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(Text onscreen)

[theme music playing]

[echoing]
♪ You better step up! ♪

Dance, music, fashion, design,

we do it all...
right here at High Water.

You know what it's about?

It's about the nuances,
you know?

It's about the minute,
holistic don't-mean-shit

but-mean-everything-ass
little nuances.

So we are currently
in the process

of expanding
our rehearsal space,

which means more outreach
to kids in this neighborhood

who otherwise might not
have the opportunity

to develop
their God-given gifts.

We building fucking warriors
in here, okay?

Warriors of art.
Warriors of commerce.

Warriors of change
for the resistance.

'Cause you see, these are
the motherfucking frontlines

for the next artistic
new world order. You understand?

We both know this place
is the shit

but we also both know
that that ain't why I called you here.

I mean, if you wanted to,
you could've auditioned for High Water

and got in here
your damn self, but you didn't.

You are here
to be a part of my tour.

A hundred and twenty-four dates.

Forty-four cities.

Five million in attendance.

Somewhere in the ballpark
of $480 million.

That's big time.

That's Jay-Z big time.

That's U2 big time.

Sage Odom big time.

Final auditions for the tour

tomorrow, Fox Theater,

but listen,
I already seen your viral shit,

so I already know
you know what you doin'.

Only question
I need you to answer:

You ready to leave East-O
and all that ratchet shit behind you?

Come over to my side?

♪ Much bigger than this ♪

♪ Much, much bigger than this ♪

[knocking on door]

Come on, come on.

- Nobody see you come in?
- No.

- Ain't nobody seen you now?
- No, no.

Come on.
Let's keep it that way.

Get your black ass in here.

Okay, let's go over the plan.

Al, we've been
over it, okay?

I got it. I got it.
Look, the social worker's

trying to decide whether
or not you're a fit parent.

- Right.
- I'mma go down there, let 'em know that

I'm the biological father.

- We wanna share custody.
- Right.

- Okay, I got the pay stub...
- Right.

My ID, the twins'
birth certificates, and everything,

and if they check
with my employer,

he's gonna cover for me
and tell 'em

I'm transferring
to Atlanta next week.

Okay, all we need to do
is buy time.

They gonna be 18
in six months and--

[groans] I got this.
I'm gonna ace the interview,

sign the papers,
bring 'em to you so you can cosign.

Right, but what you
gonna do is go in there

and kiss some
major social worker booty.

And then, I don't want you
to stay long around here

because East-O's
still around here and if he find you,

he's gonna shoot
your black ass, okay?

You--What--
What are you doing?

What are you--
What are you--

You created Wangs
with the money I stole from East-O.

No, nigga, I created Wangs
with the money you repaid me

from the money you stole
from me from East-O.

That part.

[sighs]

But you look good, nigga.

You too.

[Al laughs]

- And I love you.
- You my dude.

♪ Paper chase ambition ♪

♪ I thought I told you ♪

♪ But y'all just never listen ♪

♪

Oh! Yo, Jaleel,
what's up, man?

What's up is I been leaving

like a million texts
and calls for your ass.

Why you do me like that?

I'm sorry about that, man.

Honestly,
I should've hit you up,

but I've been
real busy lately

and I don't know,
I'm really not

in the beats-making game
these days.

You know, so I ain't really
got nothin' for you.

That's not why
I been calling.

- What's up?
- Everywhere I go I keep hearing

that fucking new joint
Sage Odom dropped, you know?

And then it hit me.
That fucking track

is the beat you sold me

for 300 American dollars,

which makes it mine, motherfucker.

Yeah. Um, okay, I'm--

I'm really sorry
about that, man.

I'll give you back
every penny, man.

But it's my bad.
I'm sorry.

You think you gon'
refund my money?

Do I look like a dumb
motherfucker to you?

I ain't gettin' bought off
for no chump change, bitch.

I want some real money.

Talk to Sage.

He owes me a taste
of that huge single.

A good taste.

Yeah, um,
it's not gonna happen.

But I tell you
what will happen.

I'mma pay you back the 300,

and maybe a little extra
for the inconvenience,

but after that,
you can fuck off.

[grunts]

Talk to Sage.
Bring me my money,

or I'mma start some real shit.

[Tal]
It's empty. Come on.

- Hey.
- Hey.

We might need to rethink

the whole "on the DL" thing.

[both chuckle]

What's wrong?

I'm leaving Sage.

♪ Look me in my eyes
nigga I'mma win ♪

♪ I'mma get this money
nigga I'mma live ♪

♪ First nigga in my family
wit some legal bread ♪

[scoffs]
Seriously?

What, Sage sent you
to come fuck with me now, bro?

I don't know what the hell
you running on about, man.

Sage can't stand
that I'm blowin' up right now.

He knows
I'mma leave his tired ass

right there
on the side of the road,

and you his new homie now
so I already--

I'm not here for Sage.
I'm here for me.

Real talk,
I need your help.

[Poppy] Are you fucking
kidding me right now?

Nah, man.
Sage has made all type of sense.

We had a talk man to man.

