The path you on right now
got us worried about your soul.
We should have never let Pastor Shifty convince us
to take on a conniving lawyer.
I have fought relentlessly for your son.
[Charles] If you fought relentlessly,
woulda had some damn money in our pockets.
We're done.
You won't hold that seat.
- Is that a threat? - Just a reality check.
Nigga, shut the fuck up,
'fore I choke your ass out again.
[Tiny] You got me fucked up.
You think I'm scared of your little punk-ass pistol?
[guns cocking]
The state police has initiated Drano.
Ecorse PD will be joining me to ID
and dismantle drug organizations in the area.
- You Big L? -[Big L] I only work with you.
I don't work with your brother or anyone else directly.
Not a problem at all.
So we gonna go after they people or what, huh?
I'm sending his people back to him in pieces.
- Let's go. - No!
- Come here. - No, no!
[Darius] Hey, hey, let her go.
[Nicole] Help, help, help, help!
[somber music plays]
♪ ♪
[dialogue not audible]
[Older Meech] When you come from nothing like we did,
family's all you got.
It was tough on us
because all our relatives lived out of state.
The only Flenorys we knew stayed on Edsel Street.
So my siblings and I learned how to hold each other down.
That's how this works.
You ride for them,
and they supposed to ride for you.
[Terry, echoing] Meech.
She's right here.
[knocks at door]
Hey, Nikki.
Nikki, we're here.
You okay?
Darius helped me get away.
Get away from who, Nikki? From who?
I know you hurtin' right now,
but if someone came after you, we need to know who it was.
It was that guy
from the mall.
Oh, shit.
Hey, Nicole. I'm so sorry.
You our baby sister, Nic. We love you, no matter what.
We always got your back. Always know that.
Get off me!
Darius is dead,
and it's all because of you!
[Terry] Whoa, Nikki. Hey.
Hey, Nicole.
- Shit. -[Bryant] You remember me?
This is Detective Lopez.
We're sorry to hear about your friend.
- Are you okay? - She's fine.
Then we're gonna need you
to come down to the precinct with us.
She ain't gotta go nowhere.
Your parents are meeting us there, Nicole.
We spoke to them already.
- We'll come with her. - No.
Just you, Nicole.
[quietly] You know what to do.
Come on.
What if she tells 'em about Lamar?
Or about our business?
Yo, our little sister was almost snatched.
Snatched, Meech.
And this is what the fuck you thinkin' about?
[indistinct radio chatter]
[Charles] He was coming after you?
Lower your voice, baby.
[whispering] They're probably listening.
This was someone your brothers know?
How?
Think it has something to do with they business.
[Lucille] You're sure you're okay, baby?
They didn't hurt you, did they?
[Nicole] No.
Mama, Darius saved me.
Oh, I'm so sorry, baby.
I'm so sorry.
What am I supposed to tell the police?
You tell the truth, at all times.
What if Meech and Terry get in trouble?
No, no, don't you dare try and defend them.
No, it's not that.
I mean, what if she tells the truth,
and then they come after her?
Or better yet, after us?
So now we're supposed to teach our daughter
how to lie to the police?
Is that what kind of family this is?
No, that's not what I'm saying, babe.
[feedback whining]
I can't hear a goddamn thing.
Well, she just lost her friend. They probably consoling her.
Well, that's not why we brought her here.
We brought Nicole in to get answers,
so let's go get some, Lopez.
What? Wait, what about me?
I don't want to overwhelm her with too many bodies.
Let's go.
[knock at door]
Nicole?
Mr. and Mrs. Flenory.
[door clicks shut]
I'm Commander Beckwith.
I think you guys have met Detective Lopez.
Nicole, I'd like to ask you some questions
about what happened. Okay?
-[feedback whines] -[Bryant] Fuck.
You were with Darius Grills after school?
Yes.
We was going to the arcade, and a man stabbed him.
Okay.
Just slow this down for me a bit.
Was this man trying to rob you?
Did he say anything?
He just walked up and started stabbing Darius
out of the blue?
Pretty much.
[Mars] Nicole, was Darius in a gang?
[Nicole] Uh-uh. No.
