03x08 - Roots and Wings

[bunniefuu]

- Last time on Star...
- You are to be detained by U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement.

So I'm-a get me some therapy.

There's this retreat in Jamaica that Ayanna told me about.

Plenty of room for a kid, right?
Jackson,

- I want all three of us here.
- The Bankhead Crew

is doing something out of that club.

Find a way to get closer to the action.

I just came to holla at you about getting a job.

Come on by later, and we'll set you up.

I might have a job for you.

You gonna have to be a quick learner around here.

When you told me

that I should imagine kissing someone

that I cared about, I thought about you.

All right, whatever you need, bro, I...

Stay on the ground.

I think Derek is cheating on me.

I need you to run

a little money through the club.

The cops been sniffing around Karma.

I've been running dr*gs

all up and down the coast.

If you take the fall, I can get you out.

I'm here to turn myself in.

- Mami, tengo frío.
- Shh.

Cállate la boca, mi hija.

Here.

Mucha gracia, señor.

- Cállate!
- She's cold, man!

♪ Y'all know me ♪

♪ I was there for you b*tches... ♪

Baby, this is dope.

It's gonna k*ll the charts.

- When's Tyga laying his verse down?
- I don't know yet.

As long as he puts his verse
on it by the festival,

I'm gonna debut it as a remix.

I figured you'd be really busy,
so I took it upon myself.

For the nursery,

what do you think
about Sunny Yellow?

I hate it.

- Come on, baby.
- I hate 'em all.

You do not.

We're supposed to be doing
the nursery together.

What are you doing?

Well, I want to, but, like,

- I figured you'd be busy, so...
- Jackson?

Baby? Sorry.

- Door was unlocked. I just came right in.
- Oh.

Get over here.

Who is this woman?

Oh, baby!

Ooh. Look at these muscles.

Stop.

Star, Rebecca. Rebecca, Star.

- This is my mom.
- Hi.

- Hi.
- I was gonna get

a hotel room, but I just...

No, you can stay with us.

Oh.

Mm...

Oh.

Mwah.

Okay.

So, what do you think?

I don't... It's not
giving me "solo project."

It's very Take 3, and you
want a Alex Crane moment.

No, but that's-that's
what this is.

No, you know music.

Your father's a music legend.

Look, I'm trying.

But between this album and...

Maurice getting at me

for this festival, it's just...
it's a lot.

Maurice? Well, girl, that's the
wrong person to listen to.

All he trying to do is
take Carlotta's job

at Gravity Records.

He is not to be trusted.

Well, I guess I'm just gonna
have to take his shady ass out.

Hey!

Somebody got their groove back.

Baby.

Come on.

- So, how are you?
- I'm better.

I'm not perfect, but better's
good enough for now.

- Yeah.
- But what's this y'all talking about

Maurice is at Gravity Records?

That ain't nothing for
you to be worried about.

They had some drama
go down at Karma.

Was Cassie there with him?

She got arrested last week.

- For what?
- Damn, Cotton.

For money laundering, dr*gs.

Okay, they got her
locked up in county,

but we just didn't want
to worry you with it.

Next time, why don't you just
let your mama be better?

- She needed to know.
- Here you go, really dampen her spirit,

talking 'bout Cassie.

Welcome home.

You a real mess.

♪ I bring me ♪

♪ Get mine, 'bout
mine, go hard ♪

♪ Looking for another like me ♪

♪ Boy, stop ♪

♪ I bring me ♪

♪ Whose love is the tightest? ♪

- ♪ Whose kiss is the nicest?
♪ - ♪ Me ♪

♪ Whose touch is the rightest? ♪

♪ Me ♪

♪ I bring me ♪

♪ I bring, I bring me. ♪

Batista. What's going on?

Unfortunately, your services
are no longer needed.

What?

You said if I got you close
to the Bankhead Crew,

you would help me find out which
one of them hurt my grandma.

Me and Montero have
been busting our ass...

Maria was found m*rder*d.

- What?
- Two days ago.

I'm sorry. She was a great cop

and an even better mother.

