1 00:00:00,542 --> 00:00:02,169 [car engine rumbling] 2 00:00:02,169 --> 00:00:03,587 [alarm blaring] 3 00:00:03,587 --> 00:00:06,673 [Tina Turner's "I Can't Stand the Rain"] 4 00:00:06,673 --> 00:00:09,510 [rain pattering] 5 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:17,392 SINGER: ♪ I can't stand the rain ♪ 6 00:00:17,392 --> 00:00:19,728 ♪ Against my window ♪ 7 00:00:19,728 --> 00:00:22,022 ♪ ♪ 8 00:00:22,022 --> 00:00:25,817 ♪ It's bringing back sweet memories ♪ 9 00:00:25,817 --> 00:00:28,987 ♪ Hey, window pane ♪ 10 00:00:28,987 --> 00:00:31,114 ♪ Do you remember ♪ 11 00:00:31,114 --> 00:00:33,700 ♪ ♪ 12 00:00:33,700 --> 00:00:36,453 ♪ How sweet it used to be ♪ 13 00:00:36,453 --> 00:00:38,121 MIKE: I'm back. 14 00:00:38,121 --> 00:00:39,915 Back to what my mother and everyone else 15 00:00:39,915 --> 00:00:42,459 said was my destiny no matter how many fights 16 00:00:42,459 --> 00:00:44,503 I won or millions I earned. 17 00:00:44,503 --> 00:00:47,005 Right back where I started, man. 18 00:00:47,005 --> 00:00:48,966 Maybe this is who I am. 19 00:00:48,966 --> 00:00:51,343 SINGER: ♪ So grand ♪ 20 00:00:51,343 --> 00:00:52,552 ♪ But now that we parted ♪ 21 00:00:52,552 --> 00:00:55,514 - Racing pigeons can fly 1,000 miles. 22 00:00:55,514 --> 00:00:56,807 But they always come right back to that 23 00:00:56,807 --> 00:00:58,141 dirty box they call home. 24 00:00:58,141 --> 00:01:00,727 SINGER: ♪ That I just can't stand ♪ 25 00:01:00,727 --> 00:01:02,187 ♪ I can't stand the rain ♪ 26 00:01:02,187 --> 00:01:04,273 - Six years might as well be life. 27 00:01:04,273 --> 00:01:07,568 SINGER: ♪ Against my window, oh ♪ 28 00:01:07,568 --> 00:01:10,237 - I'm 25, in my prime. 29 00:01:10,237 --> 00:01:12,239 Snatching the title back from Buster would've been cake. 30 00:01:12,239 --> 00:01:15,325 SINGER: ♪ I can't stand the rain ♪ 31 00:01:15,325 --> 00:01:18,328 - But when I get out, I'll be 30 fuckin' 1. 32 00:01:18,328 --> 00:01:20,163 Not a lot of 31-year-old champions 33 00:01:20,163 --> 00:01:22,249 of the world out there. 34 00:01:22,249 --> 00:01:25,752 Especially after six years of no training, bad food. 35 00:01:25,752 --> 00:01:27,588 - Bend and spread. 36 00:01:27,588 --> 00:01:30,215 MIKE: Prison steals everything it can from you. 37 00:01:30,215 --> 00:01:32,676 Every hope I had is all fucked up now. 38 00:01:32,676 --> 00:01:36,513 Who will I be when I get out of here? 39 00:01:36,513 --> 00:01:37,889 - [chuckles] 40 00:01:37,889 --> 00:01:40,517 Welcome home, Champ. 41 00:01:40,517 --> 00:01:41,935 ♪ ♪ 42 00:01:41,935 --> 00:01:43,520 [bars rattling] 43 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:46,523 - And by then, will anyone even care? 44 00:01:46,523 --> 00:01:49,151 RAY RAY: Hey, Mike. 45 00:01:49,151 --> 00:01:51,320 I'm Ray Ray. 46 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:52,863 [inmates clamoring] 47 00:01:52,863 --> 00:01:55,324 SINGER: ♪ It almost makes me sad ♪ 48 00:01:55,324 --> 00:01:58,994 ♪ Fucking rain keeps falling down ♪ 49 00:01:58,994 --> 00:02:00,620 MIKE: I feel a little bad about 50 00:02:00,620 --> 00:02:02,414 how Ray Ray and I got started. 51 00:02:02,414 --> 00:02:04,249 But it was fucking prison, man. 52 00:02:04,249 --> 00:02:06,043 I needed to claim that shit. 53 00:02:06,043 --> 00:02:08,920 I wasn't about to be anyone's bitch. 54 00:02:08,920 --> 00:02:11,548 Can you imagine livin' with me in a 8x9 foot cell? 55 00:02:11,548 --> 00:02:13,425 [audience groans] 56 00:02:13,425 --> 00:02:16,595 Ray Ray turned out to be more patient than Job, man. 57 00:02:16,595 --> 00:02:19,348 Ray Ray tried to keep me out of trouble. 58 00:02:19,348 --> 00:02:21,433 As if anyone had ever succeeded at that. 59 00:02:21,433 --> 00:02:22,517 [audience laughs] 60 00:02:24,478 --> 00:02:26,313 - Now's the time for you to figure out 61 00:02:26,313 --> 00:02:28,732 what you're gonna do when you get out of this place. 62 00:02:28,732 --> 00:02:30,567 But you got time to figure that shit out. 63 00:02:30,567 --> 00:02:32,611 [distant buzzer] 64 00:02:32,611 --> 00:02:34,571 Keep fuckin' around, though, 65 00:02:34,571 --> 00:02:36,656 the System'll steal your future from you. 66 00:02:36,656 --> 00:02:39,242 Take it from one who knows. 67 00:02:39,242 --> 00:02:42,204 - I ain't got no future. 68 00:02:42,204 --> 00:02:44,539 - You wanna make this worth something? 69 00:02:44,539 --> 00:02:45,957 Read books. 70 00:02:45,957 --> 00:02:47,542 Real ones. 71 00:02:47,542 --> 00:02:49,461 Starting with The Constitution. 