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LUCIOUS: Previously on Empire...
So I don't have ALS.
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Myasthenia gravis.
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COOKIE: Look, no
matter what, Tiana,
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you're family to us.
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Yo, you tryin' to make
some money up in here?
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Plead guilty.
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LUCIOUS:
I don't care how many of us
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you've locked behind bars.
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You ain't never gonna be nothing
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but a black bitch
in cheap shoes.
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COOKIE: In partnership
with Mimi Whiteman,
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we have taken a controlling
interest in Empire.
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Sorry, brother,
it's just business.
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Yeah, it's just business.
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Right, Mimi?
Lucious Lyon is Empire.
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Without him,
the company is nothing.
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I'm gonna bury
your album, Hakeem.
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Get out of my father's house.
You betrayed him.
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Who do you think
you're talking to?
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You done now, lady.
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I gave my whole life
to this place.
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My album done...
now it's gone.
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Stop complainin'.
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We don't need this place.
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We can start our own company.
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I woke up this morning thinking
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why don't we do
what the hell I said?
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We gonna start our own company.
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ANDRE:
It'll never work, Mom.
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The business has
changed completely
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since you and Dad started out.
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This could work.
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We just need a dope name.
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We've got Hakeem.
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All he has to do is record
one more song for his album.
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Empire will never
let us have that album.
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You heard Jamal.
He's going to bury it.
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Let me deal with Jamal.
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All right, bye.
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Look, Mom, we need
to go after Royale T,
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Ratzo and Tiana.
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No, I already talked to Tiana.
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She's down with us.
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We just gotta get you
back into the studio.
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Okay, Mom, I'm so much more
than just a rapper.
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Let me develop my own artists.
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I bet Anika can get V.
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No! No.
Anika's out.
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I don't want to see
her lying face,
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you understand me, Keem?
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I told V we'd get
straight to work
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recording her new single, so...
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Are you sure Cookie wants me?
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Yeah, she definitely wants you.
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Pride of the Lyons is wack.
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It's a terrible name.
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Did you tell Mom
you talked to Anika?
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Man, she don't want
nothing to do with her,
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Thank you. but I told
Anika to come anyway.
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Nah, I like Pride
of the Lyons better.
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Look, we can call it
whatever you want, baby,
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as long as you in it with me.
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I think you should
reconsider Anika.
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She's one of the top
A&Rs in the business.
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I don't care how good she is,
I don't trust her ass.
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I just need you
with me on this, baby.
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I'm thinking about it, Ma.
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Just give me
a second to breathe.
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I actually think it could work.
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(phone line ringing)
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COOKIE: Hello?
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Hey, Ma, I want to start
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a girl group
like Destiny's Child.
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That's a great idea, Keem.
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Look, I think I got
a space for us to rent
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if Andre can cut us a deal.
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Is Andre in?
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Well, he's gonna be.
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Look, just meet me at
Ghetto Ass Studio tomorrow.
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She's kidding, right?
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Forget Lyon's Den,
let's just call it The Pigsty.
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Man, we need a name like Em...
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Forget the name, okay?
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The name is beside the point.
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You ain't born with your name.
You grow into it.
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Yeah, when we started Empire,
we wasn't no Empire.
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Making music
in Carol's living room
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until we graduated to a garage
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that was way grimier
than this place.
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But see, it was those first few
songs that planted the seeds.
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Then I had to sit
on the sidelines
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and watch Lucious grow it
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into a multimillion-dollar
company
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worthy of a name like Empire.
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It's my time.
(chuckles)
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So whatever we call it,
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as long as Momma's got
something to do with it,
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it's gonna live up to its name.
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Let's go.
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MAN: You need what?
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I want to make a deal
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for using this space
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as our main base of operations.
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That's crazy.
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You crazy.
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Oh, I know I'm crazy.
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Everybody knows
my mother's crazy.
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You're already in
one of our studios.
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Anika's recording with V.
What?!
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♪ The hourglass moves on ♪
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♪ A grain ♪
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♪ And our path is torn ♪
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♪ And strained... ♪
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Okay, wait. Cut it right there.
Oh.
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V...
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You sound amazing.
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Um, there's just
one little thing
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that I think I want to tweak.
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I feel like we might
need just to...
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I know what we need.
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'Cause I wrote it.
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Okay, look,
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I am on your side.
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All right?
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Now, I understand
that you're frustrated.
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I get it.
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You know what?
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I can't.
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V...
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V, wait, wait wait, wait.
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Beat it, boo boo kitty.
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I'm working with Veronica now.
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I don't even know why you here.
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Okay, let's hear it
from the top.
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You know, this place remind me
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of the free clinic
back in Philly.
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We all right over there?
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Uh... no, actually.
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I don't have your
authorization form.
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What are you talking about?
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It was in your file
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when you got your meds,
a few days ago.
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Now it's not.
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Oh, come on, man,
I'm in here every week.
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I got myasthenia gravis.
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I sit down,
you demonstrate on my vein...
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I need my meds, pops.
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Mr. Lyon, I can't
dispense your meds
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without the authorization form
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or I'm gonna get fired.
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You gonna get worse than fired
if you don't give me
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my meds right now.
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I need...
Come on, Mr. Lyon.
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Oh, come on...
Really? Really?
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Do I really gotta
push the button?
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Come on, I know
it ain't your fault.
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I know you gotta... There's
nothing I can do about it.
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It's probably just
a filing mistake.
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If I were you...
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call your lawyer.
Right away.
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I'll get a C.O. to take
you back to your cell.
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♪ I was born to love you ♪
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♪ And nobody else will do ♪
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♪ I would rather die than live ♪
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♪ Without you ♪
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♪ And everybody know it too ♪
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♪ Don't know why we go to war ♪
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♪ But the one thing
that's for sure ♪
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♪ I was born to love you ♪
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♪ And no one... ♪
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♪ Born to love you,
born to love you ♪
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♪ Born to love you,
yeah, yeah yeah yeah ♪
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♪ I was born to love you ♪
♪ Born to love you ♪
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♪ Born to love you ♪
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♪ Born to love you,
yeah-ah-ah-ah ♪
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♪ Born to love you ♪
♪ Born to love you ♪
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♪ Born to love ♪
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♪ Born to live ♪
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♪ Born to die
if I lose your kiss ♪
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♪ Born to hold ♪
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♪ Won't let go ♪
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♪ Born to love you ♪
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♪ So you'll always know. ♪
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(applause)
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WOMAN:
Wow.
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That was amazing.
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Thank you so much.
Thank you.
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Looking forward to
speaking to you.
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Oh, looking forward
to speaking to you, as well.
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I'm so happy you even
want to talk to me.
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Oh, of course.
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Thank you.
Who wouldn't?
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Okay.
MAN: Rolling!
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Jamal Lyon.
Yes.
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Wow, look at you!
(chuckles)
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Thank you for
that incredible song.
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Thank you. And for
inviting us into
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your gorgeous home.
Of course.
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Any time. Yeah.
We're so lucky
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to have you here on
Spilling the Tea.
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As you can see from our P.A.
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over there, who has
a little crush on you,
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you have quite the female fans.
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Yeah, they're beautiful.
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I love them so much.
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How do you deal with that?
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How do you feel,
having all of these women
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showering you with attention
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and going crazy over you?
Men, as well,
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by the way.
(laughs)
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It's great.
I mean, we-we love,
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we love everybody.
It's beautiful.
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It must be tough
on relationships,
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though, right?
No, I don't think so.
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Um, if, uh,
if the relationship is solid.
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I don't... It doesn't
cause jealousy?
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No, I don't... No.
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SHARON:
His name is Michael.
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He's a little shy,
but trust me, ladies,
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he is adorable.
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Plus, he cooked us
the most amazing meal
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while we were setting up.
But still,
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you know you're a lucky
guy, Michael, right?
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Yeah. JAMAL: Nah.
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No, no, I'm the lucky one.
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So, Jamal,
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can we expect a new album,
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a new Jamal Lyon album,
any time soon?
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You know we're all
waiting for it.
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Uh, I don't know about "soon."
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Uh... I am
creating music.
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You know, it's my everything,
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and, you know,
just been a little...
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I've been a little busy.
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You've been a little busy,
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haven't you?
A little busy, yeah.
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But while your father
is still awaiting trial...
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Mm-hmm? Can you talk
to us about that?
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I know it must be hard for you.
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Yeah. Uh, I can't say
too much about it,
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but, you know, I'm...
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just that I'm working
on my music,
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a-as always, and making sure
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that I continue to make smart
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business decisions, you know.
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But, sure, what my dad
is going through,
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(elevator bell dings) it's-it's hard.
It's hard on us all.
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Yes, and that's why it's gonna
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take all of us
to get through it.
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Uh, Jamal, I need
to talk to you.
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Wait, isn't this your...
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This is my mother.
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I'm sorry, you guys. And
his producer and manager,
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until a couple of hours ago.
(anxious laugh)
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Cookie Lyon.
We spoke on the phone, Sharon.
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Good to see you.
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Mm-hmm.
Uh-huh. Yeah, Mom.
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Let's go. Come on.
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I am trying to do an interview,
in case you didn't notice.
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In case you have not noticed,
261
00:08:19,660 --> 00:08:21,160
I set up that interview.
262
00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:22,420
I have to get to the lawyer
after this,
263
00:08:22,430 --> 00:08:23,830
to try to get my father
out of jail,
264
00:08:23,830 --> 00:08:25,020
since you all bailed on him,
265
00:08:25,030 --> 00:08:26,660
so can we make this quick?
Please?
266
00:08:26,670 --> 00:08:29,240
Look, I need to talk
to you about Hakeem.
267
00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:30,400
Oh. Little baby traitor.
268
00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:33,360
He didn't do anything
to hurt you, Jamal.
269
00:08:33,370 --> 00:08:35,330
He was hurt. By Lucious.
270
00:08:35,340 --> 00:08:37,440
And I know you know
what that feels like.
271
00:08:42,250 --> 00:08:44,850
I need you to give Hakeem
his album back.
272
00:08:44,850 --> 00:08:46,880
Why would I do that?
