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Strive is a 2019 American independent coming-of-age drama film. Set in Harlem, the film tells the story of Kalani Johnson (JoiStaRR), a driven 18-year-old high school student who dreams of getting accepted into Yale University while facing the challenging life in the projects and streets of Harlem - with her only ally being college counselor Mr. Rose (Danny Glover).
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00:00:30Baby, get out here before the cereal gets soggy.
00:00:46Tune 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.
00:01:04Yeah, everything's done, of course.
00:01:06What about you? You 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.
00:01:13Okay, 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.
00:01:18Love you.
00:01:19Um, who is she?
00:01:21Who are you?
00:01:21She was just leaving.
00:01:24Let's go, let's go.
00:01:28I'm proud of you what we have.
00:01:30Yo, thanks for this sis, Kalani.
00:01:32I hope you protected yourself.
00:01:33Seriously.
00:01:34From fleas.
00:01:36Remember, there's a no pet rule in the building.
00:01:38Haters, dead ass, both of you.
00:01:41I'm not hatin'.
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.
00:01:48Do I get one too, Mom?
00:01:51I'm good, Jacob.
00:01:52I'll take it.
00:01:53No.
00:01:54Look, y'all gonna be late.
00:01:55Get on.
00:01:56Take this.
00:01:57Thanks, Jay.
00:01:58You know I got you.
00:01:59And scrub the...
00:02:02Scrub the nasty off the tub before Mom gets home.
00:02:05Hey, she was nasty and a little bit nasty,
00:02:07but you wasn't nasty nasty.
00:02:09Bye, Jacob.
00:02:10Machines 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 on your test.
00:02:34Good morning, Kalani.
00:02:35How are you?
00:02:36Ladies as usual.
00:02:40I thought you said she was coming.
00:02:43Well, she is.
00:02:45She'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?
00:02:54Uh-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.
00:03:01Karani, what's going on?
00:03:02What up, Andre?
00:03:03How you doing?
00:03:04I won't come to see me no more.
00:03:05Look, I train, I'm trying to get this.
00:03:07Come on, girl.
00:03:08You know you're not too busy for your own men.
00:03:09You're not too busy for your own men.
00:03:10Tyrone, where you going?
00:03:11I'm in the class.
00:03:12Where you going to play too much?
00:03:14You don't even have a book bag.
00:03:15Shut up.
00:03:16Kalani.
00:03:16Uh-uh.
00:03:17You know you don't want to be late for school.
00:03:21What's up, Kalani?
00:03:28What's up, Terrence?
00:03:31What's up, Kalani?
00:03:36What's up, Terrence?
00:03:41What's up, Terrence?
00:03:44What?
00:03:46What?
00:03:50Making you nervous or something?
00:03:53Well, with you staring at me like that.
00:03:56What you doing on this train, anyway?
00:03:58My grandma needed some help with groceries this morning,
00:04:00so I just thought I'd come through.
00:04:02Aw, is he asleep?
00:04:04Man, this is my style.
00:04:06Tell Kirk I said hi to Sam.
00:04:08You still your man?
00:04:09Yes, that's still my man.
00:04:11You sure?
00:04:16What the hell is doing at it?
00:04:21What the hell is doing at it?
00:04:23Yes.
00:04:24You didn't stop.
00:04:30Okay, girls.
00:04:31Your next assignment.
00:04:32Write a paper on the lie by Kurt Vonnegut.
00:04:34I expect you all did the reading.
00:04:36Chanda and Kalani, it was a rhetorical question.
00:04:39It's AP literature.
00:04:41Now, who can tell me what Kurt Vonnegut's The Lie was all about?
00:04:46Can I raise my hand now, or is that also a rhetorical question?
00:04:50Amy, it's a book about the American dream.
00:04:53Oh, really?
00:04:55You have to go deeper, Amy.
00:04:58Bethany, what are your thoughts?
00:05:00It's a short story about a boy whose family donates money
00:05:03to a private school much like ours.
00:05:05But the school doesn't accept the boy because his test scores
00:05:08aren'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.
00:05:15Bethany, you have hit on the topic of this assignment.
00:05:19Continue, 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,
00:05:27you shouldn't have the right to a better education.
00:05:29That is a very strong point of view.
00:05:34The testers are due on Monday.
00:05:36They account for one third of your final grade,
00:05:39and I am expecting nothing short of your very best.
00:05:45Kalani, I need to see you for a moment.
00:05:58Good afternoon, Kalani.
00:06:00Your college application is there.
00:06:07Are you sure you don't want me to send any others?
00:06:10I think I could take it to the mailbox myself.
00:06:13I've given this a lot of thought.
00:06:17Um, and Yale is where I want to be and my first choice.
00:06:23Mm-hmm.
00:06:25I understand.
00:06:26I can be behind it.
00:06:30And-and, um, for helping with the application fees.
00:06:35I don't know what I want to do if I don't get in.
00:06:39The great what-ifs of life.
00:06:42It either propels you to greatness or stunts you into immobility.
00:06:48It's gonna take you sitting down and staying focused on what has to be done.
00:06:58That's your destiny.
00:07:01My destiny?
00:07:03You sound so much like me.
00:07:05Yeah, but did you have a bitch-ass bigot trying to ruin you?
00:07:08I hate Ms. Umans.
00:07:11Ms. Umans?
00:07:13She has a problem with me.
00:07:15I'm the only black girl in our class, and she makes sure I know it.
00:07:20It's good preparation for you, Kalani.
00:07:25Let me tell you a little story.
00:07:30I was your own brother from the projects.
00:07:32My mother gave birth to me at 13.
00:07:37I had all the world on my shoulder and all the odds against me.
00:07:43I was told that I was brilliant and accomplished just like you.
00:07:51I even got a scholarship to play baseball and be a pitcher
00:07:56at one of the top-ranked high schools.
00:07:58Then the team got a coach who was not interested in having a black pitcher.
00:08:08I was disappointed.
00:08:10I was upset.
00:08:12I felt like I had lost my confidence, all those things.
00:08:15My grades fell.
00:08:16All those things happened to me.
00:08:18And I figured since I'm a black man in 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 like everyone else?
00:08:30And don't follow my dreams?
00:08:34I didn't go into baseball like I wanted to.
00:08:38I didn't go into my dreams.
00:08:41But I made it.
00:08:46Through all that, I got through it.
00:08:49And I look at that and I think about you.
00:08:55Because that's what you're gonna have to do.
00:08:57You're gonna have to get through it.
00:08:59All the things that you're angry about, all the ways in which your dreams are often undermined.
00:09:07You're gonna have to get through it.
00:09:09And you...
00:09:11You can do that.
00:09:13I think so.
00:09:15Step one is to be present and to be focused.
00:09:20So get out there.
00:09:21I got it.
00:09:22Are you kidding?
00:09:23Daddy's in the south of France.
00:09:24Last I heard.
00:09:25The card's got us.
00:09:26Thanks.
00:09:27No problem.
00:09:30I got it.
00:09:31Are you kidding?
00:09:32Daddy's in the south of France.
00:09:33Last I heard.
00:09:34The card's got us.
00:09:35Thanks.
00:09:36No problem.
00:09:40You know school year's almost over and 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.
00:09:58I plus one.
00:09:59What?
00:10:00I mean it.
00:10:01You're telling me you don't need to blow off steam.
00:10:03Katie, have you ever been above 96th Street?
