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[Jada] Previously on The Chi...

[Kiesha] I can't believe this shit.

I can.

My pullout game weak as hell. [chuckles]

How many kids are there?

Between all of us or-

I have a son. They have a son.

And he has two other children.

[Tiff] With two different women.

What is this-

some Black, ghetto Brady Bunch shit?

You need to dice smaller and move way faster.

[Jamal] You gonna be my teacher?

[Dom] Mm-mm. I don't got time to train.

I gotta hear it in the streets that you moving to LA.

Come with me. I want to be with you.

I love you.

I love you, too.

[Tierra] I don't want your identity

to be so wrapped up in who you're with.

You need to focus on who you want to be.

So I should dump Jake?

That's your decision to make, love.

I'd rather have a child without you

than be childless with you.

Is this it for us?

I think so.

There he is.

You want to play with guns?

'Cause we could always use another shooter.

So you in now.

And this shit...

this shit is for life.

Let me ask you something, Douda.

Is there anything that I can do different?

You have nothing to worry about.

[gunfire]

[distant siren wailing]

I'm not giving you no more money,

and I don't work for you.

Bye, nigga.

[gunshots]

[Tiff] I can't sleep. I feel nauseous.

I just don't feel like myself.

-I need some time. -Anything for you.

-[Tiff] For real? -[Kiesha]

? solemn music ?

?

[object tapping, person singing indistinctly]

?

? hip-hop music ?

? Yeah, huh ?

? Huh ?

? Hey ?

? I should've known I was coming with you ?

? Huh, it's right here, nigga ?

?

-? Yeah ? -? Man down ?

[echoing] ? There's a man down ?

? Man down, there's a man down ?

? Man down, there's a man down ?

? Man down, there's a man down ?

? It's right here, nigga ?

-? Hey ? -? Yeah ?

? If you want it, you can come and get it ?

? Where's it at? ?

? I got it on me ?

-? Yeah ? -? Man down ?

? Listen up to what I say and then get out of my way ?

? I ain't got no time to play ?

? Then get out of my way ?

? Man down, there's a man down ?

? Man down, there's a man down ?

? Man down, there's a man down ?

? You can fuck with me and my niggas ?

? Pay attention, we can show you how to get it ?

? Been nice since a little nigga ?

? Yeah, I know it's been a minute ?

? Still got it, don't forget it ?

? If you want it, you can come and get it ?

? Huh ?

? I got it on me ?

? Yeah ?

? I got it on me ?

? dramatic jazz music ?

?

? smooth music ?

[laughter, indistinct chatter]

Hey, who kids is these?

Look at my baby mamas, y'all.

-Y'all know what I mean. -[indistinct chatter]

? Oh ?

[laughing] Y'all know what I mean.

-[laughter] -Goddamn, yo.

-Oh. -Jesus, I guess

I just have to accept it all at this point.

Listen, babies are a blessing,

no matter which way they come into this world, okay?

-Let's just celebrate. -You're right.

?

-Hey, baby! -[child babbles]

-All right. -Yo, sorry we late, y'all.

-[Nuck] What's up? -Congratulations.

?

I'm gonna go to the car, get the rest of the gifts.

-What the hell is that? -I got y'all a Snoo, man.

[Emmett] Damn.

Yeah, I heard it rock the baby to sleep and shit.

[Emmett] Hello. Ooh, hold up.

-Wow. Thank you. -[Nuck] Mm-hmm. No problem.

-This is nice. -We already have a Snoo.

Okay, now you got another one.

Well, maybe we can exchange it for something else.

-No, maybe you can- -Thank you, Nuck.

Thank you.

Not today.

Please.

Time for cake.

[Tiff sighs] Thank you.

You need anything, I'm here.

[scoffs] No, Alicia got everything under control.

She don't got me wanting for nothing.

Mm, the rich lady that lives on the top of the hill, huh?

[laughs] And you're the crook with a heart of gold.

My heart might be cold, but my head is cool.

That's why a nigga still standing.

Okay, well, thank you for the Snoo.

Oh, no problem.

It's nice to see Nuck stepping up, isn't it?

[Tiff] Yeah, he been real sweet

ever since he found out I was pregnant.

