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(man chattering)

- Get off of me! - Shut up!

Huh, do I look like I'm playing to you?

You ain't got the church now.

You, uh, too good for old Harold, is that what it is?

Put that gun down, girl.

What your Bible say?

Thou shall not kill?

(gun blasts)

(gentle music)

- [Preacher] This is the day that the Lord has made,

we will rejoice and be glad.

- Hey, both of y'all stop playing.

- Yes, ma'am.

- I told her to stop playing. - Shut up!

- Shh!

Both of y'all stop playing.

- This morning,

how many glad to be in the number this morning?

Praise him!

(congregation shouting)

He's my butler!

He's my shelter!

- [Demetrius] I'm Demetrius Miles.

We grew up in a small city called Tyler, Texas,

the north to be exact.

All me and my sister ever did was go to school and church

where my grandfather, Reverend James Fornell Miles

was the pastor of the Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church.

♪ I surrender it all to you

♪ Come on, say it again

♪ Here we go y'all

♪ We taking it out

♪ It belongs to you

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

♪ It belongs to you

♪ Come one, sing, Lord

♪ Lord, it belongs to you

♪ It belongs to you

♪ It belongs to you

♪ Lord, it belongs to you

♪ Here we go

♪ Everybody say, oh

♪ Oh

♪ It belongs to you

♪ Oh Lord, it belongs to you

♪ Everybody say, oh

♪ Oh

♪ It belongs to you

♪ Oh Lord, oh Lord

♪ It belongs to you

♪ Here we go, clap your hands

(jaunty piano music)

- Thank you for coming.

- Thank you so much. - Thank you.

- It's good to see you, sir.

- Tag, you're it! - Don't get your dress dirty.

- Hey, thank you so much.

Thank you for coming.

- Thank you, thank you.

Good sermon, Reverend. - Hey, now.

- Absolutely.

- But I have a question to ask you.

- Yes?

- Do we have to stop

fornicating to make it to Heaven though?

- Yes.

You're going to have to stop fornicating, I'm sorry.

- That's naughty, I'm sorry. - Daddy, don't mind her.

Look, I'm gonna go in and get going.

Girl, look, I think DeMarcus was singing to me.

- Renata.

- Yes he was, girl, yes he was!

- Come on, girls, say hi to your papa.

- Hey!

Hey baby. - Hey Grandpa.

- Hey!

- Papa, can we go to Ruby's?

- No, we've got food at home.

- I don't mind.

We don't mind, do we? - We don't, no.

- It's okay, Daddy. - Hey, we don't mind.

- It's okay, it's okay.

We need to get going.

- [Both] But, Mama!

- Don't but me, girls.

Don't but me.

You have school tomorrow

and besides we've got food at home, okay?

- Okay. - We say bye.

- Bye, Mama and Papa. - Bye sweetheart.

- We love y'all, okay? - Be good, okay?

- Okay. - My favorite girls.

- Be extra good, y'all be safe.

- See y'all next week. - Bye-bye.

- Mm, mm, mm. - Have a good week.

- Sister, hold up! - All right, you ready?

- I'm ready.

♪ We will praise now

♪ Oh, glory to your name

♪ All within proclaims we will praise you now

♪ And we will worship here

(Harold mumbles)

- What's up, babe?

Look at you, girl.

You're looking all good and stuff. (chuckles)

♪ There goes my baby

(laughs) Looking all good and stuff.

Mm, smelling good, mm.

- Harold, you have to come in here drunk

and late all the time?

- Because it's my house and I do what I damn well please.

- But the girls are in the next room sleeping.

Why you in here making all this noise?

- Listen, I don't care, I want some love.

- Harold, you are drunk.

You need to go sleep this off.

Stop coming in here late all the time.

- What you telling me?

You ain't gonna gimme no loving, girl?

- I'm telling you. - You ain't gimme no love?

- You need to sleep this off!

(Harold laughs)

Stop coming in here drunk all the time

or I'm gonna have to-

- You're gonna have to what?

Hmm, what you gonna do?

- I'm gonna take my kids and leave.

- You ain't going nowhere!

You understand that? (laughs)

- Jesus, you are drunk! (scoffs)

- So you done, you done got to church now.

You, uh, you're too good for old Harold?

Is that what it is?

Oh yeah.

- I just want more.

- Girl, when I met you, you didn't have shit!

Now look at you.

You wanna change up on me?

Huh?

Don't change up on me.

(hand slaps) - Harold, stop!

- Nikki, Nikki, get up.

They're fighting again.

I'm scared.

- [Harold] Change up on me.

- Everything's gonna be okay.

(hand slaps) - Harold, stop!

- Why won't he stop?

- Everything's gonna be okay, just watch.

♪ They said I would never make it, no

- [Yolanda] You're drunk!

♪ I've given up, I said no, never

♪ But I remember God

♪ Telling you to speak life, to obey his word

♪ To think of him

- Hey, boo.

Girl, you ain't gonna believe

what happened to me last night, girl.

Girl, why you got them damn shades on in here?

Ain't no sunlight in here.

Girl, what happened to your damn eye?

- I fell, that's it. - You fell?

Yeah, you fell on Harold's fist again.

When you gonna leave that dirty ass dog?

- Look, Harold didn't do this.

I really fell.

- Yeah, and I'm Wilhelmina Sausagehead.

Put your damn glasses back on.

- Ladies, I think it's time for the meeting.

- What we meeting for this time?

- Ain't no telling.

- As you all know,

we have been trying to do a few changes around here

so we can better help you all.

And so I found an insurance agent

that has a lot of opportunities for y'all.

So I'm gonna just have him to come on up

and give you more information about it.

- Good afternoon, everybody.

My name is Clark Bailey

and I'm with the J&J Insurance Group.

Now with our company,

we look for a lot of things to better you,

to continue your legacy, all right?

Now in the community that we have, you know,

we focus on cars, we focus on clothes, we focus on houses,

which things that don't continue our legacy when we pass.

Now finances is crucial in what we do, all right?

Now what bothers me is when we see on social media,

scroll down the timeline

and people are doing GoFundMe campaigns

to take care of the unfortunate

that happens in life.

There's two things that happen.

We're born and then we die.

But with our insurance company,

we are here to protect you.

All right, to continue that legacy,

there's a $30 plan that's up to $150,000

and we have a plan as high as $150,

that's a policy of a million dollars.

So what I would like to do is see

if anybody would like to sign up.

Now, remind you, remind you this.

If you sign up today, you'll be taken care of today.

Now who wanna continue their legacy?

Who would like to sign up?

- Girl, I know you ain't thinking

about that damn Ponzi scheme, are you?

- I don't know, Renata.

I'm really thinking about getting

some reassurance for me and my girls.

- No, you're right.

Girl, why aren't you just gonna leave that buster?

- He's always threatening.

If I say I'm gonna leave,

he's gonna find me and the girls and kill us.

- Oh, so he crazy, crazy.

Yolanda, why won't you just call the police?

You're right.

They just looking for another reason

to kill another black man.

- And that's just it.

I don't want the man dead,

but I do want him to just get his stuff together

or let us leave.

- You keep saying let, just leave.

- Mr. Clark? - Yes?

- I think I wanna sign up now. - Great, great.

(Missy knocking on door)

- Hey Missy. - Hey Dee.

Can you come out and play?

- No, I can't.

I'll come out when my mama gets home.

- Okay.