00:10:06Of course I have.
00:10:07I took a tour of Columbia.
00:10:09Mmm.
00:10:10Okay.
00:10:11Yeah.
00:10:12Okay.
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.
00:10:24Hi, Katie.
00:10:26Kalani, you know I don't like being down here.
00:10:27Oh, don't be so dramatic.
00:10:29Kalani, let's go.
00:10:33Um, bye Katie.
00:10:35See you later.
00:10:36Okay.
00:10:37Let me know about going out this weekend.
00:10:38Gotcha.
00:10:39I thought we had plans, just you and I.
00:10:40You're looking good today, baby.
00:10:41You waiting on me?
00:10:42My brother was supposed to pick me up.
00:10:46I don't know where he is and he's not picking up his phone.
00:10:48Hey Ty, hop in the V.
00:10:49Let's get to the crib.
00:10:50I want my friends tonight, Malik.
00:10:51I'm good.
00:10:52You headed back to 155th?
00:10:53I can get you a ride if that's what you ask.
00:10:54Well, you took me for a ride a couple times last month and then I never saw you again.
00:10:58Oh, you know I love you, shorty.
00:10:59I'm gonna hop in the whip so we can get to the crib.
00:11:00I'm gonna be gonna be a little bit.
00:11:01Come on.
00:11:02I'm gonna be a little bit more.
00:11:03One of them.
00:11:04I'm sorry.
00:11:05I'm so sorry.
00:11:06I'm gonna be a little bit more.
00:11:07You're not picking up his phone.
00:11:08Hey Ty, hop in the V. Let's get to the crib.
00:11:09I'm with my friends tonight, Malik.
00:11:10I'm good.
00:11:11You headed back to 155th?
00:11:12I can get you a ride if that's what you ask.
00:11:13Well, you took me for a ride a couple times last month and then I never saw you again.
00:11:16Oh, you know I love you, shorty.
00:11:18I'm gonna hop in the whip so we can get to the crib.
00:11:30So, I can take it.
00:11:43Home, I'm so best out there.
00:11:47I could eat.
00:12:00Hey, Dad.
00:12:01Hey, Pastor.
00:12:02Hey.
00:12:03Hey, Kalani.
00:12:04How you doing?
00:12:05How's Mom and the family?
00:12:06Everybody's good.
00:12:07Yeah?
00:12:08What about this knucklehead?
00:12:09How's he treating you?
00:12:10Son, you're not going to help me with the backpack?
00:12:13Talk to you better than that.
00:12:14Yes, my bad, Dad.
00:12:15Me.
00:12:16Offer something to drink?
00:12:17Oh, I'm fine, really.
00:12:18Good.
00:12:19I'm fine.
00:12:20I'm fine.
00:12:21I'm fine.
00:12:22I'm fine.
00:12:23I'm fine.
00:12:24I'm fine.
00:12:25I'm fine.
00:12:26I'm fine.
00:12:27I'm fine.
00:12:28I'm fine.
00:12:29I'm fine, really.
00:12:30Okay.
00:12:31You guys have homework?
00:12:32Yeah, a big paper.
00:12:33All right.
00:12:34Well, you know you're welcome to stay and have dinner with us.
00:12:38Just tell your mom.
00:12:39Thanks, Pastor.
00:12:40All right.
00:12:41I have a big meeting at the church, so I'll be back in a couple of hours.
00:12:44All right, Pop.
00:12:45Love you.
00:12:46Take care.
00:12:47I've got my eye on you.
00:12:51I need some drink.
00:12:59Hey, how about we shut this?
00:13:00Hey, what are you doing?
00:13:01Let's go upstairs.
00:13:02Why?
00:13:03There's more control up there.
00:13:04Come on, babe.
00:13:05Come on.
00:13:06I'm fine.
00:13:07Comfortable enough.
00:13:08Damn boy.
00:13:09Yo, I'm not your damn boy.
00:13:10And I'm not a dog.
00:13:12Okay, what just happened?
00:13:13Why you always got to be like that?
00:13:14Like what?
00:13:15Boring.
00:13:16Kalani, boring.
00:13:17A tease.
00:13:18All my friends get to brag about what their girls do for them.
00:13:20I can't say nothing.
00:13:21You don't do nothing for me.
00:13:22You don't want me.
00:13:23And you don't care about me.
00:13:24Yeah.
00:13:25Yeah.
00:13:26Yeah.
00:13:27Yeah.
00:13:28Yeah.
00:13:29Yeah.
00:13:30Yeah.
00:13:31Yeah.
00:13:32Yeah.
00:13:33Yeah.
00:13:34Yeah.
00:13:35Yeah.
00:13:36Yeah.
00:13:37Yeah.
00:13:38Yeah.
00:13:39Yeah.
00:13:40Yeah.
00:13:41Yeah.
00:13:42Yeah.
00:13:43Yeah.
00:13:44Yeah.
00:13:45Yeah.
00:13:46Yeah.
00:13:47I care about you.
00:13:48Improve it.
00:14:09Kurt.
00:14:10No.
00:14:11I said no.
00:14:12I said no.
00:14:13Relax.
00:14:14Relax.
00:14:15I said no.
00:14:16What?
00:14:17Stop.
00:14:18Stop, Kurt.
00:14:19Stop, Kurt.
00:14:20Stop.
00:14:21Stop.
00:14:22Stop.
00:14:23Stop.
00:14:24Stop.
00:14:37Hey, baby.
00:14:38Hey, where you going?
00:14:40I'm my future wife.
00:14:56I wonder why all my children are.
00:14:58Hey, mom.
00:14:59What's got you so out of breath?
00:15:01That's him.
00:15:02Where's Bebe?
00:15:04I'm gonna kill that little girl.
00:15:06That's some chicken and dumplings on the stove with some white rice.
00:15:09Don't make yourself a plate.
00:15:10I'm not hungry, mom.
00:15:11Chicken and dumplings is one of your favorites.
00:15:13Would you say this?
00:15:14No.
00:15:15Bebe.
00:15:16Do you know what time it is?
00:15:19I'm sorry.
00:15:20I didn't think he was home yet.
00:15:22I was waiting on Jacob and he never came to get me.
00:15:25Just because I'm not home doesn't mean you shouldn't be.
00:15:28I want you to come straight home after school whether Jacob gets you or not.
00:15:32Do you understand?
00:15:33Yes, mama.
00:15:34So where have you been?
00:15:36With a friend.
00:15:37What friend?
00:15:38Tied from downstairs.
00:15:40I thought I told you to stay away from that family.
00:15:42I'm sorry.
00:15:43I forgot.
00:15:44You forgetting something?
00:15:46You stink, Bebe.
00:15:47You been having sex?
00:15:48No.
00:15:49Don't you lie to me, girl.
00:15:50Where you get this necklace from, huh?
00:15:51From a friend.
00:15:52He gave it to you for nothing?
00:15:53Ma, I didn't do that.
00:15:54The next words that come out of your mouth better not be a lie.
00:15:55I can't even look at you right now and get out of my face and go take a shower before I beat your ass.
00:15:59I told you to look after your sister. How could you let this happen?
00:16:29I don't know.
00:16:30I don't know.
00:16:31I don't know.
00:16:32I don't know.
00:16:33I don't know.
00:16:34I don't know.
00:16:35Kalani, have you seen my shower cap?
00:16:40Have you seen my shower cap?
