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- Previously on Empire...
- Lola wanted to meet her daddy.
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HAKEEM: I'm very excited to be
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the new chief executive officer
of Empire Enterprises.
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- Will you marry me?
- Yes.
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You got to tell the truth.
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Why?
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Because I did 17 years for a man
whose real name I didn't even know.
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ANDRE: Was my grandmother bipolar?
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LUCIOUS: I was embarrassed
by her, the same way
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- I'm embarrassed by you.
- To hell with you.
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(CRYING): I just can't take it anymore.
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Stay with me for as long as you need.
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How you doing, Ms. Cookie?
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I thought you'd be working with Lucious.
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She was till he iced her out the video.
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COOKIE: Freda, did you say
something about Frank Gathers?
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Yeah, that's my father.
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Was my father. He got
murdered in prison.
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("POP OFF" BY FOOLISH PLAYING)
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♪ You don't wanna ♪
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♪ Yeah ♪
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♪ Pop off, you don't wanna pop off... ♪
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WOMAN: Lola, get the ball.
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♪ Getting knocked off ♪
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♪ Tell them haters stop... ♪
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Here you go, Lola.
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Your hair is so pretty.
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Your mom comb it for you today?
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- Yes.
- Yeah?
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Ow! That hurt.
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Sorry, sweetie.
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Had to do it.
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♪ Make me lay 'em down, after that ♪
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♪ It's no waking, don't make me... ♪
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RHONDA: I love him with all my heart.
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I really do, but I just
cannot be in that house.
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Is he still having the visions?
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Actually...
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the reverend finally
realized that he does need
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to recalibrate his meds.
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Hmm. And he has
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stopped insisting that somebody
pushed me down the stairs.
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- That's a good sign.
- Yeah.
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(DOORBELL RINGS)
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Okay.
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I'll leave you guys to it.
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(SIGHS): All right.
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- (DOOR OPENS)
- RHONDA: Hi.
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- ANDRE: Hey.
- How are you?
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ANDRE: I'm good. How you doing?
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- Good.
- You look nice.
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Thank you.
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Just give me a minute.
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I'll be out of your hair.
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Oh, no, no, no, th-that's
not right, Anika.
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This is your place.
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You know, Rhonda and I, we can...
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we can go for a walk.
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- Yeah.
- ANIKA: Oh, please.
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My place is your place, okay?
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Make yourselves at home.
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So, you're not staying
with the reverend?
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I haven't been going to church.
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I'm staying at a hotel, and
I'm not off my medication,
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so you don't have to ask.
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- Okay?
- Why haven't you been going to church?
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I been wrestling with some issues,
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spiritually, and, um...
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...I didn't think Reverend
Pryce would understand.
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Why do I find that weirdly comforting?
(CHUCKLES)
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Listen, what if we just...
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lease an apartment?
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You know, just a...
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a small space where we can be together.
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Now I'm thinking, like,
brand-new, you know, no...
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bad associations, no memories.
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Yeah, but then what?
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Honestly, I don't know what.
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You know, I just... (SIGHS)
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I just know that I miss you.
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- Yeah.
- Okay? I miss us.
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We were a team.
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- Yeah.
- Us against the world.
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Ride or die, right?
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Yeah, well, we haven't been
that for a long time, Andre.
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Well, tell me what it's gonna take.
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For us to be on the same team again?
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That's right.
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I think that we need to
want the same thing.
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When were you happiest?
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When... we were excited
about our future, I guess,
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and wanted to rule the world
and take over Empire.
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(ANIKA RETCHING, COUGHING)
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Oh, my God. Whoa.
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(RETCHING, COUGHING)
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Anika? Oh, my God, are you okay?
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Oh, I'm so sorry.
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Do you think it was
something that we ate?
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I feel fine.
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No, it wasn't anything we ate.
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Well, what do you think it... it is?
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I cannot.
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Especially not after what
happened to you guys.
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Are you pregnant?
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Who's the father?
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(WHISPERS): Oh, boy.
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It's Hakeem.
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♪ Boom, boom, boom, boom ♪
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♪ Bang, bang, bang, bang ♪
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♪ From the bottom I got up
to the top of the pros ♪
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♪ From the gutter to the shutter ♪
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♪ Trimmed out in gold ♪
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♪ Life bless my soul... ♪
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Lucious, your video is amazing.
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(CHUCKLES)
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It's so gritty, so real.
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(SIGHS)
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The whole music business,
the whole world...
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all anyone is talking about
is little Dwight Walker.
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A.K.A. my boy.
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- My man. Thank you for coming.
- (LAUGHS)
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Lucious Lyon, wouldn't miss it.
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You know, that's the Lucious Lyon
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that inspired me to buy into Empire
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years before he took the company public.
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Look, I know I speak for all
the majority shareholders
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when I say... we want
you back in charge.
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Hear, hear.
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Look, I'll tell you one thing,
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I really appreciate the
vote of confidence,
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but the board has spoken.
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They've anointed Hakeem, and
all I can do is support that.
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The board answers to the shareholders.
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Besides, Hakeem's support was
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entirely predicated on Mimi Whiteman.
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May she rest in peace.
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But you know what,
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after hearing you guys' thoughts...
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I'm gonna think about it long and hard.
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If the board calls on me to serve,
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I will consider it.
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We're counting on you, Lucious.
Empire needs you.
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Nobody else can do what you do.
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THIRSTY: You're right about that.
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LUCIOUS: I am so impressed with you.
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WOMAN: Well, thank you.
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So, when do we get to talk again?
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Well, just call me,
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and we'll arrange.
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Well, I'd love to put some
of your thoughts to work.
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Let's do that. Have a great night.
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You know, you done crossed a line.
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I mean, you really crossed
a line this time, Lucious.
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What you doing up in here
with all these white people?
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Winning their hearts and minds, my dear.
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Yeah, it sounds like you
winning something else.
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You sound a little jealous.
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Oh, please, stop flattering yourself.
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I'm here because I want to make sure
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if you do something against Hakeem
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at that shareholders
meeting that you tell me,
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'cause I'm trying to bring
this family back together.
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(SIGHS)
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Okay, how did I cross the line?
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Uh, Freda Gatz?
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Excuse me, Gathers.
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She's not a problem.
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(QUIETLY): You killed her father.
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I don't know what you're talking about,
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but I was nowhere near
that man when he died,
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and you are bone deep with me.
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I don't want that dangerous
bitch around my boys.
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♪ I know they know I gotta lotta ♪
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♪ I'm in that VIP with 50 bottles ♪
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♪ And all these women foreign ♪
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♪ What's the motto? ♪
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♪ What happens here, we
gon' leave it here ♪
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♪ So don't mention that tomorrow ♪
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♪ Livin' that luxury ♪
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♪ 'Cause where we come
from close to hell... ♪
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Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah.
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♪ Tonight Death come for me ♪
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♪ I'm-a be too turnt up to tell... ♪
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- Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah.
- Wait, listen.
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♪ Livin' like my last night ♪
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♪ Hey, my last night ♪
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♪ Like my last night, oh ♪
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♪ My last night ♪
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- ♪ Like my last night... ♪
- Yo, son.
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Please tell me that's the hook.
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That's it right there.
You know, I'm-a put that
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as the last song on the
Black and White album.
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No, no, no, no. What
about "Shine on Me"?
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Nah, nah, nah, that, too.
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I'm saying, I'm-a set up
the recording session.
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So you telling me I'm on
two tracks on the album?
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Yeah, that's what I'm telling you.
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- Oh, we lit!
- That's what I said.
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- (JAMAL CHUCKLING)
- Oh, man.
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Yeah, let me know.
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- All right.
- Yo, peace, man.
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All right.
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BARBER: Yo.
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Can't sit there. You
know the rules, bro.
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It's the old man's chair.
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Ain't nowhere else to sit though.
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Y'all past ridiculous with all this
memorializing Frank Gathers, man.
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(CLIPPERS CLICK OFF)
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Hey, what you say?
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I mean, for real, no disrespect, but...
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Gathers been dead, so...
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Yo, what part of "Don't sit there"
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don't you understand?
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Yo, that's her pops, man.
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Hey, hey, come on, relax, shorty.
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Ain't no relaxing!
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I told you, don't sit there!
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Don't... sit... there!
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(GRUNTING)
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Get him up out of here, man.
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Hey, man!
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♪ Wild in the streets like
there ain't no police. ♪
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JAMAL: ♪ My last night,
yeah, my last night ♪
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♪ My last night, my last night ♪
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- ♪ MY LAST NIGHT ♪
- FREDA: ♪ Yeah ♪
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♪ If I take one more shot
of this agave, I be gone ♪
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- ♪ I'll be lit ♪
- ♪ Just keep on sippin' ♪
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♪ We gon' feel it in the mornin' ♪
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- ♪ Mix that... ♪
- (MUSIC STOPS)
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Yes!
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That was so dope!
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Yo, you and Freda are like
Ri-Ri and Eminem in reverse.
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- Oh, my goodness.
- Y'all about to kill it.
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You got a hit, boy!
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Ma.
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It's dope, right?
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Yeah, it's a'ight.
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You're not serious. Look...
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I'm not saying the song's not cool.
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I-I'm just saying
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that I know you did this
track with Freda Gatz
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to get at your father.
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That's all I'm saying.
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JAMAL: I can't lie about that,
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but...
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I'm not trying to just get at him.
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I'm trying to blow
past him, which is why
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the Black and White album needs
to be released before the ASAs.
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Right.
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But all anyone's talking about
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right now is Lucious's
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Dwight Walker video. Right? Am I wrong?
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I mean, I just don't know how
you gonna do it with that
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- Freda Gatz girl, but good luck!
- Ma, you wrong, you wrong.
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Oh, I'm wrong? I'm wrong? Okay, wait.
