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I know a lot of people who don't care.

My friend's mom? She doesn't care.

She lets him run around and...

She lets him do whatever he wants

without even saying "no."

I think that's how a lot of the thieves

and... and murderers... Begin, you know.

They've never been told no

so they think they can do whatever they want.

And that's not right, you know?

I guess I'm not bad or I don't misbehave because...

I don't want people talking behind my back

"oh, that girl is bad," you know?

I want to be respected for who I am.

[Instrumental music]

♪ Ooh uh-uh

♪ yeah yeah

♪ I got a story that must be heard ♪

♪ about a little girl who wished she was a bird ♪

♪ she was unhappy livin' in her ghetto cage ♪

♪ but it gave her hope when her sweet grandma would say ♪

♪ yeah yeah yeah baby you will rise ♪

♪ rise ♪ limit is the skies

♪ is the skies ♪ don't you let nobody

♪ fill your head up with their lies ♪

♪ baby you will rise ♪ rise

♪ never compromise ♪ compromise

♪ milk and honey's waiting for you on the other side ♪

♪ other side

♪ yeah

[music continues]

♪ She had a burning desire to go far ♪

♪ visualizing herself reaching every star ♪

♪ one day she'll leave this place ♪

♪ but never forget her people's face ♪

♪ and when she found her dream she'd come back and proclaim ♪

♪ baby you will rise

♪ limit is the skies ♪ sky

♪ don't you let nobody fill your head up ♪

♪ with their lies ♪ lies

♪ baby you will rise ♪ rise

♪ never compromise ♪ compromise

♪ milk and honey's waiting for you on the other side ♪

♪ waiting waiting

♪ baby you will rise ♪ rise

♪ never compromise ♪ compromise

♪ milk and honey's waiting for you ♪

♪ on the other side ♪ waiting waiting

♪ on the other side

♪ oh-oh-oh

[vocalizing]

[Theme music]

[Mellow music]

[Siren wailing]

Bad internal bleeding, a lot of broken bones.

Falling five stories kind of rearranges everything.

- Her name is Vivian Scott. - Anyone notify the family?

Couldn't get ahold of the father.

Any idea how she got here?

Pushed, fell or jumped.

Figuring that now's your job.

Sometimes they like to ride these elevators.

- Crazy. - Extreme sports.

I'll keep you posted.

Policeman 1: We need to move over, folks. Come on.

- That's a real cute kid, man. - It's a damn waste.

- It's a shame. - Hey, yo, she dead?

- Who are you? - Ricky.

- Ricky, did you know her? - I found her, man. She dead?

Ricky, how do you think she got on top of that elevator?

- I don't know. - She ride them for fun?

- She ain't do nothing for fun. - What's that about?

Why'd you say that?

She always acting too good for everyone.

She even tried to get the cops on elvin Barnes.

- Elvin Barnes. Who's that? - Yo, man.

Talk to her father. He's right over there.

Is this my baby? What is going on?

I just want to know what's going on.

Excuse me, hold on. Hold on.

- Are you Mr. Scott? - Yes.

- Vivian is your daughter? - Yes!

Listen, there was an accident. No, no. Wait..

Oh! Ohh!

No!

- Come on. No, no. - Oh, no...

- Come with me, sir. - Oh! [Sobbing]

Williams: Let's get her out of here, guys.

Scott: No!

[Mellow music]

She used to play with her ball by the elevator.

I wouldn't let her go outside.

Too many people getting shot.

Damn place.

What about, uh... Vivian's mom?

Died when Vivian was two.

Brain tumor took her just like that.

I raised her myself... Well as I could.

With the jobs I get I can't put away enough

to get out of here.

You think someone could have killed her?

Well, Mr. Scott, that's what

we're trying to find out.

- What do you think? - I don't know. [Exhales]

She spoke her mind.

I taught her that criminals were pollution

in the neighborhood, destroying their own people.

She'd tell them to their faces.

But if it's retaliation

[stammers] Why wouldn't they come after me?

Did you and elvin Barnes have problems?

Off and on, you think he's involved?

Well, we hear that that's one of the people

she might have had some words with.

[Scoffs] Wouldn't be the first time.

[Sighs] She didn't buy into this hopelessness.