[Mars] Do you have any idea why this may have happened?
Go ahead, baby. Tell the truth.
[soft dramatic music plays]
No. I don't know why it happened.
Okay.
Had you ever seen that man before?
Are you sure?
I ain't never seen him before. [sniffles]
He just walked up and started stabbing Darius,
and I don't got no idea why.
It's a crime to lie to a police officer.
You do understand that, Nicole?
Yes, we do.
Because we have a witness
that says the man that did this
was trying to get to you, Nicole,
and that Darius protected you.
No. That's not how it happened.
Did this have something to do with your brother Demetrius?
[feedback whining]
[slamming wall]
We have sources who have told us that he kidnapped
a rival gang member's daughter.
Now, if this is related to that
or any of his drug-dealing activities--
- No. Don't start that. - Please.
[Lopez] And you don't tell us,
you're putting your whole family at risk.
[Lucille] I think my daughter's had enough.
Can I go now?
[Lucille] Come on, baby.
♪ ♪
[R&B music plays]
♪ ♪
[rapid rapping]
Fuck all that slow jamming. [exhales]
We need to speed up the tempo,
and I don't give a damn if you with me or not.
Man, do you ever think of anyone other than yourself?
Nikki's boyfriend just got murked right in front of her.
I know, nigga.
And we'll pay for the funeral and send him off right,
just like he was one of us, but right now--
Yeah, I don't know about that shit, man.
Fuck you saying, man?
You was the one talking about swinging first.
Now you talkin' 'bout reneging?
♪ ♪
Your ass talked to Mama, huh?
[scoffs] She got you thinking about
your soul and shit, huh?
It ain't like there's no truth in what Mama's sayin'.
Yeah. You right.
It is true.
But Mama and Pops could be next,
or Wanda and Terry Jr., nigga.
Now, how you gonna live with yourself, Tee?
I'm saying, maybe we look at this
as sacrificing ourself to protect our family.
Kind of like what Jesus did.
[Terry] Yo, you need to stop smoking so much.
Shit, what we gonna do at this point, Tee?
We in too deep.
It ain't like we could just pray this shit away.
[inhales, exhales]
Yeah, but if we do this,
we're gonna need to have plausible deniability.
Two steps ahead of you, bro.
[Charlie] ♪ I got everything On the line ♪
♪ I'm out here I'm on the grind ♪
♪ Trying to get mine ♪
♪ At least you could Wish me luck ♪
♪ A nigga move the weight ♪
♪ Trying to get the cake ♪
♪ I'm in and out of state ♪
♪ At least you could Wish me luck ♪
♪ Too many niggas fake ♪
♪ It's hard to tell a snake ♪
♪ One more flip And I'm straight ♪
♪ At least you could Wish me luck ♪
♪ I don't go hand to hand ♪
♪ It go gram after gram ♪
♪ Yeah, holla at me, man ♪
♪ At least you could Wish me luck ♪
♪ Too many niggas fake ♪
♪ It's hard to tell a snake ♪
♪ One more flip And I'm straight ♪
♪ At least you could Wish me luck ♪
[50 Cent] ♪ The D's ain't that good ♪
♪ These niggas is ratting ♪
♪ They tell them What's going on ♪
♪ That's how they know What's happening ♪
♪ I'm riding With the top down ♪
♪ Trunk full of yola ♪
♪ Ghetto pharmaceutical ♪
♪ I move that Coca-Cola ♪
♪ Thousand grams of pure ♪
♪ Though I fuck With the weirdos ♪
♪ They snort away the pain ♪
♪ Bang their dope In their vein ♪
♪ Shorty crying Christmas ain't coming ♪
♪ Her pop's locked up ♪
♪ When it hurts the worst ♪
♪ Your ace find out She knocked up ♪
♪ Welfare ain't an option ♪
♪ When the Feds Come knocking ♪
♪ It's all fucked up So wish me luck ♪
[Charlie] ♪ At least You could wish me luck ♪
♪ A nigga move the weight ♪
♪ Trying to get the cake ♪
♪ I'm in and out of state ♪
♪ At least you could Wish me luck ♪
♪ Too many niggas fake ♪
♪ It's hard to tell a snake ♪
♪ One more flip And I'm straight ♪
♪ At least you could Wish me luck ♪
♪ I don't go hand to hand ♪
♪ It go gram after gram ♪
♪ Yeah, holla at me, man ♪
♪ At least you could Wish me luck ♪
♪ Too many niggas fake ♪
♪ It's hard to tell a snake ♪
♪ One more flip And I'm straight ♪
♪ At least you could Wish me luck ♪
♪ Wish me luck ♪
♪ At least you could Wish me luck ♪
♪ Oh, yeah, wish me luck ♪
♪ Wish me luck ♪
♪ All you got to do Is wish me luck, yeah ♪
[Greek music plays]
[Tiny] What up, doe?
