Original subtitles

- ♪ So tell me, is you work, baby ♪

[groovy music]

♪ Tell me, is you work, baby ♪

- What are you looking at? - You are so beautiful.

- Don't objectify me.

- You're also the smartest person I've ever known.

- Now I want to sit on your face.

♪

- Hey. - What?

You've been weird all day. I do something?

- No, that's--that's not it. - Then what is it?

- I talked to my mom today. - Uh-oh.

- I told her about us, and...

she said that we should be careful,

because there's a slight chance that...

Marcus Graham could be my father.

- Was she kidding? - I don't know.

- Oh, my God. - I told you, she was nuts.

♪

Simone, come on. It's not true.

♪

- We should just get a DNA test, just to be sure.

♪

[groovy music]

♪

- ♪ Uh, you're kind of chicken, ain't you ♪

♪ But you won't cross the road unless that [...] is painful ♪

♪ I get it, yeah, I get it, got to get the paper ♪

♪ I'm up in this [...] like a middle finger ♪

- Why aren't you talking? - Why aren't you talking?

- Stop being weird. - This is weird.

[sighs]

- I know how to get you to chill out.

- No, no, no, no, I can't smoke.

I got shit to do today. - Not that.

Alexa, play "Love Should Have" by Lucky Day.

- Okay.

[smooth music playing]

- ♪ Keep throwing that back - Ah?

- ♪ Hey, keep throwing that back ♪

- Okay.

- ♪ Keep throwing that back, yeah ♪

♪ Let me see you pick it up, drop it down to the clap ♪

- You better stop it right now.

- ♪ Hey, keep throwing that back ♪

- You know what, I do have a question for you, though.

- What's that?

- Why are you letting Ari direct Tia's music video?

- He's gotten better, babe. - No, he hasn't.

Don't let him sweet-talk you into thinking

he's better than he is. - Can't nobody sweet-talk me.

- [scoffs] I sweet-talk you all the time.

- Hmm, that's what I want you to think.

Look, he begged for this.

I think he's gonna come through.

- No, I got to hook you up with my boy Shayan Washington.

He did the Black Youth Matters video for us last year,

and it was great.

- So you want me to hire a white dude?

- He's Italian.

[chuckles]

- [laughs]

- ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

♪ I'm just saying, though, I'm just saying, though ♪

- I cannot believe you let him talk you into this.

- Let's just see where he's going with it.

- And what is this light gag that he has going on?

- Bryson, stop it. - Yo, cut.

This ain't what I thought it was gonna be.

[bell rings]

- Look, I love Ari. That's my brother.

But great directors have vision,

and he doesn't have that.

Now, I hope he finds it, but making him

think he's more talented than he is

is just gonna hurt him in the long run.

- All right, let's go again. - You're right.

- What? I'm--I'm sorry, I didn't hear that.

Can you say that one again, please?

- [grunts] Mm-mm.

Ari? - Yeah, I know it's a little

all over the place. - A little?

- Yeah, my third eye's starting to blink.

It's some evil slave masters up in here,

and I can't do my best work. - See what I'm working with?

- Don't blame Tia for this wack-ass

Montell Jordan video. - Thank you.

- Can you guys just give us a second?

- You can fire him in front of me.

- You firing me? - Yeah, fool.

- Did your boyfriend tell you to do this?

- He's not my boyfriend, and no one tells me what to do.

- Forget y'all, then. - So wait, um,

Bryson not your boyfriend? - [sighs] Not yet.

- What you waiting on? - A DNA test.

- [scoffs]

Your papa was a rolling stone.

Oh, shit, you been masturbating to your brother.

God gonna get you for this. - Shut up.

We'll know if we're siblings in two days,

and I'm freaking out. - Yeah, you a freak, all right.

- So...

[groovy music]

Do you want to call Shayan, or should I?

♪

[aggressive vocal trill]

- ♪ Panda

[aggressive vocal trill]

["Panda" by Desiigner]

♪ Panda, Panda, Panda, Panda, Panda ♪

♪ I got broads in Atlanta

♪ Twistin' dope, lean, and the Fanta ♪

♪ Credit cards and the scammers ♪

♪ Hittin' off licks in the bando ♪

♪ Black X6, Phantom

♪ White X6, look like a panda ♪

♪ Going out like I'm Montana

♪ Hundred killers, hundred hammers ♪

♪ Black X6, Phantom, white X6, panda ♪

♪ Pockets swole, Danny

♪ Hundred killers, hundred hammers ♪

[groovy music playing]

- There's so much love and laughter out here.

