Step Up: High Water (2018–…): Season 3, Episode 9 - Episode #3.9 - full transcript
[Al] Previously, on
"Step Up"...
I'm selling
Al's Wigs and Wangs.
It's an institution.
It's Brandon's institution now.
I love Sage. Fans love Sage.
He's slow dancing
in a burning room.
[Man] Uh-huh.
We're gonna keep going
with Rigo.
This is my goddamn tour.
You cannot fire me!
It was your tour, Sage.
- Who's the ice?
- Saint Clip.
- [Singer] ♪ Now my angel gone ♪
- Okay, let's...
Why are you so
hot and cold all of a sudden?
What changed?
Marquise, where are you?
You'll never understand me,
Odalie... you just can't.
What a fucking liar.
[Al] That's the biggest
TikTok video
- I've ever seen in my...
- Ma!
"See Me"
is tracking top ten!
I got some free concert
tickets to the person
that can tell me the true
identity of Saint Clip.
No one can see me,
or I'm a dead man.
I now dub thee Saint Clip.
Now they won't see Marquise.
They'll see this.
♪ 'Cause you'll never know
Which moment is your last ♪
[Al]
Hit it.
[Funky music plays]
[♪ ♪]
[Singer]
♪ Step up in the spotlight ♪
[♪ ♪]
♪ Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo ♪
♪ Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo ♪
♪ Yo, yo, yo ♪
♪ Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo ♪
♪ Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo ♪
♪ Yo, yo ♪
♪ Yo, yo, yo ♪
♪ I'm looking ♪
♪ For a better day ♪
♪ Wanna live my dream ♪
♪ Step up in the spotlight ♪
♪ Wanna step up
Step up in the spotlight ♪
♪ Want the money
Want the fame ♪
♪ Want the love
Not the same ♪
♪ I want it all ♪
♪ Step up in the spotlight ♪
♪ Wanna step up
Step up in the spotlight ♪
[♪ ♪]
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, yeah ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Oh ♪
[man] Right now we exhale
the demons that
controlled our will,
for the devil's grasp
will not last if we release
the mask that
kept us killed...
[Sage] Fuck it!
You ain't shit!
Hey, get the fuck off of me!
[Man] Going to succeed from
small seeds...
- Too fucking tight!
- Hey, hey, hey, hey!
[Cruz] Every time
you lose your temper,
something colossally
fucked up happens.
Every time you tell me
you love me,
it makes me feel smaller.
[Man] It's not where I reside,
for in my eyes...
[breathes deeply]
- Fuck!
- [objects clattering]
- [Marquise] God damn!
- [clattering]
Beat this nigga's ass!
I see this nigga Rigo,
he think he's slick.
I'ma beat this motherfucker.
- [Sage] Hey.
- Fuck! Shit! Ooh.
Okay, clearly I missed
a-a earthquake or something,
'cause I know
that you are not in here
disrespecting my studio.
This nigga took
all my songs, Sage.
"Night Terrors,"
"Hands Up Stand Up."
This nigga has my notebook.
I just saw a clip of him
in Chicago doing it all!
I knew I wasn't fuckin' crazy.
I knew I was not fuckin' crazy.
What the hell
you smiling about?
'Cause, see, this shit
makes sense now.
See, in Chicago,
Rigo was smashing,
but I felt like,
"Nah, this shit feel off."
[Marquise] Yeah, it was off
because I've been
ghostwriting
all this nigga's shit.
He don't know
what the fuck he doin'.
Oh, okay, so you wrote that
wack-ass dis track "Ryder"
that took me down,
and now
you're wearing all my bling,
eating all my damn Pop-Tarts.
Look, man, that's old shit.
I don't even know why
you bringing it up, bro.
You know I was just
fuckin' around.
It was a song.
Took a hour to write it.
I apologize, man... that's not
the song that's the issue, bro.
The issue is,
he has "Unchosen," man.
He has...
[sighs]
All right, all right,
let's breathe.
Have a seat.
Come on, sit down...
before you break anything else.
Now, talk to me
about this "Unchosen."
What is it?
- Man, "Unchosen" is my baby.
- Mm.
I feel like I been
working on it my whole life.
Uh, every time
I was on the block,
when I was locked up, man,
I would add
these little pieces to it
until it was perfect.
And now he got that shit.
It's in his fucking pocket.
And I can't do shit about it
'cause I'm stuck up
in this bitch.
Not that I don't appreciate
being up in this bitch,
'cause this bitch here
is quite possibly the nicest
bitch I've...
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm feeling
all the appreciation
as I look at my floor here.
I'ma take care of that.
That's my bad, bro.
All right, look, check it out.
"Unchosen" is still
in your head, right?
So tell me what it needs
to be finished.
[Marquise]
Look, I don't know, man.
It's just a little complex.
I feel like I said everything
I was trying to say.
I just don't have
the right beat yet.
Lucky for you, I am what
they call an alchemist.
Your cauldron just needs a
little bit of Sage, that's all.
Okay, we just got to get
your "Unchosen" out
before Rigo get any ideas.
Here's what we gonna do... we'll
work on it for a few weeks,
and then Saint Clip can drop it
when he opens for me
at Mercedes-Benz in a month.
[laughing]
Man, this nigga trippin'.
Nah, uh-uh-uh. Sage don't trip.
Not when there's somethin'
real going down.
What, you serious? You really
would do that for me?
Okay, look, save all that.
Pull up a chair.
Let's find a beat
to this joint, come on.
Okay.
So this is your life story.
What do we need to feel like?
What we need...
It's gotta come
from the soul, man.
From the soul. What about...
[mellow hip-hop beat playing]
[Rigo] ♪ Who gives a fuck
What I gotta say? ♪
♪ It's just another day where
I gotta say I'm unchosen ♪
[King] All right.
[Rigo] ♪ When your heart
Broke and your life wrong ♪
♪ Steady waking up
To that same song, unchosen ♪
I'm gonna choke
the filter off here.
[Rigo] ♪ What you plan to be
So you make believe ♪
♪ It's unchosen ♪
Yeah, yeah.
♪ Unchosen ♪
[Collette] Holy fucking shit!
Rigo!
[Rigo laughs] What? You dig it?
Do I dig it?
It's incredible.
No, word was out after Chicago,
but this shit...
This is on another level.
Oh, my God.
This song, "Unchosen,"
is gonna blow you up.
Where did it come from?
I mean, you know, when...
When my pops died, shit...
[scoffs] ...figured my dreams
was gonna go with him.
I was gonna go unseen,
so...
I wrote that.
Wow.
You know what? This song
could be song of the year.
We're gonna build
your album around this.
Album.
How we gonna make a album?
Sage owns me, a'ight?
That damn contract gonna be
the end of my career
before it even fucking begins.
Do you trust me?
Of course. Yeah.
Good.
You did your part.
Let me handle mine.
[Mellow hip-hop music plays]
[♪ ♪]
[Sage]
Okay, the power of community,
the power of music,
power to people, people...
people rising, rising.
[Upbeat jazz music playing]
Sage Rising.
That's what we call it.
Sage Rising. Yes.
Okay, we gotta tell
the whole world
Sage Odom is back
with a brand-new message.
And, plus, I got the dopest
opening act known to man.
Pop, you especially
gonna dig this.
- Yo, Clip!
- [Poppy] Wait.
Clip as in Saint Clip?
Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait.
No one even knows who this is.
You got...
[screams]
[Sage humming]
♪ My name is Sage Odom ♪
Oh, you can take
the mask off, man.
They ain't gon' snitch.
We good.
Go ahead, nigga.
Take it off.
Nigga think
he cute and shit.
You supposed to be happy
to take the damn mask off.
So here's...
Is this supposed to be a joke?
This isn't fuckin' Saint Clip.
This is the motherfucker
that's been blowin' my shit up
since I was
six years old, Sage.
- You don't know that shit?
- Bitch, why don't you show me
- some motherfuckin' respect?
- [Poppy] "Bitch"?
I'm the one that blew up
your fuckin' dance.
This bitch blew up
your motherfucking song.
Don't get it twisted, nigga.
What you gon' do?
[Sage]
All right. Hey, hey, hey, hey!
This is an oasis of Zen, yeah?
A'ight, you walk
through my door,
we on the same level, yeah?
No. Fuck, no.
Me and him
are not on the same level,
not now, not today, not ever.
And let's go, Tal.
He's not with that shit either.
[Tense music playing]
What the...
- [Tal] Wait, yo, Pop.
- Yo, come here, man.
Pop, Pop, hey,
you really gonna leave?
And you ain't?
Last time I checked,
you hated his ass, too.
No, I did, but I think
there's more to him now.
And what's that?
He found Jesus?
Look, people want him dead.
He's afraid to even
show his face.
But if I can forgive him,
maybe you can, too.
[♪ ♪]
[Breathes deeply]
[Sage claps once] Okay.
Everybody back in the oasis?
Yeah?
Smiles up...
All right, fuck smiles.
Forget it.
Let's just get back to work.
Sage Rising.
- [lip synching]
- [singer] ♪ Figaro! ♪
♪ Figaro! Figaro! Figaro! ♪
♪ Figaro! Figaro!
Figaro! ♪
♪ Fi... gar... o! ♪
[Dramatic operatic sting]
[ "Largo al Factotum" from
The Barber of Seville plays]
- [lip synching]
- [singing in Italian]
♪ La la la la, la la la la ♪
♪ La la la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la ♪
[singing in Italian]
[♪ ♪]
♪ La la la la la la la ♪
[♪ ♪]
[lip syncing
along with singer]
[Singer] ♪ La la la la
la la la ♪
♪ La la ♪
[tinnily]
♪ La ♪
[uneasy music playing]
[♪ ♪]
[Gasps]
Damn it, King.
You scared the shit out of me.
So what you doing in here?
[Collette]
What's it look like?
I'm moving out.
I'd do it during the day,
but I already have enough drama
going on in my life.
Mm, the word around High Water
is that Sage has been
straight dragging you.
In fact, I'm not even sure
you're supposed to be
here right now.
Well, it's not a big deal.
I'm just getting
some of my stuff.
You know, I can lock the door
when I leave if you want
to go back to the studio.
Yeah. Sure. Thank you.
So what are you
really doing in here?
I'm sure that troll doll
is sentimental, but come on.
Okay, whose team are you on,
King, huh?
Are you, what,
Rigo's best friend,
or you're Sage's lead producer?
I'm on the team I've always
had to be on... mine.
Which is why I don't trust you.
Don't be my enemy, King.
You'll regret it.
[♪ ♪]
[Poppy] All right, I think
you gonna like this.
- Step, cross, uh-huh.
- [Sage] All right.
Turn. Hey, hey.
- Then shoe up. What you think?
- Ah, wait, wait, wait, wait.
Ain't got enough James
in your James.
[Poppy]
Okay. Okay, so you do it.
- So boom, uh-huh.
- [Sage] Boom.
- Boom.
- [Poppy] Boom, boom, and turn.
Hey, hey, hey.
And give me whoo.
The city pulled our permit
for MB Stadium.
[Both] What?
- Why?
- They didn't give a reason.
They said that
they'll send a letter
- in the mail, 14 to 21 days.
- Fuck.
[Tal] Is this even legal?
It's the fucking DA,
the goddamn DA.
I can smell that bitch
all over this shit.
[Tal] Can we-can we try
a different venue maybe?
Truist Park or Athens.
Nah, no,
one phone call from her,
and-and we back at square one.
All right, nobody from
the Parks Department
is standing up to this bitch.
Just not happening.
Fuck, man!
Okay, you keep saying
you wanna bring
your message to the people.
If we can't go big,
then why don't go small?
Poppy, I don't do small.
You know this.
Okay, don't think small,
think... local.
[Inquisitive music plays]
What if instead of doing
a single blowout concert,
we do a series of mini shows.
I'm talking pop-ups on the fly.
Oh, my God, actually,
this is genius,
because if we stay on the move,
we don't even need a permit.
[Poppy] Exactly.
We market everything
on socials, stay underground.
Hell, or at least
out of the DA's eyes.
I can call up all my connects
and all the local dancers.
[Tal] Load up some trucks
with amps, speakers.
We go barnstorming around
the city wherever we want.
Yeah.
[Indistinct chatter]
- I like it.
- [Poppy] Mm-hmm.
I like it a lot.
I like it a lot.
Okay, I need a bus.
I need color.
I need bright color.
I need happiness on wheels.
[Rigo] ♪ Who gives a fuck
What I got to say? ♪
♪ It's just another day
Where I got to say ♪
- ♪ I'm unchosen ♪
- Unchosen.
[Hip-hop beat plays]
[Rigo] ♪ When your heart
Broke and your life wrong ♪
♪ Steady waking up
To that same song ♪
- ♪ Unchosen ♪
- Unchosen.
- [Collette laughs]
- [Rigo] Mm-hmm. [Groans]
[Odalie] Wow.
Rigo, dude, that is a banger,
like, for real.