[Meech] Shit. You tell me.
It's colder than a motherfucker though.
You the one out here trying to look all pretty.
No, nigga. I'm fly.
- What up, doe? - What's up, Meech?
-[Tiny] The fuck is that? -[Meech] That's White Boy Rick.
So how you do unloading them dreams?
Man, they damn near evaporated.
Need to reup, for real.
Dawg, imagine the player you could become
with your brains and my weight.
There you go with that silver tongue shit.
I'm just sayin', handle this for me,
I'll show you love on the next reup.
♪ ♪
Where are we going, Charles?
A motel. A shelter. Anywhere but here.
Charles, I'm not leavin' my house.
We don't have a choice.
You and Nicole are not safe here anymore.
- What about Meech and Terry? - For God's sakes, Lucille!
Them boys kidnapped a girl and put us in the crosshairs.
We need a long stretch of road between them and us right now.
[soft dramatic music plays]
Baby, our worst nightmare almost came true.
I am not giving it a second chance.
But we can save Terry. You said so yourself.
I mean, all of this
is because of something that they did before,
but we got through to him, Charles.
I know we did.
You want to get yourself killed, fine,
but Nicole?
She's coming with me.
[Teddy Pendergrass' "Turn Off the Lights" playing]
[romantic R&B music]
♪ ♪
[singer] ♪ Turn off the lights ♪
♪ And light a candle ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Tonight, I'm in a romantic mood ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Let's take a shower ♪
♪ Shower together ♪
♪ I'll wash your body ♪
♪ And you'll wash mine, yeah ♪
♪ Rub me down ♪
♪ In some hot oils, baby ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ And I'll do the same thing ♪
♪ To you ♪
♪ Just turn off the lights ♪
♪ Come to me ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Girl, I wanna give you A special treat ♪
[intense music plays]
♪ ♪
[screaming and shouting]
Tag, motherfucker. We it!
[Tiny] Watch your back. This nigga's hit.
[gunshot]
- Where you at? Where you at? -[gun cocks]
[Tiny, singsong] Lamar.
Come out, come out wherever you are.
♪ ♪
[muffled dog barking]
[door handle clicks]
Fuck. Go.
Yo, he must still be inside.
Yo, I say we hunt him down.
-[sirens wailing] - Nah.
We gotta get the fuck out of here.
[upbeat pop music plays]
[knock at door]
[singer] ♪ You light the sky Everywhere you go ♪
♪ We look upon the city ♪
♪ And got me hooked... ♪
♪ ♪
[Tiny] We gon' pop his ass.
My nigga, sit down and eat something.
You making me fuckin' cra--
How the fuck y'all miss that nigga?
You actin' like we wanted the nigga to get away.
We need to find his Black ass right now.
You don't got nothing to worry about.
He don't know it was you.
That motherfucker saw the whites of my eyes.
I know he comin' back.
He can if he want to, but we popped his crazy ass,
and he leakin' like a motherfucker.
Man, Lamar is old and smart.
He ain't going to no goddamn hospital.
Already got my boys checking the vets
and the clinics in the hood.
I think I might know where he went.
Page me if you get something.
For sure.
[dogs barking]
[groaning]
[breathing heavily]
[groaning]
[voices arguing distantly]
[hip-hop playing in background]
[sirens wailing]
[man] Shit, the 5-0!
[officer] Let me see your damn hands!
- Let me see your hands! -[corner boy] What's up, man?