273
00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:49,010
(sighs)
274
00:08:49,020 --> 00:08:50,250
Jamal, you already won.
275
00:08:50,250 --> 00:08:54,050
You run the Empire.
276
00:08:54,050 --> 00:08:56,110
All Hakeem's got is his music.
277
00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:00,850
I know you.
278
00:09:00,860 --> 00:09:04,960
See, Lucious is trying
to make you like him, but...
279
00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:07,020
you ain't him.
(chuckles)
280
00:09:07,030 --> 00:09:10,190
So come on in here,
walk me to these elevators.
281
00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:12,700
Show these cameras how good
you're being to your mom.
282
00:09:12,700 --> 00:09:14,130
It's Mom.
Can't say nothing to Mom.
283
00:09:14,140 --> 00:09:15,805
I'm sorry for the interruption.
284
00:09:15,806 --> 00:09:17,530
Sharon, it was good
to see you, girl.
285
00:09:17,540 --> 00:09:19,210
Yeah. Sorry, Sharon.
286
00:09:19,210 --> 00:09:21,890
We just have some business to finish up.
That's right. I'll be back.
287
00:09:24,710 --> 00:09:26,040
Oh, and, uh, Jamal...
288
00:09:26,050 --> 00:09:27,380
one last thing:
289
00:09:27,380 --> 00:09:29,280
I wanted to tell you first,
290
00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:31,150
before you hear it
out here in these streets.
291
00:09:31,150 --> 00:09:35,220
Me, Andre and Hakeem,
we're starting our own company.
292
00:09:41,090 --> 00:09:42,320
(men shouting, whooping)
293
00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:44,050
MAN: Come on, man, don't let him
by you like that!
294
00:09:44,060 --> 00:09:45,430
CLYDE:
You see this?
295
00:09:45,430 --> 00:09:46,730
Stayed in Iraq too long.
296
00:09:46,730 --> 00:09:48,160
First off all,
we ain't had no business
297
00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:49,390
over there in the first place.
298
00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:51,000
Their infrastructure
wasn't ready.
299
00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:52,400
GUY:
You guys paying attention
300
00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:53,770
to Professor Clyde here,
301
00:09:53,770 --> 00:09:57,070
showing off about how much
he reads the newspapers?
302
00:09:57,070 --> 00:09:58,910
That's what type of time we on.
303
00:09:58,910 --> 00:10:00,400
(men chuckle)
304
00:10:00,410 --> 00:10:03,240
Hey, Lucious, you finish writing
that verse yet or what?
305
00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:04,730
Damn skippy I did.
306
00:10:04,740 --> 00:10:06,470
Oh, man.
307
00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:07,780
Run that.
308
00:10:07,780 --> 00:10:10,115
Run that.
Man, I get paid to perform.
309
00:10:10,116 --> 00:10:12,810
Man, you get paid to shut
this whole place down.
310
00:10:12,820 --> 00:10:14,280
(laughing)
311
00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:15,280
All right.
312
00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:17,340
(clears throat)
Oh, yeah.
313
00:10:17,350 --> 00:10:19,310
Hit me with a beat.
I got it.
314
00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:21,320
♪ Temperatures in the hundreds ♪
315
00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:22,980
♪ Hot as hell at this moment ♪
316
00:10:22,990 --> 00:10:24,690
♪ Everything look suspicious ♪
317
00:10:24,690 --> 00:10:26,150
♪ Coming around these corners ♪
318
00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:29,130
♪ A man wanted, you can play
around if you want to ♪
319
00:10:29,130 --> 00:10:31,170
♪ Ain't no safety,
ain't no holster ♪
320
00:10:31,170 --> 00:10:32,860
♪ And my hands is on it ♪
321
00:10:32,860 --> 00:10:35,590
♪ And I ain't going as easy
as you think I'm gon' go ♪
322
00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:37,840
♪ I'm-a lay low fo' a minute ♪
323
00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:39,470
♪ Then I'm comin' for those ♪
324
00:10:39,470 --> 00:10:41,370
♪ That decided
to cross the road ♪
325
00:10:41,370 --> 00:10:42,870
♪ And roll with
the wrong folks ♪
326
00:10:42,870 --> 00:10:44,430
♪ Like playing a grand piano ♪
327
00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:46,340
♪ But tapping the wrong notes ♪
328
00:10:46,340 --> 00:10:47,540
♪ Clyde told me ♪
329
00:10:47,540 --> 00:10:49,000
♪ Keep your eyes
for them jealous hittas ♪
330
00:10:49,010 --> 00:10:50,610
♪ Clyde told me ♪
331
00:10:50,610 --> 00:10:52,380
♪ Keep your head low
'cause they takin' pictures ♪
332
00:10:52,380 --> 00:10:53,810
♪ My partner Clyde told me ♪
333
00:10:53,810 --> 00:10:55,710
♪ When they try to convince you
they chillin' with you ♪
334
00:10:55,710 --> 00:10:59,380
♪ Pay very close attention,
my hitta, my hitta, my hitta ♪
335
00:10:59,380 --> 00:11:00,780
♪ Snitch (coughs) bitch ♪
336
00:11:00,780 --> 00:11:02,610
♪ Snitching-ass bitches ♪
337
00:11:02,620 --> 00:11:05,055
♪ Snitch bitch, snitching-ass...
♪ (Lucious coughing)
338
00:11:05,056 --> 00:11:07,110
LUCIOUS: Hey... CLYDE:
You all right, bro?
339
00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:09,320
Hey, you good?
340
00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:10,880
(coughing)
341
00:11:10,890 --> 00:11:12,790
(heart beating rapidly) (echoing):
Tell me what you need, bro.
342
00:11:12,790 --> 00:11:14,290
(echoing):
You need some water, man?
343
00:11:14,290 --> 00:11:15,290
(coughing continues)
344
00:11:15,300 --> 00:11:16,700
You cool, Lou?
345
00:11:16,700 --> 00:11:21,630
(coughing)
346
00:11:21,630 --> 00:11:23,860
You having a little
trouble breathing, inmate?
347
00:11:23,870 --> 00:11:26,640
Can't you see this man
need medical attention?
348
00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:28,410
No, no, no, I'm fine.
Give me a minute.
349
00:11:28,410 --> 00:11:29,480
All right, well,
350
00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:31,130
party's over.
351
00:11:31,140 --> 00:11:33,540
Now, get the hell
off my table, boys.
352
00:11:34,310 --> 00:11:35,510
We men.
353
00:11:35,510 --> 00:11:36,540
Excuse me?
354
00:11:36,550 --> 00:11:37,650
You called us "boys."
355
00:11:37,650 --> 00:11:38,980
Ain't no boys
over here; we men.
356
00:11:38,980 --> 00:11:41,080
Oh, come on, Clyde.
Don't mind him, man.
357
00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:42,910
We used to punk bitches
like that back in the day.
358
00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:43,985
Go on about your business.
359
00:11:43,986 --> 00:11:45,710
Did you just threaten me, boy?
360
00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:47,655
OFFICER: What?
(alarm whooping)
361
00:11:47,656 --> 00:11:49,750
Oh, come on, man!
What you gonna do?
362
00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:52,530
(alarm continues whooping)
363
00:11:52,530 --> 00:11:53,660
(alarm stops)
Get his ass out of here.
364
00:11:53,660 --> 00:11:55,490
Come on.
It's all right, Big Country.
365
00:11:55,490 --> 00:11:56,520
CLYDE: Aw, man,
ain't stressin' it.
366
00:11:56,530 --> 00:11:57,900
Be cool, man.
367
00:11:57,900 --> 00:11:59,370
Forget whose house this is.
368
00:11:59,370 --> 00:12:01,090
Mine!
369
00:12:01,100 --> 00:12:02,170
My table.
370
00:12:02,170 --> 00:12:04,030
My newspaper!
371
00:12:04,030 --> 00:12:05,490
That's my basketball goal.
372
00:12:05,500 --> 00:12:06,900
My everything!
373
00:12:06,900 --> 00:12:08,730
Don't you forget that.
374
00:12:08,740 --> 00:12:10,610
(coughs)
375
00:12:10,610 --> 00:12:13,010
Punk ass.
376
00:12:13,010 --> 00:12:16,850
(dance beat playing)
377
00:12:16,850 --> 00:12:20,180
WOMAN: ♪ If you're not
down for the game ♪
378
00:12:20,180 --> 00:12:22,110
♪ Then you're not down with me ♪
379
00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:23,250
What's your name?
What's her name?
380
00:12:23,250 --> 00:12:24,780
Stacy.
381
00:12:24,780 --> 00:12:26,110
♪ It's about to get mean... ♪
382
00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:27,420
Thank you, Stacy.
383
00:12:27,420 --> 00:12:28,920
♪ Ooh, dangerous... ♪
Thank you, Stacy.
384
00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:31,590
Thank you.
Thank you.
385
00:12:35,030 --> 00:12:36,760
Valentina Galano?
386
00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:38,390
Galayna...?
Galindo.
387
00:12:38,390 --> 00:12:41,090
It's an old Spanish name meaning
"prophetic, philosophical
388
00:12:41,100 --> 00:12:42,900
and opinionated."
HAKEEM: Hey.
389
00:12:42,900 --> 00:12:44,700
We'll be the ones
with the opinions.
390
00:12:44,700 --> 00:12:46,600
Okay, Valentina, girl,
show me what you got.
391
00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:47,900
CHICKEN:
Okay, hit it.
