on no bullshit.
That's all.
Then why lie about who you are?
Huh.
We still off the record?
Of course.
Well, my popularity has gone through the roof
ever since I started posting pictures
of Tierra on my page.
Of course it has.
People love a cis, straight, Black couple.
But if I'm attracted to women,
don't that make me straight too?
Trans women are women.
Exactly.
But when was the last time
you were with a cis woman?
So what do you call that?
What's the word for that?
[Fatima] I don't know.
I don't know either.
Why haven't you spoken publicly
about being in a relationship with a trans woman?
You think voters are gonna be here for that?
If you don't declare the love
that you have for the women that you love...
It erases us.
I get it.
You can keep up this facade if you want,
but it'll come out eventually.
Or someone will catch you slipping
and hold it over your head.
♪ Dramatic music
[indistinct chatter]
Nice.
[person] Who the fuck is you?
My bad. Allow me to introduce myself.
I'm the bogeyman.
This is my faithful companion, Robin.
[chuckles]
Seriously?
Hey, man, so if you kill him,
you won't make it home.
Why don't we step into your office here,
have a little chat?
Y'all the cops?
You wish.
What the fuck y'all want?
Twenty percent.
[person] For what?
Ooh, for to keep your little operation here going.
You owe us 20% of every dollar you make.
Nigga, fuck you!
[choking]
[man gasping]
Do you want to see your children grow up?
[man coughing]
I don't think you heard me.
Do we have a deal?
Can't hear you now.
Yes.
Listen, on top of that 20%,
I want you to make regular donations to the ROCK Center.
Understand?
Fine. [coughing]
Let's go.
[coughs]
[sighs]
Are you fucking kidding me?
What was that?
I don't do shit for free.
So now we're in business
with small-time fucking criminals.
Hell no, we're not in business with them.
They're just paying us rent. All right?
And it felt good, didn't it? Huh?
Just like old times. [laughing]
Ah, shit, but the next time...
I'ma need you to be a hell of a lot quicker on the draw.
Almost had to kill that boy with my bare hands.
[Shaad] Guess you can sleep on the couch for now.
Here.
Hey, look, nigga, I ain't trying to live here.
So what you trying to be, homeless?
A'ight.
The proper response is "thank you."
Thank you.
[Shaad] You're welcome.
Now look, uh...
I ain't really get permission for all this yet,
so you just better hope Victor don't trip when he get home.
That ain't the nigga I'm worried about.
♪ Soft music
Scoot over, man.
So what you want to be when you get older, shorty?
[Bakari] I don't know.
What, you don't got no dreams, nothing?
Nah.
What about you?
Damn, uh...
Nobody ever asked me what my dreams were at your age.
That's why I'm asking now.
Shit. Guess I gotta think about it.
You do that.
If I start telling you my dreams, then...
you gotta tell me yours too, bro.
A'ight.
You miss her?
She made her choice.
[Fatima] That's not what I asked.
[Victor] Sometimes.
When?
In the mornings.
I hate waking up alone.
Yeah, me too.
So you and Tierra don't live together?
Tsss. She stay over sometimes.
And where she stay other times?
That's her business.
- Oh, it's like that. - Yeah, it's like that.
[both chuckling]
And I assume us having lunch and smoking a blunt in the car,
that's your business?
- Yes, it is. - Oh.
- Yeah. Mm-hmm. - Okay.
As long as you, um,
as long as you know how to keep a secret.
I'm a journalist.
I'm good at keeping secrets.
But I ain't gon' be one.
I wouldn't do you like that.
I want more of this.
Tacos and weed?
Come on.
You know I'm in a tough spot.
You can trust me.
Okay.
Yeah, it's me and you
♪ Nothing else matters but this moment ♪
♪ Let's just live in the moment ♪
♪ What do you say, baby? ♪
♪ So high, so high, so high, so high ♪
♪ You'll never wanna come down ♪
♪ Down, down ♪
♪ Down down ♪
♪ And you got ♪ ♪ into the moment ♪
♪ So high, so high, so high, so high ♪
♪ You'll never wanna ♪ ♪ come down... ♪
Now we both have a secret.
