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- Previously on Empire...

- I'm not giving up on my group, Ma.

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If I don't find a girl in a week, I drop it.

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Gutter Life Records...

It's a defunct label,

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that I've been looking for.

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You got something, and it don't come around every day.

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Let me help you do something with it.

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MAN: Come on, Freda!

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You need a god to produce you.

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You need me to produce.

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JAMAL: I feel like you're the new Warhol.

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God, you are gorgeous. 13

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(grunts)

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Lucious... he wants your music, Cookie.

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He wants everything.

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God's been speaking to me.

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He wants me to keep seeking Empire.

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What'd you do to your Uncle Vernon?

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Stop it! Stop it!

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(grunts, gasps)

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You saved my life.

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Welcome back to the Empire.

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(screams)

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From the streets of Philadelphia

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to the top of the Billboard charts 26

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New York Stock Exchange,

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Lucious Lyon has emerged a free man.

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(cheering) After a four-month ordeal,

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Yeah, they ain't really calling it a suicide?

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Yeah, the feds are embarrassed.

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Had no case without him. They didn't feel they want nobody

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Good to see you.

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(sighs) LUCIOUS: Andre!

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Welcome back to the Empire, son.

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Congratulations, Pop.

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You beat the rap.

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Yeah. Thanks to you. 44

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And that prosecutor...

She, uh...

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Let's not talk about that here, Pop.

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Okay. Business it is.

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Oh, by the way, I signed a new artist to your label,

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Gutter Life... her name's Freda Gatz. 50

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You're gonna meet her later on.

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Andre, nice to see you without a shovel.

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We got a slew of reporters outside.

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They ain't gonna go away until they get a statement from you.

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I'm not saying nothin' to them

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No, you really should make some sort of statement, Pop.

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THIRSTY: Yeah...

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Yeah. Y'all want me to say something?

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THIRSTY: Yeah.

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Let me see your phone.

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COOKIE: Throw your hair back. Uh-huh.

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Your angle is here, honey. Up, up.

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Work the camera, honey.

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Yes, girl! Work!

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We need some more oil on her legs, honey.

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♪ 'Cause now I'm like, ooh, ooh ♪ 69

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♪ Send me up in the club, like... ♪

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Yeah, I think you got it, T. Cool?

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- Okay. Thanks.

- Mm-hmm.

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Oh, thank you.

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(smacks lips)

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(sighs) What's up? 75

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Porsha set up this dumb phone with these stupid-ass alerts,

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- Can you fix it?

- Where is she, anyways?

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I fired her 'cause she got me arrested.

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Now, fix my phone.

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Uh, it's Lucious.

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What?

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Hey, Ma, I want you to meet somebody.

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Boy, get over here and see what your father posted.

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LUCIOUS (on video): The truth is, I'm innocent.

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I was being targeted... nobody ever had a case against me. 87

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And all those people that think they got a problem with me,

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Your father's a heartless bastard.

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Vernon's body ain't even... Mom.

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Tiana, I want you to meet my new lead singer Laura.

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Laura, meet Tiana. Oh, my gosh, I'm a big fan.

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Thank you.

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Tiana, uh, can you show Laura

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Yeah. Thank you, babe.

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Mm-hmm.

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Are you two...? 99

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Uh, no. Not anymore.

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He's like that with all the girls.

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But he was just telling me and

Cookie that you can really blow.

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What? He thinks you got a million-dollar voice.

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You know, I can't wait to see

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You really think Vernon offed himself?

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Look, where we from,

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if snitches don't kill themselves,

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Look, I ain't studying Lucious.

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But if we want this craziness to stop,

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Okay? Now, we got a good thing, son,

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Look at this.

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So I need you to focus.

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And you got this video coming out with Jamal.

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I need you to get back in the studio and make some more tracks 117

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All right, handsome?

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Why you not smiling?

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Fix my phone. Porsha put some damn alerts on there...

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I can't get it off.

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♪ Get it, girl, get, get, get, get it ♪ 123

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♪ Get it, girl... ♪

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Welcome home.

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Gutter Life!

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OTHERS: Gutter Life!

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♪ Get it, gurl, get, get, get, get it ♪

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♪ Get it, gurl, get, get, get, gurl ♪

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♪ Bend it over, baby, let me see you act up ♪

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♪ Yeah, I have to make the money fly like NASA, I can ♪

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♪ I'm electric, you can catch me in that Tesla ♪

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♪ Michael Phelps cool ♪

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♪ But I could stroke you way better... ♪

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Ladies and gentlemen,

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Gutter Life and you artists,

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'cause on this day you meet your new king

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(cheering)

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Congratulations, boss.

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Ready to get Gutter with us?

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♪ Who da wild boys, that dude payin' ♪

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♪ Who dat? ♪

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♪ You know what it is ♪

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♪ Who are my whores? ♪

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♪ They do it real clean ♪ 148

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♪ Who dat? That's the way we live ♪

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♪ Who are my whores? ♪

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♪ Who da wild boys? ♪

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♪ Who dat? ♪

♪ Who da wild boys? ♪

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♪ Who da wild boys? ♪

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♪ Who da wild boys... at? ♪ 154

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♪ Who da wild boys at? ♪

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♪ Step in the room that's the damndest... ♪

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♪ I was born to love... you ♪

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♪ And nobody else will do ♪

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♪ Than live without you ♪

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♪ And everybody know it, too ♪

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♪ Don't know why we go to war ♪

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♪ But the one thing that's for sure ♪

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♪ I was born to love you ♪

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♪ I know I'm... ♪ - No, no, no, no. When you get

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You've got to feel the whole universe.

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All right.

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Ne-Yo, what you think?

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Be honest with him, man.

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He needs it.

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(clears throat)

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It's definitely a record where the passion needs to be epic.

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Personal opinion... not bad.

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Thank you. Means a lot coming from you. Indeed.

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Honest enough?

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You know what, if y'all thinking like that,

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I mean lay down a couple of tracks, see what happens.

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You real smart, but you behind the game, old man.

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We already been talking. It's gonna happen. 184

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Yeah, I got a little free time,

I figured I'd come out on the road

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See, now that's a move your mama can't make.

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That's that thing that pushes you up

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Sorry, the gallery opening's in 30, so we got to...

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Michael, Ne-Yo.

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How you doing, brother? Wow!

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Man, I'm a huge fan. I've been to,

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Ne-Yo's gonna come out on a few dates of my tour.

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Wait, so he... you're coming with us?

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Yes, sir.

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I love that!

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MICHAEL: Wow.

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Michael, why don't you meet me in my office? 202

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I'm gonna just wrap it up.

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Yeah. Great to meet you, Ne-Yo.

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Nice to meet you, bro.

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That's a mistake.

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First rule of the road is you don't bring your girlfriend.

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I mean boyfriend.

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Why is that? 'Cause you need

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No distractions.

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Dad, I kind of feel like you're the last person

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(chuckles)

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(sighs): Uh... touring gets lonely, you know that, L.

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Bingo. Nah, I mean, don't get me wrong,

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I ain't about that life. But...

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I say, why not.

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To hell with what he's saying.

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You need to be focused.

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Everything you want is on the line.

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Can't let nothing get in the way of your moment.

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I'll be back.

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MAN: Tough first day back, huh?

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ANDRE: My father's reviving an old label, Gutter Life Records,

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(chuckles): which is exactly what it sounds like.

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He appointed me president.

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Just like he did with the music therapist.

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Michelle.

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And she led you to the Lord.

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There's a purpose to all of it.

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I need to protect my family.

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I think it's time I do. 239

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We take baptism at my church very seriously, Andre.

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It requires action...

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You tell me what I need to do, and I'll do it.

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First, clear your conscience.

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Go to your loved ones, confess all your sins against them. 245

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Then...

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Confess to my family?

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(chuckles)

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Your house ain't clean if your closets are dirty.

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Reverend, my family doesn't go to a church 251

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Hmm.

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Maybe he wants you to be his shepherd.

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Maybe God... wants you to lead them here.

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Maybe.

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WOMAN: Great shoot, T.

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No, thank you... I got a car on the way.

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Thanks, though. All right. Bye.

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Bye.

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WOMAN: Oh, snap! Look, it's Tiana!

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Hey, yo, could we get a flick with you?

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Sure.

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Ah...

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Get off of me!

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Stop!

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I want that bag, bitch.

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Oh, my God!

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Keep it movin'!

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Help!

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Give me my bag!

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- What happened?

- She got jacked

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- right outside our front door.

- By who?

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00:10:24,413 --> 00:10:26,214

Two ugly-ass bitches.

276 00:10:26,299 --> 00:10:27,332

You good?

CHICKEN: Hey, y'all, check this out.

277

00:10:27,383 --> 00:10:29,167

Look what I found on YouTube.

278

00:10:29,218 --> 00:10:30,201

What?

