1 00:02:15,222 --> 00:02:16,440 Girl, if you don't stop 2 00:02:16,614 --> 00:02:18,225 - all that fidgeting. - I-I'm... What? 3 00:02:18,399 --> 00:02:19,791 I'm sorry, I can't-I can't control it. 4 00:02:19,965 --> 00:02:21,271 I'm just nervous. 5 00:02:21,445 --> 00:02:24,448 I am, too. But we're in good hands. 6 00:02:24,622 --> 00:02:26,450 You have swollen lymph nodes. 7 00:02:26,624 --> 00:02:29,149 It's very common for people with AIDS. 8 00:02:29,323 --> 00:02:31,542 When we get back the results of the biopsy from Dr. Greenberg, 9 00:02:31,716 --> 00:02:34,371 - we'll have a better idea. - Well, whatever it is, I hope 10 00:02:34,545 --> 00:02:36,460 it gets rid of these night sweats. 11 00:02:36,634 --> 00:02:38,854 I haven't had a full night's sleep in weeks. 12 00:02:42,727 --> 00:02:45,252 May I have a word with, uh... Pray Tell alone? 13 00:02:45,426 --> 00:02:48,124 Uh, no, stay. They... 14 00:02:48,298 --> 00:02:51,301 These women are family. 15 00:02:51,475 --> 00:02:53,129 The tissue samples confirmed my suspicion. 16 00:02:53,303 --> 00:02:55,218 You have AIDS-related lymphoma. 17 00:02:57,873 --> 00:03:00,484 - Cancer? - Yes. 18 00:03:00,658 --> 00:03:01,703 The T cells we need to boost your immunity 19 00:03:01,877 --> 00:03:03,748 and fight the cancer aren't there. 20 00:03:03,922 --> 00:03:05,576 This makes it almost impossible for me to treat you safely. 21 00:03:07,665 --> 00:03:10,929 What about, um... chemo? 22 00:03:11,103 --> 00:03:13,497 Chemotherapy could kill the cancer, 23 00:03:13,671 --> 00:03:15,499 but it'd also kill you. 24 00:03:25,379 --> 00:03:27,598 Uh, how... how long do I have? 25 00:03:29,383 --> 00:03:30,949 At most, six months. 26 00:03:41,351 --> 00:03:42,309 Fuck this. 27 00:03:42,483 --> 00:03:45,921 Fuck him. Smug motherfucker. 28 00:03:46,095 --> 00:03:47,531 I can tell you, I've seen 29 00:03:47,705 --> 00:03:49,881 a dozen AIDS patients just like you-- 30 00:03:50,055 --> 00:03:52,928 night sweats, fevers, swollen glands-- 31 00:03:53,102 --> 00:03:54,930 gone on to recover and live. 32 00:03:55,104 --> 00:03:57,541 And we're getting a second opinion. 33 00:03:57,715 --> 00:03:59,978 Pray. Pray. 34 00:04:00,152 --> 00:04:01,197 - Where'd you go? 35 00:04:01,371 --> 00:04:04,374 - You okay? - I'm fine. I'm fine. 36 00:04:04,548 --> 00:04:06,376 Don't y'all worry about me. Ain't no white man 37 00:04:06,550 --> 00:04:08,596 in a lab coat and cheap shoes gonna tell me 38 00:04:08,770 --> 00:04:11,425 - I got to throw in the towel. - Amen. 39 00:04:11,599 --> 00:04:14,123 I've always known I was living on limited time. 40 00:04:14,297 --> 00:04:17,692 But now... 41 00:04:17,866 --> 00:04:19,607 I know know. 42 00:04:22,610 --> 00:04:26,091 And I have to use this time wisely. 43 00:04:29,051 --> 00:04:31,445 Yeah. 44 00:04:31,619 --> 00:04:34,186 I have to tell the people I love 45 00:04:34,361 --> 00:04:35,753 that I love them. 46 00:04:35,927 --> 00:04:39,017 - I love you, Pray. - I love you, too. 47 00:04:39,191 --> 00:04:41,019 I love y'all. 48 00:04:41,193 --> 00:04:43,370 And there are some other people who need to hear that from me. 49 00:04:45,981 --> 00:04:47,678 Some folks I got to forgive. 50 00:04:53,945 --> 00:04:56,078 The category is... 51 00:04:56,252 --> 00:04:59,603 Live... 52 00:04:59,777 --> 00:05:02,040 Work... 53 00:05:02,214 --> 00:05:05,609 Pose! 54 00:06:25,820 --> 00:06:27,125 - GIRLS Go, Pray. Go, Pray. 55 00:06:27,299 --> 00:06:30,128 - Go, Pray, hey, hey, go, Pray. 56 00:06:30,302 --> 00:06:32,914 Go, Pray. Go, Pray. Hey, hey, go, Pray. 57 00:06:33,088 --> 00:06:35,786 - Go, Pray. Go, Pray. -Prayerful? 58 00:06:37,875 --> 00:06:38,920 - Is that you, baby? - Hi, Mommy. 59 00:06:39,094 --> 00:06:40,704 - I thought I'd surprise you. - Ooh, 60 00:06:40,878 --> 00:06:43,359 what a blessing 61 00:06:43,533 --> 00:06:45,274 after all these years. 62 00:06:45,448 --> 00:06:47,363 Oh, my God. 63 00:06:47,537 --> 00:06:48,930 How long I got you? 64 00:06:49,104 --> 00:06:51,193 - For as long as you'll have me. - Oh! You hungry? 65 00:06:51,367 --> 00:06:54,370 - Mm. - I'm making catfish for lunch. Oh. 66 00:06:54,544 --> 00:06:56,807 Is Auntie Latrice and Jada coming over? 67 00:06:56,981 --> 00:07:00,202 Does a one-legged duck swim in a circle? 68 00:07:00,376 --> 00:07:02,726 Nah, even hypertension can't keep Latrice from my cooking. 69 00:07:04,075 --> 00:07:06,817 Look at you! Come in here. 70 00:07:09,341 --> 00:07:11,605 Mmm! Mmm, mmm, mmm. 71 00:07:13,694 --> 00:07:15,957 Mmm. Frying up real nice. 72 00:07:16,131 --> 00:07:18,655 -- Mm, sure is. -- It is. 73 00:07:18,829 --> 00:07:20,004 Is this real silk? 74 00:07:20,178 --> 00:07:23,181 Yes, of course. 75 00:07:23,355 --> 00:07:25,183 - You think I'd wear rayon? - Should I 76 00:07:25,357 --> 00:07:27,098 pull out your high school yearbook? 77 00:07:29,013 --> 00:07:31,842 - You weren't always a swan. - Eh... 78 00:07:32,016 --> 00:07:35,498 How much a silk shirt like that run you-- hundred, $200? 79 00:07:35,672 --> 00:07:37,152 How gauche. 80 00:07:37,326 --> 00:07:39,154 You can call me all the names you want, 81 00:07:39,328 --> 00:07:40,982 but the money you spend on clothes-- 82 00:07:41,156 --> 00:07:42,549 you could fix the leak in that church roof. 83 00:07:42,723 --> 00:07:44,202 Oh, stop it, now. 84 00:07:44,376 --> 00:07:46,117 It's enough chitter-chatter. 85 00:07:46,291 --> 00:07:49,033 My baby is home. 86 00:07:49,207 --> 00:07:52,559 And you have to tell us about your life in New York. 87 00:07:52,733 --> 00:07:54,212 -Mm. - It's good. 88 00:07:55,387 --> 00:07:56,563 It's fine. 89 00:07:56,737 --> 00:07:58,042 Mm-hmm. 90 00:07:59,348 --> 00:08:00,436 Challenging. 91 00:08:00,610 --> 00:08:02,569 That's why I'm visiting. 