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00:00:00Hey!
00:00:10Hey!
00:00:15Hey!
00:00:19Hey!
00:00:21Hey!
00:00:23Hey!
00:00:25Hey!
00:00:28Baby, get out here before the cereal gets soggy.
00:00:46Two to our peanut butter, hurry up.
00:00:48Peanut butter.
00:00:49What is she still doing here?
00:00:52That's for the kids' lunches.
00:00:53Well, Jacob offered, so.
00:00:54Well, Jacob's one of the kids.
00:00:56He's a grown-ass man, and you ain't his mama.
00:00:58You do know he's 17, right?
00:01:03Hey, Ma.
00:01:04Is everybody up?
00:01:04Yeah, everything's done, of course.
00:01:06What about you?
00:01:06You tired?
00:01:07Where's your brother?
00:01:08Good morning.
00:01:10He's just getting up.
00:01:11I gotta get back to work.
00:01:13OK, well, I left a plate for you in the fridge
00:01:15for when you get home.
00:01:16All right, talk to you later.
00:01:17I hate you.
00:01:18Love you.
00:01:18Love you.
00:01:20Who is she?
00:01:21Who are you?
00:01:21She was just leaving.
00:01:24Let's go.
00:01:24Let's go.
00:01:26I gotta eat what we have.
00:01:30Yo, thanks for this sis, Kalani.
00:01:32I hope you protected yourself.
00:01:33Seriously.
00:01:34Fuck, please.
00:01:36Remember, there's a no pet rule in the building.
00:01:39Haters, dead ass, both of you.
00:01:41I'm not hating.
00:01:42I'm looking out for you.
00:01:43You stole this, huh?
00:01:45I am.
00:01:45Don't you ever forget it.
00:01:47Buy one minute, fool.
00:01:49Do I get one too, Ma?
00:01:51I'm good, Jacob.
00:01:52I'll take it.
00:01:53No, look, y'all going to be late.
00:01:55Get on.
00:01:56Take this.
00:01:57Thanks, Jake.
00:01:58You know I got you.
00:01:59And scrub the nasty out the tub before mom gets home.
00:02:05Hey, she was nasty and a little bit nasty,
00:02:07but you weren't nasty nasty.
00:02:08Bye, Jacob.
00:02:09What do you want to make, Jacob?
00:02:16Machines and living things convert energy into what?
00:02:20Heat.
00:02:21Good, baby.
00:02:22And how does a living thing convert energy into heat?
00:02:27Sex.
00:02:29That you better not run out of your test.
00:02:31Good.
00:02:32Good morning, Kalani.
00:02:35How are you?
00:02:36Um, lady as usual.
00:02:42I thought she said she was coming.
00:02:44She is.
00:02:46She's supposed to anyway.
00:02:48I hope I didn't choose the one that she's sick.
00:02:50That wouldn't change anything.
00:02:52That, girl, what'd it do?
00:02:55Uh-uh.
00:02:55What you doing here, Terrence?
00:02:56Boy, you know this ain't your train.
00:02:58Good morning, T.
00:02:59Who you waiting for?
00:03:00Your cousin.
00:03:01Oh, that's good.
00:03:03What up, Andre?
00:03:04How you doing?
00:03:04I don't want to see me no more.
00:03:05Look, I'm trying to get this.
00:03:07Come on, girl.
00:03:08You know you're not too busy for your own, man.
00:03:10Come on.
00:03:10Boy, bye.
00:03:12Terrence, where you going?
00:03:13I'm on the clouds.
00:03:14Where you going?
00:03:15I'm playing too much.
00:03:15Wait, you don't even have a book bag.
00:03:17Shut up.
00:03:31Kalani.
00:03:33Uh-uh.
00:03:34Girl, you know you don't want to be late for school.
00:03:39What's up, Kalani?
00:03:41What's up, Terrence?
00:03:49What?
00:03:51Making you nervous or something?
00:03:53Well, with you staring at me like that.
00:03:57What you doing on this train, anyway?
00:03:58My grandma needed some help with groceries this morning,
00:04:01so I just thought I'd come through.
00:04:02Aw, it's easy.
00:04:04Man, this is my style.
00:04:06Tell Kirk I said hi if you see him.
00:04:08You still your man?
00:04:09Yes, that's still my man.
00:04:12You sure?
00:04:13What the hell is doing that?
00:04:21What the hell is doing that?
00:04:22What the hell?
00:04:23What the hell?
00:04:24You didn't stop.
00:04:25You didn't stop.
00:04:26What the hell is doing that?
00:04:27What the hell is doing that?
00:04:29What's happening?
00:04:30Okay, girls, your next assignment,
00:04:33write a paper on The Lie by Kurt Vonnegut.
00:04:35I expect you all did the reading.
00:04:37Chandown, Kalani, it was a rhetorical question.
00:04:40It's AP literature.
00:04:42Now, who can tell me what Kurt Vonnegut's The Lie was all about?
00:04:47Can I raise my hand now, or is that also a rhetorical question?
00:04:51Amy, it's a book about the American dream.
00:04:54Oh, really?
00:04:56You have to go deeper, Amy.
00:04:58Bethany, what are your thoughts?
00:05:01It's a short story about a boy whose family donates money
00:05:04to a private school much like ours.
00:05:05But the school doesn't accept the boy
00:05:07because his test scores aren't good enough.
00:05:09Even though his family had gone to the school for generations,
00:05:12it's completely unfair.
00:05:14Good. Bethany, you have hit on the topic of this assignment.
00:05:20Continue, Bethany.
00:05:21Most of us in this room would agree that
00:05:23private schools are private for a reason.
00:05:25If you can't afford it, you shouldn't have the right
00:05:28to a better education.
00:05:30That is a very strong point of view.
00:05:34The testers are due on Monday.
00:05:37They account for one-third of your final grade,
00:05:40and I am expecting nothing short of your very best.
00:05:46Kalani, I need to see you for a moment.
00:05:48Good afternoon, Kalani.
00:06:05Your college application is in.
00:06:08You sure you don't want me to send any others?
00:06:11I think I can take it to the mailbox myself.
00:06:15I've given this a lot of thought,
00:06:18and Yale is where I want to be in my first choice.
00:06:24I understand.
00:06:27I can be behind it.
00:06:31And for helping with the application fee.
00:06:34I don't know what I want to do if I don't get in.
00:06:40The great what-ifs of life.
00:06:42It either propels you to greatness
00:06:46or stunts you into immobility.
00:06:51It's going to take you sitting down
00:06:54and staying focused on what has to be done.
00:06:58That's your destiny.
00:07:02My destiny?
00:07:03You sound so much like me.
00:07:06Yeah, but did you have a bitch-ass bigot
00:07:08trying to ruin you?
00:07:09I hate Ms. Umans.
00:07:11Ms. Umans?
00:07:13She has a problem with me.
00:07:16I'm the only black girl in our class,
00:07:18and she makes sure I know it.
00:07:20It's good preparation for you, Kalani.
00:07:26Let me tell you a little story.
00:07:31I was your own brother from the projects.
00:07:33My mother gave birth to me at 13.
00:07:38I had all the world on my shoulder
00:07:41and all the odds against me.
00:07:45I was told that
00:07:47I was brilliant and accomplished just like you.
00:07:51I even got a scholarship to play baseball
00:07:54and be a pitcher
00:07:55at one of the top-ranked high schools.
00:07:59Then the team
00:08:00got a coach
00:08:03who was not interested in having a black pitcher.
00:08:09I was disappointed.
00:08:10I was upset.
00:08:12I felt like I had lost my confidence,
00:08:15all those things.
00:08:16My grades fell.
00:08:17All those things happened to me.
00:08:19And I think since I'm a black man
00:08:20in this white man's world,
00:08:23why should I dream big?
00:08:25Why can't I just sit on the bench of life
00:08:28like everyone else
00:08:29and don't follow my dreams?
00:08:31I didn't go into baseball like I wanted to.
00:08:34I didn't go into baseball like I wanted to.
00:08:37I didn't go into my dreams.
00:08:39But I made it.
00:08:42Through all that, I got through it.
00:08:48And I look at that and I think about you
00:08:55because that's what you're going to have to do.
00:08:57You're going to have to get through it.
00:08:59All the things that you're angry about,
00:09:02all the ways in which your dreams
00:09:04are often undermined,
00:09:06you're going to have to get through it.
