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Chicago.

A city so diverse,
yet so divided.

Make no mistake,
tradition lives here.

You can feel it in the streets.

But you can't be timid.

If you want something,
you gotta go get it.

It's as simple as that.

It may be a beautiful
place to visit,

but living here is
completely different.

Chicago can either
make you great,

or it could break you bad.

The outcome is dependent on you

and what block you stay on.

I'm proud to call
this city my home,

'cause ain't no
other city like it.

That's on me.

This city has created
countless legends

and every day I
fight to become one.

But that dream is
nearly impossible

when the entire
environment is against you.

Death.

Drugs.

Corrupt cops, block boys.

It's not your ideal
place to live.

It isn't all bad, though.

Here in Chicago, we
known for our good food

our cool people, our good vibes.

Our superb summers
and our harsh winters.

You can build strong
character here and thrive.

But you need to keep
your head on the swivel

and watch them corners.

Hey, you ever thought
about leaving the hood?

For what?

Leave the hood for what, bruh?

The hood been good to me,

I don't know about you, though.

It's all I know,
for real, for real.

Exactly.

The hood is all you know.

Don't mean it's
been good to you.

I'm going to school down south.

Good weather, good
food, bad females.

You ugly.

I swear to God.

Come with me, bro. You'll see.

The hood ain't what it's
cracked up to be, bro.

Down south?

Down south.

- All right bro.
- Yeah?

- Nah, chill out.
- Yeah?

Chill out, chill out, look.

I'll tell you what.

- I'm a go.
- Yeah?

It better have everything
you just said, though,

I promise you, bro.

I'm talkin' 'bout if I
don't see Tyler Perry

and some fine women
down there, bro,

we got a problem.

All right, be a
bet, bro, you with me?

I'm right back to the block.

I'm a be right back.

All right, bro.

Hey, bro.

I'm trustin'.

All right, I ain't gonna
let you down, bro, trust me.

- Be safe.
- All right.

Yes, he's here now.

Black hoodie, black pants.

Low cut hair in his early 20s.

I need the police now.

Bro, who is you talkin' to?

I'm talking to the police

and I'm calling for you.

You rob my store last time.

I never forget a face.

Bro, you are tweakin', fam.

I'm tweakin',
bleakin', nothing.

Why would I come back
in a store that I robbed?

I don't know why
you would come back

to the same store.

You say you
callin' the police?

The police are on
their way right now.

Look, here go your
money, I'm out. I'm out.

The police are coming.

Where are you
going? Don't leave!

Come back here!

Hey, hands up.

I said hands up now.

Yo, yo, I didn't do nothing.

Don't try me, boy.

I will blow your head off.

Yo, I didn't do nothing.

What's that in your pocket?

That's my wallet.

Don't lie to me.

I can see it sticking
out, you got a gun.

I don't have a gun, okay?

He's armed, I need backup.

I'm not armed, okay, look.

Ted, what
the hell was that?

He had his hands up.

And he had no weapon.

Look, in the
report, we'll just say

that he resisted
arrest, all right.

This sort of thing
happens all the time.

It's not even the guy.

That means he was
telling the truth.

Look, you need
to get it together

before backup gets here, man.

No, I'm not covering
for you on this one.

It looks bad and with the
whole Black Lives Matter thing.

I'm so sick about hearing

all of this Black
Lives Matter shit.

We chased down
four murders today.

Nobody cares or notices

and it won't even
make the news, why?

'Cause one young punk
killed another one

and they were both black.

But when a fine
upstanding officer

such as myself kills a thug,

who was breaking the law,

who happens to be
black, it's a riot

and there's protests and
marches and boycotts.

Look, if they want their
lives to matter to me,

it's gotta matter to them first.

Now tighten it up
before backup gets here.

You need to get
your story straight

for this report.

That's some bullshit
and you know it.

Reporting live
from the memorial

of the young man, Jacob Jackson,

who was tragically gunned
down here yesterday evening.

Now, as you can see here,

many have gathered here
because multiple residents

in the neighborhood
claim to have witnessed

that a police officer
actually shot this young man.

Now the police department
spokesman confirms

that they have credible evidence

that this young man
was a known gang member

and this was a
gang-related murder.

Well, for now, the
community is out

in numbers looking for justice.

In the meantime, we'll
see if that happens.

Coming to you live,
Chicago, channel 17,

back to you, Heather.

After the police
killed my cousin, Jacob,

my life changed forever.

Before the rise of
Alexander the Great.

Now, can anybody
tell me what you feel

is like the architectural
distinguishment

between the ancient Greeks

and Romans as it
pertains to mythology

and put your phone away.

Put your phone away.

Anybody, Tess?

Jazz?

Anybody?

Don't forget to
read chapter seven

over the weekend, guys.

All right, we'll pick
this up on Monday.

Yo, yo, my boy.

What's up my boy?

What up
boy, where you at?

Why you missed school?

Suspended.

Boy, you
got suspended again?

For what, what'd you do?

Long story, man, you know me.

But we checkin'
our prog, though.

You trippin'.

Hey, I'm think about taking
Angel to prom, though.

She is looking bad
right now, bruh.

She on.

Man, you scared, you
ain't gonna ask her.

So, who you girls
taking to prom.

You already know who
I gotta take to prom.

I wanna go with
Tyrese, he's cute,

but he's a little bit goofy, so,

I don't know about that.

