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Promise me my family is gonna be safe.

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

Ahh!

The fuck you want?

I loved your father.

Like he was my own.

But he's not your father! He's mine.

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.

And now I see he was right.

I'm here to happily announce...

that I'll be moving to Los Angeles...

to do what I love, gaming.

Nice to meet you, Jemma.

- Are you signed? - Nah.

If you're gonna be independent, you're gonna need some support.

Is that what you wanna offer me?

Support?

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

Somebody has to protect this family.

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

I hope you interrupted my lunch for a good reason.

I know who killed Uncle Q.

You know what to do.

Shoot.

Damn.

Hey.

What are you looking for?

The Miracle Whip.

It was on the list when you went to the store,

so obviously, you forgot it.

So you knew and couldn't help a brother out

by grabbing some?

No.

- Will you be home tomorrow? - Why?

Because I need to look for a job.

No. I won't be home tomorrow.

But I could take off next week.

The whole week?

Yeah.

That really means a lot to me.

I'm here to support you.

Oh, Nuck. You just in time, man.

- We got some good news. - What's up?

Zay found us a spot to wash our money.

Bet.

What, nigga? Do you know how big this is?

Not as big as killing a nigga that was hurting our business.

No. Actually, that adds to my stress level.

How so?

Because now, people gonna start sniffing around.

- You gave the order, D. - Yeah.

But if you had better negotiation skills,

we wouldn't have another motherfucking body

on our hands.

And don't you get too cocky, Zay.

You still got a lot of fucking growing up to do.

Go fast.

Damn!

Look, babe, look.

They are beautiful.

They are, but how much longer

before we can start actually selling?

Cairo said it was gonna take a while.

But just remember

we further along now than we were before.

Tiff, we can't keep moving at this speed.

Baby, all we gotta do is keep selling Douda's weed

until we have enough of our own.

Then we can drop his ass.

Douda might not be around much longer.

What you mean?

My mother loan. It came with strings.

What kind of strings, Rob?

She said we wouldn't have to pay the money back

as long as I get rid of the nigga that killed my uncle.

- Douda killed your uncle? - Yes.

How you know?

I just do.

Why you just now telling me this?

'Cause that shit ain't had nothing to do with you.

That decision affects our family.

- You said you wanted the money. - Not at this cost.

Look, I told you ain't shit free.

We could've found another way, Rob.

Well, it's a little too late now.

We done already spent all the money, Tiff.

Can you just tell your mom you not killing nobody?

You don't know my mama.

She make Douda look like a saint.

Hey. What's up, young blood?

I'm Dwayne from the movers.

I'm here to collect your furniture.

Uh, yeah, my pickup's not until Monday, though.

Uh, that's not what it says right here.

- But I leave Tuesday. - Hey, look here, man.

You gon' have to come up off the furniture, okay?

'Cause the whole, "I had a later pickup date"?

- That shit is played. - Whoa, whoa, whoa.

I am not trying to play you.

Hey, look here, man. I done beat a man

- in the head before to get my furniture. - Huh?

So I have no problem doing another day in jail for assault.

Whoa.

Think we have a big misunderstanding here.

- Yeah, we do. - Go to my emails.

See?

Monday.

Oh, shit. You right.

But we still taking the furniture.

- Huh? - Excuse me, little man.

- Whoa. - Got stuff to do today.

Whoa. What? Whoa, whoa. Why? What?

Because we're going out of business,

so we actually can't come back Monday and get your furniture.

You should've started off with that, then.

Dude, uh, we gotta keep it professional.

Can't have people all up in our business in these streets.

Look, at least... yo, my shit!

Uh...

It's still folded, man.

Don't sweat that.

All right, you... you can be light with that now.

Might let you keep that pillow.

You know what? Do you.

Do you.

I forgive you.

That wasn't an apology.

Then what was it?

A thank you.

For what?

For sacrificing a week of work.

That didn't solve our issues.

Baby, we both fucked up, so we-we even.

It don't work like that.

We can't even talk through this shit?

If you don't understand why I'm upset with you

holding Douda's money in our family home,

no amount of talking is gonna help you get it.

You don't understand why talking to another nigga

to ask him to protect my family would piss me off?

I don't care about your ego right now, Emmett.

I'm trying to protect our family.

Look, I got it under control.

It doesn't feel like it.

We got to get these kids up.

Hold on. Wait. Hold on.

