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MAN: [ON RADIO] Dancers en route, main stage. Cue mics.

Ahh!

Wow.

All right, everyone, listen up, please.

We don't have a lot of time. These here are your tour badges.

Keep them on you at all times. They'll get you where you need to go.

Please stay with Travis and Luther tonight,

they've done this drill a thousand times.

Guys, please try to stay as focused as possible.

And if you get nervous, just try to leave those nerves

like, out the arena.

All right. Hey, Odalie!

Join us, please.

Bye.

SAGE: May I have your attention, please?

WOMAN: Is that Sage?

May I have your attention, please?

Oh.

Hey, what's going on, everybody? This is Sage.

Man, ten weeks ago, y'all were auditioning for this tour.

I know it feels like a lifetime ago.

But you know what, damn it? You made it.

And if you're here, it's 'cause you gave me your everything,

your blood, your sweat, your tears.

Yeah. Thanks for the tears, motherfucker.

This tour starts right now, and I need y'all to know that at this very moment

we are officially family, you get me?

Greyhound.

Hmm?

[LAUGHS] Over there sweating like a hoe in church.

Fix your face. Okay? Loosen up. You made it.

I know that most of you are professionals.

So you already know what's going on. You know what it is.

But to my newbies, all you gotta do is breathe,

and keep one very important thing right at the front of your brain at all times.

One very important thing.

Travis, what is that one very important thing?

The steps are the same!

SAGE: The steps are the motherfucking same!

Say it with me now!

ALL: The steps are the motherfucking same!

SAGE: Yes. And now,

you get to perform those steps

in front of 30,000 screaming fans.

So now, ladies and gentlemen, let's blow the roof off this bitch!

[ALL CHEERING]

All right, y'all! Let's get to hair and makeup

so we can get to this run-through, yeah?

Hey, Poppy, I...

DONDRE: Yeah, no.

Maybe not right now, you know? Give it a minute.

Sting's still kinda fresh.

I just wanted...

MAN: [ON RADIO] Mic check. Mic check, please. Can we do a mic check?

Mic one, check.

Mic two, check.

Mic three, check.

Mic check complete.

SAGE: Know what that is?

No.

That, my good boy, is the promised land.

That's the escape. That's the way out.

It's how I got out. Now it's your turn.

There's a select few people on this planet that are given...

...a little something extra.

People like me. People like you.

God don't just give that shit away. It's special.

Man, do you really believe in me?

Because sometimes you...

I never didn't, man. I never stopped.

Look, I know we've had our issues.

You know, me and your pops, we had our fair share of beef back in the day.

East-O didn't deserve to go out like that.

Whoever put him in the ground is a cold-hearted motherfucker.

I mean, yeah, he had his enemies and some for good reason.

But he ain't deserve that.

But you know what?

Now it's us. All right? You and me.

You are about to open the biggest tour of my fucking career.

And you know why? Because you deserve this shit.

Thanks, man.

[EXHALES]

And to be honest, real happy to be back where I started with you.

For real.

Ain't no big thang.

Just do me proud.

Fuck that. Do yourself proud.

[SIGHS]

Damn, Pops.

Wish you was here to see all this.

MAN: [ON RADIO] Stage is up. Here we go. Let's roll.

Wardrobe is set. Check one two, one two.

[CROWD CHANTING]

Here we go, fire on three.

[CROWD CHANTING]

We are live in five, four,

three, two, one.

[CROWD CHEERING]

Mic motherfucker check one, two!

[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING]

[RAPPING] Pick the wrong fight Pick the wrong night

And I gonna be here for none of the pretty boy shit

In this street life

Got one night of this set keeping one night in my blood

Enemies on the stretcher down there breaking their necks on this thug

Forty-second shot Got the family in my Glock

Got my name up in they mouth I'ma have to shut 'em up

I'm on a whole another level

Standing up under the pressure

Doing it better than veterans

I'ma take it up Coming for the top

I'ma be the king Can't nobody stop

Y'all ain't ready for me

Hey, hey

Y'all ain't ready for me

Hey, hey

I'ma take it from...

I could get used to this VIP life.

Nice, right?

Ha-ha! The music sucks.

I think you just getting old. That, that right there is fire, man.

Yeah, it needs to be extinguished.

I'ma take the torch

Pops passed me this torch gave me this fire

Got me this horsepower My fist clenched

I'm Superman in this high tower

I gotta go wish Odalie luck. I'll be back.

