ALL AMIR ANDREA BABY BOTH BRANDON BRANDONS_MOM CHEF_STEVE CLERK COOGIE CRUZ CURRY DETECTIVE DREDS EMMETT EMMETTS_MOM FEMALE_OFFICER GIRL HABIB JAKE JERRIKA KEISHA KEVIN LEE MR_GASCA OFFICER PAPA PREACHER RAY RHONESHA RONNIE SARAH STEAK TEACHER TIFFANY TRACY WALLACE WOMAN WOMAN_2 COOGIE Oh! Boy this! HABIB No, no, we are closed. COOGIE Let me get a grape pop. AMIR You got money? COOGIE Man, you know I'm good for it, Amir. AMIR Grape pop? COOGIE Yeah, and some of that jerky. What man? HABIB Dollar for the pop and $1.75 for the jerky. COOGIE Wait, how much does pop cost? HABIB Dollar. COOGIE How much it cost you? Wholesale. AMIR 17 cents. COOGIE Okay, so I give you a quarter, and that's, like, eight cents profit. Man, how you lose on that? HABIB Everybody else pay a dollar. COOGIE Habib, listen, man, check this out. I give you a quarter for the pop, and I'll pay full price for the jerky, and then we good, man. HABIB How we good? COOGIE Because you make your money. HABIB Okay. COOGIE Cool? HABIB Okay, but only this time. COOGIE Okay man, cool. Always give me a hard time, man. HABIB Why are you telling him, huh? COOGIE Hey, girl. Hey, baby. I got something for ya. Some of that jerky you like. Hold on. I got ya, I got ya. Here it is. You got it? You like that, huh? Mmm. What's going on in there? Messed up not feeding ya, huh? I got ya. Oh, shit. Oh, shit. COOGIE I didn't do nothing. COOGIE I didn't do nothing. DETECTIVE Shut the fuck up. COOGIE I didn't do OFFICER I need all units. Suspect apprehended. LEE Yo, check this out, B. BRANDON Oh shit, a fish eating fish. LEE Fucked up shit, man. BRANDON And now you got to clean it, fry it, serve it to some hipster. Just the circle of motherfuckin' life, G. CHEF STEVE Come on, let's go, it's crunch time. What the hell are you doing? BRANDON Oh, he just found a baby shark in one of these squid. CHEF STEVE Is shark on the menu? BRANDON No, chef. CHEF STEVE So don't mess with it. BRANDON Yes, chef. SARAH Hey. CHEF STEVE How many covers do we got tonight? SARAH 90. CHEF STEVE Shit, okay. SARAH And the greens are in. What card do you want to put it on? CHEF STEVE Try this. SARAH You still haven't paid the wine guy, either. CHEF STEVE Shit. SARAH Don't worry, I'll talk to him. Okay? Be nice? You got this. CHEF STEVE Hey, if you could, could you do both of those in 20? BRANDON Oh, we only need ten, chef. CHEF STEVE Bullshit. Just get it done right. Come on, let's go. BRANDON All right. SARAH You asked him about giving it a shot on the line? BRANDON No, not yet. SARAH Why not? BRANDON Because Yu Lee's been here, like, three years. He should get it, right? SARAH Yeah, but you're twice as good as he is. There's gonna be a spot opening up. So here's leaving this with the girl on the go. BRANDON For real? SARAH All right? BRANDON All right, thank you. SARAH All right, cool. BRANDON Thank you so much. LEE Yeah, chef's wife want to throw you some of that pussy. Maybe you already hit that shit. BRANDON Shut the fuck up, man. Nah, man, she's just helping me out, G. LEE Helping you with what? BRANDON Getting me a shot on the line, you know? LEE What you want to be on the line for? BRANDON 'Cause I got plans, dog. If I do my thing here, then me and my girl, Jerrika, could open up our own restaurant. And then I don't got to be in here preppin' with your ass no more. LEE Whatever, man. KEVIN Keisha, let me borrow your phone. KEISHA Uh-uh, no. KEVIN All righty then, I'll tell Maury we ditching. If she asks. KEISHA Boy, you ain't gonna snitch. Who you got to text? KEVIN This girl. KEISHA Oh, you a player now. Huh? Here. KEVIN Thank you. Uh, uh, uh. Dang. KEISHA Hold on, hold on, wait. KEVIN What the hell is you doing? Nah, bro, what you doing? Not in public. KEISHA What? I can't have my little brother looking all dirty. Especially if he's trying to holler