-He's complicated. -Trust me, I know. [chuckles]

[sighs] I hope things stay as quiet as they been.

Yeah, I need things to be this calm for a while.

-[both shout] -So is your single journey

coming to an end, or are you just enjoying the view?

-I mean, I ain't blind, shit. -No, horny is what you are.

No, I can satisfy myself.

[laughs] Well, we both know that gets old real quick.

[Tracy] Ooh, no, it does. It really does.

[laughter]

I never said it was gonna last forever.

I just needed a moment to myself

so I didn't feel like I was running

-behind a man, you know? -[Jada] Mm-hmm.

And I'd be lying if I said Douda's death didn't impact me.

-[Jada] Oh, of course. -Yeah.

It really just boiled down

to me taking a little time to myself

and finally fulfilling my own needs.

And now that you've done that, how's it feel?

Good.

I got a better understanding of what it is that I need.

Mm.

So if somebody does come along,

I can tell them exactly what I want.

He ain't gotta try to figure it out.

Ooh, I heard that.

Sound like somebody ready to jump back into the dating pool.

I don't know about none of that.

It's a little scary out here.

I heard it got pee and shit in it, girl.

-What? [chuckles] -It is not that bad.

Yeah, but you jumped your ass out to marry Darnell.

Well, because he finally got his shit together.

-Oh, okay. -[Jada] Mm-hmm.

Well, I'm just trying to have a little fun for once.

-That's all. -Well, as you should.

-Cheers. -Cin cin.

-[both laugh] -[Jada] Ooh.

[laughter, indistinct chatter]

?

-[Kiesha laughing] Okay. -[Tiff] Hey, EJ.

You excited about our new baby?

Ah.

Don't be like that.

I think he's just tired.

You tired?

Come here.

-EJ, come to Mommy. -EJ.

-You okay? Look at me. -Can I play a video game?

You should go play with the kids.

Go play your game.

[chuckles] Oh, now you love me?

-[chuckles] -[EJ giggles]

I don't like that.

You don't like what, how I raise my son?

You asked us to help raise him.

I asked you to watch him for a while.

I just don't want him getting confused.

Confused about what?

I think you the one that's confused.

I'm not confused. I know you're his mother.

But he's been our responsibility

-for the past six months. -You said it was cool, Kiesha.

-It is, but- -But what?

I don't want to do this today.

?

It's okay, girl.

My mood is all over the place.

?

Yeah, I can't imagine what this experience

has been like for you.

It's hell.

And you in heaven.

My life is complicated, too.

But you still got Emmett.

Hey, y'all gonna play Pin the Diaper on the Baby?

It's fun.

What's wrong?

-Daddy's here. -Stop.

Can you leave us alone?

-What'd I do? -Just go host, please.

That's what I've been doing, and I work all day tomorrow.

-I know you ain't complaining. -[Emmett] I'm tired, too.

From talking to us about being tired.

-Y'all been a lot lately. -For good reason.

I wish both of these babies would hurry up and come

so y'all can get back to normal because this some bullshit.

Can you just go get some cheese dip?

They ran through it.

-[Kiesha sighs] - Let me help you.

?

[Tiff sighs]

?

You okay?

?

Thank you. I needed that.

?

[scoffs] Shit.

?

[knock at door]

Who is it?

-[knocking continues] -[shouting] Who is it?

? tense music ?

?

[exhales deeply]

?

What's up, Jake?

?

I thought you was dead.

You saw somebody put me in the ground?

-No. -[Reg] Then I wasn't dead.

-I see. -You happy to see me?

Yeah.

-I'm just freaked out. -Don't be.

Just be grateful.

-Anybody else know? -You was my first stop.

-How you know where I live? -I got a lookout.

-Who? -I can't tell you all that.

-Man, I'm your brother. -So?

What made you come back?

-I heard Douda dead. -Yeah.

Yeah, it sure took y'all long enough.

I would have been popped his ass.

Why you ain't come back and do it, then?

It wasn't worth the risk.

?

You look grown, boy! [laughing]

I am grown.

So what's your move now?

I gotta meet the new nigga in charge.

