06x07 - Long Live

[bunniefuu]

[KEVIN] Previously on The Chi

I'm here to happily announce

that I'll be moving to Los Angeles

to do what I love: gaming.

And while I'm up here,

I encourage you all

to do what you love.

Even if everyone thinks you're crazy,

you blaze your own trail,

and never let anyone tell

you you can't do something.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

[g*n COCKING]

[EMMETT] I wanna cut ties with you.

- I'm done.

- [DOUDA] You pay me my money.

Then we'll talk.

[EMMETT GROANING]

[DOUDA] If you play with me again

Both you all need to be

worried about your futures

and keeping your nose in the good book.

You ain't always done

what the good book says.

What, you challenging me, boy?

I mean, somebody's got to.

Well, I think I'm gonna excuse myself.

[JACKSON] No, no.

You're a part of this family too.

You stay right there.

I don't know anything about Q's m*rder.

[GORN] This photo says otherwise.

I don't think you're a k*ller,

but I do think you might

have helped dump the body.

So you can either confess now,

or we can find out later

and put you in prison.

What do you do when a

lion prowls your village,

jaws dripping with the

blood of your neighbors?

Do you let him sleep in your bed?

[CROWD MURMURING]

If we don't cast that

devil out of our city,

he will devour us all.

- [ALL] Amen.

- [APPLAUSE]

Take care of him.

Say less.

[JACKSON] Lord, I really

need you to protect my son.

[GROANING AND CHOKING]

[SOMBER MUSIC]

[BREATHING SHAKILY]

[PANTING]

[WHIMPERS]

[SOBS]

[TOOLS BUZZING]

Hey, Nuck!

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

What's the word, little bro?

Thought you said family

was off-limits, n*gga.

- Well, do it, n*gga.

- [g*n COCKING]

I k*lled a n*gga before,

and it ain't no thing to do it again.

[NUCK] Man, you sh*t Ronnie in the back.

You don't got enough balls

to sh**t a n*gga like me in the face.

Did you look Pastor Jackson in the face

before you strangled him, n*gga, huh?

Answer me.

Answer me, n*gga!

Look, Bakari, if you k*ll me

[BAKARI SOBBING]

he gonna take you.

[g*n COCKING]

- It's up to you.

- [BAKARI GROANING]

You looking to die today?

[BAKARI CRYING]

- Why you do it?

- Because he was talking too f*cking much.

[ZAY] We had to send a message.

He was like a father to me, man!

You can't trust nobody that ain't us!

How many times I gotta

tell your ass that, huh?

You too soft for the streets.

[BAKARI] f*ck you!

We your family.

If you ever pull a g*n on me again,

you won't live to

tell the f*cking story.

Do you hear me, huh?

Now, get the f*ck out of here, man!

Move, n*gga!

I could k*ll that n*gga.

Don't.

You sure?

Hey, if I need you to take

care of him, I'll say so.

You hear me?

Now, put the f*cking g*n down, man.

Let's go, n*gga.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[BREATHING SHAKILY]

[KEVIN] Uh need anything?

No.

[JAKE] Do you want

us to leave you alone?

Yeah.

[KEVIN] Look, man, um,

you really want us to leave you alone,

or you just saying that?

I-I wanna be alone.

We're here for you if you need us.

I-I know.

Love you, bro.

I love you too.

The f*ck you want?

I'm hurting too, n*gga.

I know one of your boys k*lled him.

[SIGHS] I never thought that

none of this would happen.

[PAPA] But it did!

And now my dad gone 'cause he ain't do

what Douda wanted him to.

Look, if the pastor would

have just washed the money,

maybe he'd still be here.

- So you saying it's his fault?

- [BAKARI] No.

Listen, my dad was a noble man.

And he got k*lled for it!

I loved your father

- like he was my own.

- But he's not your father!

He's mine.

Now he's gone.

[SOMBER MUSIC]

[DRAMATIC JAZZ MUSIC]

[EMMETT] Kiesha, stop.

Will you at least let me talk to you?

I'm tired of talking.

I thought you said relationships

were about communication.

- Babe.

- Stop. I told you I don't trust Douda.

