1 00:00:05,046 --> 00:00:06,548 -LINDA: Jerome? -Hey, beautiful. 2 00:00:06,631 --> 00:00:08,174 BOBBY: Jerome is out? 3 00:00:08,258 --> 00:00:09,801 Showed up on my doorstep like a lost puppy. 4 00:00:09,884 --> 00:00:11,886 But Randy's happy to see his daddy. 5 00:00:11,970 --> 00:00:13,722 JEROME: There's a tiny little sliver of land 6 00:00:13,805 --> 00:00:16,266 in Ohio that I've been sittin' on for years. 7 00:00:16,349 --> 00:00:17,809 You won't be laughin' when I put you 8 00:00:17,892 --> 00:00:19,436 in that dream house you always wanted. 9 00:00:19,519 --> 00:00:22,063 -For real? -As real as I'm sittin' here right now. 10 00:00:22,147 --> 00:00:23,857 Afternoon, sweetheart. 11 00:00:23,940 --> 00:00:26,276 Have a fine day. 12 00:00:26,359 --> 00:00:28,403 LINDA: Jerome, did you pay them? 13 00:00:28,486 --> 00:00:32,198 I'm not gonna move another inch until I hear you say you trust me. 14 00:00:32,282 --> 00:00:33,950 SHURRIE: Damn Jerome. Comin' in here 15 00:00:34,034 --> 00:00:35,410 like we supposed to bow down to him. 16 00:00:35,493 --> 00:00:37,537 DIVINE: When you get out of jail, you feel like 17 00:00:37,620 --> 00:00:39,581 the entire world has moved on without you, 18 00:00:39,664 --> 00:00:41,291 and all you're trying to do is catch up with it. 19 00:00:41,374 --> 00:00:43,293 WOMAN: You all need to use this time to go out there 20 00:00:43,376 --> 00:00:44,586 and look for a job. 21 00:00:44,669 --> 00:00:47,172 Hit it hard. Really pound the pavement. 22 00:00:47,255 --> 00:00:48,882 SHOTGUN: (SINGING) Killa Hill, Killa, Killa Hill 23 00:00:48,965 --> 00:00:50,008 Who got the hype shit? 24 00:00:50,091 --> 00:00:51,301 Damn, son, you murderin' that. 25 00:00:51,384 --> 00:00:53,261 Yo. You hear that? 26 00:00:53,344 --> 00:00:54,804 HAZE: Yeah, the hood is feelin' it. 27 00:00:54,888 --> 00:00:56,014 BOBBY: Shit. 28 00:00:56,097 --> 00:00:57,807 SHA: You think you gonna be a star and all that, 29 00:00:57,891 --> 00:00:59,934 so you out here wastin' your fuckin' time 30 00:01:00,018 --> 00:01:01,853 rhymin' on some Memorex. 31 00:01:01,936 --> 00:01:03,855 The assistant to this manager gave me his number. 32 00:01:03,938 --> 00:01:06,357 Manager? Nigga, whatever. My shit had all the birds chirpin'. 33 00:01:06,441 --> 00:01:08,610 DENNIS: My brothers is always gonna be my brothers. 34 00:01:08,693 --> 00:01:11,529 And all that falling on me, I don't want that for you. 35 00:01:11,613 --> 00:01:14,240 I'm tired of everybody thinking that they know what's best for me. 36 00:01:14,324 --> 00:01:15,366 I know what I want. 37 00:01:17,410 --> 00:01:19,329 Turn that shit off. 38 00:01:19,412 --> 00:01:22,415 Fuck you, you corny-ass, wannabe-bad Uncle Tom. 39 00:01:22,499 --> 00:01:23,708 (TASER CRACKLES) 40 00:01:23,792 --> 00:01:25,251 PERSON 1: Yo! PERSON 2: Yo, yo! 41 00:01:25,335 --> 00:01:27,045 (CROWD SHOUTING) 42 00:01:27,128 --> 00:01:29,172 -He can't breathe! -Yo, let him up! 43 00:01:29,255 --> 00:01:30,715 DIVINE: Say something! 44 00:01:30,799 --> 00:01:31,883 Say something! 45 00:01:31,966 --> 00:01:33,134 Fucking dead. You killed him! 46 00:01:33,218 --> 00:01:34,719 He's not moving! 47 00:01:38,973 --> 00:01:41,392 (TRIUMPHANT ORCHESTRAL MUSIC) 48 00:01:45,897 --> 00:01:47,816 (PANTING) 49 00:01:49,526 --> 00:01:53,196 (SHOUTING AND APPLAUSE) 50 00:01:53,279 --> 00:01:55,532 PERSON: Run! 51 00:01:55,615 --> 00:01:57,367 METHOD MAN: (SINGING) As I walk in the shadow of death 52 00:01:57,450 --> 00:01:59,911 Sixteen men on a dead man's chest 53 00:01:59,994 --> 00:02:01,704 Go, Shotgun! 54 00:02:01,788 --> 00:02:03,998 MAN 1: Go left, go left! 55 00:02:04,082 --> 00:02:05,125 MAN 2: Oh! 56 00:02:05,834 --> 00:02:08,920 Yo, yo! Yo, get over, get over, get over! 57 00:02:09,003 --> 00:02:11,089 MAN 1: Go left, go left! 58 00:02:11,172 --> 00:02:12,590 METHOD: Stat could get down like that 59 00:02:12,674 --> 00:02:14,425 Who want them test rocket launcher, yes 60 00:02:14,509 --> 00:02:15,885 Yeah. 61 00:02:15,969 --> 00:02:18,346 You cleaned your plate, didn't you? 62 00:02:18,429 --> 00:02:20,640 METHOD: Get swung on, can't we all get along? 63 00:02:20,723 --> 00:02:24,102 -Late again, huh? -Man, fuck you. 64 00:02:27,021 --> 00:02:28,857 Maybe you can go home and get some dinner. 65 00:02:28,940 --> 00:02:33,069 You know, instead of freeloadin' off your relatives. 66 00:02:33,153 --> 00:02:35,321 Clean up after yourself. 67 00:02:38,283 --> 00:02:39,534 Mama! 68 00:02:39,617 --> 00:02:41,119 MAN: Hey, put him on his ass! Put him on his ass! 69 00:02:41,202 --> 00:02:43,621 (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) 70 00:02:43,705 --> 00:02:45,415 Hey, hey, hey! 71 00:02:45,498 --> 00:02:47,876 Get off my son! 72 00:02:47,959 --> 00:02:49,335 Stop it! Get off! 73 00:02:52,172 --> 00:02:53,339 (GRUNTS) 74 00:02:57,218 --> 00:02:58,386 METHOD: Two for the black and the blue 75 00:02:58,469 --> 00:02:59,554 One for the sun 76 00:02:59,637 --> 00:03:01,472 Step into millennium 77 00:03:01,556 --> 00:03:02,849 Name of this one is judgment day 78 00:03:02,932 --> 00:03:05,268 No more BS, can't come out and play 79 00:03:05,351 --> 00:03:07,687 Fuck! 80 00:03:07,770 --> 00:03:09,731 Yo! 81 00:03:09,814 --> 00:03:11,900 Yo, ref! Yo, ref, hey! (ARGUES INDISTINCTLY) 82 00:03:11,983 --> 00:03:13,735 You just need to play. Hey, you better calm down. 83 00:03:13,818 --> 00:03:15,653 Yo, I know you seen that shit! What you mean, calm down? 84 00:03:15,737 --> 00:03:17,655 One minute penalty. Go sit down. 85 00:03:17,739 --> 00:03:19,449 That ain't no penalty! 86 00:03:19,532 --> 00:03:20,867 Auntie, you don't understand, he was... 87 00:03:20,950 --> 00:03:22,994 -Get out of my house. -Where am I supposed to go? 88 00:03:23,077 --> 00:03:24,370 AUNT: I don't care. 89 00:03:24,454 --> 00:03:26,456 Get your shit, and get out. 90 00:03:26,539 --> 00:03:27,874 Now. 91 00:03:27,957 --> 00:03:30,043 If you're lucky, maybe your grandma 92 00:03:30,126 --> 00:03:31,502 will take you back. 93 00:03:31,586 --> 00:03:33,671 Yo, that's bullshit, ref! 94 00:03:33,755 --> 00:03:35,256 METHOD: Let the garden grow 95 00:03:35,340 --> 00:03:37,091 And stick that rhyme where the sun don't shine 96 00:03:37,175 --> 00:03:38,426 Darts pierce your heart 97 00:03:38,509 --> 00:03:40,011 Hey, yo, keep your head up, man, we got you. 98 00:03:40,094 --> 00:03:42,472 We know that dude stuck you, Shotgun, fuck that ref. 99 00:03:42,555 --> 00:03:43,806 METHOD: And that's my way 100 00:03:43,890 --> 00:03:45,433 Grim Reaper calling, judgment day 101 00:03:45,516 --> 00:03:46,976 Come on 102 00:03:47,060 --> 00:03:49,896 I said come on 103 00:03:49,979 --> 00:03:51,856 Ten, let the countdown begin 104 00:03:51,940 --> 00:03:53,149 Nine, I was born in the mind 105 00:03:53,233 --> 00:03:55,235 Eight, take the head of a snake 106 00:03:55,318 --> 00:03:56,569 Seven, behold Armageddon 107 00:03:56,653 --> 00:03:57,862 Six, ain't no love for the rich 108 00:03:57,946 --> 00:03:59,364 SHOTGUN: Hey, Grandma. 109 00:03:59,447 --> 00:04:01,324 METHOD: Four, 'cause we live by the sword 110 00:04:01,407 --> 00:04:04,285 Please just give me one more chance. 