Original subtitles

PREVIOUSLY ON LOVE & HIP-HOP:

ATLANTA...

[camera shutter clicking]

WHAT IS THIS?

IT'S TROPIC AD FOR--WHAT DO

YOU MEAN, WHAT IS IT?

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A CAREER

SUICIDE.

OKAY, GOOD-BYE.

ALL RIGHT, GOOD-BYE.

BYE-BYE.

I HAVE TO DO WHAT I HAVE TO

DO TO MAKE SURE THAT MY CAREER

KEEPS GOING UP, SO I WENT BEHIND

HIS BACK.

HE DON'T KNOW THAT I WENT TO GO

SEE THE PRODUCERS.

YOU WENT BEHIND HIS BACK?

I WENT BEHIND HIS--

YOU BE [bleep] CRAZY.

OH, MY GOODNESS.

I WANT TO BE--I WANT TO BE A

ONE-WOMAN GUY.

SO...

HERE'S MY NEW VIDEO AND MY

NEW SINGLE, MARRY ME.

I AM SO SORRY ABOUT THE

TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.

SOMETIMES MY TEAM JUST BE

SLIPPIN'.

THAT'S YOUR HUSBAND, AND

THAT'S YOUR COMMON DENOMINATOR

TO YOUR FAILURE.

I'M ABOUT TO GET FIRED

IS WHAT YOU TELLIN' ME.

[sobs]

I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT.

[horn beeps]

AS LONG AS YOU ARE WITH THAT

[bleep], YOU AND ME...

FOR ME TO SAY WHAT I NEED TO

SAY WITHOUT YOU SCREAMING--

I DON'T REACT WELL.

CAN WE SIT IN THE THERAPIST?

YOU WANT TO GO IN FRONT OF A

THERAPIST?

YEAH.

NOW YOU TALKIN'.

HOW DO YOU PLAN ON GETTING

MIMI BACK?

I'M WORKING ON A PLAN.

YOU'RE GONNA LIKE THIS ONE.

IS SHE GONNA LIKE IT?

SHE'S GONNA LOVE IT.

* THIS IS THE LIFE

♪ THIS IS THE LIFE

* YEAH

* THIS THE LIFE

♪ THIS IS THE LIFE

* 'SUP ♪

* THIS THE LIFE

♪ THIS IS THE LIFE

* HUH

* THIS THE LIFE

♪ THIS IS THE LIFE

* HUH

♪ THERE AIN'T NOTHING LIKE ♪

♪ HIP-HOP MUSIC

♪ MUSIC

* THIS IS THE LIFE

♪ THIS IS THE LIFE

HI, POOFY.

HEY.

YOU LOOK SO PRETTY.

THANK YOU, BABY GIRL.

WHAT YOU DOIN' LOOKIN' ALL

FLY?

WHAT WE GO GOING ON?

[laughs]

I'M DOWNTOWN RUNNING ERRANDS,

AND I GET THE PHONE CALL.

IT'S K.MICHELLE.

SHE SAYS, "COME BY THE STUDIO.

I GOT A LITTLE SURPRISE FOR

YOU."

HOW'S THE BABY?

OH, THE BABY'S WONDERFUL.

OKAY.

HER FATHER, ON THE OTHER

HAND...

[laughs]

LAST TIME I RAN INTO THAT ONE,

I JUST DROPPED OFF HIS STUFF.

HE SAYS, "LET ME FIX IT.

LET'S GET THROUGH THIS.

LET'S WORK IT OUT, RESOLVE IT."

BUT HOW CAN WE DO THAT IF THE

ISSUE IS ONGOING?

HIM AND I TRYING TO FIX

THINGS...

YEAH.

I MEAN, HONESTLY, WE NEED

COUNSELING.

OKAY, SO IS THE COUNSELING

FOR THIS TO BE A RELATIONSHIP,

OR IS IT COUNSELING TO JUST

RAISE YOUR CHILD TOGETHER,

TO CO-PARENT?

THE COUNSELING IS JUST FOR US

TO EVEN SIT IN A ROOM AND

COMMUNICATE.

OKAY.

WITHOUT IT BEING SOMETHING

ELSE.

OKAY.

WELL, YOU CAN'T BE GOING TO

COUNSELING LOOKING LIKE THAT.

[laughs]

OKAY.

WELL, I DID SOMETHING FOR YOU

THAT I THINK YOU'LL LIKE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS GONNA

MAKE YOU FEEL ANY BETTER, BUT I

JUST WANTED TO DO A SONG THAT,

YOU KNOW, WAS YOUR STRUGGLE.

YOU WROTE ME A SONG?

YEAH.

LET'S HEAR IT.

NOW, LOOK, NOW, YOU KNOW, I

KEEPIN' IT REAL IN THESE SONGS,

NOW, SO...

I'M READY.

COME ON, LET'S HEAR IT.

* OH

♪ I'M SO TIRED OF FOOTIN' ♪

♪ THESE BILLS FOR YOU

♪ AND THAT CHICK KEEP SAYIN' ♪

♪ SHE PREGNANT TOO

I'M JUST SAYIN'.

♪ HOPE THAT BABY DON'T LOOK ♪

♪ LIKE NEITHER ONE OF YOU

♪ NOW, THAT'S WHAT I CALL ♪

♪ AN UGLY TRUTH

♪ SO I'M THROUGH ♪

♪ I'M THROUGH ♪

♪ 'CAUSE YOU WEREN'T READY ♪

♪ TO LOVE

♪ BUT YOU WAS READY TO MM

YOU--YOU WENT THERE.

OH.

YOU WENT THERE.

YOU--

* BY THE WAY

♪ DON'T TRY TO PLAY ME ♪

♪ 12 YEARS OF LOOKIN' CRAZY ♪

♪ FOR YOU

♪ NO, HOW GOOD YOU

♪ YOU

♪ RAISE YOUR GLASS

♪ I AIN'T EVEN MAD ♪

♪ YOU CAN JUST KISS MY ASS

♪ BABY, YOU CAN JUST

♪ KISS MY ASS

♪ MM

YOU LOOKING GOOD.

LITTLE EYELASHES.

[laughs]

MY MANAGER MALCOLM MILES

FLIES INTO TOWN

AND TELLS ME HE WANTS TO MEET

WITH ME.

I'M LIKE, "WOW."

HE'S--YOU KNOW, HARDLY HAS ANY

TIME FOR KARLIE REDD.

WHAT'S UP, REDD?

JUST WORKING.

YEAH?

LIP GLOSS LINE, WATCH LINE,

HAIR LINE.

JUST WORKING.

YEAH?

HOW LONG WE BEEN TALKIN' ABOUT

THIS?

I WANT YOU TO FOCUS ON STUDIO,

A CAREER, KARLIE.

BUT YOU'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF

OTHER THINGS AS WELL THAT'S

KIND OF BEEN DISTRACTING FROM

GETTING IN THE STUDIO.

LIKE WHAT?

WELL, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH

THIS BENZINO GUY I'VE BEEN

HEARING ABOUT?

WHAT BENZINO GUY?

BENZINO, SOURCE MAGAZINE

BENZINO.

WE'RE DATING.

YOU'RE DATING?

MM-HMM.

WHAT'S YOUR DEFINITION OF

DATING?

