03x01 - Detroit vs Everybody

[bunniefuu]

Pledge allegiance to
the Black Mafia Family!

[ALL] To the Black Mafia Family!

I finally got a steady supply.

n*gga, we gon' set up
shop in other cities

and take over the f*ckin' nation.

[PERSON] You and me, we are friends, eh?

- Partner.
- Partner, partnership.

Get this Colombian
cocksucker out my face.

He now owes this
Colombian connect 20 mil

and refuses to pay.


we'll be re-upping in a week.



[PERSON] Holy sh*t.

This mentorship is over, n*gga.

You're a boss now.

You aren't trying to play me, are you?

No, n*gga, you trippin'. Let me go.

What are you thinking, huh?

I'ma personally put that crunchy ass

n*gga Lamar on the wrong
side of the grass for good.

[PERSON] You don't
deserve the easy way out.

It's time for us to take
this show on the road, Tee,

and head back down South.

What happened to womb to the tomb?

We'll still be womb to the
tomb, just 700 miles apart.

Remi Ransom, n*gga.

And make sure you spell my sh*t right.

[g*nf*re]

[PERSON] Hey, y'all...
hey, get him off the car.

[PERSON] Where the f*ck
is Ty Washington at?

Oh, sh*t. Meech, He's over here!

Somebody get some help, man.

That's your kingdom now, Tee.

[GOLDIE] I need you to
go down to Magic City

and ask for this dude
named Rodney Green.

You tell him Goldie sent you.

[PERSON] This is Detective Veronica Jin

joining us from Southfield.

Your new partner Bryant here
can catch you up to speed.

Marcus Lloyd has been bullying Kevin,

roughing him up, stealing his
shoes, ruining his cartoons.

[PERSON] Hear you got a new safe.

[BRYANT] Stand down! That's my son!

[KEVIN] Dad, I messed up.

[PERSON] An investigation
will be launched immediately.

Hand over your g*n and badge.

I'm doing this for Kevin,
not your trifling ass.

Baby, please. I have
to be up in three hours.

We ain't been together
in over three weeks.

Just treat yourself to
something you want to do.

Hey, what the hell's wrong with you?

A receipt from the EZ Rest Motel?

Maybe it's a good thing I got caught.

Maybe God is giving us a second chance,
just not with each other.

Come here.

[TERRY] I wish I could stay here forever

and just do this over,
and over, and over again.

[PERSON] But I'ma say this
once and one time only...

Stay the f*ck away from Boom's bitch.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

[PERSON] Saint, what the f*ck?

[TERRY] Get down!

[g*nshots]

_

♪ I get money I-I get money ♪

♪ I-I get money I-I get money ♪

♪ I-I get... I get... I get... I get ♪

♪ I get money, money I got
I-I get money, money I got ♪

[OLDER MEECH] When we first
started out, me and Tee was one family,

Detroit versus everybody.

But sh*t changed.

[OLDER TERRY] It'd been
two years since we spoke.

We had different opinions
'bout how we got here.

I felt he'd been too
flashy in the clubs,

lettin' his boys run wild,
and taunting the five-o

with the billboards.

[OLDER MEECH] But really we got indicted

'cause Tee had been running
his big mouth on the phone

while the f*cking feds was listening.

sh*t, I'm flashy, but
also smart as f*ck.

And that's why my run was
longer than any Black man

in the history of the cocaine game.

♪ ♪

Lucky people don't have a 22-year run.

[METAL CLANKING]

- [DOOR BUZZES]
- Man, you lost weight.

Been fasting, praying.

I'm taking the plea.

And hopefully, while we doing time,

something will work in our
favor to bring us home early.

I ain't taking no plea.

I'm going to trial.

I'm going with God.

You know, that's funny

because I was talking to God,

and he told me to tell
you to take the plea.

Look, I don't want Mom and Pop
seeing us get a life sentence.

I don't want that for Mom
and Pops either, n*gga.

- But what the fu...
- But nothing, n*gga.

The feds got nothing on
me and everything on you.

And I'm still willing to take it

so I can have a date to
work with and come home.

When you gonna take
responsibility for...

Responsibility, n*gga?

Who the f*ck you talking to, n*gga?

[SIRENS WAILING]

[TERRY] Markisha, Markisha,
stay with me, please, baby.

- [MARKISHA] Terry.
- [TERRY] Please, stay with me.

Markisha, Markisha, stay
with me, please, Markisha.

Please, please, baby,
stay with me, please, babe.

What? What?

- I don't think I'm gonna make it.
- No, no, no, no, no, no.

Don't-don't say that.
You're gonna make it.

- Just hold on.
- [MEDIC 1] She's crashing.

- [MEDIC 2] Start bagging.
- What the f*ck is happening?

[MEDIC] Oxygen is 88.
Blood pressure is dropping.

Markisha, Markisha. Come on, baby.

Come on, Markisha.
Come on, come on, baby.

Please. Please, Markisha!

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[CHARLES] Terry.

Thank God you're still with us.

What happened?

We-we were stopped at a light.

Somebody came, and they
started sh**ting at us.

- Markisha, she might not make it.
- Markisha?

n*gga, that's exactly what the f*ck

you get for f*cking
a bitch who's married

and got kids by another street n*gga.

- Married?
- Yes.

God help us.

The apple don't fall far from the tree.

Lucille, this is not
the time or the place.

You know what, I hope
that old bitch dies.

LaWanda, how can you
say some sh*t like that?

- She's a mom.
- I don't give a f*ck.

I'm a mother too, in case you forgot.

I'm the one that's pregnant
with your second child

while you get your... your d*ck wet

on the side with that bitch.

Yo, I-I can't deal with
this sh*t right now.

Can you guys just leave? Please.

