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LINDA: Jerome?
‐ Hey, beautiful.

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<i>BOBBY: Jerome is out?</i>

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‐ Showed up on my doorstep
like a lost puppy.

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But Randy's happy
to see his daddy.

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<i>JEROME: There's a tiny</i>
<i>little sliver of land</i>

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in Ohio that I've been
sittin' on for years.

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You won't be laughin'
when I put you

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in that dream house
you always wanted.

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‐ For real?

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‐ As real as I'm sittin' here
right now.

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‐ Afternoon, sweetheart.

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‐ Have a fine day.

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LINDA: Jerome,
did you pay them?

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‐ I'm not gonna move
another inch

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until I hear you say
you trust me.

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<i>SHURRIE: Damn Jerome.</i>
<i>Comin' in here</i>

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<i>like we supposed to</i>
<i>bow down to him.</i>

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<i>DIVINE: When you get out</i>
<i>of jail, you feel like</i>

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the entire world
has moved on without you,

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and all you're trying to do
is catch up with it.

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<i>WOMAN: You all need to use</i>
<i>this time to go out there</i>

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<i>and look for a job.</i>

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Hit it hard.
Really pound the pavement.

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SHOTGUN: ♪ Killa Hill,
Killa, Killa Hill ♪

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♪ Who got the hype shit? ♪

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‐ Damn, son,
you murderin' that.

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‐ Yo.
You hear that?

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HAZE: Yeah, the hood
is feelin' it.

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BOBBY: Shit.

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SHA: You think you gonna
be a star and all that,

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so you out here
wastin' your fuckin' time

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rhymin' on some Memorex.

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‐ The assistant to this manager
gave me his number.

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‐ Manager?
Nigga, whatever.

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My shit had
all the birds chirpin'.

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<i>DENNIS: My brothers is always</i>
<i>gonna be my brothers.</i>

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And all that falling on me,
I don't want that for you.

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‐ I'm tired
of everybody thinking

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that they know
what's best for me.

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I know what I want.

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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‐ Turn that shit off.

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‐ Fuck you, you corny‐ass,
wannabe‐bad Uncle Tom.

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[Taser crackles]

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PERSON: Yo!
PERSON: Yo, yo!

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[crowd shouting]

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‐ He can't breathe!
‐ Yo, let him up!

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DIVINE: Say something!

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Say something!

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Fucking dead.
You killed him!

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He's not moving!

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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<i>[triumphant orchestral music]</i>

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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‐ [panting]

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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[shouting and applause]

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PERSON: Run!

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METHOD MAN: ♪ As I walk
in the shadow of death ♪

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♪ Sixteen men
on a dead man's chest ♪

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‐ Go, Shotgun!

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‐ Go left, go left!

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‐ Oh!

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‐ Yo, yo!

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Yo, get over,
get over, get over!

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‐ Go left, go left!

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METHOD: ♪ Stat could
get down like that ♪

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♪ Who want them test
rocket launcher, yes ♪

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‐ Yeah.

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‐ You cleaned your plate,
didn't you?

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METHOD: ♪ Get swung on,
can't we all get along? ♪

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‐ Late again, huh?

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‐ Man, fuck you.

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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‐ Maybe you can go home
and get some dinner.

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You know, instead of
freeloadin' off your relatives.

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Clean up after yourself.

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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‐ Mama!

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MAN: Hey, put him on his ass!
Put him on his ass!

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[cheers and applause]

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‐ Hey, hey, hey!

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<i>Get off my son!</i>

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Stop it!
Get off!

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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[grunts]

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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METHOD: ♪ Two for the black
and the blue ♪

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♪ One for the sun ♪

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♪ Step into millennium ♪

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♪ Name of this one
is judgment day ♪

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♪ No more BS,
can't come out and play ♪

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‐ Fuck!

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Yo!

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Yo, ref!
Yo, ref, hey!

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‐ You just need to play.
Hey, you better calm down.

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‐ Yo, I know
you seen that shit!

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What you mean, calm down?

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‐ One minute penalty.
Go sit down.

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‐ That ain't no penalty!

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Auntie,
you don't understand, he was‐‐

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‐ Get out of my house.
‐ Where am I supposed to go?

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AUNT: I don't care.

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Get your shit, and get out.

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Now.

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If you're lucky,
maybe your grandma

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will take you back.

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‐ Yo, that's bullshit, ref!

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METHOD: ♪ Let the garden grow ♪

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♪ And stick that rhyme
where the sun don't shine ♪

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♪ Darts pierce your heart ♪

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‐ Hey, yo, keep your head up,
man, we got you.

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We know that dude stuck you,
Shotgun, fuck that ref.

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METHOD: ♪ And that's my way ♪

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♪ Grim Reaper calling,
judgment day ♪

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♪ Come on ♪

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♪ I said come on ♪

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♪ Ten,
let the countdown begin ♪

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♪ Nine, I was born
in the mind ♪

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♪ Eight, take the head
of a snake ♪

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♪ Seven, behold Armageddon ♪

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♪ Six, ain't no love
for the rich ♪

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SHOTGUN: Hey, Grandma.

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METHOD: ♪ Four,
'cause we live by the sword ♪

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Please just give me
one more chance.

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METHOD: ♪ One, for the Sun,
step into millennium ♪

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♪ As I walk
in the shadow of death ♪

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[whistle trills]

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[grunting]

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[whistles trilling]

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METHOD: ♪ Nobody go
till the God say so ♪

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♪ You got a second or more
to run for the door ♪

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♪ Before I blow back
off the map, contact ♪

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♪ You didn't know Stat
could get down like that ♪

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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♪ Mr. Meth,
hold the fort, most def ♪

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♪ Cats is dead wrong ♪

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‐ That was a fucking penalty.

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METHOD: ♪ Playa ♪

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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<i>[crowd chatter grows]</i>

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<i>[whistle trills]</i>

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<i>[hip‐hop music]</i>

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<i>[fighters grunting]</i>

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<i>[blade resounds]</i>

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<i>[fighter grunts]</i>

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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<i>[gun cocks]</i>

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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[dice thud]

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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<i>[blade resounds]</i>

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[siren wails distantly]

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<i>[stirring music]</i>

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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‐ Hey.
Look who's here.

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SHOTGUN: Uncle Anthony.

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‐ Man, you must've grown
a whole damn f‐‐

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a whole foot‐‐

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since I last saw you.

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‐ What you doing here?

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‐ Says he's clean.

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‐ It's 'cause
it's the truth, Ma.

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Anyway, I‐I'm out on parole.

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I can't be messing all that up.

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They'll throw away
the key on me.

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Man, come on, man.

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Yeah.
[laughs]

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It's gonna be different now.

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I got my old job back.

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‐ You moving here?

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With us?

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ANTHONY: Yeah.

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What you think about that?

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‐ That mean you gonna be
paying rent this time, Anthony?

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‐ [chortles]

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Yeah, Ma.

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Something like that.

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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‐ Divine.
‐ Yeah?

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‐ Why don't you help me out
with this rug.

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‐ Yeah.

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[low chatter]

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‐ Hey, yo, I heard
what happened to your boy Haze.

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That shit's fucked up.

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Cops be buggin' out, son.

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SHOTGUN: Hey, yo, Bob.

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‐ Hey, yo.

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‐ Hey, man.

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Yo, you moving?

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‐ Just packing up shit
for Ohio.

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‐ Hey, honey.

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You here to help us out?

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‐ No, Ma.

195
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His ankle is busted.

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‐ Oh.
Okay.

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Well, help us pack up
the kitchen, then, Shotgun.

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Thank you.

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Shurrie,
stop dragging your feet.

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Anything left in your room
by the time Jerome finished

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packing the truck,
it ain't coming.

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‐ Then I'm staying in my room.

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‐ Excuse me, girl,
who you think you are?

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Are you crazy?

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‐ Hey.

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Come on, now, little lady,
show your mama some respect.

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‐ No, leave it.

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We got seven hours
in the car together

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to enjoy her little tantrum.

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‐ Come on.
Mom said we gotta hurry.

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‐ How come you don't want
to move so much?

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‐ I don't know.

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‐ Is it 'cause I'm going?

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‐ What?

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‐ Do you want to stay here

216
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so you don't have to
take care of me anymore?

217
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I know you probably
get sick of me sometimes.

218
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‐ Come here.

219
00:09:06,801 --> 00:09:08,971
No, okay?

220
00:09:08,972 --> 00:09:11,942
I'm not sick of you.

221
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Don't say things like that.
I'm sorry.

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Come here.

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Hey, Randy?

224
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Can you do me a big favor?

225
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Can you, um,

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take this box down
to the truck?

227
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‐ Okay.

228
00:09:37,905 --> 00:09:41,285
[horn honking distantly]

229
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Shurrie, this box
too heavy for me.

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Can‐‐oh, can you take it?

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‐ Yeah, yeah,
I got you, little man.

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

233
00:10:04,875 --> 00:10:07,545
[Linda laughs]

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00:10:13,977 --> 00:10:20,987
<i>♪ ♪</i>

235
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‐ You're a real pro
at this, huh?

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‐ [groans]

237
00:10:33,892 --> 00:10:35,602
‐ You move around a lot
or something?

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‐ Nah.

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First time out of the joint,
I was a mover.

240
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It was the only job
I could get, you know?

241
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So I just kept my head down,
handled business.

242
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Worked out all right
in the end.

243
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Handle yours, it'll work out
for you too.

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You don't want to end up
like your boy Haze.

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‐ Matter of fact, I got a‐‐
I got a job interview tomorrow.