She... she wanted to change this world.

Now she's gone.

Yeah, yeah, lieu.

Oh, yeah. We see them.

They need us?

Well, listen, we're going to go check out Barnes.

- And we'll catch you back. - What's up?

Yo, my man, there's another dead body down there.

- Are you serious? - Tch. Word.

Paisan, what's happening, baby?

- What's happening yo? - Hey, what's going on?

Guy named Tony sands got shot out back.

I heard. This block is getting real popular.

Is that where the little girl died?

Eddie: Yeah. - You guys find anything?

Oh, not yet. But we're looking into it.

We're going to check that out now.

So, uh, Romeo, what's the story?

- About what? - Come on, you know, man.

The shiny little rock, the ball and chain...

Alright, Theresa loaned me the money.

- Really? - Yeah. You know...

It's kind of good 'cause we got to talk some things out.

So did you buy it?

Well, I'm working out the deal, you know...

No, no, did you buy it?

- My man, you see me at my... - So you're stalling.

Well, I'm working on that deal now. See, i'm, uh...

[Mellow music]

Life is short, man.

Yes, it is.

Vivian: The other day the preacher talked about dying.

I know when I die, I'm going to go to heaven

but... I want to know what happens.

You know, if I stay old or I stay young or...

If my parents will see everything that happened to me

all through my life, you know. It's like a movie.

I want to know... Where do I live?

Do I live in like this beautiful hotel?

And places like that, you know.

And wondrous food and... Big feasts,

especially Christmas. [Chuckles]

But the one thing I'm going to miss most about life

is my daddy.

McNamara: So, wong, now what you got on this Tony sands?

Shot in the heart, he didn't even get a chance

to finish lunch.

So when do you think he bought it?

A few hours ago.

I can pinpoint it in the lab.

- Stop by later. - Thanks.

Anybody here see anything?

I seen it was going to happen.

- What's your name, kid? - Ricky.

- You knew that guy? - Of course.

He talked to everybody. He was preaching about change.

Was he involved with drugs, that kind of stuff?

Used to be. He said he saw the light in prison.

Why'd you say it was going to happen to him?

Maybe he messed with the wrong people.

Like who?

Don't even try to pull me into that, man.

I don't want to look like him.

- Cute kid. - Yeah, real cute.

[Instrumental music]

[Indistinct chatter]

Williams: Yo, Barnes.

- What's up, baby? - What's up, dawg?

Williams: We need to have a word with you, man.

- Yeah, man, just take a minute. - You got a word with me?

Yo, man, I got a meeting, partner. And I'm way late. I'm...

Your meeting's gonna have to wait, man. Come on, baby.

- Don't make me chase you now. - It's like that, right?

[Dramatic music]

[Panting]

[Grunting]

- Don't make me chase you. - Come on, man.

Why y'all sweating me, man? You ain't got nothing on me.

Yo, my man, lemme ask you,

you still afraid of little girls, huh?

I don't know what you're talking about, man.

I'm talking about Vivian Scott.

That lil' loudmouthed girl that fell down the elevator shaft?

I ain't got nothing to do with that, man.

Yeah, well, some say she was pushed.

Man, you chased me for two blocks

asking me something stupid like that?

Listen to me. We know that she snitched on you.

- Okay? - I'm a man, alright?

I don't go around killing ten-year-old girls, alright?

Oh, you a man, huh, you man enough that

you get them hooked on drugs? Is that what it is, huh?

I don't get nobody hooked on nothing, partner.

Where were you when she fell?

- Where were you? - I was on the street, man.

And you got witnesses for that, right?

- Yeah, I got mad witnesses. - Right?

- Yeah. - Unh!

Yo, shorty.

Now why aren't you in school?

Man, it's none of your business.

You need to learn some respect, young man.

Yeah, right.

Williams: Listen, if you can think of anything else

please give us a call.

- I'll try and make a list. - Alright.

- Thanks for everything. - It's the least we can do.

This poor guy, man.

It's got to be the worst thing in the world,

losing your kid.

Seems like she was really special, too.

Yeah, man, straight a student, guy works hard,

you know, involved in the community,

he still gets screwed.

Look at this. What is this doing here?

Kids play in this hallway.

That's what i'm talking about, man.