He made me some chamomile tea
from fresh-crushed flowers.

Oh, so you're
drinking his tea now?

Right, gotcha.

No, but you're
stirring it.

- [scoffs]
- What's up? What's your problem?

You, me, Rigo.
Remember us?

- Your friends.
- Yeah, what about 'em?

We've known each other
since we were kids, man.

- Yeah, and?
- And you never wanted to work

for anyone before, so why now?

I mean, Sage is huge,
but seriously, Dre,

can you really take orders
from anybody?

[King]
Listen, man, I know we got

pressure between us,
but we've been

rolling together for forever.
You're like family to me.

I know it hurt you
when I started

working with Sage,
but it's like--

He kicked me out
of High Water, King.

He trying to shut
my shit down.

Yeah, but he's
amazing to me.

[scoffs]

And Jaleel...

if he comes around stirring up
the shit, I just...

Wait, you didn't...
You didn't tell Sage any of this, did you?

[scoffs]
Wow.

Look, Sage is offering me
a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

I'd be a fool
if I don't take it.

And I thought about
business with East-O.

That's some dicey shit.

But do you really
want to piss him off?

Now that's some dicey shit.

Maybe better now
than down the line

with all the plans
he has for us.

I mean, you okay
with working with him?

Well, shit, now you got me

thinking about it
all over again.

Right.

But I signed a contract.

I'm already committed,
it's too late.

Damn, Dre,
I can't believe you held out until the last damn minute.

I like to keep my options open.

Look, I know you think
Rigo has changed.

That's my mans and all,
but you know how he can be.

I just hope you're putting
your trust in the right folk.

♪ Anybody go against me
gotta lose ♪

[Tal] Does Sage know?

Yeah, and I can't lie,

it wasn't a fun conversation,
but, you know, he understands.

And, look, leaving Sage
is one of the hardest decisions that I've ever made,

but my new company
is a tech play,

so my investor wants me
to locate to our headquarters in Silicon Valley.

- Right.
- So that means I'd have to move to San Francisco... full-time.

And I think you should
come with me.

You're young, Tal,
they're gonna be

a lot of people in your life
that make you feel this way.

Have you? Have you had anybody
that makes you feel like this?

I mean, did Mom? Has Al?

J, this is special.

Look...
I know that it's special.

Okay, but working with Sage,
that's also special.

I know.

Fuck, it's like,

why does it have to be
one thing or the other?

Well, I'm sorry you feel torn
between two great things,

but trust me,
from where I'm standing that doesn't sound so bad.

[phone ringing]

J, I'm sorry, that's...

I know things have been
real tough for you here.

[Al] Janelle!

Girl, if you don't
come get this phone...

I am not your secretary.

Who the hell
is calling you here?

- I have no clue.
- [Al] Working for you...

She got this place
like it's her office.

Does this look like
an office to you?

[sighs] Anyway, what's going on
with you? How's the rehearsal?

It's good, yeah...
I mean, I think, I...

I don't even know what
Sage wants but, you know, I'm trying.

Well, his name is "Sage."

Hey, what's up?
Who was that?

- Um, that was Kerry.
- Really? That's Janelle's friend from Ohio.

I know, I answered the phone.

Her roommate fell through
for Ohio State.

She was trying to see if
I wanted to take the spot.

The thing is,
she said if I come right now

and sign the lease
by this week,

I could still get
in-state tuition.

That's great, right? That's...

No, that's $30,000 a year.

Picked a hell of a time
to lose my damn scholarship.

[hip-hop music plays]

[East-O]
Yo, we had a motherfucking deal, man.

We shook on it, motherfucker!

Oh, this is about Sage,
ain't it?

You don't wanna piss him off?

You don't wanna piss me off.

Look, all right,
whoa, whoa, whoa...

I'mma fix this, all right.

I'll get back with you.

Pops, what's up?

They trying to pull out the plug
on this deal we got, man.

- What?
- Your boy, Dondre, he backed out.

And they say without him,
it's not "authentic."

- I'm gonna show those
motherfuckers authentic. - Wait, Dondre...

Wait, that's enough for them to
just back out of the whole deal?

Sage is putting
pressure on them.

[Rigo] I don't understand. How?

He's not even
a part of that label!

Don't matter, son,

Sage said he got
all the influence

all over these
young artists in Atlanta.

But I'm gonna
take care of it,

and I'm gonna fix this.

But, see, your boys,
King, Dondre...

No fuckin' loyalty, son.

That's the thing, King kinda
just popped back up and...

Jaleel been pressing him
about some big money.

For what? Why?

Well, you know that new
buzzy beat on Sage's track?

It's King's.
He needs help.

Rigo, I gave up my shot
in Sage's tour.

I gave up High Water
for this fuckin' music video.

What do you mean they're
pulling it?

I get it, all right.

And I know Sage
is pissed at you,

but maybe you should
just go back to High Water,

try to get back in
and maybe get a shot to audition.

Oh, my God, are you
serious with me right now?

I don't even know
if that's possible.

Besides, I signed the contract,
I'm committed.

[sighs]

What are you doing with that,
is that mine?

