- So when I got home,
he said that he don't even want to look at me right now,
that I need to get out of his sight,
that he needs to think about this shit.
So I say, "I thought we were done.
"Okay, and besides, this is my apartment
"and I ain't going nowhere, so if you can't look at me,
then you need to take your sorry ass someplace else
to do your thinking."
I mean, do you know how many bitches
I used to fight at the strip club for this nigga?
And he's mad over one kiss?
- Any idea where he went?
- Las Vegas.
I mean, damn, who goes to Vegas to think?
- Nobody. - Thank you!
Strip clubs and hos, that's why you go to Vegas.
- Well, I like the buffets.
- And you want to know the worst part,
is how long I put up with this bullshit.
Everything always had to be about him
and what he wanted and what he was feeling.
If I try to tell him about my shit,
he ain't going to hear it, like my troubles don't matter.
Okay, my life don't interest him.
I'm only here to serve him.
- Will he be coming back?
- He's selfish, not stupid.
I mean, look at me. [laughter]
You think he's gonna find something this fine in Vegas?
- Nope. - Hell nah.
- [giggles]
I got a surprise waiting. [tea kettle hisses]
I'm done. I'm just so over it.
He can take his shit and go. I'm done with him.
- Can I ask you something?
- What?
- Is this really about Zyan,
or is this something you wanted so you made it happen?
- I'm not the same person I was when me and Z met,
not for a while now.
- Why do you think you stayed with him
for as long as you have?
- Um, 'cause I thought he was all I deserved.
- What do you deserve now?
[upbeat music]
- ♪ Change it up ♪
[gentle piano music]
♪ ♪
- [hums] - Hello, Taj.
[scribbles] Hello?
- I really don't want to talk about it.
- "Rbel kissed me."
Isn't that what you just said? - Yeah, but--
- So you do want to talk about it.
You wouldn't have said it otherwise.
- Shouldn't you be prepping tracks
for Mom's listening party?
[keys clack loudly]
- Done.
Now, did you tell Essence about this kiss?
- No!
- Well, that's interesting.
- Not remotely interesting. She's still in Europe.
- But she's coming back for Mom's party, right?
'Cause Mom's counting on her. - She's flying in just for it.
- You don't seem excited.
Is everything okay?
- You remember what you said about Essence
being a younger version of Mom?
- Mm-hmm.
- [smacks lips] Well, you were right.
And it's not just that we are on two different paths,
spiritually speaking.
- So she's not the one?
Is Rbel?
- I hardly know her.
- She kissed you, Taj. Do you have feelings for her?
- I don't know. Maybe.
I mean, there's something there,
and I think we both feel it.
But she got a boyfriend, or did.
- And you have a superstar diva.
- Or did.
- I'm, uh--I'm gonna break up with her.
- Oh, good.
I mean, if that's what you want.
But can I just--can I offer a little bit of advice?
- Please.
- [sighs] Uh...
I need her at Mom's party,
so if you could just wait and do it after,
that would be great.
Please.
[upbeat gospel music]
♪ ♪
- Now the question of the day is,
will they or won't they?
Now, I'm not talking about some star-crossed lovers
that are "contempulating"
the idea of a dive into the deep end of the sheets.
No, I'm talking about Queen Denita's listening party
slash 30-year connubial anniversary celebration.
Will they come or won't they?
- Please stop watching Larry Reid.
He only gets you-- - Shh!
- Ever since Lady Jordan
decided to record that there duet
with glam goddess Essence,
the gospel luminaries have been coming to me,
asking how desperate could the queen of gospel be?
Now, let's face it,
us Jesus-believin' gospel folk, we have our standards.
And if you find yourself sharing the mic
with somebody recently spotted soaking up rays
on a naked beach in the south of France,
then maybe your listening party
really needs to be a pity party,
'cause from where I'm sitting, this here is pity-darn-ful.
[laptops snaps shut]
- That's it.