What, you want to thank him or something?

No.

I want to let him know that Reg is back

and the streets of Chicago belong to me.

Nigga! [scoffs]

Since when you start talking about yourself in third person?

Since I died and came back to life, motherfucker.

Okay, Black Jesus.

I like the sound of that for now.

[chuckles] Man, nigga, fuck you.

My little brother, man.

Cut it out.

? dramatic jazz music ?

?

[Victor] You look like you just seen a ghost.

Yeah.

What?

Somebody with me.

Who?

You in trouble?

I don't know.

-What the fuck going on? -Look...

-somebody's here. -[shouting] Who?

?

The fuck?

So you tried to replace me, huh?

[Victor sighs] What?

I hear you like niggas.

[sighs] Yeah, I can take a punch now.

I see.

I ain't with all that gay shit.

Oh, but you with that gangster shit?

-[Reg] I'm with all that shit. -Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Let's just smoke.

?

[exhales deeply]

? I got trust issues ?

? I don't trust these hos, I don't trust these niggas ?

? I only trust myself, cannot love these niggas ?

? And it's all your fault if I don't fuck with ya ?

Nah, nigga.

?

Nigga, we was getting drunk at his age.

-And it wasn't right. -[scoffs] Man, come on.

We celebrating.

No, we is not.

Oh, you afraid I'm gonna take away your shine?

Not at all. I made something with my life.

-What you been doing? -Shit, laying low.

The block got hot.

Yeah, that's why you got your ass shot up.

Block cooled down after Douda died, for real.

[Reg] Mm.

Time to turn that shit up.

Why the fuck would you want to do that?

Bro, I'm not no suit-and-tie-ass nigga.

I like being outside, touching paper.

Where you gonna live?

-Here. -Hell, no.

It's his crib, Trig.

It's Victor.

-Since when? -Since now.

? If I don't fuck with ya, I don't trust these hos ?

-You can sleep on the couch. -[Victor scoffs]

Damn! I can't get the bed?

-No, this is my crib. -[Reg scoffs]

-These kids so disrespectful. -[Victor] Very.

[chuckles]

So what's your plan?

I'm still figuring it out.

Figure that shit out fast.

And don't be bringing no shit to Jake door.

He won't.

I ain't talking to you, Jake.

-I was talking to you. -You better watch your mouth.

Man, this is my crib.

Damn.

[laughing]

Listen, nigga...

I'm glad you not dead, but I hope you didn't come back

just so you could get killed again.

I'm invincible.

[scoffs] That's what you think.

He alive, ain't he?

For now.

[laughter, applause]

[indistinct chatter]

? Hey, Mr. DJ ?

? Play me a song ?

?

[all cheering]

[laughing] It's a boy! It's a boy.

Oh, Rob sent us a new heir to the throne.

-He would be so happy. -He would be.

Don't make me cry.

Beautiful.

?

That could be us.

Drop it, Emmett.

[Emmett] I know we agreed to wait, but-

Then why we still talking about it?

[indistinct chatter]

You know I want to be a girl dad.

Well, let's just wait.

?

Can I try?

-You too young for whiskey. -[scoffs] Come on.

I seen more than men twice my age.

-Is that so? -It is.

?

[Alicia] Come here.

[whiskey pouring]

?

No, no, no, what are you doing?

I'm trying it.

[Alicia] No, you have to smell it first.

Look.

[sniffs] Sniff it.

-Give yourself a preview. -[chuckles]

Let it fill your whole nostrils.

What are you laughing at?

Nothing.

All right, now drink.

All right.

?

Fuck that shit. That shit burn. Sorry.

Ah, now you understand why this is for grown folks.

Mm, mm, mm. [chuckles]

Why you look out for me so much?

?

Because I see something in you.

I wouldn't have invested in your future if I didn't.

And since we're on this topic,

I know that my scholarship does not cover room and board.

-So who you living with? -A friend.

What friend?

Nobody you know.

? Hey, Mr. DJ... ?

Hey!

[giggles]

?

Hey!

-You look good. -Oh, thank y'all.

Yes, welcome to the club.

Shit, it's a wild ride, I tell you.

But Emmett do seem different now that he with you.