92 00:08:02,743 --> 00:08:05,006 - Most I can lend you is $50. - Oh, hush up, now. 93 00:08:05,180 --> 00:08:07,356 Baby, is that why you came home? That... You need money? 94 00:08:07,530 --> 00:08:10,141 No, Mommy. 95 00:08:10,315 --> 00:08:12,796 - Okay. 96 00:08:12,970 --> 00:08:14,842 I came to share something with you. 97 00:08:15,016 --> 00:08:16,365 Well, it can't be worse than the last time 98 00:08:16,539 --> 00:08:18,846 - you gathered us for a meal. - You mean that time 99 00:08:19,020 --> 00:08:20,717 I bared my soul to the women I love 100 00:08:20,891 --> 00:08:22,850 and bravely told them I was gay? 101 00:08:23,024 --> 00:08:24,373 Oh, Lord, here we go again. 102 00:08:24,547 --> 00:08:25,505 If I have to hear about 103 00:08:25,679 --> 00:08:28,159 your sexuality one more time. 104 00:08:28,333 --> 00:08:30,597 I do not talk about my sex life. 105 00:08:30,771 --> 00:08:33,034 - That's 'cause you ain't got no sex life to talk about. 106 00:08:33,208 --> 00:08:36,254 I'm not here to talk about my sexuality. 107 00:08:36,428 --> 00:08:38,039 I'm here to talk about my health. 108 00:08:38,213 --> 00:08:39,388 Is it the sugars? 109 00:08:39,562 --> 00:08:40,998 No, I don't have diabetes. 110 00:08:41,172 --> 00:08:42,260 -Well, what is it-- 111 00:08:42,434 --> 00:08:44,045 sickle cell? Asthma? 112 00:08:44,219 --> 00:08:47,657 No. I don't know any other way to say this, so... 113 00:08:52,270 --> 00:08:53,924 I have AIDS. 114 00:08:57,928 --> 00:08:59,582 I'm dying. 115 00:09:06,371 --> 00:09:07,590 I have been... 116 00:09:09,418 --> 00:09:12,203 ...HIV positive for six years, 117 00:09:12,377 --> 00:09:15,424 and I didn't want to burden y'all until 118 00:09:15,598 --> 00:09:17,687 it became serious. 119 00:09:17,861 --> 00:09:20,516 I know that we've already been through so much. 120 00:09:20,690 --> 00:09:22,431 Mommy, I'm not trying to upset you. 121 00:09:22,605 --> 00:09:25,042 - Uh-uh. - And I'm so sorry. 122 00:09:25,216 --> 00:09:26,783 - I'm sorry. - Mm-mm. 123 00:09:26,957 --> 00:09:28,437 - I'm really sorry. - Mm-mm. 124 00:09:28,611 --> 00:09:30,221 - Mm-mm. - Mommy. Mommy... 125 00:09:30,395 --> 00:09:32,746 Pray, let her go, baby. 126 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:35,749 See, I always knew this would happen. Heavenly Father, 127 00:09:35,923 --> 00:09:37,011 - save his soul... - Stop it. 128 00:09:37,185 --> 00:09:39,579 - from eternal damnation. - Please, please, 129 00:09:39,753 --> 00:09:43,626 please, please stop. 130 00:09:44,975 --> 00:09:47,238 I don't need your prayers. 131 00:09:47,412 --> 00:09:49,458 I need your love. 132 00:09:49,632 --> 00:09:51,460 I never stopped loving you. 133 00:09:51,634 --> 00:09:53,331 Hate the sin, 134 00:09:53,505 --> 00:09:54,898 - love the sinner. - Oh, Jesus. 135 00:09:55,072 --> 00:09:58,554 Which is why I care about your soul. 136 00:09:58,728 --> 00:10:01,209 Just shut your ole big mouth. 137 00:10:01,383 --> 00:10:03,080 If you cared about the state of anyone's soul, 138 00:10:03,254 --> 00:10:05,082 then you would have stood up for me 139 00:10:05,256 --> 00:10:07,563 when the church judged me for getting a divorce. 140 00:10:07,737 --> 00:10:10,087 You had a child out of wedlock with a married man! 141 00:10:10,261 --> 00:10:11,698 I lost my community. 142 00:10:11,872 --> 00:10:15,092 All because of some outdated law 143 00:10:15,266 --> 00:10:17,355 that was created by men some 3,000 years ago. 144 00:10:17,529 --> 00:10:18,705 No, God's word is immutable. 145 00:10:18,879 --> 00:10:23,187 Divorce, homosexuality, pedophilia... 146 00:10:23,361 --> 00:10:25,668 No, no, no. Don't put those words beside each other. 147 00:10:25,842 --> 00:10:28,149 Your god made me this way, 148 00:10:28,323 --> 00:10:30,151 and there is nothing wrong with me. 149 00:10:30,325 --> 00:10:33,154 God made you in His image. 150 00:10:33,328 --> 00:10:34,721 Everything else is a choice. 151 00:10:34,895 --> 00:10:36,940 You think it was a choice 152 00:10:37,114 --> 00:10:39,508 for me to be called "faggot" and beat 153 00:10:39,682 --> 00:10:40,727 every day of my childhood? 154 00:10:40,901 --> 00:10:42,119 You think it was a choice 155 00:10:42,293 --> 00:10:44,252 for me to lose every man I've ever loved? 156 00:10:45,557 --> 00:10:47,385 Sometimes I think I wouldn't even have this disease 157 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:49,257 if it wasn't for the church and how y'all treated me. 158 00:10:49,431 --> 00:10:50,867 I... 159 00:10:54,915 --> 00:10:56,699 That's where the troubles started. 160 00:10:59,571 --> 00:11:01,965 The drinking and the drugging and... 161 00:11:02,139 --> 00:11:04,141 the one-night stands and... 162 00:11:04,315 --> 00:11:06,100 I'm so sorry. 163 00:11:06,274 --> 00:11:07,971 Pray, I didn't know. 164 00:11:10,234 --> 00:11:13,847 I know that I can't undo what's already been done, 165 00:11:14,021 --> 00:11:17,807 but I need you to know I've always loved you, Pray. 166 00:11:17,981 --> 00:11:21,637 And I promise you I will be there with you until the end. 167 00:11:23,334 --> 00:11:24,727 Mm. 168 00:11:26,816 --> 00:11:27,991 Now, look, I'm-a go find your mama 169 00:11:28,165 --> 00:11:30,864 before she spirals into one of her fits. 170 00:11:32,909 --> 00:11:34,041 Charlene? 171 00:11:36,043 --> 00:11:37,740 I am here for you, too, Pray. 172 00:11:39,263 --> 00:11:42,527 Even though, sometimes, we have not always seen eye-to-eye. 173 00:11:43,964 --> 00:11:46,401 - Where you going? - Church. 174 00:11:46,575 --> 00:11:48,229 I got to get my soloist together for Sunday service, 175 00:11:48,403 --> 00:11:50,231 and I could use some company. 176 00:11:50,405 --> 00:11:52,015 I'm not going to that wretched place. 177 00:11:52,189 --> 00:11:53,451 Watch your mouth. 