[Emmett] Previously on The Chi...
Where my wifey at?
[Dom] Darnell.
I got to tell you something.
It's about your son.
I fucked him.
I just wanna be with someone
who I can have an intelligent debate with.
[Kevin] Why would I wanna debate with you?
I love you.
I was thinking we could skip the massage tonight.
I wanna take you to dinner.
-To dinner? -Don't worry.
I'm still gonna have you for dessert.
Who the fuck you think you is, Fresh Prince of Inglewood?
Man, shut yo' punk ass up.
Don't end up like your brother.
Man, fuck you.
[Kevin] Yo. Yo. Yo.
Hey. Hey! ID.
Nah, fuck that.
Agh! I--
Stop resisting.
What I do? Get off me!
Yo, man, get off me, man!
Please, let him go!
Get on the ground!
On the ground! Now!
[child] Sir, what did he do?
[child 2] Shit, what's wrong with y'all?
[Jake] Maybe if I had my uniform on,
I would have walked away, too.
I walked away 'cause I listened to the police.
You should have had my back.
What was I supposed to do, fight the police?
[Kiesha] Kevin, when you go through something like this,
nobody knows what to say,
so they just wind up saying nothing at all.
Then it's just you, all by yourself,
with no one to talk to,
so you start telling yourself shit like,
"I deserved it. Maybe nobody wants me around.
What would the world be like if I wasn't here?
Does anybody even care?"
[Roselyn] You hear about what happened with those kids
that got beat up by the police?
Well, what are you gonna do about it?
I'ma handle this.
Man, I want blood.
They got my little brother in here shackled to a bed
like a fucking animal.
He's coming.
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[Emmett] Hold on, hold on, Tiff.
Can we just talk about this, please?
[Tiff] Talk about what? How you fucked Dom?
Did she call you "Daddy"?
I know you like that freaky shit.
[Emmett] Why you gonna come at my freaky side?
'Cause you think this shit is funny.
You think this shit is a game.
What you gonna do, kill me?
With our baby in the next room, asleep?
[Tiff] Hell, yeah, motherfucker.
Put that motherfucking knife down.
Or what? What you gonna do? Fuck Dom again?
Emmett. Emmett.
Motherfucker.
Emmett.
Aah!
Emmett, wake yo' ass up.
Boy, what's wrong with you?
[panting] Damn.
You okay?
Uh, I-I must have been having a nightmare.
That's what you get.
What? Huh?
I told you stop eating them Flamin' Hots
before you go to bed.
So...so you not mad at me?
Why? Should I be?
No.
Good.
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[exhales deeply]
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[video game zapping]
[Nina] Get off the phone.
-Why? -[Nina] 'Cause I said so.
Dre and I are getting ready to go.
-Okay, bye. -Boy, don't get smacked.
You always talking about how you gonna smack somebody,
but you never do, so it's--
Can I get my phone back, please?
[Dre] Yo. You lucky we still let you
have a phone with all the shit
you been pulling around here lately.
Like what?
[Nina] Like coming in here drunk.
[Dre] And high.
[distantly] Look, I know you going through a lot.
But that does not mean you need to start self-medicating.
So? Am I grounded or something?
[Dre] Well, that hasn't really been working recently,
so we gonna try something else.
[Nina] Like getting rid of that TV
and those video games.
And we gonna give you a flip phone.
Cool?
Bet.
So are you at least excited about the college tour?
[Dre] Damn.
These kids these days don't be excited about shit.
Why would I be excited about walking around college?
[Dre] 'Cause it's college, Kev.
Girls. Freedom. Party.
[Nina] He doing all that already.
That's the problem with these kids.
What we did in college, they do in high school.
[Dre] That part.
Where the cheese puffs?
Where you think?
Ah, she eats everything in this damn house.
Yo, that's 'cause she eating for two now, Kev.
Just chill out.
She need to hurry up and have this baby
so we can go back to normal.
Well, if she don't hurry up and find a family,
we gonna have another mouth to feed.
Fuck that.
Ah! That hurt.
It was supposed to.
[Kiesha] Morning.
Hey, y'all.
Dang. What?
He mad you ate the cheese puffs.
-[door closes] -Oh, my bad.
Come on, baby. We out.
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So you really not gonna let me take you
to your high-school reunion?
-No. -Why not?
'Cause I don't want people mistaking me for Angela Bassett
in How Stella Got Her Groove Back.
Oh, so you worried about what people think.
-No. -That's what it sounds like.
[sighs]
We don't even know what we are yet.