257
00:09:18,654 --> 00:09:19,887
- I'm wrong?
- Okay, okay, a'ight, a'ight.
258
00:09:19,922 --> 00:09:21,188
- Ain't never wrong.
- A'ight, a'ight.
259
00:09:21,223 --> 00:09:22,556
But come on, all of the stories
260
00:09:22,592 --> 00:09:24,258
that you told me about
Lucious being in his zone.
261
00:09:24,293 --> 00:09:25,726
Mm-hmm.
262
00:09:25,761 --> 00:09:27,928
Y'all losing track of time when
you were creating his classics.
263
00:09:27,964 --> 00:09:29,096
That's what me and Freda have.
264
00:09:30,132 --> 00:09:32,299
Fine, Jamal, fine.
265
00:09:32,335 --> 00:09:33,901
You-you got it all under control,
266
00:09:33,936 --> 00:09:35,402
but you need to tweak that
267
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'cause it's not 100, baby.
268
00:09:36,472 --> 00:09:39,073
All right.
269
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HAKEEM: And then I'm-a
have Cookie speak on
270
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where she's going with all the
Empire music divisions, okay?
271
00:09:43,746 --> 00:09:45,212
Why ain't she here?
272
00:09:45,247 --> 00:09:47,381
I told you, she's trying to
get Tiana back to perform.
273
00:09:47,416 --> 00:09:49,450
Okay, good. Steve and Chicken,
why don't y'all run the stats
274
00:09:49,485 --> 00:09:50,651
on the fashion pre-orders, so...
275
00:09:50,686 --> 00:09:51,685
(KNOCKING AT DOOR)
276
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JAMAL: Dre.
277
00:09:53,289 --> 00:09:54,421
Bro, you made it.
278
00:09:54,457 --> 00:09:55,656
Hey.
279
00:09:55,691 --> 00:09:57,458
Chicken, um, give us a few.
280
00:09:57,493 --> 00:09:59,627
Yeah, Steve and I will go over
the stats for the fashion show.
281
00:09:59,662 --> 00:10:01,662
Yeah, no problem.
282
00:10:05,601 --> 00:10:07,334
Baby brother.
283
00:10:07,370 --> 00:10:08,502
- My man.
- Good?
284
00:10:08,537 --> 00:10:09,503
Yeah, yeah.
285
00:10:09,538 --> 00:10:10,604
You sure you're all right?
286
00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:12,339
I'm-I'm good.
287
00:10:12,375 --> 00:10:16,343
I been... I been staying at a...
hotel, but I'm-I'm good.
288
00:10:16,379 --> 00:10:17,911
Talk to Rhonda?
289
00:10:17,947 --> 00:10:20,247
We're talking.
290
00:10:20,282 --> 00:10:22,416
But, hey, listen, I, um...
291
00:10:22,451 --> 00:10:25,252
I want to let you guys know
that I'm-I'm... I'm back.
292
00:10:25,287 --> 00:10:27,855
Okay? I'm on board for the
shareholders meeting.
293
00:10:27,890 --> 00:10:30,090
I'll, uh, do the CFO presentation
294
00:10:30,126 --> 00:10:31,959
and, uh, I'll help you
and Cookie prepare.
295
00:10:31,994 --> 00:10:34,361
Now you know you got to
bring your A-game, right?
296
00:10:34,397 --> 00:10:36,263
I know. But are you okay?
297
00:10:36,298 --> 00:10:37,998
I'm all good, baby brother.
298
00:10:38,034 --> 00:10:41,835
Have you, um, talked to...?
299
00:10:41,871 --> 00:10:44,605
Lucious and I actually just spoke.
300
00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:45,839
Yeah?
301
00:10:45,875 --> 00:10:47,841
Yeah.
302
00:10:47,877 --> 00:10:49,476
Was he groveling at your feet?
303
00:10:49,512 --> 00:10:51,045
(CHUCKLES)
304
00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:52,646
You better not have apologized.
305
00:10:52,682 --> 00:10:54,682
I'm onto his games, Jamal.
306
00:10:54,717 --> 00:10:56,850
All right, the old man wants to talk,
307
00:10:56,886 --> 00:11:00,320
and I'm ready to listen, so, uh...
308
00:11:00,356 --> 00:11:02,322
Tell me what you got planned. What's up?
309
00:11:02,358 --> 00:11:03,724
Hey, check this out.
310
00:11:03,759 --> 00:11:06,193
So, Mom is bringing out
Tiana to perform, right?
311
00:11:06,228 --> 00:11:08,228
So, what you think about
J Poppa coming out
312
00:11:08,264 --> 00:11:10,130
to perform for the churchgoing folk?
313
00:11:10,166 --> 00:11:11,331
It was Becky idea.
314
00:11:11,367 --> 00:11:12,733
That's a smart idea.
315
00:11:12,768 --> 00:11:13,901
But the shareholders meeting
316
00:11:13,936 --> 00:11:15,703
is more than just a show, all right?
317
00:11:15,738 --> 00:11:18,038
It's an opportunity for
management to engage
318
00:11:18,074 --> 00:11:19,406
in a face-to-face dialogue
319
00:11:19,442 --> 00:11:20,641
with the shareholders.
320
00:11:20,676 --> 00:11:23,243
And the shareholders will engage.
321
00:11:23,279 --> 00:11:24,545
I guarantee you that, okay?
322
00:11:24,580 --> 00:11:28,882
These meetings... one wrong
word, one wrong number,
323
00:11:28,918 --> 00:11:30,384
they get hostile fast.
324
00:11:30,419 --> 00:11:33,353
So your message about all of
Empire has got to be on point.
325
00:11:33,389 --> 00:11:35,022
You understand?
326
00:11:35,057 --> 00:11:37,191
Lucious is gonna be a challenge for you.
327
00:11:37,226 --> 00:11:39,259
- I don't want him there.
- He's a shareholder, all right?
328
00:11:39,295 --> 00:11:41,695
Anybody with even one share in
the company is free to attend.
329
00:11:41,731 --> 00:11:42,730
And you should know,
330
00:11:42,765 --> 00:11:44,832
to the shareholders, big or small,
331
00:11:44,867 --> 00:11:46,667
he's still the face of Empire.
332
00:11:46,702 --> 00:11:48,902
Especially now with the
whole Dwight Walker video.
333
00:11:48,938 --> 00:11:51,905
He's got a whole new
surge of support, so...
334
00:11:51,941 --> 00:11:54,541
he's definitely gonna come for you.
335
00:11:54,577 --> 00:11:56,977
So what should I do?
336
00:11:57,012 --> 00:11:58,445
Let's review any pending deals you have.
337
00:11:58,481 --> 00:12:00,748
Which is most important to you?
338
00:12:00,783 --> 00:12:03,016
Well, I got this capsule deal with Saks
339
00:12:03,052 --> 00:12:04,284
I did with Antony & Cleopatra.
340
00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:05,753
It's gonna be big for the company.
341
00:12:05,788 --> 00:12:08,222
That's what he'll go after.
342
00:12:10,926 --> 00:12:12,926
♪ ♪
343
00:12:16,599 --> 00:12:18,198
All right, fellas, remember,
344
00:12:18,234 --> 00:12:19,466
my ass is out here, okay?
345
00:12:19,502 --> 00:12:21,034
Let's make this clean, quick and pretty.
346
00:12:21,070 --> 00:12:23,437
♪ Red and black J, lookin'
like a ballplayer ♪
347
00:12:23,472 --> 00:12:25,806
♪ Pimpin' like I'm Motown,
rockin' all gator ♪
348
00:12:25,841 --> 00:12:27,474
♪ Baby, have you ever
seen a black card? ♪
349
00:12:27,510 --> 00:12:29,009
♪ I'm livin' good, countin'
money in the backyard ♪
350
00:12:29,044 --> 00:12:30,544
♪ Pay it up ♪
351
00:12:30,579 --> 00:12:32,613
♪ The city wit' me on that
thug, I'm the mayor of it ♪
352
00:12:32,648 --> 00:12:34,848
♪ A young getter gettin',
givin' 'em the flavor lovin' ♪
353
00:12:34,884 --> 00:12:36,884
♪ Every little bit of that dope, boy ♪
354
00:12:36,919 --> 00:12:39,653
♪ gimme that dough, boy ♪
355
00:12:39,688 --> 00:12:42,022
♪ What you got up in
your pockets is a joke ♪
356
00:12:42,057 --> 00:12:43,690
♪ Throwin' racks, show me somethin' ♪
357
00:12:43,726 --> 00:12:44,958
♪ Throw it back ♪
358
00:12:44,994 --> 00:12:47,194
♪ We shuttin' down the club, boy ♪
359
00:12:47,229 --> 00:12:49,799
♪ You ain't know that you was
messin' with a thug, boy. ♪
360
00:12:51,768 --> 00:12:52,877
You think I don't know it was you
361
00:12:52,948 --> 00:12:55,482
who ran up in my warehouse
with your boys?
362
00:12:56,932 --> 00:13:00,643
So now my warehouse is your warehouse,
363
00:13:00,870 --> 00:13:02,803
not Empire's.
364
00:13:02,839 --> 00:13:03,565
But of course,
365
00:13:03,612 --> 00:13:05,278
I have no idea what
you're talking about.
366
00:13:05,314 --> 00:13:06,780
You gonna give me all my Empire
367
00:13:06,815 --> 00:13:10,438
Antony & Cleopatra merchandise
before the shareholders meeting,
368
00:13:10,463 --> 00:13:12,830
or all the security footage
is going to the police.
369
00:13:14,834 --> 00:13:17,935
I wrote a song in the joint
about people like you
370
00:13:17,970 --> 00:13:20,738
called "Snitch Bitch."
371
00:13:20,773 --> 00:13:24,241
But of course, we don't
drop dimes in this family.
