03x02 - Magic Makers

[bunniefuu]

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

[dramatic music plays]

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.

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.

We going national.

You know Peaches?

You really
shouldn't be so mean.

f*ck Sina!

♪ ♪

You ain't welcome down South.

You can go back up North
and shovel snow.

We'll send your ass back
in body bags.

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

I wanna move forward
with the divorce.

Hey, partner.

Partner?

Yes, ma'am.

Detective Cobie Amberson.

-They're taking me now?
-There gon' be other kids there

that gon' be watching you.
Don't step back.

Don't even look
in they direction.

I'm moving out.

So does this mean
I get Terry's room?

No.

Your father will be
getting Terry's room.

♪ ♪

["Groove Me" playing]

[King Star grunts]

♪ Oh, sookie, sookie, now ♪

♪ Hey ♪

[Young Terry] Abracadabra!

[King Floyd] ♪ Come on, babe ♪

♪ Hey there, sugar... ♪

-Ta-dow!
-Voilàà.

Boy, are those my jockeys?

[King Floyd]
♪ Girl, I been trying... ♪

Uh... no.

[Older Terry] As kids, we were
taught to believe in magic:

Santa's fat ass
sliding down the chimney,

tooth fairy dropping nickels.

But eventually,
you find out the truth,

that it's all just a bunch
of smoke and mirrors

because everyone's
pulling small moves

you ain't supposed to see.

That's the magic
behind the magic.

But if you can't spot
the trick,

that sleight of hand
might become the fist

that knocks your ass out.

[King Floyd] ♪ In a great big
Old roomy house ♪

♪ And I know you're gonna
Groove me, baby ♪

♪ Oh, yeah, now... ♪

[person over TV]
I just can't tell you how much

I use this thing...

[Terry sighs] Hoo!

That took a lot longer
than what I expected, but...

...I'm pretty much
moved out of my mom's.

Crystal chandelier,
marble coffee table,

Sterling Bros. Kn*fe set--

g*dd*mn, I might have
to start selling dr*gs.

-I can't afford all this.
-Tee.

[indistinct dialogue over TV]

OK, I wasn't--um-

[indistinct dialogue over TV]

Look, I know the recovery
process has been a lot.

-We need to talk.
-[TV clicks off]

You know how much
I appreciate you

and everything you've done
for me

and the kids and this house.

You really are
one of the good ones,

and I love you so much.

I just don't think we can
live together right now.

What-what do you mean, we can't
live together right now?

[Markisha] We got sh*t at
because of our relationship.

My kids are with my parents,

and they think I got
into a car accident.

And now, what,
we're supposed to just move in

and act like
nothing ever happened?

Yo, I just moved
all my sh*t in here.

I know that,
and I'm torn up about it.

-[Terry] So are we--
-But Boom is still my husband.

What do you want, Markisha?

What-what, you-you wanna
break up?

[Markisha] No.

I love you more
than anything in this world.

We can still be together.

We just can't live together.

Wow, this just sounds like
a, you know,

"I pay for your life,
but I ain't in it" type sh*t.

You want a break?

Cool.

You got it.

Tee.

[somber music plays]

[door clicks open]

♪ ♪

[door bell jingles]

[Hoop] What up, doe?
How the move go?

[Terry sighs] I decided
to get my own spot first,

a little bachelor pad.

sh*t, ain't nothing
wrong with that.

[Terry]
Yo, that sh*t's crooked.

[Hoop] Man, no, it ain't.

And they saying
I can't see straight.

n*gga, what's your excuse?
Move.

[Hoop laughs]

[Terry]
My pops is gon' come by later.

He gon' fix it.

[dramatic music playing
over TV]

Highway to Heaven? Hell naw.

[Terry] That's a family show

'cause this a family business.

To clean dirty money.
[laughs]

-Come on.
-[Terry] Whatever, n*gga.

[reporter over TV] In national
news, the leader of a cocaine

drug-trafficking operation,

Sina Hidalgo, has been
arrested in Saint Martin

and extradited back to Detroit
after being identified

by a Detroit kingpin
who was swept up in a local

drug task force operation.

There goes our f*cking plug.

Yo, yo, get- get the last
of the work

that we was gonna give
to Lansing.

We gotta start whipping
that sh*t so that sh*t

-can hold us over.
-I got you. I got you.

f*ck.

[person over TV]
...Sina's alleged crimes

include m*rder...

[knock at door]

[singing indistinctly]

Uh, you need something?

[tense music plays]

Demetri?

It's the wrong house.

♪ ♪

-Oye, uh, get Demetri.
-Wrong house.

-[speaking Spanish]
-[Charles] Hey, man.

You understand this,
m*therf*cker?

Vamos.

Come.

♪ ♪

[hip-hop music plays]

♪ ♪

[phone ringing]

♪ ♪

What up, doe?

Yo, our travel agent
just retired.

Sterl says he might know
a guy that knows somebody

that-that-that could
help us out.

A'ight, see what you can find
in the D,

and I'ma try and find
a new agent out here.

Meech, we got
a itinerary to hit.

If we can't find someone
to help us out,

I'm just gonna start
flying f*cking budget.

[Meech] Tee, we can't dilute

-our vacation, n*gga.
-Terry?

[Meech] We first class only.

I need to talk to you.

[Terry] Uh-uh, I'm talking
to Meech right now.

Oh, OK.

-Meech?
-Hey, Pops.

Oh, no, no.
Don't "Hey, Pops" me.

Couple amigos
came by the house,

and one of them damn near
walked over me to get inside,

looking for you.

[Meech] What'd you tell them?

I told them they had
the wrong house.

-And one of them had a g*n.
-We'll take care of it.

