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- Previously on "Bigger"...

- Yo, when you gonna let me DJ a night shift, man?

- The night shift is for DJs

who have a strong social media presence.

- My customers are complaining.

This doesn't make them feel safe.

- Because he doesn't have a home?

- I definitely want to hang out with you.

- Are you sure? Like, when you're, like, a Lambda?

You know, the coolest in school?

- You must have a great team,

to take on a challenging property like that.

- Well, you already know I am up for the challenge.

- So where do we go from here? - We go home.

[J. Cole's "Foldin Clothes"]

♪ ♪

- Sleep has gotten me out of arguments, sex, breakups,

and whatever this is.

♪ ♪

Okay, I can't take this.

All the sharing has made it weird.

You know, does he want to just be friends?

More than that? What's he thinking?

- ♪ Feels so much better than the wrong thing ♪

♪ I said I wanna fold clothes for you ♪

♪ I wanna make you feel good ♪

- Finally.

Starting to get lonely in this cold world.

- [laughs]

Okay. Moment of truth.

If he leaves the car running, just friends.

If he turns the car off, then you already know.

♪ ♪

♪ I wanna fold clothes for you ♪

♪ Woke up this morning ♪

♪ Feeling like the best version of me, so happy ♪

- Thanks for dragging me along.

- Thanks for being dragged along.

- ♪ Saw you all alone on the couch, just napping ♪

♪ I... ♪

- Oh! Glad these work.

Safety first.

- I'll grab your bag.

- ♪ I get the basket and grab your clothes out the dryer ♪

- It's cool.

He's a good friend,

and I'm glad I know where I stand.

[gasps] You see how confusing this is?

♪ ♪

- ♪ These lips ♪

- Mmm. Sorry, sorry, sorry. I don't want to push.

- No. Go ahead. Push.

[Miguel's "Adorn"]

- ♪ Can't wait to taste your skin ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Baby ♪

[vocalizing]

- No, no, no. For real. For real though.

Remember I'm--I mean, like, I'm the one that said,

"Hey, you probably should chill,"

'cause I don't want to think that--

- Yeah, yeah. No, I hear you.

And I don't want you to think

that this is some random rebound, because it's not.

- ♪ Let my love ♪

♪ Let my love adorn you ♪

[glass shatters]

- You think it's a sign, huh?

- No.

Of course it is.

This. Us.

It's weird, right?

[sighs]

Ow! Oh.

- Let me see.

Oh, yeah. That's a little piece.

- [winces]

- This is silly,

but...

I used to have these dreams

we would all be hanging out, like normal.

All our friends, like, together laughing and joking.

And then all of a sudden, I notice you looking at me

all different, like in college, in my dorm room.

And like, in that moment,

we just went from being friends-us

to more-than-friends us.

And we started kissing, and other things, and--

- Did you step on glass, in this dream?

Man, this is in here like a mother.

- Did you hear anything I just said?

- Got it.

So how about we hit "off"?

Start with a date.

See what it's like to be more-than-friends-us.

- I'd like that. Take our time.

- Well, until it's not weird.

- Until it feels right.

- [sighs]

- He gives a hell of a foot massage. Check.

- You like that?

- You should--you should get out of here.

- Fo sho.

- So she bid 75 thou,

but that's when I came back and outbid her with 85 thou.

I mean, she couldn't come back.

She was like a turtle on her back trying to figure out

how to get on her feet. It was funny.

By the time she realized what happened,

I mean, I had won.

- Hmm.

- So when's the official inspection?

I need to get some section 8 renters in here,

so I can recoup my investment.

- All this? About two months. - Two months?

I need to get some section 8 renters in here,

so I can recoup my investment.

- That's all the things you need to get up to code.

If you can get it done faster, I'll come back.

- This list is two pages long.

- I know, but you won though, right?

- Oh!

[hip-hop music]

♪ ♪

- What do you mean sick?

I told you not to mess around with that.

You know how that nasty-ass Tammy is.

Mess around with her,

and at least you gonna wake up with a sore throat.

Yo, you gotta work. So?

I don't need you to spin with your dick.

Damn it.

Okay, I'll find someone else to spin it then.

Yeah, you take care of that.