- No fair, we never get to have fun.

- We will, we just have to wait until Mom gets home.

- I guess.

- I can't wait for Mama to get home

so she can can see how I did on my report card.

- How did you do? - Same as you.

- [Both] All A's.

- Did you see Tyrone today?

- Yeah, I did and he was busted.

- Don't be talking about my man like that.

- Man?

Girl, we're 10 years old.

We don't know nothing about no man.

- You don't know nothing about no man.

- I know Tyrone is mine.

I'll put up the report cards for Mom.

- Look, Nikki.

- Demetrius, put that down!

If mama see you with that, she gonna kill you.

- [Demetrius] She need to be using this with Harold.

- Give that.

Mama's gonna be okay, I know it.

Now, tag you're it!

- Wait, let's play hide and seek.

- Fine, you count. - No, you count.

- Fine, let's play rock, paper, scissors.

- Go count over there in the corner.

- One,

two,

three,

four,

five.

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- I can't stand no sloop-footed ass nigga.

- I've never heard of a sloop-foot.

- You know the dudes.

Their knees be touching but they feet be spread apart.

- Ew! - You damn right, ew.

- What are y'all talking about?

- This girl over here talking about alien feet, dudes.

- (laughs) Renata.

You a mess, girl.

- Oh, so I can't have standards?

- Yes, but you also have to match

the standard that you're talking about.

- Huh? - What?

Girl, I was just playing.

- Because I was just about to say.

- Say what? - I was just about to say.

I know you ain't talking

'cause when you got up earlier to go get some coffee,

your walk by air was stinking.

- (laughs) Oh my God! - Don't play with me.

(telephones ringing)

- AT&T, Yolanda speaking.

How may I help you?

Sure.

- Who was that, girl?

- Management wants to see me.

- Damn, you about to lose your job.

- [Mae] What? No, she's not!

- You're about to lose your job, you-

- I wonder what they want.

- You've been doing good work here.

I'm sure it's nothing.

- Let's go see.

- How you gonna say she about to lose her job?

- Girl, well, what else they want?

- If they were calling you to the office,

maybe that would be the outcome.

I gotta do work. - You might be right.

And you definitely need to do better.

- When I walked passed you, was I stank for real?

- Girl, I was just playing with you.

- I was about to take my lunch early

and go take care of that

because I know I washed my ass good this morning.

But I did have bad gas earlier.

- You see, fool, that's why I can't play with you.

(both laughing) - Nice.

(Yolanda knocks on door)

- Hey Keisha, did you wanna see me?

- Hey Yolanda, come on in.

Have a seat.

- What's going on?

- Well, we want to commend you

on the great work you've been doing.

- Thank you.

- How long have you been working here?

- Uh, 10 years.

- 10 years, that's a long time.

- (laughs) I know, right?

- Especially being with one company,

that's definitely dedication.

- I really have to say I really enjoy working here.

- Yeah, I love working here too.

How about a promotion?

- A promotion?

A promotion?

- [Keisha] A promotion.

- Oh wow, I would, I would love a promotion.

God knows exactly what you need when you need it.

- You've been recommended for the new executive position.

- The executive position?

Miss Keisha, are you serious?

- I am serious,

and it comes with a $60,000 raise and a bonus.

(Yolanda gasps)

- And a bonus? - That's right.

(Yolanda gasps)

- God is so good.

My prayers have been answered, oh!

- We are happy for you.

Now, this position is not official.

- Okay. - Until next month.

- Okay, okay. - But we do welcome you here.

We welcome you to the team.

- Thank you, thank you! - Congratulations.

- Thank you so much! - It is so deserving.

- Thank you so much Ms. Keisha.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Thank you so much!

- Heifer, you know we wanna know what the meeting was about?

- [Mae] Yeah, spit it out.

- Y'all are not gonna believe it.

They offered me a promotion and a raise.

- Really? - A promotion.

- Oh my god, a promotion?

- I can't officially say anything

right now until they announce it.

But a promotion!

- A promotion comes with coins.

Let me borrow some.

- You know what, we celebrating afterward.

Drinks on you!

- Shh, shh, shh.

Drinks on y'all.

- No, so who got the drinks?

'Cause I ain't got it.

- No for real, drinks on y'all.

- You ain't never got it.

(all laughing)

♪ You hear what I'm saying

- Hey, what's good everybody welcome to the Commission.

Shout out to our special guests in the building.

Shout out to our VIPs.

Make sure you tip your servers.

It's gonna be a beautiful night, y'all.

Thank you for coming, let's go.

- You know I can't stay too long.

- Shut your country ass up.

Them girls grown, they gonna be all right.

- Is that Mae over there?

- Yeah, that's her. (laughs)

Who's that dude she all booed up with?

- Knowing your friend. - Ain't no tell.

- Ain't no tell! (laughs)

- [Man] How you ladies doing tonight?

- Ooh, you fine. - We're not.

- I mean, we're fine.

Sorry.

- What can I get y'all to drink?

- I'll take a Henny straight.

- Damn! - What?

You never seen a lady drinking a Henny straight before?

- Yeah, ugly ones but not with you.

- Oh, are you flirting with me, sir?

- I might be.

- Well, pay for it.

This ain't what you want.

I'll have you going home sucking your thumb.

- My mama did say I liked to my thumb was a baby

so I might like that a little bit.

- Boy, you better stop playing.

Yolanda, you better get him. - Hey!

- Don't fight with me like that.

- What could I get you?

- I think I'll just have a Sprite.

- A Sprite?

Girl, this ain't no movie.

Get you a drink, drink.

- But I don't drink, drink.

- Put some vodka in Sprite, please.

- I got you. - Girl, you stop tripping.

- So y'all just gonna drink without me?

- Shit, I am.

Shirley T's over here ordering soda.

- You need to like- - No.

- [Renata] For real.

- We're here to celebrate your promotion.

- Here are your drinks, ladies.

- Thank you. - He's kinda cute, huh?

- He sure is.

- Wait, what the hell is this?

- Uh-uh, drink that. - No.

- Drink it, Yolanda. - No.

- What's up, girl? - You need to live a little.

- I've been living a lot without it.

- Oh, lord have mercy.

Uh-uh, look, look, look.

- How y'all doing ladies?

I'm Marcus, this is Reggie.

Would you care to dance?

- Hell yeah.

- I'm good.

- Yolanda. - Take your ass.

Take your ass, come on, girl.

♪ Take those down, I'm in too deep

♪ Hustlin' out all in these streets

♪ For the love of money

♪ I know these niggas know my name

- And the two sisters lived happily ever after.

Goodnight, girls.

- [Both] Goodnight mama.

- Love you, Demetrius. - Love you, too.

- Huh?

When I come in here, you need to be ready at all times!

- I am your wife! - You don't look like it.

- Not today.

- I told you what I need when I get here.

Every time I get home, shut up!

Shut up!

(ominous music)

- The girls are asleep.

- I don't give a- - Don't do this!

- Do it look like I care, huh?

Do it look like I care?

- Get off me! - Shut up!

- [Yolanda] Get off of me!

- Get off my mama!

(Yolanda sobbing)

(ominous music)

- Put that gun down, girl.

What your bible say?

Huh?

Didn't it say thou shall not kill, right?

- Baby.

Baby, please put the gun down. (sobs)

Baby, somebody's gonna get hurt.

- I said put that damn gun down!

