02x04 - Pay the Toll

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[UPBEAT HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[HOWARD] Previously on Raising Kanan...

This is what this n*gga do.

When he wants my attention,
he fucks with my world.

I don't even remember
what happened that night,

so you talking to the wrong guy.

But I don't know if I believe him.

Feels like there's more there,

but whenever I try digging,
he gets pissed at me

and tells me to leave it alone.

I want you out!

Where am I gonna go?
I don't have any money.

I been hooking up this brother

with free studio time for his girl.

I know they got some buildings
around the way.

[MUFFLED GRUNTING]

- [MUFFLED SCREAM]
- [NAIL g*n THUNKS]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

- You remember my mom at all?
- Course.

[BURKE] She lives in Harlem.

Divorced twice, no kids.

Your whole life, you been
thinking Def Con your daddy,

but he ain't.

I am.

He don't know what's real
and what isn't.

We already up in Baisley's
and the Forties.

We really need to f*ck
with Jersey right now?

We franchisin', fellas.

[DRILL WHIRRING]

[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[RAPPER] ♪ Ducked out the window ♪

♪ Puffin' on indo ♪

♪ Nobody told
These funny m*therf*ckers ♪

♪ What they in fo' ♪

♪ They're givin' out info
Tellin' on kinfolk ♪

♪ sh*t's too def, I can
Tell you when I get home ♪

♪ The wait at the tipoff
Let me get my sh*t off ♪

♪ Sellin' Wolf tickets
Ain't nothin' I can trip off ♪

♪ I'm fresh like a newborn ♪

♪ Baby, use my coupon ♪

♪ Sound's so phat Grab your gat ♪

♪ Bring your group on ♪

♪ Style's too hype ♪

♪ Y'all are wack Time to move on ♪

♪ It's crunch time like
The whole bowl of croutons ♪

♪ It's a hoochie mama ♪

♪ What are you on? ♪

♪ All the girls on my block
always in my Yukon ♪

♪ Get the f*ck on
And my language say "fukon" ♪

♪ There's so much dirt
Got trail you can truth on ♪

♪ Cops want coke
Got a rope you can loop on ♪

♪ sh*t's too dope, probably
Leave you razed, ruined ♪

♪ Makin' doses Wrappin' doses ♪

♪ Probably brings The status Oprah ♪

♪ Always about greed
but never did like Oprah... ♪

[GROWN KANAN] Everybody's schemin'.

♪ ♪

Everybody got their own plan,

their agenda,

their motherfuckin' angle...

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[HORN BLOWING]

...'cause everybody chasin'
that same paper.

[HORN BLOWING]

[g*n COCKING]

Get the f*ck out!

[g*nshots]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

♪ ♪

[MOANING]

Nothin' come into Newark

without Sal Boselli getting his piece.

[GRUNTING]

♪ ♪

[GROWN KANAN] That's the way
of the motherfuckin' world.

Survival of the fittest up in here.

♪ ♪

[CARTIER] Brushstrokes'll tell you

everything you need to know.

[SMOOTH MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

The precision. The dexterity.

They're a story unto themselves.

A true artist isn't concerned
with the marketplace, no.

They're consumed by their own
vision and inspiration.

Yeah, but if nobody buyin'
what you selling,

you just a sucker holdin' a brush.

And by the way...
you ain't fooling nobody

with that fancy f*ckin' talk of yours.

I know who you are,
and I know where you from.

Fort Greene up in this m*therf*cker.

[CARTIER CHUCKLES]

Well, I speak differently
in different situations, Raq.

- Mm.
- In the gallery, I'm Cartier.

On the streets, I'm still Cartier.

I just roll a lot harder.

♪ ♪

I'm surprised that you'd even
join me this evening.

I thought you were
completely disinterested in me

when I met you
at Lou's recording studio.

I had a lot goin' on that day.

- But I'm here now.
- Indeed.

I'm tryin' to figure out
how it is you do what you do,

how you done what you did.

Living downtown, coppin' paintings

and talkin' like you spend
summers at the Inkwell.

