A Snowy Day in Oakland (2023)

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LaTrice,

sometimes things aren't

as complicated as we make them.

There's always home.

Dream for a reason.

- There's always home.

- Dream for a reason.

- There's always home.

- Dream for a reason.

Now that's what I need me

right there.

Something like that

Mmhm.

She look like she doing

just fine with who she got

and don't need nothing like you.

I was talking about the car,

Theona.

Whatever, both of them

too fast for your broke ass.

Now how do you know she fast?

'Cause them shoes and

that car ain't cheap.

- Which means she gotta be?

- You tell me.

You the expert on fast, cheap

women.

Theona please. For all you

know,

that girl could be a new

customer.

She ain't coming in

here.

Where she gets her hair done,

they don't have customers,

they have clients.

Her hair got Snob Hill

hair weaved all over it.

Who's that lady, real fine

lady

Like I said, she ain't coming

in here

to be nobody's customer, she's

already somebody's client,

so you can put your chest away

and stop

sucking in your gut, Davis

Witherspoon.

I was looking at the car,

Theona.

- Mm-hm.

- Y'all two need to

stop fussing all the time, get

remarried, and make a baby.

It'll be a snowy day in the

middle of a Oakland summer

before that ever happens.

Oh, that's cold, Theona.

Who's that lady

And man falleth from

grace, not by wickedness,

but by weakness and the

power of temptation.

Who's that lady, who's that

lady

Real fine lady, who's that

lady

Hear me callin' out to you

'Cause it's all that I can do

Your eyes tell me to pursue

Who's that lady, who's that

lady

Sexy lady

- Nice shoes.

- Oh, thank you.

You're not looking to

open up a shop, are you?

'Cause one fantastic

fashion boutique is already

too much for this block

to handle, you know.

I mean, folks around here

aren't spending the money

to be wearing the kind of

clothes you're wearing.

Well, if I should

decide to open up a shop,

rest assured, it won't

be a clothing store.

Good.

Thanks for the tip.

Let me know what you think,

I would love to continue

all the good work that

we've been doing, okay?

Thanks so much, bye bye.

I know it's a little less

convenient, but I believe that

the extra 30 minute

drive would be worth it,

considering all the

progress that we've made.

Hi Shelby, it's Dr. Monroe.

You can just put them in there,

and that can go in the front.

I wonder what kind of place

she's opening up down there.

Whatever it is, it's her

business, so stop spying on her.

Come on inside.

She been here

15 minutes and you already

defending her.

What you talking about,

Theona?

All I said was her business

ain't none of your business.

Now how's that defending the

lady?

Oh, now she's a lady?

12 seconds ago she was a

woman, now she's a lady.

What you gonna make her next,

her majesty?

I swear to Jesus, Theona, you

can

turn something into nothing.

Ha, don't bring Jesus into

this.

Jesus ain't got nothing

to do with this, Davis.

You the one standing here

turning water into wine,

all of a sudden talking about

Jesus.

I think you in the wrong

building...

- Theona, I swear to Jesus.

- You need to be next door

giving sermons right now as much as

you know about Jesus all of a sudden.

Don't need no encyclopedia

when you around.

You know what I'm gonna,

you know what I'm a get you?

- 'Cause you know everything.

- I'm a get you a...

Yeah, you can just put it in

there.

Yes, that's great, thank you.

- Ow, what'd you do that for?

- Por que?

You're more interested in

watching what's going on

next door than helping

me open up for business.

We don't have any business

yet.

I mean, that's because

we're not ready for any.

Let me have my cafecito,

- chica.

- Que no.

Oh, please, please, please be

careful

with the corners, this

is kangaroo leather.

We're being careful,

lady.

Decided to move in after all,

huh?

Yes, I did, I just

decided to make a go of it.

- A go of what exactly?

- Uh, I'm a therapist.

So, you're gonna be giving

people massages in there.

No, I'm, I'm a psychologist, I

have

a PhD in psychology,

I'm Dr. LaTrice Monroe.

- Rodney.

- Rodney.

Rodney Smalls, professionally

Mali.

I hope you're not overpaying

on the rent because,

you know, Marquis will hike

me and everybody else up

if you start giving him all this

cash.

Oh no, I don't think

so, I think the rent is

- pretty reasonable.

- Uh huh.

I have to watch these guys, but

we're neighbors, so I'm sure

- I'll see more of you.

- Yeah, anyways, all right.

Well, if I knew this

place was gonna have

that kind of view, I'd

have moved in myself.

Sorry, didn't mean to come

up on you like that, my bad.

- You are?

- Your landlord.

- Oh, hi.

- Hi.

- I'm...

- Dr. LaTrice Monroe,

your name's on the agreement.

Yeah, my property management

company, that's virtual,

but the paperwork, much

like myself, is real.

- You own the building.

- No, I own

- the block actually.

- Wow.

Well listen, call me,

day or night, you know,

if you need something

unplugged or screwed in.

- Yeah, that sounded crazy.

- No.

I'm sorry, listen, I just

like to keep my renters happy.

Oh, but I'm not a

renter, I signed a lease.

Yes you did, you paid for an

entire year

- up front.

- Yep.

Gotta say, I like your style.

- Thank you, Mr. King.

- Please, call me Marquis.

Price of gas done went up

three more

cents, seven in the past two

months.

What you worried about seven

cents for?

You don't drive nowhere

but here and back home.

Theona, how you know where

I be in my car with my gas?

I don't and I don't care.

You the one that started the

conversation.

I didn't start nothing, all I

said was

gas went up, I ain't say nothing

about me

- being somewhere.

- Mm-hm.

See how men do?

All the time starting so you

don't finish.

Mm-hm, you ain't lying about

that,

- Theona.

- Morning.

How y'all doing this morning?

Hey girl, look at you

with your short pants on.

Woo yeah, it's hot out there

today.

How you doing, Spoon, what

you doing, reading the paper?

Jeanette, you see me sitting

here reading this paper,

now why is you gonna ask

me if I'm doing something

- you already see me doing?

- Now why is he tripping?

I'm just trying to make a little

Saturday morning conversation,

that's all.

If he don't wanna talk, I can

drop off

what I'll drop off and

go on about my business.

Now, y'all ain't got nothing but

a water bill and a Essence

magazine.

I left all your junk mail on the

truck

because it is too hot to

be pushing all of that.

Now, if you want to read

that and study your paper,

I'll go on back to the truck and

get it.

Don't pay him no mind, he's

just upset

about gas going up three cents.

I am not upset that

gas went up three cents.

I was sitting here reading the

paper,

commented that gas done

went up seven more cents

in the past two months, that's

all.

Well, what are you upset

about,

is it the three cent or the

seven cent?

- I am not upset.

- He's sitting there

acting upset like he don't know

he upset.

Girl, that's borderline crazy.

You know maybe you need to go

see

that new head doctor just

moved in three doors down,

but would you let him, Theona,

because

woo, that is a pretty sister.

She mixed, probably got

some Cherokees in her, too.

- Have you seen her?

- Mm-hm,

Davis just about passed

out, sucking in his gut

and sticking out his chest

looking at her.

- Oh, is that right?

- I was looking at the car,

- Theona.

- Mm-hm.

Why would somebody smart

enough

to be a doctor with all that

kind of money

wanna put a head shop

in this neighborhood?

What's wrong with this

neighborhood?

It's full of Black people.

And what's wrong with Black

people?

Black people don't

talk about they problems.

Not their real problems.

Mm-mm, we keep that deep down

inside,

it's between us and God.

Maybe Jeanette's right,

maybe you should go see your

lady doctor fantasy girlfriend,

get your head shrunk.