(Demetrius screams) (gunshot blasts)

(mourners sobbing)

♪ Lord, take, take my hand

♪ Lead me home

- It should've been you up there dead, not my mom.

For the life of me I don't know why God spared your life.

- I think you need to leave.

Now.

♪ I'm so tired

♪ And I am weak

(mourners sobbing)

♪ And walked through the storm

♪ And through the night

♪ Lead me home

- It's okay.

♪ Take, take my hand

♪ Precious Lord

♪ And lead me

♪ Lead me home

♪ Oh, we're taken by your trouble

♪ Trouble

- [Demetrius] After Mama died,

me and my sister went to stay with our grandparents.

Even though they was good to us,

I always felt a disconnection.

Especially from my sister.

I mean, we was like two peas in a pod.

But now she barely even talks to me.

But like they say, everything has its boiling point.

And this was that day.

(soulful gospel music)

♪ There's nothing too far for my God to do

♪ With God all things are possible

- I would like to welcome

my favorite graduates of the class of 2010.

(group clapping)

- Congratulations. - Okay.

- Well, what are we waiting on, y'all?

Let's go ahead and eat.

- Yes, I'm hungry. - I'm starving.

- What's wrong with you? - You.

- Who you talking to? - I'm talking to you.

- Stop! - Hey.

We're not gonna have all that fussing and fighting today.

Okay, this is a celebration for you two,

and your grandmother has made all of this food.

- That's right. - So we're gonna sit down.

We're gonna have a good celebration dinner.

Understand me?

- That's right. - Do you understand me?

- Yes, sir.

(doorbell rings)

- Yes, sir. - Okay.

- Oh, I'll get it. - Okay.

- Nikki, show us. - Girls, not today.

- Yes, can't we just have one day

without fussing and fighting, please?

- Yes? - How you doing?

My name is Mr. Clark

and I was a friend of Yolanda's before she passed.

- Oh, come in.

- Hmm?

- Well, we were just about to have dinner.

- Oh, baby, this is Clark.

He says he's a friend of Yolanda's.

- Hey, how you doing? - Nice to meet you.

Reverend Miles. - Mr. Clark.

Pleasure to meet you.

- Yeah, you came by the job once.

You sold insurance or something like that, right?

- [Mr. Clark] Yes, that's me.

- Oh, you look kind of good.

- Thank you.

My wife tells me that all the time.

(all laughing)

- Excuse me, sir,

we're about to sit down

and have a celebration dinner for our daughters.

Would you care to join us?

We have plenty of food.

- I would love, I would love to stay, but I can't.

- So how do you know our mother?

- Well, as she said, I am an insurance agent.

And your mom took out a policy

before she passed and for the names of Deme?

- [Group] Demetrius?

- Yeah, Demetrius Miles and Nikki Miles.

- [Eva] And Nikki.

- For the sum of $500,000 apiece.

- (coughs) What?

- Wait, I remember she did do that.

- [Mr. Clark] Yeah,

and the funds will be released on their graduation day.

- So you telling me our mother left us all that money?

- It's definitely a blessing

that she did it before she passed.

- You mean murdered?

- Nikki. - Nikki.

- You have something you wanna say to me?

- I got a whole lot I wanna say to you.

- Girls, would y'all stop it? - Stop, please stop.

- What?

How did she deserve anything after what she did?

For years you been running around here smiling and laughing

and having fun while the rest of us sit here

and grieve what you did to Mama!

- Okay! - Girls.

- Oh my God. - So...

That's what y'all think. - No.

- No, baby, we don't. - Please.

- Y'all think I murdered her? - Not at all.

- You pulled the trigger, didn't you?

- So I'm an animal because I choose to be happy?

- No! - Ladies, y'all-

- And not think about what happened to Mama?

- No!

- Did you ever think for one moment

that I was masking the pain?

- No, you an animal- - Nikki.

- Because you the reason she's not here today!

- Okay, Nikki, stop! - That's enough!

Hey, that's enough.

- You grabbed the gun.

I, I told you-

- Okay, look, get her.

- Stop! (Nikki shouting)

- Baby, okay, okay, okay.

(Nikki sobbing)

Okay, okay.

- Is this how you feel, Mama? - Please.

- I told her. (sobs) - Oh.

- Please, I love both of y'all.

- Now I understand why I feel so disconnected.

- [Reverend] No, no.

- Y'all see me at the person who killed your daughter.

- No, no. - A murderer.

An animal. - No, we don't.

- Dee Dee, that's not it, baby.

Come here. - Go.

- Can I get my check?

- Are you sure you want it to be like this?

- Give me my damn money.

- Demetrius, not in my house!

- No disrespect to you, Papa.

Thank you for all that you've done.

I think it's time I find a home without condemnation.

- Look, this is your home. - You have that here.

- This is your home. - Give me my money.

I was only trying to protect her.

- Baby, please. - I'm sorry.

- Don't leave like this. - Demetrius, Demetrius!

- Let her go, let her go!

- Nikki, stop! - Go!

- That's enough!

(James coughing)

- Um, I'm sorry I came by.

There's Nikki's check.

Y'all have a good one.

(James coughing)

(somber piano music)

♪ Hit it with another one

- Hey ladies, welcome to Crown Hall Day party.

- Hey, Brian. - Stop flirting with this man.

- What it cost to get in? - Boyfriend, it's free, right?

- That's right, it's free all day for you ladies,

so enjoy yourself.

- Okay. - Thanks, baby.

- Call me.

- Hey! (laughs)

- You know my boy Mike DJing today, right?

- Girl, my boo, not you. - I'm not playing.

(both laughing)

- Hello, ladies.

- Give me a Henny and Coke.

- Give my girls whatever they want.

- Let me get a brandy.

- And I'll have whatever the bitches is having.

- All right, I got you.

Let have your license.

- What's up, ladies? - Ooh, hey, Daddy.

- How you doing?

Boss Man noticed you when you walked in the room.

- Who me? He noticed me.

Yes, tell him to come on over.

I'm ready to be chose right here.

- Sorry, but, um,

he was focused on this pretty little thing right here.

- Girl, he talking 'bout you.

- He wouldn't know what to do with me.

(group laughs) - That's true.

- He up for the challenge.

DJ, put that on Boss Man's tab.

- Boss Man?

- Yeah, he own this establishment.

- That's nice. (glasses clink)

- Yeah, it's getting better since, uh,

y'all pretty ladies walked in here.

- I know that's right, here.

♪ Nigga dial me no more

♪ When I catch a mama feeling, hello

♪ I got no paint in my blood

♪ And we got them flavors for love

♪ These niggas out here playing tough

♪ But when you play pussy get fucked

♪ And I'm gonna get with it, yeah, yeah

♪ And I'm gonna keep grinning

- Hi, the Holmes? - Yes.

- Okay, lemme let her know you're here, okay?

- Yeah, I bring food home.

(telephone ringing)

Please don't have my son flunking.

(telephone ringing)

- Mrs. Davenport, your two o'clock appointment is here.

- Okay, yeah, bring' em in. - Okay.

- All right, babe.

Look, I got a client here.

I gotta go. (laughs)

No, you already know I will.

- Follow me. - Okay.

- (laughs) Love you more.

Okay, bye.

- Hello, hi, I'm Nikki. - Hello, how you doing?

- I'm Marcus. - Mrs. Davenport, how are you?

Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you guys.

Have a seat.