- Wow.
- Yeah, it's-it's sick.
You wrote that?
Mm-hmm. Who else?
Sorry, she just means
it's really that good.
[Chuckles]
It's dope.
Well, great,
because I want the two of you
to create a dance for it.
- You want us to choreograph?
- [Collette] Mm-hmm.
Amazing... I have dope ideas
already on standby, right?
[Collette] Good. Well, okay.
So I'm throwing
this party tomorrow...
- [Rigo] Mm-hmm.
- ...and we're inviting
every A&R exec
from here to L.A.,
and I'm hyping up
a little surprise.
Of course, they're expecting
Rigo to play a few of his hits,
but they have no idea
we're gonna play this.
And brains are gonna explode.
I'm telling you, I'ma have
a mess all over that party.
- Boom.
- [laughter]
All right, so just keep it fly,
keep it fresh, keep it sexy
but not distracting.
Just remember, Rigo's the star.
- Right. I mean, we're on it.
- [Collette sighs]
Great. I know you are.
The two of you
are like fire in a bottle.
- [Odalie] Thank you.
- [Collette] Thank you.
[Odalie] See you.
[Sage]
Okay, if we can't perform
for 50,000 people in person,
we just go digital.
Live stream. We can do that.
- Hell, yeah.
- [Sage] Okay.
We need top-notch audio.
I want wide shots
streaming live all day,
all night, on all socials.
DA won't let us play
a stadium?
- [Door opens]
- [laughs] Okay, bitch.
We'll do the globe.
- What are y'all looking at?
- [door closes]
Oh, shit, Kasey.
Come on in here, brother.
Kasey, this is Poppy.
This is my lead dancer
and choreographer.
This is Tal.
This is my creative director.
- [Kasey] Hey, pleasure.
- This is Kasey Dumas.
He is chief of staff
to the soon-to-be governor
of Georgia, Iman Walker.
I love Iman Walker.
Back when she was councilwoman,
she saved the community center
where I had
my first dance lessons.
How is she?
Honestly, not great.
Our message polls well,
but we're struggling
to get heard.
It's 'cause Erin Baxter
dog-whistles
like a fucking jet engine.
But don't worry about it.
We gonna help, okay?
It is now my mission
to make sure
that Iman Walker is the next
governor of Georgia.
That's why you're here.
So, shit, why don't we bring
her on board?
You know, get donations
off the live stream.
- Register voters.
- Yes.
[Kasey]
A swell of grassroots support
is exactly the boost
our campaign needs.
[laughs]
You're on a roll, Pop.
Uh, the only thing is,
the registration deadline
is next Thursday,
meaning if you wanna
include a voter's drive,
this concert
would have to be...
- No. Don't...
- [Kasey]...tomorrow.
All right.
Y'all figure that out.
Kasey, let me holla
at you right quick.
We might need to...
Kasey? Kasey!
- [Kasey] Yeah, I'm coming.
- [Sage] I think that we might need...
Well, Spartika Girls
are loving it,
and so will every pair of ears
in America.
- Okay, what's wrong?
- [Rigo chuckles]
This. What are we doing?
Are we fuckin'?
Are we datin'?
I be wanting to tell
the whole world about us,
but it's like every time
people around,
I turn into Rigo,
the student,
and you become Ms. Jones again.
What's goin' on?
You embarrassed by me?
I am not now,
nor never have I ever...
been embarrassed by you or us.
Mm. Then what?
What the fuck's goin' on?
Why we doin' this game?
I am 100% with you personally
and professionally, okay?
Your fans want to see
you single.
You know the game.
Rigo, they're gonna be
begging to sign you.
- [Rigo] Mm-hmm.
- [Collette] Yes.
[Slow R&B music plays]
[♪ ♪]
Seven, eight.
One, two, three.
Where we go Dougie, ah.
Dougie, mm, Dougie, and...
Odalie, I'm just not
feeling it right now.
Okay, yeah,
let's take a break, then.
[Rigo] ♪ If I show it,
Leave a nigga stressed out... ♪
[Odalie]
So are we ready to talk?
I'm sorry.
I'm just alone
in a new country,
and it-it gets a bit much.
Don't worry about it.
[Sighs]
I crossed a line, too.
I'm always trying
to help people,
and I always forget that
that sometimes means
shutting my mouth.
[Scoffs]
Not too far shut, I hope.
Look, Angel, I just want you
to feel safe with me.
You know, we can be open
with each other about anything.
I mean, there is
one thing, but...
promise you won't think
I'm mad.
I won't.
You know that
new rapper, Saint Clip?
That's Marquise.
Yeah, I'm going crazy, innit?
[chuckles]
Look, I just don't get
why you think
that the hottest new rapper
in town is your ex-fling.
'Cause I know his voice
and his words.
That Rigo track at the BMTs,
the one that launched us?
- Marquise wrote that.
- Mm. Bullshit.
Look...
even if he is Saint Clip,
Marquise is gone, right?
I hope so.
Really,
I'm just glad he got out.
- Let's do it again.
- Yeah?
Mm-hmm.
[Singer] ♪ Here it comes ♪
[singer]
♪ Hey, here it comes ♪
♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey ♪
[Big Tigger]
This is your man Big Tig
right here on the
Big Tigger Morning Show.
We just got word
of this last night,
but all morning,
I've been trying to figure out
what Sage Odom's up to
with this cryptic post of his.
Is it a concert,
a block party,
a political rally?
I don't know.
But who cares?
If Sage is throwing a party,
hell, yeah!
Let's all get down.
[Indistinct chatter]
Hey, Sage.
Here's your mic.
All right, game plan.
One song, and we disappear.
Tal's gonna jump off.
He's gonna post the next
neighborhood on social media.
- We roll out, and then...
- Boom.
- Rinse and repeat.
- Yeah.
- All right, Iman.
- Right there.
[Sage] Ah, I see.
Damn,
this the smallest crowd
- I been in front of in a while.
- [chuckles]
But you know what?
This shit feel good.
I know.
Feels like this is what
we should have been doing
all along.
Let's get it.
- [Chuckles] Yeah.
- Let's get it.
[♪ ♪]
Yo, I know you lyin'.
What's going on, ATL?
That's Sage.
[Cheers and applause]
And hello, world.
This is Sage Rising.
[Cheers and applause]
But listen, for today,
I'm not a celebrity, y'all.
I'm not here
on some celebrity shit.
I'm here as a part of y'all
with a mission.
[Cheers and applause]
And the mission is to take us
away from the old ways,
to take us out of the dark
and into the bright new day,
'cause shit gotta change.
[Cheers and applause]
Yes. Hi.
[Sage] That day is today.
That time is now.
Are y'all ready?
[Cheers and applause]
Let's get it!
Whoo! Hey!
[Smooth hip-hop music plays]
[♪ ♪]
Let's go.
[Sage] ♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Took a while
To learn my lesson ♪
♪ I see the power
In my presence ♪
♪ Impact over oppression ♪
♪ Make room
For all the blessings ♪
♪ Focused on the problems ♪
- ♪ I know everybody got 'em ♪
- [singer] ♪ Everybody got 'em ♪
[Sage] ♪ Mm, coming up
With solutions ♪
♪ I gotta give
My people options ♪
- ♪ Even though I know ♪
- Hi.
♪ We make something
From nothing ♪
♪ Struggle's all that we know ♪
♪ Yet we still rise above it ♪
♪ Up, up, and away we go ♪
- ♪ And we risin' ♪
- [singer] ♪ Risin' ♪
- [Sage] ♪ Risin' ♪
- [singer] ♪ Risin' ♪
[both] ♪ Keep risin'
To the top ♪
- [Sage] ♪ Baby, we risin' ♪
- [singer] ♪ Risin' ♪
- [Sage] ♪ Risin' ♪
- [singer] ♪ Risin' ♪
[Sage] ♪ 'Cause us
Is all we got, whoa-oh-oh ♪
♪ Step to the front
Rock it to the left, oh ♪
♪ Both hands up
Now keep it right there ♪
♪ And turn it around ♪
♪ Drop it to the ground
And bring it back up ♪
♪ That's how we get down ♪
- ♪ We risin' ♪
- [singer] ♪ Risin' ♪
- [Sage] ♪ Risin' ♪
- [singer] ♪ Risin' ♪
[Sage] ♪ Keep risin'
To the top ♪
- ♪ Baby, we risin' ♪
- [singer] ♪ Risin' ♪
- [Sage] ♪ Risin' ♪
- [singer] ♪ Risin' ♪
[Sage] ♪ 'Cause us is all
We got, whoa-oh-oh ♪
[crowd cheering]
[All] Hey! Hey!
- Hey! Hey!
- That's what I'm talkin' 'bout!
[Cheers and applause]
- Hey, Tal.
- ATL, we love ya!
- Let's go.
- [cheers and applause]
[crowd chanting "Sage!"]
Hey, let's go. Come on.
[Cheers and applause]
[All] Sage! Sage! Sage! Sage!
[lively electronic music
playing]
[♪ ♪]
[Singer] ♪ You ♪
♪ Can't let my guard down ♪
♪ No, no ♪
- ♪ Script ♪
- ♪ One, one, one ♪
♪ Little bitch, no man down ♪
♪ Can't let my guard down
No, no ♪
♪ You fucking up my reign
Ain't no outlet ♪
♪ No more ♪
[Rigo]
No, it's not a game.
My mom died
when I was younger.
You already know
who my dad is.
But all that weight just made
me stronger, you feel me?
And-and that's pretty much
what music means to me.
You know, it's my way
of telling the world
ain't nothing gonna stop me.
That kind of authenticity
is my entire ethos.
It guides my company
and my life.
Word?
Is there anything I can do
to make your party better?
- Anything?
- Nah, man, I'm straight.
Well, since we're vibing
each other,
maybe you can give me
a taste of that track
Collette sounds like
she's dangling.
[Rigo chuckles]
I don't know
about all that, brother,
but, uh, look,
enjoy the party, a'ight?
Papito, papito, papito,
What's up, player?
- What's good?
- Look at this shit, man.
This shit is fucking bumpin'.
You got all
these rich motherfuckers
dressed in Prada
just for you, man.
[Rigo] Hey, man,
this shit crazy, right?
[Davis] You gonna be
the next Kanye, watch.
- [Rigo] Hey.
- Now, which Kanye?
- That's your choice.
- [Rigo laughs]
[upbeat hip-hop music plays]
[Crowd cheering]
[Sage] The time is now!
Ladies and gentlemen,
I want to introduce you
to the next governor
of Georgia, Iman Walker.
It's time to rise up.
Y'all ready?
Do you feel like I feel?
- Let's do it.
- Rise up! Ow!
♪ What's that in the air? ♪
♪ Is it the sound of sirens? ♪
♪ And I'm 'posed
To feel safe? ♪
♪ Tell me why then do I feel
Like running and hiding ♪
♪ Tired of names
On the T-shirt ♪
♪ Tired of my mama crying ♪
♪ Tired of the powers that be
Beating powers that be ♪
♪ That be doing all the lying ♪
♪ And I've been trying
To keep it calm ♪
♪ I've been trying
To keep it calm ♪
♪ But because of my race
And the skin on my face ♪
♪ Everybody wanna do me harm ♪
♪ Still, I been trying
To keep it calm ♪
♪ I been trying
To keep it calm ♪
♪ Another Black man dead ♪
♪ I woke up this morning
Wishing I could drop a bomb ♪
♪ Yo! ♪
And now, for our very own
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet,
Jericho Brown.
Help me hold in place
my blazing jaw
as I think to say,
"Excuse me."
[Cheers and applause]
Shoutout to Drum Line Live!
I know I smelled
some barbecue earlier.
Whoever it is grilling,
share it with your people.
And while you at it,
share your stories.
Share your passions,
your thoughts, your ideas.
We gotta look out for we.
Hit your people in other hoods.
Tell 'em we on the way.
We not stoppin'
'til the whole city
is rocking with this movement.
We love y'all. Peace out.
Come on, come on, we got to go.
[Cheers and applause]
[Crowd] Sage, Sage, Sage, Sage,
Sage, Sage, Sage!
[Cheers and applause]
[Sage]
♪ If you feel like I feel ♪
♪ And you think it's time
To see change ♪
[Sage] Let's go, y'all!
♪ Rise up from the ashes ♪
Get out and vote.
Get your voice heard.
♪ Rise up from the system
We helped build ♪
♪ But don't treat us
The same ♪
♪ Rise up for my brother ♪
I love you, too, baby.
♪ If you feel like I feel ♪
Get out and vote, y'all.
Let's go!
[♪ ♪]
[Crowd cheering]
This is amazing.
Yo, everybody,
magnificent job, everybody.
Greyhound, Tal,
you outdid yourself, brother.
Let's get it.
Come on, come on.
[Indistinct chatter]
[Mellow hip-hop playing]
[Collette]
Excuse me, excuse me,
I just need to borrow
the man just a minute.
