1 00:00:13,043 --> 00:00:19,043 (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING) 2 00:00:27,794 --> 00:00:30,043 This film is a portrait 3 00:00:30,126 --> 00:00:34,126 of Earl "DMX" Simmons through a very tumultuous year. 4 00:00:34,210 --> 00:00:35,961 A year right before he passed away. 5 00:00:36,043 --> 00:00:39,252 I think a lot of people never really get a chance to see 6 00:00:39,335 --> 00:00:42,460 the real man behind the headlines. 7 00:00:52,835 --> 00:00:57,335 (WIND RUSTLING) 8 00:01:10,168 --> 00:01:11,877 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 9 00:01:18,877 --> 00:01:20,210 You wasn't playing, huh? 10 00:01:22,710 --> 00:01:26,877 -There we go. Hey, hey! Hey! -(MAN LAUGHING) 11 00:01:26,961 --> 00:01:31,043 I fucking missed you guys, man! (EXCLAIMS) 12 00:01:34,418 --> 00:01:36,627 Look at this fat faced motherfucker! 13 00:01:38,126 --> 00:01:40,377 -EARL SIMMONS: Auntie! -Yep. (LAUGHS) 14 00:01:40,460 --> 00:01:41,669 -EARL: How you doing? -Fine. 15 00:01:41,752 --> 00:01:44,543 -EARL: You looking great! -Thank you. 16 00:01:44,627 --> 00:01:48,335 You already know. My brother, love you! (LAUGHS) 17 00:01:48,418 --> 00:01:50,585 -MAN: Let's get out of here. -EARL: Oh, we gotta get out of here? 18 00:01:50,669 --> 00:01:52,085 MAN: Yeah, they don't want us filming here. 19 00:01:52,168 --> 00:01:53,835 Well, it's a little too late for all of that. 20 00:01:53,919 --> 00:01:55,002 (CROWD LAUGHING) 21 00:01:55,085 --> 00:01:56,961 EARL: You know how we do this. Hey, we taped that 22 00:01:57,043 --> 00:01:58,961 and we taking that the fuck outta here! 23 00:02:02,002 --> 00:02:03,585 EARL: I'm out. Outta here. Fuck that. 24 00:02:03,669 --> 00:02:05,752 MAN: Oh, my God. Good riddance forever. 25 00:02:06,627 --> 00:02:08,961 EARL: Thank God, man. Thank God. 26 00:02:10,002 --> 00:02:11,627 When I was first came in I was just thinking 27 00:02:11,710 --> 00:02:13,126 about this day. 28 00:02:13,210 --> 00:02:14,961 You know, the day when I walk out. 29 00:02:18,752 --> 00:02:21,252 I read more books in the hole than I did my whole bid. 30 00:02:21,335 --> 00:02:22,460 MAN: What were you reading? 31 00:02:22,543 --> 00:02:24,627 (CLICKS TONGUE) Some hood novels, 32 00:02:24,710 --> 00:02:26,293 Danielle Steele joints. 33 00:02:26,377 --> 00:02:27,418 You know... 34 00:02:28,627 --> 00:02:29,752 read the Bible again. 35 00:02:30,543 --> 00:02:32,210 Can't get too much of that. 36 00:02:32,293 --> 00:02:34,043 (MELANCHOLIC MUSIC PLAYING) 37 00:02:34,126 --> 00:02:36,210 My little man visits, like, I'm in a little room, 38 00:02:36,293 --> 00:02:38,168 there's a glass window where they are on the other side. 39 00:02:38,252 --> 00:02:39,460 WOMAN: Oh, you couldn't hold him? 40 00:02:39,543 --> 00:02:41,252 Yeah, no. I couldn't touch him, know what I'm saying? 41 00:02:41,335 --> 00:02:42,877 So after about the third visit in the hole, 42 00:02:42,961 --> 00:02:45,752 he's banging on the window like, "Get out! Get out! Get out!" 43 00:02:45,835 --> 00:02:47,418 -I'm like, "Oh, man." -(WOMAN LAUGHING) 44 00:02:48,961 --> 00:02:51,835 -EARL: That's my little man, yo. -WOMAN: And his little Timbs. 45 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:53,043 EARL: Yeah. 46 00:02:54,335 --> 00:02:56,210 WOMAN: I told Desiree, "He gonna act like X." 47 00:02:56,293 --> 00:02:57,293 EARL: Yeah. 48 00:02:57,377 --> 00:02:59,877 -(GRUNTS) -(EXODUS SIMMONS LAUGHING) 49 00:02:59,961 --> 00:03:01,710 Yeah, he's the inspiration, you know what I'm sayin'? 50 00:03:01,794 --> 00:03:04,293 He's more than just like the baby. He's like inspiration. 51 00:03:04,377 --> 00:03:06,919 Like, "Yo, you gotta get this shit right," you know what I'm sayin'? 52 00:03:09,043 --> 00:03:11,335 I have to express myself. 53 00:03:11,418 --> 00:03:14,752 I rose from shit, man, I rose from shit. 54 00:03:14,835 --> 00:03:17,627 Credit to my son. My older son. 55 00:03:17,710 --> 00:03:21,085 Xavier. Like, he didn't come with an instruction manual. 56 00:03:21,168 --> 00:03:23,168 He didn't come with an instruction manual. 57 00:03:24,335 --> 00:03:25,377 MAN: Yeah. 58 00:03:27,377 --> 00:03:28,794 PAT GALLO: And I don't wanna push it, 59 00:03:28,877 --> 00:03:31,002 but studio. Like, just to get-- 60 00:03:31,085 --> 00:03:33,543 -Oh, no, nigga, that's what it is, man. -Get that energy out. 61 00:03:33,627 --> 00:03:34,835 -EARL: That's what it is. -You remember 62 00:03:34,919 --> 00:03:36,335 when you came out of Buffalo? 63 00:03:36,418 --> 00:03:37,877 -The first day? -EARL: Yeah. Yeah. 64 00:03:37,961 --> 00:03:39,418 -Right to D-block studio. -EARL: Oh, yeah. 65 00:03:39,502 --> 00:03:40,710 -We laid monsters. -EARL: Yeah. Yep, yep. 66 00:03:40,794 --> 00:03:42,710 -EARL: Yep, yep, yep, yep, yep. -We laid monsters. 67 00:03:44,002 --> 00:03:46,002 No, don't do it yet. Don't do it. 68 00:03:46,085 --> 00:03:49,085 I'm gonna be ampin', and I can't do nothing about it. 69 00:03:49,168 --> 00:03:50,543 PAT: That's the monster. Jump out the window. 70 00:03:50,627 --> 00:03:53,126 I can't do nothin' about it. I can't do nothin' about it. 71 00:03:53,210 --> 00:03:54,460 (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING OVER STEREO) 72 00:03:54,543 --> 00:03:56,627 Shit on his pants Smell that bitch, nigga 73 00:03:56,710 --> 00:03:58,961 Run but you can't hide I'ma get niggas 74 00:03:59,043 --> 00:04:01,794 Split killers, choose niggas We broke 75 00:04:01,877 --> 00:04:03,961 We don't suck a dick That's how we do niggas 76 00:04:04,043 --> 00:04:06,585 Natural born killer Can't run from him 77 00:04:06,669 --> 00:04:07,752 Tried to kill my mom 78 00:04:07,835 --> 00:04:09,377 While I was still In the stomach 79 00:04:10,835 --> 00:04:12,335 MAN 1: Okay, first row. 80 00:04:12,418 --> 00:04:13,669 -MAN 2: You got that? -EARL: Yep. 81 00:04:13,752 --> 00:04:15,627 WOMAN: Just take a breath. 82 00:04:15,710 --> 00:04:17,585 -You got it. -This is what I'm talking about. 83 00:04:17,669 --> 00:04:20,919 -This is what I'm talking about. -MAN: Ten seconds. Standby. 84 00:04:21,002 --> 00:04:22,585 (MELANCHOLIC MUSIC PLAYING) 85 00:04:22,669 --> 00:04:24,585 MAN: So, I guaranteed you a surprise today, 86 00:04:24,669 --> 00:04:26,252 and the surprise is... 87 00:04:27,794 --> 00:04:29,502 -(BARKS) -MAN: Gentlemen. 88 00:04:29,585 --> 00:04:33,835 (EXCLAIMS) What up, Rochester? What's goin' on? 89 00:04:33,919 --> 00:04:40,126 Drop, shut 'em down Open up shop, come on. Oh, no. 90 00:04:40,210 --> 00:04:41,919 MAN: Big had it. 'Pac had it. 91 00:04:42,794 --> 00:04:44,961 Certain artists had it. 92 00:04:45,043 --> 00:04:48,502 Like they had love that was strong. 93 00:04:48,585 --> 00:04:50,585 EARL: I just love it. 'Cause I love to perform. 94 00:04:50,669 --> 00:04:53,961 Anybody that seen me perform, knows I do my thing. 95 00:04:54,043 --> 00:04:56,961 You gonna enjoy the show. Get happy, dog. 96 00:04:57,043 --> 00:04:59,293 -(LAUGHS) -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) 97 00:04:59,377 --> 00:05:02,669 (CROWD CHEERING) 98 00:05:02,752 --> 00:05:06,502 (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING) 99 00:05:06,585 --> 00:05:08,752 ("IT'S DARK AND HELL IS HOT- INTRO" PLAYING) 100 00:05:11,961 --> 00:05:14,377 One, two, one, two Come through, run through... 101 00:05:16,919 --> 00:05:18,627 DMX, man. He's out of the world. 102 00:05:18,710 --> 00:05:21,210 One of the hottest rappers out, DMX. 103 00:05:21,293 --> 00:05:25,085 Shit up for real Get up and feel... 104 00:05:25,168 --> 00:05:26,835 INTERVIEWER: People from the street support you. 105 00:05:26,919 --> 00:05:29,210 -Something they can see in you-- -I speak for them, dawg. 106 00:05:29,293 --> 00:05:31,502 I am the street. I will be the voice 107 00:05:31,585 --> 00:05:32,919 of the street till I die. 108 00:05:33,002 --> 00:05:35,126 Too late for that 911 call 109 00:05:35,210 --> 00:05:37,418 Niggas stay beefing But a lot of them bluffing... 110 00:05:37,502 --> 00:05:38,710 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 111 00:05:38,794 --> 00:05:40,585 EARL: It was an emotional connection 112 00:05:40,669 --> 00:05:44,585 with the people that I have never witnessed. 113 00:05:44,669 --> 00:05:48,002 -DMX! -(ALL CLAMOR) 114 00:05:49,377 --> 00:05:52,210 MAN: We got dogs in the house! 115 00:05:52,293 --> 00:05:54,710 EARL: This is real motherfucking hip-hop! 116 00:05:54,794 --> 00:05:56,377 I asked the President of Def Jam. 117 00:05:56,460 --> 00:05:57,877 -MAN: What? -And I asked everybody, 118 00:05:57,961 --> 00:05:59,669 -they said it's never been done. -MAN: What's never been done? 119 00:05:59,752 --> 00:06:00,752 I'm going to be the first to do it. 120 00:06:00,835 --> 00:06:02,377 -MAN: What? -First to make 121 00:06:02,460 --> 00:06:05,168 every fucking song on my album be a single. 122 00:06:05,252 --> 00:06:06,627 ("X GON' GIVE IT TO YA" PLAYING) 123 00:06:06,710 --> 00:06:09,835 It's what you hearin', listen It's what you hearin', listen 124 00:06:11,418 --> 00:06:13,085 - X gon' give it to ya - What 125 00:06:13,168 --> 00:06:14,794 Waiting for you to get it On your own... 126 00:06:14,877 --> 00:06:17,377 MAN: His new album in the same year to go platinum. 127 00:06:17,460 --> 00:06:18,669 Open up the door It's real 128 00:06:18,752 --> 00:06:21,335 With the non-stop Pop-pop of stainless steel 129 00:06:21,418 --> 00:06:25,335 Go hard, getting busy with it But I got such a good heart... 130 00:06:25,919 --> 00:06:27,002 Shout out to X. 131 00:06:27,085 --> 00:06:28,794 Damn right And I'll do it again 132 00:06:28,877 --> 00:06:31,585 'Cause I am right So I gots to win... 133 00:06:31,669 --> 00:06:32,835 MAN 1: DMX is a legend. 134 00:06:32,919 --> 00:06:35,335 MAN 2: His music is important to the whole world. 135 00:06:35,418 --> 00:06:37,293 -DMX! -(CROWD CHEERING) 136 00:06:37,377 --> 00:06:38,961 MAN: DMX! 137 00:06:39,043 --> 00:06:40,293 We in the doghouse tonight! 138 00:06:40,377 --> 00:06:42,961 That's on a light day I'm getting down, down 139 00:06:43,043 --> 00:06:44,293 Like a nigga said, "Freeze" 140 00:06:44,377 --> 00:06:47,293 But won't be the one ending up On his knees, please... 141 00:06:47,377 --> 00:06:48,627 MAN: He's the next action hero. 142 00:06:48,710 --> 00:06:50,210 You know, the next kind of Steven Segal. 143 00:06:50,293 --> 00:06:51,961 Stay out my way Motherfucker 144 00:06:52,043 --> 00:06:54,293 First we gonna rock Then we gonna roll 145 00:06:54,377 --> 00:06:56,961 Then we let it pop, go Let it go, what 146 00:06:57,043 --> 00:06:59,460 X gon' give it to ya He gon' give it to ya 147 00:06:59,543 --> 00:07:02,210 X gon' give it to ya He gon' give it to ya 148 00:07:02,293 --> 00:07:05,877 (CROWD CHEERS) 149 00:07:05,961 --> 00:07:08,585 (CHANTING) DMX! DMX! DMX! 150 00:07:08,669 --> 00:07:12,669 -EARL: I don't hear you! -(CROWD CHEERING) 151 00:07:24,543 --> 00:07:25,669 MAN: How long does-- 152 00:07:25,752 --> 00:07:27,085 I guess maybe it's the first one, 153 00:07:27,168 --> 00:07:29,543 they wanna really talk to him or something. 154 00:07:31,043 --> 00:07:32,293 They just wanna flex. 155 00:07:34,126 --> 00:07:37,168 'Cause they not real cops, they just, like, desk cops. 156 00:07:37,252 --> 00:07:38,293 (MAN LAUGHING) 157 00:07:39,543 --> 00:07:41,085 MAN 1: Who is it? 158 00:07:41,168 --> 00:07:43,335 MAN 2: Oh, he's a rapper. 159 00:07:43,418 --> 00:07:44,627 -Oh, rapper? -MAN: Yeah. 160 00:07:46,002 --> 00:07:49,502 Sort of a frequent type of something, right? 161 00:07:49,585 --> 00:07:53,293 MAN: Hey, not any more frequent than any other type of artist. 162 00:07:58,585 --> 00:08:00,085 -(MAN EXCLAIMS) -(LAUGHS) 163 00:08:02,794 --> 00:08:04,002 Come on, man. 164 00:08:05,627 --> 00:08:07,502 Right, stay away from there. 165 00:08:07,585 --> 00:08:10,377 "You gotta do this, you better do this, you gotta answer the phone. 166 00:08:10,460 --> 00:08:12,210 Set up an email account. Wake up 7:30. Do this." 167 00:08:12,293 --> 00:08:14,043 I'm like, "Yo, you changing my whole fucking life." 168 00:08:14,126 --> 00:08:18,043 Then you telling me that you can't normally 169 00:08:18,126 --> 00:08:19,669 be around anyone with a felony. 170 00:08:19,752 --> 00:08:21,126 My nigga, that's everybody that's around me. 171 00:08:21,210 --> 00:08:22,460 -PAT: Right. -Family included. 172 00:08:22,543 --> 00:08:24,418 PAT: You talk to him about the tour and shit, right? 173 00:08:24,502 --> 00:08:26,961 No, I don't know. I'm just doin'-- 174 00:08:27,043 --> 00:08:29,835 It's in God's hands. It's in God's hands. 175 00:08:29,919 --> 00:08:33,377 -MAN: Need a stroller? -EARL: Stroller? Yeah. 176 00:08:33,460 --> 00:08:35,043 -EXODUS: Can we... -(EARL SMOOCHES) 177 00:08:38,502 --> 00:08:39,585 EXODUS: Can we do that again? 178 00:08:48,877 --> 00:08:50,460 -EARL: Hi, what up, man? -MAN: I don't know. 179 00:08:50,543 --> 00:08:53,085 -(DESIREE LINDSTROM TALKING INDISTINCTLY) -EARL: The wheel is up. 180 00:08:57,502 --> 00:08:59,085 (MILD-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYING) 181 00:08:59,168 --> 00:09:00,252 DESIREE: I was workin' at BB, 182 00:09:00,335 --> 00:09:04,126 and that's then when I met him. He came in... 183 00:09:04,210 --> 00:09:07,043 you know, buying somethin' for somebody else, of course. 184 00:09:07,126 --> 00:09:09,418 (LAUGHS) 185 00:09:09,502 --> 00:09:11,377 I didn't take him from nobody. I promise. 186 00:09:11,460 --> 00:09:13,085 EXODUS: (SOBS) Mommy. 187 00:09:13,168 --> 00:09:15,335 DESIREE: You know, it took years before we had Exodus, 188 00:09:15,418 --> 00:09:17,418 so thank God for that. We both knew each other. 189 00:09:17,502 --> 00:09:19,961 We both decided, you know, this is what we wanted. 190 00:09:20,752 --> 00:09:22,752 (EXODUS BABBLES) 191 00:09:22,835 --> 00:09:24,835 DESIREE: He's a good father to Exodus. 192 00:09:24,919 --> 00:09:26,794 Very, like, he just loved that little boy. 193 00:09:26,877 --> 00:09:29,252 Exodus is the same way, like, if he'd have to choose 194 00:09:29,335 --> 00:09:31,418 between me and Earl, he'd probably choose Earl. 195 00:09:31,502 --> 00:09:32,710 And I'm the mother. And I carried him 196 00:09:32,794 --> 00:09:33,961 and went through everything. 