00:09:08And you, you can do that.
00:09:12I think so.
00:09:14Step one is to be present.
00:09:18And to be focused.
00:09:20So get out there.
00:09:38I got it.
00:09:39Are you kidding?
00:09:40Daddy's in the south of France, last I heard.
00:09:42The card's got us.
00:09:44Thanks.
00:09:45No problem.
00:09:52You know the school year's almost over
00:09:53and you've still never taken me to a party in Harlem?
00:09:56I hear they're epic.
00:09:57I could be your plus one.
00:09:59My plus one?
00:10:00What?
00:10:01I mean it.
00:10:02You're telling me you don't need to blow off steam?
00:10:04Katie, have you ever been above 96th Street?
00:10:07Of course I have.
00:10:08I took a tour of Columbia.
00:10:10Mmm.
00:10:11Okay.
00:10:12Yeah.
00:10:13Okay.
00:10:18Kalani, you ready?
00:10:19Let's go.
00:10:20Hi, Katie.
00:10:21Hi, Kirk.
00:10:22It's nice to see you again.
00:10:23Oh, it's nice to see you too.
00:10:25Hi, Katie.
00:10:26Kalani, you know I don't like being down here.
00:10:28Don't be so dramatic.
00:10:29Kalani, let's go.
00:10:31Um, bye Katie.
00:10:33See you later.
00:10:34Okay.
00:10:35Let me know about going out this weekend.
00:10:36Gotcha.
00:10:37I thought we had plans, just you and I.
00:10:38You're looking good today, baby.
00:10:39You're waiting on me?
00:10:40My brother was supposed to pick me up.
00:10:41I don't know where he is and he's not picking up his phone.
00:10:42Hey Ty, hop in the V. Let's get to the crib.
00:10:43I'm with my friends tonight, Malik.
00:10:44I'm good.
00:10:45I'm good.
00:10:46You're headed back to 1.55th?
00:10:47I can get you a ride if that's what you ask.
00:10:48Well, you took me for a ride a couple times last month and then I never saw you again.
00:10:49You're looking good today, baby.
00:10:50You're looking good today, baby.
00:10:51You're waiting on me?
00:10:52My brother was supposed to pick me up.
00:10:53I don't know where he is and he's not picking up his phone.
00:10:54Hey Ty, hop in the V. Let's get to the crib.
00:10:55I'm with my friends tonight, Malik.
00:10:56I'm good.
00:10:57You headed back to 1.55th?
00:10:58I can get you a ride if that's what you ask.
00:10:59Well, you took me for a ride a couple times last month and then I never saw you again.
00:11:15Come on, you know I love you, shorty.
00:11:18I'm gonna hop in the whip so we can get to the crib.
00:11:40See?
00:11:41Nice and tight.
00:11:43I'll get you.
00:11:44I'll get you.
00:11:45I'll get you.
00:11:46I'll get you.
00:11:48I'll get you.
00:12:06Hey, Dad.
00:12:07Hey, Pastor.
00:12:08Hey, Pastor.
00:12:09Hey.
00:12:10Hey, Kalani.
00:12:11How you doing?
00:12:12How's mom and the family?
00:12:13Everybody's good.
00:12:14Yeah?
00:12:15What about this knucklehead?
00:12:17How's he treating you?
00:12:21Son, you're not going to help her with her backpack?
00:12:24Taught you better than that.
00:12:25Yes, my bad dad, please.
00:12:27Offer something to drink?
00:12:28Oh, I'm fine, really.
00:12:30Okay.
00:12:31You guys have homework?
00:12:32Yeah, a big paper.
00:12:34All right, well, you know you're welcome to stay and have dinner with us.
00:12:38Just tell your mom.
00:12:40Thanks, Pastor.
00:12:41All right.
00:12:42I have a big meeting at the church, so I'll be back in a couple of hours.
00:12:45All right, Pop.
00:12:46Love you.
00:12:47Take care.
00:12:48Got my eye on you.
00:12:51I need some drink.
00:12:53Hey, how about we shut this?
00:13:08Hey, what are you doing?
00:13:10Let's go upstairs.
00:13:11Why?
00:13:12There's more contour out there.
00:13:13Come on, babe.
00:13:14I'm fine.
00:13:15Comfortable enough.
00:13:17Damn boy.
00:13:22Yo, I'm not your damn boy.
00:13:24And I'm not a dog.
00:13:28Okay, what just happened?
00:13:29Why you always gotta be like that?
00:13:31Like what?
00:13:32Boring.
00:13:33Kalani, boring.
00:13:34A tease.
00:13:35All my friends get to brag about what their girls do for them.
00:13:37I can't say nothing.
00:13:38You don't do nothing for me, you don't want me, and you don't care about me.
00:13:44Yeah.
00:13:45I care about you.
00:13:47Then prove it.
00:13:49I said no.
00:14:13Relax, relax.
00:14:14I said no.
00:14:15What?
00:14:16Stop.
00:14:17Stop.
00:14:18Stop, Kurt! Stop, Kurt! Stop! Stop!
00:14:36Hey, babies! Hey, where are you going?
00:14:41You're my future wife!
00:14:48I wonder where all my children are.
00:14:58Hey, Mom.
00:14:59What's got you so out of breath?
00:15:01That's it.
00:15:03Where's Bebe?
00:15:05I'm gonna kill that little girl.
00:15:07There's some chicken and dumplings on the stove with some white rice.
00:15:09Go make yourself a plate.
00:15:10I'm not hungry, Mom.
00:15:12Chicken and dumplings is one of your favorites.
00:15:14Would you say this, Mom?
00:15:15No.
00:15:16Bebe!
00:15:17Do you know what time it is?
00:15:20I'm sorry.
00:15:21I didn't think he was home yet.
00:15:23I was waiting on Jacob and he never came to get me.
00:15:26Just because I'm not home doesn't mean you shouldn't be.
00:15:29I want you to come straight home after school whether Jacob gets you or not.
00:15:32Do you understand?
00:15:33Yes, Mama.
00:15:35So where have you been?
00:15:37With a friend.
00:15:38What friend?
00:15:39Tied from downstairs.
00:15:41I thought I told you to stay away from that family.
00:15:43I'm sorry.
00:15:44I forgot.
00:15:45You forgiven something?
00:15:51You stink, Bebe.
00:15:54You been having sex?
00:15:55No.
00:15:56Don't you lie to me, girl.
00:15:57Where you get this necklace from, huh?
00:15:58From a friend.
00:15:59He gave it to you for nothing?
00:16:01Ma, I didn't do anything.
00:16:02The next words that come out of your mouth better not be a lie.
00:16:08I can't even look at you right now and get out of my face and go take a shower before I beat your ass.
00:16:12I told you to look after your sister.
00:16:14How could you let this happen?
00:16:15Kahlani, have you seen my shower cap?
00:16:28Kalani, have you seen my shower cap?
00:16:40Have you seen my shower cap?
00:16:44You mad at me too?
00:16:46What do you think?
00:16:49Why don't you tell me you're having sex, baby?
00:16:54I can't protect you if you don't tell me anything.
00:16:58I'm sorry.
00:17:02You use condoms, right?
00:17:05Sometimes.
00:17:06Sometimes. They only work if you use them every time.
00:17:10He doesn't like condoms. He says they don't feel the same.
00:17:12What if you get a STD?
00:17:14That won't happen.
00:17:15Are you stupid?
00:17:16No.
00:17:18You know what? First thing Monday morning you go into the clinic, but tomorrow you're gonna get your butt up,
00:17:22go to the pharmacy, and get some condoms,
00:17:24since it seems like you cannot control yourself, and you need to get a pregnancy test.
00:17:29I'm fine.
00:17:30How do you know?
00:17:31Because I'm not pregnant.
00:17:32When was your last period?
00:17:34I don't know. I don't remember.
00:17:36Last month?
00:17:36I don't know.
00:17:37Exactly. You don't know anything.
00:17:39You're taking the test.
00:17:40I'll give you the money.
00:17:41That's it.
00:17:42Your shower cap is over there.
00:17:43You protect your hair, but not your life.
00:17:46Stupid.
00:17:46Stupid.
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00:18:46Mom, are you okay?
00:18:53And I plead your precious blood over my mother.
00:18:57Keep Bebe and Jacob in your hand according to your will, God.
00:19:03In Jesus' name, amen.