246
00:11:01,112 --> 00:11:03,082
‐ You know
who you meetin' with?

247
00:11:03,075 --> 00:11:05,575
‐ Yeah, uh, somebody
at this cleaning company

248
00:11:05,580 --> 00:11:06,870
up at the World Trade.

249
00:11:06,874 --> 00:11:08,254
‐ I done a ton
of interviews like that

250
00:11:08,252 --> 00:11:10,922
when I was fresh out the joint.

251
00:11:10,924 --> 00:11:13,394
Gotta read the person.

252
00:11:13,387 --> 00:11:15,017
'Cause they looking
for any excuse

253
00:11:15,015 --> 00:11:17,305
not to trust you.

254
00:11:17,311 --> 00:11:20,651
If it's a white woman,
appeal to her sympathy.

255
00:11:20,652 --> 00:11:22,032
If it's a white man,
you ain't gonna get that,

256
00:11:22,029 --> 00:11:23,949
so be "respectful."

257
00:11:23,950 --> 00:11:27,620
If it's a brother,
be straight up with him.

258
00:11:27,624 --> 00:11:28,844
Oh.

259
00:11:28,835 --> 00:11:31,005
Pardon me, fellas.

260
00:11:31,006 --> 00:11:34,216
There's a damsel in distress.

261
00:11:34,220 --> 00:11:35,640
Give that to me.

262
00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:37,390
Let me get it.

263
00:11:39,607 --> 00:11:42,567
[low chatter]

264
00:11:44,617 --> 00:11:47,617
‐ Yo, what do you think?

265
00:11:47,623 --> 00:11:49,593
‐ Well, he says he loves her.

266
00:11:49,585 --> 00:11:52,665
And, you know, Randy's getting
a chance to be with his dad.

267
00:11:52,674 --> 00:11:54,014
‐ Yeah.

268
00:11:56,056 --> 00:11:57,516
Damn.

269
00:11:57,517 --> 00:12:00,307
Yo, I can't believe
this is happening for real.

270
00:12:04,615 --> 00:12:07,235
‐ All right, yo,
I'm gonna go piss.

271
00:12:15,595 --> 00:12:18,095
‐ Yo, I‐I got this.

272
00:12:18,100 --> 00:12:20,560
‐ Damn, son, I been looking
all over for this tape.

273
00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:24,860
‐ Hey, you packed the fuck
out of this box, nigga.

274
00:12:26,993 --> 00:12:29,753
‐ My uncle told me
how to cross‐tape.

275
00:12:29,748 --> 00:12:32,798
I didn't want your mother's
dishes getting broke.

276
00:12:32,796 --> 00:12:35,926
Jostling on that journey.

277
00:12:35,927 --> 00:12:37,757
She got some nice shit, son.

278
00:12:41,564 --> 00:12:43,864
Yo, you really out?
BOBBY: No, I just, uh‐‐

279
00:12:43,860 --> 00:12:47,870
my moms, Shurrie,
you know, Randy.

280
00:12:47,868 --> 00:12:49,998
‐ Oh, so you staying.

281
00:12:49,997 --> 00:12:50,997
‐ Yeah.

282
00:12:52,293 --> 00:12:55,343
About to have
this entire house to myself.

283
00:12:55,340 --> 00:12:58,680
When 'Vine get back,
him too, you know.

284
00:12:58,681 --> 00:13:00,351
This 'bout to be the new hang.

285
00:13:00,350 --> 00:13:04,320
Gon' have everything.

286
00:13:04,317 --> 00:13:05,817
‐ That's what's up.

287
00:13:09,578 --> 00:13:12,418
‐ Well, uh, bye, D.

288
00:13:12,416 --> 00:13:14,796
‐ Yeah.
Have fun in Ohio.

289
00:13:18,971 --> 00:13:21,601
‐ You better look out
for each other.

290
00:13:25,234 --> 00:13:26,954
You too, Dennis.

291
00:13:26,946 --> 00:13:29,076
‐ Yes, ma'am.

292
00:13:29,075 --> 00:13:30,405
‐ Yeah, Mommy.

293
00:13:30,410 --> 00:13:32,330
Yeah, of course.

294
00:13:32,331 --> 00:13:35,211
‐ Yeah, don't you worry.

295
00:13:35,212 --> 00:13:36,762
You're not leaving us alone.

296
00:13:36,757 --> 00:13:37,837
We'll look out for each other.

297
00:13:37,843 --> 00:13:39,053
‐ Yeah, and it ain't like

298
00:13:39,053 --> 00:13:40,473
we're not gonna be talkin'
to each other

299
00:13:40,472 --> 00:13:41,732
or seein' one another.

300
00:13:41,725 --> 00:13:43,305
‐ No, but it's different.

301
00:13:45,148 --> 00:13:47,108
You're men now.

302
00:13:50,158 --> 00:13:51,328
All of you.

303
00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:57,380
Can't just be having parties
all the time while I'm gone.

304
00:13:57,381 --> 00:14:01,351
You have to make something
of yourself.

305
00:14:01,347 --> 00:14:05,477
You can always make
something of yourselves.

306
00:14:07,944 --> 00:14:10,124
No matter what anybody says.

307
00:14:13,038 --> 00:14:15,588
You hear me?

308
00:14:15,585 --> 00:14:22,595
<i>♪ ♪</i>

309
00:14:25,312 --> 00:14:26,522
I love you.

310
00:14:28,401 --> 00:14:34,671
<i>♪ ♪</i>

311
00:14:34,665 --> 00:14:36,125
All right.

312
00:14:38,338 --> 00:14:45,308
<i>♪ ♪</i>

313
00:14:49,569 --> 00:14:52,579
[engine turning over]

314
00:14:58,796 --> 00:15:05,426
<i>♪ ♪</i>

315
00:15:12,197 --> 00:15:13,827
DIVINE: I'm
a really hard worker.

316
00:15:13,826 --> 00:15:15,366
Always on time.

317
00:15:17,374 --> 00:15:19,594
Hey, and I really need
this job.

318
00:15:19,588 --> 00:15:21,258
JANITOR: Yeah, no kidding.

319
00:15:24,013 --> 00:15:26,183
I see you came
from the jobs program.

320
00:15:29,023 --> 00:15:30,783
We keep a tight ship over here.

321
00:15:30,777 --> 00:15:34,197
You gotta show up on time,
do what you're told.

322
00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:37,000
Always wear your uniform
and keep it clean.

323
00:15:39,753 --> 00:15:41,923
‐ This sounds like
a great opportunity.

324
00:15:43,844 --> 00:15:46,064
RAPPER: ♪ Time to get
funky‐new‐radical hip ♪

325
00:15:46,057 --> 00:15:47,687
♪ As I get to the point ♪

326
00:15:47,685 --> 00:15:49,355
♪ Rock this funky joint ♪

327
00:15:49,355 --> 00:15:51,645
♪ Wait a sec, the teacher's
got to check the intellect ♪

328
00:15:51,652 --> 00:15:53,612
♪ Plus I must step in
to give you it ♪

329
00:15:53,614 --> 00:15:54,834
♪ But, but give you what? ♪

330
00:15:54,825 --> 00:15:55,985
♪ The P, the R, the T ♪

331
00:15:55,993 --> 00:15:57,873
♪ For often come
to teach the top ♪

332
00:15:57,872 --> 00:16:00,342
ROXANNE: Hmm.
What you think of this one?

333
00:16:00,335 --> 00:16:03,335
KANE: Yo, that's the color
for you, girl.

334
00:16:03,341 --> 00:16:07,471
Hey, what you got for us
by way of associate discount?

335
00:16:07,474 --> 00:16:10,194
‐ I only have
a client discount, man.

336
00:16:10,188 --> 00:16:11,818
You can talk to Vickie.

337
00:16:11,817 --> 00:16:13,607
I think I see
my 2:00 walking in.

338
00:16:13,612 --> 00:16:15,372
Take your time.

339
00:16:15,365 --> 00:16:18,075
‐ Yo, that's Big Daddy Kane
and Roxanne Shanté?

340
00:16:18,079 --> 00:16:19,829
‐ Mm‐hmm.

341
00:16:19,833 --> 00:16:21,133
Come on.

342
00:16:21,127 --> 00:16:23,127
‐ Yo.

343
00:16:23,131 --> 00:16:25,511
‐ Have a seat.

344
00:16:25,511 --> 00:16:27,391
‐ Oh, your office in here too?

345
00:16:27,389 --> 00:16:29,479
‐ The fur business
and the music business,

346
00:16:29,476 --> 00:16:31,606
good to be in together.

347
00:16:31,607 --> 00:16:33,437
Help people in both parties.

348
00:16:33,443 --> 00:16:36,663
Stick around, there might be
a coat in here for you.

349
00:16:36,658 --> 00:16:37,828
‐ Word?

350
00:16:37,827 --> 00:16:40,367
‐ I really dug
the demo you sent me.

351
00:16:40,373 --> 00:16:42,963
Not every day I get a tape
labeled "Genius" on it.

352
00:16:42,962 --> 00:16:44,262
‐ Well, you know,
name found me.

353
00:16:44,256 --> 00:16:45,716
Know what I'm sayin'?

354
00:16:45,718 --> 00:16:47,718
‐ I've been putting in calls
about you all over town.

355
00:16:49,559 --> 00:16:51,609
‐ Yo, I really appreciate that.

356
00:16:51,605 --> 00:16:53,935
‐ How about your‐‐
your boy on your track?

357
00:16:53,943 --> 00:16:55,203
You said he was your cousin?

