03x03 - Buss Down

[bunniefuu]

[KEVIN] Previously on The Chi

Kiesha's not here.

How come no one called us

if she's been missing school?

When was the last time

you saw your sister?

She went to a party Sunday night,

and she didn't come back.

[DRE] Her phone is here somewhere,

and you're gonna help me find it!

I got it!

[DRE] What the f*ck happened to it?

If I find out that you had

something to do with this,

I'ma come back here and

I'ma k*ll you myself.

- Have fun!

- [BELL DINGS]

You know, if this were a contest,

- I think I'd be losing.

- [CHUCKLES]

[CHARLENE] Quite a load

there today, Mr. Ronnie.

You keep this up, you'll be rich enough

to take me out on a date.

Look, I'm trying to talk to

you about a job opportunity.

Then let me see it.

Look, I need a chef for

my catering business.

Where's this kitchen at?

I want you to come live with me.

I don't know about all that.

Baby steps.

As soon as we get Jake back, we out.

[g*nsh*t]

Since this n*gga was still breathing,

I'm just gonna assume

that you ain't know sh*t

about them k*lling Reg.

Big Mike told me where Nuck stay at.

It's a trap house.

[POUNDING]

Is Kiesha here?

Boy, you better get the f*ck on, shorty.

I ain't leaving without my sister.

TENSE MUSIC ♪

Only way you get in here is

a b*llet through your head

and that's on the mob.

You're not the first

one to pull a g*n on me.

[g*n COCKING]

n*gga, I'll k*ll you and leave your body

to rot on my front steps.

Let's go.

I'm not leaving without my sister!

I said let's go!

TENSE MUSIC ♪

Yeah, 'cause I think

I just peed on myself.

♪♪

A'ight.

I'ma catch you.

On the sly, n*gga.

[RAP MUSIC PLAYING OVER STEREO]

♪♪

You tough, I'll give you that one.

♪♪

[DRE] Hey, bro.

Have you seen this girl?

She went missing from this

bus stop about a week ago.

No, no.

All right, well, take a flyer.

- Maybe you know somebody who

- I don't even know her.

[EMMETT] You seen this girl?

You seen her?

Hey, Joe, you seen this girl?

All right, if you-if you hear anything,

call this number, all right?

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

I'll keep my eyes and ears open.

You wanna take a few extras

to give to your neighbors?

[TRACY] Excuse me.

Excuse me!

Is this your daughter?

Yes, that's her.

I'm so sorry.

Tracy, right? I-I remember you.

Everybody knows me as

the dead boy's mama.

How you holdin' up?

Depends on the day.

- Look, I know you're scared.

- Horrified.

- Try not to think the worst.

- How can I not?

I don't know if she's locked

in somebody's basement

or lying in a ditch somewhere.

Either way, I'm not

there to hold her hand,

tell her everything's

gonna be all right.

Listen, no matter what the outcome is,

it's not your fault.

I'm her mother. I'm

supposed to protect her.

Protecting these kids is

a full-time job in itself.

Yeah, it is.

Handing out these flyers

is a fool's errand.

Don't nobody give a damn

about no missing black kid.

Excuse me?

What I'm saying is, if

you really wanna find her,

you're gonna need an army and a plan.

Let me help you.

DRAMATIC HIP-HOP MUSIC ♪

♪♪

Who this?

This Kev.

This my older brother, Trig.

Y'all must be real smart if you

go to school on the North Side.

Kev got the brains.

Douda pulled a few strings for my ass.

What y'all want, man?

It's my sister, Kiesha.

She been missing for a week.

I think she's at this

trap house on 65th.

Boyfriend stay there.

- Who's her boyfriend?

- Some dude named Nuck.

Know him?

Not all gangstas know each other.

We rolled up on him last night.

Is you crazy?

I was just trying to help.

Bro, I don't know this n*gga,

but if his name is Nuck, then

he probably crazy as hell.

This sh*t ain't no game.

I ain't trying to hear about

you n*gg*s' bodies being found

on the local news, n*gga.

- Calm down.

- Don't tell me, "Calm down".

Man, look, Kev needs your help.

I need your help.

How am I supposed to help you with this?

Just go over there real quick

and see if you see his sister.

Bro, the 63rd Street

Mob don't f*ck with me.

I go over there with no good reason,

them n*gg*s will blow my head off.

This is a good reason!

Look, n*gga, I don't know you like that.

Don't call me "n*gga", all right?

Look, if you ain't gonna help me,

I'll find somebody that will.

Who y'all gonna find?

Somebody that ain't gonna waste my time.

Bro, I only risk my life for family.

He is my family.

- [TRIG SIGHS]

- What's she look like?

