1 00:00:02,210 --> 00:00:03,712 BOBBY: Mic check, one-two. 2 00:00:03,795 --> 00:00:05,338 Mic check, one-two. 3 00:00:06,589 --> 00:00:08,133 Yo, I can't even hear myself, man. 4 00:00:08,508 --> 00:00:09,676 Yo, what the fuck? 5 00:00:09,759 --> 00:00:12,470 My name is Rakeem, not "Rakim"! 6 00:00:12,554 --> 00:00:15,390 GARY: Do you know what your name means? R is for rule. 7 00:00:15,682 --> 00:00:18,143 To rule is in the nature of the black man. 8 00:00:18,226 --> 00:00:21,062 Rules are given to those who are living a righteous way of life. 9 00:00:21,146 --> 00:00:23,690 Once you gain knowledge, it's gon' wipe away that fear in you. 10 00:00:23,773 --> 00:00:25,775 You want the Lessons? This shit is real. 11 00:00:26,109 --> 00:00:28,820 DIVINE: I'm a really hard worker, okay? And I really need this job. 12 00:00:28,903 --> 00:00:30,196 JANITOR: We keep a tight ship over here. 13 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:32,907 You gotta show up on time, do what you're told. 14 00:00:33,241 --> 00:00:35,618 Always wear your uniform and keep it clean. 15 00:00:35,702 --> 00:00:37,203 This sounds like a great opportunity. 16 00:00:37,287 --> 00:00:39,039 -(ELECTRICITY SPARKING) -Oh, fuck. 17 00:00:39,122 --> 00:00:40,874 This is where you should be putting your work into. 18 00:00:40,957 --> 00:00:43,293 Ain't making no bread off no music, son. 19 00:00:43,376 --> 00:00:45,879 Shit's just a hobby we picked up in the lobby, you know what I mean? 20 00:00:45,962 --> 00:00:47,964 We got a gang of MCs in here tonight 21 00:00:48,048 --> 00:00:51,051 from all over the island competing for $5,000, 22 00:00:51,926 --> 00:00:53,928 courtesy of my man Cressy. 23 00:00:54,054 --> 00:00:55,096 You shoulda signed up. 24 00:00:55,180 --> 00:00:56,890 Illest flows in Staten Island. 25 00:00:56,973 --> 00:00:58,683 Yeah, that's what you think, son. 26 00:00:58,767 --> 00:01:00,101 I'm not leaving us alone. 27 00:01:00,185 --> 00:01:01,186 We'll look out for each other. 28 00:01:01,269 --> 00:01:03,104 But it's different. You men now. 29 00:01:03,188 --> 00:01:04,647 You have to make something of yourself. 30 00:01:05,273 --> 00:01:07,734 MONICA: You have style that's not like any other artist 31 00:01:07,817 --> 00:01:08,985 that we have on our roster, 32 00:01:09,069 --> 00:01:10,737 and I think that this video is gonna showcase that. 33 00:01:10,820 --> 00:01:12,447 You're gonna love it, all right? I promise. 34 00:01:12,530 --> 00:01:13,531 (BOTH LAUGHING) 35 00:01:13,615 --> 00:01:15,116 I see you got your groupies and shit, huh? 36 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:16,701 SHA: Who the fuck... What the fuck you just said, son? 37 00:01:16,785 --> 00:01:18,953 You heard what the fuck I said, bum-ass motherfucker. 38 00:01:19,037 --> 00:01:20,497 What up? Jump, nigga. 39 00:01:20,580 --> 00:01:23,124 You here all buddy-buddy with these Park Hill niggas 40 00:01:23,208 --> 00:01:24,375 like ain't shit happen. 41 00:01:24,459 --> 00:01:27,212 Them niggas still gotta answer for what they did, 42 00:01:27,462 --> 00:01:28,838 Prince Rakeem. 43 00:01:31,424 --> 00:01:34,177 You know what? I spoke to Monica and Tom at the label. 44 00:01:35,303 --> 00:01:37,388 The single, it's not moving like they hoped it would. 45 00:01:37,472 --> 00:01:39,682 There's not gonna be an album. It's over. 46 00:01:40,225 --> 00:01:41,226 They're dropping you. 47 00:01:43,269 --> 00:01:46,314 -(INDISTINCT OVERLAPPING SHOUTING) -(BUZZER BLARES) 48 00:01:52,445 --> 00:01:54,447 (SHOUTING CONTINUES) 49 00:01:54,531 --> 00:01:56,157 INMATE: You're just a bitch! 50 00:02:00,286 --> 00:02:01,454 (BANGING ON METAL) 51 00:02:02,122 --> 00:02:03,123 (BUZZER BLARES) 52 00:02:03,206 --> 00:02:04,707 (DOOR CLANGS) 53 00:02:05,083 --> 00:02:07,001 (VOICES QUIETEN) 54 00:02:08,253 --> 00:02:10,588 (FUNKY HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING) 55 00:02:44,914 --> 00:02:46,082 -(KNOCKS) -(MUSIC STOPS) 56 00:02:47,500 --> 00:02:50,128 -Yo, what up, Attila? -(DOOR CLICKS OPEN) 57 00:02:53,298 --> 00:02:54,424 Oh. 58 00:02:55,133 --> 00:02:56,843 (SEAT SQUEAKS) 59 00:02:59,554 --> 00:03:01,890 You actually got bigger in there. 60 00:03:10,815 --> 00:03:12,025 (ENGINE TURNS OVER) 61 00:03:14,819 --> 00:03:16,070 RAPPER OVER RADIO: Back it up, back it up 62 00:03:16,154 --> 00:03:18,198 Hey, yo, you're playing me close So back up off 63 00:03:18,489 --> 00:03:19,782 Hey, yo, you're playing me close... 64 00:03:19,866 --> 00:03:22,869 They tore down the field. Put in a new Blockbuster Video. 65 00:03:23,453 --> 00:03:24,996 You see any good movies while you was in there? 66 00:03:27,248 --> 00:03:28,541 RJ: New York's home for hip-hop and RandB. 67 00:03:28,625 --> 00:03:29,626 Cool, cool. 68 00:03:31,461 --> 00:03:33,880 (BOBBY SINGING OVER RADIO) I got too many ladies 69 00:03:34,464 --> 00:03:36,132 Remember Divine? Diggs? 70 00:03:36,216 --> 00:03:37,884 I got to learn to say no 71 00:03:37,967 --> 00:03:40,595 This his little brother, go by Prince Rakeem. 72 00:03:41,721 --> 00:03:44,098 Saw his video on The Box. Kinda catchy. 73 00:03:44,724 --> 00:03:45,850 -(DIAL CLICKS) -(MUSIC STOPS) 74 00:03:47,852 --> 00:03:48,937 Cool, cool. 75 00:03:51,022 --> 00:03:52,023 Divine got locked up. 76 00:03:53,358 --> 00:03:55,735 Yeah, man, fucked up the whole game in Stapleton. 77 00:03:56,694 --> 00:03:58,655 (SCOFFS) Gotta go to Park Hill just to get decent shit. 78 00:03:59,697 --> 00:04:00,740 Crazy. 79 00:04:22,845 --> 00:04:24,013 You bring my shit? 80 00:04:25,556 --> 00:04:26,766 Cleaned it this morning. 81 00:04:30,979 --> 00:04:31,980 (GUN CLICKS) 82 00:04:34,482 --> 00:04:35,566 Something wrong? 83 00:04:39,153 --> 00:04:42,031 The whole time I was locked up, 84 00:04:43,574 --> 00:04:47,954 you didn't put a single cent on my commissary. 85 00:04:50,623 --> 00:04:52,625 I thought me and you had an understanding. 86 00:04:52,709 --> 00:04:53,918 (HESITATES) 87 00:04:55,336 --> 00:04:57,213 Attila, we... We do got an understanding. I was... 88 00:04:57,297 --> 00:04:59,549 -(THUDS) -(GROANS) 89 00:05:00,550 --> 00:05:01,634 (GUN COCKS) 90 00:05:02,927 --> 00:05:04,220 Oh, shit. 91 00:05:10,935 --> 00:05:12,312 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 92 00:05:13,646 --> 00:05:15,898 MAN 1: Oh, yo, yo! Attila! 93 00:05:15,982 --> 00:05:17,817 -MAN 2: Attila's out! -WOMAN: Attila is out! 94 00:05:18,860 --> 00:05:20,153 MAN 3: Attila! 