178 00:11:53,625 --> 00:11:55,018 A visit will do you some good. 179 00:11:55,192 --> 00:11:57,368 And you gonna like the new pastor. 180 00:11:57,542 --> 00:11:58,718 Who is it? 181 00:11:58,892 --> 00:12:00,458 Vernon Jackson. 182 00:12:00,632 --> 00:12:03,026 You got to be kidding me. 183 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:04,375 God forgives and God forgets. 184 00:12:04,549 --> 00:12:06,029 Come on! 185 00:12:50,378 --> 00:12:51,945 Hold on. I got an idea. 186 00:12:53,424 --> 00:12:56,079 Devin, you come in after Angela right here. 187 00:12:56,253 --> 00:12:57,515 - Let's try that. -Okay. 188 00:14:09,979 --> 00:14:11,807 -Ooh, yes. 189 00:14:11,981 --> 00:14:15,376 Good job, good job. Come on. 190 00:14:15,550 --> 00:14:18,292 Y'all better sing! 191 00:14:18,466 --> 00:14:20,250 Hi. 192 00:14:20,424 --> 00:14:21,817 Thank you. Thank you, Sister Williams. 193 00:14:21,991 --> 00:14:24,820 Sister Simms. Brother Walker. 194 00:14:26,300 --> 00:14:28,650 Pastor Vernon Jackson. 195 00:14:30,782 --> 00:14:32,610 I never thought I'd be calling you that. 196 00:14:34,003 --> 00:14:35,875 It's good to see you, Brother Pray. 197 00:14:36,049 --> 00:14:37,964 It's been, what-- uh, 20 years? 198 00:14:38,138 --> 00:14:39,966 - 25. - Mm. 199 00:14:40,140 --> 00:14:42,925 To what do I owe this pleasure? 200 00:14:46,363 --> 00:14:48,975 What if I said I was here to see you? 201 00:14:51,151 --> 00:14:52,630 I'm married, Pray. 202 00:14:52,804 --> 00:14:53,980 Who'd you convince? 203 00:14:54,154 --> 00:14:56,112 Cheryl? 204 00:14:56,286 --> 00:14:57,200 Tina? 205 00:14:57,374 --> 00:14:58,201 Ebony. 206 00:14:58,375 --> 00:15:00,334 We have three kids. 207 00:15:00,508 --> 00:15:02,423 - Ebony Alexander? - Mm-hmm. 208 00:15:02,597 --> 00:15:05,208 You married my high school best friend? 209 00:15:05,382 --> 00:15:07,080 You know I told her every 210 00:15:07,254 --> 00:15:08,777 intimate detail of our love affair. 211 00:15:08,951 --> 00:15:10,431 She knows your truth 212 00:15:10,605 --> 00:15:12,781 and He knows your past. 213 00:15:12,955 --> 00:15:14,391 I'm living my truth. 214 00:15:14,565 --> 00:15:17,220 And I'm happy. It took some time, 215 00:15:17,394 --> 00:15:19,570 but I resolved those feelings. 216 00:15:19,744 --> 00:15:22,095 With Ebony's help. I made a choice, 217 00:15:22,269 --> 00:15:25,576 and I decided to give my life over to Christ, fully. 218 00:15:25,750 --> 00:15:26,795 This is my home. 219 00:15:26,969 --> 00:15:28,101 I thought I was your home. 220 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:31,452 That's what you said. 221 00:15:33,193 --> 00:15:34,934 When we were young, that's what you said. 222 00:15:36,370 --> 00:15:37,806 Was that a lie? 223 00:15:37,980 --> 00:15:40,113 No, I-I... I loved you. 224 00:15:40,287 --> 00:15:42,724 And I'm not ashamed of what you once meant to me, 225 00:15:42,898 --> 00:15:44,856 but you were asking me to step away from the church, and I... 226 00:15:45,031 --> 00:15:46,771 No, no, no, no, the church stepped away from me. 227 00:15:46,946 --> 00:15:48,817 And I'm not the only one. 228 00:15:48,991 --> 00:15:51,689 Every year I watch hundreds of kids 229 00:15:51,863 --> 00:15:53,387 flock to the city, 230 00:15:53,561 --> 00:15:55,824 looking for what they lost 231 00:15:55,998 --> 00:15:59,262 after the church threw them away. 232 00:16:00,872 --> 00:16:02,222 That's what your church do... 233 00:16:08,445 --> 00:16:10,317 That's what your church did. 234 00:16:12,362 --> 00:16:13,842 To me. 235 00:16:14,016 --> 00:16:15,844 If you just got down on your knees, I promise you... 236 00:16:16,018 --> 00:16:17,628 Oh, trust, I have been down on my knees. 237 00:16:17,802 --> 00:16:21,371 And I have received many blessings from many men. 238 00:16:28,813 --> 00:16:31,251 You know, it's never too late for salvation. 239 00:16:38,127 --> 00:16:40,956 Yeah, well, it's too late for me. 240 00:16:42,262 --> 00:16:43,698 I'm dying. 241 00:16:43,872 --> 00:16:44,873 - What? - Yeah. 242 00:16:45,047 --> 00:16:46,614 How? 243 00:16:49,704 --> 00:16:52,359 You already know. 244 00:16:53,577 --> 00:16:55,536 Same thing that's killing all of us. 245 00:16:55,710 --> 00:16:57,277 Us? 246 00:16:57,451 --> 00:16:59,888 Yeah. 247 00:17:00,062 --> 00:17:02,456 - Us. 248 00:17:02,630 --> 00:17:04,545 Wait, Pray. I-I want you to come over tonight. 249 00:17:04,719 --> 00:17:06,895 Uh, for dinner 250 00:17:07,069 --> 00:17:09,550 - with Ebony and the kids. - That is a terrible idea. 251 00:17:11,073 --> 00:17:14,642 "Be angry and do not sin; 252 00:17:14,816 --> 00:17:16,426 "do not let the sun go down on your anger, 253 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:18,559 and do not give opportunity to the devil." 254 00:17:18,733 --> 00:17:19,995 Really? 255 00:17:20,169 --> 00:17:21,214 You quoting scripture? 256 00:17:53,072 --> 00:17:55,683 I see you finally decided to come out of your room. 257 00:17:59,730 --> 00:18:02,777 You want to talk? 258 00:18:02,951 --> 00:18:05,301 Mommy, I need you to say something. 259 00:18:05,475 --> 00:18:07,956 There's nothing to talk about, baby. 260 00:18:08,130 --> 00:18:10,263 What's done is done. 261 00:18:13,483 --> 00:18:14,615 I knew you were gonna get that thing 262 00:18:14,789 --> 00:18:16,138 once you told me you were gay. 263 00:18:16,312 --> 00:18:18,271 I saw Vernon today. 264 00:18:18,445 --> 00:18:20,838 I'm off to dinner with him and Ebony tonight. 265 00:18:23,102 --> 00:18:24,581 Prayerful, 266 00:18:24,755 --> 00:18:27,845 I don't want you starting any trouble 267 00:18:28,019 --> 00:18:29,586 with Pastor Vernon. 268 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:32,023 He's been good for this community. 269 00:18:32,198 --> 00:18:35,636 And he has helped me out of some darker times 270 00:18:35,810 --> 00:18:37,420 you could not imagine. 