Angels Around Me (2013) Movie Script
1
Yo, Boogie.
You see them
two dudes right there
with the sunglasses on
in the dark?
Where?
Right over there,
coming up on the right.
Yeah, I see them.
Is it me or do they look like
they trying to
grill us all hard?
That is what it seems like.
So what's up?
You wanna try and check them?
Nah, man. Let it ride.
I'm trying to get to the studio
and knock these beats out.
On the real, though,
if we didn't have this studio
session to go to,
I'll tell you to
pull this car over right now
so we can light them fools up.
They still looking at us, dawg!
Chill, man.
What you gonna do, man?
You gonna blast on these fools
just for grilling on you?
You need to chill with all that!
Is that him?
Yeah, that's him.
We got things to do.
You know what?
While you trippin' on that,
why don't you reach in
the glove compartment,
grab that beat CD for me, man.
I want to listen to it
so I can vibe to it
before I get in the studio.
I'm tryin' to get
this song tight.
Come on, man.
Yo, man,
this dude better be ready.
Hit Gee on the cell and let him
know we out front, man.
I got you, fam.
Yo, what up, fam?
We out front.
All right, cool.
Yeah. I'll be right down.
All right, well hurry up because
we got to go see Big D
before we head over
to the studio, all right?
I'll be down in
two seconds, man.
All right, cool.
- He on his way.
- All right.
Hey, you just going
to leave like that?
Baby, I'll be right back. Just
goin' to hang out with Devon.
Come here.
Don't go and get
yourself into any trouble.
Nah, I'm all done with that.
I'll be right back.
- You better.
- I promise.
You know damn well
you holding out on me!
I swear, I gave you all I had!
Well, you're short!
Where's the rest of my money?
Huh?
Where's the rest of my money?
Mom, I said my prayers.
Go back in your room, son!
Where's my money?
I'm sick and tired of your lies!
Please, stop! Please!
Not in front of the baby!
Baby my ass!
- He's gonna kill me!
- Daddy, stop! Stop!
Stop!
I love you, Mama.
Where the hell you guys at?
You already know I don't play.
All right.
I'll see you there in a minute.
I'm leaving right now myself.
Open it up.
Uh, uh, uh! Bruce, Bruce,
Bruce, Bruce, Bruce!
Tell me something, man.
Why would you steal from me,
of all people?
Steal from you?
Man, I'd never steal from
you in a million years, man.
- Oh, yeah?
- On my grandmother's grave, man!
You's a liar, and you know it.
D, listen. I never lied to you!
Remember back in the day when
I took that bullet for you?
Yeah, I remember that.
You did, but now you
about to take one from me.
Besides all that,
look who's here.
Boogie! Come here, man.
You remember my nephew,
Boogie, right?
Yeah, yeah.
But, D, listen...
Shh, shh.
Hector.
Stop playing, man.
Stop playing.
Come on, man. Stop playing.
Come on, man. Yo, I'm sorry.
Come on. Stop playing.
- Remember...
- Come on.
You don't ever leave a trail.
Come on. Yo.
Yo, Boogie. Yo, yo, yo.
Yo, Boogie.
Remember when I bought you
your first skateboard, right?
Right? Come on.
Nephew, what the hell you
waitin' for, man? Squeeze it!
Come on!
This ain't nothing new
to you, man,
cause you know him, so what?
Give me that before
you hurt yourself, man.
Come on, man.
This ain't nothing new.
You done did this
a hundred times before
without any hesitation.
It don't matter
if you know the man!
Man, if they cross you,
you cross them.
Hector, bring the jar, man.
Bruce, did you just piss
yourself, man?
Yo, stop...
Yo stop playing with me.
Look, yo, yo. I know.
I know I messed up, all right?
But I swear, I swear to God
I'll make it up to you, yo.
Yo, I swear!
Come on, stop playing!
Come on, please!
Come on!
Come on!
Yo, stop. Yo, come on!
Boogie, take the jar.
Come on.
- You going to pour it.
- What?
Yo, stop. Yo, please, stop!
Come on, Boogie, stop!
Please! Please, yo stop!
Come on! Stop!
Come on! Come on!
Don't, yo! Come on!
Come on, man.
Come on, man! Come on!
Your days are numbered,
you bastard.
Oh, yeah?
Well, your days are up.
Anybody hungry?
Anybody want to eat?
All right.
All right, meet us at the spot.
Boogie, let them drive, man.
You coming with me, all right?
Boogie, in this business,
you always got to be two steps
ahead of your opponent, man.
Two steps ahead
of your opponent.
Man, it's the me
or them business.
I'm going to tell
you something, man.
It ain't never going to be me.
Do you understand that?
Got you.
Good, I know you do.
I done see you did a whole
lot of things in the past, man.
I just want you to see
what it's like to make the,
uh, hard decisions in life.
Look, man. Relax. It's business.
It ain't personal.
You know what, man?
Them fools better meet
us at the spot soon,
man, because I'm starving.
Sir, is there anything else
I can do for you?
No, I'm fine, Lucy.
- Send the guys in for me.
- Okay.
- Good afternoon, gentlemen.
- Good afternoon.
- We found him.
- Good.
See this?
This is what happens.
The rest of the
information is out there.
So how you want us
to approach it?
Do you want us to interact
with them first
- or just do what we do?
- Befriend them.
It's always more
satisfying that way.
Yeah, you right about that.
I love when they
don't know what hit 'em.
Like that last time.
Okay, gentlemen,
enough reflecting.
We got a lot of work to do.
We're almost out of time.
Don't worry. We'll get the job
done. We always do.
Come on.
Hey, girl, when's your
new album coming out?
Next month.
Nice.
Very excited.
I think I hear someone
coming in.
Hi, Gail,
how are you doing today?
I'm doing well. I apologize
for running a little late.
That's fine. Sheila's actually
waiting for you.
Can I get you anything to drink?
No. I'm fine.
- You can have a seat.
- Thank you.
Hey, girl. How are you?
Good. How are you doing?
I'm well. Thank you.
- It's nice to see you.
- Likewise.
Thank you so much for waiting.
You know I don't like
to wait for anything.
Don't worry about it, girl. Come
over. Let me get you started.
So, how you been?
Doing well, still working
on this assignment.
Are you still working on
that assignment
you were telling me about?
Yes, I am.
Girl, it is really
none of my business,
but like I told you before,
you need to be careful.
That man is nothing nice.
You put the wrong thing
out there about him, girl,
it'll get ugly.
You know, I'm aware of that.
I'm actually thinking
about it day and night.
I keep coming up
with the same scenario.
You never know.
I could move on to
bigger and better things,
but I do believe that
people in this city
need to know
what's really going on.
Sheila: Love you, girl.
Don't want to see
anything happen to you.
That's all.
I know you do,
but don't worry about me.
I'll be okay.
I got angels protecting me.
I still want you to come on down
to the soup kitchen with me
and the girls and
pass out some food.
Love helping people.
I'll be there.
You know, I do support you.
It's such a special thing
that you do.
Now, are we going to do the
treatment we did last week
when you were here?
Yes, we are.
Well, let's get you started.
Hey, China doll.
China doll!
Bring me some of
that sushi whole!
What? Now was that called for?
Yes. Now get your ass
out of the club immediately!
Who the hell are you?
I am someone that can have you
leave out of here
the way you came in,
have you thrown out
on your face! It's your choice.
I ain't scared of you.
- Fellas.
- We're here to see Tony.
- Who are you?
- Tell him Big D is here.
Hold on, girl. Hold on.
Yeah, what?
I thought I told you not to
bother me when I'm conducting
business up here, all right?
Why didn't you...
Why didn't you say so?
All right. Send him up already.
Later.
Excuse me, doll.
Play time's over, all right?
All right.
Listen, head downstairs and give
me a heads up when Lady L
gets ready to perform,
all right?
I'll be waiting for you.
I know you will.
- Go ahead.
- I can't wait.
I know.
Go ahead,
till Lady I gets ready.
Let me get that, hold on.
Wait a minute.
Big D, my man.
Good to see you.
Hi, Shaft.
Hey, good to see you too, Tony.
Good to see you, man.
Good to see you.
Hey, this is my nephew, Boogie.
I got to teach him
a few things tonight.
You're a lucky kid.
You're going to learn the ropes
from somebody like your uncle,
especially the way
he runs this city.
I think you remember Hector?
This is my nephew's boys,
Devon and Gee.
You guys, uh, kind of caught me
at an awkward time, you know?
When the cat's away, the mouse
will play, right, fellas?
- Boogie, come here.
- Sup?
Yo, I need you to go take care
of that thing, all right?
I'll meet you all
out in the hallway.
Hey, whoa.
Take them with you, too.
Tony, I don't like the changes
that are going on
here in this city.
All right? We built this city,
not those assholes.
I agree. The changes are
putting everybody through.
It's crazy, D.
Man, let me keep
it real with you, bruh.
All right? My people, my people
been busting their ass
in the Backbay for years,
and them asshole politicians,
man, they don't care!
Look, I know I can go on for
hours talking about them.
All right? But right now we
need to talk about us.
I agree. We can go on for
hours talking about them.
Let's talk some business.
- I'm all ears.
- All right.
Look, man, here's the deal.
A week from Tuesday I got a
shipment coming in from Miami.
I need your help on it.
Sounds good. What's my cut?
Seventy-thirty.
Come on, D. I'll be the one
taking all the risk here.
All right, all right, Tony.
All right, man.
You killing me.
Dude, what are you doing?
All right, look, 60/40 my side.
That's it.
Hey, now we got a deal.
How about some
hand-rolled Cubans?
I got a couple left.
I'd love for you to have one.
Oh, shit.
Excuse me, D.
Yeah, what is it, Nick?
Yeah, hey, boss.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I'm down here at Donnatello's,
and Johnny B's down here having
a sit down with a
group of guys, you know?
He's running off at his
mouth again about you,
and it really ain't good.
What? The freakin' idiot.
That's it. This guy's got to go.
Listen, I'm in a
meeting right now, Nick.
Keep an eye on that freaking
idiot for me.
I'll get back to you
a little bit later.
You know what I'm saying?
If you want,
I'll keep an eye on him.
