Power Book III: Raising Kanan (2021–…): Season 2, Episode 5 - Episode #2.5 - full transcript

[upbeat hip-hop music plays]

♪ ♪

[Grown Kanan]
Previously on Raising Kanan...

I asked around.

You're some kind
of drug dealer.

[Raq]
Make a mil off this nigga.

[muffled grunting]

-[muffled scream]
-[nail gun thunks]

[Kanan]
What the hell is that smell?

Rats dead in the wall
or some shit.

[Kenya] Laverne.



[indistinct chatter]

[Crown] Juke.

I got this track
that you'll love, girl.

-Is this a joke?
-Just relax.

I am relaxed.

[gun cocking]

Get the fuck out!

Nothin' come into Newark

without Sal Boselli
getting his piece.

We in a world of shit.

Ain't nobody gonna tell me

where I can
or I can't do business.

Set up a meeting with
these pizza motherfuckers.

So you're the little broad



creating all these
big problems.

Andrea, I got a son, you know?

[Kanan] Ma, why did you want me
to kill that cop?

You put that gun in my hand

and then told me
it was for family.

[dramatic music plays]

♪ ♪

[Rileyy] ♪♪ I'm a hustler, baby
I'm a hustler, baby ♪♪

[50 Cent] ♪♪ Yeah, I know
Heartbreaks, setbacks ♪♪

♪♪ Bitch, if I crap out
I'm sure I'ma get back ♪♪

♪♪ I been through the ups and
Downs, you know I get around ♪♪

♪♪ So to me
It's all a part of the game ♪♪

♪♪ If I ain't the coke man
Or the dope man ♪♪

♪♪ I'm almost for sure, man
I got to take it ♪♪

♪♪ No need to say shit
I'm gon' take it ♪♪

♪♪ Robberies turned homicide
It's nothin' to play with ♪♪

♪♪ Make money
Make, make, make money ♪♪

♪♪ When shit hit the fan
We'll take money, Southside ♪♪

♪♪ Beef with the best of 'em ♪♪

♪♪ Done shot
At the rest of 'em, yeah ♪♪

♪♪ Checks, I'm collectin' 'em ♪♪

♪♪ Check, boy
I'm finessin' 'em ♪♪

♪♪ Bag Supreme
Boy, you fuck around ♪♪

♪♪ Put a big bag on your head ♪♪

♪♪ Before the weather break
You're dead ♪♪

♪♪ Let's get to it, they
Don't do it like we do it ♪♪

♪♪ Nah, cop it, whip it
Bag it, flip it ♪♪

♪♪ Re-up, we up
G'd up, what up? ♪♪

♪♪ Runnin' round this bitch
Still not givin' a fuck, hey ♪♪

♪♪ When it come to that paper
There'll be no complications ♪♪

Ha ha. That's right.

♪♪ Put a hole in a nigga
Right in front of you ♪♪

♪♪ Your heartbeat pacin' ♪♪

[Rileyy and 50 Cent]
♪♪ And it's all right ♪♪

[50 Cent] ♪♪ That's how
We do it on this side ♪♪

♪♪ Niggas get to it
On this side ♪♪

♪♪ I know heartbreaks
Setbacks ♪♪

♪♪ Bitch, if I crap out
I'm sure I'ma get back ♪♪

♪♪ I been through the ups and
Downs, you know I get around ♪♪

♪♪ So to me
It's all a part of the game ♪♪

♪♪ If I ain't the coke man
Or the dope man ♪♪

♪♪ I'm almost for sure, man
I got to take it ♪♪

♪♪ No need to say shit
I'm gon' take it ♪♪

♪♪ Robberies turned homicide
It's nothin' to play with ♪♪

♪♪ Hey, hey ♪♪

[Rileyy vocalizing]

[Nina Simone's
"The Pusher" playing]

♪ ♪

[muttering indistinctly]

[Nina] ♪♪ You know I smoked
a lot of grass ♪♪

Hey, yo!

[Nina] ♪♪ Oh, Lord ♪♪

♪♪ And I popped
A lot of pills ♪♪

♪ ♪

♪♪ But I never did
Touch nothing... ♪♪

[Grown Kanan] Around the way,

most of the wildness happened
when the sun went down.

It's dark,

so you can't see niggas
scheming and plotting.

[Nina] ♪♪ I see a lot of people
Walkin' around here... ♪♪

[Grown Kanan] But early
morning's when shit is real.

Motherfuckers
picking up the pieces

of what happened
the night before...

...and figuring out
how they gonna make it

through another day.

[Nina] ♪♪ If you live
Or if you die ♪♪

Yo, let me get four.

[Marvin] We closed, man.
Come back later.

Oh, come on, man.
Give me my cracks, man.

[Marvin] I said we closed.

Yo, I'm fiendin', Marvin.

Man, come on, man.
Give me four.

[Marvin] Yo, you fiendin'
'cause you a fiend, nigga.

-Come back later.
-What the fuck is up?

Man, what kind
of crack house is closed?

Huh?

Fuck, y'all keeping
banker's hours up in here now?

Come on, give me
my motherfuckin' rock, man.

Please, man.

Hold on to your money.

My brother.

Yo, man,
let the rest of them know

we doing inventory
this morning.

