(intense music)
..
(dramatic music)
(man chattering)
- Get off of me!
- Shut up!
Huh, do I look like
I'm playing to you?
You ain't got the church now.
You, uh, too good for old
Harold, is that what it is?
Put that g*n down, girl.
What your Bible say?
Thou shall not k*ll?
(g*n blasts)
(gentle music)
- [Preacher] This is the
day that the Lord has made,
we will rejoice and be glad.
- Hey, both of
y'all stop playing.
- Yes, ma'am.
- I told her to stop playing.
- Shut up!
- Shh!
Both of y'all stop playing.
- This morning,
how many glad to be in
the number this morning?
Praise him!
(congregation shouting)
He's my butler!
He's my shelter!
- [Demetrius] I'm
Demetrius Miles.
We grew up in a small
city called Tyler, Texas,
the north to be exact.
All me and my sister ever did
was go to school and church
where my grandfather,
Reverend James Fornell Miles
was the pastor of the Fellowship
Missionary Baptist Church.
I surrender it all to you
Come on, say it again
Here we go y'all
We taking it out
It belongs to you
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
It belongs to you
Come one, sing, Lord
Lord, it belongs to you
It belongs to you
It belongs to you
Lord, it belongs to you
Here we go
Everybody say, oh
Oh
It belongs to you
Oh Lord, it belongs to you
Everybody say, oh
Oh
It belongs to you
Oh Lord, oh Lord
It belongs to you
Here we go, clap your hands
(jaunty piano music)
- Thank you for coming.
- Thank you so much.
- Thank you.
- It's good to see you, sir.
- Tag, you're it!
- Don't get your dress dirty.
- Hey, thank you so much.
Thank you for coming.
- Thank you, thank you.
Good sermon, Reverend.
- Hey, now.
- Absolutely.
- But I have a
question to ask you.
- Yes?
- Do we have to stop
fornicating to make
it to Heaven though?
- Yes.
You're going to have to
stop fornicating, I'm sorry.
- That's naughty, I'm sorry.
- Daddy, don't mind her.
Look, I'm gonna go
in and get going.
Girl, look, I think
DeMarcus was singing to me.
- Renata.
- Yes he was, girl, yes he was!
- Come on, girls,
say hi to your papa.
- Hey!
Hey baby.
- Hey Grandpa.
- Hey!
- Papa, can we go to Ruby's?
- No, we've got food at home.
- I don't mind.
We don't mind, do we?
- We don't, no.
- It's okay, Daddy.
- Hey, we don't mind.
- It's okay, it's okay.
We need to get going.
- [Both] But, Mama!
- Don't but me, girls.
Don't but me.
You have school tomorrow
and besides we've got
food at home, okay?
- Okay.
- We say bye.
- Bye, Mama and Papa.
- Bye sweetheart.
- We love y'all, okay?
- Be good, okay?
- Okay.
- My favorite girls.
- Be extra good, y'all be safe.
- See y'all next week.
- Bye-bye.
- Mm, mm, mm.
- Have a good week.
- Sister, hold up!
- All right, you ready?
- I'm ready.
We will praise now
Oh, glory to your name
All within proclaims
we will praise you now
And we will worship here
(Harold mumbles)
- What's up, babe?
Look at you, girl.
You're looking all good
and stuff. (chuckles)
There goes my baby
(laughs) Looking
all good and stuff.
Mm, smelling good, mm.
- Harold, you have
to come in here drunk
and late all the time?
- Because it's my house and
I do what I damn well please.
- But the girls are in
the next room sleeping.
Why you in here
making all this noise?
- Listen, I don't
care, I want some love.
- Harold, you are drunk.
You need to go sleep this off.
Stop coming in here
late all the time.
- What you telling me?
You ain't gonna gimme
no loving, girl?
- I'm telling you.
- You ain't gimme no love?
- You need to sleep this off!
(Harold laughs)
Stop coming in here
drunk all the time
or I'm gonna have to-
- You're gonna have to what?
Hmm, what you gonna do?
- I'm gonna take
my kids and leave.
- You ain't going nowhere!
You understand that? (laughs)
- Jesus, you are drunk! (scoffs)
- So you done, you
done got to church now.
You, uh, you're too
good for old Harold?
Is that what it is?
Oh yeah.
- I just want more.
- Girl, when I met you,
you didn't have sh*t!
Now look at you.
You wanna change up on me?
Huh?
Don't change up on me.
(hand slaps)
- Harold, stop!
- Nikki, Nikki, get up.
They're fighting again.
I'm scared.
- [Harold] Change up on me.
- Everything's gonna be okay.
(hand slaps)
- Harold, stop!
- Why won't he stop?
- Everything's gonna
be okay, just watch.
They said I would
never make it, no
- [Yolanda] You're drunk!
I've given up,
I said no, never
But I remember God
Telling you to speak
life, to obey his word
To think of him
- Hey, boo.
Girl, you ain't gonna believe
what happened to me
last night, girl.
Girl, why you got them
damn shades on in here?
Ain't no sunlight in here.
Girl, what happened
to your damn eye?
- I fell, that's it.
- You fell?
Yeah, you fell on
Harold's fist again.
When you gonna leave
that dirty a*s dog?
- Look, Harold didn't do this.
I really fell.
- Yeah, and I'm
Wilhelmina Sausagehead.
Put your damn glasses back on.
- Ladies, I think it's
time for the meeting.
- What we meeting for this time?
- Ain't no telling.
- As you all know,
we have been trying to do
a few changes around here
so we can better help you all.
And so I found an
insurance agent
that has a lot of
opportunities for y'all.
So I'm gonna just
have him to come on up
and give you more
information about it.
- Good afternoon, everybody.
My name is Clark Bailey
and I'm with the
J&J Insurance Group.
Now with our company,
we look for a lot of
things to better you,
to continue your
legacy, all right?
Now in the community
that we have, you know,
we focus on cars, we focus on
clothes, we focus on houses,
which things that don't continue
our legacy when we pass.
Now finances is crucial
in what we do, all right?
Now what bothers me is when
we see on social media,
scroll down the timeline
and people are doing
GoFundMe campaigns
to take care of the unfortunate
that happens in life.
There's two things that happen.
We're born and then we die.
But with our insurance company,
we are here to protect you.
All right, to
continue that legacy,
there's a $30 plan
that's up to $150,000
and we have a plan
as high as $150,
that's a policy of
a million dollars.
So what I would
like to do is see
if anybody would
like to sign up.
Now, remind you,
remind you this.
If you sign up today, you'll
be taken care of today.
Now who wanna
continue their legacy?
Who would like to sign up?
- Girl, I know
you ain't thinking
about that damn Ponzi
scheme, are you?
- I don't know, Renata.
I'm really thinking
about getting
some reassurance
for me and my girls.
- No, you're right.
Girl, why aren't you just
gonna leave that buster?
- He's always threatening.
If I say I'm gonna leave,
he's gonna find me and
the girls and k*ll us.
- Oh, so he crazy, crazy.
Yolanda, why won't you
just call the police?
You're right.
They just looking
for another reason
to k*ll another black man.
- And that's just it.
I don't want the man dead,
but I do want him to just
get his stuff together
or let us leave.
- You keep saying
let, just leave.
- Mr. Clark?
- Yes?
- I think I wanna sign up now.
- Great, great.
(Missy knocking on door)
- Hey Missy.
- Hey Dee.