279

00:10:30,253 --> 00:10:32,721

Oh! Oh... look at this!

280

00:10:32,805 --> 00:10:35,056

(woman cackling) HAKEEM:

Hey, what are they wearing?

281

00:10:35,141 --> 00:10:36,474

(woman speaking indistinctly on video)

282 00:10:36,542 --> 00:10:37,726

MAN: Welcome to my kingdom,

283

00:10:37,810 --> 00:10:39,210

Lyon Dynasty.

284

00:10:39,262 --> 00:10:41,980

You wanna chillax here, you gon' pay tax here.

285

00:10:42,047 --> 00:10:43,315

(taunting laughter on video)

286

00:10:43,382 --> 00:10:44,716

What, is this dude trying to get signed or something?

287

00:10:44,767 --> 00:10:47,552

No. - MAN: Won't be no collection agency sending you. 288

00:10:47,603 --> 00:10:49,938

Past-due notices, either.

It'll me kicking down your door.

289

00:10:50,022 --> 00:10:51,189

(man continues in Spanish)

290

00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:53,525

Damn. We've been marked.

291

00:10:53,576 --> 00:10:56,244

They're gonna try to extort money from us.

292

00:10:56,329 --> 00:10:58,196

Has this happened before? No.

293

00:10:58,247 --> 00:10:59,781

And it's not gonna start.

294 00:10:59,866 --> 00:11:01,867

I'm-a take care of this, trust and believe that.

295

00:11:04,420 --> 00:11:06,838

♪ Be alone, oh, oh ♪

296

00:11:06,906 --> 00:11:10,709

♪ Whoo, I can't feel my face when I'm with you ♪

297

00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:13,378

♪ But I love it ♪

298

00:11:13,429 --> 00:11:15,914

Yeah, go back. Those ones, too.

299

00:11:15,965 --> 00:11:19,100

Just, uh... see that?

300 00:11:19,185 --> 00:11:21,686

(exhales)

301

00:11:21,754 --> 00:11:23,688

This is what I live for.

302

00:11:23,756 --> 00:11:26,057

Everyday people taking photos of my art

303

00:11:26,108 --> 00:11:27,559 and posting their own interpretations of it.

304

00:11:27,610 --> 00:11:29,477

You know, when your music video

305

00:11:29,562 --> 00:11:30,979 goes viral...

Which it will...

306 00:11:31,063 --> 00:11:33,281

The price of the original is gonna just skyrocket.

307

00:11:33,366 --> 00:11:34,783

I want the original.

308

00:11:34,867 --> 00:11:37,235

You already got the original.

309

00:11:37,286 --> 00:11:38,486

I do.

310

00:11:38,571 --> 00:11:40,038

Look at you two.

311

00:11:40,105 --> 00:11:42,774

You guys are hot together.

312

00:11:42,825 --> 00:11:45,710 Look, I hope you let me use some of this art for my tour.

313

00:11:45,778 --> 00:11:47,946

That calls for another bottle.

314

00:11:47,997 --> 00:11:50,248

Hey, would you mind?

315

00:11:50,299 --> 00:11:52,050

What about you... you going on the road with him or what?

316

00:11:52,117 --> 00:11:55,620

Uh, my dad's already trying to get into my head and say

317

00:11:55,671 --> 00:11:58,506

"don't bring the relationship on the road", so we'll see. 318

00:11:58,591 --> 00:12:00,725

Well, I mean, it's Lucious, so...

319

00:12:00,793 --> 00:12:02,644

Personally, I'm with Lucious on this one.

320

00:12:02,728 --> 00:12:06,398

Relationships are the death of creativity.

321

00:12:06,465 --> 00:12:07,799

Why would you say that?

322

00:12:07,850 --> 00:12:09,935

You mean to tell me you've never been in love?

323

00:12:09,986 --> 00:12:12,020

Every day.

324 00:12:12,104 --> 00:12:13,471

And it's real.

325

00:12:13,522 --> 00:12:16,942

So why would I want to close that off to just one person?

326

00:12:16,993 --> 00:12:18,576

You know what destroys me?

327

00:12:18,644 --> 00:12:19,995

Same-sex marriage.

328

00:12:20,079 --> 00:12:22,831

Wait... wait, what? What?

329

00:12:22,915 --> 00:12:24,916

The biggest advancement of gay rights in American history,

330 00:12:24,984 --> 00:12:28,152 and it gets handed down from some archaic institution

331

00:12:28,204 --> 00:12:31,957 that doesn't even believe in natural human desire.

332

00:12:32,008 --> 00:12:35,460

I mean, look, I understand the impulse, but why are we so keen

333

00:12:35,511 --> 00:12:38,596 on being locked down in these heteronormative shackles?

334

00:12:38,664 --> 00:12:40,382

Hetero-what?

335

00:12:40,466 --> 00:12:43,001

It's kind of like, um, when-when they ask, uh,

336

00:12:43,052 --> 00:12:45,103

"Who's-who's the man, who's the woman?" Oh.

337

00:12:45,170 --> 00:12:47,839

He's adorable.

338

00:12:47,890 --> 00:12:49,524

You're so damn weird, but you make me think,

339

00:12:49,608 --> 00:12:51,443 you know what I'm saying?

Like, and that's what...

340

00:12:51,510 --> 00:12:52,777 that's what artists... that's what artists

341 00:12:52,845 --> 00:12:54,446 are supposed to do, they're supposed to be...

342

00:12:54,513 --> 00:12:56,531 supposed to be inspiring.

343

00:12:56,615 --> 00:12:58,683

It's just... it's just...

344

00:12:58,734 --> 00:13:00,652

Dude, what the...

345

00:13:00,703 --> 00:13:03,521

What are you doing? This is also an artistic form of expression.

346

00:13:03,572 --> 00:13:05,523

Yo, even if I was attracted to you... 347

00:13:05,574 --> 00:13:07,542

Which I'm-I'm not.

348

00:13:07,626 --> 00:13:09,377

(laughs) At all.

349

00:13:09,462 --> 00:13:12,363

I would-I would never do that to Michael.

350

00:13:12,415 --> 00:13:15,000

Step up, get up.

351

00:13:22,041 --> 00:13:23,708

Baby, you ready?

352

00:13:23,759 --> 00:13:25,760

Come on. Just come on.

353

00:13:28,064 --> 00:13:29,213 A mouth is a mouth.

354

00:13:29,265 --> 00:13:30,849

♪ Uh, uh, uh ♪

355

00:13:30,900 --> 00:13:32,350

♪ I'm yelling ♪

356

00:13:32,401 --> 00:13:36,021

ANNOUNCER: Hip hop's hottest new MC, Hakeem Lyon!

357

00:13:36,072 --> 00:13:38,857

Multi-platinum diva Tiana!

358

00:13:38,908 --> 00:13:41,860

Lyon Dynasty's queen of soul, the one and only

359

00:13:41,911 --> 00:13:44,245 Veronica!

360

00:13:44,330 --> 00:13:46,031

♪ Put your hands up ♪

361

00:13:46,082 --> 00:13:49,784

And we got a few other acts on hook. I can't say who yet,

362

00:13:49,869 --> 00:13:52,837 because their deals... ain't done, but Hakeem

363

00:13:52,905 --> 00:13:55,423 is putting together a group with three

364

00:13:55,508 --> 00:13:57,575 smokin' hot Spanish girls.

365

00:13:57,626 --> 00:13:59,844 And Pitbull wants us to do a set

366

00:13:59,912 --> 00:14:02,347 on his New Year's Eve show, so...

367

00:14:02,414 --> 00:14:04,432

Okay. I'm in.

368

00:14:04,517 --> 00:14:07,052

I haven't told you the challenges yet.

369

00:14:07,103 --> 00:14:10,188

I've been promoting concerts for a lot of years, Cookie.

370

00:14:10,255 --> 00:14:12,057

I am aware of the challenges.

371

00:14:12,108 --> 00:14:14,893

But we're not just some little start-up company.

372

00:14:14,944 --> 00:14:17,612

Well, yes, I do need a promoter

373

00:14:17,696 --> 00:14:19,697 to help us with our concert game.

374

00:14:19,765 --> 00:14:22,150

But I, you know, I do know what I'm doing.

375

00:14:22,234 --> 00:14:24,536

You also know that you're

Lucious Lyon's ex-wife.

376

00:14:24,603 --> 00:14:26,121

That means that

377

00:14:26,205 --> 00:14:28,123 people think you're swimming in cash. 378

00:14:28,207 --> 00:14:29,440

And that makes you a target.

379

00:14:29,492 --> 00:14:31,876

It means you're on a lot of people's radar,

380

00:14:31,944 --> 00:14:33,912 including these knuckleheads

381

00:14:33,963 --> 00:14:36,464 that got Tiana at the studio the other day.

382

00:14:36,549 --> 00:14:39,217

Okay? The streets are watching, Cookie.

