[man] Dancers en route, main stage. Cue mics.
[dramatic music playing]
All right, everyone, listen up, please.
We don't have a lot of time. These here are your tour badges.
Keep them on you at all times. They'll get you where you need to go.
Please stay with Travis and Luther tonight,
because they've done this drill a thousand times.
Guys, please try to stay as focused as possible.
And if you get nervous, just try to leave those nerves,
like, out the arena. You know?
All right. Hey, Odalie!
Join us, please.
Bye.
[Sage] May I have your attention, please?
-Is that Sage? -May I have your attention, please?
On the screen, yo.
-Up there. -Hey, what's going on, everybody? This is Sage.
Man, ten weeks ago, y'all were auditioning for this tour.
I know it feels like a lifetime ago.
But you know what, damn it? You made it.
And if you're here, it's because you gave me your everything,
your blood, your sweat, your tears.
Yeah. Thanks for the tears, motherfucker.
This tour starts right now, and I need y'all to know that at this very moment
we are officially family, you get me?
Greyhound.
[laughs] Over there sweating like a hoe in church.
Fix your face. Okay? Loosen up. You made it.
Now, listen, I know that most of you are professionals.
So you already know what's going on. You already know what it is.
But to my newbies, all you gotta do is breathe,
and keep one very important thing right at the front of your brain at all times.
One very important thing.
Travis, what is that one very important thing?
-The steps are the same! -[Sage] The steps are the motherfucking same!
-Say it with me now! -[all] The steps are the motherfucking same!
Yes. And now,
you get to perform those steps in front of 30,000 screaming fans.
So now, ladies and gentlemen, let's blow the roof off this bitch!
[cheering]
All right, y'all! Let's get to hair and makeup
so we can get to this run-through, yeah?
-Hey, Poppy, I-- -Yeah, no.
Maybe not right now, you know? Give it a minute.
Sting's still kinda fresh.
I just wanted...
[man] Mic check. Mic check, please. Can we do a mic check?
Mic one, check.
Mic two, check.
Mic three, check.
Mic check complete.
Know what that is?
No.
That, my good boy, is the promised land.
That's the escape. That's the way out.
It's how I got out. Now it's your turn.
See, there's a select few people on the face of this planet that are given....
...a little something extra.
People like me. People like you.
God don't just give that shit away. It's special.
Man, do you really believe in me?
-Because sometimes you-- -I never didn't, man. I never stopped.
Look, I know we've had our issues.
You know what I mean? Your pops, we had our fair share of beef back in the day.
East-O didn't deserve to go out like that, man.
Whoever put him in the ground is a cold-hearted motherfucker.
I mean, yeah, he had his enemies and yeah, some for good reason.
But he ain't deserve that.
But you know what?
Now it's us. All right? You and me.
You are about to open the biggest tour of my fucking career.
And you know why? Because you deserve this shit.
Thanks, man.
And to be honest, real happy to be back where I started with you.
-For real. -Ain't no big thang.
Just do me proud.
Fuck that. Do yourself proud.
[sighs]
Damn, Pops.
Wish you was here to see all this.
[man] Stage is up. Here we go. Let's roll.
Wardrobe is set. Check one two, one two.
-[crowd chanting] -Here we go, fire on three.
[crowd chanting]
We are live in five, four,
three, two, one.
[crowd cheering]
Mic motherfucker check one, two!
[Hip-Hop music playing]
♪ Pick the wrong fight pick the wrong night ♪
♪ And I gonna be here for none of the pretty boy shit in this street life ♪
♪ Got one night of this set keeping one night in my blood ♪
♪ Enemies on the stretcher down there breaking their necks on this thug ♪
♪ Forty-second shot got the family in my Glock ♪
♪ Got my name up in they mouth I'ma have to shut 'em up ♪
♪ I'm on a whole nother level standing up under the pressure ♪
♪ Killing it better than veterans ♪
♪ I'ma take it right from the top ♪
♪ I'ma be the king can't nobody stop ♪
♪ Y'all ain't ready for me ♪
♪ Hey, hey ♪
♪ Y'all ain't ready for me ♪
♪ Hey, hey ♪
♪ I'ma take it from... ♪
I could get used to this VIP life.
-Nice, right? -Ha-ha! The music sucks.
I think you just getting old. That, that right there is fire, man.
Yeah, it needs to be extinguished.
♪ I'ma take the torch ♪
♪ Pops passed me this torch gave me this fire ♪
♪ Got me this horsepower my fist clenched ♪
♪ I'm Superman in this high tower ♪
I gotta go wish Odalie luck. I'll be back.