[Charles] Listen, next time,
I'ma give them your number

so they can stay
the hell off of my doorstep.

♪ ♪

Boy.

♪ ♪

Yo, somebody shows up
to our doorstep

the day we lose
our travel agent?

It's probably to collect
those ends

from our last trip, Tee.

Or they're probably coming
to clean the f*cking house.

Safety first.

I'ma put security
on everyone just in case.

And just send me the other
half of the vacation money.

No, send Rol' to come
pick up my luggage.

And I'ma have Sterl
float the rest.

Float the rest? What the f*ck
you mean, float the rest?

[Meech] Man, I set you up
with everything up there.

I'm starting from scratch
out here, Tee.

-You ain't know that?
-[Terry sighs]

[Meech] Tee, do me a favor.

Stop painting your f*cking
toenails and get cracking

and find a new clean piece
for the board.

How about that?

[Older Terry]
Magic is about making

the impossible possible.

And when you in the game,
sometimes you gotta do

whatever it takes
to pull a rabbit

out your motherfuckin' hat.

♪ ♪

[Charlie] ♪ I got everything
On the line ♪

♪ Out here
I'm on the grind ♪

♪ Trying to get mine ♪

♪ At least you could
Wish me luck ♪

♪ A n*gga move the weight ♪

♪ Trying to 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 ♪

♪ Yeah, 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 ratting ♪

♪ They tell them
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 their dope
In their vein ♪

♪ Shorty crying
Christmas ain't coming ♪

♪ Her pop's locked up ♪

♪ When it hurts the worst ♪

♪ Your ace 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 ♪

[Charlie] ♪ At least
You could wish me luck ♪

♪ A n*gga move the weight ♪

♪ Trying to 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 ♪

♪ Yeah, 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 ♪

♪ Wish me luck ♪

♪ At least you could
Wish me luck ♪

♪ Oh, yeah, wish me luck ♪

♪ Wish me luck ♪

♪ All you got to do
Is wish me luck, yeah ♪

[Duffy] Since your boy Dice
got smoked,

we gon' have to find
some new clients.

Yeah, you see, I'ma try
to connect with some

of Dice's people
to see if we can still

tap into his pipeline,
from Alabama to Texas.

Only reason we still
sitting on this weight

is 'cause of this w*r bullshit.

Well, you know I can get
rid of the rest of the work

with some of the other
connections I got.

[Meech] Right, right, right.
That's good.

My plug got popped.

And we need somebody
with that pure sh*t, man.

We can't be playing.
Now, I can't lie to y'all.

The only one person I know
that got it down here is Glock.

[Stacks] Glock? You know Glock
like to play with that fire.

And if y'all gon' have
a barbecue,

let me know where it's at,
and I'll come with the gas.

If Glock's smart,
it wouldn't even come to that.

MK's got no say-so
in what a cartel plug does

or who they f*ck with.

See, now, since Glock's ass
won't take a meeting with me,

an alliance with his plug

might put pressure on him
to cool down.

Then we only gotta deal
with Remi's Techwood Boyz.

How you getting
to Glock's plug, though?

♪ ♪

[Gloria] How you planning on
getting our son out of this?

And how you just gonna have
a g*n laying around?

[Bryant] It was in a safe.

[Gloria]
Why did he get access to it?

[Bryant] He didn't. Uh...

I think he must have
watched me open it one day.

[Gloria] You were supposed
to be watching him.

This is your fault. Fix it.

Look, the best lawyers
cost money,

and right now,
I ain't making sh*t.

I've applied to security jobs,

but they only pay nine bucks
an hour.

Look, I'll do ten jobs
if I have to.

-But I need your help.
-[sighing] Oh, God.

I left him with you
so that he will

become a man, not a convict.

If I'd have known it was
gon' turn out like this,

I never would have
signed off my rights.

Hold on.

You signed him over because
you never made time for him,

so you can get the f*ck
off that high horse

before it bucks you off.

We destroyed this family.

I know.

But we gotta come together
for our son.

[dramatic music plays]

Here.

That's all I got right now.

I gotta go to work.

♪ ♪

[indistinct chatter]

Your Kung Pao chicken's
already dead.

All you have to do is eat it.

Dead like this investigation
into Saint's m*rder.

None of the neighbors
cooperated.

They don't help us because
they think we don't help them.

And when they do help us,
it's considered snitching,

which comes
with its own consequences.

Yeah, but if you want change,

then you have to make
hard decisions, like snitching,

in order to make
your community better.

You only say that
'cause you grew up in a burb

which was safe to begin with.

Screw you.

You don't know me.

[Han speaking Mandarin]

[Jin] It's too much.

Dad, this is my new partner,
Detective Cobie Amberson.

Nice to meet you.

[speaking Mandarin]

-[Han speaking Mandarin]
-[Emberson and Han chuckle]

You didn't tell me
that you knew Mandarin.

Well, I picked up a little
from some of my friends

in boarding school.

[Han speaking Mandarin]

Who? Bryant?
[speaking Mandarin]

[rapper] ♪ Let me tell you
The difference ♪

♪ Between me and you ♪

♪ Everybody know
It don't blow ♪

♪ It just come through ♪

♪ I'm the light
In the heat of the night ♪

♪ I shine true ♪

♪ The rent at the end
Of the month... ♪

What up, doe?

[Hoop and Terry]
What up, doe?

Thanks for putting some of
your guards out on my people.

[Sterl] They'll be safe, Tee.

You already know,
zero-tolerance policy.

I tried to holla at the
Chaldeans about some weight,

but they half stepping
'cause of the K-9 fallout.

They not even sure if they
can trust us right now.

K-9 got everybody on chill

and One Time all over the city.

So I reached out to a guy who
knows a plug outside the city.

The burbs?