Oh, yeah, yeah.

DAVIS: I'll be back.

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

Ready for Whoever come with it

I ain't gonna never be done with it

[CHEERING]

CROWD: [CHANTING] Rigo! Rigo!

[BELL RINGS]

MAN: Three minute warning. Tidy up, people. Let's go!

All right, dancers, make sure your two outfits are out and ready. Yeah?

And make sure you stretch. Yeah.

I don't want no hamstrings pulling.

Babe!

Hey.

DAVIS: Mmm.

You did it.

I always knew you would.

You mean we did it.

I mean, I wouldn't be here without you.

Thanks for the flowers.

You're welcome.

How's your foot? You ready?

Good. I think so.

I mean, it's all just happening so fast.

I bet.

We leave for Philadelphia,

right after the show.

Oh.

It's really happening.

So I guess this means...

Yeah, we've talked about this.

I'll come home when I can, and you'll visit me on the road a few times.

Yeah. Let's... let's just be real.

You're going on tour for a long time.

And, you know, you're gonna need to focus on you, so...

Are you breaking up with me?

I just didn't know any other way...

Stop! We're not doing this!

Odalie, let's go!

You and I are a team.

MAN: Come on!

We gotta go!

Always.

Odalie! Come on! We gotta go!

Sorry.

[CROWD CHEERING]

RIGO: DJ, let's go!

[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS]

Poppy gonna be that bitch Fuck you very much

I don't need your shit No, no

I got all these girls searching for this dick

You don't waste your time I got shuffle it

Hope you crash your car Karma be a bitch

[CROWD CHEERING]

[LAUGHS]

RIGO: Y'all like that, right?

Yeah!

But hold up, y'all remember when my ex-girlfriend

tried to clap back with that song called "Poppin' Back?" Remember that?

[CROWD CHEERING]

[LAUGHS]

Can I get a "Boo"?

[CROWD BOOING]

Nah, nah, it's only right I give the people what they want, right?

[CHEERING]

Yo, check this shit out! Let's go!

[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS]

You thought you was doing something popping off

Bitch, I'm poppin' back

Okay, you went and dressed up Like a thug, okay

You went and got your money up, okay

You froze your wrist up with some jewels, okay

But let me tell you what you won't do

Let's go!

Got my girls squatted up with me on the on attack

You would not run my name in your mouth like that

So you can keep poppin' off Boy, I popped it back

Nigga

Yeah, Poppy!

And I'm not that You gonna hurt your neck

The way I got you looking

Come up here!

You should be up here with us, man.

Are you serious?

RIGO: Let's go.

Hey, there don't be no equal

Oh!

She on the seven zeros

That's my grill man! Oh!

Hey!

[SONG CONTINUES]

[CROWD CHEERING]

Yeah!

Yeah, Davis, go!

[CROWD CHEERING]

[SONG ENDS]

[CROWD CHEERING]

You see that? Whoa!

You two. We're on in 20! Backstage now!

[CROWD CHEERING]

I'm proud of you, dawg.

RIGO: Thank you, Atlanta! Whoo!

CROWD: [CHANTING] Rigo! Rigo!

Yeah! Let's go.

Whoo-hoo!

[LAUGHS] Holy shit!

It was crazy out there!

Give me a pound, dawg.

So it's like a lot of people out there, right?

A lot? Nigga, there's like a million people out there! You not listening?

They were like, "Rigo! Rigo!" Whoo!

Dondre, thanks for letting me use your girl, dawg. She was everything!

Poppy was on fire, bro! Whoo!

Yo!

[EXCLAIMS] Boy!

You seen it?

Whoo! You bodied that shit!

Uh!

You fucking with me now?

Are you fucking with me now?

I like you, dawg.

Come on, man. Yo, everybody listen up!

This is that moment! Aight?

You been getting your ass kicked for the last few weeks.

This is the moment you get to channel all that shit and give it to them.

Yeah? Are we ready?

[ALL SHOUT]

Are we ready?

Yeah!

Y'all are motherfucking super heroes from this point on!

You feel me?

ALL: Yeah!

Yes!

Can I get a "Let's get it" on three?

One, two, three!

ALL: Let's get it!

SAGE: Let's go, let's do this!

Let's go!

Let's go!

Don't forget your A!

CROWD: [CHANTING] Sage! Sage!

[CHEERING]

SAGE: What's going on, ATL? Did you miss me?