271 00:18:37,594 --> 00:18:39,118 What dark times? 272 00:18:39,292 --> 00:18:41,381 The times when I was so alone 273 00:18:41,555 --> 00:18:43,078 I could barely get out of bed. 274 00:18:43,252 --> 00:18:45,211 The times when I was so worried about you 275 00:18:45,385 --> 00:18:47,213 and what you were doing 276 00:18:47,387 --> 00:18:50,172 and-and what kind of trouble you were getting into. 277 00:18:50,346 --> 00:18:53,175 You have no idea 278 00:18:53,349 --> 00:18:55,525 how hurtful it is to have a son 279 00:18:55,699 --> 00:18:59,007 who turns his back on everything you taught him. 280 00:18:59,181 --> 00:19:01,662 Huh? Who blatantly 281 00:19:01,836 --> 00:19:05,579 refuses the word of God? 282 00:19:05,753 --> 00:19:07,363 I care about your soul, Pray. 283 00:19:07,537 --> 00:19:10,627 - I care about your soul. - No, 284 00:19:10,801 --> 00:19:12,368 no, all you care about 285 00:19:12,542 --> 00:19:14,196 is what everybody at the church 286 00:19:14,370 --> 00:19:16,938 thinks about you. 287 00:19:17,112 --> 00:19:19,462 Not me or my soul. 288 00:19:19,636 --> 00:19:20,811 If you did, you-you... 289 00:19:20,985 --> 00:19:22,770 you wouldn't have let your husband 290 00:19:22,944 --> 00:19:25,642 do the things that he did to me for all those years. 291 00:19:25,816 --> 00:19:29,124 You know I didn't know what Ernest was doing. 292 00:19:29,298 --> 00:19:31,387 I told you! I told you everything! 293 00:19:31,561 --> 00:19:33,346 And he stopped, didn't he? 294 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:36,479 Yeah, after I got old enough to push him off me. 295 00:19:36,653 --> 00:19:38,307 - Well, what was I supposed to do? - You were supposed 296 00:19:38,481 --> 00:19:40,701 to believe me and then leave him! 297 00:19:40,875 --> 00:19:42,355 I could not raise you on my own. 298 00:19:42,529 --> 00:19:44,270 - You needed a father. - No. 299 00:19:44,444 --> 00:19:47,011 You needed a husband 300 00:19:47,186 --> 00:19:50,363 to save face and keep up appearances with the church. 301 00:19:50,537 --> 00:19:53,366 You have no idea what it was like 302 00:19:53,540 --> 00:19:55,716 for me to find my way in this world. 303 00:19:55,890 --> 00:19:57,587 Now, your father was a good man 304 00:19:57,761 --> 00:20:00,721 and I wish the Lord hadn't taken him so young, 305 00:20:00,895 --> 00:20:03,593 but when he died, I needed a man. 306 00:20:03,767 --> 00:20:07,249 Now, Ernest wasn't perfect, but he provided for us. 307 00:20:07,423 --> 00:20:09,295 So, why don't you just... 308 00:20:09,469 --> 00:20:11,297 why don't you just move on? 309 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:16,171 - I have moved on. - Okay. 310 00:20:16,345 --> 00:20:18,739 Just let it be. I mean, you've been gone 20 years. 311 00:20:18,913 --> 00:20:20,828 Let the past lie. 312 00:20:21,829 --> 00:20:24,135 Okay. 313 00:21:27,503 --> 00:21:28,461 Good job, everyone. 314 00:21:28,635 --> 00:21:30,376 I'll see you on Sunday at worship. 315 00:21:30,550 --> 00:21:31,812 -- Okay. -- Yes, ma'am. 316 00:21:33,988 --> 00:21:35,816 Do you want to walk home together? 317 00:21:35,990 --> 00:21:37,687 Yeah, I'd like that. 318 00:22:10,807 --> 00:22:12,635 You always look so happy when you're singing. 319 00:22:12,809 --> 00:22:14,420 I love to sing to the Lord. 320 00:22:14,594 --> 00:22:16,204 I wish I sang as good as you. 321 00:22:16,378 --> 00:22:17,858 You have a special gift, Pray. 322 00:22:18,032 --> 00:22:19,860 You really think I have a gift? 323 00:22:20,034 --> 00:22:21,862 You're my favorite singer. 324 00:22:30,653 --> 00:22:32,525 Didn't I tell these boys to put away the hymnals? 325 00:22:36,267 --> 00:22:37,094 Prayerful! 326 00:22:41,185 --> 00:22:43,971 Oh, come on, Freddy. You know this one. 327 00:22:44,145 --> 00:22:45,668 - I know! I know! -Yeah, let Freddy 328 00:22:45,842 --> 00:22:47,104 have his turn, honey. 329 00:22:47,278 --> 00:22:49,890 "And we know that all things work together 330 00:22:50,064 --> 00:22:53,197 "for good to them that love God, 331 00:22:53,372 --> 00:22:56,766 and to them who are the called according to purpose." 332 00:22:56,940 --> 00:22:58,899 -There you go. - Hey, great job. That's my boy. 333 00:22:59,073 --> 00:23:00,901 - That's my son. -My turn, 334 00:23:01,075 --> 00:23:02,598 - my turn. - Okay, let me give you a good one. 335 00:23:02,772 --> 00:23:04,121 Uh... how about 336 00:23:04,295 --> 00:23:08,125 - Romans8. - Mm. 337 00:23:08,299 --> 00:23:11,694 "Owe no one anything except to love each other; for the one 338 00:23:11,868 --> 00:23:14,567 who loves another has fulfilled the law." 339 00:23:14,741 --> 00:23:17,700 -- Oh, so good. -- Oh. Great job. 340 00:23:18,875 --> 00:23:20,486 - Oh. Uh, honey... - Oh. 341 00:23:20,660 --> 00:23:22,139 - we're-we're at dinner. - I know, 342 00:23:22,313 --> 00:23:24,141 I know, um, just give me a moment. 343 00:23:24,315 --> 00:23:25,926 You guys were amazing. That was amazing. 344 00:23:26,100 --> 00:23:28,145 -Hello? Yes. 345 00:23:29,886 --> 00:23:31,584 Oh. Okay. 346 00:23:31,758 --> 00:23:33,281 I'll be there in ten minutes. Thank you. 347 00:23:35,675 --> 00:23:37,503 Mrs. Williams is near the end. 348 00:23:37,677 --> 00:23:40,157 I won't be long. Uh, 349 00:23:40,331 --> 00:23:42,682 will you be here when I get back, Pray? 350 00:23:45,641 --> 00:23:47,121 Of course he will. 351 00:23:47,295 --> 00:23:49,558 I could use some help cleaning the dishes. 352 00:23:49,732 --> 00:23:52,387 Well, and you know I always know the dish, darling. 353 00:23:52,561 --> 00:23:54,258 - Yes, you do. 354 00:23:55,434 --> 00:23:57,740 All right, you two behave. 355 00:23:57,914 --> 00:24:00,830 Okay, kids, clear your plates. 356 00:24:01,004 --> 00:24:03,442 Well, y'all raised some smart and well-behaved children. 