Original subtitles

[upbeat music]

- [Narrator] I like to tell you a fable,

a fable of post traumatic stress disorder.

[suspenseful music]

[car engine roaring]

- Hey Mrs. Braden, how are you?

- Oh, Timmy, I am great,

just going through some paper work.

How was work today?

- Work was good.

- Everything okay at the barber shop?

- Everything is good, just tired a little bit and hungry.

- I figured you'd say that,

come on in here so I can get you something to eat.

Destiny, come in here and fix Timmy a plate.

- [Destiny] I'm coming.

- [Timmy] You been fast asleep?

What's wrong with your face?

- Boy hush.

- You two crack me up,

sometimes I think you're actual siblings.

Timmy, did you ever go get that ID?

'Cause you're gonna work for that temporary service,

you know you're going to need it.

- No Mrs. Braden,

besides I've been working with Poppa Benny,

increase the good over there.

And he pays every day.

So it's better than where you're working a week or two.

- I don't know why?

All you're gonna do is give it to Earl,

I'm here, just don't understand

why you let that man walk over you like that.

- Earl is my uncle, and I love him.

And I know he acts voguer sometimes,

but he's all I got, that's my family.

- Timmy, we're your family too, okay?

- Timmy, remind me so much of your mother,

she was always all about family.

I just can't help it to wonder whatever happened to Teresa.

[energetic music]

- [Narrator] Okay, so this is the infamous

Dream Stylez barber shop.

Owned by Poppa Benny

and this is the man himself, Poppa Benny.

He don't rule off fear, he rule of love.

It's a big difference.

And this Esquire and Punch,

two of Poppa Benny's hit men.

West-Side Gloria and Shortie,

Shortie ran 63rd and Cottage Grove,

and West-Side Gloria was known for

the fastest tongue in the West.

- Yeah.

What?

Bring his motherfucking ass here.

- Yeah, but see on West side I'm selling everything,

pussy, that's the idea of everything.

So you can send your boys over thereto some whores of mine.

- Little and Shortie told me no smoking,

so I guess I won't find him

- [Narrator] Doc Motherfucking Mays.

You know that dude

that walked into the room and changed the

whole fucking atmosphere.

I mean, if you were smiling,

when he walks in you fucking frowning.

Yeah, that's Doc Mays.

- I'm West-Side Glow to you.

- How about if I spin you around,

and spank on your ass and kiss it?

I bet you're a glow.

- [speaks foreign language]

you little rascals can get up out of my face,

how about that?

Pay me, or get the fuck on.

- Willie Black.

- [Willie] Doc Mays. - What's going on man?

- What's up brother.

I'm feeling something.

- And I feel my fingers where that money?

You know I perk up when you talk about dollars, right?

- You come visit me, maybe I got something for you,

got a little work.

- Oh Punch, I got punchy here.

- [Punch] What's up Doc Mays

- What you doing Punch.

- [Punch] What's up man?

- [mumbles] brother

Yeah I love you brother

- Love you too my brother.

- Oh, Mr. Esquire,

how are you?

[mumbles]

- Thank you my son.

- Slim.

Hold on Slim,

Littles, Leslie, Poppa Benny, I can unarmed man.

[chuckles]

y'all still on that.

- [Narrator] Okay, now this is Willie Black,

big old, tall country, loud motherfucker.

But he got a chip missing.

Yeah, he getting paper and runs the East side.

Anything out of East comes with money,

it goes in his pocket.

And this cat next to him, that's Cloth.

That's his right hand.

Supposed to never ever miss the hit.

You don't know where the fuck he gonna be,

he's just chasing money.

You see him on Poppa Benny's team,

you see him hanging out with Gloria, shit.

You wonder how come somebody right hand.

We leave that up to Willie Black.

[tense music]

Here we go, the Rednecks are coming.

Lieutenant Burgess, a low down, dirty sneaky,

crooked police officer,

works out of the Fifth District on 78th in Houston.

He's a snake, a squeezer.

- I'm not here for a conversation,

I'm here to tell you something,

no one, no one gets a pass on my watch.

Do you understand?

You and I need to meet and we need to meet so.

[Chuckles]

I gotta get out of here.

It smells in here.

- Smells like pee to me.

[laughing]

♪ Woke up this morning

♪ Aint had no paper

♪ Flip through my phone book

♪ Looking for a favor

♪ Ain't tryna hustle

[commotion]

- [Narrator] I love me a petite woman.

This is the beautiful Sylvia.

Kind, big hearted, sweet, beautiful little girl,

humble, loves her children.

She falls on hard time sometimes.

Poppa Benny looks out for her.

All her up and up, you know what I'm saying?

- Hi fellas.

- [Narrator] She's so sweet and lovely.

And she'll blow your motherfucking brains out.

- Hey little mamma.

- Hi Poppa Benny.

- What can I do for you Sylvia?

- I just need a little help with money.

- [Narrator] Who would have thought

she turned out to be Timmy's mother.

- Thank you.

- And you know something,

I got some for the babies too, for them being so good.

- Thank you.

- You're more than welcome,

all right, save it.

Talk to you later.

- [Sylvia] Say bye Poppa Benny

- [Sylvia's Children] Bye bye, Poppa Benny.