00:19:06Amen.
00:19:16Get up! Get up!
00:19:29Mom, what are you doing?
00:19:30Call your brother and tell him to come get his stuff.
00:19:32I've had enough. He's got to go.
00:19:34He didn't come home last night, and then I find this.
00:19:37Where was it?
00:19:39Right here in his room.
00:19:42Did you know Kalani?
00:19:43No. No, Ma.
00:19:45Tell him I'm flushing it down the toilet.
00:19:47I won't have this in my house.
00:19:50Mom. Mom, please. Stop.
00:19:54You need to call your brother and tell him to come get his stuff.
00:19:57Otherwise, he'll be picking it up off the curb.
00:19:59I want him out.
00:20:01Mom. Mom.
00:20:15He'll be picking it up.
00:20:16I'll be cooking it down for you.
00:20:17You want to pull from him?
00:20:18You're doing the shopping cart.
00:20:20She's taking the piss on him.
00:20:21No.
00:20:22You're trying to do what I told you to do.
00:20:23Get Jacob on the phone.
00:20:24That's what you need.
00:20:25You're trying to do.
00:20:26I'm trying to make you make sense of aata to me.
00:20:27Mom.
00:20:28Mom!
00:20:30Mom!
00:20:31Talani, get out of my way!
00:20:32Wait!
00:20:51Hello?
00:20:52Why didn't you tell me?
00:20:53This is what you into now, Jacob.
00:20:55Have you lost your mind?
00:20:56Mop out your stash and she flushed it.
00:20:59She flushed it?
00:21:00You're kidding me right now.
00:21:01She could get me killed.
00:21:02She could get all of us killed.
00:21:05You're the one who gonna get us killed.
00:21:07I'm doing this to take care of y'all.
00:21:08I put my life on the line every day for this family.
00:21:11Do you even know what that's like?
00:21:13Jacob, us-
00:21:14You know what?
00:21:15Just keep mom out of my room, all right?
00:21:17I gotta go handle this.
00:21:31Hey.
00:21:32Why you look so damn depressed?
00:21:34I'm going through stuff.
00:21:35Girl, don't nobody want to hear you complain about your perfect little life?
00:21:37You don't know nothing about my life, so shut up.
00:21:38Crystal for real.
00:21:39Hey, she's your cousin.
00:21:40Anyway, we're gonna shop it up, right?
00:21:41Because you know I gotta look real cute.
00:21:42Y'all calling me for the party tonight.
00:21:43We gotta get ready.
00:21:44Go with Crystal.
00:21:45Uh-uh.
00:21:46You know Crystal can't.
00:21:47She on that leash for the Lord.
00:21:48Please.
00:21:49And I'm like, I'm gonna get up.
00:21:50I'm gonna get up.
00:21:51I'm gonna get up.
00:21:52I'm gonna get up.
00:21:53I'm gonna get up.
00:21:54I'm gonna get up.
00:21:55I'm gonna get up.
00:21:56I'm gonna get up.
00:21:57I'm gonna get up.
00:21:58I'm gonna get up.
00:21:59I'm gonna get up.
00:22:00Right?
00:22:01Because you know I gotta look real cute.
00:22:02Y'all calling me for the party tonight.
00:22:03We gotta get ready.
00:22:04Go with Crystal.
00:22:05Uh-uh.
00:22:06You know Crystal can't.
00:22:07She on that leash for the Lord.
00:22:08Please.
00:22:09And I'm not going by myself.
00:22:10No.
00:22:11See, if your brother was going, that's a different story.
00:22:14But I have choir practice, and I kind of hang with you.
00:22:17He does.
00:22:18I'm not going, Tanya.
00:22:19Look.
00:22:20I just need something real cute, because you know my man gonna be there.
00:22:25Which one?
00:22:26Does it matter?
00:22:27Come on.
00:22:28I'm gonna give you a pipe practice.
00:22:29Bye, Pooch.
00:22:50Castle?
00:22:57Where's Malik?
00:22:58He's busy.
00:22:59I need to talk to him.
00:23:00But he's busy.
00:23:01Coco's here.
00:23:02I don't care about that chick.
00:23:04It's important, Ty.
00:23:05Get him for me.
00:23:06I need to talk to him.
00:23:08Okay.
00:23:09Sit down.
00:23:10He'll be out soon.
00:23:11He'll be out soon.
00:23:18Do you still watch these cartoons?
00:23:20I stopped watching these like six months ago.
00:23:23Baby, you look better than all of those girls.
00:23:36I know.
00:23:37I really care about you.
00:23:39You always say it, man.
00:23:40Look, could you go get your brother?
00:23:43Why are you not one to just chill with me?
00:23:45Why are you always going to be with my brother?
00:23:48Malik, you don't see me?
00:23:51What you doing here?
00:23:53I have to talk to you.
00:23:54Nah, I'm busy.
00:23:56But it's important.
00:23:58My baby mom's just here. You got the role.
00:24:01So? I'm your baby moms, too.
00:24:07What you say?
00:24:10I'm your new baby moms.
00:24:13Wait, wait, wait.
00:24:18Tell me you ain't even had your period yet.
00:24:21I got it.
00:24:23Well, I had it.
00:24:26All them times wrong, you ain't say nothing?
00:24:28I'm sorry.
00:24:29I told you I couldn't mess with you no more
00:24:31if you had your period, baby.
00:24:32It's not like I planned it.
00:24:35I'm sorry, Malik.
00:24:36What you trying to do, shoot me this job?
00:24:38What's going on in here?
00:24:39Malik?
00:24:40Go in the room.
00:24:41Who is this?
00:24:42Who are you?
00:24:43Don't worry about me.
00:24:44Don't worry about yourself.
00:24:45Malik, who is this girl?
00:24:46Coco, go in the room.
00:24:47Malik!
00:24:48Get in the room!
00:24:49No, no, no!
00:24:50Malik!
00:24:53You really pregnant, baby?
00:24:56Why would I make this up?
00:24:58You can't have no baby.
00:24:59He'll kill you.
00:25:00You don't know him, baby.
00:25:02He did that because he's in shock.
00:25:05I'm his girl.
00:25:06He loves me.
00:25:07Malik already got a girl.
00:25:09And your point?
00:25:12I don't know him.
00:25:13I don't know him.
00:25:19Handle that.
00:25:20But Malik...
00:25:21Get away from me.
00:25:22Hey.
00:25:23But...
00:25:24I want her gone when I come back out of here.
00:25:25You better leave now.
00:25:26Don't tell me what to do.
00:25:28Don't tell me what to do.
00:25:30What to do?
00:25:31This is cute.
00:25:36What a lovely dog.
00:25:37What's this?
00:25:38What's this?
00:25:39What do you see?
00:25:41Tell me what you need, what you want,
00:25:43and why you keep falling.
00:25:45I see what you want, but what you got to do with me?
00:25:49Come on, too.
00:25:50We want to get our last day.
00:25:52Oh, this is cute.
00:25:59Mm-mm.
00:26:01Oh, yes!
00:26:03Girl, this is cute, right?
00:26:06If you want to look like a highlighter.
00:26:08Bitch, don't hate.
00:26:10I'm going to try it on.
00:26:11What about this?
00:26:12This is appropriate.
00:26:13Oh, no.
00:26:14Girl, you've been hanging with them frumpy white kids too long, girl.
00:26:17Come on.
00:26:18I'm not going to church, okay?
00:26:19I'm trying to turn up.
00:26:21Whoa, girl!
00:26:23I'm about to be black.
00:26:25Still cute.
00:26:31Ooh.
00:26:33Ooh.
00:26:35I'm ready to go.
00:26:38Where's the dress?
00:26:40Really?
00:26:41That's a good question.
00:26:42You that broke?
00:26:43That dress was like $9.
00:26:44Yeah, you look like a highlighter.
00:26:45Girl, don't hate.
00:26:46At least I don't fit into the background like you.
00:26:48Take it off.
00:26:49Look, come on first.
00:26:50Shut up.
00:26:51Hold it.
00:26:52Let me fix my shoe.
00:26:53Hey!
00:26:54Hey!
00:26:55Get back here!
00:26:56Get back here!
00:26:57Get back here!
00:26:58You gotta pay for that!
00:26:59Yo, girl, that was crazy.
00:27:00Who?
00:27:01What the hell, Tani?
00:27:02You could've just warned us.