[Screaming]

Ed, ed! Help!

Scott: I'm coming!

- Reach out! Grab my hand! Williams: Argh!

Come on. Hold on, hold on.

I got him. I got him.

Oh!

- You alright? Scott: What happened?

He pushes the button, the doors open and then there's no car.

Is this thing always like this?

- Sands was right. - Sands?

Tony sands, he had been after the super

about fixing things up around here. They just ignored him!

- Yo, my man, you're real lucky. - But Vivian wasn't.

[Sighs] Listen, we'll be in touch, okay?

- I'm taking the stairs. - Right behind you.

[Elevator door closes]

[Yells]

There's a boy in my school that I think is cute

but my dad would kill me 'cause he says

I can't date until I'm 16.

He says I can't do a lot of things till I'm 16.

He says I can't wear makeup till I'm 16

and I can't date till I'm 16, and I can't drive till I'm 16...

But he's still okay.

The door must have opened when she was playing up there.

Maybe her ball hit it.

The door opens, she steps in didn't even notice

there wasn't a car.

Oh, poor girl.

What about permits and inspections?

Everything's up-to-date.

The guy we talked to said there was some,

uh, electrical shortages

but it could have been anything.

Why would Tony sands go after the landlord

if all the permits say everything is fine?

I don't know, torres, it still sounds like an accident to me.

- And that's it? Cooper: Yeah, that's it.

Or the housing authority gets involved

or the father starts a civil action.

He don't got dollar one to say hello to a lawyer.

So he tries legal aid or he gets someone on contingency.

Look, the bottom line is that it's not our department.

Lieutenant, a little girl died.

Yes, Williams, and we don't do accidents.

We do major crimes.

Why don't you tell that to her father?

Look, detective, you want to argue with me.

I don't have time. Get back to work.

Yo. She's right, you know. We're out of our jurisdiction.

I don't want to hear that, man. I'm sick of this crap.

Why do people have to live like that?

It's not like you've seen this for the first time.

You've lived it, I lived it, so what?

That's not gonna make it different, ed.

I'm not saying it is. Nothing's gonna change, that's all.

Yo, chief, you gonna loosen up on my arm.

Williams: Y'all got him on that Tony sands thing?

No, partner, they ain't got me on nothing.

You keep that mouth shut.

Now you know if this was park Avenue,

it wouldn't be like that.

Yeah. But we ain't living park Avenue.

- But so what? - You black. I'm latino.

What's the deal?

Come on. Don't give me that crap, Barnes.

Your ass is in every slimebucket operation on that block.

Then lock me up, baby. What's stopping you?

Oh, don't worry. We'll get there.

You know what? You need to leave this alone. Know why?

'Cause don't nobody care about this.

Well, I do, and Tony sands did, too.

Word is he was working to put your operation out of business.

What operation you talking about, partner?

Do we look stupid to you?

You rent corners to dealers.

Got kids muling your drugs.

Tony sands was trying to clean things up, so you shot him.

McNamara: Or had somebody do it.

'Cause you probably weren't man enough to do it yourself.

Yeah, well, uh...

I'll show you man enough.

Send Luke Skywalker out the room here

and I'll show you "man enough," baby.

Look, elvin, how many people you got on your payroll?

You know what, partner?

If I had a payroll, you should be giving me a medal for keeping

the unemployment rate down.

I mean, what you should do is you should make me

one of those thousand points of light.

They don't give those for slavery.

You need to get out of my face, alright.

I'm doing what I gotta do to survive. You know what?

Y'all need to charge my ass with something

or y'all need to cut me loose.

What's it going to be?

[Sighs] Get out of here.

[Clicking tongue]

[Chuckling]

That's it then. You're out of it.

Oh, not really, I mean,

officially, this isn't in our precinct's jurisdiction

but if there's anything that we can do personally...

She got straight a's her last report card

and all she gets are eight lines

on page 35 of some sleazy tabloid.

Is that all the justice there is for my little girl?

We're really sorry but there's, there's nothing that we...

I see her fall five stories...

And I feel her hit the top of that car.

And that's a lonely and cruel way to die.

You can't tell me that's not a crime.

Well, you know, uh...

You might have, uh... Maybe a civil suit

or maybe even grounds for, uh...