[all talking at once]
[intense music plays]
[sirens wailing]
♪ ♪
[payphone dings]
Yo, we got a fuckin' problem.
And then she called me a rag head.
[scoffs] Can you believe that, Mama?
[Monique] A rag head?
What?
I can't believe we're havin' this conversation again.
Look, you and Shatonya need to learn
how to get along, okay?
Okay.
[Monique] Look, baby, why don't you take the groceries out
while I take these boots off?
And then get ready for your homework.
[Zoe] All righty.
I'm gonna have to talk to Shatonya mama again,
'cause this can't keep going on.
What the fuck? What the--
I got shot, a'ight?
I just need a place to fix myself up.
[tense music plays]
And what the fuck you come here for?
What if Zoe saw this?
[Lamar] Mo, please.
[Monique] Now, you need to get the hell out.
I'll be gone by tomorrow.
Nigga, now, or I'ma call the police.
[grunting]
All right. Fine.
Don't go and do something stupid.
Stupid was thinking you had changed.
Now get the fuck off me.
Ah!
[crying]
Look what you made me do, huh?
- Look what the fuck you-- - Let me go! Let me the fuck go!
Look what you made me do!
- Let me go! - Every single time
I got this shit under control...
- You hurting me! - You wanna fuck shit up!
Huh? Why? Why, Monique? Why?
[Zoe] Dad!
♪ ♪
[both sobbing]
[Karen] Mrs. Flenory. what can I do for you?
I just wanted to apologize for my husband's behavior
a few days ago,
and I was hoping that you might take us back on as clients.
I don't know about that.
He called me conniving and scheming.
"And whenever you stand praying, forgive."
You're quoting Mark 11:25 to a preacher's niece?
Karen, my son's life may depend on this settlement.
Even if I agree,
we're looking at a uphill battle.
[Lucille] Must be something--
There was a nurse present at Terry's second surgery.
I have reason to believe
she might say the surgeon made a mistake.
Th-that's good, right?
It would be, had the nurse not quit.
No one knows where she is.
We- we have to--I mean, I'll look in the yellow pages,
the white pages, whatever.
I may have a lead of my own,
but I'm in no position to make promises.
So that means that you gonna take us back on?
For you, Mrs. Flenory, absolutely.
- Thank you. -[Karen chuckles]
Thank you. Thank you so much.
- You're very welcome. - Thank you so much.
[knock at door]
What's the emergency? Something happen to Zoe?
Naw, she in her room doing homework.
[Meech] What the fuck happened?
Don't think 'cause I let you in,
I forgive you for taking Zoe.
Lamar did this to you?
[soft dramatic music plays]
♪ ♪
Mo, you gotta go to a hospital.
I'm fine.
You sure?
Any idea where he mighta went?
As far as I know, he at Slick's house.
He ain't going back over there no more.
Look,
I know he supposedly Zoe's daddy, but--
Look, I don't give a fuck.
After this shit, I'm done with that motherfucker.
I'm trying to remember where his cousin Romond stay,
'cause that's where he went when he first got out.
You know what?
It's over there off Dupont, near Forman Park.
That's the only place that crazy motherfucker might go.
Don't trip. I got you.
[distant horn blows]
If you Black and under 30 in Ecorse or Rouge,
they snatching you.
Why they didn't scoop your ass?
'Cause I ain't no nigga.
I know how to switch shit up. Change my stripes.
How the hell we gonna move shit if we can't hit the streets?
Probably gotta holler at Big L to buy some more time.
First time out the gate, I'm supposed to hit her with,
"Oh, I'm sorry. We can't move our own weight"?
You wanted 50/50, nigga.
She's your connect. Figure it out.
Tell the crew to lay low and get off the streets.
Ain't no sense in getting swept away for nothing.
Bet.
I can't believe niggas going outside of the family
to handle some shit with Lamar.
Nicole's like a sister to me.
Yeah, well, we needed it done without our hands being on it.
This shit's personal, a'ight?
So it's gotta come from the fam.
-[Terry] Yo, I'm out. -[Meech] No doubt.
A'ight, Tee, see if you can holler at Big L.
[Terry] I'm not nuts.