Y'all look alike. Same mama, same daddy?

So is y'all gonna help us or not?

Give me 24 hours.

And take your ass back to school, bro.

Thank you.

DICE THE NICEST'S

"BILL RUSSELL" PLAYING ♪

[SOFT VOCALIZATION]

♪♪

Tried to bring me down,

but I'm still winning ♪

I'm ♪

Still winning ♪

Hey, Papa. What you doing here?

- I came to walk you to school.

- Why?

Girls out here getting kidnapped, and

I can't let that happen to you.

Well, if somebody

were to come kidnap me,

what you gonna do?

I may not be a fighter, but I'm smart.

I'd film they ass and

put it on the 'Gram.

Then I'd try to get they

license plate number.

Oh, I got you a breakfast sandwich.

What's in it?

Eggs, bacon, cheese,

with a little bit of

grape jelly on the bread.

Okay, I see you.

I like a little sweet with my savory.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

Okay, and it's hot too.

Of course it's hot. I'm not an animal.

- [BOTH CHUCKLE]

- [MAISHA] Whatever.

♪♪

[EMMETT] All right, I'm gonna be like,

"We only need to stay

here for, like, a month

'cause, like, whoo-whoo-whoo".

And then that's when

you jump in and be like,

"We ain't gonna stay here long

'cause whoo-whoo-wap-da-bam

and whatnot".

Nah, f*ck that, we need to figure out

what we gonna say

before we get in there.

Nah, I don't wanna sound too rehearsed.

All right, my mama hate

feeling like she being played,

so we gotta sound natural.

Like, just improv.

Tiff.

What we gonna do if she say no?

Just hold the baby up.

That always works.

We only need to stay

here for, like, a month.

- Or two.

- I mean, we still putting money

in that-that savings

account you set up for us.

Yeah, and pretty soon,

we'll have enough saved up

- to get our own place.

- And we already found a crib we like.

Yeah, it's real nice.

Two bedrooms, hardwood floors.

- Yeah. Yeah.

- High ceilings and sh*t.

Where?

- [EMMETT] Hyde Park.

- [TIFF] Woodlawn.

[CHUCKLES]

See, y'all need to get

your story straight.

Look, we just need, like, a little

Mm-mm. [CHUCKLES]

Don't try using him as collateral.

Ma, Ma, you know I'm-I'm trying to get

my business off the ground.

Me too.

Then why didn't you

just lead in with that

instead of coming in here

with this half-baked lie

and dangling a baby in my face?

[CLEARS THROAT]

Besides, with all the craziness

that's going on in the city,

I don't really like

staying here by myself.

Hmm?

But don't let two

months turn into a year.

We won't, I promise.

Your word means more than his.

Don't do me like that.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

But I do have some ground

rules if y'all gonna stay here.

Ugh, here she go.

- Here she what?

- Nothing, nothing.

Just give us your rules.

[JADA SIGHS]

Okay, no loud noises in the morning

'cause I need my beauty sleep,

clean up after yourself,

no smoking or selling

weed in this apartment,

and there's a 20-minute

limit on the shower

'cause the water be tripping.

And when do y'all need to move in?

Uh, well, my boy already, uh,

got our stuff on his truck.

What were you gonna do if I said no?

We was gonna be homeless.

Y'all.

MELLOW HIP-HOP MUSIC ♪

[DRE] So my wife tells me

you run a support group.

[TRACY] Something like that.

But ROCK isn't just a

place for mothers to vent.

We do a lot of other things too.

ROCK?

Remembering Our Chicago Kids.

It's, like, 50 of us,

all women of color,

and we do not f*ck around.

People think a woman scorned

ain't nothing to play with?

Try a mother that's lost a kid.

That's why I think we can help you.

Wow.

So what are the police doing?

Not a damn thing.

Sounds about normal for

a missing persons case.

It's not high-profile, and the police

don't have the manpower they

really need to find anybody.

- Oh, and you do?

- Dre.

She's trying to help us.

It's better to be the

parent of a missing child

than a dead one.

There's still hope.

I started my organization

'cause nobody was there for me

when I was thinking

about k*lling myself.

Ain't nobody give a damn.

I get it.

Y'all don't really know me like that.

No, we don't.

Why don't you all come

to one of our meetings?

I really wanna show

y'all how we get down.

We're tired of waiting on all

these crooked-ass politicians

to fix sh*t around here.

I'll let y'all think about it.

Thank you.

TIFFANY GOUCHÉ'S

"READY 2 GO" PLAYING ♪

Hold me ♪

La, la, la ♪

Yeah-ah ♪

What's good, Ronnie?