WE'RE SEEING EACH OTHER.

I LIKE HIM.

HE LOVES ME.

SHUT UP, KARLIE.

HE LOVES YOU.

YEAH, I MEAN, HE'S BEEN

REALLY GOOD TO ME SINCE

I MET HIM.

LIKE, HE'S BEEN REALLY, REALLY

GOOD TO ME.

KARLIE, IT'S COOL WHAT YOU

HAVING FRIENDS.

I AIN'T SAYIN' YOU CAN'T HAVE NO

FRIENDS AND NOTHING THAT, BUT

PUTTING YOUR ENERGY INTO GOING

DATING BENZINO AND ALL THAT AND

BEING IN THE PUBLIC EYE AND A

PUBLIC GUY--

I DON'T KNOW HOW PEOPLE ARE

LOOKING AT BENZINO RIGHT NOW.

WHEN BENZINO WAS RUNNING

SOURCE MAGAZINE, HE WAS A

RAPPER.

HE WAS DOING HIS THING.

HE WAS HOT.

AS TIME WENT ON, HE PISSED A LOT

OF PEOPLE OFF.

PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO MESS WITH

HIM.

PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO WORK WITH

HIM, BUT I'M REALLY DIGGING THIS

GUY RIGHT NOW.

I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU

BENZINO'S TRYING TO HELP ME GET

IN THE STUDIO.

MM.

LIKE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT

BENZINO COULD DO TO HELP.

IF IT WAS SOMEBODY THAT'S MAYBE

HOT AND RELEVANT THAT'S GONNA

PUT YOU IN A CERTAIN LIGHT,

YEAH, MAYBE.

THAT'S SO WRONG.

YEAH, BUT IT'S THE TRUTH.

THAT IS SO WRONG.

BUT IT'S THE TRUTH.

EVERY WOMAN NEEDS LOVE.

YEAH, BUT YOU NEED--

WELL, GUESS WHAT.

DO YOU WANT LOVE, OR YOU WANT A

CAREER RIGHT NOW?

WHICH ONE YOU WANT?

* OOH, BOY, I WANT IT

♪ DON'T STOP, JUST GET IT ♪

♪ MM, MM

[singing in foreign language]

♪ LOUIS VUITTON

♪ DIVA MALETA

♪ ROWS, THEY POPPIN' ♪

♪ ALL DAY I'M SHOPPIN' ♪

[singing in foreign language]

♪

FLY DANTONI.

WHAT'S GOIN' ON?

AIN'T THIS A SURPRISE.

WHAT'S UP?

HEY, JOSELINE.

WHAT'S UP?

THAT'S HOW YOU DO?

YOU WANT TO JUST GO AHEAD AND

START SESSIONS AND GET THINGS

DONE BEHIND MY BACK WITHOUT ME?

COME HERE FOR A MINUTE, MA.

BECAUSE I SIGNED A CONTRACT

WITH HIM, STEVIE THINKS THAT HE

OWNS ME, BUT ALL HE'S GONNA GET

FROM ME IS THAT 30% THAT I

SIGNED FOR, AND THAT'S IT.

I'M NOT GONNA LET HIM CONTROL

ME AND MY CAREER.

SO I CALLED FLY DANTONI, AND

HE'S PRODUCING MY NEW SINGLE

BAILAR.

DID YOU WRITE THAT?

YES.

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN JUST GO

AHEAD AND BOOK STUDIO TIME IN MY

STUDIO--

I CAN DO WHAT I WANT TO DO.

IN MY STUDIO, AND I'M NOT

SUPPOSED TO KNOW ABOUT IT?

I'M GONNA WORK WITH YOU

OR WITHOUT YOU.

THAT'S GOOD, YOU KNOW?

I'M STILL GONNA GET PAID,

REGARDLESS, SO IF YOU'RE

WORKING, HELPING MAKE MY JOB

EASY, I'M HAPPY ABOUT THAT TOO.

BUT THEN, YOU GET PAID

WHEN YOU GET PAID.

HOW 'BOUT THAT?

DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

I'LL TAKE IT UP WITH THE

LAWYERS.

IT'S NO BIG THING.

THEN DO WHAT YOU DO.

YOU'RE A LIGHTWEIGHT IN THIS

THING, MA.

I'VE BEEN DOIN' THIS.

IF I BRING YOU IN THE SITUATION

WHERE YOU HAD NO IDEA THIS REALM

OF LIFE EVEN EXISTED--

YOU SHOULD NEVER BITE THE HAND

THAT FEEDS YOU.

YOU KNOW, THIS INDUSTRY IS THIS

SMALL.

MA, I'LL SHUT YOU DOWN IF I

WANTED TO, BUT I DON'T WANT TO

DO THAT.

GO AHEAD AND SHUT ME DOWN,

THEN.

YOU KNOW THE STORY.

YOU'LL BE BACK WHERE?

GO AHEAD.

RIGHT WHERE YOU WANT ME TO BE,

THE STRIP CLUB?

I DON'T THINK SO.

OKAY.

I'M WORKIN'.

NOW YOU'RE A RAPPER, SINGER?

I'M WORKIN'.

LISTEN--

WHO GAVE YOU THAT?

STEVIE.

[blows]

I FEEL SOMETIMES THAT WHEN I

TRY TO DO MY BEST, I FEEL LIKE

YOU TRY TO COMPETE WITH ME.

THAT'S WHY YOU ALWAYS PUSH ME

DOWN.

I KNOW A SIMPLER REASON WHY.

WHY?

'CAUSE WE [bleep].

WE GOT TO STOP [bleep].

THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA HAVE TO

HAPPEN.

YOU'RE GONNA STOP HAVING SEX

WITH ME?

YOU'RE GONNA STOP HAVING SEX

WITH ALL OF THIS?

EVEN--EVEN IF YOU TRIED,

YOU COULDN'T.

HE CAN'T LEAVE ME ALONE.

HE CANNOT STOP HAVING SEX WITH

ME.

HE ALWAYS SAY, "I'M NOT GONNA

COME AROUND."

HE'LL BE KNOCKING ON MY DOOR,

BASICALLY STALKING ME.

WHEN NEED TO GET RID OF THIS

CONTRACT, 'CAUSE I REALLY CAN'T

WORK WITH YOU.

GET RID OF OUR CONTRACT?

YEAH, YEAH, I CAN'T WORK WITH

YOU.

YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO SEPARATE

BUSINESS AND PERSONAL.

THE PROBLEM WITH STEVIE AND I IS

NOT THE CONTRACT.

HE DOESN'T WANT 30%.

HE WANT THE WHOLE 100%.

HE WANTS THIS, HE WANTS THIS

RIGHT HERE, AND HE WANTS THIS,

AND HE WANTS THE MONEY.

LEAVE ME ALONE.

LET THE CONTRACT GO.

LET ME WORK WITH WHO I WANT TO

WORK WITH, AND THAT'S THAT.

LET THE CONTRACT GO?

LISTEN, I'M TRYING TO WORK.

NO.

I'M NOT GONNA LET UP OFF YOU...

'CAUSE YOU ARE A SUPERSTAR.

THROUGHOUT ALL THESE YEARS,

WE'VE GOTTEN PAST EVERY

SITUATION THAT PRETTY MUCH HAS

COME AT US, BUT FOR YOU TO

QUESTION ME LOVING YOU, TO ME,

THAT [bleep] IS SMALL.