95 00:05:20,236 --> 00:05:21,571 (PEOPLE SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY) 96 00:05:22,739 --> 00:05:24,240 (GUNSHOTS) 97 00:05:24,324 --> 00:05:25,408 MAN 5: Shit! 98 00:05:28,870 --> 00:05:30,038 (THEME MUSIC PLAYING) 99 00:06:30,139 --> 00:06:32,433 All right, well, let's get him down here as soon as we can. 100 00:06:32,517 --> 00:06:34,227 I mean... You know what'd be... 101 00:06:35,645 --> 00:06:37,146 I'll call you back, all right? 102 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:49,617 -It's the worst part of the job. -(BOBBY SIGHS) 103 00:06:51,077 --> 00:06:52,120 It's, uh... 104 00:06:52,745 --> 00:06:54,622 It's show business, right? 105 00:06:55,748 --> 00:06:56,916 Not show friends. 106 00:06:57,542 --> 00:07:00,044 -It wasn't my decision. -I just don't understand, Monica. 107 00:07:00,628 --> 00:07:02,964 I mean, I...I did everything you guys asked me to do. 108 00:07:03,047 --> 00:07:04,340 I revamped my image. 109 00:07:04,924 --> 00:07:07,760 I did that poppy song, that cheesy music video. 110 00:07:07,844 --> 00:07:10,012 Hell, I even wore that damn top hat. 111 00:07:10,096 --> 00:07:13,641 Okay, our marketing strategy may have been a mistake. 112 00:07:14,851 --> 00:07:17,103 I did things your way. Now try mine. 113 00:07:17,603 --> 00:07:20,231 -MONICA: The single didn't pop. -Yo, fuck the single, Monica. 114 00:07:20,314 --> 00:07:23,818 (SIGHS) I Love You Rakeem was a test balloon. 115 00:07:23,901 --> 00:07:26,112 It's a way for the label to justify making more songs. 116 00:07:26,195 --> 00:07:31,159 I have other songs, better songs, I mean, shit you ain't even heard yet. 117 00:07:31,242 --> 00:07:33,077 All right, look, between you and me, 118 00:07:33,828 --> 00:07:35,830 there's talk about a larger company acquiring us, 119 00:07:35,913 --> 00:07:39,041 and Tommy just... He wants to change course, all right? 120 00:07:39,125 --> 00:07:42,003 So, instead of pouring money into launching solo artists, 121 00:07:42,086 --> 00:07:43,963 they're looking to sign groups. 122 00:07:44,630 --> 00:07:45,715 Well, that's good. 123 00:07:46,757 --> 00:07:50,720 Yeah, that's... That's good because I actually... 124 00:07:51,846 --> 00:07:53,097 I have my own group. 125 00:07:54,390 --> 00:07:55,391 All right? 126 00:07:56,350 --> 00:07:58,519 -Wu-Tang? -BOBBY: Wu-Tang Clan. 127 00:07:59,020 --> 00:08:01,981 It's myself, my boys Dennis and Shotgun, 128 00:08:02,482 --> 00:08:04,150 and my cousin Ason. 129 00:08:04,525 --> 00:08:06,611 -Wait, isn't he a backup dancer? -Yeah, but he raps, too. 130 00:08:07,028 --> 00:08:10,281 Yo, yo, maybe we even get my... My boy Gary to sign on. 131 00:08:10,573 --> 00:08:12,992 Yo, I'm sure that he'd love to hop on this with us, man. It's... 132 00:08:13,075 --> 00:08:15,203 Gary is signed to another label. 133 00:08:15,870 --> 00:08:17,872 Okay? That's just not how the system works. 134 00:08:19,790 --> 00:08:20,833 Look... (SIGHS) 135 00:08:21,042 --> 00:08:23,336 I know this is the end of the road for you here at Tommy Boy, 136 00:08:23,419 --> 00:08:25,796 but I am sure that Andre has a plan for you. 137 00:08:27,340 --> 00:08:30,092 All right? Let me walk you out. 138 00:08:31,469 --> 00:08:32,637 (SCOFFS) 139 00:08:33,513 --> 00:08:35,306 (CLICKS TONGUE) Yeah. 140 00:08:35,389 --> 00:08:36,849 (MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING) 141 00:08:38,392 --> 00:08:39,435 Fine. 142 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:52,615 (TAPES CLATTERING) 143 00:08:57,912 --> 00:08:59,539 DARIUS: That's the evil lady, right? 144 00:09:00,039 --> 00:09:01,832 DENNIS: Nah, man, that's bald-headed nigga's sister. 145 00:09:01,916 --> 00:09:03,000 Hey, yo, pay attention. 146 00:09:03,084 --> 00:09:04,710 Chou Fong-Wu, you're guilty of murdering your master. 147 00:09:04,794 --> 00:09:05,836 He had no choice! 148 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:07,338 DENNIS: Hey, yo, these two right here, they in love. 149 00:09:07,421 --> 00:09:10,967 He's banging his best friend's sister? That's real fucked up. 150 00:09:11,509 --> 00:09:13,511 No wonder why you love this flick so much. 151 00:09:13,594 --> 00:09:15,221 Yo, shut up and watch the damn movie. 152 00:09:15,304 --> 00:09:17,056 -YEN LAN: He didn't kill his master! -LEE: Who are you? 153 00:09:17,515 --> 00:09:19,517 -I'm Yen Lan of the Shaolin. -The Shaolin? 154 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:23,229 DENNIS: Shaolin and Wu-Tang got beef that goes back hundreds of years. 155 00:09:24,063 --> 00:09:26,482 -(DARREN GRUNTING) Mmm-mmm. -Nah, bro, that's a wig. 156 00:09:27,233 --> 00:09:29,318 -Who the fuck are they? -DENNIS: Qing soldiers. 157 00:09:29,735 --> 00:09:31,821 DARIUS: Oh, she got fucked up. 158 00:09:32,238 --> 00:09:33,573 Rewind that shit. 159 00:09:34,699 --> 00:09:36,242 YEN LAN: Take care... 160 00:09:36,325 --> 00:09:38,035 (WHIMPERING) 161 00:09:38,119 --> 00:09:39,370 (BOTH LAUGHING) 162 00:09:40,913 --> 00:09:42,790 Hey, yo, y'all think this shit is funny? 163 00:09:43,416 --> 00:09:45,459 Seconds ago, she was whupping that dude's ass. 164 00:09:45,543 --> 00:09:48,170 Now she just dying in her man's arms. 165 00:09:48,963 --> 00:09:50,881 Could you imagine losing someone like that? 166 00:09:53,426 --> 00:09:55,720 (BOTH LAUGHING) 167 00:09:56,387 --> 00:09:59,807 Boo-hoo-hoo. Go cry to Shurrie. (LAUGHS) 168 00:09:59,890 --> 00:10:00,933 (TUTS) 169 00:10:04,729 --> 00:10:07,773 (STAMMERING) Wu-Tang Clan ain't nothing to fuck with. 170 00:10:07,857 --> 00:10:09,150 (LAUGHS) 171 00:10:09,233 --> 00:10:12,069 -(TAPE REWINDING) -(ARROWS WHIZZING) 172 00:10:12,153 --> 00:10:13,195 YEN LAN: Careful! 173 00:10:13,279 --> 00:10:14,780 (BOTH LAUGH) 174 00:10:14,864 --> 00:10:17,950 -(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS) -PHOTOGRAPHER: Higher. Higher. 175 00:10:18,701 --> 00:10:19,785 Too high. 176 00:10:20,578 --> 00:10:21,704 (HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS) 177 00:10:21,787 --> 00:10:23,205 -And look at me. -ANDRE: Yes, yes. 178 00:10:23,831 --> 00:10:24,957 Very good, Gary. 179 00:10:25,875 --> 00:10:27,126 PHOTOGRAPHER: Right there. 180 00:10:30,004 --> 00:10:33,424 That wack-ass robe is still better than that fucking top hat y'all had me in. 181 00:10:33,507 --> 00:10:35,134 -(ANDRE LAUGHS) -PHOTOGRAPHER: Good. 182 00:10:35,217 --> 00:10:36,802 Can't blame it all on the video. 183 00:10:38,596 --> 00:10:40,264 Tommy Boy just wasn't the right fit. 184 00:10:43,559 --> 00:10:44,644 What about Def Jam? 185 00:10:45,978 --> 00:10:47,146 Maybe even Wild Pitch. 186 00:10:47,980 --> 00:10:49,357 Uh, you don't fit there either. 187 00:10:50,858 --> 00:10:52,860 -All right, so, what's the plan? -(ANDRE SCOFFS) 188 00:10:54,570 --> 00:10:56,113 You might wanna accept the fact 189 00:10:56,197 --> 00:10:58,741 that you're not gonna make it as a recording artist. 