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♪ Welcome to my city, welcome to my city ♪

♪ Welcome to my city, welcome to my city ♪

♪ Welcome to my city, welcome to my city ♪

♪ Welcome to my city, welcome to my city ♪

♪ We just tryna get paid, get paid ♪

♪ We just tryna get paid, get paid ♪

♪ We just tryna get paid, get paid ♪

♪ We just tryna get paid, get paid ♪

♪ Welcome to my city, welcome to my city ♪

Techwood, the first projects in Atlanta,

originally dedicated for the poor artists,

taken over by the hungry blackists.

In walking distance to Georgia Tech,

top ten university,

and around the corner from the Coca-Cola headquarters.

What's up boys?

Yo, let's go, man.

♪ We just tryna get paid, get paid ♪

Less than a quarter a mile away

from Ted Turner's TBS network

and the Atlanta Braves stadium,

minutes away from the Atlanta Journal Constitution newspaper

and down the street from midtown

where the wealthier class reside.

Surrounded by billion dollar institutions,

skyscrapers, banks,

hotel building, that to me,

seem to go up into the clouds.

And I wonder why I or no one I know

knows none of the people

coming in and out of those buildings

wearing fancy suits.

All I know is that these people's life

has to be better than mines.

We're so close in distance but far away in every other way.

I wonder how they get there.

I wonder why my mom can't dress up like them everyday

and go to work and make some good money.

Why she wouldn't rather do that

than sell her body.

I guess everybody has their place in this world.

And ours is here.

Right here in Techwood,

where the pimps, drug dealers, even robbers

control the ghetto.

Hey, Brian--

You better be careful out here.

It's hotter than a mother fucker.

It really is.

The heat in Atlanta was a record-breaking 102 degrees

on July 2nd, 1980.

Most people in Techwood had no AC,

windows remained open from the night before

and had fans in the doors trying to catch

all the air they could.

But he kids was already outside playing.

Hoes is out trickin',

homeless was roaming the streets,

and the hustlers,

they was getting dough up.

Even some of the old players was sitting

under the shade of the tree,

sippin' Mad Dog 20/20, playing horseshoe for 10 a game.

Nothing would change what went on here.

Hot or cold.

Rain or shine.

This is

♪ Ghetto, ghetto, ghetto

- Hey, come on. - Come on.

You break stuff.

- Where are you going? - Out.

Where are you going? Nowhere.

Tasha's gonna let me cook today.

Cook me something good, alright?

I will, how much are you payin'?

Paying?

How 'bout nothing.

Life ain't free, mama said.

You gotta pay for a woman's gifts.

Look, mom said a lot of things.

I'll see what I'll bring back, cool?

Alright.

Get outta here, stink.

Hey, yo, what took you so long, bro?

- Still asleep. - You lazy, bro.

I ain't lazy, man.

While you was asleep, I was up

thinkin' about how to get paid.

For real. Yeah, alright.

What you come up with, then?

We gotta get into this action.

I'm tired of being broke.

My mom's selling her body so we can eat.

My sister, Oshinawa, fucked up too.

My mama stay drunk

and she stay fucking with those young ass niggas, man.

Like old Eight Ball,

see what we can come up with.

You know Easy and Jack always look out.

That's a good idea though.

Hey, bro, you know my dad

wouldn't want me going down there.

"You know my dad wouldn't want me going down there."

- Shut up, bro! - All that, man.

Look, man, what your old man don't know

can't hurt him, you know?

Let's go.

Let's go, man.

Look, we'll sneak you in, alright?

Only the best of the best hustlers, pimps,

and gamblers were allowed to enter Eight Ball.

Jack, a real suave hustler part owner.

The hood admires Jack.

That's Silk, Easy's right hand man.

That's Big, Easy's muscle.

See this here is a man's game, you understand?

That's Judy.

He talkin' real big, baby.

You better be able to back it up though.

Not Easy's wife.

Number two girl in Easy's life.

She keeps a portion of all his money.

Man, I'm out.

Man, I knew not to pick that stanky bitch.

- Uh-oh. - Man down.

I gotta take me a shot on that one.

He must be from New Orleans, that's right at the Bayou.

Here you go, big brother, drink up.

I know it's hard work taking these boy's money like this.

That's Easy's baby sister.

One of the finest things in the line.

Easy don't like her hanging 'round Eight Ball

but was right to have her in sight.

Up a notch, boom.

Goddamn it, now see, now I'm out.

Shit, look at that bullshit.

I got things to do. Do that.

I'm outta here.

Easy was first class at hustling.

His eyes always seem to look straight through you.

He was always calm

even while he was playing George Skigs.

His thought process could have placed him in Harvard

if he would have took a different road.

Me and you, huh Easy?

Yeah, I been waitin' for this.

Shit, man. Fuck.

You are one lucky mother fucker.

You know what they say.

Money make more money.

And I must admit.

I do have plenty money.

Man, I'm gone.

'Cuz what I'm not gonna do

is let you hit me for another ten grand

like y'all did last week.

Where your heart at, cowboy?

I thought you had money growing on trees.

You know scared money don't make no money.

E loved putting gasoline on a fire

once he had you burning up.

You know as well as I do

I got more money than I could ever spend.

Yeah, I know.

And I want more of it.

So I can spend it.

"I want more of it so I can spend it."

No, I'm outta here.

He knew a man that was frustrated

could never think right.

What y'all want?

Need some money, go down to the pool,

catch us some honeys, ya dig?

Now y'all get outta here

before your folks come in here trippin'.

Now boy, don't you go down that street

fucking them them chickenhead bitches, you feel me?

Now get outta here, all three of y'all.

Yes, ma'am.

More money bring more money.

Scared money don't make money, for real.

You must be a mind reader, man.

'Cuz I was just thinking the same thing.

At the end of the month I can't even eat.

My mama say all the foods done

so me and my little brother be hungry.

The sad part is,

Nate and his two brothers

all in the same boat, none of 'em know their dad.

They mama had three different stories.

His brother Charles, daddy dead.

Oh, Lord.

Come on, baby, come on, baby.

Let's talk about this, baby.

Your Nate's father.

Come on, Nate, get up.

Talk to your father, baby, talk to your father.

She claims daddy went off to war

and never came back.

Oh Lord, why?

And the youngest brother?

No, he's yours, he is yours, baby.

Take him, take him, he is yours.

She doesn't know who, what, when,

or where the daddy is.

- That's not my baby. - Yes, it is!

Stop playin', it's your baby!

You dirty, you is real dirty.

I know where you stay, nigga!

Being 13 in the hood

has it's disadvantages.

But we were determined there was one kinda way

we could get into the action.

The thought of living in the fast lane

made our blood rush.

We couldn't wait for our time to shine.

Once we had our money

we would be able to get fancy cars,

pretty girls, gold chains, diamond rings,

and respect.

That's all the came with the game.

Aint nobody gonna allow us in.

♪ More money, more money.

- You still my boy. - You still a bitch.

No! No! Get off me!

Get off! Shut the hell up, bitch!

I done paid a good bit of money

for this young dinner.

Oh fuck.

God damn--

Brian! What's going on?

Oh my gosh, Brian!

Stop it, stop it, Brian!

Get off!

Move out the way! Stop!

Oh my god, Pastor!

Why did you do this?!

He was raping Tasha, ma!

What! No he wasn't!

You always mindin' somebody else's damn business!

Pastor paid our bills.

I was just returning the favor.

Get outta here!

No, no, no, you don't need to call nobody.

I'm just gonna clean you up.

Brian, Brian, please I need your help.

I don't know what to do here.

Pastor, oh god, you're bleeding.

Help me!

God. I know, I'm sorry.

Pray for me.

- No, no, no listen. - God Jesus.

- Listen, calm down. - Call a doctor.

I need you to calm down, okay!

Girl, I can't

have another dick in my mouth.

- Move that thing around. - Oh see! Do one!

I can't do it, I can't do it, girl.

I just, you know, my palate is a little bit more refined.

You know you gotta charge extra for that.

You know what,

you should be charging for that.

How you just gonna bust up in somebody's house like that?

What the fuck?

Does he live here with you now?

- Wearing a diaper. - A diaper?!

Brian, you just gonna bust

in my motherfucking house like that?

He paying your rent, girl?

- Pissy motherfucker. - Oh, she called you pissy.

Is he lost?

'Cuz you know one kinda hoe is a lost hoe.

Yeah, yeah, you old I know that.

You a hoe, too.

You are, but you know what,

I got a lot of appreciation for you

'cuz I used to hoe. You did?

Well, you was that hoe with a W and I was that hoe with a H.

♪ In the morning

♪ Be all over in the morning

♪ In the morning, in the the morning ♪

♪ It'll be all over in the morning ♪

Man, that's just what I need.

Damn, young blood, what happened to you?

I just beat Pastor Papa with a bat.

Fucking, fuckin' MLB.

Bro, you did what?

You ain't no baseball player.

Man, he was rapin' my sister.

Bro, you jokin' right?

Woke up, heard my sister screaming.

Then I heard a nigga voice, right.

So I grabbed my bat.

Saw him on top of her hunching on that shit.

See that shit not funny.