We'll be up later.

All right.

Yo, what's up with that outfit?

I'm doin' some cleaning, nigga.

A clean crack house?

I ain't never thought of that.

Yo, get the fuck out of here,
man.

Yo, I'm gone, baby.

Yo, yo, and remember,
tell all them other baseheads,

we ain't open
for business right now.

[Sam] Yo, I'm out, man.

Peace. Appreciate you, brother.

[smooth jazz music
playing over speakers]

♪ ♪

Ugh.

[groaning]

[exhales heavily]

[exhales heavily]

Hoo!

[Grover Washington Jr.'s
"Just the Two of Us" playing]

♪ ♪

Foul nigga.

[Bill Withers] ♪♪ I hear
The crystal raindrops fall ♪♪

♪♪ On the window
Down the hall ♪♪

♪♪ And it becomes
The morning dew ♪♪

♪ ♪

♪♪ And, darling
When the morning comes ♪♪

-[Marvin gags]
-[Bill] ♪♪ And I see ♪♪

♪♪ The morning sun
I wanna be the one with you ♪♪

-Oh!
-[Bill] ♪♪ Just the two of us ♪♪

♪♪ We can make it if we try ♪♪

♪♪ Just the two of us ♪♪

[singers]
♪♪ Just the two of us ♪♪

[Bill] ♪♪ Just the two of us ♪♪

♪♪ Building big castles
Way on high... ♪♪

[Grown Kanan]
In the light of day,

you see all them sins...

[Marvin exhales sharply]

...even the work we thought
we stashed and buried.

[Bill]
♪♪ Just the two of us... ♪♪

[Grown Kanan] And that shit
ain't cute, nigga.

That shit ain't cute at all.

[singers]
♪♪ Just the two of us ♪♪

[Bill] ♪♪ Just the two of us ♪♪

[singers] ♪♪ We can make it
Just the two of us ♪♪

♪♪ ♪♪

What's up, Ma?

So you remember
when High Post took us camping?

You woke me up
to talk about camping?

Ma, you hated camping.

No, I didn't hate it.

I just--
I had to get used to it.

You loved it.

You got your damn
Davy Crockett on.

Pack some sweaters
and your big coat.

Gets cold up there at night.

It gets cold up where?

Catskills, baby.
We're going camping.

What? Why?

Is Juke going?

Nah, she gon' stay here.

[sighs] Ma, I...

I told Famous I was gonna
help him with his music.

Ah, Famous, he gonna be a'ight.

He can handle his own business.

We gon' be
on our mother-son tip.

[tense music plays]

♪ ♪

[sports announcer speaking
indistinctly over radio]

[Dominic]
Look at these fucking people.

How they live. Animale.

You know what animale is?
That's them.

-Animale.
-Yeah.

I got a colored family
just moved in

down the block from me.

They got two sons same age
as my daughter, nice people.

I don't bother them,
they don't bother me.

What?

[mutters indistinctly]

And what would you do
if your daughter came home

with one of their, uh,
licorice-looking sons

and said, "We're going steady"?

I don't know how I'd feel,
Dominic.

I haven't
given it much thought.

[laughs] How you'd feel?

Knock that little nigger's
teeth out,

that's how you'd feel.

Oh, we got some action
going on over here.

Why don't you pay
fucking attention?

[sports announcer speaking
indistinctly over radio]

[Dominic] Who's this guy
beboppin' along?

Okay, look at the gold chain.

Nigger rich.

[sports announcer speaking
indistinctly over radio]

[tense music plays]

♪ ♪

[sports announcer speaking
indistinctly over radio]

[knock at door]

Juke, you up?

Yeah.

[door clicks open]

Are you not coming
camping with us?

[chuckles]

Your mums just wants it
to be the two of you.

And I'm cool with that.

And I'm not.

Shit not cool between me
and her right now, Juke.

[sighs] I don't know, shit just
don't feel right between us.

And I did that shit
you did with your mother.

I looked that cop
right in his eye.

[dramatic music plays]

♪ ♪

Shit felt way too familiar.

♪ ♪

What if he telling the truth--

Ah, ah, ah, ah. [hisses]

He's a fuckin'
lying-ass cop, Kanan.

And that's what cops do.
They lie.

He's just fucking with your
head so he can get at Raq.

Fuck that cop.

Don't listen to him.

Shit. Maybe being alone
with Raq will be good for you.

You can finally tell her
how you been feeling.

Oh, you think I'm just gonna
tell her what I'm thinking?

Hell no.

[Raq] Kanan?

Wh-what you doing?

Look,
you gotta get dressed, Kanan.

-We gotta go.
-Yeah, yeah.

I'm coming now, Mum.

Hey, you gonna be a'ight?

Yeah.

-You sure?
-Yeah.

[Raq] All right.

-Come on, Kanan. Let's go.
-[Kanan] Yeah, Mum. I'm coming.

-Let's go, Kanan. Come on.
-Yeah, Mum.

I'ma be right down.

Yo, I heard
the poison ivy's a bitch.

You be itching, and you got
poisoned water and shit.

-Mosquitoes.
-[Kanan] Whatever, man.

