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Pleasure doing business with you, fellas.

- It's okay. - Give me the money.

I will get it back, I will get it back, I will get it back.

Nice.

Uh! Okay.

Time to win some chips back, hmph!

Will you give us five cards, please?

Stop counting the cards.

We're in more trouble than anything else.

That's why you keep losing.

You don't know how to play the game.

Okay, okay.

I raise.

I'm out.

I call.

I raise again...

35 dollars.

I call.

I can't believe this.

Whoo! Thank you for your contribution

to my dinner tomorrow!

Uh... okay.

And... five.

- Five cards, Efe. - Mm-hmm.

I raise.

I'm out again.

I call.

I raise again.

I call.

I raise again, 15 dollars.

Okay, this means I am all in.

- I call. - Hm.

Ahhh!

Man, you like a walkin' ATM machine today.

Hold up, hold up.

Give me another withdrawal.

I gracefully accept defeats today.

Ah!

But I will win next time.

- Oh... - Yeah, you said that last time.

Whatever.

I'm going to my room to cry.

Poker, cool. Mind if I watch for a sec?

Oh yeah, have a seat.

Oh, oh, hold up, Chilecia.

Uh... can you do me the honor and, uh, touch my hand, please?

'Cause I need a little luck

'cause Reginald been killin' tonight, and...

I need a victory.

I always brought my uncle good night

when he was gambling, so...

Oh, hold it. You need to go, then.

Sounds like a little bit of voodoo, but, uh...

- I'll take it anyway. - Ain't gonna help.

I raise.

I call.

Okay, well, I call 'cause I'm all in, 150.

Your call!

Boat full, kings over queens.

Aw, damn.

Hold on, get your hand out of my pot, boy!

Royal flush, best hand you can get in poker.

- Period. - Mm-hmm, yeah.

You know what?

I've never had a royal flush before.

You came in, and touched my cards,

and gave me good luck immediately.

How about that!

I told you, I always gave my uncle some good luck.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah, I'ma keep her around.

She got to go.

♪ No matter what you do, I love you ♪

♪ No matter where you go, I'm behind you for sure ♪

♪ Always remember, blood ain't never water ♪

♪ We'll make it if we stay together ♪

Whoo! Y'all enjoy this breakfast?

- Mm-hmm. - I'm stuffed.

Question, uh, I know y'all done registered to vote, right?

- Oh, yes ma'am. - Most definitely.

Mm-hmm, yeah, I registered to vote for everybody Black.

See, now that's the problem. You votin'...

for somebody Black instead of doing research

and finding the most qualified candidate.

Yeah, exactly.

Yeah, my family raised me to vote Black based on principles.

All right?

Now, it's in my soul to vote Black.

There are Black candidates and other colors as well

who are corrupt.

Okay, well, we fought for Black candidates

to have the opportunity to be corrupt.

That don't make no sense.

We have to choose the most competent person for the job.

Exactly--the most competent Black person for the job.

Okay? 'Cause if we don't have no Black person in office,

then we don't have no Black voice.

Well, we may have the voice, but they may not speak up.

Now, Ms. Cora, I, I know you research

and find out how you wanna vote for.

Well, I do like a qualified person, but you know--

But... I really do like to see somebody in the office

that looks like me.

I understand and I feel the same way.

I love seeing our people in office,

but not if they don't belong there.

That's why the voting process is the way it is.

We are supposed to choose our leaders

so that they will have the,

the best interests of the people in mind.

- Right. - Well, they're not gonna have

the best interest of the people, especially if they're not Black!

Jeremy, You know what?

I have a friend named Keisha. Uh, she gonna stop by later.

But she's into politics.

Maybe she can help you out, get to the bottom of this.

Well, her name Keisha, I know she with me.

Uh...

I'ma go run some errands,

but y'all enjoy this Black voting day.

All right, and me too. I gotta get out there.

I'll clean this up when I get back.

- I gotta get down to-- - The church, yeah.

Come on, now!

I know I'm always at the church.

What's going on in here?

Uh, okay, finally somebody in here with some sense.

How do y'all feel about the voting process?

- Trash, if you ask me. - Hot garbage.

What do you mean?

The government ain't did nothing for us

or any of the neighborhoods where I'm from.

If I was old enough to vote, I wouldn't.

It's pointless.

Hey, I got to get out of here. You school them, Reg.

Philip, how do you feel about the voting process?

Same as Chilecia.

I mean, if I was old enough to vote,

I wouldn't in this broken system.

What?! Look, I can't believe what we've come to.

We research our vote for the most qualified person.

Yeah, for the folks in Buckhead, not Bankhead.

Yeah, for the other brotha and not the Black brotha.

Listen, the potholes have been in the west side

since I was born.

The government has money to fix it, but they don't care.

Streets facing the rich neighborhoods, though.

- Big facts. - All right.

I became a judge so that our people would have a chance

to face a fair trial,

and I have faced many adversities

because of my color.

Now, our people gave us a chance to vote

so that we would have a voice.

And many of them paid with their lives.

So if nothing else...

you should vote because of them.