Time for that surprise
you sold us on?
I wanna see this star take off.
Not just yet, Java,
but I promise you,
Rigo is worth the wait.
[laughs]
[♪ ♪]
Okay, Derek Kasdan
is ready to offer
his firstborn to sign you.
No way! That's cool!
Yes. Okay, you are killing it.
All you have to do is crush
"Unchosen" later,
and I'm telling you,
we're gonna have
our bidding war, okay?
- Oh, my God.
- You are doing so good.
No.
[♪ ♪]
[Sage] Thank y'all
for being here.
Thank y'all for being part
of this movement, this mission.
Yo, it is... it's my honor
to celebrate
the culture with y'all.
- It really and truly is.
- [cheers and applause]
You know,
disco, rock and roll,
blues, jazz,
on through to hip-hop...
Every truly American
musical genre
has got Black roots.
[Cheers and applause]
So y'all know what that means?
Fuck that... Black culture
is American culture.
- It wouldn't exist without us.
- [cheers and applause]
Is that the thing
in Mechanicsville?
No, it's in Cabbage town.
Sage Odom is there.
[Bartender] Yeah, I've been
watching this thing.
It looks pretty dope.
Please allow me to introduce
to you Willie Hyn and his band,
Confetti Rose!
- Give 'em some love. Let's go!
- [cheers and applause]
[upbeat rock music playing]
My name is Willie Hyn,
and they are Confetti Rose!
[♪ ♪]
Hey!
And y'all already know this is
the Sage Rising Festival.
And we wanna
just encourage y'all
to make sure that you
recognize your power to vote.
[♪ ♪]
[Willie] Yeah!
[♪ ♪]
Where have you been?
Why aren't you on the floor?
Babe, these heels
are killing me.
I just needed a minute off.
Okay, I get that, but literally
any one of these people
could make our careers.
[Hip-hop music plays]
Okay, bitch, what the fuck
are you watching?
[Angel] I think it's called
Sage Rising.
He's rolling out
a concert on wheels.
Why? 'Cause he lost his tour?
Sounds desperate.
You're still pissed
that he didn't call you.
No, I just...
Look, I fucking put myself
on the line
to get you this job...
a dream job where we literally
get paid to look hot and dance,
and now you don't even
wanna be here.
I thought you needed money.
♪ Strawberry, hoo! ♪
[Willie] Say! Say!
Strawberry lights! Say!
- ♪ Strawberry lights ♪
- [Willie] ♪ Yeah, take me ♪
♪ Take me to impossible ♪
Okay, please, Lord,
I hope this works.
I will not forgive myself
if Sage kills me over this.
[♪ ♪]
Okay, yeah,
that's not bad so far.
71,000 viewers.
It's solid. It's solid.
Tal, look again.
That's four zeros.
That's 710,000.
[Kasey] Now it's 900,000.
- Oh, shit! Okay.
- [laughter]
That's really good.
That's really good.
[Chief Ward] You might be 18,
but you're not paying
the mortgage.
No kid of mine's
gettin' a tattoo.
Morning, Ms. Baxter.
Working another Saturday?
[Erin] Oh, justice
doesn't sleep, Chief.
Can you tell me, though,
what is this?
My teenage niece
just posted it.
- [Sage singing]
- I thought we agreed
to shut Mr. Odom down.
His voice is not good
for us right now.
[Chief Ward] Yeah, that's, um,
uh, DeKalb Avenue.
[♪ ♪]
Is that Iman Walker with him?
Please go there
and shut it down.
Arrest them if you have to.
Uh, we haven't received
any complaints.
Peter, no permit,
unregistered gathering.
It's a pu pu platter.
Grab your napkin
and take your sweet pick.
Shut it down.
- Yes, ma'am.
- Yes, ma'am. We're on it.
Oh, I just got these in.
Here you go.
[Siren wailing]
[♪ ♪]
[Singer] ♪ Let's go higher ♪
♪ Right here, right now ♪
♪ Don't you look down ♪
♪ I want it right now ♪
[♪ ♪]
♪ Right now, right now ♪
♪ Need your attention
Focus on me ♪
[Sage] Come on up here.
Come on, come on!
Come on, show some love
for your next governor,
Iman Walker!
[Iman]
I said do you feel this power?
All right? All right!
Thank you! On to the next!
♪ You could be
The perfect one ♪
♪ I'm trying to get you
With somebody, son ♪
♪ Baby, you could be the one ♪
[upbeat hip-hop music playing]
[Poppy] What?
Just you act
like you never done
something like this before,
yet everywhere we stopping,
people look just as excited
to see you as Sage.
I threw a few parties
here and there.
Uh-huh.
Shit!
Our next location is burnt.
- [Poppy] What?
- Cops are onto us.
They're already headed
to College Park.
We need to call an audible.
Where else can we go?
[♪ ♪]
You thinking what I'm thinking?
Yeah.
- He gonna kill us, but, yeah.
- [Poppy] Yeah.
- Showtime.
- [both laugh]
[♪ ♪]
[Ray] Al, come here, dog.
What's this two-boned
monstrosity
doing in my basket, man?
Ray.
Flats taste
just as good as legs.
Look, they call me
Straight Leg Ray
for a reason, all right?
I don't fuck with the flats.
You've been coming here
for six years.
[Ray] Right.
All you order...
Legs, legs, legs, legs, legs.
- Mm-hmm.
- Cost me extra.
Did you know that?
Did you know that most people
don't know the difference
between flats and legs?
It's just chicken!
[Indistinct singing approaches]
[Car horn honks]
[Singer] ♪ MJ in the game ♪
♪ Got that secret stuff
Yeah ♪
[singer] ♪ Everything
They brought, he got ♪
♪ Been the best
Since day one ♪
[softly]
What the hell is going on here?
[Car horn honks]
[Poppy] Hey, we only have
20 minutes to set up!
Oh. Uncle Al. Yo.
About half of Atlanta
is about to be up in here,
so I don't know how many pieces
of chicken that is,
but we need to get to work.
[Engines revving]
Juicy! Get some more flats.
[Singer] ♪ No cap,
Been the best since day one ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
- [phone rings]
- Hello?
Ms. Baxter, it's Fenner.
He's not here.
Just hang tight
for a minute, okay?
[Cell phone beeps,
line trilling]
[Hip-hop music playing]
[♪ ♪]
Shayna.
Hey, honey. It's Auntie Erin.
[Music playing in background]
Can you hear me?
Where are you right now?
[♪ ♪]
No, no, honey,
just checking in.
Okay, bye.
Head over to East Atlanta, now.
Copy.
[♪ ♪]
All right, let's go.
What you got?
What you got, baby?
So that's, uh, one Big Mama,
one Curtis Mayfield,
big leg karate special.
- [Bell dings]
- What's going on here?
We're slingin' chicken, my man.
Slingin' chicken.
You want some?
No, but you gonna want what's
in this envelope, though.
You take that, sale's complete.
Whoa!
[Brandon] Congratulations.
Pleasure doing business
with you.
[Both laugh]
-That's a lot of m-
-Right?
Whoa! Shit!
That's a lot of money.
Oh, my God. Oh!
I'm so sorry I can't take it.
Wait, wait, what?
Hey, what you doing?
This business belong to them.
Ow!
[laughter]
[♪ ♪]
- Now get back to work.
- Ow!
[Mellow hip-hop plays,
indistinct chatter]
You really gotta have
a Tesla and a Peloton.
Mind and body, you know?
[Sage] This party
is just getting started.
I got something real special
set up for the next stop.
A live set for my homeboy,
the hottest new artist
in the game right now,
my man, Saint Clip.
- Mm-hmm.
- He's here.
- What?
- They got Clip?
Did they say where?
[Exec]
Southeast Atlanta, I think.
[Angel] Is that close?
Damn.
You ready, A?
It's about time.
So I take it you're dancing
to Rigo's big new song?
Yeah, Rigo's big new song.
You two have hustle.
I like it.
Sorry, we've gotta get ready.
Lip gloss?
Thanks.
[♪ ♪]
Oh, excuse me.
[♪ ♪]
What's going on, ATL?
[Cheers and applause]
Yeah!
Hey, you nervous?
No, I'm all right.
- [Sighs]
- You got this.
- [Sage] Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo.
- Thank you.
[Sage]
Y'all ready for Saint Clip?
[Cheers and applause]
- No, no, no, no, no, ATL.
- Okay, okay.
- [Sage] We gotta do this right.
- Uh...
[Sage] Are y'all ready
for Saint Clip?
- Going out there with me?
- [crowd screaming]
- [Sage] That's what it is.
- Yeah.
- Let's do this.
- [Sage] All right, then!
Without further ado,
ladies and gentlemen,
give it up for my dog,
Saint Clip!
[Cheers and applause]
[Crowd chanting "Saint Clip!"]
[Dramatic hip-hop music
playing]
[♪ ♪]
[Marquise] Clip, Clip, Clip.
One two, one two.
Yeah. Yeah.
♪ Look, cut these lights on
Clear the vision ♪
♪ My speaker loud
So you can hear the vision ♪
♪ I'ma peel the clips
So you can feel the tension ♪
♪ Streets is calling
I've been resistant ♪
♪ I been to prison
Every single morning ♪
♪ I went looking for something
Real to deal with the pain ♪
♪ Heal from the game
Now a nigga own ♪
♪ And it's time that
I build me a lane ♪
♪ Build me a name
Nigga, see me, see me ♪
♪ Lights on and a nigga
Wanna be me ♪
♪ Fight's on and I'm really
On my Ps and Qs ♪
♪ Don't be confused
I really wanna change my way ♪
♪ The streets refuse, and now
I'm on a different wave ♪
♪ The waters deep, and niggas
Wanna dig my grave ♪
♪ They want me to sleep ♪
♪ But I ain't never ran
Never will ♪
♪ Matter of fact, run it back ♪
♪ Hit the
Motherfuckin' lights ♪
♪ Let the niggas see me ♪
♪ On my mama, really
I pray for this ♪
[mellow pop playing]
[♪ ♪]
- [Guest] Hey!
- [Odalie] Sorry.
- Girl, watch out!
- There you are!
[♪ ♪]
- Sorry.
- Hey. Odalie?
Davis?
I didn't know
you were gonna be here.
How are you?
Uh, I'm good.
Actually great.
How's Justin?
Justin's good.
This is Nova.
- Hi. I'm Odalie.
- Oh, I know.
You're so majestic
out on stage.
[Chuckles]
[Both speaking Spanish]
- Are we all set?
- Yeah, we set. What's up?
The Rigo Octavio bidding war
has begun.
[Exec]
Hey, let's hear it, Collette.
If you're gonna be coy,
Collette, we need more sushi.
All right, guys,
hold up, hold up, hold up.
We got Def Jam, Bad Boy,
Roc-A-Fella.
This is the murderers' row
of hip-hop labels.
- Goddamn, yo, for real?
- [Collette laughs]
[crowd cheering]
[Person] Yo, you see that?
[Indistinct shouting, cheering]
You sure?
Entirely.
[Marquise]
♪ And now my angel gone ♪
♪ Shit, I done lost my ways
Never had love ♪
♪ And I lost my way ♪
[singers vocalizing]
[♪ ♪]
Now it's time for you
to show them all
what you're worth.
[Marquise]
♪ It's my time, see me ♪
♪ Hey, Clip ♪
♪ Gotta see me, Clip, uh ♪
♪ Gotta see me ♪
[♪ ♪]
[Cheers and applause]
Poppy!
Tell him to do "Unchosen"!
[Announcer] The wait is over.
We have a special treat
from Rigo today.
Poppy! "Unchosen"!
Tell him to do "Unchosen"!
I don't know what that means,
but we gotta go, yo.
We gotta go. Let's go.
Aye.
[Angel]
Tell him to do "Unchosen"!
[Cheers and applause]
- [Angel] Sage!
- Yeah, yeah.
"Unchosen"!
[Angel] Rigo's about to do it!
You gotta do
"Unchosen" right now.
[Marquise]
What? It's not done yet.
Do "Unchosen" right now
or lose that shit forever.
[Announcer] Hey, yo, ATL...
Yo, what's good?
I'm ready to perform.
Yeah, but everyone's watching
this damn Saint kid.
I'm finding out
how to cut the feed.
[Marquise] Let's do it.
Now, this next one,
feel like I been
writing it my whole life.
I dedicate this to...
an old friend of mine.
What you gon' do when you get
to that last page
of that notebook?
You gonna lose your tongue?
[Uneasy music]
Brother?
[Rigo] Oh, fuck.
[Marquise] This is my life.
This is my story.
This is "Unchosen."