You want me to ask if she have

any openings to shrink your

head?

- Morning, Rev.

- Well, good morning

Sister Ellis, how you doing

today?

- Oh, hot and working.

- Now, Sister Ellis...

I know, I need to quit acting

a fool in my father's house.

Missed you at bible study last

night.

Oh yeah, don't tell nobody,

but

I fixed dinner for my

son, he came up from under

just to spend a few minutes with

his mama.

Oh, isn't that sweet?

It sure is, Sister Ellis,

it sure is.

Well, just look at me

just carrying on about

my boy when I need to

be letting you handle your

business.

I got a letter here for you

and it's from Florida State.

You know something, it might

be some good news in here.

Maybe they going put your name

on the side of a building,

honor you with your name on a

stadium.

Wouldn't that be something?

It would, Sister Ellis, but...

- Woo.

- Lest we forget,

it is not good to eat much

honey, nor is it glorious

to seek one's own glory,

Proverbs 25:27.

You know, with all the

philosophy

and fancy preaching you

do, I bet you'd have a

lot to talk about with

that new head doctor.

I hear that they say she is as

smart

and rich as she is good looking.

But see, what I don't

understand,

what I can't figure, is

why would she set up here?

I mean, what's she gonna do

that we ain't getting done?

We got you and you got God.

Well, well, we all

have God, Sister Ellis,

and He has a plan for each and

every

- one of us.

- Yeah, maybe so.

Got the place looking pretty

good.

Some new paint, new plastic

people,

a crazy looking wallpaper.

- Yeah.

- How much that cost?

I'd raise your rent,

but since you're already

behind last month's, I'll

tell you what I'm gonna do.

I'm gonna give you to the

first of this coming month

for you to catch up in

full, how does that sound?

I'm doing the best I can,

Marquis.

I'll pay you what I owe

you as as soon as I'm able,

it's just, business has just

been slow.

You see, that's the problem

right there.

I said I'll pay you as soon as

I can.

Come here for a second.

It's not what you said,

it's what you didn't say.

You didn't say Mr. King, you

said Marquis.

Well guess what, Marquis ain't

here.

Mr. King your landlord is here

and you're behind on your rent.

I can't pay you what I don't

have...

And that being the

situation, you still felt

comfortable enough to

not pay me some respect.

And how can you expect someone

who

doesn't pay you any respect to

pay you

anything at all, you know what

I'm saying?

- Yeah.

- That's crazy.

So, I want all my money

on the first or else you

and all this stuff is

gonna be out on the street,

- as simple is that.

- Yeah.

Oh hey, Mother Keys.

Don't you hey me,

Jeanette Ellis, you've been

lightening your load and

leaving me without my coupons.

I need my coupons, you hear me?

Okay Mother Keys, you're

right, my bad.

I will make sure that I

deliver you all the coupons

on my truck with your name

on it and some, all right?

- I guess that'd be all right.

- I'll see you in a while.

Mm mm mm, child, you need to

put on

some long pants 'cause Lord

knows

you too big boned to

have on them short pants.

I don't know what she talking

about,

I make these short pants look

good.

- How you doing today, girl?

- I'm fine, Jeanette.

- Where's Papa Jesus?

- Said he had to

take care of something this

morning.

Should have been here by now,

though.

Well, I hope the feds

ain't snatched him up

and shipped him off to Mexico or

nothing.

- Jeanette.

- Give me a pack of that gum.

- Crazy.

- Oh girl,

you know, you know me,

I'm just playing with you.

sh**t, I wish somebody

would come around here

talk about they'd wanna take

y'all out

and put you on the other

side of some damn wall.

Hoo, they gonna have to come

through me

and everybody else on this

block, you see what I'm saying?

We're legal, I was practically

born here and Dad came from

- Cuba when he was 33.

- 34, your mother was 33.

- Hey Jesus, how you doing?

- Fine, Jeanette.

You bring me anything worth

reading or just more bills?

Ugh, same old, same

old, just more bills.

That's okay, we're still living

the American dream, right?

Speaking of the American

dream,

give me one of those quick

pick tickets right quick.

Yeah, I don't wanna be a working

girl

- walking these streets forever.

- Here you go, good luck.

Oh, I'm not gonna need luck.

I had a dream about this last

night

after eating catfish and

cornbread with my son.

Watch, you'll see, we dream for

a reason.

This is my ticket to

being rich and famous.

Oh, and speaking of rich and

famous,

have y'all seen your new

neighbor?

Dad's been staring at

her butt every chance

- he gets.

- Well, he's not alone.

I mean, either everybody

is either looking at it or

- talking about it, you know.

- Right.

Listen, I'm going over there

right now, but I am telling

you, I'm not opening my

mouth, I'm not saying a word.

I'd never ever say a

word to nobody about him.

So, how long has your son been

- an FBI agent?

- Special agent.

Going on seven years now,

but he's been undercover

- the last two.

- I bet you miss seeing him.

I miss him terribly,

but I know he's helping

to keep America safe and

if him seeing his mama

have to take a backseat,

then it's okay with me.

Oh, this couch is nice.

- Is that the trick?

- The trick?

To getting folks to tell they

secrets and they problems,

you put 'em on this comfortable

couch.

There's no trick, Jeanette.

People talk because they want

to.

People need to express what's

going on

on the inside, which often

manifests to what's happening

- to them on the outside.

- Ugh, sounds complicated.

If people spend some time

examining

why they're feeling the

way they're feeling,

it can lead to an

understanding of why they're

doing the things that

they're doing and vice versa,

and then all of that leads

to a knowledge of self,

which can then bring

about the desired change

in their behavior or the

circumstances.

So, why are you here, why

are you doing what you doing?

I know you didn't just wake up

one day

and leave the world you

belong to, to come down here

and kick it with your

people for no reason.

Have a nice weekend, Shelby.

Thank you so much.

Yes, yes, and listen,

remember,

we're much more than who we're

with.

- Okay.

- Okay?

But what if I'm with,

like, George Clooney?

He was, in just a hypothetical

world, if he was single.

- No, mm-mm.

- Okay, I'll see you tomorrow.

Okay, well no, tomorrow's

Saturday.

- I bought Saturday.

- Okay.

All right.

See you.

Show me your diploma.

Ah.

It's man trouble, ain't it?

What kind of trifling fool would

mess up so that he'd

lose a catch like you?

- Grant.

- I'm sorry, Dr. Monroe,

I didn't mean to interrupt your

session.

- Uh...

- Oh well honey,

I ain't paying, so you ain't

interrupting nobody's session.

Girl, you go on handle your

business.

He kinda fine for a white

boy, you see what I'm saying?

Oh, I'll be here on Monday

with your mail, darling.

Okay Jeanette, thank you.

What are you doing here?

I came here to see if you were

ready to be reasonable and

reconcile.

I figured I'd give you some

time to come to your senses

over that meaningless dalliance

and to see if we could

make up with a dinner.

- My treat.

- Oh.

Just to be clear, you

and your little ding dong

have a meaningless dalliance

practically right in my face,

which causes me to walk out of

your life,

and then you waltz your little

lying, cheating, trifling ass

into my new office and

practically demand

a reconciliation over dinner,

your treat?

Come on, LaTrice, you

know I'm no good at this.

And I have no idea what

trifling arse means,

but I'm here, darling, and I'm

trying.

What do you say?

I say get out, Grant.

- Are you serious?

- Yes.

You want to throw away

everything we had

just so that you can play

witch doctor to these people?

These people, you arrogant

ignoramus, are my people.

LaTrice, can we, can we just

have

a little reality check, okay?