Hey, hey.

Hey, Jowann.

Hello, Jowann, talking.

Can I talk to Angel?

- No.
- Stop!

You good?

- I'm good.
- You sure?

I'm good, I'm sure.

All right.

Thank you, ladies.

I'm sorry.

Oh, it's cool.

I like your shoes.

Thank you.

Hey, look, so I was
thinking, you know,

prom next week and I was
wondering if I could take-

- Back up off my girl, man.

Hey, man, chill, bro, chill.

Heard what I said, I
told your ass to back up.

What's going on?

Answer me.

Look, Mr. Ragland, we were

just having friendly
conversation.

Clear the hall.

Go home.

It's the weekend, go home.

Ezekiel, I need to talk to you.

Ya'll doing exactly
what they want y'all to do

to end up exactly where
they want y'all to be.

Dead or in jail.

Get your asses down this hall.

Now why you pullin'
me over here, man?

I wasn't the only
one over there.

Listen, you're
better than this, man.

Why every time there's a fight

or a scuffle, you're
always in the middle of it?

That's gonna get
you nowhere fast.

You need to shape up.

What?

I choose to work here.

I wanna encourage young men

like yourself to reach
your full potential

and definitely make sure

that you understand
anger is not going

to solve your problems.

Thanks, man.

Have a good weekend.

Ezekiel, remember
what I told you.

Appreciate it.

Hey, excuse me, can
you open up the bathroom,

I'm tryna use it.

I was told
to lock that door up

for the weekend, young man.

For real, you right
here, you can't unlock it.

I'm fixin' to piss on myself.

Well, if you pee on yourself,

I'll just mop it
right up my man.

Is you for real
right now, bro?

Man, old shorty.

See his ass, boy, it's
bustin', boy, on my mama.

I'm a what, I'm a
meep, meep, bop.

Time out.

Man, and his girl's in my DM.

I ain't even tryna hit it.

You already know I am.

Wait!

What the fuck you
doin' over here?

Hey, Ty, look, man, I
ain't see nothing, I swear.

It's no problem.

What didn't you see?

Nothin'.

Don't let me find
out you said something

about this shit you didn't see.

I'll kill you.

You hear me?

It's cool.

Get the fuck outta here.

Tyler like
a big brother to me.

He know my whole family.

But the difference
between me and Ty

is that he can catch a body

and do it with a
smile on his face.

He took me in after Jacob
got shot by the cops.

He wanted me to join his gang,

but that wasn't for me.

One thing's for
certain about Ty Lord

is that he ain't really no
one you wanna mess with.

Especially if you catch
him doing something

I just saw him do.

I had to keep my
head low about that.

Man, I'm sober as
a motherfucker, man.

Let's do this B,
straight up, man.

Oh, hey.

What's happening?

Man, the boppin'
too slow, man,

I can't keep going
like this, man.

Loud pack, loud
pack, loud pack.

Man.

Oh, my man.

Future 20 school boy.

Future 20, man, future 20, man.

Fuck with me,

you gotta reach out
and spend some money.

Damn, man,
let's get some money

from this school boy.

School boy.

You gotta
be spendin' some money

coming through here.

Bust up
the money, man.

Need something
loud over here.

Bro,
where that money at?

Aw, man, I knew you had
something for me, man.

Take care of my man.

Keep studying.

Keep studying.

Smoke that, man.

Study.

All my life I
wanted to be different.

I didn't want to become

a product of my environment.

Especially not in Chicago.

So I thought maybe, just
maybe I'll go off to school

to Morehouse in Atlanta.

There was a problem with that.

My grades weren't all that.

I ain't had no money.

And I didn't play any sports

so I didn't look for
any scholarships.

One thing I learned,

you gotta work twice as hard

to have half as much.

You know I
appreciate you, bro.

Come on, man, you
know you my people, man.

Man, you been rockin'
with me since day one, bro.

You already know, man.

Stay with it, man.

Let me know when you got

the new joints comin' in.

I got 'em,
like gimme a week.

Okay, all right.

Keep shakin' boy.

Thanks, bruh, appreciate you.

All right, well,
good to see you, boy.

Yes, sir, take it easy, man.

Grady, look, I'm
sorry I'm late, man.

You're like two
hours late, bro.

Just listen to me.

I had to pee, this
is after school.

I had to pee and the
janitor wouldn't let me

in the bathroom, so I
bop out to the alley.

The next thing you know,

I'm in a sticky
situation and, man.

Look, look, I'm not tryna
hear about none of this.

You know, you know, Carlos,
little Carlos Garcia?

Yeah, buddy down the street.

He wanna work here and he
willing to take less money

and he gonna work
harder than you.

You need to get your
stuff together, bro.

I'm doing you a favor by
letting you work here, Jo.

Man, once I go to college,

I'm out this bad boy.

Ho, about that college.

I been meaning to talk
to you about that, man.

'Cause I need to give
you a reality check.

If you been applying to colleges

for two years, I've been
hearing you for two years,

oh, man, when I go to
college, I'm a get up out.

If you haven't been accepted
to a college by now,

it's because you're
unacceptable.

You can't even keep
this shop going.

These are shoes.

You think you could take a test?

What you think you fixin'
to go be, a doctor?

Or a lawyer or something.

You need to get a simple job,

'cause you a simple
minded person.

Okay?

Won't you just
fire me then, bro?