That's not funny, stop laughing.

Man, I had to protect my sister.

Y'all some dumbass niggas for real.

Shit was just funny, man.

Yo, that's not even the funny part, bro.

Yo what's gonna happen

when Papa's boys catch up to you?

Hey man, you did what you had to do though.

You handled business.

You my boy, man, you know I got your back.

Go ahead and loosen up, little bro, hit this.

Bro I been askin' for that the whole time.

- Appreciate that, man. - Nigga, so?

He need it more than we do.

Man, fuck this nigga.

Yo, Reid, you roll this?

Brian, wake up!

Boy, wake up!

If I get dizzy bending over from my blood pressure

trying to wake your trifflin' ass up

I'm gonna whoop your ass.

Get on down to the Eight Ball,

Easy want to see you, move it, go on.

Young Blood,

why you got Pastor Papa's boy's out looking for you?

Pastor Papa, he was raping my sister.

She was screaming for help.

So I went across his head with a bat

'til my arms got tired.

Okay, okay,

you did the right thing, young blood.

His ass should have been at home with his wife.

That's what he gets for playing with God's word.

Now you don't worry about his sons.

I already took care of that.

I told them if they mess with you,

they was gonna have to deal with me and my crew.

Thanks, Easy.

Y'all boys hungry?

Yes, sir.

Shirley, go fix them two ghetto cheeseburgers.

- Alright. - Perry Holmes.

We need to--

Y'all go ahead.

Let's go, Nate.

Perry Holmes, nigga.

It's jumpin' over there.

We need to get over there.

We need to make that move over there right--

Nah, those boys are wild over there.

They're not gonna let us just go up there

and set up some traps.

That'll be like takin' food outta they babies' mouths.

Man, fuck them.

I got niggas, we set traps,

we triple our cash.

Silk, I'm not moving that fast.

It's not going down like that.

Those cats aint no punks, you dig?

I'm not asking you.

I'm telling you.

This is what I'm fittin' to do.

Now you wanna set this trap with me?

Or maybe the grass is greener for you

on the other side for you.

You ever hear that old saying,

it's not about running down a hill and fucking one sheep.

But it's about planning, and walking down

and fucking all the sheep, you dig?

Yeah, I dig.

Or you can overthink shit,

miss everything and not fuck nothing.

And then you end up with blue balls.

This is what I'm doing.

- Here y'all burgers. - Thanks, Miss Shirley.

- Oh you're welcome, baby. - You got some mustard?

- I'll get it. - Thank you, Miss Shirley.

You're welcome, baby.

So, Easy, why don't you put me and Nate down?

Young blood, I think you're too young for this game.

Mandy told me she was down since she was ten.

Okay.

Well listen why don't you let me think about it

and I'll get back to you, cool?

Cool, just don't think too long.

Hey yo, Brian, check.

Do not forget to put her clothes

outside the door.

Outside of the door, alright? Cool?

- I got it. - Hell yeah, bro.

Hey, do not nut on my mama bedspread.

That's all I'm asking, man.

I'm not doing that to ya, bro.

Hey, yo, chill, chill, chill.

Outside the door.

I ain't fucking with you.

Outside the door.

Hey Brian.

What's up?

Sorry it took me so long.

It's all good.

What's up, Star?

How you doing?

Man.

Hope this dude do not forget to put clothes

outside the door.

Yeah, hopefully not.

He gonna forget.

I thought you was scared of this pussycat for a minute.

Why would I be scared.

I dunno, you just seemed like it.

I was scared.

But I figured I would take Reid's advice

and handle her like a hoe.

Now, bitch, get naked.

You on my time.

Okay, daddy, calm down.

I ain't no virgin.

But Star did things to me I ain't never felt before.

Star learned from some of the best.

I forgot to put her clothes outside the door.

But I ain't lock it.

Brian, give me some weed for me and my sister.

This nigga right here.

What the fuck.

Man, you just got played.

Fuck you talkin' 'bout, man?

You ain't supposed to give that bitch shit.

She let us all hit.

It's the least we can do.

You not looking at the big picture.

Aight, check it out.

Reid's dad and uncle

both serving life sentences for armed robbery.

Reid was expelled from APS

for stealing his teachers pocketbook and car

when she ended up totalling out in a bad wreck.

- What was her mother? - A whore.

Exactly.

That bitch gonna follow in the same footsteps

as her sister, her mama, and her auntie.

Shit, she just got presents off of you.

Now you the trick. Shit.

Eh, whatever, I ain't no trick.

Nigga, you a trick.

They talkin' 'bout the child kidnapper right there.

Man, they got that dude, man.

- He black? - Hell no.

Man, no black nigga's supposed to kidnap no kids, bro.

Now if they said he was making babies

and not taking care of them

I woulda believed that shit.

It really coulda been the cops there, bro.

You know they run everything.

What y'all think is gonna happen

when this happens again?

Someone else go missing? I don't know.

I bet Brian's dumbass be the next one lost, too.

His dumbass got tricked by Star.

Guarantee you he walk up to a van

like, "Yeah, I want some candy!"

- Fuck you, Reid. - Nigga, fuck you.

Fuck outta here, he mad, nigga.

"Fuck you, Reid."

Yeah, y'all laugh it up.

Laugh it up.

Once Easy put me on,

I'm gonna be runnin' this shit.

Only person gonna be kidnapping me

is your bitch. Nigga please.

You're gonna be the biggest trick.

You're green to death,

you just let some young hoe trick you, nigga?

What the fuck?

Exactly, fuck outta here.

You better focus on the TV.

You all gonna be getting work from me one day, aight?

Your ass is dreaming.

Dog, do you really think

Easy gonna put your young ass on?

He won't even give me no work and I'm 18, mother fucker.

But you shit.

They don't see potential in you

like they see it in me.

Jack, Silk, even Easy.

They know I'm smooth.

Say I'm like a young Easy.

They just saying that shit to make Brian feel good

'cuz he ain't worth shit.

And he ain't never been worth shit.

Matter of fact, don't your mamma and your sister

still sell pussy for a living.

Hmm?

Man, I though you was better than that.

No, fuck that.

You started it.

Talking about we gonna be working

under your young ass.

Mother fucker, what?

And at the end of the day your mamma and your sister

still some cheap ass tricks.

So fuck what you talking about, nigga.

Man, somebody get this motherfucker the fuck outta my face

before I fuck him up.

For real, though,

bitch ass nigga.

- Oh shit! - The fuck out.

Oh fuck.

Bitch, ya'll can all get swung on.

Yeah, nigga, who's the real mother fucker in here, boss?

- Get the fuck out. - Okay.

We out, we out.

What y'all niggas waitin' on, Christmas?

Man, get the fuck out.

Same shit I been telling you.

Too much hatin' going around.

You gonna tell your mamma?

Man, fuck no.

Niggas always running their shit.

Son, you can't go around beating people

'cuz they talkin' 'bout your mamma.

I wouldn't have,

if they'd just talked about you.

But they put Tasha name in it.

Couldn't have that.

Fruit loop, I saw Easy earlier today

and he told me what you asked.

Me and Easy go a long way back.

Easy ain't the type to go behind nobody back.

So he tell me you stepped to him

and asked to get into the game,

asked for his help.

He said he didn't mind, but he wanted my permission first.

Son, I really wish you would change your mind about this.

But I know you not.

'Cuz you stubborn just like your daddy.

I gave Easy the green light to go ahead

and show you the ropes.

Loop?

I need you to look

and listen, son.

And learn everything you can from Easy

because he ain't gonna steer you wrong.

That man learned from the best.

That made all the difference.

That motherfucker got more game than Parker Brothers.

For real.

But if you don't apply what's told

you ain't never gonna make it.

It's like,

it's like baking a cake.

Without following the rules, following directions,

and leaving out the sugar,

the cake ain't worth shit.

I'm gonna make you proud of me, ma.

Move us out the projects

to a big house with a big old swimming pool.

For real, ma.

First I want you to learn how to save your money.

And don't be no fool.

Get some rest.

Put today's trash behind you.

Goodnight, son. Goodnight, ma.

Hey, Loop,

I love you, son.

With all my heart.

I love you too, ma.

I know.

My mamma was hurting deeply inside

but figured I was gonna do what I wanted to do.

So she decided to support me

and let one of the best teach me.

My mamma hadn't cried in almost 20 years.

Back when she was molested at 10-years-old,

her and her mother never got along

all 'cuz she looks like her father's twin.

So at 15 her mother made her marry Mr. Jordan

who was 43-year-old.

They moved from Mobile, Alabama to Atlanta

to start their family.

Their marriage was hell

and very abusive, which led to both cheating

and her having kids outside the marriage.

At 23, with four kids and no help from anyone

caused a lot of hardship,

my mother did what she was taught to do.

Open her legs.

♪ Cry, cry, cry babe

Back to what I was saying,

remember when I was talking to you

about my white friend, Ben?

The one you did Fed time with?

We wouldn't understand much

but we did know there was a lot of money involved.

Wanted 175,000 for all of 'em.

Miami came today to get rid of 'em

before they head to the west coast.

- How much they want for 'em? - 175,000 for all of 'em.