These people are no more your

people than they are mine.

Yes, they're your color,

but they're not your kind

and the sooner that we

can come to grips with,

with that reality, we

can begin to reconcile.

So, dinner?

No, okay, no.

Yeah.

You wanna know what trifling

means?

Trifling means trivial,

inconsequential,

petty, and insignificant.

Look, you're obviously

not ready to talk right now,

- so I'll...

- Get outta here.

And you know what else?

These are my people.

They movin' in, we movin' out

Process of elimination,

gentrification

They movin' in, we movin' out

Process of elimination,

gentrification

They want in on the south, no

doubt

What's the hap, mandatory get

back

They buy low, sell it on enemy

If you say so, for

real, where did they go

Ain't no survival of the

fittest for the pesos

Spray though, cleanin' out the

places

That they know like they don't

Grew up on the politics and

lay low

Genocide, end of mine

Gentrified, that ain't no

crime

To the culture, the

wings for the vultures

They jokin', left a

thr*at to our peace open

Hopin' we'd be the ones follow

wokin'

Was hopin' there'd be

easy but token is a must

Trust they got us

involved, there's enough

No rush, I'm Simmons,

summoned by the touch

Of all the rich simulation,

call it gentrification

Why the hell y'all waitin'?

They movin' in, we movin' out

Process of elimination,

gentrification

They movin' in, we movin' out

Process of elimination,

gentrification

They movin' in, we movin' out

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,

that's what I'm talking bout.

Gentrification They

movin' in, we movin' out

Here come that little thug.

You leave him alone,

Davis, he's just a boy.

That wannabe gangster

ain't nothing but trouble

waiting to happen.

He's a rap artist,

- not a gangster.

- Same damn thing.

- Yo, what's cracking, y'all?

- Yo ass is what's cracking.

Pull your pants up, boy.

And don't come out that bag with

nothing

'cause ain't nobody in here

buying.

Oh, you gonna come in

Glock-9 like that, Pops?

If I was your Pops,

your pants would be up.

Leave him alone, Davis.

Hi Dwayne, how you doing, baby?

I'm fine, Miss Theona, but

yo, can you call me Glock-9?

- I'm trying to build my brand.

- Aw, that's cute.

So, what you got today, new CDs?

Yeah look, so I spit

these last night, all right?

- They're dope.

- Theona,

don't waste your money on that

mess.

It's my money, I can spend

it whatever way I like.

How much today, Glock-9?

All right, $2.99 for one or

two for $5.

I think I will get two.

Get my Christmas shopping

for Davis done early.

- Huh.

- Hey, anybody else?

'Cause my bars are on a

whole new level right now.

Anything worth the listening

to,

I got right there in

that jukebox over there.

That thing's been broke

since before we got here

and who knows how long before

that.

Still don't mean

what's inside ain't good.

Man, that thing's so old,

it's not even old school.

That was before the old school.

- When music was music.

- I'll fix it if you want.

- Aww.

- I'm really good

at like, you know, hooking up

electronics,

video games, whatever you need.

I'll do it for free if you let

me

sample some of the songs for my

beats.

No, you ain't gonna mix

up the good with the bad.

- It's gonna stay broke.

- All right, man.

Yo, let me know if you change

your

mind before my offer expires.

Before your offer expire, huh?

Boy, get your butt outta

here before I call the police

- on you.

- All right.

Glock-9 out, gotta bounce.

Bye Dwayne, I mean, Glock-9.

Bye, Celine sh*t.

You should be nicer to the

boy.

Bad enough he has no family to

speak of.

All I know is that boy

better not touch my jukebox.

You got some lifesavers in

your mouth?

'Cause I can't understand

a thing you saying.

Mm-hm.

It's cheap, man, it ain't that

expense...

For real?

Yo, why you all the

time gotta trip, Rodney?

Ain't like I'm asking

you to be tracked in,

all I'm asking you for is to

sling

- my beats in your shop, man.

- Do you see what I sell here?

I sell wraps, okay, not bad rap.

Whatever man, you'd probably

make

hella more cheddar off of my

jams

than these weak ass rags

you trying to hustle.

Yeah.

You sure

you don't need any money?

I don't need any money, Dad.

- And I'm fine...

- We can helicopter over

- to the mainland...

- Yo.

- Uh.

- Excuse me.

Dad, lemme call you right

back, someone just walked in.

- Who, Grant?

- No, it's not Grant.

- Love you.

- Bye now.

Bye.

Okay, that was rude.

Did you not see that I was on

the phone?

All right, well, I said excuse

me.

What you said was, "Yo, excuse

me."

All right, my bad.

But you off the phone now,

right,

so can I holler at you for a

minute?

- What is your name?

- Glock-9.

- And how old are you?

- Old enough.

Okay, now you're

lying and you're rude.

I know your mother taught

you better than that.

- I ain't got no mother.

- Oh, I see.

So, how can I help you, Mr.

Nine?

Actually, I'm here to help

you.

- Really?

- Mm-hm.

- How's that?

- Well, you're new

on the block, right?

I suppose I am.

Yeah, you know, your situation

ain't exactly popping, right?

And this right here, Glock-9's

latest and greatest flame.

Look, you buy a dozen of

these for $2.99 a piece

and then you flip it and

sell it for $4.99 a piece

and you got people lining

up outside your shop

just to get in here to talk to

you.

- You feel me?

- I do feel you,

but I don't sell anything in

here.

What do you do here

then, what's your hustle?

My hustle is that I

help people find answers.

- Answers to what?

- To whatever

they may be questioning in their

lives.

Well, you ain't gonna

make no type of cheddar

around here with a lame hustle

like that.

- Really?

- Yeah.

- Why not?

- Because nobody

gonna give you they money

to talk about they stuff

when they don't know

you or what you about.

I mean, look, you got some buzz,

but you ain't got no street

cred.

Only thing the block know

about you is that you rich.

- And pretty.

- Pretty?

Mm-hm, and rich.

So, how many of my CDs you want?

Let me see.

- Hm, gimme two.

- All right, for sure.

A honey, man.

A faithful man showed

up bound with blessings,

but he that maketh haste to

be rich shall not be innocent.

What are you up to, Marquis?

You shall not take

vengeance or bear grudge

against the sons of your

own people, but you shall

love your neighbor as

yourself, I am the Lord.

I'm sorry, I wasn't sure

what time service started.

Well, our times are in His

hands.

Have a seat right down

in front, Sister Monroe.

Thank you, excuse me, sorry.

- She got on the phone.

- She got some nerve

coming up in here late

and dressed in that dress.

She late, but that

dress is right on time.

Judge not, that you be not

judged.

And in that spirit, let us

welcome

our newest neighbor, Dr. LaTrice

Monroe.

I'd like to think that her

services, like herself, will be

a welcome addition to the

block and the neighborhood.

For we are members of one

another.

- Somebody say amen.

- Amen.

I'd like to get to our feet

for a little

Sunday morning singing and

praise giving.

Mother Keys, if you please.

Now people, the Bible says do

unto

others as you'd have them do

unto you.

And can't nobody do me like

Jesus.

Well.

Well can't nobody

Do me like Jesus

Can't nobody do me like the

Lord.

