Boston2Philly (2015) - full transcript

- One of the real fears as
we head into this evening,

the winds, up to
75 miles an hour

and the power now
a real concern.

Meteorologist Rob
Marciano in Boston tonight

where authorities are
urging everyone to

take these blizzard
warnings seriously.

- Any idea where he
may have run off to?

Girlfriend's house?

Neighborhood park?

We need something here.

- It's getting late, George.



We need to figure out what
we're gonna do about all this.

The press is gonna
be looking for

answers and I need
to be informed.

And I haven't slept for
hours, for Christ's sake!

- I don't give a damn
how late it's gettin'!

That's one of ours out there.

And this kid is telling
me you're taking him away.

- Come on now, Coach.

Alright, that's not fair.

We didn't want this to go down

the way that it
did, you know that.

- You could have waited
till after the game.

I mean, we had college scouts in

the stands, for Christ's sake!



The whole entire city
watched you shatter

this kid's dream,
right on center stage.

There has to be something we
can do to keep him here, right?

- We've tracked down
his only other relative.

He has a godmother
in Philadelphia

that we haven't reached yet.

Once we do, we have no choice
but to follow protocol.

There's no way around it.

- It's bad enough
we lost the game.

Now our star player vows never

to pick up a basketball again.

And on top of that
you're telling me

you're taking him
away to Philadelphia!

We have, we had,

the best team in the
whole damn state.

Now you're tearing
away one of our own.

- I made promises to certain
colleges that I need to keep.

You gotta figure out how
to keep him in Boston!

- Enough, enough!

It's time to stop thinking
about what's best for us.

Start thinking about
what's best for the boy.

- I agree with that.

- The kid's a senior.

On my assessment he will be
a high risk of depression.

Isolation and guilt may take
a lot of time to get over.

I don't see him
picking up a ball soon.

Whether or not he will fight to

stay or not isn't
our call, or his.

It's his parents.

- His parents are dead!

And what the hell do you know?

- I know a whole lot!

And I don't have to sit here
and listen to some stuck up,

greedy bitch telling me
what I know is certain.

He ran away to be
alone, that's isolation.

He probably is
feeling responsible

for the crash, that's guilt.

Do I need to speak
slower for you?

- Look, I know this kid.

He loves it here.

He won't want to leave.

- Even if he did, there
is nothing we can do.

He has a godmother.

There's documents.

- What's it gonna take to make

this kid stay where he belongs?

We can persuade him to
go to college locally.

We can all get
something out of this.

- We could lose the file.

It wouldn't be hard to
convince 'em about that.

- I don't believe this.

You people make me sick!

He's not even 18 years old yet.

I'll go find him and tell him

that everything
is gonna be okay.

That's what he needs
to hear right now.

- Rome!

Son, come back in.

- Don't touch me!

And don't call me that!

I'm not your son!

- Look, I know you're hurting.

And I understand, I
really do, but it's cold.

It's cold out here, come back in

so we can deal
with this together.

- Don't touch me!

There's no dealing with this!

There's never any
dealing with this!

I lost my family!

I lost my home!

They're sending me away!

And what are you doing about it?

Nothing!

It's on you, Coach!

This is on you!

- I've always been
there for you.

Look, I know you're
hurting, but please.

I've always been there for you
and that's not gonna change.

So please come back in
so we can deal with this.

Don't touch me!

This is on you!

This is on you!

I'm done!

I'm done!

I'm done!

Upstairs to the left?

- Yeah.

Rome, wait.

When I heard the news I
was, I was on a date and

I was with this guy and
I just broke down crying.

The poor bastard.

But, I was just thinking about

my work and how to cook
for you and laundry

and what if I bring a guy home?

And what if you
bring a girl home?

I never thought about
how you were thinking,

not for a second.

I am not ready for
this responsibility.

I told her and I begged her,

please give this job
to somebody else.

But I love your mother as a
sister and I gave her my word.

I'm gonna do the best
that I can for you.

- Are you done?

Yes.

- Upstairs to the left?

Cool.

♪ Don't ask me if it's okay

♪ 'Cause I know you'll
do what you want ♪

♪ Don't look to me to validate

♪ 'Cause I know you'll
do what you want ♪

♪ Don't even gotta
tell me, be out late ♪

♪ I know you'll
do what you want ♪

♪ Don't even ask
me if it's okay ♪

♪ I know you'll
do what you want ♪

♪ Anyway

♪ Yeah, uh, uh, yeah

♪ Yeah, from Boston to Philly

♪ Yo, there's nothin' but love

♪ Got no token for the
bus, so I'm flyin' above ♪

♪ I'll attract your attention
everywhere that I go ♪

♪ I'm feelin' Philly cat
with the real high flow ♪

♪ My popularity grows 'cause
I've been keeping it real ♪

♪ 'Cause I been hangin'
with the gypsies ♪

♪ In your hood, but still

♪ 'Cause your town is my
town, it ain't my poem ♪

♪ I love the way you
think about Philly home ♪

♪ Y'all been makin' me
roam from state to state ♪

♪ My show is for
you so participate ♪

♪ But I gotta make a livin'

♪ That's what this
story begin with ♪

♪ The rest in peace shirt
is what it end with ♪

♪ Everybody screaming
free my achin' ♪

♪ As if you're innocent,
but you don't give an inch ♪

♪ I guess it's why they
call you ignorant ♪

♪ You really ignorant when the
lecture time, nobody bother ♪

♪ Between get an inch they
got a plot against Obama ♪

♪ With all the benefits,
economy was going under ♪

♪ But for the stimulus the
Bush administration haunts us ♪

♪ But who remembers this

♪ I said don't ask
me if it's okay ♪

♪ 'Cause I know you'll
do what you want ♪

♪ Don't look to me to validate

♪ 'Cause I know you'll
do what you want ♪

♪ You don't have to
ask if it's okay ♪

♪ I know you'll
do what you want ♪

♪ Ooh, oh, anyway

♪ Ooh, ooh

♪ Yeah, yeah

- Yo, is there a problem?

You way too damn
close, for real.

