Nothing Witout GOD 2 (2020) - full transcript

Synopsis: This is the second excerpt in the story Keenan Robinson, a recent college graduate struggling to keep his head above water and finding his true calling in life. Keenan takes his ...

Yeah, yes this
is Mr. Robertson.

I told y'all last
week I lost my job,

I don't got the money.

Yes ma'am.

So y'all just gonna
call me every week?

I told y'all, look,

I filed for unemployment,
I'm looking for a job.

Y'all can't keep
calling me everyday.

You stressing me out.

Lord.

Bills piling up.



I don't know what to do.

Please help me.

I'm about to lose everything.

Lights about to get cut off.

About to take my car.

Child support due.

I got no food to eat.

I'm trying.

I need help.

How you doing rev?

Feel pretty good young
brother how you been?

All right man, just
struggling a little bit.

I lost my job.

And you know that's why
I'm coming to see you,



trying to find some work.

I don't have
anything at this time.

You don't have anything?

But you just gave Chris
and Everly baby daddy

a job like last week.

You way more qualified man,

I got college degree, I don't
got no record or nothing man.

I feel you on all of that.

However, at this time
I don't have anything.

I'm sorry.

I pay my tithes, I'm
just coming to the church

for some help, I'm trying not

to go back to selling drugs
man, that's all I know.

I need some help.

Man, stay in church.

Church is your foundation,
however I meant what I said.

I don't have anything right now.

Out of here.

Hello?

Hello?

I don't know how you sleep
this time of morning.

You ain't got no job.

What?

Angel man you tripping, it's
too early in the morning.

I haven't received my
child support this month.

Momma says you ain't
gonna see the kid

if you don't get right.

Like, I need to get my money.

Listen you can't
use my kid against me

just because I lost my job.

I'm a be there to pick up my kid

just like I normally do
perio-point-blank-period!

Stop playing with me.

Don't talk about my momma.

And my momma said she
need to get the money back

for the diapers she
bought last month.

Like you need to
get it together.

Period.

You need to tell your mom
to stay out of our business.

You supposed to be grown anyway.

Don't talk bad about my momma.

She need her money back.

I should've listened
to her the first time

when she told me don't
even mess with you.

She was right.

Man, look I ain't got time.

I know he didn't
hang up on me again.

What's up man?

What's up bro?

They got you out here.

Yeah, they got you out here
it's really going down now.

Right right right.

What's going on man?

You know he don't never get out.

I love when he
do come out though.

Hey fellas, man I got two
job interviews today man.

And the point is man look,

anybody who got some
clean urine man.

I gotta...

I got that.

You got that?

Oh man, I need that.

What's up?

Yo papers, you know I'm playing

so I ain't smoking the resin.

I'm smoking here on seven
you know what I'm saying?

I got the two man.

Hey we need that.

I'm trying to get it for real.

My pockets is light
buddy, for real.

All right well I'm
a head out now.

But man, I appreciate
that though.

For real.

Yo I'm out, go
handle that business.

Be safe.

Y'all be cool man.

Hello?

Hey Keenan, what
you doing chocolate?

Yeah, I'm just getting ready
for this job interview I got.

Okay, well congratulations,

well hit me up when you done,

I'm trying to come
and see you later.

You know I'm a have the kid.

I'm trying to spend a night.

All right baby, all right peace.

Okay, well I'll see you later.

Well thank you
for the interview.

I really appreciate your time.

And so what are you thinking?

The field that you are
currently in right now,

and you don't have
enough experience.

However we will keep
your resume on file.

Thank you so much for coming in.

Thank you.

Dude!

All right, I ain't three,
two, one throw it over there.

No!

To me.

Yeah, no.

You don't throw
stuff to the trees.

Get my ball?

All right good catch there.

Dang, I hurt, I hurt.

Okay, now here you are.

I get the big one huh?

Oh!

Oh!

What color is this right here?

Green.

Green.

Very good okay.

This one is black and white.

Black and white.

Black and white.

Black and white.

Yep, black and white.

Uh, it's open, come on.

What's up baby girl?

It's good to see you.

What's up at home.

Working on this little
job application.

Well, okay I'm a go
and see little man.

Okay.

Still asleep?

He's still asleep.

Y'all have a long day?

Yeah, we did.

What's wrong with you?

Just stressed,
you know my job hunt

ain't been going that way.

I put in like a
thousand applications,

it's just nobody
trying to hire me.

Oh baby it'll get better.

Thank you.

I have a cousin
that works at a school

I can see if they have
any openings at their job.

For real you'd do that for me?

I'd do it for you.

I appreciate that,
'cause I'm struggling.

It's no problem.

Shoot, my baby momma
getting on my nerves.

She keep on asking me for money,

and know I'm going through this.

You know talking about she
ain't gonna let me see my kid.

Man, she's tripping.

Well, she'll get it together.

Come on.

Man it's just good to
just be close to you.

Man, I'm stressed.

Well I bet I can make it better.

And I can get me
some papa bear time.

Absolutely.

Girl.

Papa bear!

♪ Say a word and I'll
be there like always.

♪ Like always.

♪ Doesn't matter
how bad it seems.

Let's go to the back room.

Sure?

Yeah, little baby
cub coming out.

All right come on girl.

♪ I just wanna hold you.

See it's jamming in
number three here Marvin.

All right.

I'll uh,

has it been giving
you any other issues?

It's all I'm having.

Need you to work on it.

I'll check the service log,
I'll get that fixed for you

and I'll let you
know how I'm doing.

Thank you.

You're a sight for sore eyes

and I love any view.

But I know it's not polite
if I keep staring at you.

Did you write that Marvin?

Oh, you heard me?

I did.

It sounds really good.

Yeah, I was working
on the printer.

And I got inspired.

I'm writing for my girl.

We've been together
for a few months.

And it was on my mind
when I was working

so I just thought
I'd write it down.

Sounds good man, my wife
been together for 30 years.

Woo!

Yeah, it's hard.

We come together and groove.

I think she might be the one.

Sounds good.

What's the printer looking like?

I got it finished up
right before I started this.

And let's go test it out.

Let's check it out.

Maybe I can make
some copies of this.

Baby I got it.

Okay.

Well, hello.

Where's my child?

Who is it?

Where is my child?

And I could've sword I told you

I don't want just
anybody with my child.

You know what baby?

Don't worry about it, I'm
about to leave anyway.

Just call me.

And bye baby momma.

She gonna pay.

Oh, she gonna pay.

I told you to call
before you come anyway.

You just popped up.

Look...

I don't have to call first.

My child is here.

We not gonna do this here.

And that?

In front of my child.

That in front of my child?

How about you go outside
and I bring my child to you.

Thank you.

Don't be trying to
slam my door either.

Crazy baby momma man.

Who is it?

We need to talk.

What do we need to talk about?

Listen, I don't
want to be here, but.

So what
you here for then?

I'm pregnant.

Oh hold up, hold up, hold up.

How you know it's mine though?

Really Marvin?

I was with nobody else but you.

Now you need to step up and
be a father to this baby.

Man, wow.

You come over to my house

and fade me with you pregnant

and I'm supposed to
just be like oh, okay

now I'm the daddy?

Man up, I was with
nobody else but you.

You know what?

Forget it.

I can take care of
this baby by myself.

We don't need you.

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Come on man pick up the phone.

Pick up the phone.

Hello?

Hey what's up bro?

Yeah I'm about to holla
at my boy real quick.

You busy.

Look I'm a need you to
hit me back for real.

When I get through I'll
hit you back in a minute.

Like for real hit me back.

All right man, all right
I'll talk to you soon.

Okay, peace.

Lord please guide
me and protect me.

I know what I'm about
to do is wrong man.

But my heart is in
the right place.

I don't know why this the
only way I see to get money.

But lights about to get cut off,

the car about to
get repossessed.

And I got a kid now.

I gotta provide for my family.