- ♪ I'm a bad motha, shut yo mouth ♪

♪ Pull the drop out, creep at a low speed ♪

- No. Not a chance.

I got VIPs coming tonight.

- Who else you gonna find on such short notice?

My music better than no music, right?

- Not right.

Yo, the turntable thing is cool for nostalgia,

but not for "midnight, make it rain,

"ass jumping like a lowrider" cool.

- Come on, Terry. I need this, man.

- No, and put that motherfucking sausage back.

- You let me spin tonight

I'll give you 10% of my tips. No cap.

- 20%.

And what the fuck is "no cap"?

- It means no lie, and you know none of them

DJs gonna give you that.

I'ma have it lit.

- All right, but update your playlist.

That Ja Rule shit don't motivate no poles or no hos.

- ♪ We hummer 'em in, beaches, houses ♪

♪ Hoes, foes, friends, and when the day ends ♪

♪ That's when it all begins ♪

- Fuck yes!

[slow hip-hop music]

- ♪ Hey ♪

♪ You know ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Let's spin ♪

♪ ♪

- Hey, white yoga lady.

Yeah, what you got there?

- Nothing. Just a little signed petition.

- Oh, what kind of petition?

- Sorry. I-I wasn't expecting--

- It's okay. It's okay.

I'm just gonna--I'm just gonna pick it up, all right?

Don't-don't-don't shoot.

So you want people

that just showed up in this neighborhood, like,

yesterday to sign this and kick me out?

Look, I'm an African king, okay?

I put my royal blood on the front line,

so you could have the freedom, so you could have a store

where you overcharge people for stretching.

- We also do breath work.

[sighs]

Look, this is nothing personal.

It's just that you sleeping out here isn't good for business.

Not mine.

Not Layne's.

I can give you a wonderful list of homeless shel--

- Shh, shh, shh!

[indistinct whispering]

Mm-hmm.

Uh-huh. Uh-huh, uh-huh.

Uh-huh. I'll tell her.

[stammering] I'll tell her. Okay.

- Who were you talking to? - The spirits,

and the spirits want me to tell you--

[chuckles] They want me to tell you

that the Earth was given to everybody,

and everybody belongs to the Earth.

So you don't own anything.

- Sorry, that's just not how the world works.

- Well, maybe that's the problem.

- ♪ Bitch, I'm gettin' broker rich ♪

♪ Watch me stack my poker chips to a million ♪

- When you can't afford a therapist,

the internet will do just fine.

- ♪ This process of gettin' richer for they money ♪

- You taking a test?

- Liberty, please don't pop up on me like that.

- Damn, boss lady. You jumpy.

- No. I'm--oh, my goodness. How is it almost 5:00?

- Hey, we scheduled a staff meeting.

- Yeah, Liberty. We're the only staff,

so whenever we talk it's a meeting, so go.

- Cool, so I have some things to discuss

about tomorrow's paint and sip. - Okay.

It's pretty straightforward. The people socialize.

They sip. They paint.

They end up leaving something like Picasso.

- By painting this lame-ass lion?

- ♪ Get a good look at my good side and tell me... ♪

- What's wrong with that?

- It's dusty. - It doesn't matter.

The whole point is to expose new clientele to the store.

Beef up the mailing list.

- Okay and no food? How about a food truck?

I got a Grits-2-Go connect.

- Okay that is nice and all, but this is a classy event,

and I don't have time to change everything.

I have a date. Where are my keys?

- A date? You replaced the dick and the doctor already?

Impressive.

- ♪ Get the fuck up out my poker face ♪

- Did I say "date?" 'Cause it's not.

I mean I'm just having dinner with somebody.

- Mm-hmm. - Keys. Help.

- I totally get it.

Look, you're going back to old boy

'cause you don't want to increase your numbers.

I don't want to increase my man list either.

Good things girls don't count.

- Well, we actually have--

wait, what?

- Oh, I've been rolling with Nina for two weeks now.

We'll see how it goes. Meeting adjourned.

- ♪ So intense is the game ♪

♪ That they play with they minds ♪

♪ Keep 'em open and make us...♪

- You lucky I made enough for two.

- Thank you so much for giving me some of your time.