197 00:09:35,335 --> 00:09:36,460 EARL: Here we go. 198 00:09:38,085 --> 00:09:40,835 Right on time. You wanna get out? Come on. 199 00:09:44,585 --> 00:09:46,085 -(GRUNTS) -Yay! 200 00:09:46,168 --> 00:09:47,210 Yay! 201 00:09:49,002 --> 00:09:50,460 He's out. (LAUGHS) 202 00:09:51,335 --> 00:09:52,710 So... 203 00:09:52,794 --> 00:09:54,794 -TIM MANDELBAUM: So, you ready to do this? -EARL: Yeah. Yes, sir. 204 00:09:54,877 --> 00:09:58,293 Do we wanna do any version of walking you through this 205 00:09:58,377 --> 00:10:00,252 or do we wanna just ink it. 206 00:10:00,335 --> 00:10:02,627 -Let's just ink it. -STEVE RIFKIND: No. 207 00:10:02,710 --> 00:10:04,043 Let's explain some things. 208 00:10:04,126 --> 00:10:05,210 -TIM: Yeah. Yeah, -I'm okay. 209 00:10:05,293 --> 00:10:07,210 I don't wanna be like, "You didn't tell me this." 210 00:10:07,293 --> 00:10:08,710 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 211 00:10:08,794 --> 00:10:11,126 We'll walk through just the big deal points. 212 00:10:11,210 --> 00:10:13,502 We're not doing like the deep dive. 213 00:10:13,585 --> 00:10:14,669 -EARL: Right. -We're gonna do 214 00:10:14,752 --> 00:10:16,377 the shallow dive. 215 00:10:16,460 --> 00:10:18,502 -PAUL BEZILLA: (OVER TELEPHONE) Mm-hmm, okay. -So... 216 00:10:18,585 --> 00:10:20,585 Well, it's an exclusive recording agreement. 217 00:10:20,669 --> 00:10:23,210 -EARL: Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. -BEZILLA: I'm sure you know what that is. 218 00:10:23,293 --> 00:10:25,252 The initial period is, there's one album 219 00:10:25,335 --> 00:10:27,919 plus one holiday album, 220 00:10:28,002 --> 00:10:30,126 and that determines your recording funds 221 00:10:30,210 --> 00:10:32,460 -for future albums. -(EXODUS BABBLES) 222 00:10:32,543 --> 00:10:35,585 BEZILLA: Uh, the payment schedule... 223 00:10:35,669 --> 00:10:38,293 -uh, for that is... -Gimme. 224 00:10:38,377 --> 00:10:41,669 BEZILLA: ...upon, you know, promptly following signature. 225 00:10:41,752 --> 00:10:43,669 Actually it's called a min-max formula, 226 00:10:43,752 --> 00:10:44,877 the minimum-maximum. 227 00:10:44,961 --> 00:10:46,835 -So you're getting-- -That's so good. 228 00:10:46,919 --> 00:10:48,335 Hold on one minute. 229 00:10:48,418 --> 00:10:50,669 -So you're getting-- -Do you know what you're getting? 230 00:10:50,752 --> 00:10:53,627 -Answer, man. -Yeah. No I don't. 231 00:10:53,710 --> 00:10:57,043 (BABBLES) 232 00:10:57,126 --> 00:10:58,543 BEZILLA: You're getting roughly half the money... 233 00:10:58,627 --> 00:10:59,710 -Okay. -BEZILLA: ...upon signing. 234 00:10:59,794 --> 00:11:01,710 They pay marketing promotion. 235 00:11:01,794 --> 00:11:04,252 The recording fund for the initial period, 236 00:11:04,335 --> 00:11:07,168 which covers the one album, the Christmas album, 237 00:11:07,252 --> 00:11:09,627 -PAT: Okay. -BEZILLA: ...and then they pay you after that. 238 00:11:09,710 --> 00:11:12,627 -EARL: Okay. -So, that's it. 239 00:11:12,710 --> 00:11:15,126 BEZILLA: (CLEARING THROAT) Mm-hmm. That's right. 240 00:11:15,210 --> 00:11:16,752 -Cool? -Sounds good. 241 00:11:16,835 --> 00:11:18,543 -All right. -BEZILLA: Any questions? 242 00:11:18,627 --> 00:11:20,919 -Nope. -I think we're ready to go. 243 00:11:21,002 --> 00:11:22,293 PAUL ROSENBERG: One of the things that is important to me 244 00:11:22,377 --> 00:11:26,126 was to reconnect with a lot of the heritage artists 245 00:11:26,752 --> 00:11:28,293 from Def Jam. 246 00:11:28,377 --> 00:11:30,418 A lot of which, you know, weren't here anymore. 247 00:11:30,502 --> 00:11:31,502 MAN: Right. 248 00:11:31,585 --> 00:11:35,293 I never imagined that I'd have the opportunity 249 00:11:35,377 --> 00:11:40,085 to reengage with somebody on the level that I've reengaged 250 00:11:41,293 --> 00:11:42,877 like we have with DMX. 251 00:11:42,961 --> 00:11:44,919 You know, he's just one of the most important artists 252 00:11:45,002 --> 00:11:48,126 in hip-hop history, period. 253 00:11:48,210 --> 00:11:52,002 But to this label, he was such a part 254 00:11:52,085 --> 00:11:55,335 of its success, and the culture surrounding it. 255 00:11:55,418 --> 00:11:57,502 -(LAUGHS) -(LAUGHS) 256 00:11:57,585 --> 00:12:00,210 -All right, man. Just beginning. -Yeah. Yeah. 257 00:12:00,293 --> 00:12:03,293 PAUL: I mean the plan is, we just can't mess it up, man. 258 00:12:03,377 --> 00:12:05,502 We've got a real opportunity here 259 00:12:06,085 --> 00:12:07,835 to reintroduce him. 260 00:12:09,418 --> 00:12:10,919 You know, he's always been DMX. 261 00:12:11,002 --> 00:12:14,252 He's not gonna come out as something 262 00:12:14,335 --> 00:12:15,877 that's completely reinvented. 263 00:12:15,961 --> 00:12:20,543 But I want the current version of him and his music 264 00:12:20,627 --> 00:12:24,293 -to be as powerful as can be. -EARL: Thank you very much. 265 00:12:24,377 --> 00:12:25,794 I need to talk to you for five minutes. 266 00:12:25,877 --> 00:12:27,543 All right. 267 00:12:27,627 --> 00:12:29,835 STEVE: So, Bruce will walk us through everything. 268 00:12:29,919 --> 00:12:33,043 BRUCE: So, as you know, this is all preliminary. 269 00:12:33,126 --> 00:12:34,627 There's nothing locked here. 270 00:12:34,710 --> 00:12:37,543 TIM: Let's just talk about some of the various situations. 271 00:12:37,627 --> 00:12:39,627 You know, I think this is a good opportunity. 272 00:12:39,710 --> 00:12:41,877 So, let's just talk about the here and the now. 273 00:12:41,961 --> 00:12:43,085 We'll get you the five. 274 00:12:43,168 --> 00:12:46,293 X will get the 550 in hopefully the next two weeks. 275 00:12:46,377 --> 00:12:49,293 Now it's not all getting paid to X, it's getting paid... 276 00:12:49,377 --> 00:12:50,460 EARL: Everyone but X. 277 00:12:50,543 --> 00:12:52,168 TIM: Part of it's goin' to your ex-wife. 278 00:12:52,252 --> 00:12:56,293 Then we've got a booking agent that has a judgment. 279 00:12:56,377 --> 00:12:59,252 This thing is probably upwards of 300 grand. 280 00:12:59,335 --> 00:13:01,877 City Marshall in Rosedale, New York. 281 00:13:01,961 --> 00:13:05,126 Their judgment was 186,000 dollars. 282 00:13:05,210 --> 00:13:06,585 -MAN: For what? -TIM: I don't know. 283 00:13:06,669 --> 00:13:08,835 EARL: All right, will we pay off a bunch of random people 284 00:13:08,919 --> 00:13:10,669 that just, you know, got a default judgment 285 00:13:10,752 --> 00:13:12,335 because I didn't show up for a court case 286 00:13:12,418 --> 00:13:15,210 I didn't even know I had. 287 00:13:15,293 --> 00:13:17,126 -DESIREE: Wanna wait for the next one? -EARL: Yeah, we'll wait. 288 00:13:19,919 --> 00:13:23,126 -This was supposed to be fun. -I know. 289 00:13:24,919 --> 00:13:26,669 All these fuckin' people stealin'. 290 00:13:26,752 --> 00:13:30,919 All these fuckin' fake ass judgments and shit, man. 291 00:13:31,002 --> 00:13:33,627 Greedy ass fuckin' bitches. 292 00:13:33,710 --> 00:13:36,752 I just wanted turkey on a roll. Just some turkey on a roll. 293 00:13:38,126 --> 00:13:39,710 We are done. 294 00:13:39,794 --> 00:13:44,210 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 295 00:13:47,293 --> 00:13:48,669 DOCTOR: I was reminding Mom about this 296 00:13:48,752 --> 00:13:50,377 when you guys came to see me in the office 297 00:13:50,460 --> 00:13:52,710 when she was pregnant. People were talking to you 298 00:13:52,794 --> 00:13:54,502 about kidney failure, right? 299 00:13:54,585 --> 00:13:56,543 They were talking to you about transplant. 300 00:13:56,627 --> 00:13:58,710 Lots of bladder surgeries, right? 301 00:13:58,794 --> 00:14:00,794 Guess what he hasn't had in the last three years. 302 00:14:00,877 --> 00:14:02,627 -None of those things. Okay? -EARL: All right. 303 00:14:02,710 --> 00:14:06,335 DOCTOR: Now, the reason for that is because of her. 304 00:14:06,418 --> 00:14:08,669 Okay? She's been doing the cathine, 305 00:14:08,752 --> 00:14:11,543 we've been doing the Ditropan, or the Oxybutynin. 306 00:14:11,627 --> 00:14:13,126 And his bladder has sort of stretched out. 307 00:14:13,210 --> 00:14:16,627 So that's a wonderful thing. But at the very end... 308 00:14:17,794 --> 00:14:19,002 look at your son, right? 309 00:14:19,085 --> 00:14:21,252 This is not what you were told when you were pregnant. 310 00:14:21,335 --> 00:14:22,710 -DESIREE: Right. -DOCTOR: Okay? 311 00:14:23,835 --> 00:14:25,919 I already knew that my son was gonna be all right. 312 00:14:26,002 --> 00:14:29,085 -EARL: Oh, yeah? -Yeah, it's enough. 313 00:14:30,335 --> 00:14:33,377 Yeah, that's my baby. I don't work for a reason. 314 00:14:33,460 --> 00:14:35,335 (LAUGHS) 315 00:14:35,418 --> 00:14:36,877 -Thank you. -All right. 316 00:14:39,585 --> 00:14:40,835 INTERVIEWER: How you feel about how that went? 317 00:14:40,919 --> 00:14:43,418 EARL: That went good. That went really, really good. 318 00:14:43,961 --> 00:14:45,002 God is great. 319 00:14:45,085 --> 00:14:47,168 'Cause when she was first pregnant... 320 00:14:47,252 --> 00:14:50,543 it was like, "You know, you can get pregnant again." 321 00:14:50,627 --> 00:14:52,502 -INTERVIEWER: Yeah. -This implying that, you know? 322 00:14:52,585 --> 00:14:54,252 -It wasn't gonna work out well. -Right. 323 00:14:55,919 --> 00:14:56,919 Yeah. 324 00:14:57,961 --> 00:14:59,919 Yeah, it worked out. 325 00:15:00,002 --> 00:15:01,252 It was all about God from the beginning. 326 00:15:01,335 --> 00:15:03,460 I was like, you know what? As long as he's fighting, 327 00:15:03,543 --> 00:15:04,794 you know what I'm saying? 328 00:15:04,877 --> 00:15:07,794 You know, we gonna fight with him. 329 00:15:09,002 --> 00:15:10,252 We gonna fight with him. 330 00:15:12,502 --> 00:15:15,502 (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING) 331 00:15:18,293 --> 00:15:21,460 Make a right at the light. On this corner. Yeah. 332 00:15:21,543 --> 00:15:23,085 It's my family's store. 333 00:15:23,168 --> 00:15:25,377 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 334 00:15:25,460 --> 00:15:27,126 EARL: Yeah, what up? These niggas. 335 00:15:27,210 --> 00:15:29,210 All these hard workers niggas around here 336 00:15:29,293 --> 00:15:30,961 with these good-ass jobs and shit. 337 00:15:31,043 --> 00:15:32,543 You know what I'm saying? Oh, what up? 338 00:15:32,627 --> 00:15:34,210 -MAN: What's going on, man? -EARL: How you doing? Good? 339 00:15:34,293 --> 00:15:36,377 -Yeah. -My nigga, Spank? Cool? 340 00:15:36,460 --> 00:15:38,585 -EARL: Hi, Auntie. -AUNTIE: "Auntie" your ass. 341 00:15:38,669 --> 00:15:40,335 -Oh, no. No, no, no. -EARL: (LAUGHING) Too late. 342 00:15:40,418 --> 00:15:44,043 -AUNTIE: You know I'm camera shy. No. -EARL: (LAUGHING) Too late. 343 00:15:44,126 --> 00:15:47,085 -AUNTIE: I'll see you outside. -(LAUGHS) 344 00:15:48,210 --> 00:15:49,919 -You ain't really scared. -AUNTIE: Yes, I am. 345 00:15:50,002 --> 00:15:51,460 -You serious? -AUNTIE: I'm dead serious. 346 00:15:51,543 --> 00:15:54,543 UNCLE BUCKEYE: When he was growin' up, he was, you know, 347 00:15:54,627 --> 00:15:56,919 the average little kid that ran around 348 00:15:57,002 --> 00:16:00,710 and done mischief things. But as you know, 349 00:16:00,794 --> 00:16:03,168 -it's Yonkers. -(CELLPHONE RINGING) 350 00:16:03,252 --> 00:16:07,752 Yo, what up, doggie? Shit. I'm in, YO. 351 00:16:07,835 --> 00:16:10,210 Oh, no, I'm in front of the store. I'm about to go to Sushi Luau. 352 00:16:11,460 --> 00:16:13,877 This nigga eating lobster on the block? You serious? 353 00:16:13,961 --> 00:16:16,794 Lobster on the block? That's what happens 354 00:16:16,877 --> 00:16:18,585 when nigga get a job, you know what I'm saying? 355 00:16:18,669 --> 00:16:20,252 Just to clarify, what happened on the pool table? 356 00:16:20,335 --> 00:16:23,085 -I thought she asked. -(ALL LAUGHING) 357 00:16:23,168 --> 00:16:25,043 UNCLE BUCKEYE: I hope to see him up there. 358 00:16:25,126 --> 00:16:26,961 Real up there, you know what I'm saying? 359 00:16:27,043 --> 00:16:30,418 Up there around in the level of a great rock star like, 360 00:16:30,502 --> 00:16:32,085 you know, James Brown, you know, 361 00:16:32,168 --> 00:16:35,210 when your name is gonna be speaking in every household, 362 00:16:35,293 --> 00:16:39,210 you know? Instead of showing on every mugshot. 363 00:16:39,293 --> 00:16:41,085 It took you a long time to get there, 364 00:16:41,168 --> 00:16:42,418 don't throw it away. 365 00:16:47,710 --> 00:16:50,752 -MAN: I'll have the shoelace shot. -EARL: No. 366 00:16:51,669 --> 00:16:53,043 EARL: Okay, here we go. 367 00:16:53,126 --> 00:16:54,627 MAN: I'll have the shoelace shot. 368 00:16:54,710 --> 00:16:56,543 I'll have the shoelace shot. 369 00:16:56,627 --> 00:16:58,543 -EARL: Where you goin'? -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) 370 00:17:04,835 --> 00:17:06,418 (EARL GRUNTING) 371 00:17:06,502 --> 00:17:08,794 MAN: One thing we didn't ask you about is like 372 00:17:08,877 --> 00:17:10,252 what this place is. 373 00:17:10,961 --> 00:17:12,168 It's like Cheers. 374 00:17:13,627 --> 00:17:17,794 And I'm Norm. I'm like Norm and Sam I guess. 375 00:17:17,877 --> 00:17:21,168 -MAN: Not Woody then? -No definitely not Woody. 376 00:17:21,252 --> 00:17:23,794 -Why not? -Woody was a little slow. 377 00:17:23,877 --> 00:17:25,752 It took you a long time to get there, 378 00:17:25,835 --> 00:17:27,126 don't throw it away. 379 00:17:33,710 --> 00:17:38,293 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 380 00:17:38,377 --> 00:17:40,126 EARL: I don't understand what the problem is. 381 00:17:40,210 --> 00:17:41,460 You mad 'cause my watch costs more 382 00:17:41,543 --> 00:17:43,293 than you make in a year. That's why you're mad. 383 00:17:43,377 --> 00:17:45,919 There's 96 diamonds in this trunk. Check that one out. 384 00:17:46,002 --> 00:17:47,710 MAN: I don't understand what we did wrong. 385 00:17:47,794 --> 00:17:50,627 -EARL: Check that one out. -REPORTER: DMX recently spent 90 days in jail 386 00:17:50,710 --> 00:17:53,502 after he was convicted of theft and drug charges. 387 00:17:55,126 --> 00:17:56,377 MAN: I just looked up his arrest warrant. 388 00:17:56,460 --> 00:17:59,502 Man, it's 17 pages. 389 00:17:59,585 --> 00:18:02,669 -MAN: You've sold how many records? -EARL: Twenty-eight million. 390 00:18:02,752 --> 00:18:04,627 MAN: And made millions and millions of dollars. 391 00:18:04,710 --> 00:18:07,043 -EARL: Yeah. -MAN: Do you still have money? 392 00:18:09,043 --> 00:18:11,377 This has taken a toll on me. 393 00:18:12,210 --> 00:18:14,669 This has taken a toll on me. 394 00:18:14,752 --> 00:18:17,752 But, you know, whatever the devil has stolen from me, 395 00:18:17,835 --> 00:18:19,293 God will replace it. 396 00:18:19,377 --> 00:18:21,418 MAN: So, when you get outta here, you're right back on track. 