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(SMOOTH MUSIC)

(CHUCKLES)

Ooh! Oh!

MAN: Come on, come on, come on.

MAN: Yo, Power, we got to hit Dennis

before him and Divine hit us.

POWER: All niggas got an expiration date.

We ain't here to build no business.

We here to beat the clock.

MAN: If Power disrespects you, he disrespects me.

If he ain't with us, he against us.

Leave Power alone.

(RAPPING) I'm just as ill as I want to be

Stakes in grapes and all kind of wineries

You an entertainer now, Sha, huh?

You gonna do birthdays and weddings and shit?

Mook?

The fact that I'm sitting behind the wheel of this bus

and not dead or in jail, I already beat the odds.

(GROANING)

- What you think? - I don't know about the speed.

- I don't really think it fits. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.

(FERRY HORN BLARES)

(DRAMATIC WESTERN MUSIC)

ANNOUNCER: The ferry will depart in two minutes.

Time to Manhattan is 25 minutes.

During docking, please stay off the stairs and ramps

until the ferry has come to a stop.

Failure to do so may result in bodily harm.

Life jackets can be found

in the marked bins around the cabin.

Thank you for riding with us.

Yo, this shit about to be crazy, son.

Word. Yo, what studio we hitting?

D&D or Hit Factory?

Yeah.

Yeah, what?

We about to start dropping tracks.

I need to know what's up.

Yo, who you have to sell your soul to

to get us in the studio anyway?

You just...

worry about what you're gonna be spitting, a'ight?

Yo, when I was in the studio,

son, I heard Erick new joint.

Hoo-wee!

My son had K-Solo and Redman on that joint.

Shit was hard.

Yo, we got to roll mad deep like the Hit Squad,

know what I mean?

Who you got meeting us anyway?

Yo, I told you. I got a whole crew coming.

SHA: Deck, Shotgun. Who else?

Shit, we gonna be the deepest rap group of all time.

I mean, seven MCs?

- Eight. - SHA: Eight?

BOBBY: Hey, yo.

Hey, yo, what the fuck is this nigga doing here?

Yo, you invited this clown, too, son?

Hey, yo, who the fuck you calling clown?

Yo, yo, I told y'all, I was putting together a crew.

Y'all both are part of it, a'ight?

Always have been.

Nah, I ain't in no crew.

Hey, yo, you sure about that, son?

'Cause you seemed to be riding for somebody pretty hard

when you blasting my mom crib, remember that?

Yo, Wu-Tang is about brotherhood.

Ain't no way in hell this nigga my brother.

Yo, brothers fight.

This ain't no play fight at a playground, Bobby.

This nigga almost put my brothers in the ground, son.

Nah, y'all must've forgot about that shit, but I ain't.

Son, I wasn't even shooting at you.

I was... I was shooting at...

I don't know, the idea.

Hey, yo, what the fuck that even mean?

Yo, he means it's, uh... it's complicated.

Complicated?

What the fuck are you talking about?

You sound crazy right now.

You really, really got to start listening to yourself talk.

And when you... When you figure that shit out,

then come holla at me.

Yo. Yo!

Fuck, man.

DENNIS: Hey, yo, the only reason why I came back to New York

is because you said we was gonna be making music.

But if I would've known you was invitin' the fucking sucker squad,

my nigga, I would've never left Ohio,

and you know that shit.

But you lie anyway.

Talking about some fucking brotherhood, man.

That ain't brotherhood, son.

(SCOFFS)

Hey, D.

Yo.

I don't know where y'all think y'all going.

We all on the same boat...

Literally.

ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, the ferry will be departing momentarily.

Fuck.

You still think this is gonna work?

I didn't say it was gonna be easy.

(SIGHS) But they got to talk to me, you know?

Yeah, unless they get off in Manhattan.

I just need a few minutes to get this shit together.

ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen,

the ferry is now leaving.

No passengers may leave the vessel.

Arrival at Whitehall Terminal, Manhattan,

will be approximately 30 minutes.