If that's true how you feel,

won't you just fire me then?

You don't want the truth, man.

I do want the truth, tell me.

Look, man.

Your pops was like a
big brother to me, man.

Now when he got locked up,

I told him I'd, you
know, keep you working,

try to keep you out the streets.

So, look man, get it together

and like I said,
when I come back

this place better be how
it's supposed to be, man.

I got business to handle.

I'm a business owner.

Step your game up. Get to work.

All right, all right, Grady.

Have a great day, man.

I will.

Hey, yo.

Yo, what's up.

I got your check, man,

you a little jumpy, bro.

- Here.
- Okay.

Thanks bro, I appreciate it.

Relax,
man, say no to drugs.

You way too jumpy, bro.

All right, Grady,
man, take it easy, man.

Growing up on the
west side of Chicago,

I ain't really had my parents.

My dad got locked
up for 22 years

and he's still in
there riding the wave.

I know that's a place
I never wanna be.

And as far as my mom, Debbie,

man, I don't even
wanna talk about her.

But luckily for me, I
have my grandparents.

They looked out for me.

They cared for me.

They kept me off the streets.

And they love me.

They say it's
probably drug related,

but who knows.

We're still getting testimonies

from the witness and it was
three shots in the back.

It might have been
a new recruit.

Three shots in the back.

I'm gonna finish up in a sec,

excuse me a moment.

Sorry, Green, you can't
be here right now.

What is you
talkin' about, LT,

what's going on?

Listen, Green, it's
your son right there.

- What?
- What?

I'm sorry.

Hey, L, goddamn, L.

Detective Green, I know.

You cannot be here right now.

See, that's my son,

I gotta see my son.

I'm sorry. Later.

Don't do this right here, LT.

- Later.
- LT.

Don't worry.

LT, you serious?

I'm sure Ty Lord
had killed more people

in that alley.

I heard the shots
when I ran off.

I knew that was
unfinished business.

I knew I had to deal with
Ty Lord sooner or later,

but to be honest, I
didn't wanna talk to him,

I didn't wanna see him,

I didn't want nothing
to do with him.

But I knew I had to
settle that first.

How Granny doing?

She cool.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

She good?

You don't fuck with Granny, man.

She used to always
fuck with niggas,

especially for Halloween, man.

I would trick or
treat on the block.

I knew your granny
was gonna give me

some extra shit.

That's how Granny is.

How your whole family is.

Your whole family
be holding me down.

That's why fuck with y'all, man.

It's hard to find
family out here.

You know, I don't
really got much, man.

I didn't have a granny.

Your granny my granny.

You understand what I'm saying?

I swear that trust is real.

It's real important to me.

I'm happy
to have your trust.

What make you say that?

I mean-

- Nigga, the only
reason I fuck with you,

only reason I let
you in this shit

is because of your family.

I fuck with y'all, nigga.

That don't mean I fuck with you.

What you mean?

You know, Ty I know you don't
wanna be messed with, man.

Who brought you in this shit?

You did.

Was that you
smoking a cigarette

or was the Tyler?

It wasn't me.

Better not be.

You know your uncle
died of lung cancer.

Yeah, I remember.

And don't hang around Tyler.

I heard he is the
biggest gang banger

on the west side.

Well, we grew up together.

Just because you
grow up with somebody

don't mean you
shouldn't grow apart.

He already got three kids

by three different women,

no job and dropped
out of school.

He may think it's okay now.

But in 10 years, he's
gonna realize his mistakes.

I don't want that
to happen to you.

You got a nice job,

going to a good school

and you gonna go on
and go to college.

I'm proud of you.

You already doing better than
you mother and father did

at your age.

Don't mean much,
but it's something.

All you gotta do is good

and good things
will come to you.

Do what's right.

I'm trying.

Speaking of your mother.

They let Debbie out of rehab?

She's out and she wants
to spend some time you.

Aw, man, she ain't
wanna spend time

with me when she was trying
to sell me for crack.

Or when she threw daddy in jail.

She the reason why this
whole family bogus now.

Listen, I understand
the anger you feel,

but she's still your mother.

It's not gonna kill you
to spend one day with her

and it actually might help her.

Granny, I don't wanna see her.

Well, she's gonna
be here in the morning

and you need to be respectful.

Your mother loves you

and how you treat her will
have a big impact on her.

All right, yes, ma'am.

Angel, girl, you
walked all way over here?

I came
to say thank you.

Thank you for what?

For showing me that
you really wanna be with me.

I mean, I do, shoot,
what's going on.

You killed Tez just so
you could take me on prom?

No, girl, I ain't killed,

I ain't killed nobody.

What you talkin' about?

It's okay, you
don't have to lie.

I know the truth.

Nah, I ain't, I
ain't kill nobody.

Don't be saying nothing
like that about me.

I ain't killed nobody.

It's okay,
you don't have to lie.

Angel!

Angel!

Angel!

You shot me, bruh?

Did you shot me?

It smell so good,
what you got over there?

Well,
you need to learn

how to make this so you
can get you a husband.

Ma, ain't no
recipe gonna keep no man.

This
oven and this stove

is how you keep a man.

Well, I guess that's
how you kept Daddy, huh.

Mm-hmm,
got that right, girl.

Son.

I miss you.

I'm so proud of you.

I love you.

Don't you miss your mama?

Yeah.

You hungry?