Criminal negligence, but, uh...

But it's not a serious enough crime for your precinct.

[Instrumental music]

Thank you, detectives. I'll take it from here.

Oh, please don't do anything to hurt yourself, Mr. Scott.

There are channels.

Maybe you should find out who owns the building, you know

and find out who's in charge of complaints and maintenance.

Maintenance? Did you just say maintenance?

Do you honestly think anyone is in charge of maintenance?

Excuse me.

- Detective? - Can I help you?

Are you on that Tony sands thing?

Yeah. Why?

How come Barnes walked?

- And you are... - I'm Mel dunston.

I saw Barnes that afternoon, he and Tony sands were going at it.

- What was it about? Drugs? - No.

That's not what they were arguing about.

Barnes told sands to lay off that super of that building

where that little girl was killed at.

But later, I saw Barnes.

He looked like he was trying to, trying to hide something.

How do you know he was trying to hide something?

He's sneaky that way, and he looked real riled up.

Well, do you know where the hiding place is?

Well, somewhere under that building.

- I'm not sure where. - Well, wait a minute.

What happened? Did Barnes burn you in a drug deal or something?

No. He killed my brother...

Five years ago.

I've been biding my time.

[Instrumental music]

Excuse me. You Mr. Brent, the manager?

- You got a complaint? - Not quite.

I'm here about the little girl that fell down

the elevator shaft.

Yeah. That was too bad.

You got any complaints about the elevator not working?

Nothing lately.

Now what do you do when you get complaints?

Call maintenance, get it fixed. Permits are all in order.

Well, this place seems way out of order. It's a mess.

- Is that so? - Yeah. You know?

Can't you smell? You don't see the stuff?

Yeah. I could smell, and I could see the stuff.

And I see people peeing in the hallways

peeing down the elevator shaft, tossing their trash wherever,

using their toilet bowls like they were wastebaskets

while their kids write dumb stuff on the walls.

They make their own problems.

- Who owns this place? - Who knows?

I just work for the management company.

[Grunts]

Don't work too hard, alright?

[Instrumental music]

[Indistinct chatter]

May I help you?

- You can't go in there, sir. - Don't worry. I won't hurt...

- Hey! - I don't have a weapon!

- What's going on here? - You're rosanna scotto, right?

- The news lady? - That's right.

I'm Donnie Scott.

My daughter died in that elevator shaft on 129th street.

Man 1: Look, call the police. - No. No. Don't do that.

Oh, that's okay. Try detective Williams.

Fourth precinct.

You want to tell me about something?

- You mean you're gonna listen? - It's what I do. Come on.

[Indistinct chatter]

The building is run by a management firm

owned by Randall Kates.

So who is that? Some rich guy?

Not big time, but I'm sure he's comfortable.

He's got several buildings, most of them in the slums.

He lives on long island, though.

Anything there about accidents?

Mm, yeah. Some code violations.

Uh, unrepaired windows, some faulty electricity

and plumbing and a bunch of heating stuff.

The guy turns the heat off for a couple of hours

during the day just to save money.

He likes to cut corners anyway he can, no matter who it hurts.

Williams: What can we do? - A story.

It's gonna take me some time though, I gotta talk

to my lawyers, but we got something here

and I hope we can make some kind of difference.

[Instrumental music]

Um, that... that one's nice.

- H... how much is that? - That's $4500.

Yeah, well, I don't think I can go that high.

How about, um...

- How about that one? - It's the same.

Uh, what price range are you comfortable with?

Oh, I was thinking more like, you know, $2000, you know?

- Maybe that's not enough. - Oh, no. No.

You can get something real nice for that.

- Yeah? - Yeah, yeah. Let me show you.

Um, a... are you engaged?

Not yet, but I'm hoping pretty soon.

Well, uh, why don't you pick out something that you would like?

Oh, that's easy. There's about five or six of them.

- Uh, this one is very pretty. - Yeah.

And... this one's a little different.

- Uh, how... how much? - They're all under 2000.

My boyfriend and I are on a budget, too.

- Oh. - Uh...

This one is traditional and elegant.

Yeah. Um...

You know, i... I should probably...

I should probably think about this because, uh...