[hip-hop plays in background]
Monique gave me an address.
What?
Shit, let's do this motherfucker, then.
-[gun cocks] - Hey, before we go,
I need you to do something first.
[B-Mickie] Just say the word.
Dead that shit with Kato.
[B-Mickie] Oh, come on, man.
Nigga, Tee seen her jacket at your spot.
Rules are rules.
Look, this chick's special, a'ight?
Right, and rules still the rules.
Dead that shit right here, right now.
♪ ♪
[Big L] Good art is like good product.
It's not about spending a bunch of money
as much as it's about having access to the right people.
Yeah, that's real. But how'd you break in?
My father was a struggling artist
who worked out of this house.
After he died, my brother ran everything into the ground,
until I finished school
and joined the family business.
I transformed it from a mom-and-pop
to a place for culture.
Yeah. A family business. That actually sounds dope.
It's not always what it's cracked up to be.
And why is that?
Because everything isn't just about the money.
The thing I love most is giving back.
Monetary success allows me to do just that.
Oh, what the hell is this? Art porn?
Depends on who's looking at it.
For some people, it may be porn.
For others, it may be art.
At the end of the day, it's all about value--
who determines what something is worth
or what it isn't worth.
[upbeat techno music plays]
-[Big L clears throat] - Oh, uh, yeah.
Oh, shit. This is a beautiful shot.
It's a Jamal Shabazz photo worth thousands of dollars.
[Terry] Damn!
Clearly, I'm in the wrong profession.
Is that why you still go to school
and sell drugs with your brother?
[chuckles]
I mean uh, it's all about values, right?
Education is important,
but so is having a little money.
♪ ♪
Why are you here today, Terry?
[sighs] All right, um...
I'm in a bit of a situation right now,
and we might have to adjust our reup schedule.
I was under the impression that I was dealing
with responsible people that not only wanted weight,
but could also hold their own.
- We do, but we just-- -[Big L] Let me guess.
Your brother is somehow responsible?
This don't have shit to do with Meech.
I'm not giving you an extension.
I value the commitment you made to me.
Now, if you'll excuse me,
I have work to do, and so do you.
[tense music plays]
♪ ♪
[indistinct TV announcers]
[crowd noise on TV]
-[Meech] Wait. -[gunshot]
[B-Mickie] What the fuck?
[Meech] Anybody here with you? Romond live here?
He moved about a week.
- A guy named Lamar been here? - Not since Romond left.
[Meech] You ain't seen nothing,
and nothing ever happened, okay?
[dramatic music plays]
♪ ♪
Big L holding us to the date is a fucking problem
with the hook rollin' like this.
We franchised out.
Yo, why not just tell 'em the date moved up?
That's the same shit Pat would have done to us.
It ain't on us. It's on them.
Yeah, but we ain't trying to be like Pat.
We want motherfuckers to be loyal, Tee.
We send 'em back out on them hot-ass streets,
it's only gonna fuck us up in the long run.
[sighs] Damn.
Unless we out there with 'em.
Yeah, but we both can't be out there at the same time.
We'd have to do shifts.
You take the first one. I'll get the next.
Oh, shit. Yeah, I'ma holler at you.
Nigga, where you gotta go
that's more important than this?
I'ma holler at you. Damn, nigga.
[scoffs] Wow.
[solemn gospel music plays]
♪ ♪
Praise him. Praise him.
-[person 1] Amen. -[person 2] Amen.
Praise the Lord, Pastor Swift.
Yes, Lord.
[Charles] Hey.
We not buyin' what you selling.
Hey, Pops, I'm just here to pay my respects.
That's all.
♪ ♪
Ma, that's Darius' parents.
I'm glad you're here, baby.
[singer] ♪ If you wanna know ♪
♪ Where I'm goin' ♪
♪ I'm goin' soon ♪
♪ If anybody ask you ♪
♪ Where I'm goin' ♪
♪ I'm goin' soon ♪
-♪ Tell 'em for me ♪ -[man] That's right.
♪ I'm goin' up yonder ♪
♪ To be with my Lord ♪
-[crowd muttering] -[parishioner] Yes, Jesus.
