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♪ Head above water
I'm making a way ♪
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♪ It's the first of the month
And the bills ain't paid ♪
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♪ I'm saying
Man, this feeling's like Good Times ♪
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♪ Yeah
Man, this feeling's like Good Times ♪
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♪ Keep my family close
Pick me up when I'm low ♪
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♪ Help me down on this road
And I'mma bring us back home again ♪
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♪ Man, this feeling's like Good Times
Yeah ♪
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♪ Man, this feeling's like Good Times ♪
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♪ And today I'mma get out my way, Momma ♪
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♪ They try to spray
But the spirit kept me safe, Momma ♪
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♪ Again
Man, this feeling's like Good Times ♪
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♪ Yeah
Man, this feeling's like Good Times ♪
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♪ Hustling to survive
I'm just doing my job ♪
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♪ Feds been blocking my shine
But the sun always rises here ♪
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♪ Man, this feeling's like Good Times
Yeah ♪
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♪ Man, this feeling's like Good Times ♪
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♪ Oh, yeah ♪
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[soft music playing]
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[sun sizzling]
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{\an8}[grunting]
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[grunting, screaming]
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{\an8}Oh God!
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{\an8}[soft music continues]
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{\an8}[yelling] Ah! What the fuck?
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{\an8}Man, who did that shit?
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{\an8}It was you!
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{\an8}With this sudden heat wave,
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{\an8}the people of the projects are bracing
for an increase in violence.
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{\an8}The Burgundy Brigade and the Mauve Squad
are ratcheting up to levels so violent
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{\an8}even the Taliban is saying, "Chill."
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{\an8}Residents are advised to stay inside
where there are no AC units,
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{\an8}a move the city justified
because Black people
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{\an8}are "Already too cool."
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{\an8}- [gun shot]
- Damn, that was close!
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{\an8}[clears throat] Anyway,
I'm Danielle Robinson. Back to you.
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{\an8}It's a damn shame.
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{\an8}Black folk can't have a day of heat
without a day of violence.
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{\an8}And on my first week in office,
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{\an8}I will not let
these thug-a-bugs ruin my name.
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{\an8}I'm planning on proving to the residents
that they may not have chosen me,
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{\an8}but being stuck with me
is actually good for them.
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{\an8}Oh, look at you!
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{\an8}So, the same strategy I used
when I knocked you up.
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{\an8}- Smart, babe.
- Get out of the way! Hey!
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{\an8}[both groaning]
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{\an8}Don't touch me!
Your breath is the defrosting the meat.
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{\an8}Your face will freeze it back up.
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{\an8}Yeah. I don't want
my underwear to thaw out.
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{\an8}[both groaning]
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{\an8}Is that why the popsicles
always taste like baby powder?
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{\an8}Baby powder?
I'm a grown-ass man. I use Gold Bond.
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{\an8}Now, hush. I'm watching the news.
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{\an8}Ooh. Please let it be a gang day.
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{\an8}Due to the heat
and the violence that followed,
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{\an8}the Chicago School District
has declared it a gang day.
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{\an8}All project schools are closed.
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{\an8}Children should swelter in place
until further notice.
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{\an8}North Side schools are open, as usual.
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- Another gang day?
- Gang day?
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They'll have to end the school year
later again this year.
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Over a little violence?
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Back in my day, we walked to school
through gunfire both ways.
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Man, we need to get somebody in here
that can change things.
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[clearing throat] Hello, new HBIC here.
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I wasn't expecting this gang war,
but I won't let this senseless violence
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stop me from succeeding.
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I'mma go meet with the heads of the gangs
and stop all this.
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How you gonna do that?
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Do I need to spell it out again?
HBIC. I have my ways.
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Come on, Mama. Why I gotta do it?
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- You run these streets, don't you?
- Yeah. But...
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Yeah, but nothing.
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Set up a meeting between me, Do-Rag,
and Skoochie in the community room.
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Am I clear?