Nah, Granny, I done
lost my appetite.

I'm not fittin' to
keep kissin' his ass.

You have to be patient.

You can't criticize him.

When you made your
mistakes, he had to cope.

He did everything he
was supposed to do,

even when you weren't there.

But I'm here now.

How long y'all gonna
keep throwin' this shit

in my face, I'm clean.

Instead he come
up here and kiss,

I'm not gonna keep
kissin' his ass.

How long y'all gonna,
I can't do this.

I come home and get
myself clean just

to get treated like an animal

by my own flesh and blood.

Oh, baby, come on now.

No, no, Ma.

We love you.

Everybody calm down.

I am calm.

I get myself together
just to get treated

like I'm the villain.

I ain't really
know Tez like that.

I just knew him as a
kid who always wanted

to start something in school.

I think it's because his dad

was a cop or a detective.

He used to chat how
his dad ran the world,

or the west side at least.

All I know is that he was no one

you really wanted to
mess with neither.

If he wanted you
dead, you was dead.

That don't sound
like the detective

who's protecting and serving.

Got that last night.

Yeah, look like somebody, bro.

About to walk up on some shit.

Shit, just might, just might

up in this motherfucker.

Dude got a vest on.

You seen him?

Going pretty fast out here, man.

Going fast?

Yeah, you was going fast.

Smoky, man.

Hey, how you doing?

You seen him?

You ain't seen him.

Nah?

Nah, man, ain't
nobody seen him.

I mighta.

What you mean you mighta?

Give me a dollar
or two or something.

Give me a couple of dollars.

Ain't seen nothing,
ain't heard nothing, man.

You ain't heard nothing.

I mighta seen it?

Where?

On the streets.

Smoky, oh.

Man, let me have
a couple of dollars.

You gotta give me something.

Give me something.

You gotta give me something.

Look, son, I love you.

I ain't tryna hear
you right now, Deb.

What more do you want from me?

I'm here, I'm clean.

Like what more do you want?

First off, you need to
stop yelling at Granny.

You know she got high
blood pressure, man.

Look, all those nights
when I was out there

feigning for another hit,

do you know how that
made me feel knowing

all the pain I put you through.

I mean, I'm clean,
I did this for you.

I'm doing this for y'all.

Man, pain?

The pain you felt when
you was out there?

You was trying to
forget about me.

Son, you gotta let that go.

I'm here now, what
more do you want?

No.

I can't do nothin' with you.

I can't do this
with you right now.

I'm your mother.

Damn, it's a real treat
when two playas meet.

Man.

Ooh, wee.

Get this money.

Yeah yeah, I ain't
here for the money, man.

It was a murder.

A boy got shot in an alley.

Know anything about that?

No, don't know
nothing about that, man.

That's not good business.

Yeah, it ain't.

How about you?

Y'all know what's up, right?

I don't know
what's up, what's up?

You tell us.

You ain't hear about nothing?

I ain't heard nothing.

Still know our
agreement, right?

Yeah, I could've locked
you up a long time.

Still can.

Shay, you, too.

I don't know nothing.

So how long
you think I need?

Hey, give me
a couple days, man.

Maybe less.

I'll reach out to you.

It's times like these

where I wonder where is God?

Why am I here?

Why my dad in prison?

Why my mom in and out of rehab?

Why can't I get into Morehouse?

But then I remember.

I can't alter my past.

All I can do is
live in my present

and try to change my future.

That's why it's
good to have people

you can call your homie for
the better things in life.

I guess I get the saying
laugh to keep from crying.

Hey, yo, what up boy?

What's good.

Happy birthday, man.

Man, appreciate
it, turn up, man.

- How you doing?
- Good, good.

I know you got a
gift for your boy.

Oh, yeah, bro, you know I had

to get that loud pack.

Ooh.

Loud.

You can't prove it that

I know you gonna get
high with your boy, Dove.

I can't even do it, bro.

Come on, man, roll up.

I got you, I got you.

Hey, what we on tonight?

What?

Have you not been on Facebook?

Instagram? Snapchat?

Come on . Wake up.

I was rushing out the crib

and forgot my phone at home.

Look, everybody
fittin' to be here.

When I say everybody,

baddies right there,
baddies right there,

baddies right there,
baddies right here.

Hoopers, drug dealers,
we fittin' to be lit.

Everybody fittin' to be in here

in the next two
hours, even Angel.

It's early.

Exactly.

My OG is out of town
till tomorrow morning

so I gotta get it in right now

'cause she know she never let

a brother do nothing
when she be here.

So, by the time tonight come,

all we gotta do is clean up

so when the OG walk through

it's like nothing even happened.

What you mean we?

Yes, we, you and
I gonna clean up

'cause you about to come up.

Listen, my big brother,

all he do is like go to
day parties and stuff.

It's like the next big thing,

so next time we do this,

we gonna charge people
$15 to get get in,

bring 40 people.

- That's like-
- I hear you.

A pair of Mike's for
the both of us at least.

Yeah, boy, you
know I gotta get

them new, uh, Sevens,
they come out in June.

Zip it, shh, shh.

You hear that?

Don't say nothing.

You the ultimate shoe plug.

You have on the Space Jams.

They don't come out for
the next three weeks.

Facts, facts, facts.

Well, playas do what they want,

squares do what they can.

Man, please.

Hey, but, uh,
Angel coming, though?

What?