I know you're busy doing whatever it is you do all day.

- Apparently, I give out free food and free advice all day.

- And thank you for that.

So I was thinking I should prerecord my set at the club.

That way, if I fuck up a little crazy,

I can edit it before I post.

- No. Definitely go live.

- [groans] - People need to see you

in front of a real crowd doing real shit for once,

and that's part of social engagement.

Your fans want to feel that experience with you.

- I don't know.

I don't light a camera, like your ass.

- The camera loves me, and it can love you too,

if you just, you know, use it a little bit more.

Just be yourself.

But smarter, funnier, cuter, more charming, and then you--

- Okay. I get it.

Damn, and that's corny. Can't do it.

- Ain't nothing about my shit corny.

- Hmm.

- Where's your phone?

Record me. - I ain't doing all that!

- Boy, turn the damn camera on.

Hey, my lovelies!

You want to see what's going on in my fridge?

Come on, let me show you.

Come on.

Not a goddamn thing.

You not finna catch me missing a car payment

trying to stock up this fridge

when I could be meal prepping for the cheap.

Let me show y'all how I gets down,

[singing] because I gets down.

Don't make me laugh, guys.

Here we have a Caribbean-inspired plate.

Cage-free jerk chicken.

Fragrant coconut rice accented with hearty legumes.

All ingredients on this plate cost me less than $20.

[Jamaican accent] Boom! Nuh play wid mi!

Yuh kno mi haffa cook it up!

I have a little spin that I like to put on my rice

and peas, by adding baked plantain.

It adds a little flavor, a little texture,

and it's slightly healthier than fried,

for those of us trying to, you know,

watch our cholesterol.

Let's stay heart healthy, black people.

- [chuckles]

Damn, girl.

I see you being all friendly and warm.

Feeding folks like they guests in your home.

[both laugh]

- Now, hurry up and eat. I got shit to do.

- Oh.

[jazz music]

♪ ♪

- Can we have a table right back there? Thank you.

- 'Cause you didn't want this table up front?

- So somebody we know can see us?

Nope. Dark and in the corner is the way to go.

I knew I should have worn my big hat.

- It's not like we've never had dinner together before.

- Yeah, but now we're giving off

this "more than friends" kind of energy.

- You mean this kind of energy?

- ♪ Let your subtle glow ♪

♪ Be all I need to know ♪

♪ ♪

♪ That I'm in love ♪

- Yeah, it still feels weird.

- Weird, but nice.

I forgot how cute he is.

I just never let myself notice. But now?

- See anything you want?

♪ ♪

- ♪ So shine down all your beams upon me ♪

- Girl, don't end up on this table.

- I'm sorry.

- Uh-huh, so the menu.

- I'm gonna have the salad.

- Salad? Last time we went out you

had a cheese steak and you ate half of my fries.

- Well, it's a first date,

so I'm trying to treat it like one.

- ♪ My world revolves ♪

♪ For that time at your calls ♪

It's so dark in here. Can you see anything?

- I like what I can see.

- ♪ In love ♪

- [laughs]

Well, can you see that I waxed my mustache?

'Cause I don't do that for everybody.

- What about those sideburns though?

♪ ♪

[both laugh]

- This is so hard.

I don't know how Vince and Veronica kept it so casual.

- Who said anything about us being casual?

- Boy, don't end up on this table.

- ♪ Yes I'm rockin' Jordans but I ain't a jumpman ♪

♪ Bitches play the back cuz they know I'm the frontman ♪

♪ Put me on a dollar cuz I'm who they trust in ♪

- Hey, yo. It's about to get lit.

We got Lil Baby in the building.

Hey, turn it up, man.

- ♪ Them nappy headed hoes, but my kitchen good ♪

♪ I wish I wish I wish I wish a bitch would ♪

- Welcome to the big leagues, bruh.

- Easy money.

♪ ♪

- You wanna use my laptop and get out the Stone Ages?

- Stone Ages? That's what you think?

Watch and learn, young man.