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- Dal!
- Don't you see me talking to him?
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I just wanted to buy some Oksana Baiul.
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Don't you see me talking to him?
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Oh. I'm sorry. Is everything okay?
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- It won't be if you keep talking.
- Mama!
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Now wait and mind your business.
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Damn, Mama. The heat getting to you too.
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Okay, Mama.
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[hip hop music playing]
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[Junior] Yeah!
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[Junior] Swish, baby!
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{\an8}Okay, look.
I need paint for my protest signs.
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Gang members can't read.
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Ain't no sign stopping this war.
It's useless.
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Useless is your whole existence.
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This is about affecting change,
and it happens out on the street.
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- Let's go get the supplies.
- Hard pass.
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- [Grey grunts]
- [Junior laughs]
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You can't hide
from the hood your whole life, Junior.
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Who knows what you're missing out on.
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I know what's missing out on me.
Stray bullets.
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I got everything I need right here,
including your big stupid head.
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- What?
- Glass!
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Now, LeShawn...
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Yo, my name is Skoochie.
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And, Antwan...
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Yo, it's Do-Rag.
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Are we in the streets right now?
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You're in the presence
of the Holy Trinity.
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Jesus, Harold Washington, and Obama.
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So you'll be called
by your Christian names, you got it?
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You got it?
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Now, LeShawn and Antwan,
as president of the projects,
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it is my official duty to look after
the residents of this building.
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That means even you two.
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So this petty war of yours
is gonna have to stop.
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Now, who started it?
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- He know he did!
- Oh, no, no!
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If y'all gonna act like kids,
then I'm gonna treat you like kids.
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Kids? Lady, we ain't have fathers.
We ain't never be kids, ever.
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[both slurping]
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No fathers? Even better.
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That means we can act like adults,
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and we ain't leaving here
until we figure this out.
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Try me if you want to;
I got nothing but time.
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[reggae music playing]
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[Reggie panting, grunting]
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Ooh. [clearing throat]
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[clears throat louder]
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Peppermint?
I just carried your bags to the terminal.
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How about
a little something for the effort?
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Oh, oh, oh, you want a tip, do you?
Get your air conditioner fixed, son.
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Maybe next time
you'll get the silver dollar.
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{\an8}Seriously? It's hot as hell out here.
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You ain't got stuff to do,
Officer Samuels?
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Why don't you go after the sun?
He's the one assaulting everybody!
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{\an8}You double-parked in an airport red zone.
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Now, I don't make the signs.
The people I arrest do. [laughing]
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That's a prison joke,
in case you didn't catch it.
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Your daddy a prison joke!
I hear he catches it all the time.
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Sir, I'm gonna need you
to stop making jokes
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about my father getting raped in prison.
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Or what? You gonna give me another ticket?
I'll just add it to the collection.
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Oh, no. You not getting a ticket.
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- Really?
- Ha. You getting this.
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[gasping]
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You got anything to say
about my daddy now?
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Okay, look.
I think we got off on the wrong foot here.
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I want to apologize.
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{\an8}For what you said about my daddy?
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{\an8}No, for your foot!
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[screaming] Ah!
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Freedom!
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[horse neighs]
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You know how we do this here, Freedom.
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[police siren wailing]
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Hyah! Hyah! Yee-haw!
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[upbeat music playing]
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[Freedom neighing]
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[evil laugh]
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[galloping hooves approaching]
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[engine revving, tires screeching]
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- Freedom, what the hell are you doing?
- [Freedom neighs]
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Yeah, what's the matter, BoJack?
Scared of the projects?
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You ever feel like doing your job,
you know where to find me.
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- [tires screeching]
- [Reggie laughing]
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This ain't over.
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[sun sizzling]
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Look, ey, I don't care what he on, a'ight?
That's how I feel about it.
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- Fuck it. We can do this outside.
- [Beverly] Okay, enough!
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I get it. It's complicated.
