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LINDA: Jerome?
‐ Hey, beautiful.
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BOBBY: Jerome is out?
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‐ Showed up on my doorstep
like a lost puppy.
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But Randy's happy
to see his daddy.
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JEROME: There's a tiny
little sliver of land
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in Ohio that I've been
sittin' on for years.
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You won't be laughin'
when I put you
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in that dream house
you always wanted.
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‐ For real?
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‐ As real as I'm sittin' here
right now.
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‐ Afternoon, sweetheart.
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‐ Have a fine day.
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LINDA: Jerome,
did you pay them?
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‐ I'm not gonna move
another inch
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until I hear you say
you trust me.
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SHURRIE: Damn Jerome.
Comin' in here
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like we supposed to
bow down to him.
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DIVINE: When you get out
of jail, you feel like
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the entire world
has moved on without you,
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and all you're trying to do
is catch up with it.
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WOMAN: You all need to use
this time to go out there
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and look for a job.
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Hit it hard.
Really pound the pavement.
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SHOTGUN: ♪ Killa Hill,
Killa, Killa Hill ♪
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♪ Who got the hype shit? ♪
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‐ Damn, son,
you murderin' that.
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‐ Yo.
You hear that?
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HAZE: Yeah, the hood
is feelin' it.
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BOBBY: Shit.
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SHA: You think you gonna
be a star and all that,
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so you out here
wastin' your fuckin' time
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rhymin' on some Memorex.
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‐ The assistant to this manager
gave me his number.
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‐ Manager?
Nigga, whatever.
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My shit had
all the birds chirpin'.
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DENNIS: My brothers is always
gonna be my brothers.
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And all that falling on me,
I don't want that for you.
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‐ I'm tired
of everybody thinking
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that they know
what's best for me.
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I know what I want.
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♪ ♪
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‐ Turn that shit off.
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‐ Fuck you, you corny‐ass,
wannabe‐bad Uncle Tom.
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[Taser crackles]
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PERSON: Yo!
PERSON: Yo, yo!
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[crowd shouting]
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‐ He can't breathe!
‐ Yo, let him up!
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DIVINE: Say something!
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Say something!
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Fucking dead.
You killed him!
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He's not moving!
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♪ ♪
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[triumphant orchestral music]
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♪ ♪
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‐ [panting]
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♪ ♪
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[shouting and applause]
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PERSON: Run!
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METHOD MAN: ♪ As I walk
in the shadow of death ♪
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♪ Sixteen men
on a dead man's chest ♪
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‐ Go, Shotgun!
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‐ Go left, go left!
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‐ Oh!
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‐ Yo, yo!
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Yo, get over,
get over, get over!
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‐ Go left, go left!
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METHOD: ♪ Stat could
get down like that ♪
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♪ Who want them test
rocket launcher, yes ♪
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‐ Yeah.
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‐ You cleaned your plate,
didn't you?
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METHOD: ♪ Get swung on,
can't we all get along? ♪
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‐ Late again, huh?
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‐ Man, fuck you.
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♪ ♪
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‐ Maybe you can go home
and get some dinner.
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You know, instead of
freeloadin' off your relatives.
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Clean up after yourself.
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♪ ♪
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‐ Mama!
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MAN: Hey, put him on his ass!
Put him on his ass!
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[cheers and applause]
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‐ Hey, hey, hey!
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Get off my son!
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Stop it!
Get off!
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♪ ♪
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[grunts]
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♪ ♪
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METHOD: ♪ Two for the black
and the blue ♪
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♪ One for the sun ♪
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♪ Step into millennium ♪
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♪ Name of this one
is judgment day ♪
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♪ No more BS,
can't come out and play ♪
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‐ Fuck!
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Yo!
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Yo, ref!
Yo, ref, hey!
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‐ You just need to play.
Hey, you better calm down.
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‐ Yo, I know
you seen that shit!
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What you mean, calm down?
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‐ One minute penalty.
Go sit down.
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‐ That ain't no penalty!
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Auntie,
you don't understand, he was‐‐
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‐ Get out of my house.
‐ Where am I supposed to go?
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AUNT: I don't care.
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Get your shit, and get out.
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Now.
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If you're lucky,
maybe your grandma
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will take you back.
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‐ Yo, that's bullshit, ref!
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METHOD: ♪ Let the garden grow ♪
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♪ And stick that rhyme
where the sun don't shine ♪
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♪ Darts pierce your heart ♪
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‐ Hey, yo, keep your head up,
man, we got you.
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We know that dude stuck you,
Shotgun, fuck that ref.
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METHOD: ♪ And that's my way ♪
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♪ Grim Reaper calling,
judgment day ♪
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♪ Come on ♪
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♪ I said come on ♪
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♪ Ten,
let the countdown begin ♪
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♪ Nine, I was born
in the mind ♪
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♪ Eight, take the head
of a snake ♪
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♪ Seven, behold Armageddon ♪
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♪ Six, ain't no love
for the rich ♪
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SHOTGUN: Hey, Grandma.
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METHOD: ♪ Four,
'cause we live by the sword ♪
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Please just give me
one more chance.
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METHOD: ♪ One, for the Sun,
step into millennium ♪
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♪ As I walk
in the shadow of death ♪
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[whistle trills]
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[grunting]
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[whistles trilling]
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METHOD: ♪ Nobody go
till the God say so ♪
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♪ You got a second or more
to run for the door ♪
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♪ Before I blow back
off the map, contact ♪
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♪ You didn't know Stat
could get down like that ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ Mr. Meth,
hold the fort, most def ♪
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♪ Cats is dead wrong ♪
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‐ That was a fucking penalty.
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METHOD: ♪ Playa ♪
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♪ ♪
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[crowd chatter grows]
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[whistle trills]
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[hip‐hop music]
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[fighters grunting]
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[blade resounds]
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[fighter grunts]
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♪ ♪
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[gun cocks]
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♪ ♪
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[dice thud]
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♪ ♪
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[blade resounds]
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[siren wails distantly]
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[stirring music]
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♪ ♪
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‐ Hey.
Look who's here.
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SHOTGUN: Uncle Anthony.
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‐ Man, you must've grown
a whole damn f‐‐
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a whole foot‐‐
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since I last saw you.
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‐ What you doing here?
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‐ Says he's clean.
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‐ It's 'cause
it's the truth, Ma.
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Anyway, I‐I'm out on parole.
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I can't be messing all that up.
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They'll throw away
the key on me.
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Man, come on, man.
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Yeah.
[laughs]
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It's gonna be different now.
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I got my old job back.
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‐ You moving here?
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With us?
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ANTHONY: Yeah.
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What you think about that?
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‐ That mean you gonna be
paying rent this time, Anthony?
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‐ [chortles]
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Yeah, Ma.
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Something like that.
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♪ ♪
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‐ Divine.
‐ Yeah?
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‐ Why don't you help me out
with this rug.
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‐ Yeah.
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[low chatter]
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‐ Hey, yo, I heard
what happened to your boy Haze.
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That shit's fucked up.
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Cops be buggin' out, son.
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SHOTGUN: Hey, yo, Bob.
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‐ Hey, yo.
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‐ Hey, man.
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Yo, you moving?
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‐ Just packing up shit
for Ohio.
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‐ Hey, honey.
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You here to help us out?
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‐ No, Ma.
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His ankle is busted.
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‐ Oh.
Okay.
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Well, help us pack up
the kitchen, then, Shotgun.
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Thank you.
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Shurrie,
stop dragging your feet.
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Anything left in your room
by the time Jerome finished
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packing the truck,
it ain't coming.
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‐ Then I'm staying in my room.
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‐ Excuse me, girl,
who you think you are?
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Are you crazy?
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‐ Hey.
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Come on, now, little lady,
show your mama some respect.
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‐ No, leave it.
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We got seven hours
in the car together
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to enjoy her little tantrum.
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‐ Come on.
Mom said we gotta hurry.
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‐ How come you don't want
to move so much?
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‐ I don't know.
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‐ Is it 'cause I'm going?
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‐ What?
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‐ Do you want to stay here
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so you don't have to
take care of me anymore?
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I know you probably
get sick of me sometimes.
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‐ Come here.
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No, okay?
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I'm not sick of you.
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Don't say things like that.
I'm sorry.
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Come here.
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Hey, Randy?
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Can you do me a big favor?
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Can you, um,
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take this box down
to the truck?
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‐ Okay.
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[horn honking distantly]
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Shurrie, this box
too heavy for me.
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Can‐‐oh, can you take it?
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‐ Yeah, yeah,
I got you, little man.
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♪ ♪
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[Linda laughs]
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♪ ♪
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‐ You're a real pro
at this, huh?
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‐ [groans]
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‐ You move around a lot
or something?
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‐ Nah.
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First time out of the joint,
I was a mover.
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It was the only job
I could get, you know?
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So I just kept my head down,
handled business.
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Worked out all right
in the end.
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Handle yours, it'll work out
for you too.
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You don't want to end up
like your boy Haze.
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‐ Matter of fact, I got a‐‐
I got a job interview tomorrow.
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‐ You know
who you meetin' with?
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‐ Yeah, uh, somebody
at this cleaning company
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up at the World Trade.
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‐ I done a ton
of interviews like that
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when I was fresh out the joint.
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Gotta read the person.