DOCK WORKER: All clear!

(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

(DRAMATIC SHOWDOWN MUSIC)

(DOOR SLAMS)

My bad.

Hey, yo, don't tell me.

You invited this nigga, too.

I did.

So if anybody wants to take a swing at anybody,

let it be me.

What's up, Vine? Been a minute.

Yeah.

What the hell, Bobby?

Hey, yo, I really don't know which one of y'all niggas

should get it first, man.

(CHUCKLES) So, obviously,

y'all niggas still got shit to work out, right?

I'm gonna grab me a window seat. (CHUCKLES)

Yo, just, uh... just hear me out

before y'all start bugging out, a'ight?

DIVINE: Ah, it's a little late for that.

(SIGHS) Look...

in an orchestra, you have

a bunch of instruments onstage together.

Right?

Each and every one of those instruments

has to be able to play its part

in order for the music to work.

So what I'm trying to do is...

get all the parts together in harmony

so that our music can be complete.

And those instruments include Power and Sha.

Orchestra?

Instruments?

Hey, yo, them niggas almost killed my family,

and you over here talking about some fucking harmony?

Nah, son. I ain't 'bout to get played.

Hell, you know, he's right. The shit they did is foul.

Yeah.

And what D did to Power's parents wasn't?

Yo, I'm saying...

you talking about, uh, symphonies and shit,

so what instrument is Power, huh?

You gonna have him rapping on the mic, too?

Well, Power knows the streets.

"Power knows these streets." Oh, okay.

I guess that we forgot how I paid rent on our house, huh?

Of course I know you was in the streets, yo.

But you ain't in them streets no more, a'ight?

And that's a good thing.

Yo, I know you and Power's beef go way back,

but right now, he got these streets on lock.

And not just in Staten Island.

Niggas in Brooklyn and Queens fuck with that motherfucker.

Okay, so, um...

what do the streets have to do with your plan, hmm?

Niggas ain't giving Staten no respect,

but they giving Power that respect.

Any hip-hop artist knows in order to make it,

you got to have that street cred.

We building Wu-Tang from the bottom up,

not from the top down like I did it before.

We both know how that shit turned out, right?

So why, um...

why didn't you tell me you invited him?

Because...

I couldn't take the risk of you not showing up.

Hey, yo, look...

Power came on this boat

knowing that both of y'all would be here

and still decided to put the beef aside.

Come on, Vine.

If you want to be a businessman,

you got to be able to do the same.

(SCOFFS) I don't know, Bobby. You know...

I need your help, a'ight?

I need it...

before these niggas get off in Manhattan.

Just for now, help me out with that.

For now.

A'ight.

You go and check on, uh, Dennis.

I'ma go check on Sha.

All right?

(VIOLIN MUSIC PLAYING)

(WHISPERING) These motherfuckers. Fuck.

ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen,

the waters are calm today,

so it will be a smooth ride.

We should get to Manhattan sooner than expected.

Fuck.

DELL: Oh, this movie gonna make you cry.

Not just because of its complicated essence

or glorified male bonding,

but because in the end of it, you gonna get in your Volvo,

drive into the hood inspired to ball like Woody,

and end up getting destroyed in a pickup game,

thus proving y'all really can't jump.

(CHUCKLES)

DENNIS: (CHUCKLES)

Hey, yo, that ain't the best selling technique, son.

I'm saying, D-Lover.

I always keep that movie right next to Malcolm X

just to see how many white dudes

gonna pick militant Denzel over weak-ass Woody, yo.

Them motherfuckers want to ball like us,

but don't none of 'em really want to understand us.

It's like a scene in that movie.

They listen to Jimi Hendrix, but they don't hear him.

Hey, yo, let me get a hit of that, son.

Mm. You got to pay to play.

- Come on, now. - Damn.

You really do sell everything, huh?

I sell everything, and everything is for sale.

I got that new Halle Berry joint with Grace Jones.