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Global warming is real,
but you do have a point, Antwan.
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Any meaningful change
would need to be made on a societal level.
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See, you feel me.
The sun is a battery for Black people.
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It's what we get
our superpowers from, *****.
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You ain't a plant, you a bitch-ass *****.
Know wha I'm sayin'?
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You don't photosynthesize.
Where you learn this shit at, huh?
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In county, and not to mention,
my toilet wine game is decent.
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That's what's up. Know what I'm sayin'.
I love me some bum bowl yac.
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[slurping]
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Well, since you both seem to be
on the same page, we can stop this war.
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Kids can go back to school,
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and we can go back to worrying
about normal things,
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like losing our feet to diabetes.
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Now, we need to agree on a truce.
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A'ight, man. If he good, I'm good.
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Oh, man. I mean, I guess.
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And cut off the drugs.
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Ain't happening!
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Watch your mouth!
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If there's no drugs,
there's no blocks to fight over,
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then there's no violence.
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There's gonna be peace
if I have to beat the brakes off you.
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- You wanna try me?
- [both] No.
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No, what?
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"No, ma'am?"
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It's, "No, ma'am, Madam President."
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[both] Yes. No, ma'am, Madam President.
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Beautiful! Congrats!
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We've all just had our first
successful peace summit in the projects.
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To make it official, I'm gonna need
you both to surrender all weapons to me.
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Now.
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Ha, easy-peasy.
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Citizens of the projects,
it's safe out here.
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Come out, come out, wherever you at.
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[soft music playing]
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What in the Childish Gambino
is going on here?
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I was thinking the same thing,
except with Donald Glover.
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I know hitting you
with this protest sign is wrong,
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but it doesn't stop me from wanting to.
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Hey, you two. Why aren't you playing?
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What do you mean, play?
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Out here? Where they do that at?
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Over there! Now, go.
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We're here
with the projects president Beverly Evans,
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who negotiated The Red Treaty.
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Mrs. Evans, my first question is,
are you for real-for real?
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If I'm lying, I'm flying.
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[laughing] Won't he do it!
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[laughing] You mean, "Won't she do it?"
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Okay! Girl! Girl! 'Cause it's our turn.
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Girl, it's been our turn!
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- Girl!
- Who you telling?
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A'ight then!
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{\an8}Well, you heard it here first.
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{\an8}This is Danielle Robinson reporting live
from the peaceful projects.
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Hey, weird girl. You wanna play?
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I don't have time for games.
I want to change the world.
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New world order...
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, weird girl.
You wanna jump rope or not?
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You really think I'm weird?
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Yeah. Everyone thinks you're weird
'cause... you're weird.
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Yeah, I guess I get that a lot.
Okay, let's play.
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Come on, y'all. She wants to play!
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One foot in, no do-overs.
Eenie, meenie, minie...
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Hell no! You're singing
the songs of your oppressors.
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I'll give you a hint.
That word wasn't always "tiger."
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You still feel like catching
anything by the toe?
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- She's still weird.
- Can't we just have fun?
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Fine, then. So now what?
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- Well...
- [boy] Ice cream truck!
236
00:10:38,625 --> 00:10:42,291
- [girl] I'mma get me a bomb pop!
- Come on, Grey. What are you getting?
237
00:10:42,375 --> 00:10:45,083
The same thing
you're all gonna get. Diabetes.
238
00:10:45,166 --> 00:10:48,625
Where's the fresh vegetable truck, huh?
Where are the cauliflower cones at?
239
00:10:48,708 --> 00:10:50,791
- What's wrong with her?
- [boy] Every time.
240
00:10:50,875 --> 00:10:53,541
[girl] She ruins all the fun. Is she 30?
241
00:10:53,625 --> 00:10:54,625
[soft music playing]
242
00:10:57,750 --> 00:11:02,041
Well, I mean,
what's a little ice cream going to hurt?
243
00:11:02,125 --> 00:11:03,916
Climate change is gonna kill us anyway.