He's all about getting what he wants,

even if that means taking a life.

I don't have nothing to do with that.

Pastor Jackson warned us.

He told us if we weren't careful,

Douda would take over.

[EJ] What's going on?

Nothing. Nothing, man.

Uh, everything's fine.

Kiesha, where you going?

Go-go back in the room

and check on your brother, a'ight?

If I can't count on you to protect us,

we not staying here.

What happened to sticking around

even when sh*t gets uncomfortable?

This is more than uncomfortable.

This could be life or death.

I promise, I'm not

gonna let anything happen

to you or my kids.

Yeah, what if something happens to you?

What am I supposed to do then?

Just give me some time to fix this.

- How much time?

- I don't know.

That's not good enough.

Kiesha, please.

Come on.

I can't lose you.

Fine.

But I'm sleeping in the guest room

until you figure this out.

Fine.

I'll take it.

And if anything else happens, I'm gone.

Understood.

I'll be up in a little bit.

I'll get the room set up for you.

- [TEXT MESSAGE SWOOSHES]

-

[VICTOR SNIFFS]

How you doing with everything?

[JAKE] I'm fine.

[VICTOR] Talk to me.

Why?

Because I wanna know how you feeling.

I don't think it's smart for

you to hold everything inside.

It's what you do.

[VICTOR] What? I-I

talk about my problems.

Yeah, not with me.

Well, you-you're not old

enough to know everything.

I'm trying to protect you.

I don't need to be protected.

- I need to know what the f*ck going on.

- Watch your mouth.

[SIGHS]

When you came back,

you told me I could trust you.

I don't feel like you

trust me with sh*t.

[GROANS]

[COUGHS]

A'ight, look, if I tell you something,

you can't say sh*t to nobody.

I'm serious.

I ain't gonna say sh*t.

f*ck.

A few months back, Douda came by

and told me he needed me

to take a ride with him.

And while we was riding

I heard a sound coming from the trunk.

[SIGHS] It was a body, wasn't it?

How you know?

Douda ain't joyriding

with n*gg*s for fun.

sh*t, he only come around

here when he need something.

If it wasn't for him, bro

I don't think I'd be

in office right now.

Man, you in office 'cause

b*tches think you cute.

And you finally told the truth.

He ain't got nothing to do with that.

Hmm.

I didn't think about it like that.

So what happened?

He made you bury a body or something?

Uh, yeah.

We-we dumped the body together.

And now you an accomplice

and you trying to figure out

if you should come clean or not.

Yeah.

[EXHALES HEAVILY]

Got it.

Damn.

You know more than I thought.

[CHUCKLES]

Told you I'm not some dumb kid.

I know what's going on.

Well, since you so wise

[SIGHS]

what do you think I should do?

Well

if I was you, I wouldn't snitch.

[CHUCKLES]

I don't know why that

doesn't surprise me.

[CHUCKLES]

You can't do sh*t for the

community if your ass locked up.

We need you.

I need y'all too.

[JAZZ MUSIC]

[CLIPPERS BUZZING]

[INDISTINCT RAP MUSIC

PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

Give me a minute.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

You good?

No, I'm not.

What's wrong?

I'm scared.

Somebody threatening you?

I know y'all working with Emmett.

We not working with him.

He work for us.

Okay, well, I think him working for

y'all

has put us in danger.

He just holding sh*t for us.

Ain't no b*ll*ts gonna come his way.

- Trust me.

- I don't like the feeling

that we holding something

that can get us in trouble.

It's just money, Kiesha.

No, it's not!

[NUCK SIGHS]

I know you.

Then you know I would never

let nothing happen to you.

Nuck, you already have.

I apologized for that.

I don't want you to have

to apologize to me again.

Then I think you need

to have that conversation

with your n*gga.

I spoke to him.

And now I'm talking to you.

I'll do what I can.

That's not enough!

What do you want?

Promise me my family is gonna be safe.

I don't like making

promises I can't keep.

I know you got Douda's ear.

Look, that n*gga don't listen to me.

All I'm asking is that you have my back.

I do.

Then you gotta have Emmett's back too.

[PHONES RINGING, PEOPLE CLAMORING]

It's a lot of people out there.