- Thank you, sister. - Yes, Jesus.
Sooner or later,
we're all going up beyond Earth,
to be with our lord and savior, Jesus Christ.
So you better get your life right now,
because tomorrow very well might be too late.
- God is good? -[all] All the time.
- All the time? -[all] God is good.
- Amen. -[all] Amen.
It's not always easy to say that,
-[woman] No it isn't. - especially in times like these.
-[parishioners] Yes. -[Swift] On this blessed day,
we must acknowledge that all of us could not be here.
The Lord has called home
our young brother Darius Grills
to be by His side,
and on this day, we are here to celebrate his life.
-This is a day to rejoice. - Yes.
God will be with us through these dark times.
-[parishioners] Amen. - But let's not forget
what took young Darius away from us.
The devil is a liar.
[all] Yes!
And he's decimating our community,
leading our young Black brothers astray.
- Disrespecting our women. -[parishioners] Yes.
- Gang-banging. - Preach!
[Swift] Pollutin' our community with toxic drugs.
And then the senseless killings.
-[all] Yes. - We shouldn't have to worry
about being executed by our own!
[woman] That's right.
Please, please, Father, do not forsake
our young Black brothers,
for they know not what they do.
[all] Amen.
[somber music plays]
♪ ♪
Excuse me, Mrs. Grills.
I just wanted to say I'm so sorry for your loss.
Can I speak with Nicole a moment?
Of course.
I spoke with the police.
They said you not telling the truth
about what happened to Darius.
Excuse me?
You need to tell them what happened.
Tell the truth.
My daughter told the police everything she knows.
-[Melissa] She's lyin'. - Hold on now.
You sit up at church every Sunday,
all high and mighty,
playin' the part of a good Christian woman,
and your sons are out here dealing drugs.
You ought to be ashamed to show your face here.
And you.
You think 'cause you paid for Darius' funeral,
I'm supposed to what--ha-- thank you?
Oh, you didn't know?
Yeah, your sons paid $7,000
for my son's funeral.
Probably paid for that hat and dress you got on too.
Your son should be the one that's dead.
Not mine.
[thunder rumbles]
[Bryant] Oh! Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh!
Oh!
Whew!
How much do you spend in a week on lottery tickets?
Can't say, 'cause when I hit, it offsets everything.
[Lopez] It seems like a waste to me.
Well, an unlucky motherfucker like yourself
would say some shit like that.
[both laugh]
Okay, okay, okay.
Man, these 50 Boyz just don't stop.
[Bryant] Come on, man.
We already broke their heads now.
Today's a new day. And this they hood.
- Fuck that. - What the fuck you doing?
-[man 1] Run! -[man 2] Oh, shit!
- Aw-- -[engine turns over]
[intense music plays]
♪ ♪
[both grunting]
[Lopez] Fucking Meech?
-[Kato shouts] -[grunts]
[dramatic music plays]
♪ ♪
[Meech] Let's go!
We gotta get the fuck outta here!
10-13, officer down!
I repeat, officer down.
Need medical assistance at Fisk and 13th.
Hey. Come on, kid.
Come on. Hey. Hey.
I said officer down!
Medical assistance, now! 10-13! 10-13!
Come on, man. No, no, no.
No, no. Not today.
Not today. Come on.
[somber music]
♪ ♪
Y'all can eat in five minutes.
Can I use y'all bathroom?
[Lucille] You know better than to ask that.
It's in the same place it's always been.
I'll hold my nephew while you go.
[Charles] Mm!
Nikki, are you okay?
Look at me.
Come on, Nikki.
♪ ♪
That should have never happened to Darius.
And his mother was right.
It's my fault.
I'm so sorry, Nikki.
I'm so sorry.
[baby fussing]
-[Nicole] It's not your fault. -[Terry] I'm so sorry.
[Nicole] I love you.
- You lied to us, Lawanda. - Excuse me?
About Terry selling drugs with his brother.
No, no, no. You need to talk to Terry.
No. I'm talking to you.
I did what Terry asked me to do.
No, you did what was convenient for you.
That's what you did.
What was convenient for you.
Now, I understand that. You were having a baby.
You were thinkin' about money, but we are way past that.