00:27:03You just left us there.
00:27:04I totally thought you were right behind me.
00:27:05And guess what?
00:27:06Y'all were.
00:27:07You know what that could've did to my chances at Yale if we got caught, stupid?
00:27:09Ridiculous.
00:27:10Unbelievable.
00:27:11Girl, where's my purse?
00:27:12You didn't ask me to go shopping with you ever again, in life.
00:27:13Ever.
00:27:14Let it go.
00:27:15There's a party to get ready for.
00:27:16I told you I'm not going.
00:27:17I have a paper due Monday.
00:27:18I said that.
00:27:19Really?
00:27:20Homework?
00:27:21Homework?
00:27:22Over a party?
00:27:23Yes.
00:27:24I said that.
00:27:25Homework?
00:27:26Over a party?
00:27:27Yes.
00:27:28I told you I'm not going.
00:27:29I told you I'm not going.
00:27:31I have a paper due Monday.
00:27:32I said that.
00:27:33Really?
00:27:34Homework?
00:27:35Over a party?
00:27:36Yes.
00:27:37I told you I'm not going.
00:27:38Really?
00:27:39Homework?
00:27:40Over a party?
00:27:41Yes.
00:27:42Come on, you're so corny.
00:27:43Really?
00:27:44Come on now.
00:27:45You're corny.
00:27:46It's not about being corny.
00:27:47Tanya's about getting into Yale.
00:27:48Right.
00:27:49After Harvard, the second or third most prestigious school in the country.
00:27:51Tanya, you clearly don't get it, but...
00:27:53You're obsessed with that school, right?
00:27:55Did you even apply to Columbia or City College even?
00:27:58Oh, no.
00:27:59She's trying to be one of those bougie Negroes who leaves Harlem behind and forgets where they
00:28:03came from.
00:28:04Okay.
00:28:05Or, it's about that sperm donor you're so fascinated with.
00:28:10He went to Yale.
00:28:11Big deal.
00:28:12He was an asshole.
00:28:13He used your mom, had to push out three of y'all.
00:28:15Really?
00:28:16Really?
00:28:17Then he moved back to his real family on the Upper West Side.
00:28:19Forget that fool.
00:28:20Because you don't need to hide in the shadow of that bastard.
00:28:23Move on.
00:28:24What are you talking about?
00:28:25I live in the shadow.
00:28:26Me and my brother.
00:28:27Walk in his shoes.
00:28:28Pay his bills.
00:28:29Bitch, you didn't do it alone.
00:28:30Okay?
00:28:31Okay.
00:28:32I was there too when your ass was too little to do a goddamn thing.
00:28:34Meanwhile, my mama sucking dick in his stairwell.
00:28:38We family.
00:28:40We got through it without that fool.
00:28:42And we getting through now.
00:28:44What you need to do is find his ass, call him out in front of his dumb ass wife and them
00:28:49fat ass kids.
00:28:50They fat.
00:28:51You know it.
00:28:52They fat.
00:28:53You seen them on Facebook?
00:28:54How do you know they fat?
00:28:55They fat.
00:28:56What are you talking about?
00:28:57Listen, look, look.
00:28:58I just wanted to see you smile, right?
00:29:00A laugh.
00:29:01Now, please, go with me to this party.
00:29:03No.
00:29:04I'm not going.
00:29:05I have dreams and goals.
00:29:06Listen.
00:29:07You can pipe dream about Yale and you play a pimp daddy, all of that stuff afterwards.
00:29:11It's not a pipe dream.
00:29:12It's not about a dream deferred.
00:29:14Um, it's about getting into Yale.
00:29:16I have dreams, goals, aspirations, vision.
00:29:19Unlike you, whose vision doesn't go past tonight in some lame ass nigga in Jordan's.
00:29:24That's your life, not my life.
00:29:25Why you gotta make my man lame though?
00:29:26Okay?
00:29:27He always lame.
00:29:28Look at your ex with his fake, religious, bad, rough ass, you know.
00:29:31His rough stink.
00:29:32That's why I, I'm not going to Yale because he went to Yale.
00:29:36I'm going because Jane Matilda Bowling went to Yale.
00:29:39The first black woman to graduate Yale Law.
00:29:41The first black woman to become a judge.
00:29:44Thank you very much.
00:29:45And I'm gonna go the distance and become a lawyer.
00:29:48Maybe I'll become a judge.
00:29:50And when I do, then I'll come back to Harlem, pick up my whole entire family and move them
00:29:55to Stryvers Row.
00:29:57You're welcome.
00:29:58I'll be your neighbor then.
00:29:59Yes, you will.
00:30:02Okay, that's cute.
00:30:03Inspiring.
00:30:04Kumbaya-ish.
00:30:05But until then we going to a pop-in party, right?
00:30:08When you hit it big, I'll move my ashy little kids on up to Kalani Street.
00:30:13Okay.
00:30:14Fine.
00:30:15Fine.
00:30:16I'll go.
00:30:17But you gotta give me some smoke.
00:30:18You gonna go?
00:30:19Yes, girl.
00:30:20I got it.
00:30:21Get this loud.
00:30:22Get this drink.
00:30:23Get this steak.
00:30:24Yes, girl.
00:30:25Come on.
00:30:26Let's make a Soul Train line.
00:30:27Ah, ah, ah.
00:30:28Girl, don't act like you ain't no ho.
00:30:31Come on, girl.
00:30:32I know you like it.
00:30:33Listen, we going.
00:30:34We going.
00:30:35You better not get drunk.
00:30:36No, I can't take you when you drunk.
00:30:37I'm going to be at choir.
00:30:38Are you drunk?
00:30:39I never get drunk.
00:30:40Girl!
00:30:59Lani!
00:31:00Girl!
00:31:01Y'all gonna make it rain too.
00:31:02I know.
00:31:03If I knew you were coming, I would've got here a lot earlier.
00:31:08I'm not.
00:31:09Y'all gonna make it rain too.
00:31:10I know!
00:31:11She's not.
00:31:20If I knew you were coming, I would've got here a lot earlier.
00:31:25I got stuck.
00:31:26I'm not.
00:31:27I'm not.
00:31:28Girl.
00:31:29I'm not.
00:31:30Elsie is stuck.
00:31:31Come here.
00:31:33Girl!
00:31:38It's the sun
00:31:39And I know you're not a hit in red
00:31:44You can't buy the kind of love we make
00:31:49Boy, we're gold as a ring on your finger, 24K
00:31:53We're not perfect, but we're nearly there
00:31:58I've got silver linings in my head
00:32:03I think you're a risk I'll have to take
00:32:07Cause, boy, we're gold as a ring on your finger, 24K
00:32:11You know that I'm not perfect
00:32:13So you break up with Kirk and it's going to the next
00:32:16No more kids
00:32:17Sorry, I'll have to give her a hug
00:32:24No, I'll help you. There's nobody here I want to hang out with anyway
00:32:28It's Dennis
00:32:30Uh-huh, girl
00:32:31What did you drink?
00:32:34Girl, you didn't tell me you was doing your job?
00:32:36You didn't tell me what I did? John
00:32:37Oh, goodness
00:32:38John
00:32:39Mm-hmm
00:32:39What's up?
00:32:40I didn't see you again, mom
00:32:40What's up? Let's get you on your job
00:32:42Almost there
00:32:44Come back
00:32:46Oh, gee
00:32:48That look, that's cold, that's a pretty coat on him
00:32:53That's nice
00:32:54Lonnie, I'm going, I'll see y'all
00:32:56I'm so sorry
00:32:57Bye, y'all
00:32:58The party was lit
00:33:00Oh, my God, I'm sorry
00:33:03I'm in school
00:33:04I'm sorry, it's just, um, I'm sorry
00:33:11I live up on the 18th
00:33:15It was good seeing you tonight, Kalani
00:33:18Hey
00:33:19Hey
00:33:28Hey
00:33:29Mom, is that what?
00:33:31I figured that
00:33:32Did Jacob come home?
00:33:34No
00:33:35Baby, isn't it a little late for you to be eating a plate of bacon?
00:33:41Yeah, but I don't want it
00:33:43Did you get that pregnancy test?
00:33:46Yeah
00:33:47And?
00:33:48Hello, you deaf?
00:33:49I heard you
00:33:50Okay
00:33:51You were right
00:33:52You pregnant?
00:33:54You pregnant?