Hmm, the only limitations that we have

are the ones we place on ourselves.

You're different.

You into different sh*t.

Like this art noise.

Tsh, I don't get it. [CHUCKLES]

This ain't me.

Raq, what do you have
too much of in your business?

- Drama.
- [CHUCKLES]

No.

I'm talking about that thing
that you can touch and hold

but you can't get rid of.

What it's all for.

What you worked so hard...

Cash.

Got so much, I got rats gnawin' on it.

[CHUCKLES]

m*therf*cker.

You washing your money up in here.

You pay cash for all this art sh*t,

you flip it, and then you make it clean.

[CARTIER] You're a quick study, Raq.

I like that about you.

Amongst other things.

[PUNCHY MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[HEAVY MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

They told me I had family waiting on me.

Who the f*ck are you?

Kanan.

Kanan Stark.

Def Con's son.

Raq's kid?

[LAUGHS] Damn. Kanan!

Yo, the last time I seen you,

you was just
a little n*gga, man, a baby.

Now you all grown up.

All diesel and sh*t.

[LAUGHS]

Why the f*ck you here, man?

'Cause I can't do nothin'
for you, Kanan.

Don't even bother asking.

I just wanna talk about my father.

Talk, then, n*gga.

sh*t, well, I just wanna know
what kinda stuff

he used to say about me.

I mean, sh*t, did he even talk about me?

You was nothin' but a baby, man.

There wasn't much to say.

So...

what Raq say Def said?

She used to tell me stories
about how smart he was.

[VERNON] Word.

How he had mad respect on the street.

Correct.

Yo, Def had the whole Southside
on lock, man.

And he's definitely my father, right?

The f*ck you just ask me?

Is he definitely your daddy?

Who the f*ck else
is gonna be your daddy, huh?

What, what, is-is Raq telling you

that she was with another n*gga
at the time?

Whoa. Nah, nah, nah.

Nah, it's-it's nothin'...
It's nothin' like that.

People just been sayin' sh*t.

People always say sh*t, Kanan,

especially when a n*gga
ain't around no more

to defend hisself.

You remind me of Def.

Yeah, yeah, yeah,
you got the same eyes, man,

the same heart.

And he would've did what you doin'.

He would've came down here
to look me in my face

and ask me those questions.

You a man now, Kanan.

sh*t, by the time Def was your age,

he was already runnin' corners,

livin' in his own crib,

runnin' up into any bitch he wanted.

[CHUCKLES]

Hey.

It's time to get it, Kanan.

Just like your daddy.

[GUARD] Time's up, Stark.

Hey, don't forget
about your Uncle Vernon

and his commissary, a'ight?

The price for smokes
done gone up in here.

[RECEIVER CLATTERS]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[LOU-LOU] I knew going out there
was more trouble than it's worth.

Do Marv and Raq know?

Then why you callin' me? Call them.

I told you I ain't f*ckin' with Jersey.

[CROWN] Lou.

Is this a joke?

What joke?

Who got jokes?

Oh, sh*t.

I mean, I had to get rid of the board

just to take care of some
of these expenses, Lou.

But it's all good.

I already found another one.

I'm in negotiations with it right now.

How far along
are these negotiations, Crown?

Because I ain't an expert
at this sh*t like you,

but I'm pretty f*ckin' sure
we need a mixin' board,

or we can't do sh*t.

[CHUCKLES] I got it handled, Lou,

so you just relax.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

I am relaxed.

♪ ♪

You just don't wanna
see me agitated, all right?

I'm on the road.

Ain't sh*t I can do
about Jersey right now.

Raq had me take Kanan up north
to go see his daddy brother.

Call Lou!

I hope the sh*t was worth it,

'cause the whole
f*ckin' world done blowed up

while you tradin' stories
with bitch-ass Vernon.

You know Vernon
used to stick up old ladies

for they welfare money, right?

Scandalous m*therf*cker.

Didn't care about nobody but hisself.

That's your other uncle.

So...

