06x09 - The Aftermath

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[KEVIN] Previously on The Chi...

[CROWD SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]

I'm here to happily announce

that I'll be moving to Los Angeles

to do what I love, gaming.

Even if everyone thinks you're crazy,

you blaze your own trail.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

So how long have you been back?

Not that long.

[ALICIA] And why didn't you call me?

[BIANCA] I've been busy.

You owe me a favor.

- [PERSON] Who that?
- [BAKARI] That's my sister.

Hey, why you ain't tell me
you was coming to the city?

I ain't got your number.

I asked around,

and somebody told me
you were staying here.

- Are you signed?
- Nah.

[JEMMA] If you're gonna be independent,

you're gonna need some support.

Oh, wait a minute. I'm in a situation.

[TIERRA] So am I.

[SHAAD] I sent you a heartfelt text.

[TIERRA] I don't have a
text message from you.

[SHAAD] I accidentally
sent this to Deja!

Tracy decided to hire my ex at Rock,

and it's causing a little
bit of havoc in my marriage.

[PAPA] Who this, your little brother?

He's my son.

You are not allowed to date that girl.

You're not old enough for
that kind of responsibility.

[PAPA] He didn't think
we should be together.

Now I see he was right.

Somebody has to protect this family.

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

I need you to meet me somewhere.

[ENGINE REVVING]

[g*nshots]

- [ROB] Ahh!
- [EMMETT] The g*n jammed.

[VICTOR] He hasn't woken up yet.

I told you n*gg*s not
to do this sh*t, bro.

[EMMETT] Somebody had to do something!

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪

[EXHALES SHARPLY]

[DOOR CLATTERS]

- [g*n COCKS]
- [BAKARI] Oh, sh*t.

f*ck.

What the f*ck are you
doing here, Bakari?

What the f*ck you doing here?

♪

[VICTOR] f*ck.

You came here to k*ll him, didn't you?

♪

If you k*ll Douda, you become him.

If I take his ass out, then
all our problems go away.

It ain't that easy.

♪

Go home, man.

[SIGHING]

[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]

[JAKE] Let me get a, uh,
six-piece, dark, fried hard

with some fries.

You gonna pay for it?

Man, come on, you
know Emmett don't care.

This is my job.

I can't have my register
coming up short 'cause of you.

Man, I got bills now.

Well, now that you no longer a child,

you must put away childish things.

- [CUP THUDS]
- [JAKE] Eating for free ain't childish.

Eating for free is
the literal definition

of being childish.

How you got fresh J's on in
here begging for free sh*t?

Man, whatever, n*gga.

Where Jemma at?

I don't know. I ain't her keeper.

She with Bakari's sister, ain't she?

[JAKE] They work together.

Yeah, you sure that's all they doing?

- [JAKE] What you trying to say?
- I'm just asking questions.

Yeah, whatever, n*gga.
At least I got a girl.

Man, I don't even want one right now.

I've focused my mission and
turned my life over to God.

Jake, no more free food.

Come on, man! I thought we was family.

[EMMETT] My own mama don't eat for free.

[PAPA] Yeah, and believe
me, she ain't happy about it.

- [g*n CLICKS]
- Papa, Jake, get down!

Everybody, get down!

[g*nshots]

[ENGINE REVVING, TIRES SQUEALING]

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

♪

[JAKE] sh*t. You good? All good?

[PANICKED CHATTER]

Oh, jeez.

♪

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

f*ck.

[DRAMATIC JAZZ MUSIC]

♪

[KIESHA] Boy, get your
ass away from that window.

And sit down!

Who do you think you are, Malcolm X?

I'm trying to protect us.

Emmett, the only way to do that

is to settle your debt with Douda.

How am I supposed to do that, huh?

And don't act like we got this
house the old-fashioned way.

I'd give all this sh*t back

if it means we can be safe again.

It's too late for that.

I don't want to always
live in fear, Emmett.

And I don't want to deal

with your funky-ass
attitude all the time!

I guess we can't
always get what we want.