- I'm sorry, I was just
trying to say what's up.

- Trying to say what's up?

I know what you
was trying to do.

Wait a minute.

- Whatever, I don't
care what you drive.

I don't care how awesome
your jumpshot is.

- I didn't even say that.

- I've heard it, I've
seen it all before.

Can a girl just get
through her day?

Hey!

Hey, I was talking.

- I'm sorry, but
this is incredible.

- I guess, it's a building.

- It's more than that.

There are some people
that can walk by

something amazing, something
undeniably majestic,

and never appreciate
the magic that's there.

I've never been one
of those people.

If I see something that
takes my breath away

I'm gonna learn about it,
I'm gonna stare at it.

I'm gonna follow it
through a train station

and learn her name.

- That's sweet.

That's really sweet.

- So why were you
crying back there?

- I wasn't crying.

- You don't have to
be that way with me.

- I don't even know you.

I wasn't crying, you're wrong.

- Wait, hold on.

Change that, get to know me.

Let me get to know you.

- I've had a rough day
and I can't do this.

- I'm not gonna say I know
what you're going through.

No one ever knows
how deep the hurt is,

unless they're the one
that's going through it.

- You've got a way with words.

- I bet you, if
you got to know me,

you'd find more things
you like about me.

- So what do you wanna do?

- Let me steal you away.

We'll do whatever we want.

Can I do that?

- Yeah.

Yeah, you can do that.

Oh, my God, it's
like right there!

Why did I not see that?

It's amazing how
things work out.

- What do you mean?

- I've lived here my entire life

and I never really
remembered what it

was like to see everything
for the first time.

We're looking at swans.

I don't know, you're
bringing me back.

- Philadelphia definitely
has something going on.

Why were you crying?

- I wasn't crying.

- Don't, just...

You can trust me.

- I don't trust anyone.

I have someone in my life.

- Of course, you do.

- I'm sorry.

- The good ones always have
someone in their lives.

Problem is, it's
never the right one.

- Thank you for this.

It helped, but I should go.

- Hey, hey!

Hey!

I guess I'll see you around?

- If you're lucky you won't.

- Can I get your name?

- Philly.

And yours?

- Boston.

- Okay.

- Yo, you ready for this?

I don't know, man.

I'm not really feeling it.

You're not feeling what?

- This, man.

I'm not feeling it.

- Don't do this right now.

I mean, we already
went over this.

Don't tell me
you're bitchin' out!

- Yo, you gotta stop
playing thug, man.

That's not us!

Never has been, never will.

We gotta find another way
to make this money up.

- G, well, you tell
me and we could do it!

I mean, this is our reality!

You don't want me to go
to that white-ass school!

We need white people money!

You really think they gonna
give a brother a loan?

- You don't think I know that?

I know that!

I also know we made it this
far to get put in a box!

Look, I'm not bailing out.

I just want you to
know the consequences

in case this shit heads south.

If this shit heads
south that's it for us!

We done!

- Jay's too drunk
to chase his dream.

I mean, we was about
that trapped life.

To me it seems like
everybody had to get

they hands dirty to
get what they want.

You ready?

Don't say a word.

Don't say a fucking word.

We ain't here to hurt you.

We gonna leave and
you will say nothing!

You got me?

You got me?

Good shit, man.

Stop!

Alright,
let's go, we good.

No, we ain't good yet!

What?

You think 'cause you've

got money you're better than us?

You're the worst white
woman in the world!

No real work.

Simply out here
doing what we gotta!

But you don't see it like that.

You think we animals!

You think we don't
know no better.

Come on,
that's it, I'm done!

I'm done robbing these houses.

We shouldn't even be
here in the first place.

I can't believe you
got me into this mess!

I got you into this?

Yeah, you did.

You losing your head.

You weak!

How you gonna pay
for college, G?

How you gonna pay
for your books?

You need this!

I'm done with it.

We can't be runnin'
into these houses

and being activists,
that's stupid!

This ain't us!

I'll find my way.

After this shit I'm done!

Did you forget
you're going to go to

that white-ass
school and leave me?

You fake-ass nigga!

- Take off the hat.

My name is--

- I know what your name
is, Wilkerson, Gideon.

What I don't know is how you

ended up sitting in front of me.

You were one step away
from being enrolled in one

of the best universities
this state can offer.

But as of a few months
ago you were also

one step away from
spending some time in jail.

- I'd rather focus
on the present,

not the past, if you don't mind.

- Excellent grades throughout
your high school career,

but your rap sheet is
just as impressive.

How could you think
you could even go here,

let alone ask the college
to pay the money for it?

- How could I think
I could go here?

How could I not?

- Excuse me?

- About 45 % of black children
graduate high school.

One in three black
males can expect

to go to jail in their life.

Probably spend their
18th birthday in jail.

- I understand--

- A young black male
is more likely to die

by gunfire than any soldier
has done in Vietnam.

- You know your stuff.

- I spent my 18th
birthday a free man

applying to this university.

So if I could survive
all that and more

I can at least think I
can make it anywhere.

I just need the financial aid.

- You are something.

So tell me, should
I overlook the

drug possession with
intent to distribute?

The fights?

The board wear ring you may
or may not be involved in?

I want to help you but
help me to understand this.

I mean, what were
you even thinking

getting involved in this stuff?

- There's a term, affluenza.

Excuse me?

- This shit is crazy.

It's called affluenza.

That anybody does not
understand the consequences

of one's actions based
on financial privilege.

- What?

Man, I don't believe that.

- Believe it, it's real.

See, there was this rich kid
that hit a bunch of folks

in his whip and he got
off because he had money.

- What do you mean?

What are you saying?

- Think about it.

All we know, people
selling, people robbing.

Shit, we got family members in

they 30's still in
that trapped life.

We risk whatever 'cause if
we don't life ain't shit.

We not worrying about the consequences 'cause we too broke.

- And what are your thoughts
now on this reversed affluenza?

- I think he was wrong.

We knew exactly
what we were doing.

We just didn't care.

- You are remarkable.

- Thank you.

- Sit down.

Look at all the fresh meat.