You're not getting cold feet, are you?

No. No, no.

It's just that it's a big decision and... you know.

Listen, um... thank... thank you for your time.

Thank you.

[Instrumental music]

Mr. Kates.

Detective Williams, fourth precinct.

Sort of out of your neighborhood, aren't you?

It's related business.

I understand you manage the property

where Vivian Scott fell down the elevator shaft.

Real shame. How'd you hear about it?

It was under investigation for possible homicide.

But no more.

Well, it turns out there was gross negligence

in maintaining the place or bogus permits

well, who knows?

You trying to tell me something here, Williams?

- Should I be? - Do you own any real estate?

What difference does that make?

Well, maintenance is expensive especially when you're trying

to collect rents from people with no money.

You fixing an elevator's not gonna break you.

If that elevator was broke, those damn kids did it.

They pry open the doors, play on the cars...

Hell, you work up there, you know what I'm saying.

Is this an official investigation?

Not now, it isn't. No.

Then I'll refrain from comment until it is.

[Instrumental music]

Look, they all looked really nice.

It's just that, I just couldn't make up my mind, you know.

You know what it sounds like to me?

Like you are having second thoughts.

It's like being at an art gallery, right?

Everything becomes a blur. Your mind gets...

An art gallery, ed?

When was the last time you were at an art gallery?

Why am I even speaking to you? You know...

Didn't I take you off the Vivian Scott case?

- Yes. - Yeah.

Then why are you harassing the owner

of the building and the manager?

Lieutenant, I didn't harass anyone.

Yeah, well, that's not what I heard.

Yeah, I get it. Low priority.

Or is it no priority?

- What does that mean? Williams: Oh, you know.

Williams: No one cares when a little black kid dies.

Cooper: This is not racial. - Then what is it, lieutenant?

- Because she's poor? Cooper: Maybe.

But we've been given orders not

to get involved and we're gonna follow them.

Lieutenant, doesn't it bother you just a little bit

that you didn't get one call regarding this girl?

Now I go talk to a landlord

and the whole city wants to turn the national guard on me.

Cooper: Yeah. It bothers me a lot, Williams

but we can't prove that it wasn't an accident.

So we leave it alone, right?

- Mmmh. - I'm telling you, man...

Yo, guys, we got some new information on Tony sands.

What is it?

Well, we're pretty sure Barnes killed him.

That's it?

Well, we think Kates was involved.

Dunston said Kates came by the neighborhood

once or twice a month to check his real estate.

- He always spoke to Barnes. Williams: Wait a minute.

So you're saying that if Tony sands found out

about forging the permits, then that's a problem for Kates.

So Barnes takes care of Kates' problem

and then he's free to deal all the drugs that he wants.

Uh-huh. Anyway, we gotta go talk to lieu.

Cooper just finished bawling us out

about being on the Vivian Scott case.

So can we keep this between us till we get some more evidence?

Yeah. Yeah, well, we'll stay on dunston.

Yeah, and if there are forged permits, I guess

there must be a money trail, right?

- Okay, we're on it. Nina: Okay.

Used to be an electrical engineer for the city.

- Right, Mr. Waites? - If you say so.

Until a woman got electrocuted up on 134th.

Because you signed off on something that wasn't fixed.

You guys got a point to any of this?

You were getting paid off, right?

Yeah, I got so rich, I do this to amuse myself.

- Nobody ever proved that. - Yeah.

But you were fired anyway. So check this out.

We need to find the guy who managed that building,

a guy named Randall Kates.

And we want your help in getting him.

Are you going to give me some help?

What are we talking?

I want to go back with the city even as a damn janitor.

I'm sick. I need the medical.

We'll see what we can do but you got to give us a name.

[Intense music]

[Indistinct chatter]

Dunston: I guess you could bust him now, right?

Yeah. And he'd be on the street in four hours.

But if we get him for killing Tony sands

he won't be out for a while.

He did him. I'm sure of that.

McNamara: Where's the building?

Dunston: Up around the corner. McNamara: Can you get in there?

Well, word is that it's Barnes' place.

But you know sometimes people don't get the word.

You alright with poking around?

I mean we could get a warrant

but we wouldn't know where to start.

Yeah, i... I could do that.

But, um... I need another bottle.