Look, I know what this
case means to you.

The work that you've
done as an informant,

that led us to a major criminal
organization at Karma.

What about my grandma?

Derek, this case has
gone from r*pe to m*rder

to a money laundering ring. Now,

I'm not asking you...
I am telling you...

let law enforcement
handle it from here.

♪ Yeah, yeah, I'm a warrior ♪

♪ Back in second grade,
they threw me in ESL ♪

Shut the hell up.

Okay, okay. Time-out,
time-out, time-out.

Can we take a break?

♪ I don't want no beef, man ♪

Noah, Afro Rock Night at Karma
is all about black unity

and black excellence, but
you look tired as hell.

- Kick it up a notch.
- I just need a minute.

We ain't got a minute. I
booked you this press

- and this appearance so you...
- Okay, yeah, I get it, Maurice.

Damn.

Hey, kid.

We still on for lunch?

Actually, no, he's
got press now.

Live with Chloe. He might
have to do a rain check.

Even slaves had time to eat.

Pop, come on.

- Chloe, I got Noah for you.
- Hey, what's up?

- Hey.
- Have a seat. You ready?

- Yeah.
- Quiet on the set.

- Going live.
- All right. Ready, guys?

Camera rolling.

So, the Rhythm and Bells Fest
has a lot of hype around it.

I see you out here doing
a lot of press for it.

From MTV to Afro Rock.

I respect your hustle.

So, tell me about this new music
you're gonna hit us with.

Shut the hell up or I'll
blow your head off.

You okay?

Noah?

I'm sorry. Um...

I'm not.

You know, I'm-I'm not okay.

Um, can we...

can we do this another time?

Yeah, sure.

Let's cut it.

Hey.

Hey, what's wrong with you?

I got robbed the other
night, and, um...

some dude ran up on me and
put a g*n to my head.

Wait, who the hell
pulled a g*n on you?

Listen, the police...

- I am talking to my son.
- Look,

right now is make-or-break
for his career.

And if you interrupt me again,
we gonna have a problem.

Now, look, Noah, you take a sec,

you man up, and let's get this.

Chloe, we're ready.

Pop, I'm good.

I'm good.

I'm just worried that
this Black Ivy trailer

won't be done before
Rhythm and Bells.

Baby, you got to blend
that powder in.

You can't just sit that powder
on her cheeks like that.

You... Give us a minute, please.

Thank you.

Here go the baby daddy, girl.

- I'll be back.
- Okay.

- Hello?
- We have your husband,

Angel Rivera, in America.

Excuse me?

Wh-What are you talking about?

My husband's in the Dominican Republic.
Who are you?

Simone.

Angel?

Angel, baby, are you okay?

Listen to me, okay?
I don't have long.

These smugglers brought
me back into the States.

They-they say you got 24
hours to get $7,000 or else.

He's gonna call back
with instructions.

What are you talking about?
Angel.

Do you want me to
call the police?

If you call somebody,
he-he'll k*ll me.

Not even Star, you hear me?

Angel, what are you
talking about?

A...

Oh. Ch-Chill.

Damn.

Welcome back, sis.

We got to stop meeting

in institutions like this.

How you holding up?

Ain't nothing.

I know what I got to do.

You know I ain't stupid, right?

I know you're covering
up for Xander.

Because he loves me
more than anybody else,

and we're getting married.

And he's bringing some lawyers
down here, so I'm straight.

Mm-hmm.

You know, when I was in Jamaica,
I was thinking about you.

I was thinking about
the first time

you met Xander's trifling ass.

He was trying to get you to
cut school one day, right?

And then that one day turned
into you dropping out of school

so you could start helping him do his dirt.
Do you remember?

Look, I don't need a
walk down memory shame.

- A bitch already in jail.
- Cass,

he is k*lling you.

He's k*lling every dream
you ever hoped to have.

I worked my whole life to try to
keep that from happening to you.

Guard.

Don't let him k*ll my sister.

Cass.

Cassie!

Man, I've been so stressed
about this Take 3 album.