372
00:13:24,277 --> 00:13:26,277
You gonna take me out like Jamal?
373
00:13:26,312 --> 00:13:28,279
Or treat me like garbage like Dre?
374
00:13:28,314 --> 00:13:29,814
But know one thing, old man,
375
00:13:29,849 --> 00:13:32,450
I ain't never bowing down to you.
376
00:13:32,485 --> 00:13:35,786
I thought you might say
something like that.
377
00:13:35,822 --> 00:13:37,021
(PHONE RINGING)
378
00:13:40,326 --> 00:13:42,359
You might want to answer that.
379
00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:48,499
Hello.
380
00:13:48,534 --> 00:13:50,468
There's no equipment, like, nothing.
381
00:13:50,503 --> 00:13:52,470
No lights, no... no instruments.
382
00:13:52,505 --> 00:13:54,371
The only thing that's here is wardrobe.
383
00:13:54,407 --> 00:13:55,673
What? What happened?
384
00:13:55,708 --> 00:13:58,008
The roadies got stopped and
searched on the way here.
385
00:13:58,044 --> 00:14:01,545
The police found drugs and
confiscated everything.
386
00:14:01,581 --> 00:14:03,547
All right, I'm-a hit you back.
387
00:14:04,817 --> 00:14:07,618
Dude, you planted drugs on my trucks?
388
00:14:07,653 --> 00:14:09,887
What if I did?
389
00:14:09,922 --> 00:14:12,323
It's just a simple boss move.
390
00:14:12,358 --> 00:14:15,025
I mean, any half-assed CEO
should know how to...
391
00:14:15,061 --> 00:14:16,727
clap back.
392
00:14:16,762 --> 00:14:20,531
But... you don't bow down.
393
00:14:22,902 --> 00:14:24,902
(HIP-HOP BEAT PLAYING)
394
00:14:32,678 --> 00:14:35,446
MAN: There we go.
395
00:14:35,481 --> 00:14:38,449
COOKIE: Damn, that's fire, Mal.
396
00:14:38,484 --> 00:14:39,783
That's for you and Freda, huh?
397
00:14:39,819 --> 00:14:41,051
Mm-hmm.
398
00:14:41,087 --> 00:14:42,286
Well, you weren't lying when you said
399
00:14:42,321 --> 00:14:43,721
you was gonna knock your father off.
400
00:14:43,756 --> 00:14:45,222
Look, Ma, I know that you are somehow
401
00:14:45,258 --> 00:14:47,458
caught up in his web right
now, so if you are coming
402
00:14:47,493 --> 00:14:49,160
to tell me to pump my
brakes, just please...
403
00:14:49,195 --> 00:14:51,428
That's not what I'm here to tell you.
404
00:14:51,464 --> 00:14:53,497
I think competition is healthy.
405
00:14:53,533 --> 00:14:56,600
As long as you're using
it to push yourself.
406
00:14:58,905 --> 00:15:01,071
So what's up?
407
00:15:01,107 --> 00:15:02,673
Nothing. Never mind.
408
00:15:02,708 --> 00:15:06,076
I... had a surprise for you,
but you got it under control.
409
00:15:06,112 --> 00:15:07,845
I'm sure you and Freda got what it takes
410
00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:10,414
to knock Lucious off his throne.
411
00:15:10,449 --> 00:15:12,716
Oh, my good... Ma.
412
00:15:14,754 --> 00:15:16,754
Come on, what is it?
413
00:15:16,789 --> 00:15:21,091
Well, it's just that I set
you up with a certain...
414
00:15:21,127 --> 00:15:25,229
high-profile celebrity
superstar emcee who just broke
415
00:15:25,264 --> 00:15:27,598
all kinds of records with her single
416
00:15:27,633 --> 00:15:31,368
by doing 2.3 million
downloads in one day.
417
00:15:31,404 --> 00:15:34,305
You did not get Stacee Run-Run.
418
00:15:38,377 --> 00:15:39,510
Get the hell up out of here.
419
00:15:39,545 --> 00:15:40,878
- COOKIE: Hey!
- Cookie.
420
00:15:40,913 --> 00:15:42,112
I can't believe this.
421
00:15:42,148 --> 00:15:43,614
Oh, hell yeah, you can. (CHUCKLES)
422
00:15:43,649 --> 00:15:45,082
- How you doing?
- Good.
423
00:15:45,117 --> 00:15:46,884
Believe it or not,
424
00:15:46,919 --> 00:15:49,620
couple years ago, I crept up
in the Incognito Coffee House
425
00:15:49,655 --> 00:15:51,789
on Bleeker Street, and
I caught your show.
426
00:15:51,824 --> 00:15:54,758
And I knew right then, yo'
ass was gonna blow sky high.
427
00:15:54,794 --> 00:15:56,227
Thank you so much.
428
00:15:56,262 --> 00:15:57,628
Congratulations on everything.
429
00:15:57,663 --> 00:15:58,929
STACEE: Thank you.
430
00:15:58,965 --> 00:16:00,798
I can't wait to get
them into the studio.
431
00:16:00,833 --> 00:16:02,566
- It's gonna be sick.
- We'll lay down the music
432
00:16:02,602 --> 00:16:03,767
- and record verses tomorrow.
- Mm-hmm.
433
00:16:03,803 --> 00:16:05,002
Stacee wants Auto-Tune.
434
00:16:05,037 --> 00:16:06,303
- You're good with that?
- I'm good with that.
435
00:16:06,339 --> 00:16:07,304
Also, Stacee sings the bridge, and...
436
00:16:07,340 --> 00:16:08,372
I'm good with all of that.
437
00:16:08,407 --> 00:16:10,207
I just want the promos.
438
00:16:10,243 --> 00:16:12,109
Well, I'm-a personally promote our song
439
00:16:12,144 --> 00:16:14,645
on every public appearance I
have leading up to the ASAs.
440
00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:16,480
My Twitter and my 'grams.
441
00:16:16,515 --> 00:16:18,148
And she'll shout-out the
Black and White album
442
00:16:18,184 --> 00:16:20,251
- every chance she gets.
- Yes!
443
00:16:20,286 --> 00:16:22,152
JAMAL: Maybe we should rethink
the sequence of the tracks,
444
00:16:22,188 --> 00:16:23,554
you know what I'm saying, like,
445
00:16:23,589 --> 00:16:25,556
- so that this can get the upfront shine.
- COOKIE: Okay.
446
00:16:25,591 --> 00:16:27,358
You know, maybe move Freda
to three and seven.
447
00:16:27,393 --> 00:16:28,792
I thought we killed that.
448
00:16:28,828 --> 00:16:29,960
Killed what?
449
00:16:29,996 --> 00:16:31,929
Uh, look, give us a second.
450
00:16:31,964 --> 00:16:33,597
Help yourself to some snacks.
451
00:16:33,633 --> 00:16:36,634
Come here, let me talk
to you for a second.
452
00:16:37,903 --> 00:16:39,703
- Uh, look... (CLEARS THROAT)
- Mom?
453
00:16:39,739 --> 00:16:41,405
I just found out that Stacee has
454
00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:44,108
an exclusivity clause in her contract,
455
00:16:44,143 --> 00:16:48,045
so... no other female rapper
can be on your album.
456
00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:50,447
Ma, I can't just dump Freda.
457
00:16:50,483 --> 00:16:52,650
It's not me, baby, it's Stacee.
458
00:16:52,685 --> 00:16:54,551
Look, you're the one stressing
459
00:16:54,587 --> 00:16:56,887
'cause you want to drop
your album before the ASAs.
460
00:16:56,922 --> 00:16:58,289
I'm just trying to help you.
461
00:16:58,324 --> 00:17:00,457
Two tracks with Stacee Run-Run?
462
00:17:00,493 --> 00:17:03,127
Boy, you will give Lucious
a run-run for his money.
463
00:17:05,531 --> 00:17:09,333
LUCIOUS: Son, say hello to your
grandmother, Leah Mary Walker.
464
00:17:09,368 --> 00:17:11,335
ANDRE: I don't know what to say to her.
465
00:17:11,370 --> 00:17:12,970
Whatever you got to say, say it quickly.
466
00:17:13,005 --> 00:17:14,004
It's cold out here.
467
00:17:16,242 --> 00:17:17,975
You know, the funny thing about my mama,
468
00:17:18,010 --> 00:17:20,844
you'd never know who
was gonna answer back.
469
00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:24,682
Some days, it was this...
470
00:17:24,717 --> 00:17:28,352
terrifying and abusive woman.
471
00:17:28,387 --> 00:17:31,655
But, hell, what I remember
most about my mama
472
00:17:31,691 --> 00:17:34,892
was how she could make the
sun come up at midnight.
473
00:17:34,927 --> 00:17:37,895
Yeah, that's exactly
how Rhonda describes
474
00:17:37,930 --> 00:17:39,596
what it's like to live with me.
475
00:17:44,737 --> 00:17:45,703
(CLEARS THROAT)
476
00:17:45,738 --> 00:17:47,371
Hi, Grandma. It's Andre.
477
00:17:47,406 --> 00:17:49,106
I'm-I'm your oldest grandson.
478
00:17:51,744 --> 00:17:53,744
I wish I could've met you.
479
00:17:55,448 --> 00:17:59,083
Medical science has made
things more hopeful
480
00:17:59,118 --> 00:18:01,485
for people like us.
481
00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:03,253
If you were still here with us,
482
00:18:03,289 --> 00:18:04,988
today you could stand a chance
483
00:18:05,024 --> 00:18:08,659
of being whoever you dreamed of being...
484
00:18:08,694 --> 00:18:11,762
on your good days.
485
00:18:14,100 --> 00:18:16,200
Wish she could have met you, too, man.
486
00:18:16,235 --> 00:18:18,001
Really proud of you, son.