383

00:14:39,284 --> 00:14:40,785

And they're counting your money.

384 00:14:40,836 --> 00:14:42,303

That means they're gonna come for it.

385

00:14:42,388 --> 00:14:44,305

You know, you are the fifth

386

00:14:44,390 --> 00:14:48,059 promoter I met with. Mr... Delgado.

387

00:14:48,127 --> 00:14:51,963

All of them bounced when they found out about Tiana.

388

00:14:52,014 --> 00:14:54,099

Well, I'm not afraid to get my hands dirty.

389

00:14:54,150 --> 00:14:55,600

That's what I do.

390

00:14:55,651 --> 00:14:56,801 Really? Yeah.

391

00:14:56,852 --> 00:14:58,403

The wolves are gonna come, Cookie,

392

00:14:58,470 --> 00:14:59,904 and when they do,

393

00:14:59,972 --> 00:15:01,156 no promoters are gonna touch you...

394

00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:02,490 but me.

395

00:15:03,859 --> 00:15:04,993

Hey, Cookie.

396

00:15:05,077 --> 00:15:06,611

Porsha, I'm in a meeting. 397

00:15:06,662 --> 00:15:08,663

I know you're busy, but I heard about

398

00:15:08,747 --> 00:15:11,482 what happened and I could fix your security problems.

399

00:15:11,534 --> 00:15:12,750

How? Meet Whoopty Woo.

400

00:15:12,818 --> 00:15:14,252

Whoop their what?

401

00:15:14,319 --> 00:15:16,487

Whoopty Woo. Look, this the baddest bitch in town.

402

00:15:16,539 --> 00:15:17,989

It's my grandma's mutt, 403

00:15:18,040 --> 00:15:20,291 and she don't play. I'm so sorry.

404

00:15:20,342 --> 00:15:21,826

Granny said you can keep her, too.

405

00:15:21,877 --> 00:15:22,827

I don't want that mutt.

406

00:15:22,878 --> 00:15:25,130

(growls)

407

00:15:25,181 --> 00:15:26,631

Well, can I... No.

408

00:15:26,682 --> 00:15:28,967

Porsha, please leave. Please.

409

00:15:29,018 --> 00:15:30,501 I swear in front of Jesus.

410

00:15:30,553 --> 00:15:31,769

Come on, Whoopty Woo.

411

00:15:31,837 --> 00:15:33,721

(whines)

412

00:15:35,474 --> 00:15:36,975

Okay.

413

00:15:38,394 --> 00:15:39,677

Probationary.

414

00:15:39,728 --> 00:15:40,979

Really? I will call you

415

00:15:41,030 --> 00:15:42,680 when I need you. Get out of here, Porsha. 416

00:15:44,783 --> 00:15:47,068

What were we saying? I'm sorry.

417

00:15:49,371 --> 00:15:51,239

I saw Reverend Pryce yesterday.

418

00:15:51,323 --> 00:15:52,523

RHONDA: Oh, yeah?

419

00:15:52,575 --> 00:15:53,791

I'm gonna be baptized, Rhonda.

420

00:15:53,859 --> 00:15:55,526

Okay.

421

00:15:55,578 --> 00:15:57,695

I want you there. Family, too.

422

00:15:57,746 --> 00:15:59,130 Oh, come on, Andre, grow up.

423

00:15:59,198 --> 00:16:01,049

You really think that that clan is gonna

424

00:16:01,133 --> 00:16:03,301 show up for you? Well, whatever reservations they have,

425

00:16:03,368 --> 00:16:05,870

I'm, uh, hoping they can put 'em aside.

426

00:16:05,921 --> 00:16:08,372

Reverend wants me to confess my sins to them, so...

427

00:16:08,424 --> 00:16:11,375

Oh, wow. (chuckles) Confess your sins.

428

00:16:11,427 --> 00:16:14,212 And what, exactly, are you going to confess, Andre?

429

00:16:14,263 --> 00:16:16,214

It is not what you think, Rhonda.

430

00:16:16,265 --> 00:16:19,383

Just about how I wronged them in the past, and...

431

00:16:19,435 --> 00:16:22,353 and to ask them for forgiveness.

432

00:16:22,404 --> 00:16:24,022

Forgiveness?

433

00:16:24,073 --> 00:16:27,225

You don't need their forgiveness.

434

00:16:27,276 --> 00:16:29,110 They're all a bunch of sinners.

435

00:16:30,996 --> 00:16:33,865

But, speaking of confessions,

436

00:16:33,916 --> 00:16:35,566 um...

437

00:16:37,419 --> 00:16:39,420

I'm not wearing any underwear.

438

00:16:41,457 --> 00:16:42,907

Somebody might walk in.

439

00:16:42,958 --> 00:16:44,209

I know.

440

00:16:44,260 --> 00:16:46,077

- Rhonda.

- Yeah? 441

00:16:46,128 --> 00:16:47,411

Not right now, babe.

442

00:16:47,463 --> 00:16:50,181

Why not? We haven't in so long.

443

00:16:50,249 --> 00:16:52,267

Things are different.

444

00:16:52,351 --> 00:16:53,685

(sighs)

445

00:16:53,752 --> 00:16:55,303

- Rhonda.

- Okay. Yeah?

446

00:16:55,387 --> 00:16:57,272

- I love you.

- Mm-hmm. 447

00:16:57,356 --> 00:16:58,923

We're gonna have a baby.

448

00:17:04,647 --> 00:17:06,648

We're back.

449

00:17:10,536 --> 00:17:11,736

(sighs)

450

00:17:11,787 --> 00:17:13,938

LUCIOUS: Long story short, I tell him

451

00:17:13,989 --> 00:17:15,990 he ain't go no next of kin, and now we stuck with him.

452

00:17:16,075 --> 00:17:18,943

COOKIE: We? Oh, no, that's your boy. You take him, I don't want him. 453

00:17:18,994 --> 00:17:20,628

Oh, hell, no, I don't want no snitch.

454

00:17:20,713 --> 00:17:23,881

Vernon was a bitch, but he wasn't a chump.

455

00:17:23,949 --> 00:17:25,883

And he didn't kill hisself, either.

456

00:17:25,951 --> 00:17:28,553

That's some B.S.

457

00:17:28,620 --> 00:17:31,122

You know something I don't? Do you?

458

00:17:32,891 --> 00:17:34,342

Well, whatever happens,

459 00:17:34,426 --> 00:17:36,144 can't leave him here. It don't look good.

460

00:17:36,228 --> 00:17:37,461

Why don't you give him to your sister Carol?

461

00:17:37,513 --> 00:17:39,731

She used to like him. You know,

462

00:17:39,798 --> 00:17:42,233 he told me Bunkie was about to shake you down.

463

00:17:42,301 --> 00:17:43,651

Probably thought it was

464

00:17:43,736 --> 00:17:46,271 a matter of time before you turned on him.

465 00:17:52,528 --> 00:17:54,245

You knew he was a snake?

466

00:17:54,313 --> 00:17:56,414

I ain't know anything.

467

00:17:56,481 --> 00:17:57,782

So...

468

00:17:57,833 --> 00:17:59,817 did you off him?

469

00:17:59,868 --> 00:18:01,986

Did you get one of your goons to do it?

470

00:18:02,037 --> 00:18:03,487

No, I did not kill Vernon.

471

00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:06,841

Get out of my way. 472

00:18:11,496 --> 00:18:14,015

Everybody we know,

473

00:18:14,099 --> 00:18:15,800 people that helped build us up,

474

00:18:15,851 --> 00:18:18,636 ended up in boxes that you don't even want to claim.

475

00:18:18,687 --> 00:18:22,440

How we gonna keep our family safe, Lucious?

476

00:18:22,507 --> 00:18:23,608

I feel safe. You don't?

477

00:18:23,675 --> 00:18:26,177

Sorry. 478

00:18:26,228 --> 00:18:28,396

That's what happens when you don't have me looking after you.

479

00:18:30,065 --> 00:18:32,016

You better not have had nothing to do

480

00:18:32,067 --> 00:18:33,451 with that purse snatching.

481

00:18:33,518 --> 00:18:35,453

(chuckles) What you talking about?

482

00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:37,288

Somebody must have got at you.

483

00:18:37,356 --> 00:18:39,073

(laughs)

484 00:18:39,158 --> 00:18:42,526

This must be really liberating for you, Lucious.

485

00:18:42,578 --> 00:18:43,828

What?

486

00:18:43,879 --> 00:18:45,463

Having no morals.

487

00:18:45,530 --> 00:18:47,165

Why don't you prove you're

488

00:18:47,216 --> 00:18:49,050 half-human and take the damn ashes.

489

00:18:52,304 --> 00:18:53,871

Go on, take it, Lucious.

490

00:18:53,922 --> 00:18:55,873 He was your boy.