[CROWD CHEERING]

[GENESIS PLAYING]

MAN: [IN SONG] In order for a man to know where he's going,

he must first know where he's been.

Respecting his past and honoring his present.

That's creating his future...

Genesis.

[CROWD CHEERING]

Genesis

Hey

I know pain and I know pleasure

High and low and everything in between

Through the madness of my life for whatever

My music's always been there for me

I'm the one they talk about

My ego, my attitude

Sage, why you gotta be so nasty?

Why you gotta be so rude?

They don't know about my life

They don't know what I've been through

If you don't know what I know

Then let me show you

Welcome to my genesis

Oh, where I started from

How I became the man that I've become...

Davis, hi! You nailed it! That was amazing!

Oh! Thank you, Miss Jones.

You killed it. You killed it!

Nah, nah, that was just fun.

Listen, the crowd was eating it up.

Maybe we should make you a thing, huh? Take you on the road with us?

Uh, yeah, I think we both know why that can't happen.

Justin...

Yeah. But thanks, though, really. I'm good.

I finally got things squared away in that situation, so...

All right, well, listen, if...

If there's anything I can do to change your mind,

you'll let me know, right?

Yeah. Sure thing.

Okay.

Bye, Miss Jones.

Hey, with you I can't lose

Welcome to my genesis

Back to where I started from

How I became the man that I become

My genesis

Back to where I started from

Take it right back to the top

I take it right back to the top, oh!

Yeah

How I came up How I got my name up

How I blew this game up Hey!

Whoo!

Back to where I started from

Take it right back to the top

'Cause I ain't done now

Genesis!

[CROWD CHEERING]

BOTH: Yeah! [LAUGHING]

You killed that! Oh, man!

You sang in front of everyone!

I saw you!

Yo! You're phenomenal, man!

I had so much fun up there, bro. Can you believe Collette

even asked me to come on tour again?

Yeah, yeah. You're good.

Don't worry, I'll be at work tomorrow.

[LAUGHS]

You bet your ass.

You like it?

Yeah.

[CROWD CHEERING]

Uh you guys want some popcorn?

DAVIS: Yeah.

Popcorn?

JUSTIN: Yeah.

I'll be back.

Get you some popcorn.

[BELL RINGS]

MAN: Sage is standing by.

Set is ready. Transition lights.

Authorized guests only, sir.

Oh, I'm sorry. Uh...

That's probably my credentials there you wanna see?

[GRUNTS]

Thanks.

Good job.

Ah, Collette Jones.

[COLLETTE LAUGHING]

Collette Jones.

[BELL RINGS]

MAN: Lights are set. Young Sage stand by.

Dorrie on deck, Dorrie on deck. Cue Sage live, go.

SAGE: What's going on, A Town?

[CROWD CHEERING]

Ladies and gentlemen!

[CHEERING]

Listen, listen, listen. So tonight I'm gonna take y'all on a little trip.

SAGE: A journey from childhood.

Yo.

I think we got trouble, man.

Your boy is stressing out. Talk to him.

MAN: [ON RADIO] Standby for Dorrie. One minute.

Ladies and gentlemen, tonight I will take you on the journey

that created Sage Odom. And it starts right here.

In Atlanta.

[CHEERING]

You're scared, huh?

Yeah, me, too.

Really?

Of course.

I wonder if I should be out there, in front of all those people.

I get nervous as hell.

I mean, what do you do?

You're a man now, Dorrie.

You got to think of your own duty.

To Sage, to all these folks you dancing with.

Yourself.

Sometimes I don't want to be here either,

but I look at all them, working so hard.

And you think I can let them down?

MAN: Thirty seconds.

[SOFTLY] No.

Neither can you.

...through this music, through dance, you will live a different life.

A life born in hip-hop.

A young boy from the streets of Bankhead.

You love to perform.

You love making people happy.

You know, no matter what I was goin' through,

all those years I was fighting with Dad?

You were the one thing in that family keeping me happy.

Shit, you kept all of us happy. You healed us.

Because that's who you are.

Making people happy is what you love doing, right?

Right.

So go out there and do that.

Make these people happy.

MAN: Here we go. Dorrie up next.

SAGE: But it starts right here,

with that young boy from Bankhead.

Tonight you will meet that child. Are you ready?

[CHEERING]

I said, are you ready?

[CHEERING]

Let's go, let's go!

That's me, baby!

