GHOST: You think this is a game?
You wanna smoke some shit, nigga?
Here you go, nigga!
PERSON: It won't happen again! I promise!
Hey, yo, what the fuck is you doin'?
GHOST: Sometimes you gotta get
your hands a little bloody.
You need to let that go.
You're about to be a father.
GHOST: I know that, Rie.
This is my main priority, a'ight?
POWER: Go to the studio.
Do what you gotta do.
I thought you were broke.
I sold my whip.
- Check that out. - What is this?
POWER: It's my first check.
I promise that it ain't gonna be my last, Pops.
Wu-Tang is a whole brand.
Do you have any sales data to back that up?
POWER: We're working on it.
DIVINE: Man, Power really did pull this whole store off.
Hey, beautiful.
RZA: Jerome is out?
Showed up on my doorstep like a lost puppy.
And there's a house just like it
waiting for us in Ohio.
RANDY: Mom, Dad...
- What? - I made the football team.
Hey!
GZA: What happened to The Abbot?
He went to go develop a new sound
to compete with the ministers.
IRIF: But while The Abbot is busy meditating,
people out here hurting.
[simple flute note]
[spacey music]
♪ ♪
Hey, yo.
Yeah, what can I help you with?
I'm look for this David Axelrod album,
uh, Song of Innocence. Y'all got it?
All our inventory's on the floor.
We have a lot of his other albums if that works.
Nah. I really need this album, yo.
It's got this song on it, "Holy Thursday."
You know what I'm talking about?
Something you're gonna sample?
Uh... thank you, man.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
Oh.
I have been waiting here for 30 minutes.
Weren't you the one who wanted to synchronize
our flights so we could ride together?
RZA: Yeah, yeah. Look, I know. I know.
Look, I had--I had to stop by
the music store real fast, a'ight?
Yeah. Of course you did.
Get your ass over here.
I missed you.
- Yeah. - I did.
- Missed you too. - [chuckles]
I did. I missed you.
- You look good. - Thanks, love.
So what'd you buy?
They didn't have what I was looking for,
but, uh, I've had this song
stuck in my head for weeks now.
"Holy Thursday."
It go like...
[vocalizing]
No, no, no. No, no.
"Holy Thursday" doesn't go like that.
"Holy Thursday" goes...
[vocalizing]
Now, listen to this.
[vocalizing] Gets bigger.
[vocalizing]
What you know about David Axelrod?
Here we go. You thinking you
the only person in this family
knows anything about music.
David Axelrod did some
of my favorite Lou Rawls tracks.
Their version of "You Make Me So Very Happy."
- Okay. - Mm!
You ever think that you get your producer gene from me?
[scoffs]
Anyway, it's nice that you came all this way
from LA for Infinite's birthday.
Shurrie and Dennis-- oh, excuse me, Ghostface.
- RZA: Ghostface. - They appreciate it.
I haven't been out here in, what, like, six, seven months?
Since, uh, we got done doing Liquid Swords.
Now I gotta finish up Ghost's album and, after that,
get started on the second group album.
The second album can't just be better than the first album.
It has to change the game.
See, last time, I knew how to do that.
This time, I don't know... yet.
When I had the brothers sign those five-year contracts,
I told them, at the end of all of this,
I would have them at the top.
The top, to me,
means the number one album in the world.
That song that's in your head,
you gonna sample that for their next album?
I don't know.
But I'm looking for a new sound.
Wu-Tang always needs to be moving forward.
Hmm.
And it's all gonna take place
at the infamous Wu-Tang Mansion,
which I still have never been to.
It's not even like that.
Yo, look, Dennis don't even wanna record
at the house this time.
He wanna record in Staten Island.
Dennis?
In the old neighborhood?
Yeah.
Is that a good idea?
What?
Yo, Ma.
You--you worry too much.
[Ghostface Killah's "260"]
GHOST: ♪ Yo, kicked down the door in the spot, 260 ♪
♪ 2L, I heard they had O's for sale ♪
♪ I heard the same shit, money drive a burgundy whip ♪
♪ Keep a low fade, license plates engraved "PAID" ♪
♪ Where's the cat from, think he's from New Jerusalem ♪
♪ Pretty Rick did his thing for him, but he was using him ♪
♪ Boss Sun's younger physical, you know the God ♪
♪ He go with Tip, the one who called Lover of God ♪
PERSON: Yo, Ghost is back.
[laughter] Yeah.
GHOST: Shit, I may not have been here in the physical,
but my heart ain't never left. You already know.
- [laughter] - Hey!
Yeah! Just right.
GHOST: ♪ Knock on Daddy-O's door, get the scope ♪
[uneasy music]
♪ ♪
[hip-hop music]
[men grunting]
[blade resounds]
♪ ♪
[gun cocks]
♪ ♪
[dice thud]
♪ ♪
[blade resounds]
[The Delfonics' "Ready or Not Here I Come" playing]
SINGER: ♪ Ready or not, here I come, you can't hide ♪
♪ Gonna find you ♪
Is it time for presents? SHURRIE: Presents?
You haven't even finished your cake yet.
I did.
Grandma gave me the rest of hers.
Mm-mm-mm. Mm-mm-mm.
You were not supposed to tell anybody.
Okay, well, when you're bouncing off the walls
from all that sugar later,
Grandma can give you a bath and put you to bed.
INFINITE: Presents!
ALL: Presents! Presents!
Presents! Presents! Presents!
SHURRIE: All right, all right.