111 00:04:04,369 --> 00:04:06,829 METHOD: One, for the Sun, step into millennium 112 00:04:06,913 --> 00:04:08,581 As I walk in the shadow of death 113 00:04:08,665 --> 00:04:10,083 (WHISTLE TRILLS) 114 00:04:10,166 --> 00:04:12,710 (GRUNTING) 115 00:04:12,794 --> 00:04:15,129 (WHISTLES TRILLING) 116 00:04:16,464 --> 00:04:17,924 METHOD: Nobody go till the God say so 117 00:04:18,007 --> 00:04:19,801 You got a second or more to run for the door 118 00:04:19,884 --> 00:04:21,928 Before I blow back off the map, contact 119 00:04:22,011 --> 00:04:24,222 You didn't know Stat could get down like that 120 00:04:26,307 --> 00:04:28,184 Mr. Meth, hold the fort, most def 121 00:04:28,268 --> 00:04:29,644 Cats is dead wrong 122 00:04:29,727 --> 00:04:31,854 That was a fucking penalty. 123 00:04:31,938 --> 00:04:33,231 METHOD: Playa 124 00:04:38,736 --> 00:04:42,699 (CROWD CHATTER GROWS) 125 00:04:43,741 --> 00:04:45,743 (THEME MUSIC PLAYING) 126 00:05:44,802 --> 00:05:47,680 (SIREN WAILS DISTANTLY) 127 00:05:54,604 --> 00:05:57,523 (STIRRING MUSIC PLAYING) 128 00:06:11,496 --> 00:06:14,040 Hey. Look who's here. 129 00:06:16,584 --> 00:06:18,795 SHOTGUN: Uncle Anthony. 130 00:06:18,878 --> 00:06:22,924 Man, you must've grown a whole damn f... 131 00:06:23,007 --> 00:06:24,425 a whole foot... 132 00:06:24,509 --> 00:06:25,843 since I last saw you. 133 00:06:26,677 --> 00:06:28,221 What you doing here? 134 00:06:28,304 --> 00:06:29,555 Says he's clean. 135 00:06:29,639 --> 00:06:31,182 It's 'cause it's the truth, Ma. 136 00:06:33,226 --> 00:06:36,729 Anyway, I-I'm out on parole. I can't be messing all that up. 137 00:06:36,813 --> 00:06:38,648 They'll throw away the key on me. 138 00:06:39,899 --> 00:06:42,151 Man, come on, man. 139 00:06:42,235 --> 00:06:44,445 Yeah. (LAUGHS) 140 00:06:48,908 --> 00:06:50,993 It's gonna be different now. 141 00:06:51,077 --> 00:06:52,829 I got my old job back. 142 00:06:52,912 --> 00:06:53,955 You moving here? 143 00:06:54,956 --> 00:06:56,916 -With us? -ANTHONY: Yeah. 144 00:06:56,999 --> 00:06:58,626 What you think about that? 145 00:06:58,709 --> 00:07:02,839 That mean you gonna be paying rent this time, Anthony? 146 00:07:02,922 --> 00:07:04,590 (CHORTLES) 147 00:07:04,674 --> 00:07:06,759 Yeah, Ma. 148 00:07:06,843 --> 00:07:08,386 Something like that. 149 00:07:17,854 --> 00:07:19,522 -Divine. -Yeah? 150 00:07:19,605 --> 00:07:21,190 Why don't you help me out with this rug. 151 00:07:21,274 --> 00:07:22,984 Yeah. 152 00:07:23,067 --> 00:07:25,111 (LOW CHATTER) 153 00:07:26,946 --> 00:07:29,449 Hey, yo, I heard what happened to your boy Haze. 154 00:07:29,532 --> 00:07:32,034 That shit's fucked up. 155 00:07:32,118 --> 00:07:34,454 Cops be buggin' out, son. 156 00:07:44,714 --> 00:07:46,340 SHOTGUN: Hey, yo, Bob. 157 00:07:46,424 --> 00:07:48,384 Hey, yo. Hey, man. 158 00:07:48,468 --> 00:07:50,720 -Yo, you moving? -Just packing up shit for Ohio. 159 00:07:50,803 --> 00:07:51,846 Hey, honey. 160 00:07:51,929 --> 00:07:53,598 You here to help us out? 161 00:07:54,223 --> 00:07:55,975 No, Ma. 162 00:07:56,058 --> 00:07:57,268 His ankle is busted. 163 00:07:57,351 --> 00:07:58,978 Oh. Okay. 164 00:07:59,061 --> 00:08:00,855 Well, help us pack up the kitchen, then, Shotgun. 165 00:08:00,938 --> 00:08:01,981 Thank you. 166 00:08:08,154 --> 00:08:10,072 Shurrie, stop dragging your feet. 167 00:08:10,156 --> 00:08:11,991 Anything left in your room by the time Jerome finished 168 00:08:12,074 --> 00:08:13,743 packing the truck, it ain't coming. 169 00:08:15,453 --> 00:08:16,787 Then I'm staying in my room. 170 00:08:16,871 --> 00:08:18,456 Excuse me, girl, who you think you are? 171 00:08:18,539 --> 00:08:19,832 Are you crazy? 172 00:08:19,916 --> 00:08:21,125 Hey. 173 00:08:22,210 --> 00:08:24,587 Come on, now, little lady, show your mama some respect. 174 00:08:24,670 --> 00:08:26,005 No, leave it. 175 00:08:26,088 --> 00:08:27,381 We got seven hours in the car together 176 00:08:27,465 --> 00:08:29,091 to enjoy her little tantrum. 177 00:08:33,888 --> 00:08:36,265 Come on. Mom said we gotta hurry. 178 00:08:38,351 --> 00:08:40,269 How come you don't want to move so much? 179 00:08:40,353 --> 00:08:41,729 (SIGHS) 180 00:08:43,189 --> 00:08:44,649 I don't know. 181 00:08:44,732 --> 00:08:46,400 Is it 'cause I'm going? 182 00:08:47,985 --> 00:08:49,445 What? 183 00:08:50,821 --> 00:08:52,240 Do you want to stay here 184 00:08:52,323 --> 00:08:55,576 so you don't have to take care of me anymore? 185 00:08:55,660 --> 00:08:57,912 I know you probably get sick of me sometimes. 186 00:09:02,083 --> 00:09:03,751 Come here. 187 00:09:07,797 --> 00:09:09,924 No, okay? 188 00:09:10,007 --> 00:09:12,927 I'm not sick of you. 189 00:09:13,010 --> 00:09:14,679 Don't say things like that. I'm sorry. 190 00:09:14,762 --> 00:09:16,347 Come here. 191 00:09:24,272 --> 00:09:26,440 Hey, Randy? 192 00:09:26,524 --> 00:09:28,859 Can you do me a big favor? 193 00:09:28,943 --> 00:09:30,861 Can you, um, 194 00:09:30,945 --> 00:09:33,364 take this box down to the truck? 195 00:09:33,447 --> 00:09:34,699 Okay. 196 00:09:38,911 --> 00:09:42,164 (HORN HONKING DISTANTLY) 197 00:09:45,793 --> 00:09:48,629 Shurrie, this box too heavy for me. 198 00:09:48,713 --> 00:09:50,673 Can... Oh, can you take it? 199 00:09:52,550 --> 00:09:54,927 Yeah, yeah, I got you, little man. 200 00:10:05,855 --> 00:10:08,441 (LINDA LAUGHS) 201 00:10:32,214 --> 00:10:33,424 You're a real pro at this, huh? 202 00:10:33,507 --> 00:10:34,967 (GROANS) 203 00:10:35,051 --> 00:10:36,552 You move around a lot or something? 204 00:10:36,636 --> 00:10:38,596 Nah. 205 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:40,640 First time out of the joint, I was a mover. 206 00:10:40,723 --> 00:10:42,350 It was the only job I could get, you know? 207 00:10:42,433 --> 00:10:45,227 So I just kept my head down, handled business. 208 00:10:45,311 --> 00:10:47,355 Worked out all right in the end. 209 00:10:47,438 --> 00:10:51,275 Handle yours, it'll work out for you too. 210 00:10:51,359 --> 00:10:53,444 You don't want to end up like your boy Haze. 211 00:10:57,281 --> 00:11:02,119 Matter of fact, I got a... I got a job interview tomorrow. 212 00:11:02,203 --> 00:11:03,996 You know who you meetin' with? 213 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:06,374 Yeah, uh, somebody at this cleaning company 214 00:11:06,457 --> 00:11:07,792 up at the World Trade. 215 00:11:07,875 --> 00:11:11,879 I done a ton of interviews like that when I was fresh out the joint. 216 00:11:11,962 --> 00:11:14,423 Gotta read the person. 217 00:11:14,507 --> 00:11:18,386 'Cause they looking for any excuse not to trust you. 218 00:11:18,469 --> 00:11:21,722 If it's a white woman, appeal to her sympathy. 219 00:11:21,806 --> 00:11:25,017 If it's a white man, you ain't gonna get that, so be "respectful." 220 00:11:25,101 --> 00:11:28,479 If it's a brother, be straight up with him. 221 00:11:28,562 --> 00:11:29,772 Oh. 222 00:11:29,855 --> 00:11:31,982 Pardon me, fellas. 223 00:11:32,066 --> 00:11:34,402 There's a damsel in distress. 224 00:11:35,194 --> 00:11:38,280 Give that to me. Let me get it. 225 00:11:40,616 --> 00:11:43,452 (LOW CHATTER) 226 00:11:45,621 --> 00:11:48,582 Yo, what do you think? 