72 00:02:49,461 --> 00:02:51,338 - Fuck you. 73 00:02:54,424 --> 00:02:55,926 [audience murmuring] 74 00:02:55,926 --> 00:02:58,512 Those first months, I had to prove I wasn't a punk. 75 00:02:58,512 --> 00:03:00,222 Because everyone was looking to make their name 76 00:03:00,222 --> 00:03:02,140 by taking a shot at me. 77 00:03:02,140 --> 00:03:03,975 Or so I thought. 78 00:03:03,975 --> 00:03:05,936 SINGER: ♪ Somebody, everybody, anybody, nobody ♪ 79 00:03:05,936 --> 00:03:07,270 You eat that shit. 80 00:03:07,270 --> 00:03:09,022 Probably pissed in it, creepy fuck. 81 00:03:09,022 --> 00:03:10,399 - Damn! 82 00:03:10,399 --> 00:03:11,775 SINGER: ♪ Anybody, nobody ♪ 83 00:03:11,775 --> 00:03:14,194 ♪ Somebody, everybody, anybody, nobody ♪ 84 00:03:14,194 --> 00:03:16,113 ♪ Pop on everybody ♪ 85 00:03:17,572 --> 00:03:20,700 - Tyson, you tree jumper fuck! 86 00:03:22,369 --> 00:03:24,371 - Tree jumper? 87 00:03:24,371 --> 00:03:26,540 Never heard that one before. 88 00:03:26,540 --> 00:03:28,625 Sir, tree jumper. 89 00:03:28,625 --> 00:03:30,585 What do you think it mean? 90 00:03:30,585 --> 00:03:33,630 - Uh, probably some kind of racial, uh... 91 00:03:33,630 --> 00:03:35,090 "You're a monkey, climbing trees." 92 00:03:35,090 --> 00:03:36,633 [audience murmurs] 93 00:03:36,633 --> 00:03:38,343 - You know, I should kick your ass for saying that. 94 00:03:38,343 --> 00:03:39,886 You're wrong. [audience laughs] 95 00:03:39,886 --> 00:03:41,638 Turns out it's a nickname for a rapist 96 00:03:41,638 --> 00:03:43,014 hiding behind a tree, 97 00:03:43,014 --> 00:03:45,976 waiting for women to walk by so he can pounce on them. 98 00:03:45,976 --> 00:03:48,353 I ain't fuckin' do nothin' like that. 99 00:03:48,353 --> 00:03:50,313 So I let him know he'd been misinformed. 100 00:03:50,313 --> 00:03:51,440 [inmates cheering] 101 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:54,401 They put me in solitary for that one. 102 00:03:54,401 --> 00:03:57,112 Alone in a small dark pit 23 hours a day 103 00:03:57,112 --> 00:03:59,197 with nothing but my thoughts. 104 00:03:59,197 --> 00:04:01,074 And my thoughts weren't that healthy to begin with. 105 00:04:01,074 --> 00:04:03,869 SINGER: ♪ Somebody, everybody, anybody, nobody ♪ 106 00:04:03,869 --> 00:04:06,288 ♪ Somebody, everybody ♪ - ♪ Everything busted ♪ 107 00:04:06,288 --> 00:04:07,539 ♪ I heard somebody's mad ♪ 108 00:04:07,539 --> 00:04:09,249 ♪ 'Cause I'll jack anybody's song ♪ 109 00:04:09,249 --> 00:04:11,293 ♪ Everybody got connects...♪ 110 00:04:11,293 --> 00:04:13,628 - It's designed to murder hope. 111 00:04:13,628 --> 00:04:15,255 It works. 112 00:04:15,255 --> 00:04:17,507 PERSON: Psst, Mike! 113 00:04:17,507 --> 00:04:18,758 Big fan. 114 00:04:18,758 --> 00:04:20,260 I brought you your mail, homie. 115 00:04:20,260 --> 00:04:22,387 SINGER: ♪ Nobody move, nobody get hurt ♪ 116 00:04:22,387 --> 00:04:25,140 ♪ Somebody better tell 'em we ain't came to play ♪ 117 00:04:25,140 --> 00:04:27,601 ♪ Everybody sound the fucking same today ♪ 118 00:04:27,601 --> 00:04:28,935 ♪ Everybody, everybody ♪ 119 00:04:28,935 --> 00:04:30,479 - Keep the faith. 120 00:04:30,479 --> 00:04:34,357 We are showin' up strong. I put the article in here. 121 00:04:34,357 --> 00:04:36,902 The people love you, Mike. 122 00:04:36,902 --> 00:04:37,986 MIKE: People were talking. 123 00:04:37,986 --> 00:04:39,946 - [shouting] We will not let Desiree 124 00:04:39,946 --> 00:04:41,782 get away with using us 125 00:04:41,782 --> 00:04:45,202 to destroy one of the greatest men we've ever known! 126 00:04:45,202 --> 00:04:47,245 [crowd chanting] MIKE: I had my supporters, 127 00:04:47,245 --> 00:04:48,622 including this guy. 128 00:04:48,622 --> 00:04:50,457 - We're gonna argue that Desiree perjured herself. 129 00:04:50,457 --> 00:04:51,917 She denied retaining an attorney 130 00:04:51,917 --> 00:04:53,043 to go after you in that civil court 131 00:04:53,043 --> 00:04:54,920 before the criminal case even started. 132 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:57,464 Meaning she is all about the money, honey! 133 00:04:57,464 --> 00:04:59,007 MIKE: Alan Dershowitz, 134 00:04:59,007 --> 00:05:00,884 Harvard professor. 135 00:05:00,884 --> 00:05:03,011 Best lawyer in the world. 136 00:05:03,011 --> 00:05:05,305 More like all talk, big bill. 137 00:05:05,305 --> 00:05:07,724 An albino Don King. [audience laughs] 138 00:05:07,724 --> 00:05:09,142 I lost my appeal, 139 00:05:09,142 --> 00:05:12,103 and the Indiana Supreme Court refused to review it. 140 00:05:12,103 --> 00:05:14,105 That's the day I lost faith in The System. 