[Suede sighs]
How am I supposed to introduce you?
-Tell them I'm your masseuse. -Right.
It's the truth.
You're more than that.
And what am I?
I don't know yet.
Should we talk about it?
Hmm...I don't really feel like talking.
What you feel like doing?
[chuckles]
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[cries out]
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[hip-hop music playing]
[Imani] Good morning.
[Trig] Hey, babe.
[Imani] So what do you think
about lemon pepper wings for the party?
That's cool.
[Imani] You sure you don't want me to come with you?
No, I got it.
[Imani] Are you okay?
Yeah. I'm good.
You did what you had to do.
I know. But it's just a temporary fix.
What do you always tell me?
That we can't save the world.
[Imani] That's right.
This shit's gotta stop.
I love you.
You better.
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What did I tell you about putting sugar in my grits?
That's mine's.
I fixed a pot for you over there.
Okay. Thank you.
You know, one of these days, you gonna have to learn
how to eat grits the right way.
-I know how to eat grits. -No, you don't.
Not if you putting cheese in them motherfuckers.
[Imani chuckles]
I feel weird just making that shit.
Can I get in here? Can I get in here?
I mean, you want me to be right here, all over you?
[Tiff, distantly] You okay?
Emmett. You okay?
Yeah, I'm good.
[Tiff] You sure?
Yes.
[Tiff] Don't get snippy with me.
My bad, my bad.
No. I'm already late, Emmett.
I already told you,
the weed woman can never be late.
She always right on time.
I'm known for my customer service.
And I can't be late,
'cause I don't know how long they gonna be in the studio.
What studio you trying to go to?
Gravity.
-Gravity? -Yeah.
Uh-uh. Niggas be shooting over there.
You can't go up in there all by yourself.
Boy, I'm grown, and I'm not scared.
The niggas that rap in there actually do the shit
that they rap about-- it's dangerous.
Just 'cause you got your shit together a little bit
don't mean you can follow me around all the time.
This ain't even about me.
This is about you and making sure you good.
Can I do that for my wife?
It's a female rapper, Emmett.
Oh, that's different. Who?
Dreezy.
Aw, hell, nah.
She always rapping about, "Niggas ain't shit."
[echoing] 'Cause y'all ain't shit.
You wasn't till you got your shit together.
Maybe she just attracting shit niggas.
Well, maybe they just not as lucky as me.
All right, I'm gone.
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Yo
[door closes]
Hey
I'll be fine
Without you, I don't feel pain no more
Without you...
[knock at door]
Without you, I don't feel pain no more...
Those condoms ain't mine.
I know. I put them there.
Oh. Thank you.
That does not mean I want you to go on that college tour
-and act a fool. -[toilet flushes]
I just want you to protect yourself.
-I got you. -Man, he can't tap no ass
with no busted arm.
-Shit. -I'll make do.
Yeah.
You sure you still wanna go?
Yeah.
I ain't trying to hide in here my whole life.
Look, what happened to you was fucked up.
All right, I'm just trying to make sure you good.
I'm good.
Look at me now
I got the...
You know, if you not, it's okay.
You don't have to be strong all the time, bro.
I'll be fine
Without you...
Yeah, we do.
Without you, I don't feel pain no more
Love you.
I love you, too.
I don't feel pain no more
Without you, I don't feel pain no more
I'll be fine
Intuition never lie
Angels up in the sky
Demons in the sky
They trying to creep in my mind
Keep haunting me every night
I try to pray that the sky open
God gonna get me right
Put me up like red eye
[Jemma] Look happy.
So we're on our way to our first college tour,
and I'm thinking about studying molecular engineering
and getting a master's in polymer science.
What about you, Kevin?
Uh, um, I don't know yet.
Kevin, I can't post that.
Why?
'Cause you don't look like my equal.
Just 'cause I don't have my whole life planned out?
I just want people to know that we're equally yoked.
[scoffs] "Equally yoked."
[siren wails]
Are you okay?
Yeah.
-Kevin. -I said I'm fine.
[indistinct chatter]
Jake. Jake.
How's your arm?
It's all right.
Doctor said I'll be good in two days.
Cool.
Yeah.
[Dakota] Hey, Jake.
Hey, Dakota.
You poor baby. How's your arm?
Real bad-- the doctor said
it won't be right for a couple months.
I just want you to know I think you're a hero.
For what?
The way you stood up to that racist police officer.
It was really brave.
Thank you.
Black lives will always matter to me.
I really wish there was something I could do
to make you feel better.