That chick can get it.

Yeah, Halle Berry fine.

I'm talking about Grace Jones.

I like my chicks scary.

(CHUCKLES) Hey, yo...

Peace.

- Hey, you a Halle Berry fan? - Nah, man, I'm good.

What about Grace Jones? Yo, hold up, my brother.

(BELL DINGS)

BOBBY: Hey, Sha!

Yo! Raekwon!

Yo, I know you hear me, man.

Yo... all right, just hear me out.

CAPTAIN: Hello. This is your captain.

While moving about the vessel,

please be careful at all times.

And watch your step, kids.

(CHUCKLES)

You over here by the life jackets and shit?

(CHUCKLES)

You a nigga that know how to survive

no matter what, right?

(CHUCKLES)

What?

You got something to say, say it.

Son...

after everything Dennis did to your family,

your moms and your pops in they own store...

had your pops on the ground with a gat pointed out him.

You really about to sit here and squash that shit?

Yo, my memory is long, nigga. I ain't forget about that shit.

But I'm here for business. Don't get it twisted.

So now you fucking with the music.

There's a time and place for everything, kid.

We shot at this motherfucker,

and now you sitting here talking to me

about making music with this nigga.

I mean, Bobby got us all here for a reason, right?

Yeah, yeah, trap a bunch of grown-ass men on a boat,

hoping we gonna hold hands

and play G.I. Joe or some shit like we some kids.

Yeah, well, at least he got a plan.

You know what I mean?

That's better than most cats back from where we come from,

you know what I'm saying?

We should hear him out,

even if that shit do involve Dennis.

Yeah, a'ight. Want to hear that shit, man.

Dennis ain't gonna let go of this shit that easy.

Good luck with that.

You really think his wild ass ain't gonna pop off at you?

(CHUCKLES)

That's why I don't count on luck.

(CHUCKLES) You know what I mean?

- You? - Come on, man.

Always. Don't got to worry about me, nigga.

POWER: A'ight, then.

Yeah.

ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, we're at the midpoint of our trip.

Hope you're enjoying it so far.

BOBBY: Hey, yo.

Yo.

What, you the Roadrunner or something, son?

Yo, you get a chance

to check out them beats I sent you?

SHA: Yeah, you make dope beats. So what?

You send Dennis a disk, too?

BOBBY: Yeah.

I did.

Probably the same beats and shit.

Yeah, I thought that...

that maybe y'all could be on some of the same tracks together.

Together? Me and D-Lover?

Yo, I wouldn't share a sandwich with this nigga

if it was the last one on Earth.

I was saying earlier that this... this Wu-Tang shit,

it's like an orchestra, and you and D...

Yo, I don't work for no orchestra.

My mom had me playing the tambourine in church

back in the day.

I ain't like that shit then.

Know what I mean?

I don't work for nobody. I get my own food.

(SIGHS)

Yo, look, we... we trying to do some shit mad different.

A'ight?

Some shit that's never been done before.

It's like Enter the Dragon.

We like that shit

'cause it was a bunch of unlikely brothers

coming together for one purpose.

Yo, this ain't no movie.

You like Jet Li, right?

Yo, he wasn't even in Enter the Dragon.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I'm saying, you Jet Li,

and Dennis is Clint Eastwood...

two badass motherfuckers

from two different worlds, different skills.

Yo, I almost got killed minding my own business.

So I'm taking this music shit serious.

But I don't got to do it with you, Bobby.

Yo.

- Yo, Rae. - Oh!

BOBBY: Shit, man.

DELL: Hey, hey, hey, hey. Yo, come on, man.

I got everything you need right here, baby.

Come on, now.

I got The Mack, Shaft in Africa.

All these people on this boat,

why you got to follow me for, huh?

Because you look like a brother with empathy.

Listen, you know, I respect the hustle. I'm not...

Hustle? No, no, no, no, no. This ain't no hustle.

This is business.

Bona fide, my brother. I keep receipts.