You got a problem with my attitude?

Yes, you always mad about something!

I'm out here breaking my
back to get you and these kids

everything we need, even
dealing with street n*gg*s

I don't want to deal with
so I can provide for us!

And I can't even get a smile from you!

Maybe I'd smile more if I wasn't afraid

and stressed all the time!

Ain't that what therapy is for?

Therapy is a process.
It's not a quick fix.

f*ck!

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

f*ck.

♪

Look, I'm sorry I've
been so hard on you.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

I'm sorry I got us into all this.

You're not alone. I
wanted the big house, too.

Look, I love you,

and I don't want to be
with anybody but you.

But, please, stop trying to be Superman.

I don't need that.

I just need a partner I can count on.

You can count on me.

I'm scared.

♪

Me too.

♪

[BAKARI SNIFFLES]

[DOUDA] Emmett has to die.

♪

[BAKARI SNIFFLES]

[NUCK] You sure it was him?

The n*gga called me and told
me to make sure I was alone.

n*gga dumber than I thought.

Did you send out those warning
sh*ts that I told you to?

Yeah. I hit Smokey's.

[PERSON] Oh, no.

n*gga, you did what?

You went out there and sh*t up

my own m*therf*cking establishment?

- You told me to send a message.
- That could hurt business.

Now we're the chicken
shop that got sh*t up.

Papa was working last night.

[PERSON] Man, no good, no good.

[ZAY] Relax.

I made sure not to hit nobody.

♪

n*gga, sit your five-dollar
ass down before I make change.

♪

[ZAY LAUGHING]

That's not funny. That's my family!

Didn't I tell you...

we was your only family?

[SLAMS TABLE]

Sit the f*ck down.

♪

Now, anybody...

who tries to k*ll me and fails...

needs to die immediately.

[PERSON] That's right.

♪

What about Tiff's n*gga?

He ain't got the balls.

[ZAY] He is Q's nephew.

[NUCK] Whoever it was got hit.

[ZAY] Yeah, you got his ass.

Check the hospitals.

Finish the job.

[TENSE JAZZ MUSIC]

♪

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[MACHINES BEEPING, WHIRRING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER PA]

[PERSON] Oh, look at that.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER PA]

♪

How he know you were coming?

- I called him to set it up.
- [DARNELL] You...

You a dummy. You know that, right?

I know.

I messed up, all right?

[SIGHS] So what you gonna do now?

You can't hide forever.

I'ma hire security.

Boy, if he want you
dead, security won't help.

[SIGHS]

What else can I... what else can I do?

Nah, you... you just gotta convince him

that you're worth more to
him alive than you are dead.

Where you going?

[EMMETT] Smokey's.

Boy, them b*ll*ts was meant for you.

I know.

Like you said, I can't hide forever.

[SOMBER MUSIC]

I'm going with you.

♪

[RATTLING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪

So we really about to leave
the paramedics at the door?

Do you want that Douda in our business?

Why are we moving him

and without the hospital's permission?

[WHISPERING] Because
whoever he tried to k*ll

is probably looking for him right now.

And if we leave him in
the same room too long,

he'll be too easy to find.

"We"?

As much as I can't stand your ass,

we are in this together.

Well, I hope you're
a woman of your word,

because we don't need
more sh*t on our plate.

♪

I'm not burying you, Emmett.

You won't have to.

Uh, I promise.

Just how involved in this mess are you?

How involved in this mess are you?

[EMMETT SIGHS]

Me and Rob...

tried to k*ll Douda.

[BREATHES SHAKILY]

Jesus Christ.

Oh...

Don't worry.

He's got a plan.

What plan?

Just remember what we talked about.

- Why am I out of the loop here?
- Woman, this don't concern...

Don't "woman" me. This is not 1953.

What the f*ck is going on with my son?

I'm gonna try to reason with him.

Are you insane?

Look, it's... it's clear...

it's clear I'm... I'm not a sh**t.

Yeah, and neither is Rob.

- But I got the gift of gab.
- With women, not criminals.