[QUINCY] I'm not surprised.

A community leader was

m*rder*d in his home.

People are scared.

Well, I wanna put something together.

Okay, like what?

A candlelight vigil.

Oh, that's smart.

The people need a place that

they can grieve together.

Yeah, and no cameras.

This is just for us.

Well, when are you trying to do this?

Soon.

[QUINCY] That's ambitious.

Man, people are hurting right now.

They need us.

We can't just be sitting on our asses.

I'll make some calls.

Thank you.

Do you need anything?

[PAPA] No.

[KENYA] Okay, do you need to be alone?

[PAPA] Yeah.

Okay, then I'll head out.

Okay.

[KENYA] Call me if you need anything.

A'ight.

Okay, I get that you're grieving,

but please don't make me feel

like sh*t just because you do.

You know the last

conversation I had with my dad

was about you?

He didn't think we should be together.

Why?

He said I wasn't ready

to handle that level of

responsibility.

And now I see he was right.

[DOOR CLICKS OPEN]

[DOOR SLAMS]

[SIGHS]

I just feel like he never listens to me.

And he makes these decisions

without talking to me first.

Have you spoken to him about this?

Yes, multiple times,

and nothing changes.

He just did something crazy

that violated my trust.

[KWAME] What was that?

He

brought something in our home

that could put us in real danger.

That's serious.

I know.

Have you resolved it?

I'm sleeping in the guest

room until he handles it.

[KWAME] How does that feel?

[SIGHS]

Like a temporary fix.

Did you grow up in a

house with both parents?

My parents divorced when I was younger.

And my dad

d*ed suddenly when I was a teenager.

[KWAME] I'm sorry.

I only ask because we often

mimic our parents' behavior

in our own relationships.

I was surprised when

my parents broke up.

I never saw them fight.

A lot of parents try not to

fight in front of their kids

because they're afraid

it's gonna traumatize them,

but it's actually important for kids

to see their parents

work through conflict.

Otherwise, they'll get anxious

when it arises in their own lives.

I do remember my dad making

most of the decisions.

He controlled the money, where we lived,

what we watched on TV.

Mm.

Sounds like they were

pretty, uh, old-school.

Yeah, I never liked that.

That's why it's so important for you

to feel like an equal

in your relationship.

You wanna take the control

that your mother never did.

Wow.

I never thought about it like that

I guess.

Am I doing too much?

You and Emmett just need

to get on the same page

about decision-making,

especially decisions that

affect the whole family.

You can both be head of the household,

but there will be some compromises.

My mom and stepmom argued

in front of us a lot.

And now I feel like she just wants

to take control of everything.

[KWAME] Maybe she's trying

to make up for lost time.

If you're up to it,

I think it might be helpful to have her

join us for a session or two.

My mama?

[KWAME] Yes.

No.

I'm good.

Look whether we like it or not,

the way we walk through the world

has a lot to do with

who brought us into it.

I don't know, I feel like

I like this space being about me

and my healing.

I think the first person

to break your heart

was your mother.

sh*t.

And until we resolve that break,

you'll spend the rest of

your life trying to mend it

with romantic relationships.

Damn.

[KWAME] You don't have

to decide right now.

Just something to think about.

[SIGHS]

[DARNELL] Well, sh*t.

It's five o'clock somewhere, huh?

- [EMMETT SIGHS]

- [GLASSES CLINK]

- Yeah, thanks, Pop.

- Mm-hmm.

[INHALES SHARPLY] To Pastor Jackson.

[DARNELL] Yeah.

Yeah, Pastor Jack he was a good man.

God rest his soul.

[SOFT R&B MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

What's wrong with you, son?

Kiesha almost left me this morning.

What you do?

Nothing. [CHUCKLES]

Boy, don't be lying to me.

I'm just doing what I gotta

do to make sure we good.

Even if it's illegal?

I'm not doing no illegal sh*t.

I deal with n*gg*s that do illegal sh*t.

That don't make it no better.

She wants me to cut ties with Douda

for good.

See, that's why I'm Team Kiesha.

Yeah.

I know.

So how you get her to stay?

I promised her I'd handle it.