358
00:16:55,195 --> 00:16:56,815
‐ Oh, yeah, Bobby.

359
00:16:56,823 --> 00:16:57,833
Dynamite.

360
00:16:59,704 --> 00:17:02,384
Just got his demo with me.

361
00:17:02,376 --> 00:17:03,746
Check it out.

362
00:17:05,591 --> 00:17:09,311
No, he's got a... unique sound.

363
00:17:12,479 --> 00:17:15,109
BOBBY: ♪ My mind flashed back
to an early mood ♪

364
00:17:15,110 --> 00:17:19,410
♪ When I was just a sperm cell
in the fallopian tube ♪

365
00:17:19,410 --> 00:17:21,710
♪ In the midst
of a state of triple darkness ♪

366
00:17:21,707 --> 00:17:24,877
♪ Going through a struggle
so I could exist ♪

367
00:17:32,645 --> 00:17:34,645
[car horn chirping]

368
00:17:37,154 --> 00:17:40,124
‐ Yo.
‐ Yo, what up, son?

369
00:17:43,959 --> 00:17:46,299
Hey, yo, how'd that job
interview go and shit?

370
00:17:46,297 --> 00:17:49,507
‐ A'ight, I guess.

371
00:17:54,522 --> 00:17:57,032
Yo, where Bobby at?

372
00:17:57,027 --> 00:17:59,697
‐ I ain't seen him
since I left your house.

373
00:17:59,699 --> 00:18:02,249
I wish he'd come soon, though.

374
00:18:02,245 --> 00:18:03,665
But that chess‐playin' nigga
keep tryin'

375
00:18:03,666 --> 00:18:05,996
to get me to sit down
and shit, like...

376
00:18:06,003 --> 00:18:08,973
I don't know that nigga,
the fuck?

377
00:18:14,061 --> 00:18:16,861
Hey, yo, you spoke
to your family yet?

378
00:18:16,858 --> 00:18:19,948
‐ Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

379
00:18:19,948 --> 00:18:21,118
‐ Cool.

380
00:18:23,454 --> 00:18:25,544
I wonder how they liking it.

381
00:18:25,543 --> 00:18:26,673
Ohio.

382
00:18:27,672 --> 00:18:30,302
<i>♪ ♪</i>

383
00:18:31,972 --> 00:18:34,182
So Shurrie, is she, like,
finishing high school and shit

384
00:18:34,184 --> 00:18:35,194
out there or...

385
00:18:35,186 --> 00:18:36,566
‐ Yo, I'll catch you later.

386
00:18:36,565 --> 00:18:38,395
‐ Hey, yo, what...

387
00:18:48,714 --> 00:18:50,434
BOBBY: Hey, yo.

388
00:18:52,095 --> 00:18:55,305
Hey, man, I just got done
talking to my cousin.

389
00:18:55,310 --> 00:18:58,270
He just played my demo
for this manager,

390
00:18:58,274 --> 00:18:59,744
and he wants to meet.

391
00:19:03,159 --> 00:19:04,699
‐ That's dope, son.

392
00:19:04,704 --> 00:19:07,844
He gon' sign you for sure.

393
00:19:07,835 --> 00:19:09,505
‐ Hey, yo.

394
00:19:09,506 --> 00:19:10,836
Hey, listen.

395
00:19:10,841 --> 00:19:13,721
He heard your verses too, man.

396
00:19:13,722 --> 00:19:16,352
He wants to meet us both.

397
00:19:16,352 --> 00:19:18,022
Tonight.

398
00:19:26,163 --> 00:19:31,973
Yo, I bet Haze would, uh...
yo, Haze would be excited, yo.

399
00:19:34,388 --> 00:19:36,268
He always believed in you.

400
00:19:38,772 --> 00:19:40,692
It's a big opportunity.

401
00:19:42,530 --> 00:19:45,410
‐ He's playing
in the championships.

402
00:19:45,410 --> 00:19:47,830
It's the first time
in his school's history.

403
00:19:47,832 --> 00:19:50,882
<i>It's a big opportunity.</i>

404
00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:56,350
GRANDMA: I, um, I got a call
from your mama today.

405
00:19:56,348 --> 00:19:57,808
‐ Oh, really?

406
00:19:57,810 --> 00:19:59,770
She okay?

407
00:19:59,772 --> 00:20:04,452
‐ She's got a place
in Staten Island now.

408
00:20:04,448 --> 00:20:07,248
She wants you
to come live with her.

409
00:20:07,245 --> 00:20:09,495
SHOTGUN: Oh.

410
00:20:09,499 --> 00:20:13,759
‐ You still got time to pack
and catch the train tonight.

411
00:20:13,759 --> 00:20:17,809
‐ Mama, as much as Shotgun
wants to be back with her,

412
00:20:17,808 --> 00:20:19,388
I think it's best
that he finish up

413
00:20:19,394 --> 00:20:22,994
the lacrosse season
and school year here.

414
00:20:22,985 --> 00:20:25,525
He's playing
in the championships.

415
00:20:25,532 --> 00:20:27,372
It's the first time
in his school's history.

416
00:20:27,369 --> 00:20:29,499
He's playing against
all of these white boys.

417
00:20:29,498 --> 00:20:31,998
It's a big opportunity.

418
00:20:32,003 --> 00:20:33,383
‐ Fine.

419
00:20:33,381 --> 00:20:36,141
Let's at least give her a call.

420
00:20:36,136 --> 00:20:37,886
After dinner.

421
00:20:39,351 --> 00:20:46,371
<i>♪ ♪</i>

422
00:20:48,787 --> 00:20:51,577
Almighty God, we thank You
for this time together,

423
00:20:51,584 --> 00:20:53,214
and we pray now
that You will bless it

424
00:20:53,212 --> 00:20:55,052
to the nourishment
of our lives.

425
00:20:55,049 --> 00:20:56,429
<i>In the name of Jesus, we pray.</i>

426
00:20:59,391 --> 00:21:06,111
<i>♪ ♪</i>

427
00:21:06,113 --> 00:21:08,953
<i>[Queen Latifah's</i>
<i>"Ladies First"]</i>

428
00:21:08,952 --> 00:21:10,292
LATIFAH: ♪ The ladies
will kick it ♪

429
00:21:10,288 --> 00:21:11,788
♪ The rhyme that is wicked ♪

430
00:21:11,791 --> 00:21:13,671
♪ Those that don't know
how to be pros get evicted ♪

431
00:21:13,670 --> 00:21:15,260
♪ A woman can bear you,
break you, take you ♪

432
00:21:15,256 --> 00:21:16,506
ANDRE: And when I heard
that verse

433
00:21:16,509 --> 00:21:18,889
about the sperm
that fertilized the egg?

434
00:21:18,889 --> 00:21:21,439
Whoo!
BOBBY: Wait, wait. Yo, yo.

435
00:21:21,435 --> 00:21:23,015
Y'all liked that?
ANDRE: Come on.

436
00:21:23,022 --> 00:21:25,782
I never heard a verse
like that before in my life!

437
00:21:25,778 --> 00:21:28,408
‐ Shit sure wasn't no biter.

438
00:21:28,407 --> 00:21:30,697
‐ And I was very impressed
by your track.

439
00:21:30,704 --> 00:21:32,124
I mean,
you could feel the energy

440
00:21:32,123 --> 00:21:34,503
coming through the speakers.

441
00:21:34,504 --> 00:21:36,384
‐ Yo, I appreciate that.

442
00:21:36,381 --> 00:21:38,091
‐ Yeah.
SHOTGUN: Word.

443
00:21:38,094 --> 00:21:39,394
‐ Gary.

444
00:21:39,387 --> 00:21:42,097
Let me introduce you to Fly Ty.

445
00:21:42,102 --> 00:21:43,442
Look, when I get back,
we talk next steps.

446
00:21:43,437 --> 00:21:45,317
We got a showcase
here tomorrow night.

447
00:21:45,316 --> 00:21:47,526
‐ Yo, cuz.

448
00:21:47,530 --> 00:21:49,830
‐ Yo.

449
00:21:49,826 --> 00:21:51,076
LATIFAH: ♪ But
for being with one ♪

450
00:21:51,078 --> 00:21:52,408
♪ 'Cause when it's time
for loving ♪

451
00:21:52,413 --> 00:21:53,753
♪ It's the woman
that gets some ♪

452
00:21:53,750 --> 00:21:56,670
♪ Strong, stepping,
strutting, moving on ♪

453
00:21:56,673 --> 00:21:58,893
♪ Rhyming, cutting,
and not forgetting ♪

454
00:21:58,885 --> 00:22:00,135
♪ We are the ones
that give birth ♪

455
00:22:00,138 --> 00:22:01,518
♪ To the new generation
of prophets ♪

456
00:22:01,516 --> 00:22:03,436
♪ 'Cause it's ladies first ♪

457
00:22:03,435 --> 00:22:06,645
‐ Hey, I could
get used to this.

458
00:22:06,651 --> 00:22:07,991
LATIFAH: ♪ 'Cause they see
a woman ♪

459
00:22:07,987 --> 00:22:09,277
♪ Standing up on her own two ♪

460
00:22:09,281 --> 00:22:11,581
♪ Sloppy slouching
is something I won't do ♪

461
00:22:11,578 --> 00:22:13,668
♪ Some think
that we can't flow ♪

462
00:22:13,665 --> 00:22:15,665
♪ Stereotypes, they got to go ♪

463
00:22:15,669 --> 00:22:17,299
BOBBY: We almost there.