Can you come out and play?
- No, I can't.
I'll come out when
my mama gets home.
- Okay.
- No fair, we never
get to have fun.
- We will, we just have to
wait until Mom gets home.
- I guess.
- I can't wait for
Mama to get home
so she can can see how
I did on my report card.
- How did you do?
- Same as you.
- [Both] All A's.
- Did you see Tyrone today?
- Yeah, I did and he was busted.
- Don't be talking
about my man like that.
- Man?
Girl, we're 10 years old.
We don't know
nothing about no man.
- You don't know
nothing about no man.
- I know Tyrone is mine.
I'll put up the
report cards for Mom.
- Look, Nikki.
- Demetrius, put that down!
If mama see you with
that, she gonna k*ll you.
- [Demetrius] She need to
be using this with Harold.
- Give that.
Mama's gonna be okay, I know it.
Now, tag you're it!
- Wait, let's play
hide and seek.
- Fine, you count.
- No, you count.
- Fine, let's play
rock, paper, scissors.
- Go count over
there in the corner.
- One,
two,
three,
four,
five.
(light instrumental music)
- I can't stand no
sloop-footed a*s n*gga.
- I've never heard
of a sloop-foot.
- You know the dudes.
Their knees be touching but
they feet be spread apart.
- Ew!
- You damn right, ew.
- What are y'all talking about?
- This girl over here talking
about alien feet, dudes.
- (laughs) Renata.
You a mess, girl.
- Oh, so I can't have standards?
- Yes, but you
also have to match
the standard that
you're talking about.
- Huh?
- What?
Girl, I was just playing.
- Because I was
just about to say.
- Say what?
- I was just about to say.
I know you ain't talking
'cause when you got up
earlier to go get some coffee,
your walk by air was stinking.
- (laughs) Oh my God!
- Don't play with me.
(telephones ringing)
- AT&T, Yolanda speaking.
How may I help you?
Sure.
- Who was that, girl?
- Management wants to see me.
- Damn, you about
to lose your job.
- [Mae] What? No, she's not!
- You're about to
lose your job, you-
- I wonder what they want.
- You've been doing
good work here.
I'm sure it's nothing.
- Let's go see.
- How you gonna say she
about to lose her job?
- Girl, well, what
else they want?
- If they were calling
you to the office,
maybe that would be the outcome.
I gotta do work.
- You might be right.
And you definitely
need to do better.
- When I walked passed
you, was I stank for real?
- Girl, I was just
playing with you.
- I was about to
take my lunch early
and go take care of that
because I know I washed
my a*s good this morning.
But I did have bad gas earlier.
- You see, fool, that's
why I can't play with you.
(both laughing)
- Nice.
(Yolanda knocks on door)
- Hey Keisha, did
you wanna see me?
- Hey Yolanda, come on in.
Have a seat.
- What's going on?
- Well, we want to commend you
on the great work
you've been doing.
- Thank you.
- How long have you
been working here?
- Uh, 10 years.
- 10 years, that's a long time.
- (laughs) I know, right?
- Especially being
with one company,
that's definitely dedication.
- I really have to say I
really enjoy working here.
- Yeah, I love working here too.
How about a promotion?
- A promotion?
A promotion?
- [Keisha] A promotion.
- Oh wow, I would, I
would love a promotion.
God knows exactly what
you need when you need it.
- You've been recommended for
the new executive position.
- The executive position?
Miss Keisha, are you serious?
- I am serious,
and it comes with a
$60,000 raise and a bonus.
(Yolanda gasps)
- And a bonus?
- That's right.
(Yolanda gasps)
- God is so good.
My prayers have
been answered, oh!
- We are happy for you.
Now, this position
is not official.
- Okay.
- Until next month.
- Okay, okay.
- But we do welcome you here.
We welcome you to the team.
- Thank you, thank you!
- Congratulations.
- Thank you so much!
- It is so deserving.
- Thank you so much Ms. Keisha.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Thank you so much!
- Heifer, you know we wanna
know what the meeting was about?
- [Mae] Yeah, spit it out.
- Y'all are not
gonna believe it.
They offered me a
promotion and a raise.
- Really?
- A promotion.
- Oh my god, a promotion?
- I can't officially
say anything
right now until
they announce it.
But a promotion!
- A promotion comes with coins.
Let me borrow some.
- You know what, we
celebrating afterward.
Drinks on you!
- Shh, shh, shh.
Drinks on y'all.
- No, so who got the drinks?
'Cause I ain't got it.
- No for real, drinks on y'all.
- You ain't never got it.
(all laughing)
You hear what I'm saying
- Hey, what's good everybody
welcome to the Commission.
Shout out to our special
guests in the building.
Shout out to our VIPs.
Make sure you tip your servers.
It's gonna be a
beautiful night, y'all.
Thank you for coming, let's go.
- You know I can't
stay too long.
- Shut your country a*s up.
Them girls grown, they
gonna be all right.
- Is that Mae over there?
- Yeah, that's her. (laughs)
Who's that dude she
all booed up with?
- Knowing your friend.
- Ain't no tell.
- Ain't no tell! (laughs)
- [Man] How you
ladies doing tonight?
- Ooh, you fine.
- We're not.
- I mean, we're fine.
Sorry.
- What can I get y'all to drink?
- I'll take a Henny straight.
- Damn!
- What?
You never seen a lady drinking
a Henny straight before?
- Yeah, ugly ones
but not with you.
- Oh, are you
flirting with me, sir?
- I might be.
- Well, pay for it.
This ain't what you want.
I'll have you going
home sucking your thumb.
- My mama did say I liked
to my thumb was a baby
so I might like
that a little bit.
- Boy, you better stop playing.
Yolanda, you better get him.
- Hey!
- Don't fight with me like that.
- What could I get you?
- I think I'll
just have a Sprite.
- A Sprite?
Girl, this ain't no movie.
Get you a drink, drink.
- But I don't drink, drink.
- Put some vodka
in Sprite, please.
- I got you.
- Girl, you stop tripping.
- So y'all just gonna
drink without me?
- sh*t, I am.
Shirley T's over
here ordering soda.
- You need to like-
- No.
- [Renata] For real.
- We're here to
celebrate your promotion.
- Here are your drinks, ladies.
- Thank you.
- He's kinda cute, huh?
- He sure is.
- Wait, what the hell is this?
- Uh-uh, drink that.
- No.
- Drink it, Yolanda.
- No.
- What's up, girl?
- You need to live a little.
- I've been living
a lot without it.
- Oh, lord have mercy.
Uh-uh, look, look, look.
- How y'all doing ladies?
I'm Marcus, this is Reggie.
Would you care to dance?
- Hell yeah.
- I'm good.
- Yolanda.
- Take your a*s.
Take your a*s, come on, girl.
Take those down,
I'm in too deep
Hustlin' out all
in these streets
For the love of money
I know these
n*gg*s know my name
- And the two sisters
lived happily ever after.
Goodnight, girls.
- [Both] Goodnight mama.
- Love you, Demetrius.
- Love you, too.
- Huh?
When I come in here, you need
to be ready at all times!
- I am your wife!
- You don't look like it.
- Not today.
- I told you what I
need when I get here.
Every time I get home, shut up!
Shut up!
(ominous music)
- The girls are asleep.
- I don't give a-
- Don't do this!
- Do it look like I care, huh?
Do it look like I care?
- Get off me!
- Shut up!
- [Yolanda] Get off of me!