I'm canceling the listening party.
- Cancel your listening party if you like.
I still intend on celebrating our anniversary.
- Why is that so important when you know our marriage is over?
- Because we haven't told anyone yet, and I--
I'd like one more chance to celebrate as a family.
I never loved Sasha.
- I know that.
But you never loved me either.
- I admired you.
- It's not the same, is it?
- No.
But I tried.
- So did I.
[sighs]
We'll-we'll have the party.
But after that, we stop trying.
And let it go.
- ♪ Out of time ♪
♪ I cannot fight with you ♪
♪ You know too much ♪
♪ I guess I'm just a ♪
both: ♪ Victim of your love ♪ - Such a beautiful song.
I watched the livestream.
I'm so proud of you. [laughter]
- Hey, the lyrics came from Dani.
Her name's on it.
The money's going to her parents.
- So have you been feeling any closure?
- No.
- What are you gonna do?
- Haven't decided.
Um... [chuckles dryly]
It's messed up, I know that.
I have to be careful about who I trust.
- You want to talk about it?
- I will, when I get it figured out.
- [inhales deeply] Okay, fine.
So, do you want to talk about him?
- Taj? [scoffs]
There's nothing to talk about.
We sang a song. End of story.
- Try again.
- He has a girlfriend. - You had a boyfriend.
- But Taj, he's-he's too good.
- "Too good"?
Or too good for you? - ♪ I try ♪
Don't think like that.
You deserve happiness just as much as anyone else.
But don't feel like you have to rush anything.
- Like I told you, it ain't even like that.
- Mm-hmm, so when are you gonna see him again?
- [sighs]
We're going for coffee tomorrow.
- Ah, yes! [laughter]
[tranquil music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ I got lost in you ♪
♪ Do you think you, you got lost? ♪
- Okay, this is weird.
I feel weird. Do you?
- Oh, no, I-I feel it.
Definitely weird. - Okay, it's my fault.
- No, you ain't-- - I shouldn't have done it.
The kiss, I shouldn't have done it.
And I was just caught in the moment, and...
I'm a very physical person.
- Yeah, I-I get that.
- I was trying to say thank you.
- So, it was a thank you kiss?
- I was...very thankful.
- And physical.
- So you get it? - No, I don't think I do.
- It was an impulse.
- Mm. - And it won't happen again.
- Yeah, I got it now.
- ♪ All I want is you ♪
♪ ♪
♪ All I want is you ♪
♪ ♪
♪ And all I want is you ♪
♪ Yeah, all I want is your body ♪
♪ Come on, pull me closer to you ♪
- Zyan, he seemed pretty upset.
Does he understand that it was just a thank you kiss?
- Not exactly.
He's in Vegas.
I packed all his shit up into some trash bags.
- I'm-I'm so sorry.
- It wasn't gonna last.
- I definitely know that feeling.
- Essence?
- You know, I've been-- I've been having a sense lately
that, um...
maybe we aren't meant to be
and maybe God has something else in store for me.
- Oh.
- Listen, back at Faith Night,
I heard what you said about wanting justice for Dani.
Whatever it takes, I'm with you.
You need anything, just ask.
- ♪ All I want is your body ♪
♪ Come on, pull me closer to you ♪
♪ Hold me ♪
- 30 years.
- Now, 30 wonderful years.
- Happy anniversary. - Happy anniversary.
- I'm talking about "One Moment from Glory."
- I'm talking about us.
[laughter]
- Remastered originals.
- But is that the songs, or you and me?
- You are a mess. [laughter]
Cheers, my dear.
- Cheers.
[applause]
- I owe a lot of people my profound thanks
for the music you're gonna hear tonight.
It's been 30 years,
and it all started with a dream and a vision,
but we know dreams alone are not enough.
I needed someone to believe in me,
to stand with me and guide me.
My father, Bishop Jeremiah West.
I'm only sorry that he couldn't be here tonight.