I don't know what I'll do if
Carlotta doesn't like it.

She's gonna love it.

There's nothing not to like.

Simone, are you okay?

Yeah, I'm good. I'm just
waiting for a call.

I don't know what to
do about Jackson.

- _ - We haven't even
decorated the nursery yet,

and now his mom is
staying with us.

Oh, so y'all are
doing parents now?

- Mm, okay, wifey.
- Not by choice.

So, how is she?

Blonde, loud,

- obnoxious.
- Oh, okay.

So, you in 20 years.

Got it.

- Hey. Sorry I'm late.
- Hey.

- It's okay.
- Hey, Miss C.

Miss Carlotta.

- Hi, Mama.
- She's back!

I missed y'all.

- Missed you.
- What's up?

You look good.

- Thank you.
- Okay, so...

what'd you think
about our album?

We feel like this will be

a really dope way to say
goodbye to our fans.

Hold up, goodbye?

Miss C, we talked about this.

Yeah, we made a final decision.

Together.

All right, I listened
to the album,

and I think it's
missing something.

That defining song.

And Gravity's not
gonna release it

until it's done, and
I say it's not done.

Okay, Miss C, I can't
keep postponing

- Black Ivy rehearsal.
- Yo, I've been trying to finish

this remix of "There
for You" for weeks,

- and I can't if we...
- I still have to work on my set

- for the Rhythm and Bells...
- Then I guess

y'all better get
back to work, then.

- You're serious?
- Because, unlike y'all,

I still care.

You recognize this woman?

That's Tammy.

She works at Karma.

- Is she a cop?
- She was a cop.

She was m*rder*d.

She discovered money was being
laundered through the club.

I'm sure you knew nothing
about that either.

Don't you got some unarmed
black dude to go sh**t?

I ain't answering no more

of your questions until
my entire legal team

- walks through this piece.
- You listen closely.

You got a cop's blood
on your hands.

I know what you're thinking,
and I know what you're doing.

Now, you want to
cooperate with me,

I might cut you a deal.

Maybe even can get you home
in time for BET After Dark.

Man, that show don't even
come on no more, bitch.

♪ Wonder how you been... ♪

I just don't like it.
My son would rather

talk to Maurice about
his problems than me?

Maybe he feel like
it's a little late

for you to be showing up
to be the man in his life.

Maybe he don't think
of me as a man at all.

Please.

I'm just so grateful I got you.

- Really?
- Yep.

I can't tell.

What?

I'm just saying, Bobby, if
you so grateful you got me,

like, why I still feel like
a closet freak to you?

For real?

Yeah. For real.

Like, what are we doing, Bobby?

I-I mean, it ain't
like I'm ashamed.

It's I-I don't know how Noah's
gonna react, that's all.

I-I don't want nothing else
putting a distance between us.

I think you putting a
distance between us.

I...

Got to get it together.

Ticktock.

♪ Oh ♪

Give me a kiss.

♪ You had my love, oh, love ♪

♪ Why you go and mess it up? ♪

♪ Why you go and mess it up? ♪

♪ You go and mess it up? ♪

Yo.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
Whoa, whoa.

What's good? What's good? You all right?
You all right?

- I can't... I can't breathe.
- Come on, come on, come on.

Come on, calm down. Calm down.

Come here, come here,
come here, come here.

I'm waiting... I'm waiting
on Star and Simone

to finish this album.

I'm trying to finish
my own solo album.

- Alex, breathe, breathe.
- And I need it to be perfect,

- and it's not perfect.
- Breathe.

- This festival's coming up.
- Come on, come on.

And I just broke up with Derek,

and that was the
only solid thing,

and now it's gone.

Maybe I'm the problem.

Alex, come on.

Maybe that's why me
and you didn't work.

Listen, come on. Alex.

We both know that it was me.

All right? Look, I never
really said this,

but I... but I'm sorry for
everything that happened.

Be honest with me, Noah.

Okay, um... you have a wall.

It's not easy being
a black woman

in, in this world.

You got to hold it all in.

Never let 'em see you cry.

Yeah.