00:16:43You mad at me too?
00:16:45What do you think?
00:16:48Why don't you tell me you're having sex, Bebe?
00:16:54I can't protect you if you don't tell me anything.
00:16:57I'm sorry.
00:17:02You use condoms, right?
00:17:04Sometimes.
00:17:05Sometimes?
00:17:06They only work if you use them every time.
00:17:09He doesn't like condoms.
00:17:10He says they don't feel the same.
00:17:12What if you get a STD?
00:17:13That won't happen.
00:17:14Are you stupid?
00:17:16No.
00:17:17You know what?
00:17:18First 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 since it seems like you cannot control yourself.
00:17:26And you need to get a pregnancy test.
00:17:28I'm fine.
00:17:29How do you know?
00:17:30Because I'm not pregnant.
00:17:31When was your last period?
00:17:33I don't know.
00:17:34I don't remember.
00:17:35Last month?
00:17:36I don't know.
00:17:37Exactly.
00:17:38You 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.
00:17:45Stupid.
00:17:46No, you just need a pet.
00:17:48It was very good at that time.
00:17:49Okay, I'm fine.
00:17:50You guess you pull this.
00:17:51I don't know.
00:17:52You're sick.
00:17:53I'm fine.
00:17:55You're sick.
00:17:56Let's go.
00:17:57Okay?
00:17:58You're sick.
00:17:59You're sick.
00:18:00You're sick.
00:18:01You're sick.
00:18:02I can't go.
00:18:03I don't know.
00:18:04You're sick.
00:18:05You're sick.
00:18:06You're sick.
00:18:07I'm sick.
00:18:08You're sick.
00:18:09You're sick.
00:18:47Mom.
00:18:52You okay?
00:18:54And I plead your precious blood over my mother.
00:18:58Keep Bebe and Jacob in your hand according to your will, God.
00:19:04In Jesus' name, amen.
00:19:09Get up! Get up!
00:19:25What are you doing?
00:19:30Call your brother and tell him to come get his stuff. I've had enough. He's got to go. He didn't come home last night and then I find this.
00:19:37Where was it?
00:19:39Right here in his room. Did you know Kalani?
00:19:43No. No, Ma.
00:19:45Tell him I'm flushing it down the toilet. I won't have this in my house.
00:19:50Mom. Mom, please. Stop.
00:19:54You need to do is call your brother and tell him to come get his stuff, otherwise he'll be picking it up off the curb. I want him out.
00:20:01Mom. Mom.
00:20:03Mom.
00:20:04Mom.
00:20:05Mom.
00:20:06Mom.
00:20:07Mom.
00:20:08Mom.
00:20:09Mom.
00:20:10Mom.
00:20:11Mom.
00:20:12Mom.
00:20:13Bye.
00:20:14No.
00:20:15Oh.
00:20:16Mom.
00:20:17You're making me look good.
00:20:18You're making me, you're making me look good.
00:20:19You're making me look good.
00:20:20You're making me look good, man.
00:20:21I need a break, man.
00:20:22I need to get you.
00:20:23You're making me look good.
00:20:24Don't need you.
00:20:25That's what you need, man.
00:20:26My!
00:20:27My!
00:20:28Ma! Ma!
00:20:30Talani, get out of my way!
00:20:50Hello?
00:20:52Why didn't you tell me?
00:20:54This is what you into now, Jacob? Have you lost your mind?
00:20:56Ma found your stash and she flushed it.
00:20:58She flushed it?
00:21:00You're kidding me right now. She could get me killed.
00:21:02She could get all of us killed.
00:21:04You're the one who gonna get us killed.
00:21:06I'm doing this to take care of y'all.
00:21:08I put my life on the line every day for this family.
00:21:10Do you even know what that's like?
00:21:12Jacob...
00:21:13You know what? Just keep mom out of my room, alright?
00:21:16I gotta go handle this.
00:21:26Hey.
00:21:28Why you look so damn depressed?
00:21:32I'm going through stuff.
00:21:34Girl, don't nobody want to hear you complain about your perfect little life?
00:21:36You don't know nothing about my life, so shut up.
00:21:38Crystal for real.
00:21:40Hey, she's your cousin.
00:21:42Anyway, we gonna shop it up, right?
00:21:44Cuz you know I gotta look real cute.
00:21:46Y'all callin' me to the party tonight.
00:21:48We gotta get ready.
00:21:50Go with Crystal.
00:21:51You know Crystal can't.
00:21:52She on that leash for the Lord.
00:21:53And I'm not going by myself.
00:21:55No, it's not.
00:21:56No, it's not.
00:21:57It's not.
00:21:58It's not.
00:21:59It's not.
00:22:00It's not.
00:22:01It's not.
00:22:02It's not.
00:22:03It's not.
00:22:04It's not.
00:22:05It's not.
00:22:06It's not.
00:22:07It's not.
00:22:08It's not.
00:22:09I'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.
00:22:16And I kind of hang with you, he does.
00:22:17I'm not going, Ty-Ann.
00:22:19Look, I just need something real cute, because you know my man gonna be there.
00:22:24Which one?
00:22:26Does it matter?
00:22:27Come on.
00:22:28Let me give you a pipe.
00:22:30Bye, Pooch.
00:22:39I need to talk to him.
00:22:47But he's busy.
00:22:49Coco's here.
00:22:51I don't care about that chick.
00:22:53It's important Ty, get him for me, I need to talk to him.
00:23:08Okay, sit down. You'll be out soon.
00:23:17Do you still watch these cartoons?
00:23:19I stopped watching these, like, six months ago.
00:23:33Baby, you look better than all of those girls.
00:23:36I know.
00:23:38I really care about you.
00:23:40You always say that.
00:23:41Look, could you go get your brother?
00:23:43Why you don't want to just chill with me?
00:23:44Why do you always want to be with my brother?
00:23:48Malik, you don't see me?
00:23:51What you doing here?
00:23:52I have to talk to you.
00:23:53Nah, I'm busy.
00:23:55But it's important.
00:23:58My baby mom's just here. You got the role.
00:24:01So? I'm your baby mom's too.
00:24:06What'd you say?
00:24:10I'm your new baby mom's.
00:24:16Wait, wait, wait.
00:24:18Tell me you ain't even had your period yet.
00:24:20I got it.
00:24:22Well, I had it.
00:24:25All them times wrong, you ain't say nothing?
00:24:27I'm sorry.
00:24:28I told you I couldn't mess with you no more if 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 to jail?
00:24:37What's going on in here?
00:24:38Malik.
00:24:39Go in the room.
00:24:40Who is this?
00:24:41Who are you?
00:24:42Don't worry about me.
00:24:43Don't worry about yourself.
00:24:44Malik, who is this girl?
00:24:45Coco, go in the room.
00:24:47Malik.
00:24:48Get in the room.
00:24:49Malik!
00:24:50You really pregnant, baby?
00:24:54Why would I make this up?
00:24:57You 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.
00:25:04I'm his girl.
00:25:05He loves me.
00:25:06Malik already got a girl.
00:25:08And your point?
00:25:18Handle that.
00:25:19But Malik...
00:25:20Get away from me.
00:25:21Hey.
00:25:22But...
00:25:23I 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.
00:25:27Tell me what to do.
00:25:57Oh, my God.
00:25:58Oh!
00:25:59Yes!
00:26:00Girl, this is cute.