IF YOU WANT TO LET THEM GUIDE

YOUR LIFE AND EVERYTHING HAS TO

BE HOT AND COLD OR WHATEVER--

THEY NEED TO GET YOU A HIT

MOTHER[bleep] RECORD, YOU KNOW

WHAT I'M SAYIN'?

'CAUSE IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE SO

MOTHER[bleep] HOT YOURSELF,

EITHER.

WHAT'S HER NAME?

JOSELINE.

SHE'S SOMEONE YOU LOVE.

I MEAN...

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER

THIS, BUT A LONG TIME AGO, WE

SAID IF WE EVER GOT TO A POINT

WHERE WE WAS FEELING LIKE OUR

RELATIONSHIP WAS IN A REALLY

WEIRD PLACE, WE WOULD TALK TO

EACH OTHER, RIGHT?

AFTER YESTERDAY'S HUGE FIGHT

WITH KIRK OVER BUSINESS, I GOT

UP 5:00 IN THE MORNING AND JUST

SAT AND WAITED ON HIM TO GET UP,

'CAUSE THE PLACE WE ARE RIGHT

NOW, I DON'T LIKE IT.

WE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR A LONG

TIME.

WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON

AROUND US.

THROUGHOUT ALL THESE YEARS,

WE'VE GOTTEN PAST EVERY

SITUATION THAT PRETTY MUCH HAS

COME AT US, BUT FOR YOU TO

QUESTION ME LOVING YOU, TO ME,

THAT [bleep] IS SMALL.

YOU GOIN' BEHIND MY BACK

DOING STUFF I DON'T KNOW ABOUT,

AND I FEEL LIKE IF YOU LOVE ME,

YOU WOULD NEVER DO NOTHIN' LIKE

THAT, SO OF COURSE I'M

QUESTIONING, "DO YOU LOVE ME?"

THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS WHOLE

[bleep] IS TO GET YOU TO

UNDERSTAND ONE THING: I NEED

MORE RASHEEDA TIME.

YOU KNOW, RASHEEDA, THE ONE THAT

WAS EXCITED TO GO INTO WAFFLE

HOUSE AND GET A DOUBLE ORDER OF

HASH BROWNS, YOU KNOW, THE GIRL

WHO EXCITED ME THE MOST.

THAT WOMAN NEEDS TO COME BACK.

YOU GOT SO MUCH GOING, THAT YOU

JUST HARD TO FIND IN THERE.

KIRK, YOU ARE MY OTHER HALF.

YOU HAVE BEEN THERE WITH ME FOR

SO LONG.

COME ON.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE I

WOULD BE IN MY LIFE RIGHT NOW IF

IT WASN'T FOR YOU.

I HAVE NO CLUE.

YOU KNOW WHY?

BECAUSE THE WORLD IS SO [bleep]

UP, AND THERE BE SO MANY WOMEN

DOING SO MANY CRAZY THINGS, AND

I'VE BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE

SOMEBODY NOT ONLY LOVE ME, BUT

SHOW ME HOW TO LOVE MYSELF.

YOU GOT TO CHANGE THINGS UP,

THEN.

WE PUT OFF HAVING KIDS 'CAUSE IF

RASHEEDA HAVE A BABY RIGHT NOW,

AIN'T NOBODY GONNA BUY A

PREGNANT WOMAN RAP.

HOW DID WE LET THE INDUSTRY

DECIDE--

SO IF I LOST SIGHT OF US,

I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

BECAUSE YOU A RAPPER.

IS THAT WHAT A RAPPER IS

SUPPOSED TO BE, A WOMAN WHO

CAN'T HAVE KIDS AND CAN'T BE A

WIFE?

OKAY, I HAVE SOMETHING ON MY

MIND.

OKAY.

WHY DON'T WE EVEN CONSIDER

MAYBE YOU STEPPING DOWN A LITTLE

BIT AND ALLOWING ME TO EXPLORE

SOME OPTIONS ON MANAGEMENT AND

LET'S TRY THAT?

JUST TO SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING

THAT CAN HELP US PERSONALLY AND

ON THE BUSINESS SIDE.

I'M NOT REALLY SURE HOW IT'S

GONNA GO.

I'M HOPING IT GOES WELL, BUT

ULTIMATELY, I WANT MY HUSBAND TO

LOVE HIS WIFE AND BE HAPPY.

I DON'T WANT HIM FEELING LIKE

I'M JUST GOING LEFT ON HIM LIKE

THAT.

I JUST HOPE WE WORK ON IT AND

JUST NOT TALK ABOUT IT.

I'VE BEEN SPENDING ALMOST

EVERY NIGHT AT BENZINO'S HOUSE.

HE MAY BE COLD AS FAR AS

MALCOLM'S CONCERNED, BUT AT THE

HOUSE, IT'S VERY HOT AND STEAMY.

WOW, BABE.

YEAH.

YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO.

I WANTED TO.

DID YOU SLEEP GOOD?

SO GOT A LITTLE SOMETHING ELSE

ON THE TRAY FOR YOU.

REALLY?

YEAH.

A KEY.

YEAH.

YOU GOT ME A KEY TO THE

HOUSE?

TO THE CRIB, YEAH.

YOU KNOW, MI CASA, SU CASA.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYIN'?

ARE WE READY FOR THIS?

TO ME, I THOUGHT--I MEAN,

I THOUGHT WE WAS.

IT COMES TO A POINT IN A MAN'S

LIFE WHERE YOU FEEL LIKE, WOW,

THIS RIGHT HERE REALLY COULD

BE IT.

SHE'S BEAUTIFUL. SHE'S TALENTED.

AND, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GETTING

NO YOUNGER, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M

SAYIN'?

I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG, YOU KNOW,

ALL THESE GOOD LOOKS IS GONNA

LAST, YOU KNOW?

SO I FELT LIKE I WANTED TO SPEED

THE PROCESS UP.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYIN'?

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

I HAD A TALK WITH MALCOLM.

HE SUGGESTED THAT, YOU KNOW,

I NEEDED TO STAY HOT, AND, YOU

KNOW, BENZINO IS A LITTLE COLD.

BENZINO'S COLD?

MAN.

LISTEN, HE'S JUST GIVING ME

SOME ADVICE ABOUT WHAT HIS

ARTIST SHOULD DO.

WHAT DOES THAT GOT TO DO WITH

US?

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYIN'?

LIKE, WE'RE NOT INDUSTRY.

BECAUSE IF I'M ROCKING WITH

YOU, YOU'RE GONNA BE IN WITH ME

IN THE INDUSTRY.

NOT EVERYTHING'S ABOUT THE

INDUSTRY.

IF YOU WANT TO LET THEM GUIDE

YOUR LIFE AND EVERYTHING HAS TO

BE HOT AND COLD OR WHATEVER--

THEY NEED TO GET YOU A HIT

MOTHER[bleep] RECORD, YOU KNOW

WHAT I'M SAYIN'?

'CAUSE IT'S NOT LIKE YOU SO

MOTHER[bleep] HOT YOURSELF,

EITHER.

I'M LIKE, "THAT'S NOT WHAT

YOU WERE SAYIN' LAST NIGHT."