Can't nobody do me like Jesus

He's my friend

He picked me up, he picked me

up

Turned me around, turned me

around

He picked me up, picked me up

Turned me around, turned me

around

He picked me up, picked me up

Turned me around, turned me

around

He's my friend

Nobody, nobody

Do me like Jesus, do me like

Jesus

Can't nobody, nobody

Do me like the Lord

Can't nobody, can't nobody

Do me like Jesus

He's my friend

He healed my body, healed my

body

Told me to run on, told me to

run on

He healed my body, healed my

body

Told me to run on, told me to

run on

Healed my body

Told me run on

He's my friend

Oh

Can't nobody do me like Jesus

Can't nobody do me like Jesus

Can't nobody do me like Jesus

Can't nobody do me like Jesus

Ain't nobody nothin' like

Jesus

Ain't nobody nothin' like

Jesus

Ain't nobody rock me like

Jesus

Ain't nobody rock me like

Jesus

Nobody, nobody

Nobody, nobody

Nobody, nobody

Mm-mm.

Woo, thank you, Jesus.

The service was wonderful,

I really enjoyed it.

Do you feel saved?

I feel insufficient.

Huh.

Well, at least you feel

something, that's a good start.

They really don't want me

here, do they?

They want what everybody else

wants.

- Yeah?

- Mm-hm.

I'm not here to compete

with you, you know.

God's a monopoly, He has no

competition.

And as far as me, well, hm,

my competing days are over.

Arrogance and ignorance saw to

that

- before I was shown the light.

- Do you miss it?

The cheering crowds and

the, "Carter, Carter."

- The fans, the money.

- Now, how do you...

- Oh, my boy, um, my...

- Uh huh.

- Business partner.

- Hm.

Was really into football and

we

used to watch your games

sometimes.

You were really good.

- Two Pro Bowls, Heisman Trophy.

- Oh, actually three

- Pro Bowls, but hey.

- Oh ho.

Okay, okay, I'm sorry, my bad.

That must have been hard

to end the way it did.

Yeah, I'd be lying

if I say it didn't hurt

and that I don't miss

it sometimes, but uh,

I don't miss who I was or

where I was at the time, do you?

Oh.

I was born here in Oakland.

Yeah, I grew up right

around in Havenscourt.

- What, Havens...

- Yeah,

right next to Flints Barbecue.

- What?

- Yes.

I, I wouldn't have thought, I,

- well...

- Well.

Yeah, we left when I was 11.

My father got a big job in

Connecticut

with a manufacturing firm.

It paid well, so I grew up

well traveled, well educated.

We never even came back to

visit.

You know, my grandmother used

to say

sometimes you have to go to

them before they'll come to you.

Oh beautiful

For spacious skies

For amber waves of grain

For purple mountain's majesty

'Bove the fruited plains

America

It must be the money

Why you doing that with my

dollar bill?

'Cause all the years

that I been cut your hair,

you ain't never tipped me once.

Now all of a sudden you big

spender?

So, either something wrong

with you or something wrong

- with your money.

- That's rude.

Have nobody ever told you not to

look a gift horse in the mouth?

He don't know not to look

at a whole lot of things.

You ain't gave me no gift

horse.

You gave me a funky looking

dollar bill.

Go on, you're crazy.

- Bye, Theona.

- Bye, Brother Freeman.

I did everything I could

trying to make things work

- Uh, Dr. Monroe.

- Hi, hello.

What brings you to

this end of the block?

Well, I was just hoping

to get a shampoo and style

if you had an appointment

available.

Oh, yeah, that's Theona's

department.

- Theona...

- I heard her.

Girl must be the one

I have to look at my client

book,

but I suppose I could fit you

in.

My head is in your hands,

Theona.

- Weave's are extra.

- Oh, it's,

it's not a weave, I just have

three tracks

- in the back.

- Mm.

Mali from Creations by Mali.

Yep.

They said five weeks ago that

they were gonna call me back

and, uh, can you at least

tell me if my several pieces

have been seen by the

fashion buyer, please?

Rejected?

Sorry?

I don't need you to be

sorry, keep your sorry.

I need my several pieces back.

What you talking about policy?

Policy?

I don't care about your

policy, I need my sev,

give me my several

pieces back, you hear me?

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

The boy fell out the tree?

At 12 feet straight.

That must've been some first

kiss.

And don't tell me, you've been

chasing

and dating white boys ever

since.

Well, let's just say

they've been falling for me.

And, and how does that make

you feel?

Oh, uh, to tell you the truth,

I'm still working that one out.

Well, maybe you should

talk to someone about it

and I know a good head doctor

- right down the street.

- Theona, she's crazy.

Don't need a degree in

psychology to diagnose that.

Hush Davis before I start in

on you.

How long you two been married?

Oh, married 11 years,

divorced 15, and together

in this place fussed and

fighting six days a week.

Theona, we don't need you

in here telling our business.

If you don't want me

telling our business,

you shoulda kept your

business in your pants.

There is something on your

mind

By the way you look at me

There is something on your

mind honey

By the way you look at me

What up, Davis?

Hope you got some

cold ones in the cooler.

Under the milk.

Can what you're thinking

Bring happiness

Keep the change.

Or will it bring misery

I would like to drink a lot.

Oh no please don't

- What's the occasion?

- Who am I?

Ah.

I may not understand

Now what does that mean?

Beautiful women and good

horses

are always ruined by idiots.

Amen.

Amen.

Okay.

Uh.

Dr. Monroe?

Hello, um.

Oh.

Um.

- Excuse me.

- May I help you?

Do you do where Dr. Monroe is?

She doesn't seem to be in her

office

and I need a session with

her before I lose my mind.

Well, I saw her earlier today,

I'm sure she's somewhere on the

block.

Oh, that is so beyond

fabulous.

- Organic cotton?

- Bamboo.

- Shut up, bamboo?

- Hundred percent.

Beyond fabulous, who's the

designer?

- You're looking at him.

- Oh,

in that case I am looking at a

genius.

I'm Shelby, what's your name?

- Mali.

- Who wears you, Mali?

I would love to say

everybody to somebody,

but the truth is no one

famous or otherwise,

but I'm just trying to do my

thing and hoping for the best,

- you know?

- Oh.

In that case, I'll go pret a

porter today

and I'll take one of everything

- in each color.

- Okay.

Had to finish

cutting Willie's hair.

- How much I owe you?

- Besides an apology?

- Nothing.

- Why I gotta apologize?

You the one who started it.

Bringing up...

Bringing up what, Davis?

- The truth?

- Theona,

that was a long time ago, long

time ago.

I really appreciate you

letting me

pray here, Reverend Carter,

thank you.

We might be from different

faiths,

but it's all the same God.

Do you believe God punishes us

for our mistakes, for our sins?

I believe God is a

loving and forgiving God

and that we, his children,

often without mercy

punish ourselves for things

we regret we've done.

If whatever it is, is troubling

you,

He will help you see it through.

Everything was perfect

and then he had to go

and ruin the whole night

by popping the question.

- Well, and?

- And

He had the nerve to ask if

getting Botox injections hurt

'cause he was thinking

about surprising his mother

with a treatment for her 50th

birthday.

I mean, can you imagine?

Shelby, how old was this man?

I don't know, 27, maybe 28.

Old enough to know better

than to bring up his mommy

when asking a lady about

her beauty secrets.

Shelby, you know that

dating a younger man

is not the way to build

up your self esteem.

I am not a cougar.

My friend Olivia, now she's a

cougar.

- Olivia, who's Olivia?

- Well, she's just a couple

- years older than moi.

- Mm-hm.

She's had the little

tiniest bit of work done

to her face, breasts,

butt, hips and thighs.

Oh, she's had her lips done,

too, but I mean, who hasn't?

Um.

- Oh my god.

- Oh my god what?

I caught cougar-it is from

Olivia.

Shelby, you know, passing

judgment on yourself predicated

on comparing yourself to

others is always a bad choice.

No, I know, I know I'm not

Olivia.

I mean, I love her, but

I don't want to be her.

Not in any way, shape, or form.

