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Previously on Empire...
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I can't rap, Tee.
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I need some space
to get myself together.
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- What are you doing here?
- I wanted the family to meet Kai.
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Somebody put
Andre's spike in Anika's drink.
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I can handle two years.
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I really needed that.
We make a good team, Kingsley.
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Get off me!
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We had his ass!
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And our deal is just as dead as he is.
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I'd like you to step in
as Empire's interim CEO.
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We started our own label.
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That is Treasure,
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and we just signed her.
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To the Lyons.
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You couldn't have known.
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_ _
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♪ And I woke up in a panic,
gotta get money ♪
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♪ Another day another dollar,
no it ain't runnin' ♪
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♪ Won't stop till I'm on top,
they be like, cold ♪
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- ♪ Never seen a chick so cold ♪
- ♪ Nuh-uh ♪
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♪ Never even a whip so cold
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♪ Tell me have you ever
seen a chick so cold? ♪
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- ♪ Yo.
- It's hot.
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Do I know a hit or do I know a hit?
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Huh?
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Damn, if I say yeah, you
gonna stop hitting me?
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- I might not.
- Okay, so,
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- what is next?
- Uh, what's next
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is you and me, tomorrow, back at it,
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trying to find your next hit.
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Yeah, 'cause the last thing
you want to do
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is to have a song on radio
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and not have a hit to follow up with.
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- You just said on the radio?
- Yeah.
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Hey, Tyree, you got us blocked off
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for tomorrow like I asked, right?
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You want a block, you got a block.
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I'll add it to your bill.
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I know y'all good for it.
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Yeah, you know it.
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Y'all really think that
we can get some radio play?
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What?
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Baby girl, getting you
on the radio is the easy part.
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There is not a radio station
in the country
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that is not dying
to break a new Empire...
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...Lyon Family record.
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- Good cover.
- Mm-hmm.
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Wow. I mean, it's just, like,
really fast.
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We just finished this.
And who's gonna be my promo guy?
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Well, Treasure,
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you are our first artist on the label,
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so you get hands-on, one-on-one promo.
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Right now you don't need
an army. What you need
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is two hit men that's willing
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to die for you and kill for you.
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We gonna change your life, girl.
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Hey, run that hit again.
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♪ Usain gonna bolt,
gotta keep running ♪
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♪ Won't stop till I'm on top,
they be like, cold. ♪
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CEO of Empire.
I am so excited for you.
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Be excited for both of us, Becky.
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The minute we walk in that room
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and Kelly makes that announcement,
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I want you to know that I got you.
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Girl, I know my work wife got me.
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What do we call that?
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Black Girl Magic.
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Wait till you see this new couch
I got for my office. Wow.
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Already? Before the announcement?
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I don't believe in jinxes.
You got to claim what's yours.
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Hmm. I thought Kingsley
was in Silicon Valley.
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It's very sweet of him.
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Probably came for the announcement.
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- I like it a lot.
- Mm-hmm.
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- Hi.
- Ladies. Just in time.
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- Hey. So nice to see you.
- Good morning.
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- Nice to see you again.
- Yeah.
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- Champagne?
- Thank you.
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Thank you.
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- Giselle.
- Yes?
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I can't thank you enough
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for all the work you did
as interim CEO.
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You are truly a team player.
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On that note...
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Everyone,
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I'd like to make an announcement.
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- It's happening.
- Closer.
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Get in tight.
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Join me as I toast
the new chief executive officer
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of Empire Entertainment...
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- My girl.
- ...Jeff Kingsley.
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Giselle, can I count on you
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to bring our boy up to speed?
All this music stuff is like
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- a foreign language to guys like us.
- Well, thank you.
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Of course.
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Team player, right?
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♪ Got a bad lil' mama,
and she always with the ... ♪
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♪ Put a hundred in my pocket,
then a hundred on the rims ♪
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♪ That's my lil' ...
that's-that's my lil' ... ♪
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♪ That's my lil' ... that's,
that's my lil' ... ♪
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♪ Put a red dress on her
and some gas for the trip ♪
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♪ Got a hundred in my pocket
and a couple on the tint... ♪
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Morning.
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♪ That's my lil' ...
that's-that's my lil' ... ♪
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Am I to assume this is our new normal?
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Uh, there's nothing normal about this.
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♪ Tingle when it's fake ...
dreads swinging ♪
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♪ Like they did
the Harlem Shake, that's true ♪
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♪ West Coast till I D-I-E... ♪
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Man...
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I can't...
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Keem!
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Get your stupid-ass leg...
Is that your chair?
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Get you asses up, and go.
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Come on, man, you know
it's real in the field, son.
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Marcel, get your little ass
out of my house.
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And you...
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- Ooh.
- Ooh.
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Don't embarrass your ass right now.
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Get your ass up there.
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Wash your ass, get sobered up,
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tell your stupid friends good-bye.
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- We got somewhere to be.
- ♪ That's, that's my lil' ...
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- Hey, let's go in the guest room.
- Get...
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- You know better.
- You know better, too.
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♪ That's my lil' ... ♪
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♪ That's-that's my lil' ... ♪
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♪ That's my lil' ...
that's-that's my lil' ... ♪
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Okay. I brought booze,
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thinking that there'd be tears,
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but this is healthy, too, I guess.
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I don't cry at work.
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A'ight, cool.
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So what are you gonna do?
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Kelly Patel made a big mistake
passing me up.
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So after I take the knife...
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out of my back...
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I'm gonna nail Jeff Kingsley
to the wall!
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Um...
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Okay, girl, girl.
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Take it easy.
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Okay.
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Well, that was a birthday
present, but all right.
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Yeah, Lucious, good to see you
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putting in work again, man.
After all, you are the family
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- that brought us Empire Entertainment.
- Exactly.
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That's why we trying
to follow this legacy up
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with, um, with an amazing artist.
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I'll tell you, once you
play this song from her...
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Yeah, we are, but before
we get into the future,
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man, let's stay in the past
for a minute.
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It's only been two years
since you lost Empire.
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All right, real talk, baby.
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You know, after doing
something for 20 years,
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y-you realize that sometimes,
it's time for a change.
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Now that's real talk.
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Well, real talk...
man, you know how that is.
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Real talk ain't real
until the streets say so.
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And according to the streets,
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you and Cookie just fell off
the face of the Earth,
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because you let your boy Eddie Barker
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just gorilla your whole company.
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Come here.
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You like your heart
being in your chest?
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You trying to play me?
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This is supposed to be an interview,
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not me putting
my personal business on blast
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like I'm on a reality show.
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Nothing's on blast if
the rumor's aren't true, right?
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You and me, we had a deal.
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I come in here, I get
on the radio with your boy.
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I did my part, now play my song
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and call your sister stations
up and down the coast.
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You tell them to play it as well.
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I can't do that, Lucious.
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No disrespect. But if you're not
willing to give us some dirt
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on what's really happening
with you and Cookie
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- and the Lyons...
- What's happening?
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This ain't about no damn dirt.
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This is supposed
to be about music, man.
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You know what's happening?
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You had an opportunity to break
the next Whitney Houston.
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You lost it.
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- Look at you.
- "Wack ass show."
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You giving somebody
a ass-whooping over the phone.
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I'm letting this radio
station have it on Twitter.
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They don't want it with me.
That's for sure.
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Ain't you supposed to be
in the studio with Treasure?
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I can chew gum and walk
at the same damn time.
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Lucious, they must have
forgot who we are.
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- Baby...
- Let me send this.
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- Come on.
- Troll.
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Look, I'm telling you, we got this.
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You get in the studio, you make
another hit with Treasure.
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I'll get this on the radio.
I got my boy Bakari,
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who's been running
Lincoln University radio station
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for 25 years.
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I got this, I promise you.
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Okay.
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What's that for?
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I need a reason?
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Maybe I don't need one, either.
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No, it's too hot for all of that.
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♪ On top of the world
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♪ Yeah, power,
that's the only thing working ♪
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♪ Money and the power... ♪
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Joe, Joe, you're supposed
to be her manager.
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Do you think you can manage to
tell me where the hell she is?
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Look, I don't mean to
be in your business,
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but you an hour behind,
and this is a business.
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- I know, I know.
- And I got Hootie and them
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show up about 2:00, and if your
girl ain't gonna show, I mean,
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we need to...
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You know what? A'ight.
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- A'ight, Cookie. You fam.
- A'ight.
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You fam. I got...
I'll just push him, all right?
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Mm.
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Your girl need to tell me what's up.
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She's not gonna show.
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I'll put this on your tab, too.
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Yeah, I know you will.
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♪ That's the only thing working ♪
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♪ Money and the power, that's
the only thing working... ♪
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It's a wrap, fellas, she's not coming.
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- Damn.
- ♪ On top of the world. ♪
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It's fine, everything's cool.
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- What's up?
- What's up, B?
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Gusto, please, man...
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So I told you before, right?
Now crawl.
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What you mean, man?
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Now, see, yours is not
to question, bitch. Yours is to crawl.
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Ooh!
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Whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
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Nothing good's gonna come
from what you about to do.
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You know his case, Miles.
He's innocent.