I appreciate y'all coming.

Por supuesto. We're family now, girl.

In spite of all the shit we been through with Emmett,

we have got to stick together.

-[Shay] Girl. -[Kiesha] I love that, y'all.

We gotta include Tiff in this village.

-Well, she already is, with EJ. -I mean with the new baby.

If anybody needs a village,

it's that baby that just lost its father.

Mm. Whew.

Raising a Black man in this city ain't easy.

Who you telling?

That's why me and Neva just buried our hatchet,

so we can raise our boys together.

Yeah, you know, both of our kids

were put in remedial classes,

then diagnosed with ADHD and prescribed drugs.

EJ went through a similar experience like that

with his reading.

They'd rather hold him back than catch him up.

-[Neva] Hmm. -Mira, see, I told you.

Some of these schools ain't shit.

We need to build something new.

Like what?

Girl, I already got a curriculum for Ronnie

before preschool, and for EJ.

It's going really, really good.

Okay. Girl, I love that.

Sound like you running your own little home school over there.

I guess so.

? soul music ?

?

Hey, so I have some great news.

I've been talking to this guy from New York

who owns a small label,

and he's gonna be here this weekend,

and he wants to meet with us.

I thought we weren't going the label route.

Yeah, we weren't, but we haven't made any money.

We'll get there.

Not fast enough.

Look, let's just meet with him.

Fine.

?

You really saving yourself for marriage?

I am.

So what if we don't ever get married?

Then we'll always wonder.

Look, I know people say I'm loose and shit, but-

-You've been around. -And you've been to jail.

-What's worse? -[laughter]

Why are we judging each other?

I just want my life to be different this time around.

Yeah.

That's not to say you haven't already added so much, and...

I love how I feel around you, how much fun we have.

And you think sex is gonna knock you off your square.

I have an addictive personality.

I don't want sex with you to become a new drug.

Yeah, I don't want that.

[sighing] I can be patient.

[scoffs] It's hard for me, too.

[chuckles] Literally.

[wild laughter]

You crazy, bro. What the fuck wrong-

-[Hannibal] Ain't shit changed. -[laughing]

[Jake] Yo, Hannibal.

So you knew my brother wasn't dead all this time,

and you ain't say shit?

Nigga, I don't owe you.

I owe Reg, all right?

-How my nigga been living? -Man, I'm good, man.

Hey, you know I'm selling shrooms now.

-It's big money in that? -It's a slow burn.

See, no, I need a raging fire, bro.

See, I knew your ass was gonna come back to town

looking for some shit.

Why you think I pulled up on your ass first, nigga?

Yeah, but who else you pulling up on?

Don't worry about all that, man.

-See how he do. -[muffled] Come on, bro.

Hey, I can ride with you?

Of course.

You gonna stay close to me.

Well, I do be making my own clothes now, so...

[Hannibal] That shit decent, too-good looking.

Oh, you like a fashionista?

That shit sound kind of gay, bro.

Nigga, I like clothes.

So I made my own.

It's called Chi Seeds.

Bro, I got some real business for you, bro.

-You can make some real money. -I'm all right, bro.

I'm making rent every month.

How much you got left over after you pay the shit?

Enough.

You could make way more than that hustling, bro.

I'm cool, bro.

Plus, I like having my own business, anyway.

-Hey, Reg! -I got it. I got-

Bro, bro, this my brother. I got it.

You the only thing I got in this world, nigga.

You not finna be putting no weak-ass business over me.

I wasn't.

? dramatic music ?

Just stay locked in with me.

All right.

Okay, we good?

Me and bro just getting reacquainted.

[Ezekiel chuckles]

Yeah, there is no greater devil

than the flesh of someone you love

but can't touch.

[crowd clamors]

Until you make that vow before God,

-we must keep our legs closed. -[applause]

And the only place that our hands should be

is in prayer.

-Amen? -[all] Amen.

Amen.

I know you want to lay down with that special someone.

Come on, now, I'm human, too.

God doesn't want us to be weak to those desires

that'll have us acting out of character

the minute the deed is done.

[crowd clamors]

We all have righteous paths to walk.

[all] Amen!