- Get off my mama!
(Yolanda sobbing)
(ominous music)
- Put that g*n down, girl.
What your bible say?
Huh?
Didn't it say thou
shall not k*ll, right?
- Baby.
Baby, please put
the g*n down. (sobs)
Baby, somebody's gonna get hurt.
- I said put that damn g*n down!
(Demetrius screams)
(g*nsh*t blasts)
(mourners sobbing)
Lord, take, take my hand
Lead me home
- It should've been you
up there dead, not my mom.
For the life of me I don't
know why God spared your life.
- I think you need to leave.
Now.
I'm so tired
And I am weak
(mourners sobbing)
And walked through the storm
And through the night
Lead me home
- It's okay.
Take, take my hand
Precious Lord
And lead me
Lead me home
Oh, we're taken
by your trouble
Trouble
- [Demetrius] After Mama died,
me and my sister went to
stay with our grandparents.
Even though they was good to us,
I always felt a disconnection.
Especially from my sister.
I mean, we was like
two peas in a pod.
But now she barely
even talks to me.
But like they say, everything
has its boiling point.
And this was that day.
(soulful gospel music)
There's nothing too
far for my God to do
With God all
things are possible
- I would like to welcome
my favorite graduates
of the class of 2010.
(group clapping)
- Congratulations.
- Okay.
- Well, what are we
waiting on, y'all?
Let's go ahead and eat.
- Yes, I'm hungry.
- I'm starving.
- What's wrong with you?
- You.
- Who you talking to?
- I'm talking to you.
- Stop!
- Hey.
We're not gonna have all that
fussing and fighting today.
Okay, this is a
celebration for you two,
and your grandmother has
made all of this food.
- That's right.
- So we're gonna sit down.
We're gonna have a good
celebration dinner.
Understand me?
- That's right.
- Do you understand me?
- Yes, sir.
(doorbell rings)
- Yes, sir.
- Okay.
- Oh, I'll get it.
- Okay.
- Nikki, show us.
- Girls, not today.
- Yes, can't we
just have one day
without fussing and
fighting, please?
- Yes?
- How you doing?
My name is Mr. Clark
and I was a friend of
Yolanda's before she passed.
- Oh, come in.
- Hmm?
- Well, we were just
about to have dinner.
- Oh, baby, this is Clark.
He says he's a
friend of Yolanda's.
- Hey, how you doing?
- Nice to meet you.
Reverend Miles.
- Mr. Clark.
Pleasure to meet you.
- Yeah, you came
by the job once.
You sold insurance or
something like that, right?
- [Mr. Clark] Yes, that's me.
- Oh, you look kind of good.
- Thank you.
My wife tells me
that all the time.
(all laughing)
- Excuse me, sir,
we're about to sit down
and have a celebration
dinner for our daughters.
Would you care to join us?
We have plenty of food.
- I would love, I would
love to stay, but I can't.
- So how do you know our mother?
- Well, as she said, I
am an insurance agent.
And your mom took out a policy
before she passed and
for the names of Deme?
- [Group] Demetrius?
- Yeah, Demetrius
Miles and Nikki Miles.
- [Eva] And Nikki.
- For the sum of
$500,000 apiece.
- (coughs) What?
- Wait, I remember
she did do that.
- [Mr. Clark] Yeah,
and the funds will be released
on their graduation day.
- So you telling me our
mother left us all that money?
- It's definitely a blessing
that she did it
before she passed.
- You mean m*rder*d?
- Nikki.
- Nikki.
- You have something
you wanna say to me?
- I got a whole lot
I wanna say to you.
- Girls, would y'all stop it?
- Stop, please stop.
- What?
How did she deserve
anything after what she did?
For years you been running
around here smiling and laughing
and having fun while
the rest of us sit here
and grieve what you did to Mama!
- Okay!
- Girls.
- Oh my God.
- So...
That's what y'all think.
- No.
- No, baby, we don't.
- Please.
- Y'all think I m*rder*d her?
- Not at all.
- You pulled the
trigger, didn't you?
- So I'm an animal because
I choose to be happy?
- No!
- Ladies, y'all-
- And not think about
what happened to Mama?
- No!
- Did you ever
think for one moment
that I was masking the pain?
- No, you an animal-
- Nikki.
- Because you the reason
she's not here today!
- Okay, Nikki, stop!
- That's enough!
Hey, that's enough.
- You grabbed the g*n.
I, I told you-
- Okay, look, get her.
- Stop!
(Nikki shouting)
- Baby, okay, okay, okay.
(Nikki sobbing)
Okay, okay.
- Is this how you feel, Mama?
- Please.
- I told her. (sobs)
- Oh.
- Please, I love both of y'all.
- Now I understand why
I feel so disconnected.
- [Reverend] No, no.
- Y'all see me at the person
who k*lled your daughter.
- No, no.
- A m*rder*r.
An animal.
- No, we don't.
- Dee Dee, that's not it, baby.
Come here.
- Go.
- Can I get my check?
- Are you sure you want
it to be like this?
- Give me my damn money.
- Demetrius, not in my house!
- No disrespect to you, Papa.
Thank you for all
that you've done.
I think it's time I find a
home without condemnation.
- Look, this is your home.
- You have that here.
- This is your home.
- Give me my money.
I was only trying
to protect her.
- Baby, please.
- I'm sorry.
- Don't leave like this.
- Demetrius, Demetrius!
- Let her go, let her go!
- Nikki, stop!
- Go!
- That's enough!
(James coughing)
- Um, I'm sorry I came by.
There's Nikki's check.
Y'all have a good one.
(James coughing)
(somber piano music)
Hit it with another one
- Hey ladies, welcome
to Crown Hall Day party.
- Hey, Brian.
- Stop flirting with this man.
- What it cost to get in?
- Boyfriend, it's free, right?
- That's right, it's free
all day for you ladies,
so enjoy yourself.
- Okay.
- Thanks, baby.
- Call me.
- Hey! (laughs)
- You know my boy Mike
DJing today, right?
- Girl, my boo, not you.
- I'm not playing.
(both laughing)
- Hello, ladies.
- Give me a Henny and Coke.
- Give my girls
whatever they want.
- Let me get a brandy.
- And I'll have whatever
the b*tches is having.
- All right, I got you.
Let have your license.
- What's up, ladies?
- Ooh, hey, Daddy.
- How you doing?
Boss Man noticed you when
you walked in the room.
- Who me? He noticed me.
Yes, tell him to come on over.
I'm ready to be
chose right here.
- Sorry, but, um,
he was focused on this pretty
little thing right here.
- Girl, he talking 'bout you.
- He wouldn't know
what to do with me.
(group laughs)
- That's true.
- He up for the challenge.
DJ, put that on Boss Man's tab.
- Boss Man?
- Yeah, he own
this establishment.
- That's nice.
(glasses clink)
- Yeah, it's getting
better since, uh,
y'all pretty ladies
walked in here.
- I know that's right, here.
n*gga dial me no more
When I catch a
mama feeling, hello
I got no paint in my blood
And we got them
flavors for love
These n*gg*s out
here playing tough
But when you play
p*ssy get f*cked
And I'm gonna get
with it, yeah, yeah
And I'm gonna keep grinning
- Hi, the Holmes?
- Yes.
- Okay, lemme let her
know you're here, okay?
- Yeah, I bring food home.
(telephone ringing)
Please don't have
my son flunking.