Lord please breathe
in my direction.

Change my situation's
complexion.

Keep me safe.

Amen.

Here we go.

Hey P.

I'm chilling with y'all.

So yeah man I need to holla
at you real quick though bro.

What's happening?

Man, I been at job interview
after job interview, man.

I cannot find no job, bro.

I need some, man.

I need some help man
what can you do for me?

Man, you know you just
got out of school man,

you shouldn't be out here
on the streets like that.

You know I just got
out and I'm on paper.

You know.

I know man but I don't see

no other way to
get no bread man.

For real, I been praying,
I went to the church.

I done did everything I can do.

And nothing is shaking.

So I'm just asking
for a little something

until I can get on my feet.

I can help you out man.

I might have to
holla at TI though.

Let him know, I got you.

All right, I'll holla at TI,
see if I can do this for you.

Careful man, you hear?

Man, for real you know I will.

I got something for you though,

man don't be out
here playing man.

I ain't trying to
do nothing I ain't gotta do.

For sure.

Man, I appreciate that
man, just let me know.

Tommy no, come and
get your stuff now.

I'm not gonna keep
rapping with you.

Tommy, look, Tommy you.

Tommy you need to
get your stuff.

No, I'm not trying
to hear all of that.

You been waiting and
procrastinating, all that,

I'm not trying to hit.

Babe, babe.

Why you acting like that?

Quit being like that, I love
you know, you know I love you.

Well, I'm over you right now.

I got a new situation,
you had your chance.

Come on love, stop
acting like that.

You know we can work it out.

No, you had your chance Tommy.

We don't have nothing
to talk about.

Man, look I'm
on my way to get my stuff,

I'll be over there
in a minute okay?

No, no, no, you gonna
come get your stuff

and then you're gonna leave.

Baby, baby, listen to me.

You know I love you.

You know I love you, I
miss you, I just got out.

I been missing you
for a long time.

Look I'm about to come over
and get my stuff, all right?

Come and get your
stuff man, I don't care.

Look, look, love, love
listen, stop being that way.

You don't.

Man, hold on my man
is on the other line.

Hello?

Hey babe, yep.

Please come home, I can't
wait till you get here.

Like, this dude got
my nerves worked.

Tommy.

Tommy, yes.

He's supposed to
get his stuff but.

He should be gone by
the time you get here.

Yeah.

I see you when
you get here babe.

All right bye.

I'm about to come get my stuff,

I'm on the way over there.

Man, what is this?

Man, this whole fake
shit, my boy lookin' dude.

Hey, has he left
before I came here?

Marvin, stop.

What's up man?

No, Tommy, no!

Tommy, what?

Leave!

What you gonna do?

Hit me?

You can't control me no more.

That's all right,
hey this ain't over man.

This ain't over.

Forget him, he's not worth it.

Hey this ain't over man.

You told me he
was gonna be gone.

Man, I didn't know
that was gonna happen.

I thought he was
gonna be gone already.

Let's go on, he's not worth it.

Hey.

Man, you never
gonna believe this.

Look I'm a need you
to be on the look out.

Yeah, for the white
car, got cornrows.

Goatee.

Just pulled a strap on me.

Yeah.

In front of my girl, too!

Yeah.

All right bit.

Babe, I don't like all
this space between us.

Like you acting funny.

Oh, this space between us?

Yeah.

What?

I asked you, was
dude gonna be gone

before I came over to the house.

Babe, really, you act
like I planned that.

I thought he was gonna be
gone before you got back.

You might not have planned it

but I could've busted a block,

so you know what I'm saying
that ain't even gonna happen.

Okay, okay, babe
look I was just fixing

to get ready to make you dinner.

Listen, okay, and
I just wanted him

to get his stuff out the way.

Oh you gonna make me dinner?

I just want that to be over.

For real?

Well, forget the dinner.

Forget him, babe come
and get this dessert?

Come and get this dessert,

is what you can do,
and quite trying to be

you acting like a
big baby like dang.

I didn't mean it, like
I wasn't planning it.

I'm glad he gone,
that's all that matters

is he's gone now,
don't think about that.

There's nothing to worry about.

Think about me.

Okay, listen.

Do you want this dessert or not?

Yeah, let me get it.

I'll be right back.

Babe, what's going on?

Didn't you hear that?

No what?

Yo that was a gunshot.

Oh babe, they shooting
all the time over here.

No, it was in
front of the house.

Babe, it's my neighborhood.

You know it's bad over here.

It's not a big deal,
just calm down.

Calm down.

It's all right.

Where my dessert at for me?

Okay, I tell you.

Guess you got excited huh?

♪ What can I do,
what can I do?

♪ Got me asking God,
what can I do?

♪ Lord what can I do?

♪ What can I do, what can
I do, what can I do?

♪ Got me asking God,
what can I do?

♪ What can I do?

Lord.

I don't know what else to do.

Can I speak for my crew?

This we're all going through.

Our pain runs deep.

How deep?

So deep I can't even sleep.

So tired of being poor, lord.

I need help, I'm
tired of struggling.

Why's this all on
earning, I work hard!

I went to school, got my degree.

But I can't even
keep the lights on.

How I'm a be a man?

Please.

Don't gotta be rich.

Just want to be able to
take care of my family.

Like it's too much.

Satan gonna give us too
much that we can't handle.

You must think I'm strong.

But I'm weak.

I'm only strong when
I got your help.

And I know you there for me.

I know.

Oh.

Hello?

Hello?

Hey what's up bro?

You up?

Yeah what's up bro?

You off work today?

Yeah man, I'm not at work.

Are you at the house?

Yeah, I'm at the crib,
I'm just getting up.

All right bit, look man
I need to holla at you.

I need my big brother advice.

So I'm on my way, if
it's cool with you.

Yeah, you can swing through.

Man, I'm a tell
you what happened.

Look, I need to tell
you face to face.

Look, the longer we
talk on the phone,

the longer this'll take
for me to get over there.

It'll give me time to get
up and get my life together,

I need to exercise
this morning anyway.

I been slacking.

All right, all right bit.

I'll be over there in a minute.

All right, peace.

Sup bro, you good?

Man, I'm good.

Sweaty?

Oh yeah man, I was just hitting

a little weights over there man.

Yeah actually matter of fact,

I need to hit it, especially
when you heard man,

you ain't gonna believe this.

I'm a knock 'em out.

Yeah, I'm a have
me a little sit in.

Little weak, dude.

Weak dude?

Man, what you talking about?

What you talking about homie?

What you got going on though?

Oh man, let me show this man.

I know you gonna be mad, man.

But, I had to do what
I had to do, man.

Hold on.

Going to be mad.

Oh man, he brought a bag.

Yeah, man

kind of smell it
from the bag man,

just kind of you know,
just open up the top.

Ooh!

This that lab.

But look, it's just
temporary man, because.

Man, you ain't even supposed

to be doing this no more though.

Man, the bills keep coming man.

Man, I had to go to the church

so I won't even lose
my car, my house,

and they tell me no.

Man, I had to do something man,

I'm about to lose everything.

Church couldn't even help out?

Church couldn't even help out.

Man.

For real.

Dang, dawg.

But look you right around the
corner from a breakthrough

getting a job and everything.

You can't be keep
with this though man.

I mean, I know it's
just a one-time thing.

You know I just
got out of school

so I ain't trying,

I'm not trying to do this!

I feel like I got to!

Yo.

Man, you asking
too many questions.

Look.

You trying to smoke or not?

I got some!

Might as well
since you got it bro.

All right well go ahead
and break it down some.

You know, we all know cigars
they bad for your health,

but them papers man, raw
papers and combs and stuff.

Papers.

Man they be way better
for your body man.

You gotta think we
getting older now.

Yeah.

What you wanna do?

No, you go ahead though.

I mean, I hit it
a couple of times.

All right let me go
split this real quick.

For sure.