-I can think of a few things. -[both chuckle]
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[singer vocalizing]
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Those are a little crooked.
And I like when the price stickers are all
in the same place on each item.
I'm OCD. I know.
I'm sorry, y'all. One second.
Sorry. See, the trick really is to pull it like this.
It's all in the wrist.
[exhales heavily]
Please don't lean on the counter.
If we ask the customers not to do it, we shouldn't either.
Excuse me. Do y'all sell purses?
-Syd. -[Syd] Kiesha!
Oh, my God. Hey, girl.
I didn't know you worked here.
Yeah.
How you been?
I've been here.
Yeah, I feel you.
[pop music playing over speakers]
So you good?
Yeah.
The purses, they're on that back wall.
Thank you.
See ya.
Go backs.
[officer] Now! On the ground!
[child] What did he do?
-[Kevin] Dude! -[child] What's wrong?
He's just a kid!
Looks like Chicago's finest to me.
The DA has this and still hasn't done shit?
Well, you know these things take time.
How long are we supposed to wait?
This is the other information you wanted.
Look, I know it's hard, but try not to let your past
influence what you're doing here.
-My past is what got me here. -I helped get you here, too.
So what are you trying to say? I owe you?
It's a little too early
for you to be getting a big head.
You just remember, I'm the head nigga in charge.
You know what? I got this.
[monitor beeps]
Why so much security? You scared?
Should I be?
I don't know. Did you do something wrong?
So is this how it's gonna be?
Every time one of us does something you don't like,
you're gonna send one of your goons to come
and teach us a lesson?
Are you accusing me of breaking the law?
Mayors tend to do that around here.
Not this one. And you do realize
you're my subordinate, right?
Jake Taylor attacked me. Define "attacked."
[Reeves] I asked him to get on the ground,
put his hands where I could see them.
He refused.
So that's why he had a black eye and a busted lip.
-I asked him for his ID. -Why?
-[Reeves] It's procedure. -I don't think it is.
I like to know who I'm talking to.
Judging from the tape, you wasn't doing too much talking.
I got your file here.
Looks like you have a lot of run-ins
with young Black boys
just minding their own business.
I've been on the force for 18 years.
Of course I'm gonna have a few complaints.
More than a few.
At this point, it's looking more like a pattern.
Are you a bad cop, Officer Reeves?
What?
Are you a bad cop?
I'm a war vet that fought for my country.
I got a wife and four boys.
Every time I leave the house,
they don't know if I'm coming home.
Yeah.
Well, I know the feeling.
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[protestors chanting] What do we want? Justice.
When do we want it? Now.
What do we want? Justice.
When do we want it? Now.
What do we want? Justice...
[reporter] Mayor Perry. Mayor Perry.
What do you think about the bodycam footage
of Officer Reeves and Jake Taylor?
The Black community is calling you arrest
the cops that assaulted him-- would you like to comment?
How do you feel about the looting?
People are more valuable than property.
As of today, Officer Reeves will no longer be a member
of the Chicago Police Department.
[crowd cheers]
Racist cops will not be tolerated on my watch.
[crowd cheering]
[protestors] What do we want? Justice.
When do we want it? Now.
What do we want? Justice.
When do we want it? Now.
What do we want? Justice.
Fell from the sky without a parachute
Baby, this game, I'ma shoot and shoot
Look up and look around
It's going down
Since she call me king, I'ma wear the crown...
[Maisha] You know this ain't gonna keep
the noise out, right?
It's all we got.
Why can't you just rent a studio
and do your podcast there?
I don't have that kind of money.
You would if Emmett paid you under the table.
I know, but he's finally getting his life together,
and I don't wanna be his downfall.
What?
I keep thinking about what happened with the police.
I wish I could have done more to stop it.
Cops harass us every day.
What happened to Kevin and Jake ain't nothing new.
But if you keep talking about it,
maybe it won't happen as much.
You think my podcast gonna be that powerful?
[chuckles] Well, not at first, but you never know.
One day, Papa's Pulpit gonna be worldwide.
Who's gonna be your first guest?
Van Jones.
[laughs]
Nigga, Van Jones ain't coming over here.
I DM'd him and asked if he would.
-And? -And he said,
"Hey, young man. Appreciate your support."
You don't say that unless you're coming.
You putting way too much on it.
So you don't believe in me?
Of course I believe in you.
I just don't believe Van Jones is gonna come do your podcast.
[laughs]
Wow.
And I thought you was supposed to be my Coretta.
That don't mean I can't be honest.
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[Shaad] Hoo-hoo!
What's up, G?