Not like our crews got
a lot of options right now.

Who's the plug?

Some cat over in Township.

Never met him.

But I hear he's more
than meets the eye.

-[applause]
-A'ight.

[Flemming] Beliefs are
important, but so is action.

The good book tells us
in scripture, James 2:17,

that in the same way faith,

if not accompanied by action...

-[Lucille] Yes.
-[Flemming] ...is dead.

-Yes.
-[Flemming] Amen?

-Amen.
-Amen.

[Flemming]
Now, the Downriver Hospital

needs volunteers

for the prenatal
mobile clinic

that will be here
this week so that we--

church, I said so that we--

-[person] Mm, mm.
-[person] So that we.

Uh-huh, can help the mothers

that are in need
in our community.

-Yes.
-Sign-up sheet's at the door.

[person] A'ight.

[Flemming] To God be the glory.

-[Gloria] To God be the glory.
-Amen.

-[Gloria] Amen.
-I appreciate you.

Ooh, good words and good works.

I mean, I appreciate
that she wants us

to practice what we preach.

I'ma sign us up.

Hold on. Hold on. Not me.
I have to go to work.

OK, Well, Nicole and I
can do it together

'cause she needs
to see these young women

helping in the community
instead of...

gallivanting around.

She's at that age, Charles.

-Yeah, don't remind me.
-Yeah.

So it's bad enough you
be staring at me in class.

-Now church too?
-[laughs]

A'ight, I ain't gon' do it no
more if you don't want me to.

Nah.

Nah, I like it.

What, your mama
make you volunteer too?

Yeah, she probably gon'
try to scare me

into not getting pregnant
or something.

[laughs]

Nicole, we're leaving.

-Bye.
-[Breeze] Bye.

[rapper]
♪ My hand threw up a razor ♪

♪ Draw, cut you
Across the jaw ♪

♪ Hurts going to flow ♪

♪ I score with a four-four ♪

♪ Our blasts sled
Through the feds ♪

[indistinct chatter]

You gentlemen ready to fold

like them dirty drawers
you got on?

♪ ♪

There go Royal Oak.

Turns out, he's a she
dressed like a he.

[Hoop] She got game.

[Terry]
Where'd you say you meet her?

Associate of an associate.

Either these n*gg*s
are just ass,

or she got cards
up her sleeve.

Ante up, ladies.

Sooner or later, your luck's
gonna bottom out, girl.

You know all about bottoming,

seeing how I was just
all up in yours.

Now you squealing like
a little punk bitch.

Hey, watch your mouth, girl,

before I give you somethin'
that you really been needin',

dis d*ck.

Mm, you're right.
You're right. [chuckles]

I ain't f*cked
your ass, though.

I did squeeze your girl
every night last week.

[chortles]

You wish.

You don't believe me? Mm.

Let's see.

House on Bewick and Mack?

Honey with
the light brown eyes,

red lips tattooed
on her right ass cheek,

fur all nice and trimmed
just how I like it, mm.

Here kitty, kitty,
kitty, kitty.

Bitch, I'll k*ll you!

-[person] Whoa, whoa!
-[person] sh*t.

-[person] Damn.
-[person] Damn.

[Henrietta]
You feeling lucky tonight?

Or is it just not
in the cards for you?

[person] Damn. sh*t.

Bitch, I'ma see you later.

[Henrietta] Yeah, OK,
back the f*ck up, Chester.

[laughs]

♪ ♪

Well played.

-I'm Tee.
-I know.

Heard a lot about BMF.

I like how you guys move...
[chuckles]

...like snakes.

Come on, over here.

[clicks tongue]

I guess that's why
we probably never met.

-[Henrietta] Mm-hmm.
-[Terry] Yeah?

Which brings us to our meeting.

I need some weight, untouched,

something that hasn't
been played with.

[Henrietta] Oh, come on, now.

Don't ask to look up my dress.
Just take me home.

[Terry] Not if she's ugly.

sh*t, sleeping with ugly's
better than sleeping alone.

All right, cut the sh*t.
How much for tonight?

Seeing that weight
under pressure in y'all area,

I could go for about $28 a key.

[Terry laughing] What the f*ck?

Yo. A'ight, a'ight, a'ight.

I'll through in a pound
of weed for every key.

Top-shelf champagne never just
comes with free orange juice.

Way I see it, your bar is dry.

So how long before your
clientele come looking for me?

♪ ♪

A'ight.

Done.

♪ ♪

Damn. Hold up.

[Terry] That's Peaches.

Ah, but them titties, though.
[laughs]

I'ma motorboat
them m*therf*ckers.

Yo, Tee, my boys
got eyes on them amigos.

[Terry] Let's roll.

[Henrietta] Mm, mm, mm.

Hey, good-looking.

[singer] ♪ Work that p*ssy
Work that p*ssy ♪

♪ Work that p*ssy... ♪

[Greeny] Meech, Meech, Meech!

Listen, family,
I just wanna make sure

that there ain't no bad blood
between us. That's behind us
all.

[Meech] Man, I'm just trying
to provide for my family, dawg.

[Greeny] Noted and understood.

But stealing Glock's connect

is not the safest way to do it.

In the D, we do
whatever's necessary

to stay on top, n*gga.

Listen, I-I-I don't mean

to insult your intelligence
or nothing,

but you are aware that you
ain't in the D no more, right?

This Atlanta, OK?

And Glock, that cat is vicious.

Listen, I would love
to help, I would.

Some lines ain't
for the crossing, pimp.

Plus, n*gga, I know
you see me standing here

all regal and royal
and beautiful and sh*t.

I-I don't do the b*ll*ts
and blades no more, nah.

It's booties
and bank rolls now, baby.

[laughs] You know.