00:26:01Right?
00:26:02Ah!
00:26:03If you want to look like a highlighter.
00:26:04Bitch, don't hate.
00:26:05I'm going to try it on.
00:26:06What about this?
00:26:07This is appropriate.
00:26:08Oh, no.
00:26:09Girl, you've been hanging with them fluffy white kids too long, girl.
00:26:12Come on.
00:26:13I'm not going to church, okay?
00:26:14I'm trying to turn it off.
00:26:15Whoa, girl!
00:26:16I'm about to be...
00:26:17Ah!
00:26:18Still cute.
00:26:19I'm not going to church.
00:26:20Okay?
00:26:21I'm trying to turn it off.
00:26:22Whoa, girl!
00:26:23I'm about to be...
00:26:24Ah!
00:26:25Still cute.
00:26:26I'm ready to go.
00:26:27Where's the dress?
00:26:29Really?
00:26:30That's a good question.
00:26:31You that broke?
00:26:32That dress was like $9.
00:26:33Yeah.
00:26:34You look like a highlighter.
00:26:35Girl, don't hate.
00:26:36At least I don't fit into the background like you.
00:26:37Take it off.
00:26:38Look.
00:26:39Come on.
00:26:40Come on.
00:26:41Come on.
00:26:42Come on.
00:26:43Look.
00:26:44Come on.
00:26:45Come on.
00:26:46Come on.
00:26:47Come on.
00:26:48Come on.
00:26:49Come on.
00:26:50Come on.
00:26:51Come on.
00:26:52Come on.
00:26:53Come on.
00:26:54Look.
00:26:55Come on.
00:26:56Shut up.
00:26:57Hold it.
00:26:58Let me fix my shoe room.
00:26:59Hey.
00:27:00Hey.
00:27:01Get back here.
00:27:02Get back here.
00:27:03Get back here.
00:27:04Get back here.
00:27:05You gotta pay for that.
00:27:09Yo.
00:27:10Girl.
00:27:11That was crazy.
00:27:12Who?
00:27:13What the hell, Tani?
00:27:14You could've just warned us.
00:27:15You just left us there.
00:27:17I totally thought you were right behind me.
00:27:19And guess what?
00:27:20Y'all were.
00:27:21You know what that could've did to my chances at Yale if we got caught?
00:27:24Stupid.
00:27:25Ridiculous.
00:27:26Unbelievable.
00:27:27Girl.
00:27:28Where's my purse?
00:27:29Ask me to go shopping with you ever again.
00:27:30In life.
00:27:31Ever.
00:27:32Let it go.
00:27:33There's a party to get ready for.
00:27:34I told you I'm not going.
00:27:35I have a paper due Monday.
00:27:37I said that.
00:27:38Really?
00:27:39Homework?
00:27:40Over a party?
00:27:41Yes.
00:27:42You're corny.
00:27:43It's not about being corny.
00:27:44Tania's about getting into Yale.
00:27:45Right.
00:27:46After Harvard, the second or third most prestigious school in the country.
00:27:50Tania, 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
00:28:02came from.
00:28:03Okay.
00:28:04Or, it's about that sperm donor you're so fascinated with.
00:28:09He 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?
00:28:16Then he moved back to his real family on the Upper West Side.
00:28:19Forget that fool.
00:28:20Cause you don't need to hide in the shadow of that bastard.
00:28:22Move on.
00:28:23What are you talking about?
00:28:24I live in the shadow.
00:28:25Me 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 the stairwell.
00:28:37We family.
00:28:39We got through it without that fool, and 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, I'm not going.
00:29:04I have dreams and goals.
00:29:05Listen.
00:29:06You can pipe dream about Yale and you play a pimp daddy, all of that stuff afterwards.
00:29:10It's not a pipe dream.
00:29:11It's not about a dream deferred.
00:29:13Um, it's about getting into Yale.
00:29:15I have dreams, goals, aspirations, vision.
00:29:19Unlike you, whose vision doesn't go past tonight in some lame ass nigga in Jordans.
00:29:23That's your life.
00:29:24Not my life.
00:29:25Why you gotta make my man lame, though?
00:29:26Okay?
00:29:27He always lame.
00:29:28My ex with his fake, religious, bad, rough ass, you know, his rough stink.
00:29:31Really?
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.
00:29:45Mm-hmm.
00:29:46And I'm gonna go the distance and become a lawyer.
00:29:49Maybe 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
00:29:55them to Stryvers Row.
00:29:56You're welcome.
00:29:57I'll be your neighbor, then.
00:29:59Yes, you will.
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.
00:30:24Girl, girl.
00:30:25Come on.
00:30:26Let's make a soldier in line.
00:30:27Ah, ah, ah.
00:30:28Girl, don't act.
00:30:29Don't act like you ain't no hoe.
00:30:30Come on, girl.
00:30:31I know you like it.
00:30:32Listen.
00:30:33We going.
00:30:34We going.
00:30:35You gonna not get drunk.
00:30:36That's all I know.
00:30:37I can't take you when you drunk.
00:30:38I'm gonna be at choir.
00:30:39You drunk?
00:30:40I never get drunk.
00:30:41Girl!
00:30:42Girl, you gonna make it rain, all the-
00:30:43Girl, y'all wanna make it rain too.
00:30:47I know.
00:30:48shoulder a little.
00:30:49The
00:30:50School.
00:30:51Environment flight.
00:30:52Out of America.
00:30:53Girl, I found out of the tire.
00:30:56Girls.
00:30:57Me.
00:30:58If youического.
00:30:59You're to your clinic.
00:31:00To your clinic, fitness.
00:31:01Where are we?
00:31:02See you guys?
00:31:03To my exclusions?
00:31:04Off-up.
00:31:05Be.
00:31:06Ready to your clinic.
00:31:07Y'all, y'all wanna make it, Rezu, I know.
00:31:25If I knew you were coming, I would've got here a lot earlier.
00:31:29Is that a song?
00:31:31Come here.
00:31:37When it hits the sun.
00:31:40And I know you're not a hidden breath.
00:31:45You can't buy the kind of love we make.
00:31:49Boy, we're gold as a ring on your finger, 24K.
00:31:54We're not perfect, but we're nearly there.
00:31:59I've got silver linings in my head.
00:32:03I think you're a risk I have to take.
00:32:07Cause, boy, we're gold as a ring on your finger, 24K.
00:32:11You know they're coming.
00:32:13So you break up with Kirk and it's going to the next.
00:32:16No more kids.
00:32:22Sorry, I have to give her a hug.
00:32:24She's so awesome.
00:32:25She's forcing my honestly right here.
00:32:26Nah, I'll help you.
00:32:27There's nobody here I want to hang out with anybody.
00:32:29It's Dennis.
00:32:30I don't know, girl.
00:32:31We're going to another party?
00:32:32What did you drink?
00:32:33What did you, what?
00:32:34Girl, you didn't tell me you was doing John Legend?
00:32:36John.
00:32:37Oh, goodness.
00:32:38John.
00:32:39What's up?
00:32:40What's up?
00:32:41Let's get your money.
00:32:43Almost there.
00:32:45Come on.
00:32:47Oh.
00:32:50That look, that's a pretty coat on him.
00:32:53That's nice.
00:32:54Lonnie, I'm going.
00:32:55I'll see y'all.
00:32:57Bye, y'all.
00:32:58I'm sorry.
