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Previously on The Chi...

I'm here to happily announce

that I'll be moving to Los Angeles

to do what I love: gaming.

And while I'm up here, I encourage you all

to do what you love.

Even if everyone thinks you're crazy,

you blaze your own trail,

and never let anyone tell you you can't do something.

I wanna cut ties with you.

- I'm done. - You pay me my money.

Then we'll talk.

If you play with me again...

Both you all need to be worried about your futures

and keeping your nose in the good book.

You ain't always done what the good book says.

What, you challenging me, boy?

I mean, somebody's got to.

Well, I think I'm gonna excuse myself.

No, no.

You're a part of this family too.

You stay right there.

I don't know anything about Q's murder.

This photo says otherwise.

I don't think you're a killer,

but I do think you might have helped dump the body.

So you can either confess now,

or we can find out later and put you in prison.

What do you do when a lion prowls your village,

jaws dripping with the blood of your neighbors?

Do you let him sleep in your bed?

If we don't cast that devil out of our city,

he will devour us all.

Amen.

Take care of him.

Say less.

Lord, I really need you to protect my son.

Hey, Nuck!

What's the word, little bro?

Thought you said family was off-limits, nigga.

Well, do it, nigga.

I killed a nigga before,

and it ain't no thing to do it again.

Man, you shot Ronnie in the back.

You don't got enough balls to shoot a nigga like me in the face.

Did you look Pastor Jackson in the face

before you strangled him, nigga, huh?

Answer me.

Answer me, nigga!

Look, Bakari, if you kill me...

he gonna take you.

It's up to you.

You looking to die today?

- Why you do it? - Because he was talking too fucking much.

We had to send a message.

He was like a father to me, man!

You can't trust nobody that ain't us!

How many times I gotta tell your ass that, huh?

You too soft for the streets.

Fuck you!

We your family.

If you ever pull a gun on me again,

you won't live to tell the fucking story.

Do you hear me, huh?

Now, get the fuck out of here, man!

Move, nigga!

I could kill that nigga.

Don't.

You sure?

Hey, if I need you to take care of him, I'll say so.

You hear me?

Now, put the fucking gun down, man.

Let's go, nigga.

Uh... need anything?

No.

Do you want us to leave you alone?

Yeah.

Look, man, um,

you really want us to leave you alone,

or you just saying that?

I-I wanna be alone.

We're here for you if you need us.

I-I know.

Love you, bro.

I love you too.

The fuck you want?

I'm hurting too, nigga.

I know one of your boys killed him.

I never thought that none of this would happen.

But it did!

And now my dad gone 'cause he ain't do what Douda wanted him to.

Look, if the pastor would have just washed the money,

maybe he'd still be here.

- So you saying it's his fault? - No.

Listen, my dad was a noble man.

And he got killed for it!

I loved your father

- like he was my own. - But he's not your father!

He's mine.

Now he's gone.

- Synced and corrected by naFraC - - www.addic7ed.com -

Kiesha, stop.

Will you at least let me talk to you?

I'm tired of talking.

I thought you said relationships were about communication.

- Babe. - Stop. I told you I don't trust Douda.

He's all about getting what he wants,

even if that means taking a life.

I don't have nothing to do with that.

Pastor Jackson warned us.

He told us if we weren't careful,

Douda would take over.

What's going on?

Nothing. Nothing, man.

Uh, everything's fine.

Kiesha, where you going?

Go-go back in the room and check on your brother, a'ight?

If I can't count on you to protect us, we not staying here.

What happened to sticking around even when shit gets uncomfortable?

This is more than uncomfortable. This could be life or death.

I promise, I'm not gonna let anything happen

to you or my kids.

Yeah, what if something happens to you?

What am I supposed to do then?

Just give me some time to fix this.

- How much time? - I don't know.

That's not good enough.

Kiesha, please.

Come on.

I can't lose you.

Fine.

But I'm sleeping in the guest room

until you figure this out.

Fine.

I'll take it.

And if anything else happens, I'm gone.

Understood.

I'll be up in a little bit.

I'll get the room set up for you.

