04x01 - Soul Food

[bunniefuu]

[KEVIN] Previously on The Chi

[g*n COCKS]

I ain't leaving without my sister.

- [PHONE RINGS]

- Hello?

Hello?

[NINA] Now make a wish.

[OMARI] I'm gonna get you home.

What the f*ck are you doing?

[SHOUTS]

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

- Will you marry me?

- Yes.

- You better not be cheating.

- I'm not cheating on you.

[DARNELL] Dom and Darnell. Two Ds.

Our names sound like

they go together, huh?

- I like you.

- [JEMMA CHUCKLES]

Me too.

[JEMMA] I had told 'em

I wanted you to be my first.

[KEVIN] What'd he say?

[JEMMA] Make sure you're sure.

- [KEVIN] Are you?

- [JEMMA] Yeah.

[KEVIN] I'm ready to

tell people we go together.

[MAISHA] You said you

wanted to go public?

Well, now I got the

hottest boy in the game

wearing my chain.

Every mayoral election,

I pick one Black candidate

to make a sizable donation to.

When I look at myself,

I see Otis, so my money's on him.

- What did you say?

- You ain't no

[GRUNTING ANGRILY]

[DOUDA] I need somebody

who can handle my

business on the street.

I'm gonna make sure you

have everything you need.

[JAKE] Saving that bitch

don't mean sh*t.

- You still a m*rder*r.

- [g*nshots]

[SCREAMING]

That's for Coogie, m*therf*cker.

Kevin, your sister's been through a lot.

So have we.

sparse dramatic music ♪

[KEVIN] Is it gonna be

like this forever?

[NINA] I don't know.

♪♪

- [NINA] What?

- I'm pregnant.

With that crazy man's baby?

- You're not keeping it, right?

- Kevin, that's enough.

- You can't!

- [NINA] It's not your decision.

I can't do it.

♪♪

Otis Redding's "Try

A Little Tenderness" ♪

Oh, she may be weary ♪

And young girls they do get weary ♪

- [SCREAMING]

- [OVERLAPPING NURSE'S CHATTER]

Wearing that same ♪

- [NURSE] That's it.

- [NURSE 2] There you go.

There you go. Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, yeah ♪

♪♪

But when she gets weary ♪

♪♪

Try a little tenderness ♪

Yeah, yeah ♪

[DOOR RATTLING]

♪♪

Mm ♪

You know she's waiting ♪

Just anticipating ♪

♪♪

For things that she'll never, never ♪

Never, never possess, yeah, yeah ♪

♪♪

But the soft words ♪

They are spoke so gentle, yeah ♪

♪♪

It makes it easier ♪

- [POUNDING ON DOOR]

- [PERSON] Emmett.

Easier to bear, yeah ♪

[KIESHA SCREAMING]

You won't regret it, no, no ♪

♪♪

Some girls, they don't forget it ♪

Love is their own ♪

Happiness ♪

Yeah, yeah ♪

♪♪

But it's all so easy ♪

♪♪

All you got to do is try ♪

Try a little tenderness, yeah ♪

All you got to do is, man ♪

Hold her where you want her ♪

Squeeze her, don't tease her ♪

Never leave her, get to her ♪

Try, try ♪

Just try a little tenderness ♪

Yeah, yeah ♪

You've got to rub her gentle, man ♪

All you got to do ♪

Don't got, don't bruise her, no, no ♪

You got to love her ♪

Tease her, don't squeeze her ♪

Gotta try, nah, nah, nah, try ♪

- Try a little tenderness ♪

- [g*nsh*t]

Yeah, watch her groove ♪

You got to know what to do, man ♪

Take this advice ♪

dramatic hip-hop music ♪

♪♪

[PHONE BUZZING]

[BUZZING CONTINUES]

[JEMMA] What time is it?

[CLICKS TONGUE]

Oh, sh*t!

Oh.

f*ck!

My dad's gonna be done

with his morning meditation

at any minute.

If he catches you in here,

he's gonna k*ll both of us.

I got an idea.

Just just follow my lead, all right?

That's what you said last night

and look where it got us.

I know. Oh, I know.

Kevin, hurry up.

My bad.

tense music ♪

But

♪♪

I got you this time.

All right?

I promise.

♪♪

- Mm, go. Go.

- Okay.

♪♪

- [KNOCK AT DOOR]

- [NINA] Kevin!

Kevin!

Where's Kevin?

Maybe he's with Jemma.

I don't recall him asking permission.

You know he think he grown.

Ain't neither one of y'all grown

till you start paying rent.

I don't know, baby. Maybe

he went off to Malcolm's.

When he start hanging with him again?

- [DRE] I don't know.

- I don't know.

I'm not his keeper.

- Do you want me to text him?

- Yes.

Dre!

[MOUSE CLICKS]

soft jazz music ♪

♪♪

Oh, this little n*gro think he slick.

♪♪

[DOORBELL RINGS]

♪♪

Um

[CHUCKLES]

Hey, Mr. St. John.

Morning, Kevin.