[Juke laughs]

[hip-hop music playing
over headphones]

[Zisa] ♪♪ I can't hide
the pain, the pain ♪♪

♪♪ When it's pouring out ♪♪

♪ ♪

♪♪ 'Cause underneath
The armor ♪♪

♪♪ I'm still bruised ♪♪

♪♪ The days go by ♪♪

♪♪ And I can't
Undo the damage ♪♪

♪♪ 'Cause underneath
The armor ♪♪

♪♪ I'm still bruised ♪♪

♪ ♪

Yo, it's a hit, man.

I'll put our girl up
against anybody.

Yo, I'm talking Pebbles,

shit, Tracie Spencer,
even Michel'le.

She gon' win.

She look good too, huh, Crown?
Tell him.

[Crown] Look, excuse
my friend Lou here.

He's getting a little
ahead of himself.

Lou's my money guy.

[Mo chuckles]

[Crown] You know
how they get sometimes.

They like to just dabble
into the A&R.

B-but-but look, he's right,
everything he's saying,

because Zisa is about
to blow the fuck up.

And all we trying
to do is get you

to introduce her to the world.

You know, there-there
might be something

I can do with your girl
here but, uh,

you know, my spins
are worth somethin', Crown.

Yeah, yeah.

Huh?

[Crown] Oh, I know.

-[Mo] Yeah?
-I know.

Look, let's step outside, just
talk a little bit, you and I.

Have a snack, money guy.

[tense music plays]

♪ ♪

[Crown] Nah, at first,
it took--

nah, it took me
everything in my power

not to fucking laugh
in that nigga face in there.

[Mo] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I don't like him either.

[Crown] Simple as that.

[conversation continues
indistinctly]

♪ ♪

[sports announcer speaking
indistinctly over radio]

Yo, throw that shit
in the back seat.

Who car is this?

[Raq] Ours for the weekend.

Ain't want no dirt to get on
my truck on these muddy roads.

Let me put this stuff
in the trunk.

Yo.

I told you,
put the shit in the back seat.

Something wrong with your ears.

What's the point
in having a trunk

if you're not gonna use it?

Back seat, here we go.

Is that too much to ask?

[Kanan] What's the whole point
of the whole trunk, then?

[car door slams]

Can you not slam the door,
please?

[Kanan sighs]

[Marvin]
You roll your eyes any harder,

you gonna look possessed.

I sprayed the hell
out that nigga with that Lysol.

Put the pine trees all on him
and through the car.

Smell like Christmas come soon
up in there.

Yo, you sure
you wanna be heading up

to the mountains right now?

I mean, with all the shit
we got going on in Jersey?

I need to be with my son.

No more runs out to Jersey
until I get back.

I'll deal
with the motherfuckers then.

It's gonna be a'ight.

We could just shut it down
for good.

It ain't like we even
set up shop anyway.

Look, we shut it down there,

they gon' come
for our shit here, Marvin.

Them niggas are sharks.

Okay, the minute they smell
blood in the water,

they start circling.

♪ ♪

Y'all travel safe.

♪ ♪

[engine turning over]

♪ ♪

[sports announcer speaking
indistinctly over radio]

[Crown] Need to work
on your light touch, Lou.

The fuck?

Learn how to finesse a nigga.

You know, the best salesmen,
they the ones who sell you shit

without noticing you spent
any of your fucking--

[grunts]

[Lou-Lou] Is that a light
enough touch for you, nigga?

Get your fucking hands off me.

[Crown]
You know, I'm sick and tired

of you fucking putting
your hands on me, Lou.

What you gon' do about it,
Crown?

You know, just 'cause
you make gangsta music

doesn't make you a gangsta.

Don't you ever pull that

unless you plan
on using it, B.

Who said I ain't gon' use it?

Me, nigga.

♪ ♪

[singer] ♪♪ Baby, I know you ♪♪

♪♪ No, you ain't been around ♪♪

♪♪ Don't treat me
Like you used to ♪♪

♪♪ I got a feeling ♪♪

♪♪ That I'm gonna lose you ♪♪

[engine revving]

♪♪ Well, if you don't feel,
I'm not trying ♪♪

♪♪ To hold you ♪♪

♪♪ Ooh, ooh ♪♪

♪♪ Don't you tell me
Don't you tell me ♪♪

♪♪ Don't you tell me
Nothing now ♪♪

♪ ♪

♪♪ Got me running and running
And running around ♪♪

♪♪ Yeah, baby, aw, baby, baby ♪♪

♪♪ One day
You say you love me ♪♪

♪♪ Next day
You say you hate me ♪♪

♪♪ If that's the way
It's gonna be ♪♪

[music stops]

So you ever hear from Davina?

Cousin of hers told me
she wound up in South Carolina.

Guess she got some family
she with down there.

I liked her.

You kickin' it
with anybody else?

Not really.

"Not really" sound like
you got somebody,

like Kanan got his eye
on someone.

-[Raq chuckles]
-A'ight, it's...

it's just a little shorty
that live in Famous' building.

Yeah.

Well, look, it don't gotta
be nothing more than fun.

You a kid.

Supposed to be having fun.

Can I turn the radio
back on now?

[newscaster]
Break out those umbrellas,

because we have a 70%
chance of rain tomorrow.