141 00:05:14,105 --> 00:05:15,440 Time got real. 142 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:17,651 [grunts] 143 00:05:17,651 --> 00:05:18,777 [groans] 144 00:05:18,777 --> 00:05:20,403 [coughs] 145 00:05:20,403 --> 00:05:22,656 [distant inmates chattering] 146 00:05:22,656 --> 00:05:24,366 Ah, fuck. 147 00:05:25,992 --> 00:05:28,370 RAY RAY: You gotta stop fucking with the guards. 148 00:05:37,087 --> 00:05:39,089 From my sister. 149 00:05:47,973 --> 00:05:50,642 They can't break Iron Mike. 150 00:05:50,642 --> 00:05:53,353 [distant inmates yelling] 151 00:05:53,353 --> 00:05:55,981 - Can I borrow that? 152 00:05:55,981 --> 00:05:57,482 - The Constitution? - Yeah. 153 00:05:57,482 --> 00:06:00,360 [distant buzzer] 154 00:06:03,238 --> 00:06:04,864 - Better yet. 155 00:06:04,864 --> 00:06:07,117 Keep it. 156 00:06:11,580 --> 00:06:12,706 - It was hard for me to believe people 157 00:06:12,706 --> 00:06:13,790 telling me I had a bright future-- 158 00:06:13,790 --> 00:06:17,127 Barkim, Cus, now Ray Ray. 159 00:06:17,127 --> 00:06:18,837 I came from shit. 160 00:06:18,837 --> 00:06:20,839 As far as I knew, I was shit. 161 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:23,592 Now, I know some of y'all think I deserved to be locked up. 162 00:06:23,592 --> 00:06:25,468 [audience shouting] Agree to disagree. 163 00:06:25,468 --> 00:06:28,597 Point is, I became just another nigga with a number. 164 00:06:28,597 --> 00:06:31,266 And in the '90s, niggas with numbers was big business. 165 00:06:31,266 --> 00:06:34,811 [mellow R&B] 166 00:06:34,811 --> 00:06:35,979 SINGERS: ♪ Oh oh ♪ 167 00:06:35,979 --> 00:06:37,355 - You gotta understand. 168 00:06:37,355 --> 00:06:39,524 In the '90s, there was a war on "drugs." 169 00:06:39,524 --> 00:06:41,192 GEORGE H.W. BUSH: This... 170 00:06:41,192 --> 00:06:43,862 this is crack cocaine, 171 00:06:43,862 --> 00:06:47,824 seized a few days ago by drug enforcement agents 172 00:06:47,824 --> 00:06:51,369 in a park just across the street from the White House. 173 00:06:51,369 --> 00:06:52,912 MIKE: Ray Ray's bag was half that size, 174 00:06:52,912 --> 00:06:55,498 and they took half his life. 175 00:06:55,498 --> 00:06:58,376 It was 100 to 1 disparity between the amount of cocaine 176 00:06:58,376 --> 00:07:02,172 that triggered a mandatory minimum sentence versus crack. 177 00:07:02,172 --> 00:07:06,259 And you wanna know why there's so many brothas in here? 178 00:07:06,259 --> 00:07:08,219 In an Indiana cornfield? 179 00:07:08,219 --> 00:07:11,139 'Cause white boys selling coke got suspended sentences, 180 00:07:11,139 --> 00:07:13,475 while brothas selling crack got 20 years. 181 00:07:13,475 --> 00:07:15,018 GEORGE H.W. BUSH: We need more prisons, 182 00:07:15,018 --> 00:07:18,146 more jails, more courts, more prosecutors. 183 00:07:18,146 --> 00:07:19,689 MIKE: Even with all those new prisons, 184 00:07:19,689 --> 00:07:22,067 we were packed tight and wound tighter. 185 00:07:22,067 --> 00:07:23,401 These people don't need prisons. 186 00:07:23,401 --> 00:07:26,029 They need psychiatrists, myself included. 187 00:07:26,029 --> 00:07:29,824 But it's not about correction, it's about punishment. 188 00:07:29,824 --> 00:07:31,993 Treat people like animals... 189 00:07:31,993 --> 00:07:34,454 - [shouting] Who the fuck do you think you are? 190 00:07:34,454 --> 00:07:37,040 MIKE: They're gonna fuckin' roar. 191 00:07:40,251 --> 00:07:42,420 Ah, what can I say? I'm a stubborn fuck. 192 00:07:43,838 --> 00:07:45,507 PERSON: Let's go. 193 00:07:45,507 --> 00:07:47,050 MIKE: But so was Ray Ray. 194 00:07:47,050 --> 00:07:50,887 And eventually, he got me reading all kinds of shit. 195 00:07:50,887 --> 00:07:54,391 - Better than comic books, Young Blood? 196 00:07:54,391 --> 00:07:57,227 MIKE: Not better, but interesting. 197 00:07:57,227 --> 00:07:59,771 He never let the pigs get him down. 198 00:07:59,771 --> 00:08:02,023 Even in prison. 199 00:08:02,023 --> 00:08:04,234 - He saw The System for how it really works. 200 00:08:05,527 --> 00:08:07,070 - Don King used to say 201 00:08:07,070 --> 00:08:08,279 he didn't serve his prison time, 202 00:08:08,279 --> 00:08:10,740 his prison time served him. 203 00:08:10,740 --> 00:08:12,450 I never knew what he was talking about. 204 00:08:12,450 --> 00:08:13,827 - Now, you do. 205 00:08:13,827 --> 00:08:15,704 ♪ ♪ 206 00:08:15,704 --> 00:08:19,416 - Inmate number 856951, time to go. 207 00:08:19,416 --> 00:08:20,667 - What's this about? 