Yeah, okay.
That's it.
I've had it with
this freakin' jerk off.
Listen, D. I need a favor.
In fact, it's a big one.
And what's this?
Ordinarily, something
like this, you know,
I'd take care of it myself.
But this is, uh, a family thing,
you know?
I can't have it come back on me.
This guy,
he's gone too far this time!
What do you need?
This guy, Johnny B,
he's a real big mouth.
He been running his mouth,
and it's starting to
affect my business!
Bottom line.
I need this guy to go
bye-bye, like, yesterday!
Don't worry.
I'll take good care of you.
Just can't come back on me.
That's all.
Why don't you tell me
what you have in mind?
Hey, you want a drink?
Yeah, I'll take a drink.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
So, tell me,
you like working here?
It's all right.
The owner, Tony,
takes good care of you girls?
If you're a new girl? Yes.
What does that mean?
Let's just say that he makes
sure that we get to
powder our nose.
Does he provide the powder?
I said too much.
Let me show you to the twins.
- Hi, Joanne.
- Hi, Lady I, how are you today?
I'm good. Thank you.
I came to get that jacket
I've been dreaming about.
Oh, yeah. Come on, girl.
Let's go try it on.
Let's go.
I think this is the one,
isn't it?
Yes. This is the one.
Oh, this is gorgeous.
Tony's going to love this.
As you all know, a lot of our
history is planted
right here in Boston, right?
A lot of people worked hard
that made sacrifices
to build this city.
Some of the
greatest people we know,
the artists, politicians and
civil rights workers who worked
hard to build great
legacies right here in Boston,
yet day after day
we're losing control.
Excuse me, boss.
With all due respect,
it sounds like you're trying
to give us a history lesson.
See, Kenny, man, if you would
shut your mouth and listen,
you might learn
something for a change, man.
Man, you know, that's the
problem with you
knuckle heads today, man!
Always flapping your mouth
when somebody trying
to teach you something!
Now, the next brave person to
open his mouth while I'm talking
is going to be sipping his
next meal through a straw!
I'm making a point here!
Now, as I was saying before
I was rudely interrupted,
you all know back in the day we
took a whole lot of things
from a whole lot of people.
And that's why I'm not letting
the powers that be
come into this city
and move us out like it's okay.
That's why I'm putting
everybody on notice.
Any and all business
done in this city
comes through us first.
Yeah, go ahead, Kenny.
So you're saying this only
applies to white people
who run business here?
Did I say only white people,
Kenny?
No, man. All business!
White, Hispanic,
Latino, all means all, man!
Kenny: But what if they decide
they don't want to
run their business here?
Do you really have
to ask that, Kenny?
Man, we're going to be
making a whole lot of visits.
We're going to talk to them in
a way to make them understand.
Not everybody
catches on at first.
There's always slow learners.
So we're going to be
tutoring them
to make them understand
the lesson.
Now, next order of business.
Devon and Gee, did you reach out
to who I told you to in regards
to Tony's situation.
It's done. I talked to Nick.
Good.
Kenny, what's up with Chester?
He's underwater right now.
He's gotta come up for air soon.
When he does,
I'll be waiting on his ass.
Benny, you got a problem
with a hangnail or something?
Problem?
No, sir. No problem at all.
Well then maybe I'm the one that
got the problem
'cause word on the street is
that you're doing business
outside the family.
You know anything about that?
I don't know what you
hearing on these streets,
but you shouldn't
believe everything you hear.
But you ain't going to be having
no more problems
with your hangnail, man.
What you mean by that?
What you say, Benny.
Huh? What up, Benny.
What was that?
What was that?
What'd you see?
What'd you see?
Who's that?
What you see, Benny?
Come on. Come on.
Anybody else want to dance?
What's that, Benny?
What was that?
Anybody else want to dance?
What's up, Benny?
What did you say, Benny?
You know what I mean, Benny?
Get your ass on out my sight!
I don't ever want
to see you again!
You hear me?
You two must be John and Mark,
I assume?
Tony told me you was coming.
Said something about a studio.
Yeah. He said he talked to
you about it already.
Well, tell me what
you looking for?
Hold on.
Fellas, you all know
what you got to do.
Split.
Gentlemen, have a seat.
Well, first off, Mr. Smith,
I'd like to thank you for taking
the time out to talk to us.
My partner and I would like to
speak to you about using one of
your properties, be able to
house a nice recording studio,
whatever terms are going to make
you comfortable,
we're willing to do that.
It all sounds good.
Like I told Tony,
we have some artists
I want to bring to the
next level.
We did our research on you guys.
Seem like you know
your business very well,
but why Boston?
I could tell you there's
some real good people out here.
They just need that
little bit of help.
So my partner and I,
we're here to give that to them.
We're all in.
Let's get to work.
Sounds good to me.
What I'll do is I'll send my
people to reach out to you
and put everything together.
Okay.
Should be nice to do
business with you.
We are ready to get to work.
Thanks for speaking with us.
Gentlemen.
What the hell, son?
You don't knock first?
Sorry. My bad. Can I come in?
Yeah. Close the door behind you.
I want to talk to you.
You know, I can remember a time
when I could trust the people
around me?
But no more.
Now you got to watch everybody.
I thought Benny was a real dude.
Benny?
Man, you can't trust anybody.
Greed, lust, jealousy and
a man's lust for a woman
is his greatest weakness.
Remember that.
I was thinking after your
birthday of sending you to stay
with your uncle in California.
After meeting them two cats,
John and Mark,
I believe in you as an artist,
and I think they can help you.
Why was you thinking about
sending me away to Cali?
Man, I think the
change would be good.
Now, there's a new path.
Okay.
But I really don't understand.
You ain't got to
understand everything.
Look, man, just go and get
your head together
and listen to those two dudes,
John and Mark,
as they help you to become
a better artist.
Get out of here, man.
I need some time to myself and
close the door on your way out.
- Hey, girl, how you doing?
- Hey, Mary, how are you?
I'm doing good.
What's going on?
Just working.
- Hey, girl. How's it going?
- Hey.
- How are you, Sheila?
- I'm well.
Thank you so much for
helping me out today.
I really appreciate it.
I need the help.
No problem.
But as soon as
the line dies down,
I need to follow up on that
interview that I have today.
Oh, the line is crazy.
- Interview?
- Yes.
- Are you still covering that?
- I am.
Oh, my God. I'm so concerned,
but I know you'll do your best
and everything.
- Just be careful covering him.
- Yeah.
You know how ugly
that could become.
All right. I hope all is well.
Talk to you soon.
Mary, can I see you for a bit
out here?
- I'll see you out there.
- All right. I'll see you.
- Okay.
- Okay.
Hey, you see that
lady over there?
That's the one who's been
asking everybody for $10.
- That's her over there?
- Mm-hmm.
Okay.
Let's go over and talk to her.
All right.
Hello. How are you?
Do you mind if I have a seat?
It appears the seat
to be unoccupied, right?
My name is Sheila.
This is Mary.
What's your name?
My name is April Marie Thomas,
but people call me Ms. Marie.
Nice meeting you, Ms. Marie.
I really enjoy the food here.
It really is always
so hot and fresh.
Thank you.
That makes us feel special.
Ms. Sheila, can I ask you
for a really big favor?
Sheila: Sure. Absolutely.
Would you be able to
at least loan me $20?
- Twenty dollars?
- Ms. Marie: Yes.
It's to get over to visit
with my daughter
and buy my grandson
a birthday gift today.
I can get the $20 back from
her and pay you back tomorrow.
Don't worry about it.
It's a gift from me
to your grandson.
Bless you, my child.
Sheila: Enjoy it.
I'd better let you get
back to what you were doing.
- Think we should take off now?
- Mm.
It was very nice meeting you.
Your food will be right out.
Ms. Marie, next time have your
daughter come see me, okay?
Carmen, it's Curtis.
What do you want, Curtis?
I want you to meet me
over at the spot.
No. I'm not going to
meet you over there.
Just meet me at
the spot now, okay?
I don't...
Get in the car.
Get in the damn car!
Why you always giving me such a
hard time every time you see me?
What do you want
from me, Curtis?
What's going on with you?
Where's Tina and Karen
and your African bush friend,
- Kuma, been lately?
- Her name is Kimmy.
What do I look like,
their mama or something?
You listen to me,
you half a damn wet back.
You forget your
business is my business.
You only out here because
I allow you to be
out here tricking.
I'm going to ask
you one more time.
Answer me wrong, you going to
be sucking on some of this hot
lead, now where them tramps at?
They went to Tony's club.
I was over there the other day.
I didn't see them there.
Tammy gave them
a job over there.
In the back of the spot,
there's a private VIP area.
They work there.
That's not going down like that.
I won't have anyone
stepping on my toes,
especially a jerk like Tony.
I'll take care of his ass.
I don't know why I even messed
with you or anything like you!
Come over here
and do what you're good at.
First you stick
your gun in my mouth
and now you want me
to please you?
You're right. I might catch
something from your nasty mouth.
Get the hell out of my car!
Smell like ass crack anyway!
Can I at least get a rock or two
for all of this trouble?
I'll be back for my money later.
Get your ass to work!
Who did you make contact with?
Thus far, we met with Tony
and Lady I at the club.
Set a meeting up with Mr. Smith,
said he'd go ahead and give us
that studio we asked for.
Only thing he wants in return is
for us to work with his nephew.
Did you earn their trust?
Yes, we did, and I think
it's time to execute the plan.
I will not be far behind.
Okay.
Let us get our coats
and get back to work.
Send Lucy in for me, please.
What did I do?
Shut up.
No, let me go.
He's here now. All right.
Yo, man.
What the hell happened to you?
You look like you
slept in your clothes.
Take it easy, bro. I woke up.
I found everything
was in the cleaners. That's all.
Okay. I know you own
an iron, though, right?
What's the problem?
You don't like what I have on?
No, man. I'll tell you what.
I know you think you look good,
and I know we ain't been working
that long as partners and all,
but I got to be honest, man.
You look like shit.
Fine, although I don't see a
problem with what I have on
nor do I understand why it would
bother anyone else here.
Whatever, man. Look.
Here's the prints
from the latent
at the Bodega the other night.