227 00:11:48,666 --> 00:11:50,668 Well, he says he loves her. 228 00:11:50,751 --> 00:11:53,587 And, you know, Randy's getting a chance to be with his dad. 229 00:11:53,671 --> 00:11:54,922 Yeah. 230 00:11:57,007 --> 00:11:58,592 Damn. 231 00:11:58,676 --> 00:12:01,220 Yo, I can't believe this is happening for real. 232 00:12:05,725 --> 00:12:08,144 All right, yo, I'm gonna go piss. 233 00:12:16,610 --> 00:12:19,196 Yo, I-I got this. 234 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:21,866 Damn, son, I been looking all over for this tape. 235 00:12:23,576 --> 00:12:26,120 Hey, you packed the fuck out of this box, nigga. 236 00:12:28,122 --> 00:12:30,833 My uncle told me how to cross-tape. 237 00:12:30,916 --> 00:12:33,753 I didn't want your mother's dishes getting broke. 238 00:12:33,836 --> 00:12:36,881 Jostling on that journey. 239 00:12:36,964 --> 00:12:38,674 She got some nice shit, son. 240 00:12:42,386 --> 00:12:44,346 -Yo, you really out? -BOBBY: No, I just, uh... 241 00:12:44,430 --> 00:12:48,809 My moms, Shurrie, you know, Randy. 242 00:12:48,893 --> 00:12:50,895 Oh, so you staying. 243 00:12:50,978 --> 00:12:51,979 Yeah. 244 00:12:53,439 --> 00:12:56,400 About to have this entire house to myself. 245 00:12:56,484 --> 00:12:59,653 When 'Vine get back, him too, you know. 246 00:12:59,737 --> 00:13:01,280 This 'bout to be the new hang. 247 00:13:01,363 --> 00:13:05,242 Gon' have everything. 248 00:13:05,326 --> 00:13:06,786 That's what's up. 249 00:13:10,581 --> 00:13:13,375 Well, uh, bye, D. 250 00:13:13,459 --> 00:13:15,711 Yeah. Have fun in Ohio. 251 00:13:20,090 --> 00:13:22,510 You better look out for each other. 252 00:13:26,222 --> 00:13:29,975 -You too, Dennis. -Yes, ma'am. 253 00:13:30,059 --> 00:13:32,228 Yeah, Mommy. Yeah, of course. 254 00:13:33,354 --> 00:13:36,190 Yeah, don't you worry. 255 00:13:36,273 --> 00:13:38,776 You're not leaving us alone. We'll look out for each other. 256 00:13:38,859 --> 00:13:40,110 Yeah, and it ain't like 257 00:13:40,194 --> 00:13:42,655 we're not gonna be talkin' to each other or seein' one another. 258 00:13:42,738 --> 00:13:44,198 No, but it's different. 259 00:13:46,116 --> 00:13:47,993 You're men now. 260 00:13:51,121 --> 00:13:52,206 All of you. 261 00:13:55,167 --> 00:13:58,462 Can't just be having parties all the time while I'm gone. 262 00:13:58,546 --> 00:14:01,131 You have to make something of yourself. 263 00:14:02,466 --> 00:14:06,387 You can always make something of yourselves. 264 00:14:09,014 --> 00:14:11,016 No matter what anybody says. 265 00:14:14,019 --> 00:14:15,646 You hear me? 266 00:14:26,282 --> 00:14:27,408 I love you. 267 00:14:35,624 --> 00:14:37,001 All right. 268 00:14:50,598 --> 00:14:53,475 (ENGINE TURNING OVER) 269 00:15:13,287 --> 00:15:16,248 DIVINE: I'm a really hard worker. Always on time. 270 00:15:18,459 --> 00:15:20,544 Hey, and I really need this job. 271 00:15:20,628 --> 00:15:22,171 JANITOR: Yeah, no kidding. 272 00:15:25,132 --> 00:15:27,092 I see you came from the jobs program. 273 00:15:30,095 --> 00:15:31,722 We keep a tight ship over here. 274 00:15:31,805 --> 00:15:35,267 You gotta show up on time, do what you're told. 275 00:15:35,351 --> 00:15:37,895 Always wear your uniform and keep it clean. 276 00:15:40,856 --> 00:15:42,816 This sounds like a great opportunity. 277 00:15:45,027 --> 00:15:47,029 RAPPER: Time to get funky-new-radical hip 278 00:15:47,112 --> 00:15:48,656 As I get to the point 279 00:15:48,739 --> 00:15:50,491 Rock this funky joint 280 00:15:50,574 --> 00:15:52,660 Wait a sec, the teacher's got to check the intellect 281 00:15:52,743 --> 00:15:54,578 Plus I must step in to give you it 282 00:15:54,662 --> 00:15:55,788 But, but give you what? 283 00:15:55,871 --> 00:15:56,997 The P, the R, the T 284 00:15:57,081 --> 00:15:58,916 For often come to teach the top 285 00:15:58,999 --> 00:16:01,251 ROXANNE: Hmm. What you think of this one? 286 00:16:01,335 --> 00:16:04,296 KANE: Yo, that's the color for you, girl. 287 00:16:04,380 --> 00:16:08,509 Hey, what you got for us by way of associate discount? 288 00:16:08,592 --> 00:16:11,178 I only have a client discount, man. 289 00:16:11,261 --> 00:16:12,763 You can talk to Vickie. 290 00:16:12,846 --> 00:16:14,556 I think I see my 2:00 walking in. 291 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:16,475 Take your time. 292 00:16:16,558 --> 00:16:18,978 Yo, that's Big Daddy Kane and Roxanne Shanté? 293 00:16:19,061 --> 00:16:21,981 Mmm-hmm. Come on. 294 00:16:22,064 --> 00:16:24,024 Yo. 295 00:16:24,108 --> 00:16:26,485 Have a seat. 296 00:16:26,568 --> 00:16:28,445 Oh, your office in here too? 297 00:16:28,529 --> 00:16:30,406 The fur business and the music business, 298 00:16:30,489 --> 00:16:32,533 good to be in together. 299 00:16:32,616 --> 00:16:34,368 Help people in both parties. 300 00:16:34,451 --> 00:16:37,538 Stick around, there might be a coat in here for you. 301 00:16:37,621 --> 00:16:38,831 Word? 302 00:16:38,914 --> 00:16:41,417 I really dug the demo you sent me. 303 00:16:41,500 --> 00:16:43,877 Not every day I get a tape labeled "Genius" on it. 304 00:16:43,961 --> 00:16:46,672 Well, you know, name found me. Know what I'm sayin'? 305 00:16:46,755 --> 00:16:48,632 I've been putting in calls about you all over town. 306 00:16:50,634 --> 00:16:52,553 Yo, I really appreciate that. 307 00:16:52,636 --> 00:16:54,680 How about your... your boy on your track? 308 00:16:54,763 --> 00:16:56,140 You said he was your cousin? 309 00:16:56,223 --> 00:16:58,726 Oh, yeah, Bobby. Dynamite. 310 00:17:00,728 --> 00:17:02,771 Just got his demo with me. 311 00:17:03,355 --> 00:17:04,648 Check it out. 312 00:17:06,650 --> 00:17:10,195 No, he's got a... unique sound. 313 00:17:13,657 --> 00:17:16,243 BOBBY: (SINGING) My mind flashed back to an early mood 314 00:17:16,326 --> 00:17:20,330 When I was just a sperm cell in the fallopian tube 315 00:17:20,414 --> 00:17:22,791 In the midst of a state of triple darkness 316 00:17:22,875 --> 00:17:25,794 Going through a struggle so I could exist 317 00:17:33,677 --> 00:17:35,554 (CAR HORN CHIRPING) 318 00:17:38,223 --> 00:17:41,018 -Yo. -Yo, what up, son? 319 00:17:45,147 --> 00:17:47,232 Hey, yo, how'd that job interview go and shit? 320 00:17:47,316 --> 00:17:50,402 A'ight, I guess. 321 00:17:55,532 --> 00:17:58,077 Yo, where Bobby at? 322 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:00,662 I ain't seen him since I left your house. 323 00:18:00,746 --> 00:18:03,290 I wish he'd come soon, though. 324 00:18:03,373 --> 00:18:04,708 But that chess-playin' nigga keep tryin' 325 00:18:04,792 --> 00:18:07,002 to get me to sit down and shit, like... 326 00:18:07,086 --> 00:18:09,880 I don't know that nigga, the fuck? 327 00:18:15,177 --> 00:18:17,846 Hey, yo, you spoke to your family yet? 328 00:18:17,930 --> 00:18:20,808 Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 329 00:18:20,891 --> 00:18:22,017 Cool. 330 00:18:24,478 --> 00:18:26,438 I wonder how they liking it. 331 00:18:26,522 --> 00:18:27,564 Ohio. 332 00:18:32,986 --> 00:18:36,156 So Shurrie, is she, like, finishing high school and shit out there or... 333 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:39,284 -Yo, I'll catch you later. -Hey, yo, what... 334 00:18:49,753 --> 00:18:51,338 BOBBY: Hey, yo. 335 00:18:53,257 --> 00:18:56,343 Hey, man, I just got done talking to my cousin. 