at some girls. Come here. All right. KEVIN All right, Keisha. PAPA Walk your punk ass over there and talk to Andrea. KEVIN Man, shut your fat ass up, Papa. PAPA Hey, I'm husky. Not fat. KEVIN What is it with this husky shit? PAPA And I don't know why you're tripping. Talking to girls ain't nothing. KEVIN All right, then, since you're such a fucking expert, you can come with me. Man, you with me or not? PAPA Man, why don't Jake go with you? JAKE Hell, no, stop getting me into this. KEVIN Just come on. PAPA All right, bet. KEVIN You know, I think we should head back. PAPA No, no. KEVIN By the way. Uh! PAPA Come on, man. KEVIN Hey, Andrea. ANDREA Hey, Kevin. PAPA Rhonesha. RHONESHA Yeah, Papa, I see you. PAPA What you laughing about, Rhonesha? RHONESHA Nothing. ANDREA Want to sign up? PAPA For what? ANDREA The play. You said you was gonna do it. KEVIN Uh, I did? ANDREA Yeah, you did. Jake, Papa, you know, you guys should just sign up, too. KEVIN We said we were gonna check it out PAPA Man, "we"? KEVIN We got to see how it is. JAKE Oh, shit. The Wiz? Hell, no, you're on your own. PAPA Yeah, man, I don't fuck with plays, either. KEVIN Look, I just wanted to talk to you. ANDREA There will be plenty of time to talk at the auditions. I'll see you later, Kevin. ANDREA I’ll see you later, Kevin. PAPA Man, you know you messed up. You better erase that shit, bro. KEVIN Nah. PAPA I don't know you Denzel wannabe motherfuckers. EMMETT Whoa, what you doing? What the fuck. KEISHA Come over here and give me mine. EMMETT Well, you know I got to keep eyes out for my mom. KEISHA Well, I ain't finishing by the window. You want to get done, come over here. EMMETT Shit. KEISHA Oh, wait, did you get those Curry's for my little brother? EMMETT The Curry's? KEISHA Yes. EMMETT Your little brother want the Curry's? KEISHA Yeah. EMMETT All right, fine. Shit. KEISHA Who dat? EMMETT That's just my boy, Eron. KEISHA Why you not pick up then? EMMETT How will I answer some niggah’s call while I'm fucking you? KEISHA Emmett. EMMETT Come on, Keisha. KEISHA Really? EMMETT Hold on, hold on. KEISHA Emmett. EMMETT Oh, shit. KEISHA Oh, Tiffany. EMMETT KEISHA No, really, nigga? Tiffany? EMMETT Get off my fucking phone. Get under the bed. KEISHA I ain't getting under the bed. EMMETTS MOM What I tell ya about closing doors in my house? EMMETT Shh. Oh, fuck mom. EMMETTS MOM Emmett. What'd I say? EMMETT What? You said not to do it. EMMETTS MOM If all you're gonna do is fuck and get high up in here, the least you can do is start paying your mother some rent. EMMETT I told you I'm working this Friday. Why you always on me? I- EMMETTS MOM Did you ask for more hours? EMMETT Yes. EMMETTS MOM What's your name, girl? EMMETT Who you talking to? EMMETTS MOM What's your name, girl? KEISHA Keisha. EMMETTS MOM Keisha. You hungry, Keisha? You want to stay for breakfast, Keisha? EMMETT No. EMMETTS MOM You like bacon, Keisha? KEISHA Yeah? EMMETT Shut up. EMMETTS MOM Too bad, because the sausage was on sale. So that's what we having. Help the young lady up. RONNIE 'Sup, fellas? CURRY Oh, shit. DREDS There ya go, there ya go. RONNIE Breakfast of champions. DREDS My man. Let me see what it is, what it is. RONNIE Nah, man, I'm on the juice. Purify the body, sharpen than mine. DREDS Oh, shit, Ronnie going nation on us and shit. RONNIE Nah, it ain't that, he's gettin' in shape. Yo. CURRY In shape for what, man? RONNIE So I can fight the power. DREDS Read the label. It's just all sugar. It's, like, ten percent juice. RONNIE No, it says 12% juice. Shit. Got to start somewhere. CURRY The fuck you talking about, man? RONNIE I'm getting on the program so I don't end up like Shivers Fat over there. DREDS Hey. Program? But you ain't got a job. RONNIE The fuck I need a job for? So I can pay Trump taxes? Fuck that shit. Make America great