SO WHAT YOU SAYIN'?

YOU JUST DO WHAT'S IN YOUR

HEART AND WHAT YOUR HEART'S

TELLING YOU TO DO AND DON'T

WORRY ABOUT NO INDUSTRY, NO

INTERNET, AND WHAT OTHER PEOPLE

SAY, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT LOVE.

LOVE IS ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK.

WHEN YOU'RE AN ARTIST,

EVERYTHING REALLY IS ABOUT A

LOOK, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY,

YOU KNOW, THERE'S STILL A

PERSONAL LIFE.

SO THERE'S YOUR HIP-HOP, AND

THERE'S YOUR LOVE.

YOU KNOW, SHE HAS TO BE ABLE TO

DECIDE BETWEEN THE TWO.

I'VE BEEN IN THIS GAME FOR A

MINUTE, AND IT HAS UPS AND

DOWNS, MAN, BUT I DON'T QUIT.

I'M NOT A QUITTER.

I'M NOT GONNA QUIT ON US,

BUT YOU GOT TO GO EASY WITH WHAT

THEY THINK ABOUT ZINO.

YOU KNOW, GIVE ME A CHANCE.

I HATE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE

TO GO THROUGH THIS.

IT IS WHAT IT IS.

BABY, CAN WE JUST FIGURE IT

OUT?

PLEASE?

YOU GOT TO MAKE A DECISION,

KARLIE, AT SOME POINT,

BECAUSE I CAN'T GO THROUGH THIS.

I CAN'T LIVE MY LIFE LIKE THIS.

* SO I WON'T HURT AGAIN ♪

[cheers and applause]

THANK Y'ALL.

AFTER THE SONG K.MICHELLE DID

FOR ME, I COULDN'T GET ENOUGH OF

HER PERFORMING.

SO WHEN SHE SAID SHE WAS GONNA

BE AT ATL LIVE, I GRABBED ERICA,

AND WE WENT DOWNTOWN.

HI, I'M YOUR LIFESTYLE

SPECIALIST KENNY BURNS, AND UP

NEXT ARE TWO PERSONAL FRIENDS OF

MINE: STEVIE J. AND BENZINO

AND THE MAGNIFICENT 757s.

I'M SUPPOSED TO BE OUT WITH

MY GIRL HAVING A GOOD TIME

LISTENING TO K.MICHELLE, AND NOW

ALL OF A SUDDEN, "STEVIE J." IS

PERFORMING.

OKAY, WHAT'S NEXT?

THANK YOU.

I'D LIKE TO DEDICATE THIS TO

SOMEBODY SPECIAL,

SOMEBODY THAT'S HERE TONIGHT.

SHE MEANS A LOT TO ME.

I JUST WANT TO STOP ALL THE

FIGHTIN', STOP ALL THE FUSSIN',

AND GET BACK TO LOVIN' AND

MAKING LOVE AND ALL OF THAT.

757s, PLEASE, HELP ME OUT.

WHERE THE BLUE LIGHTS AT?

UH.

LATELY, MIMI AND I HAVE BEEN

ARGUING A LOT, AND I WANT TO LET

HER KNOW HOW I REALLY FEEL, SO I

WROTE A SONG FOR HER IN HOPES

THAT SHE'LL UNDERSTAND AND

LISTEN TO ME.

♪ FIRST YOU, FIRST YOU

♪ FIRST YOU SCREAM

♪ WHEN I NEED TO CRY

♪ WHEN I COME BACK

♪ IF I TELL YOU THE TRUTH

♪ YOU DON'T WANT THAT ♪

* EVERYTHING I SAY IS A LIE

♪ SO I LIE

* ARE YOU GONNA BE 'ROUND ♪

♪ TO HELP ME GET BY

* I DON'T SEE NO LOVE ♪

♪ WHEN I LOOK IN YOUR EYES

* AND I FEEL EMPTY

♪ WHEN I SEE YOU CRY

* AIN'T IN LOVE NO MORE ♪

* I WANT TO TELL YOU THIS

♪ RIGHT HERE

♪ 'CAUSE I CAN'T GO ON ♪

♪ LIVING WITH YOU

♪ NO MORE

♪ ALL THE ARGUING, CUSSING

♪ FUSSING, FIGHTING

♪ BRING RED AND BLUE

♪ RED AND BLUE LIGHTS

YOU SICK OF THE ARGUING AND

FUSSING AND FIGHT--

[bleep], IF YOU GONNA WRITE A

SONG FOR ME, YOU BETTER WRITE

SOME BETTER [bleep] THAN THAT.

757s!

MIMI!

THE MAN STILL SAYS HE LOVES

YOU, BY THE WAY.

THAT'S STEVIE J.

CAN YOU HEAR ME, MIMI?

HUH?

DID YOU HEAR ME?

WHAT YOU SAY?

HE SAYS HE LOVES YOU.

HE JUST SAID HE LOVES YOU.

WOW, WOW.

YOU KNOW THE MEANING TO THE

WORDS OF THE SONG.

HE JUST TOLD ME TO TELL YOU HE

LOVES YOU.

THANK YOU.

I THINK I WAS REAL CLEAR WHEN

I SAID TO STEVIE, "THE ONLY TIME

I WANT TO SEE YOU IS IN A

THERAPIST'S OFFICE," SO HE

BETTER HAVE A GOOD EXPLANATION

FOR THIS.

CAN I SQUEEZE THROUGH?

YOU HURT ME TO THE CORE.

I BRUNG UP THE CHILD SUPPORT

SITUATION.

OH, GOD.

BUT I'M GONNA GET MY LAWYER,

YOU FEEL ME?

YOU'RE GONNA GET A LAWYER

INVOLVED?

I'M GONNA HAVE A LAWYER ON

THE SIDE PREPARED.

BOWLING?

BOWLING.

I'M A BEAST.

I GOT MY OWN BALLS.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOUR OWN

BALLS, BUT YOU GOT SOME NICE

LIPS.

I WAS SINGING MY HEART OUT

FOR YOU.

SINGING MY FACE OFF.

I WROTE RED AND BLUE LIGHTS

BECAUSE I WAS JUST SICK OF ALL

THE ARGUING, FUSSING, AND

FIGHTING THAT I GO THROUGH WITH

MIMI, AND EVENTUALLY, IF THAT

KEEPS UP, THE ONLY THING LEFT TO

COME IS THE COPS.

I DON'T WANT THAT.

WAIT, WAIT, BEFORE YOU GO ON,

SAY TO ME THE LYRICS OF THE

SONG.

"I CAN'T" WHAT?

"GO ON LIVING WITH YOU NO

MORE", BECAUSE--

"I CAN'T GO ON LIVING WITH

YOU NO MORE."

'CAUSE ALL THE--

SHH, STOP.

GO AHEAD, AND WHAT'S THE REST OF

THE LYRICS?

"ALL THE ARGUING, FUSSING,

FIGHTING BRING RED AND BLUE

LIGHTS."

THAT'S BECAUSE ALL WE DOIN'

RIGHT NOW IS ARGUING AND FUSSING

AND FIGHTING.

I'M NOT SAYING I DON'T WANT TO

BE WITH YOU.

I WANT TO BE WITH YOU.

OKAY, CAN I ASK YOU A

QUESTION?