244
00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:05,291
[girl] Hey, let's go!
245
00:11:05,375 --> 00:11:06,416
Finally!
246
00:11:06,500 --> 00:11:08,666
I said I'm sold out, man. Quit asking.
247
00:11:08,750 --> 00:11:10,625
Well, when can I get the drugs?
248
00:11:10,708 --> 00:11:13,791
Man, I don't know! You gotta ask my mama.
She run these streets.
249
00:11:13,875 --> 00:11:15,750
But I need them!
250
00:11:15,833 --> 00:11:17,625
Me too! Formula ain't cheap.
251
00:11:17,708 --> 00:11:20,375
How do I stifle my boredom?
252
00:11:20,458 --> 00:11:22,791
Do what you been doing.
Write letters to the editor,
253
00:11:22,875 --> 00:11:24,916
call 911 on somethin' suspicious.
254
00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:27,916
Shit, go play pickleball.
I don't give a fuck.
255
00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:30,083
Do whatever White people do.
You do that shit.
256
00:11:30,166 --> 00:11:33,083
But I've done all that,
and it's never enough.
257
00:11:33,166 --> 00:11:35,916
Nah, bitch,
you get your ass back in the car.
258
00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:39,458
Besides, my dad says
he's done fixing my mess.
259
00:11:39,541 --> 00:11:42,333
He ruined my life!
260
00:11:42,416 --> 00:11:44,250
So, like,
I think it all started when, like...
261
00:11:44,333 --> 00:11:46,833
Whoa, whoa.
Do I look like a therapist to you?
262
00:11:49,458 --> 00:11:51,958
Well, just lay
that pancake ass down right there
263
00:11:52,041 --> 00:11:53,625
and tell me more about your father.
264
00:11:54,333 --> 00:11:55,625
[mysterious music playing]
265
00:11:55,708 --> 00:11:56,708
Huh?
266
00:12:01,250 --> 00:12:02,625
[music intensifies]
267
00:12:13,333 --> 00:12:14,333
[Junior grunting]
268
00:12:15,833 --> 00:12:17,791
[grunting continues]
269
00:12:17,875 --> 00:12:20,958
I've got dibs on the ball whisperer
formerly known as Junior.
270
00:12:21,041 --> 00:12:24,791
Yo, you want next?
We got a spot. You want in, or what?
271
00:12:25,375 --> 00:12:26,791
Yeah, sure. I guess.
272
00:12:29,333 --> 00:12:33,000
Go, Junior! Go, Junior, go!
Go, Junior, go!
273
00:12:33,083 --> 00:12:34,416
[screaming, grunting]
274
00:12:35,583 --> 00:12:37,666
[tires screeching]
275
00:12:37,750 --> 00:12:39,375
[Reggie] Man, that white line saved me.
276
00:12:39,458 --> 00:12:40,708
Now I can eat in peace
277
00:12:40,791 --> 00:12:43,875
without that Uncle Tom-ass officer
harassing me.
278
00:12:43,958 --> 00:12:47,541
That Herschel Walker?
I know the one you talking about.
279
00:12:47,625 --> 00:12:50,333
Yeah. He tried to put a boot on my car,
and I juked his ass
280
00:12:50,416 --> 00:12:52,666
and made it right below the poverty line.
281
00:12:52,750 --> 00:12:55,083
Yeah! That's the safest place to be.
282
00:12:57,125 --> 00:13:01,000
It's quiet around here.
I can actually hear the birds singing.
283
00:13:01,083 --> 00:13:04,875
You know, ever since your wife
got the gangs to sign that peace treaty,
284
00:13:04,958 --> 00:13:07,666
it's been a whole day without violence.
285
00:13:07,750 --> 00:13:11,916
We're not the most dangerous city
below the poverty line anymore.
286
00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:13,125
We're not?
287
00:13:13,833 --> 00:13:15,125
[dramatic music playing]
288
00:13:17,333 --> 00:13:20,625
But if it ain't dangerous, that means...
