03x05 - The Battle of Techwood

[bunniefuu]

Now, I been told Meech,

first Remi capped Ty.

Now m*therf*ckers
think they got

the green light
to Rodney King me?

We gonna ride for Ty
when the time is right.

[dramatic music plays]

Loco only hired us
'cause we move fast.

You can't put a price tag
on that sh*t, Tee.

-How we like it?
-Rip, you k*lled that sh*t.

-I was out cold, man.
-Yeah.

[Bryant] Now, I am here
for my son's protection.

So why don't you just tell me
what the f*ck I gotta do,

and let's get on with it?

-[g*nsh*t]
-[groans]

♪ ♪

[Milton]
My mama said the city's

gonna tear down our homes

and split us apart
because of the Olympics.

Hey, Little Milton.

Hey, we family.

Ain't nobody gonna
tear us apart.

Man, f*ck the g*n!
Man, they gonna get away!

-[grunts]
-Hands behind your back.

If I ask you a question,
would you tell me the truth?

Of course.

Are you sleeping
with my husband?

What? No!

Hey, yo, Meech, I think
I'm gonna roll with you to ATL.

Okay, sh*t, come on down.

You help me k*ll Meech.

-And I'll help you k*ll Remi.
-Bet.

♪ ♪

-[person cawing]
-[helicopter rotors whirring]

["Ghetto Bird" playing]

♪ ♪

[Older Meech] Bible says
that tomorrow ain't promised.

Same thing can be said
when you's in the game.

[Ice Cube] ♪ Why, oh, why must
You swoop through the hood ♪

♪ Like everybody from the hood
Is up to no good ♪

♪ You think all the girls
Around here are trickin' ♪

♪ Up there
Looking like Super Chicken ♪

♪ At night, I see your light
Through my bedroom window ♪

♪ But I ain't got sh*t... ♪

[Older Meech] That's why
I always did sh*t big.

'Cause I knew
the enemy was out there,

laying in wait to att*ck.

[Ice Cube] ♪ 'Cause every time
That the pigs have got me ♪

♪ Y'all rub it in
With the flying n*zi ♪

♪ m*llitary force... ♪

I missed you.

I missed that ass too.

[Ice Cube]
♪ So fly like an eagle... ♪

Oye, Demetri.

Here baby, give us a minute.

[Angel] Thanks, Daddy.

♪ ♪

Eh, in Detroit, eh,

tu moved muy rápido.

I trust you.

Mi hermano,
we worked together on this.

He helped me a lot, Loco.

He helped me move it.

Hermano.

[Ice Cube]
♪ Was hotter than July ♪

♪ Looked up and didn't see ♪

♪ A ribbon in the sky ♪

♪ Saw a chopper with numbers
On the bottom... ♪

[Loco] OK.

[Ice Cube]
♪ I think we got 'em ♪

♪ I hit the gas... ♪

Gracias.

-Vamos.
-[Meech] Loco.

[Ice Cube]
♪ South Central, Compton... ♪

Me and my brother, we got
clientele in St. Louis.

And we gonna go down there
and get your sh*t

out on the streets too.

Muy bien. Muy bien, Demetri.
Vamos.

[Ice Cube] ♪ You know
That I'm running... ♪

'Bout time, man.

[Terry] Thank God.
That n*gga hated me.

[Stacks] Oh, what's up?

-What's up with it?
-We straight?

Hell yeah,
you know we straight.

Man, you know, man,
I got you for life.

Nothing but positive vibes
from here on out.

I hope so.

This my little brother, Tee,
right here.

Whole family.

What up, man?
Welcome to the ATL.

It's where the party at.

So that's all
y'all been doing out here,

just clubbing and partying
and sh*t?

[Ice Cube] ♪ Had to pull
A strap on a fool ♪

♪ Named Louis the Third ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm getting chased
By the ghetto bird ♪

[person] Just put his hat--
uh, he combed his hair

and then put his hat back on.

So he's, uh, acting nonchalant
up there in that cockpit,

going 115 miles an hour with
the, uh, police chasing him...

[grunts]

♪ ♪

-[Terry] Meech!
-[people clamouring]

[Ice Cube]
♪ Officer Bird's on his way ♪

♪ And I don't wanna see him ♪

♪ Could you please give me
The keys to the BM... ♪

[Older Meech] Here in ATL,

w*r had found me
and dragged me in.

Everywhere we went turned into
a m*therf*cking b*ttlefield.

[Ice Cube] ♪ Done sh*t Cyrus ♪

[Meech] Here you go, big dawg.

[indistinct chatter]

-Appreciate you, man.
-You know it.

[Diesel] Damn, Meech.