464
00:22:17,297 --> 00:22:18,877
LATIFAH: ♪ With what?
With a little touch ♪

465
00:22:28,485 --> 00:22:31,485
[knocking on door]

466
00:22:36,251 --> 00:22:37,921
‐ Yo, Bobby!

467
00:22:40,259 --> 00:22:44,599
Damn, my moms paged me
12 times, son.

468
00:22:44,602 --> 00:22:46,612
DENNIS: Yo, Bobby,
where the fuck you at, son?

469
00:22:46,606 --> 00:22:49,276
[banging on door]

470
00:22:52,576 --> 00:22:53,906
Yo, what's good, nigga?

471
00:22:53,912 --> 00:22:55,332
BOBBY: Shit, man.

472
00:22:55,331 --> 00:22:57,341
‐ Where the fuck you been, son?

473
00:22:57,335 --> 00:23:01,125
You got me fucking taking
trips and shit by mys...

474
00:23:09,109 --> 00:23:10,529
Hey, yo, so let me
get this straight.

475
00:23:10,529 --> 00:23:12,569
You been hanging out
with this Park Hill nigga

476
00:23:12,574 --> 00:23:13,994
instead of puttin' in work
with me?

477
00:23:13,994 --> 00:23:15,544
Hey, yo, what the fuck
is up, son?

478
00:23:15,539 --> 00:23:16,959
‐ Hey, yo, listen.

479
00:23:16,958 --> 00:23:19,338
This manager came up
to me and Shotgun, a'ight?

480
00:23:19,337 --> 00:23:20,877
He wants us to perform
at this showcase

481
00:23:20,882 --> 00:23:22,512
for these execs and shit.

482
00:23:22,511 --> 00:23:25,731
So I figured, I prove myself,

483
00:23:25,726 --> 00:23:27,726
I get this manager to sign me,

484
00:23:27,730 --> 00:23:29,610
and then I pass your tape
to him like Gary did for me.

485
00:23:29,608 --> 00:23:32,238
‐ All right, Bob,
what about the fucking work?

486
00:23:32,238 --> 00:23:35,238
So you get signed,
you miss the fucking big time,

487
00:23:35,244 --> 00:23:37,464
'Vine out here
picking up trash on Wall Street

488
00:23:37,457 --> 00:23:38,917
instead of selling
to these niggas,

489
00:23:38,918 --> 00:23:40,378
and I'm supposed to, what,
do the business for myself?

490
00:23:40,379 --> 00:23:41,379
‐ Nah, man.
‐ Is that it?

491
00:23:41,381 --> 00:23:42,471
‐ That's not what I'm saying.

492
00:23:42,467 --> 00:23:44,717
‐ What the fuck are you saying?

493
00:23:44,722 --> 00:23:47,732
Hey, yo, the only reason I got
this deep in this fucking game

494
00:23:47,728 --> 00:23:50,268
is for your family.

495
00:23:50,274 --> 00:23:52,284
‐ Hey, yo, it's two.

496
00:23:52,278 --> 00:23:54,698
Yo, don't forget that.

497
00:23:54,700 --> 00:23:57,620
Yo, all you gotta do
is sit tight, D.

498
00:23:57,623 --> 00:24:01,843
Hey, for now.
Just for now.

499
00:24:01,839 --> 00:24:03,929
And if I go anywhere,

500
00:24:03,927 --> 00:24:06,637
you comin' with me.

501
00:24:06,641 --> 00:24:08,651
You know that shit.

502
00:24:18,998 --> 00:24:21,748
[door creaks open,
clicks shut]

503
00:24:24,718 --> 00:24:26,348
So I talked to my cousin Gary,

504
00:24:26,346 --> 00:24:28,056
he was saying
that we gotta have our names

505
00:24:28,058 --> 00:24:29,558
when we meet those guys.

506
00:24:29,562 --> 00:24:31,312
Like we have our shit together.

507
00:24:31,314 --> 00:24:32,364
Know what I'm saying?

508
00:24:32,358 --> 00:24:34,148
He's going by "The Genius."

509
00:24:34,154 --> 00:24:37,374
‐ Shit, I already been flipping
between two names, son.

510
00:24:37,368 --> 00:24:41,378
Johnny Blaze and Iron Lung.

511
00:24:41,376 --> 00:24:44,006
And I got this new idea, right?

512
00:24:44,007 --> 00:24:46,297
Hot Nickels.

513
00:24:46,303 --> 00:24:48,893
Word.

514
00:24:48,892 --> 00:24:51,522
‐ I don't know, man.

515
00:24:51,522 --> 00:24:53,692
‐ Nigga Haze used to say
that same shit.

516
00:24:56,699 --> 00:24:58,659
‐ Hey, yo.

517
00:24:58,661 --> 00:25:00,121
'Bout to be good tonight?

518
00:25:00,122 --> 00:25:01,792
‐ Hell, yeah.

519
00:25:01,792 --> 00:25:05,222
What about you,
what you gonna go by?

520
00:25:05,216 --> 00:25:07,846
‐ Well, I want
to have something

521
00:25:07,846 --> 00:25:09,976
with a little force behind it.

522
00:25:09,975 --> 00:25:12,145
You know what I'm sayin'?

523
00:25:12,146 --> 00:25:13,776
‐ Force?

524
00:25:13,775 --> 00:25:16,655
I thought you was gonna go
by Bobby Dynamite.

525
00:25:18,910 --> 00:25:20,450
‐ Hey, yo, check this.

526
00:25:22,500 --> 00:25:23,960
Rakeem.

527
00:25:26,424 --> 00:25:28,264
‐ Rakeem?
What's that?

528
00:25:28,262 --> 00:25:30,222
‐ Yeah. Yo, I heard
some Five Percenters

529
00:25:30,224 --> 00:25:32,564
talking about it in the park.

530
00:25:32,563 --> 00:25:35,863
When I heard that shit,
that‐‐that "Ra,"

531
00:25:35,860 --> 00:25:38,490
I thought, damn,
that shit is powerful.

532
00:25:38,490 --> 00:25:40,040
Rakeem.

533
00:25:40,035 --> 00:25:41,325
Yo, it's original.

534
00:25:41,329 --> 00:25:42,829
‐ Yo, son, how is that original

535
00:25:42,833 --> 00:25:46,723
when you caught it from some
Five Percenters in the park?

536
00:25:46,716 --> 00:25:50,216
‐ Nigga, know what I'm saying.

537
00:25:50,222 --> 00:25:52,442
Hurry
your crippled ass up, bruh.

538
00:25:52,435 --> 00:25:54,055
‐ Whatever, man.

539
00:25:54,063 --> 00:25:55,983
<i>♪ ♪</i>

540
00:25:55,984 --> 00:25:57,864
BOBBY: ♪ R‐A‐K‐E‐E‐M ♪

541
00:25:57,863 --> 00:25:59,663
♪ Just give me what you got ♪

542
00:25:59,658 --> 00:26:02,328
♪ Uh‐huh, yeah,
give me what you got ♪

543
00:26:02,330 --> 00:26:04,540
♪ Yeah, yeah, taste me,
taste me, taste me ♪

544
00:26:04,543 --> 00:26:06,053
♪ Baby, taste me ♪

545
00:26:06,046 --> 00:26:08,636
♪ Swallow it, swallow it down
and don't waste me ♪

546
00:26:08,635 --> 00:26:10,805
♪ Yeah, swallow it down ♪
‐ What I'm talkin' about, son.

547
00:26:10,805 --> 00:26:12,215
‐ ♪ Swallow it down ♪

548
00:26:12,224 --> 00:26:14,194
SHOTGUN: Yo, I ain't seen
this many white people

549
00:26:14,187 --> 00:26:15,817
since I lived in Long Island.

550
00:26:18,821 --> 00:26:25,541
<i>♪ ♪</i>

551
00:26:36,147 --> 00:26:38,397
‐ No, no, no, no, no.

552
00:26:38,402 --> 00:26:39,492
Use a rake.

553
00:26:39,487 --> 00:26:41,987
Yeah.
See?

554
00:26:41,992 --> 00:26:44,792
A rake won't splash
as much water over the edge.

555
00:26:44,790 --> 00:26:46,080
All right?

556
00:26:46,084 --> 00:26:49,094
See, you learn a trade,
you'll always have work.

557
00:26:49,090 --> 00:26:52,010
Even after everything
I've been through.

558
00:26:52,012 --> 00:26:55,022
‐ Yeah, you done
with all of that now.

559
00:26:55,018 --> 00:26:56,148
Right?

560
00:26:56,146 --> 00:26:57,726
‐ I ain't going nowhere.

561
00:26:59,360 --> 00:27:01,450
Better get back to work.

562
00:27:01,448 --> 00:27:04,958
‐ Hey, man.
What're you doin'?

563
00:27:04,955 --> 00:27:07,035
‐ I'm just teaching
my nephew something.

564
00:27:07,042 --> 00:27:08,882
‐ Yeah, well, teach him
somewhere else.

565
00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:10,680
All right?
Not on my work site.

566
00:27:10,675 --> 00:27:12,135
‐ Your work site?

567
00:27:12,136 --> 00:27:13,256
‐ What do you think this is?

568
00:27:13,263 --> 00:27:15,353
‐ You better chill out.
JERRY: Tony.

569
00:27:19,025 --> 00:27:20,065
ANTHONY: Jerry.

570
00:27:20,068 --> 00:27:21,528
What's going on?

571
00:27:21,530 --> 00:27:23,070
You said you had
my old job for me.

572
00:27:23,074 --> 00:27:25,044
‐ I said I had <i>a</i> job.