Come on.

dramatic hip-hop music ♪

♪♪

- [DOOR OPENS, BELLS JINGLE]

- Gangster or mayor?

That is the question when

it comes to Otis Perry.

Since the election,

speculation about the mayor's past

[CUSTOMER] Psh. Pizza man, my ass.

I heard he run the 63rd Street Mob.

Mm-hmm. And I know he k*lled

that n*gga with the food truck.

Well, I heard he ain't really dead.

I heard he in witness protection.

[CUSTOMER 2] How many n*gg*s

you know in witness protection?

[CUSTOMER] I don't know.

That's why they in witness protection.

[EMMETT] Papa.

Congrats on your first check

from Smokey's, little bro.

[CHUCKLES] All right.

So when I'm gonna get

employee of the month?

Man, I told you we ain't got that.

Man, what kind of establishment

don't celebrate their employees?

You got to uplift those that uplift you.

Or else we gonna drop your ass.

Man, I'm not putting

your headshot on the wall.

Fine.

Well, can you at least

start paying me in cash

so I don't have to give

half of this to Uncle Sam?

No. Bro, I'm finally legit.

Would you let me be great?

I pray for your greatness every night.

[EMMETT] That's what's up.

Now, let me get a number

one, a number three,

and a strawberry pop, two straws.

Just 'cause you eat for free

don't mean you get two meals.

It's not just for me.

It's for me and Maisha.

You know we do breakfast on Fridays.

[CLICKS TONGUE]

You read the paper, young man?

[KEVIN] Nah, I get my news

from The Shade Room.

So you didn't see the

Tribune this morning, huh?

[KEVIN] No, sir.

Bunch of kids that look just like you

b*rned down a few local

businesses last night.

It's front-page news this morning.

And you're bringing that up because ?

Because white folks are gonna read this

and assume something

about us that's not true.

Who cares about what white folks think?

If this kind of sh*t keeps happening,

the Olympics will never come to Chicago.

Dad, nobody cares about the Olympics.

I like the Olympics.

- Really, Kevin?

- What?

Everybody likes the Olympics.

So that's why you're mad at those kids

for burning down the city?

[MARCUS] Nobody wants to come to a place

where they don't feel safe.

And who's supposed to make

us feel safe the police?

- Not all police are bad.

- [JEMMA] Mm.

- Spoken like a true capitalist.

- Oh, that's right.

Capitalism is the root of all evil.

I'll remember that the next time

you want me to buy you a Chanel purse.

[CHUCKLES]

light music ♪

Oh, eat up.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Man, a freaky little baby ♪

She freakin' me daily ♪

She tell me she love me ♪

While she f*cking me slowly ♪

[EMMETT] All right, now.

Bow, bow, bow, bow.

Hey, wife. How you doin'?

- Hey, husband.

- Mmm.

- Mm, mm, mm.

- What?

- You want to have my baby?

- I already did.

No, you want to have another one?

Trust me, you got enough kids.

No, no, I'm serious. I can

close the shop right now.

I can tell everybody in here to get out.

I can put some Jodeci

on the sound system.

[CHUCKLES] Now, you know I love Jodeci.

Of course I do.

Ooh, yes ♪

[CHUCKLES]

- I'm the boss, baby.

- I know.

What you gonna call me?

I told you I don't like

calling you daddy.

[EMMETT CLICKS TONGUE] Not that.

♪♪

[LAUGHS] I'm not calling

you the boss, Emmett.

[CHUCKLING] Why why not?

It's accurate.

Damn, where she going?

She look like trouble ♪

Only one that makes me weak ♪

Girl, you know you bad for me ♪

Pop off, make we

want to do bad things ♪

- Girl, I need a favor.

- What you want?

My plug ran out of edibles,

and you the only cook I know.

I'm not that kind of cook.

I can't just pour a ounce of weed

in a deep fryer and give it to you.

You got to know what

you're doing with that sh*t.

- [SIGHS]

- You'll f*ck around and have people running

up and down the street butt-ass naked

talkin' about, "This is how we do it".

Come on. It can't be that hard.

It is that hard.

But I do remember this

guy that used to do it.

I could see if he would show me.

[EMMETT] What y'all

in here talking about?

- Nothing.

- Don't worry about it.

[EMMETT] Y'all in here talking about me?

No, n*gga. Why would

we be talking about you?

Emmett, it's not always about you.

Go on. You got customers, anyway.

All right.

[TIFF] Bye! [SCOFFS]

reggae music ♪

♪♪

Babe you got to let me line you up.

[TRIG] No, I'm not

sitting in that chair.

[IMANI] Jake, you missed a spot.

You missed a spot over here, too.

- [JAKE CLICKS TONGUE]

- You want my haircut?

No, ma'am.

[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]

[IMANI LAUGHS]

What's up, Man Man?

What's up, Trig?

Hold on. I got something for you.

[MAN MAN] Nuh-uh.

I want to earn it.

Here you go. I got to

get to school, anyway.

♪♪

Hey, you ready for that biology quiz?

I think so.

[TRIG] You better know so.

I f*ck with biology.