Just trust me. Just trust me.

I got this.

The last time you said that,
you did something stupid.

I know.

Not this time.

Okay? Not this time.

I'm sorry.

- [JADA] Oh, Emmett.
- [EMMETT, CRYING] I'm sorry.

[BREATHING SHAKILY]

- [EMMETT] I'm sorry.
- [JADA] Baby.

[EMMETT] I'm sorry.

I could have d*ed!

Nobody was trying to k*ll you, Papa.

But a stray b*llet
could have took me out.

Papa's Pulpit would have been a wrap.

Would you have felt guilty at all?

I ain't have nothing
to do with that sh*t.

- [HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING]
- [PAPA SIGHS]

Don't you think it's time you
stopped running the streets?

I know it's f*cked up.

And I'm trying to change...

♪

... but it ain't that easy.

[SOMBER MUSIC]

♪

[BLUES MUSIC PLAYING]

♪

[DOUDA] What do you mean
you couldn't find him?

His... his name was on the
chart, but he wasn't in there.

You sure it was Rob?

Yeah, I'm... I'm sure of it.

And you let him live?

I couldn't be walking
around the hospital

too much longer without
somebody getting suspicious.

f*ck!

I can go look.

No, I need you to keep an eye on Emmett.

I might need to do that one myself.

I thought you said you had to lay low.

Yeah, but it looks like
I'm gonna have to step in

just to make sure that
this sh*t gets done.

No, we got it.

Apparently the f*ck not!

Now take your square-headed
ass back to the hospital

and see if Tiff is walking around there,

because if he's hurt,

I'm sure she'll be by his bedside.

♪

How are things going
with Bakari's sister?

[ZAY] Pretty good.

I know you wanted her to
keep an eye on her brother,

but she said he wouldn't
let her stay with him.

- He don't trust her?
- [ZAY] I think he trusts her.

He probably just didn't want
to overstep with the Jacksons.

[DOUDA] Hmm.

How much you give her?

Thirty racks.

That's gonna have to
last her for a while.

- She knows.
- And you know what?

Remind her that I'm not paying her

to play that silly-ass music of hers.

I'm paying her to spy on her brother.

- She knows that, too.
- n*gga, tell her, again!

Less time with Jemma,
more time with Bakari.

I'm on it.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪

I don't know why I'm here right now,

but I'ma let you know
when I make it home.

Love you, too.

[EMMETT] Thanks for setting this up.

Of course.

[SIGHS]

I need to talk to you.

What you need is a bulletproof vest.

Look, I know you hate him, too.

He's still my boss.

Well, ain't you tired
of being under his thumb?

You took your sh*t.

And you missed!

Now he looking for you.

And when he finds you, he
ain't gonna want to talk.

- I need your help.
- No!

n*gga!

I fed you when you ain't
have nothing to eat.

♪

Me, Shaad, Victor, Papa
actually give a sh*t about you.

♪

If he take me out, who's to say

he won't do the same sh*t to you?

♪

Who in his crew wants him
gone just as much as I do?

♪

[BRITNEY] I need some more money.

[ZAY] What happened to
the money I gave you?

- I spent it already.
- On what?

I had to get a place, new
furniture, new clothes.

I'm paying for my own studio time,

and I gave ten racks to
my manager as an advance.

I ain't never heard of no
manager getting an advance.

Well, she was low on cash

and needed a soft place to land.

Mm, I'm sure.

Can you help me or not?

I'll talk to Douda.

But he'll need you to
get him some info first.

I got you.

♪

Keep your brother close.

I'm on it.

♪

I can't do this sh*t no more.

Man, what else you gonna do, huh?

[TENSE MUSIC]

I don't know.

Man, just keep your head
down and do the work.

You'll be a'ight.

♪

You don't want more for yourself?

♪

I used to.

And what happened?

Everybody dreams can't come true.

♪

[HIP-HOP MUSIC]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

♪

[PERSON] Oh.

[PERSON 2] That's fly.
You got to get that.

That's some new sh*t I'm working on.

