[Al] Previously on "Step Up"...
[Sage] This is for the official wedding
of Sage Odom and Collette Jones.
Collette doesn't know. Surprise wedding.
[Al] Uh-oh.
[Davis] When you two kiss on stage, is it real?
Davis.
D, I gotta tell you something.
I slept with her.
-What? -I never meant to hurt you.
Goodbye, Odalie.
[Poppy] I know you got a thing for Collette.
Just admit the shit. Damn!
Okay! Fuck! What you want me to say?
-Fuck is that? -It's the picture
of your new girlfriend.
It looks like she's about to marry Sage Odom, though.
It's enough for a one-way train ticket.
Sage Odom has been looking for you, by the way.
Our relationship has been all about you.
Even this wedding.
-I'm sorry. -'Lette.
[Al] I'll tell you right now,
she always had a wild streak, that girl.
And I don't know where the fuck he came from,
but let's see what happens next.
[funky music plays]
♪ ♪
[singer] ♪ Step up in the spotlight ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo ♪
♪ Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo ♪
♪ Yo, yo, yo ♪
♪ Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo ♪
♪ Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo ♪
♪ Yo, yo ♪
♪ Yo, yo, yo ♪
♪ I'm looking ♪
♪ For a better day ♪
♪ Wanna live my dream ♪
♪ Step up in the spotlight ♪
♪ Wanna step up Step up in the spotlight ♪
♪ Want the money Want the fame ♪
♪ Want the love Not the same ♪
♪ I want it all ♪
♪ Step up in the spotlight ♪
♪ Wanna step up Step up in the spotlight ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, yeah ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Oh ♪
["Bottom of the Bottle" playing]
♪ ♪
[singer] ♪ I was gonna stop drinking ♪
♪ But didn't ♪
♪ See, the bottom of that Bottle gives me wisdom ♪
[man] We don't want to do this.
Mum.
[man] But you fucking did this to yourselves.
Kill me instead. It was my idea.
[man] All right, then.
-[gunshot] -[screams]
[wailing]
[man] Sure it's around here somewhere.
[gunshot]
I don't like even numbers.
[tense music plays]
Did you hear that?
♪ ♪
[whispering] Get it together.
-[gunshot] -[gasps]
[whispering] One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight...
-What's going on? -Nine, ten, nine, eight,
seven, six, five, four, three, two,
-one, two, three... -You okay?
Please don't.
Four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
[exhales]
[soft music plays]
♪ ♪
[moans]
[tense music plays]
♪ ♪
Fuck me.
Mm-hmm. Yes, ma'am.
Ugh, clothes.
No, no, no. I need clothes.
Why?
You look so good without 'em.
[sighing]
Why you so shook, huh?
Look, we killed Chicago.
We killed that song. We killed this bedframe...
-Rigo. -[Rigo] Mm.
I love the way you say my name.
Hold up, wait. What, you leaving?
Yeah. I got shit to do.
I gotta hit up Jimmy,
figure out what's happening with High Water and...Sage.
-Fuck, Sage. -[Rigo] Exactly.
Fuck Sage!
Rigo, it's not that simple.
I'm his business partner. I run his tour.
Not to mention, I...
I have to do damage control on fuckin' everything.
Look, you can stay here as long as you need, a'ight?
-I can't stay here. -[Rigo] Why?
You need somewhere to stay to sort shit out.
Yeah, but not here.
It's-I-I need a fresh start,
and this is my past, you know?
Well, uh...
I hate to see you go, but I love to watch you leave.
[sighs]
Stop coppin' from Lil Wayne.
What? Girl, that's Castor Troy!
Better watch some movies.
[upbeat music plays]
-[Davis] Okay! -[Poppy] Voila!
Damn, Al, Belgian waffles? Come on, now.
That's right, we got French toast,
English muffin, uh, Italian roast coffee,
and I'm saving a little something
from Amsterdam for later.
Huh? [snaps]
Bam!
Al, what is all of this?
What's up with the flags, the food?
It's called a theme.
Yeah? What's the theme? Colonialists?
I shoulda thought of that.
Um, no.
But that's gonna make my announcement a little weirder.
I'm selling Al's Wigs and Wangs.
Cool. How much?
Hey, shh!
Well, how much?
It better be a whole lot of money, Al.
Well, it's actually enough money
to hit all those countries I just mentioned.
Who are you selling it to?
Yeah.
A guy named Brandon.
Is he Black?
He's kind of...uh, beige.
I don't know what he is. I didn't ask.
I looked at his wallet, not his skin tone.
So he's not Black?
What difference does it make? He's rich.
Al, if you're gonna sell,
at least let it be a Black person.
He's got green, okay?
And that's the whole point there.
He's got green, and I'm tired.
[Poppy sighs]
Well, if it's not me,
it's gonna be the liquor store,
the cell phone spot,
or the--or the rim shop.
This neighborhood is changing.
Tal, don't you have something to say about this?
Are you sure that you're actually ready to sell?
-For real? -[Poppy] Yeah.
Yes, I am actually.
All bullshit aside--sorry.
Yeah, I am.
Well, because I worked there, and Poppy is not wrong.
Like, it's an institution.
I feel him on that.
It matters.
Well, it's my institution.
[Tal] For sure.
I think we're just trying to say that
when you build something that is that important to people,
it becomes more than just yours.
[sighs] You're right.
It's not just mine.
It's Brandon's.
Yeah. It's Brandon's institution now.
[silverware clattering]
[Sage] After what you did for me on the stand, I owe you,
but don't get accustomed to me pouring you coffee, man.
-[laughs] -[Sage] This is not a café,
and I am not no goddamn waiter.
Appreciate it.
[Sage] It's all good.
-Mm, boy. -[sighs]
A'ight, fuck it.
Who got you to do it?
Do what?
-Testify. -[laughs]
What, I-- I say something funny?
The fact that you think somebody made me do anything.
Well, I mean that's-- that's how this shit
normally go, isn't it?