YOU CAN ASK ME WHAT YOU LIKE.

I KNOW I CAN ASK YOU, BUT THE

ANSWER I GET IS A TOTALLY

DIFFERENT BALL GAME.

I WANT TO KNOW WHAT MADE YOU

STRAY IN THE FIRST PLACE.

YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.

EXCUSE ME?

LET'S NOT GET INTO ALL THAT.

NO, I WANT TO GET INTO IT.

WHY WE GETTING INTO THAT?

OKAY, SO EITHER WE GET INTO

IT NOW OR WE GET INTO IT IN

THERAPY.

WHEN IS THE THERAPY?

CAN WE FIGURE THAT OUT, BECAUSE

I'M NOT ABOUT TO BEEF WITH YOU

ANYMORE.

I CAN'T DO IT.

I CANNOT DO IT.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO FEEL AT

THIS POINT.

IT'S LIKE, I WANT TO DO WHAT I

CAN TO MAKE HER HAPPY AGAIN.

I CAN'T JUST HAVE YOU SCREAMING

AT ME EVERY TIME WE TALK.

THAT [bleep] IS WACK.

LIKE, [bleep].

THAT DON'T FEEL RIGHT.

I DON'T THINK YOU UNDERSTAND

HOW YOU HURT ME--

I REALLY DON'T--

AS YOU CARRY ON WITH YOUR LIFE,

AND YOU ARE HERE AND THERE, AND

YOU'RE AT REHEARSAL, AND YOU'RE

MANAGING THIS ONE AND THAT ONE,

AND I'M AT HOME WITH A BABY BY

MYSELF.

YOU HURT ME TO THE CORE.

I DON'T THINK YOU UNDERSTAND

THAT.

I REALLY DON'T.

I'D DO ANYTHING TO FIX IT.

YOU SAY THAT.

I'D DO ANYTHING TO FIX IT.

I SWEAR...

IF YOU'LL LET ME.

I LOVE YOU.

LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.

LET'S GO.

I HELPED YOU WITH THAT.

YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT NOTHER

LITTLE PULL, YOU KNOW?

NO, NOT YET?

GIVE ME A MINUTE.

WHEN I HAVE A BAD DAY, I BE

CHILLIN', YOU KNOW WHAT I'M

SAYIN', DOIN' MY LITTLE

THIZ-NI-EY.

YOU FEEL ME?

I DON'T HOLLER AT NOBODY BUT

SHAY.

WHAT'S GOING ON, BABY?

NOTHIN', JUST GOT THROUGH

TALKING WITH THE "B."

YOU KNOW, THE BABY MAMA.

EVERYTHING OKAY?

I TOLD HER, YOU KNOW, I AIN'T

WANT TO BE THERE NO MORE.

YOU FEEL ME?

I AIN'T WANT TO BE THERE, AND I

THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD TO TELL HER,

SO I WAS, LIKE, YOU KNOW,

"LET ME GO OVER THERE, HOLLER.

I GOT TO GET MY COUCHES AND

STUFF, ANYWAY, AND OTHER STUFF."

YOU FEEL ME?

BUT SHE GOT A LITTLE HASTY.

YOU FEEL ME?

GOT A LITTLE OUT OF CONTROL.

WHY?

BECAUSE I BRUNG UP THE CHILD

SUPPORT SITUATION.

OH, GOD, RIGHT AFTER THAT,

YOU BROUGHT UP CHILD SUPPORT.

NO, NO, NO, 'CAUSE SHE--

NO, NO, NO, 'CAUSE SHE SAID SHE

WAS GONNA DO IT.

YOU FEEL ME?

SHE BEEN SAID SHE WAS GONNA DO

IT, LIKE, EVEN AFTER ME AND

DIAMOND BROKE UP.

AND WHY IS SHE NOT SIGNING

THE CHILD SUPPORT PAPERS?

THAT'S THE ONLY THING SHE GOT

TO HOLD ME, AND, YOU KNOW WHAT

I'M SAYIN'?

KIND OF--YOU KNOW, KIND OF

JUST MAKE ME, YOU KNOW--

WHAT WAS THE DEAL?

TELL ME WHAT THE DEAL WAS.

SHE SIGNED THE CHILD SUPPORT

PAPERS IF YOU...

NOW, I DONE MADE AN AGREEMENT

WITH ERICA THAT IF I GIVE HER

A LUMP SUM, THEN SHORTY GONNA

TAKE ME OFF CHILD SUPPORT.

THE NUMBER WOULD'VE BEEN THE

SAME, YOU FEEL ME?

EXCEPT IT WOULD'VE BEEN COMING

CASH OUT, CASH OUT, CASH OUT

AND JUST CUT THE HEADACHE OUT

FOR ME, YOU FEEL ME?

SHE'S GETTING A CHECK AND STILL,

I WAS GONNA LOOK OUT FOR HER

WHEN SHE NEEDED IT.

RIGHT.

I THINK SHE BOGUS.

SO YOU DID WHAT YOU WERE

SUPPOSED TO DO.

I DID WHAT I WAS SUPPOSED

TO DO.

I WENT AND GOT ME AN ACCOUNT FOR

EMANI.

PUT THE 3,000 ON THE ACCOUNT.

SHE WANT IT IN HER ACCOUNT.

IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYIN'?

SO I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT?

I'M GONNA GET MY LAWYER,

YOU FEEL ME?

YOU'RE GONNA GET A LAWYER

INVOLVED?

I'M GONNA HAVE A LAWYER ON

THE SIDE PREPARED.

THAT'S DEFINITELY GONNA PUT

HER ON A DIFFERENT LEVEL, 'CAUSE

NOW SHE GONNA REALLY FEEL

DISRESPECTED THAT YOU DIDN'T

COME TO HER, AND NOW YOU GOT--

TAKE THAT SHOT, YOU KNOW?

TAKE THAT SHOT, BABY.

I WANT YOU TO.

I LOVE IT WHEN YOU GET THERE.

YEAH, TURNING ME ON.

BUT HONESTLY, I'M GONNA TELL

YOU THIS:

I DON'T WANT YOU THEM PEOPLE

INVOLVED: LAWYERS, POLICE,

[bleep] CHILD SUPPORT INDIVIDUAL

MOTHER[bleep] COMING UP IN

Y'ALL--

IT'S JUST NOT WORTH IT.

I THINK YOU TWO CAN WORK IT OUT,

REGARDLESS IF YOU'RE TOGETHER OR

NOT.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

I LIKE IT THAT YOU'RE JUST SO

THERE FOR ME.

[laughing]

YOU FEEL ME?

GIVE ME A KISS.

* WICKED

* YO, BOW WOW

♪ YOU KNOW

♪ UNDERCOVER MISSION

♪ YEAH, MAN

♪ ALL RIGHT

A LOT OF GUYS TRY TO DATE ME.

THAT HAS NEVER BEEN THE PROBLEM

IN THE SITUATION.

HOW YOU DOIN'?

HEY.

DOING ALL RIGHT?

HOW ARE YOU?

THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN FINDING A

MAN WITH SOME STANDARDS WHO'S

FUN, GOT A LITTLE ROUGHNECK

IN HIM.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYIN'?