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He shouldn't even be here.
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You're almost out of here, Dre.
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You gonna blow a release
for some kid you don't owe?
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Crawl on over here, sister.
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Hey, Gusto, who's your girl?
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That's right. You better crawl.
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♪ Do you love what you feel? ♪
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♪ 'Cause I love ♪
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♪ What you do to me ♪
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♪ Baby ♪
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♪ When you're holding me... ♪
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You messing with my money, Treasure.
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What's this, one setback and you
run back back to your day job?
251
00:10:30,122 --> 00:10:32,623
Cookie, it's not just a job. Okay?
252
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I'm paying my bills.
253
00:10:34,826 --> 00:10:36,727
It's a pension, it's health care.
254
00:10:36,728 --> 00:10:38,763
And my daddy keeps telling me
I cannot run away
255
00:10:38,764 --> 00:10:40,664
from reality for a dream.
256
00:10:40,665 --> 00:10:44,635
You know, my daddy put food
on the table for three girls,
257
00:10:44,636 --> 00:10:46,670
with nothing but his toolbox
258
00:10:46,671 --> 00:10:50,474
and his bare, scarred, rough hands.
259
00:10:50,475 --> 00:10:52,176
And when I told my daddy
260
00:10:52,177 --> 00:10:53,978
I was leaving to pursue my dreams,
261
00:10:53,979 --> 00:10:56,547
he put his face in those
same hands and he cried.
262
00:10:56,548 --> 00:10:58,849
And you know what's unfortunate?
263
00:10:58,850 --> 00:11:01,252
He passed away
before he got to find out
264
00:11:01,253 --> 00:11:05,156
how I took every lesson
he taught me about hard work
265
00:11:05,157 --> 00:11:07,658
and I applied it to something
that woke my soul:
266
00:11:07,659 --> 00:11:09,593
music.
267
00:11:11,630 --> 00:11:13,497
I see greatness in you, sis.
268
00:11:13,498 --> 00:11:16,700
You call me when you see it
in yourself.
269
00:11:16,701 --> 00:11:19,870
Have a good day with your day job.
270
00:11:24,476 --> 00:11:27,678
Yeah, there you go. Let's go.
271
00:11:27,679 --> 00:11:28,846
Aw, hell yeah.
272
00:11:28,847 --> 00:11:31,448
All three of the Lyon brothers
in one room?
273
00:11:31,449 --> 00:11:34,051
This is dope. Now, we The Yard Boys.
274
00:11:34,052 --> 00:11:35,920
Check it out.
Show 'em what we got, fellas.
275
00:11:38,990 --> 00:11:40,591
♪ Hey, look ♪
276
00:11:40,592 --> 00:11:42,893
♪ Hey, hey, yo, we walk hard
in da yard ♪
277
00:11:42,894 --> 00:11:44,628
♪ 'Cause we talk hard,
plus I know my way ♪
278
00:11:44,629 --> 00:11:46,530
♪ Around dat green like a golf cart ♪
279
00:11:46,531 --> 00:11:47,932
♪ I'm so dedicated, incarcerated ♪
280
00:11:47,933 --> 00:11:50,701
♪ But educated,
I was restless, reckless ♪
281
00:11:50,702 --> 00:11:52,770
♪ So I made a checklist ♪
282
00:11:52,771 --> 00:11:55,005
♪ Check me and I'm-a wear
your bones as a necklace. ♪
283
00:11:55,006 --> 00:11:57,041
All right.
284
00:11:57,042 --> 00:11:58,209
Yeah.
285
00:11:58,210 --> 00:12:00,010
For real.
286
00:12:00,011 --> 00:12:01,045
- Gratitude, gratitude.
- Gentlemen...
287
00:12:01,046 --> 00:12:03,647
- Gratitude.
- ...I'm with my family.
288
00:12:03,648 --> 00:12:06,417
- Oh, my fault, dawg.
- Much respect, baby. - Oh, my-my bad.
289
00:12:08,854 --> 00:12:10,688
So what's up with the visit?
290
00:12:10,689 --> 00:12:12,890
I'm out of here in a few.
What, y'all miss me that much?
291
00:12:12,891 --> 00:12:15,025
- I actually do.
- I don't.
292
00:12:15,026 --> 00:12:17,528
And yet here you are, baby boy.
293
00:12:17,529 --> 00:12:19,797
- First time in a while, too.
- You right.
294
00:12:19,798 --> 00:12:21,198
I don't know why
I'm here seeing somebody
295
00:12:21,199 --> 00:12:22,433
who killed my daughter's mother.
296
00:12:22,434 --> 00:12:23,601
- Would you stop that?
- No.
297
00:12:23,602 --> 00:12:25,336
Seriously.
298
00:12:25,337 --> 00:12:28,372
Y'all gonna have to dead
all of this, whatever this is.
299
00:12:28,373 --> 00:12:30,741
I'm going back to London, y'all, I am.
300
00:12:30,742 --> 00:12:33,444
And Mom and Dad gonna need
both of y'all, both of y'all.
301
00:12:33,445 --> 00:12:35,779
- No, I'm good.
- Oh, really?
302
00:12:35,780 --> 00:12:38,115
You running like-like hip-hop
G.I. Joe, but you good.
303
00:12:38,116 --> 00:12:40,417
You know homeboy
likes to tote a gun now.
304
00:12:40,418 --> 00:12:42,086
I'm sorry,
let me-let me rephrase that.
305
00:12:42,087 --> 00:12:43,587
Lots... lots of guns.
306
00:12:43,588 --> 00:12:45,055
Yeah, you one of them tough guys
307
00:12:45,056 --> 00:12:47,124
who likes to throw rocks
at the prison wall
308
00:12:47,125 --> 00:12:48,759
until they finally let you in.
309
00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:51,295
Coming from an actual convict,
that's deep.
310
00:12:51,296 --> 00:12:54,765
But why am I here having advice
from this goon ass?
311
00:12:54,766 --> 00:12:56,767
'Cause both of us love you, Hakeem.
312
00:12:56,768 --> 00:12:58,869
'Cause you our little brother.
313
00:12:58,870 --> 00:13:00,738
'Cause you all screwed up
and you need help.
314
00:13:00,739 --> 00:13:02,406
You're a knucklehead, Hakeem,
315
00:13:02,407 --> 00:13:06,243
but you can be strong
if you set your mind to it.
316
00:13:06,244 --> 00:13:09,146
Look, you ain't got to do it
for me, do it for your babies.
317
00:13:09,147 --> 00:13:11,215
Oh, you ain't care about my baby
when you killed her mother!
318
00:13:11,216 --> 00:13:12,616
- Stop that right now.
- No, no, no, no.
319
00:13:12,617 --> 00:13:14,551
He's-he's right. I deserve that.
320
00:13:15,754 --> 00:13:17,121
Like Anika deserved what she got.
321
00:13:17,122 --> 00:13:18,589
Are you serious?
322
00:13:18,590 --> 00:13:20,724
Okay.
323
00:13:20,725 --> 00:13:22,526
Let me get this right.
324
00:13:22,527 --> 00:13:25,562
My daughter got no mother
'cause my brother killed her.
325
00:13:25,563 --> 00:13:29,266
And while I'm in the hospital
recovering for months...
326
00:13:29,267 --> 00:13:30,768
you was nowhere to be found.
327
00:13:30,769 --> 00:13:33,804
You in London having
a good-ass time, right?
328
00:13:33,805 --> 00:13:35,639
Yeah.
329
00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:38,075
I got one more question.
330
00:13:38,076 --> 00:13:40,844
Why am I here?
331
00:13:58,997 --> 00:14:02,533
Uh, thank you so much for
setting up this meeting, Becky.
332
00:14:02,534 --> 00:14:04,668
Thank you for coming.
You are our family.
333
00:14:04,669 --> 00:14:06,503
Um...
334
00:14:06,504 --> 00:14:09,773
well, I know that I haven't
put out that much music
335
00:14:09,774 --> 00:14:12,009
since Eddie shoved me.
336
00:14:12,010 --> 00:14:14,144
- First things first, I'm not Eddie.
- Uh-uh.
337
00:14:14,145 --> 00:14:16,347
Eddie's philosophy was old-school.
338
00:14:16,348 --> 00:14:18,015
So old-school.
339
00:14:18,016 --> 00:14:19,776
Decide an artist's image
and set it in stone?
340
00:14:20,381 --> 00:14:22,686
Your kids, your life experience...
341
00:14:22,687 --> 00:14:25,456
those things differentiate you
in an overcrowded market.
342
00:14:25,457 --> 00:14:26,557
Absolutely.
343
00:14:26,558 --> 00:14:28,325
Why hide what you
should be celebrating?
344
00:14:28,326 --> 00:14:30,194
- Let's celebrate you.
- Right?
345
00:14:30,195 --> 00:14:31,562
Right?
346
00:14:31,563 --> 00:14:32,997
Celebrate how?
347
00:14:32,998 --> 00:14:34,698
Who watches Bella and little Prince
348
00:14:34,699 --> 00:14:36,100
when you're in the studio?
349
00:14:36,101 --> 00:14:37,901
You know my kids' names?