You sure know
how to throw one hell

of a f*cking homecoming party.

You already know that.
Stop playing with me, man.

That's what them bitch-ass
Techwood n*gg*s get

for k*lling Ty
and stealing our sh*t.

And that dread-head
m*therf*cker Remi

got it coming,
watch what I tell you.

Most definitely.
You know I got you always.

-Love.
-Love.

[Stacks] Look,
we'll meet y'all at Duffy's.

-For sure.
-All right.

All right, boss.

Hey, Meech.

What the f*ck
was that in there?

Man, Tee, don't start
with your sh*t, man.

Don't got time for that sh*t
right now.

g*dd*mn.

You see what I see?

Oh, sh*t, that's Mac att*ck,
the boxer.

Hell yeah, look like he got
a Rolls-Royce over there.

Damn.

[singers] ♪ Bounce that ass ♪

[singer] ♪ Yeah, bounce
That ass all on my stick ♪

♪ Make it disappear
No magic trick ♪

♪ Up and down
She move them hips... ♪

-Damn, Mac "att*ck" Hollander.
-Hey, what's up, man?

You knocked that m*therf*cker
out in Vegas.

-Yeah.
-What up, doe, man?

-What's up?
-I even won some bread

-off you too.
-For real?

-[Meech] Hell yeah.
-I been seeing you in the club

spending money
like a pro athlete yourself.

I didn't know you had
a right hook, man.

Hey, yo, I never seen
some sh*t like this.

-Can I--can I look? Damn.
-Hell yeah.

Look at this.

What's the system like
in there?

[Mack] sh*t,
these speakers is the b*mb.

-This car fully loaded.
-[Terry] Wow.

That sh*t hard.
You got 15s in the trunk?

Psh, check this out.

You think 15s are something,
wait till you see this.

[singer] ♪ All on my stick ♪

♪ Make it disappear... ♪

[Meech]
Yo, what? This is so dope.

Nah, this some next-level sh*t.

What the f*ck?

[Mack]
Man, these ain't just traps.

These airtight,
bulletproof safes.

Hey, who pimped out your ride?

[chuckles]
Ah, they call him Francois.

He in Miami.

Car guy for the rich
and famous.

[g*nf*re, glass shattering]

[people yelling]

[Tina] Diesel!

[engine revving,
tires squealing]

[tense music plays]

♪ ♪

[Older Meech]
And so the w*r raged on.

Another Detroiter
was going home in a body bag,

and I knew my next move
better be strategic as f*ck,

'cause any of us
could be next.

♪ ♪

[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 ♪

[dog barking]

[Meech]
All right, so look, everybody.

I just got off the phone
with Diesel's mom.

sh*t is terrible, man.

And I'ma hold down his family

and take care
of the funeral costs.

Man, it's that n*gga Remi,
I'm telling you.

Pissed off
'cause we jumped his ass.

Sprayed the whole
m*therf*cking parking lot.

f*ck that dread-headed n*gga.
He a dead man walking.

I say we take his ass
in Techwood.

-[Rip] Techwood?
-[Stacks] Hell yeah.

No, Remi's got toddlers
and grandmas running lookout

up and through that bitch.

Y'all know we'd be
outnumbered, right?

Man, look, man,
I got a shorty in Techwood,

be sneaking me in and out.

Our crew could do the same.

We make a sneak att*ck at night
when the sun goes down.

Hey, Meech,
that's not a smart idea.

You know we still gotta hit up
St. Louis

and see if we can
get sh*t popping out there.

Tee, I ain't gonna lie,

we don't got time
for that sh*t right now.

When a m*therf*cker violate us,
we have to demonstrate.

That's right, that's right.
Let's get these m*therf*ckers.

[Meech]
We don't got no choice.

[tense music plays]

♪ ♪

[Charles groans]

[Riley]
I'm surprised you called me.

[chuckles] Sister Riley.

So good to see you.

You know, the band
hasn't been the same

since you left
Pastor Swift's church.

Yeah, well,
we found a closer congregation.

Uh, look, u-um, y-you know

Lucille and I have been
having some challenges.

And, um, I, um,

composed a song for her
to fix things.

[humming]

Charles, this is amazing.

-You think so?
-Yes.

You think you could, uh,
get the band together

to record the instrumentals?

[Riley] Of course.

And we can get it done
in an afternoon.

-[chuckles]
-Charles, this is so sweet.

It's gonna melt her heart.

Thank you from the bottom
of my heart.

[Sister Riley sighs]

You know, um,
Lucille's my entire world,

and I can't imagine my life
without her.

[buzzer blares]

[keys jingling]

♪ ♪

[officer]
Bryant, kicking you loose.