Oh, speaking of which,
thank you and thank you.

And that VIP is over there,
calling your name, sweetheart.

-OK, baby.
-Mm-hmm. Yes, go get that.

Go get that.
Go get that.

[singer] ♪ Work that p*ssy
Work that p*ssy... ♪

-[Greeny] Mm, mm, mm.
-g*dd*mn, who the f*ck is that?

That is Angel.

That'll have you in here
spending your last.

-[Meech chuckles]
-Don't spend your last.

You know, come to think of it,
go ahead and spend your last.

-[chuckles] Yeah, a'ight.
-Yeah, uh-huh.

-I'll be back.
-[mutters indistinctly]

♪ ♪

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

What slick, old-ass Greeny say?

Man, f*ck him.
He ain't in the mix.

Damn. What's the move, then?

♪ ♪

[Meech] Man,
that's Glock's right hand.

-Stripper network.
-[Duffy] Strippers?

What the f*ck they gonna do?

p*ssy-whip them for the 411?

[Meech] Exactly, m*therf*cker.

They know more about
the players than we do.

Hey, baby girl.

Let me talk to you
real quick, a'ight?

We can talk if you
got something for me.

So how much would it cost
to have some special attention

from Angel outside the club?

[Lucky] Depends on how special.

-I'm Lucky.
-I'm Meech.

And I'm new in town.

But I need you
to share some of that luck

and link me up with Angel.

Can you do that?

[sighs] Come on. I got you.

[singer] ♪ Back it up
Now back it up ♪

♪ Back it up
Now back it up ♪

♪ Back it up now ♪

♪ ♪

Y'all here
on behalf of-of Sina?

Demetri, I talk to.

Who the f*ck is Demetri?

[Hoop] I think he's talking
about Meech.

Hey, Demetri.

[Terry chuckles]

Mira, papi.

Meech, n*gga, not Demetri.

Meech no más Detroit.

I'm the jefe now, sí?

Ty Washington likes Demetri.

I don't talk to...

basura.

You f*ck Boom's esposa.

It's none of your business.

[person]
Hold up. Hold up. Hold up.

Dile a, Demetri, call me.

Cabrón...

I'm not
your f*cking errand boy.

You want Demetri,
you take your ass to Atlanta.

He's with Ty's crew.

[person clearing throat]

-Oh, sh*t.
-[Henrietta] f*ck.

[moaning]

-[Peaches] Oh, sh*t.
-[Henrietta laughs]

-[Henrietta grunts]
-[Peaches moans]

[Henrietta] Mm.

[Henrietta sighs]

[singer]
♪ These days I don't rush ♪

♪ There's no doubt that I'm ♪

♪ Right where
I am supposed to be ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Rare seeds blossom... ♪

[Peaches moans] I never
had d*ck like that before.

So you wanna talk business?

[Henrietta]
First, more pleasure.

Lick it.

[singer]
♪ Rare seeds blossom... ♪

Taste yourself.

[singer]
♪ When your heart is open ♪

♪ Just follow your devotion ♪

♪ I used to... ♪

[Henrietta]
Mm-hmm, that's my girl.

f*ck, this sh*t is hot.

[laughter]

♪ ♪

[knock at door]

[knocking continues]

Yo, what the f*ck
you got these guards

out on my street for, Terry?

If some crazy sh*t
is about to happen

or our family's in danger,
I need

-to f*cking know about it, OK?
-No. Yeah, you-you right.

You right. And it was nothing.

I just want-want you to know
that our family

is my top priority now.

-Oh, really?
-Yeah.

'Cause you sure do got
a funny-ass way of showing it.

You know what? I'm so sick
of you and this bullshit.

-It's always one thing.
-I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

Lawanda, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry for everything.

Look, you-you a big part
of the reason

-why I'm even a success today.
-Oh, I know.

So you need
to wake the f*ck up.

You do realize you got sh*t at
again because you was f*cking

with that heffa, right?

I'm done with Markisha.

Me and Markisha, we're no more.

Oh, you and Markisha done?

Yeah, for real.

Look, I realized that
she ain't--she ain't worth

risking my life
and-and risking my kids

not being brought up
with a father.

Here, come here.

Let me see your hand.

You feel her kicking?

Yeah, I feel
a little something.

Yeah.

So if you think that there's
something out there

that's worth risking
your family over,

I need you to say that sh*t
out loud

so your own flesh and blood
can hear.

There's nothing worth
risking that, babe.

I don't wanna lose y'all.
I don't. I don't.

[Lawanda] We don't wanna
f*cking lose you either.

So why you keep doing
all this crazy sh*t

-to push us away, huh?
-I been f*cking up.

I been f*cking up,

and that's on me.

I been real disrespectful,
and I know that.

But just please
don't give up on me.

Terry, don't put
that sh*t on me.

Hey, hey, look.

I'm not trying
to put this on you.

That's on me, everything.

Can you just
have a seat, please?

I know I got us here

and for better and for worse.

But I just want...

my A-one day one by my side.

[scoffs]

All right, Terry.
So what this mean?

I get free food
at the restaurant?

I mean, I-I am eating
for two, so...

sh*t, yeah.

Yeah, I mean,
you get two of everything.

I mean, Hoop might not
be too happy about that, but...

[laughter]

Listen, I'ma be staying here

for the next couple days

just so you can feel safe.

I'm about to go
to my folks' house

and grab a couple clothes.

That's cool?

Mm-hmm.

Yeah, that's cool.
But let's be clear.

-We not back together.
-No, yeah.

-This--at all.
-Oh, yeah.

At all.

[chuckles]

Uh-uh, Terry, don't start that.

Uh-uh, I know where these
little nasty-ass lips been.

Yeah. [laughs]

You know you ain't even have
to go there, right?