- See y'all later.

I love babies, I love the kids.

♪ Nobody knows no more

♪ No more, no more

- [Narrator] Everybody I'd like to introduce you to Timmy.

- Timothy Timmy Gibbs, the most beautiful man in Chicago,

You hear me?

I've never in my life heard this brother say the word no.

A lot of people take advantage of him.

Some people treat him like shit,

but he is one beautiful soul.

Man, oh man, he deserves so much more.

♪ This ain't how we wanna live

♪ Nobody knows no more

♪ And this ain't how we wanna live

[banging on the door]

- Uncle Earl, open the door.

[banging on the door]

- Uncle Earl, open the door.

- Whats going on nephew, what's going on?

- Damn, what you kind of doing right now.

- I got a little piece up here, give me a minute.

- Man, you better respect yourself, man.

- I got you, I got you right.

[pop music]

- Who is that?

Timmy, I know that's you.

- [Timmy] Yes me.

- Come downstairs.

You wanna talk?

- About what?

- You ain't been looking like yourself lately.

- What do you mean?

- Oh no, I just been feeling like I need to ask you,

what's going on?

- [mumbles] you know how I am.

- Is Earl back at it again?

- Earl's always at it again.

- Okay, what's going on?

- He had some stank up there

and he got the house smelling fish.

- Stop.

- Yes, staled fish.

- So you're pissed.

- I'm pissed

- I know you are.

Where you was coming from?

- I'm coming from work.

So man, it's been crazy day, so I'm just trying to relax.

- Are you tired?

- Yeah, what's the matter with you?

- Nothing, making it for me, making it the kids.

- Yes [mumbles]

- Maybe missing you too, by the way.

- Yeah.

- Yes.

[mumbles]

- But what's up?

[mumbles] with you.

- Oh man, nothing, it's really between work and kids.

I ain't really got time for nothing.

Where are you from Timmy?

- Well, I was born and raised here

and my mom was from New York.

- Really?

- Yeah [mumbles]

- That's dope.

- Guess so.

- That explains a lot.

- [Timmy] Yeah, it does, don't it?

- Yes it does, it explains a lot,

you're different from a lot of people around here.

So, do me a favor.

- What?

- Don't ever let nobody take it away from you

- I won't.

- You know I [mumbles]

- I know.

- I don't wanna see nothing bad happen to you Timmy.

[mumbles]

- Nah, you know I got - You stopped?

Now that's cool [door opening] like you.

Mama, where are you going?

- I'm getting ready to go to Lola's.

Hi Timmy.

- Hey Mrs. Braden.

- How you doing baby?

- I'm good.

- Child, you out here smoking that stuff again?

- Mum, why do we do this all the time?

- And it's time that you stop.

- Okay, I will.

I am, I'm going to stop mother.

- I'm going to have a good time with my girlfriends.

- And you should.

- Timmy, keep her out of trouble for me, would you please?.

- I will Mrs. Braden.

- Thank you, baby.

- We've been doing this for years.

- For real?

[energetic music]

- What do you think about Doc making all that noise

on the North side, man.

[mumbles]

- Hey Timmy.

- What's up Poppa Benny?

- You run down the restaurant and get me some food bro.

- Okay.

[laughing]

- What we gonna do that tonight men?

- Man, we gonna swing by the brothel, let's go over there.

- Oh, the brothel, yeah, I forgot all about that,

I think we're gonna do that tonight.

♪ When we party it's for sure

♪ Its for sure

♪ Do we go right this way

♪ Right this way

♪ That's what I do

♪ We go right this way

- [Narrator] It is Blue Note,

a jazzy get up on the West side of the city.

Ran by Gloria, left to her by her old man, Eddie.

See Gloria runs what Poppa Benny calls

The brothel out of here.

Yeah, They sell everything over here.

Ass and all.

- Hook me up baby, I'm going to drop it nice baby.

[laughing]

- Hey, what we got here?

- [Narrator] Earl, Timmy's uncle

hustling ass, jazz, turkey,

but he's Timmy's uncle and Timmy love him.

And Earl loves Timmy,

so the guy takes advantage of that.

But shit, what family member don't?

[hubbub]

- Same old same, out here trying to make things move.

You know when I make this move out here

[mumbles]

- I'm gonna need my money back.

- I got you nephew.

- I'm serious, I need my money back.

- I got you nephew, you know I got you.

- Don't play with me,

I need my money back, all right?

[hubbub]

- Okay, here we go, here we go.

- Hey.

- Hey.

- Looks like you're having a nice day.

And I know you're having a good time on my streets.

And I wanna keep it that way Benny.

So I'm going to put some stipulations.

- Why you coming here every now?

What you have for me?

- I want you to be respectful

and you know how you can do that?

By telling me what's going on out there.

And I want everything,

every last goddamn thing to run through me.

- I'm a businessman Burgess.

Why would you come in here?

What do you want from me?

I paid my taxes.

- I know you, but this isn't just about you.

Everybody, everybody needs to pay their dues.

- This is my grand,

the blood on these nuggets, the scrapes under my fingertips,

when I eat, my people eat,

then we give to the needy.

And as it looks, you don't need anything.

- It's not about me Benny, it's about you.

