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Previously on Raising Kanan...

If you scared, go back to your mom.

So her punk-ass boyfriend

can put his dick-feelin' hands on me again?

You know I'm more than happy

to have a conversation with that nigga.

How you doing? How's your foster family treating you?

I miss Daddy and Alice.

Niggas saying Fame knew about some cops being dirty,

and they got scared of him talking,

so they snatched him up and put him down.

These crooked-ass cops ain't do that shit on they own.

That call on Fame came from the street.

I was hoping you could reach out to your NYPD connects.

Who told you we got a line to the NYPD?

I know who killed Famous.

- Who? - My mother.

We had you handle the little nigga because we were concerned

that some of the shit he was saying could track back to us.

- We can find out what he knows. - Or what he thinks he knows.

This white motherfucker out in Howard Beach

into me for ten large

talkin' to me about how he a made nigga

so he allowed to carry that debt.

Do what the fuck you need to do.

A friend of ours just got fished

out of the East River this morning.

Guy's the son of a real big shot.

You told me to handle that, so me and Londell did that shit.

Loose lips kill tricks, nigga.

When I find out who's behind that,

somebody's gonna be wearing concrete slippers.

It's one size fits all, Marvin.

Motherfucker!

Yo, where the fuck is O-Cee at?

Jambo, my brother.

I'm Lou Thomas. I work with B-Rilla.

You don't even know who you are anymore.

They castrated you, brother Lou.

Robbed you of your very manhood.

Jambo, niggas.

We in business, Hafiz.

The best way to avoid bloodshed

is to move Raq aside.

And I think you are just the guy for the job.

My sister done filled that position already,

and that's not shit you should ever say to me again.

You gotta go, Krys.

To your cousin down in Delaware,

your grandma up in Connecticut, I don't know where,

but you need to get the fuck outta New York.

I can't keep you safe.

I got a bus to catch.

But Kanan needs someone right now,

and you're his mother.

There's only so much a mother can do.

Ms. Bradley, we need you to come with us.

There are some questions you need to answer

about Shawn Figueroa.

What the hell I know about what happened to Famous?

That's what we need to find out.

How did you even know I was on this bus in the first place?

You following me?

♪ I'm a hustla, baby ♪

- ♪ I'm a hustla, baby ♪ - ♪ Yeah ♪

♪ I know heartbreaks Setbacks ♪

♪ Bitch, if I crap out I'm sure I'ma get back ♪

♪ I been through The ups and downs ♪

♪ You know I get around ♪

♪ So to me, it's all a part Of the game ♪

♪ If I ain't the coke man Or the dope man ♪

♪ I'm almost for sure, man I gotta take it ♪

♪ No need to say shit I'm gon' take it ♪

♪ Robberies turn homicide It's nothin' to play with ♪

♪ Make money Make-make-make money ♪

♪ When shit hit the fan We'll take money, Southside ♪

♪ Beef with the best of 'em Done shot at the rest of 'em ♪

♪ Checks, I'm collectin' 'em Check, boy, I'm finessin' em ♪

♪ Big bags of bread ♪

♪ Boy, you fuck around Put a big bag on your head ♪

♪ 'Fore the weather break You're dead ♪

♪ Let's get to it ♪

♪ They don't do it Like we do it ♪

♪ Cop it, whip it Bag it, flip it ♪

♪ Re-up, we up G'd up, what up? ♪

♪ Runnin' 'round this bitch Still not givin' a fuck ♪

♪ When it come to that paper There'll be no complications ♪

♪ Ha-ha, that's right ♪

♪ Put a hole in a nigga Right in front of you ♪

♪ Your heartbeat pacin' ♪

♪ And it's alright ♪

♪ That's how we do it On this side ♪

♪ Niggas get to it On this side ♪

♪ I know heartbreaks Setbacks ♪

♪ Bitch, if I crap out I'm sure I'ma get back ♪

♪ I been through The ups and downs ♪

♪ You know I get around ♪

♪ So to me, it's all a part Of the game ♪

♪ If I ain't the coke man Or the dope man ♪

♪ I'm almost for sure, man I gotta take it ♪

♪ No need to say shit I'm gon' take it ♪

♪ Robberies turn homicide It's nothin' to play with ♪

♪ Ayy, ayy ♪

Worst part of all this is niggas who get hurt

who wasn't even in the game.