350
00:14:37,902 --> 00:14:39,336
- Duh.
- Of course I do.
351
00:14:39,337 --> 00:14:41,805
Don't worry,
352
00:14:41,806 --> 00:14:44,241
I'll direct HR
to set up on-site day care.
353
00:14:44,242 --> 00:14:47,478
In fact, let's get you
in the studio right away.
354
00:14:47,479 --> 00:14:48,679
Absolutely.
355
00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:50,047
Thank you.
356
00:14:50,048 --> 00:14:52,216
Show me who you really are.
357
00:14:52,217 --> 00:14:54,284
I believe the music
will flow from there.
358
00:14:56,087 --> 00:14:58,222
♪ I'm just trying to do my own thing ♪
359
00:14:58,223 --> 00:15:00,057
♪ Making somethin' out of nothin' ♪
360
00:15:00,058 --> 00:15:02,259
♪ Yeah ♪
361
00:15:02,260 --> 00:15:05,562
♪ I'm just trying to do
my own thing... ♪
362
00:15:05,563 --> 00:15:06,563
Peace, brother.
363
00:15:06,564 --> 00:15:08,399
Peace to you, sister.
364
00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:10,367
Salaam, brother Lucious.
365
00:15:10,368 --> 00:15:12,336
Salaam alaikum, my man.
366
00:15:12,337 --> 00:15:14,271
So, uh, brother Lucious,
367
00:15:14,272 --> 00:15:15,939
about that record you want us to play.
368
00:15:15,940 --> 00:15:18,375
All due respect, we can't do it.
369
00:15:18,376 --> 00:15:20,477
We have a curated set list.
370
00:15:24,849 --> 00:15:26,116
Okay.
371
00:15:26,117 --> 00:15:28,652
You play my record,
372
00:15:28,653 --> 00:15:31,955
and I'll give you an on-air
373
00:15:31,956 --> 00:15:33,957
exclusive interview
374
00:15:33,958 --> 00:15:37,461
as to the meaning behind
"A Child is Born."
375
00:15:37,462 --> 00:15:40,531
The "A Child is Born" song?
You never talked about that.
376
00:15:40,532 --> 00:15:42,699
Nor will I ever talk about it again.
377
00:15:42,700 --> 00:15:44,968
But you got to play my record.
378
00:15:46,471 --> 00:15:48,739
You first.
379
00:15:48,740 --> 00:15:51,575
So, um...
380
00:15:51,576 --> 00:15:53,944
the doctor, he walked out,
381
00:15:53,945 --> 00:15:56,880
and I'm left standing there,
382
00:15:56,881 --> 00:15:58,849
watching, uh,
383
00:15:58,850 --> 00:16:02,286
Cookie sleep on the hospital bed.
384
00:16:02,287 --> 00:16:04,888
And then all these thoughts
kept coming through my head
385
00:16:04,889 --> 00:16:06,290
about what if
386
00:16:06,291 --> 00:16:07,724
I had gotten her to the hospital
387
00:16:07,725 --> 00:16:12,463
in time and our baby girl
had lived, um...
388
00:16:12,464 --> 00:16:14,331
What if my oldest child,
389
00:16:14,332 --> 00:16:16,133
my firstborn,
390
00:16:16,134 --> 00:16:18,836
was that baby girl?
391
00:16:18,837 --> 00:16:20,737
You know, what if she didn't breathe
392
00:16:20,738 --> 00:16:24,174
her first and last breath on that day?
393
00:16:25,677 --> 00:16:28,178
What if I could turn back the time
394
00:16:28,179 --> 00:16:31,815
and see my girl being born?
395
00:16:31,816 --> 00:16:33,317
Hmm.
396
00:16:33,318 --> 00:16:35,953
I remember thinking at the time
397
00:16:35,954 --> 00:16:38,021
that if Cookie and I
398
00:16:38,022 --> 00:16:40,691
could make it through
something like that,
399
00:16:40,692 --> 00:16:44,294
then we could, um...
400
00:16:44,295 --> 00:16:47,297
we can get through anything, you know?
401
00:16:47,298 --> 00:16:51,001
So, our word is bond, Lucious.
402
00:16:52,137 --> 00:16:54,037
Tell us about your new artist.
403
00:16:54,038 --> 00:16:56,707
Well, I could tell you
about a treasure,
404
00:16:56,708 --> 00:16:58,809
but it's so much better
to see it for yourself.
405
00:17:00,111 --> 00:17:02,713
A'ight, so, without
406
00:17:02,714 --> 00:17:04,948
further ado, the Culture Freedom show
407
00:17:04,949 --> 00:17:06,850
brings you the world premiere
408
00:17:06,851 --> 00:17:10,554
of the Lyon family music artist...
409
00:17:10,555 --> 00:17:11,989
Treasure.
410
00:17:11,990 --> 00:17:14,024
♪ I don't need your attitude ♪
411
00:17:14,025 --> 00:17:16,493
♪ Don't want your goofy-ass man
with the busted shoes ♪
412
00:17:16,494 --> 00:17:19,830
♪ I'm walking in bossed up,
got a lot to prove ♪
413
00:17:19,831 --> 00:17:21,832
♪ I'm breaking necks with
the way that my body moves ♪
414
00:17:21,833 --> 00:17:23,333
♪ I know they asking,
"Who's that chick ♪
415
00:17:23,334 --> 00:17:25,002
♪ With all the confidence?" ♪
416
00:17:25,003 --> 00:17:27,037
♪ Step into the room
like she owning this ♪
417
00:17:27,038 --> 00:17:28,839
♪ I'm coming for your check,
I'm-a garnish it ♪
418
00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:31,074
♪ I don't want a piece,
I want all of this. ♪
419
00:17:32,437 --> 00:17:33,537
_ _
420
00:17:38,095 --> 00:17:39,562
- Reservation under Lyon.
- Mm-hmm.
421
00:17:39,563 --> 00:17:41,761
Uh, Treasure's song is already
422
00:17:41,762 --> 00:17:44,214
the most-requested song
at the radio station.
423
00:17:44,215 --> 00:17:47,713
She will be out of those
social worker digs in no time.
424
00:17:47,714 --> 00:17:50,187
Yeah, Sway's been blowing
up my phone all day
425
00:17:50,188 --> 00:17:54,057
begging to be part of her
next exclusive, apologizing...
426
00:17:54,058 --> 00:17:55,721
Hey, dude, why am I
still standing here?
427
00:17:55,722 --> 00:17:57,995
I-I'm so sorry for the delay, sir.
Mrs. Barker
428
00:17:57,996 --> 00:17:59,696
changed the reservation to her name.
429
00:17:59,697 --> 00:18:02,599
- Mrs. Barker?
- Uh-huh.
430
00:18:04,769 --> 00:18:06,169
Oh, hell no.
431
00:18:09,407 --> 00:18:11,341
Cooks.
432
00:18:11,342 --> 00:18:13,644
Lucious, hi, I'm so glad
you could make it.
433
00:18:13,645 --> 00:18:16,947
- What are you doing here?
- Oh, don't blame Treasure.
434
00:18:16,948 --> 00:18:18,615
I made an offer she couldn't refuse
435
00:18:18,616 --> 00:18:21,218
and she's an Empire artist now.
436
00:18:21,219 --> 00:18:24,888
You thieving bitch.
And you fell for this, Treasure?
437
00:18:24,889 --> 00:18:27,891
All money is not good money, okay?
438
00:18:27,892 --> 00:18:29,626
You are worth more than some advance
439
00:18:29,627 --> 00:18:31,261
this snake could offer you.
440
00:18:31,262 --> 00:18:34,231
All they are going to do is pair you
441
00:18:34,232 --> 00:18:37,100
with half-assed producers
with no beats
442
00:18:37,101 --> 00:18:39,403
who don't know who you are.
443
00:18:39,404 --> 00:18:40,871
Look, guys,
I'm not signing with Empire
444
00:18:40,872 --> 00:18:42,272
because of the sales pitch.
445
00:18:42,273 --> 00:18:44,408
You told me yourself, Cookie,
446
00:18:44,409 --> 00:18:46,777
you said, "Don't be afraid
of real success."
447
00:18:46,778 --> 00:18:49,146
And, look, I'm sorry.
448
00:18:49,147 --> 00:18:51,481
Making music in your living room
was really cute,
449
00:18:51,482 --> 00:18:55,218
but Empire just has
the resources to make me a star.
450
00:18:55,219 --> 00:18:58,088
That company is being run
by a tech dude
451
00:18:58,089 --> 00:19:00,757
who knows nothing about music,
452
00:19:00,758 --> 00:19:02,893
and neither does this dried-up bird.
453
00:19:02,894 --> 00:19:04,995
Don't forget,
we're the ones that built
454
00:19:04,996 --> 00:19:06,997
Empire from the ground up.
455
00:19:06,998 --> 00:19:09,066
We know how to make stars,
456
00:19:09,067 --> 00:19:11,535
and we also know how
to tear 'em out of the sky.
457
00:19:11,536 --> 00:19:13,257
Remember that little contract
you signed with us?
458
00:19:13,258 --> 00:19:15,138
We're gonna sue your ass.