392
00:12:47,900 --> 00:12:49,700
(dance beat starts playing)
393
00:12:49,700 --> 00:12:52,060
♪ Hit me up like every night ♪
394
00:12:52,070 --> 00:12:54,440
♪ Say you want to have
a pillow fight ♪
395
00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:56,440
♪ But you're holding back
and I don't know why ♪
396
00:12:56,440 --> 00:12:58,700
♪ Baby, can I just be real? ♪
397
00:12:58,710 --> 00:13:02,050
♪ Getting hot
when I'm all alone ♪
398
00:13:02,050 --> 00:13:04,110
♪ Every time your name
drops on my phone ♪
399
00:13:04,110 --> 00:13:05,540
♪ But a picture
just ain't enough ♪
400
00:13:05,550 --> 00:13:07,780
♪ Need a little something
to feel ♪
401
00:13:07,780 --> 00:13:08,880
♪ Yeah ♪
402
00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:11,210
♪ All we do is talk about it ♪
403
00:13:11,220 --> 00:13:13,290
♪ But can't we just
be about it? ♪
404
00:13:13,290 --> 00:13:15,560
♪ Show me what you gonna
do about it. ♪
405
00:13:15,560 --> 00:13:17,380
(chuckles)
406
00:13:17,390 --> 00:13:18,790
Damn, you ain't
playing no games.
407
00:13:18,790 --> 00:13:20,730
So, do I have the job?
408
00:13:20,730 --> 00:13:22,730
I'm trying to keep it at three,
409
00:13:22,730 --> 00:13:24,430
but we got three girls
we like, you know?
410
00:13:24,430 --> 00:13:25,430
You definitely a contender.
411
00:13:25,430 --> 00:13:26,630
What do you mean "three"?
412
00:13:26,630 --> 00:13:27,765
Three girl group.
413
00:13:27,766 --> 00:13:29,390
On Instagram,
it didn't say anything
414
00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:30,630
about a girl group.
415
00:13:30,630 --> 00:13:31,730
Yeah, it did.
416
00:13:31,730 --> 00:13:33,560
You just missed the fine print.
417
00:13:33,570 --> 00:13:37,070
Whatever. I'm not interested
in being a part of a group.
418
00:13:37,070 --> 00:13:38,900
Thank you.
We gave you a shot.
419
00:13:38,910 --> 00:13:40,980
(speaking Spanish)
420
00:13:44,410 --> 00:13:46,310
Let me just translate a bitch.
421
00:13:46,310 --> 00:13:47,800
With or without you,
422
00:13:47,810 --> 00:13:49,810
I shine.
423
00:13:49,810 --> 00:13:52,140
She crazy.
424
00:13:52,150 --> 00:13:53,580
I love her.
425
00:13:53,580 --> 00:13:54,940
CHICKEN: You sure you
want to do this?
426
00:13:54,950 --> 00:13:56,010
Three girls together?
427
00:13:56,020 --> 00:13:59,090
It's gonna be that...
all the time.
428
00:13:59,090 --> 00:14:00,520
♪ Don't keep me waiting ♪
429
00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:01,680
♪ I've been here all night ♪
430
00:14:01,690 --> 00:14:03,260
Hakeem...
431
00:14:03,260 --> 00:14:06,160
♪ Stop hesitating... ♪ Hakeem...
Please. Please. Thank you.
432
00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:07,590
What is this mess, man?
433
00:14:07,590 --> 00:14:08,820
It's auditions, bro...
When you want to be a mogul.
434
00:14:08,830 --> 00:14:10,260
Keep going, babe.
435
00:14:10,260 --> 00:14:11,930
♪ You're not that typical... ♪
436
00:14:11,930 --> 00:14:13,830
Don't you sing another word.
Don't sing another word.
437
00:14:13,830 --> 00:14:15,960
You can't go off
438
00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:17,420
and make moves like this
without checking in
439
00:14:17,430 --> 00:14:18,790
with the rest of us...
You know that.
440
00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:20,270
I don't need permission.
441
00:14:20,270 --> 00:14:21,440
We're partners.
442
00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:23,970
CHICKEN:
Isabel, keep going.
443
00:14:23,970 --> 00:14:26,340
HAKEEM:
Come on, you ready?
444
00:14:26,340 --> 00:14:28,110
♪ I picked you out
of the candy shop ♪
445
00:14:28,110 --> 00:14:29,980
♪ One look and you made
my heart go pop pop... ♪
446
00:14:29,980 --> 00:14:31,450
Why you letting Hakeem
launch a girl group?
447
00:14:31,450 --> 00:14:33,300
Excuse me. Don't knock
your brother's hustle.
448
00:14:33,310 --> 00:14:35,100
No, Hakeem needs to be
recording new music.
449
00:14:35,110 --> 00:14:36,670
Not wasting his time
hitting on girls.
450
00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:38,720
That's how Jay-Z and your
father built their careers.
451
00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:41,190
Besides, he gots a whole
album ready to drop.
452
00:14:41,190 --> 00:14:42,610
On Empire, Mom.
453
00:14:42,620 --> 00:14:45,690
I spoke to Jamal and I asked him
to give it back to Hakeem.
454
00:14:45,690 --> 00:14:47,790
Did he say yes?
Not yet.
455
00:14:47,790 --> 00:14:49,525
Hakeem needs
to be recording new music
456
00:14:49,526 --> 00:14:51,990
or the ship is gonna sink
before it even leaves the port.
457
00:14:51,990 --> 00:14:54,050
(sighs)
458
00:14:58,900 --> 00:15:00,300
(whooping)
459
00:15:00,300 --> 00:15:02,370
Look, baby, if you trying
to get your demo heard,
460
00:15:02,370 --> 00:15:04,470
this ain't how you go about it.
461
00:15:04,470 --> 00:15:06,640
Contrary to the little
pack of lap dogs you got
462
00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:08,970
following you around up in
here, you see not everybody's
463
00:15:08,970 --> 00:15:10,970
interested in being
up your ass, Lyon.
464
00:15:10,970 --> 00:15:12,970
Then tell me
what your interests are,
465
00:15:12,980 --> 00:15:14,680
McKnight.
466
00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:16,310
(imitating raspy voice):
My interest is that
467
00:15:16,310 --> 00:15:17,670
your wheezing and your breath...
468
00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:19,650
(normal voice): I'm a little
concerned about that.
469
00:15:19,650 --> 00:15:21,480
Is it, is it getting any better?
470
00:15:21,480 --> 00:15:23,140
(raspy):
Oh, it's fine.
471
00:15:23,150 --> 00:15:24,690
I'm touched that y'all care.
472
00:15:24,690 --> 00:15:26,980
(chuckles)
We don't care.
473
00:15:26,990 --> 00:15:29,220
Matter of fact,
we-we could give a damn.
474
00:15:29,220 --> 00:15:33,080
You see, I think you
make us all look bad.
475
00:15:33,090 --> 00:15:35,320
As far as I'm concerned,
476
00:15:35,330 --> 00:15:37,860
the world would be a better
place without you in it.
477
00:15:37,860 --> 00:15:40,490
But the Federal Prosecutor,
478
00:15:40,500 --> 00:15:42,870
Ms. Roxanne Ford...
479
00:15:42,870 --> 00:15:45,170
she's more forgiving than me.
480
00:15:45,170 --> 00:15:47,740
And that medication of yours...
481
00:15:47,740 --> 00:15:49,670
It might just magically
482
00:15:49,670 --> 00:15:52,400
turn up if you just be
a little more cooperative.
483
00:15:53,670 --> 00:15:55,730
Think about that.
484
00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:11,560
So, Tiana's in the big studio
tomorrow, working on a new song.
485
00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:14,225
It'll be our first shot
at releasing a single.
486
00:16:14,226 --> 00:16:17,790
HAKEEM: Can I just worry
about my girl group, please?
487
00:16:17,790 --> 00:16:20,390
You mean your personal
speed dating service?
488
00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:21,730
Look, I haven't
found my Beyoncé yet,
489
00:16:21,730 --> 00:16:24,100
but I found a couple girls
that's really good.
490
00:16:24,100 --> 00:16:26,300
You know,
but they're both Hispanic.
491
00:16:26,300 --> 00:16:28,230
Ain't nothing wrong
with a couple of J-Lo's
492
00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:30,040
as long as they can really sing.
493
00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:31,470
Well, damn.
494
00:16:33,870 --> 00:16:34,930
What is she doing here?
495
00:16:34,940 --> 00:16:37,040
What-what are you doing here?
496
00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:38,040
We need to talk about Vee.
497
00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:39,970
We don't need
to talk about nothing.
498
00:16:39,980 --> 00:16:41,410
You need to get out.
499
00:16:41,410 --> 00:16:43,240
Why do you keep coming around?
ANDRE: Mom, Mom...
500
00:16:43,250 --> 00:16:44,750
Don't nobody want you here, Anika!
Enough, enough!
501
00:16:44,750 --> 00:16:46,750
Hakeem,
502
00:16:46,750 --> 00:16:48,390
what's the problem
with the two Latinas?
503
00:16:48,390 --> 00:16:49,880
Uh, look,
I thought it'd be cool...
504
00:16:49,890 --> 00:16:51,655
We had one white girl, you know,
505
00:16:51,656 --> 00:16:53,050
one black girl and one Hispanic.
506
00:16:53,050 --> 00:16:54,980
I'm-a call 'em
Rainbow Sensation.
507
00:16:56,890 --> 00:16:58,760
Boom... platinum album.
508
00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:01,130
That's the dumbest name
I ever heard.
509
00:17:01,130 --> 00:17:03,560
Actually, that may be
the dumbest name known to man.
510
00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:05,060
Did your daddy
drop you on your head?
511
00:17:05,060 --> 00:17:06,220
Anika liked it.
512
00:17:06,230 --> 00:17:08,400
The concept, not the name.
513
00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:09,630
It's a marketable concept.
514
00:17:09,630 --> 00:17:10,890
Yeah... (chuckles)
515
00:17:10,900 --> 00:17:12,470
And Anika knows marketing.
516
00:17:12,470 --> 00:17:15,400
She made a whole career
selling her ass.
517
00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:16,630
Oh, as opposed to you
518
00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:18,410
and your stellar career
in pharmaceuticals?
519
00:17:18,410 --> 00:17:21,170
Let me tell you something, ho.
520
00:17:21,170 --> 00:17:23,230
If it weren't for women like me,
521
00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:26,740
bitches like you would spend
a lifetime on their knees.
522
00:17:26,750 --> 00:17:30,480
Or underneath
my 20-year-old son.
523
00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:32,080
Mom, it's none of your business
who I get dirty with.
524
00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:33,910
Good luck.