Johnny Michaels
paroled two months ago.
Good, good.
Well, I have
something for you too.
Check out these hot
new pictures I got.
Okay. What the hell is all this?
It's a little something I
thought you might enjoy.
By the way, how's Sharon?
It's Karen, and she's fine.
Isn't life funny?
I bet in all these years of
married life you never thought
you'd have a full on
affair with a hooker?
Yo, man, look. Okay?
Karen's not just a hooker.
She's just somebody I'm
developing a friendship with.
That's it.
I hear that.
And I just want to
say I'm happy for you, man.
Besides, you know it's the poor
rat where there's only one hole
to run into, right?
I just wanted to show you these,
a couple of shots
of you and your friend.
This is bullshit!
Oh, wow.
Yeah, she's a real winner,
all right.
This is my favorite shot.
Take a look at that
look on your face.
She caught you when
you were right...
Hey, that's cool.
They come in double sets.
Remember?
Made myself a few sets
I'd hide them
somewhere safe, though,
if they was my pictures.
You know how wives are,
always snooping around.
Tell me something.
You know anything about Tony
working those girls
over at his club?
Some of them work
for themselves.
What?
How can you even ask
me that right now?
Besides, why does it matter?
We're partners, right?
You're not mad at me, are you?
No, man. I tell you what,
I ain't mad at you.
But I'll tell you
what you can do,
why don't you go down and talk
to Mr. Tony yourself or Big D?
You're the one who deals
with them all the time, right?
Don't ask me
anymore stupid questions.
Let me tell you
something, my friend.
You need to learn to lighten up
or this job will kill you.
Those people we
deal with out there, scum!
You and me are all we got
in this dog eat dog world.
And that's just how they see us.
It's them, and it's us.
So that stuff you thought
you were going to do when you
decided to become a cop
to protect and serve,
just a freakin' slogan on
the side of a black and white
riddled with bullet holes by the
nice citizens who want you dead.
This is real life, my friend.
In this dog eat dog world,
we signed on to be
the dog catchers.
So back off all that sensitivity
shit and learn to take a joke
because the bad guys will laugh
loud and hard
when it comes time
to hand your wife a folded flag
as a reminder of
what you used to be.
Okay.
If what you're
saying is true, fine.
I'll look into it, and I'll
ask Karen some questions.
Good, because Tony
can't be making money
off these women like that.
Who does that?
You hungry?
Oh, did you find out who those
two dudes that were looking at
me at Tony's club the other day?
Yeah.
No one's ever seen them before.
I know they talked to Tony and
also took a meeting with Big D
that night, but it's all I know.
What do you got a taste for?
We can go on out and find some
place to grab something quick.
Well, well, if it isn't the two
lost souls from the club.
What are you guys up to?
Going about our business.
We just got a call, someone
fitting you guys' description
just robbed a woman
a few blocks from here.
We sure did.
So what does it
have to do with us, officer?
Why are you guys putting
so much energy into us?
You know we're not the
ones you're looking for.
Besides that, we know
what you saying is not true.
I agree with that.
That's it. Come on!
Up against the car.
Put your hands on the car.
Come on, man.
Who's this?
Your dealer?
No, it's not.
What's this?
You both know that
does not belong to us.
Looks like cocaine to me, buddy.
Radio:
B to 04, B to 04. Come in 04.
Yeah, 04. Go ahead.
Yeah, it's cocaine,
all right, my friends.
All right, if it makes
you feel good.
Gotta do what you gotta do.
We got Johnny Michaels
held up at 222 W 102.
I repeat 222 W 102.
10-4. We're rolling on it now.
Hey, they got Michaels.
Let's roll.
I'll be back for you two later.
We're watching you both.
You do that, officers.
You do that.
Where's Benzito at?
How you doing, buddy?
My name is Nick.
He's not here tonight, but if
you want a drink or something
like that, come on in.
You want a drink?
Come on in.
I would like to take
this moment to propose a toast
to my nephew, Boogie,
on hittin' the big 3-0 today.
What time you got, man?
10:30.
Cool, cool.
We got some time then.
Yo, man. That was bullshit the
way Big D got at Benny, man.
How you know Benny
ain't have that coming?
Nah, man.
Benny's a straight
up soldier, dawg.
How you know that, cuz?
Check it.
Me and Benny did a bid together.
You get to know somebody
behind those walls, man.
Yeah, whatever, man.
Look, people need to learn not
to talk so much
when they out
here on the streets.
Come on, dawg, man.
What you saying? I can't talk?
No, you can't talk!
Matter of fact, go ahead, talk.
Go ahead, talk.
End up on that same
list that Benny's on.
Keep focus, man.
Here's to you, nephew, and on
your new career as an artist.
Hey, everyone!
I really appreciate it,
on the real.
I wish Devon and Gee
was here though.
Come here, man.
Now, look, I know I've been
running some business,
but know this.
I will always have your back.
All right?
I love you like a son, man.
So, enjoy.
The night's young, and, man,
this is all for you, man.
It's all yours.
Thanks, Uncle D.
Hey, that's what family's for.
We have to look
out for one another, man.
Hey, yo, man.
Make sure your
cellphone's on, dawg.
I'm about to go up in here, man.
I got you, man.
You can hear me
calling you, man.
- I got you, man.
- All right.
So drink up, enjoy.
This will be a night
to remember.
Cheers.
So I says to this jerk off,
I says, "Tony don't run me,
and Tony don't scare me."
Ladies, ladies, ladies, ladies.
It's not my birthday.
My nephew. Make him happy.
And if he keeps going
the way he's going,
he's going to end up sleeping
next to the damn Titanic.
Because you know
what Tony's problem is,
Tony wants to be
bigger than he is,
and he thinks he's bigger than
he is because he runs around
all day long, and he
pushes around these clowns!
But if he ever came after me,
if Tony ever came after me,
do you know what I would do?
I would have him dancing
in a little thong
like one of the
chicks in this joint.
Oh.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Honey, honey.
You guys serving
moolies in here now?
You know this is
how it starts, right?
Next thing you know, you're
going to be serving pigs feet
and some chick named Laquisha
with a bone in her nose
is going
to be serving me drinks.
Hey, Kunta.
Where's your elephant at?
Getting valet parked or what?
Hey! I says, is your elephant
getting valet or what?
Don't ignore me, punk!
I think he's with your sister!
You heard what this
fool said to me?
Let's get him. Come on.
Thought you was gonna
step to this?
What the hell is
going on here, man?
I don't know, master.
Looks like Kunta strikes back.
You got to be kidding me.
Nick, come on, man.
Do I look like I'm kidding?
Wait, Nick.
You want this one?
This will prove to your Uncle
Tony he sent the right guy
to get the job done.
Hell yeah.
Yeah.
Okay.
- It's done.
- Cool. Thanks.
I'll be right back.
How you doing?
Hey, Pop. I'm good.
- You got this?
- Yeah. Don't worry.
I'm good.
Raise up.
Salut.
Go, go, go, go,
go, go, go, go, go...
Told y'all.
Don't play with me.
Pay up, suckers.
Thank you.
Hey, yo! Call the cops!
Johnny B and Vito
just got whacked!
Buy me a drink.
I got to go to the bathroom.
I can't believe Tony has me and
all the girls working this hard.
Can I get a Long Island Iced and a Cosmo with Kettle One
with a splash of Grand Marnier.
Oh, whoa, whoa,
excuse me, baby girl.
I ain't a baby girl
or your baby mama!
But I wouldn't mind
if I was though.
Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo,
I seen you in here several times
and I noticed you been
checkin' me out!
So I figured I'd just roll up
and give you
your shot to be my girl.
Allow me to introduce myself.
My name is Rudolph,
but you can call me Rudy
once you get to know me better.
So what's your name, baby?
Come on, Rudolph, man.
Hey, come on, brother.
Come on, brother.
This is what I do.
This is what I do!
You know what just happened?
I came out the bathroom
and run right into Big D.
You know what he says to me?
He says, "Excuse me, baby girl."
I was like, "I'm not your
baby girl or your baby mama."
What?
Girl, are you crazy or stupid?
I know. I know.
You must be trying to
get yourself killed.
Just drink your drink and don't
let your boss, Tony, see you.
If Big D goes and tell Tony,
I will definitely get fired.
You having a good time, son?
Hell, yeah, Unc!
I'm glad to hear that.
Hey, man.
I just seen you throw a girl
down on the dance floor
a little while ago.
Yeah, that was
nothing but some chick.
You know, I handle
my business like you, Unc.
What she do to you, man?
Nothing.
I guess I just felt like doing
it, you know what I'm saying?
Listen to me, nephew.
I want you to
listen to me real clear.
What I do, I do for business,
but what you just did
out on the dance floor,
man, that's bullshit!
Don't ever confuse the two.
Oh, yeah? Where he at?
Outside in the car.
Boogie, I'll be right back.
I can explain, Big D!
Let me pop this fool, boss!
- Let me pop this fool!
- Shh.
Let me pop him, boss!
Let me pop him!
Let me pop him!
My old friend, Chester.
Now, we ain't seen
each other in a while, Chester.
We sure do have a whole lot of
catching up to do, now don't we?
Big D, I know I owe you,
but you're never going to
believe what happened.
Three weeks,
three weeks, Chester.
No calls, no text, no nothing.
Man, you done
pulled a Houdini on me.
Now if you was in my shoes,
what the...
What the hell would you think?
I can explain that, Big D.
Explain? Really?
Big D, I swear to God,
I would never try to screw you.
My word is bond, man.
Chester, where the
hell is my money?
Right. Okay.
So, I go to Miami, and I meet
Raul just like you told me to.
I get your money and no problem.
Save me the bedtime story.
All right. You right. You right.
So, real talk.
So, Raul picks me up
at the airport.
He takes me to the yacht.
They show me who's who
and what to look out for.
Sounds like a good,
nice story.
Now, where the hell is my money?
All right. All right.
So, I'm at the crap table
keeping an eye on Pedro,
and I'm killing 'em, right?
So at about 5:30 in the morning,
I go to the airport.
I get into the chair.
I order a Coke, I take a sip.
Right?
So, I take...