- I'm Marcus and this is my wife, October.

- October, like the month?

- Like the month. (laughs)

- That's neat. - Thank you.

I get that all the time.

- We heard you were the best realtor in town. (laughs)

- Well, you know, I'm not one to toot my own horn,

but, uh, toot toot!

- Get it, girl.

(all laughing)

- No, no, but seriously, seriously.

No, I've been blessed.

You know, I was given an opportunity

to do something with my life after my mom passed

and I opened this real estate company

and you know, I just did the rest.

- Wow, I'm so sorry about your loss.

- What happened to your mom?

- That's okay, what size household are you guys looking for?

- Well, we're expecting, so we need something big enough,

but not too big if you understand.

- No, yes, and congratulations on the baby, first of all.

- Yes, thank you.

We are so excited. (laughs) - We're having a baby.

- Oh god, well, which area?

Do you have a certain area you wanna live in?

- Well, we're both from North Tyler.

Both went to John Tyler.

So we really would like to stay in the north.

- Okay, you know, I do not get many requests for the north,

but there are some really nice homes.

I mean, like lovely homes.

- Yeah. - Especially by the zoo.

- You know, back in the day when you lived back there

(chuckles) you were rich, rich.

- Look, that is so true.

That is so true.

Okay, let me see.

- Ooh, okay, so look, I have a,

I see a nice three bedroom right off of Confederate.

- Oh, that's a nice area, huh, babe?

- Yeah, I had a girlfriend used to stay back...

Back when we was in middle school.

- [October] Look, do not get snatched in this office.

- Look, sir, please, please.

(October laughs)

- Can I see the home, please? - Yes.

Yes, I can show you the picture and then I'll just,

you know, call and show you a showing as well.

- Ah, yeah. - Okay.

- So I will definitely, I can call the owners.

- [October] Okay, that would be great.

- And set up a a time to get you scheduled for that.

- That would be nice. - Good.

All right, so look, I will give you guys a call tomorrow

and let you guys know, okay?

- Thank you. - Thank you, guys.

- [October] We look forward to hearing from you.

- Congratulations, yes, ma'am. - Thank you.

- You guys have a wonderful day, okay?

Hey, Mandy. - Yeah?

- Can you hold on calls for the rest of the day?

- [Mandy] Sure I can.

Have a good one. - Thank you.

(Nikki sighs)

- I just put little man to bed, he's finally asleep.

You okay?

You've been quiet since you got home.

- Yeah, I'm okay. - You sure?

- Yeah, I just really miss my mama.

- I understand, I understand.

It still hurts, but have you even tried to reach out to her?

- What you mean? - Your sister.

- No, I'm not thinking about her at all.

- Nikki, you guys are sisters

and more than that, you're twins.

Don't you have some type of sibling connection

that you've had since you were in the womb?

You know exactly what I'm talking about.

- No, babe, I don't.

- You know what I mean, Nikki.

You can't keep holding onto this negative energy.

It's not healthy.

- You wouldn't understand

and besides we're not family anymore.

- Oh, so now you're just gonna disown your sister?

Is that what I hear you saying?

- Have you forgotten what she did?

- [Shannon] No, I haven't.

- Because she killed my mother, Shannon.

She killed my fucking mother.

- I know what happened.

But I also remember you telling me it was an accident.

- You know what? Nope.

I'm not about to discuss this with you.

Goodnight.

- Nikki.

- Shannon, goodnight!

- I just want you to at least think about it.

(somber instrumental music)

Okay.

Goodnight.

(Nikki sobbing)

(somber instrumental music)

(Nikki sobbing)

(telephone ringing)

- Hello?

- Girl, get your drunk ass up. - What time is it?

- [Sophia] Heifer, it's 3:00 PM.

- Is it? - Yeah.

- I need to get up.

- [Sophia] Yes you do.

And don't forget that football dude got a party tonight.

- What football dude?

- [Sophia] Hell, I don't know his name but he play.

- Sophia, you need help.

- [Sophia] And these bills paid, okay?

(doorbell ringing)

- Girl, somebody's at my door.

- [Sophia] Girl, go see who it is.

Girl, who is it?

- God.

Girl, I'm gonna call you back.

Uh, hello?

- How you doing?

I got your credit card and your ID.

You must have had too much to drink last night.

- (laughs) Thank you.

- I'm Jamal, but call me Boss Man.

- (clears throat) You wanna come in?

- Thank you, it'd like to.

- Are these mine? - Yeah.

- My mama said give a woman

some nice flowers when you trying to pursue her.

- (laughs) Your mother was a smart lady.

(Demetrius laughs)

Let me put these up.

- Appreciate it.

Got some water?

This some nice house you got.

(Demetrius laughs)

- [Demetrius] Thank you.

- Yeah, how you afford something like this

if you don't mind me asking?

- I don't do nothing. - Nothing?

- Yeah, my mom left me and my sister

some money when she died.

- Oh, okay.

- Yeah, so, uh-

- How'd your moms die?

- An accident.

- Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.

- So you just came to drop that off

and to give me some flowers?

- Oh, nah, nah, nah.

I came to see if I can just take you out to lunch.

- Lunch? - Yeah.

- I don't know you and I'm not from here.

How I know you're not a rapist?

- Oh, you done find out my secret, huh?

I'm only playing, I'm only playing.

- Wait, what? (laughs)

- I'm only playing, I'm only playing.

- Well, I guess that'd be cool.

- Okay, cool.

- Let me go get myself together.

- All right, cool, I appreciate it.

♪ Could this be the start of my new life without judgment

♪ Why y'all mad at me

♪ The start of a family that looks at me

♪ As the good-hearted person that I am

♪ They wanna see me when they was hatin'

♪ Threw a lot of dirt at my name and come Satan

♪ I don't put my life on the line

♪ Niggas wasn't even right

♪ Same niggas 'cause me I'm the nighttime

♪ I then went callin' on God when I was lost

♪ Put my life right in his hand now I'm a boss

♪ If a goof frontin' at nighttime

♪ You bet check his lifeline

♪ My shooter's gonna be takin' him out

♪ Where my goons stay right next to me

♪ They rollin' like ecstasy

♪ Robbers ain't catchin' me

♪ We bought it like Master P

♪ What up, can't you see

♪ I got them haters with me

♪ Call my name out the stars

♪ And they (bleep) everything up

♪ Then they shorty was all in it

♪ Then she got up in this

♪ What she do

♪ Then she did the thing, right

♪ Headshot, let it rain

♪ Her man be acting mad weird

♪ I been ballin' mad gears

♪ Dripping here from last year

♪ Don't trip the back here

♪ I'm the mellowest beat

♪ They wanna see when they was hatin'

♪ They was

♪ Hella dirt on my name, come Satan

♪ I don't put my life on the line, I did

♪ Niggas wasn't even right, no

♪ Same niggas 'cause me I'm the nighttime

♪ I done went callin' on God when I was lost, I did

♪ Put my life right in his hand now I'm a boss

♪ If a goofy frontin' at nighttime

♪ You bet check his lifeline

♪ My shooter's gonna be takin' him out

♪ Say nigga don't even try me

♪ Get up to some IV 'cause you'll be behind me

♪ I'll catch a body

♪ I'll let it squeeze, do that shit with ease

♪ Blood on your Nikes, get outta here strike three

♪ Leave dicking your wifey

♪ Keep going, don't bite me

- Good morning, church.