[Cheers and applause]
[Dramatic hip-hop music
playing]
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ These days I need a Tylenol
'Cause my head hurt ♪
♪ Getting tired
Of making no bread work ♪
♪ I been walkin' around
With my chest out ♪
♪ But I'm stressed out ♪
♪ So I'm checked out
'Cause I'm the best out ♪
♪ And I know it
Never really owned it ♪
♪ Never had a moment
Under this pressure ♪
♪ I been wondering whether
They give a fuck if I show it ♪
♪ I don't get to picture
No real friend ♪
♪ These rain clouds
These... ♪
Why the fuck is this happening?
Who the fuck is Saint Clip?
[Marquise] ♪ Will I miss the
Shot when the game counts? ♪
♪ I'm ashamed now 'cause
I feel strange ♪
♪ Don't feel the same
Well, I'm here now ♪
♪ Now it's ten toes
When my peers came ♪
♪ Going uphill
When my gears change ♪
♪ Who give a fuck
What I gotta say? ♪
♪ Just another day
Where I gotta say ♪
- ♪ I'm unchosen ♪
- [cheers and applause]
♪ And it's plain to see ♪
♪ That you can't achieve
What you plan to be ♪
♪ So you make believe
Unchosen ♪
♪ Yeah, unchosen ♪
♪ Mm-hmm, unchosen ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Hey, look ♪
♪ Cut these lights on
And this mic on ♪
♪ Saint Clip
With the fight song ♪
♪ Come out swinging
Like I'm Tyson ♪
[rapping continues
indistinctly]
Hi, isn't that
your dance partner?
[♪ ♪]
[Davis]
Hey, yeah, it is.
What the hell
is she doing there?
Looks like Sage found himself
another star.
So when are we
gonna hear yours?
Listen, I appreciate the first
dibs, but I got a long night.
[Marquise continues rapping]
Cut it.
Cut it right the fuck now.
[♪ ♪]
Fuck it.
[Marquise continues rapping
indistinctly]
[♪ ♪]
[Crowd jeering]
[Cheers and applause]
[Soft music plays]
[♪ ♪]
You found me.
You stopped running.
[Engine revving,
tires squealing]
[Siren wailing]
[Tires screeching]
Yo, hey, hey, red alert!
Red alert!
Get these trucks moving,
let's go!
Oh, shit!
Yo, if the DA catch me,
I'm out, baby.
Let's go.
[Officer]
I repeat... you must disperse.
[♪ ♪]
[Dramatic music plays]
[♪ ♪]
[Officer]
I think I spotted Sage!
[Indistinct chatter
over police radio]
[♪ ♪]
[Indistinct chatter]
Go.
[♪ ♪]
[Mellow hip-hop plays
in background]
- [Collette] Come here.
- [Rigo] Mm!
[Collette] We gotta talk.
That motherfucker Sage
turned someone.
He knew that you were gonna
drop a surefire number one,
and this is
his petty fucking game.
Who could he have had
spying on us?
Only, like, five people knew
about the damn song, 'Lette.
King?
There's no way in hell
King did that, a'ight?
King's my boy.
He been my boy my whole life.
No.
He's the only one who could've
slipped Sage the track.
I'm telling you, King ain't it.
No, no, King,
he's always played both sides.
And tonight, for whatever
reason, he finally chose.
You need to fire him.
[♪ ♪]
[Sighs]
[♪ ♪]
So is this our first date?
[Marquise laughs]
Nah, you know I'd do you
something better than this.
Actually...
Uh...
[singer vocalizing]
[Mellow R&B plays]
[♪ ♪]
Hey, look, uh...
[♪ ♪]
...baby, I don't have
much to offer.
I don't even know where life
is taking me next.
[Singers] ♪ Summer days ♪
I'm lost.
Uh...
♪ When the river
Don't work on the flames ♪
I don't know, but I just
don't want to lose you again.
♪ And roses don't come
Back to life ♪
I think we're meant
to be lost together.
[Singers]
♪ Could be with you ♪
♪ Talk of faith
Grateful, I love you ♪
♪ Shouldn't you ♪
♪ Wouldn't say ♪
♪ Just like you said
Just like you said ♪
[singers vocalizing]
[Marquise]
I got to go back into hiding.
[Angel] Not from me, you don't.
[Marquise laughs]
Oh, shit!
[Siren chirps]
- Fuck!
- [officers shouting]
[officer]
Let me see your hands.
[Officer 2] Hey, keep those
hands up, keep those hands up.
[Officer 3] Put your hands
behind your back.
- Man, fuck you.
- Who the hell are you?
- Let go of him!
- Where's Sage?
What?
Dumber than you look
you think I'm talking to you,
partner.
- Take him in!
- No. No, no, no, no.
He didn't do any...
He didn't do anything!
- [Officer] Watch your head.
- Hey! Ah!
They're gonna kill him
in there!
- Angel! Don't get involved.
- He didn't do anything!
[Angel] You can't take him!
[♪ ♪]
Look, I'm the one you want.
Let the kid go.
[Solemn music playing]
[♪ ♪]
You got a permit for all this?
Go ahead and slap
the cuffs on, man.
Just-just make something up.
Let the kid go.
[Officer] Put your hands
behind your back.
[Sage] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Oh! Sh...
Whoa, whoa, hey.
Yo, you ain't gotta do this!
Yeah, yeah, I do.
Don't worry about it.
[♪ ♪]
[Officer] All right, step back.
Change of plan.
What do you want me to do?
[Sage] Finish it.
I trust you!
[Siren wailing]
[♪ ♪]
Well, now what?
[♪ ♪]
I got a plan.
[Indistinct chatter]
[Soft rock/blues music plays
over speakers]
[♪ ♪]
[King sighs]
What a fucking day.
We been through worse.
Just gotta get in the studio,
get back to making
our own music.
What's up?
[♪ ♪]
I gotta let you go, man.
[laughing]
Shut the fuck up.
[♪ ♪]
You serious?
Bro, you know I didn't
have anything to do with this.
What's going on?
King, what am I supposed
to do right now?
You want me to tell 'Lette
that I been out here
using 'Quise's lyrics?
[♪ ♪]
King, for the first time,
things are on the up
for me right now...
The tour, the offers.
All these opportunities
are 'cause of her.
Bro, it's 'cause of us.
Rigo, I ain't been nothin'
but loyal to you.
Man up.
Tell her the truth.
But you can't.
So what's the plan, Rigo?
Throw me under the bus
so Collette
doesn't think you're a fraud?
You traded in real talent
for some fake-ass persona.
And for what? For her?
[♪ ♪]
I know, King.
[♪ ♪]
I know.
You know, I expect this shit
from Sage, but from you?
[♪ ♪]
Have fun flying solo.
[♪ ♪]
[Iman] I want to say something
about Sage Odom.
He's an icon,
a proud son of our city.
And right now...
he's an innocent man
illegally detained
for exercising
his God-given rights.
[Sage sighs]
- [Clears throat]
- Mr. Odom.
Is this the best you can do,
French Tips?
Disturbing the peace?
This reeks of desperation,
even for you.
So check it out,
come Election Day,
we're gonna make sure
that you are out on your ass.
Oh, I wouldn't count
your chickens just yet...
Like you did
with your wedding, I hear.
[Crowd chanting "Free Sage"!]
Free Sage, free Sage,
free Sage...
[laughs]
You hear it?
That's the sound of Atlanta.
That's the sound of the people,
my people,
a people that will never let
your ass be governor.
[Door closes]
[Crowd] Free Sage,
free Sage, free Sage!
This is your man Big Tigger.
What's happening?
[Cheers and applause]
Listen, do you think you have
the power to change lives?
- [Crowd cheers]
- You do.
And I got to tell you
about a local entrepreneur
who was offered the bag
to close up shop
and let it all go.
I'm talking about that living
on a big yacht type of cash.
[Indistinct chatter]
But he turned it all down
for you.
Big Al Baker!
Where you at, Big Al?
[Cheers and applause]
Big Al, come on!
[Cheers and applause]
[Clears throat]
- [Clears throat]
- [person] Yes, sir!
Uh, I'm not one for words...
...but, uh, we a community.
Y'all know if you ain't got
no money, you a little short,
you can always get a meal
at Al's.
[Crowd affirms]
I'm so proud of you guys,
'cause sometimes you gotta
fight for what's right.
[Cheers and applause]
That young man over there
is strong and smart.
My nephew.
I never been so proud.
He's been fighting
since he's been here.
[Cheers and applause]
He's gay!
[Yelling and laughter]
Yes, I motherfucking am!
And I say a prayer with him.
We gay!
- We gay!
- Whoo!
We ride and we die together
'cause we family!
Yes!
Come here.
[Cheers and applause]
I'm proud of you, man.
I'm proud of you.
[lively percussive music
playing]
[Iman] ATL, y'all ready
to get up on your feet?
Sage want us to celebrate,
so we gonna dance tonight!
[Woman] That's right...
Sage want us to celebrate,
so we need to keep on keeping
the party live, right?
Come on!
[Woman]
ATL sets the tone. Let's go.
Come on! Come on!
Yeah! I see you!
Yeah, come on!
[♪ ♪]
[Collette] Free Sage?
For Christ's sake, come on.
[Singing continues on TV]
[Sighs]
It's done.
[Collette]
Yeah, well, you had to do it.
He stabbed us in our back.
You know King
wasn't in this alone, right?
Sage was behind all of it.
[Dramatic music plays]
[♪ ♪]
I got something for him.
[♪ ♪]
[Upbeat jazz music playing]
[♪ ♪]
[Singer] ♪ Ooh! Sweet ladies ♪
[music continues, muffled]
That's a thousand voters
out there.
What are you waiting for?
3,000? 5,000?
You don't get it, do you?
Every second that Sage
is behind bars,
it's another block
of voters for Walker.
Huh.
[Singer] ♪ Baby, baby ♪
[Singer] ♪ Oh! ♪
♪ Tell me what it is ♪
[tense music playing]
Let him out.
[Singer] ♪ 'Cause whatever
It is, yeah ♪
[person] My boy Sage!
Look at him!
[Cheers and applause]
[Victorious music playing]
[♪ ♪]
Yo!
ATL, ATL, let me holla at you.
[Cheers and applause]
Y'all held me down, man.
And because y'all held me down,
I will always hold you down.
Atlanta, I love you.
Thank you so much.
- [Cheers and applause]
- Yep.
So now I have to say thank you
in the best way
that I know how.
- Are we ready?
- [all] Yeah!
Are we ready? DJ, let's go!
[Marvin Gaye's
"What's Going On" playing]
[Sage vocalizing]
[Soft soul music playing]
♪ Mother, mother ♪
♪ There's too many
Of you crying ♪
[♪ ♪]
♪ Brother, brother, brother ♪
♪ There's far too many
Of you dying ♪
♪ You know we got
To find a way ♪
[♪ ♪]
♪ To bring some lovin' here
Today ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
- ♪ Picket line ♪
- [crowd] ♪ Sister ♪
- ♪ And picket signs ♪
- [crowd] ♪ Sister ♪
- ♪ Don't punish me ♪
- [crowd] ♪ Sister ♪
- [Sage] ♪ With brutality ♪
- [crowd] ♪ Sister ♪
- ♪ Come on and talk to me ♪
- [crowd] ♪ Sister ♪
- ♪ So you can see ♪
- [crowd] ♪ Sister ♪
- ♪ Oh, what's going on ♪
- [crowd] ♪ What's going on ♪
- ♪ Yeah, what's going on ♪
- [crowd] ♪ What's going on ♪
[Sage] ♪ Oh, what's going on ♪
[crowd] ♪ What's going on ♪
[Sage]
♪ Yeah, what's going on ♪
[crowd] ♪ What's going on ♪
[Sage vocalizing]
[♪ ♪]
[Train horn blowing]
[Dramatic music plays]
[Train horn blowing]
[♪ ♪]
[Odalie screaming, crying]
[♪ ♪]
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah ♪
Ow!
Ha!
[Cheers and applause]
[♪ ♪]
[Crowd chanting "Sage!"]
Sage, Sage, Sage, Sage,
Sage, Sage, Sage!
ATL, hold on, hold on,
hold on, hold on, hold on.
This right here,
this community, these people,
this is the real power.
You are the power.
We are the power!
And we gonna take this power,
and we gonna spread it
across the whole world,
and we gonna change it.
We gonna make real change.
Are y'all ready for that?
[All] Yeah!
And we gonna start right here
in the A.
Ladies and gentlemen,
we rising.
We rising!
Let's go! We rising!
[Singer]
♪ Where the hell's ours? ♪
♪ You don't wanna
Give us none ♪
♪ So we take your food
And devour ♪
♪ You don't wanna
Hear my voice ♪
♪ So I guess I gotta talk
A little louder ♪
And anywhere there's injustice,
we coming for you!
[Singer] ♪ Rise up
From the pain ♪
[Sage] And we bringing
this beautiful-ass
new world with us.
We risin', y'all.
We risin'!
- ♪ Rise up for her name ♪
- [cheers and applause]
[singer] ♪ If you feel
Like I feel ♪
♪ And you think it's time
To see change ♪
♪ Rise up! ♪
[Child vocalizing]
"Step Up"...