491

00:18:59,061 --> 00:19:00,211

(sighs heavily)

492

00:19:09,566 --> 00:19:11,117

Where's Lucious?

493

00:19:11,201 --> 00:19:13,035

Hey, what's up, Andre?

494

00:19:13,103 --> 00:19:15,037

You're father's out today.

495

00:19:15,105 --> 00:19:17,606

He asked me to take care of a few things.

496

00:19:19,626 --> 00:19:21,777

You on the payroll now? 497

00:19:21,828 --> 00:19:24,213

I'm replacing Vernon.

498

00:19:24,281 --> 00:19:25,882

No one can replace Vernon.

499

00:19:25,949 --> 00:19:27,783

Yeah, you're right about that.

500

00:19:27,834 --> 00:19:29,418

But there is work to do.

501

00:19:29,469 --> 00:19:32,454

Uh, Lucious asked me to look into, uh, Anita Calhoun.

502

00:19:32,506 --> 00:19:34,790

Anika Calhoun. Anika, yeah.

503 00:19:34,841 --> 00:19:36,592

She doesn't work for Lyon Dynasty, right?

504

00:19:36,643 --> 00:19:39,095

Never did.

505

00:19:39,146 --> 00:19:40,930

Cookie shut her out from the jump, yeah.

506

00:19:40,981 --> 00:19:44,567

Are you on good terms with your mama?

507

00:19:44,634 --> 00:19:46,969

Somewhat.

508

00:19:50,941 --> 00:19:53,609

Lucious want copies

509

00:19:53,660 --> 00:19:54,944 of Lyon Dynasty's music. 510

00:19:54,995 --> 00:19:56,495

Finished and unfinished... all of it.

511

00:19:56,580 --> 00:19:58,247

And he was thinking you might be able

512

00:19:58,315 --> 00:19:59,949 to work your magic and, you know...

513

00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:01,984

He wants me to steal their tracks?

514

00:20:02,035 --> 00:20:03,286

He thought you might be down.

515

00:20:06,039 --> 00:20:08,157

I'm not. 516

00:20:08,208 --> 00:20:10,176

I'd never do anything to hurt my mother.

517

00:20:10,260 --> 00:20:12,995

And in the future, you can tell him to tell me

518

00:20:13,046 --> 00:20:16,015 directly about our family affairs.

519

00:20:16,099 --> 00:20:18,551

Of course, of course.

520

00:20:18,635 --> 00:20:20,720

Excuse me if I overstepped. You did.

521

00:20:20,804 --> 00:20:23,272

I'm just trying to make the boss happy.

522 00:20:23,340 --> 00:20:25,858

And I'd appreciate if you forget this conversation ever happened.

523

00:20:27,227 --> 00:20:29,845

I'd appreciate if you left the glass on the table,

524

00:20:29,896 --> 00:20:31,948 leave my father's office,

525

00:20:32,015 --> 00:20:34,700 and don't come back until he returns.

526

00:20:35,986 --> 00:20:37,370

Wow.

527

00:20:37,454 --> 00:20:39,455

So articulate.

528 00:20:43,710 --> 00:20:45,194

And here I thought we made nice,

529

00:20:45,245 --> 00:20:46,528 digging in the dirt.

530

00:20:49,199 --> 00:20:51,200

♪ ♪

531

00:21:00,227 --> 00:21:02,678

♪ So long ♪

532

00:21:02,729 --> 00:21:05,348

♪ Sweet words ♪

533

00:21:05,399 --> 00:21:09,018

♪ Don't have no use for you anymore ♪

534

00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:12,054

♪ No one ♪ 535

00:21:12,105 --> 00:21:15,191

♪ To say them to ♪

536

00:21:15,242 --> 00:21:17,109

♪ So what in the hell ♪

537

00:21:17,194 --> 00:21:19,695

♪ Would I hold onto them for? (music cuts out)

538

00:21:19,746 --> 00:21:21,697

Okay. It's good, but you seem

539

00:21:21,748 --> 00:21:23,565 like you're not focused, so in this next part,

540

00:21:23,617 --> 00:21:25,701

I need you to, like, really push the passion. So...

541

00:21:25,752 --> 00:21:27,069

♪ And today is a special day ♪

542

00:21:27,120 --> 00:21:28,754

♪ A celebration ♪

543

00:21:28,839 --> 00:21:31,757

♪ 'Cause I've finally come to accept this fact ♪

544

00:21:31,842 --> 00:21:33,459

(vocalizing) ♪ I'll never love ♪

545

00:21:33,543 --> 00:21:35,011

You know what I'm talking about? The...

546

00:21:35,078 --> 00:21:37,246

No, I love it. I got you. (phone vibrates) 547

00:21:37,297 --> 00:21:38,514

Sorry. You-you good?

548

00:21:38,581 --> 00:21:40,516

Yeah, I'm sorry, hold on a second. Okay,

549

00:21:40,583 --> 00:21:42,418 um, I been sitting there watching you

550

00:21:42,469 --> 00:21:44,387 fiddle with that phone since we started. If you need

551

00:21:44,438 --> 00:21:46,722 to take a five, we can take a five, bro, that's cool.

552

00:21:46,773 --> 00:21:48,724

Yeah, I told him I didn't want him to come on tour with me.

553

00:21:48,775 --> 00:21:50,426

He took it as me saying as

I want a open relationship,

554

00:21:50,477 --> 00:21:52,428 which I don't. Okay.

555

00:21:52,479 --> 00:21:55,147

But it kind of spinning out of control after that.

556

00:21:55,232 --> 00:21:56,949

Spun out of control 'cause that's

'cause that's

557

00:21:57,034 --> 00:21:58,234 not what you want?

558 00:21:58,285 --> 00:22:00,619

Hey, you know how it is.

Like, this is everything.

559

00:22:00,704 --> 00:22:03,939

This is the only thing, and he knows that, so,

560

00:22:03,990 --> 00:22:05,791

I mean, like, this is stupid.

561

00:22:05,876 --> 00:22:07,410

Like, look what's happening right now.

562

00:22:07,461 --> 00:22:09,545

I'm in a studio with my boy Ne-Yo...

563

00:22:09,612 --> 00:22:11,914

You know what I'm saying?...

In this dope session, 564

00:22:11,965 --> 00:22:13,799 and here I am talking about this foolishness.

565

00:22:13,884 --> 00:22:15,784

He's's trippin'. It's all good.

566

00:22:15,836 --> 00:22:18,554

Okay, none of my business, you didn't ask for this opinion,

567

00:22:18,621 --> 00:22:20,756 but I personally feel like you should bring him.

568

00:22:20,807 --> 00:22:23,792

Really? Yeah, and I've done it both ways.

569

00:22:23,844 --> 00:22:25,978 I've brought my lady,

I've been without my lady.

570

00:22:26,063 --> 00:22:28,797

And both work, but it's really about what it is that you want.

571

00:22:28,849 --> 00:22:30,766

Now, if that dude is your serenity,

572

00:22:30,817 --> 00:22:32,401 if that's the one, then, he's supposed to be there,

573

00:22:32,469 --> 00:22:34,403

'cause the road is hectic. Yeah.

574

00:22:34,471 --> 00:22:37,073

Plus, I honestly feel like you had it right from the other day. 575

00:22:37,140 --> 00:22:38,741

The whole...

576

00:22:38,808 --> 00:22:40,409 not-taking-relationship advice-from-Lucious-Lyon.

577

00:22:40,477 --> 00:22:44,663

Right. Yeah, not the move. Uh-uh.

578

00:22:45,916 --> 00:22:48,650

All right, I'm gonna take him. I'll tell him tonight.

579

00:22:48,702 --> 00:22:50,119

Thank you for that.

580

00:22:50,170 --> 00:22:51,921

Hey, come on, man. Yeah. 581

00:22:51,988 --> 00:22:53,422

(phone buzzes)

582

00:22:53,490 --> 00:22:55,624

Yeah, I'm gonna take this. Okay, take it.

583

00:22:55,675 --> 00:22:56,825

Yeah. Once again. From the top let's go.

584

00:22:56,877 --> 00:22:58,094

It's all good. I'm sorry.

585

00:22:58,161 --> 00:23:00,162

(instrumental intro to

"Never Love Again" plays)

586

00:23:09,890 --> 00:23:14,527

♪ So long, sweet words ♪

587 00:23:14,611 --> 00:23:19,698

♪ Don't have no use for you anymore ♪

588

00:23:19,783 --> 00:23:25,321

♪ No one to say them to ♪

589

00:23:25,372 --> 00:23:29,691

♪ So what in the hell would

I hold onto them for? ♪

590

00:23:29,743 --> 00:23:33,546

♪ And today's a special day ♪

591

00:23:33,630 --> 00:23:35,864

♪ A celebration ♪

592

00:23:35,916 --> 00:23:40,302

♪ 'Cause I finally come to accept this fact ♪

593 00:23:40,370 --> 00:23:42,037

♪ And the fact is that ♪

594

00:23:42,088 --> 00:23:47,226

♪ I'll never love again ♪

595

00:23:47,310 --> 00:23:52,181

♪ I'll never love again ♪

596

00:23:52,232 --> 00:23:54,984

♪ I'll never love again ♪

597

00:23:55,051 --> 00:23:59,238

♪ The way that I loved you... ♪

598

00:24:01,241 --> 00:24:03,025

PHARRELL: Why y'all girls standin' together like that?