You need me to have success out there, okay?

So I got an idea.

Every Thursday at two o'clock,

I'm coming in that shithole of yours,

and you're gonna have a package, a white package,

and that's gonna ensure your success.

The more you cooperate,

the more package you gonna get.

Now, this starts tomorrow, see you at two o'clock.

- Pops, this guy ain't going away,

he goin' keep coming, and coming and coming.

Or you gonna have to be dealt with.

What are we gonna do about this?

- We calculate.

We don't move with spontaneously.

- Want me to watch him?

- In deed brother, every move.

- Done.

♪ I stay rolling on the best weed

♪ Best lady on the side of me

♪ And hatters they don't fuck with me

♪ 'Cause this is how I do everyday

- [Narrator] Let's go back.

Remember when I was telling y'all

about the type of person Doc Mays is,

this motherfucker is treacherous y'all.

I mean he really looked out for his people,

only took care of his people, but shit, he was just like him

or either they feared him, one or the other,

all the motherfuckers used to say,

this kid, Doc Mays gave him $300 worth of work,

told him to come back with his money

in two weeks or he gonna kill him.

He didn't come back with the money, until three weeks.

And this is what's happening right now.

- Hey.

[gunshots]

[screaming]

♪ Its a cold, cold world nigga

♪ I stay rolling on the best weed

♪ Best lady on the side of me

♪ All haters they don't fuck with me

♪ 'Cause this how I do everyday

[soft music]

- [mumbles]why don't you just pick it up.

- [mumbles] fucking play.

- Right, this one.

- This guy has been in fucking Indiana,

he don't know how to play fucking cards.

Where did I get this guy from man?

- Yeah, you found him in Indiana.

- Get your motherfucking ass out of here.

- What the fuck is wrong with you Doc?

Fuck you.

- Do you hear that?

That's Doc up there moving.

- Yes sure, he is.

- Let's go.

- [mumbles] motherfucker, put your fucking hands on me.

- Boss, what's up with Cookie?

- Man, fuck her.

- Wills, lets get out of here.

♪ There are a few things I wanna say to you baby

♪ I won't be old

♪ See you again and again

♪ I keep letting you in

♪ Why I'm I holding on

♪ Baby that aint my style

♪ Gotta let it out

♪ I thought we would have more

♪ Been living in my house

♪ But I've been lonely

♪ But that's all I have

♪ But I have to seek confidence

♪ Baby girl, you getting round of me

♪ Got me going in circles and I don't wanna hurt you

♪ All right got me going in circles

♪ Ooh baby, oh oh

♪ I've been thinking it over

♪ Been thinking it slowly

♪ I wanna hide in an instance

♪ We used to dance to it all night long

♪ You got away with murder

♪ I will not tell friends

♪ I will just pretend it didn't hurt

♪ I just waited for the perfect time

♪ Set you down

♪ This can't be

- [Narrator] As I was saying before about Doc Mays,

the snake crawls on its belly,

you see he wanted was that South Side,

and his mission was to do

everything possible to get it.

And that's anything within his reach.

[hubbub]

- First order of business,

Shortie, what's going on with the Cottage Groove?

Bear.

- Everything is good on my end.

- Lola.

- Numbers are good, the houses [mumbles]

- I got a problem, which means we all have a problem.

- Doc Mays.

- Exactly.

♪You already know what it is

♪ No baby girl I just want to know one thing

♪ Tell me mama is you coming home with me

♪ 'Cause swapping on this bottles ain't no thing

♪ I just wanna know if you're coming home with me

♪ The feeling in body got me going insane

♪ I just wanna know is you're coming home with me

♪ And you are waiting on my name

♪ Just tell me babe is you coming home with me

- Your liquor license is expired.

- At the end of the month.

- It's gonna cost you $1,500 a week to stay open.

- I don't even make $1,500 a week,

how the fuck I'm gonna give you $1,500 a week?

- Listen, every Monday at two o'clock,

I'm gonna be right here.

You gonna hand me an envelope, you got that?

- I'm scared, you better be lucky I did [mumbles]

out this mother fucker, cause I'm not scared of the police.

- No white envelope,

I'll have this whorehouse shut down by Tuesday.

- Get your ass out of my office.

I'm not scared of the fucking police,

'cause they are asses.

The fuck they think they just gonna come in here

and shake me down,

like I ain't standing on shit, man.

- Doc, Doc, come on man,

you know better than that man.

You know you can't smoke in here like that man.

- There you go.

Worry about that money you owe me.

- Hey Doc.

- Hey baby, are you ready?

- Yeah, yeah.

- When you're ready, okay?

- Doc, people are all about respect up here man,

man, we gotta talk.

- What's going on?

Can't we all just get along?

[chuckles]

- That bird just keep coming to [mumbles] some $1,500.

I'm trying to balance these books,

ain't no $1,500 here.

And by the way [mumbles] this Blue Note,

everything in here is legal.

So if I give him $1,500 or he shut me down,

then I'm illegal.

He'll give up $1,500 worth for this pussy.

- Man, speaking of pussy,

Doc Mays been coming up in here trying to run shit

like its his.

You see what the fuck he did to Cindy man,

fucked her up.

- Why I'm I just finding out about this.