♪♪

Baby, I know just

what you wanna hear ♪

Your body's speaking

to me loud and clear ♪

Just wanna put a

smile upon your face ♪

♪♪

Just as soon as you let me in ♪

Let me in, let me in ♪

I just wanna make you mine ♪

Give you kisses all the time ♪

I know you never felt a love like me ♪

And once I get close

to you, I won't leave ♪

La, la, la ♪

I'm all up in your ear ♪

And you grab my hand soft ♪

[CHARLENE] It's all there.

[CHUCKLES] Force of habit.

Got enough money to take

me out on that date yet?

What, you don't like women?

I like women.

It's just my life's a

little complicated right now.

[CHUCKLES] n*gga, I

know you're homeless.

I was just trying to

give you a little ass

to lift your spirits.

Besides, I like giving

back to the community.

[LAUGHS] Nothing worse than pity p*ssy.

[CHARLENE] Better than no p*ssy at all.

Oh, I appreciate the offer,

Charlene, but I'm good.

[CHARLENE] If you say so.

Next.

[MALE NARRATOR] After declaring w*r

on the kingdom of

Austria in April of 1792,

the French suffered a string of defeats

to an Austrian and Prussian alliance.

Do you know any French?

I know how to French kiss.

[NARRATOR] unstable

French populace

Bro, stop embarrassing me.

Stop trying to impress

these bougie-ass kids.

[NARRATOR] In turn, the king's ego

Have you heard from Trig yet?

Not yet, but don't worry.

- He gonna come through.

- How you know?

Because he trying to get

back in my good graces.

[NARRATOR SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

Didn't you say he slit somebody's throat

for cutting him off in traffic?

That's a rumor.

Well, anyways, can you text

him or something, please?

Mr. Williams.

[NARRATOR] declaring

the monarchy and

[VIDEO STOPS]

You seem to have a lot to say.

Care to summarize the documentary

up to this point?

[SCOFFS]

Um

um, the reason why people mad

in the movie is 'cause, uh,

the queen lady, she was

telling poor people to eat pies,

and they couldn't feed

they children, so

they started k*lling everybody.

Oh. Anyone care to expound?

Yeah?

The causes of the

French Revolution were:

social inequality, greed

from the French monarchy,

the rise of the bourgeoisie,

and the bad harvest,

which led to the rise of

the cost of the baguette.

These rich b*tches

always doing too much.

- [DROVIN] Très bon.

- Bro.

You're absolutely correct.

Mr. Williams, I advise you

to start paying attention in class.

Questions like these

will be on your next exam.

[BELL RINGS]

We'll pick up where

we left off tomorrow.

Read chapter three for homework.

Come taste my flavor ♪

Darker the berry ♪

Baby, come closer ♪

[JAKE] Jemma got you hard as a rock.

[KEVIN] Bro, it's not even like that.

[SNIFFING] Then why you wearing cologne?

It's called soap, fool.

Oh, sh*t. Here she come.

Look, guys, there aren't

too many of us here.

So your actions are a reflection of mine

whether I like it or not.

So please, get y'all sh*t together.

- Who you talking to?

- I'm talking to you, ashy.

Oh, oh, uh, we-we will.

We'll-we'll tighten up.

Please do.

I don't care about these white people.

Look, whether you like it or not,

these white folks are

still running sh*t,

and the only way for us to fix it

is to outrun these m*therf*ckers.

We can't just be excellent.

We gotta be phenomenal.

And you're a king.

Stop acting like a peasant.

OSHUN'S "BURN" PLAYING ♪

- She is amazing.

- That bitch crazy.

I mean, like ♪

Maybe we could just roll one ♪

I wanna take you home ♪

But I'm scared you might say no ♪

I won't get my hopes up ♪

After the last time I caught

her with that little boy,

I told her, "I done raised

my babies and your mama's too.

I ain't doing that no more, mm-mm".

Well, it looks like she's

a healthy young lady.

There's no reason she

can't go on birth control.

Damn shame about that girl.

[SCOFFS]

- What?

- Tell her.

We used to talk to the same dude.

Do you have any idea where she could be?

No.

Uh, if you hear of anything,

please just give me a call anytime.

[DOOR CLICKS OPEN]

Oh, my bad.

Sorry about that.

[ENGINE REVVING, TIRES SQUEALING]

You need to knock next time.

The patient could have been undressed.

I'm sorry.

That doesn't excuse your behavior.

What do you want me to do,

get on my knees and beg

for your forgiveness?

Maybe you'll let me take

you out for a drink, then.

I'm Tomas, by the way.

Jada.

- I knew that.

- [CHUCKLES]

I don't date men I work with.

Great, 'cause I wasn't

asking you on a date.