-Oh, yeah, yeah. -I'll be back.
[music continues]
♪ Show me your pride, and I'll humble it ♪
♪ Show me your castle, I'll crumble it ♪
♪ Quick on me feet, you all stumble it ♪
♪ Fumblin' over the shit that I do in my sleep ♪
♪ And I'm ready to roll with it ♪
♪ Ready for whoever come with it ♪
♪ I ain't gonna never be done with it ♪
[cheering]
-[bell rings] -[man] Three minute warning. Tidy up, people. Let's go!
All right, dancers, make sure your two outfits are out and ready. Yeah?
-And make sure you stretch. -Yeah, yeah!
I don't want no hamstrings pulling, and all of that.
-Babe! -Hey.
You did it.
I always knew you would.
You mean we did it.
I mean, I wouldn't be here without you.
-Thanks for the flowers. -You're welcome.
How's your foot? You ready?
Good. I think so.
I mean, it's all just happening so fast.
I bet.
We leave for Philadelphia
-right after the show. -Oh.
It's really happening.
-So I guess this means... -Yeah, we've talked about this.
I'll come home when I can, and you'll visit me on the road a few times.
Yeah. Let's... let's just be real.
You're going on tour for a long time.
And, you know, you're gonna need to focus on you, so...
Are you breaking up with me?
-I just didn't know other way... -Stop! We're not doing this!
Odalie, let's go!
-You and I are a team. -Come on!
We gotta go!
Always.
Odalie! Come on! We gotta go!
I'm sorry.
[Rigo] This next one I'm about to do is called "Poppin' Off!" You remember that?
[cheering]
-DJ, let's go! -[Hip-Hop music plays]
♪ Poppy gonna be that bitch fuck you very much ♪
♪ I don't need your shit No, no ♪
♪ I got all these girls searching for this dick ♪
♪ You don't waste your time I got shuffle it ♪
♪ Hope you crash your car Karma be a bitch ♪
[crowd cheering]
-[man] Cue dancers. -[Rigo] Y'all like that, right?
Yeah! But hold up, y'all remember when my ex-girlfriend
tried to clap back with that song called "Poppin' Back?" Remember that?
-[crowd cheering] -[laughs]
-Can I get a "Boo"? -[crowd booing]
Nah, nah, it's only right I give the people what they want, right?
[cheering]
Yo, check this shit out! Let's go!
[Hip-Hop music plays]
♪ Why was I bitchin' for so long? ♪
♪ You lame, bro ♪
♪ You thought you was doing something popping off ♪
♪ Bitch, I'm poppin' back ♪
♪ Okay, you went and dressed up like a thug, okay ♪
♪ You went and got your money up, okay ♪
♪ You froze your wrist up with some jewels, okay ♪
♪ But let me tell you what you won't do ♪
Let's go!
♪ Got my girls squatted up with me on the on attack ♪
♪ You would not run my name in your mouth like that ♪
♪ So you can keep poppin' off Boy, I popped it back ♪
-♪ Nigga ♪ -Come on, Poppy!
♪ And I'm not that You gonna hurt your neck ♪
♪ The way I got you thugging ♪
Come up here!
♪ Like I'm the queen ♪
You should be up here with us, man.
-Are you serious? -Let's go.
♪ Hey, there don't be no equal ♪
Oh!
♪ You could leave your ego ♪
♪ She on the seven zeros ♪
That's my grill man! Oh!
Hey!
♪ Ain't gonna be no equal ♪
♪ You could leave your ego ♪
♪ She on the seven zeros ♪
♪ Hey ♪
♪ The seven zeros ♪
♪ She be that Murder ♪
♪ She be that Murder She Wrote ♪
♪ She be that Murder ♪
♪ She be that Murder She Wrote ♪
-Yeah! -Go Davis go!
[crowd cheering]
♪ Check my zero ♪
[vocalizing]
♪ Down to zero ♪
[crowd cheering]
You see that? Whoa!
Hey, you two. We're on in 20! Backstage now!
[crowd cheering]
I'm proud of you, dawg.
[Rigo] Thank you, Atlanta! Whoo!
[crowd chanting] Rigo! Rigo!
Yeah, Let's go!
Whoo-hoo!
Whoa! Holy shit!
It was crazy out there!
Give me a pound, dawg.
So it's like a lot of people out there, right?
A lot? Nigga, there's like a million people out there! You not listening bro?
They were like, "Rigo! Rigo!" Whoo!
Dondre, thanks for letting me use your girl, dawg. She was everything!
Poppy was on fire, bro! Whoo!
-Yo! -Boy!