- [Congregation] Good morning.

- We wanna thank you guys

for your tides and offering this morning, amen.

But now we are at the best part.

When you think about going to Lupe's,

I like to go to Lupe's.

I like to order the fish plate.

That is the best part.

- Mm-hmm. - Yeah.

- I like to have my mashed potatoes over here.

- [Woman] Well.

- And my mac and cheese over there.

- Uh-huh. - Come on man, you talking.

- I like to separate my food.

- [Congregation] Yeah.

- I like to drink it down. - That's right.

- With a good cold glass of sweet tea.

- [Congregation] Amen.

- Amen, but the best part is the fish part.

- [Woman] The best part, uh-huh.

- And that is where we are right now in our service.

- Well. - Amen.

- The word of God, amen.

- [Congregation] Amen.

(congregation clapping)

Yeah, boy.

- And after our praise team bring the song to you guys,

the very next voice you shall hear

will be our very own Bishop Miles.

- Amen. - Very good.

- Amen. (congregation clapping)

(soulful gospel music)

♪ Do you continue

- [Woman] Yeah.

♪ Continue to bless me

♪ Saying in spite of all

♪ In spite of all the wrong I've done

♪ You still gave your only son

♪ Yes, you continue

- Come on, say continue the blessing.

♪ Continue to bless me

♪ Even though I don't deserve

♪ All of the things you've done for me

♪ What's the answer, y'all

♪ I'll say yes

♪ Lord, yes

♪ I'm gonna say to your will

♪ To your will

♪ I'll say anybody, Lord, I'll just say yes

♪ Lord, yes

♪ Yes, yes, yes

♪ I need you to think about it 'cause

♪ You continue to bless me

(congregation clapping)

♪ I'll say it again, I'll say yes

- Yes! - Thank you.

♪ I'll say yes

- Yes. (congregation clapping)

♪ Lord, yes

- Let the church say amen.

- [Congregation] Amen.

- This is the day that the Lord has made.

- [Woman] Yes, yes, yes.

- I will rejoice-

(Bishop coughing)

Excuse me.

- Take your time. - You're all right.

- Somebody get him some water, please.

- I will rejoice. - You okay?

- Please, I'm okay.

Thank you so much.

And be glad in Him.

Let's turn to the Book of Luke, chapter eight.

You don't mind, Luke. (coughs)

Luke, chapter eight. (coughs loudly)

(congregation gasps) (congregation shouts)

(Bishop coughing)

- [Eva] Baby, please wake up!

Baby!

- Someone call 911! - Please, wake up!

No, baby, no!

(somber instrumental music)

(dramatic somber music)

(door clicks shut)

- Miles family?

- Yes. - Is everything okay?

- Well, (sighs) to be honest, no it isn't.

- Okay, what's wrong with my daddy?

- The Bishop has stage four stomach cancer.

- No! - What does that mean?

- What it means is

there's nothing more that we can do for him.

The only thing we can do now is wait.

- Wait for what?

- [Doctor] I give it three to six months.

- No. - Wait a minute.

- Wait. - No!

You're trying to tell me my husband is dying?

- I'm so sorry.

- No, no! - That is so unfortunate.

- No, I want you to go back in there

and I want you to go check on my husband.

Please don't tell me what you're trying to tell me, please!

No, please. (sobs)

- Listen, he's in the room.

And you can come see him now.

- Oh no! (sobs) - I'm sorry.

- Thank you. - You're welcome.

(both sobbing)

(hospital machines beeping)

- [Nikki] Daddy, look at you.

- Oh, now come on.

Don't start all of that now, I'm all right.

- Baby, you're not all right.

- Baby, I'm gonna be okay.

It's whatever the Lord will.

It's for my life.

I'll be fine.

I'll be all right. - It's not fair.

- Jamal.

Jamal.

Jamal, get up!

- What's up girl?

What's up with you, man?

Can't you see I'm sleeping?

- Yes, I see you are.

But I was looking at my account

and it's not as good as it was.

- So what that problem got to do with me?

- What it got to do with you?

- Yeah, that's your problem.

- My problem? (scoffs)

It wasn't my problem when I was spending it on you, was it?

- Oh, shit. - Jamal?

- Shit, girl.

Hey.

To hell with your motherfuckin' problems, man.

Matter of fact, I'm getting up outta here.

- Are you?

What? Where are you going, Jamal?

Where you going?

To hell with you, Jamal!

(somber instrumental music)

- Still can't sleep, huh?

- No, not really.

- Want me to make you a sandwich or something?

- That's all right.

Thank you.

You've been so supportive of me while we go through this.

- That's what marriage is for, right?

The good, the bad.

I got you.

- Thank you.

- You know if you miss her, it's okay.

- I'm just so upset with her.

- I understand, but do you know why?

- What do you mean why, Shannon?

She killed our mother.

- Yeah.

And it was an accident, you said it yourself.

- Yeah, but she was always grabbing things

she had no business touching.

You know, if she wouldn't have grabbed that gun,

our mother would still be here.

- That might be the story.

Or Harold might have beat her to death that same night.

Listen, babe,

I'm with you.

One hundred percent, I'm with you.

Whatever you decide we're doing, right or wrong.

Even if I don't agree with you.

But,

in my opinion, for whatever it's worth,

I think you should forgive your sister.

That's what your grandfather would've wanted.

I promise you that.

Come here, come here.

(chuckles) That's a cute dress.

Where were you all here?

- Church.

- I mean, I could have done without the bow,

but the dress is cute.

(both laughing)

- Hello? - Hey Charlie.

I haven't heard from you in a while.

- [Charlie] Girl, you know, I've just been busy.

You know?

- (laughs) I understand that.

But look, I need a favor. - What's up?

- (sighs) My light bill is like, two months behind.

And I know they gonna cut them off any day now.

You think I could hold a few dollars

until I get myself together?

- [Charlie] Oh, uh, look, I, I'm sorry.

I ain't even got it right now.

- Okay, okay.

- [Charlie] But I'm sorry, I gotta go.

- Okay, thank you anyway.

No!

(light piano music)

(Demetrius sighs)

(crickets chirping)

(doorbell ringing)

What?

- [Process Server] Are you Demetrius Miles?

- Yes, why?

- You've been served.

Your home's been foreclosed.

- Wait, wait.

I haven't gotten any letters.

- [Process Server] It says here the bank's been sending you

letters for the last six months.

- I ain't got no letters!

- Look, I dunno what to tell you.

We've been instructed by the bank

to come change these locks.

(Demetrius sobs)

- Can I just grab a few things?

- Go ahead.

(door thuds)

Go on.

(birds chirping)

(smooth R&B music)

- Thank you.

- Hey, it's you again.

- Just let me rest here for a few minutes

and then I will leave.

- Okay.

Hey, lemme get that burger and fries

since the customer didn't want it.

- [Cook] Sure.

- Here you go, Miss. - Who said I was hungry?

- Are you?

- Thank you, sir.

- [Darryl] No problem.

What's your name?

- Demetrius.

- How you doing, Demetrius?

I'm Darryl.

- Thanks for the food, Darryl.

- No problem.

You've been coming in here

for the past two weeks with those same clothes on.

Are you okay?

- Who are you? A detective?

- Not at all.

Just wondering if I could help you.

- I'm good, thank you.

- All right.

Let me know if you need anything.

- I told you I'm good.

- There you go trying to save the world again.