190 00:10:59,825 --> 00:11:01,035 PHOTOGRAPHER: More. 191 00:11:01,494 --> 00:11:02,536 Okay. 192 00:11:03,037 --> 00:11:04,622 And if not as an artist, then... 193 00:11:05,915 --> 00:11:07,083 Maybe a producer? 194 00:11:08,542 --> 00:11:11,003 You know, I got... I got a shitload of beats 195 00:11:11,712 --> 00:11:13,047 just sitting in my room right now. 196 00:11:13,130 --> 00:11:16,967 You mean those dusty snare drums with Bruce Lee noises? 197 00:11:19,595 --> 00:11:20,680 -No. -Yo, what the fuck, 'Dre? 198 00:11:20,763 --> 00:11:23,140 Yo, wrap that shit up. 199 00:11:25,184 --> 00:11:26,310 So, what are we gonna do? 200 00:11:26,560 --> 00:11:29,438 Look, I don't know what you're gonna do, but I gotta get back to work. 201 00:11:29,855 --> 00:11:31,440 Hey, are you... 202 00:11:32,817 --> 00:11:33,984 Are you dropping me? 203 00:11:34,902 --> 00:11:36,654 Look, you had your shot. You missed. 204 00:11:38,406 --> 00:11:40,408 Did more than most other guys would have. 205 00:11:41,534 --> 00:11:43,661 But now I gotta focus on my other clients... 206 00:11:44,453 --> 00:11:46,706 -Like your cousin. -Okay, okay. 207 00:11:47,415 --> 00:11:49,458 So, it's... It's like that. 208 00:11:51,210 --> 00:11:54,130 Hey, I... I still love you, Rakeem. 209 00:11:54,213 --> 00:11:55,506 -(CLICKS TONGUE) -(SCOFFS) 210 00:11:56,924 --> 00:11:57,925 Hey, 'Dre. 211 00:11:58,926 --> 00:12:00,136 We better settle up, then. 212 00:12:00,761 --> 00:12:01,804 Right? 213 00:12:02,471 --> 00:12:04,932 Wait, uh, after the video shoots, 214 00:12:05,766 --> 00:12:08,561 recoup costs, commissions, 215 00:12:09,478 --> 00:12:10,604 studio fees... 216 00:12:11,147 --> 00:12:13,899 Shit, I mean, technically, you owe me. 217 00:12:16,193 --> 00:12:17,737 But I'm a fair guy, so, you know, 218 00:12:18,696 --> 00:12:19,947 I'll waive all my fees. 219 00:12:27,997 --> 00:12:29,498 (DOG BARKING) 220 00:12:37,339 --> 00:12:38,758 What's good, big man? What you need? 221 00:13:05,117 --> 00:13:07,953 (GUNSHOTS) 222 00:13:30,643 --> 00:13:31,644 (MAN 1 GRUNTS) 223 00:13:32,311 --> 00:13:33,395 (MAN 2 GRUNTS) 224 00:13:37,566 --> 00:13:39,485 The mystery God doesn't exist. 225 00:13:40,319 --> 00:13:43,197 You don't need to search outside yourself to find that mystery God... 226 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:44,323 (PAGER RINGING) 227 00:13:44,406 --> 00:13:47,576 ...because you are God, brother, and the search is within. 228 00:13:48,369 --> 00:13:49,954 -Ask yourself... -Hey, yo, 'Vine! 229 00:13:50,037 --> 00:13:51,038 FIVE PERCENTER: And solve the mystery. 230 00:13:51,121 --> 00:13:52,331 DENNIS: Hey, yo, 'Vine! 231 00:13:55,543 --> 00:13:57,044 Do you have knowledge of self? 232 00:13:57,127 --> 00:13:59,088 DENNIS: Do you have knowledge of self, nigga? 233 00:13:59,171 --> 00:14:01,048 Fuck. Get the fuck up out of here with all that shit. 234 00:14:01,131 --> 00:14:02,132 FIVE PERCENTER: So sad. 235 00:14:02,591 --> 00:14:05,344 Try to give the brother some knowledge that he's not ready to receive. 236 00:14:05,761 --> 00:14:09,640 Hopefully one day, he will be, as we all shall on our journey. 237 00:14:12,351 --> 00:14:13,477 'Sup, D-Lover? 238 00:14:14,687 --> 00:14:15,729 Keep the change. 239 00:14:20,317 --> 00:14:21,360 That watch gold? 240 00:14:22,236 --> 00:14:23,362 Twenty-four karat. 241 00:14:25,155 --> 00:14:26,740 -That shit is nice. -Thanks, man. 242 00:14:29,827 --> 00:14:31,579 (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) 243 00:14:31,662 --> 00:14:32,746 Give me that shit. 244 00:14:33,956 --> 00:14:35,416 But, D-Lover, we're boys. 245 00:14:35,499 --> 00:14:36,959 -Give me that fucking shit. -Hey, whoa. 246 00:14:37,042 --> 00:14:39,253 -Do what the fuck I say. -All right, easy, easy. 247 00:14:41,005 --> 00:14:43,132 Hurry up. Give me the glasses, too. 248 00:14:43,215 --> 00:14:45,050 -For real? -Give me the fucking glasses. 249 00:14:47,177 --> 00:14:48,596 My name ain't D-Lover to you. 250 00:15:38,979 --> 00:15:40,689 -So, he became a monk? -Yo, be quiet, son. 251 00:15:40,773 --> 00:15:42,399 You gon' make me miss the best part. Wait. 252 00:15:43,025 --> 00:15:46,236 Hey, yo, he all fucked up trying to get over his sister's death. 253 00:15:46,737 --> 00:15:50,032 DARIUS: She should've learned how to dodge some fucking arrows. 254 00:15:50,115 --> 00:15:51,200 DENNIS: Yo, shh. 255 00:15:51,283 --> 00:15:54,703 Hey, shit, soon as this motherfucker finish training, 256 00:15:54,870 --> 00:15:56,830 he gon' be unstoppable, know what I mean? 257 00:15:57,331 --> 00:15:58,457 You never practice. 258 00:15:59,083 --> 00:16:01,043 You always act as if it's for real. 259 00:16:01,126 --> 00:16:02,294 You never practice. 260 00:16:03,128 --> 00:16:05,297 You always act as if it's for real. 261 00:16:07,758 --> 00:16:09,051 Spit that shit again. 262 00:16:11,679 --> 00:16:12,680 (VCR CLICKS) 263 00:16:13,931 --> 00:16:17,559 Yo, the Shaolin Kang fist is the most powerful style 264 00:16:17,643 --> 00:16:19,770 It's as powerful as it can get 265 00:16:19,853 --> 00:16:22,272 Until you master the Wu-Tang sword style 266 00:16:22,356 --> 00:16:24,858 Brother, you ain't seen nothing yet 267 00:16:25,401 --> 00:16:27,027 That's dope. 268 00:16:27,695 --> 00:16:29,530 You should write that shit down. 269 00:16:29,613 --> 00:16:32,533 Put that kung fu shit in a song or something. 270 00:16:32,616 --> 00:16:34,410 Yeah, Bobby already tried that shit. 271 00:16:34,493 --> 00:16:36,203 Then you know that's a good idea. 272 00:16:41,333 --> 00:16:43,752 What's the real reason you two don't make music no more? 273 00:16:44,378 --> 00:16:45,671 Are you mad at him? 274 00:16:47,715 --> 00:16:50,009 (LINDA SINGING) He's got the whole world 275 00:16:51,010 --> 00:16:52,428 In his hands 276 00:16:53,470 --> 00:16:55,848 He's got the whole wide world 277 00:16:56,348 --> 00:16:57,808 In his hands 278 00:16:59,268 --> 00:17:00,519 Ha-ha. 279 00:17:01,854 --> 00:17:03,272 Feels good to get your hands dirty. 280 00:17:03,355 --> 00:17:04,398 Mmm-hmm. 281 00:17:05,441 --> 00:17:07,026 Mama, since when do you garden? 282 00:17:07,443 --> 00:17:09,695 -Since we got one. -(BOTH LAUGH) 283 00:17:11,822 --> 00:17:13,532 -Mmm? -Oh, I have homework. 284 00:17:13,615 --> 00:17:16,493 Well, technically this is "home work." 285 00:17:16,952 --> 00:17:17,995 Mmm-hmm. 286 00:17:19,955 --> 00:17:21,123 I'll get dinner started. 