Babies who was just in the wrong place

at the wrong time.

Or people who cared about us who got pulled into our shit

just 'cause they gave a fuck.

They losses you don't never get over.

Worst shit you can do is love somebody.

'Cause one way or the other, in this shit,

that love gonna get taken away.

Oh, damn.

What'd they do to you, baby?

We're gonna get you outta here.

They been keeping you so doped up the last couple days

you haven't even been eatin'.

I know you gotta be hungry, girl.

I just wanna go home.

And we gon' get you home, baby.

But I need you to talk to me.

I already told them everything I know.

You did, baby, but they're not believin' you.

Which is why I'm here.

'Cause I was thinking maybe we just need some girl talk.

Sometimes, bad bitches like us

can only trust each other, right?

So who Kanan thinking killed his friend?

That's what I keep tellin' y'all.

Kanan don't know who put down Famous.

He came to us and said he had heard something

about police being involved

and the call coming from the street.

The only person he ever thought coulda done it was his moms.

But she didn't do it, and I told him that.

He just gets so angry with Raq.

He thinks everything bad that happens to him

is because of her.

Here you go.

Eat up, baby.

Kanan lucky to have you.

'Cause you a good girl.

And ain't many good girls like you out here no more.

I mean, she shoulda been there already.

And you ain't heard from her at all?

Alright, well, let me ask around up then.

She never got to Delaware.

And they ain't heard shit from her.

Somethin' fucked up's happening.

Fame, O-Cee, Krystal.

You don't know that all that's connected, though.

Shit out here is dangerous.

Been dangerous.

It ain't always about you.

This is about me. I know it is.

Hey, Kanan.

What the fuck?

You knew about this?

She's your moms,

and she's worried about you.

I've called you damn near a hundred times.

And when I didn't answer a hundred fuckin' times,

you somehow still thought I wanted to talk to you?

It's our understanding that the two of you were here

during the time of the shooting.

We were wondering if you saw or heard anything

that might have been out of the ordinary.

And for the record, we know that the two of you

have checkered pasts of your own.

What the fuck that got to do with this?

We left before all that went down.

I heard about it the next day.

And is there anyone who can verify this timing?

I got to her place at like 11:00.

I didn't look at a clock.

I don't know the exact time.

What about you?

- What time did you leave? - Same time as Lou.

We recovered two weapons from the deceased,

and one of them matched the ballistics

on a home invasion

that took place on Long Island recently.

It was at the former residence of Lowell Gelfand,

the guy that owns your record label.

So this gotta do with him, then.

We're not drawing any conclusions

about anything yet,

but the weapon's connection to this prior crime

is an interesting development.

I have to go.

Oh. Can we get your information from Mr. Thomas here?

If we have any more questions.

You can.

Look, we done told y'all everything.

We wasn't here, Five-O.

Didn't see shit.

Don't know shit.

Don't head out of town anytime soon.

Where the fuck we gonna go?

They don't know nothin', my nigga.

They still lookin' and listenin', though.

So don't give them nothin' to hear and see.

Look, I know you're gonna be angry with me

for the rest of your life,

but it don't mean that I stopped caring.

What you know about what happened to Fame?

What I know about what happened to Fame?

You thinkin' I had something to do with all that?

Please tell me that that's not what you thinkin'.

That ain't what he said, though. He just...

askin' if you know anything.

I know what he said, and I know what he tryin' to say.

I didn't do nothin' to your friend. I loved Famous.

Loved Fame like you loved D-Wiz?

You and I, we...

You and I already talked about that.

And I'ma tell you now like I told you then...

that's on you.

You can twist and you can turn it any way you want,

but that was me cleanin' up your mess.

Look, the only reason I'm here

is because that girlfriend of yours came by to see me.

She said that you might be about to do some dumb shit.

Which knowin' you, that sounds about right.

I came here to tell you

that I can't fix your mistakes no more.

You're gonna have to own what you break from here on out.

When did Krystal roll up on you?

Couple days ago. She showed up at my front door,

said she was going to catch a bus.

