All language subtitles for We Grown Now (2024) Eng

What's up, man?

Eric, are you even
pushing it?

That's what I'm doing!

- You got it?
- Yeah.

Dang it!

Hey, Slug, Slug!

Hey, Slug!

Slug, give us a hand, will ya?

Why didn't y'all tell me?

Tenth floor.
You would have taken forever.

- And the elevator broke.
- It always is.

You right. I would have.

This mattress is heavy.

You're still not
gonna give us a hand?

Nah, nah, I'm good.

-Mama know you're jumpin'?
-Not unless you tell her.

-And what if I do?
-Gosh, go away, Dee.

-Let me jump.
-Why?

So you can get hurt
and start crying to Mom?

You're so mean!

Look, you about to cry
right now, aren't you?

That's not true!

You don't gotta be like that
to your sister.

Not everybody can jump.

Not like me.

In Cabrini-Green,

there's only one rule
on the playground.

It don't matter
how old you are...

how much money you got...

how big or tall...

or small.

All that matters...

is if you can jump.

I was flying, man.

That's the closest I got to God.

Wish you'd tell me
how you do it.

It's a secret.

If I told you,
I wouldn't be the best no more.

Keep it, then.

-You good on dinner, man?
-Yeah.

All right. See you.

There you are.
Why do you look so terrible?

Daddy is gonna raise hell
if he sees you.

- So?
- Boy, you in trouble!

- I hear you, Malik!
- I hear you, too, Amber.

Eric, you need a bath!

You ain't my mama!

Good for you I'm not.
Otherwise, I'd whup you.

So, you...

- Whatcha making?
- None-ya business.

Okay.

How much you charging, Grandma?

Two dollars.

You ain't
getting rich that way.

Hmm. Is that what you think
I'm trying to do?

How come these tins
never have any cookies in 'em?

Hey, I said $2.

Malik.

What'd I tell you
about that jumpin'?

Who told you?

♪ La, la-la, la-la ♪

You snitch.

She didn't have to
tell me nothin',

I just know. I'm your mama.

You should have seen me.

I broke a world record.
I was flying!

Oh, so now you braggin', huh?

You said I could jump
as long as I didn't get caught.

You think you're funny now,
don't you?

Mama, what did the microwave
say to the other microwave?

Go on, tell me.

"Is it me,
or is it hot in here?"

Ma.

That's a good one, Malik!

Don't encourage him!

Oh, shoot!

Hey, little man,
what's going on in there?

Mm. Mm-mm-mm. See, you rowdy.

You do whatever it is
you wanna do,

regardless of what
anybody tells you.

Just like my daddy.

-Hey, Ma?
-Mm?

How do bears keep cool?

You gonna tell me anyway. Go on.

Bear conditioning.

You need to work
on your delivery.

Diana, baby, you're gonna fall
right in if you're not careful.

Little girl, why is
there yelling in my house?

- There's a spider, Mama!
- Oh, leave it.

What if it crawls
on my face when I sleep?

- It won't.
- It'll lay eggs on you.

When you wake up,
there will be baby spiders

- crawling out of your ears.
- God! Mama!

Can you stop
torturing your sister?

Why she acting like she never
seen one before? Grow up!

The one who needs
growing is you, little man.

Oh, my God, oh, my God.

Malik! Can you stop
playing with it?

-Get it out of my house!
-Okay! Okay! I'm doing it. Jeez!

Come on, you know
the deal. Hold his hand.

Grab your sister's hand.
Come on.

Bow your heads, please.
Thank you.

Heavenly Father,
thank you for this day.

We ask that you bless this food,

let it be nourishment
to our bodies.

God, thank you for all
you have given us

and that you continue to give us
every single day.

And, um, bless my father,

who would have been
70 years old today.

Bless him.

Mm-hmm.

- Amen.
- Amen, amen.

Isn't it funny

that we're celebrating
Grandpa's birthday

even though he's not even alive?

Still his born day.

We have to pay our respects.

But he won't get
any older.