[Lawanda]
You know I know too.

[light music plays]

[indistinct chatter]

Why you look so surprised?

-[Angel] This is nice.
-Have a seat.

[Angel]
So why you ask me here?

I'm trying to get some info.

I need a name.

And I know you know it.

You need a name?

n*gga, I am not
the Yellow Pages.

[laughs] I know you not.

But listen, I promise you
it will be worth your while.

Look, my livelihood
is based on discretion.

And my life is based
on always being

smart enough to know that.

So I can't help you.

And I can't go back
to Greeny with no money.

Wait, tell me something.

-What kind of boyfriend...
-[dollar bills fluttering]

...got their girl out trying
to get dough up for him?

[Angel] The kind of boyfriend
whose business

is having me hustle n*gg*s.

Yeah, Greeny
that kind of boyfriend.

Hold on. Hold on. Hold on.
Wait.

So you gon' get out of here
without even eating first?

Now, you know your skinny ass

need some meat on them
m*therf*cking bones, girl.

Why would you wanna
spend money for nothing?

Company as beautiful
as you are,

it ain't ever for nothing.

See, Angel, you're more
valuable than you think.

But you have
to know your worth.

You deserve better.

[Terry] Divorce papers and all.

she really ain't playing, huh?

[scoffs] She sure ain't.

[Terry] I mean,
I hope she don't actually

go through with it.

-[Charles] Hmm.
-[laughs] Oh, snap.

Remember how happy you were
when I won this?

[mellow music plays]

Earned.

♪ ♪

When you earned it.

♪ ♪

Hey, Pops...

♪ ♪

...I swear the only reason

why I ever joined the game

was to help our family out.

And even though
you judge me for it...

...I'll never judge you
for the choices you've made.

I want you to remember
something, son.

Your choices...

impact the people you love

and those who love you.

No matter how much success
or money one gains,

it will never equal
the love you get from family.

♪ ♪

[Meech] See, I would never
admit it to his face.

But the truth is,

my pops taught me a lot
about hard work.

But I wanted to be
my own boss.

So I had to work
harder than ever.

What about you?
Close to any of your family?

Nah.

After my parents d*ed,

I was in and out
of raggedy-ass foster homes.

Damn, so did my mom.

It was tough.

But she strong now
because of it.

Yeah, it'll make you strong.

But I couldn't take it anymore.

I ran away,
got off the bus downtown,

didn't know which way to go.

Then Greeny took me in.

He saved my life.

He's been the only safe place
I known since.

Sometimes safe
is another shade of bad.

Sooner or later,

you gotta stop putting money
into Greeny's pockets

and bet on yourself.

You know, I met a lot of guys.

And I mean a lot. [chuckles]

But you, you different.

So that anonymous tip
we got about the car

leaving Saint's house
the night he got m*rder*d?

I ran the plates,
and guess what came back.

Meet Curtis Jefferson,
aka Kutz.

He's a known member of the
PA Boys from the West Side.

So what was he doing
on the East?

Why haven't they been
on our radar?

[Jin] Because the PA Boys
operate outside

of DRANO's jurisdiction,

which means
we are free to roam.

You got an address?

Hell yeah.

Let's go.

[indistinct chatter]

[Lucille]
OK, here you go, dear.

You let me know if you need
something else now, OK?

Nicole, since when did you
start using these?

Mama, it's fine.

All of my friends use these.
It's not a big deal.

I don't think so.

You start using these,
and next thing you know,

you gon' have
something else up in there.

-[Nicole whispers indistinctly]
-[person] Excuse me.

Lucille?

-I thought it was you.
-Maurice?

[laughs]
Wh-what are you doing here?

I'm the liaison for this event.

Girl, look at you, still fine.

[laughter]

Haven't aged a day.

[Lucille] My goodness.

[laughs]

Nicole, this is, um--

this is my friend
Dr. Montclair.

Uh, we went
to high school together.

Nice to meet you.

[Maurice] You too.

Lucille, I would love
to catch up some more,

but I got--I got patients
to see. [chuckles]

Yeah.

Please don't leave
without saying goodbye first.

OK.

-[Maurice] All right, now.
-All right, now.

[laughs]

[upbeat music plays]

[singer] ♪ Yeah... ♪

Give me that sh*t.

[indistinct chatter]

[singer] ♪ Yo, yo ♪

♪ Let me hear you say shake
What your mama gave ya... ♪

♪ ♪

What's crackin', fellas?

What up, fool? Good?

Hey, I got some people
to eat all them leftovers.

[Meech] Oh, yeah?

Couldn't have done this
without you, dawg.

Like, I really appreciate you,
man, for real.

Hey, shawty, we all got
mouths to feed, right?

-[Meech chuckles]
-A'ight Stack.

[Stacks] A'ight, boy.

Shawty give you the drop
on the plug?

Shawty? Man, why you keep
saying that sh*t, dawg?

-Come on.
-[both chuckle]

Man, we ain't from down here.
Stop saying that sh*t, dawg.

f*ck you. Look, look.
Duffy gon' rep the D

till the day he die, a'ight?

But that don't mean I can't
enjoy a little Southern comfort.

[laughs]

Did Angel give up
the plug's name or what?

[person]
Show me that f*cking p*ssy!

Bitch, when I tell you
to f*cking dance,

you better shake
that m*therf*cking ass!

[Angel] What the f*ck?
Get your hands off of me.

[grunts]

You gots to learn
how to respect women, n*gga!

[security guard]
Come on. Come on. Come on.

[Meech] Get up!

-We got him. We got him.
-Get up!

Come on!

Move! Move!

[person] Man, they acting
a fool up in here.

[security guard]
Get out of the way.

[person] All right, y'all,
let's just chill.