- [Darryl] There's just something under that filth.

- Yeah, more filth. (chuckles)

Let's get this place clean.

- Lord knows you need Jesus.

- I got him.

- Lord, don't strike her down.

Please don't strike her down. (laughs)

- (sobs) Nikki, I'm sorry.

I was only trying to help, that's it.

I didn't mean to shoot her.

- Demetrius?

Look, it's six in the morning.

You been out here all night?

Whoa, whoa, are you okay?

- Sir, I told you I was okay.

- Well, look,

I'm not gonna stop talking to you 'til you let me help you.

- What do you want from me, huh?

I ain't giving up no coochie, so what is it?

- When the Lord ask me to do something,

I do it at all costs.

Look, let me help you.

I see you out here on the streets with nowhere to go.

- Okay, you're right!

I have nowhere to go.

- Before my mom died, she left me a three bedroom house.

It's just me.

Nobody will bother you.

You can come over,

take a shower and stay for a few minutes.

- I'm serious, you ain't getting no coochie.

- You really think that's what I want from you right now?

- Go to hell!

(Darryl laughs)

(birds chirping)

- It's cool, come on.

Here, lemme show you where your room is.

This was my sister's room.

- Where is she now?

- Married and moved to Phoenix.

- Phoenix?

- (laughs) Yeah, that's what I said.

Well, hey, the bathroom is right there.

And there's some towels in that closet across.

You're my sister's size,

so you can fit the clothes in there, in the closet.

- Thank you.

- Hey, if you need anything, I'm right across the hall.

- Okay. - You can just yell.

- [Demetrius] Okay.

(smooth gospel music)

♪ I want to find my way

♪ Find my way

♪ Back to the one who loves me most

♪ 'Cause out here in this world it's cold

♪ And I need your love to survive

♪ There is so much, so much going on

♪ I can't see through this darkness

♪ Shine your light on me

♪ My spirit needs to be restored

♪ I lost my way a long ago

♪ I'm heading back to you, Lord

♪ 'Cause there's nowhere else I can go

♪ I want to find my way

♪ Find my way

♪ Back to the one

♪ Who loves me most

♪ 'Cause out here in this world it's cold

♪ And I need your love

(light R&B music)

- [Demetrius] Darryl?

- Hey, I'm in here.

(chuckles) Hey, how did you sleep?

- I haven't slept that good in some time.

- (laughs) I could tell.

I heard you snoring in the other room.

- [Demetrius] You did not!

- (laughs) Yes, I did.

You were calling the cows.

(both laughing)

- [Demetrius] I'm so embarrassed.

- Oh, don't be.

There's nothing to be embarrassed about.

Sleeping peacefully is so underrated.

- Who are you telling?

(both chuckle)

- I made us some breakfast if you want some.

- Sure.

- Here you go. - Thank you.

That smells good.

- Thanks.

- I see all this Christian stuff up

and I hear the worship music, but you work in a bar.

- So because I'm Christian, that limits where I can work?

- I mean, I'm just asking. (laughs)

It seems weird to me.

- Well, oftentimes guys like me don't get a second chance.

So I have to take what I get.

- What you mean guys like you?

- I was in prison for five years.

- Wait, you've been to prison?

- (sighs) When I was younger, I did some stupid stuff.

I was in a car with some guys and it was stolen.

Since no one wanted to say who it was, we all went down.

- (sighs) I'm sorry if I seem judgmental.

(Darryl chuckles)

I just didn't know if you was a rapist or not.

- I've never raped anybody.

- So when you was in prison, you changed your life?

- Well, it wasn't that I necessarily changed.

I just got back to who I was.

See, my mother raised me in the church

and it was me that strayed away.

- That sounds so familiar. (laughs)

- We all have a story. - Yes, we do.

- Hey, I talked to my supervisor at the bar

and they said they'd give you a job if you're interested.

- Yes, I am!

I have nothing right now, so anything would help.

- All right, well,

how about you go get yourself together

and then we can go talk to the supervisor?

- Can I get done eating first?

- Oh yeah, yeah, please. (both laughing)

Yeah, yeah.

You, yeah, I haven't even eaten myself.

(both laughing)

♪ Oh no, oh no

♪ Watch out, a bunch of broken promises

♪ And all the time I spent

♪ Wasn't enough to make me understand my worth again

♪ Felt like I lost my common sense

♪ I knew love wasn't in the plan

♪ But then you came and then you changed my heart again

♪ That fertile love just wasn't in the cards for me, no

♪ And everything I felt before wasn't what it seemed, no

♪ But then you came and then you made

♪ Somebody made me fall in love

- I need you to understand.

Everybody up under the sound of my voice.

I wanna make something straight and clear.

The story of the prodigal son

is not the story of a wayward son.

It's not the story of a son

that just wanted to leave and go do his own thing.

The true meaning

and the true understanding of the prodigal son is this.

It's the story about a father

who never stopped loving his son.

It's the story about a father that never gave up on the hope

that one day my baby is coming home.

And so now as I go to my close, all of us,

and I mean everyone up under the sound of my voice,

regardless of the mistakes of today, yesterday,

or even the mistakes of tomorrow,

I want you to understand something,

regardless of who might walk out of your life,

be they family, be they your best friend.

There is someone who, no matter what you've done,

no matter what you've said, no matter what you've thought,

there's someone who's never walked out on you.

And he's standing here today with arms open wide

and he's saying, son, daughter, won't you come?

Won't you come home?

Come on, daughter.

Bless the Lord.

I'm here today to tell someone that regardless of the path

that you've taken in life, I'm here to tell someone,

regardless of the hurt that you've received

and maybe even the hurt that you've given,

there's someone with arms extended

and he doesn't have a whip in your hand.

And he's not pointing a finger at you accusing you.

He's saying, daughter and son,

don't you know I've never stopped loving you?

Won't you come?

Won't you come?

Huh, Hallelujah.

Hallelujah.

- You all right? - Yeah, I'm good.

- [Preacher] The reality is-

- Whatever God is telling you to do.

- [Preacher] Whether it's good or bad,

whether it's right or wrong, here's the truth.

Life happens to all of us.

And sometimes life is ugly.

Sometimes life is unfair.

But there's someone that's waiting.

There's someone standing in the same place he's standing

when you left and he's here today.

Today.

Won't you push the past behind you today?

Won't you forget about the hurt that was done to you?

Because I'm standing here with arms wide open

and all I want to know.

Won't you come?

Hallelujah, Hallelujah.

Come on.

It's not too late!

It's never too late to come home.

Somebody's gonna have a funeral today.

Yeah, you're gonna have a funeral for your past.

Hallelujah.

We're gonna have a funeral on your past.

Huh, it's time today to bury the hurts of yesterday.

The mistakes of yesterday, the wrongs of yesterday.

It's time to put it to rest

because you got to make room for your new life.

You've got to make room for new peace.

And new joy and new happiness.

Today you've come home and the Lord says, welcome.

Welcome, welcome.

(congregation clapping)

♪ Brings my purpose

♪ And my task becomes my testimony

♪ Now I survived the worst just for Heaven's best

♪ So thank you for hearing

♪ Taking the time, Lord, to listen

♪ Listen

♪ I can pour out my heart

♪ Secrets and you'll keep them safe

♪ You always wait on me to talk to you

♪ So in return I'll wait on you

♪ You always keep your promise

♪ So I ask, Lord, why me

♪ And he answers why not you

♪ My God knows what's best for me

- You know, I am so proud of you.