_

How you doing with everything?

I'm fine.

Talk to me.

Why?

Because I wanna know how you feeling.

I don't think it's smart for you to hold everything inside.

It's what you do.

What? I-I talk about my problems.

Yeah, not with me.

Well, you-you're not old enough to know everything.

I'm trying to protect you.

I don't need to be protected.

- I need to know what the fuck going on. - Watch your mouth.

When you came back,

you told me I could trust you.

I don't feel like you trust me with shit.

A'ight, look, if I tell you something,

you can't say shit to nobody.

I'm serious.

I ain't gonna say shit.

Fuck.

A few months back, Douda came by

and told me he needed me to take a ride with him.

And while we was riding...

I heard a sound coming from the trunk.

It was a body, wasn't it?

How you know?

Douda ain't joyriding with niggas for fun.

Shit, he only come around here when he need something.

If it wasn't for him, bro...

I don't think I'd be in office right now.

Man, you in office 'cause bitches think you cute.

And you finally told the truth.

He ain't got nothing to do with that.

Hmm.

I didn't think about it like that.

So what happened?

He made you bury a body or something?

Uh, yeah.

We-we dumped the body together.

And now you an accomplice

and you trying to figure out if you should come clean or not.

Yeah.

Got it.

Damn.

You know more than I thought.

Told you I'm not some dumb kid.

I know what's going on.

Well, since you so wise...

what do you think I should do?

Well...

if I was you, I wouldn't snitch.

I don't know why that doesn't surprise me.

You can't do shit for the community if your ass locked up.

We need you.

I need y'all too.

Give me a minute.

You good?

No, I'm not.

What's wrong?

I'm scared.

Somebody threatening you?

I know y'all working with Emmett.

We not working with him.

He work for us.

Okay, well, I think him working for y'all

has put us in danger.

He just holding shit for us.

Ain't no bullets gonna come his way.

- Trust me. - I don't like the feeling

that we holding something that can get us in trouble.

It's just money, Kiesha.

No, it's not!

I know you.

Then you know I would never let nothing happen to you.

Nuck, you already have.

I apologized for that.

I don't want you to have to apologize to me again.

Then I think you need to have that conversation

with your nigga.

I spoke to him.

And now I'm talking to you.

I'll do what I can.

That's not enough!

What do you want?

Promise me my family is gonna be safe.

I don't like making promises I can't keep.

I know you got Douda's ear.

Look, that nigga don't listen to me.

All I'm asking is that you have my back.

I do.

Then you gotta have Emmett's back too.

It's a lot of people out there.

I'm not surprised.

A community leader was murdered in his home.

People are scared.

Well, I wanna put something together.

Okay, like what?

A candlelight vigil.

Oh, that's smart.

The people need a place that they can grieve together.

Yeah, and no cameras.

This is just for us.

Well, when are you trying to do this?

Soon.

That's ambitious.

Man, people are hurting right now.

They need us.

We can't just be sitting on our asses.

I'll make some calls.

Thank you.

Do you need anything?

No.

Okay, do you need to be alone?

Yeah.

Okay, then I'll head out.

Okay.

Call me if you need anything.

A'ight.

Okay, I get that you're grieving,

but please don't make me feel like shit just because you do.

You know the last conversation I had with my dad

was about you?

He didn't think we should be together.

Why?

He said I wasn't ready to handle that level of...

responsibility.

And now I see he was right.

I just feel like he never listens to me.

And he makes these decisions without talking to me first.

Have you spoken to him about this?

Yes, multiple times, and nothing changes.

He just did something crazy that violated my trust.

What was that?

He...

brought something in our home

that could put us in real danger.

That's serious.

I know.

Have you resolved it?

I'm sleeping in the guest room until he handles it.

How does that feel?

Like a temporary fix.

Did you grow up in a house with both parents?

My parents divorced when I was younger.

And my dad...

died suddenly when I was a teenager.

I'm sorry.

I only ask because we often mimic our parents' behavior

in our own relationships.

I was surprised when my parents broke up.

I never saw them fight.