Trust me, I understand.

Being a black man...

it's not easy.

Yeah.

I saw your interview with Chloe.

Are you okay?

I'm good.

I'm gonna make sure that
never happens again.

Nobody's ever gonna run
up on me like that.

You good?

Yeah.

Look, I got to...
I got to hit it

to this Afro Rock thing
at Karma a little later.

You should come through.

Maybe.

You think you maybe have
a little time to...

listen to my music?

After all the times you
helped me, I owe you.

You do.

Hello.

I'll be there.

Thank you for the money.

I would have never let
you do this by yourself.

Thank you.

Where is he?

Price just went up.

- Okay, let him out!
- No, no, no.

It's okay. I came
prepared for this.

Out.

Angel.

I thought I'd never
see you again.

Are you okay? Did they hurt you?

Are you okay?

I got those divorce papers.

I swore I'd do anything
to get back to you.

You did that for me?

I love you, Simone Rivera.

I love you, too.

All rise. Court is
now in session.

Be seated.

Cass, I can get you a lawyer.

Why you bring the whole
family into this?

Because if Xander
comes up in here,

he needs to know we got you.

Not him.

Don't look like he about
to show, anyway. Does it?

What was that

that you were saying?

There's my baby
with my lawyer now.

- Hi, baby.
- Hey, girl.

How you doing?

You still look good.

Watch it, Xander.

Brick been itching to whup
your ass for the longest.

Cassandra Augustine Brown.

- Your Honor.
- You're being charged with

four counts of money laundering

and drug trafficking.
How do you plead?

Not guilty.

You'll be held in the
Fulton County Jail

until your trial date
has been determined.

- Next case.
- Cassie.

You need to let me help you.
You need to make a choice now.

Who, you and a bunch of g*ons?

No, come on. Cassie,

I got the best
lawyers in Atlanta.

We'll get you out in no time.

- I promise.
- Make a choice.

I am.

Xander.

I don't know how many
times you two sisters

are gonna have to
learn I always win.

So my sister's the loser, huh?

But that's your goal, isn't it?

So that you can watch her
drown in her own blood,

then you can swoop in
and save the day...

like the evil, selfish
bitch you are.

What'd you call me?

I'm-a send your ass to hell.

I'll save you a seat.

Oh, my God. Man,
this is amazing.

Whoa!

Are you kidding me right now?

I'm just so glad you
finally get to eat.

I got fresh clothes, a shower.

Your friend Nina hooked us up.

Well, actually, I wanted to talk
to you about her, but... Oh.

What is this?

When we got to the States,

we had to make a detour
'cause we had to avoid ICE.

They said they were gonna take
us to a safe house, but, um...

but then they were just
asking for more money.

And you didn't have it.

No, of course we didn't have it.

So they did this to you.

I'm so sorry.

- Oh!
- Oh. Mom, are you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

I think someone slipped
something in my Pinot Grigio.

Oh, they must have.

Has nothing to do with the fact
that you drank two bottles.

I like her.

So, Mom, what did you
have to show us?

Ta-da!

What's this?

I'm gonna decorate your nursery.

- No, you're not.
- What?

You can't decorate my house.

Okay. I was just trying to help.

I mean, I figured with
your lifestyle...

What's my lifestyle?

Well, Jackson told me that
you're not gonna be home much.

I mean, I assume you'll be
recording and partying,

so I think I can handle

- decorating a nursery.
- I said she'd be working.

Jackson told me about your mama.

- Mom!
- My mama?

What are you trying to say?

I'm just telling it
like it is, sweetie.

- Mom.
- You need to get her before I do.

Oh, you want to start
with me, sugar?

- Mom. Stop, please.
- I got cousins

who are white trash.
I know your type.

- Okay. That's enough. Mom, come on.
- What?

- We're going to bed.
- I'm not doing anything wrong.

- Mom. Please don't do this. Stop.
- Fine.

- What are you...?
- Fine.

- What are you doing?
- I'm just trying to help.

You're not helping.

This doesn't help. It never did.

- Baby.
- Oh, no.