459
00:19:15,139 --> 00:19:17,307
If you do that I'm gonna
pull you into years of litigation,
460
00:19:17,308 --> 00:19:20,310
legal fees... both of which
we know you don't have the time
461
00:19:20,311 --> 00:19:24,715
or the resources to handle.
Do you really want to do that?
462
00:19:24,716 --> 00:19:26,950
Look, I will write you
a check for all...
463
00:19:26,951 --> 00:19:28,785
Keep your check, bitch.
464
00:19:32,696 --> 00:19:34,224
Come on, baby.
465
00:19:42,867 --> 00:19:45,135
♪ Oh, oh, heh ♪
466
00:19:45,136 --> 00:19:47,838
♪ Oh ♪
467
00:19:47,839 --> 00:19:50,707
♪ I'm usually impatient ♪
468
00:19:50,708 --> 00:19:53,110
♪ Don't like to waste my time ♪
469
00:19:53,111 --> 00:19:54,778
♪ I can tell the first night ♪
470
00:19:54,779 --> 00:19:57,814
♪ If it's right ♪
471
00:19:57,815 --> 00:20:00,384
♪ I don't usually say this ♪
472
00:20:00,385 --> 00:20:02,519
♪ But I think that I might ♪
473
00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:04,421
♪ I think you got me for life ♪
474
00:20:04,422 --> 00:20:07,023
♪ It feels right ♪
475
00:20:07,024 --> 00:20:09,359
♪ 'Cause loving you is easy ♪
476
00:20:09,360 --> 00:20:11,695
♪ Like a summer day ♪
477
00:20:11,696 --> 00:20:14,097
♪ Fun without the games ♪
478
00:20:14,098 --> 00:20:16,967
♪ You're good for me, oh, baby ♪
479
00:20:16,968 --> 00:20:18,835
♪ Loving you is easy ♪
480
00:20:18,836 --> 00:20:21,004
♪ We do it every night ♪
481
00:20:21,005 --> 00:20:24,875
♪ It's like paradise
that just you and I ♪
482
00:20:24,876 --> 00:20:26,543
♪ Oh, baby ♪
483
00:20:26,544 --> 00:20:28,678
♪ No, no ♪
484
00:20:28,679 --> 00:20:31,248
♪ No, no, no, no, no, no ♪
485
00:20:31,249 --> 00:20:34,017
- ♪ Yeah, mm. ♪ - Mm.
486
00:20:36,187 --> 00:20:37,754
Sounding good, babe.
487
00:20:46,030 --> 00:20:48,732
Kai, my family needs me.
488
00:20:48,733 --> 00:20:50,700
They do, I know.
489
00:20:50,701 --> 00:20:53,170
I know.
490
00:20:53,171 --> 00:20:54,971
I just... I need to stay in New York
491
00:20:54,972 --> 00:20:56,973
for a few months.
492
00:20:56,974 --> 00:20:58,942
- Months.
- Yeah, but listen.
493
00:20:58,943 --> 00:21:01,878
You know, I would, I would expect...
494
00:21:01,879 --> 00:21:04,848
or I would hope...
495
00:21:04,849 --> 00:21:08,018
you know, that you'd
stay here with me.
496
00:21:08,019 --> 00:21:10,754
I thought we both had a-a life
and careers in London?
497
00:21:10,755 --> 00:21:12,155
We do, we do.
498
00:21:14,358 --> 00:21:16,760
London's home, you know?
499
00:21:16,761 --> 00:21:18,595
I'm not trying to mess with that.
500
00:21:18,596 --> 00:21:20,063
I don't want you to, either.
501
00:21:20,064 --> 00:21:21,998
So while you're helping
your family here,
502
00:21:21,999 --> 00:21:23,433
what do you propose I do?
503
00:21:23,434 --> 00:21:25,769
Babe, what do you always do? Work.
504
00:21:25,770 --> 00:21:27,737
Come on, you got, like,
a million and one
505
00:21:27,738 --> 00:21:30,040
journalist friends here in New York.
506
00:21:30,041 --> 00:21:33,076
Invite them to brunch or drinks.
507
00:21:33,077 --> 00:21:34,511
You know, just...
508
00:21:37,248 --> 00:21:40,283
A few months?
509
00:21:40,284 --> 00:21:42,452
That means three.
510
00:21:42,453 --> 00:21:44,087
- Not four.
- Not four.
511
00:21:44,088 --> 00:21:45,989
- Maybe two.
- Three.
512
00:21:45,990 --> 00:21:49,726
- All right.
- Thank you.
513
00:21:49,727 --> 00:21:53,463
Laboratory edition,
signature series torque wrench,
514
00:21:53,464 --> 00:21:57,300
the kind used by Caltech
high-energy physicists
515
00:21:57,301 --> 00:21:58,902
and NASA engineers.
516
00:21:58,903 --> 00:22:01,705
Well, in that case,
517
00:22:01,706 --> 00:22:04,007
how could you be sure that's accurate?
518
00:22:04,008 --> 00:22:06,376
Because a split-second before...
519
00:22:06,377 --> 00:22:08,512
What did I say about popping
off without permission?
520
00:22:08,513 --> 00:22:10,480
- Hmm?!
- Yo, Gusto. Gusto.
521
00:22:10,481 --> 00:22:12,816
- Mind your damn business.
- Okay, let's talk business then.
522
00:22:12,817 --> 00:22:15,852
Okay? Leave Quincy alone and-and
523
00:22:15,853 --> 00:22:18,488
when I'm out of here,
you got everything in my locker.
524
00:22:18,489 --> 00:22:19,623
Everything?
525
00:22:19,624 --> 00:22:21,191
Even my burner phone.
526
00:22:23,194 --> 00:22:26,129
Okay. Okay.
527
00:22:26,130 --> 00:22:27,998
Here's my counteroffer.
528
00:22:27,999 --> 00:22:30,600
I take everything in your locker,
529
00:22:30,601 --> 00:22:32,269
including your phone.
530
00:22:32,270 --> 00:22:34,938
I take princess here
until I'm done with him
531
00:22:34,939 --> 00:22:36,873
and I do it while you still in here.
532
00:22:36,874 --> 00:22:38,375
That work for you? Huh?
533
00:22:38,376 --> 00:22:41,111
Hey, no. Hey, move.
534
00:22:41,112 --> 00:22:44,714
- Now.
- Let's go.
535
00:22:44,715 --> 00:22:46,449
Keep it moving.
536
00:22:46,450 --> 00:22:49,519
Dead-on balls accurate?
537
00:22:51,389 --> 00:22:53,523
Somebody's
538
00:22:53,524 --> 00:22:54,824
- listening to my calls.
- Uh-uh, uh-uh.
539
00:22:54,825 --> 00:22:56,326
I have to tell Juanita
about running up
540
00:22:56,327 --> 00:22:59,396
this damn electricity bill.
541
00:22:59,397 --> 00:23:02,499
I wanted to slap the yellow
542
00:23:02,500 --> 00:23:05,235
off of Giselle's ass.
543
00:23:05,236 --> 00:23:07,037
Knock them green eyes
544
00:23:07,038 --> 00:23:08,738
right to the back of her head.
545
00:23:08,739 --> 00:23:10,874
You probably would've,
546
00:23:10,875 --> 00:23:12,242
if your feet wasn't killing you.
547
00:23:12,243 --> 00:23:13,677
Give them to me.
548
00:23:13,678 --> 00:23:15,946
So now what, Cook?
549
00:23:15,947 --> 00:23:18,882
It's just you and me, kid.
Back to square one.
550
00:23:24,021 --> 00:23:26,022
Baby.
551
00:23:26,023 --> 00:23:28,091
It's my old office.
552
00:23:28,092 --> 00:23:30,794
Answer it.
553
00:23:33,564 --> 00:23:35,332
Yeah, who this?
554
00:23:35,333 --> 00:23:37,767
It's Kingsley.
555
00:23:37,768 --> 00:23:39,869
- What?
- Kingsley. He wants to meet.
556
00:23:41,505 --> 00:23:43,607
Hey, well, hold on. Slow down, man.
557
00:23:43,608 --> 00:23:45,241
First, why?
558
00:23:52,583 --> 00:23:54,751
Cookie.
559
00:23:54,752 --> 00:23:57,087
Lucious.
560
00:23:57,088 --> 00:23:58,622
So glad you came.
561
00:23:58,623 --> 00:24:01,591
Took the liberty of ordering for you.
562
00:24:01,592 --> 00:24:04,227
Well, you left out the watermelon.
563
00:24:08,032 --> 00:24:10,567
Probably wondering why
I asked you to meet me here.
564
00:24:10,568 --> 00:24:12,469
It better not be to gloat
565
00:24:12,470 --> 00:24:15,405
because Empire stole Treasure
from up under our noses, Jeff.
566
00:24:15,406 --> 00:24:16,473
My apologies.
567
00:24:16,474 --> 00:24:18,441
Giselle acted unilaterally.
568
00:24:18,442 --> 00:24:20,210
And please, call me Kingsley.
569
00:24:20,211 --> 00:24:21,244
My friends do.