My dad held on to them
for a minute.

He said he wanted
to have the lawyers take a look at them.

[sighs] Listen, I don't
want you getting hurt anymore, Poppy, all right.

I've hurt you enough.

Maybe you should just go back
to High Water and fight for it.

All right?
Then we'll see what happens.

Hey!

I'm sorry, are you with CPS?

Yeah.

Um... I was dropping
a package off to Al Baker.

Oh, Al, Al should be
home any minute.

- Why don't you come inside
and wait for him? - Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Come on, let's get you
a glass of water or something.

It's gotta be
a thousand degrees out tonight.

Atlanta's...
it's like an armpit.

Yeah, but, but...
we, we love it here.

[Tal] Yo, yeah,
Atlanta's so great.

Tal just got back from,
um, rehearsal.

He attends a very prestigious
performing arts school,

and he's getting ready
to audition for Sage Odom's multi-million dollar world tour.

[chuckles]

Is that so?

Three o'clock
tomorrow at the Fox.

Been practicing day and night.

He's been working his ass...
tail off.

[nervous chuckling]

That's a big deal.
That's a huge deal.

- Yeah.
- Yeah. Janelle's been working hard, too.

Um, every single day at her job
and acing all her GED classes.

Yeah, I'm really trying
to save for college.

I'm thinking my strength
might be in business management.

Might even shoot
to get my MBA someday.

Yeah, she's real good
at being bossy and...

I mean that in a good way.

[chuckling]

We love it here...
with Uncle Al, don't we, Tal?

Yeah, yeah, he's so great.

You know, he talks to us
all the time about... God and stuff.

[Janelle]
Right, yeah, he's very devoted.

- Yeah.
- Is that so?

Yeah, me might not seem like it
at first but, you know, he's...

Yeah, well,
he should be back any minute.

Are you sure
you're not hungry or anything?

Yeah, I'm sure
we have something.

No, no, no, it's, uh...

It's fine.

I'm sorry.

I'm afraid I can't stay.

Thank you.

Thank... thank you.

[exhales]

San Francisco sounds amazing.

It is. Everyone's
so creative there,

with fun things
popping all the time.

And I have
this killer apartment

with this great view
of the Golden Gate,

and I throw dinner parties
there with my friends.

There's
a huge dance community,

like, all styles
of dance, really.

And... you can be
whoever you want to be.

I don't know, I just,
I think that you'd love it as much as I do.

Yeah, I mean,
it sounds like it.

So, um, could you see
it happening...

anytime soon?

Johnny, if...

If I was gonna
run away with anybody...

you know it'd be
with you, right?

But High Water's the...
it's the chance to work with Sage and that's...

It's huge.

- It's huge.
- I know.

My whole life,
I've struggled,

everything I did
and everywhere I went and...

Shoot, High Water's not...
it's no walk in the park, but...

it's... it's a place
where I really can...

I can do me and I need that
right now.

So...

And the other thing is...
my sister.

We've always taken
care of each other,

and she's going
through some real rough shit.

And I just can't imagine
just taking off,

at least not until
she's turned it around.

You're a good man, Tal.

Like a really good one.

I'm a...

I'm a man who's gonna really
fucking miss you.

More than you can imagine.

[girl]
Five, six, seven, eight...

Hey... Sage.

- Hi.
- Hey.

I haven't seen you all day.
Everything okay?

Yeah, yeah, everything's good,
everything's good.

My auditions are going well,
my pro crew is fire.

This is about to be
the best tour of my life.

That's exciting, right?

Yeah, yeah, super exciting,
I'm really...

Poppy?

I made a mistake, all right?

I know it.

And I'm sorry and I just...

And, let me guess,
you want to audition?

Yeah, yeah,
you want to audition,

and you want to come
back to this place.

This place that I created
for people just like you,

talented, aspiring artists
who ain't got shit,

this place that I put
my hard-earned money into to support you,

this place that you ghosted
from at your first chance

at your idea
of a better offer.

- Am I leaving anything out?
- Sage, I know, and that's why I came to apologize to you in--

Oh, wait a minute.
I just got it.

Now I remember,
the part where you stabbed me in the back

by shaking your ass
in some wack-ass video

for a song whose sole purpose
is to disrespect me.

Sage, she came here
for a reason. Let's hear her out.

I know it sounds crazy,

but I really didn't know
it was a diss track at first.

I know how much you've
done for me, both of you...

You didn't know
it was a diss track?

You didn't know?

[scoffs]
You know what, Poppy, I...

[claps]
I'd like to believe that.

I would love to believe
that you was just caught up in the moment.

That's exactly it.

It was a party.
[claps]

You was at a party,
you was having fun,

and then you just got
caught up.

You was led on
by the other ones, right?

It was...
It was Rigo, that fucking Rigo,

and his ratchet-ass daddy, right?

That's kinda it.

That's kinda how
it all went down.

- [Sage] Mm-hmm.
- But now I know better and I was

hoping for a second chance.

Please.

[sighs]

[car door shuts]

The fuck...

What the fuck are you doing?