487
00:18:18,037 --> 00:18:20,671
You know, whenever you say that,
you have an agenda, so...
488
00:18:20,706 --> 00:18:22,873
I mean it.
489
00:18:22,908 --> 00:18:24,875
Yeah, there's a lot of things I'm trying
490
00:18:24,910 --> 00:18:26,076
to accomplish right now
491
00:18:26,112 --> 00:18:27,711
that I could use your help with, but...
492
00:18:27,747 --> 00:18:29,113
I'm not going against my brothers.
493
00:18:29,148 --> 00:18:31,782
I'm not asking you to go
against your Christian faith.
494
00:18:31,817 --> 00:18:34,918
I know you live by the
straight and narrow.
495
00:18:36,622 --> 00:18:38,222
What, you don't?
496
00:18:38,257 --> 00:18:41,091
I'm not...
497
00:18:41,127 --> 00:18:43,260
I'm not sure.
498
00:18:45,464 --> 00:18:48,432
Look, I understand.
499
00:18:48,467 --> 00:18:51,402
You know, how can you worship some God
500
00:18:51,437 --> 00:18:53,871
that let your babies die, or...
501
00:18:53,906 --> 00:18:56,039
war and hunger.
502
00:18:56,075 --> 00:18:57,775
Look, at the end of the day,
503
00:18:57,810 --> 00:19:00,310
you got to have faith in yourself.
504
00:19:00,346 --> 00:19:05,315
'Cause you the one that pulled
you up out of the lion's den.
505
00:19:05,351 --> 00:19:07,885
I know you and your brothers,
506
00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:09,887
y'all all want the same thing I want,
507
00:19:09,922 --> 00:19:12,322
and that's for our Empire to be great,
508
00:19:12,358 --> 00:19:15,092
but you know that I'm
the best man for that.
509
00:19:15,127 --> 00:19:17,528
I want us all to try to be better.
510
00:19:20,132 --> 00:19:22,933
Being that woman's son...
511
00:19:22,968 --> 00:19:26,503
gave me a whole lot of gifts, man.
512
00:19:26,539 --> 00:19:29,373
But she also did a lot of damage to me.
513
00:19:32,144 --> 00:19:34,845
But I know you and me working together,
514
00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:37,714
man, we could fix a whole
lot of that stuff.
515
00:19:38,537 --> 00:19:40,037
So what do you say? We good?
516
00:19:46,936 --> 00:19:49,574
So exactly why is the new
fashion line being delayed?
517
00:19:49,943 --> 00:19:51,209
It's not being delayed.
518
00:19:51,244 --> 00:19:53,105
It's being refined based
on testing, people.
519
00:19:53,130 --> 00:19:54,759
No, no. You can't say that.
520
00:19:54,802 --> 00:19:57,869
That makes it sound like the
clothes did bad on the test.
521
00:19:57,905 --> 00:20:00,672
Or I can say my dad stole
them to sabotage me.
522
00:20:00,708 --> 00:20:02,774
No, you will not say that either.
523
00:20:02,810 --> 00:20:05,477
Just say there's been some minor
factory delays and the line
524
00:20:05,512 --> 00:20:06,645
will still be in stores by Christmas.
525
00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:08,213
Nah, nah, man. I just told you,
526
00:20:08,248 --> 00:20:10,482
I need something to announce
to blow everybody away.
527
00:20:10,517 --> 00:20:11,850
So where's Dre at?
528
00:20:11,885 --> 00:20:13,485
He's supposed to prep me
with the Swiftstream thing.
529
00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:16,435
STEVE: Andre said there's
been a hiccup with the app.
530
00:20:16,536 --> 00:20:18,669
He has our tech team solving
it, but it messed with
531
00:20:18,704 --> 00:20:20,404
the first quarter numbers, so...
532
00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:23,956
you can't bring up profits
because we don't have any yet.
533
00:20:23,981 --> 00:20:25,514
Tell Dad to back the hell off.
534
00:20:25,549 --> 00:20:26,948
Okay, all right, hey.
535
00:20:26,984 --> 00:20:28,383
Can y'all give us five minutes, please?
536
00:20:28,418 --> 00:20:30,118
- Thank you, I'm sorry.
- HAKEEM: Ten minutes.
537
00:20:30,153 --> 00:20:31,152
Okay.
538
00:20:37,561 --> 00:20:40,815
Look, I doubt your father
had anything to do with it.
539
00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:41,941
Whose side are you on?
540
00:20:42,004 --> 00:20:43,937
I'm not on anybody's side, Hak...
541
00:20:43,990 --> 00:20:46,290
Would you sit down, please?
542
00:20:48,527 --> 00:20:51,199
All I ever want is what's
best for my family,
543
00:20:51,293 --> 00:20:53,293
and right now, that is you killing it
544
00:20:53,329 --> 00:20:54,895
at the shareholders meeting.
545
00:20:54,930 --> 00:20:57,764
And if you are the man for
the job, then you have
546
00:20:57,800 --> 00:20:59,500
my support, 1,000%.
547
00:20:59,575 --> 00:21:00,674
But you really need
548
00:21:00,709 --> 00:21:02,309
to get your act together,
549
00:21:02,344 --> 00:21:04,378
'cause you getting emotional
in these meetings,
550
00:21:04,413 --> 00:21:05,612
it's childish.
551
00:21:05,648 --> 00:21:06,713
Get it together.
552
00:21:06,749 --> 00:21:08,382
Can't be exploding in meetings.
553
00:21:08,417 --> 00:21:10,317
♪ I'll be gone, just keep on sippin' ♪
554
00:21:10,352 --> 00:21:12,886
♪ We gon' feel it in the mornin' ♪
555
00:21:12,922 --> 00:21:15,055
♪ Too turnt up, we goin' in ♪
556
00:21:15,090 --> 00:21:18,973
♪ Mix that purple with that yellow ♪
557
00:21:19,009 --> 00:21:23,933
♪ I know they know I gotta lot of ♪
558
00:21:23,968 --> 00:21:26,869
♪ And all these women
foreign, what's the motto? ♪
559
00:21:26,905 --> 00:21:29,205
♪ What happens here, we
gon' leave it here ♪
560
00:21:29,239 --> 00:21:30,939
♪ So don't mention that tomorrow ♪
561
00:21:30,975 --> 00:21:33,176
- ♪ We livin' that luxury... ♪
- (MUSIC STOPS)
562
00:21:33,211 --> 00:21:34,577
What's up, bro?
563
00:21:34,612 --> 00:21:35,745
Yo, that's dope.
564
00:21:35,780 --> 00:21:37,547
Yeah, just tightening up
this verse a little bit.
565
00:21:37,582 --> 00:21:38,548
You feeling it?
566
00:21:38,583 --> 00:21:40,683
Yeah, it's hard.
567
00:21:40,719 --> 00:21:42,318
Let's just hope it flies
with Mama Cookie.
568
00:21:42,353 --> 00:21:44,320
(CHUCKLES): Yeah.
569
00:21:44,355 --> 00:21:46,389
Look, Freda, I got to talk
to you about something.
570
00:21:46,424 --> 00:21:48,057
For sure. What's up?
571
00:21:48,093 --> 00:21:50,893
Well, Mama Cookie... (CHUCKLES)
572
00:21:50,929 --> 00:21:53,429
set me up, uh, to do a
song with Stacee Run-Run
573
00:21:53,465 --> 00:21:55,064
for the Black and White album.
574
00:21:55,100 --> 00:21:57,066
Bro, that is big!
575
00:21:57,102 --> 00:21:59,102
That chick is official
status right there!
576
00:21:59,137 --> 00:22:00,770
Yeah.
577
00:22:00,805 --> 00:22:02,772
Only thing is, is that she got me
578
00:22:02,807 --> 00:22:04,440
on this exclusivity thing,
579
00:22:04,476 --> 00:22:07,510
so I got to choose between her or you.
580
00:22:12,050 --> 00:22:14,984
It's cool.
581
00:22:15,019 --> 00:22:17,053
I mean, I don't want
to stop what we doing.
582
00:22:17,088 --> 00:22:19,255
I mean, 'cause it's pure magic.
It's just, you know,
583
00:22:19,290 --> 00:22:21,457
with everything I'm up
against with my dad.
584
00:22:21,493 --> 00:22:22,825
Look, man, I get it.
585
00:22:22,861 --> 00:22:24,827
Stacee Run-Run's spit
game is next level.
586
00:22:24,863 --> 00:22:28,097
She hot across the world.
587
00:22:28,133 --> 00:22:30,233
You can't choose me over her.
588
00:22:30,268 --> 00:22:32,401
Hey, look, I promise you
that after I'm done,
589
00:22:32,437 --> 00:22:34,837
then... we'll pick up where we left off.
590
00:22:34,873 --> 00:22:37,140
Come on, man, it ain't no
need to make promises.
591
00:22:37,175 --> 00:22:39,442
Just do you and win.
592
00:22:39,477 --> 00:22:41,477
Ain't that the point of all this?
593
00:22:45,617 --> 00:22:47,450
ANDRE: Yesterday, I told Dad
594
00:22:47,485 --> 00:22:49,685
I wanted us all to try to be better.
595
00:22:49,721 --> 00:22:52,588
So... we all know
596
00:22:52,624 --> 00:22:54,590
that sometimes this family
597
00:22:54,626 --> 00:22:56,626
doesn't treat people
as well as we should.
598
00:22:56,661 --> 00:22:58,361
But I've seen that we can change,
599
00:22:58,396 --> 00:22:59,862
that we can rise above our past,
600
00:22:59,898 --> 00:23:01,931
and I'm hoping that
we can do that today,
601
00:23:01,966 --> 00:23:03,366
because there's someone here
602
00:23:03,401 --> 00:23:05,301
who has something really
important to tell you.