Oh, word. You pay taxes.

This is America.

What real businessman you know pay taxes?

(CHUCKLES)

You know, I already saw The Mack.

- What else you got in there? - That's what I'm talking about, man.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. - Come on, now.

White Men Can't Jump. Classic.

Nah, nah, let me get that can of soda right there.

All right, I got you.

BOBBY: Yo.

Hey, yo, now I really know what it's like

to be in the white man's shoes, know what I'm saying?

Hey, my bad about, uh, the sneak attack with Sha.

I knew if I was straight up, you wouldn't have shown.

Yeah, you right about that shit.

Hey, thing about it is,

y'all more alike than you think, nigga.

(FERRY HORN BLARES)

(CLICKS TONGUE)

Nah, that nigga ain't nothing like me, son.

(SCOFFS)

A'ight, you're mad different.

But yo, that's the point.

It ain't gonna always be sunshine and flowers.

That don't make good music.

But competition does.

Battling all on the same track for props.

Yo, like, um...

like "The Symphony" or "Scenario."

Yo, both versions.

Tribe and Leaders all on the same track.

Hey, yo, all them niggas was doing was trying to one-up each other.

And that's what make that shit so hard.

(CHUCKLES) Pressure makes diamonds, you know what I mean?

Yeah, maybe.

Yo, so... so what's the problem, then?

Yo, don't... don't tell me you afraid, son.

What, you think he's gonna... (CHUCKLES)

Gonna eat you up on a track or something, or...

Nah, son. Nah.

That ain't got shit to do with none of this.

I left Ohio to make music or whatever, right?

But I roll with you, not Sha.

So until you understand that, don't come for me, my nigga.

(TOOLS CLATTER)

Shit, son.

SHOE SHINER: Hey, are you paying?

I'm sorry. I... I ain't got no cash, man.

SHOE SHINER: Ah, shit.

ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, in just a bit,

you will be able to view the Statue of Liberty

from the left side of the ferry.

But please no standing or leaning on the railings.

Make sure you don't miss it.

- You might never get this chance again. - Fuck.

TOURIST: Judy, Judy, you see this?

Take my picture.

Statue of Liberty's right behind me.

Yo.

You wanted to read the paper, you could've done that anywhere.

Yeah, but I'm here, ain't I?

Showing up is half the battle.

What about the other half?

POWER: I thought that was all you.

You the one that called this meeting, right?

Yeah.

I brought you here to be a part of the solution,

not a part of the problem.

Well, if I'm such a problem, nigga, what you invite me for?

I invited you here because you're good in the streets.

You're good in the streets because you a man of your word.

Even the most hardheaded nigga can respect that.

You told me over the phone that you were down with the movement.

I need you to show that to the others...

especially Sha.

Hmm.

(INHALES SHARPLY)

All right, bet.

Bet.

(SEAGULLS CRYING)

(FERRY HORN BLARES)

(TENSE MUSIC)

Hey, yo.

D-Lover.

You said everything was for sale, right?

(BILLS RUSTLING)

DELL: Howdy, partner.

What can I get you... soda, quarter water?

Hey, I'm good, yo.

I don't... I don't fuck with that chemical and fructose shit.

No pork either, I take it.

God?

Maybe these will interest you.

BOBBY: You a part of the Nation?

Yeah, I'm with the Nation...

nation of self.

Here to serve those with knowledge of self.

And this is what you do?

You sell shit to people they don't want?

Isn't that what we all do?

ANNOUNCER: And there she is... Lady Liberty.

Take your photos now, folks.

Ticktock, ticktock.

(TENSE MUSIC)

Excuse me, would you mind taking a photo for us?

It's just a point-and-shoot, but if you could just make sure

that it's in focus before you press that button.

- You want flash or no flash? - Try it with the flash.

- BOTH: Cheese. - Here.

You know how long before this ferry's

supposed to dock in Manhattan?

Oh, the captain said it would be 15 minutes

after we passed Lady Liberty, so...