[exhales] I know what it's like
to be locked up for some shit
that you didn't do for no reason.
-Mm. -You know what I'm saying?
You--go ahead, man.
-You sure? -You good, you good. Go ahead.
-No take backs? -[chuckles]
[laughs] I don't know.
The way I see it, man, I ain't no Harriet Tubman,
but if I could save one, that's somethin'.
You know what I'm saying?
Low-key, though,
it was also a middle finger to that bitch-ass DA.
-Oh, God. -Now, fuck her
and the llama she rode in on.
-[laughs] -She tried to frame me
and you, too.
You know, it's crazy.
It's like white people just rebranded slavery
and called it prison.
And right now, my two options are...
go to prison or be laid out somewhere in these streets.
You ever been to St. Barths?
Who's St. Bart?
Uh, St. Barths is-is an island.
-Oh. -It's--
-Oh, wow. -Don't worry about it.
-Okay.
Uh, I was gonna take the wife...to-be,
uh, in a couple weeks, but, um...
anyway, I got two tickets
and a house for you to crash at.
A'ight, and nobody's gonna think to look for you there.
You got somebody you wanna take with you?
Nah. I used to.
Finally found somebody, but can't afford
to get her caught up in all of my bullshit, you know?
[Sage] Mm.
Sometimes, when you love somebody,
the best thing you can do for them is...
is let 'em go, you know?
Um...
so I gotta record some shit, a'ight?
Finish--finish your breakfast.
Record? Oh, yo. Sage! Hey!
I don't know if you know this or not,
but, you know, I spit a little something myself.
Maybe I can spit for you right now.
Might be able to get a collab in.
What's up, man? It's right there.
I think right now,
you should probably focus on keeping your head down.
The least attention you draw to yourself, the better.
Make yourself at home. Go ahead and finish.
Coffee's right there.
And don't touch none of my shit.
Damn.
Some bullshit.
[hip-hop music playing]
♪ ♪
[interviewer] Okay, dolls, so what I need from you
is fun, fun, fun.
Like, be yourselves, but also be...fun.
We want people to look at this promo and think...
-Fun. -Mm-hmm.
[laughs]
You okay?
Yeah, sorry. I just didn't sleep much.
[Odalie] Are you nervous?
I had stress dreams before my first interview too.
Look, just be yourself.
[interviewer] All right!
We are rolling.
What's up, Spartacular Beings?
Hey, hey, hey!
So what Spartika product would you both bring
to a desert island?
Well, I'd bring the yoga pants because, check this,
not only will my booty be looking all types of F-I-N-E,
-[laughs] -Um, but I think
the elasticity could double up for a slingshot or--
-[interviewer] Mm. -Have you ever even used
a real slingshot before?
How are you calling me out on national TV, mate?
[laughter]
Well, if it was me, I would take
my favorite Spartika sister, Angel.
[interviewer] Aww!
So what does your family think of all this, Angel?
-Huh? -[interviewer] Your family.
Back home.
[gunshot]
[tense tones]
Are they just the most proud of you?
Tell us everything.
Um, no, my mum's a teacher, and my dad's an accountant.
Hmm.
Well, don't think for a moment
that we aren't going to pretend like we haven't noticed
how very sexy you both are on the dance floor.
Is there something going on between you two offstage?
No, it's just an act.
That's just for fun.
Yeah, I mean, when you wear Spartika clothing,
you can't help but feel sexy.
[interviewer scoffs] I know that's right.
[laughs]
[Spilt Milk's "Turn up the Temperature" playing]
[singer] ♪ I need it hot ♪
♪ Hot, hot, fuego ♪
♪ Turn up the temperature Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Fire is imminent Imminent, hey ♪
♪ Go 'head and get into it ♪
♪ I need it hot ♪
-Ow! Damn! -Girl.
I can't keep starting and stopping.
Yes, you can.
-And yes, you will. -[sighs]
Go ahead, Poppy.
Release that breath like you release them jobs.
-Momma. -The hell--
-[both grunting] -What is this?
-What? -What is this?
What are these, cornrows, box braids?
-'Cause I can't tell. -[laughter]
You don't gotta be so loud.
She said she wanted them spacious, right?
Poppy, you got two braids on this woman's head.
You got her looking like the Weeknd on a Monday.
[laughter]
Make it make sense. Lord!
Can't keep running away when things get hard, Poppy.
I got you, sis. She messed you up.
[Poppy gasps]
-[Tal] Oh, I'm so sorry. -Why me?
Here, have mine.
Thank you.
[sighs] Thanks.
Ugh, and I meant to ask you earlier,
how'd the wedding go?
It didn't.
What you mean it didn't?
I mean she got her Ciara on
and she one, two, stepped out of there.
You lyin'.
-Mm-mm. -Where did she go?
Do you think she's with Rigo?
Oh, I--I don't know.
Sage didn't say where she went?
Well, I don't know what kind of headspace he's in.
And the thing is, before all that happened,
he was gonna make me his creative director.
No way! Tal, you deserve that!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, we don't even know
if the tour's gonna happen at this point, so--
Your five minutes was up five minutes ago.
You gotta get me back on tour, Tal.
I can't.
We'll see what happens.
I just have to wait 'til the right time to bring it up.
I know, I know.
Do you think Sage will forgive me
for walking off his tour?
[laughs] Yeah.
Really?
Poppy, leave that light-skinned man alone
and get back in here.
I know he won't. But you gotta try.
Hey, I'll do everything I can, Poppy.
["Find the Answer" playing]
[singer] ♪ Count to three ♪
♪ Memory's gone ♪
-Hey. -Hey.
[singer] ♪ Now it's done, done, done ♪
Well, I came here, um...
'cause I feel like I--
I owe you an explanation.
I at least owe you that.
-I owe you-- -An apology.
[singer] ♪ Care for me, care for me ♪
Come on in.
Of course I didn't plan to run out on you, Sage.