397 00:18:21,502 --> 00:18:22,919 -Right back on track. -MAN: Are you a different person 398 00:18:23,002 --> 00:18:24,335 -when you get out of here? -Yes. 399 00:18:24,418 --> 00:18:26,043 I'm a different person before I came in here. 400 00:18:26,126 --> 00:18:29,835 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) 401 00:18:42,418 --> 00:18:44,168 (EARL GRUNTING) 402 00:18:44,752 --> 00:18:45,961 What? All right. 403 00:18:49,210 --> 00:18:50,418 MAN: How you feel right now, bro? 404 00:18:50,502 --> 00:18:51,961 I'm nervous. (EXHALES DEEPLY) 405 00:18:53,002 --> 00:18:54,043 (CLEARS THROAT) 406 00:18:55,835 --> 00:18:57,460 I mean, but, shit, it's on. 407 00:18:57,543 --> 00:18:59,919 -MAN: Oh, look. Crazy, yo. -EARL: Oh, shit. 408 00:19:00,002 --> 00:19:02,377 -MAN: The mad Black shit. -EARL: Yo, that shit is hard. 409 00:19:02,460 --> 00:19:05,794 Murder. That shit is fucking hard. 410 00:19:05,877 --> 00:19:07,085 WOMAN: Y'all gotta watch from the balcony 411 00:19:07,168 --> 00:19:08,543 'cause no room on the stage. 412 00:19:08,627 --> 00:19:11,585 (CROWD CLAMORS) 413 00:19:11,669 --> 00:19:13,710 WOMAN 2: That's what I'm talking about. 414 00:19:13,794 --> 00:19:16,377 -Yo, we in here. -WOMAN 2: Guys, watch my shit. 415 00:19:16,460 --> 00:19:19,252 -EARL: Oh-oh. -AUDIENCE: Oh-oh. 416 00:19:26,085 --> 00:19:29,585 - ("RUFF RYDERS' ANTHEM" PLAYING ON SPEAKERS) -(CROWD CHEERING) 417 00:19:31,085 --> 00:19:35,961 Come on, baby. Come on, baby. Come on, baby. Come on, baby. 418 00:19:36,043 --> 00:19:37,543 - My dogs gon' -AUDIENCE: Stop 419 00:19:37,627 --> 00:19:38,961 - Your dogs gon' - Drop 420 00:19:39,043 --> 00:19:40,752 And then we gon' - Shut 'em down 421 00:19:40,835 --> 00:19:41,877 Open up shop 422 00:19:41,961 --> 00:19:43,293 - First we had 'em like - Oh! 423 00:19:43,377 --> 00:19:44,585 - Now they like - No! 424 00:19:44,669 --> 00:19:47,460 What baby? That's how Ruff Ryders roll 425 00:19:47,543 --> 00:19:49,293 (CHEERING) 426 00:19:49,377 --> 00:19:51,752 It's the first show of the motherfuckin' tour. 427 00:19:51,835 --> 00:19:55,710 (CROWD CHEERING) 428 00:19:57,585 --> 00:19:58,627 It was delayed a year 429 00:19:58,710 --> 00:20:01,252 because you know what had happened was... 430 00:20:03,126 --> 00:20:05,543 What had happened was... 431 00:20:05,627 --> 00:20:09,043 you know, the federal government wanted to wait a year. 432 00:20:10,543 --> 00:20:11,669 Shit happens. 433 00:20:14,335 --> 00:20:16,877 -Lord, give me a sign. -ALL: Lord, give me a sign. 434 00:20:16,961 --> 00:20:20,002 -Lord, give me a sign. -ALL: Lord, give me a sign. 435 00:20:20,085 --> 00:20:23,502 You know, when I'm up here. I mean this shit. 436 00:20:23,585 --> 00:20:27,418 I mean this. I mean this. I pray before I get up. 437 00:20:27,502 --> 00:20:29,835 I pray in my dressing room with whoever came with me. 438 00:20:29,919 --> 00:20:32,752 And the most important thing I asked him. I say, "God, if I could touch 439 00:20:32,835 --> 00:20:36,126 one person for your glory, for your namesake, 440 00:20:36,210 --> 00:20:38,126 then I've done somethin' wonderful in my life." 441 00:20:38,210 --> 00:20:41,877 -Did I touch one? -(CROWD CHEERS) 442 00:20:41,961 --> 00:20:43,043 And so... 443 00:20:45,002 --> 00:20:46,543 so, if you fuck with the dog... 444 00:20:47,460 --> 00:20:50,293 like I know you fuck with the dog... 445 00:20:50,377 --> 00:20:52,794 then there's only one way we can wrap this up. 446 00:20:54,669 --> 00:20:58,168 In the name of Jesus, let us pray. 447 00:20:58,252 --> 00:21:03,835 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) 448 00:21:03,919 --> 00:21:06,961 MAN: You got a lot of people who just break out 449 00:21:07,043 --> 00:21:08,794 -from where they're from. -(EXCLAIMS) 450 00:21:08,877 --> 00:21:11,669 Well, it's good to break out, but you gotta go back. 451 00:21:12,293 --> 00:21:13,377 MAN: Why? 452 00:21:14,210 --> 00:21:15,669 To fuck with people you fuck with. 453 00:21:15,752 --> 00:21:17,752 You know, that's a part of who you are. 454 00:21:31,252 --> 00:21:32,460 Right, right, right. 455 00:21:34,418 --> 00:21:36,585 Around to the right. 456 00:21:36,669 --> 00:21:39,752 -Okay. Okay. - (UPBEAT SONG PLAYING OVER STEREO) 457 00:21:45,543 --> 00:21:48,710 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 458 00:21:48,794 --> 00:21:51,085 He's one of the best old-time rappers. 459 00:21:51,168 --> 00:21:53,002 -That's for sure. -BOY 1: Who? 460 00:21:53,085 --> 00:21:56,543 -DMX. He's here. -BOY 2: Where's DMX? 461 00:21:56,627 --> 00:21:59,210 -That one. -BOY 3: The one with the white boots. 462 00:21:59,293 --> 00:22:05,543 (CROWD CLAMORS) 463 00:22:08,669 --> 00:22:09,710 MAN: One-fifty in. 464 00:22:09,794 --> 00:22:11,502 -EARL: One-fifty in. -MAN: Hundred and fifty in. 465 00:22:11,585 --> 00:22:14,460 Go ahead. Take it. You get the whole hundred. 466 00:22:15,168 --> 00:22:16,877 I got 15Ks. 467 00:22:26,335 --> 00:22:28,335 MAN: Home of the brave. 468 00:22:28,418 --> 00:22:32,210 Lot of people nowadays forget where they came from. 469 00:22:32,293 --> 00:22:33,919 Or they not even allowed to go back. 470 00:22:34,002 --> 00:22:35,794 -EARL: You write your own shit? -Yeah. 471 00:22:35,877 --> 00:22:37,460 -EARL: Do you mean it? -Yeah. 472 00:22:37,543 --> 00:22:40,794 This is how it happened for me. My first fans were here. 473 00:22:40,877 --> 00:22:44,377 My first fans was here. We played on the mountains. 474 00:22:45,502 --> 00:22:47,877 -Same. -We scraped our knees 475 00:22:47,961 --> 00:22:50,085 -in these motherfucking streets. -Same here. 476 00:22:50,168 --> 00:22:52,835 For life, man. Twenty-three years of this shit, man. 477 00:22:52,919 --> 00:22:56,293 Well, I spent the same amount of years here. 478 00:22:56,377 --> 00:22:59,085 That's crazy. You're way younger than me. 479 00:22:59,168 --> 00:23:01,710 But I spent the same amount of years here. 480 00:23:01,794 --> 00:23:03,460 MAN: First time on the track And I came with a bounce 481 00:23:03,543 --> 00:23:05,085 Weight like pounds But I go for the ounce 482 00:23:05,168 --> 00:23:08,043 If I don't leave with a bang Then I'm runnin' in your house 483 00:23:08,126 --> 00:23:10,126 Said y'all don't understand Money's the plan 484 00:23:10,210 --> 00:23:12,335 Let me tell you, I believe what you're saying, 485 00:23:12,418 --> 00:23:16,377 I believe you. I just need you to give it to a nigga 486 00:23:16,460 --> 00:23:18,377 -a little more. -MAN: Gotta give more, man. 487 00:23:18,460 --> 00:23:20,627 Give it to a nigga a little more. 488 00:23:20,710 --> 00:23:23,669 Sky's the limit So I'm reaching for the stars 489 00:23:23,752 --> 00:23:26,460 I'm tired of being a nigga That they keep behind bars 490 00:23:26,543 --> 00:23:28,710 What's good, you got it? I'ma take yours 491 00:23:28,794 --> 00:23:31,585 I'm hood, fuck I'm gun I break jaws, understood 492 00:23:31,669 --> 00:23:33,252 It's not for the bang For the cause 493 00:23:33,335 --> 00:23:34,627 That I should 'Cause you frontin' 494 00:23:34,710 --> 00:23:36,043 Bang with the fours 495 00:23:36,126 --> 00:23:37,794 Rat's playin' in the walls Cat's playin' in the halls 496 00:23:37,877 --> 00:23:39,877 But niggas know I be certain I withstand doors 497 00:23:39,961 --> 00:23:42,543 'Cause I'm not responsible For what I might do 498 00:23:42,627 --> 00:23:44,502 What might happen If dog come through 499 00:23:44,585 --> 00:23:47,043 It's 'gon be a problem 'cause Man if I catch him 500 00:23:47,126 --> 00:23:49,502 I'ma rob him Please, somebody stop him! 501 00:23:49,585 --> 00:23:51,335 I'm talking to you from a person 502 00:23:51,418 --> 00:23:53,502 who grew up right where you grew up at. 503 00:23:53,585 --> 00:23:55,085 I stole a car from right there, 504 00:23:55,168 --> 00:23:59,543 I went to Waverly street from this mountain. 505 00:23:59,627 --> 00:24:01,585 MAN 1: Yo, nigga, you was mad. 506 00:24:01,669 --> 00:24:04,252 Shit, we used to do. Shit, I used to do, man. 507 00:24:04,335 --> 00:24:06,168 -MAN 2: Yo, it's all right. -MAN 3: Stay sharp, dog. 508 00:24:06,252 --> 00:24:07,627 Let it out, man. 509 00:24:07,710 --> 00:24:09,335 There's nothing wrong with that, man. 510 00:24:09,418 --> 00:24:10,835 There's nothing wrong, with that. Let it out. 511 00:24:10,919 --> 00:24:13,126 (SOBBING) Up to here, man. 512 00:24:13,210 --> 00:24:14,961 MAN 2: There's nothing wrong with that. It's all right. 513 00:24:15,043 --> 00:24:18,002 -EARL: Put that pain on paper. -MAN 2: That's it, man. 514 00:24:18,085 --> 00:24:20,126 I barely know you, nigga, but I love you. 515 00:24:21,627 --> 00:24:22,752 I don't waste words, 516 00:24:22,835 --> 00:24:26,418 I don't waste words. I mean what the fuck I say. 517 00:24:26,502 --> 00:24:31,210 -I want niggas from my hood. -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) 518 00:24:33,168 --> 00:24:34,710 BOY: We're all we got, nigga. 519 00:24:35,835 --> 00:24:37,919 -Turn that pain into words. -MAN: Yeah. 520 00:24:38,002 --> 00:24:40,418 -Turn that pain into words. -MAN: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 521 00:24:40,502 --> 00:24:42,835 EARL: Put that pen to paper, get motivated. 522 00:24:42,919 --> 00:24:44,210 Get motivated right now. 523 00:24:47,126 --> 00:24:49,418 Put that pen to paper. Put that pen to paper. 524 00:24:52,168 --> 00:24:55,210 (MELANCHOLIC MUSIC PLAYING) 525 00:24:57,293 --> 00:24:58,710 EARL: I first came to Arizona, man. 526 00:24:58,794 --> 00:25:00,085 And I remember one day, 527 00:25:00,168 --> 00:25:02,835 coming from the studio, at six o'clock in the mornin'. 528 00:25:05,502 --> 00:25:07,377 And pulling over on the highway, 529 00:25:07,460 --> 00:25:09,460 you know, just to watch the sunrise. 530 00:25:10,794 --> 00:25:12,293 And it was at that point that I said, "You know what? 531 00:25:12,377 --> 00:25:13,835 This has got to be God's country." 532 00:25:15,085 --> 00:25:16,627 You know, 'cause I never seen anything 533 00:25:16,710 --> 00:25:18,543 as beautiful as that sunrise. 534 00:25:21,752 --> 00:25:24,293 Then I met the devil in God's country. 535 00:26:14,002 --> 00:26:16,293 You try to stop it. You try to-- Yeah. 536 00:26:20,335 --> 00:26:22,002 But it felt like I should have stopped it. 537 00:26:22,085 --> 00:26:23,085 Right. 538 00:26:31,752 --> 00:26:32,794 Yeah, yeah. 539 00:26:33,293 --> 00:26:34,418 MAN: 540 00:26:37,460 --> 00:26:41,919 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) 541 00:26:42,002 --> 00:26:45,252 EARL: It's not so much who, it's what happens. 542 00:26:45,335 --> 00:26:47,669 And the things that the devil does. 543 00:26:47,752 --> 00:26:49,085 Because if I hadn't met the devil here, 544 00:26:49,168 --> 00:26:50,794 I wouldn't realize I was strong enough to overcome 545 00:26:50,877 --> 00:26:54,002 the obstacles that the devil would place in my path. 546 00:26:54,085 --> 00:26:57,418 I came here to meet somebody. Don't know who it was. 547 00:26:58,460 --> 00:26:59,585 But I'll know him when I see him, 548 00:26:59,669 --> 00:27:01,085 and I came here to give him a message. 549 00:27:03,460 --> 00:27:05,085 The Gospel according to X. 550 00:27:11,669 --> 00:27:13,919 -I finally did that! -You! 551 00:27:15,126 --> 00:27:16,377 It's dark in hell and hot! 552 00:27:17,460 --> 00:27:19,126 (INDISTINCT SHOUTING) 553 00:27:19,210 --> 00:27:21,585 This popcorn, nigga? This nigga popcorn. 554 00:27:21,669 --> 00:27:23,961 MAN: Them bags bust quick too. 555 00:27:35,002 --> 00:27:40,252 (CROWD CHEERS, APPLAUDS) 556 00:27:40,335 --> 00:27:43,460 Seventeen, know every motherfuckin' word. 557 00:27:43,543 --> 00:27:44,669 Dawg love. 558 00:27:46,460 --> 00:27:47,543 At this point... 559 00:27:48,460 --> 00:27:50,126 ain't nothing left to do, but... 560 00:27:50,210 --> 00:27:51,502 ("GET IT ON THE FLOOR" BY DMX PLAYING) 561 00:27:51,585 --> 00:27:53,794 We don't give a what-what We don't give a what-what 562 00:27:53,877 --> 00:27:55,919 Get it on the floor Get it, get it on the floor 563 00:27:56,002 --> 00:27:57,335 - What? - Get it on the floor 564 00:27:57,418 --> 00:27:58,919 Get it, get it on the floor 565 00:27:59,002 --> 00:28:01,252 You don't wanna party Then your ass gotta go 566 00:28:01,335 --> 00:28:03,377 You don't wanna party Then your ass gotta go 567 00:28:03,460 --> 00:28:05,252 - Now you can ride - To this motherfucker 568 00:28:05,335 --> 00:28:06,543 - Bounce - To this motherfucker 569 00:28:06,627 --> 00:28:08,418 - Freak - To this motherfucker 570 00:28:08,502 --> 00:28:11,252 -MAN: Run for them! -CROWD: You know! 571 00:28:11,335 --> 00:28:14,252 -MAN: Run for them! -CROWD: You know! 572 00:28:14,335 --> 00:28:16,210 -MAN 1: Take a big gulp of that. -MAN 2: Y'all take a big gulp of that. 573 00:28:16,293 --> 00:28:18,543 It'll put some hair on your cheeks. 574 00:28:18,627 --> 00:28:19,794 MAN 2: Light a fire in your stomach. 575 00:28:19,877 --> 00:28:21,252 -MAN 3: Goddamn! -MAN 4: Oh, shit! 576 00:28:21,335 --> 00:28:24,961 (ALL LAUGH) 577 00:28:25,043 --> 00:28:26,794 -No. -MAN 4: Wow. 578 00:28:26,877 --> 00:28:28,085 I'm not a religious man, 579 00:28:28,168 --> 00:28:29,669 -but you know, I-- -EARL: Spiritual. 580 00:28:29,752 --> 00:28:31,252 -Exactly. Exactly. -EARL: Spiritual. 581 00:28:31,335 --> 00:28:33,502 -But I listen to you... -EARL: People have tainted religion. 582 00:28:33,585 --> 00:28:35,460 -...and I love that shit. -EARL: We have tainted religion. 583 00:28:35,543 --> 00:28:37,669 Your connection with God ain't in a book. 584 00:28:37,752 --> 00:28:38,919 Exactly. It ain't in a building. 585 00:28:39,002 --> 00:28:40,168 It ain't in a building. 586 00:28:40,252 --> 00:28:42,043 You can find God wherever you need, man. 587 00:28:42,126 --> 00:28:43,919 He's gonna meet you where you at, 588 00:28:44,002 --> 00:28:45,502 -when you need him. -Yes, sir. 589 00:28:45,585 --> 00:28:48,335 When you need him, that's when you'll find him. 590 00:28:49,585 --> 00:28:50,752 (CROWD LAUGHING) 591 00:28:50,835 --> 00:28:54,335 ("LEAD THE WAY" BY HYPNOTIC BRASS ENSEMBLE PLAYS) 592 00:29:02,627 --> 00:29:04,835 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 593 00:29:09,002 --> 00:29:10,710 -(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS) -(EXODUS BLABBING) 594 00:29:18,460 --> 00:29:20,543 Look at little tigers in there. 595 00:29:20,627 --> 00:29:22,335 -He did that? -Yeah, he did that. 596 00:29:22,418 --> 00:29:24,669 -Really? -EARL: I watch him, and just... 597 00:29:24,752 --> 00:29:26,543 I'm in a whole other world. I could watch him for hours. 