again. DREDS Nah, nigga, so you make me great again. Loan me some money. RONNIE Where you going, little mama? You got a man? DREDS You want one? RONNIE I know you like that Teddy Pendergrass. CURRY Strike one. DREDS Woo-wee. RONNIE What about R Kelly? CURRY Strike two. RONNIE Your body's calling. CURRY Swing and a miss. RONNIE Let's go half on the baby. Shit. BOTH RONNIE My girl look better than her anyway. DREDS Tracy ain't even your girl no more, though. RONNIE She gave me my son, so she'll always be mine. CURRY Jason ain't even yours, man. RONNIE I raised him like he was. DREDS No matter how hard you try, she ain't ever comin' back. She ain't coming back no more, bro. RONNIE Fuck both of y'all. The fuck you doing? DREDS How's it going, officer? Uh-oh. OFFICER We need to talk, Ronnie. BOTH RONNIE I told you, I ain't got no shit to say to you no more. DREDS JCPenney moves, bro. Tight ass white ass boy. Your mama still dress you? That tie ugly as shit, for real.Hey, Ronnie, we got you though. I got you. Damn. God damn. RONNIE Jason? Fuck. Where? OFFICER 79th. Shot. Twice. RONNIE The fuck he doing up there? OFFICER Was he into something? RONNIE No, he's a good kid. Made all city last year. OFFICER You're in his life, then? RONNIE Try to be. You know. Can I see him? TRACY I want my baby. I need my baby. Oh, God. I want to know who did this to my boy. You tell me who did this. RONNIE Come on. TRACY They took my baby OFFICER We-We picked up somebody. RONNIE Who? OFFICER Kid from the neighbourhood. That's that's all I can say. TRACY Ronnie. OFFICER So, take all the time you need. TRACY It's my baby. My baby. My baby. Oh, God. Ronnie. My baby COOGIE Help me. This is some police brutality shit up in here. FEMALE OFFICER Boy, don't even try to pull that shit with me. COOGIE Yes, ma'am. FEMALE OFFICER Good. BRANDON What is wrong, baby? Why you looking like that? JERRIKA You stinky. BRANDON JERRIKA Get off of me. You stink. BRANDON It's just a little squid juice. JERRIKA You've got to deal with your mother. BRANDON What she did? JERRIKA Well, she just popped up talking about how she don't got your number. BRANDON How is that even possible? JERRIKA I don't but she's drunk. BRANDON Definitely possible. JERRIKA It's not funny. BRANDON She probably just wants some money or something, J. I'll deal with that shit later. Hey, don’t let it get to you. Want to hear some good news? JERRIKA What? BRANDON I get a shot at line. JERRIKA No! What? No! BRANDON Yeah, they giving me a shot, and if I rock at it I get the job, so JERRIKA Really? BRANDON I'm gonna rock it. JERRIKA Well, then, you better rock it then. BRANDON Oh, I'm gonna rock it. JERRIKA Oh, lord. JERRIKA That's rude. BRANDONS MOM You still washing dishes, or they let you sweep the floors now? BRANDON I had a great day. Thanks for asking. How was your day? BRANDONS MOM Coogie in jail. I need you give me a ride down to the police station. JERRIKA Wait, what happened? BRANDONS MOM Listen here, girl. Don't be gettin' your nose all up in my fucking business. All right? It's bad enough I got to come all the way up here to see my son. BRANDON No, what? Why do you have to talk to her like that? Why is this a thing? BRANDONS MOM I'll talk any goddamn way I please. Now, you gonna take me down to the police station or am I gonna have to catch a bus? See, this is some bullshit right here. JERRIKA Look, look, I'll give you my car, and I'll just take the train to work. BRANDONS MOM What kind of man ain't got his own damn car? He's out buying dumb shit like flowers and throw pillows. BRANDON Does it even really matter whose car it is? You need a ride, don't you? Goddamn. BRANDONS MOM You can buy plastic flowers, you know? Save money that way. CRUZ How are you doing? COOGIE I'm good. CRUZ Detective Cruz. COOGIE Coogie. CRUZ Do you know who runs that