♪ All the boys love me

♪ Aint nothin' above me

♪ All the boys love me

What's up, baby?

You did say nine, right?

♪ All the boys love me

♪ Ain't nothing above me

So what's up, Easy?

Imma see you tonight?

It's been a little minute and this cat is gettin' kinda hot.

Mm-hmm.

I might stop by, you just keep that cat hot, ya dig?

Yes, daddy.

You did say nine, right? Yep.

Imma catch up with you later,

Silk's waiting on me. Aight.

♪ Got that white girl, Miley Cyrus ♪

♪ Kill 'em in the crowd

Let's go.

♪ Hit 'em with the soda

♪ Hit 'em with the Jack

♪ Coca-Cola no soda can

B, take this over there to Silk in the other car.

He's gonna give you some money in exchange.

♪ Too much product

- What's up, Silk? - Go around, go around.

♪ I've got too much product on demand ♪

♪ I got too much product on demand ♪

Know how to drive?

Cereal?

Fuckin' with you.

Look at you, boy, out here hustling.

I see you, boy.

I'm just hoping Easy put me down, ya feel?

Shit, nigga, you down.

Easy don't just ride with anybody.

Nigga picky as fuck.

He was talking about you the other night.

He like you.

Nigga put me on, you see me,

Fleetwood, house, stash, fruity pebbles.

I ain't have shit, look at me now.

What you got for me?

Okay, okay, I see it, I see it.

That's you right there.

Hold on now, hold on now.

Act like you been somewhere.

We good.

Hey, be careful out here, now.

Know what I'm talking about?

Alright, man.

Baby, let's go.

Let's go to the store and get some more Fruity Pebbles.

You did good.

You gonna be a good soldier.

Hey Russell,

Jack called and said it's a deal.

Dinner will be ready in a minute.

Hey boys.

I remember when I was young like y'all.

Searching for a come up in any shape, form, or fashion.

Back in the 50s it was nothing nice.

See a black man wasn't allowed

in any white establishments unless he worked there.

And there wasn't no job for females.

It was just a white man's world and it still is.

My mother was a heroin junkie,

my father wasn't no where to be found

and when he left us I had to raise myself.

I was 10-years-old and it was just me and my sisters.

And at that time, back in those days,

I had to learn to become the man of the house.

My oldest sister was left to raise us

having to drop out in the sixth grade.

It was four girls and me.

My sister did the best job she could,

she even turned a few tricks a week

to make sure she fed us.

So at 10, I went out into the world on my own.

I started selling coca-cola bottles and newspapers.

13, I was robbing houses, warehouses,

and pawn shops.

19, I was on my way to Jackson State Prison

and that's when I woke up.

I started reading all the Donald Goines books

and Iceberg Slim's.

Silk and I did the bid together.

We used to hang around old heads

that schooled us to the dope game.

Man, now while I was doing my bid,

I met this old head named Pimp Cash

and he took me in.

When I got out as his son I looked up to him.

I learned a lot.

When he put me down, the money started rolling in.

A few years later, Silk got out and he put him down too.

We thought no one would fuck with us

because we was on top.

I got hip to the game real quick.

See, one day, in front of Pimp's Cafe,

somebody walked up to him and blew his brains out

all over the sidewalk.

See, that's how it is in the ghetto.

So don't ever get too relaxed or too comfortable.

Because you bet there's somebody out there

waiting to take your place.

See the ghetto runs off of codes

that you better learn to live by.

So I want you to look at this money,

look at it real good.

And know that it's easy to get

but it's hard as hell to keep.

Now the best tool you could ever have

is learning how to put your money away for a rainy day.

And if you listen to me

you'll be some young millionaire motherfuckers

making the world bow down to you

and kiss your ass.

Now, if y'all are gonna roll with me you gotta look good.

You need some new clothes.

I want you to go down to Walter's and pick some up.

I told you, bro,

I told you this was a good move.

I told you.

We finally got the shit we're asking for.

Come on, now,

we can buy shoes, clothes, chains, all that.

I told you this was a good move.

Now you see what listening to me gets you.

I told you.

I told you you should listen.

Hey yo.

You can have my share, man.

You know my dad kick my ass if he found this money.

Man, Eric, shut up!

You always run this shit.

We finally get an opportunity

to make something of ourselves

and you wanna come mess it up.

Man, talk to your boy.

That's how your gonna do us, Eric?

Oh yeah, I forgot.

You don't gotta worry about sittin' up in school

wondering if your mama gonna have the lights on,

food on the table,

or if you're just gonna be out on the streets.

Oh yeah,

you don't know how that feel.

Man, I know I got parents that love and care for me.

But you gotta understand one thing

I'm still in the ghetto.

I'm surrounded by those same problems, man,

I feel the same pain, man.

Just gonna bring more pain and problem, you know that.

Man, whatever, nigga.

You do you.

Look, B, I know you think you know what you're doing

but you don't.

If you want something you gotta go get it, aight?

The man up there will do the rest,

but you gotta believe that.

You can't sell your soul to the devil, man.

You know that.

You know what that $200 will do for my family, nigga?

I ain't sellin' my soul to no damn body.

You think I give a fuck what your preacher say?

Look around, Eric!

You don't see these flames, nigga?

Nigga, I'm burnin', nigga.

You ever have your sister raped?

This is hell, nigga.

This right here is hell.

And you think Imma give a fuck what you say?

Look around, Eric.

I don't care what your preacher say.

I'm gonna climb my way up out this bitch.

And it's sad,

'cuz it ain't even have to be like this.

I saw it as my only way out the ghetto.

I decided to take my chances.

Do or die.

Love you, B.

Why can't you see that, man?

I'm tryna get out, too.

Just the right way, man.

- Easy. - Lisa, we good?

Same old, same old.

- They here? - Yes.

Jack is with them in the living room.

You check out the product.

Hell yeah.

It's good quality stuff.

Baby, you getting stiff. Good.

I want you to start moving it in the morning.

I wanna see how it does. Okay, sure thing.

Alright.

Where y'all headed? West, quick as possible.

Gonna let y'all get on the move.

It's all here?

Is there any reason why you'd think it wouldn't be?

Well actually there's a couple reasons why--

I think what he's trying to say

is that we're not used to it going this smoothly.

In Miami everything's different.

The mindset, and you can't trust anybody.

You gotta be careful

who you do business with in Miami, okay?

The Columbians, they're fine,

they run their business like a corporation.

But there's people on the inside, alright?

Working for the Feds.

Game's totally changed, okay.

They just seized over a hundred million dollars

worth of product in the Miami International Airport.

A hundred mill?

Damn, that hurt.

It's gonna be like a domino effect on the entire city.

That's why we're out.

Don't be surprised if you just start

seeing new faces here every day.

Note taken.

- Thank you, man. - Safe travels.

Nice doing business with ya.

See you later, Jack.

♪ Soon as I get back,

♪ Soon as I get back,

♪ Soon as I get back, baby

♪ Soon as I get back

We real good.

When can I expect to see you again?

Whenever you call don't I come?

Now come on.

♪ Let me love you down

I'll catch you later. I'll make sure of it.

You took long enough.

But I'm here.

Is that right?

That's right.

- Uh-huh. - Come here.

♪ Let me take you to Wonderland, baby ♪

♪ Take me let me take you there

♪ Let me take you to Wonderland, baby ♪

♪ Let me take you there

♪ Let me take you to Wonderland

You miss me? Mm-hmm.

- You wanna show me how much? - Mm-hmm.

Then show me.

I saw it as my only way out the ghetto.

I decided to take my chance.

Do or die.

Easy had us runnin' for him.

Half grams, grams, eight balls,

quarter ounces to his workers.

Most of the runs were calls to undercover homes.

Where people use drugs and play numbers.

Easy paid us a hundred a week.

Made sure we ate, kept our hair cuts,

and in clean clothes.

Easy's motto, if you look like money,

hang around money, the money's gonna come to you.

Within one month, me and Nate looked like

two young, rich, ghetto kids.

I saved my money.

Always gave my mom some which convinced her

to stop making Tasha sell her body.

Nate on the other hand,

blew his on bullshit.

Hey boys, you hungry?

I can make you something.

- Yes, ma'am. - For real I'm so hungry.

Okay, I've got you coming right up.

Thank you.

- B, Nate, come here. - 'Sup, Jack?

So tell me why y'all aint in school today?

Jack's stressed that

we not only had to be street smart but book smart.

Man, we was in school but

the street got us a lot of homework, too, Jack.

But as we saw it

the streets was all we needed to know.

Look it's important that you boys go to school.

You gotta learn more than just these streets.

Like chess for instance.

Man, what we learn from chess?

See, chess is like the game of life.

People overlook these pawns

but forget they gonna become grown men.

Some people get so caught up in they own lives

they forget to pay attention to what's going on around them.

♪ Timeless, timeless

♪ My life is timeless

♪ My music is timeless

♪ My money is timeless

Jack's right.

You gotta watch every move that's made

and then try to figure out why he made it.

You see in this low down, dirty dope game

you gotta think for yourself

and the other person, too.

You can't let your losses get the best of you.

You gotta stay focused no matter what.