00:33:56Did you tell Ty?
00:33:58Yeah
00:33:59Did you tell Ty?
00:34:00Yeah
00:34:01You were right
00:34:02You pregnant?
00:34:03You pregnant?
00:34:05Did you tell Ty?
00:34:07Yeah
00:34:08Did you tell Ty?
00:34:10Yeah
00:34:11Well?
00:34:12He wants me to get rid of it
00:34:14Are you?
00:34:15I don't know
00:34:17What should I do?
00:34:18I can't tell you that
00:34:19You gotta figure that out on your own
00:34:20Well, what would you do?
00:34:21I wouldn't have had sex in the first place
00:34:23You're a kid
00:34:24How old is Ty?
00:34:25Um, 13
00:34:26What is wrong with you?
00:34:27I can't have sex in the first place
00:34:28You're a kid
00:34:29How old is Ty?
00:34:31Um, 13
00:34:32What is wrong with you?
00:34:33I can't have sex in the first place
00:34:34How old is Ty?
00:34:35Um, 13
00:34:36What is wrong with you?
00:34:38I can't have one decent day
00:34:40I don't know
00:34:41I don't know how this happened
00:34:42I'm sorry
00:34:43Don't apologize to me
00:34:44You the one who got pregnant
00:34:45I can't have one decent day
00:34:47Without dealing with mess from you
00:34:49Ma, Jacob, Tanya, auntie
00:34:52Like one day apiece
00:34:54I'm scared, Kalani
00:34:55I'm scared, Kalani
00:35:00I'm scared, Kalani
00:35:05I'm here for you sis, okay?
00:35:16Look at that
00:35:17Come on, come on.
00:35:33Girls, time to get ready for church.
00:35:35Good morning, Ma.
00:35:36What you doing?
00:35:38I've been up since five working on my English paper.
00:35:41You wanna read it?
00:35:43I need you to get ready for church.
00:35:45Oh, wake up, baby.
00:35:47Wake up.
00:35:50Did your brother come home?
00:35:52I haven't spoken to him since yesterday.
00:35:54Call him and remind him of his responsibility
00:35:57to pay his part of the rent.
00:35:59I got a notice under my door,
00:36:00and you know I don't like getting no notices under my door.
00:36:03And wake her up, too.
00:36:06OK, Ma.
00:36:08Wake up, baby.
00:36:11Baby.
00:36:13Baby, hey, baby.
00:36:15Hey, hey, hey, baby.
00:36:16Hey, hey, hey.
00:36:18We gotta go to church.
00:36:20I'm not going.
00:36:22Why?
00:36:24I feel like a hypocrite.
00:36:26Nobody in church is perfect.
00:36:28Nobody.
00:36:30I know.
00:36:31You're a weed head.
00:36:33Girl, since you know so much, get your butt up.
00:36:36Shut up.
00:36:49Your phone's ringing.
00:36:50Hey, hey, hey.
00:36:52Hello?
00:36:53Jacob, where are you?
00:36:54Ma, calm down.
00:36:56She's been asking for you.
00:36:58She needs you to pay your hat for the rent.
00:37:01I'm sorry.
00:37:01She told me to remind you.
00:37:03Honey, I'm going to be home in a few,
00:37:04and I'm going to take care of that.
00:37:06I decided, though, I can do more for y'all
00:37:09if I don't live there.
00:37:11Please come home.
00:37:12Come home to get my stuff, and then I'm out.
00:37:15I got to go.
00:37:17Bye.
00:37:23You got that money for me?
00:37:29Got it.
00:37:37That's all I got right now.
00:37:38This ain't enough, Carmen.
00:37:39I thought you said you got me.
00:37:41I got to pay what I owe for rent and for The Rock,
00:37:43or else they'll be coming for me.
00:37:45I was already supposed to settle up yesterday.
00:37:47What am I supposed to do with this, Carmen?
00:37:48Listen, listen.
00:37:49Next week, I can ask my husband for more.
00:37:52I got you, babe.
00:37:53Come on.
00:37:54I don't even know why you're bringing him up.
00:37:55And next week, it's too late.
00:37:57I need the money now, Carmen.
00:37:58Don't leave, please.
00:37:59I got to go.
00:38:00You said you got me, but obviously you don't.
00:38:02So you know what I'm going to have to do?
00:38:03I'm going to have to go out here and get it on my own,
00:38:05like I should have in the first place.
00:38:06Don't go yet, babe.
00:38:07You didn't need breakfast.
00:38:08Come on.
00:38:09Please stay.
00:38:10Please.
00:38:13Jacob.
00:38:14I got to go home.
00:38:15It's hard to keep thinking that good is on your side.
00:38:24And nothing good seems to happen in your life.
00:38:31And when you do, you can get off the ground.
00:38:36Been there before, and you don't have to stay down.
00:38:40I know you're fed up.
00:38:42Things just won't let up.
00:38:44You've seen better days than these.
00:38:47Better days, better days.
00:38:49Just keep on hoping.
00:38:50Just keep on hoping.
00:38:51Just keep on hoping.
00:38:51Yeah.
00:38:52The door will open.
00:38:54Yeah.
00:38:54To see it, you've got to believe.
00:38:59Miss Joss, how you doing?
00:39:00Good to see you and family here this morning.
00:39:03So you're doing better.
00:39:03So you've seen better days than these.
00:39:05Better days than these.
00:39:07Better days than these.
00:39:08Just keep on hoping.
00:39:10The door will open.
00:39:12Yes it will.
00:39:13To see it, you've got to believe.
00:39:16to believe, but the thing is, don't stop your giving, promise of faith, oh, thank you choir
00:39:27for that lovely selection, that was perfect, because it fits perfectly with our message
00:39:32this morning, God is working it out for you, I'll say it one more time, God is, God is,
00:39:40working it out for you, sometimes we feel like he isn't watching us at all, sometimes
00:39:49we feel like he isn't there, but the Bible tells us that the eyes of the Lord are in
00:39:55every place, beholding the evil and the good.
00:39:59What the hell is wrong with you?
00:40:10Nothing.
00:40:12Leave her alone, Tanya.
00:40:15I can't be here, I want to go home.
00:40:20Okay, baby, maybe that's the best thing.
00:40:23But you gotta stop crying, sweetie, you're too pretty to be crying like that.
00:40:29Let me try.
00:40:41And y'all, too, don't y'all know it all.
00:40:43Girl, I'm gonna fix this.
00:40:53Alright, go ahead, but go straight home, you understand?
00:40:56Alright, get some rest.
00:40:57I have a situation, I need some help.
00:40:58Yes, it is.
00:40:59Beautiful day, a fine day to do business.
00:41:00Now this is serious.
00:41:01What?
00:41:02What?
00:41:03We lost a little damn common curb you seen this age today?
00:41:04You're a loan shark.
00:41:05I need a loan, enough said.
00:41:06Can you help?
00:41:07Lone shark?
00:41:08Nah, you see, I'm just a male who help folk put a damn payment on their dreams.
00:41:10Alright, if I'm gonna help you with.
00:41:11A thousand.
00:41:12That's it?
00:41:13Ain't I hear that sister of yours got eyes on college?
00:41:14A thousand for now?
00:41:15I'm gonna handle that a different way later.
00:41:19One thousand for now.
00:41:20I'm gonna handle that a different way later.
00:41:21One thousand for now.
00:41:22I'm gonna handle that a different way later.
00:41:26One thousand.
00:41:27One thousand for now.
00:41:28I'm gonna handle that a different way later.
00:41:31One thousand for now.
00:41:32One thousand for now.
00:41:34I'm gonna handle that a different way later.
00:41:39One thousand United States legal taking.
00:41:42A great choice.
00:41:47I won't even ask who a piece of your sisters either.
00:41:50What?
00:41:51Nigga, you lucky you don't smoke before a move like that?
00:41:53I'm smoking for a move like that.
00:41:56All right, now, juice is 10% a week.
00:41:57You know where to find me.
00:42:02At the restaurant down the block.
00:42:05Bye.
00:42:08Was that Terrence?
00:42:09Yeah.
00:42:10He's on his way.
00:42:17I just want my friend to be happy, OK?
00:42:23Yes.
00:42:25Excited to see me.
00:42:27I can tell.
00:42:30I got to go check on Bebe.
00:42:38Hey, Bebe, you home yet?
00:42:42I'll be home in a second.