Dang man, what's taking
you so long to roll up man?

Man, let me
get that green real quick.

Man, you, man I
thought you had that.

You want me to smoke
it for you too bro?

Man, what you playing about bro?

Gritty.

Got a lighter?

Man, got that fatty wow.

So we need to be about
for real though dude.

What happened?

Man, I'm at the house chilling.

Right, right.

She didn't come over
there talking about some,

no, my fault.

I'm sitting in the
house chilling, I hear.

Real loud on the door.

Man, I get up man,
answer the door.

Mandy done threw a
pregnancy test at me,

soon as I open the door.

A pregnancy test?

Bam, you know.

Hit me there in the chest.

Man what is this?

Man, she don't peed
on everything, nasty.

Man, I don't want.

Look, and then so you know,

my next reaction is I
don't even know it's mine.

Look man, I ain't talk to
that gal in about two months

and then she show up at my door

throwing a pregnancy test at me?

What you mean is, it ain't mine.

For sure.

Man, my baby momma just
was here hitting me up

for my child support
a few minutes ago!

Like she was talking like,

hey you need to come
up with some bread.

Like man, I lost my job.

What you want me to do?

I'm still seeing my kid,

I'm still doing
everything I need to do.

Man, child support man,

don't tell me about
no child support man.

What child support
be looking like?

Man, it's serious bro.

If you don't pay, they
gonna take your license,

they gonna come arrest
you, put you in jail.

Man they is not playing
with no body for real.

Man I don't
even know what to do.

If somebody who we at.

Some of that gas.

Right, I'm a tell
you what though man.

All you gotta really do is just,

you gonna have to man up man.

You gonna, have you talked
to, you know what I'm saying?

The new whoop-de-whoop?

I'm tripping on it.

Like me and Karen like we
doing super good right now.

Mm hm.

And now.

Now I get faded with, I
got a possible baby momma?

Man, I can't believe
she said she pregnant bro!

You can't tell me that

when your period was
missing a month ago?

Like man, do I even
tell my gal though man?

Or do I just, let it
ride maybe get a DNA test

see if it's mine but like,

I got a gal out
here on the streets

talking about how she
pregnant with my kid.

So I feel like I gotta tell her.

You gotta tell
her though because,

well you gotta tell her
if you find out 100%

that it's yours, but
right now you don't know,

so it's kinda like
a balancing act,

because if you tell
her and it ain't yours,

it's gonna ruin
your relationship.

But if you tell her
and it is yours,

you know at least you
heading it off early

and letting her know what's up,

because she deserve that.

I'm stressing bro,

I so appreciate this right here.

Hey, but look
man, let me let you

hear this new song I've
been working on bro,

let me go get this beat, man.

It's dope, like for real.

Yeah okay.

It's dope.

Maybe we can jump into
yours or something,

you know I'm saying a little
bit later on but yeah.

Okay hold on.

Let me see what you got.

So you saying I
should tell old girl?

So here you go bro.

Pen for you.

I already got mine
memorized a little bit, but.

You know what I'm saying.

All right let me go
with that beat then.

Hold on man, I got you.

Ready?

All right.

Look.

♪ Oppression, depression.

♪ Stop those who progressing,

♪ Kids getting smoked, can't
sit and learn a lesson.

♪ Take notice, this
another rap-rock sequel,

♪ I wrote this rhyme
to awaken my people.

♪ Me and my people.

♪ We hear my beat, bro.

♪ Jump on that beat bro.

♪ I flow what I
see in front me.

♪ Can't appease a G,
like starving Marvinly.

♪ 30 South, Cashville
Tennessee, best believe.

♪ It's hard for me to concede,
I'm about to have a baby.

♪ What does that mean for me?

♪ It means look,

♪ Welcome to the
team of Papa Bear,

♪ Dirty diapers and underwear.

♪ Terrible tunes, I'm telling
you what you can do,

♪ I don't know what to
do, me and my crew.

♪ We got babies too.

You got jokes
man, you got jokes.

Hey, I'm telling it.

I'm trying to tell you man.

That's how serious it be man.

Man he said man, the
team of papa bears and...

Dirty diapers and underwear!

That's what it's gonna be,

gonna be changing
some diapers man.

Man, look man, let me go
get something to eat man.

I got the munchies.

Okay, okay.

You got something
to eat in here?

Man you know I ain't got
nothing to eat in there man.

I ain't got no job, you
supposed to bring some food bro.

Man he said papa bear man,

God I'm still stressed out
about telling my gal man.

Oh you ain't, oh that's
right you ain't told her yet.

Man I still gotta
tell my gal bro.

Stop beating on the table man,

the table ain't
did nothing to you.

What you say?

I still gotta tell my gal man.

Oh I didn't even tell
you bit this part,

like I tried to tell her.

Man, hit that one
time before we go.

All right, no problem.

What you saying?

Look, I went over to my
gal's house to tell her.

And then her ex was getting
the rest of his stuff

out of the house or
something like that.

And then so she said it was
cool for me to come over,

so I'm walking in the house.

I ain't even know
whose car it was.

And we went and bumped shoulders

as we walking on the sidewalk.

So man, I looked at little dude,

he ain't paying no attention
cause my gal done grab me,

man don't worry about him.

Right?

So dude goes and drives off.

Right.

It ain't no thing about that.

But it hand me the strength so
I couldn't even tell my girl.

Right.

About the situation cause
I was just in a situation

that was drama
around my new gal.

Right, so I mean
y'all bumped into him?

What he trying to body
check you or something like?

We bumped shoulders homie.

Like stay on the weights.

Cause I don't know
what it's gonna be

but I hope it's over with.

Yeah, I'm hungry too though man.

But look if y'all
wanna do something

you already know
it ain't nothing.

How we do on the man side.

For sure man,
well let me grab me

a shirt or something
real quick man.

Please.

Where you trying to go
for something to eat at bro?

I don't care.

I don't even care bro.

Yeah man,
I'm about to eat.

Hey man what happened to
the back of your car bro?

What you mean what happened
to the back of my car?

Man, it look like
somebody shot your car.

Man, don't be playing with
me man, get up in the car man.

No, like for real.

You need to come take a
look at that right there.

Man, don't play with me.

Man, don't play with me
what you talking about?

There.

Oh!

Yo!

What happened?

Man I told you right
after that dude last night,

I ain't tell you but
I heard two gunshots,

when we was sitting
off in the house.

He shot your car up?

He bumped into me,
later on about two hours,

I heard two gun shots.

I looked out the window, I
ain't seen nothing though.

I ain't see nobody pulling
off, driving off, nothing.

I heard two gunshots last night.

And this dude done shot my car!

Man, you got the strap?

No, I ain't got the strap!

Hey man.

I know where we
can go and get one,

we go holla at my boy
little man real quick.

We cool.

Then let's get.

That don't make no sense.

Man, I can't believe
this dude just shot my car!

I know bro.

Naw, I'm a get him.

What's up bro?

What's going on?

Someone shot my buddy's car man.

I think I know a dude.

Used to hang with my cousin.

Light skinned dude.

Right, right.

Yeah, be careful man.

Y'all need anything.

What's up?

You ready?

Let's go.

Love y'all man be careful.

Man it's messed up bro.

Man I'm about to call my unc.

Man you sure that's
what you wanna do?

You know he man,
he did not play.

He might kill this dude.

I do not care.

Man, there's consequences.

I care man.

You supposed to be a Godly man.

You sure you wanna go through
all the way with this?

He shot your car, not you bro.

For real.

You sure this what you wanna do?

Cause you call him you already
know it's gonna pop off man.

Yeah, it's on.

It's on.

Bro, this has got lifelong
type of consequences though.

You know what I'm saying?

Because look, if he pop him.

Man.

People don't get
away with murder.

These are my options.

This dude's already
shooting at my stuff.

I'm in the car,
he shooting at me?

So it's either be
protected, or be taken out.