SINGER: ♪ Anywhere you go ♪
♪ My whole heart's gonna go, baby ♪
♪ Hey, baby ♪
Get it. Whoo!
Tickle Me Elmo. Thanks, Uncle Jus.
- You know I got you, lil' man. - Hey, yo, Nia's been on my ass
to get her one of those for Gigi.
How'd you score that, huh?
I'm the toy man. Ask Bobby.
DIVINE: We need to talk about this seriously.
Nintendo!
Mommy, Uncle Bobby got me a Nintendo!
Uncle Bobby, you don't think
he's a little too young for that?
No, nah, Mommy used to let me play Atari all the time.
Uh, I absolutely did not.
A'ight, look, look, look.
Hand-eye coordination, at his age, where it needs to be.
I guess.
Baby, I think that's all the gifts.
GHOST: Hey, hold on, hold on, hold on.
We got one last one.
- RAE: Oh! - Open it up.
ALL: Ooh. SHURRIE: What's that?
Ooh, that's that good ice water shit.
- Come on. - Pardon me. Pardon me.
Just saying, lil' man, you gonna be outshining
all the kids in the sandbox. Okay.
GHOST: Hold on, hold on, hold on.
- Don't break it. Don't break it. - You know what I mean?
GHOST: Hey, yo, sandbox, playground, wherever he at,
- he gonna let them know. - Word.
You didn't get all this gold for me and Darren's birthday.
When Moms comes back from Florida,
she gonna have something to say.
Hey, what you talking about, man?
I already iced out her wrist last birthday.
[The Delfonics' "The Look of Love" playing]
♪ ♪
SINGER: ♪ The look of love ♪
♪ Is in your eyes ♪
Hey, yo, how you gonna play with all these toys?
There's too many of them.
Did you get as many toys as me on your birthday?
Nah.
How come?
I ain't have it like you
when me and your uncles was growing up.
But it's cool, though, 'cause we had that.
A record player?
Nah, The Delfonics.
See, anytime I felt sad or--or--or alone,
I'd just put on one of their records
and start to feel a little bit better.
And I want you to-- to be better,
have a better life.
Yeah.
All of our lives are better.
And you got nothing to worry about, okay?
- Okay? - [chuckles]
♪ ♪
- Oh. - [laughs]
About to get some more cake?
You know it. [laughter]
Oh, Shurrie, I don't want your bed.
- [scoffs] - Couch is fine.
Mommy, it's fine.
Besides, Infinite will be so happy if Mommy and Daddy
have a sleepover in his room.
He's been asking for months.
Dang, Mommy, how many bags did you bring from Ohio?
And what did you pack, ballgowns?
You got some extra plans I should know about?
LINDA: Best to be prepared than not.
And I'm rolling with certified celebrities.
Never know when an event may be happening.
You best believe I'll be looking fly.
DIVINE: [shouting indistinctly] SHURRIE AND LINDA: Mm.
[laughter] LINDA: All right.
Mommy, I'm so glad you're here.
Yeah. I'm happy y'all are.
SHURRIE: Yeah.
Been too long.
Oh. DIVINE: No, don't stab me.
- Gah! - Ah, look at that.
Gah!
LINDA: Look at that.
- He crazy like you. - [laughs]
- That's you. - I guess.
[laughs]
Hey, yo, Bobby.
Yo, when we going through that next joint, son?
GZA: You got us here right now.
RAE: Yeah, and all the brothers are in town,
which is rare nowadays.
A'ight, soon, yo. Y'all niggas know
I gotta finish up Ghost's shit first, a'ight?
Yo, quick heads-up.
Finna go on tour on the West Coast,
quick 11 days, quick little flip.
Yo, going away to record Cuban Linx made sense then.
You know what I mean?
Ghost coming back to the concrete to do his album
makes sense now.
I feel like that's what we should do for the new album.
Oh, no.
I feel like I'm looking for something--
something different,
something that takes us to the top.
A new sound.
New sound, what that mean?
[laughs] A new sound, nigga.
I'm still trying to figure it out.
RAE: Find it quickly 'fore shit come up for everyone.
All right. Whatever, whatever.
I got some BI to attend to. You know what I mean?
Word. God, same, yo. DIVINE: All right, peace.
Peace.
DIRTY: Let us know when you ready, son.
All right. See y'all, niggas.
Well, I'm just gonna go hook up
this Nintendo real quick.
RZA: Hey, uh, Mommy. LINDA: Hey.
I'm about to head out. LINDA: Uh-huh.
I gotta get some, uh, equipment.
All right? LINDA: All right.
All right. LINDA: Okay. Mwah.
- I love you. - All right.
Love you too. Take care, baby.
RZA: I will.
Hey, Mommy, I gotta bounce. I gotta pick up some medicine.
I hope Nia and Gigi, they feel better soon.
Hey, baby. LINDA: Oh, shit.
DIVINE: Oh, she threw up again?
No, I was just about to go to Pathmark.
[dramatic music]
Hold on, baby.
♪ ♪
Mommy, what happened to your arm?
Um, me and Randy going down some steps.
He tripped and grabbed my arm.
Hey, Randy's got a strong grip.
LINDA: Yeah. Well, he's taller than you.
You haven't seen him in a while.
I'm gonna go get changed out of this.
♪ ♪
[indistinct chatter]
Uh, the new MPC just came in.
Have you tried it yet?
No, not yet.
[drumbeats play]
Let me get one of those.
Is there something specific you're looking for?
Nothing specific, just-- just wanna--
just wanna try different things, you know?