I decided to take a nap
because I started getting tired
so I take a nap.
Next thing you know I'm
waking up to the plane saying,
"We're landing. We're landing."
So I wake up.
I look down and I see your
briefcase is down where I put
all your money right at my feet.
She must have
slipped me a mickey, man,
and took the briefcase.
Man, are you trying to
tell me that a flight attendant
robbed you of my 40 G's?
Is that what you
trying to tell me, Chester?
I'm sorry, man! I'm sorry!
God!
Now, you listen up.
You got three days,
three days to bring me my money!
The next thing I cut off
ain't going to be your
motherfucking finger.
I'm sorry, man!
So lucky! Get him out of here!
Okay. We all know
Big D's the man, right?
First we got to go down
to Tony's club
and bust him to get to Big D.
So when the setup's in place,
you got to text me 111.
When you hear us in the club,
then you'll know
the thing is in place.
- Are we clear?
- Uh-huh.
Yes, sir.
Okay. Let's go then.
Yo, slim.
- Yeah?
- Clean that mess up.
Sorry about that.
Boogie, that record
is coming out amazing.
Just going to need you
to go ahead
and add some ad-libs
to it, okay?
- All right. No doubt. I got you.
- Thank you. All right.
Also, Luccia, I would listen to
the first verse of "Best Love".
I think we need to add
some ad libs to it
- to give that extra. Okay.
- No problem. Let's go.
Hey, that's good.
Boogie, we're all set with that.
I think we're all set with that.
- You sure?
- Yeah. We got that.
Hey, Lady I,
don't forget to hit the ad libs
on that second verse, all right?
All right, sweetheart.
Yeah. It's going to be
a good one. Cool.
- We're good with that.
- Good job.
Boogie, that was a great job.
We're going to go
on to the next song.
We're gonna need Luccia.
- Oh, my God. Is this Karen?
- What?
Let me see that thing.
No, you asshole.
Come on, man!
Ready to go bust these clowns?
Yeah. Come on, let's go.
Tony's club, one second.
Tony's club. Hold on.
I know, right? You know what?
I got to go to work.
I'll see you later. Okay?
- Bye.
- Ciao.
Ask the girl that's on line one
and the other on line two.
Hold on.
Stop moving around.
Get over here.
Hey, what's going on here?
- This one tried to rob me.
- What are you, out of your mind?
Man: This one tried to
take my wallet.
What are you talking about?
Tony: Hey, what the hell
is going on here?
This guy set the
whole thing up, man.
What the hell kind of place
are you running here anyway?
Hey, guys.
Come on over here. Come on.
Come on.
Mr. Tedeski,
we're placing you under arrest.
For what?
Running an illegal
prostitution ring.
Yeah, says you.
You have the right
to remain silent.
Anything you say can
and will be held against you
in the court of law.
You have the
right to an attorney...
Did a little research on you,
Tony.
Found what you're
looking for, Detective?
Yeah, seems like your family has
some pretty deep roots
in this city,
been in the business of flesh
sales for some time now.
Grandson of one of the
first hitmen in the city.
And there's your uncles,
main men in the city.
Then there's your father,
found dead in a meat locker
down by the docks.
Boston historian, are you?
What are you going to do?
You going to book me or
write my autobiography already?
Let me share something
with you, Mr. Tedeski,
just for the illegal
prostitution ring and the drugs
we found in your club, you're
facing ten years on ice, easy.
Now, if you decide to cooperate,
I might be able to convince
the D.A. to go light on you,
and we can, let's see,
help each other out.
I got your ledger,
and I'm going to bust everyone
down there, including Big D.
So, maybe we can
become partners.
Let me tell you something,
Detective.
You got a better chance of
growing wings and flying off
like an angel, all right?
Fine.
We'll do it your way.
Take him to a cell.
I suggest you keep
your big nose clean
or I'll be there to bust you,
shut you down before
God gets the news.
Tony:
Is that a threat, Detective?
No. That's a promise.
Tony: You got me all nervous.
Jenkins, you smell something?
What do you mean?
All of a sudden the room
smells like cheap cologne.
Get him out of here.
Come on. Come on. Let's go!
Come on! Get up!
Get up! Let's go!
Yeah, this is Detective Bennett.
I need a favor.
Julio, why don't you take the
car around the corner real slow.
License and registration.
Whoa, ese, slow down.
No sudden movements.
- What's up, man?
- Thanks a lot, man.
All right, no problem.
Step out of the car.
Keep your hands
where I can see them.
Hector, Hector, Hector.
Seems like you're driving
on a suspended license.
My license is not
suspended, bro!
Yo, Bennett!
Check it out.
Hector, are you
selling drugs on my streets?
Look what we got here.
Woo!
Oh, a concealed weapon.
You know, Hector, you already
have two strikes against you,
this makes your third.
Three strikes and you're out.
- You're a lucky man, bro.
- What's that, big man?
Do you know I used to bust up
suckers like you
on the inside every day?
Step away from him!
Get away from him!
Shoot him!
Yo, what the hell, man?
Bennett:
He's crazy, he tried to kill me!
Shit!
Don't stand there
like an asshole.
Go grab backup.
Shit, man!
Man, I know you had something
with my guy being taken out
by that piece of crap cop,
Bennett, Tony.
Hey, I'm telling you.
I had nothing to do with it.
- You must be crazy, D.
- You listen to me, Tony.
Our business together is over.
I know you been trying to
set me up this whole time!
You lucky if I don't put your
lights out for you right now!
Hey, you think what you want.
I know what that
freaking crooked cop is after.
It's my ledger with
all my business in it.
Hey, because you see
when they arrested me,
he says, "Oh, maybe we can
go in business together."
- The ledger?
- Yeah, the ledger.
It's got the names, everybody
we did business with in it.
What in the hell would make him
think of something like that?
Hey, I don't know.
It's almost like
somebody tipped him off.
Told him what kind of business
we got going on in the VIP area.
I'll tell you what.
Give me the ledger right now!
I don't need nothing
coming back to me.
Come on, man! Come on, Tony!
Hey, I know you don't
think I'd be setting you up, D.
Man, if you don't give
me that ledger right now,
you won't have to worry
about anything else ever again!
Including your Lady I.
- Oh, it's like that, my brother?
- Yeah, it's like that!
And don't you call me brother!
You know my name!
Hey, I don't have
that freaking ledger.
The crooked cop, he's got it.
What the... Tony, you stay the
hell out of my way from now on!
Okay? If anything comes back to
me, and I mean anything,
I'm coming to see you!
Now I got to go try to stop that
asshole from bringing me down!
After that shipment from Miami,
business between you and me
is no more.
All right? You get it? Caput!
Hey, meet me in my office.
Right now!
Hey, come on in.
- Hey.
- Really, Tony?
Did you really think
you'd get away with this?
Joey, what are
you talking about?
You know what I'm talking about.
Johnny B.
I got your nephew, Nick,
in a body bag downstairs.
He sung like a little bird.
Hey, come on.
You know who I am.
Yeah. I know who you are.
You're a dead man talking.
You know you can't whack a main
man without family approval.
Come on. Let's take a walk.
I'm telling you, Joey.
You got it all wrong.
You got it all
wrong I'm telling you, Joey.
It's not like that.
Oh, my God.
John. John, I need to
see you and Mark right now.
- Hello.
- Bennett.
- Who's this?
- Big D.
Oh, I was just
thinking about you.
We got a lot to talk about.
That is why I'm calling you.
Now, you meet me
at the old warehouse
on Dorchester Avenue at four.
I'll be there at four.
And you better not
try anything funny,
you jerk, or I'll have your ass.
You got that?
Just meet me there and be ready
to do business
and bring that ledger with you.
I need that.
I'll be there, alone.
You better not come
with anything
less than a million cash.
Just meet me there,
and I will take care of you.
I need that ledger back.
I'm out.
Boogie, like I said,
I need to make a move
for a while,
so I need you
to hold things down.
I got...
I don't need you
asking me any questions.
Now, you got it?
- I got you.
- Good.
I'm getting ready to leave now.
Okay, cool.
Who you taking with you?
No one.
I need to go alone.
Remember, hold things down.
I got it.
Yeah.
I know you do.
Yo, I know this has
something to do with that
meeting with Tony earlier today.
What are you talking about?
Well, while you was in the
studio laying that joint down
with Tony's girl, him and
your uncle was beefin'.
Over some ledger
or something, dude.
Are you serious?
Let's see what's
up with that, yo.
Been a busy man, huh, brother?
I am not your brother.
Sell out!
I know you not my brother,
scumbag.
You know,
you got a lot of mouth.
Really?
Hand over the bag
and let's be done with this.
Man, I ain't giving you nothing
until you hand me that ledger.
Now, come on!
I really didn't think
you were this stupid.
Hand over the money.
Where you're going, you won't
want for anything else,
ever again.
Oh, is that right?
Yeah. That's right.
Well, maybe you need to tell
that cute boy that's about to
drop you right now, brother!
What are you doing?
Are you crazy?
No, man.
You can't keep doing this!
It ain't right!
Who are you?
Save a bro or something?
No.
I'm finally doing what's right.
I did sign up to serve
and protect, unlike you!
What are you doing here, man?
What is this?
I wouldn't do that, son.
Who the hell are you to
tell me what I don't want to do?
I'm someone you're really
going to have a problem with.
Now, go on, son. Let him live.
He saved your life.
Man, what the hell has
this got to do with you?
Got everything to do with me.
Just let him live.
Besides that, I know
you hear those sirens.
You need to get far,
far away from here
while you still have a chance.
You okay?
Yeah. Thank you.
Who are you?
I'm someone looking out for you.
Let me ask you a question.
Did you help Bennett
because he was blackmailing you?
Yeah.
That's the only reason I
was still working with him.
I already told my wife
what happened,
and she ended up leaving me.
That's what happens
when you're not right.
What about Big D now?
He's going to
come back after me.
It's not going to happen.
He's got other
things to worry about.
Get your life together.
Don't let any of this get back
to Lady I or Big D's nephew.
I got your word on that?
Yeah. You have my word on that.
Do your homework.
Everything's recorded.
Show your higher ups
and you'll be fine.
Thank you again.