Although she does have a nice

shape.

And she should, she

certainly paid enough for it.

Who do you wanna be, Shelby?

I want to be

Myself.

And who is that?

Sue Ellen Beryl Dickstead,

that's who.

I can't believe how good I feel

right now.

It's a completely different

woman.

You're the best, LaTrice.

You do you, boo.

I'll see you when I need you.

- Drive safe, Shelby.

- Okay, mami.

You must be real good if

you can turn Barbie into

- Erykah Badu.

- Theona, hi, welcome.

I was in the neighborhood, so

thought

I'd come by, take a look at your

shop.

You've seen mine, figured

I'd come see yours.

- Oh.

- Huh.

Hm.

Sure is different than the

other shops in the neighborhood.

Well, it's a work in progress.

You look like somebody who needs

to talk.

- Oh no.

- What?

Just 'cause you sat in my

chair

doesn't mean I'm a lay on your

couch.

I get on that thing, people call

me crazy.

So, you can forget about

that, ain't gonna happen.

sh**t.

I mean, even if I did want to

talk,

- which I don't...

- Mm-hm.

It would be over a cup of

coffee at my kitchen table,

not crying to you on your

couch 'cause I ain't crazy.

I mean, it hurt so bad, I can't

even

put into words how bad it hurt.

Davis and me, we were supposed

to be together forever.

I knew that from the very

first time I laid eyes on him.

He was playing basketball in the

park

And I was there with my

girlfriends watching the boys play.

Davis had on shorts, no shirt,

and was covered in sweat.

Girl, he was fine.

He was staring at me so hard he

got

hit in the face by a no look

pass.

Ball hit him so hard

gave him a bloody nose.

Everybody was laughing at him.

Davis didn't care.

He just kept

right on staring at me, smiling.

After the game,

he asked me out on a date and

that was it.

The first boyfriend I ever had

ended up becoming my husband.

So, you see,

not only did I lose my best

friend,

I lost the only man I've ever

known

and who meant everything to me

to another woman who didn't

mean anything to him.

How do you get right

with something like that?

You don't, you can't,

but you can forgive.

Could you forgive him?

That's a question that you're

gonna

have to answer for yourself,

Theona.

But you get to decide.

- Dr. Monroe.

- You are

so wrong on so many levels.

LaTrice, LaTrice, LaTrice,

please, please, let me explain,

- let me explain.

- What?

That wasn't physical, that

was the purely psychosexual.

Wow, the Sigmund Freud

defense.

- Really, Grant...

- Now,

if we just talk about this

rationally,

- though...

- Let go of me.

I love you, I love you.

Whoa, don't inch me up too

close,

I don't need you bumping me up,

you know?

I been cutting your hair as

half

as long as you've been alive.

Have I ever bumped you up?

No, but I also don't want

today

to be the day that you

start bumping me up.

I don't tell you how to

sew, you don't tell me how to

- clean up no kitchen.

- I ain't got no kitchen.

- Okay, how's that?

- Oh Theona, it's beautiful.

Girl, Hollywood ain't got

nothing on you.

But I'm gonna have to sleep

standing up

- so I don't mess it up.

- Mm, well we'll have to

see what Mr. Keys has

to say about that now.

Child, I look so good that

Mr. Keys is gonna have to

handle his business standing

up or down on all fours.

Ooh, Mother Keys, you

know you need to stop now.

Well, as long as it's still

good,

honey, I don't need to stop.

All right, here you go.

That's a little something for

you.

Aw, thank you, thank you.

And I'll take care of you on

the first.

All right, see you at church.

Woo, this is where my people

at.

Hey Spoon, hey Rodney.

Oh, and look at you, is this

Miss America

or Miss Keys looking this good

up in here?

Oh Jeanette, get outta my

way with your crazy self.

That old woman is strong.

Hey Rodney, I heard your

business is picking up.

White folk could start buying

your stuff.

I'm telling you, P. Diddy,

Kanye, Jay-Z and them,

they wasn't hitting it all that

much

until them white kids

start buying their music.

- Yeah baby, you on your way.

- Come on.

- Hey, Theona.

- Hmm.

I heard you hit the couch, how

was it?

- Felt good, right?

- Jeanette.

You been down to that head

shop?

- You ain't tell Spoon?

- It's supposed to be private.

Oh, I'm sorry, my bad.

Here's your mail, I'm out, okay,

my bad.

Theona, you been down

there talking to that shrink?

I thought you liked her.

What's that got to do with it?

And what was y'all talking

about, me?

If you must know, I

was talking 'bout me.

How's you gonna talk about

you without talking 'bout me?

Maybe you should go try

it and see for yourself, hm?

It'd be a snowy day in a

Oakland summer

before that ever happened,

I'll tell you that much.

- Davis, you working today?

- Yes, I am working today.

- Going in my business.

- I'm working right now.

Look at this, look at

all the work I'm doing.

- It seems personal.

- Look at all the

- work I'm doing.

- It seems personal.

I'm so full of guilt, couldn't

even look her in the eye.

And she ain't yell and she ain't

hit,

she just stood there, hurt.

Do you know why you did what

you did?

Ain't no good explanation and

it

cost me my wife, my best friend.

Theona didn't deserve none

of what I had done to her.

But the worst part is I can't

fix it,

I can't make her forget.

I swear to God I wish I could,

even if

it meant her ever, never not

knowing me.

Did you ever tell her how you

feel?

We can't get three

words into a conversation

without fussing and

fighting with one another.

Why I gotta apologize?

You the one who started it.

- Bringing up...

- Bringing up what, Davis?

- The truth?

- Theona,

that was a long time ago, long

time ago.

Now we are here doing what

we doing how we doing it.

I made you a plate, it's in

the back.

You know you shouldn't be

drinking

in the middle of the day

and on an empty stomach.

What you think would happen

if you started your next

conversation

with these three words: I love

you?

You came into my world

I was a bright inquisitive

girl

I have missed you so

much and I don't want there

to be any more misunderstandings

between us, so.

You said you loved me oh so

much

Marry me?

I sooner lost control

First my heart then my soul.

Some rock, huh?

But baby, baby

So, what do you think?

I wanna know, I've got to know

now

Baby baby baby baby

Where is that rainbow

Ooh baby baby baby

Where is that rainbow

Dear Mr.

Carter,

we are pleased to inform you

that we would like you to

interview for an assistant

offensive coaching position.

Please call the athletic

department coordinator.

You know, there's been a whole

bunch of

robberies in this area as of

late.

Anyway, it's probably just a

good thing

not to keep a whole

bunch of cash on hand.

No problem there.

We're not exactly Whole Foods.

Well, you look like you're

doing pretty good to me.

Have a nice day, okay?

- Take care, Mr. Salgado.

- You too, Officer Daniels.

Just because he has a uniform

and a g*n

does not mean you let him

talk to you any way he wants.

He was only flirting with me.

He was disrespecting you

and in front of your father.

- I'm not a child.

- You're not a puta either,

so you shouldn't let

yourself be treated like one.

Bodega USA.

Just a minute, please.

Papa?

The doctor's office.

Hello?

Yes, this is Mr. Salgado.

What is it about death

that frightens you?

Being dead, that's what's

frightening about death.

I'm just not ready.

I want to be with my

beautiful Erlinda again, but

the thought of my not seeing my

Angelica

married to a good man, my

grandchildren growing up.

You need to fight, Mr.

Salgado.

Fight for Angelica, fight for

these

grandchildren you wanna see grow

up.

You need to fight for yourself.

I have a feeling that Erlinda,

she will be rooting for you.

- What is this?

- Something to

help you throw the first punch.