-You seen it? -Whoo! You bodied that shit!
-Uh! -Y'all fucking with me now?
-Are you fucking with me now? -I like you, dawg.
Come on, man. Yo, everybody listen up!
This is that moment! Aight?
You been getting your ass kicked for the last few weeks.
This is the moment you get to channel all that shit and give it to them.
-Yeah? Are we ready? -[all shout]
-Are we ready? -Yeah!
Y'all are motherfucking super heroes from this point on!
-You feel me? -[all] Yeah!
Alright! Can I get a "let's get it" on three!
-One, two, three! -[all] Let's get it!
Let's go, let's go, let's go!
Let's go! Let's go!
Let's go, let's go, let's go!
Party up!
Don't forget your eight!
[crowd chanting] Sage! Sage!
[crowd continues chanting]
[cheering]
[Sage] What's going on, ATL? Did you miss me?
[crowd cheering]
["Genesis" playing]
[man in song] In order for a man to know where he's going,
he must first know where he's been.
Respecting his past and honoring his present.
That's creating his future...
Genesis.
♪ Genesis ♪
♪ All right ♪
♪ Hey ♪
♪ I know pain and I know pleasure ♪
♪ High and low and everything in between ♪
♪ Through the madness of my life for whatever ♪
♪ My music's always been there for me ♪
♪ I'm the one they talk about ♪
♪ My ego, my attitude ♪
♪ Sage, why you gotta be so nasty? ♪
♪ Why you gotta be so rude? ♪
♪ They don't know about my life ♪
♪ They don't know what I've been through ♪
♪ If you don't know what I know ♪
♪ Then let me show you ♪
♪ Welcome to my genesis ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Jam ♪
♪ How I became the man that I've become... ♪
Davis, hi! You nailed it! That was amazing!
-Oh! Thank you, Miss Jones. -You killed it. You killed it!
-Nah, nah, that was just fun. -Listen, the crowd is eating it up.
Maybe we should make you a thing, huh? Like, take you on the road with us?
Uh, yeah, I think we both know why that can't happen.
-Justin-- -Yeah. But thanks, though, really. I'm good.
You know, I finally got things squared away in that situation, so...
All right, well, listen, if...
If there's anything I can do to change your mind,
-you'll let me know, right? -Yeah. Sure thing.
Okay.
Bye, Miss Jones.
♪ Hey, with you I can't lose ♪
♪ Welcome to my genesis ♪
♪ Back to where I started from ♪
♪ How I became the man that I become ♪
♪ My genesis ♪
♪ Back to where I started from ♪
♪ Take it right back to the top ♪
♪ I take it right back to the top, oh! ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ How I came up How I got my name up ♪
♪ How I blew this game up Hey! ♪
-♪ Whoo! ♪ -♪ Back to where I started from ♪
♪ Take it right back to the top ♪
♪ 'Cause I ain't done now ♪
-♪ Genesis! ♪ -[crowd cheering]
[both laugh] Yeah!
-You killed that! Oh, man! -You sang in front of everyone!
-I saw you! -Yo! You're phenomenal, man!
I had so much fun up there, bro. Can you believe Collette
-even asked me to come on tour again? -Yeah, yeah. You're good.
-Don't worry, I'll be at work tomorrow. -[laughs]
You bet your ass.
-You like it? -Yeah.
-[crowd cheering] -Oh, you guys want some popcorn?
-Yeah. -Popcorn?
-Yeah. -I'll be back.
Get you some popcorn.
Excuse me. Coming through.
-[bell rings] -[man] Sage is standing by.
Set is ready. Transition lights.
-Authorized guests only, sir. -Oh, I'm sorry. Uh...
That's probably my credentials there you wanna see?
[grunts]
Thanks.
Good job.
Ah, Collette Jones.
Collette Jones.
-[bell rings] -[man] Lights are set. Young Sage stand by.
Dorrie on deck, Dorrie on deck. Cue Sage live, go.
-[Sage] What's going on, A Town? -[cheering]
Ladies and gentlemen!
[cheering]
Listen, listen, listen. So tonight I am gonna take y'all on a little trip.
-[Sage] A journey from childhood. -Yo.
I think we got trouble, man.
Your boy is stressing out. Talk to him.
[man] Standby for Dorrie. One minute.
Ladies and gentlemen, tonight I will take you on the journey
that created Sage Odom. And it starts right here.
-In Atlanta. -[cheering]
You're scared, huh?
-Yeah, me too. -Really?
Of course.
I wonder if I should be out there, in front of all those people.
I get nervous as hell.
I mean, what do you do?
You're a man now, Dorrie.