525
00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:35,755
Hey, you need the luck, girl.
526
00:17:35,756 --> 00:17:37,350
I don't understand what part of
527
00:17:37,350 --> 00:17:39,480
"don't want you here"
you don't get.
528
00:17:44,190 --> 00:17:46,250
There you go.
All right, good.
529
00:17:46,260 --> 00:17:47,430
Thank you, brother.
Appreciate it.
530
00:17:47,430 --> 00:17:50,670
I thinking about, uh,
giving Hakeem back his album.
531
00:17:50,670 --> 00:17:52,690
With our stock plummeting.
532
00:17:52,700 --> 00:17:55,600
What kind of message that gonna
send to the shareholders?
533
00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:57,040
That we're completely
unthreatened by Cookie Lyon
534
00:17:57,040 --> 00:17:58,930
and her little startup.
535
00:17:58,940 --> 00:18:00,670
What are they calling it?
536
00:18:00,670 --> 00:18:01,970
It ain't got a name yet.
537
00:18:01,970 --> 00:18:04,330
'Cause they plan on
piggybacking off of mine.
538
00:18:05,470 --> 00:18:07,430
Hakeem belongs at Empire.
539
00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:09,770
If he wants his album heard,
540
00:18:09,780 --> 00:18:11,610
he gonna have to come
back to the Empire.
541
00:18:11,610 --> 00:18:13,110
You got to make that happen.
542
00:18:15,320 --> 00:18:17,050
All right.
543
00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:21,790
(grunts)
544
00:18:21,790 --> 00:18:23,620
Dad, what's the matter?
545
00:18:23,620 --> 00:18:24,950
What's wrong with you?
546
00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:26,060
Nothing.
547
00:18:26,060 --> 00:18:28,130
Fine.
548
00:18:28,130 --> 00:18:29,630
In fact, I'm better
than fine, man.
549
00:18:29,630 --> 00:18:33,130
I got this new melody
that's... my own.
550
00:18:33,130 --> 00:18:35,630
I made my own heat.
551
00:18:35,630 --> 00:18:36,860
Yeah?
552
00:18:36,870 --> 00:18:38,170
I'm actually
thinking about doing
553
00:18:38,170 --> 00:18:40,340
a Lucious Lyon joint
from the joint.
554
00:18:40,340 --> 00:18:42,490
(both laughing)
555
00:18:42,500 --> 00:18:44,130
While I'm still in here.
556
00:18:44,140 --> 00:18:45,870
Be so dope, Dad.
557
00:18:45,870 --> 00:18:47,300
That gonna be epic.
558
00:18:47,310 --> 00:18:49,710
Beautiful.
Hey, son.
559
00:18:49,710 --> 00:18:51,480
How you gonna
do that up in here?
560
00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:53,040
Just get me, um,
561
00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:55,970
some basic recording
equipment: a laptop...
562
00:18:55,980 --> 00:18:58,980
and, uh, they got a new thing...
563
00:18:58,980 --> 00:19:00,910
A mini twister.
564
00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:04,550
And they got a Step Up, too.
Get me a Step Up, too.
565
00:19:04,550 --> 00:19:06,080
MAN: (clears throat)
Excuse me.
566
00:19:06,090 --> 00:19:07,155
Couldn't help overhearing.
567
00:19:07,156 --> 00:19:08,980
My name is Thurston Rawlings.
568
00:19:08,990 --> 00:19:10,560
Friends call me Thirsty.
569
00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:11,990
I think I could be
of some service.
570
00:19:11,990 --> 00:19:14,050
Purple suit, no cross talk!
571
00:19:14,060 --> 00:19:15,660
Okay.
572
00:19:15,660 --> 00:19:17,195
Oh, you're a lawyer, huh?
573
00:19:17,196 --> 00:19:19,150
We got a lawyer, man.
Thank you.
574
00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:20,890
I don't doubt that,
but if you don't mind me asking,
575
00:19:20,900 --> 00:19:23,330
when's the last time
they got you a bail hearing?
576
00:19:23,330 --> 00:19:26,530
And where did you go to
law school, Mr., uh, Rawlings?
577
00:19:26,540 --> 00:19:27,740
University of Guam.
578
00:19:27,740 --> 00:19:29,370
Now, I know it's not
Harvard, but...
579
00:19:29,370 --> 00:19:31,570
same curriculum,
different campus.
580
00:19:31,570 --> 00:19:33,000
You're preaching
to the choir, man.
581
00:19:33,010 --> 00:19:35,410
Harvard ain't done
nothing for me these days.
582
00:19:35,410 --> 00:19:38,340
You think you can
do better, Thirsty?
583
00:19:38,340 --> 00:19:39,700
JAMAL: Wait... I wouldn't
waste your time, Mr. Lyons.
584
00:19:39,710 --> 00:19:41,010
Hey, you, you're out of bounds!
585
00:19:41,010 --> 00:19:42,370
I'm sorry, man,
hold on one second.
586
00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:47,410
I ain't trying to knock
nobody's hustle, but...
587
00:19:47,420 --> 00:19:51,190
University of Guam with
the... the discount suit?
588
00:19:51,190 --> 00:19:52,590
THIRSTY:
Really?
589
00:19:52,590 --> 00:19:54,030
No disrespect, son,
but I don't think
590
00:19:54,030 --> 00:19:55,850
Ms. Roxanne Ford
gives a damn where I shop.
591
00:19:55,860 --> 00:19:57,260
Do you?
592
00:20:00,360 --> 00:20:01,860
What do you know about her?
593
00:20:01,860 --> 00:20:03,360
Withholding your meds?
594
00:20:03,360 --> 00:20:04,690
That's one of her stunts.
595
00:20:04,700 --> 00:20:06,770
She's trying to get you
to cop a guilty plea.
596
00:20:06,770 --> 00:20:09,240
Mama plays dirty,
but I got no qualms
597
00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:10,470
getting in the mud with her.
598
00:20:10,470 --> 00:20:11,540
Discount suit and all.
599
00:20:11,540 --> 00:20:12,540
OFFICER:
All right, let's go.
600
00:20:12,540 --> 00:20:13,710
Yes, I am ready to go, Officer.
601
00:20:13,710 --> 00:20:14,860
Thank you very much.
602
00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:22,540
Set up a meeting.
603
00:20:22,540 --> 00:20:23,770
CHICKEN:
And five, six,
604
00:20:23,780 --> 00:20:25,210
seven, eight...
605
00:20:25,210 --> 00:20:27,770
(dreamy dance beat playing)
606
00:20:27,780 --> 00:20:30,440
Yeah, groove it out,
groove it out!
607
00:20:32,950 --> 00:20:34,080
Hit this beat.
608
00:20:34,090 --> 00:20:35,555
(steel drum beat begins)
609
00:20:35,556 --> 00:20:36,880
♪ How many girls in the world ♪
610
00:20:36,890 --> 00:20:38,220
♪ Right now ♪
611
00:20:38,220 --> 00:20:39,580
♪ Who know
what I'm talking 'bout ♪
612
00:20:39,590 --> 00:20:40,760
A little bit more attitude.
Come on, ladies!
613
00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:42,760
♪ A man who calls you
pretty at home ♪
614
00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:45,960
♪ But never
when he takes you out ♪
615
00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:47,720
♪ Didn't want it when
you had it, admit it ♪
616
00:20:47,730 --> 00:20:50,400
♪ And now you're like a light,
turned on ♪
617
00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:52,240
Come on, Ti. ♪ Didn't
want me when you had it ♪
618
00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:54,290
♪ I get it and now
you want me back ♪
619
00:20:54,300 --> 00:20:56,060
♪ But I'm gone ♪
620
00:20:56,070 --> 00:20:57,600
♪ And I'm on fire ♪
621
00:20:57,600 --> 00:20:59,560
♪ I'm like a spark
in the dark sky ♪
622
00:20:59,570 --> 00:21:02,730
♪ You're like a deer
caught in headlights ♪
623
00:21:02,740 --> 00:21:05,440
♪ You got me wrong,
but it's all right ♪
624
00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:07,300
♪ Now I'm like ooh, ooh ♪
625
00:21:07,310 --> 00:21:10,070
♪ See me up in the club
like woo-ooh ♪
626
00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:12,580
♪ Don't matter,
I ain't worried about you-ooh ♪
627
00:21:12,580 --> 00:21:14,480
♪ 'Cause I left
that girl behind ♪
628
00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:15,810
I want to see you
dig on this one.
629
00:21:15,820 --> 00:21:17,990
♪ So let me introduce you ♪
Come on, lower!
630
00:21:17,990 --> 00:21:21,120
♪ To the new and improved
brand-new, ooh ♪
631
00:21:21,120 --> 00:21:23,280
♪ You didn't want it when
you had it, that's coo-ool ♪
632
00:21:23,290 --> 00:21:24,790
Real low!
♪ Now I've gone from the one ♪
633
00:21:24,790 --> 00:21:27,490
♪ To the two... two point oh. ♪
634
00:21:28,830 --> 00:21:30,160
(chuckles)
635
00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:32,130
Take five.
636
00:21:32,130 --> 00:21:34,200
Okay, okay.
637
00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:35,500
You on fire, Mama.
638
00:21:35,500 --> 00:21:37,630
I want to know where
you learned that from.
639
00:21:37,630 --> 00:21:38,930
Do you got that song
that you owe me?
640
00:21:38,930 --> 00:21:40,130
Nah, not yet.
641
00:21:40,130 --> 00:21:42,090
You know, I'm a little
hectic right now, but...
642
00:21:42,100 --> 00:21:43,600
Mm, I get it.
643
00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:44,600
I know how it goes.
644
00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:46,100
You trying to be Diddy and all.
645
00:21:46,110 --> 00:21:47,940
Ti, you know, that's what
I want to talk to you about.
646
00:21:47,940 --> 00:21:49,110
What's up?
647
00:21:49,110 --> 00:21:51,440
My girl group.
648
00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:52,940
Oh, you want me to like...
649
00:21:52,940 --> 00:21:54,600
rehearse with them and
coach them and stuff?