[applause]
Thank you. Thank you so much.
I'm also excited
for you to hear the new songs on the album.
I thought that I would start out
by performing one of them for you live.
[sighs]
My lovely daughter, CJ, who I am so proud of...
- Thanks, Mom. - Produced it.
It's called "In Control."
I hope you guys like it. [applause]
[ambient music]
- Uh-huh.
- Son, can I talk to you for a second?
- Sure.
♪ ♪
- Let's go. - ♪ Lord, I feel your fire ♪
♪ Your touch is my desire ♪
♪ It's been a while, refill my heart ♪
♪ I'm ready to go higher ♪
♪ God, with you ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Because You make all things new ♪
♪ ♪
- Your friend, Rbel, has been on my mind.
How's she doing? - Same.
Convinced you're lying about Dani
and thinks that Chief Johnson is covering for you.
- Why would she think that?
- Dani was in rehab in juvie.
She was clean for years,
and Rbel says that there's no way
that she was mixed up in a drug deal.
- Maybe Rbel's wrong about Dani? About the drugs?
We don't always know people as well as we think.
- I've read Dani's journal for myself,
and she wrote about her fears, her struggles, her hopes.
And what she didn't write about was her drug addiction,
except to say that she was glad to be free of it.
- Sometimes we lie to ourselves.
♪ ♪
- Yeah, we do, but why is it so hard for you
to accept that maybe she's not the one lying?
[unsettling music]
♪ ♪
- Well, it looks like Essence has arrived.
You should go to her.
♪ ♪
- ♪ I'm ready to go higher ♪
♪ God with you ♪
- Hi.
I'm so sorry I'm late, babe. - Oh, you're here now.
And that's all that matters.
- Come. There's something I need to tell you.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Oh, I'm praying for fresh wind to fill my soul ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Help me see with You it's not too late, oh ♪
- Okay, um...
What is it? You're starting to worry me.
- You remember that physical that I had to take?
You know, the one for the tour?
- Yeah.
- Well, they did some blood tests,
and they found something.
- Okay.
Whatever it is... - Mm-hmm.
- You're gonna be okay.
With God's help, we can do
whatever it is that we need to do.
- I'm pregnant!
- Wait, what? How?
- A gift from the fertility gods.
What do you think, baby? Are you happy?
- Um... - ♪ Yeah ♪
♪ My God still is in control ♪
- So is there anything special
you want to hear from the praise team on Sunday?
- The Word I'm bringing is "Second Chances,"
and we're doing baptism.
- I've got some ideas.
I'll have a setlist for you tomorrow.
- Perfect. - Mm-hmm.
So, are you gonna sing?
- Ha! Try and stop me, baby. [laughter]
- All right.
- Hey, just letting you know I'm headed home.
- Uh, hold on. Hold on. Hold on.
There's someone I want you to meet.
This is Pastor Dee.
- Don't tell me.
Rebecca Belle. I know all about you.
And you can call Mama Dee. Everyone else does.
- Rbel. - I love it.
Now Caesar tells me you're gonna be joining us on Sunday.
I can't tell you how happy that makes me.
- Yeah, me too.
- Okay. Well, I should go, let the two of you talk.
- What's she talking about? - Church. Sunday.
You're singing with the praise team.
- That was not a part of the deal.
- You are a gospel singer.
You sing in church. Get used to it.
- [chuckles] Maybe I will.
[ominous music]
- What do you want, Calvin?
Shouldn't you be out there celebrating with your wife?
- I've been praying for God to give me peace,
to accept that justice has been served
for Dani Williams' death,
but the more I've prayed about her
over the past days,
the more...unrest I feel.
- Well, I'm sorry to hear that.
- Look, I have to ask,
is there any chance that you're mistaken
about Dani's involvement with Ezra?
That she wasn't killed over drugs?
- Don't do this, Calvin.
- You know she attended the same gatherings we did.
What if...
she was blackmailing someone?