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'Cause they looking
for any excuse
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not to trust you.
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If it's a white woman,
appeal to her sympathy.
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If it's a white man,
you ain't gonna get that,
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so be "respectful."
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If it's a brother,
be straight up with him.
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Oh.
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Pardon me, fellas.
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There's a damsel in distress.
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Give that to me.
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Let me get it.
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00:11:39,607 --> 00:11:42,571
[low chatter]
264
00:11:44,617 --> 00:11:47,623
‐ Yo, what do you think?
265
00:11:47,623 --> 00:11:49,585
‐ Well, he says he loves her.
266
00:11:49,585 --> 00:11:52,674
And, you know, Randy's getting
a chance to be with his dad.
267
00:11:52,674 --> 00:11:54,010
‐ Yeah.
268
00:11:56,056 --> 00:11:57,517
Damn.
269
00:11:57,517 --> 00:12:00,314
Yo, I can't believe
this is happening for real.
270
00:12:04,615 --> 00:12:07,244
‐ All right, yo,
I'm gonna go piss.
271
00:12:15,595 --> 00:12:18,100
‐ Yo, I‐I got this.
272
00:12:18,100 --> 00:12:20,563
‐ Damn, son, I been looking
all over for this tape.
273
00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:24,863
‐ Hey, you packed the fuck
out of this box, nigga.
274
00:12:26,993 --> 00:12:29,748
‐ My uncle told me
how to cross‐tape.
275
00:12:29,748 --> 00:12:32,796
I didn't want your mother's
dishes getting broke.
276
00:12:32,796 --> 00:12:35,927
Jostling on that journey.
277
00:12:35,927 --> 00:12:37,764
She got some nice shit, son.
278
00:12:41,564 --> 00:12:43,860
Yo, you really out?
BOBBY: No, I just, uh‐‐
279
00:12:43,860 --> 00:12:47,868
my moms, Shurrie,
you know, Randy.
280
00:12:47,868 --> 00:12:49,997
‐ Oh, so you staying.
281
00:12:49,997 --> 00:12:50,999
‐ Yeah.
282
00:12:52,293 --> 00:12:55,340
About to have
this entire house to myself.
283
00:12:55,340 --> 00:12:58,681
When 'Vine get back,
him too, you know.
284
00:12:58,681 --> 00:13:00,350
This 'bout to be the new hang.
285
00:13:00,350 --> 00:13:04,317
Gon' have everything.
286
00:13:04,317 --> 00:13:05,820
‐ That's what's up.
287
00:13:09,578 --> 00:13:12,416
‐ Well, uh, bye, D.
288
00:13:12,416 --> 00:13:14,797
‐ Yeah.
Have fun in Ohio.
289
00:13:18,971 --> 00:13:21,602
‐ You better look out
for each other.
290
00:13:25,234 --> 00:13:26,946
You too, Dennis.
291
00:13:26,946 --> 00:13:29,075
‐ Yes, ma'am.
292
00:13:29,075 --> 00:13:30,410
‐ Yeah, Mommy.
293
00:13:30,410 --> 00:13:32,331
Yeah, of course.
294
00:13:32,331 --> 00:13:35,212
‐ Yeah, don't you worry.
295
00:13:35,212 --> 00:13:36,757
You're not leaving us alone.
296
00:13:36,757 --> 00:13:37,843
We'll look out for each other.
297
00:13:37,843 --> 00:13:39,053
‐ Yeah, and it ain't like
298
00:13:39,053 --> 00:13:40,472
we're not gonna be talkin'
to each other
299
00:13:40,472 --> 00:13:41,725
or seein' one another.
300
00:13:41,725 --> 00:13:43,311
‐ No, but it's different.
301
00:13:45,148 --> 00:13:47,111
You're men now.
302
00:13:50,158 --> 00:13:51,327
All of you.
303
00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:57,381
Can't just be having parties
all the time while I'm gone.
304
00:13:57,381 --> 00:14:01,347
You have to make something
of yourself.
305
00:14:01,347 --> 00:14:05,480
You can always make
something of yourselves.
306
00:14:07,944 --> 00:14:10,115
No matter what anybody says.
307
00:14:13,038 --> 00:14:15,585
You hear me?
308
00:14:15,585 --> 00:14:22,599
♪ ♪
309
00:14:25,312 --> 00:14:26,523
I love you.
310
00:14:28,401 --> 00:14:34,665
♪ ♪
311
00:14:34,665 --> 00:14:36,125
All right.
312
00:14:38,338 --> 00:14:45,310
♪ ♪
313
00:14:49,569 --> 00:14:52,575
[engine turning over]
314
00:14:58,796 --> 00:15:05,434
♪ ♪
315
00:15:12,197 --> 00:15:13,826
DIVINE: I'm
a really hard worker.
316
00:15:13,826 --> 00:15:15,370
Always on time.
317
00:15:17,374 --> 00:15:19,588
Hey, and I really need
this job.
318
00:15:19,588 --> 00:15:21,257
JANITOR: Yeah, no kidding.
319
00:15:24,013 --> 00:15:26,184
I see you came
from the jobs program.
320
00:15:29,023 --> 00:15:30,777
We keep a tight ship over here.
321
00:15:30,777 --> 00:15:34,200
You gotta show up on time,
do what you're told.
322
00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:36,997
Always wear your uniform
and keep it clean.
323
00:15:39,753 --> 00:15:41,924
‐ This sounds like
a great opportunity.
324
00:15:43,844 --> 00:15:46,057
RAPPER: ♪ Time to get
funky‐new‐radical hip ♪
325
00:15:46,057 --> 00:15:47,685
♪ As I get to the point ♪
326
00:15:47,685 --> 00:15:49,355
♪ Rock this funky joint ♪
327
00:15:49,355 --> 00:15:51,652
♪ Wait a sec, the teacher's
got to check the intellect ♪
328
00:15:51,652 --> 00:15:53,614
♪ Plus I must step in
to give you it ♪
329
00:15:53,614 --> 00:15:54,825
♪ But, but give you what? ♪
330
00:15:54,825 --> 00:15:55,993
♪ The P, the R, the T ♪
331
00:15:55,993 --> 00:15:57,872
♪ For often come
to teach the top ♪
332
00:15:57,872 --> 00:16:00,335
ROXANNE: Hmm.
What you think of this one?
333
00:16:00,335 --> 00:16:03,341
KANE: Yo, that's the color
for you, girl.
334
00:16:03,341 --> 00:16:07,474
Hey, what you got for us
by way of associate discount?
335
00:16:07,474 --> 00:16:10,188
‐ I only have
a client discount, man.
336
00:16:10,188 --> 00:16:11,817
You can talk to Vickie.
337
00:16:11,817 --> 00:16:13,612
I think I see
my 2:00 walking in.
338
00:16:13,612 --> 00:16:15,365
Take your time.
339
00:16:15,365 --> 00:16:18,079
‐ Yo, that's Big Daddy Kane
and Roxanne Shanté?
340
00:16:18,079 --> 00:16:19,833
‐ Mm‐hmm.
341
00:16:19,833 --> 00:16:21,127
Come on.
342
00:16:21,127 --> 00:16:23,131
‐ Yo.
343
00:16:23,131 --> 00:16:25,511
‐ Have a seat.
344
00:16:25,511 --> 00:16:27,389
‐ Oh, your office in here too?
345
00:16:27,389 --> 00:16:29,476
‐ The fur business
and the music business,
346
00:16:29,476 --> 00:16:31,607
good to be in together.
347
00:16:31,607 --> 00:16:33,443
Help people in both parties.
348
00:16:33,443 --> 00:16:36,658
Stick around, there might be
a coat in here for you.
349
00:16:36,658 --> 00:16:37,827
‐ Word?
350
00:16:37,827 --> 00:16:40,373
‐ I really dug
the demo you sent me.
351
00:16:40,373 --> 00:16:42,962
Not every day I get a tape
labeled "Genius" on it.
352
00:16:42,962 --> 00:16:44,256
‐ Well, you know,
name found me.
353
00:16:44,256 --> 00:16:45,718
Know what I'm sayin'?
354
00:16:45,718 --> 00:16:47,722
‐ I've been putting in calls
about you all over town.
355
00:16:49,559 --> 00:16:51,605
‐ Yo, I really appreciate that.
356
00:16:51,605 --> 00:16:53,943
‐ How about your‐‐
your boy on your track?
357
00:16:53,943 --> 00:16:55,195
You said he was your cousin?
358
00:16:55,195 --> 00:16:56,823
‐ Oh, yeah, Bobby.
359
00:16:56,823 --> 00:16:57,825
Dynamite.
360
00:16:59,704 --> 00:17:02,376
Just got his demo with me.
361
00:17:02,376 --> 00:17:03,754
Check it out.
362
00:17:05,591 --> 00:17:09,306
No, he's got a... unique sound.
363
00:17:12,479 --> 00:17:15,110
BOBBY: ♪ My mind flashed back
to an early mood ♪
364
00:17:15,110 --> 00:17:19,410
♪ When I was just a sperm cell
in the fallopian tube ♪
365
00:17:19,410 --> 00:17:21,707
♪ In the midst
of a state of triple darkness ♪
366
00:17:21,707 --> 00:17:24,879
♪ Going through a struggle
so I could exist ♪
367
00:17:32,645 --> 00:17:34,649
[car horn chirping]
368
00:17:37,154 --> 00:17:40,118
‐ Yo.