- For what?

- For listening to the voice of God.

- I don't know.

It was just something about that sermon.

That's what it got to me.

- Good, I'm glad.

Now let's go get ready for work.

- [Demetrius] Oh yeah, you right.

- Yeah. - Okay. (laughs)

- Hey, we're getting ready to close.

So if you could finish your drinks, that'd be great.

All right.

- (laughs) What was that for?

- [Darryl] I just felt like it was needed.

- Needed or wanted?

- Maybe a little bit of both.

(both laugh)

But more wanted.

- Now I feel like I need more.

You know, I really appreciate you

for all you've done for me.

I haven't felt wanted in a long time.

- How?

Underneath all that you've gone through,

you're a diamond.

- You think your sweet talking gonna get you some coochie?

(both laugh)

It's not!

(both laugh)

- Look, I'm not even after that.

But why do you keep using that word?

You keep saying coochie.

(Demetrius laughs)

Well, look, on another topic.

Um, I heard you you the other night screaming your mama, no.

What was that about?

- I don't wanna talk about it.

- Whatever it is that you're going through,

you know I'm here for you.

You should know that by now.

These last few weeks have been the best for me.

- I agree.

- So what's going on?

- My mother was a single mom.

She did all she could for me and my sister.

- Yeah.

- She worked hard,

kept us in church where my grandfather is the preacher.

She was just the perfect lady in my eyes.

Well, both of our eyes.

But she had a demon by the name of Harold.

- [Darryl] Harold?

- Yeah, that was her boyfriend.

- Oh.

- He used to come over there whenever he felt like it,

drunk, high, whenever or however.

For some reason, Mama just couldn't shake him.

He got to the point where he started beating her.

- Wow. - Yeah.

But one day we came home and he started beating on her.

It was so bad it woke me and my sister up.

Mama kept the gun in her drawer.

So me being a wild child,

I grabbed it and pleaded with Harold to leave my mama alone.

Well, he came closer to me and I pulled the trigger.

- So you killed him?

- Her.

- Wait, wait, wait, wait.

Wait, wait, wait.

So you accidentally shot your mama?

- My family didn't see it like that.

- What do you mean?

- Oh, while I was growing up,

they blamed me for my mother's death.

- Well, how could they?

- That's what I thought, but it wasn't like that.

- [Darryl] That's crazy.

- So my mom took out some insurance policy at her job.

It stated when we graduated,

me and my sister would have 500K a piece.

- Wow, wait, so you're loaded?

- I was, 'til I came here and totally lost my way.

You know when the preacher was preaching the other day,

he was talking about the prodigal son.

I feel like he was talking to me.

- That's just conviction.

There's nothing wrong with that.

Have you ever thought about going back home?

- They don't, they don't wanna see.

- No, you never know.

Time heals all wounds.

- So they say. (laughs)

- Listen, I just want you to know that I'm here for you

and I really mean it.

- Thank you for that.

Now let's get this place cleaned up so we can go home.

- (laughs) Okay.

- I mean, uh, your place.

- How about you make it your home?

- What you mean?

- You've already been there, so might as well stay.

- Like a roommate?

- Well, I was thinking more like a relationship mate.

- You just making up words now? (laughs)

- [Darryl] Yeah, I guess.

- I really like the sound of relationship mate.

- [Darryl] I'm glad you do.

(Demetrius laughs)

(soft instrumental music)

(dramatic gospel music)

♪ I will lift up mine eyes

♪ Unto the hills from whence cometh my help

♪ I will lift up mine eyes

♪ Unto the hills from whence cometh my help

♪ I will lift up mine eyes

♪ Unto the hills from whence cometh my help, yeah

♪ I will lift up mine eyes

♪ Unto the hills from whence cometh my help

♪ All of my help

♪ My help, it comes from you

♪ It comes from you

♪ My help, my help it comes from you

♪ It comes from you

♪ Oh, I will lift up mine eyes

♪ Unto the hills from whence cometh my help, yeah

♪ I will lift up mine eyes

♪ Unto the hills from whence cometh my help

♪ I will lift up mine eyes

♪ Unto the hills from whence cometh my help

♪ Help me sing it

♪ I will lift up mine eyes

♪ Unto the hills from whence cometh my help

♪ My help comes from the Lord who made Heaven and Earth

♪ His love's all that I need

♪ The Lord is my keeper protects me from harm

♪ He reigns forevermore

♪ My help comes from the Lord who made Heaven and Earth

♪ He provides all that I need

♪ The Lord is my keeper

- [Nikki] Hey, Papa.

- Hey, baby, how you doing?

- How are you feeling?

- Oh, not too, I'm not feeling too well,

but I'll be all right.

- (sighs) I can't believe this.

- You can't believe what?

- Papa, look.

We're a good family.

We do right by people.

We don't bother nobody.

Why we always being punished?

- We're, (sighs) we're not being punished.

We go through things just like any other family does.

- But why you now, Papa?

- Baby, why not?

Baby, why not me?

I have lived a graceful

70 something odd years on this earth,

and I have lived a lot longer than some people have.

- Yeah, like Mama.

You know I think a lot about her every day.

- What about your sister?

- What about her?

- Do you ever think about her?

- Of course, she's my best friend.

- Well, why don't you find her?

- I don't think she needs to be found.

- You said that she was your best friend,

so why haven't you found her yet?

- She was until she killed my mother.

- Now wait a minute, you! (groans)

Now, wait a minute.

She was her mother too.

Have you tried to put yourself in her shoes?

She's living with this just like you are.

But the difference is that she's doing it all by herself.

- Well, I was so caught up in my pain.

I, I ain't even,

even tried, even considered the pain of others.

- Again, have you placed yourself in her shoes, hmm?

- Now, when you find her you will understand

why it's so important to have her around.

Remember, God loves a forgiving heart.

But that hatred, it won't inherit the kingdom.

- Oh, I just, I just need time.

- Baby, time waits on nobody.

Your loved one is here and then they go on tomorrow.

Then you're left with a lot of,

I should have and, and why didn't I do this?

And just please promise me

you'll allow God to lead your heart, okay?

- Okay. (sobs)

I love our talks, Papa.

You know, (sobs) I'm gonna miss you when you gotta go.

- Mm, mm.

(Nikki sobbing)

Listen, just take these times,

these precious moments that we have and let's cherish 'em.

Now, you may not be here when I'm gone,

but you gonna always be in my heart.

(Nikki sobbing)

I love you, baby.

(Nikki sobbing)

It's all right.

It's all right, go find her.

Go find her for me.

(Nikki sobbing)

It's all right, it's all right.

(Nikki sobbing)

(somber instrumental music)

(Nikki sobbing)

(dramatic music)

- Babe. - Yeah?

- You want some mayonnaise? - Yes, please.

- I got your nasty stuff. - (Chuckles) Whatever.

- We're sorry to inform you

that Bishop Miles has passed away.

He was known for his powerful and life-changing words.

- Oh no.

- [Newscaster] He sold books

across the country entitled "Be After You."

- What's going on?

- [Newscaster] He died at the age of 88

peacefully in his home in Tyler, Texas.

(somber instrumental music)

- What's wrong?

- [Demetrius] That's my grandfather.

- Wait, Bishop,

Bishop Miles is your grandfather?

- Yes.