(telephone ringing)
- Mrs. Davenport, your two
o'clock appointment is here.
- Okay, yeah, bring' em in.
- Okay.
- All right, babe.
Look, I got a client here.
I gotta go. (laughs)
No, you already know I will.
- Follow me.
- Okay.
- (laughs) Love you more.
Okay, bye.
- Hello, hi, I'm Nikki.
- Hello, how you doing?
- I'm Marcus.
- Mrs. Davenport, how are you?
Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you guys.
Have a seat.
- I'm Marcus and this
is my wife, October.
- October, like the month?
- Like the month. (laughs)
- That's neat.
- Thank you.
I get that all the time.
- We heard you were the best
realtor in town. (laughs)
- Well, you know, I'm not
one to toot my own horn,
but, uh, toot toot!
- Get it, girl.
(all laughing)
- No, no, but
seriously, seriously.
No, I've been blessed.
You know, I was
given an opportunity
to do something with my
life after my mom passed
and I opened this
real estate company
and you know, I
just did the rest.
- Wow, I'm so sorry
about your loss.
- What happened to your mom?
- That's okay, what
size household are
you guys looking for?
- Well, we're expecting, so
we need something big enough,
but not too big
if you understand.
- No, yes, and congratulations
on the baby, first of all.
- Yes, thank you.
We are so excited. (laughs)
- We're having a baby.
- Oh god, well, which area?
Do you have a certain
area you wanna live in?
- Well, we're both
from North Tyler.
Both went to John Tyler.
So we really would like
to stay in the north.
- Okay, you know, I do not get
many requests for the north,
but there are some
really nice homes.
I mean, like lovely homes.
- Yeah.
- Especially by the zoo.
- You know, back in the day
when you lived back there
(chuckles) you were rich, rich.
- Look, that is so true.
That is so true.
Okay, let me see.
- Ooh, okay, so look, I have a,
I see a nice three bedroom
right off of Confederate.
- Oh, that's a nice
area, huh, babe?
- Yeah, I had a girlfriend
used to stay back...
Back when we was
in middle school.
- [October] Look, do not
get snatched in this office.
- Look, sir, please, please.
(October laughs)
- Can I see the home, please?
- Yes.
Yes, I can show you the
picture and then I'll just,
you know, call and show
you a showing as well.
- Ah, yeah.
- Okay.
- So I will definitely,
I can call the owners.
- [October] Okay,
that would be great.
- And set up a a time to
get you scheduled for that.
- That would be nice.
- Good.
All right, so look, I will
give you guys a call tomorrow
and let you guys know, okay?
- Thank you.
- Thank you, guys.
- [October] We look forward
to hearing from you.
- Congratulations, yes, ma'am.
- Thank you.
- You guys have a
wonderful day, okay?
Hey, Mandy.
- Yeah?
- Can you hold on calls
for the rest of the day?
- [Mandy] Sure I can.
Have a good one.
- Thank you.
(Nikki sighs)
- I just put little man to
bed, he's finally asleep.
You okay?
You've been quiet
since you got home.
- Yeah, I'm okay.
- You sure?
- Yeah, I just
really miss my mama.
- I understand, I understand.
It still hurts, but have you
even tried to reach out to her?
- What you mean?
- Your sister.
- No, I'm not thinking
about her at all.
- Nikki, you guys are sisters
and more than
that, you're twins.
Don't you have some type
of sibling connection
that you've had since
you were in the womb?
You know exactly what
I'm talking about.
- No, babe, I don't.
- You know what I mean, Nikki.
You can't keep holding
onto this negative energy.
It's not healthy.
- You wouldn't understand
and besides we're
not family anymore.
- Oh, so now you're just
gonna disown your sister?
Is that what I hear you saying?
- Have you forgotten
what she did?
- [Shannon] No, I haven't.
- Because she k*lled
my mother, Shannon.
She k*lled my f*cking mother.
- I know what happened.
But I also remember you
telling me it was an accident.
- You know what? Nope.
I'm not about to
discuss this with you.
Goodnight.
- Nikki.
- Shannon, goodnight!
- I just want you to at
least think about it.
(somber instrumental music)
Okay.
Goodnight.
(Nikki sobbing)
(somber instrumental music)
(Nikki sobbing)
(telephone ringing)
- Hello?
- Girl, get your drunk a*s up.
- What time is it?
- [Sophia] Heifer, it's 3:00 PM.
- Is it?
- Yeah.
- I need to get up.
- [Sophia] Yes you do.
And don't forget that football
dude got a party tonight.
- What football dude?
- [Sophia] Hell, I don't
know his name but he play.
- Sophia, you need help.
- [Sophia] And these
bills paid, okay?
(doorbell ringing)
- Girl, somebody's at my door.
- [Sophia] Girl,
go see who it is.
Girl, who is it?
- God.
Girl, I'm gonna call you back.
Uh, hello?
- How you doing?
I got your credit
card and your ID.
You must have had too
much to drink last night.
- (laughs) Thank you.
- I'm Jamal, but
call me Boss Man.
- (clears throat)
You wanna come in?
- Thank you, it'd like to.
- Are these mine?
- Yeah.
- My mama said give a woman
some nice flowers when
you trying to pursue her.
- (laughs) Your mother
was a smart lady.
(Demetrius laughs)
Let me put these up.
- Appreciate it.
Got some water?
This some nice house you got.
(Demetrius laughs)
- [Demetrius] Thank you.
- Yeah, how you afford
something like this
if you don't mind me asking?
- I don't do nothing.
- Nothing?
- Yeah, my mom left
me and my sister
some money when she died.
- Oh, okay.
- Yeah, so, uh-
- How'd your moms die?
- An accident.
- Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.
- So you just came
to drop that off
and to give me some flowers?
- Oh, nah, nah, nah.
I came to see if I can
just take you out to lunch.
- Lunch?
- Yeah.
- I don't know you
and I'm not from here.
How I know you're not a r*pist?
- Oh, you done find
out my secret, huh?
I'm only playing,
I'm only playing.
- Wait, what? (laughs)
- I'm only playing,
I'm only playing.
- Well, I guess that'd be cool.
- Okay, cool.
- Let me go get myself together.
- All right, cool,
I appreciate it.
Could this be the start of
my new life without judgment
Why y'all mad at me
The start of a family
that looks at me
As the good-hearted
person that I am
They wanna see me
when they was hatin'
Threw a lot of dirt at
my name and come Satan
I don't put my
life on the line
n*gg*s wasn't even right
Same n*gg*s 'cause
me I'm the nighttime
I then went callin'
on God when I was lost
Put my life right in
his hand now I'm a boss
If a goof frontin'
at nighttime
You bet check his lifeline
My sh**ter's gonna
be takin' him out
Where my g*ons stay
right next to me
They rollin' like ecstasy
Robbers ain't catchin' me
We bought it like Master P
What up, can't you see
I got them haters with me
Call my name out the stars
And they (bleep) everything up
Then they shorty was all in it
Then she got up in this
What she do
Then she did the thing, right
Headshot, let it rain
Her man be acting mad weird
I been ballin' mad gears
Dripping here from last year
Don't trip the back here
I'm the mellowest beat
They wanna see when
they was hatin'
They was
Hella dirt on my
name, come Satan
I don't put my life
on the line, I did
n*gg*s wasn't even right, no
Same n*gg*s 'cause
me I'm the nighttime
I done went callin' on
God when I was lost, I did
Put my life right in
his hand now I'm a boss
If a goofy frontin'
at nighttime
You bet check his lifeline
My sh**ter's gonna
be takin' him out
Say n*gga don't even try me
Get up to some IV 'cause
you'll be behind me
I'll catch a body
I'll let it squeeze,
do that sh*t with ease
Blood on your Nikes, get
outta here strike three
Leave dicking your wifey
Keep going, don't bite me
- Good morning, church.