See a man can't think straight

when he's angry or jealous.

It just blinds him to the bigger picture.

You gotta stay calm, focused,

and three steps ahead.

Checkmate, my nigga.

So you can't let this or this

get the best of you.

All this shit is material.

It comes and goes, believe that.

Don't let it become your god.

You gotta realize, you can't make everybody happy

so don't try.

And don't let greed kill you.

Alright, I got two big, fat, juicy ghetto burgers

just for you. Move over man.

- Thank you. - Come on over here.

I love ghetto burgers, thank you.

Brian, it's mama!

She's been stabbed, she's at Grady Memorial Hospital.

What?

Ma was doing a trick and a man ended up on her.

When she started taking her clothes off

he started stabbing her.

He originally wanted me.

He begged, he even offered to pay double.

She was trying to keep her promise to you.

I wish I woulda just did it.

Then ma wouldn't be in there.

Don't say stuff like that, Tasha.

This aint your fault.

Man, where this nigga at now, man?

I don't know.

He ran out the house.

It was Darryl Smith.

Yo I'm gonna find that nigga.

Imma kill his ass, alright? Yeah, yeah, man.

- Hey. - I came as soon as I heard

is she okay? We don't know yet.

Your mother has about a 20% chance of living.

She took a pretty bad hit to a major artery

and she's lost a substantial amount of blood.

You can visit with her now.

Taryll, what you doing?

Sit down, everything gonna be alright.

You gonna be okay, ma.

You gonna be okay, ma, I know you will.

I know you will.

Keep talking, she can hear you.

Be the best you can be, man.

Be the best you can be.

You always said that to me.

I know you did the best you could, ma.

No!

No mom!

Come here and save her!

Mama! Hey, somebody help!

Come on, man, do something!

Do something!

Come save her!

Save her, dammit, what are you doing?

Mom, please! Come on! Somebody get this boy

outta the room now!

Come here, come here.

Cut this shit.

Now I know this shit hurts.

But you a soldier, be strong.

What I'm supposed to do, man?

What I'm supposed to do?

You gotta man up.

This is when you show 'em what you made of.

You can't let these streets see you weak.

We don't do mother fucking tears.

Now that's what I'm talking about.

You a soldier.

Let's go.

♪ Amazing grace

♪ How sweet the sound

This is the moment in my life

when I knew at 13 I'd have to be a man.

I had to take care of my sister.

Couldn't let her end up like mama.

Soon Imma be like Easy.

Soon Imma have so much money

there will be no problem I can't fix.

♪ Was lost, but now I'm found.

Brian, stop.

What? I ain't nothing.

Everything I was doing was for her.

What am I supposed to do it for now?

Do it for yourself.

Do it for your sisters.

How?

How am I supposed to?

I'm just another nigger from the hood.

I want you to watch your mouth in my presence.

I'm gonna tell you something

and I want you to remember it.

If I'm gonna be what I want to be

then it's up to me.

What that mean?

What do you think it means?

It means you're in control of your future.

Ain't nobody stopping you but you.

Not your mama, not your sisters, nobody.

Now I want you to put that in your heart

and I want you to remember it, okay?

Now go back over there.

Your sisters need you.

Let us pray.

Most gracious and heavenly father.

We are gathered here today

not to mourn the loss of a life.

♪ I just hit the floor I need a hoard ♪

♪ Andale, andale

♪ I know bitches badder than my whores ♪

- Hurry up. - Bad, real bad, real bad.

Come on man. Wait right here.

Years have passed.

Things have changed in a big way in the A.

Truthfully, America had been transformed.

Mad scientists came up with a way

to change cocaine to crack.

Making an expensive drug that used to cost 50 or more

come out to $2 bags,

but most common, $10 bags.

You see, crack hit the streets and it spread like a cancer

taking out the best of the best.

Doctors, lawyers, preachers,

nurses, housewives, Hollywood stars,

professional ball players,

and low income people in the ghetto.

You see, crack did to black folks

what segregation wars and slavery couldn't do.

Took their identity, their hope, and their faith.

♪ And before I'll be a slave

♪ I'll be buried in my grave

Crack flooded the streets

and the teenage boys came in herds

to join the flocks to eat from the pasture.

Now you see, Atlanta housing projects

was heavily involved in the crack game.

And the social life had changed from day to night.

Yo, get her one.

You got that 500?

Hold that.

Yo, you got that 500?

You feel me?

Now with crack on the scene,

Atlanta hustler was on the verge of being taken over

by a group called the Miami Boys.

The drug scene erupted into an all out drug war.

Miami boy versus the Atlanta boy.

- What it do, homeboy? - Bitch ass.

Fuck you.

Yeah, eat this, bitch.

People were dying left and right.

♪ Lord please, help my soul.

A lot of innocent bystanders got caught in the middle.

You see shoot outs were becoming so common in the ghetto

that people in the neighborhood

got numb to the fact that another young boy

done lost his life.

You see, I was a father now.

Everything that used to make sense in the hood

didn't make sense anymore.

Life done changed.

No way I was gonna raise my kid in this hood.

♪ Deep in the game, deep in the game ♪

Come on, now, stop playing.

Why you playing?

Come on, Brian, you're gonna mess up

my nails, and make up and everything.

I pay for this shit, right?

And you just paid for it to get done

so you gonna have to cut me another check

at the end of this.

Ameke, you ever think about going back to school?

Huh?

How can I?

Who's gonna take care of my two kids?

You barely have time for your one

and Nicole's father's still in jail.

You know what the funny thing is?

You were voted most likely to succeed.

It ain't up to me.

Now you know I can afford daycare.

As much as I loved this girl, it wasn't gonna work.

She had no drive, no ambition.

Everyday we were growing more and more apart.

Ameke's situation had her trapped

like so many other females in the projects.

- So what. - What?

You gonna pay for me to go back to school?

Yeah.

Don't act like you trying.

You serious?

You right, 'cuz I'm not.

That's all in your head.

Oh, whatever.

Hey!

Hey, man.

So what I'm supposed to do?

That's up to you.

If I am to be what I'm supposed to be

it's up to me.

Who are you, Gandhi or some shit?

No I'm your damn daddy and don't you forget it.

Tell your daddy to be quiet.

Rocket booster.

If it's able to jettison that rocket booster

it will be able to return to the Kennedy space center.

Perhaps--

We're actually looking carefully

at the situation. We have absolutely no sign

at all of the shuttle itself.

All we saw was that.

I don't think that that's the shuttle,

I believe that's a piece of debris.

Ready to get this paper today?

Yeah, yeah.

Ready to get this money. Like 10 stacks.

- MOB, baby. - You know what I'm sayin?

A good day out here.

- Hey, Nate. - What up, what up?

Hey let me get 12 dimes for a hundred.

Yo, word. Lil Roll, let me get 12 stacks.

Man watch out, I got you.

Thought you should know,

you got some competition down there on the bluff.

Word?

Yeah, you got some boys down from Miami.

Got some shit for the low-low.

Is that right?

Yeah, but you know, you got that quality shit

that top notch.

That's what got me here.

You know, quantity over quality.

You know what I'm saying.

Yeah, I hear you, I hear you.

Fucked up, shit.

Hey, yo, Wee-Wee.

Don't smoke all that shit at one time now.

Oh, you know me, baby.

I'mma take it slow.

I got some white bitches waitin' on this.

Get them fucked.

I'mma have a good night tonight.

- That's what's up. - Yeah, boy.

B, what up?

What up, baby?

I see you.

Reese, what up?

We're just out here to get money, man,

you know how it is. What's up?

Yo, me and Reese, we fixin' to hit MLK.

These fine bitches we seen at the Silver Fox last night.

Word? Alright.

You comin?

Nah, I'mma post up right here, chill,

get this money, you know what I'm saying?

So you good, you good?

Oh shit, oh shit.

Oh shit.

Yo Eric. That's your boy.

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

- How you doing? - I'm good.

You sure?

I heard about your mom, man.

She on that shit now, right?

Really, what the fuck is wrong with you?

Yo yo, man, I'm just tryna see if my man good.

Yo hold up, hold up, man.

You need some money or something?

- Nah. - You sure?

I'm good.

Look man, 'cuz you know,

you still think we selling our soul to the devil, right?

'Cuz you know, the way I see it,

devil got a mean payroll, bro, you know what I'm sayin?

Yo, what you're doing ain't got shit to do with me, man.

You know you need the money, man.

Pick the shit up, bro.

Your pockets look slim.

You lookin' broke.

You got the fucked up shoes on.

You need that money, bro, pick it up.

Real talk.

The difference between me and you,

you're a statistic.

You come from nothing, and the road you took

is gonna lead you to nothing.

See what I see is, as soon as I graduate from the Academy

you gonna be the first bitch I put in prison, aight.

- Hey, yo. - Don't touch me, man.

Yo, easy, bro.

Do you see your people?

The shit you're pushing is destroying lives, man.

Fuck.

I don't even know how you can live with yourself.

But it's cool.

Go ahead, live it up all you want.

All y'all.

Fuckin' sellout.

I'm the sellout.

Nate, I know you dropped outta school

but I know you got a little bit more sense

to know who the real sellout is.