- f*ck you.
- Come on.

This is not good for the baby, OK?

I love you.

[PHONE RINGING]

Why you got to be so stupid?

Meech moved to Atlanta,
and now you standing here

bleeding... while the rest of
our family just falling apart.

I can't lose you too.

I'm not going anywhere, Nikki.

- I love you.
- I love you too, Tee.

♪ ♪

[UPBEAT HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ Let me see what
You're working with ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah... ♪

♪ Let me see what
you're working with ♪

What up, doe?

Big dog. Goldie told me to come through.

Thought you might help me set up shop.

Detroit?

Mm-hmm.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. She made mention.

Said you was all right.

What can I do for you?

sh*t, I need intros to local cats,
you know, spots to clean my cash.

OK, OK.

I mean, I do a mighty
fine dibble and dabble,

you know what I mean?

A couple of liquor stores
scattered here and there.

Oh, yeah?

But for my services, I'ma need about 15.

God damn. Hold on. We
just getting started here.

Look, how about 10 now, then


[LAUGHS] Detroit.

- Yeah, no, uh, 15 now. 10... forever.
- Come on, dawg.

- You new in town, and I'm all you got.
- All right, bet.

I'ma check out the girls
and cash my investment early.

Nah, nah, nah. See, what you need
to do is shake my g*dd*mn hand,

come with me over to Platinum Palace.

Now, you want to talk
about exotic b*tches,

that's where the exotic b*tches at.

- You a slick m*therf*cker, huh?
- [LAUGHS]

- You know what it is.
- [PHONE RINGING]

Let me take this. Hit you up early.

Do your thing, Detroit.

- [PHONE RINGING]
- Hello.

[HOOP] Yo, I'm at the
hospital right now.

Tee and Markisha just got lit
up by her old man's right hand.

What? Is Tee OK?

[HOOP] Yeah, yeah, he fine,
but Markisha is critical, n*gga.

Damn, that's f*cked up, man.

But thank God Tee's all
right. That's all I care about.

Meech, listen.

He's acting real crazy, and
I'm worried he might ruin

a party we trying to plan.

Man, it's party crashers
all over the place.

What? What you mean?

- Yo, Meech, I got to handle this.
- Tee, catch your breath, dawg.

I need you ten toes down.

Markisha's fighting for
her f*cking life right now.

And right now we got to
thank God you still got yours.

I know you angry.

I was the same way after losing Mo,

and now our daughter ain't got no mama.

But remember what you told me?

Calm down before making any moves.

I kn... I know, I know, but
look, the streets is gonna be

watching to see how I handle this.

You left me in charge, so I got
to handle this how I see fit.

Tee, you ain't hearing me, dawg.
I told your tender d*ck ass

not to f*ck with that bitch anyway.

- She ain't worth it, man.
- f*ck you, Meech.

I'm done dealing with n*gg*s
that second-guessing me.

If you want to be Meech's right hand,

then take your ass to Atlanta with him.

Yo, I'm just trying to
figure out our next move, man.

Get the f*ck out of my way.

- f*ck off, n*gga.
- [ROLAND] Tee!

[PERSON] I hope you're ready, baby,

for this long, strong, love.

[SOFT MUSIC PLAYS]

I want to feel you.

♪ ♪

Now, sit back and relax.

You deserve it.

♪ ♪

♪ I've been waiting ♪

- Welcome to paradise, fam.
- God damn.

I ain't never seen no freaky
ass sh*t like that in my life.

See, these lovely ladies are what
I like to call headliners.

Creme de la g*dd*mn creme.

These b*tches in here get
any d*ck hard, you hear me?

I think I'ma grab her tits
right there for a dance.

[GREENY] Uh-uh. She ain't available.

♪ ♪

What? Who was that?

[GREENY] Check this out, Detroit.

Listen, I know you fresh off the boat.

And you want to show out.
You got the D-boy dollars.

And that's beautiful.
That's NBA money over there.

It's a little harder to play
when it's the NBA bangers.

Big league sh*t, you know
what I'm talking about?

sh*t, I'm liquid, n*gga.

That m*therf*cker got to ask permission

before they can get to their money.

True. Well, uh, best of luck
competing with them m*therf*ckers.

I'm gon' catch you, Detroit.

Sup, Meech?

- What up, doe?
- Hey, take a walk with me.

Glad you finally made your way back.

You missing the D yet?

- No, not at all.
- [DICE] Yeah.

[MEECH] I'm here to stay.

And those white girls
I was telling you about?

Yeah, they on their way too.

Appreciate you coming
through on what you promised.

[MEECH] You know it.

- [DUFFY] What up, doe?
- [MEECH] What up, doe.

Yo, I'm Duffy.

Hey, Sterl is family.

Said you was coming through,
so I guess we family too.

Also said I'd spot your little
rattail from a mile away.

[LAUGHS] Y'all, Packard
Ave, from the crib?

No, no, I'm from right here.

- This is my hometown.
- OK, that's what's up.

Hold on, man. That's Ty
Washington's chain. How you get that?

He was like a nephew
to me. Deanna my niece.

Sorry for your loss, man.

He was like a brother to me.

[DUFFY] Stacks was
one of Ty's top movers.

He an honorary member of us Detroiters.

- That's what's up.
- Name's Diesel, born and bred.

- What up, doe?
- What up, Meech?

I'm Rip. Nice shoes.

Thank you, man. Appreciate that.

p*ssy ass Remi Ransom?

[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS]

That's that predator-looking
m*therf*cker who k*lled Ty.

[STACKS] Sure is, and I can't f*ck

with him or his punk-ass Eastside crew.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[PERSON] Yo, what the f*ck?
Get your ass over here.

Get your ass over here.

f*ck off, you hot headed n*gga!