You're free to go.

[Bryant grunts] All right.

What about my car?

[officer] It's at the pound.

You got a ride
waiting on you outside.

♪ ♪

You know, Henri feels like
you owe her on this.

[Bryant] Hmm.

Hmm.

[gentle music playing
over radio]

[singers vocalising]

♪ ♪

Yeah, you know, Henri's, uh--
she's waiting on you.

[Bryant] Hmm.

Hey, uh, mind if I smoke?

-Yeah, sure, why not?
-Okay.

[singer]
♪ He'll come knocking... ♪

[Bryant clears throat]

[singer]
♪ If you're standing around ♪

♪ Gotta keep moving
Keep your feet to the ground ♪

♪ ♪

♪ So much to see ♪

♪ In this big old world
For you and me ♪

♪ For you and me ♪

♪ And I know it may be cold
And I'm sad ♪

♪ Gotta take the good
With the bad ♪

♪ But keep movin' ahead ♪

♪ Don't go... ♪

[grunting]

♪ He'll come knocking ♪

♪ He'll come knocking
If you're standing around ♪

♪ Gotta keep moving
Keep your feet to the ground ♪

♪ Don't go looking
For trouble ♪

[skin sizzling]

[grunting]

[singer] ♪ He'll come knocking
If you're standing around ♪

♪ ♪

[Chuck screams]

Get the f*ck--

[blows landing,
tires squealing]

[Tyson] Aw, sh*t!

♪ ♪

[engine revving]

♪ ♪

-[dog barking]
-[door clicks shut]

You've been lying
this whole f*cking time.

You made it seem like Atlanta
was just one big party.

And I find out
you jumping into a w*r?

Tee, this sh*t started
before I got here.

And you know I gotta ride
with Detroit.

Demetrius, why are you
making this about you?

You barely know this crew.

Tee, let me help you
get something

through your thick
f*cking skull,

'cause I don't think
you understand it.

This is Ty's crew.

The most important words in BMF
ain't "Black" or "Mafia."

It's "Family."

And we don't abandon family
for nothing or nobody.

Meech, capping Remi
on his own territory

is the dumbest sh*t you can do.

L-let me tell you something
I learned in my history class--

Man, I don't got time
to hear about

your f*cking boring-ass
history lesson.

Hear me out. Hear me out.

Please, Meech,
just hear me out.

The reason why we,
the American army,

couldn't defeat the Vietcong

is because they had
home-field advantage,

which is exactly
what Remi got now!

[scoffs] m*therf*ckers
never going to expect

for us to come
straight at them.

n*gg*s get complacent
in they own hood, Tee.

So we find they weakness,
and we take them the f*ck out.

[energetic music plays]

♪ ♪

[Stacks]
A'ight, a'ight, a'ight.

You see that corner over there?

It's a blind spot.

Them city folks ain't
fixed that street lamp yet.

And, man, it be dark
as f*ck at night.

[Meech]
When we move, we move fast.

That blind spot
won't stay blind long

after the sh**ting starts.

The blind spot won't be blind
if we got extra eyes on it.

[Meech] sh*t, nobody needs
a extra eye more than you.

[Terry]
Ha-ha. Real funny, n*gga.

[Stacks] Yo, so look,
Remi and Claude,

they on that second floor.

They get in from the strip club

probably, like,
four, five in the morning.

They be drunk as f*ck, too.
They'll never see us coming.

[Meech] Okay, I like it.
We get in and get out.

[Stacks]
You know what I'm sayin'?

♪ ♪

Hey, did you get anything
out of Lenny?

[Amberson] Got plenty.

Turns out,
Lenny's a third-striker.

-And he sang like a bird.
-[laughs]

He said he acquired
the ambulance for Tuan,

who works for some guy
named Henry.

Who the f*ck is Henry?

Bet the guy driving
the ambulance would know.

[phone rings,
indistinct chatter]

You okay?

Uh, yeah, I'm just, uh--

we don't have enough here
to take to Garr,

so we gotta keep on pushing.

No rest
until we cr*ck this case.

[tense music plays]

[singer]
♪ The speakers be banging ♪

♪ Highs, mids, and lows ♪

♪ Make you wanna start
Getting busy on the floor ♪

♪ All the fly girls
Screaming, "Ah" ♪

♪ The DJ's rocking
And shocking the house ♪

♪ Everything he's spinning
Is moving the crowd ♪

♪ Listen up for yourself
This is how we make it bump ♪

♪ Bump, bump, bump, bump, bump
Bump, bump, bump, bump, bump ♪

♪ Bump, bump, bump
Bump, bump ♪

♪ Make it bump ♪

♪ Bump, bump, bump, bump, bump
Bump, bump, bump, bump, bump ♪

♪ You know we gotta
Make it bump... ♪

What the f*ck
happened to Bryant?