That's your boy, Nate.

Yo, Reese.

Gonna take your ride, aight?

You driving. Yeah, man.

Talkin' 'bout I'm a statistic.

Get the fuck out of here.

Man, you good man, y'all good.

I'll holler at y'all, bro.

I'm good, nah, you good.

Get this money, man, fuck all that shit.

Get this money, man, get this money, baby.

We out here, you know what it do.

Bitch ass niggas.

♪ Cruising hoes on the lat

♪ Yeah I got a big stack

♪ Trap jumpin' all day

♪ I'm trapped

Reid had come a full time robber

and had hit some big licks.

Reese brought him the scar across his forehead

from an encounter a few years back.

Shit, nigga, I been here

I been there, I'm up and down this block

checking niggas for their paper, nigga.

And that's what's up.

What up, P?

Reid did get the last laugh with Star,

they now had two kids together.

Where the fuck you think you going?

I'm gonna to my mama house,

what the problem is?

You ain't ask me if you can go there.

Can I go up there?

However his downfall

was the fact that he snorted too much dust

and smoked that ready-ready Greek joint.

Bitch, get the fuck out my face

with all that bullshit.

Ghetto ass tramp. You a wild dude, man.

You got some work?

Got to tell me now, what's this about?

Just be patient, B, it's a surprise.

Where's Umeke's grandmother stay?

- Stay up in Carver Home. - Mm-hmm.

And where's Umeke's mother stay?

Around South.

That's right.

And where's Umeke's apartment at?

You know she stay up in Techwood in Shu.

Now, correct me if I'm wrong, B,

that's three generations in the projects

and your son'll be the fourth.

You got a point there, E.

I never even thought about it that way.

I just thought that's how it's supposed to be, you know?

All I know is I'm tired of being hungry.

And my family.

Whatever I need to do, changes I need to make,

I'm with that.

Now look, we're coming right up on it.

You think you can handle this responsibility?

This is for you.

All this is yours.

If you take care of it, or not, it's on you.

I ain't gonna tell you who to bring up here

and who not,

but I can tell you some of your friends

are gonna be jealous, and that's just the way it is.

What I want you to do is get your GED.

'Cuz there's nothing better than having

book smarts and street smarts.

It's the best of both worlds.

And take care of your family.

Your sister, Tasha, she's 23-years-old,

and already got three kids.

And if she's not careful,

she gonna get caught up in the game.

And don't ever let anybody tell you

that you don't deserve a better life

because that's just them being jealous of you.

See, life is about being focused,

taking care of your family,

and making the right decisions, you hear me?

- Yeah. - Alright.

Boy, I tell ya, Easy always full of surprises.

You know, this here place?

This place bad.

It make me feel like a king, you know?

I'll be focused on mine.

I promise, I won't let you down.

No, you wouldn't be disappointing me.

You'd be disappointing yourself and your family.

Now what I want you to do is get focused.

And figure out your next move.

And now you got a place to do it in, ya dig?

I dig.

Oh, oh my god!

Oh, yo, oh.

I can't believe this, y'all.

- Oh, woah. - Oh my, I can't believe it.

You ain't heard?

Woah, Mary, we ain't heard what?

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. got his own holiday!

- Huh? - Yes! Yes!

You mean to tell me,

Dr. Martin Luther King got his own holiday?

Yes, a nigga got his own day!

- Can you dig it? - Yes, Yes, all day!

Hey hold up, hold up, hold up.

In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King

getting his own holiday and shit

I feel like this deserves a celebration.

Look, free crack for all you mother fuckers.

Get your stanky ass some crack.

Get your stanky ass some crack too, lady.

No, no, no that ain't a celebration

that's annihilation.

You are right, man, crack is whack.

Got all these mother fucking crackheads.

Hold up, hold up, hold up.

We gonna give them mother fuckers some free crack

'cuz Dr. King got his own holiday.

Free crack.

- Free? - Free.

Man, ain't nothing free around here, man.

You gotta do something for me.

Then what the fuck we gonna make 'em do then?

I got it, I got it, look.

Since we got such big hearts,

we givin' away free crack rocks

to the person who can do the best Thriller.

Hell, yeah, that's what's up.

I like that.

Alright, y'all chill out,

y'all chill out and make three lines.

Get in three lines, move, move, move.

Give 'em a beat, bro.

- That's it right there. - There it go.

That mother fuckin kid got it.

- They got this shit together. - What I'm tryna tell ya.

Where they practice at?

In the basement or something?

Shit, out that base.

Y'all betta keep up in the back,

I'm watchin' yall. Look at that, look at that.

- Free base, remember. - Free base, remember that.

Free base.

What up, B?

What's good with you?

Check this shit out.

Mother fuckers gettin' it in.

They doing it for the hard, man.

Yo, man, let's do tapes this week, man.

I want my tape. Man, fuck that tape.

You know which one you're getting me, too.

You know what I want. That's what's up, man.

That's what's up, that's what's up.

- Hey. - Hey.

It's been nice, Umeke.

Hey.

Uh-huh.

This what you're gonna do all day?

Sit here, drink 40s with your girl?

Look, don't come over here with your

high class shit, trying to belittle me and my girls.

Right, actin' like you better than us.

Boy, just 'cuz you got some money

don't mean shit.

You still that same nappy headed nigga

that used to live in apartment 23.

Look, I'll be back for my son later, aight?

Take good care of him. Mm-hmm, whatever.

Who he think he is?

Girl, I dunno.

The other week he was trying to get me

to go back to school. Back to school for what?

To get a real job? Girl.

I guess.

Brian better go on somewhere with that.

And lose your government assistance

and be slaving, struggling to take care of your kids?

Girl, look at us.

We living the good life. That's true.

I'm thinkin' it's about time for me to have another one

so I can get a little pay raise from Uncle Sam.

Hell yeah, freaks come out at night, my nigga.

The freaks come out at night.

Fuck these bitches, dog.

These hoes ain't got nothing on Miami.

Nigga they aint nothing like it.

Nothin' like home.

Take your ass back to Miami then, nigga.

You talkin' this shit, bro.

Nah, we gonna stay right here, man,

and make some more of y'all money.

'Cuz obviously y'all boys playin' around up here, man.

Man, we hustle out here, baby.

We gonna show y'all boys how to make some real money.

When y'all ready, y'all let us know.

Hey babygirl, come here.

You see these broke ass niggas over here?

Send 'em a bottle.

Hey, my nigga, you was right, man.

These hoes ain't hittin' no shit, man.

Hotlanta my ass, boy.

Man, these Waffle House ass hoes.

Y'all niggas must be out your mother fuckin mind, man.

You popping that shit in a club full of Atlanta niggas?

Nigga, fuck you, man.

What the fuck you gonna do about it?

What the fuck you just said, nigga?

Man, sit your punk ass down, homeboy.

Nigga, make me sit down, nigga.

Hold on, hold on, dog.

We got too much money to make out here, man.

These fuck niggas ain't worth it.

Nigga fuck you, nigga,

and fuck you, nigga.

Get the fuck out this club.

Yeah keep talking that shit, homeboy.

I'm gonna fuck around

and give you a real Miami ass whoopin'.

Nigga, fuck Miami, nigga.

My city, nigga.

ATL, hoe, ATL, hoe.

ATL, hoe, ATL, hoe, ATL, hoe.

Suck my mother fucking dick, nigga.

Nigga, fuck you.

Man, y'all niggas betta get the fuck up outta here, man.

Bring your punk ass outside then.

- Yo you move that? - That's what's up.

I'm about ready for another $500 bomb though.

Damn, you movin', aint you?

Hey, you know me, you know me.

Remind me of myself when I was younger.

I like that.

- What up. - What up, what up.

- Yo, young boy, you aight? - What's going on, baby?

Always, always, baby. I see, you look like money.

Always, always, you know I stay strapped.

I know you do, you know how we do.

That's what's up, baby.

Alright, OG.

Yeah, I'm inside. Aight, I'mma holla at you.

Man you missed it last night, nigga.

What's up?

At Sansu, Cow Patch and the Miami boys

got into a crazy ass face off, right?

Man, they was talking plain shit about Atlanta.

Cow Patch held it down, though,

he wasn't going for that shit.

Oh yeah, he definitely did that.

He stood his own.

Yo, man, it's crazy how these mother fuckin' Miami boys

feel like they can come down here

set up trap in our mother fucking hood

and get money.

What the fuck wrong with these niggas, man?

We ain't having that shit.

They may be some fools,

but they got some big hearts, don't get mistaken.

They makin' some major moves now.

My nigga, fuck them Miami boys, aight?

You always ride somebody dick

and then wondering why you ain't came up, my nigga.

Nigga, where the fuck your Atlanta pride at, nigga?

Forever I love Atlanta, mother fucker.

Hell yeah.

Forever I love Atlanta, nigga.

Let this mother fucker know, son.

You need to get your shit straight, man.

We gonna ship your ass to Miami.

What the fuck wrong with you, man?

What's up, OG? Atlanta, nigga.

See, nigga, you be talking too much,

that's what it is.

What kept Techwood strong

was that the hustlers stayed at peace with each other

and each stayed in their own zones.