- Baby, I'm... Please, just...
- No, no, no, no.

- No, I've done this before.
- Baby.

We not doing this.

Oh, boy.

That better not be
what I think it is.

Man, chill out, Pop.

Hey, the cemetery
is full of fools

who got talked into
carrying a g*n.

Ain't nobody talk
me into anything.

Yeah, no, you're just being
stupid all on your own.

What am I supposed to do, Pop?

Wait for another person
to take a sh*t at me?

A man ain't supposed to
run from his problems,

but what would you
know about that?

What I know?

I know you've been carrying
the weight of the world

on your shoulders ever
since you was young,

way too young, son.

I know you tired of feeling
like you got to grow up faster,

be stronger, work harder.

But, yo, that's the black tax

- we got to pay.
- I'm tired, Pop!

I'm... I'm tired, man.

♪ When I turn back around ♪

♪ When I was young
and innocent ♪

♪ Life yet to begun ♪

♪ My love for life was
like the rising sun ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Was took away like
leaves in a hurricane ♪

♪ But, no, I'm not done ♪

♪ And it's not over, the
hate we still face ♪

♪ But I fight for
a good future ♪

♪ That's what we count on ♪

♪ I'm ready for w*r ♪

♪ Ah ♪

♪ You won't bring me down ♪

♪ I'm still around ♪

♪ I fight for what's mine ♪

♪ That's how freedom is found ♪

♪ I'm ready for w*r ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah ♪

♪ I'm ready for w*r. ♪

No.

♪ Hey, hey, yeah, come again ♪

♪ Hey, yeah, uh ♪

♪ I feel like I'm Goku ♪

♪ Hey, yeah, feel like
I'm, feel like I'm Goku ♪

♪ Hey, my credit card
didn't go through ♪

♪ I feel like I'm Goku... ♪

Noah!

♪ Ballin', I feel
like I'm Goku ♪

♪ Hey, my credit card
didn't go through ♪

♪ I'm ballin', I
feel like I'm Goku ♪

♪ Ooh, ballin', I
feel like I'm Goku ♪

♪ Oh! Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Ballin', I feel like I'm
Goku, Goku, Goku... ♪

Yo, yo. I'll be up in a minute.

♪ Ooh, ooh, ballin', I
feel like I'm Goku... ♪

Sorry, sir, thanks.

♪ She just wants happy, happy,
happy, happy endings... ♪

- Yo, yo, yo.
- Yo, I need a word with my son!

No, what you need to do is
keep your hands off me.

Yo, you keep pushing
Noah like this,

he gonna wind up
back on that roof.

What the hell you talking about?

You know, I see you.

I know what you trying to do.

Look, Noah, you might
want to talk some sense

into your father before
he gets himself hurt.

- No, wait, wait, wait. Come on, come on.
- No, get your...

Come on, come on,
come on, come on.

Pop. I got him.

Pop, go home already.

- Just go home, man.
- No.

- Please.
- Yup.

♪ You washed up and
want to be famous ♪

♪ All the MSFTS,
they been waiting ♪

♪ I'm 'bout to play
this on the stages... ♪

Alex, we're gonna finish the
Take 3 album, all right?

Damn.

That sounded fun.

Listen, I just
wanted to apologize

for the other night with my mom.

Well, she's not gonna
disrespect me in my own house.

What's the deal with her?

She's crying and all
over the place.

Listen, she's gone, okay?

I told her to
leave, and she did.

Can you please just drop it?

I really want

to thank you for what you
did for me and Angel today.

- Are you okay?
- I just, uh...

I saw how you and Angel
looked at each other.

- There's so much love there.
- Yeah.

I mean, he moved
heaven and earth

just to make it back to me.

You know, I still
can't believe it.

I can.

I think anyone...

would want a sh*t at
something real with you.

Simone...

I got to try.

You're the first person that's
seen me in a really long time.

I mean, you mean a lot to me.

I care a lot about
you, too, but...

Angel, I can...

You got to go.

Angel, I...

I see why you want a divorce.

Maybe you should let
the girls explore

some of their own projects.