336 00:18:56,426 --> 00:18:59,221 He just played my demo for this manager, 337 00:18:59,304 --> 00:19:00,639 and he wants to meet. 338 00:19:04,184 --> 00:19:05,686 That's dope, son. 339 00:19:05,769 --> 00:19:08,730 He gon' sign you for sure. 340 00:19:08,814 --> 00:19:10,399 Hey, yo. 341 00:19:10,482 --> 00:19:11,817 Hey, listen. 342 00:19:11,900 --> 00:19:14,653 He heard your verses too, man. 343 00:19:14,736 --> 00:19:17,197 He wants to meet us both. 344 00:19:17,281 --> 00:19:18,907 Tonight. 345 00:19:27,332 --> 00:19:32,880 Yo, I bet Haze would, uh... Yo, Haze would be excited, yo. 346 00:19:35,465 --> 00:19:37,176 He always believed in you. 347 00:19:39,803 --> 00:19:41,597 It's a big opportunity. 348 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:46,476 He's playing in the championships. 349 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:48,770 It's the first time in his school's history. 350 00:19:48,854 --> 00:19:51,940 It's a big opportunity. 351 00:19:52,024 --> 00:19:57,237 GRANDMA: I, um, I got a call from your mama today. 352 00:19:57,321 --> 00:19:58,697 Oh, really? 353 00:19:58,780 --> 00:20:00,824 She okay? 354 00:20:00,908 --> 00:20:05,370 She's got a place in Staten Island now. 355 00:20:05,454 --> 00:20:08,165 She wants you to come live with her. 356 00:20:08,248 --> 00:20:10,417 SHOTGUN: Oh. 357 00:20:10,500 --> 00:20:14,880 You still got time to pack and catch the train tonight. 358 00:20:14,963 --> 00:20:18,759 Mama, as much as Shotgun wants to be back with her, 359 00:20:18,842 --> 00:20:20,469 I think it's best that he finish up 360 00:20:20,552 --> 00:20:24,014 the lacrosse season and school year here. 361 00:20:24,097 --> 00:20:26,600 He's playing in the championships. 362 00:20:26,683 --> 00:20:28,435 It's the first time in his school's history. 363 00:20:28,518 --> 00:20:30,437 He's playing against all of these white boys. 364 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:32,898 It's a big opportunity. 365 00:20:32,981 --> 00:20:34,358 Fine. 366 00:20:34,441 --> 00:20:38,779 Let's at least give her a call. After dinner. 367 00:20:49,915 --> 00:20:52,584 Almighty God, we thank You for this time together, 368 00:20:52,668 --> 00:20:54,211 and we pray now that You will bless it 369 00:20:54,294 --> 00:20:56,046 to the nourishment of our lives. 370 00:20:56,129 --> 00:20:57,339 In the name of Jesus, we pray. 371 00:21:07,224 --> 00:21:10,018 (QUEEN LATIFAH'S LADIES FIRST PLAYING) 372 00:21:10,102 --> 00:21:11,270 LATIFAH: The ladies will kick it 373 00:21:11,353 --> 00:21:12,896 The rhyme that is wicked 374 00:21:12,980 --> 00:21:14,773 Those that don't know how to be pros get evicted 375 00:21:14,856 --> 00:21:16,275 A woman can bear you, break you, take you 376 00:21:16,358 --> 00:21:17,567 ANDRE: And when I heard that verse 377 00:21:17,651 --> 00:21:19,903 about the sperm that fertilized the egg? 378 00:21:19,987 --> 00:21:22,447 -Whoo! -BOBBY: Wait, wait. Yo, yo. 379 00:21:22,531 --> 00:21:24,116 -Y'all liked that? -ANDRE: Come on. 380 00:21:24,199 --> 00:21:26,743 I never heard a verse like that before in my life! 381 00:21:26,827 --> 00:21:29,454 Shit sure wasn't no biter. 382 00:21:29,538 --> 00:21:31,707 And I was very impressed by your track. 383 00:21:31,790 --> 00:21:33,083 I mean, you could feel the energy 384 00:21:33,166 --> 00:21:35,460 coming through the speakers. 385 00:21:35,544 --> 00:21:37,379 Yo, I appreciate that. 386 00:21:37,462 --> 00:21:39,006 -Yeah. -SHOTGUN: Word. 387 00:21:39,089 --> 00:21:40,382 Gary. 388 00:21:40,465 --> 00:21:43,176 Let me introduce you to Fly Ty. 389 00:21:43,260 --> 00:21:44,428 Look, when I get back, we talk next steps. 390 00:21:44,511 --> 00:21:46,221 We got a showcase here tomorrow night. 391 00:21:46,305 --> 00:21:48,432 Yo, cuz. 392 00:21:48,515 --> 00:21:50,892 Yo. 393 00:21:50,976 --> 00:21:52,144 LATIFAH: But for being with one 394 00:21:52,227 --> 00:21:53,437 'Cause when it's time for loving 395 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:54,855 It's the woman that gets some 396 00:21:54,938 --> 00:21:57,733 Strong, stepping, strutting, moving on 397 00:21:57,816 --> 00:21:59,901 Rhyming, cutting, and not forgetting 398 00:21:59,985 --> 00:22:01,194 We are the ones that give birth 399 00:22:01,278 --> 00:22:02,487 To the new generation of prophets 400 00:22:02,571 --> 00:22:04,448 'Cause it's ladies first 401 00:22:04,531 --> 00:22:07,659 Hey, I could get used to this. 402 00:22:07,743 --> 00:22:08,952 LATIFAH: 'Cause they see a woman 403 00:22:09,036 --> 00:22:10,329 Standing up on her own two 404 00:22:10,412 --> 00:22:12,622 Sloppy slouching is something I won't do 405 00:22:12,706 --> 00:22:14,666 Some think that we can't flow 406 00:22:14,750 --> 00:22:16,585 Stereotypes, they got to go 407 00:22:16,668 --> 00:22:18,420 BOBBY: We almost there. 408 00:22:18,503 --> 00:22:19,796 LATIFAH: With what? With a little touch 409 00:22:29,514 --> 00:22:32,017 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 410 00:22:37,230 --> 00:22:38,815 Yo, Bobby! 411 00:22:41,401 --> 00:22:43,653 Damn, my mom's paged me 12 times, son. 412 00:22:45,781 --> 00:22:47,532 DENNIS: Yo, Bobby, where the fuck you at, son? 413 00:22:47,616 --> 00:22:50,160 (BANGING ON DOOR) 414 00:22:53,580 --> 00:22:54,790 Yo, what's good, nigga? 415 00:22:54,873 --> 00:22:56,291 BOBBY: Shit, man. 416 00:22:56,375 --> 00:22:58,377 Where the fuck you been, son? 417 00:22:58,460 --> 00:23:02,047 You got me fucking taking trips and shit by mys... 418 00:23:10,263 --> 00:23:11,598 Hey, yo, so let me get this straight. 419 00:23:11,681 --> 00:23:13,558 You been hanging out with this Park Hill nigga 420 00:23:13,642 --> 00:23:15,018 instead of puttin' in work with me? 421 00:23:15,102 --> 00:23:18,063 -Hey, yo, what the fuck is up, son? -Hey, yo, listen. 422 00:23:18,146 --> 00:23:20,357 This manager came up to me and Shotgun, a'ight? 423 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:21,817 He wants us to perform at this showcase 424 00:23:21,900 --> 00:23:23,485 for these execs and shit. 425 00:23:23,568 --> 00:23:26,696 So I figured, I prove myself, 426 00:23:26,780 --> 00:23:28,824 I get this manager to sign me, 427 00:23:28,907 --> 00:23:30,659 and then I pass your tape to him like Gary did for me. 428 00:23:30,742 --> 00:23:33,286 All right, Bob, what about the fucking work? 429 00:23:33,370 --> 00:23:36,289 So you get signed, you miss the fucking big time, 430 00:23:36,373 --> 00:23:38,417 'Vine out here picking up trash on Wall Street 431 00:23:38,500 --> 00:23:40,001 instead of selling to these niggas, 432 00:23:40,085 --> 00:23:41,378 and I'm supposed to, what, do the business for myself? 433 00:23:41,461 --> 00:23:42,504 -Nah, man. -Is that it? 434 00:23:42,587 --> 00:23:45,882 -That's not what I'm saying. -What the fuck are you saying? 435 00:23:45,966 --> 00:23:48,677 Hey, yo, the only reason I got this deep in this fucking game 436 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:51,221 is for your family. 