599

00:24:03,076 --> 00:24:04,693 I can't take it.

600

00:24:04,744 --> 00:24:08,697

♪ Uh, hey, uh, hey ♪

601

00:24:08,748 --> 00:24:12,701

♪ I can do anything you like,

I can do anything you need ♪

602

00:24:12,752 --> 00:24:16,589

♪ And I got a better body than the magazines you read ♪

603

00:24:16,673 --> 00:24:20,009

♪ None of them boys know the first thing about your fantasy ♪

604

00:24:20,076 --> 00:24:23,846

♪ And if they tried, they can not do it just like me ♪ 605

00:24:23,913 --> 00:24:26,081

♪ I know you certainly been gone ♪

606

00:24:26,132 --> 00:24:27,916

♪ And it's been much too long ♪

607

00:24:27,968 --> 00:24:29,385

♪ And there's some things we need to do ♪

608

00:24:29,436 --> 00:24:31,587

♪ So I know you need to get home... ♪

609

00:24:31,638 --> 00:24:34,273

I'm feeling this music.

610

00:24:34,357 --> 00:24:37,610

You feeling me?

611 00:24:37,694 --> 00:24:38,694

No!

612

00:24:38,761 --> 00:24:40,112

What? I'm so stupid.

613

00:24:40,197 --> 00:24:42,731

I should have known this is what this was all about.

614

00:24:42,782 --> 00:24:44,433

Laura, where you going? I'm not about this.

615

00:24:44,484 --> 00:24:47,453

I'm not one of those girls.

616

00:24:47,537 --> 00:24:50,439

She talking about us?

617

00:24:50,490 --> 00:24:52,074 Sounded like it.

618

00:24:53,994 --> 00:24:56,295

Your eyes aren't even focusing. Focus.

619

00:24:56,379 --> 00:24:59,465

And I'm recording this dope-ass song with Ne-Yo.

620

00:24:59,549 --> 00:25:01,300

Obviously. Obviously.

621

00:25:01,384 --> 00:25:04,386

And we going on the tour, and he's gonna be doing some dates.

622

00:25:04,454 --> 00:25:05,921

You going on tour with Ne-Yo?

623

00:25:05,972 --> 00:25:08,474 Mm-hmm. What?

624

00:25:08,558 --> 00:25:11,143

Jesus do love you. I don't care what the bible says.

625

00:25:11,228 --> 00:25:12,728

(laughter) Jesus.

626

00:25:12,795 --> 00:25:15,764

Where is Michael? He's on the balcony.

627

00:25:15,815 --> 00:25:17,816

♪ You hit hard, I hit harder... ♪

628

00:25:17,901 --> 00:25:20,069

JAMAL: Baby,

629

00:25:20,136 --> 00:25:22,404 come back in... 630

00:25:22,472 --> 00:25:23,906

(zipping up)

631

00:25:23,973 --> 00:25:26,575

♪ Holding it in only gives me more to get out ♪

632

00:25:26,643 --> 00:25:28,810

♪ I got the strength to dig... ♪

633

00:25:28,862 --> 00:25:30,496

I thought you two had discussed this.

634

00:25:30,580 --> 00:25:32,948

♪ It's getting harder... ♪

635

00:25:32,999 --> 00:25:35,000

Discussed this? It's my fault. It's not his. 636

00:25:35,085 --> 00:25:37,419

If you don't get up out of my house right now, swear to God,

637

00:25:37,487 --> 00:25:38,754 you're about to go over that balcony.

638

00:25:38,821 --> 00:25:39,922

CHASE ONE: Can we talk about this like...?

639

00:25:39,989 --> 00:25:42,625

Get up out of my house!

640

00:25:42,676 --> 00:25:45,628

♪ Cross me, baby, and if he has your girl now ♪

641

00:25:45,679 --> 00:25:47,546

♪ Won't be your bait. ♪ 642

00:25:49,667 --> 00:25:51,034

So, Birdman didn't feel some type of way

643

00:25:51,085 --> 00:25:52,536 when you went on tour with Lil Wayne?

644

00:25:52,587 --> 00:25:54,371

(laughs) Yeah, he did.

645

00:25:54,422 --> 00:25:57,374

I told him I got to go where the checks clear.

646

00:25:57,425 --> 00:25:59,092

Mm-hmm, and right now,

647

00:25:59,177 --> 00:26:01,712 the cash money is just not as liquid as the young money. 648

00:26:01,763 --> 00:26:03,347

Really? (barking)

649

00:26:03,414 --> 00:26:05,465

Whoopty Woo, shut up!

650

00:26:05,550 --> 00:26:08,084

This damn dog.

651

00:26:08,136 --> 00:26:09,970

(barking continues)

652

00:26:10,054 --> 00:26:12,055

(glass breaking)

653

00:26:15,527 --> 00:26:17,528

(whining)

654 00:26:20,431 --> 00:26:22,816

(clinking and thudding)

655

00:26:26,621 --> 00:26:28,372

Get him.

656

00:26:28,439 --> 00:26:30,440

(grunting)

657

00:26:30,491 --> 00:26:32,108

Drop it, bitch!

658

00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:33,961

Drop it! (grunting)

659

00:26:34,045 --> 00:26:35,245

(grunting) Open it up.

660

00:26:35,296 --> 00:26:36,463

Let me see what you stealing! 661

00:26:36,548 --> 00:26:37,714

(gun cocking) Who sent you?

662

00:26:37,782 --> 00:26:38,882

Who sent you?

663

00:26:38,950 --> 00:26:40,634

Who sent you?! Thirsty.

664

00:26:40,718 --> 00:26:42,302

Thirsty. (grunting)

665

00:26:42,387 --> 00:26:44,304

Lucious's slimey-ass lawyer.

666

00:26:44,389 --> 00:26:46,473

You was taking my masters?

667 00:26:46,558 --> 00:26:48,425

Lucious, I should blow your head off.

668

00:26:48,476 --> 00:26:50,143

Ooh, surveillance bugs. What?!

669

00:26:50,228 --> 00:26:51,311

You want to call the cops?

670

00:26:51,396 --> 00:26:54,464

No! No. No cops.

671

00:26:57,018 --> 00:26:59,319

Hey, get out of here.

672

00:26:59,404 --> 00:27:00,470

(panting)

673

00:27:00,521 --> 00:27:02,489

You better not come back. (grunting) 674

00:27:02,574 --> 00:27:05,642

Tell Lucious to kiss my black ass!

675

00:27:06,661 --> 00:27:08,144

You packing?

676

00:27:08,196 --> 00:27:10,814

See you are, too.

677

00:27:10,865 --> 00:27:12,866

(laughs)

678

00:27:17,321 --> 00:27:19,322

(elevator bell dings)

679

00:27:23,962 --> 00:27:26,513

Oh, so, you had a party, you didn't invite me? 680

00:27:26,598 --> 00:27:28,098

I'm offended.

681

00:27:28,165 --> 00:27:30,384

I don't even know why I let you up in here.

682

00:27:30,468 --> 00:27:32,352

Try not to slash none of my artwork.

683

00:27:32,437 --> 00:27:34,021

Wake up. (groans)

684

00:27:34,105 --> 00:27:35,806

ANDRE: Will you two stop fighting?

685

00:27:35,857 --> 00:27:37,274

Wanted to talk about Uncle Vernon.

686

00:27:37,341 --> 00:27:39,693 JAMAL: So sick of talking

687

00:27:39,777 --> 00:27:40,861 about Uncle Vernon.

688

00:27:40,945 --> 00:27:42,029

What's there to talk about?

689

00:27:42,113 --> 00:27:43,780

He tried to sell out Dad, it didn't work,

690

00:27:43,848 --> 00:27:45,282 and he took the easy way out.

691

00:27:45,349 --> 00:27:47,367

Whatever happened between him and Dad doesn't negate the fact

692

00:27:47,452 --> 00:27:49,319 that he always wanted what's best for us, Jamal.

693

00:27:51,522 --> 00:27:53,523

He taught me that it was my responsibility,

694

00:27:53,574 --> 00:27:55,826 as the oldest, to always look out for you guys,

695

00:27:55,877 --> 00:27:58,462 to protect you.

696

00:27:58,529 --> 00:28:01,031

Instead, I made sure you were at each others throats.