C?

You hear nothing I just said?

Sorry.

I got a lot of, um,
family stuff on my mind.

They say therapy'll
do that to you.

You've been doing
the most lately.

What, you coming at me, too?

I ain't coming at you,
but I'm just concerned.

Between Cassie and Take 3,

I ain't took no time to think
about my own damn life.

There's still some things

I'm trying to process
from that trip.

Cassie a grown-ass woman.

Let her make her own mistakes.

Whatever bed Cassie
make for herself,

- she gonna have to lay in.
- Look, I just don't want to see

nobody else get hurt.

You can't control that, C.

And I know you don't
want to hear this, but

Star, Simone, and Alex
are not babies anymore.

They're artists.

They're young women.

You gave them their roots.

Now you got to give
'em their wings.

So, who made you so wise?

A fierce bitch with
fierce wigs named Big C.

♪ You got energy, but you
ain't gonna use it ♪

♪ Uh-huh ♪

♪ You got so much time, but
you ain't gonna use it ♪

♪ Uh-huh ♪

♪ You got so much space, but
you ain't gonna use it ♪

♪ Uh-huh ♪

♪ You got a great big mind, but
you ain't gonna use it... ♪

I really needed this.

Yeah, me, too.

Work it.

- Do the spin, go ahead.
- Oh.

- Oh, oh.
- The spin. Oh.

♪ Other side to your brain, but
you ain't tryin' to use it ♪

- ♪ Uh-huh ♪ - ♪ You
got an extra eye ♪

♪ But you ain't
tryin' to use it... ♪

♪ Uh-huh ♪

Alex. Alex, I'm sorry. I...

- Yeah.
- I-I got a girl now.

No, I'm... I'm just still trying
to figure everything out...

who I am, where I want to be...
and I'm-I'm-I'm sorry.

No, look, listen.

We're good, all right?

As much as we've
both been through,

I ain't got no place to judge.

- ♪ But you ain't gonna
use it ♪ - ♪ Uh-huh ♪

Just look at
everybody here, man,

being free and authentic and
doing whatever they want to do.

That's... that's what I want to
do, but I feel like I can't.

You can. You hear me? You can.

♪ But you ain't gonna use it. ♪

Hey.

Hey.

You realize

if anybody understands
messed-up relationships

with their parents,
it's me, right?

So let it all out.

Tell me. What's the deal?

It was hard for her raising
me as a single parent.

It was even harder because...

she's bipolar.

Growing up,

there were so many
highs and lows.

On any given day, I had no
idea what I was gonna get.

I'm sorry.

How come you didn't tell me

about any of this
before she came?

I guess you're not the only one
that has problems opening up.

We're in this together.

♪ You know I'm watching ♪

♪ I'm watching, girl ♪

♪ I don't care if
you can't dance ♪

♪ Just focus and you lock it... ♪

- Yo, let me talk to you!
- Hey, hey.

You got g*ns now?

- Oh, my God, man.
- Use it!

No, listen, you can't
be running up on me

like that, man. I almost...

- almost sh*t you, man.
- If you're

'bout it 'bout it, then be
'bout it 'bout it then, boy.

All right, you done had a
little bit too much to drink.

- Calm down, Derek.
- Every little chance you get,

you start sniffing
around my girl.

Last I checked, she's
not your girl.

All right? And she kissed me.

I didn't kiss her back.
Nothing happened.

I want to talk to her and
let her know whatever...

Look, man, Alex needs
some more time, man.

You broke her heart, all right?
Now take it from me.

You don't want to make it no
more worse that it already is.

You back twice in one day?

I must be special.

I've been thinking a lot
about when Mama told me

I was gonna have
a little sister.

She said, "It... it's your job

to protect her no matter
what may come her way,"

and I promised her

I would protect you
no matter what came.

You remember those,
um, car rides

that Daddy used to take
me on without you?

Yeah, you got to ride in
the Caddy every Sunday.

He used to do things to
me when we were alone.

Things that weren't right,

and I hated it,

and I hated him.