♪ Down, down, down ♪
♪ You never wanna come down ♪
♪ Down, down ♪
♪ I know you'll never ever wanna come down ♪
♪ Down, down ♪
♪ Hey, girl ♪
♪ Down, down ♪
♪ Oh, baby ♪
♪ Down, down ♪
♪ Down, go down ♪
[Shaad] So you're in a good mood.
All right, great.
What you want?
Bakari need a place to stay.
No, no, no, no, no.
He can't stay here, bro. No!
Come on, man. He don't got nobody.
Nigga, send his house to Trinity House.
Come on, man, you know good and well
they ain't let no niggas in there after 9:00 p.m.
I guess we gonna have to make some changes.
Well, you know what, until you do,
he gon' sleep on that couch over there.
Nigga, you don't even pay rent here.
How you adding heads to the count?
Man, come on, Vic.
What if we would've had niggas like us
in our lives at that age?
Shit could a been different.
Fine, but he better not do no dumb shit, bro, or he's gone.
He won't.
Thank you, my man. Okay, whew.
Now that we got that shit out the way,
you come in here cheesing and shit.
What the fuck going on, nigga?
Look, you ready to go to Emmett's?
Man, I ain't trying to sit up and play no cards
with a whole bunch of niggas, man.
I ain't that old.
Nigga, you the oldest motherfucker I know.
Come on, man.
[Darnell] Hey, man, it's a beautiful thing though.
[Emmett] Yeah.
You eating the hell out of it.
This cheese dip good as a motherfucker.
- [Emmett] It's slapping. - [Kiesha] I told you.
Eating the hell out of that.
[Darnell] Hey, cheers.
- Cheers, brother. - [Emmett] Cheers all around.
Cheers all around, all around.
- [Emmett] To the good life. - [Victor] Yes.
- To the good life. - [Victor] Eye contact.
- Eye contact. - To Kiesha's dip.
- [Darnell] Yeah.
[laughter]
[Darnell] Hey, but what we really here for?
[Victor] You know what we here for.
- [Darnell] Come on now. - You know what we here for.
Yeah, let's get it.
Let's get... let's open them cards up.
Let's get to dealing.
- [Shaad] Kiesha, you playing? - Oh yeah, I'm playing.
- Mm-hmm. - [Darnell] What?
Uh-oh, well, hey, listen.
We ain't gonna take it easy on you just 'cause you a gal.
- I don't want you to. - Ha ha ha ha ha!
Matter fact, she gonna be my partner.
- [Darnell] Oh, yeah? - She gon' be my partner.
Two on two. Let's get it.
Yeah, yeah.
Hey, Shaad, bwoy,
your face smooth like a baby, brother.
- Aw, man! - [Victor] Tell him, man.
Hey, he should know.
He done fathered a lot of babies.
- Hey, hey. - Oh, man.
Well, it run in the family, son.
I'm breaking generational curses though,
know what I mean?
Yeah, you know, I did hear you finally put your dick away.
I'm just trying to, you know,
just... it's on injured reserve right now.
It's chilling on the bench. Chilling on the bench.
Call me in, Coach! Coach!
Well no, I mean, I can see what's happening, you know.
My dick has been on solitary confinement for a while,
but he is now free.
He getting a lot of action.
Hey, let me tell you youngins something.
It ain't always about what you can do with your dick,
especially when your mouth can do all the work.
- [Darnell] Ha ha ha ha! - I'm eating! I'm eating!
Why does everything have to be about sex with y'all?
You can use your mouth to tell us how you feel,
tell us what you want, tell us what you thinking.
- Ain't nobody trying to do... - [Emmett] Okay, speaking...
Ain't nobody tryin' to do all that talking.
- [Shaad] Right. - Yeah, you know what I mean?
[Shaad] Man.
You should learn how to express your emotions, Pop.
It works for me.