598 00:29:26,627 --> 00:29:28,043 I mean, just sit there, and watch him 599 00:29:28,126 --> 00:29:29,919 do different shit and play with the toys. 600 00:29:30,002 --> 00:29:32,335 And it just reminds me so much of myself. 601 00:29:32,418 --> 00:29:34,252 (BABBLING) 602 00:29:34,335 --> 00:29:35,585 -What? -What? Why he said 603 00:29:35,669 --> 00:29:37,669 -a whole paragraph. -What is that? 604 00:29:38,502 --> 00:29:44,168 -(LAUGHS) -(BABBLES) 605 00:29:44,252 --> 00:29:46,043 (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS) 606 00:29:46,126 --> 00:29:48,502 EARL: You wanna be able to run with him and wrestle with him, 607 00:29:48,585 --> 00:29:49,794 and you know what I'm saying? 608 00:29:49,877 --> 00:29:51,043 You know some bitches are headaches. 609 00:29:51,126 --> 00:29:52,377 Some baby mamas are headaches. 610 00:29:52,460 --> 00:29:53,543 But that baby... 611 00:29:54,794 --> 00:29:55,919 that's somethin' different. 612 00:30:04,002 --> 00:30:05,293 Where the light at, D? 613 00:30:05,919 --> 00:30:09,418 (DESIREE LAUGHING) 614 00:30:09,502 --> 00:30:12,126 Yeah, go. Can I get some love today? 615 00:30:12,210 --> 00:30:13,543 Can I get a hello? 616 00:30:13,627 --> 00:30:17,210 (REPORTER SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ON TV) 617 00:30:17,293 --> 00:30:18,877 -EARL: There goes... -Dadda. 618 00:30:18,961 --> 00:30:21,126 EARL: Show me love, dawg. Show me love. 619 00:30:22,502 --> 00:30:24,085 Come on, son. 620 00:30:24,168 --> 00:30:28,335 (GENTLE GUITAR MUSIC PLAYING) 621 00:30:31,585 --> 00:30:35,877 (SINGING) The folds inside 622 00:30:35,961 --> 00:30:40,794 Your vocal chords... 623 00:30:41,961 --> 00:30:43,961 XAVIER SIMMONS: From the age of six, 624 00:30:44,043 --> 00:30:46,252 my life was a tabloid. 625 00:30:47,543 --> 00:30:51,543 My identity, "DMX's son," was a line. 626 00:30:53,043 --> 00:30:55,961 I have this principal that I live by. 627 00:30:56,043 --> 00:30:57,794 Expose the places... 628 00:30:58,669 --> 00:31:00,085 that scare you most. 629 00:31:01,252 --> 00:31:04,752 Expose them, and go towards them. 630 00:31:04,835 --> 00:31:07,543 That is where you will grow the most. 631 00:31:07,627 --> 00:31:11,877 Several years ago, we were all on the Iyanla show, Fix My Life. 632 00:31:11,961 --> 00:31:15,877 My heart had been so hardened. It was clenched. 633 00:31:15,961 --> 00:31:17,919 IYANLA VANZANT: Ask what you want now. 634 00:31:20,502 --> 00:31:21,585 A relationship. 635 00:31:23,252 --> 00:31:24,877 A healthy relationship with you. 636 00:31:25,835 --> 00:31:26,877 Can we have that? 637 00:31:26,961 --> 00:31:29,418 Yeah, I mean, that's what I've... 638 00:31:29,502 --> 00:31:31,752 -Clean, completely clean. -What do you mean? 639 00:31:31,835 --> 00:31:32,877 You. 640 00:31:35,126 --> 00:31:36,919 That's what you're asking me for? 641 00:31:37,002 --> 00:31:39,669 XAVIER: My father's decisions broke my heart. 642 00:31:39,752 --> 00:31:43,002 That madness became just acceptable. 643 00:31:43,085 --> 00:31:45,752 And just-- I didn't-- I put it away. 644 00:31:49,210 --> 00:31:50,585 (SOBS) 645 00:31:55,085 --> 00:31:56,835 (SIGHS) 646 00:31:56,919 --> 00:31:58,961 I guess I'll see you at my funeral then. 647 00:32:04,002 --> 00:32:05,543 -Just-- funeral? -(BLEEP) 648 00:32:05,627 --> 00:32:07,460 If you're gonna put a condition on our relationship, 649 00:32:07,543 --> 00:32:09,168 well, then I guess that's when you'll see me. 650 00:32:10,418 --> 00:32:13,543 XAVIER: The shadow of fame. 651 00:32:13,627 --> 00:32:16,210 I didn't know how to deal with it as a child. 652 00:32:17,252 --> 00:32:20,835 It's very lonely. Yeah, plenty of money. 653 00:32:20,919 --> 00:32:24,460 But not often did people walk into my room, 654 00:32:24,543 --> 00:32:25,835 "Hey, Xavier, you okay? 655 00:32:25,919 --> 00:32:29,961 How are you handling all of this that's going on around you?" 656 00:32:30,752 --> 00:32:34,293 But it's a journey. 657 00:32:34,377 --> 00:32:36,210 It's a journey that I'm still going through. 658 00:32:43,627 --> 00:32:46,293 MAN: Hey, for real. Can I ask you a question? 659 00:32:46,377 --> 00:32:48,085 You know DMX playing tonight, right? 660 00:32:48,168 --> 00:32:50,835 -MAN 2: Yeah, I know. I work for him. -MAN 1: You work for him? 661 00:32:50,919 --> 00:32:53,460 This dude flaggin' the flag, right? 662 00:32:53,543 --> 00:32:55,377 He said, "Yeah, he ain't like that no more, 663 00:32:55,460 --> 00:32:56,752 he ain't like that no more." 664 00:32:56,835 --> 00:32:58,502 Let me tell you something about DMX. 665 00:32:58,585 --> 00:33:04,210 I went into prison in 1984. I came home in 2014, right? 666 00:33:04,293 --> 00:33:07,002 DMX got me through my time when that nigga came out 667 00:33:07,085 --> 00:33:08,877 with his first fuckin' album, man. 668 00:33:08,961 --> 00:33:11,043 You see what I'm saying? It's Dark and Hell is Hot, 669 00:33:11,126 --> 00:33:13,002 that joint right there? 670 00:33:13,085 --> 00:33:15,502 That was my workout joint. If it wasn't for that shit, man, 671 00:33:15,585 --> 00:33:17,752 I'd probably lost my fuckin mind, man. 672 00:33:18,710 --> 00:33:20,543 He been through what I've been through. 673 00:33:20,627 --> 00:33:21,710 Dude changed my fuckin life. 674 00:33:21,794 --> 00:33:23,752 Man, that nigga a fucking prophet to me. 675 00:33:23,835 --> 00:33:24,877 I swear on my-- 676 00:33:24,961 --> 00:33:26,543 -I'm 52 years old. -MAN: Right. 677 00:33:26,627 --> 00:33:28,126 That nigga like a fuckin' prophet. 678 00:33:31,543 --> 00:33:34,502 (INDISTINCT CHATTER, LAUGHTER) 679 00:33:34,585 --> 00:33:38,293 -Okay, we'll get into that. -Mad Tyrone, come here. 680 00:33:38,377 --> 00:33:40,502 Only part of the tour I like is the performance. 681 00:33:40,585 --> 00:33:44,252 That one hour I'm on stage, that's it. The rest is hell. 682 00:33:44,335 --> 00:33:46,252 Congratulations, man. Everything's been awesome. 683 00:33:46,335 --> 00:33:48,585 -Congrats on everything. -It's not the easiest but... 684 00:33:49,460 --> 00:33:50,543 I blame him. 685 00:33:50,627 --> 00:33:53,752 -For the back-to-back to back. -Always blame the agent. 686 00:33:53,835 --> 00:33:56,043 Every day a show. Fuck him. 687 00:33:56,126 --> 00:33:57,669 (LAUGHTER) 688 00:33:57,752 --> 00:33:59,168 It's all right. 689 00:33:59,252 --> 00:34:01,460 PAT: Hey. 690 00:34:02,126 --> 00:34:04,752 EARL: 691 00:34:06,377 --> 00:34:08,460 PAT: Yeah. Take a picture real quick. 692 00:34:08,543 --> 00:34:09,961 EARL: 693 00:34:10,043 --> 00:34:11,043 PAT: 694 00:34:11,126 --> 00:34:12,669 -You're not sorry. -PAT: I am sorry. You know I am. 695 00:34:12,752 --> 00:34:15,502 -No, what did I say? -PAT: 696 00:34:15,585 --> 00:34:17,168 -Right. -MAN 2: All right. 697 00:34:17,252 --> 00:34:19,043 Let's get the picture. 698 00:34:19,126 --> 00:34:20,919 -So, you heard me... -MAN 2: All right, cool. 699 00:34:21,002 --> 00:34:23,377 ...and I said "after" and you still went and did it. 700 00:34:25,085 --> 00:34:26,502 I don't give a fuck who it is. 701 00:34:28,794 --> 00:34:30,126 He's making money. We're making money. 702 00:34:30,210 --> 00:34:31,794 -I know, that's all. -I don't-- 703 00:34:31,877 --> 00:34:34,919 -Do I owe him something? -No, but it's all good. 704 00:34:35,002 --> 00:34:37,669 EARL: No, no. I'm not gonna sign anything. 705 00:34:37,752 --> 00:34:39,168 I've been trying to get you for seven years 706 00:34:39,252 --> 00:34:42,210 -to get an autograph. -Okay, but can I get a photo? 707 00:34:42,293 --> 00:34:44,919 (SIGHS) "Can I get this, can I get this, 708 00:34:45,002 --> 00:34:47,919 can I get this, give me a shirt." (MUTTERS) 709 00:34:49,794 --> 00:34:51,210 Do you really love me or... 710 00:34:52,377 --> 00:34:53,460 you just wanna... 711 00:34:55,252 --> 00:34:56,585 -get something from me? -MAN: Yeah. 712 00:34:56,669 --> 00:34:59,418 The shows are good. Shows are great. 713 00:34:59,502 --> 00:35:02,377 Shows are great. Shows are great. 714 00:35:02,460 --> 00:35:04,502 (MELANCHOLIC MUSIC PLAYING) 715 00:35:04,585 --> 00:35:05,794 So Pat's still asleep. 716 00:35:10,460 --> 00:35:13,293 You niggas will wake me up if I gotta get on fuckin' stage. 717 00:35:17,293 --> 00:35:19,919 Like, if we know we going to these different cities, 718 00:35:20,002 --> 00:35:21,877 I don't know why it's not already taken care of. 719 00:35:21,961 --> 00:35:23,543 At least we know where we're going. 720 00:35:25,752 --> 00:35:27,794 SPANK: This is a brutal industry. 721 00:35:27,877 --> 00:35:32,252 Sometimes, life could be just as cold. 722 00:35:32,335 --> 00:35:33,627 Somebody asks me, they see me. 723 00:35:33,710 --> 00:35:35,210 I'm going through a whole lot of shit. 724 00:35:35,293 --> 00:35:38,669 "Hey, you all right?" "Yeah, man, I'm good. I'm good." 725 00:35:38,752 --> 00:35:42,502 You know what I'm saying? Lyin'. Knowing I ain't good. 726 00:35:42,585 --> 00:35:45,002 So, you know, that's what I mean... 727 00:35:46,502 --> 00:35:47,543 about pain. 728 00:35:49,335 --> 00:35:50,377 You know, hide the pain 729 00:35:50,460 --> 00:35:52,210 or whatever it is that really is the root 730 00:35:52,293 --> 00:35:54,669 to all of everything else that you're doing. 731 00:35:54,752 --> 00:35:57,168 You wearin' a mask now. 732 00:35:57,252 --> 00:35:59,252 Like even in the penitentiary like you saying or being 733 00:35:59,335 --> 00:36:02,168 in solitary in those kind of situations, right? 734 00:36:03,335 --> 00:36:06,752 You know, in my time, some people might think, 735 00:36:06,835 --> 00:36:09,377 "Come out, I'm all right. I'm the same dude I was 736 00:36:09,460 --> 00:36:10,627 when I went in." 737 00:36:10,710 --> 00:36:14,252 Or this or that. But I think the more it happens, 738 00:36:14,335 --> 00:36:15,794 the more it takes its toll on you. 739 00:36:15,877 --> 00:36:17,543 You come back, you not necessarily 740 00:36:17,627 --> 00:36:18,752 the same person. 741 00:36:23,710 --> 00:36:25,126 INTERVIEWER: What does "free" mean to you? 742 00:36:25,210 --> 00:36:27,293 You just came out after being in for a year. 743 00:36:27,377 --> 00:36:28,543 I'm still not free. 744 00:36:29,627 --> 00:36:32,335 I'm still not free. I'm still not free. 745 00:36:32,418 --> 00:36:34,961 You know, if I can't do what I'm supposed to do, 746 00:36:35,043 --> 00:36:38,126 what I wanna do, then I'd die anyway. 747 00:36:42,043 --> 00:36:43,085 (EXODUS CRYING) 748 00:36:43,168 --> 00:36:46,126 Exodus! Come here. Come here. 749 00:36:46,210 --> 00:36:47,543 If I'm saying give me the fucking phone, 750 00:36:47,627 --> 00:36:49,210 then give the goddamn phone, all right? 751 00:36:49,293 --> 00:36:51,835 -(EXODUS WAILS) -EARL: Shit. 752 00:36:51,919 --> 00:36:53,710 DESIREE: No more phone. 753 00:36:55,168 --> 00:36:57,085 You're not gonna get everything you want in this life. 754 00:36:58,252 --> 00:36:59,418 Okay, okay, okay 755 00:37:01,502 --> 00:37:04,835 Pick him up. I don't have time for this shit, all right? 756 00:37:04,919 --> 00:37:07,543 We don't wanna hear that. Nobody wanna hear that. 757 00:37:11,460 --> 00:37:12,460 Hush. 758 00:37:15,293 --> 00:37:18,543 -EXODUS: Robot. -I'm a robot, yeah. 759 00:37:18,627 --> 00:37:20,961 Watch. I'm gonna knock your head off too. (GRUNTS) 760 00:37:25,835 --> 00:37:27,543 Yeah, but they can't. It's different 761 00:37:27,627 --> 00:37:29,794 in the music industry, you know what saying? 762 00:37:29,877 --> 00:37:33,543 What one person makes one year, it's not, you know... 763 00:37:33,627 --> 00:37:36,043 You know, one day you're in, one day you're out, like, 764 00:37:36,126 --> 00:37:37,835 you know... 765 00:37:37,919 --> 00:37:39,460 You're not in control of the fans. 766 00:37:40,460 --> 00:37:42,377 -Right. Right. -MAN: Yeah! 767 00:37:42,460 --> 00:37:43,794 -What up? -What's up, baby? 768 00:37:43,877 --> 00:37:45,543 MAN: Back on the block! 769 00:37:45,627 --> 00:37:48,293 I don't have problems with all of my baby mothers, 770 00:37:48,377 --> 00:37:51,627 but I'm expecting one from Florida soon. 771 00:37:51,710 --> 00:37:54,210 And there's one in Buffalo I already got a case with. 772 00:37:54,293 --> 00:37:56,877 And one in California. 773 00:37:56,961 --> 00:37:58,377 INTERVIEWER: Is that a pain in the ass, dealing with? 774 00:37:58,460 --> 00:38:00,835 Yeah, especially when they got half my publishing, bitch. 775 00:38:01,919 --> 00:38:03,961 You on your way to DR right now. 776 00:38:04,043 --> 00:38:07,210 You know, you was in Bali last month, and Egypt before that, 777 00:38:07,293 --> 00:38:09,168 like, travelin' the world on my dime. 778 00:38:09,252 --> 00:38:10,752 Know what I mean, what is you pressin' me for? 779 00:38:10,835 --> 00:38:12,877 Like you ain't got no money, like the kids are hungry. 780 00:38:15,335 --> 00:38:18,752 Gotta get the exclusive, let me go ahead and get this. 781 00:38:18,835 --> 00:38:20,335 The family portrait here. 782 00:38:20,418 --> 00:38:21,877 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 783 00:38:21,961 --> 00:38:24,293 -ANGELA YEE: We have Tashera Simmons. -COHOST: Yes, DMX's ex-wife. 784 00:38:24,377 --> 00:38:26,418 EARL: Hey, you know what I'm saying, all the big ballers? 785 00:38:26,502 --> 00:38:31,293 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 786 00:38:31,377 --> 00:38:33,752 ANGELA YEE: And most recently, I heard that times 787 00:38:33,835 --> 00:38:36,210 were really hard for you, and that he wasn't helping you 788 00:38:36,293 --> 00:38:38,919 -or his family out at all. -Not at all. 789 00:38:39,002 --> 00:38:40,710 EARL: The Jay-Z Jehovah. 790 00:38:40,794 --> 00:38:42,293 -Yeah. -EARL: You know what I'm saying? 791 00:38:42,377 --> 00:38:45,919 I mean, a thousand dollars would be nice. Like nothing? 792 00:38:46,002 --> 00:38:48,210 And then, after him coming, and not only here, 793 00:38:48,293 --> 00:38:49,794 but other places, saying I'm money hungry? 794 00:38:49,877 --> 00:38:52,502 I'm like, we been together ten years before you got famous. 795 00:38:52,585 --> 00:38:55,085 And I'm the one who always held it down. 796 00:38:55,168 --> 00:38:58,043 But I know that we'd still be together to this day 797 00:38:58,126 --> 00:38:59,585 if it wasn't for the drugs. 798 00:39:02,919 --> 00:39:04,794 DESIREE: I don't wanna talk to you in front of the camera. 