1 00:00:00,919 --> 00:00:02,350 Previously, on "Empire"... 2 00:00:02,403 --> 00:00:03,994 I went and ahead and committed 3 00:00:04,082 --> 00:00:06,440 to eight ASA nomination spots. 4 00:00:06,528 --> 00:00:07,875 I didn't invest the money. 5 00:00:07,962 --> 00:00:09,978 You brought up all these valid concerns! 6 00:00:10,065 --> 00:00:12,113 Now's the time when you chose to listen to me? 7 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:13,418 Now? 8 00:00:13,514 --> 00:00:15,199 You'll only beat Lucious if you play dirty. 9 00:00:15,300 --> 00:00:16,675 What you need to do, my man, 10 00:00:16,763 --> 00:00:18,488 is put his pompous ass out to pasture. 11 00:00:18,723 --> 00:00:20,080 She's 15! 12 00:00:20,168 --> 00:00:22,011 - What? - Dad, stop! 13 00:00:23,510 --> 00:00:24,886 Hi, sweetie. 14 00:00:25,167 --> 00:00:26,962 You think Lucious is your hero? 15 00:00:27,050 --> 00:00:28,996 He owes you everything. 16 00:00:31,824 --> 00:00:34,337 ♪ Now take this I, took a pistol to his head ♪ 17 00:00:34,425 --> 00:00:35,629 ♪ Took all of his bread 18 00:00:35,717 --> 00:00:37,048 ♪ Philly facedown in the street ♪ 19 00:00:37,136 --> 00:00:38,236 ♪ Ain't that sweet? 20 00:00:38,324 --> 00:00:39,568 ♪ And he did what I said 21 00:00:39,663 --> 00:00:41,443 ♪ That's why the brother ain't dead, yeah ♪ 22 00:00:41,546 --> 00:00:44,462 ♪ With my Westside Hustler 23 00:00:45,033 --> 00:00:46,414 Can't you hear it? 24 00:00:46,501 --> 00:00:47,848 I don't know what you're talking about. 25 00:00:47,935 --> 00:00:50,967 Westside Hustler is code for Lucious. 26 00:00:51,170 --> 00:00:53,121 Shine and Lucious robbed you 27 00:00:53,208 --> 00:00:55,285 and he's bragging about it on this track. 28 00:00:55,373 --> 00:00:56,992 So? It could be about anybody. 29 00:00:57,935 --> 00:00:59,217 Or nobody. 30 00:00:59,348 --> 00:01:01,771 Lucious is keeping you around for a reason. 31 00:01:02,060 --> 00:01:04,532 Believe that. 32 00:01:04,779 --> 00:01:06,801 You're on that old-school joint now, huh? 33 00:01:07,099 --> 00:01:09,433 Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. 34 00:01:09,621 --> 00:01:11,122 Don't let your pride 35 00:01:11,253 --> 00:01:13,874 prevent you from seeing the truth. 36 00:01:14,776 --> 00:01:15,790 Hold up. 37 00:01:15,893 --> 00:01:18,486 - Ow, ow, ow! - Come here. Come here. 38 00:01:18,574 --> 00:01:19,710 You're hurting me! 39 00:01:19,798 --> 00:01:21,003 Keep your white girl tears 40 00:01:21,091 --> 00:01:23,847 for somebody who gives a damn, 'cause I don't. 41 00:01:24,058 --> 00:01:27,285 You wanna rob Lucious? You pull the trigger yourself. 42 00:01:27,636 --> 00:01:29,355 I got work to do. 43 00:01:29,443 --> 00:01:30,470 No, please! Just... 44 00:01:30,558 --> 00:01:31,759 Move out of my way! 45 00:01:37,519 --> 00:01:39,167 ♪ That's what the DJ spins 46 00:01:39,254 --> 00:01:41,704 With a career spanning three decades, 47 00:01:41,792 --> 00:01:45,433 nine platinum albums, and 15 ASA awards, 48 00:01:45,558 --> 00:01:48,493 this year, we are proud to honor the man, 49 00:01:48,581 --> 00:01:52,314 the artist, the icon Lucious Lyon 50 00:01:52,402 --> 00:01:55,603 with the ASA Lifetime Achievement Award. 51 00:01:55,691 --> 00:01:57,871 ASA sent this over this morning. 52 00:01:58,126 --> 00:02:00,476 The full version will air at your actual awards show. 53 00:02:00,563 --> 00:02:04,074 Congratulations, Pop. This honor is long overdue. 54 00:02:05,801 --> 00:02:08,066 Who got the Lifetime Achievement Award last year? 55 00:02:08,236 --> 00:02:09,714 Ah, that's right, Stevie Wonder. 56 00:02:10,541 --> 00:02:13,261 You know, when we were on that stage... 57 00:02:14,242 --> 00:02:16,183 I really meant what I said. 58 00:02:16,831 --> 00:02:18,826 I honestly thought that you and I... 59 00:02:18,914 --> 00:02:20,562 We were gonna do this thing together. 60 00:02:20,769 --> 00:02:24,733 Now I feel like I'm being... handed my hat 61 00:02:24,820 --> 00:02:27,669 and you making a move on me. 62 00:02:27,756 --> 00:02:29,104 Move? How? 63 00:02:29,269 --> 00:02:30,689 This is a huge honor, Pop. 64 00:02:30,777 --> 00:02:34,105 Man, you bought this damn raggedy-ass ASA Award 65 00:02:34,222 --> 00:02:35,744 to put me out to pasture. 66 00:02:35,831 --> 00:02:37,413 Man, game recognizes game. 67 00:02:37,500 --> 00:02:39,247 I had nothing to do with this. Scout's honor. 68 00:02:39,334 --> 00:02:41,983 You know, when I grew up, there was no Boy Scouts in my hood. 69 00:02:42,207 --> 00:02:43,952 Okay, look at it as another milestone 70 00:02:44,039 --> 00:02:45,921 in your illustrious career, Pop. 71 00:02:46,121 --> 00:02:47,347 You're still the king. 72 00:02:47,635 --> 00:02:50,472 Let me share something with you, Mr. CEO. 73 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:53,397 I wouldn't get too comfortable in that throne. 74 00:02:54,582 --> 00:02:57,394 Nobody tells me when it's time to go. 75 00:02:57,667 --> 00:02:59,435 And as far as I'm concerned, 76 00:02:59,522 --> 00:03:01,524 I'm just getting started. 77 00:03:09,884 --> 00:03:11,884 *EMPIRE (2015)* Season 06 Episode 09 78 00:03:12,072 --> 00:03:13,800 *EMPIRE (2015)* Episode Title :"Remember the Music" 79 00:03:21,710 --> 00:03:24,707 ♪ Wha-ha-ha-ho, wha-ha-ha-ho 80 00:03:24,795 --> 00:03:25,884 ♪ Flexible 81 00:03:25,972 --> 00:03:27,996 ♪ We was so flexible 82 00:03:28,083 --> 00:03:30,165 ♪ Learning it as we go 83 00:03:30,252 --> 00:03:33,635 ♪ I love the way we move together ♪ 84 00:03:33,722 --> 00:03:35,837 ♪ Oh, power is all you know 85 00:03:35,924 --> 00:03:38,139 Okay, after this take, I wanna rework the bridge. 86 00:03:38,226 --> 00:03:40,533 I want you to take up the bass 87 00:03:40,621 --> 00:03:42,113 just as she goes into the chorus. 88 00:03:42,201 --> 00:03:43,207 No. 89 00:03:43,295 --> 00:03:45,386 That's the Tiana I know and love, honey. 90 00:03:45,833 --> 00:03:47,371 Yeah, don't you raise a thing. 91 00:03:47,459 --> 00:03:50,266 See, the drums are already overpowering her voice. 92 00:03:50,354 --> 00:03:51,452 Know what you need to do? 93 00:03:51,540 --> 00:03:53,861 Why don't you raise her vocals above the mix? 94 00:03:53,949 --> 00:03:55,035 Trust me. 95 00:03:55,744 --> 00:03:58,283 ♪ You say it all so well 96 00:03:58,371 --> 00:04:02,011 ♪ Well, how can you show me, show me, show me ♪ 97 00:04:02,368 --> 00:04:05,032 You always did have the Midas touch, Cookie. 98 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:06,502 You know, 99 00:04:06,589 --> 00:04:08,658 Midnight Star wrote that song for me. 100 00:04:08,746 --> 00:04:10,378 Is that your friend? 101 00:04:10,759 --> 00:04:12,908 Becky, why did you call me down here, hmm? 102 00:04:12,995 --> 00:04:14,369 - Uh... - Tiana sounds amazing, 103 00:04:14,457 --> 00:04:15,746 and that song is gonna kick ass 104 00:04:15,834 --> 00:04:17,456 at the ASA Awards nominations. 105 00:04:17,544 --> 00:04:19,816 Uh, speaking of which, 106 00:04:19,968 --> 00:04:22,861 I heard about Lucious's Lifetime Achievement Award. 107 00:04:22,949 --> 00:04:24,894 Black Twitter is going off about it now. 108 00:04:25,074 --> 00:04:26,706 Child, please. 109 00:04:26,910 --> 00:04:28,625 Lucious likes to believe 110 00:04:28,713 --> 00:04:31,124 that it was his own blood, sweat, and tears 111 00:04:31,212 --> 00:04:33,347 that built his lifetime achievement. 112 00:04:33,979 --> 00:04:35,308 While he was standing on my back 113 00:04:35,396 --> 00:04:36,618 pretending like I wasn't there. 114 00:04:36,729 --> 00:04:39,103 Yeah, I'm the choir and you're preaching to me. 115 00:04:39,191 --> 00:04:40,628 - I know. - You know he bought that? 116 00:04:40,716 --> 00:04:41,738 Oh, did he? 117 00:04:41,826 --> 00:04:42,839 - Mm-hmm. - Okay. 118 00:04:42,927 --> 00:04:44,706 I don't wanna talk about his ass. 119 00:04:45,105 --> 00:04:48,349 At least Bossy is getting ASA shine. 120 00:04:48,437 --> 00:04:50,237 - Right, but also... - And that promo concert 121 00:04:50,325 --> 00:04:52,040 that you are throwing is brilliant. 122 00:04:52,128 --> 00:04:53,634 Okay, there's no concert. 123 00:04:53,722 --> 00:04:55,033 What? 124 00:04:56,010 --> 00:04:57,949 There's not gonna be a concert. 125 00:04:59,706 --> 00:05:02,644 Absolutely, my dad was very surprised. 