All right.

(FERRY HORN BLARES)

DIVINE: I'm not having much luck. You?

BOBBY: Nope.

DIVINE: There had to have been a better way than this.

BOBBY: (SIGHS) Oh, yeah?

What would you have done differently, Vine?

I'm just saying, it's a lot of work

chasing angry Black men around on a boat.

And then you add in Power, so it's like...

Hey, yo.

Yo, hold up... 'cause you was all good

showing up knowing that Sha was gonna be on the boat,

but you wanted to act like you was gonna jump overboard

when you saw Power, nigga.

No, I always give Sha a pass because y'all go way back.

That's been your boy ever since y'all was shorties, huh?

Yeah. You and Power, nigga, go all the way back

to selling newspapers on the Verrazano and shit.

(CLICKS TONGUE)

That was your man, Vine.

Or did you forget?

Childhood memories ain't always enough, Bobby.

What about the future, Vine?

ANNOUNCER: The ferry will be docking in Manhattan

in approximately 15 minutes.

You better get your shit together, Bobby,

before these fools get off the ferry.

All right, yo, I'ma go.

(TENSE MUSIC)

MAN 1: That little department store right there?

MAN 2: Yeah, you want me to go over there with you?

DENNIS: Hey, yo, what the fuck are you doing, son?

What the fuck were you about to do, huh?

- Come on. - Man, whatever.

Them niggas been had it coming, son.

Nah, nah, Power and Sha ain't gonna do nothing to you.

Power gave Bobby his word, huh?

Oh, so, what, his word means so much to you now?

He always kept it whether we on good terms or bad.

Damn.

You and Bobby both catch cases and go soft.

This damn sure ain't the Vine I rode for.

Look, I was your right hand, son.

And when Bobby couldn't hold shit down, I stepped up.

And you know why I chose you to be my right hand?

It's because you were loyal, D.

Yeah, see, with brothers like you,

oh, it's "What you see is what you get,"

but, you know, in the end, I guess I just didn't see everything, huh?

Hey, yo, what you trying to say?

Why was it when you were supposed to be riding for me,

you went behind my back and not only made the beef

worse with Power, you got with my sister?

So... so what you saying?

I'm good enough for you to... you to ask me to hold shit down,

but I ain't good enough for Shurrie?

Nah, fuck all this shit.

Soon as this boat dock, I'm out of here.

(FERRY HORN BLARES)

(DISTANT BOAT HORN BLOWING)

We, uh... we about to arrive in Manhattan.

- You about to get off? - Nah.

I don't know about these other fools.

Looks like you staying, though.

(CHUCKLES)

I told Bobby I'd meet with everybody,

and we ain't done that yet.

I still can't believe he asked you here.

Well, maybe he know I got something to offer, nigga.

He's smart like that.

Yeah, he is.

And he's a pain in the ass.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

You know, when it come to your family,

the D in DNA stand for "determination," right?

(SCOFFS)

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

Nah, for real, remember...

Remember how you used to always get in trouble

in Ms. Brenner's class,

and that shit used to always happen to fall on a Thursday?

Yeah, but wasn't that 'cause you liked that girl, Evette,

who was always...

who was always mouthing off to the teacher?

(BOTH LAUGH)

Nah, it's because on Friday, the teacher would give us the quiz.

All right, look, so I would get the answer key off her desk

in detention, right, you know what I'm saying?

Bring that shit home,

figure it out, you know what I mean?

And I'll sell that shit for $5

to all the kids in the playground before the quiz.

- Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. - (LAUGHS)

No, I remember your little playground hustle.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

Right. Right.

And then when Ms. Brenner tried to bust me,

you took the rap for that shit.

- Remember that? - Mm, yeah.

(CHUCKLES)

Nigga, you got suspended for a week.

And my ass hurt for a month after my moms whupped me.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

But why'd you do it, though?

What do you mean, why?

Well, because in order for you to, you know, pull that shit off,

you had to figure out the answers, which you did.