THAT CAN PICK ME UP, PUT ME

AGAINST THE WALL, YOU KNOW,

WITHOUT HEAD BANGING YOU.

YOU KNOW, STUFF LIKE THAT.

I KNOW YOU LIKE ME GOING

THROUGH TEXT, BUT WHAT YOU

LOOKIN' FOR?

THAT'S THE QUESTION.

WHAT AM I LOOKING FOR?

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

I JUST LIKE TO HAVE FUN.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYIN'?

LIKE, I DON'T LIKE A LOT OF

DRAMA.

A LOT OF DRAMA IS GOOD IF THE

DRAMA IS GONNA LEAD TO HOT SEX.

YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF, YOU

KNOW, BALANCES OUT THE DAY.

THAT'S A BIG PROCESS.

WHERE ARE YOU, LIKE, AS FAR AS

DATING, LIKE--

YOU GOT YOUR LITTLE TIGHT SHIRT

ON, NOW.

YOU--YOU GOT YOUR LITTLE--

YOU GOT YOUR LITTLE SHIRT.

YOU GOT YOUR LITTLE THING ON

RIGHT HERE.

YOU DON'T LIKE IT, NO?

I THINK YOU'RE PRETTY HOT AND

TEMPTING.

MM, PHAT, HUH?

YOU DIDN'T THINK I KNEW WHAT

THAT MEANT.

I DIDN'T SAY PHAT.

YEAH, "THAT'S PRETTY HOT AND

TEMPTING."

THAT'S AN ACRONYM FOR PHAT.

I THINK YOU'RE OKAY.

LIKEWISE.

I THINK WE CAN DO SOMETHING.

LICK YOUR LIPS.

LL COOL J DO IT.

I'M GONNA LICK 'EM LATER.

LL COOL J DO THAT.

[groans]

YOU ALL RIGHT.

UH, UH.

YAH.

YOU LIKE IT?

YOU STRAIGHT.

SO...

IT'S TIME TO GO WATCH THE

GAME.

WE CAN WATCH THE GAME.

AND THEN WE CAN DO SOMETHING

COMPETITIVE.

I LIKE TO WIN.

BOWLING?

BOWLING.

I GOT YOU.

I'M A BEAST.

I GOT MY OWN BALLS.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOUR OWN

BALLS, BUT YOU GOT SOME NICE

LIPS.

YOU LIKE MY LIPS?

YEAH.

* COME ON, SEXY GIRL

♪ GIVE ME A GOOD KISS

♪ BOOM SHOT THIS

♪ NOT TO MISS

♪ A MAN WANT THIS

♪ CATCH UP IN ME FIST

♪ CAME ACROSS

♪ WHO IS WHEN THEM CRISP

♪ COME ON, SEXY GIRL

♪ GIVE ME A GOOD KISS

I DON'T CARE IF YOU DRIBBLE A

BALL OR IF YOU PLAY WITH YOUR

BALLS.

BUT YOU GOT TO KNOW BEFORE

YOU GO INTO IT.

THE TYPE OF GUYS THAT YOU DATE

AIN'T GONNA GIVE YOU 100.

I WANT YOU TO OWN IT.

I'M NOT TRYING TO BEAT YOU UP.

I WANT YOU TO OWN WHAT YOU'VE

DONE.

I OWN THAT I'VE LIED.

I OWN THAT I--YEAH, I'M A LIAR.

KARLIE MEANS A LOT TO ME.

AND WHEN I TOLD HER THAT, YOU

KNOW, I KNOW YOU, IT'S NOT LIKE

SHE DIDN'T BELIEVE ME.

SHE WAS LIKE, "WHY, YOU KNOW

VINCE HERBERT?"

I WAS LIKE, "THAT'S MY MAN.

THAT'S MY BROTHER."

VINCENT HERBERT.

NOW, Y'ALL KNOW VINCENT HERBERT

FROM LADY GAGA,

MINDLESS BEHAVIOR,

BRAXTONS.

[clucks tongue]

EXACTLY.

THE MUSIC SOUND GOOD THAT YOU

SENT ME.

WORD.

IT SOUNDS REALLY GOOD.

AH, V-ZO.

[laughs]

HELLO.

OH, WHAT'S UP, BABE?

HI, BABE.

YOU LOOK GOOD.

THANK YOU.

BENZINO SETTING UP THIS MEETING

WITH ME AND VINCENT HERBERT IS A

HUGE DEAL FOR ME.

THAT'S LADY GAGA'S MANAGER.

HE'S, LIKE, MAN.

CAN YOU MANAGE ME?

YOU REALLY FEEL LIKE THIS

IS SOMETHING YOU REALLY YOU GOT

TO DO?

IT BURNS THROUGH YOUR STOMACH

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR CAREER

AND YOUR MUSIC?

OH, MY GOSH.

FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION.

SHE JUST NEEDS THAT ONE--

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYIN', V.?

YOU KNOW, YOU THE TOP HIT-MAKER

OUT HERE, REALLY, RIGHT NOW, SO

I KNOW ONCE YOU PUT HER IN THE

STUDIO, YOU KNOW, WITH YOUR GUYS

THAT SHE'LL BE ABLE TO POP.

WELL, I LOVE WHAT I--

YOU KNOW, WHAT I HEARD.

I PLAYED HIM JOINT.

PLAYED THE JOINT.

I SENT YOU TWO SONGS.

WELL, I PLAYED 'EM.

HE SAID, YOU KNOW, HE LOVED HIM,

SO, YOU KNOW.

OH, WOW, THANK YOU.

YEAH, IT SOUNDS REALLY,

REALLY GOOD.

YEAH, I'M SAYIN' NO ONE'S DOING

WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

IT'S HOT.

SO YOU TAKE THAT.

YOU PUT A LITTLE SINGING IN THE

HOOK.

YOU DO BOTH OF THOSE.

YOU'RE CREATING A NEW ERA OF

MUSIC FOR THE NEW GENERATION.

MAN, THE MEETING'S GOING

PERFECT.

YOU KNOW, VINCE HEARD HER MUSIC

AND, YOU KNOW, HE STARTS

COMPLIMENTING HER, AND I WAS

LIKE, "OH, MAN."

I WAS HAPPY.

I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO GO IN

THE STUDIO WITH MY PRODUCERS--

THE GUYS, THE INTERNS WITH THE

RIHANNA RECORD AND BIG SEAN

RECORD--AND SEE IF WE CAN COME

OUT WITH SOME GREAT STUFF.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT MEANS

TO ME.

YOU'RE A PART OF RAY'S LIFE.

THAT MEANS YOU'RE A PART OF MY

LIFE, SO THAT'S FAMILY.

WHOO, THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKIN'

ABOUT.

[clucks tongue]

SEE, MALCOLM, I TOLD YOU.

I TOLD YOU BENZINO WOULD SUPPORT

MY CAREER.

I TOLD YOU HE WOULD HELP WITH MY

CAREER.

I GUESS HE AIN'T SO COLD NO

MORE.

THANK YOU, BABY.

THAT'S WHAT'S UP, BABY.

I APPRECIATE IT.

DEFINITELY.

ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA LET OUT.

HEY.

JACK DANIELS?

ABSOLUTELY.

YOU ALREADY KNOW WHAT I WANT.

ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY.