[SCOFFS]

So you just want to

have drinks as friends?

- Well, we aren't friends yet.

- [CHUCKLES]

I wanted to get to know you

and apologize for f*cking up.

Okay.

I guess.

I look forward to it.

[DOOR CLICKS OPEN AND SHUT]

[CHUCKLES]

Why you can't just wait in the car?

'Cause I'm your bodyguard.

[MUFFLED RAP MUSIC PLAYING]

♪♪

What's up, man? Uh, Stacks here?

Man, who the f*ck is you?

Let's go.

- Everybody get down.

- Y'all get down, man.

[TRIG] What, you deaf?

What's wrong with you? Get down.

Get your ass down, n*gga.

Tell Stacks bring his ass down here.

Man, he ain't here.

[g*n COCKING]

Yo, Stacks, we got company!

- [DISTANT CHATTER]

-

[MELLOW R&B MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

♪♪

You okay? I know y'all used to talk.

Yeah, yeah, it's crazy.

I just saw her.

I know her mama's losing her mind.

They trying to stay positive.

Yeah, situations like this,

you gotta have faith.

Yeah.

Before you leave tonight,

pack up some food for her family.

[EMMETT] Okay.

What can I get you?

Can I get a two-piece dark,

mac, and collards?

Coming right up.

Mm.

You ever thought about

marinating your chicken

in buttermilk?

It'll be juicier that way.

I don't need nobody to

tell me how to cook chicken.

I been frying chicken

longer than you been alive.

- You hear me?

- I'm sure.

It was just a suggestion.

We good over here.

- Dom, what you doing here?

- I just came by to say hey.

[CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY]

This one of your little playthings?

You know, this chicken is really good,

but it can be better.

I know that's your friend,

but she's testing my patience.

I-I-I know she's a lot,

but girl can cook.

Everybody think they

can cook these days,

but I been doing this

- since before you was born.

- I know

You young uns always

trying to make sh*t better.

Ain't nothing wrong

with the way they are.

A'ight.

You keep your friend

away from my kitchen.

♪♪

What are you doing?

We gotta keep this sh*t on the low.

I just wanted to see what the chicken

tastes like during the day.

Yo, don't ever pull up in

here before nine o'clock.

You don't tell me what to do.

You gotta let me run things.

I thought we was

running things together.

You know what I mean.

I ain't like these other hos

you used to dealing with.

Good-bye.

You don't know what I'm used to.

[SIGHS]

[STACKS] The f*ck you want?

We don't want no trouble.

The f*ck you want, then?

We're looking for a girl.

Heard she may be here.

There's a bunch of girls here.

Only need one.

If you trying to hang, boy ♪

Eat it ♪

We don't f*ck with them fake b*tches ♪

Don't really care

about your money, n*gga ♪

[INDISTINCT YELLING]

We stay up on the grind, homey ♪

And the whole crew is fine ♪

Have any of y'all seen this girl?

Her name's Kiesha.

[WOMAN] If she be here,

it ain't by choice.

We don't care about how you feel ♪

[MAN GROANING]

♪♪

[MAN] Open up. Give me that p*ssy!

- [WOMAN] Stop it! Get off!

- [SLAPPING]

[MAN] Yeah, give it to me. Yeah!

- [WOMAN] Stop!

- [IMANI] Bitch!

How you like it?

[TRIG] Hey, hey, come on. Come here.

- f*ck is you doing?

- [MAN] Get back in here!

Hey, stay focused. We on a mission.

We'll f*ck up the party,

believe that sh*t ♪

[WOMAN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]

Expect five quick ♪

Got a bougie chick ♪

Ratatatat ♪

We don't f*ck with

that heartbreak sh*t ♪

No fucks given, no heartbreak sh*t ♪

I bust your sh*t, f*ck with my bitch ♪

So I'm sure some of you have

heard about Kiesha Williams.

- She's been missing for days.

- Seven.

She's been missing for seven days.

This is her mom and

Stepmother.

Y'all know the police

ain't gonna do sh*t,

so they need our help.

[FEENIE] This ain't no

missing persons support group.

Did I start the group, or did you?

This is about all of Chicago's kids,

dead or missing.

So what's the plan?

The fact that more than half of y'all

don't know who Kiesha is is a problem.

So I think we need to make sure

everybody knows Kiesha's name.

They should know her face.

When they see her,

they shouldn't just see

another missing black

girl they don't know.

They should see their own daughter.

That's the only way we

gonna get people to care.

Exactly.

Now, I wanna make Nina and Dre

the focus of our vigil tomorrow night.

- That would be amazing.

- Thank you so much.

This is what we do.