‐ Yo, what up, son?
369
00:17:43,959 --> 00:17:46,297
Hey, yo, how'd that job
interview go and shit?
370
00:17:46,297 --> 00:17:49,512
‐ A'ight, I guess.
371
00:17:54,522 --> 00:17:57,027
Yo, where Bobby at?
372
00:17:57,027 --> 00:17:59,699
‐ I ain't seen him
since I left your house.
373
00:17:59,699 --> 00:18:02,245
I wish he'd come soon, though.
374
00:18:02,245 --> 00:18:03,666
But that chess‐playin' nigga
keep tryin'
375
00:18:03,666 --> 00:18:06,003
to get me to sit down
and shit, like...
376
00:18:06,003 --> 00:18:08,967
I don't know that nigga,
the fuck?
377
00:18:14,061 --> 00:18:16,858
Hey, yo, you spoke
to your family yet?
378
00:18:16,858 --> 00:18:19,948
‐ Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
379
00:18:19,948 --> 00:18:21,117
‐ Cool.
380
00:18:23,454 --> 00:18:25,543
I wonder how they liking it.
381
00:18:25,543 --> 00:18:26,670
Ohio.
382
00:18:27,672 --> 00:18:30,301
♪ ♪
383
00:18:31,972 --> 00:18:34,184
So Shurrie, is she, like,
finishing high school and shit
384
00:18:34,184 --> 00:18:35,186
out there or...
385
00:18:35,186 --> 00:18:36,565
‐ Yo, I'll catch you later.
386
00:18:36,565 --> 00:18:38,401
‐ Hey, yo, what...
387
00:18:48,714 --> 00:18:50,425
BOBBY: Hey, yo.
388
00:18:52,095 --> 00:18:55,310
Hey, man, I just got done
talking to my cousin.
389
00:18:55,310 --> 00:18:58,274
He just played my demo
for this manager,
390
00:18:58,274 --> 00:18:59,736
and he wants to meet.
391
00:19:03,159 --> 00:19:04,704
‐ That's dope, son.
392
00:19:04,704 --> 00:19:07,835
He gon' sign you for sure.
393
00:19:07,835 --> 00:19:09,506
‐ Hey, yo.
394
00:19:09,506 --> 00:19:10,841
Hey, listen.
395
00:19:10,841 --> 00:19:13,722
He heard your verses too, man.
396
00:19:13,722 --> 00:19:16,352
He wants to meet us both.
397
00:19:16,352 --> 00:19:18,022
Tonight.
398
00:19:26,163 --> 00:19:31,967
Yo, I bet Haze would, uh...
yo, Haze would be excited, yo.
399
00:19:34,388 --> 00:19:36,267
He always believed in you.
400
00:19:38,772 --> 00:19:40,693
It's a big opportunity.
401
00:19:42,530 --> 00:19:45,410
‐ He's playing
in the championships.
402
00:19:45,410 --> 00:19:47,832
It's the first time
in his school's history.
403
00:19:47,832 --> 00:19:50,880
It's a big opportunity.
404
00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:56,348
GRANDMA: I, um, I got a call
from your mama today.
405
00:19:56,348 --> 00:19:57,810
‐ Oh, really?
406
00:19:57,810 --> 00:19:59,772
She okay?
407
00:19:59,772 --> 00:20:04,448
‐ She's got a place
in Staten Island now.
408
00:20:04,448 --> 00:20:07,245
She wants you
to come live with her.
409
00:20:07,245 --> 00:20:09,499
SHOTGUN: Oh.
410
00:20:09,499 --> 00:20:13,759
‐ You still got time to pack
and catch the train tonight.
411
00:20:13,759 --> 00:20:17,808
‐ Mama, as much as Shotgun
wants to be back with her,
412
00:20:17,808 --> 00:20:19,394
I think it's best
that he finish up
413
00:20:19,394 --> 00:20:22,985
the lacrosse season
and school year here.
414
00:20:22,985 --> 00:20:25,532
He's playing
in the championships.
415
00:20:25,532 --> 00:20:27,369
It's the first time
in his school's history.
416
00:20:27,369 --> 00:20:29,498
He's playing against
all of these white boys.
417
00:20:29,498 --> 00:20:32,003
It's a big opportunity.
418
00:20:32,003 --> 00:20:33,381
‐ Fine.
419
00:20:33,381 --> 00:20:36,136
Let's at least give her a call.
420
00:20:36,136 --> 00:20:37,890
After dinner.
421
00:20:39,351 --> 00:20:46,365
♪ ♪
422
00:20:48,787 --> 00:20:51,584
Almighty God, we thank You
for this time together,
423
00:20:51,584 --> 00:20:53,212
and we pray now
that You will bless it
424
00:20:53,212 --> 00:20:55,049
to the nourishment
of our lives.
425
00:20:55,049 --> 00:20:56,427
In the name of Jesus, we pray.
426
00:20:59,391 --> 00:21:06,113
♪ ♪
427
00:21:06,113 --> 00:21:08,952
[Queen Latifah's
"Ladies First"]
428
00:21:08,952 --> 00:21:10,288
LATIFAH: ♪ The ladies
will kick it ♪
429
00:21:10,288 --> 00:21:11,791
♪ The rhyme that is wicked ♪
430
00:21:11,791 --> 00:21:13,670
♪ Those that don't know
how to be pros get evicted ♪
431
00:21:13,670 --> 00:21:15,256
♪ A woman can bear you,
break you, take you ♪
432
00:21:15,256 --> 00:21:16,509
ANDRE: And when I heard
that verse
433
00:21:16,509 --> 00:21:18,889
about the sperm
that fertilized the egg?
434
00:21:18,889 --> 00:21:21,435
Whoo!
BOBBY: Wait, wait. Yo, yo.
435
00:21:21,435 --> 00:21:23,022
Y'all liked that?
ANDRE: Come on.
436
00:21:23,022 --> 00:21:25,778
I never heard a verse
like that before in my life!
437
00:21:25,778 --> 00:21:28,407
‐ Shit sure wasn't no biter.
438
00:21:28,407 --> 00:21:30,704
‐ And I was very impressed
by your track.
439
00:21:30,704 --> 00:21:32,123
I mean,
you could feel the energy
440
00:21:32,123 --> 00:21:34,504
coming through the speakers.
441
00:21:34,504 --> 00:21:36,381
‐ Yo, I appreciate that.
442
00:21:36,381 --> 00:21:38,094
‐ Yeah.
SHOTGUN: Word.
443
00:21:38,094 --> 00:21:39,387
‐ Gary.
444
00:21:39,387 --> 00:21:42,102
Let me introduce you to Fly Ty.
445
00:21:42,102 --> 00:21:43,437
Look, when I get back,
we talk next steps.
446
00:21:43,437 --> 00:21:45,316
We got a showcase
here tomorrow night.
447
00:21:45,316 --> 00:21:47,530
‐ Yo, cuz.
448
00:21:47,530 --> 00:21:49,826
‐ Yo.
449
00:21:49,826 --> 00:21:51,078
LATIFAH: ♪ But
for being with one ♪
450
00:21:51,078 --> 00:21:52,413
♪ 'Cause when it's time
for loving ♪
451
00:21:52,413 --> 00:21:53,750
♪ It's the woman
that gets some ♪
452
00:21:53,750 --> 00:21:56,673
♪ Strong, stepping,
strutting, moving on ♪
453
00:21:56,673 --> 00:21:58,885
♪ Rhyming, cutting,
and not forgetting ♪
454
00:21:58,885 --> 00:22:00,138
♪ We are the ones
that give birth ♪
455
00:22:00,138 --> 00:22:01,516
♪ To the new generation
of prophets ♪
456
00:22:01,516 --> 00:22:03,435
♪ 'Cause it's ladies first ♪
457
00:22:03,435 --> 00:22:06,651
‐ Hey, I could
get used to this.
458
00:22:06,651 --> 00:22:07,987
LATIFAH: ♪ 'Cause they see
a woman ♪
459
00:22:07,987 --> 00:22:09,281
♪ Standing up on her own two ♪
460
00:22:09,281 --> 00:22:11,578
♪ Sloppy slouching
is something I won't do ♪
461
00:22:11,578 --> 00:22:13,665
♪ Some think
that we can't flow ♪
462
00:22:13,665 --> 00:22:15,669
♪ Stereotypes, they got to go ♪
463
00:22:15,669 --> 00:22:17,297
BOBBY: We almost there.
464
00:22:17,297 --> 00:22:18,884
LATIFAH: ♪ With what?
With a little touch ♪
465
00:22:28,485 --> 00:22:31,491
[knocking on door]
466
00:22:36,251 --> 00:22:37,922
‐ Yo, Bobby!
467
00:22:40,259 --> 00:22:44,602
Damn, my moms paged me
12 times, son.
468
00:22:44,602 --> 00:22:46,606
DENNIS: Yo, Bobby,
where the fuck you at, son?
469
00:22:46,606 --> 00:22:49,277
[banging on door]
470
00:22:52,576 --> 00:22:53,912
Yo, what's good, nigga?
471
00:22:53,912 --> 00:22:55,331
BOBBY: Shit, man.