570
00:24:21,245 --> 00:24:22,679
I'm not your friend.
571
00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:24,214
Why should we believe you, Jeff?
572
00:24:24,215 --> 00:24:26,883
Because I respect you both,
which is why we're here,
573
00:24:26,884 --> 00:24:29,919
a place that's symbolic
of my plans for Empire.
574
00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:31,821
Hey, you know,
based on your background...
575
00:24:31,822 --> 00:24:35,792
I mean, a Boy Scout, prep schools,
576
00:24:35,793 --> 00:24:37,827
sold your first app while
you were still at Stanford.
577
00:24:37,828 --> 00:24:41,731
And then you became
Kelly Patel's Littlefinger.
578
00:24:41,732 --> 00:24:44,501
Nothing in that resume suggests
579
00:24:44,502 --> 00:24:47,671
that you have a hint
of what it takes to make plans
580
00:24:47,672 --> 00:24:49,606
for my Empire.
581
00:24:49,607 --> 00:24:53,143
I want to take Empire
back to its roots.
582
00:24:53,144 --> 00:24:55,645
- Oh.
- Eddie Barker... rest in peace...
583
00:24:55,646 --> 00:24:57,480
he messed up when he cut you out.
584
00:24:57,481 --> 00:24:59,749
Look, as long as
an outsider has the keys,
585
00:24:59,750 --> 00:25:02,485
hell could freeze over.
We ain't never coming back.
586
00:25:02,486 --> 00:25:05,422
Home. That's what it is, your home.
587
00:25:05,423 --> 00:25:07,691
You built the place.
588
00:25:07,692 --> 00:25:09,693
A couple of hard-knock kids
from North Philly
589
00:25:09,694 --> 00:25:13,196
start a little label
and conquer the music business?
590
00:25:13,197 --> 00:25:15,498
But that's not what's
most important to you.
591
00:25:15,499 --> 00:25:19,102
And you think you know
what's important to us.
592
00:25:20,638 --> 00:25:21,971
Family.
593
00:25:21,972 --> 00:25:24,140
Every family
594
00:25:24,141 --> 00:25:26,876
needs a matriarch and a patriarch.
595
00:25:26,877 --> 00:25:29,646
I'm offering you
596
00:25:29,647 --> 00:25:31,047
chairman and chairwoman emeritus.
597
00:25:31,048 --> 00:25:32,749
What do you mean, a figurehead?
598
00:25:32,750 --> 00:25:33,950
- Oh.
- I'll cut you a check
599
00:25:33,951 --> 00:25:35,652
to come to a few key events,
600
00:25:35,653 --> 00:25:37,687
shake a few shareholder hands.
601
00:25:37,688 --> 00:25:40,056
Best of all, your face back
on the Empire logo, Lucious,
602
00:25:40,057 --> 00:25:42,258
where it belongs.
603
00:25:42,259 --> 00:25:45,562
Cookie...
604
00:25:45,563 --> 00:25:46,996
Lucious...
605
00:25:46,997 --> 00:25:49,065
please come home.
606
00:25:50,360 --> 00:25:51,460
_ _
607
00:26:03,593 --> 00:26:06,123
I swear I take a drink
every single time
608
00:26:06,124 --> 00:26:08,025
Bryson has to remind me
that he's Kai's ex.
609
00:26:08,026 --> 00:26:09,961
Okay, well, we'll get you
a second glass.
610
00:26:09,962 --> 00:26:12,463
Just remember you're here
to get your man a job
611
00:26:12,464 --> 00:26:14,532
in New York City so we can
keep having brunch like this.
612
00:26:14,533 --> 00:26:16,067
- You're right.
- Also, didn't you say
613
00:26:16,068 --> 00:26:17,735
that you was gonna let me listen
to some new music?
614
00:26:17,736 --> 00:26:19,637
'Cause I feel like you said that.
615
00:26:19,638 --> 00:26:21,706
- I ain't never said that. No Empire talk.
- You said...
616
00:26:21,707 --> 00:26:22,348
Leave me alone.
617
00:26:22,349 --> 00:26:23,841
You've changed since you
came back from London.
618
00:26:23,842 --> 00:26:25,576
It's not like you've taken
any real assignments
619
00:26:25,577 --> 00:26:28,546
- since Jamal domesticated you.
- Oh, man.
620
00:26:28,547 --> 00:26:30,548
Okay, there you go.
That's not true. Right, babe?
621
00:26:30,549 --> 00:26:31,949
My new life with you is my choice.
622
00:26:31,950 --> 00:26:33,684
I'm happy.
623
00:26:33,685 --> 00:26:35,052
Yeah, but it's a pity, though.
624
00:26:35,053 --> 00:26:37,288
There's a new assignment
out of the New York Bureau.
625
00:26:37,289 --> 00:26:38,689
Some child trafficking in Mogadishu.
626
00:26:38,690 --> 00:26:40,391
Babe, that's amazing.
627
00:26:40,392 --> 00:26:42,693
That's a chance to get to do
some great work with kids
628
00:26:42,694 --> 00:26:45,363
- in third world countries.
- "Third world" is a...
629
00:26:45,364 --> 00:26:46,664
colonialist term.
630
00:26:46,665 --> 00:26:48,199
- A colonizer would know.
- Yeah, man,
631
00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:49,967
is there an issue that we're not...
632
00:26:49,968 --> 00:26:51,535
I-I think he means cut the crap
633
00:26:51,536 --> 00:26:52,837
and don't speak to my man
like that again.
634
00:26:52,838 --> 00:26:54,572
- Yeah, come on.
- Sorry.
635
00:26:54,573 --> 00:26:56,040
- Thank you.
- Maybe I was being a little extra.
636
00:26:56,041 --> 00:26:57,441
I'll stand down.
637
00:26:57,442 --> 00:26:59,076
But I know you, Kai.
638
00:26:59,077 --> 00:27:00,244
You're tempted.
639
00:27:00,245 --> 00:27:03,347
I suppose it depends
on who's shooting.
640
00:27:03,348 --> 00:27:04,949
Me.
641
00:27:04,950 --> 00:27:08,052
Just like old times.
642
00:27:28,740 --> 00:27:29,874
You sure?
643
00:27:29,875 --> 00:27:31,842
Are you gonna help me out or not?
644
00:27:31,843 --> 00:27:34,578
I got you, Dre.
645
00:27:36,648 --> 00:27:41,154
And then I'm looking like,
how come when I said
646
00:27:41,155 --> 00:27:43,254
about staying in New York,
you had to think about it...
647
00:27:43,255 --> 00:27:45,865
which I understand...
but then, the second that old
648
00:27:45,866 --> 00:27:48,860
what's-his-bitch-ass Bryson
mentions a job or whatever,
649
00:27:48,861 --> 00:27:50,025
then all of a sudden you're intrigued.
650
00:27:50,026 --> 00:27:51,052
Wait, what are you trying to say?
651
00:27:51,053 --> 00:27:52,676
I'm saying I want to make
sure that you're intrigued
652
00:27:52,677 --> 00:27:54,878
with staying in New York with
me and not with his ass.
653
00:27:54,879 --> 00:27:57,380
Wait, wait, hang on.
Are you kidding right now?
654
00:27:57,381 --> 00:27:58,915
Let's remember, Jamal,
this whole scenario
655
00:27:58,916 --> 00:28:00,116
was your idea, not mine.
656
00:28:00,117 --> 00:28:02,786
I know your history.
657
00:28:02,787 --> 00:28:06,089
You've been hurt many times
and I'm sorry about that.
658
00:28:06,090 --> 00:28:09,859
But do not let your past
leak into our present, my man.
659
00:28:09,860 --> 00:28:11,280
Either you trust me or you don't.
660
00:28:15,633 --> 00:28:17,534
Sir. Sir, you're not
gonna be able to come in.
661
00:28:17,535 --> 00:28:19,102
Yo, my parents birthed
this place, man!
662
00:28:19,103 --> 00:28:20,804
- Sir...
- Y'all gonna let me in.
663
00:28:20,805 --> 00:28:23,373
Up out of here, man. What's up?
664
00:28:23,374 --> 00:28:25,208
- Hakeem.
- Peanut head.
665
00:28:25,209 --> 00:28:26,697
Hey, babe, tell these
rent-a-cops to let me upstairs.
666
00:28:26,698 --> 00:28:27,401
Gun!
667
00:28:27,402 --> 00:28:29,713
Oh, my... What's going on? Stop!
668
00:28:29,714 --> 00:28:31,648
- Get off me, little man!
- Let him go!
669
00:28:34,919 --> 00:28:36,419
What y'all looking at?
670
00:28:36,420 --> 00:28:38,621
Are you drunk?
671
00:28:38,622 --> 00:28:40,757
Come on, you with the preaching, too?
672
00:28:40,758 --> 00:28:43,660
I miss you. I'm here to see my kids!
673
00:28:43,661 --> 00:28:45,628
- You're not gonna see your kids.
- Yeah, where my kids at?!
674
00:28:45,629 --> 00:28:46,795
Touch me one more time
and I'll have them
675
00:28:46,796 --> 00:28:47,530
All right, little girl.