What the fuck was that
stunt last night?

I never meant to see them.

I just wanted to drop
the paperwork off, all right.

The interview went really well,

I got excited, and I wanted
to get it to you soon.

Fuck that!
You and East-O can't be

in the same fucking vicinity.

You understand what happens
if East-O finds you here?

I know, I know.

But I can't stop
thinking about them, man.

They're so beautiful.

You know,
and determined and funny.

Last time I seen them
they was in diapers, now I'm in shit.

Shit!

I missed so much.

- I want them back.
- You can't come back like that!

You can't just step back
in their lives, man.

I know, but I still can't
stop thinking about it.

All I can think about is Janelle
getting to college,

and Tal, if he passes
that audition at 3:00.

Yeah, welcome to my world,
I've been dealing with this the whole time.

But you gotta get
the fuck outta here!

[hip-hop music fades in]

♪ Stars on my wrist ♪

♪ Best whips in the world ♪

♪ Every one of my cars
on the list ♪

♪ Best chicks in the world
ain't sayin' no names ♪

♪ But I got a few stars
on the list ♪

♪ Flood the strip club
I part the Green Sea like a Black Moses ♪

♪ You wanna talk big ♪

♪ But it just don't get
much bigger than me ♪

This is Sage's
professional dance squad.

Is that Dondre and Odalie?

What's going on?

How the hell
did this happen?

♪ Said it just don't get
much bigger than this ♪

♪ Much bigger than me ♪

♪ Know you're
only talking big ♪

♪ I was just talking ♪

♪ Said it just don't get
much bigger than this ♪

♪ Much bigger than me ♪

[Sage] All right, good job,
good job, good job.

Okay. How are y'all doin'?

- Everybody good?
- [all] Yeah.

First and foremost,
I wanna say congratulations

on earning the opportunity
to be here.

As you know, a lot of people
that wanted to be here are not.

So, congrats on that.
Ladies and gentlemen, the sole purpose of High Water

is to do everything in our power
to prepare you for your professional life as an artist.

Today, four of you, only four,

will be joining
my professional dance squad.

My pro squad that you will
also be dancing with today.

That's right;
right here, right now,

we're gonna prove who deserves
to be here and who does not.

Holy fuck.

- [Sage] Are we ready?
- [all] Yeah.

- Are we ready!
- [all] Yeah!

All right, let's do it,
here we go. Come on.

I need the energy!

All right, so Odalie,
come to the front.

- [man] Cool, here we go.
- Seriously? [scoffs]

[instructors' dialogue
overlapping]

- [male] Here we go.
- [female] You walk one, two, three...

...five, six, seven...

Put some energy
into that.

[instructors' dialogue
continues overlapping]

One, two, three...

Paige, she was on
the Formation tour.

He was on the Purpose tour
with Bieber.

[male instructor]
Put some energy into that. Let me see it.

Five, six, seven, eight.
Go, boom, boom, up...

I'm gonna walk you guys
through it. Just follow along. Here we go.

[both instructors]
Five, six, seven, eight.

[instructors' dialogue
overlapping]

- And pull...
- Seven, eight...

Pull, then tick,
tick, tick back.

[male instructor]
Put some energy into that.

- Tick, tick.
- Diggy, diggy, duh.

Sharp, sharp, sharp.

Shoe hup.
Diggy, diggy, duh.

Shoe hup, hup, boom.

[male instructor]
Arm up, take the other arm down.

Then you're gonna reach up.

Grab, drop.

Good. From here,
you go elbow...

- Up... elbow.
- [Sage] That's right.

If you haven't figured it
out yet, this shit is not going to be easy.

This shit is going to be hard.

Know what else is hard? Life.

Shit is too hard,
take your ass home.

Only the strong survive.

All right, we're gonna start
with the ladies first.

Paige, you can start us off.

[all clapping and cheering]

Music, King.

[hip-hop music plays]

♪ What? Oh ♪

- ♪ All right, what you call
a chick that don't suck dick? ♪ - ♪ You don't ♪

- ♪ And if you think
you're gonna come up this ♪ - ♪ You won't ♪

♪ Down comes the boogie
and up jumps the funk ♪

♪ This B taking a beating ♪

♪ Got her hand out,
the lumps ♪

♪ Damn, baby, your ass
stand out and pumped ♪

♪ That's outstanding,
stand outside until your man come ♪

♪ Or you can leave
with the key and we could play some ♪

♪ You know I came from the dirt
like a sandstorm ♪

[cheering]

[Collette] Thank you, Paige.

All right, Poppy and Lisa.
Let's see what you've got.

[girl] All right,
Lisa and Poppy, get it girls.

- Right there, ladies!
Go, Poppy! - Let's go!

♪

♪ Never been shit,
never had shit, never knew shit ♪

♪ Never how,
never do shit down ♪

♪ But a nigga never
gave two shits ♪

♪ Never been a bitch ♪

♪ Never had a Rolly
on a wrist ♪

♪ Never had shit
that I take without asking ♪

♪ Gimme this, gimme dat shit,
gimme all dat... ♪

[static, beat changes]

[man on track]
Let's go.