472
00:22:55,331 --> 00:22:57,335
‐ Where the fuck you been, son?
473
00:22:57,335 --> 00:23:01,134
You got me fucking taking
trips and shit by mys...
474
00:23:09,109 --> 00:23:10,529
Hey, yo, so let me
get this straight.
475
00:23:10,529 --> 00:23:12,574
You been hanging out
with this Park Hill nigga
476
00:23:12,574 --> 00:23:13,994
instead of puttin' in work
with me?
477
00:23:13,994 --> 00:23:15,539
Hey, yo, what the fuck
is up, son?
478
00:23:15,539 --> 00:23:16,958
‐ Hey, yo, listen.
479
00:23:16,958 --> 00:23:19,337
This manager came up
to me and Shotgun, a'ight?
480
00:23:19,337 --> 00:23:20,882
He wants us to perform
at this showcase
481
00:23:20,882 --> 00:23:22,511
for these execs and shit.
482
00:23:22,511 --> 00:23:25,726
So I figured, I prove myself,
483
00:23:25,726 --> 00:23:27,730
I get this manager to sign me,
484
00:23:27,730 --> 00:23:29,608
and then I pass your tape
to him like Gary did for me.
485
00:23:29,608 --> 00:23:32,238
‐ All right, Bob,
what about the fucking work?
486
00:23:32,238 --> 00:23:35,244
So you get signed,
you miss the fucking big time,
487
00:23:35,244 --> 00:23:37,457
'Vine out here
picking up trash on Wall Street
488
00:23:37,457 --> 00:23:38,918
instead of selling
to these niggas,
489
00:23:38,918 --> 00:23:40,379
and I'm supposed to, what,
do the business for myself?
490
00:23:40,379 --> 00:23:41,381
‐ Nah, man.
‐ Is that it?
491
00:23:41,381 --> 00:23:42,467
‐ That's not what I'm saying.
492
00:23:42,467 --> 00:23:44,722
‐ What the fuck are you saying?
493
00:23:44,722 --> 00:23:47,728
Hey, yo, the only reason I got
this deep in this fucking game
494
00:23:47,728 --> 00:23:50,274
is for your family.
495
00:23:50,274 --> 00:23:52,278
‐ Hey, yo, it's two.
496
00:23:52,278 --> 00:23:54,700
Yo, don't forget that.
497
00:23:54,700 --> 00:23:57,623
Yo, all you gotta do
is sit tight, D.
498
00:23:57,623 --> 00:24:01,839
Hey, for now.
Just for now.
499
00:24:01,839 --> 00:24:03,927
And if I go anywhere,
500
00:24:03,927 --> 00:24:06,641
you comin' with me.
501
00:24:06,641 --> 00:24:08,645
You know that shit.
502
00:24:18,998 --> 00:24:21,754
[door creaks open,
clicks shut]
503
00:24:24,718 --> 00:24:26,346
So I talked to my cousin Gary,
504
00:24:26,346 --> 00:24:28,058
he was saying
that we gotta have our names
505
00:24:28,058 --> 00:24:29,562
when we meet those guys.
506
00:24:29,562 --> 00:24:31,314
Like we have our shit together.
507
00:24:31,314 --> 00:24:32,358
Know what I'm saying?
508
00:24:32,358 --> 00:24:34,154
He's going by "The Genius."
509
00:24:34,154 --> 00:24:37,368
‐ Shit, I already been flipping
between two names, son.
510
00:24:37,368 --> 00:24:41,376
Johnny Blaze and Iron Lung.
511
00:24:41,376 --> 00:24:44,007
And I got this new idea, right?
512
00:24:44,007 --> 00:24:46,303
Hot Nickels.
513
00:24:46,303 --> 00:24:48,892
Word.
514
00:24:48,892 --> 00:24:51,522
‐ I don't know, man.
515
00:24:51,522 --> 00:24:53,693
‐ Nigga Haze used to say
that same shit.
516
00:24:56,699 --> 00:24:58,661
‐ Hey, yo.
517
00:24:58,661 --> 00:25:00,122
'Bout to be good tonight?
518
00:25:00,122 --> 00:25:01,792
‐ Hell, yeah.
519
00:25:01,792 --> 00:25:05,216
What about you,
what you gonna go by?
520
00:25:05,216 --> 00:25:07,846
‐ Well, I want
to have something
521
00:25:07,846 --> 00:25:09,975
with a little force behind it.
522
00:25:09,975 --> 00:25:12,146
You know what I'm sayin'?
523
00:25:12,146 --> 00:25:13,775
‐ Force?
524
00:25:13,775 --> 00:25:16,656
I thought you was gonna go
by Bobby Dynamite.
525
00:25:18,910 --> 00:25:20,454
‐ Hey, yo, check this.
526
00:25:22,500 --> 00:25:23,962
Rakeem.
527
00:25:26,424 --> 00:25:28,262
‐ Rakeem?
What's that?
528
00:25:28,262 --> 00:25:30,224
‐ Yeah. Yo, I heard
some Five Percenters
529
00:25:30,224 --> 00:25:32,563
talking about it in the park.
530
00:25:32,563 --> 00:25:35,860
When I heard that shit,
that‐‐that "Ra,"
531
00:25:35,860 --> 00:25:38,490
I thought, damn,
that shit is powerful.
532
00:25:38,490 --> 00:25:40,035
Rakeem.
533
00:25:40,035 --> 00:25:41,329
Yo, it's original.
534
00:25:41,329 --> 00:25:42,833
‐ Yo, son, how is that original
535
00:25:42,833 --> 00:25:46,716
when you caught it from some
Five Percenters in the park?
536
00:25:46,716 --> 00:25:50,222
‐ Nigga, know what I'm saying.
537
00:25:50,222 --> 00:25:52,435
Hurry
your crippled ass up, bruh.
538
00:25:52,435 --> 00:25:54,063
‐ Whatever, man.
539
00:25:54,063 --> 00:25:55,984
♪ ♪
540
00:25:55,984 --> 00:25:57,863
BOBBY: ♪ R‐A‐K‐E‐E‐M ♪
541
00:25:57,863 --> 00:25:59,658
♪ Just give me what you got ♪
542
00:25:59,658 --> 00:26:02,330
♪ Uh‐huh, yeah,
give me what you got ♪
543
00:26:02,330 --> 00:26:04,543
♪ Yeah, yeah, taste me,
taste me, taste me ♪
544
00:26:04,543 --> 00:26:06,046
♪ Baby, taste me ♪
545
00:26:06,046 --> 00:26:08,635
♪ Swallow it, swallow it down
and don't waste me ♪
546
00:26:08,635 --> 00:26:10,805
♪ Yeah, swallow it down ♪
‐ What I'm talkin' about, son.
547
00:26:10,805 --> 00:26:12,224
‐ ♪ Swallow it down ♪
548
00:26:12,224 --> 00:26:14,187
SHOTGUN: Yo, I ain't seen
this many white people
549
00:26:14,187 --> 00:26:15,815
since I lived in Long Island.
550
00:26:18,821 --> 00:26:25,543
♪ ♪
551
00:26:36,147 --> 00:26:38,402
‐ No, no, no, no, no.
552
00:26:38,402 --> 00:26:39,487
Use a rake.
553
00:26:39,487 --> 00:26:41,992
Yeah.
See?
554
00:26:41,992 --> 00:26:44,790
A rake won't splash
as much water over the edge.
555
00:26:44,790 --> 00:26:46,084
All right?
556
00:26:46,084 --> 00:26:49,090
See, you learn a trade,
you'll always have work.
557
00:26:49,090 --> 00:26:52,012
Even after everything
I've been through.
558
00:26:52,012 --> 00:26:55,018
‐ Yeah, you done
with all of that now.
559
00:26:55,018 --> 00:26:56,146
Right?
560
00:26:56,146 --> 00:26:57,733
‐ I ain't going nowhere.
561
00:26:59,360 --> 00:27:01,448
Better get back to work.
562
00:27:01,448 --> 00:27:04,955
‐ Hey, man.
What're you doin'?
563
00:27:04,955 --> 00:27:07,042
‐ I'm just teaching
my nephew something.
564
00:27:07,042 --> 00:27:08,880
‐ Yeah, well, teach him
somewhere else.
565
00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:10,675
All right?
Not on my work site.
566
00:27:10,675 --> 00:27:12,136
‐ Your work site?
567
00:27:12,136 --> 00:27:13,263
‐ What do you think this is?
568
00:27:13,263 --> 00:27:15,350
‐ You better chill out.
JERRY: Tony.
569
00:27:19,025 --> 00:27:20,068
ANTHONY: Jerry.
570
00:27:20,068 --> 00:27:21,530
What's going on?
571
00:27:21,530 --> 00:27:23,074
You said you had
my old job for me.
572
00:27:23,074 --> 00:27:25,037
‐ I said I had a job.
573
00:27:28,168 --> 00:27:30,882
‐ You think that kid
knows better than me?
574
00:27:30,882 --> 00:27:32,218
I've been doing construction
575
00:27:32,218 --> 00:27:34,305
longer than
he's been breathing.
576
00:27:36,351 --> 00:27:37,854
How many years
have I given you?
577
00:27:37,854 --> 00:27:39,858
‐ Yeah, and how many
of those years were you clean?