603
00:23:05,336 --> 00:23:07,203
Rhonda?
604
00:23:10,842 --> 00:23:13,309
COOKIE: Uh, what the
hell is she doing here?!
605
00:23:13,344 --> 00:23:14,544
Anika.
606
00:23:14,579 --> 00:23:16,179
LUCIOUS: What would
this woman have to say
607
00:23:16,214 --> 00:23:18,714
that would be of any interest
to anybody in this family?
608
00:23:18,750 --> 00:23:21,784
I'm just asking that
everybody remain civil.
609
00:23:21,820 --> 00:23:24,387
Okay, Anika, please.
610
00:23:27,559 --> 00:23:28,958
I'm pregnant.
611
00:23:28,993 --> 00:23:31,093
So?
612
00:23:31,129 --> 00:23:33,329
It's Hakeem's.
613
00:23:33,364 --> 00:23:34,764
COOKIE: What?!
614
00:23:34,799 --> 00:23:37,800
Are you that thirsty, you trick-ass ho?!
615
00:23:37,836 --> 00:23:39,735
- Wait, Ma. Hold on, hold on one second.
- Are you serious?!
616
00:23:39,771 --> 00:23:42,071
Did you know?
617
00:23:42,106 --> 00:23:43,739
No!
618
00:23:43,775 --> 00:23:45,908
Look, how I even know the baby mine?
619
00:23:45,944 --> 00:23:47,910
You're the only one I've
been with after your father.
620
00:23:47,946 --> 00:23:49,478
COOKIE: And you want us to believe that?
621
00:23:49,514 --> 00:23:51,247
ANIKA: I'm happy to do a paternity test.
622
00:23:51,282 --> 00:23:54,951
So you don't know how to
use a condom, stupid?!
623
00:23:54,986 --> 00:23:58,421
Anika, um... you gonna keep it?
624
00:23:58,456 --> 00:23:59,989
I begged her to.
625
00:24:00,024 --> 00:24:01,824
You did what, stupid?
626
00:24:01,860 --> 00:24:04,427
This family has already
tragically lost an heir.
627
00:24:04,462 --> 00:24:05,628
This family uses the term "heir"
628
00:24:05,663 --> 00:24:07,163
as if we're in a Shakespearian play.
629
00:24:07,198 --> 00:24:08,464
Technically, if we're
talking about heirs,
630
00:24:08,499 --> 00:24:09,665
we need to find Lola.
631
00:24:09,701 --> 00:24:10,967
No, we don't.
632
00:24:12,170 --> 00:24:13,569
You're not the father.
633
00:24:13,605 --> 00:24:15,271
How do you know that, Lucious?
634
00:24:15,306 --> 00:24:17,573
Had a DNA test done.
635
00:24:17,609 --> 00:24:19,775
Her daddy's name is, uh, Marcus Jones.
636
00:24:19,811 --> 00:24:21,210
(SIGHS)
637
00:24:21,246 --> 00:24:22,211
Great.
638
00:24:22,247 --> 00:24:23,346
Sorry.
639
00:24:23,381 --> 00:24:24,580
I guess that's that, huh?
640
00:24:28,319 --> 00:24:30,353
Okay, little lady.
641
00:24:30,388 --> 00:24:32,488
What do you want?
642
00:24:34,392 --> 00:24:35,892
I want something very valuable,
643
00:24:35,927 --> 00:24:38,194
something almost priceless.
644
00:24:38,229 --> 00:24:39,362
Right. So, Lucious,
645
00:24:39,397 --> 00:24:41,030
why don't you just write
this bitch a check
646
00:24:41,065 --> 00:24:42,498
so she can get up out of here.
647
00:24:42,533 --> 00:24:43,766
Cookie, please.
648
00:24:43,801 --> 00:24:46,035
Let her finish.
649
00:24:46,069 --> 00:24:47,869
I want my child to have a family.
650
00:24:47,906 --> 00:24:49,739
(SIGHS): Girl, bye.
651
00:24:49,774 --> 00:24:53,476
ANIKA: Look, I-I know that things
haven't been pleasant among us all.
652
00:24:53,511 --> 00:24:58,281
And I fully recognize the
role that I played in that.
653
00:24:58,316 --> 00:25:03,786
I am taking full
responsibility for my actions.
654
00:25:06,457 --> 00:25:08,324
(SIGHS) I'm sorry.
655
00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:10,493
I'm trying to make amends.
656
00:25:10,528 --> 00:25:12,028
(SIGHS)
657
00:25:12,063 --> 00:25:14,954
I hope that you will all think about it.
658
00:25:28,110 --> 00:25:32,053
ANNOUNCER: Empire shareholders,
please welcome Tiana!
659
00:25:32,586 --> 00:25:34,052
♪ Na, na, na, na ♪
660
00:25:34,088 --> 00:25:37,189
♪ Na, na, na ♪
661
00:25:37,224 --> 00:25:39,157
♪ I been workin' all week ♪
662
00:25:39,193 --> 00:25:40,926
♪ Standing on my two feet ♪
663
00:25:40,961 --> 00:25:43,228
♪ Shake it off and let it go ♪
664
00:25:44,765 --> 00:25:46,932
♪ Seen you from across the room ♪
665
00:25:46,967 --> 00:25:48,266
♪ You look like you got that boom ♪
666
00:25:48,302 --> 00:25:50,936
♪ Come and raise my tempo ♪
667
00:25:50,971 --> 00:25:54,072
♪ I've heard it before ♪
668
00:25:54,108 --> 00:25:57,142
♪ I don't wanna hear anymore, no ♪
669
00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:03,148
♪ You got that somethin'
that I can't resist ♪
670
00:26:03,183 --> 00:26:05,750
♪ And I'll show you just what it is ♪
671
00:26:05,786 --> 00:26:07,919
♪ Oh ♪
672
00:26:07,955 --> 00:26:11,423
♪ It's your touch I'm cravin' ♪
673
00:26:11,458 --> 00:26:12,891
♪ Feel the rush ♪
674
00:26:12,926 --> 00:26:15,260
♪ Don't say a word ♪
675
00:26:15,295 --> 00:26:16,928
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
676
00:26:16,964 --> 00:26:18,730
♪ Say no words ♪
677
00:26:18,765 --> 00:26:19,931
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
678
00:26:19,967 --> 00:26:21,466
♪ Sick of talkin' ♪
679
00:26:21,502 --> 00:26:23,368
♪ Make that body speak ♪
680
00:26:23,403 --> 00:26:24,436
♪ Shut your mouth ♪
681
00:26:24,471 --> 00:26:26,037
♪ Let it come naturally ♪
682
00:26:26,073 --> 00:26:28,874
♪ Body, body ♪
683
00:26:28,909 --> 00:26:32,777
♪ And, baby, if you're worth it,
I'll give you lip service ♪
684
00:26:32,813 --> 00:26:34,146
♪ That body speak ♪
685
00:26:34,181 --> 00:26:36,047
♪ Make that body, body speak. ♪
686
00:26:36,083 --> 00:26:39,317
(CROWD CHEERING)
687
00:26:55,102 --> 00:26:56,468
COOKIE: Yes!
688
00:26:56,503 --> 00:27:00,605
That was Lyon Dynasty artist Tiana,
689
00:27:00,641 --> 00:27:04,509
ladies and gentlemen, fresh
off of her sold-out tour.
690
00:27:04,545 --> 00:27:09,948
And now that Lyon Dynasty is back
under the Empire banner, that song,
691
00:27:09,983 --> 00:27:12,017
which is on its way to hitting
692
00:27:12,052 --> 00:27:14,653
two million in sales right
now, as we speak...
693
00:27:14,688 --> 00:27:15,921
(CROWD CHEERS)
694
00:27:15,956 --> 00:27:19,457
...only means money in
all of your pockets.
695
00:27:21,962 --> 00:27:24,095
So, ladies and gentlemen, shareholders,
696
00:27:24,131 --> 00:27:27,165
without further ado, I
would like to introduce
697
00:27:27,201 --> 00:27:29,501
my son, my baby boy,
698
00:27:29,536 --> 00:27:32,003
and your chief executive officer,
699
00:27:32,039 --> 00:27:34,005
Hakeem Lyon!
700
00:27:34,041 --> 00:27:36,041
(CROWD CHEERING)
701
00:27:51,858 --> 00:27:53,592
(EXHALES)
702
00:27:53,627 --> 00:27:55,193
Seeing how much you adored lions,
703
00:27:55,229 --> 00:27:57,329
I thought I'd bring you one.
704
00:27:57,364 --> 00:27:58,964
Oh, you really didn't think
705
00:27:58,999 --> 00:28:00,565
you were gonna make a surprise visit
706
00:28:00,601 --> 00:28:03,635
to my house, and me
not return the favor.
707
00:28:03,670 --> 00:28:06,071
No.
708
00:28:06,106 --> 00:28:08,873
Please, make yourself at home.
709
00:28:08,909 --> 00:28:10,275
I did.
710
00:28:10,310 --> 00:28:12,978
So what took you so long?
711
00:28:13,013 --> 00:28:15,580
Well, if I knew you felt like that,
712
00:28:15,616 --> 00:28:17,182
I'd have come sooner.
713
00:28:17,217 --> 00:28:19,050
(CHUCKLES)
714
00:28:20,621 --> 00:28:22,354
Look...
715
00:28:22,389 --> 00:28:26,157
I want you to take your
prenatals, get good rest,
716
00:28:26,193 --> 00:28:28,093
bring the baby to term.
717
00:28:28,128 --> 00:28:31,096
When you have it, give
it to Hakeem, and...
718
00:28:31,131 --> 00:28:33,098
I'm-a give you ten million dollars.
719
00:28:33,133 --> 00:28:35,667
Do not be absurd, Lucious.