♪ ♪

[MEECH] Detroit ain't just a place.

It's a state of mind.

And we carry that fighting
spirit wherever we go.

So no matter where in the world I was,

just like Joe Louis and
Tommy "The Hitman" Hearns,

I always laid down a demo.

[GRUNTS]

[MEECH] Don't f*ck with the D.

♪ I got everything on the line
Out here I'm on the grind ♪

♪ Trying to get mine ♪

♪ At least you Can wish me luck ♪

♪ A n*gga moving weight,
Tryna get the cake ♪

♪ I'm in and out of state ♪

♪ At least you Could wish me luck ♪

♪ Too many n*gg*s fake
It's hard to tell a snake ♪

♪ One more flip And I'm straight ♪

♪ At least you could wish me luck ♪

♪ I don't go hand-to-hand
It go gram after gram ♪

♪ You holla at me, man ♪

♪ At least you Could wish me luck ♪

♪ Too many n*gg*s fake
It's hard to tell a snake ♪

♪ One more flip And I'm straight ♪

♪ At least you Could wish me luck ♪

[50 CENT] ♪ The D's ain't that
good These n*gg*s is rattin' ♪

♪ They tell 'em What's going on ♪

♪ That's how they
know What's happening ♪

♪ I'm riding with the top
down Trunk full of yola ♪

♪ Ghetto pharmaceutical
I move that Coca-Cola ♪

♪ Thousand grams of pure though ♪

♪ I f*ck with the weirdos ♪

♪ They snort away the pain
Bang the dope in their vein ♪

♪ Shorty crying
Christmas ain't coming ♪

♪ Her pops locked up ♪

♪ When it hurts the worst
ACS find out she knocked up ♪

♪ Welfare ain't an option
When the feds come knocking ♪

♪ It's all f*cked
up So wish me luck ♪

♪ A n*gga moving weight,
Tryna get the cake ♪

♪ I'm in and out of state ♪

♪ At least you Could wish me luck ♪

♪ Too many n*gg*s fake
It's hard to tell a snake ♪

♪ One more flip And I'm straight ♪

♪ At least you Could wish me luck ♪

♪ I don't go hand-to-hand
It go gram after gram ♪

♪ You holla at me, man ♪

♪ At least you Could wish me luck ♪

♪ Too many n*gg*s fake
It's hard to tell a snake ♪

♪ One more flip And I'm straight ♪

♪ At least you Could wish me luck ♪

♪ At least you Could
wish me luck, oh, yeah ♪

♪ Wish me luck ♪

♪ All you got to
do Is wish me luck ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS]

[DUFFY] Bet you don't f*ck

with them Detroit boys no more, huh?

f*ck with the D, see what happens.

[STACKS] Yeah, I see.

Trouble seems to follow
you everywhere you go.

[DUFFY] Oh, Stacks' jealous ass.

My n*gga Meech showed up and showed out.

You know we left the D,
but it sure ain't left us.

- [DUFFY] Hell yeah.
- What's the run down?

Ty was holding us down, but
with no access to his plug,

we've been scrambling to find work.

I got pure weight coming down
here from Detroit right now...

my half of the 500 bricks
me and my bro received.

Man, you got the talk down,
but do you got the walk down?

All day, n*gga.

I've been taking care
of my niece and Ty's kids

ever since he got smoked.

Ty was my family too, and
I'm not trying to replace him.

But I damn sure know he
wouldn't want me to leave

y'all blowing in the wind
either, which is why he

blessed me to work with y'all.

Man, he ain't never tell me that sh*t.

Man, I ain't f*ckin' with your ass.

Man, let's get the f*ck out of here.

♪ ♪

Yo, Stacks was the link to
all of Ty's distributors.

Without him, you're dead in
the water on Ty's network.

And we're in a three-way
tussle with them Techwood Boyz,

who got soldiers.

The Haitian cuckoo bird
Glock runs the Miami Killas.

They got the g*ns.

MKs k*lling n*gg*s with choppers,

trying to run Remi's Techwood
Boyz out they projects.

We're just trying to get
in where we fit in, Meech.

Just like I fought
beside y'all in the club,

I'm gon' be sure y'all
eating and survive this w*r.

First, let me just get
this weight down here.

Cool.

[SOFT MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[MONITOR BEEPING]

♪ ♪

[TERRY] Hey, hey, baby.

You up?

Tee, I was so scared.

I know, I know,
but-but you're here now.

Tee, where are my babies?

They-they just... they with your folks.

The kids think you got into
a car accident. They're fine.

Hey... I'ma merc that
m*therf*cker Saint.

Tee, you got to let it be.

I can't take something happening to you.

Boom sent that sadistic f*ck after us.

I'm not about to have
the streets thinking

it's OK to pop sh*ts into my woman.

But, Tee, you the only
thing me and the boys got.

- I love you.
- I love you too, Markisha.

But I got a business and a
whole crew that's riding on me.

I promise you I'ma handle this,
and ain't nothin' gonna happen to me.

Nothin'.

[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING]

[SCATTING]

Hey!

Hold up!

Hey!

Come on!

[HEADLINER] Yo, this is Headliner

from Arrested
Development, and right now,

you're in the midst of a celebration,

a celebration of life, death,

and the stories of our ancestors.

♪ Check it out Let
me hear you say whoa ♪

- [ALL] ♪ Whoa ♪
- [HEADLINER] ♪ Say yeah ♪

- [ALL] ♪ Yeah ♪
- Say whoa!

Whoa! Yeah!

Yeah! Whoa!

Yeah! Whoa!

Yeah! Whoa!

Yeah! Whoa!

Yeah!

♪ ♪

Yo, that light-skinned m*therf*cker
sure got a lot of nerve throwing

- the first punch like that.
- Hell yeah.