I understand that man.

I'm just saying
make wise decisions,

because this is a life-long...

Stay low-key.

Don't let nobody know
where we staying.

Stay off the horn,

keep it as short as possible.

We eat, don't talk
about no discussions.

I think you need to
take a deep breath,

calm down and really think
about your next move man.

Because I'm telling you, bro.

You don't get it.

This dude's a gangster.

He already.

Man, all right.

I mean, I'm just saying man
you need to pray about it

before you make a decision man.

Man.

Man, I ain't hearing
what you saying.

I'm calling my unc.

Do what you gotta do bro.

Just saying.

You soft.

I'm soft?

Man, I'm smart.

That's why I'm out here.

I'm right here with you.

Right but you ain't
live the life out here.

Hello?

Unc.

Hey, I got a problem.

Look, my girl ex got
mad, shot my car.

Man, this dude's name is Tommy.

I remember him saying
his name Tommy.

I think he live
off of Hayes manor.

Well, what you want me to do?

All right.

No, no, no man,
I didn't get hit.

I'm straight.

But my car.

All right.

Yeah, meet me at the spot.

All right.

What'd he say?

Man.

He about to come through.

That's what I thought.

He about to come through.

All right well.

Hey, since you
right here with me,

we talking about you
right here with me.

Man, I'm just saying

we already know right now
it's fixing to pop off.

I mean, off the top.

They, a dude murdered.

I'm just saying it's a lot
of loose ends to tie up.

That's all I'm saying.

I mean you gotta
handle your business,

I understand your car
got shot and all that.

I'm just glad you
didn't get shot.

But.

Make sure that you
give the right response

proper to what happen.

Yeah, yeah.

Yeah yeah yeah.

Is all I'm saying.

There's a reason to go
to little man's house.

Is all I'm a say.

Right.

That's why we went.

There's a reason.

So we could protect ourselves.

Exactly.

That's what I'm saying,
that's the whole point.

Okay, that's defensive.

E is coming for the offensive.

Which wins games.

Defense will win championship.

But now we on
some man stuff now.

Right, right.

Now we on the streets.

All right, let's go
on in the house man.

See no we in the streets.

What you doing over here Tommy?

I came
over here to talk.

Hey, what the Hell, stop!

I'm not gonna do it!

I told you quit playing!

I told you quit playing!

I ain't going nowhere!

You know I'm fixing
to whoop you right?

What?

Man, you better know it!

Hold up, I'm a
get you off the game

just like I did
homeboy over there!

Come on with the game!

Here we go!

Let's get it!

All right.

This what I do!

Man, you whooped real quick.

I ain't nothing like that.

That's your phone
call, all right.

Hello?

Officer?

Hey, you calling me
about who shot my car?

Wait, what?

She's on her way
to the hospital?

What happened?

What hospital is she at?

All right I'm on my way.

What happened bro?

Look man, my gal,
she just got beat up.

She over in the hospital.

We on our way!

It hurts.

Let me see it, let me see it,
it needs to be changed away.

No, it's so ugly, babe!

I need to change the gauze.

You're still beautiful
no matter what.

Babe.

Look, let me see.

No.

Let me
take care of you.

Listen, I need to talk to you.

Babe.

They told me I was
ten weeks pregnant.

Pregnant?

Yeah.

Yeah.

I'm a get you some gauze, okay?

Babe.

Babe.

There you go girl.

I appreciate that.

Appreciate you.

Yo.

What up Darrel?

Yo fam.

What's wrong with that door man?

Raggedy.

Old school.

Right, right.

You know how it is.

So what you been up to Couzo?

Ain't nothing, I'm
just chilling man.

Take it one day at a time.

Yeah?

Yeah.

Yeah, man.

Who is that, is that Van Dam?

Yeah man...

And John Paul?

Man, where you get
this movie from?

You know the old
school kickboxing.

Damn, man.

So what else you
been up to though?

Ain't nothing much
man, just you know.

Like I said, just
working, chilling.

I heard you still doing
your hustling, huh?

Little something something
for a small amount of time

until I can get my pockets
where they need to be.

It ain't what I'm
choosing to do though.

You know.

Man, I went up to the church,
you know talked to my pastor.

You know I was like,

man you just gave Chris,
Everly baby daddy.

Man, I got all these degrees,
like it don't mean nothing.

Like I can't find a job,
nobody trying to hire me.

I can't get no help
from the church.

And I been praying about it.

So maybe you know, I just
gotta be more patient.

But, it's been
hard cos, for real.

Man, I appreciate you
hitting me up for that.

So I'm trying to get rid of
them as soon as possible.

What you need anyway?

What you got for me?

Well, let's see man.

I can pay here for 80.

Oh, okay okay okay.

Yeah, I got that.

Oh man, you got
it all repacked in.

Oh yeah, you know
that's how we do it now,

you gotta be low-key, bro.

♪ Oh if I could go
back to the start.

♪ With you.

♪ Had soak in all the
glances once more,

♪ Colored my life in
a red from blue.

♪ And all the words
and all the touch

♪ You got me thinking
I'll have too much.

♪ And all the time,
your heart sublime.

♪ You got me thinking oh baby,

♪ Love is sweet.

♪ You got me shaking,
in the knees.

♪ When I don't wake
in your arms.

♪ I'm lost.

♪ 'Cause looking into
your sleepy eyes,

♪ I don it, the hope that
leads me to carry on.

♪ The places we'll go.

♪ The things we'll see.

♪ There's no one else
with whom I'd rather be.

♪ This life is ours.

♪ One day we'll
catch the stars.

♪ Oh 'cause you know that
baby, love is sweet.

♪ And it's everything this
little heart could need.

♪ All I know is you healed me.

♪ All I know is you healed me.

♪ And I know that
there I've been.

♪ Because baby, I adore you.

Hey, the dude who
pulled a strap on you?

Yeah, he's up here
at this gas station.

What you want me to
do, I got the strap?

All right.

You saying right now?

Well, what's up then?

Hold on let me get Marvin
man, hold up, hold up.

Marvin, let me holla at you
real quick, come here hurry up.

Hurry up.

I got some news.

What's good?

Man look, they said
they do it right now.

They caught him at the
gas station slipping man.

They could pop him, they got him

in the crosshairs right
now, what you want to do?

Hold on bro.

Man, I really wanted

to get him myself though really.

Hey, we could ride up.

We could go get him right now!

I got the yuk in the car.

Marvin no!

You know we got this
baby on the way!

You can't do this!

No, what you gonna let
your pride get in the way

Come on
man stay in your lane!

No, how you gonna
take care of this baby

if you dead or in jail?

Like no.

I got this, I got this.

No, you need to come on.

No, you cannot do this!

I ain't gonna
let him do nothing.

No, we got a baby on the way!

What you mean?

I ain't gonna
let him do nothing.

What you mean,

what you mean you ain't
gonna let him do nothing?

I can hear, I'm not stupid.

Baby, don't stress out the baby.

Don't stress out the
baby, don't stress out me!

Don't stress out your family!

Come on, what do
you care about more?

What's more
important, your pride?

All right man, look I'm a...

Look we straight bro,
we gonna go ahead

and let him ride right now
man, we gonna catch him later.

Okay, all right.

Okay, I'm out bro, look.

I'm about to dip.

Momma, I'm a go ahead and go.

Look look look,
I'll be in in a minute.

No, I don't trust it,
I don't trust it, no.

Bye!

Man, look I'll hit you up.

I'll hit you up.

You sure?

Man, let me take care
of her real quick man.

Appreciate that though.

Keep eyes on him.

For sure.

All right bro.

What the?

I know these fools ain't
trying to roll up on me man.

All right, all right.

God?

I'm in a situation.

I need some guidance.

I need you to tell
me what to do.

My car done been shot, my
girl done been beat up.

If he keeps on coming
at my family lord,

I gotta protect them.