[Indistinct chatter]

Hey, isn't that the kid who knew sands?

Dunston: Yeah, little Ricky.

Tony was trying to help him to straighten up.

And now he's working for the guy who killed him?

Now Tony's dead. Barnes is in charge.

Little Ricky don't have no folks. No place to stay.

McNamara: Go where the work is, huh?

Dunston: That's the word.

The little girl fell to her death

when the doors opened accidentally.

The building is managed by Randall Kates

who would not comment on our story.

Our research shows Mr. Kates owns or manages

13 other buildings, all with safety violations

and many complaints from tenants.

Mr. Scott, you still believe that your daughter's death

was a homicide and you risked

criminal charges by forcing your way

into our TV station to tell your story.

- That's true. - What were you thinking?

Vivian died because someone made a choice

not to fix that elevator,

not to inspect it properly and not to maintain it.

So was it your belief that management

counts on tenants not to complain?

Oh, they count on complaints not being heard.

I don't understand.

If you complain, people listen because you can rock the boat.

Where I live, no one can.

- But you've chosen to try. - I owe it to Vivian.

She was murdered... as sure as someone picked her up

and threw her down that shaft.

And if I don't speak up

then I'm lower than the man that let this happen.

From Harlem, rosanna scotto, fox news. Back to you, John.

[Instrumental music]

Yo, yo.

What your wino ass doin' up in here?

Who's that?

You know damn well who it is.

[Chuckling] That's you, Barnes.

Yo, man. What you doing up in my crib, man?

I don't like nobody here.

I just got screwed up with this stuff, man.

You better get your screwed-up self out of here.

Go on, man. Get out of here.

You stink. You look sickly.

I ought to put you out of your misery.

No, don't hurt me, Barnes! I'm gone!

- I'm gone, man! I'm gone! - Stay gone.

[Intense music]

No, no, where's my stuff?

Is this what you're looking for?

- What? - Hey-hey.

- Easy. - What's that?

I think forensics and ballistics can figure that out.

Anyway we can talk about this at the precinct.

Hey, come on, man. The party's over.

- Where you going? - Don't move!

[Gunfire]

Go! Go! Go!

[Intense music]

[Groans]

Don't move.

Elvin Barnes, you're under arrest.

- Nice job. - Think so? Yeah.

McNamara: Listen to me, Barnes.

It'll be better for you if you tell us now.

I'm not talking to y'all without my lawyer.

Look, maybe we can work something out here, you know,

shave some years off your sentence.

I'm not doing it, man.

Nina: The ballistics report is due back in a few hours.

Once we got you cold, Barnes, there's no deal.

I mean maybe you don't care about Tony sands

but you tried to shoot me and my partner.

McNamara: You want to give somebody up?

Maybe we could, uh, forget about that.

Who am I supposed to be giving up?

McNamara: Whoever's above you in the food chain.

- And who might that be? Nina: Randall Kates.

Look, while you're sitting in here he'll just

let somebody else work your block.

You want to do time for murder in attica for him?

Come on, Barnes.

Help us help you.

Alright.

I'll tell you about Kates.

[Scoffs] You know, I thought we were clear

about you two staying out of this.

Now am I missing something here?

Look, Kates was paying people off.

Inspectors, repairmen, anyone who can shortcut repairs.

When that didn't work he'd get Barnes to strong-arm them.

Yeah, but, guys, that doesn't prove

that Kates had Barnes do in Tony sands.

We might not have to, I spoke to a lawyer down at the TV station.

He says we might have grounds for a murder charge,

at least negligent homicide.

Lieutenant, I almost fell down that elevator shaft.

- What? - Look...

If we can prove that Kates knew things were broken

and he didn't fix them then a good da

can convince a jury of depraved indifference.

All we need is corroboration of Barnes' testimony.

Alright, gentlemen, what's your plan?

Williams: We need you, man. - What's up, Barnes?

- How's that arm? - I got it.

- What's up? - You up, man.

So you think he's blue collar enough?

He's definitely got the white boy part down.

Listen, we need you to go undercover, you know,

blue collar, white boy, corrupt.

Oh, yeah? How corrupt?

[Instrumental music]

I'm sorry, Mr. Brent, but your gaskets are all shot.