I know.
If Terry keeps doin' what he's doin',
he's gonna end up dead or in jail.
And right now, you are enabling him.
I need you to stop.
- Mrs. Flenory, I-- -[whispering] Don't.
Don't fight me on this. You hear me? Don't.
Don't fight me on this, Lawanda.
Don't, okay?
I'm not.
Okay.
-[sobbing] -[Lucille] Shh.
Shh.
♪ ♪
[knocking at door]
Oh, my God. [sobbing]
I fucked up. I fucked up.
What? What? What? What? Hey. Calm down.
- B, I fucked up. - Calm down and tell me.
Calm down and tell me what happened.
I just hit a cop, and I fucked him up.
- I think I killed him. - No, no, no.
- I'm sure, a'ight? - Fuck!
Hey, let's not start overreacting now, a'ight?
I gotta get out. This is bad. Really bad.
Don't trip! It's gonna be okay.
♪ ♪
A'ight? Come here.
[shushing]
You gonna be good, a'ight? Trust.
[Kato sobbing]
You good?
I'm glad I got you.
[soft music plays]
♪ ♪
[B-Mickie murmurs]
[soft pop music plays]
I see you got a cut.
Shit, hell yeah.
Everybody I know either got a high top or, shit,
trying to grow one or something.
I had to switch it up.
What? You like it?
It's cute.
And you look like Richard Roundtree, a little.
Hell you know about Shaft?
What?
I grew up watching Coffy, Superfly,
all those Blaxploitation films with my pops.
Okay. That's dope.
And you know-- [sighs]
you got any more papers?
Ugh, no, but I do feel like sparking up,
after that session we just had.
Rock, paper, scissors to see
who make a run to the gas station?
[Kato clicks her tongue] Tch.
[small laugh] I'm just playing.
You better be glad your ass had a rough day.
Shut up.
And bring me back some Funyuns.
[B-Mickie] Hell no.
I ain't laying up here with your ass
with some stank-ass breath.
Boy, shut up. You the one with that dragon.
[both laugh]
Dragon breath. A'ight.
[singer] ♪ Let me be Let me be ♪
♪ Let me be, let me be ♪
♪ Set me free, set me free ♪
I wanna talk to you about something when you get back.
Okay, cool.
There's something I gotta talk to you about too.
In the meantime...
hold the crib down.
♪ ♪
[sirens wailing]
[background chatter]
Detective Lopez sustained a massive brain hemorrhage
from head trauma, specifically to the cerebral cortex.
We tried to stop the bleeding and get the swelling down,
but I'm sorry.
He didn't make it.
[somber music plays]
Thank you.
Detective Bryant, I need you to go
back to the precinct for a debrief.
And I'ma get to it.
There's just somewhere I gotta be first.
You gonna go see Demetrius Flenory?
What?
Detective Lopez told me he saw you hand Demetrius Flenory
an envelope at a gas station
and he detailed your relationship
and was worried you were hiding something.
And so am I.
My partner just died,
so you either charge me or you get outta my face.
If you're dirty, I'm gonna wash you out to dry.
And if I find out you had anything to do
with Lopez's murder,
you're gonna wish you were the one that died.
Fuck you.
[door clicks shut]
I hope you rolled up on the way back.
[Lamar] Not yet, but I'd be happy to.
[tense music plays]
♪ ♪
This is a nice piece right here.
Kato, if I didn't know any better,
I'd be worried about the fact
that you fuckin' Meech's lieutenant.
Should I be worried?
It's nothing.
Just doin' what I can to get close to the inner circle.
[chuckles]
[Kato] You can't be here, Lamar.
The whole squad is out looking for you.
B-Mick's gonna be back any second.
Well, let 'em come in then.
I need me some target practice.
What you want, my cover blown?
A'ight. A'ight.
Since I see he means so much to you,
I'ma spare his simpleton ass,
if you kill Meech.
How the fuck am I supposed to do that?
I don't know, a'ight?
I caught a body for you
and ate that motherfucking charge.
You said you wanna make it straight, right?
This is how you do it.
You're wasting time, Kato.
Okay, fine.
I'ma do it.