Look, um, I just want us back.

And I swear to God,

I'll do whatever I gotta do to fix this.

Baby, come on.

I hope you do.

Papa, what are you doing here?

Thought you had another week off.

I'd rather be here.

So you still mad at me?

I wasn't mad. I was hurting, and...

I took it out on you, and that's not cool.

So I'm sorry.

Thank you.

Did you want to go bowling next week?

I think they're having a tournament

and I thought maybe that could help you

take your mind off things.

When my dad was alive, we argued a lot,

and one of our last arguments was...

About me. I know.

We didn't find a middle ground when he was here,

so now that he's gone,

I wanna respect his side of things.

So what does this mean?

It means we can be cool, but nothing more than that.

I was so scared to give you my heart, Papa.

And now I feel like you're breaking it.

I'm-I'm sorry. I never meant to hurt you.

But you did.

You sure you want to do long-distance?

Yeah.

Look, I know it's gonna be hard,

but that don't mean it won't work.

What if you get too busy?

Never get too busy for you.

Kevin, you gonna be in a whole other city

meeting a million new people.

You can't promise that.

What, you having second thoughts or something?

Not on my end. I'm just not finna get hurt.

- I'm not gonna hurt you, Maisha. - Not on purpose.

But what if it gets to be too much

and you end up feeling torn between two places?

Maisha, Maisha.

I wanna be with you.

I love you.

I love you too.

But if it gets to be too hard,

just tell me.

I don't want to hold you back.

Don't worry.

Everything's gonna be okay.

I'm gonna miss you.

I'm one call away.

Come here.

Um...

I know it's a lot of money.

But...

it's the only way I can get from under Douda.

Of course, baby.

Do anything to help you get out of this mess.

I-I-I know it's-it's- it's a lot of money.

It's not about the money, Emmett.

I mean, you know what you put me

and your mama through the past few months?

Every time the phone rang, we terrified

that somebody call and say that you dead.

I'm sorry I put y'all through that.

But last week, you was... you was down to help.

And I'm still gonna help.

It doesn't mean that I'm not disappointed in your choices.

Darnell, please. He understands.

I know you not sitting here

acting like you ain't never made no mistakes before.

Boy, I been through everything you been through times 20.

Oh, just...

At some point, you gonna have to start listening to me.

I...

I got involved with Douda

to give my family a better life.

Sometimes, you gotta take the risk if you gon' win.

Don't risk your family's safety

just so you can appear to live better than everybody else.

I can take care of my own family.

Apparently not.

You know what? Fuck it. I don't need shit from you.

All right. You gon' sit here...

and you gon' let me take care of it.

What does that mean?

You gonna see.

Hey.

I like this.

What, volunteering?

I like volunteering with you.

Oh, okay.

I never thought I'd fall in love, so.

I never thought I'd fall in love again.

And I am not a fan of children,

so the fact that your daughter and I have found our groove,

that's also a miracle.

A miracle I thank God for every day.

Why would Rob want to kill Douda?

I can't say.

Tiff, you drove all the way over here

in the car that I bought you just...

Stop bringing up that damn car.

What the fuck is going on?

I need you to talk some sense into him.

That's your job.

He not listening to me.

What makes you think he gonna listen to me?

I think this is some man-to-man shit.

You wanna be the big boss, but can't land the plane?

I know you ain't talking,

because I heard about you getting punked left and right.

Don't come in here talking shit

while you asking me to do you a favor.

Emmett, this is not just about me, okay?

This is about me and your son.

So what y'all getting into this summer?

Slanging these clothes, building my brand.

- Seminary school. - Oh, shit. For real?

Yeah.

My dad always wanted me to follow him into the pulpit.

I guess me giving his eulogy was the last nudge.

Just 'cause he died

don't mean you gotta live the rest of your life for him.

I know what I'm doing, Jake.

Hey, man. Pass the fucking blunt.

Shit.

So, um, what's up with you and Kenya?

Oh, that's over with.

Damn, nigga.

She just wasn't my match.

'Cause your daddy ain't like her?

He was right.

Look, it's your life, Papa.

Then let me live it.

Damn, man.

I was just getting used to this place.

You want it?

What you mean?

Landlord did say I have to find a new tenant.

I don't know if I'm ready for all that.

Jeez, come on, bro.

I thought you was saving up your money.

What if my shit stops selling?

Look, if you ever get in a little bind,

just hit me up.