208 00:08:20,667 --> 00:08:22,419 SEAN: Oh, you're being transferred to Supermax, 209 00:08:22,419 --> 00:08:23,420 effective immediately. 210 00:08:23,420 --> 00:08:24,796 - What? 211 00:08:24,796 --> 00:08:26,965 This don't make no sense! 212 00:08:26,965 --> 00:08:29,259 - Hey, let him go! - Ah, ah, ah, ah! 213 00:08:29,259 --> 00:08:30,677 Gimme an excuse. 214 00:08:31,386 --> 00:08:33,179 RAY RAY: My people ain't gonna know where I am! 215 00:08:33,179 --> 00:08:34,973 Mike, call my sister! 216 00:08:34,973 --> 00:08:39,185 317-555-0153! 217 00:08:39,185 --> 00:08:40,645 Mike, call my sister! 218 00:08:40,645 --> 00:08:44,607 317-555-0153! 219 00:08:46,943 --> 00:08:48,695 MIKE: I never saw Ray Ray again, 220 00:08:48,695 --> 00:08:50,071 and I was looking for revenge. 221 00:08:50,071 --> 00:08:51,448 LLOYD: Mike Tyson. 222 00:08:51,448 --> 00:08:53,158 MIKE: And thanks to the stupid fucking guards, 223 00:08:53,158 --> 00:08:55,410 I found it. - Lloyd Franklin. 224 00:08:56,953 --> 00:08:59,205 - Shut the fuck up and don't touch my shit. 225 00:08:59,205 --> 00:09:01,166 - [chuckles] 226 00:09:01,166 --> 00:09:03,209 I know Ray Ray taught you better. 227 00:09:04,377 --> 00:09:06,296 When I got transferred here in '88, 228 00:09:06,296 --> 00:09:07,922 Ray Ray showed me the terrain. 229 00:09:07,922 --> 00:09:09,966 [distant buzzer] 230 00:09:09,966 --> 00:09:12,177 Like your fan mail, for example. 231 00:09:12,177 --> 00:09:14,095 Solid gold, brotha. 232 00:09:14,095 --> 00:09:17,015 SINGER: ♪ This is how we do it ♪ 233 00:09:17,015 --> 00:09:19,309 LLOYD: "As per your request, I have deposited $50 234 00:09:19,309 --> 00:09:20,435 "in your commissary account. 235 00:09:20,435 --> 00:09:21,686 God Bless you, Champion." 236 00:09:21,686 --> 00:09:23,188 - That's like $1,000 already. 237 00:09:23,188 --> 00:09:24,856 - Uh-uh, move that decimal point, playboy. 238 00:09:24,856 --> 00:09:27,567 More like 10,000, and rising. 239 00:09:27,567 --> 00:09:29,402 This young lady sent photos. 240 00:09:29,402 --> 00:09:31,279 "Vicky"? 241 00:09:31,279 --> 00:09:33,281 Even the uglies get 40 in trade. 242 00:09:33,281 --> 00:09:35,033 MIKE: But like any solid franchise, 243 00:09:35,033 --> 00:09:36,618 it expanded quickly. 244 00:09:36,618 --> 00:09:38,536 SINGER: ♪ It's Friday night ♪ 245 00:09:38,536 --> 00:09:40,830 ♪ And I feel all right ♪ 246 00:09:40,830 --> 00:09:43,875 - This joint was ripe for a takeover. 247 00:09:43,875 --> 00:09:46,878 It was like Let's Make a Deal, prison edition, 248 00:09:46,878 --> 00:09:48,922 and I was Monty fucking Hall. 249 00:09:48,922 --> 00:09:50,757 'Kay, sweetie, I'm gonna put you on the phone 250 00:09:50,757 --> 00:09:51,758 with my good buddy... 251 00:09:51,758 --> 00:09:53,009 - Cephus. - Cephus. 252 00:09:53,009 --> 00:09:55,261 I want you to show him a good time, okay? 253 00:09:55,261 --> 00:09:57,430 ♪ ♪ 254 00:09:57,430 --> 00:09:58,890 - Hi. 255 00:09:58,890 --> 00:10:01,643 MIKE: Man, fuck the outside world. 256 00:10:01,643 --> 00:10:04,813 In here, I don't need to train every morning at 5:00. 257 00:10:04,813 --> 00:10:06,773 I don't need to be beating up motherfuckers 258 00:10:06,773 --> 00:10:09,108 for your entertainment. 259 00:10:09,108 --> 00:10:11,361 In here, I'm an entrepreneur. 260 00:10:11,361 --> 00:10:13,071 SINGER: ♪ I'm kinda buzzed and it's all because ♪ 261 00:10:13,071 --> 00:10:15,532 MIKE: Safe, pressure's off. 262 00:10:15,532 --> 00:10:18,451 SINGER: ♪ Ooh, South Central does it like nobody does ♪ 263 00:10:18,451 --> 00:10:20,578 ♪ This is how we do it ♪ 264 00:10:20,578 --> 00:10:23,081 ♪ To all my neighbors, you got much flavor ♪ 265 00:10:23,081 --> 00:10:25,041 [both laughing] ♪ This is how we do it ♪ 266 00:10:25,041 --> 00:10:27,627 MIKE: I had everyone on the inside working for me. 267 00:10:27,627 --> 00:10:30,130 Shit, I even had this dumb motherfucker bring me donuts. 268 00:10:30,130 --> 00:10:32,507 SINGER: ♪ To all my neighbors, you got much flavor ♪ 269 00:10:32,507 --> 00:10:34,884 ♪ This is how we do it ♪ 270 00:10:34,884 --> 00:10:36,886 So I was the King of the Prison, 271 00:10:36,886 --> 00:10:38,930 and I liked it that way. 272 00:10:38,930 --> 00:10:41,391 What I wanted was to just stay in prison and hide. 273 00:10:41,391 --> 00:10:43,518 Outside felt like prison. 