- Man, Glow, I forgot to tell you man, but man,

I'm telling you now,

you got this, you gotta let Doc Mays know

he ain't running shit over here West-Side Glow.

- Well, you know,

I'm gonna text his mother fucking ass

'cause he's never treat my whore,

like he treat his motherfucking men.

You know what I'm saying?

I know punk bitch.

'Cause you don't have a matter of fact when he get on there,

but I'm not gonna get my hands loose.

My cell phone call my goons on his motherfucking ass.

- That's right, call your motherfucking boys.

- Burgess, Burgess, Burgess.

What brings you to my establishment?

- I came here for a drink and a seat,

so far you haven't offered me either.

- Oh, pardon me, have a seat.

And I'm a pour you up a drink.

- Its about time cop,

- You gotta earn your keep,

all those fat envelopes we keep paying for you.

- What is it?

- I don't know what this shit is, but it's good.

- I got some information for you.

- I like information.

- Word has it you're looking for a man named Slim.

- Slim?

Poppa Benny's Slim?

- Poppa Benny's Slim.

- You're talking my language squarely.

- My guys are gonna lock him up in the Fifth District.

And guys in the inside tell me

they're gonna release him next Friday morning.

- Okay.

- I need you to be there with two guys,

We'll get him out the gate.

This is gotta be quick and this has gotta be discreet.

- Okay, I hear you.

Look, we're too wise to crawl in the same sewer,

in the same direction, chasing that cheese.

- I don't travel in the same sewer as you.

We do have the perfect vacation space

about 15 minutes outside Chicago, you can take it.

I'm gonna need a thicker envelope.

- You push him out there, dude,

we gonna make it happen.

[laughing]

- Don't fuck this up.

- Do we have you?

- Yes,

I gotta get the hell out of here.

Wait for my phone call

- Hey B, escort him out of here.

- Poppa Benny, how are you doing in this fine hour.

- [Narrator] Don La Bianca, this is the fifth element

in the four corner world.

See, Don La Bianca had the pipeline,

and he supplied the North, South, East and West.

And he's done it peacefully.

And he took pride in that.

But with what Doc Mays was up to,

it wasn't coinciding with the family's plan.

- We need to keep it clean.

We need to protect the pipeline.

- The South side and everything South

belongs to this house, my house.

Doc Mays, he's loud, but he's only loud on the North side.

There's no need to worry Don.

- Decency and peace,

this is what we've always had between us.

We need to protect the prior to that.

- It bothers man, what changed Doc Mays man?

- Look, I don't trust that motherfucker, man,

I need you to have my back.

- Yeah, what do we got here for?

- That's my business, man.

- Willie Black.

- Doc Mays, what's up baby.

- What brings you up here to my warehouse establishment?

- Well you know I had to see your pretty face.

- Bullshit.

- You tell bullshit to bullshitters.

- Come on over here and have a seat.

- All right, well look here,

I ain't got no problem with Poppa Benny.

- Do you need that?

[laughing]

- And look here,

I ain't got no problems with you.

- You better not.

- But I know you on some bullshit.

- What do you mean?

Don't talk to me that way.

- If you want some ANA,

I want one little piece of the pack, the West side.

- Gloria ain't gonna like that man.

- Don't worry about Gloria, let me handle her.

- Gloria can handle herself.

- That's for goddamn sure.

[pop music]

- All right, listen close,

this Friday 10 o'clock, on the West side.

- Okay, I got it, Friday morning.

- You gotta make it snappy,

get there about a quarter to,

and get the hell out of there as soon as you're done.

Make sure you take care of this.

All right, you got it?

- Okay, yeah.

- Good.

- Hey fellas, we got Slim.

- Its about damn time.

- Exactly.

Now listen, listen, fellas.

I need y'all on point, Friday morning,

78th and Houston, Fifth District.

They gon' push Slim out the West side of the building.

I need y'all out there to catch him.

- Got you boss.

- You got me?

- Got you boss.

- Do you understand?

♪ I need you to run to this place

♪ I want you to grab her by the waist

♪ Swing up swing up

♪ You gotta do how it was made

♪ There's a party I'm so dead

♪ Lets get up in here like I'm the man

♪ Swing up swing up

♪ I'm gonna represent in here

♪ Lets get that dance floor

♪ Give it up on the dance floor

♪ Show me how you show me how

♪ Everybody stand up

♪ Sexy lady

♪ Wave it up with your partner

♪ Just like that break a sweat

♪ I'm gonna dance till love is dead

♪ Let's get that dance floor

♪ Leave it up on that dance floor

♪ Show me how you show me how

♪ Everybody stand up

♪ Please grab your partner

♪ Sexy lady

♪ Wave it up with your partner

♪ Just like that break a sweat

♪ I'm gonna dance till love is dead

♪ Everybody grab a partner

- Hey Cookie,

you know I was thinking about something.

- What you thinking about?

- I need you to do something for me, a favor.

Why don't you go over there and holla at West-Side Gloria.

- Okay, but why?

- I need you to give her a little some of that,

so I can find out what my bid is over you understand?

- Oh, I got you Doc.

- You got me?

- I got you.

I'm serious.

- I got your back, don't worry about that.