Just know,
there's angels around you.
Yo, Boogie.
You see them
two dudes right there
with the sunglasses on
in the dark?
Where?
Right over there,
coming up on the right.
Yeah, I see them.
Is it me or do they look like
they trying to
grill us all hard?
That is what it seems like.
So what's up?
You wanna try and check them?
Nah, man. Let it ride.
I'm trying to get to the studio
and knock these beats out.
On the real, though,
if we didn't have this studio
session to go to,
I'll tell you to
pull this car over right now
so we can light them fools up.
They still looking at us, dawg!
Chill, man.
What you gonna do, man?
You gonna blast on these fools
just for grilling on you?
You need to chill with all that!
Is that him?
Yeah, that's him.
We got things to do.
You know what?
While you trippin' on that,
why don't you reach in
the glove compartment,
grab that beat CD for me, man.
I want to listen to it
so I can vibe to it
before I get in the studio.
I'm tryin' to get
this song tight.
Come on, man.
Yo, man,
this dude better be ready.
Hit Gee on the cell and let him
know we out front, man.
I got you, fam.
Yo, what up, fam?
We out front.
All right, cool.
Yeah. I'll be right down.
All right, well hurry up because
we got to go see Big D
before we head over
to the studio, all right?
I'll be down in
two seconds, man.
All right, cool.
- He on his way.
- All right.
Hey, you just going
to leave like that?
Baby, I'll be right back. Just
goin' to hang out with Devon.
Come here.
Don't go and get
yourself into any trouble.
Nah, I'm all done with that.
I'll be right back.
- You better.
- I promise.
You know damn well
you holding out on me!
I swear, I gave you all I had!
Well, you're short!
Where's the rest of my money?
Huh?
Where's the rest of my money?
Mom, I said my prayers.
Go back in your room, son!
Where's my money?
I'm sick and tired of your lies!
Please, stop! Please!
Not in front of the baby!
Baby my ass!
- He's gonna kill me!
- Daddy, stop! Stop!
Stop!
I love you, Mama.
Where the hell you guys at?
You already know I don't play.
All right.
I'll see you there in a minute.
I'm leaving right now myself.
Open it up.
Uh, uh, uh! Bruce, Bruce,
Bruce, Bruce, Bruce!
Tell me something, man.
Why would you steal from me,
of all people?
Steal from you?
Man, I'd never steal from
you in a million years, man.
- Oh, yeah?
- On my grandmother's grave, man!
You's a liar, and you know it.
D, listen. I never lied to you!
Remember back in the day when
I took that bullet for you?
Yeah, I remember that.
You did, but now you
about to take one from me.
Besides all that,
look who's here.
Boogie! Come here, man.
You remember my nephew,
Boogie, right?
Yeah, yeah.
But, D, listen...
Shh, shh.
Hector.
Stop playing, man.
Stop playing.
Come on, man. Stop playing.
Come on, man. Yo, I'm sorry.
Come on. Stop playing.
- Remember...
- Come on.
You don't ever leave a trail.
Come on. Yo.
Yo, Boogie. Yo, yo, yo.
Yo, Boogie.
Remember when I bought you
your first skateboard, right?
Right? Come on.
Nephew, what the hell you
waitin' for, man? Squeeze it!
Come on!
This ain't nothing new
to you, man,
cause you know him, so what?
Give me that before
you hurt yourself, man.
Come on, man.
This ain't nothing new.
You done did this
a hundred times before
without any hesitation.
It don't matter
if you know the man!
Man, if they cross you,
you cross them.
Hector, bring the jar, man.
Bruce, did you just piss
yourself, man?
Yo, stop...
Yo stop playing with me.
Look, yo, yo. I know.
I know I messed up, all right?
But I swear, I swear to God
I'll make it up to you, yo.
Yo, I swear!
Come on, stop playing!
Come on, please!
Come on!
Come on!
Yo, stop. Yo, come on!
Boogie, take the jar.
Come on.
- You going to pour it.
- What?
Yo, stop. Yo, please, stop!
Come on, Boogie, stop!
Please! Please, yo stop!
Come on! Stop!
Come on! Come on!
Don't, yo! Come on!
Come on, man.
Come on, man! Come on!
Your days are numbered,
you bastard.
Oh, yeah?
Well, your days are up.
Anybody hungry?
Anybody want to eat?
All right.
All right, meet us at the spot.
Boogie, let them drive, man.
You coming with me, all right?
Boogie, in this business,
you always got to be two steps
ahead of your opponent, man.
Two steps ahead
of your opponent.
Man, it's the me
or them business.
I'm going to tell
you something, man.
It ain't never going to be me.
Do you understand that?
Got you.
Good, I know you do.
I done see you did a whole
lot of things in the past, man.
I just want you to see
what it's like to make the,
uh, hard decisions in life.
Look, man. Relax. It's business.
It ain't personal.
You know what, man?
Them fools better meet
us at the spot soon,
man, because I'm starving.
Sir, is there anything else
I can do for you?
No, I'm fine, Lucy.
- Send the guys in for me.
- Okay.
- Good afternoon, gentlemen.
- Good afternoon.
- We found him.
- Good.
See this?
This is what happens.
The rest of the
information is out there.
So how you want us
to approach it?
Do you want us to interact
with them first
- or just do what we do?
- Befriend them.
It's always more
satisfying that way.
Yeah, you right about that.
I love when they
don't know what hit 'em.
Like that last time.
Okay, gentlemen,
enough reflecting.
We got a lot of work to do.
We're almost out of time.
Don't worry. We'll get the job
done. We always do.
Come on.
Hey, girl, when's your
new album coming out?
Next month.
Nice.
Very excited.
I think I hear someone
coming in.
Hi, Gail,
how are you doing today?
I'm doing well. I apologize
for running a little late.
That's fine. Sheila's actually
waiting for you.
Can I get you anything to drink?
No. I'm fine.
- You can have a seat.
- Thank you.
Hey, girl. How are you?
Good. How are you doing?
I'm well. Thank you.
- It's nice to see you.
- Likewise.
Thank you so much for waiting.
You know I don't like
to wait for anything.
Don't worry about it, girl. Come
over. Let me get you started.
So, how you been?
Doing well, still working
on this assignment.
Are you still working on
that assignment
you were telling me about?
Yes, I am.
Girl, it is really
none of my business,
but like I told you before,
you need to be careful.
That man is nothing nice.
You put the wrong thing
out there about him, girl,
it'll get ugly.
You know, I'm aware of that.
I'm actually thinking
about it day and night.
I keep coming up
with the same scenario.
You never know.
I could move on to
bigger and better things,
but I do believe that
people in this city
need to know
what's really going on.
Sheila: Love you, girl.
Don't want to see
anything happen to you.
That's all.
I know you do,
but don't worry about me.
I'll be okay.
I got angels protecting me.
I still want you to come on down
to the soup kitchen with me
and the girls and
pass out some food.
Love helping people.
I'll be there.
You know, I do support you.
It's such a special thing
that you do.
Now, are we going to do the
treatment we did last week
when you were here?
Yes, we are.
Well, let's get you started.
Hey, China doll.
China doll!
Bring me some of
that sushi whole!
What? Now was that called for?
Yes. Now get your ass
out of the club immediately!
Who the hell are you?
I am someone that can have you
leave out of here
the way you came in,
have you thrown out
on your face! It's your choice.
I ain't scared of you.
- Fellas.
- We're here to see Tony.
- Who are you?
- Tell him Big D is here.
Hold on, girl. Hold on.
Yeah, what?
I thought I told you not to
bother me when I'm conducting
business up here, all right?
Why didn't you...
Why didn't you say so?
All right. Send him up already.
Later.
Excuse me, doll.
Play time's over, all right?
All right.
Listen, head downstairs and give
me a heads up when Lady L
gets ready to perform,
all right?
I'll be waiting for you.
I know you will.
- Go ahead.
- I can't wait.
I know.
Go ahead,
till Lady I gets ready.
Let me get that, hold on.
Wait a minute.
Big D, my man.
Good to see you.
Hi, Shaft.
Hey, good to see you too, Tony.
Good to see you, man.
Good to see you.
Hey, this is my nephew, Boogie.
I got to teach him
a few things tonight.
You're a lucky kid.
You're going to learn the ropes
from somebody like your uncle,
especially the way
he runs this city.
I think you remember Hector?
This is my nephew's boys,
Devon and Gee.
You guys, uh, kind of caught me
at an awkward time, you know?
When the cat's away, the mouse
will play, right, fellas?
- Boogie, come here.
- Sup?
Yo, I need you to go take care
of that thing, all right?
I'll meet you all
out in the hallway.
Hey, whoa.
Take them with you, too.
Tony, I don't like the changes
that are going on
here in this city.
All right? We built this city,
not those assholes.
I agree. The changes are
putting everybody through.
It's crazy, D.
Man, let me keep
it real with you, bruh.
All right? My people, my people
been busting their ass
in the Backbay for years,
and them asshole politicians,
man, they don't care!
Look, I know I can go on for
hours talking about them.
All right? But right now we
need to talk about us.
I agree. We can go on for
hours talking about them.
Let's talk some business.
- I'm all ears.
- All right.
Look, man, here's the deal.
A week from Tuesday I got a
shipment coming in from Miami.
I need your help on it.
Sounds good. What's my cut?
Seventy-thirty.
Come on, D. I'll be the one
taking all the risk here.
All right, all right, Tony.
All right, man.
You killing me.
Dude, what are you doing?
All right, look, 60/40 my side.
That's it.
Hey, now we got a deal.
How about some
hand-rolled Cubans?
I got a couple left.
I'd love for you to have one.
Oh, shit.
Excuse me, D.
Yeah, what is it, Nick?
Yeah, hey, boss.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I'm down here at Donnatello's,
and Johnny B's down here having
a sit down with a
group of guys, you know?
He's running off at his
mouth again about you,
and it really ain't good.
What? The freakin' idiot.
That's it. This guy's got to go.
Listen, I'm in a
meeting right now, Nick.
Keep an eye on that freaking
idiot for me.
I'll get back to you
a little bit later.
You know what I'm saying?
If you want,
I'll keep an eye on him.
Yeah, okay.