00:42:43I told you to go straight home.
00:42:46You need to rest.
00:42:49I'm going to be a little late.
00:42:51Are you going to be OK?
00:42:53All right.
00:42:56Love you.
00:42:58Love you, too.
00:42:59Bye.
00:43:20I have something I need to tell you.
00:43:23I'm listening.
00:43:27Um, I'm a virgin, and I plan on staying that way.
00:43:31You think that's why I want to be with you?
00:43:35Well, Kirk and I used to argue about that all the time.
00:43:38I'm not Kirk.
00:43:40I like you for who you are.
00:43:41Well, if you say I told you that same fit.
00:43:44Well, you say that.
00:43:45But we don't even know each other.
00:43:54I mean, we know each other, but we don't ...
00:43:58know each other.
00:44:02OK.
00:44:03Um, what do you plan on doing after school?
00:44:07Well, I'm definitely going to college.
00:44:09Hoping to get into Howard.
00:44:11Howard, that's a good school.
00:44:12Yeah. What about you?
00:44:14I want to go to college, too.
00:44:16Where?
00:44:18Yale.
00:44:20Yale?
00:44:21Wow.
00:44:22I feel like it's a little out of my league,
00:44:24but it's the same way I felt before I applied to the school I'm at now, so.
00:44:29You're right.
00:44:30I definitely didn't know the girl behind those beautiful braids.
00:44:57From now on, only when we're in public,
00:44:59but not like this when we're alone, Ty.
00:45:01What do you mean?
00:45:04Malik, I've been waiting for you.
00:45:08Ty, I thought I told you not to let her back in here.
00:45:10I have to talk to you.
00:45:12About what?
00:45:13I already gave you the bread?
00:45:16I'm keeping it.
00:45:17No, you're not.
00:45:19Look, I got a plan.
00:45:21Ty and I will act like we're a couple,
00:45:23and people will think it's his,
00:45:24but you and I will not.
00:45:25You're going to do what I said.
00:45:27No.
00:45:28I'm keeping the baby.
00:45:29Look, we can figure this out.
00:45:39You think this is a game choice?
00:45:41I'm sorry.
00:45:42I'm sorry, Malik.
00:45:43You think I'm pregnant?
00:45:44No, stop.
00:45:45Stop, please.
00:45:46No, I'm...
00:45:47I'm sorry.
00:45:49Help me.
00:45:50Stop, please.
00:45:54Yo, Ma, you hear?
00:45:55Ready?
00:46:25Hey K, it's me, you don't have to call back, I'm just sitting here thinking about Pops.
00:46:48I know you worry about me, but I know I love you.
00:46:56I'm sounding real corny right now, just sitting at the crib looking at my life and trash bag.
00:47:04I gotta go.
00:47:06You know I love you.
00:47:14Kalani?
00:47:15I just left you a message.
00:47:16Hey yo playboy, you at the end of the road.
00:47:18Wait, wait, I can get you your money, just give me some more t-
00:47:22Damn it.
00:47:33Yo Ma, is that you?
00:47:40Yo Ma.
00:47:46Baby.
00:47:47Baby, what happened?
00:47:48Oh my God.
00:47:49What happened?
00:47:50She's bleeding.
00:47:51She's bleeding.
00:47:52She's bleeding.
00:47:53She's bleeding back.
00:47:54My sister, my baby sister, we need an ambulance now.
00:47:56Polo Tower seat, 18th floor.
00:47:57I'm right here, baby.
00:47:58I'm right here.
00:47:59You're gonna cry.
00:48:00I'm right here, okay?
00:48:01Hey, I need you to tell me what happened, okay?
00:48:02It was my fault.
00:48:03He told me he didn't want another baby.
00:48:04Who?
00:48:05Who, baby?
00:48:06Who?
00:48:07Who?
00:48:08Who, baby?
00:48:09Who?
00:48:10Who?
00:48:11Who?
00:48:12Where's your brother?
00:48:13He ain't here.
00:48:14Man, move.
00:48:15Ma.
00:48:16Where are you at?
00:48:17Come on.
00:48:18I'm right here.
00:48:19I'm right here.
00:48:20I'm right here.
00:48:21I'm right here.
00:48:22I'm right here.
00:48:23You're gonna cry.
00:48:24I'm right here, okay?
00:48:25Hey, I need you to tell me what happened, okay?
00:48:26It was my fault.
00:48:27He told me he didn't want another baby.
00:48:28Who?
00:48:29Who, baby?
00:48:30I'm right here.
00:48:31I'm right here.
00:48:32I'm right here.
00:48:33I'm right here.
00:48:34I'm right here.
00:48:35I'm right here.
00:48:36I'm right here.
00:48:37Where's your brother?
00:48:38He ain't here.
00:48:39Man, move.
00:48:40Malie, where are you at?
00:48:42Get your ass out here.
00:48:46Man, that's my sister.
00:48:47What's wrong with you, man?
00:48:48She's a kid, man.
00:48:49She's a baby, you son of a bitch.
00:48:51If I ever see you around again, I'll kill you.
00:48:54You hear me?
00:48:55I'll kill you.
00:49:00Malie!
00:49:03Malie!
00:49:23Yeah, Mom.
00:49:24Okay.
00:49:25Okay, I'm on the way.
00:49:26I'll meet you at the hospital.
00:49:27What's going on?
00:49:28My mom needs to meet her at the hospital.
00:49:29Okay, well, I'm going with you.
00:49:36I didn't know. I swear to you, I didn't know this was happening.
00:49:40I have to ask you these questions, Ms. Johnson. I'm sure you understand.
00:49:43Kalani, thank God you're here. What happened?
00:49:46They got me out here questioning like I'm a criminal.
00:49:49Their babies and I threw them down the hall.
00:49:52You're from Child Protective Services?
00:49:54We're asking your mother a few questions.
00:49:56It's standard procedure in matters like this.
00:49:59When my mom busts her ass every day, you should be ashamed of yourself.
00:50:02You the brother?
00:50:04It's a friend.
00:50:06Well, then you can't be in here, son.
00:50:08I just wanted to make sure Kalani got here okay.
00:50:10I'll be in the waiting room. Here if I do if you two need anything.
00:50:17You could give us some privacy too, miss.
00:50:22Of course. Here's my card.
00:50:26I'll reach out to you if I have more questions.
00:50:38Do you know you could cost me my child?
00:50:41I trusted you.
00:50:43What's taking so long?
00:50:45I cost 20 minutes to go. This isn't God related.
00:50:48one behind a bit.
00:50:49Oh my God.
00:50:53Henry Hoff would come to me.
00:50:54Jacob, Jacob, my love, Jacob, my God, please leave us alone.
00:51:04� Don't cry.
00:51:05Oh, my God!
00:51:13Hello? Hello? Hello? Who's this? Oh my god. Where's Jacob? Where's Jacob? Put him on the phone.
00:51:28Oh my. I'm so sorry. There is so much blood. Jacob's being shot.
00:51:37Put him on the phone. Put the phone to his ear. Jacob, Mr. Baby, please wake up.
00:51:46Jacob? Can you hear me? Jacob. We came into this world together, Jay. Me and you.
00:51:58You came in one minute before me. To protect me. We have big dreams. We're gonna do big things together.
00:52:05Remember. Remember Jacob.
00:52:12What's happening? Where's Jacob? Hello?
00:52:35I love you. I'll never leave. You're a part of me. I love you. So much. I'll never leave. You're a part of me.
00:52:50You're a part of me. So stay. Stay. Stay with me.
00:53:17Paul wrote these words in the book of 2 Timothy, chapter 4, verse 7.
00:53:32He says, I have fought the good fight.
00:53:39I have finished the race.
00:53:44I have kept the faith.
00:53:51You're a part of me.
00:53:52You're a part of me.
00:53:53You're a part of me.
00:53:54You're a part of me.
00:53:55You're a part of me.
00:53:56But there are these times when the loved one we have lost has been taken far too soon.
00:54:07Taken violently.
00:54:15Taken before they could even finish their race.
00:54:24Jacob.
00:54:25Jacob.
00:54:26Jacob was taken too soon.
00:54:29He was taken too soon.
00:54:34And at times like these, we ask questions.
00:54:41The main question we ask is, why?
00:54:49Why so young?
00:54:54Why so soon?
00:54:58Why this pain?
00:54:59Why this grief?