I like it.

This all you?

Yeah.

I make everything by hand.

- Impressive.
- [SCOFFS]

You see anything you like, let me know.

Bet.

♪

Man, I really like what
you got going on up in here.

Yeah, getting this place was a blessing.

It's starting to feel
like a real business now.

You can't be a one-man band forever.

I ain't making enough to pay n*gg*s.

[ZAY] Hmm.

Hire some help.

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪

- The f*ck is this for?
- Think of it as an investment.

We good?

Mm...

let me get that hoodie...

and a few T-shirts.

Chi Seeds.

Yeah, like, they tried to bury us

but didn't know we were seeds.

I like that.

Good looking on the investment.

Pleasure doing business with you.

♪

[LIGHTER CLICKING]

When you start smoking again?

- [VICTOR] I'm stressed.
- [LIGHTER CLICKS]

[FATIMA SIGHS] What
the f*ck is going on?

Relax, I didn't k*ll nobody.

But you wanted to.

Look, I just needed to take a walk.

Is that okay with you?

With your g*n?

Look, I came to my senses in the end.

- You know what...
- Please.

"Please"? Let me tell you something.

I can't be in a
relationship with somebody

that's gonna turn into a
k*ller at any given moment.

Once a k*ller, always a k*ller.

[FATIMA SCOFFS]

[FOOTSTEPS DEPARTING]

♪

[OBJECTS CLATTER]

♪

[TRACY] I still can't
believe Shaad cheated on you.

[DEJA] Mm, me either.

[SIGHS]

Girl, I didn't mean to
dump all this on you.

I just... I've been going
through a lot right now.

No, it's okay.

And with Tierra...

of all people?

Wow. Hmm.

I mean, for the first
time, I lower my standards,

and then this is the thanks I get.

Girl, the list of women
who have cleaned up a man

only for the next woman
to reap the benefits

- is long and sad.
- Oh.

- These men ain't sh*t.
- [BOTH SCOFF]

Why you think I'm on a single journey?

- Oh, is that what I need to do?
- Girl, yes.

Join me.

Being in a relationship is so overrated.

Is it?

Mm-hmm.

- When's the last time you...
- Mm.

... watched Waiting to Exhale...

[DEJA] Mm.

... drank a whole bottle
of wine by yourself...

[DEJA] Mm.

... lit some candles,

masturbated a little bit...

[BOTH LAUGHING]

... and went to sleep with
that smile on your face?

Oh, damn.

I mean, I can't remember.

- Exactly!
- [BOTH CHUCKLES]

- Come on over to the single pool, girl.
- [DEJA] Mm.

- The water is warm...
- [DEJA] Mm.

... and you ain't gotta
worry about your house

smelling like weed all the time.

- Mm. Or cigars.
- [GASPS] Ooh!

[BOTH LAUGHING]

You right.

- You are absolutely right.
- Girl, look.

[HIP-HOP MUSIC]

♪ Tragedy has been
taking the last of me ♪

♪ Tragedy, now it's nobody passing me ♪

♪

What you think?

This b*at hard.

I was talking to Jemma.

My bad.

It's good.

It's just missing something.

- Can I get in there?
- This ain't a duet.

Maisha, let's just see.

All right. [INHALES DEEPLY]

♪ Yo, I've been focused
on the mission, uh-huh ♪

♪ Can't be moving reckless
when you different, uh-huh ♪

♪ Making right on my
decisions, uh-huh ♪

♪ Throw me any cards in life,
and I'ma get it, uh-huh ♪

♪ Queen, shaking the city
like Set It Off ♪

♪ I'm trying to forget
how much it costs ♪

♪ I'm trying to tell
them I'm taking off ♪

♪ Like, unh, please ♪

♪ Can't tell me that
hate wasn't fake at all ♪

♪ Tell me you ain't get it later on ♪

[MAISHA] Okay, I'm not mad at it.

I'm not mad at it.

[LAUGHS]

Y'all should work together more often.