But we can't walk that path in the streets

doing our thing between the sheets...

[chuckles] ...with anyone that slips in our DMs

or tells us we're cute.

That is not what we were put here for.

We were put here to build with someone.

And that someone deserves to know

we are only with them, only with them

before God and no one else,

because, mm, my God,

when that bedroom gets too crowded,

your thoughts, they get cloudy,

and you can't see the path in front of you.

And you lose your way,

all for a desire to be wanted.

I promise you, no one is sexier than the path

God has put before you.

-Amen. Amen. -[all] Amen.

[chuckles]

You know his wife was sleeping with Jake's young ass.

Don't cuss in church.

I'm just saying-I'm hearing what he's preaching,

but I don't know if he's living it.

He's preaching directly to us.

And I don't know if I agree with it.

You're not listening.

I can find my path

and still have pleasure along the way.

[organ music plays]

Here.

? So I just gotta keep going ?

? Like do it, do it ?

? Do it, do it, hey ?

? Do it, do it, do it, do it ?

? Do it, do it, hey ?

-? Do it, do it... ? -[song fades]

It's sleepy.

But it's good.

We have other songs.

-Don't be so desperate. -I'm still finding my voice.

You need to hurry up.

I told you.

Come to New York, and I can try to develop her.

I got a look, and I got a sound.

You see this? This is why nobody sticks.

All you artists think you know everything.

-And you don't know shit. -[scoffs]

[Ali] Some of y'all get one song to trend,

and you think you Berry Gordy.

Please.

This game is a marathon.

And all of y'all walking laps.

I care about this shit.

Then be humble and let somebody tell you something.

Look, we don't have the funds to relocate to another city.

I can get a label to get y'all an advance,

and y'all can stay together.

-Are y'all fucking? -You can't ask us that.

I'm keeping it professional.

That's smart.

You know how this industry shit go.

I don't.

But I ain't trying to find out the hard way.

The business is changing.

Artists ain't getting paid like they used to.

Let's work on your sound, see if we get something to pop.

-Bet. -I'm game.

[Ali] Hmm.

Run it back.

? Yeah, yeah ?

? Fresh up out of bed and grab a tree ?

? Twist a OG moon rock, lot of kef ?

? Little dab underneath, that's completion ?

? Keep my body high, high ?

? When you be talking, I ain't listening ?

? Shit, I'm probably high, high ?

? Yeah, I probably died probably 40 times ?

? Blowing back with a couple niggas with gang ties ?

? And when they get high, they throw up gang signs ?

? But we only conversate about them green guys ?

? My bitch still bad, and my white boy's there ?

? And my money blowing what's in the white-boy stash ?

? Little Fire OG, little oil from the hash ?

? Before we twist it up, we call it snake in the grass ?

? You got that puff, puff, pass ?

? I got that puff, cough, pass ?

? OG dick serum, be no fucking with that ass ?

? Before the grass, I spent a lot... ?

Since you my day one,

I'll give y'all a 10% discount on anything you need.

-Nah, I need 20% off. -20-damn, you-

Look, I got a lounge you can sell out of.

That way, you ain't gotta worry about folks in your business.

[sighs] I like that.

Look, we only buy in bulk, and we'll purchase from you.

So the discount'll be justified.

All right?

[scoffs] All right.

-My nigga. -My nigga.

-Deal? -Deal.

[indistinct chatter]

Just makes it so beautiful, so I'm with you, man.

Whatever you guys need, I'm here.

Just give me a call when you need it, all right?

Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

Never really been a fan of megachurches.

Well, we're not like others.

We'll see.

-Can I pray for you? -I don't know.

The Holy Spirit is- is moving me to pray for you.

Okay.

May I?

Yeah.

Okay.

Um, Lord, please cover, um...

Tracy.

...Tracy, uh, in her walk with You.

Mm, I can tell she's had her heart mishandled,

and her soul has been shaken to its core.

Please, Father, cover her,

as she may doubt the plans You have for her.

And please remind her to be obedient to Your will,

for it will be done

in the mighty, mighty name of Jesus.

Amen.

Amen.

[bell jingles]

? soft music ?

? Don't come in and out this house again... ?