I mean, how could I? I didn't--
I didn't even know there was a plan to run out on.
It's just, I was standing there,
and I was feeling all this pressure, and...
I didn't know what else to do
but just...
run.
I get it.
I mean, in hindsight,
maybe a surprise wedding was a bad idea.
-But I just thought-- -No, it wasn't. It wasn't.
It wasn't a bad idea.
It's just...
I don't know, I'm--I'm just--
I'm feeling a lot of things right now.
And I just need some time.
[sighs]
'Lette...
when we were up there, you meant what you said?
I mean, that's how I make you feel?
I was in that beautiful, expensive dress...
[somber music plays]
♪ ♪
And it just... didn't quite fit right.
I realized everything that I had ever wanted to experience
ever since I was a little girl...
was happening, and...
I was just playing a role in it.
Sage, I just--I need to know what it feels like
to make decisions for myself.
Drive my own destiny, that's all.
Even if it's just for a little bit.
[chuckles] If that's the case,
of course we're not supposed to be married.
I mean, don't get me wrong, I--I love you,
but I-- I don't want to be with you
if you don't want to be with me.
And then, plus, you know what I'm saying, I'm on this--
I'm on this new journey, and I'm in the sky with this.
You know-- you know how that shit goes.
When you in the sky, you need--
you need that copilot that's--that's--
that's got your back 100%.
Yeah.
I can't have you 100%
if I don't really know who I am right now.
[sighs]
Don't worry about it.
It's all good.
I, uh--
you're making perfect sense.
So, um, I was--I was in the middle of something.
Wait. I, um--
Ah, so you didn't just come to apologize.
No, I did.
It's just...
I still wanna be a part of High Water.
Sage, it's our baby.
I still wanna take care of it.
I--I--
I built it.
It's my whole world. I...
That's just what I want.
Maybe, uh...
maybe this was all this love was meant to birth.
[somber pop ballad playing]
We kept it professional before.
We--we can do it again.
♪ ♪
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
[singer] ♪ After all ♪
Thank you.
[singer] ♪ I don't even know ♪
♪ Where all these Feelings went ♪
♪ How it all broke ♪
♪ And tell me Can we mend these things? ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ How did you know? ♪
Thank you.
[singer] ♪ How did you? ♪
♪ How did you know? ♪
♪ ♪
So what happened at that interview?
I just can't do the fake shit, love.
Never gonna be me. Won't be me.
Can't fake the "fun, fun, fun."
[laughs]
I know.
But you just have to learn to play the game.
A little faking never hurt anybody.
I know you've had to fake a lot of things
a lot of the time for a lot of people,
but that's just not me.
You didn't have a problem faking it
when she asked about us.
Also, I thought your dad was a money manager,
not an accountant.
They're basically the same thing.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
[soft dramatic music plays]
I'm kind of used to doing everything on my own.
And sometimes I just need some alone time.
You know what I mean?
♪ ♪
[Iman] What we want is safety.
And instead, what we are getting is higher unemployment
and less community stability.
These dated methods of "punish and penalize" just don't work.
-I like her. -Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
She calls the methods dated. I call them tried and tested.
My grandmother's lemonade recipe is dated.
Oh, God. [scoffs]
Fuckin' grandmother's lemonade recipe?
...if that isn't the best lemonade
that you'll ever have--
We are talking about human lives, not lemonade.
Thank you.
[Erin] I am no-nonsense when it comes to crime.
And I will protect Georgia at all cost.
-"Protect." -[Cruz] Yeah.
That's what they're calling it.
[Iman] And by "protect it,"
do you mean building new prisons?
[Sage] She know what she talking about.
[Iman] Are the people of Georgia aware
that DA Baxter and her team
look at third grade scores
to predict how many more prisons to build?
Now, one might ask, why aren't they using those figures
to invest in better education?
Why is she more invested in punishing a crime
-than preventing it? -[Cruz] Damn!
So you would rather let out all the mass murderers
that you are a champion of--
Ugh. Thank you.
Cannot fuckin' believe that this bitch
might actually be the next governor
in control of the whole damn prison system.
You know, I'm shocked, but I gotta say I'm not surprised.
No, fuck that. You know what?
They're banking on us being exhausted, okay?
We just gotta focus on the shit that we can.
A friend of mine said to me, "I'm not Harriet Tubman,
but if I can help one, that counts."
[taps chair] I think my one is Magic.
-Oh, no. -I'm telling you,
we gotta get him out, man.
We got to fuckin' get him out, Cruz, come on.
Sage, we've talked about this a million times.
I--I looked at his case. It's impossible.
Then make it fucking possible!
Come on, "No Lose Cruz." What the fuck?
How about we make the money you still owe me possible.
Huh? How about that?
You just got all the jokes tonight.
No, man, look, you don't have the luxury
to be worrying about other people right now.
We gotta worry about you.
Huh? How are you doing?
I'm actually asking a real question.
How is Sage Odom doing, hmm?
[electronic hip-hop playing]
♪ ♪
[percussive hip-hop playing]
[muttering]
No.
[piano music playing]
♪ ♪
♪ Clip, clip ♪
♪ Clip, clip, clip ♪
♪ One, two, one, two ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Yeah, look ♪
♪ Cut these lights on Clear the vision ♪
♪ My speaker loud So you can hear the vision ♪
♪ I'ma peel the clip So you can feel the tension ♪
♪ Streets is callin' I've been resistin' ♪
♪ I've been to prison Every single morning ♪
♪ I was looking for something Real to deal with the pain ♪
♪ Heal from the game Now a nigga on ♪
♪ And it's time That I build me a lane ♪
♪ Build me a name Nigga, see me, see me ♪
♪ Lights on Many nigga wanna be me ♪
♪ Fight's on, and I'm Really on my Ps and Qs ♪
♪ Don't be confused I really wanna ♪
♪ Change my ways The streets refuse ♪
♪ So now I'm on A different wave ♪
♪ The water's deep And niggas wanna ♪
♪ Dig my grave They want me sleep ♪
♪ But I ain't ever ran Never will ♪
♪ Matter of fact, run it back ♪
♪ Hit these Motherfuckin' lights ♪
♪ Let these niggas see me On my mama, really ♪
♪ I prayed for this ♪
[phone chimes]
[hip-hop music plays]
[singer] ♪ Do it to 'em, yeah Do it to 'em ♪
♪ Do it to 'em Do it to 'em ♪
Whoo!