578
00:27:43,699 --> 00:27:45,160
I'm sorry, Tony.
579
00:27:46,622 --> 00:27:48,208
It's the best I can do.
580
00:27:48,208 --> 00:27:55,180
♪ ♪
581
00:27:55,180 --> 00:27:57,184
SHOTGUN: Hey, Unc.
582
00:27:57,184 --> 00:27:59,523
BOBBY: Put your
motherfuckin' hands together.
583
00:27:59,523 --> 00:28:01,944
Put your motherfuckin'
hands together
584
00:28:01,944 --> 00:28:04,198
for my boy, my nigga,
585
00:28:04,198 --> 00:28:08,331
Shotgun!
586
00:28:08,331 --> 00:28:09,835
[cheers and applause]
587
00:28:09,835 --> 00:28:11,589
Hell, yeah!
Hell, yeah!
588
00:28:11,589 --> 00:28:12,966
Let's hear that shit!
589
00:28:12,966 --> 00:28:15,262
Hell, yeah.
Hell, yeah.
590
00:28:15,262 --> 00:28:16,264
Yo.
591
00:28:16,264 --> 00:28:17,266
Hey.
592
00:28:17,266 --> 00:28:20,063
Kill that shit, nigga.
593
00:28:20,063 --> 00:28:22,109
‐ Yo, New York, what up,
what up, what up, what up?
594
00:28:22,109 --> 00:28:23,821
New York, what up?
595
00:28:23,821 --> 00:28:25,282
What up, New York?
596
00:28:25,282 --> 00:28:27,411
Make some motherfucking noise,
New York City, what up?
597
00:28:27,411 --> 00:28:28,998
[cheers and applause]
598
00:28:28,998 --> 00:28:30,585
Yeah.
599
00:28:30,585 --> 00:28:33,006
Yo, hey, yo, DJ,
put my shit on, man.
600
00:28:33,006 --> 00:28:35,177
PERSON: Whoo!
601
00:28:35,177 --> 00:28:38,183
[cheers and applause]
602
00:28:38,183 --> 00:28:39,728
‐ ♪ I woke up
on the wrong side of the bed ♪
603
00:28:39,728 --> 00:28:40,897
♪ Now I'm moody ♪
604
00:28:40,897 --> 00:28:41,982
♪ Brothers trying to fuck me ♪
605
00:28:41,982 --> 00:28:43,485
♪ Must think I'm booty ♪
606
00:28:43,485 --> 00:28:45,782
♪ People causin' static
as if I'm trying to have it ♪
607
00:28:45,782 --> 00:28:48,495
♪ But like a .45,
I flip, it's automatic ♪
608
00:28:48,495 --> 00:28:51,000
♪ It all dates back
to when I was a youngster ♪
609
00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:52,211
♪ Where if you didn't
fight back ♪
610
00:28:52,211 --> 00:28:53,714
♪ Then you were called
a sucker ♪
611
00:28:53,714 --> 00:28:56,386
♪ Or got played every time
you walked up the block ♪
612
00:28:56,386 --> 00:28:59,183
♪ Even little kids would
come up and snatch your props ♪
613
00:28:59,183 --> 00:29:01,479
♪ I had to fight to maintain
my self‐aggression ♪
614
00:29:01,479 --> 00:29:04,402
♪ Stay good with the hands
ever since my adolescence ♪
615
00:29:04,402 --> 00:29:06,949
♪ Fought with preachers,
even school teachers ♪
616
00:29:06,949 --> 00:29:08,243
♪ Smack you so hard ♪
617
00:29:08,243 --> 00:29:09,579
♪ They can hear it
in the bleachers ♪
618
00:29:09,579 --> 00:29:12,669
♪ This buck wild type
juvenile delinquent ♪
619
00:29:12,669 --> 00:29:14,881
♪ Problem child
type of every day stink kid ♪
620
00:29:14,881 --> 00:29:18,179
♪ That's how it is
when Shotgun performs ♪
621
00:29:18,179 --> 00:29:20,058
♪ Yo, B, you're on ♪
622
00:29:20,058 --> 00:29:26,112
♪ ♪
623
00:29:26,112 --> 00:29:28,826
[cheers and applause]
624
00:29:28,826 --> 00:29:30,621
[whistle trills]
‐ Time!
625
00:29:30,621 --> 00:29:32,542
‐ Yeah!
626
00:29:32,542 --> 00:29:34,755
We want more of that, boy.
627
00:29:36,215 --> 00:29:37,342
Yo, ref.
628
00:29:37,342 --> 00:29:39,848
Yo, don't make it
10 versus 11 out here.
629
00:29:39,848 --> 00:29:41,267
‐ Yeah, you're lucky
I don't call personal.
630
00:29:41,267 --> 00:29:43,104
‐ Yo, ref!
631
00:29:43,104 --> 00:29:44,273
What the fuck was that, man?
632
00:29:44,273 --> 00:29:45,693
‐ Uncle Anthony?
633
00:29:45,693 --> 00:29:47,781
ANTHONY: You just gonna let him
lead his whole crew?
634
00:29:47,781 --> 00:29:49,283
‐ Yo, what you doing?
‐ Huh?
635
00:29:49,283 --> 00:29:50,452
‐ Sir, get off the field.
636
00:29:50,452 --> 00:29:51,789
‐ Hey, don't you tell me
637
00:29:51,789 --> 00:29:52,791
get off the field, man.
638
00:29:52,791 --> 00:29:54,210
You get me off the field.
639
00:29:54,210 --> 00:29:55,295
SHOTGUN: Yo, chill, man.
640
00:29:55,295 --> 00:29:56,882
Yo, you on parole, man.
641
00:29:56,882 --> 00:29:58,928
‐ The hell is your uncle on?
642
00:29:58,928 --> 00:30:00,096
‐ He's trying to cheat you.
643
00:30:00,096 --> 00:30:01,975
‐ Yo, Uncle Anthony, please.
Stop, man.
644
00:30:01,975 --> 00:30:03,353
‐ [grunts]
645
00:30:03,353 --> 00:30:05,023
‐ Get your uncle off the field.
646
00:30:05,023 --> 00:30:06,777
♪ ♪
647
00:30:06,777 --> 00:30:08,154
‐ No.
No, no, no.
648
00:30:08,154 --> 00:30:10,325
Please.
I'll get him out of here.
649
00:30:10,325 --> 00:30:11,995
♪ ♪
650
00:30:11,995 --> 00:30:13,707
‐ He's trying to cheat you.
651
00:30:13,707 --> 00:30:15,503
‐ Come on, man.
Get up.
652
00:30:15,503 --> 00:30:17,464
Come on, man, we gotta go.
We gotta go, come on.
653
00:30:17,464 --> 00:30:18,801
‐ Cheat you.
ISAIAH: Shotgun, man!
654
00:30:18,801 --> 00:30:20,888
Where you going?
It's the championship game!
655
00:30:20,888 --> 00:30:23,894
[cheers and applause]
656
00:30:23,894 --> 00:30:30,908
♪ ♪
657
00:30:34,123 --> 00:30:36,335
‐ Hey, yo,
you fucking killed it.
658
00:30:43,809 --> 00:30:44,811
[electricity popping]
659
00:30:44,811 --> 00:30:46,147
‐ Oh.
660
00:30:48,986 --> 00:30:50,698
Oh, shit.
661
00:30:54,831 --> 00:30:56,334
‐ Catch you later, man.
662
00:30:58,171 --> 00:30:59,841
‐ Yo.
663
00:30:59,841 --> 00:31:01,177
Yo, n‐n...
664
00:31:01,177 --> 00:31:04,893
[elevator dings]
665
00:31:04,893 --> 00:31:06,939
Fuckin'...
666
00:31:09,109 --> 00:31:11,782
Shit.
667
00:31:11,782 --> 00:31:18,796
♪ ♪
668
00:31:34,159 --> 00:31:35,495
PATRICK: Shotgun.
669
00:31:35,495 --> 00:31:36,540
Patrick Nelson.
670
00:31:36,540 --> 00:31:37,542
Varsity Records.
671
00:31:37,542 --> 00:31:39,169
That was incredible.
672
00:31:39,169 --> 00:31:40,631
You're gonna be a star.
673
00:31:40,631 --> 00:31:41,883
‐ Oh, thanks, man.
674
00:31:41,883 --> 00:31:44,179
‐ I loved the cane bit.
675
00:31:44,179 --> 00:31:46,434
It's like you're a pimp
or something.
676
00:31:46,434 --> 00:31:48,939
‐ Nah, I actually need this
to walk.
677
00:31:48,939 --> 00:31:53,574
♪ ♪
678
00:31:53,574 --> 00:31:55,285
BOBBY: Hey, yo.
679
00:31:55,285 --> 00:31:56,663
What up, baby?
680
00:31:56,663 --> 00:31:58,834
‐ Hey, yo, I was feeling
your performance earlier.
681
00:31:58,834 --> 00:32:00,713
‐ Oh, yeah? Yeah.
‐ Yeah.
682
00:32:00,713 --> 00:32:03,092
Yo, what'd you say
your name was again?
683
00:32:03,092 --> 00:32:07,059
‐ It's, uh... it's Rakeem.
684
00:32:07,059 --> 00:32:10,106
‐ Yeah, you don't sound
so sure about that.