corner? COOGIE I know a lot of things, Detective. And I know you ain't got shit to hold on me, but, you know, that's what y'all policemen do. Y'all just make shit up just because y’all the police. CRUZ Oh, well, okay. That's good to know. COOGIE Man, what do you have on? What are those? CRUZ What? COOGIE Your shoes. You get them at K-Mart? CRUZ No, at the mall. They're Clarks. COOGIE Nah, man, those look like some ugly-ass church shoes. CRUZ What were you doing around that body? COOGIE Yeah, you know, you should get some Tims, Detective. Yeah, Timberlands. I think those would look real good on you. CRUZ What were you doing on that corner? Maybe you followed him there, you tried to rob him? Shoes are missing, you know? Cell phone, necklace... You had his blood on your hands. COOGIE Testing him to see if he was still alive. CRUZ Maybe you grabbed his phone. COOGIE What would I want with a phone? You know that shit can give you brain cancer, right? CRUZ Do you think this a game we're playing here? COOGIE No, man. CRUZ You do know who runs that corner. COOGIE Yeah. CRUZ If you know who runs the corner, what are you doing up there? COOGIE All right. I was, um, visiting this dog. You know, um, I feed her, we talk, you know. So, that's what I was doing up there, Detective. I wasn't doing nothing else. CRUZ Dog? COOGIE Yeah, man. I take care of her. What now? WALLACE Cruiser. He give you anything? Huh? CRUZ No gun. No priors except for some bullshit shoplifting. WALLACE Body was in front of a stash house. CRUZ This touches your thing? WALLACE You tell me. What was this kid doing by that house? CRUZ He said he came by to feed a dog. WALLACE Feed a dog. Why would he do that? CRUZ Because he likes dogs. WALLACE Okay. So you're gonna kick him? CRUZ You know, I've got nothing to hold him. WALLACE Did he see anything when he was, you know, feeding this dog? CRUZ Like what? WALLACE All kinds of shit he could see. CRUZ He's a He's a smart kid. He ain't gonna say shit. Even if he did. WALLACE Yeah. CRUZ You know? WALLACE That's right. All right. You've been working out? CRUZ No. WALLACE I didn't think so. KEVIN Man, I fucked up. PAPA You need to ask her out. Do it now, then. KEVIN Nah, she with her friends and shit. JAKE It ain't likely you're gonna catch her alone. You know these pretty bitches run in packs. PAPA Yeah, but they need to kick Rhonesha ass out the group. Sitting over there looking like a motherfucking sea donkey on steroids. JAKE Oh, shit, here they come. PAPA Can I help you? ANDREA No. Here’s a script for you. Got to find a role you gonna audition for. KEVIN A'ight. JAKE Man, you blew it again. You ain't never gonna ask her out. KEVIN Man, shut up. I'm just picking my spot. JAKE Your ass taking long enough. PAPA Hey, I know Andrea your girl and all, but to be honest, I think she actually starting to feel me. KEVIN Sit your fat ass down. Ain't nobody feeling you. It's, like, your third meal today. PAPA Don't be mad. KEVIN No, bro. Back up. Back up. BABY TIFFANY Really, niggah? EMMETT I'm not doing this with you today. TIFFANY I really don't want to have to have my brothers come fuck you up. I don't. You need to start taking care of your responsibilities. EMMETT I do. Their names are Devonte and Cassius, and I can't afford no more. TIFFANY Well, you're gonna have to start. Emmett Jr.'s your responsibility, too. EMMETT Just because you named him after me don't make him mine. Let me get these in a size nine. TIFFANY Fuck you, Emmett. EMMETT Yeah, you did. You also fucked your way through the South Side of-- You're fucking lucky. You're lucky you did that shit to me, because a lesser dude would have punched you in your fucking mouth. CLERK Take it outside. EMMETT I'm a paying customer. I ain't going nowhere. You want to make some money in this bitch? CLERK Ma'am if you're not