I feel alive!
-I can tell. -Okay.
All right, here's what I want, Greyhound, okay?
Prison reform. I wanna fuck the DA.
I want statistics on Black men being targeted.
I want rawness. I want power.
I want you to hold the bag. Okay?
-Yes. -Right here. Okay? Hoo!
You know, this needs to be
the fiercest chapter of this tour, okay?
Close this chapter out, bring my life story up to date,
change the world at the same time.
You know what, I'm feeling so good,
I might even tell Jimmy that we want to jump on early.
The world don't need Rigo's music.
The world needs this shit.
[Tal] All right.
[grunts]
Oh, shit. My bad.
-Okay. -Ah.
-Thanks. -Eyes on the prize, okay?
Two weeks, we're back on the fuckin' road.
You ready?
All right.
You want something to drink?
I'm good. [exhales]
[Marquise] ♪ Looking for something real ♪
♪ To deal with the pain Heal from game ♪
♪ Now a nigga on and it's time That I build me a lane ♪
♪ Build me a name Nigga, see me, see me ♪
♪ Lights on Many nigga wanna be me ♪
♪ Fight's on, and I'm Really on Ps and Qs ♪
♪ Don't be confused I really wanna ♪
♪ Change my ways The streets refuse ♪
♪ So now I'm on A different wave ♪
♪ The water's deep And niggas wanna ♪
♪ Dig my grave They want me sleep ♪
♪ But I ain't ever ran Never will ♪
♪ Matter of fact Run it back ♪
♪ Hit these Motherfuckin' lights ♪
♪ So these niggas see me On my mama, really ♪
♪ I prayed for this On everything ♪
♪ I need everything I need airplanes ♪
♪ I need airplay On these airwaves ♪
♪ I need a gold chain ♪
[sighs]
[keys clacking]
[R&B music playing on radio]
-Ask her. -No, you ask her.
My mama said you know Sage Odom.
[laughs]
What I do know is, you is looking too cute, little mama.
Yours look prettier than mine.
It don't matter. I'm still basic and ugly.
Hair ain't gonna change nothin'.
What did you say?
Hey. Don't say that.
As a matter of fact, don't ever say that,
'cause it's not true.
Do you understand me?
Now, say, "I'm beautiful."
[softly] I'm beautiful.
Uh-uh.
I need you to say that
loud and proud like you believe it.
And say it to her.
[soft music plays]
♪ ♪
I used to say that ugly word too.
I used to feel that ugly word too.
What I saw in there just didn't look like
what I saw on the magazines and on the TV.
That ugly word was handed to me.
The world said I was ugly, and I believed them.
But you wanna know how I figured they was wrong?
How?
"How?"
Let me show you. Get up.
And you too, lil mama.
Come on, come on, come on, baby queens.
This is what you do. Follow me.
♪ Step on your haters ♪
♪ Don't let 'em see you sweat ♪
♪ Show 'em your beauty and check like that ♪
[laughter]
Y'all know the move I'm talking about. Come on.
♪ Show 'em your beauty and check like that ♪
There you go.
♪ Push 'em to the left ♪
♪ 'Cause you fly, stay right ♪
♪ Edges on fleek ♪
♪ 'Cause your melon is sweet ♪
And tell 'em, "Period."
[both] Period.
Okay. Hey, Ma?
-Hmm? -Can you record this for me?
Yeah.
As long as you tell these little mamas,
don't walk off no tour.
[laughter]
-[Marquise's "See Me" playing] -[Da Brat] Yo, we got
something new from an artist
going by the name of Saint Clip.
"See Me." Check it out.
[Marquise] ♪ I'm really on my Ps and Qs ♪
♪ Don't be confused I really wanna ♪
♪ Change my ways The streets refuse ♪
♪ Check like that ♪
♪ 'Cause you fly, stay right ♪ There you go!
Show me what y'all got.
Five, six, seven, eight.
♪ So these niggas see me On my mama, really ♪
♪ I prayed for this On everything ♪
♪ I need everything I need airplanes ♪
♪ I need airplay On these airwaves ♪
-♪ I need a gold chain ♪ -Ohh!
That's my baby! That's my baby!
Go, baby! [laughs]
[Marquise] ♪ And a bunch of diamonds ♪
♪ They dancing on me ♪
♪ Need a high-rise In these skylines ♪
♪ Need camera time I need spotlights ♪
♪ I need primetime 'Cause it's my time ♪
-♪ See me ♪ -[Dana] Ooh.
[Marquis] ♪ Hey, yo ♪
♪ Gotta see me ♪
-♪ Clip, yo ♪ -[Da Brat] Yo, Saint Clip's
new track enters the Songboard charts
at number 14, y'all!
Who is this new dope artist? Can you tell me?
[Marquis] ♪ Coming from The land of the cold killers ♪
♪ And the gold getters Dope dealers ♪
♪ And the gold niggas that'll Roll with this gold business ♪
♪ That'll hold triggers For the gold pennies ♪
Go.
♪ Betta know, nigga I'm a motherfuckin' star ♪
♪ Saint Clip a nigga And it's y'all ♪
♪ You better know Who I are, motherfucker ♪
♪ I'm on, bitch I'm really in the zone ♪
Wait, wait, wait, that's me.
[Marquise] ♪ And it's been too long ♪
♪ Really drained Of this shit ♪
♪ Need a ring for this shit ♪
Ma!