Is it possible that she was killed
to protect someone's secrets?
- It's possible,
but only if someone in the police department
was involved in a cover-up.
Now, is that what you're suggesting?
♪ ♪
- Tell me I'm wrong, Ray.
Please.
- I may not be in the ministry like you are, Calvin,
but it does not mean that I don't get called upon
to serve the Kingdom's business from time to time.
- You knew I was being blackmailed, didn't you?
- How could I?
You never told me.
[tender music]
♪ ♪
- I don't remember sending you an invitation.
- I don't need one. - Okay.
- CJ, I'll handle this.
Come on, let's go. - Uh...
- Your music is as beautiful as ever.
- Thank you, D'Wayne.
- But when you speak,
your words have the power
to destroy the things most precious to you.
- What are you getting at?
- God was very clear with you.
You need to speak the truth
or your lies will cost you everything.
Everything.
- When Dani blackmailed me, I only told one person: you.
- Because you can trust me.
You know that no matter what, I got your back.
I would do anything for you.
That's why we belong together.
- Did you tell anyone else?
- Why are you acting like this?
It's all behind us now. - No. No, it's not.
That's what you have to understand, all right?
There are some people that, if you told them,
I might as well have killed Dani and Ezra myself.
Who did you tell?
[tense music]
♪ ♪
[inaudible]
- I was weak.
I broke my vow, and now my life is not mine anymore.
- Taj, you're saying it
like God is punishing you for disobedience.
This isn't a punishment. This is a child.
Your child. It's a blessing.
- You're right.
And I will love my child more than life itself.
I'll even find a place in my heart for Essence
if that's what God is asking of me,
but it's-it's just not what I had planned.
- I know,
but maybe-maybe it's better.
- Well, now I guess I'll never know, right?
- Have you told Rbel?
- Why would she care?
- Taj, are you that stupid?
Eventually, she's going to hear about it.
- You're the only person I've told.
Essence wants to wait until she's showing,
you know, make a big announcement
in front of the entire world.
- Of course she does.
Well, that sounds like fun, doesn't it?
I'm sure you'd love that.
[laughter]
I'm just kidding. [phone buzzing]
Is that Essence?
- No. Caesar.
Hey, Caes. What's up?
- Congratulations.
- T-thank you. For what?
- You were right about that song for Rbel.
"Dear God." We're getting a lot of calls.
- Yes, it is a good song, but it's powered by her pain.
- Well, all the same. It's going on her album.
And since you produced it,
you'll get the credit.
The question is...
would you like to do more?
- Are you offering me a job?
- I am.
- Well, I thought you couldn't afford me.
- Well, I found some money.
And I want you to sing too.
- No, I don't sing.
- Could have fooled me.
- Uh, can I-- can I think about it?
- Why?
[somber music]
- Please Father... [praying indistinctly]
♪ ♪
Thank you.
all: ♪ My God still is in control ♪
- ♪ My God still is in control ♪
♪ Every sickness and disease ♪
♪ ♪
- Got to give it up. It sounds great.
No one does Denita Jordan like Denita Jordan.
- I'm relieved to hear that. Thank you.
- I bet they loved it at the listening party.
- Oh, you heard about that?
- Gospel music is a small world.
I hear a lot.
Sometimes I don't hear anything.
- You have something to say?
- You were supposed to acknowledge my work
on the original album.
It's the one thing I asked from you to drop the injunction.
- And I will.
- But you didn't--
not at the party,
not in front of the very people
who've been eating up your lies for the past 30 years.
And I look at this album cover for the new release,
and no mention of me anywhere.
Not a credit, not a thank you, nothing.
- They were already printed. It costs to redo them.
- It costs a lot more to pay what you owe
if I decide not to lift the injunction.
- How dare you. You said--
- Enough, Denita.
When are you gonna learn there's a price
to pay for your lies?
That sooner or later, you're gonna have
to give up something in return?
- Like what?