- Yeah, you wanna stop by later on tonight?

- Yeah.

- All right, I'll see you then.

[suspenseful music]

- Hey, what's up Slim?

- In my time, I'm doing good.

- I'm doing all right, what can I do you for?

- Let me get double shot, [mumbles], and a bottle of water.

- All right, I got you.

[mumbles]

- [Narrator] Like Slim promised,

he went to halla on Doc.

When Don La Bianca told Poppa Benny

that Doc was making noise

And while he was there, yeah, he did.

He suckered her, at that moment, she knew he saw her.

But like a bad bitch, she played the role.

- You need to get the fuck out of here,

look what you did to my baby though,

look what you did to my baby girl.

- You know what, you just hurt my feelings,

you supposed be a boss bitch

and you crying over a whore bitch .

This is the family that she turned on defending,

and motherfuckers getting buried.

Don't tell me about you baby.

- You know what, get the fuck out away from [mumbles]

- We are family, so anything that affects the family.

- Look what you did to my baby though,

get the fuck out of here.

Girl, come clean up this mess for me please.

[ chocking]

- [Narrator] Doc Mays never liked Slim.

See, he knew Slim would go behind, up and under

to protect Poppa Benny.

He knew he needed to move Slim out the way,

because that will be a problem in his plan.

[struggling]

- Motherfucker, shut the fuck up.

- Let me tell you something, you burned your goddamn crown.

- What you gonna tell me?

- For the first time I get away,

how about put it like this, you better not let me live.

'Cause if I do all y'all dead

and then you bring the sherif in here too?

What the fuck is this supposed to be on?

- Slim, what's going on man?

How you doing?

You gotta take care it yourself,

or somebody will do it for you?

- I'm good.

- All right.

Slim, Slim, Slim, where Poppa Benny gonna be?

- Not where you gonna be.

- You hear him over there?

How is the ride down here?

- It was good.

- Man, I was riding down the road,

Pony gave him a couple.

[car engine roaring]

[hubbub]

- Okay baby, so Timmy, how you been?

- I'm good.

- [Narrator] Every now and then,

Poppa Benny would take Timmy out to lunch,

kick it with him, spend some time with the little barber.

And his wife Leslie, she was fine by Timmy too.

It was almost like an outing on a family structure.

That was something Timmy needed.

Poppa Benny supplied that for him,

he was more like his nest.

He knows he felt secure in there.

He loved him.

- Slim, Slim, Slim.

What's going on Slim?

I got a favor to talk about here with you.

Back in the days when I was a baller, trying to come up,

I went to one of my guys, to buy a couple of them things,

I asked him the price and he told me the price,

I said, damn, can you cut it a little bit?

'Cause we homies, he said, yeah we friends,

but this is a business.

You understand?

This is a business, and he couldn't do that for me.

So later on at night, me and my friends,

we went up to his room.

He was knocked the fuck out.

Girl must have put the pussy on him.

She must've had the bomb.

I woke him up.

[chuckling]

I asked him where the work at.

He said, I ain't telling you shit.

I said, wait a minute, man, where they're work at?

Again, he said, I ain't telling you shit.

So I tell Pony,

I say Pony, give him some.

Pony hit that nigga square across the bridge of his nose

and broke it, and you know what?

He still didn't tell me where the work was.

I said, I'm gonna take my time with him.

Juju, go get me an iron

and you fill that motherfucker up with water

and you make sure it's steaming,

and A.B and Pony, y'all flipped that motherfucker over.

And you know what I did,

I dropped that arrogant square on his motherfucking ass.

And you know that motherfucker screamed?

You know he screamed?

But you know what?

He told me where the work was.

[chuckling]

Just like you gonna tell me where Poppa Benny gonna be.

[somber music]

- Reporting to you live from WBLS Channel six news,

today marks a very somber event,

as it is that we're here to attend the funeral

of cartel Slim Robinson.

Some of everybody has turned out for this event.

We have Chicago's Criminal Elite family,

West-Side Gloria is here,

East side, Willie Black is here.

Even Don La Bianca is here attending this event.

But what surely is a very, very sad occasion back to you.

- So sorry.

- What's up Destiny?

- Oh, Timmy, come here for a second.

- What's going on Destiny?

- I don't really know how to say this.

- What's wrong?

- They found Earl.

- What you mean.

- They found him upstairs in the gym, he dead Timmy.

Timmy, Timmy.

[somber music]

- [Narrator] I believe this is when Timmy

stopped being Timmy and became Timmy.

You can only back a person up so far.

A balloon can only take so much air,

before it bursts, tik, tok, tik, tok, boom.

- Littles, did Earl come in today?

- Yes, Molly said he came in this morning

- Good, do you mind checking that out?

- Timmy, what's going on?

- Nothing much working off trying to survive.

- They treating you good at the barber shop?

- Yes, they treating me great at the barber shop Pop.

- Good, good, good.

Then what's going on?

- Let me ask you this question,

every time I asked you about my mom and dad,

you sweep it under a rock, why is that?

- Timmy, I don't sweep nothing under rock bro.

Listen, let me tell you this little story,

about your father and I when I was 17.

Walking down the street, I seen a guy on a corner.