[Marquise] ♪ Lights so bright I'ma beam in this bitch ♪
♪ So they better see me ♪
♪ On my mama, really I prayed for this ♪
♪ On everything I need everything ♪
♪ I need airplanes I need airplay ♪
-♪ On these airwaves ♪ -[Da Brat] Yo, this song
"See Me" is tracking top ten, y'all.
-Whoo-hoo-hoo! -[Da Brat] I got some free
concert tickets to the person that can tell me
the true identity of Saint Clip.
It's a mystery. Operators are standing by.
[Marquise] ♪ I need camera time ♪
♪ I need spotlights ♪ I need primetime
♪ 'Cause it's my time See me ♪
[all] Go, Poppy! Go, Poppy!
Go, Poppy! Go, Poppy!
[Marquise] ♪ Gotta see me ♪
♪ And now my angel gone ♪
♪ Shit, I done lost my wings ♪
♪ Never had love Then I lost my queen ♪
♪ I've been givin' up hope Almost lost my dreams ♪
♪ Then I found my grind And I put it in motion ♪
♪ I'm dropping the bomb You gon' see the explosion ♪
♪ And then I'm the rose That grew from concrete ♪
♪ With a hole in the petal Whatever, I do it better ♪
'Cause you got to see me ♪
-♪ On my mama, really ♪ -[laughter]
♪ On everything I need everything ♪
♪ I need airplanes I need airplay ♪
♪ On these airwaves ♪
♪ I need a gold chain For my growing pains ♪
-[Al] Oh! -[laughter]
[Marquise] ♪ I need a peace of Mind with my piece of time ♪
♪ I need a mansion, homey And a fancy Rollie ♪
♪ And a bunch of diamonds They dancing on me ♪
[Big Tigger] Number one on the local charts!
Come on, people.
Somebody's got to know who this dude is.
Let a Tigger know, like, call me.
-You tell 'em, "Period." -[Marquise] ♪ Gotta see me ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
[Sage] Here we go!
Five, six, ho!
Hold it! Hold it!
[sighs]
We are not a shit sandwich anymore.
That's a good thing.
However, we ain't there yet.
We're not there yet. Everybody take five.
Take a quick five.
Quick five, okay?
Sage five. That means two.
I mean, it felt pretty damn close to me.
Pretty damn close is not gon' get us what we need, okay?
It--it needs something.
It's--it's--
it-it needs more "fuck" in the "fuck you,"
you know what I mean?
-Yeah. -Kinda--
-I get that. -Y--okay, you know what?
A transition piece.
There's this song that I've been hearing.
Uh, uh, "See Me" by Saint--
The Poppy joint!
-The what? -Yeah, her TikTok challenge
blew the song up overnight.
-You didn't see that? -No, no.
Look. It's crazy.
[Marquise] ♪ On everything I need everything ♪
♪ I need airplanes I need airplay ♪
-♪ On these airwaves ♪ -Hmm.
You said that you wanted this tour
to be about second chances,
Poppy deserves a second chance.
She should be dancing, Sage,
not working doubles at Divas by Dana.
Done?
Right. [taps floor]
Back to work. Back to work, everybody!
Your five is up.
First position. Let's go!
[squeals, laughs]
Look, Momma, Michelle Obama and Malia are doing my choreo.
-Ah! -Oh, that's cute.
It got 1 million views! Look.
Hmm. That's nice!
So, um, how much money did you get for this?
Money? Mom, it's not about money.
It's about people finally knowing my name and talent.
It's about influence and exposure!
Mmm. Well, let me know when you find a landlord
that'll let you use influence and exposure for rent.
Why can't you just be happy for me?
Will it hurt for you to say "I'm proud of you?"
Something? Like, damn.
How can the whole world see my value
except for the woman that brought me into it?
Would you cut it out with all that mess?
-No! -You got Michelle Obama
doing your choreography,
but you're still working for the woman
you don't wanna be like.
You got Tyra Banks dancing to your beats,
but you ain't got no Tyra Banks money.
So quit chasing your 15 minutes of fame
and start chasing those 15 zeros behind your name.
[laughs]
I got bars, right?
You don't understand!
[Dana] You're right. I don't.
But what I will understand is
when one of those celebrities finally shows up
and puts some goddamn money in your pocket.
[whispering] Oh, damn it.
I knew I should've worn my good bra today.
-Am I okay? -Mama, it's fine.
-[Dana] Am I okay? -It's fine. It's fine.
It's fine. It's fine.
[Sage] Um, excuse the intrusion.
You mind if I get a minute with Poppy?
As long as I can get a minute with you.
I mean, doesn't have to be one minute.
I mean, I know you're not a one minute kinda man.
You're more like, um... a 30 minute kinda man?
-Mom! -[laughs]
-[Poppy] What the h-- -A 40 minute kinda man?
[Poppy] Stop!
Wait, wait, wait, before you say anything, Sage,
I am so, so unbelievably sorry for walking off on tour.
Like, I should've never did that--
I actually came here to apologize to you.
Yeah. Mind if we sit for a second?
You being overlooked was wrong, a'ight?
I was aware of it then, I'm aware of it now.
Difference is, now...
I don't feel like I'm winning
unless we're all winning.
In a lot of ways, I'm here because of Magic.
-Like, voodoo? -[laughs]
-Like, with the dolls and-- -It's a long story.
But you know what? Yeah. Yes.
'Cause I think you're magic. Black girl magic.
You are the epitome of what I always hoped and dreamed
High Water would create.
-You. -[laughs]
Wow.
You know, for a second there,
I didn't think you would ever understand
why I walked off that tour with Rigo.
Oh, I'm still trying to figure that out.
Mm. But...
I do want you back on the tour.
As a lead.
Oh!
So what do you say?
I wanna choreograph a piece for the tour.
And get paid extra for it.
[soft music plays]
♪ ♪
See you tomorrow.
Don't be late.
Never been late a day in my life.
A'ight. A'ight.
[laughs]
A'ight, I'm out. I'ma take off.
-[Poppy] Ah! -Oh!