287 00:17:24,793 --> 00:17:26,462 -Thank you, baby. -Mmm-hmm. 288 00:17:26,545 --> 00:17:28,005 (VACUUM WHIRRING) 289 00:17:44,438 --> 00:17:45,564 (SIGHS) 290 00:17:49,276 --> 00:17:52,529 BANKER: Twenty-five million in one day is pretty good, if you ask me. 291 00:17:52,613 --> 00:17:54,907 Oh, screw Ernie, that gullible prick. 292 00:17:54,990 --> 00:17:58,118 (SIGHS) Bulls and bears make the money while the pigs get slaughtered. 293 00:17:58,202 --> 00:18:01,038 Yeah, see, that's the difference between professionals and amateurs. 294 00:18:01,622 --> 00:18:05,417 Pros look for what's wrong with the system while amateurs assume that it's right 295 00:18:05,501 --> 00:18:07,294 -and go along with it. -(BUTTON CLICKS) 296 00:18:07,878 --> 00:18:09,004 Yeah. 297 00:18:11,715 --> 00:18:12,883 Twenty-five fucking million. 298 00:18:13,967 --> 00:18:15,260 (SCOFFS) 299 00:18:15,344 --> 00:18:18,680 I got too many ladies 300 00:18:19,306 --> 00:18:21,975 I got to learn to say no 301 00:18:22,059 --> 00:18:24,353 Wow, Rakeem 302 00:18:24,436 --> 00:18:26,939 But then my ego gets into the way 303 00:18:27,022 --> 00:18:29,608 And always says something that I'll never say 304 00:18:29,691 --> 00:18:32,236 I'd just bag 'em, keep 'em under my wing 305 00:18:32,319 --> 00:18:34,655 Put 'em in a posse and let them all sing 306 00:18:35,697 --> 00:18:37,866 -Oh, we love you, Rakeem -Do you? 307 00:18:38,367 --> 00:18:39,618 Oh, we love you, Rakeem... 308 00:18:39,701 --> 00:18:41,245 SHA: Yo! 309 00:18:41,620 --> 00:18:43,664 Whoo! Word! 310 00:18:44,706 --> 00:18:46,583 Hell yeah! Yo, you heard this shit? 311 00:18:47,084 --> 00:18:49,336 Shit crazy, son. Bobby out here blowing up. 312 00:18:49,419 --> 00:18:50,754 Oh, we love you, Rakeem 313 00:18:50,838 --> 00:18:54,174 Yeah, well, I hope he got paid to dress up like Thurston Howell and shit. 314 00:18:55,384 --> 00:18:56,510 (CHUCKLES) 315 00:18:56,718 --> 00:18:58,262 Yo, why'd they change the music up? 316 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:00,055 The old version was way better. 317 00:19:00,139 --> 00:19:01,598 So, you have heard this shit. 318 00:19:02,349 --> 00:19:03,392 Word. 319 00:19:03,892 --> 00:19:06,061 Now, let's bounce, my nigga. We're going to Cressy's. 320 00:19:10,023 --> 00:19:12,276 You'll never rhyme again when stepping in me lion's den 321 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:14,778 I retire men when I'm writing fire with the iron pen 322 00:19:14,862 --> 00:19:17,072 Repping for the streets from the belly of the beast 323 00:19:17,156 --> 00:19:19,491 Like I'm lying in a leviathan playing violin 324 00:19:19,575 --> 00:19:20,742 I am him 325 00:19:20,826 --> 00:19:22,411 -MAN: Yo! -Cressy got company. 326 00:19:22,494 --> 00:19:25,205 (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS) 327 00:19:28,333 --> 00:19:29,710 (GREETING INDISTINCTLY) 328 00:19:30,794 --> 00:19:32,588 -What's the party for? -No party. 329 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:33,881 This business. 330 00:19:34,965 --> 00:19:36,049 Business, huh? 331 00:19:36,842 --> 00:19:38,135 Movie business. 332 00:19:38,218 --> 00:19:40,846 Yeah, yeah, yeah, but all due respect, 333 00:19:40,929 --> 00:19:43,265 you know what I'm here for, you know what I mean? 334 00:19:43,348 --> 00:19:44,474 (SNAPS FINGERS) 335 00:19:45,726 --> 00:19:47,686 My cousin Deidrich from Baltimore. 336 00:19:48,562 --> 00:19:49,897 Everything go through him now. 337 00:19:52,691 --> 00:19:55,277 -DEIDRICH: How much you need? -How about we talk somewhere else? 338 00:19:56,361 --> 00:19:58,071 Don't worry, we keep things tight. 339 00:19:58,697 --> 00:19:59,823 I promise. 340 00:20:01,325 --> 00:20:02,576 What about the talent show over there? 341 00:20:02,659 --> 00:20:04,912 -(RAPPING INDISTINCTLY) -CRESSY: There money to be made in music. 342 00:20:05,996 --> 00:20:07,539 They rap about my life. 343 00:20:08,415 --> 00:20:10,000 About time I get in on that. 344 00:20:10,083 --> 00:20:11,710 My cousin already making moves. 345 00:20:12,211 --> 00:20:14,296 Go downstairs, check out that studio we building. 346 00:20:14,379 --> 00:20:15,839 -CRESSY: Yeah, man. -Studio? 347 00:20:17,049 --> 00:20:19,176 -Here? -So, how about that youth from Stapleton 348 00:20:19,259 --> 00:20:21,511 -that blow up and thing like that? -Prince Rakeem. 349 00:20:22,137 --> 00:20:23,138 Bobby. 350 00:20:23,639 --> 00:20:24,723 CRESSY: Know him? 351 00:20:26,308 --> 00:20:28,060 Yeah, we recorded some shit together. 352 00:20:29,603 --> 00:20:30,604 You rap? 353 00:20:30,896 --> 00:20:32,314 My man's here for work. 354 00:20:32,397 --> 00:20:34,483 DEIDRICH: Well, we the ones who give you your work, 355 00:20:35,150 --> 00:20:36,944 so, you gonna spit something or what? 356 00:20:38,654 --> 00:20:40,030 (MUMBLING) This nigga, right, man? 357 00:20:41,907 --> 00:20:44,201 RAPPER: King of battle raps, I dismantle cats 358 00:20:44,284 --> 00:20:46,536 Hopping out of Cadillacs draggin' a battle-ax 359 00:20:46,620 --> 00:20:48,789 The new Attila the Hun wielding a gun 360 00:20:48,872 --> 00:20:51,708 And the gun is Lawrence Taylor You're getting killed if you run 361 00:20:51,792 --> 00:20:53,335 Hey, yo, soon as I lock and load 362 00:20:53,418 --> 00:20:55,212 And aim and squeeze, you know who the top shot is 363 00:20:55,671 --> 00:20:57,464 Dressed to impress the godfathers 364 00:20:57,547 --> 00:21:00,175 Alliance is fruitful, I manifested to be truthful 365 00:21:00,259 --> 00:21:02,511 Problems with the businesses sending troops through 366 00:21:02,594 --> 00:21:04,012 And yet they shoot through 367 00:21:04,096 --> 00:21:05,889 Any type of armor you use to block 368 00:21:05,973 --> 00:21:07,933 'Cause you a fool to try to stop this 369 00:21:08,016 --> 00:21:11,061 Another chamber is open, I'm enforcing this hotness 370 00:21:11,144 --> 00:21:13,146 So the whole globe will know who to pop with 371 00:21:13,230 --> 00:21:15,274 -Oh! -Whoo! 372 00:21:15,357 --> 00:21:16,775 MAN: Mmm-hmm. 373 00:21:16,858 --> 00:21:18,735 I didn't know you had a star on your hand, Power. 374 00:21:19,820 --> 00:21:20,988 Yeah, he got skills. 375 00:21:21,363 --> 00:21:22,614 Yeah, man. 376 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:26,410 BYRON: But what's the chorus? 377 00:21:27,035 --> 00:21:28,161 Hey, yo, it's no hook. 378 00:21:28,245 --> 00:21:30,497 It's only clips from the flick in between verses. 379 00:21:31,164 --> 00:21:32,291 And sword sounds. 380 00:21:33,041 --> 00:21:34,751 -(SCOFFS) -Niggas love kung fu movies, 381 00:21:34,835 --> 00:21:35,877 know what I mean? 382 00:21:35,961 --> 00:21:38,255 My boy Bobby was saying how the Wu-Tang is... 383 00:21:38,338 --> 00:21:40,299 Hey, yo, how is this reppin' Staten Island? 