- [MUSIC STOPS]
- [MAISHA] Cool. Uh...

y'all trying to get something to eat?

Uh, I'm probably gonna call it a night.

Yeah, uh, me too.

But next time, I'm treating.

- Okay, I'ma remember that.
- [JEMMA] Okay.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

Can you play it again?

This goes.

I'm glad y'all came together.

Yeah, I like Maisha.

But I get her feeling some type of way.

Why?

Look, I am invested in the both of you.

Yeah, but when I gave you that money,

you had more incentive to focus on me.

I wouldn't be doing any of
this if it wasn't for Maisha.

That's real.

I'm just glad our paths finally crossed.

Me too.

[LAUGHS]

♪ I just got a big bag,
I'm about to run it up ♪

♪ We standing on the top,
the rest is under us ♪

♪ You got it, you mess with one of us ♪

♪ And there's a ton
of us, all of us... ♪

Okay, wow.

[SIGHS] Okay.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪

[EMMETT] Came here to finish the job?

[ZAY] This was the job.

You could have k*lled somebody.

I was careful.

♪

What's the endgame for you, man?

What's it to you?

I'm just curious.

[ZAY] I got big plans.

Don't we all?

I'm not afraid to do whatever
it takes to get there.

Even if it means k*lling
the man in charge?

I still got some growing to do.

Yeah, I can see that.

I don't need to be tall to be the boss.

As long as Douda is alive...

you'll never be the boss.

Who gonna k*ll him, you?

Whoever kills him is
gonna take his spot.

And I have no desire
to be the next Douda.

But I know you do.

So...

'cause you couldn't get the job done,

you're trying to get me to do it.

No.

I just want you to tell Douda,

without me,

a big part of his operation
would crumble and fall.

Anybody can run this place.

[SCOFFS] That's where you wrong.

This place needs me out in the front...

shaking hands with the community,

keeping the customers happy.

Who in his crew gonna do that?

You?

Nuck?

Bakari?

Y'all ain't front-of-the-house n*gg*s.

Y'all street n*gg*s.

I could k*ll you right now.

You could.

But you can't do sh*t
without Douda's approval.

[g*n COCKS]

I'm sure he'd be cool with me
making an executive decision.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Were you there the night
somebody tried to k*ll him?

I ain't have nothing to do with that.

That was all you.

Yeah, but where were you?

Who was you talking to?

What was you doing?

[GRUNTS, INHALES DEEPLY]

It don't matter what I say.

He wants you dead.

Tell him I won't be hard to find.

You got a death wish?

No.

Just tired of running.

♪

What the f*ck, Emmett?

I told you to talk some sense into him,

not join his ass.

Did he wake up?

Not yet.

Then why is he here
and not in the hospital?

Because his mom freaked out.

She told the doctor she
needed to bring him home

for religious reasons.

He could die, Tiff.

You think I don't know that?

Do y'all have everything he needs here?

Yeah, she got money.

So she got all the
machines he needs to breathe

in our room.

Can I see him?

Yeah, he in the back.

[OBJECT CLATTERS]

Girl, I can't believe these
n*gg*s tried to k*ll somebody.

I can't believe they missed.

I can!

These n*gg*s ain't built for this.

Why don't they think before they act?

Emmett thinks he's
protecting our family.

He's just putting us in more danger.

[TIFF] I don't know. I just...

All I want is for Rob to be okay.

[DOOR CLOSES]

Rob's mom on some bullshit.

Tiffany!

Didn't I tell you no more visitors?

They're our friends.

No, we can go.

And who are you?

I'm Kiesha.

[SCOFFS]

And how do you all know each other?

It's a long story.

Well, I got time.

Kiesha and Emmett used to
date, but then they broke up,

and then me and Emmett
got back together,

and then we broke up,

and now they're back together.

And because Emmett and I have a child,

we decided to work things out

so that all of our kids
can grow up together.

How many kids are there?

Between all of us, or...

I have a son, they have a son,
and he has two other children.

[TIFFANY] With two different women.

Oh.

[WHISPERING] She ain't
need to know all that sh*t.