Everybody just chill, OK?

We ain't here for all that.

We here for the ladies.

-[Angel] Thank you.
-[person] Right, fellas?

That's what we here for,

these beautiful ladies
we got up in here.

[Angel] Let me dance for you.

[R&B music playing]

[singer] ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ Freak nasty ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Listen ♪

♪ Tonight I wanna take you ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ On the ride
Of your life... ♪

Santiago Dominguez.

Ask around
for the Havana House.

[singer] ♪ It's gonna be
A breakthrough ♪

I appreciate you.

♪ ♪

[singer] ♪ Bringing out
The freak you have inside ♪

♪ We gon' get freak nasty ♪

♪ Oh, freak nasty... ♪

Yo, we need to go.
We got a name.

-Let's go get it set.
-Let's get it. Come on.

[singer] ♪ It's only us ♪

♪ So we don't have to
Be classy ♪

[dog barking]

[laughs]

As I live and breathe.

Both which err
on the side of surprising.

[laughter]

[Blaze] If you here,
things must be bad.

Yeah, I could use a favor.

[Blaze] Favors done got
many a folk dead.

[sniffs]

You still in the game?

People like me don't get out.

We just... change how we move.

What can I do you for?

I need good lawyers for my son.

I can't afford them.

My apologies about your son.

I heard about him.

[dramatic music plays]

Children have a way of being

what we expect...

and what we don't.

Look, I need fast money.

You got connections.

Even a dying tree
still got roots.

♪ ♪

[indistinct chatter]

[Maurice] Hey.

Hi. [laughs]

My goodness, look at you.

You know, I knew you would
become a doctor.

[Maurice]
You always did believe in me.

-Yeah.
-Just one of the many reasons

I wanted to marry you.

How have you been, Lucille?

You know,
I'm just juggling, um,

marriage and kids

and, you know, work and...

[sighs] ...just taking it
one day at a time.

Mm.
Charles is a very lucky man.

I will never forgive him
for stealing you away from me.

Let me take you to lunch.

We can catch up without
all these interruptions.

Well, you know, I--

yeah, I would love to,
but I-I just--

Oh, come on, now, girl,
you were my prom date.

Two old friends catching up.

♪ ♪

You never found anybody.

I found plenty.

They just weren't you.

Call me.

♪ ♪

-[clears throat]
-[laughter]

[tense music plays]

What you think?

♪ ♪

A desperate man
can be a dangerous man.

Both can have uses.

[Henrietta] Old man.

♪ ♪

I searched my mind
trying to figure out

why my stubborn-ass father
would call me in for.

I hear you've been
trying to expand.

Was gonna tell you eventually.

Whatever you do reflects on me.

Good relationships
are hard to come by.

Look before you leap.

And here I thought
you were finally asking me

to take over for you.

♪ ♪

You have always had guts.

I'll give you that.

But Detroit isn't short
on courage.

What we need...
is self-control.

I agreed to let you venture
out with your own crew.

But you make no mistake.

You still carry my brand.

Respect it.

♪ ♪

I'm sending you someone.

Put him to work
in your organization.

I-I decide who works for me.

♪ ♪

Let me know how he does.

♪ ♪

[Duffy] You sure this is where
Glock's plug said to meet?

[Meech] Yeah, Santiago said
to meet him here.

[knock at door]

[door clicks open]

♪ ♪

[phone ringing]

♪ ♪

[Meech]
What the f*ck is this sh*t?

♪ ♪

f*cking MKs.

[phone ringing]

♪ ♪

Somebody probably calling
Beetlejuice for a check-in.

We better go.

[Meech]
Why would MKs be here?

[person] Demetri.

♪ ♪

Are you Santiago?

-No, no, estoy Loco.
-[Meech] Loco?

Yo, Duff, you ever seen
this m*therf*cker before, man?

Man, not even once.

I'm supposed to be
meeting Santiago, man.

No, no, no, Santiago es falso.

The meeting, eh, bullshit.

-We go.
-[Meech] We go where?

I don't even know you.

Ty Washington, mi amigo.

I was Ty's plug.

Santiago no existe.

-Bang, bang, we go.
-Hold on, man.

-[tires squealing]
-This sh*t don't feel right.

[g*nf*re]

[indistinct yelling]

-Mí genté.
-Those your guys out there?

Claro, doy.

Looks like f*cking Colombians
against the MKs, man!

[g*nf*re]

[Meech]
Santiago was never gon' show.

MKs were just gon' ambush
our ass.

[g*nf*re]

♪ ♪

[indistinct yelling]

♪ ♪

[Duffy] Damn!

Miami hit squad done.

[g*nsh*t]

[hip-hop music plays]

[indistinct yelling]

Sina no-no snitch on you.

No. Sina--we loyal.

See, Sina says that, uh,
Demetri, eh...

muy rápido.

Yeah, I'm fast.
I'm very fast.

Rápido, bueno.

So you came looking for me
to be my plug

so you could do business
with me.

Sina says you're my guy.

-[laughs]
-[Loco] Dale.

f*ck yeah, man!
f*ck yeah!

Javier, Demitri.

[Javier] Qué vuelta, asere?

I, uh--I translator.

How you find us, man?

[Javier] Tu hermano Terry.

He say Atlanta, Ty's crew,
and-and we find persona.

[Meech] Mm.

Este... how much, uh,
to start?

Two fifty?

Doscientos cincuenta.

Yo, doscientos cincuenta.

-[Loco] Mm!
-[Javier laughs] Fantástico!

[Meech] Fantástico!

-[Javier] Dale.
-[Meech] Yes.

-[Loco] Ahora, sí.
-[Meech] Hell yeah.

[Terry] Ain't that a bitch?