It's gonna be
partly cloudy tonight

with scattered showers
and humidity at 87%.

That low-pressure system
is moving through the area

pretty fast,
but it's gonna come--

[Renée] I wanted to meet
with you outside of the group

because it's obvious
you're not comfortable

talking in front of the others.

[indistinct chatter]

I'm a private person.

Don't need nobody
in my business.

But you must understand
that your business

is my business.

And you are making it
really hard for me

to conduct my business, Marvin,

because you won't say
anything in the group.

And that's bad for business,

yours and mine.

[soft music playing
over speakers]

If I go to the judge

and tell him
that you're not holding up

your end of the deal,

he'll throw you inside.

And I promise you,

you'll be sitting in that cell

thinking back
on that coffee right here

and asking yourself, "Why
the hell didn't I just talk?"

What the fuck you want
from me, Ms. Renée?

I show up every week.

I sit there and I listen
to all that bullshit.

What else you want me to do?

Well, first off,

you can not refer
to the therapy we're doing

as "bullshit."

[scoffs]

That'd be a good start.

And secondly, you can...

you can tell me something
about you that I don't know.

Something that matters.

You know, something that,
when you say it out loud,

makes you feel
a little bit uncomfortable.

Maybe even
a little bit vulnerable.

I have a daughter.

I am aware.

She's a teenager, correct?

Whatever the fuck she is,
she won't talk to me no more.

That must be hard for you.

I'm a fucked-up father.

I did some shit she never
gonna forgive me for.

Shit that she shouldn't
probably forgive me for.

Not no sick shit, though,

I mean, or-or nothing
like that.

I ain't a sick motherfucker.

I'm just, um...

[clears throat]

...I'm just--
I'm just a dumb motherfucker.

[tense music plays]

♪ ♪

[person 1]
Got him for the whole week.

[person 2] I can't wait.

[indistinct chatter]

[singer] ♪♪ It seems
I've abandoned my dream... ♪♪

[clerk] Good afternoon.
How can I help you?

Yeah, we got a reservation.

[clerk] Oh, certainly.
Just need to see your ID.

[singer]
♪♪ Another whiskey sundown ♪♪

We in the one with the firepit.

Yes, okay,
I have you for one night

in one of our creekside cabins.

[singer] ♪♪ Laughing
And a-cutting up... ♪♪

Hey, y'all got
any bear repellant here?

[laughs] It's mainly
black bears around here,

and they're pretty docile,

more scared of you
than you are of them.

Just stay away
from the blueberry patches.

Yo, I ain't even know bear
repellant was a real thing.

Well, it's real.

I'm Kanan.

Hannah.

-Thank you, Ms. Jones.
-[Kanan speaking indistinctly]

[Raq] Let me see
that knife right there.

[Kanan speaking indistinctly]

What else can I use

to keep them away from me
while I'm out here?

Stab 'em with something,
they'll run away.

[Kanan] For real, Hannah.

We surrounded by the trees.

They could come out
of anywhere.

[tense music plays]

♪ ♪

You stole my song.

Excuse me?

Bitch, you either dumb
or fucking stupid.

"Bruised," I wrote it.

[scoffs]

I didn't steal anything.
That song was given to me.

How do you even
know where I live?

Crown told me.

Who gave you my shit?

Who you think?

Lou.

And he never even told me
it was yours.

I don't need to steal
anyone else's music.

I got my own.

[dramatic music plays]

♪ ♪

[Marvin] Oh.

Look who done came up
in the world.

Still got them legs.

[store clerk]
Toni, you forgot a bag.

Oh, Shelley. Thank you.

[officer]
Roll down your window, sir.

May I help you
with something, Officer?

That's what I was
about to ask you.

I'm good.

Just, uh, eating these chips.

[coughs]

You wanna get down?

That's kind of you.
I'm trying to cut back.

Gotta be honest with you,

I make it my business to try to
get to know everybody in town.

Well, I can't say
I recognise you.

Yeah, I appreciate
that honesty, Officer.

And you're right.

A brother can't afford
any real estate out here.

Just been driving all day.

Wanted to stop, rest a minute,

and enjoy a snack.

Fair enough, friend.

I encourage you
to finish up your snack

and be on your way,

because we like to keep
these parking spots available

for folks who are actually
gonna do some shopping.

O-of course!

I mean,
don't wanna get in the way

of the rich getting richer.

[laughs]

Just got a few left,
and then I'ma be out.

You have a great day.

You do the same, Officer.

Bitch ass.

[tense music plays]

♪ ♪

[soft dramatic music plays]

♪ ♪

[birds chirping]

Want me get the stuff
out of the trunk?

No, there ain't
nothing in there,

just some flashlights
and some bug shit.

You just take the rest
of these bags into the cabin.

[sighs]

We a long way
from the Southside.

Come on, baby.
Let's go camping.

♪ ♪

[ominous music plays]

♪ ♪

[hip-hop music playing
over speakers]

♪ ♪

[Jukebox] You gave her my song.

[music stops]

That was my song,
and you stole it.

It ain't even like that, Juke.

[Jukebox] What's it like, then?

That bitch-ass nigga Crown
told you, didn't he?

It doesn't matter
who the fuck told me.

I would've
figured it out anyway.