[FEENIE] No shade, but how do

we know Kiesha's even missing?

Excuse me?

I've seen your daughter's Instagram.

- What about it?

- [ROVEENA] I've seen it too.

What's the problem?

[FEENIE] From what I can tell,

she's always posting naked pictures,

and she stays in my son's comments.

Who's your son?

[FEENIE] I don't mean no disrespect.

I'm feeling real disrespected right now.

Mm-mm, we don't judge around here.

I've seen my daughter's social media.

There are no naked pictures anywhere.

[FEENIE] I'm not talking

regular Instagram.

- I'm talking Finsta.

- The f*ck is Finsta?

That's when the kids

make a fake 'Gram account

and then they post all

kinds of pictures and videos

they don't want they mothers to see.

Look, Kiesha is missing.

And every second that we

waste talking about her morals

or lack thereof, we could be

out there trying to find her.

Agreed.

I don't care if she was letting fools

run trains on her.

This is somebody's child.

Tracy, you have worked too

damn hard to start this group.

People are just starting

to take us seriously.

I don't want some fast-ass

girl ruining our reputation.

And the second we put her pictures out,

them racy photos are

gonna start popping up

all over the Internet,

and then people gonna be

looking at us like we crazy.

I don't care how folks look at us.

Why our kids always gotta

be saints all the time?

I see white kids do

crazy sh*t every day.

But if one of them goes missing,

it ends up on CNN.

- [DRE] Hell yeah.

- That's right.

And didn't your son get

caught robbing a shoe store

before he got k*lled?

We're not talking

about my son right now.

Oh, we not talking

about your son now, huh?

Listen, we just wanna do

what's best for the group.

And I started the group.

So I get the final word.

But you also said from day one

that everybody's voice matters.

But before all that,

everybody's child matters.

We are only gonna find

Kiesha if we are united.

If y'all don't wanna help us,

we can figure all this out on our own.

Wait, wait, wait, wait. Listen.

I started this group because I

really care about all our kids.

Kiesha is one of ours.

I really hope y'all come tomorrow.

[NINA SIGHS]

Nah.

We good.

Go check on that Finsta.

[EMMETT] Order 92.

Dom's chicken gonna change your life.

All right, who's next?

[DOM] Here, here, here.

[EMMETT] Okay, uh, order, uh, number 67.

Damn, about time.

I been waiting, like, 20 minutes.

We just opened; things

will run faster next time.

Run faster next time. You

know, this is what I get

for trying to support black businesses.

Yes, you do. Yes, sir.

All right.

Look, that ain't the kind

of word-of-mouth we want.

Uh, can you cook the

food a little faster?

I can't.

You know how black folks

get when they get hungry.

Listen, if n*gg*s can

wait in line for J's,

then they can wait in line for me.

Just cook quicker.

Man.

All right, my man, what

can-what can I get you?

Let me get three slabs of ribs.

- Ribs.

- A large coleslaw.

- Coleslaw.

- And a bucket of mac and cheese.

The f*ck?

Uh, damn, are you trying

to feed a football team?

Yeah, actually. My team.

They just got through

playing touch football,

so we hungry as f*ck, man.

Okay.

Give me-give me one-one second.

How fast can you get this man his food?

This a one-man band back here.

If you gonna be serving

family-size meals,

then I need some family-size help.

We ain't got the budget or

the space for that just yet.

What you want me to do?

Uh, may-maybe I can help.

Uh-uh, the last thing

I need is you back here

f*cking up my recipes.

Uh, food.

Uh, just-just-just one second.

Oh, man, okay, look,

we gotta make this work.

Listen, you better tell these

people they got two options.

This ain't Starbucks.

Back here dying.

Well, at least we a success.

It's not a success if

people gotta wait on line

for an hour to get their food.

Look, I'm gonna make this work tonight,

but if we gonna keep doing this,

then you gotta get me some real backup.

All right, I'll work on that.

Can you put the greens in the-in the

- Stir that up

- Get the f*ck out my kitchen!

- Go!

- All right, all right.

All right, my man, okay, uh, coleslaw,

slab of ribs, bucket of

mac and cheese, coming up.

Uh, that'll be 30, $30.

All right. Who's next?

[MAN 1] Yeah, yeah! Get him! Get him!

- [MAN 2] Get him! Get him!

- [MAN 1] n*gga, b*at his ass!

[MAN 1] Hey, where'd he go?

TENSE MUSIC ♪

Hey, man, come the f*ck on, man!

♪♪

Get your dusty ass up, man.

[OVERLAPPING SHOUTING, BLOWS LANDING]

♪♪

Hey, hey! Hey, get off of him!

Get off! Get outta here!

Get outta here!