That's deep.

Chilecia!

So happy to see you.

Mm, my grandma always told me somebody gonna want something

when they say, "Happy to see you."

What's up?

Okay, uh, well, let's cut to the chase.

Uh, I got another game later,

and I was hoping you'd come through and, you know,

put a little voodoo luck on there again for me.

And, uh, I got a chance to win a thousand dollars.

- A thousand dollars? - Yes, a thousand dollars.

Cool! I'm gonna need my 30 percent.

- 30 per who? - 30 percent.

I'm not gonna keep helping you free while you comin' up.

Okay, fair enough. 10 percent.

Mm, 40 percent.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, you goin' in the wrong direction.

And it's gonna keep goin' in that direction

if you keep trying me.

Mr. Jeremy, I'm from the west side.

We don't play about our money, shawty.

Okay, all right, 20 percent, shawty.

Mm, 50 percent.

We supposed to be family.

He ain't put a ring on it yet.

Plus, blood ain't thicker than these bills.

Okay, all right, all right, all right.

30 percent.

40 percent.

Yesterday's price is not today's price.

That was 10 seconds ago!

What you mean yesterday's price?

All right, okay, okay, deal.

Okay, we, uh, play at 6:30 tonight.

Me and Philip are supposed to study,

but my family could use the extra cash.

Yeah, forget studying.

All right, uh, I'll see you later.

Period.

"Period!"

And then there was one.

I raise.

Uh--

You suck, man.

Okay...

Call.

Ooh!

Bye!

Ooh!

Yes!

- Beat that butt. - Mm-hmm.

Okay, bring me my money.

Ugh...

Here.

Uh-uh, this is short.

- What? That's-- - This is short.

That's 40 percent.

Mm-mm, you don't know how to count.

Come on.

Something like that.

All right, good job!

- Thank you! 'Til next time! - I'm outta here.

Mm-hmm.

Here you go, some bus fare to get home.

Thank you.

Hey.

Hey. Sorry, I lost track of time.

Oh, no, it's cool.

You know, I just finished reading the chapter

and took some notes, uh, while you were having fun.

- Do you have attitude? - Maybe I do.

I mean, when you give me your word,

you're supposed to stick to it, right?

It was one night. Plus, I got a good deal.

I made so much money.

For yourself. Congratulations on making money

and breaking your word.

For my family.

This money is gonna put groceries on the table

for a whole month and take the load off for my mom.

But you wouldn't know nothin' about that

'cause food just magically appears on your table.

What do you mean by that?

You don't know how good you got it.

You don't have to hustle

because you have a family that provides for you every night.

It's not like that for everybody.

Hey, look, your situation shouldn't stop you

from keeping your word.

Look, Philip, I got a lot going on.

I gotta take care of my siblings and my mom at times.

I cannot take care of you too.

Well, maybe you should just take care of what's important to you.

Yeah, well, maybe I should!

- Well, maybe you should! - Yeah, maybe I should!

I just said that!

I don't have time for this. Bye.

Yo, why did she storm off?

That's my good luck charm.

- Man, we broke up. - What!?

Aw nah, man, y'all got to get back together.

I need her.

You said that when someone breaks up,

they break up with the family.

So we're done with her.

- I said that? - Yeah.

Damn, I must've been high that day.

Ah!

Ah, if it isn't the voter for the other man

and the anti-government brotha man.

Look, times have changed and the government hasn't.

I mean, they haven't cared about us

since George Washington was in office.

Philip, times are definitely changing.

We need to continue voting to see more and better change.

Look, the government doesn't care about us, only money.

We didn't have representation.

That's why we were treated less than.

Man, if we don't have nobody in the room, how can we be heard?

By researching the candidates we vote for.

Look, the system is broken, period.

Hey, all right, cut it out, man. Your girlfriend's gone.

Ex-girlfriend.

What? What happened?

She's spending all her time making money with my dad,

leaving me to study alone.

Son, Jesus forgave, and so can you.

You just want to use her for poker.

God! All the sacrifices I made for you.

This is how you treat me?

Man, you just break my heart every chance you get.

Uh, the guilt trip tactic won't work.

You taught me that years ago.

I know I taught you that too early.

Whatever, look. Chilecia's in the past, okay?

Now, I'm gonna go study on my own.

That boy is soft.

Mm-hmm.

You know you have to fix this, right?

Who you tellin', man? I need her for the poker games.

I was winning a lot of money.

Yeah, we gotta fix this.

"We"...didn't break it.

My name is Bennett. I ain't in it.

Come on, Reginald, be the bigger man!

Oh, my name is Eddy! I'm gonna be petty!

So y'all got the plan down, right?

Mm-hmm, well, it should work.

Uh, they're just kids.

Okay, all right, cool, here we go.

I don't think it's going to work.

I, I think it will.

Whoa, okay.

Care to pass a little, eh?

I bet you 100 dollars, do not work.

Oh my god, you've become a gamblin' fool.

Okay, here we are.

Yeah, bring your money.

All right, right there.

Hello, my dear!

Where's Mr. Jeremy?

Oh, he stepped away momentarily.