going to purchase anything, I'm gonna have to ask you to leave. EMMETT Yeah, she ain't got no fucking money. TIFFANY Well, I'd have some if you paid child support. EMMETT He ain't my son. TIFFANY Fuck are you talking about? He look just like you. EMMETT He look like the last niggah. TIFFANY Fuck you, Emmett. EMMETT I-I got it. I got it. Grab the baby. We gonna get the paternity test right now. Get the fuck out of my face. CLERK Come on, let's go. Let's go. WOMAN I’m sorry. Jason. WOMAN 2 I’m sorry. COOGIE Thanks for seeing I ain't had shit to do with this. CRUZ You in school? COOGIE You don't got to lecture me. All right? I'm done fucking with dead bodies. You gonna do something about those shoes though, right? CRUZ Timberlands. Right? COOGIE Yeah. Not them fake-ass oriental bullshit they sell on Maxwell Street, all right? The real ones. CRUZ Pink socks, too? COOGIE Man, that's the style. You need to keep up, old man. COOGIE Mama, I BRANDONS MOM Get your ass. BRANDON Ma, ma, ma. BRANDONS MOM You got me here all night. All the time. I want to know what the fuck you've been doing. COOGIE Calm down. BRANDON I’m sorry about that. Thank you. CRUZ Uh, you're his brother? BRANDON Yes, sir. CRUZ You know, we found him standing over a body on the Nine. BRANDON Well, he ain't got nothing to do with it. CRUZ He's a good kid. Here's my card you know, just in case. BRANDONS MOM But that don't matter to the police. Don't you know? COOGIE God damn. BRANDONS MOM We don’t talk to the police because we can’t trust them. BRANDON Mom. Really? Maybe he should just come stay with us for a little while. BRANDONS MOM What for? COOGIE Just a couple nights, that's it. Just a couple of nights. BRANDON You know me and Jerrika got the space. Just let me spend some time with him. It'll be good for him to get out the neighborhood. BRANDONS MOM You think you can do better than me? BRANDON I'm not saying BRANDONS MOM Go on, boy. BRANDON Momma! BRANDONS MOM Go on, Brandon! BRANDON You got to do all that? BRANDONS MOM I don't want to hear this shit. BRANDON Man, we got to go pick her up. EMMETTS MOM Open this door. Wake your ass up right now. EMMETT Huh? Oh, my God. I'm coming. What the fuck? EMMETTS MOM She just handed him to me and said you were expecting him. EMMETT This bitch is crazy. He ain't mine, Ma. EMMETTS MOM And this was in his diaper bag. EMMETT Huh? EMMETTS MOM Says right there, you're his father. EMMETT Fuck. EMMETTS MOM That's exactly what you did and keep on doing for some reason without a condom. EMMETT All right, here you go, here. Just watch him for, like, ten minutes. EMMETTS MOM Where do you think you're going? EMMETT I'm gonna try to find her. EMMETTS MOM Well, you're taking him with you. EMMETT I ain't got no car seat, Ma. EMMETTS MOM Then I suggest you sell some of these sneakers and buy one. Emmett, that child is your responsibility now. EMMETT Can you watch him for just 30 minutes? EMMETTS MOM No, because I'm done raising nappy headed little boys. EMMETT Where your mom at? Hmm? You like these, huh? Maybe you is my son. You can't have these. Let me see. You can't have these. These are my babies. How about these? No? COOGIE Wh-What is it? BRANDON It is PB & J. COOGIE It is? BRANDON Yeah, it’s pork belly and apple jelly. Just culture yourself. Trust me. JERRIKA That is really fucking good, babe. BRANDON See, I told you, I used a little Hawaiian swing on it. I make it in a loaf now. JERRIKA I love it. BRANDON It's good, ain't it? COOGIE All right, yeah, yeah. It's good. I'll give you that, but this ain't no fucking PB & J, man. But it's good, though, it's good, so BRANDON Well, it's gonna be on the menu when I open up my spot. JERRIKA Oh, your spot? BRANDON I'm sorry. JERRIKA You mean our spot. BRANDON Our spot. Yeah, me and Jerrika are opening up a restaurant, so. COOGIE You've got