[keyboard notes play]
- Let me--let me grab this too. - Yeah.
Oh, shit.
Hey, yo.
What about this?
A slide guitar.
A slide what?
- A slide guitar. - Oh.
Like, uh, you know the George Harrison song
"Give Me Love"?
Yeah, "Give Me-- Give Me Peace on Earth"?
- Yeah. - Yeah.
Let me grab this too, right?
- CLERK: You got it. - Yeah, fuck it.
CLERK: Yeah. [chuckles]
Uh...
we're not supposed to, but I'd kick myself
if I didn't say something to you, man.
I loved that beat for Liquid Swords, bro.
I can't wait for the next Wu album.
Respect.
Tell Willie Mitchell.
He's the one that played the music.
RZA just lifted it.
Yeah, well, that's why, uh, Mr. Mitchell
gets a cut off the record.
Quite happily, too, I might add.
Can you even play that?
RZA: I can buy the guitar.
I can pay someone to play for me if I wanna hear it.
Problem is, you don't.
Guys like you are putting guys like me out of work.
Hey, come on, man. RZA: It's all good.
I actually like some of your records.
But that doesn't make you a real musician.
My gold and platinum records say otherwise, OG.
[scoffs]
Later.
RADIO NEWSCASTER: As the mayor holds
a press conference-- [static crackles]
PERSON 1: Good afternoon, New York.
[static crackles] PERSON 2: For all you lonely--
RAE: Yeah, son! [laughs]
Yo, this shit still got that new-car smell.
You know what I mean? POWER: You know.
You gotta treat yourself every now and again.
You know what I mean?
RADIO DJ: What's up, guys? Angie Martinez--
[static crackling [GZA's "Cold World" playing]
GZA: ♪ And blasted on the spot before the pigs were there ♪
That's my shit right here. Ooh. Uh-huh.
GZA: ♪ Fuck blue and white ♪
♪ They escape before them flash the fuckin' lights ♪
♪ Gunshots shatter first-floor windowpanes ♪
♪ Shells hit the ground ♪
♪ Blood stained the dice game ♪
Whoo-hoo! Yo, yo.
You got fuckin' speakers in the headrest or something?
Hell yeah. Worth every penny.
RAE: [laughs] I knew this shit was gonna be a hit
the second I heard it, son.
He fuckin' murdered that track.
Yeah, yo.
Wu Wear sales spike every time a new song pops off.
You know what I mean?
A rising tide lifts all boats, nigga.
Remember that.
Yo, what if, instead of using the regular models,
we use the Cream Team to wear our clothes
in the next photo shoot?
It's good for the brand.
It's good for the group.
Speaking of, this new Wu album,
I don't know what RZA meant about finding a new sound.
[tires screech]
Yo, son, what the fuck?
Look over there, nigga.
RAE: Hey, yo, you trying to take me
on a Macy's shopping spree or some shit?
Wait, hold on, that's U-God?
- Yo, son! - Yeah.
RAE: That's our shit? POWER: Yeah, yeah.
Yo, son! What the fuck? I been telling niggas.
POWER: The Macy's front fuckin' window, nigga.
The Macy's front fuckin' window, son.
I been telling niggas, man. I been telling niggas, man.
What you talking about?
What you talking about, son?
Told y'all niggas. RAE: What you mean?
Yo, yo, you really got The Delfonics
to be on my shit, son?
RZA: They was excited to do it.
And they loved 36 Chambers.
And, yo, your verse on "Can It Be,"
yo, they fuckin' loved it.
Hey, yo, that's crazy.
And I could really hear them on the shit, too, like...
yeah, like...
like, being--like, being young
and becoming a successful MC is one thing.
But being a kid always playing their records and shit,
it's big, it's legendary.
You know what I mean?
Yo, having them sing on my shit,
it's like everything coming full circle.
- Feel me? - Yeah, yeah, nigga.
I feel you, yo.
- Found it. - Oh, shit.
Yo, let me see, let me see, let me see.
Yo, this could be that new sound I need, yo.
[sighs] Yo. TOM: Hmm?
Yo, I told you to get Song of Innocence, yo,
not Songs of Experience.
[hisses]
Hey, yo, I'ma get some air.
Are you sure?
Yeah, Tom. I'm sure, yo.
'Cause isn't "Song of Innocence" an Enigma song?
Yo...
[hip-hop music]
[uneasy music]
♪ ♪
[Blahzay Blahzay's "Danger"] PERSON: Oh, my God.
SINGER: ♪ When the East is in the house ♪
PERSON: Oh, my God.
SINGER: ♪ When the East is in the house ♪
PERSON: Oh, my God.
[indistinct chatter]
- How you doing, Power? - What up? What up?
You guys are here early.
Traffic was light.
I appreciate you making the trek all the way to Staten.
I mean, I could have came by the offices
in New York, though.
No, we like seeing the product up close.
Congrats on that Macy's window display.
- It's, uh, prime real estate. - Thank you.
Appreciate it. Appreciate it.
You know, we've been pushing for, like, a year.
But, you know, the hard work paid off.
You know what I'm saying?
Well, which brings us to why we're here.
We've been keeping our eye on Wu Wear since it came out.
[laughs]
Yeah, you guys are onto something.
Streetwear's gonna go to the next level.
And we just wanna help you get there.
Yeah, I heard you guys got
a great network with manufacturing.
We have contracts with factories in China and India,
which will cut your costs
- by 2/3. - 2/3?