...he tell you anything
you didn't already know

about your daddy?

I don't even know what I know
and what I don't know.

[MARVIN] Then let me tell you
what you do know.

You got a mother that love you

more than anything
on this g*dd*mn green Earth

and a family around you
that got your back at all times.

That's all any n*gga can ask for.

Point is...

...only m*therf*ckers who count
are the ones who are here.

They the ones who got you.

They the ones lookin' out for you.

Yeah, and-and maybe they ain't perfect.

Maybe they ain't who you want 'em to be,

but they here for you.

[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS]

And that's all that matters.

♪ ♪

[ENGINE TURNING OVER]

[BUZZER BLARES]

[LINE RINGS]

[RESIDENT] Hello.

[SOFT MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

Somebody there?

It's Laverne.

Laverne Thomas.

[LINE BEEPS, BUZZER BLARES]

[LOCKS CLATTERING]

Laverne.

Obviously, this is a surprise.

A wonderful surprise.

♪ ♪

Where are my manners? Uh, come in.

[CLEARS THROAT]

Come in. Take off your coat.

♪ ♪

I, uh... I volunteer
with the youth group

at my church.

They're wonderful kids.

I'd love for you to meet 'em sometime.

Only if you want to.

Thanks for the drink.

- How's Marvin?
- [JUKEBOX CHUCKLES]

- He's Marvin.
- [CHUCKLES]

"He's Marvin." [CHUCKLES]

[BREATHES DEEPLY]

I'm moved to have you in my home,

to put my eyes on you.

I don't even know what to say.

When I saw you at my church that day...

Why did you leave me?

You just jump right in, don't you?

I wasn't even a year old,
and you just bounced.

I wanna know why.

Um...

[SIGHS]

...I was young, Laverne.

Not much older than you are right now.

All of a sudden,

I had a new baby
and a man I wasn't sure about.

I was scared.

So I did what scared children do.

I ran away.

I went to Los Angeles
thinking I'd become some...

famous singer.

Once I was rich,

I was gonna come back and get you.

But it didn't work out how I planned.

Instead I got caught up
with the wrong things

and the wrong people,

and by the time I looked up,
ten years had passed by,

and I figured just popping
back up in your life

would be worse than leaving it
in the first place.

It wouldn't have been worse.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

God is so great, Laverne...

...'cause He brought you back to me.

Right here, right now.

And I...

I know I don't deserve you...

...but somewhere in His grace,

He decided that a child
should be with her mother.

That you should be with me.

I'm not asking for forgiveness.

I'm asking for a chance.

♪ ♪

[DOOR CLICKS OPEN]

How'd everything go
with your Uncle Vernon?

It was a'ight.

He didn't really have much
to say about...

[LOU-LOU] Yo, my bad.

Got caught up at the studio.

Hey, hey, babe, uh, go watch some TV.

Give me a minute with your uncles.

What the hell is that smell?

[MARVIN] Rat dead in the walls
or some sh*t.

There's some air freshener in there.

Just spray it around.

[COUGHS]

It smells really bad in here.

It's air freshener, n*gga.
It freshens the air.

[NEWS ANCHOR SPEAKING
INDISTINCTLY OVER TV]

So, what, we ain't workin' today?

Sent everybody home till we figure out

what the f*ck happened out in Jersey.

Not tryin' to have those
Italians bum-rush this spot.

All right, so what do we know?

We know... [SIGHS]
...we in a world of sh*t.

An Islamic court has sentenced them

to lose their right arms,
have them severed,

and their left leg...

What the...

[TV HOST] ...severe punishment,
of course,

uh, for a first offense especially.

Tomorrow their mother
will be on the show

to speak out about their predicament.

Oh! [COUGHS]

What the f*ck?

[COUGHING]

Yo, this sh*t smell horrible, man.

[COUGHS] Ugh!

[GROANS]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER TV]

[SCOFFS]

[EDGY MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER TV]

♪ ♪

[MARVIN] I told you movin'
to Jersey gonna be a problem.