I'm selling
Al's Wigs and Wangs.
It's an institution.
It's Brandon's institution now.
I love Sage. Fans love Sage.
He's slow dancing
in a burning room.
[Man] Uh-huh.
We're gonna keep going
with Rigo.
This is my goddamn tour.
You cannot fire me!
It was your tour, Sage.
- Who's the ice?
- Saint Clip.
- [Singer] ♪ Now my angel gone ♪
- Okay, let's...
Why are you so
hot and cold all of a sudden?
What changed?
Marquise, where are you?
You'll never understand me,
Odalie... you just can't.
What a fucking liar.
[Al] That's the biggest
TikTok video
- I've ever seen in my...
- Ma!
"See Me"
is tracking top ten!
I got some free concert
tickets to the person
that can tell me the true
identity of Saint Clip.
No one can see me,
or I'm a dead man.
I now dub thee Saint Clip.
Now they won't see Marquise.
They'll see this.
♪ 'Cause you'll never know
Which moment is your last ♪
[Al]
Hit it.
[Funky music plays]
[♪ ♪]
[Singer]
♪ Step up in the spotlight ♪
[♪ ♪]
♪ Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo ♪
♪ Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo ♪
♪ Yo, yo, yo ♪
♪ Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo ♪
♪ Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo ♪
♪ Yo, yo ♪
♪ Yo, yo, yo ♪
♪ I'm looking ♪
♪ For a better day ♪
♪ Wanna live my dream ♪
♪ Step up in the spotlight ♪
♪ Wanna step up
Step up in the spotlight ♪
♪ Want the money
Want the fame ♪
♪ Want the love
Not the same ♪
♪ I want it all ♪
♪ Step up in the spotlight ♪
♪ Wanna step up
Step up in the spotlight ♪
[♪ ♪]
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, yeah ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Oh ♪
[man] Right now we exhale
the demons that
controlled our will,
for the devil's grasp
will not last if we release
the mask that
kept us killed...
[Sage] Fuck it!
You ain't shit!
Hey, get the fuck off of me!
[Man] Going to succeed from
small seeds...
- Too fucking tight!
- Hey, hey, hey, hey!
[Cruz] Every time
you lose your temper,
something colossally
fucked up happens.
Every time you tell me
you love me,
it makes me feel smaller.
[Man] It's not where I reside,
for in my eyes...
[breathes deeply]
- Fuck!
- [objects clattering]
- [Marquise] God damn!
- [clattering]
Beat this nigga's ass!
I see this nigga Rigo,
he think he's slick.
I'ma beat this motherfucker.
- [Sage] Hey.
- Fuck! Shit! Ooh.
Okay, clearly I missed
a-a earthquake or something,
'cause I know
that you are not in here
disrespecting my studio.
This nigga took
all my songs, Sage.
"Night Terrors,"
"Hands Up Stand Up."
This nigga has my notebook.
I just saw a clip of him
in Chicago doing it all!
I knew I wasn't fuckin' crazy.
I knew I was not fuckin' crazy.
What the hell
you smiling about?
'Cause, see, this shit
makes sense now.
See, in Chicago,
Rigo was smashing,
but I felt like,
"Nah, this shit feel off."
[Marquise] Yeah, it was off
because I've been
ghostwriting
all this nigga's shit.
He don't know
what the fuck he doin'.
Oh, okay, so you wrote that
wack-ass dis track "Ryder"
that took me down,
and now
you're wearing all my bling,
eating all my damn Pop-Tarts.
Look, man, that's old shit.
I don't even know why
you bringing it up, bro.
You know I was just
fuckin' around.
It was a song.
Took a hour to write it.
I apologize, man... that's not
the song that's the issue, bro.
The issue is,
he has "Unchosen," man.
He has...
[sighs]
All right, all right,
let's breathe.
Have a seat.
Come on, sit down...
before you break anything else.
Now, talk to me
about this "Unchosen."
What is it?
- Man, "Unchosen" is my baby.
- Mm.
I feel like I been
working on it my whole life.
Uh, every time
I was on the block,
when I was locked up, man,
I would add
these little pieces to it
until it was perfect.
And now he got that shit.
It's in his fucking pocket.
And I can't do shit about it
'cause I'm stuck up
in this bitch.
Not that I don't appreciate
being up in this bitch,
'cause this bitch here
is quite possibly the nicest
bitch I've...
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm feeling
all the appreciation
as I look at my floor here.
I'ma take care of that.
That's my bad, bro.
All right, look, check it out.
"Unchosen" is still
in your head, right?
So tell me what it needs
to be finished.
[Marquise]
Look, I don't know, man.
It's just a little complex.
I feel like I said everything
I was trying to say.
I just don't have
the right beat yet.
Lucky for you, I am what
they call an alchemist.
Your cauldron just needs a
little bit of Sage, that's all.
Okay, we just got to get
your "Unchosen" out
before Rigo get any ideas.
Here's what we gonna do... we'll
work on it for a few weeks,
and then Saint Clip can drop it
when he opens for me
at Mercedes-Benz in a month.
[laughing]
Man, this nigga trippin'.
Nah, uh-uh-uh. Sage don't trip.
Not when there's somethin'
real going down.
What, you serious? You really
would do that for me?
Okay, look, save all that.
Pull up a chair.
Let's find a beat
to this joint, come on.
Okay.
So this is your life story.
What do we need to feel like?
What we need...
It's gotta come
from the soul, man.
From the soul. What about...
[mellow hip-hop beat playing]
[Rigo] ♪ Who gives a fuck
What I gotta say? ♪
♪ It's just another day where
I gotta say I'm unchosen ♪
[King] All right.
[Rigo] ♪ When your heart
Broke and your life wrong ♪
♪ Steady waking up
To that same song, unchosen ♪
I'm gonna choke
the filter off here.
[Rigo] ♪ What you plan to be
So you make believe ♪
♪ It's unchosen ♪
Yeah, yeah.
♪ Unchosen ♪
[Collette] Holy fucking shit!
Rigo!
[Rigo laughs] What? You dig it?
Do I dig it?
It's incredible.
No, word was out after Chicago,
but this shit...
This is on another level.
Oh, my God.
This song, "Unchosen,"
is gonna blow you up.
Where did it come from?
I mean, you know, when...
When my pops died, shit...
[scoffs] ...figured my dreams
was gonna go with him.
I was gonna go unseen,
so...
I wrote that.
Wow.
You know what? This song
could be song of the year.
We're gonna build
your album around this.
Album.
How we gonna make a album?
Sage owns me, a'ight?
That damn contract gonna be
the end of my career
before it even fucking begins.
Do you trust me?
Of course. Yeah.
Good.
You did your part.
Let me handle mine.
[Mellow hip-hop music plays]
[♪ ♪]
[Sage]
Okay, the power of community,
the power of music,
power to people, people...
people rising, rising.
[Upbeat jazz music playing]
Sage Rising.
That's what we call it.
Sage Rising. Yes.
Okay, we gotta tell
the whole world
Sage Odom is back
with a brand-new message.
And, plus, I got the dopest
opening act known to man.
Pop, you especially
gonna dig this.
- Yo, Clip!
- [Poppy] Wait.
Clip as in Saint Clip?
Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait.
No one even knows who this is.
You got...
[screams]
[Sage humming]
♪ My name is Sage Odom ♪
Oh, you can take
the mask off, man.
They ain't gon' snitch.
We good.
Go ahead, nigga.
Take it off.
Nigga think
he cute and shit.
You supposed to be happy
to take the damn mask off.
So here's...
Is this supposed to be a joke?
This isn't fuckin' Saint Clip.
This is the motherfucker
that's been blowin' my shit up
since I was
six years old, Sage.
- You don't know that shit?
- Bitch, why don't you show me
- some motherfuckin' respect?
- [Poppy] "Bitch"?
I'm the one that blew up
your fuckin' dance.
This bitch blew up
your motherfucking song.
Don't get it twisted, nigga.
What you gon' do?
[Sage]
All right. Hey, hey, hey, hey!
This is an oasis of Zen, yeah?
A'ight, you walk
through my door,
we on the same level, yeah?
No. Fuck, no.
Me and him
are not on the same level,
not now, not today, not ever.
And let's go, Tal.
He's not with that shit either.
[Tense music playing]
What the...
- [Tal] Wait, yo, Pop.
- Yo, come here, man.
Pop, Pop, hey,
you really gonna leave?
And you ain't?
Last time I checked,
you hated his ass, too.
No, I did, but I think
there's more to him now.
And what's that?
He found Jesus?
Look, people want him dead.
He's afraid to even
show his face.
But if I can forgive him,
maybe you can, too.
[♪ ♪]
[Breathes deeply]
[Sage claps once] Okay.
Everybody back in the oasis?
Yeah?
Smiles up...
All right, fuck smiles.
Forget it.
Let's just get back to work.
Sage Rising.
- [lip synching]
- [singer] ♪ Figaro! ♪
♪ Figaro! Figaro! Figaro! ♪
♪ Figaro! Figaro!
Figaro! ♪
♪ Fi... gar... o! ♪
[Dramatic operatic sting]
[ "Largo al Factotum" from
The Barber of Seville plays]
- [lip synching]
- [singing in Italian]
♪ La la la la, la la la la ♪
♪ La la la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la ♪
[singing in Italian]
[♪ ♪]
♪ La la la la la la la ♪
[♪ ♪]
[lip syncing
along with singer]
[Singer] ♪ La la la la
la la la ♪
♪ La la ♪
[tinnily]
♪ La ♪
[uneasy music playing]
[♪ ♪]
[Gasps]
Damn it, King.
You scared the shit out of me.
So what you doing in here?
[Collette]
What's it look like?
I'm moving out.
I'd do it during the day,
but I already have enough drama
going on in my life.
Mm, the word around High Water
is that Sage has been
straight dragging you.
In fact, I'm not even sure
you're supposed to be
here right now.
Well, it's not a big deal.
I'm just getting
some of my stuff.
You know, I can lock the door
when I leave if you want
to go back to the studio.
Yeah. Sure. Thank you.
So what are you
really doing in here?
I'm sure that troll doll
is sentimental, but come on.
Okay, whose team are you on,
King, huh?
Are you, what,
Rigo's best friend,
or you're Sage's lead producer?
I'm on the team I've always
had to be on... mine.
Which is why I don't trust you.
Don't be my enemy, King.
You'll regret it.
[♪ ♪]
[Poppy] All right, I think
you gonna like this.
- Step, cross, uh-huh.
- [Sage] All right.
Turn. Hey, hey.
- Then shoe up. What you think?
- Ah, wait, wait, wait, wait.
Ain't got enough James
in your James.
[Poppy]
Okay. Okay, so you do it.
- So boom, uh-huh.
- [Sage] Boom.
- Boom.
- [Poppy] Boom, boom, and turn.
Hey, hey, hey.
And give me whoo.
The city pulled our permit
for MB Stadium.
[Both] What?
- Why?
- They didn't give a reason.
They said that
they'll send a letter
- in the mail, 14 to 21 days.
- Fuck.
[Tal] Is this even legal?
It's the fucking DA,
the goddamn DA.
I can smell that bitch
all over this shit.
[Tal] Can we-can we try
a different venue maybe?
Truist Park or Athens.
Nah, no,
one phone call from her,
and-and we back at square one.
All right, nobody from
the Parks Department
is standing up to this bitch.
Just not happening.
Fuck, man!
Okay, you keep saying
you wanna bring
your message to the people.
If we can't go big,
then why don't go small?
Poppy, I don't do small.
You know this.
Okay, don't think small,
think... local.
[Inquisitive music plays]
What if instead of doing
a single blowout concert,
we do a series of mini shows.
I'm talking pop-ups on the fly.
Oh, my God, actually,
this is genius,
because if we stay on the move,
we don't even need a permit.
[Poppy] Exactly.
We market everything
on socials, stay underground.
Hell, or at least
out of the DA's eyes.
I can call up all my connects
and all the local dancers.
[Tal] Load up some trucks
with amps, speakers.
We go barnstorming around
the city wherever we want.
Yeah.
[Indistinct chatter]
- I like it.
- [Poppy] Mm-hmm.
I like it a lot.
I like it a lot.
Okay, I need a bus.
I need color.
I need bright color.
I need happiness on wheels.
[Rigo] ♪ Who gives a fuck
What I got to say? ♪
♪ It's just another day
Where I got to say ♪
- ♪ I'm unchosen ♪
- Unchosen.
[Hip-hop beat plays]
[Rigo] ♪ When your heart
Broke and your life wrong ♪
♪ Steady waking up
To that same song ♪
- ♪ Unchosen ♪
- Unchosen.
- [Collette laughs]
- [Rigo] Mm-hmm. [Groans]
[Odalie] Wow.
Rigo, dude, that is a banger,
like, for real.
- Wow.
- Yeah, it's-it's sick.