How you gonna do that?

I wanna buy myself out.

How much is that gonna cost?

I don't know.

[SIGHS]

Well, why don't you find out?

And maybe we figure

this sh*t out together.

Mm. Okay.

[DARNELL] Okay?

Thanks, Pop.

[DARNELL] Yeah.

[SIGHS]

[DOOR CLICKS OPEN]

[JEMMA] Hi.

Sorry I'm late.

I got caught up in another meeting.

How you gonna get mad at me

for not taking this serious

but you coming in here 20 minutes late?

I said I was sorry.

Who was your meeting with?

Why?

[MAISHA] I wanna know.

Bakari's sister.

Why were you meeting with her?

[JEMMA] Because I wanna work with her.

You ain't done sh*t with me yet.

How you think you could add

somebody else to the roster?

Managers can have

multiple clients, okay?

She and I are on the same level.

She's further along.

Oh, please.

[JEMMA] Her EP is almost done.

- [MAISHA] How was it?

- [JEMMA] She's sending it to me.

Can we please just focus and try

to get something out of this session

that's costing us a f*cking fortune?

All right, play the song, please.

[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING]

[MAISHA] I'm sick of this sh*t, man.

Been doing this sh*t

for two years straight.

I'm all ready to f*cking go.

Bitch, I'm working my ass off ♪

You talking about it too much ♪

I'm letting the cash talk ♪

Virgil on the feet ♪

I'm keeping the tags on ♪

The difference is I'm

actually something to brag on ♪

They say, Maisha ♪

You should be under the jail ♪

For k*lling these beats like that ♪

And you should be going to hell ♪

For burning the streets like that ♪

You should be a diabetic

for coming to eat like that ♪

You think it's sweet like that ♪

Dummy, I can't make it home in peace ♪

I can't even pose for free ♪

You thinking she cute

and you wanna cr*ck ♪

I let a bitch close to me ♪

No, over with ♪

We ain't even where

we supposed to be ♪

Daddy money got you scared ♪

But you only f*cked if you blow it ♪

[SOMBER JAZZ MUSIC]

- [GLASS SHATTERING]

- [THUDDING]

[DOG BARKING]

[DULL SCRAPING]

[DULL SCRAPING]

[g*n COCKING]

Ay, n*gga! Ay!

Get the f*ck up out of here!

Ay!

[OBJECT RATTLES]

m*therf*cker.

[DOG BARKING]

[GASPING]

What-what-what happened?

Oh, no, somebody just broke in the crib.

What-what is this?

Are you dealing dr*gs at my house?

Hell nah.

Look, you know I left

that life a long time ago.

Well, apparently not.

[SHAAD] No, no. Look,

look, look, look, look.

I-I'm just holding these for somebody.

- That's all.

- Wait, for who?

[SIGHS] I really can't say.

You [HYPERVENTILATING]

Get these g*ns out

of my house right now,

or I'm gonna have to ask you to leave.

Babe, no.

It was these g*ns that protected us

from whoever tried to break in here!

These g*ns didn't stop

them from busting in.

Okay, a'ight.

I'll-I'll-I'll-I'll

get rid of them, a'ight?

- Uh, first thing tomorrow morning.

- Tonight!

[TENSE MUSIC]

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

sh*t.

You keeping anything else from me?

Nah.

That's it.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Where the f*ck Douda at?

Need a appointment, my n*gga.

Get off me!

I talked to Kiesha already.

- What?

- [NUCK] Yeah, we had a conversation.

She handled it.

[R&B MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

Ain't this a bitch?

Oh, she ain't tell you?

No, she didn't.

[NUCK SIGHS]

[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

[!sis] So nice to finally meet Fatima's

Black knight in shining armor.

Don't be nervous. [LAUGHS]

It's kind of hard not to be.

We don't bite. [CHOMPS PLAYFULLY]

[VICTOR] No, no, no, I

but I-I know how much

y'all mean to her,

and I want you to know

that I'm serious about this.

I'm not playing with her heart.

Mm. I can tell.

- Yeah, we

- Mm-hmm.

- We're happy for y'all.

- [VICTOR] Thank you.