[LOU-LOU] Bein' on the wrong
side of them Italians

is not a place we wanna be, Raq.

Them Italians don't play.

We f*cked up.

We should've got the lay of the land

before we set up shop.

Now we got a problem.

This job, what I do,
it's not about moving product.

It's about solving problems every day.

Whether it's the n*gga
on our team skimmin' from us,

the supplier raisin' the price of a key,

or these f*ckin' Italians
jackin' our sh*t,

every day is a new problem
that's gotta get solved.

That's the job. That's the work.

That's the hustle.

And ain't nobody who ever
made real money in this game

a drug dealer.

They problem solvers.

Some problems bigger than others.

Maybe we should press pause
on this sh*t in Jersey

until the dust settles.

You know, let sh*t cool off
for a minute.

[SCOFFS] You so ready to damn roll over

so you can get back
to your f*ckin' studio.

- It ain't even about that.
- [RAQ] It is.

Course it is.

Look, ain't nobody gonna
tell me where I can

or I can't do business.

Not the Italians and not neither of you.

Set up a meeting
with these pizza m*therf*ckers.

[PEOPLE SPEAKING SPANISH OVER TV]

[DOOR BELL JINGLES]

Hola, mami.

You know, I believe we got off
on the wrong foot.

It's no hard feelings.

Just business.

Never personal.

[JULIANA BREATHING SHALLOWLY]

Take good care of yourself, my love.

[JULIANA WHIMPERING SOFTLY]

Know what? You keep the change.

We gonna call this one even, a'ight?

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[NO AUDIBLE DIALOGUE]

♪ ♪

[LOU-LOU] Hey, yo, Raq.

Hey, Kanan, let me holler at your moms

for a second alone.

[KANAN] I'm not eight no more, man.

Come on, y'all can talk.

I'm tired of y'all pushing me
to the curb when y'all do this.

Look, just give us a minute, baby.

Ma.

- Come on. Just a minute.
- [KANAN SIGHS]

[LOU-LOU] Look, I know
this is a f*cked-up time

to be bringing this up, but, um...

I'm short.

I was hoping you could
float me something

- just for a minute.
- [CHUCKLES]

Float you something?

How many times I gotta tell you
that your money's my money?

You borrowing my money
to pay me back with my money.

What about your recording studio?

Supposed to be making
all that clean loot

you been talkin' about, legit cash.

Just getting it started.

Puttin' it up on its feet is all.

Even a ho can make money
on her knees, Lou.

I'm not a ho, Raq.

Then stop acting like one.

Look, I got you,

but from here on out,
your first name is On Point,

and your last name is On Time

in this business, family business.

Get your sh*t right, Lou.

So your Uncle Vernon still all swole

off those three hots and a cot?

Man, ain't nobody messin'
with that brother on the yard.

But you got what you wanted.

You wanted to talk
to your father's brother.

You did.

Ma, why did you want me
to k*ll that cop?

You told me it was 'cause
he was crazy and all that,

but that ain't enough,

not to me.

It's a lot of crazy police out here.

What's this gotta do with Def Con?

You put that g*n in my hand

and then told me it was for family,

to protect us.

But what was he doing
that we needed protection for?

[EDGY MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

Howard threatened to send you
up north for Buck Twenty.

That don't... no.

He didn't even have proof of that.

- And D-Wiz?
- He a cop, Kanan.

They can make up
whatever the f*ck they want.

You think them young boys
in Central Park

did all of that to that white lady?

If the police said they did it,
then they did it.

That's how it works.

That's the game that they playing.

Howard decided
that the best way to get to me

was to get to you, and he was right,

'cause you all I care about.

Look, the truth is,

if it had been me or one of your uncles

or one of our people,

that m*therf*cker would have put us down

before we got within yards of him.

He was on one, Kanan,

and he was gonna
thr*aten you that night.

Either you snitch on me,

or he was gonna lock you up
for Buck Twenty.

That was the toughest decision
of my life.

And like I said before, I hate...

...that I hurt you.

I love you.