But it didn't matter.

As long as he didn't
touch you, it was okay.

That was my cross to bear.

Daddy never loved me more.

He loved nobody.

There was nothing but
darkness in him.

And I see that same darkness

in Xander.

But that ain't my
monster to k*ll.

I freaked out.

I'm sorry.

I guess I just didn't think you
were gonna move on so fast.

No. Angel, look, I'm sorry.

You know, everything just
happened so fast between us,

and when I left the
D.R., I realized

I still had a lot of things I
had to figure out, you know?

What I wanted, who I wanted.

And I realized that... I
only want to be with you.

And I think that we have
something really special,

and I don't want to lose that.

And I love you very much.

I love you, too.

But you know that.

You remember that song we
were working on in the D.R.?

I finished it.

Here.

♪ I wake myself up
in the morning ♪

♪ Count my own stacks
in the evening ♪

♪ So what makes you think that ♪

♪ I need anything from you? ♪

♪ Buying all the drinks
on the weekend ♪

♪ You're not the only one
that's tryin' to creep in ♪

♪ So what makes you think that ♪

♪ I got any time for you? ♪

♪ You should know by now ♪

♪ We've all got a history ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ A history, yeah ♪

♪ You should know ♪

♪ It's all or nothing ♪

♪ To be with me, yeah ♪

♪ So if you can't take it all ♪

♪ Then ♪

♪ Don't you look at me ♪

♪ Don't you even think
about it, baby ♪

♪ If you ain't, if you ain't ♪

♪ Ready for it ♪

♪ Don't you look at me ♪

♪ Don't you even think
about it, baby ♪

♪ If you ain't, if you ain't ♪

♪ Ready for it all ♪

♪ I've been independent
for so long ♪

♪ Who the hell are you
to just come along? ♪

♪ Oh, what makes
you think that ♪

♪ You can change my ways? ♪

♪ You wanna see me
bare in the morning ♪

♪ You wanna show you
care in the evening ♪

♪ Baby, I just don't think
that you got what it takes ♪

♪ You should know by now ♪

♪ We all got a history ♪

♪ A history, yeah ♪

♪ You should know ♪

♪ It's all or nothing ♪

♪ To be with me ♪

♪ So if you can't take it all ♪

♪ Don't you look at me ♪

♪ Don't you even think
about it, baby ♪

♪ If you ain't, if you ain't ♪

♪ Ready for it ♪

♪ Don't you look at me ♪

♪ Don't you even think
about it, baby ♪

♪ If you ain't, if you ain't ♪

♪ Ready for it all. ♪

What the hell? Don't nobody knock
around this bitch no more?

You know what kind of
neighborhood this is.

I just realized,
since I got here,

I haven't even spent
a day on my own.

Well, you ran away from
that fancy lifestyle

of yours in New York,
came down here,

got in a girl group,
done got all booed up.

You did all that before
you even laid your head

on a pillow in Atlanta.

Haven't had time to figure
out myself, I guess.

Well, you better figure yourself
out quick, fast, in a hurry,

if you want any
type of happiness.

Trust me, I've been there.

I ain't know if I
was a him, her,

a he, she...

But I know I ain't like

living by nobody rules,
and so I made my own.

I want to make my
own rules, too.

What if we, uh...

why don't we go blonde?

Noah.

Hey, son, I came to, uh, say...

Can you get rid of these for me?

I can. Yeah.

Look, I was on the
edge, man, and...

I almost sh*t a kid I know.

I don't want to
k*ll nobody, Pop.

I-I don't want that
kind of power.

- I know. I know.
- Look, I'm sorry, man. I messed up.

- I wa... I was scared, man.
- No. No, no. Hey, hey, yo,

hey, I-I ain't never gonna
blame you for having no g*n.

That's on me, man.

All those damn rules about, like,
what it means to be a man,

I put that on you.

Yo, you remember that...
that snot-nose kid,

what's... Ricky?

Used to try to punk you
on the playground.

- What'd I tell you to do, right?
- You showed me a right hook

and told me to go
shut his ass up.