Come on, boy.

Ooh.

What I tell you about that?

What I tell you about
being so thirsty, bro?

For real, but her
girlsie is coming,

so she supposed
to be coming, too.

Cool, cool, cool.

Well, you know, I
guess we can go here

and light this up, kazooed it.

What?

Look at me eye to eye.

You have murdered that blunt.

It's dead.

Deader than Michael Jackson.

Now how am I supposed
to be higher,

high like Whitney
and Bobby, how?

How, talk to me.

That blunt is, it's a wrap.

It's no coming back.

All right, let me
something, let me something.

Let me breathe.

Doctor always say breathe, Chad.

Let me stop the playing.

I ain't about that.

You should be mad at yourself.

Hey, man, fuck you, anywho,

can you go get me
a tape in the back?

Come on, bro,
step into the lab.

I got you, man.

Man, life crazy
right now, bro.

What you mean?

Man, I done saw my
mom for the first time

in a long time.

I don't remember the
last time I seen your moms.

Man, 'cause she say in rehab.

Like all my life
she been in rehab.

Damn, like, but
this time, though,

I could tell things
are a little different,

like I know she love me,

she care and everything.

My pop was the same way,

in and out of rehab, you know,

then the next
minute he wanna bond

and next thing you
know, my PS4 missing.

Bro, but this different.

This my moms.

Granny always saying
be nice to people

when people aren't nice to you.

You gotta stop,
you gotta stop.

You gotta stop listening
to your grandma.

She too old.

And to keep it a buck with you,

I ain't tryna hear
about your mama issues.

I need you keep
real with me, like,

I been your man
since junior high

and the streets talking.

Man, I am keeping
it real with you bruh,

I ain't even told nobody.

You the only person that know.

You wanna know the real reason

why this party gonna
be lit at 2 o'clock?

'Cause it's your
birthday, nigga.

Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, I
done have plenty birthdays,

20 birthdays before
this to be exact.

Wait, hold up.

Your ass 21?

Boy, you still in high school.

When you gonna graduate
with your dumb ass, boy,

you goofy as hell.

Boy, what, flame, I dare you.

That's what I thought.

Stop playin'
with me, for real.

That's why Angel
don't even wanna talk

to your lame ass, bro.

Marcus Houston ass lookin',
Mr. Rat Burn lookin' ass.

Aight, aight, aight.

What was you sayin' bro?

The reason this party fittin'

to be bustin' bro is 'cause you

and Tez got into it yesterday

and today he end up dead

and his homie's dead, too, so

everybody think you killed him.

- What?
- Yeah.

You a hero.

Everybody hated Tez, everybody.

Angel is definitely
fittin' to feed

you some tonight.

Tez was straight B,
knowing the like,

she was some type
of man or something.

But, it ain't even go
down like that, though.

Listen, I ain't
saying you did it,

but don't be so quick
to say you didn't.

You the man right now.

Ain't nobody gonna try you.

When I say nobody,
I mean nobody.

Well, I guess you
right about that then.

Hey, but you can't
tell nobody, though.

I ain't saying nothing.

I'm taking this to my grave

on my soul, on my
granddaddy grave.

Aight.

But for real, this
dude named Jerry.

Who Jerry?

He a GD.

I'm want his girl and
I need you to kill him.

Ah, shut your ass
up boy, you steady.

Wow, my homie is going
who wants some more.

Hey, you finished, bro?

Yeah, man, you
crispy right now, man.

Aight, we gotta
run to the store.

We cop that blunt.

Yeah, I got you, we need to,

you know, ride with me anyway,

'cause we gotta get some smokes,

some weed, some liquor.

Oh, hold on,
that's far enough.

Detective Green from homicide.

Homicide?

You at the wrong
house, Mr. Green.

Have a blessed day.

Does Jowann Stevens live here?

Yes, but he just stepped out.

What do you want
with my grandson?

Is he in some kind of trouble?

Well, it seems a
couple of classmates

got shot and murdered.

And they say the
witnesses seen him talking

to one of the boys in
a physical altercation,

so I'm just here to talk to him

if that's okay with you.

Well, now, Mr. Green.

Detective Green.

Okay, Detective.

My grandson might have been

in some altercation
with one of those boys,

but he's no killer.

Well, I can
understand that, ma'am.

I didn't say he was a killer.

Maybe he know something

or maybe he knows somebody.

I just wanted to talk
to him, that's all.

If you see him, can
you give him this card,

tell him to call me?

Hmm.

I appreciate it.

You have a good day, ma'am.

Who was that?

That was a homicide detective.

For what?

For Jowann.

No matter how hard we try,

we just can't seem
to keep these boys

out the streets
and out of trouble.

Where are we going wrong?

It's not us, it's
bigger than us.

All I want my family to do

is the right thing and to
make something of themselves,

but it don't seem
to work like that.

The devil is always busy.

God help us.

Hattie, calm yourself.

Getting worked up ain't
gonna change nothing.

It's bigger than us.

With my parents
out of the picture,

my dad in jail and my
mom just straight crazy,

some would say I was headed

the same direction as them.

But I always had
my grandparents.

My grandparents kept
me clean and straight.

So I gotta make it.

Just so I could repay them.

Yeah, she still digs it.

We damn near even now,
we can do business.

Look.

I just need a little bit,

just to hold me off for a while.

'Cause I need more
than just for today.