Come on.

Let's go home.

♪ ♪

[KEYS JINGLING]

[LOCK CLATTERING]

[SCOFFS]

You back.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

The room looks good... right?

I mean, uh, the color
just f-felt like you.

I found some sh*t to hang
I thought you'd like.

♪ ♪

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

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So you're the little broad

creating all these big problems, huh?

You know, when I heard it, I said,

"She gotta be from out of town,"

because nobody from Jersey
would ever dream

of moving their sh*t in my backyard

without giving me my taste,

'cause that's grand f*cking larceny

of the highest f*ckin' order,
my dusky friend.

As far as I'm concerned,
I'd be within my rights

to drop the lot of you
right where you stand.

There's been a
misunderstanding, Mr. Boselli.

- We're sorry if we stepped on...
- We ain't sorry for sh*t.

I ain't see you posted up
in them projects.

Didn't hear no claim on that block.

Just because I'm not there
doesn't mean I'm not there.

That's the beauty of me. I'm everywhere.

[LAUGHTER]

Nothing happens in Newark
without my stamp of approval.

So you just waitin'
for somebody to move in

so you can squeeze 'em?

That number right there
is the cost of doing business

in my neck of the woods.

You coming over that bridge
or through that tunnel,

you gotta pay the toll.

Consider that offer
to be best and final.

Considered.

And rejected.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[LAUGHING] Oh, sh...

I don't know. I kinda like her.

♪ ♪

Don't ever speak for me again.

And who told you
to talk about a business

that you barely even in?

When they come for us,
they gonna come for all us.

And if that's not bad enough,
you questioning me now.

You apologizing to that noodle n*gga,

but you gonna question me.

[LOU-LOU] I'm just trying
to keep us all alive.

Taking out 'Nique, that's one thing.

These Mafia m*therf*ckers,
that's somethin' else.

Lou shook, Marvin. How about you?

I ain't scared of nobody.

[RAQ] Look, no more trucks.

From here on out,
we takin' the short bus.

This here is a team sport, Lou.

You wanna do that solo sh*t,

you need to take up some tennis, n*gga.

Now, you know this sh*t
is f*cked up, just like I do,

but you too much of a bitch
to say it to her.

n*gga, all that music you listen to

got you deaf and dumb.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

♪ ♪

[FAMOUS] Yeah!

♪ ♪

You gettin' your ass whupped. [LAUGHS]

♪ ♪

Yo. Yo!

Everybody, listen up. Listen up.

Shh!

Everybody, give it up to my man,

my brother, Kanan m*therf*cking Stark

in the f*cking building,

for payin' for everything
and puttin' this sh*t together.

Give it up! Give it up to my man Kanan.

- [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
- Yeah.

Welcome to Club Famous, n*gg*s.

- Oh!
- Whoa!

I'm good!

- [ALL WHOOPING]
- Yeah!

[KNOCK AT DOOR]

[KNOCK AT DOOR]

Uh, you may wanna keep it down.

Ms. Davis in
will call the cops on you.

Uh, who are you?

Corinne.

You and, uh,

your sister wanna come inside, Corrine?

[PERSON] I'm Corinne's mother,

Palomar.

For real?

We're your neighbors in .

[CORRINE] Hey, Mom, you care

if I kick it here for a minute with...

Kanan.

...Kanan?

For a little while.

Not too long.

I wouldn't want Kanan to get
the wrong idea about you.

Nice meeting you, Kanan.

You too.

[SMOOTH MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[R&B MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

[PERSON MOANS]

♪ ♪

[SINGER] ♪ But, girl
I want you to want me ♪

♪ Want you to... ♪

[PERSON GRUNTS]

Hey, it happens to everybody.

For real.

You been through a hell of a lot.

You know, I always say
that your d*ck knows more

about your head than your brain.

- That's what you always say?
- Mm-hmm.

We got a ho philosopher over here, huh?

Believe it or not, I actually
know some sh*t, Malcolm.

And I actually know some sh*t about men.