126 00:05:03,238 --> 00:05:05,103 You held up your end. That's right, okay. 127 00:05:05,191 --> 00:05:06,947 So listen, the rest of the money 128 00:05:07,035 --> 00:05:09,113 should hit your Caymans account by end of day. 129 00:05:09,472 --> 00:05:11,105 No, you have my word. 130 00:05:11,699 --> 00:05:13,318 Okay, uh, thank you. 131 00:05:13,652 --> 00:05:15,454 Excellent, okay. 132 00:05:15,925 --> 00:05:17,113 Bye. 133 00:05:18,785 --> 00:05:20,347 Uh, can I have some? 134 00:05:20,417 --> 00:05:22,051 - Of what, Kingsley? - Of whatever the hell it is 135 00:05:22,138 --> 00:05:23,529 - you're smoking. - Come on. 136 00:05:23,933 --> 00:05:25,565 Buying that award 137 00:05:25,652 --> 00:05:27,652 to nudge Lucious into retirement? 138 00:05:27,804 --> 00:05:29,118 Ah, it was brilliant. 139 00:05:29,206 --> 00:05:30,687 - Thank you. - You're welcome. 140 00:05:31,097 --> 00:05:32,372 But you seem awfully calm, 141 00:05:32,459 --> 00:05:33,963 considering he just threatened to take the throne 142 00:05:34,050 --> 00:05:35,408 out from under you again. 143 00:05:35,605 --> 00:05:37,710 We gotta put an end to this game of musical chairs 144 00:05:37,797 --> 00:05:39,441 - once and for all. - What do you propose? 145 00:05:39,714 --> 00:05:41,026 I'm glad you asked. 146 00:05:42,910 --> 00:05:45,417 Kelly Patel's shares are ripe for the picking. 147 00:05:45,538 --> 00:05:46,620 Kelly doesn't wanna sell. 148 00:05:46,708 --> 00:05:48,417 Who said anything about buying? 149 00:05:48,785 --> 00:05:51,042 You and I are the Dynamic Duo, brother. 150 00:05:51,269 --> 00:05:53,284 We just pulled one over on Prophetic the Poet. 151 00:05:53,457 --> 00:05:56,519 - Ah, that was beautiful. - Mm. 152 00:05:56,641 --> 00:05:58,989 I've got a little #MeToo idea 153 00:05:59,168 --> 00:06:02,979 that'll have Kelly begging you to take his shares. 154 00:06:03,134 --> 00:06:04,883 All you have to do is invite him over to dinner 155 00:06:04,970 --> 00:06:07,822 at your lovely home with your lovely wife 156 00:06:07,910 --> 00:06:09,409 and I'll take it from there. 157 00:06:09,613 --> 00:06:12,807 This is my company. I'll take it from there. 158 00:06:13,638 --> 00:06:14,940 You're the boss. 159 00:06:16,436 --> 00:06:17,722 You're in control. 160 00:06:17,928 --> 00:06:19,296 Whatever you say. 161 00:06:20,625 --> 00:06:22,740 ♪ Pay me in cash, yeah 162 00:06:23,327 --> 00:06:25,208 ♪ Oh, yeah 163 00:06:25,296 --> 00:06:28,479 ♪ Make sure you pay me in cash, yeah ♪ 164 00:06:28,739 --> 00:06:30,594 ♪ Oh, yeah 165 00:06:30,682 --> 00:06:33,697 ♪ Make sure you pay me in cash, yeah ♪ 166 00:06:33,785 --> 00:06:35,808 ♪ Oh, yeah 167 00:06:35,896 --> 00:06:37,603 ♪ Make sure you pay me in cash ♪ 168 00:06:37,690 --> 00:06:39,011 What else? 169 00:06:39,261 --> 00:06:40,722 Cash. 170 00:06:41,753 --> 00:06:42,816 Whoo! 171 00:06:43,722 --> 00:06:46,377 Ooh, that was amazing, Lucious. 172 00:06:46,466 --> 00:06:47,777 You are going down in history 173 00:06:47,865 --> 00:06:50,621 as one of the greatest rappers of all time. 174 00:06:52,005 --> 00:06:53,219 Man, cut. 175 00:06:53,306 --> 00:06:54,387 This is some bull! 176 00:06:54,474 --> 00:06:55,816 Uh, here we go. 177 00:06:55,998 --> 00:06:57,279 What's the problem now? 178 00:06:57,367 --> 00:06:59,349 The same problem it's been all week, homie. 179 00:06:59,442 --> 00:07:01,432 Y'all keep changing the script at the last minute 180 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:02,664 and I keep telling you it's wrong. 181 00:07:02,752 --> 00:07:04,738 According to Lucious, this is how it happened. 182 00:07:04,826 --> 00:07:07,214 My ma would never cosign my dad that way. 183 00:07:07,420 --> 00:07:10,683 She got a lot of opinions, but she makes the music great! 184 00:07:10,847 --> 00:07:12,847 And this chick ain't got no swag like my ma. 185 00:07:12,935 --> 00:07:13,947 Excuse you? 186 00:07:14,035 --> 00:07:16,699 Look, Hakeem, say what's in the script 187 00:07:16,829 --> 00:07:19,220 and let me, the director, direct. 188 00:07:19,308 --> 00:07:20,761 What I say goes. 189 00:07:21,430 --> 00:07:23,315 All right, everybody. Back to one! 190 00:07:23,403 --> 00:07:24,571 Back to one. 191 00:07:27,688 --> 00:07:29,074 No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! 192 00:07:29,162 --> 00:07:31,308 This is a Casio CZ-3000. It's irreplaceable. 193 00:07:31,396 --> 00:07:33,323 I don't care what it is. I'm not working on this script 194 00:07:33,410 --> 00:07:34,579 until you get it right. 195 00:07:34,667 --> 00:07:37,850 I'm a Lyon, so what I say goes. 196 00:07:42,145 --> 00:07:43,777 Okay, so... 197 00:07:44,463 --> 00:07:46,808 Giselle didn't tell you 198 00:07:46,902 --> 00:07:50,118 that she decided not to invest in ol' girl's stocks? 199 00:07:50,206 --> 00:07:52,269 She didn't not not tell me. 200 00:07:52,357 --> 00:07:54,105 It's just that she changed her mind 201 00:07:54,276 --> 00:07:56,658 and then all the ASA promo stuff started happening 202 00:07:56,745 --> 00:07:59,074 and I thought we had the money, so... 203 00:07:59,466 --> 00:08:00,988 Whoo, thank you. 204 00:08:01,222 --> 00:08:02,441 Um, that track is done. 205 00:08:02,529 --> 00:08:03,676 I've gotta go pick up Bella now. 206 00:08:03,763 --> 00:08:05,144 Oh, yeah. Cool, cool, cool. 207 00:08:05,232 --> 00:08:06,499 Kiss my grandbabies for me. 208 00:08:06,587 --> 00:08:08,369 I will. Bye. 209 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:10,039 You sound amazing, girl. 210 00:08:10,126 --> 00:08:13,773 Uh, please do not tell Tiana about Bossy's money woes, 211 00:08:13,861 --> 00:08:15,331 because she doesn't know. 212 00:08:17,666 --> 00:08:19,914 This is a big mess you got yourself in, Becky. 213 00:08:20,001 --> 00:08:24,019 Well, this is how my mentor, you, can help me out. 214 00:08:24,106 --> 00:08:25,320 Uh, that's why I'm here? 215 00:08:25,407 --> 00:08:26,425 Well, yeah. 216 00:08:26,513 --> 00:08:30,089 Could you, um... Mm, don't judge it. 217 00:08:32,448 --> 00:08:34,729 - Spit it out, Becky. - Would you... I just... 218 00:08:34,816 --> 00:08:38,200 Will you consider joining Bossy as a... 219 00:08:38,287 --> 00:08:39,136 silent partner? 220 00:08:39,224 --> 00:08:40,589 Oh, no, ma'am. No, ma'am. 221 00:08:40,677 --> 00:08:42,089 See, where I am in my life, 222 00:08:42,177 --> 00:08:45,970 I am not interested in being anybody's silent anything. 223 00:08:46,065 --> 00:08:48,738 - Okay, we can discuss volume. - I said no, 224 00:08:48,826 --> 00:08:50,917 - We could just... Okay. - Becky. 225 00:08:51,285 --> 00:08:54,847 But you know what Bossy should do? 226 00:08:55,401 --> 00:08:57,957 You should make a deal with a distributor. 227 00:08:58,058 --> 00:09:01,542 They will front the money, cash flow, the debt... 228 00:09:01,777 --> 00:09:03,080 - Oh, okay, so can you... - I gotta go. 229 00:09:03,167 --> 00:09:04,093 I gotta go. I gotta go. 230 00:09:04,180 --> 00:09:05,652 I will call you later. 231 00:09:05,740 --> 00:09:07,124 We could, like, vote on rosé or something. 232 00:09:07,211 --> 00:09:08,269 Keep your head up, girl. 233 00:09:08,357 --> 00:09:10,113 I ain't gonna be silent about nothing, girl. 234 00:09:10,201 --> 00:09:11,316 - Well, we can discuss - Bye! 235 00:09:11,404 --> 00:09:12,717 Degrees of silence! 236 00:09:13,260 --> 00:09:14,495 It's... 237 00:09:21,546 --> 00:09:22,511 ♪ Live big 238 00:09:22,599 --> 00:09:24,277 ♪ Lemme show you what is, huh ♪ 239 00:09:24,365 --> 00:09:26,646 ♪ Live big, lemme show you what it is, huh ♪ 240 00:09:26,734 --> 00:09:28,691 ♪ Live big, lemme show you what it is, yeah ♪ 241 00:09:28,779 --> 00:09:31,189 ♪ If you really want it, I can show you how to get it, yeah ♪ 242 00:09:31,277 --> 00:09:32,978 What up, hitmaker? 243 00:09:33,066 --> 00:09:34,623 Mm, what's happening? 244 00:09:34,710 --> 00:09:36,111 ♪ I'm a dog like a Hoya 245 00:09:36,199 --> 00:09:37,097 ♪ Dustin' off my shoulder 246 00:09:37,185 --> 00:09:38,333 ♪ Tell the haters that I told ya ♪ 247 00:09:38,420 --> 00:09:39,520 ♪ Ain't no cappin' when I'm rappin' ♪ 248 00:09:39,607 --> 00:09:41,386 ♪ Beat the beat up like it owe us ♪ 249 00:09:42,073 --> 00:09:44,188 - Congratulations on the award. - Thank you. 250 00:09:44,276 --> 00:09:47,000 That's big coming from somebody that's been in the grind. 251 00:09:47,088 --> 00:09:48,433 Yeah. 252 00:09:48,914 --> 00:09:51,549 But, um... what you know about this? 253 00:09:56,192 --> 00:09:57,872 Are these Shine's lyrics? 