It's been five years, Dolores.

You're just confusing them now.

I'm not confusing 'em, Ma.

How else are they gonna know
who their granddaddy is?

All right,
who's excited for dessert?

- Me, me, me!
- Yeah? Okay.

Eat everything on your plate,

you'll get dessert after dinner.

See, Ma? We're celebrating.
Get in the mood.

How 'bout making a dessert
for the living?

We've been eating this
four days in a row.

I'm about to turn
into a vegetable.

Why don't you cook?

I'm too little to use the stove.

No, you're not.

You're never too little.
Right? I was cooking at her age.

Mm-hmm

Set your mind to it,
you can do it.

I'm putting my mind
to McDonald's,

I don't see it on my plate.

All right.

Everybody close your eyes.

Come on.

Now, imagine...

you hear a frying pan sizzling.

And you can smell
some thick-cut bacon,

the best kind from the butcher.

And there's some potatoes
and some fried chicken

that was cooked
in that bacon grease.

And next to it,

is a big glass of orange juice.

It's cold, with the pulp
just floating at the top,

just how you like it.

And as your mouth is watering,
you look down.

Open your eyes.

Mm!

I'll get
the groceries tomorrow.

Don't forget my juice.

Everybody like it except you.

Can I help?

Your hands clean?

How about this?

You can help me
by counting this.

Ten, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 65.

Okay.

Now, you know what
this is for, right?

So $65 is for electricity,

$30 is for gas,

$20 is for water

and $250 for rent.

Now, all together,
how much is that?

Nope, I don't want you
using your fingers.

Come on, concentrate.

$355?

It's Sunday.
What're you testing him for?

Let him live.

Well, I went
jumping today.

I jumped higher than everybody,
even Malik.

Is that right?

How'd you even make these?

When me and Gordon
first moved in,

all we wanted was
a little color in the house.

Victoria gave us the fabric.

And I sewed it with that machine

I brought with me
from Mississippi.

Where in Mississippi?

Tupelo.

Your grandfather,
his parents, my parents,

all of our cousins
were born and bred there.

But you don't have
an accent, Grandma.

Well, it's pretty much gone now.

You lose it with time.

You miss that place?

Well, every once in a while,
it comes back in a dream.

Sometimes, I can...

I can even hear my mama's voice
calling me for dinner.

I miss my mama.

I miss the people.

But I do not miss
that place, no.

Every time you talk
about that place,

it's like poetry.

Well, there's poetry
in everything.

It could be nature,
it could be speech.

It could be a bird.

Can you stop picking at it?

Are you ever gonna
throw that out?

What you think, Malik?

Is this sweater too ugly
for your mama to be wearing?

-Nah.
-She gonna keep it

until it's nothing but rags.

Watch. You'll see.

What are you doing?

Holding you.

Like you used to hold me.

I love you, Ma.

What do you call a boy
who can't jump?

- What?
- Eric.

What do you call
a snail on a ship?

-What?
-A snailor.

What do you call three trees?

-What?
-A trio.

-How do you make a tissue dance?
-How?

Put a little boogie in it.

Who would Michael Jordan be
without Scottie Pippen?

I dunno. Still be MVP.

Are you dumb?

Isiah Thomas is the coldest dude
on the West side.

He destroys anybody
who gets in his way.

If Scottie wasn't there,
MJ would have just been a dude

who couldn't get past Isiah.

So MJ needs Scottie.

Well, actually,
they kinda need each other...

Y'all are wrong.

They'd be nobody
without Horace Grant.

-Get outta here, man.
-Y'all didn't wait for me.

We would have been late.

How many times
we gotta tell you that?

-Sure. And I'm never late.
-"And I'm never late."

Man, shut up!

Hey! Y'all left me again!

You trying to impress
Ms. Willis or somethin'?

Me? You're the one
who's always like,

"Ms. Willis,
I need homework help."

Going to her after class.

Damn, son. Be cool.

Ms. Willis got money.
You can tell by her nice car.