I'll do whatever you need me to do.
We just goin' after Meech?
No. You goin' after Meech.
I'ma handle that one-eyed bandit.
And you,
you fuck this shit up, I'ma kill you.
[Eric B. & Rakim's "Eric B. Is President" playing]
♪ ♪
♪ I came in the door I said it before ♪
♪ I never let the mic magnetize me no-- ♪
What the hell?
Oh, shit. Fuck!
[rapper] ♪ Taking off my coat Clearing my throat ♪
♪ The rhyme will be kickin' Until I hit my last note ♪
♪ My mind remains refined All kind of ideas ♪
♪ Self-esteem makes it seem ♪
♪ Like a thought took years To build ♪
♪ But still say a rhyme After the next one ♪
Hey, baby.
[B-Mickie] 'Sup?
[Kato] Do you want one or two sausages?
[tense music plays]
[trigger cocks]
[both sigh]
[B-Mickie] Wanna tell me why I just saw
Lamar's crazy ass leaving my house?
And tell me the truth,
or I'm gonna peel that fuckin' wig back.
Talk!
Okay. I've been working for Lamar.
That's what I wanted to talk to you about.
- Bullshit. -[Kato] It's the truth.
Lamar and my dad used to run together.
[B-Mickie] What?
After he died, I got myself in a jam.
I don't give a fuck.
Lamar took care of the body, ate the charge.
So what? You gotta pay him back?
[scoffs] You know, it all makes sense now.
The stash houses, the-the food trucks,
that damn letter.
You been playin' my ass this whole goddamn time.
- No. -[B-Mickie] Yeah.
That's not true, and you know--
- Shut the fuck up! - Okay. In the beginning, yes.
Yes. It wa--it was for Lamar.
B, but the 50 Boyz became my family.
- B, you, me-- - I said shut the fuck up!
B, you know
I would never do that.
The 50 Boyz are my family.
I love you. You love me. Please don't do this.
Please, just shut the fuck up!
[Kato] I love you. You love me.
Please, B.
[B-Mickie] Get your ass away from me.
[Kato] Please.
[soft dramatic music plays]
♪ ♪
I gotta tell Meech.
Baby, he's not gonna believe me.
What makes you fuckin' think I would?
Baby, please. Please help me take down Lamar.
Baby, we can do this together.
B, just you and me.
Just you and me, babe.
You and me.
[Terry] Dang, babe,
Uncle Charlie's place is super quiet.
Terry Jr. fell right to sleep.
What's up, babe?
Are you straight?
I want you to get out the game.
[scoffs] You want me to what?
Shit has gotten out of control, Terry.
You got shot. They went after Nikki.
I'm not waitin' for something to happen to Terry Jr.
Yo, where is all this coming from?
What is it? It's the funeral?
It's time to choose, Tee.
It's either me and Terry Jr.
or it's Meech, but you can't do both.
Look. Yo, Wanda, I got way too much money
tied up in these streets to bail right now.
I don't care about no fucking money!
I care about our fucking family,
and everything I'm sayin' right now is fair as fuck
after all the shit you put us through.
This is--this is bullshit. This is bullshit.
Think about what I'm sayin', and make a decision.
♪ ♪
[Older Meech] When a family is united,
no one can stop you, but don't make the mistake
thinking that shit'll last forever.
[tense music plays]
♪ ♪
Thought you was done with my ass.
I am, but my partner was murdered.
I ain't have shit to do with that.
No, you ain't that fucking stupid.
Man, I don't know who did it, a'ight, and even if I did--
Meech, do you know what the fuck I am?
I figure you don't, since you standing there
with your chest all puffed out.
I'm the motherfucker with the power
to make your ass disappear.
I mean right here, right now.
I got shit on you too.
So, nigga?
What makes you think you gonna get a chance to use it?
Look, man, I don't know how your partner got killed.
I'd like to help you, but my hands are tied.
If you'd like to help, then help.
I can't do that.
Give your mom my condolences.
♪ ♪
[Older Meech] I would have taken a bullet
for any of my people,
but sometimes the person you take a bullet for
ends up being the one with the gun.
[R&B music plays]
♪ ♪