[!sis] Mm.

Can I ask y'all something?

[SCOFFS] What, you about to ask

for my baby's hand in marriage?

Well, I mean, wedding bells,

I think, are in our future.

- Oh.

- Oh!

Oh, okay, well, then ask away.

Um

do you think that Fatima

would wanna start a family?

- You need to ask her.

- Absolutely!

[VICTOR] Well, that's kind

of why I'm asking y'all first.

What are you afraid of?

That maybe she wouldn't

wanna start a family with me.

What, you got some secret baby mama

stashed away somewhere?

- That's how it starts.

- No.

Um

but I-I do have a-a past,

- a criminal one.

- [BOTH] Mm.

I mean

we all have a past,

but Fatima, she's always

followed her heart.

Every time I followed

my heart, it got broken.

[SIGHS] Child.

Just don't let that

happen to my daughter.

I won't.

[!sis] Good.

[KWAME] Nina, what's your frustration?

[SCOFFS]

I did everything

to be a good mother to my children.

When their dad left,

I didn't have any help.

I just wanna know why I'm sitting here,

being told all the things

I could have done better.

I want my kids to know that

I'm not just their mother.

I'm also human.

And just because I'm a parent

doesn't mean I have to be perfect.

[KIESHA] I know that.

Ma, I think providing financially

wasn't enough.

We also needed your attention.

[NINA] And you feel

like you didn't get it?

We got what was left of you

when you came home from work.

I'm sorry there wasn't much left to give

after dealing with my crazy job all day.

Nina, try talking to Kiesha

as if she wasn't your daughter.

What?

[KWAME] Share a truth with her

that you've never

shared with her before.

[NINA SIGHS]

Uh

Uh

I thought being a woman

meant I had to find a good Black man,

get married, and have kids.

That's what my mother wanted me to do.

Did you not want that?

Nobody cared about what I wanted.

What did you want?

You know, I wanted to explore the world,

my sexuality,

what it would feel like to live alone.

Why didn't you?

I wanted to be a good daughter.

And back then, being

married and having kids

was what being a good daughter meant.

To be honest, I never

wanted to be married.

And I never wanted to have kids.

You didn't want us?

I didn't say that.

Dr. Kwame, can you help

me out here, please?

I meet a lot of women who

feel forced into motherhood,

whether it be from societal pressures

or pressure from their families.

I love my kids.

[KWAME] No one is doubting that.

Are we done?

I want you to just sit

with what you and your daughter

have just confessed to each other.

You said you felt

obligated to be a mother,

and your daughter just said

that when she was growing up,

she felt like an obligation.

Wow.

Oh, Lord.

What does this mean?

There are no easy answers in therapy.

It's all about getting to the truth,

making peace with it.

How do I make peace with the fact

my mother didn't want me?

That's not what I said.

[KWAME] Relationships

between children and parents

are rarely pristine.

We all have unhealed trauma,

and it shows up in different ways.

But this is where the healing begins.

It's okay if you're feeling

uncomfortable.

It isn't supposed to be easy.

That's the feeling in my mind ♪

When I ♪

When I think of you ♪

You a'ight, man?

Huh?

Yeah. [SCOFFS]

I'll be a'ight. [LAUGHS]

How you feeling?

You nervous?

Nah, I'm [CHUCKLES]

excited.

Yeah.

I'm gonna miss you, Kev.

And I can't shake the feeling ♪

[KEVIN] Mm.

'Cause there's something

'bout the energy ♪

Miss y'all too.

I got no good reason ♪

And you don't either ♪

But I can't shake the feeling ♪

'Cause there's something

'bout the energy ♪

Look, man, um

I'm grateful to you.

Been through a lot.

Would you braid my hair ♪

No matter what, you've

always been there for me.

For that, you always

gonna be my big brother.

'Cause I can't breathe now

[SCOFFS] Man.

Damn, n*gga, you trying to

make me cry or something?

Nah, nah, it's just

it's just really hitting

me that I'm leaving, so

I just wanted to tell

you that before I left.

You're always gonna be my little bro.

Hey, and if you ever need anything,

you know I'm only one call away.

I know.