Eric, she got a Toyota Corolla.

-That's what I said.
-Rich or not, she's available.

I gotta be ready for my moment.

Ain't no moment coming for you.

Plus, she don't mess around with
no one from around here, no way.

Only time she ever talk to you

is if you forgot
to do your homework

and she about to call your mama.

- Justin.
- Present.

MS. - Tyrone.

Here!

I know that's
not Tyrone's voice, Samuel.

Stop fooling around.

Samuel.

My moms named me
after a prophet.

You named after a prophet
and you still broke.

Oh, he got you. He did.

- Georgia?
- Here.

- Beth?
- Here.

Dang.
My head really that big?

I mean, bigger than average.

Please rise
for the Pledge of Allegiance.

I pledge allegiance
to the flag

of the United States of America.

And to the republic,
for which it stands,

one nation under God,

indivisible, with liberty
and justice for all.

...for all.

...for all.

Y'all need
to hold it down, all right?

I win.

-Three out of five.
-Okay.

Look over there.

It's the roof. So?

- See all them cracks?
- Yeah.

If you look real close,
they turn into stars.

Try it.

You gotta really try.

I am.

See 'em now?

Yeah.

Hello!

Hey!

My name Malik!

And my name Eric!
And don't you forget it!

-My name Malik!
-And my name's Eric!

Hello!

Don't underestimate us!

Don't you forget us! I exist!

I exist!

Hey! Oh! Hey! Oh!

- Hey, baby.
- Hey, Ma.

Hey, Mama.

Hey, baby.

- They eat yet?
- 'Course they did.

- I had two dinners.
- Yeah?

My big girl.

You look so very proud
of yourself.

Mama,
why you look so tired?

Because your mama was out there
working for this family,

that's why.

Talk to me.

You know what it is, Ma?

I now know how much
everybody makes.

I see all their paychecks.

I know just how much
everybody else is worth.

It was so much easier
when I didn't know.

Well, they're
working you like a dog.

And for what?

They gonna give you a raise?

What you say that for?

You know I can't ask that
right now.

Why not?
We need it. You gotta ask.

And what,
risk getting fired?

There's a whole line of folks

waiting outside the door
just to take my job.

And they all got fancy
college degrees.

Is that a fact,

or is that what they telling you
to keep you in your place?

Look, I'm just trying to hold on

to the little bit
that we got, okay?

Can barely afford to take care
of all y'all anyways.

You say that as if

I don't understand
what you going through.

I'm sorry.
I don't mean nothing by it, Ma.

Y'all wanna try it on?
Hey, try it.

Anybody wants to, go ahead.

Nah, I'm good.

This dude
can't even count.

Man, you just jealous.

I wouldn't be buying no watches
and showing 'em around school.

I'm not trying to get robbed.

You got no money
for no watches anyway.

-It ain't even his money.
-Why does it matter?

-Money is money.
-Serving ain't no real job.

He stands on a street corner,
looking out for his brother.

One of these days,
he gonna get killed.

All right.
No need to get into it.

Look, the cops are here.

Why are the cops here?
What's going on?

- Someone got shot.
- Did they get killed?

- I don't know.
- Somebody got killed.

Man, relax. Hey. Hey, man.

Ma, what is all of this?

They said we gotta stay out here
until we get an ID card.

Something about safety.

Whose safety? Our safety?

We been living here...

Think they care about that?

They treat us like roaches
in our own home.

Excuse me. Officer.

We don't really need an ID card
if we live here, though, right?

Everybody needs an ID
to get inside, ma'am.

What about my children?

- Do they live here?
- Yes.

They need an ID
just like everybody else.

No one in or out. New policy.

What do you mean, policy?
They're kids.

What do you need
to keep track of them?

If you have questions,
contact your CHA board member.

We're doing our job.

Don't let me stop you.
Treating us like criminals.

This is what they do.
They chip away at you.

Who was it?

Heard it was a kid.

-How old was he?
-I don't know.

Hey. Kids, come on.
Don't wander off.