So if you could promise
me that I got peace,

man I let him be.

I let him be.

I'll forgive, I'll
show forgiveness.

But God.

If he gonna keep coming at me,

I got to end it.

So please, give
me peace of mind.

Protect my family.

♪ In my life, to my love,
to my children to my wife.

♪ To my friends.

♪ Who sometimes say I'm
less than perfect.

♪ The truth is,
you're worth it.

♪ The proof is your
interpretation never surfaced.

♪ With the shoes on my feet,
am I your humble servant.

♪ Realize, do I take
pride in my service.

Come in.

Hey.

Good morning.

I'm Mr. Robertson.

Mr. Robertson, have a seat.

It's good to have you.

So what brings you in today?

Uh, the free session I
saw on the advertisement.

Yeah, I lost my job
a few months ago.

And I been kind of having
a hard time you know.

I'm stressed, been to
a thousand interviews.

Can't sleep, because I
keep thinking about it.

And you know my baby momma
keeps asking me for money.

And it's just hard right now.

You know my girl said she
went to some therapy sessions

a while ago and it helped her.

So I'm just here to just.

Try to find some help.

So sounds like that you
have some good influences

on what therapy could be like.

But you don't have any
personal experiences yourself.

Okay.

What are you expecting
to get out of therapy?

I don't know.

Just maybe some peace of mind.

To where I can sleep.

Yeah.

Okay.

So, moving forward,

it would be really
important for both of us

but particularly
you to understand,

that our job
positions and stress

and sometimes even
relationships.

Those things can be temporary.

And it's natural to want
to keep those things

or even experience loss,
stress, not being able to sleep.

When those things
are threatened.

Or seem like they're
gonna move away.

But our happiness and
that peace of mind that

you were talking about,

those things aren't tied
to temporary things.

And your worth and your
sense of being enough

those things are
eternal, as you are.

So if we could keep
that orientation in mind

as we move forward, that
can be the foundation

for us to do work
while we're in therapy.

What do you think about that?

Hello?

Yeah, this is Mr. Robertson.

7:45?

Yeah, I can be there by 7:45.

Okay, thank you.

Can I help you?

Yes, I'm here to substitute
for Miss Miller's room?

Sign in.

Do you know where her class is?

No ma'am.

Go out the hall to room 109.

Go downstairs, catch the
elevator if you want to.

Have a good day.

Good morning class.

Good
morning Mr. Robertson.

Hello?

Hello?

Marvin?

I just got to work.

What do you want?

I just want you to know

that we're going to
have to go to court.

So you can pay child
support for your son.

Look, we'll cross that
bridge when we come to it.

We need to handle this.

It doesn't have to be like this.

You made it like this.

Man, don't talk about...

Bye.

Hello?

Marvin?

Hello?

Hey baby.

How you doing?

Yeah, I'm doing good.

How about you?

I'm a little stressed
out, concerned, worried.

Nah baby, we fine honey.

Look are you sure you're
okay me coming to work?

Get that corn.

We good.

Do what you gotta do.

Okay.

Well, listen.

Let me ask you something.

Let me ask you
something real quick.

How you feel about you coming

and staying with
me for a few days?

I would love that.

Okay.

Well look, I'm a call you on

my lunch break or
something okay?

Okay, talk to you later.

All right bye.

All right, baby, love you.

Sir we got that other
machine all cleaned up.

And, anything else
we can do for you?

No, that's all I need today.

By the way.

Do you have any more of that
poetry you were working on?

I have a few pieces
that I've been collecting.

Why you ask?

I was talking to a
publishing friend of mine,

and we were thinking about
maybe turning it into a book.

What, really?

Yeah.

What do I need to do?

You need to get it all together.

Put it into a file.

And get to me as
quick as possible

so we can read it.

Absolutely, absolutely, thank
you, thank you, thank you.

My head has been a
lot clearer lately.

You know with me going
to like therapy man.

It really is
something that I think

everybody probably kind
of needs to look into.

Just a bit.

Just because it's,
man it's helpful

to work through some stuff.

Man, have you ever
thought about going

on and seeing a therapist
or something like that?

A councilor or
something like that?

Come in.

Mr. Robertson.

Hey, how are you?

Hey,
sir, good to see you.

Welcome back.

Good to see you too.

Absolutely, have a seat.

Whoops, thank you.

Okay, it's good to see you.

You too, you too.

I thought that the last
session went really well,

so I decided to sign
up for another one.

All right.

Yeah, it helped me a little bit.

And I appreciate that.

Okay, so before I ask
about what's been going on,

what about the last
session did you like?

Did you...

Well, it just
allowed me to be able

to just talk my way
through some things.

And be more solution-orientated

and not think about
stuff so much.

Like, oh I gotta get this
done, I gotta get this done.

And living in the
moment a little bit.

Yeah, and I also
wanted to tell you

that the pre and post
test that we took

to look at your stress levels?

They were really really
high when we first started

the session, and
your last one after

the session that we did?

It was significantly lower.

Good.

So it's good that I'm
hearing this data from you.

That you felt like you
got something out of it

because your scores showed
that you felt less stressed.

Yeah, they told me that my
ACES score was really high?

From childhood trauma
or something like that.

But I don't know.

Yeah, that's the Adversive
Childhood Experiences Survey.

They came out of Harvard,

and actually they're trying
to put it into school systems

to make sure that we're
being able to identify

our kids who need more support.

And as well as with adults,
identify and be aware

so we can address it, so yeah.

So tell me, what's
been going on?

Well, you know just kind of.

You know, working
through those things.

I got a position where I'm
subbing more frequently,

so that's let me not
have as much stress

and bringing in some income.

So that's good.

But you know I had a situation

where one of my brother's
car got shot up.

And you know I'm just
trying to not do something

that's gonna
jeopardize my future.

Mm hm.

And it's just hard to
navigate those situations.

And do the right
thing sometimes.

So I'm just trying to
think my way through it

instead of just
being irrational.

What's up bro?

Man, I see you still
rocking them cowboy?

Yo, baby we gonna
always be cowboys man.

Paying child support,
I had to give extra

on top of what I
giving you already.

They already asking for extra?

Man, come on man.

Hey I got bills myself.

I gotta live!

Right.

But at the same time man,

I want to be able to any
and everything for them

but you know man, I've
been going through it bro.

I just need a little prayer man,

because I man trying to survive
out here on these streets,

and these streets out
here ain't calling me.

I'm trying to go
home and be with

the family and take
care of mine, but.

Yeah, you know.

Everybody needs some
prayer sometimes man.

You know what, man I'll
pray for you right now.

Man, please bro.

Thank you.

Take my hand and pray with me.

For sure.

Dear heavenly father,

we pray that you keep your
hand on this young man.

Yes sir.

And let him be successful
in what he's doing.

Help him to build
and keep having

to break relationships
with his children,

make sure that his finances
are where they need to be.

And you keep your hands on him,

all of his stuff like we know
that you said that you would.

And let him allow
you to lead his life

in the right direction
and make good decisions

that are gonna last a lifetime

and have generational value

and break generational curses,

and keep things all together
in love and glorify your name

and it'll all be for you.

In the name of Jesus amen.

Amen, man.

Amen.

Yeah, that's what it's
about right there man.

Man, I appreciate that
man, I felt that man.

'Cause look, prayer
changes things.

That's the only thing
I know that works.

In my whole life, for real.

Prayer.

And talking I really
kind of believe in,

that it's bigger than me.

Because man, I done went
through so much in my life

now I see because I'm
helping other kids.

I wouldn't even know.

I would be like one
of these people come

from Montana, or Wyoming, that
ain't ever lived in the city.

That don't know about you
know helping somebody else.

Because they ain't
ever been in it.

Right.

And God just put me
in that position man,

and that just really
made me a better person.

To where it ain't
about me no more.

It's about the bigger
picture, what I can give back.