You know, I used... used
to tell you real men,

they don't sit next to each
other in no movie theater.

They don't ride in the car
listening to slow music, either.

Right, man. They don't
laugh, they don't cry.

They don't feel.

Nah, man, that...

Hey, look, look.

That was all wrong.

It was all wrong.

Pop, you can only teach
me what you know.

I'm sorry.

- All right?
- Yeah.

Let me get this out.

- Hey, um...
- What's up?

You still got an ear for hits?

Last time I checked.

'Cause... I've been looking
for one for some time now,

and, um...

as you can see, I'm
in need of a manager.

Yo, is you asking me
to be your manager?

Man, only if you're saying yes.

Yeah.

Yes.

♪ ♪

Me and you.

♪ Who are you, Lord? ♪

♪ Who are you, Lord? ♪

♪ We breaking news again,
Billboard abuse again ♪

Well, hello there, Miss C.

We're just putting the finishing
touches on our album.

It's a bop.

♪ Car dipped in candy paint ♪

Oh, yeah, that's a hit.

Wow.

Can you believe

we're finally finishing it?

You did not make it easy for us,

- I'll tell you that.
- I know I was hard

on y'all, but it's not like

you're just some
artists at a label.

Y'all like my daughters,

and it's kind of hard to
watch you leave the nest.

But as a good
friend reminded me,

you're grown-ass women.

You can make your own choices.

So just go out there
and be great.

- You have my blessing.
- Who would've thought

a couple girls that met on
IG would make it this far?

I did.

Man, y'all heifers
gonna make me cry,

okay?

But you know what?

We couldn't have done not
one thing without you,

Miss Carlotta.

You've been our ride-or-die
since day one.

And you always will be.

And we'll never forget that.

You know what?

I think this album is
missing something.

Oh, no. What?

Um...

you.

- Me?
- Yes.

- Come on. What?
- You got to go in the booth

- and lay down a verse. You have to.
- Before there was Take 3,

- there was Mixed Harmony.
- Boom.

I mean, I guess.

- You know you want to.
- If you really want a hit record,

- I could go in there and, like, maybe...
- Yes. Oh.

Come on. Slap your
throat three times.

I'm gonna have to give
'em retirement rates.

Hey, sugar.

How you holding up?

I'm tired... X.

I know.

But do not let this
case wear you down.

You got this.

It ain't the case.

Look, I've worked so hard.

I've worked to matter,

to be loved,

and to be seen more than just

the average bitch from the hood.

And all the work

I put in just for
you to love me,

you know what I realized?

Cassie, where are you
going with this?

You don't deserve my love.

And my sister is the only person
that ever held me down, period.

Baby, now, you know
that's not true.

Save that.

You don't want to
do this, Cassie.

Oh, I'm doing it.

I'm not your baby no more.

But I'm-a see your
ass outside, though.

Yeah, you are just some
average girl from the hood.

We'll see if you
make it out alive.

- Is that my baby girl?
- Daddy.

- Hey. Come on in. Come on...
- Nah.

I'm-a stay here.

What's going on?

You remember when I was, uh,

when I was little,

you know, those Sundays
you would take me

for ice cream in the park?

Yes.

I felt like the most
special little girl.

'Cause you are special.

You're my little girl.

You remember you would, um,
scoop me up sometimes,

- 'cause I'd be too tired to walk?
- Yeah.

And you would carry
me all the way home.

Well, that's my job.

I'm your daddy.

Yeah, you are my daddy.

It was your job to carry me.

I trusted you to carry me,

and you took advantage of me.

- My innocence.
- What?

You know, I can never
get that back.

Wait, what are you
talking about?

- What am I talking about?
- Yes.

You know, I'm not gonna stay
silent about this no more.

I'm not holding this in no more.

I'm not letting it
hurt me no more.

You broke my trust,

but you didn't
break my strength.

Oh, Lottie, look...

You know what, I've been
walking around with your sins

on my back.

You.

So I'm-a leave all of that,

right here, with you.

I hope you can carry that.

L-Lottie, I...

L-Lottie.