I should've asked you.

And I would've said no.

You know,
part of this music shit, Juke,

is knowing what material
goes with which artist.

That song you wrote
was beautiful.

But too beautiful for me.

Hey, you know that's not
what I meant.

All right?

Look, I thought it might
make a cool song for Zisa,

so I just let her
take a swing at it.

-She knocked it out the park.
-[Jukebox scoffs]

[Lou-Lou] She did.

I didn't expect it.

It's just what happened.

I'm sorry, Juke.

I should've asked you.

I fucked up.

Yeah.

But, you know, ain't nothing
wrong with getting

a songwriting credit
out there, though.

Publishing money is real money.

Right?

-F--
-[Lou-Lou] Hey, Juke.

My God, it's not that kind
of thing between us!

He doesn't share
nothing personal with me.

Well, you're sleeping with him.

It doesn't really get
more personal than that.

[sucks teeth]

Look, I'm gonna make things
real simple for you, Andrea.

Either you start sharing
some shit with me,

or I'm gonna call Child Welfare
and let them know

that you're tricking
and you got a young son.

Shouldn't come
as a shock to you

that they frown
on mothers who are pros.

In my experience,
those kids go into foster care

faster than you can say
half-and-half.

He's one of the quiet ones.

Does what he needs to do,
and then I leave.

Has he mentioned anything
to you about the shooting?

[sighs]

Just that he thought
he was gonna die

and he's trying
to clean himself up now,

live a healthier life

for him and his son.

His son?

Yeah.

Yeah, he told me
that he has a son.

[sighs]
Just found out about him

not so long ago himself.

Didn't say much except
for that the kid's a teenager.

Didn't even tell me his name.

[insects chirping]

[Raq sighs]

Some good living right here.

You and me
sitting by the campfire,

eating some hot dogs.

You like it up here?

It ain't like I'm into
bird-watching or nothing,

so what I got to do out here?

Okay, there's much more
to do out here

than just watch some birds,
Kanan.

Like what, Ma?

Like hiking.

Hiking is just another word
for walking,

and I can do that at home.

[Raq] Okay, well,
what about swimming?

They got lakes
and ponds and shit.

[Kanan] I'm not jumping
in that dirty-ass water.

It's cold up here anyway.

[Raq] Okay.

Well, then what about hunting?

Everybody out here hunt.

I mean, I got us a knife.

Who am I, Ram-bro?

[laughs]

You stupid.

[Kanan] I'ma go get
another soda from the store.

[Raq] You got some money?

[Kanan] Yeah.

[dramatic music plays]

♪ ♪

[Jimmy] Kid's heading out.

She's alone by the fire.

Go keep an eye on him,

and make sure that he doesn't
come back until I'm done.

Hey, Jimmy, let me hit her.

Show Sal I can
get my hands dirty.

[sighs] Just make sure that
the kid doesn't surprise me.

[gun cocking]

[Dominic] Let me do it.

Jimmy.

[soft rock music playing
over speakers]

♪ ♪

How you livin', Hannah?

I thought you forgot about me.

How could I forget about you?

You supposed to save me
from all the bears out here.

Yeah, no bear's gonna get you
on my watch, Kanan.

[Kanan]
Good. I'm counting on that.

So where's your mum?

Back at the cabin

thinking she Daniel Boone
or some shit.

So you've got some time?

Hell yeah.

[dramatic music plays]

♪ ♪

[owl hoots]

[ominous music plays]

[leaves rustling]

Kanan?

♪ ♪

[leaves rustling]

Kanan Stark, if you creeping up
on me to scare me...

♪ ♪

Kanan, look, I know it's you,

and this shit ain't even
close to being funny.

Kanan.

-[person] Excuse us.
-Motherf--

I'm so sorry.
We didn't mean to scare you.

No, it's all good.

Thought you was my son
messing with me.

We were wondering
if you might have

any extra kindling we can use.

Toby and I are having some
trouble getting our fire going,

and it's a little dark to be
wandering around the woods.

[Raq] You can take
all you need.

[sighs] Thank you so much.

Uh, we'll bring you more
tomorrow.

It's all good.

Just have my son go out
and get some more,

make him useful.

[laughs] Tell me about it.

Speaking of my kid,

where is that boy?

Look, y'all have a good night.

You do the same.
And thanks again.

Yeah, no problem.

[ominous music plays]

♪ ♪

This is from
my friend's backyard.

It's pretty good for homegrown.

You get good weed in the city?

It's a'ight.

You ever smoke dope
from Humboldt County?

Humboldt's, like,
this place in California

that's supposed to have
the best weed ever.

[Kanan chuckles]

No, I ain't really much
of a weed head myself.

My boy Famous
back at home, though,

that fool can smoke.

[Hannah] Mm.

Famous,

that's a cool name.

No doubt.

You're cool.

Nah, that's you.

[door clicks open]

Fuck do you think you're doing?

You better leave her alone.

[Raq] No, you leave him alone.

And don't you talk
to my son like that.

[Dominic]
Look, I was just trying to get

some mosquito stuff
in the store,

and I come out here,

and they're doing
God knows what.

[Raq] Yeah.

Let's go, Kanan.

[dramatic music plays]

♪ ♪

How many times
I gotta tell you, Kanan?