384 00:21:40,382 --> 00:21:42,509 Nigga, Shaolin is Staten Island. 385 00:21:42,592 --> 00:21:44,136 Yo, that don't even make no... 386 00:21:44,845 --> 00:21:48,265 Didn't you just say that the Wu was at war with Shaolin? 387 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:49,933 Yeah, and that the very end, 388 00:21:50,475 --> 00:21:53,645 the two blend they secret styles to defeat the evil lord 389 00:21:54,521 --> 00:21:56,815 because they know they stronger together. 390 00:21:57,190 --> 00:21:59,192 Yo, pass the blunt. (CHUCKLES) 391 00:22:02,112 --> 00:22:05,741 Yo, I'm saying, like, what if we merged the two styles... 392 00:22:07,409 --> 00:22:08,618 kung fu and rap? 393 00:22:09,953 --> 00:22:13,457 You know, blend the music with the movies. 394 00:22:14,791 --> 00:22:17,461 The lyrics, the whole fucking vibe. 395 00:22:18,170 --> 00:22:19,254 Yo, Dennis... 396 00:22:20,922 --> 00:22:23,550 We not Chinese. We black. 397 00:22:27,137 --> 00:22:29,264 (EXHALES SLOWLY) 398 00:22:32,476 --> 00:22:34,353 ASON: Yo, B-O-B! 399 00:22:34,436 --> 00:22:36,730 (VOCALIZING) 400 00:22:37,147 --> 00:22:38,315 What's up, man? 401 00:22:39,066 --> 00:22:41,401 All hail Prince Rakeem, son. 402 00:22:41,485 --> 00:22:42,486 BOY: Man. 403 00:22:42,569 --> 00:22:44,071 Yo, can I get your autograph? 404 00:22:44,821 --> 00:22:45,822 BOBBY: Yeah, yeah. 405 00:22:46,490 --> 00:22:47,532 Sign right here. 406 00:22:48,492 --> 00:22:49,618 ASON: Hey, yo, 407 00:22:49,701 --> 00:22:51,661 you better keep that hat in a safe, little man. 408 00:22:51,745 --> 00:22:53,997 (LAUGHS) Yo, when's the next album coming out? 409 00:22:55,707 --> 00:22:56,792 I'm still working on it. 410 00:22:57,876 --> 00:22:58,919 How much you get for that? 411 00:23:00,462 --> 00:23:01,630 A gentlemen never tells. 412 00:23:02,798 --> 00:23:05,384 Man, they gave him a hundred grand advance. 413 00:23:07,260 --> 00:23:09,679 -Yo, I ain't no gentleman. -(LAUGHS) 414 00:23:09,763 --> 00:23:11,390 (ASON LAUGHS) 415 00:23:11,473 --> 00:23:12,724 Nah, yo. 416 00:23:13,225 --> 00:23:14,684 They gave me 60 thou. 417 00:23:15,977 --> 00:23:19,773 I'm trying to get some money too, man. Hey, yo, let's go to the studio right now. 418 00:23:19,856 --> 00:23:22,984 Let's work on some music, man. I got these verses I been working on... 419 00:23:23,068 --> 00:23:24,736 Hey, uh, maybe later. 420 00:23:25,987 --> 00:23:27,030 A'ight? 421 00:23:27,739 --> 00:23:29,324 We'll catch you. Stay up. 422 00:23:30,992 --> 00:23:32,702 Man, yo, can you believe 423 00:23:32,786 --> 00:23:35,122 Prince Rakeem got 60 Gs for that shit? 424 00:23:41,378 --> 00:23:42,546 (RECEIVER CLICKS) 425 00:23:57,352 --> 00:23:58,562 (BOBBY SIGHS) 426 00:24:02,315 --> 00:24:03,942 (MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING) 427 00:24:04,025 --> 00:24:05,068 (SNIFFLES) 428 00:24:14,828 --> 00:24:15,871 (SIGHS) 429 00:24:19,666 --> 00:24:22,794 "Supreme 120 Lessons. 430 00:24:23,837 --> 00:24:28,467 For the nation of the Gods and Earths compiled by God, Supreme Allah. 431 00:24:33,013 --> 00:24:35,140 The Five Percent. Built on the knowledge 432 00:24:35,223 --> 00:24:38,393 that 85% of the population lack the knowledge of self. 433 00:24:40,937 --> 00:24:43,732 Ten percent have this knowledge but keep it hidden, 434 00:24:43,815 --> 00:24:45,817 so, we, the 5% of the population, 435 00:24:46,610 --> 00:24:48,862 are the righteous teachers. 436 00:24:51,573 --> 00:24:54,201 We must liberate the minds of the 85. 437 00:24:59,581 --> 00:25:01,875 To build is to add on in a constructive way. 438 00:25:02,334 --> 00:25:05,086 Elevate and educate with positive energy, 439 00:25:06,546 --> 00:25:09,841 whereas destroy is subtracting that which is negative 440 00:25:09,925 --> 00:25:11,092 from your cypher. 441 00:25:12,719 --> 00:25:14,054 Both things must coexist, 442 00:25:14,137 --> 00:25:18,141 as building and destroying are natural processes of life." 443 00:25:18,225 --> 00:25:19,684 (SCOFFS) 444 00:25:19,768 --> 00:25:20,936 (DOG BARKS) 445 00:25:27,192 --> 00:25:29,194 (DOG BARKING) 446 00:25:29,277 --> 00:25:31,404 Hey, yo, Sheba, shut the fuck up! 447 00:25:31,488 --> 00:25:33,114 (BARKING CONTINUES) 448 00:25:33,823 --> 00:25:35,325 Sheba, what's going on, huh? 449 00:25:35,825 --> 00:25:37,953 -Huh? (SHUSHING) -(BARKS) 450 00:25:39,120 --> 00:25:41,081 (MUFFLED THUDDING) 451 00:25:41,164 --> 00:25:42,874 (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) 452 00:25:42,958 --> 00:25:44,918 -Fuck, fuck! -(DOOR CRASHES) 453 00:25:46,670 --> 00:25:47,921 -Come on, come on. -(SHEBA BARKS) 454 00:25:48,004 --> 00:25:49,130 (GLASS SHATTERS) 455 00:25:53,093 --> 00:25:55,178 -BOBBY: Sheba! Come on. -(DOOR CLOSES) 456 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:57,847 (SHEBA BARKS) 457 00:26:00,433 --> 00:26:01,476 SHA: Man. 458 00:26:03,687 --> 00:26:04,729 Word. 459 00:26:08,942 --> 00:26:09,943 Yo. 460 00:26:10,026 --> 00:26:11,361 (DOOR CLICKS OPEN) 461 00:26:11,444 --> 00:26:13,488 -Just ill as I wanna be. -CRESSY: Yo, Sha. 462 00:26:13,572 --> 00:26:15,782 -(SHA CHUCKLES) -What's good? 463 00:26:15,865 --> 00:26:17,409 CRESSY: How's it going? 464 00:26:17,576 --> 00:26:19,327 -(CHUCKLES) -What this? 465 00:26:21,371 --> 00:26:25,083 (CLICKS TONGUE) "Beat dem bad man. Just as ill as I wanna be. 466 00:26:25,166 --> 00:26:27,586 Stake on grapes in all kind of wineries." 467 00:26:28,670 --> 00:26:30,255 -Word. -Lookin' sharp, brethren. 468 00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:32,173 -Yeah, man. -Word. 469 00:26:32,424 --> 00:26:33,967 (CHUCKLES) Word. 470 00:26:34,050 --> 00:26:35,802 Mind if they get in on the action? 471 00:26:36,761 --> 00:26:38,888 SHA: Shit, you know, rap is a spectator sport, 472 00:26:38,972 --> 00:26:40,098 you know what I mean? 473 00:26:40,181 --> 00:26:41,182 -(LAUGHS) -Yeah, man. 474 00:26:41,266 --> 00:26:42,642 -SHA: Word. -CRESSY: Yeah, queens, 475 00:26:42,726 --> 00:26:44,185 have a seat, get a drink, you know? 476 00:26:44,269 --> 00:26:45,895 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 477 00:26:47,981 --> 00:26:50,233 Thought I knew all the regulars around here. 478 00:26:51,276 --> 00:26:52,319 What's your name? 479 00:26:52,902 --> 00:26:54,029 (CHUCKLES) 480 00:26:54,904 --> 00:26:56,281 You don't care what my name is. 481 00:26:58,617 --> 00:27:00,869 So, how you know Cressy? 482 00:27:02,245 --> 00:27:04,164 Y'all two work together or something? 483 00:27:04,372 --> 00:27:05,415 Yeah. 484 00:27:07,250 --> 00:27:09,502 We do music. We're making music together. 