to have tall stacks to do that, bro. JERRIKA Your brother got promoted to the line at the restaurant. COOGIE Okay. BRANDON I don't have the job yet, but. JERRIKA You're gonna get it BRANDON Oh, thank you, honey. JERRIKA Mm-hmm. BRANDON Mm-hmm. JERRIKA Mm-hmm. COOGIE All right, um, I got to go get my bike before someone boosts it, so BRANDON Well, actually, I have some errands and stuff to run before work, if you don't mind me. JERRIKA Oh, so y'all just gonna leave me with the clean up? BRANDON Well, I'm sure I can make it up to you. JERRIKA Oh, yeah? How? BRANDON I'm sure I can think of something. COOGIE All right. I'll see you. JERRIKA Okay, sure you running around. COOGIE Come on. Yes. Yes. BRANDON All right, that's my only key, so do not lose my shit. Jerrika will kill us both. And, um, text her when you're on the way. You know what I mean? Let her know. I dunno. COOGIE Cool, cool. BRANDON You need anything? COOGIE No, man. I'm good. BRANDON Well, shit, maybe tomorrow I'll take you downtown. Get you fresh, get you out of them bright-ass Dobbin Boys you got on. COOGIE Bro, what you mean? Man. RONNIE Try to sleep. TRACY I don't want to sleep. Mm-mm. It just doesn't make sense. RONNIE Where was he coming from? TRACY He texted me and said he was at a party. RONNIE Did someone fuck with him there? TRACY He would have told me. RONNIE I don't know. I mean he had his own way sometimes. You sure? TRACY I know my son. RONNIE I loved him like he was mine, too. Taught him how to pee straight and that crossover he used to put up 20 points on me. We worked on that shit for weeks at the park. He was mine, too. TRACY You say you his father, then you need to act like it. You need to find out who shot Jason. RONNIE Well, I'll ask around. TRACY I ain't asking you to ask around. RONNIE The cops already said they had someone- TRACY The cops ain't gonna do shit, Ronnie, and you know it. You always took care of me, Ronnie. RONNIE And I want to again. RONNIE Yo, Curry. You ask around about Jason? CURRY Yeah. Ray said one of his lookouts may have saw something. RONNIE Yeah? CURRY Told him you might come to holler at him. RONNIE Shit, where? The corner? CURRY Yeah. RONNIE Bet. RAY I never saw your boy Jason around before. Except when he ended up dead in front of our house, and now the police is all up on us. RONNIE Curry says one of your boys saw something. RAY Yeah, the kid the police took was standing over your boy. RONNIE What? Where? RAY Yo, Steak. Tell him what you saw. STEAK Same nigger the police got. Seen him fucking around behind the house today. RONNIE What'd he look like? STEAK He got a fro like a girl. I see him all the time at the store. Fucking around on his bike like a white boy RAY Get the fuck back to it. STEAK All right. RAY Do what you got to do. Just don't fuck with our shit more than it's already fucked with. RONNIE You bet. KEVIN TEACHER Back, right, sit. Stay together, now. MR GASCA You here for auditions? Name? KEVIN Kevin Williams. MR GASCA Hey, Mr. Williams. You are late. What role? KEVIN Uh. ANDREA Tin Man. KEVIN Tin Man. I can't do Tin Man. ANDREA How do you know unless you try? KEVIN So, I was thinking maybe. ANDREA What? KEVIN We could go to the mall sometime? ANDREA When? KEVIN Maybe this weekend? ANDREA Saturday I'm going to the movies with Jake. KEVIN My boy Jake? ANDREA Yeah. He asked me. Anyway, what seemed. KEVIN Nah. KEVIN Fuck you, Jake. JAKE You was taking too long. PAPA That's far. KEVIN That's foul, Jake. PAPA Hey, hey. Man, that bitch ain't worth even fighting over. KEVIN Yeah. Fuck it. You can have her. Hope you have fun at your little movie. PAPA Both of y'all need to chill and hug this shit out. JAKE Fuck it. But I'm cool if he cool. KEVIN Fuck both of y'all. RONNIE Yo. COOGIE 'Sup, man? RONNIE Want to talk with you a minute. You up on 79th? COOGIE