You know, you needed to be in school,

so, you know, I took the hit.

And?

Well, and...

and because you were helping the rest of us pass the class

when the teacher was rooting for us to fail.

(CHUCKLES)

So you took one for the greater good.

A'ight.

You and Bobby cut from the same cloth.

You know...

you know, when I was, um... when I was up in that building...

scrubbing urinals and, uh, polishing floors...

Mm-hmm.

I would look out the window and see the ferry,

with all the people coming into the city

that had more opportunities than anywhere else in the world.

So I would imagine I was someone on that ferry,

you know, heading to the city...

no, no, no, heading to the city for the first time

for, like, a... for a fresh start.

Yeah.

But, you know, I could never figure out

what that start would be for me.

But now, you know, I'm sitting here...

It couldn't be any more clearer.

Hmm.

ANNOUNCER: Attention, ladies and gentlemen,

the ferry will be arriving into Manhattan shortly.

Please make sure you have all your belongings

and make your way toward the exits

at your earliest convenience.

DIVINE: He's part of this plan, too, you know what I'm saying?

POWER: Yeah, I mean...

Remember... remember, uh... what was her name?

Well, we gotta... hold that. We gotta go talk.

BOBBY: (SIGHS) Have y'all seen Sha?

Sha's good. I talked to him.

A'ight.

Still can't seem to find Dennis.

Trying to help me out?

Ah, you know how D gets

when he feels like he's being cornered, so...

you gonna be doing enough talking.

Get your mental right, take a break, and I'll go talk to Dennis, okay?

A'ight.

ANNOUNCER: You really think D-Love

is gonna stay on this boat?

You think he's gonna listen to anything you say?

Yo, that fool's crazy.

(VIOLIN MUSIC PLAYING)

(COINS CLATTER)

Dude's talented, huh?

Yeah, he a'ight.

Look, you know, I didn't mean to pop off about Shurrie.

- I was just... - Yo, Shurrie and Infinite

is the most important things in my life.

And ain't nothing gonna happen to them on my watch.

You can be salty about it if you want to,

but that don't change the fact that I love your sister.

My sister, the baby, it...

it just makes it more official.

But you always been my brother, D.

Always.

So, you know, if you're gonna leave, I'm gonna leave with you.

Listen, I'm not asking you to squash everything.

Just... just come and hear what Bobby has to say,

know what I mean?

Yeah, a'ight.

ANNOUNCER: Time to Staten Island is 30 minutes.

During docking, please stay off the stairs and ramps

until the ferry has come to a stop.

Are you ready for this shit, son?

(GRILL CLICKS)

Okay.

I invited everybody here on this boat

because, like Noah, in order to get on the Ark,

you got to believe there's gonna be a flood.

Niggas thought Noah was crazy for building that damn boat,

but he kept building that shit.

And he invited everybody he loved on board,

including every damn animal known to man.

Now, for us...

the flood ain't... ain't the water, yo.

It's the drug game.

It's prison.

It's having to be the man of the family way too early.

It's society telling us that we shouldn't want for more.

But the ark can save us from all that bullshit.

Us on this boat, trying to figure out our shit,

it's the only way we can get to dry land

and a better future.

Noah and them brothers were on that boat for over a year.

I'm just asking y'all for 30 minutes.

- Seems reasonable to me. - Me too.

Yeah, but how you gonna have the lion and the fucking elk

on the same ark, son?

I'll show you who the fucking elk is right now, nigga.

You the one that's limping around like a wounded fucking animal, my nigga.

Why don't you come over here and show me what the fuck is up, son?

- Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo. - Nah, shh.

You think you the only one that's ready for war?

Hey, hey, hey, hey, we ain't on that shit right now, yo!

- (OVERLAPPING CONVERSATION) - Roll with your man, son.

Yeah, like Sha roll with you, nigga?

Shut the fuck up back there.

I was just finishing what you started.

- What I started, nigga? - It wasn't personal.