00:32:59The party was lit.
00:33:00Oh, my God.
00:33:01I'm sorry.
00:33:02You're not in school.
00:33:07I'm sorry.
00:33:08It's just, I'm sorry.
00:33:13I live up on the 18th.
00:33:16It was good seeing you tonight, Kalani.
00:33:18Hey.
00:33:19Hey.
00:33:20Mom, is that what?
00:33:21I figured that.
00:33:22Did Jacob come home?
00:33:23No.
00:33:25Baby, isn't it a little late for you to be eating a plate of bacon?
00:33:31Yeah.
00:33:32But I don't want it.
00:33:33Did you get that pregnancy test?
00:33:34Yeah.
00:33:35And?
00:33:37Hello?
00:33:38You deaf?
00:33:39I heard you.
00:33:40I heard you.
00:33:41I heard that.
00:33:42Did Jacob come home?
00:33:43No.
00:33:44Baby, isn't it a little late for you to be eating a plate of bacon?
00:33:46Yeah.
00:33:47But I don't want it.
00:33:49Did you get that pregnancy test?
00:33:51Yeah.
00:33:52And?
00:33:59Hello?
00:34:00You deaf?
00:34:01I heard you.
00:34:02Okay.
00:34:04You were right.
00:34:06You pregnant?
00:34:08You pregnant?
00:34:10Did you tell Ty?
00:34:13Yeah.
00:34:14Well?
00:34:17He wants me to get rid of it.
00:34:19Are you?
00:34:20I don't know.
00:34:23What should I do?
00:34:24I can't tell you that.
00:34:25You got to figure that out on your own.
00:34:28Well, what would you do?
00:34:30I wouldn't have had sex in the first place.
00:34:32You're a kid.
00:34:34How old is Ty?
00:34:36Um, 13.
00:34:38What is wrong with you?
00:34:40I can't have one decent day.
00:34:41I don't know.
00:34:42I don't know how this happened.
00:34:43I'm sorry.
00:34:44Don't apologize to me.
00:34:45You're the one who got pregnant.
00:34:46I can't have one decent day without dealing with meds from you.
00:34:50Ma.
00:34:51Jacob.
00:34:52Tanya.
00:34:53Auntie.
00:34:54Like, one day apiece.
00:35:00I'm scared, Kalani.
00:35:05I'm here for you, sis.
00:35:06Okay?
00:35:07You gotta keep going.
00:35:08Come on.
00:35:09Come on.
00:35:10Come on.
00:35:11Come on.
00:35:12Come on.
00:35:13Come on.
00:35:14Come on.
00:35:15Come on.
00:35:16Come on.
00:35:17Come on.
00:35:18Come on.
00:35:33Girls, time to get ready for church.
00:35:35Morning, Mom.
00:35:36What you doing?
00:35:37I've been up since five working on my English paper.
00:35:40You want to read it?
00:35:42I need you to get ready for church.
00:35:44Oh, wake up, baby.
00:35:46Wake up.
00:35:49Did your brother come home?
00:35:51I haven't spoken to him since yesterday.
00:35:53Call him and remind him of his responsibility to pay his part of the rent.
00:35:58I got a notice under my door, and you know I don't like getting no notices under my door.
00:36:02And wake her up, too.
00:36:04Okay, Mom.
00:36:07Wake up, baby.
00:36:11Baby.
00:36:12Baby.
00:36:13Hey, baby.
00:36:14Hey, hey, baby.
00:36:15Hey, hey, baby.
00:36:16Hey, hey, hey.
00:36:17No.
00:36:18We gotta go to church.
00:36:19I'm not going.
00:36:21Why?
00:36:22I feel like a hypocrite.
00:36:24Nobody in church is perfect.
00:36:27Nobody.
00:36:28I know.
00:36:30You're a weed head.
00:36:32Girl, since you know so much, get your butt up.
00:36:36Your phone's ringing.
00:36:37Hello?
00:36:38Jacob?
00:36:39Where are you?
00:36:40Mom, calm down.
00:36:41She's been asking for you.
00:36:42She needs you to pay your half of the rent.
00:36:46I'm sorry.
00:36:47She told me to remind you.
00:36:48Honey, I'mma be home in a few and I'mma take care of that.
00:36:53I decided, though, I can do more for y'all if I don't live there.
00:36:54Please come home.
00:36:55Come home to get my stuff and then I'm out.
00:36:56I gotta go.
00:36:57Bye.
00:36:58Bye.
00:36:59You got that money for me?
00:37:00Come on.
00:37:01Come on.
00:37:02Come on.
00:37:03Come on.
00:37:04Come on.
00:37:05I'mma be home in a few and I'mma take care of that.
00:37:06I decided, though, I can do more for y'all if I don't live there.
00:37:10Please come home.
00:37:11Come home to get my stuff and then I'm out.
00:37:15I gotta go.
00:37:16Bye.
00:37:23You got that money for me?
00:37:28That's all I got right now.
00:37:37This ain't enough, Carmen.
00:37:39I thought you said you got me.
00:37:41I gotta pay what I owe for rent and for the rock or else they'll be coming for me.
00:37:44I was already supposed to settle up yesterday.
00:37:46What am I supposed to do with this, Carmen?
00:37:47Listen.
00:37:48Listen.
00:37:49Next week, I can ask my husband for more.
00:37:51I got you, babe.
00:37:52Come on.
00:37:53I don't even know why you're bringing him up.
00:37:55And next week is too late.
00:37:56I need the money now, Carmen.
00:37:57Don't leave.
00:37:58Please.
00:37:59I gotta go.
00:38:00You said you got me, but obviously you don't.
00:38:02So you know what I'mma have to do?
00:38:03I'mma have to go out here and get it on my own like I should've in the first place.
00:38:05Don't go yet, babe.
00:38:06Your teeth don't need breakfast.
00:38:07I gotta go.
00:38:08Come on.
00:38:09Please stay.
00:38:10Please.
00:38:11Jacob.
00:38:12I gotta go home.
00:38:14Come on.
00:38:15Come on.
00:38:16Come on.
00:38:17Come on.
00:38:18Come on.
00:38:19Come on.
00:38:20It's hard to keep thinking that good is on your side.
00:38:23And nothing good seems to happen in your life.
00:38:29And when you do, you can get off the ground.
00:38:35Been there before.
00:38:37And you don't have to stay down.
00:38:39I know you're fed up.
00:38:41Things just won't let up.
00:38:43You seem better days than these.
00:38:46Better days.
00:38:47Better days.
00:38:48Better days.
00:38:49Than these.
00:38:50Just keep on hoping.
00:38:51Just keep on hoping.
00:38:52The door will open.
00:38:53To see it.
00:38:54You've got to believe.
00:38:56Miss Joss, how you doing?
00:38:59Good to see you and family here this morning.
00:39:02You know we know those.
00:39:03All right.
00:39:04See better days than these.
00:39:07Better days than these.
00:39:09Just keep on hoping.
00:39:11The door will open.
00:39:13Yes it will.
00:39:14To see it.
00:39:15You've got to believe.
00:39:17But the thing is.
00:39:19Don't stop your giving.
00:39:21Promise of faith.
00:39:26Thank you choir for that lovely selection.
00:39:29That was perfect because it fits perfectly with our message this morning.
00:39:33God is working it out for you.
00:39:36I'll say it one more time.
00:39:38God is.
00:39:39God is.