Yeah? You got it like that?

Nah, man. I'm just saying

I'd rather my brother be in here than some stranger.

A'ight. Bet.

- Let's do it. - A'ight. Let's do it.

Hey.

Hey, we gotta do one more thing before I leave.

Here.

That, uh, oughta settle my son's score.

Come here.

Now, that looks like it settles about...

about half of it.

All right, well, just take that.

And I'll find a way to get you the rest.

Man, what are we doing here?

I don't like bartering with money.

- Is that right? - Yeah, that's right.

I prefer favors.

What kind of favors?

Look, keep your money.

And I'll go easy on Emmett if I can count on you

to say nice things about me when you're out and about.

No.

I ain't got nothing nice to say about you.

Yeah, you will.

If it means the protection of your son.

And his family.

Darnell?

Yeah.

Your money.

What's this about?

I know we not together no more.

I just...

just miss talking to you.

Emmett and I are on thin ice

and this kind of shit would send him over the edge.

I ain't trying to do nothing but just hang out with you.

I don't think we can.

I know your situation.

And I respect it. Like, I really do.

I'm just trying to have somebody in my life

that ain't tryna kill me.

Who tryna kill you?

Anybody. At any point.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry if me reaching out to you made you feel like

- we could be... - I get it.

We good.

Take care of yourself.

Uh...

I'm taking over Kevin's lease.

Congratulations, baby!

This is amazing!

I cannot believe that you got us our own spot.

I mean, the timing couldn't be more perfect,

because I am so ready to get out of my dad's house.

I mean, if I have to hear him fucking Tierra one more time,

I'm gonna scream.

This isn't a place for us.

It's a place for me.

- What? - Yeah.

I been saving up and I want to get a bachelor pad.

But you're not a bachelor.

But I'm also not married.

How it look for me to be living with my dad

and my man has his own place?

We way too young to be living together.

But we fucking.

That's both our decision.

Well...

maybe I don't want to fuck you anymore.

So you gonna withhold sex from me

'cause I don't want to live with you?

Well, it makes me not want to be intimate with you

because you don't want to live with me.

That's crazy.

Are you calling me crazy?

What you saying is crazy.

Both y'all crazy as hell, bro.

Y'all can't kill Douda.

That's why we're here.

Look, I don't need y'all help.

Nigga, just 'cause you tall don't mean you a gangster.

Bro, y'all don't know about this life.

Rob, I know you grew up

in some big-ass house with your mama and daddy,

and Emmett, your mama made sure you ain't want for nothing.

Y'all not street niggas. Stop trying to act like it.

Vic.

I need this nigga dead.

And I'ma do whatever I gotta do to make that happen.

This ain't just some street shit for me.

This nigga really killed my family.

We need your help.

Bro, I got too much to lose.

Just think about how much easier this shit would be

if we actually took him out.

There are other ways to go about this.

No, it ain't.

Well, you niggas gonna have to do it without me.

Straight up.

Hey, look, my nigga. I ain't no simp.

Me neither.

I'm taking this nigga out.

With or without y'all help, man.

Hey, Douda.

I need you to meet me somewhere.

It's important.

It's a private conversation,

so it'll best you don't, uh, bring Frick and Frack.

Bet. See you there.

Okay.

Okay.

Think we gonna need some pooh shiesties?

Nigga, what? No.

What if he sees us?

Nigga, you just called him.

- He know you coming. - Shit.

Fuck all that.

- He gonna be dead, a'ight? - All right.

What if somebody else see us?

Fine.

Shit, nigga. You better not miss.

Nigga, I'm not gon' miss.

Now let's do this shit. Come on.

Indecisive as shit.

Pressure

Shorty, you know I'm it, don't need no effort, no

The way I put it down gon' make you scared

All your other niggas, won't you figure out

I'm her, the one you can't get rid of

I'm her

The one you gon' remember

Oh, I'm her

The one you making time for

The one you got an eye for

The one you gon' get down for

I'm her

Oh, yes, I am

I'm her

All that I am

Yeah, bae, I'm her

You know I am

The one you got an eye for

The one you gon' get down for

I can make you feel good, I can make you shiver

I can make you feel like shopping, freezing Benjamins

Knock it out the park like I'm Jackie

Jackie Robinson

How you goin' hard

Now you beggin' me for oxygen

Look, I have a man.

A man that doesn't want you to live with him, right?