You wrote that?
Mm-hmm. Who else?
Sorry, she just means
it's really that good.
[Chuckles]
It's dope.
Well, great,
because I want the two of you
to create a dance for it.
- You want us to choreograph?
- [Collette] Mm-hmm.
Amazing... I have dope ideas
already on standby, right?
[Collette] Good. Well, okay.
So I'm throwing
this party tomorrow...
- [Rigo] Mm-hmm.
- ...and we're inviting
every A&R exec
from here to L.A.,
and I'm hyping up
a little surprise.
Of course, they're expecting
Rigo to play a few of his hits,
but they have no idea
we're gonna play this.
And brains are gonna explode.
I'm telling you, I'ma have
a mess all over that party.
- Boom.
- [laughter]
All right, so just keep it fly,
keep it fresh, keep it sexy
but not distracting.
Just remember, Rigo's the star.
- Right. I mean, we're on it.
- [Collette sighs]
Great. I know you are.
The two of you
are like fire in a bottle.
- [Odalie] Thank you.
- [Collette] Thank you.
[Odalie] See you.
[Sage]
Okay, if we can't perform
for 50,000 people in person,
we just go digital.
Live stream. We can do that.
- Hell, yeah.
- [Sage] Okay.
We need top-notch audio.
I want wide shots
streaming live all day,
all night, on all socials.
DA won't let us play
a stadium?
- [Door opens]
- [laughs] Okay, bitch.
We'll do the globe.
- What are y'all looking at?
- [door closes]
Oh, shit, Kasey.
Come on in here, brother.
Kasey, this is Poppy.
This is my lead dancer
and choreographer.
This is Tal.
This is my creative director.
- [Kasey] Hey, pleasure.
- This is Kasey Dumas.
He is chief of staff
to the soon-to-be governor
of Georgia, Iman Walker.
I love Iman Walker.
Back when she was councilwoman,
she saved the community center
where I had
my first dance lessons.
How is she?
Honestly, not great.
Our message polls well,
but we're struggling
to get heard.
It's 'cause Erin Baxter
dog-whistles
like a fucking jet engine.
But don't worry about it.
We gonna help, okay?
It is now my mission
to make sure
that Iman Walker is the next
governor of Georgia.
That's why you're here.
So, shit, why don't we bring
her on board?
You know, get donations
off the live stream.
- Register voters.
- Yes.
[Kasey]
A swell of grassroots support
is exactly the boost
our campaign needs.
[laughs]
You're on a roll, Pop.
Uh, the only thing is,
the registration deadline
is next Thursday,
meaning if you wanna
include a voter's drive,
this concert
would have to be...
- No. Don't...
- [Kasey]...tomorrow.
All right.
Y'all figure that out.
Kasey, let me holla
at you right quick.
We might need to...
Kasey? Kasey!
- [Kasey] Yeah, I'm coming.
- [Sage] I think that we might need...
Well, Spartika Girls
are loving it,
and so will every pair of ears
in America.
- Okay, what's wrong?
- [Rigo chuckles]
This. What are we doing?
Are we fuckin'?
Are we datin'?
I be wanting to tell
the whole world about us,
but it's like every time
people around,
I turn into Rigo,
the student,
and you become Ms. Jones again.
What's goin' on?
You embarrassed by me?
I am not now,
nor never have I ever...
been embarrassed by you or us.
Mm. Then what?
What the fuck's goin' on?
Why we doin' this game?
I am 100% with you personally
and professionally, okay?
Your fans want to see
you single.
You know the game.
Rigo, they're gonna be
begging to sign you.
- [Rigo] Mm-hmm.
- [Collette] Yes.
[Slow R&B music plays]
[♪ ♪]
Seven, eight.
One, two, three.
Where we go Dougie, ah.
Dougie, mm, Dougie, and...
Odalie, I'm just not
feeling it right now.
Okay, yeah,
let's take a break, then.
[Rigo] ♪ If I show it,
Leave a nigga stressed out... ♪
[Odalie]
So are we ready to talk?
I'm sorry.
I'm just alone
in a new country,
and it-it gets a bit much.
Don't worry about it.
[Sighs]
I crossed a line, too.
I'm always trying
to help people,
and I always forget that
that sometimes means
shutting my mouth.
[Scoffs]
Not too far shut, I hope.
Look, Angel, I just want you
to feel safe with me.
You know, we can be open
with each other about anything.
I mean, there is
one thing, but...
promise you won't think
I'm mad.
I won't.
You know that
new rapper, Saint Clip?
That's Marquise.
Yeah, I'm going crazy, innit?
[chuckles]
Look, I just don't get
why you think
that the hottest new rapper
in town is your ex-fling.
'Cause I know his voice
and his words.
That Rigo track at the BMTs,
the one that launched us?
- Marquise wrote that.
- Mm. Bullshit.
Look...
even if he is Saint Clip,
Marquise is gone, right?
I hope so.
Really,
I'm just glad he got out.
- Let's do it again.
- Yeah?
Mm-hmm.
[Singer] ♪ Here it comes ♪
[singer]
♪ Hey, here it comes ♪
♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey ♪
[Big Tigger]
This is your man Big Tig
right here on the
Big Tigger Morning Show.
We just got word
of this last night,
but all morning,
I've been trying to figure out
what Sage Odom's up to
with this cryptic post of his.
Is it a concert,
a block party,
a political rally?
I don't know.
But who cares?
If Sage is throwing a party,
hell, yeah!
Let's all get down.
[Indistinct chatter]
Hey, Sage.
Here's your mic.
All right, game plan.
One song, and we disappear.
Tal's gonna jump off.
He's gonna post the next
neighborhood on social media.
- We roll out, and then...
- Boom.
- Rinse and repeat.
- Yeah.
- All right, Iman.
- Right there.
[Sage] Ah, I see.
Damn,
this the smallest crowd
- I been in front of in a while.
- [chuckles]
But you know what?
This shit feel good.
I know.
Feels like this is what
we should have been doing
all along.
Let's get it.
- [Chuckles] Yeah.
- Let's get it.
[♪ ♪]
Yo, I know you lyin'.
What's going on, ATL?
That's Sage.
[Cheers and applause]
And hello, world.
This is Sage Rising.
[Cheers and applause]
But listen, for today,
I'm not a celebrity, y'all.
I'm not here
on some celebrity shit.
I'm here as a part of y'all
with a mission.
[Cheers and applause]
And the mission is to take us
away from the old ways,
to take us out of the dark
and into the bright new day,
'cause shit gotta change.
[Cheers and applause]
Yes. Hi.
[Sage] That day is today.
That time is now.
Are y'all ready?
[Cheers and applause]
Let's get it!
Whoo! Hey!
[Smooth hip-hop music plays]
[♪ ♪]
Let's go.
[Sage] ♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Took a while
To learn my lesson ♪
♪ I see the power
In my presence ♪
♪ Impact over oppression ♪
♪ Make room
For all the blessings ♪
♪ Focused on the problems ♪
- ♪ I know everybody got 'em ♪
- [singer] ♪ Everybody got 'em ♪
[Sage] ♪ Mm, coming up
With solutions ♪
♪ I gotta give
My people options ♪
- ♪ Even though I know ♪
- Hi.
♪ We make something
From nothing ♪
♪ Struggle's all that we know ♪
♪ Yet we still rise above it ♪
♪ Up, up, and away we go ♪
- ♪ And we risin' ♪
- [singer] ♪ Risin' ♪
- [Sage] ♪ Risin' ♪
- [singer] ♪ Risin' ♪
[both] ♪ Keep risin'
To the top ♪
- [Sage] ♪ Baby, we risin' ♪
- [singer] ♪ Risin' ♪
- [Sage] ♪ Risin' ♪
- [singer] ♪ Risin' ♪
[Sage] ♪ 'Cause us
Is all we got, whoa-oh-oh ♪
♪ Step to the front
Rock it to the left, oh ♪
♪ Both hands up
Now keep it right there ♪
♪ And turn it around ♪
♪ Drop it to the ground
And bring it back up ♪
♪ That's how we get down ♪
- ♪ We risin' ♪
- [singer] ♪ Risin' ♪
- [Sage] ♪ Risin' ♪
- [singer] ♪ Risin' ♪
[Sage] ♪ Keep risin'
To the top ♪
- ♪ Baby, we risin' ♪
- [singer] ♪ Risin' ♪
- [Sage] ♪ Risin' ♪
- [singer] ♪ Risin' ♪
[Sage] ♪ 'Cause us is all
We got, whoa-oh-oh ♪
[crowd cheering]
[All] Hey! Hey!
- Hey! Hey!
- That's what I'm talkin' 'bout!
[Cheers and applause]
- Hey, Tal.
- ATL, we love ya!
- Let's go.
- [cheers and applause]
[crowd chanting "Sage!"]
Hey, let's go. Come on.
[Cheers and applause]
[All] Sage! Sage! Sage! Sage!
[lively electronic music
playing]
[♪ ♪]
[Singer] ♪ You ♪
♪ Can't let my guard down ♪
♪ No, no ♪
- ♪ Script ♪
- ♪ One, one, one ♪
♪ Little bitch, no man down ♪
♪ Can't let my guard down
No, no ♪
♪ You fucking up my reign
Ain't no outlet ♪
♪ No more ♪
[Rigo]
No, it's not a game.
My mom died
when I was younger.
You already know
who my dad is.
But all that weight just made
me stronger, you feel me?
And-and that's pretty much
what music means to me.
You know, it's my way
of telling the world
ain't nothing gonna stop me.
That kind of authenticity
is my entire ethos.
It guides my company
and my life.
Word?
Is there anything I can do
to make your party better?
- Anything?
- Nah, man, I'm straight.
Well, since we're vibing
each other,
maybe you can give me
a taste of that track
Collette sounds like
she's dangling.
[Rigo chuckles]
I don't know
about all that, brother,
but, uh, look,
enjoy the party, a'ight?
Papito, papito, papito,
What's up, player?
- What's good?
- Look at this shit, man.
This shit is fucking bumpin'.
You got all
these rich motherfuckers
dressed in Prada
just for you, man.
[Rigo] Hey, man,
this shit crazy, right?
[Davis] You gonna be
the next Kanye, watch.
- [Rigo] Hey.
- Now, which Kanye?
- That's your choice.
- [Rigo laughs]
[upbeat hip-hop music plays]
[Crowd cheering]
[Sage] The time is now!
Ladies and gentlemen,
I want to introduce you
to the next governor
of Georgia, Iman Walker.
It's time to rise up.
Y'all ready?
Do you feel like I feel?
- Let's do it.
- Rise up! Ow!
♪ What's that in the air? ♪
♪ Is it the sound of sirens? ♪
♪ And I'm 'posed
To feel safe? ♪
♪ Tell me why then do I feel
Like running and hiding ♪
♪ Tired of names
On the T-shirt ♪
♪ Tired of my mama crying ♪
♪ Tired of the powers that be
Beating powers that be ♪
♪ That be doing all the lying ♪
♪ And I've been trying
To keep it calm ♪
♪ I've been trying
To keep it calm ♪
♪ But because of my race
And the skin on my face ♪
♪ Everybody wanna do me harm ♪
♪ Still, I been trying
To keep it calm ♪
♪ I been trying
To keep it calm ♪
♪ Another Black man dead ♪
♪ I woke up this morning
Wishing I could drop a bomb ♪
♪ Yo! ♪
And now, for our very own
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet,
Jericho Brown.
Help me hold in place
my blazing jaw
as I think to say,
"Excuse me."
[Cheers and applause]
Shoutout to Drum Line Live!
I know I smelled
some barbecue earlier.
Whoever it is grilling,
share it with your people.
And while you at it,
share your stories.
Share your passions,
your thoughts, your ideas.
We gotta look out for we.
Hit your people in other hoods.
Tell 'em we on the way.
We not stoppin'
'til the whole city
is rocking with this movement.
We love y'all. Peace out.
Come on, come on, we got to go.
[Cheers and applause]
[Crowd] Sage, Sage, Sage, Sage,
Sage, Sage, Sage!
[Cheers and applause]
[Sage]
♪ If you feel like I feel ♪
♪ And you think it's time
To see change ♪
[Sage] Let's go, y'all!
♪ Rise up from the ashes ♪
Get out and vote.
Get your voice heard.
♪ Rise up from the system
We helped build ♪
♪ But don't treat us
The same ♪
♪ Rise up for my brother ♪
I love you, too, baby.
♪ If you feel like I feel ♪
Get out and vote, y'all.
Let's go!
[♪ ♪]
[Crowd cheering]
This is amazing.
Yo, everybody,
magnificent job, everybody.
Greyhound, Tal,
you outdid yourself, brother.
Let's get it.
Come on, come on.
[Indistinct chatter]
[Mellow hip-hop playing]
[Collette]
Excuse me, excuse me,
I just need to borrow
the man just a minute.