00:39:40Working it out.
00:39:41Working it out.
00:39:42For you.
00:39:43For you.
00:39:44Sometimes we feel like.
00:39:46He isn't watching us at all.
00:39:48Sometimes.
00:39:49We feel like he isn't there.
00:39:51But the Bible tells us that the eyes of the Lord.
00:39:54Are in every place.
00:39:55Beholding the evil.
00:39:57And the good.
00:39:59The good.
00:40:00So that is.
00:40:01Come on.
00:40:06What the hell is wrong with you.
00:40:09Nothing.
00:40:10You part alone.
00:40:11Don't you.
00:40:12I can't be here.
00:40:13I want to go home.
00:40:16Okay brother.
00:40:18Maybe that's the best thing.
00:40:20Maybe that's the best thing.
00:40:22But you gotta stop crying, sweetie.
00:40:25You're too pretty to be crying like that.
00:40:32Let me try.
00:40:40And y'all, too, don't y'all know it all?
00:40:42Girl, let me fix this.
00:40:50All right, go ahead, but go straight home.
00:40:55You understand?
00:40:56Yes.
00:40:58All right, get some rest.
00:41:02I have a situation. I need some help.
00:41:04Yes, it is a beautiful day, a fine day to do business.
00:41:08Now this is serious.
00:41:10What?
00:41:11We lost a little damn common curb you seen this age today?
00:41:14You're a loan shark. I need a loan.
00:41:16Enough said. Can you help?
00:41:18I'm a loan shark.
00:41:21You know how you see it.
00:41:23I'm just a man who help folk put a damn payment on their dreams.
00:41:29All right, fine, what can I help you with?
00:41:31A thousand.
00:41:32That's it?
00:41:33Ain't I hear that sister of yours got her eyes on college?
00:41:36A thousand for now.
00:41:37I'm gonna handle that a different way later.
00:41:41One thousand United States legal title.
00:41:46A great choice.
00:41:48I won't even ask for a piece of your sisters either.
00:41:51What?
00:41:52Nigga, you lucky I don't smoke you for a move like that.
00:41:55All right, now Juice is 10% a week. You know where to find her.
00:42:01At the restaurant down the block.
00:42:04Bye.
00:42:07Was that Terrence?
00:42:08What?
00:42:09Yeah.
00:42:10He's on his way.
00:42:16I just want my friend to be happy.
00:42:18Okay?
00:42:25Excited to see me. I can tell.
00:42:28Um, I gotta go check on Bebe.
00:42:38Hey Bebe, you home yet?
00:42:41I'll be home in a second.
00:42:43I told you to go straight home.
00:42:45You need to rest.
00:42:47I'm gonna be a little late.
00:42:50Are you gonna be okay?
00:42:53All right.
00:42:55Love you.
00:42:57Love you too. Bye.
00:42:58Love you too. Bye.
00:42:59Bye.
00:43:19I have something I need to tell you.
00:43:22Are you listening?
00:43:26Um, I'm a virgin and I plan on staying that way.
00:43:30You think that's why I want to be with you?
00:43:34Well, Kirk and I used to argue about that all the time.
00:43:37I'm not Kirk.
00:43:39I like you for who you are.
00:43:43Well, you say that but we don't even know each other.
00:43:47I mean, we know each other but we don't know each other.
00:43:58Okay.
00:43:59So, what do you want to know?
00:44:02Um, what do you plan on doing after school?
00:44:06Well, I'm definitely going to college.
00:44:09Hoping to get into Howard.
00:44:10Howard? That's a good school.
00:44:12Yeah. What about you?
00:44:13I want to go to college too.
00:44:15Where?
00:44:18Yale.
00:44:19Yale?
00:44:21Wow.
00:44:22I feel like it's a little out of my league but it's the same way I felt before I applied to the school I'm at now.
00:44:28You're right.
00:44:30I definitely didn't know the girl behind those beautiful braids.
00:44:47From now on, only when we're in public but not like this when we're alone, Ty.
00:45:01What do you mean?
00:45:03Malik, I've been waiting for you.
00:45:06Ty, I thought I told you not to let her back in here.
00:45:09I have to talk to you.
00:45:10About what?
00:45:12I already gave you the bread?
00:45:15I'm keeping it.
00:45:16No, you're not.
00:45:18Look, I got a plan.
00:45:20Ty and I will act like we're a couple and people will think it's his but you and I will not.
00:45:24You won't do what I said.
00:45:25You won't do what I said.
00:45:26No.
00:45:27I'm keeping the baby.
00:45:28Look, we can figure this out.
00:45:29You think it's a game choice?
00:45:30I'm sorry.
00:45:31I'm sorry, Malik.
00:45:32I'm sorry.
00:45:33You think I'm proud of you?
00:45:34No, stop.
00:45:35Stop.
00:45:36Please.
00:45:37No.
00:45:38I have to die.
00:45:39Help me.
00:45:40Stop.
00:45:41Please.
00:45:42Yo, Ma, you here?
00:45:44Shit.
00:45:45Shut the door.
00:45:46Just shut the door.
00:45:47Stop.
00:45:48Stop.
00:45:49Please.
00:45:50I have to die.
00:45:51I have to die.
00:45:52Help me.
00:45:53Stop.
00:45:54Please.
00:45:56Yo, Ma, are you here?
00:45:57Shit.
00:46:15Hey, Kay, it's me.
00:46:41You don't have to call back.
00:46:44I'm just sitting here thinking about pops.
00:46:50I know you worry about me, but I know I love you.
00:46:56I'm sounding real corny right now.
00:46:58Just sitting here 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.
00:47:17You at the end of the road.
00:47:18Wait.
00:47:19Wait.
00:47:20I can get you your money.
00:47:21Just give me some more t-
00:47:22Damn it.
00:47:23Yo, Ma, is that you?
00:47:35Yo, Ma.
00:47:40Baby.
00:47:41Baby, what happened?
00:47:42Oh, my God.
00:47:43What happened?
00:47:44She's bleeding.
00:47:46She's bleeding.
00:47:47She's bleeding.
00:47:48She's bleeding.
00:47:49She's bleeding bad.
00:47:50My sister.
00:47:51My sister.
00:47:52My baby sister.
00:47:53We need an ambulance now.
00:47:54wall wall tower, seat 18th floor.
00:47:55No, Ma.
00:47:56I'm right here.
00:47:57Baby, I'm right here.
00:47:58You're going to die.
00:47:59I'm right here, okay?
00:48:00Okay?
00:48:01I need you to tell me what happened, okay?
00:48:03It was my God, he told me he didn't want another baby.
00:48:07Oh, cool.
00:48:08Oh, what happened?
00:48:09I was like, what happened?
00:48:10Oh, my God.
00:48:11What happened?
00:48:12What happened?
00:48:13Oh, my God.
00:48:14What happened?
00:48:15Oh, my God.
00:48:16What happened?
00:48:17Oh, my God.
00:48:19What happened?
00:48:20Oh, my God.
00:48:21Oh, my God.
00:48:22He didn't want another baby!
00:48:24Who? Who, baby? Who?
00:48:28Malie!
00:48:37Where's your brother?
00:48:38He ain't here!
00:48:39Man, move! Malie! Where you at?
00:48:42Get your ass out here!
00:48:46Man, that's my sister! What's wrong with you, man?
00:48:48She's a kid, man!