289
00:13:20,708 --> 00:13:24,375
[banging on roof]
290
00:13:27,541 --> 00:13:28,541
[horse snorts]
291
00:13:30,875 --> 00:13:32,041
[banging on roof continues]
292
00:13:32,125 --> 00:13:33,833
[policeman] Well, well, well.
293
00:13:33,916 --> 00:13:37,583
This must be my lucky day. Heh.
294
00:13:37,666 --> 00:13:39,875
But not yours.
295
00:13:39,958 --> 00:13:41,333
Oh, shit!
296
00:13:43,083 --> 00:13:45,583
Ha. Run!
297
00:13:46,833 --> 00:13:47,833
[Beverly mumbling]
298
00:13:47,916 --> 00:13:50,791
What in the H-E-double-hockey-sticks
do you think y'all doing?
299
00:13:50,875 --> 00:13:52,958
Do you know who I am?
300
00:13:53,041 --> 00:13:55,625
Ooh. Aren't you feisty?
301
00:13:55,708 --> 00:14:00,875
[screaming] Mayor Heavyankles?
Police chief? Fire captain?
302
00:14:00,958 --> 00:14:02,583
I'll kill you if you don't let me out!
303
00:14:02,666 --> 00:14:04,625
Oh, now Jesus wouldn't like that.
304
00:14:04,708 --> 00:14:08,166
And if you hadn't noticed,
we have the power.
305
00:14:08,250 --> 00:14:09,875
Now, onto business.
306
00:14:09,958 --> 00:14:11,583
We've been watching you,
307
00:14:11,666 --> 00:14:16,041
and we've seen how, against all odds,
you've brought peace to the projects.
308
00:14:16,125 --> 00:14:18,083
You're new to politics,
309
00:14:18,166 --> 00:14:22,041
so we'll break this down for you
in a way that's both demeaning to you
310
00:14:22,125 --> 00:14:24,416
and patronizing to the audience.
311
00:14:24,500 --> 00:14:27,708
Look, girl, your tax dollars
pay for protection of the city,
312
00:14:27,791 --> 00:14:30,041
like police and firefighters.
313
00:14:30,125 --> 00:14:32,041
So, when a city is working in harmony,
314
00:14:32,125 --> 00:14:36,083
such as now, no fires,
no crimes, no emergencies,
315
00:14:36,166 --> 00:14:38,291
well, we start to feel unnecessary,
316
00:14:38,375 --> 00:14:41,291
and bad words like
"budget cuts" come to mind.
317
00:14:41,375 --> 00:14:43,166
See that? Bad.
318
00:14:43,250 --> 00:14:44,916
Really bad.
319
00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:47,666
So we kind of need the chaos,
you following me?
320
00:14:47,750 --> 00:14:51,250
What? Hell no. I am not ending the peace.
321
00:14:51,333 --> 00:14:53,708
Yeah, I knew
she wasn't gonna be reasonable.
322
00:14:53,791 --> 00:14:56,541
Let's just get to the part
where that mayor cuts off her ear.
323
00:14:56,625 --> 00:14:58,625
[upbeat music playing]
324
00:15:07,625 --> 00:15:10,041
You don't want this, do you?
325
00:15:10,125 --> 00:15:13,541
Ooh. So then you're gonna stop the peace?
326
00:15:13,625 --> 00:15:14,666
Oh, hold up!
327
00:15:14,750 --> 00:15:17,125
Fine! I'll end the peace.
328
00:15:17,208 --> 00:15:18,250
[music stops]
329
00:15:22,125 --> 00:15:23,791
[Beverly grunting]
330
00:15:25,750 --> 00:15:26,750
Little help?