254 00:09:58,099 --> 00:09:59,369 Yeah. 255 00:09:59,682 --> 00:10:00,939 Where'd you get 'em? 256 00:10:01,027 --> 00:10:02,433 Tracy. 257 00:10:03,432 --> 00:10:05,085 Hey, give us a minute. 258 00:10:05,173 --> 00:10:06,421 ♪ Talk crazy 259 00:10:06,508 --> 00:10:07,653 ♪ Drop you like a bad habit 260 00:10:07,741 --> 00:10:09,710 Yo, bruh, let's take five. 261 00:10:15,402 --> 00:10:19,191 Tracy seems to think I'm some kind of charity case. 262 00:10:19,308 --> 00:10:21,775 And after hearing Shine's lyrics on the song 263 00:10:21,863 --> 00:10:23,800 talking about jacking some dude, 264 00:10:23,917 --> 00:10:25,558 makes me think that... 265 00:10:25,694 --> 00:10:27,722 he may be talking about my money. 266 00:10:29,054 --> 00:10:31,557 You think me and Shine robbed you? 267 00:10:32,468 --> 00:10:34,516 Just so we understand each other... 268 00:10:34,746 --> 00:10:37,308 I don't explain myself to any man, 269 00:10:37,417 --> 00:10:40,322 but because I consider us to be friends, 270 00:10:40,503 --> 00:10:42,857 I'll let you in on a little secret. 271 00:10:43,636 --> 00:10:45,082 You remember Bunkie? 272 00:10:45,285 --> 00:10:47,040 Cookie's cousin? What about him? 273 00:10:47,128 --> 00:10:49,998 Shine and Bunkie went in on something 274 00:10:50,085 --> 00:10:53,118 and Bunkie owed Shine a mint. 275 00:10:53,206 --> 00:10:55,790 And since I underwrote the whole damn thing, 276 00:10:55,878 --> 00:10:58,212 when it came time for Bunkie to pay, 277 00:10:58,300 --> 00:11:00,242 even though he paid Shine back, 278 00:11:00,425 --> 00:11:02,759 Shine always felt he was dissed, 279 00:11:02,847 --> 00:11:06,290 and when he decided to foreclose on Bunkie, 280 00:11:06,378 --> 00:11:08,173 I had to look the other way. 281 00:11:08,261 --> 00:11:10,152 So that's what the song's about? 282 00:11:10,589 --> 00:11:11,873 Maybe. 283 00:11:17,660 --> 00:11:19,275 Maybe I'm wrong. 284 00:11:19,363 --> 00:11:20,929 Yeah, maybe I'm wrong. 285 00:11:21,495 --> 00:11:24,259 Just so you know, 286 00:11:24,347 --> 00:11:28,142 the only reason you are here inside of this studio 287 00:11:28,230 --> 00:11:30,405 is because of your talent. 288 00:11:30,612 --> 00:11:32,970 And if you keep knocking out these bangers, 289 00:11:33,058 --> 00:11:35,941 you gon' have all the hardware and the whole nine. 290 00:11:36,842 --> 00:11:38,198 Yeah. 291 00:11:38,700 --> 00:11:40,886 All right guys, come on back in. 292 00:11:48,956 --> 00:11:50,511 Mmm! 293 00:11:50,712 --> 00:11:51,972 Mmm! 294 00:11:52,848 --> 00:11:54,886 Yeah. 295 00:11:56,402 --> 00:11:58,150 That's the lemon sponge cake 296 00:11:58,238 --> 00:12:00,269 drizzled with a little elderflower syrup... 297 00:12:00,511 --> 00:12:03,113 The one Meghan used for her and Harry's reception. 298 00:12:03,511 --> 00:12:04,792 That's delicious. 299 00:12:04,941 --> 00:12:06,371 I'll be right back. 300 00:12:06,673 --> 00:12:08,058 Thank you. 301 00:12:09,830 --> 00:12:11,339 Hey. 302 00:12:12,535 --> 00:12:14,517 - Something wrong? - No, it's just... 303 00:12:14,605 --> 00:12:16,337 Well, listen, if all of this is stressing you out, 304 00:12:16,425 --> 00:12:17,463 you know, we can hire a second wedding planner. 305 00:12:17,550 --> 00:12:19,040 There's something that's been rattling 306 00:12:19,128 --> 00:12:20,255 around in my mind. 307 00:12:20,668 --> 00:12:21,681 What is it? 308 00:12:21,769 --> 00:12:23,400 That young girl from the club 309 00:12:23,488 --> 00:12:26,371 who was at the house the other night? 310 00:12:26,988 --> 00:12:28,102 Who was she? 311 00:12:28,190 --> 00:12:29,556 That was just one of Pop's messes 312 00:12:29,644 --> 00:12:30,776 I had to clean up, that's all. 313 00:12:30,863 --> 00:12:32,567 At the house? 314 00:12:32,816 --> 00:12:34,790 Pop promised her a record deal. 315 00:12:34,878 --> 00:12:36,878 I disagreed, so I took care of it. 316 00:12:37,245 --> 00:12:38,736 Wait, you don't think that she and I 317 00:12:38,824 --> 00:12:40,175 were doing anything, right? 318 00:12:40,263 --> 00:12:42,476 All I know is that Lucious ran Empire 319 00:12:42,564 --> 00:12:44,079 like he was John Gotti. 320 00:12:44,167 --> 00:12:45,797 I don't want that for you. 321 00:12:45,885 --> 00:12:47,119 I don't want that for us. 322 00:12:47,207 --> 00:12:48,525 And that is exactly why 323 00:12:48,613 --> 00:12:50,441 I'm clearing out all of Pop's shady business. 324 00:12:50,548 --> 00:12:51,769 In fact... 325 00:12:52,099 --> 00:12:54,644 I called Kelly Patel over for dinner so I can make sure 326 00:12:54,732 --> 00:12:57,464 that my father's way is a thing of the past. 327 00:12:58,674 --> 00:12:59,988 Okay? 328 00:13:03,667 --> 00:13:05,191 Okay? 329 00:13:06,128 --> 00:13:07,636 Okay. 330 00:13:08,182 --> 00:13:10,165 Oh, and I am so down for that lemon cake. 331 00:13:10,253 --> 00:13:11,480 Mm. 332 00:13:11,621 --> 00:13:14,394 I'm gonna go tell "the Cake Master." 333 00:13:19,990 --> 00:13:21,589 I don't know what she's talking about. 334 00:13:22,103 --> 00:13:23,457 Chocolate. 335 00:13:23,776 --> 00:13:25,339 Definitely chocolate. 336 00:13:26,285 --> 00:13:28,566 Andre, you can't ignore me. 337 00:13:28,691 --> 00:13:31,042 And you can't ignore the fact that Teri's onto us. 338 00:13:31,877 --> 00:13:33,332 She gonna be a problem? 339 00:13:34,798 --> 00:13:36,746 Keep her name out of your mouth. 340 00:13:51,808 --> 00:13:54,282 Now, what the hell is the damn emergency? 341 00:13:54,370 --> 00:13:56,206 - I got your text. - What it look like? 342 00:13:56,294 --> 00:13:57,954 I'm not gonna be disrespected like that. 343 00:13:58,042 --> 00:13:59,126 Wait, whoa, hold on. 344 00:13:59,214 --> 00:14:00,589 Who the hell is disrespecting you? 345 00:14:00,676 --> 00:14:02,672 The director? 'Cause I'll talk to his ass. 346 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:04,761 - No... you, Pop. - Me? 347 00:14:04,849 --> 00:14:07,011 This ain't the script we decided on, Man. 348 00:14:07,268 --> 00:14:08,396 Look... 349 00:14:08,484 --> 00:14:10,766 something you gotta understand in the movie business. 350 00:14:10,854 --> 00:14:13,719 Scripts change. They evolve. We gotta grow with 'em. 351 00:14:13,807 --> 00:14:15,537 Yeah, but the writer didn't change it; you did. 352 00:14:15,624 --> 00:14:17,297 It's not his movie. It's Empire's movie. 353 00:14:17,385 --> 00:14:19,187 - And the script is locked. - Well, smarty-pants, 354 00:14:19,275 --> 00:14:20,898 Pop unlocked it, so now it's trash. 355 00:14:20,986 --> 00:14:22,149 You better watch your damn mouth, 356 00:14:22,236 --> 00:14:24,523 'cause you're gonna memorize every syllable. 357 00:14:24,611 --> 00:14:26,031 I didn't approve this script, Pop. 358 00:14:26,119 --> 00:14:28,377 And I didn't approve a damn thing either. 359 00:14:29,153 --> 00:14:31,769 Oh, but at least they got the costume right. 360 00:14:31,981 --> 00:14:33,689 - Hey, girl! - Hi, girl, hey. 361 00:14:33,785 --> 00:14:35,166 - You young Cookie? - Uh-huh. 362 00:14:35,254 --> 00:14:37,891 Well, I hope you got the attitude to match them jeans, 363 00:14:37,979 --> 00:14:39,133 'cause you look soft. 364 00:14:39,221 --> 00:14:40,928 - Ma. - What? 365 00:14:41,127 --> 00:14:42,564 That's right, girl. Leave that good wig. 366 00:14:42,651 --> 00:14:43,612 - Get outta here. - I didn't go 367 00:14:43,700 --> 00:14:44,753 - to Juilliard for this. - Bye-bye, girl. 368 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:47,525 That's the problem. You went to Juilliard, honey. Bye-bye. 369 00:14:47,955 --> 00:14:49,202 I'm sorry. 370 00:14:49,290 --> 00:14:50,766 Now my fans gon' think I'm a ass 371 00:14:50,854 --> 00:14:52,000 'cause this is just fake. 372 00:14:52,088 --> 00:14:53,207 You keep talking like that, 373 00:14:53,294 --> 00:14:55,690 I'm gonna strangle your ass with that do-rag. 374 00:14:55,778 --> 00:14:56,917 This is my life. 375 00:14:57,005 --> 00:14:57,879 Your life? 376 00:14:57,966 --> 00:14:59,143 It's not even a real story. 