Twenty-eight a key
for mediocre sh*t?

That bitch is f*cking crazy.

Come to find out her old man
a OG gangster

who used to be a cop.

I mean, his operation strong.

He's connected
to the city council

and five-oh
on the East Side still,

so no one fucks with him.

[phone ringing]

-What up, doe?
-[Meech] Man, why the f*ck

you ain't answering
the damn phone, man?

[Terry] Don't be calling me
like I'm one of your hos.

[Meech] Whatever, a'ight?

Listen, our new
tourist friend found me.

He lives in the D sometimes.

But he wants to be
our new tour guide as well.

He heard we travel fast.

No, your tourist friend.

And I thought
that m*therf*cker was a thr*at.

Tee, f*ck that mines
and yours bullshit

and just listen, a'ight?

Our tour guide approached us.

Now we don't have
to go to them anymore

when we wanna travel.

That's big, n*gga.

Yeah-yeah,
that-that's dope, Meech, damn.

[Meech] That's what the f*ck
I'm saying.

Now, I matched up
them girls with dates,

and they had a good-ass time.

I'ma settle up with Sterl.

But your ass
need to quit bugging,

which I know you been doing.

I'm taking my crew out
to go celebrate tonight.

I don't know about you, n*gga.

For the first time,

I-I'ma actually
follow your instructions.

Don't forget we blood.

Oh, and another thing
I forgot to tell you.

I'm always right, n*gga.

f*ck you, Meech.

f*ck you too, Tee.

So did Meech come through?

Actually, yeah.

Oh!

Man.

Hey, hey, and he wouldn't
have been able to do it

without you protecting
the home front.



Hey, yo, Sterl, man,

I appreciate you
rocking with us like this.

I know y'all would do the same.

[Tee] Yes, sir.

What you gonna do
about our girl, though?

♪ ♪

Hey, what up, Big Money?

-Hoo-hoo!
-[Henrietta] Yo, Big Tee.

Wow, look, I-I appreciate
y'all making me that offer.

But I ain't gonna
cop weight from y'all.

[Tyson] Hold up.

Y'all had a f*cking deal.

[tense music plays]

I mean, a-a-a deal ain't a deal
until it's done.

I mean, y'all-y'all should
know that, right?

What I know is that
the landscape of the game

is changing.

Yeah, you-you got that right.

And the streets about to be
flooded with BMF weight.

So remember,
don't wait too long,

'cause all your clients
are gonna be asking for me.

♪ ♪

[door clicks open]

[door clicks shut]

[dog barking]

[Lucille inhales deeply]

Baby, we need to talk.

OK.

You know, you are
a beautiful young lady.

And you're getting
to that age where...

boys and girls
wanna be a little--

Wait, wait, wait,
are we about to have...

the talk?

Look, I saw how that little boy
was looking at you in church.

He was just looking, Mama.

And just 'cause
I'm using tampons now

doesn't mean
I'ma have sex with him.

Even when you have
the best intentions, I mean,

sometimes when you're young
and-and in love,

you might find yourself in a-a
situation where you're, like,

compromising your morals
and you just--

Are you talking
about situations like

with your old friend
Dr. Maurice?

All I'm saying is,

Dr. Maurice was looking at you

the same way Breeze
was looking at me.

[dramatic music plays]

♪ ♪

Good night, Nicole.

♪ ♪

-[people moaning]
-[singer] ♪ Listen, tonight's ♪

♪ A different conversation
Your body's doing... ♪

Oh, sh*t.

Oh, you a fine piece of ass.

But you ain't very smart.

Wait, what?

[Henrietta]
I spoke to your plug.

-[g*n cocking]
-I'm in, and you're out.

[g*nsh*t]

But I needed a real plug
with pure weight.

So you thought we had a deal.

[singer] ♪ Gon' make tonight
Unforgettable ♪

♪ Yeah, we got all night, girl
No rush ♪

[person] Man, sh*t,

you know how those
Royal Oaks n*gg*s do it.

I used to buy
from a guy like this.

You?

Hated my family, hated
everything they stood for.

My life was hopeless.

I was numb.

So I turned to dr*gs
to feel something.

[dog barking]

Wouldn't have guessed.

[Amberson]
Heads up, there's Kutz.

[camera shutter snapping]

[engine turning over]

[indistinct yelling]

[horn honking]

[tender music plays]

♪ ♪

What are you doing here?

Just came to get my pillow.

♪ ♪

You look beautiful.

Good night, Charles.

♪ ♪

-[hip-hop music plays]
-[singer] ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪

♪ As we continue on
We wilin' ♪

♪ I woke up
Feeling victorious ♪

♪ n*gg*s is getting money ♪

♪ But they not get money... ♪

[Stacks] And I'm gonna have
the last of that money

for you tomorrow too, man.

You came through
for a n*gga, straight up.

No doubt.

Yo, I'ma come over there
and crash, see you in the a.m.

A'ight. What's up, doe?

-What's good, fellas?
-A'ight. Who this here?

[Meech] That's Unc right there.

Oh, what's up, Unc?

Hell nah.

Yeah, Unc shy.

Oh, he's shy?

I'm about to go take
my shy ass to the bathroom.

Hey, don't you think
it's strange

the headliner
suddenly ain't here?

Hey, yo,
I'm telling you, Meech,

I think Angel's ass
set us up with the MKs.

sh*t, you can't say yes.
You can't say no.

Meech? [laughs]

Tina, what the hell
you doing here?

Me? What you doing here?

Come on.

See, Atlanta my new hometown.
I moved out here.

-No, you didn't.
-I see your underage ass

still getting past
security, huh?

Look, Monique got me this
fake ID in the first place.

How's Zoe and Tee Tee?

They good. They good.