Me and the devil

Walkin' side by side

Me and the

devil

Man, who the hell

do you think you are?

Walkin' side by side

Theona, you about done?

'Cause I can't concentrate on

this shave with you over there

making all that noise and

blowing hot air.

Huh?

I can't hear you.

That's what I'm talking

about, camaraderie and commerce.

Shop is popping.

What's happening, my Black

people?

Talk about making noise

and blowing hot air.

What you want, Marquis?

- It ain't the first.

- See,

that attitude and that mouth is

why you ain't a married woman no

more.

Something I can do for you,

Marquis?

Actually, there is.

You can be out by the end of

next month.

What you talking 'bout,

out by the end of next month?

It's right there in black and

white.

Notice to vacate the premises?

- That's right.

- Marquis,

you know damn well we have a

lease agreement

and we ain't been late paying,

- not once.

- It's true.

You've never been late with the

payment

and I appreciate it, but

what you need to appreciate

is the fact that you don't

have a lease agreement.

What you have is a rental

agreement.

The hell is you talking about,

Marquis?

What difference does it

make what you call it?

Makes all the difference in

the world.

Uh-uh, whatever the difference

is,

you can't just throw us out in

the street.

I beg to differ.

The law and the fine

print says that I can.

Throw y'all out?

What's going on, what I miss?

Oh, shut the hell up, crazy

mail lady,

business is being talked.

- Why I...

- Mm.

Why Marquis, why is you doing

this?

Lemme cut to the chase.

- I'm selling the block.

- Selling the block?

To who, who buying?

- We'll talk to them.

- You can talk to

whoever you want, they're still

gonna

tear down, pave over, and use

this land as a parking lot.

- Parking lot?

- That's right,

the parking lot business is a

$30 billion a year enterprise.

Ain't nobody giving a damn

about the parking lot business.

- We care about ours.

- Yeah,

and I care about me and mine.

I expect the rent check on

the first just like always.

Y'all have a nice day now.

Oh, I swear to God, that

man is the devil his self.

Davis, what we gonna do?

Don't know if there's

anything we can do.

Well, I know what I'm gonna

do,

I'm gonna buy the whole block.

Jeanette, we in real trouble

and you

standing here talking crazier

than usual.

I ain't talking nobody's

crazy.

Y'all ain't got a thing

to worry about, all right?

Everything is gonna be all

right,

you'll see, because I gotcha.

I mean, don't have to worry

at all, I gotcha, all right?

I gotcha.

Where the hell did he go?

That's your friend, that's,

that's, that's your friend.

Yeah.

Walkin' side by side

Me and the devil

Papa, what are you doing?

- I'm okay.

- That's too heavy

for you.

No, no, no,

it's not too...

Give it to me.

It's too heavy for

you, get out of the way.

You look quite sick.

- You're sick.

- I'm not sick, I'm dying.

- Hey?

- Don't say that,

- you're not dying.

- You heard the doctor.

I don't care about that stupid

doctor.

I got a cousin who's a stupid

doctor.

Dumb as they come,

graduated last in his class.

I wouldn't go to that

knucklehead for a paper cut.

- Can I help you, Mr. King?

- Damn.

That is why I like you, Mr.

Salgado.

You understand business and

you have a concept of respect.

What can we do for you,

Marquis?

Just came by to bring you

this.

By the way, saw a young

brother running outta here

with a handful of pull

pies while I was coming in.

I don't exactly think he

took the time to pay for it,

so you might wanna check and

see what else is missing.

Y'all take care.

When Mr. Salgado calls,

I need him to be seen

and I need him to be seen right

away.

Whatever's not covered,

I will handle personally.

Yes, yes, thank you so much.

Yes, okay, bye bye.

I do like a woman who squeezes

hard and gets the job done.

- Mr. King.

- Marquis.

Marquis, to what do I owe this

pleasure?

I came to make you a little

proposal.

Well, if this proposal

has anything to do

with lying on my couch,

I'm afraid I'm gonna

have to take a professional

pass.

That is blunt and

beautiful, I like that.

But no, this proposal is

actually of

a professional nature, not human

nature.

I have a black belt in mind

games.

I have a business opportunity

that

requires me to sell all

of my real estate assets

for investment capital purposes.

And what about all

the block's businesses?

Buildings get torn down,

land gets redeveloped.

So, you want all the tenants

to agree

to allow you to break our

leases.

I've only got one lessee.

All the others are just

renters, month to month,

with one that's damn

near on a layaway plan.

But what about their

livelihoods?

- Their livelihoods?

- Yes.

Well, they got they problems,

I gots mines that I am

going to do something about

when I sell out to that

construction consortium

that's building that shopping

center across the street.

They're gonna build these

upscale condos

on top of a 10 story parking

lot.

Honey, that's gonna be real

pretty.

I mean, you know, except

for the parking lot,

that's probably gonna be pretty

ugly.

Does this proposal have a

point?

Yes and the point is

you don't belong here,

Dr. Monroe, we both know that.

You are wasting your time and

your talents

down here trying to fix these

folks

that don't even know they're

broke.

Why don't you get on this

free money making situation?

You know something, Marquis?

There's no such thing as

a free money situation.

What you need is for me to agree

to be bought out so you can

sell, right?

Well, it is either all coming

down

or coming down all around you.

Let me tell you something,

Marquis.

I know exactly who you are,

what you are, and how you

operate.

So why do you do what you do?

I don't know why I do what I do,

I just know that I have to do

it.

Ah.

Did you ever think that maybe by

helping others, you're helping

yourself?

That by helping others to be

their

best selves, you become your

best self?

Are you your best self, LaTrice?

I don't know.

You tell me,

am I?

That's a question only

you can answer, LaTrice.

None of this started happening

until she showed up on the

block.

I know she ain't here, why ain't

she here?

Because she cut a deal, that's

why.

- No no no no.

- Wait now,

brothers and sisters,

- please.

- Come on, that's not right.

Brothers and sisters, please.

I knew she wasn't nothing but

trouble

from the minute Davis laid eyes

on her.

Now wait a minute, now

Proverbs 23...

Reverend, please.

No disrespect, but this ain't

no time for proverbs and prayer.

We talking about losing our

neighborhoods, our livelihoods.

- We in a crisis.

- Which is no time

for us to turn against one

another and lose our way.

We have to tackle this

thing together as a team.

This ain't no game, this it

for real.

We ain't talking about playing

for no big signing bonuses

or no championship rings or

anything else

you used to in your past life...

Brother Davis, Brother Davis,

Brother...

Talking about our lives here.

Stop it, stop it, all of you.

I did not come to this country

to fight

with our neighbors and our

friends.

- So please, stop it.

- Papito.

I mean, how can we stop him

from selling if he owns the

buildings?

Isn't that his right?

Just 'cause he owns

the buildings don't mean

he got the right to ruin the

businesses that's in 'em.

Maybe for all we know, LaTrice

could be

the answer to our

problems, not the problem.

Look, she's rich, maybe

she loans us a little money

so we can hire a lawyer to sue

Marquis.

I'm not as well off as the

talk of

the block would have you

believe.

I'm far from whore, yes,

but I'm also far from

sitting on a family fortune.

Marquis did offer me a deal.

We trusted you.

I know.

Marquis had no choice but to

approach me

and try to strike a bargain,

- but I didn't accept his offer.

- Why,

because he low balled you?

No.

Stay away from them if you

know what's good for you.

Because it wasn't right for us.

And you would've only been

sleeping with the devil.

I told you I gotcha, don't

worry.

I want you to meet my pride and

joy,

my baby boy, Special Agent

Edmund Ellis.