799 00:39:04,877 --> 00:39:06,168 EARL: Well, I got a microphone on. 800 00:39:06,252 --> 00:39:08,418 -DESIREE: Can you take it off? -EARL: Why? 801 00:39:08,502 --> 00:39:10,335 DESIREE: 'Cause I don't wanna talk to you 802 00:39:10,418 --> 00:39:11,794 with the cameras on you. 803 00:39:11,877 --> 00:39:13,293 All right, well, ain't no cameras on me. 804 00:39:13,377 --> 00:39:14,961 -DESIREE: Well, I don't want the microphone. -EARL: Where Wub at? 805 00:39:15,043 --> 00:39:17,002 -He in the car, but it's running. -EARL: Okay. 806 00:39:17,085 --> 00:39:18,418 Can you take the microphone off please? 807 00:39:18,502 --> 00:39:21,460 (GRUMBLES) Yo, I'm working. What's the problem? 808 00:39:22,669 --> 00:39:24,168 DESIREE: You want them to know our business? 809 00:39:24,252 --> 00:39:26,418 -EARL: What business? -DESIREE: So, that girl, 810 00:39:26,502 --> 00:39:27,877 that you were on tour with? 811 00:39:27,961 --> 00:39:30,293 You say she got a husband or a boyfriend-- 812 00:39:30,377 --> 00:39:33,502 That shit's-- Whoa, hold on. She still with her baby mama. 813 00:39:33,585 --> 00:39:35,585 -DESIREE: How you know? -'Cause I talk to her. 814 00:39:35,669 --> 00:39:37,168 DESIREE: So, well, can I see y'all conversations? 815 00:39:37,252 --> 00:39:38,961 Is this gonna happen every time you get your hair done? 816 00:39:39,043 --> 00:39:40,585 -DESIREE: No. -EARL: Exodus, give me a hug. 817 00:39:41,418 --> 00:39:43,293 Wubba. Give me a hug. 818 00:39:43,377 --> 00:39:47,168 Yeah, you heard that though. nigga heard that. He heard that. 819 00:39:47,252 --> 00:39:48,752 Look at the camera, tell Mommy shut up. 820 00:39:48,835 --> 00:39:49,835 Shut up. 821 00:39:50,961 --> 00:39:53,002 -Say "Shut up, Mommy." -Shut up, Mommy. 822 00:39:53,085 --> 00:39:54,126 (MEN LAUGHING) 823 00:39:54,210 --> 00:39:56,877 -Say "Shut up, Mommy." -Shut up, Mommy. 824 00:39:56,961 --> 00:40:00,669 Say "Love you, Mommy." Say that. Say "Love you, Mommy." 825 00:40:00,752 --> 00:40:02,794 -EXODUS: I love you, Mommy. -There you go. 826 00:40:02,877 --> 00:40:05,168 You know when you do this shit to yourself, you gotta ask yourself, 827 00:40:05,252 --> 00:40:06,794 do you really give a fuck? 828 00:40:06,877 --> 00:40:09,377 Like, you know what? I am me. 829 00:40:09,460 --> 00:40:13,627 - (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) -I am me, man. I am me. 830 00:40:13,710 --> 00:40:16,126 MAN: What's she pissed off about? 831 00:40:16,210 --> 00:40:18,418 -It's a pretty good reason. -MAN: (SCOFFS) Yeah. 832 00:40:18,502 --> 00:40:19,669 Pretty good reason. 833 00:40:28,877 --> 00:40:30,669 EARL: All right, it's very particular. 834 00:40:32,335 --> 00:40:35,085 Parmesan, oregano. Six inch, all right? 835 00:40:35,168 --> 00:40:38,794 Turkey, lettuce, tomatoes, a lot of pepper, 836 00:40:38,877 --> 00:40:40,961 only on the vegetables, dash of salt. 837 00:40:43,293 --> 00:40:44,335 Yeah, I mean, 838 00:40:44,418 --> 00:40:46,252 we all knew it was gonna just go up from here. 839 00:40:46,335 --> 00:40:48,627 You know what I'm sayin'? You know. 840 00:40:48,710 --> 00:40:51,919 You know, me walkin' out of the fucking federal prison 841 00:40:52,002 --> 00:40:56,961 with no mustache. You know, 240 fuckin' pounds, you know? 842 00:40:57,043 --> 00:40:58,085 To here. 843 00:41:00,126 --> 00:41:03,794 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 844 00:41:06,168 --> 00:41:07,210 Yes. 845 00:41:09,335 --> 00:41:13,377 (MUSIC PLAYING OV SPEAKERS) 846 00:41:15,585 --> 00:41:19,460 Okay! What? (LAUGHS) 847 00:41:19,543 --> 00:41:20,919 Drinks on me. 848 00:41:21,002 --> 00:41:22,627 ("ROCK WITH YOU" BY MICHAEL JACKSON PLAYS ON SPEAKERS) 849 00:41:22,710 --> 00:41:23,710 Come on. 850 00:41:23,794 --> 00:41:26,210 -Right now, yeah. -Come on. 851 00:41:26,293 --> 00:41:29,126 Only at Maxwell's, nigga. Only at Maxwell's. 852 00:41:29,210 --> 00:41:32,043 Everybody dance. The baby's crying. 853 00:41:32,126 --> 00:41:33,585 Get the baby, get the baby. 854 00:41:34,168 --> 00:41:35,543 Get the baby. 855 00:41:35,627 --> 00:41:38,418 Get the baby, guys. The baby crying. (LAUGHS) 856 00:41:39,710 --> 00:41:43,043 Yeah, always, always, always. Always, dawg, always. 857 00:41:43,126 --> 00:41:44,418 I've always hit niggas like that, 858 00:41:44,502 --> 00:41:46,418 but they didn't hit me though, you know? 859 00:41:46,502 --> 00:41:49,627 Hey, yo, yo. Yo. Do y'all know how many people 860 00:41:49,710 --> 00:41:53,252 would die to be me right now, standing here with this nigga? 861 00:41:53,335 --> 00:41:56,543 Yo, go back to DMX. Hey, yo! 862 00:41:56,627 --> 00:41:59,835 -Yo, check one two. -(ALL LAUGH) 863 00:41:59,919 --> 00:42:01,252 EARL: I work on my shit, 864 00:42:01,335 --> 00:42:03,335 and think about my shit the way I do. 865 00:42:03,418 --> 00:42:05,293 So, I don't give nobody no bullshit. 866 00:42:05,377 --> 00:42:07,043 I ain't never gonna give a nigga bullshit. 867 00:42:07,126 --> 00:42:08,585 Before I do that, I'll stop writing. 868 00:42:08,669 --> 00:42:10,752 But I'm at the point right now where I... 869 00:42:10,835 --> 00:42:12,710 Yo, fuck the world. I'm good. 870 00:42:12,794 --> 00:42:16,877 Not 'cause I'm doing like that, but because I'm hurt. 871 00:42:16,961 --> 00:42:18,210 INTERVIEWER: Do you think you're angry? 872 00:42:18,293 --> 00:42:20,002 I'm very fuckin' angry. 873 00:42:20,085 --> 00:42:21,543 INTERVIEWER: When are you at your angriest? 874 00:42:21,627 --> 00:42:23,126 Oh, man. 875 00:42:24,043 --> 00:42:26,043 Not being treated right from day one. 876 00:42:26,126 --> 00:42:27,835 I mean, as far as the system in general. 877 00:42:27,919 --> 00:42:29,502 INTERVIEWER: Both of your parents living? 878 00:42:29,585 --> 00:42:31,210 Uh... Yeah. 879 00:42:31,293 --> 00:42:32,794 INTERVIEWER: Were they supportive 880 00:42:32,877 --> 00:42:35,210 -during your childhood? -No. 881 00:42:35,293 --> 00:42:36,835 I remember a lot about my childhood. 882 00:42:36,919 --> 00:42:39,168 (MELANCHOLIC MUSIC PLAYING) 883 00:42:39,252 --> 00:42:40,919 I used to get beaten a lot. Lot of beatings. 884 00:42:41,002 --> 00:42:42,460 INTERVIEWER: And what about your mother, 885 00:42:42,543 --> 00:42:43,669 what was she like? 886 00:42:50,293 --> 00:42:51,418 WOMAN: It's awful. 887 00:42:53,710 --> 00:42:55,794 I'm trying to word it properly, 'cause you know what I'm saying? 888 00:42:55,877 --> 00:42:57,627 She is my mother, I don't wanna disrespect her. 889 00:42:57,710 --> 00:43:00,502 and you know, there's a lot of people in here, but... 890 00:43:00,585 --> 00:43:02,543 I'll just put it like this. There's no love. 891 00:43:05,460 --> 00:43:06,794 Yeah. It's like that. 892 00:43:06,877 --> 00:43:08,210 She like, beat me so much. 893 00:43:08,293 --> 00:43:10,085 She used to beat me until she was tired. 894 00:43:10,168 --> 00:43:12,961 You know, she'd always threaten us with, you know, 895 00:43:13,043 --> 00:43:17,002 "The white people are gonna come take you away. You want that?" 896 00:43:17,085 --> 00:43:19,335 Then gives me away anyway, you know what I'm saying? 897 00:43:19,418 --> 00:43:22,210 I was seven and I got put in institutions. 898 00:43:23,669 --> 00:43:24,710 I think... 899 00:43:25,543 --> 00:43:27,252 I think that's... 900 00:43:27,335 --> 00:43:29,168 you know, when the problem was born. 901 00:43:34,752 --> 00:43:41,085 -CROWD: DMX! DMX! DMX! -DMX! Come on. Here we go. 902 00:43:41,627 --> 00:43:43,293 Come on. 903 00:43:43,377 --> 00:43:45,835 -MAN: Let's do this. -EARL: Yes. 904 00:43:45,919 --> 00:43:48,460 (CROWD CHEERING) 905 00:43:53,502 --> 00:43:55,543 Say, "What's up?" What's up? 906 00:43:56,460 --> 00:43:58,669 -(BABBLES) -(CHUCKLES) 907 00:44:04,502 --> 00:44:06,627 EARL: That's one of the reasons I'm blessed. 908 00:44:07,085 --> 00:44:09,627 (CROWD CHEERING) 909 00:44:10,835 --> 00:44:12,085 EARL: This next song... 910 00:44:13,585 --> 00:44:15,210 is for God's warriors. 911 00:44:17,210 --> 00:44:20,543 You might not know or think that you're special to God 912 00:44:20,627 --> 00:44:23,293 because you've been through difficult situations. 913 00:44:23,377 --> 00:44:26,043 (CHEERING) 914 00:44:28,210 --> 00:44:30,126 But I'm here to tell you... 915 00:44:30,210 --> 00:44:32,710 that's why you're special to God. 916 00:44:34,377 --> 00:44:36,543 Because it's when you go through somethin', 917 00:44:36,627 --> 00:44:39,168 that God is able to reach out, and help you through it. 918 00:44:40,585 --> 00:44:43,835 If you don't fall down, then God can't pick you up. 919 00:44:47,002 --> 00:44:49,210 Because it's during these hard times 920 00:44:49,293 --> 00:44:50,502 that you become aware 921 00:44:50,585 --> 00:44:53,210 of what God is willing to do for you. 922 00:44:53,293 --> 00:44:57,252 (CHEERING) 923 00:44:57,335 --> 00:45:00,126 -FAN: Love you, man. -Love you. It's fucking dope. 924 00:45:00,210 --> 00:45:01,794 That shit rub off, man. 925 00:45:02,961 --> 00:45:06,043 So, this is for all of those warriors. 926 00:45:06,126 --> 00:45:08,585 All of those people that have been through something. 927 00:45:08,669 --> 00:45:11,293 (CROWD CHEERING) 928 00:45:11,377 --> 00:45:13,002 Whatever type of lighter you got, 929 00:45:13,085 --> 00:45:16,669 whether it's a camera light, a flashlight, a phone light, 930 00:45:16,752 --> 00:45:19,252 or a lighter, light this motherfucker up. 931 00:45:19,335 --> 00:45:23,669 Light this motherfucker up. Light this motherfucker up! 932 00:45:23,752 --> 00:45:26,627 (CROWD CHEERING) 933 00:45:29,252 --> 00:45:34,835 ("SLIPPIN'" PLAYING) 934 00:45:34,919 --> 00:45:38,961 For real See, to live is to suffer 935 00:45:40,627 --> 00:45:42,418 But to survive, well 936 00:45:42,502 --> 00:45:44,543 Find the meaning In the suffering 937 00:45:44,627 --> 00:45:47,460 - Ayo, I'm slippin' And fallin' - Light it up 938 00:45:47,543 --> 00:45:49,961 - Ayo, I'm slippin' And fallin' - Light it up 939 00:45:50,043 --> 00:45:52,794 - Ayo, I'm slippin' And falling - Light it up 940 00:45:52,877 --> 00:45:55,543 Get back to my feet So I can tear shit up 941 00:45:55,627 --> 00:45:57,877 - Ayo, I'm slippin' And falling - Light it up 942 00:45:57,961 --> 00:46:00,669 - Ayo, I'm slippin' And falling - Light it up 943 00:46:00,752 --> 00:46:03,710 - Ayo, I'm slippin' And falling - Light it up 944 00:46:03,794 --> 00:46:06,210 Get back on my feet So I can tear shit up 945 00:46:06,293 --> 00:46:07,877 I've been Through mad different phases 946 00:46:07,961 --> 00:46:09,502 Like mazes, to find my way 947 00:46:09,585 --> 00:46:11,919 And now I know that happy days Are not far away 948 00:46:12,002 --> 00:46:13,835 If I'm strong enough I live long enough 949 00:46:13,919 --> 00:46:15,543 To see my kids Doing something 950 00:46:15,627 --> 00:46:17,460 More constructive With their time than bids 951 00:46:17,543 --> 00:46:19,168 I ate somethin' A couple of forties 952 00:46:19,252 --> 00:46:20,543 Made me hate somethin' 953 00:46:20,627 --> 00:46:23,002 I did some bullshit Ready to take somethin' 954 00:46:23,085 --> 00:46:25,168 Three years later Showin' signs of stress 955 00:46:25,252 --> 00:46:27,961 Didn't keep my hair cut Or give a fuck how I dressed 956 00:46:28,043 --> 00:46:29,835 I'm possessed By the darker side 957 00:46:29,919 --> 00:46:31,085 Livin' the cruddy life 958 00:46:31,168 --> 00:46:33,418 Shit like this kept a nigga With a bloody knife 959 00:46:33,502 --> 00:46:36,502 I wanna make records But I'm fuckin' it up 960 00:46:41,627 --> 00:46:45,252 -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) -(BIRDS CHIRPING) 961 00:46:48,210 --> 00:46:50,627 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 962 00:46:53,460 --> 00:46:56,002 EARL: All right, let's do it. What's your name brother? 963 00:46:56,085 --> 00:46:58,252 -ROGER BURTON: Roger Burton, man. -Good to meet you. 964 00:46:59,085 --> 00:47:00,543 And just the vibe you get here. 965 00:47:00,627 --> 00:47:02,002 ROGER: Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 966 00:47:02,085 --> 00:47:03,460 Nice to meet all you guys. What's your name? 967 00:47:03,543 --> 00:47:05,418 JASON HONECKER: For most of our kids that come here, 968 00:47:05,502 --> 00:47:07,794 they're here because something happened to them. 969 00:47:07,877 --> 00:47:09,585 It's not because they're bad kids. 970 00:47:09,669 --> 00:47:12,502 It's not because that, you know, they don't want to do good. 971 00:47:12,585 --> 00:47:16,293 It's because something happened to them along the line 972 00:47:16,377 --> 00:47:18,794 which brought them to a place like this. 973 00:47:18,877 --> 00:47:21,543 -Nigel, how you feeling? -I feel happy. 974 00:47:21,627 --> 00:47:23,585 -What's your goal? -To stay safe. 975 00:47:23,669 --> 00:47:25,710 -Who can help you? -Anyone. 976 00:47:25,794 --> 00:47:26,961 ALL: We'll help you. 977 00:47:27,043 --> 00:47:29,794 -NIGEL: Devin, how you feeling? -DEVIN: Confused. 978 00:47:29,877 --> 00:47:31,126 Can you ask him? 979 00:47:31,210 --> 00:47:32,961 -DEVIN: How you feeling? -Joyful. 980 00:47:33,043 --> 00:47:36,335 -DEVIN: What's your goal? -My goal is to... 981 00:47:38,502 --> 00:47:40,669 be an inspiration to someone that I don't know. 982 00:47:40,752 --> 00:47:42,002 DEVIN: Who you can help you? 983 00:47:43,377 --> 00:47:44,377 Anyone that can. 984 00:47:44,460 --> 00:47:46,335 -ALL: We'll help you. -EARL: Thank you. 985 00:47:46,418 --> 00:47:50,210 You're confused about why they ask you to come down here. 986 00:47:50,293 --> 00:47:53,877 All right, so I used to be here, as a resident. 987 00:47:53,961 --> 00:47:55,460 Long time ago, long time ago. 988 00:47:55,919 --> 00:47:58,377 And since then, 989 00:47:58,460 --> 00:48:01,043 I've made a career out of doing music... 990 00:48:02,085 --> 00:48:03,710 and movies. 991 00:48:03,794 --> 00:48:06,043 And I wanted to come back, 992 00:48:06,126 --> 00:48:07,669 and see what the place is like now 993 00:48:07,752 --> 00:48:10,460 that I've gone, and hopefully be an inspiration 994 00:48:10,543 --> 00:48:12,502 to some of the kids that are here now. 995 00:48:12,585 --> 00:48:14,210 They used to have the swings down there. 996 00:48:14,293 --> 00:48:18,002 I remember I would swing so high and then jump off. 997 00:48:18,085 --> 00:48:19,961 (LAUGHS) Jump, and it felt like I was flyin' 998 00:48:20,043 --> 00:48:21,794 for, like, a second and a half. 999 00:48:24,168 --> 00:48:25,293 Wow. 1000 00:48:26,877 --> 00:48:28,460 This still looks the same. 1001 00:48:28,543 --> 00:48:30,794 You know, a lot of kids come from situations 1002 00:48:30,877 --> 00:48:32,418 that are a lot worse than this, 1003 00:48:32,502 --> 00:48:34,418 you know, home life. You know, I mean, 1004 00:48:34,502 --> 00:48:36,043 I wasn't eating three meals a day. 1005 00:48:37,210 --> 00:48:39,043 I didn't have clothes freely given to me 1006 00:48:39,126 --> 00:48:40,502 whenever I needed 'em. 1007 00:48:40,585 --> 00:48:42,877 You know, I wasn't given an allowance. 