Yeah, not to mention retail relationships
we have with all the department stores.
I mean, we already got something in Macy's,
though, you know?
You got a single window display,
and it took about a year.
No disrespect.
WEISS 1: But how long is it gonna take
to get that second window?
All right, so look, y'all here
to sell me on scaling, so sell me.
We can get Wu Wear into every department store
across the country by the end of the summer.
Just in time for fall.
Kids going back to school.
Wu-Tang logo in every high school hallway in America.
Is your fall collection ready?
We working on it.
What's the offer, though?
Got till the end of the week to decide.
Okay, so, what, y'all putting a clock on it?
Full disclosure, we're looking at other brands,
but we--we don't make this kind of offer to just anybody.
- Appreciate it. - Think about it.
- Thank you so much. - Thanks for coming.
Pleasure.
♪ ♪
[scoffs] My goodness.
[laughs] I know.
It's a lot of money, right?
GRANT: For a guy that don't know
how to fold a shirt properly.
Give that here.
[laughs] Okay, well, after you're done,
I got some more stuff for you to fold in the back...
- GRANT: All right. - If you want. [laughs]
So what you think about that?
What's there to think about? It's a great offer.
I mean, do you need to get approval
from the other members of the group?
Nah, I control Wu Wear.
Then take the deal.
Yeah, but I'd be selling them my business,
our business. GRANT: Yes.
And collecting a very respectable royalty
for the rest of your life
without having to lift a finger.
Yeah, but I put so much--
Yeah, but you don't wanna give up something
you built from scratch. I get that.
I mean, look, we'd be giving up all control.
I mean, what would you do if someone offered
to buy your store?
At those numbers...
I'd have taken an early retirement with your mother,
- chase the sun all year long. - [laughs]
When you're my age, I promise,
you won't be sitting back, saying, "I wish
I worked more in my life." POWER: Yeah, but I don't mind
the work, Pop. GRANT: Yeah.
But the brand can grow without you.
If you take the money, you have the freedom
to create something else.
I mean, you've done it once.
You're a businessman, son.
Isn't that what business is?
[The Delfonics' "Ready or Not Here I Come"]
♪ ♪
SINGER: ♪ Ready or not, here I come ♪
♪ You can't hide ♪
♪ Gonna find you and ♪
[tense music]
♪ ♪
[knocking]
PERSON: Hey, what you say, young man?
Hey, what's up? What's happening, y'all?
What up? What up? What up?
How you doing, man?
Right there, yeah. Nice to meet you.
WILLIAM: I'm William. GHOST: Yeah, what's up?
What up, bro?
- How you doing, brother? - Nice to meet you.
What's happening, man?
All right.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
Shh! Yo!
Yo, fuck yeah!
I went to every single record shop in Brooklyn,
and I almost got in a fight with an engineer at D&D,
but that's it.
Yo, hell yeah.
You wanna put on "Holy Thursday"?
TOM: Yeah. RZA: A'ight.
[mellow music playing]
♪ ♪
Hmm.
Dude, don't tell me.
That's not the record.
I don't think that's the right song.
I don't--I don't think that's the--
that's the sound I'm--I'm looking for.
What's the sound? RZA: I don't know.
I'm still trying to figure it out.
Everyone's gonna be expecting something game-changing
- for this next Wu album. - [laughs]
I need a smoke. [clears throat]
RZA: All right.
[spacey music]
♪ ♪
Yo, yo.
Shit. What's good, 'Vine?
What you doing here?
Yeah, um, so I gotta dip for a few days,
so if you can't get ahold of me, you know,
don't even worry, a'ight?
Female drama?
Nah, nah. It's nothing.
Just stay focused on what you're doing, a'ight?
RZA: Hey, yo. Yo, yo, yo.
You talking like you used to talk
when you was in the streets, nigga.
What's up?
I think Jerome put hands on Mommy.
Yo, what?
DIVINE: Yeah, she got bruises all over her arms.
Now, she gave me some bullshit excuse,
but, you know, it's pretty obvious to me.
So I'ma take a ride to Ohio
and have a little chat with Jerome.
- Know what I mean? - Yo, fuck it.
Yo, we out.
No, no, no, nigga.
You--you got work to do.
RZA: Yo, fuck you mean I got work to do, nigga?
You expect me to work after hearing some shit like that?
Yo, come on. Come on, 'Vine.
You're not Bobby Diggs anymore.
Know what I mean? You are the RZA.
RZA: Yeah. The RZA still has a mother.
And if the RZA can't take care of his moms,
he ain't nobody.
[dramatic music]
A'ight, you driving, though.
♪ ♪
Hey, Ghost should be here soon.
You want me to cue up the two-inch?
Hey, uh, you handle that, a'ight?
- Me? - Yeah.
Look, the song is already done.
All you gotta do is just record the vocals.
Where are you going?
Yo, peace, peace.
HARRIS: Ah, thanks for the ride.
Nah, nah, of course, of course, of course.
Yo, thank you so much for doing this.
Nah, for real. Like--like--like, I--
I grew up on y'all, like, since I was
a snot-nosed kid just listening
to y'all records and shit.
Always great to hear.
- Yeah. - Nah, for real.
Y'all music really helped me-- helped me get
through some shit in my life.
I grew up right over there.
Ah. Has it changed much?
Haven't been back in a minute.
It's good to return to the old neighborhood now and again.
Mm.
Never forget where you came from.
BOTH: Always remember where you're going.
- [laughter] - Word.
We spent a lot of time together.