They knew it would be a lot harder for the Feds,

police, and robbin' crews to get at them.

Now I'm glad that everybody's here.

I'm not gonna take up too much of your time.

I know it's Friday, pay day.

So I'mma get down to business.

We all know the Miami boys took over the Carver homes,

Hill Street Bottom, some of Thomasville and Dixie Hill.

Terry White stay at war, trying to defend

his trap over in John Hope.

Now, we manage to keep our warm tight,

well at least that's what we thought.

They taken over our streets,

they guerrilla pimpin' our hoes,

those Miami boys done came and take over the streets of ATL.

They takin' over our fucking traps.

They're charging less for their dope.

What the fuck we gonna do?

Three of my women just crossed over.

Fuck that, you heard me?

We gotta get our shit back.

I say we take our streets back.

- She right. - Yeah.

Now that's what I'm talkin' about.

See our women in the hood, they talking too much

and they're telling the Miami boys

exactly what they wanna know.

That's what happened to the other traps

and it's happening right here, right now

under our noses.

You got some Miami boys out there

making 10-20,000 dollars every two days.

And before you know it, they making $600,000 a month.

That's your money, your money, your money.

Where these mother fuckers at?

'Cuz we need to nip this shit in the bud right now.

'Cuz I ain't givin' up mine.

Easy!

Let's do this.

Easy, Easy, they got me!

They took all the money, the whole stash.

They-- Calm down.

Now what happened?

There was a group of guys that bust in.

I was just coming back from the grocery store

and the bust into my house.

They knew exactly where the money was

and they took all of it

the whole $200,000.

Please, please don't be mad at me, Easy.

Relax, Judy.

That was change to me.

But I feel very disrespected.

Somebody knows too much.

I thought you was untouchable.

Gots to be more careful.

Can't stay on top forever.

Calm down, Easy.

You know this fool can't keep his mouth shut.

That's your boy and you know that.

- We're being infiltrated. - So who you think it can be?

The Miami boys?

I don't know, that's what concerns me.

But whoever it is, we're gonna find out real soon.

I had 200 bands of 100s in there.

So whoever walks around spending Benjamins

got something to do with it.

They gonna die.

Hey yo, B, what's up with Judy?

She got robbed, bro.

- Man, what Easy thinking? - Man I don't know, man,

he seemed kinda confused

like he don't know who the fuck did it.

Man, that's messed up.

I tell you something else must be going on

except for the Miami boys

for Easy to be calling that meeting, you feel me?

Exactly.

Exactly, some shit 'bout to pop off, bro.

This wasn't the only problem in the game

that caused it to change.

They called them the Red Dogs.

The streets of ATL was getting worse.

So bad the Mayor opened up a new department drug squad,

the Red Dogs Drug Force.

There was a zero tolerance squad

running through all six zones in Atlanta.

They made a name for themselves fast.

One, they was known for knocking out

drug dealer's gold teeth,

beatin' 'em real bad, and just kicking the dealers to sleep.

The government's way is shutting down the street hustlers

or as Uncle Sam said, the non-tax payers.

Yo, I ain't got shit on me.

You think I'm stupid, mother fucker?

Man, get the fuck up out my face.

Man, throw that bitch ass nigger in the wagon

let him lick his wounds.

Y'all didn't have to do that baby like that.

Old low down, dirty mother fuckers.

You got the right to remain fuckin' silent.

Anything you fucking say

can be used against your bitchass

in a court of law.

You have a right to an attorney,

oh but I'm sure you don't even know what the fuck that is.

- Fuck you. - Let's go.

What's up, girl?

What's wrong with you?

Nothing.

Don't tell me nothing.

I can't do this anymore.

- This? - Yeah.

You, me, this aint gonna work out.

Wait, you breaking up with me

like I'm some side bitch?

Look, Mika,

I love you.

I trust you, you the mother to my child.

But this whole thing I can't do anymore.

So who is she?

God damn it you heard me, who is she?

She?

The bitch that got you smelling yourself.

I can't do this with you!

Brian!

No, you tell him how I took care of him.

And how I took care of you.

Go.

Now look, I'mma give you $200 every Tuesday.

And you take care of my son when you see him,

you hear me? Let me go!

Now let's go, come on.

Give me back my damn child!

Matter of fact, here.

Here's $200 now.

Get off him! Get off him!

Bring me back my child, god damn it!

Brian! I will, damn it!

Bring him back.

At that moment, I knew what I needed to do.

I had to get him out.

I wish I could erase any memory of the hood

out his head.

Those memories are the breadcrumbs that will lead him

down the same path that I'm trying to get off of.

A path that Uncle Sam's carved out

for most black men in the hood.

The old heads always said that they built prisons

based on the number of babies born in the hood.

I guess they felt like once you were born here

your options were slim.

I love my son too much.

Made sure I had to paint a better picture for him.

Oh I got this nigga.

Die, fucking bitch.

What is all this noise?

And who the fuck is shooting in my--

Shoulda kept your ass in the house, grandma.

I told Cow Patch not to bring this shit

into my neighborhood.

Bitch.

Shoulda stayed your ass in the house.

- Old ass lady. - Get the fuck outta here.

Now what's going on in Atlanta is unacceptable.

They tryna take away everything we built.

What happened to Cow Patch

that's just the beginning of what's to come.

Hey, big dogs.

Atlanta finna be ours.

And today wasn't nothing but a sample

what them fuckboys gonna get

they try to step to us.

I say we need somebody on the inside,

so we can make this shit quick.

I don't know about y'all but I work hard for my shit

and I'm not about to give it up.

Flip had some dealings with the crew.

Hell yeah.

I know them cats, man.

I know what they thinking.

Like right now, they celebrating.

- Punk ass nigga had to go. - Cow Patch.

Man, look, we got to do what we got to do.

Show all these mother fuckers

who really working shit.

Let's break up their celebration.

When the water go back,

Tsunami. Boy, put that drink down.

No. You know what they say,

cut off the head and the body die.

- Yeah but we gotta be-- - Strategic.

Every move. Strategic.

Until y'all learn how to whip

they gonna always, always, always

have an edge over y'all.

Hell yeah, look here.

They're trying to charge me 50k for the recipe

and I ain't having it, Easy.

I ain't having it.

Look, we already have a plan.

Nigga gonna charge us 20,000,

show us how to transform one key into two keys

then we can compete.

You not hearing me.

Having them as a competitor is not an option.

The A is ours.

And I'm not 'bout to let no fuck bitch

come in my house and take away my food.

Now I'm done talking.

Yo man, fuck all this talk.

What's the next move, man?

Dixie Hills, Vaughn Home, Carver Home.

We got that all on lock.

The only two left is Terry White and Easy.

Terry White already losing John Hope, my nigga.

Well it's time we take that nigga, Easy, out.

We hit the heart,

and everything else stop.

So it's time we hit the heart of Atlanta.

Techwood is our home.

You heard me?

Why don't we get some chainsaws

and start chopping these mother fuckers up?

Look, we gonna handle this in a professional way.

Let them know they can't fuck with the Wood.

Mm-hmm listen.

I take care of it.

Silk, we gotta do it the right way.

You think you the only nigga that can handle business?

Huh? I take care of it, man,

I got this shit.

Flip, set me up

with a little transaction.

I got it, man.

Watch how I handle this shit.

Watch how I do it.

He on that shit, man.

That's your man.

You need to do something about this, dog.

He's a grown man, he can do what the fuck he wanna do.

Whatever.

Alright, honey, here you go.

You ready?

Oh, there you are.

Mama Shirley, what you doing to my boy?

Oh, he's getting his very first ghetto burger.

Right? You keep feedin' him, aight?

I got him, just like I got you.

- Gotcha. - Yeah, gotcha.

I need you to take care

and look after my son for a little while.

I got some business I need to handle.

You know I got you, it's no problem.

- Hey Tasha? - What's up?

- I love you, stink. - I love you, too.

♪ We trap or die for this paper

♪ We live and die for the game

Now the game is changing right before our eyes.

Miami boys done fucked up Atlanta.

A new bill on the War on Drugs had been signed.

They were talking about sending

100,000 law enforcement agents to crack down.

They were talking about the A in DC,

comparing us to New York City.

A city 10 times larger and faster.

- Oh my gosh. - Yeah, what's y'all name?

Hey, I'm Precious.

- Precious? - Yes.

- That you are. - What's your name?

My name Brian.

Where you from, Precious?

I'm from Atlanta.

Atlanta, what part?

I live in Pointed Ridge right now.

Where you from?

I'm from Techwood up in the Shu.

- Techwood. - Yeah, that aight with you?

- I'm not mad at Techwood. - Yeah.

I was happy she wasn't from the ghetto.

So, Precious, it's hard for me to believe

someone as fine as you don't have no man.

Who said I didn't have a man?

I'm just kidding.

No, I just don't have time for one right now.

Is that so?

Yeah, it's just not my priority,

I'm in school and that's just where my focus is.

Yeah, you're in school, huh?

What school are you going to?

Howard University, DC.

Have you heard of it?

Yeah, I heard of it.

- Hey, yo. - This is Precious.

- What's up, Precious? - Hey, how are you?