I don't want to leave.

This is exactly what Jesus talked about when he said,

"Love your neighbor as you love yourself."

I can tell y'all love each other.

- Yes, sir! - Y'all accept each other,

with no judgment.

♪

Every single one of y'all are beautiful.

[indistinct chatter]

"Behold, how good and pleasant it is

when brothers dwell in unity." Psalms 133:1.

Can I get an amen? all: Amen!

- Praise be.

♪

- ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

♪ I'm just saying, though, I'm just saying, though ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

♪

- I can't believe I let you talk me into this shit.

- All the greats shadow other directors.

- He ain't great, though. - I know, but he's good.

- [sucks teeth] He okay.

- ♪ Come back around

- Hey, uh, cut on rehearsal. [clears throat]

Uh, I think we should lose the boa.

- Why would you think that?

- I feel like we're doing too much.

Okay, all right, all right. You know what, you're right.

We'll keep the boa. Uh...

let's just try to stay in the middle of the stage.

- Thank you. - Thank you, all right.

- He don't even have any fresh ideas.

- Then pitch some. - I'm not about to

pitch him my brilliance so he can take credit for it.

What I look like?

[dance music playing]

- Hey. All right.

- Here you go. I believe we're all God's children.

- [chuckles]

Thanks, boo. - Mm-hmm.

- Thank you.

- Being queer isn't a choice. It's a gift from God.

It means you're strong 'cause you have

a heavier cross to bear. - Come through, ally.

- I hope you come through too.

Church on Sunday, everyone welcome.

- I got you. - Need some help?

- Uh, yeah--yeah.

Mm-hmm.

♪

- Thanks. - Thanks very much.

- Thanks.

- Nothing attracts a gang of people

more than a beautiful woman.

- [scoffs] - [chuckles]

People always did flock to you like a warm fire.

- Your sermon on Sunday, it really touched me.

- It did? - Yeah.

I know what it's like to always be striving for perfection.

- You're already perfect

just the way God made you.

- Spoken like a true ex-husband.

- Just because we weren't perfect for each other

doesn't mean you're not made in his perfect image.

- You don't have to do that. It's just us.

- This ain't an act, Crys. This is who I am.

- I know.

- Do you?

[soft music]

- I do now.

♪

[groovy music]

♪

- There's no reason

why I should have to be afraid for my life

when I'm getting pulled over.

♪ I'm just saying, though, I'm just saying, though ♪

- I'll give it to you, B. He's got a great eye.

[phone beeps]

- ♪ I'm just saying, though

♪ Pay homage so they understand ♪

♪ Trayvon and Sandra Bland

- Bryson. - What?

- Are you even paying attention?

- Yeah. - Cut.

- No, he ain't. He's bored,

just like the rest of us.

♪

- Stop checking your phone.

Whatever will be will be.

- I know.

- Talk to me.

- I don't know, I just feel like,

on one hand, your dad was always

like the Berry Gordy to my Michael Jackson, you know?

I always knew he wasn't my father,

but I spent my whole life wishing he was.

- And now? - And now I can't think

of anything I want more than for him not to be my father.

- Try not to think about it. - I'll try.

I'm gonna go find Ari.

- Okay. - All right.

Oh, and stop staring.

- Ain't nobody staring at you.

- [chuckles]

♪

- All right.

- Ari.

- Just say it.

You don't believe in me.

- I do believe in you,

but it's not enough to want to be something.

You have to work at it.

- I've been working at this my whole life.

- No, what you've been doing is pretending.

- You said you got one person helping you, right?

Well, ain't nobody been helping me, not even you.

My parents ain't want to pay for film school,

so I'm out here trying to teach myself.

And I know I'm not as advanced as these white boys,

but that's because I ain't have access.

So excuse me for trying to pick the lock.

- Pick all the locks you want, but eventually,

people gonna see you ain't supposed to be there.

- Well, I light up every room I walk into,

and ain't nobody kicked me out yet.

♪

- ♪ What goes around comes back around ♪

♪ Like a boomerang

♪ What I throw around comes back around ♪

♪ I'm just saying, though

♪ Take a knee like Kaepernick ♪

♪ Probe like a super lick

♪ Yeah, I'm conscious and something, I mean ♪

♪ I'm just saying, though, I'm just saying, though ♪

♪ DJs want to scratch on me

♪ Police bullets want to scratch on me ♪

♪ No lies, just facts only, I mean ♪

♪ I'm just saying, though, I'm just saying, though ♪

♪ Keep it 100 so my karma good ♪

- And cut!