[DANCE MUSIC PLAYS]

Yo, check it out!

[CHEERING]

[CHEERING]

MAN: [ON RADIO] Crew, standby.

We're going back to Sage.

CROWD: [CHANTING] Sage! Sage!

Mic is hot. Cue Sage.

[CROWD CHEERING]

And so...

Other than its one and only redeeming aspect,

the ladies...

[CHEERING]

...I learned early on that school wasn't for me.

[OVER SPEAKERS] I barely ever went.

It's not that I wasn't smart.

It's that there was nothing there that stimulated

my genius mind, spoke to my soul,

or put food on my table.

Nothing there that made me feel the way the music made me feel.

But everybody was so quick to tell me how my life was gonna be shit,

so to prove a point, at age 15 and a half, I went and got my GED.

[CHEERING]

Oh, yeah.

You see, I had to show these people of very little imagination

just who the fuck they was dealing with.

[CHEERING]

I had to show them that my destiny

would not be defined by anything or...

COLLETTE: [ON RECORDING] You know East-O, he holds onto shit.

Lets it eat away at him till it boils over.

SAGE: You know what? God as my witness,

East-O try to worm his way back into my shit,

that motherfucker gonna end up dead.

[BEEPING]

[REWINDING]

SAGE: East-O try to worm his way back into my shit,

that motherfucker gonna end up dead.

That motherfucker gonna end up dead.

I had two options, right?

I could either lie about my age and work the graveyard shift over at the Tyson plant.

You know, slaughtering animals all day.

Or I could sell drugs on the streets of College Park, slaughtering fiends all day.

Either way, I knew...

Uh, we cool,

but not enough for you to run up in my dressing room like that.

Every fucking time! Every time I trust these motherfuckers!

Rigo! You are not about to destroy my room on some rock star bullshit!

Tell me what's wrong!

They did it!

And they been talking about the shit for years!

What are you talking about?

Sage and Collette!

Those motherfuckers killed my dad!

And I got the fuckin' receipts right here!

Meanwhile, I'm dancing for this

motherfucker looking like a goddamn fool!

Oh, you know what the worst part about it, too?

He's this... this larger than life superstar.

So who gonna believe little old me, Poppy?

Who?

Huh! Who?

It's okay. [INDISTINCT]

[RIGO SOBS]

So who do I listen to? Do I listen to my muse or to the music?

Or do I listen to the streets?

It's calling me. It's calling me.

It's calling me!

[MUSIC STARTS PLAYING]

[CROWD CHEERING]

Price on my head

Do it, Tal!

Music on my mind

That boy is clever That boy is smart

That boy move that work like a work of art

But that boy got talent Music and art

That boy better make his mind up

[SINGING CONTINUES]

What you gonna do, Sage?

You gonna be a thug or you gonna be a celebrity?

You can't be both

Famous gangsta shit or call the dead

You hear me talking to you, Sage?

Sage, Sage!

Cover my ears

Let's go!

[SONG CONTINUES]

That shit be calling me

It want me to run that block

Want me to hold that Glock

Want me to push that rock

That shit be calling me

Want me to run in your spot

Want you to wind up shot

I try but I just can't stop

Price on my head

Music on my mind

Pistol in my left hand

Microphone in my right

Decide

Price on my head

Music on my mind

Pistol in my left hand

Microphone in my right

Decide

[CROWD CHEERING]

[CHEERING] Let's go, baby!

Whoo!

How am I supposed to go on?

You just have to get up on that stage

in every city, every night,

and do what you were born to do.

I'm not talking about performing, Poppy.

Don't talk like that. Why would you say that?

Poppy, my dad is dead. All right? Marquise is in jail.

And King, see I done fucked that up again.

What's the point of all this success

if I'm selling out the people that mean the most to me for it?

I'm out here all alone now. Nobody...

You're not alone, Rigo!

Don't act like I'm not sitting here right next to you.

Yeah, because you feel bad for me and shit.

Look, I know, aight?

I fucked up and lost you, too.

Hey.

Babe.

You know how much I care about you.

Okay?

That doesn't just go away because we're not together.

We're friends. You can trust me always.

I got you. Come here.

It's gonna be okay.

You fucking kidding me?

No! Rigo was just upset

and I was...

I did everything for you.

Everything.

You know, I didn't even want any of this shit,

this tour, I gave up my life

and my business, I fucking did it all for you.

Dre, chill out...

Rigo, shut the fuck up

before I whup your scrawny little ass.