I'm good, I'm good.

B, I hate to break up this little thing

but just got a beep, man, we gotta run.

You know what I'm saying?

We can take 'em with us, though, you wanna do that?

Yeah, why don't you come with us?

- You wanna go? - Let's roll.

♪ I don't need instructions

♪ I don't need none

♪ Already knew what it was when I seen her ♪

♪ Had to get her

♪ 'cuz I wouldn't be the same if I ain't have her ♪

♪ See everyone before her

♪ Was to get me to her

You might have your hands full, B.

She might be a ten.

Woah, woah, Easy.

She ain't no ten.

I mean, you don't even give Janet Jackson,

Diana Ross, Tina Turner no ten.

She ain't no ten, bro.

She ain't no ten.

Easy already has one ten in his life.

No room for another, am I right?

That's right, baby.

So, who's the girl?

Well, her name's Precious.

She's gonna be my wife and I know it.

Really?

She must be special.

You better treat her right.

I can tell she's not from the hood.

What college she go to?

She go to Howard University.

How you know she going to college?

I been around a long time, young blood.

Another thing, y'all need to buy new cars

and get rid of those Cadillacs.

Ride undercover.

See a lot of people want to be different.

But once you learn yourself,

figuring other people out aint that hard.

Easy loved making us think.

And he knew I wasn't gonna rest

until I figured it out.

That's how I absorbed everything Easy or Jack ever told me.

Now my source told me to shut down

at the top of the month.

'Cuz a lot of people are getting ready

to get rounded up and go to prison.

That's what I mean about,

"put money away for a rainy day."

And another thing I want you to do

is give your lawyers $500 a month

so when it goes down, he's paid in full.

Make your money work hard for you.

So you don't have to work hard for your money.

See, this dope game don't last forever.

Now, I've decided to retire.

And leave the court to you.

Can you handle it?

Hell mother f--

My bad, Easy, yeah.

We can handle it.

For sure, we can handle that.

Brian?

Can you handle it?

Built Ford Tough,

you all ready.

Okay, okay.

Well, I think I'm gonna spend the rest of the day

inside with my ten.

Y'all go handle your business.

- A'ight. - Got you.

Oh and Nate, make sure you watch your mouth

around my wife.

I got you, Easy.

Brian, make sure you treat her right.

She'll treat you right.

Happy wife, happy life.

So I finally get to meet the nigga they call Silk.

Tell me something, dog,

why they call you Silk?

I don't know, cut from a different cloth.

High thread count.

Type of cloth your bitch like to have between her legs

when she sleeping at night.

Think he an old Casanova ass nigga.

It real good,

Techwood finally open their arms at us.

We can get a whole lot of money together, my nigga.

My nigga.

You got the work, nigga?

Fuck you think, nigga?

You got my bread?

Yeah.

It's real, nigga.

Boy, niggas ain't got no manners, huh?

It real good doing business with y'all boys.

Tell the rest of them fuck niggas

get with the program.

Okay.

Y'all really thought y'all was gonna come to our crib

and just take food outta our mouth, huh?

Oh really?

See, you a real disrespectful nigga.

We don't play that fuck shit in Atlanta, homeboy.

Know what I'm talkin' 'bout.

Now you count to five.

One, two, three, four, five.

And you figure out which bullet got your name on it?

Fuck you, nigga!

Fuck me?

Make sure y'all get the the free candy.

Ten, nine, eight, seven--

Woo!

Six, Five, Four, Three, Two, One!

Happy New Years!

Happy mother fucking New Year, bitches!

Happy New Year, boy!

Hey, Happy New Year, boy!

There he go.

That's your boy.

That shit gonna kill him, Jack.

That mother fucker already dead

as far as I'm concerned.

It's gonna be a good year.

I like that green, I like that green.

What's up, bro! Silk!

- Mother fucking green. - I see you boy!

There you go, I see you though, I see you.

That nigga, Easy! Easy!

I love you, nigga,

I love you, man.

What's up, boy?

Hey, Happy, oh,

nigga,

got pissed with 'em.

He don't wanna dap a nigga up.

Jack, happy new year man,

we did this shit, man.

Day one, nigga, we gettin' mother fucking money.

I need a bottle.

Matter fact, all my niggas need bottles.

♪ Aint no stoppin' us now

Bring them bottles round here

all them things

know what I'm talkin' 'bout?

Bring 'em out here, sweetheart.

It's okay.

This is Silk right here, you good, shit.

What's up my nigga I see you

don't leave me hangin'.

Oh my nigga, niggas is stoic on they ass.

Fuck that.

Where my bitch at?

Where my bitch at?

Bitch, where you at?

Easy, I'll come back, nigga.

Get my bitch.

New Years, nigga.

New Years, nigga, '87, nigga.

Money, money, you see the green on it.

We sit right over there.

Easy save me that spot.

Hey, hold up, one time one time.

♪ Won't you take me to funky town ♪

♪ Won't you take me to funky town ♪

Woo.

♪ Funky town, won't you take me to-- ♪

Fuck.

Do you believe this mother fucker?

Totally disrespected us.

We'll go see Judy tomorrow.

I say we kill that mother fucker tonight, you dig?

And I said,

we'll go see Judy tomorrow.

Mother fuckers, mother fuckers.

That's how they do you, huh?

That's how they do you?

Mother fuckers gonna kill me.

Think they can kill Silk.

Mother fucker gonna kill me, huh?

Damn, baby.

All my life, I dreamt about the people up there.

You know they never talk to the people down there.

- Is that right? - Yeah.

Well, Happy New Year, baby.

Well, Happy New Year to you.

Aren't you worried they're gonna wonder

where you are? Mm-mm.

Right where I wanna be.

- Is that right? - Yeah.

You gonna help me with this?

Oh yeah.

♪ Deep in it, baby

♪ I wanna go, I wanna go

♪ Deep in it, baby

♪ So deep in it, baby

♪ Let me love you

♪ Let me touch you

Baby, is that you?

What are you thinking about?

Russell, you can hear me talking to you.

Start looking for a new house.

I want us gone in seven days.

Tell the agent, around the clock effort.

And call my sisters and tell them to meet you for lunch.

They're moving, too.

You wanna tell me what this is about?

Precautions more than anything.

Silk went sour.

There's no telling what he's up to.

I want you to keep your gun close by at all times.

Shoot first and ask questions later.

Talk to me.

What's up?

What?

Meet me at Eight Ball.

Start packing, we're leaving.

♪ Dirty dope game, dirty dope game, ♪

♪ Dirty dope game it's a dirty dope game ♪

♪ Dirty dope game dirt, dirty dope game ♪

♪ Dirty dope game, dirty, dirty dope game ♪

That house over on Glenwood.

That's where his sisters live.

That's where he hide the money.

I'm about to pay they ass a little visit.

Hey, dog, this shit gotta be like perfect timing.

We talking about this nigga, Easy.

You remember how that last shit all blew up

in our face with old girl, Judy.

I don't give a fuck.

I heard he got millions.

You think he got that type of cash lying around?

Shit, nigga, that's low-ballin'.

Shit, nigga, that nigga love the hell

outta his sisters, too.

Love them. Shit.

You know what I'm talking about?

Let's take over Techwood then, nigga.

Well, let's get this money.

Shit, I'd fuck the shit outta Rose, my nigga.

And why did he bring us all here

for this emergency breakfast?

I bet it has something to do

with Judy getting killed last night.

I am not picking up and moving again.

Killed? Judy?

Who's Judy?

Russell, who is Judy?

No one. Where's Rose?

I called her but she never answered.

I'm gonna ask you one last time.

Who's Judy?

What do you mean no one answered?

I told you I needed everybody here.

Cent, have you heard from her?

No, but you know she's probably somewhere shopping.

Without me.

Or she could just be in one of her moods.

Go by there.

Okay, y'all stay here.

B, I need you to close down the traps

and make sure they stay closed

until I say something. Got it.

And, Nate, I need you to stay here

and protect my family.

- Got you, boss. - Jack.

Russell.

I'll explain when I get back.

Make sure you don't leave this house.

Dad, you're gonna be back in time for my game?

Have I ever missed one?

I love you.

I'll see you when I get back, okay?

Jack.

Okay, is anybody gonna tell me who Judy is?

Aw, shit.

Yo, Easy.

That you, bro?

I knew you wasn't gonna miss the party.

I knew your ass wasn't gonna miss the party, nigga.

Easy, you killin' your own niggas, man.

You killin' niggas that helped you get money, man.

Huh?

These your rules, huh?

Never bite the hand that feeds you, right?

Right?

You don't eat with niggas

that wouldn't starve with you, right?

That's what you said, right?

Where you at?

Where you at, nigga?

Okay, so this how you wanna do it, huh?

This is how you wanna do it.

Niggas push you to the top of the hill

and you wanna bury the hill, huh?

Why it's gotta be like that?

Man, I knew you was always a selfish mother fucker.

Damn, nigga, boy you on some ninja shit, huh?

You got good with that piece, huh?

You got good with that piece, huh?

It ain't like you to run.

You always gotta show up.

Where you at, nigga?

Silk, you a dirty mother fucker.

Okay, okay, there he is.