Hey, come on. Watch your mouth, boy.

I'm just saying, I'm good at it.

Why you sound so surprised?

'Cause I just never thought

I'd enjoy a class that ain't gym

- or one of my free periods.

- [ALL CHUCKLE]

It's good to see my money's

not going to waste.

[TRIG SIGHS]

"Gangster or mayor"?

That is the question.

When you start watching the news?

Ever since I started working with you.

You don't work with me. You work for me.

tense music ♪

- Mm.

- What's that?

[DOUDA] It's Jake's tuition.

[TRIG] You know you

could've dropped this off

in the mailbox.

Nah, I like doing personal

business in person.

Besides, I wanted to come by

and see how everybody was doing.

Imani

I really like what you've

done with the place.

Thanks for all your help.

Oh, what? Of course.

Anything for family.

Can I go?

[DOUDA] Yeah, you can ride with me.

[TRIG] No, I'll take him.

♪♪

You know what? Actually,

that's not a bad idea.

I got some business to handle

on the South Side anyway.

Hey, babe.

♪♪

I love you. Have fun at school.

[JAKE] All right, see you.

[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]

♪♪

[DOUDA] I'm glad the

permit's working out.

You need anything else,

just let me know.

You know the number.

We appreciate you helping us out.

♪♪

But we got it from here.

♪♪

[DOUDA] Man Man. Good job.

[DOOR OPENS]

[DOOR SLAMS]

light music ♪

♪♪

Man, Triple-A ain't nothing but a scam.

Got some jumper cables

in my trunk right now.

I'll be there in five minutes.

Yeah, I'm in the car right now.

[DOOR BELLS JINGLE]

Hey, look, just pop the hood,

and I'll be there, like, in 15 minutes.

Man, I'm on the Dan Ryan.

Yeah hey, I got you. All right.

Dudes like you are why

I never trust nobody

when they say they on the way.

- Eh, it's a figure of speech.

- No, it ain't.

Boy, shut up.

And where my wifey at?

Would you please stop calling her that?

Y'all only been dating

for what, two months?

That's gonna be my forever, son.

[SCOFFS] That's what you

said about your third ex-wife.

[DOM] Hey, babe.

Hey, sugar pie.

[EMMETT] Can y'all take that outside?

- [DOM CHUCKLES]

- [DARNELL] Don't be jealous.

And let me get that, uh,

French toast sandwich with extra cheese.

I got it. I'll hook you up.

- [DARNELL] Hurry up.

- [SCOFFS]

Got my boy stranded on

the side of the road.

Boy, don't rush me.

[CHUCKLES] I know you like

to take it nice and slow.

[EMMETT] Ugh! Can y'all please

take that sh*t somewhere else?

[IMITATES DARNELL'S CHUCKLE]

♪♪

I don't think they'll care

what you got on.

You think they don't care

how I got pregnant?

They shouldn't.

If they really want a baby,

they shouldn't care how it got here.

[KIESHA] Right.

Don't wear that.

You just said they ain't

gonna care what I got on.

They shouldn't, but buy a

maternity dress or something.

It's like you in denial.

Maybe I am.

[TIFF] How about this?

[BOTH LAUGH]

[BOTH LAUGH]

You gonna let me go and

make you a sandwich or what?

- sh*t, girl. You my breakfast.

- [CHUCKLING]

Put some jelly on your jelly

and be full for the rest of the day.

[CHUCKLING] Stop.

- Darnell.

- [DARNELL] Mm?

I got to tell you something.

What you got to tell me, girl?

soft music ♪

Um [SIGHS]

- Oh, sh*t.

- [DOM] What?

You pregnant?

[CHUCKLES] No, n*gga.

[SIGHS] Then what is it?

Promise me you won't be mad.

- [DARNELL] Girl, spit it out.

- It's about your son.

Which one?

Which one you think? Emmett.

Oh.

What he do?

I f*cked him.

♪♪

Well, look, it was

bound to happen at some point.

So you don't care?

I don't believe in bringing up old sh*t.

[CHUCKLES]

d*ck ain't got no

rearview mirror, you know?

[LAUGHS]

There you go. [CHUCKLES]

Hey, uh I'll be right back.

dramatic music ♪

♪♪

What a tangled web we weave.

What you talking about?

I done done my share of messy sh*t,

but this one takes the cake.

What do you what

How you gonna propose to your baby mama

in front of your mistress

while celebrating your

new establishment?

See, this is why I told

her not to tell you.

Of course she told me.

I'm her new Zaddy.

Would you stop saying that?

Ugh!

And please don't say sh*t to Tiff.

Boy, please. I know

how to keep a secret.

What? No, you can't.

You can't hold water.

- [DOM] Here you go, baby.

- [DARNELL] Ah. Thanks, baby.

Mm, I love a woman who knows

her way around a griddle.

[JADA] Hey, everybody. What's up?

Hey, don't forget we coming

through for movie night.

Since when?

Since Tiff said it was cool.

- Hey.

- Hey.

[DARNELL] Yeah, I'm right here

on the corner. Where you at?