331
00:15:27,458 --> 00:15:29,000
[upbeat music playing]
332
00:15:29,083 --> 00:15:30,583
[police siren blaring]
333
00:15:43,208 --> 00:15:44,625
[both grunting]
334
00:15:49,458 --> 00:15:50,791
[police officer screaming]
335
00:15:51,291 --> 00:15:52,416
[Reggie laughing]
336
00:15:54,500 --> 00:15:55,916
[upbeat music playing]
337
00:15:57,750 --> 00:16:00,166
[phone vibrating]
338
00:16:01,250 --> 00:16:04,625
Hey. Anything happening over there?
You arrest anybody?
339
00:16:04,708 --> 00:16:06,333
Nope. Still peaceful.
340
00:16:06,416 --> 00:16:08,000
So peaceful, I feel safe enough
341
00:16:08,083 --> 00:16:10,916
to order that damn
gizzard lunch special at Henry's.
342
00:16:11,875 --> 00:16:15,750
I'm not hearing any fucking sirens.
Are you seeing any action?
343
00:16:15,833 --> 00:16:17,791
Oh, I'm seeing tons of action.
344
00:16:17,875 --> 00:16:19,916
But no fires.
345
00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:23,041
She lied. Nobody plays us.
346
00:16:23,583 --> 00:16:25,083
[AC motor revs]
347
00:16:25,166 --> 00:16:27,166
[hip hop music playing]
348
00:16:57,750 --> 00:16:58,916
[people cheering]
349
00:17:08,625 --> 00:17:10,166
[snickering]
350
00:17:24,416 --> 00:17:25,583
[people cheering]
351
00:17:30,458 --> 00:17:33,875
Man, I don't think I've ever seen
this many kids out here.
352
00:17:34,750 --> 00:17:36,000
Hey, is that your brother?
353
00:17:36,875 --> 00:17:38,000
Aw, yeah!
354
00:17:38,083 --> 00:17:38,916
Yeah!
355
00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:39,875
Junior!
356
00:17:39,958 --> 00:17:42,125
Can't be. He doesn't have friends.
357
00:17:42,208 --> 00:17:43,083
Do you?
358
00:17:43,166 --> 00:17:46,583
Oh, good point.
Maybe it is him. What a weird day.
359
00:17:46,666 --> 00:17:49,375
Admit it. You had fun today.
360
00:17:49,458 --> 00:17:51,458
Is that what that unfamiliar feeling was?
361
00:17:51,541 --> 00:17:53,333
Yeah, you should try it more often.
362
00:17:53,416 --> 00:17:56,833
Oh, no. Revolutionaries
don't have desirable childhoods.
363
00:17:56,916 --> 00:18:00,083
I need trauma and hardship
to toughen me for the challenges ahead.
364
00:18:00,166 --> 00:18:01,708
Plus, I'm nearly 13.
365
00:18:01,791 --> 00:18:05,125
That's middle-aged for a freedom fighter.
I'm running out of time.
366
00:18:05,208 --> 00:18:08,041
[grunts] That's why
you need to have fun while you can.
367
00:18:08,125 --> 00:18:09,666
Any day could be your last.
368
00:18:09,750 --> 00:18:11,875
And once we take down the system, we can.
369
00:18:11,958 --> 00:18:16,291
Maybe not us, but one day our children
will be able to rise up and say...
370
00:18:16,375 --> 00:18:18,333
Tag, you it! [laughing]
371
00:18:18,416 --> 00:18:19,625
I'm gonna get you!
372
00:18:21,250 --> 00:18:22,250
[man] All right!
373
00:18:22,666 --> 00:18:23,666
[man] Yeah!
374
00:18:24,583 --> 00:18:25,583
[grunting]
375
00:18:26,750 --> 00:18:30,958
Hey, now. I heard there was a baller out
here looking for me to change his life.
376
00:18:31,041 --> 00:18:33,708
You see, I'm done exploiting my own sons.
377
00:18:33,791 --> 00:18:37,041
I'm looking for somebody else's sons
to exploit. [laughing]
378
00:18:41,208 --> 00:18:42,708
[people cheering]
379
00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:45,833
[man 1] Ooh. Come on, boy!