697

00:28:02,383 --> 00:28:05,585

I wanted Empire so bad that I...

698

00:28:05,670 --> 00:28:07,921 I was prepared to let you two kill each other

699

00:28:08,006 --> 00:28:09,006 so I'd be the only one left.

700

00:28:09,057 --> 00:28:10,807

Come on, Dre.

701

00:28:10,875 --> 00:28:13,343

What you talking about?

702

00:28:13,394 --> 00:28:15,512

It wasn't Hakeem that had you robbed

703

00:28:15,563 --> 00:28:16,763 at Ghetto Ass Studio, Jamal.

704

00:28:16,848 --> 00:28:18,181

I set that up. 705

00:28:21,769 --> 00:28:23,520

Wait. When Jamal almost got shot?!

706

00:28:23,571 --> 00:28:25,405

I didn't think it would go as far as it did, okay?

707

00:28:25,490 --> 00:28:26,990

But it did. He could have got killed!

708

00:28:27,058 --> 00:28:29,076

I did... I didn't think it would got as far as it...

709

00:28:30,728 --> 00:28:32,779

It was wrong of me. I was sick.

710

00:28:32,864 --> 00:28:35,065

I'm sorry. 711

00:28:35,116 --> 00:28:37,417

It's unreal.

712

00:28:37,502 --> 00:28:39,235

There's nothing I can do to change the past.

713

00:28:39,287 --> 00:28:42,372

I can... I can just say that I'm sorry?

714

00:28:45,593 --> 00:28:48,428

I'm getting baptized this Sunday.

715

00:28:48,513 --> 00:28:51,298

And I'd appreciate it if you both would come.

716

00:28:54,251 --> 00:28:56,086

(sighs) 717

00:28:58,139 --> 00:29:00,140

I guess we all make mistakes, right?

718

00:29:01,642 --> 00:29:03,026

I'll come.

719

00:29:03,094 --> 00:29:06,196

Thanks, bro. JAMAL: I'm not gonna go get

720

00:29:06,263 --> 00:29:08,899 shaded by the pastor just

'cause I can't pray away the gay.

721

00:29:08,950 --> 00:29:10,617

I don't know where he stands, Jamal.

722

00:29:10,702 --> 00:29:12,202

You should ask, Dre. 723

00:29:12,269 --> 00:29:13,737

It's important.

724

00:29:13,788 --> 00:29:15,438

But you know where I stand.

725

00:29:15,490 --> 00:29:18,241

You'd be coming to support me, man, not the church.

726

00:29:25,616 --> 00:29:27,718

I want to help heal this family.

727

00:29:27,785 --> 00:29:30,253

I want us to be whole again.

728

00:29:30,304 --> 00:29:32,806

I mean it with all of my heart.

729 00:29:32,890 --> 00:29:35,642

Think about it.

730

00:29:35,727 --> 00:29:37,728

Yeah.

731

00:29:38,730 --> 00:29:40,230

Thank you.

732

00:29:40,297 --> 00:29:42,232

All right.

733

00:29:42,299 --> 00:29:44,300

Thanks, y'all.

734

00:29:47,071 --> 00:29:49,239

ANDRE: Thirsty sent some guys to break

735

00:29:49,306 --> 00:29:50,607 into Lyon Dynasty. 736

00:29:50,658 --> 00:29:52,492

Thirsty does whatever I tell him to do.

737

00:29:52,577 --> 00:29:54,077

Yeah, for your business, not mine.

738

00:29:54,145 --> 00:29:55,996

And certainly not our family affairs, right?

739

00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:57,998

This family is my business.

740

00:29:58,082 --> 00:30:00,000

What, Thirsty too hood for you?

741

00:30:00,084 --> 00:30:02,002

Me? No. 742

00:30:02,086 --> 00:30:04,004

I remember it all, Dad.

743

00:30:04,088 --> 00:30:06,673

I could have been in the streets if I wanted to.

744

00:30:06,758 --> 00:30:08,759

I chose not to.

745

00:30:10,011 --> 00:30:12,428

You're testing me.

746

00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:14,731

That's obvious.

747

00:30:14,782 --> 00:30:17,484

I'm not testing you. I'm just telling you,

748 00:30:17,568 --> 00:30:19,953 the only commandments I want followed here are mine.

749

00:30:21,205 --> 00:30:23,439

Check your faith at the door, son.

750

00:30:28,296 --> 00:30:29,996

I can't do it.

751

00:30:30,081 --> 00:30:33,467

My faith is who I am, and it's not gonna change.

752

00:30:33,551 --> 00:30:35,786

Dad, I want to make a confession to you.

753

00:30:35,853 --> 00:30:38,021

Why? What you do now? When Cookie first

754 00:30:38,072 --> 00:30:39,956 got out of prison, I'm the one that told her to blackmail you

755

00:30:40,024 --> 00:30:41,992 and produce Jamal.

756

00:30:43,244 --> 00:30:47,464

I knew she had somebody smart in her corner.

757

00:30:47,531 --> 00:30:48,665

I want you to know

758

00:30:48,716 --> 00:30:49,833 that I'm fully committed to you and Empire.

759

00:30:49,884 --> 00:30:51,968

I regret ever jeopardizing this company

760 00:30:52,036 --> 00:30:53,670 for my own personal gain.

761

00:30:53,721 --> 00:30:55,138

Okay, good. I forgive you.

762

00:30:55,206 --> 00:30:56,640

Can we get back to work now?

763

00:30:56,707 --> 00:30:57,841

I'm not finished, Pop.

764

00:30:59,710 --> 00:31:03,480

When I was off my medication, before I went into treatment,

765

00:31:03,547 --> 00:31:07,234

I felt hated and rejected by you.

766

00:31:07,318 --> 00:31:10,386 I wanted to hurt you so bad...

767

00:31:10,438 --> 00:31:13,073 that I went into your studio,

768

00:31:13,157 --> 00:31:15,075 put a gun to my head,

769

00:31:15,159 --> 00:31:17,577 and I pulled the trigger.

770

00:31:19,614 --> 00:31:22,899

I wanted to die.

771

00:31:22,950 --> 00:31:26,753

Lord saved me.

772

00:31:26,838 --> 00:31:30,290

I know you don't believe in this stuff, Pop, 773

00:31:30,374 --> 00:31:32,292 but you gave me life...

774

00:31:32,376 --> 00:31:35,212 and God gives me hope.

775

00:31:35,263 --> 00:31:39,415

Will you come to my baptism this weekend?

776

00:31:39,467 --> 00:31:42,102

It would mean everything for me to have you there, Pop.

777

00:31:42,186 --> 00:31:43,753

You're asking me to come

778

00:31:43,804 --> 00:31:47,524 and watch somebody dunk you in tap water 779

00:31:47,591 --> 00:31:50,810 and pretend that that's gonna make all your sins go away?

780

00:31:51,812 --> 00:31:55,115

There is no... God. There's...

781

00:31:55,199 --> 00:31:58,985

You just need to man the hell up.

782

00:32:14,946 --> 00:32:20,117

HAKEEM: Laura, hold up.

783

00:32:20,202 --> 00:32:22,436

You're stalking me now?

784

00:32:22,487 --> 00:32:23,904

You won't answer my calls.

785 00:32:23,955 --> 00:32:25,239

I have a train to catch.

786

00:32:25,290 --> 00:32:27,958

I'll make it fast.

787

00:32:29,711 --> 00:32:32,463

Look, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to come on to you.

788

00:32:32,547 --> 00:32:34,048

Did I lead you on somehow?

789

00:32:34,115 --> 00:32:36,417

No, you didn't, but I just never met a girl singer

790

00:32:36,468 --> 00:32:37,635 that didn't get down like that.

791 00:32:37,719 --> 00:32:39,887

Well, I don't get down like that.

792

00:32:39,954 --> 00:32:41,305

Okay, I get it, and I respect

793

00:32:41,390 --> 00:32:42,890 that you're not that type of girl.

794

00:32:42,957 --> 00:32:44,958

You forgive me?

795

00:32:45,010 --> 00:32:46,293

Don't you want to sing?

796

00:32:46,344 --> 00:32:49,063

All I ever wanted to do was sing.

797

00:32:49,130 --> 00:32:53,017

Not for money or fame or any of that. 798

00:32:53,101 --> 00:32:55,269

It's corny, but I like making people happy.

799

00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:57,405

When I seen you in that little bar in Brooklyn,

800

00:32:57,472 --> 00:32:59,907

I was in a bad headspace.

801

00:32:59,974 --> 00:33:02,743

But I want your voice to touch the world.

802

00:33:02,811 --> 00:33:05,079

You know, plus, I'm on my mogul swag now.

803

00:33:05,146 --> 00:33:07,832

And you're the real deal. And

I don't want to mess that up. 804

00:33:07,916 --> 00:33:11,502

I won't ever push up on you ever again.