What is this, some Black
ghetto Brady Bunch sh*t?

We're just trying to be
mature about the situation.

Back in my day, this is
not how we did things.

What happened to good
old-fashioned family values

and the sanctity of marriage?

[ROB] It wasn't that
sanctified to begin with.

[CLEARS THROAT]

[DRAMATIC JAZZ MUSIC]

♪

It's good to see you on your feet.

- [ROB] Yeah.
- [TIFF] How do you feel?

Like I got sh*t.

Yeah, you did.

- Hey, did we get him?
- No.

I am so glad that you're awake,

but get your ass back in that bed.

Come on, baby, I'll help you.

I got it.

He's my son.

I'm good.

♪

And you're lucky he's not dead.

Well, he would be if
Emmett didn't get him

to the hospital in time.

♪

Hmm.

So you mean to tell me
that you had this n*gga,

but you didn't bring him to me?

If we k*ll him,

who gonna be our
front-of-the-house n*gga?

n*gga, what?

I'm just saying,

he might be good for business.

[LAUGHING]

He got in your head, didn't he?

No.

So why are you sitting across from me,

trying to convince me
to spare him his life?

Because you told me to be smart.

And you telling me to let Emmett live

is the smart thing to do?

For now.

Okay.

Yeah.

[GASPS]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

Did you and Emmett set me up?

Are you crazy?

Yes, but you still didn't answer

my m*therf*cking question.

No, I ain't try to set you up.

- So where were you?
- I was taking a meeting.

With who?

♪

So we're keeping secrets now, huh?

♪

Where...

is he?

He said he wouldn't be hard to find.

♪

Okay.

all right.

[HIP-HOP MUSIC]

[KNOCK AT DOOR]

♪

Who are you?

I'm Bianca, friend of Alicia's.

♪

Come on.

♪

[TIFF] I'll go get her.

♪

- She said she'll be right out.
- [SIGHS] Oh.

Did you want some water or something?

No, no, I'm okay.

♪

[LIGHTER CLICKS]

♪

[INHALES SHARPLY]

You smoke?

[SOFT JAZZ MUSIC]

♪

Whose weed is this?

Mine.

I grew it myself.

Really?

- Yeah, you f*cking with it?
- I am.

♪

How do you know Rob's mom?

Oh, she invested in my cigar lounge

when nobody else would.

You run the place behind the barbershop?

You know about it?

[SCOFFS] I know some
guys that hang out there.

Yeah, I want my place to be a spot

where folks can enjoy
an expensive cigar.

But I also want it to be a
place where they can relax,

get high responsibly.

I like that.

Maybe I can get you
some product placement

at the lounge, help you
expand your clientele.

Hmm. I like that.

Let's, uh, exchange info

and keep talking.

Okay.

[ALICIA] Bianca.

It's good to see you.

Good to see you, too. How's your son?

He's doing okay.

Tiff, I need the room.

But I was here first.

Give me the f*cking room.

[TIFF SIGHS]

♪

Oh, those are beautiful!

I am sorry about that.

That's my son's little girlfriend.

[LAUGHS] I like her.

Yeah.

[CHUCKLES]

It's time.

For what?

For me to cash in that favor.

Okay.

How...

close are you and Douda?

We've gotten closer
since I've been back.

So he trusts you.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Yeah.

That is good to know.

♪

[NINA] Are you and
Emmett safe in that house?

Please don't worry.

How could I not worry?

We're taking every precaution.

I can barely sleep after
Smokey's got sh*t up.

No one got hurt.

This time... no one got hurt this time.

[SIGHS]

Emmett is figuring it out.

[R&B MUSIC]

How?

Why do you always do that?

- Do what?
- Hope for the worst.

I'm older and wiser than you are.

Just because you're older
doesn't mean you're wiser.

I know more than you.

Then why are you and
Dre having problems?

Every couple has their problems.

♪

She still hanging with her ex?

♪

[SIGHS]

I asked Dre if she was
still in love with her.

And she said yes.

So I let her go.