685
00:32:10,106 --> 00:32:11,442
‐ I'm very sure, baby.
686
00:32:11,442 --> 00:32:14,073
‐ Bobby.
Let me borrow you for a minute.
687
00:32:14,073 --> 00:32:15,701
Excuse me.
688
00:32:15,701 --> 00:32:19,959
‐ Yo, I'ma‐‐I'ma holler
at you soon, a'ight?
689
00:32:19,959 --> 00:32:21,128
‐ Monica.
690
00:32:21,128 --> 00:32:23,592
Monica Lynch
from Tommy Boy Records.
691
00:32:23,592 --> 00:32:26,097
My client, Bobby.
692
00:32:26,097 --> 00:32:27,850
‐ Such a pleasure, Bobby.
693
00:32:27,850 --> 00:32:29,353
‐ Yo, pleasure's all mine.
694
00:32:29,353 --> 00:32:33,277
‐ We'd be very interested in
having you come in this week.
695
00:32:33,277 --> 00:32:35,448
‐ I'd love to.
696
00:32:35,448 --> 00:32:37,578
‐ Andre.
‐ Hey!
697
00:32:37,578 --> 00:32:39,541
How are you, my friend?
‐ Oh, I'm well, I'm well.
698
00:32:39,541 --> 00:32:41,210
‐ Hey, listen, my son wants
to meet your new star.
699
00:32:41,210 --> 00:32:43,214
‐ Ah.
Steve.
700
00:32:43,214 --> 00:32:47,765
Bobby, Jules and Steve Rifkind
from Spring Records.
701
00:32:47,765 --> 00:32:48,934
‐ Hey.
‐ Oh, yeah, man.
702
00:32:48,934 --> 00:32:50,270
‐ Bobby, so good
to meet you, man.
703
00:32:50,270 --> 00:32:52,274
The performance was awesome.
704
00:32:52,274 --> 00:32:55,865
‐ He keeps telling me
I gotta get back into hip‐hop.
705
00:32:55,865 --> 00:32:59,204
But I just don't see it
going anywhere.
706
00:32:59,204 --> 00:33:00,541
‐ Okay.
707
00:33:00,541 --> 00:33:01,710
‐ I see it
going pretty far, Dad,
708
00:33:01,710 --> 00:33:03,797
you know,
the people love it, so.
709
00:33:03,797 --> 00:33:06,218
‐ Look, I see a lot
of potential here.
710
00:33:06,218 --> 00:33:08,431
You're a good‐looking kid.
We can take you far.
711
00:33:08,431 --> 00:33:10,143
And you can be
the next Father MC.
712
00:33:10,143 --> 00:33:11,270
SHOTGUN: Yeah, that's cool,
713
00:33:11,270 --> 00:33:12,982
but that pretty boy rap
really ain't me.
714
00:33:12,982 --> 00:33:14,986
PATRICK: Sign with me.
Follow my lead.
715
00:33:14,986 --> 00:33:18,702
Don't worry about anything
except being a star.
716
00:33:18,702 --> 00:33:20,163
Sounds better
than slanging on the corner
717
00:33:20,163 --> 00:33:21,958
and getting locked up, right?
718
00:33:24,254 --> 00:33:26,091
‐ Yo, I ain't no drug dealer.
719
00:33:26,091 --> 00:33:29,473
‐ Yeah.
Of course not.
720
00:33:29,473 --> 00:33:31,561
‐ I ain't did
no jail time neither.
721
00:33:31,561 --> 00:33:33,231
No prison, no probation.
722
00:33:33,231 --> 00:33:36,195
Definitely no parole.
None of that shit.
723
00:33:36,195 --> 00:33:39,994
How the fuck you even gonna say
some shit like that to me, man?
724
00:33:39,994 --> 00:33:41,915
‐ Okay, okay, look,
I'm just saying.
725
00:33:41,915 --> 00:33:43,292
‐ Yo, get the fuck away
from me.
726
00:33:48,553 --> 00:33:50,599
‐ Has your man lost
his fucking mind?
727
00:33:53,104 --> 00:33:54,273
GUARD: Hey.
728
00:33:54,273 --> 00:33:55,818
You about to get
the fuck out of here, man.
729
00:33:55,818 --> 00:33:58,532
Come on.
Come on.
730
00:34:09,679 --> 00:34:11,432
‐ Hey, yo, yo, yo, what's‐‐
what's wrong, girl?
731
00:34:11,432 --> 00:34:13,311
No, no, no.
Down.
732
00:34:13,311 --> 00:34:14,772
Come here.
733
00:34:18,195 --> 00:34:20,450
Chill.
Chill, chill.
734
00:34:28,132 --> 00:34:30,345
Shit, I'm sorry, girl.
735
00:34:30,345 --> 00:34:32,683
I guess I'm the only one
who feeds you now, huh?
736
00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:36,190
Down.
737
00:34:39,947 --> 00:34:41,910
[door clicks shut]
738
00:34:45,793 --> 00:34:46,795
Yo.
739
00:34:52,723 --> 00:34:55,604
‐ Any more
of that chicken left?
740
00:34:55,604 --> 00:34:58,735
‐ No, I gave the rest to Sheba.
741
00:34:58,735 --> 00:35:01,741
Yo, I gotta go and pick up
some dog food tomorrow.
742
00:35:07,168 --> 00:35:10,926
So how was, uh,
how was that new job?
743
00:35:10,926 --> 00:35:13,222
‐ It's a'ight.
744
00:35:17,773 --> 00:35:19,234
So.
745
00:35:21,865 --> 00:35:25,121
You're not working
at the park no more?
746
00:35:25,121 --> 00:35:26,457
‐ I've been busy.
747
00:35:26,457 --> 00:35:28,169
DIVINE: I know it's not fun,
748
00:35:28,169 --> 00:35:30,632
selling weed
to Wall Street dudes all day,
749
00:35:30,632 --> 00:35:33,262
but that's the hustle.
750
00:35:33,262 --> 00:35:35,057
Life's all about doing shit
751
00:35:35,057 --> 00:35:37,020
that you don't want to do.
752
00:35:37,020 --> 00:35:40,903
Now, you know what happens when
I don't show up to a job now?
753
00:35:40,903 --> 00:35:42,656
I go back to jail.
754
00:35:42,656 --> 00:35:45,203
Now, you want to end up just
another statistic like me?
755
00:35:45,203 --> 00:35:46,288
‐ Yo, you're‐‐
756
00:35:46,288 --> 00:35:47,750
you're not
another statistic, 'Vine.
757
00:35:47,750 --> 00:35:50,964
‐ But that's what the world
sees me as.
758
00:35:50,964 --> 00:35:52,843
Hmm?
Now, what did Mommy say?
759
00:35:52,843 --> 00:35:55,599
We have to try and make
something of ourselves.
760
00:35:58,437 --> 00:36:00,651
Yo, sometimes,
I think you don't understand
761
00:36:00,651 --> 00:36:02,780
how hard it's gonna be
out there.
762
00:36:13,008 --> 00:36:15,388
Maybe I protected you too much.
763
00:36:17,685 --> 00:36:20,691
‐ Yo, I wasn't trying
to ditch work.
764
00:36:22,443 --> 00:36:24,866
Gary met this manager.
765
00:36:24,866 --> 00:36:27,788
We had this performance
at this club in Manhattan,
766
00:36:27,788 --> 00:36:32,590
and yo, 'Vine, I killed it.
767
00:36:34,802 --> 00:36:38,518
This manager thinks
I got a real shot at a deal.
768
00:36:38,518 --> 00:36:43,027
I have this meeting soon,
and, yo, if it goes well,
769
00:36:43,027 --> 00:36:45,489
maybe I could call Mommy,
770
00:36:45,489 --> 00:36:47,536
and I could tell her
771
00:36:47,536 --> 00:36:52,378
I actually made something
of myself.
772
00:36:52,378 --> 00:36:53,924
For real.
773
00:37:06,741 --> 00:37:09,412
‐ That's good, man.
774
00:37:09,412 --> 00:37:11,166
That's...
775
00:37:13,045 --> 00:37:14,590
That's great.
776
00:37:16,343 --> 00:37:18,682
♪ ♪
777
00:37:18,682 --> 00:37:20,267
‐ Yeah.
778
00:37:24,192 --> 00:37:27,198
♪ ♪
779
00:37:27,198 --> 00:37:29,996
‐ Uh, Queen Latifah.
780
00:37:29,996 --> 00:37:31,749
Apache and the rest
of the Flavor Unit crew.
781
00:37:31,749 --> 00:37:33,043
‐ Damn, I didn't even know
782
00:37:33,043 --> 00:37:36,174
Apache was a part
of the Flavor Unit crew.
783
00:37:36,174 --> 00:37:37,761
You ever thought about, uh,
784
00:37:37,761 --> 00:37:39,598
putting them
on a record together?
785
00:37:39,598 --> 00:37:41,602
That shit would be crazy.
786
00:37:41,602 --> 00:37:43,230
‐ Do you know how many people
are in Flavor Unit?
787
00:37:43,230 --> 00:37:44,859
'Cause I can barely keep track.
788
00:37:44,859 --> 00:37:47,363
Just imagine trying to wrangle
all those artists for a record.
789
00:37:47,363 --> 00:37:49,284
‐ It'll be worth it, though.