- [Congregation] Good morning.
- We wanna thank you guys
for your tides and offering
this morning, amen.
But now we are at the best part.
When you think about
going to Lupe's,
I like to go to Lupe's.
I like to order the fish plate.
That is the best part.
- Mm-hmm.
- Yeah.
- I like to have my
mashed potatoes over here.
- [Woman] Well.
- And my mac and
cheese over there.
- Uh-huh.
- Come on man, you talking.
- I like to separate my food.
- [Congregation] Yeah.
- I like to drink it down.
- That's right.
- With a good cold
glass of sweet tea.
- [Congregation] Amen.
- Amen, but the best
part is the fish part.
- [Woman] The best part, uh-huh.
- And that is where we are
right now in our service.
- Well.
- Amen.
- The word of God, amen.
- [Congregation] Amen.
(congregation clapping)
Yeah, boy.
- And after our praise team
bring the song to you guys,
the very next voice
you shall hear
will be our very
own Bishop Miles.
- Amen.
- Very good.
- Amen.
(congregation clapping)
(soulful gospel music)
Do you continue
- [Woman] Yeah.
Continue to bless me
Saying in spite of all
In spite of all
the wrong I've done
You still gave your only son
Yes, you continue
- Come on, say
continue the blessing.
Continue to bless me
Even though I don't deserve
All of the things
you've done for me
What's the answer, y'all
I'll say yes
Lord, yes
I'm gonna say to your will
To your will
I'll say anybody,
Lord, I'll just say yes
Lord, yes
Yes, yes, yes
I need you to think
about it 'cause
You continue to bless me
(congregation clapping)
I'll say it again,
I'll say yes
- Yes!
- Thank you.
I'll say yes
- Yes.
(congregation clapping)
Lord, yes
- Let the church say amen.
- [Congregation] Amen.
- This is the day that
the Lord has made.
- [Woman] Yes, yes, yes.
- I will rejoice-
(Bishop coughing)
Excuse me.
- Take your time.
- You're all right.
- Somebody get him
some water, please.
- I will rejoice.
- You okay?
- Please, I'm okay.
Thank you so much.
And be glad in Him.
Let's turn to the Book
of Luke, chapter eight.
You don't mind, Luke. (coughs)
Luke, chapter eight.
(coughs loudly)
(congregation gasps)
(congregation shouts)
(Bishop coughing)
- [Eva] Baby, please wake up!
Baby!
- Someone call 911!
- Please, wake up!
No, baby, no!
(somber instrumental music)
(dramatic somber music)
(door clicks shut)
- Miles family?
- Yes.
- Is everything okay?
- Well, (sighs) to be
honest, no it isn't.
- Okay, what's
wrong with my daddy?
- The Bishop has stage
four stomach cancer.
- No!
- What does that mean?
- What it means is
there's nothing more
that we can do for him.
The only thing we
can do now is wait.
- Wait for what?
- [Doctor] I give it
three to six months.
- No.
- Wait a minute.
- Wait.
- No!
You're trying to tell
me my husband is dying?
- I'm so sorry.
- No, no!
- That is so unfortunate.
- No, I want you
to go back in there
and I want you to go
check on my husband.
Please don't tell me what you're
trying to tell me, please!
No, please. (sobs)
- Listen, he's in the room.
And you can come see him now.
- Oh no! (sobs)
- I'm sorry.
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
(both sobbing)
(hospital machines beeping)
- [Nikki] Daddy, look at you.
- Oh, now come on.
Don't start all of that
now, I'm all right.
- Baby, you're not all right.
- Baby, I'm gonna be okay.
It's whatever the Lord will.
It's for my life.
I'll be fine.
I'll be all right.
- It's not fair.
- Jamal.
Jamal.
Jamal, get up!
- What's up girl?
What's up with you, man?
Can't you see I'm sleeping?
- Yes, I see you are.
But I was looking at my account
and it's not as good as it was.
- So what that problem
got to do with me?
- What it got to do with you?
- Yeah, that's your problem.
- My problem? (scoffs)
It wasn't my problem when I
was spending it on you, was it?
- Oh, sh*t.
- Jamal?
- sh*t, girl.
Hey.
To hell with your
motherfuckin' problems, man.
Matter of fact, I'm
getting up outta here.
- Are you?
What? Where are
you going, Jamal?
Where you going?
To hell with you, Jamal!
(somber instrumental music)
- Still can't sleep, huh?
- No, not really.
- Want me to make you a
sandwich or something?
- That's all right.
Thank you.
You've been so supportive of
me while we go through this.
- That's what marriage
is for, right?
The good, the bad.
I got you.
- Thank you.
- You know if you
miss her, it's okay.
- I'm just so upset with her.
- I understand, but
do you know why?
- What do you mean why, Shannon?
She k*lled our mother.
- Yeah.
And it was an accident,
you said it yourself.
- Yeah, but she was
always grabbing things
she had no business touching.
You know, if she wouldn't
have grabbed that g*n,
our mother would still be here.
- That might be the story.
Or Harold might have beat
her to death that same night.
Listen, babe,
I'm with you.
One hundred percent,
I'm with you.
Whatever you decide we're
doing, right or wrong.
Even if I don't agree with you.
But,
in my opinion, for
whatever it's worth,
I think you should
forgive your sister.
That's what your
grandfather would've wanted.
I promise you that.
Come here, come here.
(chuckles) That's a cute dress.
Where were you all here?
- Church.
- I mean, I could have
done without the bow,
but the dress is cute.
(both laughing)
- Hello?
- Hey Charlie.
I haven't heard
from you in a while.
- [Charlie] Girl, you
know, I've just been busy.
You know?
- (laughs) I understand that.
But look, I need a favor.
- What's up?
- (sighs) My light bill is
like, two months behind.
And I know they gonna
cut them off any day now.
You think I could
hold a few dollars
until I get myself together?
- [Charlie] Oh, uh,
look, I, I'm sorry.
I ain't even got it right now.
- Okay, okay.
- [Charlie] But I'm
sorry, I gotta go.
- Okay, thank you anyway.
No!
(light piano music)
(Demetrius sighs)
(crickets chirping)
(doorbell ringing)
What?
- [Process Server] Are
you Demetrius Miles?
- Yes, why?
- You've been served.
Your home's been foreclosed.
- Wait, wait.
I haven't gotten any letters.
- [Process Server] It says here
the bank's been sending you
letters for the last six months.
- I ain't got no letters!
- Look, I dunno
what to tell you.
We've been instructed
by the bank
to come change these locks.
(Demetrius sobs)
- Can I just grab a few things?
- Go ahead.
(door thuds)
Go on.
(birds chirping)
(smooth R&B music)
- Thank you.
- Hey, it's you again.
- Just let me rest
here for a few minutes
and then I will leave.
- Okay.
Hey, lemme get that
burger and fries
since the customer
didn't want it.
- [Cook] Sure.
- Here you go, Miss.
- Who said I was hungry?
- Are you?