You got to think of your own duty.
To Sage, to all these folks you dancing with.
Yourself.
You know, sometimes I don't want to be here either,
but I look at all them, working so hard.
And you think I can let them down?
[man] Thirty seconds.
-No. -Neither can you.
...through this music, through dance, you will live a different life.
A life born in Hip-Hop.
A young boy from the streets of Bankhead.
You love to perform.
You love making people happy.
You know, no matter what I was goin' through,
all those years I was fighting with Dad?
You were the one thing in that family keeping me happy.
Shit, you kept all of us happy. You healed us.
Because that's who you are.
Making people happy is what you love doing, right?
-Right. -So go out there and do that.
-Make these people happy. -[man] Here we go. Dorrie up next.
[Sage] But it starts right here,
with that young boy from Bankhead.
Tonight you will meet that child. Are you ready?
[cheering]
I said, are you ready?
[cheering]
Let's go, let's go!
-That's me, baby! -["Whatz Up" by Playa Poncho, LA Sno plays]
Yeah one time, LA Sno in the house with a new Deuce posse.
[Playa Poncho] Ha, Ha! Aw, Ya.
I got my man, Playa Poncho, DJ Kizzy Rock. A Town Players.
Yo Playa Pancho, tell them Whatz Up!
[Playa Pancho] Yo, check it out!
♪ What it is, What it ain't what it gonna be ♪
♪ Whatz up, whatz up Now say it with me ♪
♪ Whatz up, whatz up ♪
♪ Whatz up, whatz up, Whatz up ♪
-[LA Sno] ♪ Ladies ♪ -♪ Whatz up, whatz up ♪
♪ Whatz up, whatz up, whatz up ♪
-♪ Fellas ♪ -♪ Whatz up, whatz up ♪
♪ Whatz up, whatz up, Whatz up ♪
[crowd cheering]
♪ Brother is Gay ♪
♪ Whatz up, Da Brat Whatz up, whatz up, ♪
♪ Whatz up, Tupac Whatz up, whatz up, ♪
♪ Tony Mercedes Whatz up, whatz up, ♪
♪ Whatz up, Shante Whatz up, whatz up, ♪
♪ Luther Campbell Whatz up, whatz up, ♪
♪ The Deuce Posse Whatz up, whatz up, ♪
♪ Atlanta Whatz up, whatz up, ♪
♪ Whatz up, whatz up, ♪
♪ Alabama Whatz up, whatz up, ♪
♪ Whatz up, whatz up, ♪
♪ Miami Whatz up, whatz up, ♪
♪ Whatz up, whatz up, ♪
♪ New York Whatz up, whatz up, ♪
♪ Whatz up, whatz up, ♪
♪ Texas Whatz up, whatz up, ♪
♪ Whatz up, whatz up, ♪
♪ The Carolina's Whatz up, whatz up, ♪
♪ Whatz up, whatz up, ♪
♪ California Whatz up, whatz up, ♪
♪ Whatz up, whatz up, ♪
♪ Louisiana Whatz up, whatz up, ♪
♪ Whatz up, whatz up, ♪
[Crowd cheering]
[man] Crew, standby.
We're going back to Sage.
-[crowd chanting] Sage! Sage! -Mic is hot. Cue Sage.
[crowd cheering]
And so...
Other than its one and only redeeming aspect,
-the ladies... -[cheering]
...I learned early on that school wasn't for me.
I barely ever went.
It's not that I wasn't smart.
It's that there was nothing there that stimulated
my genius mind, spoke to my soul,
or put food on my table.
Nothing there that made me feel the way the music made me feel.
But everybody was so quick to tell me how my life was gonna be shit,
so to prove a point, at age 15 and a half, I went and got my GED.
[cheering]
Oh, yeah.
You see, I had to show these people of very little imagination
just who the fuck they was dealing with.
[cheering]
I had to show them that my destiny
would not be defined by anything or...
[Collette] You know East-O, he holds onto shit.
Lets it eat away at him till it boils over.
[Sage] You know what? God as my witness,
East-O try to worm his way back into my shit,
that motherfucker gonna end up dead.
-[beeping] -[rewinding]
[Sage] East-O try to worm his way back into my shit,
that motherfucker gonna end up dead.
That motherfucker gonna end up dead.
I had two options, right?
I could either lie about my age and work the graveyard shift over at the Tyson plant.
You know, slaughtering animals all day.
Or I could sell drugs on the streets of College Park, slaughtering fiends all day.
-Either way, I knew... -Uh, we cool,
but not enough for you to be running up in my dressing room like that.
Every fucking time! Every time I trust these motherfuckers!