485 00:27:10,754 --> 00:27:11,796 Oh. 486 00:27:12,088 --> 00:27:13,673 -You rap. -(WOMAN LAUGHS) 487 00:27:14,966 --> 00:27:16,343 I spit darts, baby. 488 00:27:17,260 --> 00:27:18,928 -(LAUGHS) -Word is bond. 489 00:27:19,012 --> 00:27:20,889 -What you laughing at? -Mmm. 490 00:27:23,141 --> 00:27:24,267 I... 491 00:27:26,853 --> 00:27:29,356 Oh, you wanna see a real MC, huh? 492 00:27:29,648 --> 00:27:32,442 CRESSY: Yeah, we have a good time and thing like that, you know? 493 00:27:32,525 --> 00:27:33,735 SHA: A'ight. 494 00:27:34,527 --> 00:27:37,030 (BOOTH DOOR CLICKS OPEN AND CLOSES) 495 00:27:40,283 --> 00:27:41,534 Yo, play that beat. 496 00:27:41,618 --> 00:27:44,579 (UPBEAT HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING) 497 00:27:44,663 --> 00:27:45,789 (ELEVATOR DINGS) 498 00:27:46,331 --> 00:27:47,457 (DIVINE SIGHS) 499 00:27:53,922 --> 00:27:55,507 JANITOR: How are things around here? 500 00:27:56,716 --> 00:27:57,842 DIVINE: Quiet. 501 00:27:58,051 --> 00:27:59,094 JANITOR: All finished? 502 00:27:59,928 --> 00:28:01,054 DIVINE: You know, boss, 503 00:28:01,638 --> 00:28:05,642 all this work gets finished in about two hours, tops. 504 00:28:06,101 --> 00:28:07,143 Sounds about right. 505 00:28:07,227 --> 00:28:10,230 DIVINE: Well, I been sitting here for eight by myself, staring at a wall. 506 00:28:10,647 --> 00:28:12,774 You know, cool if I head out when I'm done? 507 00:28:14,484 --> 00:28:17,320 These rich white people think it takes ten hours, so... 508 00:28:18,321 --> 00:28:20,156 Someone's gotta be here for ten full hours. 509 00:28:20,865 --> 00:28:21,991 (LAUGHS) 510 00:28:22,617 --> 00:28:24,160 JANITOR: Got a radio in the closet. 511 00:28:24,661 --> 00:28:25,787 (CLICKS TONGUE) 512 00:28:25,954 --> 00:28:27,539 Oh, great. 513 00:28:30,458 --> 00:28:31,835 (OBJECTS CLATTERING) 514 00:28:31,918 --> 00:28:33,336 (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) 515 00:28:37,632 --> 00:28:39,342 (OBJECTS CLATTERING) 516 00:28:41,886 --> 00:28:43,346 (DRAWERS OPENING) 517 00:28:45,765 --> 00:28:47,934 (ATILLA BREATHING HEAVILY) 518 00:29:10,749 --> 00:29:12,125 You can't be here. 519 00:29:12,208 --> 00:29:14,961 We can't just accept students on their own say-so. 520 00:29:15,044 --> 00:29:17,964 (DENNIS CHUCKLES) Hey, yo, my mans is all fucked up. 521 00:29:18,173 --> 00:29:20,133 His sister's death is too much. 522 00:29:20,216 --> 00:29:22,552 Come on, son, don't do me like that. 523 00:29:22,635 --> 00:29:24,345 Who calls the shots around here, yo? 524 00:29:24,971 --> 00:29:26,765 MONK: Who do you think? The Abbot. 525 00:29:27,098 --> 00:29:29,559 LIU: I traveled a long way to come here, nah mean? 526 00:29:29,642 --> 00:29:30,935 So, I'm gonna see the Abbot. 527 00:29:31,644 --> 00:29:32,645 I ain't playing. 528 00:29:32,729 --> 00:29:34,606 (DARIUS SCOFFS) Who are those motherfuckers? 529 00:29:35,064 --> 00:29:37,776 Why they wanna see the Abbot so bad for, anyway? 530 00:29:38,318 --> 00:29:39,527 The Abbot is wise. 531 00:29:40,069 --> 00:29:41,571 He'll know how to get Fang straight. 532 00:29:42,071 --> 00:29:45,408 Gotta shave your head and do all that work? 533 00:29:45,992 --> 00:29:47,160 Fuck that. 534 00:29:47,243 --> 00:29:48,661 DENNIS: Yeah, that haircut is wack. 535 00:29:48,745 --> 00:29:51,456 -DARIUS: They don't even want him there. -It's better than being alone. 536 00:29:51,539 --> 00:29:53,124 (DOOR OPENS) 537 00:29:55,418 --> 00:29:57,253 Did... Did you get them? 538 00:29:59,547 --> 00:30:01,257 (CLICKS TONGUE) Those the wrong ones. 539 00:30:01,674 --> 00:30:04,177 -DENNIS: It got swine in it. -So what? 540 00:30:04,260 --> 00:30:06,471 Darius don't eat no pork. You should know that by now. 541 00:30:07,931 --> 00:30:09,390 Pigs are born to be eaten. 542 00:30:11,684 --> 00:30:13,728 You watching that same damn movie again? 543 00:30:14,229 --> 00:30:15,772 Gets better every time. 544 00:30:16,606 --> 00:30:18,525 Those fight sequences are just dope. 545 00:30:18,608 --> 00:30:20,485 DENNIS: Yeah, but it's more than just the fight sequences. 546 00:30:20,568 --> 00:30:22,946 They teach lessons about loyalty, 547 00:30:23,613 --> 00:30:25,698 honor and brotherhood. 548 00:30:26,741 --> 00:30:27,951 ANN: Hmm. 549 00:30:28,952 --> 00:30:31,412 Well, maybe you should pay closer attention. 550 00:30:32,288 --> 00:30:34,457 Aren't you beefing with all your friends? 551 00:30:34,999 --> 00:30:38,711 Shouldn't you be out working instead of lying around the house all day? 552 00:30:48,096 --> 00:30:49,264 (SIGHS) 553 00:30:52,642 --> 00:30:55,812 -I gotta eat all that? -No, there was a deal at the market. 554 00:30:56,771 --> 00:30:59,148 Your daddy lost his mind, bought the whole shelf. 555 00:31:00,024 --> 00:31:01,943 Boy needs to eat if he gon' play football. 556 00:31:02,193 --> 00:31:03,444 Too skinny as it is. 557 00:31:05,822 --> 00:31:07,031 And so are you. 558 00:31:07,323 --> 00:31:08,366 (CHUCKLING) No. 559 00:31:08,449 --> 00:31:09,701 -JEROME: Yes, you are. -Don't you even. 560 00:31:09,784 --> 00:31:11,035 -JEROME: Yes, you are. -(LAUGHING) 561 00:31:11,119 --> 00:31:12,412 JEROME: You know you are. 562 00:31:12,495 --> 00:31:13,872 -Perfect timing. -LINDA: Where you been? 563 00:31:14,163 --> 00:31:15,206 School. 564 00:31:15,874 --> 00:31:18,209 Well, Shurrie, it's after 7:00. 565 00:31:18,793 --> 00:31:21,045 I auditioned for the school play. 566 00:31:21,129 --> 00:31:22,338 RANDY: What part are you gonna be? 567 00:31:22,422 --> 00:31:24,257 They announce in a couple days, so... 568 00:31:24,841 --> 00:31:26,509 -Congratulations. -LINDA: That's wonderful. 569 00:31:26,759 --> 00:31:28,344 Sun shine a little brighter in Ohio. 570 00:31:29,053 --> 00:31:30,555 Daddy got that job he was talking about. 571 00:31:30,638 --> 00:31:33,224 -Oh. -JEROME: Yeah, it's official. 572 00:31:33,808 --> 00:31:35,393 Calls for celebration. 573 00:31:35,476 --> 00:31:36,769 Yeah, let me get you a plate. 574 00:31:37,103 --> 00:31:39,188 -No, I'm not hungry. -LINDA: No, Jerome's been cooking all day. 575 00:31:39,272 --> 00:31:40,607 -Come on. -Oh. 576 00:31:40,690 --> 00:31:41,816 LINDA: Take a bite. 577 00:31:42,275 --> 00:31:43,610 Yeah. 578 00:31:45,653 --> 00:31:46,988 JEROME: We gon' throw that football around after this, 579 00:31:47,071 --> 00:31:48,364 -yeah? -RANDY: Okay. 580 00:31:50,742 --> 00:31:53,036 -LINDA: Doing good on these collards. -JEROME: Yeah, well... 581 00:31:53,119 --> 00:31:54,996 -LINDA: They're perfect. -Excuse me. 582 00:31:56,664 --> 00:31:57,999 It was good you got a lot of 'em. 583 00:31:58,082 --> 00:31:59,709 -JEROME: Mm-hmm. -I can make a stew. 584 00:32:01,961 --> 00:32:04,339 (VOMITS AND COUGHS) 585 00:32:04,422 --> 00:32:06,132 (PANTING) 586 00:32:10,303 --> 00:32:11,679 (EXHALES) 587 00:32:14,724 --> 00:32:16,476 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 588 00:32:18,186 --> 00:32:20,021 (HINGES CREAKING) 589 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:23,858 (GLASS CRUNCHING) 590 00:32:27,445 --> 00:32:29,197 BOBBY: Yo, I don't think he's here anymore. 