Well hello, nice to meet you.

I've heard a great deal about

all of you

and my mother has explained to

me

the basic facts pertaining

to your predicament.

Your landlord, Mr. King,

he's got a predicament

or two of his own, starting with

the fact

that he owes Uncle Sam

a substantial amount

of unpaid taxes from years of

undeclared

- income.

- The income he got

- from all of us.

- No doubt.

Who'd have thought, with

all Jeanette's nonsense,

her son was actually working

undercover for the FBI?

- Jeanette boy is real?

- Real as you and me.

And you should see him,

girl, good looking.

I mean, Denzel-icious.

Ooh, he that good

looking?

- Mm-hm, smart too.

- Too young for y'all.

If I didn't know any better,

I'd say you a little jealous,

Davis.

And you'd be lying to

yourself.

What I want to know is what's

gonna happen to your shop.

I'm on a fixed income,

so somebody tell me,

where's a fastidious man on a

fixed income

supposed to get a quality $5

haircut?

That's what I thought, crickets.

Jeanette's boy say he's

gonna pull a few strings

and see if he can't find

out what the numbers are

and a few other things to

give us the inside track,

but after that, we gotta

take it from there.

No matter how much it is, it's

gonna

be more than any of us can

afford.

Jeanette wasn't lying

'bout her son, maybe she's

not lying about her lottery

ticket, maybe it's a winner.

And maybe it'll snow tomorrow

and Theona and me get remarried,

huh?

No need to get hostile, Spoon.

I'm just saying what

I'm thinking while I'm

sitting here waiting

for you to cut my hair.

Well, while you sitting there

waiting on me to cut your hair,

why don't you think about

something useful, huh?

Like how we gonna keep our

shops?

'Cause I don't plan on losing

everything

that me and Theona didn't

work so hard to build.

Put our hearts and soul

into everything we got.

Here you go, Olivia, you're

all set.

- Wear it, love it, enjoy it.

- Oh, I most certainly will.

It is beautiful, you're a

genius.

Now, you're sure Shelby

doesn't have this one?

Oh, it's all one of a kind.

Perfect, ah, she's gonna die.

Yo, what's cracking, Rodney?

What are you doing here, Dwayne?

- I'm not buying your CDs.

- Yo, it's Glock-9.

And why ain't you, man, for

reals, Rodney.

Look man, I'm just out

here every day, man,

just trying to hustle to

get my game off the ground,

just like you, all right?

Well look, I just saw you make

some

skrilla off the white lady, man.

Why can't you help a young

struggling black brother

who's just trying to make ends

meet?

You dig?

How much?

$2.99 for one or it's $5 for

three.

- How about one?

- Thank you, yeah.

- It better be good.

- What?

It's gonna be better than good,

man.

- You know G9 can spit, man.

- Yeah.

Hey, you want two,

one for your boyfriend?

My father wanted a son

that was gonna grow up

to be a running back in the NFL.

He used to call me sweet feet,

but his son wanted to grow up to

be

a famous fashion designer

on the runways of Paris.

From then on, he just called me

sweet,

left me for my mom to raise me.

How did you feel at the time?

Actually, abandoned,

hated, responsible.

I felt like maybe there was

something wrong with me.

But there was nothing wrong

with you.

No, I was exactly what I was

supposed to be, what I was made

to be.

And look, if he didn't understand

that, then it's his fault,

- it's his loss, you know?

- I don't know.

Are you just saying the words,

Rodney, or do you really believe

that?

Yeah, because I'm gonna make

it.

- How can you be so sure?

- 'Cause I'm good.

- Yes.

- And my dad

is just gonna have to deal with

the fact

that I'm gonna buy my mom

this beautiful mansion

and he's not allowed in it, so.

What do you know about having

- a boyfriend?

- Nothing.

But, you know, I didn't

think you was liking

- females like that.

- And how you know that?

Well, I mean, whenever

men make things for women,

especially like this, a man's

not gonna be

- liking them like that.

- Oh my goodness, okay,

so, your, your, your small

mindedness is so awesome.

All right, well just know

this, man.

I'm never gonna forget that you

supported me, man, for real.

Even when I'm at the top.

- Oh, oh my goodness.

- I'm ghost.

Hey stop, where'd you get that

money?

- It's mine.

- And I'm

asking you where you got it.

- Selling CDs.

- You got a receipt?

- No, but I ain't done...

- Stay there.

- What's in the bag?

- I ain't done nothing.

That's what all the bad guys

say.

Stay there, don't move.

Hey, hey, hey. stop.

Help.

Hey, stop, hey, stop, stop.

Hey, you quit running right now

or I swear to God, I'll sh**t.

What in the world?

Just drop the bag, get on

the ground now, face down.

No, wait, I'll show

you, Glock-9, Glock-9.

Oh my god, what did

you do, what did you do?

sh*ts fired, request

ambulance

9850 Liberty Street, young

male, Black, suspect down.

I thought he had a g*n, why'd he

run?

Because he was afraid

of being sh*t by a cop.

Davis, go

get some clean towels.

Focus, go get some towels.

I heard a g*nsh*t, what

happened?

- He sh*t Dwayne.

- Oh my god, oh my god, why?

- For no good reason.

- Why?

No, God, I thought he had a

g*n...

He didn't have a g*n.

Davis.

The boy's the only

- thing that matters.

- He k*lled you, baby.

- Can you just hang on?

- I thought he had a g*n.

Did you call an

ambulance?

Gonna be a mess all the way

around

if that boy don't pull through.

Papers say cop probably gonna

be

forced to resign, so at

least that's something.

Not gonna be enough if

that boy don't make it.

Theona still at the hospital?

Ain't left his side since last

night.

She's a good woman, Theona.

Don't know what's gonna

happen on these streets

if that boy don't pull through.

Yeah.

k*lled right there, walking

around...

Black lives matter.

- How is he?

- Doctor says

he's gonna make it, but I don't

know.

He's in a coma, still fighting.

He'll be alright.

I hope so, I sure hope so.

Why didn't you just go

home and get you some rest?

I canceled all your

customers and closed early.

I didn't feel like being

alone.

Mind if I join you?

- This is your church.

- Hm.

Wonder what God would say about

that.

He put you here, didn't He?

That He did, Mr. Salgado, that

He did.

I hear that you make

a pretty good priest.

Well, I heard you make

a pretty good bartender.

- You busy?

- Hey, Angelica.

- Come on in, have a seat.

- It'll just take a minute.

I wanted to thank you for

what you did for my father.

Oh, no, I just made a phone

call for

- a friend and neighbor.

- You did more than that.

We were treated very well.

Good.

My father's feeling hopeful.

And, if for no other reason,

I thank you for that.

Whatever I can do to help.

No matter how things turn out,

I think it was a good thing you

came here.

- Thank you for saying that.

- Just wanted you to know.

Bye.

What you think, should

we give this a try?

Wait, what, that's it?

That's it?

What, you're just gonna

leave as if we're nothing?

Grant, we were never really

anything.

What are you gonna

do without me, LaTrice?

Oh, everything.

I done that for you already.

Well, you missed a couple

spots.

You were always better

with the broom than a mop

and you're not that great with a

mop.

Guess I am better at making

a mess than cleaning up one.

I just wish that somehow I

knew

that everything was gonna be all

right.

I'll fix it if you

want,

I'll fix it if you want,

I'll fix it if you want.

Ooh

Oh

It's been such a long, long

time

Look like I kept you off of my

mind

But I can't

Just a part of you, just a

part of you

I love you, Theona.

Misty blue

I love you. And I miss you,

baby.