How many?

White girls
will get you killed.

That's the way
it's always been,

and that's the way
it's always gonna be.

Stay the fuck away from her.

Hey, if you were
my fucking daughter,

I'd lock you in the room
for the next

15 fucking years,
you know that?

But I'm not your daughter,
and you're a fucking dick.

♪ ♪

[door clicks open]

What is this? What happened?

Some guy and his son showed up
looking for fucking firewood

before I could pop her.

Shit. Let's hit 'em both.

Let's hit 'em both right now,

her and her little nigger.

We don't do kids.

You know it like I do.

It's bad for business,
it's bad for karma,

and it's bad
for our fucking heads.

Look, if I didn't stop him,
that fucking monkey

would've raped that girl
at the store.

You know what?

Somehow I doubt

that you saved the fucking day,
okay?

But hey, Sal hears
you messed with a kid,

he'll have me
put a fucking bullet

right between
those fucking eyes of yours

before you could even say
"white power."

We will see if we can get
a clean shot at her tomorrow.

Until then,
you shut the fuck up.

[tense music plays]

♪ ♪

[groans]

[soft dramatic music plays]

[Raq] Kanan?

Kanan.

Wanna get down on some s'mores?

[Kanan]
Think I'm just gonna go to bed.

[Raq] Hey.

♪ ♪

Look, I'm sorry for yelling
at you like that.

I just--I got scared is all.

Guy looked like he was ready
to string you up.

Come on. Sit down.

Let's make some s'mores.

♪ ♪

Now, make sure
that shit don't catch fire.

All right? Now, you remember
how High Post showed us.

[both] Golden brown.

Post knew
how to make some s'mores.

[Raq] Yeah.
He was in the Boy Scouts.

They taught him all of that.

♪ ♪

Go ahead.

[Kanan coughing]

[groans]

"Put hair on a dog's back

and bring new life
to an old man."

Your grandfather
used to say that.

He had a little
bootlegging thing for a while.

Shit tasted
like rubbing alcohol.

Bootlegging, prizefighting,
and a jazz musician.

Grandpa used to do everything.

Yeah, he still didn't make
enough money

to make your grandmother happy.

I brought you out here
to talk to you.

See how you are,

how you feeling...

about us,

about you and me and about,

you know, what we do.

Look, you getting to an age
where you're gonna wanna

start making some real money.

Start figuring out
what you want for your life.

Making your mark
on this world.

You the heir
to this throne, Kanan.

Look, and I know you're not
sure that you wanna be in it.

And I'm--I wasn't even sure
I wanted you to be in it.

But it's yours.

And it's waiting for you.

All of it.

If you want it.

You just gotta want it.

I want it, Ma.

I ain't think I did
for a minute...

...but I do.

No secrets between us.

No lies, no side hustles.

We share everything.

-It's you--
-And you gonna share everything

with me too.

All you gotta do is ask.

It's you and me.

You know this.

♪ ♪

[suspenseful music plays]

♪ ♪

[rapper] ♪♪ These ghetto babies
Turn to lockdown kids... ♪♪

[Howard] Where's Kanan? Huh?

Uh-uh-uh.

[rapper]
♪♪ Now he's doing a bid ♪♪

♪♪ And them bullets rain out
Every night where we live... ♪♪

You really need
to turn them shits down, girl.

They gonna fuck up your ears.

Where's Kanan?

I been paging him.
He ain't hit me back.

[rapper] ♪♪ Ain't nobody fuckin'
With no snitch or a fiend... ♪♪

He's wherever the fuck
he wants to be, man.

[rapper]
♪♪ Boys'll spit at your girl ♪♪

♪♪ I hopped out
the new whip... ♪♪

You tell him
I'm looking for him.

[rapper] ♪♪ I'm the king
Of these five boroughs ♪♪

♪♪ That's why I got New York
On lock ♪♪

♪♪ Nigga, we thorough... ♪♪

[dramatic music plays]

♪ ♪

[tense music plays]

♪ ♪

Help me with him.

Grab the shovels
and the rest of this stuff.

Let's get to work.

♪ ♪

[hip-hop music playing
over speakers]

♪ ♪

♪ Put you on the clock
'Cause time is runnin' ♪

♪ Spot you on the block
'Cause niggas is gunnin' ♪

♪ Shooting off my glock
'Cause this shit is fun ♪

♪ And niggas die from talk
Look what you done did ♪

Yo, don't fucking
sleep on me, Lou.

-I still got it.
-What do you want, Famous?

To get back in the lab, Lou!

I been working, I been writing
like you told me.

I got that heat,
I got that new shit,

that dope shit, I promise you.

Look, I know
you probably still twisted

over that situation
with Jessica and Crown.

But I just need you to know
that I ain't even know

they was kickin' it like that
'til after she left.

I knew he was bringing her
home late.

You know,
her hair would be fucked up,

and I thought it was
'cause of the car ride.

I thought he just drove
with the windows down.

I ain't--I ain't...
I ain't know.

I already knew
about that shit, Famous.

I don't care.

Jess gonna do what she do.

[Famous] Look, but it's not
about her, though.

It's about us.

Thing is, if-if I knew,
I would've told you.