650
00:21:54,610 --> 00:21:55,940
I want you to join them.
651
00:21:55,950 --> 00:21:57,980
You're kidding, right?
Listen, Ti.
652
00:21:57,980 --> 00:21:59,450
This could be big for you.
653
00:21:59,450 --> 00:22:00,950
And I'm talking about you being
654
00:22:00,950 --> 00:22:02,290
in the forefront
of the whole situation.
655
00:22:02,290 --> 00:22:04,610
But I'm already in the
front of my own situation.
656
00:22:04,620 --> 00:22:07,120
And if this is what this company
is gonna be about, then, like...
657
00:22:07,120 --> 00:22:09,060
Hey, hey, hey.
What happened?
658
00:22:09,060 --> 00:22:10,960
Nothing, I just offered
an opportunity to be a part
659
00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:12,620
of a groundbreaking
musical phenomenon.
660
00:22:12,620 --> 00:22:14,020
Cookie, if this is
what this company
661
00:22:14,030 --> 00:22:15,460
is gonna be about, I'm out.
662
00:22:15,460 --> 00:22:19,000
Uh, Tiana, look, um, Hakeem is
just a little overexcited.
663
00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:22,070
Come to my office, I want
to talk to you about something.
664
00:22:30,470 --> 00:22:32,230
(tires screech)
665
00:22:33,810 --> 00:22:34,940
Get in.
666
00:22:40,650 --> 00:22:42,650
What's up, boss man?
667
00:22:42,650 --> 00:22:44,320
I ain't your boss man.
668
00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:48,590
I saw Dad today, and he wants
you back at Empire.
669
00:22:48,590 --> 00:22:51,150
So do I.
670
00:22:51,150 --> 00:22:52,480
Why now?
671
00:22:52,490 --> 00:22:54,560
'Cause we're family.
672
00:22:56,490 --> 00:22:58,490
And it's time to move
past what y'all did.
673
00:22:58,490 --> 00:23:01,490
So that mean you'll bring
Cookie and Andre back too.
674
00:23:01,500 --> 00:23:03,400
That's what you're saying?
675
00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:05,570
Let's take it one step
at a time, all right?
676
00:23:07,430 --> 00:23:11,090
Hakeem, you got a huge
career ahead of you.
677
00:23:11,100 --> 00:23:13,160
Come back to Empire,
we'll release your album,
678
00:23:13,170 --> 00:23:15,240
give it a huge push,
the whole thing.
679
00:23:16,540 --> 00:23:19,610
Come on, fool, don't
be crazy, you know it.
680
00:23:21,380 --> 00:23:24,110
(door opens)
681
00:23:24,110 --> 00:23:26,910
(door closes)
682
00:23:36,020 --> 00:23:37,410
Let's go.
683
00:23:41,690 --> 00:23:43,020
Adios amigos...
684
00:23:43,030 --> 00:23:44,700
(speaks garbled Spanish)
VALENTINA: What?
685
00:23:44,700 --> 00:23:46,390
You got to teach me Spanish.
Mm-hmm.
686
00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:48,730
I studied my ass
off in 12th grade,
687
00:23:48,730 --> 00:23:50,930
and I still flunked español.
688
00:23:50,930 --> 00:23:53,230
Come here.
689
00:23:53,230 --> 00:23:55,130
♪ Hating on the sideline,
debt that ♪
690
00:23:55,140 --> 00:23:57,970
♪ She know exactly where
she can find the best at ♪
691
00:23:57,970 --> 00:24:00,530
♪ I'm leaning, two-seater,
we rolling ♪
692
00:24:00,540 --> 00:24:02,540
♪ We speeding, stick shift,
she holding... ♪
693
00:24:02,540 --> 00:24:05,200
So you're really not doing
your little girl group?
694
00:24:05,210 --> 00:24:06,900
I'm thinking about going
back to Empire.
695
00:24:06,910 --> 00:24:09,570
See, if that girl group
was a part of Empire,
696
00:24:09,580 --> 00:24:11,580
then I would definitely
be a part of it.
697
00:24:11,580 --> 00:24:16,250
Empire is hip-hop
legendary.
698
00:24:16,250 --> 00:24:18,950
I'm trying to be a
legend, aren't you?
699
00:24:21,060 --> 00:24:22,830
What can I get for you,
pretty lady?
700
00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:27,060
Nothing, thanks.
(clears throat)
701
00:24:27,060 --> 00:24:29,720
I haven't really been
drinking too much lately.
702
00:24:29,730 --> 00:24:31,670
Oh, well...
703
00:24:31,670 --> 00:24:34,400
I am drinking
much more than usual.
704
00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:35,730
(both chuckle)
705
00:24:35,740 --> 00:24:37,140
What's up?
706
00:24:39,740 --> 00:24:42,410
Um...
707
00:24:42,410 --> 00:24:43,740
God, I'm so nervous.
708
00:24:43,740 --> 00:24:45,480
I...
Why?
709
00:24:47,910 --> 00:24:51,580
Well... I'm not
supposed to be here,
710
00:24:51,580 --> 00:24:54,920
so if I could talk
to you in confidence.
711
00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:57,250
Andre would kill me if
he knew I were here.
712
00:24:57,250 --> 00:25:00,520
I'm not gonna say
anything, I swear.
713
00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:02,850
I'm scared for him, Jamal.
714
00:25:02,850 --> 00:25:05,850
He's miserable.
715
00:25:05,860 --> 00:25:07,930
Empire is everything to him,
716
00:25:07,930 --> 00:25:10,590
and, without it,
he's completely lost.
717
00:25:10,590 --> 00:25:12,120
Yeah, well, then why is
he doing the whole thing
718
00:25:12,130 --> 00:25:13,600
with my mom and Hakeem like that?
I know, I know.
719
00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:14,930
But that's not him.
720
00:25:14,930 --> 00:25:16,500
That's not who he is.
721
00:25:18,100 --> 00:25:20,100
Look, Andre messed up.
722
00:25:20,100 --> 00:25:21,760
Obviously. He knows that.
723
00:25:21,770 --> 00:25:24,770
But I'm asking you,
as his brother,
724
00:25:24,770 --> 00:25:27,430
to find it in your heart
to forgive him.
725
00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:31,770
Because all he wants is
to be back at Empire
726
00:25:31,780 --> 00:25:33,780
with you and Lucious
727
00:25:33,780 --> 00:25:38,690
at the company that he gave
his entire life and heart to.
728
00:25:43,220 --> 00:25:45,610
I miss him, too, Rhonda, I do.
729
00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:50,560
There's just so much stuff
that I'm handling now.
730
00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:52,660
Trust me, I'd give anything
731
00:25:52,660 --> 00:25:55,290
to be able to just
hand that off to Andre.
732
00:25:57,470 --> 00:26:00,300
(anxious laugh)
733
00:26:00,300 --> 00:26:03,700
The reason I'm not drinking
is because I'm pregnant.
734
00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:08,040
We're having a baby.
735
00:26:09,340 --> 00:26:11,170
Are you serious?
736
00:26:11,180 --> 00:26:14,350
Yes, I'm serious.
737
00:26:14,350 --> 00:26:16,350
I mean, obviously I'm-a
talk to Lucious now.
738
00:26:16,350 --> 00:26:17,750
Really? Really?
Of course.
739
00:26:17,750 --> 00:26:20,080
Uncle Jamal.
Uncle Jamal.
740
00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:22,980
What they know about Uncle Jamal?
(laughing): Sounds good, man.
741
00:26:22,990 --> 00:26:24,820
Thank you, thank you,
thank you so much.
742
00:26:24,820 --> 00:26:26,480
Thank you.
743
00:26:26,490 --> 00:26:29,490
And obviously, you know,
don't say anything.
744
00:26:29,490 --> 00:26:32,490
Uh-uh. Andre would never
forgive me, really, so...
745
00:26:32,500 --> 00:26:33,830
But I'm gonna handle it.
746
00:26:33,830 --> 00:26:34,830
Thank you.
747
00:26:34,830 --> 00:26:36,000
I'm so happy for y'all.
748
00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:37,400
Thank you.
That's so amazing.
749
00:26:40,500 --> 00:26:42,900
(lock buzzing)
750
00:26:46,340 --> 00:26:47,740
Lyon.
751
00:26:53,910 --> 00:26:55,170
A little something
from your lawyer...
752
00:26:55,180 --> 00:26:57,250
Thirsty Rawlings.
753
00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:01,250
My lawyer?
754
00:27:06,020 --> 00:27:08,690
OFFICER:
Make a left.
755
00:27:08,690 --> 00:27:10,690
Last door.
756
00:27:10,690 --> 00:27:13,350
I know I bust you up
the other day.
757
00:27:13,360 --> 00:27:15,360
I had to do that.
758
00:27:15,360 --> 00:27:19,360
You should know Thirsty got
a lot of friends in here.
759
00:27:19,370 --> 00:27:21,100
Open it up.
760
00:27:27,070 --> 00:27:29,800
Oh! You ready
to smash this, brother?
761
00:27:29,810 --> 00:27:31,140
(Guy laughs)
762
00:27:31,140 --> 00:27:34,040
Afterburners, baby...
afterburners.
763
00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:36,140
LUCIOUS:
How much time we got?
764
00:27:36,150 --> 00:27:37,380
You got 65 minutes
before the shift change.
765
00:27:37,380 --> 00:27:38,610
I'm locking you in,
766
00:27:38,610 --> 00:27:40,370
so nobody can get on you
for being out of bounds,
767
00:27:40,380 --> 00:27:42,380
but you got to work fast.
Thank you, bro.
768
00:27:42,380 --> 00:27:43,810
This is what I got...
Check it out.
769
00:27:43,820 --> 00:27:46,550
(siren wails, music begins)
770
00:27:46,550 --> 00:27:47,630
Ooh, I like the police car.
771
00:27:49,890 --> 00:27:51,560
I love what you did
with the hums.
772
00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:54,560
Open up a track for me.