♪

sh*t.

I know.

♪

[BOTH SIGH]

Don't worry. It's gonna be okay.

I should be saying
that to you. [CHUCKLES]

Sometimes you need to
hear it from me, too.

♪

[TIERRA] Hey.

You said you wanted to
talk. Everything okay?

I...

kissed a girl...

[TIERRA] Mm.

... and I liked it.

Is that all?

Does this make me a lesbian now?

Of course not.

You're exploring.

"Exploring"?

Yeah, I explored a lot
when I was your age.

It's the best way to know what
you like and what you don't.

- Does everybody explore?
- Most people don't.

They assume they're straight

and suppress any feelings they have

that aren't... I don't know...

that don't fit with who society
tells them they should be.

So it's good that I'm exploring?

Yes, but if you're in a relationship,

you might not want to
do too much exploring

behind your partner's back.

You think I should tell Jake.

Oh, that's up to you, love.

Can you just tell me what to do, please?

[CHUCKLES] Do what feels right.

Well, I think I should
tell him the truth.

Okay.

[SOFT MUSIC]

[SIGHS]

Come here.

Don't attach shame to any of this.

Who you are and what you want

is the journey.

[CHUCKLES]

Show yourself some grace.

Okay?

Good.

You took money from Douda?

No, one of his guys.

Then it's still him!

[DISTANT SIREN WAILING]

Look, I can finally expand my business.

I thought you'd be happy for me.

Happy for you?

Bro, I'm scared for you.

[SCOFFS]

I know how to play the game.

That's what everybody
thinks until they lose.

I ain't gonna lose.

I got this.

Look, man, we having a men's
circle at the house tonight.

You should come.

[SOFT MUSIC]

♪

- What?
- I'll see.

You know, I got a lot of orders to fill.

What you mean?

Your mental health is
more important than money.

[SIGHS] Whatever, man.

[HIP-HOP MUSIC]

♪

♪ Dump truck, keep them stuck ♪

♪ That's the way you like it ♪

♪ Pretty face, thin waist
add it to my tasting ♪

♪ Hottie with a body ♪

♪ We want a hottie with a body ♪

♪ 36, 26, ass 38 ♪

♪ Ike Turner on your n*gga,
tell him eat the cake ♪

♪ And if your old lady
call, then tell her ♪

We all agreed to go home,

and then later that
night, I'm on Instagram,

and I see these two shady b*tches

eating sandwiches without me.

Maybe it was spur of the moment.

No, it wasn't no spur of the moment!

I specifically said,

"Do y'all want to go
get something to eat?"

Are you over the whole music thing?

- I'm exhausted by it.
- That don't mean you done.

It just means it's taking a while

for your dreams to come true.

Well, I'm tired of being patient,

especially while Jemma sit
all up under Britney ass.

What's your definition of success?

What?

If you could see
yourself being successful,

what would that look like?

[SIGHS]

[SIGHS]

I don't know.

Where there is no
vision, the people perish.

Oh.

I want to make enough money

to take care of my mom and my siblings.

I want a high-rise apartment
overlooking the city.

And I want a family, too.

I don't want to just work.

I want to enjoy my life.

That sounds beautiful.

[MAISHA CHUCKLES] Thank you.

Um...

what does success look like to you?

I want my own church and
make sure my mom good.

I also want Papa's Pulpit
to have a bigger platform

so I can reach more souls.

I want to start a
foundation in my dad's name.

And I want a family, too.

I just...

gotta find the right first lady.

- [CELL PHONE CHIMES, VIBRATES]
- Ooh, um...

I gotta call Kev. I, um,
missed his call earlier.

Yeah, um, tell him I said what's up.

[SOLEMN MUSIC]

♪

The other night...

my best friend came to me in a dream.

Coogie?

Yeah.

♪

He didn't feel like a guardian angel.

He felt like my friend...

speaking to me...

from other side.

I wanted him to stay longer, but...

♪

... he couldn't.

♪

Before I woke up...

♪

... he said...

he said this wasn't the
life he wanted for me.