I know y'all parents

didn't raise you like that!

My brother, are you all right?

I'll be all right.

All right. Come on,

let's get you inside.

Come on, come on, I got you.

I got you, come on.

Come on, they're gone.

[PAPA] Daddy, you know who that is?

A child of God.

That's the man who k*lled Coogie.

Like I said, a child of God.

JAZZ MUSIC ♪

♪♪

[SIGHS] Thank you so much, man.

This means a lot to us.

Yeah, Sonny sends his love too.

Thank you. [CHUCKLES]

Hey, let me ask you something.

Yeah?

What you know about Finsta accounts?

Mm, not much.

I mean, I can barely keep

up with one Insta account,

let alone two.

Yeah, apparently Kiesha had one.

You know anything about it?

Don't worry, you're not

gonna get her in trouble.

I just think it might help us find her.

Yeah, I don't know nothing about that.

Okay.

[CRUNCHING]

Damn, this is good as f*ck. From Sonny?

Pff, not exactly. Uh, how's Kevin doing?

He's okay.

He's in his room if

you wanna holla at him.

All right.

Uh, stomping in a pool of liquor ♪

Call some girls, we'll

get through it quicker ♪

I ain't even know

it, I be ordering ♪

- Yo, Kev.

- Oh, sh*t.

Oh, sh*t, uh, finish

doing what you was doing.

I'll holla at you, uh, tomorrow.

A big part ♪

Okay, okay, okay ♪

Damn, that was quick.

Uh, yeah, I'ma get at him tomorrow.

[CHUCKLES]

Okay, okay ♪

Do you know who those boys were?

No. [WINCES]

I'm not surprised they jumped me.

Not too well liked around here.

Then why do you keep coming back?

It's my home.

Have you asked God for forgiveness?

I think I have.

No, that's something that you know.

I don't think I know how.

Well, first you gotta forgive yourself.

Have you done that yet?

GENTLE MUSIC ♪

♪♪

I guess not.

Well, maybe I can help with that.

[TIFF] I work too,

- and I take care of our son!

- [EMMETT] Shut up, shut up!

[TIFF] You on my last f*cking nerve.

[EMMETT] It's 'cause of you

I ain't got no nerves left.

[TIFF] You need to get up and do

what you said you was gonna do.

- I'm so sick of your sh*t, Emmett.

- I'm sick of yours too!

Both of y'all need to

calm down right now.

You know I don't like all

this screaming in my house.

Ma, can you please tell her

to let me get some sleep?

I been up all night, damn!

I work too, and I take care of our son!

I don't take care of my son?

- Not as much as I do.

- Man, whatever, Tiff.

You promised that you was

gonna get up this morning

- and take EJ to day care.

- Whatever.

Now you acting all brand-new and sh*t.

Why can't you take him?

Because I ain't tryin'

to be late to work.

You sell weed. The weed man always late.

[TIFF] Not this weed woman.

I'm a professional,

and I pride myself on

having good customer service.

It ain't like them n*gg*s

gonna fill out a Yelp review.

Okay, I am going to take EJ to day care.

[TIFF] That's my problem.

Why you mad now?

I'm not. It's just annoying,

because every time

I ask him to do something,

he claims he's gonna do it,

then he doesn't, and

then you just swoop in

and do it for him.

That's why he can't

get his sh*t together.

Oh, so it's my fault he's trifling?

I'm not trifling!

No, it's not your fault,

but you do need to

take some of the blame.

Look, I'm trying to do y'all a favor.

I know, and I appreciate it.

It's just, I feel like he

needs to help me more.

I'm doing the best I can.

Well, you need to do better.

Why don't I just leave, then?

- You might as well.

- Cool.

Everybody take a breath.

Take a breath!

[EMMETT BREATHES DEEPLY]

Look, Tiff,

I'm sorry I didn't take EJ to day care.

I'll take him tomorrow

and every day this week.

I promise.

You better.

Tiff?

Thank you.

I'm sorry for yelling.

Me too.

Y'all need to be apologizing to me.

[BOTH] Sorry.

[DOOR CLICKS OPEN AND SHUT]

I'm gonna let y'all slide this time.

Don't let me wake up to y'all

screaming in this house again.

That's Tiff! You know she

ain't got no inside voice.

And neither do you.

I-I said I was sorry.

How 'bout you stop apologizing,

start changing your behavior?

- I will.

- Good.

Then you can start by

telling Dre the truth.

About what?

I remember you

scrolling through all them

racy pictures of Kiesha all the time.

Don't act like you don't

have the secret codes

to her Myspace account.

Man, first of all,

Myspace old as hell, Ma.

Ain't no-ain't no codes.