You Kanan uncle, that's family.

I would've
had your back regardless,

and that's just--
that's just real.

You bring me some rhymes,

I'll get you back in the booth.

It's not about your sister.

It's not about Crown.

I don't give a fuck
about none of that shit.

It's about the work.

Do the work, you get the time.

You will not be disappointed,
brother.

-Thank you so--
-Hey.

Go write.
Leave me the fuck alone.

[Famous]
I got you. Yo, thank you.

Yes. Got you.

You won't be disappointed,
Lou.

You gonna love me.

Yo, you gonna love me again,
nigga.

Whoo!

[ominous music plays]

♪ ♪

[choir]
♪ Oh, Mary, don't you weep ♪

♪ Tell Martha not to mourn ♪

[choir]
♪♪ Tell Martha not to mourn ♪♪

♪ Oh, Mary ♪

[choir]
♪ Oh, Mary, don't you weep ♪

[Kenya]
♪♪ Tell Martha not to mourn ♪♪

[choir]
♪♪ Tell Martha not to mourn ♪♪

[upbeat music playing]

♪ Pharaoh's army... ♪

♪ ♪

So you Sister Kenya's
daughter, right?

Yeah.

She never said you a dime
like you are.

Don't you got
some praying to do?

I'm praying you gonna
give me them digits.

[chuckles]

Yeah, well, that prayer
ain't getting answered, son.

[Stevens] Y'all have
to listen to each other.

Listen, I think you should
hear my daughter sing.

[Stevens]
Well, let's give her a listen.

Laverne.

Peace.

[dramatic music plays]

♪ ♪

I told Mr. Stevens
you were my daughter,

and he wants to see
if we share the same voice.

[Stevens] Kenya can blow
the doors off this church.

I just wanna see
if her daughter

is blessed in the same way.

My daughter can sing,

and she got something to say,
Mr. Stevens.

And I wanna hear it.

You churchgoing?

Little bit.

You know
"Mary, Don't You Weep"?

Let's try it.

[upbeat music playing]

[choir]
♪ Oh, Mary, don't you weep ♪

♪ Tell Martha not to mourn ♪

[choir]
♪ Tell Martha not to mourn ♪

♪ Oh, Mary ♪

[choir]
♪ Oh, Mary, don't you weep ♪

♪ Tell Martha not to mourn ♪

[choir]
♪ Tell Martha not to mourn ♪

-♪♪ Oh, Pharaoh, ooh ♪♪
-[choir] ♪♪ Pharaoh's ♪♪

♪ Army ♪

-♪♪ Drowned in ♪♪
-[choir] ♪♪ Drowned ♪♪

-♪ In the Red Sea ♪
-♪ Oh ♪

-♪ Oh ♪
-[choir] ♪ Oh, Mary ♪

-♪ Oh ♪
-[choir] ♪ Don't you weep ♪

-[holding note]
-[choir] ♪ Don't weep ♪

[vocalizing]

[choir]
♪ Tell Martha not to mourn ♪

[Jukebox] ♪♪ Oh, Mary ♪♪

[choir] ♪ Oh, oh ♪

♪ Oh, Mary ♪

-[choir] ♪♪ Mary ♪♪
-[Jukebox] ♪♪ Don't you ♪♪

♪ Don't you, don't you ♪

-[choir] ♪ Mary ♪
-♪ Don't you weep ♪

-[choir] ♪ Oh, oh, Mary ♪
-[Jukebox] ♪ Mm ♪

-♪ Oh, Mary ♪
-[choir] ♪ Oh, oh, Mary ♪

♪♪ Oh, oh, Mary ♪♪

[Jukebox] ♪♪ Don't you ♪♪

♪ Mm, don't you ♪

♪ Don't ♪

[choir] ♪ Mary ♪

-♪ Oh, Mary, don't you ♪
-[choir] ♪ Mary ♪

♪ Don't you, don't you ♪

♪ Don't ♪

[vocalizing]

[choir] ♪♪ Mary ♪♪

-♪♪ Oh ♪♪
-[choir] ♪♪ Oh, oh, Mary ♪♪

♪ Oh ♪

[choir] ♪ Oh, oh, Mary ♪

♪ Oh, oh, Mary ♪

[Jukebox] ♪♪ Ooh ♪♪

[choir] ♪ Oh, oh, Mary ♪

♪ Mary, don't you weep ♪

[cheers and applause]

[person] Great job.

[Howard] All right.

So what else she say?

She wanted to know
what we talk about,

what you're thinking.

How the fuck you supposed
to know what I'm thinking?

[sucks teeth]

We do have a relationship,
Malcolm.

That I pay for in cash,
not conversation.

Man, fuck you.

Like I need this fuckin'
police shit in my life.

She threatened
to call Child Welfare

and have them take my kid away.

Andrea, you got a roof over
his head, you keep him fed.

It ain't like you puttin'
cigarettes out on his scalp.

CWB ain't gonna fuck with you.

[Andrea sighs]

She, um, had a lot of questions

about the shooting
and what you remember.

What'd you say?

Nothin',
'cause you don't remember.

Right?

You say anything else?

I mentioned the thing
about your son.

Motherfucker!

I-I thought
that maybe she knew already.

What the fuck?