Andrea... [SIGHS]

...I got a son, you know?

About the same age as your kid.

We been doing this thing for,

what, seven years,

and you have never mentioned a kid,

not even once.

And ain't no photos of any kid
anywhere in your house,

ever.

I just found out.

[ANDREA] Oh.

I don't even know what to say to him.

I told him I'd die for him,
like you said before.

That sh*t ain't move the needle.

That's some heavy sh*t
to say to a kid...

[SIGHS] ...especially one
that you just discovered

is your child.

Hmm?

He don't even think I'm his father.

Because you're not.

Being someone's daddy
ain't just saying it, Malcolm.

You gotta show up for your kid,

be there for him,

let him know that he can count on you.

I mean, kids can feel
who's in their corner,

hmm?

Be in your son's corner, Malcolm,

and then he'll know you're his daddy.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[RAQ] Hey, baby. You seen your cousin?

Famous is havin' some people
over at the new place.

Oh, Famous got his own apartment now?

Some place down by Rochdale.

Where he get the money to pay for that?

Crown has a connect
who owns the building.

[CHUCKLES] Crown in business
with everybody.

[JUKEBOX] I'ma go down there
later tonight.

If I see Kanan, you want me
to tell him anything?

Oh, no, I was just wonderin'
where he was.

I saw my mom today.

♪ ♪

You saw your mother?

Where?

She's been living uptown.

It was crazy.

I mean... weird.

Sitting across from her
after all those years.

She reach out to you?

Nah. I tracked her down.

She's been living in New York
for a minute.

But she never thought to come find you.

Just 'cause you blood with somebody

don't mean they deserve
to be in your life.

Family's earned, Juke.

It ain't just a given.

All right. You hungry?

I'll fix you something to eat.

No, thank you.

All right.

[MARVIN] Count's light.

- You short .
- [WORRELL] I know.

Thing is, I stacked that sh*t
myself back at Baisley.

Put it in the box in the closet.

I don't know what the f*ck
happened to it.

f*ck it doing in the closet?

sh*t's supposed to move
as soon as we get it.

Been keeping some extra around,

just in case we need it during the day.

Who the f*ck told you to do that?

That's how 'Nique...

'Nique?

[LAUGHING] Yo, the n*gga here?

He-he-he in the closet?

Or-or maybe he under
the-the mattress or some sh*t?

Because I don't see him
nowhere, Worrell.

But 'Nique sneaky, so ma-maybe he here.

In here?

You work for us, n*gga.

You do it our way.

The money moves always.

You tell Lou?

Lou don't never come round here.

That's why I hit you up.

Someone's skimmin'...

and when you catch the n*gga,

we gonna have to do what we do.

I need you to do a run.

Know how to f*ck with a stick shift?

[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER, LAUGHTER]

[KNOCK AT DOOR]

[LAUGHS] It's my backup singer, y'all.

You call me that one more time,
I'ma f*ck you up.

[FAMOUS] You know I love you, Juke.

[JUKEBOX] sh*t. All right.

Check it out!

- Right? Right?
- Nice!

- All right.
- Let me make you a drink.

[CHUCKLES]

You got a girlfriend?

Dolo.

Not anymore, you're not.

Check it out. This new sh*t.

I'm on my own now, Juke.
I got my own crib.

- Yeah?
- I'm writing rhymes again.

'Bout to be back on top, n*gga. Moves.

Crown Camacho in this bitch!
Yo, what's good?

Yo.

[FAMOUS] Hey!

- Oh, you got guests.
- Yes, sir.

I like. I like.

- Yeah.
- [LAUGHTER]

Yo, let me take care of you
like you take care of me.

A'ight, make you a drink.

Yo, Kanan.

Juke.

I was hoping I'd see you here.

Why would you be hoping to talk to me?

'Cause I got this track
that you'll love, girl.

Believe that.

♪ ♪

[MELLOW R&B MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

So... it's to your new mixing board

and all them hits you gonna make on it.

Ain't sh*t Cartier Fareed
can't get his hands on, huh?