790
00:37:49,284 --> 00:37:52,916
It'd kinda be like,
what, the Avengers.
791
00:37:52,916 --> 00:37:56,048
‐ Yeah, cassettes cost
more than comics.
792
00:37:56,048 --> 00:37:57,425
[knocking on door]
793
00:37:57,425 --> 00:37:59,387
‐ Monica.
MONICA: Oh, Bobby.
794
00:37:59,387 --> 00:38:01,684
This is our CEO, Tom Silverman.
795
00:38:01,684 --> 00:38:03,145
‐ Oh, pleasure.
796
00:38:03,145 --> 00:38:04,815
‐ Pleasure to meet you.
Glad we could get you in here.
797
00:38:04,815 --> 00:38:06,401
‐ Oh, thanks,
I'm happy to be here.
798
00:38:06,401 --> 00:38:07,654
TOM: Oh, we're glad
to have you.
799
00:38:07,654 --> 00:38:09,115
We think you got
big star potential.
800
00:38:09,115 --> 00:38:10,201
Want to get you in the studio,
801
00:38:10,201 --> 00:38:11,369
right away.
802
00:38:11,369 --> 00:38:12,581
‐ Oh.
803
00:38:12,581 --> 00:38:14,209
Word?
‐ Mm‐hmm.
804
00:38:14,209 --> 00:38:16,254
‐ Oh, shit!
805
00:38:16,254 --> 00:38:17,465
Yeah.
806
00:38:17,465 --> 00:38:18,885
I'm telling you,
I'm sitting there with Monica
807
00:38:18,885 --> 00:38:20,346
and the CEO comes right in.
808
00:38:20,346 --> 00:38:21,808
It was fucking crazy.
809
00:38:21,808 --> 00:38:23,645
‐ It's not a coincidence,
my friend.
810
00:38:23,645 --> 00:38:25,147
It's a move.
811
00:38:25,147 --> 00:38:26,901
They're serious
about working with you.
812
00:38:26,901 --> 00:38:29,030
‐ Oh, shit.
813
00:38:29,030 --> 00:38:31,076
‐ I linked with Monica
and the exec who wants Gary
814
00:38:31,076 --> 00:38:32,704
over at Cold Chillin'.
815
00:38:32,704 --> 00:38:34,959
I figured I'd book
your studio time together.
816
00:38:34,959 --> 00:38:37,296
‐ Hell, yeah.
817
00:38:37,296 --> 00:38:38,633
Yeah, and once
we in there back‐to‐back,
818
00:38:38,633 --> 00:38:40,469
I can get my boys in there too.
819
00:38:40,469 --> 00:38:42,056
ANDRE: Let's keep
it small, huh?
820
00:38:42,056 --> 00:38:43,475
I'm not trying to get
half of Staten Island
821
00:38:43,475 --> 00:38:44,770
into this session.
822
00:38:44,770 --> 00:38:47,734
Especially not Shotgun.
823
00:38:47,734 --> 00:38:49,697
‐ Wait, what?
824
00:38:49,697 --> 00:38:51,659
I thought‐‐
I thought y'all said y'all was
825
00:38:51,659 --> 00:38:52,953
trying to sign him.
826
00:38:52,953 --> 00:38:54,832
‐ I did.
Not now.
827
00:38:54,832 --> 00:38:56,711
Can't be acting like that.
828
00:38:58,380 --> 00:38:59,592
‐ Yo, he's just‐‐
829
00:38:59,592 --> 00:39:02,346
he's just going through
some shit, man.
830
00:39:02,346 --> 00:39:06,229
I mean, his boy just died.
It really messed him up.
831
00:39:06,229 --> 00:39:07,481
Can't we just take him?
832
00:39:07,481 --> 00:39:09,485
‐ I'm not taking him anywhere.
833
00:39:17,753 --> 00:39:19,464
BOBBY: You talk to Andre?
834
00:39:22,303 --> 00:39:23,514
‐ Yeah.
835
00:39:24,642 --> 00:39:27,606
‐ Shit.
836
00:39:27,606 --> 00:39:28,900
What happened?
837
00:39:31,572 --> 00:39:33,367
‐ I don't know, son.
838
00:39:36,122 --> 00:39:38,043
‐ Shit, man.
839
00:39:38,043 --> 00:39:39,672
For sure, you know you dope.
840
00:39:45,224 --> 00:39:46,852
‐ Go get that cream, son.
841
00:39:48,690 --> 00:39:55,537
♪ ♪
842
00:40:03,678 --> 00:40:05,974
GRANDMA: Come on, please!
He's been good!
843
00:40:05,974 --> 00:40:07,602
He's been working a job.
844
00:40:07,602 --> 00:40:09,397
He's been checking in
with his PO.
845
00:40:09,397 --> 00:40:10,859
‐ Hey, man.
846
00:40:10,859 --> 00:40:13,322
Y'all win that game?
847
00:40:13,322 --> 00:40:14,908
‐ How old is he?
848
00:40:14,908 --> 00:40:17,581
He's living here with a known
addict with drugs in the house?
849
00:40:17,581 --> 00:40:20,002
‐ Hey, no, man.
No, I didn't do‐‐
850
00:40:21,839 --> 00:40:23,760
Now, I don't know where you
found that stuff, man.
851
00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:25,012
I ain't bring any drugs
in this house.
852
00:40:25,012 --> 00:40:26,264
OFFICER: Don't you lie
to me, all right?
853
00:40:26,264 --> 00:40:27,517
I'll have child services
here so fast,
854
00:40:27,517 --> 00:40:28,519
your head will spin.
855
00:40:28,519 --> 00:40:30,356
‐ No, no, he's not his son.
856
00:40:30,356 --> 00:40:33,236
He's his nephew, and he's been
living with his mother,
857
00:40:33,236 --> 00:40:35,199
in Staten Island!
858
00:40:36,577 --> 00:40:38,581
‐ All right, well,
go on home, then.
859
00:40:38,581 --> 00:40:41,211
This is no place for kids.
860
00:40:41,211 --> 00:40:43,256
‐ Yo, where you taking him?
861
00:40:43,256 --> 00:40:45,845
‐ It's okay, man.
862
00:40:45,845 --> 00:40:47,098
You'll see me soon.
863
00:40:47,098 --> 00:40:49,853
OFFICER: Come on.
ANTHONY: You'll see me soon.
864
00:40:49,853 --> 00:40:51,941
♪ ♪
865
00:40:51,941 --> 00:40:53,653
You'll see me soon.
866
00:40:55,865 --> 00:40:57,493
It's okay.
867
00:40:57,493 --> 00:40:59,623
You'll see me soon.
868
00:41:06,512 --> 00:41:08,140
‐ Tommy Boy signed you
to a single deal.
869
00:41:08,140 --> 00:41:09,810
I'm hearing a lot of good stuff
from you, man.
870
00:41:09,810 --> 00:41:11,856
But I ain't heard a single yet.
871
00:41:11,856 --> 00:41:14,068
You don't get an album
if you don't have a single.
872
00:41:14,068 --> 00:41:16,030
Something
that distinguishes you.
873
00:41:16,030 --> 00:41:17,534
It's gotta be catchy.
874
00:41:17,534 --> 00:41:19,036
‐ Yeah.
Yeah, I hear you.
875
00:41:19,036 --> 00:41:20,372
I hear you.
876
00:41:20,372 --> 00:41:21,834
‐ How about this?
877
00:41:21,834 --> 00:41:23,796
Everyone loves
a James Brown hook.
878
00:41:26,259 --> 00:41:27,344
‐ Yeah.
879
00:41:27,344 --> 00:41:29,516
Everybody runs it ragged.
880
00:41:29,516 --> 00:41:32,522
It's a little too obvious.
881
00:41:35,444 --> 00:41:38,450
[funk music playing
over speakers]
882
00:41:38,450 --> 00:41:42,291
♪ ♪
883
00:41:42,291 --> 00:41:43,544
Yo.
884
00:41:43,544 --> 00:41:45,214
Seriously?
885
00:41:45,214 --> 00:41:48,596
Nah, I'm looking for something
886
00:41:48,596 --> 00:41:50,349
a little fresh,
887
00:41:50,349 --> 00:41:51,894
a little more soul.
888
00:41:53,396 --> 00:41:56,444
♪ ♪
889
00:41:56,444 --> 00:41:57,822
Hey, yo.
890
00:41:57,822 --> 00:42:00,954
Y'all still about to have me
meet with them producers?
891
00:42:00,954 --> 00:42:04,252
'Cause you know I be‐‐
I be producing my own shit.
892
00:42:06,214 --> 00:42:09,303
‐ Yeah, well, we want you
to focus on rapping for now.
893
00:42:09,303 --> 00:42:12,351
I want you taken seriously
as a rapper.
894
00:42:12,351 --> 00:42:14,188
And rappers don't produce
their own shit.
895
00:42:16,860 --> 00:42:18,363
‐ A'ight.
896
00:42:21,119 --> 00:42:22,539
Hey, yo.
Yo, yo, yo.
897
00:42:22,539 --> 00:42:25,294
Let me‐‐
let me see this right here.
898
00:42:27,089 --> 00:42:28,801
Yeah.
899
00:42:31,724 --> 00:42:33,435
Yeah, this is it.