00:55:00Why did God allow this to happen?
00:55:13I want you to know that it is perfectly okay to ask why.
00:55:24Jesus himself asked why.
00:55:27While on the cross, he claimed, Eli, Eli, sabachthani.
00:55:38Which is to say, my God, my God, why has thou forsaken me?
00:55:53The problem with that question is, most of the time, we'll never find that answer.
00:56:06So beloved, it behooves us this morning to sometime, in some way, change the question.
00:56:14From why to, to what?
00:56:19What do I do now?
00:56:23What do we do next?
00:56:26I'll tell you what you do.
00:56:31You grow.
00:56:33You keep loving.
00:56:34You keep praying.
00:56:35You live.
00:56:36You keep loving.
00:56:37You keep praying.
00:56:38You live.
00:56:40Got some good news.
00:56:41I got in.
00:56:42I got accepted.
00:56:43I'm going to Howard.
00:56:44Oh wow.
00:56:45Congratulations.
00:56:46I'm still waiting on some financial aid, and I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to take out some student loans, but I'm in there.
00:57:06Whatever you gotta do, right?
00:57:07You know, the family's having a party this Friday to celebrate, and you already know.
00:57:13How you feeling?
00:57:15I don't really know how to feel.
00:57:20We're here for you, you know.
00:57:25Whatever you need.
00:57:27Okay?
00:57:29So, if I were to go to the hospital, I'm going to get to the hospital.
00:57:33We're going to go upstairs now.
00:57:47It's not, it's gonna be just the most, I mean it's a lot of personal shit.
00:57:51My God, Kalani, what are you doing here?
00:57:55I'm so sorry.
00:57:57Screw this paper.
00:57:59Screw Ms. Umans, I could have come and picked it up for you.
00:58:02You need to be with your family right now.
00:58:05This is about my family.
00:58:17Bethany, please collect the essays.
00:58:27Kalani, if you need more time, I understand, I can give you an extension.
00:58:33No, I have it right here.
00:58:35You finished your paper?
00:58:38This is the real world.
00:58:40There's only extensions in the real world.
00:58:43There's never enough time.
00:58:47I cannot talk to you.
00:58:51You don't have to talk at all.
00:58:56Come here, come here, come here, come here, come here, baby.
00:59:03Come here.
00:59:04Come here.
00:59:05Come here.
00:59:06Come here.
00:59:07Come here.
00:59:08Come here.
00:59:09I wish I could take this pain away, but I can.
00:59:12And I wish I had the worst, but I don't.
00:59:13Okay?
00:59:14But I'm here.
00:59:15I'm here.
00:59:16I'm here.
00:59:17I'm here.
00:59:18I'm here.
00:59:19I'm here.
00:59:20I'm here.
00:59:21I'm here.
00:59:22I'm here.
00:59:23Can you go with me?
00:59:24What's this?
00:59:25I found my father's address.
00:59:27What?
00:59:28You don't want to do this, not now.
00:59:30I know his family doesn't know about his son, but I think he needs to know his son is dead.
00:59:36I think you're angry, and you deserve it to be.
00:59:37I just want to drop the obituary off.
00:59:38I don't care how he feels about it.
00:59:39Do you think it's as simple as that?
00:59:40What?
00:59:41You knock on the door, it's gonna pull you off.
00:59:42I'm here.
00:59:43I'm here.
00:59:44Can you go with me?
00:59:45Can you go with me?
00:59:46What's this?
00:59:47I found my father's address.
00:59:48What?
00:59:49You don't want to do this, not now.
00:59:50I know his family doesn't know about his son, but I think he needs to know his son is dead.
00:59:55I think you're angry, and you deserve it to be.
00:59:57I just want to drop the obituary off.
01:00:00I don't care how he feels about it.
01:00:01Do you think it's as simple as that?
01:00:04What?
01:00:05Do you knock on the door, it's gonna pull you into his arms?
01:00:08What is a family, Kalani?
01:00:11What does it really mean to be a dad?
01:00:14Anybody can be a father, but Jacob's life, Jacob's loss is worthy of a dad.
01:00:25I don't have the answers to that.
01:00:28You're gonna have to think this through.
01:00:31I need you.
01:00:34I need you to think it through.
01:00:37I need you to think it through.
01:00:40I can't.
01:00:41I don't have any more room.
01:00:43I don't have the room for it.
01:00:44I can't do it.
01:00:45I can't do everything and be everything to everybody.
01:00:49I can't take my sister to school.
01:00:52Make sure she's okay.
01:00:53Make her lunch.
01:00:54Bury my brother.
01:00:55Try to get her to college.
01:00:56Try to have a life and be a kid.
01:00:58I can't do it.
01:00:59I can't do it.
01:01:00Honey, come on.
01:01:02Take a breath.
01:01:04Take a breath.
01:01:06All you're going through is too much for anyone at any age.
01:01:15And maybe you should take a break.
01:01:16No, no, no.
01:01:17You should take a break for school for a while.
01:01:20It's gonna be all right.
01:01:23It won't affect your grades.
01:01:27This is one moment in your life that you have to go through.
01:01:34You will get through it.
01:01:53Hey, little lady.
01:01:56Hey, Mr. Stove.
01:01:58This elevator's broken.
01:02:01And this one's going to express.
01:02:03Express to where?
01:02:05It's going straight to the top.
01:02:08Well, I live up on 18th.
01:02:11I can walk down.
01:02:12What are you gonna do?
01:02:13Wait for the repairman.
01:02:15What else can I do?
01:02:23I know you're not moving.
01:02:38No, I'm not.
01:02:40Oh, here she goes.
01:02:41Keep it moving.
01:02:42Damn.
01:02:43You know I got room for you too, sweetheart.
01:02:45Oh, shut up.
01:02:46Just watch your mouth, yo.
01:02:47Just keep it moving.
01:02:48College.
01:02:53You know, the elevator's broken.
01:02:55You know?
01:02:58How you doing?
01:03:00Mr. Rose called.
01:03:02I'm worried about you.
01:03:05He says I need a mental health break.
01:03:08I don't know, Ma.
01:03:09I think he's right.
01:03:10The nonsense is for white folks.
01:03:18Can I fix you something to eat?
01:03:20No, Ma, I'm good.
01:03:22I'll run you a bath.
01:03:25Now you sound like me.
01:03:37A letter came for you from Yale.
01:03:42You really applied to the same school as your father?
01:03:48Hmm.
01:03:49You gonna open it?
01:03:51You gonna open it?
01:04:01You're so thin.
01:04:02No, they send those rejection letters out by the thousands.
01:04:09There are plenty of other schools right here in New York.
01:04:12I've got to go here.
01:04:15You just ate from New York.
01:04:19It's alright.
01:04:29You were in New York.
01:04:32It's alright.
01:04:34No, I knew you.
01:04:35I knew you were there.
01:04:36You're right.
01:04:37Knew.
01:05:38I can't believe it.
01:05:39I got in.
01:05:40Let me see.
01:05:46Oh, my God.
01:05:47What about Bae-Bae?
01:06:00Well, what about helping me around here?
01:06:02It's all the way in Connecticut.
01:06:05You're not planning on accepting this, are you?
01:06:08Ma, I'm going.
01:06:11No, you're not.
01:06:14To Yale, of all places, really, Kalani?
01:06:17There are plenty of schools that are closer.
01:06:21Write them and tell them that you decided to take a school that's closer to your family.
01:06:26It's my decision, and I've made it.
01:06:29It's Yale, Ma.
01:06:32Not everybody gets an opportunity like this, but I did.
01:06:36With Jacob gone, you just gonna, you just gonna leave?
01:06:45I'm not Jacob, Mom.
01:06:47I'm coming back.
01:06:48I got bills that I need help with every day, Kalani.
01:06:54I need help with, with, with, with Bae-Bae.
01:06:57You got responsibilities here, okay?
01:07:00I'm not the mom.
01:07:01You're the mom.
01:07:04You are.
01:07:05I want to be a kid.
01:07:09Let me be a kid.
01:07:10Mom!
01:07:40Remember this dress?
01:07:55You never let me wear it.
01:07:58It's yours.
01:07:59Are you serious?
01:08:01Can I have the shoes, too?
01:08:05Now you're pushing it.
01:08:06All right, take the shoes, girl.
01:08:14I have something from Jacob, too.