You wanna plan on
seeing me every day, mm?

I need some for
my friends, too,

we be all wanna do it together.

What friends?

You having a party,
you ain't even invited me,

yet you want me
to front you some?

You wild then, ain't you Deb.

Look, I don't need
you to front me shit.

I got money.

I'm just trying to pay you

what I owe you so we can
get this shit over with.

I see you, Deb, I see you.

With the brown sugar.

Brown sugar, huh?

Brown sugar daddy.

Stay right there.

You know the mayor says

that Chicago has tripled
the murders this year.

And Chicago has double

the murders of New
York, Los Angeles

and Memphis combined this year.

Mm-hmm, I heard that
on TV this morning.

There was this girl
on there talking

to the anchor.

She sound so ignorant.

Why don't we take
education more serious?

We haven't had a good mayor
since Harold Washington.

What she should have said

is there is a war on poor folks.

Well, at least this mayor

has taken some sort of action.

Something needs to be done

with these kids
killing each other.

The mayor can't
change it, nobody can.

This the way it's gonna be

when you oppress a people

the moment they exist
in this country.

It's gonna backfire.

And it's nothing
nobody can do about it,

except keep tally
until it's over.

Cedric, don't say that.

We can pray.

Don't be so naive.

If you had a dog, a puppy,

and you put that
puppy in a little cage

and you leave it there until

it grows up into a big dog

and you open up the cage door,

what do you think that
dog's gonna do, huh?

He's gonna come out
that cage a misfit

and that's exactly what happened

to black folks in America

after being caged for
hundreds of years, misfit.

Yeah, hey, uh.

You're welcome.

Bro, what are you
doing right now, bro.

Why are you playing a game?

I know you see Angel
over there, bro.

Yeah, I see her, bro.

So you see her, but why
you ain't next to her, bro?

Are you trippin' on some
liquor or somethin'.

say what you want to do,
'cause what you do say,

what the juice say 'cause
you trippin', you buggin'.

You cappin' right now.

No, you cappin', bro.

Hey, bro,
you see I'm tryna-

Take it easy, take it easy.

Y'all always late.

You guys late.

You stop, you stop, you stop.

This party dead.

It's fucked.

What's going on.

Why you so disrespectful?

The party, the
party must begin.

Let me see the cup,
thank you, thank you.

Yeah, y'all go get
something to drink, bro.

Y'all get outta here.

Get out, you'll be fine
or I'll kick you out.

Hey, get me one, too.

No, you, what
you need to go do

is go talk to Angel.

That's what you need to do.

All right, brother,
let me finish this game.

You think we
should even be here?

I mean, it's a lot of guys.

No, we're good.

Plus Jowann's here.

He'll make sure we're safe.

Bro, what are you
doing right now?

You don't see Angel over there?

You're not thinking

about doing anything
with him, are you?

Maybe.

Like what's your problem,

like why you not over there?

What you talkin'
about right now?

What you mean what
I'm talkin' about, bro.

This is on purpose, you
ain't talking to her.

You playing a game.

What's your problem.

Ain't nobody even here yet.

Girl, didn't your man
just get shot the other day?

Everybody think
you a man right now.

You supposed to take advantage

having her in my mama
room doing the thang.

Your mama room?

Yes, in my mama room.

You bogus.

No, you bogus for
not taking advantage.

Listen, man to man,
put the game away

and go findin'
your business, bro.

- All right.
- You trippin'.

You still got the,
go do what you do.

Hey, Angel, how you doing?

- Hey, Jowann.
- How you doing?

Good.

Angel, I could talk
to you real quick?

Yes.

Come on.

All right, cool.

Wassup, how you doing?

I'm doing good.

You lookin' good,
what you Puerto Rican?

What you tryna do?

You tryna get a
drink and some weed?

You smoke?

Yeah, let's smoke,
I need something.

I got you, girl.

You a virgin?

Nah, girl,
I ain't no virgin.

Wanna know how I feel?

Yeah.

Just relax.

Jowann!

Did you just come in me?

Nah, I don't think so.

What?

That's my bad.

No, that's not cool.

I, I.

You better be lucky
my sister got a Plan B.

That's good news.

Whatever,
I'll catch you later.

I'll catch you up in there.

Ooh.

That was good.

I'm good.

Look, I ain't come
all the way over here

for you to be all on scrolling
on Facebook and shit.

Is you gonna serve me or not?

I'm a paying customer.

No show Mr. Brody.

Remember that one?

Used to come through,
get a good head,

fuck around for the favor

and now she got a little bread.

We on your time, huh?

That's how you feel?

Hey, I see
that nigga talking

to the cops, bro,
I'm a smoke his ass.

That boy been a
lame, he always been a lame,

goody two shoes.

Jowann,
my son, Jowann?

So y'all niggas dumb as hell.

Don't y'all got some shit to do?

What about the shit
I told you to run,

go play that.

Huh?

What the fuck is y'all on now.

Ain't nobody talkin'
about your son.

It's a whole nother Jowann,
somewhere from over here.

That's that gas.

Try that out.

I'm a calculate it.

Take your time
with that, though.

You hittin' it like it's a pipe.

It's still too hot for you.

Come on, I need the hit.

Take him.

You could do what you wanna do.

Take him, I don't want him.

I don't want him.

Do what you wanna do.

I heard about you.

Them little boys.

Come on.

Look at me, I'm clean now.