So you really leaving?

[sighs] Kevin can't hold water.

He's just so excited.

Yeah, I guess I'm doing it.

How you feel?

Like if I don't go now, I never will.

But I've been saving up for the past few months

to make sure I'm good out there, so it's time.

I'm cool if you go,

only if it's for you, not for my brother.

I mean, it's- it's a little bit of both.

-Like, that-that's my man. -Oh, my God.

You've made sacrifices to be with Emmett.

Well, that's different. We grown, and we're parents.

I really like this photography thing.

And LA has a bunch of opportunities.

So in order for me and Kev to have a chance,

we have to be in the same city.

I get that.

I don't think I could do a long-distance relationship.

-See, and you coming for me. -[both chuckling]

Maisha, you're a star.

You always have been.

Thank you.

So when you get out there, don't change for nobody.

Always be you.

It's gonna get you wherever you want to go.

[Maisha chuckles]

I want to spread my wings.

You deserve to.

? jazzy hip-hop music ?

?

Are you okay?

You just inspire me, that's all.

[voice breaking] We're gonna miss you around here.

[chuckles] I'm gonna come back to visit.

You better.

?

And tell my brother he needs to call more.

[chuckles] I'm already on it.

?

[chuckles]

Have you thought of a name yet?

I haven't.

I'd like to name him Robert Lafayette, Jr.

[laughs]

I already have one junior.

I want him to have his own legacy.

But I am his legacy, and he's mine.

-[laughs] I'm his mother. -And you're living in my house.

And you're carrying my grandson.

You asked me to move in.

Tiff, my son died

before he could make his name count.

And that baby is giving him that chance.

I'll think about it.

You do that.

? soft jazz music ?

?

[Charles clears throat]

Hey, brother, you gotta start knocking.

You gotta be more careful.

Give us the room.

? dramatic jazz music ?

?

-What are you doing? -Minding my business.

You're sleeping with a white woman you're not married to.

My divorce with Tatiana is over.

You need to get off of this celibacy kick, Pastor.

I think the people need it.

People want to know you're practicing what you preach.

Who am I supposed to be, Barry White?

[scoffs]

If it gets out that you're fucking a white woman,

we'll lose half our congregation.

It's my congregation.

-Hmm. -[papers thud]

Just let her go.

?

[door closes]

[distant siren wailing]

Nigga, your little ass can't drive.

[scoffs] Man, this my car now.

Nah, you was just holding this motherfucker.

-Uh-uh, this is me. -Did you buy it?

No, but Vic gave it to me.

It wasn't his to give, and stop calling him that.

As a matter of fact, get out.

-Why? -I want to drive.

-[scoffs] Man, come on, bro. -Get out.

[scoffs] Whatever.

Yeah, get your little ass out my car, man.

Now what you know about this nigga Nuck?

Not much.

You know the niggas he be with?

Yeah, Bakari his right hand.

-Where he at? -I can tell you where to go.

All right, bet.

? tense music ?

[engine turning over, revving]

[tires squealing]

?

That sermon was a lot.

-[Jamal] I liked it. -I'm sure you did.

[chuckles]

?

Should we get married?

?

Are you proposing to me?

Yeah, why not?

-You don't even sound sure. -If we married, it's cool.

You just want to get married so we can have sex.

Who else gonna want to marry us?

This is not romantic.

Neither one of us that attractive on paper.

All right, you know what?

Me having a sexual past and you having a criminal one

-is not the same thing. -[chuckles] I know, I know.

That came out wrong.

All I'm saying is, we both got a past.

So how about me and you against the world?

What do you say?

I do.

[both chuckling]

?

-[Jake] When you move? -We leave next week.

Hmm, that was fast.

Yeah, it all moved pretty quickly.

And Ali and Britney are like two peas in a pod, so...

You don't sound so happy.

I guess I just don't know what lies ahead.

Yeah, none of us do.

I guess I'm just scared.

-Of what? -Failing.

If you do, you can always come back.

You gonna wait for me?

[sighs] Truth?

Always.

[sighs] I don't think so.

? dramatic jazz music ?

[sighs]

But I love you.

?

Not enough to wait for me.