377 00:14:59,231 --> 00:15:00,081 No, it's not. 378 00:15:00,168 --> 00:15:01,854 See, I read this on the way here, 379 00:15:01,942 --> 00:15:03,534 and this is about as fake 380 00:15:03,622 --> 00:15:06,073 as that Lifetime Achievement Award you bought and paid for. 381 00:15:06,161 --> 00:15:08,261 Every minute we stand here and hold up shooting 382 00:15:08,349 --> 00:15:09,200 is cutting into our bottom line. 383 00:15:09,288 --> 00:15:11,378 Andre, boy, I know this is important to you, 384 00:15:11,466 --> 00:15:13,323 but this ain't me in them pages. 385 00:15:13,411 --> 00:15:14,677 And you lie to me, Lucious. 386 00:15:14,765 --> 00:15:16,542 Now you gon' run around and lie to the world 387 00:15:16,630 --> 00:15:17,995 with this wack mess? 388 00:15:18,083 --> 00:15:19,464 Ah, you show me where I'm lying. 389 00:15:19,552 --> 00:15:22,182 All up in through here, man. This is wack juice! 390 00:15:22,270 --> 00:15:23,308 You know, Mom right. 391 00:15:23,488 --> 00:15:24,623 I'm not doing another line 392 00:15:24,711 --> 00:15:25,840 until you get the script right. 393 00:15:25,927 --> 00:15:27,141 I don't blame you, son. 394 00:15:27,228 --> 00:15:29,729 Go have a lobster and caviar on your father. 395 00:15:29,832 --> 00:15:31,292 - I'm outta here. - All right, then. 396 00:15:31,380 --> 00:15:32,356 Fix it. 397 00:15:32,444 --> 00:15:33,489 - Who? - Both of you. 398 00:15:33,577 --> 00:15:34,603 You lived it. 399 00:15:34,691 --> 00:15:35,871 We'll shut down for the rest of the day. 400 00:15:35,958 --> 00:15:38,474 - You know, your mouth... - We are bleeding money, Ma! 401 00:15:38,606 --> 00:15:42,411 Empire money, our money. Fix it, please! 402 00:16:00,559 --> 00:16:03,136 Okay, so this looks really promising. 403 00:16:03,224 --> 00:16:05,372 Yeah, we've worked with all the major labels. 404 00:16:05,459 --> 00:16:08,142 With this, we can sail right through to the ASAs. 405 00:16:08,229 --> 00:16:10,175 Wait a minute. Am I reading this right? 406 00:16:10,263 --> 00:16:12,579 It says this deal requires 407 00:16:12,666 --> 00:16:15,083 you taking partial ownership of Bossy. 408 00:16:15,224 --> 00:16:16,964 A percentage, uh... 409 00:16:17,919 --> 00:16:19,182 For a company this small, 410 00:16:19,270 --> 00:16:21,753 recouping costs through record sales wouldn't make sense. 411 00:16:21,841 --> 00:16:24,753 Well, it looks like we would only own 412 00:16:24,841 --> 00:16:27,966 7% of what we built. 413 00:16:28,208 --> 00:16:29,752 No, 7% each. 414 00:16:29,855 --> 00:16:30,969 Oh. 415 00:16:31,204 --> 00:16:32,584 Each. 416 00:16:32,718 --> 00:16:33,872 That's more than fair, 417 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:35,935 considering the risk KSM would be taking on. 418 00:16:36,023 --> 00:16:36,583 Well, technically... 419 00:16:36,671 --> 00:16:39,261 You ladies have really done an outstanding job 420 00:16:39,349 --> 00:16:40,518 with these offices. 421 00:16:40,606 --> 00:16:41,604 - Yeah. - Thank you. 422 00:16:41,692 --> 00:16:42,842 I like the way the light falls 423 00:16:42,929 --> 00:16:44,934 in that office at the front of the hallway. 424 00:16:45,099 --> 00:16:46,974 - That's my office. - Great. 425 00:16:47,062 --> 00:16:48,146 I think your furniture will fit well 426 00:16:48,233 --> 00:16:49,942 in that smaller one down the hall. 427 00:16:50,037 --> 00:16:51,520 - Excuse me? - Wow. 428 00:16:51,772 --> 00:16:54,567 I like the light and the furniture just the way it is. 429 00:16:54,776 --> 00:16:57,013 Paul is actually gonna need an office. 430 00:16:57,101 --> 00:16:59,763 He'll be KSM's overseer for Bossy. 431 00:17:01,863 --> 00:17:04,261 That's a very poor choice of words. 432 00:17:04,349 --> 00:17:06,356 - Yes, correct. Poor. - Yes. 433 00:17:06,444 --> 00:17:09,341 But will need to take a supervisory role. 434 00:17:12,225 --> 00:17:13,932 You know what, Tommy? 435 00:17:14,020 --> 00:17:16,200 We're gonna discuss our options internally. 436 00:17:16,397 --> 00:17:18,478 Thank you so much. 437 00:17:21,411 --> 00:17:22,949 Ladies... 438 00:17:23,036 --> 00:17:26,302 considering that you're up to your edges in debt, 439 00:17:27,224 --> 00:17:29,243 we are your only option. 440 00:17:35,749 --> 00:17:38,365 You have 24 hours to decide. 441 00:17:38,817 --> 00:17:41,083 Why is he talking about our edges? 442 00:17:45,393 --> 00:17:47,175 Real talk, this script is wack. 443 00:17:47,263 --> 00:17:51,481 But whoever built this set deserves a damn Oscar. 444 00:17:53,497 --> 00:17:56,471 Remember those little mismatched dishes we had 445 00:17:56,559 --> 00:17:57,651 with the flowers on 'em? 446 00:17:57,738 --> 00:17:59,386 Where the hell they find these? 447 00:17:59,473 --> 00:18:02,089 What's really blowing my mind is this Casio. 448 00:18:02,231 --> 00:18:04,558 It's like they pulled it straight out of a time capsule. 449 00:18:04,778 --> 00:18:05,825 Seriously, Lucious, 450 00:18:05,913 --> 00:18:08,786 you was gonna pass this off to our fans as true? 451 00:18:09,223 --> 00:18:10,497 It is true. 452 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:14,302 Look, you and me, we ain't been on the same page for a while, 453 00:18:14,411 --> 00:18:16,236 but that script just needs a couple tweaks. 454 00:18:16,323 --> 00:18:19,593 Couple tweaks? This... this here took me out. 455 00:18:21,028 --> 00:18:24,870 "Cookie looks up from the sink as she dries a dish 456 00:18:24,958 --> 00:18:27,864 and stares adoringly at her man." 457 00:18:28,106 --> 00:18:31,364 "'Lucious, you ain't even put out an album 458 00:18:31,505 --> 00:18:34,974 and you're already the best there ever was!'" 459 00:18:35,269 --> 00:18:37,276 - Seriously? - Look, I was 460 00:18:37,364 --> 00:18:38,858 just trying to make her... 461 00:18:39,113 --> 00:18:41,489 a little softer, you know? Nice. 462 00:18:41,577 --> 00:18:42,791 Oh. 463 00:18:43,044 --> 00:18:44,144 Well, it didn't work. 464 00:18:44,232 --> 00:18:46,087 All right, if your memory's so damn great, 465 00:18:46,175 --> 00:18:48,066 you tell me what you remember. 466 00:18:55,362 --> 00:18:57,799 I can feel the baby doing the cabbage patch. 467 00:19:01,578 --> 00:19:03,216 Yeah, that's it. That's it, Lucious. 468 00:19:03,304 --> 00:19:05,140 That's your first single, "Paid In Cash." 469 00:19:05,228 --> 00:19:06,286 Trust me. 470 00:19:06,510 --> 00:19:09,023 Yeah... but we wasting time, Lucious. 471 00:19:09,111 --> 00:19:11,825 We gotta get the dupes out on the street, like, yesterday. 472 00:19:11,912 --> 00:19:12,992 Mm-hmm. 473 00:19:13,221 --> 00:19:14,728 Lucious, are you listening to me? 474 00:19:14,815 --> 00:19:17,062 I'm trying to come up with a company name. 475 00:19:17,150 --> 00:19:18,298 You know, we're gonna need 476 00:19:18,385 --> 00:19:21,268 a logo and a name on these damn tapes. 477 00:19:21,541 --> 00:19:24,375 I was thinking, like, Domination or Dominion. 478 00:19:24,479 --> 00:19:27,500 Like, God gave us dominion over this entire wild kingdom. 479 00:19:27,588 --> 00:19:28,642 All I know is, 480 00:19:28,729 --> 00:19:30,695 there ain't gonna be no damn kingdom, Lucious, 481 00:19:30,783 --> 00:19:33,929 if we don't get the 5K to make the tapes and the artwork. 482 00:19:34,017 --> 00:19:36,445 We gotta get this music out on the damn street. 483 00:19:36,533 --> 00:19:37,617 Come on, what? 484 00:19:37,705 --> 00:19:38,767 I got it. I got it. 485 00:19:38,855 --> 00:19:41,408 I'm supposed to meet with the Colombians in a half hour. 486 00:19:41,496 --> 00:19:44,745 I don't trust those those fake-ass Tony... 487 00:19:44,833 --> 00:19:46,976 They too flashy. They hot, Lucious. 488 00:19:47,064 --> 00:19:47,861 Yeah, I know. 489 00:19:47,948 --> 00:19:49,101 But that's why I got Bunkie. 490 00:19:49,189 --> 00:19:50,297 He gonna meet me over there. 491 00:19:50,385 --> 00:19:52,525 Look at me. Look at me, Lucious. 492 00:19:52,924 --> 00:19:56,322 If anything look like it's going sideways, you step. 493 00:19:56,853 --> 00:20:00,070 And you tell Bunkie, lumpy-head-ass Bunkie, 494 00:20:00,158 --> 00:20:02,609 - to keep his head on a swivel... - Look, baby, I got this. 495 00:20:02,696 --> 00:20:04,000 - Okay. - Good about this one. 496 00:20:04,088 --> 00:20:05,379 - All right. - Wait, wait, wait. 497 00:20:05,466 --> 00:20:07,984 And please bring the baby back some pizza, okay? 498 00:20:08,072 --> 00:20:09,195 - Yeah, okay. - All right. 499 00:20:09,283 --> 00:20:10,578 All right, love you, baby. 500 00:20:16,488 --> 00:20:18,803 Wait, no, no. That is not what happened. 501 00:20:19,088 --> 00:20:22,836 No, I left to go and do a deal, but I left with Bunkie. 