274 00:10:43,518 --> 00:10:44,894 And I'm--you know, I'm just being real 275 00:10:44,894 --> 00:10:46,104 with you guys right now. 276 00:10:46,104 --> 00:10:47,647 I just kept pushing the envelope 277 00:10:47,647 --> 00:10:48,982 with the kind of shit I was getting into. 278 00:10:48,982 --> 00:10:51,651 But instead of tacking more time on my sentence, 279 00:10:51,651 --> 00:10:53,194 they just kept shaving it off 280 00:10:53,194 --> 00:10:54,737 for my "good behavior." [audience laughs] 281 00:10:57,156 --> 00:10:58,616 CRONY: You sure about this? 282 00:10:58,616 --> 00:11:00,034 They'll throw the book at you for sure if you get caught. 283 00:11:00,034 --> 00:11:01,911 - Don't worry about it. 284 00:11:01,911 --> 00:11:03,371 - A'ight. 285 00:11:03,371 --> 00:11:04,539 [Nina Simone's "Nobody's Fault but Mine"] 286 00:11:04,539 --> 00:11:05,832 Don't say I didn't warn you. 287 00:11:05,832 --> 00:11:10,128 SINGER: ♪ Nobody's fault but mine ♪ 288 00:11:10,128 --> 00:11:14,632 ♪ Nobody's fault but mine ♪ 289 00:11:14,632 --> 00:11:19,512 ♪ If I die and my soul be lost ♪ 290 00:11:19,512 --> 00:11:23,308 ♪ Nobody's fault but mine ♪ 291 00:11:23,308 --> 00:11:25,894 MIKE: It was the perfect cover. 292 00:11:25,894 --> 00:11:29,188 I stayed out of their Islam shit, 293 00:11:29,188 --> 00:11:31,107 they stayed out of my shit. 294 00:11:31,107 --> 00:11:33,860 SINGERS: ♪ But mine ♪ 295 00:11:33,860 --> 00:11:38,531 ♪ If I die and my soul be lost ♪ 296 00:11:38,531 --> 00:11:39,949 ♪ Nobody's fault but mine ♪ 297 00:11:39,949 --> 00:11:43,244 MIKE: We started spending a lot of time there. 298 00:11:43,244 --> 00:11:45,413 SINGER: ♪ Mother taught me how to pray ♪ 299 00:11:45,413 --> 00:11:46,873 MIKE: These guys were always busy 300 00:11:46,873 --> 00:11:48,208 praying to their higher power. 301 00:11:48,208 --> 00:11:51,419 SINGER: ♪ Mother taught me how to pray ♪ 302 00:11:51,419 --> 00:11:52,921 MIKE: I had my own higher power. 303 00:11:52,921 --> 00:11:57,342 SINGER: ♪ If I die and my soul be lost ♪ 304 00:11:57,342 --> 00:11:58,760 ♪ Mother taught me how to pray ♪ 305 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:01,137 MIKE: They never said a fucking word to me. 306 00:12:01,137 --> 00:12:02,722 - Until one day. CRONY: Hey, Champ. 307 00:12:02,722 --> 00:12:04,891 Champ, check this out. 308 00:12:04,891 --> 00:12:07,226 $900 value, all right? You can get faxes on this shit. 309 00:12:07,226 --> 00:12:08,519 One hour battery life. 310 00:12:08,519 --> 00:12:09,812 You even got a stylus and you can write 311 00:12:09,812 --> 00:12:11,105 in your calendar, you know what I'm saying? 312 00:12:11,105 --> 00:12:12,273 - I'm in jail, nigga. 313 00:12:12,273 --> 00:12:14,442 What kinda appointments I'm makin'? 314 00:12:14,442 --> 00:12:15,860 - You right, Champ, you right. - Yeah. 315 00:12:15,860 --> 00:12:17,195 - So, I mean, if you don't want it-- 316 00:12:17,195 --> 00:12:18,446 - Just take this shit out of here. 317 00:12:18,446 --> 00:12:19,447 - Okay, all right. 318 00:12:21,282 --> 00:12:23,576 - The new toy of yours won't work. 319 00:12:23,576 --> 00:12:25,244 - Bullshit, it's a phone. 320 00:12:25,244 --> 00:12:27,246 - Ain't nothing but a brick. 321 00:12:27,246 --> 00:12:28,957 Unless it talk to the upstairs. 322 00:12:28,957 --> 00:12:30,917 [distant buzzer] 323 00:12:30,917 --> 00:12:33,294 Satellite. 324 00:12:33,294 --> 00:12:36,756 We don't get that kind of signal out here. 325 00:12:36,756 --> 00:12:39,467 You use this space to transact your business. 326 00:12:41,803 --> 00:12:44,305 But you always stay for the prayers. 327 00:12:45,348 --> 00:12:48,559 You could join us in prayer, if you like. 328 00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:50,812 The only thing I ask 329 00:12:50,812 --> 00:12:52,814 is that you remove your shoes. 330 00:12:52,814 --> 00:12:56,401 [mellow R&B music] 331 00:12:56,401 --> 00:12:58,236 MIKE: At first, the appeal of Islam was 332 00:12:58,236 --> 00:12:59,862 they're just the baddest of the bad. 333 00:12:59,862 --> 00:13:02,407 First time I saw it was Don's chauffeur, Captain Joe. 334 00:13:02,407 --> 00:13:03,533 DON KING: Ali is a multimillionaire! 335 00:13:03,533 --> 00:13:05,118 Larry Holmes a multimillionaire. 336 00:13:05,118 --> 00:13:07,203 Mike Tyson sleeps on a bed of money! 337 00:13:07,203 --> 00:13:09,747 I make you HBO motherfuckers a fortune. 338 00:13:09,747 --> 00:13:11,165 You love my Black ass! 339 00:13:11,165 --> 00:13:14,252 So don't waste my motherfucking time! 340 00:13:14,252 --> 00:13:16,087 SINGER: ♪ But I was happy ♪ 341 00:13:16,087 --> 00:13:18,798 - I need something to eat. 342 00:13:18,798 --> 00:13:20,383 - This bean pie's pretty delicious. 