380
00:18:45,916 --> 00:18:48,041
[man 2] Damn! Ooh, that shot!
381
00:18:48,125 --> 00:18:49,875
I wanna have all your babies.
382
00:18:49,958 --> 00:18:51,758
[man 3] Hey, can you get me
some tickets, man?
383
00:18:51,833 --> 00:18:54,208
Hey, Junior,
you paying my mama rent though?
384
00:18:54,291 --> 00:18:56,958
Oh, Junior! I wanna have your baby!
385
00:18:57,041 --> 00:18:58,958
[sinister music playing]
386
00:18:59,041 --> 00:19:00,375
What do you say, son?
387
00:19:00,458 --> 00:19:02,291
I don't wanna be exploited.
388
00:19:02,375 --> 00:19:05,625
It'll hurt at first,
but soon you'll begin to like how it feel.
389
00:19:05,708 --> 00:19:08,083
[grunting] No means no!
390
00:19:08,166 --> 00:19:09,250
Oh, come on, man.
391
00:19:09,333 --> 00:19:11,541
I was gonna make you one of my Balls.
392
00:19:12,041 --> 00:19:13,416
[dramatic music playing]
393
00:19:19,583 --> 00:19:20,583
Huh?
394
00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:24,791
[Beverly grunting, snoring]
395
00:19:26,166 --> 00:19:28,083
[brakes screeching,
car door opens and closes]
396
00:19:29,250 --> 00:19:31,458
[Beverly continues snoring]
397
00:19:38,458 --> 00:19:40,291
[gasps]
398
00:19:40,375 --> 00:19:42,750
[police chief] Now, see,
we warned your ass, Beverly.
399
00:19:42,833 --> 00:19:46,583
And by "we," he really means me.
[laughing]
400
00:19:46,666 --> 00:19:50,500
Hi, Beverly.
So nice to finally meet you in person.
401
00:19:50,583 --> 00:19:55,875
My name is Allison Whitemen.
You can call me All for short. Two L's.
402
00:19:55,958 --> 00:19:58,125
I represent the system.
403
00:19:58,208 --> 00:19:59,958
[tires screeching]
404
00:20:00,041 --> 00:20:01,625
[police sirens blaring]
405
00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:05,041
[truck horn blaring]
406
00:20:08,208 --> 00:20:09,916
[Reggie screaming in slo-mo] Hey!
407
00:20:21,666 --> 00:20:24,000
You're... the system?
408
00:20:24,083 --> 00:20:25,458
I'm a lot of things.
409
00:20:25,541 --> 00:20:28,291
I'm all things to all people
and all people to all things.
410
00:20:28,375 --> 00:20:30,916
But, really, I'm only one thing.
411
00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:32,041
I don't understand.
412
00:20:32,125 --> 00:20:33,333
Of course you don't.
413
00:20:33,416 --> 00:20:36,208
Public school system?
Some of my best work.
414
00:20:36,291 --> 00:20:40,000
Every corrupt judge that locks up
brown and Black children for a kickback?
415
00:20:40,083 --> 00:20:41,083
Me.
416
00:20:41,750 --> 00:20:44,833
And my personal favorite, stop-and-frisk.
417
00:20:44,916 --> 00:20:47,916
Oof. It really makes my love come down
418
00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:50,500
when a cop hits their quota.
419
00:20:50,583 --> 00:20:51,833
[gasping] Guess what else?
420
00:20:52,625 --> 00:20:54,208
I'm the quota!
421
00:20:55,041 --> 00:20:56,958
Why are you telling me all this?
422
00:20:57,041 --> 00:20:59,666
Just to keep you distracted
while the mayor lights the fireworks
423
00:20:59,750 --> 00:21:01,000
to get the gang war started up.
424
00:21:01,083 --> 00:21:02,333
See you later, Bev.