It's almost our turn.

It was a little boy.

Where did it happen?

Right outside
the school, with his mom.

This neighborhood's
just not the same anymore.

In broad daylight.

- Dolores.
- Unbelievable.

That's too much.

Eric can help himself, baby.

But look at him.

He doesn't eat enough.
He's skinny.

-Hey, Ma?
-Mm?

Why'd we get ID cards for?

Um...

so that people who don't
live here don't get inside.

The whole neighborhood's
going under lockdown

because of all
the shootings happening.

So unless you're walking
to or from school,

you play inside, okay?

What are we gonna do inside?

Well, there won't be
much jumping anymore,

that's for sure.

You and me can play cards.

That's a great idea, Eric.

You can stay overnight.
I'll call your father.

But the faucet's
gonna drive him crazy.

Can't I just
stay over his house?

You already here.

Besides, that faucet
will get fixed.

Ah, you keep saying that.

And I keep asking them.

Complained three months ago.
What else you want me to do?

What do we do if the whole
apartment gets flooded?

-Flooded?
-I don't know how to swim.

Well, then I will build a boat.

Like, um, Noah's Ark?

No, not that big.

And it certainly won't have
any room for no animals.

But anyone here
who wants to get on,

you can get on.

Where would you get
all the wood?

To make the boat?

Got a point, Ma.

Ain't enough trees
in Cabrini-Green for that.

You're staying here tonight.
That's final.

What about them?

I sense when a place
is past its prime, Dolores.

We can move someplace else.

It's not that simple.
You know that.

Please rise
for the Pledge of Allegiance.

I pledge allegiance
to the flag

of the United States of America.

And to the republic,
for which it stands,

one nation under God,

indivisible, with liberty
and justice for all.

Please remain standing

to observe a moment of silence
for Dantrell Davis.

Dantrell Davis
was seven years old.

He lived in 500, West Oak.

He and his mom
were walking to school one day,

and they heard a gunshot.

Dantrell was struck
in the side of the head.

They took him to the hospital.

He was dead
before they got there.

Thank you.

Scientists believe
redwoods first appeared

during the Jurassic period
around 160 million years ago.

Remains discovered
by archeologists

show such forests
with giant trees

were largely spread across
the northern hemisphere.

The forests that still remain,

like those found
in Redwood National Park,

are an important link
between past and present.

These slender trees continually
compete with each other,

reaching upwards
towards the sun

with every cell
of their immense bodies.

As they fight
for the sun's energy,

the trees grow
taller and taller.

Giant sequoias
can grow up to...

Yeah?

Can I go to the bathroom?

You may.

...1.6 million pounds.

Their upper branches
form a crown

which creates a dome of shade,

where among the giant trunks...

What happened to Slug?

Ms. Willis said he could hold it
till we got back.

What are we gonna do?

Let's go!

Yes! We made it!
We made it!

We made it,
made it, made it!

-Oh, look at that.
-That's so cool.

-You like her?
-No.

'Cause if you do,
you should tell her.

You are way too loud.

I don't like her.
I'm in love with her.

-Tell her that then.
-She's way too rich for me.

-Just look at her.
-That's a good thing.

My dad told me it's a bonus
when a woman can buy you dinner.

No, man,
it just wasn't meant to be.

You're not scared
of cracking your own head,

but you're afraid
of some nice lady?

-You're right. I'm going.
-All right then.

Excuse me, ma'am.

I just wanted to say I love you.

I don't think
I'll ever find anybody

to love like you
in my whole life.

Hey, kid.
Why aren't you in school?

It's Martin Luther King Day.
Mind your own business.

Damn!

So, where they at?

Says here
they're at a train station.

Okay, so why is this dude
helping them carry their bags?

They can carry their own bags.

I mean,
he getting paid to do it.

So? They got two hands,
don't they?

They're going to Chicago,
but where they coming from?

Mississippi.
Just like my grandma did.

Maybe that's where
I'm from, too.

You don't know for sure?