343 00:13:20,383 --> 00:13:21,843 - Mm. - MIKE: Man, 344 00:13:21,843 --> 00:13:23,511 Captain Joe was no joke. 345 00:13:23,511 --> 00:13:25,638 This dude taught Malcolm X, 346 00:13:25,638 --> 00:13:27,348 and he was Elijah Muhammad's ace. 347 00:13:27,348 --> 00:13:28,850 [clattering] 348 00:13:28,850 --> 00:13:30,935 - Now I'm sitting here trying to make motherfuckers money. 349 00:13:30,935 --> 00:13:32,353 I tell you I need something to eat, 350 00:13:32,353 --> 00:13:33,646 and the best thing you can come up with 351 00:13:33,646 --> 00:13:35,064 is a motherfucking bean pie? 352 00:13:35,064 --> 00:13:36,816 God damn it! 353 00:13:36,816 --> 00:13:39,360 I need some real food! 354 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:40,403 [slaps on floor] 355 00:13:40,403 --> 00:13:43,197 Pick it up, fry it up. 356 00:13:43,197 --> 00:13:45,116 Come on. 357 00:13:45,116 --> 00:13:47,785 - You know I don't touch pork. 358 00:13:47,785 --> 00:13:50,204 - Then motherfucker, you fired. 359 00:13:50,204 --> 00:13:54,000 [mellow R&B continues] 360 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:59,464 ♪ ♪ 361 00:13:59,464 --> 00:14:01,841 - What'd you do that for, Don? 362 00:14:01,841 --> 00:14:03,384 - Mike, sometimes 363 00:14:03,384 --> 00:14:06,137 you got to show these motherfuckers who's in charge. 364 00:14:06,137 --> 00:14:07,764 I said I'll call you tomorrow. 365 00:14:07,764 --> 00:14:09,849 And don't worry about HBO. They'll come around. 366 00:14:09,849 --> 00:14:12,769 They always do. 367 00:14:12,769 --> 00:14:17,356 SINGER: ♪ Help me understand ♪ 368 00:14:17,356 --> 00:14:18,483 ♪ Oh ♪ 369 00:14:18,483 --> 00:14:20,109 - Who the fuck are these niggas? 370 00:14:20,109 --> 00:14:21,861 - Brother King. 371 00:14:21,861 --> 00:14:24,113 I'm here to respectfully convey 372 00:14:24,113 --> 00:14:26,741 Captain Joe is never terminated. 373 00:14:27,700 --> 00:14:29,994 If anyone is to be terminated, 374 00:14:29,994 --> 00:14:32,246 it will be you. 375 00:14:32,246 --> 00:14:34,957 MIKE: Yeah, Don didn't fuck with Captain Joe after that. 376 00:14:34,957 --> 00:14:36,334 [Mike snickering] 377 00:14:39,545 --> 00:14:41,172 MIKE: These guys were bad motherfuckers, 378 00:14:41,172 --> 00:14:43,966 but they also had some really interesting stuff to say. 379 00:14:43,966 --> 00:14:45,343 You-- - [grunts] 380 00:14:46,636 --> 00:14:49,305 - It's chicken, it's not pork. 381 00:14:54,977 --> 00:14:57,146 I should probably jog more. 382 00:14:57,146 --> 00:14:58,940 There's no boxing in here. 383 00:14:58,940 --> 00:15:00,358 Indiana prison rules. 384 00:15:02,110 --> 00:15:03,736 - That's all external. 385 00:15:06,614 --> 00:15:11,285 How exactly do you intend to address your flabby spirit? 386 00:15:13,287 --> 00:15:15,748 You got less than a year in here, 387 00:15:15,748 --> 00:15:18,084 if you manage to stay out of trouble. 388 00:15:18,084 --> 00:15:20,294 [distant buzzer] 389 00:15:20,294 --> 00:15:23,131 But the true freedom? 390 00:15:23,131 --> 00:15:25,758 The true freedom... 391 00:15:25,758 --> 00:15:28,761 comes from elevating above base pursuits. 392 00:15:32,348 --> 00:15:35,143 Are you ready to do that? 393 00:15:35,143 --> 00:15:37,228 MIKE: The fucking guy knew his shit. 394 00:15:37,228 --> 00:15:39,230 I gotta say, I liked him. 395 00:15:39,230 --> 00:15:42,567 Nobody had talked to me like that since Cus. 396 00:15:42,567 --> 00:15:46,237 I had to get in shape spiritually, then physically. 397 00:15:46,237 --> 00:15:48,823 You know, Don only cared about the second part. 398 00:15:48,823 --> 00:15:50,950 I had maybe six months left and he was hyping the world 399 00:15:50,950 --> 00:15:53,077 for my triumphant return. 400 00:15:53,077 --> 00:15:54,787 Every million dollars added to my purse 401 00:15:54,787 --> 00:15:57,081 was another million pounds of pressure, 402 00:15:57,081 --> 00:16:00,084 scaring me shitless about whether I could still bring it. 403 00:16:00,084 --> 00:16:01,711 For all of you. 404 00:16:01,711 --> 00:16:04,297 I mean, if you even still wanted to see me. 405 00:16:04,297 --> 00:16:06,382 Ah, man, I was freaking the fuck out. 406 00:16:06,382 --> 00:16:08,759 So I asked for help. 407 00:16:12,138 --> 00:16:15,766 Dr. Angelou, I didn't-- I didn't think you'd show. 408 00:16:15,766 --> 00:16:17,393 - You asked. 