That's it.
I've had it with
this freakin' jerk off.
Listen, D. I need a favor.
In fact, it's a big one.
And what's this?
Ordinarily, something
like this, you know,
I'd take care of it myself.
But this is, uh, a family thing,
you know?
I can't have it come back on me.
This guy,
he's gone too far this time!
What do you need?
This guy, Johnny B,
he's a real big mouth.
He been running his mouth,
and it's starting to
affect my business!
Bottom line.
I need this guy to go
bye-bye, like, yesterday!
Don't worry.
I'll take good care of you.
Just can't come back on me.
That's all.
Why don't you tell me
what you have in mind?
Hey, you want a drink?
Yeah, I'll take a drink.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
So, tell me,
you like working here?
It's all right.
The owner, Tony,
takes good care of you girls?
If you're a new girl? Yes.
What does that mean?
Let's just say that he makes
sure that we get to
powder our nose.
Does he provide the powder?
I said too much.
Let me show you to the twins.
- Hi, Joanne.
- Hi, Lady I, how are you today?
I'm good. Thank you.
I came to get that jacket
I've been dreaming about.
Oh, yeah. Come on, girl.
Let's go try it on.
Let's go.
I think this is the one,
isn't it?
Yes. This is the one.
Oh, this is gorgeous.
Tony's going to love this.
As you all know, a lot of our
history is planted
right here in Boston, right?
A lot of people worked hard
that made sacrifices
to build this city.
Some of the
greatest people we know,
the artists, politicians and
civil rights workers who worked
hard to build great
legacies right here in Boston,
yet day after day
we're losing control.
Excuse me, boss.
With all due respect,
it sounds like you're trying
to give us a history lesson.
See, Kenny, man, if you would
shut your mouth and listen,
you might learn
something for a change, man.
Man, you know, that's the
problem with you
knuckle heads today, man!
Always flapping your mouth
when somebody trying
to teach you something!
Now, the next brave person to
open his mouth while I'm talking
is going to be sipping his
next meal through a straw!
I'm making a point here!
Now, as I was saying before
I was rudely interrupted,
you all know back in the day we
took a whole lot of things
from a whole lot of people.
And that's why I'm not letting
the powers that be
come into this city
and move us out like it's okay.
That's why I'm putting
everybody on notice.
Any and all business
done in this city
comes through us first.
Yeah, go ahead, Kenny.
So you're saying this only
applies to white people
who run business here?
Did I say only white people,
Kenny?
No, man. All business!
White, Hispanic,
Latino, all means all, man!
Kenny: But what if they decide
they don't want to
run their business here?
Do you really have
to ask that, Kenny?
Man, we're going to be
making a whole lot of visits.
We're going to talk to them in
a way to make them understand.
Not everybody
catches on at first.
There's always slow learners.
So we're going to be
tutoring them
to make them understand
the lesson.
Now, next order of business.
Devon and Gee, did you reach out
to who I told you to in regards
to Tony's situation.
It's done. I talked to Nick.
Good.
Kenny, what's up with Chester?
He's underwater right now.
He's gotta come up for air soon.
When he does,
I'll be waiting on his ass.
Benny, you got a problem
with a hangnail or something?
Problem?
No, sir. No problem at all.
Well then maybe I'm the one that
got the problem
'cause word on the street is
that you're doing business
outside the family.
You know anything about that?
I don't know what you
hearing on these streets,
but you shouldn't
believe everything you hear.
But you ain't going to be having
no more problems
with your hangnail, man.
What you mean by that?
What you say, Benny.
Huh? What up, Benny.
What was that?
What was that?
What'd you see?
What'd you see?
Who's that?
What you see, Benny?
Come on. Come on.
Anybody else want to dance?
What's that, Benny?
What was that?
Anybody else want to dance?
What's up, Benny?
What did you say, Benny?
You know what I mean, Benny?
Get your ass on out my sight!
I don't ever want
to see you again!
You hear me?
You two must be John and Mark,
I assume?
Tony told me you was coming.
Said something about a studio.
Yeah. He said he talked to
you about it already.
Well, tell me what
you looking for?
Hold on.
Fellas, you all know
what you got to do.
Split.
Gentlemen, have a seat.
Well, first off, Mr. Smith,
I'd like to thank you for taking
the time out to talk to us.
My partner and I would like to
speak to you about using one of
your properties, be able to
house a nice recording studio,
whatever terms are going to make
you comfortable,
we're willing to do that.
It all sounds good.
Like I told Tony,
we have some artists
I want to bring to the
next level.
We did our research on you guys.
Seem like you know
your business very well,
but why Boston?
I could tell you there's
some real good people out here.
They just need that
little bit of help.
So my partner and I,
we're here to give that to them.
We're all in.
Let's get to work.
Sounds good to me.
What I'll do is I'll send my
people to reach out to you
and put everything together.
Okay.
Should be nice to do
business with you.
We are ready to get to work.
Thanks for speaking with us.
Gentlemen.
What the hell, son?
You don't knock first?
Sorry. My bad. Can I come in?
Yeah. Close the door behind you.
I want to talk to you.
You know, I can remember a time
when I could trust the people
around me?
But no more.
Now you got to watch everybody.
I thought Benny was a real dude.
Benny?
Man, you can't trust anybody.
Greed, lust, jealousy and
a man's lust for a woman
is his greatest weakness.
Remember that.
I was thinking after your
birthday of sending you to stay
with your uncle in California.
After meeting them two cats,
John and Mark,
I believe in you as an artist,
and I think they can help you.
Why was you thinking about
sending me away to Cali?
Man, I think the
change would be good.
Now, there's a new path.
Okay.
But I really don't understand.
You ain't got to
understand everything.
Look, man, just go and get
your head together
and listen to those two dudes,
John and Mark,
as they help you to become
a better artist.
Get out of here, man.
I need some time to myself and
close the door on your way out.
- Hey, girl, how you doing?
- Hey, Mary, how are you?
I'm doing good.
What's going on?
Just working.
- Hey, girl. How's it going?
- Hey.
- How are you, Sheila?
- I'm well.
Thank you so much for
helping me out today.
I really appreciate it.
I need the help.
No problem.
But as soon as
the line dies down,
I need to follow up on that
interview that I have today.
Oh, the line is crazy.
- Interview?
- Yes.
- Are you still covering that?
- I am.
Oh, my God. I'm so concerned,
but I know you'll do your best
and everything.
- Just be careful covering him.
- Yeah.
You know how ugly
that could become.
All right. I hope all is well.
Talk to you soon.
Mary, can I see you for a bit
out here?
- I'll see you out there.
- All right. I'll see you.
- Okay.
- Okay.
Hey, you see that
lady over there?
That's the one who's been
asking everybody for $10.
- That's her over there?
- Mm-hmm.
Okay.
Let's go over and talk to her.
All right.
Hello. How are you?
Do you mind if I have a seat?
It appears the seat
to be unoccupied, right?
My name is Sheila.
This is Mary.
What's your name?
My name is April Marie Thomas,
but people call me Ms. Marie.
Nice meeting you, Ms. Marie.
I really enjoy the food here.
It really is always
so hot and fresh.
Thank you.
That makes us feel special.
Ms. Sheila, can I ask you
for a really big favor?
Sheila: Sure. Absolutely.
Would you be able to
at least loan me $20?
- Twenty dollars?
- Ms. Marie: Yes.
It's to get over to visit
with my daughter
and buy my grandson
a birthday gift today.
I can get the $20 back from
her and pay you back tomorrow.
Don't worry about it.
It's a gift from me
to your grandson.
Bless you, my child.
Sheila: Enjoy it.
I'd better let you get
back to what you were doing.
- Think we should take off now?
- Mm.
It was very nice meeting you.
Your food will be right out.
Ms. Marie, next time have your
daughter come see me, okay?
Carmen, it's Curtis.
What do you want, Curtis?
I want you to meet me
over at the spot.
No. I'm not going to
meet you over there.
Just meet me at
the spot now, okay?
I don't...
Get in the car.
Get in the damn car!
Why you always giving me such a
hard time every time you see me?
What do you want
from me, Curtis?
What's going on with you?
Where's Tina and Karen
and your African bush friend,
- Kuma, been lately?
- Her name is Kimmy.
What do I look like,
their mama or something?
You listen to me,
you half a damn wet back.
You forget your
business is my business.
You only out here because
I allow you to be
out here tricking.
I'm going to ask
you one more time.
Answer me wrong, you going to
be sucking on some of this hot
lead, now where them tramps at?
They went to Tony's club.
I was over there the other day.
I didn't see them there.
Tammy gave them
a job over there.
In the back of the spot,
there's a private VIP area.
They work there.
That's not going down like that.
I won't have anyone
stepping on my toes,
especially a jerk like Tony.
I'll take care of his ass.
I don't know why I even messed
with you or anything like you!
Come over here
and do what you're good at.
First you stick
your gun in my mouth
and now you want me
to please you?
You're right. I might catch
something from your nasty mouth.
Get the hell out of my car!
Smell like ass crack anyway!
Can I at least get a rock or two
for all of this trouble?
I'll be back for my money later.
Get your ass to work!
Who did you make contact with?
Thus far, we met with Tony
and Lady I at the club.
Set a meeting up with Mr. Smith,
said he'd go ahead and give us
that studio we asked for.
Only thing he wants in return is
for us to work with his nephew.
Did you earn their trust?
Yes, we did, and I think
it's time to execute the plan.
I will not be far behind.
Okay.
Let us get our coats
and get back to work.
Send Lucy in for me, please.
What did I do?
Shut up.
No, let me go.
He's here now. All right.
Yo, man.
What the hell happened to you?
You look like you
slept in your clothes.
Take it easy, bro. I woke up.
I found everything
was in the cleaners. That's all.
Okay. I know you own
an iron, though, right?
What's the problem?
You don't like what I have on?
No, man. I'll tell you what.
I know you think you look good,
and I know we ain't been working
that long as partners and all,
but I got to be honest, man.
You look like shit.
Fine, although I don't see a
problem with what I have on
nor do I understand why it would
bother anyone else here.
Whatever, man. Look.
Here's the prints
from the latent
at the Bodega the other night.