MY DATE WITH STEVIE WAS

GREAT, BUT I STILL WASN'T REALLY

FEELING HIM.

SOMETHING WAS MISSING.

SO I WANTED TO HAVE A

CONVERSATION WITH MY

EX-BOYFRIEND FROM COLLEGE TO SEE

WHY DO I KEEP PICKING THESE, YOU

KNOW, WRONG MEN?

IT'S LIKE, I MEET MEN.

YOU KNOW, I CALLED YOU.

I BE LIKE, "OH, MY GOD, I MET

THIS GUY.

HE'S GREAT."

THEN THREE DAYS LATER, I GET

NUMB.

LIKE, I WANT BUTTERFLIES.

I WANT TO FEEL SOMETHING.

IT'S LIKE, I CAN'T--

I JUST CAN'T JUST SETTLE IN A

SITUATION NO MORE.

SO, I MEAN, YOU FIND

YOURSELF--YOU HAVE ACCESS TO

ALL OF THESE GUYS.

YOU'RE AT THE TOP OF THE FOOD

CHAIN.

YOU HAVE ACCESS TO GUYS THAT

WOMEN WOULD LOVE JUST TO GET

NEXT TO.

DO YOU THINK IT'S BAGGAGE THAT

YOU'VE CARRIED OVER FROM

PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIPS THAT

PREVENT YOU FROM OPENING UP,

OR DO YOU THINK THAT THESE GUYS,

ONCE YOU ACTUALLY MEET 'EM,

DON'T HAVE THE QUALITY OF

CHARACTER THAT YOU WOULD THINK

THEY WOULD HAVE FROM THE OUTSIDE

LOOKING IN?

I DON'T KNOW.

I ALWAYS PICK THE DUDES, YOU

KNOW, USUALLY WITH THE GOLD

TEETH, YOU KNOW, THE TATTOOS,

HOT BOYS, THE BOSSES, BUT THAT'S

PROBABLY NOT WHAT I NEED TO BE

DATING AT THIS POINT IN MY LIFE.

ARE YOU GIVING THOSE GUYS

THAT OTHER PEOPLE SAY YOU SHOULD

DATE THE OPPORTUNITY?

I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW IF I'M DOING IT,

AND I FEEL LIKE--

YOU DON'T PUT YOURSELF IN A

POSITION TO WIN FROM THE GET-GO.

WHY, BECAUSE A PERSON HAS A

CERTAIN JOB OR A PERSON--

I'M GONNA TELL YOU WHAT

YOU DO.

I'M GONNA TELL YOU WHAT YOU DO.

WHAT YOU DO IS SAY, "OKAY, I'M

K.MICHELLE.

THIS IS THE LANE I'M IN, AND

THIS GUY'S IN MY LANE.

WE LOOK GOOD TOGETHER.

WE HAVE FUN TOGETHER.

AUTOMATICALLY, WE'RE COMPATIBLE,

AND WE'RE GONNA BE A LONG-TERM

RELATIONSHIP."

I DON'T THINK SO.

I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT'S HOW

I'M DATING.

LOOK AT THE HISTORY.

YEAH, WELL, NO, BUT I DON'T

AGREE WITH THAT'S HOW I'M

DATING.

YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND.

I DON'T CARE.

I DON'T CARE IF YOU DRIBBLE A

BALL OR YOU PLAY WITH YOUR

BALLS.

BUT YOU GOT TO KNOW BEFORE

YOU GO INTO IT.

THE TYPE OF GUYS THAT YOU DATE

AIN'T GONNA GIVE YOU 100.

WHAT YOU LOOK FOR IN A

RELATIONSHIP, THE THINGS THAT

YOU REQUIRE IN A RELATIONSHIP,

YOU DON'T PURSUE THOSE GUYS

THAT HAVE THOSE ATTRIBUTES.

I MIGHT BE DOING SOMETHING

WRONG.

I KNOW--YOU KNOW, I MIGHT BE

PICKING THE WRONG GUYS.

I DON'T KNOW, BUT I JUST KNOW

GOING HOME EVERY NIGHT AND

DEALING WITH MYSELF--

THAT SILENCE IS LOUD, MAN.

WAIT A MINUTE.

THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER WOMEN?

QUITE.

YOU DON'T WANT TO BE A LIAR

ANYMORE.

LAST TIME I SAW MIMI WAS AT

THE ATL LIVE, AND, YOU KNOW, I

SANG A SONG TO HER, HOPING THAT

IT'D GET US BACK TO LOVE, BUT

SHE'S ARGUING, FUSSING,

FIGHTING, AND SHE INSISTED THE

NEXT TIME WE SPEAK, WE SPEAK AT

A THERAPIST'S OFFICE,

SO HERE WE ARE.

WHY DID YOU COME TO THERAPY?

I THINK MY MAIN ISSUE

WOULD BE THE LYING.

SHE'S CALLING YOU A LIAR.

I UNDERSTAND.

I UNDERSTAND, AND I'VE BEEN

THAT.

I'VE BEEN THAT.

SO YOU ADMIT THAT.

YES, I DO.

I ADMIT IT.

YOU ADMIT THAT YOU'RE A LIAR.

I ADMIT THAT I'VE LIED TO

HER, YES.

OKAY, YOU ADMIT THAT YOU'RE

A LIAR.

I-I GUESS THAT MEANS YES.

I WANT YOU TO OWN IT.

I'M NOT TRYING TO BEAT YOU UP.

I WANT YOU TO OWN WHAT YOU'VE

DONE.

I OWN IT THAT I'VE LIED.

I'VE OWNED THAT, YEAH,

I'M A LIAR.

WOW, YOU ADMITTED IT.

I KNEW HE WAS A LIAR.

HE'S BEEN LYING FOR A LONG TIME,

BUT THE FACT

THAT HE ADMITTED IT--

IT WAS A LITTLE REFRESHING.

YOU LOVE THIS WOMAN?

YES, I LOVE HER.

ARE YOU IN LOVE WITH HER?

I WANT TO BE BACK IN LOVE

WITH HER.

SO YOU'RE NOT IN LOVE RIGHT

NOW.

NO.

CAN I ASK YOU SOMETHING?

YOU CAN ASK ME WHATEVER YOU

WANT.

WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WANT

FROM ME?

I WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY,

MORE HAPPY.

LATELY, YOU HAVE NOT.

AND WHY?

I [bleep] UP.

THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.

IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE WAS A

BIG LIE, A GINORMOUS LIE.

IT WAS A REALITY.

IT WASN'T A LIE.

SOMETHING HAPPENED, AND THERE'S

NO WAY AROUND IT.

WHAT HAPPENED?

I HAVE AN ARTIST THAT I'M

WORKING WITH, AND SHE TURNED UP

PREGNANT.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYIN'?

I GOT HER PREGNANT.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

THE WAY HE SAID IT WAS LIKE

YOU WOULD THINK THEY JUST BUMPED

INTO EACH OTHER.

AND I HAD TO REMIND HIM,

"EXCUSE ME, YOU HAD AN AFFAIR."

WHAT'S HER NAME?

JOSELINE.

SO YOU WERE HITTING THAT ON THE

REGULAR?

YEAH, FOR A MONTH STRAIGHT ON

THE REGULAR.

SO SHE'S SOMEONE YOU LOVE.