[JADA] What's up?

See she's keeping it in the family, huh?

Don't want to talk about it.

But I ain't never called you crazy ♪

♪♪

What's wrong with you?

Ms. Cranston thinks

she's woke now 'cause

she put a Black Lives Matter

sign above her door.

I'm not giving her points for that.

She always quoting Baldwin and sh*t.

It's so performative.

[JAKE] I can't stand that bitch.

- I like Ms. Cranston.

- Of course you do.

What you mean by that?

It would be nice if you found yourself

on the right side of history

every once in a while.

Why? So I can walk around with

an attitude all day like you?

- I don't have a attitude.

- Yes, you do.

I mean, every time you

walk around, you're mad.

I just want to be with someone

who I can have an

intelligent debate with.

[KEVIN] Why would I want

to debate with you?

I love you.

- [SCOFFS] Wow!

- What?

[SIGHS]

Why y'all lookin' at me like that?

That's the first time

you ever said that to me.

Man, I ain't never

sayin' that to a bitch.

[JEMMA CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

[JAKE] Okay, okay, we

get it. Y'all in love.

- Come on, Kev.

- Where y'all going?

Uh, basketball game.

I thought you said you were

coming to B.A.M.N. with me.

The f*ck is B.A.M.N.?

It's some pro-Black group she's in.

What does B.A.M.N. stand for?

I don't know, um

"By Any Means Necessary"? Right?

[CHUCKLES] Jemma, I swear

you the whitest Black person I ever met.

Kevin, you promised

you would come with me.

I know, I know, I know.

I got you next time. Promise.

hip-hop music ♪

I got enough real friends ♪

♪♪

I'm all out of patience ♪

♪♪

[ROSELYN] Ms. Roxboro.

I have Mayor Perry here.

[TRACY] I know who he is.

You here to lend a hand

or just take pictures?

♪♪

You know, I've been following

your story for a long time.

Normally, when a mother loses a child,

she crawls into a dark hole,

and she never comes out again,

but you took your pain,

and you turned into something beautiful.

I really love what you've been

doing for the community.

It's amazing, truly.

♪♪

Guess you could call me

a reluctant activist, then.

♪♪

What took you so long to come by?

Well, I apologize for the

delay, but I'm here now.

What you want a medal?

- Chest to pin it on?

- Easy.

I don't have to show you respect.

Mayor's office don't mean sh*t to me.

- We want to help you.

- Of course you do.

I watch the news.

Well, I know you need money.

[TRACY] Yeah.

I ain't gonna lie.

My organization could

really use some help.

But I'm not willing

to sell my soul for it.

♪♪

You a gangsta in a nice suit.

So

you like my suit?

♪♪

[CHUCKLES]

Look, I'm having an event tonight

for, um, community leaders like you.

Why don't you do me a favor and come by?

♪♪

I'm not who you think I am.

♪♪

[DOUDA] Make sure she has the info.

♪♪

chill hip-hop music ♪

♪♪

Steppin' through the city

like I'm walkin' on air ♪

United at the center ♪

Pockets with a dialect that differs ♪

Based on what you get

up at the bus stop ♪

Me, I was a Stony Island resident ♪

Tracking sandy residue

in each and every second ♪

Always in my element ♪

Bro, school uniform is not that bad.

Yes, it is. I hate this sh*t.

So you really love Jemma, huh?

Why is that so hard to believe?

It's not. [SCOFFS]

I'm just surprised you

said that sh*t out loud.

You will understand one day, my friend.

You need to get your ass a girlfriend.

And when I do, I ain't about to

be having lunch with her daddy.

You know how them

bougie Black people be.

You got to get your

daddy approval and sh*t.

[CHUCKLES]

Man, f*ck her and her rich-ass daddy.

JAG' "Pusha" ♪

Tell them to hit me if

you need some weight ♪

I know the pusha ♪

Yeah, I know the pusha,

yeah, I know the pusha ♪

I told her, hit me,

you need it today ♪

Yeah, I know the pusha ♪

- What the f*ck?

- [MUSIC STOPS]

[LAUGHING] What?

Hold on, man.

Look at this n*gga.

Who the f*ck you think you is,

Fresh Prince of Englewood?

Look, bro, I don't want no

problems with you, all right?

Man, shut your punk ass up.

Don't end up like your brother.

Man, f*ck you!

n*gga, I will f*cking k*ll you

and spit on your f*cking body.

Yo, yo, yo, yo, relax yo, yo, yo!

Jake, chill! Chill out, bro! Chill!

Let him go. What the

f*ck you trying to do?

What you trying to do?

- [KEVIN] Bro, chill!

- Hey!

- [KEVIN] Jake, come on!

- Nah.

Come on, let's see your

homey, bitch-ass n*gga.

- [OFFICER] Knock it off!

- You a bitch for real.

- Yeah, all right. We gonna see.

- [KEVIN] Jake, come on.

- [OFFICER] Hey!

- Go see your n*gga, man.

- I'm right here.

- [JAKE] Can't stand that m*therf*cker.

[BAKARI] Shut your bitch-ass up.