You're laughing
now, you might not

be laughing when I'm done.

My name is Gerard Balan.

You don't know me and,
honestly, I prefer it that way.

This is my first
year as a professor

and I plan on taking a
more unconventional route

to teaching the bright young
minds of this generation.

I won't bore you with my
rap sheet or my resume,

but here's what you
do need to know.

I have a net worth of
six million dollars.

And I also have permission
from the dean herself

to conduct this
course as I see fit.

Okay?

I'm not here to be your father.

I'm not here to teach
you some useless

stuff you'll either
never remember or forget.

I'm not here to hold your hand.

I'm here to prepare
you for life.

I want you to develop a deeper

understanding of
your inner self.

I want you to understand
your connection to others,

to everything around you,
to the people around you.

And in doing this, maybe
you'll discover your passion.

I want you to step
outside of the bubble

you've lived in your whole life.

So here's what
we're going to do.

I'm gonna split you up
into groups of four.

Okay, you can
choose, I don't care.

You're going to meet
with each other.

You're going to ask
each other questions.

You're going to get answers.

You're gonna dig deep.

Okay, you're gonna explore.

You're gonna share ideas.

You're gonna share emotions.

You're gonna get
to know each other,

get inside each other's head.

And at the end of
the course I'm gonna

sit down with you, one on one,

and we are going to go over
your 50 minimum page paper.

No, don't groan.

By learning about each other
you'll learn about yourself.

I'm going to analyze them,

I'm going to ask
you some questions.

I'm gonna score them
and the highest paper

will receive a
check for $50,000.

Does that make it
real enough for you?

$50,000, okay?

Yeah, but here's a warning,
okay, here's a warning.

If you take this
lightly you'll fail.

If you use Wiki searches
and Google, you'll fail.

I want you to rely on
your group as a crutch.

Okay?

I want you to reach to
them and to discover

and explore ideas and emotions
you never could on your own,

because I want you to remember

something and this is important.

A dream that you dream
alone is just a dream.

But a dream that you dream
together, that's reality.

Welcome to college.

- Boston.

- Philly.

What are you doing here?

- I go here.

- Were you in that class?

Yes.

- I didn't see you.

- I was late.

I saw you.

- Okay, so you're
following me now?

Your boyfriend okay with that?

- Look, you don't know
what you're talking about,

so let's just leave it at that.

I just thought,
we need one more.

- You thought you'd come
over here, bat your eyes,

throw out a smile and
I'd do what you want?

- Pretty much.

- You need one, I need three.

I guess I have no choice.

- See?

- What about me and you?

- I mean, we met on a
random day, now we're in

the same class with the
same crazy ass professor.

Sometimes you just gotta admit

things happen for
no reason at all.

- Easier said than
done, I guess.

What about him?

Boyfriend?

- That's G.

- G?

- G.

- Who's our fourth?

- So, how do you know him?

- Long story.

- Come on, drunken
hookup, baby daddy?

I know there's something
sexual going on here.

You're so out of pocket.

- Out of pocket.

- Whatever.

- So what do you think, G?

$50,000 dollars
is a lot of money.

- Not split four ways.

- Who said anything about
splitting it four ways?

- I know I didn't.

So how do you know her?

- Who, Philly?

- Yeah.

- Long story.

What part of Philly you from?

- Long story.

Grab your stuff.

- Oh, yes, okay.

- Hey, guys.

What's going on?

- Okay.

Okay, listen, we
don't have the luxury

of figuring out of this
is a good fit or not,

so we're just gonna have to
make it compatible, okay?

Alright?

Right.

- Okay, professor said
that we're gonna have to

help each other if we
wanna pass this assignment.

Alright?

So we're just gonna have to
be honest with one another,

so maybe we can
figure out what's

going on in here and in here.

Wow.

- I know, alright.
- Okay.

- So, it's simple.

You pick a question
and you answer it.

You don't get to lie.

You just answer it and
you keep it moving.

Alright?

- What if we don't feel like
answering the questions?

- You answer 'em anyways.

- Too street to
answer questions, G?

- Okay, wait a minute, so
let me get this straight.

You expect us to just answer any

old question you put out there?

Put our business
out there for some

cash we don't even know is real?

- You know, out of
everyone at this table,

I'd expect that from you.

- And what the hell's
that supposed to mean?

- Okay, what's going on here?

- Ask Philly.

- You know what?

Yeah, I like this
game, so I'll go first.

Why'd you come to
Philadelphia, Boston?

- I don't know.

I have one for you.

When's the last time you cheated
on your boyfriend, Philly?

- Ooh.

- Okay.

- Wait, I can't do this, guys.

I am gonna be the sole reason
why you lose this thing.

I'm sorry.

- Hey, man!

You think you're special?

You're not!

We all have issues.

This is why we're
here, to figure it out.

Together.

- Together.

- Okay, everyone just
have a seat, okay?

Here, pick your question.

- I'm first?

- Yep.

- If you could choose the
sex and physical appearance

of your soon-to-be
child, would you do it?

I answer, too?

That's the point,

you answer 'em and
you keep it moving.

- I would not.

But I'd be hoping for a guy.

- Of course.

- What do you constitute
for a perfect day?

- Aww.

- I would say just
hangin' around

people that actually
care about me.

Okay?

- Very nice.

- Okay, so, if you
could have anyone as

your guest who would you
want as a dinner guest?

Oh my, God.

Well, I don't know.

I guess I need a
lot of laughter,

I think, these days, so
I'm gonna say Kevin Hart.

- Okay.

A dude from Philly?

- Exactly.

- Alright, what is the
worst memory that you have?

So,

I,

I am a cutter.

- What?

- Um,

I don't like to tell people,

but it's something that
I struggle with and...

I started doing it in
high school and it gets

worse sometimes and then
other times I'm okay.

- Why?

Why do you cut?

- They say it's to help

me physically feel things
that emotionally hurt me.

It's a way for me to feel the
pain and let it be released.

And I don't expect
anybody to understand it

and I can't even
explain it that well.

But it's something that people

struggle with and
that I struggle with.