Should have popped his ass
when he was here for Freaknik.

- [CLAUDE] Mm-hmm.
- He gon' get his, though.

- Believe that.
- Mm-hmm.

Hey, yo. Them bags is ready to go.

- Hey, help me move this sh*t.
- All right.

♪ ♪

[KID] Remi!

[REMI] Hey, y'all, hey, what's up?

Hey, there's enough for everybody.

Hey, cool out, cool out.

Yeah, there you go. Hey, get one. Yeah.

There you go. You got one?
Hey, make sure she get one right there.

Y'all bring it in real quick.
Let me holler at y'all.

Hey, look. Y'all on the road to success.

It take hard work and hustle.

Most of all, it take what
y'all got in them bags.

These streets dangerous.
Always have been.

You know what I'm saying?

So I'm going to need y'all
to look out for each other.

Make sure everybody
y'all see the school,

get a taste of what's in them bags.

[MILTON] My mama said the city
is going to tear down our homes

and split us apart
'cause of the Olympics.

- That true, Remi?
- Hey, little Milton.

Hey, we family.

Ain't nobody gonna tear us apart.

You feel me?

Yeah. Give me some.

That's what I'm talking about.

Red Dogs.

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

- 'Sup, Remi and Claude?
- Hell y'all want, Hardy?

- [HARDY] Know what we want.
- Hey, what's in the bags?

[MILTON] Our lunches.

- [HARDY] Lunch, huh?
- [MILTON] Yeah.

Give me this bag.

Kang, check this sh*t out.

These m*therf*ckers think they
the Black Panthers or some sh*t.

Y'all think y'all Robin
Hood from the hood.

Man, get the f*ck out of here.

[CAR HORN HONKING]

Careful who you pick as heroes.

[DOG BARKING]

Yo, get your little bad ass out of here,

and take this sh*t with you.

Hey, look, man. We gon' take our licks.

We just asking y'all to wait for
the kids to get around the corner

so they ain't got to see this sh*t.

Man, shut the f*ck up.
Damn them kids, n*gga.

Nah, f*ck you, Stonewall.

Ain't got nothing better to do, n*gga?

Ah, sh*t!

[ALL YELLING]

[MEECH] In 1990, Atlanta won the bid

to host the '96 Olympic games.

Wanting to present an
illusion of being crime

and poverty free, city
officials tasked none other

than the Red Dogs to clean the streets.

The Red Dogs were a police
unit formed in the late '80s

by PD chief Eldrin Bell
during Mayor Maynard Jackson's

third term in office.

Red Dog stood for...

_

And these m*therf*ckers
had a green light

to violate our civil
rights anytime, anyplace.

I wasn't on their radar yet,

but it was just a matter of time.

♪ ♪

- [CHARLES] You OK, Lucille?
- [LUCILLE] I'm fine.

[SOFT MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[CHARLES] Everything's
gonna be OK. I promise.

♪ ♪

I used to feel so safe in your arms.

I wish I could take away the
pain and hurt I caused you.

Yeah.

I want to move forward with the divorce.

I love you, Lucille.

And I know that you still love me.

I could feel it when I was holding you.

I think...

I think you should find
a new place to live.

Hey, hey, hey.

Divorces take time and money.

And we barely making enough
to keep the lights on as it is.

I can't afford to rent someplace else.

It won't cost you anything
to sleep on the couch.

I'm not sleeping on no couch.
This is still my house.

You stopped being the head
of this house a long time ago.

And every time I lay next to you,

all I see is you inside Mabel.

♪ ♪

[KEVIN] When do I get to come home?

I put in a request for a bail hearing.

You'll meet the judge and
convince him you're a good kid.

You just got to be yourself.

Comb your hair, brush your teeth,
and I'll bring your suit.

- They'll let me go after?
- Soon as I get a good lawyer.

[KEVIN] I finished a new page.

Bruiser got his powers taken,
and now he has to figure out

a new way to b*at his enemies.

Well, I'm sure Bruiser
will figure it out.

Good guys always win. Right, kid?

Right.

♪ ♪

- [PHONE RINGING]
- [TYPEWRITER KEYS CLACKING]

f*cking assh*le.

Just when I thought my
day couldn't get any worse.

Miss me?

Since you got suspended for
suppressing a m*rder w*apon

and creating a public
scandal, I got suspended

from DRANO while they
investigate both of us.

That ain't sh*t.

If I don't fix this mess with Kevin,

he goes to juvie, where
he'll be eaten alive.

Yeah, well, knowing you,
you'll figure something out.

[BRYANT CHUCKLES]

- [TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]
- _

♪ ♪

Terry and B-Mickie are free men.

Meech got a going-away party.

But my boy is drawing
cartoons behind bars.

♪ ♪

Damn right I'll figure it out.

♪ ♪

[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS]

[HOOP] I ain't heard sh*t from Tee,

and the clients keep pressing me.

They worried about all the
heat coming from five-o.

Yo, we got weight to
move. Oh, I'm sorry.

You're not done talking
out the side of y'all necks?

Ah, sh*t, look.

Hoop, look, about the other day,

it's just, with everything going on...

Man, you talked to me like a ho

and didn't leave no
money on the nightstand.

- What's up?
- That's me, my fault.

I was just trying to talk
to you like my right hand.

So look, you-you gonna to
stay and rock with me or what?

Yeah. Detroit all day, n*gga.

All right. Since we're starting
off with a clean slate, listen.

Meech called. He want me
to bring down half of his weight

so Ty's old crew can move it for him.

[TERRY] Oh, my God.

This n*gga Demetrius ain't even here,

and he's still trying to call the sh*ts.

And why the f*ck is he calling you?

Hey, calm down. I'm just a messenger.