676
00:28:47,531 --> 00:28:48,598
- Carry your drunk ass up out of here.
- Okay.
677
00:28:48,599 --> 00:28:50,500
Go, now.
678
00:28:50,501 --> 00:28:53,236
- All right, little girl.
- Leave.
679
00:28:56,974 --> 00:28:59,376
- ♪ What?
- ♪ Say it's for Mikey ♪
680
00:28:59,377 --> 00:29:01,745
♪ I just took it like a man
681
00:29:01,746 --> 00:29:03,146
♪ And I ain't worried
what you wasn't ♪
682
00:29:03,147 --> 00:29:05,315
♪ I just took it like a man
683
00:29:05,316 --> 00:29:08,785
♪ Forever grinding
'cause it doesn't ever stop ♪
684
00:29:08,786 --> 00:29:11,321
♪ I just took it like a man.
685
00:29:11,322 --> 00:29:13,289
I'm a genius!
686
00:29:15,493 --> 00:29:18,928
From now
on, they'll have to refer to me
687
00:29:18,929 --> 00:29:22,298
as Sid, Lord of the Flame.
688
00:29:22,299 --> 00:29:24,667
Yo, why you got so much
to say to me lately?
689
00:29:24,668 --> 00:29:26,102
You scared you gonna miss me?
690
00:29:34,412 --> 00:29:38,314
Down! Back up! Back up!
Against the wall!
691
00:29:42,453 --> 00:29:44,254
Let's go.
692
00:29:59,804 --> 00:30:01,905
Keem, Tiana called us.
693
00:30:03,841 --> 00:30:05,542
Boy, let us help you.
694
00:30:05,543 --> 00:30:07,343
- I'm a'ight.
- No, you're not all right,
695
00:30:07,344 --> 00:30:10,980
walking around toting guns and
drinking like they paying you.
696
00:30:10,981 --> 00:30:12,062
Ain't nobody trying to
hear your lecture, man.
697
00:30:12,063 --> 00:30:13,491
Boy, I will take
this bottle and bust you...
698
00:30:13,492 --> 00:30:15,518
Honey, honey, baby, baby.
699
00:30:17,221 --> 00:30:19,189
Listen, man.
700
00:30:21,492 --> 00:30:23,493
I see you, Hakeem.
701
00:30:23,494 --> 00:30:26,229
I know you think that I don't,
702
00:30:26,230 --> 00:30:28,731
but I see you.
703
00:30:28,732 --> 00:30:32,001
And I know exactly what this is about.
704
00:30:32,002 --> 00:30:34,304
- You're afraid right now.
- I ain't scared.
705
00:30:34,305 --> 00:30:36,573
You are. You're afraid that you're not
706
00:30:36,574 --> 00:30:39,042
gonna be as good as you were before.
707
00:30:39,043 --> 00:30:43,012
You think I wasn't scared
every album that I made?
708
00:30:43,013 --> 00:30:46,683
Afraid that it wasn't gonna
be as good as the last album?
709
00:30:46,684 --> 00:30:49,052
Afraid that everybody
was gonna think that,
710
00:30:49,053 --> 00:30:52,055
"Hey, Lucious is some washed-up rapper
711
00:30:52,056 --> 00:30:55,625
that had his little 15 minutes
of fame and now it's gone."
712
00:30:57,695 --> 00:31:00,463
You think me and your mama
don't know about loss,
713
00:31:00,464 --> 00:31:02,599
heartache,
714
00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:05,401
disappointment and pain?
715
00:31:05,402 --> 00:31:08,338
Music is all I know.
716
00:31:09,773 --> 00:31:11,407
Come home.
717
00:31:11,408 --> 00:31:13,409
Okay?
718
00:31:13,410 --> 00:31:14,911
Co... Just come home.
719
00:31:14,912 --> 00:31:16,913
We'll work it all out.
720
00:31:18,949 --> 00:31:22,218
Just for a couple days, man.
721
00:31:24,255 --> 00:31:26,890
All right, I'm-a grab my stuff.
722
00:31:26,891 --> 00:31:29,225
Okay.
723
00:31:38,269 --> 00:31:40,270
Our family needs us.
724
00:31:41,939 --> 00:31:44,173
We gon' take that Kingsley deal.
725
00:31:48,246 --> 00:31:54,419
_ _
726
00:31:56,758 --> 00:31:58,893
- Hey, Miss Juanita.
- Hello. How you doing, sweetie pie?
727
00:31:58,894 --> 00:32:00,194
I'm good. How you doing?
728
00:32:00,195 --> 00:32:01,961
- Ugh.
- See it didn't take much
729
00:32:01,962 --> 00:32:03,596
for your raggedy ass to settle in.
730
00:32:03,597 --> 00:32:05,131
I see it didn't take
for you to come here
731
00:32:05,132 --> 00:32:06,833
- and get some free breakfast.
- Uh...
732
00:32:06,834 --> 00:32:08,901
your mother and your father
invited me, stupid.
733
00:32:08,902 --> 00:32:10,069
Thank you.
734
00:32:10,070 --> 00:32:11,704
You're welcome.
735
00:32:11,705 --> 00:32:13,072
Look, in other news,
736
00:32:13,073 --> 00:32:15,975
I'm-a stay a little while.
737
00:32:15,976 --> 00:32:17,743
Might give me a chance to, you know,
738
00:32:17,744 --> 00:32:19,879
get you back on track with your music.
739
00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:20,913
If you down.
740
00:32:20,914 --> 00:32:22,782
Let me think about it.
741
00:32:24,017 --> 00:32:26,452
Think about it.
742
00:32:26,453 --> 00:32:27,587
Ma!
743
00:32:27,588 --> 00:32:30,902
It's good to see my boys laughing
744
00:32:30,903 --> 00:32:32,188
and you snitching.
745
00:32:32,189 --> 00:32:35,156
- That mean you feeling better.
- Mm-hmm.
746
00:32:35,993 --> 00:32:37,527
Listen, y'all,
747
00:32:37,528 --> 00:32:41,164
um, your mother and I
have made a decision.
748
00:32:41,165 --> 00:32:44,467
We decided we're gonna
go back to Empire.
749
00:32:44,468 --> 00:32:45,668
Y'all, why?
750
00:32:45,669 --> 00:32:47,237
- It don't make no sense.
- Okay,
751
00:32:47,238 --> 00:32:48,972
- look, look, look, boys.
- You already know what I think.
752
00:32:48,973 --> 00:32:52,909
This is the best choice
for this family, okay?
753
00:32:52,910 --> 00:32:56,212
Yeah, now, they're throwing
a little "welcome home"
754
00:32:56,213 --> 00:32:59,315
get-together in the lobby
of Empire later on tonight.
755
00:32:59,316 --> 00:33:00,717
- Thank you, Juanita.
- Thank you.
756
00:33:00,718 --> 00:33:02,385
Me and your mother
thought it would be good
757
00:33:02,386 --> 00:33:04,721
if we go down there
as a family and just
758
00:33:04,722 --> 00:33:07,257
- do it together, as a family.
- Yes.
759
00:33:07,258 --> 00:33:09,692
- Okay?
- Oh, we got choices now?
760
00:33:09,693 --> 00:33:10,894
- No, you do not.
- We don't never get no choice.
761
00:33:10,895 --> 00:33:14,030
- No, you do not.
- Okay. So it's... Okay.
762
00:33:14,031 --> 00:33:16,299
- Good.
- I guess it is.
763
00:33:16,300 --> 00:33:17,934
Boy, don't you talk back.
764
00:33:21,639 --> 00:33:23,940
♪ I never reply when you hit me ♪
765
00:33:23,941 --> 00:33:25,575
♪ I'm off the grid, you can't get me ♪
766
00:33:25,576 --> 00:33:28,378
♪ Secure the bag like Gucci
767
00:33:28,379 --> 00:33:30,146
♪ Ya see me racked up, can't miss me ♪
768
00:33:30,147 --> 00:33:32,615
♪ I never go down with my hands up ♪
769
00:33:32,616 --> 00:33:35,418
♪ ... The rounds,
we pour another cup... ♪
770
00:33:35,419 --> 00:33:38,788
I have something really
incredible I want to show you.
771
00:33:38,789 --> 00:33:40,823
♪ Jet Black... ♪
772
00:33:40,824 --> 00:33:42,625
- There's a lot of new faces.
- Yeah.
773
00:33:42,626 --> 00:33:44,761
I think I'm about to go make a drink.
774
00:33:44,762 --> 00:33:47,030
- A what?
- I mean a glass of cranberry juice.
775
00:33:47,031 --> 00:33:49,332
- Oh, okay.
- ♪ Stack it up, Jet Black... ♪
776
00:33:49,333 --> 00:33:51,234
Mm.
777
00:33:51,235 --> 00:33:53,102
I got him. Uh, y'all do your thing.
778
00:33:53,103 --> 00:33:55,271
I put this thing here
for everybody to see.
779
00:33:55,272 --> 00:33:57,473
Wow, so this is home now, huh?
780
00:33:57,474 --> 00:33:59,576
It's our tribute to the old days.
781
00:33:59,577 --> 00:34:02,412
The original Lyon throne.