Time for that surprise
you sold us on?
I wanna see this star take off.
Not just yet, Java,
but I promise you,
Rigo is worth the wait.
[laughs]
[♪ ♪]
Okay, Derek Kasdan
is ready to offer
his firstborn to sign you.
No way! That's cool!
Yes. Okay, you are killing it.
All you have to do is crush
"Unchosen" later,
and I'm telling you,
we're gonna have
our bidding war, okay?
- Oh, my God.
- You are doing so good.
No.
[♪ ♪]
[Sage] Thank y'all
for being here.
Thank y'all for being part
of this movement, this mission.
Yo, it is... it's my honor
to celebrate
the culture with y'all.
- It really and truly is.
- [cheers and applause]
You know,
disco, rock and roll,
blues, jazz,
on through to hip-hop...
Every truly American
musical genre
has got Black roots.
[Cheers and applause]
So y'all know what that means?
Fuck that... Black culture
is American culture.
- It wouldn't exist without us.
- [cheers and applause]
Is that the thing
in Mechanicsville?
No, it's in Cabbage town.
Sage Odom is there.
[Bartender] Yeah, I've been
watching this thing.
It looks pretty dope.
Please allow me to introduce
to you Willie Hyn and his band,
Confetti Rose!
- Give 'em some love. Let's go!
- [cheers and applause]
[upbeat rock music playing]
My name is Willie Hyn,
and they are Confetti Rose!
[♪ ♪]
Hey!
And y'all already know this is
the Sage Rising Festival.
And we wanna
just encourage y'all
to make sure that you
recognize your power to vote.
[♪ ♪]
[Willie] Yeah!
[♪ ♪]
Where have you been?
Why aren't you on the floor?
Babe, these heels
are killing me.
I just needed a minute off.
Okay, I get that, but literally
any one of these people
could make our careers.
[Hip-hop music plays]
Okay, bitch, what the fuck
are you watching?
[Angel] I think it's called
Sage Rising.
He's rolling out
a concert on wheels.
Why? 'Cause he lost his tour?
Sounds desperate.
You're still pissed
that he didn't call you.
No, I just...
Look, I fucking put myself
on the line
to get you this job...
a dream job where we literally
get paid to look hot and dance,
and now you don't even
wanna be here.
I thought you needed money.
♪ Strawberry, hoo! ♪
[Willie] Say! Say!
Strawberry lights! Say!
- ♪ Strawberry lights ♪
- [Willie] ♪ Yeah, take me ♪
♪ Take me to impossible ♪
Okay, please, Lord,
I hope this works.
I will not forgive myself
if Sage kills me over this.
[♪ ♪]
Okay, yeah,
that's not bad so far.
71,000 viewers.
It's solid. It's solid.
Tal, look again.
That's four zeros.
That's 710,000.
[Kasey] Now it's 900,000.
- Oh, shit! Okay.
- [laughter]
That's really good.
That's really good.
[Chief Ward] You might be 18,
but you're not paying
the mortgage.
No kid of mine's
gettin' a tattoo.
Morning, Ms. Baxter.
Working another Saturday?
[Erin] Oh, justice
doesn't sleep, Chief.
Can you tell me, though,
what is this?
My teenage niece
just posted it.
- [Sage singing]
- I thought we agreed
to shut Mr. Odom down.
His voice is not good
for us right now.
[Chief Ward] Yeah, that's, um,
uh, DeKalb Avenue.
[♪ ♪]
Is that Iman Walker with him?
Please go there
and shut it down.
Arrest them if you have to.
Uh, we haven't received
any complaints.
Peter, no permit,
unregistered gathering.
It's a pu pu platter.
Grab your napkin
and take your sweet pick.
Shut it down.
- Yes, ma'am.
- Yes, ma'am. We're on it.
Oh, I just got these in.
Here you go.
[Siren wailing]
[♪ ♪]
[Singer] ♪ Let's go higher ♪
♪ Right here, right now ♪
♪ Don't you look down ♪
♪ I want it right now ♪
[♪ ♪]
♪ Right now, right now ♪
♪ Need your attention
Focus on me ♪
[Sage] Come on up here.
Come on, come on!
Come on, show some love
for your next governor,
Iman Walker!
[Iman]
I said do you feel this power?
All right? All right!
Thank you! On to the next!
♪ You could be
The perfect one ♪
♪ I'm trying to get you
With somebody, son ♪
♪ Baby, you could be the one ♪
[upbeat hip-hop music playing]
[Poppy] What?
Just you act
like you never done
something like this before,
yet everywhere we stopping,
people look just as excited
to see you as Sage.
I threw a few parties
here and there.
Uh-huh.
Shit!
Our next location is burnt.
- [Poppy] What?
- Cops are onto us.
They're already headed
to College Park.
We need to call an audible.
Where else can we go?
[♪ ♪]
You thinking what I'm thinking?
Yeah.
- He gonna kill us, but, yeah.
- [Poppy] Yeah.
- Showtime.
- [both laugh]
[♪ ♪]
[Ray] Al, come here, dog.
What's this two-boned
monstrosity
doing in my basket, man?
Ray.
Flats taste
just as good as legs.
Look, they call me
Straight Leg Ray
for a reason, all right?
I don't fuck with the flats.
You've been coming here
for six years.
[Ray] Right.
All you order...
Legs, legs, legs, legs, legs.
- Mm-hmm.
- Cost me extra.
Did you know that?
Did you know that most people
don't know the difference
between flats and legs?
It's just chicken!
[Indistinct singing approaches]
[Car horn honks]
[Singer] ♪ MJ in the game ♪
♪ Got that secret stuff
Yeah ♪
[singer] ♪ Everything
They brought, he got ♪
♪ Been the best
Since day one ♪
[softly]
What the hell is going on here?
[Car horn honks]
[Poppy] Hey, we only have
20 minutes to set up!
Oh. Uncle Al. Yo.
About half of Atlanta
is about to be up in here,
so I don't know how many pieces
of chicken that is,
but we need to get to work.
[Engines revving]
Juicy! Get some more flats.
[Singer] ♪ No cap,
Been the best since day one ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
- [phone rings]
- Hello?
Ms. Baxter, it's Fenner.
He's not here.
Just hang tight
for a minute, okay?
[Cell phone beeps,
line trilling]
[Hip-hop music playing]
[♪ ♪]
Shayna.
Hey, honey. It's Auntie Erin.
[Music playing in background]
Can you hear me?
Where are you right now?
[♪ ♪]
No, no, honey,
just checking in.
Okay, bye.
Head over to East Atlanta, now.
Copy.
[♪ ♪]
All right, let's go.
What you got?
What you got, baby?
So that's, uh, one Big Mama,
one Curtis Mayfield,
big leg karate special.
- [Bell dings]
- What's going on here?
We're slingin' chicken, my man.
Slingin' chicken.
You want some?
No, but you gonna want what's
in this envelope, though.
You take that, sale's complete.
Whoa!
[Brandon] Congratulations.
Pleasure doing business
with you.
[Both laugh]
-That's a lot of m-
-Right?
Whoa! Shit!
That's a lot of money.
Oh, my God. Oh!
I'm so sorry I can't take it.
Wait, wait, what?
Hey, what you doing?
This business belong to them.
Ow!
[laughter]
[♪ ♪]
- Now get back to work.
- Ow!
[Mellow hip-hop plays,
indistinct chatter]
You really gotta have
a Tesla and a Peloton.
Mind and body, you know?
[Sage] This party
is just getting started.
I got something real special
set up for the next stop.
A live set for my homeboy,
the hottest new artist
in the game right now,
my man, Saint Clip.
- Mm-hmm.
- He's here.
- What?
- They got Clip?
Did they say where?
[Exec]
Southeast Atlanta, I think.
[Angel] Is that close?
Damn.
You ready, A?
It's about time.
So I take it you're dancing
to Rigo's big new song?
Yeah, Rigo's big new song.
You two have hustle.
I like it.
Sorry, we've gotta get ready.
Lip gloss?
Thanks.
[♪ ♪]
Oh, excuse me.
[♪ ♪]
What's going on, ATL?
[Cheers and applause]
Yeah!
Hey, you nervous?
No, I'm all right.
- [Sighs]
- You got this.
- [Sage] Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo.
- Thank you.
[Sage]
Y'all ready for Saint Clip?
[Cheers and applause]
- No, no, no, no, no, ATL.
- Okay, okay.
- [Sage] We gotta do this right.
- Uh...
[Sage] Are y'all ready
for Saint Clip?
- Going out there with me?
- [crowd screaming]
- [Sage] That's what it is.
- Yeah.
- Let's do this.
- [Sage] All right, then!
Without further ado,
ladies and gentlemen,
give it up for my dog,
Saint Clip!
[Cheers and applause]
[Crowd chanting "Saint Clip!"]
[Dramatic hip-hop music
playing]
[♪ ♪]
[Marquise] Clip, Clip, Clip.
One two, one two.
Yeah. Yeah.
♪ Look, cut these lights on
Clear the vision ♪
♪ My speaker loud
So you can hear the vision ♪
♪ I'ma peel the clips
So you can feel the tension ♪
♪ Streets is calling
I've been resistant ♪
♪ I been to prison
Every single morning ♪
♪ I went looking for something
Real to deal with the pain ♪
♪ Heal from the game
Now a nigga own ♪
♪ And it's time that
I build me a lane ♪
♪ Build me a name
Nigga, see me, see me ♪
♪ Lights on and a nigga
Wanna be me ♪
♪ Fight's on and I'm really
On my Ps and Qs ♪
♪ Don't be confused
I really wanna change my way ♪
♪ The streets refuse, and now
I'm on a different wave ♪
♪ The waters deep, and niggas
Wanna dig my grave ♪
♪ They want me to sleep ♪
♪ But I ain't never ran
Never will ♪
♪ Matter of fact, run it back ♪
♪ Hit the
Motherfuckin' lights ♪
♪ Let the niggas see me ♪
♪ On my mama, really
I pray for this ♪
[mellow pop playing]
[♪ ♪]
- [Guest] Hey!
- [Odalie] Sorry.
- Girl, watch out!
- There you are!
[♪ ♪]
- Sorry.
- Hey. Odalie?
Davis?
I didn't know
you were gonna be here.
How are you?
Uh, I'm good.
Actually great.
How's Justin?
Justin's good.
This is Nova.
- Hi. I'm Odalie.
- Oh, I know.
You're so majestic
out on stage.
[Chuckles]
[Both speaking Spanish]
- Are we all set?
- Yeah, we set. What's up?
The Rigo Octavio bidding war
has begun.
[Exec]
Hey, let's hear it, Collette.
If you're gonna be coy,
Collette, we need more sushi.
All right, guys,
hold up, hold up, hold up.
We got Def Jam, Bad Boy,
Roc-A-Fella.
This is the murderers' row
of hip-hop labels.
- Goddamn, yo, for real?
- [Collette laughs]
[crowd cheering]
[Person] Yo, you see that?
[Indistinct shouting, cheering]
You sure?
Entirely.
[Marquise]
♪ And now my angel gone ♪
♪ Shit, I done lost my ways
Never had love ♪
♪ And I lost my way ♪
[singers vocalizing]
[♪ ♪]
Now it's time for you
to show them all
what you're worth.
[Marquise]
♪ It's my time, see me ♪
♪ Hey, Clip ♪
♪ Gotta see me, Clip, uh ♪
♪ Gotta see me ♪
[♪ ♪]
[Cheers and applause]
Poppy!
Tell him to do "Unchosen"!
[Announcer] The wait is over.
We have a special treat
from Rigo today.
Poppy! "Unchosen"!
Tell him to do "Unchosen"!
I don't know what that means,
but we gotta go, yo.
We gotta go. Let's go.
Aye.
[Angel]
Tell him to do "Unchosen"!
[Cheers and applause]
- [Angel] Sage!
- Yeah, yeah.
"Unchosen"!
[Angel] Rigo's about to do it!
You gotta do
"Unchosen" right now.
[Marquise]
What? It's not done yet.
Do "Unchosen" right now
or lose that shit forever.
[Announcer] Hey, yo, ATL...
Yo, what's good?
I'm ready to perform.
Yeah, but everyone's watching
this damn Saint kid.
I'm finding out
how to cut the feed.
[Marquise] Let's do it.
Now, this next one,
feel like I been
writing it my whole life.
I dedicate this to...
an old friend of mine.
What you gon' do when you get
to that last page
of that notebook?
You gonna lose your tongue?
[Uneasy music]
Brother?
[Rigo] Oh, fuck.
[Marquise] This is my life.
This is my story.
This is "Unchosen."
[Cheers and applause]
[Dramatic hip-hop music
playing]
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ These days I need a Tylenol
'Cause my head hurt ♪
♪ Getting tired
Of making no bread work ♪
♪ I been walkin' around
With my chest out ♪
♪ But I'm stressed out ♪
♪ So I'm checked out
'Cause I'm the best out ♪
♪ And I know it
Never really owned it ♪
♪ Never had a moment
Under this pressure ♪
♪ I been wondering whether
They give a fuck if I show it ♪
♪ I don't get to picture
No real friend ♪
♪ These rain clouds
These... ♪
Why the fuck is this happening?