Krystal gone missing.

She never got to where she was going.

You see who scooped her from the crib

after you was done talking?

- Didn't look. - What time was it?

Whatever goin' on with Krystal ain't on me, Kanan.

Why would I even tell you she came through

in the first place?

Look, even if it wasn't you directly,

Krystal coulda got caught up in your shit like we all do.

Maybe 'Nique grabbed her to fuck wit' you.

Maybe it was Quan's people.

You done fucked over so many niggas,

I can't even start to guess who it coulda been.

You know, it must be nice

for you to have me in your life to always point the finger at.

Ain't nothin' nice about having you in my life.

Can't never win with him, Juke.

You worried about winnin' him

when you should be worried about losin' him.

Me and my family ain't gonna

take that shit lyin' down, nigga.

I know you took out Londell.

I ain't had nothin' to do with what happened to your cousin.

My condolences to you and yours, though.

Fuck you and your condolences.

Londell was in a whole lot of shit.

Nigga had a long list of heads who had no love for him.

Don't know why you think it was me.

You know exactly why, motherfucker.

A'ight.

Let's say, uh, I did kill that chatty-ass fool.

Closed that nigga's mouth for good.

Fuck you gonna do about it, Early?

That's what the fuck I thought.

Corridor's closed for the night.

I'm looking for Krystal.

Who the fuck are you?

Kanan Stark.

The boyfriend. Right.

You a corner boy, dope dealer.

And I don't know where Krystal at.

Last I heard, she was up in your spot.

She left. Went to go see her cousins in Delaware.

But I ain't heard from her.

She reach out to her mom in the last couple days?

Krystal and her mother don't talk no more.

Look, this shit ain't none of...

Krystal told me you like to creep

in the middle of the night. Push up on her.

How you like my boot pushin' up on you, nigga?

If you or Krystal moms hear from her,

you let me know. Understand?

Nod your fuckin' head, or my Timbs goin' back to work.

I'm gonna let you know.

I have to go to the bathroom.

But if you go anywhere, I will hunt you down and kill you.

I'll be right back.

♪ I'll be there ♪

♪ You're givin' me love Like a river overflowing ♪

♪ You give me joy And happiness ♪

Trevor said he's going to the Copa later,

but I don't wanna go.

Me neither. Copa's too sweaty.

I've been seeing someone for a little while.

It's been good.

I'm happy for you.

I'm happy for me too.

I didn't even know I could be this happy, actually.

So...

I called you because this detective

showed up at my door a few days ago,

started talking to me about you.

When Aaron was killed, the police...

asked me about his history of domestic violence,

and I mentioned that you were a witness

to one of the times he attacked me.

I guess that's...

how he tracked me down.

What kind of questions he ask you?

That's the thing. He didn't even really ask me anything.

He just started telling me about you and your family

and... troubles you've had in the past.

- And what'd you say? - I don't know anything,

so there's nothing to say.

I'll make sure he doesn't bother you again.

Are you okay?

I'm good.

So... tell me about this new girl.

Oh my God. She's so beautiful.

And smart too.

She's getting her master's in education.

I don't even know how to say it. She's just...

for me.

David here?

This physical therapist tells me I'm not drinking enough water,

which is why my fucking leg cramps

and keeps me up at night.

But when I drink... I drink more water,

I gotta keep waking up 'cause I gotta take a fuckin' piss.

So... so what's the point?

Doctor says my prostate's

the size of a fuckin' bocce ball.

I'm at the point where I gotta hire someone

to slug my fuckin' bladder ten times

- just so's I can take a leak. - I'd hate to be the palooka

who gets stuck with that fucking job.

Guy wants an audience wit' you.

Yeah. Alright.

Need to talk to you about Marvin Thomas.

Ay...

This motherfucker 'Nique tryin' to pull me into a fuckin' war.

And you know what? The shit about to work.

We hit him. He hit us. It's the way of the fuckin' world.

Without David and the trucks,

we can't move all this product comin' in from Hafiz, Marvin.

And if and when Sei Yap is back up,

we don't know that the new nigga in charge

gonna wanna fuck wit' us.

I got a storage spot that we can hold the work in

until we can figure out how to move it to the restaurants.