If you can fulfill a need,
you'll always be necessary.

And that's what you doing, my brother.

Heads need that sound
that speaks to them,

that feels like 'em,
that moves like 'em.

That's what I'm trying to do here.

I don't know, feel like everybody

keep gettin' in my way.

You ever heard of Lee Iacocca?

- The car n*gga?
- Mm.

President, CEO,
and chairman of Chrysler.

Now, that man's a business savant.

He knows everything from marketing

to supply chain management.

But Lee has a saying.

The speed of the boss
is the speed of the team.

So... if you gonna be the boss,

you gotta set the pace, my n*gga.

Word up.

Get some more of this.

[LAUGHS] You like the good sh*t.

- [LAUGHS]
- Yeah.

He came to my store.

Unique.

He comes and he goes as he pleases.

After everything that he did to me,

to you.

I thought you were strong.

This is weakness.

He laughs at us.

It's all strategy, Juliana.

Now, it might not feel right to you,

but it's just a move
in this game we playing.

I'm not playing your game.

[SINGERS] ♪ Who's the man
With the master plan? ♪

♪ Ooh-hoo-hoo ♪

♪ Who's the man With the master plan? ♪

♪ Ooh-hoo-hoo ♪

♪ Who's the man With the master plan? ♪

♪ Ooh-hoo-hoo ♪

♪ Who's the man With the master plan? ♪

♪ Ooh-hoo-hoo... ♪

- Yo.
- Yeah?

What you doing with all them
church clothes?

[LAUGHS] I'm goin' on Sunday.

What, Juke catching the
Holy Ghost all of a sudden?

I'm asking God to save me from Famous.

[KANAN] Tsh.

Fool was pushin' up on me at his party.

Come on, that dude
always pushin' up on you.

n*gga got a little closer than usual.

Yeah, Fame wasn't feelin'
no type of pain last night.

- [LAUGHS]
- Neither was you.

- [SUCKING TEETH]
- [KANAN] Hey.

[LAUGHTER]

I actually...
grabbed up all these clothes

'cause my moms asked me
to go to her church with her.

Oh, sh*t. Your mother.

Damn, I forgot, Juke,
but how did that go?

I don't know, man.

She's...

...a'ight.

Can't call it. Still too soon.

I mean, she left when I was a damn baby.

What kind of mother does that?

One who got Marvin as the father.

[SCOFFS]

You wanna know what was really a trip?

Her eyes, man.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

[SIGHS] Lookin' in 'em.

♪ ♪

There was something that I recognized.

Like I've always known her

and she's always known me.

It was like lookin' at myself
in some f*cked-up way.

That's deep.

For real.

♪ ♪

Well, I'll leave you two alone.

Give you some time.

[SIGHS] So this is where

all the family dinners
are gonna go down.

Thinking about putting the
dining room table right here,

and then I'ma put a big
old chandelier above it.

Thinking about maybe ripping out

these hardwood floors too,

puttin' in some carpet.

What you think?

Why'd you reach out to me, Raq?

I mean, I know you do all that
urban planning and sh*t.

Figure you know about architecture

and buildings and all that.

And the hardwood floors.

[RAQ] Yeah. The hardwood floors.

[CHUCKLES]

You can go if you want to.

[CHUCKLES]

What do you want from me, Raq?

I want you to tell me if I should

rip up these hardwood floors
and put some carpet in.

Just lay the carpet over the hardwood.

Hardwood never goes out of style.

You might want it back sometime.

Yeah, the rug's not gonna be
too high, right?

'Cause you know I like my
carpets like I like my men...

...thick.

[SNORTS]

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

You a clown.

[LAUGHTER]

- You know that?
- Mm-hmm.

Come on. I'll show you the bedrooms.

[SYMPHONY] Hey.

[SOFT MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

I need to know.

I thought I didn't, but... I do.

What happened that night,

the night you had me
take Kanan out of state?

Cops was wilin'.

I needed my boy gone.

What happened that night is,
I was protecting my son.

Protecting Kanan?