A lot of parents try not to fight in front of their kids

because they're afraid it's gonna traumatize them,

but it's actually important for kids

to see their parents work through conflict.

Otherwise, they'll get anxious

when it arises in their own lives.

I do remember my dad making most of the decisions.

He controlled the money, where we lived,

what we watched on TV.

Mm.

Sounds like they were pretty, uh, old-school.

Yeah, I never liked that.

That's why it's so important for you

to feel like an equal in your relationship.

You wanna take the control that your mother never did.

Wow.

I never thought about it like that...

I guess.

Am I doing too much?

You and Emmett just need to get on the same page

about decision-making,

especially decisions that affect the whole family.

You can both be head of the household,

but there will be some compromises.

My mom and stepmom argued in front of us a lot.

And now I feel like she just wants

to take control of everything.

Maybe she's trying to make up for lost time.

If you're up to it,

I think it might be helpful to have her

join us for a session or two.

My mama?

Yes.

No.

I'm good.

Look... whether we like it or not,

the way we walk through the world

has a lot to do with who brought us into it.

I don't know, I feel like

I like this space being about me

and my healing.

I think the first person to break your heart

was your mother.

Shit.

And until we resolve that break,

you'll spend the rest of your life trying to mend it

with romantic relationships.

Damn.

You don't have to decide right now.

Just something to think about.

Well, shit.

It's five o'clock somewhere, huh?

- Yeah, thanks, Pop. - Mm-hmm.

To Pastor Jackson.

Yeah.

Yeah, Pastor Jack... he was a good man.

God rest his soul.

What's wrong with you, son?

Kiesha almost left me this morning.

What you do?

Nothing.

Boy, don't be lying to me.

I'm just doing what I gotta do to make sure we good.

Even if it's illegal?

I'm not doing no illegal shit.

I deal with niggas that do illegal shit.

That don't make it no better.

She wants me to cut ties with Douda...

for good.

See, that's why I'm Team Kiesha.

Yeah.

I know.

So how you get her to stay?

I promised her I'd handle it.

How you gonna do that?

I wanna buy myself out.

How much is that gonna cost?

I don't know.

Well, why don't you find out?

And maybe we figure this shit out together.

Mm. Okay.

Okay?

Thanks, Pop.

Yeah.

Hi.

Sorry I'm late.

I got caught up in another meeting.

How you gonna get mad at me for not taking this serious

but you coming in here 20 minutes late?

I said I was sorry.

Who was your meeting with?

Why?

I wanna know.

Bakari's sister.

Why were you meeting with her?

Because I wanna work with her.

You ain't done shit with me yet.

How you think you could add somebody else to the roster?

Managers can have multiple clients, okay?

She and I are on the same level.

She's further along.

Oh, please.

Her EP is almost done.

- How was it? - She's sending it to me.

Can we please just focus and try to get something out of this session

that's costing us a fucking fortune?

All right, play the song, please.

I'm sick of this shit, man.

Been doing this shit for two years straight.

I'm all ready to fucking go.

♪ Bitch, I'm working my ass off ♪

♪ You talking about it too much ♪

♪ I'm letting the cash talk ♪

♪ Virgil on the feet ♪

♪ I'm keeping the tags on ♪

♪ The difference is I'm actually something to brag on ♪

♪ They say, Maisha ♪

♪ You should be under the jail ♪

♪ For killing these beats like that ♪

♪ And you should be going to hell ♪

♪ For burning the streets like that ♪

♪ You should be a diabetic for coming to eat like that ♪

♪ You think it's sweet like that ♪

♪ Dummy, I can't make it home in peace ♪

♪ I can't even pose for free ♪

♪ You thinking she cute and you wanna crack ♪

♪ I let a bitch close to me ♪

♪ No, over with ♪

♪ We ain't even where we supposed to be ♪

♪ Daddy money got you scared ♪

♪ But you only fucked if you blow it ♪

Ay, nigga! Ay!

Get the fuck up out of here!

Ay!

Motherfucker.

What-what-what happened?

Oh, no, somebody just broke in the crib.

What-what is this?

Are you dealing drugs at my house?