But, dawg, he still Meech.

He's just gonna keep
calling and calling.

All right, go on.

Just don't do no dumb sh*t.

And dress right, please.

Got a suit just for the occasion.

Hey, yo, don't smoke
no weed on that road.

Pss, all right.

What up, doe?

Between you and me, I've
been moving my sh*t fine.

So long as you keep it
flowing, we straight.

All right, bet.

So how you gon' keep that tap
on with K-9 singing like a canary?

m*therf*cker might
snitch on you and Meech.

When we stole his Colombian
plug, he ain't cap us.

I doubt he's gonna mention our name.

Yo, Rollie.

I need you to load the stash cars.

We switched the stashes up so five-o

won't be able to find nothing
if anybody get pinched.

And get some of these guys to keep eyes

on the police staging
areas so the clients can

move their sh*t and Meech
can get back his work.

[ROLAND] A'ight, come on,
guys. Let's get this money.

[TERRY] f*ck, um...

♪ ♪

- You got eyes on Saint yet?
- Yeah, I got the guys on it.

I'll let you know when
I get a line on him.

All right. That's great.

Look, when you find that m*therf*cker,

I'ma be the one to pull the trigger.

Yeah, so.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS]

Hey, partner.

♪ ♪

- Partner?
- Yes, ma'am.

Detective Cobie Amberson.

Any relation to Councilman Amberson?

Yeah, he's my dad.

Great detective skills.

Good old-fashioned nepotism.

Explains why a baby like you
got fast-tracked to detective.

I don't like entitled assholes either.

In fact, it's why I don't
speak to my parents anymore.

I had the money and the
resources to be anything I wanted.

But instead, I chose to be here.

Ladies, ladies! Mm, mm, mm.

Garr wants you to go
down to the hospital

and talk to Terry Flenory's
side piece once she's stable.

She got lit up in a drive-by with him.

So I get let go from the task force,

- but I get your crumbs?
- Ouch, I felt that here.

But I'm too busy chasing bigger fish,

like the names K-9 gave up,

which doesn't include Terry Flenory.

Just so you know, the
only reason why K-9 even

snitched on anybody
was because of the work

that Brian and I put in.

[CHUCKLES]

You know what they say.

One "oh, sh*t" ruins 20 "atta boys."

♪ Talking real
sweet, But it's prep ♪

♪ School of hard knocks ♪

♪ Ain't got time
For another lecture ♪

♪ Full-time damager,
Far from an amateur ♪

♪ Breaking Bens like I
got Beef with the manager ♪

♪ The max respected Tax collector ♪

♪ Mass Impression, Past adventures ♪

♪ Past oppression, check ♪

♪ Only ride On the money train ♪

♪ Till somebody die, It's
all just fun and games ♪

♪ What your mama do, pain? ♪

♪ You think you can hang? ♪

♪ There go another Wrist sprain ♪

I admire the largesse
and the initiative.

But real talk, rat-tail,
now that we alone,

it ain't like Atlanta's a
virgin to Colombian coke.

The Miami Killas got
a cartel plug like you,

and them n*gg*s got here first.

Which makes you the Pepsi
to their Cola Classic.

m*therf*cker, this ain't no taste test.

This is a track meet.

We b*ating them with speed.

Yeah, it sound good, Meech.

But you need runners to win a race.

Listen, we already got
runners. Stacks got the runners.

Once the weight arrives,
I'ma sign them all up.

How are you gon' do that short
of resurrecting Ty's ghost himself?

Well, since we mixing food metaphors,

let me serve some truth.

I didn't come here to start no beef.

I came here so everybody gets fed.

So all I got to do is cook
him a dish that makes him

hungry enough to want to eat.

You know that expression, right?

You attract more flies with honey.

How we like it?

Hey, Rip, you k*lled that
sh*t. That was out cold, man.

- [RIP] Yeah.
- sh*t was smooth.

Let me holler at you for a minute.

What's up?

Man, why you hustling when
you cold like that, man?

You got talent for real.

Look, I know talent when I see it.

And my pops told me a lot about music.

Me and him even had a
record store back home.

Then maybe you can sell my sh*t one day.

sh*t, when that does
happen, I don't want

to see you back on these
streets no more hustling, man.

God gave you a gift, and
gifts ain't to be wasted.

That's real.

[CAR HORN HONKING]

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
This ain't no dance. This is business.

And I'm trying to make
m*therf*ckers shine.

Well, all this shine is
starting to blind Tee.

sh*t, now that you gone, he
only focus on his reputation

and capping that n*gga
Saint for his old lady.

Tee ain't built for no b*ll*ts.

This bitch got him
acting some type of way.

He does put the T in tender d*ck,

but he's still my brother.

Which means we got to
protect him at all costs.

Have one of your guys put in the work.

He can't be the one to pull the trigger.

- You feel me?
- No doubt. I got you.

All right.

[SOFT MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

- [CHARLES] Hey.
- [LUCILLE] Hey.

- Long day?
- Always.

Some customer came in today,
talking about she heard

that Terry had gotten sh*t
again, and how at some point

our boys are gon' run out of luck.

You know, some people need to
mind their own damn business.

That is my point.

I mean, everybody knows our business,

especially at church.

I mean, I am so sick and tired
of feeling ashamed and judged.

I mean, the house of the Lord is
supposed to be a sanctuary, right?

Not-not a house of gossip.

I just... I feel like I want a...

a fresh start at a new church.

Fine by me.

And don't nobody need to
know about our divorce.

It ain't nobody's business but ours.

- [DOOR CREAKS]
- [CHARLES] Hey, Roland.

- What up though, Mr. C?
- Meech gave you a key?

[ROLAND] Yes, sir.

And he told me to look
out for you, Miss Lucille.