- Your son. I hired Taj.
He works for Redeeming now.
And he's producing Rbel.
- [scoffs] Oh, God.
- You've lost the future of First Kingdom Records.
He's mine now.
all: ♪ Because God is in control ♪
- ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ My God still is in control ♪
[playing piano gently]
♪ ♪
- Does Caesar know you're playing his piano?
- Not only does he know, he's paying me to play it.
- Why, he doesn't know any better players?
- No one that wants to put up with you.
In case you didn't know, you have a reputation.
- Uh-huh.
But you ain't scared? - Oh, I'm terrified.
I just need the money.
- So, you're serious. He hired you?
- Yeah, he seems to think that we might work well together.
- Hmm.
- Is that okay with you?
- And if it isn't?
- Did I tell you that I needed the money?
[laughter]
- Sounds dope.
We should celebrate.
Do something fun. - I--
- I've never seen you have fun.
Do you know how?
- Ouch. Is that how it is?
Hey. Um, listen.
I, um--as much fun as fun would be...
- Mm-hmm?
- I-I should get home because Essence--
- Essence?
I thought you said she wasn't meant for you.
- Yeah, I-I shouldn't have said that.
The thing is, um...
She's pregnant-- uh, we're pregnant,
and I haven't told anybody yet 'cause it--it's early.
- Is she keeping it?
- Yeah, we're keeping it.
I-I want to do right.
I need to do right-- - Okay, then.
Okay. Congratulations.
You should-- you should be with Essence.
I'll celebrate by myself.
[solemn music]
[door opens, shuts]
♪ ♪
- I thought you were my producer.
- I am.
- So why hire Taj?
Are you trying to get rid of me?
- No, I just thought you would like--
- I don't like!
And maybe next time, ask me first!
[somber music]
♪ ♪
- Yeah.
♪ Gettin' lonely ♪
♪ I don't need a chick, I'm made of money ♪
♪ Tryna make it rich like I'm Bacardí ♪
♪ Gotta keep it hitched to my body, gettin' lonely ♪
- You look lonely sitting over there by yourself.
- Mm. - What's your name?
- Depends.
Sometimes I'm Rbel,
sometimes I'm Rebecca Belle.
[laughs dryly]
Or Chardonnay.
- You have a favorite?
- Chardonnay is more fun.
- Chardonnay it is, then.
I'm Elias.
Oh, mm-hmm. What brings you here?
- Oh, the people.
The people that I work with are so boring.
[laughter] They're so boring.
I'm just-- I'm just so tired of it.
"Do this" and "do that" and talk, talk, talk
and "thou shalt not."
I-I--me, Rbel-- I just want to have fun.
- I like the sound of that. - Mm-hmm.
- What do you do? - It doesn't matter.
You know, I used to be a dancer.
- No shit? - Mm-hmm.
- What kind of dancer?
- The bad kind. - Oh.
- ♪ Said my future looked bright ♪
♪ Yeah, woke up feeling brand-new ♪
♪ I got money on my mind ♪
♪ Had to cut a few ties ♪ [whistles and hollering]
♪ Had to switch up the vibe ♪
♪ Woke up feeling brand-new ♪
♪ And my swag going cuckoo ♪
♪ Whips white like a zoo zoo ♪
♪ Exotic colors pull up in that Froot Loop ♪
♪ Every day I wake up and choose to flex ♪
♪ If I'm feeling stressed, I just pop a new dress ♪
♪ I've been in my bed ♪
♪ I don't care about any of this ♪
♪ I ain't worried 'bout no haters ♪
♪ I'm just worried 'bout my check ♪
♪ I do this, winning, never losing ♪
♪ If we're talking money, then you know I'm hella fluent ♪
♪ Yeah, I do it, put my mind to it ♪
♪ If it ain't about the coin ♪
♪ Then you know I ain't pursuin' ♪
[retching and coughing]
- I had a lot of fun. - Yeah?