- ♪ You a stupid hoe, you a you a stupid hoe ♪

♪ You a stupid hoe, yeah you a stupid hoe ♪

♪ You a stupid hoe, you a you a stupid hoe ♪

[Lil Scrappy's "Money in the Bank"]

- ♪ Take it outside, nigga, fuck fallin' back ♪

♪ Killers run up in the club, ballin' with a bigger stack ♪

♪ I got money in the bank, shawty what you drank? ♪

- They going all the way back with this one.

- ♪ I got money in the bank ♪ - ♪ Yeah ♪

- ♪ Shawty what you drank? ♪

♪ I got money in the bank ♪ - ♪ Yeah ♪

- ♪ Shawty what you drank? ♪ - ♪ Crank it, ay ♪

- ♪ I got money in the bank ♪ - ♪ Yeah ♪

- ♪ Shawty what you drank? ♪

- ♪ I got money in the bank ♪

[David Banner's "Play"]

- ♪ Bate for you boy ♪

♪ Freak you in the clubs ♪

♪ Stop worrying about them other hoes ♪

♪ It's me in your world ♪

♪ Work them hips ♪

♪ Run girl ♪

♪ Run girl, I'm tryna get your body wet ♪

♪ Work that, lemme see you drip sweat ♪

♪ Run girl, I'm tryna get your body wet ♪

[Juvenile's "Back That Azz Up"]

♪ A smooth ghetto broad, yeah, I want the broad, yeah ♪

♪ A nigga do a trick, yeah, on the dick, yeah ♪

♪ You claiming you want a bitch, yeah ♪

♪ That ain't shit, yeah ♪

♪ The nigga with the money, yeah, don't act funny, yeah ♪

♪ Got birds and I'm running, yeah, 'bout a hundred, yeah ♪

♪ Girl, you looks good, won't you back that azz up ♪

♪ You'se a fine motherfucker, won't you back that azz up ♪

♪ Call me Big Daddy when you back that azz up ♪

♪ Hoe, who is you playin' wit? Back that azz up ♪

♪ Girl, you looks good, won't you back that azz up ♪

♪ You'se a fine motherfucker, won't you back that azz up ♪

♪ Call me Big Daddy when you back that azz up ♪

♪ Girl who is you playin' wit? Back that azz up ♪

- DJ, what's up, my boy? You all right?

- Hey, what's up? Yeah? - Hey, look, man.

You got it lit in here, right, but I got a new jiv

I want you to play.

I know they gonna go crazy when they hear it.

- Oh, yeah. For sure.

- Hey, plug this shit in right here.

- I don't have anywhere to plug this in.

- What? Ain't got no computer?

- No. I use vinyl. - Come on, man.

That's some bullshit, man. Come on.

- Everything all right, Mr. Baby?

- I tried to give your man my flash drive.

He don't even got no computer, but it's all good, man.

I'ma go in the Gold Room where it's popping it,

and these hos don't look like nothing anyway.

Hey, come on, bruh. We up out of here.

♪ I could fuck you right, yeah, all night, yeah ♪

♪ Wanna bring it to my house, yeah, on the couch, yeah ♪

♪ Knock the pussy out, yeah, get them out, yeah ♪

- The fuck did you do?

- ♪ Let me run it in the hole, yeah, let me know, yeah ♪

- Seriously?

Veronica would have the biggest problem.

- Nah, V would be cool.

- "Girl, you think you can handle it?

You gonna get hurt. You ain't me."

- [laughs] Damn, that is her.

Vince wouldn't drill. - I don't know.

You're his boy, but I'm his cousin.

- I mean as long as I don't tell him how you put it down

in the bedroom-- or not put it down.

- Oh, I puts it down.

- Do you? - Mm-hmm.

- I don't know.

I mean, I've always been a little curious.

- Me too. - Hmm.

- Huh.

[R&B music]

[indistinct lyrics]

♪ ♪

- Oh, we can't mess this up.

I mean, have sex now and then have it be weird later.

It's not just anybody.

It is Deon.

Deon. Deon.

- Yeah. Say my name.

♪ ♪

- We have a plan.

- What plan? Let's go upstairs.

- ♪ Like, this is so different ♪

♪ Yeah, you probably think I changed... ♪

[both moaning]

[car horn honks]

- Okay no. No, no, no.

We are taking it slow.

♪ ♪

- When did you say you had your inspection?

- I scheduled an inspection two weeks from today.