900
00:42:35,188 --> 00:42:36,316
Yo.
901
00:42:36,316 --> 00:42:38,779
This‐‐
this is the one.
902
00:42:38,779 --> 00:42:40,783
SINGERS: ♪ Oh,
we love you, Rakeem ♪
903
00:42:40,783 --> 00:42:42,119
BOBBY: ♪ Haha ♪
904
00:42:42,119 --> 00:42:43,539
♪ Yeah ♪
905
00:42:43,539 --> 00:42:44,833
♪ Uh ♪
906
00:42:44,833 --> 00:42:46,336
♪ Yeah ♪
907
00:42:46,336 --> 00:42:49,091
♪ Uh, yeah, uh, yeah ♪
SINGERS: ♪ Oh, Rakeem ♪
908
00:42:49,091 --> 00:42:51,764
‐ ♪ Time is moving slow,
life is a drag ♪
909
00:42:51,764 --> 00:42:54,393
♪ There's money to make
and more girls to bag ♪
910
00:42:54,393 --> 00:42:57,232
♪ Fully aware
as I step upon the square ♪
911
00:42:57,232 --> 00:42:59,821
♪ Lookin' for what?
The cutie in the chair ♪
912
00:42:59,821 --> 00:43:02,451
♪ Flex and I flex
on the opposite sex ♪
913
00:43:02,451 --> 00:43:05,040
♪ Hit 'em up quick
and switch to the next ♪
914
00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:07,587
♪ It seems I'm a fiend
for a sex routine ♪
915
00:43:07,587 --> 00:43:09,131
♪ Love to hear them scream ♪
916
00:43:09,131 --> 00:43:10,802
♪ Ooh, Rakeem ♪
917
00:43:10,802 --> 00:43:13,056
♪ Oh, and my response
is, "Oh" ♪
918
00:43:13,056 --> 00:43:15,687
♪ Always satisfy them,
you know how I flow ♪
919
00:43:15,687 --> 00:43:18,609
♪ And since I'm not lazy,
I'm buck wild and crazy ♪
920
00:43:18,609 --> 00:43:20,153
♪ I eat the bosoms ♪
921
00:43:20,153 --> 00:43:21,155
♪ Oh ♪
922
00:43:21,155 --> 00:43:23,284
♪ ♪
923
00:43:23,284 --> 00:43:29,463
DENIECE: ♪ Free, free, oh ♪
924
00:43:29,463 --> 00:43:33,639
♪ And I just got to
be me, yeah, yeah ♪
925
00:43:33,639 --> 00:43:36,352
♪ ♪
926
00:43:36,352 --> 00:43:38,148
‐ Shurrie.
927
00:43:38,148 --> 00:43:39,818
Can you give me a hand in here?
928
00:43:43,283 --> 00:43:48,501
DENIECE: ♪ Free, free ♪
929
00:43:48,501 --> 00:43:50,965
♪ Free ♪
930
00:43:50,965 --> 00:43:53,094
♪ I just got to be me ♪
931
00:43:53,094 --> 00:43:56,894
♪ And I just want to ♪
932
00:43:56,894 --> 00:44:01,110
♪ I just want to be me ♪
933
00:44:01,110 --> 00:44:04,450
♪ ♪
934
00:44:04,450 --> 00:44:08,291
♪ Free ♪
935
00:44:08,291 --> 00:44:11,924
♪ ♪
936
00:44:11,924 --> 00:44:14,178
♪ I just got to be me ♪
937
00:44:14,178 --> 00:44:18,729
♪ I just gotta be me ♪
938
00:44:18,729 --> 00:44:21,985
♪ ♪
939
00:44:21,985 --> 00:44:23,363
HIGH GUY: I'm just fuckin'
with you.
940
00:44:23,363 --> 00:44:24,616
PERSON: Ugly‐ass nigga.
941
00:44:24,616 --> 00:44:27,079
‐ Look at this
hockey‐playin' motherfucker.
942
00:44:27,079 --> 00:44:29,291
He ain't from no
fucking Park Hill.
943
00:44:29,291 --> 00:44:32,130
‐ Fuck you say?
HAZE: Dumbass.
944
00:44:32,130 --> 00:44:33,341
That's a lacrosse stick.
945
00:44:33,341 --> 00:44:34,385
Don't you know Jim Brown?
946
00:44:34,385 --> 00:44:36,765
He'll fuckin' fuck you up.
947
00:44:36,765 --> 00:44:37,767
HIGH GUY: Damn, Haze.
948
00:44:37,767 --> 00:44:39,521
A'ight, then.
949
00:44:41,315 --> 00:44:47,579
♪ ♪
950
00:44:47,579 --> 00:44:48,789
‐ Come on, man.
951
00:44:48,789 --> 00:44:53,423
♪ ♪
952
00:44:53,423 --> 00:44:55,427
ELLIS: ♪ African descendants ♪
953
00:44:55,427 --> 00:44:58,308
[Alton Ellis'
African Descendants playing]
954
00:44:58,308 --> 00:45:00,605
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
955
00:45:00,605 --> 00:45:03,777
♪ African descendants ♪
956
00:45:03,777 --> 00:45:05,405
♪ ♪
957
00:45:05,405 --> 00:45:07,326
♪ Must let themselves
be known ♪
958
00:45:07,326 --> 00:45:09,121
♪ As the right ones ♪
959
00:45:09,121 --> 00:45:10,625
♪ All right ♪
960
00:45:10,625 --> 00:45:12,754
♪ ♪
961
00:45:12,754 --> 00:45:14,633
♪ Must let themselves
be known ♪
962
00:45:14,633 --> 00:45:16,637
♪ ♪
963
00:45:16,637 --> 00:45:17,931
♪ All right ♪
964
00:45:17,931 --> 00:45:20,018
♪ ♪
965
00:45:20,018 --> 00:45:22,105
♪ Must let themselves
be known ♪
966
00:45:22,105 --> 00:45:24,819
♪ As Africans, all right ♪
967
00:45:24,819 --> 00:45:25,988
♪ Take it easy, now ♪
968
00:45:25,988 --> 00:45:28,953
♪ Right ones ♪
969
00:45:28,953 --> 00:45:31,207
♪ We are the Africans ♪
970
00:45:31,207 --> 00:45:33,545
♪ ♪
971
00:45:33,545 --> 00:45:36,092
♪ African descendants ♪
972
00:45:36,092 --> 00:45:38,806
♪ We are African descendants ♪
973
00:45:38,806 --> 00:45:40,893
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
974
00:45:40,893 --> 00:45:42,396
♪ African descendants ♪
975
00:45:42,396 --> 00:45:44,526
♪ Oh ♪
976
00:45:44,526 --> 00:45:45,903
♪ ♪
977
00:45:45,903 --> 00:45:48,074
‐ Hey, yo, Shotgun.
978
00:45:48,074 --> 00:45:49,368
Seen this shit, man?
979
00:45:49,368 --> 00:45:50,788
ELLIS: ♪ All right ♪
980
00:45:50,788 --> 00:45:53,042
♪ ♪
981
00:45:53,042 --> 00:45:54,963
♪ Must let themselves
be known ♪
982
00:45:54,963 --> 00:45:57,259
♪ As the right ones ♪
983
00:45:57,259 --> 00:45:59,096
‐ Fuck?
984
00:45:59,096 --> 00:46:01,893
Yo, that's Bobby?
985
00:46:01,893 --> 00:46:04,440
It's not really him, is it?
986
00:46:04,440 --> 00:46:06,277
ELLIS: ♪ Africans ♪
987
00:46:06,277 --> 00:46:08,114
♪ Africans ♪
988
00:46:08,114 --> 00:46:10,243
SHOTGUN: It's crazy.
989
00:46:12,164 --> 00:46:15,170
[Deniece Williams' "Free"]
990
00:46:15,170 --> 00:46:20,931
♪ ♪
991
00:46:20,931 --> 00:46:25,733
DENIECE: ♪ And I just
got to be me ♪
992
00:46:25,733 --> 00:46:27,235
♪ Free ♪
993
00:46:27,235 --> 00:46:28,697
♪ ♪
994
00:46:28,697 --> 00:46:34,083
♪ Free ♪
995
00:46:34,083 --> 00:46:39,844
♪ Whispering in his ear ♪
996
00:46:39,844 --> 00:46:44,979
♪ My magic potion for love ♪
997
00:46:44,979 --> 00:46:50,198
♪ Telling him I'm sincere ♪
998
00:46:50,198 --> 00:46:54,039
♪ And that there's nothing
too good for us ♪
999
00:46:54,039 --> 00:46:58,464
♪ But I want to be free ♪
1000
00:46:58,464 --> 00:47:04,936
♪ Free, free ♪
1001
00:47:04,936 --> 00:47:09,696
♪ And I just got
to be me, yeah ♪
1002
00:47:09,696 --> 00:47:16,208
♪ Free, free ♪
1003
00:47:16,208 --> 00:47:17,920
♪ ♪
1004
00:47:17,920 --> 00:47:23,557
♪ Teasing hands on his mind ♪
1005
00:47:23,557 --> 00:47:28,817
♪ Give our night such mystery ♪
1006
00:47:28,817 --> 00:47:34,746
♪ Happiness all the time ♪
1007
00:47:34,746 --> 00:47:36,248
PERSON: Get on the line.