- Thank you, sir.
- [Darryl] No problem.
What's your name?
- Demetrius.
- How you doing, Demetrius?
I'm Darryl.
- Thanks for the food, Darryl.
- No problem.
You've been coming in here
for the past two weeks
with those same clothes on.
Are you okay?
- Who are you? A detective?
- Not at all.
Just wondering if
I could help you.
- I'm good, thank you.
- All right.
Let me know if
you need anything.
- I told you I'm good.
- There you go trying
to save the world again.
- [Darryl] There's just
something under that filth.
- Yeah, more filth. (chuckles)
Let's get this place clean.
- Lord knows you need Jesus.
- I got him.
- Lord, don't strike her down.
Please don't strike
her down. (laughs)
- (sobs) Nikki, I'm sorry.
I was only trying
to help, that's it.
I didn't mean to sh**t her.
- Demetrius?
Look, it's six in the morning.
You been out here all night?
Whoa, whoa, are you okay?
- Sir, I told you I was okay.
- Well, look,
I'm not gonna stop talking to
you 'til you let me help you.
- What do you want from me, huh?
I ain't giving up no
coochie, so what is it?
- When the Lord ask
me to do something,
I do it at all costs.
Look, let me help you.
I see you out here on the
streets with nowhere to go.
- Okay, you're right!
I have nowhere to go.
- Before my mom died, she
left me a three bedroom house.
It's just me.
Nobody will bother you.
You can come over,
take a shower and stay
for a few minutes.
- I'm serious, you ain't
getting no coochie.
- You really think that's what
I want from you right now?
- Go to hell!
(Darryl laughs)
(birds chirping)
- It's cool, come on.
Here, lemme show you
where your room is.
This was my sister's room.
- Where is she now?
- Married and moved to Phoenix.
- Phoenix?
- (laughs) Yeah,
that's what I said.
Well, hey, the bathroom
is right there.
And there's some towels
in that closet across.
You're my sister's size,
so you can fit the clothes
in there, in the closet.
- Thank you.
- Hey, if you need anything,
I'm right across the hall.
- Okay.
- You can just yell.
- [Demetrius] Okay.
(smooth gospel music)
I want to find my way
Find my way
Back to the one
who loves me most
'Cause out here in
this world it's cold
And I need your
love to survive
There is so much,
so much going on
I can't see through
this darkness
Shine your light on me
My spirit needs to be restored
I lost my way a long ago
I'm heading back to you, Lord
'Cause there's
nowhere else I can go
I want to find my way
Find my way
Back to the one
Who loves me most
'Cause out here in
this world it's cold
And I need your love
(light R&B music)
- [Demetrius] Darryl?
- Hey, I'm in here.
(chuckles) Hey,
how did you sleep?
- I haven't slept that
good in some time.
- (laughs) I could tell.
I heard you snoring
in the other room.
- [Demetrius] You did not!
- (laughs) Yes, I did.
You were calling the cows.
(both laughing)
- [Demetrius] I'm
so embarrassed.
- Oh, don't be.
There's nothing to
be embarrassed about.
Sleeping peacefully
is so underrated.
- Who are you telling?
(both chuckle)
- I made us some breakfast
if you want some.
- Sure.
- Here you go.
- Thank you.
That smells good.
- Thanks.
- I see all this
Christian stuff up
and I hear the worship
music, but you work in a bar.
- So because I'm Christian,
that limits where I can work?
- I mean, I'm just
asking. (laughs)
It seems weird to me.
- Well, oftentimes guys like
me don't get a second chance.
So I have to take what I get.
- What you mean guys like you?
- I was in prison
for five years.
- Wait, you've been to prison?
- (sighs) When I was younger,
I did some stupid stuff.
I was in a car with some
guys and it was stolen.
Since no one wanted to say
who it was, we all went down.
- (sighs) I'm sorry
if I seem judgmental.
(Darryl chuckles)
I just didn't know if
you was a r*pist or not.
- I've never r*ped anybody.
- So when you was in prison,
you changed your life?
- Well, it wasn't that
I necessarily changed.
I just got back to who I was.
See, my mother raised
me in the church
and it was me that strayed away.
- That sounds so
familiar. (laughs)
- We all have a story.
- Yes, we do.
- Hey, I talked to my
supervisor at the bar
and they said they'd give you
a job if you're interested.
- Yes, I am!
I have nothing right now,
so anything would help.
- All right, well,
how about you go get
yourself together
and then we can go
talk to the supervisor?
- Can I get done eating first?
- Oh yeah, yeah, please.
(both laughing)
Yeah, yeah.
You, yeah, I haven't
even eaten myself.
(both laughing)
Oh no, oh no
Watch out, a bunch
of broken promises
And all the time I spent
Wasn't enough to make me
understand my worth again
Felt like I lost
my common sense
I knew love wasn't in the plan
But then you came and then
you changed my heart again
That fertile love just wasn't
in the cards for me, no
And everything I felt before
wasn't what it seemed, no
But then you came
and then you made
Somebody made me fall in love
- I need you to understand.
Everybody up under
the sound of my voice.
I wanna make something
straight and clear.
The story of the prodigal son
is not the story
of a wayward son.
It's not the story of a son
that just wanted to leave
and go do his own thing.
The true meaning
and the true understanding
of the prodigal son is this.
It's the story about a father
who never stopped
loving his son.
It's the story about a father
that never gave up on the hope
that one day my
baby is coming home.
And so now as I go to
my close, all of us,
and I mean everyone up
under the sound of my voice,
regardless of the mistakes
of today, yesterday,
or even the mistakes
of tomorrow,
I want you to
understand something,
regardless of who might
walk out of your life,
be they family, be
they your best friend.
There is someone who, no
matter what you've done,
no matter what you've said,
no matter what you've thought,
there's someone who's
never walked out on you.
And he's standing here
today with arms open wide
and he's saying, son,
daughter, won't you come?
Won't you come home?
Come on, daughter.
Bless the Lord.
I'm here today to tell someone
that regardless of the path
that you've taken in life,
I'm here to tell someone,
regardless of the hurt
that you've received
and maybe even the
hurt that you've given,
there's someone
with arms extended
and he doesn't have
a whip in your hand.
And he's not pointing a
finger at you accusing you.
He's saying, daughter and son,
don't you know I've
never stopped loving you?
Won't you come?
Won't you come?
Huh, Hallelujah.
Hallelujah.
- You all right?
- Yeah, I'm good.
- [Preacher] The reality is-
- Whatever God is
telling you to do.
- [Preacher] Whether
it's good or bad,
whether it's right or
wrong, here's the truth.
Life happens to all of us.
And sometimes life is ugly.
Sometimes life is unfair.
But there's someone
that's waiting.
There's someone standing in
the same place he's standing
when you left and
he's here today.
Today.
Won't you push the
past behind you today?
Won't you forget about the
hurt that was done to you?
Because I'm standing
here with arms wide open
and all I want to know.
Won't you come?
Hallelujah, Hallelujah.
Come on.
It's not too late!
It's never too
late to come home.
Somebody's gonna
have a funeral today.
Yeah, you're gonna have
a funeral for your past.
Hallelujah.
We're gonna have a
funeral on your past.
Huh, it's time today to
bury the hurts of yesterday.
The mistakes of yesterday,
the wrongs of yesterday.
It's time to put it to rest
because you got to make
room for your new life.
You've got to make
room for new peace.
And new joy and new happiness.