Son, don't look like that.

Give me another chance.

This Bianca.

Son, don't look like
that, give us a chance.

We can all be one
big happy family.

Outback, outback,
what's good with you boy.

Brother, let me
hold something.

Let me hold something.

Let me hold something.

Let me hold something.

See, you can't get no
chick like this, man.

Studying and
getting good grades.

You gotta get that paper, man.

You gotta get it now.

Don't wait till
that diploma come.

You know why it happened.

'Cause you ain't game.

Granny!

Granny.

Hey,
Jowann, this your boss, Grady.

I got you on security
camera throwing

them shoes in the garbage can

and taking the bag with you.

You're fired and
bring them shoes back

or I'm calling the cops.

Jowann,
it's your granddad.

Boy, what's the sense
of having a phone

if you won't answer?

Your grandmother
fell on the stairs

and hit her head.

She hasn't woke up since.

We at the hospital.

Room 2209.

Hurry up and get up here now.

Man, come on, God.

Jacob, now Granny.

Ugh.

Granny.

Thank you for your interest
in Morehouse College.

Sorry to inform you.

Wait.

Who qualify for the
pre-freshman program,

college credit in July.

Cover letter and a $1,000
check money order deposit.

Hey, what's up, buddy?

- What's going on with you?
- Hey.

Who is y'all.

Hey, man.

Hey.

Did you
kill those boys?

Look, it wasn't me.

You gonna make this
hard on yourself, man.

Did you kill those boys?

I said it wasn't me.

I don't think
you understand me.

I could put you away
for a very long time.

Hey, man, what up man.

Hey, man, see you
out here shining.

Hey, man, you know
what's going on, man.

I know Ty Lord
don't put us down.

Oh, what?

That's why he
sent me out here.

He told me I was, hey.

Look, even if I did tell you,

I'm as good as dead.

But I can help you.

If you help lead
me to the killer,

I can get you out of school

for a few weeks, stay
away for a while.

I'm a keep you under
the radar, man.

But
only if you help us.

Ain't that
shorty right there.

Over there.

Looks like Jowann
trying get tenor, G.

Is that Jowann?

Hell, yeah, hey, look

that nigga singin', too.

That dude over there.

Hey, call Ty Lord.

Make that phone call, G.

- You gotta go, though.
- Make that call, bro.

I knew it was y'all.

Yeah, yeah, this
nigga out here

with the feds, bro.

Yeah, right now on the block.

Look, man, even if I
say anything to y'all,

I'm as good as dead.

Then listen to me.

Ezekiel Green, one of
the kids you killed,

that was my son,

so I take this case
very personally,

so if you don't help
me find the killer.

Hello.

I got that name for you.

Man, get him out the car.

Come on, man.

Look, Granny,
I'm sorry, this all my fault.

But you the only one
that's keeping me going.

And I didn't get into Morehouse,

but they got this summer program

that'll give me the opportunity

to earn my way in,

but all the money I saved
for Fleet Club is gone

and I know Debbie took it.

Yo, hey, yo!

Where my money go?

Don't talk to me like that.

- I'm your mother.
- Hey.

Granny and Granddad
are at the hospital,

'cause Granny
ain't feeling well.

It's not my-

- You shouldn't even be here.

It's not my fault
she not feeling well.

She the one wanna
keep cooking soul food

and making baked pies
and cakes and shit.

Listen, help me find
out where the money at.

I'll split it with you.

What?

Are you that dumb?

Has the crack and
heroin really tried

your brain to the point
you stealing from your son?

Look, I never stole
nothing from you.

I'm the reason you even here.

I was in labor 12 hours pushing

out that big ass head of yours.

I hate you!

I wish you never even existed.

Everything that's wrong with me

is because of you.

Look, son, I know I
wasn't a good mother.

I know I was a bad mother,

but it's a lot going on.

I'm hearing things
in these streets.

What you hearing? From who?

Tyler. Yeah, Tyler.

He looking for you and
guess what, he got guns.

Look, I'm leaving
and I'm taking Granny

and Granddad with me, man,

so they can get away from all

this bullshit, especially you.

Granny, Granny, what about me?

I'm your mother.

You are 40 years old.

Granny already took care
of your responsibility,

which is me.

You sorry, man.

Somebody told me
you sang, nigga.

- Clear.
- Clear.

My family always
fucked with me.

But you ain't gonna be the one

that's gonna fuck me over.

What you talking about?

What the fuck you
say to the feds, man?

Hey, hey.

Hmm?

Hey, they pulled me, man.

Hey, they came to me.

Hey, come on, man, hey.

You don't even gotta
do that man, for real.

I've done did some shit
that I didn't wanna do,

but there's some shit
that I gotta know.

You ain't fuckin' with me, bro.

Hey, I ain't tell them
nothin', man, I swear.

I put that on everything.

I ain't say nothing to them.

The fuck was that?

I'll be right back.

Don't move.

And if you not here
when I get back

and I have to find you,

I'm a kill you, okay.

Who the fuck is in here?

Huh?

Where the fuck are you at

and what the fuck
do you want, huh?

'Cause all I got is smoke.

Huh?

Where you at?

Motherfucker.

Well, well,
well, Tyler Wilcox.

You know what I'm
here for, right?

About them boys in the alley.

Go ahead, lock me up.

My lawyer a beast, I'll
be out in the morning.