591 00:32:30,114 --> 00:32:31,532 -Yo. -Goddamn. 592 00:32:32,867 --> 00:32:34,702 What the fuck? 593 00:32:35,578 --> 00:32:37,956 At least there's nothing worth stealing in here, huh? 594 00:32:40,416 --> 00:32:41,751 (BOBBY RUNNING) 595 00:32:44,504 --> 00:32:45,505 BOBBY: Fuck! 596 00:32:45,588 --> 00:32:46,673 DIVINE: Bobby? 597 00:32:46,881 --> 00:32:48,633 He took my fucking music, man. 598 00:32:48,841 --> 00:32:50,969 -DIVINE: Your records? -All my fucking shit, yo! 599 00:32:51,052 --> 00:32:55,640 My fucking DATs, my fucking equipment, my fucking rhyme books, yo! All my shit. 600 00:32:55,723 --> 00:32:57,934 -That's fucked up. -Fuck, man! 601 00:32:59,310 --> 00:33:00,520 Hey, for real, 'Vine? 602 00:33:01,312 --> 00:33:02,397 Yo! 603 00:33:02,605 --> 00:33:04,065 You can't until you get to work for all of that? 604 00:33:04,148 --> 00:33:06,609 Yo, it's just music, Bobby. You can make more. 605 00:33:08,444 --> 00:33:10,071 (SHA RAPPING) I'm just as ill as I wanna be 606 00:33:10,154 --> 00:33:12,907 Take time to get mine right, you know what time it be 607 00:33:13,616 --> 00:33:15,451 I'm just as ill as I wanna be 608 00:33:15,743 --> 00:33:17,662 Stakes in grapes in all kind of wineries... 609 00:33:18,663 --> 00:33:20,039 -Yeah, man. -(CHUCKLES) 610 00:33:20,123 --> 00:33:22,000 That boy were born to be in the booth. 611 00:33:23,418 --> 00:33:24,919 Sha gon' be a star, man. 612 00:33:25,461 --> 00:33:26,754 Put a contract together. 613 00:33:26,838 --> 00:33:28,798 I want his signature on it before the sun come up. 614 00:33:28,881 --> 00:33:30,466 Made man for real, y'all dudes playing with it 615 00:33:31,342 --> 00:33:32,719 Ah, Power, how it going? 616 00:33:32,802 --> 00:33:34,053 -What up, bro? -Yeah, man. 617 00:33:34,137 --> 00:33:35,304 Yeah, I earned the title 618 00:33:36,639 --> 00:33:38,182 Hold on. Hold on, Power. 619 00:33:39,142 --> 00:33:40,351 We're in the middle of a song. 620 00:33:40,435 --> 00:33:43,312 Oh, I didn't mean to interrupt your little music session. 621 00:33:43,396 --> 00:33:45,064 ...New Zealand Making my margin 622 00:33:49,569 --> 00:33:51,237 POWER: Yo, I've been paging you all night. 623 00:33:51,446 --> 00:33:53,031 I've been here, son. Working. 624 00:33:53,614 --> 00:33:55,533 CRESSY: Working for me. (SNAPS FINGERS) 625 00:33:56,117 --> 00:33:58,411 Yo, Cressy, I need to speak to my mans for a minute. 626 00:33:58,911 --> 00:34:00,496 -Cool? -(CRESSY SIGHS) 627 00:34:01,039 --> 00:34:02,123 -Yeah, man. -POWER: All right. 628 00:34:02,206 --> 00:34:03,458 (MUSIC STOPS) 629 00:34:04,333 --> 00:34:05,793 -SHA: Two minutes. -CRESSY: Bless. 630 00:34:07,837 --> 00:34:08,963 I'm parked over here. 631 00:34:10,173 --> 00:34:11,466 Yo, I had told Cressy I was coming... 632 00:34:11,549 --> 00:34:13,885 What, you a entertainer now, Sha? Huh? 633 00:34:14,302 --> 00:34:16,304 You gon' book birthdays and weddings and shit? 634 00:34:16,387 --> 00:34:17,638 Get the fuck outta here, man. 635 00:34:20,391 --> 00:34:22,518 -SHA: Where we going? -(SIREN WAILING) 636 00:34:22,602 --> 00:34:23,686 -Shit! -POWER: Get in the car! 637 00:34:23,770 --> 00:34:24,979 -Hurry up! -SHA: Shit! 638 00:34:25,063 --> 00:34:28,608 -(SIRENS WAILING) -(TIRES SCREECHING) 639 00:34:28,691 --> 00:34:30,234 SHA: Man, why are the jakes here? 640 00:34:30,318 --> 00:34:32,278 POWER: Oh, shit, they're raiding Cressy's, yo. 641 00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:38,576 (POLICEMEN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY) 642 00:35:19,951 --> 00:35:21,160 (BUTTON CLICKS) 643 00:35:25,915 --> 00:35:27,792 (SNIFFLES AND SIGHS) 644 00:35:34,006 --> 00:35:35,424 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 645 00:35:43,516 --> 00:35:44,767 CYNTHIA: Bye-bye, dirty boy. 646 00:35:45,726 --> 00:35:47,395 (GIGGLES) 647 00:35:53,943 --> 00:35:55,236 Wouldn't miss this job. 648 00:35:56,863 --> 00:35:59,115 Never take your eye off the ball. 649 00:36:10,835 --> 00:36:12,170 BOBBY: "To build and destroy. 650 00:36:12,670 --> 00:36:15,173 To build is to add on in a constructive way..." 651 00:36:15,256 --> 00:36:16,549 (PHONE RINGING) 652 00:36:17,884 --> 00:36:20,469 Elevate and educate with positive energy, 653 00:36:20,553 --> 00:36:22,763 whereas destroy is subtracting that which is negative 654 00:36:22,847 --> 00:36:24,140 from your cypher." 655 00:36:26,392 --> 00:36:28,227 -Hello. -ATTILA: Want your shit back? 656 00:36:28,936 --> 00:36:30,188 I want that money. 657 00:36:32,982 --> 00:36:34,275 Yo, I swear to God... 658 00:36:34,358 --> 00:36:37,153 ATTILA: Yo, you got 60 Gs, Prince Rakeem? 659 00:36:37,695 --> 00:36:41,157 Yo, I don't got that shit. I never did, never. 660 00:36:41,240 --> 00:36:42,408 ATTILA: I got your shit. 661 00:36:42,742 --> 00:36:44,994 You want it back, you better get me my money. 662 00:36:46,495 --> 00:36:48,289 DARIUS: Yeah, I remember this one. 663 00:36:49,373 --> 00:36:51,709 It's two best friends forced to fight each other 664 00:36:51,792 --> 00:36:53,044 (STAMMERING) to the death. 665 00:36:54,879 --> 00:36:56,923 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING OVER TV) 666 00:37:07,767 --> 00:37:08,768 LORD: Listen up. 667 00:37:09,268 --> 00:37:10,853 This will be a fair competition. 668 00:37:11,646 --> 00:37:15,399 Whoever wins will be recognized as the new chief. 669 00:37:15,858 --> 00:37:17,944 Yeah, nah mean? 670 00:37:20,655 --> 00:37:21,989 (EAGLE CRIES) 671 00:37:27,828 --> 00:37:30,456 So, we doin' this shit or what? 672 00:37:30,957 --> 00:37:32,833 -Fuck it, yo. -(BLADE SWISHING) 673 00:37:37,255 --> 00:37:38,422 Motherfuckers ready? 674 00:37:39,173 --> 00:37:40,216 Fight! 675 00:37:41,884 --> 00:37:44,345 -(EXCLAIMS) -(BOTH GRUNTING AND SHOUTING) 676 00:38:01,070 --> 00:38:02,989 Damn, son, you've come a long way. 677 00:38:03,572 --> 00:38:06,617 Yeah, you too. Your sword game got mad tight. 678 00:38:07,827 --> 00:38:09,287 If y'all are done sucking each other's dicks, 679 00:38:09,370 --> 00:38:10,496 shut the fuck up and fight! 680 00:38:11,872 --> 00:38:13,291 (BOTH EXCLAIMING AND GRUNTING) 681 00:38:20,214 --> 00:38:22,216 What the fuck? Wu-Tang, don't hold back. 682 00:38:22,591 --> 00:38:24,844 Use your... secret style. 