No.

Everybody like
dandelion seeds.

They're blown
from place to place,

then they're just planted
wherever they land.

Or they're like
those trees from California.

Redwoods?

They been in the same
place for millions of years.

All aboard!

Oh!

Why are rich people
so angry?

Look at them fighting.

"Don't you know who I am?

"Don't you know
I live on Lake Shore Drive?"

"You need way more makeup

"to cover up
your ugly personality."

- "Get out of my way!"
- "Smell you later."

Really are some crazy people
in this world.

I know, right?

David, I'm sorry,

but I can't come back
to the office right now.

No, I still can't find
my son. Okay...

I don't know.

But I really gotta
get off the phone

-in case someone tries to call.
-Mama. What's wrong?

Okay, he's here.

Oh, thank you, Jesus.
Oh, my baby.

-You okay? Yeah?
-Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah? Okay. Nobody hurt you?

-No.
-Okay.

-Where were you?
-The Art Institute.

-What?
-The Art Institute.

Okay, but what were you doing
at the Art Institute?

They had us watching
this boring nature documentary.

We had to get out of there.

Who were you talking to?

Your little friend, Eric,
is about to be punished.

Won't be visiting you,
coming around here anytime soon.

But it was my idea
to skip school.

Oh, I'm sure it was, Malik.

Yeah, I'm sure it was.
I'm over here worried sick!

Boy, I should beat your ass.

Nothing happened to...

But something
could have happened!

That's what
you're not understanding!

God damn it.
Dantrell was killed!

Malik, don't that mean
anything to you?

I'm not gonna get shot
like Dantrell did.

You don't know that!

Ain't nothing worse in the world

than what happened
to that little boy.

And that could have been you.

Now, how am I supposed
to keep you safe

if I don't know where you are
or what you doing?

Huh?

You want to be dead
out there on them streets?

No.

I can't keep you safe.

And that hurts me.

But you don't give a damn.

And you don't care
how it affects anybody in here.

Finish your homework,

and also, no TV for a month.

But I can watch, right?

It doesn't matter
who's watching.

You're not gonna be
going in and out this house

without telling me who you gonna
be with and where you going.

Look, I know
you're not his mother, okay?

But you're supposed to be
looking after your brother.

Happy?

You're not gonna see him?

-Why not?
-I don't want to.

Many of you have come
from all over the neighborhood

to celebrate the life
of Dantrell Davis,

a beloved son.

Many of you are wrestling
in this darkness

that seems to eclipse all of us.

When I think of the story
of Young Dantrell,

a beloved son of this community,
a beloved child of God,

my mind goes to the story
of another child,

a child born in Bethlehem,

a child raised in the projects
of east Nazareth,

a child who was raised
by a mother who loved him,

a mother who had to wrestle
mightily with the knowledge

that she could not save her son

from that great destiny
that was before him.

You see, the path of God

leads us through
the crucible of suffering

and persecution of the righteous
and the innocent.

The way to the New Jerusalem
leads us up a road

upon which our Savior dragged
his old wooden cross.

It leads us up a hill
called Calvary.

And what happened on Calvary

was not the end of the story,

but it was only the beginning.

Amen.

Why didn't you
look at him?

'Cause I don't want
to see no dead boy.

So many people
came to see him.

At least he's
in a better place now.

I don't know.
I think he just gone.

No ghost or nothing.

Wait, you don't believe
in no afterlife?

-Nobody knows.
-What about Jesus?

I think he lived,

but I don't know
if he ever gonna come back.

How do we know that?

There ain't no afterlife,
then what's all this for?

Why's it matter?
People die here all the time.

Yeah, but he was little,
like really little.

Where else is Dantrell gonna go?

What if he just...

don't go anywhere?

What if he just done?

That death became a symbol

of the escalating violence

that the city seems to be
unable to control.

Chicago Mayor, Richard Daley.

What we see is,
unfortunately, violence,

a total disregard of human life
by gang and drug dealers.