Because I be thinking,
I'm a die all the time,

I'd have been shot at,
ganged, all the crazy stuff

that happen and it's like,

am I supposed to be here?

You know?

And then when God give you
different opportunities

to let you cash in on
why he even got you here.

That right there man.

It really been helpful
for me in my life.

Man, I'm a keep
praying for you man.

Man, really man.

You gotta come over to
the house man, for sure.

Man, I'm a have
to come over there.

I got a small chess
board, it ain't super nice.

We gonna get us a
big old chess board.

I need a minute.

You don't have
to worry about it.

Yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah.

We put a couple of
them in the alley,

you know how it look
good all the time.

And say a few more
prayers for a man

because I'm about
to make it out here.

Ain't gonna let this
situation stop me,

because there ain't
nothing out here

gonna be able to stop me.

Only person that can
stop you is yourself.

I don't believe in that,

yeah because the
system trying to,

and they trying to do it
in the system and stuff.

You know all it
ain't gonna stop me.

Hey what it do Charles,

what's up with you baby?

How about them Cowboys?

Oh my god.

Man, but yeah man.

When it's all over
said and done man.

I'm a step foot out here
and I'm gonna make it.

You ain't got no choice but to.

You got people riding on you.

Waiting on you.

Right, you got you just
trying to get the food.

I hate to see the
backside of you.

Is walking away from me
what you really wanna do?

You're a sight for sore
eyes and I love any of you.

But I know it's not polite
if I keep staring at you.

So hello lady, hi can I
please stand by your side?

And I'm sorry if I disrespected,

my approach can be corrected.

Seeing the back of
you had me affected

but don't walk away from,
my mind would be hectic.

To know that our heart's
time will be neglected.

So I'm daydreaming of us
being spiritually connected,

so here pouring out my
soul is how I left it.

Okay.

My goodness.

That's awesome.

I was not prepared.

I didn't know you had
that in you, like what?

What?

You a little poet hon.

There's a whole lot more
I'm trying to show you.

Little poet, who knew?

But look.

There's something I
need to tell you though.

Tell me what?

What's up?

I don't know how to say it.

Just say what's on your
mind babe, what's up?

I really care about you.

I'm here with you in
this relationship.

We about to have a baby.

And I feel like I need
to be 100% with you.

As you should.

What's up?

Just talk.

Can't be that serious, like.

What's up?

My ex came by my house.

Mm hm?

And she told me she was pregnant

Okay, that has
nothing to do with you.

What that gotta do with you?

She's saying it's mine.

What?

No, Marvin.

No.

Are you kidding me?

So you been still
messing with her?

- No.
- Are you serious?

I ain't even.

Does she know about me?

Does she know we got a baby?

Does she know you got
this to take care of?

Like, how could you do this?

Like are you serious, no!

So you gonna mess with her.

I wasn't messing with her.

Really, you gonna
get her pregnant?

It was like seven months ago.

So you gonna leave me for her.

No, I'm not leaving you for her.

Well then why you
still messing with her?

You're not listening to what

I'm saying about how
I feel about you?

Well you ain't
said nothing to me.

And it's not about your words,
it's about your actions.

My actions, baby look.

I done got you a
ring and everything.

I'm serious about us.

Yo, I want us to be together.

I don't want it like this.

Not like this.

We gonna make it work.

We gonna make it work.

We gonna make it work.

Not like this.

Yo, I'm gonna be here
for you and the baby.

That's why I love you.

I'm sorry.

You know so I'm learning,

like I look at this
theory of the sponge.

To where I take in everything
everybody does around me,

all the people I care about.

All the people
that influence me.

And things that I can
benefit from, I keep in.

But I squeeze out
all the things that

I feel like are not beneficial
to me, and not gonna help me.

And you know, I cast those away.

That way I can keep the
good and expel the bad.

Because it's not
necessarily what you put out

but what you got in.

So that's my theory.

That's amazing.

I'm gonna give
you a great quote,

that you know how
we got different

people got different quotes.

I'm gonna give you
an Uncle D quote.

That I over the years, I use.

I came upon it when I
was in college 'cause.

What I did in college, is I was,

a big fish in a little pond
I went to a small college.

I was successful, and I
went and had a big hit.

Never allow a reaction

to an attraction
create a distraction.

Maintain your focus.

Say that again, say that again.

You're on point right now,

doing some great things,
God is blessing you

and has blessed you.

Never allow a reaction
to an attraction

create a distraction.

So in other words,
something over here,

for me it was girls.

In college...

For me it's girls too!

Reacting to those,
seeing an attraction

and reacting to it takes
me away from my focus

of what I was doing.

I need to maintain
my focus, do my work.

What I'm supposed
to do at school.

And study and do
all those things.

So that attraction
can take you away

from what your commitment to do.

So stay committed
to what you do.

Maintain your focus.

And then...

Man it wasn't over.

Man, I'm a put
on my shades dude.

Man you don't need
to put on them shades.

Man, see what I just did.

You gonna need to put
on some shades bro, like.

Because you gonna be in the
dark after I knock you out.

But let's it though
Keenan, what you gonna do?

What you gonna do?

I'm about to show you
what I'm about to do.

Oh, yeah.

Let me tell you this man.

I got a call from Mr. Howe.

You know he does
performances and stuff.

And they got this
performance coming up.

You know the mayor
gonna be there

and some other acts and stuff

and they asked us to
perform and I was like yeah!

So you down?

You gonna get up there with me?

We can do like a duality
flow thing or something?

It'd be dope.

Man, we done talked
about it before.

Right.

But we gonna need to practice.

Duh!

Because we know you ain't
got your word number one.

All right.

That's real good news.

Right, I'm trying to tell you.

Time I get win right there.

What win?

Win you imagining.

Everybody wanna get
Keenan, I'm getting Charlie

every time putting on feed.

Spinning bird kick!

You got one move.

Oh you want me
use some other move?

Hold on now, hold on now.

There some other moves.

So what you wanna
do after the show?

This dude is beating me!

Let me take off,
it's the shades man.

Yeah, it is.

I can't see good.

Thank you coach Key so
much for helping me out.

I appreciate you
doing this stuff.

If you could just please
put it in the bathroom.

Hello?

Hey, is this Mr. Robertson?

Yes, this is Mr. Robertson.

Hey, this is Miss
Miller from school.

How you doing?

Oh hey Miss Miller.

Well, I was just calling you

because I'm getting ready
to go on maternity leave

in a couple of weeks and I
had spoke to the principle

here at school and I
was trying to get you

a permanent substitution
position job until the end of

the school year, how do
you feel about doing that?

Really?

Oh wow.

That is awesome.

Thank you so much.

Yes.

Absolutely.

I appreciate you.

And we're
going to switch up,

so that the next
group can come paint.

Hello?

Oh hey Miss Miller.

You know Mr. Robertson,
the kids love you.

And you always do a good job.

So what I'm gonna do,

I'm gonna leave the
lesson plans laid out for

the next five weeks, and
I think we're gonna have

a position for you
next school year.

I'll talk to the principal.

Several teachers are leaving,

so if you do a good job,
the position could be yours.

So just make sure that
you're on your P's and Q's.

Yes, absolutely.

I will be on my P's
and Q's everyday.

Yes.

Tell them yes.

Thank you for the opportunity.

No problem, thank you so much.

And I will see you soon.

Lord, thank you.

Thank you thank you thank you.

I know two times I tried to
lead to my own understanding.

Lord, you're always on time.

Thank you so much.

I really appreciate
the opportunity.

I won't let you down.

Thank you lord.

Amen.

Bro, I heard you
talking about my momma.

You don't be doing that bro.

What you
gonna do about it?

I'm gonna fight you.

Come on, square up.

Mr. Robertson?

This Mr. Robertson.

There's about to be a
fight on the first floor.

Okay, I'm on my way.

You don't want none
of this small fry.

Hey hey hey, man
what is y'all doing?