Rigo! You are not about to destroy my room on some rock star bullshit!
-Tell me what's wrong! -They did it!
And they been talking about the shit for years!
-What are you talking about? -Sage and Collette!
Those motherfuckers killed my dad!
And I got the fuckin' receipts right here!
And meanwhile, I'm out here dancing for this
motherfucker looking like a goddamn fool!
Oh, you know what the worst part about it too?
He's this... this larger than life superstar.
So who gonna believe little old me, Poppy?
Who?
Huh! Who?
It's okay. [indistinct]
So who do I listen to? Do I listen to my muse or do I listen to the music?
Or do I listen to the streets?
It's calling me. It's calling me.
It's calling me!
-[music starts playing] -[crowd cheering]
-♪ Price on my head ♪ -Do it, Tal!
♪ Music on my mind ♪
♪ That boy is clever That boy is smart ♪
♪ That boy move that work like a work of art ♪
♪ But that boy got talent Music and art ♪
♪ That boy better make his mind up ♪
[lyrics indistinct]
♪ Bangin' out the window ♪
♪ Every BMW to Benz-o Yeah ♪
♪ Makin' money with the kin folk ♪
♪ But they don't wanna see him grow ♪
♪ They just don't wanna let him go ♪
♪ Why jealousy breeds a sinful death ♪
♪ What you gonna do, Sage? ♪
♪ You gonna be the thug or you gonna be the celebrity? ♪
♪ You can't be both ♪
♪ Nigga, Famous gangsta is either caught or dead ♪
♪ You hear me talking to you, Sage? ♪
♪ Sage, Sage! ♪
-♪ Cover my ears ♪ -Let's go, baby, let's go!
[song continues]
♪ That shit be calling me ♪
♪ It want me to run that block ♪
♪ Want me to hold that Glock ♪
♪ Want me to push that rock ♪
♪ That shit be calling me ♪
♪ Want me to run in your spot ♪
♪ Want you to wind up shot ♪
♪ I try, but I just can't stop ♪
♪ Price on my head ♪
♪ Music on my mind ♪
♪ Pistol in my left hand ♪
♪ Microphone in my right ♪
♪ Decide ♪
♪ Price on my head ♪
♪ Music on my mind ♪
♪ Pistol in my left hand ♪
♪ Microphone in my right ♪
♪ Decide ♪
[cheering]
How am I supposed to go on?
You just have to get up on that stage
in every city, every night,
and do what you were born to do.
I'm not talking about performing, Poppy.
Don't talk like that. Why would you say that?
Poppy, my dad is dead. All right? Marquise is in jail.
And King, see I done fucked that up again.
What's the point of all this success
if I'm selling out the people that mean the most to me for it?
-I'm out here all alone now. Nobody-- -You're not alone, Rigo!
You're not about to act like I'm not sitting here right next to you.
Yeah, because you feel bad for me and shit.
Look, I know, aight?
I fucked up and lost you too.
Hey.
Babe.
You know how much I care about you.
Okay?
That doesn't just go away because we're not together.
We're friends. You can trust me always.
I got you. Come here.
It's gonna be okay.
-You fucking kidding me? -No! Rigo was just upset
-and I was-- -I did everything for you.
Everything.
You know, I didn't even want any of this shit,
this tour, I gave up my life
and my business, I fucking did it all for you.
-Dre, chill out-- -Rigo, please, shut the fuck up
before I whup your scrawny little ass.
Dre, what you saw didn't mean anything like you think.
I swear, you have to believe me.
I don't think so. Nah, this wasn't no mistake.
The mistake was me thinking that it wasn't gonna happen.
But you know what?
I'm done with mistakes,
I'm done with this shit,
and I'm done with you.
No, Dre! Please!
-[door slams] -Dre, please!
Y'all it's time, let's go. Everyone line up behind Candace.
[man] Cue finale. Stage is ready to go.
Stay warm, stay loose, keep it up.
Stay present, locked in, stay loose and warm
as much as possible as you guys are waiting. Go, go, go, go!
Follow behind. Go, go. Where you been? We been waiting on you.
Whoa! Poppy, let's go. Up, up.
It's time, let's go.
-Superstar, you ready? -Fuck you.
Okay, I don't know what your problem is--
My problem is you!
You think you got it all under control, don't you?
Huh? Huh? You think we're all your puppets,
happy to jump when you tell us to?
While you fuck everyone over, break their spirits,
steal their shit, suck them dry to get what you want when you want it. Huh?
You think you're this big High Water hero, huh?
Taking us all up out the hood when all you really doing was ruining our lives!