We have a war here,
and we have to go after them

the same way they go after
innocent people.

Daley and the Chicago
Housing Authority chief,

Vince Lane, vowed
to take back Cabrini-Green

from the shooters,
the snipers, and the gangs.

Malik! Wake up, baby.
Wake up, wake up.

You have 30 seconds
to open this door.

Who is it? I'm coming.

Open up.
It's the police.

Officer, what's the problem?

CHA's been authorized to conduct
a search on your apartment.

Okay. A search for what?

- Be careful.
- Step aside.

-Ma'am, step aside.
-Okay, sir.

- What's going on?
- All right.

Sir, do you have a warrant?

We're searching for drugs
on the premises.

We don't have any...
We don't have any drugs here.

It's just me, my mama, my kids.
There's no drugs here.

What are they doing?

Then you got nothing
to hide.

Dolores?

All right,
we ain't got any drugs.

You're scaring my babies.

Oh, Lord, have mercy.
Tearing up the house. Dolores.

It's 2:00 in the morning.
You're scaring the kids.

Keep calm.
Everyone's being searched.

No, please.

Why are they doing this?

These are her things, okay?

She's not gonna hide drugs
in some damn material.

You're not gonna find anything.

I don't know
why you going there.

Ma, I got it. I got it.

Listen, you got the wrong house.

You're not gonna find anything.
Is this really necessary?

-Get your hands off that.
-Okay.

Sir, you got the wrong house.
You...

Not in my baby's...
My little girl...

Can you just leave us alone?
God damn it!

Mama.

Come, babies. Come on.

Why they doing this, Ma?

It's Diana's beads. Why they...
Why they gotta...

Hey, put my shit
right back up there.

Eric. You there?

Man, they threw my mattress.

It sucks, man. Ours, too.

What you gonna do about it?

Kick their ass.

No, you're not.

Hey!

Come on, man. Hey!

Hey!

I exist!

I exist!

-We exist!
-We exist!

-We exist!
-We exist!

We exist!

We're ready for you.

Um, David mentioned
the senior payroll position,

and that's the one I'd love
to put my hat in the ring for.

See, I've been picking up...

more shifts than anyone else
here in the department.

So you know I'm really committed
to this job.

I just want a chance to advance.

I really think it's
the right move for you.

-Yeah? You do?
-Absolutely.

I just have
one question for you.

You take the bus to work
every day. Is that right?

Yeah, I do.

Would you be able to get a car?

Um... no. Why?

Well, the job you're looking at
isn't actually here

in our Chicago offices.
It's in Peoria.

Oh. I see.

I'm sorry.
He didn't mention that to me.

I don't mean to waste your time.

I really think you should
consider it.

You're a great fit,

and it's a significant
pay increase.

It's three hours away.

It would be a change.

It would.

You don't have to give me
an answer right now.

Talk it over with your family.

When do you need to know by?

Next week.

- That soon, huh?
- I know.

I really hope
it works out, Dolores.

Let me know.

Thank you.

You're kidding me, right?

I don't know
what you want me to say.

Well, we'd have to move,
you know.

We'd have to get a car.

We'll get a car.

Okay, so we're supposed
to move these kids.

That means new schools.
They'd have to make new friends.

Baby, they're stronger
than you think.

You adjusted
when me and your daddy

moved up from Tupelo.

But, Ma, they're rooted here.

Just because I plant them
someplace new,

don't mean
that they'll flourish.

But this ain't about the kids.

It's about you, baby.

What you're afraid of.

You've been saving that.

Yeah.

For this moment.

Listen to me, baby girl.

If you don't grow,

these babies won't.

It's time.

I was looking for you.

I'm always here.

Can you see it?

No.

Sometimes it don't work.

Maybe I gotta be asleep
or dreaming or something.

You get dreams?

Sometimes.

You ever had a dream
that felt so real,

you thought you was awake?

Did you?

Yeah. There was this one time

when my dad was cooking
a big turkey in the oven.

And it had stuffing
and gravy, everything.