- [Darnell] Yeah, well... - [Shaad] This nigga.
I'm saying.
When I express my emotions, son,
I just break out the brown liquor.
[Shaad] Yeah, man, yeah.
♪ Somber music
[Tracy] Are y'all fucking kidding me?
I told you to stop them, not join them.
I know what I'm doing.
Really?
'Cause it seems like you just made matters worse.
Well, I'd rather have more alliances than enemies.
If people are stealing,
we offer them more jobs, not take 20%.
Well, do you think that you could tell them
to stay low for a while?
I can send that message.
If you'll excuse me.
Well, the good news is that they're scared,
which means they'll listen to us.
My goal is to keep everything quiet while we expand.
I just need it to stay smooth,
so I can raise as much money as possible.
Hey, Q made that deal, not me.
But you ain't stop it.
[Douda] You don't know what the fuck I was doing in there.
Baby, he's the money man. I can only push him so much.
You know, it's bad enough that you brought in Roselyn,
but now you letting Q run shit?
It's getting messy, and you know it.
Wait a minute, wait a minute.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
I know what you trying to build here, baby.
I do.
But I think we need their help.
No, we were fine without them.
This place was struggling before I came,
and you know it.
I been through a lot of shit in my life, Otis,
and none of it has been easy,
but you were a beacon of hope,
a love I didn't even know was possible.
But now... I don't even know if I have that.
Hey.
Soft R&B
Pressure makes diamonds, don't you know that?
By the end of the year, I'll be made of jewelry
Sometimes, I just wish that I could go back
To a simpler time when I
Life a bitch, and she hell a thick...
Do Jake know you're here?
Nah.
Can I be here to see his face when he find out?
Bro, I need you to chill.
A'ight, look, you invited me over
to help you figure out your dreams.
No, nigga.
I invited you over here so me and you can smoke.
And you said Shaad asked you to think about your dreams.
He did, bro, but I changed my mind.
I can figure that shit out on my own.
More without a problem
'Cause pressure makes diamonds
Pressure, yeah, I been turning to a diamond
From the pressure
Well, two heads are better than one.
Black boys and they dreams.
It's a great topic for the podcast.
You trying to open this convo up to the congregation?
A'ight, you right. You right, my bad.
Everything isn't for public consumption.
Which is another great topic. [laughs]
Nigga, you talk too much.
[Victor] Okay, okay, I'ma leave that right there for you.
I'ma leave that right there for you, looking real pretty.
Tens all around.
[Shaad] You don't know how to play no cards.
Okay, booyaka.
- See, that's what... see? - [Kiesha] Okay.
- [Shaad] See? - [Kiesha] Okay.
[Darnell] Son, I love you,
but I know you don't think that little ass jack's gonna walk.
- Okay, come on... oh! - Boom!
Okay, okay, don't do that.
Don't do that, don't do that 'cause...
[Darnell] Why not?
Oh, game over! Game over!
- Game over! - [Emmett] Yeah.
Damn, Vic, I ain't playing with your ass no more.
At least I didn't renege.
Kiesha the MVP, baby, yes.
Yes, Lord, yes!
[Kiesha] It's over. Y'all lost, y'all lost.
Didn't you see that ace come out before?
Something's going on right here.
This whole ordeal was a setup.
Ain't no more bad days, I ain't with the rat race
The mission, it start that's how we dining
I like the finer things
Look at my neck, you see the skin glowing
I ain't paying for change...
♪ Dreamy music
♪ Baby, see your body move, body move ♪
♪ I'm bona fide, I don't have to try... ♪
Wow, Kevin.
You look amazing.
It's a little casual, but I like it.
Come on, let's take a picture.
Yeah.
See, he know already, but y'all know I used to DJ.
[Emmett] What?
No, you used to play records at a bar for, like, one year.
That's it. That is it.
- They used to call me Big D. - [Emmett] No.
Nigga, I ain't calling you Big D.
[laughter]
I believe you. I believe you.
[Darnell] Ey, that's what I'm talking about, Kiesha.