502 00:20:22,924 --> 00:20:26,172 No, you did not. You left by yourself. 503 00:20:26,260 --> 00:20:29,297 I remember because it was right after we chose your single. 504 00:20:29,385 --> 00:20:31,866 Wait, no, no. I picked "Paid In Cash." 505 00:20:31,954 --> 00:20:35,283 Here we go with the "I, I, I, I," Lucious. 506 00:20:35,541 --> 00:20:38,515 I mean, you have told yourself over and over 507 00:20:38,603 --> 00:20:40,023 the same tired story 508 00:20:40,111 --> 00:20:42,422 about how you did every damn thing by yourself 509 00:20:42,510 --> 00:20:43,850 that you believe in it, huh? 510 00:20:43,937 --> 00:20:46,765 Look, if we can't agree on what we know to be facts... 511 00:20:46,891 --> 00:20:48,251 I picked that song... 512 00:20:48,392 --> 00:20:49,953 Then how we gonna fix this mess? 513 00:20:50,041 --> 00:20:52,461 We don't have to fix this mess. 514 00:20:52,549 --> 00:20:54,101 Then what about this money we losing? 515 00:20:54,189 --> 00:20:56,807 Oh, it's "we" now that money's involved, huh? 516 00:20:57,189 --> 00:20:58,844 No, this is your movie, baby. 517 00:20:58,932 --> 00:21:00,312 This is all you. 518 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:01,633 Now write me out. 519 00:21:01,721 --> 00:21:03,758 Write my ass all the way out. 520 00:21:03,846 --> 00:21:04,861 Happily. 521 00:21:04,949 --> 00:21:07,625 I don't need you here to say what happened in my life. 522 00:21:07,713 --> 00:21:09,548 - Of course you don't. - This ain't the Cookie movie. 523 00:21:09,635 --> 00:21:11,406 - Oh. - This is the Lucious Lyon story. 524 00:21:11,494 --> 00:21:12,579 That's what they care about. 525 00:21:12,666 --> 00:21:15,242 Okay, well, you tell that fictional crap 526 00:21:15,330 --> 00:21:16,929 but without me, okay? 527 00:21:17,017 --> 00:21:18,785 And you might as well let that little thing out there 528 00:21:18,872 --> 00:21:20,860 that likes snatching her wig off 529 00:21:20,948 --> 00:21:22,429 that she ain't got no job no more! 530 00:21:22,516 --> 00:21:24,875 You are not in charge of casting! 531 00:21:24,963 --> 00:21:27,017 You know what, Lucious? Come to think of it, 532 00:21:27,105 --> 00:21:30,236 when you were getting contracts signed for this movie, 533 00:21:30,324 --> 00:21:31,972 did you get one for me? 534 00:21:32,119 --> 00:21:33,447 No. 535 00:21:33,861 --> 00:21:35,931 But I-I-I-I-I didn't need to get 536 00:21:36,019 --> 00:21:37,400 - one from you. - Oh! 537 00:21:37,594 --> 00:21:39,342 Well, turns out, 538 00:21:39,430 --> 00:21:41,147 you can't use my life rights 539 00:21:41,235 --> 00:21:43,491 or my likeness without my consent. 540 00:21:43,579 --> 00:21:48,221 So put this in your script: no Cookie, no movie, all right? 541 00:21:48,330 --> 00:21:51,711 Now I'ma shut this bitch down the only way Cookie knows how. 542 00:21:51,799 --> 00:21:53,393 And that's a cut and a wrap 543 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:55,896 or whatever the hell they say on movie sets, baby. 544 00:21:55,983 --> 00:21:57,732 You might as well pack on up. 545 00:21:57,819 --> 00:21:59,564 The movie is over, baby. 546 00:22:02,502 --> 00:22:03,934 Wait, where's my driver? 547 00:22:04,225 --> 00:22:05,539 Where the hell is... 548 00:22:05,649 --> 00:22:07,773 Uh, excuse me, can you go get my driver 549 00:22:07,861 --> 00:22:09,995 - instead of running your damn mouth? - Can we get Cookie's car? 550 00:22:10,082 --> 00:22:11,929 Wasting money around here anyway. 551 00:22:12,017 --> 00:22:14,338 What do you mean by remove her? 552 00:22:14,426 --> 00:22:17,297 Look, look, we're having some contractual issues. 553 00:22:17,385 --> 00:22:19,787 Okay, well, what about the scenes we've already shot 554 00:22:19,875 --> 00:22:21,283 with the actress playing Cookie? 555 00:22:21,371 --> 00:22:23,192 We just gotta call the character something else. 556 00:22:23,279 --> 00:22:24,721 - I don't know, man. - Call her something... 557 00:22:24,808 --> 00:22:26,723 It's a historic biopic. 558 00:22:26,811 --> 00:22:29,626 The public knows there was and is a Cookie Lyon. 559 00:22:29,714 --> 00:22:32,244 That's like saying we're gonna take the music out the movie. 560 00:22:32,332 --> 00:22:33,135 Cookie, your driver's here. 561 00:22:33,223 --> 00:22:34,533 Finally! Where your ass been? 562 00:22:34,621 --> 00:22:36,236 You got any of my music cued up? 563 00:22:36,324 --> 00:22:38,002 - Uh, no. - No. 564 00:22:38,899 --> 00:22:40,291 Don't let that car leave. 565 00:22:40,379 --> 00:22:41,981 Just tell me what you... 566 00:22:42,069 --> 00:22:44,471 No, just make sure she stays. 567 00:22:46,067 --> 00:22:46,814 ♪ Yeah 568 00:22:46,902 --> 00:22:48,678 - Hey! - What? 569 00:22:49,122 --> 00:22:50,604 You remember this? 570 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:52,414 ♪ Run me my money 571 00:22:52,768 --> 00:22:54,478 ♪ Cash, dollars, dinero 572 00:22:54,566 --> 00:22:57,174 ♪ Who do you think? Yeah, I got the hood on lock ♪ 573 00:22:57,297 --> 00:22:59,745 ♪ People whisper my name down on every block ♪ 574 00:22:59,833 --> 00:23:02,483 ♪ Talk less, I take you out with an unmarked Glock ♪ 575 00:23:02,571 --> 00:23:05,353 ♪ Make a hit list and put your homie name on top, yeah ♪ 576 00:23:05,441 --> 00:23:07,723 ♪ Bosses don't brag, gangstas don't advertise ♪ 577 00:23:07,811 --> 00:23:08,956 ♪ What's your next move when death ♪ 578 00:23:09,043 --> 00:23:10,304 ♪ Stares you in the eyes? 579 00:23:10,392 --> 00:23:11,580 ♪ It's a standoff game 580 00:23:11,668 --> 00:23:12,892 ♪ Yeah, it's do or die 581 00:23:12,980 --> 00:23:14,995 ♪ One day, I'ma pay with my life ♪ 582 00:23:15,098 --> 00:23:16,996 ♪ And like the king 583 00:23:17,149 --> 00:23:18,731 Uh. 584 00:23:19,434 --> 00:23:22,426 The whole thing. Nuh-uh, every bit. 585 00:23:22,522 --> 00:23:23,689 Thank you. 586 00:23:25,441 --> 00:23:26,934 This office does look good. 587 00:23:27,060 --> 00:23:29,918 Decorating: the one thing we didn't fail at. 588 00:23:30,386 --> 00:23:31,992 We are not gonna be better off 589 00:23:32,087 --> 00:23:33,395 if we take this deal. 590 00:23:33,483 --> 00:23:35,473 Mm. Who's gonna tell Tiana? 591 00:23:35,561 --> 00:23:37,310 Not it! 592 00:23:37,409 --> 00:23:38,924 Ugh, damn. 593 00:23:39,090 --> 00:23:42,934 Bossy was supposed to be a beacon of black girl magic. 594 00:23:44,007 --> 00:23:47,624 The sun felt real good out from under Eddie's shadow. 595 00:23:47,984 --> 00:23:51,166 Bossy wasn't supposed to be for just a moment. 596 00:23:51,254 --> 00:23:53,256 No, it was supposed to be a movement. 597 00:23:57,605 --> 00:23:59,420 Oh. 598 00:23:59,508 --> 00:24:01,123 What... Where are you going? 599 00:24:01,210 --> 00:24:02,942 We ain't signing nothing yet. 600 00:24:03,030 --> 00:24:05,045 Don't drink my wine. 601 00:24:05,447 --> 00:24:07,296 I see you! I see you! 602 00:24:07,383 --> 00:24:09,050 I'm not even drinking it. 603 00:24:12,309 --> 00:24:14,457 And I bet nobody told you about the altitude. 604 00:24:14,676 --> 00:24:16,778 No, and I was so dizzy 605 00:24:16,866 --> 00:24:19,379 that I had to crawl all the way back down the slope. 606 00:24:22,030 --> 00:24:23,434 Well, this has truly been 607 00:24:23,522 --> 00:24:25,312 an enjoyable evening, Kelly, but... 608 00:24:25,467 --> 00:24:26,567 Thank you... 609 00:24:26,655 --> 00:24:28,670 As I said when we spoke, 610 00:24:28,842 --> 00:24:30,319 with dinner comes a business proposal. 611 00:24:30,406 --> 00:24:33,473 Ah, this close to a clean getaway. 612 00:24:34,376 --> 00:24:36,543 I want to buy your shares. 613 00:24:36,631 --> 00:24:38,465 Empire's making too much money. 614 00:24:38,979 --> 00:24:40,340 Why would I sell? 615 00:24:41,161 --> 00:24:42,808 We'll see. 616 00:24:43,113 --> 00:24:44,442 P&L reports? 617 00:24:44,530 --> 00:24:46,245 We're not supposed to get this till next month. 618 00:24:46,332 --> 00:24:48,535 These are the numbers since I took the helm. 619 00:24:48,872 --> 00:24:50,559 The success of Treasure and Devon's albums 620 00:24:50,647 --> 00:24:52,857 has catapulted earnings into the double digits. 621 00:24:53,028 --> 00:24:54,473 I have to admit, 622 00:24:54,561 --> 00:24:57,443 I was impressed when you signed Prophetic the Poet. 623 00:24:57,699 --> 00:25:00,482 The numbers don't lie. You're doing an amazing job. 624 00:25:00,569 --> 00:25:02,285 Maybe even better than Lucious. 