-[Poppy squealing] -Okay.
-I'm sorry. -[Sage] All right.
-Okay. A'ight. -I'm sorry.
Hey, and ain't that Rigo and Collette shit crazy?
-Tomorrow. -Tomorrow.
Bye, Dana.
Oh!
[both squeal]
[dramatic music plays]
♪ ♪
[Rigo] You taste like--
[hip-hop music playing]
[laughs]
[music stops]
[clears throat]
[Collette] Sage, what are you doing here?
Rigo, get the fuck outta here. Let the grown folks talk.
Nigga, I ain't going nowhere.
-Rigo, take five. -I think if our past exchanges
have taught us anything, young blood,
is that this is smoke you don't want.
Nigga, what's up?
[Collette] Rigo.
[tense music plays]
♪ ♪
[Rigo exhales]
[door slams]
How long?
How long?!
-It's not what you think. -[Sage] It's not what I think?
Then make it make sense, 'Lette, 'cause what I think,
what it looks like,
is that you in here fuckin' the kid.
-Fuck you. How dare you? -[Sage laughs] How dare I?
I'm not the one hoeing around the garden, 'Lette.
-How dare I? -Oh, wow. That's--
that's really original, Sage.
Yeah, if I had a penny for every time
a man called me a ho 'cause he was mad--
Oh, baby girl.
I'm not calling you a ho because I'm mad.
I'm calling you a ho because you let a kid fuck you!
He didn't fuck me!
No, Sage. [chuckles]
You know what?
I fucked him.
And I enjoyed it.
So you can go on your paranoid little fuckin' rant
like you always do, but I only did it
because I couldn't stand one more minute
of your controlling, narcissistic fuckin' bullshit!
-Not one more minute, huh? -No.
Why don't you go ahead and get the fuck out of here then?
Matter of fact, why don't you go ahead
and get the fuck out of here for good?
Yeah, I don't want to see you in this building ever again.
-How does that work? -You can't even do that.
My name is Sage motherfuckin' Odom.
I can do whatever the fuck I want.
[Collette] High Water doesn't just belong to you.
It's ours.
Yeah, you can hate me all you like,
but it fuckin' belongs to us.
Security!
Kiss my ass, Sage.
♪ ♪
[door slams]
[clattering]
I literally keep this building running.
Me! Sage can't do shit without me.
-[Rigo] Hold up. Hold up. -Everyone fuckin' knows it.
[Rigo] Listen, just come on over, a'ight?
I got something to show you that'll make you feel better.
He don't deserve you. He never did.
And he never will. Fuck Sage!
♪ ♪
[Dana] I know you thought I was hard on you, Poppy.
But I know what it's like to be a Black woman in this world.
I knew that there would be no free passes
for people like you, and I was--
I was just trying to get you ready.
Mom, the world ain't shy to let me know that I'm a Black woman.
I get reminded every day, whether I like it or not.
It was just so hard
to have to go to war with the world
only to come back to home base and have to fight with you too.
I'm so proud of you, little girl.
[soft music plays]
You hear me?
♪ ♪
[sniffles]
I just wanted you to have the world, Poppy.
I was never fighting with you.
I was always fighting for you.
[sniffles]
But damn, if your mama
ain't right about everything.
-[laughs] -Okay. You were right.
I always knew that fine-ass Sage was the way to go.
[both laugh]
[Poppy] Yeah.
Come on. All right.
Show me that, uh--
show me those TikTok-- the TikTok moves.
Oh, you want to learn the moves now?
I got moves. Show me the TikTok.
All right, Mom. Please try to keep up.
-All right. Let's go. -Okay.
So first, you step on your haters.
♪ You step on your haters ♪
Oh, gosh. [laughs]
♪ Don't let 'em see you sweat ♪
Whoo! ♪ Don't let 'em see you sweat ♪
♪ Then you show 'em your beauty and check like that ♪
♪ And you show 'em your booty and you check like that ♪
♪ And you check, hey ♪
-♪ Yeah, you check ♪ -♪ And like a check ♪
And you check--you don't know nothing about this.
Oh, I know everything about that.
You know nothing about this. Whoo-hoo!
[singer] ♪ Mmm ♪
♪ See what you like See what you needing ♪
♪ I'm in your life You can't believe it ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Make you happy is All I wanna do ♪
♪ And have anything All I want is you ♪
♪ If you don't love me Or care for me ♪
How did you get this Kwame Winters print?
[Rigo] I know you love him.
Anything for you.
How did you know?
'Cause I know you.
And anything I don't know...
I wanna learn.
Look, I want you to feel comfortable here, Collette.
I'm comfortable.
[singer] ♪ But I choose you ♪
♪ I got a latch on your bed ♪
♪ Don't wanna lose you ♪
[Dani Stevenson's "Love Me" playing]
[singer] ♪ We've been going 'round ♪
♪ Round and round ♪
♪ Round and round in circles ♪
♪ The same old ♪
♪ Same old Choreograph rehearsals ♪
♪ So dizzy, need to get off ♪
♪ This crazy rollercoaster ♪
♪ Ups and downs Downs and outs ♪
♪ I won't be good to no one ♪
♪ I put up with your lies ♪
♪ Let the cheaters lie ♪
♪ I looked away for too long ♪
♪ You didn't need so long ♪
♪ So I'm choosing to go ♪
♪ My heart tells me It's right ♪
♪ So hard for me to leave ♪
♪ But I'm saying good night ♪
-♪ 'Cause you don't -♪ Love me ♪
♪ Love me ♪
♪ You don't know how to ♪
♪ Love me Love me ♪
♪ You don't know how To love me ♪
♪ You don't know How to love me ♪
[chuckles]
Are we good?
Sometimes I just, you know--
I get in my head, and I need to reset.
I stay away from my phone,
my social, all of that,
and just stay alone in my thoughts.
Thank you for understanding.
[Marquise's "See Me" playing]
-I don't get the hype. -What hype?