1008 00:48:42,961 --> 00:48:44,418 But, you know, I got all that here. 1009 00:48:46,126 --> 00:48:47,460 -Yeah. -JASON: Come on in. 1010 00:48:50,002 --> 00:48:51,710 -Instant memories. -JASON: Wow. 1011 00:48:54,627 --> 00:48:55,877 Water still tastes the same. 1012 00:48:57,293 --> 00:48:59,126 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 1013 00:48:59,794 --> 00:49:00,877 EARL: How you doing? 1014 00:49:03,043 --> 00:49:04,669 -What up? -BOY: What up? 1015 00:49:04,752 --> 00:49:06,460 You all right? 1016 00:49:06,543 --> 00:49:09,794 -You all residents? -ALL: Yeah! 1017 00:49:09,877 --> 00:49:12,627 EARL: Wow. Good place to be, man. 1018 00:49:13,585 --> 00:49:14,669 Good place to be. 1019 00:49:16,752 --> 00:49:17,835 (SIGHS) 1020 00:49:22,669 --> 00:49:24,877 How many of y'all enjoy bein' here? 1021 00:49:24,961 --> 00:49:28,252 Get whatever you can out of it. This place has a lot to offer. 1022 00:49:29,293 --> 00:49:30,335 Let it be a blessing. 1023 00:49:31,377 --> 00:49:32,669 Let it be a blessing. 1024 00:49:32,752 --> 00:49:34,919 -(BALL BOUNCING) -I thought you was on my team. 1025 00:49:36,627 --> 00:49:38,002 You on my team, man. 1026 00:49:38,085 --> 00:49:41,835 ("'TIL THE CHRIST COMES BACK" BY BILL FAY PLAYING) 1027 00:49:41,919 --> 00:49:46,252 When soldiers Spoil your sleep 1028 00:49:48,168 --> 00:49:53,085 And writers steal Your dreams 1029 00:49:54,627 --> 00:49:59,210 Don't strain to hear The screams 1030 00:50:01,126 --> 00:50:03,627 When the light goes out 1031 00:50:07,043 --> 00:50:08,210 Today was a good day. 1032 00:50:09,585 --> 00:50:10,919 It was a good day. 1033 00:50:13,961 --> 00:50:16,418 When shadows take... 1034 00:50:16,502 --> 00:50:17,961 (MUSIC ENDS) 1035 00:50:21,043 --> 00:50:22,585 Hey, this about to be the biggest surprise 1036 00:50:22,669 --> 00:50:25,335 -of Coachella right now. -About time. 1037 00:50:25,418 --> 00:50:27,043 MURDA BEATZ: We about to fuck this shit up. 1038 00:50:34,085 --> 00:50:37,043 (CROWD CHEERING) 1039 00:50:39,168 --> 00:50:40,335 MURDA: Let's do this shit. 1040 00:50:41,377 --> 00:50:42,377 Yeah. 1041 00:50:43,919 --> 00:50:45,502 -(CROWD CHEERS) -MURDA: Let's do this shit. 1042 00:50:45,585 --> 00:50:46,794 EARL: Let's go, baby. 1043 00:50:47,919 --> 00:50:49,877 MURDA: Let's do this shit! 1044 00:50:49,961 --> 00:50:51,335 PAIGE HURD: Yeah, he was very delayed. 1045 00:50:51,418 --> 00:50:53,085 I was like-- You want some more? 1046 00:50:53,168 --> 00:50:54,752 Yeah. I'm so glad you came. 1047 00:50:54,835 --> 00:50:56,252 To get to the dressing room, 1048 00:50:56,335 --> 00:50:58,752 and the one person that's in here... 1049 00:50:58,835 --> 00:51:00,961 -my Paige. -(LAUGHS) 1050 00:51:01,043 --> 00:51:02,794 PAIGE: It feels great to see my dad. 1051 00:51:04,502 --> 00:51:07,293 I haven't seen him in quite some time, 1052 00:51:07,377 --> 00:51:09,085 due to some troubles. 1053 00:51:09,168 --> 00:51:12,627 But I'm glad to be back in his presence. 1054 00:51:12,710 --> 00:51:15,502 You know, it's good to see him. 1055 00:51:15,585 --> 00:51:17,335 And I always think it's dope for him 1056 00:51:17,418 --> 00:51:19,002 to include God, so... 1057 00:51:20,835 --> 00:51:22,460 INTERVIEWER: So, you're doing Sunday Service 1058 00:51:22,543 --> 00:51:23,835 tomorrow with Kanye, you know? 1059 00:51:23,919 --> 00:51:26,835 And I know you've been a man of faith for so long, like... 1060 00:51:28,210 --> 00:51:29,794 what, if anything, does this mean to you? 1061 00:51:29,877 --> 00:51:31,710 What does it mean? It means an opportunity. 1062 00:51:31,794 --> 00:51:33,543 -INTERVIEWER: All right. -That's it. 1063 00:51:34,961 --> 00:51:39,126 (GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING) 1064 00:51:40,835 --> 00:51:42,335 EARL: Do I think it's church? 1065 00:51:44,877 --> 00:51:49,835 I think it's a celebration of what church can bring. 1066 00:51:51,627 --> 00:51:54,669 Minus the reason why people actually go to church. 1067 00:51:54,752 --> 00:51:56,043 Which is the Word. 1068 00:51:58,210 --> 00:51:59,585 It's serving a purpose. 1069 00:52:01,168 --> 00:52:04,126 God will use the devil for his purpose. 1070 00:52:05,252 --> 00:52:08,418 (PEOPLE CHEERING, APPLAUDING) 1071 00:52:08,502 --> 00:52:11,460 EARL: In the name of Jesus, let us pray. 1072 00:52:11,543 --> 00:52:14,335 (CHOIR HARMONZIING) 1073 00:52:14,418 --> 00:52:16,919 Father, please walk with us through the bad times 1074 00:52:17,002 --> 00:52:18,252 as well as the good. 1075 00:52:19,126 --> 00:52:21,418 May we be heard and understood. 1076 00:52:21,502 --> 00:52:23,168 From the suburbs to the hood. 1077 00:52:24,252 --> 00:52:26,502 And may you judge us by our hearts 1078 00:52:26,585 --> 00:52:28,502 and not by our mistakes. 1079 00:52:28,585 --> 00:52:31,002 See that we get our breakthrough, 1080 00:52:31,085 --> 00:52:32,543 however long that it takes. 1081 00:52:33,627 --> 00:52:36,168 May you fill that part of our souls, 1082 00:52:36,252 --> 00:52:38,794 and lay our sins to rest. 1083 00:52:38,877 --> 00:52:41,669 For there's no way we can live with Jesus 1084 00:52:41,752 --> 00:52:43,293 when we're living in the flesh. 1085 00:52:44,418 --> 00:52:47,710 So I pray that you allow our spirits to be born, 1086 00:52:47,794 --> 00:52:51,585 grow strong, move on, to know right from wrong. 1087 00:52:51,669 --> 00:52:54,377 First John, chapter two, verse fifteen. 1088 00:52:54,460 --> 00:52:58,002 You do not love the world and anything in the world. 1089 00:52:58,085 --> 00:53:01,502 Lord, you take care of fools and babies. 1090 00:53:01,585 --> 00:53:03,752 You teach women to honor their men 1091 00:53:03,835 --> 00:53:05,752 and men to respect their ladies. 1092 00:53:06,418 --> 00:53:08,002 So, thank you! 1093 00:53:08,085 --> 00:53:10,961 For preventing us from going astray. 1094 00:53:11,043 --> 00:53:14,210 Doing wrong for so long that we forgot the way. 1095 00:53:14,293 --> 00:53:19,418 (CROWD CHEERING, APPLAUDING) 1096 00:53:19,502 --> 00:53:21,710 -This man is a Christian. -EARL: That's right. 1097 00:53:21,794 --> 00:53:24,168 I knew it. I knew it. I could feel it in my spirit. 1098 00:53:24,252 --> 00:53:25,418 WOMAN: Way to represent. 1099 00:53:25,502 --> 00:53:28,293 And I get one this way. Yeah, that way I get more of it. 1100 00:53:30,543 --> 00:53:32,418 WOMAN: Are you here for the festival? Are you playing? 1101 00:53:32,502 --> 00:53:34,502 EARL: Yes, I'm actually on tour, 1102 00:53:34,585 --> 00:53:37,502 but I did do a couple appearances at the festival. 1103 00:53:37,585 --> 00:53:39,335 Coachella, in between dates. 1104 00:53:39,418 --> 00:53:42,627 You did, wow. I've never heard you perform actually. 1105 00:53:42,710 --> 00:53:43,961 Well, I was here last night. 1106 00:53:44,043 --> 00:53:45,961 Well, actually I was in Anaheim last night 1107 00:53:46,043 --> 00:53:47,210 and came back here 1108 00:53:47,293 --> 00:53:48,919 to do the Sunday Service with Kanye. 1109 00:53:49,002 --> 00:53:52,710 Oh, you did the Sunday service with Kanye. Wow, awesome. 1110 00:53:52,794 --> 00:53:55,002 -Nice to meet you. -Nice to meet you. God bless. 1111 00:53:56,543 --> 00:53:58,752 I don't know where we are to be honest with you. 1112 00:53:58,835 --> 00:54:01,460 Okay, all right, let's... 1113 00:54:02,543 --> 00:54:05,627 -turn up. (LAUGHS) -(LAUGHS) 1114 00:54:06,085 --> 00:54:07,335 Let's get lit! 1115 00:54:17,126 --> 00:54:19,377 XVRIYAH SIMMONS: How you doin'? 1116 00:54:22,502 --> 00:54:24,002 (RAIN PATTERING) 1117 00:54:24,085 --> 00:54:25,210 (THUNDER RUMBLES) 1118 00:54:25,293 --> 00:54:27,126 PAT: Is there supposed to be really bad weather? 1119 00:54:27,210 --> 00:54:29,961 -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) -Yeah, I told them... 1120 00:54:32,627 --> 00:54:33,794 Hello? 1121 00:54:35,335 --> 00:54:36,418 Yeah, I can hear you. 1122 00:54:36,502 --> 00:54:40,377 So, 5:10 is no longer the set time, correct? 1123 00:54:40,460 --> 00:54:42,168 Okay, I just don't wanna bring him over there 1124 00:54:42,252 --> 00:54:43,293 and have him sitting there. 1125 00:54:43,377 --> 00:54:46,543 So, I'm just gonna stop and kinda turn back. 1126 00:54:48,252 --> 00:54:51,835 But wait, wait, you know, I'm on call. I'm here. 1127 00:54:51,919 --> 00:54:54,085 They said they'll keep me posted on stage times, 1128 00:54:54,168 --> 00:54:56,210 -but we ain't gonna wait around all day. -What? 1129 00:54:56,293 --> 00:54:57,752 (THUNDER RUMBLING) 1130 00:54:59,877 --> 00:55:01,669 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 1131 00:55:02,252 --> 00:55:04,126 PAT: 1132 00:55:04,210 --> 00:55:05,669 MAN 1: 1133 00:55:05,752 --> 00:55:06,877 -MAN 2: -MAN 1: 1134 00:55:06,961 --> 00:55:08,418 MAN 2: That's where the truck is at. 1135 00:55:22,585 --> 00:55:25,794 (MOVIE AUDIO PLAYING IN BACKGROUND) 1136 00:55:33,210 --> 00:55:38,961 ANNOUNCER: Ready? Get your hands up for DMX! 1137 00:55:39,043 --> 00:55:41,418 (CROWD CHEERING) 1138 00:55:42,835 --> 00:55:45,460 ("PUSH YOUR HANDS UP" BY DMX PLAYING) 1139 00:55:45,543 --> 00:55:47,835 Get your hands up! Get your, get your hands up! 1140 00:55:47,919 --> 00:55:50,252 Get your hands up! Get your, get your hands up! 1141 00:55:50,335 --> 00:55:51,585 Get your hands up! 1142 00:55:52,752 --> 00:55:54,710 Y'all gon' make me Lose my mind 1143 00:55:54,794 --> 00:55:56,877 Up in here, up in here 1144 00:55:56,961 --> 00:55:59,252 Y'all gon' make me Go all night 1145 00:55:59,335 --> 00:56:01,585 - Up in here -AUDIENCE: Up in here 1146 00:56:01,669 --> 00:56:03,919 Y'all gon' make me Act a fool 1147 00:56:04,002 --> 00:56:06,252 - Up in here -AUDIENCE: Up in here 1148 00:56:06,335 --> 00:56:09,961 Y'all gon' make me Lose my cool... 1149 00:56:10,043 --> 00:56:12,168 (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING) 1150 00:56:13,335 --> 00:56:15,418 (EARL GROWLS) 1151 00:56:15,502 --> 00:56:18,710 -(CROWD CHEERING) -EARL: Let's get it to 'em. 1152 00:56:22,502 --> 00:56:24,752 Nice to see you, my man, good to see you. 1153 00:56:39,460 --> 00:56:40,961 WAITER: Good to see you. How you been? 1154 00:56:42,377 --> 00:56:43,627 EARL: There's gonna be about ten of us. 1155 00:56:43,710 --> 00:56:46,002 WAITER: Ten? Do you want to sit indoors or outdoors? 1156 00:56:47,919 --> 00:56:49,794 -Outdoors is cool. -WAITER: Outdoors? 1157 00:56:49,877 --> 00:56:51,418 -Okay, let me set that up for you. -All right. 1158 00:56:54,835 --> 00:56:56,210 Let's bless the table. 1159 00:56:56,293 --> 00:56:58,168 Thank you, Lord, for the food we're about to receive 1160 00:56:58,252 --> 00:57:00,919 to nourish our bodies. Bless it, and in Jesus' name we pray. 1161 00:57:01,043 --> 00:57:02,252 -Amen. -ALL: Amen. 1162 00:57:02,335 --> 00:57:04,043 Happy Mother's day to all the mothers. 1163 00:57:04,126 --> 00:57:05,252 ALL: Thank you. 1164 00:57:07,126 --> 00:57:10,043 What's up, guys? I hope you enjoy this new movie. 1165 00:57:10,126 --> 00:57:12,627 It's about my dad. And I'm gonna be half in it. 1166 00:57:12,710 --> 00:57:14,002 Have a good day. Yeah! 1167 00:57:15,126 --> 00:57:19,585 (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING) 1168 00:57:43,877 --> 00:57:45,002 MAN: Go look in the white car. 1169 00:57:47,377 --> 00:57:51,335 (MUSIC PLAYING OVER CAR RADIO) 1170 00:57:58,335 --> 00:58:00,043 Whoo! Yeah, boy! 1171 00:58:02,752 --> 00:58:07,210 (ENGINES REVS) 1172 00:58:09,460 --> 00:58:10,877 DIRECTOR: (OVER RADIO) Roll camera. 1173 00:58:10,961 --> 00:58:14,502 SWIZZ BEATZ: Yeah, so the beer and collages go into this video. 1174 00:58:14,585 --> 00:58:19,669 So imagine as a trailer for the video. 1175 00:58:19,752 --> 00:58:21,418 So, that was the concept for this. 1176 00:58:23,168 --> 00:58:24,710 -MAN: I'm good, man. -SWIZZ: It's me! 1177 00:58:24,794 --> 00:58:26,126 (MAN LAUGHS) 1178 00:58:26,210 --> 00:58:30,085 (ALL CLAMOR) 1179 00:58:35,543 --> 00:58:38,252 Hold on, wait. Hold on, hold on, hold on. 1180 00:58:38,335 --> 00:58:40,293 -Hold on, hold on. -Fire content. 1181 00:58:40,377 --> 00:58:41,961 -How you doin'? -WOMAN: I'm good. 1182 00:58:42,043 --> 00:58:43,126 I ain't seen you in what? 1183 00:58:43,210 --> 00:58:45,126 The last time I see you, you was on top of me. 1184 00:58:45,210 --> 00:58:46,752 -You know what? -(CROWD HOOTS) 1185 00:58:50,752 --> 00:58:53,710 MAN: That was disrespectful. That was disrespectful. 1186 00:58:53,794 --> 00:58:55,002 -You hear that? -EARL: Yes. 1187 00:58:55,085 --> 00:58:57,585 He said the last time he seen her she was on top of him. 1188 00:58:57,669 --> 00:58:59,961 -Yeah! -So I gotta explain this. 1189 00:59:00,043 --> 00:59:01,210 Hold on, hold on. 1190 00:59:01,293 --> 00:59:05,418 -Cut! Part two. Part two. -No, no, no, no. 1191 00:59:05,502 --> 00:59:07,835 Hold on, hold on, hold on. She was on top of him 1192 00:59:07,919 --> 00:59:09,585 because I wanted to play a prank 1193 00:59:09,669 --> 00:59:11,502 and make the pilot drop the plane. 1194 00:59:11,585 --> 00:59:13,210 -We were in a private jet. -WOMAN: In my sleep. 1195 00:59:13,293 --> 00:59:16,210 -I made the pilot drop it. -This nigga tells the pilot, "Drop the plane." 1196 00:59:16,293 --> 00:59:19,627 And I'm on the couch. I'm on the couch in the plane. 1197 00:59:19,710 --> 00:59:22,794 -He flips in the... -I hit the ceiling. 1198 00:59:23,418 --> 00:59:24,502 Came down... 1199 00:59:24,585 --> 00:59:26,335 WOMAN: And threw me out my chair. And I landed... 1200 00:59:26,418 --> 00:59:28,335 EARL: And I woke up in heaven, baby. 1201 00:59:28,418 --> 00:59:31,877 -I woke up in heaven, baby. -(LAUGHTER) 1202 00:59:31,961 --> 00:59:34,335 -(LAUGHS) -(LAUGHS) 1203 00:59:34,418 --> 00:59:36,126 - ("ROCK WITH YOU" BY MICHAEL JACKSON PLAYING) -(EARL SINGING ALONG) 1204 00:59:36,210 --> 00:59:37,627 You gotta feel that beat 1205 00:59:37,710 --> 00:59:39,919 And we can ride the boogie 1206 00:59:40,002 --> 00:59:42,293 Share that beat of love 1207 00:59:42,377 --> 00:59:45,502 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 1208 00:59:46,961 --> 00:59:48,210 You're doing it for him? 1209 00:59:48,293 --> 00:59:49,794 I'm not gonna say I'm a psychic. 1210 00:59:49,877 --> 00:59:51,627 MAN: Nah, you called it off. 1211 00:59:51,710 --> 00:59:53,293 I'm not gonna say I'm a psychic. I just... 1212 00:59:54,168 --> 00:59:56,710 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 1213 00:59:59,418 --> 01:00:01,877 MAN: Gonna get that spice. 