So, that's how you're
honest and that's how

you answer the questions
and you keep it moving.

Alright, your turn.

- Okay, Rye Rye.

What would you do with the
$50,000 dollars if you won?

There is no money, I don't
care what you guys say.

This guy's not givin' the loot.

- Can't you be positive?

- Alright, I'd buy two
cars, one for me, one for G.

- Yes, sir.

Well, we'll
just stay walking, I guess.

I mean, we see you
guys.

You got gas money?

- It's not cheap, it's
not cheap in Philly.

- Listen, we came
from the bottom.

This is all we know.

Look around.

You know we can't pull stuff
in our neighborhood like this.

The boys in our hood?

They are tryin' to
rob us and kill us.

Yo, why you think I got to SUNY?

Sometimes you gotta fit
in just to make it out.

I got this so they
don't spot me, yo.

You feelin' me?

- I feel you.

- What's goin' on, Philly?

How you been?

- You'd know if you
came to our meetings.

- I have things on my
mind, other classes.

- So, these classes offer 50K?

- Philly, please,
professors don't give money.

They give homework,
they give headaches.

- You give headaches.

That's good.

What are you studying?

- You ain't in the class.

- I'm a pretty smart guy,
I could help you out.

What we got here?

- I think somebody
thinks he's slick.

- You got me.

- Funny, I think I can count
how times I've seen you smile.

- Some people just don't smile.

- I don't believe that.

I think something's
keeping you from smiling.

- Yeah, maybe.

- Well, trust me, you're not
gonna win the fight alone.

And I gotta go.

- I just got here.

- I've been here.

Excuse you.

Bye.

- I've been to too
many of these things.

It never seems to get easier.

They never seem to
end fast enough.

- Sorry it couldn't end
fast enough for you.

- You know what I mean.

- Yeah.

- Look, I brought
you the game ball,

thought you might want it.

- Yo, put that in
the trash, man.

- You know, they told me
that you got nasty now.

Said you were a
'ticking time bomb'.

I don't believe 'em.

I still don't.

- What do you want, Coach?

- I just came by to help out.

Help out any way I could.

- By bringing me a ball?

- Listen Rome, I don't
have any children.

I got the team and I got a ball.

I coach because that's
all I ever wanted to do.

- Save me the speech, Coach.

I just wanna be alone.

- Listen, you don't
have to be like this.

It's okay to just be
a kid, to let it go.

It's okay to cry.

- You done?

- Yeah, I'm done.

Just keep it.

Philly!

- What?

- Philly, hold on.

- Why are you always
running behind me?

You need to find
yourself a girl.

- I got myself a girl.

She's just stubborn.

- Is that so?

- Let me take you out.

- No, that is not a good idea.

- It's a great idea.

Get something to eat,
go to the movies.

Sneak in some liquor.

We just have fun.

- Listen, I told
you, I'm spoken for.

- I'm not trying to make you do

something you don't wanna do.

I just want to get
to know you more.

I wanna know the chick
that I met on the train.

The one that forces me to laugh

when I don't even want to smile.

The one that I kissed.

- Look, I'm not
saying that I don't

think about the
first time we met.

I mean, you came outta
nowhere and it was great,

but I have someone
and he knows me.

He's known me for
a really long time.

Me and you, we had
the perfect day.

Why can't we just
leave it at that?

- We can't and we shouldn't.

- You're so hard-headed.

Are all the guys
from Boston like you?

- Let me steal you away.

And I promise, Philly, I won't
even kiss you afterwards.

- I just don't think
it's a good idea.

I mean, so what, we go out,
we have a horrible time.

I don't laugh at any
of your corny jokes.

You get tired of me
playing the tough girl.

And then what?

It's ruined, we have nothing.

- My mom always taught
me not to think twice.

Close your eyes and jump.

- Alright, we go,
but as friends.

- It's a date.

- Not a date!

It's a date!

- Not a date!

Boston to
Philly, let's go!

♪ Why'd you raise the letter

♪ With diamonds
and rose petals ♪

♪ I know that you
hate your name ♪

♪ But God watches
over the meadow ♪

♪ Nouveau, not pink but yellow

♪ Her body soft
as marshmallows ♪

♪ We're kissing in the ghetto

- But I'm gonna try.

- So, you're saying you
can't tell where I'm from?

- I can guess, or
you can just tell me.

What's that?

Puerto Rican.

- Oh, I knew this.

I knew that, no I
definitely knew that.

You ever been?

- Whatever.

- No, you'll hear about it.

♪ I love how you get it wet

♪ Two beepers up to my neck

♪ That's crazy sensual sex

♪ We go till we out of breath

♪ And intermission for breaths

♪ We cut to kiss and caress

♪ Then we goin' back at it

- Let me hear something.

- That's not happening.

- Come on, just a taste.

- No, no, no, nope.

Singing is for me and me alone.

- Oh, you're no fun.

Let me find out you're scared.

Oh, Boston's scared?
- You're not...

You're not ready for
this, I'm telling you.

Are you ready for this?

♪ I know you gotta man

- Yeah, really?

♪ I love the way
you be shining ♪

♪ Rose petals and diamonds

♪ You rock the
hottest designers ♪

♪ With clothes
you be designing ♪

♪ Red bottoms, Yulu, Vuitton

♪ They can't wait to
get you a bottom ♪

♪ Body out of this world
- You can steal a little bit.

- A little bit.

- You want a sip?

- Yes.

- Sure you can
handle that, Philly?

- Yeah, I'm sure.

- Yeah?

- Philly girls can
handle anything.

Oh.

Get it in there.

Hey, you know Boston
girls are pretty fly.

They can handle their liquor.

I promised I wouldn't kiss you.

So I won't kiss you.

- Thank you.

I gotta go, Boston.

- It's still early.

We still have wine left.

I gotta go.

- Philly.
- Terrone and Rye Rye

will kill me if I'm not there.

- It still counts as a date.