You can bring me back in time ♪

Hey ♪

I can't tell you why, but it's ♪

Natural, easy ♪

Like a summer evening ♪

[SOMBER MUSIC]

[BAKARI SNIFFLES]

[CRYING]

[SNIFFLES]

I'm so sorry.

[SNIFFLES]

He really loved you like a son.

Yeah.

Now he's gone.

In body, but he's

still here in spirit.

[BAKARI BREATHES DEEPLY]

What you think he'd say

right now if he was still here?

He'd be mad I didn't iron

my shirt this morning.

[LAUGHS]

Be mad I ain't got on a tie right now.

He always wanted us

to be our best selves.

Yeah.

He did. He did.

[EXHALES FORCEFULLY]

[SNIFFLES, CRIES]

[HIP-HOP MUSIC]

[BRITNEY] If you in love with

her Probably should hide it ♪

Once she see young G,

dude, your ass is fire ♪

Grass n*gga, trash n*gga ♪

High speed, I'm on your ass, n*gga ♪

No pass n*gga, dead n*gga

try to f*ck with me ♪

I'm f*cking with this.

This sound like everything

else on the radio right now.

Okay. I can give her that note.

I think you need to focus on Maisha.

You saying that 'cause you mean it or

'cause you jealous?

[LAUGHS]

I ain't jealous of no girl.

Okay, well, I think she has potential.

[SIGHS] You need to find somebody

that's gonna make you some money.

And I think she can

in due time.

How much time?

- I don't know.

- [JAKE SIGHS]

[BRITNEY] No jokes,

I ain't no Kevin Hart ♪

I'll pick your mess ♪

Okay.

[BRITNEY] On the C-H-I ♪

I'ma D-I-E with the

world and the fame ♪

Just be careful.

Careful?

Yeah, make sure she just trying to work

and nothing else.

[BRITNEY] One look,

I give her one look ♪

And now she wanna f*ck with me ♪

I'm sorry, but they

can't get up with me ♪

n*gg*s can't get down with me ♪

- Damn right ♪

- [SIGHS]

I know they wanna be ♪

Take this sh*t!

What the f*ck you doing?

I can't hold those for you.

Are you f*cking crazy?

You can't have this sh*t on

the street with me, Shaad.

I know one thing: I can't

have it in my crib no more.

I get it.

I ain't trying to f*ck

up what you got going on.

Well, it's too late, n*gga!

n*gga, I will handle it!

Oh, let me tell you something else too.

Don't bring that sh*t

to that pastor's house.

He'll turn over in his casket

if he knew the sh*t that you was up to.

I'm not.

[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

[ZAY] When you gonna

teach me how to play?

[DOUDA] When I have time.

It's a big boy's game.

Maybe I'll just teach myself.

Incentive.

I like it.

[NUCK] Good luck.

Don't keep leaning on your pawns

to do all the work for you.

I can tell by your tone ♪

Baby, you ain't alone ♪

Better that than sacrifice my queen.

You're supposed to use your queen,

not protect her.

I can see your weakness

from ten miles away.

You have to play this

game with no fears.

[CLEARS THROAT] Sometimes

you have to sacrifice the ones you love

in order to win the game.

I don't know what I will do ♪

Checkmate.

If I think your love is gone ♪

I don't know what I'm gonna say ♪

If I find you're not alone ♪

[LIGHT R&B MUSIC]

[SIGHS]

You know me so well ♪

I pretend all I want ♪

For everybody else ♪

[VICTOR SIGHS] Wow.

Welcome home.

Th-this is amazing.

You-you've outdone yourself.

Yeah? I told you I was gonna

turn this house into a home.

You did.

Mm.

But I don't mind when

you give me your love ♪

I love you.

I love you too.

You know what to do ♪

All right.

What?

I was thinking, um,

maybe

we can consider starting a family.

[SIGHS]

Are you serious?

Very.

Uh

um,

I-I mean, it's always

something I dreamed about,

but I never thought

I never thought it would happen for me.

Uh, well, we can make

it happen if you want to.

My favorite is you ♪

You're my peace of mind ♪

No matter how I try to fight it ♪

What?

It's just, starting a

family is a huge commitment.