He raised me.

- [Darryl] Well, we gotta get you home.

- You think that would be okay?

- Yeah, I would think they would want you to be there.

- I'm scared to go back there.

I don't wanna feel that rejection again.

- You gotta go through the soil.

You do.

You will be okay.

I got you.

Most importantly, God got you, okay?

- Okay. (sighs)

I'm ready to go through the storm.

(light instrumental music)

- Yeah, babe.

Mm-hmm, everything's okay.

I'm gonna just check on Granny.

Okay.

All right, bye.

Hey, Granny, you want something to eat?

- No, I'm all right.

- Granny, you haven't ate in the last two days.

- I just can't,

I just can't stomach any food right now.

- [Nikki] I understand.

But you have to eat something.

- [Both] Hey.

- Hey y'all, I think everything is set for the funeral.

Okay, the car will be be here

around nine o'clock to take you all to the church, okay?

- Thank you, Auntie Renata. - You're welcome.

- [Eva] Thank you for everything you've done.

- It was my pleasure.

All right, Bishop was like a father to me also.

- [Nikki] You know, he was a father to all of us.

- [Demetrius] Knock knock.

- Oh baby, oh my god!

I missed you so much.

Oh! (sobs)

Look at you, look at you.

You're so beautiful.

- Hey, baby. - Good to see you.

- You look so good. - I'm so glad to see you.

- I'm happy to see y'all too.

- What about me?

- I'm sorry.

I thought about you this entire 10 years

and I missed you since the first day I left.

- It's been rough, mentally, emotionally without you.

I'm so glad you're home.

(both crying)

Oh gosh.

Guess what?

- What? - I'm married now.

(both laughing)

- I always knew you would be.

- Oh gosh. - I'm happy to be back.

Where are my manners?

Everyone, this is my boyfriend, Darryl.

Darryl, this is my grandmother, Eva,

my mom's best friend, Renata,

and my sister, Nikki.

- Hey, it's a pleasure to meet all of you.

I've heard so much about you.

- Pleasure to meet you. - And you too.

- Nice to meet you as well,

but since you're family.

- Okay.

- (laughs) Do you mind going to the store

to get my grandmother something to eat?

- Yeah, sure, I don't mind.

- Go ahead, I'm good.

- You sure?

Okay.

(all crying)

- Don't forget about your grandma.

♪ You don't struggle alone, girl

- Thank you for coming.

♪ And give it to the master

♪ Swallow your pride and hand it over

- Still look the same, huh? (laughs)

- Yeah, hasn't changed.

- Oh man, remember this picture?

- Yeah, we had just came from cheer.

- Hello, Mama kept us cheering and in church.

- Every Sunday. - No, every day. (laughs)

- You ever think about her?

- Yeah, every day. - Yeah, me too.

- You know, Mama said whatever happens,

we should never be apart.

- And to always have each other's back.

(both laugh)

- Yeah, okay, look, Sis.

I'm sorry for the way I treated you all those years.

And I was just so angry

that I really didn't know who to be angry with.

And I took it out on you and I shouldn't have.

I love you.

- I've been beating myself up every day since I left,

allowing people to treat me any kind of way

because I thought God was punishing me for what I did.

I don't know about you,

but I've seen something dark nights since we've been apart

and I don't wanna be apart from you like that again.

It's been rough.

But I'm good now.

I'm good now.

And I love you so much.

- I love you too, Sis.

Oh, it's so good to have you back home.

- It's good to be back.

- Now, look, you think you still got it?

- We got it.

(both laughing)

- Girl.

(light instrumental music)

♪ I was lost in sin

♪ Didn't know where to begin

♪ Couldn't call all my friends

♪ Felt so lonely deep within

♪ So I came to you

♪ Oh, Lord

♪ And I called up on your name

♪ Here I am, oh Lord

♪ Here I am

♪ Bowing before your throne

♪ Here I am

♪ Oh, Lord

♪ Oh, calling on your name

♪ Ooh, you see I tried everything

♪ Even things that were not like me

♪ Ooh, so lost and afraid my mind was in a daze

♪ How can I return to the things you instilled in me

♪ So I came to you

♪ Oh, Lord

♪ And I called up on your name

♪ Saying here I am

♪ Oh Lord, here I am, yeah

♪ Bowing before your throne

♪ Here I am

♪ Oh, Lord, here I am

♪ Calling on your name

♪ Here I am

♪ I'm calling up to you, Lord

♪ Yeah, here I am

- You know, in life you have ups, downs, heartache,

the pain, good times and bad.

But my grandfather always taught me and my sister

that if you keep God at your center and your foundation,

all the bad times, the heartache,

the pain won't even last long because you are protected.

I can honestly say he was right.

I found myself going through so much these last few years,

being homeless, eating out the trash,

not knowing which way to turn,

but I could always hear my grandfather's voice saying,

"Keep God as your center.

"You are protected."

And that's when he sent for an angel

to help me through these times. (sighs)

I wanna end by saying something

to my family that I should have said a long time ago.

Grandma Eva, (sobs) I'm sorry for killing your daughter.

Nikki, Nikki, I apologize for killing your mother.

I was a young girl who was trying to protect my family

and I lost my mother in the process.

♪ Oh Lord

♪ And I called up on your name

♪ Saying here I am

♪ Oh Lord, here I am, yeah

- [Demetrius] You know, life has its way of doing things.

It takes you on rollercoasters.

You meet new people and new friends.

But family is always what's important.

My sister never forgot about me.

When she opened her business, she listed me as the co-owner.

She always kept 50% of it in an account for me.

It's now worth $2 million.

Darryl moved back with me and Shannon helped him get a job

delivering for his company.

My journey was painfully rough,

but I made it through the storm.

♪ Here I am, oh Lord

♪ Oh Lord, calling on your name

♪ Here I am, oh Lord

♪ Here I am, I'm calling onto you, Jesus

♪ So much power in your name

♪ So I'm calling unto you, Lord

♪ And I bow before your throne

♪ Here I am, here I am, Lord

♪ Calling on your name, oh, here I am

♪ Here I am, here I am, oh Lord

♪ Here I am, I'm calling out to you, Jesus

♪ Here I am, calling on you

♪ Calling on you, yeah

♪ Calling on you

♪ Here I am, here I am

♪ Here I am, oh Lord, yeah

♪ I'm calling out to you, Lord

♪ Here I am, I'm calling for your name

♪ Calling on you

♪ There is no other name like yours, Jesus

♪ That has the power to deliver me

♪ To set me free, yeah

♪ I'm calling on you, I'm calling on you, Lord

♪ Here I am, here I am, oh Lord

♪ Here I am, oh yeah

♪ Here I am, I'm calling on you, yeah

♪ Calling on you, calling on you

♪ Oh, I'm calling out to you, Lord

♪ Here I am, Lord

♪ So I came to you, oh Lord

♪ Oh, calling on your name

(light piano music)

(sweeping gospel music)

♪ I will lift up mine eyes

♪ Unto the hills from whence cometh my help

♪ I will lift up mine eyes

♪ Unto the hills from whence cometh my help

♪ I will lift up mine eyes

♪ Unto the hills from whence cometh my help, yeah

♪ I will lift up mine eyes

♪ Unto the hills from whence cometh my help

♪ All of my help, my help

♪ My help it comes from you

♪ It comes from you

♪ My help, my help

(dramatic music)

(man chattering)