Now, who you supposed to be, Taye Diggs or some shit, nigga?
-[Trig] Oh, man. -Come here, dog.
You definitely been in prison too long.
Let me look at you.
What's up?
Look good, boy.
Oh, shit.
Nigga, this car right here.
When this shit come out?
Shit, about a while ago. Lot of shit's changed, bro.
I see.
Come on, let's slide up out of here.
Hold on, man. What you doing?
Last thing you need is to get pulled over without a license.
-Yeah, you right. -Uh-huh.
I know I'm right.
-Come on. -Yeah, yeah, let's go.
[both chuckle]
It's cold as shit out here.
-Hey, uh... -Hmm?
So I heard you living in Reg old trap house, huh?
Yep.
Hey, but I also hear
you got a bad bitch on your arm nowadays, too--
First of all, don't call her a bitch.
Oh, I'm sorry.
What should I call her? Your Nubian queen?
Nah, nigga, you supposed to call her Imani.
-Imani? -[Trig] Yeah.
Sounds sexy.
She's super sexy.
Keep your hands to yourself, Shaad.
Well, I'ma try my best.
No, I need you to try harder than that.
Hey, uh, I mean, is your girl gonna be cool with me
staying with y'all and shit?
Yeah, man, she be all right.
What's this? Ooh.
-You need anything else? -[Shaad] Bullshit.
I need me a bitch with small titties and big ass,
you know, and low standards-- nigga, you know how I do.
-Always specific, bro. -Come on.
[Shaad] Man, I'm so glad to be up out that motherfucker, G.
-[chuckles] Man, I bet you are. -[engine turning over]
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[pundit] All I got to say is,
firing a Chicago police officer
would not have been my first big move as mayor.
[pundit 2] Okay, but if you want different results,
you have to do different things.
[pundit 3] Well, the result is utter chaos.
[pundit 1] CPD is targeting Black neighborhoods.
[pundit 2] And Black folks are rightfully pushing back.
[pundit 3] Question is, what happens next?
[pundit 1] All I know is whatever
Mayor Perry's next move is--
We can't control him.
That's not necessarily a bad thing.
[Roselyn] Yes, it is.
He can't just go around saying whatever he wants.
Works for some politicians.
Yeah, the white ones.
[liquid pouring]
Let me guess--y'all in here talking about me.
[Roselyn] Well, you stay giving us something to talk about.
[Marcus] I'm glad Black Twitter is happy with you,
but you've alienated a big part of your base.
I'm done campaigning. They made their choice.
You're always campaigning.
I have to be bold,
and that cop needed to be fired.
Well, thanks to you,
now they're on a warpath in our neighborhoods.
So now it's my fault that the police are racist?
Uh, have you forgotten
we're still trying to get this Olympic bid?
Oh that's your mission, not mine.
It's one of the reasons I endorsed you.
No, you endorsed me
because you didn't want to work for a woman.
-I don't work for you. -You do.
And I didn't come this far by following the rules.
-Well, do me a favor. -[cell phone vibrates, chimes]
Don't fire any more police officers
without consulting us first.
You know what? I'm sorry.
I can't make that promise.
You know, sometimes I just gotta go with my gut.
Well, don't let your gut get you killed.
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Was that a threat?
[scoffs] No.
I'm only trying to protect you.
Well, I don't need protection,
because I'm good wherever I go.
[tour guide] As an institution, we pride ourselves
on our immersive campus experience.
Today we're going to cover academic, athletic,
and social settings.
[Jemma] I'm really starting to wonder if higher education
is just a scam.
Thought you wanted to go to college.
I like the idea of college.
Meeting new people, being exposed to new ideas,
and mainly being away from my dad.
But at the end of the day, it's all a business,
and businesses have to make money.
What's wrong with that? Shit, I got to go here
so I can make some money one day.
And there lies my issue. All your life, you're told
that you have to go to college if you wanna make good money.
But while you're at college, you're accumulating
so much debt, no matter what you make,
you can't even enjoy it, because you're worried
about trying to pay off your student loans.
And nowadays, you can't just have a college degree.
You got to have a master's or a Ph.D.,
which means you're accumulating even more debt.
So once you're done with all your classes
and you've gotten all your diplomas,
all you'll have left is a few pieces of paper
to hang on the wall and a pile of debt
you'll be paying off for the rest of your life.
And you know what's the crazy thing about all of this?
Some of the world's richest people
don't even have a college degree.
Yeah, like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.
Exactly.
Chances of me being Steve Jobs is pretty slim,
don't you think?