[VICTOR] I know.

And what about the FBI?

They don't have nothing.

And I'm not gonna give them nothing.

You're always so busy. I

[VICTOR] Oh, come on.

I don't wanna be stuck

raising a child on my own.

Come on, I'm not gonna let that happen.

Come on.

Oh, I never stay mad too long ♪

Do you promise?

I promise.

Never stay mad too long ♪

I can never stay mad ♪

Oh, I never stay mad too long ♪

Okay, then.

[VICTOR] Okay, then?

We can keep talking about it.

Never stay mad

- Okay.

- [FATIMA] Okay. [LAUGHS]

[LAUGHS]

- Okay.

- [LAUGHTER]

[DOG BARKING]

[WINDOW CLATTERS]

[SIGHS]

You can't stay here.

This ain't no overnight bag.

What is it?

I need a favor.

No.

You don't even know what it is.

I don't need to.

Come on, Nae.

- What's in there?

- Does it matter?

Yes.

I can't show you.

Then it's not staying here.

Look, if I show you what's in this bag,

you could get in trouble.

Why would you bring something to my door

that could get me in trouble?

Nae, look at me.

Do you think I'd be sitting here

if I had anywhere else to go?

I don't.

Please, Nae.

Put it in my closet.

I appreciate this more than you know.

[SOMBER MUSIC]

Kiesha, come here.

If you talk to Nuck behind

my back again, we done.

Are you giving me an ultimatum?

Shh. I'm just being real with you.

You can't control who I

can and cannot talk to.

When it comes to him, I do.

Hey.

When it comes to him, I do.

Somebody has to protect this family.

- That's what I'm doing!

- I can't tell.

What's going on?

[CLEARS THROAT]

[SOLEMN MUSIC]

Oh, Sister Jackson, I just wanted to

Get out.

Okay, I don't know what you heard,

but I didn't k*ll your husband.

Of course not.

You sent one of your pawns to do it.

[DAVID] For all we know ♪

This may only be a dream ♪

We come and we go ♪

Like the ripples ♪

To a stream ♪

So love me ♪

Love me tonight ♪

Tomorrow was made ♪

For some ♪

Tomorrow ♪

May never come ♪

For all we know ♪

For all we know ♪

For all we know ♪

[SOMBER MUSIC]

I-I don't

[CRYING] I don't know

[SOBBING]

[SIGHS]

It's a'ight.

It's okay, we're here for you, a'ight?

Take your time.

You got this, bro.

I don't know why, but

I always thought my

dad would live forever.

I know that's crazy, but

that's how I felt.

He felt invincible.

Now I know none of us are.

We're all on this Earth for

a certain amount of time,

but what we do with it is up to us.

I always wanted my

father to be proud of me.

That was always in the back of my mind

before I made any decision.

I always wondered what he'd say,

what he'd think.

When I woke up this morning

and I was getting ready to come here

and say goodbye to my

father, I realized

I no longer have a person to live for.

I no longer have that

person I wanna impress.

He was the one I wanted

to be proud of me.

[CRYING]

My dad challenged me to be better,

be stronger, be noble.

And now that he's gone

I-I have to be all

those things for myself.

I think we all have to do that.

We have to make ourselves proud.

We have to write our own moral code

and stop living by somebody else's,

even if that someone

else is our own father.

I'll never get over this.

I-I think my heart

will always be broken.

But when I wanna break down,

I'll remember to stand up

not just for him but for

the man he raised me to be.

I wanted more time.

I think we all want that, but

God's timing is the only clock I need.

And the last thing my father gave me

was a pocket watch that's

been in our family for years.

He told me to never waste

my time or anybody else's.

So I promise to cherish

every moment of my life.

And in doing so, I honor his.

And his life deserves to be honored.

[PEOPLE MURMUR]

I love you, Dad.

I'm gonna miss you.

But I know I'll see

you on the other side.

[SOBBING]

♪ Be ♪

♪ Be patient with me ♪

♪ I'm on God's plan ♪

♪ I'm on my way ♪

♪ Be ♪

♪ Be patient with me ♪

♪ I'm on God's plan ♪

♪ I'm on my way ♪