805

00:33:11,586 --> 00:33:13,337

I swear.

806

00:33:15,340 --> 00:33:18,626

Look, my driver will take you wherever you're going.

807

00:33:18,677 --> 00:33:20,994

I'll catch a cab.

808

00:33:23,598 --> 00:33:25,599

(car door opens)

809

00:33:30,105 --> 00:33:32,106

Take her home. 810

00:33:39,681 --> 00:33:41,348

♪ I never know what's really comin', I do ignore it ♪

811

00:33:41,399 --> 00:33:43,183

♪ If I'd've known a few years ago, I'd've made a hit ♪

812

00:33:43,235 --> 00:33:45,352

♪ I probably would've bought some clothes, even brushed my hair ♪

813

00:33:45,403 --> 00:33:47,521

♪ I'd probably be the one or maybe be the only ♪

814

00:33:47,572 --> 00:33:50,190

♪ Go... go get in my lane,

I swear, this hater's phony ♪

815 00:33:50,242 --> 00:33:52,693

♪ So I c... ♪ So I ca... so I ca...

816

00:33:52,744 --> 00:33:55,028

Who are you talking about? (sighs)

817

00:33:55,080 --> 00:33:57,381

You're talking about your pops, right? Yeah.

818

00:33:57,466 --> 00:34:00,668

He 'posed to be here. Every time I spit a 16 for him,

819

00:34:00,719 --> 00:34:02,169 it put a smile on his face.

820

00:34:02,220 --> 00:34:05,489

He ain't here, 'cause he's a rotten bastard. 821

00:34:05,574 --> 00:34:06,824

Hell you gonna say that?

822

00:34:06,908 --> 00:34:08,141

'Cause it's the truth.

823

00:34:08,193 --> 00:34:09,777

I didn't come here for this.

824

00:34:09,828 --> 00:34:11,328

Doesn't mean he didn't love you.

825

00:34:11,413 --> 00:34:12,830

(sighs)

826

00:34:12,914 --> 00:34:15,649

A lot of fathers don't know how to show love.

827 00:34:15,700 --> 00:34:17,818

Look,

828

00:34:17,869 --> 00:34:19,820

I knew your daddy.

829

00:34:19,871 --> 00:34:22,823

And he loved you so much

830

00:34:22,874 --> 00:34:26,010 that if you cut off his right arm,

831

00:34:26,094 --> 00:34:30,397 he'd reach over and hug you with his left one.

832

00:34:30,448 --> 00:34:33,334

That's what you got to lay down.

833

00:34:33,401 --> 00:34:36,670 You got to stop runnin' from it, and you got to turn

834

00:34:36,738 --> 00:34:39,907 and meet it face-to-face.

835

00:34:44,429 --> 00:34:47,848

(music begins)

836

00:34:47,916 --> 00:34:50,184

♪ Should've never left me, oh, my ♪

837

00:34:50,251 --> 00:34:53,020

♪ Tell me why you had to leave me, oh, why ♪

838

00:34:53,087 --> 00:34:55,756

♪ Why you had to go, why you had to go ♪ 839

00:34:55,807 --> 00:34:57,758

♪ Try'na keep a grip on my sanity, right ♪

840

00:34:57,809 --> 00:34:59,426

♪ 'Cause they don't really know what it cost ♪

841

00:34:59,477 --> 00:35:02,095

♪ For this life, the hurt, the hunger, the time never right ♪

842

00:35:02,147 --> 00:35:04,448

♪ Thoughts of killing everything in plain sight, your word ♪

843

00:35:04,533 --> 00:35:06,266

♪ Is your bond, if I could say word to my moms ♪

844 00:35:06,318 --> 00:35:07,267

♪ You know what I'm on ♪

845

00:35:07,319 --> 00:35:08,769

♪ But you was my world ♪

846

00:35:08,820 --> 00:35:11,438

♪ Never did wrong in my eyes, forever your girl ♪

847

00:35:11,489 --> 00:35:15,042

♪ Crazy, what you made me indirectly, but you saved me ♪

848

00:35:15,109 --> 00:35:16,710

♪ From a lil' girl to a lady ♪

849

00:35:16,778 --> 00:35:18,379

♪ Still a hustler like you raised me ♪

850 00:35:18,446 --> 00:35:19,463

♪ God bless your soul ♪

851

00:35:19,548 --> 00:35:20,714

♪ 'Cause you're gone now ♪

852

00:35:20,782 --> 00:35:22,383

♪ All is forgiven

'cause I'm grown now ♪

853

00:35:22,450 --> 00:35:24,284

♪ Gotta make it out here on my own now ♪

854

00:35:24,336 --> 00:35:26,286

♪ I pick the pen up and put the guns down ♪

855

00:35:26,338 --> 00:35:28,288

♪ Every word spoken, never when in vain ♪ 856

00:35:28,340 --> 00:35:30,290

♪ Speak it to the world, take away my pain ♪

857

00:35:30,342 --> 00:35:32,560

♪ They say you live once, when you go it's a shame ♪

858

00:35:32,627 --> 00:35:34,228

♪ I guess that I'm sayin' the same ♪

859

00:35:34,295 --> 00:35:35,813

♪ Should've never left me, oh, my ♪

860

00:35:35,897 --> 00:35:38,799

♪ Tell me why you had to leave me, oh, why... ♪

861

00:35:40,485 --> 00:35:41,735 I'm glad you're here, Ma.

862

00:35:41,803 --> 00:35:43,270

(chuckles)

863

00:35:43,321 --> 00:35:46,139

You know, when you boys were babies,

864

00:35:46,191 --> 00:35:50,477 my mama wanted me to get y'all baptized.

865

00:35:50,528 --> 00:35:53,280

Babies don't know what sin is.

866

00:35:53,331 --> 00:35:57,585

No, I think you should choose the Lord,

867

00:35:57,652 --> 00:35:58,919 then get baptized. 868

00:35:58,987 --> 00:36:01,338

That way it sticks.

869

00:36:01,423 --> 00:36:04,008

I'm gonna make it stick. Mm-hmm.

870

00:36:04,092 --> 00:36:06,493

I have to.

871

00:36:06,544 --> 00:36:08,495

I'm not a good person, Ma.

872

00:36:08,546 --> 00:36:11,215

Stop saying stuff like that, stupid.

873

00:36:14,519 --> 00:36:17,888

I've done horrible things.

874

00:36:18,940 --> 00:36:22,726 So have I, Dre.

875

00:36:22,811 --> 00:36:25,345

But we are good people.

876

00:36:25,397 --> 00:36:29,533

You wouldn't be here trying to make it right if you weren't.

877

00:36:29,618 --> 00:36:32,069

God knows your heart.

878

00:36:32,153 --> 00:36:34,021

Now, keep your mouth shut.

879

00:36:35,240 --> 00:36:37,024

I don't need to hear about what you did,

880

00:36:37,075 --> 00:36:39,043 and neither does anybody else. 881

00:36:39,127 --> 00:36:42,046

You look good. I'm proud of you.

882

00:36:42,130 --> 00:36:44,798

(playing "Amazing Grace")

883

00:36:44,866 --> 00:36:47,084

(indistinct chatter)

884

00:36:53,374 --> 00:36:55,559

Hi. Thanks for coming.

885

00:36:55,644 --> 00:36:57,845

Of course.

886

00:36:57,896 --> 00:37:00,681

Thanks, brother.

887 00:37:03,568 --> 00:37:06,687

Great to have you. Thank you.

888

00:37:06,738 --> 00:37:09,239

What's up, man? How you doing?

What's up, man? You all right?

889

00:37:09,324 --> 00:37:11,909

I'm happy you could show up for your brother.

890

00:37:11,993 --> 00:37:13,911

Actually, I'm surprised.

891

00:37:13,995 --> 00:37:16,413

I don't know why, Ma. We're family.

892

00:37:16,498 --> 00:37:17,898

We show up, and we support each other.

893 00:37:17,949 --> 00:37:19,750

Even if we don't actually believe in each other.

894

00:37:19,834 --> 00:37:22,036

I believe in you, Jamal.

895

00:37:22,087 --> 00:37:24,872

Always have, always will.

896

00:37:24,923 --> 00:37:28,592

How are things going with your father?

897

00:37:28,677 --> 00:37:30,577

He's taking me to the next level.

898

00:37:30,628 --> 00:37:33,180

I'm working with Ne-Yo, planning a tour.

899

00:37:33,247 --> 00:37:35,049 It's everything I ever wanted.

900

00:37:35,100 --> 00:37:38,102

Everything you ever wanted.

901

00:37:38,186 --> 00:37:40,354

I'm happy for you.

902

00:37:40,421 --> 00:37:42,940

You ain't got to lie, Ma.

We're in the house of the Lord.

903

00:37:43,975 --> 00:37:46,226

So is he comin'?

