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- CALVIN: I need to talk to Mama, I need some good advice.

- Tell your daddy what it is.

- I'm good, I'll wait to talk to Mama.

- I'm so confused. - About what?

- This divorce, how I feel.

- It's about-- - Miranda?

- Yeah, how'd you know? - She was in the backyard

talking to your mother. - Ooh.

What do I do? - Let's pray.

- I don't want her talking to her.

- Love you. - Love you, too.

- When I divorce somebody, the whole family's supposed

to divorce them.

- You're gonna tell her just like that?

- Yeah, I am. - Uh, my boy.

- Nah, I got this.

- ♪

- When is she waking up?

- She could be in there for hours.

You know your mama like to hibernate.

- Look, I gotta go home. - Fine.

You ain't gotta take my advice.

Go on and go home.

- You got an attitude, Pops.

- That's 'cause you in my damn living room.

Go ahead on and go.

You don't want my advice? - No, I don't.

- Take your ass home then.

- Okay, fine. Give it to me.

- I don't want to give it to you now.

I got to beg you to take gold.

- Okay, I'll wait for Mom.

- She ain't gonna be able to tell you nothing.

She don't have the life experience I got.

Okay, boy, what is it?

- You know Miranda and all this

going back and forth with the courts?

- Yes, everybody knows.

- Well, she keeps fighting me for $100 here,

$200 there. - Yeah, well?

- Well, I'm not giving her no more money.

She knows she makes more than me.

- Okay.

- She just wants me to give her everything.

- Didn't she give you the condo?

- She said it was a dump, and she didn't want it.

- [laughing]

Did she come right out and say it like that?

I mean, it's about right, but...

that's kind of rude.

- Pops, it's my dump.

- [laughs, coughs]

I'm sorry.

And you proud? - CALVIN: Yeah.

- Be proud. Be proud. - CALVIN: I am.

Shoot, aren't you proud of your dump?

- Watch your mouth.

You bite your tongue in this house.

This house is a-- - Pops, just stop.

- Thank you. - CALVIN: Stop.

- I didn't know where I was gonna go.

- Look, I'm saying, if I give her everything she's asking for,

I won't be able to afford my mortgage.

- And that's not good.

- CALVIN: No.

- That's not good. - No, it's not.

'Cause then I would have to, you know--

- Yeah, hey.

You ain't gotta say it.

We know what it is. Don't curse me.

Don't curse me. - I mean--

- I said don't curse me in my house!

Don't curse me in my house.

- I would have to move back in here with you.

- Boy, you just had to say it.

Why you had to say it though?

Snap the taste out your mouth.

- You love me here.

Say it.

- Do you want the gold? - Yeah.

- Uh, well...

figure this out.

If you pay her all the money,

then you can't pay your mortgage. Am I right?

- That's--that's basically what I said, Pops.

- You can't pay your mortgage, then...

curse, curse, curse, curse.

- I move back in with you.

- Say it again.

- Move back in with you.

- I didn't mean say it again.

I meant don't say it again.

- Then you should have said don't.

- Sh-sh-sh--Calvin, please.

It ain't gonna happen, okay?

That would never happen.

You can't move back in here.

Not now, not ever.

There's only one piece of advice I can give you, son.

- So what's that?

- Fight.

♪♪

- Fight.

You hear me? You fight.

You fight 'til you can't fight no more.

- Okay, I got it.

I got it. Okay. - You fight, son!

You hear me? - Your--your breath.

Pops, that's what's causing all the issues.

- I don't care, son.

You don't let that stop you.

You fight!

- [laughs]

- You don't like my advice?

- No, I don't.

- That's because you don't like the truth.

- [slaps]

- That's because you give horrible advice.

- [slaps]

- I ain't hit you that hard.

- Hey.

- Hey, I wanna report abuse.

- I need to talk to Aunt Ella.

- What the hell am I? Chopped liver?