I love you enough to be honest with you.

?

I loved you, Jake.

Why it gotta be past tense?

Just 'cause I don't know if I love you anymore.

Then why'd you ask me if I'll wait for you?

I just wanted to know.

?

Well, now you do.

-Thanks for the clarity. -[chuckles]

I think it's the best gift I could give you.

?

-Thank you. -You're welcome.

[both chuckling]

[sniffles, sighs]

[sniffles]

?

[sniffles]

? hip-hop music ?

[laughter]

-[Emmett] I love it, man, yes. -[Victor] Hmm.

Hmm, so Jemma is moving to New York.

Damn. That's what's up, man.

-Congrats. -What's in New York?

She's got an opportunity

with her, uh, music-management thing out there.

Oh.

Sound like she doing big things.

-[Shaad] Yeah. -You should be proud.

Honestly, I don't know how I feel about it.

Jemma's a smart girl. She'll be all right.

Yeah, but New York's not Chicago.

That's a whole other ball game.

Oh, shit, that ain't nothing but a plane ride away.

If I had a daughter and she was trying to move to New York,

I'd be moving, too.

See, man, that's why I don't want no kids.

[laughter]

Hey, dog, whatever you decide, we with you.

Appreciate y'all.

[Shaad] Cheers, brother, cheers.

[indistinct chatter]

? upbeat jazz music ?

?

[Tracy] Oh, my gosh.

It's a nice night tonight.

Um, excuse me, ladies. We close early today.

No, this is her son's spot. I think we're good.

Come on, let's go.

I'm sure this man got a family to get back to.

-Oh, no, I don't got a family. -Oh, so you single?

I am.

Ooh. And so is she.

Jada.

I don't believe that for one second.

-There you go. -I'm serious.

I done seen so many beautiful Black women

come through that door either with they friends

or by theyself.

It's like, what these niggas doing?

Well, why don't you tell us?

Well, it's hard being a Black man in this world.

Oh, you think it's easy being a Black woman?

I'm just saying, we want y'all to be everything to us,

but we don't know how to be everything to y'all.

I don't need you to be my everything.

I'm trying to be something for myself first.

-What's your name? -It's Keith.

Nice to meet you, Keith. I'm Tracy.

It's a pleasure.

? soft music ?

?

Oh, shit.

All right, I'm gonna see you tomorrow.

-Where you headed? -To my new Lamaze class.

Oh. Who's going with you?

Nobody.

You want me to go?

You don't have to do that.

No, I want to.

Okay, well, come on.

Hurry up, 'cause I'm already late.

All right.

[grunts]

? The Blackness ?

[Marcus] How would you feel

about me moving to New York with you?

-[Jemma] Annoyed. -[Marcus] Why?

'Cause I'm trying to do my own thing.

I don't need you following me around.

-I'd have my own life. -Mm-hmm.

But I'd be around in case you needed some help.

[Jemma] Like financial help?

-Maybe. -Okay.

Just don't live next door to me.

You can't afford to live near me.

You gonna miss Maisha?

Yeah.

You gonna miss Jemma?

[indistinct chatter]

Huh?

You need Jesus.

[upbeat music plays]

?

? Never say die ?

? Optimistic ?

? And in the midst of sorrow ?

? You can't see up when looking down ?

? A brighter day tomorrow will bring ?

[vocalizing]

? Optimistic ?

? You hear the voice of reason ?

? Telling you this can never... ?

To Jemma and Britney,

going off to New York and starting a new chapter.

And to Maisha, who's moving to LA

and gonna run the fucking city.

-[Bakari] Hell, yeah! -[all cheer]

? Don't give up and don't give in ?

? Although it seems you never win, never win ?

? You will always pass the test ?

? As long as you keep your head to the sky ?

[vocalizing]

? You can win, you can win ?

? As long as you keep your head to the sky ?

? Yeah ?

? You can win, yes, you can win ?

Well, thanks for coming.

I told you, I'm here for you, whatever you need.

[chuckles] Well, I don't like asking for help.

Well, you need to work on that.

Stop trying to do everything by yourself.

-Lean on me. -Okay.