[Andrea] I'm sorry.

Don't you have
a confidentiality clause

in your line of business?

Something that says
shut the fuck up?

Not when my kid
is being threatened, Malcolm.

Time for you to go.

Me and you done.

You serious right now?

[Howard] Get the fuck out.

Malcolm.

-[Howard] Get out of here.
-[Andrea] I--oh.

-Shit.
-[Andrea] Malcolm.

[tense music plays]

♪ ♪

[indistinct chatter]

[Darren] Hey.

Oh. [laughs]

♪ ♪

If only you knew where
that mouth been at, nigga.

-[Toni] Hi.
-[Darren] Hi.

♪ ♪

[Raq] Hey.

You should take these
to the front?

And stay away
from the white girl.

♪ ♪

Kid's on the move.

[sighs]

Can I trust you
to run interference on him

and not do nothing stupid?

Yes.

And leave the kid alone.

Scout's honor.

♪ ♪

[broom rustling]

[Hannah] Hey.

You headed back to the city?

Yeah.
Just turning in these keys.

Gonna leave
without saying goodbye?

I was hoping
I'd catch you before I left.

[ominous music plays]

♪ ♪

[Dominic] Disgraziat'.

♪ ♪

[crows cawing]

♪ ♪

Drop the gun.

Sal sent you.

[Jimmy] Hey, well,
he told you how it had to be,

but you didn't hear him.

I hear fine.

I just don't always listen.

[Kanan grunting]

If I kill you,
I'm at war with your boss,

which is bad for business
for all of us,

especially you.

But if I let you go,
you're gonna keep coming.

And that's a problem for me.

[Hannah] Hey! Hey!

Help! He's gonna kill Kanan!

[tense music plays]

[both grunting]

♪ ♪

[gun cocking]

[Raq] Kanan!

-[gunshot]
-[Dominic groans]

[Raq panting]

[Jimmy] Fuck.

[breathing heavily]

Look, there's a deal to be made

between Sal and me,
and we gonna make it.

But for now, me and my son,

we getting the fuck
up out of here.

-Yeah, what about her?
-[Dominic groaning]

[Raq] She ain't gonna
say nothing.

Ain't that right?

'Cause if you do,
his people and my people,

we gonna make quick work
of your people, you understand?

We're going home.

Now, I suggest you collect
whatever's left

of your man here,
and you do the same.

♪ ♪

[Dominic]
What's the matter with you?

Should've shot 'em.

You should've shot 'em both.

[engine turning over]

♪ ♪

[Grown Kanan] Sometimes
you got so much shit to say,

you don't say nothing at all.

♪ ♪

And then there are times
you don't even gotta say shit

'cause everybody already know.

Who were they?

Don't matter.

They gon' get dealt with.

[Grown Kanan] Either way,

it's better to keep
your mouth closed

and your eyes open.

♪ ♪

Don't let 'em know
what the fuck you thinking,

especially when you don't
even know yourself.

[Redman] ♪♪ Time for
Time for some action ♪♪

♪♪ Just time, time for
Time for some action ♪♪

♪♪ Just time, time for
Time for some action ♪♪

♪♪ Come on ♪♪

♪♪ Just time, time for
Time for some action ♪♪

♪♪ Just time, time for
Time for some action ♪♪

♪♪ Just time, time for
Time for some action ♪♪

♪♪ Just time, time for
Time for some action ♪♪

♪♪ Just time, time for
Time for some action ♪♪

♪♪ Let's get ready to rumble ♪♪

♪♪ In this corner, we have
The Funk body snatcher ♪♪

♪♪ P-Funkadelic and I gat ya ♪♪

♪♪ Hard enough that I can chew
a whole bag of rocks ♪♪

♪♪ Chew an avenue, chew
An off street and off block ♪♪

♪♪ Then turn around and do the
same damn thing to a soloist ♪♪

♪♪ 'Cause Reggie Noble's
Pissed ♪♪

♪♪ I crush the whole
Brain frame ♪♪

♪♪ 'Cause you couldn't maintain
The funk ♪♪

♪♪ That have your rap style
For lunch, chump ♪♪

♪♪ 'Cause '92
I take a whole crew ♪♪

♪♪ Give them a punch
Of the funk ♪♪

♪♪ Knock all of their
Gold tooth loose ♪♪

♪♪ To show you what type
Of stuff I'm on ♪♪

♪♪ You can't puff or sniff it ♪♪

♪♪ Because I was born with it ♪♪

♪♪ The Funkadelic devil ♪♪

♪♪ Hit you with the rap level
Of ten ♪♪

♪♪ Then one, two, three
You're pinned ♪♪

♪♪ I get action, so everybody
Jump with your rump ♪♪

♪♪ If you like the way
It sound, punk ♪♪

♪♪ Pump it in your back trunk ♪♪

♪♪ And let loose with the juice
When I do rock ♪♪

♪♪ I'm too hot, some say I got
More juice than Tupac ♪♪

♪♪ Straight outta Jersey ♪♪

♪♪ You heard me, my brother
I'm laughin' ♪♪

♪♪ Time for some action ♪♪

♪♪ Just time, time for
Time for some action ♪♪

♪♪ Just time, time for
Time for some action ♪♪