573
00:27:28,168 --> 00:27:30,878
‐ You think that kid
knows better than me?

574
00:27:30,882 --> 00:27:32,222
I've been doing construction

575
00:27:32,218 --> 00:27:34,308
longer than
he's been breathing.

576
00:27:36,351 --> 00:27:37,851
How many years
have I given you?

577
00:27:37,854 --> 00:27:39,864
‐ Yeah, and how many
of those years were you clean?

578
00:27:43,699 --> 00:27:45,159
I'm sorry, Tony.

579
00:27:46,622 --> 00:27:48,212
It's the best I can do.

580
00:27:48,208 --> 00:27:55,178
<i>♪ ♪</i>

581
00:27:55,180 --> 00:27:57,180
SHOTGUN: Hey, Unc.

582
00:27:57,184 --> 00:27:59,524
<i>BOBBY: Put your</i>
<i>motherfuckin' hands together.</i>

583
00:27:59,523 --> 00:28:01,943
Put your motherfuckin'
hands together

584
00:28:01,944 --> 00:28:04,204
for my boy, my nigga,

585
00:28:04,198 --> 00:28:08,328
Shotgun!

586
00:28:08,331 --> 00:28:09,841
[cheers and applause]

587
00:28:09,835 --> 00:28:11,585
Hell, yeah!
Hell, yeah!

588
00:28:11,589 --> 00:28:12,969
Let's hear that shit!

589
00:28:12,966 --> 00:28:15,256
Hell, yeah.
Hell, yeah.

590
00:28:15,262 --> 00:28:16,262
Yo.

591
00:28:16,264 --> 00:28:17,274
Hey.

592
00:28:17,266 --> 00:28:20,056
Kill that shit, nigga.

593
00:28:20,063 --> 00:28:22,113
‐ Yo, New York, what up,
what up, what up, what up?

594
00:28:22,109 --> 00:28:23,819
New York, what up?

595
00:28:23,821 --> 00:28:25,281
What up, New York?

596
00:28:25,282 --> 00:28:27,412
Make some motherfucking noise,
New York City, what up?

597
00:28:27,411 --> 00:28:29,001
[cheers and applause]

598
00:28:28,998 --> 00:28:30,588
Yeah.

599
00:28:30,585 --> 00:28:33,005
Yo, hey, yo, DJ,
put my shit on, man.

600
00:28:33,006 --> 00:28:35,176
PERSON: Whoo!

601
00:28:35,177 --> 00:28:38,177
[cheers and applause]

602
00:28:38,183 --> 00:28:39,733
‐ ♪ I woke up
on the wrong side of the bed ♪

603
00:28:39,728 --> 00:28:40,898
♪ Now I'm moody ♪

604
00:28:40,897 --> 00:28:41,977
♪ Brothers trying to fuck me ♪

605
00:28:41,982 --> 00:28:43,492
♪ Must think I'm booty ♪

606
00:28:43,485 --> 00:28:45,775
♪ People causin' static
as if I'm trying to have it ♪

607
00:28:45,782 --> 00:28:48,502
♪ But like a .45,
I flip, it's automatic ♪

608
00:28:48,495 --> 00:28:50,995
♪ It all dates back
to when I was a youngster ♪

609
00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:52,210
♪ Where if you didn't
fight back ♪

610
00:28:52,211 --> 00:28:53,711
♪ Then you were called
a sucker ♪

611
00:28:53,714 --> 00:28:56,394
♪ Or got played every time
you walked up the block ♪

612
00:28:56,386 --> 00:28:59,176
♪ Even little kids would
come up and snatch your props ♪

613
00:28:59,183 --> 00:29:01,483
♪ I had to fight to maintain
my self‐aggression ♪

614
00:29:01,479 --> 00:29:04,399
♪ Stay good with the hands
ever since my adolescence ♪

615
00:29:04,402 --> 00:29:06,952
♪ Fought with preachers,
even school teachers ♪

616
00:29:06,949 --> 00:29:08,239
♪ Smack you so hard ♪

617
00:29:08,243 --> 00:29:09,583
♪ They can hear it
in the bleachers ♪

618
00:29:09,579 --> 00:29:12,669
♪ This buck wild type
juvenile delinquent ♪

619
00:29:12,669 --> 00:29:14,879
♪ Problem child
type of every day stink kid ♪

620
00:29:14,881 --> 00:29:18,181
♪ That's how it is
when Shotgun performs ♪

621
00:29:18,179 --> 00:29:20,059
♪ Yo, B, you're on ♪

622
00:29:20,058 --> 00:29:26,108
<i>♪ ♪</i>

623
00:29:26,112 --> 00:29:28,832
<i>[cheers and applause]</i>

624
00:29:28,826 --> 00:29:30,616
[whistle trills]
‐ Time!

625
00:29:30,621 --> 00:29:32,541
‐ Yeah!

626
00:29:32,542 --> 00:29:34,762
We want more of that, boy.

627
00:29:36,215 --> 00:29:37,335
Yo, ref.

628
00:29:37,342 --> 00:29:39,852
Yo, don't make it
10 versus 11 out here.

629
00:29:39,848 --> 00:29:41,268
‐ Yeah, you're lucky
I don't call personal.

630
00:29:41,267 --> 00:29:43,097
‐ Yo, ref!

631
00:29:43,104 --> 00:29:44,274
What the fuck was that, man?

632
00:29:44,273 --> 00:29:45,693
‐ Uncle Anthony?

633
00:29:45,693 --> 00:29:47,783
ANTHONY: You just gonna let him
lead his whole crew?

634
00:29:47,781 --> 00:29:49,281
‐ Yo, what you doing?
‐ Huh?

635
00:29:49,283 --> 00:29:50,453
‐ Sir, get off the field.

636
00:29:50,452 --> 00:29:51,792
‐ Hey, don't you tell me

637
00:29:51,789 --> 00:29:52,789
get off the field, man.

638
00:29:52,791 --> 00:29:54,211
You get me off the field.

639
00:29:54,210 --> 00:29:55,300
SHOTGUN: Yo, chill, man.

640
00:29:55,295 --> 00:29:56,875
Yo, you on parole, man.

641
00:29:56,882 --> 00:29:58,932
‐ The hell is your uncle on?

642
00:29:58,928 --> 00:30:00,098
‐ He's trying to cheat you.

643
00:30:00,096 --> 00:30:01,976
‐ Yo, Uncle Anthony, please.
Stop, man.

644
00:30:01,975 --> 00:30:03,345
‐ [grunts]

645
00:30:03,353 --> 00:30:05,023
‐ Get your uncle off the field.

646
00:30:05,023 --> 00:30:06,783
<i>♪ ♪</i>

647
00:30:06,777 --> 00:30:08,147
‐ No.
No, no, no.

648
00:30:08,154 --> 00:30:10,334
Please.
I'll get him out of here.

649
00:30:10,325 --> 00:30:11,995
<i>♪ ♪</i>

650
00:30:11,995 --> 00:30:13,705
‐ He's trying to cheat you.

651
00:30:13,707 --> 00:30:15,497
‐ Come on, man.
Get up.

652
00:30:15,503 --> 00:30:17,463
Come on, man, we gotta go.
We gotta go, come on.

653
00:30:17,464 --> 00:30:18,804
‐ Cheat you.
ISAIAH: Shotgun, man!

654
00:30:18,801 --> 00:30:20,891
Where you going?
It's the championship game!

655
00:30:20,888 --> 00:30:23,888
[cheers and applause]

656
00:30:23,894 --> 00:30:30,914
<i>♪ ♪</i>

657
00:30:34,123 --> 00:30:36,343
‐ Hey, yo,
you fucking killed it.

658
00:30:43,809 --> 00:30:44,809
[electricity popping]

659
00:30:44,811 --> 00:30:46,151
‐ Oh.

660
00:30:48,986 --> 00:30:50,696
Oh, shit.

661
00:30:54,831 --> 00:30:56,331
‐ Catch you later, man.

662
00:30:58,171 --> 00:30:59,841
‐ Yo.

663
00:30:59,841 --> 00:31:01,181
Yo, n‐n...

664
00:31:01,177 --> 00:31:04,887
[elevator dings]

665
00:31:04,893 --> 00:31:06,943
Fuckin'...

666
00:31:09,109 --> 00:31:11,779
Shit.

667
00:31:11,782 --> 00:31:18,802
<i>♪ ♪</i>

668
00:31:34,159 --> 00:31:35,499
PATRICK: Shotgun.

669
00:31:35,495 --> 00:31:36,535
Patrick Nelson.

670
00:31:36,540 --> 00:31:37,540
Varsity Records.

671
00:31:37,542 --> 00:31:39,172
That was incredible.

672
00:31:39,169 --> 00:31:40,629
You're gonna be a star.

673
00:31:40,631 --> 00:31:41,881
‐ Oh, thanks, man.

674
00:31:41,883 --> 00:31:44,183
‐ I loved the cane bit.

675
00:31:44,179 --> 00:31:46,429
It's like you're a pimp
or something.

676
00:31:46,434 --> 00:31:48,944
‐ Nah, I actually need this
to walk.

677
00:31:48,939 --> 00:31:53,569
<i>♪ ♪</i>

678
00:31:53,574 --> 00:31:55,294
BOBBY: Hey, yo.

679
00:31:55,285 --> 00:31:56,655
What up, baby?

680
00:31:56,663 --> 00:31:58,833
‐ Hey, yo, I was feeling
your performance earlier.

681
00:31:58,834 --> 00:32:00,714
‐ Oh, yeah? Yeah.
‐ Yeah.