We should step to Stefano,

see if he got some trucks we can use for a little while.

Also see how hard we can hit back at 'Nique.

I'm gettin' way past tired

of havin' to clear every fuckin' call we make

with these rigatoni motherfuckers.

Yeah, Stefano might be able to help with movin' shit around.

Before I step in with him, I need to know from you

what's goin' on with that mess with Early and Londell.

Handled.

Your version of handled or mine?

God's version.

Gettin' my feet up under me a little bit.

- Mm-hmm. - Finally.

Figurin' out who I am and all that.

You seem lighter than I've seen you in quite a while.

Sometimes, that weight on your shoulders...

Mm-hmm.

...just turns out to be muscle you forgot how to use.

Yeah.

Hi, Shirley.

Well, it's about time someone classed up the joint.

Hi, Imani.

Can I talk to you for a minute?

When you asked me to sit in on the meeting with the police,

I didn't know you were gonna make me an accomplice.

An accomplice to what?

To your bullshit, Lou, and God knows what else.

That timeline you gave the cops was inaccurate.

You know it, and I know it.

You got to my apartment an hour after you told them.

I wasn't looking at a fucking clock, Imani.

And that don't mean I killed them niggas, neither.

We're done, Lou. You and me.

I don't know what you did or didn't do,

but I don't trust you.

And I'm not gonna be

in a relationship with someone that I don't trust.

I've told Lowell that I don't want to work with you anymore

on the Rilla project.

Or Eldad Facts. Or Draw Down.

Good luck, Lou.

I hope you find a way to be honest with yourself

since you can't be honest with me or anyone else.

Hi, Juke.

Fuck this.

I had a little break from school, so came home.

Of course I wanted to see you.

Hm, figured wit' your college friends, you forgot me.

Which would have been totally okay, by the way.

That would not have been okay at all.

Plus, how could I forget you?

You're like the most unforgettable person

I ever met in my life.

I can help who's next.

So what's been going on?

- How you been? - Hmm.

Took some classes,

but wasn't really feeling any of 'em that much,

so now I'm just figurin' out what's next.

Thought you was thinkin' about gettin' out of New York, though.

- Tryin' somethin' new. - Hmm.

You sound like your mom and dad.

"Butta is a lark, Laverne."

"What are you doing with your life?"

For real, though.

You're amazing.

You could do anything that you wanna do.

Hmm.

I don't know that that's necessarily true.

It is.

What happened to you getting away from your family

and all they bullshit?

What happened to you starting a life of your own?

I don't know.

I just feel like...

maybe I am like my family after all.

Maybe...

that's not so bad.

Here's your order, girls.

That was a good pull on that yellow motherfucker.

Last I heard, Five-O don't know shit.

Wasn't nothing.

You a big ol' buck, huh?

The fuck they feedin' y'all New Jerz niggas?

New York niggas.

Yo, yo, yo. What the fuck you doin' here, bro?

I just need to talk to him, man. That's all.

Hey, yo, Unique!

Let me holla at you.

Kanan fuckin' Stark.

I need to get at you, 'Nique.

You know, I been wonderin' when you was gonna pay

a nigga a visit.

Welcome, my brother.

So you got a boyfriend?

Or girlfriend?

I been dating this guy that goes to Morehouse for a little bit.

He's from New Orleans, so he has one of them crazy accents,

but he's cool.

Wants to be a doctor.

What about you?

You been seein' anybody?

Nah. I mean, I been with a few people,

but nothin' serious.

Hm.

Uh-oh. Check me out gettin' jealous about Juke.

I'm jealous about you too.

Good.

I ain't had nothin' to do with your girl goin' missing

or whatever the fuck happened to that Puerto Rock nigga.

That ain't me, Kanan.

And I ain't got beef wit' you like that.

My issue's with Raq, not you.

Unless you and her are partners or some shit,

in which case, we gonna have a problem.

I get my work from her. That's it.

We not partners like that. Not at all.

That's what I heard.

I know you ain't gonna stand here and tell me

you didn't have a part in puttin' my brother down, though.

That was me.

I did that.

Nigga needed to be checked, so I checked him.

And I'd do it again.

I ain't have no love for Ronnie in the end, neither.