On and off for 30 years.
No shit, 30 years?
WILBERT: And we're still touring.
[laughs] Not too many groups can say that.
Hey, yo, what do you think kept y'all together?
Like--like, what's the secret, for real?
Love the music.
Now, let's hear some.
Word.
[Ghostface Killa's "After the Smoke is Clear" playing]
♪ ♪
SINGER: ♪ Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh ♪
♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh ♪
♪ After the smoke is gone ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh ♪
♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh ♪
♪ After the smoke clears ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh ♪
[uneasy music]
♪ ♪
GHOST: This motherfucker right here, son.
♪ ♪
Fucking play me?
[gunshots] Fucker.
[tires squealing] What? What? What?
Fucker.
Fuck.
Shit. Shit.
[people clamoring] Shit.
My bad, y'all.
My bad.
♪ ♪
♪ Yo ♪
[hip-hop music playing]
Yo, I'ma punch in right here.
That was crazy.
Crazy? That was insane.
One second, he's smiling, chatting us up.
The next, he's firing out the fuckin' window.
What do you think set him off?
I'm done. Forget this.
Okay.
You wanna tell him we're leaving?
♪ Don't give a fuck, like the poor part ♪
We watch Hart to Hart ♪
♪ They used to push me in shopping carts ♪
♪ Now I'm writin' darts ♪
♪ Like Ebenezer, the porno teaser ♪
♪ Saying words like sheeba, ethical rapper ba-- ♪
Hey, yo. Hey, yo, cut the music, son.
Everything cool in here? HARRIS: Yeah.
Yeah.
You sure?
He's just anxious to do his thing.
- Right? - Right.
Oh, uh, word, word.
I mean, I could-- I could do my verse later
if y'all wanna just go in there and do y'all shit now.
That works for us.
ALL: ♪ Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh ♪
♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh ♪
Hey, yo, son, you really got The Delfonics
on your shit, son.
Hey, yo, I'm saying, son.
- This shit crazy, son. - Word, word.
Hey, yo.
Your verse better be fire, nigga.
Hey, yo, what-- get the fuck outta here.
Hold on.
I gotta kill you on your own shit now, nigga, like--
- You ain't doing that shit. - Yeah, a'ight, son.
GHOST: You ain't doing that shit.
RAE: Legendary for real.
Get you right right now.
SINGER: ♪ After the smoke is gone ♪
[tense music]
Hey, yo.
Yo, we not bringing that.
Hey, yo, you said everything is on the table, right?
Yo, that's still Randy's dad.
We need to put the fear of God in him,
not just the fear of the gods on Earth.
I mean, I'm talking some, like--
some Old Testament shit. Know what I mean?
All right, look, how about, uh,
we go to Ghost's tomorrow morning?
Now, you know he got some shit if we trying to get biblical.
Hey, yo, I don't want to wait until morning
to fuck this nigga up, a'ight?
[sighs] Ghost is at work.
Yo, besides, yo, I just got this new equipment.
And, yo, I'm trying to--
I'm trying to play with that shit.
Oh, okay. Okay, you get to play
with your toys, but I can't bring mine, huh?
What you gonna do? You just gonna go
ding-a-ling-a-ling?
SHURRIE: Hi, baby.
How was it? GHOST: It was all good.
Uh... you trying to play cool?
You met your childhood heroes.
What were they like?
It was nice.
Quiet.
That's it?
Yo, look, Rie, I'm--I'm tired, for real.
Long day, so...
No, but the track came out dope, though.
Did you remember to get that autograph for my mom?
GHOST: Shit.
Hell.
I could barely find the time
after the fuckin' shoot-out, son.
SHURRIE: [chuckles] Shoot-out?
Wait, what are you talking about, like a real shoot-out?
SHURRIE: Yeah, Rie. You know how that shit go.
Go back to the old hood, niggas start acting up.
Shit go down. Know what I mean?
No, I don't know.
What the fuck happened?
Niggas was creepin', a'ight?
I see this car, the same car,
following me around all fucking day.
So boom, next thing I know,
I'm in the car with The Delfonics.
Nigga pull up to my side, so I had to back it out.
You had to back it out?
- GHOST: Yeah. - No, you didn't.
How do you even know they were gonna do anything?
Like, it could have all been in your head.
Hell, it probably was. What?
What are you-- what are you talking about?
The niggas was trying to rob me for my jewels or some shit.
So then they rob you for your jewels
and you buy some new ones.
You are not that kid in Stapleton
who has to act hard all the time
listening to The Delfonics.
No.
You're the famous rapper
who has The Delfonics on his record.
You are a father.
You are my partner. You have everything to lose.
Yo, stop talking to me like I'm some fuckin' child.
Then stop acting like one.
You can't do the same shit that you used to do.
And you can't handle conflict like you was in the hood.
You need to grow.
You need to evolve past this shit.
Hey, yo, well, this is me, a'ight?
- SHURRIE: Mm. - And being me
got us this nice fuckin' apartment, a'ight?
Who cares about this shit? GHOST: You do.
You sitting up here comfortable, right?
I ain't about to change for nobody.
Clearly. GHOST: [scoffs]
SHURRIE: And you're gonna go?
Ghostface.
Now you see him, now you don't.
GHOST: Whatever, Rie. Whatever.
[somber music]
[sucks teeth]
I love waking up to the smell
of someone else making breakfast.
- LINDA: Mm-hmm. - Ooh.
LINDA: Ah-ah-ah. Here.