Hey! ID.

Man, what I got to show my ID for?

Bro, just show him your ID.

Nah, f*ck that.

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[JAKE] Man, I ain't do sh*t!

- [OFFICER] Stop resisting!

- [JAKE] What I do? Get off me!

- [BYSTANDER] He's just a kid!

- [OFFICER] Stop resisting!

He asked a fair question!

What did he do?

Come on, bro! Get off me, man!

[BLOWS LANDING STEADILY]

He's just a kid! Let him go!

All right, all right,

I'll show you my ID!

Get on the ground! On the ground now!

♪♪

[PERSON] Officer, what did he do?

[MOUTHS WORD]

[BYSTANDER] He didn't do sh*t!

What's wrong with you?

- [FIST IMPACTS]

- [PERSON] Let him go.

[HANDCUFFS CLICK]

♪♪

- [INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

- What did he do?

[SIREN APPROACHING]

[ODETTA] Sometimes I feel ♪

Like I'm almost gone ♪

♪♪

Sometimes I feel ♪

Like I'm almost ♪

Gone ♪

A long ways ♪

[CAR DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]

From home ♪

A long ways ♪

From home ♪

True ♪

Believer ♪

♪♪

[PERSON] He didn't even do nothing!

- [KEVIN] Show him your ID!

- [OFFICER] Get on the ground!

[PERSON] Get off of

him! He's just a kid!

[KEVIN] All right, all right,

I'll show you my ID.

- [OFFICER] Get on the ground!

- [JAKE] What'd I do?

- A long ways ♪

- [SHOUTING CONTINUES]

From home ♪

♪♪

A long ♪

Ways ♪

From home ♪

♪♪

- [NINA] This is a lovely house.

- [OCTAVIA] Oh, Thank you.

We've, uh, been working on

it for the last five years

- Yeah, she loves this house.

- and we finally got it.

And I feel like when you come home,

your house should rise to meet you.

Yeah, I just want to

kick up my feet and relax.

You know, you spend most

of your life in your home,

so I feel it should be a sacred space.

- I like that.

- Me too.

I already feel like

we need to redecorate.

I'd be happy to help with that.

Yeah, she's always helping other people.

I barely see her.

Do y'all have any questions for me?

Are you sure you want to do this?

[MARK] She's only asking

'cause we been through

this process before,

and last time didn't go so well.

Yeah, I know I know what you mean.

[NINA] She's sure.

Yeah, I'm sure.

Well, do you have any questions for us?

Are y'all good?

Like, are we good people or ?

Are y'all good, like, as a couple?

Uh

I'm feeling some tension.

Look, um, marriage is hard. [CHUCKLES]

We may not always be

on the same page, but

we do love each other.

Are y'all on the same page about this?

- Kiesha.

- What?

Look, I'm a child of divorce.

I don't want my baby to go through that.

[MARK] No matter how

perfect a couple is,

they can't guarantee

a child a perfect life.

Everybody got their sh*t, even us.

But no one will love

that baby more than me.

More than us.

Honey, can I talk to you

outside for a second?

Would you excuse us, please?

[MARK CHUCKLING] Guess

I'm in trouble again.

- [CHUCKLES]

- [NINA CHUCKLES POLITELY]

[DOOR OPENS]

[MARK AND OCTAVIA SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

[NINA] What do you think?

I don't know.

- Well, we can think about it.

- I don't know.

[PAPA] So what you gonna do with it?

Um, I think we should post it online.

- I think you should delete it.

- What?

- I said delete it.

- [MAISHA] Why?

And let injustice prevail?

Jake ain't gonna want no one

seeing him get punked

by the police.

Man, y'all tweakin'.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[DOOR OPENS, BELLS JINGLE]

What do you think?

I think we should do what's right.

What if doing what's

right gets us in trouble?

It'll be good trouble.

soft jazz music ♪

♪♪

Yeah ♪

♪♪

Yeah ♪

♪♪

Let me go ♪

I don't want this no more ♪

♪♪

[PERSON] He's just a kid!

[OFFICER] Get on the ground!

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

[PERSON] Stop doing him like that!

- Oh, the days ♪

-

♪♪

My way out ♪

[SIGHS]

It's not like him to miss a meal.

[TRIG] Yeah, something ain't right.

That game been over.

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

dramatic music ♪

Yo.

[JAKE] Trig.

Hey, man, what's going on?

Hello?

Hello?

- Hey, where the f*ck you at?

- [IMANI] Who is it?

- [TRIG] It's Jake.

- [IMANI] Is he okay?

- [TRIG] I don't know.

- [DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]

♪♪

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

♪♪

[INDISTINCT CHATTER AND LAUGHTER]

♪♪

I don't know, y'all. I still

don't trust this n*gga.

- I don't care what he got.

- [CHUCKLES]

He's starting to grow on me.

Oh, I still think he's full of sh*t.

- Exactly.

- [SIGHS]

Let's just see what the man has to say.

[TRACY] Okay. Says you.

[BOTH LAUGH]

[DRE] Look, look, look, look.