-[Jemma] Says who? -[Kevin] I don't know.
-Hey, stop thinking small. -Stop telling me how to think.
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Look...
I'm gonna go look for Jake.
-Oh, so you're mad at me now? -No.
I'm just tired of hearing you talk.
Sounds like toxic masculinity to me.
Whatever, Jemma.
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[cell phone rings]
[indistinct chatter]
[Darnell] Man, you need to tell her
and deal with the consequences.
Man up and stop acting like a little bitch.
You the one who told me not to tell Tiff.
Boy, I ain't talking to you. I'm on the phone.
Think you the only one with problems?
Hey, man, let me hit you back.
Hey, what's up, Kiesha?
Hey, Darnell. What y'all doing here?
Shopping for his reunion.
Hey, you think you can hook us up
with an employee discount?
Really?
No, but the men's section is over in that corner, Darnell.
All right.
-Pssh. -[laughs]
Sorry. He's such a hot-ass mess.
Boy, please. Y'all cut from the same cloth.
What's wrong?
You know, if you need advice, I'm here to help.
That's the thing-- I don't need no advice,
'cause I already know what I gotta do.
What you gotta do?
Tell Tiff the truth.
Boy, I been told you that.
I know, I just don't wanna hurt her any more, you know?
I'm tired of always being that dude.
Well, tell her the truth and don't be that dude no more.
You right.
I know. I know this.
[Emmett chuckles]
How are you, though? For real?
Stressed.
I'm sure.
I'm just trying to make sure this baby is okay,
and all these books keep telling me what I should do,
what I shouldn't do.
[Emmett] Ah, fuck them books.
All my baby mamas ate was Flamin' Hots
and pickles they whole pregnancies.
-All my kids turned out fine. -[chuckles]
I still got to decide who gets this baby after it's born.
Damn.
How you know who to give it to?
I don't.
Just got to trust my instincts
and do what I gotta do to take care of myself.
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You're gonna be all right, Kiesha.
No matter what.
Believe that.
Thank you. Always checking in on me.
Of course.
I'm here if you need anything.
All right?
[grunts goofily, chuckles]
[Emmett] Hey, Darnell, where you at?
[Kevin] Yo, Jake.
-Damn, where you been? -[Jake] Huh?
-Were you with Dakota? -[chuckles]
Nigga, mind your business.
[heavy hip-hop music playing]
See, I fuck with video games, but not that much.
You know, people get scholarships for that shit now.
-Word? -Yeah.
Damn.
Maybe I do need to step my game up, then.
Here. Go smoke those fools.
Nah, I'm good.
Come on, bro. I believe in you.
Bro, I don't wanna waste your money.
Then double that shit.
[student] That's all my money for the rest of the month.
Hey, you about to run out of time.
-Yeah. -Oh.
-[Kevin] Can I get in? -Yeah, sure.
[voice on TV] Masterful.
[student] Hey, hey, better luck next time for you.
Go.
[video game thumping]
Got me sleeping on my own
How I always seem to feel your presence when you gone
And I can't even call you
So I'm speaking through this song...
Damn, girl. I don't need all that.
I threw in a little extra. I appreciate the referral.
See, this is why I fucks with you.
Most people don't be appreciating shit.
Where's my money?
And I know it ain't right
Feeling all this pain for someone that ain't mine...
How's married life treating you?
-It's cool. -[scoffs]
Yeah?
What?
You don't sound too excited.
I've been with him forever, so it ain't that different.
You sound bored with that nigga.
It was drama for a while,
so I'll gladly take boredom over that.
I feel you.
Wanna touch you straight up out the blue
Homey said I'm crazy 'cause I wanna post--
[indistinct chatter]
You can't just call an impromptu press conference.
-Says who? -[sighs]
[indistinct chatter, camera shutters clicking]
[reporter] Okay, okay, there he is.
[Douda] There's a war going on outside.
The police are on one side,
and the Black community is on the other.
And right now the Black community is losing.
I'm tired of us feeling like our lives don't matter.
We can't walk to school. We can't go for a jog.
We can't babysit our nieces and nephews.
We can't even sleep in our own beds.
The definition of "crazy" is doing the same thing
again and again and expecting things to change.
I'm done waiting.
Today I'm gonna change our city forever.
I've decided to defund the police...
[reporter] Have you spoken to the chief of police?
[reporter 2] That's our lead.
Effective immediately.
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We spend $1.9 billion on CPD,
and we barely see anything back in return.
It's time to do things differently.