682
00:32:00,713 --> 00:32:03,093
Yo, what'd you say
your name was again?

683
00:32:03,092 --> 00:32:07,062
‐ It's, uh... it's Rakeem.

684
00:32:07,059 --> 00:32:10,109
‐ Yeah, you don't sound
so sure about that.

685
00:32:10,106 --> 00:32:11,436
‐ I'm very sure, baby.

686
00:32:11,442 --> 00:32:14,072
‐ Bobby.
Let me borrow you for a minute.

687
00:32:14,073 --> 00:32:15,703
Excuse me.

688
00:32:15,701 --> 00:32:19,961
‐ Yo, I'ma‐‐I'ma holler
at you soon, a'ight?

689
00:32:19,959 --> 00:32:21,129
‐ Monica.

690
00:32:21,128 --> 00:32:23,588
Monica Lynch
from Tommy Boy Records.

691
00:32:23,592 --> 00:32:26,102
My client, Bobby.

692
00:32:26,097 --> 00:32:27,847
‐ Such a pleasure, Bobby.

693
00:32:27,850 --> 00:32:29,350
‐ Yo, pleasure's all mine.

694
00:32:29,353 --> 00:32:33,283
‐ We'd be very interested in
having you come in this week.

695
00:32:33,277 --> 00:32:35,447
‐ I'd love to.

696
00:32:35,448 --> 00:32:37,578
‐ Andre.
‐ Hey!

697
00:32:37,578 --> 00:32:39,538
How are you, my friend?
‐ Oh, I'm well, I'm well.

698
00:32:39,541 --> 00:32:41,211
‐ Hey, listen, my son wants
to meet your new star.

699
00:32:41,210 --> 00:32:43,210
‐ Ah.
Steve.

700
00:32:43,214 --> 00:32:47,774
Bobby, Jules and Steve Rifkind
from Spring Records.

701
00:32:47,765 --> 00:32:48,925
‐ Hey.
‐ Oh, yeah, man.

702
00:32:48,934 --> 00:32:50,274
‐ Bobby, so good
to meet you, man.

703
00:32:50,270 --> 00:32:52,270
The performance was awesome.

704
00:32:52,274 --> 00:32:55,874
‐ He keeps telling me
I gotta get back into hip‐hop.

705
00:32:55,865 --> 00:32:59,195
But I just don't see it
going anywhere.

706
00:32:59,204 --> 00:33:00,544
‐ Okay.

707
00:33:00,541 --> 00:33:01,711
‐ I see it
going pretty far, Dad,

708
00:33:01,710 --> 00:33:03,800
you know,
the people love it, so.

709
00:33:03,797 --> 00:33:06,217
‐ Look, I see a lot
of potential here.

710
00:33:06,218 --> 00:33:08,428
You're a good‐looking kid.
We can take you far.

711
00:33:08,431 --> 00:33:10,141
And you can be
the next Father MC.

712
00:33:10,143 --> 00:33:11,273
SHOTGUN: Yeah, that's cool,

713
00:33:11,270 --> 00:33:12,980
but that pretty boy rap
really ain't me.

714
00:33:12,982 --> 00:33:14,992
PATRICK: Sign with me.
Follow my lead.

715
00:33:14,986 --> 00:33:18,696
Don't worry about anything
except being a star.

716
00:33:18,702 --> 00:33:20,162
Sounds better
than slanging on the corner

717
00:33:20,163 --> 00:33:21,963
and getting locked up, right?

718
00:33:24,254 --> 00:33:26,094
‐ Yo, I ain't no drug dealer.

719
00:33:26,091 --> 00:33:29,471
‐ Yeah.
Of course not.

720
00:33:29,473 --> 00:33:31,563
‐ I ain't did
no jail time neither.

721
00:33:31,561 --> 00:33:33,231
No prison, no probation.

722
00:33:33,231 --> 00:33:36,201
Definitely no parole.
None of that shit.

723
00:33:36,195 --> 00:33:39,985
How the fuck you even gonna say
some shit like that to me, man?

724
00:33:39,994 --> 00:33:41,924
‐ Okay, okay, look,
I'm just saying.

725
00:33:41,915 --> 00:33:43,285
‐ Yo, get the fuck away
from me.

726
00:33:48,553 --> 00:33:50,603
‐ Has your man lost
his fucking mind?

727
00:33:53,104 --> 00:33:54,274
GUARD: Hey.

728
00:33:54,273 --> 00:33:55,823
You about to get
the fuck out of here, man.

729
00:33:55,818 --> 00:33:58,528
Come on.
Come on.

730
00:34:09,679 --> 00:34:11,429
‐ Hey, yo, yo, yo, what's‐‐
what's wrong, girl?

731
00:34:11,432 --> 00:34:13,312
No, no, no.
Down.

732
00:34:13,311 --> 00:34:14,771
Come here.

733
00:34:18,195 --> 00:34:20,445
Chill.
Chill, chill.

734
00:34:28,132 --> 00:34:30,352
Shit, I'm sorry, girl.

735
00:34:30,345 --> 00:34:32,675
I guess I'm the only one
who feeds you now, huh?

736
00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:36,190
Down.

737
00:34:39,947 --> 00:34:41,907
[door clicks shut]

738
00:34:45,793 --> 00:34:46,803
Yo.

739
00:34:52,723 --> 00:34:55,603
‐ Any more
of that chicken left?

740
00:34:55,604 --> 00:34:58,744
‐ No, I gave the rest to Sheba.

741
00:34:58,735 --> 00:35:01,735
Yo, I gotta go and pick up
some dog food tomorrow.

742
00:35:07,168 --> 00:35:10,928
So how was, uh,
how was that new job?

743
00:35:10,926 --> 00:35:13,216
‐ It's a'ight.

744
00:35:17,773 --> 00:35:19,233
So.

745
00:35:21,865 --> 00:35:25,115
You're not working
at the park no more?

746
00:35:25,121 --> 00:35:26,461
‐ I've been busy.

747
00:35:26,457 --> 00:35:28,167
DIVINE: I know it's not fun,

748
00:35:28,169 --> 00:35:30,629
selling weed
to Wall Street dudes all day,

749
00:35:30,632 --> 00:35:33,262
but that's the hustle.

750
00:35:33,262 --> 00:35:35,062
Life's all about doing shit

751
00:35:35,057 --> 00:35:37,017
that you don't want to do.

752
00:35:37,020 --> 00:35:40,900
Now, you know what happens when
I don't show up to a job now?

753
00:35:40,903 --> 00:35:42,663
I go back to jail.

754
00:35:42,656 --> 00:35:45,196
Now, you want to end up just
another statistic like me?

755
00:35:45,203 --> 00:35:46,293
‐ Yo, you're‐‐

756
00:35:46,288 --> 00:35:47,748
you're not
another statistic, 'Vine.

757
00:35:47,750 --> 00:35:50,960
‐ But that's what the world
sees me as.

758
00:35:50,964 --> 00:35:52,844
Hmm?
Now, what did Mommy say?

759
00:35:52,843 --> 00:35:55,603
We have to try and make
something of ourselves.

760
00:35:58,437 --> 00:36:00,647
Yo, sometimes,
I think you don't understand

761
00:36:00,651 --> 00:36:02,781
how hard it's gonna be
out there.

762
00:36:13,008 --> 00:36:15,388
Maybe I protected you too much.

763
00:36:17,685 --> 00:36:20,685
‐ Yo, I wasn't trying
to ditch work.

764
00:36:22,443 --> 00:36:24,873
Gary met this manager.

765
00:36:24,866 --> 00:36:27,786
We had this performance
at this club in Manhattan,

766
00:36:27,788 --> 00:36:32,588
and yo, 'Vine, I killed it.

767
00:36:34,802 --> 00:36:38,522
This manager thinks
I got a real shot at a deal.

768
00:36:38,518 --> 00:36:43,028
I have this meeting soon,
and, yo, if it goes well,

769
00:36:43,027 --> 00:36:45,487
maybe I could call Mommy,

770
00:36:45,489 --> 00:36:47,539
and I could tell her

771
00:36:47,536 --> 00:36:52,376
I actually made something
of myself.

772
00:36:52,378 --> 00:36:53,918
For real.

773
00:37:06,741 --> 00:37:09,411
‐ That's good, man.

774
00:37:09,412 --> 00:37:11,172
That's...

775
00:37:13,045 --> 00:37:14,585
That's great.

776
00:37:16,343 --> 00:37:18,683
<i>♪ ♪</i>

777
00:37:18,682 --> 00:37:20,272
‐ Yeah.

778
00:37:24,192 --> 00:37:27,202
<i>♪ ♪</i>

779
00:37:27,198 --> 00:37:29,998
‐ Uh, Queen Latifah.

780
00:37:29,996 --> 00:37:31,746
Apache and the rest
of the Flavor Unit crew.

781
00:37:31,749 --> 00:37:33,039
‐ Damn, I didn't even know

782
00:37:33,043 --> 00:37:36,173
Apache was a part
of the Flavor Unit crew.

783
00:37:36,174 --> 00:37:37,764
You ever thought about, uh,

784
00:37:37,761 --> 00:37:39,601
putting them
on a record together?

785
00:37:39,598 --> 00:37:41,598
That shit would be crazy.

786
00:37:41,602 --> 00:37:43,232
‐ Do you know how many people
are in Flavor Unit?

787
00:37:43,230 --> 00:37:44,860
'Cause I can barely keep track.

788
00:37:44,859 --> 00:37:47,359
Just imagine trying to wrangle
all those artists for a record.