Y'all too big for this.

What's going on?

He was talking about my
momma and I don't like it.

It gets me like mad
talking about my momma.

You know his momma?

Does he know your momma?

No.

So every time somebody
say something about you

you don't like,
y'all gonna fight?

No.

See 'cause when I was y'all age,

man, I ended up having
to go to juvenile.

Get put in handcuffs.

Went to alternative
school for a year.

That's not what
I want for y'all.

Y'all know what's
happening to kids like

y'all in the streets right now?

They're dying?

What's happening?

They're dying like he said.

They keep getting shot at 'cause

they wanna start
stuff like this.

And that's what you wanna do?

No.

That's what you wanna do?

So look, I see your grades
and your test scores.

I see your grades
and your test scores.

Y'all are too smart
for this mess.

Too smart.

You gonna learn, you
gonna have to learn

how to control your emotions,

you have to learn how
to control your anger.

Because if you don't,
you're gonna be a statistic.

And that's not what
I want for you.

Y'all are both black men.

Y'all gonna grow up and
be black men anyway.

Right now y'all acting
like little boys.

Y'all gotta do better than this.

Yes sir.

Do you understand me?

Yes sir.

Do you understand me?

Yes sir.

Now this can't happen no more.

Do I need to go ahead
and just suspend y'all?

Put y'all out of school
so you can learn a lesson?

- No.
- No sir.

Do we need to call your momma?

No sir.

Do we need to call your momma?

Are you sure?

Yes.

Because this mess
need to be over with.

Is it over with?

Shake hands.

Now I don't want to
see this mess no more.

Go your separate ways.

Acting crazy.

Man what's up my people.

What's up with you?

Oh man, long time no see man!

What's up cos?

What's up bro?

You know I love you man.

Come on get your hug.

Yeah!

Who you got here?

Yeah?

Dayton and Dulsa?

Dayton, Dulsa
y'all look like some twins.

Like some twins!

They are!

They are twins!

Those my twins!

Brother got twins!

Brother got twins!

Twins, twins twins!

Lord, this is a message to you.

I don't know what else to do.

And I speak for my crew,

'cause this is what
we all going through.

Our pain runs deep.

How deep?

So deep I can't even sleep.

Tossing and turning,
chest burning.

Why's this all we're earning.

Nine to five, minimum wage,

man is this why I'm working?

I'm living check
by check, stressed,

but blessed to be living.

I'm still willing to strive,

prospect these means to beings.

But that lifestyle
involves some dirty dealing

that's not appealing.

A storm cloud's covering
my mental vision.

It still burns.

The world still turns.

As we get closer to the end
of our worldly life terms.

And these are the
days of our lives.

As the world turns.

These are the days of our
lives as the world turns.

I sit still and my mind travels
a million miles a minute.

I'm thinking about the
world and how we fit in it.

We're just really mere molecules

and we need earthly
things to survive.

To survive.

And I strive to
appreciate all life

which helps me stay alive.

If there was no food
chain, you couldn't eat.

So you can't say that you
stand on your own feet.

If there was no gravity we'd
all be floating and go away.

So let's make this world better

and not just try to maintain.

And these things could drive
a thoughtful person to pain.

And doctors could give you drugs

and diagnose of this
loose in your brain.

When you hunger for good
I bet you find pain.

And then you find others
who like you feel the same.

And these are just the
small pieces of emotions

that run through my brain.

To give us a space to try things

and do things and
discover who is

that they need to be,
and who needs to be out.

They give us a machine that
can fail in those spaces

but the family
gives us that space.

And they fail to describe
a fraction of the hope

sometimes it's what's necessary.

Sometimes we it's odd,
but we feel we need to do.

Hey Miss Corlowe,
tell Mr. Robertson

that I'm ready for him.

How you doing doc?

Nice to see you.

Absolutely.

Have a seat for me, have a seat.

Yes sir.

So, I've been watching you work

obviously over the
last couple of months.

Our boys and girls love you.

Every time I sit down and have
a conversation with a parent

they consistently tell me
that you're making connections

with the boys and girls.

And you're pushing
them to new heights.

As you know we have a
teacher that's retiring

at the end of the school year.

And I would like to
just formally offer you

a position to join our team.

Wow.

Thank you.

Absolutely, yes sir.

I'm, yes.

What do I need to do?

So there's a couple
of steps I can take.

Obviously we gonna make the
offer at the school level.

Our HR department
will reach out to you.

They'll make the official offer

and talk salary, compensation.

And then you'll accept
the job with them.

But I'm excited to have
you as part of the team.

I know you gonna
change lives here.

Thank you, look thank you.

Man I appreciate
y'all getting me.

I've been praying for a job.

This is a blessing, I
really appreciate you.

Well, my pleasure.

We're looking forward to seeing
how you change lives here.

Yes sir, thank you.

All right.

Oh man,
what's up with you bro?

What's going on?

I'm chilling man,
I'm chilling you know.

Woo.

So what's been up with you?

What you got going on?

What you reading over
there, the Bible?

Yeah, reading the Bible.

Trying to find some
inspiration for my poetry book.

Okay, okay.

Where you at in there?

Genesis 22.

Oh okay, oh you already
got this one marked off on me

you must knew.

All right.

Yeah.

Oh man guess what, I got
some good news though bro.

What happened, what's
going on with you?

Man, today you know I been
subbing at my job and stuff.

Yeah, I see you
looking all clean.

Right, right, right right right.

Principal called
me into the office,

I'm thinking like man I'm
probably in trouble or something

man because you know I'm
in there going hamburgers,

you know telling kids to
stop, get your life together.

But you off in
the projects though.

Right, deep off in the hood.

But you know I can relate
to those kind of kids.

And that's what he said.

He was like look, Mr. Robertson

you been doing a good job

and parents giving me good
compliments about you.

We got a teacher retiring,

we want you to come
work full time for us.

Yeah, he offered me
the job today man!

I was like, woo!

Hallelujah!

God bless you, be
like yes sir, yes sir!

Right right man.

Man, God bless you.

What you gonna do with
all that product you got?

Oh, you talking about that?

I mean.

Okay, so this is
what I'm thinking.

I talked to little man TI.

And they told me just
give him the bread

for what I got rid of,

but for the rest of the stuff
you know, I can take back.

And they said
they'd take it back.

You know, they don't
normally do that.

There ain't no
refunds in the hood.

Hey, but he didn't really
want you to take it no ways.

Right right.

That's real love right there.

Right, I didn't really
wanna go that way anyway.

Kind of like, kind of like
every hymn in this psalm.

Like the ram and the bush.

You know God gave me an outlet

to where I didn't have to do,

you know, 'cause I didn't
really want to do that.

Right.

That's a lot of risk.

You was gonna
sacrifice your freedom.

Freedom.

Right.

In my life and everything else.

Right.

To get money.

Right, trying to survive.

Right.

But you know Bob Marley said,

Bob Marley said
numbers are endless.

So if you're searching for
numbers for your happiness,

you ain't never gonna be happy.

So you know it just kind of
made me think about that.

Well let me think
about that for a second.

Yeah man.

Man, wow.

Yeah man.

Right.

Because you can always just
add some zeros infinitely.

Right.

Infinitely.

Right so I'm just glad God
did what he did for me.

Like divinity.

That was a super big
blessing man, for real.

Man, everything seems
to be turning around man.

Right.

You put God first,
and put trust up in him,

it seems like no,
I know for a fact.

I can testify.

You have blessings in your life.

Absolutely.

You have trials and
tribulations, yes,

but you have blessings
in your life.

Right.

You know my book's
about to get published.

You just got promoted.

Oh yeah, they did that?

That dude at your work?

Man!

Congratulations man!

You know what's what I'm
saying, get the inspiration

go ahead and finish
that that project!

The concert we're
practicing for.

Right, right, right.

And then, I think we
need to go celebrate.

Hey, matter of fact.