Oh, oh, oh.

Speaking of the devil

[TRACY CLEARS THROAT]

♪♪

You better stop looking

at that married man.

I ain't even thinking about

him he looking at me.

Look, just go get this check

so we can get the hell

up on out of here now.

You know I can't just be taking

checks from just anybody.

Yeah, that's true.

You don't want R.O.C.K. to

get caught up in his mess.

- Exactly.

- Mm-hmm.

Okay.

- I'm gonna go and say hi.

- [JADA LAUGHS]

Just say hi.

♪♪

But get the check.

[TRACY] Okay.

Just say hi.

[EXHALES SHARPLY] Okay.

[JADA] Breathe.

♪♪

- She gonna get that money.

- [DRE] Okay.

♪♪

[TIFF] Ooh, let me get some of

this let me just taste it.

Careful. You know it's weed in here.

- [TIFF] Mm

- [BOTH CHUCKLE]

[TIFF] Hey, this about to be lit.

- Hey.

- Hey.

[TIFF] Who the hell still got VHS tapes?

A real OG.

[TIFF] And how we supposed to play that?

We ain't got got no Uh! Oh, my God.

[DOM] No, you did not bring the VCR.

We bought this fool a

Apple TV for Christmas,

and he still ain't opened it.

I don't need that high-tech sh*t.

What I need with a Apple TV

when I got the real deal right here?

Now, some people love they vinyls.

I love my VHS's. [CHUCKLES]

- [DOM CHUCKLES]

- [TIFF] That's your man?

See? Y'all can make fun

of me all you want to,

but I'm telling you,

VCR's making a comeback.

- No, they not.

- No, it's not.

[LAUGHTER]

- [EMMETT] You got it?

- [DARNELL] Yeah.

[DOM] He is so annoying.

[TIFF] Care about that damn VCR.

[DOM] He always doing something extra.

Now he want to bring in a VCR player.

Okay, put some more in there.

[TIFF] Put some more

chocolate chips in there.

You gonna get high real fast off these.

- Good. That's the point!

- [LAUGHTER]

- [DOM] You know you got to

- [LAUGHTER]

What you gonna do about it? ♪

♪♪

Muffins in the freezer, they be lit ♪

♪♪

[LAUGHTER]

What y'all in here laughing at?

- Not you!

- Boy, relax.

Go help your daddy set up

his dusty-ass VCR player.

- Get out the kitchen.

- Right.

Come on, Emmett. Go.

Is it red, yellow, white,

or white, yellow, red?

[EMMETT] I thought you

knew how to work it.

My my TV got the cords in the front.

classy jazz music ♪

♪♪

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

- Well, hey.

- [TRACY] Hey.

[DOUDA] Well, look at you.

I'm glad you're here. You look great.

- [TRACY] Thank you.

- Come on, come on in.

Look look at that.

- [JADA] Oh, sh*t, you see that?

- [DRE] Yeah, I see it.

- Wonder where his wife's at.

- [DRE] Exactly.

- [LAUGHS]

- That's what I'm saying.

[JADA] Emmett don't even

pull out his chair for me.

[DRE] Right.

This dude is a trip.

You know, I'm not

really easily impressed,

but what you're doing

with your organization

it's truly amazing.

It really is.

I was thinking that if

you guys wanted to

[JADA] You see he was on the news today?

[DRE] Some sh*t is more

trouble than it's worth.

- What's that?

- Oh, I-I didn't order that.

♪♪

Who the hell is that?

♪♪

- That's my masseuse.

- [DRE] Oh.

[JADA CHUCKLES]

So is your masseuse

giving out happy endings?

- That's none of your business.

- [DRE] Yeah, so that means yes.

I want you to know what we're

- [CELL PHONE RINGING]

- trying to do.

- It's gonna be, um I'm sorry.

- [RINGING CONTINUES]

Excuse me. I have to take this.

♪♪

You want to f*ck my husband?

[CHUCKLES]

It's okay.

I don't mind sharing.

[DOUDA] Excuse me, ladies.

I'm gonna have to

take care of something.

I got to get out of here.

What about the event? You're

supposed to give a speech.

I need you to step in.

It's an emergency.

- Is everything okay?

- Yeah.

We'll see.

Sorry.

♪♪

[DISTANT SIREN WAILING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

dramatic music ♪

- Hey, where you going?

- Hey, man, that's my brother.

♪♪

[SIGHING]

- f*ck, man!

- I'll be all right.

What the f*ck happened?

They said I was resisting arrest.

[TRIG] Who?

♪♪

What you doing here?

It's still my job to look after you.

[JAKE] I ain't got

nothing to say to you.

♪♪

- Hey, I'm gonna handle this.

- We good.

I don't care, man. I want blood.

Whoever did this I want

whoever it was in a body bag.

[DOUDA] Trig, I need you to breathe.

Man, don't tell me to f*cking breathe.

They got my little brother

in here shackled to a bed

like a f*cking animal!

[JAKE] Calm down, man. I'm good.

[POUNDS DOOR] Hey! Uncuff him.