Oh honey

I'm sorry I broke what we had,

I broke us.

Turns the flicker to a flame

But if you could, somehow.

Listen to me good baby

Find a place in your heart to

forgive me

just enough to give me one more

chance,

I swear I will spend the rest of

my life

loving you and working hard

to fix what I had done.

Baby I should forget you

Look at me Theona.

Heaven knows I've tried

Baby

Well I say that I'm glad we're

through

Deep in my heart, I know I've

lied

I've lied, I've lied

I want you to be my wife

again, Theona.

I don't ever wanna spend another

night

without you lying next to me.

Take your wife home and hold

me.

It's been such a long, long

time

Looks like I kept you off of

my mind

But I can't

Just a thought of you

Davis?

Yes, Theo?

Turns misty blue

It's snowing.

Oh

Whatever you say,

babe, whatever you say.

Oh I can't forget you

My whole world turns misty

blue

Oh

Oh my love

My whole world turns

misty blue, misty blue

Baby, baby, baby

Baby, baby, I can't forget you

LaTrice, what's

wrong?

I just don't wanna

forget

who I am or where I came from.

LaTrice, it'll

be a snowy day in the middle

of an Oakland summer

before that ever happens.

As long as you remember,

it will always be home.

- LaTrice, LaTrice.

- There's always home.

- LaTrice?

- Why are you here?

- There's always home.

- Thank you, doctor.

Baby, I've missed you.

You can't just

throw us out in the streets.

- These are my people.

- We trusted you.

- You don't belong here.

- There's always home.

- Stay away from me.

- LaTrice could be

the answer to our

problems, not the problem.

I think it was

a good thing you came here.

We don't need you

in here telling our business.

The power of

temptation.

I don't want to

die.

- I thought he had a g*n.

- But he didn't have a g*n.

- There's always home.

- Help.

LaTrice?

Hey, sleeping beauty.

- Sorry, my session went long.

- Mm.

You ready for lunch?

I'm starving.

I wasn't sleeping, Grant, I

just didn't have my eyes open.

And no,

I don't wanna go to

lunch, I just wanna go.

Go, go where?

Where I need to be.

Baby there's a chance I'll get

home

It sure would be nice

to be back at home

Where there's love and

affection

And just maybe I can

convince time to slow up

Givin' me enough time

ooh in my life to grow up

Time be my friend

And let me start

Now, that's what I need me

right there.

- Something like that.

- Mm-hm.

She look like she doing just

fine

with who she got and don't

need nothing like you.

I was talking 'bout the car,

Theona.

Whatever, both of 'em too

fast for your broke ass.

Now how do you know she fast?

'Cause them shoes and

that car ain't cheap.

Which means she gotta be?

You tell me, you the expert on

fast,

- cheap women.

- Theona, please.

For all you know that girl

could be a new customer.

Please, she

ain't coming in here.

Where she gets her hair done,

they don't

have customers, they have

clients.

Her hair got Snob Hill

hair weaved all over it.

That we see

Tell us should we try and stay

Or should we run away

Or will it be

Hi.

Better just to let

things, let them be oh

Hello.

I don't have an appointment, I

was just

wondering if you could take a

walk in.

You sure you in the right

place?

Oh yes, I'm sure.

But it's taught me to love, oh

yeah

All right, come on in, have a

seat.

Let's take a look at your head

and see what we got going on.

Thank you.

Like yours, like mine

Like ours

Davis Witherspoon,

you may kiss your bride.

Aww.

Yo yo yo

Glock-9 right on time

to spin my rhymes

Allowed to make the stars

align

I'm often on the block getting

taught

What you thought in a head

sh*t

Ooh she gone blow your mind

I been sad this thing's not my

style

Always here with me, step by

step

Take a stroll with me, let's

walk

No place I'd rather be, rather

be

On the block yeah

On the block mm-hm

On the block yeah

I couldn't have said

it better myself, Shelby.

The Creations by Mali collection

is not

a must have, it's a to die for.

You just heard it from

the man himself, girl,

so you call in and you get

it before they're gone, girl.

It changed my life, you changed

my life.

- And you look beautiful.

- Oh my god, really?

Thank you.

So beautiful.

I needed that, thank you.

I been sad this thing's not my

style

Always here with me, step by

step

Like these two, mira?

Uh, more like a mocha, right?

Yeah, but very little

mocha here, brother.

- Yeah.

- But it is,

- is it a lot of mocha?

- No, no, no, no, no.

We're talking a lot of

milk with a little mocha.

Does he know I'm an FBI agent?

Oh man.

Jeanette Ellis, you have

just won $127 million.

Tell us how you're feeling right

now.

Hot and working it.

Hoo!

I told y'all I gotcha, I gotcha

She got ya.

I'm alive

I'm alive

Hey Spoon, how long it take

to get married a second time?

I got places to be.

I'm go in here and save $5.

Well, the taxes got

paid, so that kept me

from going to jail, but I was

somebody.

I was Mr. King, man,

property owner, land lord.

And I was forced to sell my

empire to the block of nobodies,

including a multimillion

dollar lottery winning

crazy ass mail lady for one damn

dollar.

And uh, how does that make you

feel?

You make me

laugh, I was like, "Aah."

Yeah yeah feelin' brand new

Got sh*ts and I take

it in a space coup

Can I get her on this

she more than just cute

I been in a zone get my n*gga

all blue

Tell that shorty bow

down on your sassy

Don't who you came with you

gone come on back to my place

She gone grab my

Tommy, that's Hilfiger

She gone push it down

for some real figures

Bonin' with the stars,

that's a big dipper

Oh

Mm

I know a place

Ain't nobody cryin'

Ain't nobody worried no

Ain't no smilin' faces

Mm-mm no no

Flyin' to the races

Help me

Come on come on

Somebody help me now,

I'll take you there

Help me y'all, I'll take you

there

Help me now, I'll take you

there

Oh help me, I'll take you

there

Oh oh mercy, I'll take you

there

Oh let me take you there,

I'll take you there

Oh ho let me take you

there, I'll take you there

Play it Larry

Play your play your

piano now all right

Oh yeah

Do it, do it, come on now

Play on it play on it

Meet Daddy now

Daddy Daddy Dad

Yo mm

Gotta get it

Ooh Lord, all right now

Baby, little lady

I need you now, help out

C'mon little lady

All right

Dom dom dom dom dom dom dom

dom

Doin' sockin' soul

I oh I

I know a place y'all,

I'll take you there

Ain't nobody cryin',

I'll take you there

Ain't nobody worried,

I'll take you there

No one's smilin' faces,

I'll take you there

Uh-Uh

Fly to the races,

I'll take you there

Oh no

Oh, I'll take you there

Oh oh oh, I'll take you there

Mercy now, I'll take you there

I'm callin' callin' callin'

for mercy

I'll take you there

Mercy mercy

I'll take you there

Let me, I'll

take you there

Oh oh I'll take you

there, I'll take you there

Oh oh oh ho I wanna take you

there

Just take me by my by hand let

me

Let me let me let me let

me let me lead lead away

Oh, I'll take you there

Let me take you there,

I'll take you there

Let me take you there,

I'll take you there

Ain't no smilin' faces,

I'll take you there

Up in here flyin' to the

races, I'll take you there

You oughta, you got to,

got to, got to let me

Let me take you, take

you, take you over there

I'll take you there

Oh no, all right, I'll take

you there

Oh oh oh oh oh oh all

right, I'll take you there

Oh oh, I'll take you there

Oh yeah, I'll take you there

Whoa yeah, I'll take you there

Let me lead the way,

I'll take you there

I'll take you there

Oh hm

I'll take you there
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