Hell nah.

Look, you know I left that life a long time ago.

Well, apparently not.

No, no. Look, look, look, look, look.

I-I'm just holding these for somebody.

- That's all. - Wait, for who?

I really can't say.

You...

Get these guns out of my house right now,

or I'm gonna have to ask you to leave.

Babe, no.

It was these guns that protected us

from whoever tried to break in here!

These guns didn't stop them from busting in.

Okay, a'ight.

I'll-I'll-I'll-I'll get rid of them, a'ight?

- Uh, first thing tomorrow morning. - Tonight!

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Shit.

You keeping anything else from me?

Nah.

That's it.

Where the fuck Douda at?

Need a appointment, my nigga.

Get off me!

I talked to Kiesha already.

- What? - Yeah, we had a conversation.

She handled it.

Ain't this a bitch?

Oh, she ain't tell you?

No, she didn't.

So nice to finally meet Fatima's

Black knight in shining armor.

Don't be nervous.

It's kind of hard not to be.

We don't bite.

No, no, no, I...

but I-I know how much y'all mean to her,

and I want you to know that I'm serious about this.

I'm not playing with her heart.

Mm. I can tell.

- Yeah, we... - Mm-hmm.

- We're happy for y'all. - Thank you.

Mm.

Can I ask y'all something?

What, you about to ask for my baby's hand in marriage?

Well, I mean, wedding bells, I think, are in our future.

- Oh. - Oh!

Oh, okay, well, then ask away.

Um...

do you think that Fatima would wanna start a family?

- You need to ask her. - Absolutely!

Well, that's kind of why I'm asking y'all first.

What are you afraid of?

That maybe she wouldn't wanna start a family with me.

What, you got some secret baby mama

stashed away somewhere?

- That's how it starts. - No.

Um...

but I-I do have a-a past,

- a criminal one. - Mm.

I mean...

we all have a past,

but Fatima, she's always followed her heart.

Every time I followed my heart, it got broken.

Child.

Just don't let that happen to my daughter.

I won't.

Good.

Nina, what's your frustration?

I did everything

to be a good mother to my children.

When their dad left, I didn't have any help.

I just wanna know why I'm sitting here,

being told all the things I could have done better.

I want my kids to know that I'm not just their mother.

I'm also human.

And just because I'm a parent

doesn't mean I have to be perfect.

I know that.

Ma, I think providing financially

wasn't enough.

We also needed your attention.

And you feel like you didn't get it?

We got what was left of you when you came home from work.

I'm sorry there wasn't much left to give

after dealing with my crazy job all day.

Nina, try talking to Kiesha

as if she wasn't your daughter.

What?

Share a truth with her

that you've never shared with her before.

Uh...

Uh...

I thought being a woman...

meant I had to find a good Black man,

get married, and have kids.

That's what my mother wanted me to do.

Did you not want that?

Nobody cared about what I wanted.

What did you want?

You know, I wanted to explore the world,

my sexuality,

what it would feel like to live alone.

Why didn't you?

I wanted to be a good daughter.

And back then, being married and having kids

was what being a good daughter meant.

To be honest, I never wanted to be married.

And I never wanted to have kids.

You didn't want us?

I didn't say that.

Dr. Kwame, can you help me out here, please?

I meet a lot of women who feel forced into motherhood,

whether it be from societal pressures

or pressure from their families.

I love my kids.

No one is doubting that.

Are we done?

I want you to just sit

with what you and your daughter

have just confessed to each other.

You said you felt obligated to be a mother,

and your daughter just said that when she was growing up,

she felt like an obligation.

Wow.

Oh, Lord.

What does this mean?

There are no easy answers in therapy.

It's all about getting to the truth,

making peace with it.

How do I make peace with the fact

my mother didn't want me?

That's not what I said.

Relationships between children and parents

are rarely pristine.

We all have unhealed trauma,

and it shows up in different ways.

But this is where the healing begins.

It's okay if you're feeling uncomfortable.

It isn't supposed to be easy.

♪ That's the feeling in my mind ♪

♪ When I ♪

♪ When I think of you... ♪

You a'ight, man?