Nah. RONNIE My son was killed up there. COOGIE Man, I don't know nothing about that. Yo. RONNIE Where'd you get that chain? COOGIE I found it. RONNIE No, no, no. I gave my boy that chain. COOGIE Nah, it's my chain. You see it on me. Come on, man. RONNIE Bullshit. You killed my son. COOGIE Screw your fucking son, man. RONNIE You killed my son. I'm gonna ask you one more time, bitch ass. COOGIE And I ain't kill no fucking son, man. Hey, your son was dead when I found him, man. I told you the truth like I told the fucking cops. He was dead. RONNIE You jacked him, bullshit, and then you shot him. You fucking run around like this? COOGIE It ain't what you think. RONNIE COOGIE I was just seeing if he was okay. He was dead when I found him, man. I told the fucking man, I ain't do nothing. RONNIE You ain't got no fucking way around this. You got the chain that I gave him. COOGIE Take the fucking chain, then, man. RONNIE No. What the fuck were you thinking? COOGIE Take the chain, man! RONNIE What the fuck were you- KEVIN RONNIE Shit. Shit. Shit. KEVIN I. LEE Yo, B. You on tonight? BRANDON Hell, yeah. LEE Hey, Chef's in a fucking mood. Don't fuck with him. BRANDON What's up, babe? I'm walking in to work. JERRIKA Brandon. It’s Coogie. I’m sorry. BRANDON Cog. PREACHER Amen. ALL Amen. BRANDON Good morning. ALL Good morning. BRANDON I need to make a correction because it says here in the program that, um Charles Frederick Johnson was survived by his mother and older half brother. It's true we had different fathers, but I loved him with my whole body. So I don't see how he could have been my half brother. We shared everything. We shared a room. He got on my whole nerves. And I loved him. And I just don't know how to say good-bye. I ain't even ready for this shit. This shit don't even feel real. I'm sorry for cursing, but Man, Coogie was just so much better than me, you know? Smart, charming, funny. And he would kill me if I told you all this, but he a virgin. Don't laugh. We shouldn't laugh, 'cause it's sad that we live in a world where being a 16-year-old virgin is funny. You know, I was talking to I was talking to God last night, and He told me the reason He took him is because he was better. He deserved better. He better than all this. Than all of this. Can you hear me, bro? I'm-a miss you, G. Damn. BRANDONS MOM What the fuck was that? Why you walk away from your mother like that? You were supposed to be watching him. That's what brothers do, Brandon. JERRIKA You know what? BRANDONS MOM Oh, I know you ain't got nothing to say, do you? BRANDON Mom, really? You got to do that right now? BRANDONS MOM This on you, Brandon. I told you to watch him one night. BRANDON And what did you do? You couldn't take care of him. BRANDONS MOM You ain't got no right to judge me. BRANDON What did you do? BRANDONS MOM You and that bougie-ass bitch right there. I left him with you for one night. JERRIKA Brandon, we passed it again, okay? BRANDON I'm not going to that shit. JERRIKA What do you mean, you're skipping it? BRANDON So she can throw some at me? While I sit in some fucking church basement, she gonna make it seem like I'm the reason that he dead? No, I'm not doing that shit. JAKE You know, I won't get past that fucking story. PAPA Hey, man, me, either. That dude could be looking for us. KEVIN I'm the one he saw. MR GASCA Mr Williams. PAPA What you gonna do? KEVIN I'll catch y'all later. PAPA All right. KEVIN Look, I ain't doing the play, all right? I was just trying to holler at your girl. MR GASCA Well, you signed up, didn't you? The least you can do is be a man of your word. Come on. I want to hear you sing something. KEVIN Now? MR GASCA Yep. Right now. Here you go. Take that. Get up there. KEVIN But I can't sing. MR GASCA Neither could I. I still can't, really, but I want to see what you got. Get