Me and Amber was just
making the house nice.

Then the doorbell rang.

So I went up to answer it.

When I opened the door...

it was my mom.

You saw your mama?

I knew it was her.

That's how I knew
it wasn't real.

She's watching over you.

-I feel sorry for her if she is.
-Why?

Not much to see.

Eric, you ever think about

what it would be like
outside of here?

Why? This is where we from.

We were born here.
We live here and we die here.

But you ain't never
been nowhere else.

You could always dream,
think about other places.

All right, then,
what you dream about?

Like, where do you wanna be?

It's always a house.

With two stories.

And on the first floor,
is a big living room

with a bunch of couches
and a TV.

Brand-new kitchen.

Everybody got their own room,

so me and Dee
ain't gotta share no more.

And Mama,

she got her own garden
so she can grow tomatoes.

House so big,
we get lost inside.

All right, now.

First off, stories?

Come on. We got 16 of 'em.

And tomatoes?

Dude, you don't even cook.

It's just a dream, Eric.
It ain't real.

Man, I don't get you.

-Where are you going?
-Finna go home.

-Hey.
-Hey.

Grandma, why you move here?

Out of all the places
you could have gone.

You know,
your granddaddy, Gordon,

oh, that man loved the sun.

Loved the South.

Tupelo.

He had a shoe store.

And when that got burned,
we knew we had to go.

We knew it was time.

So we just got on the train

and came to Chicago.

And when we first moved in here,

families would be out here
with their kids,

and they'd be treatin' this
like a giant porch.

Everybody knew
each other's name.

Everybody was family.

You know, we always wanted

better for your mama.

That's why we moved here.

That's why we came here.

It just seems like we always
runnin' from something.

All aboard!

All aboard!

Psst.

Four.

-What are you doing?
-Uh...

I just dropped my scrap paper.

Then why is it on Eric's desk?

I don't know.

Get up, both of you.
Let me see your test.

I'm gonna
have to call your father.

You can go back to class.

Why'd you get me in trouble?

Why does it matter?

It's not like anything does.

- Eric.
- Malik Johnson.

Why won't you admit
what you did was wrong?

I won't do it again.

Son,
you know what I need to hear.

And until you say it, you won't
be coming back to this table.

You know, it's a miracle that
you're not failing more classes.

But if you gotta cheat
to get ahead,

you deserve to pay the price.

But he's trying so hard
to impress you.

All he wants
is to make you proud.

Amber,
please let me handle this.

Yo. We found a mattress
on the fifth floor. Try to help?

My dad finna come home soon.

Come on, dude, it's A-plus.
Can't miss it.

I told you. I can't.

All right. We'll see you.

Half my class
isn't even graduating.

Isn't that crazy?

Wow.

You gonna be the first person
in this family

to graduate college.

Hey. You'll be the second.

No pressure.

Um, look, I know everybody's
busy, but, you know,

let's make sure we make some
time to help Ms. Johnson move.

They're moving?

Ms. Johnson's leaving?

What?

With everything
that's been going on,

they're moving out.

Malik didn't tell you?

No.

Son.

What's up, man? You hungry?

No, I don't want no food.

-Okay.
-So you moving?

That's what my dad told me,
that you leaving.

She just started looking.

But you was dreaming about it
before it happened.

'Cause you told her,
'cause you want to leave.

-I didn't say anything.
-Do you want to leave?

-Eric.
-Leave me alone.

Can't sleep either?

Faucet keeps me up.

Mm. Me, too.

What's going on? Talk to me.

How do you say goodbye
to somebody?

I don't know
that you ever really do.

I mean, you...

you always carry them
in your heart wherever you go.

Such a big world out there.

So much I wanna do.

I have this dream.

It's always about this train
taking me away from here.

-Yeah?
-Yeah.

Where does it take you?

I think it takes me
to Mississippi.

With my people.

Our people
aren't there anymore, baby.

-No?
-Mm-hmm.

We're from Chicago.
Cabrini-Green.