Look, I got greens,
steaks, and potatoes.

I got flowers for you too.

Oh, my goodness. Made
my day. That is so sweet.

[ROLAND] You know you
be like my mother too.

- You tell my Meechy I love him.
- [ROLAND] I will.

[LUCILLE] I'm gonna put these in water.

I'll walk you out.

Listen, man.

I don't know about what you heard

or what you think you
know, but this is my house.

So give me my f*cking keys.

[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ ♪

All my birds landed,

just like I told you they would.

Now, I'm giving you
these for 25 a brick.

I usually charge 30, but I'm
giving you the family discount.

- Just don't tell nobody, and we good.
- What's the catch, Meech?

Ain't no catch, n*gga.
Me and Ty was like family.

And after he d*ed, I did promise

Deanna I'll make things right.

You know, but since you taking
care of her and the kids,

I'm willing to cut my profits to put
more money in your pockets.

Well, I guess we ride together then.

- Get busy.
- Let's get it.

[TOILET FLUSHES]

Yo.

He went for the discount.

Good, good. 'Cause we're going
to need his ass and his foot soldiers.

I also did that to
undercut the Miami Killas.

You know, and move the bag faster.

Plus, word gets out about that price,

- we gon' know it's Stacks.
- Yeah.

But we gon' need another kind
of paper up in this bitch anyway.

- f*ck you talking about?
- I need sh*t to wipe my ass with.

Get your nasty ass up out of here, man.

♪ ♪

Miss Taylor.

Detectives Jin and Amberson.

We're glad you pulled
through. How you feeling?

Look, you're in a tough spot.

Your hubby's in jail, and your
boy toy's his street rival.

Could it be that Boom ordered this hit

in a jealous rage over your relationship

with Terry Flenory?

If that's what you
think, then why the f*ck

you not talking to him?

♪ ♪

Jarod St. Jones, AKA Saint,

is a known sh**t in your hubby's crew.

Is he the guy that did this to you?

Y'all the ones that gave
Boom the photos of me

and Tee that made him snap off.

If you ask me, it's your
fault I'm lying here.

Ms. Taylor, you got lucky this time.

Do you really want your boys
growing up without their mother?

Is the d*ck that good?

It's worth every g*dd*mn inch.

Now, get the f*ck out.

♪ ♪

- [MEECH] What up, doe?
- [DICE] What up, doe?

[DEECH] Dice, my man.

What's up with those
connects out of state?

You already know I got
scrappers and hustlers

from the D all over, Alabama to Texas.

They be down to get with the champ

who knocked m*therf*ckers' teeth out.

Hey, we were Ric Flair
on them bitch-ass n*gg*s.

Gave them the high
rope special and sh*t.

Yeah, but you got an uphill
battle with your boy Remi

'cause he got ATL in his blood.

His little bro went
missing back in the day.

They found him later
on, beaten and strangled

in the woods like one of
them Atlanta child murders.

Now Remi walking kids
to school every day,

paying rent for folks
who can't afford it.

I mean, they call him the
Robin Hood of the Techwood PJs.

sh*t, if somebody did
that to my brother, man...

Yeah, look, he bled for this turf,

so he gon' fight hard for it.

After I move this
sh*t, I'll hit you back.

- Bet.
- [DICE] Yeah, yeah.

[PAGER BEEPING]

Yeah?

That boy Rip ready to get picked up.

[MEECH] All right, let's get it.

♪ ♪

Man, it was no reason to even
trip over moving that weight.

We are sitting on stacks of green now.

Now, get this sh*t to
Sam at the gas station,

so he can clean it for us.

Hey, I told you, Tee, I am here for you.

And we are about to fly.

[TERRY] Doe.

Hey, yo.

We had a lot of good
memories at this place.

sh*t, but this spot was
Meech's pick, not mine.

- And he's moved on. So should we.
- Makes sense.

As long as I get to take that EPMD
and Chaka Khan album with me.

Get the f*ck out of here. Come on, man.

All right.

♪ ♪

Yo, Tee, my boys got eyes on Saint.

[TERRY] Oh, sh*t. Let's ride.

Whoa, whoa. Slow your roll.

He already up out of here.

Meech put you up to this?

You know we got a zero tolerance policy.

Your beef is our beef.

We family now.

You know this was
supposed to be my k*ll.

With Meech gone, I can't have
the streets thinking I'm no bitch.

Who's to say otherwise?

Besides, top dogs
like you ain't supposed

to get their hands dirty.

So I'm supposed to
Milli Vanilli this sh*t?

All I'm saying is, let the streets
think what the f*ck they want, Tee.

'Cause I ain't saying sh*t.

And neither will you.

♪ ♪

Appreciate you.

♪ ♪

[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

- Rip do got that green for us all right.
- [MEECH] Hell yeah, n*gga.

- [g*nsh*t]
- Agh!

[g*nshots]

f*ck, man. Those Remi's guys!

- [f*ck, MEECH!
- RIP] Yo, I've been hit!

[MEECH] Rip's cornered.

Cover me!

[DUFFY] m*therf*cker!

[g*nshots]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

Man, come on, come on!

- [MEECH] I got you, I got you
- Ah, f*ck!

[RAPID g*nf*re]

What the f*ck is going on?

f*cking Miami Killas.

They spotted us. Everybody down.

[g*nshots]

Ow!

f*cking MKs trying to
take over Techwood turf.

[RAPID g*nf*re]

I think he low on a*mo.

Come on. We can't leave the bag.

Come on, let's go. Go, go, go!

[TIRES SQUEALING]

[RAPID g*nf*re]

♪ ♪

[CLAUDE] Yo, hey, Raph and
Dame got att*cked by the MKs

outside the Owens projects.