782
00:34:02,413 --> 00:34:04,747
Oh, my God, look at us...
we're just some old relics.
783
00:34:06,417 --> 00:34:09,118
As long as he
signs the checks, Lucious...
784
00:34:09,119 --> 00:34:10,253
we're fine.
785
00:34:10,254 --> 00:34:12,021
♪ ... Gone... ♪
786
00:34:12,022 --> 00:34:14,624
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
787
00:34:14,625 --> 00:34:17,493
♪ Now you want to blow up my life ♪
788
00:34:17,494 --> 00:34:19,329
♪ Running out of luck ♪
789
00:34:19,330 --> 00:34:20,930
♪ Running out of everything
we need this time ♪
790
00:34:20,931 --> 00:34:23,299
♪ Do what you want to do... ♪
791
00:34:23,300 --> 00:34:24,867
- I'm sorry.
- No.
792
00:34:24,868 --> 00:34:26,669
No, me too.
793
00:34:26,670 --> 00:34:29,472
Um...
794
00:34:29,473 --> 00:34:32,208
I'm staying in New York, but...
795
00:34:32,209 --> 00:34:34,444
You're taking the job with Bryson.
796
00:34:34,445 --> 00:34:35,979
Yeah.
797
00:34:35,980 --> 00:34:37,413
♪ 'Cause I'm the same as you ♪
798
00:34:37,414 --> 00:34:38,548
♪ Keep going on and on... ♪
799
00:34:38,549 --> 00:34:41,651
♪
800
00:34:41,652 --> 00:34:43,319
Enjoying your homecoming?
801
00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:46,756
To be honest with you, uh,
802
00:34:46,757 --> 00:34:48,157
it's strange, it...
803
00:34:48,158 --> 00:34:50,293
Just, something
feels different around here.
804
00:34:50,294 --> 00:34:51,828
You've outgrown it.
805
00:34:51,829 --> 00:34:54,030
You and Cookie can focus on your boys
806
00:34:54,031 --> 00:34:55,698
while I take care
of the babysitting here.
807
00:34:55,699 --> 00:34:57,734
- Babysitting?
- Of course.
808
00:34:57,735 --> 00:34:59,736
You and me both know these artists...
809
00:34:59,737 --> 00:35:01,137
these so-called artists...
810
00:35:01,138 --> 00:35:03,039
don't understand
that their true purpose
811
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:04,774
is to contribute to our bottom line.
812
00:35:06,043 --> 00:35:07,210
They're spoiled.
813
00:35:07,211 --> 00:35:08,845
You're done with all that.
814
00:35:10,714 --> 00:35:12,649
You know, when I created this place,
815
00:35:12,650 --> 00:35:14,951
I did it because...
816
00:35:14,952 --> 00:35:17,754
I loved the music, and-and...
817
00:35:17,755 --> 00:35:19,922
- I loved those babies.
- Yeah?
818
00:35:19,923 --> 00:35:22,592
They are the bottom line
of this place.
819
00:35:22,593 --> 00:35:24,761
They're the purpose behind it.
820
00:35:24,762 --> 00:35:26,362
Now, if you don't understand that,
821
00:35:26,363 --> 00:35:29,632
how in the world can you and me
be working together?
822
00:35:29,633 --> 00:35:32,568
All these people and press are here
823
00:35:32,569 --> 00:35:35,371
so that we can announce your return.
824
00:35:37,241 --> 00:35:39,542
Okay, here's what's gonna happen.
825
00:35:40,878 --> 00:35:44,380
Not only are you and sweet Cookie
826
00:35:44,381 --> 00:35:46,683
going to accept my terms,
827
00:35:46,684 --> 00:35:49,719
but you're going to do it with
big-ass smiles on your faces.
828
00:35:53,590 --> 00:35:54,957
And if I don't?
829
00:35:54,958 --> 00:35:57,260
I'm gonna walk out there
830
00:35:57,261 --> 00:35:59,829
and announce that the Lyons...
831
00:35:59,830 --> 00:36:03,199
the big, scary Lyons...
832
00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:05,201
are broke.
833
00:36:05,202 --> 00:36:07,570
They're old.
834
00:36:07,571 --> 00:36:09,705
And they're done.
835
00:36:13,277 --> 00:36:15,611
Choice is yours.
836
00:36:20,117 --> 00:36:22,185
Ladies and gentlemen,
837
00:36:22,186 --> 00:36:25,388
tonight, we are introducing to you
838
00:36:25,389 --> 00:36:28,424
Empire's latest musical discovery,
839
00:36:28,425 --> 00:36:29,760
Treasure!
840
00:36:29,761 --> 00:36:32,433
_ _
841
00:36:42,428 --> 00:36:45,330
♪ Never seen a girl like me ♪
842
00:36:45,331 --> 00:36:47,632
♪ They'll never put a hold on me ♪
843
00:36:47,633 --> 00:36:50,034
♪ No, I ♪
844
00:36:50,035 --> 00:36:52,170
♪ I'll do it alone ♪
845
00:36:52,171 --> 00:36:54,372
♪ I'll do it on my own ♪
846
00:36:54,373 --> 00:36:57,108
♪ Nothing ever comes easy ♪
847
00:36:57,109 --> 00:36:59,410
♪ They told me it was just a dream ♪
848
00:36:59,411 --> 00:37:01,379
♪ But I ♪
849
00:37:01,380 --> 00:37:06,284
♪ I'm-a prove 'em wrong ♪
850
00:37:06,285 --> 00:37:07,385
Are you talking to me?
851
00:37:08,721 --> 00:37:10,388
Girl, please.
852
00:37:12,458 --> 00:37:14,893
♪ Scree, I don't need your attitude ♪
853
00:37:14,894 --> 00:37:17,395
♪ Don't want your goofy-ass man
with the busted shoes ♪
854
00:37:17,396 --> 00:37:19,631
♪ I'm walkin' in bossed up,
got a lot to prove ♪
855
00:37:19,632 --> 00:37:22,066
♪ I'm breakin' necks with
the way that my body moves ♪
856
00:37:22,067 --> 00:37:23,334
♪ I know they askin',
"Who's that chick ♪
857
00:37:23,335 --> 00:37:25,270
♪ With all the confidence?" ♪
858
00:37:25,271 --> 00:37:27,739
♪ Step into the room
like she owning this ♪
859
00:37:27,740 --> 00:37:29,974
♪ I'm coming for your check,
I'm-a garnish it ♪
860
00:37:29,975 --> 00:37:32,176
♪ I don't want a piece,
I want all of this ♪
861
00:37:32,177 --> 00:37:34,579
♪ And I woke up in a panic,
gotta get money ♪
862
00:37:34,580 --> 00:37:37,148
♪ Another day, another dollar,
no, it ain't funny ♪
863
00:37:37,149 --> 00:37:39,417
♪ Usain gonna bolt,
gotta keep runnin' ♪
864
00:37:39,418 --> 00:37:41,252
♪ Won't stop till I'm on top,
they be like ♪
865
00:37:41,253 --> 00:37:42,253
♪ Cold ♪
866
00:37:42,254 --> 00:37:43,421
♪ Never seen a chick so cold ♪
867
00:37:43,422 --> 00:37:45,323
♪ Never seen a whip so cold ♪
868
00:37:45,324 --> 00:37:47,759
♪ Tell me, have you ever seen
a chick so cold? ♪
869
00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:50,962
♪ They be like, "No, we never
seen a chick so cold" ♪
870
00:37:50,963 --> 00:37:53,097
- ♪ Never seen a chain so gold
- ♪ Bling ♪
871
00:37:53,098 --> 00:37:54,732
♪ Never seen a wrist so froze ♪
872
00:37:54,733 --> 00:37:56,301
♪ Diamonds on my neck all glow ♪
873
00:37:56,302 --> 00:37:58,069
♪ Ice like I'm from the North Pole ♪
874
00:37:58,070 --> 00:38:00,772
♪ Never seen a chick so cold, yo ♪
875
00:38:00,773 --> 00:38:03,408
Treasure is about to be
the jewel in Empire's crown ♪
876
00:38:03,409 --> 00:38:05,410
Patel's gonna know he made a mistake,
877
00:38:05,411 --> 00:38:07,312
and that I can do something
that you can't do.
878
00:38:07,313 --> 00:38:09,247
He also knows that you went
behind my back to sign her
879
00:38:09,248 --> 00:38:11,149
- just to one-up me.
- One-up you?
880
00:38:11,150 --> 00:38:14,218
Jeff, I work my ass off.
881
00:38:14,219 --> 00:38:17,221
I deserve the CEO job
that you stole from me.
882
00:38:17,222 --> 00:38:20,692
You can't even spell A&R,
let alone explain what it means.
883
00:38:20,693 --> 00:38:22,493
You know what, smarty pants?
884
00:38:22,494 --> 00:38:24,729
You're nothing but
a Backstreet Boy with a laptop.
885
00:38:24,730 --> 00:38:27,298
- That's what you think of me?
- Oh, that's what I know.
886
00:38:27,299 --> 00:38:30,268
I'm not going anywhere, Giselle.