My boss said he was gonna
take us four-wheeling man,

he said hey we gonna take
a four-wheeling trip,

do you wanna go?

Are you asking me to go?

Yeah, I'm asking you to go.

Yeah, I'll go!

Yeah!

There's nothing wrong
for that mountain!

For sure, yeah absolutely.

That sounds fun.

You know I need to
celebrate anyway.

God's just been
blessing me lately.

And well, he been
blessing my whole life,

but really lately he been
coming through for me man.

Yeah, you was in a dark place.

That I ain't know,
we both for it man.

You know, just, you
come to a crossroads

and if you lean towards God,
you gonna make the right path.

Right.

And I mean, I'm just glad
I got you as a brother man.

Somebody go through that with.

Absolutely man, me too.

Me too.

Make sure you stay in your
place, little brother.

That's what God got.

You know we ain't
nothing without God man.

That's the realest thing
ever man, I love that.

You gonna accept.

Your inself is your energy.

Like I put on every
post about Nispey.

Energy never dies.

Your energy is here.

You know what I'm saying,

and then the thing, Nispey
modeled himself after Pot.

He said thug life.

He screamed pot.

All that.

And look what he did.

He's just not common.

Bless you.

Oh!

Get something for everybody,
get some chicken man.

Hey, home boy need that.

What up with y'all?

What's up bro?

Bro.

Man.

Your dope man, it's
the rest of what I had,

I already played it with TI man.

I appreciate you,
God bless you man.

God came through for me what.

You know there's no refunds
on this type of thing.

What you say?

You know there ain't
no refunds on this man.

Man, I do understand.

I talked to TI and
we worked it out.

You know, know I love y'all.

I'm a accept it this time.

Man I appreciate it man.

I'm trying not to never
have to come back to that.

For real.

But if I need you,
I'm a call you.

For real.

That's what's up,
that's what's up.

Y'all handle that?

Yeah, we did
handle that business.

Come through.

Yeah, much love, much love.

Well we gonna head out
now bro, we gonna shake.

I just wanted to you
know, come drop that off.

And get your bread
that I made off of it.

Man, I got a job man!

That's what's up man.

I got a job, I appreciate
that urine sample.

Yeah, yeah, everything
you need, just call me man.

Okay.

You know I always got you.

BT, all right bro.

Hey man, what's this
book you reading?

Is this Being on Living?

Oh man, where I get this from.

You can have it.

Man, I appreciate that man.

What's up.

For sure.

Man, I read those.

Man, I appreciate
that bro, for real.

All right, all right y'all.

Y'all be careful.

Let me have ten dollars
and get the chicken.

Woo boy!

Man, we about to ride buddy.

Absolutely!

Which one you think
you gonna be on?

Man, I like that
blue thing over there.

Yeah, you look like a
blue thing over there.

Right, blue what
you talking about.

Man, I think I'm gonna...

Hey guys.

- Hey!
- Hey!

Feeling all right?

Yes sir, yes sir.

Y'all ready to ride?

Man, these are some nice
machines you got, absolutely.

You gonna ride
the black one Marvin?

That's what I was
peeping on anyway.

You ride the blue one?

I'm a ride that red one,

and my daughter CJ is
gonna ride that one.

Okay.

Got something for you.

What you got?

Check it out.

This is my book?

That's your book!

Ooh!

Woo!

Wow.

Yo look!

All right!

This is amazing!

For real!

You think you
can get me one of them?

I got you man.

All I gotta do is
jut the same thing he did?

Same thing, get
your stuff together.

Wow, thank you so much.

This is gonna be a great day.

I'll never forget
this day in my life.

That's dope man.

Hey, well let's go ride!

Got my book out!

Is she okay?

She's out.

Oh my God, what
happened, what happened?

Don't touch her don't touch
her don't touch her man,

don't move her, her
neck might be broken.

Oh my God.

She's not responsive.

Is she bleeding?

No, I don't see any blood.

Okay, what about 911?

We can't call 911,
I been drinking.

You been drinking?

Man.

I only had one beer!

I don't want to go back to jail.

I don't know what to do.

Oh man, see we
going to jail man,

she probably dead man!

They say, come as you are.

We've been drinking.

We need your healing power.

Oh my God.

You think she's gonna die?

Hold on man, let's pray for her.

You think that's gonna work?

There's no other option.

I don't know what else to do.

I know God is real.

God I know you're real.

I don't know how your
healing power works

we been drinking,
can I come as we are?

I don't know what to do.

What is the process?

If I'm supposed
to be a holy man?

We need a miracle.

We need a miracle,
God please just.

God let me just
lay hands on her.

God please.

I know you have
healing in your power.

I don't know if we're
supposed to speak it

into existence or
ask you to heal her.

But God let her be
healed, in Jesus' name.

Lord, please bless her.

I know that you can
heal all wounds.

I know that you the author
and creator of our faith.

And you get to decide
who comes and who goes.

But lord don't let
it be her time.

Do not let it be her time, lord.

We got too much living to do.

Amen.

She's starting to move.

She's waking up.

Are you all right?

Are you okay?

What's going on?

Can you feel this?

Hold on, slow down.

Don't move.

You sure you're okay?

You all right?

Yeah, I'm fine.

What's going on?

It's fine, everything's cool.

You sure?

Yes.

Yeah, I'm good.

Thank you lord.

You sure you're all right man?

Man, I'm all right dude.

Man that was crazy.

That was crazy.

She's back in the cabin.

Man, you know those
concussions come

a little bit late sometimes,
she need to be careful man,

don't let her go to sleep.

Yeah, we're gonna have
to watch her tonight.

Man, I'm a head on back,
check on the girls.

Man, I'll meet you at
Dead Man's curve man

if y'all wanna ride later.

Yeah, I think
that's where we about

to head right now right?

All right, I'll
meet y'all there.

See you over there.

Man.

Man, you think she's,

I think she's really okay.

Man, you know how God work man.

That is a trip.

It's crazy though, it's crazy.

Did you see when
she flipped off?

Right, she flew through
the air like Superman.

For real.

I guess I can
laugh about it now,

because she seem like
she okay, but golly

she flew off that four-wheeler.

Right, right.

Man.

God do answer
prayers though man.

For real, nothing
without God man.

It couldn't have
been a coincidence.

Right.

Yeah, nothing without God.

Man all right, let's uh.

Man, I'm a go clear my head man.

Be safe man.

Marvin!

Yeah, I'm over here!

Where, I can't see you!

I'm slipping!

I'm coming, I'm coming!

I see you, I see you!

Come on!

Come on.

Come on!

Come on bro!

I got you!

Man what
happened to y'all?

Hey that's Dead Man's curve.

Man, nobody ever makes
it out of there alive man.

Man, y'all lucky.

Man God was with
us that wasn't luck.

You all right?

You got some water?

Got water.

Man.

Thought I just died.

You did.

You all right man?

It's a long way down Marvin.

Come on man, let's
get up out of here.

I need a tow.

That's when I
stopped and put her.

And you all right?

Four-wheeler, four-wheeler.

Screw the four-wheeler man.

You all right?

I think so.

I think so.

Yeah, you all right.

Man.

I didn't really
realize I wrecked

at Dead Man's curve though,

so all I could think about
was the four-wheeler.

I wrecked your stuff.

I knew I was okay, so I
was concerned about that.

You know then I heard
him I was like aw man.

I didn't hear it.

I didn't hear the four-wheeler
or nothing no more.

So I jumped off and went
down this little ravine

where I saw the brush
had been broken.

And I saw him
hanging down there.

And there wasn't nothing
underneath of him.

It was like, just like a drop
off the side of a mountain.

And when I walked down there.

I slid, I almost fell
in that, just me.

So you know I grabbed him
and tried to pull him up.

But you know, he kinda heavy.

So, you know but we got
up out of there man.

It was crazy

You want my cupcake?

There's some food
at the house bro.