It's usernames and passwords.

Whatever it is, you need to give

all that information to her mamas.

I'm not doing this with you today.

You gonna do whatever

the f*ck I tell you to do,

'cause you in my house.

Now, if you know something

about that girl's account,

you need to tell her parents.

I'm not playing with you.

I just don't think it's pictures

they really need to see.

Whatever's on that girl's account

could be the difference

between her living and dying.

Don't nobody care about

no damn naked pictures.

You need to tell Nina and Dre the truth.

[KEYPAD CLICKING]

[CELL PHONE CHIMES]

[KEYPAD CLICKING]

[SIGHS]

[NINA] Jada, thank you

so much for doing this.

I'll give you two some space.

[SCOFFS]

Why would Kiesha do this?

She's young, babe.

She thinks this is all she has to offer.

I didn't raise her to act like this.

Our kids are just like everyone else's.

They do dumb sh*t.

She's just looking for attention.

I give her plenty of attention.

This is just a part of growing up.

She ain't the devil.

No wonder that group

don't wanna support us.

I don't give a f*ck if

she had a d*ck in her mouth

in half of those photos.

Her life is still worth fighting for,

so I'ma keep fighting.

Are you saying I'm not?

I'm saying this ain't the time

to be judging her actions.

She's a brown-skinned girl

whose daddy d*ed suddenly,

and she just wants people to

think that she's beautiful.

I taught her better than this.

This ain't got nothing to do with you.

It's got everything to do with me.

I'm her mother. She's

my child, not yours.

Wow.

I knew this day was gonna come.

[EXHALES SHARPLY]

This is what you do.

What do I do, Dre? Tell me.

I'm the one who said we should wait

and do research before

we go to Tracy's group.

But you insisted.

I'm the one who said we should avoid

looking at those photos of Kiesha,

but once again, you insisted.

You're a glutton for punishment.

You love to be tortured,

but you know what?

Don't take that sh*t out on me,

'cause I'm not having it.

Do you even think I'm a good mother?

What?

I wanna know.

I think you're doing

the best that you can.

[SOFTLY] Wow.

I work all day so I can

give them a good life.

And when I get home, I'm exhausted.

I got nothing else to give.

I'm so concerned with

them being perfect,

I don't leave a lot of

room for them to be free.

Freedom is a luxury

our kids can't afford.

I am going to that vigil.

Why? 'Cause you got something to prove?

No.

'Cause I deserve to be there.

SOMBER MUSIC ♪

♪♪

[SIGHS]

Hey, y'all.

I'm not gonna lie. I'm a little turnt.

[CHUCKLES] I was at my mama's wedding,

and they left the wine unattended, so

I took advantage, you know?

Okay, so when I get married,

I'm not doing a wedding.

Mm-mm, I'ma elope.

You not gonna catch me

feeding a bunch of n*gg*s

who just gonna talk sh*t about me

on the way home from the wedding anyway.

And don't at me.

Look, I said what I said, okay?

Anyway, I just wanted to post

'cause I was feeling cute today.

Hope y'all are too, and if you're not,

maybe you'll feel cute tomorrow.

I'm out.

♪♪

How come you ain't text me?

n*gga, you better take

that bass out your voice,

talking to me.

Sorry.

Look, I just wanna know

if you found my sister.

She wasn't there.

f*ck.

Did you check every room?

Bro, I put a g*n to this n*gga's head.

If he knew something,

he would've said something.

We gotta go back.

For what? She's not there.

There's nowhere else she could be.

I mean, if she ain't

there, she gotta be

Dead? Well, maybe she is.

Don't say that.

Baby, she been gone a week.

Look, man, I know

these streets, all right?

And if she's been gone a week,

then either a pimp done got her

or some n*gga done caught her slippin'.

Either way, it ain't good.

She ain't dead.

How you know?

I can feel it.

Me too.

- Right?

- [SIGHS]

On a black bit ♪

I call it Knight Rider ♪

[MUSIC OVER RADIO FADES]

I really appreciate this, but

I don't like charity.

I wanna pay you back.

Don't worry about it.

I don't like handouts.

It's not a handout.

It's the Christian way.

I haven't been a Christian

since I was a kid.

We all lose our way sometimes.

I didn't get lost.

I walked away.

Not a fan of the church, huh?

Made a lot of bad choices in my life.

So did the men that followed Jesus.

You don't need to convert me, Pastor.

I'm not in the business

of converting folks.

I don't have the power to save anybody.

I'm just a tour guide

for people that decide

to save themselves.

Tour guide.

I could use one of those.

We all could.

[BUTTON CLICKING]

[DOOR CLICKS OPEN]

It's about time you came.