♪ What? Oh ♪

- ♪ All right, what you call
a chick that don't suck dick? ♪ - ♪ You don't ♪

- ♪ And if you think
you're gonna come up this ♪ - ♪ You won't ♪

♪ Down comes the boogie
and up jumps the funk ♪

♪ This B taking a beating ♪

♪ Got her hand out,
the lumps ♪

♪ Damn, baby, your ass
stand out and pumped ♪

♪ That's outstanding,
stand outside until your man come ♪

♪ Or you can leave
with the key and we could play some ♪

♪ You know I came from the dirt
like a sandstorm ♪

[rap continues
with indistinct lyrics]

♪ Wilt Chamberlain
with the hand-dunk ♪

♪ Shortie love G,
Let me turn it to a hand pump ♪

♪ She [indistinct]
that German or something ♪

[rap continues
with indistinct lyrics]

♪ I done balled so hard
I caught a hernia ♪

♪ Wheeled your bitch
out my bed in the gurney ♪

♪ No niggas got more...
[indistinct] ♪

♪ Scratching a fucking circus ♪

♪ You need work,
you need purpose ♪

- [music stops]
- [applause]

[cheering]

Thank you, ladies.

Poppy, yeah!

I didn't know you was
gonna be here, what happened?

Rigo, he did right by me.

I guess he is changing.

Sorry I doubted him.

Hey, real talk,
you killed that shit.

You fuck...

[giggling]

Hey...

So I finally have a clue
why we were rehearsing those moves all week.

Well, you don't know
all of them.

Odalie,
this feels like cheating.

I'm sorry, I just wanted us
to be together.

So... so what,
you think I couldn't pull this off on my own?

No, Davis,
we all have advantages.

I just shared with you
some of mine.

Yeah.

Look, I did it
because you deserve it.

Because I love you.

Who cares
how you get it done?

Kill it

so we can be together.

[Collette]
All right, Davis. You're up.

Hopefully, it's our time.

Good luck.

[cheering and clapping]

Let's go, Davis!

[static, beat changes]

[man on track]
Let's go.

♪ What? Oh ♪

- ♪ All right, what you call
a chick that don't suck dick? ♪ - ♪ You don't ♪

- ♪ And if you think
you're gonna come up this ♪ - ♪ You won't ♪

♪ Down comes the boogie
and up jumps the funk ♪

♪ This B taking a beating ♪

♪ Got her hand out,
the lumps ♪

♪ Damn, baby, your ass
stand out and pumped ♪

♪ That's outstanding,
stand outside until your man come ♪

♪ Or you can leave
with the key and we could play some ♪

♪ You know I came from the dirt
like a sandstorm ♪

[rap continues
with indistinct lyrics under dramatic soundtrack]

Tal.

- [cheering]
- You got this!

Let's go, Ohio.

♪ Never been shit,
never had shit, never knew shit ♪

♪ Never how,
never do shit down ♪

♪ But a nigga never
gave two shits ♪

♪ Never been a bitch ♪

♪ Never had a bezel
on her wrist ♪

♪ Never had shit
that I take without asking ♪

♪ Gimme this, gimme dat shit ♪

♪ Gimme me all dat... ♪

[static, beat changes]

[man on track]
Let's go.

♪ Oh ♪

- ♪ All right, what you call
a chick that don't suck dick? ♪ - ♪ You don't ♪

- ♪ And if you think
you're gonna come up this ♪ - ♪ You won't ♪

♪ Down comes the boogie
and up jumps the funk ♪

♪ This beat taking a beating ♪

♪ Got her hand out,
the lumps ♪

[rap continues
with indistinct lyrics under dramatic soundtrack]

[no audible dialogue]

[cheering]

[Al sighs]

Aren't you gonna open it?

Where did...
Where did this come from?

A little place us grown-ups
call "the bank."

I, uh, took a mortgage out
on my business.

But why...

Listen, a long time ago,

somebody gave me
a crazy leg up

to fulfill my dreams,
I mean, crazy.

Thank you. Thank you,
but I can't take this from you.

No, you're taking it,
and you're gonna take it fast

if you're gonna get up to Ohio
and claim your in-state tuition.

[both chuckle]

I can't believe this.

- I'm going to college.
- Yes, you are.

Get outta here.

Yes, you are.

Thank you.

Listen... I know
you had other plans,

but I've seen kids
in this neighborhood dream of being superstars

and basketball stars
and football stars,

but I've only seen it
happen once: Sage.

But with college...

- [both chuckle]
- College, you can go anywhere.

So many places.
I was looking online,

they have study abroad programs
in places like London and Paris.

Oh, well...[chuckles]
it ain't that big a check.

- Let's just...
- [chuckles] All right?

Let's just...
just focus on Ohio right now.

You're the first one
in our family

to go to college,
you know that?

But you're the right one.

And I'm proud of you.

Well, you shouldn't be...
[chuckles] Not yet.

But don't worry,
I'm gonna make you proud.

Gonna make you so proud.

I know.

I'm betting on you.