He's giving out orders,

the ladies liked him and the bros respected him,

like a boss.

Hey, he was the boss of bosses.

So I said, I'm going to work for that guy.

- And then what happened?

- So I walked up to him,

yeah, I said, can I work for you?

- What do you think?

- He said to me, Shortie go to school.

[chuckling]

So I can't [whispering].

One day I walked out of said,

can I work your surrogate?[mumbles]

and he said, you wanna work for me?

I said yes sir.

So he said,

and if you take this bags out over there,

and bring me back what it gave you.

- So what was in the package?

- I don't know,

he gave me a couple of dollars.

I ran that street like I had a lot of money.

[laughing]

The only thing I'm gonna say is, that was your father,

he brought me in, he loved me,

just like I love you, you're family.

- Let me ask you this question, uncle Earl,

before he died he said my mum was a crack head,

is that true?

- Hey Timmy, bad things happen to good people.

When you're in the world of drugs, sometimes things happen.

But I can tell you one thing, she loved you.

Do you understand?

- If she loved me, then why'd she leave me?

- I can't explain this son.

Now we've been talking about that though?

Man, I love you man, what's going on?

Listen to this guy man, he giving me orders.

[mumbling]

- Hey, hey, got a sale today.

- What's up Smiley?

- Young blood

- How are you doing?

- I'm dope.

- Smiley.

- Always a pleasure, sir.

- Doing good here.

Looking dapper, smiling up a storm.

- Always talisman Smiley baby.

[laughing]

- Timmy, you serve Smiles man.

And look here, tell you what, when you go to the barbershop,

tell Shanny, I said give him more scratcher[mumbles]

- We're good, I can show you a bit.

- Is everything okay baby?

- Everything is fine baby.

The crew is taken care of the neighborhoods, already.

And the family is flourishing.

- I totally agree.

- All because of you baby.

- Really?

Thank you baby.

- I love you dearly.

- I love you too.

- There's something I want to talk to you about.

- I'm listening all ears.

- Timmy.

- What about Timmy?

- I need for him to take over the family,

should something happen to me

and I want you to carry that out.

His father grew on me and I've grown him, knows what to do.

And y'all got this, you understand?

- I totally understand.

- Let the family know that this is what I want.

Timmy is a fly on the wall.

He'll be fine.

- Okay, I'll do.

- His father took care of me and I'm taking care of him.

So let that'd be done.

- Yes baby, I'm on it.

- That's what I'm telling my baby.

That's why I love you.

- Thank you baby, I love you too.

♪ Nobody knows no more.

♪ What we gonna do

♪ I mean you know we gotta loose

♪ Just as cops shoot to it

♪ The cops shoot to it

♪ 'cause saying it ain't enough

♪ Somebody gotta stay down.

- Where's the boss?

♪ 'cause somebody's gotta give in.

♪ And this ain't how we wanna live

♪ Nobody knows no more.

- It's all clear.

♪ And this ain't how we wanna live

[gunshots]

- What the fuck.

Benny, Benny.

[hubbub]

- Boss, boss.

- Don't give up man.

- Benny, no Benny, Benny.

- Boss.

[screaming]

[sobbing]

- We have to do what the man wanted us to do.

- Yeah.

- Little, bring Timmy to me.

- Little, is that you?

- Yeah.

- Hey Timmy.

- Hey Mrs. Leslie.

- Have a seat Timmy.

So, how you been?

- I've been good, Leslie.

- [Leslie] Timmy, you know Poppa Benny loved you, right?

- Yeah, I know.

- Timmy, there's a lot of work to be done.

[car hooting]

- Hey, what's up Punch.

- Hey, what's up brother.

♪ I can't help it no I can't help it.

♪ I can't help but do that type for rich

♪ All this fucking money got me in my feelings

[car engine roaring]

- You know what guys, this is big business out here.

- Yeah I know that.

- See that right there?

Down on track.

You know I lured that motherfucking nigga,

you know why?

- Why?

- 'Cause he against it.

- Yeah, he against it.

- But first things first,

I need that South-Side.

- I don't suppose he's fine with that.

- Fuck Lil Ceaser, he wasn't nothing

but a motherfucker sweeping up the barbershop.

See that right there.

- Yeah.

Smack dab in the middle of the city.

Built from the ground there.

[car hooting]

- Will they be seeing you?

- That's the same shit.

- It's in the back.

- How y'all doing?

- We're all good.

- Everybody good?

- Yes sir.

- Okay.

- We're all here, we all know why we're here, Doc Mays.

What are we gonna do about that?

- Who would shoot on Poppa Benny?

- Well boss, my people said it was Juju.

- Shit and my people said it was Juju too.

- I heard the same thing.

- Littles, bring me Juju.

Esquire, Punch, bag them up.

- We got it boss.

- What time is it?

- 3:15 a.m boss.

[gunshots]

[somber music]

[siren]

- Littles, you ready?

All right gang, Smiley, go downstairs and bring me Juju.

- My pleasure boss.

- Fuck you.

[tense music]

[grunting]

- Juju, I'm asking you one time.

- You know what, I aint telling you shit.

[tense music]

- Y'all clean that shit up.

Here we go with Doc May's shit.

- Lil C, I think we have our paws on Doc Mays.