- It was. It was.
Oh, hold on.
I'm sorry. Excuse me.
Um, I don't want to bother you or nothing,
but are you Rebecca Belle?
- Maybe.
- You probably get this a lot,
but I was in a bad place in my life not too long ago--
real bad--and I didn't know what I was gonna do,
and then I heard you sing "It Was Love."
The words--it was like you knew my heart and what I needed.
You saved me.
I'm so sorry.
I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable.
I was just saying thank you. That's all.
[sentimental music]
♪ ♪
- [sighs] Shit.
- Now I've heard of backsliding,
but little Miss Rebecca Belle--
AKA Rbel, AKA Chardonnay,
AKA what in the holy hell
sexual fluidity is going on here--
appears to not only be backsliding but front sliding,
booty sliding, shimmy sliding,
and also twerk, twerk, twerk sliding
right back into her old stripper life,
and I'm here to report that the saints are not pleased.
- What happened?
I mean, help me understand.
Were you trying to sabotage everything we worked for?
- I just partied a little hard.
What's the big deal?
- The big deal is, you committed career suicide.
I'd like to know why.
- It's always about money with you.
- I'm not talking about money. I'm talking about you.
- Right. Like you care about me.
I'm just your meal ticket. That's all.
- Really?
That's why I spent my last damn dollar to sign you?
That's why I sold publishing rights to my song
so I could hire Taj?
That's why I've never given up on you, huh?
I believed in you.
Talk to me.
Rbel, what's going on with you?
What are you running from? - It won't happen again.
Can we just get to work?
- You don't get it.
It's over. - That's crazy.
- No, your career as a gospel artist is dead.
Downloads to your music has fallen off a cliff,
your streaming isn't even a trickle,
and the gospel community cannot distance itself away
from you fast enough.
- There's gotta be something that you can--
- Short of a miracle, I don't know.
Unless...
- What?
- Unless you show the world that you've changed.
That the old has passed away and all are become new.
You could get baptized this Sunday.
- Baptized? - Yeah.
An act of contrition, a show of public repentance,
and maybe--just maybe-- a change of heart.
[door opens]
- Oh, my bad. I didn't know you were in here.
- No, I can go.
Rough day? - Uh, yeah.
You haven't heard?
- No, I definitely heard. Everybody's heard.
- So, what do you think?
- I think you'll get through it.
- What makes you so sure?
- No pit is too deep that He is not deeper still.
The very best is yet to be.
- You really believe that?
- I'm trying to.
I'm in a bit of a pit myself.
- I can-- - Oh, no.
No, you stay. I'll go.
[solemn music]
♪ ♪
[church bells tolling]
[ominous music]
♪ ♪
- Today is the day that the Lord has made.
Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Some days, it's not so easy to rejoice, is it?
And we get so consumed with the trials of life
that we neglect to experience joy.
I've made that mistake, my friends.
Don't you.
Let go of expectations.
Stop competing for attention.
Forget what people think of you.
It's not important.
Instead, fix your eyes on the One who created you.
Listen when He speaks.
That's where you'll find joy.
[applause]
- Now, if any of you here today
don't believe that you've ever experienced
the real presence of God or heard His Word,
well, you haven't heard my wife sing.
I've asked her to minister a special song.
It's a favorite of mine.
Let go of your worldly concerns for a moment
and listen with me.
Hear the Word of God and find joy.
- Bishop, I've never told you this before,
but it's one of my favorites as well.
[upbeat gospel music]
♪ ♪
all: ♪ Wishing I could fly away ♪
♪ How I miss those sunny days ♪
♪ When I felt Your light upon my face ♪
♪ How quickly time can pass away ♪
♪ I'm calling God, I'm in a desperate need of grace ♪
♪ All my joy is hope, please tell me how much longer ♪
♪ Till I get to see You, face to face ♪
- We are gathered here today for a celebration,
but I must confess that even more than a good wedding,
I enjoy baptizing believers into their new life in Christ.