[indistinct chatter]

I always dreamed about having a family when I was inside.

[Tracy] Mm.

I'm definitely not having no more kids.

You got kids?

Yeah, I had a son.

He was killed seven years ago.

Oh, wow.

Look, I'm- I am sorry to hear that.

Thank you.

[lights clicking]

Well... [chuckles]

...it's time to go.

Yep.

Um...

You think I can call you sometime?

Look, I didn't mean to be too forward or anything.

No, no, no, no, no.

I've just been off the market for a while.

I don't really know how this goes.

Me too.

I meant for that to be funny 'cause I been locked up.

-Oh. -[laughs]

You ever date anybody with a criminal past?

[chuckles]

That's all I ever seem to date.

You trying to break that pattern?

? Yeah ?

? I just want to vibe with our clothes off ?

? Don't you close the blinds, let the neighbors talk ?

? We can do whatever you want ?

? I promise that you'll be the only one I call ?

? I just want your hands, want your hands on my body ?

[Kiesha] I'm finishing with Ronnie.

I'll be down in a few.

[Ronnie babbling upstairs]

How you doing?

Why?

What you mean why?

You going through a lot.

I just want you to know I got your back.

Why are you a better partner now that we ain't together?

[scoffs] I'm growing.

? dramatic music ?

?

I'm stressed.

Anything I can do to help?

You taking EJ means a lot.

I like having him around all the time.

I just need you to make sure that he doesn't forget me.

He would never. You're his mama.

No, Emmett.

I'm for real.

I'm begging you.

?

What you want me to do?

Whatever it takes.

Okay.

-Thank you. -Hey.

?

I love you.

I love you, too.

[distant siren whooping]

EJ, come here, man.

Hey, uh, listen...

...your mom is going through a lot right now.

So we have to, uh, show up for her.

You know what that means?

Well, it just means that we gotta put

what we want to the side for a little bit

so someone else can get what they need.

Your mom loves you, man.

You know that?

Right now, she's really sad

and has a lot to hold.

So we gotta hold some of that sadness for her...

'cause she can't hold it all by herself.

Okay.

You want to write a note for Mommy?

-Yeah. -All right.

? solemn music ?

?

[scoffs]

-[Bakari] What up, Jake? -Where Nuck at?

Why?

Motherfuckers just need to chop it up with him real quick.

[scoffs] Too bad I don't know where the fuck he at.

Man, stop lying, boy.

Nobody come to shoot this bitch up.

? suspenseful music ?

?

I know the nigga here. Where he at?

[Nuck] Oh, shit.

[Reg] Here you go.

Thought your ass was dead, boy.

Me too.

?

The fuck you need, a job or something?

What the fuck I look like coming back to work

-for your goofy ass, nigga? -What you want?

-The mob. -That's my shit. I run that.

I can run it better.

Hey, you and your bitch-ass little brother

-get the fuck out of here. -You already know I'm coming.

We can go to war today, tomorrow,

whenever the fuck you want to do it.

-I'm coming back for my shit. -That's cool.

Just know, if I kill you, I'm gonna bury the body myself.

[chuckles]

? Man, it feel like a ton ?

I'm gonna remember that.

? Y'all niggas better run ?

? Live and die by the gun ?

?

? I live and die by the gun ?

?

? Yeah, I move better in the night ?

? Suggest you get bright ?

? Flash on his ass, and we're blinded by the light ?

? And once you see that, it'll change your life ?

? Do it quick with the blick or do it slow with a knife ?

? Give a fuck about your life, yeah, I know it ain't right ?

? I'm a butcher to the beef, yeah, I put it on ice ?

? Since we talking about ice, yeah, I got it in my veins ?

? I'm immune to the shit, I don't like to feel pain ?

? But when I make you feel it, it's better for the game ?

? Everybody can't play, and everybody can't go ?

? And remorse is a thing that everybody can't show ?

? So you already know that you fucking with a basket ?

? I'ma do him dirty, they better close the casket ?

? So get your guys 'cause I'ma let it ride ?

? Let the slugs fly and get the zip ties ?

? Heh, 'cause don't never switch sides ?

? Carry a whole lot of shit ?

[child babbling]

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