♪ You say you was
ready last time ♪

♪ You really ready

♪ Stuck on parole

♪ Still gettin' high

♪ My man took a headshot
still didn't die ♪

♪ I'm still in the passenger

♪ I'm still four five

♪ I'm still 'cause a massacre

♪ It's still homicide

♪ The return of the king

♪ SK on a string

♪ I'm gonna shoot first boy

♪ And Ryan Harvey do his thing

♪ I'm about to quit rappin'

♪ Set your trap on fire

♪ I seen a nigga best friend

♪ Get his phone wired

♪ A pipe full of juice

- Where you going?

Whoa, whoa,
hold up, mama.

Don't I know you from somewhere?

- I bet you don't.

- Yeah, I think so.

You Jarrett's girl, ain't you?

- I'm here to see Jarrett.

- Hey, yo!

Look, what y'all
don't realize is that

it's the little stuff that gives

insight to how our
kids really view women.

- That's the problem
with these chicks, right?

Y'all loud as hell.

Quick to disrespect
a dude in public

and all we want is a holla back.

Exactly!

- But what, when we
fight back we what?

Go to jail for what, 10 years?

- It's never okay
to hit a woman.

And why everything
y'all do turns

into something
violent towards them?

Who told you that?

- What do you call making love?

I hit that.

- Yep.

- I beat that.
- Yep.

I piped that.
- Yep.

- I knocked them boots.
- I'm going to sleep!

- Treat us how you
treat your mama.

Ooh!

- Oh, man, shit.

- Yo, baby, what you want?

- Yo, what's up, Caroline?

You far from campus ain't you?

What you looking for, a
safe ride or something?

You've been having
fun up there, huh?

- I came to see him.

- Say his name.

Say his name!

- I came to see Jarrett.

- Jarrett ain't been
around here in months.

Talking about you
wanna see Jarrett?

Go home, man, get
outta here, man.

- How many times do I
have to say I'm sorry?

I was here all summer helping.

- Then you stopped!

I'm sorry.

- Yeah, man, get
the hell outta here.

Get out my house, man, get out!

- No!

I'm sorry.

- You sorry?

You sorry?

Be sorry for me!

That little check
we get once a month?

It ain't helping nothing!

And that white man in the
suit who judges off tattoos

in the case at court, 'cause
my pop used to beat on me

and my brother, after he
done beating on my mom?

Be sorry for me.

You don't got to be here.

You can go off to
college, be sorry for me.

I lost my brother.

I gotta be here to
take care of shit.

- I am sorry for you.

- Look, you got a
long life to live.

You can't stay alone
forever, he know that.

You comin' around here,
that ain't helping nothing.

Just go home, man.

I won't abandon him.

- Look, our whole family
stopped coming around.

You can't do nothing to help.

The nurse, she come, she go.

She come here for
a minute and leave.

Just go, just go, Caroline.

- No.

I came to see Jarrett.

- Look, just come back.

Wait or come back
in the morning.

- Fine, but I'll stay here.

I'll sleep in your room.

You take the couch.

Damn it.

They left you like this?

I'm here now.

♪ My praise, my
worship's for him ♪

♪ My praise, my
worship's for him ♪

- I remember when we
used to skip school

just to be in the
streets wallin' out.

Life's so different now.

Classes are long,
homework's even longer.

I can't even begin
to tell you about

this professor who
has us getting to know

each other and finding
out who we really are.

♪ I'm tarred,
feathered and scarred ♪

♪ But I need you

♪ Need you to heal

♪ This very heart of mine

- I met someone.

A boy.

♪ My praise is

♪ Not conditional
to how I feel ♪

- We've been spending
a lot of time together.

Just laughing.

♪ Create a fear in me

♪ A new heart, God

- He calls me Philly.

It's so stupid.

♪ And renew the right spirit

♪ If you need, within me

- Please don't cry.

Please don't cry.

♪ Girl I need you to calm

- I just, I had to tell you.

♪ All my praise belongs to you

- But I'm here, I'm here.

I promise.

- It's in our nature
to be together

and, in time, fall apart.

To drink under these city lights

and to seek sensual
bliss when it's dark.

Eyes shut blindly,
trust given to those

who major in nightlife
and master in,

damn, I look good tonight.

Cheers, to those bright
stains left on the shorts

and dresses after
painting the night ride.

♪ Bottom

♪ Bottom's up

♪ Pour me a shot and beer

♪ They call it a
special round here ♪

♪ 30 teams on the TV

♪ Home runs, live track,
get a gravy train ♪

♪ Dream, dream,
dream, dreaming ♪

♪ Dream, dream,
dream, dreaming ♪

♪ Dream, dream,
dream, dreaming ♪

♪ Dream, dream,
dream, dreaming ♪

♪ Dream, dream,
dream, dreaming ♪

♪ Bottom, bottoms up

- I'll give it to you,
G, this is pretty good.

- Told you.

I usually don't bring a
lot of people up here.

Actually...

I never brought anyone up here.

It's like a home away
from home, you know?

- No, I don't know.

We've been hanging
out all semester.

Not once have you
mentioned home.

- We have two different
definitions of homes.

You guys got your big
houses, white picket fence.

I don't have any of that.

My brother is my home.

We travel to different
parts of Philly,

learning new things,
experiencing new things.

Seeing what Philly
really has to offer.

You guys wouldn't know
anything about that.

- I feel like you guys don't
know anything about me.

I don't have a
white picket fence.

I don't even know what that is.

The only one that knows me

is a stranger now.

- I know you.

And I'm right here.

And every time I try to get to
know you better you run away.

Then you become a stranger.

- Hey, okay, stop.

I know what you're all saying
about the white picket fence.

But I had that.

I had all that and it didn't
protect me from hurt, or harm.

You know, and I told
you guys the only thing

that got me out of a hard
place was a friendship.

And here we are, we've known
each other all semester,

but we still don't
really know each other.

And we're trying to win
that $50,000 dollars,

but how are we gonna
get it like this?

You know, and even if
that money isn't real,

don't you want
something to believe in?

Or something to connect us?

- I'm tired of being sad.

- I'm tired of being angry.

- I never brought
anyone up here.

I guess this is our home.

- Yeah, this can be our home.

- Oh, I think I'm gonna
call you Lucy Liu.