- Don't do that. - No disrespect.

Yeah, well, it felt very disrespectful.

I'm just tryna understand.

Why you sacrificing so much for him,

but he's not doing the same?

What am I sacrificing?

The freedom to explore connections with other people.

I...

I want to have a professional relationship with you.

I respect that.

And also, I think he's right.

About what?

About...

About us being too young to live together.

But I would love to live on my own.

Then why don't you?

I don't have any money.

Please.

There.

Now go get your place.

Um, I can't accept this.

Why not?

'Cause I haven't made you any money.

Look, I believe in you

and I believe in what we could do together,

so just consider this an advance.

Is this "I believe in you" money

or is this "I wanna fuck you" money?

I ain't gotta pay to fuck.

Okay, so...

10,000 is...

10% of 100,000.

How we gon' make that back?

That's up to you to figure out.

All you other niggas, won't you figure out

I'm her

- Don't buy drugs from strangers. - Oh, I know.

And always use protection.

Real protection. Not like the pullout method.

Ew. Look, you don't gotta worry about none of that.

- Me and Maisha is locked in. - Mm-hmm.

I've always loved Maisha for you.

Okay, whatever.

And don't be acting all starstruck

when you see famous people.

- They just like us, okay? - I won't, Kiesha.

Don't try to flex. Keep your chain tucked in.

That's not even me.

And if you get into anything crazy,

call me before you call Ma.

We can figure it out together.

Appreciate that.

I love you.

Love you more.

Hey!

What was that for?

Hey, slow down!

Kiesha!

I told you.

I knew it had to be bad 'cause I haven't heard from him.

He won't listen to me.

Thought he'd listen to you.

I can try.

Man, what y'all on?

Papa called me 'cause he cares about you.

Nah, he called you 'cause he fucking nosy.

I'm actually worried about you.

Worry about yourself.

Why don't you give us a minute, Papa?

I know you hurting,

but this isn't the way to handle it.

Then how do I handle it, since you know so much?

Go for a walk.

Journal.

Get some fresh air.

Yo, you sound like a after-school special, Nae.

Just don't give up on yourself.

Too late.

So...

I'm getting my own place.

Oh.

I'm not giving you money to move out.

I don't need your money.

Excuse me?

Where'd you get the money from?

My new client.

You better not be doing anything illegal.

No, no, I'm not.

My new client gave me an advance.

In exchange for what?

Nothing. She believes in my potential.

Yeah, I don't know if I believe that.

Oh, so you don't trust me?

Where you get your money from is none of our business.

Yes, it is.

- Did you do anything illegal to get it? - No.

- Then it's not our business. - Says you.

Shouldn't my opinion count for something?

- Of course it does. - Okay.

- But I want more information. - And I don't owe you that.

Who do you think you talking to?

My father.

Okay.

You raised a very smart and capable daughter.

She should be allowed to go out on her own.

I can do this, Dad.

Jemma, please be careful.

I'm always careful.

No, you're not.

I'm moving out of your house, not your life.

And when she's gone,

we can have the house to ourselves,

move around a bit more freely.

Okay, don't make me throw up, guys.

Ew.

All right.

As long as I'm allowed to inspect the place

before you move in, I guess you have my blessing.

Oh, thank you.

- And thank you too. - Mm-hmm.

Damn, they're beautiful.

You did good.

We both did.

All right, everybody! Grab a glass.

Let's make a toast to the guest of honor,

my boy, Kev!

Heard you were looking for me.

I've heard a lot about you.

Good things, I hope.

I heard that you were quiet,

handsome, a little mysterious.

You trying to seduce me?

When I seduce you,

you won't even know it's happening.

Do you want to come and work for me?

I already have a boss.

I know.

But who's to say how long he'll be alive?

You know something I don't?

You should keep your options open.

I'm listening.

Where are they?

Haven't heard from 'em.

Fuck.

Go, go!

Fuck!

Oh, shit!

Oh, fuck, go, go, go!

Fuck!

Thank you.

For what?

For welcoming me into your family.

I don't know where I'd be if you weren't so patient with me.

Thank you for always pushing me to be better.

You're welcome.

Yeah.

I'll miss you.

We got phones.

Yeah, but I'll miss hugging you.

And muffing you.

- Just come back and visit. - I will.

Everything I've done, everything I've done

Oh, so that's how you feel, huh?

You just gon' leave me on read?