Just 'cause someone family don't mean they get to be familiar,

you know what I'm saying?

Raq ain't lookin' out for you, Kanan.

Your girl. Puerto Rock.

Fuckin' Webster-ass nigga.

They all takin' hits.

And your moms ain't nowhere to be found.

You know about O-Cee?

Everybody fuckin' knows, man.

Everybody see all your people out here

gettin' took the fuck out.

That is a bad look for you, brother.

I don't know Krystal's gone.

I don't even wanna put that shit out in the world.

My apologies, man.

But what I'm saying is,

we look out for ours on this side.

If you on our side, we on yours.

You know this work.

You got these streets wired with these bike niggas.

You and me join forces?

We 'bout to be Voltron in this motherfucker.

You just tryin' to fuck up my moms.

'Cause you know me and you workin' together

is gonna twist her head up.

It does have that added benefit.

That's not what this is about.

I believe in you, my nigga.

Not 'cause who your moms is,

'cause of who you are.

You a real one out here on your own, Kanan.

Everything ain't gotta be about Raq.

Word.

If you hear something about my girl, let me know.

Ay yo, get the fuck off my car, man.

I'ma be home for a few more days if you gon' be around.

I think I can fit you in my schedule.

How was dinner, girls?

I heard this spot was tasty.

Not much of a pastry guy myself,

but my wife's pregnant,

and she's got a real sweet tooth.

You should just go home, Iesha. I'm good.

- You sure? - I'm police.

She's safe with me.

I'm straight.

Just go, Iesha. Please.

I want you to call me later

and let me know that you're okay.

I will.

Promise me.

I promise.

I get the sense you're gonna break that promise.

You're not gonna call her, are you?

Fuck you want from me, Garcia?

What I've always wanted.

For you to do your civic duty.

And I'm gonna keep showing up

at really convenient places and times

until you agree to work with me.

Fuck you.

You really think, the little nigga doin' worth all that?

Look, man, he connected

to some real heavy hitters outside of Raq.

Beefin' with him mean beefin' with them,

and I don't want none of that right now.

Kanan's smart. He stand on his own.

He didn't even blink when he told me

he put down my brother.

He said he'd do it again if he could.

I like a motherfucker who stand by his work.

Boy growin' up, man.

He growin' up.

Oh.

I hadn't even heard about this Oriental guy gettin' clipped.

Yeah, I'm bettin' 'Nique made the call on his own.

That how it feels to you, Marvin?

Because I know you, you know a thing or two

about makin' calls on your own.

Yeah, it feels like, uh,

'Nique pulled that trigger without checkin' in with no one.

Hm.

In the short term,

I got some people we might be able to use

to truck the product to your restaurants.

But you're gonna have to figure out an alternative arrangement,

and sooner rather than later,

because I don't like to stay too close

to the narcotics trade.

It's a filthy business.

No doubt.

We on it.

Hey, Raq.

Can I bend your ear a minute?

Alone.

Look.

I don't know exactly what happened here,

or... or how this murder in front of the studio

is tied to this robbery at my old house...

but I can't be connected to any sort of criminality, Lou.

Don't know why you talkin' to me about it.

Ain't have shit to do with me.

Then why is Imani refusing to work with you?

You have to ask her that.

I did! She wouldn't give me a straight answer.

I know what happened at your last label, Lou.

I don't want that here.

You kickin' me to the curb

'cause Imani don't wanna fuck wit' me no more, Lowell?

I'm not kicking anyone anywhere yet, Lou,

but I can't have people robbing my homes

and getting murdered in the street.

Like I said...

that shit ain't about me.

You know what?

I feel like this has been a mistake from the rip.

I'm a street nigga

who do street nigga shit.

I'm done, Lowell. I'm out.

You're quitting?

I appreciate the opportunity.

The street won't put money in your pocket, Lou.

Depend which street, Lowell.

Early says he ran it past him, and Marvin give him the okay.

You can't trust a word that come out of Early Tyler's mouth.

He wasn't lying. I'm good at reading people.

And coming to me like he did, that's audacious enough.

He knows bullshittin' me would be suicidal.

Nah, desperate motherfuckers

will tell any story they can to save they ass.