437 00:23:51,304 --> 00:23:52,764 Hey, yo, it's two. 438 00:23:53,306 --> 00:23:55,725 Yo, don't forget that. 439 00:23:55,809 --> 00:23:58,603 Yo, all you gotta do is sit tight, D. 440 00:23:58,687 --> 00:24:02,774 Hey, for now. Just for now. 441 00:24:02,858 --> 00:24:04,860 And if I go anywhere, 442 00:24:04,943 --> 00:24:07,571 you comin' with me. 443 00:24:07,654 --> 00:24:09,531 You know that shit. 444 00:24:20,041 --> 00:24:22,669 (DOOR CREAKS OPEN, CLICKS SHUT) 445 00:24:25,797 --> 00:24:27,424 So I talked to my cousin Gary, 446 00:24:27,507 --> 00:24:29,009 he was saying that we gotta have our names 447 00:24:29,092 --> 00:24:30,552 when we meet those guys. 448 00:24:30,635 --> 00:24:32,262 Like we have our shit together. 449 00:24:32,345 --> 00:24:33,346 Know what I'm saying? 450 00:24:33,430 --> 00:24:35,098 He's going by "The Genius." 451 00:24:35,182 --> 00:24:38,351 Shit, I already been flipping between two names, son. 452 00:24:38,435 --> 00:24:42,355 Johnny Blaze and Iron Lung. 453 00:24:42,439 --> 00:24:44,900 And I got this new idea, right? 454 00:24:44,983 --> 00:24:47,152 Hot Nickels. 455 00:24:47,235 --> 00:24:49,821 Word. 456 00:24:49,905 --> 00:24:52,532 I don't know, man. 457 00:24:52,616 --> 00:24:54,576 Nigga Haze used to say that same shit. 458 00:24:57,662 --> 00:24:59,581 Hey, yo. 459 00:24:59,664 --> 00:25:02,834 -'Bout to be good tonight? -Hell, yeah. 460 00:25:02,918 --> 00:25:06,254 What about you, what you gonna go by? 461 00:25:06,338 --> 00:25:10,926 Well, I want to have something with a little force behind it. 462 00:25:11,009 --> 00:25:13,011 You know what I'm sayin'? 463 00:25:13,094 --> 00:25:14,846 Force? 464 00:25:14,930 --> 00:25:17,557 I thought you was gonna go by Bobby Dynamite. 465 00:25:19,935 --> 00:25:21,353 Hey, yo, check this. 466 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:24,856 Rakeem. 467 00:25:27,484 --> 00:25:29,319 Rakeem? What's that? 468 00:25:29,402 --> 00:25:33,240 Yeah. Yo, I heard some Five Percenters talking about it in the park. 469 00:25:33,323 --> 00:25:36,868 When I heard that shit, that...that "Ra," 470 00:25:36,952 --> 00:25:39,371 I thought, damn, that shit is powerful. 471 00:25:39,454 --> 00:25:40,956 Rakeem. 472 00:25:41,039 --> 00:25:42,290 Yo, it's original. 473 00:25:42,374 --> 00:25:43,917 Yo, son, how is that original 474 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:47,712 when you caught it from some Five Percenters in the park? 475 00:25:47,796 --> 00:25:51,258 Nigga, know what I'm saying. 476 00:25:51,341 --> 00:25:53,343 Hurry your crippled ass up, bruh. 477 00:25:53,426 --> 00:25:54,970 Whatever, man. 478 00:25:57,055 --> 00:25:58,848 BOBBY: (RAPPING) R-A-K-E-E-M 479 00:25:58,932 --> 00:26:00,725 Just give me what you got 480 00:26:00,809 --> 00:26:03,436 Uh-huh, yeah, give me what you got 481 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:05,480 Yeah, yeah, taste me, taste me, taste me 482 00:26:05,564 --> 00:26:07,148 Baby, taste me 483 00:26:07,232 --> 00:26:09,776 Swallow it, swallow it down and don't waste me 484 00:26:09,859 --> 00:26:11,778 -Yeah, swallow it down -What I'm talkin' about, son. 485 00:26:11,861 --> 00:26:13,280 Swallow it down 486 00:26:13,363 --> 00:26:15,156 SHOTGUN: Yo, I ain't seen this many white people 487 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:16,700 since I lived in Long Island. 488 00:26:37,178 --> 00:26:39,306 No, no, no, no, no. 489 00:26:39,389 --> 00:26:40,432 Use a rake. 490 00:26:40,515 --> 00:26:43,101 Yeah. See? 491 00:26:43,184 --> 00:26:45,687 A rake won't splash as much water over the edge. 492 00:26:45,770 --> 00:26:47,147 All right? 493 00:26:47,230 --> 00:26:49,566 See, you learn a trade, you'll always have work. 494 00:26:50,233 --> 00:26:53,028 Even after everything I've been through. 495 00:26:53,111 --> 00:26:55,238 Yeah, you done with all of that now. 496 00:26:55,989 --> 00:26:57,073 Right? 497 00:26:57,157 --> 00:26:58,617 I ain't going nowhere. 498 00:27:00,368 --> 00:27:02,370 Better get back to work. 499 00:27:02,454 --> 00:27:05,081 Hey, man. What're you doin'? 500 00:27:06,082 --> 00:27:07,959 I'm just teaching my nephew something. 501 00:27:08,043 --> 00:27:09,919 Yeah, well, teach him somewhere else. 502 00:27:10,003 --> 00:27:11,630 All right? Not on my work site. 503 00:27:11,713 --> 00:27:14,299 -Your work site? -What do you think this is? 504 00:27:14,382 --> 00:27:16,259 -You better chill out. -JERRY: Tony. 505 00:27:20,055 --> 00:27:22,557 ANTHONY: Jerry. What's going on? 506 00:27:22,641 --> 00:27:24,059 You said you had my old job for me. 507 00:27:24,142 --> 00:27:25,935 I said I had a job. 508 00:27:29,314 --> 00:27:31,858 You think that kid knows better than me? 509 00:27:31,941 --> 00:27:33,234 I've been doing construction 510 00:27:33,318 --> 00:27:35,195 longer than he's been breathing. 511 00:27:37,405 --> 00:27:38,782 How many years have I given you? 512 00:27:38,865 --> 00:27:40,784 Yeah, and how many of those years were you clean? 513 00:27:44,663 --> 00:27:46,039 I'm sorry, Tony. 514 00:27:47,624 --> 00:27:49,084 It's the best I can do. 515 00:27:56,174 --> 00:27:58,259 SHOTGUN: Hey, Unc. 516 00:27:58,343 --> 00:28:00,553 BOBBY: Put your motherfuckin' hands together. 517 00:28:00,637 --> 00:28:02,889 Put your motherfuckin' hands together 518 00:28:02,972 --> 00:28:05,058 for my boy, my nigga, 519 00:28:05,141 --> 00:28:09,270 Shotgun! 520 00:28:09,354 --> 00:28:10,814 (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) 521 00:28:10,897 --> 00:28:12,524 Hell, yeah! Hell, yeah! 522 00:28:12,607 --> 00:28:13,942 Let's hear that shit! 523 00:28:14,025 --> 00:28:16,152 Hell, yeah. Hell, yeah. 524 00:28:16,236 --> 00:28:18,196 Yo. Hey. 525 00:28:18,279 --> 00:28:21,116 Kill that shit, nigga. 526 00:28:21,199 --> 00:28:23,034 Yo, New York, what up, what up, what up, what up? 527 00:28:23,118 --> 00:28:24,744 New York, what up? 528 00:28:24,828 --> 00:28:26,371 What up, New York? 529 00:28:26,454 --> 00:28:28,331 Make some motherfucking noise, New York City, what up? 530 00:28:28,415 --> 00:28:29,874 (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) 531 00:28:29,958 --> 00:28:31,584 Yeah. 532 00:28:31,668 --> 00:28:33,920 Yo, hey, yo, DJ, put my shit on, man. 533 00:28:34,003 --> 00:28:36,131 PERSON: Whoo! 534 00:28:36,214 --> 00:28:39,300 (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) 535 00:28:39,384 --> 00:28:40,677 I woke up on the wrong side of the bed 536 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:41,886 Now I'm moody 537 00:28:41,970 --> 00:28:42,971 Brothers trying to fuck me 538 00:28:43,054 --> 00:28:44,639 Must think I'm booty 539 00:28:44,723 --> 00:28:46,850 People causin' static as if I'm trying to have it 540 00:28:46,933 --> 00:28:49,602 But like a .45, I flip, it's automatic 541 00:28:49,686 --> 00:28:52,063 It all dates back to when I was a youngster 542 00:28:52,147 --> 00:28:53,273 Where if you didn't fight back 543 00:28:53,356 --> 00:28:54,816 Then you were called a sucker 544 00:28:54,899 --> 00:28:57,485 Or got played every time you walked up the block 545 00:28:57,569 --> 00:29:00,280 Even little kids would come up and snatch your props 546 00:29:00,363 --> 00:29:02,615 I had to fight to maintain my self-aggression 547 00:29:02,699 --> 00:29:05,493 Stay good with the hands ever since my adolescence 548 00:29:05,577 --> 00:29:07,871 Fought with preachers, even school teachers 549 00:29:07,954 --> 00:29:09,289 Smack you so hard 550 00:29:09,372 --> 00:29:10,623 They can hear it in the bleachers 551 00:29:10,707 --> 00:29:13,752 This buck wild type juvenile delinquent 552 00:29:13,835 --> 00:29:15,962 Problem child type of every day stink kid 553 00:29:16,045 --> 00:29:19,174 That's how it is when Shotgun performs 554 00:29:19,257 --> 00:29:20,967 Yo, B, you're on 555 00:29:27,140 --> 00:29:29,809 (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) 556 00:29:29,893 --> 00:29:31,561 -(WHISTLE TRILLS) -Time! 557 00:29:31,644 --> 00:29:33,521 Yeah! 558 00:29:33,605 --> 00:29:35,690 We want more of that, boy. 559 00:29:37,150 --> 00:29:38,276 Yo, ref. 560 00:29:38,359 --> 00:29:40,779 Yo, don't make it 10 versus 11 out here. 561 00:29:40,862 --> 00:29:42,197 Yeah, you're lucky I don't call personal. 