Today you've come home and
the Lord says, welcome.
Welcome, welcome.
(congregation clapping)
Brings my purpose
And my task becomes
my testimony
Now I survived the worst
just for Heaven's best
So thank you for hearing
Taking the time,
Lord, to listen
Listen
I can pour out my heart
Secrets and you'll
keep them safe
You always wait on
me to talk to you
So in return I'll wait on you
You always keep your promise
So I ask, Lord, why me
And he answers why not you
My God knows
what's best for me
- You know, I am
so proud of you.
- For what?
- For listening to
the voice of God.
- I don't know.
It was just something
about that sermon.
That's what it got to me.
- Good, I'm glad.
Now let's go get ready for work.
- [Demetrius] Oh
yeah, you right.
- Yeah.
- Okay. (laughs)
- Hey, we're getting
ready to close.
So if you could finish your
drinks, that'd be great.
All right.
- (laughs) What was that for?
- [Darryl] I just felt
like it was needed.
- Needed or wanted?
- Maybe a little bit of both.
(both laugh)
But more wanted.
- Now I feel like I need more.
You know, I really
appreciate you
for all you've done for me.
I haven't felt wanted
in a long time.
- How?
Underneath all that
you've gone through,
you're a diamond.
- You think your sweet talking
gonna get you some coochie?
(both laugh)
It's not!
(both laugh)
- Look, I'm not even after that.
But why do you keep
using that word?
You keep saying coochie.
(Demetrius laughs)
Well, look, on another topic.
Um, I heard you you the other
night screaming your mama, no.
What was that about?
- I don't wanna talk about it.
- Whatever it is that
you're going through,
you know I'm here for you.
You should know that by now.
These last few weeks have
been the best for me.
- I agree.
- So what's going on?
- My mother was a single mom.
She did all she could
for me and my sister.
- Yeah.
- She worked hard,
kept us in church where my
grandfather is the preacher.
She was just the
perfect lady in my eyes.
Well, both of our eyes.
But she had a demon
by the name of Harold.
- [Darryl] Harold?
- Yeah, that was her boyfriend.
- Oh.
- He used to come over there
whenever he felt like it,
drunk, high,
whenever or however.
For some reason, Mama
just couldn't shake him.
He got to the point where
he started beating her.
- Wow.
- Yeah.
But one day we came home and
he started beating on her.
It was so bad it woke
me and my sister up.
Mama kept the g*n in her drawer.
So me being a wild child,
I grabbed it and pleaded with
Harold to leave my mama alone.
Well, he came closer to me
and I pulled the trigger.
- So you k*lled him?
- Her.
- Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Wait, wait, wait.
So you accidentally
shot your mama?
- My family didn't
see it like that.
- What do you mean?
- Oh, while I was growing up,
they blamed me for
my mother's death.
- Well, how could they?
- That's what I thought,
but it wasn't like that.
- [Darryl] That's crazy.
- So my mom took out some
insurance policy at her job.
It stated when we graduated,
me and my sister would
have 500K a piece.
- Wow, wait, so you're loaded?
- I was, 'til I came here
and totally lost my way.
You know when the preacher
was preaching the other day,
he was talking about
the prodigal son.
I feel like he
was talking to me.
- That's just conviction.
There's nothing wrong with that.
Have you ever thought
about going back home?
- They don't, they
don't wanna see.
- No, you never know.
Time heals all wounds.
- So they say. (laughs)
- Listen, I just want you to
know that I'm here for you
and I really mean it.
- Thank you for that.
Now let's get this place
cleaned up so we can go home.
- (laughs) Okay.
- I mean, uh, your place.
- How about you
make it your home?
- What you mean?
- You've already been there,
so might as well stay.
- Like a roommate?
- Well, I was thinking more
like a relationship mate.
- You just making up
words now? (laughs)
- [Darryl] Yeah, I guess.
- I really like the sound
of relationship mate.
- [Darryl] I'm glad you do.
(Demetrius laughs)
(soft instrumental music)
(dramatic gospel music)
I will lift up mine eyes
Unto the hills from
whence cometh my help
I will lift up mine eyes
Unto the hills from
whence cometh my help
I will lift up mine eyes
Unto the hills from whence
cometh my help, yeah
I will lift up mine eyes
Unto the hills from
whence cometh my help
All of my help
My help, it comes from you
It comes from you
My help, my help
it comes from you
It comes from you
Oh, I will lift up mine eyes
Unto the hills from whence
cometh my help, yeah
I will lift up mine eyes
Unto the hills from
whence cometh my help
I will lift up mine eyes
Unto the hills from
whence cometh my help
Help me sing it
I will lift up mine eyes
Unto the hills from
whence cometh my help
My help comes from the Lord
who made Heaven and Earth
His love's all that I need
The Lord is my keeper
protects me from harm
He reigns forevermore
My help comes from the Lord
who made Heaven and Earth
He provides all that I need
The Lord is my keeper
- [Nikki] Hey, Papa.
- Hey, baby, how you doing?
- How are you feeling?
- Oh, not too, I'm
not feeling too well,
but I'll be all right.
- (sighs) I can't believe this.
- You can't believe what?
- Papa, look.
We're a good family.
We do right by people.
We don't bother nobody.
Why we always being punished?
- We're, (sighs) we're
not being punished.
We go through things just
like any other family does.
- But why you now, Papa?
- Baby, why not?
Baby, why not me?
I have lived a graceful
70 something odd
years on this earth,
and I have lived a lot
longer than some people have.
- Yeah, like Mama.
You know I think a lot
about her every day.
- What about your sister?
- What about her?
- Do you ever think about her?
- Of course, she's
my best friend.
- Well, why don't you find her?
- I don't think she
needs to be found.
- You said that she
was your best friend,
so why haven't
you found her yet?
- She was until she
k*lled my mother.
- Now wait a minute,
you! (groans)
Now, wait a minute.
She was her mother too.
Have you tried to put
yourself in her shoes?
She's living with this
just like you are.
But the difference is that
she's doing it all by herself.
- Well, I was so
caught up in my pain.
I, I ain't even,
even tried, even considered
the pain of others.
- Again, have you placed
yourself in her shoes, hmm?
- Now, when you find
her you will understand
why it's so important
to have her around.
Remember, God loves
a forgiving heart.
But that hatred, it won't
inherit the kingdom.
- Oh, I just, I just need time.
- Baby, time waits on nobody.
Your loved one is here and
then they go on tomorrow.
Then you're left with a lot of,
I should have and, and
why didn't I do this?
And just please promise me
you'll allow God to
lead your heart, okay?
- Okay. (sobs)
I love our talks, Papa.
You know, (sobs) I'm gonna
miss you when you gotta go.
- Mm, mm.
(Nikki sobbing)
Listen, just take these times,
these precious moments that
we have and let's cherish 'em.
Now, you may not be
here when I'm gone,
but you gonna always
be in my heart.
(Nikki sobbing)
I love you, baby.
(Nikki sobbing)
It's all right.
It's all right, go find her.
Go find her for me.
(Nikki sobbing)
It's all right, it's all right.
(Nikki sobbing)
(somber instrumental music)
(Nikki sobbing)
(dramatic music)
- Babe.
- Yeah?
- You want some mayonnaise?
- Yes, please.
- I got your nasty stuff.
- (Chuckles) Whatever.
- We're sorry to inform you
that Bishop Miles
has passed away.