Hey, yo, Power, chill. Chill. What the fuck?

- Hey, yo, chill! Hey, chill! - What you mean what up?

I got it in my hand!

Hey, yo. Yo.

DENNIS: No, no, no, shut the fuck up!

Yo, everybody shut the fuck up, yo!

- DENNIS: Chill, nigga! - Yo, shut the fuck up, yo!

In the name of Allah.

Music, yo...

It brought me here, you here, all of us.

D-Lover...

My ace.

You love my sister.

Y'all made a beautiful baby together.

But despite all that, you still left Ohio

to come to New York to make music with me,

because you know music is the only way

you can support your family in a way that you see fit.

My other ace...

'cause there's more than one in a deck, niggas...

You left the streets

because you know your shit is nice.

And yet you still get blasted?

You can't take that risk anymore, son.

You're better than that.

The provider of my family...

a felon with no job,

but a smart-ass business mindset.

How the fuck you think you gonna get a job now, huh?

How easy do you think that's gonna be?

I mean, why even try to...

fight the rat race already stacked up against you?

We both know you deserve better than that.

And the king of the hill...

This nigga always talking about how other niggas

got expiration dates.

What about you, yo?

(SNIFFS)

You cut from a different cloth.

As much as you hate to admit it,

you're on the same boat as Dennis,

because you know that drug shit does have an expiration date...

either jail or death.

And the way you been living...

I know you don't want either.

Don't none of us want to talk about this shit.

But most of us motherfuckers grew up without fathers.

And that's not our fault,

even though it sure as hell can feel like that sometimes.

We thought being men

came from the love that we gave to the streets.

Now we have each other.

And there's no way to win a war with each other,

because if one of us goes down, we all lose.

Every nigga in this cypher made mistakes

by doing right by the streets instead of each other.

Now, it's time to let that shit go.

You feel me?

I tried to do this shit by myself, and I failed.

We're playing a rigged game. It's true.

But we can beat this shit.

In chess, all the pieces got to move in unison.

You can't have the knight doing one thing,

the rook doing another.

If we want to checkmate this industry,

we need all the pieces.

That's what we are to you... some fucking pieces?

No, I'm saying...

Y'all are my brothers.

And I love y'all niggas.

I need y'all, man. I can't do this without you.

All of you.

And I'm not just talking about the niggas

standing in front of me today.

I'm talking Math's ill flow,

GZA's lyrics,

U-God's booming voice,

the way Deck be slicing other MCs,

and Ason...

Shit, Ason's like the... like the fucking surprise

at the bottom of the Cracker Jack box.

You dig?

Once we get all them pieces...

The whole industry will know...

that Wu-Tang Clan...

ain't nothing to fuck with.

ANNOUNCER: The ferry will be docking in Staten Island shortly.

Thanks for riding with us.

Yo, Bobby...

or do I call you RZA now?

(CHUCKLES)

Whatever, nigga.

Are you gonna find yourself a name, too?

I think I got an idea.

Shit crazy.

Been gone for a minute, but shit still look the same.

Staten Island.

Nah, son.

This ain't Staten Island.

It's Shaolin...

The wells from which all kung fu springs.

SHAOLIN WARRIOR: To survive must now be taught

to more young men.

We must expand, get more pupils,

so that the knowledge will spread.

(SWEEPING MUSIC)

(REUNITED PLAYING)

MS. ROXY: (SINGING) It's Wu, motherfuckers

Wu-Tang, motherfuckers

It's Wu, motherfuckers

A Wu-Tang, motherfuckers

It's Wu, motherfuckers

A Wu-Tang, motherfuckers

It's Wu, whoa

(VIOLIN PLAYING)

It's Wu, motherfuckers

A Wu-Tang, motherfuckers

It's Wu, motherfuckers

A Wu-Tang, motherfuckers

It's Wu, motherfuckers

Wu-Tang, motherfuckers

It's Wu, motherfuckers

And RZA