♪ I'm always dragging
that horse around ♪

♪ Our love is pastured,
such a mournful sound ♪

♪ Tonight I'm gonna bury
that horse in the ground ♪

♪ So I like
to keep my issues strong ♪

♪ But it's always darkest
before the dawn ♪

♪ Shake it out, shake it out ♪

♪ Shake it out, shake it out,
ooh whoa ♪

♪ Shake it out, shake it out ♪

♪ Shake it out, shake it out,
ooh whoa ♪

♪ And it's hard to dance
with a devil on your back ♪

♪ So shake him off,
oh whoa ♪

♪ Shake it out, shake it out ♪

♪ Shake it out, shake it out,
ooh whoa ♪

♪ Shake it out, shake it out ♪

♪ Shake it out, shake it out,
ooh whoa ♪

♪ And it's hard to dance
with a devil on your back ♪

♪ So shake him off ♪

♪ Ooh whoa ♪

[vocalizing]

All right, some of that
was pretty good.

Some of it.

I need my pros on this side,
High Water on this side.

Let's go, let's go, let's go.

Hustle up, hustle up.

[Collette] All right,
when you hear your name called,

please take your spot,

your rightful spot,
with the professional dancers

for Sage's world tour.

[Sage] As I said earlier,

only four of you
are going to make it.

Best of luck, here we go.

Davis Jimenez,
welcome to the pro squad.

[cheering]

This is you guys next.
This is you guys next.

Good job.

We did it, baby.
We got it.

Terrence Borsay,
welcome to the pro squad.

[cheering]

Lalani Wright,
welcome to the pro squad.

[cheering]

Which leaves
just one spot left.

Come on, come on, come on.

Poppy Martinez.

Welcome to the pro squad.

[cheering]

[Sage] Congratulations.

Good job, you earned it.

Listen, if you did not
hear your name today,

know and understand
that this is not the end of your journey,

just this part of it.

Failure is how you succeed.

You gotta fail,
you gotta fall on your face

to realize what it is
to get up and keep going.

You should be
proud of yourselves.

See you all next time.

For those of you
that did make it, congratu-damn-lations,

'cause you are going on tour
with Sage Odom, damn it!

[cheering]

Great job.

I can't believe we're
gonna both be on tour together.

[giggles]

Baby, I know.

Thank you for what you did.

I'm so damn happy right now.

And we're both
gonna make big money.

Our own money.

We're free.

[giggles]

Your Majesty, Your Majesty!

So, are you ready
to go around the world?

Really?

Yeah, brother,
you're my new DJ.

I'm gonna need
you there with me.

You... you good?

We need to discuss
something or...?

[chuckles]

Okay, well, smile, brother,
we're going on tour.

Come on, man.

Are you okay?

Yeah, yeah, I'm good.

[scoffs] I'm better
than good, I'm great.

Actually, I feel like
the team is strong, real strong.

Having the High Water kids
mix it up with the pros,

it's gonna be
good PR for this tour.

Yeah. You know, I feel
really bad for Tal, though.

Yeah, that was
kind of a tough one.

But, I mean,
you know how this shit goes.

You can't take everybody.

You know, you did
a really good thing

giving Poppy a second chance.

She showed
her loyalty to me today.

You know how important
that is to me.

Also, I think I'm gonna
take King with me, too.

Make him my new DJ.

I feel like he's earned it.

And how he earn it?

You jacked all his beats,
you punk-ass thief.

Yeah, I know all about that.

Your big single
had help from a student.

All right, you know what,
I think you need to leave. Now.

Excuse me, is that any way
to treat a big-money donor at your school?

I wonder what people
would think of Sage

taking money from a guy
like me, a known drug dealer.

Tell me you didn't take money
from this motherfucker.

Big money.
That fine expansion

you all bragging about,
that's courtesy of me,

your most notorious
anonymous donor.

[laughing]
That ain't even half of it.

See, your boss ain't the angel
that everybody thinks he is.

- Ain't that right, Sage?
- Yo, East. Shut up, bro.

Oh, big man didn't tell you
how he got his start in this.

I guess he forgot to tell you
the time that we killed somebody, just to...

Yo, East,
shut the fuck up, man!

It's true,

and I'm going public
with all this shit.

The money,
the thieving, the murder.

Motherfucker, that was on you.

No, that was on us.

That is,
until you left me behind.

How's that for loyalty?

Look, let me just break this
down to both of y'all.

I can give single solitary fuck,
you understand me?

I'll go to jail,
I'll die, but I'm making sure

that you will never,
ever, fuck me over again.

Matter of fact,
what you gonna do, Sage,

you gonna call
Rigo's record company,

and you gonna say
you were mistaken and you gonna make it right.

Because if you don't,

I'm gonna burn you,
I'm gonna burn your career,

and your entire fuckin' school
down to the ground.

So now it's time
for your punk-ass to step up.

Ha!

[gun cocks]

I thought I seen a ghost.

We going for a ride, motherfucker.

Yeah, okay.

No, no, no, no, I understand.

Thank you.

Hey, I'm ready.