00:48:50She's a baby, you son of a bitch!
00:48:52If I ever see you run again, I'll kill you!
00:48:54You hear me? I'll kill you!
00:49:06Malie!
00:49:20Yeah, Mom. Okay. Okay, I'm on the way. I'll meet you at the hospital.
00:49:26What's going on?
00:49:28My mom needs to meet her at the hospital.
00:49:30Okay, 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, Miss Johnson. I'm sure you understand.
00:49:43Kalani, thank God you're here.
00:49:45What, baby? What happened?
00:49:46They got me out here questioning like I'm a criminal.
00:49:49That baby's in the room 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.
00:49:58My mom busts her ass every day. You should be ashamed of yourself.
00:50:02You're the brother?
00:50:04It's a friend.
00:50:05Well, 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.
00:50:18You 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.
00:50:35Do you know you could cost me my child?
00:50:40I trusted you.
00:50:42What's taking so long?
00:50:44I cost 20 minutes to go.
00:50:46This isn't God-related.
00:50:52Every heart, God damn it, is dying.
00:50:57Jacob.
00:50:58Jacob, my love.
00:51:00Jacob.
00:51:01Jacob, my love, baby.
00:51:04Oh, my God.
00:51:14Oh, my God.
00:51:16Hello?
00:51:17Hello?
00:51:18Hello? Who's this?
00:51:20Oh, my God.
00:51:22Where's Jacob?
00:51:24Where's Jacob?
00:51:25Put him on the phone.
00:51:30Oh, my.
00:51:31I'm so sorry.
00:51:32There is so much blood.
00:51:36Jacob's being shot.
00:51:37What?
00:51:38I don't think he's gonna make me-
00:51:39Put him on the phone.
00:51:40Put the phone to his ear.
00:51:43Jacob, Mr. Baby, please wake up.
00:51:47Jacob?
00:51:48Can you hear me?
00:51:52Jacob.
00:51:54We came into this world together, Jay.
00:51:56Me and you.
00:51:58You came in one minute before me.
00:52:01To protect me.
00:52:03We have big dreams.
00:52:04We're gonna do big things together.
00:52:06Remember?
00:52:08Remember Jacob?
00:52:12What's happening?
00:52:13Where's Jacob?
00:52:15Hello?
00:52:16I love you.
00:52:17I'll never leave.
00:52:18I love you.
00:52:24And I'll never leave.
00:52:25I love you, I'll never leave
00:52:44You're a part of me
00:52:49I love you
00:52:54So much, I'll never leave
00:53:01You're a part of me
00:53:06So stay, stay, stay with me
00:53:24Paul wrote these words in the book of 2 Timothy chapter 4 verse 7
00:53:36It says I have fought the good fight
00:53:43I have finished the race
00:53:48I have kept the faith
00:53:56But there are these times when the loved one we have lost has been taken far too soon
00:54:07Taken violently
00:54:14Taken before they could even finish their race
00:54:19Jacob
00:54:26Jacob was taken too soon
00:54:29He was taken too soon
00:54:32And at times like these
00:54:39We ask questions
00:54:42The main question we ask is
00:54:45Why?
00:54:47Why so young?
00:54:54Why so soon?
00:54:58Why this pain?
00:55:00Why this grief?
00:55:02Why did God
00:55:04allow this
00:55:06allow this
00:55:07to happen?
00:55:11I want you to know
00:55:14that it is perfectly okay to ask
00:55:19why?
00:55:21Jesus himself asked why
00:55:27While on the cross
00:55:32He claimed
00:55:35Eli, Eli, sabachthani
00:55:38Which is to say
00:55:39My God, my God
00:55:40My God, my God
00:55:41Why?
00:55:44Has thou forsaken me?
00:55:54The problem with that question is
00:55:59Most of the time we'll never find that answer
00:56:06So, beloved, it behooves us this morning
00:56:08to somehow
00:56:09in some way
00:56:10change the question
00:56:15From why
00:56:16to
00:56:17to what
00:56:20What do I do now?
00:56:23What do we do
00:56:25next?
00:56:29I'll tell you what you do
00:56:32You grow
00:56:33You keep loving
00:56:36You keep praying
00:56:37You live
00:56:39You live
00:56:52Got some good news
00:56:53I got in
00:56:54I got accepted
00:56:55I'm going to Howard
00:56:56Oh wow
00:56:57Congratulations
00:56:58I'm still waiting on some financial aid
00:57:03And I'm pretty sure
00:57:04I'm going to have to take out some student loans
00:57:05But
00:57:06I'm in there
00:57:07Whatever you got to do, right?
00:57:08You know the family's having a party this Friday to celebrate
00:57:11And you already know
00:57:17How you feeling?
00:57:19I don't really know how to feel
00:57:21We're here for you, you know
00:57:24Whatever you need
00:57:26Whatever you need
00:57:28Okay?
00:57:29Okay?
00:57:52My god, Kalani
00:57:53What are you doing here?
00:57:54I'm so sorry
00:57:57Screw this paper
00:57:59Screw Ms. Umans
00:58:00I 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
00:58:06This is about my family
00:58:24Bethany
00:58:25Bethany
00:58:26Please collect the essays
00:58:29Kalani
00:58:30If you need more time
00:58:31I understand
00:58:32I can give you an extension
00:58:33No, I have it right here
00:58:35You finished your paper?
00:58:37This is the real world
00:58:40There's
00:58:41Only extensions in the real world
00:58:43There's never enough time
00:58:45Come on
00:59:06Can I talk to you?
00:59:08You don't have to talk at all
00:59:09Come here
00:59:14Come here
00:59:15Come here
00:59:16Come here, baby
00:59:17Come here
00:59:18Come here
00:59:19Come here
00:59:20Come here
00:59:21Come here
00:59:23I wish I could take this pain away
00:59:25But I can't
00:59:27You know
00:59:28I wish I had the worst
00:59:29But I don't
00:59:31Okay?
00:59:32But I'm here
00:59:33I'm here
00:59:34I'm here
00:59:35I'm here
00:59:36Can you go with me?
00:59:40What's this?
00:59:42I found my father's address
00:59:46Well, you don't want to do this
00:59:47Not now
00:59:50I know his family doesn't know about his son
00:59:53But I think he needs to know his son is dead
00:59:55I think you're angry
00:59:56And 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?
01:00:03Well, you knock on the door
01:00:05It's gonna pull you into his arms?
01:00:09And what is a family, Kalani?
01:00:11What does it really mean to be a dad?
01:00:14I mean, anybody can be a father
01:00:17But Jacob's life
01:00:19Jacob's loss
01:00:21Is worthy of a dad
01:00:26Now, I don't have the answers to that
01:00:28You're gonna have to think this through
01:00:30I need you
01:00:33I need you
01:00:35I need you to think it through
01:00:38I need you
01:00:40To think it through
01:00:41I can't
01:00:42I don't have any more room
01:00:43I don't have the room for it
01:00:45I can't do it
01:00:47I can't do everything
01:00:48And be everything to everybody
01:00:50I can't
01:00:52Take my sister to school
01:00:53Make sure she's okay
01:00:54Make her lunch
01:00:55Bury my brother
01:00:56Try to get her to college
01:00:57Try to have a life
01:00:58And be a kid
01:00:59I can't do it
01:01:00I can't do it
01:01:01Honey, come on
01:01:03Take a breath
01:01:05Take a breath
01:01:07All you're going through
01:01:10Is too much for anyone
01:01:12At any age
01:01:15And maybe you should take a break
01:01:17No, no, no, no
01:01:18You should take a break for school for a while
01:01:20It's gonna be alright
01:01:23It won't affect your grades
01:01:27This is one moment in your life
01:01:29That you have to go through
01:01:34You will get through it
01:01:50Hey, little lady
01:01:56Hey, Mr. Stove
01:01:58This elevator's broken
01:02:01And this one's going to express
01:02:04Express to where?