Johnny Michaels
paroled two months ago.
Good, good.
Well, I have
something for you too.
Check out these hot
new pictures I got.
Okay. What the hell is all this?
It's a little something I
thought you might enjoy.
By the way, how's Sharon?
It's Karen, and she's fine.
Isn't life funny?
I bet in all these years of
married life you never thought
you'd have a full on
affair with a hooker?
Yo, man, look. Okay?
Karen's not just a hooker.
She's just somebody I'm
developing a friendship with.
That's it.
I hear that.
And I just want to
say I'm happy for you, man.
Besides, you know it's the poor
rat where there's only one hole
to run into, right?
I just wanted to show you these,
a couple of shots
of you and your friend.
This is bullshit!
Oh, wow.
Yeah, she's a real winner,
all right.
This is my favorite shot.
Take a look at that
look on your face.
She caught you when
you were right...
Hey, that's cool.
They come in double sets.
Remember?
Made myself a few sets
I'd hide them
somewhere safe, though,
if they was my pictures.
You know how wives are,
always snooping around.
Tell me something.
You know anything about Tony
working those girls
over at his club?
Some of them work
for themselves.
What?
How can you even ask
me that right now?
Besides, why does it matter?
We're partners, right?
You're not mad at me, are you?
No, man. I tell you what,
I ain't mad at you.
But I'll tell you
what you can do,
why don't you go down and talk
to Mr. Tony yourself or Big D?
You're the one who deals
with them all the time, right?
Don't ask me
anymore stupid questions.
Let me tell you
something, my friend.
You need to learn to lighten up
or this job will kill you.
Those people we
deal with out there, scum!
You and me are all we got
in this dog eat dog world.
And that's just how they see us.
It's them, and it's us.
So that stuff you thought
you were going to do when you
decided to become a cop
to protect and serve,
just a freakin' slogan on
the side of a black and white
riddled with bullet holes by the
nice citizens who want you dead.
This is real life, my friend.
In this dog eat dog world,
we signed on to be
the dog catchers.
So back off all that sensitivity
shit and learn to take a joke
because the bad guys will laugh
loud and hard
when it comes time
to hand your wife a folded flag
as a reminder of
what you used to be.
Okay.
If what you're
saying is true, fine.
I'll look into it, and I'll
ask Karen some questions.
Good, because Tony
can't be making money
off these women like that.
Who does that?
You hungry?
Oh, did you find out who those
two dudes that were looking at
me at Tony's club the other day?
Yeah.
No one's ever seen them before.
I know they talked to Tony and
also took a meeting with Big D
that night, but it's all I know.
What do you got a taste for?
We can go on out and find some
place to grab something quick.
Well, well, if it isn't the two
lost souls from the club.
What are you guys up to?
Going about our business.
We just got a call, someone
fitting you guys' description
just robbed a woman
a few blocks from here.
We sure did.
So what does it
have to do with us, officer?
Why are you guys putting
so much energy into us?
You know we're not the
ones you're looking for.
Besides that, we know
what you saying is not true.
I agree with that.
That's it. Come on!
Up against the car.
Put your hands on the car.
Come on, man.
Who's this?
Your dealer?
No, it's not.
What's this?
You both know that
does not belong to us.
Looks like cocaine to me, buddy.
Radio:
B to 04, B to 04. Come in 04.
Yeah, 04. Go ahead.
Yeah, it's cocaine,
all right, my friends.
All right, if it makes
you feel good.
Gotta do what you gotta do.
We got Johnny Michaels
held up at 222 W 102.
I repeat 222 W 102.
10-4. We're rolling on it now.
Hey, they got Michaels.
Let's roll.
I'll be back for you two later.
We're watching you both.
You do that, officers.
You do that.
Where's Benzito at?
How you doing, buddy?
My name is Nick.
He's not here tonight, but if
you want a drink or something
like that, come on in.
You want a drink?
Come on in.
I would like to take
this moment to propose a toast
to my nephew, Boogie,
on hittin' the big 3-0 today.
What time you got, man?
10:30.
Cool, cool.
We got some time then.
Yo, man. That was bullshit the
way Big D got at Benny, man.
How you know Benny
ain't have that coming?
Nah, man.
Benny's a straight
up soldier, dawg.
How you know that, cuz?
Check it.
Me and Benny did a bid together.
You get to know somebody
behind those walls, man.
Yeah, whatever, man.
Look, people need to learn not
to talk so much
when they out
here on the streets.
Come on, dawg, man.
What you saying? I can't talk?
No, you can't talk!
Matter of fact, go ahead, talk.
Go ahead, talk.
End up on that same
list that Benny's on.
Keep focus, man.
Here's to you, nephew, and on
your new career as an artist.
Hey, everyone!
I really appreciate it,
on the real.
I wish Devon and Gee
was here though.
Come here, man.
Now, look, I know I've been
running some business,
but know this.
I will always have your back.
All right?
I love you like a son, man.
So, enjoy.
The night's young, and, man,
this is all for you, man.
It's all yours.
Thanks, Uncle D.
Hey, that's what family's for.
We have to look
out for one another, man.
Hey, yo, man.
Make sure your
cellphone's on, dawg.
I'm about to go up in here, man.
I got you, man.
You can hear me
calling you, man.
- I got you, man.
- All right.
So drink up, enjoy.
This will be a night
to remember.
Cheers.
So I says to this jerk off,
I says, "Tony don't run me,
and Tony don't scare me."
Ladies, ladies, ladies, ladies.
It's not my birthday.
My nephew. Make him happy.
And if he keeps going
the way he's going,
he's going to end up sleeping
next to the damn Titanic.
Because you know
what Tony's problem is,
Tony wants to be
bigger than he is,
and he thinks he's bigger than
he is because he runs around
all day long, and he
pushes around these clowns!
But if he ever came after me,
if Tony ever came after me,
do you know what I would do?
I would have him dancing
in a little thong
like one of the
chicks in this joint.
Oh.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Honey, honey.
You guys serving
moolies in here now?
You know this is
how it starts, right?
Next thing you know, you're
going to be serving pigs feet
and some chick named Laquisha
with a bone in her nose
is going
to be serving me drinks.
Hey, Kunta.
Where's your elephant at?
Getting valet parked or what?
Hey! I says, is your elephant
getting valet or what?
Don't ignore me, punk!
I think he's with your sister!
You heard what this
fool said to me?
Let's get him. Come on.
Thought you was gonna
step to this?
What the hell is
going on here, man?
I don't know, master.
Looks like Kunta strikes back.
You got to be kidding me.
Nick, come on, man.
Do I look like I'm kidding?
Wait, Nick.
You want this one?
This will prove to your Uncle
Tony he sent the right guy
to get the job done.
Hell yeah.
Yeah.
Okay.
- It's done.
- Cool. Thanks.
I'll be right back.
How you doing?
Hey, Pop. I'm good.
- You got this?
- Yeah. Don't worry.
I'm good.
Raise up.
Salut.
Go, go, go, go,
go, go, go, go, go...
Told y'all.
Don't play with me.
Pay up, suckers.
Thank you.
Hey, yo! Call the cops!
Johnny B and Vito
just got whacked!
Buy me a drink.
I got to go to the bathroom.
I can't believe Tony has me and
all the girls working this hard.
Can I get a Long Island Iced and a Cosmo with Kettle One
with a splash of Grand Marnier.
Oh, whoa, whoa,
excuse me, baby girl.
I ain't a baby girl
or your baby mama!
But I wouldn't mind
if I was though.
Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo,
I seen you in here several times
and I noticed you been
checkin' me out!
So I figured I'd just roll up
and give you
your shot to be my girl.
Allow me to introduce myself.
My name is Rudolph,
but you can call me Rudy
once you get to know me better.
So what's your name, baby?
Come on, Rudolph, man.
Hey, come on, brother.
Come on, brother.
This is what I do.
This is what I do!
You know what just happened?
I came out the bathroom
and run right into Big D.
You know what he says to me?
He says, "Excuse me, baby girl."
I was like, "I'm not your
baby girl or your baby mama."
What?
Girl, are you crazy or stupid?
I know. I know.
You must be trying to
get yourself killed.
Just drink your drink and don't
let your boss, Tony, see you.
If Big D goes and tell Tony,
I will definitely get fired.
You having a good time, son?
Hell, yeah, Unc!
I'm glad to hear that.
Hey, man.
I just seen you throw a girl
down on the dance floor
a little while ago.
Yeah, that was
nothing but some chick.
You know, I handle
my business like you, Unc.
What she do to you, man?
Nothing.
I guess I just felt like doing
it, you know what I'm saying?
Listen to me, nephew.
I want you to
listen to me real clear.
What I do, I do for business,
but what you just did
out on the dance floor,
man, that's bullshit!
Don't ever confuse the two.
Oh, yeah? Where he at?
Outside in the car.
Boogie, I'll be right back.
I can explain, Big D!
Let me pop this fool, boss!
- Let me pop this fool!
- Shh.
Let me pop him, boss!
Let me pop him!
Let me pop him!
My old friend, Chester.
Now, we ain't seen
each other in a while, Chester.
We sure do have a whole lot of
catching up to do, now don't we?
Big D, I know I owe you,
but you're never going to
believe what happened.
Three weeks,
three weeks, Chester.
No calls, no text, no nothing.
Man, you done
pulled a Houdini on me.
Now if you was in my shoes,
what the...
What the hell would you think?
I can explain that, Big D.
Explain? Really?
Big D, I swear to God,
I would never try to screw you.
My word is bond, man.
Chester, where the
hell is my money?
Right. Okay.
So, I go to Miami, and I meet
Raul just like you told me to.
I get your money and no problem.
Save me the bedtime story.
All right. You right. You right.
So, real talk.
So, Raul picks me up
at the airport.
He takes me to the yacht.
They show me who's who
and what to look out for.
Sounds like a good,
nice story.
Now, where the hell is my money?
All right. All right.
So, I'm at the crap table
keeping an eye on Pedro,
and I'm killing 'em, right?
So at about 5:30 in the morning,
I go to the airport.
I get into the chair.
I order a Coke, I take a sip.
Right?
So, I take...
I decided to take a nap
because I started getting tired
so I take a nap.