Who the fuck is Saint Clip?
[Marquise] ♪ Will I miss the
Shot when the game counts? ♪
♪ I'm ashamed now 'cause
I feel strange ♪
♪ Don't feel the same
Well, I'm here now ♪
♪ Now it's ten toes
When my peers came ♪
♪ Going uphill
When my gears change ♪
♪ Who give a fuck
What I gotta say? ♪
♪ Just another day
Where I gotta say ♪
- ♪ I'm unchosen ♪
- [cheers and applause]
♪ And it's plain to see ♪
♪ That you can't achieve
What you plan to be ♪
♪ So you make believe
Unchosen ♪
♪ Yeah, unchosen ♪
♪ Mm-hmm, unchosen ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Hey, look ♪
♪ Cut these lights on
And this mic on ♪
♪ Saint Clip
With the fight song ♪
♪ Come out swinging
Like I'm Tyson ♪
[rapping continues
indistinctly]
Hi, isn't that
your dance partner?
[♪ ♪]
[Davis]
Hey, yeah, it is.
What the hell
is she doing there?
Looks like Sage found himself
another star.
So when are we
gonna hear yours?
Listen, I appreciate the first
dibs, but I got a long night.
[Marquise continues rapping]
Cut it.
Cut it right the fuck now.
[♪ ♪]
Fuck it.
[Marquise continues rapping
indistinctly]
[♪ ♪]
[Crowd jeering]
[Cheers and applause]
[Soft music plays]
[♪ ♪]
You found me.
You stopped running.
[Engine revving,
tires squealing]
[Siren wailing]
[Tires screeching]
Yo, hey, hey, red alert!
Red alert!
Get these trucks moving,
let's go!
Oh, shit!
Yo, if the DA catch me,
I'm out, baby.
Let's go.
[Officer]
I repeat... you must disperse.
[♪ ♪]
[Dramatic music plays]
[♪ ♪]
[Officer]
I think I spotted Sage!
[Indistinct chatter
over police radio]
[♪ ♪]
[Indistinct chatter]
Go.
[♪ ♪]
[Mellow hip-hop plays
in background]
- [Collette] Come here.
- [Rigo] Mm!
[Collette] We gotta talk.
That motherfucker Sage
turned someone.
He knew that you were gonna
drop a surefire number one,
and this is
his petty fucking game.
Who could he have had
spying on us?
Only, like, five people knew
about the damn song, 'Lette.
King?
There's no way in hell
King did that, a'ight?
King's my boy.
He been my boy my whole life.
No.
He's the only one who could've
slipped Sage the track.
I'm telling you, King ain't it.
No, no, King,
he's always played both sides.
And tonight, for whatever
reason, he finally chose.
You need to fire him.
[♪ ♪]
[Sighs]
[♪ ♪]
So is this our first date?
[Marquise laughs]
Nah, you know I'd do you
something better than this.
Actually...
Uh...
[singer vocalizing]
[Mellow R&B plays]
[♪ ♪]
Hey, look, uh...
[♪ ♪]
...baby, I don't have
much to offer.
I don't even know where life
is taking me next.
[Singers] ♪ Summer days ♪
I'm lost.
Uh...
♪ When the river
Don't work on the flames ♪
I don't know, but I just
don't want to lose you again.
♪ And roses don't come
Back to life ♪
I think we're meant
to be lost together.
[Singers]
♪ Could be with you ♪
♪ Talk of faith
Grateful, I love you ♪
♪ Shouldn't you ♪
♪ Wouldn't say ♪
♪ Just like you said
Just like you said ♪
[singers vocalizing]
[Marquise]
I got to go back into hiding.
[Angel] Not from me, you don't.
[Marquise laughs]
Oh, shit!
[Siren chirps]
- Fuck!
- [officers shouting]
[officer]
Let me see your hands.
[Officer 2] Hey, keep those
hands up, keep those hands up.
[Officer 3] Put your hands
behind your back.
- Man, fuck you.
- Who the hell are you?
- Let go of him!
- Where's Sage?
What?
Dumber than you look
you think I'm talking to you,
partner.
- Take him in!
- No. No, no, no, no.
He didn't do any...
He didn't do anything!
- [Officer] Watch your head.
- Hey! Ah!
They're gonna kill him
in there!
- Angel! Don't get involved.
- He didn't do anything!
[Angel] You can't take him!
[♪ ♪]
Look, I'm the one you want.
Let the kid go.
[Solemn music playing]
[♪ ♪]
You got a permit for all this?
Go ahead and slap
the cuffs on, man.
Just-just make something up.
Let the kid go.
[Officer] Put your hands
behind your back.
[Sage] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Oh! Sh...
Whoa, whoa, hey.
Yo, you ain't gotta do this!
Yeah, yeah, I do.
Don't worry about it.
[♪ ♪]
[Officer] All right, step back.
Change of plan.
What do you want me to do?
[Sage] Finish it.
I trust you!
[Siren wailing]
[♪ ♪]
Well, now what?
[♪ ♪]
I got a plan.
[Indistinct chatter]
[Soft rock/blues music plays
over speakers]
[♪ ♪]
[King sighs]
What a fucking day.
We been through worse.
Just gotta get in the studio,
get back to making
our own music.
What's up?
[♪ ♪]
I gotta let you go, man.
[laughing]
Shut the fuck up.
[♪ ♪]
You serious?
Bro, you know I didn't
have anything to do with this.
What's going on?
King, what am I supposed
to do right now?
You want me to tell 'Lette
that I been out here
using 'Quise's lyrics?
[♪ ♪]
King, for the first time,
things are on the up
for me right now...
The tour, the offers.
All these opportunities
are 'cause of her.
Bro, it's 'cause of us.
Rigo, I ain't been nothin'
but loyal to you.
Man up.
Tell her the truth.
But you can't.
So what's the plan, Rigo?
Throw me under the bus
so Collette
doesn't think you're a fraud?
You traded in real talent
for some fake-ass persona.
And for what? For her?
[♪ ♪]
I know, King.
[♪ ♪]
I know.
You know, I expect this shit
from Sage, but from you?
[♪ ♪]
Have fun flying solo.
[♪ ♪]
[Iman] I want to say something
about Sage Odom.
He's an icon,
a proud son of our city.
And right now...
he's an innocent man
illegally detained
for exercising
his God-given rights.
[Sage sighs]
- [Clears throat]
- Mr. Odom.
Is this the best you can do,
French Tips?
Disturbing the peace?
This reeks of desperation,
even for you.
So check it out,
come Election Day,
we're gonna make sure
that you are out on your ass.
Oh, I wouldn't count
your chickens just yet...
Like you did
with your wedding, I hear.
[Crowd chanting "Free Sage"!]
Free Sage, free Sage,
free Sage...
[laughs]
You hear it?
That's the sound of Atlanta.
That's the sound of the people,
my people,
a people that will never let
your ass be governor.
[Door closes]
[Crowd] Free Sage,
free Sage, free Sage!
This is your man Big Tigger.
What's happening?
[Cheers and applause]
Listen, do you think you have
the power to change lives?
- [Crowd cheers]
- You do.
And I got to tell you
about a local entrepreneur
who was offered the bag
to close up shop
and let it all go.
I'm talking about that living
on a big yacht type of cash.
[Indistinct chatter]
But he turned it all down
for you.
Big Al Baker!
Where you at, Big Al?
[Cheers and applause]
Big Al, come on!
[Cheers and applause]
[Clears throat]
- [Clears throat]
- [person] Yes, sir!
Uh, I'm not one for words...
...but, uh, we a community.
Y'all know if you ain't got
no money, you a little short,
you can always get a meal
at Al's.
[Crowd affirms]
I'm so proud of you guys,
'cause sometimes you gotta
fight for what's right.
[Cheers and applause]
That young man over there
is strong and smart.
My nephew.
I never been so proud.
He's been fighting
since he's been here.
[Cheers and applause]
He's gay!
[Yelling and laughter]
Yes, I motherfucking am!
And I say a prayer with him.
We gay!
- We gay!
- Whoo!
We ride and we die together
'cause we family!
Yes!
Come here.
[Cheers and applause]
I'm proud of you, man.
I'm proud of you.
[lively percussive music
playing]
[Iman] ATL, y'all ready
to get up on your feet?
Sage want us to celebrate,
so we gonna dance tonight!
[Woman] That's right...
Sage want us to celebrate,
so we need to keep on keeping
the party live, right?
Come on!
[Woman]
ATL sets the tone. Let's go.
Come on! Come on!
Yeah! I see you!
Yeah, come on!
[♪ ♪]
[Collette] Free Sage?
For Christ's sake, come on.
[Singing continues on TV]
[Sighs]
It's done.
[Collette]
Yeah, well, you had to do it.
He stabbed us in our back.
You know King
wasn't in this alone, right?
Sage was behind all of it.
[Dramatic music plays]
[♪ ♪]
I got something for him.
[♪ ♪]
[Upbeat jazz music playing]
[♪ ♪]
[Singer] ♪ Ooh! Sweet ladies ♪
[music continues, muffled]
That's a thousand voters
out there.
What are you waiting for?
3,000? 5,000?
You don't get it, do you?
Every second that Sage
is behind bars,
it's another block
of voters for Walker.
Huh.
[Singer] ♪ Baby, baby ♪
[Singer] ♪ Oh! ♪
♪ Tell me what it is ♪
[tense music playing]
Let him out.
[Singer] ♪ 'Cause whatever
It is, yeah ♪
[person] My boy Sage!
Look at him!
[Cheers and applause]
[Victorious music playing]
[♪ ♪]
Yo!
ATL, ATL, let me holla at you.
[Cheers and applause]
Y'all held me down, man.
And because y'all held me down,
I will always hold you down.
Atlanta, I love you.
Thank you so much.
- [Cheers and applause]
- Yep.
So now I have to say thank you
in the best way
that I know how.
- Are we ready?
- [all] Yeah!
Are we ready? DJ, let's go!
[Marvin Gaye's
"What's Going On" playing]
[Sage vocalizing]
[Soft soul music playing]
♪ Mother, mother ♪
♪ There's too many
Of you crying ♪
[♪ ♪]
♪ Brother, brother, brother ♪
♪ There's far too many
Of you dying ♪
♪ You know we got
To find a way ♪
[♪ ♪]
♪ To bring some lovin' here
Today ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
- ♪ Picket line ♪
- [crowd] ♪ Sister ♪
- ♪ And picket signs ♪
- [crowd] ♪ Sister ♪
- ♪ Don't punish me ♪
- [crowd] ♪ Sister ♪
- [Sage] ♪ With brutality ♪
- [crowd] ♪ Sister ♪
- ♪ Come on and talk to me ♪
- [crowd] ♪ Sister ♪
- ♪ So you can see ♪
- [crowd] ♪ Sister ♪
- ♪ Oh, what's going on ♪
- [crowd] ♪ What's going on ♪
- ♪ Yeah, what's going on ♪
- [crowd] ♪ What's going on ♪
[Sage] ♪ Oh, what's going on ♪
[crowd] ♪ What's going on ♪
[Sage]
♪ Yeah, what's going on ♪
[crowd] ♪ What's going on ♪
[Sage vocalizing]
[♪ ♪]
[Train horn blowing]
[Dramatic music plays]
[Train horn blowing]
[♪ ♪]
[Odalie screaming, crying]
[♪ ♪]
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah ♪
Ow!
Ha!
[Cheers and applause]
[♪ ♪]
[Crowd chanting "Sage!"]
Sage, Sage, Sage, Sage,
Sage, Sage, Sage!
ATL, hold on, hold on,
hold on, hold on, hold on.
This right here,
this community, these people,
this is the real power.
You are the power.
We are the power!
And we gonna take this power,
and we gonna spread it
across the whole world,
and we gonna change it.
We gonna make real change.
Are y'all ready for that?
[All] Yeah!
And we gonna start right here
in the A.
Ladies and gentlemen,
we rising.
We rising!
Let's go! We rising!
[Singer]
♪ Where the hell's ours? ♪
♪ You don't wanna
Give us none ♪
♪ So we take your food
And devour ♪
♪ You don't wanna
Hear my voice ♪
♪ So I guess I gotta talk
A little louder ♪
And anywhere there's injustice,
we coming for you!
[Singer] ♪ Rise up
From the pain ♪
[Sage] And we bringing
this beautiful-ass
new world with us.
We risin', y'all.
We risin'!
- ♪ Rise up for her name ♪
- [cheers and applause]
[singer] ♪ If you feel
Like I feel ♪
♪ And you think it's time
To see change ♪
♪ Rise up! ♪
[Child vocalizing]