Let me know something, Sage.
You ever give a damn about anybody but your own damn self?
Hmm?
Don't worry, old man. I'll dance for you.
Because unlike anybody else in this fucked up production of yours,
I live up to my motherfucking obligations.
[crowd chanting] Sage! Sage!
[crowd chanting]
[dance music plays]
♪ You hear it ♪
♪ I mean the champ is here ♪
♪ Shake, shake [indistinct] ♪
♪ Sweat and blood on my face Every muscle sore ♪
♪ Lungs full of fire I ain't tired, give me more ♪
♪ Knock 'em down three times Watch him get up, four ♪
♪ Lost a couple battles I ain't never lost the war ♪
♪ Never been a sucker Try me if you like ♪
♪ Yes I got some money No I do not have a price ♪
♪ I deserve to be here I been fighting my whole life ♪
♪ Now I'm the motherfucking man And I do not apologize ♪
♪ Go through the rain And the pain ♪
♪ I ain't never felt that powerful ♪
♪ I'm the champion That's my anthem ♪
♪ Everywhere I go I hear the people chanting ♪
[rapping] ♪ I've been comin' into my power ♪
♪ I've been brave Never been no coward ♪
♪ I'm a big deal of a mosai-tower ♪
♪ Try to eat my food Get devoured ♪
♪ I've been workin' for this spot ♪
♪ Ever since I was a tot ♪
♪ Never caned In my reign ♪
♪ Ain't gonna never ever stop ♪
♪ took a minute to get to this place ♪
♪ Been a battle from the beginning of winning this race ♪
♪ Wasn't a real thing to me Won a money famous ♪
♪ I ain't care the beat But the music chose ♪
♪ So no matter what they say ♪
♪ Beats that I made Question my pay ♪
♪ Don't get knocked out I knock them out ♪
♪ I'm a champ, never loose No tin cup battle ♪
[singing] ♪ Go through the rain And the pain ♪
♪ I ain't never felt that powerful ♪
♪ I'm the champion That's my anthem ♪
♪ Everywhere I go I hear the people chanting ♪
[cheering]
[singing]
[cheering]
Whoo!
ATL, we love you. Good night!
-[cheering] -Whoo!
[chanting] Sage! Sage!
[Sage] Yeah!
Whoo!
[whooping]
That's what I'm talking about!
Greyhound, Greyhound!
-Good shit! -Thank you.
That is what opening night is supposed to look like!
After the show, let's party. I need a motherfucking drink!
We need some music playin'!
-I need a drink! I need a-- -Sage.
-What's up, young blood? -Um...
Look, I wanna apologize.
You know, I just... got caught up in some shit,
and I let it get the best of me.
I'm sorry.
It'll never happen again.
You know what, Dondre?
I'm on such a fucking high right now...
Listen, do you hear that shit?
Did you feel that shit? Nigga, I'm on...
I'm on such a cloud right now,
I ain't even tripping on that shit, man.
You good. Don't even worry about it.
I appreciate the sentiment, but you have nothing to apologize for.
Real shit. Matter of fact, at this point,
all I need from you is one thing. You know what that is?
-No, what's that? -I need you...
to get out of this wardrobe,
go pack up your shit, and politely get the fuck off my tour.
Clear? Yeah.
What were you thinking?
Who the fuck did you think you was talking to?
Nobody talks to me like that. Do you know who...
Do you hear that shit? Listen, you hear that?
[crowd chanting] Sage! Sage!
My name is Sage motherfuckin' Odom. Who are you?
Exactly. Nobody.
We'll replace your ass like... [snaps] that.
As a matter of fact, I already have.
So get the fuck out my face.
Sage, I know I fucked up, but you can't do this to Dorrie.
I need you to go ahead and get that hand off me, pimp.
I'm gonna need that to happen right now.
Thank you.
Dorrie's gonna be fine. See, unlike you,
Dorrie has potential that can be molded into greatness.
I'm gonna call your pops tomorrow, let him know that
Dorrie's gonna stay right here. The reverend will be thrilled.
You, on the other hand, I'm gonna need you to go ahead and find the nearest exit
and then use it. Bye, Dondre.
Champagne! Where's my drink again?
-[cheering] -Champagne! Champagne for everybody!
Champagne for you!
Right now!
Know what? I need two bottles of champagne!
[Hip-Hop music playing]
♪ Run Ricky run, Run nigga run, Jump nigga jump ♪
♪ Come, Here they come..♪
Everybody! Huddle up, huddle up!
Come over here! I got shit to say before this party commences!
So, uh, check it out, check it out.