Next thing you know I'm
waking up to the plane saying,
"We're landing. We're landing."
So I wake up.
I look down and I see your
briefcase is down where I put
all your money right at my feet.
She must have
slipped me a mickey, man,
and took the briefcase.
Man, are you trying to
tell me that a flight attendant
robbed you of my 40 G's?
Is that what you
trying to tell me, Chester?
I'm sorry, man! I'm sorry!
God!
Now, you listen up.
You got three days,
three days to bring me my money!
The next thing I cut off
ain't going to be your
motherfucking finger.
I'm sorry, man!
So lucky! Get him out of here!
Okay. We all know
Big D's the man, right?
First we got to go down
to Tony's club
and bust him to get to Big D.
So when the setup's in place,
you got to text me 111.
When you hear us in the club,
then you'll know
the thing is in place.
- Are we clear?
- Uh-huh.
Yes, sir.
Okay. Let's go then.
Yo, slim.
- Yeah?
- Clean that mess up.
Sorry about that.
Boogie, that record
is coming out amazing.
Just going to need you
to go ahead
and add some ad-libs
to it, okay?
- All right. No doubt. I got you.
- Thank you. All right.
Also, Luccia, I would listen to
the first verse of "Best Love".
I think we need to add
some ad libs to it
- to give that extra. Okay.
- No problem. Let's go.
Hey, that's good.
Boogie, we're all set with that.
I think we're all set with that.
- You sure?
- Yeah. We got that.
Hey, Lady I,
don't forget to hit the ad libs
on that second verse, all right?
All right, sweetheart.
Yeah. It's going to be
a good one. Cool.
- We're good with that.
- Good job.
Boogie, that was a great job.
We're going to go
on to the next song.
We're gonna need Luccia.
- Oh, my God. Is this Karen?
- What?
Let me see that thing.
No, you asshole.
Come on, man!
Ready to go bust these clowns?
Yeah. Come on, let's go.
Tony's club, one second.
Tony's club. Hold on.
I know, right? You know what?
I got to go to work.
I'll see you later. Okay?
- Bye.
- Ciao.
Ask the girl that's on line one
and the other on line two.
Hold on.
Stop moving around.
Get over here.
Hey, what's going on here?
- This one tried to rob me.
- What are you, out of your mind?
Man: This one tried to
take my wallet.
What are you talking about?
Tony: Hey, what the hell
is going on here?
This guy set the
whole thing up, man.
What the hell kind of place
are you running here anyway?
Hey, guys.
Come on over here. Come on.
Come on.
Mr. Tedeski,
we're placing you under arrest.
For what?
Running an illegal
prostitution ring.
Yeah, says you.
You have the right
to remain silent.
Anything you say can
and will be held against you
in the court of law.
You have the
right to an attorney...
Did a little research on you,
Tony.
Found what you're
looking for, Detective?
Yeah, seems like your family has
some pretty deep roots
in this city,
been in the business of flesh
sales for some time now.
Grandson of one of the
first hitmen in the city.
And there's your uncles,
main men in the city.
Then there's your father,
found dead in a meat locker
down by the docks.
Boston historian, are you?
What are you going to do?
You going to book me or
write my autobiography already?
Let me share something
with you, Mr. Tedeski,
just for the illegal
prostitution ring and the drugs
we found in your club, you're
facing ten years on ice, easy.
Now, if you decide to cooperate,
I might be able to convince
the D.A. to go light on you,
and we can, let's see,
help each other out.
I got your ledger,
and I'm going to bust everyone
down there, including Big D.
So, maybe we can
become partners.
Let me tell you something,
Detective.
You got a better chance of
growing wings and flying off
like an angel, all right?
Fine.
We'll do it your way.
Take him to a cell.
I suggest you keep
your big nose clean
or I'll be there to bust you,
shut you down before
God gets the news.
Tony:
Is that a threat, Detective?
No. That's a promise.
Tony: You got me all nervous.
Jenkins, you smell something?
What do you mean?
All of a sudden the room
smells like cheap cologne.
Get him out of here.
Come on. Come on. Let's go!
Come on! Get up!
Get up! Let's go!
Yeah, this is Detective Bennett.
I need a favor.
Julio, why don't you take the
car around the corner real slow.
License and registration.
Whoa, ese, slow down.
No sudden movements.
- What's up, man?
- Thanks a lot, man.
All right, no problem.
Step out of the car.
Keep your hands
where I can see them.
Hector, Hector, Hector.
Seems like you're driving
on a suspended license.
My license is not
suspended, bro!
Yo, Bennett!
Check it out.
Hector, are you
selling drugs on my streets?
Look what we got here.
Woo!
Oh, a concealed weapon.
You know, Hector, you already
have two strikes against you,
this makes your third.
Three strikes and you're out.
- You're a lucky man, bro.
- What's that, big man?
Do you know I used to bust up
suckers like you
on the inside every day?
Step away from him!
Get away from him!
Shoot him!
Yo, what the hell, man?
Bennett:
He's crazy, he tried to kill me!
Shit!
Don't stand there
like an asshole.
Go grab backup.
Shit, man!
Man, I know you had something
with my guy being taken out
by that piece of crap cop,
Bennett, Tony.
Hey, I'm telling you.
I had nothing to do with it.
- You must be crazy, D.
- You listen to me, Tony.
Our business together is over.
I know you been trying to
set me up this whole time!
You lucky if I don't put your
lights out for you right now!
Hey, you think what you want.
I know what that
freaking crooked cop is after.
It's my ledger with
all my business in it.
Hey, because you see
when they arrested me,
he says, "Oh, maybe we can
go in business together."
- The ledger?
- Yeah, the ledger.
It's got the names, everybody
we did business with in it.
What in the hell would make him
think of something like that?
Hey, I don't know.
It's almost like
somebody tipped him off.
Told him what kind of business
we got going on in the VIP area.
I'll tell you what.
Give me the ledger right now!
I don't need nothing
coming back to me.
Come on, man! Come on, Tony!
Hey, I know you don't
think I'd be setting you up, D.
Man, if you don't give
me that ledger right now,
you won't have to worry
about anything else ever again!
Including your Lady I.
- Oh, it's like that, my brother?
- Yeah, it's like that!
And don't you call me brother!
You know my name!
Hey, I don't have
that freaking ledger.
The crooked cop, he's got it.
What the... Tony, you stay the
hell out of my way from now on!
Okay? If anything comes back to
me, and I mean anything,
I'm coming to see you!
Now I got to go try to stop that
asshole from bringing me down!
After that shipment from Miami,
business between you and me
is no more.
All right? You get it? Caput!
Hey, meet me in my office.
Right now!
Hey, come on in.
- Hey.
- Really, Tony?
Did you really think
you'd get away with this?
Joey, what are
you talking about?
You know what I'm talking about.
Johnny B.
I got your nephew, Nick,
in a body bag downstairs.
He sung like a little bird.
Hey, come on.
You know who I am.
Yeah. I know who you are.
You're a dead man talking.
You know you can't whack a main
man without family approval.
Come on. Let's take a walk.
I'm telling you, Joey.
You got it all wrong.
You got it all
wrong I'm telling you, Joey.
It's not like that.
Oh, my God.
John. John, I need to
see you and Mark right now.
- Hello.
- Bennett.
- Who's this?
- Big D.
Oh, I was just
thinking about you.
We got a lot to talk about.
That is why I'm calling you.
Now, you meet me
at the old warehouse
on Dorchester Avenue at four.
I'll be there at four.
And you better not
try anything funny,
you jerk, or I'll have your ass.
You got that?
Just meet me there and be ready
to do business
and bring that ledger with you.
I need that.
I'll be there, alone.
You better not come
with anything
less than a million cash.
Just meet me there,
and I will take care of you.
I need that ledger back.
I'm out.
Boogie, like I said,
I need to make a move
for a while,
so I need you
to hold things down.
I got...
I don't need you
asking me any questions.
Now, you got it?
- I got you.
- Good.
I'm getting ready to leave now.
Okay, cool.
Who you taking with you?
No one.
I need to go alone.
Remember, hold things down.
I got it.
Yeah.
I know you do.
Yo, I know this has
something to do with that
meeting with Tony earlier today.
What are you talking about?
Well, while you was in the
studio laying that joint down
with Tony's girl, him and
your uncle was beefin'.
Over some ledger
or something, dude.
Are you serious?
Let's see what's
up with that, yo.
Been a busy man, huh, brother?
I am not your brother.
Sell out!
I know you not my brother,
scumbag.
You know,
you got a lot of mouth.
Really?
Hand over the bag
and let's be done with this.
Man, I ain't giving you nothing
until you hand me that ledger.
Now, come on!
I really didn't think
you were this stupid.
Hand over the money.
Where you're going, you won't
want for anything else,
ever again.
Oh, is that right?
Yeah. That's right.
Well, maybe you need to tell
that cute boy that's about to
drop you right now, brother!
What are you doing?
Are you crazy?
No, man.
You can't keep doing this!
It ain't right!
Who are you?
Save a bro or something?
No.
I'm finally doing what's right.
I did sign up to serve
and protect, unlike you!
What are you doing here, man?
What is this?
I wouldn't do that, son.
Who the hell are you to
tell me what I don't want to do?
I'm someone you're really
going to have a problem with.
Now, go on, son. Let him live.
He saved your life.
Man, what the hell has
this got to do with you?
Got everything to do with me.
Just let him live.
Besides that, I know
you hear those sirens.
You need to get far,
far away from here
while you still have a chance.
You okay?
Yeah. Thank you.
Who are you?
I'm someone looking out for you.
Let me ask you a question.
Did you help Bennett
because he was blackmailing you?
Yeah.
That's the only reason I
was still working with him.
I already told my wife
what happened,
and she ended up leaving me.
That's what happens
when you're not right.
What about Big D now?
He's going to
come back after me.
It's not going to happen.
He's got other
things to worry about.
Get your life together.
Don't let any of this get back
to Lady I or Big D's nephew.
I got your word on that?
Yeah. You have my word on that.
Do your homework.
Everything's recorded.
Show your higher ups
and you'll be fine.
Thank you again.
Just know,
there's angels around you.