625 00:25:02,738 --> 00:25:04,059 Turn the page. 626 00:25:05,230 --> 00:25:07,755 There's a financial deal to buy some of your shares 627 00:25:07,851 --> 00:25:10,215 but not all. Enough for me to gain controlling interest 628 00:25:10,346 --> 00:25:11,507 while you retain enough to... 629 00:25:11,598 --> 00:25:13,846 reap the benefits of Empire's success. 630 00:25:14,051 --> 00:25:15,833 There's almost no downside risk. 631 00:25:16,059 --> 00:25:17,699 I own less but I make more. 632 00:25:17,786 --> 00:25:19,934 And putting me firmly in the driver's seat at Empire 633 00:25:20,021 --> 00:25:21,598 is not only smart business. 634 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:25,315 It's a marketable narrative 635 00:25:25,403 --> 00:25:27,645 that Wall Street will eat up with a spoon. 636 00:25:34,270 --> 00:25:36,113 Congratulations, Teri. 637 00:25:36,472 --> 00:25:38,488 You've married a very smart man. 638 00:25:40,113 --> 00:25:41,677 Cheers to that. 639 00:25:47,549 --> 00:25:49,418 Look, I promise you, 640 00:25:50,043 --> 00:25:52,477 if there's anything in it that you don't like, 641 00:25:52,588 --> 00:25:54,348 you don't have to sign the release. 642 00:25:55,491 --> 00:25:58,006 Okay, but only because it's important to Andre. 643 00:25:58,324 --> 00:25:59,434 Cool. 644 00:25:59,595 --> 00:26:01,645 You talk. I'll write. 645 00:26:10,138 --> 00:26:12,645 I remember it like it was yesterday. 646 00:26:14,399 --> 00:26:17,902 After you left the house by your damn self, 647 00:26:17,996 --> 00:26:19,067 I sat right here 648 00:26:19,155 --> 00:26:21,793 and I listened to that track over and over and over, 649 00:26:21,881 --> 00:26:23,628 and the more I listened, 650 00:26:24,152 --> 00:26:26,809 the more I knew that was our ticket. 651 00:26:28,246 --> 00:26:29,793 Keep going. 652 00:26:30,326 --> 00:26:33,035 Well, since the first day I met you and... 653 00:26:33,462 --> 00:26:35,926 after almost three babies, 654 00:26:36,030 --> 00:26:39,723 I was never so sure about anything in my life. 655 00:26:42,081 --> 00:26:44,488 But then things changed. 656 00:26:45,294 --> 00:26:46,541 Y'all hear that? 657 00:26:46,808 --> 00:26:48,857 That's your daddy's beats. 658 00:26:48,944 --> 00:26:50,465 He gon' be a star. 659 00:26:52,184 --> 00:26:54,596 Hey, Bunkie. No, Lucious already left. 660 00:26:54,683 --> 00:26:56,418 He waitin' for you. 661 00:26:57,112 --> 00:26:59,449 What you mean, you in New York? 662 00:27:00,193 --> 00:27:01,608 Bunkie. 663 00:27:01,696 --> 00:27:04,277 Mommy, why did Bunkie do that? 664 00:27:05,639 --> 00:27:07,541 Andre, baby, 665 00:27:07,629 --> 00:27:09,311 Mama's gotta go out for a minute, okay? 666 00:27:09,398 --> 00:27:11,480 You watch out after your baby brother, you understand me? 667 00:27:11,567 --> 00:27:14,402 And don't you touch nothing and don't burn nothing, okay? 668 00:27:14,490 --> 00:27:17,090 - Okay? I'll be right back. - Okay. 669 00:27:17,178 --> 00:27:19,402 And don't open the door for nobody. 670 00:27:23,856 --> 00:27:24,770 Wait a minute. 671 00:27:24,858 --> 00:27:26,940 So you're... 672 00:27:27,315 --> 00:27:29,973 You were only ride or die 673 00:27:30,207 --> 00:27:32,233 because the music was good? 674 00:27:32,321 --> 00:27:34,102 Don't be stupid, Lucious. 675 00:27:34,189 --> 00:27:36,190 You know I loved your dirty drawers no matter what. 676 00:27:36,329 --> 00:27:38,408 Look, anyway, we were on the rise 677 00:27:38,496 --> 00:27:40,754 and I wasn't gonna let anything get in the way. 678 00:27:41,246 --> 00:27:43,932 I wanted to be there for the father of my children. 679 00:27:45,065 --> 00:27:46,439 Why you put the pen down? 680 00:27:46,527 --> 00:27:47,973 I'm not finished. Keep writing. 681 00:27:52,179 --> 00:27:54,504 And then your dumb ass decides to go 682 00:27:54,592 --> 00:27:57,215 and meet the Colombians with no backup. 683 00:27:58,784 --> 00:28:00,510 Well, yeah, you laughing now. 684 00:28:00,598 --> 00:28:03,871 Wasn't funny then, because that was a big-ass mistake. 685 00:28:07,953 --> 00:28:10,582 'Cause the cops had the Colombians staked out 686 00:28:11,190 --> 00:28:13,459 and your dumb ass didn't even know it. 687 00:28:30,927 --> 00:28:31,925 Lady, get back! 688 00:28:32,013 --> 00:28:35,410 No! I'm going into labor! Help me, please! 689 00:28:35,498 --> 00:28:36,793 We'll call rescue. Sit tight! 690 00:28:36,881 --> 00:28:39,020 No! This baby's coming now, damn it! 691 00:28:39,108 --> 00:28:40,790 - Please! - Call for backup. 692 00:28:40,878 --> 00:28:42,255 Let them know where the deal's going down. 693 00:28:42,342 --> 00:28:43,868 Come on, man, we've been following these dudes 694 00:28:43,955 --> 00:28:45,836 - for a week! - You think I don't know that? 695 00:28:45,988 --> 00:28:47,732 Lady, we're gonna get you to the hospital fast. - Okay. 696 00:28:47,819 --> 00:28:49,020 - Lights and sirens, okay? - Okay. 697 00:28:49,107 --> 00:28:51,476 - Let's go! - All right, I'll get the car. 698 00:29:09,244 --> 00:29:11,660 I had to fake the whole thing for two hours 699 00:29:11,748 --> 00:29:15,701 until the doctor told the cop that it was false labor. 700 00:29:15,890 --> 00:29:18,673 Did you make the deal? 701 00:29:18,971 --> 00:29:20,615 Damn right I did. 702 00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:22,634 And flipped it already. 703 00:29:23,881 --> 00:29:26,107 That was too damn close this time, Lucious. 704 00:29:26,195 --> 00:29:27,910 Man, we was in and out of there 705 00:29:27,998 --> 00:29:30,547 before the cops even thought about showing up. 706 00:29:30,635 --> 00:29:32,278 - I got this. - No, I'm not fooling, Lucious. 707 00:29:32,365 --> 00:29:33,435 No, I know what I'm doing. 708 00:29:33,523 --> 00:29:36,339 No, we got to concentrate on the music now. 709 00:29:36,651 --> 00:29:38,858 - That's a... - No. Shut up, Lucious. 710 00:29:38,946 --> 00:29:40,396 Here. 711 00:29:40,507 --> 00:29:41,675 Put this on. 712 00:29:44,185 --> 00:29:45,693 Wait, wasn't this your daddy's? 713 00:29:45,781 --> 00:29:47,044 Yes. He said 714 00:29:47,132 --> 00:29:49,848 it was to always protect me, and it has. 715 00:29:50,313 --> 00:29:52,654 Oh, come on, Cook. Come on. 716 00:29:52,742 --> 00:29:54,023 Mm, no, bec... no, 717 00:29:54,111 --> 00:29:55,389 because if I'm not there the next time, 718 00:29:55,476 --> 00:29:56,380 it'll protect you. 719 00:29:56,468 --> 00:29:58,404 No, there ain't gonna be no next time 720 00:29:58,492 --> 00:30:00,942 because you ain't gonna go showing up in places 721 00:30:01,127 --> 00:30:02,644 that you ain't got no business showing up. 722 00:30:02,731 --> 00:30:03,596 I got this. 723 00:30:03,684 --> 00:30:05,821 And what if I didn't show up, huh? 724 00:30:05,909 --> 00:30:07,993 I saved your black ass, and you know it. 725 00:30:08,081 --> 00:30:10,416 No, we got two babies at home 726 00:30:10,526 --> 00:30:11,774 and one on the way. 727 00:30:11,862 --> 00:30:13,443 Come on. 728 00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:15,743 Man, you don't risk all of that for me. 729 00:30:15,877 --> 00:30:17,078 For you? For us. 730 00:30:17,166 --> 00:30:18,398 For everything we've done 731 00:30:18,486 --> 00:30:20,783 and for everything we about to do. 732 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:22,518 You know I'm ride or die. 733 00:30:22,842 --> 00:30:24,674 You know what you got. 734 00:30:25,766 --> 00:30:29,883 I'll be damned if we ain't the king and queen of West Philly. 735 00:30:29,971 --> 00:30:32,791 West Philly? Why you thinking so small? 736 00:30:33,041 --> 00:30:35,221 Man, we're kingpins, then. 737 00:30:35,807 --> 00:30:37,799 We gon' take this worldwide. 738 00:30:37,887 --> 00:30:39,078 That's right. 739 00:30:39,174 --> 00:30:40,727 We gon' build an empire. 740 00:30:40,814 --> 00:30:44,140 Mm-hmm, now you talkin'. 741 00:30:44,228 --> 00:30:45,305 I'm hungry, Lucious. 742 00:30:45,393 --> 00:30:47,633 You promised the boys some pizza. 743 00:30:47,860 --> 00:30:50,196 Oh, pizza? Man, we about to be an empire. 744 00:30:50,284 --> 00:30:52,304 We're goin' over to that little Chinese spot, 745 00:30:52,392 --> 00:30:53,539 get some kung pao chicken. 