409 00:16:17,393 --> 00:16:20,688 And if I'm being honest, 410 00:16:20,688 --> 00:16:25,067 I'm not exactly sure what I can say to you. 411 00:16:25,067 --> 00:16:28,279 But if a word from me can help, 412 00:16:28,279 --> 00:16:32,074 then certainly I can find that word. 413 00:16:32,074 --> 00:16:35,620 - Still, even with all they're saying about me... 414 00:16:35,620 --> 00:16:39,207 - I approach people as they are now, 415 00:16:39,207 --> 00:16:43,085 without judgment for what they have been. 416 00:16:43,085 --> 00:16:46,172 Even Mike Tyson. 417 00:16:46,172 --> 00:16:49,967 That we all have the possibility of becoming. 418 00:16:49,967 --> 00:16:51,510 MIKE: "You may write me down in history 419 00:16:51,510 --> 00:16:53,596 "with your bitter, twisted lies. 420 00:16:53,596 --> 00:16:55,389 "You may trod me in the dirt, 421 00:16:55,389 --> 00:16:58,017 but still, like dust, I'll rise." 422 00:16:58,017 --> 00:16:59,852 - [chuckles] I love when someone 423 00:16:59,852 --> 00:17:01,896 quotes me to me. 424 00:17:01,896 --> 00:17:05,942 I wish I was as knowledgeable about prizefighting. 425 00:17:05,942 --> 00:17:08,152 MIKE: Well, the thing is, I've been really trying. 426 00:17:08,152 --> 00:17:12,949 Been training again, and even better, reading. 427 00:17:12,949 --> 00:17:15,701 I'm just trying to be a better man, you know? 428 00:17:15,701 --> 00:17:18,788 - For you or for them? 429 00:17:21,415 --> 00:17:26,796 Where does that leave you when you're not their Champ anymore? 430 00:17:34,136 --> 00:17:36,806 GUARD: Don't touch him. 431 00:17:36,806 --> 00:17:39,767 - You can be more than that. 432 00:17:42,019 --> 00:17:44,480 Excuse me, officer. 433 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:48,234 Would you be so kind as to 434 00:17:48,234 --> 00:17:53,864 take a picture of me and Mr. Tyson? 435 00:18:00,538 --> 00:18:03,874 [camera whirring] 436 00:18:03,874 --> 00:18:05,543 ♪ ♪ 437 00:18:05,543 --> 00:18:08,254 - It's beautiful, brotha. 438 00:18:08,254 --> 00:18:11,757 Maya be reppin' the culture for real. 439 00:18:11,757 --> 00:18:13,551 MIKE: 50. 440 00:18:13,551 --> 00:18:15,428 - Say what? 441 00:18:15,428 --> 00:18:17,805 - For the photo. 50 bucks. 442 00:18:17,805 --> 00:18:19,598 Yeah, I sold the picture... 443 00:18:19,598 --> 00:18:21,684 And donuts. Do you know how hard it is 444 00:18:21,684 --> 00:18:24,312 to get fucking donuts in prison? 445 00:18:24,312 --> 00:18:26,647 SINGER: ♪ Yeah, be all right ♪ 446 00:18:26,647 --> 00:18:31,444 ♪ Everybody needs a friend ♪ 447 00:18:31,444 --> 00:18:35,072 MIKE: But those words, they stayed with me. 448 00:18:35,072 --> 00:18:39,035 SINGER: ♪ Well, I got a few 'cause you love me ♪ 449 00:18:39,035 --> 00:18:41,579 - The thing is, no fighter in history 450 00:18:41,579 --> 00:18:44,415 ever got back on top after three years away. 451 00:18:44,415 --> 00:18:46,584 No one ever came out of prison in one piece. 452 00:18:46,584 --> 00:18:51,088 Mentally, spiritually, anything else. 453 00:18:51,088 --> 00:18:53,549 What made everyone think I would be the one? 454 00:18:53,549 --> 00:18:55,801 [grunting] 455 00:18:55,801 --> 00:18:58,054 IMAM: The world is waiting for your return tomorrow. 456 00:18:58,054 --> 00:19:00,139 - Not mine, Mike Tyson's. 457 00:19:00,139 --> 00:19:03,184 Don says he's worth $100 million. 458 00:19:03,184 --> 00:19:05,311 IMAM: What's Mike Tyson worth? 459 00:19:05,311 --> 00:19:07,563 - Mike Tyson ain't worth shit. 460 00:19:07,563 --> 00:19:09,982 Mike Tyson feels safer in here. 461 00:19:09,982 --> 00:19:12,818 - And why do you think that is? 462 00:19:12,818 --> 00:19:14,445 - I know what you're trying to do. 463 00:19:14,445 --> 00:19:15,905 You're trying to say this is Allah's way 464 00:19:15,905 --> 00:19:17,907 of telling me to leave The Game behind. 465 00:19:17,907 --> 00:19:20,576 Devote my life to what? 466 00:19:20,576 --> 00:19:23,037 Look, I walk out these doors tomorrow. 467 00:19:23,037 --> 00:19:24,789 I don't need no more riddles or stories, 468 00:19:24,789 --> 00:19:25,915 none of that bullshit. 469 00:19:25,915 --> 00:19:28,334 Just tell me what the fuck I need to do. 470 00:19:32,254 --> 00:19:35,257 [beads rattling] 471 00:19:40,638 --> 00:19:44,767 [distant inmates murmuring] 472 00:19:47,561 --> 00:19:50,564 - Mike Tyson. 473 00:19:50,564 --> 00:19:53,484 You serve no one but Allah. 474 00:19:55,152 --> 00:19:57,780 And with that knowledge, 475 00:19:57,780 --> 00:20:00,324 you can choose whatever path you want. 476 00:20:04,412 --> 00:20:07,706 MIKE: Man, I was terrified to walk out those doors. 