-Thank you. -[reporter] Is this
in retaliation to what happened to Jake Taylor?
How do you plan to handle the backlash from the CPD?
I know you guys have a lot of questions,
but I'm not prepared to answer them right now.
We'll figure this out. Until then, God bless you,
and God bless the city of Chicago.
Black, black, black, I'm black
Black, my thoughts so black
Black, I'm Black, my skin is so black
I'm rockin' that black on black, it's black
Black rims on these black wheels, in this black whip
With this Black bitch
I'm so black on black on black on black on
Black, black, black, black on black
Black, my thoughts so black
Black, black, I'm Black my skin is so black
I'm rockin' all black, everything is black
Black rims on these black wheels, in this black whip
With this Black bitch
I'm so black on black on...
[phone beeps]
I'm just surprised that Mr. Jones hasn't arrived yet.
I DM'd him at least three times,
and he keeps leaving me on Read.
Wow, Van. I'm shocked.
Actually, I'm bewildered.
I thought you were for the people,
but I guess all skinfolk ain't kinfolk.
Uh, according to his Twitter,
he is attending the Red Table Talk today.
So that's probably why he couldn't make it.
Well, let's all lift Brother Jones up in prayer
as he gets ready to make his debut appearance
on the famed Red Table Talk.
But let's also hope he can make time for the little people
as well...
at some point in the near future.
[Maisha] Papa...
I'm sorry for believing he wouldn't come.
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But he didn't.
I mean, yeah. But I should've had faith.
-It's okay, queen. -[chuckles]
But I did come up with a backup plan.
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[Darnell] I taught you well, boy.
-[chuckles] -Get out of my head, Darnell.
[Tiff] What?
-Nothing. Nothing. Focus, baby. -I am focused.
-I don't know what you doing. -I'm putting it down.
[Darnell] Problem is, you putting it down too much.
-I know you not talking. -Who is you talking to?
I'm talking...I'm talking to you, babe.
Want me to talk dirty to you?
No, I'm good.
Okay, okay.
[Darnell] Look, we was bound to double up at some point.
Let's just leave the past in the past.
-Great. Great. -You like that, baby?
[Emmett] Uh-huh.
[Darnell] But if y'all ever break up,
does that mean that she's not off-limits?
Man, get the fuck out of here!
What the fuck is wrong with you?
Hey.
You been acting different ever since we got married.
You having regrets or something?
Huh?
Hell, no.
[Tiff] Then what is it?
Talk to me, 'cause something is wrong,
and I'm tired of trying to guess what it is.
Emmett.
[Emmett] I fucked Dom.
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Tiff, I'm sorry.
I-I love you.
A-and I only wanna be with you.
Can we please talk about this?
[footsteps departing]
Tiff.
[door closes]
Fuck.
Look out, look out
Gotta watch over your shoulder
'Cause they wanna take your spot
So you'd better look out, look out
Always ridin' with the gang in them trenches
'Cause we all we got
So you better look out, look out
Nope, I ain't been asleep
I've gone seven days a week
Either you starve or you eat
Yo, bring that packet, I'm gonna move it
Drop off, don't you lose it
[all] Surprise!
Oh, hell, nah. Y'all know y'all bogus, right?
Dominique? Girl, I ain't see you in years.
How are you?
Oh, my God. Bro, are you serious?
Mm-hmm.
Wanna see a grown man cry, huh?
[Trig] You know how we gotta do for my boy.
What's up, baby?
Oh, shit.
This must be wifey, huh?
-[Trig] Mm-hmm. -Nice to meet you.
Shit. Pleasure's all mine.
Can I get a hug?
Yeah.
[Trig] Hey. Hey. Easy, man. Come on.
We talked about this. What you doing?
Come on, man, it's just jokes.
[chuckles]
Um, I'm sure you're hungry. We have food out.
-Yeah. Yeah, I'm hungry. -[scoffs]
[laughs] I see you, Trig.
Got you a nice little woman here, yo.
-He know that. -You got a sister?
[Trig] Hey. Hey. Why don't you try getting
some food first before you try to get something else?
Nigga, you know I need both.
Got a strong appetite.
-[Trig] Come on, man. -[chuckles]
Let me go holler at my folks, man.
[Shaad] Hey, y'all. What's up?
What the hell? What's happening?
-Hey. -How y'all doing?
I know you brought that bottle.
You said it was just gonna be a few people.
Come on, baby, you know how niggas are.
Yeah, I do.
Look... just give it a little bit.
I'll get them out.
[indistinct chatter]
He gonna need a ride home at the end of the night.