My sister?

Fuck your sister, what about your brother, nigga?

Huh, me!

On the yard with you, nigga,

watchin' your back.

Who was that?

Damn sure wasn't Jack.

I heard you in the bathroom

talkin' about killing me, nigga, killing me, nigga!

No, you heard Jack talking.

Nigga, you listened.

Fuck that, nigga!

This how it's gonna be, this how it's gonna be, huh?

There's only one nigga who can drive

everybody else rides shotgun, huh?

What about the saying, huh,

you wanna run fast, run alone,

but if you wanna run far,

we run together.

Yeah, nigga, but you broke the code.

Man, fuck the code, nigga.

Fuck the code, nigga!

- Fuck the code? - Fuck.

Alright, you shot Silk, huh?

Silk, you fucked this up, man.

No, you fucked this up, man.

Shit, nigga.

You did this, Silk, you did this.

We was family.

You brought this shit to my sister's house, Silk?

We was family, man.

You was my brother.

Honest, nigga, god damn, nigga,

you shot me, nigga? No, you shot you.

You got some nerve, nigga, boy I'll tell you.

What happened to the nigga that was in it.

19 years, Silk, we was 19 years old.

That's how long you been with me.

Yeah, I was out here in the streets for you

during your dirty work, nigga!

Everything I had, I gave you.

You fucked up, Silk.

All you had to do was wait.

Silk.

We was almost out.

Okay, okay, okay, look.

Alright, look look, alright, look, man.

I got the point, nigga, you shot me.

- Okay. - I get it.

You shoot a nigga. Okay.

- It's cool, man. - Okay.

Alright, look come on, man.

It's Silk, nigga, it's Silk, nigga.

Thought you trust me, man?

Silk, come on, man.

This ain't about trusting anymore.

Silk, don't do it.

Don't do it, Silk.

I'm alright.

Go check on Rose.

Who the bitch now?

Easy, come on, breathe, breathe.

Come on, just breathe, breathe.

Breathe, breathe.

Just breathe, just breathe, come on.

Just breathe.

- Sis, I'm sorry. - Just breathe.

Come on, hold on.

- Jack, te-- - Easy, hold on, nigga.

Jack, take care, take, take,

take care of my family.

Just hold on, fuck, hold on, nigga.

Come on, Easy, don't let the game take you.

Fuck.

♪ Precious Lord

♪ Take my hand

♪ Lead me on

♪ Let me stand

♪ I am tired

♪ I am weak

♪ Oh Lord

♪ I am worn

♪ Through the storm

♪ Through the night

So don't ever get too relaxed or too comfortable

because you bet there's somebody out there

waiting to take your place.

Keep your eyes and your ears open.

Make your money work hard for you.

So you don't have to work hard for your money.

♪ Take my hand

♪ Precious Lord

♪ And Lead

♪ Lead

♪ Lead me on

I never knew this would be the last time

I would see Easy.

None of us did.

♪ I need you to lead me on

♪ Lord I done the best I can

♪ I need you to lead me on

♪ Lead me, master

♪ Take my hand

♪ Precious Lord

♪ And Lead

♪ Lead me on

♪ Lord I'm asking you to

♪ Lead me on

♪ Lead me on

♪ Lead me on

♪ To remember, Lord

♪ I need you

♪ Lead me on

♪ Take my hand

♪ Precious Lord

♪ Lead me on

Amen, Amen, thank the choir

for such a wonderful, wonderful selection.

We will now have a word from Ms. Ford.

My father never wanted me to marry that man.

He said, "Penny, that man's just gonna end up

"in jail or in a box."

But I said, "I don't know about that, daddy.

"I love him.

"So I just might end up with him."

I said, "Daddy, that man is my heart."

The heart's a funny thing.

Think about it.

It's the most important organ in the body.

And when that stops,

it's all over.

I'm standing here before you

feeling my heart stop.

I'm standing here before you broken

because I have lost the love of my life.

I'm standing here before you broken

because my children will grow up

without their father.

But I'm standing here broken

because I know

the impact that this has

on all of you.

When I look at each and every one of your faces

I know that to Techwood,

Easy was the heart.

He was the soul.

Easy was, he was the driving force of this community.

He was the leader, protector,

a provider, supplier.

He was a friend, a father.

To many of you,

Easy was a hero.

But I have some bad news.

And he wouldn't want his death to be in vain

so I don't think he'd mind me telling you the truth.

He did something very wrong.

He did exactly what they wanted him to do

as a black man.

You see, the ghetto for people

it's sort of like a box.

And you kinda, you're not exposed to the rest of the world

so sometimes you feel trapped in that box.

Easy always said,

"You are who you are

"because of where you come from."

I'm telling you, he was stuck.

You hear me?

He was stuck in a world where the images of success

are dealers and hustlers.

He was stuck in a world where people think

becoming doctors and lawyers

that's not attainable.

He was stuck in a world where you're told

you can't go to college.

He was stuck.

I'm pleading with you

don't let his death be in vain.

Don't become a statistic.

We gotta break the cycle.

Every mother turn, look at your child.

I'm challenging you, make a change.

Every father, look at your son.

I'm challenging you, make a change.

Make a change.

You gotta get 'em out of here.

That's what he'd want.

He'd want you to get 'em out of here.

I'm begging you.

I'm standing here broken

and I'm standing here begging.

Do not become a product of the American Ghetto.

I heard what Penny said that day,

but for some of us

we were too far in.

Looking away was not that easy.

I had become a product of my environment, too.

We all did.

But losing Easy was just gonna push us harder

to make it out and never look back.

Thanks for all you taught me.

Thanks for being a father.

I promise I won't let you down.

You see, the thing about the ghetto

it breeds that crab in a barrel mentality.

No matter how far you get,

somebody always tryin' to pull you down.

Now you see I never would have thought Silk

would be the demise of Easy,

but it's just like chess.

All the pawns fighting to become king.

They say, when you lose a father

you become that person.

You take on all his responsibilities.

Easy had some big shoes to fill.

But I'm up to the challenge.

They also say, when someone dies close to you

it's like you gain an angel on your team up in heaven,

always watching out for you,

always looking out for you,

fighting for you, and leading you every step of the way.

♪ I'm gonna get that bread

♪ By any means necessary

♪ Tryna get ahead

♪ By any means necessary

♪ Can't stop 'til I'm dead

♪ By any means necessary

♪ You heard what I said

♪ By any means necessary

♪ Hey, by any means necessary

♪ By any means necessary

♪ By any means necessary

♪ By any means, by any means, by any means, by any means ♪

♪ I just wanna live my dream

♪ Make a million out that bullshit that I don't see ♪

♪ The ghetto make a nigga wanna scream ♪

♪ They label me a nigga but what does it mean ♪

♪ Black nigga, you a king

♪ But instead you let these drugs turn you into a fiend ♪

♪ Black women, beautiful thing

♪ Label you a thot, baby you a queen ♪

♪ Follow any trends on your IG

♪ Gotta be yourself show your ID

♪ Real recognize real tell me what you see ♪

♪ Picture me rolling like 'Pac, bury me a G ♪

♪ Dear God, I hope you cover me

♪ I'm in this streets, on my hustle, ♪

♪ I'm just tryna eat

♪ Real shit, true story, I ain't tryna preach ♪

♪ You don't even know the half

♪ Boy this shit is deep

♪ I'mma get that bread

♪ By any means necessary

♪ Tryna get ahead

♪ By any means necessary

♪ Can't stop 'til I'm dead

♪ By any means necessary

♪ You heard what I said

♪ I said by any means necessary

♪ Hey, by any means necessary

♪ By any means necessary

♪ By any means necessary

♪ By any mean, by any mean, by any mean, by any mean ♪

♪ I'mma bring this shit to light

♪ Get ahead, what you want, you gotta sacrifice ♪

♪ Gotta lose what you love most

♪ That ain't right

♪ But it is what it is, nigga,

♪ That's your life

♪ I've been on my knees, Mennonite ♪

♪ Talking to God

♪ Lord, what's the use in livin' life ♪

♪ When you're working 9-5 and you can't turn on the lights ♪

♪ Niggas starving out here

♪ And they doing what's right

♪ I don't want to flip a pack

♪ But if I got a bitch I might

♪ Make the trap jump

♪ Bitch I wanna be like Mike

♪ Pimp a bitch quick

♪ Tell her Tina bitch I'm Ike

♪ Pimpin' in my blood

♪ That what keep my game tight

♪ Survival of the fittest

♪ It's hard in the city

♪ By any means necessary

♪ I just gotta get it

♪ Fuck what niggas read

♪ I know what I'm feeling

♪ Who the fuck are you to try to question my religion ♪

♪ I'mma get that bread

♪ By any means necessary

♪ Tryna get ahead

♪ By any means necessary

♪ Can't stop 'til I'm dead

♪ By any means necessary

♪ You heard what I said

♪ I said by any means necessary

♪ Hey by any means necessary

♪ By any means necessary

♪ by any means necessary

♪ by any mean, by any mean, by any mean, by any mean ♪

I'm begging you.

I'm standing her broken.

I'm standing here begging.

Do not become a product of the American Ghetto.