357 00:24:03,616 --> 00:24:05,400 - Mm. Thank you. 358 00:24:05,574 --> 00:24:08,185 I've raised a few myself, although I doubt any of them 359 00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:10,187 - can recite Bible verses. - Oh... 360 00:24:10,361 --> 00:24:12,189 Although they do know all the lyrics 361 00:24:12,363 --> 00:24:13,756 to every Whitney and Janet song. 362 00:24:13,930 --> 00:24:16,019 Uh... 363 00:24:16,193 --> 00:24:18,195 so do I. 364 00:24:18,369 --> 00:24:19,849 You do remember that 365 00:24:20,023 --> 00:24:22,112 - I had all the moves back in the day, right? - Mm. 366 00:24:22,286 --> 00:24:24,201 - Mm... - Oh! 367 00:24:24,375 --> 00:24:27,204 Yes! Cheerleading captain, prom queen. 368 00:24:27,378 --> 00:24:29,337 - Yeah, you still got it, girl. 369 00:24:29,511 --> 00:24:31,992 I can hear you thinking, 370 00:24:32,166 --> 00:24:34,342 "Why did that girl marry Vernon?" 371 00:24:34,516 --> 00:24:35,778 Well, I do have to admit 372 00:24:35,952 --> 00:24:37,432 I had to fix my face when Vernon told me. 373 00:24:37,606 --> 00:24:41,741 - Mm. - Girl, you could've had anybody. 374 00:24:41,915 --> 00:24:45,005 Yeah. Vernon is a good man. 375 00:24:45,179 --> 00:24:48,008 I believe in him. What he's built, his mission, 376 00:24:48,182 --> 00:24:50,445 what he means to the community. 377 00:24:50,619 --> 00:24:54,014 See, Pray Tell, that's what marriage is all about. 378 00:24:54,188 --> 00:24:57,713 You take the good with the bad. 379 00:24:57,887 --> 00:24:59,672 And so you just turn a blind eye 380 00:24:59,846 --> 00:25:02,936 to the fact that your husband is gay? 381 00:25:03,110 --> 00:25:05,373 I know my husband. And I trust him. 382 00:25:05,547 --> 00:25:09,246 And I don't want to rock this boat. 383 00:25:09,420 --> 00:25:11,597 But I do need your help. 384 00:25:11,771 --> 00:25:14,034 And I'm asking as an old friend. 385 00:25:15,426 --> 00:25:16,819 You notice how there's five years 386 00:25:16,993 --> 00:25:18,908 between Cynthia and the baby? 387 00:25:20,431 --> 00:25:23,260 Yeah, it's because, uh... 388 00:25:23,434 --> 00:25:26,394 well, he wouldn't lay with me in all that time. 389 00:25:26,568 --> 00:25:28,483 I know how you two 390 00:25:28,657 --> 00:25:30,920 were together back in the school days. 391 00:25:31,094 --> 00:25:34,489 And I hear how Vernon talks to you. 392 00:25:36,447 --> 00:25:38,319 And I see how you look at him. 393 00:25:39,581 --> 00:25:40,974 But I do want to... 394 00:25:41,148 --> 00:25:44,499 I want to make him feel good. 395 00:25:44,673 --> 00:25:46,501 Ebony, you're asking me 396 00:25:46,675 --> 00:25:49,069 to tell you how to pleasure your man? 397 00:25:49,243 --> 00:25:51,288 Yes. 398 00:25:51,462 --> 00:25:52,899 Sweetheart... 399 00:25:53,073 --> 00:25:55,510 - your husband is a homosexual. - No. 400 00:25:55,684 --> 00:25:57,686 - He likes men. - No. 401 00:25:57,860 --> 00:25:59,514 There's nothing you can do to change that. 402 00:25:59,688 --> 00:26:02,996 No, he is a strong, good, God-fearing man. 403 00:26:03,170 --> 00:26:04,954 The good Lord wouldn't give Vernon 404 00:26:05,128 --> 00:26:07,522 something that he couldn't overcome. 405 00:26:07,696 --> 00:26:10,438 He is just as God made him. 406 00:26:10,612 --> 00:26:12,440 It's not a choice. 407 00:26:12,614 --> 00:26:14,921 But you are making a choice. 408 00:26:15,095 --> 00:26:18,533 - Why? - Because I believe in marriage. 409 00:26:18,707 --> 00:26:21,449 How many marriages that aren't as strong as ours 410 00:26:21,623 --> 00:26:23,320 are gonna break apart if ours breaks apart? 411 00:26:23,494 --> 00:26:25,279 Your marriage is not strong. 412 00:26:25,453 --> 00:26:29,109 It's built on sinking sand. I know, I know... 413 00:26:29,283 --> 00:26:32,025 that your church teaches you that there's no higher calling 414 00:26:32,199 --> 00:26:34,157 than to stand by your man. 415 00:26:34,331 --> 00:26:37,160 Men created those lies so that they could act out 416 00:26:37,334 --> 00:26:39,336 and then come back home whenever they wanted to. 417 00:26:39,510 --> 00:26:41,774 What does that mean? Hmm? 418 00:26:44,864 --> 00:26:46,735 That even in their own churches, 419 00:26:46,909 --> 00:26:49,956 Black folks worship a white man. 420 00:26:50,130 --> 00:26:53,960 Jesus didn't absolve our sins through joy and peace. 421 00:26:54,134 --> 00:26:57,093 The crucifixion was torture and pain. 422 00:26:57,267 --> 00:27:00,227 That's the Lord telling us that life is violent. 423 00:27:00,401 --> 00:27:01,707 Life is cruel. 424 00:27:01,881 --> 00:27:03,665 Life hurts. 425 00:27:04,666 --> 00:27:06,450 But the more we hurt, 426 00:27:06,625 --> 00:27:09,410 the closer we are to God. 427 00:27:11,064 --> 00:27:13,893 Your god sounds like a real asshole. 428 00:27:17,810 --> 00:27:19,289 Pray Tell. 429 00:27:19,463 --> 00:27:20,943 It's so hard. 430 00:27:21,117 --> 00:27:23,163 I need your help. 431 00:27:23,337 --> 00:27:24,686 Please. 432 00:27:30,257 --> 00:27:31,780 I can't... 433 00:27:33,260 --> 00:27:35,915 Baby, Mama's coming. 434 00:27:41,921 --> 00:27:43,618 -Oh, hey, Pray. 435 00:27:45,838 --> 00:27:47,187 How'd it go? 436 00:27:47,361 --> 00:27:49,842 Mrs. Williams passed peacefully. 437 00:27:51,147 --> 00:27:52,671 Just never get used to it. 438 00:27:54,020 --> 00:27:56,544 - No, you don't. - So, how'd it go in here? 439 00:27:56,718 --> 00:27:58,938 Did you spill any secrets? 440 00:27:59,112 --> 00:28:01,680 I didn't have to. 441 00:28:03,943 --> 00:28:06,423 You know, it's a nice night out. 442 00:28:08,382 --> 00:28:09,731 Let's go for a walk. 443 00:28:19,262 --> 00:28:20,829 I haven't been here in ages. 444 00:28:21,003 --> 00:28:23,658 Does it look different? 445 00:28:23,832 --> 00:28:25,268 The only thing that's changed is us. 446 00:28:27,401 --> 00:28:30,578 The years have been kind to you, Pastor Vernon. 