I don't know if it's

the TV or the remote,

but something ain't working.

Well, that's-that's

because it's not a remote.

It's-it's a cell phone.

My cell phone is working just fine.

It's that damn remote that's broke.

Okay, well, the batteries must be dead.

Then change it.

Okay, I will, Grandma.

I ain't your grandma.

- Yes, you are.

- Bullshit.

My grandson is a w*r hero.

You a bum.

It's me, Ronnie.

You ain't no hero.

I was.

And I'm gonna be.

I promise.

[GRUNTS]

Just get me some batteries

for my damn remote.

I'm missing my stories.

SLOW JAZZ MUSIC ♪

♪♪

Hey.

I can't stop thinking about

those girls at that house.

You ain't they mama.

That could've been me.

[SIGHS]

Everybody's got a path,

and that's theirs.

I wanna help them.

Imani, we can't save everybody.

[SIGHS]

If we go get 'em,

where they gonna stay at?

Who's gonna feed 'em?

Look at me.

We gotta stay focused.

All right, we-we came

out here to get Jake

and that's it.

Let's just stick to the plan, okay?

Come here. Come here.

I ♪

Have never been so much ♪

L.T.D.'S "LOVE BALLAD" PLAYING ♪

In love ♪

♪♪

Before ♪

♪♪

What a difference ♪

A true love made in my life ♪

♪♪

So nice ♪

♪♪

So right ♪

Loving you ♪

Gave me something new ♪

That I'd never felt ♪

Never dreamed of ♪

Something's changed ♪

No, it's not the feeling ♪

I had before ♪

Oh, oh, oh ♪

It's much, much more ♪

♪♪

Love ♪

I never knew ♪

That a touch ♪

[KNOCK AT DOOR]

[NINA] Hey, Kevin, you ready?

Kevin?

[KNOCK AT DOOR]

You okay?

I don't wanna go.

I understand how you feel.

But it might do you good

to see how many people

care about your sister and

wanna see her back home.

- But what if

- What?

I just don't wanna go.

[SOFT CHATTER]

[MICROPHONE FEEDBACK SQUEALS]

[TRACY] Thank you,

everyone, for coming out.

Not only did you show up for us,

but you showed up for

the children of Chicago,

and they need you now more than ever.

- That's right, that's right.

- Yeah.

Hey.

Why aren't you up there

with the other mothers?

'Cause Nina is Kiesha's mom, not me.

[TRACY] 'Cause numbers don't matter.

- People do.

- [MAN] That's right.

Real stories, real faces, real pain.

I want y'all to understand

that just because

it's not your child,

it's someone else's.

If one of us is losing sleep at night,

we all should be losing sleep.

My child is your child.

- Your child is my child.

- [MAN] That's right.

These kids belong to all of us.

- [MAN] All of us.

- [APPLAUSE]

[TRACY] Kiesha Williams has

been missing for seven days,

and if we don't bring her home soon,

there's a chance that

she won't be found alive.

[WOMAN] That's too long.

[TRACY] Now, y'all know we can't depend

on the police to protect our kids.

We gotta lean on each other.

[WOMAN] That's right.

Kiesha's mother is here with us tonight.

I wanna lift her up in prayer.

I wanna lift all the mothers up

who have lost children

in prayer tonight.

[WOMAN] Amen.

Please give her a round of applause.

[APPLAUSE]

Um

please.

Of course.

[CLEARS THROAT]

Okay, um,

I wasn't planning on speaking tonight.

I didn't really know what to say.

All I know is, I'm scared.

I'm sad. I'm anxious.

And even though I'm blessed

to sleep next to the love

of my life every night,

I still feel alone.

I don't even know why I said "sleep".

I haven't slept in days.

I really just lie there.

I toss and I turn and I go over

a million different

scenarios in my head.

Thank God my wife is

here to hold my hand,

'cause I couldn't get

through this without her.

Dre, can you come up here, please?

[SOFT CHATTER]

Look, my daughter isn't a saint,

but neither was I when I was her age.

She's a young woman

trying to find her way.

She thinks she knows everything,

like most teenagers.

But the truth is,

she's got a lot to learn about life.

She's got a lot to learn about herself.

She's still on that journey,

and I don't think we should judge her

for stumbling along the way.

If-if people judged you

by the things you've done wrong,

they wouldn't have a clear

picture of who you really are.

TENSE MUSIC ♪

So I'm asking you,

please don't judge my

daughter by who she is now.

But help me bring her home

so she can grow into the woman

I know she has the potential to be.

[APPLAUSE]

♪♪

SMOOTH JAZZ MUSIC ♪

♪♪

[TYPEWRITER CLACKING, BELL DINGS]