You haven't seen Poppy's TikTok?
I can't fucking avoid it.
Well, if you can't beat them, join them.
Let's do our own and make it sicker.
[laughs]
I just love--
[chuckles]
Like you.
I'm gonna find that song.
[Marquise] ♪ High-rise In these skylines ♪
♪ I need camera time I need spotlights ♪
♪ I need primetime 'Cause it's my time ♪
[Poppy] Yeah, I've been hearing this.
Who's the artist?
I don't know. Someone named Saint Clip.
[Marquise] ♪ And now my angel gone ♪
Okay, let's do this.
[Marquise] ♪ I done lost my wings ♪
♪ Never had love Then I lost my queen ♪
♪ I've been givin' up hope Almost lost my dreams ♪
♪ 'Cause I lost my team ♪
[intense tones]
♪ ♪
Are we gonna do this or not? [chuckles]
I'm sorry, love. I'm not feeling well.
Let's do this another time.
[music fades]
[Collette] No, you know that if anyone's
in Sage's corner, it's me.
I have nothing but the utmost respect for him.
But I am a businesswoman first, and facts are facts.
Okay, Rigo's star is definitely rising
faster than we predicted.
I mean, check the numbers,
check the ticket sales.
Look at all the endorsements that he's getting.
You know, I run everything when it comes to Sage.
And I can just tell you, he is slow dancing in a burning room.
-I mean--[sighs] -[Collette] No, I know.
I hate to say it. I feel like he's just...
different since he got back.
I mean, it could be PTSD. I don't know.
But maybe he just needs some time.
And, what, there's, like, four more shows left?
I mean, it's gonna cost you a fortune
to have to retool the whole tour.
You might as well just stick with Rigo.
You're gonna make way more money.
[Jimmy] I hate to admit it, but you're right.
You were right. You were right about Rigo.
You're right about this tour.
That being said, I love Sage.
The fans love Sage, so...
I-I understand. I understand.
I totally get it. But you do trust me, right?
Well, the new fans, you know, the fresher ones,
the ones that have to go see a concert?
They love Rigo.
Sage will still make money.
He'll be fine.
[Jimmy] You got it, Collette.
All right.
[R&B music playing]
What'd he say?
Cheers. The tour's all yours.
Oh.
[Marquise] ♪ And it's time That I build me a lane ♪
♪ Build me a name Nigga, see me, see me ♪
♪ Lights on, many nigga Wanna be me ♪
♪ Fights on, and I'm Really on my Ps and Qs ♪
♪ Don't be confused I really wanna ♪
♪ Change my ways The streets refuse ♪
♪ So now I'm on A different wave ♪
[Odalie] Hey!
Gonna order food. Do you want anything?
[Marquise] ♪ So these niggas See me, on my mama, really ♪
♪ I prayed for this On everything ♪
♪ I need everything I need airplanes ♪
Wanna order food? Maybe watch 90 Day Fiancé?
I'm good.
[Marquise] ♪ I need a peace of mind ♪
♪ With my piece of time ♪ I need a mansion, homey ♪
♪ And a fancy Rollie And a bunch of diamonds ♪
The fuck--
w-why are you so hot and cold all the sudden?
I mean, what changed?
I don't get it.
We have this perfect house. We're both on tour.
And I got you that endorsement with Spartika.
-And you're not even-- -I'm grateful for you, Odalie.
I really am.
But if you think that means you can own me--
I don't want to own you.
I want to fucking understand you!
I don't have to explain myself to you.
And I don't need to spend every minute with you.
Damn!
Rich people always think that they can just do
what they want when they want.
But you can't. Not with me.
And you'll never understand me, Odalie.
You just can't.
I need some air.
-[door slams] -[exhales]
[tense music plays]
♪ ♪
[Sage] Jimmy, talk to me. What's up?
[Jimmy] Sage, my man, what's happening?
Uh, listen, I need to talk to you about the tour.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Jimmy, I need to talk to you about the tour, okay?
I-I hope you're ready to be a little bit richer
'cause this new shit-- [laughs]
Jimmy, this new shit that I just did, okay?
One word: undeniable.
-Are you ready? -Yeah.
-[Sage] Jimmy, are you ready? -Yeah, yeah, no.
-That's great. Uh... -You don't sound ready, Jimmy.
I need to pull the plug.
Wait, hold on, hold on. You cut out. Say that again.
[Jimmy] I need to pull the plug.
What plug? What plug? What we talkin' about?
We're gonna keep going with Rigo.
Jimmy, I think we might have got a bad connection.
What the fuck did you just say to me?
[Jimmy] Yeah, it wasn't entirely my decision.
Okay, the board made a decision as a whole.
Uh, we gotta go with the QB that's winning, you know?
Hold on. Slow the fuck down.
First off, this is my goddamn tour.
You cannot fire me!
It was your tour, Sage.
But Rigo's killin' it.
You know it. Collette knows it.
Sage, you're still gonna get your cut.
Just take your time and regroup.
Regroup?
You want me to regroup?
You know what, Jimmy? You're fucking done.
You hear me? And that ain't a threat.
That's a promise. You are fucking done!
[SEFAZ's "Searching Ride" playing]
♪ ♪
[singer] ♪ Blue as the sky ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Dark as the night ♪
♪ ♪
♪ With all of the air ♪
♪ I breathe ♪
♪ With all of my mind ♪
♪ I set you free ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ If you fall down ♪
What the hell?
[singer] ♪ I'll be there To catch you now ♪
♪ If I fall down ♪
♪ Do you swear To catch me now? ♪
♪ I need a ride or die ♪
♪ ♪
♪ And it's time To fight or fly ♪
♪ We've got one another ♪
What a fucking liar.