- Yeah. - Well--

- I'm waiting to talk to her too.

- Well, what she doing?

- She's taking a nap.

- Or she's in the bathroom.

Which takes about the same amount of time.

- She wouldn't like to hear you say that.

- You know your mama constipated.

The truth will set her free.

Like those birds in there on the wallpaper...

will not be.

And they had gas masks on.

They be trying to fly out the window.

Every time your mama come out the bathroom...

one of 'em on the floor dead.

- I think you're projecting.

- You say one more cuss word in this house,

you out of here.

- He is. - Mm-hmm.

We all know you the one that fumigate the bathroom.

- Yeah, I do kill them birds, don't I?

It's a gift.

It's a gift.

- The only place in the house where no bugs could live.

- Look, you know what?

Why are you two in my house?

- Pops, we're here to see Mom.

- Right.

- And this is half her house.

- Excuse me?

- This is half her house.

- Your mama didn't pay for nothing.

You heard me? - Oh, she didn't?

- No, she didn't.

Don't act like you don't know that.

You been here.

- Okay, well, go on, keep talking.

- What you mean, keep talking, what?

You know your mama ain't [unintelligible].

She cook and clean.

She do that half decent now.

Took her twenty-eight years to learn that.

- Oh.

- But I'm the one that put the money down.

I went to work.

- You did?

- Don't sit up there and act like you don't know I did.

You know I did.

You know I did, and she know I did.

- Oh, oh, she does?

- You ask her, she'll tell you the same thing.

"I believe that-- uh, uh, uh,

"Curtis bought this house.

I just live here."

"I'm just a little old woman...

with no place to go."

- Oh.

- "Thank God for Curtis.

"He's so handsome, and so sexy.

And I love the way he tear that ass up."

- Oh. - Okay.

- Okay, so she just lives here like--

like a renter? - Yeah, a renter.

- Yes, d-- it took all that for you to get that?

Like a re--

You know what?

Y'all setting me up.

- No, no, no, no, keep talking.

- Is she behind me? - Oh.

Oh, yes, I am. Like a renter.

I'm just a little old woman

in love with a beautiful Curtis.

[chuckles]

- You weren't supposed to hear that, baby.

- [laughs] But I did.

- We just talking. - ELLA: Oh, but I did.

- We just talking guy talk.

- Curtis, talking like that is gonna get you in trouble.

- Yeah. [laughs]

I'm sorry. I'm sorry, baby.

- Keep it up.

Keep it up, baby.

- You want me to do it or don't?

Keep it up or stop?

- Stop.

Stop.

- Auntie, I need to talk to you.

- Uh-uh-uh, I was here first. - Okay.

- Alright, well, go ahead and talk to Calvin.

I'm gonna be at my house.

Can you come by? - I will.

- You gotta come way over here for that?

You could've call and told her all that.

- Hey, baby, what you wanna talk about?

- About him and Miranda.

- BOTH: [laughing]

- Right, right. - Wha--what?

- You tell him. You tired about hearing about it, too.

- No, I'm--[laughs]

What is it, baby?

- Mama, I need to talk to you.

- Oooh.

What's with that tone?

- He about to tell you off.

- Tell me off for what?

- Talking to Miranda. - Okay.

You need to let that go.

- Why?

- Because I'm going to talk to her.

Calvin, we talked about that.

- Well, does she have to come over here?

- If she wants to, yes.

If she wants to.

- Okay. - ELLA: What?

What is it?

- Mama, you know what she's doing with the money?

- Calvin, that does not have anything to do with me.

That is between you and her.

- Yeah, but you're my mom.

- Yeah, but I know that.

Calvin, so what am I supposed to do, baby?

Abandon her?

- Yeah.

Okay. You know what? - What?

- You do what you wanna do.

- Calvin, I will do what I want to do.

But Calvin! - [door slams]

- Uh-uh, uh-uh. [laughs]

I know he did not walk out this house.