Can you believe
we're gonna be dancing

in front of, like,
thousands of people?

Davis, what's the matter?

[R&B music plays]

[Tal] That's so great, J.

- You're going to college.
- [chuckles]

You're going to college.

We always talked about it.

Yeah.

I don't know if I can be
apart from you, Tal.

Hey, hey, no, no.

Look, this is
the Ohio State University.

We've been
talking about this forever.

This is huge!

Look, just tell me
something good, okay?

Tell me that
you made Sage's tour.

At least, then we'd
be apart already.

Then maybe...
maybe I can do this.

I didn't make the cut.

I'm... I'm not
going on Sage's tour.

Okay, well,
then I'm not going either.

- What?
- I can't, how could I?

What are you gonna
do here by yourself?

No, no, you have to go,
all right?

You... you can't always
be there to fix me, Janelle.

Okay? You can't not do
what's best for you because you're worried about me.

And I can't keep depending
on you to be there

every time
I fuckin' stumble.

I... I...

I love you, but it's time
we go our separate ways.

I think deep down we...
we both know that, don't we?

College, that's
such a big deal.

We gotta let each other go.

But I love you.
[chuckles]

And I love you, too, but...

But that's how we both know
we're going to be fine.

Okay?

And we are gonna be fine.

So...

Go, go make us all proud.

Come here.

[sighs]

It was this two-bit producer
we was messing with back in the day.

Back, like, way back before
anybody gave a fuck.

Before, before I was anybody.

Just some kid hustling,
trying to get off the block.

Moving around with East-O
and this dude,

making little moves
we could make,

you know, here and there.

All of a sudden, we get
a look from a major label.

Big deal.

But dude wants
to play hardball.

He the only man
on the contract.

So, one night, chillin',
drinkin', shit...

East-O's trying to talk
some sense into him.

Dude's not budgin',

"Fuck that, y'all ain't
cuttin' me outta shit..." [babbles]

Before I knew
what was going on...

East-O pulls his piece.

Bang. Does the dude
right there in front of me.

Oh, my God.

You know this dude, 'Lette.

You know East-O,
you know his temper.

You know what he's capable of.

I would never condone
nothing like that.

That's not who I am,
that's not me.

- You know that's not me, right?
- Right.

My only sin?
Silence, all right? I kept my fuckin' mouth shut.

I had my whole fuckin' career
laid out in front of me. I had to.

So that's why
you split from East-O.

That's why you
left him behind.

Yeah.

Maybe now you understand
why I did what I had to do with Rigo.

'Cause I didn't want
fuckin' East-O back in my life.

And then I gotta find out
you took money from this motherfucker.

- What the... fuckin' serious...
- All right, had I known that you guys were...

I'm sorry.

Is there anything else?

What do you mean?

Is there anything else
I don't know?

Anything else you wanna
get off your chest?

'Cause now would be the time.

No.

There's nothing else.

[Davis] Uh, Miss Jones.

Look, I know it's late,
but I really need to talk to you.

Can this wait 'till tomorrow?
I'm in a hurry.

I think you really need to hear

what he has to say, Miss Jones.

Thanks to you and Odalie, uh,
I finally got custody of Justin.

You did, Davis?
Oh, that's amazing...

But that's not why I'm here.

You see...

They said I can't
go on tour and have Justin.

So...

I'm sorry, but, uh...

I'm gonna have to give up
my spot on Sage's squad.

I'm sorry.

Don't be, Davis. Don't.

Is there anything I can do?
I can make some calls.

- Anything at all?
- No, they were really clear about it...

I can't go on the road.

Well, you must be
terribly disappointed.

But if it helps at all,

I think you're making
the right decision.

Thank you.

You should also know
that your decision

will make Tal
very happy, too,

'cause it was down to
the two of you in the end.

I'm happy for Tal.

That's very big of you.

Sage, it's about Davis and Tal.

[Reggie] I swear to God.

I swear to God
I put it all up my nose.

O, that's the truth.

Fifty grand?

Not even your cokehead ass
could get that high.

You're lyin' to me.

I want the truth, man.

You better tell me
the motherfuckin' truth...

O, for real, man,
that's the truth.

Bullshittin' me, Reggie,

and I don't like
to be bullshitted.

You had a partner.

Probably that punk-ass,
big fat-ass, Al.

- Right?
- No.

Man, you better tell me
what I need to know,

or I'm gonna fuckin' kill
you right here and now.

O, O, I spent it, man.

I promise you, I spent it all.
All right?

You spent $50,000
of my fuckin' money?!

Al didn't have nothing
to do with it!

[door buzzing]

Shit.

Don't fuckin' move.

Don't fuckin' speak,
or I'mma fuckin' kill you.

[door buzzes]

[grunts]

It's late.

What are you doing here?

You need to stop
this, Ernest.

I'mma do what needs
to be done.

Fuck Sage Odom!

Listen, don't let this beef
that you have with Sage

ruin everything, okay.

Beef?

I made that motherfucker,
and he left me behind.

Now he's trying to do it all
over again to me and my son.

That ain't happening.