683 00:38:25,511 --> 00:38:26,595 You too, Shaolin. 684 00:38:29,140 --> 00:38:30,558 (BOTH EXCLAIMING AND GRUNTING) 685 00:38:31,267 --> 00:38:32,643 Hey, yo, Li Na wasn't my fault! 686 00:38:32,727 --> 00:38:35,646 Keep my sister's name out of your motherfucking mouth! 687 00:38:35,730 --> 00:38:36,856 You're the one who killed her! 688 00:38:36,939 --> 00:38:39,692 Damn, you hit homeboy's sister? 689 00:38:39,900 --> 00:38:41,152 That's some cold shit. 690 00:38:42,611 --> 00:38:44,363 I loved her, man. You my peoples. 691 00:38:44,947 --> 00:38:46,282 Fuck you, you ain't my peoples! 692 00:38:46,365 --> 00:38:48,868 -(ZANG LING EXCLAIMS) -LORD: Shaolin. 693 00:38:51,579 --> 00:38:52,830 What you doing, huh? 694 00:38:52,913 --> 00:38:54,915 The Shaolin fist is strong. Finish him. 695 00:38:59,045 --> 00:39:00,629 Fuck you know about the Shaolin fist? 696 00:39:00,713 --> 00:39:02,131 Yeah, yeah, yeah, what the fuck? 697 00:39:02,673 --> 00:39:04,258 Couldn't keep his damn mouth shut. 698 00:39:07,136 --> 00:39:09,347 (MOCKINGLY) "What do you know about the Shaolin fist?" 699 00:39:09,805 --> 00:39:11,265 I bit both your styles. 700 00:39:11,349 --> 00:39:14,310 Yeah, I bodied your master and your sister. 701 00:39:14,810 --> 00:39:16,896 Now all y'all have to do is murk each other. 702 00:39:16,979 --> 00:39:19,482 Then I'll be the only motherfucker left that knows this shit. 703 00:39:20,649 --> 00:39:22,777 If you think you can take me, do it! 704 00:39:27,073 --> 00:39:28,240 (INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING) 705 00:39:34,372 --> 00:39:36,165 (GROANING IN SLOW MOTION) 706 00:39:40,503 --> 00:39:41,754 LORD: He's got my sword. 707 00:39:41,837 --> 00:39:43,130 Hey, yo, use the sword! 708 00:39:43,964 --> 00:39:46,550 Use the Wu-Tang sword style? Shit. 709 00:39:47,343 --> 00:39:49,678 -(BOTH GRUNTING AND EXCLAIMING) -LORD: Yeah. 710 00:39:49,762 --> 00:39:51,555 If he can use the Wu-Tang sword style, 711 00:39:51,639 --> 00:39:53,933 -I can use... (YELLS) -(BOTH GRUNTING) 712 00:39:54,392 --> 00:39:56,811 Damn, he's using Shaolin technique. 713 00:39:57,561 --> 00:39:59,688 How you gonna switch up styles like that? 714 00:40:41,147 --> 00:40:42,940 Shaolin versus Wu-Tang. 715 00:40:43,149 --> 00:40:45,317 More like Shaolin versus Poo-Tang. 716 00:40:46,610 --> 00:40:47,903 (BOTH PANTING) 717 00:40:50,739 --> 00:40:51,824 What the fuck? 718 00:41:01,625 --> 00:41:02,918 Motherfucking traitors. 719 00:41:03,002 --> 00:41:05,212 Mixing Shaolin and Wu-Tang. 720 00:41:05,796 --> 00:41:08,215 Nah, man, they're just the same shit. 721 00:41:08,466 --> 00:41:10,926 Yeah, kung fu don't belong to anybody. 722 00:41:12,011 --> 00:41:13,095 It evolves. 723 00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:16,015 Evolve this, motherfuckers. 724 00:41:30,196 --> 00:41:32,031 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING OVER TV) 725 00:41:37,203 --> 00:41:38,787 Hey, yo, I'm sorry for this, y'all. 726 00:41:39,580 --> 00:41:41,957 (VCR CLICKS, WHIRS) 727 00:41:46,212 --> 00:41:47,546 Where the fuck you going? 728 00:41:48,797 --> 00:41:49,965 To see the Abbot. 729 00:41:53,844 --> 00:41:54,929 (DOOR CLOSES) 730 00:42:01,393 --> 00:42:03,938 (WHISPERING) Down, down, down. You gotta get down. 731 00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:09,568 (DOOR LATCH CLICKS) 732 00:42:12,780 --> 00:42:13,864 What you doing here, D? 733 00:42:15,449 --> 00:42:16,951 Hey, yo, y'all charge late fees? 734 00:42:19,870 --> 00:42:21,539 I thought you was mad at me. 735 00:42:22,456 --> 00:42:24,792 Hey, yo, somebody had to be the bigger man. 736 00:42:25,167 --> 00:42:26,585 I figured it'd be me this time. 737 00:42:31,215 --> 00:42:32,341 Oh, shit. 738 00:42:33,300 --> 00:42:34,385 Wu-Tang. 739 00:42:39,890 --> 00:42:42,393 This one Shaolin. This one Wu. 740 00:42:44,770 --> 00:42:46,230 Together, they'll fuck you up. 741 00:42:57,241 --> 00:42:58,284 That tastes like shit. 742 00:42:59,618 --> 00:43:01,453 (SIGHS) 743 00:43:02,830 --> 00:43:04,498 Why did you come here, D? 744 00:43:06,166 --> 00:43:07,626 To see the Abbot. 745 00:43:09,628 --> 00:43:11,088 Hey, what the fuck is you talking about? 746 00:43:11,171 --> 00:43:13,215 Yo, from... From the movie. The Abbot. 747 00:43:13,632 --> 00:43:15,843 Damn, I jacked one of them Wall Street guys, 748 00:43:15,926 --> 00:43:17,428 fucked up the whole business. 749 00:43:19,471 --> 00:43:21,765 Hey, yo, look, I woulda never done this shit if you was around. 750 00:43:22,975 --> 00:43:26,353 Yo, that shit's fake as fuck anyway, so... 751 00:43:27,313 --> 00:43:29,231 (BOTH SCOFF) 752 00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:31,442 Suit-wearing motherfucker. 753 00:43:32,568 --> 00:43:34,570 Hey, yo, look, you are the Abbot. 754 00:43:36,322 --> 00:43:39,533 Whether it's back at the crack spot or the hustle in the park, 755 00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:42,202 the Abbot always got the right answers. 756 00:43:42,286 --> 00:43:43,495 (WATCH CLATTERS) 757 00:43:46,707 --> 00:43:48,500 I don't know about that. I mean, lately... 758 00:43:51,045 --> 00:43:52,338 It hasn't been feeling like that. 759 00:43:53,881 --> 00:43:54,923 Yo, Bobby... 760 00:43:57,926 --> 00:43:59,845 Tommy Boy dropped me. (SIGHS) 761 00:44:03,474 --> 00:44:04,600 Good. 762 00:44:05,184 --> 00:44:08,479 Fuck all that tuxedo-wearing bullshit. That shit ain't you. 763 00:44:09,813 --> 00:44:10,898 (SCOFFS) 764 00:44:13,859 --> 00:44:15,069 Hey, yo, what happened here? 765 00:44:17,112 --> 00:44:18,155 Attila. 766 00:44:19,907 --> 00:44:21,033 DENNIS: Attila? 767 00:44:21,575 --> 00:44:24,078 (SIGHS) Nigga took my music. 768 00:44:30,334 --> 00:44:33,337 Even if I never make another beat again, 769 00:44:33,921 --> 00:44:35,172 spit another rhyme, 770 00:44:36,340 --> 00:44:38,550 you know, just to have them... them tapes... 771 00:44:40,803 --> 00:44:42,179 Know what I'm saying? 772 00:44:45,057 --> 00:44:46,558 Hey, yo, why we sitting here for? 773 00:44:51,021 --> 00:44:52,690 Let's go take that shit back. 774 00:45:00,030 --> 00:45:02,616 MONK: The Shaolin and the Wu-Tang could be dangerous. 775 00:45:08,455 --> 00:45:09,957 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) 776 00:45:11,959 --> 00:45:14,211 -(BLADES CLANGING) -(MEN GRUNTING) 777 00:45:24,012 --> 00:45:26,265 (CLANGING AND GRUNTING CONTINUE) 778 00:45:49,121 --> 00:45:51,165 (CLANGING AND GRUNTING CONTINUE) 779 00:46:12,019 --> 00:46:14,521 -(BLOWS LANDING) -(MEN GRUNTING) 780 00:46:26,492 --> 00:46:27,951 MAN: Get on the line.