Huh?

Yeah.

I'll be a'ight.

How you feeling?

You nervous?

Nah, I'm...

excited.

Yeah.

I'm gonna miss you, Kev.

♪ And I can't shake the feeling ♪

Mm.

♪ 'Cause there's something 'bout the energy ♪

Miss y'all too.

♪ I got no good reason ♪

♪ And you don't either ♪

♪ But I can't shake the feeling ♪

♪ 'Cause there's something 'bout the energy... ♪

Look, man, um...

I'm grateful to you.

Been through a lot.

♪ Would you braid my hair... ♪

No matter what, you've always been there for me.

For that, you always gonna be my big brother.

'Cause I can't breathe now...

Man.

Damn, nigga, you trying to make me cry or something?

Nah, nah, it's just...

it's just really hitting me that I'm leaving, so...

I just wanted to tell you that before I left.

You're always gonna be my little bro.

Hey, and if you ever need anything,

you know I'm only one call away.

I know.

♪ You can bring me back in time ♪

♪ Hey ♪

♪ I can't tell you why, but it's ♪

♪ Natural, easy ♪

♪ Like a summer evening ♪

I'm so sorry.

He really loved you like a son.

Yeah.

Now he's gone.

In body, but... he's still here in spirit.

What you think he'd say...

right now if he was still here?

He'd be mad I didn't iron my shirt this morning.

Be mad I ain't got on a tie right now.

He always wanted us to be our best selves.

Yeah.

He did. He did.

♪ If you in love with her Probably should hide it ♪

♪ Once she see young G, dude, your ass is fire ♪

♪ Grass nigga, trash nigga ♪

♪ High speed, I'm on your ass, nigga ♪

♪ No pass nigga, dead nigga try to fuck with me... ♪

I'm fucking with this.

This sound like everything else on the radio right now.

Okay. I can give her that note.

I think you need to focus on Maisha.

You saying that 'cause you mean it or...

'cause you jealous?

I ain't jealous of no girl.

Okay, well, I think she has potential.

You need to find somebody

that's gonna make you some money.

And I think she can...

in due time.

How much time?

I don't know.

♪ No jokes, I ain't no Kevin Hart ♪

♪ I'll pick your mess... ♪

Okay.

♪ On the C-H-I ♪

♪ I'ma D-I-E with the world and the fame... ♪

Just be careful.

Careful?

Yeah, make sure she just trying to work

and nothing else.

♪ One look, I give her one look ♪

♪ And now she wanna fuck with me ♪

♪ I'm sorry, but they can't get up with me ♪

♪ Niggas can't get down with me ♪

♪ Damn right ♪

♪ I know they wanna be ♪

Take this shit!

What the fuck you doing?

I can't hold those for you.

Are you fucking crazy?

You can't have this shit on the street with me, Shaad.

I know one thing: I can't have it in my crib no more.

I get it.

I ain't trying to fuck up what you got going on.

Well, it's too late, nigga!

Nigga, I will handle it!

Oh, let me tell you something else too.

Don't bring that shit to that pastor's house.

He'll turn over in his casket

if he knew the shit that you was up to.

I'm not.

When you gonna teach me how to play?

When I have time.

It's a big boy's game.

Maybe I'll just teach myself.

Incentive.

I like it.

Good luck.

Don't keep leaning on your pawns

to do all the work for you.

♪ I can tell by your tone ♪

♪ Baby, you ain't alone... ♪

Better that than sacrifice my queen.

You're supposed to use your queen,

not protect her.

I can see your weakness from ten miles away.

You have to play this game with no fears.

Sometimes...

you have to sacrifice the ones you love

in order to win the game.

♪ I don't know what I will do ♪

Checkmate.

♪ If I think your love is gone ♪

♪ I don't know what I'm gonna say ♪

♪ If I find you're not alone ♪

♪ You know me so well ♪

♪ I pretend all I want ♪

♪ For everybody else ♪

Wow.

Welcome home.

Th-this is amazing.

You-you've outdone yourself.

Yeah? I told you I was gonna turn this house into a home.