If there could be a more joyous occasion, I can't imagine it.
At this time, I'd like to invite
those who are being baptized to come forward.
- We should get baptized. Do you want to?
- I did when I was 12.
- Okay, but don't you want to do it together?
- That's not exactly how it...
We'll talk about it later.
Okay? - Okay.
all: ♪ How you can be my Father and the King ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Just Your breath alone rewrites my name ♪
♪ ♪
♪ The more we fall in love, the more I change ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ No more heartaches, farewell heartbreaks ♪
♪ Until I ♪
all: ♪ Until I see You, face to face ♪
- ♪ All pain is gone, it won't be long ♪
♪ I'm going home ♪
all: ♪ Until I see You, face to face ♪
- ♪ Been up and down, can't get up now ♪
♪ Until I ♪
all: ♪ Until I see You, face to face ♪
- ♪ Father, let me in, set me free from sin ♪
♪ Devil, you can't win, no ♪
all: ♪ Get right, church, we're going home to see Him ♪
♪ Face to ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ Hey ♪ all: ♪ Face ♪
[cheering and applause]
- Today...
will be my final sermon.
[astonished murmuring]
I'm no longer worthy to lead this flock.
[sentimental music]
- ♪ You're the only hope I have for change ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Without You, my poor heart remains the same ♪
♪ ♪
♪ That one mistake I make, You won't forgive ♪
♪ ♪
♪ One word from You, my dreams that died will live ♪
- Not so long ago, I stood in this same spot
to memorialize the life of a precious child of God.
- Tell them He sent you an angel.
- Her name was Dani Williams.
She was gunned down... [gunshot]
and left to die in the street.
[ambient music]
♪ ♪
I was involved in a sexual relationship with Dani.
I knew better. I have no excuse.
I was simply weak and filled with the hubris
of one who believes that he lives above the rules of God.
- Daddy, I don't think you understand what you're saying.
Let me take you this way. - No, no, no.
This needs to be finished.
- ♪ You, I'm chasing after You ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I'm tired of my wrong ♪
♪ I'm chasing You until I make it home ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I'm chasing You until I make it home ♪
♪ ♪
all: ♪ I'm chasing You until I make it home ♪
- I did not kill Dani.
The gun was not in my hand.
The intent was not in my heart, but she's dead all the same.
The man who shot her-- a victim himself, a lost soul--
did so to protect me, to protect my secret life.
You see, like a stain,
my sin spread to destroy everything it touched.
Where do we find justice in this, Father?
How can such evil in one man's life be erased?
- Calvin, we can talk about this when we get home.
We can fix it.
- I'm...
I'm tired, Denita.
I'm tired of talking, tired of lying.
Aren't you? - Yes, baby.
- I-I-I promise.
It'll be better for everyone this way.
all: ♪ I'm coming home ♪
♪ No condemnation ♪
♪ My chains are gone ♪
- My dear sister, I baptize you
in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
all: ♪ The show is over ♪
♪ The act is done ♪
♪ This mess no longer fits me ♪
- I'm sorry.
I-I can't.
♪ ♪
I can't do this. I'm not ready.
all: ♪ My chains are gone ♪
- And I ain't doin' it till I am.
♪ ♪
all: ♪ I'm comin' home ♪
♪ ♪
♪ You ♪
♪ I'm chasing after You ♪
♪ ♪
- You know what's amazing?
We serve a merciful and loving God
through the blood of Christ.
Even my sins have been forgiven.
[sniffles]
Does that seem fair?
It's not.
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It's mercy.
It's grace.
♪ ♪
The question is, how do I forgive myself?
And my blood's not pure like Christ,
but it's all I have to offer.
all: ♪ The show is over ♪ [screams]
♪ The act is done ♪
♪ This mess no longer fits me ♪
[gunshot and screams]
all: ♪ I'm comin' home ♪
♪ ♪