♪♪

I'm under strict orders.

You know who I am?

Then I suggest you take my orders

before you find yourself unemployed.

♪♪

Now get the f*ck out.

♪♪

You need anything, Jake?

No.

I want the charges dropped.

The last thing he needs is a record.

That's easy.

And I'll make sure he has the

best care this place can offer.

I don't need him to have the best care.

I need him not to be in

here in the first place.

Trig, I can't stop the police

from being crooked.

Ain't that your job?

Right, Mayor?

- I said I'll handle it.

- [TRIG] You'll handle it.

So what you gonna do,

suspend this n*gga with pay?

I don't like those m*therf*ckers either.

I will take care of this.

Trust me.

tense music ♪

♪♪

Trig, I'm good.

♪♪

[KIESHA] Yeah, I like her.

I mean, it just felt like

a sadness in that house.

[DRE] Nobody's house is

happy all the time, Kiesh.

Well, I want my baby's house

to be happy most of the time.

When you give that baby to a new family,

you're at God's mercy.

You can't control what

their life is like.

I mean, if you ask me,

it's all a crapshoot.

- [DICE CLATTER]

- That's why nobody asked you.

[DRE] See, this is what I'm

talking about no love.

- [NINA] I love you, though.

- No love.

- [LAUGHTER]

- [NINA] I love you, though.

- Hey.

- [DRE] What up?

[DRE] Oh, see?

[CHUCKLING]

What happened to you?

Answer me. What happened?

Police.

- [DRE] Police?

- Police?

[NINA] Kevin, what? Kevin.

[DRE] Kev.

dramatic music ♪

♪♪

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

♪♪

[NINA] You want to talk about it?

♪♪

[TERI] Nobody's paying for the taxes

or the utilities except me.

And now we can put Uncle Pete in a home

like we been talking about for years.

I'm not putting Uncle Pete in

a home, Mama would k*ll us.

I'm selling the house.

[DARNELL] Oh! [CHUCKLES]

I am the guardian of her estate.

[DARNELL] Oh, sh*t.

This is my favorite part.

- It is?

- [CHUCKLES] Uh-huh.

- Oh, come on, now, Teri.

- [CHUCKLES]

[DARNELL] Listen to

what you're saying now.

"Your mama worked hard to

keep that house in the family,

for you and your family".

"Oh, f*ck the family!

I let the family in my house,

and the family f*cked my husband.

That's right. They f*cked my husband!"

- Look at him, look at him.

- Mm-mm.

- Teri?

- I know. That's my Teri.

Can we talk about what? f*ck you!

[DARNELL] Whoa! [LAUGHING]

- [SLOWED LAUGHTER]

- Cut the n*gga's d*ck off!

[LAUGHTER]

- Yes! He shouldn't have cheated!

- [LAUGHS]

[TIFF] He shouldn't have cheated!

Hell, no. Sweatin' your ass out.

The edible just, you know

[TIFF] It's the edible, it's the edible.

I did ♪

[TIFF] Girl, what we gonna do with them?

But, seriously, I'm grateful for you.

I do not know if Smokey's

would've happened

if you did not take a chance on Emmett.

Mm.

And he don't got the

best reputation, so

Uh-uh. No, he doesn't.

But you made him get his

sh*t together for real.

I think it all starts at home.

Him marrying you was the

best thing for everybody.

sh*t, it took his ass long enough.

n*gg*s be so quick to

get a girl pregnant,

but as soon as you start

talking about a ring,

- they start sweatin'.

- Sweatin' b*ll*ts!

- I never understood that, mm.

- [SCOFFS]

You know, this edible thing

might be the new side hustle.

Yeah?

It tastes good enough.

If you down,

I'm willing to drop my

other edible guy for you.

- [DOM] Cheers.

- [GLASSES CLINK]

[BOTH LAUGH]

French hip-hop music ♪

♪♪

[KIESHA] You want to tell me about it?

[KEVIN] Nah.

I think you should.

- I think I'm good.

- [SCOFFS]

Look, don't do that. Don't be like me.

Don't sit in your room

and wait for the pain to

go away, because it won't.

I'm not going to therapy.

You don't have to go to therapy.

But at least talk to Jake.

♪♪

Kevin, when you go through

something like this,

nobody knows what to say,

so they just wind up

saying nothing at all.

Then it's just you all by yourself

with no one to talk to, so

you start telling yourself sh*t

like, "I deserved it.

Maybe nobody wants me around.

What would the world

be like if I wasn't here?

Does anybody even care?"

- You really thought that way?

- Yeah.

[DOORBELL RINGS]

- You expecting company?

- No.

♪♪

[DOOR OPENS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

What's this?

A peace offering.

For what?

I want to be honest with you.

My husband and I are getting a divorce.

That doesn't surprise me.

dramatic music ♪

♪♪

I, um

I wasn't trying to lie.

It's just that, um

I've just wanted a child

for a very long time.

And although Mark and I are

not on the best of terms,

he was willing to come

over for your visit

with the hopes that it would

increase my chances.

That's nice of him.