746 00:30:53,626 --> 00:30:56,438 Yes! Egg foo yong! 747 00:30:57,497 --> 00:30:58,781 And make sure you take the part out 748 00:30:58,868 --> 00:31:00,204 about me being pregnant. 749 00:31:00,292 --> 00:31:04,482 Let's just say, um, say I faked getting my purse snatched. 750 00:31:04,570 --> 00:31:08,520 No, that's the stuff that makes this perfect, 751 00:31:08,649 --> 00:31:10,093 because it's honest; it's real. 752 00:31:10,181 --> 00:31:11,165 I get that, Lucious, 753 00:31:11,253 --> 00:31:13,992 but do you know if somebody tried that this day and age, 754 00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:17,430 CPS would come snatch those babies out the house so fast? 755 00:31:17,517 --> 00:31:18,696 Mm-mm. 756 00:31:18,852 --> 00:31:20,642 Okay, then Cookie is no longer pregnant. 757 00:31:20,810 --> 00:31:23,837 Oh, and just slip on in there that... 758 00:31:23,962 --> 00:31:25,705 I didn't leave the boys by theirself. 759 00:31:25,792 --> 00:31:28,118 I waited until I got a proper babysitter. 760 00:31:30,768 --> 00:31:33,915 Now you see how easy facts can be changed. 761 00:31:34,024 --> 00:31:38,142 I mean, it doesn't stop this from being an epic love story. 762 00:31:38,230 --> 00:31:42,204 Yes, because the truth is better than the damn legend. 763 00:31:43,666 --> 00:31:45,343 So from here on out, you and me, 764 00:31:45,431 --> 00:31:46,951 we're are gonna be 100, then, right? 765 00:31:47,047 --> 00:31:48,194 That's right. 766 00:31:48,281 --> 00:31:49,843 And just like Andre said, 767 00:31:49,931 --> 00:31:51,163 we burning up money in here. 768 00:31:51,251 --> 00:31:53,632 You need to get somebody to type that up. 769 00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:56,649 You can't write that fast. Damn arthritic fingers. 770 00:31:57,626 --> 00:31:59,604 Thank you, Cookie. 771 00:31:59,902 --> 00:32:01,371 All right. 772 00:32:03,029 --> 00:32:07,399 I hope you are ready for the best omelet you've ever had. 773 00:32:08,253 --> 00:32:09,907 I'm ready, baby. 774 00:32:12,158 --> 00:32:14,060 - Come on. - Mm. 775 00:32:18,281 --> 00:32:20,556 Uh-huh. 776 00:32:21,099 --> 00:32:23,267 - All right. - All right. 777 00:32:24,618 --> 00:32:26,432 To new beginnings. 778 00:32:26,519 --> 00:32:28,720 To a fresh start at Empire. 779 00:32:35,157 --> 00:32:36,835 Kelly assures me that the details 780 00:32:36,923 --> 00:32:38,186 will be worked out by next week. 781 00:32:38,274 --> 00:32:40,267 Oh, I knew you'd win him over. 782 00:32:40,433 --> 00:32:41,580 By the way, 783 00:32:41,667 --> 00:32:43,413 how did you get Prophetic the Poet 784 00:32:43,501 --> 00:32:45,157 to sign to Empire? 785 00:32:45,851 --> 00:32:47,360 What's the difference? He signed. 786 00:32:47,478 --> 00:32:49,755 I'm just wondering, babe. 787 00:32:49,842 --> 00:32:51,544 Well, maybe you should stop wondering. 788 00:32:58,751 --> 00:33:00,626 I got this one. 789 00:33:04,002 --> 00:33:05,267 Eat, babe. 790 00:33:19,431 --> 00:33:20,813 Put my son down. 791 00:33:21,204 --> 00:33:23,225 It's a shame this boy looks so much like Lucious. 792 00:33:23,313 --> 00:33:24,313 Now. 793 00:33:27,413 --> 00:33:28,561 Come here. 794 00:33:28,648 --> 00:33:31,142 Oh, yeah. 795 00:33:31,712 --> 00:33:35,100 Now, you got... you got lucky back there with Kelly. 796 00:33:35,188 --> 00:33:38,407 But this goody-goody act isn't fooling anybody. 797 00:33:40,086 --> 00:33:41,434 Especially not me. 798 00:33:41,548 --> 00:33:43,030 Now that I have controlling interest, 799 00:33:43,125 --> 00:33:44,063 I'm free of Lucious. 800 00:33:44,151 --> 00:33:45,017 Hi. 801 00:33:45,105 --> 00:33:46,790 Which means I don't need you anymore. 802 00:33:50,399 --> 00:33:52,585 Lucious isn't the only demon you'll face 803 00:33:52,673 --> 00:33:54,366 as the captain of this ship. 804 00:33:54,454 --> 00:33:55,821 These waters are dark, 805 00:33:55,908 --> 00:33:59,692 and you'll need me when the dead of night falls. 806 00:34:00,634 --> 00:34:02,353 I'm not going anywhere. 807 00:34:03,924 --> 00:34:04,991 No. 808 00:34:06,131 --> 00:34:08,000 I'm your North Star, bruh. 809 00:34:09,613 --> 00:34:10,931 And you know that. 810 00:34:14,454 --> 00:34:15,759 Mm. 811 00:34:18,576 --> 00:34:19,624 Realness. 812 00:34:19,712 --> 00:34:20,944 That's what I'm talking about. 813 00:34:21,032 --> 00:34:22,210 That's right, baby. 814 00:34:22,298 --> 00:34:24,405 Now go put your Daddy costume back on. 815 00:34:24,493 --> 00:34:25,686 All right, Ma. 816 00:34:25,774 --> 00:34:28,179 All right, y'all, we got ourselves a script to shoot. 817 00:34:28,267 --> 00:34:30,819 Come on, y'all! Get them cameras rolling, now! 818 00:34:30,907 --> 00:34:33,188 - All right, guys. - Hey, Cook. 819 00:34:33,642 --> 00:34:36,524 I gotta be honest with you about something. 820 00:34:37,930 --> 00:34:43,063 I knew when I wrote you out of our history 821 00:34:43,165 --> 00:34:44,904 that that was gonna hurt you. 822 00:34:45,329 --> 00:34:46,993 But I still did it. 823 00:34:47,345 --> 00:34:51,054 Oh, why is it so important for you that I hurt, Lucious? 824 00:34:51,142 --> 00:34:52,946 You know, I was mad at you, 825 00:34:53,109 --> 00:34:56,147 because you was the one that always believed in me 826 00:34:56,235 --> 00:34:57,899 even when I didn't believe in myself, 827 00:34:58,038 --> 00:34:59,454 and then... 828 00:34:59,915 --> 00:35:01,320 then that Damon thing happened. 829 00:35:01,407 --> 00:35:02,647 Mm-hmm. 830 00:35:02,735 --> 00:35:03,806 And that made me think 831 00:35:03,894 --> 00:35:05,829 that you didn't believe in us anymore. 832 00:35:06,312 --> 00:35:09,262 And you should. You should. 833 00:35:09,853 --> 00:35:13,753 We got a house filled with pictures and memories. 834 00:35:14,754 --> 00:35:16,366 Some of them are so light 835 00:35:16,454 --> 00:35:18,640 that it felt like we could walk on water, 836 00:35:18,728 --> 00:35:20,173 and then there's other times 837 00:35:20,260 --> 00:35:22,404 when we drug each other down to the bottom of the ocean 838 00:35:22,491 --> 00:35:23,525 in our pain. 839 00:35:24,688 --> 00:35:26,423 But we're still here, man. 840 00:35:26,612 --> 00:35:29,923 - Lucious... - We are still here, stronger. 841 00:35:30,118 --> 00:35:32,418 Little richer, you know, a little... 842 00:35:32,915 --> 00:35:34,587 A little wiser, maybe. 843 00:35:34,938 --> 00:35:36,255 But we're here. 844 00:35:36,634 --> 00:35:39,290 And I hate to think that all our memories are... 845 00:35:40,540 --> 00:35:41,999 something that happened in the past 846 00:35:42,087 --> 00:35:44,647 like we ain't got no new memories that we could make, 847 00:35:44,735 --> 00:35:46,118 you know? 848 00:35:49,278 --> 00:35:50,559 Hmm. 849 00:35:53,548 --> 00:35:56,962 I realized something today too, Lucious. 850 00:35:57,930 --> 00:35:59,556 I love you. 851 00:36:00,383 --> 00:36:02,329 I will always love you. 852 00:36:02,853 --> 00:36:04,813 There's no doubt about that. 853 00:36:07,790 --> 00:36:10,454 But I want to remember the good times 854 00:36:10,688 --> 00:36:12,290 just the way they were. 855 00:36:15,165 --> 00:36:16,349 But the hurt... 856 00:36:19,728 --> 00:36:21,493 I can't turn that off. 857 00:36:21,954 --> 00:36:23,587 It's just too much. 858 00:36:32,493 --> 00:36:35,798 I've been carrying these around for some time now. 859 00:36:46,294 --> 00:36:48,235 You want a divorce? 860 00:36:51,790 --> 00:36:53,399 It's time. 861 00:36:53,821 --> 00:36:55,721 It's time, Lucious. 862 00:37:20,119 --> 00:37:21,400 - Number four. - Yes. 863 00:37:21,487 --> 00:37:22,602 Thank you. 864 00:37:22,689 --> 00:37:24,403 Ah, you're late. 865 00:37:24,490 --> 00:37:26,405 Damn, can't a man take his time in the morning? 866 00:37:26,492 --> 00:37:28,228 Y'all women do. 867 00:37:29,060 --> 00:37:31,109 Bossy Media is looking for a loan 868 00:37:31,197 --> 00:37:32,298 from a silent partner 869 00:37:32,386 --> 00:37:36,095 in exchange for a percentage of the company. 870 00:37:36,551 --> 00:37:37,865 You interested? 871 00:37:38,015 --> 00:37:39,134 I'm not a bank. 872 00:37:39,222 --> 00:37:41,270 That's where you go when you have good credit. 873 00:37:41,598 --> 00:37:43,204 You must be desperate as hell. 874 00:37:43,963 --> 00:37:46,556 You know how hard it is for me to be here... 875 00:37:47,588 --> 00:37:49,618 coming to see you like this. 876 00:37:50,082 --> 00:37:51,415 Yeah. 877 00:37:51,686 --> 00:37:53,407 Just wanna see how bad you want it. 878 00:37:56,488 --> 00:37:57,813 Number four? 879 00:37:57,901 --> 00:37:59,516 Ahh. Sí, sí. 880 00:37:59,604 --> 00:38:01,785 - Thank you. - Enjoy. 