[singer] ♪ Ooh ♪
♪ ♪
[Marquise] ♪ I done lost my wings ♪
♪ Never had love Then I lost my queen ♪
♪ I've been givin' up hope Almost lost my dreams ♪
♪ 'Cause I lost my team And I lost my bro ♪
♪ And I lost my home Been lost my folks ♪
♪ Been lost my rights Tryna right my wrongs ♪
♪ And I lost my mind Nigga took my songs ♪
♪ Then I found my grind And I found my growth ♪
♪ Nothing to lose So I'm doing the most ♪
♪ I won't make no excuses I know I've been chosen ♪
♪ I choose to do better For words that were stolen ♪
♪ I took my emotions And put 'em in motion ♪
♪ I'm droppin' a bomb ♪ You gon' see the explosion ♪
Marquise, where are you?
[Marquise] ♪ With a hole In the petal, Whatever ♪
♪ I do it better 'Cause you got to see me ♪
♪ On my mama, really I prayed for this ♪
♪ On everything I need everything ♪
-♪ I need airplanes ♪ -Fuckin' Marquise.
[song continues]
♪ I need mad amounts In these bank accounts ♪
♪ I need a peace of mind With my piece of time ♪
♪ I need a mansion, homey And a fancy Rollie ♪
♪ And a bunch of diamonds They dancing on me ♪
♪ Need a high-rise In these skylines ♪
♪ Need camera time I need spotlights ♪
♪ I need primetime 'Cause it's my time ♪
♪ See me Hey, yo ♪
♪ Gotta see me ♪
♪ Clip, yo ♪
♪ Cut these lights on ♪
♪ Clear the vision My speaker loud ♪
♪ So you can hear the vision Spitting dopamine ♪
♪ And giving hope in scenes I'm like a golden beam ♪
♪ But really coming from The land of the cold killers ♪
♪ And the gold diggers Dope dealers ♪
♪ And the gold niggas that'll Roll with this gold business ♪
♪ That'll hold triggers For the gold pennies ♪
-♪ Bold niggas-- ♪ -Oh, shit.
[music stops]
Hey.
Uh, my bad.
Um--I'ma just-- I'ma just go.
Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. You ain't going nowhere.
What you about to do
is come in the studio with me right now...
and record.
-Yeah, yeah. -Huh?
-Yeah, write this song-- -[Marquise] Who? Me?
Studio, now. Come on. Come on. Come on!
Sage, are you serious?
-[Sage] Three tracks- -Wait, wait, wait. Sage.
Bro, you not hearing me?
Dog. Yo.
Yo, yo. Get in the booth. Get in the booth.
The booth? What about the whole "keep your head down," man?
I can't I stay in Atlanta if I do this.
Marquise, feel my vibe. Okay? You--
[beat playing]
Yep. Uh-huh. Uh-huh.
Okay. What you got? Come on. Give me something.
No one can see me or I'm a dead man.
Just--
Yo, my man. You ain't even--
[Sage] Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on.
You the one that said the shit.
The hell you doing?
-What the hell is that? -[Sage laughs]
I'm a fuckin' genius!
-Yo. Come here. Come here. -What the hell is that?
Come here, man!
Just like this.
I now dub thee Saint Clip.
See, now they won't see Marquise.
They'll see this.
Bro, you got to be kidding me.
[Marquise] Man, you trippin'.
[Sage] All right, Saint Clip.
I know you got somethin'. Come on. Come on.
Oh, this shit kinda fly.
What we doing?
Oh, shit!
[Sage] Saint Clip. What you got? Come on.
-Shit! -I know you got something.
Hang on. Hang on. Let me see.
I got some shit I wrote while I was locked up.
Man, how the fuck that shit go?
-Let me see. -[Sage] Come on.
♪ Uh ♪
♪ Look, I should've mentioned That my pen ♪
♪ Ain't never had us in it ♪
♪ Everybody fuckin' hate me Tell me I'm the villain ♪
♪ Like I'm sick in the noggin And need some penicillin ♪
♪ But you know ain't no Penicillin for prison niggas ♪
-Whoo! -♪ They finally let me ♪
♪ Out this bitch And I was back to business ♪
♪ Flexing on niggas With lyrical finesse ♪
♪ Is just the beginning ♪
♪ It's like I'm kicking Fly shit ♪
♪ Like a bird With a big-ass foot ♪
-Uh! -♪ Overlook me ♪
-♪ That's a big ass look ♪ -Let's go!
♪ Whoa I got nine in the clip ♪
♪ Eight niggas in the cut ♪
♪ And they ready for shit ♪
♪ You need A lucky number seven ♪
♪ Trying to battle me, bitch ♪
♪ Even seven ate nine ♪
-♪ So you better be quick ♪ -[laughs]
♪ Because I'm better Than any city ♪
-♪ All the way to the six ♪ -Yeah, yeah!
♪ Five fingers on the mic And some cuts on my wrist ♪
♪ And a whole lot of bars I got something to prove ♪
♪ So before you press skip ♪
-♪ Three minutes of dope ♪ -Let's go!
♪ And that's real ♪
♪ It's too many reasons To quit ♪
♪ But only one reason matters So I'll leave you with this ♪
♪ If you got an opportunity To shift the way you livin' ♪
♪ And you know you got Some talent ♪
♪ That'll keep you Out of prison ♪
♪ And you dedicate your time To the craft that you have ♪
♪ You focused on the goal ♪
-♪ You trying to get the bag ♪ -Whoo!
♪ And you care enough to try ♪
♪ You ain't worried 'Bout the past ♪
♪ Only focus on the present ♪
♪ 'Cause that's all We really have ♪
♪ You living for the moment Make it last ♪
♪ 'Cause you'll never know Which moment is your last ♪
-♪ Real shit, nigga ♪ -God damn it!
-Yes! -That's what I'm talkin' 'bout!
-Yes! Yes! -That's what I'm talkin' 'bout!
-This shit crazy! -Let's go!
-Yo, play that shit! -Well, you know,
you gotta do it in the mic.
-Huh? -You gotta to do it
-on the mic now. -Oh, shit! You right!
Let's do it!
[intense hip-hop plays]
♪ ♪