Made the eggs just the way you like 'em.
Mm, thank you, Mommy.
Mm-hmm. Dennis up?
No, he's not here.
LINDA: I wish I had known that.
I cooked all this turkey bacon.
If I had known that, I would have gotten the real stuff.
Mmm.
I still don't know how you make them so fluffy!
I know Randy's missing this.
Mommy, how long are you staying?
Not that it matters. No.
You can stay as long as you want.
- I was just-- - You know, I'm not sure.
But hey, if I'm in the way--
No, you're not in the way.
LINDA: [sighs]
Is everything okay?
Jerome and I are separating.
This time, for good.
Randy, he's older now.
He's got his... friends.
He's got his football.
And he wants to stay in Ohio, so...
Mm.
What happened?
Grow and change.
At least I did.
Jerome's always gonna be Jerome.
Yeah, I never liked him.
[door clicks open]
- DIVINE: Hey, Mommy. - Hey.
Just in time for some breakfast.
- Take a seat. - Uh--
uh, yo, sure, sure.
We can--we can eat something real quick,
though there's a lot of work to do for--
for Ghost's album. Hey, big head.
This early? RZA: Yeah.
You know, uh, deadlines, all that?
DIVINE: Mm-hmm.
LINDA: Hmm.
Hey, yo, Rie.
Dennis in the bedroom?
No.
Yo, he at the-- he at the studio?
I don't know.
Hey, I need to go inside your closet to grab some shit.
- Like what? - Like tapes and shit, a'ight?
We don't have tapes and shit in the closet.
RZA: Yo, why you always trying to--
SHURRIE: You walk up in here--
RZA: Just let me go in there to grab something, a'ight?
Just like old times, huh, Mommy?
LINDA: It is and it isn't.
I mean, y'all are all in different places in your life,
and I'm so proud of how far
you've each come, you know,
business, relationship, music.
What was that you told me, Bobby?
Uh, what is it?
Wu-Tang always needs to be moving forward.
That right?
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
[dramatic music]
RZA: Yo, Mommy, what the fuck?
♪ ♪
SHURRIE: Mommy, is--is that from...
Reason I left Jerome.
Pretty much.
And I'm not looking back.
And neither should any of you.
What about Randy?
Have you seen him lately?
You seen his pictures?
He's bigger than the three of you put together
and wants to finish his football.
He's living with a teammate, you know.
Might even get a scholarship to college.
And that motherfucker Jerome?
That motherfucker Jerome is on probation.
And last time I heard, this violates that,
so he and his lawyer got a lot of work ahead of 'em.
[scoffs]
♪ ♪
Now, I'm going for a walk.
And since you boys, you're looking for a mess
to clean up,
by all means...
[sighs]
Damn, huh?
A'ight, I guess I'll, uh, go and work on Ghost's album.
About that...
GHOST: What up, let' press these cats, yo.
♪ Yo, god, show these niggas ♪
♪ How we get deep, down, and dirty ♪
[knock at door]
♪ Yo, they got a hit placed on my head ♪
♪ What should the god do? ♪
♪ Max out in Spain and do business with the Jews? ♪
♪ Never that ♪
♪ Don't ever look at me out of sync ♪
♪ The imperial, industrial king ♪
Hey, I'm sorry I, uh, couldn't be here
to help you record this.
Nah, nah, it's cool.
We got what we needed, so, you know...
♪ The porno teaser ♪
♪ Saying words like sheeba ♪
This shit sounds dope.
You know, first time I heard "Didn't I Blow Your Mind,"
I was, like, maybe three.
It was some--some crazy storm outside, thunderin' and shit.
Moms put it on so I wouldn't be scared.
Now these niggas scared of me.
♪ Booby-trap raps cover the track like ADAT ♪
At least Major Harris was.
It's crazy, though, 'cause, yo, yo,
it's really the dark-skinned nigga that got the falsetto.
I thought it was the light-skinned one.
RZA: Yo.
GHOST: Nah, I'm serious. I'm serious.
- For real. - Come on, come on, come on.
[laughter]
Hey, uh, what's up with you and Rie?
You know, she pissed off and shit.
Telling me I can't keep doing the same shit I've been doing.
Neither can I.
You been doing drive-bys in LA or something?
[scoffs]
Shit, something like that, nigga.
Almost.
Hey, what you talking about?
RZA: Man, we just--
we just gotta keep moving forward.
Never backwards.
[tranquil music]
Musically too.
That's--that's what I've been reaching for.
Just ain't found it yet.
Hey, yo, right before you left for Ohio,
you played me some-- some beat, like,
it's almost some Jackson 5 type shit.
Reminded me of our childhood.
Remember that?
Play that shit, son.
I got some shit for that.
HAKIM: ♪ Wake up in the mornin' ♪
♪ Got the yearnin' for herb ♪
♪ Which loosens up the nouns, metaphors, and verbs ♪
♪ And adjectives, ain't it magic, kid, what I'm kickin' ♪
♪ Multi-flavored bags of sess for the pickin' ♪
♪ So listen to the izm ♪
Peace.
HAKIM: ♪ Hawaiian when I'm rhymin' ♪
♪ But so is the chocolate Thai ♪
PERSON: Y'all hiring right now?
Sorry. All positions is filled.
All right.
Thanks.
Hey, yo.
You from around the way?
Yeah, I live in 160.
Oh, you from 1-6-0?
Okay, yeah, I know about over there.
How long you been stayin' there?
My whole life.
Staten Island all day, like y'all.