720
00:28:35,702 --> 00:28:37,168
I don't want your money.
721
00:28:37,204 --> 00:28:39,104
If I did, I would think
722
00:28:39,139 --> 00:28:40,605
that carrying the Lyon
heir would be worth
723
00:28:40,641 --> 00:28:42,841
a hell of a lot more than ten
million, don't you think?
724
00:28:42,876 --> 00:28:43,842
What do you want?
725
00:28:43,877 --> 00:28:45,243
A trust fund?
726
00:28:45,279 --> 00:28:47,779
Big old mansion like
Rhonda and Andre got?
727
00:28:47,814 --> 00:28:48,947
I told you what I want.
728
00:28:48,982 --> 00:28:50,215
A family?
729
00:28:50,250 --> 00:28:53,718
If you wanted a family,
why'd you betray me?
730
00:28:53,754 --> 00:28:54,786
I betrayed you?
731
00:28:54,821 --> 00:28:57,455
I mean, sleeping with Beretti...
732
00:28:57,491 --> 00:28:59,424
I could have gotten over that.
733
00:28:59,459 --> 00:29:01,026
But you slept with my baby boy,
734
00:29:01,061 --> 00:29:02,961
with my son.
735
00:29:02,996 --> 00:29:05,130
I never slept with Beretti.
736
00:29:05,165 --> 00:29:07,432
But it was okay to sleep with my son?
737
00:29:07,467 --> 00:29:09,367
You cheated on me first!
You slept with Cookie!
738
00:29:09,403 --> 00:29:11,303
I was never gonna leave you for Cookie.
739
00:29:11,338 --> 00:29:12,671
You broke my heart.
740
00:29:12,706 --> 00:29:15,206
You made me behave like
some kind of lunatic.
741
00:29:15,242 --> 00:29:17,108
I made you behave?
742
00:29:17,144 --> 00:29:19,110
Look, you can't blame
me for your actions.
743
00:29:19,146 --> 00:29:20,612
If you acted like a lunatic,
744
00:29:20,647 --> 00:29:22,480
it's 'cause you made those choices.
745
00:29:22,516 --> 00:29:25,050
Look...
746
00:29:25,085 --> 00:29:27,952
I done said my piece.
747
00:29:27,988 --> 00:29:29,087
Take my offer.
748
00:29:29,122 --> 00:29:31,222
It's a good one.
749
00:29:31,258 --> 00:29:34,159
Please, don't make me get ugly.
750
00:29:35,662 --> 00:29:36,995
No, no, no.
751
00:29:37,030 --> 00:29:38,730
My baby... he is making me
752
00:29:38,765 --> 00:29:40,398
believe in myself again, Lucious.
753
00:29:44,137 --> 00:29:46,104
He? He.
754
00:29:46,139 --> 00:29:47,939
And if that is something
you cannot understand,
755
00:29:47,974 --> 00:29:51,142
then I will have to do what I
need to do, too, just like you.
756
00:29:51,178 --> 00:29:53,645
What does that mean?
757
00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:55,313
"Do what you need to do."
758
00:29:55,349 --> 00:29:58,850
When the FBI was coming for
you, I never dimed on you.
759
00:30:01,888 --> 00:30:04,923
What could you possibly know about me
760
00:30:04,958 --> 00:30:07,492
that would be of any
interest to the FBI?
761
00:30:07,527 --> 00:30:10,962
Five years...
762
00:30:10,997 --> 00:30:13,365
of being with you, Lucious.
763
00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:15,133
Living under your roof,
764
00:30:15,168 --> 00:30:17,702
working for you.
765
00:30:17,738 --> 00:30:20,338
I know more than you think.
766
00:30:20,374 --> 00:30:21,706
If I didn't know better,
767
00:30:21,742 --> 00:30:23,708
I would say you're threatening me.
768
00:30:23,744 --> 00:30:27,011
But I do know better.
769
00:30:27,047 --> 00:30:29,180
I would be very careful.
770
00:30:29,216 --> 00:30:30,715
You know, a lot of women,
771
00:30:30,751 --> 00:30:32,817
they...
772
00:30:32,853 --> 00:30:35,220
they don't survive childbirth.
773
00:30:43,263 --> 00:30:45,797
(DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)
774
00:30:45,832 --> 00:30:47,999
And our recent acquisition
of Swiftstream
775
00:30:48,034 --> 00:30:50,802
has put Empire in a position
776
00:30:50,837 --> 00:30:54,739
to be the world's leader
in music streaming today.
777
00:30:54,775 --> 00:30:56,241
(CROWD CHEERING)
778
00:30:56,276 --> 00:30:58,510
Yeah.
779
00:30:58,545 --> 00:31:01,045
Now I'll take questions.
I know y'all got plenty.
780
00:31:01,081 --> 00:31:03,548
WOMAN: Hi. Um, I'm Marti Monroe.
781
00:31:03,583 --> 00:31:05,884
I'm from Toledo. This
is my neighbor, Olive.
782
00:31:05,919 --> 00:31:07,519
We have an Empire investment group.
783
00:31:07,554 --> 00:31:09,220
Hey, Marti and Olive from Toledo.
784
00:31:09,256 --> 00:31:11,389
What's your question?
785
00:31:11,425 --> 00:31:14,025
We love, love your music,
and we just want to know,
786
00:31:14,060 --> 00:31:16,594
why haven't you released
any new stuff lately?
787
00:31:16,630 --> 00:31:18,763
Well, to be honest,
I've been a little busy
788
00:31:18,799 --> 00:31:21,900
with Empire for the past few months,
watching after y'all money,
789
00:31:21,935 --> 00:31:23,835
making sure y'all don't go broke!
790
00:31:23,870 --> 00:31:25,837
(CROWD CHEERING)
791
00:31:25,872 --> 00:31:28,339
But I promise you, ladies, I
got music coming very soon.
792
00:31:28,375 --> 00:31:30,208
Very soon. Next question.
793
00:31:30,243 --> 00:31:32,777
LUCIOUS: Um, over here, Mr. CEO.
794
00:31:32,813 --> 00:31:34,846
It's a simple one.
795
00:31:34,881 --> 00:31:35,847
(CROWD MURMURING)
796
00:31:35,882 --> 00:31:37,015
Y'all may know this man
797
00:31:37,050 --> 00:31:38,716
as Lucious Lyon, my father.
798
00:31:38,752 --> 00:31:40,718
(APPLAUSE)
799
00:31:40,754 --> 00:31:42,287
LUCIOUS: Thank you.
800
00:31:42,322 --> 00:31:43,955
Thank you. It's nice to know
801
00:31:43,990 --> 00:31:45,924
there's still some love
left for the old man.
802
00:31:45,959 --> 00:31:46,958
Okay, ask your question
803
00:31:46,993 --> 00:31:48,426
so other people can have a chance.
804
00:31:48,462 --> 00:31:49,427
Okay, okay.
805
00:31:49,463 --> 00:31:51,296
What do you think
806
00:31:51,331 --> 00:31:53,164
are the five biggest challenges
807
00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:56,034
facing the music industry
over the next, say,
808
00:31:56,069 --> 00:31:58,002
ten years?
809
00:32:06,112 --> 00:32:08,480
Monetizing new releases.
810
00:32:08,515 --> 00:32:11,649
Declining physical CD sales.
811
00:32:11,685 --> 00:32:13,151
I don't know, Lucious. What, piracy?
812
00:32:13,186 --> 00:32:16,254
Rising ticket prices for live shows.
813
00:32:16,289 --> 00:32:19,891
And an all-around lack of
innovation for the music industry.
814
00:32:19,926 --> 00:32:22,160
I don't know. I'll break it
down for you if you want.
815
00:32:22,195 --> 00:32:24,996
(LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE)
816
00:32:25,031 --> 00:32:27,832
It's really funny you
mention live shows.
817
00:32:27,868 --> 00:32:31,102
Didn't Empire just scrap
an entire concert tour
818
00:32:31,137 --> 00:32:33,471
under your expert leadership?
819
00:32:33,507 --> 00:32:35,807
Okay, if you want to talk about
that, my father actually...
820
00:32:35,842 --> 00:32:37,275
LUCIOUS: See, that's where you're wrong.
821
00:32:37,310 --> 00:32:38,576
This isn't about me.
822
00:32:38,612 --> 00:32:41,479
I'm actually asking on
behalf of Clair here.
823
00:32:41,515 --> 00:32:43,014
Clair, baby, please stand up.
824
00:32:43,049 --> 00:32:45,083
Now, Clair Templeton,
825
00:32:45,118 --> 00:32:48,086
- she's a schoolteacher from Dallas.
- (QUIETLY): What is this?
826
00:32:48,121 --> 00:32:51,589
It turns out that money is
so scarce in her district
827
00:32:51,625 --> 00:32:54,292
that she has to pay for her
students' school supplies
828
00:32:54,327 --> 00:32:56,160
out of her own pocket.
829
00:32:56,196 --> 00:33:00,431
Which means Clair depends
on Empire dividends,
830
00:33:00,467 --> 00:33:02,500
or her students don't get an education.
831
00:33:02,536 --> 00:33:03,501
Am I right?
832
00:33:03,537 --> 00:33:05,303
You're damn right, Lucious.
833
00:33:05,338 --> 00:33:06,304
(CROWD MURMURING)
834
00:33:06,339 --> 00:33:07,705
LUCIOUS: And then, uh,
835
00:33:07,741 --> 00:33:09,474
Mitch here, Mr. CEO,
836
00:33:09,509 --> 00:33:11,976
he came all the way from Albuquerque.
837
00:33:12,012 --> 00:33:14,045
Mitch was wondering what in the world
838
00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:16,014
happened with the Antony & Cleopatra
839
00:33:16,049 --> 00:33:17,582
clothing line that you got us
840
00:33:17,617 --> 00:33:19,183
so hyped up about?