Oh, that's racist.

I think I'm gonna
call you Rye Rye.

Life is rich and fruitful
and you need a giant bite.

♪ I wake up so damn early
I can't see the sun ♪

♪ And before my day begins
I wish my day was done ♪

♪ Well, I'm covered in
dirt, my fingers hurt ♪

♪ I just hammered my thumb

♪ My joints are growing numb

♪ This job I've got is done

♪ Well, hello, weekend

♪ I wasn't sure if I
would make it here ♪

♪ Hello, sweet thing

♪ Your love is what
I need, my dear ♪

♪ 'Cause these people
got me slaving ♪

♪ Digging holes and
chopping trees ♪

- Everyone's having fun inside.

Sammy's passed out on the couch.

And you're out here by yourself.

- I don't know, I'm just
in my own world tonight.

- I was worried at first.

I was trying to figure
out if maybe I didn't say

the right thing to you or
I didn't show you enough.

I couldn't figure
out why you were

ignoring me for all those weeks.

And then tonight,
you treated me like

I didn't matter.

I had the feeling that
maybe you weren't thinking

about me the same as I
was thinking about you.

- I wasn't trying to ignore you,

or be mean, it's just...

I think about you all the time.

And I hate it.

You do everything right
and I hate you for it.

- You said some things
are just coincidence.

You still think that, even now?

- You know what?

Tonight I just don't
even wanna think.

Just tonight, I don't
wanna think about anything.

Just, do what I wanna do.

Can I do that?

- You can do that.

Where you going?

- You followed me from
the train station, right?

Right.

♪ In summer time

♪ With one hands
love will hold ♪

♪ Till fall exposes
just what soon may go ♪

♪ Then winter comes and
once warm hands turn cold ♪

♪ Till spring brings hope
and just once it may grow ♪

♪ It's the seasons of love

♪ Oh, oh

♪ It's the seasons of love

♪ Oh, oh

♪ It's the seasons of love

♪ Oh, oh

♪ It's the seasons of love

♪ Oh, oh

♪ It's the seasons of love

♪ Oh, oh

♪ It's the seasons of love

♪ Oh, oh

♪ It's the seasons of love

♪ It's the seasons of love

♪ When you first came
to me I fought love ♪

♪ And when you
went away from me ♪

♪ I bought love stock
and invested everything ♪

♪ I was and was not I
gave my all to you ♪

♪ And when I called
to you, you'd answer ♪

♪ Yet, with the linguistic
elegance of a dancer ♪

♪ You'd prance
around the subject ♪

♪ And hide your heart
behind the subtext ♪

♪ You buried your truths
within the context clues ♪

♪ And I'd use your
beautiful hues ♪

♪ Your light greens
and your bright blues ♪

♪ To illuminate the
essence of what ♪

♪ You might choose
to say to me ♪

♪ But, as time passed,
so did the feel ♪

♪ And even though I
know it was real ♪

♪ It still brought
a chill at night ♪

♪ Who by now had grown longer

♪ Than the days,
whose sun rays ♪

♪ Would invite a
passion so strong ♪

♪ Blinding me to see no wrong

♪ In my summer love

- Will you marry me?

No, I don't like that,
I don't like that.

Caroline, will you marry me?

What's wrong with you?

I thought this was
what we always wanted?

- This is what
you always wanted.

- So you don't love me anymore?

- Of course, I
love you, I just...

- So why would you
embarrass me like

that in front of my
family and friends?

- I don't know, baby I'm sorry,

something just
doesn't feel right.

I'm sorry!

- Look, I'm sorry, okay?

I'm not trying to
pressure you to

do anything you don't wanna do.

I just wanna talk
to you, please.

We've been loving each
other for a long time, okay?

So if this is not the
right time, I understand.

- I'm sure.

- Come on, man, get out
the car, I love you.

Let me get a hug or something.

- Alright.

I'll come out.

No!

Mr.
Mayor, Mr. Mayor!

- Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Listen, I'd just like
to make the statement

that I'm both
honored and humbled

to serve our great
city as its 58th mayor.

- Mr. Mayor, according to--
- And I look forward to

- Reliable sources.
- Putting my plan into action

that my staff has
started to improve

the education systems of
the city of Philadelphia.

Thank you very much.

- Mr. Mayor, according
to a reliable resource,

the students are being
kept from speaking up

about the conditions
in the school.

- That's simply just not true.

- Mr. Mayor, there
are many people

who believe you haven't
taken a strong enough

stance against the obvious
growth of gentrification

in popular black
communities in Philadelphia.

Would you like to comment?

- You know what?

Let's grant him the
opportunity to an official

press conference before
we further question.

- Mr. Mayor, what about
the school closings?

- We've closed some certain
underperforming schools,

but we're gonna
reopen new schools

that are gonna be
better for our students.

- You mean the black schools?

You're on record
stating that the

Black Lives Matter
movement is volatile

and nothing more than
a social media fad.

- We'll make an official
statement when our staff

has looked at the
issues and we're

ready to talk about
it, thank you.

Mr.
Mayor, Mr. Mayor!

- No more questions, back up!

- Bullshit!

- I'm so sorry, Mr. Mayor.

- You heard him!
- What did you say?

- He said bullshit!

- Philadelphia has
one of the lowest

educational funding
in the United States!

You sound like you're
doing a good job,

the whole time people are
here looking dumb as hell!

- Now, hold on there.

- I guess that Philly,
is even investing

in our children's
educational future?

Or making sure the
rich dicks stay rich?

Our kids get screwed over!

- Do you have any
comment, Mr. Mayor?

- Ya'll tax and
spend corporations,

meanwhile you cut over a billion

dollars for education statewide!

- I know 10 schools
that closed down!

Teachers fired!

We don't have no school
counselors, nurses!

Shit, we don't even got paper!

- I think you guys just
need to chill out, alright?

- Don't do that!

Don't patronize me!

Or say some relatable
bullshit like chill out.

- You can never be relatable!

Because your shoes too clean
- Push him back.

- And your hair's too clean!
- Push him back.

- No, no, no, I don't
need no applause!