I'm trying to do positive things like y'all too.
You know what?
Might have something opening up soon.
Here's an application. Fill that out.
Yo, the chef has arrived.
Son, what's the word, man? POWER: What up?
Ready for my close-up and shit.
PERSON: That's Rae right there. Yo, yo, it's Raekwon.
Fuckin' be walking runways in Milan and shit.
Cuban Linx is my favorite album.
Can you...
Yo, son, not on the application, yo.
Whatever. I'll get you another one.
[chuckles]
A'ight, son.
Hold on. Hold--you still ain't leave the house?
What are you doing, son?
Nigga, we 15 minutes out right now, man.
Stop playing, son.
Get--hey, yo, listen, listen, listen, listen.
Get your ass on the train, son.
Meet us there.
[chuckles] See, wrangling niggas
ain't as easy as it look, right?
That's not even funny, man.
It's like a full-time job.
I don't think I got the patience.
We at the-- we at window again, son?
A'ight. Yeah, yeah.
You know what I'm saying? I know how you feel.
Know what I mean?
When I--when I first dropped my album,
know what I'm saying, I was riding all over the city
looking for-- looking for posters
and billboards and shit.
Know what I mean?
Word.
What, you want to get out and take a photo, nigga?
Nah, son, that ain't it.
I'm just trying to let the moment last
as much as I can, know what I'm saying?
Might be the last time I see my shit like this, yo.
The fuck that mean?
I got a offer for Wu Wear.
- RAE: Oh, word? - Like, a big offer, though.
Like, I'm talking like, if I take the deal, like,
I can make that cream on royalties forever.
- Oh, word? - You know what I'm saying?
So what's the problem?
I'd lose control.
Yo, nigga, like, Wu Wear was supposed
to be our thing, right?
Know what I'm saying? That was supposed to...
represent us and where we came from.
Don't take the deal, then.
I mean, fuck you need they money for anyway, son?
Wu Wear blowing up.
Son, I can't grow the business fast enough
with the money we making right now.
It's like, yeah, we-- we got this window here.
That's cool or whatever, but, like, what about
all the other stores all around the country,
all around the world, even, nigga?
Know what I'm saying?
Like, cash rules everything. You know that.
- Yeah. - You know that, son.
Yeah.
So how much you need to keep it in the family and do it big?
I mean, a lot more
than we pulling in right now, nigga.
I might have a little something
I can put in your pocket.
You know you're not guaranteed
to get your money back, right?
Just 'cause we ain't hustling in the street no more
don't mean this ain't no hustle.
Know what I mean?
You invested in me, right?
And the whole crew.
[soft music]
Yeah, it's time for us to have your back.
♪ ♪
You sure?
We ain't about to let some non-street niggas
- in charge of Wu Wear. - [laughs]
RAE: Come on, son.
Nah, we keeping that shit in the family.
- Word. - Word.
POWER: If the rest of the brothers kick in like you,
then we'll really be able to grow Wu Wear ourselves.
Know what I mean?
GHOST: ♪ Sometimes I look up at the stars ♪
♪ And analyze the sky ♪
♪ And ask myself was I meant to be here, why? ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Yeah, yo ♪
SINGERS: ♪ All that I got is you ♪
So what you think?
I think it's beautiful.
It might be the best thing you've ever written.
Word?
Yeah, because that song is the Ghost that--
That's the Dennis that I fell in love with.
And I'm happy that the rest of the world
gets to see that man.
[dramatic music]
Hey, yo, look, Rie.
♪ ♪
I'm sorry about that other night.
For real.
SHURRIE: Mm-hmm.
I promise that's never gonna happen.
♪ ♪
All right, Ma, so this right here
is what we call the Wu Mansion.
[dramatic music]
Yeah. Come on in.
LINDA: Oh! Whew.
RZA: Yeah, this is our living room right here.
You know, we be having a bunch of get-togethers down here.
You know?
You see the barbecue pit.
If you look further back,
- we got a pool. - Wow.
RZA: Yeah.
♪ ♪
Wow.
Come here. Come here.
LINDA: Yeah. Let's go see what's over there.
Kitchen, right? LINDA: Ah.
You know Raekwon be cheffing it up, you know?
Trying.
Yeah, we got this... [knocks]
Marble top right here.
LINDA: Ooh.
Beautiful.
Big.
Yeah.
♪ ♪
Hey, I wanna apologize for--
for not spending as much time as--
as we should have since you've been here.
No. Look, I understand.
I mean, you workin' to pay for all of this.
Nah.
I'm sorry about Jerome too.
That's okay.
Like, I told Shurrie, okay?
Don't worry about me.
♪ ♪
So...
you gonna move to New York permanently?
Well, I don't know.
Um, I'm thinking about it.
Okay, it would be nice to be here,
closer to my grandkids.
- Yeah. - And you gonna work
on giving me a few more. [laughter]
That's funny.
Hey, you remember living in Staten Island,
looking at those mansions on top of Todt Hill?
Oh, yeah. Now look at you.
Got one of those mansions for yourself.
Well, I mean, it's not on that hill,
but, you know, still.
You know, I'm thinkin'... maybe it's time.
What? You movin'?
Well, not necessarily.
Because you are, Ma.
What you talking about, you two?
You know I always figure everything out for myself.
I always do.
Yeah, well, that's the thing, right?
You spent our entire lives figuring things out,
never had the home you wanted
but made our house a home.
We wouldn't be here without you, Ma.
♪ ♪
We buying you that house. [chuckles]
You deserve it.