He was known for his powerful
and life-changing words.
- Oh no.
- [Newscaster] He sold books
across the country
entitled "Be After You."
- What's going on?
- [Newscaster] He
died at the age of 88
peacefully in his
home in Tyler, Texas.
(somber instrumental music)
- What's wrong?
- [Demetrius] That's
my grandfather.
- Wait, Bishop,
Bishop Miles is
your grandfather?
- Yes.
He raised me.
- [Darryl] Well, we
gotta get you home.
- You think that would be okay?
- Yeah, I would think they
would want you to be there.
- I'm scared to go back there.
I don't wanna feel
that rejection again.
- You gotta go through the soil.
You do.
You will be okay.
I got you.
Most importantly,
God got you, okay?
- Okay. (sighs)
I'm ready to go
through the storm.
(light instrumental music)
- Yeah, babe.
Mm-hmm, everything's okay.
I'm gonna just check on Granny.
Okay.
All right, bye.
Hey, Granny, you want
something to eat?
- No, I'm all right.
- Granny, you haven't
ate in the last two days.
- I just can't,
I just can't stomach
any food right now.
- [Nikki] I understand.
But you have to eat something.
- [Both] Hey.
- Hey y'all, I think everything
is set for the funeral.
Okay, the car will be be here
around nine o'clock to take
you all to the church, okay?
- Thank you, Auntie Renata.
- You're welcome.
- [Eva] Thank you for
everything you've done.
- It was my pleasure.
All right, Bishop was
like a father to me also.
- [Nikki] You know, he
was a father to all of us.
- [Demetrius] Knock knock.
- Oh baby, oh my god!
I missed you so much.
Oh! (sobs)
Look at you, look at you.
You're so beautiful.
- Hey, baby.
- Good to see you.
- You look so good.
- I'm so glad to see you.
- I'm happy to see y'all too.
- What about me?
- I'm sorry.
I thought about you
this entire 10 years
and I missed you since
the first day I left.
- It's been rough, mentally,
emotionally without you.
I'm so glad you're home.
(both crying)
Oh gosh.
Guess what?
- What?
- I'm married now.
(both laughing)
- I always knew you would be.
- Oh gosh.
- I'm happy to be back.
Where are my manners?
Everyone, this is my
boyfriend, Darryl.
Darryl, this is my
grandmother, Eva,
my mom's best friend, Renata,
and my sister, Nikki.
- Hey, it's a pleasure
to meet all of you.
I've heard so much about you.
- Pleasure to meet you.
- And you too.
- Nice to meet you as well,
but since you're family.
- Okay.
- (laughs) Do you mind
going to the store
to get my grandmother
something to eat?
- Yeah, sure, I don't mind.
- Go ahead, I'm good.
- You sure?
Okay.
(all crying)
- Don't forget
about your grandma.
You don't struggle alone, girl
- Thank you for coming.
And give it to the master
Swallow your pride
and hand it over
- Still look the
same, huh? (laughs)
- Yeah, hasn't changed.
- Oh man, remember this picture?
- Yeah, we had just
came from cheer.
- Hello, Mama kept us
cheering and in church.
- Every Sunday.
- No, every day. (laughs)
- You ever think about her?
- Yeah, every day.
- Yeah, me too.
- You know, Mama said
whatever happens,
we should never be apart.
- And to always have
each other's back.
(both laugh)
- Yeah, okay, look, Sis.
I'm sorry for the way I
treated you all those years.
And I was just so angry
that I really didn't know
who to be angry with.
And I took it out on you
and I shouldn't have.
I love you.
- I've been beating myself
up every day since I left,
allowing people to
treat me any kind of way
because I thought God was
punishing me for what I did.
I don't know about you,
but I've seen something dark
nights since we've been apart
and I don't wanna be apart
from you like that again.
It's been rough.
But I'm good now.
I'm good now.
And I love you so much.
- I love you too, Sis.
Oh, it's so good to
have you back home.
- It's good to be back.
- Now, look, you think
you still got it?
- We got it.
(both laughing)
- Girl.
(light instrumental music)
I was lost in sin
Didn't know where to begin
Couldn't call all my friends
Felt so lonely deep within
So I came to you
Oh, Lord
And I called up on your name
Here I am, oh Lord
Here I am
Bowing before your throne
Here I am
Oh, Lord
Oh, calling on your name
Ooh, you see I
tried everything
Even things that
were not like me
Ooh, so lost and afraid
my mind was in a daze
How can I return to the
things you instilled in me
So I came to you
Oh, Lord
And I called up on your name
Saying here I am
Oh Lord, here I am, yeah
Bowing before your throne
Here I am
Oh, Lord, here I am
Calling on your name
Here I am
I'm calling up to you, Lord
Yeah, here I am
- You know, in life you
have ups, downs, heartache,
the pain, good times and bad.
But my grandfather always
taught me and my sister
that if you keep God at your
center and your foundation,
all the bad times,
the heartache,
the pain won't even last long
because you are protected.
I can honestly say he was right.
I found myself going through
so much these last few years,
being homeless,
eating out the trash,
not knowing which way to turn,
but I could always hear my
grandfather's voice saying,
"Keep God as your center.
"You are protected."
And that's when he
sent for an angel
to help me through
these times. (sighs)
I wanna end by saying something
to my family that I should
have said a long time ago.
Grandma Eva, (sobs) I'm sorry
for k*lling your daughter.
Nikki, Nikki, I apologize
for k*lling your mother.
I was a young girl who was
trying to protect my family
and I lost my mother
in the process.
Oh Lord
And I called up on your name
Saying here I am
Oh Lord, here I am, yeah
- [Demetrius] You know, life
has its way of doing things.
It takes you on rollercoasters.
You meet new people
and new friends.
But family is always
what's important.
My sister never forgot about me.
When she opened her business,
she listed me as the co-owner.
She always kept 50% of
it in an account for me.
It's now worth $2 million.
Darryl moved back with me and
Shannon helped him get a job
delivering for his company.
My journey was painfully rough,
but I made it through the storm.
Here I am, oh Lord
Oh Lord, calling on your name
Here I am, oh Lord
Here I am, I'm calling
onto you, Jesus
So much power in your name
So I'm calling unto you, Lord
And I bow before your throne
Here I am, here I am, Lord
Calling on your
name, oh, here I am
Here I am, here I am, oh Lord
Here I am, I'm calling
out to you, Jesus
Here I am, calling on you
Calling on you, yeah
Calling on you
Here I am, here I am
Here I am, oh Lord, yeah
I'm calling out to you, Lord
Here I am, I'm
calling for your name
Calling on you
There is no other
name like yours, Jesus
That has the power
to deliver me
To set me free, yeah
I'm calling on you, I'm
calling on you, Lord
Here I am, here I am, oh Lord
Here I am, oh yeah
Here I am, I'm
calling on you, yeah
Calling on you, calling on you
Oh, I'm calling
out to you, Lord
Here I am, Lord
So I came to you, oh Lord
Oh, calling on your name
(light piano music)
(sweeping gospel music)
I will lift up mine eyes
Unto the hills from
whence cometh my help
I will lift up mine eyes
Unto the hills from
whence cometh my help
I will lift up mine eyes
Unto the hills from whence
cometh my help, yeah
I will lift up mine eyes
Unto the hills from
whence cometh my help
All of my help, my help
My help it comes from you
It comes from you
My help, my help
(dramatic music)
(man chattering)
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