887
00:38:30,269 --> 00:38:32,170
There is a place for you
here at Empire if you want it.
888
00:38:32,171 --> 00:38:33,938
Please. What, as your groupie?
889
00:38:33,939 --> 00:38:35,206
As my right hand.
890
00:38:35,207 --> 00:38:37,642
♪ They be like, no... ♪
891
00:38:37,643 --> 00:38:39,711
I won't beg.
892
00:38:39,712 --> 00:38:41,446
Take some time.
893
00:38:41,447 --> 00:38:42,947
Think about if you want to stay or go.
894
00:38:42,948 --> 00:38:44,882
♪ Diamonds on my neck all glow ♪
895
00:38:44,883 --> 00:38:46,184
♪ Ice like I'm from the North Pole ♪
896
00:38:46,185 --> 00:38:47,719
♪ Never seen a chick so cold ♪
897
00:38:47,720 --> 00:38:49,487
♪ I'm so cold ♪
898
00:38:49,488 --> 00:38:52,223
♪ So cold ♪
899
00:38:52,224 --> 00:38:54,492
♪ So ♪
900
00:38:54,493 --> 00:38:55,727
♪ Shining my light, I'm the best ♪
901
00:38:55,728 --> 00:38:59,397
♪ Never seen nobody like me. ♪
902
00:39:02,735 --> 00:39:03,935
Treasure, ladies and gentlemen!
903
00:39:03,936 --> 00:39:06,070
Treasure! Let's hear it!
904
00:39:06,071 --> 00:39:08,172
Fantastic.
905
00:39:08,173 --> 00:39:09,707
Congratulations. Well done.
906
00:39:09,708 --> 00:39:13,144
A new voice that we are
very proud to welcome
907
00:39:13,145 --> 00:39:15,713
to the Empire family.
908
00:39:15,714 --> 00:39:17,682
Speaking of family...
909
00:39:17,683 --> 00:39:19,384
let's welcome the Lyons.
910
00:39:19,385 --> 00:39:20,752
Welcome them home!
911
00:39:22,755 --> 00:39:24,689
♪
912
00:39:30,596 --> 00:39:34,065
♪ Bang, bang, bang, bang ♪
913
00:39:34,066 --> 00:39:35,266
♪ Boom, boom, boom, boom ♪
914
00:39:35,267 --> 00:39:37,535
Lucious Lyon,
915
00:39:37,536 --> 00:39:39,370
come on up.
916
00:39:39,371 --> 00:39:41,539
♪ Boom, boom, boom, boom ♪
917
00:39:41,540 --> 00:39:43,141
♪ Bang, bang, bang, bang. ♪
918
00:39:44,576 --> 00:39:46,210
Where is he?
919
00:39:47,880 --> 00:39:49,347
Oh, there he go!
920
00:39:49,348 --> 00:39:50,515
There's the man.
921
00:39:50,516 --> 00:39:52,450
♪ Boom, boom, boom, boom ♪
922
00:39:52,451 --> 00:39:54,052
♪ Boom, boom, boom, boom ♪
923
00:39:54,053 --> 00:39:56,954
♪ Boom, boom, boom, boom ♪
924
00:39:56,955 --> 00:40:00,124
♪ Bang, bang, bang, bang. ♪
925
00:40:00,125 --> 00:40:03,594
Wow. How y'all doing? Um...
926
00:40:03,595 --> 00:40:05,897
Hey, you know what, let-let me
get my family up on this stage.
927
00:40:05,898 --> 00:40:09,767
Um, I'm Lucious,
but I'm nothing without Cookie
928
00:40:09,768 --> 00:40:12,470
and Jamal and Hakeem,
and even though Andre
929
00:40:12,471 --> 00:40:15,106
can't be with us here tonight
on this joyous occasion...
930
00:40:15,107 --> 00:40:16,987
Come on up, y'all.
Give 'em a round of applause.
931
00:40:20,579 --> 00:40:22,713
Cookie... you trust me, baby?
932
00:40:22,714 --> 00:40:23,781
Yes.
933
00:40:23,782 --> 00:40:25,950
No, honestly.
934
00:40:25,951 --> 00:40:28,186
I said do you trust me, baby?
935
00:40:28,187 --> 00:40:29,454
- What's this about?
- Do you trust me?
936
00:40:29,455 --> 00:40:30,655
- Yes. Yes.
- Okay.
937
00:40:30,656 --> 00:40:32,090
Y'all trust me?
938
00:40:32,091 --> 00:40:34,325
All right, I'm gonna ask everybody,
939
00:40:34,326 --> 00:40:35,793
let-let's sit down and get comfortable
940
00:40:35,794 --> 00:40:37,462
and have a family conversation,
941
00:40:37,463 --> 00:40:38,930
if that's okay.
942
00:40:38,931 --> 00:40:42,533
Please. Baby, sit down.
943
00:40:44,503 --> 00:40:46,737
Thank you so much.
944
00:40:46,738 --> 00:40:49,607
Now, I know that you guys
945
00:40:49,608 --> 00:40:51,542
have heard rumors that
946
00:40:51,543 --> 00:40:53,511
the Lyons are broke.
947
00:40:53,512 --> 00:40:55,480
Well, I'm here to tell you
948
00:40:55,481 --> 00:40:57,682
that those aren't rumors.
949
00:40:57,683 --> 00:40:59,450
It's the gospel truth.
950
00:41:00,853 --> 00:41:02,353
We are broke as hell.
951
00:41:02,354 --> 00:41:05,156
We spent every penny we had
952
00:41:05,157 --> 00:41:08,459
fighting to get Empire back.
953
00:41:08,460 --> 00:41:09,994
But that's over.
954
00:41:09,995 --> 00:41:12,697
Like the Bible said,
there's a time to seek,
955
00:41:12,698 --> 00:41:14,599
and there's a time to give up as lost.
956
00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:18,436
So we have to think about
moving into the future.
957
00:41:18,437 --> 00:41:21,906
And, unfortunately,
this place ain't it.
958
00:41:21,907 --> 00:41:23,674
What?
959
00:41:23,675 --> 00:41:27,745
You see, record labels like this one
960
00:41:27,746 --> 00:41:29,747
are nothing but dinosaurs.
961
00:41:29,748 --> 00:41:32,783
And Jeff Kingsley is nothing
but a number cruncher
962
00:41:32,784 --> 00:41:35,153
who have no respect for the musicians
963
00:41:35,154 --> 00:41:38,055
or the music that they produce.
964
00:41:38,056 --> 00:41:40,291
What did you call them?
Um, you called them
965
00:41:40,292 --> 00:41:41,859
spoiled babies.
966
00:41:41,860 --> 00:41:43,094
All he wants to do
967
00:41:43,095 --> 00:41:45,696
is take you for whatever he can
968
00:41:45,697 --> 00:41:47,765
for as long as he can.
969
00:41:47,766 --> 00:41:51,669
But I know that the real power
lies in the artist,
970
00:41:51,670 --> 00:41:55,006
because you have
the ability to create.
971
00:41:55,007 --> 00:41:59,944
So I'm going to offer you...
anyone signed at Empire
972
00:41:59,945 --> 00:42:02,480
who don't want some tech nerd
973
00:42:02,481 --> 00:42:03,915
dancing in their video,
974
00:42:03,916 --> 00:42:07,018
who wants to know
their real value in this market
975
00:42:07,019 --> 00:42:09,620
and their real power...
976
00:42:09,621 --> 00:42:11,422
I'm gonna ask you to come
and step up with us,
977
00:42:11,423 --> 00:42:12,590
the Lyons,
978
00:42:12,591 --> 00:42:14,959
and let us walk you into the future
979
00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:18,329
with our brand-new management
company and production company,
980
00:42:18,330 --> 00:42:20,698
where we're going to put you first
981
00:42:20,699 --> 00:42:23,267
and you first and you first,
982
00:42:23,268 --> 00:42:26,037
and your music first.
We're out of here.
983
00:42:26,038 --> 00:42:29,207
Come on, baby.
984
00:42:29,208 --> 00:42:30,208
We good?
985
00:42:30,209 --> 00:42:32,410
We're better than good.
986
00:42:32,411 --> 00:42:34,011
Amen.
987
00:42:36,114 --> 00:42:38,015
You're making a mistake, Lucious.
988
00:42:38,016 --> 00:42:39,850
But it feels so right.
989
00:42:59,438 --> 00:43:02,306
Um... the limo's out front.
990
00:43:02,307 --> 00:43:03,407
Who you want to ride with?
991
00:43:03,408 --> 00:43:05,276
I'm riding alone, man.
992
00:43:05,277 --> 00:43:06,811
Okay.
993
00:43:06,812 --> 00:43:08,613
Are you kidding me?
994
00:43:08,614 --> 00:43:09,914
This is a funeral. The man's grieving.
995
00:43:09,915 --> 00:43:11,315
We understand that,
996
00:43:11,316 --> 00:43:12,883
but we need to talk to him.
997
00:43:12,884 --> 00:43:14,585
Now.
998
00:43:18,431 --> 00:43:25,193
_ _
9999
00:00:0,500 --> 00:00:2,00
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