789
00:37:47,363 --> 00:37:49,283
‐ It'll be worth it, though.

790
00:37:49,284 --> 00:37:52,924
It'd kinda be like,
what, the Avengers.

791
00:37:52,916 --> 00:37:56,046
‐ Yeah, cassettes cost
more than comics.

792
00:37:56,048 --> 00:37:57,428
[knocking on door]

793
00:37:57,425 --> 00:37:59,385
‐ Monica.
MONICA: Oh, Bobby.

794
00:37:59,387 --> 00:38:01,677
This is our CEO, Tom Silverman.

795
00:38:01,684 --> 00:38:03,154
‐ Oh, pleasure.

796
00:38:03,145 --> 00:38:04,815
‐ Pleasure to meet you.
Glad we could get you in here.

797
00:38:04,815 --> 00:38:06,395
‐ Oh, thanks,
I'm happy to be here.

798
00:38:06,401 --> 00:38:07,651
TOM: Oh, we're glad
to have you.

799
00:38:07,654 --> 00:38:09,124
We think you got
big star potential.

800
00:38:09,115 --> 00:38:10,195
Want to get you in the studio,

801
00:38:10,201 --> 00:38:11,371
right away.

802
00:38:11,369 --> 00:38:12,579
‐ Oh.

803
00:38:12,581 --> 00:38:14,211
Word?
‐ Mm‐hmm.

804
00:38:14,209 --> 00:38:16,249
‐ Oh, shit!

805
00:38:16,254 --> 00:38:17,474
Yeah.

806
00:38:17,465 --> 00:38:18,885
I'm telling you,
I'm sitting there with Monica

807
00:38:18,885 --> 00:38:20,345
and the CEO comes right in.

808
00:38:20,346 --> 00:38:21,806
It was fucking crazy.

809
00:38:21,808 --> 00:38:23,648
‐ It's not a coincidence,
my friend.

810
00:38:23,645 --> 00:38:25,145
It's a move.

811
00:38:25,147 --> 00:38:26,897
They're serious
about working with you.

812
00:38:26,901 --> 00:38:29,031
‐ Oh, shit.

813
00:38:29,030 --> 00:38:31,080
‐ I linked with Monica
and the exec who wants Gary

814
00:38:31,076 --> 00:38:32,696
over at Cold Chillin'.

815
00:38:32,704 --> 00:38:34,964
I figured I'd book
your studio time together.

816
00:38:34,959 --> 00:38:37,299
‐ Hell, yeah.

817
00:38:37,296 --> 00:38:38,626
Yeah, and once
we in there back‐to‐back,

818
00:38:38,633 --> 00:38:40,473
I can get my boys in there too.

819
00:38:40,469 --> 00:38:42,059
ANDRE: Let's keep
it small, huh?

820
00:38:42,056 --> 00:38:43,476
I'm not trying to get
half of Staten Island

821
00:38:43,475 --> 00:38:44,765
into this session.

822
00:38:44,770 --> 00:38:47,730
Especially not Shotgun.

823
00:38:47,734 --> 00:38:49,704
‐ Wait, what?

824
00:38:49,697 --> 00:38:51,657
I thought‐‐
I thought y'all said y'all was

825
00:38:51,659 --> 00:38:52,949
trying to sign him.

826
00:38:52,953 --> 00:38:54,833
‐ I did.
Not now.

827
00:38:54,832 --> 00:38:56,712
Can't be acting like that.

828
00:38:58,380 --> 00:38:59,590
‐ Yo, he's just‐‐

829
00:38:59,592 --> 00:39:02,352
he's just going through
some shit, man.

830
00:39:02,346 --> 00:39:06,226
I mean, his boy just died.
It really messed him up.

831
00:39:06,229 --> 00:39:07,479
Can't we just take him?

832
00:39:07,481 --> 00:39:09,491
‐ I'm not taking him anywhere.

833
00:39:17,753 --> 00:39:19,463
<i>BOBBY: You talk to Andre?</i>

834
00:39:22,303 --> 00:39:23,513
‐ Yeah.

835
00:39:24,642 --> 00:39:27,612
‐ Shit.

836
00:39:27,606 --> 00:39:28,896
What happened?

837
00:39:31,572 --> 00:39:33,372
‐ I don't know, son.

838
00:39:36,122 --> 00:39:38,042
‐ Shit, man.

839
00:39:38,043 --> 00:39:39,673
For sure, you know you dope.

840
00:39:45,224 --> 00:39:46,854
‐ Go get that cream, son.

841
00:39:48,690 --> 00:39:55,540
<i>♪ ♪</i>

842
00:40:03,678 --> 00:40:05,968
<i>GRANDMA: Come on, please!</i>
<i>He's been good!</i>

843
00:40:05,974 --> 00:40:07,604
He's been working a job.

844
00:40:07,602 --> 00:40:09,402
He's been checking in
with his PO.

845
00:40:09,397 --> 00:40:10,857
‐ Hey, man.

846
00:40:10,859 --> 00:40:13,319
Y'all win that game?

847
00:40:13,322 --> 00:40:14,912
‐ How old is he?

848
00:40:14,908 --> 00:40:17,578
He's living here with a known
addict with drugs in the house?

849
00:40:17,581 --> 00:40:20,001
‐ Hey, no, man.
No, I didn't do‐‐

850
00:40:21,839 --> 00:40:23,759
Now, I don't know where you
found that stuff, man.

851
00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:25,010
I ain't bring any drugs
in this house.

852
00:40:25,012 --> 00:40:26,262
OFFICER: Don't you lie
to me, all right?

853
00:40:26,264 --> 00:40:27,524
I'll have child services
here so fast,

854
00:40:27,517 --> 00:40:28,517
your head will spin.

855
00:40:28,519 --> 00:40:30,359
‐ No, no, he's not his son.

856
00:40:30,356 --> 00:40:33,236
He's his nephew, and he's been
living with his mother,

857
00:40:33,236 --> 00:40:35,196
in Staten Island!

858
00:40:36,577 --> 00:40:38,577
‐ All right, well,
go on home, then.

859
00:40:38,581 --> 00:40:41,211
This is no place for kids.

860
00:40:41,211 --> 00:40:43,261
‐ Yo, where you taking him?

861
00:40:43,256 --> 00:40:45,846
‐ It's okay, man.

862
00:40:45,845 --> 00:40:47,095
You'll see me soon.

863
00:40:47,098 --> 00:40:49,848
OFFICER: Come on.
ANTHONY: You'll see me soon.

864
00:40:49,853 --> 00:40:51,943
<i>♪ ♪</i>

865
00:40:51,941 --> 00:40:53,651
You'll see me soon.

866
00:40:55,865 --> 00:40:57,485
<i>It's okay.</i>

867
00:40:57,493 --> 00:40:59,623
<i>You'll see me soon.</i>

868
00:41:06,512 --> 00:41:08,142
‐ Tommy Boy signed you
to a single deal.

869
00:41:08,140 --> 00:41:09,810
I'm hearing a lot of good stuff
from you, man.

870
00:41:09,810 --> 00:41:11,860
But I ain't heard a single yet.

871
00:41:11,856 --> 00:41:14,066
You don't get an album
if you don't have a single.

872
00:41:14,068 --> 00:41:16,028
Something
that distinguishes you.

873
00:41:16,030 --> 00:41:17,530
It's gotta be catchy.

874
00:41:17,534 --> 00:41:19,044
‐ Yeah.
Yeah, I hear you.

875
00:41:19,036 --> 00:41:20,366
I hear you.

876
00:41:20,372 --> 00:41:21,832
‐ How about this?

877
00:41:21,834 --> 00:41:23,804
Everyone loves
a James Brown hook.

878
00:41:26,259 --> 00:41:27,339
‐ Yeah.

879
00:41:27,344 --> 00:41:29,524
Everybody runs it ragged.

880
00:41:29,516 --> 00:41:32,516
It's a little too obvious.

881
00:41:35,444 --> 00:41:38,454
<i>[funk music playing</i>
<i>over speakers]</i>

882
00:41:38,450 --> 00:41:42,290
<i>♪ ♪</i>

883
00:41:42,291 --> 00:41:43,541
Yo.

884
00:41:43,544 --> 00:41:45,214
Seriously?

885
00:41:45,214 --> 00:41:48,604
Nah, I'm looking for something

886
00:41:48,596 --> 00:41:50,346
a little fresh,

887
00:41:50,349 --> 00:41:51,889
a little more soul.

888
00:41:53,396 --> 00:41:56,436
<i>♪ ♪</i>

889
00:41:56,444 --> 00:41:57,824
Hey, yo.

890
00:41:57,822 --> 00:42:00,952
Y'all still about to have me
meet with them producers?

891
00:42:00,954 --> 00:42:04,254
'Cause you know I be‐‐
I be producing my own shit.

892
00:42:06,214 --> 00:42:09,304
‐ Yeah, well, we want you
to focus on rapping for now.

893
00:42:09,303 --> 00:42:12,353
I want you taken seriously
as a rapper.

894
00:42:12,351 --> 00:42:14,191
And rappers don't produce
their own shit.

895
00:42:16,860 --> 00:42:18,360
‐ A'ight.

896
00:42:21,119 --> 00:42:22,539
Hey, yo.
Yo, yo, yo.

897
00:42:22,539 --> 00:42:25,289
Let me‐‐
let me see this right here.

898
00:42:27,089 --> 00:42:28,799
Yeah.

899
00:42:31,724 --> 00:42:33,444
Yeah, this is it.

900
00:42:35,188 --> 00:42:36,318
Yo.