- Fuck that, Doc Mays is an ugly cat,

you give a little bit, he wants more.

I need y'all to get this done and get it done now.

Get it done.

[laughing]

- Are you okay there?

- Yeah, I'm good, I'm okay.

- That Little Ceaser was a mess.

- What?

- Yeah, Pony's dead, and nobody heard from Juju.

- Man I hadn't laid in bed with this motherfucker.

- I know, I wish I had been there man,

I'd have kept him from making that decision.

- Man, Gloria fucking with Poppa Benny.

You know she got a ride with Ceaser.

- Yeah, and if Ceaser finds out about us and Earl,

they come at us.

- Fuck, it's war in we got that way.

- Don't trip, I got an idea.

- Yeah, what?

- Preemptive strike, we get down before they get us.

- Make that shit happen.

- I'm already on it.

- What's up brother?

- Man, where the fuck you been?

- Things been bad man.

- [Willie] Bad?

- Yeah, well, I checked South, had a big home, everything.

♪ Name calling so far

♪ So to avoid the

♪ I'll pack my things and leave

♪ I'm trying to walk away

♪ You're making it hard to sleep

♪ With party me

♪ Its so hard for me

- Get out of here man.

Fuck you, fuck you, motherfucking bitch.

- Come on man.

[gunshot]

- Come on man, hey, clean that up.

♪ Baby I'm too young for this

♪ Last week I caught all mash

♪ Now you're cursing

♪ We can't get up our fears

♪ You tried to play me for a fool

♪ Now I found someone to fix

♪ My meals after working hard and double shifts

♪ It was hard for me

♪ Couldn't agree enough

- You got a nigga from,

you got a man from out there on the West-Side

and y'all, I'm gonna respect you as a man,

how I met you, but I ain't said what I'm gonna do afterward.

'Cause you said something about cake at West side,

We over here getting pounded this North side.

I heard the South side out here eating, Ceaser,

I want my piece of pie.

Whether it be apple pie, blueberry pie or cherry pie.

I want my piece of the pie, man.

- Doc, you're motherfucking fool,

fool and a half, one point five baby.

[laughing]

[gunshots]

- West-Side Gloria, how you doing?

- I'm doing fine, but I've just come here

to check you because you're sending your goons over

there and they fucking with my girls and I don't play that.

- You don't play what?

- You heard what I said.

- Look, West-Side Glow, check it out,

my guys come in there and they spend a boatload of money

and we don't get no disrespect for your whores,

you want horny respect?

They're whores, you understand?

- Like your mama didn't respect, you gotta respect.

- Wait, wait, wait, what you on?

You hurry up and get your motherfucking ass out of here.

You understand what I'm talking about?

- Like I said. - Hurry up.

- I'm going to get the fuck out,

but don't send your boys over to my joint no more.

Got that right, they're Blue Note motherfucker.

Yeah, they no whoop pussy like your momma.

- You heard it, get out of here.

- [Narrator] All right, I'm back,

and I can see the scale has tilted.

You can only poke so long

before you gain someone's attention.

And now Willie Black has Timmy's attention.

Seems like he is a problem now.

- Can you two damn motherfuckers tell me

what the hell happened.

- Fucking drivers, two got there faster,

I couldn't get a fucking shot.

- Driver?

Well, you're the best shooter I have[mumbles]

Don't talk about that shit here,

man what the fuck happened, what's your damn problem.

- I told that motherfucker to slow down.

- Slow down, you two motherfuckers.

♪ We actually had to go to the library

♪ And look up the Dewey decimal system

♪ I feel you man

♪ But let me tell you what a made me

♪ My city made me

♪ My city made me

♪ This full fool niggas got a nigga going crazy

♪ My city made me

♪ My city made me

♪ Let out a killer and they out here killing babies

♪ My city made me

♪ My city made me

♪ That fall out your face man this shit amazing

♪ My city made me

♪ My city made me

♪ Them niggas standing on you gonna catch the cases

♪ Its all right my city made me

♪ Niggas standing on a corner, catching cases

♪ Tryna stick that money up to get them riches,

♪ Just trying to cash out and fuck them bitches.

♪ I stood on the corner, went from rags to riches.

♪ Now all I wanna do is just paint bitches

♪ Fuck you silly bitches who don't get the image

♪ I had a hard not life had to get a hustle

- Here you go Timmy.

- Thank you baby.

- Would you like any coffee or anything Littles?

- No I'm good, thank you.

- Girl, bring it here [mumbles]

[children speaking]

- Tell Timmy goodnight.

- Goodnight.

- [Timmy] Goodnight little ones

- All right, work for the day.

Here's some numbers,

packages that we received the other days,

the numbers are looking good.

- Well, well, well, tell Smiley to keep up the good work.

- Most definitely, now the Willie Black thing

that you took over his territory,

straight to the roof, excellent.

Take a look at it.

- Look, do we need to change anything?

- I'm thinking, if it's working out,

I don't want us to really kind of tip it over or whatever.

Let's just stick to the plan.

- It'll work.

- Okay, now we have one problem, the West side,

Gloria's numbers are low,

reason being Burgess,

Burgess's expecting an envelope from her every week.