1214 01:00:01,961 --> 01:00:05,293 ...on a bike, driving by with the police chasing you, motherfucker. 1215 01:00:05,377 --> 01:00:07,252 -On 126 Street. -EARL: And I got away. 1216 01:00:07,335 --> 01:00:11,502 And he got away on the sidewalk. On the side-motherfucking-walk. 1217 01:00:11,585 --> 01:00:13,210 You knew my daddy very well. 1218 01:00:15,085 --> 01:00:18,919 -Started him too late. -I believed in music. 1219 01:00:19,002 --> 01:00:21,502 I believed that niggas could make it. 1220 01:00:21,585 --> 01:00:24,168 When I saw you, I said, "niggas can make it." 1221 01:00:24,252 --> 01:00:27,002 Like I never knew Biggie and Tupac. 1222 01:00:27,085 --> 01:00:28,585 I never knew no Kool Herc 1223 01:00:28,669 --> 01:00:31,627 and all these other brothers that created and paved the way. 1224 01:00:31,710 --> 01:00:36,669 But when I saw you, I said, "Nah, a nigga can make it." 1225 01:00:39,377 --> 01:00:42,627 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 1226 01:00:42,710 --> 01:00:44,752 EARL: You had the hardest verse. You're untouchable. 1227 01:00:44,835 --> 01:00:46,794 RAPPER: You did that. Y'all did that. 1228 01:00:46,877 --> 01:00:48,460 No, no. You did that. 1229 01:00:48,543 --> 01:00:51,168 -I did that, but y'all inspired me to do that. -EARL: You-- 1230 01:00:51,252 --> 01:00:52,585 We didn't inspire you to do shit, 1231 01:00:52,669 --> 01:00:56,126 we just gave you the opportunity. You did it. 1232 01:00:56,210 --> 01:00:59,877 We're going R-U double-F R-Y-D-E 1233 01:00:59,961 --> 01:01:01,335 You can't fuck with my army 1234 01:01:01,418 --> 01:01:04,043 Niggas is untouchable Eatin' niggas like Lunchables 1235 01:01:04,126 --> 01:01:05,168 Forty-five be crushin' you 1236 01:01:05,252 --> 01:01:06,669 When the bullets Be touchin' you 1237 01:01:06,752 --> 01:01:07,877 Pallbearers'll carry you 1238 01:01:07,961 --> 01:01:10,418 To the cemetery Where your momma gon' bury you 1239 01:01:10,502 --> 01:01:12,210 Black suit be Fittin' you nigga 1240 01:01:12,293 --> 01:01:13,710 I got hood disease 1241 01:01:13,794 --> 01:01:15,627 'Cause I'm street Like powder milk 1242 01:01:15,710 --> 01:01:16,961 And government cheese 1243 01:01:17,043 --> 01:01:19,460 You a runnin' man, nigga I'ma shoot up your knees 1244 01:01:19,543 --> 01:01:22,627 It's me against the world Man against machine 1245 01:01:22,710 --> 01:01:25,168 STTS, stick to my routine 1246 01:01:26,210 --> 01:01:29,961 (ALL CHEERING) 1247 01:01:31,418 --> 01:01:33,252 -Untouchable. -MAN: Come on, baby! 1248 01:01:39,293 --> 01:01:41,752 -Hey, where all the people at? -Here we go. 1249 01:01:41,835 --> 01:01:43,543 -DIRECTOR: Roll camera. -MAN: How's that level? 1250 01:01:43,627 --> 01:01:45,043 -EARL: Yeah. -DIRECTOR: Come on, roll camera. 1251 01:01:45,126 --> 01:01:46,835 -Cameras please. -DIRECTOR: Music loud. 1252 01:01:46,919 --> 01:01:49,085 Here we go. Let's play that song. Play that. 1253 01:01:49,168 --> 01:01:51,418 I'm the fucking plague I'm global warming 1254 01:01:51,502 --> 01:01:54,252 I'm the Ebola virus My niggas is pirates 1255 01:01:54,335 --> 01:01:55,752 Prepare for violence Silence 1256 01:01:55,835 --> 01:01:58,460 -(GLASS SHATTERING) -RADIO ANNOUNCER: On Hot 97. 1257 01:01:58,543 --> 01:02:00,418 Speaking of music and producing people, 1258 01:02:00,502 --> 01:02:01,794 I'm hearing... 1259 01:02:01,877 --> 01:02:05,126 that DMX has a lot of momentum right now. 1260 01:02:05,210 --> 01:02:08,043 We just shot the video for "Just In Case." 1261 01:02:08,126 --> 01:02:10,418 -Me, him, Ross. -Mm-hmm. 1262 01:02:10,502 --> 01:02:13,794 -He looked very good in that. -So, how close are we to like 1263 01:02:13,877 --> 01:02:16,627 -this thing really happening? -So, my thing is like, 1264 01:02:16,710 --> 01:02:18,794 he's in that zone, so let's go. 1265 01:02:18,877 --> 01:02:21,126 Right? And when X is in the zone, like, 1266 01:02:21,210 --> 01:02:24,794 greatness happens. And, like, a lot of those times, 1267 01:02:24,877 --> 01:02:26,752 he was battling with other things, 1268 01:02:26,835 --> 01:02:28,210 you know? So this is the most clearest 1269 01:02:28,293 --> 01:02:30,919 that I've seen him in a long time. 1270 01:02:31,002 --> 01:02:32,877 He's focused, he's showing up... 1271 01:02:34,126 --> 01:02:35,877 (PHONE RINGING) 1272 01:02:39,043 --> 01:02:41,043 (PHONE BEEPS) 1273 01:02:41,126 --> 01:02:43,919 -(RINGING CONTINUES) - (MUSIC PLAYS OVER SPEAKERS) 1274 01:02:44,002 --> 01:02:47,168 -(JENN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY OVER PHONE) -CLARK SLATER: Hello? Hello? 1275 01:02:48,126 --> 01:02:49,460 -Hey. -CLARK: Hey, Jenn. 1276 01:02:49,543 --> 01:02:51,210 -JENN: Hey, what's good? -CLARK: I was just calling 1277 01:02:51,293 --> 01:02:54,043 to see if you've heard from X. Um... 1278 01:02:54,126 --> 01:02:55,835 You know, today is the big interview day 1279 01:02:55,919 --> 01:02:57,460 for the documentary. 1280 01:02:57,543 --> 01:03:00,293 JENN: And you haven't spoke to him? Has Pat caught you up? 1281 01:03:00,377 --> 01:03:02,085 CLARK: I have not been able to reach him. 1282 01:03:02,168 --> 01:03:04,126 Nobody seems to be able to give me, 1283 01:03:04,210 --> 01:03:06,877 like, any kind of communication. 1284 01:03:06,961 --> 01:03:08,835 JENN: I don't know what's goin' on. 1285 01:03:08,919 --> 01:03:10,335 CLARK: All right, well, we're gonna wait 1286 01:03:10,418 --> 01:03:13,126 as long as we can, 'cause we got everybody here, 1287 01:03:13,210 --> 01:03:17,126 and it's like a really, really expensive day for us. 1288 01:03:18,168 --> 01:03:20,335 We have to make it happen today. 1289 01:03:20,418 --> 01:03:21,835 JENN: If you don't hear from him, 1290 01:03:21,919 --> 01:03:24,085 I'd say about like 6:00... 1291 01:03:24,168 --> 01:03:26,877 um, we might have to figure somethin' else out. 1292 01:03:26,961 --> 01:03:29,585 (OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING) 1293 01:03:29,669 --> 01:03:32,835 AUTOMATED VOICE: You have reached the voicemail box of-- 1294 01:03:32,919 --> 01:03:34,126 (PHONE HANGS UP) 1295 01:03:34,210 --> 01:03:36,669 CHRISTOPHER FRIERSON: We got a text from Pat, finally. 1296 01:03:38,126 --> 01:03:41,210 Apparently, like he couldn't get a hold of X either. 1297 01:03:41,293 --> 01:03:44,502 X had a meeting, and no one's heard from him since. 1298 01:03:44,585 --> 01:03:48,377 Spank, Desiree, Meech, everybody else 1299 01:03:48,460 --> 01:03:51,418 -cannot get a hold of him, so... -(PHONE RINGING) 1300 01:03:53,377 --> 01:03:54,543 PAT: Yo. Chris... 1301 01:03:54,627 --> 01:03:56,085 -CHRIS: You hear me? -PAT: Yeah, I got you. 1302 01:03:56,168 --> 01:04:00,293 What I was saying is, like-- I mean, it started with-- 1303 01:04:00,377 --> 01:04:03,794 I just kept getting excuses about stuff. 1304 01:04:03,877 --> 01:04:06,293 And I hadn't heard from him a couple days, 1305 01:04:06,377 --> 01:04:08,835 and I knew the longer we stayed in New York, 1306 01:04:08,919 --> 01:04:11,377 the longer it was gonna... 1307 01:04:11,460 --> 01:04:13,710 The more risk we were at. 1308 01:04:13,794 --> 01:04:15,627 -JENN: Hello? -CLARK: Hey, Jenn. 1309 01:04:15,710 --> 01:04:16,752 JENN: Hey. 1310 01:04:16,835 --> 01:04:19,126 CLARK: Do they think X is gonna do 1311 01:04:19,210 --> 01:04:20,627 his performance later? 1312 01:04:22,293 --> 01:04:24,210 JENN: Um, can I call you back about that? 1313 01:04:24,293 --> 01:04:27,377 - (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) -(PHONE RINGING) 1314 01:04:27,877 --> 01:04:29,168 DESIREE: 1315 01:04:29,252 --> 01:04:32,919 -CLARK: How you doing? -DESIREE: 1316 01:04:33,002 --> 01:04:34,585 MAN: I know I hadn't talked to you in a while. 1317 01:04:34,669 --> 01:04:35,752 I just wanted to, like, 1318 01:04:35,835 --> 01:04:38,377 see how you were doing, and how X is doing. 1319 01:04:38,877 --> 01:04:41,502 DESIREE: 1320 01:04:50,085 --> 01:04:51,919 -CLARK: Yes. -DESIREE: So why you even here? 1321 01:04:58,210 --> 01:04:59,669 CLARK: And how did he respond to that? 1322 01:05:00,126 --> 01:05:01,210 DESIREE: 1323 01:05:01,293 --> 01:05:02,710 (PHONE RINGING) 1324 01:05:02,794 --> 01:05:06,002 -CLARK: Yeah. -PAT: Yo, tonight was a disaster, bro, like... 1325 01:05:06,085 --> 01:05:08,126 I don't know if you've dealt with anybody 1326 01:05:08,210 --> 01:05:09,460 that does that drug, bro. 1327 01:05:09,543 --> 01:05:12,502 But it's nasty. Like, it's dangerous. 1328 01:05:12,585 --> 01:05:17,669 He was up for, like, four days. Cooped up in his house. Just... 1329 01:05:17,752 --> 01:05:19,835 He's not a criminal, he's an addict. 1330 01:05:19,919 --> 01:05:21,335 You know, he needs help. 1331 01:05:22,585 --> 01:05:24,627 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) 1332 01:05:27,585 --> 01:05:29,543 UNCLE BUCKEYE: Okay, this is raveen. 1333 01:05:29,627 --> 01:05:32,877 This is where he sneaked down and he would buy his crack, 1334 01:05:32,961 --> 01:05:35,794 so I used to come on, get up, you know, come outta the store, 1335 01:05:35,877 --> 01:05:38,043 come on down and say, "Yo man, what the fuck, man? 1336 01:05:38,126 --> 01:05:39,543 You don't know who's watching this, 1337 01:05:39,627 --> 01:05:42,043 and you're just, you know, getting your shit right. 1338 01:05:42,126 --> 01:05:43,168 Come on, get outta here." 1339 01:05:43,252 --> 01:05:45,710 And I'd pull him out the hallway, he'd sober up. 1340 01:05:45,794 --> 01:05:47,418 Then he would vanish. 1341 01:05:47,502 --> 01:05:49,418 Then you don't see him, then you don't see Earl 1342 01:05:49,502 --> 01:05:52,877 in about three or four weeks. You know, he would just vanish. 1343 01:05:54,377 --> 01:05:56,877 He's been the same dude his whole life. 1344 01:05:56,961 --> 01:05:59,961 And that's why it's hard for him to change 1345 01:06:00,043 --> 01:06:02,085 because he is the same dude. 1346 01:06:02,168 --> 01:06:04,043 He ain't ever shy away from the truth. 1347 01:06:04,126 --> 01:06:06,585 He always speak the truth. 1348 01:06:06,669 --> 01:06:08,293 He always let it be known, you know what I mean? 1349 01:06:08,377 --> 01:06:09,418 He's fighting demons. 1350 01:06:09,502 --> 01:06:11,627 -He's human. -He's like us. 1351 01:06:11,710 --> 01:06:13,627 -Ain't no downhill. -Ain't no downhill, man. 1352 01:06:13,710 --> 01:06:15,043 'Cause you bounce back. 1353 01:06:15,126 --> 01:06:16,835 -Yeah, you bounce back. -MAN: And he always do bounce back. 1354 01:06:16,919 --> 01:06:18,752 When you from the 'hood, you bounce back. 1355 01:06:18,835 --> 01:06:21,002 -We never doing bad. -He got love in the hood. 1356 01:06:21,085 --> 01:06:22,627 (SIREN WAILING) 1357 01:06:22,710 --> 01:06:24,293 MAN: We're praying hard that he will 1358 01:06:24,377 --> 01:06:26,252 bounce back, get back in the studio, 1359 01:06:26,335 --> 01:06:29,210 get back to Hollywood. Doing himself... 1360 01:06:30,460 --> 01:06:33,710 doing movies, and making music. 1361 01:06:33,794 --> 01:06:35,627 Like I said a lot of people 1362 01:06:35,710 --> 01:06:39,877 is praying for him and pulling for him in Yonkers. 1363 01:06:39,961 --> 01:06:41,502 You know, young and old. 1364 01:06:42,460 --> 01:06:43,877 But this is where he came from. 1365 01:06:43,961 --> 01:06:48,126 (MILD-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYING) 1366 01:06:50,210 --> 01:06:51,627 PAT: He lost a lot of weight. 1367 01:06:51,710 --> 01:06:53,502 -MAN 2: Really? -PAT: A lot, yeah. 1368 01:06:55,961 --> 01:06:57,335 He's not the worst I've ever seen him, 1369 01:06:57,418 --> 01:06:59,126 but he's pretty bad. 1370 01:07:01,418 --> 01:07:02,752 Like if you'd seen him... 1371 01:07:04,877 --> 01:07:06,002 you'd be like, "Holy shit." 1372 01:07:07,543 --> 01:07:14,085 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 1373 01:07:18,335 --> 01:07:20,252 (MAN LAUGHING) 1374 01:07:20,335 --> 01:07:21,877 Come on, man, I almost didn't recognize him. 1375 01:07:21,961 --> 01:07:23,252 JENNA BOURDREU: I told him the first day he was here, 1376 01:07:23,335 --> 01:07:25,252 I said, "Listen we're not geared to treating celebrities. 1377 01:07:25,335 --> 01:07:27,502 We've never had a celebrity come through here." 1378 01:07:27,585 --> 01:07:28,585 -MAN: Yeah. -And I was like, 1379 01:07:28,669 --> 01:07:29,961 "But we'll meet you where you're at 1380 01:07:30,043 --> 01:07:31,543 but you're gonna have to meet us halfway." 1381 01:07:32,252 --> 01:07:33,502 And he has. 1382 01:07:33,585 --> 01:07:37,126 -Where you going? -My grandchildren had an order. 1383 01:07:37,210 --> 01:07:39,669 Okay. So, you actually dress up for court. 1384 01:07:39,752 --> 01:07:41,710 -Yeah. -Yeah, right. Who does that? 1385 01:07:41,794 --> 01:07:43,168 -Who does that? -Right. 1386 01:07:43,252 --> 01:07:45,252 JENNA: When he first came here, it was like, 1387 01:07:45,335 --> 01:07:47,418 "Oh, no, no. I don't want to go to group," 1388 01:07:47,502 --> 01:07:49,585 you know what I mean? And then slowly it was like, 1389 01:07:49,669 --> 01:07:51,043 "All right, I'll try this group." 1390 01:07:51,126 --> 01:07:53,210 -"All right, I'll come here at this time." -MAN: Right. 1391 01:07:53,293 --> 01:07:56,460 And even, like, coming here, on his own every day. 1392 01:07:56,543 --> 01:07:58,002 We're not driving him, we're not pickin' him up. 1393 01:07:58,085 --> 01:07:59,794 -MAN: Right. -JENNA: He's coming here on his own. 1394 01:08:02,543 --> 01:08:03,710 EARL: "I've been stabbed in the back 1395 01:08:03,794 --> 01:08:05,043 by those I needed the most. 1396 01:08:05,126 --> 01:08:07,043 I've been lied to by those I loved. 1397 01:08:07,126 --> 01:08:09,418 And I felt alone when I couldn't afford to be. 1398 01:08:09,502 --> 01:08:12,794 But at the end of the day, I had to learn to be on my own, 1399 01:08:12,877 --> 01:08:14,126 to be my own best friend. 1400 01:08:14,210 --> 01:08:16,377 There are going to be days when no one 1401 01:08:16,460 --> 01:08:18,919 is going to be there for me, but myself." 1402 01:08:19,002 --> 01:08:20,543 MAN 1: You get a text like that every day? 1403 01:08:20,627 --> 01:08:21,835 Every day. 1404 01:08:24,377 --> 01:08:25,418 Every day. 1405 01:08:25,502 --> 01:08:27,210 -MAN 2: You have no idea who it is? -EARL: Nope. 1406 01:08:27,293 --> 01:08:29,168 MAN 2: Have you ever responded, like, "Who's this?" 1407 01:08:29,252 --> 01:08:30,919 -Nope. -MAN 2: Just let 'em come in? 1408 01:08:31,002 --> 01:08:34,168 Yeah, you know. Ain't no sense in fucking it up. 1409 01:08:35,835 --> 01:08:37,043 "Who's this? Oh, you've been getting them. 1410 01:08:37,126 --> 01:08:40,002 -I didn't know. Shit." -(MEN LAUGHING) 1411 01:08:40,085 --> 01:08:41,585 (PHONE RINGING) 1412 01:08:41,669 --> 01:08:43,002 What's goin' on, my brother? 