You did.

Mm.

♪ But I don't mind when you give me your love... ♪

I love you.

I love you too.

♪ You know what to do... ♪

All right.

What?

I was thinking, um,

maybe...

we can consider starting a family.

Are you serious?

Very.

Uh...

um,

I-I mean, it's always

something I dreamed about, but I never thought...

I never thought it would happen for me.

Uh, well, we can make it happen if you want to.

♪ My favorite is you ♪

♪ You're my peace of mind ♪

♪ No matter how I try to fight it... ♪

What?

It's just, starting a family is a huge commitment.

I know.

And what about the FBI?

They don't have nothing.

And I'm not gonna give them nothing.

You're always so busy. I...

Oh, come on.

I don't wanna be stuck raising a child on my own.

Come on, I'm not gonna let that happen.

Come on.

♪ Oh, I never stay mad too long... ♪

Do you promise?

I promise.

♪ Never stay mad too long ♪

♪ I can never stay mad ♪

♪ Oh, I never stay mad too long... ♪

Okay, then.

Okay, then?

We can keep talking about it.

Never stay mad...

- Okay. - Okay.

Okay.

You can't stay here.

This ain't no overnight bag.

What is it?

I need a favor.

No.

You don't even know what it is.

I don't need to.

Come on, Nae.

- What's in there? - Does it matter?

Yes.

I can't show you.

Then it's not staying here.

Look, if I show you what's in this bag,

you could get in trouble.

Why would you bring something to my door

that could get me in trouble?

Nae, look at me.

Do you think I'd be sitting here

if I had anywhere else to go?

I don't.

Please, Nae.

Put it in my closet.

I appreciate this more than you know.

Kiesha, come here.

If you talk to Nuck behind my back again, we done.

Are you giving me an ultimatum?

Shh. I'm just being real with you.

You can't control who I can and cannot talk to.

When it comes to him, I do.

Hey.

When it comes to him, I do.

Somebody has to protect this family.

- That's what I'm doing! - I can't tell.

What's going on?

Oh, Sister Jackson, I just wanted to...

Get out.

Okay, I don't know what you heard,

but I didn't kill your husband.

Of course not.

You sent one of your pawns to do it.

♪ For all we know ♪

♪ This may only be a dream ♪

♪ We come and we go ♪

♪ Like the ripples ♪

♪ To a stream ♪

♪ So love me ♪

♪ Love me tonight ♪

♪ Tomorrow was made ♪

♪ For some ♪

♪ Tomorrow ♪

♪ May never come ♪

♪ For all we know ♪

♪ For all we know ♪

♪ For all we know ♪

I-I don't...

I don't know...

It's a'ight.

It's okay, we're here for you, a'ight?

Take your time.

You got this, bro.

I don't know why, but...

I always thought my dad would live forever.

I know that's crazy, but...

that's how I felt.

He felt invincible.

Now I know none of us are.

We're all on this Earth for a certain amount of time,

but what we do with it is up to us.

I always wanted my father to be proud of me.

That was always in the back of my mind

before I made any decision.

I always wondered what he'd say,

what he'd think.

When I woke up this morning

and I was getting ready to come here

and say goodbye to my father, I realized...

I no longer have a person to live for.

I no longer have that person I wanna impress.

He was the one I wanted to be proud of me.

My dad challenged me to be better,

be stronger, be noble.

And now that he's gone...

I-I have to be all those things for myself.

I think we all have to do that.

We have to make ourselves proud.

We have to write our own moral code

and stop living by somebody else's,

even if that someone else is our own father.

I'll never get over this.

I-I think my heart will always be broken.

But when I wanna break down, I'll remember to stand up

not just for him but for the man he raised me to be.

I wanted more time.

I think we all want that, but...

God's timing is the only clock I need.

And the last thing my father gave me

was a pocket watch that's been in our family for years.

He told me to never waste my time or anybody else's.

So I promise to cherish every moment of my life.

And in doing so, I honor his.

And his life deserves to be honored.

I love you, Dad.

I'm gonna miss you.

But I know I'll see you on the other side.

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