And it shows in her paperwork, take a look,

you tell me what you think.

Should I pay her a visit?

- Yes, pay Glow a visit.

And I wanna together bring the rest of the family

and see how we can put up a solution to this Burgess.

- No problem, I'll show down to Glow,

and I'll inform her about the meeting,

and set a date and time.

She'll call me and I'll go see her.

In the meantime, these are the rest of the numbers,

I need you to go over everything, all right?

- Good.

- I made it worse.

- Was that Littles that just left?

- Yes, he went out to the West.

- So how the family business going on?

- Some of it is good, but we have a problem,

we have to deal with Burgess.

He's cutting in to Glow's money,

in that [mumbles] white envelope

and that hurts the business,

but I asked Littles and Esquire to handle it.

But we need to get the family together to get the solution.

- So, how sooner is this?

When are we gonna get this started?

- Immediately.

- Immediately?

- We must get this done.

- Okay, I understand, I'll make some calls.

- What's the problem?

- Problem?

- What is the problem?

- The problem?

- That's what I thought.

- The problem, okay.

Okay.

The problem.

[Chinese music]

- [Narrator] Don La Bianca, the man of peace,

the man who trained Cloth,

he asked Timmy to come to Chinatown,

have a sit down with him,

so he could try one last ditch effort to bring in peace

between this Doc Mays and Timmy Gibbs stance.

- Hey Timmy, how you doing?

Glad you guys came,

make yourself comfortable Punch.

You're welcome to join us here

and my guys here in Chinatown, like the home, okay,

please, be comfortable.

Timmy, thank you very much

for coming to Chinatown to see us, really,

I'm very happy to see you.

- What is this about?

- Listen, there's been a lot of action on the streets.

We don't know what's going on,

but it's not running smoothly.

- We have a situation with Doc Mays.

- We gotta do something about it.

We gotta fix it, everyone's got to eat.

- No disrespect, but this is not about money.

This is about my loyalty, my respect and my [mumbles]

- I understand, and I'm a man and you're a man.

So I respect that.

But at the same time,

we got a lot of people out there and it gotta be protected,

we got a big pipeline, it's gotta keep flowing.

So something's gotta be done, I think.

- Doc Mays has been out of hand,

and I need to handle this my way.

- I understand Timmy,

I understand where you're coming from.

I'd like to see some peace,

I'd like to see things settle down,

but I respect what you're saying.

- You not going through what I'm going through right now.

But I wanna put a stop to this situation, myself.

- I understand [speaks foreign language]

Thank you for coming,

and when I sit here, God bless you.

- Thank you.

- Hey Sylvia. [chuckles]

- What the fuck is you doing here?

- Slim's keys. [chuckles]

[struggling]

[grunting]

Is she breathing?

[somber music]

Clean that shit up man, all right.

[cars engines roaring]

[tense music]

- Heading over to the Pool Hall right now,

had enough of this shit, I'll tell you that right now.

We're gonna stop this

and we're gonna stop it once and for all.

Get those guys and get your asses over there, don't be late.

All right?

All right, bye.

[dramatic music]

[neck snaps]

[groaning]

[soft sad music]

[car engine roaring]

[gunshot]

♪ You're my everything

♪ My everything is you

♪ I'm cool you're cool we're cool

♪ I love you

♪ You're my everything

♪ My everything is you

♪ I'm cool you're cool we're cool we cool

♪ I love you

♪ Babe pictures of last summer

♪ Spread out on top of my dresser

♪ Rose paddles throughout the holes

♪ I'm celebrating all that we've been through

♪ My everything is you

♪ I got wherever you thought was possible

♪ Even when it got hard

♪ Shawty was on her job

♪ It feels so nice to be a part of something

♪ I told God it feels so good to be here with you

♪ I can't help but wanna kiss you

♪ And I mean this from the heart

♪ Oh baby I love you

♪ You're my everything

♪ My everything is you

♪ I'm cool you're cool we're cool

♪ I love you

♪ You're my everything

♪ My everything is you

♪ I'm cool you're cool we're cool

♪ I love you

♪ Sipping on some cristal

♪ Unplugging all the phone lines

♪ Listening to the songs

♪ Of Marvin, Gayle

♪ Got into early morning

♪ But soon enough its gonna be on

♪ Surely one now can lie

[somber music]

- Cindy, keep car running, stay here.

- All I'm saying is I ain't feeling too comfortable boss.

- You know we gonna be all right.

[gunshots]

- Timmy, what you doing man?

You know we don't had no violence in this shop.

Damn man, Timmy, Timmy,

you know Poppa Benny don't allow that here.

Timmy, you know you're a fucking janitor,

go give me that broom and you sweep this fucking shop up

That's what you do, Timmy.

Timmy, you know,

Timmy you go to that restaurant and you.

[gunshot]

- So where is the keys?

- Mom took them when she left.

- Look, I need you to take this suitcase

and get out of here.

- What?

- Take the suitcase, get out of here, live you life.

- What about you?

- Don't worry about me.

- What do you mean?

- I'll be fine, just get out of here.

- Are you serious?

- Yes, go, live your life.

- I don't know what to say.

- Destiny, I need you to go live your life,

I'll be fine.

- I need you to be safe.

[sad music]