773
00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:55,730
(whoops)
774
00:27:55,730 --> 00:27:57,230
♪ Sitting back ♪
♪ Uh-huh ♪
775
00:27:57,230 --> 00:27:58,930
♪ Reminiscing ♪
776
00:27:58,930 --> 00:28:00,930
♪ Of how I used to get down
and dirty wit cha ♪
777
00:28:00,930 --> 00:28:02,220
♪ Come on ♪
778
00:28:02,230 --> 00:28:04,090
♪ Pull up on a hot block
to come and get you ♪
779
00:28:04,100 --> 00:28:05,100
♪ Yeah! ♪
780
00:28:05,100 --> 00:28:06,430
♪ Wit a pistol cocked ♪
781
00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:08,300
♪ To handle all issues ♪
♪ Whoo! ♪
782
00:28:08,300 --> 00:28:10,230
♪ But never would I thought
in a million wishes ♪
783
00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:11,670
♪ Man! ♪
784
00:28:11,670 --> 00:28:13,670
♪ After all we stood for,
you would start snitching ♪
785
00:28:13,670 --> 00:28:15,000
♪ What? ♪
786
00:28:15,010 --> 00:28:16,980
♪ I disregarded lessons
that were shared with me ♪
787
00:28:16,980 --> 00:28:18,340
♪ Go on ♪
788
00:28:18,340 --> 00:28:19,770
♪ 'Cause I was taught
I'm not supposed to trust any ♪
789
00:28:19,780 --> 00:28:21,280
♪ Ah! ♪
790
00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:24,250
♪ It's hard to see the frame
when you in the picture ♪
791
00:28:24,250 --> 00:28:26,990
♪ But now the picture's faded,
bitch, I'm done wit cha ♪
792
00:28:26,990 --> 00:28:28,310
♪ Hey! ♪
793
00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:29,850
♪ So go on 'head ♪
♪ Go on 'head ♪
794
00:28:29,850 --> 00:28:31,080
♪ Handle your business ♪
♪ Handle your business ♪
795
00:28:31,090 --> 00:28:32,490
♪ And get right ♪
♪ Uh-huh ♪
796
00:28:32,490 --> 00:28:34,120
♪ 'Cause I'm coming to get cha ♪
♪ At ya! ♪
797
00:28:34,120 --> 00:28:36,950
♪ Streets are watching,
eyes are on me ♪
798
00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:40,090
♪ Closest to me done
switched up on me ♪
799
00:28:40,090 --> 00:28:43,460
♪ Days are long
and nights are lonely ♪
800
00:28:43,460 --> 00:28:46,860
♪ It's better to know it
'cause now I know it and... ♪
801
00:28:46,870 --> 00:28:48,270
♪ You ain't nothing
but a snitch, bitch ♪
802
00:28:48,270 --> 00:28:49,970
♪ Snitching ass bitch ♪
803
00:28:49,970 --> 00:28:51,470
♪ Snitch, bitch ♪
♪ And you are ♪
804
00:28:51,470 --> 00:28:53,440
♪ Snitching ass bitch,
and you know it ♪
805
00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:55,310
♪ And you know it,
and you know it ♪
806
00:28:55,310 --> 00:28:56,810
♪ And you know it,
and I know it ♪
807
00:28:56,810 --> 00:28:58,480
♪ And I know it,
and you know I know it ♪
808
00:28:58,480 --> 00:28:59,800
♪ You know I know it ♪
809
00:28:59,810 --> 00:29:01,140
♪ Temperatures in the hundreds ♪
810
00:29:01,140 --> 00:29:02,800
♪ Hot as hell at this moment ♪
811
00:29:02,810 --> 00:29:05,815
♪ Everything looks suspicious
coming around these corners ♪
812
00:29:05,816 --> 00:29:07,140
♪ A man wanted ♪
♪ You know it ♪
813
00:29:07,150 --> 00:29:08,880
♪ You can play around
if you want to ♪
814
00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:10,840
♪ Ain't no safety,
ain't no holster ♪
815
00:29:10,850 --> 00:29:12,850
♪ And my hands is on it ♪
816
00:29:12,850 --> 00:29:15,450
♪ Now I ain't going as easy
as you think I'm gon' go ♪
817
00:29:15,450 --> 00:29:17,280
♪ I'm-a lay low for a minute ♪
818
00:29:17,290 --> 00:29:18,960
♪ Then I'm coming for those ♪
819
00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:22,030
♪ That decided to cross the road
and roll with the wrong folks ♪
820
00:29:22,030 --> 00:29:25,560
♪ Right ♪ ♪ Like playing a grand
piano but tapping the wrong notes ♪
821
00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:26,890
♪ Whoo! ♪
♪ Clyde told me ♪
822
00:29:26,900 --> 00:29:28,830
♪ Keep your eyes open
for them jealous hittas ♪
823
00:29:28,830 --> 00:29:30,120
♪ Clyde told me ♪
824
00:29:30,130 --> 00:29:31,130
♪ Keep your head low ♪
825
00:29:31,130 --> 00:29:32,560
♪ 'Cause they taking pictures ♪
826
00:29:32,570 --> 00:29:33,970
♪ My partner Clyde told me ♪
827
00:29:33,970 --> 00:29:35,640
♪ When they try to convince you
they chillin' with you ♪
828
00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:36,905
♪ Pay very close attention ♪
829
00:29:36,906 --> 00:29:38,530
♪ My hitta, my hitta, my hitta ♪
830
00:29:38,540 --> 00:29:41,910
♪ 'Cause you snitch, bitch,
snitching ass bitch ♪
831
00:29:41,910 --> 00:29:43,580
♪ Snitch, bitch ♪
832
00:29:43,580 --> 00:29:44,810
♪ Snitching ass bitch ♪
833
00:29:44,810 --> 00:29:46,480
♪ And you know it,
and you know it... ♪
834
00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:48,010
♪ And you know it,
and you know it ♪
835
00:29:48,010 --> 00:29:50,340
♪ And I know it, and I know it,
and you know I know it ♪
836
00:29:50,350 --> 00:29:53,350
♪ 'Cause you ain't nothing
but a snitch, bitch ♪
837
00:29:53,350 --> 00:29:55,020
♪ Keep your eyes open ♪
838
00:29:55,020 --> 00:29:56,320
♪ Snitch, bitch ♪
839
00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:58,650
♪ Whoa... ♪
840
00:29:58,650 --> 00:30:01,550
♪ When they try to convince you
they chillin' wit cha ♪
841
00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:05,090
♪ Pay very close attention,
my hitta, my hitta, my hitta! ♪
842
00:30:05,090 --> 00:30:08,920
♪ ♪
(humming melody)
843
00:30:11,430 --> 00:30:16,300
(music track fades,
as singers hum melody solo)
844
00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:19,605
That's a great session, man.
845
00:30:19,606 --> 00:30:21,830
That's a Lucious Lyon hit
right there.
846
00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:24,270
I wish Clyde was here.
847
00:30:24,270 --> 00:30:26,170
Good thing I got to work early
848
00:30:26,170 --> 00:30:28,170
or you degenerates might have
got away with this trash.
849
00:30:28,180 --> 00:30:30,710
Come on, man, we just trying
to make a little music.
850
00:30:30,710 --> 00:30:32,340
You out of bounds, inmate.
851
00:30:32,350 --> 00:30:34,050
With contraband!
852
00:30:34,050 --> 00:30:35,380
Lock 'em up!
853
00:30:35,380 --> 00:30:36,380
All of 'em!
854
00:30:36,380 --> 00:30:38,380
We already locked up, brother.
855
00:30:38,380 --> 00:30:40,740
I'm not your brother, inmate.
856
00:30:47,290 --> 00:30:49,950
We was just talking
about your ass.
857
00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:51,630
Is that right?
858
00:30:51,630 --> 00:30:53,030
Talk about it in the hole.
859
00:30:59,700 --> 00:31:01,630
McKNIGHT: How does it feel
to be in there now, huh?
860
00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:03,740
You rap like you
some sort of tough guy.
861
00:31:03,740 --> 00:31:06,740
But in here, you just
another prisoner.
862
00:31:06,740 --> 00:31:09,700
Matter of fact,
I could kill you right now.
863
00:31:09,710 --> 00:31:12,710
Wouldn't be no consequences.
864
00:31:12,710 --> 00:31:15,380
Just another dead rapper.
865
00:31:15,380 --> 00:31:17,040
You sure about that, baby blue?
866
00:31:17,050 --> 00:31:18,210
Oh, I'm sure.
867
00:31:18,220 --> 00:31:20,220
'Cause, see, I'm all
about the consequences.
868
00:31:20,220 --> 00:31:23,160
I got consequences from
uptown to downtown,
869
00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:25,160
from the five boroughs
to the seven continents,
870
00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:27,160
that know each and every
person in this world
871
00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:28,160
that you care about.
872
00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:29,250
You threatening me, inmate?
873
00:31:29,260 --> 00:31:30,920
Nah, no threats.
874
00:31:30,930 --> 00:31:32,230
Just stating the obvious.
875
00:31:32,230 --> 00:31:35,230
'Cause that's not a violation.
876
00:31:35,230 --> 00:31:36,760
That's a new charge.
877
00:31:36,770 --> 00:31:38,440
You gonna get hit
with more years
878
00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:41,740
than all your gold
and platinum records combined.
879
00:31:41,740 --> 00:31:43,080
Nah, that's where
you're mistaken,
880
00:31:43,070 --> 00:31:44,400
'cause I'm not
getting convicted.
881
00:31:44,410 --> 00:31:45,410
You know why?
882
00:31:45,410 --> 00:31:47,080
Let me guess.
883
00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:48,410
'Cause you innocent, right?
884
00:31:48,410 --> 00:31:50,080
No... since when
does that matter?
885
00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:51,750
I'm not getting convicted
886
00:31:51,750 --> 00:31:54,080
because people like you
and that bitch Miss Ford,
887
00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:55,470
y'all make mistakes.
888
00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:56,540
I don't.
889
00:32:12,130 --> 00:32:14,200
(tires screeching)
890
00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:20,930
(grunting)
(blows smacking)
891
00:32:20,940 --> 00:32:23,610
Where is it?