447 00:28:30,752 --> 00:28:32,885 Well, thank you. 448 00:28:33,059 --> 00:28:36,192 No, you're supposed to say "You, too." 449 00:28:36,366 --> 00:28:38,455 I see some things never change. 450 00:28:38,629 --> 00:28:41,458 I got to teach you everything. 451 00:28:41,632 --> 00:28:43,896 Well, from what I recall, 452 00:28:44,070 --> 00:28:47,029 we taught each other a lot right here. 453 00:28:47,203 --> 00:28:49,336 All the things that really matter. 454 00:28:54,428 --> 00:28:57,257 I've missed you so much. 455 00:28:58,954 --> 00:29:00,477 Fix it, Jesus. 456 00:29:00,651 --> 00:29:03,480 I've never stopped loving you, Pray. 457 00:29:03,654 --> 00:29:05,787 Dear Heavenly Father, I ask you to come 458 00:29:05,961 --> 00:29:08,268 and save Vernon from himself. 459 00:29:08,442 --> 00:29:11,401 Forgive him for the wreckage that he's about to create, 460 00:29:11,575 --> 00:29:15,101 and give him some sense, in Jesus' name. Amen. 461 00:29:15,275 --> 00:29:16,667 Don't be flip. This is my life, Pray. 462 00:29:16,842 --> 00:29:18,626 What do you want, Vernon? 463 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:21,498 Seeing you again. 464 00:29:21,672 --> 00:29:24,197 Reflecting on our past. 465 00:29:24,371 --> 00:29:28,897 You have reawakened something within me. 466 00:29:29,071 --> 00:29:32,771 You were right all those years ago. 467 00:29:32,945 --> 00:29:34,903 I should have gone with you. 468 00:29:36,775 --> 00:29:38,472 But I was too scared. 469 00:29:38,646 --> 00:29:40,735 But you have a wife and kids. 470 00:29:40,909 --> 00:29:42,084 You-you can't abandon them. 471 00:29:42,258 --> 00:29:45,871 You asked me what I want. 472 00:29:46,045 --> 00:29:48,525 This is what I want. 473 00:30:03,497 --> 00:30:06,848 I don't... I don't have much longer. 474 00:30:07,022 --> 00:30:08,807 I don't care. 475 00:30:08,981 --> 00:30:10,852 I just want to be with you. 476 00:30:12,898 --> 00:30:15,378 But you have your family and your, and your congregation. 477 00:30:15,552 --> 00:30:17,772 I can't... I can't let you blow up your life 478 00:30:17,946 --> 00:30:19,121 for six months with me. 479 00:30:19,295 --> 00:30:22,429 That's my choice to make. 480 00:30:22,603 --> 00:30:25,562 I wish I'd made it back then, but I-I'm making it now. 481 00:30:28,304 --> 00:30:30,959 I'm dying, Vernon. 482 00:30:32,918 --> 00:30:35,921 I'm dying of AIDS. 483 00:30:39,533 --> 00:30:41,622 I was with you in the beginning. 484 00:30:43,537 --> 00:30:45,408 Let me be there for you in the end. 485 00:30:46,714 --> 00:30:48,498 You are the love 486 00:30:48,672 --> 00:30:51,588 of my life, Pray. 487 00:30:51,762 --> 00:30:55,505 Don't you want our story to have a different ending? 488 00:31:03,557 --> 00:31:08,605 Rewriting... my past is not gonna change my future. 489 00:31:08,779 --> 00:31:11,391 I know how my story ends. 490 00:31:11,565 --> 00:31:14,176 You want to rewrite yours, fine, 491 00:31:14,350 --> 00:31:16,962 but I cannot hold the pen. 492 00:31:17,136 --> 00:31:17,963 Pray, 493 00:31:18,137 --> 00:31:20,617 we can rewrite our story. 494 00:31:20,791 --> 00:31:23,751 I'm asking you to have faith in me. 495 00:31:23,925 --> 00:31:27,189 In us. 496 00:31:27,363 --> 00:31:31,628 "Faith without works is dead." 497 00:31:31,802 --> 00:31:34,414 James26. 498 00:31:41,377 --> 00:31:43,292 I'm going home on Sunday. 499 00:31:45,947 --> 00:31:48,863 The bus leaves at00 p.m. 500 00:31:51,083 --> 00:31:52,649 I'll be there. 501 00:32:20,503 --> 00:32:21,635 Well, no, I didn't mean 502 00:32:21,809 --> 00:32:23,854 to call you no clucking duck. 503 00:32:26,422 --> 00:32:28,598 What I meant was, like, a cackling hen. 504 00:32:28,772 --> 00:32:31,340 - No, no, Donna, Donna, 505 00:32:31,514 --> 00:32:33,299 wait a minute, honey, don't cry, don't cry. 506 00:32:33,473 --> 00:32:34,430 Please. Listen to me. 507 00:32:34,604 --> 00:32:36,650 - Mm-hmm. - Mm! 508 00:32:36,824 --> 00:32:38,217 Guess we all got our secrets. 509 00:32:38,391 --> 00:32:40,393 - Don't tell your aunts. - I'm-a tell you like 510 00:32:40,567 --> 00:32:42,047 - you used to always tell me. - What? 511 00:32:42,221 --> 00:32:44,397 - God knows all. - Yes. 512 00:32:48,053 --> 00:32:49,663 - Let me ask you something. 513 00:32:49,837 --> 00:32:52,100 When you lived here, how many times 514 00:32:52,274 --> 00:32:54,276 would you say you snuck off to the Greyhound 515 00:32:54,450 --> 00:32:56,061 to go to New York? 516 00:32:56,235 --> 00:32:57,714 Every other week, I guess. 517 00:32:57,888 --> 00:32:59,934 - Uh-huh. - You know, whenever 518 00:33:00,108 --> 00:33:01,196 - I could afford to. - Mm-hmm. 519 00:33:01,370 --> 00:33:03,720 I'd be sitting in that window 520 00:33:03,894 --> 00:33:06,680 waiting for your butt to get back all weekend. 521 00:33:06,854 --> 00:33:08,725 And one day you just didn't. 522 00:33:12,991 --> 00:33:15,819 You didn't start no mess over at Pastor Vernon's house, did you? 523 00:33:15,994 --> 00:33:19,084 That house is plenty messy all by itself without my help. 524 00:33:19,258 --> 00:33:22,043 You know what I love about you people? 525 00:33:22,217 --> 00:33:25,090 Every damn... every one of you 526 00:33:25,264 --> 00:33:27,309 has a secret that you think 527 00:33:27,483 --> 00:33:29,094 the other people don't know about. 528 00:33:29,268 --> 00:33:31,183 But everybody knows everything. 529 00:33:31,357 --> 00:33:34,490 Because peace is more important than truth. 530 00:33:34,664 --> 00:33:38,190 It's because the lies make you feel alive. 531 00:33:38,364 --> 00:33:42,368 It's the lies that keep the fires inside of you burning. 532 00:33:42,542 --> 00:33:43,891 They're the only thing in this godforsaken town 533 00:33:44,065 --> 00:33:45,632 that are real. 534 00:33:45,806 --> 00:33:47,895 Is this why you came back after all these years? 