I don't believe he was telling me a story.

And even though Marvin didn't pull the trigger,

his involvement in this is gonna be

a point of contention for my friends.

Especially since this is not the first time

he's run afoul of this thing.

You know, one time a mistake, twice a trend.

You're loyal to your family.

I'm loyal to mine.

Anybody go after Marvin,

they gon' have to get through me first.

I admire that.

I really do.

I just wish your brother

had the same sense of duty and responsibility to you

that you do to him.

Marvin talked to me about replacing you.

About stepping up and taking over your operation.

I don't believe that.

And I'm sure you didn't believe it

when you found out that Marvin and I had some side business

that didn't include you.

Listen.

I'm just trying to help you help yourself.

You know, sometimes, people like you and me,

we got our heads up so high that we don't see the shit

that's happening right under our feet.

- Hey, sweetheart. - Hey, Dad!

- How was school? - Good.

Yeah?

- You got anything? - Eh, just some homework.

Early came through

and told Stefano everything.

Damn.

You fucked this all up, Marvin.

I know it was you who hit the Chink, Unique.

I'm not a fuckin' idiot.

Didn't have nothin' to do with that, Phil.

I just heard about it myself.

Look, these faggot motherfuckers get real rough with each other.

You know, the lovers' spat's real different

when it's two niggas beefin'.

Lovers' spat.

Yeah, that's what it was.

They settled it the way all lovers do.

Bullet to the back of the fuckin' head

in the bathroom, right?

I'm not goin' to the fuckin' mattresses

with New York right now, especially not for you

and your ghetto bullshit.

Peace in the Middle East, baby.

You know I'm all about it.

Nigga, you told me you was gonna look out for me and my people.

You told me you was gonna be different

than all these other fuckin' music niggas.

You exactly the same, Lou. You all talk.

I got your ass out the pen, Rilla.

That's a whole lot more than talk, nigga.

Honestly...

not gettin' to finish the work that we started

is my biggest regret in this shit.

Regret ain't gon' feed my baby, Lou.

Don't know for sure Lowell and them is gonna drop you.

You know he didn't want me back on that fuckin' label

in the first place.

Only reason he signed me up again was you.

Now that you gone,

he ain't gonna want shit to do with me.

I need work, Lou.

It don't matter what kind.

I'm not afraid to get gully out here, either.

Just keep a nigga in mind.

Done.

Hey, buddy. Over here.

She hasn't been in school in a couple weeks.

She wasn't around last time I came through,

which was like three weeks ago.

Her foster parents keep calling into the office

saying she's sick.

You know where they stay at?

They must have an address in that office, though.

I can't get that for you, man.

Against the rules.

The rules made to be broken.

Give me a minute.

Her name Krystal Bradley.

Eighteen-year-old Black girl.

Ain't no girls there that y'all don't know who they are?

A'ight. Thank you.

Thirty hospitals I called, she ain't at none of 'em.

Keep thinkin' she gon' walk through that fuckin' door.

Deep down, I know that shit ain't gonna happen.

I got someone I could talk to.

Might be able to help.

Shit's complicated, but...

I appreciate anything you could do.

I'ma go holla at Bonnie and Clyde.

They hear things we don't.

Until we know for sure what happened,

you gotta stay positive, man.

Shit could still work out.

Who the fuck are you kiddin'?

Nothin' ever works out for us, Juke.

- Who are you? - Marvin Thomas.

A friend of Amber's.

I don't think so.

I was close with the family 'fore she got wit' y'all.

Just askin' after her. Heard she was sick.

She never said anything about you to us.

I was a friend of her father's.

Not something I'd be bragging about.

I just wanna know how the little girl is, man.

School sayin' she been out 'cause she ain't feelin' well.

She's fine. She's got a cold.

Now you need to get the fuck back in your car

and drive away before I call the police.

Uncle Marvin!

I'm gonna smash your head in!

Amber, where you at?

Get outta this house, you fuckin' nigga!

Uncle Marvin!

Fuck they doin' to y'all in here?

You're gonna die!

I gotta get outta here right now.

But you gonna call the police,

tell 'em some white boy with tattoos came in here

and did all of that to these people, okay?