This doesn't
deserve no applause!

I just call bullshit
when I see it!

And we tired of it!

- Do you have any
comment, Mr. Mayor?

Would you like to
comment, Mr. Mayor?

Don't say a word!

Alright, let's
go, we're good!

No, we ain't good yet!

What?

I got you into this?

How you gonna pay
for college, G?

How you gonna pay
for your books?

After this shit, I'm done!

Did you
forget you wanna go to

that white-ass
school and leave me?

You fake-ass nigga!

- Move!

Get out the way!

Come on!

Come on!

Come on!

Come on!

Come on!

Get out the way!

Come on!

Stay with me, man, come on!

I'm right here with
you, I got you!

Come on, let's move!

We got some things
to do when I get my--

- He say in eight months to
a year he gonna be finished--

I'm just, I'm just,

when you runnin'
down the highway.

When you runnin'
down the highway

you gonna run into traffic.

- Does anyone know where
I can find Carolina?

What?

- Who's asking?

- I'm a, I'm Rome.

She calls me Boston
you've probably heard.

- Boston?

- No, she ain't never
mentioned no Boston, homie.

I don't know about that.

- Are you guys her family,

like, are you her
dad or something?

- Carolina, she
ain't got no family.

She adopted.

She ain't mention that to you?

Look at his face.

- No, she didn't mention that.

Is she here?

Whoa.

- See us Philly guys, right?

We got a natural
chip on our shoulder.

We don't like nobody
from nowhere else.

You follow what I'm saying?

We come from the mud.

See, we was factory workers,
grinding metal and stuff.

And when they all shut
down we had it rough.

So we had to get rough.

You know what I'm saying?

See, you from Boston man.

What, you was born
with a silver spoon.

Y'all got molasses and
chowder and stuff like that.

You ain't no Philly boy, aki.

See, we might got
the same color skin,

but we different on the inside.

We wolves, man.

You ain't gonna find no
brotherly love up in here.

You hear me?

And Carolina, she's spoken for.

She property of.

Etched on her biker jacket.

Forget about her, you hear me?

Boston!

- Philly, who are these people?

What
are you doing here?

You've gotta go.

I came looking for you.

- Nah, he ain't going nowhere.

And Philly you asking
for a death wish

bringing this Boston boy to
the heart of north Philly.

What's wrong with you?
- Stop it!

He's leaving, okay?

- Yo, he ain't like us.

Look at him.

He ain't got that
fire in his eyes.

Shit, look how he dress.

- Please go, I'll explain later.

Just go.

You never told
me you were adopted.

- Just leave, he's leaving.

- No, he ain't
going nowhere yet.

We ain't even introduced
each other yet.

See, I'm Big Papa.

My brother upstairs,
that's her fiance.

- Yeah.

You're married?

- Oh, you ain't tell him?

Tell him.

Tell college boy.

Tell him how you left
my brother paralyzed!

And you ran out on him!

How he proposed to
you and loved you

and you left him
after eight years!

Now he a damn retard!

- Philly!

- Big P, please!

- You need to make
a decision, man!

Hey yo, man, take
Boston out the back.

- Oh, Mr. Boston,
don't go showing

your face around here no more.

If you do, we're
running you for all

your baked beans and
your Boston Tea Party!

Get the hell outta here, homie!

- Boston, wait!

Please, wait!

- What, Philly?

- Listen to me!
- We're done!

- Don't say that!

- We are done!

- That's not fair!

You don't understand!

He almost died right
in front of me!

How do you want me to walk away?

- Almost died?

- I can't just abandon him!
- Almost died?

My parents did die!

To come watch me play
some bullshit game!

Life's not fair!

Shit happens!

- Why wouldn't you tell me that?

- Tell you what?

That I shouldn't be here?

That I should be home?

Did you tell me about him?

Exactly!

- We can talk about it now!
- No!

- Stay here.

Welcome to your new
living arrangement.

- Are you serious?

- This isn't a joke, Rome!

This is your life!

If they press charges then
you're kicked out of college!

- I'm sorry.

- This isn't about
being sorry, Rome!

This is about
helping me help you.

Speak to me!

Just talk to me, Rome.

- What do you want me to say?

I told them everything.

I told them my
secrets, my dreams.

I told them everything, alright?

You lost a friend.

I lost my mom and my dad!

I can't get over that!

I can never get over that!

- It's nothing to get over.

It's life.

There's no blueprint.

I mean, we wake up, we live.

We go to sleep and

somewhere, somehow,
amazing things happen.

Hopefully, we fall in love
and then everything changes.

But you can't describe it.

And you can't talk about
it and you just feel it.

I loved your mom.

And I love you.

You don't have to get over
it, no one's telling you to.

You can cry.

You don't have to be tough.

You don't have to run.

You don't...

You can be a kid.

- You don't have
to be like this.

It's okay to just be
a kid, to let it go.

It's okay to cry.

- You done?

- Yeah, I'm done.

- Yo,

I draw.

I mean, we only went in
that house for money.

That's all we went in there for.

I didn't know the girl
was gonna be in there.

I mean, I didn't even know
she was gonna wake up.

And when she did, I
just got so angry.

She represented
everything that we wanted.

Parents down the hallway,
a big house, money.

Innocence.

You know, that's a luxury
where we come from.

I mean, I know I messed up.

- Yeah, it's okay.

I know.

Life tends to bring the
worst out in people.

And that shame and
regret you're feeling?

That just shows you care.

Man, I know you my whole life.

I know you like the
back of my hand.

I'm telling you it's okay.

Thanks.

Guess I was all that.

- This whole college
life is new to me.

Especially that $50,000.

- 50K?

Yeah, man.

- That's some bread.

You think it's real?

- Gotta be real,
you in college now.

- Yeah, that's true.

Besides the 50K,

I met a few people
along the way.

Like this cool
bull named Boston.

I could tell life shook him
up a little bit, just like us.

True.

- Yeah.

I mean, think about it,
he lost his parents,

in a whole nother city,
don't really know anybody,

but deep down I know
he's still a good dude.