535 00:33:48,069 --> 00:33:50,463 To tell me off? 536 00:33:50,637 --> 00:33:53,553 To cuss out your own mother? 537 00:33:53,727 --> 00:33:54,684 I didn't curse you. 538 00:33:54,858 --> 00:33:56,425 Y'all cursed me, 539 00:33:56,599 --> 00:33:58,775 told me that I would never be blessed. 540 00:33:58,949 --> 00:34:01,343 I only left because it wasn't safe for me here. 541 00:34:01,517 --> 00:34:04,216 And now I've come back to make things right. 542 00:34:06,087 --> 00:34:08,350 But I need you, Mommy... 543 00:34:08,524 --> 00:34:11,701 to admit your faults. 544 00:34:11,875 --> 00:34:14,356 How you let that man do what he did to me. 545 00:34:14,530 --> 00:34:17,664 How you tossed me out 546 00:34:17,838 --> 00:34:21,363 and chose the church over me when all I did... 547 00:34:21,537 --> 00:34:23,235 was tell you my truth. 548 00:34:25,541 --> 00:34:28,805 I know, I know. 549 00:34:28,979 --> 00:34:30,807 I know I did wrong by you. 550 00:34:30,981 --> 00:34:33,201 I was scared 551 00:34:33,375 --> 00:34:37,249 that I would lose everything that I had ever known. 552 00:34:37,423 --> 00:34:38,815 You know, that's my greatest shame. 553 00:34:38,989 --> 00:34:41,557 I knew... 554 00:34:41,731 --> 00:34:44,734 I did know that nothing was ever wrong... 555 00:34:51,219 --> 00:34:55,310 Nothing was ever wrong with my beautiful, 556 00:34:55,484 --> 00:34:58,618 headstrong, talented boy. 557 00:34:58,792 --> 00:35:02,622 - I am sorry. 558 00:35:02,796 --> 00:35:04,406 Could you forgive me? 559 00:35:04,580 --> 00:35:07,801 Because I-I really... 560 00:35:07,975 --> 00:35:09,498 I really want to do good this time. 561 00:35:09,672 --> 00:35:11,935 I-I do. 562 00:35:14,373 --> 00:35:16,853 I love you so much. 563 00:35:17,027 --> 00:35:19,334 I love you, too. 564 00:35:25,514 --> 00:35:27,125 Okay... 565 00:35:27,299 --> 00:35:31,085 can I ask you something? 566 00:35:31,259 --> 00:35:33,566 You believe in salvation, don't you? 567 00:35:33,740 --> 00:35:36,569 In God? 568 00:35:36,743 --> 00:35:39,224 Uh... 569 00:35:39,398 --> 00:35:41,139 the way that you do, like... 570 00:35:43,663 --> 00:35:46,970 ...with the big man up in the heavens and stuff? 571 00:35:47,145 --> 00:35:48,755 No. 572 00:35:50,626 --> 00:35:54,543 But I do believe in a God. 573 00:35:59,592 --> 00:36:01,246 How is he? 574 00:36:01,420 --> 00:36:05,163 I mean, what's he like, your God? 575 00:36:07,556 --> 00:36:09,254 He is kind. 576 00:36:11,995 --> 00:36:13,736 - He is loving. - Uh-huh. 577 00:36:16,652 --> 00:36:19,699 He is forgiving. 578 00:36:19,873 --> 00:36:21,701 That is the God that's inside me. 579 00:36:21,875 --> 00:36:23,616 Yes. He is. 580 00:36:23,790 --> 00:36:25,270 He is. 581 00:36:31,014 --> 00:36:32,451 Would you, uh... 582 00:36:34,714 --> 00:36:37,107 ...visit the church with me, one more time? 583 00:36:37,282 --> 00:36:40,502 I-I mean, I think it would, I think it would give us peace. 584 00:36:40,676 --> 00:36:42,156 I don't know about that. 585 00:36:42,330 --> 00:36:45,028 - Why? 586 00:36:45,203 --> 00:36:47,814 I don't know that I need to be up in the Lord's house, 587 00:36:47,988 --> 00:36:50,077 knowing how the saints feel about me and my kind. 588 00:36:50,251 --> 00:36:52,819 Well, why don't you go for the music? 589 00:36:52,993 --> 00:36:56,692 Come on, now, you know you were always the star in the choir. 590 00:36:56,866 --> 00:36:59,478 You know you had the best voice. 591 00:36:59,652 --> 00:37:02,481 My God gave you that gift. 592 00:37:04,265 --> 00:37:06,093 Please? 593 00:37:06,267 --> 00:37:07,964 Ple... All right. 594 00:37:08,138 --> 00:37:10,271 - Come on. 595 00:38:01,061 --> 00:38:02,584 Yeah! 596 00:38:02,758 --> 00:38:03,716 Praise Him! 597 00:38:06,196 --> 00:38:07,676 Good morning. 598 00:38:07,850 --> 00:38:09,591 -Good morning. - Ooh, I said good morning! 599 00:38:09,765 --> 00:38:11,680 -Good morning! - Whoo! 600 00:38:11,854 --> 00:38:15,423 For our next song, I would like to invite 601 00:38:15,597 --> 00:38:18,470 - a special guest to join us. - Mm. 602 00:38:18,644 --> 00:38:21,168 - He was raised in this church. - Mm-hmm. 603 00:38:21,342 --> 00:38:23,039 His voice used to fill this church. 604 00:38:23,213 --> 00:38:24,737 -Yes. - It's been a very long time 605 00:38:24,911 --> 00:38:26,478 since he's been here. 606 00:38:26,652 --> 00:38:28,610 But the Lord has brought him back to us. 607 00:38:28,784 --> 00:38:29,959 Won't he do it! 608 00:38:30,133 --> 00:38:31,918 - Amen. -Amen. 609 00:38:33,223 --> 00:38:34,964 Prayerful. 610 00:38:35,138 --> 00:38:36,705 Will you join us, please? 611 00:38:38,577 --> 00:38:40,579 Go on, now. You've been summoned. 612 00:38:48,674 --> 00:38:50,415 - Mm-hmm. -Yes. 613 00:38:50,589 --> 00:38:52,286 - Amen! 614 00:38:53,505 --> 00:38:55,333 - Hallelujah! - Uh... 615 00:38:55,507 --> 00:38:57,509 "This Day"? 616 00:42:48,478 --> 00:42:50,480 Hallelujah. 617 00:42:50,655 --> 00:42:52,613 - Oh, that's right. 618 00:42:57,183 --> 00:42:58,663 So you basically came into town 619 00:42:58,837 --> 00:43:01,100 for a farewell performance, 620 00:43:01,274 --> 00:43:03,189 and just tore us all up. 621 00:43:04,799 --> 00:43:06,018 Child, you ain't changed one bit. 622 00:43:08,673 --> 00:43:11,545 So, uh, how did things go with your mama? 623 00:43:11,719 --> 00:43:12,807 Good, good, I think. 624 00:43:12,981 --> 00:43:15,462 You know, I'm a grown man now. 625 00:43:15,636 --> 00:43:18,683 I'm not a child anymore, and she's her own woman, 626 00:43:18,857 --> 00:43:21,642 and I forgive that woman. 627 00:43:21,816 --> 00:43:23,296 I forgive her. 628 00:43:23,470 --> 00:43:24,906 Do you forgive me? 629 00:43:25,080 --> 00:43:26,125 For what? 630 00:43:26,299 --> 00:43:28,344 For not protecting you. 631 00:43:28,518 --> 00:43:30,695 Pray, I knew, 632 00:43:30,869 --> 00:43:33,915 and I didn't... I did nothing! 