- [POLICE SIREN WAILING]
- f*ck.

Tell the families I'ma
take care of the funerals.

And send them some food
and some flowers too.

Detroit's making moves too.

I got eyes on him and their
crew that's always outside

of Raven's Club on Sundays.

This is our hood.

And everybody tryna
come and displace us.

And we ain't finna let that sh*t ride.

Techwood take care of us.
We take care of Techwood.

- You feel me?
- [CLAUDE] No doubt.

Little homie Rip who got
wet up, he gon' pull through.

[MEECH] Good, man, good.

sh*t, that's good news.

Look, now we need every man we got

to get this weight to Dice's people.

I'm about to call up a meeting
for Glock and the Miami Killas.

You know if I can get
an alliance with the MKs,

we could put an end to
this m*therf*cker Remi.

Oh, so you want some
"the enemy of my enemy

is my friend" type sh*t.

I want some "by any means necessary

to get this money" type sh*t.

Now let's hit Raven's Club tonight

'cause Glock might be there.

And the strip club is
gon' present a whole lot

of opportunity for us
to lock down more guys

to help move the bag.

It is sinful Sunday tonight.

Now, I don't think God
gon' be in that bitch,

but anybody who is
anybody in Atlanta will be.

Ain't no armored trucks
pulling up at no funerals.

We can't take none of this sh*t with us.

So we need to go there tonight
and show all these n*gg*s

Detroit is here to stay.

We ain't going
no-m*therf*cking-where.

- Hell yeah.
- Hell yeah.

[KEVIN] Does my dad
know I'm going to juvie?

- Dad, they're taking me now?
- There will be other kids there.

They're gonna be watching
you. Don't stare back.

Don't even look in their direction.

How much older are these kids?

Look, don't let them see you cry, OK?

Do it in the shower
or when you're alone.

Otherwise, they gon' think you weak.

And don't ever, ever accept
any favors from anyone.

How far is this place?

- Am I gonna be able to see you?
- Stop asking questions!

People don't like it when
you ask them questions.

OK, son?

- [KEVIN] What are you...
- I've got to take these.

Pencils are considered weapons.

- But I need those.
- Look, I need you to be strong, Kev.

I love you.

I'ma get you out.

I promise.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[TERRY] Hey, how you doing, beautiful?

- Hey.
- [TERRY] These are for you.

Thank you.

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

The doctor said I can go home, as
long as I keep these bandages clean.

That's good. That's real good.

But I mean, you're not going
back to the house with Boom?

OK.

We could stop by and
maybe get you some clothes.

I just can't wait to get out of here.

- I can't wait to hold the boys.
- Yeah.

Saint ain't gonna bother us no more.

Yeah.

Whatever it is that you did, I'm
just... I'm just glad you're safe.

Nobody fucks with me or my queen.

- But guess what?
- What?

I just put a down
payment on a big-ass crib.

Just got to close the escrow.

So it'll be us in our new home,

making new memories with our family.

And I'll make sure I keep us safe.

Bet.

I love you, Terry.

- It's us against the world.
- I love you too.

Heavenly Father, we thank you so much

for sparing Terry's life.

And we ask you to keep your divine hand

of protection on our boys.

And thank you so much
for this beautiful meal

that Meechy has given us.

And we just ask you to
bless it into our bodies.

All this we ask in Jesus' name. Amen.

[ALL] Amen.

These some mighty fine steaks.

Meechy's always thinking of others.

Yeah, Tee, mm, not so much.

[LAUGHTER]

Boy, what are you thinking?

Now, I know you done
lost your g*dd*mn mind.

I told you it wasn't a good
idea to come here, Terry.

She just need a safe place
to stay for the night.

She can't go home right now,
and I got some guys waiting outside.

You know what, Terry? I
done let a lot of sh*t slide.

OK, it was never about no money for me.

All I cared about was you and
our little family right here.

But remember, you wasn't
sh*t when I met you,

and I still held you down.

Just for this-this
sack-chasing assh*le to pop up

when it's convenient for her?

This ain't got nothing to do
with no money. We in love.

You know what, it's too bad
the n*gga who sh*t you missed.

Well, he did. So I guess
this is meant to be, then.

- Meant to be?
- [TERRY] Yo, yo.

Can you guys just stop?

All this bickering back and
forth ain't good for y'all.

Especially you, LaWanda, with the kid.

LaWanda, I'm not trying
to make you stressed.

Yeah, it's too late for that.

That bitch even got you
holding her sh*t. Pathetic.

Nicole, could you please take
Markisha up to Terry's room?

Thank you for having me.

♪ ♪

Boy, sit down.

LaWanda is the mother of
your two babies, Terry, two.

And you need to be there
for all three of them.

And just stop-stop all
this nonsense and juggling

and lying to these two women.

- It's ungodly.
- Ungodly?

Look, I've got a lot of responsibilities

and business to take care of.

And I can't do it with y'all
just breathing down my neck.

I'm moving out.

Terry.

Terry!

♪ ♪

- So does this mean I get Terry's room?
- No.

Your father will be
getting Terry's room.

Oh, no. Now, wait a minute, Lucille.

You said that this
is your house as well,

and congratulations on your new room.

♪ ♪

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS]

_

[AMBERSON SIGHS]

Street justice wins again.

There's no winners here...

just another sad f*cking
cycle of senseless death.

Lady, you dark as hell.

Well, was Saint a known drug
dealer destroying his community?

f*ck yeah, but he's also
somebody's son, brother, cousin.

And it's our job to deliver
the right kind of justice.

- You think Terry Flenory retaliated?
- f*ck yeah.

But proving it's another...

hey, um, can you get
the fingerprint kit?

Yeah.

♪ ♪

[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

♪ I can't get Past the feeling ♪

♪ Feeling way down In the bones ♪

Yo.