No, don't encourage this man. Don't encourage him, no.
Hey, where my play list though?
I'm still waiting on it.
I made you one.
You ain't give it to her? On the eight-track?
I wish I could give it to her.
We don't have an eight-track player.
That's what the fuck I'm talking about.
Hey, Darnell, I'll fuck with you, dog.
We need to bring the eight-track back.
No, we do not.
Exactly, we need to live in the current decade
and stop living in the '70s... Whatever year it came out.
[Shaad] No, hold on now. Don't hate on the '80s.
The '80s was hitting.
[Emmett] I ain't hating.
Mm-mm, I'm a '90s baby.
I don't know nothing about that.
[Darnell] Oh, man, y'all don't know shit.
Everybody stay protecting their era, bro.
Say what you want. The '90s R&B goes.
Boy, let me tell you something.
Jodeci can't hold a candle to the O'Jays.
O'Jays, I'm talking about.
- O'Jays, the O'Jays was fire. - [Shaad] Hey.
[Emmett] O'Jays was fire.
Hey, while y'all bullshitting though,
y'all ever fucked to some house music?
- [Victor] Hey, TMI, man. - [Kiesha] No!
[Shaad] No, no, no, no, no, no, no, don't knock it.
[Emmett] No, no, uh-uh, no, no.
We need to listen to the Ushers of the world,
the Jodeci, D'Angelo.
What I heard, man, you avoiding the poon-poon.
Stay out of my business.
Master Marshawn got a choke hold on that ass.
I follow him too.
He be preaching a little something,
but I tell you, I ain't giving up the ladies.
It's hard. It's difficult.
[Darnell] Wait, who are you talking about, Master who?
Don't even worry about it, Pop.
I was about to explain it, but don't worry about it.
What? No, is he on Facebook?
This nigga said Facebook. [laughs]
- [Victor] He said Facebook. - [Kiesha] Facebook.
[Emmett] No, it's on the Gram, Pop.
I can't keep up with all the social media sites.
Y'all got the TokTik and Tweety Tweets.
I can't, man. This dude, man.
I think we gotta take that Crown away... ah!
Don't mess with my Crown.
He ain't bothering nobody. You ain't bother him.
Both: He ain't bother you.
[laughter]
[police siren wails distantly]
♪ Soft music
Jemma, we're taking care of this immediately.
[Jemma] It's not your decision.
Y'all are not ready to raise a child.
Is anyone ready?
Look.
I'll do whatever it takes
to take care of Jemma and our baby.
I'll get three jobs if I have to.
Look, Jemma,
it's your body, which means it's your decision,
but I want you to really think about this
'cause whatever you decide,
there's no going back.
Emmett and Victor got dropped like bad habits.
You know, but that's okay.
It's okay. Just hear me out.
Just means that now you got space
for the right ones to come into your life.
Thanks, Pop.
[Darnell] Hey, thank you, son. Come on now, for that pasta.
Kiesha, that cheese dip.
[Victor] Oh, yeah.
[Darnell] Whew, that was something else.
- [Victor] Mm-hmm. - But it is time.
We got to go. We go to roll coal.
[Shaad] We up out of here. Help him up, help him up.
Hey, Kiesha.
This was fun. Right, that dip.
- Love you, man. - Love you too.
- All right. - [Victor] Thank you.
[Shaad] Hey, man, I'ma tell you like this...
Who driving, who driving? You driving?
[Victor] You know I'm driving. He definitely ain't driving.
Hey, give me them keys, bro. Come on.
[Shaad] I got 'em.
[Darnell] Hey, let me tell you something.
- Pop, no, no. - Huh?
You got it, you got it.
- Come on. - Okay, all right. [Laughs]
All right, y'all be safe.
Hey, hey, you be safe. [laughs]
Hey, wait up, now...
Man crazy.
Davion Farris' "Best Advice" playing...