And the furnace itself, well...

It's got cracks in here.

Well, we'll fix the gaskets.

Eh, that ain't going to do it.

Then I got to replace the whole damn furnace.

It happens. You should see these dumps in the bowery.

They can't even use the furnace half the time.

Brent: You work that area most of the time?

Yeah. I'm just filling in for sid here while he's away.

[Grunts] Sid's killing me.

You know, um, patton?

Manages a couple of buildings down there?

Oh, yeah, sure.

Hell of a nice guy.

Trust has been established.

So, uh, patton takes care of you, right?

I mean, you guys do business?

[Chuckling] You wouldn't be trying

to entrap me now, would you?

[Chuckling] I don't even know you.

- And I don't know you. - Mm...

How about 500?

Uh...

Come on, I'll fix the gaskets.

Well... I don't know.

There's a lot of pressure these days.

Alright. So six. Live a little.

Huh?

Cool.

[Intense music]

Mr. Brent? You know what this is, right?

- You know, you're under arrest. - Hey, hey, hey. I... I...

No, no, no. Take it easy.

We may have a way of working this out.

But I don't want to hear from your mouth.

Good to see you again, Brent.

Yo... you do that corruption thing kinda good there.

[Instrumental music]

Mr. Kates.

- What do you want, Williams? - A couple of things.

I saw your man Scott on TV. Lame.

- Very lame. - Yeah, well, he's no actor.

He's a grieving father whose daughter was murdered.

It was an accident. Accidents happen.

Well, we'll let the jury decide that.

Right now I'm here to arrest you for the murder of Vivian Scott.

- That's ridiculous. - Oh, yeah?

Well, your boy Brent is downtown right now

singing like a little bitch.

Randall Kates, you're under arrest

for the murder of Tony sands and Vivian Scott.

- You can't do this. - Don't tell me what I can do.

You have the right to remain silent...

[Instrumental music]

Williams: What the hell do you mean Dennis rodman's sexy?

I'm just, I'm just saying he's got style.

What the hell you got in that coffee, man?

Style? I don't want that kind of style.

Hello. Williams. Who is this?

Hey, listen, I'm at work, stop playing. Who is this?

Yeah, well, put him on.

Some clown's calling saying Stevie wonder

is on the phone.

Maybe Elvis will call me next.

Yeah, Stevie, what's up, baby?

What, you saw a crime you want to report?

[Laughing]

Oh, no, no, no. Listen, i'm... I'm sorry.

No, no, i... I... You didn't sound like you.

I... I didn't know why you'd be calling me.

[Instrumental music]

[Indistinct chatter]

They're gonna be very happy and I'm gonna love

seeing you jamming.

For real.

So you do what you got to do.

Alright, that's it, though.

Okay, alright.

- So, Stevie, man. - What's happening?

- What's happening? - Everything good?

- What's happening? - What's up, baby?

- I'm okay. - Is everything set up?

Everything is, sorry, everything is pretty okay.

I just wish I could sing, man, I really wanna sing tonight,

but my throat is just jacked.

I gotta tell you. I'm a big fan of yours.

Secret life of plants, that was the bomb, kid.

I mean, I was dying listening to that music.

And I really like the compliment but please don't die on me.

I really would do anything for Mr. Scott.

He must be going through terrible pain.

That's such a tragic loss,

the way he lost his daughter.

All because some greedy landlord

didn't want to fix an elevator.

- Don't worry, we gonna get him. - Got to get him, man.

Because you know what, the real main bottom line

is people being aware.

I feel that most people have got hearts

they wanna do the right thing.

They just got to be educated a little.

The thing is people are aware.

Yeah, till you ask them to delve into their wallets.

You know what they'll do that once they know we're all hurting

you know, try to make this stuff stop happening.

- I hope so. Stevie: I think it will change.

I got to tell you, if my pops was here

he would just flip out, man.

Hey, your pops is here.

He really is, and I want you to know

that I will come back, we'll do some stuff together.

- Alright. - Jamming...

Let y'all sing a little background.

- Oh, for real. - Is that a commitment?

[Indistinct chatter]

We'll check out Ziggy, and it's going to be strong.

Alright.