- And slammed the door.

- I know good and well-- - The nerve.

- [laughs] Okay. Alright.

- BOTH: [laughing]

- I'm going.

- I see you but-- - Like right now.

- --you ain't really getting there.

- I'm going. - You say you're going,

but you still here.

- ♪

- Baby, you know he fast!

- ♪

- You gotta move faster than that.

- Oh. - [knocking at door]

- Who the hell is that?

- It's Ella.

- Oh.

- [groans]

I am so mad.

- I can see that.

- I mean, let me tell you something.

- CJ: What Uncle Curtis do now?

- [chuckles]

It's not Curtis.

Can you believe that? [laughs]

It's Calvin.

- Let me guess.

It's about Miranda.

- Yes, yes. Yes.

- I knew it. I knew that's what it was.

- How did we get in his divorce?

- From what I know,

the families are always in the divorce.

- CJ, please, he's mad at me because she's talking to me.

And because I'm still talking to her.

- Oh.

- It's just talk. We're just talking.

- I thought y'all had already talked about that.

- We did.

And apparently--apparently, he's not hearing me.

- I'm sorry. - ELLA: Mm-mm-mm-mm.

So, what do you wanna talk about?

- Are you on your way over there to talk to him?

- Oh yes, sir. Oh, yes, I am.

Oh, yes, I am. [laughs]

I can't wait to get over there.

But I knew you wanted to talk to me first, so

I decided to come over here and try to calm down.

- You want something to drink? - Yes.

Yes, I would love something to drink.

- Well, I got some coffee, I got some tea.

- I want liquor. - CJ: What?

- Liquor. - You don't drink.

- Brown liquor.

- Oh, Lord. [laughs] - [laughs]

He makes me want to.

I know I don't drink. He makes me want to.

- I hate to see you like this, Auntie.

- It's okay. I'm sorry. - No, no.

I mean, it's good for you to just get it off your chest.

- Yes, it is, because I just want to just choke him.

And then--

- Hey! - --drink some brown liquor.

- What up?

- Hey.

[laughs]

Did she say, "Hey, girl"?

- That's what I want to talk to you about.

- What in the world?

Is she--is she living here?

- We had to.

- Because she pregnant. - Yep.

- [laughing]

[groans] Where is Malik?

I'm just done with him.

I'm so disappointed.

- We all are.

- I thought he was gonna get married

and have a family.

You know, married, family.

- You know, we gotta do what we gotta do, because,

you know, the baby's coming now.

- Is she twerking?

Don't you look. - Oh, no. Please.

- Now I really could help her with that little move

right there. - Auntie!

I don't know what to do.

And Janine doesn't know what to do.

This is beyond stressful.

- So what does that mean?

- I mean, all of it.

I mean, she ain't cooking.

She ain't cleaning.

- Oh, she's not doing her woman's work.

- I did not say that.

That's not what I meant.

I'm saying she's not doing her share.

We all cook, we all clean.

- Okay.

- Janine and Jazmine decided they were gonna go

to her grandmother's house

so they won't have to deal with it.

- Okay. [laughs]

So, you here with her?

- Yes!

- By yourself? - Yes!

- And she twerking like--

she twerking.

- I don't even wanna look.

I'm not interested.

So, Auntie, can you talk to her?

- I got a better idea. Mm-hmm.

You talk to her.

I'm gonna go deal with Calvin.

- What if she say the wrong thing,

and I snap like on them TV shows?

- Well, CJ, you need to get a good lawyer.

- Auntie!

You really just gonna leave me?

- CJ, I can't put out all the fires, baby.

I can't do that.

You guys are gonna have to do some heavy lifting

for yourselves.

- Okay, I will. - Yeah.

And start with your son.

- Yes. Okay.

- And you know what?

You need to give them a taste of what it really feels like

to have kids.

Kids that's gonna keep you up.