You know, I got Mo's mom
watching over them,

making sure they straight.

You know I got them
for life, though.

Damn, I miss Mo like crazy.

I don't have any brothers
and sisters.

And, you know, we were cousins,

but she's more like
a big sis to me.

Did you know her
being a paralegal

inspired me to study prelaw?

That's good.

I just wanna let you know
I'm proud of you, for real.

And you can call me
whenever you want.

I always got you,
a'ight, sis?

Come on. Thanks, bro.

[hip-hop music playing]

Brother Meech, Brother Meech,
for you and the crew,

drinks on the house.

Oh, yeah? What's the occasion?

Well, I mean,
you was quite the, uh,

knight in shining armor
to Angel.

You know, these ladies
don't see a whole lot

-in the way of chivalry.
-Mm.

Yeah, a little harder
to sell a bruised peach,

so this just my way
of saying I appreciate you

being nice to the merchandise.

That's all, pimp.

Yeah, I think
she's very special.

And you should treat her
like it.

Oh, I couldn't
agree more, Detroit.

I couldn't agree more.

Y'all enjoy yourselves.

Slick m*therf*cker.

OK, y'all know I came prepared.

-Mm, mm, mm.
-Of course.

-OK, that-that's enough.
-OK.

You know, Tee,
I am so proud of you.

You out here making boss moves.

[chuckles]

-What?
-[chuckles]

[indistinct chatter]

Aw, you look
at lover boy over here.

Shut up, Clarence.

Hey, hey, hey, don't be yelling

my government name out
like that.

[Lawanda] You lucky that's
the only thing I called you.

-What up doe?
-Hey, man, where my plate at?

[Terry] Boy, you better get in
where you fit in.

We about to bounce
to the gambling spot,

so you better hurry up.

Hey, let me get a plate.

[camera shutter snapping]

What is wrong
with this picture?

Just looks like
a guy having dinner

with his family and friends.

You know, Terry could have
ordered that hit on Saint

with the help of the PA Boys.

Yeah, well, it's one thing
to think he's guilty,

and it's another to prove it.

Did you ever hear
that quote, uh,

"The devil's finest trick

is to persuade you
he doesn't exist?"

Charles Baudelaire.

[laughs]

-[Meech] Ah, Loco.
-[Loco laughs]

[Meech] Mm.

Bad night to be a bottle, Loco.

I'll tell you that, man.

[Loco] Meechie!

Hey, man, listen,
I get the floor.

You get the couch, man.

What? No, no, no.

No, oy, mira, I left--

I left Cuba to America on a--

como se dice, a--

[Meech] A what?

A...
[speaking indistinctly]

Sí.

[Meech]
Uh, a-a-a boat, a boat, boat.

No, no, open, open.

Uh, como a--a raft, a raft.

-Oh, you--
-[Loco] A raft.

Man. [laughs]

Man, you sailed your ass
all the way over here

-on a raft, Loco?
-Sí, sí.

No, you didn't, man.

How the hell you do that?

Desesperación.

En Cuba no hay futuro.

Desperate?

Man, that remind me of me
and my little brother, man.

We used to go to school
with holes in our shoes.

And we had to use cardboard

to-to-to-to block the shoes,

-to cover it.
-Ah, yah, yah, yah, yah.

Man, we-we were so poor, man.

No money, man.

No-no dinero.

Nosotros no teníamos
dinero tampoco.

Yeah, man. [laughs]

Por eso te digo...

...tú y yo...

...familia.

Family, man.

-Familia, mano.
-Family.

-We family, man.
-Familia, mano.

-We family, man.
-Familia.

Hey, your ba--your bathroom.

[Meech] Baño.

[hip-hop music plays]

♪ ♪

[rapper] ♪ Mothers crying
Every day, every day ♪

♪ Our brothers dying
Every day, every day... ♪

[Older Meech]
Let's be really clear.

Yeah, Loco showed up
at the right time.

But it ain't got
sh*t to do with luck.

It was 'cause we was putting
in the work with our own hands

and that the plug
sought us out.

Me and Tee was spinning
our magic so good,

Loco just had to see the show.

[rapper]
♪ The devil on my shoulders ♪

♪ There's levels
You gotta cut ties ♪

♪ Since high school ♪

♪ The ghetto gospel
For the unsigned ♪

♪ In its essence, life is
Precious, so I love mine ♪

♪ Every time the sun sets
A son dies ♪

♪ Mourning for the sunrise ♪

♪ There's mothers crying
b*ll*ts flying ♪

♪ Our people dying ♪

♪ Cop sirens
A bunch of tyrants ♪

♪ The government, they said
They scared of that ♪

♪ And my reply's not where
You from but where you at ♪

♪ So every day, I get low
Knowing that I tiptoe ♪

♪ He d*ed from a shorty
Got k*lled from a bimbo ♪

♪ I seen it all while I was
Watching from my window ♪

♪ Sipping on this Hennessy
And blowing on a zendo ♪

♪ It's bad at night
No sacrifice ♪

♪ Ain't no afterlife ♪

♪ We stuck with what we got
Ghetto paradise ♪

♪ We been through since Eve
With the apple bite ♪

♪ And it's sad
'Cause they caught him ♪

♪ At a traffic light ♪

♪ Mothers crying
Every day, every day ♪

♪ Our brothers dying
Every day, every day ♪

♪ We gon' keep trying
Every day, for real, y'all ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm just trying
To live ♪

♪ I'm just trying to live
Word ♪

♪ Mothers crying
Every day, every day ♪

♪ Our brothers dying
Every day, every day ♪

♪ We gon' keep trying
Every day, for real, y'all ♪

♪ 'Cause just trying
To live ♪

♪ I'm just trying to live ♪

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