562 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:44,032 Yo, ref! 563 00:29:44,115 --> 00:29:46,618 -What the fuck was that, man? -Uncle Anthony? 564 00:29:46,701 --> 00:29:48,745 ANTHONY: You just gonna let him lead his whole crew? 565 00:29:48,828 --> 00:29:50,205 -Yo, what you doing? -Huh? 566 00:29:50,288 --> 00:29:51,372 Sir, get off the field. 567 00:29:51,456 --> 00:29:53,708 Hey, don't you tell me get off the field, man. 568 00:29:53,792 --> 00:29:56,211 -You get me off the field. -SHOTGUN: Yo, chill, man. 569 00:29:56,294 --> 00:29:57,879 Yo, you on parole, man. 570 00:29:57,962 --> 00:29:59,881 The hell is your uncle on? 571 00:29:59,964 --> 00:30:01,132 He's trying to cheat you. 572 00:30:01,216 --> 00:30:02,884 Yo, Uncle Anthony, please. Stop, man. 573 00:30:02,967 --> 00:30:04,344 (GRUNTS) 574 00:30:04,427 --> 00:30:05,970 Get your uncle off the field. 575 00:30:07,806 --> 00:30:09,140 No. No, no, no. 576 00:30:09,224 --> 00:30:11,226 Please. I'll get him out of here. 577 00:30:13,019 --> 00:30:14,687 (SLURRING) He's trying to cheat you. 578 00:30:14,771 --> 00:30:16,564 Come on, man. Get up. 579 00:30:16,648 --> 00:30:18,399 Come on, man, we gotta go. We gotta go, come on. 580 00:30:18,483 --> 00:30:19,859 -Cheat you. -ISAIAH: Shotgun, man! 581 00:30:19,943 --> 00:30:21,820 Where you going? It's the championship game! 582 00:30:21,903 --> 00:30:24,823 (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) 583 00:30:35,208 --> 00:30:37,210 Hey, yo, you fucking killed it. 584 00:30:44,384 --> 00:30:45,677 (ELECTRICITY POPPING) 585 00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:47,053 Oh. 586 00:30:49,931 --> 00:30:51,599 Oh, shit. 587 00:30:55,854 --> 00:30:57,272 Catch you later, man. 588 00:30:59,107 --> 00:31:00,733 Yo. 589 00:31:00,817 --> 00:31:02,068 Yo, n-n... 590 00:31:02,151 --> 00:31:05,780 (ELEVATOR DINGS) 591 00:31:05,864 --> 00:31:07,824 Fuckin'... 592 00:31:10,076 --> 00:31:12,704 Shit. 593 00:31:35,143 --> 00:31:36,436 PATRICK: Shotgun. 594 00:31:36,519 --> 00:31:38,479 Patrick Nelson. Varsity Records. 595 00:31:38,563 --> 00:31:41,566 That was incredible. You're gonna be a star. 596 00:31:41,649 --> 00:31:42,817 Oh, thanks, man. 597 00:31:42,901 --> 00:31:45,111 I loved the cane bit. 598 00:31:45,194 --> 00:31:47,447 It's like you're a pimp or something. 599 00:31:47,530 --> 00:31:49,908 Nah, I actually need this to walk. 600 00:31:54,537 --> 00:31:56,164 BOBBY: Hey, yo. 601 00:31:56,247 --> 00:31:57,707 What up, baby? 602 00:31:57,790 --> 00:31:59,792 Hey, yo, I was feeling your performance earlier. 603 00:31:59,876 --> 00:32:01,753 -Oh, yeah? Yeah. -Yeah. 604 00:32:01,836 --> 00:32:04,047 Yo, what'd you say your name was again? 605 00:32:04,130 --> 00:32:08,009 It's, uh... it's Rakeem. 606 00:32:08,092 --> 00:32:11,054 Yeah, you don't sound so sure about that. 607 00:32:11,137 --> 00:32:12,388 I'm very sure, baby. 608 00:32:12,472 --> 00:32:14,974 Bobby. Let me borrow you for a minute. 609 00:32:15,058 --> 00:32:16,184 Excuse me. 610 00:32:16,267 --> 00:32:20,813 Yo, I'ma...I'ma holler at you soon, a'ight? 611 00:32:20,897 --> 00:32:22,148 Monica. 612 00:32:22,231 --> 00:32:24,484 Monica Lynch from Tommy Boy Records. 613 00:32:24,567 --> 00:32:27,028 My client, Bobby. 614 00:32:27,111 --> 00:32:28,821 Such a pleasure, Bobby. 615 00:32:28,905 --> 00:32:30,490 Yo, pleasure's all mine. 616 00:32:30,573 --> 00:32:34,160 We'd be very interested in having you come in this week. 617 00:32:34,243 --> 00:32:36,371 I'd love to. 618 00:32:36,454 --> 00:32:38,623 -Andre. -Hey! 619 00:32:38,706 --> 00:32:40,625 -How are you, my friend? -Oh, I'm well, I'm well. 620 00:32:40,708 --> 00:32:42,126 Hey, listen, my son wants to meet your new star. 621 00:32:42,210 --> 00:32:44,337 -Ah. -Steve. 622 00:32:44,420 --> 00:32:48,716 Bobby, Jules and Steve Rifkind from Spring Records. 623 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:49,926 -Hey. -Oh, yeah, man. 624 00:32:50,009 --> 00:32:53,221 Bobby, so good to meet you, man. The performance was awesome. 625 00:32:53,304 --> 00:32:56,933 He keeps telling me I gotta get back into hip-hop. 626 00:32:57,016 --> 00:33:00,103 But I just don't see it going anywhere. 627 00:33:00,186 --> 00:33:01,479 Okay. 628 00:33:01,562 --> 00:33:04,816 I see it going pretty far, Dad, you know, the people love it, so. 629 00:33:04,899 --> 00:33:07,318 Look, I see a lot of potential here. 630 00:33:07,402 --> 00:33:09,362 You're a good-looking kid. We can take you far. 631 00:33:09,445 --> 00:33:11,114 And you can be the next Father MC. 632 00:33:11,197 --> 00:33:12,281 SHOTGUN: Yeah, that's cool, 633 00:33:12,365 --> 00:33:13,992 but that pretty boy rap really ain't me. 634 00:33:14,075 --> 00:33:16,035 PATRICK: Sign with me. Follow my lead. 635 00:33:16,119 --> 00:33:19,122 Don't worry about anything except being a star. 636 00:33:19,205 --> 00:33:21,124 Sounds better than slanging on the corner 637 00:33:21,207 --> 00:33:22,834 and getting locked up, right? 638 00:33:25,294 --> 00:33:27,046 Yo, I ain't no drug dealer. 639 00:33:27,130 --> 00:33:29,215 Yeah. Of course not. 640 00:33:30,591 --> 00:33:32,510 I ain't did no jail time neither. 641 00:33:32,593 --> 00:33:34,178 No prison, no probation. 642 00:33:34,262 --> 00:33:37,348 Definitely no parole. None of that shit. 643 00:33:37,432 --> 00:33:40,935 How the fuck you even gonna say some shit like that to me, man? 644 00:33:41,019 --> 00:33:42,937 Okay, okay, look, I'm just saying. 645 00:33:43,021 --> 00:33:44,188 Yo, get the fuck away from me. 646 00:33:49,652 --> 00:33:51,529 Has your man lost his fucking mind? 647 00:33:54,073 --> 00:33:55,324 GUARD: Hey. 648 00:33:55,408 --> 00:33:56,743 You about to get the fuck out of here, man. 649 00:33:56,826 --> 00:33:59,412 Come on. Come on. 650 00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:12,425 Hey, yo, yo, yo, what's... what's wrong, girl? 651 00:34:12,508 --> 00:34:14,218 No, no, no. Down. 652 00:34:14,302 --> 00:34:15,678 Come here. 653 00:34:19,265 --> 00:34:21,350 Chill. Chill, chill. 654 00:34:29,150 --> 00:34:31,402 Shit, I'm sorry, girl. 655 00:34:31,486 --> 00:34:33,571 I guess I'm the only one who feeds you now, huh? 656 00:34:35,490 --> 00:34:37,075 Down. 657 00:34:40,912 --> 00:34:42,789 (DOOR CLICKS SHUT) 658 00:34:46,709 --> 00:34:47,710 Yo. 659 00:34:53,841 --> 00:34:56,594 Any more of that chicken left? 660 00:34:56,677 --> 00:34:59,055 No, I gave the rest to Sheba. 661 00:34:59,931 --> 00:35:02,642 Yo, I gotta go and pick up some dog food tomorrow. 