1413 01:08:44,877 --> 01:08:47,585 Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm back on track. Know what I'm saying? 1414 01:08:48,377 --> 01:08:49,877 Everything happens for a reason. 1415 01:08:51,126 --> 01:08:53,543 All right, stay in touch. 1416 01:08:55,210 --> 01:08:56,543 All right, my nigga. 1417 01:08:56,627 --> 01:08:59,752 Where is Exodus? Where is Exodus? 1418 01:08:59,835 --> 01:09:05,043 - Here I am, here I am - How are you today, sir 1419 01:09:06,460 --> 01:09:09,502 Run away, run away 1420 01:09:11,043 --> 01:09:17,210 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 1421 01:09:19,627 --> 01:09:21,377 MAN: Good to see around here. 1422 01:09:21,460 --> 01:09:24,043 -EARL: Thank you, brother. -MAN: Hey, God bless you. 1423 01:09:24,126 --> 01:09:25,961 -Take care. -Yeah. 1424 01:09:26,043 --> 01:09:28,043 -Gonna drop anything new on us? -Yes, sir. 1425 01:09:29,794 --> 01:09:30,877 WOMAN: Is it on the picture? 1426 01:09:34,502 --> 01:09:39,168 (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) 1427 01:09:52,043 --> 01:09:53,418 MAN: I mean when you heard that he relapsed... 1428 01:09:53,502 --> 01:09:55,460 -XAVIER: Yeah. -MAN: ...what was your... 1429 01:09:55,543 --> 01:09:57,085 (EXHALING DEEPLY) 1430 01:09:57,168 --> 01:09:59,002 It's like asking how's your day. 1431 01:10:03,961 --> 01:10:06,794 That's how common it becomes. (SNIFFLES) 1432 01:10:11,460 --> 01:10:16,043 I look back on how my dad would behave. 1433 01:10:17,210 --> 01:10:19,418 I started to see... 1434 01:10:19,502 --> 01:10:22,418 that it wasn't so much the drug that would 1435 01:10:22,502 --> 01:10:23,710 make him angry... 1436 01:10:24,835 --> 01:10:26,835 but the pain that he was enduring. 1437 01:10:32,126 --> 01:10:33,877 So, my mom, she asked us, 1438 01:10:33,961 --> 01:10:37,585 "Hey, listen. I'm going to see your dad. 1439 01:10:39,252 --> 01:10:40,418 Do you wanna come?" 1440 01:10:42,710 --> 01:10:45,043 (SIGHS) I said, "Okay, okay." 1441 01:10:45,126 --> 01:10:49,502 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 1442 01:10:53,168 --> 01:10:54,794 EARL: Let me guess. Lemon water, huh? 1443 01:10:54,877 --> 01:10:57,835 -You already know. -EARL: (INDISTINCT) 1444 01:10:57,919 --> 01:11:00,085 Get the fuck out with this lemon water shit. 1445 01:11:00,168 --> 01:11:01,877 We're supposed to evolve, Earl. 1446 01:11:01,961 --> 01:11:03,168 (ALL LAUGHING) 1447 01:11:03,252 --> 01:11:06,210 EARL: I'd drink the lemon water if there was sugar in it. 1448 01:11:06,293 --> 01:11:08,961 It's new sugar lemon. (LAUGHS) 1449 01:11:09,043 --> 01:11:11,377 Look at that other one too. (LAUGHS) 1450 01:11:11,961 --> 01:11:13,335 Cheers. 1451 01:11:13,418 --> 01:11:16,252 TASHERA SIMMONS: Well, he got an excuse, but you know me, Yonkers. 1452 01:11:16,335 --> 01:11:20,085 -EARL: Right, right. -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) 1453 01:11:21,085 --> 01:11:22,919 TASHERA: He getting so damn big. 1454 01:11:23,002 --> 01:11:25,502 -EARL: Yeah. -TASHERA: I'm like, dang. 1455 01:11:25,585 --> 01:11:27,794 EARL: Know how late we're gonna be. Like, you don't wanna be. 1456 01:11:27,877 --> 01:11:30,252 Wonder where he get that from? Is that me? 1457 01:11:30,335 --> 01:11:32,710 (LAUGHS) I'm just kidding. 1458 01:11:32,794 --> 01:11:35,126 That's a lot to it. You know what I mean? You know. 1459 01:11:35,210 --> 01:11:38,085 -Ripping layers and layers. -EARL: Yeah. 1460 01:11:38,168 --> 01:11:41,961 And some shit like I didn't wanna revisit at all. 1461 01:11:42,043 --> 01:11:45,710 It's like you don't know how it's gonna leave you, like damn. 1462 01:11:45,794 --> 01:11:48,002 (EXCLAIMING, LAUGHING) 1463 01:11:48,085 --> 01:11:50,418 I'm saying, the drugs were a symptom 1464 01:11:50,502 --> 01:11:52,585 of another problem. 1465 01:11:52,669 --> 01:11:55,126 Of a deeper, rooted, you know what I mean? 1466 01:11:55,210 --> 01:11:57,210 So, you feel like you making some progress with that? 1467 01:11:57,293 --> 01:11:59,627 One on one. You digging deep? 1468 01:11:59,710 --> 01:12:01,085 EARL: Like the past couple of months 1469 01:12:01,168 --> 01:12:03,210 before I even relapsed, 1470 01:12:03,293 --> 01:12:05,961 I was like, "Yo, I need to talk to somebody." 1471 01:12:06,043 --> 01:12:08,335 It's just the constant associating, 1472 01:12:08,418 --> 01:12:11,335 you know, drugs and alcohol with having a good time. You know what I'm saying? 1473 01:12:11,418 --> 01:12:14,043 This is real. We're having a session, okay? 1474 01:12:14,126 --> 01:12:16,585 -(LAUGHS) -(LAUGHS) 1475 01:12:16,669 --> 01:12:21,710 (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING) 1476 01:12:30,418 --> 01:12:31,669 That was crazy. 1477 01:12:31,752 --> 01:12:33,460 We're gonna try the other ones too. 1478 01:12:40,752 --> 01:12:43,043 -Girl, that's-- I love this. -PAIGE: That's a good picture 1479 01:12:43,126 --> 01:12:44,794 compared to our kids' one. 1480 01:12:47,835 --> 01:12:48,961 EARL: We're here, we're healthy. 1481 01:12:49,919 --> 01:12:51,252 We're smiling. 1482 01:12:51,335 --> 01:12:52,919 -You know what I mean? -Right. 1483 01:12:54,002 --> 01:12:55,418 I wanted to tap out a few times. 1484 01:12:57,418 --> 01:13:00,043 I wanted to tap out a few times. I'm like... 1485 01:13:01,252 --> 01:13:03,502 "How would my babies look at that?" 1486 01:13:11,418 --> 01:13:12,669 -You're my boy. -Yeah. 1487 01:13:12,752 --> 01:13:15,669 -(BOTH LAUGH) -XAVIER: Bring it in, man. 1488 01:13:27,043 --> 01:13:28,085 EARL: Stay warm. 1489 01:13:36,168 --> 01:13:39,794 Hats off. (LAUGHS) The tiny jacket, hats off! 1490 01:13:39,877 --> 01:13:42,043 WOMAN: I love you too, nigga. 1491 01:13:42,126 --> 01:13:46,794 -EARL: Here, this is mine. He's mine. -XAVIER: Oh, man. 1492 01:13:46,877 --> 01:13:49,919 -EARL: You're mine, you're mine. -Yes. 1493 01:13:50,002 --> 01:13:52,252 EARL: Mine. Mine. 1494 01:13:55,710 --> 01:13:56,752 Mine. 1495 01:13:59,794 --> 01:14:01,210 I'm proud of the man you've become. 1496 01:14:01,293 --> 01:14:04,085 Thank you. (SNIFFLES) Thank you. 1497 01:14:06,002 --> 01:14:07,502 Lot of exits you could've took... 1498 01:14:08,585 --> 01:14:10,085 to not be the person you are. 1499 01:14:11,418 --> 01:14:12,710 You stayed on that highway. 1500 01:14:14,543 --> 01:14:15,710 You stayed on that highway. 1501 01:14:17,627 --> 01:14:19,669 -You stayed on that highway. -XAVIER: I did. 1502 01:14:19,752 --> 01:14:21,168 -You stayed on that highway. -(SOBS) 1503 01:14:22,085 --> 01:14:23,252 (SNIFFLES) 1504 01:14:34,043 --> 01:14:36,502 EARL: It's all right. It's all right. 1505 01:14:44,752 --> 01:14:45,961 At the end of the day, 1506 01:14:46,043 --> 01:14:47,710 -we're still here. -Yes. 1507 01:14:47,794 --> 01:14:49,043 EARL: We're still here. 1508 01:14:49,126 --> 01:14:51,585 There's so much that we've lost. We're still here. 1509 01:14:51,669 --> 01:14:54,335 (WHIMSICAL MUSIC PLAYING) 1510 01:14:54,418 --> 01:14:55,961 You're my family. 1511 01:14:56,043 --> 01:14:57,961 -XAVIER: You at... -EARL: Yeah. 1512 01:15:08,252 --> 01:15:10,794 TASHERA: I gotta give Earl a hug! You gonna go over there 1513 01:15:10,877 --> 01:15:13,710 and go have a moment with your family, nigga! 1514 01:15:13,794 --> 01:15:16,085 I was like, "You mean y'all gonna go do this shit 1515 01:15:16,168 --> 01:15:17,877 when I'm on camera?" 1516 01:15:19,043 --> 01:15:20,961 As much as you pushed for this, 1517 01:15:21,043 --> 01:15:24,669 as hard as you worked to get us to that point, 1518 01:15:24,752 --> 01:15:27,418 -and you missed it. -Thank you, love. 1519 01:15:27,502 --> 01:15:28,961 I love you too, baby. 1520 01:15:30,961 --> 01:15:32,835 TASHERA: It's fun having kids, I swear. 1521 01:15:32,919 --> 01:15:35,502 -MAN: Where did you guys first meet? -In Yonkers. 1522 01:15:35,585 --> 01:15:37,543 MAN: And you guys were together for how long? 1523 01:15:39,543 --> 01:15:43,210 So, we was together from our 18 till... 1524 01:15:43,293 --> 01:15:44,752 So, what is that, 20 something years? 1525 01:15:45,710 --> 01:15:47,085 All his handwriting. 1526 01:15:47,168 --> 01:15:50,002 If you'll notice, we separated in '06, 1527 01:15:50,085 --> 01:15:51,585 and that's exactly where it stops. 1528 01:15:51,669 --> 01:15:52,919 -(EARL LAUGHING) -(LAUGHS) 1529 01:15:53,002 --> 01:15:54,335 EARL: It was kinda sad to go, man. 1530 01:15:54,418 --> 01:15:56,961 -TASHERA: Really? -I guess when I was leaving, 1531 01:15:57,043 --> 01:15:58,877 they were just telling me, like, you know, 1532 01:15:58,961 --> 01:16:00,126 how much it meant for me to be there. 1533 01:16:00,210 --> 01:16:01,418 I inspire some people. 1534 01:16:01,502 --> 01:16:03,210 That's when it hits you though, you know what I'm saying? 1535 01:16:03,293 --> 01:16:05,168 -Yeah. You're leaving. -EARL: When you walkin' out, like "Yo, I did it." 1536 01:16:05,252 --> 01:16:08,710 Let me leave, and then, like, we're gonna miss you, man. 1537 01:16:08,794 --> 01:16:10,961 You gotta know when to put it in and how much to put it in. 1538 01:16:11,043 --> 01:16:13,794 There's just something about it. There's a way you gotta do it. 1539 01:16:13,877 --> 01:16:16,126 -Damn. (LAUGHS) -(LAUGHS) 1540 01:16:16,210 --> 01:16:18,543 EARL: (LAUGHING) That is... 1541 01:16:18,627 --> 01:16:21,585 -That's a big-ass claw. -Oh, it's a huge claw. 1542 01:16:21,669 --> 01:16:24,627 -Little hot. It's a little hot. -GIRL: Did it to me too. 1543 01:16:24,710 --> 01:16:27,210 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 1544 01:16:27,293 --> 01:16:29,710 -EARL: What you talking about? -GIRL: Here. 1545 01:16:29,794 --> 01:16:31,835 EARL: He wrote the plan, it's his plan. 1546 01:16:31,919 --> 01:16:33,502 He knows what's gonna happen. 1547 01:16:33,585 --> 01:16:36,168 So, whatever little things happen in between, 1548 01:16:36,252 --> 01:16:37,919 they've been accounted for. 1549 01:16:39,168 --> 01:16:43,377 And look at what it comes down to. Family, friends. 1550 01:16:43,460 --> 01:16:45,418 ("THE WAY WE WERE" BY GLADYS KNIGHT PLAYING ON TV) 1551 01:16:45,502 --> 01:16:47,543 GLADYS KNIGHT: Hey, you know, everybody's talkin' 1552 01:16:47,627 --> 01:16:48,961 about the good old days, right? 1553 01:16:49,043 --> 01:16:51,877 Everybody. "The good old days, the good old days." 1554 01:16:53,002 --> 01:16:56,418 -Life was slow. -GLADYS: When life was slow. 1555 01:16:56,502 --> 01:17:00,293 -Oh, so mellow. -GLADYS: And oh, so mellow. 1556 01:17:00,377 --> 01:17:03,794 (MUSIC CONTINUES) 1557 01:17:03,877 --> 01:17:06,085 -Try to remember. -GLADYS: Try to remember. 1558 01:17:07,961 --> 01:17:10,794 -And if you remember... -GLADYS: And if you remember, then... 1559 01:17:10,877 --> 01:17:12,543 -...follow. -GLADYS: ...follow. 1560 01:17:14,543 --> 01:17:17,085 Oh, why does it seem that the past is always better? 1561 01:17:17,168 --> 01:17:19,710 -We look back and we think... -GLADYS: We look back and we think 1562 01:17:19,794 --> 01:17:21,460 -the winters were warmer. -Warmer. 1563 01:17:22,335 --> 01:17:23,585 GLADYS: The grass was greener. 1564 01:17:23,669 --> 01:17:25,669 -The skies were bluer. -GLADYS: The skies were bluer 1565 01:17:25,752 --> 01:17:27,877 -and smiles were... -Smiles were... 1566 01:17:28,752 --> 01:17:30,961 GLADYS: ...bright. 1567 01:17:31,043 --> 01:17:35,418 (SINGING) Can it be It was all so simple then 1568 01:17:35,502 --> 01:17:39,835 Or has time Rewritten every line 1569 01:17:39,919 --> 01:17:44,085 And if we had the chance To do it all again 1570 01:17:44,710 --> 01:17:46,585 Tell me... 1571 01:17:49,543 --> 01:17:51,252 I got it. I'll do that, I'll do that. 1572 01:17:53,502 --> 01:17:55,293 Just have a moment right now. 1573 01:17:56,961 --> 01:17:58,585 This is a beautiful song. 1574 01:18:00,460 --> 01:18:06,460 Memories 1575 01:18:06,543 --> 01:18:11,293 Like the corners of my mind 1576 01:18:11,377 --> 01:18:13,794 (AUDIENCE CHEERING) 1577 01:18:13,877 --> 01:18:18,335 Misty watercolor memories 1578 01:18:18,418 --> 01:18:20,210 Nothing like it. 1579 01:18:20,293 --> 01:18:25,627 - Of the way it was - Of the way it was 1580 01:18:29,919 --> 01:18:33,669 - Scattered pictures - Scattered pictures 1581 01:18:35,252 --> 01:18:41,543 Of the smiles we left behind 1582 01:18:41,627 --> 01:18:48,627 Smiles we gave To one another 1583 01:18:48,710 --> 01:18:52,710 - For the way we were - For the way we were 1584 01:18:55,002 --> 01:18:58,210 - Oh - Oh 1585 01:18:58,293 --> 01:19:02,252 Can it be that It was all so simple then? 1586 01:19:04,877 --> 01:19:09,460 Or has time Rewritten every line 1587 01:19:11,919 --> 01:19:17,168 And if we had the chance To do it all again 1588 01:19:17,252 --> 01:19:24,293 Tell me, would we? Could we? 1589 01:19:26,418 --> 01:19:33,126 Memories May be beautiful and yet 1590 01:19:35,585 --> 01:19:41,543 What's too painful To remember 1591 01:19:41,627 --> 01:19:47,585 We simply choose to forget 1592 01:19:47,669 --> 01:19:54,252 So it's the laughter 1593 01:19:54,335 --> 01:20:00,168 We will remember 1594 01:20:00,919 --> 01:20:06,877 Whenever we remember 1595 01:20:08,252 --> 01:20:15,126 The way we were 1596 01:20:18,877 --> 01:20:25,293 Remember 1597 01:20:26,252 --> 01:20:32,794 The way we were 1598 01:20:33,460 --> 01:20:37,252 (AUDIENCE CHEERING) 1599 01:20:46,502 --> 01:20:50,919 ("'TIL CHRIST COMES BACK" BY BILL FAY PLAYING) 1600 01:21:07,502 --> 01:21:11,835 Pain was all you knew 1601 01:21:13,502 --> 01:21:18,585 But I think You're comin' through 1602 01:21:19,669 --> 01:21:24,794 Like applause inside a zoo 1603 01:21:26,627 --> 01:21:29,085 When a lion gets out 1604 01:21:32,877 --> 01:21:35,168 When a lion gets out 1605 01:21:45,210 --> 01:21:49,877 When shadows take your hand 1606 01:21:51,710 --> 01:21:56,502 And mist is on the land 1607 01:21:58,585 --> 01:22:02,835 Hold onto your mind 1608 01:22:04,502 --> 01:22:07,043 'Til the Christ comes back 1609 01:22:10,627 --> 01:22:13,293 'Til the Christ comes back 1610 01:22:17,002 --> 01:22:19,543 'Til the Christ comes back 1611 01:22:23,293 --> 01:22:25,835 'Til the Christ comes back 1612 01:22:29,585 --> 01:22:32,126 'Til the Christ comes back 1613 01:22:35,919 --> 01:22:38,794 'Til the Christ comes back 1614 01:22:42,252 --> 01:22:45,126 'Til the Christ comes back