841
00:33:19,219 --> 00:33:20,852
Well, Mitch, there's
been a slight delay.
842
00:33:20,887 --> 00:33:22,720
Why is that?
843
00:33:22,756 --> 00:33:24,589
Our warehouse was broken into.
844
00:33:24,624 --> 00:33:26,658
You mean a security breach,
845
00:33:26,693 --> 00:33:28,526
under your watch.
846
00:33:28,562 --> 00:33:29,894
Now, we're talking about
847
00:33:29,930 --> 00:33:33,331
millions of dollars of
merchandise down the drain.
848
00:33:33,366 --> 00:33:35,967
I mean, why wasn't
there better security?
849
00:33:36,002 --> 00:33:37,802
Nah, man, you can't
take over this meeting.
850
00:33:37,837 --> 00:33:39,671
No, I'm-I'm not taking
over your meeting, son.
851
00:33:39,706 --> 00:33:42,540
I'm just asking the simple questions
852
00:33:42,576 --> 00:33:45,009
that any competent CEO could answer.
853
00:33:45,045 --> 00:33:47,579
But I am concerned about Swiftstream.
854
00:33:47,614 --> 00:33:49,647
I heard there's a problem with the app.
855
00:33:49,683 --> 00:33:51,249
(CROWD MURMURING)
856
00:33:51,284 --> 00:33:54,485
Now, that's just a temporary delay.
857
00:33:54,521 --> 00:33:56,621
(QUIETLY): Did you do
what I think you did?
858
00:33:56,656 --> 00:33:58,856
LUCIOUS: Now we've all heard
him say how Swiftstream is...
859
00:33:58,892 --> 00:34:00,892
(QUIETLY): That's how we get back to us.
860
00:34:00,927 --> 00:34:03,094
...positioned to be the
leader in music streaming,
861
00:34:03,129 --> 00:34:05,563
but I don't know how in the
world that's ever gonna happen,
862
00:34:05,599 --> 00:34:07,999
if we can't even launch the damn app.
863
00:34:08,034 --> 00:34:09,801
(CROWD MURMURING AGREEMENT)
864
00:34:10,870 --> 00:34:12,604
It's a temporary delay.
865
00:34:12,639 --> 00:34:14,572
Oh, another delay.
866
00:34:14,608 --> 00:34:17,308
Damn, you got a room full of people here
867
00:34:17,344 --> 00:34:21,479
all waiting to hear your
vision, but instead,
868
00:34:21,514 --> 00:34:23,881
they're hearing delays, mishaps
869
00:34:23,917 --> 00:34:26,317
and mismanagement.
870
00:34:26,353 --> 00:34:27,919
Now, this is their meeting.
871
00:34:27,954 --> 00:34:29,087
Clair,
872
00:34:29,122 --> 00:34:30,488
tell him what you need.
873
00:34:30,523 --> 00:34:31,756
We need Lucious.
874
00:34:31,791 --> 00:34:33,091
- No, no, no, no.
- MAN: That's right! Lucious!
875
00:34:33,126 --> 00:34:34,926
- (CROWD CHEERING)
- LUCIOUS: That's not what I meant.
876
00:34:34,961 --> 00:34:36,127
That's not what I meant!
877
00:34:36,162 --> 00:34:38,963
CROWD (CHANTING): Lucious!
Lucious! Lucious!
878
00:34:38,999 --> 00:34:40,665
(CHANTING CONTINUES)
879
00:34:40,700 --> 00:34:42,433
COOKIE: Uh, okay.
880
00:34:42,469 --> 00:34:45,236
All right. Okay, okay.
881
00:34:45,271 --> 00:34:46,738
Everybody, settle down.
882
00:34:46,773 --> 00:34:48,439
Let me explain what's happening here.
883
00:34:48,475 --> 00:34:54,245
What we have is two great
men fighting over Empire.
884
00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:59,684
They both love this company so
much that they would kill for it.
885
00:34:59,719 --> 00:35:03,154
And I mean that figuratively, of course.
886
00:35:03,189 --> 00:35:06,391
But what it means is that
they will kill it for you.
887
00:35:06,426 --> 00:35:08,393
And I know that's what you want.
888
00:35:08,428 --> 00:35:09,394
Am I right?
889
00:35:09,429 --> 00:35:11,129
(SCATTERED MURMURS)
890
00:35:11,164 --> 00:35:14,098
Okay, Lucious is a legend.
891
00:35:14,134 --> 00:35:16,000
Can't take that away from him.
892
00:35:16,036 --> 00:35:17,502
Yeah, that's right, give it up.
893
00:35:17,537 --> 00:35:19,170
(APPLAUSE)
894
00:35:19,205 --> 00:35:24,108
But my son, Hakeem, has become
a mogul in his own right.
895
00:35:24,144 --> 00:35:28,479
He helped me build Lyon
Dynasty from nothing,
896
00:35:28,515 --> 00:35:30,314
and for that he deserves your respect.
897
00:35:31,818 --> 00:35:32,917
And yours, too.
898
00:35:34,421 --> 00:35:36,721
So why don't you come up here
and show these shareholders
899
00:35:36,756 --> 00:35:39,223
that you will not fight
with one another,
900
00:35:39,259 --> 00:35:42,060
but instead you will
fight together to make
901
00:35:42,095 --> 00:35:46,731
this company great like they...
like we all deserve, right?
902
00:35:46,766 --> 00:35:47,899
(CROWD CHEERING)
903
00:35:47,934 --> 00:35:49,400
Empire was built on family!
904
00:35:53,940 --> 00:35:55,506
Son.
905
00:35:56,543 --> 00:35:59,110
(CROWD CHEERING)
906
00:36:00,947 --> 00:36:03,214
What Empire needs is you, Cookie!
907
00:36:03,249 --> 00:36:05,717
- Thank you.
- To the Empire!
908
00:36:05,752 --> 00:36:06,751
The Empire!
909
00:36:23,087 --> 00:36:24,256
What did the board say?
910
00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:26,513
They did it. They voted me out.
911
00:36:26,549 --> 00:36:27,815
They like you, Mom.
912
00:36:27,850 --> 00:36:29,817
Come here, boy.
913
00:36:29,852 --> 00:36:32,353
I'm proud of you.
914
00:36:32,388 --> 00:36:36,624
You did the best you could
steering this mess of a ship.
915
00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:38,366
And you should be proud of yourself.
916
00:36:38,402 --> 00:36:42,704
You can tell your kids you ran
Empire for all of ten minutes.
917
00:36:42,739 --> 00:36:45,940
Really?
918
00:36:45,976 --> 00:36:48,143
You must feel good about yourself,
919
00:36:48,178 --> 00:36:50,979
humiliating him in front
of all of those people.
920
00:36:51,014 --> 00:36:52,680
(SCOFFS)
921
00:36:52,716 --> 00:36:54,883
You know you love me, baby.
922
00:36:54,918 --> 00:36:56,284
You said
923
00:36:56,319 --> 00:36:59,854
you wanted to bring our
family back together.
924
00:36:59,890 --> 00:37:01,890
Now, you know what happens
after this, right?
925
00:37:01,925 --> 00:37:05,059
Yeah, they come groveling back to
you like Apple did Steve Jobs.
926
00:37:05,095 --> 00:37:07,896
You... you are a piece of work.
927
00:37:07,931 --> 00:37:09,230
Congratulations.
928
00:37:21,178 --> 00:37:22,911
What's up, y'all?
929
00:37:22,946 --> 00:37:24,312
Hey.
930
00:37:24,347 --> 00:37:27,148
Oh, Stacee Run-Runnin' late?
931
00:37:27,184 --> 00:37:29,017
(CHUCKLES)
932
00:37:29,052 --> 00:37:30,919
What?
933
00:37:30,954 --> 00:37:32,420
She's in Tokyo,
934
00:37:32,456 --> 00:37:34,155
but she sent over her
pre-recorded verse,
935
00:37:34,191 --> 00:37:35,290
and, Jamal, it is hot!
936
00:37:35,325 --> 00:37:36,658
Hit it.
937
00:37:36,693 --> 00:37:39,160
STACEE: ♪ They choose
me, I'm like treasure ♪
938
00:37:39,196 --> 00:37:40,328
♪ Maybe 'cause I'm state-of-the-art ♪
939
00:37:40,363 --> 00:37:41,729
♪ On all measures ♪
940
00:37:41,765 --> 00:37:43,331
♪ Maybe 'cause I symbolize... ♪
941
00:37:43,366 --> 00:37:44,332
(MUSIC STOPS)
942
00:37:44,367 --> 00:37:45,467
When will she back?
943
00:37:45,502 --> 00:37:47,268
Uh, she's in Tokyo,
944
00:37:47,304 --> 00:37:48,503
Jamal, as in Japan.
945
00:37:48,538 --> 00:37:49,838
She's on a promotional tour,
946
00:37:49,873 --> 00:37:52,707
but, look, she will be
back in time for the ASAs.
947
00:37:52,742 --> 00:37:54,075
- The ASAs?
- Listen...
948
00:37:54,110 --> 00:37:57,111
Jamal, a lot of artists do this, okay?
949
00:37:57,147 --> 00:38:00,248
Lil' Wayne is forever spitting
a hot 16 on somebody's track
950
00:38:00,283 --> 00:38:02,417
from the comforts of his own tour bus.
951
00:38:02,452 --> 00:38:03,751
Technology.
952
00:38:03,787 --> 00:38:05,420
Didn't that tour bus get shot up?
953
00:38:05,455 --> 00:38:07,355
Jamal, please, don't fight with me.
954
00:38:07,390 --> 00:38:08,923
Just do this, okay?
955
00:38:08,959 --> 00:38:10,391
- Ma, I'm-a do it.