892
00:32:23,610 --> 00:32:24,810
Don't know
what you talking about.
893
00:32:24,810 --> 00:32:26,610
The music, scumbag.
894
00:32:41,790 --> 00:32:43,460
You sure everything is on there?
895
00:32:43,460 --> 00:32:46,860
Yeah, I double-checked
before we cracked his ribs.
896
00:32:49,660 --> 00:32:52,320
All right, you two
take a dance class.
897
00:32:52,330 --> 00:32:53,720
Yes, sir.
898
00:32:56,300 --> 00:32:59,500
Uh, what is it that you wanted
to talk to me about, Andre?
899
00:32:59,500 --> 00:33:01,160
HAKEEM: Hey, Ma,
I need to talk to you.
900
00:33:01,170 --> 00:33:03,730
Save it, baby.
901
00:33:03,740 --> 00:33:06,400
I already know your father
and your brother Jamal
902
00:33:06,410 --> 00:33:08,210
are trying to get you
back to Empire,
903
00:33:08,210 --> 00:33:10,970
and I guess I got to understand.
904
00:33:10,980 --> 00:33:13,680
So you saying you want me
to go back to Empire?
905
00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:16,540
No, it's breaking my heart,
but I can't stop you.
906
00:33:16,550 --> 00:33:18,650
Taking your Rainbow Abomination
with you?
907
00:33:18,650 --> 00:33:20,180
Rainbow Sensation
ain't happening.
908
00:33:20,190 --> 00:33:21,820
I found three chicks I like,
909
00:33:21,820 --> 00:33:23,820
but they all Latina and feisty.
910
00:33:23,820 --> 00:33:25,150
You are aware
911
00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:26,690
that the English-speaking
Latino market
912
00:33:26,690 --> 00:33:28,650
is the fastest-growing,
largest, untapped market
913
00:33:28,660 --> 00:33:30,060
in the country, right?
914
00:33:30,060 --> 00:33:31,760
An all-Latina girl group,
that could be huge, man.
915
00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:32,990
Really?
Yep.
916
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:34,730
So we may have something here,
917
00:33:34,730 --> 00:33:37,330
if I can get Valentina
on our team instead of Empire.
918
00:33:37,330 --> 00:33:39,330
I thought you were going back?
919
00:33:39,330 --> 00:33:41,190
I'm not going back to Empire.
920
00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:43,700
I'm not working for
Dad or Jamal punk-ass.
921
00:33:43,700 --> 00:33:46,030
I'm gonna be hip-hop legendary
in my own right.
922
00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:47,340
So you giving up on your album?
923
00:33:47,340 --> 00:33:49,180
Did I say that?
924
00:33:49,180 --> 00:33:50,340
Check this out.
925
00:33:50,340 --> 00:33:51,840
Chicken, do it.
926
00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:54,070
Your boy is going for the crown.
927
00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:55,380
My album,
928
00:33:55,380 --> 00:33:56,710
the one Empire
929
00:33:56,710 --> 00:33:58,540
wasn't gonna drop,
930
00:33:58,550 --> 00:34:00,050
I just leaked it online.
931
00:34:00,050 --> 00:34:01,685
Are you crazy?
Isn't that illegal?
932
00:34:01,686 --> 00:34:03,040
I don't know and I don't care.
933
00:34:03,050 --> 00:34:04,370
You don't know
and you don't care?
934
00:34:05,090 --> 00:34:07,120
Are you stupid?
Are you?
935
00:34:08,190 --> 00:34:10,525
Empire is gonna sue
the hell out of you.
936
00:34:10,526 --> 00:34:12,180
Uh...
And they'd be right to.
937
00:34:12,190 --> 00:34:13,520
I don't care if they sue us.
938
00:34:13,530 --> 00:34:15,060
I don't care if
I lose money from it.
939
00:34:15,060 --> 00:34:17,430
All I care about is that my
music is out to the world
940
00:34:17,430 --> 00:34:18,600
and that it's gonna
be legendary.
941
00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:20,030
CHICKEN:
You right.
942
00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:22,360
That's it.
943
00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:24,190
I'm done.
944
00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:25,530
Andre!
945
00:34:25,530 --> 00:34:28,190
I don't care.
Andre!
946
00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:31,530
Andre!
947
00:34:31,540 --> 00:34:32,740
Andre...
948
00:34:32,740 --> 00:34:34,310
Andre!
949
00:34:35,980 --> 00:34:37,540
You worry too much.
950
00:34:37,540 --> 00:34:40,100
There is no way Jamal gonna sue
his own brother.
951
00:34:40,110 --> 00:34:42,870
No, no, you don't
worry enough, Cookie.
952
00:34:44,420 --> 00:34:46,320
I'm sorry, Mom.
953
00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:50,050
Okay, it's not you, it's not,
it's not even Hakeem.
954
00:34:50,050 --> 00:34:51,380
This isn't me.
955
00:34:51,390 --> 00:34:53,090
This is a scrappy little setup.
956
00:34:53,090 --> 00:34:54,920
It's not what I've been
working for all these years.
957
00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:56,250
It's not what I want.
958
00:34:56,260 --> 00:34:59,290
My heart is not in this, Mom.
959
00:35:01,130 --> 00:35:02,290
Please...
960
00:35:02,290 --> 00:35:04,620
I need you to let me go.
961
00:35:04,630 --> 00:35:06,560
Let me go, Mom.
962
00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:08,160
No.
963
00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:09,560
Mom...
Andre, please.
964
00:35:09,570 --> 00:35:11,070
I need you...
I need you.
965
00:35:11,070 --> 00:35:12,130
Let me go, Mom.
966
00:35:12,130 --> 00:35:14,260
Andre...
Let me go.
967
00:35:14,270 --> 00:35:16,340
Let me go.
968
00:35:21,070 --> 00:35:23,130
(sniffles)
969
00:35:30,450 --> 00:35:32,420
This room is full of Torahs.
970
00:35:32,420 --> 00:35:34,450
I copped the building
from the Vizhnitz Dynasty.
971
00:35:34,450 --> 00:35:35,740
The Fishnets who?
972
00:35:35,750 --> 00:35:38,150
It's a Jewish thing,
a Hasidic dynasty.
973
00:35:38,150 --> 00:35:39,410
You see them all over
this neighborhood,
974
00:35:39,420 --> 00:35:40,910
the crazy dudes
with the curlicues
975
00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:42,080
and the big black hats.
976
00:35:42,090 --> 00:35:44,260
Dynasty, hmm.
977
00:35:44,260 --> 00:35:47,290
That's a dope name.
978
00:35:47,290 --> 00:35:49,250
So are you saying this
space is available?
979
00:35:49,260 --> 00:35:50,920
The whole floor?
980
00:35:50,930 --> 00:35:53,430
Might be, if it means
getting you out of my face.
981
00:35:53,430 --> 00:35:56,460
(chuckles)
982
00:35:56,470 --> 00:35:58,200
Yeah, this could work.
983
00:35:58,200 --> 00:36:01,260
As soon as you clean
this place up, of course.
984
00:36:01,270 --> 00:36:03,700
Actually, since you'll be
the one renting it,
985
00:36:03,710 --> 00:36:05,780
that'll be your ass
doing the cleaning.
986
00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:09,640
(giggles)
987
00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:11,870
Mazel tov.
988
00:36:15,950 --> 00:36:18,450
(lock buzzes in distance)
989
00:36:18,450 --> 00:36:20,720
I hear you want
to come back to Empire.
990
00:36:22,850 --> 00:36:24,680
I never should've been a part
of that hostile takeover.
991
00:36:24,690 --> 00:36:27,790
I messed up big-time,
Pop, and I know it.
992
00:36:27,790 --> 00:36:31,550
Hurt me to my core to watch you
take sides against me, son.
993
00:36:33,830 --> 00:36:36,530
Empire's in my blood.
994
00:36:36,530 --> 00:36:38,790
When I bleed, I bleed Empire.
995
00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:40,540
Now, I'm ask...
996
00:36:41,870 --> 00:36:43,300
I'm praying...
997
00:36:43,300 --> 00:36:46,000
that you'll forgive me, Pop.
998
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:47,960
You still going to church?
999
00:36:47,970 --> 00:36:49,570
Yes, sir, yes, sir,
every Sunday.
1000
00:36:49,570 --> 00:36:51,170
Still believe in God?
Yes, sir.
1001
00:36:51,170 --> 00:36:52,970
Good.
1002
00:36:52,980 --> 00:36:54,850
Then you pray to God
that He forgives you,
1003
00:36:54,850 --> 00:36:56,040
'cause I don't.
1004
00:36:59,810 --> 00:37:01,570
Pop, wait a minute.
1005
00:37:01,580 --> 00:37:02,810
Pop!
1006
00:37:02,820 --> 00:37:04,890
Pop!
1007
00:37:08,720 --> 00:37:11,260
For years, you rejected Jamal
because of who he is.
1008
00:37:11,260 --> 00:37:13,390
Now he's running the company.
1009
00:37:13,390 --> 00:37:15,360
Hakeem, he slept
with your fiancée.
1010
00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:18,990
Apparently, you want
him back at Empire.
1011
00:37:18,990 --> 00:37:20,150
Here I stand,
1012
00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:23,390
contrite, remorseful, humble.
1013
00:37:24,700 --> 00:37:28,270
And yet you look at me...
1014
00:37:28,270 --> 00:37:30,340
like I'm some kind of mutant.
1015
00:37:33,540 --> 00:37:35,610
Why do you hate me?
1016
00:37:37,770 --> 00:37:40,870
WOMAN: Dwight,
why are you so sad, baby?
1017
00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:43,250
You want me to sing you a song?
1018
00:37:43,250 --> 00:37:45,550
What song
do you want me to sing?
1019
00:37:45,550 --> 00:37:48,280
Hmm, "Itsy Bitsy Spider"?
1020
00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:50,680
Again? Okay.