up there. Come on. Okay, “Slide Some Oil.” GIRL KEVIN Man, I can't do this. MR GASCA Okay, now. Stop, stop laughing. No. Get back there. Let’s try it again. Come on. Come on. Let's go. Get back there. See? I told you I sucked, right? Now you give it a try. MR GASCA Okay. Hey, I didn't say it was gonna be easy, right? But your voice is not unpleasant, Mr. Williams. Practice. CHEF STEVE What are you doing? I thought you had the funeral. BRANDON I did, but I'm good. CHEF STEVE No, we got it covered. BRANDON Chef, you said you was gonna give me a shot at the line. CHEF STEVE Go home, be with your family. You're not stepping in this fucking kitchen. Not right now. BRANDON Chef, can I please? If I fuck it up, I'll go home, and I'll never come back. But I'm asking you. Just let me work. Just give me a shot, Chef. Come on. I got this shit. CHEF STEVE One slider, two shrimp, three blank special. Five strip, medium rare. BRANDON Heard that five strip, medium rare. Yes, Chef. BRANDON One slider, two shrimp. SARAH You did great tonight. BRANDON Thank you. I messed up a couple of times, but it felt so good. Like, thank you so much. SARAH Yeah. BRANDON You think they still got room for me on the line? SARAH I'll ask. BRANDON Thank you. SARAH Sorry about your little brother. I'm just glad you came back. HABIB Sorry about your brother. BRANDON Thanks. HABIB He was a good kid. A good negotiator. BRANDON Yeah. EMMETT Ain't nobody at the counter, man. HABIB Hey, one minute. EMMETT Aw, come on, I don't got all day. HABIB Have some respect, man. BRANDON Thank you, Habib. Appreciate it. HABIB His brother was killed. EMMETT Shit. Coogie was your brother? BRANDON Yeah. EMMETT I just bought some sneakers from him. He seemed like a cool dude. What happened? BRANDON I wish I could tell you. HABIB Are you going to pay or what? EMMETT Have some respect. Well, listen, I heard my girl talking about her little brother saw it go down or something. BRANDON For real? EMMETT Yeah. BRANDON Where he at? EMMETT Up the block. The one next to the empty lot. BRANDON Just tell me who shot him. KEVIN Look, I ain't telling you shit, all right? BRANDON Look, I know you know. KEVIN If I tell you the person that killed your brother and you kill the niggah, his goons gonna come after me. Now, this conversation over. BRANDON No, it's. Hell, no. Man, you about to show me. KEVIN But damn. I ain't showing you shit, all right? For the last time. So you can keep your stepping. BRANDON Look, little man, I'll get you whatever you want. Just show me who killed my brother, bro. KEVIN I'll take the wheels. BRANDON You can't have that. KEVIN It's not like your fat ass capable of riding it. BRANDON Look, this is all I got, bro. I've got. $42. You can take this. KEVIN And the bike. KEVIN Sell drugs? BRANDON No. KEVIN I could tell. BRANDON What you mean, you could tell? KEVIN I mean, you look like a regular old person with a regular old job. BRANDON What's wrong with having a regular job? KEVIN Sorry, you ain't got to preach it to me, niggah. BRANDON Man, don't call me that. KEVIN Only reason I called you that 'cause I don't know your name. BRANDON It's Brandon. KEVIN Nice to meet you, Brandon. BRANDON So, this shooting. You see it? KEVIN Well, I was walking home from school when this dude jumped another dude. Then they started yelling about some chain. After that, I heard the shot. BRANDON He say anything? KEVIN Nothing I could hear. I was just scared. Tried to run. BRANDON And the dude who did the shooting, he see you? Man, you know him? KEVIN I said I know where he hang, all right? All I'm-a do is show you where he at so I don't get killed. That's the dude. BRANDON Wait right there. Back up. Back up. Which one? KEVIN The one with the hat. Good? KEVIN Good? BRANDON Yeah. You sure that's him? KEVIN Hell, yeah. What you gonna do?