904

00:37:46,277 --> 00:37:48,028

Nah.

905

00:37:48,096 --> 00:37:49,613

It's probably for the best. 906

00:37:49,698 --> 00:37:52,950

That devil walk in here, this whole place might catch fire.

907

00:37:53,034 --> 00:37:55,152

(all chuckle)

908

00:37:58,790 --> 00:38:00,791

♪ ♪

909

00:38:28,434 --> 00:38:29,735

(door shuts)

910

00:38:29,802 --> 00:38:33,272

(murmuring)

911

00:38:43,249 --> 00:38:44,833

Ooh. 912

00:38:44,918 --> 00:38:47,669

Mention the devil's name, and he will walk right in.

913

00:38:47,754 --> 00:38:49,838

God help us all.

914

00:38:52,041 --> 00:38:54,509

I'm Andre's father,

915

00:38:54,594 --> 00:38:56,261

Lucious Lyon.

916

00:38:56,329 --> 00:38:57,596

Reverend L.C. Pryce.

917

00:38:57,663 --> 00:38:59,047

Grateful you could join us.

918 00:38:59,132 --> 00:39:00,999

Thank you. Your son

919

00:39:01,050 --> 00:39:04,836 is an, um... exceptional man.

920

00:39:04,887 --> 00:39:07,356

He never ceases to amaze me.

921

00:39:10,276 --> 00:39:12,344

ANDRE: Thanks for coming, Pop.

922

00:39:12,395 --> 00:39:13,562

I love you.

923

00:39:13,646 --> 00:39:15,030

I know you do.

924

00:39:21,237 --> 00:39:23,789

Please. 925

00:39:23,856 --> 00:39:26,208

I think I seen some angels runnin' for cover.

926

00:39:26,292 --> 00:39:28,210

Ooh. (chuckles)

927

00:39:28,294 --> 00:39:32,864

Oh, let me make space in case lightnin' strikes.

928

00:39:32,915 --> 00:39:36,468

What happened, Dad? I thought you couldn't make it.

929

00:39:36,535 --> 00:39:39,087

I was in the studio

930

00:39:39,172 --> 00:39:42,707 with Freda Gatz, and her rhymes moved me.

931

00:39:42,759 --> 00:39:45,177

She reminded me of how...

932

00:39:45,228 --> 00:39:49,147 important my presence is to you boys.

933

00:39:49,215 --> 00:39:50,816

I was the one that provided for y'all

934

00:39:50,883 --> 00:39:52,384 when your mama was locked up.

935

00:39:52,435 --> 00:39:54,102

I made this family.

936

00:39:54,187 --> 00:39:55,437

This family 937

00:39:55,521 --> 00:39:58,223 that you spy on, rob, and beat down

938

00:39:58,274 --> 00:40:01,059 when you can't control us? Huh? Oh,

939

00:40:01,110 --> 00:40:02,244

I got something.

940

00:40:02,328 --> 00:40:06,331

Take this bug and stick it up yours.

941

00:40:08,368 --> 00:40:10,285

I'm sorry, Cookie,

942

00:40:10,370 --> 00:40:11,753 are you under surveillance? (chuckles)

943

00:40:11,838 --> 00:40:13,238 Sucks, don't it?

944

00:40:13,289 --> 00:40:15,123

Quit tryin' to steal our tracks.

945

00:40:15,208 --> 00:40:17,259

Quit sending those tired-ass thugs

946

00:40:17,343 --> 00:40:18,794 to harass us.

947

00:40:18,878 --> 00:40:21,296

And quit tryin' to turn us against each other,

948

00:40:21,381 --> 00:40:23,298 turn us all into sinners like you.

949

00:40:23,383 --> 00:40:26,852

Preach, Ma, preach. 950

00:40:32,058 --> 00:40:33,358

From the book of John,

951

00:40:33,426 --> 00:40:35,927

"when these things came..."

952

00:40:35,978 --> 00:40:37,646

(quietly): When it comes to sinning, Cookie,

953

00:40:37,730 --> 00:40:39,648 you don't need nobody's help.

954

00:40:39,732 --> 00:40:42,267

And for your information, I don't

955

00:40:42,318 --> 00:40:43,485 ever, ever quit. 956

00:40:43,569 --> 00:40:44,453

Shh!

957

00:40:44,537 --> 00:40:46,604

Andre Martin Lyon,

958

00:40:46,656 --> 00:40:48,990 you repented and confessed your sins.

959

00:40:49,075 --> 00:40:52,110

Do you agree to turn from your old ways

960

00:40:52,161 --> 00:40:54,629 and embrace Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior?

961

00:40:54,714 --> 00:40:56,298

ANDRE: Yes, I do.

962 00:40:56,382 --> 00:41:00,052

L.C.: Then upon the confession of your faith, I baptize you

963

00:41:00,119 --> 00:41:02,003 in the name of the Father...

964

00:41:03,589 --> 00:41:05,290

You don't cuss at your mama!

965

00:41:05,341 --> 00:41:06,308

Get in that tub!

966

00:41:06,392 --> 00:41:07,843

Get in that water!

967

00:41:07,927 --> 00:41:09,978

Get in there! Go on! No, Mama!

968

00:41:10,063 --> 00:41:11,296 I'm sorry! Come on!

969

00:41:11,347 --> 00:41:13,181

DWIGHT: I won't do it again! No!

970

00:41:13,266 --> 00:41:14,566

I'm sorry!

971

00:41:14,633 --> 00:41:16,151

Mom, it's me! L.C.: and the Son...

972

00:41:17,019 --> 00:41:19,304

♪ Mona Lisa ♪

973

00:41:19,355 --> 00:41:21,806

♪ Mona Lisa ♪ Mama!

974

00:41:21,858 --> 00:41:24,025

♪ Men have named you ♪ (gasps) 975

00:41:24,110 --> 00:41:26,411

♪ You're so like the lady ♪

976

00:41:26,479 --> 00:41:28,864

♪ With the mystic smile ♪ (Dwight gasps)

977

00:41:28,948 --> 00:41:29,865

L.C.: and the Holy Ghost.

978

00:41:29,949 --> 00:41:30,866

♪ Is it only ♪

979

00:41:30,950 --> 00:41:32,317

♪ 'Cause you're lonely ♪

980

00:41:32,368 --> 00:41:34,202

♪ They have blamed you ♪

981 00:41:34,287 --> 00:41:37,255

♪ For that Mona Lisa strangeness ♪

982

00:41:37,323 --> 00:41:39,324

(fading): ♪ In your smile? ♪

983

00:41:47,550 --> 00:41:49,434

L.C.: Amen!

984

00:41:49,502 --> 00:41:50,886

CONGREGATION: Amen!

985

00:41:50,970 --> 00:41:53,522

(applause) (man shouts indistinctly)

986

00:41:53,606 --> 00:41:55,724

L.C.: Will you all stand and rejoice!

987

00:41:55,808 --> 00:41:58,310

(whooping, shouting) 988

00:42:02,014 --> 00:42:04,015

God is good!

989

00:42:04,066 --> 00:42:07,285

♪ For every mountain ♪

990

00:42:07,353 --> 00:42:08,870

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

991

00:42:08,955 --> 00:42:12,857

♪ You brought me over ♪

992

00:42:12,909 --> 00:42:14,126

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

993

00:42:14,193 --> 00:42:17,245

♪ For every trial ♪

994 00:42:17,330 --> 00:42:18,747

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

995

00:42:18,831 --> 00:42:21,199

♪ You've seen me through ♪

996

00:42:21,250 --> 00:42:23,201

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

997

00:42:23,252 --> 00:42:26,972

♪ For every blessing ♪

998

00:42:27,039 --> 00:42:29,307

♪ And I will sing ♪

999

00:42:29,375 --> 00:42:31,643

♪ Hallelujah ♪

1000

00:42:31,710 --> 00:42:34,012

♪ For this ♪ ♪ For this ♪

1001

00:42:34,063 --> 00:42:37,399

♪ I give you ♪

1002

00:42:37,483 --> 00:42:40,352

♪ Praise... ♪

1003

00:42:43,222 --> 00:42:44,823

- ♪ For every mountain ♪

- HAKEEM: What is this! What is this!

1004

00:42:44,890 --> 00:42:47,909

I warned y'all. Get down or lay down.

Get off me! What is this!

1005

00:42:47,994 --> 00:42:49,727

- ♪ You brought me over ♪

- HAKEEM: Help!

1006 00:42:49,779 --> 00:42:51,062

- ♪ Lord, you brought me over ♪

- Help!

1007

00:42:51,113 --> 00:42:52,230

- ♪ For every trial ♪

- MAN: Get in!

1008

00:42:52,281 --> 00:42:54,332

- ♪ You've seen me though... ♪

- MAN: Go!

1009

00:42:54,452 --> 00:42:58,369

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