881 00:38:01,873 --> 00:38:03,622 The money, I mean. 882 00:38:07,360 --> 00:38:09,075 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 883 00:38:09,163 --> 00:38:11,311 I might be interested in investing in a laundromat. 884 00:38:11,570 --> 00:38:12,657 That could be cool. 885 00:38:12,745 --> 00:38:14,876 My clients always need clean cash. 886 00:38:15,063 --> 00:38:16,603 Okay. 887 00:38:16,909 --> 00:38:18,323 In that case, we could make those quarters 888 00:38:18,410 --> 00:38:20,321 turn into crisp, clean dollars... 889 00:38:20,494 --> 00:38:21,976 For the right price. 890 00:38:22,071 --> 00:38:23,688 Okay. 891 00:38:24,016 --> 00:38:27,313 I'ma front you the money, but I'm only putting up half. 892 00:38:27,894 --> 00:38:29,483 Let's see if Bossy is the bad bitch 893 00:38:29,571 --> 00:38:31,270 that she's claiming to be. 894 00:38:31,532 --> 00:38:34,482 Then we can talk about the rest. 895 00:38:34,794 --> 00:38:37,896 Mm, I never could resist a pretty smile. 896 00:38:38,144 --> 00:38:40,404 Ain't nobody smiling at you. 897 00:38:44,897 --> 00:38:46,284 ♪ Wait for the right time 898 00:38:46,372 --> 00:38:47,518 ♪ Hit you and it's all mine 899 00:38:47,606 --> 00:38:49,122 ♪ Let me see your gang sign 900 00:38:49,210 --> 00:38:50,216 ♪ Bang, bang 901 00:38:50,304 --> 00:38:51,777 ♪ Let me see your gang sign 902 00:38:51,865 --> 00:38:52,841 ♪ Bang, bang 903 00:38:52,929 --> 00:38:54,950 ♪ Let me see your gang sign, huh ♪ 904 00:38:55,114 --> 00:38:57,755 ♪ With my Westside Hustler 905 00:38:57,984 --> 00:39:00,560 ♪ And that's how we hustle up ♪ 906 00:39:01,396 --> 00:39:03,134 That's not what we've been working on. 907 00:39:03,222 --> 00:39:05,568 Just a old-school joint. 908 00:39:05,892 --> 00:39:07,552 Nothing special. 909 00:39:07,726 --> 00:39:09,374 This is hot. 910 00:39:09,560 --> 00:39:12,107 Yo, the rap game used to be straight-up gangster. 911 00:39:12,536 --> 00:39:14,880 He rolls up in somebody else's crib, 912 00:39:14,967 --> 00:39:16,581 puts a gun to his head, 913 00:39:16,668 --> 00:39:19,669 and then takes the money that dude already stole. 914 00:39:19,806 --> 00:39:21,646 The Westside Hustler's a G. 915 00:39:21,734 --> 00:39:24,188 ♪ Now take this I, took a pistol to his head ♪ 916 00:39:24,276 --> 00:39:25,466 ♪ Took all of his bread 917 00:39:25,554 --> 00:39:27,474 What happened to this dude? 918 00:39:27,591 --> 00:39:29,286 They both got put down. 919 00:39:29,374 --> 00:39:31,685 ♪ That's why the brother ain't dead, yeah ♪ 920 00:39:31,982 --> 00:39:34,598 ♪ With my Westside Hustler 921 00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:37,402 ♪ And that's how we hustle up ♪ 922 00:39:37,543 --> 00:39:38,794 Damn. 923 00:39:40,085 --> 00:39:41,953 ♪ Let me see your gang sign 924 00:39:44,599 --> 00:39:45,919 Can I help you? 925 00:39:46,013 --> 00:39:47,669 You were at my house the other night. 926 00:39:47,904 --> 00:39:49,513 And I want... I need to know 927 00:39:49,601 --> 00:39:52,732 what happened between you and my husband, Andre Lyon. 928 00:39:52,896 --> 00:39:54,253 Nothing. I don't even know him. 929 00:39:54,340 --> 00:39:55,554 I... 930 00:39:55,641 --> 00:39:57,109 I know he paid you. 931 00:40:00,112 --> 00:40:03,318 And I'm willing to pay you double for the truth. 932 00:40:13,058 --> 00:40:15,206 Now that we have 50% of the funding, 933 00:40:15,294 --> 00:40:18,911 your ownership stake needs to be reduced accordingly. 934 00:40:18,998 --> 00:40:20,545 Mm-hmm. 935 00:40:20,810 --> 00:40:22,047 Where'd the money come from? 936 00:40:22,134 --> 00:40:23,715 Oh, uh... 937 00:40:23,802 --> 00:40:26,206 that was a preexisting asset 938 00:40:26,294 --> 00:40:29,411 that I didn't have access to before. 939 00:40:29,499 --> 00:40:30,624 Boop. 940 00:40:30,712 --> 00:40:32,577 You can see all that in the counteroffer, though. 941 00:40:32,664 --> 00:40:33,850 The counteroffer? No, the deal's done. 942 00:40:33,937 --> 00:40:35,459 No, listen. We're not playing games here. 943 00:40:35,546 --> 00:40:37,458 Oh, we're not playing games either, are we? 944 00:40:37,549 --> 00:40:39,120 - No games played. - Mm-mm. 945 00:40:39,208 --> 00:40:41,581 You see, this company is very important to us, 946 00:40:41,669 --> 00:40:44,378 and with this sudden infusion of cash, 947 00:40:44,466 --> 00:40:46,271 the financial dynamics have changed. 948 00:40:46,358 --> 00:40:49,136 You see, we only need you half as much now. 949 00:40:49,224 --> 00:40:50,838 Okay, I don't know what you're trying to pull here... 950 00:40:50,925 --> 00:40:52,267 You tell yourself that. 951 00:40:52,355 --> 00:40:54,146 All you do is raise your voice. 952 00:40:54,233 --> 00:40:54,920 The offer stands. 953 00:40:55,008 --> 00:40:56,725 You can either take it, or you can leave it. 954 00:40:56,812 --> 00:40:58,359 They will leave it! 955 00:40:58,599 --> 00:41:00,576 Or shall I say we will leave it? 956 00:41:00,768 --> 00:41:02,182 Hey, girl, hey! 957 00:41:02,270 --> 00:41:05,303 Uh, Cookie, I-I-I didn't realize... 958 00:41:05,391 --> 00:41:06,951 Shh, shh. Honey, hush up. 959 00:41:07,113 --> 00:41:09,128 Look, I have been thinking about my future, 960 00:41:09,310 --> 00:41:11,783 and although Bossy's a little under the water, 961 00:41:11,871 --> 00:41:14,482 you guys have a very strong foundation, and I like that. 962 00:41:14,818 --> 00:41:17,669 So if your offer still stands, honey, 963 00:41:17,756 --> 00:41:21,287 I have all the money you need if you want a real partner. 964 00:41:21,375 --> 00:41:25,670 And you know I'm not gonna be quiet or silent, right? 965 00:41:26,717 --> 00:41:28,180 Welcome to Bossy. 966 00:41:28,267 --> 00:41:29,448 Yes! 967 00:41:29,535 --> 00:41:31,016 - Partner. - Yes! 968 00:41:31,103 --> 00:41:32,484 That's what I like to hear. 969 00:41:32,571 --> 00:41:33,701 Look at us, ladies! 970 00:41:33,789 --> 00:41:36,470 Three bad boss bitches. 971 00:41:36,558 --> 00:41:41,771 Oh, and you two non-boss bitches can kick rocks. 972 00:41:41,927 --> 00:41:43,418 That means get up and get out. 973 00:41:43,506 --> 00:41:44,488 - Yeah. - Bye. 974 00:41:44,576 --> 00:41:45,847 - Bye-bye. - Keep it moving. 975 00:41:45,935 --> 00:41:47,800 Don't validate their parking! 976 00:41:47,888 --> 00:41:49,373 Fred and Barney. 977 00:41:49,461 --> 00:41:51,002 Kick it on back to Bedrock! 978 00:41:51,090 --> 00:41:52,471 Where's the champagne? 979 00:41:52,558 --> 00:41:53,738 - It's over there. - Uh, in the kitchen. 980 00:41:53,825 --> 00:41:54,913 All right, we gotta celebrate! 981 00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:57,208 We have one... yeah. I just want you to... 982 00:41:57,296 --> 00:41:58,977 You have some explaining to do. 983 00:41:59,065 --> 00:42:00,405 Yes. First of all, we saved the company. 984 00:42:00,492 --> 00:42:02,489 I think we just need to celebrate that for now, right? 985 00:42:02,576 --> 00:42:03,916 - No, I think we're good. - Can we just celebrate? 986 00:42:03,976 --> 00:42:06,123 - No, I'm good. - Okay, well, you're not good. 987 00:42:06,286 --> 00:42:08,324 - You're just... - I don't drink anymore. 988 00:42:08,412 --> 00:42:10,894 ♪ Ya, I made it out the hood, I survived ♪ 989 00:42:10,982 --> 00:42:13,316 ♪ Mama prayed to God, thanks for keeping me alive ♪ 990 00:42:13,404 --> 00:42:16,457 ♪ Got a show my son a man that he can respect, yeah ♪ 991 00:42:16,545 --> 00:42:18,222 ♪ You can run me my check, yeah ♪ 992 00:42:18,310 --> 00:42:20,730 ♪ Yeah, I'm rich, but I'm still a gangsta ♪ 993 00:42:20,818 --> 00:42:23,550 ♪ Run me my money, hand over the paper ♪ 994 00:42:23,638 --> 00:42:25,918 ♪ Yeah, I'm rich, but I'm still a gangsta ♪ 995 00:42:26,006 --> 00:42:28,379 ♪ Run me my money, hand over the paper ♪ 996 00:42:28,467 --> 00:42:31,302 ♪ Make sure you pay me in cash, yeah ♪ 997 00:42:31,427 --> 00:42:33,244 ♪ Oh, yeah 998 00:42:33,332 --> 00:42:36,548 ♪ Make sure you pay me in cash, yeah ♪ 999 00:42:36,635 --> 00:42:38,365 ♪ Oh, yeah 1000 00:42:42,782 --> 00:42:43,963 You were right. 1001 00:42:44,128 --> 00:42:45,755 It was Lucious. 1002 00:43:10,053 --> 00:43:13,193 Sync corrections by srjanapala