Although we could take a train
somewhere else, someplace new.

All I want is a house.

Two floors.

And outside, there's a garden.

Big garden.

Where you can grow tomatoes.

Hmm.

A garden. And some tomatoes.

Mm-hmm.

What else?

A house.

House so big,

me and Dee ain't gotta
share a room no more.

Yeah.

Definitely getting
a little too big for that.

I want you all to write about
where you're from.

One paragraph, five sentences.
Write more if you want.

And there's only one computer,

so everyone's gonna
take turns this week.

When the snow falls
in Chicago,

it's like a blanket.

The whole city falls asleep.

It's quiet.

And nobody makes a sound.

I wait for so long
for the snow to melt,

I grow old.

The sun finally comes out.

And it looks like
the lake is on fire.

Me and Eric,

we've done everything together
since we were born.

This is what I know.

We saw it together.

We lived it.

We grew up together.

A place is the people.

This is where we from.

This is where
we're from.

That's mine.

-What are you doing?
-"When the snow falls in Chicago

"it's like the whole city
falls asleep."

Stop, that's mine.

"The sun comes out,
it's like the lake is on fire."

Why you acting
so weird about it?

-Man, stop.
-"Me and..."

What are you doing?
Give it back.

Why'd you write this?

'Cause it's true.

Take it out.

No. Why would I do that?

You're just mad 'cause
I'm leaving.

'Cause I'm leaving
and you're not.

- Oh, my God!
- Oh, my God, Malik!

Are you okay?

Can I see him?

He's resting right now, baby.

Maybe just come back tomorrow.

Can we pray together?

Come on.

Heavenly Father,
watch over us, your children.

Heavenly Father,
watch over us, your children.

Thank you for all that you do,

and continue
to do every single day, God.

And grant that we
may mend all that is broken.

And grant that
we may mend all that is broken.

We ask that you
continue to walk with us,

continue to live
in our hearts, dear Lord.

Heavenly Father,

I pray that Malik
gets his house.

A house with two stories.

A house so big,
he gets lost inside.

Somewhere far away from here.

A place with lots of trees.

A place where he can jump.

Where he'll have new friends.

Where he can be happy.

In Jesus' name
we pray.

In Jesus' name we pray.

Amen.

Amen.

Yeah, did we save
some of the newspaper?

And shouldn't those photo albums

be in the box
with the other ones?

Will you mark them?

These aren't marked.
We gotta mark the boxes.

Didn't I already
give you graduation money?

That was the graduation fee.
Cap and gown fee are separate.

We only owe $20.

Here you go.

Small price to pay
for ya'll to come

to my graduation this summer.

I gotta run.

Well, I'm proud of you.

So you know
Dolores called me and said

they're leaving on Thursday.

Have you talked to Malik yet?

I don't think he wanna
see me right now.

What are you talking about?
He's your friend.

Don't you want to talk to him
before he's gone?

Look, it honestly don't matter
who started it,

or who's right or wrong.

But he mad at me.

Okay. Maybe he is mad at you.

Or maybe he's waiting
on you to apologize.

But I'm scared to talk to him.

Look, son.

We don't get a lot of time
here on earth.

Like, tomorrow
is not promised at all.

Never in a million years...

did I think
your mother'd be gone.

Or I wouldn't be able to get up
and talk to her, give her a hug.

I took for granted that time,
and now it's gone.

And once that time is gone,

there's no way to get it back.

You understand
what I'm saying, right?

Look.

I trust you're gonna make
the right decision.

You're not a baby anymore.
You're grown now.

And you know right from wrong.

You got this, all right?

Should we take 'em with us?

No, let's leave 'em.

Good idea.

Good morning, baby.
I made some Salisbury steak.

Here you go, Dad.

Hey.

You leaving?

Yeah.

I'm gonna miss you.

I'm gonna miss you, too.

Hey, um, I just wanted to give
you something before I gotta go.

What is it?

The secret to jumping.

Spit it out, then.

Don't be afraid to fly.