662 00:35:08,314 --> 00:35:11,859 So how was, uh, how was that new job? 663 00:35:11,943 --> 00:35:14,112 It's a'ight. 664 00:35:18,699 --> 00:35:20,118 So. 665 00:35:22,995 --> 00:35:24,997 You're not working at the park no more? 666 00:35:26,082 --> 00:35:27,416 I've been busy. 667 00:35:27,500 --> 00:35:29,085 DIVINE: I know it's not fun, 668 00:35:29,168 --> 00:35:31,587 selling weed to Wall Street dudes all day, 669 00:35:31,671 --> 00:35:32,964 but that's the hustle. 670 00:35:34,340 --> 00:35:38,010 Life's all about doing shit that you don't want to do. 671 00:35:38,094 --> 00:35:41,848 Now, you know what happens when I don't show up to a job now? 672 00:35:41,931 --> 00:35:43,641 I go back to jail. 673 00:35:43,724 --> 00:35:46,144 Now, you want to end up just another statistic like me? 674 00:35:46,227 --> 00:35:48,813 Yo, you're... You're not another statistic, 'Vine. 675 00:35:48,896 --> 00:35:51,399 But that's what the world sees me as. 676 00:35:51,482 --> 00:35:53,776 Hmm? Now, what did Mommy say? 677 00:35:53,860 --> 00:35:56,487 We have to try and make something of ourselves. 678 00:35:59,574 --> 00:36:01,659 Yo, sometimes, I think you don't understand 679 00:36:01,742 --> 00:36:03,661 how hard it's gonna be out there. 680 00:36:14,088 --> 00:36:16,299 Maybe I protected you too much. 681 00:36:18,801 --> 00:36:21,596 Yo, I wasn't trying to ditch work. 682 00:36:23,472 --> 00:36:25,933 Gary met this manager. 683 00:36:26,017 --> 00:36:28,728 We had this performance at this club in Manhattan, 684 00:36:28,811 --> 00:36:33,482 and yo, 'Vine, I killed it. 685 00:36:35,985 --> 00:36:39,488 This manager thinks I got a real shot at a deal. 686 00:36:39,572 --> 00:36:43,951 I have this meeting soon, and, yo, if it goes well, 687 00:36:44,035 --> 00:36:46,412 maybe I could call Mommy, 688 00:36:46,495 --> 00:36:48,539 and I could tell her 689 00:36:48,623 --> 00:36:51,709 I actually made something of myself. 690 00:36:53,294 --> 00:36:54,837 For real. 691 00:37:02,720 --> 00:37:04,263 (DIVINE SCOFFS) 692 00:37:07,767 --> 00:37:10,269 That's good, man. 693 00:37:10,353 --> 00:37:12,063 That's... 694 00:37:14,023 --> 00:37:15,483 That's great. 695 00:37:19,654 --> 00:37:21,155 Yeah. 696 00:37:28,204 --> 00:37:31,040 Uh, Queen Latifah. 697 00:37:31,123 --> 00:37:32,667 Apache and the rest of the Flavor Unit crew. 698 00:37:32,750 --> 00:37:34,043 Damn, I didn't even know 699 00:37:34,126 --> 00:37:37,171 Apache was a part of the Flavor Unit crew. 700 00:37:37,255 --> 00:37:40,549 You ever thought about, uh, putting them on a record together? 701 00:37:40,633 --> 00:37:42,677 That shit would be crazy. 702 00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:44,220 Do you know how many people are in Flavor Unit? 703 00:37:44,303 --> 00:37:46,013 'Cause I can barely keep track. 704 00:37:46,097 --> 00:37:48,349 Just imagine trying to wrangle all those artists for a record. 705 00:37:48,432 --> 00:37:50,309 It'll be worth it, though. 706 00:37:50,393 --> 00:37:53,938 It'd kinda be like, what, the Avengers. 707 00:37:54,021 --> 00:37:56,983 Yeah, cassettes cost more than comics. 708 00:37:57,066 --> 00:37:58,401 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 709 00:37:58,484 --> 00:38:00,361 -Monica. -MONICA: Oh, Bobby. 710 00:38:00,444 --> 00:38:02,613 This is our CEO, Tom Silverman. 711 00:38:02,697 --> 00:38:04,240 Oh, pleasure. 712 00:38:04,323 --> 00:38:05,825 Pleasure to meet you. Glad we could get you in here. 713 00:38:05,908 --> 00:38:07,410 Thank you, sir, I'm happy to be here. 714 00:38:07,493 --> 00:38:08,577 TOM: Oh, we're glad to have you. 715 00:38:08,661 --> 00:38:10,079 We think you got big star potential. 716 00:38:10,162 --> 00:38:12,248 Want to get you in the studio, right away. 717 00:38:12,331 --> 00:38:13,499 Oh. 718 00:38:13,582 --> 00:38:15,084 -Word? -Mmm-hmm. 719 00:38:15,167 --> 00:38:16,919 Oh, shit! 720 00:38:17,003 --> 00:38:18,421 Yeah. 721 00:38:18,504 --> 00:38:19,880 I'm telling you, I'm sitting there with Monica 722 00:38:19,964 --> 00:38:21,299 and the CEO comes right in. 723 00:38:21,382 --> 00:38:22,842 It was fucking crazy. 724 00:38:22,925 --> 00:38:24,552 It's not a coincidence, my friend. 725 00:38:24,635 --> 00:38:26,178 It's a move. 726 00:38:26,262 --> 00:38:30,141 -They're serious about working with you. -Oh, shit. 727 00:38:30,224 --> 00:38:32,018 I linked with Monica and the exec who wants Gary 728 00:38:32,101 --> 00:38:33,769 over at Cold Chillin'. 729 00:38:33,853 --> 00:38:35,855 I figured I'd book your studio time together. 730 00:38:35,938 --> 00:38:38,316 Hell, yeah. 731 00:38:38,399 --> 00:38:39,608 Yeah, and once we in there back-to-back, 732 00:38:39,692 --> 00:38:41,444 I can get my boys in there too. 733 00:38:41,527 --> 00:38:43,112 ANDRE: Let's keep it small, huh? 734 00:38:43,195 --> 00:38:44,405 I'm not trying to get half of Staten Island 735 00:38:44,488 --> 00:38:45,698 into this session. 736 00:38:45,781 --> 00:38:48,659 Especially not Shotgun. 737 00:38:48,743 --> 00:38:50,745 Wait, what? 738 00:38:50,828 --> 00:38:52,580 I thought... I thought y'all said y'all was 739 00:38:52,663 --> 00:38:53,873 trying to sign him. 740 00:38:53,956 --> 00:38:55,750 I did. Not now. 741 00:38:55,833 --> 00:38:57,585 Can't be acting like that. 742 00:38:59,420 --> 00:39:00,671 Yo, he's just... 743 00:39:00,755 --> 00:39:03,424 he's just going through some shit, man. 744 00:39:03,507 --> 00:39:07,219 I mean, his boy just died. It really messed him up. 745 00:39:07,303 --> 00:39:10,097 -Can't we just take him? -I'm not taking him anywhere. 746 00:39:18,814 --> 00:39:20,358 BOBBY: You talk to Andre? 747 00:39:23,277 --> 00:39:24,403 Yeah. 748 00:39:25,613 --> 00:39:27,406 Shit. 749 00:39:28,616 --> 00:39:30,076 What happened? 750 00:39:32,578 --> 00:39:33,704 I don't know, son. 751 00:39:37,083 --> 00:39:39,001 Shit, man. 752 00:39:39,085 --> 00:39:40,544 For sure, you know you dope. 753 00:39:46,258 --> 00:39:47,760 Go get that cream, son. 754 00:40:04,819 --> 00:40:06,904 GRANDMA: Come on, please! He's been good! 755 00:40:06,987 --> 00:40:08,614 He's been working a job. 756 00:40:08,697 --> 00:40:10,282 He's been checking in with his PO. 757 00:40:10,366 --> 00:40:11,784 Hey, man. 758 00:40:11,867 --> 00:40:13,744 Y'all win that game? 759 00:40:14,286 --> 00:40:15,830 How old is he? 760 00:40:15,913 --> 00:40:18,499 He's living here with a known addict with drugs in the house? 761 00:40:18,582 --> 00:40:20,876 Hey, no, man. No, I didn't do... 762 00:40:23,003 --> 00:40:24,713 Now, I don't know where you found that stuff, man. 763 00:40:24,797 --> 00:40:26,048 I ain't bring any drugs in this house. 764 00:40:26,132 --> 00:40:27,299 OFFICER: Don't you lie to me, all right? 765 00:40:27,383 --> 00:40:29,510 I'll have child services here so fast, your head will spin. 766 00:40:29,593 --> 00:40:31,470 No, no, he's not his son. 767 00:40:31,554 --> 00:40:33,639 He's his nephew, and he's been living with his mother, 768 00:40:33,722 --> 00:40:36,100 in Staten Island! 