633 00:43:34,089 --> 00:43:35,482 I'm sorry, though. 634 00:43:35,656 --> 00:43:38,398 - It's okay. It's okay. - I'm sorry. 635 00:43:38,572 --> 00:43:41,575 - Is that why you wanted to have chicken and waffles? 636 00:43:42,663 --> 00:43:44,709 For absolution before I go? 637 00:43:44,883 --> 00:43:47,625 You... 638 00:43:47,799 --> 00:43:49,539 You stop that silly talk. 639 00:43:49,714 --> 00:43:53,674 When things get tough for you in New York, 640 00:43:53,848 --> 00:43:56,198 I will be coming there 641 00:43:56,372 --> 00:43:58,940 so that you can feel your family in those last days. 642 00:43:59,114 --> 00:44:01,334 More than that, 643 00:44:01,508 --> 00:44:04,032 I want you to get everything you want 644 00:44:04,206 --> 00:44:05,686 exactly the way you want it to be. 645 00:44:16,044 --> 00:44:18,177 - Power of attorney? - Mm-hmm. 646 00:44:18,351 --> 00:44:21,746 Now, I know you got people there who love you and all, you know, 647 00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:24,270 but you know how it works. 648 00:44:24,444 --> 00:44:26,881 The law won't let them make decisions for you 649 00:44:27,055 --> 00:44:28,970 because they're not blood. 650 00:44:29,144 --> 00:44:31,843 Now, you sign these papers 651 00:44:32,017 --> 00:44:36,412 and I will make sure that you get everything that you want. 652 00:44:36,586 --> 00:44:39,851 I will come there and I will see it through. 653 00:44:40,025 --> 00:44:43,506 So tell me, what are your final wishes? 654 00:44:43,681 --> 00:44:45,204 I know you've been thinking about this already, now. 655 00:44:45,378 --> 00:44:47,554 What, you... you want a parade or something? 656 00:44:47,728 --> 00:44:50,600 No. No. 657 00:44:50,775 --> 00:44:52,080 The opposite of that. 658 00:44:54,387 --> 00:44:58,521 I... want to die peacefully at home. 659 00:45:01,394 --> 00:45:03,352 And then I want to be cremated. 660 00:45:03,526 --> 00:45:07,879 So where do you want us to put your ashes? 661 00:45:08,053 --> 00:45:12,013 I want you to buy a bunch of heart lockets 662 00:45:12,187 --> 00:45:15,713 and fill them with a little piece of me. 663 00:45:16,975 --> 00:45:19,107 And give them to all my friends 664 00:45:19,281 --> 00:45:21,675 and one for you and Aunt Latrice and Mommy. 665 00:45:21,849 --> 00:45:25,679 And then you'll all have a piece of me, wherever you go. 666 00:45:27,637 --> 00:45:28,813 Y'all ain't never getting rid of me. 667 00:45:32,991 --> 00:45:34,427 Okay. 668 00:45:34,601 --> 00:45:36,908 You let me do all of that for you, Pray. 669 00:45:37,082 --> 00:45:38,605 Let me love you now like I wasn't strong enough 670 00:45:38,779 --> 00:45:40,738 to love you then. 671 00:45:42,783 --> 00:45:45,003 You deserve that. 672 00:45:55,317 --> 00:45:58,103 Oh, there's this bossy bitch named Elektra 673 00:45:58,277 --> 00:46:01,106 who's gonna think that she deserves one of these lockets. 674 00:46:01,280 --> 00:46:05,545 I want you to tell her that I said from the grave 675 00:46:05,719 --> 00:46:09,375 - that she can kiss my entire ass. 676 00:46:09,549 --> 00:46:11,725 Okay? 677 00:46:11,899 --> 00:46:13,858 Only good thing about dying is that I won't have to listen 678 00:46:14,032 --> 00:46:15,990 - to her bullshit no more. 679 00:46:17,992 --> 00:46:19,820 Cheers. 680 00:46:19,994 --> 00:46:21,866 Oh, mm-hmm. 681 00:47:34,852 --> 00:47:36,244 I don't know, I think Elvis is pretty cool. 682 00:47:36,418 --> 00:47:37,942 Please. Elvis got nothing 683 00:47:38,116 --> 00:47:39,160 on Jackie Wilson. 684 00:47:39,334 --> 00:47:40,727 Have you heard "Lonely Teardrops"? 685 00:48:06,709 --> 00:48:08,189 Have you seen her mug shots? 686 00:48:08,363 --> 00:48:10,626 -- Wait, who-de-who? -- Left Eye. 687 00:48:10,800 --> 00:48:12,628 I heard that when she got arrested that day, 688 00:48:12,802 --> 00:48:14,282 she walked out of that house 689 00:48:14,456 --> 00:48:15,544 with the thing still under her eye. 690 00:48:15,718 --> 00:48:17,720 - She's a G. -That is so inspiring. 691 00:48:17,895 --> 00:48:19,853 - She's a hero. -Hold on, what about his sneakers, though? 692 00:48:20,027 --> 00:48:22,812 - Huh? -Baby, if you ever cheat on me, 693 00:48:22,987 --> 00:48:24,989 I'm gonna take all your sneakers and your clothes, too, 694 00:48:25,163 --> 00:48:26,207 and I'm gonna put them in the tub 695 00:48:26,381 --> 00:48:27,600 and I'm gonna light them on fire, 696 00:48:27,774 --> 00:48:29,210 but not with gasoline. 697 00:48:29,384 --> 00:48:31,082 I'm-a do it with essential oils, 698 00:48:31,256 --> 00:48:32,561 so you think about me when they're burning. 699 00:48:32,735 --> 00:48:34,215 - Oh... - Okay, shall we? 700 00:48:34,389 --> 00:48:36,217 Yes. 701 00:48:36,391 --> 00:48:37,784 Dear Heavenly Father, we thank you 702 00:48:37,958 --> 00:48:40,308 for this food and drink that we're about to receive. 703 00:48:40,482 --> 00:48:42,876 In a world where so many are hungry, 704 00:48:43,050 --> 00:48:46,227 may we eat with humble hearts. 705 00:48:46,401 --> 00:48:48,055 In a world where so many are lonely, 706 00:48:48,229 --> 00:48:50,318 may we love with open arms. 707 00:48:50,492 --> 00:48:54,235 May we all be fed, may we all be healed, 708 00:48:54,409 --> 00:48:59,023 may we all be loved, may we all be at peace. 709 00:48:59,197 --> 00:49:01,416 - Amen. -Amen. 710 00:49:01,590 --> 00:49:02,678 - Ah... 711 00:49:02,852 --> 00:49:04,898 - Hey, woman. Hey, trans. - Soup, please. 712 00:49:05,072 --> 00:49:06,682 - Mmm-mmm. - Hey, trans woman. 713 00:49:06,856 --> 00:49:09,250 - This is my mama's recipe. - Ooh, this shit looks good. 714 00:49:09,424 --> 00:49:11,296 - Just need a little broth. - Hey.