01:08:20I don't know why he was hiding it, but I'm glad I found it when I did.
01:08:26This is kind of intense.
01:08:28I think I'll look at it later.
01:08:40Okay.
01:08:41In your time.
01:08:47Finally get the room to yourself!
01:08:50It's all I've ever wanted.
01:08:53But, now I'm not so sure.
01:08:56You really have to go, Kalani.
01:09:02I want you to make good decisions.
01:09:06Smart choices.
01:09:10And, those times where you don't have all the answers, I'm just a phone call, eh?
01:09:19Mom's gonna have me doing everything around here.
01:09:21It's a lot, but it's not so bad.
01:09:25Just keep the room clean.
01:09:27Do what she asks of you.
01:09:29And, just don't grow up too fast.
01:09:32You know?
01:09:33You'll be my age before you know it.
01:09:36But, take care of Mom.
01:09:39I'm serious, baby.
01:09:41Okay?
01:09:47Kalani?
01:09:47Can we cuddle tonight?
01:09:53Come on.
01:09:55Come, come, come, come, come on.
01:09:58But, don't hog all the cover.
01:10:01You're hogging it already.
01:10:06Love you, Kalani.
01:10:08Love you, baby.
01:10:09Okay.
01:10:09Okay.
01:10:10Okay.
01:10:10Okay.
01:10:10Okay.
01:10:10Okay.
01:10:10Okay.
01:10:10Okay.
01:10:11Okay.
01:10:11Okay.
01:10:12Okay.
01:10:12Okay.
01:10:13Okay.
01:10:13Okay.
01:10:14Okay.
01:10:14Okay.
01:10:15Okay.
01:10:16Okay.
01:10:16Okay.
01:10:17Okay.
01:10:17Okay.
01:10:17Okay.
01:10:28Okay.
01:10:29Okay.
01:10:29Okay.
01:10:29Okay.
01:10:30All right, I'm coming down.
01:10:44Okay.
01:10:45Okay.
01:10:45Okay.
01:10:46Okay.
01:10:46Okay.
01:10:47Bye, Mom.
01:11:14Don't take out some silly bodies.
01:11:17I thought you were asleep.
01:11:20I haven't slept in weeks.
01:11:24I made you all your favorites.
01:11:31There's a sweet potato pie in that little bag.
01:11:35I'm saving that for Thanksgiving to make sure your butt comes home.
01:11:39Thanks, Mom.
01:11:41I am so proud of you.
01:11:46I know I haven't said that nearly as much as I should have, but I really am proud of you.
01:11:56Thanks, Mom.
01:11:57Get one out of here.
01:12:06It's a go catch.
01:12:07It goes pretty well with the sorry I missed Christmas with the family Rolex.
01:12:23All I got was corporate.
01:12:24That's a family.
01:12:25Trade?
01:12:26Grand Central, right?
01:12:27Any chance we can make a quick pit stop?
01:12:28I need to stop by the school.
01:12:29Just when I thought I was out, they pulled me back in.
01:12:42Hey, Kalani.
01:12:43You have a minute?
01:12:44Oh.
01:12:45I know this is going to sound weird and uncomfortable and awkward.
01:12:47But do you remember that conversation we had after Jake?
01:12:48I know this is going to sound weird and uncomfortable and awkward.
01:13:00But do you remember that conversation we had after Jacob died about family?
01:13:18Mm-hmm.
01:13:19Well, I didn't go to my father's house.
01:13:23You were right.
01:13:24There is a difference between a father and a dad.
01:13:28So, I want you to have this.
01:13:32Jacob Jones.
01:13:33Don't forget me.
01:13:34Oh.
01:13:35Impossible.
01:13:36All right.
01:13:37I'll be in the stands cheering you on.
01:13:54Thanks for everything.
01:13:57Yeah.
01:14:01Yeah.
01:14:02Too young to be tired.
01:14:07Too high to be higher.
01:14:13Too far to go further.
01:14:18But too strong to deter her.
01:14:23In my eyes all I see is my fire.
01:14:29In my heart all I feel is desire.
01:14:34In my dreams all I see is my life.
01:14:39Until I live what I see is my life.
01:14:40Until I live what I see I'll just strive.
01:14:44Just strive.
01:14:45Just strive.
01:14:53Mmm.
01:14:55Drive.
01:15:01Giving up is not an option
01:15:13You don't see him like me often
01:15:19When in his mind I've chosen
01:15:24And I've made up my mind I'll just strive
01:15:32I'll strive
01:15:39I'll strive
01:15:45I'll strive
01:15:51Hey, it's me
01:15:56Hey
01:15:57See you on your way or
01:16:00Yeah, I'm actually almost there
01:16:02What about you?
01:16:04Me too
01:16:05I didn't realize how far out of the city how it actually is
01:16:09And in the opposite direction of you
01:16:12I mean, there's always holidays
01:16:14That's true
01:16:16Are you going back for Thanksgiving?
01:16:20Yeah
01:16:22What about you?
01:16:25I'll be back
01:16:26You know, in the meantime, I'm definitely going to miss it
01:16:31But, uh, you know, especially you
01:16:34Okay
01:16:37But, yeah, I'll be back for Thanksgiving
01:16:41Probably should get going
01:16:48Because I'm just about to pull up in a second
01:16:51Okay
01:16:52All right, well, just remember, Kalani
01:16:56You deserve it
01:16:58Thanks, Terrence
01:17:01So do you
01:17:02Thanks
01:17:04Your parents must be so proud of you
01:17:14They are
01:17:18I won't stop
01:17:23I won't stop
01:17:26I'll strive
01:17:28When it gets hard
01:17:32I'll just strive
01:17:34With tears in my eyes
01:17:38I'll just strive
01:17:40No matter what
01:17:43No matter how
01:17:47And I know now is my time
01:17:58To
01:18:01Try
01:18:04If you feel it down
01:18:14Get up and dance
01:18:18It'll make you feel better
01:18:19So keep it beat
01:18:22I don't care what they say
01:18:24Keep it moving forward
01:18:26I don't care what they do
01:18:28Keep it moving forward
01:18:31Follow your dreams
01:18:33Keep it moving forward
01:18:35Keep moving
01:18:37Keep it moving forward
01:18:39I don't care what they say
01:18:41Keep it moving forward
01:18:44Just keep moving
01:18:46Keep it moving forward
01:18:48If you're feeling down
01:18:50Get up and dance
01:18:53It'll make you feel better
01:18:55Who are you
01:18:58What you doing
01:18:59What your life
01:18:59What you stand for
01:19:00If you don't stand for nothing
01:19:03You're gonna fall for sure
01:19:05And if you're all about your crew
01:19:08Are you any individual
01:19:09You might drown in the ocean
01:19:12With no support
01:19:14I don't care what they say
01:19:17Keep it moving forward
01:19:19I don't care what they do
01:19:21Keep it moving forward
01:19:23Follow your dreams
01:19:26Keep it moving forward
01:19:28Keep moving
01:19:30Keep it moving forward
01:19:32I don't care what they say
01:19:34Keep it moving forward
01:19:36Just keep moving
01:19:39Keep it moving forward
01:19:41If you're feeling down
01:19:42Get up and dance
01:19:46It'll make you feel better
01:19:47But I don't care what they say
01:20:10Keep it moving forward
01:20:12I don't care what they do
01:20:13Keep it moving forward
01:20:15Keep it moving forward
01:20:17Follow your dreams
01:20:18Keep it moving forward
01:20:21Keep moving
01:20:22Keep it moving forward
01:20:24Keep it moving forward
01:20:25I don't care what they say
01:20:27Keep it moving forward
01:20:29Just keep moving
01:20:31Keep it moving forward
01:20:33Keep it moving forward
01:20:34But if you're feeling down
01:20:35Get up and dance
01:20:39It'll make you feel better
01:20:40It'll make you feel better
01:20:40Keep it moving forward
01:21:02But I don't care what they say
01:21:07Keep it moving forward
01:21:09I don't care what they do
01:21:11Keep it moving forward
01:21:14Follow your dreams
01:21:16Keep it moving forward
01:21:18Keep moving
01:21:20Keep it moving forward
01:21:22I don't care what they say
01:21:24Keep it moving forward
01:21:27Just keep moving
01:21:29Keep it moving forward
01:21:31If you're feeling down
01:21:33Get up and dance
01:21:36It'll make you feel better
01:21:38Ooh
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