425
00:21:02,416 --> 00:21:03,541
[gasping]
426
00:21:07,166 --> 00:21:08,500
[dramatic music playing]
427
00:21:08,583 --> 00:21:09,791
[Freedom neighs]
428
00:21:09,875 --> 00:21:11,166
Motherfucker!
429
00:21:15,083 --> 00:21:16,500
[Freedom neighing in fear]
430
00:21:17,875 --> 00:21:19,041
[screaming]
431
00:21:21,291 --> 00:21:23,416
[laughing] I'm out this bitch.
432
00:21:24,750 --> 00:21:26,125
[gun fire]
433
00:21:35,250 --> 00:21:36,250
[sighing]
434
00:21:38,791 --> 00:21:42,458
It's so clear now.
My dad put all his issues on me.
435
00:21:42,541 --> 00:21:45,208
They're not even my problems.
They're his problems.
436
00:21:45,291 --> 00:21:47,416
Oh my God. That means I have no problems.
437
00:21:47,500 --> 00:21:50,208
Hmm. Sounds like you
had a real breakthrough.
438
00:21:50,291 --> 00:21:54,125
Well, you know me better than anyone,
including my therapist.
439
00:21:54,208 --> 00:21:56,125
I'm your drug dealer, baby.
440
00:21:56,208 --> 00:21:58,833
It's my job. You know I got you.
441
00:21:58,916 --> 00:22:00,541
Re-up just arrived.
442
00:22:00,625 --> 00:22:04,125
You know, make it two.
Maybe I'll go see Dad.
443
00:22:04,208 --> 00:22:06,848
I mean, he's the one who got me hooked
on these in the first place.
444
00:22:06,916 --> 00:22:08,166
[hip hop music playing]
445
00:22:11,291 --> 00:22:13,250
Now, you know
you better follow them shots!
446
00:22:13,333 --> 00:22:15,125
It's not really the gangs' fault.
447
00:22:15,208 --> 00:22:17,958
It's Allison's fault. It's the system.
448
00:22:18,041 --> 00:22:20,000
They put the guns and drugs on the streets
449
00:22:20,083 --> 00:22:23,625
and restrict access
to proper education and social programs
450
00:22:23,708 --> 00:22:26,125
in order to drive young men to join gangs.
451
00:22:26,208 --> 00:22:29,875
How do you keep fighting
against all the injustices of the world?
452
00:22:29,958 --> 00:22:32,375
I haven't felt this defeated
since Whitney died.
453
00:22:32,458 --> 00:22:35,833
You lose a lot of battles.
So far, all of them, in fact.
454
00:22:35,916 --> 00:22:38,041
But winning isn't
what makes you a warrior.
455
00:22:38,125 --> 00:22:39,250
Fighting does.
456
00:22:39,333 --> 00:22:42,583
And someday, with enough momentum
and support, you might just win the war.
457
00:22:42,666 --> 00:22:43,791
Good point.
458
00:22:44,416 --> 00:22:46,458
Hey, I saw you tearing up the court.
459
00:22:46,541 --> 00:22:49,541
Yeah, it was fun for a minute,
but I'm good staying inside,
460
00:22:49,625 --> 00:22:51,958
doing my art,
and putting Drano in Grey's face wash.
461
00:22:52,041 --> 00:22:53,166
[laughs
462
00:22:53,250 --> 00:22:55,166
Sorry your peace treaty
fell through, baby.
463
00:22:55,250 --> 00:22:56,291
Hey, if it helps,
464
00:22:56,375 --> 00:22:59,416
the return of the chaos
really saved my ass today.
465
00:23:00,083 --> 00:23:01,625
- [explosion]
- [Beverly yelling]
466
00:23:02,458 --> 00:23:04,791
Oh Lord! I can't wait until winter.
467
00:23:04,875 --> 00:23:06,208
[chill music playing]
468
00:23:06,291 --> 00:23:09,000
In Chicago?
Careful what you wish for, Bev.