[singer] ♪ Bump, bump, bump
Bump, bump ♪

♪ Yeah, you gotta make it... ♪

[Tyson] He got away.

[hand bangs on car]

[Henrietta] f*ck!

You know how tired I am
of taking Ls?

It's bad enough
that Terry m*therf*cker

disrespected me
and hit my ambulance.

Now I got a washed-up cop
f*cking up my sh*t too.

[Chuck] He ain't act washed up.
He a savage.

[Tyson] Look, f*ck that.
We'll find Bryant.

That m*therf*cker's
not gonna get away

for what happened with Tuan.

Yeah.

You're right.

But if you can't b*at
that soft-ass Milk Dud pig,

then maybe I need
to see what you got.

What? [chuckles nervously]

I ain't fightin' no girl.

[sighs]

[tense music plays]

♪ ♪

[grunting]

♪ ♪

Come on!

f*ckin' throw hands!

Mm! [chuckles]

Oh, what's the matter?

You think
just 'cause you injured,

this ain't a fair fight?

♪ ♪

[breathing heavily]

Come on, now. [chuckles]

No f*cking excuses, p*ssy.

[grunting]

-[table clatters]
-[chuckles]

♪ ♪

f*ckin' bitch.

[grunting]

♪ ♪

[Chuck]
I'm not gonna fight you.

[Henrietta chuckles]

[Chuck groaning]

♪ ♪

[Henrietta panting]

♪ ♪

Who's the bitch now?

♪ ♪

[indistinct chatter]

Pull protection
on Bryant's kid.

Find me Bryant, so I can finish
this f*ckin' job myself.

♪ ♪

[person]
You heard her. Let's go.

[singer]
♪ Give it up, make it pop ♪

♪ Make it clap from the back
Don't break it ♪

♪ Give it up, make it pop ♪

♪ Make it clap from the back
Let's go ♪

♪ ♪

Meech, I been working
on this track all day.

Let me know what you think.

-Bet.
-And please, bro, uh,

if, uh, something happens
to me, get it out there.

Get it off the streets.

f*ck that.

You gon' do it
'cause you done in the streets.

Man, come on, Meech.

I been down this whole time.

[Meech] Listen, Rip,
I don't give a f*ck.

You can still be down without
being in the streets, dawg.

I watched my daddy
f*ck his music dreams up.

And I can't let you do that,
you feel me?

I can't.

-[Rip] I feel you.
-Put that sh*t in.

Turn that bitch up.
Stop playing.

For sure.

[tape player clicks]

[singer] ♪ Too many hos
In here that got a fatty ♪

♪ Turn around
And let me slap it, girl ♪

♪ I can be your daddy ♪

♪ It's too many hos
Too many hos... ♪

[Duffy] Yo, Meech.
We was at the sh**ting range.

Tee ain't such a bad sh*t.
He can handle a strap.

[Meech] Oh, yeah?

So the little n*gga
might not piss hisself

when we go to the projects,
huh?

Whatever, n*gga.

You just mad
'cause when we were kids,

we used to spray your crotch,
me and Nikki,

and look like
you pissed yourself, n*gga.

[laughter]

Yo, yo, what the f*ck?
Stop wasting food?

♪ ♪

Hey, yo, where's, um--
where's Stacks at?

He was supposed to be
at the g*n range with us.

I don't know, man.

Why the f*ck
you care where he at?

'Cause I was talking to Duffy.

And he starting to sound like
the new B-Missing.

Y'all had a falling-out,

and all of a sudden,
you let him back in.

Family deserves grace, Tee,
a'ight?

I'm ten steps ahead
of you already.

I got everything handled.

You the little brother,
you forgot?

I'm the big brother, n*gga.
Listen to me.

[teakettle whistling]

♪ ♪

[Flemming]
Well, I'd like to thank you

for taking the time
to meet with me, Lucille.

[Lucille] Oh, I'm so sorry I
couldn't meet with you earlier.

Wendy's just has me
running ragged.

[Flemming] Well, I do have
something to ask you.

[Lucille] Hmm?

[Flemming] Would you consider
taking on the role

as my assistant pastor,

even if it's
on a part-time basis?

Really?

Well, now,
we're a small church, now.

So we can't pay you enough
for you to quit Wendy's.

But maybe one day,

we could afford you
on a full-time basis.

I mean, come on, now,
am I even qualified? [chuckles]

You dove into
serving our church

without me even having to ask,

volunteering at the clinic

and securing
the largest donation

we have ever had.