[RAQ] Always.

Right.

Let me show you those bedrooms.

♪ ♪

Yup. Gonna be on a bus.

One of them short joints
leaving from the Southside.

Check it out, man.

Don't f*ck with my mans, a'ight?

He with me.

[CLEARS THROAT]

Gotta go.

You openin' up again in here?

Never closed, Detective.

Can I help you, uh, find something?

You know, we got a lot of new, uh,

fabrics being shipped in
from Paris next week.

Maybe something nice
to bring out the color

in those pretty little eyes of yours.

I'm good.

[UNIQUE] Know what they say.

Clothes make the man... or the woman.

Is that what they say?

Seems like you hit a rough patch.

My partner gets sh*t, almost dies.

You get locked up for it,
even though you didn't do it.

You lose your business
and everything else.

Meanwhile, word is that you got set up.

That you got played, Unique.

Someone f*cked me over like that...

[SCOFFS] ...I'd be pissed.

Wanna know who it was
so I could get payback.

I guess that's the difference

between you and I, Detective.

You see, I'm all about
that live-and-let-live sh*t.

God, grant me the tranquility

to know what the f*ck I can change,

what the f*ck I can't change,

and the wisdom to know
the g*dd*mn difference.

- "Serenity."
- Scuse me?

"God, grant me the serenity to know."

[LAUGHS] Same sh*t.

We done here, or can I offer you

a nice linen pantsuit or something?

You know, it's lovely on a hot day.

And we can even cut it to accentuate...

whatever it is that you're offering,

'cause I know you're offering
something, Detective.

I got my eye on you.

And I've got mines on you.

Good day, Detective.

You just make the offer.
I'll handle everything else.

[REALTOR] Done.

[RAQ SIGHS]

So I'm doing this.

I'm happy for you.

You don't seem happy for me.

I need you to stop calling me.

Stop pulling me back to you.

I need you to just leave me alone.

We're gonna do the same sh*t
all over again,

end up in the same place...

...or maybe someplace worse.

All I'm saying is...

...if you do care about me,
and I believe you do,

I really do...

...let me go.

Let me move on with my life.

You're a grown man.

Can't make you do nothin'
you don't wanna do.

You once told me
I was like a vacation for you.

Remember that?

But I never wanted
to be your vacation, Raq.

I wanted to be your home.

♪ ♪

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[MARVIN] Call me soon as drop's done.

[ENGINE TURNING OVER]

[RAQ] Where you going?

Hanging out with Famous.

Be safe.

Always.

[EDGY MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[PUBLIC ENEMY'S
"CAN'T TRUSS IT" PLAYING]

♪ ♪

[PUBLIC ENEMY] Yeah, yeah.

All right, all right.

Here come the drums.

All right, all right.

Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, yeah!

All right, all right.

♪ Bass in your face ♪

♪ Not an eight-track
Gettin' it good to the wood ♪

♪ So the people give you
Some of that reactin' ♪

♪ To the facts that I kick
And it stick... ♪

[TIRES SCREECHING]

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

Time to get the f*ck out!

♪ ♪

[MARVIN] Yo. Slow down. Calm down.

Let me f*cking hear you.

You gotta be f*ckin' kiddin' me.

The f*ckin' bus too?

♪ ♪

m*therf*cker.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ ♪

[GROWN KANAN]
Everybody got their own sh*t,

their own journey, their own path.

Some m*therf*ckers
living in the present,

tryin' to figure out who they are.

[KNOCKING]

And then some m*therf*ckers
are lookin' toward the future,

tryin' to figure out who they wanna be.

♪ ♪

And then there are other heads
stuck in the past,

doing everything
in their power to make sure

that none of us find out who they were.

[GEARSHIFT CLICKS]

And that's what all this sh*t is.

That's what life is.

A f*cking throwdown
between what happened,

what's happening,
and what's gonna happen.

And I know what you're wonderin'.

Who's gonna win this f*cking fight,

the past, the present, or the future?

sh*t.

Why you asking me, n*gga?