Matter of fact, I'mma burn
his house down with him in it.

And you can't do
nothin' to stop me.

Do you want to
destroy Rigo, too?

Are you really that stupid?

Rigo will be fine.

He's young and talented.

No one is gonna
look out for that kid.

Not with you running around,
charging like a bull fucking everything up.

- We'll see.
- You're wrong, Ernest.

- [Collette continues
indistinctly] - [grunting]

[Collette] If you do this,
you will fuck everything up.

You will ruin High Water.

Don't be an asshole.
And don't fuck with my school.

This got nothing
to do with the school.

This got to do with Sage.

You need to leave
that motherfucker.

- No.
- Why are you not with me?

You can leave Sage
and be with me.

We can't.

You fucking him.

Probably fucking him
the whole time.

You played me for a fool.

You just a snake
in the grass,

always had Sage's back
even when you was with me.

[scoffs] Well, at least
I made something of myself.

I'm not like you, some cheap
fuckin' no-talent gangster,

who will never amount
to anything ever.

You know it's true.

Look at you.

Don't disrespect me!

[straining]

- Rigo's gonna get
what's coming to him! - No!

[East-O]
Nobody's gonna stop me!

- Stop!
- No one!

[East-O] You understand?!

- [grunting]
- [gunshot]

[groans]

[phone ringing]

This is King.

[Jaleel]
Yo, King,

I was just calling
to say we cool.

Jaleel?

What?

Yeah, man.
The track's all yours.

I see now it was
a misunderstanding.

Listen, I gotta bounce,
so I'll catch you later. All right?

Yeah, yeah, for sure. Later.

Give me the phone.

Come on.

You try that shit again,
it's gonna be Rigo and his pops,

'cause you gettin' off easy.

You dig?

Bounce the fuck up
outta here, homie.

Take your shit.

[distant siren wailing]

[panting]
[coughing]

You fuckin' shot me!

[upbeat music playing]

[grunts loudly]

♪ But don't you know ♪

♪ We started now... ♪

Come on, come on, come on.
You gotta go.

You gotta get outta here.

- Come on, I'll...
- Who are you?

- I'll handle this.
- Who are you?

Wait there. I'm a friend.

Go. Please, go.

[screams]

♪ All the echoes
in my mind cry ♪

[knocking]

Come in.

Hey.

How'd it go?

Did you get in?

Yeah.

[soft chuckle]

♪ Tonight I'm running
with the wolves ♪

Do you hate me?

Now you know
I could never hate you.

You hear anything
from your dad?

Nah.

Nope.

[sighs]
I think...

I think Sage was right.

My dad was never
gonna get me there.

I shoulda listened to Sage
when I had the chance.

Getting kicked out
of High Water was the biggest mistake of my life.

♪ There's blood
on your lies ♪

♪ The skies
open wide ♪

♪ There is nowhere
for you to hide now ♪

♪ Just move
your shining... ♪

♪ I'm running
with the wolves tonight ♪

♪ I'm running
with the wolves-ooh-ooh ♪

♪ I'm running
with the wolves tonight ♪

♪ I'm running
with the wolves-ooh-ooh ♪

♪ I'm running
with the wolves tonight ♪

♪ I'm running
with the wolves-ooh-ooh ♪

I'm gonna miss you.

Hey, we got a date
in Columbus.

If you're extra nice to me
I'll get you VIP.

- Promise?
- Promise.

♪ I'm running
with the wolves tonight ♪

♪ I'm running
with the wolves-ooh-ooh ♪

Time to go if you're goin'.

♪ I'm running
with the wolves-ooh-ooh ♪

You sure?

Yeah, all right,
I want this, all right.

I want... I want the apartment
and Golden Gate

and your stupid dinner parties

with your stupid
vegetarian food.

I want...
I want that. Okay?

I wanna support your projects,
and I want you to support mine.

And I wanna...
I wanna walk down the street, holding your hand.

That's what I want.

I want it with you, every day.

♪ I'm running
with the wolves-ooh-ooh ♪

♪ I'm running with the... ♪

♪ I'm running with the... ♪

♪ I'm running with the... ♪

♪ I'm running
with ooh-ooh-ooh ♪

♪ I'm running
with the wolves tonight ♪

- [phone buzzing]
- Wait, wait, wait.

It's Sage.

- Hello.
- Greyhound, what's going on, it's Sage.

Don't talk, listen.
Good news for you.

Davis is out, you're in.
Pack your bags.

Okay, thanks.

♪ I'm running
with the ooh-ooh-ooh ♪

♪ I'm running with the... ♪

♪ Get it how you live
Get it how you live ♪

♪ You say you got
that action ♪

♪ Get it how you live ♪

♪ It's a ATL thang
You already know ♪

♪ It's a ATL thang
You already know ♪

♪ Yeah, step up, step up
Yeah, step up, step up ♪

♪ Yeah, step up, step up ♪

♪ Real tough
Step up, step up ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, step up ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, step up ♪

♪ Step up, step up ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, step up ♪

[man]
Made in Georgia.

♪ Doobah-daba dee-dee dah ♪