[Instrumental music]

♪ Trouble trouble

♪ bless my eyes this morning

♪ jah sun is on the rise once again ♪

♪ the way earthly things are goin' ♪

♪ a uh

♪ anything can happen

♪ you see

♪ so much trouble in the world

♪ so much trouble in the world ♪

♪ so much trouble in the world

♪ so much trouble in the world ♪

♪ you see

♪ we've got to face the day

♪ ooh-wee come what may

♪ yeah

♪ we the street people talkin'

♪ we the people strugglin'

♪ you see

♪ so much trouble in the world ♪

♪ so much trouble in the world

♪ so much trouble in the world ♪

♪ so much trouble in the world

♪ so much of it so much violence ♪

♪ now I say lovin' better you keep silent ♪

♪ so much of it so much violence ♪

♪ now I say lovin' better you keep silent ♪

♪ got to face the day no matter the consequence ♪

♪ the world ain't getting better ain't no improvement ♪

♪ everywhere you go that's another problem ♪

♪ you work everyday and still you can't find a cent ♪

♪ landlord calls you don't pay no rent ♪

♪ no mother no father you're a lone parent ♪

♪ everyone all around such a bad temperament ♪

♪ the chains around your feet and still you can't ♪

♪ free yourself laws cause crime and violence ♪

♪ so much trouble in the world ♪

♪ So much trouble in the world

♪ so much trouble in the world... ♪♪

You know, at the end of the day we got Kates, we got Barnes.

We're raising some money for a good cause.

Yeah, so why don't I feel good about that?

'Cause we're still gonna have bad landlords, drug dealers,

a permanent part of the landscape.

- Yeah. - So how's little Ricky, man?

He's doing alright, man. I got him into a shelter.

They're gonna look at getting him into a foster home

or maybe a, you know, group home or something.

Mm-hmm. Do you think he'll make it?

Well, you know, you got to have faith, right?

So what are you, uh, looking for there? Your heart hurt?

Oh, it's nothing.

- Nothing? Eddie: Nothing.

Okay. Mm-hmm.

Alright, but you can't say nothing.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

- Is that what I think it is? - It is what it is.

- Ah, really? - No, no, no!

I got to guard this like it's a brinks truck.

- Trust me. It cost that much. - Oh, congratulations, man.

Yo, bartender, let me get about six drinks for my man here.

Well, you can't congratulate me yet

because I haven't,

you know, I haven't said nothing to her.

Alright.

♪ So much violence

♪ now I say lovin' better

♪ you keep silent

♪ so much of it so much violence ♪

♪ now I say lovin' better you keep silent... ♪

Alright.

My man wants to get me...

- Here. - Cheers.

I'll take one of these over to Mr. Scott.

♪ You work everyday and still you can't find a cent ♪

♪ landlord calls you don't pay no rent ♪

Mr. Scott.

♪ You're a lone parent everyone all around ♪

♪ have such a bad temperament the chains around your feet ♪

♪ and still you can't free yourself ♪

♪ laws cause crime and violence ♪

♪ so much trouble in the world

[music continues]

♪ So much trouble in the world

♪ so much trouble...

You know, people say

my neighborhood is a bad neighborhood.

But they don't see what's really inside.

I mean, they don't spend their whole lives there.

There really are some nice people.

Yeah, there might be some thieves, drug sellers

but there really are nice people.

Like the man at the grocery store?

Sometimes he gives me free popsicles

even though it's freezing cold.

And the pizza man?

He gives me some pepperonis, so I can make my own.

They really are nice.

♪ So much trouble in the world

♪ so much trouble in the world

♪ so much trouble in the world ♪

♪ so much trouble in the world

♪ now all we've got to do is give a little ♪

♪ give a little ♪ take a little

♪ take a little ♪ give a little

♪ give a little ♪ one more time

♪ yeah ♪ give a little

♪ yeah ♪ take a little

♪ yeah ♪ give a little

♪ give a little ♪ yeah

♪ they're sitting on their time bomb ♪

♪ now I know the time has come

♪ what goes on up is coming on down ♪

♪ goes around and comes around

♪ yeah

♪ so much trouble in the world ♪

♪ so much trouble in the world

[music continues]

♪ So much trouble in the world ♪♪

[Wolf howling]