1021
00:37:50,690 --> 00:37:55,760
♪ The itsy bitsy spider ♪
1022
00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:58,560
♪ Went up the water spout ♪
1023
00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:01,730
♪ Down came the rain ♪
1024
00:38:01,730 --> 00:38:04,800
♪ And washed the spider out ♪
1025
00:38:08,730 --> 00:38:12,400
(weakly):
♪ Out comes the sun ♪
1026
00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:17,870
♪ And dries up all the rain ♪
1027
00:38:17,870 --> 00:38:21,570
♪ And the itsy bitsy spider ♪
1028
00:38:21,580 --> 00:38:24,480
♪ Went up the spout again... ♪
1029
00:38:27,820 --> 00:38:29,890
I don't hate you.
1030
00:38:36,720 --> 00:38:38,780
(lock buzzes)
1031
00:38:58,440 --> 00:39:01,570
JAMAL: ♪ You know that I never
did let you down ♪
1032
00:39:01,580 --> 00:39:03,250
♪ Why you don't come around ♪
1033
00:39:03,250 --> 00:39:05,250
♪ You don't come around, no ♪
1034
00:39:05,250 --> 00:39:08,320
♪ Da-da-da-da, you on top ♪
1035
00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:10,590
♪ It wasn't true
if it wasn't ♪
1036
00:39:10,590 --> 00:39:15,160
♪ And sayin' sorry
just don't cut it ♪
1037
00:39:15,160 --> 00:39:17,760
♪ Don't cut it ♪
1038
00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:22,260
♪ Saying sorry
just don't cut it ♪
1039
00:39:22,260 --> 00:39:24,120
♪ Just don't ♪
1040
00:39:24,130 --> 00:39:26,270
♪ Just don't... ♪
1041
00:39:26,270 --> 00:39:28,100
What you think of that?
1042
00:39:28,100 --> 00:39:29,270
I love it.
1043
00:39:29,270 --> 00:39:30,670
I'm glad to hear
you singing again.
1044
00:39:30,670 --> 00:39:32,610
I know it's been
hard to find time.
1045
00:39:32,610 --> 00:39:34,760
Yeah.
I wrote this for you.
1046
00:39:36,310 --> 00:39:38,380
I did.
1047
00:39:40,010 --> 00:39:43,610
Come on home to Empire.
1048
00:39:43,610 --> 00:39:45,950
We'll do more stuff together.
1049
00:39:47,110 --> 00:39:48,810
That's what I miss.
1050
00:39:48,810 --> 00:39:50,810
Yeah, me, too.
1051
00:39:50,820 --> 00:39:53,290
But I ain't coming back
to Empire.
1052
00:39:54,720 --> 00:39:56,450
What about your album?
1053
00:39:56,450 --> 00:39:57,710
What about it?
1054
00:39:57,720 --> 00:39:59,190
I put it out.
I leaked it online.
1055
00:40:02,490 --> 00:40:04,060
Seriously?
1056
00:40:05,530 --> 00:40:07,630
So that's how
we gonna roll, Hakeem?
1057
00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:09,820
Yeah?
1058
00:40:09,830 --> 00:40:12,460
You'll never see a penny.
1059
00:40:12,460 --> 00:40:14,060
We'll sure the drawers
off your black ass.
1060
00:40:14,070 --> 00:40:15,470
That's exactly why
I'm not coming back
1061
00:40:15,470 --> 00:40:17,670
to your stupid-ass Empire.
1062
00:40:17,670 --> 00:40:20,000
But tell Father
1063
00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:22,330
when I get
to Madison Square Garden,
1064
00:40:22,340 --> 00:40:23,640
I'm-a comp y'all
some VIP tickets.
1065
00:40:23,640 --> 00:40:24,810
I got y'all.
1066
00:40:24,810 --> 00:40:26,640
You ain't gonna sell out
the Garden.
1067
00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:27,900
Not yet, but I will.
1068
00:40:27,910 --> 00:40:29,645
And guess what, we got a name.
1069
00:40:29,646 --> 00:40:30,840
It's called Lyon Dynasty.
1070
00:40:30,840 --> 00:40:32,640
(sighs)
1071
00:40:32,650 --> 00:40:33,810
That's corny.
1072
00:40:33,810 --> 00:40:35,310
Get up out of here.
You corny.
1073
00:40:35,310 --> 00:40:37,470
Jamal, you think you on top now,
1074
00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:39,710
our little Dynasty's
gonna crush your Empire.
1075
00:40:43,150 --> 00:40:45,050
♪ Oh, no, chain on froze ♪
1076
00:40:45,050 --> 00:40:47,810
♪ Sideline lookin',
what you hatin' on me for? ♪
1077
00:40:47,820 --> 00:40:48,980
♪ Like, whoa ♪
1078
00:40:48,990 --> 00:40:50,990
♪ Don't be too bold ♪
1079
00:40:50,990 --> 00:40:52,720
♪ Better get ya coat
'cause I'm way too cold... ♪
1080
00:40:52,730 --> 00:40:54,330
So it's just me and you?
1081
00:40:54,330 --> 00:40:56,000
This is supposed to be
our new kingdom?
1082
00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:59,000
Yeah, that's right.
1083
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:01,700
So take this broom and help me.
1084
00:41:01,700 --> 00:41:03,570
♪ Better get ya coat
'cause I'm way too cold ♪
1085
00:41:03,570 --> 00:41:05,640
♪ Oh, oh... ♪
1086
00:41:11,340 --> 00:41:12,830
♪ Yeah... ♪
1087
00:41:12,840 --> 00:41:17,000
(siren wailing)
1088
00:41:17,010 --> 00:41:18,670
RADIO DJ:
Whoo! Shots fired, New York.
1089
00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:20,880
I cannot stop playing this one.
1090
00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:22,210
You already know this...
That exclusive
1091
00:41:22,220 --> 00:41:24,450
Lucious Lyon joint.
1092
00:41:24,450 --> 00:41:25,880
Classic Empire for you, baby.
1093
00:41:25,890 --> 00:41:27,720
Right here.
1094
00:41:27,720 --> 00:41:29,860
He dropped that from prison?
How?
1095
00:41:29,860 --> 00:41:32,590
Your daddy, he has his ways.
1096
00:41:32,590 --> 00:41:34,590
He always did.
1097
00:41:34,590 --> 00:41:36,190
LUCIOUS: ♪ Down and dirty
wit ya ♪ ♪ Come on! ♪
1098
00:41:36,190 --> 00:41:37,520
♪ I'll pull up
on the hot block ♪
1099
00:41:37,530 --> 00:41:39,700
♪ To come and get ya... ♪
Damn, that's hot.
1100
00:41:39,700 --> 00:41:42,400
You know he gonna
come after us hard.
1101
00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:44,900
Well, there's not much
he can to do us right now.
1102
00:41:44,900 --> 00:41:47,070
That's why we got to hurry up
and get this thing together
1103
00:41:47,070 --> 00:41:48,370
before he gets out of jail.
1104
00:41:48,370 --> 00:41:50,040
Come on.
1105
00:41:50,040 --> 00:41:52,240
♪ You know I know it...! ♪
1106
00:41:52,240 --> 00:41:55,210
(protesters chanting outside)
1107
00:41:55,210 --> 00:41:56,740
ROXANNE: Your Honor,
this is unacceptable.
1108
00:41:56,740 --> 00:41:58,870
If the defense counsel
isn't present
1109
00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:00,550
at the bail hearing
that he called,
1110
00:42:00,550 --> 00:42:02,380
then he's wasting our time.
1111
00:42:02,380 --> 00:42:03,950
The hell kind of lawyer
1112
00:42:03,950 --> 00:42:05,050
doesn't show up for
his own hearing?
1113
00:42:05,050 --> 00:42:06,720
(protestors continue
chanting outside)
1114
00:42:06,720 --> 00:42:08,050
WOMAN (outside):
Let him go!
1115
00:42:08,050 --> 00:42:09,110
(Roxanne scoffs)
1116
00:42:09,120 --> 00:42:11,120
MAN (outside):
you let Lucious go!
1117
00:42:11,120 --> 00:42:13,090
MAN 2 (outside):
Let him go!
1118
00:42:13,090 --> 00:42:14,890
(protestors continue shouting)
1119
00:42:14,890 --> 00:42:15,890
THIRSTY: I'm here!
1120
00:42:15,890 --> 00:42:18,230
I'm here, I'm here, Your Honor.
1121
00:42:18,230 --> 00:42:19,730
JUDGE ROBBINS: I was
this close to throwing
1122
00:42:19,730 --> 00:42:21,960
your client back in jail,
Mr. Rawlings.
1123
00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:23,250
My docket's backed up enough
as it is.
1124
00:42:23,260 --> 00:42:24,960
The court
still validates, right?
1125
00:42:26,060 --> 00:42:27,390
I-I got the new evidence
right here.
1126
00:42:27,400 --> 00:42:28,970
Just bring it straight up here.
1127
00:42:28,970 --> 00:42:30,835
Does counsel think he's not
going to share
1128
00:42:30,836 --> 00:42:32,730
this new evidence
with the prosecutor?
1129
00:42:32,740 --> 00:42:33,800
I wouldn't think
of it, Ms. Ford.
1130
00:42:33,800 --> 00:42:34,960
Thank you.
1131
00:42:45,780 --> 00:42:47,950
JUDGE ROBBINS:
I think I've...
1132
00:42:47,950 --> 00:42:49,750
seen enough.
1133
00:42:49,750 --> 00:42:52,420
This court finds
that Mr. Lyon
1134
00:42:52,420 --> 00:42:54,990
poses no flight risk and rules
1135
00:42:54,990 --> 00:42:56,790
to release him on bail...
What?!
1136
00:42:56,790 --> 00:42:58,260
Your Honor, this is a travesty!
1137
00:42:58,260 --> 00:42:59,625
(camera shutters clicking)
1138
00:42:59,626 --> 00:43:01,450
The people will not stand by
1139
00:43:01,460 --> 00:43:04,260
while you...
That is my ruling, Ms. Ford.
1140
00:43:04,260 --> 00:43:06,260
Bail is granted
at one million dollars.
1141
00:43:06,260 --> 00:43:13,530
ROXANNE:
Your Honor!
1142
00:43:13,540 --> 00:43:15,670
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