That's where you belong.
♪ ♪
My boys.
Thank you.
RZA: Yeah, we love you. DIVINE: Yeah.
[cries]
I love you. I love you so much.
Thank you.
[door clicks open]
So this is where all the magic happens.
Hmm. All right.
We are not in the basement anymore, are we?
- RZA: Yeah. - Hey.
You found that record you were looking for.
RZA: Yeah, yeah.
It's not the sound I had in my head,
but, you know...
Well, what's the sound that you had in your head?
I don't know. It's kind of hard to explain.
You know when you, uh--
you have the answer to a question but you just...
you just keep getting-- [phone buzzing]
Interrupted. RZA: Yeah.
Hey, yo. Peace, peace.
SINGER: ♪ You're down and out ♪
♪ And I'll love you always ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ ♪
Gotta move forward as an artist, right?
Hey, yo. I think the album's done, son.
[spacey music]
[sighs]
Not yet.
I want to try something
that'll bridge us to the next Wu album.
GHOST: Bridge? What you mean, bri--
Hey, Ma. I really gotta...
No... it's fine.
I know what that look in your eye means.
It's okay.
Uh, I've been dying to check out your pool anyway.
♪ ♪
[sighs]
♪ ♪
[notes playing softly]
[chord plays]
[strings twang]
[notes rising]
[note ringing]
[string twangs]
[R&B music playing]
- LINDA: Oh. - Oh, you gotta be kidding me.
Oh, you wanna run it back? Go ahead.
Rack it up.
A'ight, a'ight.
Look, I--fine.
I got five minutes. Okay?
I can play you on a quick game.
You won't have a chance.
You know, uh, I wish it was this easy to bring
all the brothers together.
I don't know how you did it, Mommy.
I mean, there were so many different things
that were pulling me and Bobby and--and Shurrie
and even Randy in different directions,
and yet you still got us to come home every day.
LINDA: Love.
I know it sounds simple. DIVINE: Mm.
But with everything that's going on in our crazy lives,
we forget to let people know that they are loved,
first and foremost, above business,
above everything.
Now let me kick your ass again.
- DIVINE: All right. - [laughs]
Pow! Oh!
That was good. And you got one in.
[notes playing, strings twanging]
♪ ♪
[upbeat percussive music]
♪ ♪
[laughs]
Yeah.
That shit gonna work.
[phone ringing]
SHURRIE: [groans]
Oh, my God!
DIVINE: Who is it?
It's probably my mom.
Okay, okay, okay, okay.
[sighs] Hello?
He's busy.
We're busy.
Yo, who the fuck is that?
RZA: Hey, yo, yo.
This entire time, I've had this--
this sound stuck in my head, yo.
I thought maybe it was from a record.
But yo, yo, it's--
it's from my head. It's from my mind.
GHOST: Hey, yo, everything come from your mind.
- What you talking about? - Yo, I know.
But--but look, this time, I ain't building from samples.
I'm building from instruments.
DIVINE: Hey, yo, fuck you talkin' about?
You don't play no instruments.
I do now, nigga.
Yo, check this out.
[upbeat hip-hop music playing]
SINGER: ♪ It's assassination ♪
♪ ♪
I know you hear that, nigga.
Yo. Yo, yo, yo.
Hey, yo, what the hell is that, son?
That's our new sound.
We're not just... moving forward.
We're moving upward.
Ooh, shit.
This is gonna take us to number one... in the world.
DECK: ♪ I move through the Third World ♪
♪ My third eye's the guiding light ♪
♪ Invite the fight, we all die tonight ♪
♪ The life I live's a 25-to-life bid ♪
♪ Parole reneged, I stroll the globe fugitive ♪
♪ Cream is short, Cee Cipher Power stalk, ♪
♪ Plus the fiend talk ♪
♪ 3 Gs the cost in Supreme Court ♪
♪ White lies and blackmail land me back in jail ♪
♪ We're all for sale, a stolen goal, but it fail ♪
♪ Stranded on the front line, I shine to the dumb and blind ♪
♪ It comes time I take back what was once mine ♪
♪ Crunch time in the first quarter ♪
♪ From the worst slaughter ♪
♪ Devil's poisoning the birth water ♪
♪ The earth daughter rest her head on my chest ♪
♪ Through the struggle, we cuddle under half-moon crest ♪
♪ While the press plant fear and exploit the gun blasting ♪
♪ Central broadcasting is shackling ♪
♪ Nerves are unfastened ♪
♪ Trapped in deep water, gasping ♪
♪ I clash with the titans for my half on the action ♪
RZA: ♪ I stop producers' careers ♪
♪ The weak spot was the ears ♪
♪ Scorpion darts hits the mark ♪
♪ Pierce the heart with silver spears ♪
♪ You're bewildered, my unsaturated, low filtered ♪
♪ Devils still feel this, so you're living built tilted ♪
♪ MCs upon their axis, their body hazard tactic ♪
♪ Lactic acid, desert dry cactus, practice ♪
♪ You can never match this invincible ♪
♪ Wu-Tang indispensable ♪
♪ One nation under God, indivisible ♪
♪ With liberty and justice ♪
♪ The mic is in my clutches ♪
♪ Thugs who bring ruckus leave in crutches ♪
♪ Unforgivable snakes face ♪
♪ The double-edged sword starts to swivel ♪
♪ Decapitates the head, makes the projects more livable ♪
♪ Interchangeable, caution ♪
PERSON: Get on the line.