[clears throat]
This-this is his home.
What?
Just for a little while, all right?
Come on, man, that man did a bid for me, okay?
I-I got to look out for him.
If you did a bid for him,
you think he'd do the same for you?
-Come on, man. -[Shaad] Hey. Hey, Trig. Trig.
Hey, man, you got, like, a heating pad or something?
My back get all fucked up.
Don't trip, bro. I'll see what I can find.
Okay, hey, hey.
Man, where the fuck the Henny at, man?
Don't y'all want some Henny?
Let's get some more pizza up in here, man.
We trying to turn up in this bitch.
I'll go pick some up. All right?
All right.
I got you, bro.
All right, bet.
-Stop tripping. -Oh, so now I'm the problem.
Yes, you are. The man already got it hard.
You gonna make it harder for him?
Just promise me he's gonna find an apartment soon.
He will.
But in the meantime, give him a chance.
-[blocks clatter] -Jenga, nigga!
[laughing]
Let me get my motherfucking money.
Put some more money down there.
-It's a party, bro. -Welcome home, Shaad.
Welcome home.
[funky music playing]
Get on up
It's a new day
We got no time to worry
Time is up
[record distorts]
[upbeat music playing]
Ah, shit.
This my mama jam.
I'm just playing with you.
Oh, Jesus. There go Monique.
We used to love and hate each other in high school.
What does that mean?
She was always trying to steal my boyfriend,
particularly Darnell.
Should have let her steal him.
Hey, bitch. I see you looking all snatched.
Hey, girl.
Well, I guess you got left off the group email.
What email?
Well, we were gonna do the Cooley High theme, but, uh...
didn't nobody feel like looking for costumes, so...
Darnell said he was sure we were all still
getting dressed up.
I'm gonna kill that man.
-Suede, right? -Uh-huh.
-How y'all know each other? -I gave her a massage once.
You gave me more than that.
Well, I need another drink.
-Y'all need anything? -Nah, we good.
-Are you fucking kidding me? -I'm so sorry.
How many other women up in here you been servicing?
Just you. You know what I mean.
Mm-mm.
[hip-hop music playing]
[onlooker] Come on!
-Get him, man! -[indistinct chatter]
-[all] Oh! -Let's go!
-Hey. -Let's go, man.
[video game announcer] Winner!
-[onlooker] What the hell? -Don't be mad, all right?
[player] I'm fucking pissed. That was my coke money.
[onlooker] Oh, man, that was tight!
[onlooker 2] Oh, man.
Hey, you ever do shrooms?
You ever do blow? [laughs]
-Nah, man. -[chuckles]
[Kevin] Nah.
You wanna try Molly?
All that shit sounds like white people drugs.
I'm gonna just stick to my vape.
Come on, don't be a pussy, bro.
Come on, guys. He's just a kid.
[player] Hey...
Fuck it, I'll try.
Yeah.
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[player] All right. Now let me get a rematch.
[hip-hop music playing]
[video game gunfire]
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[all] Oh!
Let's go!
[Jemma] Kevin, what's wrong with you?
Kevin, are you drunk?
Mr. Williams,
I'd like to know the answer to that question, too.
[Papa] All right, I got
my queen, Maisha, with me in the studio,
and since we have some space to fill,
she's agreed to give us a little freestyle.
Now, babe, if you nervous, we can always record
and fix it in post if you mess up.
I just want you to look your best.
Just drop the beat.
[smooth hip-hop instrumentals playing]
[groans]
Look, I grew up in that city where being pretty
Was the last thing that was crossing a kid mind
I was too busy focusing on raising them siblings
That mama left but wasn't mine
I had been thrown
Every single discrimination possible
So I thought I wasn't much for the eyes
I guess I had to just wait for the one
That was gonna love me for the real me this time
I got a God-fearing man that's behind me now
Somebody tell Drake to come sign me
I got that flow that'll make a gangsta put that gun up
Maybe that's why they despise me
Little revolutionary from the South Side
Trying to win the game of life by a landslide
This is my project of redemption
Making The Chi a better place, a bar at a time
Yeah
Wow.
What? Why you look so surprised?
-Nah, I'm just-- -Speechless?
Yeah. I've been known to have that effect.
[chuckles] Oh.
[upbeat music playing, crowd cheering]
So what's your endgame with my girl?
Nah, no games.
She's unlike anybody I've ever been with.
[Nina] From what I hear, you've been around.
That was just to make ends meet.
I got my shit together now.
She's the only one getting happy endings these days.
She deserves a happy ending.