Nah, this ain't
that type of deal.

This ain't got nothing to do

with the boys in blue.

This one right here,
this is personal.

I don't know what you heard,

but one of them kids
you killed was my son.

Both of y'all got
the game fucked up.

Fuck you and you son.

I thought you would say that.

Shit.

Yo.

We gotta go.

We gotta go, now.

Green, let's go.

Who is this?

My friend, Frank.

Come and give me a hug first.

When he leave, come
and get your gift.

My birthday passed already.

It's a early gift.

Hey, who's buddy,
he weird as hell.

My stepdad.

Shit, that wasn't
not stepdad hug.

Look, my family
ain't perfect, okay.

- You judging me now?
- No.

I only brought you here

because they were
gonna kill you.

Look, I appreciate that,

but I don't need you
watching over me,

protecting me, man.

I'm cool, I got myself.

After you left the party,

Tyler and his friends came in,

they got drunk and
they were talking

about how you're
gonna turn up dead.

See, man, this shouldn't
even went down like that

'cause I ain't tell nobody.

Like I didn't tell a soul.

Tell what, what are
you talking about?

Long story short,
your boy Tez,

your prom date,
I saw Ty Lord kill him

and his homies.

He said he was gonna kill me

if I told anybody, so.

Dang, you know
everybody thought

you killed Tez?

So I guess you had no choice

but to snitch.

Look, I wouldn't
snitch regardless,

but the cops said they
was gonna put it on me

if I didn't say nothing.

So you told and
I don't blame you.

It's too many fools out here

who in jail for something
they did not do.

My cousin in jail for 30 years

for something he didn't do.

So basically you
didn't say anything,

but the whole hood
looking at you

like you a snitch.

So you might as well did tell.

Basically.

So that's why
they want you dead?

That's so lame.

I hope Tyler done
learned his lesson.

He always after somebody.

It's only a matter of time

before they catch up with you.

Look, I gotta get
outta there tonight.

The only reason why I'm here

is because Granny in a coma.

And go where?

Look, I'm going to Atlanta.

I applied to a couple
of colleges down there.

Morehouse is one of them.

CAU was another one.

I mean, I ain't get accepted,

but, hey, they got this
summer program, though.

Where you going?

Are you serious?

What's that?

What's this?

Oh.

You got accepted?

Man, that's huge.

I mean, I ain't get accepted,

but man, congratulations.

I mean, it feels good

to know that I'm smart
enough to get into college,

but I'm not gonna actually go.

You know, what's the point?

I know people with good degrees

and no jobs.

I know a man who moving weight

with a master's degree.

I mean, I much rather
take my chances trying

to get a degree

then spend another
summer here in Chicago.

But you don't understand.

I never left the Chicago area.

I don't know how to act
if I'm somewhere else.

I done seen five
people get killed

in one weekend.

I'm outta here,
I can't stay here.

The last thing Jacob
told me before he died,

he said he was gonna go with me,

so that's why I wanted
you to come with me.

At least I know somebody
if I'm down there.

You must think I'm a ho

because what happened at
that party, don't you?

Well, I'm not, I was just tipsy.

But I do like you.

I don't think you no ho

and I know you probably
think I'm a goof

because I came quick,

but the truth is
I want you to come

to Atlanta with me
because I like you, too.

I can't.

I mean, you can.

If anybody can, you
smart and you pretty.

You can do anything you want.

If you stay here,
what you gonna do?

Get pregnant, get a bogus job,

get Link card, Section 8?

What's stopping you.

It's Frank?

Frank, what about him?

Ever since my mom died,

he took care of
me and my sisters.

You know, even when
mom and him wasn't

on good terms, he
still took care of me.

He would want you to
get an education, too.

You don't understand.

Why would he
try to stop you from doing

what's right with your life?

He isn't.

Then what is it?

He touches me.

Ever since I was a little girl.

I didn't like it then.

But I like it now.

He makes me feel special.

Look, Angel, that's
none of my business,

but what he doing to
you, that's wrong.

That's, you don't deserve that.

Angel, you still got company?

Yes, Frank, go away.

What, stink ass.

I gotta get outta
town ASAP, man.

But you got time, so I
want you to think about it.

I'm a go down there,
around the 7th,

I'm a be back.

I'm a let you know everything
you missing, all right?

Okay, I'll think about it,

but you know you don't
have to leave, right?

Get the police to say
excuse me from school

and I'll come meet
you at the Plug Thug.

I'll make a few calls then,

I'll pull some strings.

But for right now, I
gotta get up outta here.

So, all right then.

First, I was confused.

Angry.

I was frustrated.

But then I realized
I can't change

the people around me
and that's the struggle.

Do I leave them and
give up on them?

All I know is that I
have to focus on myself.

And maybe all this can
change them for the better.

It's funny how one
weekend can change

the course of one life.

But my path is clear.

It's clearer than ever,

especially since Ty Lord
told me what he told me.

I'm a pray for Debbie

and I really hope
she gets better,

but what's crazy is Angel.

I thought she was the one.

But with the whole
Frank situation,

I'm a pray for her, too.

The person I'm really gonna
miss the most is Granny.

I'm sorry I have to
leave you like this,

but if I can make it out

on the west side of Chicago,

I'd be the only one that I know

to have done that.

So it's bye for now, Chicago.

You will always be home.

But I gotta keep it moving

and take my chances in Atlanta.

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