Tee sure handled Saint.

- That sh*t was ill.
- That's right.

And I'll do the same sh*t for y'all.

♪ ♪

That's love, baby. Whoa.

What the f*ck is this sh*t?

Yo, it's calamari, fool.
It's from Roostertail.

How about you cala-m*therf*cker

who gon' eat this sh*t 'cause I ain't.

You know what, your Humpty
Dumpty ass shouldn't even

be in here anyway.

[HOOP] Fine.

But no, for real, I
want y'all to take a real

good look at this place.

'Cause we gon' be moving on from here.

- [ROLAND] What you mean?
- Out with the old, in with the new.

I just copped this new
restaurant that's more my speed.

It's about to be our new spot.

[PHONE RINGING]

[HOOP] Hope you ain't
serving this calamari bullshit

in the new spot, Tee.

- [TERRY] What up, doe?
- [MEECH] What up, doe?

Hey, I heard your
pest problem went away.

Oh, so now you calling me after
making plans behind my back?

[MEECH] Don't get your
panties in a bunch, Tee.

You my brother, and I'm
always gonna look out for you.

You know what I'm doing right now, man?

I'm sitting out staring at these
intersections of the highways.

[TERRY] What the hell
you doing out there?

[MEECH] General Sherman
burnt this city to the ground

to win the Civil w*r 'cause he
was confident something better

would rise in its place.

Demetrius, he wasn't talking about you.

And stop acting like you the
g*dd*mn Messiah from Ecorse.

[MEECH] Man, shut the f*ck up
and let me finish, God damn.

Something better did rise up...
these highways, Tee.

They link to every major city

down the Florida coast,
up the Eastern Seaboard,

and even got a direct
line to Texas and Cali.

I'm standing at the doorstep
for the rest of the damn country.

Yo, classic Meech...
twisting history to make his point.

No, no, no. I'm not twistin' it.

We overcomin' it.

Nobody in a million f*cking years

would ever predict that we
about to take over this place.

I mean, that ain't God's word,
I don't know what is, Tee.

'Cause making Atlanta party central.

We going national.

I really wish you was
here right now with me.

You know, so you can
see what I'm seeing.

- With your good eye.
- [LAUGHS]

You still got jokes even
from 800 miles away, huh?

You know you an easy target,
baby bro. You always been.

All right.

I'ma holler at you later.

Hey, womb to the tomb.

Womb to the tomb.

♪ ♪

- You tall n*gg*s blind?
- Can't come in. Glock's orders.

Tell that p*ssy-ass n*gga
to come outside then.

- I'm right here.
- _

Now, what, y'all working
the bouncer shift?

[LAUGHS]

n*gga, we ain't out here for nothing.

Well, that's some heavy
metal for a Sunday night,

especially when all I
got is the gift of gab.

So is Glock scared his
ears are gonna burn?

- n*gga, move on.
- Or what?

Unless you want that hazelnut face

bleeding red all over the
m*therf*cking concrete.

These n*gg*s ain't worth it, Meech.

Man, look, it's a time
and a place for everything.

We'll go somewhere
else and have a drink.

Hold on, hold on.

Why that n*gga call himself
Glock when he surround himself

by ho-ass n*gg*s like y'all?

He must be compensating for something.

Tell that n*gga Meech in town,

and he ain't going
no-m*therf*cking-where.

- p*ssy.
- _

f*ck y'all n*gg*s.

[STACKS] Let's hit up Club Anytime.

[ENGINE REVVING]

[MEECH] f*ck y'all got going on?

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

You ain't welcome down South.

You can go back up
North and shovel snow.

Or we send your ass back in body bags.

- [PERSON] Come try, n*gga.
- p*ssy ass.

Hey, let's go, man.

I'll be waiting for your sucker ass.

[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS]

[MEECH] These Atlanta
and Miami m*therf*ckers

played by different rules.

So my preferred way of doing
business wasn't gonna fly.

♪ ♪

So here I was again,
Detroit versus everybody.

Except this time, I'd be
riding with my new family

and not Tee.

♪ Hunt or be hunted
k*ll or be k*lled ♪

♪ We in the field, my n*gga ♪

♪ We in the field ♪

♪ Hunt or be hunted
k*ll or be k*lled ♪

♪ We in the field, my n*gga ♪

♪ We in the field ♪

♪ I'm only Arnold
Schwarzenegger "Commando" ♪

♪ I'm Rambo ♪

♪ Sylvester Stallone
soldier I'm Cobra ♪

♪ Twin Glocks, one in the
back One in the front ♪

♪ In the streets Hard
to keep my composure ♪

♪ I lack the tolerance
of your basics ♪

♪ I'm impatient Once
I see it, embrace it ♪

♪ Got to taste it f*ck
up out my face, n*gga ♪

♪ Unless you pop that ♪

♪ What's in the bag? A
half a mil, count that ♪

♪ Now, what we really do?
What you really pursuing? ♪

♪ Don't f*ck with your life ♪

♪ You not gonna Get a new one ♪

♪ I'm a serious field
n*gga Real n*gga ♪

♪ No debate, I won't
Hesitate to k*ll n*gga ♪

♪ Evaluate, process
And set it straight ♪

♪ That when you step in the
Ring this is heavy weight ♪

♪ Ain't no time for mistakes,
Breaks, and my bads ♪

♪ We in the field, n*gga
Big doe and toe tags ♪

♪ Hunt or be hunted
k*ll or be k*lled ♪

♪ We in the field, my
n*gga We in the field ♪

♪ Hunt or be hunted
k*ll or be k*lled ♪

♪ We in the field, my
n*gga We in the field ♪

♪ Hunt or be hunted
k*ll or be k*lled ♪