Dre, what you saw didn't mean anything like you think.

I swear, you have to believe me.

I don't think so. This wasn't no mistake.

The mistake was me thinking that it wasn't gonna happen.

But you know what?

I'm done with mistakes,

I'm done with this shit,

and I'm done with you.

No, Dre! Please!

[DOOR SLAMS]

Dre, please!

Y'all it's time, let's go. Everyone line up behind Candace.

MAN: [ON RADIO] Cue finale. Stage is ready to go.

MAN: Stay warm, stay loose, keep it up.

Stay present, locked in, stay loose and warm

as much as possible as you guys are waiting. Go, go, go, go!

Follow behind. Where you been? We been waiting on you.

Whoa! Poppy, let's go. Up, up.

Let's go.

Superstar, you ready?

Fuck you.

Okay, I don't know what your problem is...

My problem is you!

You think you got it all under control, don't you?

Huh? Huh? You think we're all your puppets,

happy to jump when you tell us to?

While you fuck everyone over, break their spirits,

steal their shit, suck them dry to get what you want when you want it. Huh?

You think you're this big High Water hero, huh?

Taking us all up out the room when all you really doing was ruining our lives!

Let me know something, Sage.

You ever give a damn about anybody but your own damn self?

Hmm?

Don't worry, old man. I'll dance for you.

Because unlike anybody else in this fucked up production of yours,

I live up to my motherfucking obligations.

CROWD: [CHANTING] Sage! Sage!

[CROWD CHANTING]

[DANCE MUSIC PLAYS]

You hear it

The champ is here

[SINGING]

Sweat and blood on my things Heavy muscles up

Lungs full of fire I ain't tired give me more

Knock 'em down three times Watch him get up, four

That's the kind of battles I ain't never lost the war

Never been a sucker Call me if you like

Yes I got some money No, I do not have a price

I deserve to be here I been fighting my whole life

Now I'm the motherfucking man And I do not apologize

[SINGING CHORUS]

I'm the champion That's my anthem

Everywhere I go I hear the people chanting

[RAPPING]

Go through the rain And the pain

I ain't never felt that powerful

I'm the champion That's my anthem

Everywhere I go I hear the people chanting

[CHEERING]

[SINGING]

[CHEERING]

Whoo!

ATL, good night!

[CROWD CHEERING]

Whoo!

CROWD: [CHANTING] Sage! Sage!

SAGE: Yeah!

Whoo!

That's what I'm talking about!

That's what I'm talking about!

Greyhound, Greyhound!

Good shit.

That is what opening night is supposed to look like!

[ALL CHEERING]

After the show, let's party. I need a motherfucking drink!

We need some music! I need a drink! I need a...

Sage.

What's up, young blood?

Um...

Look, I wanna apologize.

You know, I just... got caught up in some shit,

and I let it get the best of me.

I'm sorry.

It'll never happen again.

You know what, Dondre?

I'm on such a fucking high right now...

Listen, do you hear that shit?

Did you feel that shit? Nigga, I'm on...

I'm on such a cloud right now,

I ain't even tripping on that shit, man.

You good. Don't even worry about it.

I appreciate the sentiment, but you have nothing to apologize for.

Real shit. Matter of fact, at this point,

all I need from you is one thing. You know what that is?

No, what's that?

I need you...

to get out of this wardrobe,

go pack up your shit, and politely get the fuck off my tour.

Clear? Yeah.

What were you thinking?

Who the fuck did you think you was talking to?

Nobody talks to me like that. Do you know who...

Do you hear that shit? Listen, you hear that?

CROWD: [CHANTING] Sage! Sage!

My name is Sage motherfuckin' Odom. Who are you?

Exactly. Nobody.

We'll replace your ass like... [SNAPS FINGERS] that.

As a matter of fact, I already have.

So get the fuck out my face.

Sage, I know I fucked up, but you can't do this to Dorrie.

I need you to go ahead and get that hand off me, pimp.

I'm gonna need that to happen right now.

Thank you.

Dorrie's gonna be fine. See, unlike you,

he has potential that can be molded into greatness.

I'm gonna call your pops tomorrow, let him know that

Dorrie's gonna stay right here. The reverend will be thrilled.

You, on the other hand, go ahead and find the nearest exit

and then use it. Bye, Dondre.

Champagne! Where's my drink again?

[ALL CHEERING]

Champagne! Champagne for everybody!