901
00:42:36,316 --> 00:42:38,776
This‐‐
this is the one.

902
00:42:38,779 --> 00:42:40,779
SINGERS: ♪ Oh,
we love you, Rakeem ♪

903
00:42:40,783 --> 00:42:42,123
BOBBY: ♪ Haha ♪

904
00:42:42,119 --> 00:42:43,539
♪ Yeah ♪

905
00:42:43,539 --> 00:42:44,829
♪ Uh ♪

906
00:42:44,833 --> 00:42:46,343
♪ Yeah ♪

907
00:42:46,336 --> 00:42:49,086
♪ Uh, yeah, uh, yeah ♪
SINGERS: ♪ Oh, Rakeem ♪

908
00:42:49,091 --> 00:42:51,761
‐ ♪ Time is moving slow,
life is a drag ♪

909
00:42:51,764 --> 00:42:54,394
♪ There's money to make
and more girls to bag ♪

910
00:42:54,393 --> 00:42:57,233
♪ Fully aware
as I step upon the square ♪

911
00:42:57,232 --> 00:42:59,822
♪ Lookin' for what?
The cutie in the chair ♪

912
00:42:59,821 --> 00:43:02,451
♪ Flex and I flex
on the opposite sex ♪

913
00:43:02,451 --> 00:43:05,041
♪ Hit 'em up quick
and switch to the next ♪

914
00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:07,590
♪ It seems I'm a fiend
for a sex routine ♪

915
00:43:07,587 --> 00:43:09,127
♪ Love to hear them scream ♪

916
00:43:09,131 --> 00:43:10,801
♪ Ooh, Rakeem ♪

917
00:43:10,802 --> 00:43:13,062
♪ Oh, and my response
is, "Oh" ♪

918
00:43:13,056 --> 00:43:15,686
♪ Always satisfy them,
you know how I flow ♪

919
00:43:15,687 --> 00:43:18,607
♪ And since I'm not lazy,
I'm buck wild and crazy ♪

920
00:43:18,609 --> 00:43:20,149
♪ I eat the bosoms ♪

921
00:43:20,153 --> 00:43:21,163
♪ Oh ♪

922
00:43:21,155 --> 00:43:23,275
<i>♪ ♪</i>

923
00:43:23,284 --> 00:43:29,464
DENIECE: ♪ Free, free, oh ♪

924
00:43:29,463 --> 00:43:33,643
♪ And I just got to
be me, yeah, yeah ♪

925
00:43:33,639 --> 00:43:36,349
<i>♪ ♪</i>

926
00:43:36,352 --> 00:43:38,152
‐ Shurrie.

927
00:43:38,148 --> 00:43:39,818
Can you give me a hand in here?

928
00:43:43,283 --> 00:43:48,503
DENIECE: ♪ Free, free ♪

929
00:43:48,501 --> 00:43:50,971
♪ Free ♪

930
00:43:50,965 --> 00:43:53,085
♪ I just got to be me ♪

931
00:43:53,094 --> 00:43:56,894
♪ And I just want to ♪

932
00:43:56,894 --> 00:44:01,114
♪ I just want to be me ♪

933
00:44:01,110 --> 00:44:04,450
<i>♪ ♪</i>

934
00:44:04,450 --> 00:44:08,290
♪ Free ♪

935
00:44:08,291 --> 00:44:11,921
<i>♪ ♪</i>

936
00:44:11,924 --> 00:44:14,184
♪ I just got to be me ♪

937
00:44:14,178 --> 00:44:18,728
♪ I just gotta be me ♪

938
00:44:18,729 --> 00:44:21,989
<i>♪ ♪</i>

939
00:44:21,985 --> 00:44:23,355
HIGH GUY: I'm just fuckin'
with you.

940
00:44:23,363 --> 00:44:24,623
PERSON: Ugly‐ass nigga.

941
00:44:24,616 --> 00:44:27,076
‐ Look at this
hockey‐playin' motherfucker.

942
00:44:27,079 --> 00:44:29,289
He ain't from no
fucking Park Hill.

943
00:44:29,291 --> 00:44:32,131
‐ Fuck you say?
HAZE: Dumbass.

944
00:44:32,130 --> 00:44:33,340
That's a lacrosse stick.

945
00:44:33,341 --> 00:44:34,391
Don't you know Jim Brown?

946
00:44:34,385 --> 00:44:36,765
He'll fuckin' fuck you up.

947
00:44:36,765 --> 00:44:37,765
HIGH GUY: Damn, Haze.

948
00:44:37,767 --> 00:44:39,517
A'ight, then.

949
00:44:41,315 --> 00:44:47,575
<i>♪ ♪</i>

950
00:44:47,579 --> 00:44:48,789
‐ Come on, man.

951
00:44:48,789 --> 00:44:53,419
<i>♪ ♪</i>

952
00:44:53,423 --> 00:44:55,433
ELLIS: ♪ African descendants ♪

953
00:44:55,427 --> 00:44:58,307
<i>[Alton Ellis'</i>
African Descendants <i>playing]</i>

954
00:44:58,308 --> 00:45:00,608
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

955
00:45:00,605 --> 00:45:03,775
♪ African descendants ♪

956
00:45:03,777 --> 00:45:05,407
<i>♪ ♪</i>

957
00:45:05,405 --> 00:45:07,325
♪ Must let themselves
be known ♪

958
00:45:07,326 --> 00:45:09,116
♪ As the right ones ♪

959
00:45:09,121 --> 00:45:10,631
♪ All right ♪

960
00:45:10,625 --> 00:45:12,745
<i>♪ ♪</i>

961
00:45:12,754 --> 00:45:14,634
♪ Must let themselves
be known ♪

962
00:45:14,633 --> 00:45:16,643
<i>♪ ♪</i>

963
00:45:16,637 --> 00:45:17,927
♪ All right ♪

964
00:45:17,931 --> 00:45:20,021
<i>♪ ♪</i>

965
00:45:20,018 --> 00:45:22,108
♪ Must let themselves
be known ♪

966
00:45:22,105 --> 00:45:24,815
♪ As Africans, all right ♪

967
00:45:24,819 --> 00:45:25,989
♪ Take it easy, now ♪

968
00:45:25,988 --> 00:45:28,948
♪ Right ones ♪

969
00:45:28,953 --> 00:45:31,213
♪ We are the Africans ♪

970
00:45:31,207 --> 00:45:33,547
<i>♪ ♪</i>

971
00:45:33,545 --> 00:45:36,085
♪ African descendants ♪

972
00:45:36,092 --> 00:45:38,812
♪ We are African descendants ♪

973
00:45:38,806 --> 00:45:40,886
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

974
00:45:40,893 --> 00:45:42,403
♪ African descendants ♪

975
00:45:42,396 --> 00:45:44,526
♪ Oh ♪

976
00:45:44,526 --> 00:45:45,896
<i>♪ ♪</i>

977
00:45:45,903 --> 00:45:48,073
‐ Hey, yo, Shotgun.

978
00:45:48,074 --> 00:45:49,374
Seen this shit, man?

979
00:45:49,368 --> 00:45:50,788
ELLIS: ♪ All right ♪

980
00:45:50,788 --> 00:45:53,038
<i>♪ ♪</i>

981
00:45:53,042 --> 00:45:54,962
♪ Must let themselves
be known ♪

982
00:45:54,963 --> 00:45:57,263
♪ As the right ones ♪

983
00:45:57,259 --> 00:45:59,099
‐ Fuck?

984
00:45:59,096 --> 00:46:01,886
Yo, that's Bobby?

985
00:46:01,893 --> 00:46:04,443
It's not really him, is it?

986
00:46:04,440 --> 00:46:06,280
ELLIS: ♪ Africans ♪

987
00:46:06,277 --> 00:46:08,107
♪ Africans ♪

988
00:46:08,114 --> 00:46:10,244
SHOTGUN: It's crazy.

989
00:46:12,164 --> 00:46:15,174
<i>[Deniece Williams' "Free"]</i>

990
00:46:15,170 --> 00:46:20,930
<i>♪ ♪</i>

991
00:46:20,931 --> 00:46:25,731
DENIECE: ♪ And I just
got to be me ♪

992
00:46:25,733 --> 00:46:27,243
♪ Free ♪

993
00:46:27,235 --> 00:46:28,695
<i>♪ ♪</i>

994
00:46:28,697 --> 00:46:34,077
♪ Free ♪

995
00:46:34,083 --> 00:46:39,843
♪ Whispering in his ear ♪

996
00:46:39,844 --> 00:46:44,984
♪ My magic potion for love ♪

997
00:46:44,979 --> 00:46:50,199
♪ Telling him I'm sincere ♪

998
00:46:50,198 --> 00:46:54,038
♪ And that there's nothing
too good for us ♪

999
00:46:54,039 --> 00:46:58,459
♪ But I want to be free ♪

1000
00:46:58,464 --> 00:47:04,944
♪ Free, free ♪

1001
00:47:04,936 --> 00:47:09,696
♪ And I just got
to be me, yeah ♪

1002
00:47:09,696 --> 00:47:16,206
♪ Free, free ♪

1003
00:47:16,208 --> 00:47:17,918
<i>♪ ♪</i>

1004
00:47:17,920 --> 00:47:23,560
♪ Teasing hands on his mind ♪

1005
00:47:23,557 --> 00:47:28,817
♪ Give our night such mystery ♪

1006
00:47:28,817 --> 00:47:34,747
♪ Happiness all the time ♪

1007
00:47:34,746 --> 00:47:36,246
<i>PERSON: Get on the line.</i>