769 00:40:37,685 --> 00:40:39,520 All right, well, go on home, then. 770 00:40:39,603 --> 00:40:42,148 This is no place for kids. 771 00:40:42,231 --> 00:40:44,150 Yo, where you taking him? 772 00:40:44,233 --> 00:40:46,777 It's okay, man. 773 00:40:46,861 --> 00:40:48,154 You'll see me soon. 774 00:40:48,237 --> 00:40:50,739 OFFICER: Come on. ANTHONY: You'll see me soon. 775 00:40:52,950 --> 00:40:54,535 You'll see me soon. 776 00:40:56,871 --> 00:40:58,414 It's okay. 777 00:40:58,497 --> 00:41:00,499 You'll see me soon. 778 00:41:07,047 --> 00:41:09,216 Tommy Boy signed you to a single deal. 779 00:41:09,300 --> 00:41:10,759 I'm hearing a lot of good stuff from you, man. 780 00:41:10,843 --> 00:41:12,803 But I ain't heard a single yet. 781 00:41:12,887 --> 00:41:15,097 You don't get an album if you don't have a single. 782 00:41:15,181 --> 00:41:16,974 Something that distinguishes you. 783 00:41:17,057 --> 00:41:18,476 It's gotta be catchy. 784 00:41:18,559 --> 00:41:19,935 Yeah. Yeah, I hear you. 785 00:41:20,019 --> 00:41:21,312 I hear you. 786 00:41:21,395 --> 00:41:22,855 How about this? 787 00:41:22,938 --> 00:41:24,690 Everyone loves a James Brown hook. 788 00:41:27,234 --> 00:41:28,277 Yeah. 789 00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:30,446 Everybody runs it ragged. 790 00:41:30,529 --> 00:41:33,407 It's a little too obvious. 791 00:41:36,577 --> 00:41:39,330 (FUNK MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS) 792 00:41:43,209 --> 00:41:44,460 Yo. 793 00:41:44,543 --> 00:41:46,170 Seriously? 794 00:41:46,253 --> 00:41:51,300 Nah, I'm looking for something a little fresh, 795 00:41:51,383 --> 00:41:52,801 a little more soul. 796 00:41:57,389 --> 00:41:58,933 Hey, yo. 797 00:41:59,016 --> 00:42:02,061 Y'all still about to have me meet with them producers? 798 00:42:02,144 --> 00:42:05,147 'Cause you know I be... I be producing my own shit. 799 00:42:07,358 --> 00:42:10,277 Yeah, well, we want you to focus on rapping for now. 800 00:42:10,361 --> 00:42:13,364 I want you taken seriously as a rapper. 801 00:42:13,447 --> 00:42:15,074 And rappers don't produce their own shit. 802 00:42:17,785 --> 00:42:19,245 A'ight. 803 00:42:22,164 --> 00:42:23,541 Hey, yo. Yo, yo, yo. 804 00:42:23,624 --> 00:42:26,168 Let me... let me see this right here. 805 00:42:28,003 --> 00:42:29,713 Yeah. 806 00:42:32,716 --> 00:42:34,343 Yeah, this is it. 807 00:42:36,136 --> 00:42:37,304 Yo. 808 00:42:37,388 --> 00:42:39,848 This... This is the one. 809 00:42:39,932 --> 00:42:41,725 SINGERS: (SINGING) Oh, we love you, Rakeem 810 00:42:41,809 --> 00:42:43,018 BOBBY: Haha 811 00:42:43,102 --> 00:42:44,436 Yeah 812 00:42:44,520 --> 00:42:45,729 Uh 813 00:42:45,813 --> 00:42:47,481 Yeah 814 00:42:47,565 --> 00:42:50,109 -Uh, yeah, uh, yeah -SINGERS: Oh, Rakeem 815 00:42:50,192 --> 00:42:52,861 Time is moving slow, life is a drag 816 00:42:52,945 --> 00:42:55,447 There's money to make and more girls to bag 817 00:42:55,531 --> 00:42:58,284 Fully aware as I step upon the square 818 00:42:58,367 --> 00:43:00,869 Lookin' for what? The cutie in the chair 819 00:43:00,953 --> 00:43:03,497 Flex and I flex on the opposite sex 820 00:43:03,581 --> 00:43:06,125 Hit 'em up quick and switch to the next 821 00:43:06,208 --> 00:43:08,544 It seems I'm a fiend for a sex routine 822 00:43:08,627 --> 00:43:10,087 Love to hear them scream 823 00:43:10,170 --> 00:43:11,880 Ooh, Rakeem 824 00:43:11,964 --> 00:43:14,174 Oh, and my response is, "Oh" 825 00:43:14,258 --> 00:43:16,802 Always satisfy them, you know how I flow 826 00:43:16,885 --> 00:43:19,555 And since I'm not lazy, I'm buck wild and crazy 827 00:43:19,638 --> 00:43:21,056 I eat the bosoms 828 00:43:21,140 --> 00:43:22,141 Oh 829 00:43:24,351 --> 00:43:30,524 DENIECE: Free, free, oh 830 00:43:30,608 --> 00:43:34,528 And I just got to be me, yeah, yeah 831 00:43:37,323 --> 00:43:39,116 Shurrie. 832 00:43:39,199 --> 00:43:40,701 Can you give me a hand in here? 833 00:43:44,330 --> 00:43:49,376 DENIECE: Free, free 834 00:43:49,460 --> 00:43:51,962 Free 835 00:43:52,046 --> 00:43:54,089 I just got to be me 836 00:43:54,173 --> 00:43:57,885 And I just want to 837 00:43:57,968 --> 00:44:02,014 I just want to be me 838 00:44:05,434 --> 00:44:09,188 Free 839 00:44:12,983 --> 00:44:15,110 I just got to be me 840 00:44:15,194 --> 00:44:19,657 I just gotta be me 841 00:44:23,077 --> 00:44:24,286 HIGH GUY: I'm just fuckin' with you. 842 00:44:24,370 --> 00:44:25,663 PERSON: Ugly-ass nigga. 843 00:44:25,746 --> 00:44:28,082 Look at this hockey-playin' motherfucker. 844 00:44:28,165 --> 00:44:30,292 He ain't from no fucking Park Hill. 845 00:44:30,376 --> 00:44:33,045 -Fuck you say? -HAZE: Dumbass. 846 00:44:33,128 --> 00:44:34,296 That's a lacrosse stick. 847 00:44:34,380 --> 00:44:35,381 Don't you know Jim Brown? 848 00:44:35,464 --> 00:44:37,716 He'll fuckin' fuck you up. 849 00:44:37,800 --> 00:44:40,427 Damn, Haze. A'ight, then. 850 00:44:48,602 --> 00:44:49,687 Come on, man. 851 00:44:54,525 --> 00:44:56,527 ELLIS: (SINGING) African descendants 852 00:44:56,610 --> 00:44:59,279 (ALTON ELLIS' AFRICAN DESCENDANTS PLAYING) 853 00:44:59,363 --> 00:45:01,573 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah 854 00:45:01,657 --> 00:45:04,702 African descendants 855 00:45:06,495 --> 00:45:08,288 Must let themselves be known 856 00:45:08,372 --> 00:45:10,040 As the right ones 857 00:45:10,124 --> 00:45:11,542 All right 858 00:45:13,836 --> 00:45:15,546 Must let themselves be known 859 00:45:17,673 --> 00:45:18,882 All right 860 00:45:21,135 --> 00:45:23,095 Must let themselves be known 861 00:45:23,178 --> 00:45:25,806 As Africans, all right 862 00:45:25,889 --> 00:45:26,932 Take it easy, now 863 00:45:27,015 --> 00:45:29,935 Right ones 864 00:45:30,018 --> 00:45:32,104 We are the Africans 865 00:45:34,606 --> 00:45:37,067 African descendants 866 00:45:37,151 --> 00:45:39,778 We are African descendants 867 00:45:39,862 --> 00:45:41,864 Yeah, yeah, yeah 868 00:45:41,947 --> 00:45:43,282 African descendants 869 00:45:43,365 --> 00:45:45,409 Oh 870 00:45:46,910 --> 00:45:48,996 Hey, yo, Shotgun. 871 00:45:49,079 --> 00:45:50,330 Seen this shit, man? 872 00:45:50,414 --> 00:45:51,665 ELLIS: All right 873 00:45:54,168 --> 00:45:55,878 Must let themselves be known 874 00:45:55,961 --> 00:45:58,130 As the right ones 875 00:45:58,213 --> 00:46:00,007 Fuck? 876 00:46:00,090 --> 00:46:02,885 Yo, that's Bobby? 877 00:46:02,968 --> 00:46:05,387 It's not really him, is it? 878 00:46:05,471 --> 00:46:07,181 ELLIS: Africans 879 00:46:07,264 --> 00:46:09,057 Africans 880 00:46:09,141 --> 00:46:11,143 SHOTGUN: It's crazy. 881 00:46:13,228 --> 00:46:16,106 (DENIECE WILLIAMS' FREE PLAYING) 882 00:46:22,070 --> 00:46:26,617 DENIECE: And I just got to be me 883 00:46:26,700 --> 00:46:28,118 Free 884 00:46:29,661 --> 00:46:35,042 Free 885 00:46:35,125 --> 00:46:40,881 Whispering in his ear 886 00:46:40,964 --> 00:46:45,969 My magic potion for love 887 00:46:46,053 --> 00:46:51,308 Telling him I'm sincere 888 00:46:51,391 --> 00:46:55,020 And that there's nothing too good for us 889 00:46:55,103 --> 00:46:59,399 But I want to be free 890 00:46:59,483 --> 00:47:05,948 Free, free 891 00:47:06,031 --> 00:47:10,619 And I just got to be me, yeah 892 00:47:10,702 --> 00:47:17,084 Free, free 893 00:47:19,002 --> 00:47:24,591 Teasing hands on his mind 894 00:47:24,675 --> 00:47:29,805 Give our night such mystery 895 00:47:29,888 --> 00:47:35,727 Happiness all the time