477 00:20:07,706 --> 00:20:10,167 My life was so out of control out there. 478 00:20:10,167 --> 00:20:13,129 In prison, I made the rules and I ran things. 479 00:20:13,129 --> 00:20:15,005 In prayer, I was finally able to make 480 00:20:15,005 --> 00:20:17,466 all those outside voices shut the fuck up. 481 00:20:17,466 --> 00:20:21,053 [Tedashii's "Get Out My Way"] 482 00:20:21,053 --> 00:20:24,432 Peace and mercy in Allah be on you. 483 00:20:24,432 --> 00:20:28,018 Peace and mercy in Allah be on you. 484 00:20:28,018 --> 00:20:29,728 [exhales] 485 00:20:29,728 --> 00:20:31,522 - All right, Mike. TEDASHII: ♪ It ain't your day ♪ 486 00:20:31,522 --> 00:20:33,983 - Time to go. - ♪ I lost my mind ♪ 487 00:20:33,983 --> 00:20:35,609 ♪ I need my space ♪ 488 00:20:35,609 --> 00:20:37,903 ♪ Get out my way, get out my way ♪ 489 00:20:37,903 --> 00:20:39,905 MIKE: What if I couldn't fight no more? 490 00:20:39,905 --> 00:20:42,241 I was just so scared you guys were gonna hate me. 491 00:20:42,241 --> 00:20:44,535 But I was just as scared of going back 492 00:20:44,535 --> 00:20:46,662 to the old, fucked up Mike. 493 00:20:46,662 --> 00:20:48,247 The guy who had everyone, including me, 494 00:20:48,247 --> 00:20:51,083 convinced I was gonna end up in an early grave. 495 00:20:51,083 --> 00:20:52,835 TEDASHII: ♪ Black Forgiatos on the tires ♪ 496 00:20:52,835 --> 00:20:55,087 ♪ Got me sittin' high like a gladiator ♪ 497 00:20:55,087 --> 00:20:56,505 MIKE: Those were my choices. 498 00:20:56,505 --> 00:20:58,632 [cheering and whooping] 499 00:20:58,632 --> 00:21:00,468 TEDASHII: ♪ You don't know about the fast life ♪ 500 00:21:00,468 --> 00:21:02,178 ♪ I got scars from my last fight ♪ 501 00:21:02,178 --> 00:21:05,014 ♪ Ice water in my bloodstream from some old things ♪ 502 00:21:05,014 --> 00:21:08,142 MIKE: I could go back to being Cus's monster. 503 00:21:08,142 --> 00:21:11,395 Don's meal ticket. 504 00:21:11,395 --> 00:21:15,107 Or I could be the elevated man Ray Ray, 505 00:21:15,107 --> 00:21:17,568 Imam Siddiq, and Maya saw inside of me... 506 00:21:17,568 --> 00:21:18,736 TEDASHII: ♪ And tryna make us stumble ♪ 507 00:21:18,736 --> 00:21:20,237 ♪ Rose up out the rubble ♪ 508 00:21:20,237 --> 00:21:21,489 MIKE: That I wanted to be. 509 00:21:21,489 --> 00:21:23,032 TEDASHII: ♪ So why don't y'all back up ♪ 510 00:21:23,032 --> 00:21:24,742 MIKE: And I had to decide now. 511 00:21:24,742 --> 00:21:26,494 TEDASHII: ♪ I just got knocked down ♪ 512 00:21:26,494 --> 00:21:28,454 ♪ I still got back up ♪ 513 00:21:28,454 --> 00:21:30,372 ♪ There's no days off, boy ♪ 514 00:21:30,372 --> 00:21:32,124 ♪ I take no breaks ♪ 515 00:21:32,124 --> 00:21:34,043 ♪ I lost my mind ♪ 516 00:21:34,043 --> 00:21:36,837 ♪ I need my space get out my way ♪ 517 00:21:36,837 --> 00:21:38,756 ♪ Get out my way ♪ 518 00:21:38,756 --> 00:21:40,716 ♪ Get out my way ♪ 519 00:21:40,716 --> 00:21:42,510 ♪ Get out my way, uhh ♪ 520 00:21:42,510 --> 00:21:44,512 ♪ Get out my way, move ♪ 521 00:21:44,512 --> 00:21:46,388 ♪ Get out my way, yeah ♪ 522 00:21:46,388 --> 00:21:48,390 ♪ Get out my way, woo ♪ 523 00:21:48,390 --> 00:21:49,767 ♪ Get out my way, well ♪ 524 00:21:49,767 --> 00:21:50,935 ♪ I ain't never been safe ♪ 525 00:21:50,935 --> 00:21:52,144 ♪ Ain't nobody blockin' ♪ 526 00:21:52,144 --> 00:21:54,355 ♪ They can't stop me, I'm on ten ♪ 527 00:21:54,355 --> 00:21:55,898 ♪ Ain't no other option ♪ 528 00:21:55,898 --> 00:21:57,775 ♪ They just copy what I did ♪ 529 00:21:57,775 --> 00:21:59,443 ♪ Get out my way, move ♪ 530 00:21:59,443 --> 00:22:01,403 ♪ Get out my way, yeah ♪ 531 00:22:01,403 --> 00:22:03,072 ♪ Get out my way, woo ♪ 532 00:22:03,072 --> 00:22:04,657 ♪ Get out my way, well ♪ 533 00:22:04,657 --> 00:22:05,950 ♪ I ain't never been safe ♪ 534 00:22:05,950 --> 00:22:07,243 ♪ Never fold when you face pain ♪ 535 00:22:07,243 --> 00:22:09,119 ♪ And they take aim like a movie shoot ♪ 536 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:11,163 ♪ No vest when they draw the lines ♪ 537 00:22:11,163 --> 00:22:13,082 ♪ I be offsides feelin' bulletproof ♪ 538 00:22:13,082 --> 00:22:14,959 ♪ Use my past like a flashback ♪ 539 00:22:14,959 --> 00:22:16,752 ♪ Overcome movin' past that ♪ 540 00:22:16,752 --> 00:22:18,587 ♪ Movin' on, let the Audi run ♪ 541 00:22:18,587 --> 00:22:20,464 ♪ On the Autobahn, where the gas at? ♪ 542 00:22:20,464 --> 00:22:22,508 ♪ Gettin' to it, yeah, I'm gettin' to it ♪ 543 00:22:22,508 --> 00:22:24,385 ♪ Took a lotta hits, but I'm gettin' through it ♪