♪ Don't be no bitch, don't be no bully ♪
♪ Don't love a woman if you cannot love her fully ♪
♪ You'll break her heart and here's the secret ♪
♪ When you two met, she was at peace ♪
♪ So let her keep it ♪
♪ Don't be no trick, ♪ ♪ save up some money ♪
♪ Keep that shit tucked ♪ ♪ in case one day ♪
♪ That shit stops coming, ♪ ♪ learn to invest ♪
♪ Make it work for you ♪
Ahh...
♪ Remember that you're royal ♪
♪ You just gotta understand ♪ ♪ that you can't cheat life ♪
♪ Gonna be some pain and some sacrifice ♪
♪ Know everybody's going ♪
♪ Through some things sometimes ♪
♪ Treat people with respect, that's my best advice ♪
♪ Owe no man, gotta have your own ♪
♪ Keep your pride, but watch that ego ♪
Man, what the fuck you doing here?
He live here now.
What, nigga?
[Jake] Get the fuck out, bro.
[Shaad] Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on.
Chill, chill. Chill out, man.
I was gonna talk to you about this, man.
- When, nigga? - [Victor] Hey, calm down, hey.
Calm down. Look at me, man.
It's just temporary, all right?
Calm down.
All right? Hey, come on, man.
♪ Tense music
I applaud y'all for taking in a wayward child,
you know what I'm saying?
See, this is what community is all about, like...
Hey, man, take your goofy ass on home.
Relax, bro.
♪ Soft music
♪ Don't I mess with memories... ♪
♪ Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo! All right, y'all, it's time. ♪
The winner of the Coolest Costume Contest is...
Denita as the Shooting Star Slayer.
[cheers and applause]
All right, our Special Prize for Innovation
and Best Couple's Costume goes to...
Simone and Kevin as the Moon Whisperer
and the man who can make it rain
with a snap of his fingers.
All right, y'all. Let them have their prize!
♪ Go someplace we'll never be ♪
♪ In the world ♪
♪ Soft music
[exhales]
Tonight was fun as hell.
You glad I cooked, right?
Hell yeah.
- Told you. - That cheese dip?
I gotta make it at Smokey's, put it on the menu.
Stop thinking about work.
I know, I know, I know.
I just... it's like, when I'm not having sex,
it's just like work is all I think about.
Me and my dad get along. That's what's crazy.
Like, we friends now.
That's amazin'.
Yeah, It's dope.
Not everybody has that.
Muni Long's "Hrs and Hrs" playing
Come here.
I don't usually do this, but um...
Can I sing to you?
Yeah, yours, mine, ours
I still love this song.
Yeah, me too.
Sit and talk to you for hours
I wanna give you your flowers...
I could look at you for hours and hours.
Lobster towers, but it's me that gets devoured...
I could look at you for the rest of my life.
What you do, I'm empowered
You give me a superpower
Together the world could be ours
You sit me up on the counter
Instantly, it's thunder showers
Stormin' for a couple hours
When we finished, take a shower
I could do this for hours
And hours and hours
I could do this for hours
And hours and hours
I could do this for hours
And hours and hours
I could do this for hours
And hours, hours, I
Usually don't like nobody
And when I say nobody
I mean nobody
All these [...] full of [...]
You're just a homie once they hit
Felt like givin' up on love
These [...] almost made me quit
Then I met you
When I met you...
Ooh.
Did I manifest this shit?
[Kiesha] What?
[Emmett] Nothing.
♪ I pray for it on my knees ♪
♪ Every night for some hours ♪
♪ And hours, and hours, and hours, and hours ♪
♪ And hours ♪
♪ I could do this for hours ♪
♪ And hours and hours ♪
♪ I could do this for hours ♪
♪ And hours and hours ♪
♪ What's yours is mine and ours ♪
♪ And yours, mine, and ours ♪
♪ I could sit and talk to you for hours ♪
♪ Sit and look at you for hours ♪
♪ Makin' love to you for hours ♪
♪ Layin' on your chest for hours ♪
♪ Tellin' you jokes for hours ♪
♪ Holdin' you close for hours ♪
♪ And hours and hours ♪
♪ Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh ♪