You are a natural leader
and a prayer warrior,

a loving wife,
a selfless mother,

and a light
to all those around you.

I couldn't think of anyone
better for the job than you.

Um, listen, that is just...

so lovely of you
to think of me.

I mean, mm.

Can I pray on it?

I wouldn't expect
anything less from you.

-[both chuckle]
-All right.

[dramatic music plays]

[Angel]
You got your eyes closed?

-[Meech] Yes, they're closed.
-[Angel chuckles]

Here. Wait, wait, wait.

Stop peeking.

Okay, open.

Owner let us have the place
for a couple hours.

So it's just us today.

g*dd*mn, Angel.

A girl never did
no boss-ass sh*t like this

before in my life.

Well, now that Greeny's
out my life,

I just really wanted
to thank you.

Wait right here.

Where you going?

[Angel] Just wait.

[Meech sighs]

[sensual hip-hop music plays]

[singer] ♪ Ah, baby ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

[Meech] Mm-hmm.

[singer]
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Hey, mm-hmm ♪

[Meech] sh*t.

♪ ♪

Damn, girl.

[singer] ♪ Listen, I'm so ♪

♪ Wrapped up in your love ♪

♪ Every time we touch ♪

♪ I can't get enough ♪

♪ You've got me ♪

♪ So emotional ♪

♪ I had to let you know ♪

♪ Just how you make me feel ♪

♪ You bring me joy ♪

♪ Yes, you do ♪

♪ I had to let you know ♪

♪ That, baby ♪

♪ I think I'm falling
For you ♪

♪ The way I feel
It must be true ♪

♪ And, baby
Don't let this end ♪

♪ You got my heart ♪

♪ In the palm of your hands ♪

♪ Ah, baby ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh... ♪

♪ ♪

I don't feel good
about this Remi sh*t.

Don't trip.

I'ma be fine.

I'm just really scared
of losing you.

[Angel exhales shakily]

[Meech sighs]

♪ ♪

[sensual music plays]

♪ ♪

[moaning]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[knocking on door]

[Lucille] Okay.

Pack your sh*t, Lucille!
We gotta get you out of here.

Estelle, what is going on?

No, wait.

Charles should move out.
Where's his room?

-I'll pack his sh*t for you.
-Estelle.

Estelle, calm down
and tell me what is wrong.

[somber music plays]

Yesterday I saw Charles having
breakfast with another woman.

They were holding hands.

The last thing I wanna do
is open up old scars

and upset you.

But you deserve to know.

[Lucille inhales deeply]

Once a cheater,
always a cheater.

♪ ♪

I should have known better. I--

Now you can divorce his ass

and go get in
with the good doctor

with a clear conscience.

-Where's his sh*t?
-[footsteps clomping]

I'll get it for you.

♪ ♪

[sniffles and sighs]

[dogs barking]

Lucille.

Estelle told me about
your little breakfast date.

Wait, wait, wait--

How dare you?

How dare you embarrass me
like that again,

and in public?

[Charles]
Wait, wait, wait, Lucille--

While I'm sitting here
talking to Pastor Fleming,

you out in the street

getting busy
with anything that walks!

Lu-Lucille,
it's-it's not what you think.

-I was with Sister Riley!
-Sister Riley?

-Get your sh*t and get out!
-[Charles] No, no--

-Get out!
-No, no.

She was helping me with this.

-I knew she--
-Look, I--no, no, no!

Listen, I wrote a song for you.

-Right, you wrote me a song.
-[Charles] I wrote you a song.

You-you were writing a song
with Sister Riley.

[Charles] I asked her to get
the church band together.

Okay.

[Charles] Play.

I'm not playing these games
with you, Charles.

[upbeat music playing]

[Charles] Listen, listen.

♪ ♪

Listen.

[bright guitar chords playing]

♪ ♪

♪ We didn't see it coming ♪

♪ Time just moves so fast ♪

♪ And now we're slipping ♪

♪ ♪

♪ We didn't feel it coming ♪

♪ Time just moves so fast ♪

♪ And now we're slipping ♪

♪ I ain't never been
The best man ♪

♪ Seems like everything's
Been going wrong ♪

♪ You're a hell of a woman
Baby ♪

♪ No matter how hard
We falling down ♪

♪ We didn't see it coming ♪

♪ Time just moves so fast ♪

♪ And now we're slipping ♪

♪ I can't get past
All those good days, baby ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Nothing else mattered
Like we did, baby ♪

♪ ♪

♪ We can still get back
To us dreaming, baby ♪

Listen, I know Reece is back

and there's something
between you two.