Sit down. Sit, sit! Sit down!

How are you? Huh?

Ah! We've missed you around here.

Yes, we love having you around, yes.

You're like a, a real sunshine around here.

How y'all so happy to see me

when every time I touch Mr. Jeremy's cards,

he takes all y'all money?

Uh, we're actually not happy about that.

How you doin', son? You okay?

Yeah, I'm just studying for this test I got tomorrow.

Okay, cool. Um...

so you know your dad is right 99 percent of time, right?

Uh, but then there's that 1 percent.

What, what are you talking about?

I used your girlfriend to help me make money.

It wasn't her fault.

He don't understand my struggle.

Well, he talks at great length about how amazing you are.

"Chilecia! Chilecia! Chilecia!"

That is all we hear around here.

Hm, well, too bad he don't know how to have a conversation.

He think he know everything,

and I can't be with somebody like that.

No, no, I agree. But...

talk to him just one more time, huh?

If it doesn't work out, let it go.

I don't know. I only got one life,

and I can't waste it on somebody fugazi.

For real for real.

I don't know what "fu-gah-zee"--

"Fu-gei-zee".

Fu-gei-zee, fu-gah-zee, I don't know that.

But I do know that Philip might speak to you

if you will speak to him.

He's waiting in the room.

I came here to get 40 percent of Mr. Jeremy's earnings,

not to talk to Philip.

That, that looks about like 500?

Well, give me 40 percent and I'll talk to Philip.

- No problem! - It's not our money!

You can take it.

Well, actually, make it 50 percent.

In fact, take it all. He won't notice.

- No, take it, take it. - Thank y'all.

You got a bag? Maybe you should get a bag?

- Yeah, - No, I, I got this.

I got this. Don't worry about it.

I got this, I got this. Don't touch my money.

Okay, sorry.

All right, let me go talk to Philip.

Benedict Arnold. Judas.

Et tu, Brute?

What do you know about Shakespeare?

That people that are close to you will stab you in your back!

Well, I'd love to hear more of these analogies,

but I gotta jump on this quick call.

Mm-hmm, Uncle Tom.

Fredo from Godfather.

What is that, a list of backstabbers?

I got another list for you.

Oh, I hope it involves good people

that actually care about people.

No, it's a list of people with no respect.

Adolf Hitler.

The manager that took New Edition's money.

Whatever you say, Dad.

You and Chilecia better?

We a'ight.

Y'all ain't a'ight.

Y'all still don't know nothin' about history

and don't wanna vote.

Y'all still in here, talkin' 'bout voting?

Hey, this is my friend right here.

This is Keisha I was talkin' about.

Maybe she can give y'all some pointers

- on, on politics. - Aw, man!

So I'ma go get the things I need for church tonight, okay?

I ain't know you was talkin' 'bout that Keisha.

I know people!

Man, we got somebody in here with some sense.

Well, hello, gentlemen.

Ah, somebody that's been in the broken system.

Boy, you better shut up before I slap you.

No, it's fine. Speak your mind, son.

Excuse me, Dad.

The government doesn't care about us.

What makes you think the government doesn't care?

I mean, when you look at other countries,

I mean, they get free healthcare or awesome maternity leaves

or even mental health days. We get none of that.

If you're right about that,

then how do we solve that problem?

I don't know. New government, I guess.

That only comes when you put the right people in office.

- I told him that! - No, you didn't!

You said only put Black people in office.

Yeah, that too.

I understand both your points of view,

and I agree with them.

It is important to have Black representation in office.

Told you!

But it's also very important to make sure

that you have the right people in office

because there are parts of our system that are terribly broken.

Big facts.

"The right to vote is precious, almost sacred.

People fought for it, bled for it, died for it.

Honor their sacrifice. Vote."

That's what Congressman John Lewis said.

He fought with Dr. King, right?

Yes, he did.

Many women and men fought for your right to vote

and even gave their lives for it.

That tells you how important it is.

And we show our respect for them by voting

and fixing our government.

All right, did y'all get everything

y'all needed from my friend?

Now, we gotta get down to the church, come on.

It's nice speaking with you all.

Look, y'all learned something today, didn't you?

Yup.

So, at the end of the day, I was right.

- No, I was right. - No, I was right.

Okay, look.

We were both right in our own ways, okay?

Now, just don't tell Reginald that he was right too.

Yeah. Well,

you can't fix the system unless you do it together.

So when my time comes, I'll be in line to vote.

Ace, high flush!

I believe that is the winning hand!

Hey...

Alrighty.

- I am all in! - Really?

Too rich for me.

I call.

Big pocket king over big pocket queen.

- Easy money. - Hey!

Easy loss.

This is amazing!

Hey! Is this what winning feels like?

This is what luck feels like.

Mm, yeah, it seem like you need your good luck charm back.

I know, right?

She here with Philip, right?

- Yes. - Yeah, they're studying.

Okay. Cool, cool. Yeah, I need to go talk with her.

- Whoa, whoa-- - Wait, wait, wait.

Come back, now! Wait, now!

Okay, you won that one.