Champagne for everybody! Champagne for you!

Right now!

Know what? I need two bottles of champagne!

[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING]

SAGE: Everybody! Huddle up, huddle up!

Come over here! I got shit to say before this party commences!

So, uh, check it out, check it out.

A few weeks ago we talked about how your careers would be...

a series of setbacks and risks.

Well, we took a hell-a-fied risk with this.

We took on a whole goddamn tour, no record label, no powers that be.

Now, what y'all didn't know about that is that we put everything on the line.

And I don't mean just our reputations as dancers,

and my money.

[LAUGHTER]

All my money. All of it. All of it.

But no, no, seriously. All of that, even the school, even High Water,

all of that to say we are all in, people. But you know what?

We're all in together.

To my High Water dancers,

yesterday y'all was just students.

Today, you're artists.

And in this moment, on this stage,

it is my honor to call y'all friends.

That brings me to this. Miss. Collette Jones,

every up, every down, every trademark Sage Odom temper tantrum,

we've all seen 'em, you've never not been there.

To keep it all the way 100, I, uh...

I don't wanna do this without you.

I don't want to.

[SIGHS] Okay.

What are you doing?

ALL: Oh!

[EXCLAIMS]

Miss Jones, would you do me the honor of being my wife?

Yes.

Yes?

Yes. Absolutely yes.

[CHEERING]

Yes, yes!

I love you.

I love you, too.

[BOTH LAUGH]

Yo! It's a celebration, bitches!

[CHEERING]

TAL: Congratulations, Miss Jones.

SAGE: Cheers. Cheers to me, cheers to happiness.

SAGE: All right, all right, all right!

Cheers, everybody. Cheers, cheers, cheers.

Everybody drink up, enjoy! While the shit is free.

All right, next show I'm charging by the glass.

[LAUGHS] No, for real, though, I'm charging by the glass.

Rigo! Yo! What's up, young blood?

You over here by yourself and shit.

This is a celebration. We killed that shit.

That was flames. That was surface of the sun.

Like the first 15 rows is burnt. They dead. We killed them.

Yeah, it was a real good show.

Good show?

Nigga, Arsenio Hall was good. Okay?

That shit that Prince did at the Super Bowl, that was good.

This shit was phenomenal. This about to be the biggest shit

since Michael went solo.

Where you at? Oh, okay. Okay, I see what this is.

Adrenaline was pumping tonight, you on the come down.

Totally normal. Okay, I'll tell you what I used to do.

Grab you one of these little hotties in here,

get you a little massage popping, maybe a cup of Henny.

You drink Henny? Is Henny...? Whatever the hell it is you drink, get one of those,

and just chill out, all right? You good.

Come on, nigga, smile, man. We did it.

You and me. Come on, man, you killed that shit. Celebrate. You earned it.

Uncle Al.

[LAUGHS]

Put me down!

Whoo!

I am so proud of you.

Thank you.

Seriously, thank you. No, Al, seriously.

Ah!

Thank you. None of this would have been possible without you.

Me and Jay, we had dreams, but that was all they were.

You turned our dreams into this. Thank you.

Well, you know, that's how I do it.

Me and Oprah. [LAUGHS]

I'm so proud of you, man.

Tal, bro.

Dude.

I knew you could sing, but you killed it.

Man, I had a blast. I'm still pumped

I even got to go up there tonight.

[LAUGHS] Just the start.

Yeah, maybe...

Maybe one day.

Maybe one day, one day soon.

You're on the tour.

What? No... Al, we already went...

I'm not going on tour. We talked about this.

Listen to me.

I talked to Collette Jones. She called the social worker,

and my man, Justin and I, had a conversation.

I'll watch your brother while you're on tour.

I''ll make sure he goes to school, does his homework,

and you gotta explain to me about playdates, whatever that is.

And we're gonna come see you when we can. You're going on tour.

Is that okay with you, Justin?

Go for it, hermano!

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God! Al, thank you so much!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

You guys deserve this. Hard work pays off. Okay?

Don't let anybody tell you different.

My girl, my girl!

That was incredible.

No, you were incredible.

[CHUCKLES]

This is gonna sound really basic and cheesy,

but, you know, after I fell,

I really did think it was over for me.

That I'd lost everything I ever wanted.

But being here tonight, under those lights,

with all those eyes on me...

I'm so grateful that you chose me.

Well, listen, I'm grateful that you're grateful,

'cause if you didn't notice, it wasn't exactly the most popular decision.