But I'm not done
fighting for us.

Listen,
you are stuck in the past,

and I'm-I'm just trying
to move to the future.

No, no, but who's to say
the past and the future

can't look the same?

[dramatic music plays]

Because from where I stand,
I still see you in both.

♪ ♪

[Angel] Hey, babe.
I'm going to work.

What's all this, babe?

[Meech] This my vision
for the future right here.

-[knock at door]
-Damn.

You ambitious.

[Meech] Yeah, you see,
we came from nothing.

And I ain't ever going back
to that life.

This my dream, for everybody
to be shining like new money.

-[door clicks open]
-Okay.

-[Terry] Hey.
-What's up, Tee?

Meech. I did what you asked.

And you were right
about Stacks.

He's playing us.

I f*cking knew it.

So you been watching Stacks
this entire time?

The OGs are saying
that the MKs did the drive-by

that k*lled Diesel, not Remi.

Man, he was gonna walk us
straight into a ambush.

So what's the next move?

[tense music plays]

Stacks and the MKs,

they think we still planning
on hitting Techwood, Tee.

I'ma flip this sh*t
to our advantage, Tee.

Angel, you still cool
with them dancers

that dance for Remi
at the club?

Yeah, we in everybody's ear
and pockets.

Okay, cool, 'cause I need you
to get him a message for me.

-All right?
-Got you.

♪ ♪

[dogs barking]

f*ck that n*gga Stacks.

Ever since Ty got k*lled,
he think he a free agent.

Stacks ain't our main focus
right now.

Surviving is.

The MKs gonna wipe us out.

I'ma make a temporary deal
with Remi...

[Duffy] What?

[Meech] ...for the greater good
of our organisation.

And I'm headed to Techwood
this afternoon.

In broad daylight?

♪ ♪

sh*t, I'm riding with you,
Meech.

♪ ♪

[fingers snap]

♪ ♪

I'm riding too.

And I ain't taking no
for an answer.

♪ ♪

A'ight, man. We down too.

Ride or die, man.

♪ ♪

[sighs] Strength in numbers.

♪ ♪

And once we outmanoeuvre
the MKs,

we can finish
what Remi started.

And Ty can finally
rest in peace.

[phone rings]

Oh, hey.

You didn't tell me your dad
was running for reelection.

[indistinct chatter]

Yeah, that's why
I'm not answering his calls.

Whoa. What's that about?

So when I was in rehab,
my father never visited

because he was scared
someone might see him

and it would hurt him
politically.

Instead he paraded my brothers
on the campaign trail

while they kept me
out of the limelight

like I was some dirty secret.

Now that I'm a detective
and cleaning up the streets,

he wants to show me off
as a part of his

"get tough on dr*gs" campaign.

I'm sorry.

It's fake assholes
like my father

who lie and use people
who should be sorry.

[sighs]

Um... hey, uh...

I gotta tell you something.

But, uh, not here.

Not in this sh*thole.

♪ ♪

[heavy bass music plays]

♪ ♪

Yo, Stacks, you're not
gonna believe this.

Meech and his crew are here.

Yeah, I'm sure.
I'm looking right at them.

sh*t's about to jump off!

♪ ♪

[indistinct chatter]

Kevin.

Yo.

What happened to your face?

Son...

who did this to you?

Uh...

the people who were...

supposed to be protecting me
are hurting me now.

And, I don't--

I don't know what I did wrong.

Oh, my God.

There is something else.

Um...

[sniffles]

Mm.

Last night...

mm, mm.

They, uh...

waited for me to go to sleep.

And...

[somber music plays]

...I-I couldn't fight back.

♪ ♪

They pinned me down.

♪ ♪

One of them
pulled my pants down.

And--

♪ ♪

I need you to hold on.

♪ ♪

I promise that I'll
get you out of here.

♪ ♪

Son, I promise.

♪ ♪

[Amberson]
Let me get this straight.

So your old partner, Bryant,

was driving the ambulance
for Henry?

[Jin] Yeah.

He came back to check up on me
after I got sh*t.

[Amberson sighs] Holy sh*t.

We gotta leverage
Bryant somehow

into getting us to whoever
the f*ck this Henry guy is

so we can get that crew
off the street.

Unless you decide
to turn my ass in to Garr

and end my career.

I'm not gonna do that.

But I am down to arrest Bryant.

Moving forward,
don't ever keep me in the dark.

Starting to feel like
I had a family again.

[Jin] I promise.

From here on out,
full transparency.

Okay, I guess
we turn this in to Garr

first thing in the morning.

Yeah, sounds like
we have enough to get

an arrest warrant on Bryant.