What are you talking about?

I send you a heartfelt text and you never replied.

I don't have a text message from you.

What?

It says it was delivered. Look.

- Fuck! - What?

I accidentally sent this to Deja.

Oh, God.

Oh, hell no. Gotta go.

Everything I've done, everything I've done

It's all my fault, and I'm sorry

You still mad at me?

No. I'm good, actually.

Yeah, you seem to be in a better mood

since the last time I saw you.

I am getting my own place too.

What?

Since when?

I came across some money

and I got enough to start apartment-hunting.

Where you get the money from?

What?

Where'd you get the money from?

Let me guess.

Britney.

- How'd you know? - She tryna fuck you.

I asked her if that's what this is about, and she said no.

Of course she said no. She ain't dumb.

So you don't think she gave me the money

because she believes in my talents?

That's her money and she's now your pimp.

Fuck you.

I'm just being honest.

Well, you're being an asshole.

- Fine. I won't say shit. - Great.

I just want to thank everybody for coming out.

I'm gonna remember this night forever.

For real.

Um...

I don't know where I'd be without y'all.

I also want to take a second

to acknowledge the ones we lost along the way.

I know Pastor Jackson would be here right now

if he was still with us.

I know he's here in spirit.

And I may not have listened to everybody's advice...

But eventually, I learned my lesson.

Thank you for letting me find my way.

Even if I made you nervous.

Thank you for always letting me be myself.

And to my friends...

thank you for always standing with me.

Through everything.

To my family.

Thank you for always lifting me up.

You know I'm forever grateful for Chicago.

Made me who I am.

And I promise...

I promise to go out there and make y'all proud.

We already proud of you, boy.

DJ, please.

Y'all seen Emmett?

Uh, no.

Have you, babe?

It's Tiff.

So you're why he needed the money.

We were trying to start a business.

We wanted to get away from Douda.

My son has never had any desire to start his own business.

He believed in me.

He believed in what we could build.

How dare you speak of my son in the past tense

like he's already gone.

You have life insurance on him?

What?

Are you crazy? No!

I have to ask.

This is your fault.

- Excuse me? - He told me about your deal.

I think this happened because of what you asked him to do.

I don't know what you're talking about.

He told me.

I don't know what he told you,

but I would never put my own child in danger.

I think you should leave.

I'm not leaving him.

I'm his family and you some hussy that he lives with.

Nurse, I want her to be removed from my son's room.

- What? - Are you his spouse?

- Yes, I am. - She's lying.

If you're not his spouse or a blood relative,

you will have to leave.

How dare you tell that bitch about our agreement?

Have you forgotten?

We never reveal information about a hit outside the family,

and she will be the first person on the witness stand

if the FBI comes around.

I need you to wake up!

So I can put my foot in your ass.

'Cause this can't never happen again, you hear me?

- Got you. - Where were you?

My phone died.

- And that's why you left your post? - I was off.

Nigga, you ain't never off.

Wh-what happened?

You got a lot of learning to do, boy.

Hope it was good, nigga.

- What the fuck happened? - Rob had him, man.

- Nigga, what? - The gun jammed.

How's he doing?

They said the surgery went well,

but he-he hasn't woken up yet.

Fuck.

I think he gon' be a'ight.

And what if he's not, nigga? Hmm?

I told you niggas not to do this shit, bro.

Somebody had to do something.

So baby, what I'm trying to tell you is if you can just...

understand where I'm coming from.

A'ight, bet.

Deja, baby?

Deja?

Fuck.

Oh, fuck!

What the fuck? Coogie?

I never needed you to avenge my death.

I had to.

And it didn't make you feel better, did it?

No.

I know you're haunted by it.

I'm-I'm tryna do better.

I just... I don't know.

I don't want you to die for me, Bakari.

I want you to live the life that I couldn't.

- How's Rob? - He ain't talking.

Where are you going?

Gonna handle some business.

You're not leaving this house.

- Not now. - Victor, what are you gonna do?

Finish the job?

If I don't do something to stop this,

I don't know how many more bodies will drop, okay?

- This isn't your fight. - Don't worry.

Look, you can't keep trying to save everybody,

especially when you have family

right here at home who needs you!

You're right.

You're right.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

Look, I'ma...

I just need to take a shower and just clear my head.

Mm.

Okay? I'm sorry.

Okay.

Okay. I love you.

I love you too.