Great shot.

- I know. - I have thoughts.

- Me too.

[groovy music]

♪

- ♪ Drop, drop, drop, drop it ♪

♪ Drop, drop, drop, drop, drop it ♪

- ♪ Turn, turn up, let's go

- ♪ Dr-drop low, dr-dr-drop it low ♪

♪ Drop low, dr-dr-drop it low ♪

- Hey, do you think me and Simone look alike?

- No. - Are you sure?

- Yes, I'm sure. Why are you asking me that?

- My mom alluded to the fact that Marcus could be my dad.

- That's crazy.

- Is it, though?

- Oh, shit. - Yeah.

- See? Be careful what you pray for.

- I was seven, all right? I don't pray for that anymore.

- And now you're praying about sleeping with your sister?

- Don't say that. - Look.

You and Simone will always have a place in each other's lives,

no matter what happens.

- Thanks, I appreciate that.

Although that kind of sounds like

you think we might be related.

- Look, today isn't about you

and your cisgender needs, okay?

You need to be out here walking around,

spreading love and acceptance.

- Oh, you want me to be like you?

- Exactly. Like David.

- This is what happens when you let them tell our stories.

- If I could afford it, I'd happily pay a black man,

but he was willing to do it for free.

- So what, you're mad because I asked you

for a little bit of money? - No.

I'm mad that you charged me for something

I could have done myself.

- [exhales]

Okay, I'll admit, I still have some growing to do.

- Yeah, you do. - But I appreciate you

giving me a shot, though.

- Look, you have great ideas.

You just struggle with execution.

♪

- I'll work on that. - Okay.

♪

- Oh, my God. Ari, is that you?

- Jewel, I-- What are you doing here?

- I'm here with my gay-ass brother.

- Okay, that's--that's great.

Um, Jewel, this is Simone. Simone, Jewel.

- What you doing here?

- I'm, uh-- I'm shadowing a director.

- Oh, 'cause for a second,

I thought I lost my virginity to a gay man.

- Well, I mean, I like both. - Oh, shit.

- What? - That means you're gay.

- I don't like labels. - Of course you don't.

- You don't know me. - Yes, I do.

- You know the man I was pretending to be.

- I'ma pray for you. - You gonna pray

for your brother too? - I don't need to.

He knows who he is. - I know who I am too.

- Not if you saying you like both.

- You know what, why don't you and your $12 worth of jewelry

hop your ass to the other side of the street

and leave me the hell alone?

- Okay, Frank Ocean.

- Bitch, that's a compliment.

- Hey, are you okay? - Well, she got five kids

by three different dudes and she out here judging me?

Oh, whatever, though, it's cool.

I don't care what she think. - It's okay if you do.

We all want to feel accepted.

- No, I ain't about to squeeze myself in no box

so she can feel comfortable. I got to live my life.

[upbeat music]

♪

I got an idea for Tia's video. Hey, Shayan.

We need to show all these beautiful black people

not giving two shits about what the world think of them.

- I don't need a codirector. - Yes, you do.

He knows the culture. You know how to move a camera.

Figure it out.

[both stammer]

- [sighs]

- Hmm.

- So what are we doing?

[crowd cheering]

[groovy music]

- ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

♪ I'm just saying, though, I'm just saying, though ♪

♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

♪

♪ What goes around comes back around ♪

♪ Like a boomerang

♪ What I throw around comes back around ♪

♪ What goes around comes back around ♪

♪ Like a boomerang

♪ What I throw around comes back around ♪

♪ I'm just saying, though

♪ Take a knee like Kaepernick ♪

♪ Probe like a super lick

♪ Yeah, I'm conscious and something, I mean ♪

♪ I'm just saying, though, I'm just saying, though ♪

♪ DJs want to scratch on me

♪ Police bullets want to scratch on me ♪

♪ No lies, just facts only, I mean ♪

♪ I'm just saying, though, I'm just saying, though ♪

♪ Keep it 100 so my karma good ♪

♪ Couple thousand so my mama good ♪

♪ You was in the burbs, I was in the hood ♪

♪ So I understand, I ain't understood ♪

♪ Slow money over no money

♪ Had to switch it up to get some more money ♪

♪ Laughing to the bank like it's so funny ♪

♪ I mean, I'm just saying, though ♪

♪ Whole lot of things, whole lot of change ♪

♪ Whole team, that's a whole lot of fame ♪

♪ No hating if you don't know the game ♪

♪ I'm just saying, though, I'm just saying, though ♪

♪ I was backstabbed, that's a whole lot of pain ♪

♪ Now they salty, that's a whole lot of shame ♪

♪ Hi, haters, you a whole lot of lame ♪

♪ I'm just saying, though

♪ What goes around comes back around ♪

♪ Like a boomerang

♪ What I throw around comes back around ♪

♪

♪ What goes around comes back around ♪

♪ Like a boomerang

♪ What I throw around comes back around ♪

♪ I'm just saying, though, I'm just saying, though ♪

There's no reason

why I should have to be afraid for my life

when I'm getting pulled over.

♪ I'm just saying, though, I'm just saying, though ♪

Let's show the world that we can love ourselves,

and maybe they'll start loving us too.

I'm just saying.

♪ I'm just saying, though

♪ Pay homage so they understand ♪

♪ Trayvon and Sandra Bland

♪ Fall for something, or take a stand, I mean ♪

♪ I'm just saying, though, I'm just saying, though ♪

♪ My ancestors speak through me ♪

♪ They also dealt with brutality ♪

♪ If you silent, then you agree, I mean ♪

♪ I'm just saying, though, I'm just saying, though ♪

♪ You never hit it, but you wish you would ♪

♪ Give a blessing 'cause my spirit good ♪

♪ Stay in the front of the movement ♪

♪ Help you understand what ain't understood ♪

♪ Slow money over no money

♪ Had to switch it up to get some more money ♪

♪ Laughing to the bank like it's so funny ♪

♪ I mean, I'm just saying, though ♪

♪ Whole lot of dreams, whole lot of team ♪

♪ Whole family, that's a whole lot of cream ♪

♪ And they royal, yeah, kings and queens, I mean ♪

♪ I'm just saying, though, I'm just saying, though ♪

♪ I need a revolution, yeah, a whole lot of change ♪

♪ Turn my back, had a whole lot of names ♪

♪ Hi, hater, you a whole lot of lame ♪

♪ I'm just saying, though

♪ What goes around comes back around ♪

♪ Like a boomerang

♪ What I throw around comes back around ♪

♪

♪ What goes around comes back around ♪

♪ Like a boomerang

♪ What I throw around comes back around ♪

♪ I'm just saying, though, I'm just saying, though ♪

[laughter and applause]

Okay, adding all those beautiful black faces.

You better come through with the concept, Ari.

- I see you. - Just saying.

- It looks good. - Wait, wait, say what?

- You heard what I said, Ari. It looks good.

[laughter]

[soft music]

♪

- Need help cleaning up? - No, no, I-I got it.

- Okay.

- Actually, I could use some assistance.

♪

[sighs] - Wow.

- Yeah.

- There's chicken bones everywhere.

- [exhales]

- He wants it.

You need a singer who can sing your songs...

- Oh, my God, I love this movie.

- No, I love this movie.

- [laughs]

Baby.

[TV continues indistinctly]

♪

Check the app again.

- Oh, come on, I'm scared.

- We got to find out sooner or later.

♪

[cell phone clicks, keyboard clacking]

[beeping]

[cell phone chimes]

- Marcus Graham is not my father.

- Thank you, Jesus.

[laughs]

- ♪ I just, I just think you should, you should ♪

♪ Stay the night - ♪ Stay the night

- ♪ I just, I just think you should, you should ♪

♪ Stay the night - ♪ We should kick it, babe

- ♪ I just, I just think you should, you should ♪

♪ Stay the night - ♪ Oh, yeah

- ♪ I just, I just think you should, you should ♪

♪ Stay the night

- I love you, Simone Graham.

- I love you, Bryson Broyer.

- ♪ Stay the night - ♪ Stay the night

- ♪ I just, I just think you should, you should ♪

♪ Stay the night

♪ I just, I just think you should, you should ♪

♪ Stay the night

♪ I just, I just think you should, you should ♪

♪ Stay the night - ♪ Stay the night

- ♪ I just, I just think you should, you should ♪

♪ Stay the night - ♪ You should stay

♪ You should stay the night

♪ Maybe you should stay the night ♪

♪ Maybe you should stay the night ♪

♪ Why don't you stay the night? ♪

♪ Why don't you stay the night? ♪

♪