I think this deserves
some more alcohol.

[both laugh]

[sighs]

Yeah, I'm thinking
of calling my father back.

[Jin] Seriously?

Yeah.

Tell him how he hurt me.

-Full transparency, right?
-[Jin chuckles]

I mean, he's either
gonna apologise

or tell me to f*ck off.

Either way,
I'll be free of my resentment.

-Good on you.
-[Amberson] Yeah?

I can support that.

Mm. Thank you. [chuckles]

[bottles clink]

Is that what I think it is?

Karaoke.

It was uh, me and my
sister's favourite thing to do

when we were growing up
together.

Are we drunk enough?

-We can be.
-[both laugh]

[indistinct chatter]

[tense music plays]

♪ ♪

[child mimicking
engines humming]

♪ ♪

-[mother] Come on, baby!
-[child] What? Mom!

♪ ♪

[people whooping]

♪ ♪

-[indistinct chatter]
-[baby crying]

Come on, let's go.

♪ ♪

[indistinct chatter]

♪ ♪

Came to wave the white flag?

[scoffs] Hell nah, n*gga.

We always gonna be enemies
for what you did to Ty.

But right now, we got a bigger
enemy we need to deal with.

The MKs setting up our crews
to ambush us tonight.

Why the f*ck
should I believe you?

'Cause I always think
about the bigger picture.

Now, this is a chance
for us to ambush they asses

and catch them off guard.

♪ ♪

n*gga, let them come, then!

n*gga, this is our hood!

We gonna defend
this m*therf*cker

like we always do,

so I ain't got no interest
in f*cking with you.

Dawg, why you
so f*cking stubborn, man?

g*dd*mn.

The MKs got m*llitary-grade
firepower, n*gga.

How you talking about
keeping this place safe

but it's about
to get torn to pieces?

Yo, Remi, he got a point.

♪ ♪

Man, f*ck these n*gg*s.

-[g*ns cocking]
-[people clamouring]

♪ ♪

["Major Tom [Coming Home]"
playing]

[both]
♪ Four, three, two, one ♪

♪ Earth below us ♪

♪ Drifting, falling ♪

♪ Floating weightless ♪

♪ Calling, calling home ♪

-[pounding on door]
-sh*t. Hold on.

-[Amberson laughs]
-Keep it going. Keep it going.

-[Amberson] Okay.
-[pounding on door]

[Jin] What the f*ck, man?

-Bryant.
-I need your help.

I ain't got nobody else
to turn to.

Oh, you need my help?
Okay, who the f*ck is Henry?

Uh, well, look,
I'll tell you everything.

But I need your help first.

You're in no position
to negotiate.

We should just cuff him
and drill him at the station.

Shut the f*ck up.
This is about Kevin.

[g*nf*re, glass shattering]

[people cawing]

-[g*nf*re]
-[person] Oh, sh*t!

[tires screeching]

-f*ck!
-Oh, f*ck!

[g*nf*re, people shouting]

[speaking French]

-Oh, f*ck!
-sh*t!

-sh*t!
-f*ck you!

m*therf*cker!

[groans]

[people shouting]

Meech!

[person screams]

f*ck!

[shouting]

Ah, sh*t, I'm out. I'm out!
f*ck!

A'ight, m*therf*ckers!

Hey, Remi!

I'm down.

Mil, where the f*ck
you get a strap?

[Milton] Someone in your crew.

Let's get these m*therf*ckers,
man!

Man, get the f*ck out of here!

♪ ♪

[no audible dialogue]

[muffled g*nf*re]

♪ ♪

[somber music plays]

♪ ♪

This is all your fault!

[sobbing] Get away from my son!

♪ ♪

You said you would protect us.

[hoarsely]
Look at what you've done!

♪ ♪

[g*nf*re]

[glass shattering]

-sh*t!
-sh*t, sh*t!

-[groans]
-sh*t! Go, go, go, go, go!

-[groans]
-[tires squealing]

[breathing heavily]

[Amberson gasping]

[somber music plays]

Cobie? Cobie!

Cobie. Oh, sh*t.

f*ck!

[Amberson gasping]

[touch tones beeping]

♪ ♪

[pager beeping]

♪ ♪

Sorry.

[Jin] This is
Detective Veronica Jin.

There's been a sh**ting
at my residence.

We need an ambulance
right away.

We've got an officer down.

Now! Right now!

[Amberson gasping]

♪ ♪

Oh, my God. Hang in there.

You're gonna be okay.
You're gonna be okay.

Don't leave me.

Stick with me, please!

[Amberson gasping]

[Jin sniffling and sobbing]

[gasping slows]

[g*nf*re]

[tense music plays]

♪ ♪

f*ck! There's too many of them!