So a few weeks ago we talked about how your careers would be...
a series of setbacks and risks.
Well, we took a hell-a-fied risk with this.
We took on a whole goddamn tour, no record label, no powers that be.
Now, what y'all didn't know about that is that we put everything on the line.
And I don't mean just our reputations as dancers,
-and my money. -[laughter]
All my money. All of it. All of it.
But no, no, seriously. All of that, even the school, even High Water,
all of that to say we are all in, people. But you know what?
We're all in together.
To my High Water dancers,
yesterday y'all was just students.
Today you're artists.
And in this moment, on this stage,
it is my honor to call y'all friends.
That brings me to this. Miss. Collette Jones,
every up, every down, every trademark Sage Odom temper tantrum,
we've all seen 'em, you've never not been there.
To keep it all the way 100, I, uh...
I don't wanna do this without you.
I don't want to.
[sighs] Okay.
-What are you doing? -[all] Oh!
Miss Jones, would you do me the honor of being my wife?
-Yes. -Yes?
-Yes. Absolutely yes. -[cheering]
[slow music playing]
Yes, yes, yes.
-I love you. -I love you too.
Yo! It's a celebration, bitches!
[cheering]
Congratulations, Ms. Jones.
Cheers, cheers. Cheers to me. Cheers to happiness.
Alright, alright, alright.
Cheers everybody. Cheers, cheers, cheers.
Everybody drink up, enjoy! While the shit is free.
All right, next show I'm charging by the glass.
[laughs] No, for real, though, I'm charging by the glass.
Rigo! Yo! What's up, young blood?
You over here by yourself and shit. This is a celebration. We killed that shit.
That was flames. That was surface of the sun.
Like the first 15 rows is burnt. They dead. We killed them.
Yeah, it was a real good show.
Good show?
Nigga, Arsenio Hall was good. Okay?
That shit that Prince did at the Super Bowl, that was good.
This shit was phenomenal. This about to be the biggest shit
since Michael went solo.
Where you at? Oh, okay. Okay, I see what this is.
Adrenaline was pumping tonight, you on the come down.
Totally normal. Okay, so let me tell you what I used to do.
So grab you one of these little hotties in here,
get you a little massage popping, maybe a cup of Henny.
You drink Henny? Is Henny...? Whatever the hell it is you drink, get one of those,
and just chill out, all right? You good.
Come on, nigga, smile, man. We did it.
You and me. Come on, man, you killed that shit. Celebrate. You earned it.
-Uncle Al. -[laughs]
-Put me down! -Whoo!
-I am so proud of you. -Thank you.
-Seriously, thank you. No, Al, seriously. -Ah!
Thank you. None of this would have been possible without you.
Me and Jay, we had dreams, but that was all they were.
You turned our dreams into this. Thank you.
Well, you know, that's how I do it.
Me and Oprah. [laughs]
I'm so proud of you, man.
-Tal, bro. -Dude.
I knew you could sing, but you killed it.
Man, I had a blast. I'm still pumped
I even got to go up there tonight.
-[laughs] Just the start. -Yeah, maybe...
-Maybe one day. -Maybe one day, one day soon.
-You're on the tour. -What? No... Al, we already went--
-I'm not going on tour. We talked about this. -Listen to me. You listen.
I talked to Collette Jones. She called the social worker,
and my man, Justin and I, had a conversation.
I'm gonna watch your brother while you're on tour, okay?
I'm gonna make sure he goes to school, does his homework,
and you gotta explain to me about playdates, whatever that is.
And we're gonna come see you when we can. You're going on tour.
Is that okay with you, Justin?
Go for it, hermano!
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God! Al, thank you so much!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
You guys deserve this. Hard work pays off. Okay?
Don't let anybody tell you different.
-My girl, my girl! -That was incredible.
No, you were incredible.
[chuckles]
This is gonna sound really basic and cheesy,
but, you know, after I fell,
I really did think it was over for me.
That I'd lost everything I ever wanted.
But being here tonight, under those lights,
with all those eyes on me...
I'm so grateful that you chose me.
Well, listen, I'm grateful that you're grateful,
'cause if you didn't notice, it wasn't exactly the most popular decision.
But you know what? Fuck 'em. Okay?
Haters are gonna hate if it's an empty studio or a packed stadium.
All you can do is dance.
So that's all I want you to do.
-I will. -Fucking genius.
-Don't prove me wrong. -I won't.
Haters?
Sign of a true performer. You know what that is?
That is when no matter how salty, sad, mad, whatever they are,
they suck that shit up and channel it into the performance and leave it on the stage.
That was you tonight. You danced your ass off. You should be proud.