But you know what? Fuck 'em. Okay?

Haters are gonna hate if it's an empty studio or a packed stadium.

All you can do is dance.

So that's all I want you to do.

I will.

Fucking genius.

Don't prove me wrong.

I won't.

Haters?

Sign of a true performer. You know what that is?

That is when no matter how salty,

sad, mad, whatever they are,

they suck that shit up and channel it into the performance and leave it on the stage.

That was you tonight. You danced your ass off. You should be proud.

You can't tell me Odalie out-danced me.

You know I killed that audition.

Yeah, you did. You did. You killed it.

If I'm being honest, you were even a little better.

Then why did you pick her?

You know why. You know exactly why.

Come on, you smarter than this.

You dance well, okay? Better than most.

Okay? That's not a revelation. But the suits are kind of lazy story tellers.

And they decided to go with white girl dancer, fish-out-of-water,

recovers from injury, Kerri Strug at the Olympics,

sticks the landing on one goddamn foot comeback story.

It's just easier.

This is bullshit.

True. I'm not disagreeing with you.

But that's America.

Sage, you think I don't know that girls like me don't get shine

because we're not light enough, white enough,

or as marketable as Becky with the good hair?

This is your tour. High Water is your school.

And you could do it differently, but you choose not to.

That shit doesn't make you wise, it makes you a sell-out.

Sell-out?

Poppy, you know what I sell out?

Stadiums.

And all those seats fund your paycheck.

And, by the way, this little series with Odalie

that you're so mad about is the exact thing

that's gonna help me get more girls like you into High Water.

What's the point of letting in girls like me

when men like you don't stand up for us?

Poppy, you cannot pour from an empty cup.

I fund schools and tours.

I hire veteran dancers, I also give rookies like you a shot.

Yeah. I'm big business,

but I'm also for the little guy.

And I balance both of the shits out by any means necessary.

Please don't get it twisted, okay? I know my role in the struggle.

Now, it's unfortunate, yeah.

But for me, in the realm of this,

your battle would not have been wise for me to fight.

It's not personal.

Good job tonight, though.

[COLLETTE EXCLAIMS]

Fuck them. Fuck Sage.

Fuck this tour, fuck all of it.

I'm telling them I'm done, I want out.

I'm not dancing for the devil one more day.

I promise...

No.

We're not going anywhere.

We're gonna fight our battles.

We're gonna bide our time.

And we're gonna get ours.

Everything that's coming to us.

We're gonna fuck those two over just like they fucked us.

Standing on the platform

COLLETTE: To us.

SAGE: To us.

Watching you go

It's like no other pain

I've ever known

To love someone so much

To have no control

You said I wanna see the world

And I say go

Hey, beautiful.

[GASPS] Davis, what are you doing here?

I am coming with you.

On tour.

Are you serious?

Yes, so get ready because you're stuck with me.

[LAUGHS]

I'm so proud of you.

I love you.

I've been strong for so long

I never thought how much I needed you

I think I'm lost without you

Strangers rushing past

Just trying to get home

Hey.

Hey! Hey!

Hey, what are you...

Uh, Sage needed me for a few months.

For the tour. Is this seat taken?

[LAUGHS]

I missed you.

It's me at full speed

Feel like I can't breathe

And nobody knows

This pain inside me...

You know, you are full of surprises, I will give you that.

You planned that?

SAGE: You know what? I think I've been...

I think I've been planning this since the day we met.

I meant every word.

[SIREN BLARES]

Uh... Are we pulling over?

Hey, yo, what the fuck is going on, man?

Sage Odom?

You're under arrest for the murder of Earnest Octavio.

SAGE: Excuse me?

OFFICER: Stand, please.

What... Okay, hold on. First of...

I need you to stand, please.

Wait, okay, wait.

Stand, please. Cuff him.

No. Stand, my ass!

Get your fucking hands off me, man! Yo, what the fuck is going on?

COLLETTE: Okay, hey, hey.

[SHOUTING ECHOES]

You have the right to remain...

You have the... get the fuck off me!

Call my lawyer! What the fuck is this?

Y'all know this is bullshit.

You know good fucking well I didn't kill nobody!

You know who the fuck I am?

OFFICER: I told you to stop resisting.

Get the fuck off me!

Standing on the platform

All right. I'm fucking going.

Watching you go

You said I wanna see the world

And I said

Go

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