I just really wanted

to be honest with you.

Well, thank you.

I appreciate you coming by,

and I really appreciate the popcorn.

[CHUCKLES]

But it's important

that my child be raised

in a two-parent household.

I'm sorry, I

I'm sorry.

No, it's it's okay. I understand.

I really do.

[SIGHS] Um

I thank you for your time,

and, uh, I wish you and your

family nothing but the best.

♪♪

[DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]

[DISTANT SIREN WAILING]

[NEWSCASTER] A video has gone viral

of yet another police-brutality as*ault.

The victim 15-year-old Jacob Taylor.

The crime being Black.

Jacob was arriving at a basketball game

when the officer

viciously assaulted him.

The family of Jacob Taylor

is demanding justice.

[JAKE] What up, bro?

Took your ass long enough.

Yeah, my bad. I don't like hospitals.

- Neither do I, n*gga.

- I'm here now.

[EXHALES DEEPLY]

Maybe if I had my uniform on,

I would've walked away, too.

No.

I walked away 'cause I

listened to the police

- and got on the ground.

- You should've had my back!

What was I supposed to

do fight the police?

Get the sh*t on tape or something.

Maisha did.

[CLICKS TONGUE] She

more of a rider than you.

Whatever, n*gga.

Whatever.

[KEVIN] Look, I'ma

I'ma go, all right?

♪♪

[PAPA CHUCKLING] Man, look at us.

The three musketeers

back together again.

[KEVIN] Man, you are stupid, bro.

Hey, man, just for that, you

ain't getting' no Skittles.

[CHUCKLES]

At least you still got good

hand-eye coordination.

hip-hop music ♪

[CHUCKLES]

Girl, I know you want me,

so please don't be shy ♪

Oh ♪

Hey, Ms. Washington.

Hey. Where your massage table?

I was thinking we could

skip the massage tonight.

I want to take you to dinner.

To dinner?

Yeah.

[CHUCKLES] Uh, okay.

Let me get my purse.

Oh, you won't be needing that.

Mm, okay.

♪♪

Oh, and, uh, don't worry.

Still gonna have you for dessert.

[CHUCKLES] Okay.

Just do me a favor.

Stop calling me Ms. Washington.

♪♪

I can do that.

♪♪

Baby, all I really want to do ♪

Is rock my body on you ♪

- [OFFICER] Get on the ground!

- Damn.

Look how many views I

got. What they saying?

That people got your back.

I told y'all not to post that video.

dramatic music ♪

♪♪

What you doing here?

I told you I wanted to help.

You're a little overdressed.

♪♪

Well, you know, um

I'm not afraid to get my hands dirty.

♪♪

You hear about what

happened with those kids

that got b*at up by the police?

♪♪

Of course I did.

♪♪

[TRACY] Mm.

♪♪

Well, what are you gonna do about it?

♪♪

I'm gonna handle it.

♪♪

I hope so.

♪♪

Sorry

about what happened with your son.

♪♪

Thank you.

♪♪

Yeah.

You know, sometimes it

just feel like we're living

in a police state.

It's because we are.

♪♪

[DISTANT DOG BARKING]

♪♪

He's coming.

[IMANI] Get ready.

♪♪

When I cock back, police better run ♪

One, two, three, four,

five, six, seven, eight ♪

Nine, ten, 11, f*ck 12 ♪

One, two, three, four,

five, six, seven, eight ♪

Nine, ten, 11, f*ck 12 ♪

Sixteen sh*ts, and we buckin' back ♪

Sixteen sh*ts ♪

Sixteen sh*ts, and we buckin' back ♪

Sixteen sh*ts ♪

They threw a little girl

down on the pavement ♪

Pushed her with her bike ♪

And said, "Stay out the way, bitch". ♪

She was bleeding on the

ground through her braces ♪

This what happen when n*gg*s

don't stay in they places ♪

The mayor duckin' when he

fired the superintendent ♪

But resignation come with

bonuses and recognition ♪

So we gonna break into

stores on Magnificent Mile ♪

And if we got to go, let's

go to prison in style ♪

Cops k*lling kids and

staying out of jail ♪

But Bobby Shmurda

can't even catch bail ♪

So it's one, two,

three, four, five, six ♪

Now I got everybody

yelling out, "f*ck 12" ♪

[SIREN WAILING]

Are you okay? Kevin.

I said I'm fine.

How many times you gonna

deny your queen, Kev?

[ALARM RINGING]

He's starting to sound desperate.

Maybe I am desperate.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

any favors, huh?

We don't need y'all here.

I'm tired of this, feeling like

our lives don't matter.

Today, I'm going to

change our city forever.

[REPORTERS CLAMORING]

These are pivotal years

in your life right now.

Every decision you make

is an important one.

You've been acting different

ever since we got married.

And I this time in my life.

This was not what I had in mind.

Should we talk about it?

I don't really feel like talkin'.

v*olence and crime is everywhere.

Every race has a civil w*r inside of it.

We gotta stop pointing

finger at each other,

and start coming together.

'Cause if we don't, we'll never survive.