01:02:07It's going straight to the top
01:02:09Well, I live up on 18th
01:02:11I can walk down
01:02:12What are you gonna do?
01:02:14Wait for the repairman
01:02:16What else can I do?
01:02:17I do
01:02:37I know you're not moving
01:02:39No, I'm not
01:02:41Oh, here she goes
01:02:42Keep it moving
01:02:43Damn
01:02:44You know I got room for you too, sweetheart
01:02:45Oh, shut up
01:02:46Watch your mouth, yo
01:02:47Just keep it moving
01:02:48College
01:02:53Hey, Ma, the elevator's broken
01:02:55Hello
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
01:03:09I don't know, Ma, I think he's right
01:03:11The nonsense is for white folks
01:03:12Can I fix you something to eat?
01:03:13No, Ma, I'm good
01:03:14I'll run you a bath?
01:03:15How you sound like me?
01:03:16I need a bath
01:03:17I think he's right
01:03:19Can I fix you something to eat?
01:03:21No, Ma, I'm good
01:03:22What?
01:03:24Can I run you a bath?
01:03:26I ain't sound like me
01:03:27Now 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?
01:03:51You gonna open it?
01:03:57You're so thin.
01:03:59You know, they send those rejection letters out by the thousands.
01:04:05There are plenty of other schools right here in New York.
01:04:13You're so thin.
01:04:15You know, they send those rejection letters out by the thousands.
01:04:19There are plenty of other schools right here in New York.
01:04:23You're so thin.
01:04:29I hate that with you.
01:04:33I try to do what I love.
01:04:34You don't even know what I love.
01:04:36I try to move them from a half a half a half a half a half a half.
01:04:42I'm so tired.
01:04:44You never know what I do.
01:04:46I'm so tired.
01:04:48I'm so tired.
01:04:50I don't know.
01:05:20So what'd it say?
01:05:36I got in.
01:05:38I can't believe it.
01:05:39I got in.
01:05:40Let me see.
01:05:46Oh my God.
01:05:50What about Bebe?
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?
01:06:09Mom, I'm going.
01:06:11No, you're not.
01:06:12Mom, to 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've decided to take a school that's closer to your family.
01:06:26It's my decision, and I've made it.
01:06:30It's Yale, Mom.
01:06:31Mom, not everybody gets an opportunity like this, but I did.
01:06:38With Jacob gone, you're just going to 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 Bebe.
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.
01:07:14Mom.
01:07:14I want to be a kid.
01:07:44Remember this dress?
01:07:56You never let me wear it.
01:07:58It's yours.
01:07:59Are you serious?
01:08:02Can I have the shoes, too?
01:08:05Now you're pushing it.
01:08:09All right, take the shoes, girl.
01:08:14I'll 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.
01:08:25This is kind of intense.
01:08:36I think I'll look at it later.
01:08:39Okay.
01:08:40Okay.
01:08:41I'm your time.
01:08:48Finally get the room to yourself.
01:08:49It's all I've ever wanted, but now I'm not so sure.
01:08:59You really have to go, Kalani.
01:09:00I want you to make good decisions, smart choices, and those times where you don't have all the answers, I'm just a phone call away.
01:09:19Mom's going to 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, you 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.
01:10:17All right, I'm coming down.
01:10:31I'm coming down.
01:10:35Bye.
01:10:58Bye.
01:10:58Bye.
01:10:59Bye.
01:10:59Bye.
01:11:00Bye.
01:11:00Bye.
01:11:00Bye.
01:11:01Bye.
01:11:01Bye, Mom.
01:11:14Didn't think I was gonna say goodbye, did you?
01:11:19I thought you were asleep.
01:11:22I haven't slept in weeks.
01:11:29I made you all your favorites.
01:11:33There's a sweet potato pie in that little bag.
01:11:36I'm saving that for Thanksgiving to make sure your butt comes home.
01:11:40Thanks, Mom.
01:11:45I am so proud of you.
01:11:49I know I haven't said that nearly as much as I should have, but...
01:11:53I really am proud of you.
01:11:56Thanks, Mom.
01:12:01Get one out of here.
01:12:05It's a go catch.
01:12:19Goes pretty well with the Sorry I Miss Christmas Family Rolex.
01:12:23All I got was corporate.
01:12:25Family.
01:12:26Trade?
01:12:28Grand Central, right?
01:12:34Any chance we can make a quick pit stop?
01:12:36I need to stop by the school.
01:12:38Just when I thought I was out, they pulled me back in.
01:12:43Hey, Kalani.
01:12:59You have a minute?
01:13:01I know this is going to sound weird and uncomfortable and awkward, but 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.
01:13:22You were right.
01:13:24There is a difference between a father and a dad.
01:13:28So...
01:13:30I want you to have this.
01:13:32Mm-hmm.
01:13:35Ah.
01:13:39Jacob's chance.
01:13:41Don't forget me.
01:13:43Oh.
01:13:44Impossible.
01:13:45All right.
01:13:46I'll be in the stands cheering you on.
01:13:50Thanks for everything.
01:13:55Yeah.
01:13:58Too young to be tired.
01:14:07Too high to be higher.
01:14:12Too far to go further.
01:14:18Too strong to deter her.
01:14:23In my eyes, all I see is my fire.
01:14:28In my heart, all I feel is desire.
01:14:34In my dreams, all I see is my life.
01:14:40Until I live what I see, I'll just strive.
01:14:46Mm-hmm.
01:14:48A drive.
01:14:49Mm-hmm.
01:14:50A drive.
01:14:53Mm-hmm.
01:14:55Uh, drive.
01:14:56Mm-hmm.
01:14:57A drive.
01:14:59Mm-hmm.
01:15:09The drive.
01:15:10Giving 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 made up my mind
01:15:29I'll just strive
01:15:31I'll strive
01:15:39I'll strive
01:15:46I won't stop
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 Howard 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 or?
01:16:22Yeah
01:16:23What 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
01:16:52Alright, 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
01:17:14There you are
01:17:17I 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
01:17:48And I know now is my time
01:17:59To try
01:18:05To try
01:18:05If you're feeling 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
01:19:37Just 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
01:20:16Follow your dreams
01:20:17Keep it moving forward
01:20:18Keep it moving forward
01:20:20Keep it moving forward
01:20:22Keep it moving forward
01:20:24Keep it moving forward
01:20:25I don't care what they say
01:20:26Keep it moving forward
01:20:28Keep it moving forward
01:20:29Just keep moving
01:20:30Keep it moving forward
01:20:31Keep it moving forward
01:20:32Keep it moving forward
01:20:33But if you're feeling down, get up and dance. It'll make you feel better. Ooh, keep it moving forward.
01:21:04But I don't care what they say. Keep it moving forward. I don't care what they do. Keep it moving forward. Follow your dreams. Keep it moving forward. Keep moving. Keep 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
01:21:31But if 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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