Then there's this
nice bad one, Asian.

Bad one?

Yeah.

The only thing is
she's a cutter.

Damn.

- Yeah, she cuts herself.

But she's just, she
has a good spirit.

She holds it together
as much as she can.

And this girl named Philly.

Boston calls her Philly.

I think there's something
going on between them,

but that's none of my business.

You could tell she's
going through things.

Even now.

All of them are good people,

but just meeting all
them gives me hope.

It tells me that
people are still

going through
things just like us.

We're not alone in this.

Yeah.

- They're fighting just like us.

And if there's hope for them,

damn sure gonna be hope for us.

- That's true.

Yeah.

I have one
question, though.

What's that?

- You smashin' any of 'em?

I'm dead serious.

Like for real.

- You need to
worrying about that

interview with Miss
Brooks tomorrow.

True.

Not asking me
if I smashed anything.

- I just um...

I don't know what I'm doing.

I don't know what to do.

I feel really confused and
give me some type of sign.

Show me something,
tell me something.

I'm not trying to be selfish.

I can't live this way anymore.

I feel like I'm just
watching my life go by

and I spend every moment
worrying about you.

I'm not happy.

I just...

Yeah, I just need your help.

Please.

♪ You are the source
of my strength ♪

♪ You are the
strength of my life ♪

- I can't stop
thinking about him.

Baby, I miss him.

A lot.

I'm happy with him.

♪ Lord, I will lift

♪ Mine eyes to the hills

♪ Knowing my help

♪ Is coming from you

- You are the greatest
man I have ever known.

You saved my life so many times.

Baby, I have to, I have
to go, I need to go.

♪ You are the source
of my strength ♪

♪ You are the
strength of my life ♪

- I'm gonna be here.

I'm gonna visit, I'll be here.

Every chance I get and I'm
gonna tell you everything.

♪ Praise to you

♪ Amen

- I love you.

That's never gonna change.

♪ Amen

♪ Amen

♪ Amen

♪ Amen

♪ Amen

♪ Amen

♪ Amen

♪ Amen

Thank you,
Lord, hallelujah!

- Can I help you?

- Yeah, I was actually
looking for Rome?

- How do you know him?

- We've got a class together.

- I remember when
I was in school.

- Okay.

Is he home or?

- No, he actually
left 30 minutes ago.

He left with his basketball.

- Makes sense.

Alright, thank you.

- I knew he'd like Philly.

- Push, push, push, touch!

Back, come on, come on,
push, come on, push.

To the line, come on.

You gotta be tough!

You gotta be strong!

You gotta want this
like you wanna breathe!

- I do want this, Coach!

- What are you
doing here, Philly?

- Well, there's only three
courts around your house,

so this was my second guess.

- How'd you know where I live?

- I did a little snooping.

- Does your boy Big
P know you're here?

- Rome, please.

Look, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry for everything
that's happened to you,

everything that's happen to me.

I am.

- You know when I first saw you

I couldn't take my eyes off you.

You came into my life fast.

I should have been thinking
about my mom, my dad.

I should have been mourning.

I know that.

Instead I was thinking of you.

I can't make you
choose between us.

Between me and him.

I can't do that to you.

- I love him.

But I'm in love with you.

- Let's play one on one.

- Are you crazy?

- I'm a basketball
star, play your heart.

- It's raining, my hair.

- Friendships and family
are hard to tell apart.

That connection, that longing,

that feeling we have
for another person.

It's not blood that binds us.

It's simply the ability
to trust someone.

To trust someone
other than yourself.

That's what bonds
you to someone.

The connections you make
at this point in your life

are so important to the
person you'll become,

to the type of
adult you'll become,

perhaps the type of parent
you'll become to your child.

And how do we do that?

We connect by being vulnerable.

By opening up and
sharing our past.

And we all have a past.

Some of them are
scarier than others.

Some of us have
faced death head on.

Some of us have lost loved ones.

Some of us have fallen in love,

only to have our heart
broken.

The list goes on.

But there's one thing that we
all, we all have in common.

We're all standing here.

We are all standing here today

and we will continue to stand.

To continue to pursue what we

feel we need to gain happiness.

I presented you, at the
beginning of this course,

with the challenge of getting
to know your inner self.

Something we truly
cannot do as children,

still blind to the
horrors in the world.

I asked you to do this by
getting to know your group.

By asking questions
of them, about them.

Getting to know them and seeing

yourself in their eyes,
through their eyes.

So you would take this
seriously I offered

you the one thing,
the one incentive,

that I knew you
could all comprehend.

And that is?

Money.

- Money, that's right.

The decision as to who won
was very, very difficult.

All of your papers
were wonderful

and a million other adjectives

that really don't
need expression.

So I say this.

You're all winners.

And

there is no money.

What?

- The real reward from
what you've learned

is in understanding
and appreciating

one of life's
greatest mysteries.

Although we are all born
into this world alone,

we are also born in it together.

And that person
sitting next to you

is more important
and always will be

more important than
any amount of money.

♪ Something in your eyes

♪ A melody so strong it's like

♪ Every new love
song has found me ♪

♪ The chorus in your smile

♪ It's like a piece
of heaven now ♪

♪ It releases every
doubt I was feeling ♪

♪ I'm better 'cause I know you

♪ Wherever we should roam to

♪ I want you to know

♪ You're always gonna hold

♪ This permanent
place in my heart ♪

♪ 'Cause you must be the one

♪ The one who changes it all

♪ Came in, I'm no
longer afraid to fall ♪

♪ I'll lay it all

♪ Right here on
the line for you ♪

♪ 'Cause you must be the one

♪ The one, the one, the one

♪ You must be the one

♪ You must be the one

♪ The one, the one, the one

♪ You must be the one

- Ready to play, coach?

- You know I'm not gonna
take it easy on you?

My knees may be bad,

but my elbow's still sharp.

- Hey, Coach.

I want to say I'm sorry.

You've always been there for me.

And,

I let you down.

- Listen, I'm proud of
the man you've become.

Your mother would be proud, too.

I always thought
of you as my son.

Caught you lookin'!

Yo!