You can't tell me Odalie out-danced me.
You know I killed that audition.
Yeah, you did. You did. You killed it.
If I'm being honest, you were even a little better.
Then why did you pick her?
You know why. You know exactly why.
Come on, you smarter than this.
You dance well, okay? Better than most.
Okay? That's not a revelation. But the suits are kind of lazy story tellers.
And they decided to go with white girl dancer, fish-out-of-water,
recovers from injury, Kerri Strug at the Olympics,
sticks the landing on one goddamn foot comeback story.
-It's just easier. -This is bullshit.
True. I'm not disagreeing with you.
But that's America.
Sage, you think I don't know that girls like me don't get shine
because we're not light enough, white enough,
or as marketable as Becky with the good hair?
This is your tour. High Water is your school.
And you could do it differently, but you choose not to.
That shit doesn't make you wise, it makes you a sell-out.
Sell-out?
Poppy, you know what I sell out?
Stadiums.
And all those seats fund your paycheck.
And, by the way, this little series with Odalie
that you're so mad about is that exact thing
that's gonna help me get more girls like you into High Water.
What's the point of letting in girls like me
when men like you don't stand up for us?
Poppy, you cannot pour from an empty cup.
I fund schools and tours.
I hire veteran dancers, I also give rookies like you a shot.
Yeah. I'm big business,
but I'm also for the little guy.
And I balance both of the shits out by any means necessary.
Please don't get it twisted, okay? I know my role in the struggle.
Now, it's unfortunate, yeah.
But for me, in the realm of this,
your battle would not have been wise for me to fight.
It's not personal.
Good job tonight, though.
Fuck them. Fuck Sage.
Fuck this tour. Fuck all of it.
Yo, I'm telling them I'm done, I want out.
I'm not dancing for the devil one more time.
-I promise-- -No.
We're not going anywhere.
We're gonna fight our battles.
We're gonna bide our time. And we're gonna get ours.
Everything that's coming to us.
We're gonna fuck those two over just like they fucked us.
♪ Standing on the platform ♪
-To us. -To us.
♪ Watching you go ♪
♪ It's like no other pain ♪
♪ I've ever known ♪
♪ It's somewhere, somewhere ♪
♪ To having my control ♪
♪ You said I wanna say the word ♪
-♪ And I say go ♪ -Hey, beautiful.
[gasps] Davis, what are you doing here?
I am coming with you.
-On tour. -Are you serious?
Yes, so get ready because you're stuck with me.
[laughs]
-I'm so proud of you. -I love you.
♪ I've been strong for so long ♪
♪ I never thought how much I needed you ♪
♪ I think I'm lost without you ♪
♪ Strangers rushing past ♪
♪ Just trying to get home ♪
-Hey. -Hey! Hey!
-Hey, what are you-- -Uh, Sage needed me for a few months.
For the tour. Is this seat taken?
[laughs]
-I miss you. -♪ It's me at full speed ♪
♪ Feel like I can't breathe ♪
♪ And nobody knows ♪
♪ This pain inside me... ♪
You know, you are full of surprises, I will give you that.
-You planned that? -You know what? I think I've been...
I think I've been planning this since the day we met.
I meant every word.
[siren blares]
Uh... are we pulling over?
Hey yo, what the fuck is going on, man?
What the fuck?
Sage Odom?
You're under arrest for the murder of Earnest Octavio.
-Excuse me? -Stand, please.
What... okay, hold on, hold on. First of...
-I need you to stand, please. -Wait, okay, wait, wait.
-Stand, please. Cuff him. -No. Stand, my ass!
Get your fucking hands off me, man! Yo, what the fuck is going on?
-Okay, hey, hey. -Get your fucking hands off me.
Get the fuck off of me!
-You have the right to remain-- -You have the... get the fuck off me!
Call my lawyer! What the fuck is this?
Y'all know this is bullshit.
You know good fucking well I didn't kill nobody!
-You know who the fuck I am? -I told you to stop resisting.
Get the fuck off me, man!
♪ Standing on the platform ♪
All right, all right. I'm fucking going.
♪ Watching you go ♪
♪ You said I wanna see the world ♪
♪ And I said ♪
♪ Go ♪
♪ It's a ATL thang You already know ♪
♪ Yeah, step up, step up Yeah, step up, step up ♪
♪ Yeah, step up, step up ♪
♪ Real tough Step up, step up ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, step up ♪
♪ Step up, step up ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, step up ♪
♪ You gotta step up ♪ [echoes fade]
[man] Made in Georgia.
♪ Diba-diba dee-dee duh ♪