Not like that. You know what I mean.
I know what you mean.
I wanna give her the world.
[Nina] I don't think she wants the world.
I just think she wants somebody to grow old with.
I'd love to be that person.
You got to earn that spot.
I intend to.
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Claim they want war, but they ain't ready
Keep that on me, where's that heavy?
Only conversate about that fetti
Neck on Dasani, no, I keep my shit wetty
Run it up
All this shit, it ain't adding up
This shit make the game ante up
Throw that ass back, get them panties up
Run it up, run it up, run it
All this shit, it ain't adding up
This shit make the game ante up
Throw that ass back
Say you want war and you got a gun, go get your
Want that money fast, but the money slow
[cop] You have a reason to be here right now?
[cop 2] Hands. Give me your hands.
Up against the wall.
[cop] You understand you were disturbing the peace?
You hear me?
[man] I'm sorry.
[cop] You can't loiter in front of this establishment.
-Stop resisting. -I was just hanging out.
[cop] Yeah, well, you can't do that.
Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Hey, what's the problem?
-[cop] Back up, please. -[Trig] Hold on. I know him.
[cop] This doesn't concern you.
Yeah, it does. That's my cousin.
[cop] Now he's your cousin?
[Trig] Yeah, I consider him family.
See, this is exactly why we don't want you motherfuckers.
We don't need y'all here.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Y'all trying to be famous? Huh?
Y'all wanna be famous? Everybody know him.
Man, this man would not hurt a soul.
Everybody know that around here.
Everybody, take your phones out right now!
Take your phones out, man.
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-Let me take him home. -[cop] Let us do our job.
We ain't your job no more, man. Let me take him home.
[cop] I don't got time for this shit.
[cop 2] See him here again, we're arresting him.
I don't care how many people you got filming it.
Yeah, we'll see about that.
[handcuffs click]
[cop] Good night, everybody.
[Trig] Yeah, whatever.
I got you, man. You all right?
Let me take you home, shorty.
Shotgun!
[Trig] Yeah. Shotgun.
[retching]
[Kiesha] Ew.
[Kevin retches]
-That's what you get. -Shut up, Kiesha.
Can't believe you got kicked off the tour--
out here acting like you don't got no home training.
You don't know how good you got it.
All you gotta do is do your homework
and act like you got some sense,
-and you can't even do that. -[groans]
-I'm supposed to be at college. -[Kevin coughs]
Instead, I'm picking your ass up from a college tour
'cause you don't know how to act.
I'm sorry.
You lucky I'm not telling Ma.
-[Kevin] I know. -And you owe me.
[gags, grunts]
[retching loudly]
[groaning]
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You know you done fucked up, right?
[Douda] Don't be scared.
After all we did to get here, and this is what you do.
Are you finished?
I didn't sign up for this.
[liquid pours, bottle thuds]
Yes, you did.
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What?
What's this?
Boy, don't you think I know my body?
That lump has been there for years.
I get it checked out every birthday. It's fine.
-You sure? -Yeah.
Want me to get it checked out again?
That would be nice.
What if I don't feel like being nice?
Then I might have to smack that ass.
[laughs] Might?
-Yeah. -You might?
Well, probably!
Yo, yo.
If you not ready to go in two minutes,
you getting left.
[Kiesha] Come on, y'all.
How you gonna leave me?
[Dre] What's good?
I thought you wasn't feeling well.
[Kevin] I'm not, but I'm still coming.
All right. Come on. We out.
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Loving you is harder lately
I can't even find the reason
[door closes]
Why we holding on to old feelings
Loving you is harder lately
I can't even find the reason
Why we holding on to old feelings
[doctor] Blood levels are great.
Oxygen level's perfect.
You have a very healthy baby, Kiesha.
Loving you is harder lately
I can't even find the reason
Why we holding on to old feelings
[doctor] I wanna run a few more tests.
They'll be more extensive, and we'll do a biopsy
to determine what stage the cancer's in.
Then based on those results, we can talk about your options.
[fading] I'm so sorry to be giving you this news.
[high-pitched ringing]
Is there someone I can call?
A family member or friend to be with you?
I used to see
Stars in your eyes
Now all I see
Is what used to be
And it makes no sense...
[doctor] Do you wanna know the sex?
No.
[machine whirring]
What's that?
It's the baby's heartbeat.
Oh.
Why we holding on to old feelings
Loving you is harder lately
I can't even find the reason
Why we holding on to old feelings
Can't find the reason, find the reason
Find the reason, find the reason
Ba-ooh-by