Hey, make every sh*t count!

♪ ♪

Rip!

♪ ♪

Rip!

♪ ♪

[people yelling]

[gagging]

♪ ♪

-f*ck!
-[gasping]

You did good, Rip.

You made all us proud, man.

Everybody gonna remember you
through your music.

♪ ♪

f*ck!

f*ck!

-Watch my back!
-I got you. I got you.

sh*t. f*ck.

f*ck. I'm out.

♪ ♪

[Meech grunts]

♪ ♪

f*ck!

♪ ♪

[Sterl]
Let's get these m*therf*ckers!

[Meech] Yo,
that's Sterl and the PA Boys!

It's about time!

Man, get the f*ck out of here
with them buck-ass teeth.

Meech, Tee! Move! Move!

Come on! This way!

[Stacks shouts] That's right!

Get the f*ck out of here!

Next time, you won't be
so m*therf*cking lucky!

Ah, sh*t. f*ck you, n*gga!

-You did a good job.
-[Stacks] f*ck you!

[Glock]
But you didn't do good enough.

[Stacks]
n*gga, f*ck you, n*gga!

[dog barking]

[door clicks open]

Wh-what are you doing in here?

[Charles] I can't stop
thinking about you.

My goodness, you're like
a schoolkid in a summer camp.

You got me feeling
like a horny teenager

all over again, woman.

Okay, look,
we-we'll do it one time,

and then you're going back
to your room.

[Charles exhales heavily]

[delicate music plays]

♪ ♪

[indistinct chatter]

[somber music plays]

♪ ♪

[officer] He left a note.

Take your time.

♪ ♪

[crying]

[sighs] I, uh...

[sobs]

...love you too.

♪ ♪

I'ma put Rip's tape
out on these streets

so they can remember his name
forever.

♪ ♪

[Terry] Yo, Meech.

♪ ♪

PA's always ready
to ride with you.

And I told Sterl you ain't
going into battle without me.

I appreciate that, dawg.

Damn, I owe you for real.

You call, we show up.
You owe us nothing, man.

We equals.

And our organisations
are family.

For sure.

Roll up.

Yo, you not gonna clean up?

Pack your bag.
Let's hit the airport.

I ain't going, Tee.

What you mean you ain't going?

Listen, man,
loyalty is not just a word.

It's a lifestyle.

This my family out here.
I can't leave them.

Detroit is our home.

And I can't go back with
my tail tucked between my legs.

Look, we lost the battle,
but the w*r still continues.

And I ain't going nowhere.

[Terry exhales heavily]

Look, man.

At the end of the day,
you my brother.

And I just wanna make sure
you safe.

I appreciate that.

[dramatic music plays]

I'ma be good.

Just take care of your family
in Detroit,

and I'ma take care of my family
out here.

♪ ♪

[Older Terry] As much
as I fought with my brother,

I've always fought
alongside him.

We survived many battles,

and I got a lifetime
of scars to prove it.

Truth be told,
I wanted bruh back in the D

to help me fight the w*r
against Henri,

which I knew was waiting
for me at home.

♪ ♪

But this was one battle

I was gonna have
to pick up arms alone.

♪ ♪

[dramatic hip-hop music plays]

[singer]
♪ What you gon' do, gon' do ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Uh, darkness resumes ♪

♪ Not too many options
For the clockers to consume ♪

♪ When hustling
You gambling high ♪

♪ Name your price
But we all ♪

♪ Gotta pay someday
To keep shining ♪

♪ Set it off, known repertoire
With the gunplay ♪

♪ Clocking out, was prepared
For my worst day ♪

♪ Time to move, calculated
Measured instincts ♪

♪ 'Cause when sh*t stink ♪

♪ Better flush fast
Then think, gone ♪

♪ No way to stop it ♪

♪ Send me on God ♪

♪ What you wanna do
Wanna do ♪

♪ Nowhere to cop it ♪

♪ They freeze in the spots ♪

♪ What you gon' do, gon' do ♪

♪ No way to stop it ♪

♪ Send me on God ♪

♪ What you wanna do
Wanna do ♪

♪ Nowhere to cop it ♪

♪ They freeze in the spots ♪

♪ What you gon' do, gon' do ♪

♪ Never hesitant
Move like a militant ♪

♪ Mess around sly
With them things ♪

♪ Cancel middlemen ♪

♪ Come through
Living dangerous, picture it ♪

♪ Feds keep a trail
No signs of me ending it ♪

♪ Scrap with my back
Against the wall ♪

♪ Head up, brawls
Best man made the call ♪