- Yes. - You know what?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Let 'em look after the twins.

- That's a great idea.

- Ah!

But before you do that, talk to her.

Talk to that chick, make sure she don't have any records.

- And you know what?

Auntie, I got you.

- She got a record. - CJ: You right.

- She got more than record. - Yeah.

- I'll see ya later. - CJ: Okay.

You--you--you calm?

- Mm, enough to deal with Calvin, yeah.

- Okay.

I'll see ya.

You know what?

Don't leave me here with this child.

I'm gonna go on with you. - No, no, no.

- ♪

- [bang at door]

- [mumbles] Who is it?

- ELLA: It's your mama!

- Mama, I'm fine.

- ELLA: Calvin, if you don't open this door,

I'm gonna kick it all the way down.

- You know you got bad hips.

- I know I got bad what? - Nothing.

Yeah? - Wha--

What you mean, "Yeah"?

You don't walk out my house and slam no door.

- I'm sorry.

- So, come on.

- Wait, where we going?

- Back to my house so you can leave with some respect.

- Mom-- - No, boy, you ain't gonna

never disrespect me. - I know.

I was upset.

- Calvin, I don't care if you are upset.

I am your mother.

You better go somewhere, cool off,

before you walk out my house, slam a door

while I'm talking to you.

- I know.

- Do you, Calvin? - Yes.

- Okay.

- Mama, I'm sorry.

It's this--this is just so hard, like--

- Calvin, I don't care how hard this is for you.

I don't care about that.

Don't you ever bite the hand that delivered you.

Okay?

- I'm sorry.

- And let me say this about you and Miranda's relationship.

You were wrong.

You were selfish.

You were lying.

You were not living up to...

the potential that she saw in you.

So you gonna get mad when she wants to talk to me.

Well, if she comes to me, and she wants to talk to me,

I'm going to talk to her.

I will do that.

- I know.

And I'm sorry.

And you should.

- I am.

I'm not asking you.

I'm telling you for the last time.

Goodbye. - Wait, wait, wait.

- No, no, no.

Uh, I'm so done talking to you.

I'm so done talking to you. [laughs]

But she ain't.

- CALVIN: Mama.

- Hush. Hush.

Come on in.

- Yes. Hi, Miss Ella.

- Now you talk to her.

You are two grown people.

Sit down and talk this out like grown people.

And I mean it.

- Mama! - Bye-bye.

Love you. Mean it!

This is how you slam a door, by the way.

- [door slams]

- Look, she'll be gone in a few, and you can go.

- Okay.

The place looks the same.

- Yeah.

Ding. I heard the elevator, you could go.

Bye-bye.

- Do you really want me to leave?

- Look, I don't know how I could say it any clearer.

- Are you really seeing other people?

- Yes, I am.

- Good. - Now don't give me that.

You're not happy about it.

Just like--

- Calvin, I missed you.

I love you.

And I was--I was wrong.

- It's too late for all that.

- Is it?

- Look, you keep fighting me on everything in court.

- I don't want the money.

I want you. - Look, Miranda--

- Please, just listen.

Okay, I didn't know-- - Okay, so is that supposed

to make me come back?

- I've grown.

I know--I know that you're a good man.

- Miranda, we're never getting back together.

- Can we at least be friends?

- Miranda...

- Calvin, I just wanna raise our son in peace.

- Okay, he deserves that. - I know.

- And he doesn't deserve you fighting me for every dime.

- I know! I know, okay? - Stop it!

- Okay.

- I want this divorce.

- I know you do.

- And you wanted it first.

- But I don't anymore.

- ♪

- That's too bad.

Sign the papers, end all this fighting,

and then maybe we can talk

about being friends. - Calvin!

I love you... from the bottom of my heart.

I was stupid.

I was foolish.

I was lying to myself.

- You should go.

- Do you miss me?

- I do not.

Miranda-- - Listen.

I think you do.

You miss me.

- ♪

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