- Hmm. My crew's ready, but it's a pretty big job.

We're looking at about $5,000-$6,000.

- Do you know who you're talking to?

I can afford that.

- Per unit. - Fuck you.

- Listen, you want it done fast and cheap,

or you want it done right?

- Fast, cheap, and right. - No such thing.

- $1,500 to paint?

My father made sure I knew my way around a tool belt.

I could do half this shit myself.

How much if I do this half?

- This is about $2,000 per unit.

- $1,700 plus lunch and coffee for your crew.

- Deal.

- ♪ I'm on my paper chase ♪

♪ Yeah, ladies say we win it ♪

♪ Play in my position ♪

♪ Always on a mission ♪

♪ There's no competition ♪

♪ Woman's intuition ♪

♪ All the right decisions ♪ - ♪ Yeah ♪

- ♪ I'm just gettin' to it ♪ - ♪ To it ♪

♪ Get into it fast ♪ - ♪ Fast ♪

♪ Pressin' on the gas ♪ - ♪ Gas ♪

♪ Pressin' on my grind ♪ - ♪ Grind ♪

- ♪ Money on my mind ♪ - ♪ Mind ♪

- ♪ Party all the time, watch me do it ♪

♪ Watch me shake, watch me drop it ♪

♪ Poppin' ♪

- [sighs contentedly]

- Fuck.

- Welcome to Back in the Day's paint and sip.

Grab a drink.

Browse. Painting will begin shortly.

[OG Ron C & DJ Candlestick feat. Jhal: "Chill & Smoke"]

[indistinct lyrics]

- Mm-mm.

Boss lady, these ladies look like they ready to go

to an all-day church service.

- It's early, okay?

Remember our goal. A grassroots--

- A grassroots approach to a slow and steady growth

over the next fiscal quarters.

Blah, blah, blah. This sucks.

- ♪ Relaxin' my mind ♪

♪ Don't fuck up my vibe ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Chill and smoke ♪

- You're drinking on the job already?

- Thank you for coming.

- ♪ Complain about the shit they wanna change ♪

♪ ♪

Oh, so your heart chakra's actually--it's right there.

- Right. - Yeah.

- Hey, hey, hey. - Hi.

- Yes, after the day I've had.

- You smell like Home Depot.

- Mm-mm. His late night set bombed.

- I was a little salty y'all weren't there,

but you didn't need to see your boy go down in flames.

- Wait for it.

- Y'all still could have came through

and supported a nigga though.

- We sowwy. - We're sowwy.

- Relax. - Damn.

I see I'm not the only one going down in flames.

Fuck is going on?

- Oh, my God. This sucks.

You know, Liberty had some ideas,

but she can be really out there.

- Girl, by the looks of things, you could use

a little "out there." - Yes, yes.

You should probably listen to Liberty.

Give the girl something to do, other than--

- Is this your second glass?

'Cause I'ma need you to buy a scarf or something.

A sock. You not that thirsty.

- Hey, Lib.

I was thinking... you were right.

This night is a little kind of...

uh, you know?

- Activate the plan. Mm-hmm. She said okay.

20 minutes, boss lady. It's nothing.

♪ ♪

[Trillville feat. Cutty: "Some Cut"]

- Okay, ladies.

Why paint a lion when you can paint a god?

[all cheering]

- Ooh, goodness.

♪ ♪

- Jesus, take the wheel.

- I will take the one on the left for $50.

- I'ma need more dark skin to paint.

- Yes, and I'ma need a bigger brush.

- Oh, my God.

- Oh, okay.

- Oh, my God.

- This is my lucky day.

- You know, it's really all about

Julio Jones' route-running. - Yep.

The Falcons' secret weapon.

- ♪ Gone and drop a number or something ♪

♪ So I can call you later on, on your phone or something ♪

You ain't see no dick, did you?

- It was a ass cheek, I think.

- Whew.

- ♪ 'Cause tonight we cutting, gut busting ♪

- Okay. - We can leave.

- I can't. I have to support her.

- You have to?

- I mean, like, both of us. Like us two.

Like, you know, it's our girl. Your cousin.

- Right.

- Oh, man. Mmm.

- Shit. I saw it.