♪

[CLEARS THROAT]

♪

- What do you want to do?
- I want to change my life.

We can help you.

But you can't always protect me.

[SIGHS]

♪

I want to tell my story.

♪

- Then do it.
- How?

Ain't no road map to this sh*t.

You just gotta put one
foot in front of the other.

It's not gonna be easy,
but it's not impossible.

♪

[EMMETT SIGHS]

♪

I need to talk to Douda.

I don't know if that's smart, bro.

I don't know what he'd do
if he see you right now.

I'm not scared no more.

Emmett, are you thinking clearly, bro?

I'm not scared no more. f*ck that.

- Emmett!
- [DOOR OPENS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

♪

[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]

[EMMETT] Heard you were looking for me.

[SLURPS] Ahh.

[SIGHS]

I hope you picked out
a suit for your funeral.

[SCOFFS]

Not yet.

Any last words?

- What you gonna do without me?
- [DOUDA CHUCKLES]

Same thing I always do.

Make money...

f*ck b*tches...

and run this f*cking city.

I'm an important part of your ecosystem.

You can be replaced.

No...

I can't.

Oh...

you think very highly of yourself.

If you let me live, I'll
find out where Zay was

the night somebody
tried to take your life.

n*gga, you tried to take my life.

You think I did it alone?

I know Rob got sh*t.

Do you have proof of that?

No, not yet.

Look, a lot of people want you dead...

even some of the people you run with.

[DOUDA GRUNTS]

Give me one reason...

why I shouldn't sh**t you dead...

right now.

[EMMETT BREATHES SHAKILY]

If you don't k*ll me...

I'll owe you one.

No favor is big enough
for me to let you live.

My life is worth a whole
lot, and I promise you...

I'll do whatever it takes to stay alive.

Really?

Okay. Okay.

[g*n CLATTERS ON TABLE]

[EMMETT SIGHS]

[DOUDA GRUNTS]

A life...

for a life.

What you mean?

Make her disappear...

and I'll let you live.

[HIP-HOP MUSIC]

♪

♪ You would trade your whole life ♪

♪ For them stones around your neck? ♪

♪ Stupid, I'ma try you, you
know Savage gonna check ♪

♪ I ain't goin' back and
forth with that n*gga ♪

♪ I don't do threats ♪

♪ That's that, I'ma pull
up and just drrrat! ♪

♪ Told Mama she ain't
gotta pray for me ♪

♪ I'm prayed up ♪

♪ I ain't runnin' no n*gga fade ♪

♪ This Glock f*ck a n*gga fade up ♪

♪ I don't need eat
beef, how we beefin' ♪

♪ sh*t made up ♪

♪ So many choppers in the crib ♪

♪ I'm surprised they
ain't try to raid us ♪

♪ AK bigger than the bitch ♪

♪ I be callin' her Big Back ♪

♪ Boukie, you ain't got sh*t to do ♪

♪ Bro, put the switch
on the knickknack ♪

♪ I don't really do the chitchat ♪

♪ Let 'em talk till they lips chapped ♪

♪ Blue tips with the red grip ♪

♪ Got the F in there,
lookin' mismatched ♪

♪ f*ck n*gg*s that say
anything just to get a buzz ♪

♪ Before this rap sh*t ♪

♪ I ain't even know who n*gg*s was ♪

♪ n*gg*s know I been G
since the jitterbug ♪

♪ Leave a bitch n*gga on the
ground, I'm a litterbug ♪

♪ Ha, .45 got a drum in it ♪

♪ One shell go through his
back, come out his chest ♪

♪ Take a lung with it ♪

♪ These n*gg*s ain't catchin' Bs ♪

♪ The vlogs said they run with it ♪

♪ Snitchin' ass, f*ck the streets ♪

♪ Nah, there ain't no fun
in it, I'm done with it ♪

♪ Ha, for real, Brodie, I ain't lyin' ♪

♪ I'm just trying to push peace ♪

♪ And I got money ringin'
on the main line... ♪