I'ma circle back on you,

once the dust settles.

You gonna be all right, though.

I got you.

Called around.

Turns out, they found the Jane Doe

in a stairwell over at Edgemere.

Take it that's your friend.

As of right now, there aren't any leads.

Sorry for your loss.

But now you owe me.

Ain't the first time you said you want back in.

But I gotta be honest,

shit just feel like lip service.

Talk is cheap, baby brother.

I ain't just talkin', Raq.

I wanna get down again.

I know you worried I'm gon' fake.

Ain't no half-steppin' in this shit, Lou.

Gotta be your whole fuckin' heart.

Can't have you sayin' you here with us

and your feelings are somewhere else.

Can't have you watchin' my back

when you lookin' over your own fuckin' shoulder.

You need to be here in this moment,

doing what needs to be done.

I've gone through a whole lot to get to a place

where I can accept all that.

Where I can see it for what it is.

Where I can see me for who I am.

You talkin' to that rehab doctor again?

I ain't talkin' to nobody.

Block been talkin' to me, though.

Kickin' that street psychology.

Scrap, D-Wiz.

You damn near drowned yourself in a fuckin' bottle

over all that, Lou.

I don't think I got fucked up over all that work

because I hated it...

or because I thought it was wrong.

I think I got fucked up...

because I liked it too much.

'Cause it felt too fuckin' right.

And knowin' that, feelin' that,

wasn't somethin' I could accept.

I couldn't handle what it said about me

or how I see myself

or this whole damn world around me.

But I'm a fuckin' dragon slayer, Raq.

What the fuck you call a dragon slayer

when he ain't got no dragons to slay?

You call that nigga a cab

'cause he fallin' down drunk at the bar.

I made peace with myself.

And now that I've found that peace...

I'm ready to go back to war next to y'all.

So all that music shit is just done?

Music ain't goin' nowhere.

But losin' Fame the way we did,

showed me that I can't save nobody

sittin' behind a fuckin' mixin' board.

I need to be out here wit' y'all.

I don't know that I completely buy all that shit, Lou.

I'm not sure that you do, neither.

But if you want work, I got work for you.

Right here. Right now.

And if you a dragon slayer like you say you are,

then I guess you and me 'bout to step

in the motherfuckin' dragon's lair.

Strap the fuck up.

We haven't heard anything about your girlfriend.

But we're certainly gonna keep our ears and eyes open.

Could be she left town and cut ties.

Wouldn't be the first bitch to leave New York behind her.

She wouldn't do that to me and not tell me first.

There's nothing more unpredictable

than a woman, Kanan.

It's actually a coincidence that you're here right now.

We were gonna reach out.

We heard back from our friends in the NYPD.

- Famous? - Mm-hmm.

Didn't believe it ourselves when we heard it,

but they wouldn't lie to us.

It was your mother, son.

Raq hired some dirty police to kill your friend.

Don't ever care about nothin' in this shit.

Don't matter if it's your mother, your brother,

or your own damn child.

I can't lie, this shit ain't a bad look for me.

Look too pretty, niggas think they can get cute.

Because your work don't care about none of that.

It just gotta eat.

We got visitors.

I patted 'em both down. They're clean.

And when you thinkin' about that other shit,

you ain't feedin' it.

And once your work get hungry enough,

it's gonna eat the only shit around.

And that's you, nigga.

Your ass on the menu.

We need to talk.

Bon appetit, motherfucker.

♪ Smiling faces ♪

♪ Sometimes pretend to be your friend ♪

♪ Smiling faces ♪

♪ Show no traces ♪

♪ Of the evil That lurks within ♪

- ♪ Can you dig it? ♪ - ♪ Smiling faces ♪

♪ Smiling faces sometimes ♪

♪ They don't tell the truth ♪

♪ Smiling faces ♪

♪ Smiling faces tell lies ♪

♪ And I got proof ♪

♪ Oh, Lord, yeah ♪

♪ Let me tell you ♪

♪ The truth is in the eyes 'Cause the eyes don't lie ♪

♪ Amen ♪

♪ Remember ♪

♪ A smile is just a frown Turned upside down ♪

♪ My friend ♪

♪ So hear me when I'm sayin' ♪