He dipped it in her paint.

- ♪ ♪ Lovely in the Legion of Doom, what it is hoe ♪

- It's blowing bubbles.

[Lauren Evans & Dina Rae: "Indestructible"]

- Okay.

[giggles]

Objectifying men is fun and profitable.

- ♪ Confide in me ♪

♪ Ride or die with me ♪

♪ You can ride on me ♪

♪ And you know it's true ♪

- Um, Layne, I need to talk to you

about a few community concerns.

- Can it wait? I'm in the middle of an event,

but you can help yourself to some wine.

- Actually, it can't.

As a community member, you have a responsibility.

I mean, the loud music. The nudity. Alcohol?

- What I do in my store

is my business. - Okay.

Well, your business directly impacts my business.

I am trying to cultivate

a brand based on aspirational living.

♪ ♪

- If she don't get her Lulu Lemon-wearing,

kombucha-brewing,

B-side Gwyneth Paltrow ass out my face--

- White girl came out swinging.

- Kristi, your issue is not with me.

You're experiencing the inevitable discomfort

of being a gentrifier.

- Ah, excuse me.

We are both college-educated business owners

who priced out the people

who couldn't afford the rent increase.

People just see you differently because--

- ♪ When everything that has a meaning comes crumbling ♪

- I respect the people that live here?

- I am trying to make this place better for all of us.

- How? By financially exploiting it?

Us? Do you even know us?

- I know you.

We are both here breaking the glass ceiling.

We're job creators.

- For who?

All of your customers and employees drive at least

30 minutes to get here,

and they look more like you than me.

- Okay. Why don't you just say what you've been hinting at?

♪ ♪

- She thinks she's slick.

She wants me to call her the R word,

but we all know these days calling someone the R word

is more an act of aggression than actually being the R word.

I ain't falling for it.

- Racist.

Practicing Eastern tradition in a black neighborhood

for white folks don't make you enlightened.

It makes you a bold-ass thief.

Stealing-ass yoga bitch.

- Ooh! - Yoga bitch.

all: Yoga bitch. Yoga bitch.

Yoga bitch. Yoga bitch.

- Ha ha! - My mistake. My mistake.

all: Yoga bitch.

- To Back in the Day.

May its profit margin stay black,

even if the neighborhood don't, you know?

- And to my girl Liberty.

May we all talk tough and back that shit up.

- I had it under control. - Yo, to yoga bitch.

That's it.

I just like saying yoga bitch.

[laughter]

To Layne.

- ♪ Boy, I see you sniffing round ♪

- [grunting]

- ♪ Ain't no toys here, this ain't your playground ♪

- [groaning, grunting]

- You're hurting him! - Are you serious!

- Hey! - Where are you taking him?

- What are you doing? - I didn't do nothing!

- Come on! - Really?

[indistinct chatter]

- These punk-ass cops.

[Talib Kweli's "Get By"] - ♪ Yeah, my Lord ♪

[vocalizing]

♪ Yeah, we sell crack to our own out the back... ♪

- Next time on "Bigger"...

- So you throwing a party. What kind of music do you want?

- Exactly the kind of music you play.

It's for my son's bar mitzvah.

- I've been looking for Willy,

you know, in hospitals and homeless shelters.

- Didn't you say he was in Desert Storm?

That man is fine. - Hey, my lovelies.

Y'all want to see what's going on in my fridge?

Come on. I'm gonna kill Vince.

- I like the way you look when I make up.

- I am so happy you were able to turn this property around.

- Why? You think I couldn't do it?

- I gave him the senior financial officer's job.

- But I was up for that promotion.

- ♪ We sell crack to our own out the back of our homes ♪

♪ We smell the musk at the dusk ♪

♪ In the crack of the dawn ♪

♪ We go through "Episodes II," like "Attack of the Clones" ♪

♪ Work till we break our back ♪

♪ And you hear the crack of the bone ♪

♪ To get by, just to get by ♪

♪ Just to get by, just to get by ♪

♪ We commute to computers ♪

♪ Spirits stay mute while you eagles spread rumors ♪

♪ We survivalists, turned to consumers ♪

♪ Just to get by, just to get by ♪

♪ Just to get by, just to get by ♪