- Please, please, please.
956
00:38:10,427 --> 00:38:11,893
- I'm-a do it.
- Okay, thank you. Thank you.
957
00:38:16,433 --> 00:38:17,999
(SIGHS): Okay.
958
00:38:20,003 --> 00:38:21,469
♪ I'm like treasure ♪
959
00:38:21,505 --> 00:38:22,804
♪ Maybe 'cause I'm state-of-the-art ♪
960
00:38:22,839 --> 00:38:24,472
♪ On all measures ♪
961
00:38:24,508 --> 00:38:26,941
♪ Maybe 'cause I symbolize
grade-A pleasure ♪
962
00:38:26,977 --> 00:38:29,611
♪ Take what you want, no
playin' hard to get ♪
963
00:38:29,646 --> 00:38:31,412
♪ Oh, you got it like that ♪
964
00:38:31,448 --> 00:38:32,714
♪ Well, let's see what comes next ♪
965
00:38:32,749 --> 00:38:34,282
♪ Run, what you got ♪
966
00:38:34,317 --> 00:38:36,651
♪ It's a stickup, hands up in the air ♪
967
00:38:36,686 --> 00:38:39,988
♪ Are you down or what? ♪
968
00:38:40,023 --> 00:38:41,956
♪ Are you down or what? ♪
969
00:38:41,992 --> 00:38:43,091
♪ Tell me ♪
970
00:38:43,126 --> 00:38:44,626
♪ Tell... tell me if... ♪
971
00:38:44,661 --> 00:38:46,961
Jamal! Come on, baby,
you were bringing it.
972
00:38:46,997 --> 00:38:47,996
- Come on.
- I know.
973
00:38:48,031 --> 00:38:49,831
I just got to, I just got to catch it.
974
00:38:49,866 --> 00:38:50,965
It'll be fine. Mm-hmm.
975
00:38:51,001 --> 00:38:52,467
♪ I'm like treasure ♪
976
00:38:52,502 --> 00:38:53,501
♪ Maybe 'cause I'm state-of-the-art ♪
977
00:38:53,537 --> 00:38:55,003
♪ On all measures ♪
978
00:38:55,038 --> 00:38:57,772
♪ Maybe 'cause I symbolize
grade-A pleasure ♪
979
00:38:57,807 --> 00:39:00,308
♪ Take what you want, no
playin' hard to get ♪
980
00:39:00,343 --> 00:39:01,776
♪ Oh, you got it like that ♪
981
00:39:01,811 --> 00:39:03,478
♪ Well, let's see what comes next ♪
982
00:39:03,513 --> 00:39:05,013
♪ Run, what you got ♪
983
00:39:05,048 --> 00:39:08,283
♪ It's a stickup, hands up in the air ♪
984
00:39:08,318 --> 00:39:11,019
♪ Are you down or what? ♪
985
00:39:11,054 --> 00:39:13,187
♪ Are you down or what? ♪
986
00:39:13,223 --> 00:39:14,989
♪ Tell me if you're ready ♪
987
00:39:15,025 --> 00:39:19,627
♪ 'Cause I'm willing to
take what I want tonight ♪
988
00:39:19,663 --> 00:39:21,529
♪ Are you down or what? ♪
989
00:39:21,565 --> 00:39:23,131
Ma, I'm sorry. Like, I-I don't...
990
00:39:23,166 --> 00:39:25,033
I don't even want to work like this.
991
00:39:27,938 --> 00:39:30,104
It is so disrespectful for
her not to even show.
992
00:39:30,140 --> 00:39:34,442
You are the one who said you want to burn
down this town and leave your father
993
00:39:34,477 --> 00:39:36,044
- crawling around in your ashes.
- O-Okay.
994
00:39:36,079 --> 00:39:38,146
Then, you know what, I
don't need Stacee Run-Run.
995
00:39:38,181 --> 00:39:41,215
You know, I was burning the city
down already with Freda Gatz.
996
00:39:41,251 --> 00:39:43,351
And I don't understand why
you got such a problem
997
00:39:43,386 --> 00:39:45,186
with what we're doing.
998
00:39:45,221 --> 00:39:46,988
Like, usually, we're right
on the same creative page.
999
00:39:47,023 --> 00:39:49,557
Jamal... (SIGHS)
1000
00:39:49,593 --> 00:39:51,559
(CLIPPERS BUZZING, RAP
MUSIC PLAYING QUIETLY)
1001
00:39:51,595 --> 00:39:54,128
(DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)
1002
00:39:54,164 --> 00:39:55,897
MAN: Hey, Jamal.
1003
00:39:55,932 --> 00:39:57,298
What's up?
1004
00:39:57,334 --> 00:39:58,433
Yo.
1005
00:40:03,139 --> 00:40:05,173
Listen, I don't want somebody
giving me an ultimatum.
1006
00:40:07,210 --> 00:40:09,510
I want you on the Black and White album.
1007
00:40:09,546 --> 00:40:13,581
And if I got to choose between
you or someone, anyone...
1008
00:40:13,617 --> 00:40:15,083
I choose you, all right?
1009
00:40:15,118 --> 00:40:17,819
So, what, you wasn't
feeling Stacee Run-Run?
1010
00:40:17,854 --> 00:40:19,320
Nah, man, Stacee's cool.
1011
00:40:19,356 --> 00:40:21,089
Her spit game is crazy.
1012
00:40:21,124 --> 00:40:22,890
She said she used to watch
me perform at this place
1013
00:40:22,926 --> 00:40:24,525
on Bleeker Street called Incognito.
1014
00:40:24,561 --> 00:40:26,761
Oh, yeah, I know that place.
1015
00:40:26,796 --> 00:40:30,264
Couple brothers used to play
blues there on Friday night.
1016
00:40:32,335 --> 00:40:34,736
Thanks, Freda.
1017
00:40:34,771 --> 00:40:37,672
Look, Freda, look, the
way that we make music,
1018
00:40:37,707 --> 00:40:40,341
that's how I used to feel when
I would perform at Incognito.
1019
00:40:40,377 --> 00:40:44,045
I wasn't worried about
beating my dad or...
1020
00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:45,880
winning some ASA.
1021
00:40:45,915 --> 00:40:47,582
It was creating music
1022
00:40:47,617 --> 00:40:50,218
for the joy of creating music, you know?
1023
00:40:50,253 --> 00:40:52,220
I know you know.
1024
00:40:54,090 --> 00:40:55,952
I think I figured out
the bridge of the song.
1025
00:40:57,293 --> 00:41:00,294
♪ Life ain't easy for
anybody livin' it ♪
1026
00:41:00,330 --> 00:41:03,698
♪ Rich man, poor man,
goin' through the same ♪
1027
00:41:03,733 --> 00:41:06,367
♪ If they talk about me
at the time of my death ♪
1028
00:41:06,403 --> 00:41:08,036
♪ May they say I turned up... ♪
1029
00:41:08,071 --> 00:41:09,470
(TRAILS OFF)
1030
00:41:11,808 --> 00:41:12,940
All right.
1031
00:41:15,578 --> 00:41:18,946
Yo, maybe we could record it tonight.
1032
00:41:18,982 --> 00:41:20,915
You come by, that'd be cool.
1033
00:41:20,950 --> 00:41:23,251
I'll think about it, a'ight?
1034
00:41:23,286 --> 00:41:25,620
All right.
1035
00:41:25,655 --> 00:41:27,388
Yeah, I'm-a just be there all night,
1036
00:41:27,424 --> 00:41:29,157
so it ain't no, you know...
1037
00:41:29,192 --> 00:41:30,291
You roll through...
1038
00:41:30,326 --> 00:41:32,460
A'ight.
1039
00:41:41,571 --> 00:41:43,538
(DOORBELLS JINGLE)
1040
00:41:47,544 --> 00:41:50,445
(BELLS TOLLING)
1041
00:42:00,757 --> 00:42:02,523
There you go. That's a good one.
1042
00:42:02,559 --> 00:42:04,025
See if you can beat that one.
1043
00:42:04,060 --> 00:42:06,494
Hello. Can I help you?
1044
00:42:06,529 --> 00:42:08,329
The name is Thurston Rawlings,
1045
00:42:08,364 --> 00:42:09,997
regarding Leah Walker.
1046
00:42:10,033 --> 00:42:12,500
Oh, it's a pleasure to meet you, Mr.
Rawlings.
1047
00:42:12,535 --> 00:42:14,335
Yeah, I just stopped by to make sure
1048
00:42:14,370 --> 00:42:15,803
everything is copacetic over here.
1049
00:42:15,839 --> 00:42:17,772
Everything is fine and dandy.
1050
00:42:17,807 --> 00:42:19,507
Uh, would you like to
say hello to Mrs. W?
1051
00:42:19,542 --> 00:42:20,508
No, no, no.
1052
00:42:20,543 --> 00:42:22,176
No, no.
1053
00:42:22,212 --> 00:42:23,878
Long as everything is fine and dandy.
1054
00:42:26,116 --> 00:42:28,116
I don't want to bother her.
1055
00:42:28,151 --> 00:42:30,718
(WOMAN HUMMING FAINTLY)
1056
00:42:33,456 --> 00:42:36,457
(HUMMING "MONA LISA")
1057
00:42:43,266 --> 00:42:47,802
♪ Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa ♪
1058
00:42:47,837 --> 00:42:52,173
♪ Men have named you ♪
1059
00:42:52,208 --> 00:42:56,077
♪ You're so like the lady ♪
1060
00:42:56,112 --> 00:43:01,048
♪ With the mystic smile ♪
1061
00:43:01,084 --> 00:43:05,386
♪ Is it only 'cause you're lonely ♪
1062
00:43:05,421 --> 00:43:08,289
♪ They have blamed you... ♪
1063
00:43:08,367 --> 00:43:10,859
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