I MEAN...

I MEAN, YEAH, I LOVE HER, LIKE,

AS, LIKE, YOU KNOW, A COOL

PERSON, A FRIEND, YOU KNOW,

SOMEBODY THAT I CAN KICK IT WITH

AND CHILL OUT WITH.

YEAH, YOU KNOW?

BUT I LOVE MIMI.

I'M IN LOVE WITH MIMI.

I WANT TO BE BACK IN LOVE WITH

MIMI.

MM-HMM, SO I'M SUPPOSED TO

BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA

SLEEP WITH HER AGAIN.

I HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN HER IN

THE PAST FEW WEEKS.

WHY?

BECAUSE WE'RE JUST HANDLING

BUSINESS.

I DON'T BELIEVE YOU OR HER.

THIS IS THE GUY THAT ADMITTED

TO BEING--STEVIE, WHAT WAS THE

TERM YOU USED?

I MEAN...

WHAT WAS THE TERM YOU USED?

THE "L" WORD.

YEAH.

LOVE.

NO, THE OTHER WORD.

LIAR.

CAN WE AT LEAST GET PAST SOME

ISSUES SO THAT WE CAN MOVE ON TO

HAPPINESS?

BEFORE WE GET BACK TO THAT

PLACE, IN THE INTERIM OF THAT,

YOU'RE STILL GONNA DO YOU.

WHAT IS DOING ME?

IS THAT A TRICK QUESTION?

WHAT, GOING TO WORK EVERY

DAY?

NO, NO, NO, I'M NOT TALKING

ABOUT GOING TO WORK.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

LET HER TALK.

I'M TALKING ABOUT OTHER

WOMEN.

I'M NOT DOING NO OTHER WOMEN.

OKAY, I'M GONNA STOP YOU.

WAIT A MINUTE.

THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER WOMEN?

QUITE.

HUH?

YOU DON'T WANT TO BE A LIAR

ANYMORE.

I THINK I'M JUST LOOKING FOR

THAT LOVE THAT I NEVER GOT.

YOU KNOW?

I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU.

MIMI, I KNOW YOU'RE A STRONG

WOMAN, BUT WE ARE GONNA TALK

ABOUT ENABLING BEHAVIORS.

WHY DOES A MAN CHEAT?

BECAUSE THE WOMAN LETS HIM.

YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

YOU HAVE TO CHANGE TOO, MIMI.

AND I'M GONNA ASK YOU A VERY

PERSONAL QUESTION.

WHAT WAS YOUR RELATIONSHIP LIKE

WITH YOUR MOTHER?

[sighs]

SHE WAS ALWAYS SEARCHING FOR

SOMETHING, DIFFERENT RELIGIONS,

AND...

WHEN MY MOTHER JOINED

SCIENTOLOGY, THEY WANTED ME TO

SIGN A CONTRACT TO WORK FOR

THEM, AND I REFUSED.

I WAS KICKED OUT AT 13,

AND MY MOTHER WAS SO CONSUMED

WITH HER LIFE IN THAT RELIGION

THAT WE LOST CONTACT FOR MANY

YEARS.

AND WHERE SHE ENDED UP, SHE

STAYED THERE UNTIL SHE DIED, AND

SHE GAVE UP HER KIDS,

EVERYTHING, FOR WHAT SHE WANTED

TO DO.

SO IN YOUR MOST FORMATIVE

YEARS, YOU DIDN'T HAVE A

MOTHER.

MM-MM.

I DO THINK IT HAS PLAYED A PART

IN MY RELATIONSHIPS,

BECAUSE I'M...

[sighs]

I THINK I'M JUST LOOKING FOR

THAT LOVE THAT I NEVER GOT.

YOU KNOW?

I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU.

BUT IT JUST HURTS SO MUCH

WORSE WHEN I THINK I'M WITH

SOMEONE, AND THEY TURN AROUND

AND HURT ME.

LIKE...

[sniffling]

EVERYTHING WE DO COMES FROM

SOMETHING ELSE, YOU KNOW?

WHICH THEN LEADS ME TO ASK YOU:

WHAT KIND OF RELATIONSHIP DID

YOU HAVE WITH YOUR MOTHER?

I DON'T.

DON'T KNOW HER.

WHAT HAPPENED?

WELL, MY FATHER HAVE BEEN

RAISING ME AND MY BROTHERS AND

SISTERS SINCE I WAS EIGHT

MONTHS, SO YOU KNOW.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT YOUR

MOTHER?

NOT TOO MUCH.

YOU KNOW, I NEVER EVEN ASKED

HIM.

YOU NEVER EVEN ASKED?

NO.

STEVIE, EVERY BOY WANTS TO

KNOW, "WHERE IS MY MAMA?"

I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I EVER

WANTED TO KNOW, TO BE HONEST.

YEAH, YOU DID.

I MEAN, IT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE

TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH MY

MOTHER, BUT I DIDN'T.

GOD BLESS YOUR FATHER.

GOD BLESS HIM, BUT YOU WERE

MORTALLY WOUNDED BECAUSE YOU

DIDN'T HAVE A MOTHER IN YOUR

LIFE.

AND UNLESS YOU GO DEEP INSIDE

THAT PAIN, YOU WILL ALWAYS CARRY

THAT PAIN, AND YOU'RE GONNA

DEFLECT THAT PAIN AND PUT THAT

PAIN ON EVERYBODY ELSE.

YEAH.

I CAN'T THINK ABOUT IT, THOUGH.

I JUST CAN'T.

YOU WERE ABANDONED BY YOUR

MOTHER.

YEAH.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW,

I'M ON YOUR SIDE.

I'M NOT TRYING TO FIGHT YOU OR

BE AGAINST YOU, BUT WE NEED TO

WORK TOGETHER.

YOU KNOW?

YEAH.

I WANT US ALL TO SIT DOWN AT

COUNSELING SO WE CAN ALL BE ABLE

TO WORK TOGETHER.

ALL THREE OF US?

YES.

HE'S REALLY THINKING HE'S IN

A THREE-WAY RELATIONSHIP.

AT FIRST, I THOUGHT IT WAS

ASININE, BUT NOW THAT I THINK

ABOUT IT, LET'S GO.

YOU ARE THE PIECES TO MY

PUZZLE.

MWAH!

WHAT'S IN THE BOX?

MAN, I GOT GOOSEBUMPS.

I HAPPEN TO THINK RASHEEDA'S

A VERY TALENTED PERSON, BUT I'VE

JUST NEVER SEEN HER GET

ANYWHERE.

NONE OF MY FAULT.

I DON'T CARE.

I'M COOL WITH THAT.

SWEETHEART, THIS AIN'T ABOUT

FAULT.

IT'S ABOUT COMING FROM UNDER THE

GROUND.

SHE'S DIRTY.

SHE'S SINKING.

SHE WANT TO COME UP FOR AIR.

HELLO, YOU MUST BE JOSELINE.

YES, I AM.

NICE TO MEET YOU.

HE'S TRYING TO CONTINUE ON THE

RELATIONSHIP WITH HER.

I'M LIVING WITH HIM RIGHT

NOW, JOSELINE.

YOU GUYS LIVING TOGETHER?

YES, I'M IN THE HOUSE.

YES, I HAVE BEEN THERE.